engaging in military exercises. which north korean some publicly stated, repeatedly that they find provocative and they see as kind of a rehearsal for an invasion of north korea. just hours before, we saw this latest missile strike, we had a statement from north korea. condemning united states redeployment of an aircraft carrier. that specifically the u.s. has ronald reagan near the korean peninsula. and the north korean s call this, their statements are typically have the sort of awkward phrasing. they called it a considerably huge negative splash and regional security. and they said that they were defending themselves with missile tests, which they have been doing since the beginning of the year. and, again increasing frequency. they told us a righteous reaction to these intimidating military drills. so you know, this really has seen this year a big increase in the pace and in the tone of these missile tests. and again, in the tit-for-tat sort of answers by the united state
i was telling my friend to not talk. [speaking spanish] she cried a lot. according to the cdc, guns are now the leading cause of death among children than adolescents in america. it jumps a 30% between 2019 and 2020. according to the washington post, more than 311,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since columbine, in 1999. of course, republicans are suggesting to keep the schools as virtual prisons to deal with this problem. we need serious funding to upgrade our schools. this is to install bulletproof doors and locking classroom doors ultimately. as we all know, what s stops, armed, that guys, is armed good guys. i hate to break it to cancun crews there but that the armed guys were not much help. the police admit to a stunning string of failures. 19 police officers waited in the hallway for nearly an hour as these children were trapped with a gunman, before even attempting to breach the classroom. why the hesitation? one lieutenant saying that they
, multiple Fire Agencies and Northampton County emergency management. A shelterinplace is in effect for this neighborhood in the area of second and dennis. Folks coming home from work will be met with a police presence. If you live in this area, again, this is a developing story and we will bring you any details as we receive them. Reporting live in bethlehem township, Trish Hartman channel6 action news. Rick and sharrie. All right. Thanks trish. We are also following more breaking news this time out of king of prussia. Chopper6 was over a crash in the westbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway at mall boulevard exit just a short time ago. Two vehicles crashed there and one of them overturned and there are injuries reported with the crash. This is a heavily traveled area of course because its one way to get to the king of prussia mall so it has impacted traffic there at this hour. Lets find out just how bad it is from matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center tonight. Matt. I kee
Very few problems. We had the easiest time at the airport leaving the first that it was so smooth and our flight was perfect. Our bags came out beautifully, and now my sister shows up soon it will be an absolutely perfect day. Its all the family who ruin it. No, no, no. They make it better. Thought it would be lot more indicate yacht tick in there but everything seemed to be very smoothly. Again everybody is in a good mood. Everybody is really nice. That hems. Reporter yes, that certainly helps again today the busiest rifle day no surprise the busiest day to head back home will be after christmas. Were locking at tuesday, wednesday and thursday according to aaa. Of course most of us wont be flying well be driving and gas prices are up this year, guys, about 24 cents a gallon more this well be paying versus last year. Back to you. Okay, brad, at least people are in good spirits out there. Thanks, brad. Our Team Coverage continues now with your fox 29 Weather Authority. As we take a live
107 million americans hitting 50 miles. 50 miles or more. Locally, its about 1. 2 million philly area residents headley ad to grandmas house are somewhere else about 30 of the local population. So about three out of every ten people will be traveling at least 50 miles much thats an increase of 3 over last year, and its the ninth Consecutive Year of rising travel for this year end holiday. All of this points to a strong economy, growing consumer confidence, according to aaa, said to be the reasons why so many people are hitting the roads. In fact travel for every major Holiday Weekend this year has been up. Here at the airport theyre anticipating about 82,000 philly area residents going to be flying some place thats about 2 . So two out of the 100 of us will be flying. If youre driving, we did some check wig aaa as far as gas prices right now they average 2. 69 a gallon. That is up 24 cents over last year. You want to give yourself extra travel time if youre in a car, according to one s