before he hurts someone else. >> in the "action news" team spread out at each crime scene right now trying to get more information. we begin with sarah bloomquist live in pennsburg where the most active search is under way right now, sarah. >> reporter: it has been for the last several hours throughout the day. it has been a very tense afternoon here in pennsburg and we are very close to the action here at pottstown avenue and main street. you can see the swat team is right behind me. they've been concentrating on a row home right here on this block throughout the afternoon. it sure seems they believe the 35-year-old bradly stone a likely inside the house. they have been shouting for him to come out of that house. listen for the swat team shouting for bradly stone to come out. >> you're under arrest. come out now. >> reporter: this has been like a military operation out here all afternoon. swat vehicles coming with

highly trained tactical teams going up and down the street. they moved down the alley, smashing into the garage of a home. they've been concentrating on. we watched as they put a robot into the house as well. they've also had the swat teams, they come up to the house and then they retreat behind their shields. early this morning neighbors on the block were forced to evacuate. they got a knock on the door. they were told to hide behind the swat teams as they were moved out of their houses. chopper 6 hd was over the scene earlier as the swat team was in motion. again they're looking for 35-year-old bradly stone suspected in the deaths of six people and seriously wounding another. all the victims are related. again early this morning neighbors got that knock on the door. the swat team telling them to get out. other people had kids at school that were told to stay there because of a lockdown. here's what people had to tell us this afternoon. >> there was -- it was kind of crazy. i got a bang on my door around 8:30, 9 o'clock. it was the swat team.

they said that we all had to get out immediately, that there was a problem on the street, that it was unsafe to stay in your house. >> my kids in lockdown in school. >> reporter: what do you make of all of this? >> it's scary. it's scary 'cause it's so close to home. >> reporter: and as we look back live you can see people have been out here on the street at pottstown and main street. all the streets are shut down in this town but people are out on the corner trying to watch the action. again, as the swat team is here, they've been doing some maneuvers. it appears they're moving behind these houses. we'll continue to monitor the situation here in pennsburg. reporting live i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> all right, sarah thank you. the first victim was found this morning in lower salford township and it set off this tragic chain of events. annie mccormick continues our coverage. you have more on that woman and her ties to the suspect. >> reporter: and shirleen so many friends and neighbors today asking why this could happen but telling us that

there were ongoing issues between the custody suit between the alleged shooter and the victim discovered today. you can still see bullet holes in the side of this apartment here. neighbors describe hearing not only gun shots but the chilling screams of the couple's daughters. this is where authorities believe the first deadly shooting in brad stone's took place in lower salford township just before 4:00 a.m. you can still see the bullet holes. >> i heard three or four gun shots and i heard the kids yelling mommy, no, mommy, no and he just said let's go, we got to go. >> reporter: this neighbor who does not want to be identified heard the chilling screams from the two girls inside. then saw the suspected gunman as he fled with the couple's two daughters. police discovered the victim dead inside with a gun slot wound to the head. her daughters what found safe nearby. >> i heard him say let's go. we got to get in the car and i asked him was everything okay and i saw the kids and the can

kids' father exiting the house and they didn't have any coats on or anything. they just had their pajamas on and he just said we got to go. he was like she's hurt, she's hurt pretty bad. we have to leave and he just got in the car and sped off. >> reporter: another neighbor described the victim as a caring mother who had discussed custody issues with her ex in the past but recently they seemed on good terms. >> it's really sad, you know. it's -- our kids are very close to her kids and, you know, my son would run right up to her. she loved holding my baby, my little one. she would always be like i'm taking him, i'm keeping him. she was a great lady. sad to know she's not going to be here anymore. >> reporter: back out here live lower salford township police have been holding the scene all day. they tell me that the montgomery county district attorney's office will be the lead investigators on this. like we said those two little girls were found safe a short time later, not far from here

but we're still waiting to hear details about who they're staying with and details about how they were found. reporting live in lower salford township annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> all of the swat team activity today has schools in the upper perkiomen district still on lockdown. leaders say they will not dismiss students until police give them the all-clear. meanwhile in souderton, students did get the okay but that came after a flurry of activity earlier in the day. david henry is live now in souderton where at least two people were killed and a teenager was badly hurt. david. >> reporter: yeah, shirleen this is the home of the suspect's relatives through marriage. we're not clear yet and it hasn't been made official how many people were actually killed inside this house but we do know that a teenaged boy were you wounded here and flown to the hospital after a swat team went into the house. a long line of swat vehicles

rumbled through souderton at shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. they converged on this house at penn and garfield. police thought the suspect was hold up inside. nearby residents were evacuated includely naomi shaw who was approached when she stepped tout walk herring. >> they told me to stop immediately and then they escorted me out of my home. that was at 8:30. >> reporter: the siege lasted more than four hours at just before noon police used a flash bang device. a percussion bomb is used to disorient a suspect as the swat team barges in. a short time after the bang someone was loaded onto an ambulance and a swat vehicle followed as it left. medevac helicopters also came and went from the scene. sources say a teenaged boy was rushed to the hospital with a gun shot wound to the head. neighbors say the family had been living here for about 15 years. the parents are in their 30's and they have a 19-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter. can kendra harderly lives across the street.

>> nice family. they didn't bother anybody but, you know -- so, i don't know. it's scary. i hope they get the more than did it. >> reporter: this was a neighborhood under siege for hours, a shock to residents who had to leave their homes or shelter-in-place. >> it's totally insane, total ly crazy am i called my husband. he's like i think we need handguns 'cause it's just getting crazy. >> reporter: we're not revealing the name of the family who lives here until we're sure all relatives have been notified. victims of a bloody trail of carnage that has shaken this community to the core. live in souderton david henry channel6 "action news." >> thank you david. there were also at least two victims in lansdale. walter perez has been talking with neighbors there and he continues our live team coverage. walter. >> reporter: well, shirleen we'll take you right to the scene of the murders that took place here this morning. the coroner is here right now.

one of the victims remains have been removed the other remains inside. we've learned the identities of the two who were killed but investigators have not given us the go ahead to release that notification pending notification of next of kin but we can tell you the victim's are the suspect's 57-year-old ex mother-in-law and her 75 year old mother both shot and killed at close range. neighbors here say the two people murdered here in lansdale were the suspect's former mother-in-law and her 75-year-old mother, both of whom lived here on the 100 block of west fifth street. people who live nearby say they often saw the suspect, 35-year-old brad stone, confronting his ex-wife outside her mom's home. >> they weren't getting along. i guess she didn't want -- when they start arguing with one another, i want you to have her, i don't want you to see her. i don't know if it was still going on at this time but there were custody battles. >> reporter: still nobody we spoke with here ever expected those public arguments would

come to this. >> barely have any thing up here and this is upsetting for any kids around the neighborhoodism among the first on the scene was joyce gorman who says she's a close friend of the grandmother who was murdered. she said she knew in her gut what happened as soon as the news broke on tv this morning. >> well i was concerned 'cause i couldn't get ahold of her and she has not called me back. i spoke with her just yesterday. >> reporter: and back out livenity on the scene here once again the county coroner is on the scene. our hope is to speak with him soon and pass along what he has to say on "action news" starting at 5:00 and 6:00. reporting live from lansdale walter perez channel6 "action news." brian. >> walter thank you. our coverage continues online on 6abc.com. we were streaming there live today as the swat team moved in. we've also posted pictures and videos from the scene as the events unfolded all throughout the day today. you'll find it all right there

right now on 6abc.com. >> still ahead, a traffic stop turns deadly. what police are saying after an officer opened fire on a driver in philadelphia. >> plus a hostage standoff comes to a violent end in australia. the man at the center of an international terror plot. >> melissa magee has a look at the forecast. >> temperatures in the upper 40's and the best thing about the start our work week was that the sun made a very welcome comeback but it's not sticking around too long. well. those details with the accuweather forecast. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> philadelphia police shot and killed a driver during a traffic stop this morning. two officers say they originally pulled the man over because he had ahead light out. when they stopped him on frankford avenue in mayfair, they say he struggled with them. they say he went back to his car for a gun, so one officer shot and killed him. but the victim's family is telling a different story.

vernon odom will have details in a live report at 4:30. from our delaware news room, one man is dead and a woman was hurt after a house fire this morning in newark. the action cam was on south off and on drive where the fire broke out around 5:00 a.m. fire broke out around 5:00 67-year-old man dead inside the burning home. they also say a 66-year-old woman had to go to the hospital after breathing in too much smoke. she is in serious condition. three other people including a 15-year-old boy were able to get out safely. there is still no word on how this started. >> a hostage situation in sydney australia came to an end today when swat teams shot their way inside. heavily armed police moved in just after 2:00 a.m. local time. they carried out several hostages from that cafe where a man had been holding them for 16 hours, two hostages were killed but it's not clear if they died during the raid or before. police did kill the hostage taker. they've now identified him as

man herron monis. he made headlines last year when he pleaded guilty to sending hateful letters to the families of australian service members. president barack obama is about to depart from new jersey after meeting with members of our military. he spoke at joint base mcguire dix lakehurst. the president thanked families for their service and sacrifice. new jersey governor chris christie joined the president there today. you can hear his remarks in a live report coming up on "action news" at 5:00. >> to business now. stocks were down to start the week. the dow lost 100 points on the day, the nasdaq dropped 48.5. the s & p fell almost 13. then days until christmas. santa's delivery elves are working overtime. today is the busiest shipping day of the season for fedex and its u.s. postal service. the post office expects to

process 640 million pieces of mail today alone. that is up 33 million from last year. fedex expects to handle 2.6 million shipments today. that is up about 9 percent over last year. >> just can't wrap my head around the fact that it's only 10 days to go. >> i know. >> got to start the shopping. time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> you know some people so rudely call that snail mail. >> that is kind of rude. >> it's kind of rude. the good news is we're not moving at a snail's pace on most of these highways this afternoon brian and shirleen. we've seen worse monday afternoons. a little delay on the schuylkill westbound passing university avenue because of an earlier crash around 30th street station. that's gone. delay has thinned out as well. bigger deal on the highways this afternoon is going to be this. what is this? sun glare. we haven't seen this for the last few weeks and especially on your southerly and westerly routes you're going to be smacked in the face with some of that sunshine as you head home. of course all the police activity in montgomery county

continues after this morning's shootings so in pennsburg you really want to avoid portions of 29, 663, west fourth street and dodd street all blocked off as the situation continues there in pennsburg. in cumberland county we had a crash on 55 northbound past 47. that's mostly out of the way now. speeds back up into the mid 60's but not so far off in bridgeton we're getting reports of an accident involving a bus an pedestrian along south avenue at baltimore avenue. you want to avoid that and of course as we get more details we'll pass them along. in wilmington getting set for a demonstration starting at 4:30. they'll block portions of fourth and king streets. expect gridlock in downtown wilmington. do the commuter report on this monday. getting reports of a crash other westbound spot heading towards the boulevard. a spot that would be jammed anyway. we'll keep tabs on that. brian welcome back. >> thank you. good to be back as alwaysly. >> good to have you. >> up next we'll check in with melissa magee with a look at the week ahead from

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>> ♪ >> one of the original copies of the bill of rights was put on display today at the national constitution center. pennsylvania governor tom corbett it was was in center city for the unveiling. the historic document is in the new george h.w. bush gallery. admission to the constitution center was reduced today for the event. good news though if you can't get there no worries. it will be on display through 2017. >> very, very cool. it is time for the accuweather forecast. the sun was beaming bright and it felt good.

>> haven't seen that in some time. melissa magee live with the good news. hi, melissa. >> hi brian, hi shirleen. a nice sight to see in the sky today, the return of the sunshine. it really does make a difference, doesn't it, especially on your mood and unfortunately i have to say that sun isn't sticking around for too long longer. we'll show you what's going on outside. storm tracker 6 live double radar there's a storm system across the plain states a warm front is lifting through the eastern half of the u.s. and because of that these temperatures across much of the eastern half of the u.s. nice and mild. it's 47 in philadelphia, 49 in cincinnati. the 60's for both memphis and atlanta at this hour, 52 in saint louis. now we'll show you the numbers a little closer to home. 46 in allentown, the lehigh valley 44 in beach haven, 42 if in trenton. the only place we have 30's, the poconos 32 degrees. satellitesatellite 6 along withn radar we were stuck in the

clouds yesterday and saturday but you notice as we look at the picture things are starting to thin out and clear out so we've got a mostly sunny sky for the rest of the afternoon. in fact it has been awhile and we have to say welcome back to the sun. the last day we saw the sun was december 7th, so seven straight days stuck in the gray, stuck in the clouds but we do have some changes on the way. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight, we'll jump down to 29 in allentown, the lehigh valley. it's clear early then turning cloudy, 35 for the low in philadelphia. we'll drop down to 36 in cape may and 29 for the overnight low in cape may and also into millville. future tracker 6 showing that you it will turn cloud deal. here's part of the reason why. as we get into 8 o'clock on tuesday morning, lots of clouds around and those clouds are moving in ahead of that warm front and ahead of a frontal system off to our west. so, future tracker showing you 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon you notice that showers, light rainfall south and west of that 95 corridor approaching lancaster and reading. it continues as we get into the early evening hours. 6 o'clock tomorrow evening we have a couple of light showers

around. doesn't look to be a whole lot of precipitation a tenth to quarter inch of precipitation on the way. tuesday tomorrow afternoon and evening showers, the high temperature of 50 degrees. hanukkah beginning at sundown on tuesday. on wednesday breezy with limited sunshine. that's not a bad day, 52. you know, these numbers aren't terrible for the month of december. on thursday, blustery and much colder and at 44 and then 43 as we get into friday. so, hopefully everyone had a chance to enjoy the sun today because unfortunately the clouds thicken up tomorrow with hose showers. >> thank you melissa. this holiday season we want to see how you have decked your hauls. whether your house is lighting up the block or has a more modest display, take a picture or short video and send it to us on twitter instagram or vine using hashtag 6abc lights or post it to our facebook page facebook.com/6abc "action news". >> always impressed by what

people do. there's a little clark griswald in all of us. we're buzzing next. >> we had a special visitor, big bear from across the pond. toggle coat, big red hat. up next. >> that was cute. >> so cute. >> ♪

>> time now for the buzz and you know she married one of the world's most eligible bachelors in one of the most publicized weddings in history and the new mrs. george clooney is barbara walter's pick for the most fascinating person of 2014. the former amal alamuddin now amal clooney is known to shun the spotlight. but she got the top spot. barbara's list also included taylor swift michael stray man chelsea handler, oprah winfrey and. others who walters found to be fascinatorring. look who stopped by the

6abc studios today for a few hugs, paddington the beloved marmalade loving bear who lives in britain and his toggle pea coat. he's back. his film paddington is set for release on january 16 and the story book icon spent some time here with morning anchor matt o'donnell chatting it up and investigative reporter wendy saltzman getting a big hug there, too. even our news director tom davis got a nice high five out of him. the film stars hugh bonneville and nicole kidman coming out in january. what a fun little visit. everyone getting a little squeeze in. >> i would like to hear some of those conversations. >> top-secret. >> thank you. >> wendy did some investigating. >> i'm sure she did. paddington bear exposed. >> yeah. still to come we are saving with 6abc today from throwing a party to decking your halls, alicia back to share some low cost and creative ways to spruce up our house this holiday season using pinterest. >> bringing it back to the basics. why one mom says eating like her little one helps her shed

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>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli shirleen allicott and brian taft. >> felony charges for two former school fishes in chester county. >> plus it wasn't just the birds versus the boys last night, it was politician versus politician.

what chris christie had to say about some very choice words one philadelphia councilman had for him. >> and two sides to one deadly shooting. philadelphia police say one of their officers was forced to kill a driver after he reached for a gun. but that driver's family says this was in fact a homicide. we've got a live report straight ahead. >> but we begin with the latest on a story we have now been following for nearly 12 hours. a killing spree in montgomery county. from souderton to pennsburg it will be a a day filled with fear, violence and uncertainty, a day of swat teams searching homes and blocking streets, all to find one man accused of killing at least six people in three separate towns. for the very latest on what's happening with the search for bradly stone we go live to kenneth moton at the lower salford township police department in harleysville. kenneth. >> reporter: shirleen here's the latest. police may have the suspect surrounded at a home right now. we're waiting for police here

to give their update and it appears that this all started over some child custody battle. we're also told all of the victims appear to be related. fear, confusion and swat teams spread through this region of montgomery county this morning after authorities say 35-year-old pennsburg man bradly william stone gunned down six people and injured one. >> i heard three or four gun shots and i heard the kids yelling saying mommy, no, no, mom knee, no and he just said let's go we got to go. >> reporter: investigators say it appears the shooting started in lower salford township at pheasant run apartments on main street around 4:00 a.m. police arrived to find bullet holes in a wall and a woman shot to death in an upstairs bedroom. she's believed to be the mother of stone's two children who police say he kidnapped after the shooting. a neighbor telling "action news" reporter annie mccormick she spoke with the suspected gunman. >> i asked him was everything okay and i saw the kids and the kids' father exiting the house and they didn't have any coats on or anything.

they just had their pajamas on. >> reporter: the children were later found safe but the shooting spree continued. shots fired on the 100 block of west fifth street in lansdale around 4:30 a.m. two people hit and killed. neighbors say the victims were stone's exmother-in-law and her 75-year-old mother. after 8:00 a.m. in souderton there was a standoff at the home of the suspect's brother-in-law at penn and garfield avenues. we could hear flash bangs as police moved in. it's unclear how many but people were found dead. a teenager was discovered with a gun shot wound to the head but law alive and rushed to the hospital. no sign of the suspected shooter. neighbors of his ex say she spoke of the veteran is known to use a cane and may be wearing military fatigue. >> it just came up in conversation, i was just asking about him and he was in the military. i don't know why he left but he does have some issues stemming from that. >> reporter: and this just in.

this is video from pennsburg where police believe stone is hiding inside a home on pottstown avenue and main street. people in area have been told to remain inside and keep their doors locked and call 911 if they think they've seen the suspect, bradley stone. the schools in this area were told to shelter-in-place but eventually students were dismissed. again, we are waiting for this news conference from police here and as soon as they step to the mic we'll bring it to you. reporting live in lower salford township, kenneth moton channel6 "action news." >> all right, thank you, kenneth. our coverage of the shootings continues on 6abc.com. we were streaming live as the swat team moved into one of those locations. we've also posted pictures and video from the scene as all the events unfolded throughout the day. it's all right there on 6abc.com. >> meanwhile police in philadelphia are trying to figure out how a traffic stop led to a deadly shooting. an officer claims he was forced to kill the driver because he reached for a gun. but the victim's family has a very different version of events.

vernon odom live in mayfair to explain both sides of this story. vernon. >> reporter: tonight the police department's homicide unit and its internal affairs division are both investigating this morning's fatal police shooting of a motorist who was pulled over in the 6700 block of frankford avenue in mayfair. this is 26-year-old brandon tate brown who family members say was shot and can killed by police this morning during a traffic stop in mayfair. police say he was pulled over while in this rental car with florida tags around 2:45 because he was driving without headlights on. police say they observed a handgun near him then ordered brown out of the car. police say on the sidewalk a scuffle ensued and brown was shot once in the head because police say they believed he was head back to the car to grab that gun. >> apparently started way traffic stop and the officer was involved in some kind of struggle and wound up with a shooting of the suspect. there was a gun recovered from

the vehicle that the suspect was in. >> we do have a gun that was actually found in the suspect's car. it is a -- it's totally visible a butt of the gun. >> reporter: police say the .22 caliber handgun they found in the car was stolen. brown police say did five and a half years in prison in connection with attempted murder and he was on parole and still on probation until 2017. brown's relatives are devastate bide his death. they say he did more than five years in prison and gone straight for more than three years now and was working for a rental company in bucks county. they do not believe the shooting was justified at all. >> what i want to know is. >> what happened. >> what happened and why couldn't you disable him. why you trained to kill instead of disable. >> i don't want them to just sweep it under the rug. i don't want the cops to getaway with this because it's wrong. y took my son and i want somebody to pay for it.

>> reporter: brown's family say they fear the police probe will be a white wash. police deny that saying their probe will be thorough and accurate. live at police headquarters in center city, vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> allall right, vernon thank you. two top former officials of the coatesville area school district are now facing felony charges. chester county d.a. thomas hogan announced the charges today against former superintendent richard conwell and former athletic director jim done not tow. cuomo and donato are accused of stealing school funds and hiring convicted felons to teach. the charges come on the heels of a year long grand jury investigation. >> you had a superintendent and athletic director who were running the school district like it was their own personal kingdom. mocking in racist taunts the very people they were supposed to be serving and stealing

money from the district. >> both men left the district last year after allegedly sending racist text messages between the two they now face almost 200 felony counts. >> philadelphia police are looking for a thief who took advantage of a woman's mistake. this is surveillance video from outside the cvs on the 6600 block of north broad street last thursday. you can see a man walk up to a shopping cart and remove a purse. he then takes it around the corner to rifle through it. police say when he found $700 in cash, the suspect left with the whole bag. it turns out a 60-year-old woman accidentally left her purse in that shopping cart just before the theft. if you recognize this suspect, call northwest detectives. police in south philadelphia are also looking for a woman accused of assaulting a wawa worker during a robbery. cameras caught the suspect enter the store on this south christopher columbus boulevard back on november 20. you see her immediately approach the register and demand money. when that doesn't work, the woman goes behind the counter

and starts shoving the worker. the employee then tries to run away dropping cash as the two struggle. if you have any information on the holdup call central detectives. >> meteorologist melissa magee along. the sun just starting to set and that means the clouds will start rolling in. >> that's right, brian and shirleen. clouds are rolling in tonight but not until the second half of the nighttime hours. little bit of clear skies to enjoy. let's show you the picture outside. sky 6 live in hd a nice shot of philadelphia international airport this monday afternoon, temperature 47 degrees. that's two ticks above average. the dewpoint 33. winds out of the south at 3 miles per hour. so not much a wind chill to talk about. down the shore we go in cape may, the temperature coming in at 41 degrees, dewpoint at 34. a west to southwesterly wind ahead of a warm front that we are tracking, so the wind chill only in the lower 40's. now we're taking you north there in berks county in bear creek, the temperature there 41 degrees, the dewpoint at 32. the winds out of the west at 5 miles per hour and the wind chill currently of 38 degrees and we still have some snow on

the ground there but things might be melting for some locations because we are tracking some showers for tuesday. the details with the accuweather forecast, guys. >> snowboarders out there. >> yeah, fun. >> thanks melissa. >> thank you. santa and mrs. claus were the highlight of a holiday party in juniata park. they greeted kids from archbishop ryan and saint louis see day school for the deaf and visually impaired. the students were then treated to a chick-fil-a lunch and each child got a gift from santa himself. several kids in wilmington will be getting brand new bikes for christmas. mayor dennis williams was on hand to accept 25 bikes from the ch2m hill design company. the donation is part of the bikes for kids fundraiser held all throughout the year. it's distributed close to 400 bikes to wilmington youth over the past nine years. >> today one delaware woman celebrated her 100th birthday like the royalty she is. take a look at her. donning a tiara ruth holler

beamed as she entered her big birthday party. all of her friends and family were there for her grand entrance. you may recognize ruth by her other name, mrs. claus. she and her late husband dressed as the famous holiday couple for more than 20 years. i can kind of see the resemblance. >> working the thrum with the wave like a model on the runway. >> she really is fabulous. >> she looks great. >> good for her. still ahead, kenny versus christa. you won't want to miss one philadelphia councilman's choice words for the outspoken cowboys fan. >> plus, delivery, disaster. what fedex did to try to salvage dozens of packages maybe more than that after one of their trucks flipped on a north jersey highway. >> later, move over juice cleanses. there's a new trends being embraced by those who want to eat clean and this one involves eating like the inside the baby diet ahead. >> and meteorologist melissa magee back with that full accuweather forecast when "action news" at 4:00 continues on a monday afternoon.

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>> ♪ >> well, this is not what you hope to see on the busiest shipping day of the year, dozens of packages strewn along a north jersey highway this morning after a fedex truck overturned. it happened on interstate 289 just before 3 o'clock this morning. officials say the driver was trying to avoid hitting a tire when he lost control of that big rig. he was not seriously hurt. different story for all that good stuff there. fedex as a team that picked up as many undamaged packages as it could to help reduce any delays in delivery. >> in health check one mom's surprising secret to slimming down is to eat like her baby. abc news travel and lifestyle editor genevieve shaw brown says she lost 2 pounds in just four days on her so-called baby diet. she says it's simple. just eat the healthy food you feed your little ones but in bigger portions.

>> when you think about the foods that we feed our little ones, we're talking about really small portions, so they're health full foods, foods like chicken and fish, steamed vegetables and so these are great foods for mom and dad to consume. >> and it's also not just what you eat but how. nutritionists recommend three meals a day using portion control, not rushing through the meals and they say snacking all day is a major no-no. >> ♪ >> here at the big board with big talker the big throw down on twitter by philadelphia city councilman jim kenny after he saw new jersey governor chris christie a cowboys fan sitting with cowboys owner jerry jones at last night's game. can kennedy says he was pretty ticked off after you see christie here high fiving jones after an eagles turnover. kenny took his anger to twitter writing hey, fat bleep christie kiss jerry joan's bleep in his box from dallas

not across the street from philly. are you just a creep. >> first of all i have a very big nose and he has a very fat (bleep). so i mean you're dealt with what you're dealt with in life and people have called me big nose, too, so i mean i got it. but, yeah, i was annoyed. i was angry. i'm not apologizing for it ever. >> ever. christie responded today saying he's never made a secret of the fact that he's a cowboys fan and would never change his team loyalties to score political points. now, to an uber outrage in sidney australia as people rush to flee that hostage crisis situation there running from the business district where a gunman was holding an unknown number of people. fairs for the ride sharing service uber reportedly searched to four times the normal price. social media backlash resulted in uber quickly dropping the prices back down. the san francisco based company says the fares went up because of high demand but they're now offering free

rides to anyone who still needs to get out of that area and they're also offering refunds for people who paid those inflated prices. and finally she got caught nutella handed and based on this amazing chocolate and hazelnut smile, this little cutie does not seem to be concerned one little bit that she got busted by mommy hiding in the closet. >> chocolate? who opened that for you. >> hm. >> i'm going to tell daddy. >> hm? >> i'm going tell daddy. >> what? [laughter] >> yeah, she's going to tell daddy. mom says give it to me. the little girl says okay. then, nah i'm not handing it over. there she is hiding in that cabinet. >> so cute. >> oh, gosh. >> that's awesome. alicia thank you. let's get another check on the roads right now. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center with an update for us. >> she's not putting down that

spoon. i don't blame her not one bit. good afternoon brian and shirleen. this afternoon we're saying welcome back to the sunshine. yes, indeed. we did have a lot of sun glare out there this afternoon but the sun has set now so that's becoming less of an issue and now we're just watching a little volume here on the schuylkill expressway. eastbound side approaching montgomery drive some some traffic on eastbound 76 heading towards the sixers game this evening westbound is okay. reports on the waze app of a crash in this area. we're in the finding anything in the cameras. along mill road at crescent boulevard watch out for that scene. they're looking for the shooter in this morning's several shootings in montgomery county so in pennsburg portions of 29, 663, west fifth street dot's and pottstown avenue remain shut down. in souderton investigating the scene along penn avenue. in lanes dale pierce is blocked at west fifth because of this morning's shooterrings. a broken down truck in bellmawr on the southbound

side of 295 by the black horse pike. speeds in the 20's as you head towards that but it's off to the side. in wilmington a demonstration going on scheduled until 6 o'clock fourth and king streets so expect gridlock there in downtown wilmington. we'll check it again. brian and shirleen in the 5 o'clock hour. meteorologist melissa magee back with that exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast coming up next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> let's get you up to date on the accuweather forecast on a sunshine filled monday. >> we love the one. >> we do. >> do the sundance. the sun made a welcome appearance. it goes a little bit like this. but tomorrow unfortunately guys we're tracking some rain. that was pretty good brian. >> thank you. what's the rain dance look like. >> i don't want to show you. it's bad. we'll show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier today peeking through those leaves. look up at the sky, we've got a sun field day across much of the delaware and lehigh

valleys. we're looking at the us s battleship new jersey. really comfortable conditions not a whole lot of wind to deal with on our monday. as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar it's dry and quiet across much of the region. as we get into tuesday afternoon we're tracking showers coming in from a west-east direction. the high today in the city 48 degrees, 3 degrees above average, the upper 40's for the month of december is not bad. we're buffer average and some of these temperatures will remain that way for the first half of the work week. this afternoon it's 45 in trenton, 32 in the poconos, 46 in allentown the lehigh valley, the lower 40's in beach haven and 41 degrees currently in dover. here's satellite 6 along with action raid today. you can see fair skies, things starting to thin out across our region. look offer to the west and the center of this area of low pressure that we're tracking, the same one that brought that soaking rain last week to areas in california that center of that low moving up across areas in missouri and iowa and that trailing cold

front so we're pressing into a warm front that moves through as we get into overnight tonight and more specifically into tuesday. future tracker 6 has you covered. 1 o'clock this afternoon it's mostly cloudy, 1 o'clock tuesday afternoon i should say and you watch that moisture approach from the southwest direction so some showers around for lancaster even reading. not a lost precipitation. moisture things out as we get into tuesday evening. showers will be around nonetheless around 8 o'clock on tuesday night. take a look at the setup as we get into the day on tuesday. high pressure to our east. this area of low pressure with the triple point developing here so the high temperature tomorrow 50 degrees, it's a cloudy start with afternoon showers from west-east direction. on wednesday that front lifts off to our north, breaks the sunshine. have a westerly wind and with that westerly wind temperatures warm up into the lower 50's midweek. winds sustained anywhere from 12 to 20 miles per hour and that high temperature in the city 52 and then after that temperatures will get below

average for the latter half of the week ahead. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight it's clear early then turning cloud deal. the low drops down 35 in the city, 29 in the suburbs. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast showing you some afternoon and evening showers around tomorrow. high temperature up to 50 degrees. hanukkah beginning at sundown. on wednesday, breezy with limited sunshine and at 52. and on thursday blustery and colder with a high temperature of 44. wind chills on thursday afternoon only in the 30's. so you really want to dress for. that on friday partly sunny, a high temperature of 43. it's 40 on saturday, lots of clouds around and a possible storm as we get into sunday. going have to watch the coast as we get into the weekend. it is a busy travel weekend before we get into the holidays next week so we'll talk about all of those details, guys, as the week wears on. >> thank you melissa. >> thank you. melissa.

>> ♪ >> save with 6abc. if you're decking your halls with holiday gathering you know entertainment can get expensive. this year it's about dyi. people are finding fun ideas on pinterest. here are creative ideas you can do with the kids that will have people talking and posting about. it's cute, you can take something, do it and then brag about it. this holiday season event designer and lifestyle expert tina from oh so fabulous says you can create your own chic but cheap entertaining pieces with inspiration from pointer. >> it's a great place to go and say hey i want something for my door, what can i do? there you do. i have half of it in my house. let's do it. >> like this wreath you can craft for less than five dollars with a nod to old saint nick. >> this literally is a 99 cent santa hat i got at a party store. >> grab leftover greenery free

where they sell christmas trees. >> extra ornaments. homemade door decor. speaking of santa. >> this is where a red solo cup gets glam mussism pick up the buckles at any craft store add blaine black ribbon double sided tape and you're done. >> if you're having a kid's party or a party with friends it glams it up. >> reporter: left over ribbon and ornaments your hand soap can get a high end holiday makeover. >> they make spray painter for plastic. literally took me 10 minutes. >> reporter: finally create a snow globe like centerpiece using an inexpensive jar and. >> salt, like regular salt. still it up. these were literally ornaments that were cast off from a tree. it's cheap, easy and at the end you can say i did this project myself.

>> reporter: we have all of those fabulous tips on 6abc.com. how did you guys like that red solo cup. >> i love that. >> one of my favorites. >> and the salt. >> people are so creative. >> they are. you can be too. >> that will do it for "action news" after 4:00 today. for shirleen allicott melissa magee i'm brian taft. shirleen and i along with adam and ducis rodgers back tonight on phl17. >> rick williams and monica malpass will have the latest on the killing spree in montgomery county. "action news" at 5:00. >> see you tonight.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jamie apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ williams and monica >> from the ground to the air, authorities in montgomery county are trying to capture a gunman linked to a killing spree that has left at least six people dead. right now we know who they are looking for. it is bradley stone an exmarine. it is monday night, the big story on "action news" is the search for a gunman that has led authorities to four montgomery county communities. >> we know that the gunman killed six people in three separate locations this morning. >> now it all began at 4:00 a.m. in lower salford.

that is where a woman was found dead. authorities then found more victims in lansdale and souderton and they're now in pennsburg hoping to catch the alleged gunman behind it all. >> "action news" has been following this breaking story all day long the our reporters are at all four scenes tonight. let's begin with "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist who is live tonight from pennsburg. sarah. >> reporter: rick, the swat teams are set up here on the block several of them. they seem to be taking a very active stance as if anything -- if anything could happen at any moment now. we're losing our light here but if you move -- look down the block you can see two armored vehicles there, a big tan one like a military vehicle and a smaller one, a black one, an armored swat vehicle. there's little doubt from this vantage point that they believe bradley stone is in the house they're focused on and they're doing all they can to get him to surrender. this morning swat teams shut down the street and surrounded this row home on