>> good afternoon, sarah bloomquist is off, in the news, police investigate an accident that ended with a school bus on the sidewalk in west philadelphia. a new honor for the pennsylvania who took down a gunman how he is being recognized for his brave yessed today. but -- bravery today. but the big story on "action news" is the windy rainy christmas forecast. crowds are beginning to build across the region, as the weather is turning gray and damp and expected to stay that way through the holiday. let's head over to the big board karen rogers is in for david murphy. hi are karen. >> reporter: hi, rick while we're talking about light rain for us, there's a winter weather advisory for carbon an and monroe counties you're looking

at freezing rain. for the rest of the area storm tracker 6 live double scan looks like we'll have showers to the south in delaware and southern new jersey. the idea is that the rain is coming from the south. we'll see the light showers through the region. i want to look at satellite and radar, you can see the clouds are in place, we have holes in the clouds, they filled in now, the rain is developing down to the south. while you're getting wet in maryland starting to reach ground in extreme southern delaware, not hitting ground just yet in south jersey. let's look at the wider view of storm tracker 6 live. the bulk of the precipitation, will not be terribly wet, it will be damp. we have showers coming your way today. it will build and be very wet christmas eve. 37 in reading, 39 in millville. we're above freezing. we're staying above freezing

everywhere but the poconos. mostly cloudy skies, damp with showers, 43 is the high today. even in the overnight hours this is an important number we're skiing above freezing. we're not talking about any concerns of frozen precipitation except for the poconos. we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast and see when the heavy rain gets here this week coming up in a bit. >> stay on top of the changing weather situation with 6abc.com/weather for storm tracker 6 live, with the hourly and the seven-day forecast and the latest video from our "action news" meteorologists. in other news, the deadly ambush on two new york city police officers over the weekend is raising fears about the safety of police nationwide. a gunman killed the officers after claiming he wants revenge for the death of black men at the handles of police. police are taking extra

precautions to protect the rank and file. we have more on that and the investigation into the gunman's background. we go to washington. >> reporter: good afternoon, rick after a news conference that just ended. the justice department encouraged peaceful discussion about the news. even always departments and police union around the county are on high alert and urging extra caution. >> people need to make sure when they go into law enforcement they can depend on on us to make an unsafe job always safe as possible. >> reporter: fueled by the feeling that billeblasio and eric holder have not been

supportive to police. new york top cop came to the mayor's defense. >> this is a mayor who is committed and gets very little credit to safety of officers. >> the ambush happened so fast, the officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu never saw the attacker coming from a man identified by ismaaiyl brinsley. police say ismaaiyl brinsley shot his ex-girlfriend in baltimore before boarding a bulls to new york making clear his intentions with harsh tags like --ash tag also shoot the police. police around the county are concerned about copy cat attacks. the new york city police department is investigating more than a dozen threats. reporting from washington, channel 6 "action news." >> our coverage of the fatal shooting of the new york city

police officers continues at 6abc.com. there you'll find more about the suspect's background and the investigation. we're speaking with philadelphia police about the precautions they are taking in the wake of that attack. david henry will have that part of the story coming up later on "action news" at 12:30. one person was hurt when two school buss collided in west philadelphia. chopper 6 was over the does he want at 56th and chestnut streets after 7:00 a.m. one of the buses went off the road and knocked out a traffic signal before it stopped on the sidewalk feet away from the buildings. medics took a person to the hospital. no word on what caused the crash. two suspects have been arrested in connection with a home invasion that ended with a 76-year-old woman bound and robbed in west whiteland township. leonard bernard an brianna missilele were captured. about her in and around posed as a home he healthcare worker when

he new york on the door. police say he forced his way inside and pushed the woman on the couch and tied her hands and stole her jewelry. they are awaiting extradition back to chester county. police are investigating an overnight abduction in the fern rock section of philadelphia. one man was kidnapped and beaten before he was left on the 700 block of chew avenue. one person was taken in for questioning. police searched two cars in connection with the case. investigators say they believe the abduction was motivated by drugs. they believe at least four suspects are involved. investigators are looking into a pair of apartment fires in delaware that left a person dead anticipate dozens homeless just days before christmas. one of the blazes erupted in claymont, # miles ray partly. -- three miles apart. katherine scott talked to the neighbors who witnessed the

infernos and she joins us live at the valley complex. >> reporter: the delaware state fire marshal has their hands full today they are investigating two fires in claymont and a third in hockessin. none of them are related. on butternut court we're told there could be a half million dollars worth of damage. 15 units were damaged in the fire and the red cross is asking 12 people who are unable to return home. >> i heard a loud bang. >> reporter: at first it sounded like a car backfire, but they saw smoke coming from a window at 9:15. >> i noticed smoke from the second floor apartment we ran over and started knocking on all the doors trying to get everybody out of the apartments. >> reporter: the flames escalated quickly spreading through the ports on -- unit

block of butternut court. 28-year-old firefighter suffered a head injury and a paramedic injured an ankle. the delaware state fire marshal was back investigating trying to determine what caused the blaze that left the homes in ruins days before christmas. >> there's never a good time for this, but to know that people lost everything, it's sad. >> reporter: a few miles away firefighters were called to a fire in claymont that took a person's life and injured another. the flames advance quickly after the fire broke out at 2:30 a.m. nearly 40 people can't return home. 72-year-old man was rescued and taken to the hospital in serious condition. >> it's still under investigation, we were there overnight working on the fire, there's a lot of damage and structural instability so we have to be carefully going in and out.

we're making good progress on all three of the fires. >> reporter: and back here on butternut court the investigation is on going, investigators have conducted interviews we are and go -- examining the scene once again. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> divers have recovered a set of car keys belonging to misses college student shane montgomery. the keys were found in the schuylkill river. he was last seen 3 1/2 weeks ago leaving kildare's public in manayunk. police believe he walked along the river and ended up in the water. nobody was hurt in a robbery at third avenue and 54th street. two men walked into the store and took cigarettes and lottery tickets before fleeing the scene. investigators are hoping surveillance video will lead to the systems. an official in monroe county who helped subdue a

gunman at a township meeting last year is being honored at the heros fund commission. he tackled the person back on august 5th 2013. else awaiting trial and facing the possibility of death for allegedly killing three people in the dispute over his property. else one of 19 people receiving the 2015 carnagie his or his or. he'll receive $5,000 an a medal. north korea threats the united states. what caused an explosion that destroyed a business and injured a customer. a police officer saves a 3-year-old boy, the dramatic scene in a grocery store. karen rogers is back with a closer look at accuweather when "action news" continues at noon in just a moment. ♪this holiday season, my good friend gave to me♪

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>> 34 million pack annuals are scheduled for delivery by ups today the company's biggest shipping day of the year. it is big test after last year's holiday debacle when millions of packages did not make it in time for christmas. ups spent $500 million preparing for the holiday. the new technology scans packages and flasheses ininstructions to workers allowing them to process 15% more delveries per day. we have breaking news to pass along right now from the city's gray ferries section, there are reports of 3-year-old child who was shot and rushed to the hospital. medics are saying the child suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh. details are not nonwhat happened. apparently he was -- details are not known what happened.

he is being transported to the hospital. you can see the yellow tape they middle of the screen that usually indicates a crime scene. we'll follow the story and bring it to you as soon as as it becomes available from city as gray ferries section. food has been linked to poor performances in the classroom. kids who ate fast food on a daily basis had lower science and math and reading scores compared to other children. previous studies have shown that fast food meals hurt development. diets high in fast foods hurt the memory and the learning process. the "action news" team is out working on stories for 4:00 p.m. the member of the royal family facing criminal charges and what a judge said about that case. making history in outer

space, what astronauts just did on the international space station that has never been done before. that and much more coming up at 4:00. in the meantime, we'll take a quick break. of accuweather right around the corner when "action news" continues at noon

>> meteorologist karen rogers is back with a closer look at the christmas week forecast, keep the umbrella handy. >> reporter: you'll need it. today will be damp, as the day goes on it will be wetter and wetter. storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region looks like we had rain to the south not all of this is reaching ground, i'll caution, but you get the idea that the rain is coming up from the south. we know that it is raining in washington, d.c. and baltimore and cape may maybe you're

getting drizzle drops there, as well as fortescue, millville reporting partly sun skies, not reaching ground just yet. let's get you outside, the action cam was out earlier. we got a little bit of sunshine mixing in with the clouds, we caught that driving down the parkway. the flags were not blowing, the wind is not a big issue out there and looking good as you head out the door. things have been improving for you. let's check the numbers, 41 degrees, dewpoint 31. you can see the atmosphere isn't completely moistened up just yet. the winds switched out of the east at 5 miles per hour. the pressure 30.27. it was cold morning, 29 in allentown. him 20 in reading, 19 in lancaster. 22 in wilmington, 21 in millville. 27 in the city. 32 in trenton. normally we have an overnight low of 28 degrees, even though

it's seasonable cold it felt cold in the suburbs and lancaster when you woke up in the teens this morning. it's been a while since we've had temperatures like that. 39 degrees in millville. 37 in trenton. 38 in allentown. we'll not go a lot further with the temperatures because we have the clouds in place, satellite and radar showing the clouds are solid right now. here comes the rain that's spreading up from the south. again a lot of this in the immediate region will not be reaching ground just yet. this is coming up from the south today. it's not a significant amount of rain. it will be showers around a little bit of drizzle, future tracker 6 downplaying it at 6:00 p.m. seeing showers starting to reach ground. 9:00 p.m. peppered through the area. we've been watching because the national weather service posted that freezing rain advisory. as we look at this model we're not seeing a whole lot of blue. but in carbon and monroe

counties you need to watch for that. tomorrow, we'll have showers in places. 3:00 p.m., 43. 5:00 p.m., 41. 7:00 p.m., drizzle and 40. the overnight low 38 we are staying above freezing throughout the period. let's take a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. cloudy skies and enough rain to be damp that's about it. 43 for the high. tomorrow showers around, 52 it will be a little bit of showers and drizzle here and there, damp through the day, 52 degrees. wednesday is the stormy day it's wet and windy. we get periods of rain some of which could heavy, 67 degrees for the high. very warm, it's a nasty day for travelers. thursday windy and cooler, christmas day, 354. friday, sun and clouds as you begin kiwanis. saturday night -- kwanzaa, saturday night, 52, sunday,

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the ambush that left two new york city police officers dead heighten fears for officers across the country. the latest of what's being done in philadelphia coming up in a live report. new threats emerge in the sony breach. north korea said the worst is yet to come. we begin with the news story we mentioned at the top of the hour in grays fehry -- ferry section of the city. the child was shot hospitalized at the children's hospital of philadelphia. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you a live update from "action news" and 6abc.com hopefully during the newscast. to the forecast we have sun anticipate clouds to start the christmas week, but we have rain coming in for the holiday, as well. take a live look from sky6 live hd looking live at the ben franklin