in the 40's. it's 44 in philadelphia, 40 in allentown. the only place where we are at the freezing mark is up in the poconos and they are -- there what he freezing rain advisory that goes into effect later on this evening and during the overnight hours elsewhere everyone is well above the freezing mark. so that's the first round of precipitation that we're tracking. you see this moisture coming up from a south to north direction. there's a we'll coastal load developing off the coast of the carolinas. so this turns northward as we get into later on tonight but the big story we're tracking as we get into christmas eve, the one everyone is pants pating you'll see this moisture coming out of the rockies so this moisture cuts down to our south, forms this area of low pressure from the south and taps into all of this moisture coming from the gulf of mexico and that will work its way into our region as we get into tuesday night and real into wednesday. so future tracker 6 showing you that moisture developing from the south and it really embodies much of the delaware and lehigh valleys as we get into wednesday morning lasting for much of the day on wednesday as well. so, two rounds of rain tuesday

and wednesday, light rain and drizzle. and then christmas eve rain, some of which will be heavy at times and at that point we're culling for anywhere from a half inch to an inch of rainfall on the way. we'll take a closer look at the system and let you know if it pulls out in time for christmas day with the accuweather forecast. shirleen. >> sounds good. thank you mel sarge philadelphia police are looking for the man who shot two people today in grays ferry. "action news" has learned one of the victims is just three years old. john rawlins is live now on south newkirk street where this all happened late this morning. john. >> reporter: hi, shirleen, the little boy is said to be if stable condition. as you say he's just three years old. he's at chop. he was shot in the leg. an adult neighbor also shot in the leg is said to be in stable condition as well. a confusing chain of events and multiple gun shots this morning. an unidentified gunman looking for one man but shoots his neighbor. >> why we don't know. we're looking into that.

he was looking for one gentleman in particular. and as a result of not finding him, he ended up firing several rounds. >> reporter: the neighbor identified as william pew according to his mother-in-law pew drove himself to the hospital. >> she said he actually drove himself. >> reporter: is that right. >> she said 'cause there's blood over the drivers' seat. >> reporter: the gunman fired at least one shot into 1355 newkirk wounding the three-year-old son of this man, known to neighbors as mo its believed mo may have been the intended target. he had no comment as he entered his now's this afternoon. councilman kenyatta johnson says anyone with information about the gunman and the reasons for the shooting must get that information to investigators. >> this makes no sense as to how they seized him. -- this holiday season we shouldn't have a family going to the hospital with a three-year-old shot in the leg. this is another reason why we have to be aggressive going after those individuals carrying illegal guns.

>> reporter: still no description of the gunman from police. councilman johnson says this has been a bad mix of violence, drugs and guns here in this part of grays ferry. people need to speak out. he made the point that it was just last august that a thrill three-year-old girl onedding street was shot and killed. he said people need to speak out. live in grays ferry, john recalls --ist. >> investigators say sean king start add porch fire last week. a man and woman had to be rescued from the roof and two neighboring properties were damaged. anyone who knows where to find king should contact philadelphia police. investigators in delaware are trying figure out what started three separate fires including one that left one person dead and another that forced a dozen people out of their homes at an apartment

complex. "action news" reporter katherine scott has the details. >> the delaware state fire marshals office has its hands full today investigating three fires that took place yesterday, two of them are in claymont a third in hockessin. none are connected. here on butternut court 15 apartments were damaged and the red cross is assisting at least 12 people who are unable to return home. >> i just heard a loud bang. >> reporter: at first bill said it sounded like a car had backfired. then he saw smoke coming from a window at valley run apartments in claymont around 9:15 last night. >> it was just unbelievable how quickly it started from there and just -- and every time they thought they had it out, it was a flareup again. >> reporter: flames escalated quickly spreading to apartments on the unit block of butternut court. they were several injuries, none of them serious. the delaware state fire marshal's office was back here

this morning investigating trying to determine what caused the blaze that left these homes in ruins just days before christmas. >> christmastime, you know, now the families are displaced and it's horrible. >> my friend darren that lives upstairs was just talking about, you know, i had my wife's christmas presents wrapped and ready to go and it's all gone, you know. they lost everything in a blink of an eye. >> reporter: just a few miles away yesterday morning firefighters were called to harbor house apartments in claymont for a different fire that claimed one person's life and injured another. the flames advanced quickly, nearly 40 people couldn't return home. a 72-year-old man was rescued by firefighters and taken to the hospital in serious condition. back here at butternut court you can see the blown outwindows. the apartments are completely destroyed. we're hearing there could be at least a half million dollars worth of damage. in claymont katherine scott, channel6 "action news."

>> that third fire katherine mentioned started at a barn in hockessin. it happened around 8:30 last night at the york land arabian horse farm on gun club road. the blaze killed 12 horses. vernon odom will have more in a live report at 5:30. >> a drug bust in delaware led police to a stash of marijuana hallucinogenic mushrooms and candy laced with hash. officers uncovered the drugs and cash on speak man place in wilmington. the raise followed a six month investigation. 24-year-old andre corbett was taken into custody at that house. he's now facing several charges including possession and intent to delivery. >> here at the big board now, if you're down about the eagles you should know there's at least one good story going on this weekend in philadelphia sports in case you missed it, the man in goal for the flyers last night made some history. his name is rob zeff and last

night was his first nhl game. he is 33 years old making him the oldest player ever to make his debut with the flyers. zepp always dreamed of playing in the nhl but it didn't look like he would ever get a chance so he went to play in germany where his team won five championships in seven years. but he said he wanted to give his dream one more shot so he signed a minor league deal with the flyers and when the team rallied from two goals down to beat the jets in overtime last night, he got the win making him the oldest goalie to win his debut since 1926. zepp was called up from the minors after goalie steve mason got hurt on friday. still no word on how long mason will be out so zepp could get into a few more games while he's with the team. imagine, first shot, first game with the team and he won for them. >> what an awesome night. still ahead a royal trial. a member of the european royal family who is facing criminal charges today.

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>> ♪ >> new york city police are getting an update right now on that deadly ambush that killed two patrol officers on saturday. commissioner bill bratton announced funeral arrangements for officer ramos today. he'll be buried on saturday one week after he was shot to death in his cruiser along with officer wenjian liu. the victim's families met with with officer wenjian liu. leaders today. >> as painful and difficult as it is families come together, people find a way forward and i told them we would were there for them. >> 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley shot the officers to

death in their cruise interwhat's been described as an assassination. they're still trying to piece together what brinsley did during his time in new york city. hours before the shooting he wrote on instagram he was seeking revenge for black men killed by police. police say he also shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend in baltimore before that ambush in new york city. our coverage of the deadly shootings of nypd officers continues on 6abc.com. find more information on the shooter's background as well as pictures and video from the ongoing investigation. it's all right there right now on 6abc.com. >> the princess of spain is heading to trial on tax fraud charges. a judge ordered the king sister princess christina to stand trial along with her husband. she's the first royal to face charges in court since the monarchy was restored in 1975. the princess and her husband are accused of using his company's money to cover their personal expenses. princess christina could face four years in prison if

convicted. astronauts in space need new tool but they didn't have to wait for a shipment from earth. instead, nasa engineers e-mailed the tool into space and astronauts made it themselves using a 3-d printer. international space station commander chan butch will mer became the first man to make a new tool in place. the ratcheting socket wrench will end up back on earth to see if tools made in space are different than the ones made on the ground. the 3-d printer itself is also unique, it's the only one in existence designed to work in zero gravity. >> to business on a monday afternoon. stocks picking up right where they left off on friday. the dow up 154 points and change today. nasdaq also gaining 16 points. the s & p also up eight. ups expects to deliver 34 million packages today. that would make it the biggest

delivery day in in company's history. they spent $500 million getting ready for today especially after last year's debacle that left millions of packages undelivered in time for christmas. ups has a new automated system. it flashes instructions to workers letting them process 15 percent more packages. dupont says it's moving its corporate headquarters outside the city. the move is not expected to lead to any job cuts. dupont's chemical company is spinning off into its own business and will move into the company's old headquarters in rodney square. dupont's new building will be in the chestnut run plaza. >> notice a lot of cars heading towards the airport. that holiday travel has begun. >> yes, go the to get there in time for christmas. matt pelman live in the "action news" traffic center. how are we looking out there. >> they're in the airport, also going to their malls which is what i should be doing right now but instead

let me tell you about some of the spots where you don't want to go. 202 southbound side, you can go but you're going to have trouble going quickly here in the southbound lanes like most afternoons we are backed up at this point in malvern by route 29 on down to 401 in the work zone. this weekend we got a new traffic pattern northbound through the work zone between 30 and 401. now you're moving in the middle of the roadway instead of on the right side. heads up there. things look a little different. once you reach this point at 29 there's a broken down vehicle but it's off to the side so not impeding traffic too much. farther north by the king of prussia mall you know things are going to be busy with those last minute shoppers. also an accident this afternoon in buckingham township bucks county involving an overturned school bus. we're hearing luckily there were no students on the bus but swamp road remains closed. forest grove road a possible alternate. here's the tacony palmyra bridge just finishing an opening for a southbound ship. traffic just starting to move once again. we had a crash early this morning in stanton delaware still blocking the right lane along route four eastbound

along tolliver drive because of downed poles from that accident. on this monday afternoon i hope you had a good weekend and one of our friends using the waze app talking about a minor crash in gibbsboro camden county along lake view drive. look nd little six icon. he's one of our commuter team members. you, too, can be that were you download the waze app for free. we'll check it again shirleen coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. see you again soon. its montgomery county sheriff's office honored some of their own for outstanding acts of bravery and compliment today. commendations of exceptional service were given to officers for their work during emergencies and special investigations. a former deputy also received his official retirement badge today after 15 years on the force. north korea is making a new accusation against sony movie studios. "action news" anchor rick williams is in the news room now with more on this. hi, there, rick. >> hi, shirleen, thank you. that's right, this accusation comes in the wake of course

that of massive cyber attack against the sony corporation. hackers of course were upset about the movie "the interview" which is about an assassination attempt on north korea's leader. coming up tonight at 5 o'clock we'll hear who north korea now thinks is behind the movie. also coming up tonight health officials have warned this friday season will be a bad one. coming up at 5:00 ali gorman has details on how the flu is already hitting our area and what we can do about it. those stories and much more when we see you at 5 o'clock tonight. until then back to the studio to brian and share been. >> all right, rick, see you shortly. up next here at 4:00 melissa is back with the christmas day call from accuweather. >> plus if you're waiting until the last minute to finish your holiday shopping there are still great deals out there. we'll help you find them. >> we want to remind you to go to facebook and like the 6abc facebook page. that will give you access to all the top stories we're following all day long, weather updates breaking news and the best and most current

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>> ♪ >> santa's elves clearly weren't the only ones working hard to bring smiles to the faces of little girls and boys. you can call this septa's north pole headquarters. employees came to sort, package and distribute the thousands of toys that were donated by fellow employees. this annual each vent serves local children in need. >> well, thon note, it's time for the accuweather forecast and a first look at your christmas day forecast. >> yes, let's go over to meteorologist melissa magee. hi, melissa. >> hi, shirleen, hi brian. and we have some changes up ahead this week. you probably are feeling some of those changes if you're south of philadelphia. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing you that moisture moving in from there a south to north direction. there's a weak coastal low off the coast of the carolinas that's streaming northward for the rest of the night and

we're tracking another batch of knowledge moves in the day before christmas. on storm tracker 6 street level light rainfall across south jersey and delaware. if you're traveling along reutter one there in delaware, just to the north of miles an hour narks also on route 47 from millville down to sea isle city and route 40 just to the south of hammonton and to the west of atlantic city we're dealing with some light to moderate rain showers moving on through. temperatures however are above the freezing mark in philadelphia. we're 44 degrees. 40 in allentown, 43 degrees in sea isle city but 32 degrees in the poconos. so, this is the only area where we're more than likely going have some minor issues later on tonight and first thing tomorrow morning. national weather service has issued a freezing rain advicer to for carbon and monroe counties because at the onset of this batch of moisture moving through there could be some icy spots before you get that eventual changeover to rain. future tracker 6 has you covered for the rest of tonight you could see just some light spotty showers across much of the region. it will continue even as you wake up tomorrow morning at

7:30 in the morning but once we get into tuesday afternoon it looks to be mostly cloudy at 5 o'clock in the early evening. then we await the arrival of another round of precipitation and this is the one that we're tracking as we get into christmas eve. so, satellite 6 along with action radar takes you to the west coast because we're tracking this moisture that's developing across the four corners energy coming out of denver colorado. this moisture dips down to our south, works its way eastward. as you get that moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico working its way any other delaware and lehigh valleys for christmas eve. here's what we can expect on wednesday. a soaking rain anywhere from a half inch to an inch of rainfall on the way. ponding on roadways and because we are calling for very heavy rainfall across the region travel delays is another big concern. temperatures however will be quite mild, in the lower 60's on christmas eve and keep in mind the record for christmas eve is 61 set back in 1990 or 64 so not too far away from that. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight light rain

and fog, rising temperatures, thirty eight in the city, 35 in allentown, 41 for both cape may and the boardwalk for overnight lows before those temperatures rise. the exclusive four day at 4:00 showing you a morning shower then drizzle, high temperature 52. on wednesday it's rainy and breezy with a high temperature of 61 degrees and for christmas day on thursday, a high temperature of 55. the only issue we're going dry out for christmas but those winds will be gusting up to 40 miles per hour. still not bad on friday, lots of sunshine, a high temperature of 50 but if you're trying to get to your destination the day before christmas going to be tough going with that soaker on the way, guys. >> all right, well, we'll keep our eyes fluid on the accuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa. >> thank you. >> a lot much people could end up way new smartphone or tableted. we have a way to make that new gift even better. make meet make the 6abc familiar among your family of apps. we have the 6abc alarm clock and a watch abc app all

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>> ♪ >> it is time now for the buzz and the music industry and beyond today mourning the death of british rocker joe cocker. sony music says he passed away today after a hard fought bat technological with lung cancer. he created nearly 40 albums with hits such as you are so beautiful and up where we belong. joe cocker was 70 years old. well, it was big wedding weekend for celebrities. first singer elton john married his long time partner, the legendary musician married

david furnish in a ceremony in the united kingdom. they had been together for more than 20 years. their wedding. john praised england for changing also laws on same-sex marriage. the couple has two children. adele was invited. she couldn't make it so she sent a handwritten note saying she's sorry she missed it. love the fact she's old fashioned. he was just here a few weeks ago for the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade lance bass tied the knot with his new husband. other members of in sync were there not justin timberlake though but so was "dancing with the stars" pro cheryl burke and countless other celebrities and lance instagramed this picture of the wedding rings. lot a bling. big wedding weekend right before the holidays. >> my wife got a chance to hang out with lance bass. happy thanksgiving. >> he definitely seems like a great guy. >> he loves philadelphia. >> yes. >> all right. come celebrate. >> we love him for thank.

>> still to come police on high alert what local officers are doing to protect themselves in the wake of that deadly ambush in new york city. >> and could the secret to sleeping better be just a click away. meet the sleep whisperer that millions of insom mee yaks swear by straight ahead. >> plus, a daredevil sores to new heights using only a lawn chair, a few dozen balloons an shot gun. how he pulled off this jaw dropping stunt straight out of ♪

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam >> "action news" continues shirleen allicott and brian taft. >> it is 4:30 and "action news" continues with a landmark ruling. why an argentinian court just decided an orangutan is entitled certain rights. >> if you're still not done with are holiday shopping you're in luck. alicia not only shares local last minute gift ideas these stores are rewarding procrastinator with a free gift. >> she went from being in charge to being charged days after two children went for a wild ride in the back of a delaware tow truck, the day care operator is under arrest. >> but we're going to begin with an alert from police leaders and unions to officers coast to coast, be careful. that warning comes just days after 28-year-old man way a vendetta against law enforcement executed two members of the nypd.

officials now fear that more officers could be ambushed by a copycat assassin. for more on the precautions taken right here after home today, "action news" reporter david henry at sixth district police station in center city philadelphia today. hi, david. >> reporter: yeah, hey, brian. philadelphia police officers get a special safety message at roll call every day before they head out on patrol but that message today carried extra weight after what happened in new york over the weekend. it is a message that is also being reinforced by union leadership. >> extra, extra careful especially during these times. it's a very fragile time. as officers headed out on patrol today they were mindful of what happened in new york and what could happen to any one of them at any moment. they sense more animosity after antipolice violence demonstrations like this one in center city last night. the rhetoric has been red hot since grand jurys in ferguson and new york failed to indict

police officers for the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. the gunman who assassinated the officers in new york cited those cases as his motivation. now police everywhere are worried a copycat might be planning a similar ambush. there have been no credible threats to police in philadelphia. >> i think we'll be okay. it's just a matter of -- it's that sense in the. you can't put a real pulse on it but everybody is extra careful. >> reporter: philadelphia police say they get threats ail the time but nothing specifically related to the brown and garner cases. the demonstrations near philadelphia have been mostly peaceful with very few arrests. there has been violence in other cities. but philadelphia authorities credit a well trained civil affairs unit and specialized crowd control units for helping to keep ahead on things here. but police commissioner ramsey worries about the inflammatory rhetoric. >> when we have people using very inflammatory rhetoric, you never know who you're

motivating to do something. >> reporter: now, philadelphia police officers may be extra vigilant now but that's something that reminded of every day. at the end of roll call they're always told to stay alert and come home safe and sound. live in center city, david henry, channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, david thank you. a dover man is dead today after expressing a plan to "commit suicide by cop." police respond to do james lawn's residence here in the country club apartment complex late last night after crisis counselors told them he planned to kill himself. when police entered the app they said long pointed what appeared to be a gun at him. they fired hitting and killing long. that gun was later determined to be a bb gun. plea also say long booby trapped his apartment with noxious chemicals prompting them to briefly evacuate that building. >> two people are facing charges for allegedly tying up

a senior citizen and robbing her inside her west whiteland township home. 36-year-old leonard bernard and 41-year-old brianna mitchell were captured overnight in delaware. bernard allegedly posed as a home healthcare worker and knocked on the 76-year-old victim's door in the exton crossing development on saturday. police say he then forced his way inside, bound the woman's hands and stole her jewelry. bernard and mitchell are both charged with robbery, aggravated assault and kid happening. they are awaiting extradition back to chester county. police in philadelphia are questioning one person in connection to an early morning abduction in fern rock. investigators tell "action news" four suspects kidnapped a man from a house on cranston road around 5:00 a.m. he was apparently beaten before being left on the 700 block of chew avenue a short time later. the victim was rushed to einstein hospital in stable condition. police believe the abduction may have been drug related. charges have not yet been

filed. >> a woman accused of operating a day-care center without a license is staysy facing charges after her suv was towed away with two children inside. police say tonya robinson left the girls ages five and one in the back of her car outside the penn indicator plaza shopping center on friday. while robinson was inside shopping her car was repossessed by tow truck driver who didn't notice the kids until he got back to the tow yard. the girls were not hurt and were returned to their parents. robinson is charged with child endangerment and delaware officials will order her to shut down her day care because she was unlicensed. >> one person was hurt when two school buses collided in west philadelphia this morning. chopper 6 was over the accident at 56th and chestnut just after 7:00. one of the buses went off the road and knocked out a traffic signal. before it stopped on the sidewalk just feet away from a building. medics took one person to the hospital. there's still no word on what caused the crash.

>> more than 1400 people spent a chilly morning without feet in stanton delaware. this after two cars collided on the 2800 block of west newport pike sending a truck into a utility pole. the driver wasn't seriously hurt but the crash did make quite a mess of the wires. utility crews had to replace the pole. everyone was back online by noon. >> meteorologist melissa magee standing by now and the rain is making its way in as we speak. >> yeah, that's right, brian and shirleen, it's south of us and slight rain and drizzle but this is just the first round that moves in tonight and another one moves in as we get into christmas eve. outside we go, sky 6 live in hd it's a nice shot of philadelphia international airport on this monday afternoon. that temperature 44 degrees, dewpoint at 35. the winds out of the northeast at 9 miles per hour so you had the clouds moving on in and that will help to provide more moisture as the night wears on. the wind chill makes it feel like we're sitting at 39 degrees. so if perhaps you're traveling today, i think this whole week is going to be a week of

travel before christmas and there are a few delays to tell you about. at new york city j.f.k. and la guardia 27 minute delays in newark new jersey we have a delay of about 44 minutes but as we widen out the picture we'll get the green light from boston's logan down to atlanta westward into dallas texas there. but that moisture is on the move even as we get into tonight and for that matter that second round that moves in on wednesday. we'll time it out for you, show you how much is on the way. we've got the accuweather forecast. give yourself some extra time. eat some cookies along the way. >> one of those times you don't mind seeing zeros on the weather map. >> yeah, that looks good. >> melissa thank you. each december a petite post office in the lehigh valley becomes one of pennsylvania's busiest. thousands block to our own milltown of bethlehem hoping to put a special stamp on their christmas cards. walter perez with how the christmas city celebrates and lots of people heading your way right now, walter. >> reporter: no doubt about it.

local historians say that bethlehem pennsylvania was chris stenned in a stable across the street from where i'm standing right now. no kidding. local officials cling to that moravian tradition a tradition that you mentioned even extends to the post office. talk about a hot christmas gift. every year the bethlehem post mastery receives tens of thousands of christmas cards from as far away as china requesting the postage be canceled with one of their two special christmas stamps, one of which has the star of bethlehem, the other bearing an image of the three wise men and all those requests are hand stamped. bethlehem post master dan myiases yo' says that's on top of all the other holiday parcels they need to deliver. >> we deliver over 3,000 packages in one day to bethlehem alone and they're probably doing the same. that's why i said earlier just so proud of the job they've done. >> reporter: bethlehem's christmas spirit is not limited to the post officers. over at the moravian book shop which first opened its doors

in 1745 the owners transformed the store every year into a christmas wonderland. in fact, shop employees spend the better part of the year gearing up for the holidays. >> we have 11 buyers and they travel all over the country to different gift shows, those kinds of things to try to find something unique, something you won't find online, something you won't find anywhere else. >> reporter: and of course there are the many historic museums and buildings that local officials are just looking to show off once december rolls around. >> we have carriage rides, we have bethlehem by night bus tours, we have candlelight walking tours. all sorts of wonderful things for visitors to do. >> reporter: and that's why they call it the christmas stein all christmas related activities and festivities will continue through the beginning of january here in bethlehem, a link to the christmas city web side can be found on our web site, 6abc.com. reporting live from bethlehem, walter perez, channel6 "action news". >> definitely feeling like the holidays there, that's for sure. thank you, walter.

and one group of carolers brought a lost holiday cheer outside the media courthouse today. >> ♪ sounding good. rudolph red nosed reindeer and several other holiday classics are being played by the talented ridley elementary school band. councilman dave white and district attorney jack whelan were there to watch and so was san today. the d.a.'s anticrime dog dressed in his special santa suit. >> love this time of year. >> yes, we really do. still to come procrastinators rejoice. why putting holiday shopping off until the last minute is actually paying off today. >> and do not try this at home. how one daredevil turned a lawn chair 90 helium balloons an shot gun into his very own version of the movie up. >> oh. >> and meteorologist melissa magee back with the full "action news" at 4:00 continues right after this

>> ♪ >> this was the frightening scene along a georgia freeway moments after an officer pulled over a car. you saw it there, a fedex truck slaming into his cruiser, the officer standing feet away. rescue crews had to use a device similar to the jaws of life to free the driver of that truck once it overturned. incredibly the officer was not seriously hurt. officials have not yet said what caused the truck driver to lose control. >> on health check at 4:00 we introduced you to a woman who is helping millions of people fall asleep just with the sound of her voice. >> unique soft voices. >> videos featuring maria's soothing whisper have made her a youtube sensation. her fans say her quiet words can trigger sleep and even curb depression and loneliness. the results only happen for people with a condition called autonomous sensory meridian

response or asmr. certain images and sounds lead to a sublime sensation. doctors say those claims may be true but it's largely an untested theory. i think i have the opposite effect. >> here's the big board with the big take and a big decision in argentine alternate. this is sandra. she's an orangutan. courts granted her legal rights as a nonhuman person. her lawyers say she was detained illegally in a zoo then successfully fought to have her removed to a animal sanctuary. courts said she was unlawfully dep priced of freedom. she's been living in the buenos aires zoo for the past two decades. this landmark ruling could pave the way for more lawsuits on behalf of other orangutans who are high functioning like sandra there. this video today we are

certainly talking about. check this out. it looks like a scene from there disney film up. one guy took a lawn chair and 90 helium balloons. it's daredevil eric roamer. the only thing keeping him up 8,000 feet up in the air, those balloons >> scary and yes it is. >> reporter: so he popped those balloons one by one with a shot gun before free falling off the claire and he finally pulled his parachute to complete what he called one of his favorite stunts and he says it was an i quote epic. and finally when the grinch strikes the furry four legged grinch determined to get those paws on your holiday decor. my facebook viewer and friend lucy mcgary rosa shared this photo of her cat named chance. they had to take all the

decorations off the tree and she tells me he's our scrooge. here are other cats behaving badly like this one who looks a little surprised when caught opening all the presents. this one fierce tearing into that candy cane. your tree topper toast. this kitty is not afraid of heights. this feline seems to be enjoying the view of all that damage and destruction. by the way dogs are not angels either. that one took down the whole tree and this one punished for bad behavior forced to wear a sign reading i ate christmas. >> i'm avenue fried ask what did he actually eat. >> kids can be just as destructive. >> this is true. have a little gate around the christmas tree. >> my little one is going teuton. >> alicia thanks very much. let's get another check on the roads right now. >> let's do it. map man in the "action news" traffic center. >> pets getting some lumps of coal for the holiday good afternoon brian and shirleen. big lump of coal if you're traveling southbound on 95 trying to exit for the vine street expressway westbound. pretty bad accident this

afternoon. one vehicle favoring the wrong way. lot of emergency crews are on the scene and just the right shoulder is getting by on the ramp again from 95 southbound to the vine westbound. this is causing even heavier than normal delays as you come south on 95 through the work zone by girard avenue. just off 95 in frankford we had some downed wires that were blocking james street near margaret. they got those pushed out of the way so you can get by once again. you're getting by but really slowly on the schuylkill westbound near university. there's a broken down bus taking out the right lane. speeds just in the teens as you head toward that bus. so, extra heavy through that neck of the woods. also a broken down vehicle on the roosevelt boulevard northbound side by ninth street still partially blocking the left lane so heavy here as well. locked up from ridge avenue north on the boulevard up to ninth street. our overturned school bus crash in buckingham bucks county has cleared. everything reopened along swamp road and no word of any major injuries there luckily n warrington there's a crash along 611 southbound past kelly road there by the kc

prime. in tune in in a vista wreck along route 54 at women among road by the 54 diner. hopefully no more lumps of coal but you never know brian and shirleen. >> you never know. >> that's true. no cole for her. she's got the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast coming up next. >> ♪ the holiday season is here,

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on storm tracker 6 live double scan street level, if you're traveling along the garden state parkway in jersey we've got a little bit of light precipitation just to the south of areas in atlantic city. to the west as well along route 40 down to millville, even along route 47 we're tracking that moisture. from dover up northward into wilmington we do have a little bit of light precipitation on the way. temperatures for the most part are above the freezing mark. the exception the poconos, it's 32 degrees there. that's where we have the freezing rain advisory in effect later on this evening. elsewhere temperatures are in the 40's, upper 30's. 39 in trenton, 42 in beach haven, 37 degrees in allentown and 41 degrees in dover. here's satellite 6 along with action radar. round one is moving in right now. you can see the moisture collecting across areas in south jersey and delaware. there's a little weak coastal low just off the coast of the carolinas. this moves in from the south to north direction as we get into the rest of tonight and into the first half of the day on tuesday. then round two moves in as we get into wednesday on christmas eve. you can see this moisture starting to get its act together across areas in the

four corners region. this taps into some moisture coming in the gulf of mexico and from a south to north direction. future tracker 6 has you covered for the rest of tonight. we do have some light rain and drizzle around the region. it continues for the first half of the morning on tuesday 7 o'clock in the morning light rain and drizzle but at this point temperatures will be quite mild in the lower 50's. we get a break as we get into tuesday evening. then we track another batch of moisture that moves in as we get into wednesday morning. so future tracker 6 showing you 6 o'clock in the morning midweek we have the rain that will be around and this rain will pick up in intensity. you can see at 1:30 in the afternoon on wednesday you do have light, in not some moderate and heavy pockets of rain that move through. it continues as we get into 8 o'clock on wednesday night so some slow downs, some travel concerns as well. you can see this moisture starting to push off shore as we get into christmas day, 7:30 in the morning so it's not until early on christmas day that we will start to get clearing and behind that the winds will pick up on the backside. so christmas day here's your forecast. some improvement on the way.

it's mild, some sunshine, a temperature of 55 but gusts up to 40 miles per hour. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight light rain and fog with rising temperatures. we bottom out at 35 in the city. temperatures climb as we get into tuesday. accuweather forecast showing you tomorrow up to 52 degrees, morning showers and drizzle around. then the heavy stuff moves in as we get into wednesday rainy and breezy a high temperature of 61, the record 64 set back in 1990 and then those gusty winds on thursday and at 55 degrees so some improvement on the way for christmas day. like i said just give yourself extra time if you're travel on wednesday or out and about doing some shopping. >> okay. >> not too bad. >> thank you melissa. >> saving with 6abc is coming up next

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too small and he never turns down a challenge. so he spent quite awhile working on this one after many, many tries he finally achieved that victorious moment where his entire body fit into the box. you can see he looked very pleased with himself and it's moments like this one that made him a youtube hit. his videos have been viewed more than 200 million times. >> it's all fun and games. >> can't get enough. >> until you get stuck in that box. >> how do you get him back out of that box. >> you don't. that will do it for "action news" after 4:00 today. have it rather adam joseph and melissa magee. i'm brian taft. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> we'll see you at 10:00 .

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jamie apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> the week leading up to christmas is off to a dreary starter. accuweather is tracking several systems that will bring us rain ahead of the holiday. and we're learning more about what to expect on christmas eve and christmas day. monday night monica malpass is off, shirleen allicott is joining us and the big story on "action news" is the separate storms that will

bring precipitation to our area. >> and tonight we will see light rain as well as fog. meteorologist melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with the latest from storm tracker 6 double scan. >> and shirleen and rick, we are tracking just some light rain right now to the south of philadelphia. you could see on storm tracker 6 live double scan radar some light precipitation, light rainfall across south jersey and delaware. this is the first round of and delaware. the rest of this evening and into tonight. temperatures for the most part are above the freezing mark. it's 42 in philadelphia, 37 in allentown, 39 in trenton, forty three sea isle city but just at the freezing mark in the poconos and there there is a freezing rain advisory in effect that goes up later on this evening. so storm tracker 6 live double scan on the big picture 3-d showing you this moisture moving n there's an area of low pressure just off the coast of the carolinas and that's why we have this precipitation overhead right now. but we'll widen out the picture and the round that we are tracking that moves in for christmas eve is still off to our west. you could see this moisture that's coming out of the four corners region,