forecast that is creating difficulties for people traveling ahead of the christmas holiday. >> weather caused delays at the philadelphia international airport, all travelers are encouraged to call ahead. >> lets get the latest from accuweather who is monitoring conditions from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> hi rick and sharrie. we are tracking the moisture overhead, on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, it's off to the south and west and low level moisture overhead and here are the areas we are tracking down to a half mile there, .8 in dover and 2.5 in philadelphia and 2.7 miles in trenton, that is a concern on the roads or if you are doing traveling by air. lets widen out the picture on stormtracker 6 live double scan, what we are tracking for christmas eve is this moisture in the southern states in the southwestern sections of

louisiana and tornado watches popping up as well. this moisture from a south to north direction will works it's way into the region, we are not tracking anything severe but the wet weather is on the way. future tracker 6 has you covered through the morning hours on wednesday and 7:00 in the morning, the light to moderate rainfall in the region, as we get into wednesday evening at 6:00, as far as what we are expecting with the moisture on the way, rainfall this is a big concern from .75 inch to inch and a half of rainfall, pour drainage is a concern and ponding on the roadways, one positive is near record warmth with temperatures in the lower 60s, we'll see the details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you. stay on top of the changing weather situation with the new 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for storm tracker 6 radar and the latest

video from our meteorologists. the damp warm did not stop last minute shoppers from heading to the malls, nora muchanic is live in norristown, new jersey, where she met busy and determined shoppers. right nora? we are at the quaker bridge mall at route 1, busy all day and getting busier as we speak. the mad rush is on for shoppers that haven't finished their list and for folks that haven't started to shop. >> i had to work until the end and now here i am, spending all my money i have coming. >> debbie was among the crowds at quaker bridge mall weighted down with gifts and feeling the pressure of last minute shopping. >> now, this year i am behind. >> the last minute shoppers are filling the stores you would

think they are giving thing as way. >> the deals are awesome. the coupons are great and just tying up all the loose ends. >> one of few men that go out shopping with a list. i have a list. >> how are you doing on it? >> lots of check marks doing good. >> this kohls in chester is staying open so the hardiest can go. >> i have done that before and you get a lot done. >> work hard and then go home and wrap. it's fun. >> the mad rush continues to get all the presents bought and wrapped and under the tree in time. >> the clock it ticking? >> i'm a last min guy. >> i am getting done what i need to get done. i am glad i have every needed so i can go home and relax. >> it's a good idea to start the shopping now because the time is

getting slower and slower. tonight is the big night, get out there and there i go. >> and back live now really cool to talk directly to santa today ready to go on christmas eve, for the mere mortals shopping for presents, the quaker bridge mall is open until 7:00 p.m. live in lawrence township, nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> nora thank you. meantime, sony changed its christmas day plans for the controversial firm. "the interview," there will be a limited theatrical release, hackers threatened to target theaters that showed the film, prompting sony to cancel the release, now the ceo says the movie will play at a number of theaters come christmas day. we'll have more on what prompted

this decision and we'll have reaction. >> police in norristown are hoping you'll recognize this suspected robber, the not owes were taken at 2:00 this morning at the a-plus convenience store at west main street. police say he pointed a gun at the clerk and climbed over the counter to get cash from the register, if you can identify the person in the photos call the number on your screen, norristown police. a fugitive rape suspect is back if philadelphia after authorities tracked him down in mexico, "action news" reporter, vernon odom is live at police head quarters with more on the investigation that led to this arrest. >> reporter: rick, in a philadelphia jail tonight, a mexican national who police and the fbi say entered this country illegally and spent only five-months in philadelphia but that was enough time to rape

totally abuse and terrorize a woman walking towards center city. this is roberto suarez now age 37, he is in a philadelphia jail after four years on the run, he was brought back to philadelphia last night from mexico city. police say this is suarez fleeing the scene of an august 2 rape. >> she was approached from behind and dragged and raped at the broad street ridge spur line across the street, at which time she was physically and sexually assaulted. >> armed with dna and other evidence at the scene, police tailed suarez across pennsylvania to pittsburgh, and down to texas where he also have family and then to mexico city where he was arrested there in

april of 2012, he was held by mexico police until he was expedited last night. >> it seems like a long time, and in our system in the united states that process would go quicker, in mexico, the system and judicial process works much, much slower. his victim has a much different reaction. >> she had four years of trying to get some closure and some relief, now unfortunately the wounds will be reopen again. but there is even more closure now that she knows that he is in custody and will never harm anybody again. >> reporter: swar says also accused of raping a teenager in pittsburgh back in 2010, police sources tell me tonight that when he arrived last night, he gave it up voluntarily upon

arrival. meaning he confessed to the crime here. live at police headquarters, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have this just in to "action news" now, take a look at this picture from columbia, mississippi, there are reports of a strong tornado touching down, several buildings are damaged and one main highway in the area is closed. no reports of injuries yet but first responders are just beginning the assessment of the damage, we'll keep you updated on the details on this tornado in mississippi. >> back here close toward home, a partially paralyzed man had his scooter stolen off the street in wilmington, the motorized scooter was taken on east 39th street. griffin says her 28-year-old son shane was shot in the head five years ago and needs the scooter to get around and it was taken inside of his grandmother's

house, the theft has been reported to police. lets get a check of the traffic report now. >> lets go to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> it's festivous, a time to air your grievances, one is emergency construction here in philadelphia, along 26th street southbound side past the schuylkill expressway the emergency work taking out the right lanes, you are seeing slowing away from 76 and down towards the platt bridge, a lot of accidents out there on the slippery wet roadways, one in upper moreland and maryland road, by 422, the royersford interchange, the fire police are helping you around that. in new garden chester county, a crash at route 7, at gap port pike. along the southbound lanes of highway 1. more to check and we'll do that

again in the next half hour. we'll see you in a bit. thanks matt. still to come on tuesday evening, a teenager's sudden death is under investigation by the chester county police department. authorities are trying to determine if there is any link to the flu. now police officers pause to remember fallen officers, that tribute is coming up.

there was a moment of silence in new york city today for the two murdered police officers.n new york city today mayor bill deblasio and his wife bowed their heads at city hall. the mayor spoke today about the officers. >> they gave their lives for the belief that we could do better that we could come together, that we could keep people safe. >> flowers and candles and wreaths continue to be placed at

the scene. and police are investigating the sudden death of a teenager on friday. ali gorman is at the "action news" big board with more. >> we are awaiting the confirmation but it's believed to be the flu. this year is expected to be a bad season and grief counselors are at the high school. a message from the superintendant, of downingtown schools, thoughts and prayers are with daniel and his family at this most difficult time. andrew speck was a senior at downingtown west high school. he collapsed while working at his part-time job on friday. according to his obituary, he passed away from complications from the flu. they say that he tested positive

for influenza a and most cases of flu this year were a and a dominant sub type. it's already known to cause severe illness and the vaccine is not a good match for the mutated flu going around and the cdc reports 40,000 cases every year and they expect we'll be on the higher side this year. if you have severe symptoms such as high fever or extreme headache or fatigue or shortness of breath you need to go to the emergency room. >> and local flu activity is picking up as everyone gets together for the holidays, make sure are you washing your hands as often as possible. wait to hear from others, we'll wait for the results in

andrew's death. the spirit of giving was alive and well for deserving children received quite a sufficient price today. youngsters were told to close their eyes when they were rush into a classroom. gifts are every day essentials like gloves and shoes, imagine their surprise when they saw their gifts. it was made possible by men that care from german town. it was mission accomplished when one youngster could not hold back his tears.

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well, we all know that santa uses his reindeer to travel and spread holiday cheer, but a former nfl player used a positive approach for the holidays, brock put on his first event, he loaded up a party bus with gifts and when around the city surprising 12 families in need, the philadelphia fraternal order of police helped to decorated bus and brock grew up in german town and played at temple and families were glad to see him back where he started. >> thank you so, so much. this is so much of a blessing and how overwhelming this is, i don't know what to say, thank you. >> i am so successful and blessed, i should give back to the city that made me and try to positively influence the kids

that are coming up. >> i had a chance to roll around town and help surprise the families, i presented mrs. hail with a gift to the spa, she and her son are cancer survivors and it's been a rough year and she appreciates the love she was shown today. >> look at you in the santa hat. more to come on "action news" tonight, looking live at sky 6 hd, melissa magee is keeping an eye on the forecast with the latest from accuweather.

time now for a check of accuweather, melissa magee is at the "action news" big board. it's foggy outside. >> we are tracking low level moisture outside. if you look closely, can you see the lights there, kind of hard to make out what is on this shot because of the moisture and fog and dense conditions outdoors. when we talk about the visibility. up to 5 miles delays of 110 minutes if you are traveling by

air. if you want to check with your carrier for delays. down to dover a mile and 4 miles in reading. we'll show you the temperatures, in most spots along the i-95 corridor are at 50, and poconos coming in at 49 and 51 in millville and 50 in dover. lots of moisture and clouds mist and drizzle and southerly winds coming in tonight. temperatures are where they will be for the rest of the evening tonight. we'll drop to 49 in the city and upper 40s for the city and toms river and the boardwalk, dramp and drizzle with areas of fog. now round two of what we are tracking, you can see all the moisture down along the southern states moving on through and the area of low pressure we are tracking in the western sections of louisiana, we talked about that tornado across columbus, mississippi, nothing severe working its way into our region,

you'll be tracking the moisture and a lot of heavy rain into christmas eve. we'll time things out for you with future tracker 6, wednesday 4:00 in the morning when the moisture starts to approach and arrive in the area, 8:00 in the morning you have the rain that will continue, it continues into the afternoon hours, some of which is heavy and a big concern with ponding on the roadways, wet weather gear is needed when you head out on the town, breezy and 4:00 it's 60 degrees, when it's close to midnight, 62, it's one of those days, and wet conditions and a breeze from the south, temperatures in the lower 60s. records of 63 set in 1990, we are calling from anywhere to an inch to inch and a half of

rainfall on the way, and the five-day at 5:00, it's cloudy and breezy and 63 degrees with the rain around and christmas day 55 and 50 on friday and 54 in saturday, nice then, sunday clouds and rain developing once again. we'll track the rain on wednesday. >> thank you. >> there is much more to come on "action news" at 5:00. >> fellow authorities bust a gun smuggling operation. and how police say suspects pulled it off. a south jersey high school is on lock down following a discovery on campus and a fedex driver charged with making holiday deliveries forgets a -- in the process and is in trouble.

hello, monica is off and sharrie williams is joining us. it looks like sony's controversial film, "the interview" will hit some theaters on christmas day.

and south jersey doctors in handcuffs after accusations of opinion abuse during examinations. and now the details, in a surprising twist, stoney has given the green light for a limited number of theaters to show "the interview" come christmas day, hollywood is praising the move on the stars took to twitter as well. >> emmet miller is live with more. >> reporter: rick and sharrie this is a big movie sony, the first stations that jumped on board and agreed to show the film are in the south and cleveland. and that list is growing and hollywood is cheering them on. coming to the theater near you, the movie cyber hackers don't want you to see, "the interview" has been approved for theaters.

hollywood a-listers praised them on twiser. freedom has prevailed and james franco, victory. >> meanwhile, north korea has had trouble keeping its internet running since monday and the united states will not say if the u.s. is behind the outage. >> as we implement or responses some will be seen and some may not be seen. >> they said that the u.s. government was really the power behind the making of the interview. >> a seth rogen film about the plot to assassinate leader, kim jong un. >> if the u.s. did this, they are clearly defining the parameters for this activity, it could be devastating if it leads to this time of warfare. >> they say that the internet in north korea was a denial of

service, by satellite and south korea, and china shine brightly and north korea is a black void. once again the first theaters to agree to screen this film have been independent theaters, the bigger chains have yet to jump on board and the white house is applauding sony's move on for their part they say they are proud themselves for not backing down to cyber terrorism. >> emmet thank you. meantime, congress is looking for answers about this sony breach, maryland congressman wrote a letter to sony's ceo asking for details about the hacks that happened over the past year, he says that cyber attacks pose a clear and present danger over national security and congress is planning on meeting with sony's meeting department. >> in other news, people are facing serious charges for smuggling guns on delta planes

from atlanta to new york. they say they smuggled 129 handguns and assault riffs from may until december, the most recent was 13 days ago according to the fbi, 18 guns were snuck past security in atlantic and then handed to another man and slipped into a carry-on bag heading for jfk. >> it makes you wonder how safe it is to travel especially this time of year when there are so many people traveling. authorities say that the man accused of carrying the guns used his security clearance to han off the weapons. world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the delta airlines gun smuggling charges and what it means for future screenings as well as the sony hacking

scandal. you can watch it at 6:30, an egg harbor neurologist is back at -- after accusations from three different patients. he is accused of having sexual contact at his office. he was taken into custody earlier today and is held on $25,000 bail. authorities in south jersey are trying to figure out how a bullet ended up outside of a gloucester county high school today prompting a lock down, it happened at fairview regional high this morning. a maintenance worker found one bullet and it was unclear how long it had been there, but they didn't take chances, they locked down the campus and searched. >> it was one singular .22

caliber round and at no time was anybody at risk. >> the lockdown was lifted several hours after the first call was made to police. this is 42-year-old irs gib any of montgomery county, accused of having sex with a 17-year-old boy inside of a car at an area park. authorities say she met the teen at a school function, and that she sent explicit photos to the boy and turned herself into district court and then posted a $50,000 bail. education advocates are stepping in to help students impacted by the two blazes in claymont, delaware, the brandywine education, is announcing a fundraiser, two families lost nearly everything in the two blazes that ripped through the harbor house and

valley apartments on sunday. the community believes the families will come lieu for families impacted. >> we are hoping to bring the whole community together to support the efforts. families are invited to drop or cash donations and gift cards this saturday from 9:00 and noon at the middle school. a home in bethlehem may be the best looking on the block, dan won a contest for deck the halls, lost his legs and before the crew showed up he only had one decoration on display but not anymore. do you expect to see a

tablet or smart phone under your tree. make the 6 abc family of apps among your first downloads, the 6 abc news app and storm tracker 6 app and the events and 6 abc alarm clock and watch 6 abc app as well. download them from the app and android app store. and there is a sharrie williams app. >> we have so many apps. >> cooking recipes. >> i do give him recipes. >> the weather of course is probably playing a factor on the roads this tuesday. matt pellman is in the traffic center with the low down on the slow down. >> you cook it sharrie and i'll eat it. >> our good buddy ben, it's tough to see him because of the low clouds and fog, roadways are damp and slippery, but no delays on the ben franklin bridge

however if you go off the bridge and head eastbound towards the airport circle an accident approaching 130 causing delays. fire and police are helping you around a wreck at chesterfield and harrison road. camera time, vine street expressway, the eastbound side from the schuylkill out to 95, we are not catching a break this evening and a crash newspaperer more n land at maryland road. we'll keep tabs on the roads until tomorrow. have a good evening. a fedex driver forgot one crucial step before heading out on his route, we'll show you what a driver captured on the cell phone, families have had to go without because of efforts of salvation army, melissa is in for adam. >> we are tracking the moisture, you can see it to the south

lurking northward in time for christmas eve, and we'll go over the details in the accuweather forecast. >> ducis rogers is coming up with sports including the eagles as they get ready for their last hoorah for the year. and now a greeting from one of our local troops serving overseas. >> hi i'm pfc ronald cohen stations in korea, i want to give a happy holiday to my mother in depford, new jersey, hi mom, i love you.

those traveling for the christmas holiday their journey is delayed when a jet clipped each other after their journey in new york. after a left wing tip of an american airlines plane was ripped off by a southwestern's tail pulling away from the gate passengers from neither flight were hurt but put on separate flights. thanks to the generosity of strangers people have gifts

under their tree. >> reporter: if are you a parent christmas is all about your kid, it meant the world to parents in need to step into a room full of toys for the taking this morning set up by the salvation army many winfield heights, sean waited in the rain to take his turn and without this there would be nothing for his son andrew and river. >> it would be a horrible christmas, i wouldn't have nothing for them really, anything that we are getting is really helping. >> he made his way through tables groaning with toys, separated into girls and boys and age. they could take two toys for each child and wrapping paper and stocking for each child. >> they are good boys and deserve it. >> each person had a personal shopper assisting them as they picked out their toys. >> everybody get a bag and what

you get is what you get. but to help them choose, it helps them to feel they are doing something for their children. >> a child has a smile on their face and would not be disappointed in their parents. this is a blessing. this lifted the spirits of the parents from the people of the delaware valley that helped these families with their donations. >> i'm so thankful so we could help people. >> all you secret santas out there, you done good. in winfield heights, tamala edwards, channel 6 "action news." a fedex drive under colorado made a big mistake that may have cost him his job, this is video on youtube showing you what happened when the driver forgot to close the door of his fedex truck, various parcels flew out

of his truck and they were bouncing on the roadway, causing drivers to veer out of the way, the person filming it got his attention and told him his back door is open. >> your back tour is open! >> he had no idea. lets hope those packages make it where they are suppose to be. turning to sports, one game left this evening and the eagles are playing to win. ducis rogers is here now. >> pride and showing what more you can do, showing that to your coaches, that is all that is left for the eagles to play for when they travel to take on the new york giants, this reflects the mood around the team, gloomy. this is the last game they play until late summer, they are taking the reality that the season is about over really hard. >> it's tough more me, you put in all of this work and you see

all the teams with not so good, not as good as yours and it's tough. really tough but it is what it is. it's never fun, and especially we start the season so strong. and been on a three game skid here, and the mentality, getting up for this game and one more opportunity to go play well. turnovers did end the team this season. most came from the quarterback position whether it was mark sanchez or nick foles has was a killer. >> the single stat that defines losing and winning is turnovers, turnover margin, it's hard to win when you are negative in the turnover margin.

last year we barely turned the ball over hence why we went on the run and won some games in the stretch. it could be a different discussion right now. >> eagles game day final returns sunday morning at 11:00, mike quick and i will preview the game and back at 11:35 to put a bow on the game and the season as well. the flyers return to the ice in minnesota, still no steve mason in goal, and mason misses the past two games with an upper body injury, it's believed to be back related. mason will not play saturday in nashville but should skate then and mason could return to action sometime next week. the temple owls are basking the glory of last night's victory and rightfully so, they stunned number 10 kansas, a 55 point

spread give it up to the coach, the owls have beaten a top ten team and the fans were hyped and coach, he has been there before. >> it was a real good win for us and a terrific night for us and we are grateful for the win. >> a great overall win for us, something we needed to build our confidence going into the conference game stretch. and building on it and learning from it. and going home christmas break and coming back and getting refocused. the owls are 8-4 and will host delaware state. that will do it for sports. >> coming up meteorologist, melissa magee has a look at your christmas day forecast.

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pretty pictures there, despite the soggy weather and dreary weather, it's mild out there. >> it will stay that way tonight and into christmas eve, these numbers get higher within that we are tracking moisture as

well. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you it's dry right now and mist and drizzle ahead and lots of clouds around and visibility is a concern as well. we are tracking the moisture coming up from the south working its way northward, it's lurking and knocking on the doorsteps early this morning. they are mild for late december, 49 in philadelphia, 47 in reading and 50 in wilmington and dover, and lower 50s in millville. the visibility is up to 7 miles in philadelphia, keep in mind if you are traveling by air, philadelphia is reporting 110 minute delays due to the weather. it's mild in the poconos and same thing in dover, down to a mile in wilmington. give yourself extra time on the roads as well. there is round one that moved through last night and early this morning. we are in a bit of a holding pattern, a lull, you widen out the picture and we are tracking

the area of low pressure south of louisiana and all this have moisture is moving across the southern states and tornado watches popping up in the southern gulf states and a tornado to show you at least the damage from a possible tornado on the ground there in columbia, mississippi, this was sent in from one of our twitter followers, teresa, trees uproots and structural damage. there were reports in the southeast and more than likely a tornado where the scale it hits. fast forward back here at home, works its way out of our region tomorrow. the area of low pressure heavy rain a big concern, an inch to inch and a half of rain on the way and travel concerns as well. record warmth coming, tomorrow in the lower 60s but you have to deal with the rain, future tracker 6 showing we have the

moisture overhead and light to moderate rainfall, through most of the day into 6:00 on wednesday evening, we start to clear out into the wee hours in the morning on christmas day, the moisture moving off the coast and clouds break for clouds of pockets and sunshine, areas of fog as well, 49 in the city and warm and rainy tomorrow and high of 63, as we get into thursday winds gust as high as 40 miles per hour, high of 55 for christmas day and friday mostly sunny and 50, and as we get into saturday, not a bad day, high of 54, 48 on sunday with late rain developing and we cool down into next week. watching out for the rain and some of it will be soaking at times guys. >> well, in the people scene, cameron diaz is heading down the aisle, she is reporting that she got engaged to 45-year-old benji

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they share love and peace in philadelphia, the organize serves low income and homeless men and women in families in philadelphia. the free christmas program is held in the old uptown theater and santa claus made an appearance as well. >> he is always welcome. jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories and more coming up at 6:00. a chester county woman turns herself in after a deadly hit and run and the family reacts to the arrest. >> and how this affects christmas eve travel and lisa thomas-laury shows us how students get a lesson and giving and receiving. and for adam joseph and cecily

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. "action news" delaware valleys leading news program with cecily tynan, ducis rogers and jim gardner. tuesday night and the coroner reveals bradley stone's cause of death. but the big story is the arrest of a woman in a hit and run death of a 19-year-old girl.

gina marie bennett turned herself in today to be arraigned on charges of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence. >> it was december 24th when keesha gray was struck and killed in thorndale. that is where annie mccormick is now live. >> jim, according to the affidavit, says that the suspect told me that she thought she hit a construction barrel and police thought she was driving under the influence when she hit the young girl and took off. >> only "action news" was there when gina marie bennett -- >> it bring a sense of relief but still doesn't justify what happened and why it happened. >> justice will be