morning, we're seeing showers later this afternoon it's still going to be mild. we're still talking about highs in the 50s the knucklerly mild weather continues. it's been a balmy month especially for winter standards. december is technically what is called the al winter. sue the yellows along salem gloucester county. route 55, black horse pike, getting drenched at this point. racing off to the east at 25 to 30 miles per hour. temperature-wise, 45 not too bad in philadelphia. no frozen precipitation out there. millville, 48. dover, 51. reading and wilmington, 44. forecast for today we're seeing just a few showers around right now, temperatures are in the mid 40s, lunch time, 51. maybe the occasional shower,

4:00 gray skies and pass are shower 52 degrees. we're anticipating a high of 53. it will not be a complete wash, we'll see scattered showers throughout the day but not a wash. this will arrive later this week. colder stuff moves in sunday evening sets up a cold new year, i'll tell you how cold when i come right back. guys. >> developing this morning the search and rescue efforts for are a missing air asia jet has been suspended. it took off for singapore when it vanished from radar. mary maloney describes the circumstances surrounding air asia flight 8501 disappear animals. >> reporter: area air flight 8501 vanished. it left an airport in indonesia

5:30 local time and never aiived in singapore. >> rescuers are keeping families up to date with what is happening, but right now they don't know what happened. >> reporter: the airline said the pilot wanted to change the planned flight route because of weather. and then communication was lost. >> there was tush -- rough weather. >> reporter: there are 1672 people aboard. 23 the people booked on the flight. didn't show. the airline is popular in the region for having low fathers and good safety -- low fares and good safety record. >> it's a low-cost airline it

operates and it's popular, and the safety record is very strong. >> reporter: always crews search for the plane and any survivors the ceo tweeted thank you for all your thoughts and prayers we must stay strong. i'm mary maloney reporting. president obama handles briefed on the plane's disappearance, white house officials say they will continue to monitor the situation stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the latest developments. >> here at home, philadelphia police are looking for a hit-and-run driver and the vehicle involved, but they have questions for the victim after finding a ski mask and gun that was slid underneath a parked car. police say the gun and mask came from the hit-and-run victim who is in temple university hospital. he was struck at 12:30. so far no description of the vehicle that hit him. a pizza delivery man was robbed of $300 near the scene not long

before the hit-and-run. police say the robbery suspect was wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun. police say the hit-and-run victim will be questioned about that, as of now he is not accused of the robbery. an overnight crash in northeast sent a car into a home. it happened on knorr street before 3:00 a.m. a man in his 20s was speeding when he lost control. the vehicle plowed into a front porch chum and landed on the roof on the -- column on -- and landed on the roof on the front yard the apparently is in critical condition. there was a sea of blue in new york city city, nearly 20,000 police have across the u.s. and canada turned out for the funeral of rafael ramos.

rafael ramos and wenjian liu were shot in brooklyn by a disturbed man. joe biden spoke of the deep pain caused by the killings. >> when an assassin's bullet targeted two officers, it targeted this city and the touched the soul of the entire nation. >> remain wraim -- rafael ramos was a deeply religious man was training to be a chaplin for his precinct. nypd officers turned their backs when mayor de blasio spoke. overnight the empire state building was lit up in red white and blue in honor of officer rafael ramos. officer wenjian liu's funeral is next start. officers from collingswood were there, they sent us a picture of

themselves two brocks from the church. officers from philadelphia and other regions were there, as well. palmer is shutting down their charter school. in a letter friday, palmer wrote -- spokesperson from the school district said the organization has not informed the school district of the plans to close the charter school. but they have set up a dedicated website for the parents for assistance in transitioning to the public schools. investigators are looking for a the cause of a fire that injured a man. 25-year-old gordon is being

treated at temple university hospital for serious burns to his hands and fails. an off duty philadelphia police officer shot and killed a dog that was attacking his dog. the police officer was walking his pet along the 4500 block of pine street when a much larger dog got loose from the other than. when the sergeant tried to separate the two animals were bitten. he shot the dog. his dog suffered severe injuries. police are looking for two men who stole two volkswagen also on route 130. they took two sets of car keys, ipads, laptops and 6 dealer tags. one of the stolen carl's has been recovered but the search continues for the orioles. investigators have yet to identify the science. police have released surveillance video of a nurse who went missing two weeks ago in pittsburgh. the 22-year-old disaptd back on

december -- disappeared on december 16th. he was seen on the city's south side. video shows this man believed to be the nurse near the bridge. his family hopes the video brings clues into his disappearance. >> we're not giving up on you we will find you and we love you, and to please just find the deep strength that i know you have in the correspond core of your being and keep hanging on until we find because we're trying our best. >> there's a 20,000-dollar reward for any information that tracks him down. a mall in pennsylvania was forced to shut down early after several fights broke out on friday. a shopper capture the the scene on camera phone. hundreds were involved and two were hospitalized. the investigators showed up at

5:00 p.m. at one point the crowd scweld -- swelled to a thousand. an suv went into a church in date aye -- dayton, ohio. the driver was not injured. the eagles play the giants where the winner and loser go home. the birds lost three straight games crushing their post season games. they planned to have a home playoff game that's on hold until next season. nittany lions rallied to beat boston college at yankee stadium. it was the first bowl win in 5 years. james franklin was thrilled by the come-back kids and their commitment.

>> i want to thank the seniors that stayed with this program when we needed them the most! [cheers and applause] and held this family together. one last thing, you want to talk about culture look around this is culture! [cheers and applause] >> coach franklin was taking aim at those who were critic of penn state over the past two years. congratulations to them. in "healthcheck" a local fitness trainer has a new game to get kids moving. now a live look from sky6 live hd at the philadelphia international airport meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast seven-day forecast when we come right back.

>> in pasadena, texas several people are lucky to be alive after high winds collapsed several businesses. the woman living behind the shop said it got dark and winds were swirling before the clams. there's no word from weather officials if it was tornado. here we got sprinkles in some areas and downpours in others. >> reporter: let's get you outside and show you what's going on. it is nice and quiet. if you look toward the right-hand side of the screen, you can see the darker clouds,

it's coming down pretty good in interior sections of south jersey. you can see where the heavy rain is falling in salem gloucester and south jersey. route 49 coming out of the salem county into cumberland county it's a slow go, heavy downpours into millville. glassboro, malaga, the white horse pike, the black horse slow go, route 55. all seeing heavy downpours you get farther to the north berlin and medford lakes seeing downpours, but the end is pushing through woodbury now. crossing over 295. that should continue to race off to the east. this is in the process of pulling away. and we'll see more clouds and a couple of showers later this afternoon, this heavy batch right here, that will pull away quickly during the late morning hours. nothing behind it. you have to go out farther into

places like the appalachians west virginia, western portions of virginia to pick up the next round that will move in later this afternoon. right now we're sitting at 44 degrees very mild. dewpoint 40. of the winds out of the south at 6 miles per hour. pressure reading under 30 inches. 44 is the popular number up and down the i-95 corridor. poconos 42, dover 51. here's round number one that's pushing through now. round number two pushing into the laisms that -- appalachians, we'll have low level clouds and patchy drizzle from time to time. yesterday a gorgeous afternoon some areas close to 60 degrees, atlantic city, 59. philadelphia, 567. a mild day continues this afternoon. the winds are off to the west. the winds are out of the south/southwest. we're in the 50s today. we get into monday, the winds

shift out of the northwest that's when the colder air works its way in. him tomorrow we're stuck in the 40s, tuesday on temperatures in the 30s and windchills in the 20s, there's winter finally starting to show up. future tracker 6 you'll see more in the way of shower activity scattered about, it will not be as clear as what the model is anticipating. 4:00 p.m., showers across south jersey and delaware. the bulk of the next round will push south of philadelphia. by 9:00. you can see it there across interior sections of south jersey and delaware. we get into tomorrow morning the cloud line advances toward the southeast. it's not going to be as bright and sunny as what you're seeing here you'll see mixed clouds and sun. temperature drop, tomorrow morning, we're in the 30s the numbers don't climb all that high. 42 43, a few areas get warmer than that. the numbers pull back in the late afternoon. windchills tuesday morning, in the mid 20s allen totown 15.

philadelphia, 26 trenton 24. that's what to expect from tuesday on through the upcoming week. cloudy skies showers around from time to time. mild high 53 degrees, overnight tonight, cloudy, showers around early. getting cooler, but not too cold. 33 degrees outlying suburbs, 39 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows the cold stuff later this week. 46 degrees tomorrow. cloudy and colder tuesday 38. windchills upper 20s low 30s wednesday, new year's eve 34. windchills in the 20s, new year's day sunny and cold, windchills around 30. friday partly sunny 39. saturday rainy windy andy mild we jump from the 30s back into the 50s. the next round rain not snow. old man winter not getting his act together yet. >> i'm not unhappy about it.

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>> welcome back on this sunday, it is 9:20, 48 degrees, sky6 live hd taking a live look at the boardwalk in atlantic city, you can see the folks enjoying the boardwalk with these relatively mild temperatures. in "healthcheck," a new board game has kids moving and thinking about better health. >> board games are a good way to pass the time on a rainy day this game takes a different approach. ali gorman has the details. >> reporter: two years ago trainer ricky williams got the idea for body breaker a board game designed to make exercise fun. second graders at west oak lane charter school got to try to it out. they have to do a physical exercise. there are question cards

testing your knowledge of health and nutrition and anatomy. >> which have these attach muscles to the bones. >> if you answer a question right you get me to work out if you get it wrong you work out. >> reporter: body breaker got the students up and moving and learning new things. it was a good way to burn off exercise energy on a day that was too cold for outdoor recess. >> it has an effect on them, we like to have them exercise and get moving. it helps with taken and everything else. >> reporter: williams said in the end everyone wins by exercising. and there are new limits on how many people can play and it can be played by almost every age.

the game cost $35 an available online. ali gorman channel 6 "action news."

>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 92:58 sunday morning day planner looks dreary, especially compared to yesterday. yesterday a balmy 57 degrees, lots of sunshine. right now we're seeing cloudy skies and downpours across south jersey. that trend will continue throughout the day. cloudy skies and occasional showers. temperature-wise not too bad. we should be around 42. we're seeing the cold head across the high plains to the

heartland of the nation. it is knocking on the door and pushed into western portions of p-a. that will push east in the 36 to 48 hours. the jet stream is carved out like this. the seesaw bending toward the rest. that means the cold air fills in across rockies and the high plains. that will shift and the jet stream will bend toward the east that means the cold will start to fill in across the mid atlantic and the northeast. that will be the pattern over the next five to seven days. actually five days, next week the jet stream retreats. next weekend looks mild him we'll talk about that. the main thing you need to know it will be colder next week. >> a company in philadelphia is alerting customers of a data breach. independence blue cross said the personal records for 12,000 people were thrown out by maintenance workers boxes with

social security and names and i.d.es were trashed back in october. blue cross is offering free credit monitoring. california community stepped up to help a 4-year-old girl 0 whose wheelchair was stolen. corona police officers were able to replace the specialized wheelchair. jols -- joclyn has down syndrome and needs the wheelchair to get around the house. the original wheelchair cost 2500 rls dollars. when the the theft was reported, they were flooded with calls from the community. >> it reminds us what a great community we serve. >> it's very adjustable so as they grow it can grow with them.

>> reporter: police said the stolen wheelchair was recovered but no suspect was identified if it is functional it will be given back to the family. very good, much more to come on the sunday morning edition of "action news," including a look at the top stories. showers chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues. >>

>> on "action news," this morning, the latest on the search for the air asia flight that went missing. >> police officers from all over the county filled the streets of new york to honor a slain police officer. meteorologist chris sowers joins us outside with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. hey, chris. >> reporter: good morning to you, kenneth it's dreary out here this morning the terrace is soaked. as we look to the west you can see low-level clouds. storm tracker 6 live double scan it's going to be one of those days. yesterday we had bright sunshine today gray and gloomy. you'll be picking up heavy

showers. there's showers pushing through central, camden and burlington county and working into monmouth county in central new jersey. some of it is heavy across the 322 and the white horse pike. note the back edge has made its way through grass borough. route 55 southbound maybe you'll see showers or downpour closer to millville or vineland. other than that this is quickly racing off to the east/northeast. it should be out of here in the next half-hour. millville, 48. dover, 51. a pair of 4s for wilmington. lancaster, 42. trenton, 44. after the first round of moisture is out of here, we'll catch a break in the action. more showers develop later this afternoon. it's not looking like a wash, just a few showers, but again if you have outdoor plans keep the umbrella handy. cloudy and mild, showers scattered about throughout afternoon.

53 degrees is the mild forecasted high. we're ending the weekend on a dreary note, but kenas i send i told -- i send i had back inside you to it's not snow it's rain. >> we go to the air asia flight that went missing flying to singapore. the airbus a-320 was in service for 6 years. it had a good safety record. the search has been called off because of nighttime has fallen. a fire broke out on the car deck of a ferry off greece.

hundreds of passengers are trapped on the top deck always helicopters try to reach them. a life boat carrying 150 passengers had been lowered into the water earlier. no reports of injuries or immanent danger of ferry sinking. there's a new development in the hit-and-run in bristol bucks county. the 93-year-old jenny russo died of natural causes not saturday of the crash into her home. the truck was found nearby. the driver went to police examination free. the coroner sated it is death was -- said her death was brought on by end stage lung disease. charges have notten ruled out in the -- have not been ruled out in the case. tens of thousands of police officers filled the streets in

new york in honor of rafael ramos who was shot. >> reporter: a sea of blue and ocean of grief as tens of thousands of officers came to see rafael ramos off on his final journey overflowing the streets of his queens new york neighborhood. carrying their fallen comrade into the christ tabernacle church where he worshipped an about to become a chaplin. vice president joe biden leading the mourner also. >> when an assassin's bullet targeted two officers, it targeted this city and the touched the soul of the entire nation. >> reporter: new york mayor bill de blasio had a fine line to walk after being criticized by police officers cooled of insighting anti-- accused of inciting protesters.

>> reporter: new york police officers joined hands as they stood in silent witness. officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu died together shot execution style one week ago by a gunman apparently seeking vengeance against police, as rafael ramos widow and two sons were presented the flag from his coffin on the ground and in the air a salute to rafael ramos posthumously promoted to detective. abc new york. >> u.s. and nato will join afghanistan officials for the occasion of the withdrawal of american troops. more than 22 troops lost their

lives there. the insurgency remains always dangerous today as it was in 2001 when the his you went first went in. former president george hw bush is still being treated at a hospital in houston. a family spokesman said it is condition has improved and doctors are considering a discharge state. the 94-year-old former president was taken to the hospital after experiencing shortness of breath. he sulphurs from parkinsons disease. the man who shot pope john paul ii laid flowers on his tomb. the pope later visited him in prison and intervene with the italian authorities for his release. his request to visit with pope francis was denied. michael sams told oprah

winfrey he does not believe his sexuality cost him his spot to play. sams wadges the 7th -- was the 7th round pick for the saint louis rams. he was consult before the season opener. he was on the dallas cowboys practice team. he said he still plans to pew a nfl career. the award winning restaurant at the four seasons served its last dinner last night. it is moving to the top of the new comcast center in 2017. many employees who work at the fountain for decades say they are proud to have been part of a philadelphia history. >> the city is moving on, things are changing, four seasons is moving on. nothing is forever. it's very transitory just like

life. a steak house called urban farmer will take the fountain's place. >> we're days away from the mummers strut down broad street. 34-year-old russell conte is a table gamer at sugarhouse casino. he has been been partly of theoggy club. >> he said despite the theft of the costumes from the clubhouse he is confident that they have overcome the loss. 8-year-old at terrence patterson stopped by the firehouse though thank the

firefighters tore getting his favorite toy. his helicopter got stuck in the top of a tree so the firefighters showed up with the truck and got it down. >> i was so happy that i got it back. >> reporter: not only did he get the toy back, he got to be a firefighter for the day during a personal tour of the station yesterday. >> i guess that's better than being a pilot. [laughter] zoo visitors help a gorilla celebrate a birthday. >> road conditions in minnesota kept drivers and police busy this weekend. you're looking live sky6 live hd right there the delaware valley, meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back.

oklahoma is getting a taste of old man winter this weekend.

snow caused many casualties. one casualty, a coca-cola truck that ended up on the side after the driver lost control. minnesota is getting snow, in fact this is the biggest snowfall so far this winter. there were 194 crashes in a 12 hour time span this weekend. now they are bracing for arctic air due tomorrow highs in the teens and overnight lows below zero. >> this winter we don't have yet. >> reporter: november was colder than december, makes no sense. let's go live on sky 6. this will all going to change. that cold air you saw the video, the snow flying places out west, minnesota and the dakotas is shifting east. it's going to change the overall pattern as we get into january. there's the view in penns

landing, gray skies and showers about the area. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing them across south jersey into western portions of mid atlantic. we'll zoom into this area first you can see the heavy weather in southeast busheling ton county. -- burlington county. this is the white horse pike all this advancing east. it is racing off not east/northeast 15 to 25 miles per hour. another stop farther toward the stop here's agenda -- gandys beach, money island. there is the dover air force base, this is pushing east. we'll see another half-hour 45 minutes of wet weather all this will push out we'll catch a lull in the action and more showers will pull in this

afternoon. 44 degrees pressure 29.96 inches. the unusually warm weather continues and the wind direction, not so much the speeds. speeds are on the lighter side zero from 7 miles per hour. look at the direction it's out of the southwest. as long as the wind flow is out of the southwest that will keep the mild temperatures in place it won't be until tomorrow evening when the winds shift out of the northwest more in this direction here, that's when the colder air will start to work its way in. here's round number one that's pulling away. here's round number two that arrives later this afternoon. in between we'll see cloudy skies and maybe patchy drizzle from time to time. the wider view showing another system down here. this is an area of low pressure. if you're traveling south you'll

encounter wet weather overnight tonight into tomorrow. the outer fringes will get as far north in dover the bulk of irrelevant will stay to the south. this cold air bullies the pattern and forces the storm out to sea the southeast. we'll miss out on another rainmaker, but we'll catch the cold air on the flip side. 22 in chicago. 16 in omaha. showers from time to time throughout the day. 4:30 we'll have heavy showers and that will push east. in the overnight hours the cold front will clams and force all this -- collapse and force all this down to the south clearing us out for monday afternoon. we're staying mild, 54 degrees, millville, 53. dover, 352. cloud skies be on the look out for passing showers. overnight tonight, cloudy,

showers around early. monday we start out with clouds giving way to sun by afternoon. 46. the temperatures take a nose dive. tuesday, wednesday thursday, friday we're stuck in the 30s, we get into new year's eve and new year's day. the windchills will be hanging out in the 20s. we warm up by saturday, 53 degrees cloudy, rainy and wind and mild. guys? >> all right, chris thank you. citizens of columbus ohio are celebrating a special birthday. colo the gore gorilla turned 53 last week. she will dine on a special cake of peanut butter and apple salsa and shredded carrots. she has blown away the expected life span of only 37.

her more than 2 dozen descendants live in zoos all over the country.

>> welcome back at 9:49 this morning, we're taking a live look via sky6 live hd at cape may, new jersey and that beautiful jersey shore. to sports, it's wait until next year for the eagles and their fans. the rollercoaster season ends today against the giants. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: of course the eagles close out the regular season in a meaningless game 1:00 p.m. against the giants. don't tell that to chip kelly. the eagles coach is playing to win. >> we're going to win a football game that's what this whole organization is all about. it's not about seeing what the future is. >> we want to go and finish off

the season on a high note and get our 10th win which is remarkable in this league. >> the last time 89 eagles faced the giants they shut them out at home. eagles linebacker, trent cole will play after missing the last game with a broken hand. join us for eagles game day kickoff at 11:30. the holiday season is about giving the only thing the flyers got from their former coach is a big, faculty loss. they faced him after they fired him after three games last season. else coaching one of the best teams in hockey. how about claude giroux off the steel, skates in and scores. we're tied at 1. later in the second, flyers down 2 players on the penalty kill, where's the puck, where's the puck? ray emory doesn't have it.

that ends the flyers three-game winning streak you can flyers lose 4-41. sixers have lost ten straight in salt lake city dating back to 2005. the sixers are trying to rebound after losing to portland. michael carter williams to nerlens noel, sixers within 10. they come back. it's tied at 46. but 4th quarter. sixers lose 88-71. it's their second straight loss. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. have a good day! >> some dinner delveries fed dozens of people across

philadelphia last night. the food was dropped off at perfect home in spring garden and other locations including st. john's hospice and station house. help from eatable delights cater ing. it marks the first of the annual holiday tradition.

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>> coming up this morning at 10:00 a.m. is inside story here's tamala edwards with a preview. >> reporter: good morning coming up on a yearend edition of inside story we take a look at the big stories of 2014 and say where do they go. of course, race, protest law enforcement faces certain exphiewnts that was a big -- communities, that was a big big

story this year. ray rice along with donald sterling these brought a number of things into the fore. we saw this in changes of sports. what does this mean in terms of domestic violence, will we see change or was that the story of 2014. we talk about bill cosby who was accused by two dozen women of rape. does this story continue on what does it mean for bill cosby do we see any sort of resolution, we have these stories we'll see you later on inside story. >> reporter: let's go over to storm tracker 6 live double scan. we're zoom into atlantic and southeastern burlington county. we have a heavy downpour pushing east at 20 miles per hour. from beach haven up to surf city you'll get wet briefly and work out to sea. we'll catch a break in the action more showers are expected to pull through later

this afternoon. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 53 degrees today, stays on the mild side. again look out for the shower later on. 46 degrees monday, maybe a morning shower, otherwise clouds and sun 38 degrees tuesday turning colder new new year's eve and new year's day. windchills hanging out in the 20s. >> this week with george stephanopoulos is coming up at 10:30 no longer -- this morning on "action news." here's are a preview. >> reporter: good morning we have a special edition of this week. our game changers of 2014. brand new interviews and insights to people who made their mark. the heros who took on ebola and the unforgettable an inspiring story of the biggest video craze of the year. that's coming up on this week. >> we'll have the latest on the search for missing air asia flight 8501. him we'll tell you about a man

who lost 200 pounds. it's a new year's resolution he delivered on. now for kenneth moten, eva pilgrim and chris sowers, i'm nydia han. have a great morning!

we were like oh, my >> the the big story of 2014 and where they go next in the new year. let's get the inside story. good morning and welcome to this special yearend edition of inside story. i'm tamala edwards let's say hello to our gussied up panelist. let's say hello to george and sharmaine and don and chris teen. thank you for being here. one of the biggest stories race and the police kicked off every over the summer with the shooting of michael brown continued with the choking death of eric garner no