tonight and tomorrow. >> it's absolutely perfect around here and a cloudless sky, i am on the steps of the art museum and they are about to light the lights later on in the show, and this is the kickoff to a month of fest visits, and the weather will cooperate. in the mid-atlantic now no matter where you are we are basically in the 50s, mid-50s in philadelphia, 53 degrees, 55 down the pike in washington, and 46 cooler in new york city but charleston, west virginia, 63 and don't be jealous because the 60s will come here as well. as we look at the satellite and radar, and the ohio valley and the eerp half of the country, a large dome of high pressure over new england is protecting maine from atlanta, georgia and west of cincinnati, a little cloud cover develops but no big storms in sight at this particular time. travel delays as we look across the mid-atlantic and the northeast, no delays whatsoever,

every thing a big zero. and minneapolis seeing a few delays as a storm is starting to brew at 27 minutes but denver, dallas atlanta also a zero. clouds and a mild afternoon, 9:00 in the morning, temperature is 48 degrees and 3:00 in the afternoon temperature is 64. if we turn the camera around, you can see the dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade. preps are underway and lots going on here in the city, we'll have more in the four day at 4:00. even with a four day forecast, the day before thanksgiving can mean long lines at the airport and traffic on the roads. chad pradelli is here with more of what to expect. so far so good?

>> we are on the roadways and train station and earlier this afternoon, it seemed like a normal travel day but as the workday comes to an end, the traffic and holiday travel are picking up. inside philadelphia international airport and 30th street station, an increase security presence. k-9 units patrol the grounds, and monday the state departmentish uped a travel alert. there are more cops walking around and definitely a police presence. traffic was on time and traffic on the roadways was moving this afternoon and aaa expects a busy holiday season. >> not too bad, i came from trenton and on my way back now. >> this thanksgiving we'll see the highest travel volume since 2007 indicative of the rebounding economy and lower gas prices. >> not all was smooth a freight train derailed from harrisburg.

a bus bridge was put in place to transfer passengers. the message from traffic officials. >> aaa is guidesing if you go by car or by plane, pack your patience and allow extra time. it's going to be crowded out there today. >> reporter: and aaa tells me that the busiest travel day for this holiday weekend will be sunday. i'm live on the schuylkill expressway chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you on that note time to get a check of the roads on what is bound to be a busy night out there. lets check in with matt pellman. >> it's living up to our expectations and that was that it would not be a whole lot of fun, another spot on the schuylkill expressway, this is i-76 approaching girard avenue, just the way we don't want to start the busy afternoon with a

big crash on the westbound lanes from spring garden to girard and it was blocking the two left lanes two minutes ago and they got the remnants pushed off but kind of sticking out into the right land, coming westbound jam solid past passyunk to girard avenue, the westbound travel time three times what it should be. that is how we start the afternoon. on the northeast extension if you are on your way to see grandma, a crash in franconia, harleysville pike, and south jersey where it's a mess on the southbound lanes of 295, jam solid from 38 on down to approaching the 42 freeway, that is where a vehicle flipped over and it's on the side and attracting a lots of attention. giving us unpleasant speeds of 10, 12, 13 miles per hour. and word of a crash on the new

jersey turnpike approaching exit 4, use 295 headed southbound. if are you headed down the shore a crash on the garden state parkway past the cape may tolls, taking out a lane and a has mats situation on 195 eastbound by the six flags exit. lets do the commuter report on this wednesday that feels like a friday before thanksgiving afternoon. the waze app delaware speeds in the teens southbound towards christiana, slow in delaware as well. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. thanksgiving eve as we like to call it, that means less than 24 hours until the 6 abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade kicks off from the floats to the balloons and performances, today is all about the final touches and rehearsals are underway all day in front of the philadelphia museum of art, it is the oldest

thanksgiving day parade in the country, the 96th year until be alight with the silgts and sounds. and 43 acts and of course a production staff here at 6 abc will create a 3.5 hour extravaganza, just as special on the parkway as it is on your home on tv. >> the cool thing about this parade it's designed for not only television but the street itself. some moments we have playing in the parade and especially the moment with carly lloyd is really, really special. >> that is right, carly lloyd world cup winner is this year's grand marshall, home town girl coming home for that big honor. and because of tomorrow's spectacular forecast, a record crowd of roughly 600,000 people are expected to attend and fill the parkway with love and joy and this epic parade starts at

8:30 in morning here on 6 abc. we hope you'll join us. >> thank you alicia. area groceries are packed with shoppers buying everything they need for tomorrow's big thanksgiving dinner, the wegmans in cherry hill considers this one of their biggest days, some people wait until the last minute to pick up the ingredients to they stay fresh and all the people and shopping carts maneuvering the aisles, it can be frustrating. >> very crowded. >> i think you need a turn signal. >> not a bad idea. by the way the farm bureau federation says the average cost is just over $50 to serve a meal for 10 tomorrow. take 6abc.com with you wherever you spend this thanksgiving, get the hourly forecast from accuweather and get the latest

traffic conditions and cameras on local roadways. >> the pennsylvania state trooper shot during a chase was released from the hospital today. trooper patrick casey will be home for the holidays, while the teenager accused of shooting him is charged as an adult. vernon odom is live in winfield at is it the police barracks with all the developments. >> reporter: good evening sharrie, first good news tonight, trooper casey is now resting comfortably at home on the eve of thanksgiving. state trooper casey left the hospital with the bullet still lodged in his left shoulder and thankful that his injury is not worse after the shootout on i-676 yesterday. >> thank you for all the prayers and support. have a happy thanksgiving and lets go eagles. >> casey's parents came to

hahnemann hospital to bring the 31-year-old bachelor home. >> it's great to take him home. wish he hadn't been shot, but what can do you, that is the job he chose. >> the teen accused of shooting casey after a gun battle that began with a traffic stop has bail set at $3 million, and he will be prosecuted as an adult. two persons with him at the initial car stop were questioned and released. this is camir lewis, police are looking for him to question him. >> we are looking for the fourth subject involved in this incident to interview him. his name is camir lewis and he resides in philadelphia. >> they recovered the gun that was used to shoot casey.

>> it was traced from texas to atlanta to pennsylvania. >> it was purchased in texas and stolen in a burglary in georgia in 2011. >> reporter: and here four years later, sharrie through back alleys of the underground that handgun finds its way to philadelphia. cleanup is underway after a vandal got in and damage the place overnight. an intruder was spotted breaking in and damaging the windows on the nine floor and a water pipe was also broken and the emergency department is open but some appointments are relocated. still ahead here on this wednesday afternoon, president

obama addresses the nation and tried to calm fears. and protesters pack the streets of chicago after video of a police shooting is released to the public, details into the officer accused of that shooting. and someone smashed windows on dozens of cars in one philadelphia neighborhood. we catch up with people that spent the morning cleaning up the damage.

president obama is working to reassure thanksgiving travelers who are anxious in the wake of the paris terror attacks, after a briefing with his national security team, the president says there are no quote, specific or credible intelligence indicating a plot against the u.s., and while he has encouraged vigilance he says go about the regular activities throughout the holiday weekend and his administration is doing

every possible step to keep americans safe. >> terrorism is a trouble reality of our able age, we are equipped to prevent attacks. >> and the coalition fighting isis has targeted strong holds in iraq and syria with 8,000 air strikes so far. in chicago police are expecting more protests and outrage after releasing a video of a police shooting. dash-cam shows the moment that the officer opened fire on 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. we are freezing the video here, but after mcdonald collapses, prosecutors say that vandyke kept shooting, 16 bullets in 15 seconds and protesters are angry it took them this long to charge

him with first degree murder. >> this video is not only shocking and sad but infuriating so i can't help but think of my son when i see the video, a child walking away from police officers. >> than is the reaction there from officials in chicago today and the city has reached a $5 million settlement with mcdonald's family. >> alicia thank you. two dozen people in fishtown spent the day dealing with damage after someone vandalized their cars overnight, the action cam was on memphis street where we found smashed windows up and down the block. we found victims cleaning up this morning as they got ready to make repairs heading into the holiday weekend. >> sacrifice now outside. holiday shopping, it will be kind of tough. >> police are talking to neighbors but so far they don't know who did this or why. >> all right now to a look at

the closing numbers as we head into the thanksgiving break on wall street, the dow ending up moderately, and the nasdaq up 13 and the s&p up a quarter point on the day. >> the fraternal orderer of police held a thanksgiving breakfast today for the families that lost loved ones in the line of duty, they hosted the event in the ballroom in philadelphia, after the breakfast the families received their thanksgiving dinners, courtesy of the union. this is the first year for the event. in past years union members delivered the meals directly to homes. and now the time for the forecast and one of adam's outdoor adventure. >> we go live to the steps of the art museum where adam is getting into the holiday spirit. >> it's never too early to start to be in the holiday spirit, as you can see behind me, it's a

large tree, a 50 foot stately white fir that we will light tonight. you can hear the angelic voices of the haddonfield singers, and come on down they are giving out hot chocolate candy canes and cookies. >> it's perfect in philadelphia with a crystal clear sky and temperatures 53 degrees, 49 in trenton, 50 degrees right now in allentown and reading and wilmington 52 degrees, as we look at the satellite and radar, this is what you want to see when most folks are trying to travel to and far, you can see nothing but clear skies and high clouds in eastern parts of long island, but that is about it locally, overnight tonight, we have the full beaver moon, check it out because it's clear and you know what a little on the chilly side, 28 in the suburbs,

38 for center city and a light southeasterly wind at 3 to 6 miles per hour. that is perfect for our 6 abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade. the balloon handlers don't need many muscles because the winds will be so light. a mixture of sunshine and clouds and 51 at 10:00 and noon 59 degrees. future tracker 6 temperatures into the afternoon temperatures, when we fill our bellies with all the good food, philadelphia the temperature is 63 and a little bit of high cloud cover streaming into the city and a few 50s down to the south with the wind trying to turn off the water and as we get into early friday morning, the shoppers are already out and notice the increase of cloud cover, a lot of low clouds and on the cool side, upper 40s and 47 in philadelphia and 46 for wilmington and low 50s at the shore and it will be dry friday

and we kind of surge the temperatures friday afternoon. your four day at 4:00 forecast, nice and mild 64 degrees, on friday morning clouds warm in the afternoon, returning sun at 68 degrees a few records in the region as we get into saturday cloudy and a few showers as the front stalls, the second half of the weekend a temperature of 50 degrees, emily is with me now the curator of public programs here at the museum, this is the kickoff to a month of extravagant events. >> we are exciting for philadelphia to have a home for the holidays at the museum. we have something for everyone in the month of december, we start with an ugly sweater party on the 2nd. >> you won wear this every day? >> i don't know. we break it out for the ugliest

sweater every year, throughout the month, we have wonderful festive music every night and a really amazing restoretive party on december many 7th and you have company and have to get out of the house, we have music and tours. >> and trolley tours coming up in the next half hour, i have a character that will help explain the trolley tours, coming up in the next half hour thank you claire. >> emily it's not ugly. >> we don't think it's ugly at all. >> still ahead mayor elect jim kenney announces his picks to take over two important jobs inch year. and it's been a week since fire damaged a popular south jersey landmark, we get a look inside of the building to see the repairs there.

a little guy with a big obsession for the garbage collectors in his town. coming up in big talkers.

philadelphia mayor elect jim kenney made key appointments to the city today. at the event at city hall he named commissioners for license and inspections and the streets department. david perry running streets will take the top spot at lni and his deputy john carlton gets the promotion and is the new commissioner. after a crash involving an accident in newport two people were hurt. the action cam was at box wood road and center view road where the accident happened at 7:00 this morning. the ambulance was responding to a call when it collided with an suv, both drivers are in the hospital and they are expected to be okay. >> from our new jersey newsroom,

crews are still working in the attic at the community center, but the garden room and pool are already open. the director says it could not have happened without the support of the community. >> the community house has such deep roots in the community, and everyone is in such support of the community house everybody pulled together to make it happen. >> he says that many nonprofits that used building have returned and the annual tree lighting celebration will happen as scheduled on december 7th. president obama continued the thanksgiving tradition at the white house today. he pardoned the presidential national turkey, named abe, he has earned the honor of living out his remaining days at a farm in virginia, if for some reason abe cannot fulfill his duty his

backup onis is kept in an undisclosed location. still ahead kathleen kane's job once again in jeopardy, the new threat on her hold as pennsylvania's top prosecutor. and making your eyes look bigger and brighter and cheek bones that rival a super mod model's. making contour a breeze in time for the holiday parties.

hello again, 4:30 now and "action news" continues with the reason that the pennsylvania judge just ordered sherry shepherd to pay thousands of dollars in child support for a baby that is not technically hers. >> and his plan was to bring a smokestack down but not like this. how an excavator escaped death after bricks collapse on top of him. this toddler's treasure, the story of one sanitation worker and a little boy that loves the garbage man. today the state senate moved

close to removing kathleen kane from office as she fights criminal charges and as usual the district attorney is not backing down. >> kathleen kane's life is getting complicated because of pending charges she had her law license suspended and this judge found her inability to perform the law related functions of her office is having an adverse impact on the public, a vote of 5-2, is recommending the full pennsylvania senate hold a hearing to see if kane is to be removed from office. it's called direct removal. >> it has been invoked at least once and never been used. which adds to the controversy around this, if indeed the senate even has the authority to

do it and that is kathleen ka kane's position. >> kane vows to fight but who she testify? >> if for no other reason public relations and political reasons, this is the case and i don't believe of the legality of this proceeding, but i want to go on public record -- >> senator art one of no votes, said today at his mt. airy office, should kane do her job not decided by the senate but by the supreme court. >> the office of the attorney general has the power to prosecute criminals and charge criminal and we have to clarify that. >> this is the legal hot potato of what to do with kathleen kane belongs and this could be an interesting civics lesson for us

all. one person is dead, two more are in the hospital today following a terrible car accident in montgomery county, chopper 6 hd over the scene near keller creamy road in harleysville pike where three cars collided just afternoon, one person was pronounced dead at the scene and one by helicopter due to the extent of the injuries, and the roads were closed at this hour, and the officials investigated the cause of the crash, police say that the murder of a new jersey woman in new england was a revenge killing. ashley grew up in paulsboro in gloucester county and was found dead in massachusetts, an arrest warrant was issued for 44-year-old fernando owens, he gagged and burned her because he believed she was involved in her son's shooting death the night

before. he should be considered armed and dangerous. investigators are investigating a possible abduction from a bank. police say the man on the right of the screen punched the man on the left and pushed him into a silver minivan, they heard the man saying i don't want to go with you. they are looking to identify both men in this video. a truck carrying tangerines flipped on a busy exit ramp in gloucester county this morning blocking traffic for more than two hours, it happened at 5:00 a.m. from a ramp from 255 to 322 in hairston township. the accident was not cleared until 7:00 because crews had to transfer all the fruit to a flat bed truck first. police say the driver was not hurt.

a philadelphia catholic school was paying it forward. in kensington the students come from low income families and benefit from the generosity of others each year, the students were asked to donate to charity and they contributed a total of $1,000. a local school district is using sports to help families out this season, these are the first annual turkey games, a series of flag football games will be played and everyone that plays has to donate $5 or five canned goods. the turkey gamed was the idea of a recent springfield high grad. a burlington county couple has a reason to be proud today

because they own three of the top dock diving dogs in the world. we first told you about jenny and brian breedlings german shepherds, they are leaving medford lakes and performing in the dock jump. they came in 3rd, 10th and 4th in their division. zblm who even know that was a thing? but congratulations. >> on monday we told you about a close knit trio of a band of animals in need of a forever home and it did not take long for triple p to find one. patty, the pot bellies pig and her two pomeranian mix best friends, pepper and paprika were

adopted. the shelter was trying to adopt them together ever since, this is the picture we fell in love with. triple p will head to their new home in york county on friday. >> they too have a great thanksgiving. >> i love that ending. it may be the day before the 6 abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade but it's starting to look like christmas outside the philadelphia museum of art. adam joseph is live now with the first tree lighting ceremony there in a decade. >> yes, and we'll light that tree around 6:00 p.m. and dion warwick will help light the tree as well. and i could listen to this choir from haddonfield, they will be here as well when we light the

tree in an hour. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region it's dry and beautiful and you have to go back to the midwest to see clouds or precipitation to break out and another day or so before that slided over our region. no travel concerns and as we look at the airports around the region, no delays whatsoever. this is a beautiful looking board when you head to an airport. philadelphia 53 and boston 42 degrees right now and chicago 45 and orlando coming in at 73 degrees, the crowd is growing here and you can come, anyone is invited, come here and they are starting to give out treats here as well. speaking of treats we have trolley tours, part of the museum festivities. >> it's exciting when we decorate the houses in fairmount park, we run trolleys out starting december 10th and we have a special treat december

13th and 18th. >> you are the special treat? >> yes! >> but you are scrooge. >> i'm at happy scrooge i'm reformed. >> you can met him and mr. fezywig. >> you ever heard of a nice scrooge? >> he must be nice. >> see if you can find the smiling grinch next adam. >> can you find the smiling grinch? >> you want me to smile. >> there it is. if you are confused by contouring, stay tuned we have tips that may change your mind. for this south jersey toddler, trash day is the highlight of his week, how his favorite sanitation worker showed his biggest little fan

that the feeling is mutual and adam joseph will be back with the full forecast.

authorities in queens new york are searching for a mother who abandoned her newborn inside of the nativity scene. they believe the boy, nicknamed baby jesus was no more than 5 hours old, the mother was captured briefly on church surveillance cameras, meanwhile the church pastor says the baby's survival has reenforced his belief in miracles. an alabama man has a lot to be thankful for this income giving after surviving a near death experience that was caught on camera.

>> that was the view from a drone flying over head as that brick smokestack came crashing down on tim fipfeifer, he was trying to knock the structure the other way, it was a 200 ton structure. instead of run he knew what to do. >> stay in the hoe, the cab was made for that thing to fall over on top of it. i was safer in the cab. >> and the man threw his arms in the air realizing pfeifer was alive and well and the crowd immediately cheered. >> big talkers now the latest on the custody battle concerning sherry shepherd. the cohost was found legal

responsible for the child born from a surrogate that she and her husband hired before they got divorced the little boy that her ex is raising and she wants nothing to do with. according to a surrogate contract, she will have to be involved at least financially. the court ruling now that sherry had a change of heart in the second trimester and her marriage faltered and she tried to have it voided and her name removed from the child's birth certificate, the ruling means that shepherd must pay $4100 a month in child support. heart warming and completely in the spirit of giving thanks, this is 2.5-year-old dylan and his mom says he is beyond obsessed with garbage truck, he

lives for garbage truck thursdays, and loves one so much that dylan and mom goes another block to see him there. that collect eor showed up with stack of presence that he really loves. look at that thing, from his own hat, dylan so happy and thrilled, he does a dance there. dylan's mom tells us there are heroes in the world. look at that friendship they share. this is a shot of dylan on the way home, they go to the friend's block to see william with all of his swag, just the happiest little guy and a little elf showing up with gifts for him. >> an unexpected place, a huge

smile there, lets get a check of the roads right now, lets check in with matt pellman keeping an eye out for us. not seeing smiles on the faces of drivers, as they head out on this holiday weekend, it's wednesday, a friday for many people, looking live along i-95, the sunsetting over center city and the sun setting on the week for many people as they head only or out for the holiday weekend, jammed in bother directions, southbound go the taillights and the northbound travel time is worse 22 minutes to get north from the vine to woodhaven, it's a long slow crawl. at least our westbound accident approaching girard has cleared out and german town approaching downed wires at wissahickon avenue and also one in limerick along enterprise drive at reed road. and we told you about the awful accident in franconia accidents

at noon time today. it has portions of113 down. and an overturned vehicle and two more accidents, one past wood crest station and the other at 38. it's a slow crawl from rancocas woods to 32, and from you headed northbound use 295, use the turnpike this afternoon. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> we know it's only going to get busy as the night goes on. adam joseph is standing by at the art museum, we are awaiting the lighting of the christmas there, and he has your accuweather forecast.

in the heart of the action

tonight people are at the philadelphia museum of art. a lot going on and our own meteorologist, adam joseph, is there preparing for the tree lighting and that is something that has not been done in a while. >> it's a brand new thing to kick off the holiday season the day before the 6 abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade, this is 50 feet tall and 4,000 lights on this and has a massive light switch that we are lifting here in about an hour or so to kick off the holiday season and i hear you are one of the ones lifting the light switch. >> yes. >> you have enough muscles to lift that up? >> yes. >> it's really pleasant, a clear sky and temperatures are not that bad and basically 53 in

philadelphia and 52 in wilmington and 50 in millville and the lehigh valley, temperatures are holding around 50 degrees, as we look at the satellite and radar, it's quiet along the east coast at the present time, but as we look to the west we see moisture building in the way of clouds and rain and snow showers not northern plains, this will bring precipitation our way but not until the upcoming weekend, for the next 24 hours, if you travel later and you want to hit the road first thing tomorrow morning, we have the green light, north to boston 95 and south to richmond on 95 and west to the pennsylvania turnpike, all is looking good with dry roadways, and same thing there. the forecast tonight, a full moon with temperatures in the 20s in the suburbs, seasonably chilly and 43 in cape may and the boardwalk coming in at 42 degrees, just a few high, thin

wispy cirrus clouds and light winds, good for the balloon handlers, 51 by 10:00 and by the time santa walks up the steps here at the philadelphia museum of art temperatures will be 63 degrees, we have a front swinging in from the north and west and high pressure is in control and 68 for black friday and morning clouds giving way to afternoon sunshine, great for the shoppers sweating and running around here in the afternoon and then the front closed in on saturday and that brings clouds and on and off showers here for the start of the weekend with temperatures of 57 degrees, the exclusive accuweather forecast tomorrow nice and mild with temperatures of 64 as we get into the end of the week, morning clouds and afternoon sun and 68 and we are back into the 50s for the weekend and on and off rain damp and dreary as the front stalls, as we get into monday, it's

bright and cool, before the front swings back to the north the beginning of next week. i turn around and literally the crowd parted like the red sea here. you can see the crowd growing here and the performers from haddon field. >> are you getting a hot cocoa break? >> yes we are. >> you are saving the voices. i like this a candy cane in the hot chocolate. they have an entire table here with treats, they have free hot cocoa and cookies and candy canes and again the very beginning of an exciting month for the museum and if you want to -- a complete list of events go to our website and there a link to check it out. the tree lighting in about an hour. >> if you are not in the holiday

spirit now something is wrong with you.

the holidays are upon us and today the makeup pro has a few clever hacks to looking more refreshed. glowing and even younger, we are lifting and plumping without injectables or fillers, with just some pencils you have in your makeup bag. >> at the brand new house of clarity salon in center city, makeup artist ashley is using basic foundation and a few pro makeup tricks to highlight gabby's facial features. the key is to use a color two shades darker than your own skin, go right under the bone

line and for the nose aemployee on the side it will brighten everything and lift everything. >> the holidays are hectic. are you wrapping and shopping and running around but you can show up to your party glowing. >> add shimmer, that will brighten your eyes right up. >> something gold with a little sparkle, it makes you look refreshed. to shave a few years off the face fill in your brows with a brush and a shadow one shade darker. it lifts the face, having the thicker, fuller brow making you look younger. >> i'll use a lip line for that, use a pencil slightly darker than your lip. >> a little above and a little below. >> dab a lighter nude gloss in

the middle. >> look at that, it looks so natural. >> here is a tip, if you do the red holiday lip, fill the lip in with a liner not a lipstick, so it doesn't smudge and add a little glitter gloss on top to make the lips look more full. >> thank you alicia. that does it for "action news" at 4:00, for sharrie williams and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00. fact.

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their performances it's a fine day for all the weather is cooperating. cecily tynan is outside with a first look at the thanksgiving day forecast. it's a nice one. >> it is, thank goodness, we have had thanksgiving days when it's a soaking rain and bitter cold days but this is the opposite, it's warm and dry, we have a warming trepd all week long monday it was chilly, 43 degrees yesterday 50 and today's high in philadelphia 55 degrees that is 3 degrees above normal. buffalo 50 and pittsburgh 53 and roanoke, virginia, 51 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing this high pressure is like a protective dome really up and down the eastern seaboard from new england to the mid-atlantic to the southeast, that is keeping us dry and relatively cloud free and that