kathleen kane from office but the big story is thanksgiving eve in the tri-state area, and hundreds of thousands of people are taking planes, trains and automobiles to be with loved ones for the holidays and it appears that travellers are undaunted by terrorist fears. motorists are seeing their lowest gas prices in years, the average price of unleaded $2.05 per gallon, you can not put a price on good weather. cecily tynan is at the big board. >> temperatures are warming up as we head towards thanksgiving, monday a chill in the air and 42 degrees and yesterday's high was 50 and today 53 degrees, and

satellite 6 along with action radar showing this high pressure over new england and this is like a protective bubble and it keeps the cold front from moving into the midwest from getting here the next few days and if you are traveling, look at this, this is a great looking map, boston, newark, jfk and pittsburgh and washington, d.c., no travel delays there, and atlantic ait's clear and clear in denver, 27 minute delays in minneapolis. all in all a great kickoff for your holiday weekend. tomorrow looking great with a mixture of sun and clouds and 9:00, 48 degrees, by the afternoon warming up to 64 degrees, peel the layers off and i'm tracking even warmer air on black friday and some rain later in the weekend details on that in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. lets go to "action news"

reporter chad pradelli, who is on the holiday travel beat along the schuylkill expressway, good evening chad. >> we are on the roadways, at the airport and at the train station, for much of the day it seemed like a normal traffic day but right now traffic is running smoothly but transportation experts warn it's going to be a busy weekend. a travel alert had security tight at philadelphia international airport and at 30th street station, k-9 units patrolled the grounds and passengers noticed. >> it's good, a lot more cops walking around and there was definitely a police traffic. >> and traffic moved. >> hopefully it stays that way, i don't like to be stuck in traffic. >> aaa warns it's not the case all weekend. >> an improving economy and low gas prices like 1.83 in cherry hill. >> aaa guises to pack your

patience and allow extra time. it's going to be crowded out there. >> most flights were on time and trains too but a freight train derailment near harrisburg caused delays for pittsburgh and new york. service from philadelphia to new york was delayed about a half however. >> ac track is late a lot of the time but not anymore than it has been. >> and aaa says that sunday will be the busiest travel day of the thanksgiving weekend. i'm live along the schuylkill expressway chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you chad, grocery stores were popular destinations today, shoppers were stocking up on everything they need for dinner at wegmans. many people wait until the last minute to pick up all the ingredients so they stay fresh. of course the ben franklin

parkway and the museum of hart is the focus for the 6 abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade, and we look forward to televising the parade for you, eva pilgram is live on the parkway tonight. what are the big stories on this night before the big event, the big parade? >> oh, yes jim we are counting down until the parade tomorrow morning, here on the parkway it's still open we see traffic coming through. it's coming through periodically and it should be closing any minute now, you can see all the tents and trucks here in preparation for the parade and all the flags are up and we have a little more than nine hours before the 6 abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade steps off. ♪ ♪ it was a busy day on eakins oval. >> the practice today and tomorrow the big show. >> rehearsal after rehearsal. >> this is our first time ever doing the thanksgiving day

parade. >> a parade that will air tomorrow morning now in the 96th year, the oldest thanksgiving day parade in america. this year thanks to the mild weather, organizers are expecting a large crowd along the route and with a large crowd these days comes extra security. >> an increased police presence, it's to be proactive and let our spectators know and our viewers know this is a safe place to be. >> we are told there is no known threat to philadelphia at this time and no restrictions of what you can bring to the parade route and tech s spectators are allowed to bring out their tents to tailgate as usual. >> police are checking grab stands and assembly areas, we don't expect to check spectators but if by chance they ask, they are doing their job and making sure we are all safe.

>> and now the excitement building. >> emails went out and texts went out. >> and it's great to finally be in it and performing. >> reporter: now police say they don't expect anything to happen tomorrow and expect everything to go smoothly, they say if you see anything suspicious call 911. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> eva thank you. if are you not heading to the parkway to see the parade in person, be sure that your television is tuned to channel 6, the only place to see the parade live, cecily tynan and rick williams will host festivities beginning at 8:30 tomorrow morning. be sure to check in at 6abc.com and the 6 abc app this thanksgiving weekend, you'll find easy access to storm tracker 6 radar and the hourly forecast from accuweather and the latest traffic conditions and traffic cameras on all the local roadways.

pennsylvania state trooper, pat casey, shot yesterday on the vine street expressway has been released from the hospital so he can spend thank giving at home. but the teenager that allegedly shot him isn't going anywhere. "action news" reporter, vernon odom is live at the belmont barracks with the state police. you have an update. >> reporter: jim, first good news, trooper casey is at home tonight resting and recuperating and happy to be there here on the eve of thanksgiving. state trooper, pat casey, left the hospital in late morning apparently in good spirits, despite the .45 caliber bullet still lodged in his left shoulder, he is glad his injury was not worse in the wake of that shootout. >> yes, i'm feeling much better. >> pretty harry experience? >> you could say that. >> happy to be going home for thanksgiving? >> very happy. >> his parents came to take him

home. >> glad he is coming home, not glad he was shot but what are you going to do? that is the job he chose. >> i'm doing much better. >> earlier today geovany coto accused of killing casey in the exchange of gun fire was arraigned and formerly charged with attempted murder and related counts, his bail is set at $3 million. two of the persons with him have been quintin dem questioned and released. this is lewis, the fourth person. no charges are pending against lewis. they have recovered the handgun it was purchased in texas in '09 and stolen in a burglary in georgia in 2011 before finding

its way on to the streets of philadelphia. >> it's frustrating when these things are stolen in a burglary and not recovered, it's our greatest fear that these things are used against law enforcement. >> reporter: or regular citizens, it never ceases to amaze me how far the guns travel through the back channels of the criminal underworld. >> and cato will be tried as an adult even though he is only 17. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> a man was shot to death late this afternoon, at a playground in trenton. it happened just after 4:30 on southard street. police remain on the scene continuing the investigation. one person was killed and three others injured in montgomery county today, the accident happened just afternoon at the intersection of keller creamery road in franconia

township, two of the injured were flown to the hospital with serious injuries. and the pennsylvania senate can move forward with actions to remove attorney general, kathleen kane from office. a report released by a special investigating kpit esays the senate has jurisdiction and probable cause to take action. kane released a statement saying any effort to remove her from office is unconstitutional. her law license is suspended after being charged with perjury and obstruction. this thanksgiving despite having to spend the holiday in the hospital. i'm jeff skversky in detroit where the eagles have not lost out here in 38 years, who will attempt to lead them to victory tomorrow for thanksgiving. mark sanchez or sam bradford? the latest coming up in sports. i'm tracking a surge of warm

air and record highs on the way and the warm-dry conditions will not last the entire weekend. i'll explain in the exclusive accuweather forecast.

we want to show you a live picture from chopper 6 hd a car is on fire on the ramp from montgomery drive to the eastbound schuylkill expressway in philadelphia. this all happened at 5:55 tonight and a host of crews were dispatched to the scene and

initial reports were that two people were trapped in that vehicle and they are obviously out of the car now and we do not have any word on their conditions as of yet and fire crews still trying to put out the blaze, and they almost have it now. just a minute or two ago. that entire vehicle was just consumed by fire. it looks like firefighters are getting the upper hand, that is the situation on the ramp from the montgomery drive to the eastbound schuylkill expressway a lot of emergency vehicles are in the area. crews spent the day cleaning up after a man vandalized the hospital, he threw several itemed out of the ninth story window and a pipe was broken causing water damage down to the fourth floor and security apprehended the man they

reopened today. two patients at crozier medical center began in style this afternoon. they were treated to an early holiday dinner surrounded by friends, family and their surgical teams, both patients got kidney transplants after a long time on the waiting list. they won't be able to have turkey and trimmings at home, the hospital brought the feast to them. come on in pop pop. happy birthday. i just had a heart attack...

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. do eagles fan have normal roller coaster on the horizon. do they bring a victory with them or the sorry team we saw against the bucks. jeff skversky joins us with more on tomorrow's game. jeff? >> reporter: ducis they have to give everyone a happy thanksgiving and first team has

to figure out who the quarterback will be against the detroit lions, sam bradford was a full go at practice, he was not taking the full reps with the starters, he is likely a game time decision. the eagles arrived at their detroit area hotel within the last two hours, all signs point to mark sanchez making his second straight start and chip kelly may be without center jason kelsey, he did not practice today and he is questionable because of an injury, they lost two straight games and cannot afford to lose three in a row, especially to the lions. the question will be how can this team respond? how can they respond tomorrow on thanksgiving. >> we better, we have a lot of hungry guys if here and a lot of embarrassed guys. >> everybody is feeling good and it being a short week, everybody

is ready to play and get the bad taste out of their mouth. >> tampa bay is over and we can do it. >> the eagles have always made a statement on thanksgiving, 6-0, the highest win can percentage in nfl history among active teams and they desperately need a win to save the season against the lions. jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. to basketball, still searching sixers, that is their name until they get a win, they visit boston tonight and going back to last night, the sixers lost 25 games in a row. the golden state warriors are in the book, they wooped the lakers, they are 16-0 the best start in nba history. >> the flyers visit the islanders tonight in their new

home, they now play at the barclay center in brooklyn. steve mason is in net for the flyers. and this means more for tiler, the senior linebacker is from connecticut yet uconn did not recruit him hard out of high school and he has something to prove to the huskies. >> of course, i have always played hard. and especially playing them -- i mean i always remember, i know what i had to deal with. and you can't let your emotions get the best of you, you have to go out and just play. >> temple looking for a 10 win regular season, the first in school history. coming up on "action news" cecily tynan with the thanksgiving day accuweather forecast forecast.

. we are thankful for the accuweather forecast. >> it's looking good, i have hosted the thanksgiving day parade for many years. >> yes. >> we have years bitter cold and some rainy years. and tomorrow is perfect. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing there is no rain out there, at all. and actually no clouds and the action cam taking a look at the steps at the philadelphia museum of art. look at that in case you missed it during our 5:30 newscast, the christmas tree at the top of the steps of the art museum lit up and the holiday season is started and the kids are excited about that. the accuweather highlights show you a warm start to the holiday

season, however i am tracking a dreary finish, it's not perfect all four days but future tracker showing you tomorrow afternoon looking nice, 63 degrees if philadelphia, at 2:30, temperatures generally in the upper 50s and low 60s, some great weather in the morning, and great weather to go for a walk and walk off your thanksgiving dinner, this is what happens on saturday, and a cold front approaches from the west and this brings us showers, this shows future tracker 6 at noon, the problem is this stalls over us on sunday and sunday lots of clouds with some rain and drizzle. so our weather will go downhill for the second half of the weekend but right now quiet and dry and 48 in philadelphia and allentown 44 and wilmington 47 and sea isle city currently 50. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the next weather maker and cold front and the

clouds are beginning to gather and it will get wet and icy if parts of kansas and oklahoma and nebraska. and this is the whole system sliding our way for the second half of the weekend. we'll get rain from this. the next few days, 37 for center city and 28 for the suburbs, if you are headed to the parade tomorrow, i would say dress if layers, you can peel them off. 44 degrees at 8:00 and 10:00, 51 and noon 59 degrees, and for families that come back year after year to be balloon handlers, you have an easy jobs with light winds up to 3 to 6 miles per hour. black friday high pressure is sinking to the east and 68 degrees is the afternoon high and low clouds in the morning

and partly cloudy in the afternoon and here is the forecast 57 degrees on saturday, and cooler on sunday, morning clouds give way to partly cloudy on friday near record warmth, 68, and the front moves through on saturday, bringing us clouds and occasional showers and 57 and sunday is cool, and cloudy and damp with periods of rain and drizzle and 50, we get one dry day on monday with some sunshine and 49 degrees, before the rain returns on tuesday, 54 and wednesday clouds and sun with a high of 53 degrees, so looking beautiful for thanksgiving, hopefully everybody has a happy thanksgiving. >> you too. >> thank you cecily. finally tonight studentses at a philadelphia catholic school learned a lesson on paying it forward today. the staff at visitation school in kensington say many of their

students come from low income families and benefit from the generosity of others, all students were asked to make a donation for charity and they collected $1,000 and those were split among organizations that support immediaty residents in their community. abc world news is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, the president's message to america. be on guard. tens of millions of americans on the move tonight. heightened security at airports. train stations, even shopping malls. in a rare appearance, president obama and his national security team speaking out. thanksgiving storm. the winter blast rolling in. dangerous driving. where the extreme weather is headed. outrage. the video and killing sparking protests in chicago. a police officer charged with murder, shooting a teenager 16 times in 15 seconds. tonight, we dig into the officer's background. stunning revelation. the late football great frank gifford. tonight, his family revealing the unknown condition he suffered after years of brutal hits on the field. and, lucky