the busy day for folks heading out of town or to the mall to pick up the last minute gifts. gray hall is live at the airport but first lets check in with cecily tynan at the big board. >> reporter: the weather outside is indeed frightful, double scan live radar showing a solid area of rain over us and heavy rain currently moving through cape may county, as we zoom in it's pouring near reeds beach and sea isle city are you getting it and ocean city, it's all tracking to the north and east and there is more rain on the way and if you are traveling tonight you'll want to take it slow, temperature-wise it's balmy out there, 62 in philadelphia and this is a warm front moving through some temperatures are actually rising in the overfight hours, allentown 57 and millville 63 and poconos a lot

of that snow they made over the weekend is melting to you. and to add insult to injury, in addition to the rape we have pockets of low visibility, not widespread like early this morning but wilmington is stuck in the fog the last two hours, visibility remains at a half mile and reading 2 miles and the poconos a mile and a half, double scan live radar showing there is more rain on the way, we have the conveyer belt of moisture and in the meantime, from you traveling, more areas dealing with worse weather and this squall line is causing severe weather in the midwest, tornado watches are in effect and then the wrap around cool air is creating some snow near minneapolis, so if you head out of town, heading to the airport do pack your patience because there will be quite a few delays. philadelphia international airport reporting close to 2 hour delays and chicago o'hare, a half hour delay and newark, new jersey, more than 3 hour

delays, we'll talk about what is to come. all the details are ahead. >> thank you. as we said rain and fog here in our area causing travel troubles and storms in other parts of the country are not helping either. passengers waiting on long lines and flights have been delayed. lets get the latest from the philadelphia international airport and "action news's" gray hall who is right there. >> hi sharrie we have been talking about all the rain but in travellers tell me they want to see snow because of the holiday season, lets see what is happening at the airport. this is one of those check points and not too busy at all. many travellers say had is some of what of an early gift. >> tis the season to be jolly unless are you stuck in the airport. >> it started out horrible. >> what happened? >> we had a mechanical problem in brazil so i sat in the

airplane for five hours. >> overcrowded and the flight was super full and went through a lot with my dog on the plane, they were not very accommodating with him, it was ridiculous. >> this is one of busiest travel days of the season as family makes a mad dash to see family and friends. >> be patient you can't control anything else. >> make sure you arrive at least two hours early and lines are long and travel headaches and all that comes with it is to be expected. >> but some travellers say it hasn't been bad. >> it's not hectic not yet any way, maybe this is a good time. >> some travellers encountered delays and frustrated but the most important thing is they are home for the holidays. >> that is the best nobody wants to miss family. >> the traveling could be a nuisance but others are concerned about security. >> with everything going on i'm afraid to be around a lot of

people crowds of people you never know what will happen. >> rain can cause delays and a domino affect from around the country and so far in philadelphia departure delays are 30 minutes and if you are traveling with american airlines, make sure you head to the right terminal, there are locations on both sides of the airport. >> we want to give you an update on the delays, this information just coming down, delays about an hour for the inbound flights and for the arrival flights, 46 to 60 minutes, this is not for all flights but for some, have you to check in with the airline. go to the airline's website, phl.org there is good information for you if are you traveling today. we are live at the philadelphia international airport, gray hall, channel 6 "action news" rick back to you. >> thank you.

lets switch to matt pellman with an update on the busy roadways tonight. >> reporter: i can vouch for the fact that the mall parking lots are a mad house this afternoon but getting to the malls on these highways is quite the challenge, that doesn't bode well for the gift i am getting you for a decade. business 30, a crash near 100 that just cleared out and westbound it's wet and really slow from past 100 the whole way out to 282, and here in delco a broken down vehicle at 452 and heavy from the airport to this point at 452, elsewhere on 95, broken down vehicle by the vine and flooding by allegheny and a crash by woodhaven, results of speeds of 10 miles per hour. and watch for traffic light

troubles at 14th and market. and wrapping up and opening up at the burlington bristol bridge, things are slow on each side there, and mercer county, accidents on 295, and flooding in trenton approaching calhoun street and extra slow on 42 southbound from the walt whitman bridge the whole way down to 55, the 35 minutes should be 15 minutes. >> i accept gift cards. don't stress about it. i'll never see one. load up the mobile devices are you getting or giving, with the storm tracker events app, they are available at apple, and google play stores, the link is at 6abc.com/apps. "action news" is following a developing story out of abington montgomery county, where a man

was shot dead late this afternoon. police found the victim in the 1700 block of prospect avenue at 2:00, investigating officers encountered a suspect three blocks away, as they confronted him they asked him to show his hands and that is when he allegedly raised hi gun and shot himself. he was rushed into abington hospital and he tells "action news" that his officers did not fire any shots. 26 people are recovering from injuries after a stolen car crashed into a septa trial in southwest philadelphia, investigators say the car hit the trolley head-on while trying to make a turn at grays avenue, the drive and his teenage passenger were rushed to the hospital in extremely critical condition. philadelphia police released a video showing thieves stealing dozens of propane tanks and the thefts have caused major concern

and prompted homeland security to take part in the investigation, chad pradelli is live now outside of northeast detectives with the full story. >> reporter: investigators here at northeast detectives say that the thefts are likely just industrial thefts for money but any time you deal with so many propane tanks and tanks of this size, homeland security will keep a close eye on the investigation. >> this is the surveillance of the first theft at the welding gas and supply center, a lookout vehicle, this light colored ford escape pulls into the parking lot and pull as way and a suspect comes from out of camera view and hops the fence, he goes into the propane area and organizes several tanks and then a dodge caravan pulls into the yard and the two suspects load the vehicle and takes off. >> the quantity that has been taken, some 40 some tanks taken

that adds up to a lot of propane that will last you a long time. >> lieutenant dennis rosenbaum says that market prices for propane are at historically low levels, the thieves could be using the stolen loot for a variety of reasons. >> you could sell it and use it for food trucks and smaller camps use it for heat and hot water, businesses use it. >> and the thieves stole several tanks from james d. morrison construction on pennypack the same night and returned a week later and stole even more tanks, neither company had comment, police and homeland security want people to be on alert. >> we are trying to figure out why, if a person has a reason why, we would like to know. all right thank you for that report. it has been one year since 33-year-old teresa posey was

killed in an unsolved hit and run and the detectives and citizens crime christmas unveiled a new billboard, it reminds people that there is a $15,000 reward for the information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver, posey was struck while standing in the median waiting to cross the road. there is more to come on "action news" at 5:00, the holiday gifts of a turtle may seem like a good idea, but you might want to reconsider, coming newspaper health check, ali gorman tells us why the animals could make you and your little ones sick. and septa doesn't run the city's transportation they also help out santa claus. this huge gift giving effort coming up. the stories and much more still ahead, but first a holiday greeting from our troops overseas.

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the woman accused of purposefully driving her car through a crowd of people with her child was in court today, she did not enter a plea, she is facing murder, hit and run and child abuse, one woman was killed and dozens of others were hurt and the lawyer characterized his 24-year-old client as distraught, she will remain behind bars until her preliminary hearing. another death is linked to a takata airbag explosion, a teen that died after a july car crash is confirmed as the eighth death in the united states and the ninth death worldwide and the safety administration announced an expansion of the the recalled vehicles with the takata airbags

being recalled. they can explode with too much force sending shrapnel into drivers and passengers. the birth rate for twins hit an all-time high last year in the u.s., that is according to the 2015 birth statistics released today. ali gorman is at the big board with the details. >> reporter: nearly 4 million babies were born last year and 435,000 were twins, that is one of in 29 baby, in 1980, it was one in every 53 babies was a twin, one reason for the increase is more women are waiting until they are older to have twins and mothers in their 30s are more likely than younger moms and experts point to fertility drugs for the spike and the rate of triplets and higher multiples have dropped significantly, doctors are implanting fewer embryos after

stronger guidelines were past after the famous octomom case in 2009. if you are thinking of getting anyone a baby turtle think again, they are cute but carry salmonella bacteria, despite the sale they are turning up and making people sick many kids that were sick were not even directly exposed to the turtle but it was spread by washing the turtle's tank in the back tub used by kids. and over the holiday it's easy to let your diet or healthy habits slip. doctors say it could be dangerous for people with kidney disease, excess eating, drinking or meals with high protein, potassium or sodium are at risk.

>> people end up in the hospital, many people with kidney disease have medical condition like high blood pressure and diabetes and the best way to enjoy the holidays is to take good care of your body, it's not about food but spending time with family and friends. rick and sharrie back over to you. i feel like i say that a lot. >> it's worth saying over and over again. >> have to get my good food in too ali. >> everything in moderation even bad food -- no. up next on "action news" at 5:00, "action news" is about interacting with you, follow us for the latest headlines and breaking news and to communicate with us, on facebook we are 6 abc "action news" news and twitter at 6 abc. join us and be part of "action news."

septa workers took the time today to give santa a han, the employees sufficiented decorated toys in a festively decorated bus. they have every age group covered and all the toys were

selected for the yule toy drive and they will give the prepts to children and families in need. the sounds of the holidays could be heard loud and clear today. here at the charter school in philadelphia, ended their school year with a holiday concert and the children were asked to wear festive clothe for the holidays they celebrate with their families and they all look great.

we are checking in at the big board with cecily tynan, today is the first day to stay home and wrap christmas gifts, and cards, ricky got your card and sharrie i got your gift. >> hey! >> i knew that would get him going, you want to take it easy, a solid area of rain and they are getting pounded down the shore, right up the garden state parkway, you can see the area of red, orange and yellow and that is not only heavy rain and we have reports of a few rumbles of

thunder all moving up to the north and east. what is going on we have a warm fronts going through and that brings us the steady rain and that brings us the record warmth, a wider view on double scan live, look what is happening in the midwest, a vicious squall line, watches are up along that line and the latest one in mississippi. and west of that you can see it pulling down the colder air and they have a little bit of snow in minneapolis. we will not be getting the snow and we are getting the rain tonight and the fog and record warmth, and the temperatures are already warm and 63 degrees, the record high is 66 and i think we'll be beat that later tonight. allentown 57 and wilmington 59 and trenton 60 and millville 63 degrees, visibility shows we don't have widespread dense fog and we have areas of reduced visibility and reading two

miles, and the rain tapers off later tonight, we'll see fog developing but tomorrow morning it's developing in places, 9:00 tonight the rain is still here and the steadiest is west of philadelphia and as we head around midnight the rain is tapering off and fog developing, look at the temperature, 2:00 in the morning 69 degrees. through the morning hours, 8:00 tomorrow, 69 degrees and a few breaks of sunshine and christmas eve, we are looking at a run for the record, afternoon high 76 degrees, and we hit that and that is not only the warmest christmas eve on record but the warmest december day in philadelphia and i think a lot of records will fall, allentown 72 and wilmington 73 and cape may 69 degrees, the cold front mofz through tomorrow night and touches off a shower and christmas day forecast, we'll see a lot of clouds and a few

peeks of sunshine and rain developing late in the day, and look at these. temperatures, 9:00, 62 and 1:00, 67 and 5:00, 63, you probably have the fire going but you'll be sweating if you do. tomorrow record warmth more clouds than sun and high of 76 degrees and christmas day clouds and a little sunshine and record high of 70 and behind the system, saturday periods of rain and 56 degrees, and sunday temperatures spike again to record levels, 70, and monday it turns cooler with a high of 47 degrees, i'll let you know if the trend to color weather kins next week in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you still more to come in our next half our of "action news" at 5:00, for the first time we hear from miss columbia, for a few minutes she thought

she was miss universe. and one of the most famous housewives is out of prison, theresa jude giudice is out of jail.

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right here in philadelphia, also two teenagers are in extremely critical condition after police say they stole a car and crashed into a septa trolley. and a state trooper was laid to rest today funeral services were held at rowan university. it's a miserable day around the delaware valley, the rain and fog making it difficult for

people whom are doing shopping, cecily tynan is in for abdam joseph and joins us for the wet weather. right through tonight, everything will taper off at midnight. double scan live radar showing a solid band of rain, i'll show you what is going on at the shore. we are rare thunderstorms, the most intense part of this is to the south and west of atlantic city, this is racing up to the northeast at 50 miles per hour, what this is a warm front moving through that will unleash unseasonably warm air and record warmth on the way and a wider view showing we are dealing with rain, the thunderstorm across the shore but i want to show you what is happening across the midwest to the great lakes to mississippi, a squall line of tornadoic activity and watches and warnings there, northwest of

that system they are get something snow. but what we are getting is a lot of warm air, 63 in philadelphia and the same in fillville and allentown 59 and reading 57, temperatures rise overitem and we have areas of patchy fog and once the rain shuts off with the wet ground and light winds and fog is developing in the overnight hours, we have record warmth on the way, 76 degrees, all time december warmth, record christmas day, a forecast of 70, that is a record high and even on sunday, 70 degree weather and a record high, each day we have an opportunity for rain and i'll talk about the timing for the rain in the accuweather forecast. back to you guys. >> we'll check back in later. thank you. it's a good idea to pack your patience if you are heading out. matt pellman in the traffic center.

>> all is not merry but we have bright flashing lights on the freeway this evening as we try to head out of up to for the holiday. these flashing lights attending to an accident on the westbound side by the city avenue on ramp the crash involving the truck in the left lane for a while got it pushed off to the shoulder, and damage is done the whole way through bear avenue and 42 minute westbound time is three times what it should be. a crash in upper darby, at roxborough avenue still high water, and high water and flooding on 95 northbound by allegheny and northbound is jammed and the vine street expressway is a parking lot from the schuylkill to 95 and westbound is backing up across town, watch out for a downed tree at walnut road and crossing into delaware at elsmere near the boston market by the

christiana mall, a busy spot this time of year a wreck on highway 1, because of the less than ideal weather, another bridge opening at the burlington bristol bridge head for the turnpike connecter bridge instead. stay safe as you head out this evening. sharrie over to you. >> matt thank you, we are not the only ones dealing with messy weather hampering holiday travel, roughly half the country is bracing for severe weather tonight, for some travellers it's making the trek home for the holidays a nightmare, respect. >> reporter: it's very crowded today, airports are packed across the country and long lines forming in chicago before 6:00 a.m., a line a mile long. >> i'm hoping to catch my flight. >> today is the busiest travel

day in the roads and sky this holiday season and with travel delays in new york, philadelphia and new jersey. >> we are delayed. >> this southwest airlines flight was forced to return to oakland with an emergency landing. after the plane circled for four hours, it was going very slow because they were trying to get the landing gear up and it wouldn't go up. >> through much of the country severe weather is impacting the roads with snow falling at an inch per hour in parts of ore n oregon. in southern california and cleanup is underway in the south, as they brace for more flooding, 68 million americans are in the storm zone that could produce tornadoes and damaging winds and hail. drivers are packing their patience. >> there will be traffic. >> if you have not finalized

your travel plans, be aware the second worst travel day is expected to be sunday. the driver of a tractor trailer was killed on the atlantic city expressway. the man lost control and the truck flipped in the westbound lanes on route 54 in hammonton, new jersey, it happened at 5:00 a.m. and another vehicle crashed into the truck and that driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. police are looking for a person that opened fire on a crowd standing on the 2600 block of lehigh avenue, they are checking cameras for clues. investigators are looking for three men seen in this video, police say they robbed the man on berks street earlier this month, police told someone

hit him in the head with a cell phone and you are asked to call police if you know anything about the crime. a margate firefighter could lose his job for shoplifting, ashton funk is convicted of stealing $7.98 worth of items from a convenience store and the department wants him let go from his 38,000 their job he held since 2011. real housewives of knowledge star, theresa giudice is out of prison, released from the connecticut institution this morning this is her arriving in her mansion in montvale, knowledge, she served less than a year for bankruptcy fraught and her husband joe is expected to start hi prison sentence back in march. >> some buck county students

skipped their holiday party today to instead help others. they collected canned food and nonperishable items and spend the afternoon sorting everything, it was given to the nonprofit helping families in the community. the salvation army is making sure that local children have presents under the tree at christmas and katherine scott caught up with grateful parents today. >> she spotted a baby doll and soon it was in her arms. gianna when to theal salvation army donated gifts. >> we xroung up money to get them something but it wasn't happening. >> for the first time she applied to be part of the toy give away from philadelphia, once again helping thousands of

families celebrate christmas, all the participants have preregistered. they are holding the final toy distribution. >> we don't want any child to go out christmas presents. >> this year more than 18,000 gifts were donated from footballs to baby dolls basketballs to books, families are matched with volunteers as they pick out several gifts each for children 12 and under. >> you look and say oh it's christmas happy time but really for the adults it's very stressful. >> it's quite an interesting situation that we have so many people that can be generous and share and in the same community not so far away are people that need some help. >> the salvation army tells me they are always in need of donations, any toys left over

will be held for a future need. >> this really saved our christmas, this is truly a blessing to me. >> katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." up next on "action news," new york city police officers are not just patrolling the big apple they are helping out in rome. >> and miss columbia thought she was miss universe and minutes later she got the bad news, she wasn't. fors first time she is speaking out about steve harvey's mistake. and donald trump finds how how far he is ahead of the other candidates in the race for the white house. >> now a greeting from our troops. >> captain rob stations with the combined task force horn of africa. wanted to wish a merry christmas and happy new year to my friends

and family in mount laurel, knowledge and bucks and montgomery county pennsylvania.

donald trump is dominating the race for the white house, he has 39% support, more than double texas senator, ted cruz's numbers, it was conducted after the cnn republican debate and macho rubio and ben carson are tied for third place with 10% each. american's finest are working overseas with the vatican for the pope's year long jubilee of mercy, it's a special holy year called by the church and only the 27th time in the history of the church that there has been a jubilee, the last one was 2000, they are beefing up security because of isis and the recent attacks in paris. miss columbia is speaking out for the first time by being

mistakenly named the winner of the pageant. she was able to bring happiness to my country for being miss universe for a couple of minutes and congratulated philippines, she wrote, quote, things happen and we'll find out why things happen the way they happen. >> pageant organizers say steve harvey was remorseful for the way the pageant happened and they will invite him back next year to emcee. some players are guaranteeing victory, the eagles? >> well, as fletcher cox says, they are not going to say we are going to lose? the eagles confident even though fans may not be, byron maxwell

missed practice again today, kirk cousins has his hands full with cox, named in the pro bowl. and he could clinch the division. >> if we lose we are out, we don't care if they clinch or don't clinch, are you getting too deep, if we don't win the game we are out of the playoffs, if that is not incentive enough, i don't think our guys are going to play harder because if we lose they clinch. >> it's not silly to think that jackson has extra amps who was given away for nothing. jackson scored four touch downs in the last five games and to

his credit he is not giving his former team any bulletin board material. >> it's an exciting game, we have a game to do and win, and that is all that matters. regardless of what team it is and the name on the jersey we don't care about that, we have a game to go in and it's a must win for us. >> he saying all the right things, but don't believe for a second that this game does not mean everything for desean. >> it's desean jackson a former eagle coming back to philadelphia and he will be all fired up and all amped up and that is the way it should be, when the team releases you or trades you or out right lets you go and gets nothing in return, that tics you off. desean jackson will be ticked off whenever he plays the philadelphia eagles for the rest of his life. there is pressure on the secondary. 6-8, the giants are still alive and need more help, and

more since o'dell beckham's suspension was upheld, his appeal was held in new york and he will miss the must win game in minnesota, he was suspended for his conduct against carolina, he says he dropped the ball and apologized to the team and his fans. i'll tell you this if they still had him they would not be trying to avoid their 30th loss in 30 games, a sad soggy end to the temple run in boca raton. they rallied with under three minutes to play and added a two point conversion to score and tyler looked to recover it and with so much going on they ruled it was toledo's football. temple fell 32-17 failing to pick up the record 11th win but

what a season for a team that made the city of philadelphia really proud and more to come from that. an up and coming program and coach rule will stick around. quick break and we'll check the soggy accuweather forecast for you. it's getting better with cecily. it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great offer. get out of the past. get fios.

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meteorologist, cecily tynan is back now with the good news in the forecast. that is tomorrow. >> it will be warmer this christmas eve and christmas than it was on easter, easter was 67 degrees and it's going to be 76 degrees on christmas eve. >> nobody's complaining. >> ski resorts are complaining, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have plenty of rain and in fact even a rare december thunderstorm is rolling off the shore and beginning to push off the coast, it was really moving off the garden state parkway the last hour, rumbles of thunder there and gusts of wind and a batch of heavy rain working its way out of maryland and chester county moving up to the northeast, this is all associated with the warm front moving through and this will

unleash the record warmth christmas day. it's not a record yet but close, it's 64 and the record high is 66 and i think we'll beat that later on tonight as temperatures rise, allentown 67 and millville 63 and trenton 60. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this train of moisture up from the south and west, but we are not dealing with severe weather and that is the good news, you can look across the midwest and there is a line of severe weather, already three reported tornadoes and a lot of tornado watches in effect with that. here though we are dealing with the rain that is tapering off around midnight, or shortly thereafter if you head out tonight take the umbrella, 3:00 especially in philadelphia and up to the north and things taper off by midnight and lots of clouds, temperature 70 degrees at midnight and tomorrow morning, some breaks of sunshine, fog as well and could be a renegade shower in the

morning and temperatures again around 70 degrees in the morning and santa will likely be wearing a hawaiian shirt and shorts as he delivers on christmas eve, the normal high is 52 and the record is 64 and the all time december high is 73 and we'll likely break all the records with a high of 76 degrees, christmas day not that warm but still hit 70, that is a record high and lots of clouds with rain developing in the afternoon and evening hours. so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow record warmth and some peeks of sunshine and 76 degrees and a cool front moves through at night and could trigger a shower and behind that not as warm but record breaking warmth for friday on christmas day, rain developing late and on saturday, it's cooler and damp with periods of rain and 56 degrees as kwanzaa begins, take the rain gear if you go to see the eagles

on saturday night. sunday we spike back up to record warm 70 and cooler on monday 47 degrees but that trend doesn't continue, back up to 54 on tuesday with our next round of rain and wednesday a lot of clouds and rain and 56 degrees. something we don't have in the seven-day forecast is cold air, merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you cecily. keep 6abc.com/weather on your

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. wednesday night and jim is off and i'm rick williams and police make an arrest in the death of a psychiatrist in a philadelphia hotel.

but the big story on "action news" tonight is the height of the holiday travel season, marred by wet weather and a record number of travelers drenched in dismay as they try to get to their destinations, this is the soggy scene at the philadelphia international airport a steady rain and thick fog caused heavy flight delays here but along the northeast corridor, and drivers try to get home or perhaps to the mall, for last minute christmas shopping. we have live coverage, gray hall is standing by at the airport but first lets get the latest from accuweather and cecily tynan. >> it has been raining since late this morning, i always say you don't have to shovel rain but this make its many miserable if you are traveling around, and we are getting breaks in the rain of interior new jersey, but at the coast they are getti