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hats and scarves and snowpant, but thiss not your normal dember. drencng downpou and a high, scaled down wdrobe and umbrels requed,ut shor optiona it is wednesday night and jim is off, i'm brian taff. a rainy, fgy eremely warm night. it is not just messing with our concept of winter, tonight's weather ming for tricky travel. we check in with the skies and ros in a moment, but first ceci tynan is standing by. another tpeture rord h >> it certaly has. wt happened today, a warm the soaking rain.ng us it also ushered in a surge of warm air. 70 degrees 10:00. stormtracker live doublecan showing the steady, soaking rain pushed over new england. we just hava few lingering areas of drizzle here or war, buthe warm front part of a

ch bigger storm system. the warm front awates to low pressure over cana, a a aing cold front. thatold front caused an tbreak of severe weather which is pretty unusual for dember. two dozen reports ofornadoes the midwest and dp south. even now we have some torna watches in eect for the nnessee valley. the reason why, iis the clash of air masses. aad of the front it fls like spring. weropped down to 69 degre right now. behind that front you can see mperatures are in the 30's, and that's what caused the severe weather. that front will head our way torrow, but in a much more that's the good news. hereome mo records highs. we sea record high today, tomorw a record of 76 degrees. a even christmas day behd a cool front theecord high 70 degrees a sunday again 70 drees. record warmth. however the warmth willome with some showers.

talking abt the timing of the rain in the flccuwther seven-day forecast. >> see you shortly, thank you. at let four people dead, inudi a 7-yearld boy in an outbreak tornadoes across the midwest and sout one driv cauthis incredible viewf a fnel cloud in mississippi. re than 40 peoe injured in what might ha been two dozen twisrs and unknown number sll missing tonight. a tornado confirmed in greenwd, indiana, a suburb of indianapolis. the tornado danger willontinue there through the night. he seve storms were part of a sysm sweing aoss the country leaving havoc at airpts everywre. lookingive at phidelphia international airport, which did not get the worst of the delays, but felt the ripe effe. by tonig several cancellatns on the board f arrivals and departures. there has been aleast 9500 delays nationwide day. more than 1,000 canceltions.

but it is the hidays and we arfrom fol tonight about keeping an optimistic outlook to put up with it a to see famy and friends. >> the little delay is not a problem. it'soring the trip. weave an infant and somehow she managed to be meatient th we were sometimes, so we were pretty grateful. >> now another tng experience tonight, a holiday new rule with the t.s.a. sceners can noworce anyone to go through a body scanr, ev if that passenger wants to opt o. before this passengers could choose a full-byat down instead. the change by homeland security cein the wake of the paris and san bernaino terror attac. the skies and roadways will belenty busy thrghout the end of the skie a estimes the holiday travellers toppi 100 million the first time every, nrly one in three americans. and almost triple the number of people who traveledore than 50 miles from home anksving.

in t philadelphia ar, aaa ects 1.1 million to take a ip,p more than over last year. and get ts nine out of ten of them will driving. a they're getng quite a hoday gift. aallon tonight.for gas, $2 but y might want to fill up rit ere. south jersey where it is averagg $1.80. w castle county delaware $1.95. andhe philalphia region avagi $2.21. those lookingo get a jp on morning starteray with "action news" at 4:30 a.m. forhe lest forest, airrt deyand liveook at travel conditions. > a 73-year-old montgomy county man shot and kled today, settingff a brief chase for the suspected shooter. the man then turned the gunn he is in the hospital as the lice try to piece together what led up to all of this. and we are live at the abington

what morere you learning >> brn, police say right now there's no clear motive. fily mbers tell us the 73-ar-old victim knew the shoor but can't understd why this encountetned deadly. >> jacquene consoled oside of her childhood familiar that theolice now have draped in crime scene tape. >> i can't believe he's gone. >> she tls "action new h father was shot and killed on his porch. >> i am heart bken. >> another cross came in as a fele screaming. another call in the area said shots fired. >> found a decead individual, 7year-old man, w s prounced dead. >> the gunman sped off in this van but was cornered by the police blocks away. >> get on the ground, put the n down. >> he did not. the individual fired two shots

in the c to himself. the gunman was taken to a nearby hospital. police brass say offers never red at the suspect despite resident's claimsheyed multiple g shots. the dunca tell "acti news" their father knew many pple in the neiborhoodnclung the gannd he did n deserve to die this way. >> he helped raise me, did a lot in t community and iis so tragic. >> the police say the spect is in ctical condition and that they also retrieved two hand guns inside of h vehicle. reporti le in abingn for chnel "acon news." >> thank you. a man police describe as a holess proitute isn cty tonight chargedith the murder of a prominent philadelphia psychiatrist inside of a center city hotel. invesgators allege 27-year-old manuel baez straned

75-year-old howard baker sunday at the rodeway inn at 12th and baker was found the policeay naked with a belt around his nk. surveilnce video shows a suspecteavi the hotel with bak's bacack and wallet indicati robry may have been ang the motives. the remains of six arican serviceeers kledn ahistan this week are bk on u.s. soil tonight. the airmen, including a montmery county nati, all diedn auicide attack on monday "action news" repter dann cuellar was there as their service and sacrifice w honored. >> a damp and rainy night, a fallen servemen's fin journey tomrowhathey call the dignified trsfer. from afghanistan tohe base in delawe. on hand were the secretaryf defense ashton carter, deb james, thehairman of the joints chief of staff and oers. only hours earer the five m

and woman were remembed in a moving tribute at bagham air force be afghanistan. ft, hmets a pictures on display. third from theefthe servicen from our area, peter ubf wyncot and it was painfully on displ as they looked athe fallen servicemen. five men a o woman ming the ultimate sacrifice for their count. ere was grief and pde in equal meure. back here, dignitaries in salute as t bods were cried to waiti advance transporting them to neral homes. lateonight funeral services

for ub were penned and being the family has not decide have had he will be bied at e arlington cemetery. dann cuellar for channel 6 "action news." law enforcement officers from arou the region tned out today to honor the sacrice of the new jerseytate trooper, eli mccaon. funeral services at rowen. and he aduated fmhe academy this past year and just married last septemb. and the rain did not damper the spirit in port richmond. the polefcers hosted kids at tget as they shopped with kids for gifts for their the elves in bluhelped them they promised not to give away the surprises.

a mayfair family with a happier christmas thanks to pole officers with huge hearts. a burgl broke into their home ran sacking it stealinghe ristmas presents, including the for his twin 4-year-old daughters, scarlet and samantha. the offers who ansred the called decid they wou not let christmas be ruined. d they rsed enough mon to replacehe giftnd give t family meals as well. >> it is awesome. it is fun to play cops and roersnd get the bad guys and chasesnd all that stuff, but to see the look on the little girs fac and h face, nothing mcareer compares to that. >> to find out the oicers are doing that, thats pretty ama amazi. >> the officers say the other thing that would make them smile is tracking down the burglar who was grinch. i do

thanks them for their sei, deliveng cookies to first responders on christmas day. and tonight and tomorrow breakgore than 500 treats in news" tonight, the rler "action cster ride in hris with the budget battleefe the holid break. plus, why the state is now going to pay jerry sandusky re than $200,0. > and n trends on teenage bihs and new moms. how old areomt havg their first child now? we're tryingut tonight, but am tcking moreounds ever rain on the way. i have the details and t latest on the holiday weekend record warmth in the accuweather forecast. and jeff skrsky wh the eagleredskins muswin match-upather o. "action news" will be right back.

penyania's budget cris t or ju yet. a topcy turfy day left sending governor wf a difrent budget than he wanted and lawmakers going home f the holidays. a they passed a smaller spenng package inste but it does not include the money the governor wand for plic scols or the bilon dolr increase tolose the deficit. and he may choose to veto it the decision can take days. and tomorrow pennsylvania breaks t modernay record of the longest stretch without a convicted sex accuse r says jerry sandusky aut to get a checfor $211,000 from the pension system.

they said the form assistant coach would be pdack when it stopped payments after the sentencing. his $4900 a month annuity resumes in january. homa lland security investigators forhe hundred for propane tk thv. they do not belie the m are up tonything necessarily bad, but find it odd since the price is at low leve. >>he quanty, 40-some tank it adds up to a lot of propane and that what we are worri about. >> t authoties say the men stole tank from another industrial site theame nig and we ck to praxair a second time. a 19-year-old harrisburg man

accused trying to help isis remaining behind bars befe today they ruled that he was a flight risknd danger to the public. they say he pdged aegiance to the islamic state and spread propaganda. and no guns were in his house. a new jersey grand jury incted the wal-mart truck driverho crashed io cedian tra morgan's limousine on the and mgan was sevely injured and his friend kied. a kin roper haseen charged in the cras an ntsb investigation said he was open for 28 u prior to t as and a takata air bag, a

nfirmed eightheath in the united states. and t nationaligay traic administrion says it can lead to me recalls. the takata air bags can elode withoo mh force, sending rapnelnto drivers and passengers. a teenage birth a new low, dropping 9%. d t birth rates declid to a record w for moment in the early 20's. and first-time mothers are waing longer. the averagege rose to a litt over 26 years old. 4 million babies born in the united states last year. >>a new jersey's top neral, leader of the nationa guard lo weit and pass add phil fitness test that is not usually news worthyut he

didt under a 90-day deaine to shape up imposed by govnor chris ristie. and he flunk have had and waist size 43.5 inches. and he was reimanded. they will notay howuch he lost, just a tremendous amount. >> and special deliveries tonight, the action cam came along as they brought ts and holiday fts to families in need. it is an annual traditi for that foe. the famies are nomined by community members and other offers. d many of the homes they we greed with hugs, warm smil and big thank you. and that is when it feels like christmas. >> exacy, that's what it is all about. >> not outside. >>t is the holiday spirit and not the temperature. a lot of peoplesk me if t it ?ere sn, how much would it would be around0 incs and uld have cse add lot of

trel problems. it would have been pretty, but theain is moving out and warm air movg in. a few areas of lingering he drizzle the steady rain left the region. and going live on sky 6 looking at the temple universi sky camer andou'll notice the low clouds kind of crossing off the topf the skyline. and the clouds wl be lowering in the overnight hours. and think fog cld be a prlem tomorrow morng. part of the reason why tse warm temperures, it's 69 degrees right now. we hit 70 at 10:00. a new record high breaking the old record 66 set in 1990. allentow63. in trenton, 68 degrees. millville 65. dover 71. ey made some snow in e poconos at the ski rests this weekend and i thi the snow is all gone. the current temperare 56 degrees. double scan live swingne part of the storm sysmoved through toda brought us the soaking rain.

that moved up into new england. if you lk to the west, still a coldront is heading to the east. this cold front rponsible for tornado obreak across the midwest and the deep south. deadly tornados. to the east, it will be es by the time it moves through be a showed dough of i former self. dealing with clouds a warm information, a few breaks of sunshe. and as weead towards lunchtime, temperatures jump up into the 70's and we can see a line of showers and maybe a rumble of thunder ahead of the frts it pses through. t itn perspective, the kind of temperatures were taing, normaligh christmas eve 42. the record highast christmas eve 64. theighest temperature ever recorded in the monthf decemb is 73, goi for a forecast high of 76 degrees and th will break all ofhose records.

chrisas eve as t kids go to bed and san doing his job, it is going to be very mild with spotty showers. 65 deees. 6 at midnig. and merry christmas to everyone. seeing a lot of clouds and mild temperatures onhristmas d as well. temperatures maybe i will in the 6s. at 00, 67, and probably reaching a high of 70, which is also a record hi. the exclusive accuweather seved recast, a recdt 76, and d another record on frida a suny a surge of record warmth again with a high of 70. monday it tns cooler, 47 tuesday back up to 54 with some and wednesday a lot of clouds and high of6 degrees. if you want to go ahead and put theireplace on tomorrow, just don't wear the christmas sweater at the seime, you won't need i >> put the turtlenecks aways. exactly.

mry chrts. >> merry christmas, tnk you. >> and families recovergrom drug and alcohol abu getting a hping hand. the toy give away by the one day at a te recovery program. youngsters he can -- excitey looked through the mounds of ts and with a ltle help pied a gift. even the littlist things count during a great one here

the aion cam for a romantic surpre. arriving at h boyfend's use to see "will you marry me" spelled out in holay nights. and anthony got down on one knee a popped the big qution. she looked at us, then looked at h,nd she said "yes and breanna's late father was a lg-time photographer for and we have kno her for yrs and congratations to t happy couple. a great christmas for them. very ni.

>> hoping for a late christm esent from the eagles, a win over the redskins. >> sam bdford wished everyone a merry christmas. ifou want to spread holiday cheer winhe game satuay, boom line. it may take a miracl all they have to dos beat the redskins d gias andhey a in hosting a playoff game. wait ty played, they could just as ealy be heading home in two weeks. and chip kelly could be and maxwellnd logan out of prtice ain with injuries. look, the eagles a staying posite. much so the prbowler fletcher cox guarantee these are >> yeah.eat the redskins. do uhi i am goi to s we willose it? . >> the bottom line we d't make it to t playoffs. if that is not inctive enough, that we are in ouble.er ion't think o guys will play

harder not oy do we lose we are out, but they can clinch they a tining hard, that woulde silly. >> i don't know if you would but you can't let it take it out your game uess who is really excited? >>his guy. desean jackson. and jacon t very plar that chip lly cut could keep the ex-from the playoffsor the secdtraight season. jacon sti thinks it is a slap in the face the eags cut him but ting to down play his feelings. >> just ather game. excited about it highly anticipated but not makg it more than it is. and we have a job to do, a game to play, regardless of t team or the name or theersey we don't care about that. iis must-win for us. the eles and redski and even the giants in py for the nfc title. and the new york shot a giant

the giants are technically stl ale. in a round-abt way it hps the eagles receiver. beckham on suspension. and he apologize sayg no excuse for his behavior.

he is ae to rurn the eagles in the finale.nst the and brown a the sixersay the buck sps here in and the worst start in history, onlyne win. happy holidays -- i think not. and not happy with the sixs lling behind 10-0. and calli a te-out and it doesn't work. and iis slammed downnd sixers down as ny as ithe second to a last-pla bucks tm. later in the thi the fmer sixer, michael carter-wom carter-women -- williams. andhe sixers have lost 30 of their 31 ges. you want something under the treeh about a w for the sixers? >> it's ugly, thanks. "jimmy kimmel live" next followed by "nightlin" and "action news" ctinues 4:30 a.m. team i'm ban taff.on news" have a gre nig and seeou

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