>> sunday night holiday travelers are hitting roads, rails and skies today and death toll is rising after pow powerful storms and big story on "action news" is a big drop in temperatures moving our way. before that happens, though, plenty of us made the best of relatively warm conditions today. this is boardwalk own rehoboth

beach were a lot of people were taking a leashly sunday scroll on a balmy december day. it seems like our good fortune is coming to an end. we're tracking more rain brick ping with it more of wintry feel. meteorologist melissa magee is at the "action news" buying board with a check of the accuweather forecast. may, melissa. >> as you mentioned another rorld in philadelphia. we climbed up to 65 in city breaking old record of 64 setback in 1949 and well above average of 42 degrees for this time of year. pretty mild this evening. currently coming in at 64 in city and 56 in allentown and lehigh valley. 66 in mill villa long the coast in sea isle city coming in at 61. don't get used to milder eyre because we have changes on the way. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you we're tracking elongated system here where we're dealing with snow right now across the southern planes and severe weather and warm front and that will sink

to the south as we live throughout the receipt of tonight and as it does so we have the threat of wet weather on the way. future tracker 6 timing out the precipitation for you 8:00 this evening it's mostly cloudy and you notice the line of scattered showers. moving across philadelphia and it will continue to sag south. as you wake up tomorrow morning that frontal boundary dips southward in the wake of that we tap into the colder northwesterly winds which will make a big difference as you step outdoors tomorrow. tomorrow we can expect tracking that light to steady rain right now and until about 9, 10:00 and as we go throughout the day monday with passenger of front frontsal boundary temperatures are a good 20 to 25 colder as we get into the afternoon hours come tomorrow and comparison to what we had today. and then monday night there's a possibility of wintry precipitation which is why winter weather advisory has been posted north and west of that 95 corridor and through poconos. we'll look at that coming up up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast, walter. >> talk to you in a bit.

>> today's weather made it easier for many of us to wrap up the long holiday weekend. thousands are headed home by road, rail and sky. jeff skversky is live at the philadelphia international airport with much more hey, jeff. >> walter, if you travel by air you're going to hit problems. here at philadelphia international american airlines is reporting 34 cancelled flight out of philly today. 135 delayed flights. this is caused by the weather out west and low clouds here at home. >> it's the post holiday rush homes and let the headaches begin on one of the biggest travel days of the year there were dozens of weather related flight delays into philadelphia international averaging an hour and a half by mid afternoon. >> i was scheduled 4:40 and got a notification that it was delayed to 6:15 then 5:5 5 now 6:30. >> supposed to fly out 4:00 it's been postponed to.

>> 6:55. >> after visiting relatives this family is trying to get home to houston which like much of the country mid section is being hit with severe weather that could not have worse timing. >> frustrating especially with work in the morning. >> 30th street station no major problems for those traveling amtrak and rail service reports zero delays. septa suspended its regional rail for a short time this afternoon because of power problems. that stranded nighten family had who had a two hour delay returning from el paso, texas. >> i got to find another way to get back home. >> we're told those septa regional rail lines were only delayed or suspended a half hour. now, american airlines tells me the storms from west are coming this week so they say we should expect more delays and cancellations for travelers tomorrow and tuesday. they recommend that you check your flight status online and

get here in plenty of time. we're live at philadelphia international, jeff chirico, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, jeff. >> in other news tonight a vacant home in mount laurel was badly damaged today during an early morning fire and flames broke out 5:30 inside the home on 100 block of captainer bury road. crews had to ask for more help. no word how this started and no injuries reported. one person was killed, another injured during this accident in the horsham section earlier this morning before 2:30 a car collided with tractor-trailer near intersection of easton road and county line road. both peopled in the car ended up trapped. one was pronounced dead at the scene and other taken to ab be ton memorial hospital in serious condition. so far no word on identities at this hour. >> charging pending against driver of suv that lost control and slammed into a row home and drove off in camden overnight. around 1 a.m. investigators say

a woman driving along the 1400 block of south 9th street simply drove into the front parch of the home there and drove off and made it a block away when her car broke down. she got out and walked her way home where her family called 9 911 because she was injured. she was treated at cooper university hospital. five people wereed in that home at the time of the crash. and no other injuries were reported. >> and more than 500 coats were handed out today to needy kids in philadelphia. the action cam here he in east falls has young ones picking out brand new winter jackets and darin sproles was there signing autografts and greeting fans it was held at abbotsburg community center and curtis bringly that grew up in abe aberford homes organized this wonderful giveaway. >> it was heartache for eagles' fans the birds fell short in request for playoff bid. it has fans questioning future of team and head coach. "action news" reporter trish

hartman has more good customers filed into the lanark diner upper darby soggy sunday morning for a hardy break fact after an ugly loss to the redskins. >> started awesome and went down. >> eagles scored early in the first quart were ryan matthew touchdown and that's the only time the birds would have the lead. many mistakes led to the 38 to 24 final score. a loss that knocks the eagles out of playoffs and plame is falling squarely on soulders of head coach and general manager chip kelly. >> he has to go he ruined the team ruined the whole team. >> i think there's more to being a general manager than just going out and getting high priced free agents. we didn't go from good to great. >> they got rid of awpdy reid to get a chipmunk for both reason what? nothing improved. >> many blame chip kelly for the less than stellar season. not everyone says he need to go but everyone says something needs to change for the eagles

before next season. >> i like chip kelly and like to see him stay i don't know if him being gm and coach is too much for him. >> joe gordon and his son were at the game last night and he said hopes were high before the game but things turned sour in the secretary half. >> they started to stall and then mistakes started happening one after the other. penalties, just a lot of mistakes. >> while there's one more regular season game for eagles, next week's match-up against the giants fans are looking forward to a fresh start and different sport. >> it's only december. i'm ready for spring. i want to hear a crack of the bat. >> reporting in upper darby, trish hartman, "channel 6 action news." >> all right. more to come on "action news" tonight, tornadoes touchdown in texas. nearly a dozen people were killed and the trail of the destruction goes for miles we have the latest and hundreds take advantage of warm weather to go on a nice long run for a great cause. more on the eagles dispointsing season and what chip kelly has

to say when "action news" comes season and what chip kelly has to say when "action news" comes right back

>> 11 people are confirmed dead and tornadoes that have swept through the dallas area last night and governor greg abbott is warping the death toll could rise. it gave people in the loan star state the first real chance to survey the damage. there's been reports of as many as a dozen tornadoes and meteorologists are working to confirm that. many watched helplessly as the winds tore through their region. >> i locked out and sought funnel and dove into the hallway. >> it was spinning towards us and all you heards with debris hitting the house hitting the house hitting the house. >> that's when i realized -- >> how about that four countys in texas declared disaster areas and cleanup gets underwa underway. severe weather is not over yet. the texas and oklahoma pan handles and parts of new mexico are receiving heavy snow coupled with high winds.

>> world news sunday will have latest on severe weather in the south west coming up at 6:30 after "action news". a 15-year-old is in critical condition after getting shot late last night. investigators say someone opened fire on the 6700 block of lead street in philadelphi philadelphia's overbrook section. restoppeding officers found the teenager on the ground shot repeatedly. he remains in critical condition at penn presbyterian hospital. >> investigators are looking into the possibility that the shooting on lee street could be related to this shooting that happened half an hour earlier about a block away. police say a man was shot and injured just after 11 p.m. on the 6700 block of lebanon avenue in overbrook. the victim was shot once and suffered injuries to arm and torso. he's in stable condition at presbyterian hospital. >> people living in west philadelphia were treated to a hot brunch this morning non profit group called young educated athletes served up all the breakfast staple for members of the community there

and there were also giveaways and family activities at prime property management on 55 and chestnut. >> and much more to come on "action news" including ryan howard responding to report claiming he used performance enhancing drugs. and chip kelly addresses his job status. jeff skversky has that and more on sports when "action news" jeff skversky has that and more on sports when "action news" comes right

sglvr i remember when baseball season entered we were hoping for good football season didn't pan out that way. >> let's go fliers. >> that's the next hope. >> eagles game against giants meaning meaningless. 7 years that's how long it's been sin the eagles lasts playoff win and the stomach churning drought won't end any time soon. eagles eliminated from playoff

contention for the first time in the last i've seasons. there will no not ab i layoff run in philadelphia. all the khaivrmings blue blew up in his face. eagles dropped the ball last night and all season with all on the line against redskins. they have the highest drop percentage in nfl and most turnovers in nfl dating back to last year. so is chip in danger of lossing job. that question chip will not runaway from. >> it's on my shoulders and same thing i said a year ago it's unacceptable not good enough it's not good enough i'll continue to work as hard as i can and show up early and work late and nobody in my situation would tell me if they're worried about getting fired then they should have already been fired. >> obviously, put a lot of work in throughout the season and of course the season to give yourself a chance and you know, it was just -- you know, very sour taste in your mouth. >> obviously very frustrated this is not what any of us expected or wanted.

and put in this league you will get expose philadelphia you're not good enough. >> obviously losing jordan there's an omen. >> how fitting the light go out on press conference and the lights go out on the season at the same time. chip kelly is first eagles coach since buddy line in 1988 without a playoff win by third year awndy reid had three playoff wins at this points and rich kotite and ray rhodes had one playoff win. chip's future won't be the only debate among eagles' fans this off season what do you do with sam bradford whose contract is test to expire. if up to him he wants to stay. >> i've enjoyed my time here. i've enjoyed being in philadelphia. i think throughout my career i learned that learning new offenses every year you know it's just hard to continue to improve you know i would like to say in the same one and have the opportunities to play a second year. >> well, one of the biggest

changes chip made came back to burn him. desean jackson outright cut, waves good-bye to eagles fans as he clenches nfc east at the linc and jackson rubbing it in and departure from philly still loves rubs him the wrong way. >> disturbing to come back and get the boos from the crowd and fans like you know because it's not my decision to leave her. chip kelly repleased me. doesn't get better than coming here and winning and because like you know, that's on that guy over. there he was the coach. he made the decision. >> much more on the eagles tonight on "action news" sports sunday at 11:35. andy reid back endplayoffs for the second time and three years in kansas city jeremy maclin with a touchdown. they won nine straight and lea leadon will coach on playoff game and only some have coached

in more. >> ryan howard plans to take a sfwhing court on a false report set to be released tonight by a network that accuses howard and other athletes of receiving human growth hormones. attorney for phillies first baseman tells "action news" the report is false, irresponsible and full of lies. the investigation says howard and payton man ring among those sent hgh a banned substance from a clinic in indianapolis but their source in this report has claimed the network still plans to air the story. what happens there? but strong allegations against howard and manning. >> and they're all loyrd up. >> interesting. >> manning was out spoken about this today on our sister network espn. >> thank you, jeff. >> if you head back to work tomorrow you want to break out winter coat. taking a live look at sky6 the temperature is about to take tumble. meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather forecast and first a preview of

what is ahead on world news tonight. >> good evening walter coming up world news tonight the most powerful twist to hit the dallas near 20 years an now deadly aftermath and also 80 million americans in the path this massive winter storm get ready for all of the travel nightmares happening right now. also we're following a new police shooting park sparking outrage in chick check. why police there are calling this one an accidents. why police there are calling this one an accidents. that's after "action news." ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins.

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>> runners and walkers converged on fdr park in south

philadelphia to raise awareness and help end homelessness. donations for homeless for holidays 5 k will pay for hot meals and clothing for people in need and penny from cavon foundation sponsored this event for second year in a row now the non profit was named after cavon eye zach who penitentiary his life performing small acts of kindness for the homeless. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee and winners make a late appearance here. >> december we close out the month and head into. >> imagine that. >> right we have big changes on the way tomorrow walter. we're tracking precipitation. storm tracker radar light rainfall press into philadelphia and moisture across that 95 corridor and points north and west. we'll go in fighter street level with stormtracker 6 berks county in reading and we have light and steady rainfall fal falling. same thing in lebanon. lancaster, coatsville. moderate pockets of moisture

same malvern and norristown and doylestown expect moisture to continue to dip southward through the rest of tonight and early tomorrow morning. we'll show you picture outside the call for action whammy was outside earlier this afternoon looking up at septemberer city sky line. kind of hard to make out tops of buildings there because of the low clouds and fog and dense fog we had across the region and visibility is certainly reduced for areas north and west at this hour. we had a record high today in philadelphia of 65 degrees breaking old record of 64 cents back in 1969. comfortable 64 in philadelphia despite might moisture moving on in and 43 30ebg knows and 66 millville and same in atlantic city at the airport. couple changes are headed our way. here's satellite 6 and action radar we is elongated system here and out across the southern planes we're actually tracking snow. blizzard warnings across the loan star state. could expect 2 feet of snow and

a warm front dips south of our region tonight and with that ignites a cooler change on the way for start of workweek on monday. here's call from accuweather tonight we're tracking light and steady precipitation early otherwise areas of fog and dense fog will develop once again overnight tonight and cooler night. 37 allentown for overnight low. 42 philadelphia we'll drop down to 43 cape may and same thing in dover. but here's what i do want to point out to you. future tracker 6 showing you 6:00 tonight right now we have temperatures in the lower 60s. upper 50s. watch what happens over the next twelve hours here. 6:30 tomorrow morning you can see numbers are only in the upper 30s in philadelphia. 35 reading and 27 in poconos. that's the first change headed our way. so there's a bit of timeline to go here there's a couple systems tracking for you first one tonight into monday as we're tracking showers and areas of fog. and later on tonight into

monday we're expecting good 20-degree temperature drop in temperatures and monday night to tuesday an area of low pressure moves through and rain likely at the onset and wintry precipitation north and west of town at the onset before you get the changeover to rain and expect slower travel then. we'll pinpoint that system for you. most of the day tomorrow is dry. this is showing wintry precipitation areas north and west of town and as you go through the overnight hours monday night to tuesday and you you have sleet, frozen precipitation aconsiders the poconos which is why the winter weather advisory was posted allentown to 30ebg knows that's something to keep in mind. here's the forecast showing you cold tomorrow. high 47. evening rain likely. late monday night to tuesday moisture will linger. it's warmer day tuesday 62. cloudy on wednesday 59. 55 newier's eave and cooler as we get to end of this week

walter. >> still not bad. >> not bad for now. wait until tomorrow morning. >> okay. you can find the 7 day forecast and a live look at stromtracker double scan radar any old time of day on our web site go to 6abc.com/weather. >> abc's world news sunday is next on channel 6 and don't miss "action news" at 10 on phl17 tonight and we're back here again at 6abc at 11. now for melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist, and the entire "action news" team i'm walter perez. the entire "action news" team i'm walter perez. see you back here at 11:00.

welcome to "world news tonight." the most powerful twister to hit the dallas area in 20 years. 11 killed. hundreds left without homes. >> it's a tornado! >> the force ripping off roofs, sending trucks flying. tonight, the massive winter storm on the move. 80 million americans in its path. trying to get home tonight? get ready for the worst. under fire. the new police shooting sparking outrage tonight. >> why you got to shoot first and ask questions later? >> chicago police killing a teenager and his neighbor, too, a mother of five. why police in a city already on edge say this was an accident. firing back. one of the nfl's most popular quarterbacks, lashing out. accused of doping. peyton manning now playing defense.