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this noon a brazilian social player's plane crashed into a mountain. >> and rain is hanging around for a bit as we look live at sky 6 hd and that tells the story right there. we woke up to showers drenching us this morning and made for a wet commute the evening rush will be on the soggy side as well. david murphy is tracking it all from the big board. >> reporter: it has been raining all morning long and it looks to stay fairly steady for the next couple of hours and farther to the west an area of precipitation is pronounced and thinner and i think we'll get into a broken pattern of precipitation later in the afternoon and evening. right now we are still getting pounded. as you take a closer look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we go in tighter here the central portion of the region is

covered by the darker shade of green and this yellow as well. that is steady rain. are you looking at rain under this green dark enough and full enough to make roads very wet and create ponding and puddling on the roadways and then the yellow and that is steadier rain, keep in mind this is the season we have a lot of leaves on the ground and washing into storm drains and it's easy for those to get backed up and not handle this volume of rain. an inch or more today. wilmington getting a steadier cell. in the northern suburbs, east eastern and quakertown you are in and out of that steady rain and same thing in reading and coatesville and trenton you are getting a break in the steadiest. a wider view and a break down in dover. but i think another couple of hours of this. we have cloudy skies overhead while that rain is still pushing through. and even if we get into a break

it's thick clouds today. lots of rain today into tomorrow, 1 to 2 inches of rain total and mild highs well into the 60s today and tomorrow. with the leaves and gutters, street flooding is an issue. when i come back we'll talk about how high the temperatures are going and track the rain the next couple of days and let you know what comes next in the exclusive accuweather forecast. and with rain in the forecast rely on 6abc.com/weather to get you through it. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar say state of the artery source, just tap, swipe or click away. and get regular updates on the forecast by following our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. in the past hour the family of an 8-year-old girl hit and killed in the overbrook section earlier this month. a reward of up to $20,000 is available for anyone with information, jayana powell was

struck and killed on november 8th crossing 63rd street. and police are still looking for a suspect. they think they are looking for a silver nissan ultima. this morning gianna family pleaded with the driver to turn himself or herself in. >> don't get a prom, or graduateation, to grandkids no nothing. tell yourself that, make it better on everybody. >> the fraternal order of police is offering a $15,000 reward for information on an arrest. and this morn weg learn the name of a tenger shot and killed in the may fair section of the city last night. 15-year-old mason willsy was gunned down. annie mccormick is live at the

crime scene with an update. >> reporter: we learned that the teen killed was a ninth grader at northeast high school, he was in this may fair neighborhood when he was gunned down. 15 district police officers raced him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. they identitied ian willsy as the victim of this shooting. chopper 6 hd was of the scene at ross and devereux where the teen shot in the chest collapsed while trying to run from his killers. he and a friend were walking to a store and two men approached. willsy's friend says that is when they saw a gun. >> one of them opened fire at him and didn't have a motive. >> they flag down a cop and they threw him in the back and he was gone. >> police are working off of a

vague description. >> 14 that say baby. when you come down to it. you call him a teenager, but it's a baby. because of the hour and the eagles game was on, if you hear anything don't hesitate to call that to we your child. >> and grief counselors are on hand at northeast high school today we are told that if you have any information call 1-877-940-6222. now to the eagles melt down. they lost their first home game all season. aaron rogers and the packers delivered a punch to their slim playoff hopes. rogers was red hot and completed a staggering 13 of 14 third downs. and the packers won it 27-13 and

the eagles only touch down came in the first quarters 5-6 could not execute on either side of the ball and once again killed themselves on penalties. >> we see a team that plays hard and we compete and prepare, we are just not getting it done. >> can't throw in the towel. the guys in the locker room they won't. >> they are last in the tough nfc east. coach peterson is expected to talk about the game in the day after news conference. we are looking live here in south philadelphia. when he takes it we'll perhaps show you a little bit. there he s why don't we listen in on the coach. >> let me start by updating you on injuries, ryan matthews right knee sprain day to day. we'll get more evaluation on him. jordan matthews has the right

ankle sprain and x-rays were negative and he will be fine. and good for the game. right now probably hold him from practice tomorrow. big v is doing good. it's still a little way as way week to week with him. but he is definitely improving and feeling better. and then up date you on brandon brooks, everything checked out fine with him so we'll get him back and working this week. and get him back in there, he will be fine. marcus smith came out of the game with a left shoulder contusion, he will be fine, it's just sore. so he will be okay and everything else is healthy and good to go. >> i still don't, it's a week to week injury -- pretty substantial so these things with the big guys like this will be a

ways away and we'll evaluate later in the week -- >> what is the problem with fletcher cox? -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> think he is drawing a lot of attention and draws a lot of double-teams and a lot of hands on him. he still is very at times, very disruptive and can be a force inside you know it's just you know he mentally he is good, and physically he is good. just a matter of the sheer determination of wanting -- >> are you listening to head coach jim peterson talking about the loss to the packers. the birds play in cincinnati next weekend. investigator have arrived at

the site of a deadly plane crash involving a brazilian soccer team. more than 70 people were killed when the plane went down to the airport in columbia. a handful of passengers did survive and could provide information on what happened. >> referee: new and heart breaking images from columbia as crews remove bodies from the crash site where you can barely make out this was a plane and incredibly there were survivors. according to authorities there are six survivors rushed to the hospital overnight. 75 others on board many of them members of a brazilian soccer team on their way to a tournament were killed. the brazilian president today offered his condolences to the victim's families calling the circumstances very sad. so far we have told that the british aerospace owned a by

charter company was near their destination. and this is the final moments the plane circlingself times and the crews saying there was an electrical problem before crashing. the soccer team posted this on facebook before they got on the plane, one of the players allen rochelle, a 27-year-old defender seen here with his teammates is said to be one of the survivors. >> three soccer players and two crew members and one journalist survived and the 75 victims, the brazilian president declared three days of mourning. wild fires racing through passenger forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and destroyed hundreds of structures. firefighters and national guard troops and local and state personnel are sent to help fight the fire in gatlinburg. 1400 residents and tourists have

already evacuated the area. it's day four of a mourning period in cuba following the death of former president, fidel castro, a ceremony will be held in his honor and his ashes will be taken on a 500 mile tour of the island country and his funeral is scheduled for sunday in sant yag oh. neither president obama or vice president biden will head to cuba for the services. still to come on "action news" at noon, a local supermarket was vandalized and they left behind a political message. satellite and radar showing you rain popping through the region and there is more where that came from, probably tapering off this evening and more for tomorrow. we'll have the latest on future tracker 6.

>> all right david, those stories and more when "action news" continues in just a moment.

philadelphia police are trying to track down the vandals that left behind anti-trump sentiments at a grocery store in chestnut hill here at the fresh market on german town avenue. one spray painted and the other was perhaps taking pictures. the vandalism. >> police arrested a homeless man in an attack in bucks county over the weekend. derek anderson was arrested after finding him in an abandoned car. he faces charges including burglary and indecent assault. police say he assault aid woman on thursday inside of her home. they identified him by viewing video of him in a nearby sunoco shortly after the attack. uber drivers are joining a nationwide protest overpay, part

of a combined effort with fast food workers and airline workers. it's fight for $15, the drivers in the top 20 markets average $19 an hour but drivers complain of aggressive fare cuts and no expenses such as gas, repairs and insurance. and workers plan to walk off the job at chicago's o'hare airport. workers committed to strike, including baggage handlers and cleaners and wheelchair attendants, they expect delays and disruption special for united and american airlines.

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hl edge check this noon, there is more scientific evidence that should ease pregnant women's concern about getting a flu shot. researchers studied 200,000 pregnant mothers and children and that mothers that got a flu shot did not have a greater risk of having a child with autism. but actually getting the flu while pregnant can pose a risk to the fetus. we are working on news stories for today at 4:00. lets check in with alicia vitarelli. >> reporter: any santa's helpers will want to hear this one. kids are making their christmas and holiday list but the hottest toy of the year is extremely hard to get in return santa is already issuing apologies and we'll explain how coming up in

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broadcasting live all week long. it's for philabundance and certainly a wonderful cause. >> it's a great time and if anyone is interested in seeing a live radio show produced. i think pierre robere may be there later on. if you go during the morning show it's fun. stormtracker 6 live double scan right now is showing you rain unfortunately we have a lot of it, i'll take you for a closer look. for now take a look outside sky 6 hd there you see a new sky 6 hd camera from city hall, that is love park under construction a little bit. right now you can see all the way down to the art museum and fts if it's a nice day you see the art museum and clouds and rain across center city.

all right so what going on right now? heavy rain in philadelphia. you see that highlighted in yellow and more of this out by malvern and norristown and the movement is scooting the cells through quickly. you see the movement and you get caught under a heavier cell and it gets better but by better you are still in a fairly steady rain. lets go ahead and check out points farther south. wilmington a heavier cell coming through and salem county and cumberland county heavier cells be the green is steadier rain and ponding and puddling on roadways is a problem through wilmington and newark, delaware. and finally to the north heavy stuff pushing in the direction of quakertown and allentown may get clipped as well. before we start to see a break in the action. as we take a look at the temperatures, mild today 58 in philadelphia, heading up into the 60s before much longer,

winds out of the south at 8. and there you see the current temperatures across the region. we have popped into the low 60s in dover and allentown mid-50s. future tracker 6 showing you for the rest of afternoon for the next couple of hours we are still looking at pretty good downpours across the region and later on in the afternoon and evening we get less rain overall and roads are wet for the evening commute. and this drys out later tonight and allentown a high of 60 and cloudy skies and periods of rain, and down the shore stuck in the upper 50s in spots and periods of rain and cloudy and breezy and philadelphia a high of 65 degrees and cloudy and breezy and periods of rain out there for the rest of the afternoon, getting more broken up by dinner time and beyond. cloudy skies and rain ending later this evening and fog developing and 56 is the overnight low, and kickly tomorrow morning we start with clouds and another round of rain starts tomorrow and the model backing off on the intensity.

we'll see more intense rain tomorrow and the chance that some of this is popping through. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast the high of 65 today and mild but periods of rain into evening, more rain tomorrow. some of it could be heavy at times and 65 is the mild high, thursday morning when people wake up it's probably drying out and a high of 58. we are down to 53 on friday and 51 on sunday and 52 if you head down to annapolis to play against navy and rain moving in on sunday afternoon. >> much more ahead in our next half our of "action news" at 12:30, collecting shoes by the bagful at one philadelphia school in an effort to get back. and donald trump adds two more people to his cabinet. details on that and much more still ahead.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again, here are the stories we are following for you now on "action news" at 12:30. rescue workers say it's amazing there are survivors when a plane crashed near columbia. and learning more about the ohio state university student that went on a stabbing rampage on campus yesterday. and we begin with the lightest on the very rainy

tuesday it's a gloomy day with dry conditions we have for sometime we do need the rain, let look live from the brand new sky 6 hd camera showing you the parkway looking toward the philadelphia international airport going to need the umbrella today that is for sure. meteorologist, david murphy, is out on the terrace with the latest from accuweather. >> i am in trouble without the umbrella and steady rain is falling on the terrace and it has been this way off and on, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that this batch of rain includes real good downpours highlighted in yellow, some of that popping up in the i-95 corridor and trenton and pushing in towards quakertown and starting to depart reading and after these areas of yellow and darker green move away and puddling on the roadways that has to get down into storm drains and concerns that those drains are back up because of