the steady, heavy rain anymore. that is gone. there is a break and another round beginning to develop in the deep south, tornado watches now for parts of louisiana and mississippi. not a lot of moisture at the present time but this arrives here during the day tomorrow. rainfall totals varies here between a 1.25 and inch in philadelphia and over that in trenton and southern areas, much less less than a .25 inch in dover and millville. and temperatures are also warm. not a chilly raw november rain. even hit 80 in parts of southern south carolina. 65 in richmond and the warm air will continue to flood in from the south tonight into tomorrow. and in fact, with tomorrow it's another mild day with periods of rain and the second area of low

pressure comes in with an additional inch to half inch plus of rain during the middle of your week. we'll look at stormtracker 6 live double scan and future tracker 6 to time the rain and show you the drier part of that seven-day forecast as well. >> a wet wednesday coming thank you. with rain moving through the region stick with 6abc.com/weather for constant updates, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar shows you where the heaviest rain is coming next season connect with our team of meteorologists on twitter and facebook. "action news" is learning new details about the teenager shot and killed in the may fair section of philadelphia. he was with friends when the gun fire rang out last night and so far no arrests were made. bob brooks is working the story. bob this has neighbors concerned. what are they saying today? >> reporter: sharrie absolutely. everyone here is stunned and hard to believe why someone

would shoot anyone let alone a 14-year-old. and detectives are desperate for information that could help lead to finding his killer. ian willsy was just 14 years old gunned down in his may fair neighborhood. the teen is seen here in this 2014 facebook picture. commissioner richard ross now with how disturbing this loss of life is. >> how you could be so cavalier to shoot a 14-year-old boy so callous it's unbelievable to me, i don't know what kind of threat he could have been to anybody. he and a friend were walking to the store and a neighbor heard the gun fire. >> you don't expect to hear the gunshots you think it's fireworks and after the first shot i'm like get away from the window. >> willsy tried to run but collapsed after being shot three times. >> i came out of the house and he was gone before i got there. >> we spoke to frank myers a

friend of ians at northeast high. >> he took me aside and said you know your friend ian got shot. and i'm like, i couldn't believe it. >> he didn't believe it at first. but after briefly visiting ian's family today and saw his brother charles. >> i saw charles crying, you are not the type of person to just cry. and now he is crying that is a shame. >> reporter: again, willsy just 14 years old. a go fund me page is set up to help his family with funeral expenses, if you know anything about this, immediately call the philadelphia police department. reporting live in may fair, bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. septa and philadelphia police are looking into what cause aid deadly crash in center city. a bus driven by a 32-year-old hit and killed 64-year-old lydia

folktino. the bus hit her in the crosswalk trying to make a left-hand turn at 11:00 last night. vernon odom just spoke with police and will have a live update coming up at 4:30 today. a homeless man is under arrest accused of sexually assaulting a woman in bucks county. police say that 21-year-older ecanderson broke into a bensalem home and attacked the woman inside and identified him from a sunoco surveillance video. he is facing burglary and indecent assault. just yesterday 8-year-old gianna powell was laid to rest. her family and friends saying a final good-bye. a brand new push to find the hit and run driver who hit and killed her. gianna was crossing overbrook with her three siblings on the

way home from school when she was hit and the driver sped off. the hunt is on for the driver and today the city announced a $10,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction and add to that another $15,000 reward from the fraternal order of police just for an arrest. her parents say nothing will ever bring whack their little girl but are desperate for answers and closure. >> i can't describe the pain that i feel. the pain i would not want on my worst enemy. i guess nothing. that was my last good-bye, she is 8, no prom no graduate. no marriage, no grandkids. i guess nothing. >> you don't know how we are going to cope with christmas this year. >> police have released a picture of the car that hit her. you are looking at it right, there it is a silver nissan ultima, should have damage to one of the front headlights and

the front grill. again, today the family talking about the pain that they are in and street offering up to $25,000 along with that fop reward today and the family saying they are working on an additional $20,000 reward for any information that will get them this closure. >> thank you alicia. a deadly crash at newtown road in bucks county shut down today. a sedan crashed head-on into a trash truck at 1:30 this morning. and the driver of the car did not survive. they closed newtown at bristol road as officials investigated what led up to the crash. the firefighters had to use the jaws of life to rescue a come from her car after a crash. across from mills nursing home along paper mill road. she was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. the bus driver has injuries but

is in stable condition. there were no passengers on board of the nursing home bus. philadelphia police are looking for help tracking down two vandals that left their mark on a grocery store. one wrote an anti-trump message on the building and the other took pictures to document their work while sipping wine. walter perez is live in chestnut hill and turns out to be a costly cleanup. >> we are told that because of a composite material used to construct the facade it's tricky and cost between $3,000 and $10,000 to clean it up and now the fresh market hope that someone recognizes the men captured on surveillance video. >> hopefully people will understand that doesn't do anything. >> lieutenant police officer stanford is talking to the young men on this video. these two men walk up to the

fresh market store and one man is wearing a hooded jacket and the other wearing a blazer and scarf wearing what appears to be a glass of wine and one is seen spray painting something on the facade and the man in the blazer tooking a photo of the message. the negative message directed at the president-elect that we can't show on tv in its entirety. they hope someone will recognize the men and call police or the vandals will call and confess. >> not a way to express yourself. there are more meaningful ways to express yourself. other than derogatory messages on a building. >> reporting live from chestnut hill, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. it is time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> a rather wet ride out there. matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> this doesn't go well when the

roads are dry let alone when they are wet. it's not going well this afternoon. they are wet, and wet leaves too. creating slippery conditions season leading to a number of accidents, one on the schuylkill close to passyunk avenue taking out a lane and jammed solid heading westbound on the schuylkill and 26th street coming away from the platt bridge, one of many red zones this afternoon. another one is here on the schuylkill expressway and thanks in part to the broken down vehicle. westbound side of 76 just beyond the spring garden street on ramp, you see the right lane is out of commission here and everybody coming on to the vine waiting to get into the left lanes. half hour travel time is already double. and the chester county crawl is on way couple of problems this afternoon. there was a crash on the 30 bypass westbound 282, that is

gone and looking at very slow speeds westbound on the bypass coming from 202, and on 202, a jackknifed truck, northbound side close to 401, and just 15 miles per hour there as you come north of the 30 bypass. the mall in salem county, a downed poll due touring to hook road. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. the drives are treacherous in weather like that, crash on the lincoln drive northbound near gypsy lane by the old 92nd precinct. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. still ahead at 4:00, president-elect donald trump takes a strong stance against flag burning see his comments next. >> plus, destructive fires bring havoc to tennessee. we are live as firefighters protect houses and businesses.

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the columbian air force is working now to recover the bodies of 75 people who died in a plane crash overnight. the flight carrying a brazilian soccer team on its way to a big match crash nood a hillside and broke into pieces, all but six people on board were killed. investigators say that the crew declared an emergency because of an electrical failure and flags are flying half staff outside of brazil soccer headquarters as the country mourns the sudden loss. we are learning new details about the man responsible for the attack at ohio university. they say that abdul artan moved to the us from pakistan two years ago and they originally came to the united states from

somalia as refugees, today they went door-to-door talking to neighbors and they say he plowed his car into pedestrians on campus and started to stab them with a knife. and a campus police officer shot and killed artan stopping the attack. donald trump added another name. elaine chow married to mitch mcconnell was also in george w. bush's cabinet serving as secretary of labor. and trump called for steeper penalties for anyone that burns an american flag. the supreme court twice confirmed the right to burn a flag as a right of free speech. demonstrators went to the street for jobs that are minimum

wage, fast food employees with mcdonald's walked off the job and went on strike. it happened outside of restaurant at 2nd and lehigh in north philadelphia. fast food cooks be cashiers here are among others protesting around the country. the group is pushing for $15 an hour and will hold disruptive strikes even at the risk of being arrested in order to get their point across. now a look at today's closing numbers from wall street, green arrows on this tuesday. the dow pushing up 24 points and the s&p up nearly 3 points. philadelphia mayor, jim kenney played the role of salesman at the impact capital conference in center city. how philadelphia is working to support its entrepreneurs and said among other things that the system is improving and adding bike lanes making the city easier to navigate and hopes that investors will come along for the ride.

and today is giving tuesday. a day to give back. mayor kenney got a peek at new classroom libraries at elementary. aimed at improving literacy nationwide. lets talk about the weather now giving us a lot of rain. adam joseph is standing by. we do need this. >> we do need this. as you look at sky 6 hd live, you don't see much of the center city skyline, the visible down to 4 miles creating some delaysal philadelphia international airport so check in with your carrier. quite a mess out there with the low clouds and the low visibility and also still some light showers falling across much of the area. not only creating headache for air travel but also foot travel as well as traffic here along most of the roadways, as they are still wet on the northeast

extension and heaviest rain on 422 and 22, and a break from 95 from wilmington to philadelphia. the steadiest and heaviest rain earlier is now long gone wren going to catch a break here overnight tonight. but what a wet day. again it's much needed because it's the wettest day we have seen if philadelphia in nearly seven weeks have you to go to the beginning of october to see this much rain in one setting so to speak. so far today closing in on an inch in philadelphia and take a look at the month of november ground. as we take a look at allentown and wilmington. we hit 60 so far in philadelphia and dover right now settling at 64 degrees. there is that first batch of energy lifting to the north and east and clouds continue to filter in and fog could be an

issue as well. 56 philadelphia and 48 in allentown and 53 in millville and the numbers are very warm and 5 degrees above our normal high temperature for this time of year. 7:30 tomorrow morning. and we'll late until the late morning hours to see a warm front arrive with pockets of downpours passing through and the actual front holds off until late tomorrow evening, dealing with pockets of rain and not a washout all day but the wee hours of thursday morning we see heavier downpours and a rumble of thunder with the actual front. at times tomorrow with periods of rain again maybe a thunderstorm, warmer at 69 and breezy and the sun returns on thursday, really nice and 58 and stays breezy on friday and cooler with the sunshine of 53 and seasonably cool it's a little close toward normal at 51

degrees. a nice start to the weekend i'll let you know if that continues. >> good. >> adam thanks. new jersey state house will get a $300 million makeover if governor chris christie gets his way. the governor said today that parts of the executive side of the state house are sinking into the ground and could collapse. the area needs fire sprinklers and better ventilation he says. the governor, other staff and the press corps work in the areas and the last time it had a major renovation was 1958. >> to leave the state house in this condition say embarrassment to the people in the state and impacts the health of the people that work here and live here and have business here. and it's quite shapeful. >> the legislatuure will not be affected by the upgrades, how to pay is still being ironed out. still ahead details on a

lawsuit over lottery winnings in delaware and the winning ticket holders say they have never been paid. >> and protecting your information while using public wifi. coming up in what's the deal. ever year there is an it toy, the one that is hard to get your hands on we'll show you how santa is apologizing coming up in big talkers. this, he

said upper mcgee called him. on our show tonight, mornings three people will now confirmed dead as wild fires burn at a rapid pace in tennessee. hundreds of homes and buildings are destroyed and thousands of people are fleeing to safety. the viral videos out of gatlinburg are gut-wrenching and hard to watch. those running from flames and running for their lives are emotional. >> i'm so tired. the houses are burning down. >> angel craig postd this video on instagram. writing we made it through the

scariest time of our lives, had we waited five more minutes we would not have made it down from the mountain. michael's video looks like something out of a hollywood film. as they drive through trees and branches falling and they almost didn't make it out alive. >> jordan posted a video as he helped to free people from the mountain. he says to say this situation is devastating is an understatement. people living this described the scene. >> you realize that that mountain was on fire. not just that orange glow but watching it burn and trees coming down across the road -- >> again, three people are confirmed dead and at least a dozen more are taken to hospitals, people hoping once again that when we get home there is something to go back to. two men are suing the delaware lottery claiming they

have not been paid for their winning tickets. they both won keno drawings in september when there was a computer glitch, the same numbers were generated five times in a row and they showed their winning tickets at a claim center but the officials refused to pay them the $2 million. neither side is commenting on the lawsuit. law enforcement shows off their freshly shaved faces today. celebrating the end of the no shave november by donating all the money they made during the month. they were able to give more than $18,000 to the joey strong fund. that money will help pay medical bills for 6-year-old joey who is fighting. and some have shaved and others are waiting. >> maybe holding on to a cleaner more shapely beard. >> good work guys for a great, gait cause. still ahead parents are

forced to get creative because of one of this year's hottest toys is already soldout. see how in today's big talkers. and a tow truck scheme in center city was discovered and council members are taking action. >> i'm nydia han before you open up your shopping app or do work in a public space, i have a few fixes to make sure your data doesn't end up in the hands of hackers. lost his

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. hello again. 4:30 now and "action news" continues with a fight to keep a fire engine open in wilmington. and one of the nation's biggest airports are on strike but is it having an impact locally. and find out what this brawl caused to escalate into a demolition derby. police have identified a 64-year-old woman pushing a stroller who was hit and killed in the crosswalk yesterday in center city. vernon odom is live in brewery town with the latest on the investigation today. >> reporter: good evening sharrie, the official investigation police say will take several more days to complete but the focus is now entirely on the bus driver

police tell me and the pedestrian indeed had the right of way. >> it was a tragic scene here at 23rd and chestnut just after 5:00 last night. a septa bus hit and killed a grandmother when she was crossing on the left in an intersection and it killed lydia of chester hill. she was pushing her grandson and the stroller kept on rolling, she was pronounced dead at the scene and the infant was not injured. >> she had a green light just as she was crossing, the septa bus attempted to make a left-hand turn to go eastbound on chestnut and struck lydia. >> the official police investigation is not finished they have not been able to interview the bus driver yesterday. all the operator side mirrors are standardized reducing the

blind spot. septa does not believe it was a factor in this tragedy. they do not believe it's a matter of criminality but a matter headed for civil court down the line. >> they both had the green light and she was in the crosswalk with the right of way to cross the street. >> brian tonight lydia's family denied our request for an interview today to tell us all about her and her life. they made no public comment on this tragedy whatsoever. live in brewery town, i'm vernon odom, 6 abc. >> thank you. >> as you see some vernon's shot there it's a steady soaking rain moving across the region all day long. the action cam spotted a lot of folks in center city with the rain jack egts and umbrellas. and they got rather wet walking out there today. >> it looks like more could come

to the area. >> it's a bloomy sight but beautiful sight we need the cleanse in the atmosphere. as we look live, not a pretty picture if you are one of those sitting at the airport or heading there. 59 degrees you see the low ceilings meaning low cloud cover, it's dew point is close to the air temperature creating the low clouds and fog. winds from the south at 7 miles per hour. the rain is not only affecting the mid-atlantic but new york and boston and portland, maine. this is working off the coast as low pressure is riding away and drying out near washington and richmond. as we take a look at the board here, with your travel delays, philadelphia nearly an 1:20 minute weather delay and 59 degrees and be boston 56 minutes close to an hour there. no delays in chicago, orlando or dallas fort worth and new york city dealing with a 45 minute

delay there. but as you know it's a trickle down effect. as we take a look at the seven-day forecast, we'll talk about how much rain to expect tomorrow and also the brighter part of that seven-day forecast. the weekend is near. we have to chat about it. just a few days. never too early to talk about the weekend. >> people that live near fire station in wilmington are voicing their concerns because it will not be open 24 hours a day. about an hour ago. wilmington city councilman held a conference outside of station 2006 at third and union street. they decided to keep the engine house closed when they don't have enough firefighters on staff. before the decision was made the fire department would rotate closing three other stations. 11 people lost their home today because of a fast moving fire? >> the fire started at midnight

on the 400 block of monthrow street of vineland new jersey. they battled the blaze for three hours before getting under control. no word on cha caused the fire. one person is recovering following a serious crash this morning. a car and box truck collided on 295 in newcastle at 6:30 this morning. you see the badly damaged vehicle on a tow truck in the southbound lane. it happened just past the exit for route 9, one person was taken to christiana hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. no word on what caused this crash. wilmington police need help tracking down a person that used a garden hoe to rob a store. the robbery happened on october 15 and, a 14-year-old accused of using a machete once before with him is under arrest.

what was suppose to be a sign for the less fortunate around the holidays ended up in tragedy in california. "action news" anchor, monica malpass live in the newsroom with more on this story. >> that is right. sadly eight people wound up in the hospital in the san francisco bay area, after eating the same community meal. and now officials are looking to what led up to the sudden death after three of the eight died and if they are related and more on that investigation. coming up tonight on health check. and history is happening in manhattan thanks to the hit musical hamilton. the record that the broadway play shattered. that and more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. >> thank you. five philadelphia schools got a welcome financial boost today city councilman -- that

money comes from the councilman's public salary which he donates like this each year. >> a nice boost. and students in philadelphia are getting a unique lesson centered around technology. commonwealth charter academy offered hands on learning using robots, the students programmed the robots to race based on code that they wrote. it's important to teach middle school students how to code especially young girls it's about introducing students fun ways to use science and math. coming up here christmas as you know is just about a month away and santa is issuing an apology today. we'll explain why in big talkers. >> plus, the city of philadelphia takes action to crack down on illegal tow truck schemes. and the suspect who police say was driving a bus that crashed killing six children was in court today. and adam joseph will be back with the full forecast from

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has been awarded the world's highest rated bourbon. their words not ours, make history. the school bus driver charged in the tragedy in tennessee made his first court appearance today. but it didn't last long at all. johnthony walker's preliminary hearing was moved to december 15th, formerly charged with six counts of vehicular homicide. three children remain in critical condition and police say he was speeding at the time and toxicology test shows he had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time. >> right now a live look at the philadelphia international airport where a ground stop has just been lifted. the weather seems to be the only thing causing problems and not that strike that is happening at chicago's o'hare airport. hundreds of employees walked off the job today in chicago, baggage handlers and wheelchair

attendants are demanding $15 an hour. o'hare is the second busiest airport in the country and a hub for american and united airlines. they are taking necessary steps to not invention flyers. and they could punish tow truck companies that take cars even those not parked illegally. it comes after we showed you this video in august with possible bait trucks and hidden signs, some parked along south broad there was no sign and they came back and the sign was up and their cars were gone. they have introducing legislation to punish this sort of illegal operation. >> you know around the holidays, parking spots at malls are at a premium. and people would sometimes stop at nothing to secure a primo

shopping spot and these ladies in south los angeles and their parking lot brawl turn nood a fullon demolition derby. >> whoa! [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> first fists fly and then purging and kicking and this intense fight and then they hop into their suvs and start to plow into one another in the parking lot and even take down a fire hydrant that starts to spew water. no word on who got the spot. i think they are pretty much over it. and no word yet if police are taking action and adam joseph said this is why you shop online. and i'm sec that. it's a good point. speaking of holiday shopping it seems that santa ran into trouble this year. you recognize this? every year there is a hot toy the one that everyone wants, like the tickle me elmo and the

cabbage patch dolls and this is it the hatchables. they are apparently impossible to find until you want to drop a wad of cash on ebay, what can santa do, apologize of course. one letter is that the eggs are still being laid and when they are laid the elves will deliver them in january. the child will get their special hatch amil when it happened. and because of the current climate in the north pole they will no longer be given out as presents. please add something else to your christmas list. >> hey it's tough on parents sometime. my father drove two state as way to get me that cabbage patch. >> that is dedication. >> i find out later when i was an adult. >> try ebay.

>> i am glad my kids are not old enough to know what that is. >> time now for a check of the roads. matt is standing by the updates for us. >> i'm going to apologize for the evening commute it's not so pleasant and we too are blaming it on our current claim at. the wet conditions out there leading to problems, a tractor trailer slipped, slid and jackknifed on 202, this is approaching 401, the truck is leered out of the way and crews are on the scene here taking out the right lane. northbound is an absolute parking lot, approaching the 30 bypass up to the scene at 401, just 6 miles per hour. speaking of 30 bypass, extra slow there as well on the westbound side especially from 100 out to 282, but the crash there is long gone. have some demonstrators out and about even in this weather along north broad street. southbound to spring garden to

city hall. the traffic is temporarily stopped at south broad, on the schuylkill expressway in the westbound direction, a crash by passyunk that is gone and still that broken down vehicle at spring garden and the right lane is blocked. that is creating a big old red zone on the westbound side of vine street expressway it's a parking lot, river to river to 95 out to 76 and eastbound slowing approaching i-95, pennsville salem county, a downed poll blocking the ramp 295 northbound to pennsville detoured to pen road to get around it. >> we'll get home eventually. >> thanks matt. >> well, that rain is falling all day long and it's here to stay at least one more day. >> lets step outside, sky 6 hd giving us a look at the holiday tree at city hall. this is the 6 abc city hall cam giving us this view. adam joseph coming up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day

forecast next.

maybe dreary and gloomy and you name it out there it's not the lawns getting a drink. the ground is not frozen and everything is seeping out there and another day of this before we dry out for the enof the week and the weekend. as we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan the heaviest rain is well off the coast you can see how it is kind of broken in nature at this point. there are still pockets here and there and steadier rain and one along 95 at the philadelphia international airport heading towards center city. the schuylkill expressway a break temporarily and that will push in and moving over the blue route at this point near media

and broomall and villanova and parts of newcastle county dealing with pockets of steadier rainfall but this is the last ga gasp of it passing through and dryout overnight tonight before the next round comes in during the day tomorrow. temperatures run ago above average, 60 in philadelphia officially today settling at 59, 59 trenton and millville and atlantic city airport 48 in reading and the warmest spot is dover that saw the least amount of rain at 65 degrees, the issue overnight is not the rain falling from the sky but dropping visibilities, 4 miles in philadelphia and 3 in wilmington and 2 mile at the atlantic city airport. and the fog report will continue to really kind of dwindle as we go through the overnight hours as the numbers continue to drop off as the fog thickens up. the heavier batch continues to push north and east. you can see the drying trend

over west virginia western parts of pennsylvania and then we have a very potent second round of energy, that is now starting to pull itself together a moderate risk of storms here during the overnight hours tonight and this evening. the tornado watch box is now issued. not a lot of moisture at the present time but more will gather as we go overnight tonight into the day tomorrow. cloudy and mild as the fog continues to develop. 48 in the suburbs and 56 degrees for center city. future tracker 6 at 7:00, mist and drizzle around and not having heavy rain for the morning rush are, it holds out until the mid to late part of the morning as it works to the south and north with a warm front and not a washout all day tomorrow. there are rounds and periods of rain passing through at 5:00 tomorrow evening, and the actual cold front comes through after midnight tomorrow night and this is when we see a rumble of thunder and heavy downpours as

the front passes through and we could see an additional .25 inch in locations if you get hit by a thunderstorm and over an inch in spots here as we go into injure wednesday and wednesday night. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 69 near 70 tomorrow very warm and it's breezy as the sun returns on thursday 58 degrees and friday right now lots of sun cooler and breezy for the westchester old fashioned christmas parade i'm there doing live weather i'm hosting my 10th year. and at least it's dry this year and seasonable cool on saturday 51 degrees be partly sunny on sunday, dry monday and 52 and our next chance for rain comes in on tuesday of 48 degrees, temperatures overall run ago above average here for the next seven days. overall it's dry with the exception of monday and tuesday. the "action news" morning team

supported the camp out for hunger day. matt o'donnell and karen rogers stopped by to support preston and steve's morning food drive. they are broadcasting all week at xfinity live and collecting for the needy and bigger and better each time. drop-off donation there's until 11:00 a.m. on friday and all of the donations go to philabundance. >> doing good work and make it look fun. still ahead at 4:00 we are helping you protect your information while using public wifi. what you can do to boost security.

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make sure you don't give your information to a criminal grinch. here is nydia han. >> it's critical you beach up security on your phones and laptops and anything connected to wifi. they are reveal fixes to keep you and your data secure. in today's mobile universe you don't have to be home to work or shop. because we use public wifi. >> mike wifi carries risks but there are things you can do to keep your data safer. >> make sure your fire wall is turned on the first line of defense against viruses and malware, the biggest worry is hackers. expert dean galley created a wifi hot spot allowing him to capture people's activity. >> i don't think people realize how easy it was to do what i

did. turn on network discovery and file sharing, that would make it difficult for people near you to see your data, an open wifi makes you particularly vulnerable because any hacker can join it without a password and use a virtual private network or vpn. >> people are familiar with vpn because of their work and companies require their employees have a vpn when they are away from home or traveling. you get that for a few bucks a month and adds security to your computing. any adjustment can make a difference. another important step to protect yourself. set up automatic updates on your devices and always install them when they are offered to you. keeping phones and laptops updated ensures they are armed with the latest protections. nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> finally at 4:00 it's starting to look like christmas at the white house. first lady, michelle obama welcomed military families for a

tour of the home's holiday decorations, there are more than 50 lego gingerbread houses on display along with the white house gingerbread house. >> pretty cool. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. i'm brian taff, hope you'll join me along with sharrie and ducis rogers for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00. >> coming up next on "action news" at 5:00, a mother's new call for justice. nearly two weeks after her daughter was hit and killed in broad daylight on an overbrook street. and the search is on for two suspects after a chestnut hill market was targeted by vandals, the costly cleanup after they left their mark on the shop's exterior. >> and seatbelts they say that the devices can do as much harm as good.

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i just want to talk to the person that hit my daughter, it may have been an accident. i don't know. i ask for you to turn yourself in. >> a mother is calling for justice after her daughter was hit and killed by a driver while crossing the street. and tonight the driver is still on the loose, and police are hoping a reward for $25,000 will lead them to the person behind the wheel. the big story on "action news" is the push for an arrest in that deadly hit and run. "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist is live with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: rick and monica, this is the spot where 8-year-old gianna powell was hit by the car walking home with her siblings eight days ago. today they offered the $25,000 reward for information that helps to put the driver behind bars. >> please turn yourself in.

>> her mother stood at a podium and pleaded with the driver who hit and killed her daughter 8-year-old gianna powell. >> i had to leave my baby today. the hardest thing in my life. i don't get a prom, i don't get a graduation, no marriage, no grandkids no nothing. just tell yourself that. make it better on everybody. >> gianna was walking home with her siblings on november 18 and and struck crossing at 63rd and landsdowne pronounced dead just a few hours later, neither the car or male driver was found yet. the mayor's office is pledging $10,000 for an arrest and