"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff sarah bloomquist and walter perez. sunday night, sarah's off, in the news bad wet's cross the nation is causing big delays at philadelphia international airport. and the eagles trooped their fifth in a row, after a controversial call in the final seconds.

but we begin difficult day in the weather department. we woke up to rain and mild temperatures hi is how it stayed for most of the the day but cold is making a come back with the beginning of winter just days away. meteorologist melissa magee has our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa >> walter, we have more changes ahead as we go throughout the rest of tonight and start of our workweek on monday. a cold front is moving through , storm tracker six live double scan radar showing we have light showers to the south, of vineland and atlantic city and cape hey and to the south of dover. it is all part of the wider system you can see on storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d. this cold front that is moving on through where earlier to take really during overnight hours we had a couple of thunderstorm that popped up. this moisture will continue to sag off to the south and east as we go throughout the rest of tonight. other story to day temperatures are actually star a high in philadelphia of 60 degrees. right now we are coming in at thirty-eight in allentown.

27 degrees in the poconos. out at the coast in atlantic city coming in at 45 degrees. as we go throughout the rest of our evening you can see break down of numbers. 7:00 p.m. we will stay in the 40's. 8:00 p.m. lower 40's and in the rest of it this underneath mostly clear sky. so rain will be clearing the coast as we look the at headlines for the rest of it this. we've got the gusty northwesterly breeze from 30 to 35 miles an hour, which will bring a big drop in temperatures and with the rain , overhead, any puddles could cause some refreezing overnight and icy spots. we will take a closer look at that and let you know how long this cold is settling in for start of the workweek with the details in the accu weather forecast. stay with six abc.com/ weather as we start our workweek. use storm tracker six live double scan radar to track temperatures and check in with our meteorologist on social media follow each on facebook and on twitter, for regular update. meanwhile bad wet's cross the country, created real problems for travelers, right here in philadelphia some

flights were delayed, by more than two hours. "action news" reporter bob brooks is live at the details, ? report report walter, some of those flights were flat out cancelled that left so many people here scrambling to try and find a way home and a lot have of them were not having any luck at all. during the beginning of what is supposed to be a rorrer setting holiday travel season, lights are being cancelled all over. 3,000 flights around the country, here in philadelphia international, many travelers, are now stranded. >> we've got here today, they say our flight was cancelled. >> reporter: joe paterson was heading to the orlando, his frontier airlines flight was not happening so he had to buy a american airlines ticket. >> that is like seven workdays , so, you know to get home, you have to do what it takes. >> reporter: jimmy was also flying frontier to north carolina and it was cancelled. >> next flight is next sunday. so that is best they could do. >> reporter: that is what they told you. >> that is best they can accommodate you. >> reporter: he had 42 minutes

and counting with customer service and no solution. >> me and my friend are stuck in philadelphia trying to get back to north carolina i missed my work at 2:00. everything. it is just not right, man. >> reporter: we asked employees at check in gate but we were denied comment n den are very it seems frontier was seeing more issues, no workers could be found to handle baggage as hundreds of bags piled up, and passengers had to do the sorting, themselves. best of luck to those trying to find a way home. i can tell you out here at the airport temperatures are dropping. that many will war weather we had this morning, now seems like, it is a distant memory. report iernational airport, bob brooks, channel six "action news". no fun today. thanks, bob. in other news tonight vigil is being held this evening, to remember a little girl who lost their life killed in the hit and run in overbrook. jayanna powell was struck and killed one month today as she was struck crossing the street with her two siblings. janet reyes is live at the scene where family and friend,

gathered. janet? >> reporter: walter, that vigil wrapped up a few minutes ago, not surprisingly very emotional. we spoke with the mother of the jayanna powell and she said it has not gotten any easier especially with christmas right around the corner. friend and family held hand in the frigid cold as they remembered, eight year-old jay anna powell, killed just yards away from where her grieving mother, stood tonight , crying. the little girl was walking home from school with her siblings help she was hit by a car here at 63rd and land down and then thrown nearly 30-yard she was rushed to the hospital where she died, with her parents, by her side. it has been a month since that tragedy. there has been an arrest in the case but there is no sense of closure. wound seem fresh as christmas fast approaches, iisha pool says now her christmas will include a visit to her daughter's grave. >> i got to go see high baby

in the cemetery. no matter, should go to no cemetery to see her eight year old. >> her family is hurting, we're sod, so, all we can do glad that jayann. 's mother iisha and her father james powell, have been so strong. >> reporter: family tells me they want to jump in to action as a result of they want to make sure in the future that there are crossing guard when kid are around, walking home from school, like little jayanna was and that way theotr family. reporting live from overbrook, janet reyes for channel six rection news". news room police are searching for gunman who robbed a grocery sto at 10:30 this morning at the gillesto mexican grocery stop in west tilt on drive. tw masks burst in the store wearing guns and in

one was injured. >>s for the bird, and this one ended with a controversial decision, to go for two points in the final seconds, but an extra point would have tied the game. the jeff skversky has more and this discussion will allow for a couple days at least. >> i have a feeling that eagles fans are screaming at their tv tonight. as that game, went down in baltimore, it is still ring nothing our studio. tough decision here. the odd were in the in the eagles favor to headache playoffs to begin with today and with the game on the line needing a win eagles coach doug pederson did not like histe e and takes a giant gamble. crazy scene baltimore. eagles down by seven. twelve seconds left from the four, carson wentz, and he runs, and h in. eagles, down by one. we're going to >> down one, 42nd left instead of t e , pederson goes for two and the win, wentzn matthew.

take another look, tipped at the line.gles lose 27-26. zero and six in games touchdown. what happened right there. >> i wanted to win the football game, and, the other thing chances in overtime were less than 50 percent of winning this game, so as an under dog going in i the regulation. >> we had a great call, had to get the ball out in a hurry. we had it. they got their hand on it. again, just didn't go our way. >> not much has gone their way late thely. they ha games, worst stretch since 2012. up in a live report from jamie . >> all right, thanks, jeff. city's frankford section when rescue dog, that had already lived through tough times died in the fire. restaurant scene in manayunk comes together to meal for the holidays.

we will have another check of the forecast when we come right back.

nton, new jersey that ended with one man killed , early this morning. the fire broke out at 3:30 inside a vnanfficials searched the property, that is when they found victim dead on the second floor. no word tonight on the victim 's identity. another fire, this one in the city's frankford section, killed two pets. one was a dog that we're told was rescued and from an abusive home. annie mccormack has details from the scene. >> reporter: the fast moving fire broke out in the 4200 block of orchard just after 11:00 last night. santas heard a explosion as far as a block away. >> a big bang. i was laying down and then boom, boom, boom. door to the home on fire.

his ten year-old and 12 >> i called them, i said, fire. >> reporter: yes. >> me and my sister we ran and my sister, she looked at the fire and she jumped, and she there. >> reporter: fire crews, saved the girls to wawa. >> i was like up, crying, like , the dog, the dog, i hope they find them. r inside 4249 orchard, luckily man who lives there was in the home. but his two pets , and his dogs, that he rescued from the spca were killed in the blaze. the fire, destroyed that home, and the home that the santas girls were in was seriously damag. christmas tree there on the front porch. we're only days from the holiday and now this family is working to board up this home. ow deemed this house an unsafe structure. fire officials are still investigating the theve issues e fire because live wires fell this is street. the red cross is assisting people, forced out of their

home, fire crews are grateful since, the fire fighters were injured. >> so unfortunate situationlse e catches on fire during the christmas season. company made a good effortut and making sure that the fire didn't extend to neighbors. >> reporter: in frankford, ann ie mccormack for channel six "action news". and, fire in the port richmond section as well this t0 block of kensington avenue, just before 2:00 this morning. fire fighters were able to basement, however, upper floor apartments, endured ske and watr damage. four people escaped unharme sta. a man and a elderly mother were able to escape an overnight the fire in philadelphia's wynie at 3:30 inside of the row home on the 5600 bda avenue. it took fire fig control no word tonight how it started. well, several restaurants king together, again to make the holidays bright news" reporter,s

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frozen turkies, toys and tastykakes, a tradition these men have been up holtwo decade. time for a check on sports , people will be talking about this one for days. >> here's bottom line, good teams finda win. bad teams do not. this team has not won tsese gamo cigar, and it is a story of this season. eagles are zero and six in ga less. today coach pederson rolling d ice instead of going to overtime and now time is officially up on the playoffs. all of the santa is a win. and in baltimore, eagles off and runnin team in the nfl stopping run, second quarter ryan matthews this, eagles up by one. final seconds of the half audubon new jersey native joe flacco, deep for steve smith, and pass jaylen mills, eagles0-. kenneth dixon on the toss. how about this touchdown.

and rodney mccloud, eagles, down by ten. ravens are running away with it. next posseio flacco, pick off, jordan hicks. it lead to a field goal. eagles have life. down by back 30 seconds left, carson wentz what a for zach ertz. 24-yard. tippy toes. first down. >> plays later from the four, went has not gets it in, and barely, but eagles down one, four seconds left, going to overtime, right. econds left , instead of the extra point pederson goes for two and the win. wentz for jordan matthews. unreal. eagles lose, 27-26, they are e playoffs tonight. again, zero and 2346 games ls the lets go live to jamie apody live there baltimore where eagles lost their seventh straight road game. jamie, none more controversial

then this finish and that decision to go for two points. >> yeah, jeff, as you polled eagles locker room they would tell nothing controversial about it. pederson said he made up his mind that if they got ball back and scored for two before they got the ball back. to a man, all of the players told me they were in favor of the coach's call, to lay it all on the line. >> i love this team. i thought it showe aggressiveness and his belief in us. you kno we had it. they made a good play. they got the hand up in the line of scrimmage. it take. >> would i rather go swinging. coach has full faith in us. it speaks volume. you love to have a head coach that has that trust in you as players. >> we have to find a way, whatever the the circumstances may be, we have to find a waste to makeut come out of these games with a win. there is no moral victories

and that kind of stuff. we have to come out and win. we have to g w. >> reporter: we will talk more about this decision, to go for it all, and then, thatrt sundayl join ducis rodgers in the studio to discuss the play that everyone will be discussing. they are not in the playoffs. nothing to lose. it is unreal they won a then lot all seven since then, and they have a short memory because they play giants at the linc4 days from now. live from m and t bank in for channel six "action news". >> eliminated for third straight year. sixers underway with the nets. jahlil okafor and joel embiid. coach brown says no he will will not be infor the foreseeab. um-hmm. college hoops saint guess on the road this illinois state, saint guess have a hard time cag

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will start this week. >> yes, pay attention. >> i'm listening. e workweek and it is starting to feel like winter in some locations. we will she you storm tracker six live double scan radar. it was dry in spotty showers in south jersey, for atlantic city down to cape may. also into dover, it is all because of a cold front, moving through and sweeping off the coast. in the near term we will show you picture outside action cam was outside earlier today, at fourth and bainbridge in, queens village and you mostly cy and damp conditions, as folks were out an bdut that is certainly starting to change. the high in morning. right now northwesterly wind coming in it is just 43 in philadelphia. thirty-six in lancaster. twenty-seven up in the poconos

the up in trenton right now, 40 abe 42 degrees in dover. here's the issue as this trent continues to swing through, wind w the northwest gusting from 30 to 35 miles an hour. current gusts in philadelphia coming in at 2 hour. twenty-eight gusts there, in millville, also, in atlantic city. wheels will subside once this front clears the coast. satellite six with action radar, here's front we are tracking, earlier this morning we had some rain, even a couple of rumbles of thunder. now this front is starting to is out to the south and east and skies are break ago part in high pressure takes control once again, that is for for the start of our workweek. call from accu weather tonight , becoming clear, colder. we will drop down to 18, in the suburbs, and 25 degrees in philadelphia for overnight low with that north northwesterly wind at the eight to 16 miles an hour. that is big change as we go

throughout overnight hours, earlier we had mild southeasterly win. future tracker six showing by 11:00 tonight it is 30 in philadelphia. mid 208's north and west and po. and as we wake up tomorrow morning, grab an extra layer. by 6:00 o'clock this is morning for commute that number comes in at 26. twelve, in the poconos and 21 for allentown and also into lancaster. as we get into tomorrow afternoon high pressure returns. so we have partly sunny skies, on the way, but it is much colder afternoon. thirty-five only in the high in philadelphia. thirty-one in allentown. same thing in lancaster. at the coast in atlantic city 3. thirty-six in cape may. here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, much colder tomorrow. high temperature coming in at 35 degrees. we stay dry with high pressure in control underneath partly sunny sky in at 39. and mild for winter once you begin that 5:44 in the morning not a bad day in at 46. on thursday it is mostly cloudy, high of 47, that rain arriving as we get into thursday night, and on friday,

cloud, some sun, 45, and christmas eve, we're looking dry, 46 with hanukkah begins at sundown and then for christmas day, some rain possible, walter, which is mild. >> christmas is coming, closer >> thanks, melissa. ♪ >> the philadelphia young artists orchestra performed classic holiday tunes today right there at temple's performing arts center in north philadelphia more than 100 middle ape high school students from all across the delaware valley combined to make up this i am rest i have ensemble. abc's world news sunday is next here on channel six. don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. we are back here again on six abc at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and the entire "action news" team i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪

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