"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. in the news the berlin christmas market is back open with new security measures after the

deadly attack on monday. and a fiery collision causes traffic gridlock on i-95. but the big story on "action news" at noon is the murder of a 35-year-old woman. the victim was shot in the head inside of a home in camden and investigators are now putting out a plea for information to help find their killer. katherine scott joins us live from the scene. >> reporter: rick, this is the second homicide in this area in the matter of days. in this latest case, the 34-year-old woman was shot and killed in her home. so far there have been no arrests. police were back at the village complex in camden, a 34-year-old woman, a mother was fatally shot. >> pray for everybody. but the kids -- >> police responded to a 911

call, inside of a home on river avenue. and the victim was rushed to cooper hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound to her head. and this woman said the police lights caught her attention. >> i saw them taking a stretcher to the ambulance and a lot of cops and stuff here. >> she succumbed to her injuries. and the camden county police and prosecutors office remained on the scene trying to piece together what happened. just two days ago there was a homicide nearby on the 1200 block of east state street. sean johnson was shot early tuesday morning and died from his injuries. police have not said if the two homicides were connected. and we did speak with several family members of sean johnson including his mother, she says there is no connection between sean and last night's victim and are heart broken over the loss of sean and holding a vigil for

him tonight. >> katherine thank you. overseas the manhunt continues across germany for the prime suspect in the deadly truck attack at a christmas market in berlin, several different locations are being searched for the fugitive. his fingerprints were found in the truck that drove into the market and killed 12 people. the market is open now with security measures in place. more now from marcy gonzales. >> berlin police tell abc news they get tips every hour and following up on most of them and are confident that this manhunt could be over soon. tense raids as authorities try desperately to track down the terrorist that drove a truck through a crowded market in berlin in all killing 12 people, their focus on finding this suspect. anis amri. >> the national and international connections were

caught to quickly catch the suspect. >> an alert going out across europe for the 24-year-old tunisian said to use six aliases and nationities. he is likely to have carried out the attack that killed 12 people. his i.d. and fingerprings were found in the hijacked truck. police say they monitored amri for months because of his ties to radicals and why his citizenship was denied. and this adds vigilance for this year's celebration in times square for new year's eve. and concerned that replica attacks but saying there is no specific threat. today that christmas market in berlin, reopened for the first time since the attack. and of the 48 people injured we learned that two are american

including a man from texas who today is still in intensive care in germany. marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." donald trump's campaign manager, kellyanne conway will be part of his white house administration, serve as counselor to the president continuing as a role as close adviser it was made by this morning by the president-elect's transition team. the first woman in history to manage a presidential campaign. and with her appointment she is the highest ranking woman in the trump administration. the nation's airports are getting busier as people head home from the holidays. the action cam was at the philadelphia international airport this morning. some people were in the christmas spirit. and aaa expects even more people to fly this season compared to last year. meanwhile, accuweather is tracking changes heading our way

late they are afternoon. temperatures are mild on this first full day of winter as we look live from sky 6 hd at the commodore barry bridge, some wind is moving in and it's getting colder as fans head to the eagles game in philadelphia. first let check in with karen rogers in for david murphy with a first check of the forecast. >> it feels pretty good out there now. a good amount of sunshine and temperatures starting to respond to that. we started off with lots of clouds and a chilly start. 43 in martins creek and 40 in quakertown and pottstown. coatesville already at 50 degrees, 4 in kennett square and center city. 49 in hammonton and 48 on the boardwalk. a live update, 46 in cinnaminson and 32 in smyrna, delaware. the sunshine is filtering through and temperatures responding to that and doesn't feel like the first day of

winter and now forecasting a high of 51 degrees, the average high is only 43, a good 8 degrees above average. feeling it today not touching the record of 68 but nice any way. yes, we started off with lots of clouds and even a touch of sleet or drizzle in spots early this morning. only a drizzle drop or two. clouds start to break to the west and we get a good amount of sunshine filtering in through the clouds and a pretty enough day to enjoy the temperatures this time of year. 12:00 our high of 51 and clouds and sunshine mixing in and dipping quickly. the winds start to pick up a bit later this afternoon. they are not there just yet but you'll feel the difference later on. 6:00, 48 degrees and kickoff time 38 degrees the temperature but the windchill when you factor it in it feels like the 20s. so it will feel different than today. 10:00, 35 degrees. we'll talk about the holiday forecast for the weekend because

we expect rain on the way. >> all right karen thank you. as always you can check back often at 6abc.com/weather for updates to the holiday forecast. remember to follow each of our meteorologists on twitter and facebook for updates. the philadelphia eagles may be out of playoff contention but that does not mean the game is meaningless. they face off against the giants and if they win the giants win a playoff spot. tonight they try to play the role of spoiler and hopefully notch their first division rin of the season. hard to believe but true, always an exciting time when the giants come to town. and still to come a small city taken over by an inferno. a restaurant fire that took over hundreds of buildings.

now parents are celebrating the birth of five newborn buildings and accuweather is tracking rain for the holiday forecast as meteorologist, karen rogers, mentioned, she will be back with the details in the accuweather forecast.

more than 100 homes and businesses after a fire started in a restaurant and quickly started by high wind, it ignited at a raman shop in japan today. some people suffered minor injuries and no one was killed and authorities evacuated 300 households as a precaution. the attempt to repeal a lgbt law in north carolina has fell through. the house bill 2 bans people from using bathrooms that doesn't correspond from the gender listed on their birth certificates. an estimated 6.4 million people signed up for health care insurance under the affordable health care act. that is an improvement from last

year. president-elect trump vowed to repeal the law but softened his stance. in his annual christmas message pope francis denounced resistance to reforming the vatican bureaucracy. this is the third year in a row he addressed the issue in his christmas greeting, he says hisry forms aaimed at a profound change in mentality and his collaborators. back here septa employees spread holiday joy by the bus load. just days before christmas. septa employees helped to distribute thousands of toys for the 36th annual yule toy drive. septa does not use a sled but

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yet another electronic cigarette user was injured by an explosion. the man was driving a bus in fresno, california when the device exploded in his pocket. the man experiences burns on his hands and leg. and they have 66 explosions of e-cigarettes and most times it was the battery. turning to health check, don't rush to cut the cord too soon after a baby is born. that is the new advice for american doctors, right now it's common practice to cut the cord almost immediately, but the new recommendation is wait up to 30 seconds to a minute after birth, that allows for oxygen rich blood to flow into the newborn baby and to help with prematture babies and helpful term as well. one couple got the christmas gift they were waiting for times

five. after years of struggling to get pregnant. michael and margaret delivered quintuplets, four girls and one boy. the newborns will spend several weeks in the hospital before they can go home. congratulations. for many families, the holidays aren't complete without a visit to the wanamaker building for the macy's light show. we met folks helping to keep the tradition alive every single year. for 60 years young and old met under the eagle to celebrate under the season. >> it wouldn't be christmas without coming here. a tradition for the workers also. peter conti is behind the wanamaker aragon for 27 years. >> the fourth person to have the title since 1911, the kind of

gig you don't live. >> it's the dream to reproduce the sound of the philadelphia orchestra. and probably the most famous pipe organ in the world. >> it wraps its arm around you and adds to this already spectacular light show. >> i like to see the reaction of the children they light up. >> and they are now more energy efficient with led bulbs. >> i see four generations of people that come to see the light show during the season, a great tradition that everyone cherishes in the city. >> runs avenue day through new years eve. the workers that bring the show to light and sheer delight to families, consider it macy's holiday present to the the city. >> a great feeling of joy for the holiday season. you see this incredible crowd

every couple of hours, the floor is packed with people. tamala edwards, channel 6 "action news." >> all right the action news team is out working on news teams tonight at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli live in the newsroom with a preview. >> hey rick, coming up today at 4:00 big talkers a controversial decision made by the parents of a young cancer patient and it has a lot of people talking, at just 11 years old they decided to freeze one of her ovaries to hopefully allow her to be a mother one day and how they came to the decision to have the surgery and the after effects. >> and many of you still have holiday shopping to get done and are you in luck because there are a lot of stores with extended hours, we'll tell you which ones are open late for the last minute shoppers coming up in what's the deal. you can take us with you on the go, watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or

tablet. >> thank you. accuweather is coming up next. karen rogers has your accuweather forecast.

lets go temple! lets go temple! >> the military bowl may be next week but temple university students and staff are already pumped up. a short time ago the cheerleaders and team parked up their bags and loaded the buses, they are going to annapolis maryland to face wake forest on tuesday. you can catch the game on our sister station, espn. >> how exciting. >> it feels good out there

today. it's nice having the mild temperatures, looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan looking good we are dry in the area. it may be melting snow in spring mountain. but it looks pretty out there. temperatures warm up well above average. lets go outside right now and show you the numbers we have. here are the highlights for your weather forecast. turns breezy today later on and we start to see that now and it's not too bad. rain day is saturday, not the whole day but the first half. we'll show you future tracker and a dry christmas. temperatures 47 degrees already and some of the suburbs we hit 50 this afternoon. the dew point 59 and the pressure is falling now and the winds out of the west-southwest pretty light and the ocean temperature is 42. the poconos clocked a 25 miles per hour wind gust and 12 miles in beach haven. mostly pretty light and that is

beginning and the winds are gusty at times later today. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the clouds are kind of thinning over us currently and seeing more sunshine through them. it's looking a little brighter and some clouds to the west are dissipating, we'll be in and out of clouds through the afternoon. but a pretty afternoon. temperatures way above average, we'll hit 51 at 2:00 with sunshine and clouds. at 4:00 getting back to the 40s. and at 6:00, 41. and 8:00, 38 degrees, and breezy at times and feeling brisk for the evening hours. at 10:00, 35 and if you head to the big eagles game. 8:25 tonight and kickoff temperature 38 degrees and the fourth quarter, 35. a mild day but still chilly out there tonight. make sure you have the warm coat on and the winds are picking up to at least 16 miles per hour in the afternoon. high pressure tomorrow nice day tomorrow and we are tracking rain for christmas eve.

i want to show you what this looks like on future tracker 6 here is saturday, 4:00 in the morning, traveling overnight, on saturday we'll be slippery in the far northwest suburbs it's an icy mix and snow falling in the poconos and it quickly changes over to rain for everybody and a mild trend, the rain moves through 1:00 and you start to dry out in the northwest and drizzly in philadelphia and pushes off the coast by the afternoon. for hanukkah and the evening a late night christmas eve celebrates. the first part of the day is wet and a little slippery early in the morning off the overnight hours for the northwest suburbs, your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it gets breezy today and mild for your high 55. tomorrow sunshine and clouds, 46 degrees and saturday the first part of the day we have the rain. 48 for your high and it looks bright by the end of the day. sunday night and sunny for christmas day. 48 degrees and monday mostly

cloudy and 48 as you start kwanzaa and a chance for a shower. and tuesday mild, 55 degrees, make out door plans then, maybe you are taking down the holiday decorations early. we get back to reality on wednesday 42 degrees. until then mild stretch. >> thanks karen. a 7-year-old from indiana is working extra hard to make sure children in his neighborhood have a christmas to remember. trenton gardner convinced mcdonald's to hire him as an honorary employee, and uses his tips to buy toys for kids in his community. he says he absolutely loves it. more ahead in our next half hour at 12:30. a hazmat situation turns violent in florida. and a melt down for travelers at a los angeles airport as weather and a crush of travelers create the perfect storm.

we'll tell you about it.

"action news" at 12:30 continues, with rick williams, southbound season meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again, sara is off and here are the stories we are following at 12:30. a woman is shot in the head in her home in camden we are live with the latest. and all of europe is on

alert and hunting for the tunisian man wanted in the christmas market attack in berlin and plans to repeal north carolina's bathroom gender bill falls apart causing a political melt down. and police in the camden police department are looking for clues. the first call came in at 11:30 last evening and investigators are swarming over the scene ever since. jeff is at the scene now with the latest on the investigation. >> rick, this morning investigators were new york on doors asking neighbors what they may know. last night's homicide happened in a unit just a few doors down here on river avenue. on tuesday morning, at 1:30 in morning, police responded to a homicide just a b