shooting of a ups driver in the city of chester. it happened in the area of tenth and highland but the driver made it to murphy ford in the 3300 block of township line road. that's where "action news" reporter bob brooks is now live. bob, first of all, what's the condition of the driver? >> reporter: jim, well, good evening. this could have turned out much worse than it d luckily i can report the driver was only shot in the shoulder. he was grazed. he is going to be okay and the reason why we are here at murphy's ford, that driver thought he could find help here and he did. a ups truck parked at murphy's ford in chester. it doesn't seem like an unusual sight but how it got there s around 1:30 the ups driver came barreling into the dealership. he had been shot out on the job. and thought he could find help inside. >> he came in because he knew it was safe. we always have police around because we service chester vehicles and we take care of the paramedics.

>> reporter: turns out the driver was right. >> turned out there was a paramedic here took him right in and took him to the hospital. >> reporter: it was a chaotic situation that could have turned out worse. the driver was passing through the area of tenth and highland. a stray bullet came through and grazed him in the shoulder. he made a beeline for murphy's. at this point detectives say they don't think the ups driver was the intended target but rather caught in crossfire. they add he's lucky he was only grazed. the packages were loaded onto another truck and sent back out for delivery. lucky indeed that help was here. now we are hearing that that ups driver was a 13 year veteran with the company. we're told there also was a delivery helper aboard there truck. they were uninjured. for now reporting live in chester, bob brooks channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, bob. a montgomery county woman whose missing adoptive daughter was found dead was released from jail this

afternoon. police sasarara packer gave fleeting information about grace packer after she went missing last july. investigators say she also allegedly kept cashing grace's monthly social security checks. yesterday police confirmed grace's dismembered body was found in rural luzerne county. sara packer has been charged with obstruction and endangerment. she is still considered a person of interest in the murder case. police in new jersey have arrestd two women for their alleged roles in the deadly shooting of the south jersey woman who was using a lyft ride share vehicle. casey dezolt and dominic richter face several charges including being an accomplice to murder. police say 27-year-old amber dudley died after being shot during a robbery attempt last month in trenton. the search continues for the gunman. we are at the start of the holiday weekends. better news here. so two things are very important. travel and weather

information. we've got "action news" reporter john rawlins stationed at philadelphia international airport but let's get the latest from accuweather and meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim we're dry but double scan live showing there's a storm system with moisture moving our way very similar setup to last week. low pressure that's really cutting up to our north. very different though as far as the temperatures. last week remember we had two days that arctic air with temperatures stuck in the 20's. we've been pretty mild at least for the second half of the week. right now 41 degrees in philadelphia. trenton 42. reading 38. cape may 40. made it to 46 today. yesterday made it to 53 so the ground is pretty warm. but there could be a few pockets of some freezing rain. so, the national weather service has issued a freezing rain advisory from 1 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock in the morning for our far northwest suburbs, berks county, lehigh county northampton county upper bucks and the poconos. this is where there could be a

few patches of ice. i don't think it's going to be widespread, though. future tracker showing even by 8 o'clock in the poconos, this is a rain event and it's a pretty quick moving system so it will not be a washout for christmas eve, just rain really the first half of the day. so looking ahead clouds will continue to thicken tonight. with the thick cloud cover temperatures not dropping off much. wet christmas eve into midafternoon it should be exiting the coast and it will be dry for the start of hanukkah also dry for santa but i'm tracking more mild weather on the way, some warm temperatures. details on that in the accuweather 7-day forecast. jim. >> thank you cecily. let's switch live to "action news" reporter john rawlins at philadelphia international airport. john, a lot of folks traveling this weekend. what's the situation there? >> reporter: well, a lot of folks traveling but it's been pretty smooth so far today. no major complaints. no weather delays. no complaints from inbound passengers. we just checked the time it takes to wait in a t.s.a. service line here.

security line here in terminal d about 11 minutes not bad for a holiday travel day. >> new york. >> reporter: aaa says back to back holiday weekends will likely trigger a record number of holiday travelers. 103 million over the next 11 days. 90 plus percent of them will be taking to the roads while gas prices are up, they are still perceived as reasonable. >> so, when gas prices are relatively low, it puts more disposable income in people's pockets and they're able to travel. >> reporter: here at the airport very few delays reported today. >> i was expecting it to be a lot more crowded and a lot more stressful but it was easy and relaxing. >> reporter: everything on time. >> everything was on time. everything was great. >> yeah, it's on time. >> reporter: crowded or. >> no, it was good. everything was fine. >> reporter: the only delay is the -- >> the luggage. >> reporter: how long have you been waiting for the luggage. >> like 20 minutes around there. >> reporter: normally phl handles about 86,000

passengers. today the forecast for only 80,000. this close to christmas business travelers tend to stay home replaced by more leisure fliers who tend to bring more luggage. >> track number eight. >> reporter: a similar shift at amtrak. fewer business types, more holiday travelers with heavy suitcases and bags of presents or in this case a college student's trusted traveling companion waffles. >> my goodness waffles has been with me i traveled abroad for a semester and he came with me everywhere on every bus trains planes. he's my buddyism amtrak is no big deal for him. >> no, he's a pro, yes. >> reporter: so, here at the airport and at 30th street this is day one of what is known as the end of year holiday travel season. it's 11 days long. this day so far so good and that presumably is a good thing for everyone. live at the airport john rawlins channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, john. and can we suggest that you take 6abc.com and the 6abc mobile app wherever you go

this holiday weekends from storm tracker six to the latest traffic information, we have you covered and please follow our meteorologist on facebook and twitter for weather updates as well. other news at this hour a man died this morning in a fire that also left six families without a place to stay just days before the holidays. the two alarm fire broke out at 1:30 this morning in the 400 block of east high street in pottstown. before firefighters arrived neighbors in the apartment complex helped several children get out safely. >> grabbed them. that was it. didn't grab anything else. just grabbed the little ones, got right out of there. >> the victim's brother identified him as 50-year-old david jukc. firefighters think careless smoking caused the blaze. philadelphia police are searching for two men who they say stormed into a kensington house late last night and shot a woman inside. investigators say the suspects knocked on the door of the

home in the 500 block of east allegheny avenue at 11:30. when the woman opened the door, police say the men forced their way in and demanded money. there was a struggle. the woman was shot in the arm. she is in stable condition tonight. families of fallen heroes and police officers came together for a holiday meal this morning in northeast philadelphia. the fraternal order of police hosted its annual survivor's christmas breakfast at philadelphia lodge five headquarters. there was food, holiday music even gift baskets for each of the families today. the event is a reminder to families that they will never be forgotten. >> nobody could ever experience what they have experienced so the best that we can do is to offer them our friendship and our support for themselves and for their children. >> it's just a nice thing what they do, how they never do forget us. that's huge. that helps us a lot. >> commissioner richard ross

was there today. he told the families that he draws strength from their resolve and courage. from our delaware news room, the brandywine zoo is losing its only tiger. zoo and officials announced today that the eight-year-old tiger named january in a is beinjana is beingtransferred to. jana arrived at the brandywine zoo in 20 level. officials say there are no plans to add another tiger to the zoo. coming up on "action news tonight christmas just two days away now and shopping malls are packed. we'll have a live report from king of prussia where there's been a steady stream of last minute shoppers all day. plus a child has been adopted during a special ceremony that featured characters from her favorite movie. cecily. >> it won't be a white christmas but it will be a wet christmas eve at least part of the day. i'll have details on the timing and the big temperature

swings behind the system in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> big win for the eagles last night at the linc but one player did walk away with an injury. jaime apody with there story when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪

>> retailers in the tri-state area are hoping that there are a lot of procrastinators out there so they can rack up some impressive sales in the waning moments of the christmas shopping season. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at king of prussia mall tonight. jeff, what does it look like for last minute shoppers? >> reporter: jim, if you can

make it through the traffic on the roads you'll be okay once you get inside the mall here. if you take a look behind me you can see it's not too crowded. and lines here aren't terribly long. now studies showed two-thirds of americans will buy gifts up through christmas which means you could say these folks have a head start. the grid locked traffic and packed parking lots mean only one thing, it's hours before christmas and some of us haven't learned our lesson. >> i needed gifts for two days. inn two days. >> reporter: you waited until the 23rd of december to get it. >> yeah, i did. >> reporter: at the king of prussia mall shoppers scurried for last minute gifts and more. >> shopping for my son christmas shopping home from college. >> reporter: what brings you out here today. >> um, clothes for tomorrow, that's it. >> reporter: any gifts for anybody or -- >> we already buy gifts. >> christmas dinner, got some tj max for my son. >> reporter: at nearby wal-mart these ladies filled their car after a eight hour

shopping marathon. procrastination they say is strategy. >> we waited 'cause we would get good deals today. >> i am done shopping. yes, i just got my groceries and a table and chair set i needed and that's it much that's it. i'm going home. >> reporter: but back at the mall not everyone is scrambling. >> 24 hours ahead of when i normally start, you know. >> reporter: you're doing well today. >> i can't believe i'm out this early. >> reporter: if you're having trouble finding that perfect gift for that special someone,. >> i'll take one of those. >> reporter: but i'm not picky. now one retailer tells me that he does seem to see a lighter turnout here and there could be a good reason for that. studies show 76 percent of us will be using a mobile device for our holiday shopping. reporting live at the king of prussia mall jeff chirico channel6 "action news. jim. >> it is easy. thank you jeff. bakeries were also busy

today. "action news" was at socks bakery in port richmond in philadelphia which was sold out of cakes. look at those shelves. people were only able to pick up their preordered desserts. the bakery hopes to have those shelves stocked with cakes tomorrow. the holidays will be even brighter for a delaware mother and daughter now that they are officially a family. 44-year-old zoey was adopted by her foster mother today. to celebrate there was a special ceremony featuring characters from zoey's favorite movie, "star wars" darth vader the storm troopers and shoe chewbacca were there in the courtroom. this is all in wilmington to congratulate zoey and her knee mom deanna pettcone. zoey was placed in her care in 2013 and the two formed such a strong bonds that petticone wanted to make it official and that's what happened today. [applause] (man) my dad and i have the same eyes.

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gren yes, flush. >> wasn't major loss for the birds. brian matthews suffered a pretty significant neck injury. he'll require surgery for a herniated disk and his season is over. maybe it was the return of this guy. lane johnson back from a 10 game suspension. eagles lost eight of those games he was suspended for. birds early lead on the giants. it helps to see lane johnson blocking for him. malcolm jenkins had eli manning's number. two interceptions. the birds said coach pederson today had plenty to play for. >> there's a lot of pride in that locker room. our season is not over we still got games left and that's the thing is we're

going to continue to compete and we want to win every game. >> we've been in so many close games and to finally finish one like this we knew we could do it all along, it's just we were struggling obviously but to finally finish one it puts a good taste in our mouth for sure. >> we have a pretty young team, obviously a young quarterback. we've been so close for a lot of these games this year. you know, a few plays different each game the outcome is a lot different throughout the whole season. so it's good that we're starting to pull ahead and close some of these tight ones out. >> a bit of a scare when carson wentz took a big hit went to the locker room to be tested for a couldn't comes he came back to make this ridiculously nimble move on his feet. did you see this? look at that. and then he ended up throwing the lead block on an ends around. probably makes you both nervous and excited about this kid. the coach loved it. he will not back away from using wentz on the ground. >> some quarterbacks can do it. obviously he's very athletic

and can move and he's strong and he can break some tackles and these are things going forward now that we can utilize, utilize the strength of his and it's just a big part of your offense whenever your quarterback can run and make plays that way. >> time to go bowling temple owls arrived in annapolis yesterday. twenty-third ranked temple getting set to take on wake forest in the military bowl at 3:30 on tuesday. it's a chance to win a school record 11th game this season and that makes this as big as it gets. >> of course, yeah. that's one of our main goals you know. we completed the championship goal now it's time to be the best temple team ever in history to get that 11th win. >> 11 wins has never been done here before. that's not our mind-set but it definitely will be a blessing to go out there and get this for the university. >> sixers in phoenix tonight expected to start the twin towers so what about nerlens noel? brett brown plans to

use this trip to start figuring out their sticky big guy situation. >> my intention is to study this jayliel-joe well thing. we're all excited about paring nerlens with joel and step back and say how does it work. >> how is it going to work. >> i read in the paper sounds like joel would like nerlens to start. he wants to play with nerlens. >> controversy. >> yeah. >> okay. >> all right. >> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> we are on the scene of a house fire in the frankford section of philadelphia. this is the 2000 block of orthodox street where a blaze broke out in a dwelling just before 6 o'clock. there are no reports of injuries. that's the good news but there will be significant damage to a house on orthodox street in frankford. let's get the late word, the holiday word from cecily tynan and accuweather. >> and jim, a damp start to christmas eve but then improving through the day and christmas looks beautiful. storm tracker6 live double scan showing we are rain free out there despite the clouds and if you're dreaming of a white christmas head to the local ski resorts. this is sky6 our camera up at spring mountain where they have been making a lot of snow, the lights are on and actually a pretty nice friday evening for a little bit of skiing. temperatures pretty mild. 41 degrees in philadelphia, i'm tripping over the cords in the studio. our high today 46.

3 degrees above normal. so again a pretty mild day. trenton 41. atlantic city 43. allentown 39 and reading currently 38 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar slowing we started the day with sunshine but the clouds moved in throughout the course of the afternoon. they're pretty thick right now and the moisture is also on the way. you can see that there is some snow in the north edge of this but really this is going to be primarily a liquid event as it moves in. there just could be a little bit of touch of some freezing rain across the poconos, the lehigh valley in the wee hours of the morning so we have a freezing rain advisory up there. i don't think it's going to be a big problem. tonight the clouds roll in. rain will be here by dawn. again, the cooler suburbs lehigh valley 32. philadelphia it's going to be too warm for anything frozen. 35 degrees and future tracker showing the best chance of any freezing rain across the poconos, the lehigh valley really the wee hours of the morning around 3 o'clock and then by 8 o'clock, it's rain even across the poconos. pretty steady rain along i-95,

south jersey and delaware but this is a fast moving system. by lunchtime we're drying out west of philadelphia. by about 2:30 all the rain is out of here and the clouds breaking for some sunshine pretty quickly so really getting a lot better as we're heading through the day so this is what to expect. that precipitation beginning after midnight, brief mix in the lehigh valley and the poconos, mainly rain for all of us. dry early in the afternoon and how much rain you get really depends on where you are. the steadiest, the heaviest will be closer to the shore, about a half inch, philadelphia close to that. the northwest suburbs not much at all, less than a tenth of an inch of rain and christmas day beautiful, mostly sunny, very pleasant. 8 o'clock 37. by noon, 45 and then by 5 o'clock 46 degrees. should be a beautiful day. so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast rain early. late clearing. it's dry for hanukkah. dry for santa. 48 degrees. sunday a lot like today, mostly sunny and very nice,

48 degrees for christmas. monday as kwanzaa begins it clouds up a few late showers possible, 50 degrees and tuesday could have a couple morning showers but then it's going to be very mild and breezy. 57 degrees the high. it gets cooler on wednesday, 42 degrees and the next storm system on thursday like really all the storms we've been getting is going to be cutting to the west so that means it will pull in warm air bring us the possibility of some rain, 46 degrees and behind that system seasonably cool on friday with a high of 44 so a little damp start to the day tomorrow but really all in all pretty nice holiday weekend. >> all right cecily. abc's world news tonight with david into your next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17. and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel6. for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

as we come on the air, holiday travel at a standstill. long delays at some of the nation's busiest airports. the dangerous drive home. and the one-two winter weather punch still on the way. breaking right now, carrie fisher suffering a heart attack. what we've just learned. the christmas terror alert. the new warning tonight. isis targeting american churches. the growing furor over donald trump's words on nuclear weapons. is the president elect doubling down on beginning an arms race? and the christmas letter he received from vladimir putin. why he calls it "very nice." and, still not done with your holiday shopping? don't worry. even the biggest procrastinators still have time.