in los angeles emmett miller, channel6 "action news." >> and world news tonight with david muir wille on the hacking scandal including the new threats being made by north korea and how sony may be planning on releasing the movie, "the interview." you can watch that tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. >> it is time for the "action news" traffic report and it has been a busy night tonight. >> it has. it's kind of surprising since matt as you mentioned a lot of people probably have this week off but they're probably hitting the malls. >> right, they're going shopping, they're going to the airport, maybe they'll fly out of town, maybe they're heading to the temple basketball game tonight in south philadelphia. perhaps that's what some of these people are intending to do but first they're stuck in a big jam rick and shirleen on the eastbound side of the schuylkill from city avenue on into girard. that's where a broken down vehicle is occupying the left lane. so you have normal volume and that broken down vehicle giving you extra problems on the eastbound side of 76 tonight. a

abc's emmett miller has more. >> not cool with this. >> reporter: it's a first round christmas knockoutce. "the interview" sony's spoof about the assassination of north korean leader kim jong-un debuted in over 300 theaters christmas day. according to sony the film featured numerous sellouts an first day grows of over $1 million. the film star seth rogen handing out branded t-shirts and rocket shaped water bottles at an l.a. showing. >> reporter: judging by the numbers the film is a hit but the hackers hit back. a group calling itself the lizard squad claims to have disrupted the online portion of the interview's release. some users of microsoft's xbox life and sony's play station network were denied. >> they did what happens every day, there's a thing called denial of service. >> reporter: security analyst brad garrett says that's where a hacker overwhelms the servers so users can't sign on. and if it was the north koreans. >> the uniqueness of how the code was written including access to certain passwords would suggest they had inside help. >> reporter: sony pulled the interview amid

in los angeles, emmett miller abc news. >> again, that movie going wide in theaters today.ill get nominated for a writing oscar with lines like, they hate us because they ain't us. beautiful writing. it's a beautiful movie. that's one of the lines. >>> coming up, the best gadgets to hit the market in 2014. our giz wiz is here with reena in a moment to show us his favorite high-tech toys of the year. >>> and ahead in our next half hour, if you are the worst procrastinator around or simply forgot to buy a gift for someone, we can help you and solve your problem. find out where to shop right now. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ >>> as we enter into the new year, it's always good to take a look back at the year that was. for one man, 2014 was the year of the gadgets. we're always happy to have with us our giz wiz, dick debartolo. his favorite gadgets from the past year. dick, good morning to you. >> good morning, reena. i have some fun stuff. this was my most impressive from cobra, the jump pack. i w

our coverage of the travel mess begins with emmett miller. >> reporter: with some 99 million folks hittingmillion traveling by air. mother nature may put a wet blanket on holiday plans. more than 140 million americans are expected to travel between now and january 4th. the highest levels in more than a decade. blame gas prices at a five-year low. >> my own personal belief is because gas prices are down, people have a little more money in their pocket and are willing to travel more. particularly longer distances. >> reporter: the same weather system in the pacific northwest that brought 75-mile-an-hour winds to southern california and heavy snowfall to colorado and utah -- >> to me, i'd rather deal with the snow than the wind. >> reporter: -- may cause traffic headaches on the road and flight delays. on christmas eve it's expected to gather strength lashing areas from tampa to boston. >> i wouldn't characterize it as a travel nightmare but there's going to be delays. >> reporter: with only the mountain areas expected to see a significant amount of snow, this could be a wet, not white christ

in los angeles, emmett miller, abc news. >> really great to see that movie opening up. if it opened in 300 theaters. supposed to open to 3,000, so they're playing some catchup. >> see if they make good money on it after all. >> exactly. >>> all right, coming up, the celebrities who caught our attention during 2014. from scandals to successes. our entertainment editor joins in a moment for an unbelievable look back. >>> a tasty business proposition for the new year. if you're a great cook, why not throw a dinner party and make money on it? that's in our next half-hour on "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. >> announcer: " >> what a year it's been for hollywood and the people who capture our attention. abc news entertainment editor is here to count down the top five celebrity stories of the year. leslie, welcome. >> hi. nice to be here. >> kicking us off at number final the implosion of bill cosby. >> this was something that took everybody by storm. bill cosby had his reputation of being a wholesome tv dad people

. >> and that was abc's emmett miller reporting.s tonight with david muir will have much more on the release of the interview as well as the strong storms that are impacting much of the country this christmas eve. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. >>> at least seven people suffered injuries when a city trash truck and septa bus collided late this afternoon. the action cam was at broad and callowhill minutes after the crash. the injured were taken to hahnemann and jefferson university hospitals but none of the injuries are believed to be serious. >> two philadelphia police officers are recovering tonight after a crash with another police cruiser in north philadelphia. cruisers were responding to a call and collided at the intersection. the officers were taken to temple hospital for treatment of minor injuries. >>> authorities are looking for the two men who robbed a convenience store in kensington tonight. happened inside of the friday's mini mart. surveillance cameras were rolling. they demanded money from the cler

here's abc's emmett miller. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? on. independent theaters in atlanta, dallas and cleveland will be airing the trofrl film "the interview" an christmas day. and the list is growing. moviegers are already buying tickets. >> kim jong-un is not going to tell us what woor going to watch. >> i'm not the least bit worried about my own safety. >> reporter: seth rogan and james franco responded. victory, the people and the president have spoken. >> reporter: last week, sony announced they'd not release the film in part because theater owners were worried about violent threats from the guardians of peace, the grop that hacked sony's computers. north korea has been struggling to stay online. internet to the communist country was knocked offline for ten hours on monday. cybersecurity experts call north korea an easy target for skilled hackers with a primitive infrastructure and only a fraction of the ip addresses found here in the u.s. the fbi has been in close contact with all the theaters planning to screen it. they are warnin