we don't look forward to the stress of traveling. megan mcgrath is working for you about what you need to know about traveling for the holidays. >> are things picking up pretty good at this time? >> reporter: they look like they're catching up at this point. it was real busy when we spoke to you last. if you look behind me, it's busy at the automated kiosk. basically every machine is full at all times. the line we showed you last time, here it is. it used to stretch all the way to the departure board at the other end of the terminal. they've caught up with the line and things are starting to settle down. as it always happens at the airport, it comes in waves. it depends what the flight schedule is and all of the flights are booked. it's going to be busy not just here but at airports all around the country. keep that in mind and plan accordingly. we've been talking to passengers that we spoke to a little before 5:00 this morning. she was actually surprised at how busy it was so early in the morning. >> i wasn't expecting how many peop

certain elements of travel control -- if there is inclement weather travel insurance can cover some of these things. it is an option that people might want to consider especially in the holiday period the weather might be problematic.>> reporter: most people will be driving for the holidays. any advice on that? does it make more sense to rent a car if you're going more than 100 miles? >> it depends on how far you are going and what you are looking at. it is important to ensure you are insured while traveling. you want to take into consideration how many people you are going with. whether you want to take a car or rent one or take a train. the weather is the key piece. that can throw a wrench in your travel plans.>> look at your apt to see what the weather is at your destination. thank you for your time. >>> the united nations votes overwhelmingly against trump's proration of jerusalem as the capital of israel. details coming up.>>> less gop lawmakers are resting -- gop lawmakers are racing to avert a government shutdown. ♪ [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang! ok, i gotta run. hey, wait, th

i travel alone because it is the biggest challenge i can get. and travelling by myself...rly someone sighted, they would be doing all the work, they would be doing the guiding and i wouldn't get to touch as many things and find as many things i do by myself. today i'm going to catch a bus into the old city, and go to the western wall. western wall? ok, i will help you. let me hold your arm like that. where are you from? england. i was lucky that the bus travel was nearby waiting. it was very easy to get on the bus. i've got it. let go. new orleans was the first place i went to myself. a foreign city by myself. didn't know where i was going. ijust froze, and even had a couple of deep breaths and said to myself, tony, this is what you want, deep breaths. if you want to, go home. i took some more deep breaths, turned down the street and the rest is history. excuse me, can excuse me, can you excuse me, can you hear me? this is your stop. all right, thank you. i'm good. i'm just trying to get my bearings, work out which way the traffic is going, and i can't sense any sunlight,

she traveled. she took her kids everywhere. >> eyes still wet from tears, friends from the tight group of women who supported each other through years of joy and tragedy and just life mark the sudden, unexpected loss of one of their own. anna be harr and her 11-year-old in a bus crash on tuesday. daniel's grandmother, 78, of florida was also killed. >> there are no words. but sitting with each other and holding us together is what you do. >> the rollover crash happened during a sightseeing tour part of the behar's cruise. daniel's father was injured as was the 15-year-old son david. some of david's friends from south county high school, faces somber with shock. they remember daniel as the younger brother everybody liked. >> always the life of the party whenever we get together. very energetic and happy. always had a joke. makes everyone laugh. >> he's energetic and loved the world. >> reporter: the neighbors tell us that their concern for this family is long-term. but it begins immediately with the

nice weather for holiday travel.k how cold it is by the middle of next week. thursday 29. >> what change. >> yeah. >> ugly. also ugly is this the schuylkill expressway westbound right around conshohocken disable vehicle. an accident off to the shoulder. and also we have a pedestrian struck 273 in new castle center point boulevard. no major injuries here though. that's a good thing. >> thanks patrick. cbs this morning is coming up next. >> have a great day. if you are traveling today get to the airport early and pack your patience much it's been a busy already at phl. from all of us here at cbs3, captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is friday, december 22nd, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." >>> stormy weather slows down the christmas travel rush with snow in the rockies. we'll look at the record number of americans traveling this weekend. >>> vice president mike pence surprises american troops in afghanistan, and our margaret brennan was there. she asked him about the war strategy and cooperating with rob

we don't have any travel -- weather-related travel delays. i can't talk across the board, but weather-related travel delays. it is different in different parts of the country. there are some storm systems moving through the south and northeast. we have cold temperatures. 30 degrees in livermore. 29 in santa rosa right now. 28 in napa. we have a freeze warning in effect for many of our inland valleys. temperatures are just going to continue to cool through 7:00 this morning. after sunrise things should improve a bit. so protect pets, pipes and plants, the three ps as we like to call them. by this afternoon temperatures should rebound to seasonal a touch below average. clear and cold to start. similar weather pattern that we have been seeing for the past week. it's going to continue through christmas. we have a "spare the air" in effect for now through the holiday weekend. no wood-burning in effect to the near future anyway. we'll look at the seven-day forecast coming up. first, i guess some people have to get to work on time or maybe hitting t

now on bbc news, the travel show. the british government has issued a fresh warning about the security risks of using russian anti—virus software. the national cyber security centre is warning against using the products for systems related to national security. one anti—virus firm, kaspersky labs, has denied any wrongdoing. pope francis is completing a six—day visit to bangladesh and myanmar during which the plight of rohingya muslim refugees has dominated. on friday, he used the word rohingya for the first time on his trip. he requested forgiveness for the world's indifference. those are the headlines. a 71—year—old man has beenjailed for murdering his toddler stepson almost 50 years ago. david dearlove swung the 1—year—old child by his ankles and hit his head on a fireplace in 1968. for decades dearlove lied about what had happened, but then a photo posted on facebook led to the investigation being reopened, as danny savage explains. this picture triggered a murder trial. it shows a man called david dearlove with hi

i travel alone because it's the biggest challenge i can get. and travelling by myself... excuse me!ith more people. if i travel with someone, particularly someone sighted, they'd be doing all the work, they'd be doing all the guiding and i wouldn't get to touch as many things and find as many things i do by myself. today i'm going to catch a bus into the old city, to go to the western wall. western wall? western wall, yeah. ok, let's go. i need a bus. ok, i will help you. let me hold your arm like that. where are you from? i'm from england. i was lucky that the bus driver was nearby waiting, so it was very easy to find the bus. yeah, i got it. let go. new orleans was the first place i went to by myself. i was in a foreign city by myself. didn't know where i was going, i was blind, and ijust froze. and i took a couple of deep breaths and said to myself, "tony, this is what you want. if you don't want it, go home." couple more deep breaths, turned down the street and the rest is history. excuse me. this is your stop. this is my stop? you can take... all right, thank you. want any help

head farther to the east that snowy travel not just if you are concerned about traveling by air, but also if you are traveling on the roadways. once the snowy system moves out, bitterly cold air moves in for the end of the year. >> morgan: rob ellis, thank you. two sides of president trump this christmas eve. he praised the american servicemen and women stationed around the world but also took to twitter and blasted the fbi's deputy director. chip reid is in florida with the president. >> i just wanted to wish everybody a very, very merry christmas. >> reporter: from his estate in palm beach today president trump sent christmas greetings by teleconference to service members overseas. >> we're grateful for each of you spending this christmas away from your families. >> reporter: but he had a very different tone on twitter lashing out once again at deputy fbi director andrew mckaib. mckaib had a supervisory role in the hillary clinton email investigation and mr. trump claims mckaib was biased in clinton's favor. why? because in 2015 when mckaib's wife was running for the virginia senat

those holiday travelers now travel times during that period. again, 3:00 to 6:00 will be elongated by 2 1/2 times. so it is going to be unpleasant. 66 westbound, 270, i-95 in both maryland and virginia, those are the predicted hotspots as we have seen in years past. so best advice here is, if you're leaving, you want to leave early between noon and 1:00 so you get out of the dmv before all of this hits. back to you guys. >> always good advice. earlier the better. hit the road now. if you're headed to the airport today, prepare for crowds because today is the busiest travel day for airlines. here's a live look at reagan national airport. arrival's line. more people plan to fly this year than last year. that's according to travel data. >> you can see people lining up there. we're keeping an eye on the airports nationally to see if the power outage at the atlanta airport is having effects. we'll have team coverage of the holiday rush all morning. >>> more details emerge after a bus overturned on tuesday killing 12 people. we now know that a group

what suffers is railroad passenger travel. in a time where it becomes more in efficient and slower to go by rail, railroads remain forced by interstate commerce commission took maintain passenger service and they were losing money hand over fist. eventually they would start to downsize their passenger service and do away with it. in the 1970's you see the , i way for amtrak railroads to get rid of a service that was bleeding and can't afford to operate. they are focusing on what is their main mode of making money, it has always been freight. after september 11, you are seeing a resurgence in rail transportation. the northeast corridor door is one of the most successful lines for amtrak in terms of revenue-generating and the number of people to travel on that route. when i went to kansas city i actually took the train. i don't mind making that trip. it is a little longer than going by plane, but for me it is still something -- fun to travel by rail. >> there you have the american railroad, created by the individual efforts, pul

it's already one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, with 7.2 travel in the dmz alone. we are monitoring how it could affect your travel plans. we will have a live report coming up at 6:30. adrianna: take a good look at this sketch, here. this is a man who raped a woman in a popular arlington neighborhood. she was attacked back on november 2. police say that he sexually assaulted her and then took off. take another good look at this composite sketch. if you recognize this person, be sure to give police a call. we are learning more this morning about the d.c. a commissioner who used foul language, urinated on the floor, -- barricadedve himself in the bathroom while the police were recording. >> go get your supervisor. >> sir, don't make me come inside there. >>[bleep] adrianna: abc seven a different version of what happened. he says the details that the police got wrong and why he plans to sue them. that's in our next half hour. larry: stick around for that. an 11-year-old home from the holidays after eating accidentally shot by a neighbor in his home. he spent the last

let's take a look at our map, we were just talking about travel, so here's a look at your travel forecast for tonight. plenty of rain all the way up toward new england where we got snow happening there. also snow in the upper midwest to the northwest but plenty of sunshine, if you're traveling anywhere, keep this in mind, you'll see we got dry conditions so far along the midatlantic but that is about to change. late tonight we'll see some of that rain moving in, here are the current conditions at some major airport, plan ahead accordingly and as cori said, get there early. we got rain starting to move closer to us, tonight expect to see the it will become pretty more widespread as we get into more of the overnight hour, but late tonight, this is what we're going to be dealing with, if you're heading out to any holiday parties, you'll be fine as you get there, but once you leave and get ready to come home, expect to see some of that wet weather, so plan accordingly. increasing clouds right now ahead of all of that. and as we take a look at the current temperatures, that's another factor be

this is also a busy weekend for travel. millions of people will be taking to the skies, riding the rails and hitting the roads to get to their holiday destinations. this is a live look at i-95 in south philadelphia. you can see there traffic moving along just fine this morning. the roads don't look too busy, but that certainly will change as things pick up as the day goes on. experts recommend checking your vehicle to make sure it's ready to make that big trip back home. now let's take a look at philly international airport. we saw lots of travelers there yesterday. this morning there are some cancellations for flights headed to states in the northeast due to bad weather conditions. the airport reminds passengers to check the status of their flight before heading out this morning and please allow extra time to check-in. now, nationwide aaa estimates more than 100 million americans will be on the move over the holidays. 90% will be hitting the highways and more than 6 million people are expected to fly through new year's day

tracking your travel plans. if you've got travel plans, we've got your forecast for you. over the next couple of days, a lot of different players, as i mentioned, to talk about. looking cold for christmas now and, yes, still a chance for some snow. we'll talk more about that as well. see you back here in a minute. >> thank you, doug. with so many ups and downs in our holiday weather, it's a good time to have that nbc washington app on your phone. check the radar and see the hourly forecast anytime, anywhere. >>> a stunning development in the razor-thin house election in virginia. a court now says it's a tie. this is in a district in the newport news area. yesterday it looked like the democrat was going to win by vote however an uncounted ballot was challenged. state law says the winner is going to be picked by lot. now, it's not clear how or when that is going to take place. for now, the balance of power in the virginia house is still in question. we'll keep you posted. >>> unbelievable. you got the alert from the nbc washington app this afternoon. the gop tax bill passed

so not the best day for your holiday travel. we look dry sunday. then on monday we could be talking about couple of snowflakes around the region, i'll have details coming up in just a bit. pat, over to you. >> thank you, chelsey. quiet morning on the roadways so far. except for this guy, this is the tractor-trailer, and it is disable, it is actually stuck, it is the 22nd street ramp to the westbound vine st. expressway. it is causing a mess in this area, where they're already construction on 22nd street. so if you come off of vine here, that's not a problem, it is the ramp going on. so you've got to use spring garden street instead or a little bit further east, would you use the broad street entrance, because this one is closed. now for the foreseeable future , they try to get this tractor-trailer out of here. we are showing the wider view to the vine street expressway, not looking too bad itself. see the flashing light here, it will be a problem, so again , 22nd street at the vine , that is closed. that's ugly in that area. but overall, not bad. n

now on bbc news, the travel show.we meet some people taking on their own special travel challenges. man, you look hench, man! you've been working out! yeah! i'm in the usa to catch up with competitors taking part taking part in a unique international championship. we find out how this woman plans to take her wheelchair into the skies. and wejoin the blind backpacker on a mission to visit every country in the world. i travel alone because it's the biggest challenge i can get. we start in washington, dc. this place claims to be one of the most accessible cities in the world, which makes it a great place to start our special programme marking international disability day. how you doing, brother? it's an annual drive to raise awareness about the issues faced by disabled people across the globe. i have never let using a wheelchair hold me back in my sporting career or my tv career, but there's no doubt travelling can be daunting, even the great lincoln memorial has its issues — the lifts been vandalised. you can go on a vi

. >>> and record travel rush. the experts say you'll see high volume on the roads as a number of people driving to holiday destinations make the jump over the last year. >>> a lot to get to this morning. welcome to "nbc10 news today," i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm rosemary connors. i think via sikahema got his holiday weekend started four days ago. i'm in for him, and so is meteorologist bill henley, he's got the details of the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. >> temperatures warming up on the first day of winter, temperatures starting to climb. 36 in philadelphia. 32 in the suburbs. just below freezing in new jersey. the mild temperatures for the lehigh valley and delaware, mostly cloudi, and during the day a bit of a breeze coming out of the south. that's going to boost temperatures even higher. for foiphiladelphia, 36. breaks of sunshine at noon. look at the winds out of the south at nine miles per hour. that will boost temperatures into the 40s and 50s this afternoon. pretty mild for the first day of

good travel weather. no travel troubles around the beltway. southbound on i-95 and 395. northbound 395 near king street, two right lanes getting by. after stafford, it's two left lanes getting by. both work zones, no delays. in maryland, 270 to 95 baltimore washington parkway, travel times look good. northbound as well. that is the latest from the traffic center. i'm dave dildine, go ahead and send it back to you. >> thanks, dave. countdown to christmas is three days away. have you finished your shopping? if you haven't, you're not alone. where you can find a few deals before the big day. >>> plus, it is -- boy, this is proof that every vote matters. virginia race too close to call. give you the usual game of chance. >>> tifirst, a pregnant woman s on fire by her boyfriend. onlnews 4 talkedy >>> a young boy is gone after a shootout with sheriff's deputies and a suspected car thief. this happened 20 miles outside of san antonio. police were hunting for a suspect and spotted her breaking into a home. four deputies and the woman started firing at each other. the little boy

warning travelers to leave extra time if you're traveling today or tomorrow, two hours for domestic flightrs if you're traveling internationally. that's the latest from the roads. i'll send it back to you guys. >> anjali you're in the car, there's no traffic, go. go now to your holiday destination. [laughter] >> thanks, anjali we'll check back in. >> reporter: we'll see you in new york. >> there you go. new this morning, a family's beloved dog is now back home in time for christmas. yesterday someone took biscuit from their yard in southeast. it was all caught on camera. story took off on social media. hundreds shared it including local police and d.c.'s mayor. difference. >> coming up on fox5 news morning, a decorated gymnast is now suing the u.s. olympic committee. >> disney employees say thanks but no thanks to the company's latest contract offer. >> we're going to break right now at 4:51 with a live look outside at the big wheel, the giant wheel, the capitol wheel. >> spin the wheel. >> spin the wheel. 35 degrees is the temp. back in a moment. >> ♪ >> seven minutes before 5:00 right no

no reason for major travel delays, highs of 56 degrees there. atlanta, chicago should see clouds but houston, new york, i mentioned those other storm systems there's one moving through the south another one moving through the northeast. so if you are heading there, that could be causing a few problems there. here's a live look over the bay. it's just chilly outside, the big story today, the cooler temperatures. we have a freeze warning in effect for much of the bay area especially those areas away from the coast. you can see the chilly temperatures. it's no surprise. it's inland valleys especially the north and east bay inland valleys. santa rosa right now looks like a very cold 29 degrees. livermore 30. san francisco relatively mild at 44. so checking our weather headlines now around the bay area, clear and cold to start. and then by this afternoon, we're going to see plenty of sunshine, pretty similar story to actually what we've seen earlier this week. just really cold mornings and nice sunny afternoons even though it will be brisk. so a dry

this is busy day for air travel for sure. people want to get out and have the whole weekends to be with family and friends, tomorrow, saturday, is going to be heavy traffic, and congestion, no matter where you're going, you're going to see locals who are ringer around, and doing their last minute holiday preparations, and then you're going see those who are traveling, everyone's going to converge on the highways, as the 09% of holiday travelers will go by cars, triple a is recommending you pack your patience, plan ahead, leave yourselves plenty every extra time to get to where ever your destination is this weekend. >> great. well, thank you so much. definitely awesome advice. pack your patience, actually going to be talking to some of the passenger ers coming up at 6k can talk to them how their travel is going, but yes, even though a lot of people here there is line is moving. so, you know, the people are doing great job here at the airport, and we send it back to you guys, jim, rahel, back to you in the studio. >> see you in

we are not seeing any weather- related travel delays.e one of those many folks heading out to the airport today, it looks clear at bay area airports. different story around the country. clouds in atlanta and chicago. houston with thunderstorms as well as new york city. if you are heading to the east coast, definitely check ahead. travel weather lake tahoe looking like partly cloudy skies today so we have fresh powder but that's it. 56 in fresno and 58 the forecasted high in ukiah. high temperatures quick look around the bay area seeing mainly 50s across the east bay, similar story walnut creek, pleasant hill, more 50s around the bay. 56 in sausalito. bodega bay, and then farther north looks like low 50s. ukiah, lakeport and clearlake. the seven-day forecast going to be pretty seasonal. friday, saturday, sunday a few more clouds roll in and then the sun comes back in on christmas day. that's weather. michelle, back to you. >>> thank you. tesla vehicles will be getting a major navigation overhaul in the new year. ceo elon musk tweeted out

and all-round travel guru.k working rush combined with lots of people if they start ourjourneys between four o'clock and eight o'clock. particularly on the m6 mainly southbound just where we are here. any direction around the m25 and then worst jams of all of last friday before christmas last year is anything to go by. stonehenge, we have four lanes coming down for two. just where the ancient stones. they have 13 hours ofjams there last year. if you are aiming between south—east england and south—west england. a really good idea. a bit of good news for rail travellers. the virgin trains strike was called off late yesterday. they are having to runa off late yesterday. they are having to run a full service today. they have now got to plan everything again. the still got a strike taking place in merseyrail. a gap in the middle of the day. elsewhere, the railengineering middle of the day. elsewhere, the rail engineering works, the best of times kicking in tomorrow. airports are going to be very busy as well. you ne

she traveled. she took her kids everywhere. >> reporter: eyes still wet from tears, friends from the tight group of women who supported each other through years of joy and tragedy and just life marked the sudden unexpected loss of one of their own. anna behar and her 11-year-old son daniel died from injuries sustained in a catastrophic bus crash in mexico tuesday. daniel's grandfather fanya sheamus, 78 of florida, was also killed. >> there are no words. but sitting with each other and holding this together is what you do. >> reporter: the rollover crash happened during a sightseeing tour that was art of the behar family's vacation cruise. moises behar, anna's husband and daniel's father, was injured as was the couple's 15-year-old son david. some of david's friends from south somber with shock remember daniel as the younger brother everybody liked. >> he's always the life of the party whenever we all get together. very energetic, very happy. he always is quick with a joke and makes everyone laugh.

that snowy travel, not just if you are concerned abumt, traveling by air, but also if you are traveling on the roadways. once the snowy system moves out. builter -- bitter cold weather moves in. >> two side of president trump. pratzed servicemen and women stationed around the world and took to twitter and blasted the fbi deputy director. chip reid is in florida with the president. >> i just wanted to wish everybody a very, very, merry christmas. >> from his estate in palm beach, president trump sent christmas greetings by teleconference to service members overseas. >> we are grateful for each of you who spend this christmas away from your families. but he had a very different tone on twitter. lashing out once again at deputy fbi director andrew mccabe, mccabe had a supervisory role in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and mr. trump claims mccabe was biased in clinton's favor why because in 2015 when mccabe's wife was running for the virginia senate, she received a large political contribution from a pac connected to clinton friend, terry mccaulough, in his tweet, trump wrote, mcc

and the y travel rush -- is on. say get into the holiday spirit but now at 6:00 a final count down christmas as you can see the holiday travel rush is on. >> good evening. >> andrea is live at sfo now where things are pretty quiet but travelers may still run into some trouble once they fly out of there. >> that is absolutely correct. the night before the night before christmas. here at sfo just in the past few minutes traffic has picked up here at the international terminal but just a little while ago outside sfo's international terminal, the traffic totally manageable. very few lines anywhere. that dreaded security line, totally manageable. >> yeah, its not bad. i thought i got here a little earlier before my flight and its pretty quiet. i had a friend send me a picture of him yesterday here and it was about an hour long wait. >> it appears sfo may be the holiday travel exception today and not the rule. here is what you are in for south. a total traffic nightmare at lax. cars are backed up bumper to number. today i

but triple a predicts this will be record year for holiday travel with more than 107 million people traveling to see family and friends for the holidays. now, here in the philadelphia area, more than 1.2 million people are leaving town, and the vast majority of them about 90% are driving to their destinations but train and air travel also up this year, some 80,000 people will be flying out of our area during this end of year holiday rush, obviously, many of them through this major airport, the philadelphia international airport. now, coming up at 5:00 we will talk to triple a to give you travel tips, if you will be driving, flying, or riding the rales, but for now, live from philadelphia international airport. i'm trang do, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you guys. >> thank you, trang. "eyewitness news" has learned second person has died from injuries after last week's fatal hit-and-run accident in northeast philadelphia. first told but the story on december 13. thirty-three year old machine was ejected and killed, in a early morning crash at distance and torresdale. >> this al

travelers traveled on the main deck. minutes.a sank within the passengers, 150 of them are terrified. they were not great swimmers nor were they dressed. to swim they ran to the very top of the boat and then with a lifeboat, cargo more than anything, brought it into sure one little boat at arrived. no one died in the sinking, but they lost all their freight. the 1850's on the missouri river was called the golden age of steamboats. more boats on the river then before or since. imagine you're on a boat with your family in 1856. you are on your way west. the wooden deck was the size of the arabia. 171 feet long, 30 feet wide. it is a side wheeler. paddle wheels, 28 feet tall. standing on the deck looking across the missouri river, that is what the river traveler of 1856 would see of kansas city. main street. the warehouses. along the riverfront. original wood. the pitman arm. internsl we rebuilt, just as you see. one of the left and one of the right. between 300 and 400 steamboats sank on this river. nobody really knows for

but tomorrow looks good for travel if you're heading to d.c.poconos heading tomorrow better than today because of the rain but it will also be colder. then look at new york and boston, today, rain or even a little icing in boston. so not the best traveling conditions. tomorrow will be better off where you're at 38 in boston. all right. let's talk about that rain out there. so we go through our hour by hour model. this is what i'm talking about on/off rain. you see scattered green across the board, maybe a break in the afternoon and another period of rain in the evening. everything starts to exit about 8:00 this evening. now, your sunday, look better dry across the entire evening morning all the way to the evening. mix of clouds and sun and then you see overnight in the early hours of christmas as santa's doing his trip we have a little bit of snow over parts of the lehigh valley and poconos. and then a better chance of rain areas farther south. that is out though by christmas morning. let's talk about your christmas hourly planner. we'll wrap u

the busiest travel season on record. >> travelers definitely need to pack their patience. >> hittingthe roads and the air. philadelphia international airport where a winter storm could threaten plans after christmas. ♪ ♪ (radio playing in background) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a paramedic accused of sexual assault faces his accuser and a judge in court. >>> travel crunch, we're watch ing the weather as millions travel for the holidays. a live report from philadelphia international straight ahead. >>> season of giving, the heartwarming follow up to one man's story. what the community did to surprise him and his emotional reaction. >> we begin with the holiday travel crunch. you're looking live at philly international. the airport is expected to be pack ed as travelers set out fo the holidays. from the road to the rails to the sky, the 107 million people are expected to travel for the holiday season. we have you covered on what you need to know before you head out. good evening, i'm erin coleman. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. we have team coverage tonight. meteorologist steve sosna is tracking your

it looks pretty good for traveling you have. we'll look at the travel forecast into the weekend.g news and traffic. over to jack taylor. good morning. >> sheena, good morning. trouble spots in centreville. we've got progress. chopper 4 has been on scene at i-66. the good news is right now, you've got two left turn lanes and two left through lanes getting by. the cleanup does continue. it's not a massive delay. at one point we were slowing on 66 coming east. to go north on 20, everybody could see the accident on the side of the roadway. traffic is moving. 28 southbound at 66 staying left to get by. our bigger issue now is getting into the district north off the third street tunnel coming away from the freeway both directions. there's a crash in the tunnel blocking the left lane. back on to the 14th bridge, slow off the 11th headed westbound. >> thank you, jack. a local family from lorton, virginia, was among the dozen who lost their lives aboard a tour bus crash in mexico. the behar family was on the way to the mayan ruins when the bus flipped over. anna behar and her 11-year-old

that could effect that travel. warning h social media scam we'll tell you what you need to know. >>> time is running out to finish your holiday shopping. amazon and walmart going head to head battling for the last dollar. beche worely has great christmas deals to look for if you have someone else on your list. >> don't know about you guys, but i have one or two presents yet. >> make your plans and get it done, and enjoy the holiday. merry christmas amy. >> reporter: merry chris miss. >> reporter: i still have the wrapping to do. >> i'm i'm not alone. >> reporter: we're watching live, conshocken extra heavy westbound from gladwyn to conshohocken. aident involving pedestrian a new castle, you want to avoid 273 at center point boulevard. a crash in hammonton by west side liquors at 12th street and chew road. the trains are better than yesterday they are on time. >> reporter: we have winter weather and warnings if your heading up state new york and new england. looking at the travel board, no flying problems out of phi

holiday travel records are expected to be shattered today. from the roads to the air to the forecast, we've got you covered. >>> and have a holly, healthy christmas. this time of year can be stressful. experts share ways to unwind in the midst of the holiday madness. >> it's good and all, but it's crazy. welcome to "nbc10 news today," i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm via sikahema. the holiday weekend -- i'm rosemary connors. the holiday weekend is here. nbc10 news has you covered from the roads to the skies with your travel forecast. we begin with meteorologist bill henley and what to expect this weekend. >>> heading out now, no issues at all. it's even milder than it normally is this time of year. not seeing 20s for most neighborhoods. 35 in fact in philadelphia. the suburbs down to 32. 35 in the lehigh valley. also middle 30s for delaware. south jersey has gotten chillier this morning. clouds to start with. lots of clouds around this morning. no wet weather, and none during the day. and later this morning, we will see some breaks in the clouds. t

around the turn-of-the-century, 90% of inner-city travel -- intercity travel was done by train. you were not going to do it by car because the roads were awful. you were not going to do it by boat because rails were everywhere and that was a fast and efficient way to get around. what changed was the automobile and how detroit markets it. you see the vibrant lifestyle, being able to get out and go wherever you want to in an automobile. train, you are on a set schedule. as availability and price comes down in automobiles, you see more people purchasing them. the eisenhowerh interstate system, you see an improvement in the road system overall. what suffers is railroad passenger travel. when it becomes more inefficient and slower to go by rail, railroads are being forced by interstate commerce system to maintain passenger service. they were losing money hand over fist. eventually, they would downsize hassan's or service and then do away with it until the 1970's until you -- downsize passenger service, and then do away with when theythe 1970's, formed amtrak. the main way of making m

: our travel editor is joining us to talk about travel in 2018.et's start with the airline game. it is getting so complicated to choose a flight. >> it is, it is a buyers market and i will tell you why. so many new ultra long-haul discount carriers on the international routes coming into the u.s., serving markets that may not have been served well before. nor your agent -- norwegian air, air hong kong, my assistant flew from los angeles to dublin for one $10 -- or $110 on ethiopian air. all that capacity means supply and demand, 2018 may be in an expensive year for us to travel somewhere overseas. >> reporter: how about places to stay, airbnb is huge. >> they are, let's look at this in terms of the traditional hotels like marriott since its merger with starwood. they are opening up one new hotel every 14 hours. that is astounding. and they are also growing, controlling 7% of the supply globally. and they are not competing in the number of the rooms but the types of experiences they offer to get you to stay over and above the typical room. a great

up to boston things are looking just fine if you are traveling especially locally not bad at all. it will change tonight and we will talk about that. look at kutztown area, and, morning, and, pinks and blues as sunrisees, it is chilly out there and colder compared to what it was yesterday, and, out in kutztown, 37 in philadelphia. we're in the mid 30's in wilmington. mid 30's in dover. down the shore, temperatures mid to upper 30's. 37 degrees in wildwood. thirty-four in atlantic city. 34 degrees i should mention in trenton. we have a cooler win. yesterday we had a warming wind out of the south/ southwest, that is changing and winds, and, and, and we have, and, very cold weather, heading our way in the seven day forecast, storm scan three painting a quiet innings tour, we have cloud around, cloud mixing with sunshine and i'll draw your tension out to the west, and, monitoring areas of low pressure, and halfway off to the north ande, and bringing us a very quick shot of precipitation, and, as we head in the overnight hours tonight and, weather advisory been posted for berks county,

the busiest day for holiday travel is here. we have team coverage with warnings as you start your day. busy day. don't let that live picture fool you. all the people get on the roads to commute and i'm eun yang. >>> i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off and we'll check in with your weather, see what it's going to be like heading into christmas weekend. >> before we go to your forecast, we have breaking news on the roads. we go to jack taylor in for melissa mollet. jack, what are you seeing? >> the tough part it's in centreville, 28 at 66. as you see on the picture, take a look at this. southbound travel, where everything is lit up. the only thing moving is the ramp from 66 west to go 28 north. the truck, the tractor-trailer and the car were all involved in the crash. now we're hearing haz-mat has been requested because of a possible fuel spill. there is no access from northbound 28 staying on 28 past 66. you must exit on to 66 east. the ramp to northbound 28 remains closed. 66 west is, again, the only traffic moving on

it's free to travel through noon today through christmas night monday. >> a big factor in travel is the weather. >> yeah. >>> looks nice now, let's find out what's to come. meteorologist bill henley has the holiday travel forecast. >> depends on where you're going. if you're staying local, we're in pretty good shape during the day today. if you're doing a little traveling, you see the north into new york, vermont, and new hampshire, that snow, that's 7:30 this morning, it's going to be snowing for much of the day through this area, spreading into the boston area. if you're heading into new england, you're going to run into some trouble, especially as things really get busy on the roads at 6:00 this evening. that snow will continue into the late night hours. if you try to delay, improving conditions in boston, but still coming down in vermont and new hampshire and into maine. rainy tomorrow want shouldn't be too bad traveling the roomptdad. a steady rain tomorrow morning, north it and west, into the ohio valley. and that is going to meet colder air in the ohio valley. while it starts as

early risers, they have it going on because this is the way to travel here if you're going to travelne of these busy seasons. get out early because you're going to have a much easier time of it. if you think that airlines and airports have gotten more crowded over the last few years, you are absolutely right. it's not your imagination. this is now going to be a record setting year for holiday travel. aaa saying that this is the most number of holiday travelers we've ever had, 94 -- 97.4 million people on the roads and 6.4 million people traveling by air. t.s.a. says that means about an passengers a day. let's give you a look at some of the other statistics from t.s.a. in addition to that number of passengers they say to handle the extra security 1400 extra t.s.a. officers as well as additional k-9 teams. how do you navigate all of this? of course seasoned travelers know. the two hour rule still applies. if you're going domestically they want you here two hours ahead of time internationally three hours ahead of time. as far as the things you might bring for the holiday, don't wrap you

about 3 million people will travel through this airport. around the country, the biggest travel impacts will be on the roads. on the move. americans taking to the sky and hitting the roads. a record-breaking 107 million people traveling between now and the start of the new year. that's up more than 3% from last year. at chicago's o'hare, the crowds overwhelming. >> when i walked through the door, i cannot believe there's all these people. this is crazy. >> reporter: much the same at new york's laguardia. >> if you think that it's crowded here, it's not your imagination. it really is. >> reporter: and the overwhelming choice to get where they're going, cars. a whopping 97.4 million people hitting the highways. >> yeah, this is the first stop. >> i'm extremely concerned about the heavy traffic and, u getting distracted. >> reporter: a drive that could get complicated in parts of the midwest and northeast. a snowy winter blast this weekend expected to make holiday travel even more difficult. >> worried about the snow, getting snowed in, not be

so no travel problems today. if you are traveling locally, mildly rainy headed into saturday. could deal with the wet roads as we head into tomorrow generally dry on christmas eve , then storm system number two heads our way, the night of christmas eve into christmas morning, i'll let you know how that will all play out coming up in your full forecast in just a bit, for now, back to you. >> chelsey, see you soon, thank you. >>> record year for holiday travel with triple a reporting more than 715 people riding or flying these last two weeks of the year. >> certainly saw that this morning at philadelphia international airport. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do spoke with travelers taking to the skies. >> early flyers at philadelphia international airport started their friday travels in long security lines >> so what do you think of the line? >> it is crazy. if you have a flight, get here early. >> be prepared to get here three hours before our flight. so we new we were going to experience lines like this. >> fortunately, lines moved fast, so that many could get to much warmer

they themselves are looking to diversify their travel where they are inbound, where people are travelingrom to go visit their countries. they specifically were concerned about becoming overly dependent on the u.s. for travelers and wanting to diversify. i think that is really being driven by some concerns about issues that are taking place over here, in terms of how welcoming the u.s. is perceived to be. emily: you worked in the clinton administration. we recently covered the sexual misconduct of a major democratic party donor. what's your response to these allegations? chris: we believe what the women have said out there. i think we have gone through -- i think it's been a long time coming, and it was very much needed. a pretty significant transition in the world, particularly in this country, in terms of people being willing to speak up and stand up on an issue that has been taking place for forever. and i just -- every day, you read these stories. i'm incredibly impacted by the coverage of some of these victims, these women who stand up and talk about these issues. obviously, it's not

travel leaders net worth has put together 2018 bucket list of once in a lifetime travel experiences cents patgonia to check out some penguins, that's our cbs money watch report, for more log on to cbs. com. >> many families in seattle washington will never forget. most have will have gift wrapped under the christmas tree, but these families can't y received can't be purchased. here is petria-swan. >> very excited. >> ♪ merry little christmas ♪ >> for her and her three children. >> we are here to get daddy. >> excitement is building as they get ready to welcome their father home from combat. >> that's a time for christmas , best christmas gift ever. >> (cheers). >> a gift that came early for families and friends of 265 men and women, with the fifth battalion third field artillery rem men deployed to the middle east since march. >> with nine months of anticipation, please rush out and welcome your soldiers home (cheers). >> daddy! >> like the shirt says there is reunion feels like the best day ever for these soldiers, and their loved ones. >> feels amazing. >> definitely great. wonderful su

so, if you are traveling today or you know someone traveling along corridor it is looking just fine,e are looking at this system bringing snow to chicago, st. louis, indianapolis, detroit today that is impacting us as we head in the overnight hours tonight, we will have details coming up in your full forecast, for now, back to you , jan. >> thank you. >>> 6:32 for some philadelphia families you cannot have christmas from cannoli from his termini bakery. quite a few people are lining up, to make sure they are on the family table tomorrow. that is where we will find anita oh and i have a feeling quite a few people might be an under statement, good morning, how does it look out there. >> reporter: absolutely, very much an under statement, jan to say quite a few people are here. dozens of people have been lined up as early as midnight to be here and this christmas eve tradition for me as well. i was here last year filling cannolis. you can see, they are absolutely delicious. it is a family secret. joey termini is joining me now you have been so hard for work >> this is a dream come true.

aaa expect 90% of us that travel in the region travel by car. that is a whopping 1.1 million people on four wheels this holiday period. and 7% of us go by air. and today the 22nd one of the busiest days for the airlines this young man going south and west. >> travel is great came from boston and to philly for the past couple of days and about to go home for houston seeing friends and family. i'm excited to see them. >> and some travelers headed to family for christmas and ginny expected a busy christmas morning and then solitude on i think a lot of noise with great nieces and nephews on christmas day. and then total silence after that. >> with christmas not until monday many of these friday travellers will be back home tonight. the plan a day trip to manhattan. >> going north today to new york and my son is meeting me attrai the tree and do shopping and have dinner and my daughter will meet us. >> reporter: it's interesting we talked to a number of people here, unlike the people at the airport going on long distanc. they are taking short distanc