As we head into hanukkah and christmas. And a little bit of soggy weather for us as well. Melissa magee is outside on the terrace with a quick check of the forecast. Reporter hi there rick soaking up the sunshine while it lasts across the region, its nice and mild on this friday, we are above average. The typical high is 43 and 44 in the city and 41 in lancaster and 44 chilly in the poconos and 45 for millville and Atlantic City season dover coming in at 44 degrees. If you step out later on today maybe doing travel by road we have you covered. The weather looks to be okay. 4 00 p. M. The number coming in at 44 and 5 00 p. M. 42 degrees and partly to mostly cloudy skies and 6 00 this evening at 41 and upper 30s on the way at 7 00 p. M. Tonight and mostly cloudy skies. Here is what is heading our way. Stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3d you see the snow to the north in omaha and minneapolis and pressing into chicago and we also have the rain a little farther to the south that moves in after midnight and the start of us on Christmas Eve. So future tracker 6 showing you can see 1 30 in the morning and Lehigh Valley and berks coins mixed precipitation before you get a quick change over to rain and that is the concern if are you up in the poconos and the Lehigh Valley. And saturday morning it changes over to rain for most locations so it does look like a wet start to Christmas Eve. We are tracking dry changes as we get into christmas day. Well show you what its like web santa arrives in the delaware and Lehigh Valley. With christmas just two days away. Shopping malls are preparing for a frenzy of last minute shoppers and stores are offering discounts for those procrastinators. Gray hall is live now at the king of prussia mall for what could be a crazy day there. Reporter hi there, tis the season and it could get wild and crazy at the mall, take a look behind me, its not too bad right now, but of course throughout the day the crowds grow and the shoppers i talked to they tell me there is a method to the madness, come early. Crowds stored and jam packed bags, this is the mall and Holiday Shopping time. Its crazy, lots of traffic and people and no parking, people get into it. Its crazy. I started early and i got a lot of it done and now last minute shopping but we got here at 9 00 a. M. And we beat the crowd and we are on our way out and hopefully everyone will be here and well be at home. Its a shopping frenzy as everyone flurries to get the last minute gift. People flock to king of prussia and have stores to choose from and see the item that goes perfectly under the Christmas Tree and they say yes it was all worth it. All the chaos is worth while as you open the gifts and see the smiles its really great. Decompressing and turning off work and living in the moment and enjoy the people that you care about and love. And shoppers admit its a wild and crazy experience but it has to be done. Avenue year as traditional as the holiday itself the last minute shoppers come out in droves adding to the madness of last minute Holiday Shopping. The best advice is to be prepared and make a list for what you are shopping for and maybe even come up with what you want to spend. That helps a lot. Gift cards are still the number one choice a gift for most people. Reporter all right so back out live, you still have time to do the last minute shopping the mall closes tonight at 11 00 and there is always tomorrow. There is an incentive to come out and go shopping at king of prussia mall, santa will be here and a special section where employees help you wrap your gifts for a small fee. Gray hall, channel 6 action news. Gray of course you can get me a gift card. You dont have to shop too hard for me at the mall. Im waiting on my gift. Keep waiting. Keep 6abc. Com and the mobile app wherever you go this Holiday Weekend from Storm Tracker 6 and the latest information we have you covered. Follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for updates as well. From our new jersey newsroom now, federal agents arrested two women in the murder of a south jersey woman that was using lyft. Both face several charges including being an accomplice to murder and robbery. Police say that 27yearold amber dudley died several hours after being shot at east trenton avenue in trenton. Police have not said how they were involved in the crime. The global manhunt for the tunisian mans that come to an end. Authorities in italy say that anis amri was killed in a shootout with police early this morning. Police stopped him and asked for his i. D. Instead he pulled out a gun and shot an office. And the offices shot back. Still concern how amri was able to travel to italy despite increased surveillance. And isis has claimed responsibility for mondays attack that left 12 people dead and close to 60 others injured. Back here Philadelphia Police are searching for two men that stormed in a Kensington House late last night and shot a woman inside. The two suspects knocked at the door here at the home on East Allegheny avenue at 11 30, when the woman opened the door police say the men forced they are way in and demanded money and there was a struggle and the woman is shot in the arm, she is in stable condition at this hour. A second woman and a child also in the house during the shooting were not injured. A two alarm Apartment Fire in Montgomery County left one person dead. The fire broke out at 1 30 in the morning on east high street in pottstown and everyone inside of the building except for one person was able to get out safely. The victims brother identified him as david juck. He was a good person, would do anything for anybody. Following a preliminary investigation, Police Believe that careless smoking may have caused the blaze and the red cross was helping several families including 14 adults and 7 children. And now the latest on the white house transition, donald trump is raising serious concerns after a tweet about expanding Americas Nuclear capabilities but his new spokesperson says he was just putting the world on notice. Could this single tweet from donald trump mark a major break from u. S. Policy for nearly 40 years. It says the u. S. Must greatly strengthen and increase their nuclear capability. There were warnings, especially from hillary clinton, especially a guy that you can bait with a tweet, put in charge of the nuclear arsenal. The timing posted just hours after Vladimir Putin said we need need to strengthen nuclear potential. Putin tweeted he saw nothing unusual about trumps pledge and trump naming new names, including veteran republican operative sean spicher as White House Press sent also in the news, ivanka trump expected to play a key role in her fathers administration. Some guy went up to her and started giving her a hard time. A passenger reported upset started to yell at ivanka and her family on a jetblue flight on their way to hawaii for a vacation. And the crew eventually removed the man from the flight. As for trumps tweet here a response from the newly announced press secretary sean spicher that said this was a response to a lot of countries, russia china and others that if they increase their nuclear capability. America will act. Federal investigators are investigating if a bumper could have prevented a death when a train plowed into Hoboken Terminal in new jersey. Experts say that modern bumpers equipped with hide lollics could have slowed the train on impact and the new Jersey Transit is reviewing the bumping posts at hoboken as part of a safety review of the terminal. Families of Fallen Heroes were served breakfast in their honor held by the Philadelphia Lodge five fraternal order of police. There was food and live music and gift baskets for those that attended. A reminder to family of Fallen Heroes they will never be forgotten. Ryan matthews will sit out the final game because of ahernated disc. Coach peterson calls it a major deal. The eagles got up to a two hutch down lead and were able to hold on for the entire game. The final eagles 24 and giants 19. The giants were hoping for a playoff spot last night and now they have to watch. And now the Dallas Cowboys clinched the division with the giants loss last night. More ahead on action news at 12 30, the child finds himself on a precarious position on the slopes. How rescuers got him down. And package thieves across the country have been caught on camera stealing deliveries off of doorsteps. The war ridden city of aleppo is back in the hands of the government. But three people were killed by rebel shelling from outside of the city. Today army experts are dismantling explosives and booby traps left behind by rebels. The American Airlines flight had to turn around and make an Emergency Landing because of a strange noise. It was leaving houston for ecuador and passengers heard a strange noise in the cargo hold. They determined it was a maintenance issue. A little boy in utah survived a scare at a ski resort. His backpack got caught on a chairlift and the boy was stuck dangling over the slopes hanging on for dear life when the ski patrol rushed to his rescue. I need you to do right now take deep breaths. I cant. Crews kept the boy calm when they moved a ladder up to reach him and strapped him to a harness and lowered him to safety. Now to a holiday warning thieves were caught on camera stealing packaged off peoples doorsteps in some case they are repeat offenders. Here is more on how to keep your gifts safe. The last minute packages are arriving at your doorstep but if you are not careful some real life grinches may beat you to them. Could the serial package thief be this man . Conscious yoully walking up to someones front porch. He bends down to take a package. He walks around like he is walking on a cell phone, i hope they catch you. One of 13 other incidents reported to Chicago Police so far this month and they believe the number is much higher. We think people are not making reports. And its happening everywhere, in florida a creative mood from this thief described as a pizza delivery man, they ripped the packages open and kempt what he want and dumped all the things they didnt want. And this package left at a womans home on monday and when one doesnt fit in the first car a second car arrives and then a gentlemen comes and helps himself to our packages. But police were able to track down four teenage thieves involved in stealing 42 packages and authorities returning stolen goods to their rightful owners. None of this is possible without someone seeing what happened and actually calling the police to let us know what occurred. Still ahead on action news another check of the hol as we outside looking live from Independence Mall from the sky 6 cameras. Meteorologist, melissa magee, has and update from accuweather and a little bit of rain when we come right back. With advil, youll ask what bad knee . What throbbing head . Advil makes pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain . Advil. A farmers market. Ve whats in this kiester. A fire truck. Even a marching band. And if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. For any sort of discomfort in yours. Preparation h. Get comfortable with it. Plenty is of presents and holiday treats for children here in philadelphia. Santa and elves arrived from the 23rd Police District and they discovered that many youngsters dont have coats or advocate winter clothing so she organized this gift give away much to the delight of these children and today christmas came to them. Very nice. Melissa is back now with a close look at the forecast. Santa should not have problems coming to my house. Were you good this year . Well find out saturday night wont we. We tracking Rainy Weather but by saturday night it should clear out. Stormtracker 6 live double scan radar its dry here in philadelphia and the precipitation we are tracking moves in overnight tonight and then for the start of the day tomorrow for the start of Christmas Eve. Well show you the picture outside. Sky 6 hd looking at the platt bridge on this friday afternoon. Traffic looks okay running smoothly shouldnt have any weather related traffic delays. Sun giving way to increasing clouds as the moisture gets closer and closer to our region. Philadelphia not bad 44 and average is 43 and already above the norm. And dew point 24 and the air is still dry at this hour. The pressure 30. 46 on the rise. And winds southwest at 8 Miles Per Hour and the ocean temperature 41 degrees. North and west of town its 43 for slatington and fleet wood and 43 in Kennett Square and out in the west coming in at 42, down in new jersey along the immediate coastline, temperatures in the middle to upper 40s. 46 at the boardwalk and 46 in toms river. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar its dry across the midatlantic region, a few more clouds moving into the area because of this area of low pressure that is coming out of the midwest where you notice the snow out across omaha and minneapolis and approaching chicago. This works its way eastward and we are on the milder side of the system as we tap into the southwesterly wind flow ahead of the moisture arriving. So most locations will see mostly rain. The call from accuweather mostly cloudy and showers arriving really after midnight and temperatures in the upper 40s and lower 50s in the region, and lots of clouds and rain developing late and dropping down to 32 in the suburbs and 35 in philadelphia with the southwesterly wind. Here is future tracker 6 you see 2 00 in the morning youll notice in the overnight hours, mixed precipitation to the north in berks county and north of reading and this approaches the Lehigh Valley and up through the poconos and there is a bit of concern but by dawn tomorrow most of the that mixed precipitation returning to rain and areas to the north its rain in philadelphia and areas to the south and east early tomorrow morning. By 12 30 in the afternoon, the showers still right along the immediate coastline but starting to depart from a west east direction and drying out quickly for Christmas Eve afternoon and conditions dry out for the region, and Christmas Eve night not too chilly and temperature of 42 and Midnight Services tomorrow night. That temperature coming in at 36, here is the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, today no complains and a High Temperature of 48 and wet start tomorrow and dry finish and hanukkah beginning at sun down and we are looking okay for that. And nice and sunny Forbe Christmas day and high of 48 and kwanzaa 52 and 55 on tuesday and 40s next wednesday and thursday. Thank you melissa. The radio city rockets are dancing at president elect trumps inauguration next month, but not everybody is kicking her heels up about it and one took to twitter saying she was embarrassed about it. And they called for a boycott and urge complaints. The rockets have performed at radio city music hall. All right moving up on 1 00 lets get a final check of the forecast from melissa magee. Its a nice one rick, the numbers across the area 48 for a high and sun to increasing clouds and 47 in reading and 50 in cape may and 47 in toms river, a nice mild afternoon. We are tracking rain that arrives after midnight and a wet start to Christmas Eve. But it looks like conditions dry out for christmas day. Have a nice holiday by the way. Coming up at 4 00 a Holiday Edition of freebie friday ideas for free family activities this weekend and free coffee to give you a caffeine kick and from cars to planes to Grocery Stores to malls and covering all the last minute preps in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys. And in big talkers a display you wont want to miss. It became her husbands pride and joy well show you the finished product today at 4 00. That does it for action news at noon, dont forget to join us for action news at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00. For melissa magee, david murphy, sara bloomquist and the entire Action News Team im Rick Williams have a nice afternoon well see you here tonight. Announcer today, were talking tinsel and giving your dishes merry meal makeovers. Clintons in the kitchen with top chefs gail simmons. Marios cooking up a tasty twist on your holiday ham. And carlas solving all your plating problems. Get ready to get merry, right now on the chew. 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