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WPVI Action News At 4pm December 31, 2014

Big shells in this area, if you can see the river youll see the fireworks from wherever you are in the region. The bad news is. All the skating parties here are sold out. Can you watch from penns landing. If you go across from the battleship new jersey just give a 10 donation and what you need to bring is blankets and hand warmers and anything to keep you warm. Reporting live Annie Mccormick channel 6 action news. We are digging that hat by the way a live look at sky 6 hd, the ben franklin bridge the burst of color wont be battling any clouds tonight but if you are outside youll want to brace for the bitter cold and dress for it as she has. Lets go outside for meteorologist, cecily tynan with a first look at the forecast, hello cecily. You want to buntdle up if you are heading out Mother Nature is cooperating as far as sky conditions, visibility is great tonight and its quite cold and getting colder. The temperature is 32 degrees and millville 31 and wilmington 32 and allentown reading and lancaster the poconos 20 degrees and the winds have died down and there is enough of a breeze to create windchills across the board in the 20s. 21 in millville and feels like 20 in allentown and lancaster. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing we saw a lot of sunshine today there are a few high thin clouds north of allentown and across philadelphia the bulk of the Delaware Valley we have cloud free conditions, if you are headed out for the fireworks for the first show at penns landing its 30 degrees by midnight down to 28 and as annie said youll want to bundle up windchills in the 20s. Ill let you know how long it will stick around. See you shortly cecily. As you head out to ring in 2015, stay on top of the forecast with the free 6 abc Storm Tracker app, they are posted for your neighborhood for free for your apple or android devices. Two stories this noon, in Cumberland County they say that he had a gun in his car and we learned the mans name and the intense moments leading up to the moment in bridgeton it began as a traffic stop and turned deadly. David henry is live in bridgeton with the details for us this afternoon. Reporter yes it started at 9 20 last night right back here where you see a memorial growing along this fenceline here the police say its a routine car stop but quickly turned deadly when officers spotted a gun in the car. Witnesses recorded the scene with their cell phones an angry crowd gathered and yelled at the Police Officers and rumors spread rapidly, they said only a handgun was revealed and recovered and not where the gun was or why the officers opened fire. Roberta mosley watched from her bedroom window. He had one hand on the door and as soon as he stood up it was popping and popping, they shot so hard and so fast smoke was coming outs of the barrels of gun. The suspect was dead at the scene from multiple gunshots. Daiz is worely are the Police Officers. Hayes friends say he was shot for no reason. He is running around like he robo cop. Mosley watched from his bedroom window and it looked like he was trying to get back in his car. Saw a disarmed man go down to the ground and get shot. That is exactly what i saw. Reporter now, the exact sequence of events remains unclear and the Investigation Continues in the men time, officer daiz and worely are placed on administrative leave. Chickens spilled out of a tractor trailer in smyrna delaware, this morning, Officials Say a rear tire blew out and firefighters managed to knock out the flames and no injuries were reported and the load of chickens was transferred to another truck and crews worked at that scene. Here at the big board now the first video of a somber scene, recovery crews in indonesia carrying the victims of air asia flight 8501, one female Flight Attendant was recovered from the sea and she was still wearing her uniform. More search continued today but is slowed by strong currents and heavy rain, they are trying their best to speed up their efforts so passengers and crew can be identified and buried. They have zeroed in a spot where they think the aircraft crashed but there are still many questions. Nothing is complete here. There are lots of rumors and until we have official confirmation everything is speculation. This is one image the Malaysian Navy tweeted out this picture of an evacuation slide of the missing jet its unclear if that slide activated automatically on impact or if anyone survived long enough to deploy it. Back here Philadelphia Police are looking for the burglars who ransacked a neighborhood pizza place in frankford this is video of the heist inside of the train wreck pub on Bridge Street it happened on december 21st. One suspect ripped a flat screen tv off the wall and they ended up leaving with a total of two tvs with an ipad and the cash register. Its unclear how much was inside. If you recognize these thieves, Philadelphia Police want to hear from you. Everyone escaped a fire that damaged a home in frankford this morning flames broke out in a second floor bedroom on the 1600 block of margaret street at 1 00 am. Firefighters pulled a charred mattress from the home. In Delaware County a dryer fire forced a family out of their home in the middle of the night. Crews arrived at high point drive in middletown, investigators say that the blaze started in a Clothes Dryer in the garage here. Talk about a way to ring in the new your a Convenience Store customer is fm a half million wealthier. One ticket was sold at the wawa in new hope, that ticket correctly matched all five numbers for the 450,000 prize the winner has one year to come forward and the store will get a 500 bonus. One full year, 2015, go get your money. Now an old favorite gets a new twist. And what caused this deadly boat pileup in california. I know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. When you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality; super fast internet, and americas most reliable network. So you wont miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. Can we sleep over . Please come on make your house the house when you get more guaranteed from verizon fios, with tv Service Rated 1 in hd picture quality and signal reliability based on Customer Satisfaction studies, plus americas fastest, most reliable internet. 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Meanwhile a bone chilling storm hit southern california, leaving thousands without power and hundreds of vehicles were trapped by snow on icy roads east of los angeles, incredible. First responders worked fast to get people out of the freezing temperatures quickly. Problems persist right now and the same storm is expected to bring a rare snow storm to las vegas tomorrow. Times square is under heightened security for 2015, spectators for the team will be watched by bomb sniffing dogs and agents. They have a network of cameras set up to monitor the massive crowd, 1 Million People are expected for the celebration watch the ball drop live tonight tune in for the celebration Dick Clarks Rockin eve with ryan seacrest. The festivities start here at 8 00 on channel 6. One quick note, burger lovers, fast food chain white castle is offering a lighter fare they are putting out a veggie version for a short time. Honey mustard and ranch and sweet thai it will set you back 99 cents customers are asking for a meat alternative. There you go for 99 cents. It looks eerily similar. Here is a look at the action news traffic report time for matt pellman to tell us but how the people will get to the new years eve celebrations tonight. We have delays for them to sit in as they head out. One on 95 the northbound side backing up to the work zone at cotman and its heavier here at the bridge and people heading down for their new years eve. Its double what it should be as you travel down wood haven to the vine and crashes around this afternoon one in whitpain between blue bell springs drive and Reeds Country store and a pair of accidents in chester, Delaware County and one at 6th and harwick and the other at trainer. And we see traffic on the walt whitman bridge speeds in the teen theres as you head to an accident scene at 130 the crash is taking out the right lane and things are different on the mass transit front njt and patco running on a Holiday Schedule and the subways will run all night to help you get home from your new years festivities and extra late night trains on the regional rails to help you get home. Lets grab the ipad and use the waze app and they are talking about an accident on the northbound extension. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you matt. The roads are full of extra patrols tonight to protect new years eve revellers they plan to stop aggressive drivers this comes after a Holiday Season where more drunk drivers were on the roads john rawlins will look at the big jump in duis at christmas this year. And two local moms will be special guests at the tournament of roses parade in california tomorrow. Monica malpass is live in the newsroom with more on that. Quite an honor. That is right these two women suffered separate tragedies and turned their pain into joy for other people. Both women lost their sons three years ago but made the choice to donate their sons organs and save lives. Well hear from the decisions and how they are honored tomorrow for that in california. New years eve is a busy night police cracking down on drunk driving how local officers are keeping all drivers safe. That is coming up in a bit on action news wednesday night. Up next cecily is back with the forecast. And if finally kicking tobacco is your resolution, dont think that ecigarettes are the better bet. And you can take 6abc. Com with you wherever you go the smart design changes the layout to fit any device no matter how small or large your screen. Find out by visiting 6abc. Com any time any write. Dubai rang in 2015 with an incredible light and fireworks display. Words and pictures moved to music on the tallest skyscraper in the world. Australia already marked 2015, some 7 tons of fireworks rock theed off the sydney harbor bridge we have more celebrations from around the world. An incredible scene and well see a similar scene in our skies. Cecily tynan is letting us know how well feel stepping out tonight. And cecily is looking very festive. This is in honor of the mummers. I didnt wear feathers but i wore sequins. If you are headed ott for the new your, the conditions are dry and clear and goodbye december 2014 and it was a mild one looking at the stats december was warm and temperatures running 4 degrees above normal and typically we get 3. 4 inches of snow in december. That is the average so we are 3. 3 inches below average and from october to december we only had a. 10 inch of snow, the lowest in eight years we are in a bit of a snow drought, although its cold enough for snow but its dry and clear wilmington 32 and wilmington 31 and trenton 31 and wildwood 32 degrees. Winds are 8 to 14 Miles Per Hour generally windchills right now are in the 20s, that is where they stay as we head through the overnight hours. Satellite 6 along with action radar looking to the north to see cloud cover great conditions for viewing conditions we dont have to worry about precipitation. On the flip side, we have a big Storm Brewing in the southwest you can see near san diego and las vegas and parts of arizona, this area is picking up moisture and depositing it in the form of snow this is the picture sent in from lindsay from Lake Havasu City arizona, you can see the palm trees and the snow and temperatures in the 30s, the typical high is 62 degrees, and the average yearly snowfall is zero they are not used to seeing snow and they are getting snow in arizona and nevada and we have the cold air and the clear conditions, tonight overnight low of 20 degrees and millville 19 and reading 17 wilmington 24 degrees, the cold start to the now years we are heading down broad street for the mummers parade and wear layers and cover up because it will be breezy and cold, by 2 00 37 and by 6 0034 degrees, windchills will generally be in the upper 20s. The four day at 4 00 showing as we start 2015, it will be breezy and cold with a high of 39d degrees, temperatures ease, 44 degrees and a good amounts of sunshine, and high, thin clouds and saturday during the day its dry and rain moves in saturday night and could move in as a period of sleet and 41 degrees and sunday it looks like the rain will not move out very quickly. So it will be a damp day with periods of rain through the day and mild is the high, 58 degrees dont get used to it behind the system we have a big cool down next week and well talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. All right a chilly first week of 15s. I would rather have it dry and cold than mild and wet. We need to have the sequins. And the mummers ss feathers as well. Thank you this is pretty cool this tussle with a giant turtle is in the running an 800 pound leather back slipper gotten tangled in the fishing gear and crews in Atlantic City and cape may helped to free it. Now the recorded encounter is considered for the coast guard video of the year. If you think it is you can cast your vote for the video on our web page, 6abc. Com. We are buzzing next, we get star struck and meet celebrities and we have one here today and one is so star struck because she got to have dinner with cecily tynan. This experience was so cute and its coming up. Topping the list of this years do goingers is taylor swift, the nonprofit do something is ranking stars that donate money to worth wild causes swift donated all the proceeds from her single welcome to new york to the citys Public School and that puts her at the top. The third year by the way that she topped the list. And a special visitor here in the studios, she came to hang out with us she is a Huntington Valley native and is here hanging out with her family and friends. She joins us every year for the dig. And she just said shut up. You were with cecily tynan and Alicia Vitarelli. We get to hang out with them every single day. Kristin and her mom are such fans that they sat in during the noon newscast, i whereas anchoring. And it was so great. They were incredibly sweet. Thank you kristin enthank you alicia. Still to come in the next half hour not guilty the Chester County couple accuses ed of beating a little boy to death pled not guilty. And remembering matthew, classmates gather at a school to try to cope with the death of their young friend. As a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. Upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. So large files are sent in a snap and video conferences with customers are seamless. Dont miss your last chance to get 300 when you switch to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2year agreement. 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The final hours of 2014 are upon us we look at times square in new york city there it is 1 million revellers set to gather in front of that famous ball. People across the globe are already adieued to 2014. How the rest of the world is welcoming the new your. Hi there john. Same to you brian. And i think you might argue this is a big night when it comes to both celebration and security. Across the globe new years celebrations are breathtaking. First, in new zealand and fiji, australian city harbor lit up by fireworks in hong kong and tokyo, setting up their pyro techno skills while this set up in dubai and an estimated 1 Million People are expected in new york for the celebration new yorks finist are on high aleft. There is heightened security on this detail we turn t

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