This time yesterday morning. We did get sprinkles coming through, those are pretty much gone at this point. Now we are waiting for the clouds to break up. The road surfaces might be damp from the showers. 48 degrees in philadelphia. A lot better than the the last couple of mornings when we were in the 30s. Allen to totown 47 degrees, youe in the 20s and 30s the last couple of mornings. Winds are light, 60 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. Weve got calm winds in several stations thats where the zeros are sitting. As we go through the afternoon it will be another nice one, we expect the morning clouds to give way to partly sunny skies, noon, 57. The high is 60degree reading at 3 00 p. M. Gets milder over the next several days, well be challenging record this weekend. Reporter going into mid december, i havent touched my heavy coats and gloves, i love it. Good morning, everybody, everything looking good on the roads. I95 tail lights heading up and over the scutter falls bridge. The roads are wet. At this point we have not seen a whole lot of accidents. I95 in northeast philadelphia, southbound a building, a gathering crowd heading toward the work zone at cottman, slowing near girard avenue. The vine street expressway, so far so good overnight construction cleared out of the way. Its not too wet. Westbound go the tail lights heading toward the schuylkill expressway. No issues on the schuylkill expressway or the boulevard. We have a fire location in hunting park. You want to avoid ran dove street near butler this morning. We have an overturned truck in salem county overnight. Southbound lanes of 295 by the exit for pennsville as you head toward the delaware Memorial Bridge they have that all cleaned up, metal has spilled out of the truck, as well. Everything is gone and reopened in salem county. Best of yourin burlington count. Hartford road will be closed use briggs road today as the alternate. New from the overnight, a delaware driver has a lot to be thankful for after being rescued from that tangle of metal. The action cam was on the scene in wilmington. Police say the driver was going east when he lost control and slammed into the tree. The force of the crash split the truck into two parts. The driver is currently recovering at christianity medical center. What caused the crash is under investigation. Parents at a Philadelphia School are outraged and scared. They want to know how and why a student brought hypodermic needles into her class. Annie mccormick has the details. Reporter five students were stuck with needles and sent to the hospital. It left the kids terrified and parents demanding answers. She was chasing us. Reporter with the needles . Yeah. Reporter what did you do . I ran. Reporter did she get you . No. Reporter a female classmate taunted kids with a hypodermic needle that looks like. Kids say she was treating it like a game. Five students were stuck and taken to the hospital. They were injured after getting stuck or by handling the needles. The School District sent a letter the next day to parents. This is needles you dont know where the needles came from. Reporter School Officials investigate the incident including how the second grader got ahold of the dangerous objects. Reporter did the needles have anything in them . We dont know that. We know that it came from a childs home. Reporter for the five students who did go to the hospital were back in the classroom yesterday. Parents say rather than get a letter home the day after the incident happened they wish they would been notified immediately by the School District. Reporting live in spring garden, Annie Mccormick channel 6 action news. The Delaware Valley received new citizens with open arms in the face of rising antiimmigration rhetoric. 48 knew citizens took the oath last night. Some said it was upsetting watching recent terror attacks around the world, but they find the an tip immigration rhetoric more disturbing. You cant ban all muslims. Its sad, but when you think about what america stands for, you know its a country that was built by immigrants. It makes me feel that theres hope, theres hope for tomorrow. The new citizens are from 19 different countries. Happening today, president obama will sign legislation aimed at overhauling the no child left behind initiative. The Senate Passed the legislation yesterday sending the measure to the president s desk. The president will sign the bill called the every Student Succeeds act into law. Local and state officials will have greater power how to respond to underachieving schools. Sweeping liquor reforms are advancing in the senate a Party Line Vote sent it for a floor vote in the chamber as early as today. 14,000 holders of takeoff beer licenses will sell up to 4 bottles of line. State owned stores will have more freedom to set hours you and improve profit ability. A discount service is moving to philadelphia airport. Reporter that airline line, spirit alline is expanding from philadelphia now the airline will start operating nonstop from Philadelphia International airport to detroit and fort lauderdale. Those flights start in april. Spirit began flying out of the Philadelphia International back in 2013. Turning to the markets, stock also fell a Third Straight session. Right now, futures pointing to a lower open and report on week lie jobless claims is due out later today. Ikeal simon is open an an italian restaurant. Simon joined the cast of the chew as a host in september of 20e 11. No word on what he will call the Atlantic City restaurant. It is encouraging to see new stuff opening up in Atlantic City. I saw a thing about people buying houses for the first time in a while. Its a great weekend to be along the boardwalk. Reporter how about it. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you this morning we have damp, but the rain is off the coast and up by new york. Were drying out. As we look outside we have cloud cover across the region high enough above to see a good view of the ben franklin bridge. We expect to transition to partly sunny skies before too much longer 0 this morning. 48 degrees in philadelphia currently. Thats a big part of the weather package. You step outside its not as chilly as the last couple of mornings. 47 in allentown. A similar number between allentown all the way down to philadelphia. In spots closer to the shore were in the low 50s, there go the showers from overnight. They are out of the way in time for the morning commutes. Some of the roads will be damp, but they will dry out quickly. West of us you will see there are breaks in the clouds beginning to develop. We expect that to be the order of the morning and the afternoon. Between now and 9 00 you can see the clouds breaking up a little bit well see sunshine back in pray and more sun as we head into the afternoon. Overall well call it partly sunny, light winds high of 56 degrees. Down shore, winds on the light side. As tam mentioned a stroll on the boardwalk. High of 60 degrees with the winds light. In philadelphia, high of 60 this afternoon partly sunny, winds on the light side only southwest at 6 to 1 Miles Per Hour. Heres how the numbers roll today. 8 00 a. M. , 48. 11 00 a. M. , 53. 59 degrees by 2 00. The 60 degrees high around 3 00 p. M. At 5 00 p. M. When the sun is below the horizon youre in the mid 350es. Where is the cold up in the north pole by santa and his elves. They are working their fingers to the bone. We have a decent amount of snow coverage over the northern portion of the globe. When you get to our neck of the woods were looking at a ridge of High Pressure thats been the dominant feature over the last couple of weeks. Well is surge of warm air from the south. In fact well be record territory tomorrow saturday and sunday. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, today looks good, 60. Tomorrow looks better, 63. Nearing a record. Record territory saturday record high of 65. And 68 would be a new record if we hit that on sunday, it will smash the old record of 65. Great for the armynavy game on saturday, eagles fans looking good. Monday looks like rain, back in the 50s tuesday and wednesday, still above average. We have our halfhour winter Storm Special tonight we are expecting colder air to come back the second half of the winter. Well get you prepared. We appreciate that. Thank you, david. 6 11. The mayor of chicago apologizes for his handling of a Deadly Police shooting. Apple is slashing the price of a hot product just in time for the holidays. Reporter tam, damp, but no problems in the devon area along 202 northbound owft on going out of the on going construction zone. 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We want our patients to survive their cancer but we also want them to maintain independence and quality of life is so important. Commuters head on out there, across the platt bridge, 6 14, 50 degrees on this thursday morning. We have rain overnight, its wet in some areas. Reporter a little damp, not soaked not water logged in spots. You may see wet leaves which doesnt bode too well for the morning commute. We have not seen a lot of accidents this morning. Schuylkill expressway in Fairmont Park things are okay. Be careful on the mlk and kelly and lincoln drive they are treacherous when things are a little bit damp. No delays eastbound on the schuylkill expressway toward at this center city scroll is volume is buildings, though. Richmond street in Port Richmond for setting of new beams with the i95 construction. So, until 4 00 p. M. Stick with aramingo or frankford avenues as the alternates. Wednesday, the 16th they are closing the ramble from Delaware Avenue to i95 northbound. They will rebuild the ramp it will take 18 months. You will be send to the caster avenue onramp. Monday 21st they are closing the ramp from aramingo to southbound i95. Its a lot to digest, well talk about the coming closures in the coming days. Crash in Mercer County ramp 195 southbound to 29. We have construction in millville, 55 northbound north of route 49. Left lane out of commission until 3 00 p. M. New on action news, an atlanta at that man died after jumping from the balcony of his apartment to escape robbers. This is Surveillance Video of the three men leaving the apartment after the home invasion. The Victim Told Police he jumped from his third floor balcony after hearing someone kicking in his door. He died at the hospital 6 hours later. A 25,000 reward is being offered to find the robbers. Troubles grow for rahm emanuel his popularity is plunging and lawmakers in his own party are calling for his recall. Protesters walked down the magnificent mile stopping at inter senses and disrupting motorists speaking before city council he apologized for the shooting death shown on the video of laquan mcdonald. Officer vandyke faces charges in the death. Supreme court is divided over race, the court is weighing the system being used by university of texas. A white student said she was denied admission to the university in favor of black students for lessor qualifications. Changes have been made since fisher applied. Comments made yesterday by scalia argued that black students do not have the stuff being at prestigious schools should be at slower tracked schools. J. J. Abrams talks about the pressure of taking on a storied saga. Reporter topping the u. S. President ial election. Second was the terror attacks and syrian refugee crisis was third. Apple watch retailer has announced all the watches are 100 off, that means you can pick up the entry level model 249. 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Well keep watching that, schuylkill expressway westbound new accident. No problems in delaware along i95 or 495 at the delaware Memorial Bridge as you come off the new jersey turnpike southbound. We have construction there, on going taking out the left lane, david. Reporter matt on the big board were dressing the kids with less intense gear this morning as we are in the upper 40s in a a lot spots with light winds, this afternoon climbing close to 60. On the butch, in the upper 40s by 9 on the bus stop, in the you upper 40s, this afternoon, 60 degrees and light winds and partly sunny skies. You did have sprinkles overnight night, but they are gone. As we look at Philadelphia International big board green aircraft no major delays, a lot of cloud cover at the most commonly trafficked destinations from chicago to orlando. Demarco murray is frustrated by his lack of playing time. Kelly said murray knew what he was signing up for when he joined the team. He isnt happy with the amount of carries, rightly so, everybody wants to carry the ball in the game. Reporter murray carried the ball 8 times. Murray voiced his displeasure to eagles owner jeffrey lori on the plane ride back from massachusetts. Dunkin donuts unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches, freshly made all day, so you can enjoy them any type of way, any time of day. Thats breakfast whenevs. America runs on dunkin. Almost certain to be a blockbuster how has everyone kept the plot details a secret. The man at the helm of the goal is this guy, director jj j. Abrams. Do you see yourself always the protecter of store wars to star wars to make sure its right. Reporter im temporarily at the helm that has enormous meaning to so many people. I knew it was going to be the first star wars for a lot of people. My responsibility was for future fans of star wars we tell a story who want to go back and watch episodes one through six. It was not lost on any of us, the responsibility of working on the film. In an almost unprecedented move, they decided to not show the completed movie to me or any of the members of the press while we were in Los Angeles Ross loss, if you watch my interview on my Facebook Page youll have more stuff tomorrow including oscar eyes it. All the details will start to come out over the next week. If youre liking the weather wait until the weekend, the great call is up next. Sheet metal is all over the highway this morning in new jersey slowing the morning commute. Matt pellman has that and the wet conditions out there next. New on action news a four wheeler burst into flames, the fire is so intensity burns a nearby house. A child chasing classmates with hypodermic needles, parents are demanding answers. December delight, scattered clouds are clearing and temperatures in the 60s. I cant believe its december. Its 6 30, karen is off, lets head over to david murphy for accuweather and matt pellman for traffic. Reporter were off to a cool start, but not as chilly as the last seferlg several mornings, the roads might be wet because of overnight showers, they are getting out of here, the clouds in place will probably start breaking up a little bit as we go through the rush hour and into the rest of the morning and afternoon. 48 degrees in philadelphia currently. In allentown similar number of 47. No more 20s and 30s on the maps this morning. Here the winds, 6 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. And you see zeros mixed in on the maps those are calm winds there. Still mild on the bus stop this morning at the el station and anything else youre doing. 48 degrees at 8 00 a. M. Noon 57. This afternoon does look good, no worse than partly sunny skies, high of 60 this afternoon with