Starting to pick up some of it but its going to be over to the east by about 7, 8 oclock this morning and really not the story of the day. This is the story. Were starting out mild. Youll feel it as soon as you step outside. Allentown 42, already 40 in trenton, 43 in philadelphia and wilmington. Down to 38 in millville so a little bit cooler there. Generally speaking were looking at a very nice mild day. Its going to get a little breezy after sunrise but 52 degrees by noon with some sun mixing with clouds. Decent amount of sunshine at 3 oclock in all likelihood at least some neighborhoods, 56, thats your high today and Still Holding 51 as late as 5 oclock and 48 by 7 oclock. As we take a look at christmas, well, we are looking at just six days away and its that time when we start thinking, gee, i wonder if theres going to be a White Christmas. Well, on average it doesnt usually happen. Only about a 7. 9 percent chance historically of snow in philadelphia. This year it doesnt look like the chances are any higher than that. There is an active pattern setting up and we are looking at cold air just outside the region on Christmas Day, probably comes in on tuesday. As of right now though were looking at a better chance of it being a little wet on Christmas Day versus white but well see if that cold air comes in a little bit faster. Karen, the exclusive accuweather 7day a bit of cooldown tomorrow. Details on that coming up. Isnt that a nice christmas scene behind me. Yes, dave. This isnt a bad scene behind me either. This is i95 at girard. Thats southbound traffic heading towards center city. I was wondering if people have off this week but we see theres volume and people picking up and heading to work right now. Not a big delay but that delay forming. We do have a big accident here and we have some new news coming in. The pennsylvania turnpike westbound theyre currently blocking all lanes past bensalem with this accident. So an accident on the turnpike heading westbound past bensalem near that area about 2 miles an hour, then all traffic is currently blocked. They dont usually block it for long when they do but in the meantime its blocked westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike past bensalem so a big accident there. Weve got an accident on the northeast extension southbound past quakertown involving a tractortrailer. This ones been out here awhile and its off to the side so we see the green traffic flow not causing as much of a delay with that accident. Heres another bad accident. A serious one here in Delaware County where a vehicle lost control, flipped over and slammed into a utility pole. West valley road is closed near manchester road. If youre in this area in Delaware County, stick to knowlton road as your alternate for that one, matt and tam. Okay, thank you, karen. A police chase after a stolen suv through tabernacle, new jersey, ended with a terrible crash. Police say the stolen vehicle hit a utility pole with such horrific force that three people including a teenager inside that suv died. Action News ReporterKatherine Scott is live at new Jersey State Police in southampton township with more good morning. Reporter good morning, tam. Thats right, multiple sources tell action news that state Police Troopers were in pursuit of a stolen vehicle right before that fatal crash. Were still waiting for more information from new Jersey State Police. Lets go to video from that crash site in tabernacle township. You can see the wreckage there, that charred vehicle, a charred gmc suv that had been reported stolen, crushed into a utility pole. Investigators were looking through the debris for evidence yesterday. Sources say three people in the suv were killed in the crash, two adult males and a pregnant teenager. Sources say it was around noon that the vehicle was being pursued by new Jersey State Police south on carranza. The vehicle said to be going more than 80 Miles Per Hour when the driver lost control and crashed near flyatt. A nearby school was dismissed early due to the crash. So far no word on whether all the proper procedures were followed. Police say that they are not going to release any more information pending the outcome of this investigation. Were live in southampton township, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Thank you, katherine. We could learn more information today about a deadly hitandrun in the city of chester. Police say they have found the car that struck and killed Ronald WilliamsEarly Saturday Morning while his vehicle was stopped on the ramp to i95. Pennsylvania state police tell action news the car was found in new castle, delaware. It is a 2015 Volkswagen Passat there is no one in custody at this time. 6 05. New information this morning about that deadly Train Derailment in Washington State. Investigators with the ntsb say the train was speeding going 80 miles an hour ripping along in a 30 Miles Per Hour zone. At least three people are dead and three are critically injured after that amtrak train derailed en route to portland. Investigators have retrieved the trains data recorder but they have not released details about why the train was speeding or about what caused the crash. Well have a live report coming up with the very latest in our very next half hour. Pennsylvania state senator daylin leach says he is stepping back from his campaign for the congressional seat in the seventh district as he deals with claims that he acted inappropriately with female employees and campaign aides. The accusations published by the Philadelphia Inquirer say leach inappropriately touched some female staffers and voiced crude sexual remarks. Leach flatly denies the allegations. Governor tom wolf a fellow democrat is calling for leach to resign. Leach said he will cooperate with state Senate Leaders to address the accusations. You may have noticed, i know i have, more and more strange numbers calling in and youre wondering why am i getting all these robo calls. Maybe maribel aber has some answer. These at the nasdaq in times square. Good morning. Reporter good morning, tam. Well, dont answer it first of all. Make sure you know the pick of the phone number. New jersey and delaware on top of the list for spam calls. The states have the highest density of the calls according to the fcc. Pennsylvania is 25th. Overall there were more than 7 million complaints this year about calls that violated the do not call registry. Thats couple double the number from 2016. Optimism over tax reform. The dow up 140 points and closed at a new record its 70th this year. Looks like futures pointing to a higher open. Reports on Housing Starts and Building Permits due out later today. Thats the latest in business. Thank you maribel. Back to those robo calls they literally have destroyed using a phone. Home phone you never get calls you want from who you want any more. Even if youre on the do not call list. It doesnt matter. They find a way through it. I almost missed a call from someone who i actually wanted to hear from the other day because i wasnt paying attention to the call waiting thing. We needhy. This is light nuisance stuff. Allentown ready to pick up some of it. The earlier showers down in chester county, Delaware County, Montgomery County appear to be falling apart a little bit and the last of these should be over to the east by about 7, 8 oclock this morning so not really that big of a deal. As we take a look outside the bigger deal is how it feels this morning. Dry in center city right now and look at these guys walking along in the foreground over towards love park and a little bit closer to home and closer to the camera. Theyre really not dressed in super heavy coats this morning and you really wont need that later this afternoon. 42 degrees in allentown currently. 43 in philadelphia. A little cooler, 38 in millville. But theres not a lot of wind out there before dawn and really feeling a lot more comfortable with these numbers basically in the 40s. Satellite shows you the cloud cover thats in place. We will be breaking that up a little bit today. Well see more of a clouds and sun mix and again, those sprinkles and showers not around that much longer. And its going to be milder this afternoon. A mix of clouds and sun, breezy up in the Lehigh Valley with a high of 50. Down the shore, clouds and sun, breezy, milder getting up close to 60 degrees in some spots down near the water and in philadelphia, a clouds and sun mix today, breezy and fairly comfortable for this time of year with a high of 56. I will caution you that after sunrise, we will see those breezes pick up out of the west at 12 to 25 Miles Per Hour. So it will be a bit breezy but it will be mild and pretty nice overall. A few clouds in play tonight mixing with the stars. A little brisk with that wind still running eight to 16 Miles Per Hour. And cool with an overnight low of 40 in philadelphia is milder than what weve seen in quite some time. Todays high is 56. Clouds and sun. 12 degrees above average. And then tonight a cold front comes through. Its dry, no precipitation with this but behind it it will be cooler tomorrow. A lot of high clouds, 45 degrees is your high. And a little bit breezy tomorrow as well. Staying cool on thursday before we bounce back with those numbers again. Your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast 56 is todays mild high breezy and nice. Tomorrow breezy and cooler, 45. And then thursday winter arrives at 11 28 in the morning officially. The winter solstice will be the coolest day of the week appropriately with a high of just 41. Then on friday, a warm front starts to bounce us back up to 52. Well see clouds increasing and it now looks like were probably dry on friday all the way into either late friday night or saturday. Then on saturday, mild, cloudy, 61 degrees the high. Not a washout but there is some spotty drizzle and rain around on saturday. For Christmas Eve sunday, look for mainly cloudy skies, 49 is your high. Maybe some sunny breaks during the day and another round of rain possible arriving probably late in the day or maybe even holding off until nighttime. Santa might want a little bit of rain gear but its not going to be enough to stop him from his appointed rounds. Then we go into Christmas Day and right now it looks cloudy for the most part and there could be at times some rain. Again, im not looking at a washout necessarily and a high of 50. The one thing ill tell you is that on tuesday were looking at a crush of cold air to come through and i always worry a little bit when its seven days away and theres going to be a pattern change. There could be a time change with that, too, so stick with us on the christmas forecast. I do think if the colder air comes in faster we could get a snow shower. I watch the news so im always informed. Good for you. I know you do, tam. 6 10 now. Taking his place among the greats. Lower merion legend kobe bryant talks about his legacy as an l. A. Laker in front of an adoring crowd. Steph currys super fan in the poconos gets the surprise of her life. Karen. Look at how happy she looks. Looking outside live on the schuylkill westbound on city avenue. Were in a jam on the schuylkill westbound. No major accident here but a huge accident that is closing the pennsylvania turnpike. Ill give you the latest details coming up next. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. Welcome back. Taking a live look downtown philadelphia, the holiday lights are up. It is 6 13 and 43 degrees. Countdown is on karen. Are you excited . I am excited. Im momentarily pausing the excitement though because weve got a big accident, a couple of them that just came in right now so i know youre thinking about the holidays, if youre just trying to get to work right now. Heres the biggest accident, its on the pennsylvania turnpike. Were hearing a number of vehicles involved with this so details just trickling in but we know theyve had to shut down the turnpike westbound. Chopper6 is headed to the scene here. Westbound past bensalem youre seeing about 27 miles leading up to it, 6 miles closer to the scene then all traffic is currently blocked. We have police, we have ems crews, fire crews all dealing with multiple vehicles out here with an accident on the turnpike westbound past bensalem so watch for in accident temporarily blocking all lanes. They expect to open that shortly. Also getting word of another accident thats just coming in its a vehicle fire and im hearing this is a big one. Its on 295 southbound in burlington past 541 near jacksonville road. People on the waze app are talking about this. Its crawling along and the police have confirmed its a vehicle fire out there right now on 295. Its southbound in Burlington County new jersey. So a couple of big accidents on major highways this morning, so a tough time just trying to get to work right here. Lets take a look at another accident here. This is 73 northbound at pump branch road. Another new accident in berlin in camden county, new jersey. Here were looking live at 422 at trooper. Thats your eastbound traffic headed towards king of prussia. Starting maybe a touch slow here and as we look at the temperatures in the area, i want to show you storm tracker, too, but the temperatures in the area showing that were mild. We have a couple of sprinkles moving through so in some areas the roads are a little damp and slow it down because a few nasty accidents but temperatures above our average high for this day. Its 42 in bethlehem, 45 in pottstown, 43 in center city. In some of the suburbs in new jersey were in the upper 30s like browns mills and vineland but 46 in glassboro. In delaware its 40. In dover delaware a mild high of 56, karen. Fire departments are warning people about the dangers of toys with lithium ion batteries. The Indianapolis Fire Department says a toy with a lithium battery caught fire this weekend and caused 100,000 worth of damage to an apartment complex in indiana. Firefighters say the toy overheat owed while it was in a storage room and then caught fire and did all that. Luckily no one was injured. 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Weve got more on our breaking news that the pennsylvania turnpike has now put in effect a plan x meaning theyve shut it down and it could be awhile here and chopper6 has just arrived on scene. Were looking live right now. Its a multivehicle accident. We see them blocking all lanes. Im looking at this live for the first time with you. Im seeing a couple of tractortrailers, we see a major accident right there. Another vehicle kind of facing sideways. Theres debris in the road. And a lot of emergency workers kind of converging on the back end of that. You see how theyre looking into the woods, too, so weve got ambulance police, an accident involving a tractortrailer, a couple