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WPVI Action News At 4PM December 19, 2017

Republicans expected to vote yes slicing the rate from 35 to 21 . I think the American People will begin to feel that the country is moving again after eight years of relative stagnation. Republicans will rue the day that they passed this tax bill. Rue the day. Because its so unfair to the middle class. The senator is expected to vote and pass this tax bill late tonight, so it can be on the president s desk by tomorrow. Kenneth moton, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. Of course our coverage of the tax reform vote continues on 6abc. Com. Threw find arguments on both sides of this contentious debate and an explanation of how the plan can benefit families. And a hit and run victim in his 80s was rushed to the hospital. The driver ran from the scene leaving the suv sitting in someones front yard and action news learns that another vehicle may have been involved. We have the full story this afternoon. Chad pradelli is live. Detectives arrived in this West Oak Lane neighborhood and continued to interview the people that lived on the block. The accident happened at 9 00. The victim an 83yearold man was doing yardwork when a vehicle lost control around this corner on andrews and went through fencing and into the victim. The blue suv jumped the curb and slammed into the 83yearold who had little time to react. The blue suv was chasing a white car down andrews avenue. We dont foe if there was drag racing or road rage or a combination of both. I came out the door to tell the guy, trying to get my phone to work and the guy was jumping out of the car, they jumped out and ran down ogontz. The victim was identified as joe williams a guy that lived with his wife who liked to take care of his property now liltered with trash. That is his morning routine. Thank is what he does . Every day. He will have significant recovery. The blue suv is located at his house a few blocks from the crash scene and giving detectives conflicting accounts. He did not give indication he was driving at this time. And again at this time, police have no clue on the second vehicle or possible vehicle, that white car they dont have a make or model. They are scouring the neighborhood as we speak hoping to find Surveillance Video to shed more light on this accident. Chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Turning now to the deadly Train Derailment in washington state, federal investigators are trying to find out why an amtrak train was going over 50 Miles Per Hour over the speed limit when it derailed yesterday south of seattle. At least three people died as cars from the train spilled on to the highway below and some dangling above. More than 100 people were injured as well. The sped limit on the curb is 30 Miles Per Hour but the data recorder in the back roque motive shows the train going 0Miles Per Hour. More than 50 over the speed limit. Workers brought in a massive crane to remove the locomotive. And one eagle scout came across the scene and sprung into action. I just like grabbed the dudes hand and was rubbing his back and just like just talking to him. Pretty incredible effort and local doctors stepping in to help First Responders in triage tents. Again, 13 of its train cars derailed in this tragic accident. The big question, positive train control, or ptc a system that automatically slows down a train if it senses whether its going to fast. It was installed on that section of the tracks but not yet operational. Philadelphia detectives are releasing Surveillance Video of a violent Armed Robbery over the weekend. It was just before 5 00 sunday morning when one of two suspects pulled out the rival outside of a kensington 7eleven. The two men ordered workers to open the safe and get on the floor. The suspects turned to the register and forced the workers into the back office and made them empty their pockets. Cyclists are once again calling for protection for bikers in center city. They gathered this morning standing in between the traffic and bike lanes on 13th street near pine. That is where they want city leaders to install new barriers. That is where a cyclist was killed two weeks ago. The driver is being ticketed and not charged with any crime. Plenty of blue skies today. We are loving it. Meteorologist, melissa magee, is outside in for adam. Hi there, a bit of a taste of spring. Temperatures are nice and mild and above average, yesterdays high was not bad either, we came in at 50 degrees and another mild day today in at 58 that is 14 degrees above the average for this time of year. And across much of the eastern half of the u. S. 50 in chicago and 55 in st. Louis. And 61 in atlanta and 67 degrees in memphis. However, as we go into the next couple of days and into the work week we see the cooler air moving southward. 32 in the morning in philadelphia and numbers are in the teens in denver and 22 in bismark, north dakota. We have changes on the way. A breeze for the middle half of our work week and mild and damp for the start of the weekend and Colder Weather arrives just in time for the start of christmas. Well look at that and what to expect for the Christmas Holiday on monday. The details with the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. A five vehicle crash shut down the pennsylvania turnpike during the heart of the morning rush today. A double tractor trailer, three cars and a dump truck collides in the westbound lane. Police had to block off all the lanes at 6 00 today to clean up the crash and the truck spilled diesel fuel all over the roadway. In bordentown township. A ford mustang crashed on the exit ramp of the new jersey turnpike. The wreckage was put on a tow truck at 8 00 this morning. The three juveniles ran away but were caught later. The mustang was reported stolen from willingboro. For more on the roads, its time for the action news traffic report. An eventful morning matt pellman is standing by with an update. Looking better that noon. And brian and sharrie there is time for things to go downhill and go south as they often do. West on 422, we cleared a crash from the westbound lanes here near first avenue. And westbound traffic better from 202, on 202 itself an accident southbound side in westchester near mattlack street and good deal of northbound slowing at parenters crossing and speeds in the 20s, and not in delco at the route 1 media bypass approaching the merge of Baltimore Pike and speeds in the 20s and teens, spilling back on the blue routes and lots of delays following the media accident and stay on Baltimore Pike instead of the route 1 media bypass. Across the area speeds of 11, is it and 18 on the schuylkill and 9 on the northbound side of 95 near penns landing in the typical slow spot and closer to the coast a crash on the ac expressway northbound side coming away from Atlantic City heading towards hamilton township. Approaching the a. C. Airport exit. Lets grab the ipad and check your ride home on this tuesday afternoon. On the Lehigh Valley upper saukon a crash and slowing 5 Miles Per Hour heading up toward allentown. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you. Still ahead on action news at 4 00, a potentially massive cyber attack stopped in its tracks, hear how two tech giants intercepted a plan directed at u. S. Businesses and procrastinators listen up there are good old day deals you can get. And action news catches up with shoppers. It feels good to be back. North korea is being accused of another cyber attack and two Tech Companies are being applauded for stopping in. Microsoft and facebook disrupted the attack last week their actions apparently protected u. S. Targets and shut down north korean accounts. They want other companies to use microsoft and facebook as an example. Next time we dont get so lucky we are calling on an increased partnership and sharing information to prevent. And bosser says that north korea is directly responsible for the wanna cry attack that happened in may. That breach targeted companies in more than 150 companies. And the numbers on wall street. All three industries down today despite the apparent passage of the republican tax plan thought to be a boon for big business and the dow tumble 39. 5 and the nasdaq down 37 points and the s p 500 down 9 points on the day. And local doctors have a message for local party goers. Dont get drunk and drive. Today the staff from christiana care hosted a Mocktail Party for good choices. None alcoholic recipes to take home and special glasses known as drunk goggles. With only six days until christmas the pressure is on to finish the Holiday Shopping and for procrastinators there are deals to be found. And jeanette spoke to the shoppers crossing off the last few things on their list. The final stretch and for last minute shoppers the count down to christmas is on and so is the pressure. Feel like the more i go in the store the more i see and the more i get. We caught up with brenda on her way into the toys r us, she has a list and checked it twice and adding to it. I have a lot of other children, and god has blessed me and i want to bless my family. She and jennifer were pleasantly surprised find deals on the toys, buy one get one 30 off on dolls and disney princesses and video games. Found what i was looking for. I didnt have to ask for help. Shopping for grandkids. How is it going . Great. Fun. A one stop shop for all the gifts this season. At target we found grandparents emmitt and katie but one of them was not there by choice. Im being held hostage, im the support system. You didnt have a choice but to come. No choice at all. Make a list and categorize it, if you know are you shopping for kids make the kids list or a family, home list or kitchen list. If you are looking for a gift for that person that is hard to please. Many Stores Including target is clearing out their stores with specials to get ready for the new season, they have sales on everything from toys to electronics. Channel 6 action news. She camped out in the star wars section. Absolutely. Good sfot be was outside. It was so nice today temperatures well above average and it gets nice tomorrow and not as warm as it was today. Well walk over to the Weather Center and talk about the details. And also into christmas as well. So ive got some stats to share with you. I have to ask you a question too. Do you know when the last time we had a White Christmas . It was back in 2009, that was actually my first year here in philadelphia. Where on the ground we had 8 inches of snow from a storm that actually occurred on december 19th and 20th, that was the Third Largest snowfall storm overall here in philadelphias history. Right now hard pressed to find a White Christmas with numbers well above average, 53 in quakertown and 46 in lake harmony and new holland 55. And the middle 50s as well off to the south and west. 56 in hammonton and tuckahoe 50 and off the coast in surf city. 52 and off the coast in smyrna temperatures in the upper 50s. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar you can see we have a partly cloudy sky and sunshine overhead today enough to get our numbers well above average and tonight its clear and quiet underneath a partly cloudy sky with a west wind 10 to 18 Miles Per Hour. And 33 in allentown and at the freezing mark tonight in lancaster 32. And 38 in trenton and down in dover 40 and cape may 42. Fast forward into the middle half of the work week wednesday not a bad start. 7 00 in the morning 41 degrees and breezy and a cooler day. Well max out by days end in the lower 40s and keep in mind 44 is our average for this time of year. Seasonable cool across the region. A northwesterly wind across the region tomorrow. Sustained 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. So windchills are really key. 8 00 in the morning, number as long the 95 corridor are only in the 30s and the 20s north and west. As we get into tomorrow afternoon, 3 00, most spots have windchills in the 30s exception is maces to the north and west reading and allentown and the poconos feeling like the teens. The four day at 4 00, a chilly breeze and High Temperature of 45 and dress for windchills in the 30s. On thursday the winter solstice begins at 11 28 in the morning and high of just 41 and mostly cloudy on friday and high of 47 degrees and for the start of the Holiday Weekend its warm on saturday, a High Temperature of 62. Well be tracking rain at times and the big question is will we have cold air rushing into in time for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and well take a closer look at that and have the answer in the next half hour. We like what you did with the snow. Pretty cool. Part of the Camden County Sheriffs Office is extra thankful this holiday season, matt plat donated 2,000 to the k9 team. His partner chase was outside to accept the gift and the money will help to pay for leashes and other training equipment that this new k9 officer is going to need. On Christmas Day action news will have one last present for you. Once everything under the tree is open. After family dinner turn on 6 abc to watch the eagles take on the Oakland Raiders in south philadelphia. Conk starts at 8 00 with countdown to kickoff and action news starts right after the game. A lot of people will be watching for sure. Still ahead. Three weeks ago she was the k9 officer for the day. And today a special wish is coming through for the latest rescue dog. The adventure victoria is crossing off her bucket list. What was the most annoying word or phrase of 2017 . If you knew it the last nine years it remains king or queen. There were a lot of happy young boys and girls in camden because they got an early dose of christmas cheer. The action cam was at the pine point preschool Development Center as santa himself handed out a sleigh full of toys for underserved children. It aims to benefit thousands of camden kids this year. A camden nonprofit csf and associates. They are well known around the country for soul full melodys. And they used their voices to brighten the holidays. This christmas will be members of escape stopped by mercy life to help bring the Christmas Spirit to life. Philadelphia singer and song writer, Lisa Christine is there in the hat leading the sing along. They enjoyed musical success in the 90s and they are in town making a stop on the tour and wanted to spread Holiday Cheer with seener yours before the wig show this evening. And action news stops by a Community Christmas party if philadelphia. The fun afternoon was put on by Police Officers from the 39th district. Children were invited to visit with santa and enjoy christmas treats and have their faces painted and each one went home with a gift and bags filled with goodies. A beloved local dog is crossing an item off the bucket list. And victoria has a terminal disease and the Animal Rescue is helping her experience all that life has to offer before they passes away. She is the honorary arson dog. The German Shepherd rescued from the puppy mill drove in the parade in the back of a fire truck. What are all the things she missed just living and breeding and existing on the farm producing for profit. And there are things that dogs do in 10 years be how can we enhance her life for the time she has left. We introduced you to victoria when the police allowed her to be a k9 for the day. We hear she is looking to be an assistant meteorologist here at 6 abc. I like this. A beautiful dog. Still much more ahead in the next 30 minutes of action news at 4 00. Including the latest on a bank robbery involving a gun and suspicious device in Delaware County. And we are learning more about a crash that killed three people trying to out run police in south jersey. And what they are saying about the moments before the stolen suv slammed into the power pole. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Hello again, 4 30 and action news continues now with the most annoying words of 2017. Stick around to see if your least favorite made the list this year. Plus, he set three fires in as many minutes in front of cameras. And some call it harmless fun and others call it offensive. That is what the creators of a controversial video game modeled after a gorilla wants. But we begin at 4 30 with devastating details on an accident that claimed three lives in Burlington County. They released a bit more information about the molts before the stolen suv slammed into a utility pole. We are live now with what investigators are saying this afternoon john. Reporter they are not saying a lot. They emphasize there is still an Ongoing Investigation into the threat of the stolen car as well as its crash, still a lot police cant say or wont say at this point in time. They did release a Little Information on where the vehicle was stroll enfrom but the people there say we cant tell you anything about it because the police told us not to talk to anyone. Police say that yesterdays incident when they were told that a green suv was stolen from the green pick lily inn. While traveling to the location on southbound 206, troopers saw the stolen yucon going north. And they were traveling at a high rate of speed. They did

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