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WPVI Action News At 4PM December 22, 2017

Big travel day as well. So, were not really anticipating travel delays even though right now theres some Winter Weather across interior portions of the northeast. As you move down to the south we are dry but you see that slug of moisture out across the mid Mississippi Valley and the southeast. That heads our way as we get into the start of our Holiday Weekend. In fact, future tracker6 showing tha y across areas in the ohio valley, back through memphis and dallas, that heads our way as we go throughout the rest of overnight hours and even early tomorrow morning you can see the rain across much of the delaware and Lehigh Valleys as youre waking up. As far as what we can expect on and off rain on the way tomorrow. Turning colder in the wake of that front that moves through saturday night, so Christmas Eve night, its much colder and thats going to set us up for some wet snow for some as we get into Christmas Morning. Well take a closer look at that and what we can expect for Christmas Day. Those details coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. Sharrie. Melissa thank you. Sky6 now looking live at the Philadelphia International airport. Beautiful shot here. Aaa expects travel this Holiday Weekend to set a new record. They project that more people than ever will be headed out of town to see family and friends. Well, you are now looking live at a map showing the flights that are up in the air right now. Busy math, right . Flight aware says it is tracking more than 10,000 aircraft as people are of course on the move. Action News Reporter john rawlins live for us now at Philadelphia International airport. And john, youve talked with a lot of passengers happy to be heading to see their loved ones. Reporter going home for the holidays. Hey, this is a busy place. The map will show you all the airplanes in the sky. Look behind me this is the d terminal where people arrived curbside. Lots of here meeting up as well. The planes are running full. We had a spate of cancellationing in the last couple hours to flights to buffalo syracuse bangor maine among those departing today mike and Samantha Hartman and their two little ones. We are going to disney world for a family reunion. Theres 32 35. 35 of us. Reporter and you have two under the age of two with you. Two under the age of two. Were traveling with two under two. Reporter so you have a relaxed flight now. Absolutely. Well be taking shots. At 30th street station amtrak reporting an uptick in travel. Carol doing a short run to manhattan. The plan is to go see the rockettes at radio city the big tree and walk to bryant park and look at the ice skating rink. Reporter at the airport 90,000 passengers expected today, about 8,000 above normal. Many carrying presents. You can carry wrapped presents but the recommendation is dont. The reason is when you come through security, there is a chance that the package may need to be inspected and if it needs to be inspected theyre going to rip off the wrapping, so, what we suggest is that people wait until they get to their destination to wrap any presents. Reporter welcome home emily. For the cantrell family the best gift didnt need wrapping today. It was their 18yearold daughter, airman cantrell. There were hugs and tears of joy and plans of a lot of family time. Its awesome. Being gone for the first time like this for all these months its tough on all of us but getting this week is just its what christmas is all about, right . Reporter indeed it is. Again, youre looking at a live picture here at Philadelphia International airport. A couple of reminders. If you havent been to the rpt in awhile and if youre going to go out in the next day or two and if youre flying american, and it is the big fish here, make sure you know which terminal youre flying out of. American if you are flying out of the c terminal be forewarned that the c security portal is precheck only at this time. If you are going out of c and you are not prechecked you need to go out of the b security portal and then walk across the mall to go to the c terminal. Thats pretty much the situation out here. As we say its very busy. Live at the airport, john rawlins channel6 action news. Back to you all. All right. A lot of hustle and bustle. Thank you john. A lot of folks hitting the highways tonight. Lets get a check of our action news traffic report. Let go live to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center on this friday. Hey, matt. Happy friday. John just mentioned the wall. If theres one spot you dont want to have a major traffic issue is few days before christmas is right by the king of prussia mall but thats what weve got this afternoon. Schuylkill expressway westbound by mall boulevard its a vehicle on its roof right here little hard to see because of the fire truck that just pulled up. Theres an ambulance on the scene as well. Police and penndot. And at the moment no westbound traffic is getting through here on the schuylkill expressway heading toward the valley forge toll plaza, the pennsylvania turnpike. This just happened about 10 minutes ago but they have all westbound lanes blocked here in the outer drive. If youre trying to get to the turnpike you stay in those inner lanes coming west on the schuylkill as you pass 202, stay on the inside lanes. Outer lanes are blocked here by mall boulevard. Eastbound traffic is moving okay right here but just up ahead near gulph mills theres a vehicle fire on the schuylkill eastbound taking out one of the two lanes. So just 6 Miles Per Hour there. Bottom line is instead of this chunk of 76 this afternoon, i would use the blue route, 476, and the east west pennsylvania turnpike, 276. On the big picture issues along 95 northbound side by the girard point bridge. Theres a crash just 5 Miles Per Hour because a lane is blocked there. Farther north on the off ramp to allegheny avenue theres Fire Department activity partially blocking that ramp and there was vehicle fire on the passyunk avenue drawbridge. Luckily that just cleared out. Lets grab the grab the ipad check your way home on the waze app. Crash in whitpain township north of Skippack Pike route 73. Expect congestion there as well. Its a busy start rick. Well check it again in the next half hour. At least its friday. Thank you, matt. Stay ahead of any traffic jams and changes to the Holiday Weekend forecast by visiting 6abc. Com or downloading your free 6abc app for your mobile device. Youll also find realtime views from storm tracker6 live. In other news this afternoon a shooting investigation in southwest philadelphia has now turned into a homicide. One of four people shot last night during a fight between a boyfriend and a girlfriend passed away early this morning and police are still looking for the suspected shooter. Action News Reporter jeff chirico live outside of pen Presbyterian Hospital with the latest on the investigation. Jeff. Sharrie, those three other victims are hospitalized here, two 22yearolds and a 32yearold all in stable condition according to police. The homicide captain held a News Conference earlier this afternoon to update reporters on this investigation but he is saying very little about the suspect. We know who the person is. We know that this happened at or in front of his house. Reporter but this afternoon Philadelphia Police still wont publically name the subject in the fatal quadruple shooting. At the scene today, bullet holes and blood mark the spot where four men were gunned down sparked by an incident earlier in the day during which a woman was assaulted by her boyfriend and father of her children. The girlfriend and some of her relatives went to the suspects house. An argument and fight ensued. Reporter homicide captain john ryan says during that fight the boyfriend pulled out a gun and shot four men in the chest and arms. A neighbor heard the gunshots and ran outside. A girl stopped me and grabbed my coat and asked me to help her cause there was a guy hanging out of the car who wasnt who appeared to be unconscious. He wasnt breathing. Reporter all four victims were taken to penn presbyterian medical center. A 23yearold man was pronounced dead at 4 00 this morning. 21yearold suspect who fled the scene is still on the run and may face homicide charges. Meanwhile captain kelly says hes releasing few details because the investigation is in its early stages. A lot of questions to be answered and a lot of things to be nailed down. Reporter police are calling on that suspect to turn himself in to any Police Station in the city. Reporting live in university city, jeff chirico channel6 action news. Sharrie. Jeff thank you. Action news has learned that a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in new castle delaware this morning has died. Police say the 25yearold was crossing frenchtown road at center point boulevard around 7 00 a. M. A 62yearold man driving a toyota camry hit him and did stop nearby. Investigators have determined that neither speed nor alcohol were a factor in this crash but they are asking anyone who may have witnessed this to give them a call. Pennsylvanias attorney general announced a major drug bust today. 15 suspected drug dealers arrested and facing felony charges for selling heroin and cocaine throughout philadelphia and as far as boston, massachusetts. According to attorney general john shapiro the suspects transported and sold close to 2 million in drugs over a sixmonth period last year. One of the prime drug traffickers he says was this man Alvin Hernandez he will manzar of philadelphia arrested after selling 400 grams of heroin to an under cover detective. Shapiro says his office will remain vigilant and merciless towards anyone peddling these drugs to our communities and across state lines. Fans get re getting ready for their christmas night matchup against the Oakland Raiders and while its all business on the field, the team is also having a little fun with an infamous event that has been immortalized in eagles history. This video featuring santa and a snowball was posted on the teams twitter account this afternoon. You know, i didnt even wantn. St okay. Minding my own business sitting in the bleachers you. Literally slammed into my face. You were literally the worst santa ive ever seen. Wasnt even you they were upset at it was the team. Oh, it was the team. Yeah, that makes sense. Get mad at the team hit the guy in the bright red suit, sure. Theyre just passionate. A little too passionate. A tribute to the philadelphia fans, hm . Along with the video was the caption after 50 years, its time to bury the hatchet. Lets hope all eagles fans are y now. If the eagles win in south philadelphia monday night, they will clinch Home Field Advantage throughout th playoffs. So, that, of course, is the goal. Dont forget to watch the big game monday night right here on 6abc. Our pregame show countdown to kickoff begins at 8 oclock. The eaglesraiders game is at 8 30. That of course will be followed by a late edition of action news which will include a full postgame report. All right. Should be fun. Yeah. And exciting. Still ahead on action news at 4 00 the tax overhaul is now law. We have the latest from washington as the president makes the changes official. Plus, Everyone Welcome to disney on ice. Theyre getting ready to take to the ice in south philadelphia. Hear one of the skaters explain what makes this show so special when action news at 4 00 comes back. The gop tax overhaul plan is now law. Delivering on its holiday promise President Trump signed the bill late this morning before leaving to spend christmas in florida. Abcs Kenneth Moton is in washington, d. C. With the details. Reporter touchdown florida. President trump starting his christmas vacation in maralago with a warm reception. [cheers and applause] reporter in washington, the president in the Oval Office Making good on his promise tax cuts for christmas. Signing that 1. 5 trillion tax bill into law. I consider this very much bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. Corporations are literally going wild over this. Reporter not one democrat supported the tax overhaul they say wont create jobs or help the middle class. But trump is looking ahead to the new year. I really do believe were going to have a a lot of bipartisan work done and maybe we start with infrastructure. Reporter the 2018 political reality a slim gop margin in the senate, midterms just 11 months away. The huge difference between a legislative victory and a political victory so hes put a lot of yards on the field and hes got a lot of first downs but for a political purposes he hasnt accomplished that much. Reporter Congress Also took off for the holidays after averting a government shutdown. Democrats backed away from a plan to force a vote on daca. We have a commitment on a bipartisan basis to address the daca issue. Reporter the Senate Majority leader says hell meet with President Trump and House Speaker paul ryan to discuss priorities for the new year when everyone returns to washington after the holiday break. Kenneth moton abc news, washington. The holidays are about spending time with family and Law Enforcement in philadelphia are taking a moment to look after the families of fallen officers. Holiday meals on wheels held its annual breakfast for families who had a loved one killed in the line of duty. The gathering took place in northeast philadelphia a the fraternal order of police lodge. The room was bright with decorations as family shared meals together. Christmas dinner was delivered by a motorcade procession to families of those fallen officers. The holidays are extra merry for a man in wilmington and his two teenaged children. He won 350,000 in a delaware lotterys multiwin lotto. The Winning Ticket was purchased early this month at the 7eleven on south maryland avenue. The man wants to remain anonymous but we know for the last nine years hes been commuting to work in chester. And when he has a few bucks to spare he stops by the 7eleven for an iced tea and a lottery ticket. His family actually lives in jamaica and hes here on his own so what he does is he works full time and sends money back to his family and luckily it was just his turn and he actually went ahead and won the lottery. Well, the winner plans to use the money to buy his son a car for college and invest in some property. Turning to our forecast meteorologist Melissa Magee here with us at 4 oclock and looking to the Holiday Weekend weather some ups and some downs. Yeah, bit of a rollercoaster on the way. Were mild today despite clouds. It stays that way tomorrow but were also tracking some precipitation, guys. Well show you the picture outside as we walk over to the Weather Center. Sky6 live in hd looking at Philadelphia International airport on this friday. It is a getaway friday for some as we head into our Holiday Weekend. A good idea depending on your location and where youre traveling to to check ahead with your carrier for some weather related travel delays. Its cloudy in philadelphia but we are dry. As we look at the call from accuweather as we head into the weekend some rain moves in on and off throughout the day on saturday. It will be mild, though. Look at that high up to 59. Our typical daytime high is 43 so above that tomorrow. Clouds will roll on in as we get into sunday. A cooler afternh coming in at 44. All in all across the region weve got numbers in the upper 40s, lower 50s. Its 49 in the city, 46 for allentown. Chilly up in the poconos mark but down along the coast in cape may 52. Millville also in the lower 50s. Dover c at 49. So satellite6 along with action radar showing you weve got a mostly cloudy sky. You can see a lot of unsettled weather right now out across portions of interior sections of the northeast the. Theyve got winter storm warnings and advisories posted. Were dry tonight but you see this moisture just to the south of charleston, West Virginia. That heads our way as we get into the start of the weekend asnea of low pressureof our area. So, for the re of tonight, areas of fog will develop and rain arrives late. We dip down to 44 in the city, 38 in allentown, 42 in trenton, down to 47 in cape may. Heres future tracker six. You can see 8 oclock tomorrow morning its certainly a wet start across most locations. We had that rain along the i95 metro area, even to the north and west and even down into south jersey. By noon, were still in and out of the wet weather. So, umbrellas will be needed if youre out and about, maybe doing some shopping tomorrow afternoon. You can see the temperature, though, at noon and at 53 in philadelphia, were at 60 at 7 oclock tomorrow evening but you could see this line and the cold front moving on through and the temperatures on the backside dipping down into the 40s. Its even colder out to the north and west out across the lo valley. 33 in detroit right now, 37 in chicago and a piece of that colder air heads our way as we get into sunday night and that will set the stage for a little bit of some as we get into Christmas Day. Heres your four day at 4 00 showing you occasional rain tomorrow, high of 59. 44 on sunday, sun to clouds. Christmas morning maybe some wet flakes north and west. Its rainer in the city. The majority of the day is dry as you wake up Christmas Day. A cold wind, high of just 39. Weve got m

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