Multiple agencies are responding including Pennsylvania State Police Bethlehem township and bethlehem city. We spoke to a neighbor who lives near the scene. He did not want to be identified but he did tell us what he saw and heard from about a block away. I first realized it when i just heard a helicopter up in the air. I guess it was i dont know what it was, some helicopter. And i stepped outside, turned on the scanner and i heard Police Activity and maybe about an hour later, we heard automatic fire and bullets whizzing by so we heard a burst of automatic fire and maybe four or five shots from like a handgun or something. Reporter now, that neighbor also gave us the picture that he took showing an Armored Police vehicle with what looks like bullet holes across the front windshield. Now, he also told us he got a call from his sons middle school asking parents to pick him up rather than sending him home on the bus because of this incident. Again, a shelter is in place for this area near dennis street between lehigh and wilson. This is a developing story and we will get you more details as they become available. Were live in bethlehem township Trish Hartman channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you, trish. Police also on the scene of a serious car accident in gloucester county. This is happening along southbound route 55 near ellis mills road in glassboro. One car left the roadway and crashed into the trees on the side of the highway. At least one person has been injured. There are major traffic delays. Police are trying to determine what caused the driver to lose control. A Late Afternoon crash tied up holiday traffic on the schuylkill expressway. At least two people were injured when a car flipped onto its roof in the westbound lanes near mall boulevard in king of prussia. State police are investigating this crash. They say a second car was involved. Better news here as we look at the airport. We are beginning the Holiday Weekend in the tristate area. We hope that everybody who observes christmas has a wonderful time with loved ones over the next few days. On the practical side of things, the two big stories, the weather and travel. Weve got action News Reporter john rawlins at the airport. First meteorologist cecily tynan word from accuweather. Cecily. And jim, double scan liveshoy active start to the Holiday Weekend. Weve got snow thats leaving basically new england and weve got this broad area of rain thats moving up from the Tennessee Valley and that will make a very wet saturday for us. But tonights going to be a quiet night. Just a lot of clouds. With the cloud cover and winds out of the south, temperatures barely dropping at all. By 8 oclock 45 and then holding at 44 degrees overnight. Thats the low which is actually higher than our average high for this time of the year. Could have a little bit of fog developing overnight. I think locally thats the main concern tonight. If you are traveling, even with some of the snow really no travel delays up across the northeast currently. Also, atlantas looking good, orlando, dallas, even with some rain, no travel delays. So pretty good for traveling and as we head through the day tomorrow, the rain moves in. Future tracker showing by early tomorrow morning, 8, 9 oclock, its raining across our region. Temperatures, though, will be climbing into the upper 50s. So, no risk of any frozen precipitation tomorrow but that could change as we head through the Holiday Weekend. So, looking ahead, occasional rain on and off through the day tomorrow. Temperatures well up into the upper 50s. It turns sharply cooler for Christmas Eve and i am still tracking the chance of some wet snow for parts of our region on Christmas Morning. More details on that and track a real blast of arctic air moving in Christmas Day in the accuweather forecast. Jim. All right, cecily. Lets switch live to action News Reporter john rawlins live at Philadelphia International airport. John, for tens of thousands of local residents, this has been get away day. Whats the situation there . Reporter well, for the most part theyre getting away. Its been busy here. People are coming and going for the most part flights are on time. But not all flights. Right now were in the d bagging claim area here, baggage claim area. Folks are here coming and going but there are going to be people that are not going to be so happy. 11 canceled flights so far to nine destinations. Those destinations all in new york state and new england, buffalo, syracuse, Albany Rochester and east flights to burlington vermont and Portland Maine all canceled presumably because of weather up there. Elsewhere though as we say getting about not too bad whether in the air or on the rails. At 30th street amtrak tells us from christmas to new years, there is an uptick in ridership but seats are still available. Some today departing for christmas in new england, others just day tripping to manhattan. The plan for today is to go to see the rockettes at radio city and then to see the big tree and then to walk over to bryant park and look at the ice skating rink. Reporter at the airport, 90,000 passengers expected today, about 8,000 above normal so few Seats Available on a flight. Heading to seattle, scott and denise, their 10yearold twins and fiveyearold moving everyone in the same direction at the same time no problem. Dead pans dad. The process has been absolutely terrific. We have really learned a lot about ourselves. Rather complex. Yes, yes, but were looking forward to it. Going to be a good trip. During the holidays more casual flyers than frequent flyers. The airport reminding people to follow the t. S. A. Rules about prohibited items like that 7ounce bottle of shampoo in the carry on. It is going to slow up the process because theyll have to remove the item from the carry on, people sometimes get upset when things are taken out of their carry on and in addition to that it will it can and will slow the lineup. Reporter finally, welcome home emily. The cantrell family sent off their daughter to the u. S. Air force five months ago. Today airman cantrell got holiday leave and flew in from texas to hugs and tears of joy. Its awesome. Her being gone for the first time like this for all these months, its tough. Its tough on all of us but getting this week is just its what christmas is all about, right . Reporter indeed it is. We asked emily if she had any special plans anyplace she wanted to go while she was on leave anything she wanted to do, she said no, just wanted to spend time with her family. Live at the airport, john rawlins channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you, john. More expensive gasoline prices are not keeping people off the roads. Chopper6 is now live over the new jersey turnpike. You can also see 295. Aaa expects more than 97 million americans will be traveling by car between now and monday january 1st. Pretty slow going on these two highways tonight. That, by the way, a 3 percent increase in volume over a year ago. You can stay ahead of any traffic jams and changes to the Holiday Weekend forecast just by visiting 6abc. Com or downloading our free 6abc app for your mobile device. There you will also find realtime views from storm tracker6 live. With the eagles game on christmas night, monday night football against the raiders, eagles fans are putting their faith in backup quarterback nick foles to take this team to the promised land. And a billboard on vine street on the expressway says it all. Action News Reporter vernon odom found that the eagles are the really hot sellers this Christmas Season. Would you wear an xl in this . Reporter here in the final shopping days before Christmas Eagles gear is flying off the racks. At this popular landmark store in center city, sales this season of jerseys bearing the number and names of the current stars as well as throw back jerseys for the glory days of the pas been soaring this season. Sales have doubled here over 2,016. Its kind of the way it is. The way we are as philadelphians. We get excited we grab onto something and run with it. Reporter many believe the eagles are super bowl bound. Everybody knows the eagles are going to win the super bowl this year. It will be the miracle in philadelphia. Big time eagles fans. Already got my playoff tickets and everything. Reporter you think theyre going that far. I already got my Hotel Tickets for the super bowl in minneapolis. Reporter many are shopping for other family members especially their children. A eagles hat. Reporter for yourself. Thats for my daughter. Reporter uhhuh. Yeah. She lovers the eagles and shes excited about getting this. Three daughters three soninlaws ones a giant fan. I need a conversion. Reporter retail chains in the philadelphia area indicates that their inventory of eagles apparel is selling fast this Christmas Season as well. Im vernon odom, channel6 action news at the linc in south philadelphia. And action news will have one last gift for eagles fans on Christmas Day. After the dinner, the family dinner just turn on 6abc could watch the birds take on the Oakland Raiders at the linc. Live pregame coverage begins at 8 oclock with the countdown to kickoff and then be sure to stick around for action news right after the game for a full postgame report. Coming up on action news tonight, a single dad hits the lottery in wilmington. What the winner plans to do with his prize. Plus, the eagles rookies are forced to wear a different kind of uniform. The story behind their fashionable getup tonight. And of course cecily tynan returns with the late word from accuweather. That and more when action news continues tonight. An 83yearold woman has died after being hit by two different cars at this south philadelphia intersection. The victim was walking across washington avenue at 24 reasonable street at street at 6 30 this morning. Thats when she was struck by the first vehicle. An suv came along and hit her a second time. Both drivers are cooperating with police. Authorities have busted a drug ring that funneled 1. 2 million worth of heroin and cocaine to the streets of philadelphia Montgomery County and massachusetts. Pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro announced the charges today against 15 people including 30yearold Philadelphia Resident alvin a manzar. His arrest led to a grand jury investigation and charges against 14 other people. A delaware homeless shelter that was slated to close will now stay opened. At least for now. The rick van story center in wilmington nearly lost its state funding as Police Investigate the apparent disappearance of 125,000. But late yesterday, the state agreed to extend its contract with the shelter to keep it opened through march. The deal calls for a new Service Provider to take over the operation. The shelters former president has been fired amid the ongoing investigation. Well, christmas came early for a single father in wilmington, delaware. And it came in the form of a 35000 check. A regular customer of this 7eleven on south maryland avenue recently bought the Winning Ticket for delawares multi win lotto. Hes actually a single father. 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 you know, luckily it was just his turn and he actually went ahead and won the lottery. The winner works as a welder in west chester. He buys his lottery tickets during his daily commute. He just claimed his prize yesterday and that money will help pay for his sons college education. This is sixyearold brayden and he is making philly proud with his one wish for christmas. Brayden is getting Outpatient Care at Nemours Alfred i Dupont Hospital in wilmington. His wish to collect toys for all the children who have to spend the holidays in the hospital. And this afternoon he helped unload box after box of toys, 500 toys thanks to brayden. 3 pick 3s, 2 mega millions. Happy holidays, rita thanks, joe what a great gift Pennsylvania Lottery tickets make great gifts. Like the new merry millions. Happy holidays and best wishes from the lottery. While digesting your turkey ham or whatever your favorite christmas meal is on monday night weve got a great desert. Eagles taking on the Oakland Raiders. That doesnt mean the eagles have forgotten about the upcoming holiday. No, this is not a onesie party. Jims closet apparently. Rookies had to perform a holiday show for their team and staff at the novacare complex today. The fashionable getup was the players idea. They actually didnt make us wear them. Though told us do whatever we wanted. We all went and got these and the hats. Did you ever have to go through anything like that . No, unfortunately for me i didnt. Most of all of that stuff happened in training camp. I do remember making me sing the thong song after that nothing quite like that. This will be the eagles first game on Christmas Day in more than a decade. The players expect the atmosphere at the linc to be be unique. Special. Knowing philadelphia it will be rocking and i cant wait to see the fans and see the excitement and energy in the stadium. Really excited for it. Going to be really crazy. Ive never played in a christmas game before. Im assuming its going to be really crazy. I know a lot of people that are there probably got tickets as Christmas Gifts so im hoping its going to be really crazy. I mean, weve traveled, weve had crazy crowds, you know, the entire season here. Weve traveled to l. A. With our fans so im assuming its going to be good. Spend christmas night with 6abc and the birds. Our pregame show countdown to kickoff starts at 8 00. Eaglesraider game at 8 30 followed up by a late edition of action news. The flyers on the road for the next four games. Tonight they visit buffalo. Sabres have the worst record in the eastern conference. Sixers had a bad loss in toronto last night. They blew a 22point lead in the third quarter. Ben simmons did have 20 points with joel embiid out again. Sixers lost 114109. Same two teams meet tomorrow night in toronto. Villanova will look to run its record to 12 and o tonight. The number one ranked team in the country on long island to face hofstra. A rare bright spot for the owls. Obie with a deeb three deep three. A one man wrecking crew for the bulldogs. 30 points. Temple down by 21. Nicholas claxton puts an exclamation on this game late. Temple loses 849566. In last nights game against Florida International frank ran in for a touchdown. The highlight this catch by Adonis Jennings while on his keister. Temple won 28 to three to finish the season at seven and six. The sports world lost a broadcaster an ambassador an true gentleman, dick enberg died yesterday. The hall of fame announcer covered it all many times enberg called 28 wimbledons 10 super bowls and eight ncaa championship games. Dick enberg was 82 years old known for his famous catch phrase. Oh my. The words right out of my mouth. Meteorologist cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. This Holiday Season get a deal that will save you money for the next two years guaranteed. Get the 100 Fiber Optic Network with the Fastest Internet available. Plus up to 200 channels, plus phone, plus showtime for two years, plus multiroom dvr service for two years, plus a 2year price guarantee. All for just 79. 99 per month online, with a 2year agreement. Thats a lot of pluses, and over 800 in savings. Get it all with fios and the 100 fiberoptic network. Go to getfios. Com. All right, can we cue this up right now. Yeah. White christmas or no. Not for philadelphia. No. For the poconos probably. Its always a white anything in the poconos. Yeah. Maybe the Lehigh Valley but, yeah, a few wet snowflakes mixed in but there is potential the end of next week though we could get a big storm. Lets go live right now sky6 taking a look at the philadelphia Christmas Tree all set. Were only three days away from christmas and, yes, a lot of people hoping for a white christmas. There is a pretty strong coastal storm that will bring more than 6inches of snow to parts of new england but we dont get into that. What we get into is this disturbance thats moving through that will actually feed that coastal low. It will be arriving Christmas Eve night. But if youre hoping to see all of this with accumulating snow, for philadelphia, this is mainly a rain event. Could have a few wet snowflakes mixed in in the wee hours of the morning about the time santas arriving but you really have to go up across the Lehigh Valley and the poconos to get a coating to perhaps a slushy inch so it will certainly feel like the heart of winter by christmas afternoon but Christmas Morning not blocking at much snow. Temperaturewise right now, very mild. 48 degrees in philadelphia. Down from our high of 51 which is 8 degrees above normal. Allentown 42. Wilmington 46. Cape may 49 degrees with those winds out of the south pulling up that warm air and satellite and radar showing its also going to be pulling up some rain. Right now just a lot of clouds. The light rain is trying to advance across northern virginia. It will take awhile before it gets here but it is here right in time for the morning tomorrow. So, tonight some rain moving in late tonight after the midnight. Could have a few areas of fog. Temperatures barely dropping at all. Philadelphia 44. Allentown 38. Wilmington 44. And cape may 47 degrees. Periods of rain through the day tomorrow ahead of this cold front but it will be warm. The afternoon high up to 59 degrees. This front slips through by Christmas Eve. So, Christmas Eve during the day mixture of clouds and sunshine, clouding up later in the day. The high slips to 44 degrees and thats the disturbance im tracking late Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning. So, future tracker showing when a lot of people are leaving midnight services, rain showers some of that snow across the Lehigh Valley, the poconos northern berks county but this is a real quick hit. By 5 oclock, its out of here, so as far as accumulations, philadelphia, this is mainly rain. Again, a few wet snowflakes mixed in probably around 3 oclock in the morning. A coating possible north of the turnpike up to the Lehigh Valley and you really have to get up to the i should say the lehigh tunnel, you have to get north of the lehigh tunnel to get about an inch of accumulation. The poconos the best chance of that happening. Then if youre heading to the eagles game monday night, bundle up. Temperatures dropping down into the 20s. Wind chills will be in the teens with the winds out of the west about 20 miles per hour. Actually during the day on Christmas Day we could have wind gusts up to about 40 miles per hour. So, the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, occasional rain tomorrow, a warm 59. Drops down to 44 degrees on Christmas Eve and increasing clouds. For Christmas Day its blustery, its cold, 39 degrees and then temperatures continue dropping. Tuesday 37. Wednesday 32. Thursday 29 and friday into next weekend watching the coast for the potential of a developing winter storm. Ill keep you posted on that. Ill have an update on action news at 11 00. All right, thank you cecily. Abcs world news tonight with david into your next on channel6. Action news continues at 10 00 on phl17. Now, for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, and the entire action news team, im jim gardner. We hope youll join us for action news at 11 00. Tonight, Holiday Travel warning. More than 100 million americans traveling for christmas. Some facing dangerous drives, the fiery crash on the highway. And the scare forcing a crowded terminal to evacuate. Plus, were tracking a major storm affecting 15 states where its hitting and when. The christmas terror plot. The former marine with an alleged plan to blow up a major tourist spot on Christmas Day. Signed, sealed, delivered. Inside the oval office for president trumps first major legislative victory, the tax overhaul and what he says is next on his agenda. Also, the miss america scandal. Crude emails exposing a sexist and degrading culture among top officials. Tonight, 49 former winners calling for those top executives
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