>>> "action news" continues with sara bloomquist, and meteorologist david murphy. >>> hello again, here is what we are following for you at 12:30, a man is stabbed in the chest in southeast philadelphia and police are now searching for the suspect. a wilmington church is damaged by not one but two fires in the matter of weeks and keep the umbrella handy we are dealing with cold and rain. >>> and the moment people are waiting for the force awakens opens at midnight. annie mccormick caught up with fans lined up all morning long. >> here at the regal cinemas in king of prussia, die hard fans are here since 4:00 a.m. for a marathon until tonight's premier. these fans might not be awake when it rolls around. >> i will be here for a few hours already so it will be 20 hours for me. >> i'm watching a star wars marathon, 14 hours in the theater. these are sold out, on the screen from 4:00 a.m. until 9:30 tonight, they will see all seven star wars movies, chronologically. and they prove even darth vader needs a break. i have been here since last night and we are here for the star wars marat

>>> "action news" continue with rick williams, sara bloomquist and david murphy. >> good afternoon sara is an off. break out the tank tops and shorts on this christmas eve, we are tracking the warm weather poised to break records and the new video shows a vandal caught in the act, police say he slashed tires on a dozen vehicles and ted cruz defends his daughters, the latest on a controversial cartoon and the supporters coming to his defense. >> and the details, leave the jackets and scarves at home today, a record breaking warm christmas eve is on tap and stormtracker 6 live double scan is looking at an unusually empty ski mountain, this is usually a busy time of year but it's so warm they have not been able to make any snow at all. david murphy is live outside on the terrace with the latest on the high temperatures. >> we are headed to the monthly record high, and we'll set that today. i love the picture of the ski slope, i have never seen that picture with green grass this late in the year. lets talk about more rain on the radar, rain along the coast, and there is more coming up

, david murphy is outside to tell us what's ahead today. >> reporter: it's the kind of temperatures that make you think about going to the shore. right now we're comfortable on the terrace, we had the thick fog earlier, but clouds are beginning to break a little bit and there are patches of sunshine. we had fog earlier this morning now we're in a bit of a break for another hour and and a half or so we'll have a sun and clouds mix with thicker clouds later in the afternoon. 65 degrees in philadelphia. better than new york, 59 up there. that's because the clouds and lingering fog are still an issue up around long island and pushing toward new york city. 66 in washington. 59 degrees by 2:00 p.m. 58 degrees by 4:00 p.m. and actually these numbers are shooting below we're going for a high today of 69 degrees, not too bad. all right, so think back a little bit to the beginning of the year remember how cold last winter was, we ran from january all the way through march 5.3 degrees below average and even in march you will remember it was so chilly, the cold didn't want to give up. since the

, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news united against violent extremist, local, religious and civic leaders gathered to denounce tax on their beliefs. >>> and full swing in hollywood, we are a list of nominees for the golden globes. >>> but first outrage after a second grader was somehow able to bring hypodermic needles to school with her. five students were stuck with needles, upset parents have question about how it happened and what those syringes could have contained. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick joins us with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: and rick according to the school district the little girl brought two hypodermic needles to the school and another student reported it. parents dropping their children off at the george mead school are upset, a second grade student brought needles to school and stuck five kids. >> we didn't know nothing about it until this morning. >> to see it on the news was a shock. >> last night the boy told "action news" that she chase sd the students like it was a game. >> she was chasing us -- >> wi

area later today. david murphy's forecast is coming up. >>> police have made an arrest in a late-night assault in montgomery county. it happened when the victim noticed someone trying to steal his tires. "action news" reporter, gray hall gathered news on the case. >> reporter: sarah, police say chris usually getaway with this type of of crime, but not this time. chris targeted this elkins park neighborhood around 11:00 p.m. police say they were searching for car tires, the crime expree was short lived, the victim caught them in the act. >> i happened to look out and see the suspect had his carjacked up and taking the tire off the car. the suspect assaulted the victim about the head with a brick and wrench. >> reporter: the suspects were able to getaway, but not for long. police tracked them to ambler and made an arrest. >> before fleeing the area the victim was able to pull a towel that the suspects placed over the license plate. this was a crime of opportunity. but with an alert resident they got lucky and the chris are off the streets. >> that's awesome. then, again, it doesn't surpr

. >>> a nice day out there, but the next few days could be record setting mild weather, david murphy is out soaking up the sun and joins us now live with more. >> reporter: there is sunshine across the region, and it started out cloudier this morning look at satellite and radar and you get the picture, that is why some of your sidewalks may have been damp this morning, you see how the showers came through and they were gone before dawn and now the clouds really disappeared some of the stuff west of chester county may make its way into later today and cooler in the pike in washington, where the clouds thicker today, 56 in new york and 50 out in pittsburgh, if you have plan to say go to the play grornd maybe after school, not a bad day to do that, lots of sunshine overall and light winds and a jacket for temperatures hovering around 60 degree at 2:00 or 3:00, and getting up to 61 in your neighborhood in the afternoon, light winds and a nice day and rare early to mid-december this afternoon, we'll get a few more you'll see if a bit for the seven day, 59 by 2:00 and we get a high around 61

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. >> a french official has identified the third attack erica paris concert hall as a french man. >> in an interview with abc's barbara walters donald trump defends his ban on all muslims coming into the u.s. >> a murder that happened in five years ago. >> good morning, it is 4:30. karen rogers is off today. let's head over to dave murphy and matt pelman to take a look at your accuweather and traffic. good morning. >> well, good morning, everybody and we are off to another cool start but we're going tore a little milder finish later on. you can see also there are some break in the clouds out there and overall we're expecting partly sunny skies today, kind of going back and forth between the clouds and sun a bit. 37 degrees in philadelphia. closer to the freezing mark in trenton and allentown and reading, below freezing in lancaster and only 29 degrees in millville. we're still sitting on 36 degrees in wilmington, though association a chilly start certainly and the farther west you go through the region right now

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. here's what's happening on this tuesday december 29th. >> accuweather is tracking a cold soaking rain for the morning commute. plus, could see he some sleet in the far northern suburbs. >> crews in montgomery county investigating a fiery crash outside of a hospital. >> we're live at a septa bus stop where police and commuters are on the lookout for an armed bandit who has struck several times. >> good morning. 4:30 now. >>> karen rogers is off. let's get right over to meteorologist, david murphy to talk about accuweather and the rain and matt pelman for what might be a tricky traffic morning. good morning. >> well, the good news is the winter weather advisory has now been dropped up in the lehigh valley and berks county. it's still in effect up in the poconos until 11 o'clock this morning but you can see how that warm air as expected has pushed to the north and there might be a little bit of lingering sleet left over in the northern suburbs like lehigh valley, maybe berks county, especially up toward lehigh i think

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news drama in harrisburg, two rivals are testifying today against two rivalries in a bribery scandal. >>> and the republican candidates faced off last night for the final time this year. >>> and the big story is the arrest by police after two random stabbings just blocks apart in center city. police took kyle stevens into custody and says that stevens attacked two men just minutes apart yesterday morning. katherine scott is here with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: rick, a lot of relief this morning that the guy is in custody, he sin side central detectives and we are told that he is not cooperating with police, police have an arrest warrant and he will be charged in these attacks. 23-year-old kyle stevens was arrested in center city philadelphia, wanted for a pair of knife attacks yesterday morning in center city. he was walking down the street down broad and allegheny being loud and destructive, guards called 911 and police responded and brought him to central detectives. investigators carried in the bag of e

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. here's what's happening on this wednesday, december 23rd. >> people going elsewhere for the holidays today could face soaking rains and foggy conditions. >> philadelphia police reviewinged in a deadly shooting that happened overnight. >> the body of a montgomery county airman killed in afghanistan is expected to arrive at dover air force base today. >> good morning, it's 4:30 on this wednesday. we're two days away from chris matches the "action news" team has a look at what you can expect as many people get ready for a holiday journey. >> meteorologist, david murphy is tracking accuweather, matt pelman is in karen and annie mccormick is live at philadelphia international airport. let's start with the weather david. >> starting out cloudy across the region. you can see rain is inching its way up the coast from the south. this will probably tend to numb during the latter portion of the hush hour. off and on we'll be in and out of the raindrops. dense fog in areas, philadelphia county, new castle down in a niche that i

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news a crash involving a septa trolley in southeast philadelphia sent two dozen people to the hospital and we have the latest. >>> and new numbers say that gop candidate, donald trump has a lead amongst republicans but is coming under attack from democratic leader, hillary clinton. >>> and now the christmas holiday and the obstacles that mother nature is putting in place. here is a look at philadelphia international airport, fog was delaying flights up to an hour this morning and we have live team coverage tracking the current travel situation and what is to come in the forecast later this week. lets begin with annie mccormick, live at the airport. >> reporter: rick, today is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year and at this point, the weather is not too bad that means that arrivals are delayed about an hour and that depends on what the airports are seeing as far as the weather goes. airport officials are urging people that are picking up passengers here or people that are flyi

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with developing news at this hour, federal investigators are searching for a motive to yesterday's shooting in san bernardino, california. and they are identified as a couple that may be married or engaged. syed faroomalik opened fire and thread in a black suv. we turn now to lauren lister she is following the developments from san bernardino. >> reporter: the two suspects may be dead but the story is far from over, the shooters were targeting a san bernardino county event and one had worked for the county for five years and attended the event that morning. they don't have a motive and they are not ruling out terrorism. >> the end of yesterday's manhunt is today's crime scene, this suv is the get away car for the suspects. a reminder of the carnage that took place. >> it's a sad day for the community and a sad day for the country. >> it started when the two stormed the regional center with automatic weapons on wednesday morning killing 14. >> i saw two bodies in the back of the building and neither were moving. >> 17 people we

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon fumes forced the evacuation of a medical facility. >>> and an ages old tradition makes wishes come true for philadelphia. >> and the big story is the war of words between mayor michael nutter and donald trump. that is right nutter referred to trump as an expletive during a news conference yesterday among other things responding to trump's call to ban muslims from entering the u.s. and the presidential front man responded saying quote, is doing a terrible job and should be ashamed in using a disgusting word about me, low life. kenneth moton is live now with the latest. >> reporter: rick and sara, nutter versus trump and trump versus muslims around the world, the billionaire is already losing business in other countries but losing support from leaders overseas. donald trump mixing celebrity and politics. over increased criticism over his travel ban in the u.s. >> this is about safety. trump received applause here and across the globe, condemnation, and there say move to see trump. there is a petition to keep the bill

murphy. >> well, we have a big system roll through and some cases it produced precipitation in the lehigh valley and that ended before dawn, satellite and radar now, even boston is beginning to change over to rain, good news for those up there, we are looking at a few breaks in the clouds locally i can't rule that out and the lastest rain showers, the active showers are off the coast of sea isle city over the last half hour, 51 in philadelphia, we are holding steady on that number with the rain still get ago way from us and the clouds are still thick but if we manage to get sunshine in over the next couple of hours, we may be able to bump that up over 60 degrees, it is cooler in new york city, where they are getting rid of the thicker clouds and rain and in washington as well. philadelphia is bubbling up a little there, wind speeds are not all that strong, 6 miles per hour in philadelphia and stronger down by the coast where we have gusts up to 20 miles per hour and 8 to 16 miles per hour and a little bit breezy as we go later into the afternoon and the system continues to pull awa

. there have been people fishing there this morning. look at that guy. meteorologist david murphy is outside to tell us about this nice stuff. i wonder if they are catching anything. >> reporter: they will have a nice afternoon to continue to try that, though, as we have plenty of sunshine in store, as a ra. taking -- sarah. take a look at satellite and radar you could see we had fog and we have additional high cloud cover sweeping in from the south. i can see it from the southwest off the terrace. even with the clouds approaching we'll get partially sunny skies, morning lows were in the mid 20s in allentown and reading. 30 in wilmington. philadelphia only dropped to 35. we have yet to see the freezing mark this season in philadelphia. temperatures right now, though, have rebounded nicely. 51 is the current temperature in philadelphia. 350 in new york city, 50 in washington, cooler air to the north and west of us. 54 is the temperature at 2:00 p.m. i expect a high of 56 at 3:00 p.m., back to 53 by 4:00. 46 degrees by 8:00 p.m. all the way down to 42 by 10:00 p.m. with an overnight lo

>>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with sara bloomquist, and david murphy. >> sara is off and here are the stories we are following on "action news" at 12:30, weather is taking a toll on travelers at the airport and we have the latest from accuweather coming up and new video at an attack on a local subway restaurant and the victim blindsided by a stranger and the real housewives star is released from prison and the new jersey mom managed to get ready for christmas while behind bars. >> accuweather is forecasting record breaking warm temperatures but mother nature is finding ways to create problems for travellers today especially those trying to fly, sky 6 hd looking live at philadelphia international airport, the low clouds you see here, are causing flight delays at this hour. "action news" takes you live at the moment, but first lets begin with david murphy out on the terrace with accuweather. >> a misty drizzle and light rain and not too bad right now, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you plenty of rain around and more on the way to philadelphia and that will bring a st

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news, an armed robbery investigation in delaware county put several schools on lockdown and donald trump offers an olive branch to the republican party after admitting his words can be decisive. >> looking live from sky 6 hd, showing you a dreary philadelphia international airport it is cloudy with periods of rain today before cooler air moves in just in time for the weekend. david murphy is keeping a close eye on double scan live radar with a first look at the soggy forecast. >> we started out most of the rush hour dry in most parts of the area but as expected the rain moved in and now it is wet out there. you see all the rain highlighted in yellow through trenton and philadelphia and a bit more of the yellow in south jersey and a bit out toward reading, the yellow is lighter precipitation and green is fairly wet and wet roads across the region and on the other side of baltimore a little bit of drying, but that takes some time to get here, i expect raining for the majority of afternoon and steady enough to pile things up o

meteorologist, david murphy. center city skyline from our temple university cam, we could see more rain at times today and it feels more like spring time. david murphy is at the "action news" big board as we count down to christmas. >> rick, it's a shame we don't have more sunshine in play, there has been a peek here and there, but the temperatures are mild enough to enjoy, as you look at stormtracker 6 live double scan most of the area is essentially dry and there is bits and pieces of light spotty shower activity in the northern suburbs, the bulk of it is in south jersey and delaware, the steady is in yellow down to the south of us and there is a possibility of a thunderstorm popping up in the afternoon and evening down here, if you hear a rumble of thunder take cover in case it's a gusty storm. we have seen a drop-off in the coverage we had earlier from the storm prediction center, for the possibility of severe weather, that is not as much of a concern now. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan, it's a cold front and ahead of it we are zooming temperatures pulling mild, hum

, david murphy is here no longer in his suit coat is bundled up on the terrace. matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: take a look at satellite, we have rain last night. that pushed off to the south and starting point to fall apart. the reason it went south is because we have a cold front front pushing through the region it is ushering when colder air. we are in the upper 30s in allentown, trenton and 43 in millville. winds in the teens, so it's cool. 40 degrees by 9:00 a.m. the numbers don't go that far. 43 by 3:00 p.m., mainly cloudy skies and later in the evening we're on the look out of rain arriving. in berks county, the lehigh valley and the poconos it will begin as freezing rain sleet and snow. looks like it will be light, probably less than an inch accumulation. if you're driving tonight and overnight in these areas and points north for that matter. look out because slippery roads conditions are likely. when i step inside we'll track the arrival and departure of the precipitation. matt, what about roads early? >> reporter: sort of a blurry bouncing start on the penndot ca

rogers and meteorologist david murphy. >> good morning, it's 6:00 a.m. on this wednesday december 9th. we're working on a developing story. >> raging flames have engulfed a barn in berks county. we have more of this new video he. >> one of philadelphia's most wandered will finally go before the court for murder. >> another cold start in the delaware and lehig lehigh valles but our mild december continues as we are set to hit a record high this weekend. >> let's head out to dave murphy. he's chilly now but has good news for later and matt pelman is in for karen taking a look at your roads. good morning. >> we're starting out on the chilly side you're right. sake talk look at satellite. we have some cloud cover in place but a lot of the current cloud cover is in the process of moving over towards the east and overall we're expecting sun mixing with some clouds through the day. 36 degrees currently in philadelphia. 34 in trenton, 33 in wilmington and below freezing in allentown, reading, lancaster and down in millville, new jersey. as we take a look at visibilities, dropping a little bit

murphy. hello again sara is off and here are the stories we are following for you now on "action news" at 12:30, a former philadelphia sheriff is indicted and we have details of the crime he is accused of committing and could the 6 month budget stalemate come to an end? lebron james is apologizing for crashing into a fan, that left a fan on a stretcher. >>> but we begin with breaking news a jury reach aid verdict in the katherine knott trial, she was tried for taking part on attack on a gay couple in philadelphia. she was found not guilty on the serious charges but found guilty of simple assault and reckless endangerment, she claimed she never shouted slurs or hit anyone. >>> a teenager in harrisburg is facing federal charges that he supported isis, the teenager was arrested yesterday after federal authorities say he helped the terrorist organization through social media. john rawlins following the developments and is live in harrisburg with more. >> this story broke yesterday with the release of a federal complaints, the 19-year-old was the center of all of this is charged with aidin

adjectives to describe this. let's go over to matt pellman and david murphy. >> reporter: the afternoon is going to be nice. let's start you with satellite we have cloud cover around this morning. you can see breaks in the clouds in the western suburbs. once the sun comes up over the horizon we'll return to a sun and clouds mix quickly. we have fog around this morning. every now and then as you drive around this morning this may develop. you want to be careful. slow it down if you hit it. 38 in allentown and reading. cooler in the north and western areas. 39 in wilmington. winds are light, which is good. as we head into the afternoon, it's going to be nice, 8:00, 43. noon, 60. the high today will be 65-degree reading around 3:00 p.m. if we hit that we'll tie the record high for this date. matt pellman looks like we'll set a couple of new records over the weekend. i'll have the latest numbers from accuweather and the next chance of rain coming up in the seven day. >> reporter: we don't like record setting travel times we're not there in any case in any spot just yet. we have issues that

. meteorologist dave murphy will have the latest track. >>> police are on the hunt for a man armed with a gun who they say is behind nine bus stop robberies at septa stops across philadelphia. >>> a mess caused by a water main break disrupted service to dozens of residents in the city. >>> we'll also check the roads. they're going to be pretty slick with all that rain and maybe with that freezing rain. it's all next. >> ♪ the pose dangerous. >> yeah, a lot of people are saying that. everybody is talking about hoverboards and clearly timed for this year's 30th anniversary of the "back to the future" s you might say people are falling head over heels for the two-wheeled devices and heading back not to the future. but to the emergency room. >> abc's gio benitez has that story. >> reporter: as many reveal what they got for christmas, one of this year's hottest gifts leaving many in the hospital. wipeout after wipeout. even professional athletes like baseball player dan uggla hitting the ground. and this u.s. representative taking to twitter to show off his hoverboard injury. we've seen the

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and in the news, the investigation into pornographic emails allegedly sent by government officials, attorney general, kathleen kane announces the plans to track them all down. >>> and kobe bryant is spending time in town. but the big story is the wet and rainy forecast. people are armed with rain gear seen at st. joe's this morning and accuweather says this is only the beginning. karen rogers is in for david murphy with the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> hi rick, not words you like to hear only the beginning, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us we have had mostly light rain, steady but light rain but what we are looking at now is a change moving in currently, can you -- you can see this on double scan and the rain is picking up in intensity a little bit and you'll deal with that during the afternoon, we have this rain not just today but tomorrow as well. we have stormtracker 6 live double scan, an area of low pressure off the coastline that continues to pump in the easterly flow an

traveling we've got you covered. >> let's head over to dave murphy. he's got your accuweather. matt pelman has traffic and annie mccormick is at philadelphia international airport to give you a look at what's happening there. good morning david. >> all right tam we'll talk about rain on the way. there's a lot of cloud cover in place. some sprinkles and showers through extreme south jersey and southern delaware. central delaware picking up a bit of this. this is the bigger mass of rain and it will be rising up the coast and affecting at least parts of the region as we go through the ladder stages morning rush hour. dense fog advisory in the meantime in effect. technically philadelphia delaware county new castle county not in this but there are some low visibilities under a quarter mile elsewhere across the region. as we take a look at the current visibility map philadelphia is still 5 miles, no problem there but trenton under a half mile and we've seen similar numbers waffling in and out of of play through the lehigh valley over toward lancaster and in and around millville and over t

that and go over to david murphy he's got accuweather. karen rogers is off, and matt pellman has the traffic. good morning. >> reporter: the rain is over from last night, the story this morning is how much chillier it is. there you see the rain dropping off the south and off the map because a cold front is coming through and that is ushering in colder air. it will keep us cloudy today and cooler. 32 degrees in philadelphia. 38 in allentown. 39 in trenton. and reading. 42 in wilmington, 43 in millville. 46 in sea isle city. heading out the door between 6 and 8:00 a.m. 41 degrees, a chilly breeze with plenty of cloud cover. 40 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 42 by noon. temperatures not going very far. yesterday we got up to a record-setting high of 65. today 44 degrees at 3:00 p.m. under the clouds and 41 by 6:00 p.m. later in the evening hours and tonight there will be precipitation arriving. we have the season's first winter weather advisory in play in the lehigh valley down through berks county and up in the poconos and beyond. we are expecting sleet freezing rain and light snow to arrive. if

the latest from david murphy outside on the terrace with the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: it's another good looking day and cooler than it was the last couple of days, not only because the temperatures are lower but we have a strong gusty wind around. there was rain around as expected last night and it's gone, and we actually cleared out the skies for a bit and back into a clouds and sun mix and that is where we'll be the rest of the day. 60 in philadelphia and upper 50s in allentown unreading and 62 in wilmington and 58 in sea isle ci city, this represents a drop in most spots. trenton had thick cloud cover so you are at about the same stage, and 6 degrees down in allentown and reading a full 8 degrees cooler than yesterday. and there are the winds we are talking about a 31 miles per hour gust in philadelphia and 35 miles per hour gust down at the shore. 62 by 2:00, we get the high of 63 around 3:00 and by 4:00, 61 and by 6:00 down to 54 and on into the 40s after that. we'll be in the 30s in suburbs overnight for lows and that means a cooler start tomorrow morning. i recommend

later with a s.w.a.t team is on site. >> that was the scott murphy, his daughter said his daughter was hiding in a building. he received another text saying the s.w.a.t team arrived and escorted them from the buildings. >> of course, you worry about what could happen where you are, law enforcement has been trained to handle mass shootings. let's go over to annie mccormick. >> reporter: good morning, tam, authorities across the country are watching and learning the first thing is to stop the shooter and assess the casualties, but then they have to figure out a motive. jay jay spent 26 years as a special agent with the fbi in philadelphia and spoke to "action news" about the shooting spree at a social services buildings in san bernadino, california. authorities are working to unravel why the gunman opened fire. witnesses told law men it's the shooters were on a mission. >> this location was targeted. this was not a random event. you'll see a relationship between these people the reason it was chosen and why. >> reporter: philadelphia police commissioner, charles ramsey said you could

will linger today before rain moves in tonight. get ready. david murphy is outside with the first look at the forecast. >> reporter: outside is the place to be, you're right we started out with thick fog early this morning. as we head into the noon hour we're seeing breaks in the clouds, sun shining through, take a look at satellite you'll see the sweep of clouds we had in the morning hours along with the fog. we're getting into the hole in the cloud cover, for the next hour, hour and half we'll transition to a country sun and clouds mix. on the other side of pittsburgh you'll see rain that's part of the package late today and tonight. visibilities have improved. in trenton we're looking at two miles. everybody else in good shape. the poconos a tenth afternoon inch. areas to the northeast, like long island still seeing the fog. 65 degrees currently in philadelphia. the numbers are rebounding nicely. as we take a look at december so far, boy it's been a month of above average temperatures, everyday in the book from yesterday through the 13th we've seen temperatures above average. we've

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. here's what's happening on this wednesday, december seconds. >> mystery continues to surround the disappearance of a south jersey mother and her baby. >> a common childhood illness puts the brakes on a hearing for a secret service officer accused of sexting a teen in delaware. >> tracking more rain. look what's coming at us on storm tracker6 live. >> more details about that and what it's going to mean let's go over right now to meteorologist karen rogers. niece for dave murphy and then matt pelman. good morning. >> good morning. storm tracker6 live double scan showing us we've got a lot of rain through the area. it's light rain right now but the rain is going to pick up in intensity. it's a lot of rain and drizzle over philadelphia, much of the i-95 core do. we're going to be in and out of that right now but storm tracker6 live 3-d showing more rain on the way. look at the areas of yellow and red. that's headed in our direction. the we were stuck in the fog all day yesterday. looking at a half mile visibility at phi

valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news, an arrest in a triple shoot that left a philadelphia man dead who police say is charged with murder. >>> and donald trump takes aim at his biggest democratic rival. the backlash from insults to hillary clinton. as we look live to sky 6 hd, at the platt bridge, it's cloudy and showery across the region, it's hard to believe it's the first day of winter, because the mild conditions don't feel like it. karen rogers is in for david murphy at the big board. >> reporter: we are looking at double scan live radar, we have rain in much of the area, and showers you can see out in allentown and some near reading and in philadelphia damp but not rain at the moment. cape may and atlantic city and surf city. but after that batch moves out we are not entirely done with the rain, this is pulling up from the south and west, today is not a terribly wet day, overall a quarter inch of rain and even more tomorrow. it's not just the rain but the l

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> in the news this noon, firefighters find a person dead insized a camper on a delaware property and a 7-year-old boy from allentown is killed in a drive by shooting in florida. >>> but the big story is the return of milder weather after a brief taste of winter, sky 6 hd showing you the gloomy view at the jersey shore in cape may, the overnight rain is dying down with a few spotty showers lingering right now. david murphy is tracking the latest from accuweather. >> the last from the bulk of the showers are right down at the shore and pulling off the coast shortly, this is the end of the rain for you other than drizzle that may linger into the early part of afternoon, wider view from stormtracker 6 live double scan we had concerns north of philadelphia with frozen precipitation and that line has moved north of boston, if you have travel plans to new york or boston are you out of the woods in terms of precipitation. nothing else coming to the west. we got .79 inches in philadelphia, a decent rainfall, it was coming down heavy at times during the mornin

williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news, the investigation into a robbery suspect is shot to death by a local homeowner, and police put extra patrols at radnor high school after a bullet was discovered there yesterday. but the big story on "action news" is the controversy ignited by donald trump's call to ban all muslims coming into the united states. >> today trump is standing by his proposal even as he faces criticism from around the world. kenneth moton is following the latest from washington. >> reporter: from world leaders to politicians right here in washington, critics are calling donald trump's a campaign of hate. donald trump taking on the world's 1 billion muslims. >> a complete and utter shut down of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> today trump doubled down on the remarks as george stephanopoulos asked him questions on gma. >> if a muslim goes overseas and comes back that is different, they are citizens, but we have to figure things out

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. here's what's happening on this tuesday, december 15th. >> search is on for the driver who slammed into a philadelphia police officer and then took off. >> police are looking for a gunman after a girl is hit by a stray bullet while walking home from school. >> nine presidential candidates are preparing to do battle in the last republican debate of 2015. >> good morning. let's find out what you can expect in your accuweather and traffic and go over to dave murphy and karen rogers. >> we had thick fog across the region yesterday. they're gone. there are a couple lingering sprinkles and showers down at the shore. this is all pushing toward the east. it shouldn't abfactor too much longer but some of some of you might still have a little bit of a sprinkle this morning. there's the main rain that came through last night and shorted out my christmas lights. we're looking at that getting through and even throw it's kind of cloudy we're expecting the return of some sunshine. that's kind of an annual game i play with the prec

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news a north philadelphia day care at the source of an investigation following the death of an infant is shut down by authorities. >>> but the big news developing out of harrisburg, where federal authorities have arrest aid teenager for allegedly trying to support isis through social media. jamil aziz is charged with trying to support the organization and using twitter to advocate violence toward military members and citizens and helping others travel to syria to fight isis and a backpack contained weapons, a hard drive and medication leading to exexpect that he was plotting some type of attack. he is expected back in court next week and "action news" is following the story and we'll bring you an update in the next half hour. >> turning to other news the north philadelphia daycare center that is under investigation is shut down by authorities, it was earlier this week when a 10-month-old girl died at the sisters child care center on german town avenue. dhs officials went and shut down the business

out on sky6 over the airport. meteorologist, david murphy is tracking a lot more rain as the day goes on. >>> we're live on what will be a busy travel day for a number of people out there. we have expert opinions on the times you should avoid heading out onto the road. >>> a clerk's message to employees inside a philadelphia pizza shop. we've got those stories, a check of traffic and a lot more. it's all up next on "action news." >> ♪ >>> on what was one of the longest nights of the year, the skies lit up over florida with a milestone for private space travel. >> you might say one small step for man, one giant leap towards the stars. abc's david kerley has the story. >> two, one. zero. we have liftoff. >> reporter: this is spacex's return to flight after its last rocket blew up but this mission was to prove more than delivering 11 small satellites to space. this was about returning the main rocket, the first stage, to earth and land it to be reused. >> the first stage is returning to land. >> reporter: finally spacex workers at the california headquarters and at cape canaveral could

, karen rogers and meteorologist dave murphy. >> ♪ >> we are following breaking news on this wednesday, december 16th. >> first responders rescue a man who crashed his suv after being shot early this morning. >> another driver crashed in front of a hospital trying to get help for another shooting victim. >> republican presidential candidates clash over u.s. military intervention government spying and immigration. >> good morning, it is 4:30 on this wednesday. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us along with dave murphy and karen rogers. >> welcome abbore erin. we have clouds on satellite. they have floated down from the north. thirst one good thing about this. it's helped keep our temperatures from getting quite as cool as anticipated. we're still in the 50's in some areas. we do expect some sun to return as we go through the morning and afternoon. 52 degrees in philadelphia right now, 48 degrees in wilmington, 48 in millville, 50 trenton, 50 reading an lot of these numbers slipping into the upper 40's before we start to turn it around. it's not nearly as windy today as it was ye

news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off, in the news a philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was hit by a car while on duty. and the stage is set in las vegas for the republicans final presidential debate of the year. >>> but the big story on "action news" is breaking news out of los angeles, an electronic threat has shut down the los angeles unified school district, the second biggest school district in the country, according to officials, the threat talked about backpacks and other packages and targeted many schools, local police are searching the district's more than 900 schools in order to determine if the threat was credible. >> we are taking this action in an abundance of caution to make sure that every child in l.a. unified school district and every employee is absolutely safe. >> officials say that the schools commonly get threats but this was credible. more than 640,000 students are affected by today's closure. >>> we are also following breakibreak breaking news in our area. they

more on that, let's check in with meteorologist david murphy over at the big board. >> reporter: the people we showed in center city looked like i did on the terrace. it was a chilly start and windy. we're dealing with cooler weather and keeping our eyes on this big system, an area of low pressure a cold front creating a severe situation in the south. of course, we have the warm front and above that there is snow all this is heading toward the east. most of us will get rain tonight some of us up north could get snow. the local view on storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you there are a couple of little early bands of precipitation pushing toward the east. they may fall out before they get into new jersey, but it looks like there will be showers pushing into chester county before too much longer and perhaps toward philadelphia later in the afternoon. that's not the bulk of the precipitation, though, that's light nuisance stuff. 44 degrees in philadelphia. 41 in allentown. 40 in reading, 42 in trenton. 45 in sea isle city. there's a bit of a wind blowing 8 miles per hour in phi

. >>> turning to the weather, it's nice out there and getting a whole lot nicer, david murphy is enjoying the sunshine. you have a coat on but you won't need it later? >> no, we have cloud cover moving over the terrace and some of you seeing sun and you can see some of that breaking through the clouds and hitting the buildings and trees behind me, satellite shows the cloud cover thickening up and getting a break and clouds and sun the rest of the way today. 35 is the low in philadelphia, and dropped to the 20s in allentown and reading and lancaster, and down below close to freezing in wilmington, delaware. but things are responding nicely with the southerly flow and sunshine from the early morning hours, 55 in philadelphia and down south where the clouds were thicker, washington 46 but you get a break in the clouds there you'll see the number climb. and new york 39 degrees, cool but not too bad along the east coast. 52 by 2:00 and we'll see a high of 56 at 3:00 and by 4:00 still holding on to a 53 degree reading and clouds mixing with sunny breaks, it cools down again and 49, 47

meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday december 9th. we're working on a developing story. >> flames have been coming from a barn in berks county all night. we have more of this new video. >> one of philadelphia's most wanted will be brought before the court after being on the run for five years. >> another cold start to the morning here in the delaware and lehigh valleys but our mild december continues. we could hit a record high this weekend. >> let's find out more about that, head on over to dave murphy. he's got your accuweather and matt pelman is in for karen rogers. he has traffic. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. we're starting out on the cool side this morning. we have clouds mixing with some breaks. overall we're looking at a sun and clouds mix today and it is starting out chilly. 37 degrees in philadelphia and actually slipping down to the freezing mark in allentown, below freezing in reading and lancaster, only 27 degrees currently in millville. still 34 in wilmington, 35 in trenton and run in sea isle city. a little

delaware courtroom because of a chicken pox outbreak in philadelphia. >> dave murphy is off but karen rogers as you covered with accuweather and matt pelman is taking a look at traffic on this very rainy foggy morning. good morning. storm tracker6 live double scan showing us we've got predominantly light rain and drizzle through the area. i want to go in a little bit closer right now. we're seeing it in malvern on the 30 bypass, we're seeing it in coatesville and also in west chester pike. in south jersey looking at route 40 and route 72 where you've got light rain currently out there but take a look at what's happening here on storm tracker6 live 3-d. all of this heavy rain headed right into our direction. so, for the morning commute it's light rain, it's drizzle. this is late morning and into the afternoon hours that we're going to be dealing with this. but that's not our only issue with the light rain and drizzle. let's look at the temperatures. 46 degrees in martins creek, 50 pottstown, 52 in center city. in new jersey it's 48 in browns mills and 55 in dover, delaware. we al

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, it's 5 o'clock on this tuesday, december 29th and here is what happening. >> parts of the lehigh valley did see part of a wintry mix overnight. we're with the latest. >> a local familydy marred by gunfire mourning the death of a child in florida. >> overnight changes in the accuweather forecast. let's turn to dave murphy and also matt pelman filling in for karen. good morning. >> the best news is the winter weather advisory for the lehigh valley and berks county has now been canceled. it's still in effect up in the poconos until 11 o'clock this morning where we have problems with sleet and freezing rain mixing but it's all rain pretty much up close to allentown and in through philadelphia. bad news some of this vein steady and some of your roads are definitely getting slow. all of this is moving toward the northeast. there is a break up on the other side of baltimore and we expect the rain intensity to lessen after the morning rush hour and the last of the raindrops should be moving out around midday. after

this morning as we take a live look at sky6 is the airport. dave murphy is here to let us know if we're going to break another record today. we're live as police search for the hit and run driver who injured an officer who was on the job. >>> penndot has a new way to keep you informed about traffic backups and road closures. i bet you waze has something to do with it. they'll they will you when you're going to be there within the minute. really it's great. we'll check the morning commute. details of the premiere of "star wars the force awakens" last night. why is everyone being so secretive the red carpet and two generations of stars for one of hollywood's biggest premieres in recent memory. >> it was everything i expected and more and there was a lot of surprises. >> definitely seen all the original characters like as they've grown. i thought han solo was like at the phenomenal in the movie. there was a plot that blew my mind. >> exceeexceeded. i thought it was really well done. >> blown away about it. >> a lot of things people said, oh, these senate committees. s this is what "star wa

wednesday, december 9th. karen is off. we have dave murphy and matt pelman. good morning. >> we're heading for a slightly milder afternoon. there's cloud cover that's been trying to evaporate and clear the area. some low lying clouds and fog still possible in some spots out on the westly i'll show you that in a moment. we'll see whether or not that's improving. temperatures this morning 36 degrees in philadelphia, 35 in trenton, 34 in wilmington. so, coat weather again this morning of course. 32 the freezing mark in allentown. and close to the same in reading and lancaster. still in the 20's and millville. so, how about the visibilities? we're still seeing some lower visibilities farther out west you go but it's not too bad in and around philadelphia. just slow it down if you see a little bit of patchy fog out there. as we take a look at the bus stop weather, looks like 334 at 6 o'clock. still on the chilly side for the morning commute. but as we take a look at the afternoon it is going to be a bit milder and things are going to get better. still 36 by 8 o'clock but by noon, 51 degrees and

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning it's 5 o'clock on this wednesday december 23rd and here's what's happening. >> wild weather could cause lakes for people traveling for the holiday accuweather is tracking the latest. we're live at the airport. >> developing right now a manhunt for the gunman who opened fire on throw people in north philadelphia. >> details on a diamond heist on philadelphia's jewelers' row he. >> and it could be a wet commute for people heading just about anywhere. also foggy. we'll check in with annie mccormick a little later. >> first up let's head to dave murphy and karen -- not karen, karen is off and to matt pelman. they've got the latest on accuweather and traffic. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. we're starting out cloudy across the region and down south there's rain beginning to poke into areas of cape may county and southern delaware. this will continue to push up toward philadelphia during the morning commute and by the ladder stages of the commute i do think it's going to be wet. we also have a dense fog

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. developing here at 4:30 a man is shot in the street. it's a big crime scene in north philadelphia. >> and there it is right there. also moving on, lakers legend kobe bryant comes home to philadelphia for a farewell with the fans. >> and storm tracker6 is live taking a live look there we're off to a soggy rainy start and it looks like the rain is going to hang around. >> good morning, it's 4:30 on this tuesday. david is off. we have meteorologist karen rogers and matt pelman. happy december everyone. >> happy december. and now that we're starting december temperatures are going to go up about 10 degrees today. doesn't that make a lot of sense to you. storm tracker6 live double scan looking around the region and you can see we have rain, a really soaking rain through the area so be careful as you're traveling stretching from wilmington allentown trenton and atlantic city everybody seeing rain. it's not going to rain all day its going to be on and off periods of rain and drizzle. right now we're looking at satellite6

meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning, it's 6 o'clock on this tuesday december 15. here's what's happening. >> a violent hit and run crash lands a philadelphia police officer in the hospital and now a manhunt is on the way portman behind the wheel. >> police say two women attempted to turn a berks county wal-mart into a boxing ring in two separate incidents. the story is brand new. >> after a 10 year hiatus star wars is back. there was a big premiere last night. the rehe contraction so far too thumbs up. we'll give you the latest. >> and we have some crazy things going on with the temperatures this morning. let's turn to david and karen. good morning. >> it is still mild out here. it actually was even milder a few hours ago just before 3 o'clock we set a record high for this date at 69 degrees but the temperatures have settled and they won't go quite that warm later this afternoon. we also have some clouds overhead although you can see he some breaks around philadelphia and moving up to the north and overhead on the terrace right now we are seeing some stars break

we get into the weekend. doesn't feel like december. >> it is, december 11, david murphy and matt pellman has weather and traffic. good morning. >> reporter: we have patchy fog, we'll check visibilities in a second. winds are calm and we have cloud cover to the west and overall we expect a clouds and sun mix. some patchy fog around this morning. evicts is coming up in atlantic city and millville. we were down below a mile in both of these spots recently. it's dropping in reading and lancaster. it will be a fluid situation here and there this morning. you might run into patchy fog, slow it down when it happens. 37 in allentown and reading, cooler in the northern suburbs. 41 in wilmington, 42 in trenton, 51 in sea isle city. heading to the bus stop, 42 degrees by 6:00. 43 by 8:00. a bit on the cool side. winds are light, the kids won't need a coat on the way home this afternoon. here's why, a mild friday, 43 by 8:00. 60 by noon, high today of 65 degrees if we hit that in philadelphia we'll tie the record high for this date. looks like we're breaking records later on over the weekend

conditions, david murphy is outside on the terrace with the details from accuweather. >> clouds are around right now as i glance down to the south of the terrace, way down there, if you take a look at satellite after a clouds and sun mix we have filtered in thicker cloud cover and every now and then there is the possibility of the sun poking back out and either way it's cooler than yesterday. currently 52 degrees and the wins are dropping down out of the northeast now and a cooler source region for us, versus yesterday we were drawing the winds from the south and getting milder air in. however, despite the cooler air we are well above average, we'll get up to 56 at 2:00, and looking for a high of 57, it would help if we got sunshine in play to get the number otherwise we could fall short. 6:00, 51 degrees and dropping back into the upper 40s at 10:00 and sitting there in the overnight hours. tomorrow morning we have rain arriving and that looks free of everything but drizzle and light spotty showers, and 11:00 or 12:00 we get more rain into play and the rest of the afternoon straight throu