good morning. this morning the war of word between donald trump and philadelphia mayor michael nutter just won't even. we are live with the very latest exchange in their high profile argument. and concern this morning after philadelphia second graders were exposed to hypodermic needles by another student. city may be decorated in christmas lights but feels more like spring. temperatures will sore in the record breaking territory and in fact, 51 degrees in december. >> are you kidding me. >> wow. >> it is december the tenth, good morning, so glad you are with us i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm nicole brewer. katie only has little leather jacket on, it is not that cold. >> i know, we just had heard a little day ago that 67. when you say almost 70 on sunday. >> yeah. >> it is mind blowing. good morning, happy thursday. roadways are looking great. no excuses for a commute, katie.

>> we had a frontal boundary pushing through that did leave behind damp red this morning but i don't have an umbrella. you will not need it. the that front is making its way through. even if you get in the car this morning or maybe run in or counter a damp road, don't worry. let me start off with a quick check of where we have come from. we have been talking about the warmth how has december faired so far? well, so far we will keep the theme going with warmer than average indications by those sort of orange/red blocks that we have got up until and through december 9th where we have at least 3 degrees above seasonal average. it stand out obviously december 2nd but we are in for more that kind of warmth for days ahead. storm scan three has emptied out, we will zoom it out and see retreat of any showers that glanced through, that glancing blow in the last few hours. things are clearing out. as we speak 48 degrees is our current temperature at the the airport right before sunrise

no less and that is warmer than our typical daytime high. 51 degrees in ac. you have a mild temperature with that. once cloud break once we expect them we will end up with more and more sunshine and that helps things along. plus surge on the thermometer, courtesy of ridging high pressure. we are going for 60 degrees and thinks first of many days, meisha that will feature a six in front of the temperature. >> i feel like i should be doing spring cleaning, katie, so bizarre, clean, i will open up my windows and start spring cleaning early. good morning, everyone. schuylkill, taillight moving in the the eastbound direction, looking good, this is one of the area to keep my eye on because we are heating up. just 20 minutes ago at the schuylkill it was president quite like this. we know people hit the the roadways, as we typically would expect them moving in the 6:00 o'clock hour. plymouth meeting blue route taillights moving in the southbound direction at ridge pike, looking good, to start it.

boulevard is another area we are starting to heat up moving in the southbound direction. the once we get on the schuylkill there at city avenue, it looks like this. so basically anywhere we will look, you are slowly heating up. in the world of the mass transit starting sunday all regional rail lines are starting new schedules. airport line, no weekday service to warminster and west trenton line, check your schedules, on line, erika, back to you. a tractor trailer accident has been cleared from southbound i295 in pennsville salem county. truck overturned just before one near exit one, route 40 and 130. there are no reported injuries and traffic is back to normal in that area. round two in the war of word between philadelphia mayor michael nutter and republican presidential candidate donald trump. >> this started when trump suggested a ban on muslims entering the u.s. and new marries fighting back. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at city hall with this latest round, justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika and nicole, good morning.

mayor says in retrospect he could have phrased his comments differently but he stand behind the content of what he says. he says that trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the the u.s. is anti american, and he also says at some points he was sounding like hitler. when trump found out about that and word mayor used that we cannot repeat, trump took to twitter. here's how that battle of barbs between mayor michael nutter and g.o.p. presidential candidate donald trump began. >> he has no idea what he is talking about. >> reporter: that was tuesday. then yesterday trump returned fire on twitter posting mayor nutter of philadelphia who is doing a terrible job should ab shamed for using such a discuss continuing word in referring to me. low life. >> someone showed me the the tweet, he really needs to focus on apologizing to the the muslim community and people of faith. >> reporter: focus of the mayor's tuesday city hall appearance was to track down whoever left a severed pig's

head in front of the kensington mosque and then came a question about trump's call to ban muslims from entering the u.s. after four were killed in the san bernardino, california mass shootings. fbi identified syed rizwan farook and tashfeen malik as the shooters and said they were likely radicalized as far back pass 2012. on tuesday nutter added that trump should be banned from philadelphia. the the mayor calls his reaction impromptu but honest. >> i spoke the the truth. i possibly could have said something else and i don't like to say those kind of things especially in the presence of religious people. >> as of now a seized fire to report, no new tweets on this issue from oather side as of now, this morning, don't expect any i'm sorry's from either side anytime soon. trump thinks he is right. mayor thinks he is right. former mayor rendell said both are due to share some blame. we are live, justin finch for

cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. justin mention that had pig's head thrown at a months income north philadelphia earlier this week. now the reward is growing to help catch the person threw it. we showed you surveillance video outside al-aqsa islamic society on germantown avenue early monday morning. the peteighties contributing $2,000 to the the reward writing total reward to $4,000. anyone with any information should call the philadelphia police. well, police and school officials are investigating after they say that students at a north philadelphia elementary school were exposed to hypodermic needles. authorities say a second grade student at meed elementary school brought several neat tolls class tuesday morning. diana rocco spoke to the seven year-old student who said that girl pulled four needles out of the backpack and gave some to the other students. >> she was like this, keep her away from and tried to poke us. >> it could have hiv, hepatitis c, it could be a

methadone need. >> school district say several students were taken to the hospital to be check out and no needle will marks were found on them. happening today a vineland mother and her baby found murdered will be laid to rest. bodies of the neidy ramirez and her three-year old daughter genesis were found in western cumberland county this month. ramirez ex-boyfriend led them to the body is after confessing to the crime. the viewing and funeral mass will be held at divine mercy paris church in vineland. it the is off to court for suspect in the the shooting of a pennsylvania state trooper. seventeen year-old giovanni cotto is charged with the adulted murder of trooper patrick casey. cotto has a preliminary hearing after a chase on november 24th. it ended in a fiery crash and gunfire. the trooper casey left the hospital the next day after doctors treated him for a shoulder wound. the the first funeral for one of the 14 victims in the san bernardino massacre will be held today. fbi believes two gunman syed

rizwan farook and tashfeen malik were radicalized at least two years ago before they became engaged and got married. background check failed to uncover malik's belief when she applied for a fiance visa when she entered the u.s. >> we are working very hard to understand whether there was anybody else involved with assisting them, support egg them and equipping them, and and, and... >> and, it is investigate if you go farouk enrique marquez were planning in 2012 and scuttled their plan following terrorist am restness california, late that year. residents are lining up buying weapons following last wednesday's mass shooting to prevent themselves from possible future attacks. demand for guns of grows in the wake of mass shootings. 6:08. still ahead viagra for kid. why the little blue pill is used to treat children ahead in healthwatch.

battle between taxi and uber drivers lead to road rage all caught on camera. see what happened when a taxi driver went on the a attack. plus this. that is not the case as we reached record high temperatures i'mal sand that hoff with more coming

and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night,blind. and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. you know, no winter in site but local golfers are taking advantage of these mild conditions. "eyewitness news" reporter sal sandra hoff has the store friday cobbs creek golf course. >> it is a leaf blower not snow blower grooming the the cobbs creek golf club in philadelphia unusually warm

weather has allowed the season that typically wraps up in early november to push through mid december. >> everything is a bonus right now. >> reporter: there are a few who understand that better than the course's most notorious bunch. >> they come here five to 20 guys and they hang out in the clubhouse, drink coffee and yell at the each other. >> it is a mcdonaldes man, where have you been. >> we will get this and we will be all right. there we go. >> lou camille is 96, slightly holder than record highs this weekend temperatures are set to break. >> i love it. i'm still a summer boy. >> reporter: lou, a veteran who took up golf at 41 averages 130 round a season. he is hoping to squeeze all he can out of this one, which is probably why he was so hard to catch up with. >> i have a a problem with the hand, with the circulation and my hand get very cold, but i cannot beat this december weather. >> reporter: compared with last year, 2015 has done

wonders for courses all around the region. the cobbs creek is on their way to be book up this weekend. >> everything is just a bonus, that is all it is. >> to me as long ace get out, see the trees, and grass and fresh air i'm happy. >> reporter: happy holiday season it has been for anyone who knows how to live each day like a bonus day. >> it is just no cursing. >> reporter: if you are wondering these guys are not playing for fame, for tune but they are playing for carbonation. gentlemen who comes at the bottom of the darryl has to buy everybody else a soda that day ape consider they play three to five times a week. that can really add up. in philadelphia, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 eyewitness naus. >> every day is a bonus day i love that. >> our weather is phenomenal. >> it the is, part of that is jet stream is so far north. that is where we will find the storms tracking too. we have several, very well defined systems here, one right across the canadian

border trailing frontal boundary through dakota and snow with that. another unfortunately striking the pack northwest and then we had a front rolling through here as well. but it is generally just high pressure that influences our weather right up through weekend now that we have a first front moving out. it is more like october or heck even april really depending how you you look at it for typical daytime highs. that said record challenging, if not tying or breaking warmth coming our way for mid december. the how that translates in the thermometer, wait until you see the seven day. your conditioning off forecast, in eagles game day on sunday nothing like that snow bowl a couple years ago, same week that we saw that take place back in 203 but 64 degrees is our connect off temperature under sunshine, nice and warm, might as well just camp out at the link because we have army nerve i sat day, and eagles sunday and fantastic for both games. we will keep it in the 60's right through monday, by which point there is a new storm, finally moving in.

that will usher in rain and wind and knock temperatures back but there is still above average on tuesday, meisha. >> i wish i was going. it will be gorgeous weather outside so i will pull my tv out and sit out and watch it. the here's schuylkill at city avenue, looking good, all the way in center city, just getting busy, just beyond the trees in the westbound direction this is schuylkill at city avenue coming off that roosevelt boulevard in the southbound direction. once you get westbound it the is looking busy at the schuylkill at city avenue. 422 at pennsylvania turnpike another area to keep my eye on. just a stream of headlights looking busy on 422s well. then 95 southbound at cottman looking busy coming around that s curve and center city. i-95 heating up at this hour. the mass transit starting sunday regional rail lines are starting a new schedule. in weekday service to warminster and west trenton lines. check those out on line. >> certainly puppies are

adorable but these puppies are making history. coming up story behind first ever test tube puppies. a christmas tradition for many families the nut cracker opens up tomorrow the academy of music and i will take you for a rare look coming up later. don't miss this. there may be a t utu involved. >> yes. >> we will be right back.

many credit viagra with saving their sex life but doctors are using to it save children's live. fourteen year-old andrew was born with the heart defect and has congenital heart disease. after open heart surgeries he was left circulation issues that impact his lungs. doctors at children's hospital have found viagra is an effective treatment for children like him. little blue pill does not have the same effect on children as it does on adult men. >> what viagra does for people with erectile dysfunction ace allow them to regain normal function, so that is quite a bit different then causing an erects. by giving viagra that can relax those blood vessels it can allow for blood to flow through much more efficiently. >> doctors say viagra can be prescribed off label for both boys and girls with heart and

lung problems, chop is testing a viagra like blood designed specifically for children. scientific break through for our pets, for the first time litter of puppies has been born using in vitro fertilization. it has been around since the 70's. cornell college of veterinary medicine reports a dog fertilized with 19 embryos gave bit to seven healthy puppies. one are from the beagle mother and cocker spaniel father. other are off spring of the two pair of beagle father and mothers. >> so this we think will have a lot have of applicationness veterinary medicine, for animals that are valuable work going dogs, or show dogs, or just animals that people love and want to breed. >> researchers hope that they will be able to help dogs that are susceptible to cancer by preventing the the disease, before it even starts. so, real possibility for health benefits down the road. >> yes. >> puppies playing. >> yes. >> good video. >> still ahead, it is a flight

they will never for get, find out why united airlines flew this group of kid to the north pole. lucky kid. katie, it is hard to believe we are saying this in december but golfing weather what do you think. >> unbelievable but that is what we got coming up here and this is just beginning, right through weekend we will not only challenge but likely tie or break a couple record along the way. we're talking temperatures and, nice weather, stick around, we will detail it

children visit the north pole. >> i love this. >> children are fighting some really terrible health problems ape this is their visit as part of the fantasy flight program. meg baker from cbs two, hopped the northbound ride out of newark. >> trip of the lifetime parent, kid got their boarding passes and passports heading north. >> we are in the very special flight we took off for newark and reno where are we headed. >> north pole. >> who will we see. >> santa. >> reporter: united airlines employee, newark liberty international airport hosted a fantasy flight, an actual flight to the north pole, for children from university hospital in newark beth israel medical center. >> my son has leukemia. this is i wonderful, wonderful

situation, they have presented for the children. >> last year he spent christmas in the hospital, his dad says he is doing much better now, you can see it in his smile. >> there is reindeer out front. >> jungle bells. >> many children invited are living with the serious illness or in recovery. >> she has sickle cell disease, so the organization planned this for them. very kind and very exciting. >> my question is i want, i want, i want to be good and i want to be, i want to be happy forever. >> with windows opened they took off and after about an hour in the air. >> it looks like we were really at the north pole. >> i see santa claus, batman, the minions and mickey mouse. >> we live at north pole and it the looks lick these kid are on the nice list. >> all of the kid are on the the noise list, they are having a great time, they see all my helpers around, great day for everything.

>> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> spirits were certainly brighten, from the north pole, meg baker, cbs two news. >> oh, man what a great time. >> just gives you the child. >> see the smiles on their faces, wonderful. fantasy flight program began in 1992 at washington dulles international airport, it spread to other airports around the country as well. >> airline and retired employees volunteer their time and airline donates the jet. completely cost free to these families. >> great thing to do. coming up next, she's one of the biggest pop stars of all time selling out concerts all around the world. >> last night madonna performed on a very different stage. >> ♪ imagine all of the people ♪ >> that is madonna in the middle there she's singing imagine on the street corner in paris. she also perform one of her

classics as a tribute to the victims of last months attack. we will have that coming up. also this... >> it is in the a christmas wreath or a christmas tree rather this thing right here is a christmas weed i'm greg argos in claymont delaware with this towns fascinating history behind this tradition.

if you are a cold weather person hoping for winter weather you are probably disappointed, by the the the forecast but a lot of us are just enjoying this december warm up. we're talking about six owe's and closer to 70, right katie. >> for one of the days of this forecast, absolutely, and typically we top off in the 40's. the it is december after all. >> right, right. >> not enclose to that for daytime highs. we're talk about 15 to

20 degrees above average for now through the the weekend even into next week. >> enjoy it. >> yeah. >> lets talk about are we challenging or breaking any record. we think we will come close if not do it. starting tomorrow and forecasted high, at 63. record is 65. that is a close one. weekend is where we fully expect to at least tie or break a record or two. expecting to tie it saturday. break it sunday. by monday still very warm as we expect to still have have mid 60's. we will get closer to 07 to tie or break a record. we will see how we do. regardless the the message, it is warm outside. storm scan even though we have a weak front has taken any damp weather with it and we are going to continue to see skies clear, with time and sun business ready to come up in a half an hour or so. once it does it will certainly brighten up nicely with time. that with itself will warm up but with those cloud breaking as well and now a surge coming from the south as high pressure starts to basically

ridge from the south we will end up with really warm air. fifty-nine by 3:00 p.m. fully anticipate to go hit six-zero throughout the afternoon and again record will be will challenge, or broken, officially in the next couple of days. the as we head into next week, welshing all good sunshine will come to an end and it will in the form of the potent storm system heading our way early next week which we will discuss later in the show. the message it is warm outside. >> it is very warm, good morning to you and good morning to everyone at home just waking up with us, we're so glad you are here. we have a beautiful forecast at this moment we have an accident, schuylkill westbound, past the could be show who can even curve. that right shoulder and part of the right lane is block. you can see all of those flashing lights, not so much will cause so many slow downs for those moving in the westbound direction, the the eastbound is more busy, however you will get slowed up around this area, with all of the flashing lights but then you'll get gaper delay moving

in the eastbound side. really because of this accident, schuylkill westbound past conshohocken curve because of this you will be slowed down in both directions, blue right taillights in the southbound direction, this is one area where we are heating up but overall we're looking okay. i-95 south at girard at this time at 6:30 we can anticipate slow down here's and look at how busy, very busy indeed. girard point bridge inspection left bound lane north bound side is closed between 9:00 and 3:00 p.m. and construction, richmond street is closed between lehigh and allegheny until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, eric, over to you. >> fire fighters in pennsauken, had a hard time battling a a four a alarm fire at the an auto body shop. fire broke out last night in the 3400 block of haddonfield road. chopper three was over that scene and smoke and flames burned out of control. that blaze was contained over two hours later.

fortunately no one was hurt. demonstration as begins ride sharing service uber are reaching boiling point in toronto and latest confrontation all caught on camera. a cabdriver confronted driver of the white kara cues ago this driver of working for soon are. the cabdriver hangs on for more than 20-yard, and then continues his tirade after the car stops. cabbies in toronto say uber is ignoring bylaws and cutting into their bottom line. 6:34. did you get your christmas tree. >> difficult indeed. >> difficult as well. >> i have a fake within if not maybe you can decorate a christmas weed. that is what folks in claymont, delaware are doing. >> new this is a tradition dating back a couple decade. eye witt the necessary news reporter greg argos explains. >> reporter: at annual claymont delaware christmas parade... after the the honor guard, comes the christmas

weed. >> it is the first vehicle. >> reporter: no, it is not what you may be thinking. >> christmas weed is that a different strain that you are growing in claymont in claymont, yes. >> reporter: this weed is the type that can ruin your garden and decorating one is a holiday tradition that started in this town back in 1993. >> the weed grew up in the median and people decorated it, and somebody stole it. >> reporter: deplans a parade for a year during its humble beginning. >> it was just a few vehicles in the parade. >> reporter: now with barbara's help, how did you find this years weed. >> i go looking in the forested area with a lot of under brush and i look for one. >> reporter: just making sure it is not poison ivy or anything. >> i don't guarantee anything. >> reporter: it has turned into an her long motorcade that attraction hundreds of people. >> we get people surprisingly from all over, coming to be in the parade. some people just show up.

>> i'm walking with a group of guys, all claymont guys, romeos, retired old men eating out. >> reporter: you guys were in the parade. >> we were in the parade. >> reporter: claymont natives love parade and christmas weed for many reasons. >> it is just us. it is same kind of people that comes back year after year. you knock us down we will come right back. >> reporter: none more so than the the town's own song created just for this special resilient plant. >> ♪ on the concrete island on a overpass. >> a crack appears and a great blade of grass. >> a weed, a weed, a mighty weed. >> ♪ >> and it happened right here in claymont. >> in claymont, greg argos, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i love it. >> listen to greg sinking a along. >> i didn't know greg had it in him. >> great pipes. >> before you shut down for holiday there are a few hours to review your financial life

that might help your bottom line and put a dent in your holiday shopping bill. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is live to explain. you are so good a at this stuff. let's start with investments. you have some information for us, good morning. >> reporter: so if you have a taxable account and you have losses, here's something really cool you can sell them to off set gains that you may have taken previously in the year. if you have mutual fund you may have gains you didn't realize, mutual fund distribute their gains right around this time. if you have more losses then gains you candy duck up to three grand against your ordinary income, if you have more $3,000 of losses, car that i amount over to future years. if you sell something and replace it within 30 days that new asset cannot be what they called substantially identical. men as a wash sale rule. to avoid it, just wait 31, repurchase what you sold or replace what you sold with something that is kind of close but not the same as what you sold, maybe something

cheaper like an index fund. >> folks are self-employed, may have then an extra second job, any advise for them. >> this is cool because we know in the last few years people get couple different streams of income. what you want to do is take that second source of income, estimate what you think your income will be next year. if your tax bracket could rise next year, just delay making any tax deductible business purchases until january because if your tax bracket those write offs are more valuable. if it is higher this year make these purchases now, run out go get yourself a new computer or something because today when your tax bracket is higher the deductions are more valuable. if you have enough income consider opening a qualified retirement account. these account have to be opened by december 31st, they are not ira's. so doing so can save you money in taxes, and you know what it can help you save for

retirement. you can open it up by year end you have until when you file your taxes to fund it. that is good news. for more of my 15 year even money tips for 2015, 15 of them, gang, jill on money.com. >> a lot of tips. >> it is a lot of tips. >> we need a lot of help. >> jill, thank you you. well, a special concert on the streets of paris. >> madonna stun fans singing a concert at a tribute to the the victims of the terrorist attack. >> ♪ >> she was singing her hit with her son and guitar player shortly after finishing her regularly scheduled concert in paris. it was one of the three songs she performed including john lenon's imagine. just before the performance madonna tweeted she would go to the site of the memorial and a big crowd quickly showed up. >> just wonderful, nice way to honor victims. >> and have a crowd or two.

>> yes. >> unified. >> that group. >> really nice. still ahead a heart warming update on the little girl orphaned and badly burned in the fire. we told but this yesterday. her only wish was to receive enough christmas cards to fill up her christmas card holder there see how the the nation is responding to her request. >> ♪ sound of christmas classic the nut cracker, it opens up tomorrow at the contacted my of music but first i'll take you for a rare behind the scenes look, and we also have have some young dancers in our studio this morning, you'll meet them coming up next stick around.

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i can't believe that worked! of course it worked! beep, beep, beep! welcome back. we have a follow-up to a story "eyewitness news" first covered yesterday. >> yes, world is responding to the wish of the eight year-old girl from new york state. >> she lost her entire family and was seriously burned when someone intentionally set fire to her home two years ago. the second grader asked for

christmas cards to fill up her card tree. now that third grader at corpus christie school in florida made christmas, they are lifting her spirits, drawing christmas trees and snow flakes. they are written in will colored markers and crayons. >> i wanted to send that to her so that she can have a very merry christmas. >> i wrote merry christmas, merry christmas, and a happy new year. i wrote your story was very inspiring. >> ahh. >> so sweet. >> love this. >> little bit of hope traveling a long way to make sure sapphire is surrounded by love for the holidays. wonderful that adult responded but more moving children saw this and related to her story and wanted to make her have a happy holiday. >> it restores your hope in the human race and just to see young people getting involved, it is really sweet. christmas holiday are near but weather is not. >> even those those cards may

make it look like christmas is on the way weather has not. we have a picture that came in from sandra, i got the to show this to you. so, her caption tells the the story, this is a picture of one of her potted plants out front. flowers she planted back out in spring have out lasted her fall mums, which is hilarious to me. thanks to that observation. we will go to a list of the temperature readings we have found around the region and for the most part we are in the 40's and lower 50's. outlying suburbs like gilbertsville or attempts to check in on a daily basis, we're at 39 degrees. list goes on. upper 40's above the seasonal average this morning in almost every single location. we are off to a good start if you like the warmth and we will continue to see bulk of any storms bypassing us off to the north here. huge deal on storm scanlp for a reason. we had a front that did bring in a few damp road. here storm off to the northwest, yet another storm

in the pack northwest that have been dealing with the flooding rain. next one out in the northwest is actually next storm that we will have have an impact on us in terms of wet weather. it is all about high pressure. for now we have gorgeous sunrise, any cloud from this morning are retreating. we are at 49 degrees in the live neighborhood network outside cape may or middletown ship high school. we will look forward in the forecast though majority is in the 60's, normal high, remember was 47. so this is a substantial warmth, to the point we not only tie but we will break a record or two along the way, meisha, over to you. >> that is sunshine and warmth. >> thanks very much, katie. >> good morning. happy thursday to you. if you are just waking up with us, we're so glad you are here. we have i-95 south approaching street road you you can see squad car blocking the right lane. accident pulled off to the shoulder but this will cause you some slow downs. this is moving in the southbound direction on i-95. we know what that means at this time in the morning.

this is where we had an accident schuylkill westbound past conshohocken that has been since cleared and looks great. that is beautiful sky line, but it is getting dark. schuylkill expressway getting busy there and on the ben franklin bridge for those coming from new jersey moving in the westbound direction toward philadelphia you can see stream of headlights out there as well, obviously moving in the eastbound direction with the taillights. you will not have any problems there. in the world of mass transit the all regional rails are starting a new schedule. airport line in weekday services to warminster and west trenton lines. check those schedules on line. we will have construction girard avenue ramp to i-95 south is closed. i will tweet that. nicole, over to you. we're out here in the great hall here at cbs-3 and i'm joined by very special guests, very talented kid at that. they are all performers at the pennsylvania ballet. they will be in the nut cracker. starting tomorrow at the academy of music. we will introduce you to them

in a couple minutes but i want to show you my rare behind the scenes look with the pennsylvania ballet. >> ♪ >> for the philadelphia region it is a a holiday tradition, the the nut cracker brought to life by the pennsylvania ballet. a christmas classic, perfected in this practice room where 60 performers dance again and again. >> we have a lot of rehearsals just to make sure we're ready to go. >> we practice every day. we take class every morning. >> reporter: lauren plays sugar plum fairy, light on her feet, hard on her body. >> you you sit down and feel great but then you just cannot get backup. so it is tough, but you know the the joys of performing for an audience is so much more. >> reporter: staying on point requires plenty of practice, by opening up these dabsers will have logged over 200 hours. >> reporter: these dancers say

it is worth it when they see looks on children's fastest. >> it is best feeling ever, brings you back to when i was that age and i remember ballerina doing sugar plum and wanting to be that one day. it is nice to be that role model right now. >> reporter: iain also started out as one in the crowd. >> in 1993 i saw path ballet do the nut cracker and that next year i was performing as a kid in the nut cracker here in philadelphia. >> reporter: these days he knows his way arm the theater and backstage where you'll find close to 200 costumes including the mouse king. >> right there. >> looks good. >> i had a good hair day. >> reporter: while i may not have have been able to pull off this party could in the leave without taking a spin a as a role of ballerina. >> three, two, one. >> not bad, but i think it is best i take my seat as one of

the crowd come opening night. >> that is for sure. >> in addition to the company there at pennsylvania ballet we have as i mentioned really talented kid that are in the the show, starting tomorrow to, at the academy of music. i want to introduce them. lets go down the line and say your first and last name for us. >> my name is zina. >> aid even duffy. >> claire smith. >> rachel stern. chloe humphrey. >> so welcome everybody. >> let's talk about this production. are you pretty excited for it because it opens tomorrow. you hit the stage tomorrow. exciting stuff. >> yes. >> what is the best part of being part of the nut cracker. >> i like when i do my solo in the second act it is fun. >> you have a solo, fancy pants over here, all right. what does it take to get to this point a lot of practice. >> yeah. >> what goes into it, what you have to to do at practice. >> well, it takes a lot of

discipline but you can get annoyed sometimes because sometimes we do it so badly and you're halfway through and you need to restart the whole thing. >> we are getting real deal behind the scenes. >> is there a favorite part in the show something you look forward to. >> my favorite part of the show is the the bed scene when the bed is moving and you're just sitting on it and it gets to spin in the snow scene. >> pretty a awesome, right. >> is that your favorite part too. >> i like the part right before that it is the violin solo so we are on stage alone. >> so, fast forward to tomorrow you are about to take the stage any nerves involved, be honest. >> i'm not really nervous at all because i have on on stage a lot. >> i have to say i asked them who would be comfortable if i asked them a question, all of their hand went up. so we have a confident group

here. we are so excited for you guys, again tomorrow at the academy of music pennsylvania ballet george balance chin's the nut cracker and there is a little move and dance and we will send to it break but first strike a pose, all right, go ahead, give yourself plenty of room, okay, and go head can we get some music up in here f not we will send to it break with these lovely dancers as part of the pennsylvania ballet, the nut cracker. we will be right back. only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out, knock it out, fast. abreva.

good morning. the here's a look what we are working on. >> we're in san bernardino with the evident that terror extremist used before this were married. we will take to the sky to find out how laser christmas light displays can be a danger to pilots. also the technology that turns your car into a no cell phone zone. and our conversation with kennedy center honorary carol king, the news is back in the morning, see you at 7:00. >> all right charlie, thanks very much. also in the head lines parent are demanding answers after a second grade inner north philadelphia brought hypodermic needles to class tuesday morning. several students, were checked out at the hospital but none were injured. also new video just in as fire fight are make quick work of an overnight blaze i north philadelphia call came in around 5:30 to the 3700 block of randolph street, good news here, in one was injury. and war of word continues after trump proposal to ban

muslims, trump called mayor nutter a low life yesterday. nut are says trump doesn't know the difference between a reality show and what it takes to be president. well, hard to believe it is 50 degrees right now. it is pretty chilly. >> yes. >> but 50 degrees. >> fantastic. >> not bad at all in the most remote suburbs it is in the mid to upper 40's where you normally top off this time of the year. the that is how warm it is. i wanted to show you our kutztown shot here because do you see that fog? that is a problem across central portions of pennsylvania. we have a reporter from our weather watcher fran in noting ham that she has dense fog. keep that in mine. further are east it is clearer. here's why, frontal boundary clearing out. any moisture long gone witt, even if you run in the damp road along the way or flip windshield wipers before you roll out of the driveway that is all you have to deal with today. otherwise it is warm and smooth sailing right through the weekend. sixty-seven on sunday. >> wow. >> crazy. >> yes, 20 above average,

meisha, can't beat it. >> thanks, for that, katie. i will to have go to some bad news we have an accident i-95 south approaching street road, pulled off to that right shoulder they are trying to get that cleared out, also that right lane is still block in that area another area very busy is i-95 south at girard, well, there we go, very busy right there traveling less than posted speeds and all majors right now as we push in the seven are slowing way down. nine on the schuylkill. eighteen on i-95 southbound. >> slow go. >> we're talking about the weather, forecast nice, i was thinking to go on a dream drive. >> why not perfect. >> why wouldn't you, nicole. any weather goodies for dream drive but especially right now. we will take one to long wood gardens. it was a great place to get in the holiday spirit, if you will, i took a tour of the 4-acre conservatory and got behind the scenes tour from the man in charge of these displays, this years theme is fountain. >> i would like to show you

our east area with our largest tree ever on display under glass. 25-foot cut tree. >> wow. >> all decorated with the color pallet. >> i loved this. >> this huge tree is just one of 16,000 planted, at this conservatory. my tour guide shows how they make every sung will detail look as real as possible down to the cookies, on the plate. >> yes. >> i have to say. >> that is all coming up tomorrow morning on dream drive writ here on cbs-3. >> you know what if you can dream it, you can drive it. >> wow. >> hey, a new tag line here on "eyewitness news". >> yes, you heard it here first. >> yes, yes. cbs this morning is coming up next. >> your phone carrier turn your car in the no cell zone. we are looking at new technology that could save thousands of have lives every year. >> good idea. >> join us bright and relevant i each weekday morning at cbs.

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