from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". celebrating christmas, catholics in philadelphia begin the holiday with midnight mass at the basilica of saints peter and paul in center city. >> meantime, pope francis presides over midnight mass, in vatican city his christmas message the crowd of thousands. >> another day of record warmth temperatures are set to climb once again but with that comes some thick fog to deal with on this christmas morning, it is a good thing that rudolph has that red nose, light up the night. good morning, i'm nicole

brewer. >> and i'm jan carabeo. merry christmas to you. at last check, santa was now in alaska, so he's made his rounds, here in the delaware valley. luke you said, yep, rudolph had his work cut out for him this morning. fog lying in thick. actually dense fog advisory posted for our region, we start things off there. but you know what, this is one of the situations where you kind of make up for it, when you have the warmth that we're going to be expecting here through the next couple of days, definitely evan flow on the they are mom term, but we stay above average for the majority of the days. we breakdown first and for most is the fog. let's start off with "skycam 3". you can see the halo effect over some of the lights on the boardwalk here, our shore shot, taking you down the shore toward ocean city again stuck in a fog. this is very relevant everywhere too. as i mention, dense fog advisory posted, lasts us until 10:00 this morning, maybe having the christmas morning breakfast opening,

tearing through the present, might not be able to see too much sunshine, at least not initially here. it appears as though we will be stuck in more clouds than anything today. storm scan3, pretty quiet at the moment here with just the radar, we throw the cloud cover over there is always tough to tell fog on saturday light anyway. you can see there are some clouds that continue to roll through our region. quick check on the area temperatures, what else is new? exceptionally mild again. starting off in the 60s, up and down i-95, and we have some records that we think we're going to at least flirt with if not break n philadelphia the record to beat, 68 degrees, we expect to hit 69 today. so that will make it obviously another record breaking day, eventually we expect to see shower here and there too. but it looks talcony-palmyra will generally come later on and specially toward night fall. nicole, we send it back to you. >> this morning christians are gathering in church to celebrate the birth of jesus christ. >> gives the fateful time to reflect on the meaning of christmas. "eyewitness news" reporter justin fin live -- finch live.

good morning, merry christmas. >> good morning, merry christmas there is of course christmas tradition, midnight mass throughout the basilica, tradition where the splendor can be seen in every part of the service in every pew was filled overnight. the service always visually and spiritually moving, the choir saying carols including come all yee fateful, hundreds sang from the pews, standing room to share in the moment. this year's focus was on the holiday, and family, perhaps not to pope francis, who marked mass here back in september. the homily under scores the importance of pass ago family focused tradition onto children, attendees also called to remember theumble birth of christ, outdoors in a manger, detailed scripture, of course, in song. now if you missed this midnight mass, there are other opportunity for services at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., of course, noon today. jan, nicole, back over to you. >> all right, justin, thanks

for that. we'll see you in a bit. >> pope francis celebrated mass at saint peters basilica in vatican city. >> ♪ >> the pontiff joined by catholic faith full remember the birth of jesus christ in bethlehem last night. in his holy homily the pontiff called for catholics to live a life of impass i, saying jesus calls us to act soberly, in other words, and in a way that's simple, bald, consistent, capable of seek and doing what is essential. this is pope francis' only public mass for christmas, but tens of thousands crowd in the saint peters square this morning for the pope's traditional speech, which will take place in about an hour. >> christians in bethlehem are celebrating christmas a mid recent violence in the area. the town has been focal point for clashes between israeli troops and palestinian protesters in recent month. thousands of people crowded into manger square for christmas eve festivities last

night. one visitors from jerusalem said she is happy to escape the violence, feels safe in bethlehem. >> crews are hose z -- head today northern california to assess the strength of two rare tornados touched down on christmas eve, unusual holiday time weather pattern triggered dely tornados in the south this week, blame for at least 14 death and three states. don champion with the latest now from new york. >> on this holiday of giving, some people in northern california are taking stock of what's lost after an outbreak of tornados. >> seeing trees swirling like a blender. >> so many phones captured the storms, bringing down powers lines, uprooting trees. >> we've been here for 45 years. and we've never had anything like this before happen. >> mike churchill saw a tree crash down on his neighbor's car. a child was inside. >> the kid said hey mom, stop, and hit the back and just

barely hit the car at the back of the suv. >> rare tornados in california commas the people in the midwest and south come from deadly tornados there this week. pastor barry reynolds, his church among hundreds of structures destroyed in mississippi called it a test from god. >> test our fate. >> at this red cross shelter in holly springs, donations of food, clothing, even christmas gifts, have poured in. >> i've just not seen this kind of generosity in a single county anywhere i've worked. >> neighbors determined to keep the giving spirit alive in the face of so much lost. don champion, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". police in north carolina say a shooting that forced the closure after charlotte mall on christmas eve was with the result after feud among group of people. the altercation broke out yesterday afternoon, off duty officer nearby heard gunshots and responded. the officer confronted the

armed person, who then allegedly point add gun in his direction. the officer fired his service weapon shooting and killing that suspect. philadelphia police need some help catching a northeast philadelphia tire slasher. surveillance camera catches the suspect along the 400 block of hellerman street early tuesday morning. look near the blue arrow on the upper left-hand corner of your screen, as he disappears behind some cars. police say that's when he slashes the tires on total of seven cars. if you have any information you are asked to call philadelphia police. >> 5:07 right now. warm weather is bringing out a summertime activity. >> coming up where people on the jersey shore were swapping their sweaters for surf boards. >> oh, my goodness. listening in on the secret conversations with santa, i can't wait for this one, adorable kids share their christmas wish list. first, a special holiday performance from mount st. joseph academy in flourtown. we'll be right back.

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>> warmth weather prompted summer fun at the jersey shore in time for christmas, they get out their flip flops and surf boards. some surfers say bring it on. >> real he warm, so i'll surf. >> it is fantastic. any time you get out on the water it is great, extra christmas surprise. >> christmas surprise. don't you love it? forecasters a tribute the weather to the el nino. and we also got this video,

check it out, joanne rogers from medford lakes, new jersey, look at the kids, so warm, actually going for little dip, taking little christmas dip out there. i don't know that it was that warm. pretty cool. >> i like your style. do it up. medford lakes. yes, really warm temps, it was warm enough, absolutely was, but, now you have got these side issues there is morning, all about the fog, we've got a lot of moisture to work with, nice light wind, warmth as well, dew points basically saturating the air mass, that's how the fog can form, but i want to show you a beautiful shotment take a look nicole. yes, i know you can appreciate this. >> i was there last night. >> yes, so, so beautiful up in the little town every bethlehem up in northampton county. this is a shot i've been wanting to show you now for awhile, since the new hd camera came in for "skycam 3", because they have this christmas star that they shine

on the top of the mountain if you are not familiar, so beautiful, really puts you in the christmas spirit. we've had too much cloud and fog cover that we haven't been able to see it so this is the first time. that said, bethlehem is one of the oddballs out here when it comes it a clearer sky. because as we go next to the visibility, look how they drop, as soon as you get to i-95. so it is somewhat patchy, but very dense, and up and down from trenton to wilmington you're at or under half mile visibility at this point. so expect that there are some places where it will be difficult to travel, you have the moisture source to draw f meanwhile, storm scan, quiet for now at the local level. you can see there is movement in the atmosphere, even if i step to this side had heavy rain since now pulled out, long since pulled out to sea. but we will be watching series of fronts the next couple of daysment you can still see moisture to work with over the lakes, already no snow, even up in the lake areas here, but that said, we will continue to track couple of front here.

so we did just have cold front cross through, now waiting on the next warmfront to begin to lift in, so we do think that come christmas evening you might start to see couple of showers, maybe even few pocket of steady rain build in. then the next warmfront comes along, that, too, keeps us damp saturday. then comes cold front, so again, you're going to continue to see front after front, whether it is warm or cold front regardless it, looks like we will have at least little bit of wet weather to contend with here almost every day of the seven day. but today, despite the snowy scene on the graphic, no snow. 69 degrees, again, break a record here for us at the local level. we will talk about the christmas downtowns later in the so. running short on time. i want to give you the sense of the seven day here. evan flow seeing movement on the they are mom term, not one day guys is even close to average. back to you. >> one christmas tradition, some of the young ones of course the visit to see santa claus. >> "eyewitness news" photo journalist tom gardner caught up with saint nick at the

cherry hill mall, overheard secret conversations with the kids. >> welcome to the north pole. how are you, sweetheart? where do you want to sit, here or here? >> look over here, smile, nice and big. >> we don't have fancy seat do we? what do you want for christmas? >> a camera. >> what do you want? >> dirt bike. >> what do you want? >> dirt bike. >> tell me what you want for christmas? >> toys. >> toys. how about you? >> a bike. >> a bike? >> what do you want? >> okay. >> you're laughing. you don't think i can bring? >> no, i'm happy. >> okay.

>> a violin. >> a violin? >> she already has a have i lynn. >> she want a vie flynn. >> no, avenue violin. >> , she wants a violin? >> ♪ >> all i want for christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth, my two front teeth. merry christmas. >> how precious? >> i feel like he is the real santa. >> well, he is. >> because there are so many. >> well, he has helpers. >> but that's the real deal right there. real cute. holiday tradition fins this afternoon in south philadelphia. >> that's right. "disney on ice" back at the wells fargo center, disney celebrating with hundred years of magic, many families spent their christmas eve with mickey, mini, other characters, show in town

through january 3rd. >> i have to tell you i saw it last year, going again this year. the kids faces, just light up. it is a great shop. still ahead, the eagles gear up for washington quarter bat kirk cousins. plus the salute to veterans. see the special delivery to those deserving veterans this christmas comin

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welcome bark, evening else take on washington tomorrow night on cbs-3 with the playoffs on the line, birds will be dealing with quarterback kirk cousins who has out played robert griffin, iii. rgiii, big name, but the birds respect cousins' game as well. >> what a great quarterback does, not focus in on one, but takes what you give them, and when desean's open and has it, kirk's got all of the arm toy

get us there, highly accurate thrower, very good decision maker, and they're hitting on all cylinders, hell of a challenge for us to step up and beat them. >> and like we said, the eagles game is on cbs-3. we'll get you ready with the game with the pre-game show at 7:00. don't miss it. kick off 8:25 tomorrow night, again, right here on cbs-3. >> huge game there. last night thursday night football game may have the nfl final game in oakland, with the raid he is possibly moving before next season. and the raiders sent their fans home happy. they beat the san diego chargers 23-20 in over time. the game is also the last in oakland for a long time. raiders defense's back charles woodson who is requiring after 18 seasons, in the nfl. >> oh, boy, big game on saturday. >> i'll be watching. >> right? fingers crossed, yep. of course we are happy to have you join us this christmas morning. >> as we go to break, special holiday performance from the philadelphia boys choir and chorale. >> ♪ >> ♪

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>> foggy start to your morning, but mild this christmas, you can probably still rock the shorts. "eyewitness news" continues this christmas, so glad you're with us, i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm january can carabeo. this morning, unique salute to veterans. >> i hope you enjoy, my friends. >> how well known local chef went on mission to make the holidays brighter for some vets, one meal at a time first let's talk about this forecast, rudolph, one foggy christmas eve, santa came to say, rudolph with usual nose so bright. >> won't you shine? what are the lyrics? i want to try that? >> won't you guide my slay tonight maybe? >> how aboutt?