. the holiday rush is on, travelers make their way to the christmas destination, while last minute shoppers hit the malls with the clock ticking. looks like the holiday weekend will start off rainy, stormscan 3 shows the wet weather moving into the region, temperatures will also be climbing. we're talking near 60, i'm ukee

washington >> i'm natasha brown, kate bilo is timing out the rain and that's not all. kate, there's a lot to talk about with this holiday forecast. everyone wants to know. >> we've got everything from temperatures near 60 to rain, to colder air and even aow. let's start off with temperatures are still in the 40's, in fact, temps holding steady overnight, which is good news as the precipitationin. it will stay liquid. not expecting rain orin it's 47 still in philadelphia. 45 in wilmington, 42 in pocono at 35. here comes the rain. you can see light swers starting to move inform steadier rain, forming over northern in extes back to portions of the mississippi valley, way, you start off saturday with that system rolling through someme e the day, as the cold front comes

through tomorrorning, showers and even perhaps a rare winter rumble of thunder before that clears out. sunday christmas eve looks tosso that cold air and possibly bring a little north and west light rain or wintery mix in the city. clears out quickly afternoon, we go from warm to wintery with period of late christmas eve into morning and sunshine on christmas day, your travel conditions the best day to get out will be christmas eve. again with the light rain from snow mix moving through. hopefully it won't delay santa. we'll time out the rain for tomorrow. natasha barack to you. >> thank you so much. with the work week over, holiday travel taking off. aaa expects 1.2 million people in the philadelphia area will

travel between now and the new year. the roads, rails and run ways bustling even with such a busy travel year, we heard from some who had smooth rides. >> lovely people to help us, everybody was offering to a bag, can i get anything to fo you >> you know, sometimes it can b. nice people >> good news for drivers out there. the pennsylvania transportation rtde all construction projects on the pa turnpike through next monday. . the roads will, of course,d shopper, christmas will be here in less than three days and man shelves. alexandria hoff is in cherry hill with moreweekend ahead. alex? >> good evening, pretty great season for retailers but the rush is not s opening to get evy

moment out they can. for example, toys are umes are until christmas. forget grabbing a good shoppersl were lucky if they could find 5-year-old managed to get the best spot of allsant. >> you've been a good there must have been lots of going backs, girls and adultsing according to spending 2017 holiday retail tins to grow at the highest s 90% online >> we caught up with shoppers a >> there's some things i touch >> 13-year-old corbin was there mere told accompany hiss less

prepared family member >> i started getting stuff black friday. i feel really good about having everything done, everything is wrapped under the tree. >> reporter: that puts him in the minority according to the national retail federation many continue to shop on super saturday. of course, super saturday is tomorrow, expect crowds. if you still want to do online shopping experts suggest to opt for in store pickup that way you'll be more likely to get your order in by monday, reporting live in cherry hill alexandria hoff. for a complete list of stores and hours, pay a visit to cbsphilly.com and check out the 2017 guide to holiday mall hours page. another news, a standoff is over tonight in bethlehem north hampton county, the suspect was dead inside a home. the situation started this afternoon in the 1500 block of

been nis street, the suspect fired at officers, none of the officers were injured. residents have been told it is safe now to finally return to their homes. police in delaware are investigating an alleged sexual assault involving students at reading middle school in middletown new castle county. school officials are tight lipped and delaware state police are confirming they're investigating an assault and minors were involved. school officials notified parents >> kids have no respect for each other or adults and honestly, no respect for anything these days. >> police also tell us the investigation is in its early stages. the search continues for the man who shot four people. killing one of them in southwest philadelphia. it happened last night on the 6600 block. investigators say the four victims confronted the suspect after he allegedly assaulted a

female relative of theirs. 23-year-old man died at the hospital this morning. the three other victims are in stable condition. the suspect remains at large. police are also investigating what led to an elderly woman being hit by two cars in south philly this morning. authorities say the 83-year-old woman was struck before 6:30 while crossing the street at 24th and washington. she was pronounced dead a short time later. police say both cars that hit the woman stayed at the scene, the drivers are cooperating with the investigation. "eyewitness news" on the scene of a fire in philadelphia's port richmond neighborhood. broke out in a row home. a woman jumped from a woman to escape the flames, three children were able to escape. all four were taken to an area hospital. no word on the cause of that fire as of yet. california man is under arrest now and charged with plotting an isis inspired terror attack in san francisco on

christmas day. the fbi found a letter in the suspect's home referring to president trump recognizing jerusalem as israel's capitol as well as guns and ammunition. >> the fbi filed charges friday against 26-year-old everett jamison, a tow truck driver from california he made his first court appearance. accused of plotting an attack at san francisco's busy tourist attraction pier 39. court papers say jamison planned to use explosives to funnel the clouds. he allegedly told an undercover agent christmas would be the perfect day for the attack because he was ready to die. jamison's father and step sister are stunned by the accusations. >> i don't know what to say. >> reporter: they say jamison was muslim but not radicalized.

the fbi says jamison was inspired by isis. they say he was plotting an attack that would have involved both firearms and a vehicle. jamison is a former u.s. marine discharged for failing to disclose he had asthma. an fbi informant told the bureau he had been radicalized. he's charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. agents say jim mason praised the deadly truck attack in new york city in october be and the 2015 shooting in san bernardino. he could spend 20 years in prison if convicted. president trump is in florida tonight for the christmas holiday after signing the republican tax bill into law earlier today. the president signed the bill in the oval office. he said he decided to sign the bill into law rather than do it at a former ceremony several weeks from now. thus keeping his promise of tax cuts by christmas.

>> the companies and corporations and you see that happening, corporations are literally going wild over this. i think even beyond my expectations so far beyond my expectations. >> the president also said an infrastructure bill is on the agenda for early next year, a bill he says should earn democrat support. scandal hits the miss america organization why is ceo is now suspended >> ahead at 11:00. oprah with a warning this holiday. >> it's a fraud, it's a fraud. >> how scammers are using her popularity in an attempt to steal people's information aliens? a sighting in a sky over southern california that caused quite the stir. latest when we come back. a christmas day tradition is saved find out who is coming to the rescue for the reend actment of georgia washington's famous

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♪ . it's strange sight in the sky had people in southern california thinking they were seeing aliens, what you're looking at and what they saw is the trail of exhaust from a space x rocket. carrying satellites, this was the final mission for space x this year an e-mail scandal rocks the miss america and the pageant ceo has been suspended. pageant ceo haskell sent offensive e-mails, the board of directors suspended haskell indefinitely and will conduct annin did he haveth investigation. haskell said they were stolen, new jersey casino reinvestment

authority is reviewing the contract to host the pageant in atlantic city. the philadelphia orchestra sent a tweet to distance itself from conductor charles dutwa. he removed his honorary title and severed all ties. three opera singers have come forward and accusing him of sexual abuse. oprah winfrey is warning fans about a money scam using her name and real videos of her, the fake accounts popped up on instagram promising to give $5,000 to each of their first 100,000 followers. they suggested that they were affiliated with winfrey's tv network. winfrey responded on her official instagram account >> it's a fraud, it's a fraud, it's a fraud. don't give up any of your bank accounts or personal information to anybody posing as me or anyone else for that matter.

instagram has apologized. so far it has removed about 100 fake accounts using winfrey's name or company. sportscasterer, he an impressive 60 years, enberg covered everything from super bowl to the olympics. and authored two books. last year, he retired from voicing the san diego padres game, i remember his sports quiz game show. the cause of death is pending. a wood bury city police officer mean the has a new puppy. after his nephew four-year-old easton, easton passed away in july after battling a tumor on his spine over the summer,

officers sheen's piers at atlanta county's k9 academy ranked him the top recruit. >> it's like now he can live his own life now as a police officer just in a form of a k9. >> is easton will one day enter the police academy and become a k9 officer. this holiday season, a local students are letting veterans know that they care. >> more than 350 stockings are ready to go in washington township new jersey. local elementary school students spent all week stuffing the stockings as part of the stockings for soldiers program. all of these gifts will be donated to the veterans home in vineland. camden county police officers are working with the young community members to help those in need. they spent the afternoon giving care packages to homeless residents at the cathedral kitchen on the 1500 block of

federal. the packages were assembled by children in the projects guardian program, which serves at risk, youth. septa helping to bring joy to children in need. this morning, septa workers loaded bags filled with toys on to several busses parked outside of the transit agency's headquarters in center city. the gifts were delivered to several charities and churches. septa employees collected 18,000 toys, bikes games as part of their 37th annual toy drive. >> cool mule. that's very good. kate talking about the temperatures going up and down here. >> warm and rainy and cold and a little snowy. next week, what's going on, still on the weather roller coaster, it was a beautiful night in yardley. it was our holiday fest. i was at shady brook farms earlier. they put on quite an impressive light show every year, you drive through, or you can ride in a

wagon more than 3 million lights and more than 350 individual displays again you can explore in the comfort of your car or in that open air wagon ride. once you go through the two-mile stretch, there's fire pits, you can roast marsh, there's a complete farm shop. at great location and very quick to get to off i95 if you haven't been i would highly recommend checking it on it and you can drive through or ride through until january 7th. you still have time. keep the festivities going. let's take a look what we can expect in bethlehem. you can see clear skies, allowing you see towards the star you can see it on the mountain as you look into the distance, here it is on the mountain top overlooking the city, this is main street lit up. the little huts we were there last weeks, little shops lining main street and behind the sun in there as well, looking beautiful in the christmas city.

what do we expect? temperatures hanging around 40 on the live neighborhood network as the rain starts to push in. you can see the first batch of showers lifted north of philadelphia, bucks and montgomery county seeing a little light rain, the heaviest is off to the southwest. portions of kentucky and west virginia, this is heading our way overnight but tomorrow morning really. light showers developing through the next couple of hours nothing heavy. the wall of rain gets here early, around 6:00 or 7:00, that's when the rain will pick up in intensity. it will be mild and breezy at 57 for saturday. so what to expect. periods of rain, steadiest in the morning, thunder is possible in the evening and ponding on the roads in some steadiest

downpour, here's 8:00 a.m. if you have errands, you'll get wet in the afternoon, maybe little bit better midday. break in the action before the front comes through with the chance for another round of showers and possibly even a rumble of thunder. heading into christmas eve quiet. sunshine and quiet conditions. the next system comes through late christmas eve into morning, you can see what it looks like, this is 1:00 a.m. a wintery mix in our northwest suburbs and light rain to the south and then it could end as a period of light snow just about everyone into christmas morning before it clears out. this is the latest molester gfs, you can see it's scaled back the snow totals slightly but still looking at a light dusting possibly as much as an inch and three or four inches. we'll start your christmas with the snow shower, eventually it will turn sunny, windy and cold. your "eyewitness news" seven-day

forecast you can see the chill settling in. tomorrow is mild. by christmas it's 20 degrees colder than tomorrow, we can see the light snow sunday into monday, the cold entrench. s itself into next week, thursday highs in the 20's and when you have cold air, like that, you got to watch for any storm that is try to come in. the models hinting at a potential storm next friday or possibly saturday it's still very early. but once that cold you get a storm. >> fantastic. >> one day at a time. >> here we go. kate >> lesley got sports, the raiders, >> this is the first time since the historic game, see if they can deliver christmas night, can the

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♪ . the flyers won seven out of the last eight games, the first of four games they will play on the road. they're score less, ryan o'reilly on the board first, brian elliot now down two, late in the third, but finally michael rock will get to one within, flyers lose 4-2, the sixers will, back in action in toronto, the number one team in the nation, villanova taking on

ho, if stra. the villanova, eric pass kel, and that's the start of a big run for nova ending with a 22 point lead, wildcats win 95-71. temple struggling with georgia this afternoon, the bright spot seven of his nine three pointer, the bull dogs up by 19. couldn't cut into the georgia lead, they lose 84-66. ob had a team high 27 points, next up houston tomorrow. football eagles continue to prepare for the christmas show-down with the oakland raiders, nick foles hoping, you may historic the seven touchdown wins, that's the last time these two teams met up >> i think i had the first of the seven, he's older more mature, little more confident. other than that he's the same

guy and he'll sit back there and swing the ball like he knows how and put our team in a great position to win every game. >> we heard the story, nearly 50 years ago, eagles fans threw snowballs at santa claus. santa decided to bury the hatchet. >> we're cool. i've moved on. >> he's fine. >> no, i'm not fine >> you just said you were fine >> it wasn't even you they were upset at. it was the team >> that makes sense, hit the guy in the bright red suit. >> sure. they're just passionate. a little too passionate. is that >> honestly? surprised they didn't throw you harder. >> playing the role of the snowball there.

the real santa, from what i understand couldn't make it for some reason and a substitute santa he didn't have the santa vibe. >> yes. >> yes. >> up next, a christmas tradition will go on, we want to tell me you who i

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