shots fired at a patrol car in cumberland county a police officer is injured but narrowly escapes getting hit by a bullet. we will have the latest. looking live at bethlehem this morning after a damp, dreary day yesterday, the weather turns colder and winter weather advisory is set to take effect for parts of our region. chelsea ingram will track where some people might see a white christmas. it is a south philadelphia tradition the morning before christmas day, we are looking live at termini's bakery where we will talk live to the dozens of people standing in line for hours for their holiday treats. and today is sunday december 24th, merry christmas eve, everyone i'm jan carabao

lets get right to the forecast with meteorologist chelsea in gram with eye witt necessary weather. good sunday morning, chelsea. long line but chilly for them. >> colder then what we dealt with yesterday morning and that is the trend, jan, into the afternoon. merry christmas eve. let me show you temperatures across the reej on you can see how we're colder, 39 in philadelphia and millville according to our neighborhood network around 37, we have got 38 degrees in cape may county and medford lakes right around 35 degrees, there. here is 24 hour temperature change, acrosses entire map anywhere from three to 14 degrees colder all depending where you live, down the shore we are about 14 degrees colder in atlantic city as well as wildwood. looking at storm scan three shows we are quiet, big difference, we have got cloud but don't that have green sprinkled across the map. so, no rain as we are starting out your sunday morning but our zoom out and show you system out to our west, that is going to be bringing us a

quick shot of some precipitation, as we head in the overnight hours tonight and also tomorrow. throughout the day though sun, cloud, we will see temperatures rising to around 43 degrees by 3:00 a great travel day, travel weather but as we head into tonight that will change. we will have details in your full forecast, for now, back to you. >> chelsea, thank you. a christmas tradition is underway in the city of philadelphia this morning, the many families just can't celebrate the holiday without that dessert. a long line is forming at termini's bakery in south philadelphia. that is where we will find "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh very bus think morning. hi, anita, how are you doing. >> reporter: good morning, jan would i say this is my favorite christmas eve tradition with so many others here who feel this same way, some of these people have been line up since midnight 1:00 a.m., doors just opened up at 6:00 this morning. as you can see lines are wrapping through the building here. there is a kitchen back there,

that is, filled with people, dozens and dozens and hundreds and hundreds of cannolis, these people have been at work since the early hours of the morning preparing for this holiday tradition. i have spoken to a ton of people in line coming from all over in different states and they say thinks just part of the philadelphia and part of their annual christmas tradition. such a treat to be here to, make their famous cannolis at this bakery. hear from one man who is very first person in line this morning. >> i got here right around 1:00 o'clock, stopped, grabbed a cheese stake, kind of sat out here and enjoyed the weather, and the holiday spirit. >> reporter: why do you come so soon? that is the same story for so many people, who we have spoken to in line, i mean the line was wrapping outside, of the door and it is making and

snake go through the building right now. you can still see people coming n they have live string band is here throughout the day-to-day. they have just opened up their doors at 6:00, they will be here until 5:00 this afternoon , if you'd like to come down, grab a treat. live, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". nothing says a very philly christmas like cheese cakes and cannolis at 1:00 a.m., i think so. >> i absolutely agree with you >> make sure you get one for yourself we will see new 30 minutes. since today is last shopping day before christmas there is in doubt shoppers will be crowding the malls today looking for those last minute presents, on super saturday, horde of people were trying to beat the holiday rush. many people took advantage of the extended holiday hours to complete their wish list, now, according to the national retail federation more than half of all consumers plan to finish their shopping yesterday. >> i needed to get some things for the great people that work

for me, they were last on my list but first in my heart. >> i live in chicago, so there is some tax there, 10.5 percent, saving money, cherry hill. >> 10.5 percent. yesterday's holiday rush was also known as panic saturday. according to the experts it is usually men who are making those last minute purchases. i'm not shocked about that. if you still need to get something at the very last minute many stores will have modified holiday hours today, k-mart will be opened from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. or midnight, wal-mart will only be opened until 6:00 tonight and target will be opened, in just about an hour now and stay open until 10:00 p.m. tonight. for a complete list of stores and their hours go to cbs philly.com and check out our 2017 guide to holiday mall hours, you will find christmas ape new years eve closing times there as well. in other news this morning a millville police officer escaped injury after gunfire hits his patrol car and now

police are trying to figure out who pulled the trigger. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves has more. >> reporter: at lee two dozen investigators and officers were out here earlier for hours, trying to understand what led up to an officer's patrol car being shot at, here is what we know so far the call apparently came in around 7:00 o'clock that an officer's car was shot at, the patrol car was near intersection of second street and vine street here in millville it is un career at this time how many times police patrol car was hit but evidence markers show what appeared to be several bullet casings in the street. there were concerns that an officer was also shot an office shore may have been in the patrol car but authorities have confirmed that an officer was not shot at, or injured. investigators are not saying much more about this incident at this time or what led up to it. the good news again, although a police patrol car was shot at here in millville no officer was injured. in cumberland county alycia

nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now to an update about a standoff between a gunman and officer in northampton county. you may remember on friday police say that the shooter killed his mother and then killed himself hours later. officers were called to a home in bethlehem right around 1:30 in the afternoon that standoff lasted more than eight hours fortunately no officers were hurt, investigators say gunman lived at that home with his grandmother. the cause of the shooting is still under investigation. u.s. department of home land security is calling the harrisburg shooting spree on friday a terror attack. authorities say that ahmed, shot at police from three different lexness harrisburg before responding police officers shot and killed him. now one officer was injured in the shooting but she is expect to be okay. >> it sounded like firecrackers at first, and then i heard a barrage of shots and i assumed that is

when officer shot back. >> now, dhs says he was a naturalized u.s. citizen who was admitted to the country from egypt on a family based immigrant vees a he returned from a visit from the middle east just weeks ago. top leaders of the atlantic city based miss america organization has stepped down amid reports of the derogatory e-mails exchanged. ceo sam haskill seen right here resigned yesterday along with president josh randall and chairman lynn widener. outing president also apologized yesterday to the 2013 miss america winner whose weight he ridiculed in the e-mail exchange with pageant officials. a slew of disparaging e-mails were leaked to the huffing ton post which first reported them on thursday. renowned conductor charles dutoit has denied serious accusations of sexual misconduct. his office issued a statement saying that the allegations have absolutely no base is in

truth. three opera singers and musician has come forward accusing dutoit of sexual abuse. he is seeking legal advice now and plans to defend himself. dutoit has led more than 600 performances with the philadelphia orchestra. coming upright here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this sunday morning we will check on the holiday get away rush, at philadelphia international airport. meantime, tricky travel trouble in other parts of the country. >> snow, ice are bearing down on parts of the country and travelers had to get to their christmas destination i'm laura podesta in new york and christmas destination i'm laura podesta in new york and here they are dealing ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here.

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a record number of americans are traveling for the holidays and many in our area appear to be avoiding the highways and going by air. at philadelphia international airport, things were starting to pick up at this security check in late last night, meanwhile families shared hugs and in the arrival sections, one traveler flying home to california tells "eyewitness news" that the airport was surprisingly quiet. >> my first time going back to my girlfriend so it will be real exciting. we were surprised. we thought we would get here and airport would be crazy and it has been pleasantly surprising. look at security it looks like it is not a big dealy heard this morning from kyw news radio reporter it is very busy out there right now. some 80,000 people will fly out of the philadelphia region by the end of this season, so

to get most out of your travel experience at phl, consider this, give yourself time to get through security and out to your gate, typically a 15 minute walk, know your airlines baggage policy to make sure you can carry on, always check philadelphia international airport web site to make sure parking garages aren't full and if you are picking someone up use the cell phone lot to keep those airport lanes clear. well, getting to the holiday destination could be treacherous for some travelers as inclement weather bears down on the country and for last minute shopping for procrastinators a double whamy long lines and rain, laura pod esta has more from new york >> reporter: winter storms stretching from texas to the northeast is creating a nightmare for travelers, just in time for christmas. icy road were to blame for this van careening in the car and killing the driver in ohio further north, travelers navigated snow covered road in

massachusetts. >> at lee we will have a white christmas, so it goodies for grand kid. >> reporter: truck jackknifed in missouri creating backups, last minute shoppers here in times square are dealing with soggy wet weather but they say rain or shine they have to pick up their presents. >> because we have to get everything that you have missed. >> reporter: in other parts of the country warmer weather but still problems, whipping wind knocked over official city nashville christmas tree friday night, and in los angeles clear skies, but congested road, once inside lax people were faced with long security lines. >> about 70 percent of the united states is subject to ice and snow so you need to be aware of that before you hit the road, slow down. >> reporter: triple a predicts a record 107 million americans to travel this holiday, laura podesta for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". fortunately here in our area really good travel day. >> it is, i was going to say i

will be one of those americans out traveling for holidays, great weather today, tonight that is going to change a little bit and maybe even, in the we hours tomorrow morning, when santa comes. let me start off with a view of christmas city looking live from bethlehem there christmas lights looking simply beautiful, dry, total difference compared to what we dealt with this time yesterday know we will go live to center city where it is around 38 degrees. we have wind north at 7 miles an hour, and the dry conditions, here as well, and dry road making for that great travel weather throughout the day. 38 degrees in philadelphia 36 in millville. you will notice we are cooler compared to this time yesterday, and temperatures mainly in the 30's and they are not changing all that much as we head into the afternoon. we have wind from the north and west we don't have that warming wind today, wind will shift more out of the north ande so temperatures rising in the low to mid 40's for a lot

of locations and some might only stay in the upper 30's today. storm scan three shows a very quiet picture. we have some cloud across the region but it is, dry and that is helping, with those travel conditions, a lot of people hitting the road today, we will draw your attention out to our west we have a system bringing in some snow to place s like northern missouri, also into illinois, this is going to be taking a ride to the north ande and impacting us with the quick shot of precipitation heading in the overnight hours tonight and starting as early as this evening. we will talk about that but location is having the bows chance to see wintry mix and even some snow will be north and west of philadelphia berks county lehigh valley and poconos, some areas in the poconos, have a much better likelihood of seeing that, white christmas, with anywhere from one to 5 inches of snow, as a possibility. so lets talk about how this will all play out, throughout the day-to-day, couple of showers, making their way in to perhaps northern delaware,

even south jersey, as early as seven or 8:00 this evening, but overall a lot of areas like trenton, allentown staying dry, notice how this precipitation over spread from south to north as we head into the midnight hour tonight. if you are heading out to midnight mass carry the umbrella out, if you are around the philadelphia region just mainly rain but up to the north and west, some of the road could be slick up into the lehigh valley, berks county and poconos with the wintry precipitation making its way through. as quickly as this system moves in it moves out and we will turn mostly sunny as we head into the day on monday but that system will be leaving behind some significant wind across the region. a wind advisory issued starting at 7:00 this morning we could see gusts to around 50 miles an hour, possibly regional wide for areas highlighted in that tan or beige color. christmas day your forecast sunshine, wind which these wind we will see wind chills in the 20's. if you do plan to take a little walk after eat ago lot

for christmas dinner just make sure you dress for 20's and for eagles game it will be feeling into the teens with those winds. today some sunshine mixing with cloud 43 degrees and then you're witness weather seven day forecast, 38 on monday, 32 on tuesday. jan, chill sets n thursday 30 degrees and then 20's with snow chances by next week even >> hopefully santa gives everyone scarves, gloves, everything, thanks, chelsea. 6:18. santa is making his way around the world as we speak following months of checking his naughty and nice list and quite frankly visiting places here in the delaware valley he has parted from finland to spread cheer all around that part of the world. he packed his traditional santa sack and boarded his sleigh pulled by his reindeer. count down begins for children in our region. don't forget those milk and cookies, folks. tracking saint nick from the skies tour chimney just got easier, norad is testing new

technology on the santa track er this year. now use smart home digital assistant like alexa and court ana to see when he will arrive with his sleigh full of gifts. norad has been tracking santa for the last 62 years, very cool. still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" it is christmas eve morning. >> other people have been going through this too. other people have been going through this, a hard time. >> perspective on the meaning of the who will take from a little girl still weathering the storm. it is a holiday tradition that lasted more than a generation story of one family 's christmas tree that has been with them throughout the decade but first thinking of traditions cbs-3 holiday weekend tradition continues with this special holiday performance from the philadelphia boys choir, and carol we will be right back.

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back on "eyewitness news" a little girl in houston, texas will have a very merry christmas this year despite the damage and devastation left by her hurricane harvey. the eight year-old, made a christmas wish list while at her friends house on that wish list she put her family first asking santa to rebuild the roof of her home damaged by hurricane harvey. >> i was just trying to let them to explain like my hard life that my daddies sick inn

's has diabetes and high cholesterol and all that and i just feel really bad for my dad. >> now the letter to santa somehow caught the attention of the state representative who posted to it facebook. the letter touched the hearts of stranger and loss of people donating christmas gift, food and offering to help the family patch the holes in that roof and some of the bedroom walls. holiday traditions are a stapel in many families and here is an unusual one same tree used for three decade straight. we met this family of california, first bought this scottish scotch pine in 1983, it was so small it could only hold one string of lights. they loved it nonetheless and kept tonight their yard between each christmas holiday >> i enjoy trimming it, i get out there, i spent sometime with it, how are you doing? doing good. don't worry, you will clean you up. >> he's a tree talker.

>> i'm a tree talker now. >> over the years the tree has been repotted, four times and even survived a fire, it is the only tree their sons had ever known and still growing each and every year. truly special. coming up in the next half an hour right here on "eyewitness news", anita oh is live in south philadelphia where a holiday tradition of our own is underway this morning, anita? >> reporter: good morning, guys. it is a christmas eve tradition for so many across our region i'm anita oh in termininess south philadelphia to check out delicious treats being made and hear why so many families line up outside as early as after midnight. >> the show always makes me hungry. and little girl with a lot of holiday spirit right here see the new jersey school concert that is become a viral hit i love it. chelsea ingrammys back with the latest on the winter weather advisory for our area and areas that might see some

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good morning, everyone i'm jan carabao, merry christmas eve, lets get right to the forecast and here's meteorologist chelsea ingram on the cbs-3 sky deck this morning, how does it feel. >> it feels chillier compared

to yesterday but dry, we are not dealing with the rain. yesterday i was not out here because of the rain. different story i heard planes , lots of busy holiday travelers and weather will be just fine and cooperate with us for today if you are traveling for the holidays. let me take to you graphics and show you temperatures across the region. notice chill where it is 38 degrees in philadelphia 36 in wilmington. mid 30's in millville, atlantic city and then mount pocono around 27 degrees. we are dry, locally on storm scan three across the delaware valley just dealing with some cloud out there. zoom out draw your attention to the system developing off carolina coast bringing some rain to those locations, we also have a system out in the midwest bringing in some snow to some of those areas. so, if you are traveling today or you know someone traveling along corridor it is looking just fine, mixture of sun, cloud, temperatures in the 30 's and 40's. down south mid 60's for new orleans, partly cloudy, 55 in

atlanta major hub there. we are looking at this system bringing snow to chicago, st. louis, indianapolis, detroit today that is impacting us as we head in the overnight hours tonight, we will have details coming up in your full forecast, for now, back to you , jan. >> thank you. 6:32 for some philadelphia families you cannot have christmas from cannoli from his termini bakery. quite a few people are lining up, to make sure they are on the family table tomorrow. that is where we will find anita oh and i have a feeling quite a few people might be an under statement, good morning, how does it look out there. >> reporter: absolutely, very much an under statement, jan to say quite a few people are here. dozens of people have been lined up as early as midnight to be here and this christmas eve tradition for me as well. i was here last year filling cannolis. you can see, they are absolutely delicious. it is a family secret. joey termini is joining me now

you have been so hard for work >> this is a dream come true. we work all year for. it is what it is all about. it is not about money or any of that stuff, it business these customers continuing their tradition, it is wonderful. >> i have seen you high five ing your friends. so many people wanted to shake your dad's hand, it is like a work plan you start preparing for this in like january. >> easily january, we have the plan for next year is starting to take form, we learn from our mistakes. we know what we have to improve on for next year but just seeing everybody face it is one big family. it is an hour outside this morning just talking to customers lined up. just wonderful. >> you guys don't make mistakes here. i tried cannolis. they don't make mistakes here. >> what are some stories you have heard from your customers some people have been coming in here every year 40 plus

years. >> forty plus years, there is real funny won. today first customer was telling me the store bye one of the other customers that was here years ago. worked my way dunn line and someone told me that i had i don't dues them and here they are together. aspect of philadelphia. we have embodied it, here at terminis. >> it must be so special here, to be here with your family. >> yes, that is the case but it is not just termini name but all of the guys that are here and all of the girls here are one big family and we have been together for 30 or 40 years. just very special and we have been very blessed. >> reporter: thanks very much for your time this morning. this is really a philadelphia institution i must say some of these people say this is as philadelphia as a cheese stake

and christmas eve tradition that they really love this. we will be here throughout the morning. i tried solve these cannolis, i think i'm an expert. we will check that out this morning. we are live from south philadelphia, anita oh, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> they need to put you back to work with that many people here, extra pair offhandeds. >> always put me back to work. >> we will see new 30 minutes, thank you. it was quite a shopping day saturday at the italian market in south philadelphia. folks line up at isgro pastry stocking up on their favorite sweets for their holiday table as well, isgro's pastry has kept this holiday tradition going for more than 100 years. >> we have been here for 113 years, doesn't stop, keeps on going, lines down the block, we will get them out quick. tomorrow will be even better. >> i don't doubt it. several other shops will be opened today at italian market on ninth and christian streets

and if you still have some last minute holiday shopping to do don't you worry, stores are ready, roxana saberi talk to shoppers out on super saturday considered to be the biggest day of the year for retail sales. >> reporter: just in time for christmas. >> i think so. >> reporter: martha is wrapping up her holiday shopping. >> there is just never enough time. >> reporter: national retail federation says more than half of the adults in the u.s. plan to shop last full shopping day before christmas. >> shoppers procrastinators and retailers. >> reporter: sherry jones covers business and economy for u.s.a. today. >> super saturday, the last saturday before christmas has been the biggest shopping day of the year and that is going to be the same case this year with 126 million people expected to shop. >> reporter: more men, then women were planning to shop on super saturday, also known as panic saturday. >> panic saturday would be me,

so. >> reporter: are you panicking? >> i'm almost there. >> reporter: why procrastinate? >> well, just busy and my gosh not really sure what i want to do or buy. >> reporter: many shoppers say they intentionally waited until this week toned get good deals. >> there is a lot of bargains to get this stuff out of here. >> reporter: stuff that is selling the most this holiday season, clothing, toys, gift card, books and electronics and just over half of the last minute shoppers are buying their gifts on line. >> on line shopping where i have the luxury of time but the holidays are, you know, tomorrow. thank you so much. >> reporter: national retail federation predicts by the time the holidays are over the average american will spend just over $600 on gifts, for true last minute shoppers, some stores will still be opened on christmas eve, and christmas day. 5 percent of the shoppers surveyed say they won't finish buying presents until after christmas.

roxana saberi for cbs news, new york. and as if you are not panicked enough check this out last minute shopping was put on hold saturday afternoon after a local mall was evacuated, this all happened at springfield mall in delaware county around 3:30, fire fighters were called to that mall after black smoke was seen coming from a pizza shop inside, they believed that the smoke was caused by grease in the restaurant's kitchen, mall was evacuated under an hour as a safety measure but fortunately no one was hurt. holidays can be a time of happiness but they can be bad for your heart, coming up next on "eyewitness news" it is christmas eve morning the risk you may be taking if you tend to over inn indulge, stephanie stahl has the story. ahead in sports should eagles rest starters since they necessity they are in the playoffs? we will hear from doug pederson. video of the morning, the local girl with enough holiday spirit to go around, how her

performance has turned into a internet hit can't wait for this one we will be back in a

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so great of a a tradition. check this one out, the video of the morning. >> i have been waiting. >> we are itching to see it again and again. cherry hill, new jersey girl steels the show during the school's holiday concert, take a louisiana at it. >> ♪ >> y mean someone need to tell her to come out of her shell a little bit that is eight year-old lucy, a now facebook sensation, lucy's mom told inside addition that her daughter did in the want to attend that concert because there was a gift exchange and she was angry to be missing it but when she got on stage everything changed, lucy brought down the house as she sang and danced her way through the. >> she's my spirit animal. in the shy at all, love it. >> she was missing dance so she just put the dance in the performance.

>> that will put a smile on my face. so will the forecast. >> we have great travel weather. let me take you a live look at our place one apartments camera there in plymouth meeting, you can see the sun, beginning to rise and skies brighten and it is a beautiful view. we have plenty of cloud around as we are starting out your day another live look at center city, 38 degrees, you can see the cloud here as well , winds north at seven, it feels like north at 33. it is feeling chillier but at lee we do not have, the rain, it is 35 degrees right now in allentown. thirty-five in trenton. cold spot on the map that would be mount pocono around 27 degrees there down the shore upper 30's in wild wood. thirty-five in atlantic city. thirty-six in millville, delaware we are right around 37 degrees and dover, and 37 in wilmington as well. storm scan three painting a quiet picture but we have included out there we will see sunshine mixing with included throughout the day and zooming out draw your attention to the system out to the west

bringing snow to these locations like portions of illinois, also into missouri, this is trekking off to the north ande and it will bring us a very quick shot of precipitation, mainly rain along i-95 corridor south ande but some locations could tap into a wintry mix maybe a little bit of snow, best chance would be north and west where we have winter weather advisory for berks county, lehigh valley and poconos at 7:00 o'clock tonight. here's what you can expect, well, santa will be very hard at work. quick shot of precipitation will be mainly rain from philadelphia, on south ande and into south jersey and also into delaware. a slushy mix possible for our north and western suburbs and then up to around 5 inches of snow, possible in the poconos, and it will be up there where we have that better chance of seeing a white christmas. let me show what you i'm talking about here on future weather. we will see rain from the south, the rain making its way in to will inning ton, and philadelphia by seven or 8:00.

midnight mass good idea to have an umbrella, along south jersey and delaware. north and west we have home from christmas eve festivities , but road could be slick in the lehigh valley and poconos but some areas will wake up to a beautiful white fresh powder snow on the ground making for their white christmas. the it clears out of here, we will tap into sunshine in the afternoon tomorrow, but will leave behind the wind. the wind advisory for entire delaware and lehigh valleys, the at 7:00, and we could see gusts of 50 miles an hour. we have ray high in the upper 30's on chris mace day but will feel like 20's all day. that wind advisory making for that yellow on christmas day on travel. it could be airport departure delays, and, breeze which

sunshine, as we head into tuesday. across the region today 43 in philadelphia, 47 down the shore. a big chill settling in for last week of 2017. jan. >> oh, boy, thanks. time to check the road in the traffic center with amanda mueller. >> we have a few accidents, starting in new jersey on the atlantic city expressway on the eastbound side, farly service plaza, the good news no lane restriction bus right shoulder is block turning in the plaza but keep an eye out for. that back in pennsylvania we have an accident in coatsville the waiverly boulevard at washington lane there is a lane restriction on that one, one lane, blocked, but not too much, we shouldn't have a hard time getting pennsylvania that this morning. if you need to get across the burlington bristol bridge be ready for two bridge opening we have two ships in the harbor waiting their turn to get through. use others as your alternate if you had are in a hurry. roadways are looking bet they

are morning as a whole then wet drive yesterday for last minute shoppers aside from wet spots we are all dried up just keep an eye out for puddles, taking a live look from the boulevard, early travelers but no big problems on the major. in the cbs-3 traffic center i'm amanda mueller now jan, back to you. on the healthwatch now holiday festivities are in high gear and that called could be dangerous for some people. health reporter stephanie stahl explains why. >> reporter: tis the season to be festive with parties, food, shopping, traveling and extra helping of stress. with that can come the unwelcomed gift called: holiday heart syndrome which is mostly related to too much drinking. >> when you drink too much alcohol and go to irregular heart rhythm called a fib. it is when top part of the heart does not beat in conjunction with the bottom part of the heart. >> reporter: alcohol can short circuit electrical system, change electrolyte levels in the blood and increase release of stress hormones which can

cause afib, most common symptom intense heart palpitations and being short of breath. >> if you are in afib you are probably going pretty fast and to be in that fast rhythm a long time can cause damage soy it is really important to be seen, by your doctor's office or, your local urgent care center or emergency room. >> reporter: doctors say it is important to recognize atrial fibrillation because not only can it cause your heart to beat out of rhythm but it can cause a clot to form which can lead to the stroke. for some people the condition is temporary but others might need to be chemically or electrically converted back to a normal heart rhythm. doctors say over eating rich, salty food is another trigger for holiday heart syndrome. moderation is best defense and making sure you get enough sleep and regular exercise. i'm stephanie stahl cbs-3

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and, check out this trainers, stretching out embiid's legs and back during extensive warm ups, well, it worked. he got off to a fast start hitting three right here. joe gentlemen scored sixers first eight points and then in the second, check out embiid, playing defense, a rejection, and sixers down eight at the half due to turnovers. to the third weak go embiid with the dunk, raptors pulled away in the fourth, sixers

lose their fifth, 102-86, next up the nixon christmas. now to hockey game to of the flyers four game road trip saturday they look to rebound, in columbus. late in the first, flyers down a man and columbus will take advantage seth jones with the power play goal right there. don't worry early in the second flyers are able to tie it up, ivan provorov with the score right there, and this one goes in the shoot-out. voracek need this goal to keep flyers alive. flyers lose two-one. next up flyers and panthers on thursday. the eagles back at practice on saturday getting ready for their christmas night match up with the raiders at the linc. coach doug pederson dressing media one final time, keeping an eye on several injured bird we have corner back jaylen mills, defensive end derek bar nick and stephan wisnieski. he said extra rest has helped and they have come along. pederson weighed in on the debate when should rest the starters since the eagles are

already playoff bound. >> they are the best players and i think it is important that they continue to play. if we're in that position if we're fortunate enough to be in that position to rest, i'll make a decision at that time, and, it is important here in these next couple games that we continue to play because that is week 17, you don't play for a couple weeks, it is important to maintain the edge , maintain the aggressive ness, and, and, and play one series, and, you know i'll make that decision at that time. don't forget break down the game for you on chevy sunday kick off this morning at 11:30 right here on cbs-3. it is a special christmas for south jersey teen, his hoops dreams are coming true. winslow township detectives on patrol faced 16 year-old elijah was playing on a weather basketball rim and backboard. they all got together and bought him a portable basketball hoop.

he received it last night. that backboard is shatter proof so elijah can dunk the wall as hard as he wants. that is all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdal have a great day. and that is it for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 6:00 here's what we have coming up at 7:00. a close call for a millville police officer, a bullet hits his cruiser and police are on the search for a gunman. gift of warmth how a local happies cheering up patient his can't be home for christmas. dress warmly for 2017, the temperature will tumble, chelsea ingram's forecast is coming up this sunday morning, stay with us, we will be back at the top of the

it is a christmas eve tradition, passed down from generation to generation, a south philadelphia bakery gets an early start on this christmas eve, why long lines formed here each and every year. it is less than 24 hours until christmas, who is still opened and how long do you have to get those last minute items. and while you may be dreaming of a white christmas, will you get one we will break down areas that have the best chance of seeing snow flakes. today is december 24th, good morning, merry christmas eve everyone i'm jan carabao. lets get over to