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the horns, came out, tuned and we rocked. as dusk settled, some performers escaped the cold on buses as the party continued. i think the÷ tonight and make their presents felt. and they did, on second street infamously nicknamed for one day a year, 2 street. how are you feeling >> great. not too cold. not too bad. layers annulars of clothes. hand warmers. keep your fingers and toes moving, not too cold. the demand for little warmth was high, just ask this crew who
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shared their fire pit with strangers. 8 minutes for $2 and i'll sell you a whole burning log for $10. no need for burning logs at the convention center as the stage was lit up for the numberers fancy brigade finale where parade goers were once again able to feel their toes. it's been cold and windy, but it was a great day. for all of the day's competition results head to our website, cbs philly.com. reporting live on broad street, alexandria huff, eyewitness three. the frigid temperatures are making matters worse for crews still dealing with this water main break-in roxborough. water department officials say it was an 8-inch water main that ruptured on the 600 block. seafood house is without water. the crews will work tonight and hope to restore service by morning. before you head out the door
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tomorrow tune into i witnesses for the latest on this bitter blast. tragedy on vacation, two famil ies with ties to the philadelphia area were among the 12 people killed when their plane crashed in the mountains of costa rica. the national transportation safety beard is now assisting in the crash investigation. the charter flight went own yesterday from a beach town to the capital, one was a wayne steinberg a university of pennsylvania, class of 2021. he was traveling with his parents and two families from scarborough, new york. they're great people. i feel like they're the family that you look to emulate. another family from montgomery county but most recently living in bell air, florida. they were doctors mitchell and leslie wise and their two children. the director of coast that wrist a civil aviation says strong winds delayed the plain's
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landing. a 16 year old boy is facing murder charges for the deadly new year's eve shooting in montgomery county mute county, new jersey. long branch. the teen is accused of killing his mother, father, sister and an elderly family friend who lived in the family home. officers responded when someone inside the home called 9 s 1. we are investigating this and we're confident it is a domestic incident. the suspect was taken into custody without incident. the teen's grandfather and brother who were also inside the home at the time of the shooting escaped unarmed. president trump is back in washington, d.c. tonight after a 1046 day vacation in florida. now that he's back at the white hours, the pdesident has the full agenda ahead of him. president trump returned to the white house monday evening. he spent the holidays with his family at his mare a lag -- state in florida. the president called in a work ing vacation though he spent parts of most days at his golf
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course. we're going to have a great year a fantastic 2018. during the new year's party at mar a lag oh the president expressed optimism about his second year in office as to the north korea's kim jong un's claim that he has a nuclear button on his desk and has missile capable of hitting the u s, the president said we'll see we'll see. the president directed his first tweet at 2018 at the pakistan and government writing the united states has foolishly given pakistan $33 million in aid over the last 15 years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit thinking of our leaders as fools. mr. trump also tweeted about the ongoing demonstrations in iran saying the protests are a sign the country is failing and that it's time for change. domestic issues are also high on the january agenda at the white house led by the possibility of another government shutdown in less than three weeks. next weekend the president will
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huddle with gop leaders at camp david. they want to map out their legislative goals for the new year, including a long awaited plan to rebuild the nation's infrastructure. the president is scheduled to have lunch on tuesday with vice-president pence. congress has been recessed until next week. philadelphia's next district is among several elected officials tomorrow. larry contracts inner will take the off the at the center city civil hall. he. set williams pleaded guilty to a corruption charge and is now serving a five year sentence. to the best of our ability, so he help me god. atlantic city has a new mayor, frank gill young adult mails was surrounded by family at his swearing in ceremony this afternoon. the democrat is the former native of the resort town.
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returning to the philadelphia eagles despite yesterday's performance, doug pederson says he has no concerns as they begin preps for the post season. but some people on the other hand are worried that yesterday 's loss revealed some cracks in the armor. the team is playoff bound and has moment field advantage. is that enough to win? we're in philly. this is what happens. we keep our heart in the game and then we see what happens. hopefully the defense signs because that's all we got. and we'll go from there. the eagles first playoff game is saturday january 13 at 4:35:00 p.m. who they will play will be determined this coming weekend. the eagles enter the playoffs as the top team in the nfc but the odds are not in their favor. according to a sports book in las vegas the eagles have 15 to one odds to bring home the vince lombardi trophy. the new orleans and the last
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angels amounts are all considered favorites to win it all. for the latest eagles information any time, including how you can get tickets to the eagles first playoff game go to cbs philly.com/eagles. let's go birds. a new year brings new laws to our region. the changes in new jersey that could effect your wallet. also where smoking is now off limits and recreational marijuana is now legal, legal in california. how much money is expected to bring it in for the take it. a new year's surprise from apple you can get the discounted replacement batteries right now, but there is one catch. who said it's not shore weather. where dozens of people braved the artic chill and ran straight into the atlantic ocean. let's give you a look at downtown bethlehem. lauren casey says we even he
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>> the new yearlies some new changes in new jersey and they will have an impact on your wall the minimum wage increase to 8.630 per hour. that's an increase of 16 cents from last year. the minimum wage is expected to climb even higher after governor elect philadelphia five i is sworn in later this month.
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the state tax dropped a little today. smoking laws it's now illegal to light up on the boardwalk in wildwood and north wildwood. both sit advertise passed the smoking bans last year and asked people to refrain from smoking before the law took effect. they are also concerned about the effects of secondhand smoke. today in california, they rank in the new year becoming the latest state to legalize marijuana. a dispensary started the day with a ribbon cutting ceremony. hundreds of people lined up there starting at 6 in the morning to buy recreational cannabis. some people believe that california will sway other states that are unsure about legalization. it's going to send a message to other states that legalization, taxation and regulation of marijuana is the correct public policy decision and that it works. california is in a billion dollar in annual
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tax revenue from recreational pot sales. several other states and washington, d.c. have already legalized the substance. legalization authorities believe states like new jersey and delaware could be next. apple batteries are available a little earlier. initial supplies my be limited. apple offered the replacements last week after apologizing for older eye phones and because they were slowing down. apple previously said the re placements wouldn't be available until later this month a new battery offer is good through the end of the new year. every year london's new celebration features performers from all around the world including thousands of young americans. more than 20us marching bands played at the 32nd annual new year's parade in london. about half a million people watched from the side lines. for the young americans there it's a once in a lifetime experience.
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never done this before. nothing can top this. it's a really good opportunity for our band. for the people that are involved n around our communities. marching bands from as close as lehigh university played at the parade in london. a fund and free tuition returned to center city for new year's day. eyewitness news at the kimmel center as it opened its doors for the 13th consecutive year. it's a panoramic view of the mummers parade. the event also offered activities for children and there was plenty of live activity as well. and complimentary hot chocolate. dozens of people braved the freezing cold ocean forth annual split polar bear plunge. three, two, one. the water temperature at the time of the event was about 32-
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degrees. still, dozens of people took the plunge. probably the worst. i can't feel my skin. imagine taking a dip in the frigid atlantic ocean. al an wheeler captured all of this frozen fun for us today down the jersey shore. thank you so much. thank you everybody forgetting involved in that. sea isle city in 2004. i still get chills. when you think about it, flashlight. keeps you looking young. is that it? >> keeps you fresh. dip in. it may be freezing in the water and freezing outside, but the skies are clear, perfect for viewing the super moon. this is a time lapse of the moon tonight from our spring garden sky cam, a super moon is a full moon that is near or closest in its orbit to the earth. there will also be another super moon on january 31 and that one
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will also feature a total lunar eclipse. unfortunate nately we're not going to hear much of it in philadelphia when we see a result sunny sliver because the moon will be setting at the time of the lunar eclipse. temperatures right now, they are frigid. as has been the trend over the last week, 15-degrees right now westerly winds up around 13 miles per hour, so it feels like 1 degree right now. 14 in allentown. we're at 14 in trenton. 12-degrees in atlantic city. four in mount pocono. the artic cold has penetrated all the way down to the florida peninsula. it is in the teens in atlanta and in birmingham. just unbelievable cold and it is going to persist. we have a little bit of a breezy right now checking in on wind speeds around 10, 12, 14 miles per hour. feeling like 14 blow in mount no feeling like zero in allentown,
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feeling like one blow in atlantic city and this isn't the coldest of air. we're going to get a reinforcing shot of this artic air as we head towards the end of the week our forecasting high temperature for this upcoming friday, 16- degrees. the record0cold high temperature for this date ever is 14-degrees setback in 1904. overnight tonight bitterly cold under a mostly clear sky. now you can check out the super moon at 111-degrees. as we head into the day to your knowledge you know the trend, cold most again. 26-degree was a bit of a breeze out of the west. storm scan 3, lake effect snow showers up towards buffalo and cleveland. we've been busy so far as far as averages for snowfall. ate and a half inches. we're above the average by five inches of snowfall. we might add to the snowfall as we head into the upcoming weekend. a noreaster will crews wednesday night into thursday. especially down the shore.
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windy conditions for everyone. models differing on that exact track and that track is going to be the key to who sees the snow and how much snow we are going to see, so stay tuned to that evolving forecast as we head into the next several daze. 3 # degrees on wednesday. we try to make a run at freezing not as harsh, but then as we head in a wednesday night and thursday, watching the noreaster it could bring some measurable snowfall to the coastline as we head into friday. is that the coldest air of the season, 16 on friday and windy. how about a low temperature of five as we wake up on saturday morning windy again, a high temperature of only 18 and then maybe by monday we'll get up towards the freezing mark. that would make two full weeks of sub freezing temperatures. how about that? don and i look ed at each other when you talked about that track that's offshore. the models are all different >>
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a a little bit. they should fall into agreement. right now we could see maybe a couple inches here in philly. it looks like it's more pronounced for the shore. winter is only what, two weeks old? >> yes. >> over it. it happens this type of year. you got to go with it. thank you, lauren. don has the sports. big night, barkly is moving on. and nick foles is looking on the brighter side. sports coming up next.
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doug was a backup, frank like was a backup. nick, if he's protected in that pocket he can do some things. he can do some things. they got to help him out. thel got to, that's the. when he first went down everybody said we got to race our level. >> i think they will. if you're dropping passes on third down, if he puts it right there.
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yes. they got to convert. they got two weeks to get it right. here's the thing, nick follows officially isn't the greatest quarterback, either, he's not the worst. if you're an eagles fan, the last two weeks will make you nauseous. nobody cared about the final score because the game was meaning leukemia and lymphoma society in fact, over the last two games nick follows only completed 46 percent of his pass es. nick remains optimistic. i feel greatment i feel really confident. i know the guys are confident in me. i've played with a loft these guys. i played with a lot of these coaches. i'm excited to get to work, get ready for the layoffs and keep this thing rolling. we're playing at the link so i'm really excited about that. nick doesn't have to step up the defense will have to carry most of the load. jim schwartz is a hot head coach ing candidate.
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the arizona cardinals are reportedly interested. chris long explains why they should be. jim is a good coach. he's a player's coach. he's knowledgeable. there are vacancies. i understand the business. i think it's any time you have success as a team i think your assistant coaches are going to be looked at for potential jobs and we'll cross that bridge when we get there. onto college, penn state and usc played in the highest scoring rows bowl of all time. 101 combined points. one year later that record goes bye-bye. georgia and oklahoma hooking up in the college football playoff. under a minute left, georgia down, wildcat, a two-yard touchdown and the game goes into over time, second ot, oklahoma going for a 27 field goal and is rejected by lorenzo carter. that is a massive play. sets up this, bull dogs back in the wildcat. son any michael.
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scopes to the outside, 27-yard touchdown. you're like that kid has game. he's got some speed >> uh-huh. national championship game is upcoming after georgia with a 54 -48 win over oklahoma. they will play the winner of clemson anal bam a. orlando, florida, the scene, notre dame versus lsu in the sit truss bowl. the fighting irish down by three with under two minutes left. i and book deep to miles boy skins. the one handed grab. looking like to. the 81 big body get down the sideline. i'm saying toesk. neither came ends a nine-game new year's day losing trek. barkly has declared forth nfl draft. he's one of the most dynamic run ning backs in the country.
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many in our region sit down to a new year's day dinner of pork and saw accurate. it's said to bring burlington county good luck all year long. sweat spin wiped up a sauerkraut ice cream just in time for the new year. the shop explains how they came up with the unique creation. the vinegar and the dairy gives it a butter milk taste to it. and we put some sauerkraut piece s throughout so you would get the sweat, salts i, cream i with a little bit of bitterness.
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