it's a tough christmas morning for a delaware family after fire tears through their home injuring one person inside. meanwhile christians across the area are already celebrating the christmas holiday in church and this morning many more will do so at home. and it will be a good morning for opening some gifts and staying inside. christmas day off to a wet start as we take a look at i-95. but the rain that we had all day yesterday is coming to an end. and we'll see the sunshine today. but something else, as well. good morning. this is nbc 10 news today. let's begin with brittney shipp and her first alert forecast.

now we're seeing some relief this morning. >> that's right. it's slowly starting to taper off and we will see some sunshine as we head into the afternoon. wind speeds are picking up as a cold front is moving through the area. that will help drop our temperatures, so it won't be quite as warm as it was yesterday. here is a closer look at our radar shot. you can see where the lingering showers are and they're moving through parts of south jersey, moving into the northern parts of delaware and into the poconos. but it's very spot city. and we'll start to dry out. right now 60 in atlantic city, 60 in millvale, 54 allentown, 54 pottstown, 54 in coatesville. and 59 in dover. as we see a drying winds coming out of the west, we will see our temperatures drop a bit today. 52 degrees on 56, that will be our range. so take a look at the wind speeds out of the west, 15 to 20 25 miles per hour, gusting up to 35 by the afternoon. new from overnight, we were

watching this, a big mess on the schuylkill expressway just cleared in the past half hour. there was an accident there that sent one person to the hospital. no word on that person's injuries. this traffic camera video shows where a car flipped over on i-76 near montgomery avenue. as officers were attending that accident, another car crashed into one of the police cruisers. no one was hurt in that secondary crash. once again, though, this cleared in the past half hour and east bound lanes are open again. and overnight, a house fire september one person to the hospital. it broke out around 12:30 this morning. one person was able to make it out safely. he's being treated for smoke inhalation but is expected to be okay. no other injuries were reported. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a spiritual start to christmas in philadelphia. nbc 10 was at the cathedral

basilica of st. peter and paul for midnight mass. the archbishop led the faithful in prayer. mass will also be celebrated later this morning at 8:00 and 10:00 and again at noon. christians from across the world gathered in bethlehem as they always do to mark christmas eve in the place jesus was born. the central manger square is decked out in white and yellow lights and a towering christmas tree. about half as many people made the trip to the west. analysts blame the war in gaza. ♪ from one bethlehem to another, churchgoers gathered in the lehigh valley up to that shares the name of christ's birth place. bethlehem, north hampton county. people have made christmas part of the town's identity for nearly 300 years. are you not alone on christmas. that's the message and the mission of a local clarity that offers comfort to homeless

veterans. jesse gary is live for us with this story. tell us about this program and the people it aims to help. >> reporter: for the past decade, members of the veterans group have been coming to places like logan square on christmas. the philadelphia -- west philadelphia nonprofit houses and cares for dozens of vets from the korean war to our country's current conflicts. twice a month including today, staffers gather donations and food from in-house stock and handing it out to homeless vets around the city starting in center city. >> there's a lot most of people out there that's worse off than we are. and we're trying to help them. whatever we have, if we can spread it around, we'll gladly do it. not a problem. >> reporter: and coming up, i'll tell you some of the things they will be handing out to the homeless vets here in philadelphia. live at logan square, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. pope francis celebrated

christmas eve with a late night mass. thousands gathered at st. peter's basilica for the pope's blessing. he said the birth of jesus christ showed the patience, closeness and tenderness of god. this is his second christmas celebration as pontiff. the holy father's visit still nine months away, but planning is picking up. organizers from the world meeting of families say they're tackling issues both large and small. everything from housing and transportation for the more than 1 million expected visitors to buying and storing millions of mass booklets and communion wafers. today some people will see "the interview". penn cinema is the only local theater fulling the film. sony pulled it after hackers threatened violence. the u.s. names north korea for those threats. in the film, two men are trying

to assassinate kim jong-un. sony changed its mind releasing the movie to monthly independent theaters. it's also available online. people can watch it on youtube and google play for about $6. you can also watch it through xbox. this morning police are looking for a man who tried to sexually assault a woman in west philadelphia last night. the woman was able to fight off the attacker. it happened around 8:00. according to witnesses, the man knocked down the woman, dragged her into an alley way off vine street. the attacker had a knife, but the victim had a stun gun and she tasered the guy and he ran off. in philadelphia, the red cross is helping a family rescued from rubble after the front of their house collapsed. this is the scene on roosevelt boulevard. fire and rescue crews pulled family members to safety. two of them were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. and in bucks county, a house fire had firefighters salvaging the family's christmas gifts. look at this. the fire broke out around 8:00

last night on hilton avenue. everyone practice it out okay along with the gifts. investigators are still looking for the cause of the fire. police in ocean county are investigating a real tragedy this morning. a 2-year-old girl killed when a neighbor backed out of the driveway and ran over her. it happened yesterday afternoon along forest park circle in lakewood. it's too soon to know if the driver will face charges. in atlantic county, more woman are claiming their urologist inappropriately touched them. only nbc 10 was there as authorities hauled the doctor out of his office in handcuffs on tuesday. police have charged him with criminal sexual contact involving three of his patients. after our story aired, police say more than ten women came forward with similar accusations. no charges yet filed in those. in chester county, this log cabin never had a chance when fire broke out. one person was hurt when fire

started at this home on old wilmington road. crews fought the fire for several hours before the cabin eventually collapsed. 4:07 now. and this morning, workers at the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta will being examined after an employee there was possibly exposed to the ebola virus. a lab technician may have come into contact with a small amount of ebola during an experiment. that person is being monitored for signs of infection and will be for 2 is days. less than a dozen workers at the ctc are also being examined. officials say the risk is low and does not extend beyond the lab. former president george h.w. bush remained in a houston hospital overnight after being taken there for shortness of breath on tuesday. a spokesperson said president bush had a good day yesterday and his prognosis is positive. it's not clear when the 90-year-old will be released. merry christmas as we head

into the rest of today. we will see all these showers that are lingering clearing up. we'll see wind speeds picking up and we'll see drier air moving in from the west. so a closer look at our satellite radar shot, you can see the stretshowers from norfo york. temperature-wise, we are mild this morning. but as we head into the rest of the afternoon, we'll actually see the temperatures dropping down heading into the pourts. 44 in the poconos, 52 in allentown, 54 pottstown. 55 in wilmington, 60 in millville. if you're closer to the shore, temperatures at 63. and as we head to the rest of today, although we'll start off with clouds, by 10:00 a.m., we'll start to see more sunshine peeking through. c#tn;tqws;]j6q sm+no carrierrn

aerospace tedefend command nora is tracking his progress. yes, it looks like rudolph is still in the need. and right now, santa is over iy÷ juneau, alaska. so he has crossed over the north american states already and has made it all the way to juneau. and now juneau where he is. i'm sorry. it's christmas morning. you have to give me that one.

thank you. we'll keep tracking his progress throughout the morning and let you know if he's going to pay a visit to your house. maybe hawaii next. well, new this morning, contaminations plaguing a sweet treat. next, a recall that involves apples. plus tracking holiday travel troubles. santa may be get along well, but some of are you not. how the wet weather is trying to spoil christmas for some. and back ordered until spring? surprising hot holiday gift that didn't make it under many trees will christmas.

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we see very little traffic on the roads, but you do see some cars out there heading out toward the airport. we do still have rain on the roads from overnight, so there could be some slick spots. take your time. and speaking of people heading to the airport. if you have a flight out, you'll want to pay close attention. most air traffic is back on schedule at philadelphia international, but officials are advising anyone flying out today or picking up someone to check on the status before heading to the airport. that's because bad weather a lot of delays. mario's flight from denver to philadelphia was delayed. and to make matters worse, the airline lost his bags, too. >> lord knows where the bags are. maybe they're still in denver. i don't know. not only that, but there are christmas presents in the baggage that we did not receive. >> oh, man. many airlines have lowered the number of flights offered on christmas day, so if you're flying be advised planes could be packed. and some passengers in atlantic

city are not where they planned to be. spirit airlines canceled a flight to ft. myers last night. and people we talked with say the airline cannot get them to florida until tomorrow. spirit says it's working with passengers. a missouri company is recalling caramel apples because concerns over listeria. there may be a connection between the apples and a recent listeria outbreak that has killed at least three people and sickened nearly 30. the recall covers 31 states, including pennsylvania. the apples were not sold in new jersey and delaware. the fda advises not to eat pre-packaged caramel apples. the local christmas choir competition third place winners for the 9th to 12th grade division. ♪

♪ said the night winds to the little lamb, do you see what i see ♪ ♪ do you see what i see, way up in the sky little lamb ♪ ♪ to you see whdo you see what see what i see ♪ ♪ a star, a star, dancing in the night with a tail high school big as a kite ♪ ♪ with a tail as big as a kite♪ said the little lamb to the shepherd boy ♪ ♪ do you hear what i hear, do you hear what i hear ♪

♪ streaking through the sky, shepherd boy, do you hear what i hear, do you hear what i hear ♪ ♪ a star, a star high above the tree with a voice as big as the sea ♪ ♪ with a voice as big as the sea said the shepherd boy to the mighty king ♪ ♪ do you know what i know, do you know what i know ♪ ♪ in your palace warm mighty king, do you know what i know ♪ ♪ do you know what i know, a child, a child, shivers in the cold ♪ ♪ let us bring him silver and gold, let us bring him silver

and gold ♪ ♪ said the king to the people everywhere, listen to what i say ♪ pray for peace people everywhere, listen to what i say ♪ ♪ a child, a child, sleeping in the night, he will bring us goodness and light ♪ ♪ he will bring us goodness and light ♪ ♪ ♪ bring us light

that will put you in the spirit. congratulations to them. coming up in our next half hour, nbc 10 will take you behind the scenes of that choir and show you what it takes to create that winning sound. well, the salvation army in chester came up way short on its christmas fundraising goal. but it's not too late to help out. their goal was $60,000. but the donations totaled just under $20,000. the organization says it will continue to accept donations over the next few days. in fact they accept contributions all year long. good morning and pamerry christmas. temperatures will be dropping throughout the day. here is a live look outside right now. you can still see all the wet roads. lingering showers are expected the next few hours or so.

but we will see drier air moving this. wind speeds are gusting out of the west/northwest at 15 miles per hour. 59 degrees, a mild start to the day. we will see the temperatures dropping, though. we are in the 40s in the poconos. 52 in allegmg9ñ 54 in westchester. mid-50s in wilmington. a warm and mild 59 in dover, 59 will stone harbor. we're at 60 in atlantic city. 58 in glassboro. and a closer look at our other temperatures throughout the area, pottstown is at 54. 58 in washington township. northeast philly at 60. 58 in trenton. along the shore here, we're at 58 in avalon, woodbine at 63. so if we show you the 24 hour temperature change, it shows that we are up 12 degrees in northeast philly. 11 this philadelphia. 13 from this time yesterday. wind speeds are gusting. we'll continue with the windy conditions throughout the day. a cold front is moving through

our area. so that is going to always kick up the wind speeds. we're gusting up to 26 miles per hour mount holly, 23 in trenton, 23 in allentown, 38 in the poconos and 31 in reading. here is where all the rainfall is. you can see it's pretty much isolate the right over our region. it will continue to push offshore as we head through the rest of your morning hours. it will take a while for the lingering showers to clear up about about start to 7:00 a.m., you'll notice the conditions drying out and also the clouds moving out and then we'll see windy conditions throughout most of today. we'll see wind speeds sustained up to 35 miles per hour. our temperatures today, although we're starting off in the 50s, will drop down into the 40s as we head into your early evening hours. so it will feel a little bit most of about christmas for us by noon, 52. by 5:00 p.m., 48. i'll have your "7-day forecast" coming up. 4:21 now. extreme last minute shopping. right up until the very last minute. the stores where you can still

even at this early hour go grab a gift. plus a surprise shortage. the unexpected hot holiday item that is months behind on production and what is sparking the newfound popularity.

4:24. what is old is new again. one of the hottest selling gift this is christmas is the brand of footwear that has been around for decades. and the manufacturer can't seem to fill orders fast enough. courtney reagan reports. >> reporter: who would have predicted that the hottest item this holiday season is a boot that has been around for more than 100 years. >> i don't know. they're hot pl. >> reporter: ll bean's famous and rubber boots are known as

duck boots even though they're officially called the bine boot. ll bean workers have been cranking them out since 1912. >> production level has gone up, popularity of ll bean boots. other than that, we're still making the broots toots the waye 100 years ago. >> they have a great fit, a classic look. and they're very main. >> there is a look out there right now that is sort of fashioned after the lumber jack mno carrier

price. courtney reagan, cnbc, brunswick, maine. christmas comes on the same day every year, but everyfc it still manages to sneak up on last minute shoppers. you know who you are. i know who i am. this is toys "r" us, they were busy right up until closing time last night and some told us their work schedule prevented them from shopping earlier, but some enjoyed the rush. >> lots of late shoppers. >> indeed. i was in line for about 45 minutes. >> and it wasn't just delaware. yesterday afternoon the mall was

bu bustling. some people still have buying to do, so we present this. some stores in this area will be open on this christmas day. that includes most 24 hour 7-eleven and cvs locations. rite aid 7:00 to 7:00. walgreens is also open. most of those stores are between 8:00 and 6:00 while pharmacies will be open 9:00 to 5:00. i can say for a fact that the cvs in ardmore is open and there are people shopping as of one hour ago go. if you're looking to eat, you'll have some options. denny's is open all day and night. some applebee's will also have hours. boston market, golden corral and ruby tuesday is open. and, yes, starbucks has hours, too. we have a full list of restaurants that will be open today at nbc10.com. and you can also download our new iphone app and get your information on the go. and if you're up for a movie on christmas, there are some new

ones hitting the big screen today. among the releases, a couple dra mass, unbroken and big eye. and also plea mering into the woods. and don't forget, yes in, very limited release, the comedy that is annoying north korea, "the interview". and i'm tracking lingering showers and windy conditions to start off your christmas day morning. i'll go over all the details what you can expect for the rest of the week, as well, coming up in the "7-day forecast". and new at 4:30, $2 million spilled on to the highway. can you imagine the frenzy that followed. we'll telling you you how officials are trying to get all the money bag.

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