. christmas eve traeflers. you want to hear this, if you are flying for the holiday, get ready for a security change when you get at the airport. seasonal conditions start right now. all morning long, stores will be packed with people shopping for christmas goodies. and last fight showers are moving out. but there could be more wet weather today, right along with record smashing warmt on this christmas eve. it is 69 degrees at 4:00 a.m. form, this is nbc news today, i'm tracy davidson. let's get a look at your first alert forecast. >> we are experiencing record warmth.

here's a look, as soon as you step outside, you will feel the difference. you definitely don't need a jacket the rest of the morning into the afternoon. 66 degrees in reading. we're 66 in potts town. 63 degrees in allentown him wilmington at 69. temperatures close to 70 degrees. 67 in mount hol lay, 24 hours temperature change, we are up 12 degrees in allentown at 16 degrees, poconos, 13 in potts town, up 9 degrees in millvale. up 14 degrees in dover. definitely a big improvement yesterday with our temperatures. today we are tracking anywhere between 74 and 77 degrees, record warmth is what we're dealing with, showers as we go into the afternoon. so wind speeds out of the southwest, 10 to 20 miles per hour. you can see the rain here, pushing offshore, we will still

see isolated showers as we head into the afternoon, so i'm tracking what you can expect right now. let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> what we're seeing is less construction than we formally do, right around 24th street, on coup queue my camera goes out. it is not active. you are good to go there west and east won t. only major construction problem we are seeing right now is on 95. that's where we have ramp close years around girard avenue and 95 southbound, otherwise, these drive times are doing great. no problems to the vine street expressway. unlike yesterday, we will head over to the philadelphia international airport and see no weather related relief. >> thanks. happening today, millions of americans are traveling for christmas. if you are flying, you will want to pay attention to a change in tsa security lines.

for the first time, tsa officers will mandate full body scanners. the tsa says body scanners are better at detecting explosives. >> i don't have a problem with the x-ray, stuff leak that. take a look at me, i'm not worried about somebody looking at me. >> you know, it's a fear factor. i think it makes us feel safe. do what they have to do. >> to be clear, can you opt to get out of a scanner. pat downs will still be offered, but if they have a security concern, they may require you to be x-rayed. before you head to the airport or hit the road for christmas, download the nbc 123450uz app. you can find the latest airport and traffic conditions. today, christmas preparations are in high gore, some gift shopping. others are making sure they have everything they need for christmas dinner. >> that includes dessert.

matt delucia is live outside term my brothers bakery. look at how you are dressed. pretty warm. if i know, i mean, last year's a little chili out here, now, we got tee shirts. i got the polo shirt. a few people out there wearing shorts. that's how warm it is out ear right now. it doesn't feel like christmas eve at all. with outside term fibrothers ike bakery, a family tradition. some say they have been lining out here a little while. they are closed right now. they will open the doors at 6:00. these guys are very early. we got i'd say a dozen people in line. some guys are coming out, ten, 20, 30 years, some more than. that so this really is a tradition out here in south philadelphia. the guy that manages this whole thing, we have him here. you were here early this year. tell me why. >> well, i consleep for some reason. i said, i have to go in. all these people are waiting outside, i want to stay hello,

really, i enjoyed every minute of it. >> you have been doing this, not you, yourself, 94 years, the family. >> 84 years. i have been here 58 years. i started '56. >> tell me how this progresses year after year, especially tradition. >> well, the business expanded from a small little bakery across the street and they moved across here in 1938. it just expanded and expanded. then we started the mail order, which we did, i think in ten years, we're doing mail order. >> people all over the country are getting it? >> all over the country. >> what's going on around the country? >> right now, they're getting ready, canolis and the other pastries. >> canolis, canolis. >> a busy seller. >> reporter: you have a busy day ahead. you guys are waiting, of course, because its so nice and warm,

it's a little breezy out here, that's not hurting anything. you have a food truck out ear. a lot of new things this year. so they're only stepping it up as these guys wait a little less than two hours to go inside and get those canolis, canolis. we will be celebrating with christmas eve services. if center city, there will be masses at the ba sim ka, st. peter and palm, followed by a 19:30 mass. at 11:00, church will have carollers. new from overnight, a deadly christmas eve shooting in what police call a quiet peaceful neighbor. neighbors woke up to gunshots and then a crash around 11:00 last night on ver upon the road in mount airy, after someone

shot a man through his car doorch he was taken to the hospital where he died. police say he's from philadelphia, not from that area. they are looking for the gun and the reason why someone shot him. now, new information about those stolen propane tanks. police believe this under surveillance video, look at it. it's of northeast philadelphia. the first-hands happened at two business, one on church street. in all, 43 propane tanks were stolen this month, ranging from $ en the t /* /- 20 to 100 pounds. they touched down at newcastle national guard base. service members died in a suicide bombing monday.

taub was a graduate of high school. a prostitute behind bars charged with killing a doctor in a hotel room. they say manuel baez paid baker for sex. he had offices in center city and wynwood. they found his body pond morning on the floor of his room. an autopsy determined that he had been strangled. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen cane says she expects more fallout from the e-mail scandal that led to the suspension of a state supreme court justice. he made a decision to suspend michael eakin. kane says this is yet another step in restoring our faith in our justice testimony. justice eakin will be off the job while the state ethics court investigates him. he is accused of exchanging lewd

e-mails. kathleen kane says her legal troubles started when se released 1,000 of those e-mails. she is facing federal perjury charges for leaking possible grand jury information. she has pleaded not guilty. here's an example of the spirit. some of philadelphia's finest stepped if after din after a gr stole the christmas gifts meant for 4-year-old twin girls. well, the officers that responded that fight decided to help out. along with other members of the police district, they raised more than $1,000 to buy new presents. >> we live in the community with the people that live here. we want to show them the holiday for two little kids. >> the gifts were delivered yesterday. the girls don't know about them. they won't see them until they

open them on christmas. >> good morning. we are expecting a warm day today on christmas eve. record warmth expected for us. the records in the mid-60s. we'll be in the mid-70s. we will beat the old record by at least 10 degrees. satellite track shows long stwooet tweeted showers. we will see showers as we head into the rest of today. it won't be as heavy as what we were seeing on wednesday. we are definitely tracking showers and warmer air up from the southwest. we're at 60 degrees in the poconos. you can see that wind direction. 66 in potts town. we're at 69 in wilmington, 2067, 63 at the atlanta city airport. 66 degrees currently in woodbine and 71 in lewis. a closer look shows by 18:00 a.m., we will see temperatures

continuing to rise, but also, we're going to see a chance of showers, mainly near cape may and the southern parts of delaware. for philadelphia, you notice scattered showers if allentown. these will all move ahead into our late morning hours. a few more stray sprinkles around 10:00 p.m. we will not see what we had yesterday. we definitely have a chance at showers. highs around the region, low 70s in potts town. mostly cloudy skieser, pecked and record warmth. we will stay warm as we have christmas day. i'll have that forecast coming up for you in about ten minutes including the 7-day. >> brittany, thanks for that. it's 11 minutes past 4:00 him some people are getting ready, some getting ready while scurrying around. >> reporter: right, the 42 freeway, not a lot of people scurrying. we do have folks out and about

right now. this is on the new jersey turnpike. you see the drive times doing okay from 55 to the walt whitman bridge. if you are headed into philadelphia, across the mall, you hit the cherry hill mall that way. you can see the 42 freeway is doing okay. no lane restrictions right at that point. the schuylkill expressway is looking good as well. tracy when i cam back, we will check in with pass transit. we need the regard warmth across our country. check out this video as a tornado blew across a highway packed with travelers. also. >> i find it hard to understand why obie would do anything to hurt the the kids. >> that's what happened at wilmington boys and girls club. next, hear about the cruel crime and why kid have to find another

place to call their own.

. >> take a look at this video. wild weather deadly in the south. seven people dead, many others hurt. this tornado touched down fear clarksville, mississippi. the twister was on the ground for about 20 minutes. in foreign mississippi, a twister crossed right over interstate 55. most of the tornado warnings and watches were expired by aroundn.

four units, worth about $300 grand, ventilation, gone, stolen, likely scrapped at the expense of the children. >> think of the kid in this neighborhood. they're the most neediest and poorest of kid. >> reporter: they say they're already cash strapped. >> particularly in colder weather, we're fortunate now to have warm weather. in colder weather, it may force us to close the building. >> leaving almost 200 children

without a place to go anywhere for the holiday. they came here last week to see santa. it's a safe hanks now a crime scene while police are investigating. >> we're looking at all of our "options action," whether we might be able to relocate kids to other clubs or other agencies in some way. >> reporter: the club is now waiting on a place that could take months to process. >> we're not going to let the grinches steal our christmas. i don't know how we will make it through this. >> northeast wilmington, keith jones, nbc 10 news. a plaque lives matter activist says the mall of america was used as a decoy to start a protest. it actually started at the mall and went to the airport. 15 people in all were arrested at the airport. an airport spokesperson says more than 100 protesters were inside one of the term false. they shut down security lines for almost an hour. it happened yesterday afternoon when more than 100 police

officers responded. one man was dragged to the ground for shoving another officer. as police forces are being cut across the country, most likely budget cuts. batman and robin are stepping in to file i fill the gaps in new orleans want they call themselvess batman and woman. burglars twoek e broke into here that own home. using their own money, they bought atved and created an app so people could report crimes, sort of an uber for cops? we've had an immediate effect. the disability is so great and the response to krieps are so fast. >> and crime did start to fall right away. violent krieps are down 45%. the pair says he wants to roll it across the city. the creator of app have inquiry from other statesments days after learning a contractor stole tens of thousands of

dollars from a customer is going to jail. an early gift from the family he ripped off. earlier, they tracked him down when police couldn't find him following our report. police arrested him and later turned him over to montgomery county. he pleaded guilty last week to stealing homeowners of of thousands of dollars. we caught up with one on wednesday. >> he admitted responsibility. we are expecting full refunds, of course, over a period of time. >> he has been sentenced to six to 23 months if jamie. plus, he was ordered to pay more than $60,000 in restitution. happening now, kids can check their computers with tablets to watch santa claus make his journey across the globe. once again theary ra defense command or norad is tracking santa and his sleigh. the organization has been keeping tabs on santa's gift giving trip for consecutive years. he's on the runway, moments away

from takeoff. we have a link, nbc10.com or go to the nbc app. now your first alert weather with meteorologist brittany shipp. >> good morning. we are tracking record warmth. instead, we will be in the mid-70s for more than 30 degrees above average. tracking that record breaking warmth. tracking weekend rain and cooler temperatures heading into saturday. we warm up again on sunday. kind of a roller coaster. but for philadelphia, worry at 69 degrees, clouds out of the south-southwest, clear visibility for philadelphia. other varies dealing with patchy fog. across the rest of the region, 64 degrees. mostly clear skies in atlantic city at 63. not a bad way to start off your christmas eve. tracking the regard warmth.

the average is 43. yesterday we saw a high of 70 degrees. today we push to 76. on frirksd our temperatures back down to 70s. so there is a peak in your temperatures. a few lingering showers outside sussex county. again to the north and west of our area. if we widen out the pick, we could see a few showers, parts of virginia drift closer to us if your morning hours. our future weather shows closer to 8:00 a.m., showers if philadelphia. these will be short lived as we head into the afternoon. we mostly will see mostly cliechlts then for philadelphia around 4:00 p.m., we are dealing with scattered showers. we will maintain showers as we head into friday. so on christmas day, temperatures a bit cooler with that chance of source. not quite as arm as what we will see today. here's the future weather.

7:00 a.m. we're in the 70 him as we progress the model, we continue to see our temperatures climbing. 3:00 p.m., 73 degrees. the high will be 76 in philadelphia. they range between 74 and 77. a few showers, windy conditions out of the southwest. 10 to 1520 pills per hour. the warmer air coming up from the southwest. the 7-day forecast, as we head in friday, we drop down to 70. so well above average. i am talking cooler conditions as we head in saturday. 58 degrees. if you take a look at sunday, 71 record warmth expected once again, much colder as we get into pond. >> right. brittany, thanks. there is no christmas vacation for the eagles. no, their playoff chances hin him on a win this saturday. hear from sam bradford about expectations and not all that concerned to a return trip to the link.

and nbc 10 cameras captured this scene. find out what these two rookie officer did next that made them instant heroes.

>> can the eagles deliver a christmas present? and next friday the team can win the division title. the pressure will be on quarterback sam bradford. saturday fight showdown is about as close as bradford has played after spending his first five years as a ram. bradford says he's embracing the challenge. >> we look forward to playing if these games. not everyone has an opportunity to play meaningful games in

december. obviously, i haven't had very many chances and added pressure, you can't drive it as much. you got to go out there and execute at a high level. >> the eagles will be facing off against a former teammate on saturday. jackson is coping his cool about the game as well. >> i'm not looking back you know, in the past, it's over and done with. i'm happy where i'm at now. so i'm blessed that i have a job, i'm playing at a high level. everything else doesn't matter. >> your official station of the philadelphia eagles. before the game this saturday, we have a special live game day kickoff. john clark will be at the link with pro bowl bound fletcher cox and malcolm jenkins. stick around after the became the for a game day final. philadelphia police save a life, take a look as our cameras caught three officers performing cpr on a man that had no pulse. the officers pulled him out of a

car on diamond street yesterday afternoon, by the time the rescue squad got there, the man was revived and talking. two of the officers have only been on the street a few weeks him. >> good, we are tracking record warmth on this christmas eve. temperatures will warm into the mid-70s if you can believe it. more than 30 degrees above average. we'll tell you how long the warmer temperatures will stick around. >> definitely wet. route 70 around king's highway, not a lot of cars are in the area. when i come back the next couple minutes, we will check in with mass transit with changes for the holiday. next, getting ready for a transformation. we now know when the gallery will close its doors. the future home of the outlets of philadelphia.

. >> right now the christmas tree rush is on him some are shopping for last minute gifts. others are lining up for must have streets e treats. and forget about a state budget for christmas in pennsylvania. efforts to get the deal done before the holiday fales. there is still a chance at an agreement before new years. forget christmas weather. it will feel more like christmas in july today, believe it or fought, the first alert forecast calls for temperatures in the mid- to upper-70s today. it's already warm at 4: 30 the morning. good morning, i'm tracy