the terrifying tale. what this fifth grader did when a man approached and threatened a group of children. apple admission. what the company is con fezzing about the performance of your old iphone. how one woman became the santa claus for this community. right now at 11 the fight to save an 8 yoorld yeerear-old bo >> the child's death has neighbors sounding the alarm over a dangerous intersection. live where the crash happened. you have learned new information on the that suspected driver. >> investigators are telling us

that speed and swerving are of interest to them on the part of driver. who was coming down this road. accused of t boning another car and hitting this chevy. during a get away attempt. now a memorial set up here for the 8 year-old left trapped and dying. >> reporter: a scene of destruction and confusion. john paul recording as he takes in the damage to his chevy. and watches paramedics trying to free an 8 year-old in another car. caved in from the impact. >> very sad. >> reporter: the boy was losing consciousness as neighbors try to comfort him. >> i was telling him just calm down. you'll be okay. >> reporter: doctors would not be able to save him. police chase after the driver who caused more damage as he left the scene.

before finally pulling him over. investigators initially said the 34 year-old claimed to have diabetes and was taken to a local emergency room. >> i saw it happen. the car was parked next to the car that was hit. >> reporter: witnesses return to the scene. only to hear the bad news about the boy. >> i'm so in shock. i really was hoping for a different answer. >> reporter: they're frustrated but a number of bad crashes at this intersection. you can see a memorial at the very spot for a previous death. tonight neighbors are devastated for the latest victims family. >> we can replace a car. many cars. there's no way to replace life. especially a young boy. >> we're told the man who was in the car with the 8 year-old is at the hospital in stable condition. meanwhile the investigation is just getting started. police haven't filed charges yet. that could be changing as they continue to look into this.

now to an nbc10 exclusive. a 10 year-old boy is describing a terrifying encounter on his way to school. he was with a group of kids when someone jumped out and came after them. we spoke with him tonight. live where all this happened. >> it happened here around 8:30. this morning. i can tell you the four kids were walking down the sidewalk here. that's when the green van pulled up. a man jumped out and tried chasing after the kitds. they were smurt enough and quick enough to get here. to the elementary school. alert teachers and adults and they are safe. tonight police continue searching for the van. >> he gets an object and turns around and starts chasing after us. >> reporter: he is reliving this morning. hope surveillance shows the 10 year-old leaving for school. right before a dangerous encounter. he tells nbc10 he was walking to

school with three others in oxford circle. he claims a man jumped out and tried to grab them. >> he was saying what to you guys? >> i'm going to rape you. and we ran. >> reporter: the students ranged in age from six to ten. and ran away to a school. ebony and her son spent the day talking to detectives about the incident. she has advice for anyone who comes face to face with a stranger. >> bite issue scratch. do whatever it is that you have to do. to get this person off of you. >> reporter: her fifth grader understands the walk to school every day is anything but routine anymore. he tell ts us he thought about the safety of others first. >> i was going to let the little ones go first. i let them go first. and then i ran with them. and we had to alert the teacher.

>> smart boy. >> of course police are taking this seriously. they held a news conference this afternoon. sending out a warning. they say extra patrol will be out in this area. update on your first awe letter weather. breeze tonight has the flags blowing atop the air mark building. >> winter starts tomorrow. will it feel that way? chief meteorologist is here with the neighborhood forecast. >> it will feel cooler than today. i'll say yes. it will be seasonal. not as warm as we were yesterday. and certainly the 50 degrees we hit today we won't be there tomorrow. 36 right now in philadelphia. it feels like 29. that breeze is creating a windchill. let's go to wilmington. it's 30 feels like 22. allen town 31 feels like 25. everybody is cooling down under clear skies. this is what you'll wake up to. 20s and 30s. climbing to about 40 tomorrow with bright sunshine.

in the pennsylvania suburb 27. make it up to about 39. if you're in the lee high valley waking up to 25. make it to 37. let's go to delaware. waking up to 28 make it to 41. new jersey 29 making it to 39. and 31 on the jersey shore. when i come back we'll talk about this. snow, rain and ice. and that is christmas eve. we'll go neighborhood by neighborhood. all right. republican lawmakers say you'll begin seeing more money in your paycheck by february. because of the tax reform bill congress passed today. president trump celebrated his first big legislative victory at the white house. most americans will see a tax break. those cuts expire after eight years. the tax cuts for corporations are permanent. >> officially cements the republican party as the party of the wealthy. and the party of big

corporation. >> they'll become more excited when they see the benefit in the paycheck. >> it gets rid of obamacare mandate for health insurance. the president hapt said when he will sign it into law. workers could see extra money in their paycheck for another reason. companies announce they will give bonuses or increase wages because of the business tax cut. included in the bill. comcast is the parent company of nbc10. paycheck will be affected in other ways too. but will you need to change your deduction? we reached out to the payroll factory. they told us your employer payroll company should handle the changes. once the irs creates the new tax table. >> many people in new jersey will still take hit. that's because the bill gets rid of the unlimited federal deductions for property taxes. today governor suggested the state should allow people to fully deduct the taxes. however he didn't say if he

would push for the change while in office. >> police are searching for the driver who killed a grandfather. during a street race. it happened last night on route 13. police say kevin williams was on his bicycle when he was hit by a driver racing another car. williams mangled bike was found on the road. williams daughter cannot believe her father is gone. >> i don't understand how you leave someone there. you can just hit somebody like that. and leave them. >> police are looking for a silver mercedes benz. similar to this one. and a dark colored lancer involved in the street race. police officers facing assault and dui tonight. prosecutors say officer kevin clin was drunk and off duty when he crashed into a car last december. he took off but was followed by people in the car.

authorities say he pulled over and threatened those people with his gun. he has been suspended tonight with intent to be fired. a local high school football star facing robbery charges could spend the holiday behind bars. today a judge refused to lower his bail. supporters including his charter school teammates left court today disappointed by the ruling. young and others were arrested for robbing a wa wa of $13,000. earlier this summer. young's attorney says the allegation don't add up. >> if you were to look at everything. this is truly something that is a misstep in this man's life. if you look at the way he's gone about his life this is not normal behavior for him. >> the judge denied bail reduction. due to the severity of the allegation and lack of supervision at his house. young had committed to play at pen state. good-bye to tokens. transit officials announce

they'll phase them out next month. switching to reloadable key card. once they are completely phased out anyone will be able to load them onto a card. the change over begins mid-january. >> here's a live look high above center city. where the final beam was hoisted in to place atop the new comcast technology center. >> the center will be the tallest building in the city. more than 1,000 construction workers signed the beam. comcast chairman is at the event and said the workers feel a deep sense of pride about the new building. the technology center will open in 2018. and will be our new home. comcast is the parent company of nbc10. coming up the north pole comes to north philly. how a business owner brought gifts and rain deer to her

neighborhood. >> apple fesses up. the company finally admits it does slow down your old iphone. maybe not for the reason you think. >> a plea for answers, two children remember the mother they lost in a senior home fire. and the attorneys question what they found inside the buildings charred remains.

four poem people died in this fire. we're hearing from one of the victims loved ones. they lost their mother in the blaze at the senior living facility. the families attorneys claim a site survey this morning showed a fire sprinkler valve in the off position. >> if it was off, the night of the deadly fire. that would give a complete explanation for why the sprinklers were not working. >> that's why we're here.

we want answers. why was she not protected. what happened? was there a failure in the system. >> a spokeswoman says the company is a ware of the claim and taking it seriously. so far no official cause of the fire has been released. does apple slow down older iphones to get customers to buy the latest version? yes and no. according to to apple confirmed they deliberately slow down older iphone models. officials say it's to keep older phones running longer. as the battery wears down. apple claim it's a move to prevent unexpected shut down. and service interruption. >> a warning tonight about porch pilots. more people are becoming victims of theft. according to to cn bshs c one in five homeowners have fall victim. up 500% this yore. it's happening everywhere.

forcing police to crack down on the package thieves. to protect your delivery kpurm experts recommend rerouting the package to secure location. like a groes are store. neighbor or office. use smart gadgets like a doorbell. require a signature. or pick up the package yourself. >> the screams of joy when you get the present you want. the students got the ultimate surprise from santa today. part of the community services out of school time program. that program gives them a safe constructiven environment while their parents are at work. tonight they were rewarded. >> a business owner is giving back to the community in a beg way. >> they had to shut down the street for her holiday give away. keith jones shows us. santa's reign deer paid a visit. >> they put the north pole in

neighborhood where they don't see stuff like this. >> reporter: we counted hundreds of families and kids. one frozen ice sculpture and smiles everywhere. >> did you see santa? >> yes. >> what'd you ask for? >> a light saber. >> are you a stars wars fan? >> reporter: he's old enough to realize something special is happening. check out this room. piled high with gifts. each kid got one like 7 year-old reed. >> it's fun to play with. and little balls. >> the heart behind this. >> i come from hard times. >> reporter: by day she owns country cooking. tonight she's santa claus. >> i want the kids to see something beautiful in the neighborhood. all this is real. >> reporter: call it ambitious. this is the same woman who rented a camel for her sons themed prom party this year. she has good reason to

celebrate. >> i have a stroke. i had seizures. i had cancer. all within the last three years. sglt she over came thanks this community. she's giving back in a beg way. >> 140 bikes. 50 scooters. we gave out bat man cars. >> reporter: she's not everyone finished. there are events planned this weekend. where do you get the money for something like this? donations came from all over the country. she goes all out in so many appreciate that. >> she does. there was some snow going on there too. the holiday spirit a live. >> not going to feel like christmas outside for several more days. that was fake snow of course. >> that was the only snow that we have. unless you go to the mountains. outside a beautiful night. clear skies. it is dropping temperature wise. going to be very chilly by the time you wake up tomorrow

morning. we're going to be dry through friday. we'll see the chance of showers late friday. probably friday night. so good shopping for the next couple days. it will be soggy but mild on saturday. that rain picks up friday night. continues throughout the entire day saturday. it won't be cold we'll be in the 50s. sunday we'll be cooler back to the 40s. it will be dry for last minute shopping and travel. the really cold air the frigid air starts to slide in on christmas day. by the midof next week we're lucky to make it into the mid-20s. that's daytime highs. we'll have chances for snow maybe snow mixing in christmas morning. possibly two significant storm coming our way next week. here's the temperature trend. up right around 40. winter starts at 11:28 a.m. on friday we make it to the low 50s and mid-50s saturday. after that everything crashes. and it stays cold for at least 7

to 10 days after that. wind gus tomorrow not bad. between 10 and 15 miles per hour. 8:00 tomorrow night we die down. nothing showing up on the doppler radar. very quiet. high thin clouds will drift through. there's a system to the south. it stays to the south. we're watching the one to the west. here's how the whole thing will play out for us. we are going to be watch several storms affecting the midpart of the country. for us temperatures in the 30s and 40s under sunny skies tomorrow. a nice drink day. friday we're around 50. the rain moves in in the evening. watch the temperature. it foez goes up into saturday. so the temperatures climb over night. we see rain throughout the day on saturday. and a quiet sunday. and then we watch the next system. right now it looks like we could see snow maybe lee high valley. and rain snow mix for the rest

of the area. these models have been flip-flopping. my feeling is if the cold air gets here in time we could see flakes flying early on christmas morning. if you're going to the eagles game that night it's bitterly cold. bundle up. 42 tomorrow. 50 friday. 56 saturday with rain. 44 sunday. dry there. 36 on christmas could see showers in the morning. snow or rain at this point. looking only 31 on tuesday. 28 on wednesday. and then two days next week. thursday and saturday. those are the days to watch. possibly for winter storms. >> tonight a special party for dog who was found thrown away in a trash bag last year. she survived and has a loving home. >> this is cranberry. she was found in a bag. she was nursed back to health and found a loving forever home.

here she is tonight. they threw her a party in university city. the event doubled as a fundraiser for the organization. looking good. >> we'll be right back. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov.

happy dawn stalely day. the national champion basketball coach came back to where it started. a replica of her national championship trophy. a part of the diamond street has been renamed. she led the south carolina gamecocks to the first ever title last year. good stuff. she's a philly legend. fliers big win tonight. how they moved two points within play off spot. nick folds an interesting answer from him. and the phillies biggest free agent signing in seven years is introduced. hitting the right note today. stay tuned.

things have really changed for the fliers in december. fun game tonight gerns the red wings. this maybe one of the santa's helpers here. second poerd this fwi is the best helper in hockey. finding wayne simmons. wayne train ties it at two. sweet goal there. fliers down three to 2. rookie the we all remember our first. first nhl goal. ties the game at three. goes into the net and gets the special puck. his first. and third period. finds in front. with a career high 16 goals. on pace for 39.

fliers good win 4-3. they have won 7 of 8. two points out of a play off spot. >> do you know what rick flair famous sign off is? woo! >> the rookie getting to wear the rick flair robe. scaling back practice after the three straight road games. there's good karma facing the raiders. he's won his last eight regular season games at the link. is this your team now? >> no. i get like wait you're a guy -- that's just how i am. i respect carson wentz. i love that guy. i work with him every day. he's the franchise quarterback. my job is to load the guys on the field and i'll do that. i have been here and i'll do that. i know the responsibility. but this is carson wentzs team. and i respect him too much to make that statement.

>> well said. sixers doesn't look like embiid will play the next two games. he has missed two nights. hopefully back christmas day. phillies introduce carlos santana. he was surprised the phillies came after him. >> the phillies they want me. they believe me. >> we lost a clubhouse leader in freddy. there's no disputing that. this is a guy that can step in and demonstrate a lot of same characteristics. >> that's a big hug. i'm john clark. we're right back. ♪

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