good morning, america. christmas weekend targets. a man opening fire in pennsylvania's capital. his deadly ties to the middle east as police arrest a former marine for allegedly plotting a terror attack on a busy san francisco tourist spot. details of what they're calling his murderous plan. a major storm is making for a messy holiday getaway. spinouts and accidents on the highways. runways covered in snow. as shoppers brave the elements for those last-minute gifts. where you can still bag a

trump's big tax win signing the new tax bill into law. >> i consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. >> the changes already in the works and when you could see the difference in your paycheck. and sky show. the dazzling display overnight. >> we thought it was santa claus. >> the rocket launched creating confusion and excitement what this mission is all about. all right. good morning, happy day before the day before christmas and we're happy to have mary bruce filling in. >> thank you for having me. >> watch out for that one. >> i've heard about you. you've been warned. thank you for having me and on such a busy day in politics and in the run-up to christmas. >> yes, so dealing with two big pre-holiday

radar, one of the storms hitting right now, the other, there's the radar will swoop in on christmas eve. >> rob will have more on those storms coming up but start with a pair of preholiday terror-related stories. one of them breaking overnight involving a series of shootings targeting police officers in and around harrisburg, pennsylvania. police say the suspect who is now dead had recently traveled to the middle east. >> investigating whether it was an act of terror and police in san francisco are looking into a foiled attack on a popular tourist spot there. >> gloria riviera is covering it all. gloria, good morning. >> reporter: authorities in harrisburg, pennsylvania, are asking for tips, any information on the man who they say opened fire in three different locations near the state capital. in san francisco, authorities say they thwarted of a man planning his own attack for christmas day. >> he was not afraid to fire at different

officers. >> reporter: this morning officials are investigating if a string of shootings targeting law enforcement friday in harrisburg was an act of terror. >> we believe only one individual was responsible for their shootings. >> reporter: police say officers shot and killed 51-year-old al mofty. officials say the suspect has ties to the middle east and recently traveled there. this as authorities suspected an isil sympathizer in california. everitt aaron jameson, a former marine trained as a sharpshooter was planning a christmas day attack. his target, one of san francisco's most popular spots fisherman's wharf. jameson is accused of being an isis sympathizer who expressed support for the attack that left eight people dead. his father in shock. >> that's now how he was raise sfwld in october two fbi undercover agents formed

jameson after noticing support for isis on his facebook account. liking images promoting violence against americans. >> this kind of tip could have came from anybody in the public and that's what the fbi and law enforcement wants in dealing with potential terrorists committing attacks in the u.s. >> reporter: the fbi then forced to ago quickly searching jameson's home in modesto, california. they say they found firearms and handwritten martyrdom note. the reason they moveded in so fast one of the agents mistakenly called him from an identifiable d.c. number. jameson told the other agent he reconsidered going through with his attack. >> we turn to the preholiday rush being complicated by weather. >> nearly 100 million people are hitting the road this holiday weekend and many of them will be up against two sizable storms. let's start with rob marciano. >> hey, guys, snow, ice and rain have been an issue the last 24 hour, record

of arkansas, pine bluff, a roadway now a river. four and six inches of rain reported in some areas. heavier amounts across the tennessee valley getting into colder air across the north and wintry mix north of 84 and 09 especially this morning de-icing programs in effect for some airports so that's a dicey go but i-95 mostly wet then colder air comes in behind this and sets the stage for potentially the white christmas coming for denver, getting up into chicago a little bit here on sunday. this is christmas eve day then this kind of develops into ray coastal low. it's a quick mover so we don't expect a ton for the big cities but enough to get you in the spirit of things. we'll talk more about this but what's happening today as you head out to travel on the roadways right now as eva pilgrim is with us. >> reporter: good morning. if you're planning to hit the roads now is the time to do it. you can see there aren't that many cars on the road right now. but as

to find traffic. from coast to coast millions of americans are battling long lines, gridlock and mother nature en route to their holiday destinations. >> my wife was worried about it. >> reporter: 15 states in the path of a major storm. several issuing travel advisories. in missouri it is causing slick road conditions. seeking slipping off the road. this semi jackknifing as it slid off the highway. and last night in northern texas, last-minute christmas shoppers face low visibility and snow flurries. many holiday travelers in massachusetts hoped they could beat the storm. >> i was going to leave tomorrow morning. now i'm going now but i'm trying to beat it. >> reporter: roads were so icy in vermont authorities are asking travelers to avoid a 30-mile stretch of

travel if we can. >> reporter: more than 107 million americans are traveling this holiday season. most 97 million are hitting the roads. experts warning it could take three times longer to get where you're heading. >> later flights, more traffic to contend with trying to get to the airport and then long lines at the security check-in. those have been interesting challenges. >> reporter: guys, if you're trying to avoid traffic, the best days to travel, christmas and new year's. not sure that helps you get where you're going though, guys. >> eva, thank you. the other major preholiday stressor, of course, is shopping. it is panic time for all of us procrastinators. >> you're including yourself. >> absolutely. >> but it turns out, good news for you, waiting may have paid off in the form of big bargains and erielle reshef is reporting in from the mall in paramus, new jersey, erielle, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan and mary. if you haven't done your shopping just yet you still

clock is ticking. the doors are already open here at this toys "r" us as millions are expected to flood retailers to get those down to the wire deals. just two days left until christmas and the final push to put the perfect presents under the tree. >> i'm running late this year. but we're going to do a lot of shopping. >> reporter: supersaturday looking to be the second busiest shopping day of the entire year. retailers expecting 53% of consumers to hit the store in it's almost christmas, dad. >> 126 million people say they're waiting to scoop up holiday deals. ♪ it's raining >> reporter: the majority of those men. >> every year we see men waiting last minute to buy these gifts so probably good chunk actually over 50% of the 126 million adults are going to be men. >> reporter: shoppers holding out for last-second savings. >> some of the pros of waiting last minute the fact that a lot

of accessories, apparel and especially winter gear items are going to be very heavily discounted. >> reporter: macy's and old navy offering discounts up to 70% and we spotted this ninja blender and bluetooth speakers at best buy half off. to toys "r" us and kohl's open 24 hours letting you order online today and pick up in stores christmas eve. >> you can use the convenience of it by leveraging their websites, buying things that maybe are already available at stores. >> want to skip the holiday crush completely gift cards can be the way to go. with savings on sites like gift card granny and cardpool. experts say there can be downsides to waiting until the last minute. a lot of the most popular items like toys, like this fingerling can sell out so you'll want to get moving early and make sure you have an alternative gift in mind and maybe an excuse for the family. >> thank you, erielle.

that right now. we turn to politics and president trump is spending these holidays in florida after celebrating a big, big win for his administration. >> yeah, check out that signature yesterday. using a very big, bold marker, he signed into law the $1.5 trillion tax plan. his first major legislative achievement and cokie standing by with her analysis but let's start with kenneth moton with what it means for your bottom line. kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, mary and dan. president trump is on his first full day of holiday vacation at his mar-a-lago resort and cruised down to west palm beach on a high after delivering on his promise of tax cuts for christmas. a fist pumping president trump in sunny florida greeted to a warm reception in west palm beach. shaking hands, kissing babies feeling good after his first legislative victory. >> so this is the big right

>> in the oval office signing that $1.5 trillion tax bill into law. >> i consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. >> reporter: democrats disagree, not one supporting the major tax overhaul. >> this is a year of lost opportunity, squandered opportuni opportunities. we've always been open to working with the president when it benefits people. >> reporter: the irs sent out a notice new 2018 withholding guidelines on the way and taxpayers will begin seeing the changes in their paychecks as early as february. but people in high tax states are bracing. many in new york, new jersey and california expected to pay a lot more under the new tax law. new york governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order friday to that lou residents to prepay next year's property taxes. >> this is an economic dagger because it effectively raised our income tax and property tax 20%, 25%. >> the president ready to move

>> i really do believe we're going to have a lot of bipartisan work done and maybe we start with infrastructure. >> reporter: republicans argue the $1.5 trillion tax law will pay for itself through economic growth. a new analysis from a nonpartisan group found it won't, instead adding 1.5 or i should say $1 trillion to the he deficit by 2027. dan, pear, of course, as you know gop leaders believe that won't be the case. >> big debate there, kenneth, thank you very much. a lot more to say about this. you cover capitol hill, have for quite some time. the president has said i'm not going to go out and sell this thing but that's not what you're hearing from republicans. >>ing loo, republicans i talk with know if they want to turn this big legislative win into an actual political win as they head into 2018 they have to get out there and sell this thing. the bill right now is deeply unpopular. as kenneth mentions it will put a big dent in the deficit and there are big questions about

they will really benefit in the long term so republicans have their work cut out for them but as leader mcconnell said the other day if they can't sell it to the american people they ought to get into another line of work. >> among the reasons why it's great to have you on this saturday morning. more on this with cokie roberts. good morning. >> good morning, merry christmas. >> thank you, merry christmas to you. this bill is as mary just said unpopular right now. but overtime as the vast majority of americans do get tax cuts, do you think the bill will become more popular. >> that is certainly the hope of the republicans. and that was the hope of the democrats when they passed obamacare and didn't work for them. now obamacare is popular but it took years. and that might be true with this tax bill as well. the people who are likely to be immediately happy are people who will get the big child care deductions, because that's a credit. that's just subtracted from your taxes and some of

might end up paying no taxes at all. but the vast majority of people will have to see whether they actually feel it or not and then whether they get credit on that because that's not where the political energy is right now. political energy isn't around taxes. it's around things like health care and education and immigration and so we'll see whether it really benefits the republicans or whether they are going to find themselves in a hole because of it. >> cokie, you mentioned health care. the president blames it's not only a tax bill but an appeal of obamacare. is it the twofer he is claiming. >> you know better than anybody having covered this like a cheap suit, the truth is that it does take away the mandate, the taxations really if you don't get health care but that's all it does. and obamacare is still there and a whole

for it this year, many more people than expected. so, americans are now ironically liking their health care under the obama plan and using it. >> cokie roberts really appreciate it, such a privilege to have a great conversation with two great political reporters on a saturday morning, thank you, both. let's get it over to ron claiborne. what what's popping? >> good morning to you, mary and adrienne and my friend, robert. good morning, again. i got the news for you in washington, we're going to begin with the trump administration approving the sale of anti-tank weapons including javelin missiles to ukraine. the state department anewsing the decision late friday night saying it's part of a u.s. effort to help ukraine defend itself against russian-backed separatists and russia saying if the united states, quote, in a certain sense crossed the line and american weapons can lead to

remain indifferent. in pennsylvania, residents of bethlehem warned to shelter in place during a nine-hour standoff friday between a gunman and police. police say the 36-year-old suspect shot his mother outside her home then barricaded himself inside her home firing shots at police. the suspect shot himself. both he and his mother died in that incident. a violent dispute between former co-workers at green bay's lambeau field football stadium, officers say a stadium vendor fired earlier after a physical altercation with a co-worker went after him with his car crashing into another vehicle and damaging four others. the driver was arrested. the man he was allegedly chasing was not hurt in that incident. the united nations unanim s unanimously approving tough new sanctions against north korea in response to last month's launch of a ballistic missile that could reach the u.s. the resolution lower the limb on how much oil north korea can import and cracks

smuggling illegal imports into the country and requires north koreans working overseas to return home within the next two years. in southern california the thomas fire that scorched more than 270,000 acres over the past thee weeks has now become the state's largest wildfire in its history. and it's not over yet. the californiadepartment of forestry and fire protection reported as of friday night the fire was still only 65% contained. finally the duke football team is set to play northern illinois in this year's quick lane bowl in detroit but before heading to motown, some players in the christmas spirit were inspired to belt out this little number. check it out ♪ making a list he's checking it twice he's gonna find out who's naughty or nice santa claus is coming to town ♪ >> that's cool. the blue devil, that's the duke team take on northern illinois this coming tuesday and they're in a good mood. good luck.

>> they're pretty good. >> yeah, they are really good. see how they do in the game. >> yeah. >> rob likes northern illinois in that game. >> i do. although i didn't put upon on it because it wouldn't be -- >> legal. >> right. >> let's get to the weather. >> oklahoma, you had some icing problems yesterday. actually still cold there now so from just south of oklahoma city up through tulsa, this scene and made for, well, yeah, pretty to look at but difficult conditions on the roadways there and everybody in the eastern two-thirds of the country going to experience some of these cold temperatures now once this system drops in and moves out of here by christmas morning, minus 23 is what it's going to feel like in minneapolis, 7 degrees in chicago and might have a coating at snow. 18 in nashville and below freezing in atlanta as well and then the day after christmas tuesday morning, it kind of spreads into the northeast minus 6 is what it'll feel like in er erie. also chilly across

california today. temperatures in the 30s and 40s, frost and freeze advisories there and there's a little system many coulding in for christmas eve/christmas morning for seattle. snow levels might be enough to get a dusting of snow and only 7% chance of seeing a w on and off showers and as we go through the evening, we could have wind and heavier rainfall. as we go into tonight, partly cloudy also breezy with temperatures in the 30's. sticking with the theme of things in the sky or falling out of the sky, strange lights last night over the sky

california. a social media frenzy ensued. nothing like a rocket launch to get folks in california to think they were seeing a ufo. check this out. >> like a zeppelin. >> three, two, one. liftoff. >> reporter: the spacex falcon 9 launching from vandenberg air force base outside santa barbara lighting up the sky. overnight people were treated to a spectacular sight and, no, it wasn't an early visit from the north pole. >> for a second we thought it was santa claus and we were just joking around. >> it was gorgeous, it was beautiful. i think the whole pier, nobody knew what was going on. >> reporter: with a payload of ten iridium satellites on board, it had everybody looking up. >> i told my co-worker, check it out. it's a rocket, dude. >> we were very like scared actually. this is just a weird thing in the sky. >> reporter: social media was flooded with images from this flight. celebrities taking to twitter to share their experiences and confusion.

even elon musk banking in it tweeting this out getting other peeps thinking about the exist of other worldly beings. all is safe and getting a signal from those communications satellites. they're going to plan on launching the falcon heavy next year. all right. because about a month from now and that one is going to bring in a heavy payload and test it using a tesla sports car in the rocket itself and launching that somewhere. >> good cross promotion for elon musk. he's not stupid, that guy. >> reveling in it. i think it was cool to think the kids thought it was santa. >> the whole thing is so cool. >> we were talking about "the new york times" article about whether they're studying ufos at the pentagon so the timing was perfect. elon musk strikes again, thank you, robert. coming up, the scandal enveloping the miss america pageant. offensive e-mails surfacing and now the action taken against the organization's ceo. and take two.

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. welcome back. happening right now home for the holidays. nearly 100 million americans are expected to hit the roads during this weekend's holiday getaway. a burst of nasty weather spanning 15 states making that journey treacherous with some with cars going off the side of the road and speed limits lowered and air travel not much better and many icy runways covered in snow. a major recall. fiat chrysler recalling 1.5 ram pickup trucks here in the u.s. over concerns that a mechanical problem could cause the gearshift to move out of park. the recall covers a wide spectrum of trucks dating as far back as 2009. jackpot fever.

friday, the mega millions jackpot is climbing to $277 million and growing and tonight $300 million are up for grabs in the power haul drawing as spain happens out the largest payout with more than 2.7 billion with a "b" dollars going to the winner of what is known as the el gordo christmas lottery. >> el gordo in spanish, the fat one. interesting. >> thank you for that. >> billions of dollars. >> the record was in spain previously too. >> they go for it. >> they do. >> we ought to step it up. >> give me 2 billion dollars call me gordita. >> although for the rest of us without the check, not a safe thing to do. coming up on the show, mariah carey's second chance after that disastrous new year's eve performance and adrienne will have that coming up. don't call her

you have a check. the beauty pageant rocked by more ugly story. >> that's after reports of offensive e-mails written by sam haskell and marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: good morning. the pageant's board of directors has now suspended haskell saying they are conducting an in-depth investigation into alleged inappropriate communications. making the announcement less than 24 hours after those insulting alleged messages went public. ♪ there she is miss america quote. >> reporter: the miss america pageant famous for its dazzling gown, swimwe are and crowning moments. >> new york. now plagued by scandal after e-mails from the organization's ceo sam haskell were leaked to the huffington post. >> hi, i'm sam haskell and we're in atlantic city, new jersey. >> reporter: executive chairman is suspended following a vote by the board of directors for the pageant, a memberf

the e-mails sent back in 2014 include alleged sexist, crude and demeaning comments prompting former pageant winners to now share what's described as a toxic working environment. >> miss virginia. >> reporter: after giving up my crown i didn't go back for five years just because i was so hurt by the way i was treated. >> reporter: caressa says after her reign ended that toxicity still carried on. >> i was ostracized and blackballed and they told other state organizations not to hire me as the emcee for their pageant because i was a bad person. >> reporter: another former miss america, palry hagan is the subject of multiple exchanges in the leaked e-mails which included alleged derogatory comments about her love life and weight. >> having someone bully you, demean you, degrade you in any way is not okay. no matter what. >> reporter: haskell tells abc news the e-mails are conveniently edited and the

saying he was under stress from a full year of attacks by two miss americas and made a mistake of words adds that he will comply with his suspension pending the investigation. this comes after a petition now signed by more than 50 former miss americas calling the behavior by haskell and three other board members of the organization despicable asking for their immediate resignation. one of the board members has since resigned. and more fallout. dick clark productions cut its ties with the miss america organization over the e-mails calling them appalling. the pageant's board in its statement says as they investigate, they want to reaffirm their commitment to the education and empower many of young women. dan, mary, back to you. >> a lot more to learn. thank you very much. we appreciate it. a lot going on in the weather department on this holiday weekend and rob covering it all. >> officially into winter and a lot of folks are cheering for snow on christmas. >> hooray. >> there you go. the frozen tundra we go. greenay

cheer about. >> take a walk. >> they lost their man and ron lost some money on a couple of those games early. got out to shovel for their final home game against the vikings and that will be a long winter for them. maybe a little more snow north of denver, a -- not a clipper but fast moving short way from st. louis to chicago during the day may bring snow anywhere from one to four inches and get nothing a coastal low here and the cold air will be in place. after today's storm for the northeast and i-95 from new york up to boston may see an inch or two north of there and start to get a nice gradation where we could see a nice elevation that want it. a white christmas there and will >> kicking off our saturday with showers and morning fog as we go through the afternoon, on and off rain. if you are shopping, notice temperatures in the

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your local chevy dealer. well, happy new year. >> mariah carey had a bit of a cringeworthy start to this year with her performance on new year's rocking eve. >> now she is focused on redemption as she heads back to times square for another shot. adrienne is here with more. what do you think, second time the chance? >> i have high hopes. absolutely. i mean singers, songwriter, producer, i mean she's a marvel but it was frustrating in the 2016 celebration for fan, for her, for everybody. expectations are this year's performance ll

>> we can't hear but i'll just through the motions. >> reporter: mariah carey gets a do-over. >> all right. >> reporter: one year after a less than stellar performance on new year's eve which she says was due to technical issues. >> we didn't have a sound check but it's new year's baby. >> reporter: dick clark productions and carey come together jointly releasing this statement. >> we are thrilled to move forward together to provide america with an incredible night of music and celebration. ♪ >> reporter: one of the best-selling female artists of all time carey has a long history with the show, in 2005 the first artist ever to perform live for the new year's eve broadcast. this year she'll be perched in sky high stilettos in front of a million people. ♪ i don't want a lot for christmas ♪ >> reporter: in more good news her iconic 23-year-old holiday hit "all i want for christmas is

on the billboard hot 100 list for the first time since its release in 1994. two great gifts this christmas for one of the most timeless performers of a generation. ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> ron's already dancing. i'm not going to sing this one this morning. >> more like a dance walk. >> that's exactly what it was. >> toll you through that. >> tongue this cheek. the coast-to-coast celebration for dick charkh's rockin' new eve will include britney spears' first live performance from vegas. live con sers from some of the biggest names in music in new orleans including sugar land, nick jonas will perform and again the show starts at 8:00 eastern right here on abc. >> always rooting for ryan seacrest. he's the man. >> i love these new year's eve ow

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toys have evolved from blocks and board games into essentially computers. i sound like i'm 98 years old. >> well, if you're one of those who is also putting some of these high-tensich toys becky worley has advice for you. >> ah, there are three words that strike fear in the hearts of parents, some assembly required. i remember spending three hours one christmas trying to assem

complicated red wagon. now, technology has fewer screws and parts you can lose but a lot of assembly is still required. so many toys these days are paired with apps so this is the big tip. if you are giving a toy that pairs with an app or mobile device, ask the question today, which device will the kid use it with? your phone, like you, the parent's phone. i have gone down this route. big mistake. say good-bye to your phone. you will never see it again the first few days after christmas and when you get it back it will be out of juice. another alternative you may be banking on letting your kids use an older hand-me-down device but these often aren't compatible with the apps that run new toys. so today, install the app on the device the kid is going to use with their new toy. make sure it's compatible and if

just want to pull it from the present pile and return it. you do not need that assembly headache on christmas. so that's my parting wisdom to you, guys. merry christmas. >> that's why all the toys i give my kid are wooden. >> oh. >> no apps. >> where is the fun in that. >> he doesn't have an ipad? >> he's got everything. >> exactly. >> what, who do you think i'm kidding? becky, thank you very much for that. much more in "pop news" and i hear there's christmas croissants. >> how do you pro-founs that. >> croissant. [ speaking a foreign language ] ♪ ♪ this holiday, the best gift you can give,

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for today. >> one and done. >> ron pulled a hammy. >> oh, my goodness. a little clue for you. ♪ it's all about that bling >> meghan trainor. >> yes, very good. big announcement about her dear future husband. the singer just got engaged and shared the happy news with fans on instagram with this video of the proposal, her tearful but happy reaction. this all took place the day before her 24th birthday. happy birthday, you're married. she says she's in shock but has never been this happy. >> shocked she was asleep. >> what? what do you mean. >> stop, ron. >> let me stay out of the pot. did you see that? >> i had a chance to interview her once. she's great. >> i'm happy for the gir. birthday and a ring. >> what's better than that. they may call it the farewell tour but may see a fourth "pitch perfect" movie.

the last but it was said to the "hollywood reporter" she would like to see it go on until the wheels fall off. that's music to "pitch perfect" fans. it has earned over 400 million at the global box office and "pitch perfect 3" is projected to rake in up to 29 million this weekend. that is as they say is a cap-awesome. >> ride the wave of success. this christmas weekend i'm going to be working but last weekend william i'll call it i went home and saw a play and fund-rais fund-raiser. >> this is the kind of show that would spark anybody's holiday spirit. ♪ the trip started with, of course, emceeing this fund-raiser. we were able to raise some much needed funds for the mercy guild through sacramento helping hands and received a

from ernst & young and visited my old car dealership. >> were you allowing them to call you gordita. >> the fat money wasn't for me but for the kids. for the charity. but visited some local restaurants and friends that i know. making some donations and everything special. thank you to everyone including my co-emcee pat walsh and shoutout to my hometown. >> good for you. >> very, very nice. and it's breakfast time and i'm putting a holiday twist on everything. check out these peppermint croissants from union fare in new york. they have a candy cane filling and a lot of people think croissants -- >> candy cane filling? >> this is actually an austrian creation. >> skeptics over there. >> looks like tandoori. >> go for it, mary. >> i know what you're doing, putting me up on this. i don't even want to eat it because i have to keep talking but taste it and tell me. >> you don't have to brush your teeth.

>> two great tays that taste great together. >> i think it would be delicious warmed up. >> i have to say this, i have recently gave up eating dessert so that's why i'm not eating this. you have mine. i'll be the boring guy over here. >> you're missing out. >> i'm the worst. thank you, thank you for being here. we'll have you again tomorrow and we'll see you tomorrow, guys. >> go for it. >>

>> good saturday morning. the holiday weekend is here. we are starting out on the soggy side. rain continuing for the d.c. metro through the afternoon. the reindeer will be needed today, especially if you have holiday shopping to fit -- the raonic gear -- rain gear will be needed today, especially if you have holiday shopping to finish. a cold front going to swing through. somell have a line of heavier downpours, pretty brief, and also gusty winds. if you have artie done the decorating, you want to check things out. overnight tonight, rain begins

done the decorating, you want to check things out. slick spots not a huge concern as we go through the day tomorrow. a look toward christmas eve. at 1:00 ats play fedex field. temperatures in the mid 40's. what a difference the -- a day makes. a look towards christmas day. flurries along the mason-dixon line towards hagerstown. temperature at 39 degrees. it will be rather windy. wind chills in the upper 20'

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