apartment building gone wiped away by an inferno overnight. "action news" was there as firefighters battle the the blaze. homes, everything the people own is gone right here in the heart of the holiday season. katherine scott is live near the ruins the harbor house apartments on harbor drive, katherine. that's right, eva, we did talk to the fire chief. we have updated information, he did confirm that one person has died and one person was taken to the hospital to be evaluated, christiana hospital is where the person is right now. we don't know the extent of the injuries. fire crews remain on the scene. the fire is smoldering and the fire investigation is underway here. let's go to the video from earlier where you can see the blaze tearing through the homes overnights these are fierce intense flames. you can see firefighters rescuing a person from their apartment. that was the person who have taken to the hospital. the fire started around

2:30 a.m. at the harbor house apartment complex on harbor drive in claymont. the fire chief said the fire started in one apartment and spread to the attic and spread to another building in the apartment complex. 17 parmts -- apartments were damaged in all of this. fire crews got on scene the fire was advance and flames were shooting from the roof of the 3 story building. they worked to get the fierce claims under control. there are structural i and collapses inside, no firefighters were injured in all this. again, one person confirmed dead, one person taken to the hospital. i did speak to a resident he said he and his wife and 10-month-old son had to rush out amid the smoke and flames and this all happened days before christmas. residents are devastated. they are not sure when they will get back into their apartments.

red cross is on scene, they are assisting the residents. overnight night fire in claymont, delaware, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> 6abc is where to get updates on the claymont fire and all news, 9 smart design fits your smart phone or tablets no matter how large or small your screen. check it out anytime anywhere. let's go outside to meteorologist chris sowers with the latest accuweather forecast. >> reporter: all right, eva, the big story is the incredible warmup that's on the way. we could have temperatures five out of seven days at 50 degrees. reading is 30 degrees which is where we should be for this time of the year. allentown, 31, millville, 30, trenton, 30 degrees, the satellite and radar, lots of cloud cover over the delaware

valley once again, just like yesterday. although, this morning if you look toward the center of the screen, where allentown sits, you notice a different shade of white. you can see the cluster pushing through the far person suburbs and the southern portions of the lehigh valley. a lot of it is not reaching the ground. if you live north and west of the city. you can see a couple of flakes within the next 45 minutes or so, don't be alarmed, it's a quick-passing flurry or snow showers. passing flurries giving way to fine this afternoon. that will allow the temperatures to climb above where we topped out yesterday. yesterday we were at 35. today we're at 42. 9:00 a.m., 33. noon, 34. 3:00 p.m., 42 and 6:00 p.m. back down to 37 degrees, sun sets at 4:39 this afternoon. all right, looking ahead, this is the big story here, the

christmas eve storm i have the latest information, two storm systems colliding across upstate new york means one big mess for us. fortunately the temperatures will be mild, we're not looking at crippling delays with the storm rather a lot of rain and wind. that will impact the travel commute here. when i step back inside i'll talk about that and i'll have the mild numbers in the seven-day forecast. eva. >> thanks, chris. we have developing news out of the mayfair section of philadelphia. two gunman fired shots at the same bar. the action cam was outside the bar on cottman avenue and cottage street. a dplan got involved in a -- man got involved in a domestic dispute and told to leave the bar. after he left the bar door was locked. the man returned and fired several shots into the bar door. the bullet hit a man in the arm he is in the hospital. the gunman ran off. when police arrived a second gunman approached the bar who

was upset that his daughter was inside, he opened fire, police arrested him. >> i think the male was intoxicated, but still you got a guy coming here with police lights on and lots of police cars at this location and the male comes in there with two guns one in his hand and fires a shot it could have could have hs or one of the witnesses to the previous shooting. >> reporter: that man had two guns on him. the first gunman remains on loose, police have not said if they know the identity of that man. overnight president obama condemned what is being called the assassination of two new york city police officers. both were married, one a newlywed, the other a father, leaving behind a 1-year-old. the officer was gun downed apparently upset over the death of eric garner. eric holder saying the act was an unspeakable act, we get more

from jim dolan 6 our sister station in new york. >> reporter: this was mad ntz on the streets two police officers shot and killed while eating lunch in their cruise cruiser. rafael ramos was a father to a 13-year-old boy. we know we know -- wenjian liu was shot and killed by a person they never met. hundreds of police standings at attention a crisp and final salute as the bodies of two police officers were driven away. two of their own, police officer rafael ramos, police officer wenjian liu, two good young men who served their city proudly and gunned down in cold blood. >> they were out on the streets of the city and worked to keep it safe everyday and every night. >> it was chaos on the streets, the moments after the shooting,

police blanketing the scene trying to figure out what happened on a quiet saturday afternoon that turned suddenly to mad ntz. >> i heard -- madness. >> i heard shooting, i heard shooting. >> two police officers were shot and killed as they sat eating lunch in the police cruiser. there were no confrontation, no words exchanged, 32-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley shot two police officers he never met. >> these officers were shot execution style, particularly despicable act which goes at the very heart of our society and democracy. >> reporter: ismaaiyl brinsley ran to a nearby subway station after the shooting and killed himself on the platform. g train. earlier in the day he put this photo on instagram with a post

that read i'm putting wings on pigs they take one of ours we take two of theirs, with the hash tag shoot the police. >> we have two families that is missing somebody for the holidays, where is your humanity. >> reporter: there's evidence that he had issues with the police for sometime. >> well never forget that mission, we'll never forget the two young men who lost their lives today. >> reporter: police are investigating trying to figure out what caused all this, what led to all this, so far at least there doesn't seem to be an rational explanation. in new york, for channel 6 "action news" i'm jim dolan. >> well, reverend al sharpton said the family of eric garner is not connected to the suspect. the family of michael brown shot to death by a white police officer in missouri offered this statement. we reject they kind of violence directed toward members of law

enforcement, it cannot be tolerated we must work together to bring peace to the community. kenneth moten has more from philadelphia pd and the nypd ahead in the next half-hour. "good morning america" weekend is also gathering more on the shootings of the officers in new york, a report from them is ahead at 8:00 after this newscast. it is up, it is good. with five seconds left. >> eagles announcer, merrill reese announcing the call, the kick was a kick in the gut. a win by the dallas cowboys today eliminates the birds from

contention and gives the boys, the nfc east title. desean jackson bundler his former club with two catches against the eagles line secondary and despite that and 13 penalties, the eagles had a chance to take the lead in the closing minutes, but mark sanchez threw another interception. that set up the game-winning field goal. since win, 27-24. >> reporter: florida span of three weeks, the eagles -- in a span of three weeks, the eagles season went from great, to good, to dire. they knew they blew it. >> we had a chance to extend the lead and run away with the game. that's what happens, anytime you let somebody stick around that's what happens. >> we had too many crucial mistakes at inopportune times. >> reporter: give aways, it's a category you do not want to lead

the nfl in. the birds do, two more bring their season total to 35. >> every game we have turnovers, you can't win games like that. especially in crucial situations. and today got us, when we needed the most. >> we have one game left we have to get focused for the new york giants and have to win the game. there's a lot of things that have to happen that we have no control over. >> reporter: the birds have to hope that the cowboys lose to indi so the game with the giants has meaning, ducis rogers channel 6 "action news." >> we'll be back with our breaking news, a fire in claymont, delaware, this is a deadly fire, we'll have the latest from katherine scott. mohammed ali spent the night in the hospital, details

on what's ailing the boxing champ. >> reporter: we'll have temperatures in the 60s by christmas eve. i'll have the latest from accuweather when we come right back.

>> we are following breaking news from claymont, delaware, at least one person is confirmed dead in a huge fire at the harbor house apartment complex on harbor drive. this is the video of the blaze when it hit its peak at 3:00 a.m. when firefighters arrived they found towering flames spitting out of the roof. katherine scott will have a live report in the next half-hour and update from the scene. 7:14. let's get a check of the weather, this is not the weather we expected for christmas. >> reporter: nor do we want it this way. temperatures in the 60s, break out the bermuda shorts for christmas eve. there's the view in cape may,

it's cloudy anticipate cold, no shorts this morning. temperatures in the 20s and 0s. back here in philadelphia him we're sitting at 31 degrees, dewpoint, 22. winds out of north/northwest at # miles per hour. the pressure reading, 30 30.33 inches. fleelt -- fleetwood 28. 30 in pottstown, 24 in tanersville and oxford, 27. south and east we go, glassboro, 25. woodbine, 28. hammonton, 28 degrees. we're waking up to a few flakes north and west, snowflakes flying across upper portions of bucks and montgomery county and lehigh county, as well. all this pushing east and moving along, should be another half-hour or 40 minutes. otherwise we'll see clouds and sunshine this afternoon. it promises to be a nicer day.

yesterday it was cold. highs topped out in the mid 30s. today the clouds give way to sun, that will allow the temperatures to get back up into the 40s, close to where we should be for this time of the year. clouds are on the increase overnight tonight, however, we get into monday, monday is a cloudy day, this particular model has us rain free, although i think you'll see more in the way of activity, especially south and west as we get into the afternoon hours, 4:00, 5, expect a little bit of patchy drizzle in the area, maybe a couple of showers, monday night and tuesday we have a huge system approaching from the southwest, the clouds lower and thicken, a couple of scattered showers are expected throughout the day on tuesday. wednesday is when the big event arrives, as we go wider i'll show it to you, a storm system comes in across the great great lakes and high plains.

this slug of moisture will pull across the mid atlantic and the northeast over the next 72 hours, it looks like a slow go of it christmas eve, ups and downs the i-95 corridor. some of the latest rainfall totals projected on the forecast modeling, rain anywhere from 1 1/2 to 3 inches. look wet on christmas eve. for now we'll call it rainy and windy. same call from yesterday, 60 degrees, unseasonable mild on christmas eve. even christmas day, it will be cooler, this is well above average for this time of the year. normally we should be around 42, 43, 50 degrees, winds, gusts as high as 40 to 45 miles per hour. in the meantime this afternoon, clouds giving way to some sunshine later on. chilly day, 42 degrees in wilmington. 40 in reading, 42 in philadelphia. millville, cape may, 41. atlantic city, 43. trenton, 40 degrees, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 43 for tomorrow, rain developing late.

let's push this 'til let's say after 45:00, mainly south and -- 4:00, 5:00, mainly south and west of the city. tuesday, patchy drizzle, 52. the steady rains tuesday night into wednesday. 60 degrees, rain will be heavy rat times. christmas day all the showers and rain pulls out of here, the clouds give way to sunshine. 50 degrees on christmas day, friday, 50, 50, saturday a passing shower, sunday the pattern starts to children. we'll split the weekend in half, saturday is mild and sunday is cold. >> i always wish for the warmer weather, except for this week. thanks, chris. the clock is ticking louder every hour for shoppers who are not finished were their holiday shopping.

there are 4 days left for christmas and we are in the middle of hanukkah. that makes it the perfect storm for procrastinator. those who put off their shong may come out come out winners with the big discounts after a disappointing black friday which is one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

>> from the new jersey newsroom a ten-year-old boy and elderly woman was hurt in a south jersey fire, it happened on the south front street in salem. smoke and flames were pouring from two second floor windows when they arrived. they were able to get the fire under control in ten minutes. the boy and mother were treated for smoke. investigators say the fire parentally started by --

apparently started by accident, nothing suspicious. the republican party is calling upon supporters to buy tickets to the interview. the republican party leader wrote in a letter that's concerned that a foreign power can getaway dictating what movies american can watch. he said he'll ask republican supporters to buy ticket to the movie produced by sony to quote we're with he cannot be bullied into giving up our freedom. mohammed ali is being treated for a mild case of pneumonia. he entered the hospital yesterday, but the location was not given at the request of his family. the 72-year-old is in stable condition and should have a short stay at the hospital.

>> in sports, the eagles cough up another chance to move closer to a playoff berth. jeff skeverski has more. >> reporter: can you believe it? after a 9-3 start, the eagles are now on the verge of missing the playoffs. it's as simple as this. if dallas wince later today against indianapolis, the eagles are eliminated. ugly loss last night down in washington, chip kelly down 10 in washington to start the 4th. canthey come back, sanchez to cooper second of the game, eagles tie it at 24. 96 seconds left, eagles can win it. sanchez picked off, would you!

wow! , eagles have the most turnovers in football. redskins run down the clock, redskins take the lead, eagles down 3. him not left, sanchez throw it up and the eagles need are a prayer to make the playoff. eagles lose 27-24. they need major luck to make the post season. >> you're not going to win a football game that way, couldn't convert third down. 1 penalties and two turnovers isn't going to win dpbl games in this league. >> we had some outstanding performances. >> this is frustrating. three weeks ago, we were sitting pretty and now we need a lot of stuff to happen and we have nobody to blame but ourselves. >> now we hope and pray and hope we can get in there get

some help from dallas. >> reporter: the only way the eagles make the playoffs if dallas lose their final two regular season games, if the new york beats the game. the cowboys can eliminate the eagles with win or tie, how about desean jackson rubbing it in. >> get them out of here. get philly out of here! >> reporter: wow, jackson playing the role of the grinch last night perhaps pay back for the eagles cutting him him jackson 126 yards receiving and two, 56-yard catches. eagles players say they mills him him all the time. flyers stephen mason out because of a back injury, he'll see a specialist tomorrow. who needs him when your scoring like that. claude giroux in the first, another in the second, borachek has the most points in hockey.

flyers go on to score 7 times. they win 7-4. flyers in action later tonight in winnipeg. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. have a good day!

>> we are following breaking news at 7:30 a truly

heartbreaking scene breaking out in claymont, delaware. flames devoured an apartment building. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live near the ruins, the harbor house apartments on harbor drive, katherine. >> reporter: eva, one person has died, a 72-year-old man remains in the hospital in serious condition after a fire this morning. you can see fire crews remain on the scene. there are spots that are smoldering and the investigation into how this all began is underway. let's go to the video from earlier where you could see the fire tearing through these homes overnight. the action cam was there as firefighters rescued the 72-year-old man from his apartment. he was treated on the scene by paramedics for smoke and high carbon monoxide lerchls. levels. else in serious condition. -- he is in serious condition. the fire chief said the fire

started in a third floor apartment and spread to the attic and the building next-door. 17 fire crews were on scene him there were heavy flames on the third floor and flames shooting through the roof. firefighters attacked the blaze and worked to get the flames under control. the red cross is here and providing assistance to ten families, but that numbers may grow. i spoke to a man who escaped with his wife and baby, he said the smoke alarm woke him up. he is still in shock. >> for christmas, i am looking from here, my apartment is burning, everything is burning, my tears came out, it is really tough. >> reporter: and back here live on the scene in claymont, the delaware state fire marshal remains on the scene as the calls is under investigation, we're being told there was a collapse in the building where the fire start the, but no

firefighters were injured in all of this, we can confirm one person has died, a 72-year-old man is in the hospital in serious condition. we're live in claymont, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> let's head outside to meteorologist chris sowers with the accuweather forecast and it's not as cold as we would like for christmas week. >> reporter: no, i mean, some people like 50s and 60s for those people out there that like the warm weather, you'll like the weather this week. otherwise, folks will be disappointed, because as we move into the holidays, temperatures climb into the 50s and 60s. in the meantime it's a cold start, slatington, 28. fleetwood 28. hammonton 28 and browns mill 28 degrees. we don't have much of a breeze, so we're not dealing with a harsh windchill. satellite and radar showing flurries passing on by to the

north. otherwise we're looking at mostly cloudy skies around the delaware valley. we're expecting more in the way of sun later today than what we saw yesterday. yesterday we were stuck in it. lots of clouds start to finish. it kept temperatures around the mid 30s. it was a cold day, high of 35 degrees officially in philadelphia. today with a little bit more in the way of sun we should get the temperatures back up into the low 40s, if you're looking for something to do, expect sunshine it will be cold, but it won't are snowing or raining. 33 degrees by 2:00. 4:00 p.m., 34 not a bad day on the slopes. back in philadelphia, the day planner looks like. 9:00 a.m., 33 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. lunchtime, 38. 3:00 p.m., 42 and by 6:00 p.m. we're back down to 37 degrees. and, again, you'll see a gradual increase in sunshine as the day wears on. by the way winter officially arrives at 6:03 this afternoon. this will be the shortest day of the year and the longest night

of the year. from tomorrow on daylight hours start increasing. it will make some of you feel much better, although we're moving into the coldest months of the year. when i step back inside i'll have more on christmas eve and christmas day forecast. two men were shot at powell street, the victims were airlifted to local hospitals and there's no word on their conditions or what led up to the shootings. the gunman who ambushed and killed two new york city police officers announced online he was planning to shoot officers. the shooting happened in brooklyn yesterday afternoon. investigators say a man named ismaaiyl brinsley walked up to a passenger window of a marked patrol car and opened fire. two officers were hit in the head, identified as rafael ramos and wenjian liu. earlier in the day, investigators say ismaaiyl brinsley issued a warning about the attack on social media citing revenge for police

killings of black men. he wrote, they take one of ours, let's take two of theirs. >> today two of new york's finest were shot and killed with with no warning, no provocation, they were quite simply assassinated, targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. >> ismaaiyl brinsley then took off running into a nearby subway station where he shot himself. else accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend in baltimore hours before the ambush in brooklyn. the shooting of the officers is being felt in philadelphia. kenneth moten picks up that part of the our coverage. >> reporter: philadelphia police are even more on alert after the ambush killings of two new york city police officers. the tensions and the rhetoric

has been increasing for months by protesters. the shootings of nypd officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos have investigators scouring over antipolice statements allegedly made on social media by the suspect, ismaaiyl brinsley. one displayed a weapon with the hash tag shoot the police and references to garner and brown. >> let's face it there's been 234089 just in new york, but throughout the county. there's been a strong antipolice and anticriminal justice system and unfortunately aspect is that people get caught up in these and go in this directions they should not. >> reporter: philadelphia police released a statement saying this is a horrible act of terror and murdering a police officer is not the way to solve anything in fact the destroyed the lives of two families those of the officers that have nothing to do

with the events taking place across the county. >> representative of those who peacefully protesting with regard to issues of police brutality. this is unacceptable behavior of anybody to go own shoot innocent police officers. >> reporter: back at king of prussia the protest lasted about an hour, it was peaceful and upper merion police say there were no arrests. reporting in king of prussia kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> protesters crowd the huge mall of america in bloomington, minnesota. ment protesters chanted black lives matter. it was a police brutality protest that caused the mall to be shut down on one of the busiest shopping day of the year. 3,000 people were thought to have taken part in the protest. 25 were arrest mainly on trespass charges. people gathered in montgomery county to remember the 6 family members killed in a

murder spree. mourners reflected by candle light in lower salford. bradley stone allegedly killed his ex-wife nicole hill. hill's mother and grandmother and three members of her sister's family were murdered at other locations. hill's nephew an thee slick was the only survivor. brad stone was found in pennsberg, officials say stone and hill were in the middle of a custody dispute. we're staying on top of breaking news, a massive fire whipping through an apartment building in delaware. that fire claimed one life. we have a crew on the ground right there seeking more information. sky6 live hd taking a live look for us now, over camden. meteorologist chris sowers is back next would your exclusive accuweather -- with our exclusive accuweather forecast. stay with us.

>> an important week in the weather department, santa claus is going to make his trip this week. >> reporter: he'll need a slicker and galoshes. do they still use the term galoshes? >> i think my grandma does. [laughter]. >> reporter: there's the view of atlantic city, you can see cloud cover out there this morning, it's a chilly morning with temperatures in time 20s and 30s. storm tracker 6 live double scan crystal clear nothing going on of we have passing flurries even though the radar is having a

harold time picking it up. passing flurries in upper bucks and montgomery counties. if you see flakes in the next a couple of hours don't be alarmed. it's passing flurries. 39 degrees, dewpoint, 22. it's a cold morning, temperatures are 2 to 3 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. reading sitting at 0. lancaster, 26. philadelphia, 31, millville, 30, dover, 32. him satellite and radar showing clouds across the mid atlantic. note the holes in the cloud cover starting to show up already. that's a good sign. that brings more in the way of sunshine this afternoon. yesterday we saw lots of clouds from start to finish of. it kept temperatures down, the high yesterday was only 35. normally we should are around 43. yesterday was a cold day, today with the amount of sunshine or the increase in sunshine we should get closer to the average.

the clouds will quickly fill in as we get into the overnight hours and first thing tomorrow morning we're looking at mainly clawd skies once again -- cloudy skies once again. the model has most of the delaware valley dry, but what you'll see is patching drizzle develop in the southwestern suburbs and that will advance twrard -- toward the north monday night. everybody will get into the act on tuesday. it's not looking like a washout, but well have patching drizzle and passing showers. the model has us mainly welt for just about everybody and same thing tomorrow afternoon. this guy is a potent upper level piece of energy that cuts across the high plains into the great lakes and it draws in all this moisture out of the gulf. we'll see an area of low pressure develop right here. this guy and this to the south come together across upstate new york, once this takes place

that's when the winds whip around we'll see gusts as high as 40 to 50 miles per hour. all this moisture pulls north into the mid atlantic and the northeast. rainy and windy as the storms collide across upstate new york. the positive news it's not a raging snowstorm, but the bad news it is on christmas eve it will create delays in parts of the area. if you're traveling tuesday and wednesday look for a slow go. 60 degrees, rainy and windy with gusts as high as 40 miles per hour. christmas day, milder, sunshine expected, windy, 40 miles per hour gusts high of 50. as we getting into christmas eve, the winds are out of the southwest, that's what punches the temperatures up into -- pumps the temperatures up into

the low 50s and 60s. christmas day high of 50. him we get into the end of the week, next weekend you can see all the cold reloading in canada. watch what happens, bang this comes down into the mid atlantic and the northeast. this is serious cold. it will feel like winter by the time we get into the second half of next weekend. if you're a winter weather pan stay patient. it's on the way. today, increasing clouds, 42 degrees, overnight tonight, 23 for the suburbs, 28 center city. tomorrow, 43, tuesday, 52, christmas eve, rainy and windy, 60 degrees, christmas day, 350. erin o'hern tellsbout

this week's raising healthy kids. >> reporter: ashly and ainsley like being identical twins and like to play tricks on eachothe. >> at an ultrasound they thought the twins were in danger. >> there are more connections that allow the blood to go from the smaller twin side to the larger twin side that are not compensated by vessels coming back. >> reporter: the smaller baby loses blood, dr. mark johnson said drlings used to reduce the fluid in the amniotic sack around the bigger baby, but there was a risk of premature

delivery and with it developmental problems, now they operate in the womb to correct the blood flow. >> the procedure takes 20 minutes. >> reporter: for the parents it work and the girls were born full term. >> they were born perfectly healthy and came home with us from the hospital. >> reporter: the girls love dance, dolls and great students. doctors are not sure why twin to twin transfusion develop and there's no way to prevent, but with the laser surgery, survival rates are higher and complications are much lower. erin o'hern channel 6 "action news." home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf.

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>> 7:54 "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live in claymont, delaware, where flames have ripped through the harbor house apartment complex. could the -- katherine. >> reporter: eva one person has died and a man is in serious condition after an early-morning fire. investigator are on scene and trying to determine how the flames spread so quickly. it started at the harbor house apartment complex. firefighters rescued the 72-year-old man, paramedics treated him for smoke inhalation and he has taken to the hospital where he remains. the fire chief said it started in a third floor apartment and spread to the attic and spread to the building next-door.

17 units were on scene. the red cross is on scene taking care of 20 families, but that number may grow. the fire remains under investigation this morning, live in claymont, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> let's go to chris sowers and a last check of the weather. >> reporter: we'll see sunshine out there, hopefully with the sun temperatures will get milder. accuweather says clouds and sun, chilly, high of 42. tomorrow, the clouds roll in quickly again. there could showers developing late probably after 4:00, 5:00, high of 43. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it turns real mild tuesday and wednesday. 52 degrees tuesday, lots of clouds and passing showers and drizzle. wednesday, christmas eve, that's the messy one, rainy and windy, gusts as high as 40, 45 miles per hour. rainfall totals range from 1 1/2

to 2 1/2 inches. 60 degrees, cooler for christmas day, windy, mild, high of 50. >> 60 in the forecast. >> reporter: doesn't feel like christmas. >> and there's a santa claus hat on there. >> it's 7:56 we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> reporter: good morning, coming up on "g.m.a." we're leading with a deadly ambush breaking overnight, two new york city city police officers shot at pointblank range as they shot shot -- salt in their patrol car. how it started outside baltimore we have the breaking details. how a group behind the massive hack at sony is firing back at the fbi taunting them. could it be too good to be true, we find out what happens when you follow up on a free vacation offer sent in the mail. all that is coming up on

"g.m.a." >> "good morning america" weekend is next on channel 6. "action news" continues later this morning. here's some of the stories we're working on for you. we'll have another update on our breaking news. the two-alarm fire has claimed the life of at least one person at a delaware apartment complex. >> tips for keeping safe in the holidays parties and celebrations. and meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather forecast. now for nydia han, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm eva pilgrim, have a great sunday!

good morning, america. breaking news, deadly ambush. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> two new york city police officers shot and killed at point-blank range executed in cold blood as they sat in their patrol car. >> they were quite simply assassinated. >> the gunman posting ominous messages on social media before the attacks. then rushing into a crowded subway. >> get on the floor! >> was it all a sick attempt to avenge the deaths of eric garner and michael brown? team coverage of the shootings that have a city in mourning, a nation outraged. down for the count. boxing great muhammad ali rushed to the hospital this morning. what doctors are saying about his condition. the legend's fight for his health. nightmare before christmas. a big or