were damp and gray and it set the stage for santa's big day. the big story on "action news" is the warmest christmas on record for the delaware valley, looking live from sky 6 hd tonight. this picture shows the story, a green hill, ski lifts sitting idle on christmas eve, that is the weather picture this evening and it's a historic one. now they are in with a first look at the forecast. it was all about the temperatures today, the old record in philadelphia, the old record was 64 set last year in 2014, the high today 71 degrees, well above the average of 72, the all time december high is 73, just 2 degrees high of historic warmth, 67 in the city at this hour, 65 in allentown and along the coast in sea isle

city, 67 not enough cold air in the poconos to make snow, 58 at this hour. we have you covered for the right of the evening tonight and 65 is the temperature, from midnight mass and the number coming in at 63 degrees on christmas eve, it stays cloudy and a stray shower is likely and more records are possible for christmas day and we are tracking santa, last check he was in croatia, and we'll let you know if is he on time to make to the united states. >> thank you. while the delaware valley is dealing with a mild christmas, people from mississippi to tennessee, spending the holiday cleaning up deadly storms ripped through the south, seven people were killed and many more were injured. for more on the devastation and the cleanup efforts here is

elizabeth herr from new york. >> they are in the process of assessing the damage and base ond what they have seen so far, the damage is extensive enough, a state of emergency is declared in two states. >> back it up. >> the tornadoes so powerful homes were demolished. tractor trailers flipped and debris tossed for miles, with a lightning strike and then you see it and that is when it was really, really intense. >> from tennessee to mississippi -- >> we heard this big sound like a train, and then it was calm. >> at least two dozen reported tornadoes touched down cutting a path of destruction and leaving many homeless. >> it's devastating it crushes you here at christmas. >> it's very heart breaking. i don't even have the words to

explain it. >> the damages are so widespread a state of emergency is declared in tennessee and mississippi, state officials vowing to help everyone now beginning the process of recovering and rebuilding. >> this was a well organized efforts and we will recover. >> and even at this hour, mother nature is still on the move, the same storm system that wreaked after okay in the south yesterday we are told that it is triggering dangerous flash flooding in georgia and alabama. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in other news tonight, philadelphia police are stepping up patrols in old city, after a rash of armed robberies in the area prompted calls for action from residents, chad pradelli is live in old city with the detales. >> reporter: rick, police say that the suspect hits at night and he has been striking with

increasing frequency along the 300 block of north third street and his weapon say gun and demands his victims turn over his belongings. >> it put me on edge and made me think twice about walking through the neighbor add at night. >> that is the word from old city, the signs are posted around the neighborhood warning residents to be vigilant. >> i think they need to light up the streets better, they have this soft like cozy lighting, it's philadelphia you have to have this thing lit up like a christmas tree. >> i heard about it and i'm worry, it's the shopping season and people coming home from work and worried about walking down the street with gifts and having a gun pointed at your face. >> the gunman hit three times on december 13th at 4th and new street and twice five days later including here on the 100 block of front street, he snatched

wallets cash and cell phones and now police are stepping up patrols. >> the sixth district commander will take the responsibility and put the manpower out in that area whether it's bike patrol or plain clothes officers. some you will see and some you may not see. >> and the advice from police tonight is do what the armed robber wants you to do, hanover your belonging and don't fight back, nobody did in these cases and fortunately nobody was injured. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. other news the fbi and philadelphia meets want to track down a potentially dangerous bank robber, authorities say this man entered the td bank in north philadelphia and handed over a demand note and received an undisclosed amount of money and ran off. this man is considered armed and dangerous and anyone with information is asked to call

police. in the city's lawndale section, police are looking for a man that slashed tires on 16 vehicles this week, they spotted the suspect slashing tires while walking his dog and six vehicles were vandalized on shell born street and three vehicles on it's 64 hundred block of oakley street. if you have any information you are asked to call philadelphia police. the clock is ticking for shoppers that have not checked everything off their christmas list and most stores are closing within the hour or sorks but for the serious procrastinators some are open until midnight tonight, jeff is at the willow grove mall with more. >> reporter: hey rick we are down to the wire and the christmas shopping season 2015 almost over and shoppers here show no signs of letting up and you may be able to see in this dark parking lot this place is packed and shoppers are inside

looking for deals and looking for the last minute gifts. armed with umbrellas and shoppers in chestnut hill spent the day dodging rain drops to get the last things on their christmas lists. >> a little jewelry for grandma. >> the rain has not kept me out. we can dart out of stores quickly and it has been good. managers at serendipity shops hoped that the warmth with surge the shoppers later in the day. >> we inspect to pick up more with last minute shoppers. >> is the rain hurting that. >> i think a little by yes. >> by late afternoon procrastinators were lined up in force, the line to see you know who is even longer. >> my husband's schedule is hectic and this was the only day to come out and meet santa for the first time. >> an annual christmas eve mall

outing is a tradition. >> we are last minute shoppers, we procrastinate but we get our shopping done. >> like being in the mall on christmas eve and candy does not mind shopping of her own either. does candy is inside of those bags. the volume is down on this

christmas eve, we are moving along okay here in center city on the vine street expressway. the truck flipped over a few hours ago that was carrying peanut butter and all is not skippy here and the ramp is closed on the north side of super highway to 213 maple afternoon, if this is your ramp normally, use the one at business 1 penndel instead. and 168 black horse pike shut down at nicholson road and there are downed wires in gloucester township blocking off davis town road over top of 42, blackwood clementon road gets you around that, and the crash along barks dale road and slow speeds on northbound 95 from the delaware service areas up to the 295 split. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour.

>> more to come on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. a philadelphia girl battling a dangerous health condition finally got the gift she was waiting for the surgery that is underway that could save her life. health check, a new movie is putting concussions in the holiday spotlight. why they hope that the film will do more good than harm to athletes and now a message from local service members spepding the holiday away from home. we'll be right back. >> hi i'm army master sergeant williams, stationed ed ied in happy holidays sara, and colton. gl we love you.

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a live look at saints peter and paul. two more services filled with songs and celebration is scheduled before the big midnight mass where archbishop chaput will deliver the homily. a young philadelphia girl

battling a life-threatening illness. better known as coco has cystic fibrosis and is waiting for the double lung transplant, she was taken into surgery this morning for the transplant and the surgery is expected to last into the evening and the post on coco's go fun me page, the family called the news a once in a lifetime surprise from god himself. health check tonight, the movie concussion starring philadelphia native will smith opens in theaters tomorrow and puts the spotlight on concussions and football and it's risk for long-term affects, ali gorman spoke with local experts about the film. >> long before hollywood got involved some local doctors spark addeded awareness.

>> apparently healthy favorite son of the city died in disgrace. >> the movie concussion follows the story of a nigeria born neurologist, linking concussions to the football player. >> he then takes on the nfl. >> doctors douglas smith and sean grady of pen medical center are both experts on brain injury and concussion, the condition was not new but linking it to football was. >> football is a high-profile sport it got everybody's attention and both doctors hope the movie will continue to raise awareness. >> for me the important thing is all the attention not the nfl so much but peewee football, hockey

league. it's the kids with very to think about keeping their brain safe. >> both agree that progress has been made. we now know after a hit to the head athletes need to sit out and there is better testing but there is still a lot we don't know about concussions. >> how many are too many and does it vary from person to person and is there a point in time where individuals have three or four concussions that they should not go back to contact sports, and more work is needed to determine the best treatments and both agree that concussions are a part of contact sports, that doesn't mean that kids shouldn't play them but athletes, parentses and coaches need to be aware of the risks and something this movie will likely hit home. >> local doctors couldn't comment if there was a coverup

by the nfl, nfl officials say they welcome any conversation about player health and safety. >> now what is interesting is that doctors at penn know the doctors portrayed in the film and they had a lot of fun looking attack teres their colleagues will be played by. >> and oscar talk for will smith. >> lots of interest in this movie.

wall street closed for the long holiday weekend but the numbers were mixed. the dow closed down 51 points and change and the s&p 500 dropped to about 3.5 points, trading reopens on monday. >> well, a new wine is about to hit the market that lets you eat your calories instead of drinking them this holiday season, each glass of wine has 90 calories, 40% less calories than a normal glass of wine, it's owners say their experience in the wine industry allowed

them to create a guilt free wine with a good taste. disney is celebrating is magic here in philadelphia, they kicked off their run if philadelphia today at the wells fargo center, can you catch minnie, mickey and donald duck and pinocchio. disney is the parent company of 6 abc. and children from shelters were treated to makeovers today thanks to a local salon, exquisite hair design provide the the services free of charge, and this is the fifth your they have done so and created quite the christmas tradition, the women got to eat a holiday meal and leave with a bag of travel size items donated by the communities. >> we are checking the warm forecast as we look live at the center, meteorologist, melissa

magee, has details from accuweather when we come right back.

we are just hours from christmas day and that means norad is tracking santa's sleigh as it approaches the u.s., they are running their santa tracker

for 60 years now and hundreds of volunteers are answering questions from children around the world wanting santa's status and right now santa is over zurich, switzerland before heading to north america. and melissa magee is in for cecily tynan, you are from los angeles and it's warmer here than it is in california? >> yes that is a good point, unseasonably warm and that trend continues as we get into the day for christmas, the high if philadelphia 71 degrees, breaking the old record set just last year with a high of 64, currently 64 was the high today in poconos and high in dover and out west in reading and same in allentown and same in atlantic city and dover highs in the upper 60s lower 70s, unusually warm for this time of your, we are holding in the upper 60s and

67 in philadelphia and 68 in wilmington and 58 in the poconos and along the coast in sea isle city and the upper 60s in dover, we have the southwesterly wind which is why it is above average and sustained 3 miles per hour in reading to eight miles in atlantic city and 7 in philadelphia, here is satellite 6 along with action radar here is the frontal boundary that is cleared. most of our region is sagging to the east and stays cloudy for the rest of tonight and we have to allow for a stray hour as well. if you are headed out this evening, for christmas eve services, it's mostly cloudy and temperature at 6:00 p.m. tonight and 69, 8:00 and midnight mass the temperature 63, average is 42 and well above that by midnight. future tracker 6 showing the stray shower is possible by 7:30 this evening and continues into 11:00 tonight underneath a

mostly cloudy sky and some sunny breaks tomorrow and clouds up quickly for christmas day, at 6:30 in the morning you can see that it doesn't arrive until today's end we track the frontal boundary that lifts to the north friday night and that could spark a shower or two. speaking of tomorrow it's christmas day and we have you covered if you are gathered around the christmas tree opening the gifts and mostly cloudy and rain likely late in the day and 67 at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow and we are in the lower 60s, not a bad day tomorrow despite the clouds and moisture, if we hit that we'll break the record of 68 set in 1964, a high of 56 back up near records on sunday of 72 and we are chilling down into next weekend, i have more details of what to expect as we get close to new year's eve coming up in the next half however. >> i am off tomorrow just leave my gift on my desk.

>> i'll write it down. >> okay. quick break. it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great offer.

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williams and monica malpass. hello again monica malpass is off and here is what is happening on "action news" tonight, philadelphia police say that a man wanted for robbing a pizza restaurant is wanted for robbing the same neighborhood. and ted cruz responds to a controversial cartoon of his daughters and a special delivery for a family see how the police got to play santa. now the details, it may be christmas eve but it feels more like spring, we hit a record high of 71 degrees, a perfect day to get the last minute shopping down but will the temperatures last tomorrow. meteorologist, melissa magee, has the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: hi there rick, record highs there and above average, the high in philadelphia 71 degrees, breaking the old record of 64 set last year and 2 degrees shy of the all time december high of this day, 71 was the record high

in trenton and same in wilmington and allentown 71 and records in land castwer a high of 69, warm at this hour, average high is 4-and we are coming in at 67, and 65 for allentown and reading at this hour, along the coast 57 and the upper 60s for dover and millville. it is christmas eve and if you are stepping out later on tonight we have you covered as you get ready to gather with friends and family and a stray shower is likely and 9:0065 degrees, and we are only at 63 if are you attending any church services or midnight mass the temperature is coming in at 63, you ask the question is the warmth going to continue and the answer is coming up with the accuweather forecast. don't break out the winter coats just yet rick. >> sounds good to me. santa is not the only one checking thing ofz his list, today shoppers were out making sure they got everything on

their grocery list including the holiday favorites. >> reporter: christmas eve is always packed with shoppers athe this south philly supermarket. >> roast pork with glazed carrots for christmas eve and christmas day is prime rib with all the trimmings. >> i'm making macaroni pie and i'm doing a turkey and i'm stuffing a chicken and doingcal order greens and some american stuff. >> christmas music flowed through the jammed aisles of the reading terminal where the old school shoppers flock each year, the produce mer chances and butchers have long since stocked up for the christmas eve stampede. >> people call a week in advance

and get it done, we have plenty of product. here. >> i'm getting sweet potatoes and turn is and greens and potatoes and my favorite prom granite. >> this is our christmas eve dinner. >> what are you making? >> southeast asian food. >> we have duck and fish. and roast potatoes and creamed onions. >> most mainer food stores are shutting down shortly, as for the smaller operations, many of them have locked the door and gone home already, here is hoping you have plenty of goodwill on your plate. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." time now for a check of "action news" traffic report, things don't look too tasty. >> a little food for thought, only 26 more minutes to get to

the king of prussia mall before it closes, i never advise speeding but the clocks ticking. if you are heading down 202 to norristown it's heavy with mall traffic and a crash at kings circle. they got it all pushed to the side and the tow truck is there and extra slow coming away from the mall on 202 northbound and a ramp in langhorne, from the super highway, 213 maple avenue because of the overturned truck with peanut butter, if you want to get around it in a jiff, use the business one in penndel. i love that pun. camden county without the black horse pike at nicholson road at the acme because of a downed pole, and in gloucester township shutting down davistown road.

and holiday schedule on the patco and septa ran a bunch of their evening trains during the mid-day to help you get out of town so we are running with fewer regularly scheduled trains this afternoon and the septa trolleys and buses on a modified schedule but the 101 and 102 as well as the speed line are on normal weekday schedules, ricky hope you get everything you want even though you won't be getting it from me. >> got the same thing as last year. merry christmas thank you. two suspects wanted for theft are behind bars thanks in part to a "action news" viewer, west goshen police arrested two people for allegedly stealing from convenience stores and pawning the items, someone called them with a tip to police after "action news" ran this surveillance video, they had taken $100,000 worth of items. a man wanted for robbing a

little caesars pizza restaurant struck a second time in the same neighborhood, "action news" told you about this story yesterday morning, the man in this video handed an employee a note on tuesday afternoon demanding money and she complied and ran from the store, and the same person is wanted for a second similar crime that happened earlier at a little caesars, this is surveillance video from the robbery on the 8400 block of pickering avenue, if you recognize the suspect are you asked to call police. >> authorities are searching for the person that killed a man in the east mown airy section. the 37-year-old vehicle tim was shot in the stomach and he managed to drive a half a block before crashing into two parked cars, several neighbors told police they heard gunshots before the victim crashed. he was taken to einstein medical

center but did not survive. >> the eagles are getting ready for a big game and we have a preview for you coming up and shots ring out at a busy mall in north carolina. what led up to the officer-involved shooting and a pro basketball player says he was robbed by two women, and he may not be the only victim. who police are looking for and now a holiday greeting from our troops overseas. >> hi we are the mornels, we want to say happy holidays in hazeleton, pennsylvania, we love you and we'll see you soon.

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turning to the race for 2016, ted cruz is going after the newspaper for making fun of his daughters, his daughter as peered to mock hillary clinton in a tv ad and many political rivals are offering support. >> don't mess with my kids and don't mess with hillary's kids or marco's kids, the "washington

post" has taken down the cartoon saying its policy is to leave children out of it. meanwhile presidential front runner donald trump is taking aim at hillary clinton, he took offense when he referred to the mogul as sexist. when he said a vulgar term. he issued a warning, be careful as you play the war on women card and later tweeted, i have great respect for women and again warned her to be careful. scary moments for people inside of a mall in charlotte, north carolina, women where shot inside of the north lake mall, officers working off duty at the time shot one person that they say had a gun, the person that was pronounced dead at the scene, no officers were injured

during the incident. >> activists disrupted shopper as long the retail zrikts and they are continuing their efforts to pressure mayor michael nutter to step up the case of laquan mcdonald, since the video was released there are protests across the country. a player for the new york knicks was allegedly scammed by two women he met at a nightclub and brought home, police released this surveillance video showing the suspects, derek williams says when he was is a sleep, the women took items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and police believe this is not the first robbery and that they worked in other clubs and taking other men home and robbing them as well. jeff skversky is here and we are talking about the big eagles game saturday night and it's do or die. >> they have to win this one and have to win the next one, it all

sports with the red skins on saturday, it could be the nightmare after christmas, the eagles must beat desean jackson or they are eliminated from playoff contention and they could be shorthanded, byron maxwell and benny logan missed practice again today with injuries, others will have to step up to beat curt cousins who has the number one completion percentage, and sam bradford is dying to make the post season for the first time in his career. >> you look forward to playing in these games, and not everyone has an opportunity to play in meaningful games in december, obviously i haven't had many chances, and you try to do a little bit extra in your preparation during the week whether it's more film or talking to the guys. >> playing if philadelphia, you know how the city is, it's passion that the fans are going

to bring and it's passion we need to bring in a game like this, we have to go out and get this one, you can talk about it all day, but come saturday night we have to strap up and get ready to go. >> they better be ready, the eagles have had trouble with this team of late and lost two straight to washington, and desean jackson feasted on the secondary, 243 yards and a touch down in two games. >> i'm excited about the opportunity to go back to philly and play in front of a lot of fans, some like me and some don't, but it's a game and in this locker room in this organization we know what we need to do. three or four years, we just want to take care of the opportunity to talk about what is at stake right now. >> eagles fans are you in the playoff spirit, they are on the brink of elimination but espn's

ron jaworsky still believes in the birds. >> there is something about this team and something about their act to bounce back, despite getting hammered by the arizona cardinals, i feel pretty confident that they can bounce back. >> coming up at 6:00 you won't want to miss santa jaws, a special rendition of the night before christmas with an eagles prediction from ron jaworsky. and brett brown has a new toy, the sixers trade for veteran guard and release tony roton, hey it's not amerry time to be a sixers fan hard to believe they only have one win before christmas, they have lost 30 of their 31 games, off to the worst start in nba history and 0-18 on the road and they may ring in the new year in the

worst situation. they need help frommish smith or anyone else. >> they need me, they would cut me immediately. outside we go taking a live look at the christmas eve services going on at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. and there is another mass tonight as well as the traditional mass at midnight. and church goes are northeast philadelphia gathered for a service here and calvary chap et had services with final one this evening, there are three members of this multidem nominational church. and shoppers packed into the christmas village at love park and mayor michael nutter stopped by to meet with shoppers and vendors, the christmas village closes for the season on sunday.

>> and as we mentioned we are continuing to track santa claus we'll tell you where he was spotted moments ago and a lunch lady was fired after giving a hungry child a meal. now the school district has apparently changed its mind, we'll tell you why. and looking live at sky 6 hd at penn's landing. melissa magee has your exclusive accuweather forecast. it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great offer.

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our christmas tradition continues as we look at norad tracking santa, he is making his way to barcelona, spain, you can track him throughout the eepg, go to our 6 abc home page as he makes his way through spain and to north america and the tell wear valley. will he hit melissa magee's home have you been good. >> i think so, but the question is what about you. >> i think he'll go right over. >> there is also next year rick. we are not dealing with precipitation but we had sprinkles earlier today and heavy rain earlier this morning, the frontal boundary is slipping down to the south and most of the night we'll stay cloudy and a stray shower tomorrow night. we'll show you the pickure

outside in fairmount park, a picturesque scene. temperatures well above average, christmas eve, normal for us is 42 and the record is 64 set just last year, in 2014, today's high 71 degrees, 2 degrees shy of the all time december high of 73 degrees, maybe if you wanted snow across the region, it's nice to have temperatures this mild in december. 67 in philadelphia, and 68 in allentown and the lehigh valley, poconos 58 degrees, sea isle city, upper 50s and 66 in atlantic city where you had a record high today. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you there is that frontal boundary moving down to the south and east and it stays cloudy for the rest of tonight and as we go throughout the day

tomorrow, we are tracking the front that will meander back northward through our region and we have to allow for a stray shower, it looks like most of the day tomorrow is looking dry, if you step out tonight for christmas eve services, mostly cloudy and 6:00 p.m., the number is 69 and 8:00, 67 if you attend church or midnight mass, coming in at 63 well above the norm, we'll start out christmas day nice and comfortable, 64 in philadelphia and 61 in the poconos and 61 tomorrow and numbers tomorrow in the upper 60s and by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon we are in the upper 60s and the record is 6 set in 1964, and numbers get higher than that on christmas. here is the forecast for us, mostly cloudy and late rain on the way and 9:00 a.m. 62

degrees, 1:00 p.m. 67. and here is the exclusive accuweather forecast, mostly cloudy tomorrow and high up to 70 and saturday mostly cloudy and drizzle around for kwanzaa and the eagles at home at the linc. taking on the red skins a cooler day at 66 and sunday underneath a mostly cloudy sky 72. and monday clouds and sun, it's a cooler day in at 45 degrees, looks to be unsettled into next week, periods of rain on the way and high up to 55 degrees on tuesday and wednesday mostly cloudy and a high up to 56 degrees and thursday mostly cloudy for new years eve with a high temperature of 54, well above average today rick. looks like records one again possible as we get into christmas day. not a bad forecast just wet from time to time. >> someone said you were secret santa, my gift put it right out

there. thanks melissa. with the chance of rain tomorrow check storm tracker 6 radar, on our website at 6abc.com/weather. a black bear in california took a wild road for 65 miles, the bear road in the back a dump truck and escaped at the campsite, it was captured by fresno police and they had no idea it crawled into compacter, the bear was not injured. >> school cafeteria that was fired for giving away a free lunch, is getting her job back, last week the cafeteria worker gave away a lunch to a hungry child and she got a termination letter, after it got national attention, there is no word if

she plans to return. a family in need got a surprise and the action cam was right there, we'll tell you which of santa's little helpers came to a delaware family's rescue, stay with us.

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a family in need in upland county got a big surprise, the ac cam was there as the upland police delivered gifts to the home, the mother was not able to buy presents for her two children and the police stepped up. earlier this week they delivered a christmas tree and now with toys beneath it, it's turned into a holiday that the family will never forget. right now the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00, something we have never felt on christmas eve, record warmth temperatures, how the unusual weather is impacting the holiday spirit and time is running out for the last minute shoppers, one store that is staying open late tonight and santa claus sends local police on a mission.

the burden they lefted for a berks county mom. for jeff skversky, monica malpass, cecily tynan and the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams join me next for "action news" at 6:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night and jim is off and i'm rick williams and in the news police add more patrols in new city after a flash of gun point robberies and the holiday spirit display in delaware, piles of donations for a family that lost their home in a fire.

but the story is record breaking warmth on this christmas eve and it's beginning to look a lot like spring time as folks leave the gloves and coats at home as temperatures soared, we saw joggers in shorts and t-shirts and why not on this unseasonably dry day, it's proving to be the warmest christmas eve ever in the delaware valley. with us is melissa magee live at the big board. temperatures once again above average, normal is 42, we broke the record we set last year, 64 degrees, and today 71 degrees in philadelphia and the all time december high is 73, so 2 degrees off the mark of having historic warmth but unusually warm for this time of year, the southwesterly time of year, 55 in the poconos and 60 in reading and along the coast in sea isle city, 58,