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good morning on this sunday december 17th. gray is off. jeannette joins us. here's what we're working for you on action news. two teenagers are hospitalized after gunfire overnight. >> and police plea plead for a man to come forward. >> and all eyes will be on number 9 today as the eagles head up the turnpike to take on the giants. >> first meteorologist chris sowers joins us outside with a look at accuweather. feeling better out there this morning? >> i guess. it's still chilly out here but it feels a lot better compared to yesterday. yesterday some locations were actually as cold as 10:00, 11
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degrees. it's still cold but not nearly as bad. i should have wore a hat. media 26 degrees. glassboro same number. and cape may you're up to 36 degrees. now when you factor in the winds it feels a little bit colder. it feels like 22 in wilmington, 25 in millville and 26 in allentown. another cold start to the day but we are expecting temperatures to start moderating as early as later this afternoon and especially monday and tuesday. in the meantime as you look at the satellite and radar shot you can see the cloud cover out to the west in the left-hand part of your scene. we enjoyed quite a bit of sunshine yesterday. we're going to say mostly cloudy skies expected this afternoon. we'll call it chilly. the normal high for this time of the year is 44. we hit 42 yesterday, we'll hit
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only 41 degrees today and with the wind it will feel more 37. so it's a fairly chilly finish to the weekend, starting tomorrow temperatures are way off to the races. could be as warm as 56 by tuesday and wednesday. details coming up in just a few minutes. >> this just in to action iladelphia police are looking for two men who held up a kensington 7-11 witht rifle. it happened here at around this morning. police say the suspects were wearing ski masks and hooded sweat shirts. they were armed with an ak-47 assault rifle and demanded money from the clerk. no one was hurt during the robbery. philadelphia police have made an arrest in the shooting that left twos wounded. the action cam was on the scene here at the intersection of north 9th street and west somerset avenue in north philadelphia. police called for reports of gunfire. when they arrived they found a 17-year-old who had a gunshot
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wound to the leg. both were taken to temple university hospital in stable police have taken one person into custody in connection with this shooting and he is expect to be charged. >> police are trying to identify a man who was shot in the eye overnight. it happened on the 160oint breeze after in the city's point breeze section just after 1:00 this morning. the victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. police have no suspects or motives for the shoot zblg a delaware county family is in shock and hoping the deadly hit and run will soon come forward. a hardworking fath of two was struck and killed yesterday morning. the driver kept going. trish hartman has the details. >> i just don't understand how somebody could hit somebody and keep on going. >> reporter: many in chester are wondering the same thing after state police say 46-year-old ronald williams known as pea body was struck and killed by a driver. >> come
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speak up. because you would want somebody to do this for your family member. >> reporter: williams stopped his vehicle for an unknown reason on the highland avenue ramp getting on to i-95 south in chester shortly before 3:00 a.m. he got out of his vehicle and police say a car hit himkept going heading south on 95. williams was pronounced dead on the scene by the medical examiner. police are looking for a neweck volkswagen like this one with front end and windshield damage. >> everybody is kind of hanging out for him. everywhere you go people drirnging to him. >> reporter: family members are saying they are hoping for closure and an arrest. >> he didn't deserve whated to him and the person that did it they know they did so they should actually come and turn themselves in. >> reporter: many people have described williams as a hardworking father with a larger-than-life personality. anyone with information is asked
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o contact state police. reporting in chester trish hartman, channel 6 action news. >> 7:05now. there were somey moments on a ski lift near state col this weekend. the lift malfunctioned and sent four cha crashing into one another like dominos. the malfunction forced resort officials to shut down the lift. the lift is closed until further notice. >> police in south jersey ar hoping someoelp them identify a church thief. a good look at this surveillance video. police say a man stole from sacred heart church on the suspect took cash that had been raised for a church fundraiser. police believe this m right here in the surveillance video is the guy they're looking for. if you recognize him urged to call police right away. >> from our delroom state police have identified the suspects killed during a po shooting in wilmington. police say 30-year-old adam radcliff was shot and killed when he attempted to run from
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police during a traffic stop. a trooper opened he tried to drive off with the officer hanging on to the passenger side door. radcliff later died at the hospital. the officer is okay and is now on administrative leave pending the investigation. >> the time now 7:06 and senator chuck schumer wants the tsa to speed up plans devices that can detect suicide devices. schumer says the screening devices are urgently needed in new york city and other bus transit areas. the tsa says the devices arestill in the testing phase and not ready for roll-out. police are stepping up security for cory booker after he his family received death threats. booker has an executive protection unit providing protection. the two law enforcement agencies areorking together to ensure 's safety. >> congressman kiwin from nevada has announ not running
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for re-election following ak u uizations of sexual harassment. and a lobbiest say they were vic unwanted advances and inappropriate touching. >> gene simmons is being sued for sexual a journ her last month in she says the 68-year-old rocker was acting strange during the interview and touching her knee. she says he also touched her during a group photo. >> bear yoe batali is receiving back lash for including a the former house host of the chew . the 57-year-old batali promised y day to regain the trust and respect of his fans. but then hedded a holiday-inspired recipe. batali has been slammed social media with many saying he is not apology meanwhile top holly
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executives have chosen chair the newly formed commission on sexual harassment. you may remember hill leveled sexual harassment allegations against clarence thomas in 1991. she said it happened when the two worked together at the ment of education. the commission was formed in the wake of a s allegations of sexual abuse by powerful men in the entertainment and media industries. >> theeagles' coaching staff is not expecting quarterback nick foles to play just like anjured carson wentz butelieve if foles plays up to his own abilities it will be more than enough. if they win it will earn the team the birds are 1 the giants are 2 and 11. coach who is out to prove he can turn the giants around but the odds makers are not expecting that to happen. the eagles are the heavy favorites. this is a good team to go
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against for a christmas come-back. >> it is. >> still ahead on action news. a young boy with a heart of gon the hundreds of toys he collected for those who won't be home for christmas. >> plus a time-honored tradition to remember those who served and are now laid to rest in arlington natcemetery. >> coming up in weather we have one more chilly day to go. it looks like trurtion will top out in the upper 30s close to 40 degrees, maybe 41 or 42 but then the numbers really respond later this week. a hugewarm-up is on the way.
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the wife of a former nba player has bee charged withore than seven years after his body was discovered in a field. police in memphis tennessee says she has been charged with fi degree murder. wright's body was found 10 after he was reported missing back in 2010. he had bee shot repeatedly. and fallen service members who are laid to rest at arlington national c werehonored this weekend with wreaths placed on their head stones. volunteers spanned across the cemetery for t 26th annual national wreaths across america. more thaand wreaths were placed on head
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stones. wreaths were also placed on more than 1,500 cemeteries across the country this weekend. always love seeing that every year. >> it's a nice show of support and respect. 7:12 right now. time for accuweather. we talked about it warming up but it's still below average. >> it's still chilly out there. this is an interesting week though. we often talk about a january thaw i think it's coming early in december so we'll call it december thaw.temperatures are really going to warm up here. we have at least three now in the accuweather 7-day forecast that could reach 50 degrees or higher. but then that cold air really starts pouring in here christmas day right through new year's day. in the meantime as we take a look at temperatures chilly out there. it's a whole lot better than it was yesterday at this time. we actually had some down to 10 11 degrees. you can see the dif but it is still cold. 32 in alle trentonand atlaport 26 degrees. when you factor in it feels more like 26 in atlantic city 26 in philadelphia, 26 in
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allentown and 27 degrees down there in dover. so yes it's blustery and it's chilly this morning, b little bit better than yesterday at this time. we're shooting for a high today of 41. yesterday we managed a high of 42. similar temperatures. the normal is 44 so it's once again another day below seasonal averages. all of that changes starting tomorrow asnto the upper 40s. the low this morning is right on par time of the year 30 degrees. here's the satellite and the radar. whatever sunshine you see you're going to see it within the next hour or two and that's about it. mainly cloudy conditions will prevail this afternoon and already start to see moisture pushing through kentucky. that's an in association with a frontal system that's quickly approaching from the southwest. this area right this huge area of high pressure is very, very dry. they are bone dry with this high so a lot of this is just going to evaporate before it ever reaches the ground. but some of it will the groundr this evening into the first part of th overnight and question will be temperatures. will the temperatures be cold enough to support frozen
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pretipation for are west. when you start to see these deep purples that's really cold air. temperatures in the single digits or of this was outay now it's all pushing north up into canada. that will be the trend this week. all that icy cold stuff is going to retreat nor ward. e'll see temperatures warming up a little bit. it's already 70 right now in new orleans 46 in in st. louis close to 50 in jacksonville. so this somewhat milder air right now will start to spread north later today and tomorrow and temperatures really get warm as we into tuesday. here's future tracker 6. now again before we get into that process of warming we're going to squeeze out a little bit of moisture tonight. today is dry, this evening for the most part is dry and right around the midnight hour w couple of scattered showers and you right here that's a light wintry mix of freezing snow, sleet or in. so right through midnight through 4:00 a.m. very light precipitation north of the pennsylvania turnpike let's say north and west of the delaware
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river once we get to 6:00, 7:00 a.m. and monday is actually really nice. temperatures warming up into the mid to upper 40s. there's just going to be that window there from midnight 4:00 a.m. where things could get a little dicey here. high temperatures today 41 inia, 38 in reading allentown 37 underneath a mostly cloudy overnight tonight cloudy skies once again it's chilly with temperatures close to freezing from the city north and west. spotty shower or drizzle for the city points south and east perha a little bit of light wintry mix. and there could be icy patches. the exclusive 7-day forecast one more chilly day and here comes the warm-up. clouds and sun monday 47. spring-like 56. thursday friday an saturday look nice. 55. guys? >> looks good to me. thank you. a young wisconsin boy is on a mission to make christmas a little merrier for kids who can't be ho holiday. he held a toy drive collecting
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1176 toys. his goal was just 800. he collected the toys who are hospitalized a children's hospital. he said it was a lot of work but he was happy to do it. heard about eucrisa for mild-to-moderate eczema? it can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. the arm of an arm of a quarterback? the face of a fairy? prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. it blocks overactive pde4s within your skin. and it's steroid-free. do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site.
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hyperactivity disorder. from our new jersey news room, a holiday tradition this weekend in tren more than 40 children enrolled at young scholars institute received holiday presents yesterday. gifts were donated in montgomery new jersey. the school has taken up donations for children in trenton for 20 years now. >> and santa also little help from tow truck drivers this weekend. check out the tri-state area tow for tots event. dozens of drivers from sylvania new jersey and maryland delivered gifts. ysi provides shelter and
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resources for people in need. the tow truck drivers say they ready and willing to lend a helping hand.>> they go to the store. they don't even put a price tag on what they want. they just go in there and say hey i would like this if i was a little kid a purchase it. they don't ask anybody to donate or anything. they just go and purchase the gift themselves. they go in there. i see these guys spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars just to donate here. the tri-state area tow is now a 10-year tradition. we'll be right back with sports.
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make the holidays a treat with kellogg's rice krispies. >> the eagles face the giants. >> and the flyers are red hot. here's jeff skversky with all of your sunday morning sports. carson wentz may not be leading the eagles on to the field against the giants or the rest of the season for that matter but he finishes with the most pro bowl votes among all n the
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conference. his play speaking for itself. the eagles are counting on nick foles inway. if the eagles win they clinch at least a first-round bye in the playoffs. the last time foles played the giants on the road he won coming off the bench to a fourth quarter comeback just like last sunday. >> i think the key is incompletion stay inside the chain and putting points in the board. it all goes down to rhythm playing for one it's just that simple you've got to get to that point and it's hard it startsz in the locker room, it starts that chemistry. >> nick foles trying to build o week in practice now as the starter and despite the giants 2 and 11 record, the eagles cannot take them lightly today. >> there's always somethi play for and that's a tough group. when the season started out they were talking about competing for y got really good players and tough place to play. so we've got to go up there and our best. >> let's hope so. how about the flyers?
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they're one of the only teams in hockey history to lose 10 straight to rebound by six a row. they switched up their lined and claude giraeux said they talked over beers and now they're lighting it up. the kids loving it. fighting from behind smith beating elliot. flyers fall behind 1-0. the fans are down, the flyers spread the holiday chee second peri play. tied 1-1. then in from the now where it is flyers win 2-1.ir sixth straight win. >> i think we're just feeding off each other, finding lanes and we were just relentless and goals at the end sho we weren't giving up. >> phillies manager on hand for lighting of the hanukkah menorah at independence national park last night and it has been
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eight crazy nights for the phillies. they've been wheeling and dealing. >> i think what it says about this upcoming season is our front office is going to search under every stone to give us every opportunity to succeed. i n felt comfortable puts you in and tommy hunter gregarious personality a guy who can keep the clubhouse fun and loose, very excited to him. >> that is spskversky. have a great day. >> philadelphiefighters took the city's police officers weekend. they faced off in the first-ever hooping for heros basketball tournament. at halftime the school presented a $1,000 donation to the family of late firefighter kenneth green senior. his son accepted the donation on the family's behalf and then
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all that snow will soon begin to melt. ago we begin to warm up. chris sowers joins us now with a look at the . one day of cold and we'relly getting up there. >> i think you guys are really going t enjoy tomorrow and tuesday and actually havedays next where we could hit 50 degrees or higher. in the meantime it's pretty chilly out here right now. most locations arebelow the freezing mark of 32. but when you look at the actual numbers and i'll show you them in a second, we're doing a lot better than we were the same time yesterday when a lot of us were in the teens. it was a m recovery yesterday. 29 degrees was the high temperature in philadelphia on friday. 42 was saturday's high. you can see it was quite an improvement but still below average for this time of the year and today will pretty much follow suit.8 in pottstown bethlehem degrees. vineland millville 27. hamm trenton area looks like 29 degrees at thour. the satellite and radar showing
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cloud cover approaching from the west. expecting cloud cover, we are expecting sun early on and mainlylouds through lunch. forecast for this afternoon becoming cloudy a chilly. 41 degrees is the forecasted high. by 10:00 a.m. 36. by 4:00 we're up to 40 degrees and we start to pour it on here. th retreats north up into canada and yes it feels like spring by tuesday. i'll have details when i see you again in about 10 minutes or so. >> fire forced a family into the cold night air in philadelphia's parkside section overnight. a 63-year-old woman in a rescued from her burning the 5800 block just after midnight. a 66-year-old man was also rescued along with theg. the american red cross is now helping a total of four peopled by the blaze. the cause is under investigation. >> new this morning upper darby police are talkingo a driver
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who plowed his vehicle into two parked cars. the action cam was at the scene. the driver's nissan rammed the vehicles after going out of control at about 4:00 this morning. the driver was treated at the scene for minor injuries. so far police have not filed charges and have not indicated why the car control. >> in california more evakations have been ordered in the fire ravaged areas of los angeleso-called thomas fire is the third largest rnia history costing $100 million.abc's brian clark has in this >> reporter: the massive that's been plaguing vast areas north of los angeles for 13 days is flaring up >> if people are out in area they need to get out. >> reporter: dry brush, low humidity and winds gusting up to fanning the some residents waking up in the middle of the night realizing the third california's history is racing towards them. >> went night about midnight and woke up to f this
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fire coming through about 3:00 a.m. got most >>wildfire has scorched over 400 squanow,killing one firefighter, 1,000 structures destroyed. the wall of fire threatening more areas i of mansions belonging to stars. but it's not just hred by flames. in other parts of california recently devastated by wildfires, they're also counting agricultural like this orchard. they bumper harvest but the fires destroyed entire crop. more than 8,000 fir from a dozen states are working to contain theblaze. brian clark, york. generosity and support continue flow in for the montgomery county lost two sons a devastatinire last week. wrapping station top raise money. players say they want to d whatever they can to help the family even if it means putting
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their own dreams aside. >> initially we had set up for the girls for them to go to disney and all them voted donate to the family. we want to help bring some peace to them. >> share a close connection to that soccer program. he also coaches for perspective one of the boys who died was also a member of the team. >> philadelphia police are investigating a m city's wissinoming section. police were called last night where they found a man in his 30s shot in the chestnd arm. he was taken to university hospital where he was pronounced dead. no have been made. >> republican leaders in congress expect to get their tax plan approved by both houses this week and send it to president trump for his e. the presiden is a good deal for the middle class and it will also need to explosive economic growth. the bill gives the richest americans big tax cuts while
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middle class americans get a smaller cut. oto get any votes from democrats in either the house or senate. counsel's office is saying emails received mueller's investigation into contact with russians has gained the emails. the documents were given to mueller's team in september in response to requests from the fbi. >> australian police have who they say is an illegal agent for northaustralian police say the r he was trying to broker deals involving components for ballistic missiles. the naturalized citizen was in violation of united nations and australian economic sanctions. if convicted he faces up to 10 years in prison. >> governor-elect phil murphy is ounce people he wants in his cabinet. he takes over on january 16th.
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he has selected bergen county prosecutor gerbergruel to be the state's next attorney general. he would be the first sikh attorney general in the country. she will be respons helping the governor craft a state budget. >> 7:37 on this sunday the salvation army says donations to its red kettle campaign are down 50% so far this year. the organization is hoping businesses andndividuals will dig a little deeper into their wallets over the next week to help up the difference to help them serve people living in povert philadelphia an across the region. denations can be made until december 23rd. despite the cold snowy conditions holiday shoppers have been out in force this they were trying to knock at least atems off their list yesterday. jeff chirico takes a look. >> freezing. it's icy. water is leaking on you.
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it's miserable. >> reporter:by shoppers there anyway. seemingly pig-he about finding that perfect gift at the premium outlets. >> awesome are amazing so you can put up with a little bit of cold. >> coach has a good deal. >> reporter: the sounds of the season serenaded shoppers on saturday that andscarf. >> i just love beinge and hearing the music and the p and the decorations. it's a great experience. >> reporter: the chill of a bit of a shock for michele of florida. >> i'm usually in my pool right about now. >> reporter: meanwhile a coating of snow melted in chest hill where hamp posts wore ever greens and shoppers sported layers. customers seemeterred by three week. >> business has been busy. today's a little slower because
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of the snow outside but we've been busy. people love to shop in the cold it seems. >> this is the place where you can capture the christmas spirit. >> reporter: if you have more shopping to do you may want to stop by on wednesday night for an annual christmas celebration, there will beats and a visit from old st. nick and hopefully a few extra degrees warmer.nydia, as you mentioned the warmer weather will make it for those to go shopping like >> 7:39 and next on action news sunday morning it's quickly becoming a block buster. we have the latest tally the new "star wars" film whichhit theaters this weekend. >> also ahead the latest app that could quickly become a holiday classic. we'll show you the replica from "a what is story." cwhat is story." hwhat is story." rwhat is story." iwhat is story." stwhat is story." mwhat is story." what is story."
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pop is celebrating his 81st birthday he spoke about the elderly while group catholic young people who are members of the movement. the elderly are the memory of every community. they are a treasure of wisdom andd to be valued and cared for. >> i know it's cold out right now. >> starting tomorrow we could be as warm asrees and ill feel a lot better and tuesday is even warmer. wait until you see numbers. looking at the camden you can see we have a little bit of cloud cover upstairs. temperatures are milder already an they wereme yesterday. this time yesterday were down into the teens just about area wide. now we're see so it already is a little better and those numbers will inue to climb over the next 24-48 hours. we're sitting at freezing
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mark. 32 degrees in philadelphia, dew pointinds are 7 miles per hour and the pressure reading is rising. wind chill degrees. so 3ust about everybody every now and then you start to see a colder number pop up. atlantic city at the airport it's 26 but it's closer to 35 on the water. as we look at the satellite and radar we're starting out with a s going to be limited toda across new jhese colloids are going to quickly -- clouds are going to quickly in here and as you look we'll start to see a little moisture pull through. there's a huge area of high pressure right here. it's an arctic high which is starting to pull away the air is very dry surrounding thathigh. all here crossing over the missouri valley into the ohio and tennessee valleys will evaporate before it makes it to viewing area. some of it could survive the journey over the mountains and some of us could see wintry precipitation overnight. we're still dealing with thehigh.
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you can see the frontal systems down to the south. tomorrow this high pulls away the front lifts to our north winds shift out of the southwest and that's key as long as we at southwesterly breeze that starts warm up and keeping everything here. so that will be pretty much the pattern all week this upcoming looks prettyd. the front lifts tond it will turn milder. the process of g to mild we start to scombeez squeeze little precipitation. here comes some of that moisture. thise event. we're only lookingcatter pd showersbest. this bluresents frozen precipitation. and temperatures are exp below the freez mark north and west of the delaware river right here overnight. so some of this could create some icy patches. everybody else from the city south and east we're looking at a shower and monday below this through. so mostly cloudy and chilly today, 31 degrees is the forecasted high. just the slightest breeze o
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5-10. overnight it's chilly with a spotty shower otherwise lotsnd your low temperature is prett to . you get the lehigh valley and other areas as well west of phile like 29 degrees. and for those specific areas here temperatures close to the freezing mark and that light wintry mix developing here there could be som patches that develop. so you need to take it easy g tomorrow morning if you live north and west of philadelphia. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. becoming cloudy today and a chilly with a high of 41. monday some clouds sun mix tuesday look at this high 56 degrees. it's going to feel like shorts weather. friday 52, saturday 55 and it turns colder as we get into christmas eve night which sets up a cold christmas day. an interesting christmas day. >> you keep using that word. >> there's a couple of things that keep popping up on the modeling and if eve goes the way i want it, it's going to
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be snow. >> green bags filled with toys and other gifts line part ofstreet in center city it was the donation pickup site for t annual child advocates toy drive. volunteers packed up their cars making sure the donated items are distributed to more than 1500 des children across the region. >> a trailer filled with toys was dropped off at children's hospital of philadelphia. these gifts arrived courtesy of the police. for children who will be spending the holiday season in the hospital. >> peco is once again lighting up the chopper 6 is over this amazing houseolonial drive in lang horn bucks county. you can see all of the and decorations. the homeowners a light s every night starting at 5:30 and they will keep it going through
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welcome back on this sunday morning. sky 6 giving us a look at the rink at city hall.t was too cold overthe weekend it's looking like it's going to warm your time now 7:50. temperature 32 degrees. >> new york state man has recreated the house from a christmas classic. it's a version of the house from "a christmas story." it's complete ralphie and buddy suit. the creator hopes to lego on the design. >> the eighth installment in "the last jedi" took in million on friday alone.s the second lar friday ever behind only "the force
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awakens." it's on track to take over $200 million over the weekend. >> vader a hospibed. he said that the emperor sum onn the movie theater to watch the latestepisode. this gentleman who is drying of colon cancer was hoping to see the movie. anks to the efforts ofd family members and the generosity of a local theater he got his wish. >> i hope that god will bless each and every s of them just the way i feel blessed right now. because he's definitely with me right now it's unbelievable all these people i thank god for "star wars." >> he arrived to applies from the cast of characters from galaxy far, far away. went all out
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oreo is giving you yet mores to enjoy for snack time. nabisco has unveiled the three finalists. they are pina colada cherry cola and kettle corn. you'll have to wait until may to try them and then you can vote on your favorites. >> why ruin a good thing. >> i agree. classic. >> i'm usually the one saying that doesn't sound very good. i might try the pina colada one.
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>> the exclusive accuweather 7-day, we've got one more chilly day. 41 degrees, it's mainly a cloudy afternoon. there could be a light wintry mix for areas north and west of philadelphia. it could create slick spots out there. exercise caution first thing in the morning. monday starts the warm-up. 47. tuesday 56 and right now friday 52. look at saturday 55 degrees, maybe some >> thanks chris. >> we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to good morning america weekend.>> nydia and jeannette, coming gma we are covering the thomas fire which has been burning forearly two weeks grew overnight. are spreading the flames. a dramatic wes cue caught on camera. a ski lift malfunctioned and it o we'll tell you what happened in those terrifying moments. if you're still hunting for the last minute gift find we've
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got the hottest gifts this season and i can guarantee they'll arrive on time. hope to see you soon philly. >> we can use all can get. >> your time now 7:57. action news continues a little later this morning here are the stories we're working on you for 9:00. if you are planning on getting into a morning exercise routine but aren't a morning person a look at things to make your day get started sooner. >> a look at diy projects you can do with the whole family. plus an update on the forecast. for gray hall chris sowers, entire action news time i'm nydia han we'll see you right back here at 9:00 a.m. hey, girlfriend. how's your café au
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