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exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, umbrellas needed today, the good news it's going to be mild. >> reporter: you can see i'm wearing a spring-like jacket. temperatures are closing in on 50 degrees, some of us could exceed 60 degrees, even though it's damp out here, we'll see periods of rain, it will be very, very mild. let's flip it over to storm tracker 6 live. here's the rain pushing through parts of the area now mainly through the i-95 corridor north and west. some of it is steady especially in montgomery county and northern portions of chester county getting into the lehigh valley. we're seeing periods of rain. during the course of the day, more rain will push through there, as well. we'll take a quick zoom it's pushing into philadelphia. this moisture is moving west to east, west chester getting west, malvern seeing moderate rain. riverside it's dry there right now. light rain will push in there if

15 minutes or so. getting into deptford arena mount holly. we're posting 59. several forecast models have us as warm as 61 to 63. cloudy skies and occasional rain. it will be breezy. we'll see winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. the numbers crash. that 60 degrees occurs around 5:00 p.m. and then the cold front slams through by 8:00 p.m. we're down to 48. 11:00 p.m. 40 degrees, just about everybody wakes up to temperatures close to freezing or maybe a couple of degrees above the freezing mark if i think tomorrow morning. checking the major hubs across the mid atlantic and the northeast. actually most of the eastern has half of the united states. there are no travel days in places like boston, chicago or atlanta. that will change as the storm system gets cranking this afternoon. you may want to check ahead with your carrier.

when i come back in you just a w minutes, some of us may wake up to snow on the ground, i'll let you know who may see the snow in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> airlines are crisscrossing the country today carrying millions of passengers heading to their holiday destinations. aaa predicts 107 million americans will travel during the year beginning today and running through january 1. this will be the highest career end travel volume on record. experts warn it could be take three times longer to get where you're going, heads up there. airlines are on time despite winter weather in parts of the country. >> on time is where we expect it to be given the volume and the weather. now, the majority of those traveling, about 97.5 million people will do so by car and they are paying more to pay this

year than last year, because average price of gas is 20 cents more a gallon. get traffic and weather updates at your fingers on 6abc app. a four-year-old girl is hospitalized after she was shot in southwest philadelphia. police say the shots were fired 5900 block of springfield avenue after 11:00 p.m. the girl's father was holding her when the man approached her and opened fire. the child was hit in the leg she was taken to children's hospital in philadelphia. she is in stable condition this morning. the gunman ran from the scene. no word on a motive. out of the city of chester an 18-year-old was shot and killed in the 3100 block of west 9th street. police responded to the reports of gunshots around 1:20 a.m. at the scene they found julian deshield with gunshot wounds to the back. no word of a motive in this

case. we are learning about what happened in the nine hour standoff in north hampton county. officers responded to deny nis nis -- dennis street around 1:00 p.m. after reports of a woman laying in the front yard. when they officers arrived, 36-year-old justin kepert opened fire on them. residents were told to shelter in place, nearly nine hours later, troorpd entered the -- troopers entered the home and found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. police shot and killed a gunman who shot and killed during a shootout with local and

state police. he was armed with two handguns, they have not released a motive, the trooper suffered non-life threatening injuries. now to the incredible story out west where an alleged terror plot was foiled. the fbi arrested everitt aaron jameson planning an attack on fisherman's wharf a popular tourist area and planning to do it on christmas day. he was inspired by isis and deadly terror attack in new york city. his father said he was shocked when he learned of his son's plan. >> it kills me to know that he would do something like that. that's not how he was raised. investigators say jamison described himself as a muslim convert saying this will make me

more useful, i can blend in. fbi found firearms and handwritten martyrdom note specifically mentioning president trump. miss america organization suspended its ceo after inappropriate e-mails about contestants were made public. the e-mails relate to the handcuffing -- huffington post. 49 miss americas called for him to step down. dick clark cut ties with the organization after learning about the e-mails several months ago. several people remembered willie cooper who was found stabbed to death inside his home. he was found inside his home december 20th. police are searching for the killer and the murder weapon. during the vigil before

releasing balloons attendees wore white rimmed glasses, his famous signature thing. pennsylvania state legislature helped local families get last minute christmas trees. representative brown handed out 103 trees in her district. it was a goodwill gesture, she encouraged everybody who stopped by to voice concerns and give her feedback about the community. there are so many things to make us proud about what calls philly home. go to 6abc.com/proud. police in colorado received alarming phone calls after a neighbor put up that christmas display. we'll tell you about that. the flyers faced off against the buffalo sabers in their second to last game before

christmas break. we'll break it down. >> reporter: terrets are chilly right now, but mild for this time of the career, 45 in philadelphia, 39 in allentown, colder in the poconos, it will be very mild today with highs in the 50s and 60s, some of the same areas that hit 60 degrees today could have an inch of snow on the ground christmas morning. details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

>> new metal barers -- barriers are protecting pedestrians on the las vegas strip. they atlantic planning to put out 8,000 of them next year after a woman drove her car into the crowd on the sidewalk. chrysler said the problem with the ram pick jump could make it possible for the driver to shift the truck out of park.

at least seven people have been injured. chrysler is aware of a small number of related accidents. it impacts ram trucks with the shifters on the steering column made between 2009 and this year. a christmas display in a bolder colorado neighborhood has prompted calls to 911. this is not the homeowner dangle from the roof as he hangs christmas decorations. it's a dummy, you can see the ladder tipped away, too, police and paramedics rushed to the home with the reports of a neighbor in trouble. at least they care, right. the home owner behind the prank said he did it out of pure madness. >> boxes of lights, they are all tangled it takes forever to untangle them.

>> we've all about there, trying to untangle the lights. police got a good laugh and noted the address to tell people there's no emergency here. >> apparently they kept it up. >> reporter: i like your point at least the neighbors care. [laughter]. all right, let's get you tell outside and talk a lot weather, as you can see from our temple university camera we're waking up to low level clouds and patchy fog, not a nice looking morning around the delaware and the lehigh valleys. on a positive note it's going to be extremely mild. 59 degrees for philadelphia. south and east, 60 to 62. tomorrow, increasing clouds, starting out with sunshine, but note the temperatures, sharply colder, 44 the high. christmas day windchills are stuck in the 20s. storm tracker 6 live showing light rain especially for areas west of the i-95 corridor.

we had first round excuse me of rain pushed through earlier this morning for south jersey and delaware, but that has since cleared. we're seeing dry conditions there. this rain is in the process of pushing through now. gibbs town woodbury, cherry hill, all this is shifting east 20 miles per hour. east of the delaware river you'll see more rain here shortly. malvern, west chester getting wet norristown into the lehigh valley. periods of rain and some of it is steady. we're seeing darker shades of green and yellows popping up now traveling north along the northeast extension. once you get past the tunnel it's coming down steadily. this is the area here that could see an accumulation of snow christmas morning. i'll talk about that in a second. 45 in philadelphia. dewpoint, 43. wind out of the east at 5. the pressure is falling. visibility, 2 miles in reading.

1.7 in lngt. in lancaster. temperatures, 35 in the poconos. 45 for philadelphia. dover, millville, cape may, 48, 49 degrees knot too bad. once the warm front lifts you'll see a ten degree jump in maybe a span of two hours, it will be in the upper 50s low 60s by 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. this separates two air mass,, it's extremely mild on the east coast and cold across the heartland fortunate nation. arctic air is driving into the deep south and the lower 48. christmas eve, we'll get into that colder air. this system will provide winter white christmas morning. we're looking at highs in the

upper 50s, low 60s. rain at times today. look at this front, look at the drop off in temperatures, 63 in philadelphia. 43 in reading. tomorrow we wake up with sunshine, much colder, temperatures in the low to mid 30s. afternoon the clouds increase again, the second system pulls through, this time it's cold enough for snow areas north and west, lehigh valley all places north of the pennsylvania turnpike, around midnight, christmas morning, allentown, 31. snowing, philadelphia raining with snowflakes mixed in. 7:00 p.m. all that is long gone and christmas day looks dry with the return of sunshine it will be icy cold with windchills in the 20s. snowfall totals the gray shading here, upper buck and chester counties, slushy accumulation, mainly rain for south jersey and delaware. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 9 degrees today, rain at times, a cooler

44 as we head into sunday. again, windchills in the 30s. monday, 39 degrees, windchills in the 20s. tuesday, blustery and cold, wednesday, thursday, friday that's when the bitter stuff moves in. 32, 29, friday watching the coast there could snow for parts the area, 29 degrees. heaters a look at what's happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys this weekend. if you're looking for last minute gifts there's plenty to buy at the christmasville christmasville --ville and made in philly. try out your skating skills the christmas village at love park is open until tomorrow. 7:20 a,

they call it super saturday because people are doing their last-minute gift buying, ventures around town and grocery shopping. if you're in center city that's a live look at the christmas tree in city hall. around the corner, made in philly market, christmas village, a great place to pick up last minute gifts. this week's art of aging, ali gorman meets a 93-year-old roxborough woman part of an army of volunteers working to preserve these famous landmarks. >> reporter: on the banks of schuylkill river the historic laurelville mansion takes people back to a quarter century or so.

sylvia has been working to preserve the history and share it with the public. i want people to learn about these treasures because they are original. sylvia is woman of greater philadelphia a group who formed in the 1970s to restore the mansions in fairmont park. >> she brings experience and leadership, but she'll roll up her sleeves and pitch in if we need help in the garden or baking goods or whatever. >> this year the 9#-year-old created decors of laurel hills celebrating women in philadelphia. >> they did everything, we want to honor them. >> laurel hill was built by a woman a quarter of a century

ago, and the display was occur rated by -- cure -- volunteering he had house is are a great way to meet people. >> at our age, socialization is important. it really is. >> reporter: the historic houses of fairmont park are open for tours through december 31. still via hopes visitors will come and learn about the philadelphia treasures. >> we should learn something everyday. >> reporter: ali gorman channel 6 "action news." >> reporter: all right, welcome

back everyone, 7:24 a.m., saturday morning, christmas eva pilgrim, terms will be screamly

mild today not feeling like christmas. 60 degrees down the jersey shore. some areas could be warmer than that. cloudy skies, rain expectinged. philadelphia 59. poconos rain at times, some of it could be heavy. 42 degrees in the mountains. watch how the temperatures drop off with the approaching cold front. 2:00 p.m., upper 50s across the i-95 corridor setting up to 60 to 62 by 6:30 p.m. look what happens behind the front, all of a sudden we drop about 20. 42 in lancaster. 11:30 p.m. everybody drops into the 30s, first thing tomorrow morning remember we're waking up in the mid to upper 40s right now. tomorrow morning it's closer to the freezing mark with a little bit of a windchill to deal with. the arctic hammer drops as we head into next week. here's philadelphia right here, we're seeing extremely cold temperatures. actually let me show you this first. look at the temperatures up in northern canada, 20 to

35 degrees below zero. the cold, the pattern, the jet stream will drive all the way down like this, that cold comes crashing in. it's not going to be 20 to 30 below. next week we have five straight days with temperatures in the 20s and windchills in the teens. alicia. >> turning to sports, the flyers try to heat up the ice and the eagles face harsh criticism for their vocal skills. ducis rogers has the rest of the saturday morning sports. >> reporter: flyers were feeling good following their 4-1 home stand not feeling good after meeting with cellar dweller buffalo. don't you hate it when your friends do that to you. flyers goalie elliot under fire all night. no score in the third peter. riley -- third period. midway through the period

cane, his 5th of the season, flyers down 2-zip. flyers score this game is not done yet. but moments later, the sabers get their second empty netter of the game, 4-2. this is the eagles first game on christmas day in over a decade. nick foles expect the game to be special. >> it will be rocking i can't wait to see the fans and the excitement in the stadium. >> i've never played in a christmas game. a lot of people that are there probably got tickets as christmas gifts. >> ♪ jingle bells they were singing it's an eagles tradition. safety malcom jenkins was asked if any rookies have a future in

singing. not at all. they chose douglass to be the lead singer let's say he is a better cornerback than a performer. >> it was terrible. how can you not know christmas songs, you hear them every year. >> christmas night 6abc and the birds pregame show kickoff at 8:30 followed by a late edition of "action news." villanova idle for nine days. nova and hofstra first half action, on the break, up double digits. nova up 21 at recess. freshman out of neumann gore -- gore -- gore

>> 7:30 a.m., here's the stories we're looking for you, if you're planning on travel this weekend pack your patience we'll tell you what to expect on the roads and at the airport.

a driver is killed after his car overturned at fairmont park. a lot of people are heading out this week, rain in the forecast, will the weather cooperate. officials say expect to wait 3 times longer to get where you are going. let's go outside to chris sowers with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: good morning, alicia, good morning everybody, let's go over to storm tracker we have another round of rain pushing through. here comes the next around 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. on and off rain expected throughout the day. northeast philadelphia looks like you're seeing rain. jenkintown, willow grove area, malvern, exton, norristown seeing light rain. philadelphia, center city, light rain, as well.

south of philadelphia international looks like the rain has temporarily shut off, but again more moisture is waiting in the wings. the call from accuweather today, damp and cloudy with rain at times. 59 degrees is the forecasted high. several forecast model actually have us warmer than that. there's a couple of models that have us as warm as 63:10 a.m., 49. lunchtime, 54. you can see how the numbers jump. 2:00 p.m. we're closing in on 60. we'll hold steady around 60 degrees from 2:00 p.m. on. it isn't until 7:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. when the cold front slams through and then the numbers crash. for today, a quarter to a half inch of rain expected. as the front passes it turns sharply colder overnight tonight. remember we're waking up to temperatures around 40. 24 hours from now we'll be waking up to temperatures around freezing with a bluster windchill. a front moves in christmas eve night into the morning of

christmas day. snow north and west close to an inch in allentown and reading and the lehigh valley. we've increased the numbers a little bit for christmas morning him when i come back in just a few minutes i'll break it down in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. alicia? >> aaa expects holiday travel to set a new record as millions of americans head out to the holiday destinations by planes trains and automobiles. john rawlins spoke to several people who are heading out for this holiday. >> reporter: amtrak says from christmas to new year's there's some seats still available. >> our plan to go to new york city and see the big tree and bryant park and look at the ice skating rink. >> reporter: at the airport, 90,000 passengers 8,000 above

normal. so few seats available on a flight. heading to seattle, scott and denise, their ten-year-old twins and 5-year-old, moving everybody in the same direction at the same time no problem, dead pans dad. >> it's been very easy, we've learned about yourselves. >> reporter: more casual flyers than frequent flyers, the airport reminding people to follow rules about prohibited items like that 7-ounce bottle of shampoo in the carry on. >> it will slow up the process because they have to remove the item from the carry on. people get upset when things are taken out of their carry on. it will slow the line up. >> reporter: finally welcome home emily, the cantrell family sent off their daughter emily to

the air force five months ago. she is coming home to tears of joy. >> it's tough, tough on all of us, getting this week is what christmas is all about. >> reporter: indeed it is. we asked emily if she had any special plans for her leave any places she wanted to go to, she said nope, she just wanted to spend time with her family. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> if you're not done with your holiday shopping you might want to travel to the store today time sunny -- as you know is running out for last minute shoppers. these folks at the premium outlets, retailers are rolling out discounts for you. many do their gift buying during this final week because they wait for the sales. don't forget to wait for the updated 6abc app.

get weather and traffic updates at your finger tips anytime anywhere you are. 7:35 a.m., new this morning, a man has died after crashing his van in camden county overnight. police say the man was speeding in a white van when he lost control and hit a pickup truck when it was parked in a driveway on davis town road in gloucester county. the driver was rejected scz body body -- and his body hit a tree. he was pronounced at the scene. a driver had to be rescued from a crash in fairmont park section. the driver lost control and drove off conshohocken avenue near falls street around 2:30 a.m. the vehicle rolled on to its side. fire crews removed the driver and transported him to temple hospital for non-life threatening injuries. a nearly nine hour standoff in north hampton county ended last night and place in shelter

ordered lifted. police got a report that a woman was laying in the front yard, when the officers arrived, they say 36-year-old justin kepert opened fire. he called his dad saying he shot his mom and police. now when troopers entered the home hours later they found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. no other injuries reported. still waiting official word on the mother's condition. president donald trump waking up in mar-a-lago in florida hours after celebrating his major victory on capitol hill. he signed a gop tax reform into law. he called it a christmas present for middle class, most will see their taxes go down, only temporarily, the biggest and most permanent cuts will benefit

corporations. christmas came early for a single father in wilmington, delaware, it came in the form of a $350,000 check. a regular customer of a 7-eleven on south maryland avenue recently bought the winning ticket for delaware's multiwin lotto. >> it was actually a single father, his family lives in jamaica. he is here full time and sends money back to the family. it was his turn and he won the lottery. >> the winner works as a welder in west chester. he plans to cruise the -- use the money to pay for his son's college. hispanic tradition celebrated in norristown, dann cuellar was right there for the celebration. >> it's a tradition that goes back centuries, the reenactment of the pilgrimage to bethlehem

by joseph and mary looking for an inn to celebrate the birth of jesus christ. st. patrick's church parishioners go from home to home looking for lodging. >> parishioners say we have no lodging we have though room. >> reporter: the innkeeper well welcomes them in with song an food. >> to be a host, is competitive, people try to to get on the list for a year in advance. for those chosen it is a deep honor. even the children are honored to host as many as 50 guests.

it is celebrated chiefly in latin america and for immigrants in the u.s. >> it's a wonderful custom we've been doing it for years. ♪ >> reporter: one final note as we get closer to christmas. merry christmas. in norristown, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> love that so much. still ahead on "action news" saturday morning, an inside look at the philadelphia orchestra annual winter festival concert before it arrives at the kimmel center and if you plan on baking cookies or bread there's ingredients in raw dough that puts you at risk for harmal bacteria. meteorologist chris sowers is back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. if that shot of center city skyline says anything to you it's foggy and rainy.

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>> meteorologist chris sowers checking the saturday morning forecast. santa's elv es have a lot to do today. >> reporter: let's get you outside, we have low-level clouds and warm temperatures. today, 50s and 60s.

tomorrow, the pattern changes and by christmas day we're talking about windchills in the 20s. enjoy the 60s this afternoon. storm tracker 6 live showing leftover moisture. this is the first round coming through. off to the west, all the moisture has to come in still. 0 most of south jersey is dry, but it will sneak in the next 15, 20 minutes or so. here's upper bucks, quakertown, the northeast extension into the tunnel. looks like there's rain through here, some of it is steady as indicated by the darker shades of green, it extends west through pottstown and reading and hershey and harrisburg, actually. this will continue on and off throughout the day. as we go wider, the general movement this will clear, once the front clears the area, temperatures will skyrocket, i mean jump. ten degrees or so within an hour or two which will get us close

to 60 degrees 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., here comes more moisture later on. 59 degrees, that's the forecasted high. some of us could hit 61, 62. the normal 43. we started out warmer than the normal high. our high was 45. 51 in atlantic city. future tracker, this is the kind of of day to checking account clouds and fog and rain. mild temperatures, midday, 51 in philadelphia. 55 in wildwood. later this evening, here comes the cold front. temperatures plummet behind the front. 43 by 6:30 p.m. in reading. afternoon high of 60, 61. philadelphia, 63. you can see how the temperatures drop off. first thing tomorrow morning, the 40s we're seeing replaced by the 30s. reading, 34. tomorrow we wake up with sunshine increase the clouds

during the afternoon. tomorrow night into christmas morning midnight, it is snowing north and west, raining south an east. this moisture pulls away, it's a raging snowstorm for new england christmas day. temperatures will be in the 0s, windchills stuck in the 20s. total snowfall this is what we're looking at here, this is all ending, again, by 5:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m., christmas morning. a slushy one to two inches from reading to allentown north bethlehem, poconos, wilks-berry, scranton area. maybe a coating for upper bucks county and extending west. as the front pulls through, windchills 19 degrees christmas morning 70:30 a.m. in -- 7:30 a.m. in reading. 26 in philadelphia. 27 in millville.

the pattern is nice and mild up and down the entire eastern seaboard. hear comes the arctic hammer that continues through the 3rd or 4th of january. rain at times, 59 degrees. overnighter tonight, evening rain partial clearing and turning colder, 30 degrees outlying suburbs, 35 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, look at all the 20s popping up toward the end of the week. 59 today, 44 tomorrow. 39 on christmas day, then the bottom drops out, tuesday, the women's in the teens, 37. wednesday, thursday, friday, 32, 29 and 29. i think i'm being conservative by week's end. >> here's the bright spot if you don't have room in the fridge it will be cold enough you can put the pastries on the back porch. >> i think about the christmases in the past it was like -- >> 67, right? >> like 100 one year.

for more than 6 years pennsylvania rendition of the nutcracker has been a hole day tradition -- holiday tradition, in 6abc loves the arts karen rogers reminding us why it's a favorite. >> reporter: visitor philly calls the "the nutcracker," thet attend event of the season. it's the holiday tale known across the globe. >> it's a story about a young girl who gets a gift of a nutcracker and dreams he becames becames -- becomes a prince. all the soldier she has in her room they become alive they do a battle and the nutcracker comes in and saves her. >> you can't tell if he is in her imagination or happening for real. >> reporter: the only show to

perform the iconic tchaikovsky score with a full chorus. this year's show introduces knew dancers to the company including their youngest member 16-year-old sydney doll dolan. the company has been a company tradition for decades. the artistic director say the dancers treat every performance as it was their first. >> you have to create the magic every single time in every single show. >> reporter: the pennsylvania ballet performance of the nutcracker take the stage of the academy of music through december 31. you've got to see it. for tickets and showtime visit the arts arts in phillyy.org.

for 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. >> in today's "healthcheck" e

the centers for disease prevention warning people to say no to raw dough. flower is a raw agricultural product, eggs are another ingredient they could contain salmonella. experts say keep them away from ready to eat foods and out of kids hands and wait for the cookies to come out of the oven before you seat -- eat them. people with egg allergies would have to find egg free options. regardless of those who have egg allergies have receive the

vaccine without special precautions. in a wide raging study socially isolated people were much more likely to have diabetes than those with a larger social network. it may be the difference between activities and eating habits or something else that may affect the on set of the disease. this year, start a new holiday tradition.

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discover holiday recipes at nutella.com. having fun, 7:55 a.m., final check of the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: it's mild right now, by the end of week you'll think we moved to boston. >> or the north pole. >> reporter: 44 cloudy and cooler tomorrow. christmas morning there could be a slushy inch or two of snow on the ground for reading,

allentown, bethlehem, poconos. everybody else looking at sun and clouds colder, 39 is the high. wednesday, thursday, friday, 32, 29, 27. >> be kind to your puffy coats. thank you. we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." here's are a preview. >> reporter: alicia, good morning, breaking overnighter, two christmas weekend targets, authorities investigating a string of shootings in pennsylvania and the suspect's ties to the middle east. fbi closed in on a former marine allegedly plotting a terror attack on major tourist area in san francisco. plus, president trump closing out the year with his first victory signing the tax bill into law. as we zero in on christmas, americans are dealing with storms, mattive lines at the stores, we have your survival

guide. we'll he you soon. >> we continue at noon. eagles wide receiver ashawn jeff eries, arrives with a truck of christmas gifts for kids. for chris sowers, gray hall, and the entire "action news" team, i'm alicia vitarelli. we'll see you at 9:00 a.m. for 100 years,

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is application site pain. ask your doctor about eucrisa. good morning, america. breaking overnight, christmas weekend targets. a man opening fire in pennsylvania's capital. taking aim at police. the deadly gun battle and his ties to the middle east. this as police arrest a former marine for allegedly plotting a terror attack on a busy san francisco tourist spot. details this morning of what they're calling his murderous plan. hitting the road. a major storm is making for a messy holiday getaway. spinouts and accidents on the highways. runways covered in snow. as shoppers brave the elements for those last-minute gifts, where you can still bag a bargain. trump's big tax win, the president signing the new tax bill into law. >> i consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs.