some of us will be getting a little snow for christmas, but we won't get the real punch that's causing travel trouble in 12 states. >> then there was one. the malls are opening this morning for those

procrastinators grabbing those last gifts. santa leaves on his sleigh in the next few hours. >> a live look at the ben franklin parkway. santa's sleigh is ready, the kids are on their best behavior, the question is how much will mother nature behave this weekend? >> temperatures air lot cooler right now as we get ready to move into christmas, that cooler winter-type weather has finally pushed on in. yesterday at t time we were in the 40s and 50s. now we're seeing the 30s. millville down to 34, cape may 40 and the poconos a blustery 27 degrees this morning. satellite and radar, we may start out with a little bit of sunshine but you can see all this cloud cover starting to build out to the west. this will slide in during the day and this will help to limit those temperatures because of the lack of sun. we're only forecasting highs today in the mid 40s. yesterday we topped out at 61

degrees. today it's a combination of sun and clouds, probably more clouds than sun and it's cooler with a high of only 44. and then we fast forward into tonight there's a system we're watching right now just south of chicago and that could bring winter white to parts of the area first thing tomorrow morning. a winter weather advisory goes into effect for the lehigh valley, the poconos and berks county it's in effect through 7:00 this evening through 7:00 a.m. christmas morning. and it's this system here. it's not too terribly impressive but just enough of a punch to produce at least a coating to an inch of snow. when i come back we'll focus on the timing, who's going to see what out of this and we'll focus on a very cold week ahead in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> it is christmas eve and stii 6hd is looking live at philadelphia international airport. the weather has improved but winter's punch making it tough to get around elsewhere.

take a look at these white out conditions in the heartland. a winter storm through nebraska. some highways shut down, flights grounded. people on the go got warnings it could take three times longer to reach their holiday destinations. more on the people's caught in winter's grip. >> reporter: pre-christmas winter storm is wreaking havoc in at least 12 states. it was the drivers' lucky day. two good samaritan's stopped to lend a hand. >> might as well do a good holiday deed. >> reporter: this boston man having some fun with ice. >> i know it looks like my window is closed but in fact, it's just icy. >> icy conditions not just in boston, but also in the rest of the commonwealth.

state police closing a stretch of i-95 for an hour saturday morning after numerous reports of spin-outs and car crashes. meanwhile in missouri, heavy snow bands blinded drivers causing multiple accidents including this semi-truck. snow even covering parts of oklahoma. that snow system causing severe storms in tennessee. up to 4 inches of rain in parts of the volunteer state. in nashville, strong winds toppled the city's official christmas tree, the 30-foot norway spruce sprawled across the plaza with lights still o heavily damage it was cut up and hauled away. and in memphis, wind sheer threatening to delay package delivery. complicating efforts for some of the more than 120 million people who are expected to drive to

malls and shops this weekend. >> the weather back here is better for this final day to shop for christmas gifts and you can go to 6abc.com for more on our weather. the cherry hill mall will be open until 6 tonight. here are hours for several other local malls. philadelphia mills is open from 10:00 to 6:00, the christiana mall openings at 8:00, shuts down at 6:00. target and k-mart are among the stores staying open a little later. on action news a man is critically injured burned buy a house fire in south jersey. firefighters had to pull him from the home in cape may county. he is being treated for burns and smoke inhalation at atlantic

care regional medical center. the cause of the fire is under investigation. police have recovered a major clue in a deadly bucks county hit and run. the vehicle they say ran down a 52-year-old cyclist is now impounded. >> reporter: bristol borough police led them to this car in this garage. >> at this point we have obtained the search warrant for the vehicle itself and now in the process of taking into custody so we can pull physical therapy forensic investigations on it. >> reporter: police say the car is a silver mercedes, the same model they've been looking for since december 19th when 52-year-old kevin williams was struck and killed while riding his bike. two vehicles appeared to be racing along route 13 when it happened. this vehicle has damage that

needs to be thoroughly examined. >> we'll bring in some subject matter experts and it comes to looking at the aspects of the car and damage and also physical transfer evidence anything like that. >> reporter: no arrests have been made, but police say this is a critical discovery. >> this is just part of the process. hopefully we get a successful conclusion. >> reporter: police say the people who live in that home are cooperating fully and are not believed to be connected with the fatal hit and run. police also say that tips from the public so far have been extremely helpful. if you have any information, you're asked to contact police in bristol borough. >> a man has been injured while trying to break into a game stop store in gloucester county. around 2:30 this morning a private security guard noticed the man on roof of the store.

police are trying to determine if the suspect is connected to three other break-ins at the game stop over the past month. >> 6:07, a federal judge in seattle has partially lifted a trump administration ban on certain refugees. those who oppose the ban say it prevents people from mostly muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the united states. it only applies to refugees with a bona fide relationship with a person living in the u.s. the. meanwhile prurp continues to criticize the fbi on twitter this time saying how could the fbi deputy director, the man in charge along with james comey, including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails, be given money for investigation. he is referring to donations she

received from her senate campaign in virginia. but those donations came in before andrew mccabe became deputy director. charlie dense who is retiring discusses the state of the gop and his view of president trump. he supported the gop tax plan but opposed the president's push to reveal parts of the affordable care act. this week starts at 10:30. >> a family rocked by a fire is back in their home in time for christmas. the home went up in january. making matters worse the house was not insured and money was tight. the homeowner reached out to a former coworker for help. he led the charge to help the family renovate their home, collecting donations including money and material. tiffany said at times she had doubts they would ever be able to rebuild but is now grateful for the wonderful people who

helped out with her family. >> it's amazing to have that security to have my kids back home and having a christmas dinner and open up christmas presidents and start to get our life back. >> there are still repairs to be done to the home but they are resting easier knowing that they have a home sweet home again. >> i love that story. while you slept the power ball jack pot soared. here are the numbers that no one matched last night. they were worth $300 million. the next drawing is wednesday night. there is still $277 million out there in mega millions. the next drawing is tuesday night. we'll show you the number on action news at 11:00. still to come on action news, a very popular chain pulls some of its make up from stores. >> how a mom triggered the recall. >> the new fall out in miss america ceo scandal.

>> come up in weather we made it up to a ridiculous 61 degrees for the high temperature in philadelphia. the first time we've been that warm since december 5th. today we're only at 44. and by christmas day wind chills are in the teens and 20s. details coming up with the accuweather 7-day forecast.

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bakery which just opened in south philadelphia and it's christmas eve people are lining up ready to get their hands on the goodies. a line formed here on the 5100 block of south 8th street before daybreak. they opened at 6:00 and workers had to be in before that. i have never been inside there but it's got to be good because the line is so long. >> you can hear the music. it really is a nice holiday tradition. >> i can't do any more cookies. actually i brought in a plate of cookies for you guys. >> thank you. >> shopping last minute and i was sweating. >> it was warm. 61. today is going to be cooler. 44 degrees. that's it for today. and then tomorrow we'll have wind chills in the teens and 20s and say good-bye to that warmth we had yesterday. we're not going to see anything

remotely close to that for a long, long time. it could be weeks before we're in the 50s again. a wintry mix is possible tonight especially for areas north and west of the city. some of us could see a little winter white on the ground first thing in the morning. we have a wind advisory up for everybody christmas day. winds gusting 40-45 miles per hour and get ready for a very cold week again and that continues through new year's day and beyond. trenton 35, philadelphia 38. and millville checking in at 34 degrees. but you factor in the winds and it feels like 31 right now in allentown. feels like 28 degrees in reading, 33 in philadelphia, 30 in millville and think about wr yesterday where we were at this time. we were in the 40s and now we're talking about wind chills below freezing. as we look a little farther down the road here, this is the storm that we're watching.

actually it's kind of weak and unorganized i don't even want to call it a storm, this will be strong enough to produce a little bit of light snow for some of us around 8:00, 9:00 this evening and through the night and into about maybe about 4:00, 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. it's not a big deal, but it should be just enough to kind of cause some problems in parts of our area. future tracker 6 later today with all the cloeds increasing from the southwest, we don't expect temperatures to climb very far. 61 yesterday, maybe 44 or 45 today but that's about it. and we fast forward into this evening. by 8:00 you can see the light rains developing for the i-95 corridor points south and east. maybe a little bit of a wintry mix at the on set for places like chester and lancaster counties and southern portions of montgomery and bucks counties and that snow line will start to lift. a little bit milder air going to start getting mixed into this. it's still snowing in the lehigh valley just in time for midnight mass and by 6:00, 7:00 a.m. all of this is long gone and that's going to set up a coal christmas

day with highs in the 30s, wind chills in the teens and 20s. snowfall totals. coating, lancaster to the north there could be an inch or so. places like pottstown, quaker town, then you get into allentown, reading, bethlehem, the poconos, the poconos probably 1-2 inches. everybody south of there mainly just rain. philadelphia there could be snow flakes mixed in as this thing is winding down. but we're not looking for accumulation. christmas day it's all about the winds. gusts 40-45 miles per hour for the whole area and that will put wind chills in the teens and 20s. by 7:30 christmas morning it's only feeling like 21 in allentown, 25 in philadelphia, millville 27 and through the afternoon, same thing teens and 20s and into the evening hours still dealing with blustery wind by 7:00 christmas evening, 12

degrees and 18 in philadelphia. so forecast for today, sun and clouds and cooler with a high of 44 degrees. winds out of the east northeast at 15 miles per hour. and overnight tonight some rain developing, wintry mix late. 31 degrees far northwestern suburbs, 36 for center city. this is more like snow changing to wintry mix for the lehigh valley. turning icy cold. 44 today, 39 for tomorrow, breezy and cold tuesday 37 and then we're into it here. wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday we don't even get above the freezing mark for highs. nydia? >> all right, chris. get ready. thank you very much. >> it is the end of the year and the password management provider squash data has provided the worst passwords of the year.

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new this morning, fears of a bomb outside treasury secretary's los angeles home turned out to be a false alarm. turned out the gift box was filled with horse manure. the package was signed as being from the american people. it is unclear whether he or his wife were home at the time. retailer claire's is pulling 17 products from shelves over asbestos concern.

claire's decided to pull the product after a mother had the make-up tested. the lab tests found more of the cancerous causing substance. claire's says it will immediately investigate the concern. >> in health check this morning, california public health officials are warning people about cell phones. the state agency says people can reduce exposure to cell phone radiation by keeping their cell phones away from their bed at night and not keeping them in their pocket. technically the scientific community has not reached a consensus on the risks of cell phone use, but the state health department warns research already suggests long-term extensive use may affect health. welcome back.

in sports the flyers and the sixers are in action on the road and the eagles game on christmas will have meaning. here's action news sports director ducis rodgers. >> good morning. the eagles were hoping they didn't have to wait until monday night for a chance to lock up that number one seed in the nfc. if the vikings lost to the packers last night that would do the trick. 5 degrees in lambeau field. even santa finds that cold. the viingings do not cooperate so the eagles will have to wait until monday for another opportunity to clinch. the eagles are still in the driver's seat. we are getting late in the season rtion guys are starting to get tired. the coach is keeping an eye on that and he is just continuing accordingly. >> with an extra day this week

giving them that extra rest, staying off their feet even though it was more walk-through, when i say walk-through, but it was really more up-tempo walk-through, the two practices this week. it's been good, the guys are feeling good and just got to keep everybody fresh and healthy for monday night. >> spend christmas with 6abc and the birds. our pregame show the game itself is at 8:30, followed by a late edition of action news. the sixers got some good news yesterday, joel embiid returned to the lineup. embiid cleared to play. the sixers go right to him inside and outside and he course 8 points in the opening quarter. third quarter more embiid, eight rebounds for the big man in 23

minutes of action. the rapttors end the quarter on a 13-0 run. 29 last night. the sixers lose 108-86. that's five straight losses and nine in the past ten. the sixers will visit the knicks on christmas day. to the ice the flyers in the midst of 4 straight road games. last night's stop columbus to face the blue jackets. no score late in the first period. seth jones beats brian elliot. flyers down 1-0. we go to a shoot-out. a 19-year-old rookie. jake bor check it's his job to keep it going. the flyers lose 2-1. they are off until thursday's game against the florida panthers. i'm ducis rodgers, you have yourself a merry christmas.

>> happening today, philadelphia's christmas village closes for the season, but you still have several more hours to stop by. dozens of vendors are set up in love park. they will be there until 5:00 today. organizers hope you will skip the mall and head to them at city hall.

get ready for a cold and

windy christmas. >> a live look at the christmas tree. some of you will get snow before santa arrives. we have an updated forecast from accuweather. good morning it is the day before christmas. i'm nydia han, christie ileto is nr for gray. >> i can't believe it's christmas. this is the area right here that can possibly see an accumulation of snow tonight into the very early morning hours tomorrow. it's going to be north of this line, let's say upper bucks county, extreme northern portions of montgomery county, northern berks county and the lehigh valley and the poconos. everybody south of there may be you pick up in this area here, maybe you pick up a little coating but that will wash away as it flips back over to rain. riilt now we're seeing temperatures in the mid 30s. 33 in kutztown. warminister 33. it's 37 degrees right now a lot cooler in glassboro.

as we go wider here and take a look at the satellite and radar you can see all this cloud cover out in through here. this is going to prevent the temperatures from climbing today. we'll see high temperatures in the low to mid 40s. again a good 20 degrees cooler when we saw yesterday when the highs topped out in the low 6 0s. going hour by hour for you, we'll see a gradual increase in clouds, by 10:00 a.m. 40 degrees, 2:00, 44. 4:00, same number. sun and clouds, high temperatures. a good degree or two above the seasonal average of 43. as we go a little bit wider here, this is the system that we're watching. there's a very small area of low pressure that's developing like this and it is slowly drifting off to the east at about 20, 25 miles per hour make a turn to the north and it will provide us with winter white overnight tonight. not everyone is going to see that but some of us will. it's mainly the lehigh valley and upper bucks and upper

montgomery county here. snow to wintry mix developing this evening, there will be slippery traveling conditions developing so you do need to take it slow up there. slushy coating to an inch is possible in those areas. i'll be back in a few minutes more details in an icy cold 7-day forecast. >> here's more on that winter storm impacting more than a dozen states right before christmas. rain, snow and ice are making travel treacherous in some parts of the northeast. there were 30 crashes on one stretch of highway in massachusetts and part of the system caused major problems in tennessee. winds in nashville knocked down the city's official christmas tree. fedex is reporting the winds caused substantial disruption and delays but for the most part travelers have been able to get where they're going just taking a little longer. >> i'm trying to beat it so i don't think i planned well enough. >> my wife is kind of worried about it. i ended up taking off a day early. >> meanwhile shoppers in our

area and along the northeast corridor like these folks in the washington, d.c. area had to deal with rain and wind while picking up those last-minute gifts. they are the three faces at the center of the scandal. miss america's ceo, president and board chair have all resigned in the wake of emails. this morning some of the former miss americas are racking to the fall-out that has left the atlantic city tradition hanging in doubt. >> reporter: resignations at the top of the miss america organization. ceo sam has kel resigned saturday from the new jersey-based organization the day after he was suspended by the board. president and coo josh ran dal and the chairman also departing. the resignations following publications of sam haskell's leaked emails. they included alleged sexists, crude and demeaning comments

about former contestants. 2013 is the subject. >> having someone belittle you, demean you, degrade you in any way is not okay. stand up for yourself because it does matter. >> reporter: she signed a petition along with 50 former miss americas calling the behavior despicable. the emails are conveniently edited and the events are not as described saying he was under stress from a full year of attacks by two miss americas and made a mistake of words. outgoing president josh ran dal apologized saturday saying his comment does not reflect his values or the organization. the coo said in a statement that he inappropriately responded to an email, that he apologized to a content ant involved but the

article implies complicit which is grossly misleading. he says the emails were exchanged in 2014 and 2013 and predate my employment altogether. >> 6:35 now. a millville police officer is being treated for minor injuries after someone fired shots at the officer's patrol car. it happened around 7:30 last night. we've learned the officer was injured after being hit by glass. witnesses say numerous shots were fired. >> i thought it was a lot of firecrackers. rapid gunshots. i heard them twice. i seen a lot of cop cars, i seen they had this area blocked off. >> the officer was taken to a local hospital. no arrests have been made at this hour. and there has been a police-involved shooting in

ocean county. an officer shot a person at around 8:30 last night. we're told the person was wounded. we're working to learn that person's condition. the prosecutor's office is investigating. this morning a driver is facing charges after he was rescued by firefighters following a crash. police say the driver of this jeep liberty lost control of his suv at church line and greenwood avenue in upper darby. the suv crashed into a drainage ditch. firefighters worked for about 20 minutes before freeing him. he was taken to the hospital with injuries but will be charged when he's released. >> also new this morning a driver is hospitalized following a one-vehicle crash in philadelphia's fair mount park. police say driver lost control of the vehicle around 10:00 last night. the vehicle hit a tree, the driver was taken to penn presbyterian with non-life threatening injuries. >> with more riders making the

transition, starting in january the tokens. tokens will still be sold at major septa sales offices. the new key cards are currently a $10 minimum load and it allows customers to tap and go. >> still to come, a major upgrade and it offers you more control. we'll show you how it works. >> and sky 6hd is taking a live look at the center city skyline. meteorologist chris sowers is back next with your most important christmas day forecast. >> and a local girl's mission to collect christmas gifts for her friends in the hospital is achieved.

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welcome back it's 6:40. preparations are being made in the town of bethlehem. hundreds of palestinian security men are positioned in and around the town that headed the midnight mass in the church of the nativity. bethlehem has seen violent clashes in recent weeks in the wake of the united states recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. >> time now for accuweather.

one thing we now for certain. it is going to get really cold, right? >> really, really cold. hope you enjoyed the 60s yesterday. you're not going t see anything close to that for a long, long time. as we get you outside, we're looking at the philadelphia international airport not seeing any delays being reported this morning. we don't have any fog or low level clouds like we were dealing with yesterday at this time. 38 degrees in philadelphia with a dew point of 28. winds have shifted now out of the north northwest at 7 miles per hour and that's why the temperatures are a little cooler. your wind chill presently is 33. it's 35 in allentown, 27 in the poke noeks, 35 in trenton, cape may 39. this is a feature that we're watching. it's a small, fast-moving area of low pressure and what's preventing us in philadelphia from seeing snow is the fact that this is moving from west to east and it's not digging down to the south. if it was driving down to the south, the area of low pressure would develop down through here

and then come up and then the cold air would wrap in on the back side and we would have snow. but because it's kind of moving from west to east, by the time this low gets going, it's north of philadelphia. therefore the colder areas, the lehigh valley, the poconos, they'll see the snow this time around. we'll see just a little bit of cold rain here in philadelphia and the i-95 corridor. there's what it looks like on the radar. a little bit of light snow, chicago, st. louis, that swath of snow spreads like this from west to east across the midwest today. clouds increase this afternoon. by lunchtime we're up to 43, 44 and temperatures are pretty much holding steady right around 44, 45 degrees for your high. 8:00 this evening, light rain showers developing for the i-9d 5 corridor points south and east. that flips over to snow as you get into lehigh valley, poconos snowing by 10:00 this evening.

the freezing mark is 32, this model has allentown at 33. some of those roads could become slick. by 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow morning, all of this is long gone. it's up into new england where they're going to see a snowstorm for christmas day. for us the winds start howling on the back side. temperatures get no better than the upper 30s for highs on christmas day but with the wind it feels more like the teens and 20s all day long. snowfall total as we take a look at all the forecast models, this is for the lehigh valley. a slushy coating to an inch at best with this system. the philadelphia area, the model isn't putting out much of anything at all. perhaps a coating. i think this is more or less just a cold rain with a couple of snow flakes. this will be philadelphia for all areas south and east. this is not going to be that big of a deal unless you're in the lehigh valley and poconos and some of those roads could get a little slippery late tonight. wind chills tomorrow morning looking at teens and 20s for

just about everybody and that's the trend throughout the day. wind advisory is up for tomorrow. we could see gusts as high as 45 miles per hour at times by 2:00 it will feel like 18 degrees in reading, millville 23 and the numbers get colder during the evening hours. it will feel like 14 in allentown and only 17 in trenton. say good-bye to those warm christmass we've had over the last several years. 44 in philadelphia for the high today, sun and clouds. mill vil 45. cape may 46. overnight those clouds will lower and thick rain, it will change over to snow in the lehigh valley. 31 for the numbers out to the west. 36 in philadelphia, millville 37, cape may also 37 degrees. and for your christmas day, sun and clouds, a gusty, chilly breeze. 40-45 miles per hour. 8:00 a.m. temperature 37. by lunchtime 39d and by 5:00, 35. the exclusive accuweather 7-day

forecast and then the cold really starts to drive on in. 44 degrees today. combination of sun and clouds. very windy on christmas day. 39 degrees, wind chills in the teens and 20s. breezy and cold for tuesday. highs around 37. and then we could go a good four, five, maybe six straight days where the high temperature never gets above the freezing mark. and yes next weekend we are watching the coast for the potential of a storm and with temperatures that cold you know what that means. we'll watch that closely and we'll see what happens. >> brutal arctic blast on the way. >> it's going to get nasty. >> all week long you've been sending us pictures of your eagles spirit. here's just a few of those great photos. keep them coming. post yours on social media with the #6abcaction. >> you've heard about the doorbell app. one family says it's worth much more. that app helped save their lives

when a fire broke out in the middle of the night. >> reporter: you're watching a homeowner battling a fire at 3:30 a.m. sunday just moments after waking up. he struggles, there's nothing more he can do and lives the fire behind calming for help. >> you don't know what to expect. >> reporter: mike hernandez walk up because of this. it has a motion detector hooked up to a camera and when the bright flames triggered it, an app on his phone woke him up. >> i opened my eyes and looked to my right and outside my bedroom window i saw what looked to be like flames. >> reporter: hernandez, his fiancee, brother all made it out of the house safely. >> we're going to move forward and we're thankful it wasn't worse. >> reporter: they have captured other close calls like these. just a couple of weeks ago a

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♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here. hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first month's payment. it's the agony that seems to have no end in sight. the thomas fire is now the largest wildfire in california modern history. it has torched more than 273,000 acres. dry conditions and strong santa ana winds caused it to spread quickly. officials say they expect to continue fighting the fire around the clock through at least january 7th. >> a young man stays behind at the end of his workday to help an older gentleman. sadly that decision cost him his

life. >> reporter: she describes him as a challenge with a floral flare. >> he was a handful from the time he was born to the end. very energetic, loved flowers. he was big into flowers. >> reporter: cortez was closing up shop in the early morning hours of saturday april 1st. at 1:00 a.m. the 26-year-old had just finished helping a nearby store owner lower his gate when his mother says he was approached by two men. >> they probably tried to start robbing him. the cops told me he was probably getting the best of one of them and the other one came and shot him in the back of the head. >> reporter: cortez was pronounced dead at the scene. it may have started as a robbery but the suspects didn't get anything. >> they got nothing because everything, his wallet was still on him.

>> reporter: the city of philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 of reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. all calls will remain anonymous. she says the neighborhood where her son's murder took place is a tight-knit community. >> they know each other. everybody knows everything. somebody knows something. i need closure on this. >> reporter: i'm rick williams, channel 6 action news. welcome back, everyone.

6:54 sunday morning the forecast for today, the jersey shore, turning cloudy maybe a little bit of sun early, 47 degrees.

the city of philadelphia 61 yesterday's high. today 44. once again increasing clouds in the poconos a little bit colder, increasing clouds and snow will develop overnight tonight for the lehigh valley an the poconos and then we focus on all this cold out here to the west. look at this. if you watched the football game, the vikings versus the packers last night, the temperature was 5 degrees during the second half. that's the cold air mass that is sliding east. it's presently 4 in bismarck, omaha 19, and cincinnati 31. most of the lower 48 is actually feeling the icy grips of old man winter and this is a pattern. the warmer temperatures indicated by the yellows, the colder temperatures purples and blues. we're going fast forward this we get into this upcoming week, it gets really cold and i think high temperatures are staying in the mid to upper 20s. a couple of years ago we were

greeted by that polar vortex. we're going t see them again. the vortex will sit right here and areas of low pressure reinforcing areas of cold air will wrap in around this thing. it's going to keep the pattern cold through at least maybe the 5th or 6th of january. temperatures are going to struggle to get above freezing. >> thank you, chris. the holidays are all about giving and a kentucky pastor is getting a lot of attention for his kind act. as they sat down his granddaughter pointed out a man who didn't have any shows. he walked over took off his boots and gave them to the man. >> why did you do that. i said because god spoke to me. he said you needed my shoes. >> it is better to give than receive and he encourages others to help those in need. and here's a story that

makes us philly proud. wen dell small wood returned to make this a very special christmas for 12 single mothers and their children. not only did he deliver gifts for their families, he paid some of their bills. he was raised by a single mother and remembers how stressful this time of year could be. he wanted to give the gift of a less stress-free environment and more of enjoyment this christmas. this story also makes us philly proud. action news reporter jeannette reyes was right there. >> reporter: hundreds of families gathered along with dozens of police officers along from a handful of citizens. it's a toy drive held in honor of a small girl with a big heart and a selfless dream. >> she loved giving to others.

>> reporter: five-year-old jillian massy died less than two weeks ago after a brief but grajus battle with brain cancer. last year the then four--year-old only wished that her friends at chop would have presents for the holidays. >> i said do you know why you've been at chop this long and she said to play, mommy. >> this is what christmas is all about. it's not about our only personal wants. it's about trying to help other people. >> a modest request for 50 gifts quickly ballooned to 3,000. this year would far surpass that with more than 25,000 presents filling up several trucks. complete strangers from near and far showed up gifts in hand. >> everything she was going through, she still had a smile on her face. >> her love for police officers brought them out by the dozen. they rode in on horses, motorcycles. >> sometimes you only get to see

the bad side. something where we can give back to the community. >> reporter: jillian's legacy goes yind these toys. in fact these cards were passed out to encourage random acts of kindness and they were asked to be passed along so her memory can live on. jeannette reyes. >> to see what else makes us philly proud, log on to 6abc.com/proud. >> 6:58 right now. coming up next on action news sunday morning. snow sparks a nightmare on the day before christmas. some places here in our area may also be in for some light snowfall. meteorologist chris sowers has that christmas eve and christmas

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