"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with gray hall, nydia han, and meteorologist chris sowers. good afternoon, it is sunday december 24th, christmas eve, gray's off christie ileto joins us. here are some stories we are following for you on "action news". he is on his way santa is making his rounds and he will be here in 12 hours. plus, federal security

officials say that law enforcement were the target of the shoot inner harrisburg. and president trump is embroiled in a new controversy over his comments about immigrants and aid. first the exclusive accu weather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers has everyone wondering about the snowfall. >> i think it feels colder right now then dit this morning when i was out here wind continues to blow out of the north east ten to 15 miles an hour with all of the cloud cover we are seeing those two factors will limit, the temperatures to day, yesterday we topped out at 61. today will be a struggle to reach 43 or 44. presently in this midday hour we are showing 39 in reading, 39 allentown, 40 in philadelphia, 31 in the poconos, 43 millville and 39 in trenton. you can see that cloud cover rolling in advance of the next system that we're watching just off of the screen there off to the west across chicago and central portions of illinois and indiana. split is on storm tracker, small area of low pressure racing off to the east at 30

miles an hour and some of its moisture will get in here overnight tonight especially north and west of philadelphia but we could see snow in those locations. speaking of snow thinks european model, it is predicting snowfall totals here from chicago east in the mid-atlantic and northeastern part of the united states. see two to four across the midwest. then this system once it hits coast it is a sizable snow on christmas day for new england for places like boston and ban gor maine could see 6 inches. speaking of snow winter weather advisory for berks county, lehigh valley and poconos, minor accumulations are expected there. i will be back in just a few minutes with the timing, how much you can expect in your neighborhood and then we will talk ban arctic blast in the seven day forecast. well, last minute rush is on across the delaware and lehigh valleys as people are out getting their last minute gifts and menu items for their christmas celebrations. >> "action news" reporter bob brooks is at one of the

busiest spots the supermarket and liquor store in cherry hill, new jersey, bob. >> reporter: nydia and christie, out here in cherry hill, we have got here around 9:00 this morning it was crowded then and at noon now it is still crowded. let me show you here pan camera off to the side you can see cars, into the parking lot looking for a spot. then looking out in the parking lot you can see it is cleared all the way as far as it can go but wegmans is doing a great job. they have all registers opened and they are shoveling people through as quickly as they can there is a whole lot have last minute grocery shopping going on, now are we surprised so many waited until the last minute? no. but wegmans isn't full of people who simply wait todd shop for no good reason. well, for some people he did have a legitimate excuse. >> i did it because that is what i say i'm going to do. >> reporter: we did run into plenty of shop hours did that included mom of two ab dre a, this was only time that she

could do it. >> so i'm a nurse so i was working past few days so you have to do it new. >> reporter: for patty, the shopping today business making sure her spread is as best as it can be. >> just make sure everything is fresh, make sure your stuff is fresh. >> reporter: we ran into mother and daughter mary and sarah grim, they don't live close anymore so today they were finishing up their list. >> just fruits, and also, things for our brunch tomorrow >> reporter: and also getting quality alone time together. >> it is awesome. it is great. we live so far away, so she just moved to the area it is nice to get back together doing our thing. >> i enjoy her company a lot. >> reporter: holidays are all about. >> exactly. >> absolutely. >> very much so. >> reporter: great to see people starting to spend some family time. i wanted to make quick note there was a slight power outage here at wegmans earlier today that did cause confusion

in the catering lines. they have about 500 order they are putting tout day but we are told things are running full steam ahead. reporting live from cherry hill, bob brooks, channel six "action news", christie. >> it looked packed inside there thanks bob. for many families christmas season would not be complete without a christmas eve tradition. dozens spent the morning at termini brother's bakery in south philadelphia earlier this morning. for many people contact knoll he is, cakes and cookies are a holiday must and with tradition customers lined up outside bakery before sunrise, to guarantee they would get the dessert that they wanted for will the holidays. >> we got here at 1:00 this year. we try to get to be first, get in, get our stuff and get home back in bed by 7:30. >> reporter: bakery also set up heat lamps to keep people warm while they waited. at christiana mall in delaware workers held a little parade to keep everybody energized and in the holiday spirit on the last day of shopping. shoppers followed along

enjoying the live music, the mall closes its doors tonight at 7:00, so time is running out. and here is some of these hours at some other malls in our area philadelphia mills is opened today until 6:00. king of prussia closes at 6:00 target and k-mart are among the stores staying opened later. down load updated six abc app this holiday. get weather and traffic updates anytime, anywhere you are this holiday weekend. investigators may have found a key piece of evidence in a deadly hit/run in bucks county. police think they have located the car that hit and killed a cyclist last week. bristol boro police said a tip came in yesterday. it was at kentucky lane in brooklyn township to a car in the garage. police say car, silver mercedes benz, same model as vehicle they have been looking for since tuesday, when kevin williams was hit and killed on route 13 near corson street. chief says this vehicle has evidence that needs to be

thoroughly examined. >> we're working this case and thinks just part of the process. hopefully we will get a successful conclusion. >> witness eggs told police that before the crash two vehicles appeared to be race ago long route 13. so far no arrests have been made. so from our new jersey news room a man was critically injured during a fire in cape may county many. the blaze broke out in tuckahoe. a man inside the building was trapped with fire fighters were able to rescue him. he was taken to an area hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and burns. it took crews just over an hour to bring the fire under control. it is unclear what sparked it. prosecutors in pennsylvania, say that there is no doubt that a gunman targeted police officers in the state capitol, and an department of home land security is now calling it a terror attack. investigators say ahmed, shot at harrisburg police officer, friday afternoon and then later at a state trooper. both were in marked vehicles, police say after elmofty shot the trooper he followed her

tie residential neighborhood where sit and state police were able to catch up with him they say he shot at them and then officers returned fire eventually killing him. the troops was injured but she's expected to make a full recovery. a motive for the attack is unknown. white house is strongly pushing back on the report that president donald trump spoke about immigrants in a dismissive and demeaning fashion, during a meeting with top administration officials. the new york times reported that according to two unnamed officials trump said during a meeting in june that people coming from haiti quote all have aid, and that recent nigerian immigrants would never go back to their huts in africa. and that afghan is a terrorist haven. white house press secretary sarah sanders says in a statement it is both sad and telling that the new york times would print the lies of their anonymous sources. the eagles will enjoy christmas morning with their families but they have big business to take care of tomorrow night. they play raiders at the link,

the last time eagles saw the raiders quarterback nick foles tied the eagles record with seven touchdown pass toes lead a team to the 49-20 win. foles and all of us hope for some of that same magic as bird try to secure the top seed in the nfc and with it, home field advantage in the playoffs. spend christmas night with six abc and eagles, our pre game she count down to kick off starts at 8:00. eagles/raiders game at 8:30. followed up by late addition of "action news" which will include a fill post game report. we have scheduled our christmas dinner, so we will be done before the eagles game is there so much more to come on "action news" this sunday morning, are you on track for christmas spirit overload. a local dietition shared some easy tips to maintaining some self control. from the rockies to the plains residents are struggling with winter storms and holiday delays, and local weather is affecting our area. meteorologist chris sowers will be back with the full accu weather forecast when "action news" continues. officials from the

philippines are taking stock after a tropical storm that strength toned a typhoon before moving out overnight. 120 people are dead, 160 others are missing and flash floods and landslide. local officials are blaming logging in the mountains for the flooding which swept away homes, thousands remain in emergency shelters or stranded at airports. after temperatures in the 60's in recent weeks much of colorado will have a white christmas. from the denver area to the mountain passes road crews were up all night trying to keep road opened for holiday travelers. parts of the zero seven were closed overnight because of white out conditions. veil had to set up an emergency shelter in city hall for those stranded drivers, so are we going to have anything like this, chris. >> no, not in the foreseeable

future but next weekend as we have been saying this, it is interesting something is popping up on the modeling but not anything on the short term here's your forecast, monday night football, eagles taking on the oakland raiders. it is going to be blustery and cold, the weather will be an advantage for the bird here as temperatures dropped down below freezing. kick off temperature about 31 degrees by 11:00p getting in the fourth and beyond, 29 degrees, breezy, cold, wind chills stuck in the 20's mess of the time. you will need to bundle up for the game. speaking of bundling up temperatures wise right now we're only in the upper 30's, lower 40's and when you factor in the breeze it feels like low to mid 30's. twenty-three with the wind in the poconos. feels like freezing mark of 32 in allentown and reading. thirty-three in philadelphia millville 38. still freezing mark of 32 in trenton. with the wind it feels like 37 in dover. here's storm tracker six the next system we are watching. i will tell what you there will be fun football games to watch today.

cleveland, chicago plays in the snow. bears taking on the lions. that will be in the snow by the second half this system will push east over the next 24 hours and we are seeing flakes flying around here, overnight tonight, mainly north and west of philadelphia but some of these could come down at a good clip, briefly before eventually flipping over to rain, overnight. matter on have fact future tracker six most of today is dry, later this evening we will see cloud lower, thicken. stop clock at seven. there could be a couple rain showers, i-95 corridor snow flakes flying in lancaster county as coastal low getting when all this moisture starts filling in. so by 8:30 or 9:00 it is snowing every where north of the pennsylvania turnpike allentown we will see dark shade of purple. pretty moderate at that point. reading seeing moderate snow and poconos everybody else looks like a cold rain falling and then right around midnight we will see that rain/snow line lift to the north. may go snowing in the poconos only for our viewing area and points north in wilkes barre scranton and then cold rain for everybody else.

that will continue through about four or 5:00 o'clock in the morning and then storm lifts to the north becomes a nice snowstorm for new england where places like boston, burlington, vermont, maine could pick up 6 inches or more of snow with this system. for us main factor for us will be that how long wind on the back side. as this storm starts continue on tense file. winds pick up out of the northwest. temperatures tomorrow afternoon top out in the 30es. thirty-four the model has us in philadelphia by 3:30. but again factor in the wind and it feel are feels like teens and 20's all day long. blustery and cold. snowfall totals nothing for i-95 south and east. rain event there coating in the darker shade of gray north of lancaster through reading and south of allentown, places like pottstown, quakertown. that will wash away flip over to rain and then maybe an inch or two in the northern portions of the lehigh valley and poconos. winds kick in to wind is in

effect all day long, gusts 40 to 45 miles an hour and those windy that will put them in the teens and 20's for tomorrow. forecast for today ranging between 41 and 43. mostly cloudy skies. chilly but breeze is, wind chill values are in the 30's and then christmas day blustery and cold and windy. winds 40 to 45 miles an hour, temperatures in the mid up to ker 30's. wind chills in the teens and 20's. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast stays cold all week 39 tomorrow christmas day, breezy and cold tuesday 37, wednesday, right through monday of the following week temperatures are below freezing for highs, nydia. >> burr, all right, chris, thank you. studies show that the pounds we put on holiday time seem to stick with us. how do you hold line when it seems like food is every where "action news" anchor sharrie williams has tips from an expert. >> when we're offered a large amount of food your average person will eat 30 percent miracle wrist. >> reporter: einstein medical

center dietition jackie dwyer says it is very easy to go over board especially when tables are filled with food and hard to tell how much you are eating but dwyer says you can down size your calories and still have all of the holiday food you love. first use a smaller plate. research shows our brain reward center is stimulated by small when it comes to meat, 3-g size. >> 3-ounce portion is about the size of the deck of card where this example is about 8- ounces. >> reporter: a baseball is good comparison for cup of green beans or other vegetables and a tennis ball or the top of the light bull seven is half a cup just right for mashed potatoes or stuffing. go for a sweet potato that is about the size of the computer mouse, holiday desserts are a real treat but go for the taste not the amount. >> this is almost four or 500 calories and this pie.

>> reporter: beware of the beverages these two glasses look like the same amount of wine but the wine on the left actually has twice as much. sharrie williams for channel six "action news".

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being called a hero for helping save his grandmother's life at her lexington home, earlier brenda gay was watching her grandchildren when she passed out, dimitri knew something was not right but could in the find his grandmother's phone to call 911. instead he ran outside to find an adult and a neighbor helped call paramedics tics. >> she gave him a big head. >> he he is our hero it turns out dimitri's grandmother had meningitis, she's doing much better after several days in the hospital. a home owner in southern california has gonna above and beyond with his holiday decorations. kyle anderson and his wife have had clever ways to wish people season greeting. alpha bed missing l, get it no l. and, then cardboard cut out of the rock and christmas tree to say rocking around the christmas tree. there is also, a silent, knight. there you go. for months, they have been e bay, amazon and craigs list to

find items they say, that there was a effort that was well worth it. >> just a lot of laughter, smiles to people and that is kind have the goal. >> i love it. >> video posted on line, by his wife has received 20 million views and counting.

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5 degrees in lambeau field. santa claus find that is to be cold. do you remember sam bradford? case can keenan doing a fine job, vikings do not cooperate they win 16 to nothing. the eagles will to have wait until monday, for another opportunity, to clinch. >> the eagles are still in the driver's seat. we are getting late in the season. guys are starting to get tired coach doug pederson is keeping an eye on that and adjusting accordingly. >> really with the extra, extra day this week, just giving them that extra, rest, staying off their feet, even though it was more walk through, you know, i say walk through with you up tempo walk through through the two practices this week. it has been g guys are feeling good. and, you know, just got to keep everybody fresh, healthy for monday night. >> and christmas, with six abc and bird, our pregame she count down to kick off starts at 8:00. game at 8:30. that is followed by a late

addition of "action news". sixers got some good news yesterday joel embiid returned to the line up. sixers got bad news his presence not enough to counter sloppy play. after testing his troublesome back embiid cleared to play against raptors. first quarter sixers get right to him. inside, and outside, embiid scored eight points in the opening quarter. later embiid, alley hoop to ben simmons. meanwhile embiid trying to keep that back loose between plays third quarter more embiid, 14 points in all and eight rebound for big man in 23 minutes of action. raptors end quarter on a 13-0o derosen had 45 points between the two on thursday. twenty-nine last night. the sixers lose 102-86. five straight losses. nine out of their pennsylvania ten. sixers will visits the knicks christmas day. to the ice flyers in the middle of four straight road games last night stopped columbus to face blue jackets. dave hakstol coaching in his

200 game with the flyers no score late in the first. set jones feed brian he will y flyers down one to nothing. orange and black will tie it up, early in the second period ivan provorov. game tied at one. we go to the shoot-out. the 19 year-old rookie scores on elliott. so jake voracek his job to keep it going. flyers lose two-one. they are off until thursday's game against the florida panthers. that is a look at sports i'm ducis rodgers. you have yourself a merry christmas. well, vikings notched their first shut out in the quarter century beating packers 16 to nothing. that is probably not sitting well for this wisconsin family nathan hartman is a huge vikings fan but twin jason loves the green bay packers. so mom dianne got tired of the bickering and rivalry she gave them separate rooms, separate tv's but now you this scream across a bigger distance. family friend surprised them

with tickets to last nightes game. i can't imagine how that ride home was like. >> very uncomfortable. >> yes. another half an hour of "action news" is just ahead. we will be right back. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you.

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of war. former miss america join the call for changes in the organization after a scandal involving derogatory e-mails. but first meteorologist chris sowers starts off with a look at your christmas forecast getting colder and colder out there, chris. >> if you are someone who enjoys the snow and cold you will like the week ahead here. temperatures starting on wednesday and this could last right through probably the manor tuesday the following week. never get get above freezing of 32 degrees. it will get cold around here. with that said it is much colder right now then it was yesterday at this time when temperatures were in the 50's. south jersey was in the lower 60's. we are seeing temperatures basically in the 30's, maybe a couple lower 40's and we have wind speed north at 10 miles an hour on top of. that chilly afternoon 12 miles an hour in allentown, ten in trenton, 12 in wilmington, ten in dover. these are current wind chills around the region or feels like numbers. feels like 32 in reading. thirty-three in philadelphia 38 millville. thirty-seven in dover.

and freezing mark of 32 in trenton. we're zoomed in the chicago area, this is next system that we're watching a small area of low pressure pushing through midwest this afternoon and you can see that red x where o'hare is situate that had bright white ban a lake effect snow ban in the process of pushing through there. we're seeing the delay, just clicked right through that. anyway because that lake effect snow ban approaching o'hare we are seeing delays up to 45 minutes in o'hare, 35 minutes at midway. so if you have loved won flying into chicago, there may be some delays, call ahead here, outlook for today 44 degrees, mostly cloudy skies, christmas day 39, blustery, wind chills in the teens and 20's all day long. i hope you like cold air because we have a ton in the accu weather seven day. i will be back in a few minutes with the details, guys >> thanks, chris. shopping season is down to its final hours and the malls, supermarkets and other stores are full of shop hours need

just one more thing. we have all been there. >> oh, yeah. "action news" reporter bob brooks has been talking to those folks in cherry hill new jersey and no time like the present. >> reporter: nydia and chris, we have got here at 9:00 this morning and it just keeps getting busier and busier. people are using up all of the last minutes of christmas eve to get their shopping done. let's pan out in the parking love. i want to show you here. see plenty of traffic swinging through trying to get out of here. and then we say clear out in the back, cars are parked but wegmans, they are ready they have all of the registers opened and they are getting people through as quickly as they can. we got to the wegmans in cherry hill at 9:00 o'clock sharp, video speaks for itself , it is pack. last minute shopping is in full swing and some like this waited for no specific reason. >> i guess because that is what everybody else is doing. >> reporter: he is planning quite the feast for tonight

and tomorrow. >> well, tonight we have a couple different meats here, i have brisket, which i'm very excited about, i have got a christmas ham for tomorrow. tonight we are going to be cooking up some leg of lamb. >> reporter: for andrea of cherry hill she had no choice but to grab her little helpers and get it done today. >> i'm a nurse. i was working the past few days. just had to come shopping. >> reporter: this is it. >> yes. >> reporter: for patty, the shopping was about making sure her spread is the best that it can be. >> just to make sure everything is fresh, yes, make sure your stuff is fresh. >> reporter: we ran into mother and daughter mary and sarah grim, they do not live close any more so today they were finishing up their list. >> bunch of vegetables and fruits and things for our brunch tomorrow. >> and getting quality alone time together. >> it is awesome, great because we lived close for a while. she just moved to the area. it is nice to be back together doing or thing. >> i energy her company a lot.

>> yeah. >> reporter: that is what the holidays are all about. >> exactly. >> absolutely. >> very much so. certainly nice to see that family time. one thing i promised wegmans would i make note of they said couple hours ago around 9:00 they had a power outage that caused some confusion, catering line, they have 500 order heading for the christmas holiday and power is back on and they are running steam ahead. come down and pick up your order. reporting live, bob brooks, channel six "action news". >> good news and good information, bob, merry christmas toy. one of the busiest place is today is your local bakery, action cam was at stock's bakery in port richmond as people lined abrupt doors open employees say they have been waiting around the clock this week to keep up with the holiday rush. for many customers we have spoken to stock's bakery is a holiday tradition and they were after one sweet treat in particular. >> best pound cake, best pound cake around, tradition.

>> rolling out pound cake, a lot of the other things we make has to get put aside for pound cake because everybody wants pound cake for christmas >> plus bakery closes at 3:00 so you still have time to get there. santa made a detour earlier today and teamed up with the trevose fire company to stop by several neighborhood in bucks county. families lined the streets to see santa and his helpers and they were able to gift big man a hug and pose for pictures. we want to see how you are celebrating the holidays from lights to the kid on christmas morning put your photos and videos on social media, and use six abc action on twitter if you want to see your family on the air. they are the faces at center of the scandal, miss america ceo president and board chair have all resigned in the wake of stunning e-mails.

this noon some of the former miss americas are reacting to the fall out that has left the atlantic city tradition hanging in doubt. ceo sam haskill resign from the new jersey based organization yesterday, a day after he was suspended by the board, president and coo josh randall and chairman lynn widener will depart in the spring following the lead of haskill allegedly sexist demeaning e-mails about former miss america contestant. 2013 contestant valerie hagan was subject of those messages. >> having someone bully you, bee little you, bee mean you, degrade you in anyway is not okay. stand up for yourself because it does matter. >> haskill tells abc that the e-mails were conveniently edited and events are not as described. he says he was under stress from a full year of attacks by two miss americas and made a mistake of words. north korea says latest u.n. sanctions amount to an

act of war. state run television led a statement by foreign ministry denouncing sanctions that imports crude oil and petroleum products by the north. north korea says it is infringement of the sovereign ty and vows to continue its nuclear development program. hundreds gathered in various russian sit toys nominate 41 year-old anti corruption crusader for president against putin. he has run a year long grass roots campaign and has rally with toys push kremlin to let him run. he is boycotting the vote which would embarras the kremlin which is concerned about voter apathy. hurricane irma which devastated the caribbean has chained an unexpected victim raul castro retirement plan. key officials say 86 year-old leader will in the retire at end of february as he has long planned. they say island is still dealing with the aftermath of the storm, and state run media say castro's successor will be named by national assembly on

april 19th. 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 in the 300 block of north second street. we have learned that the officer was injured after being hit by glass, witnesses say numerous shots were fired. >> i thought it was a lot have firecrackers, you hear a lot of stuff like that but wrapped gunshots, you know, remember petely. i heard one early and one sooner and i came out and saw them running toward this way. they had this area blocked off they have this corner and they block this off, all going on here. >> the officer was taken to the local hospital, no arrests had been made at this hour. a man is in serious condition this morning after police say that he tried to break in the game stop in camden county. police say security guard noticed a man the roof of the store on blackwood clementon road in gloucester township around 2:30 this morning. man tried to run but fell off, second story ton a concrete parking lot, suspect was brought to cooper university

hospital, police believe he may be the same person who broke into the store three other times, within the last month. a driver is facing charge these noon after he was rescued by fire fighters, following the crash. police say that the driver of the jeep liberty lost control of his suv at church lane and greenwood avenue in upper darby. suv crashed in a drainage ditch and driver was trapped inside. fire fighters worked for 20 minutes before finalry freeing him. he was taken to the, hospital for injuries but will be charged when released. delta airlines says last weekend's big power outage in atlanta caused 50 million-dollar and ceo wants that money back. ed boston wants heartsville jackson airport or georgia power to reimburse the airlines. more than a thousand flights, including hundreds of delta flights were cancelled when a, fire in georgia power facility knocked out the main power and the backup system. talks from those natural and manmade disasters jumped

60 percent in 2017 worldwide and u.s. was hardest hit region. global reinsure firm says it topped $306 billion this year led largely by cost toss hurricanes harvey, irma annmarie a they cost $93 billion just in insured losses. it was second most costly hurricane season in more than a decade. is there still much more to come on "action news" this sunday we will go back to christmas classic and nut cracker to see how it takes shape, that is in six abc loves the arts. old man winter, with one city christmas tree knocking it to the ground. sky 6hd taking a live look right now via our temple university camera you are looking into the city sky line meteorologist chris sowers will have your full forecast when "action news" continues.

that winter storm is more than a dozen states right before christmas, parts of the tennessee. strong winds and natural

topple the tree early saturday morning, carrying on its face and losing some lights in the process. yesterday, winds in the area were between 40 and 50 miles an hour. city decided since it could not get christmas tree up before the holiday it would just put it in the wood chip erin steady. >> oh, no. >> that is a shame. >> you can't wood chip the christmas tree. that is terrible. at least wait until the 26th. lets get you outside and we will quo live on sky six overlooking ben franklin bridge. gray, glummy out there it is chilly but we are not seeing rain. yesterday was miserable. we had period of rain, numbers over in the 60's. that felt good. it was a lousy day. today better here, and more rain on the way this evening and little bit of light snow, for this part of the viewing area overnight tonight. 39 degrees in allentown. forty in philadelphia. forty-one wilmington. millville 43. blustery 39 right now in trenton. this system we are watching right here all cold arctic air

starting to spill right into the lower 48. this system here producing swat of snow. this is what i was showing you earlier in the broadcast but i just double clicked and blew right through here. this is chicago o'hare airport and midway. here's lake effect snow band driving in off of lake michigan. we are seeing snow fall rates between a inch and inch and a half an hour. this bandies over o'hare right now. because of that delays are mounting. forty-five minutes in o'hare. thirty-five minutes at midway. these will only get higher here as that snow band works its way over airport. if you have loved won flying in for chicago more than likely there will be some delays. we just missed out on this winter storm here. if you want aid white christmas we didn't miss this by much. maybe 100, 150 miles. here's current track of that system i showed you over chicago. it will team up with the coastal low in the process of developing right now. two get together right over the mouth of the bay here, and this will start to really start to explode.

we can see five to 10 inches of snow. in order to get that white christmas here we would need this to dive further south, and then secondary low develops here and then that comes up the coast. at that point all of the precipitation starting to develop, cold air in place and we will get our snow. we didn't miss this by much. maybe 100 to 150 miles. but with that said parts of the area could see snow on the ground for first thing tomorrow morning. future tracker six mostly cloudy skies, blustery, chilly , temperatures by 7:00 this evening right around 40 degrees in philadelphia maybe a couple sprinkles or a few showers at that point but look at how quickly this precipitation shield starts to fill in, that is coastal low developing. it is snowing north and west of the pennsylvania turnpike by 9:00 o'clock and that continues through the late evening hours into the overnight and matter of fact this rain snow line starts lifting to the north, through lehigh valley and poconos by midnight and five and 6:00 a.m. thinks long gone, snowstorm nor new england, wind picks up out of the northwest, temperatures on christmas day get no better

than 38, 39 for the high but with the wind it feels more like the teens and 20's. snowfall totals look like this , nothing for philadelphia south ande, perhaps a slushy coating for places like reading, pottstown, quakertown maybe an inch or two for lehigh valley and poconos but this right here will probably wash away because of the rain. if you want to see snow on the ground christmas morning you have to go up to the lehigh valley and poconos. forecast for today cloudy skies, chilly, 44 degrees for the high in philadelphia coming off of yesterday's 61. millville 45, wilmington 45. reading 45. and allentown is 44. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast. once we get beyond christmas day it is coal. pattern will stay cold for a couple weeks. thirty-nine on christmas day. wind chills in the teens and 20's. thirty-seven on tuesday. wednesday, 32. thursday, we will drop it down 29. and friday 27. and then saturday 31. we are watching a coastal system for next weekend we will see how that plays out but that is some cold stuff.

>> yes, cold pattern is coming >> yes, it is. >> local barbers took a break from cutting hair on this christmas eve and instead handed out coats. the action cam was at black visionaries designer barber salon in, wilmington as they handed out coats to anyone who needed one. salon started a coat drive ten years ago as a way to help the community and give back. people young and old lined up to get coats today each year they have been able to give more than a thousand coats a week a way. one of the philadelphia's most beloved holiday traditions pennsylvania ballet ace production of the nut cracker. karen rodgers goes backstage to show us how it comes together in today's six abc loves the arts. >> reporter: visit philly called nut cracker one of the top ten events to attend this holiday season and for the pennsylvania ballet, it is one of the biggest productions of the year. >> ♪ >> george balance china's nut cracker is a tall known across the globe. >> it is about marie young girl gets a gift that is nut

cracker and she dreams the nut cracker is a prince. >> audiences can immerse themselves in the action packed adventure as they fend off mouse king to get to the land of sweets. >> all of the soldiers that she had in her room become alive and they do battle with the mice and nut cracker comes in and saved her. >> ♪ >> you cannot really tell if it is her imagination or fit is happening for real. >> reporter: one of the only shows to perform the iconic score, with a full orchestra, and choir. >> it is well known music. >> you hear it at mall, you hear it in shops, on the radio , every where. >> reporter: the show introduces new dancer to the company including the youngest member 16 year-old sidney do land, performing one of the principal parts. >> which is really unusual, she's playing the lead flowers >> reporter: show has been a company tradition for decade but artistic director angel carela say dancers treat every

performance as if it was their first. >> once curtain goes up i told the dancer it might be your 300,000 nut cracker you have done but might be first one for someone in the audience. so you have to create magic in every single time every single show. >> pennsylvania ballet performance of the nut cracker takes stage at the academy of music through december 31st, so for tickets and show time visits arts in philly.org. for six abc loves the arts i'm karen rodgers. this holiday season get a deal that will save you money for the next two years guaranteed. fios is here with a great offer on the 100% fiber-optic network.

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welcome back and thanks for staying with us at 12:51. christmas eve. this is a live look at our sky 6hd camera taking a look at the christmas tree at city hall, if you have been procrastinating we know christmas village will be opened for those last minute shoppers. now the world record for the largest christmas stocking now belongs to missouri. the stocking is 177 feet long,

it is 72 feet wide and three months it took for a team of community members to fill it by hand. they made it to support the town's annual campaign for under privileged children. next year the stocking will hang on the town's water tower because it won't fit anywhere else. >> very cool. it is crunch time christmas eve and we all becomes all thumbs wrapping presents. >> the soft or ugly shaped won are challenging but never fear alycia vitarelli has tips from a rear expert. >> this is not an actual gift bag. >> i made that out of wrapping paper. >> did you. >> yes. >> for awkward odd shapes when are short on bags or high on wrapping paper save yourself a trip and create one from scratch with double sided tape and a few fold. >> is there our bottom. >> and then, there we go. >> leave it open, stuffed with wrapping paper or. >> or you can gather at the top. >> yes. >> poke two holes and put a candy kaine through it.

>> speaking of candy how is this for sugar plum sweet solution. >> who doesn't like getting candy. >> right. >> first wrap them in colorful tissue or wrapping paper and then cover witt clear cellophane. >> next thing we will gather end and tie with a piece here. >> and how will this look under the tree. >> great. >> great. extra tissue paper or tool make your own bows. stack it up, fold it up. >> you just cut a shape around the edge to give it, kind of a roundness. >> reporter: punch a hole, thread ribbon through and span it out. >> it gives it a personal touch. >> you didn't waste anything. >> to make sure your morning pictures are instagram perfect >> if you wrap one of your shipping you done on line shopping or anything, you wrap tonight wrapping paper so in the morning, you don't have a black trash bag in your photos throw your trash in the wrapped present and it looks all neat and nice in your pictures. >> this is genius. >> it is. >> for a tidy workshop how cute is this, get a paper

towel holder and stack all of your ribbon there. very cues. i'm going to use that one. alycia vitarelli channel six "action news". here's a lot top stories.

it is christmas eve. rush is on for people to get last minute items they will need for christmas. shoppers have been out all day buying groceries, wine, liquor at wegmans in cherry hill. stores were packed and they are expect to be for the rest of the day. and santa claus is all ready on the move according to the norad santa tracker jolly old man and nine reindeer are over dubai heading west. he is still on track to arrive

in the delaware, lehigh valleys at midnight. and remember, to spend christmas night with six abc and eagles our pregame show count down to kick off starts at 8:00. eagles/raiders at 8:30. that is followed by late edition of "action news" which will include a full post game report. >> it will be cold for that game. it is chilly right now. exclusive accu weather seven day forecast sun, cloud, chilly, 44. wind chills in the 30's. for tomorrow 39 for the high and windy gusting to 40 to 45 miles an hure, wind chills in the teens and 20's. then wind calm down tuesday afternoon but then real cold air settles in, wednesday through saturday, each and every day high temperatures are below freezing. >> burr. >> burr. >> chris, thank you. laura mckenzie's traveler is next up on channel six. >> "action news" continue at 5:00. >> for christie ileto, gray hall, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. have a great sunday and very

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