tv Good Day Philadelphia Weekend FOX December 17, 2017 7:00am-9:00am EST
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santas are braving the cold. >> in temperatures like yesterday, i cannot believe i good day, everyone. it's sunday. so we're what? about a week away from christmas? >> game day. >> it's game day, last weekend i hit the mall. complete and total nightmare >> each day it's getting worse and worse. the malls are nuts. but actually, i feel like everybody is happier this year in the malls. some lady knocked into me. she actually said excuse me. last near, knocked me down and didn't say anything. we're getting better out there. it's 701 on this weekend. >> really the only headline is tonight we could see a wintery mix across the region.
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it's not that bad out there. right at the freeze mark, you know, it's bad when you're saying freezing feels great and it's definitely warmer than yesterday morning, east breeze can coming in at 7:00. a little bit of on a windchill. much warmer compared to yesterday. we'll see a little sun this morning, then the clouds will build fast and we'll watch for slick spots for the overnight hours and possibility of freezing rain across the region. temperature this morning, ranging into the 20's and low 30's, 27 in wildwood. atlantic city were 26. ten, 15 degrees warmer r in some cases compared to yesterday. here's the clouds to the south. and were there across the region is separating the cold air to the north, mild air, north down to the south and we're going to tap into this and notice rain
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showers developing outside of atlanta, this will be advancing from south to north as we go into the afternoon and evening. if we take a look at future weather, you'll notice put rain or snow showers coming into the picture at early as 8:00. ground temperatures pretty frozen, especially from philadelphia points north and west, so we'll have to watch and advertise the idea of freezing rain, then we get into monday and tuesday, which will start to see a milder trend develop. rain totals not much there. of course, the possibility of a little wintery mix across the region. planning out your day, 10:00 in the morning, 39, lunch, we're covered in the cloud cover. 42 we'll get up to around 43 degrees. we're going to go to the beach, lauren, because it's like 55 by later next week. talk about that coming up. 7:0003. let's get to breaking news, employees are searching for two
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armed robbery he is who stormed the 7-eleven store, let's get to jennifer joyce. >> reporter: police officer just left the scene after interviewing witnesses. we know that east detectives is handling this case, they're back at the office. checking out some surveillance video. this happened on kensington shortly before 5:30. investigators tell us two men wearing ski masks and dark hoodies, went into the store, they may have been armed with an a k 47. police say they can't actually tell if it was an a k 47. it was definitely an assault rifle. there were two customers at the time of the robbery and police tell us they were robbed of various personal belongings as well as as cash from the register and cigarettes were taken. investigators think these robbers may have been on foot.
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police are looking at that surveillance video. who knows if it's good enough. maybe they will pass it on to so us so they can share it with all of you. obviously looking for the two robberies. breakings now out of north philadelphia after a the shooting sent two teenagers to the hospital. two boy, 15 and 17 late last night at west summer sent north 9th. police have believe the they knew the suspect. after 1:00 this morning, shots rang out at morris and point breeze, police found a cell phone and a hat at the clean but it's not clear who left the items behind of the victim or shooter no arrests have been made. two people are rescued from a burning moment in brewerytown, flames tore through the home around midnight on the 5800
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block of west master. firefighters were able to get the fire under control within 20 minutes, no injuries reported. the cause of the fire is under investigation. now to developing story, pennsylvania penn state police searching for the hit-and-run driver who killed a man in chester early yesterday morning. 46-year-old ron williams got out of his car at the high land avenue a off-ramp at i95. it's unclear why he exited his car, he had just gotten off work as a bartender a few blocks away. he also had been a bartender as veterans place. >> he treated everybody equally. he was nice. he gave you his heart. and he did before a he could do for anybody. >> police are now looking for a
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black volkswagen with front end damage similar to this car if you have information, you're asked to call authorities. delaware state police identified the suspect in a deadly trooper involved shooting, police say 30-year-old adam rad cliff was shot and killed after trying to drive away during a traffic stop. pulled over on friday in wilmington for driving erratically. authorities say he took off and dragged the trooper. that's when the trooper fired his weapon hitting rad cliff. rad cliff was taken to the hospital and died. the trooper was treated and released on routine administrative leave while state police investigate. secretary of state rex tillerson said north korea must put a stop at the nuclear war threats. north korea launched 20 missiles including one type that experts believe has the potential to reach the u.s. tillerson is urging country, especially russia and china to continue pressuring north korea in the hopes that it will
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cripple their economy and force them to negotiate. meanwhile, president trump reaching out to john mccain in the hospital battling brain cancer. he called mccain's wife cindy friday, a white house official says president trump spoke to her to check in on the is for. the 81-year-old was diagnosed back in july. reaction pouring in from the healthy care unit after the cdc has been told it can't use certain words in official budget documents. list words like feet tease, transgender, science base and diversity. alternative word choices were given in some cases. the trump administration is disputing the report calling it a quote, miss characterization. yesterday we talked about phil murphy gone down to puerto
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rico. this is gain attention, new jersey phil murphy is getting push-back this morning after he posed next to a card, board cut-out of governor chris christie. you probably recognize that's the image of the governor. it's a controversial photo. he was lounging on the beach during the summer was the government was shutdown. he told new jersey advanced media he couldn't resist taking it. it was snapped on friday during a diplomatic trip, governor christie says it sends a terrible message >> our property if you're watching on the jersey side, >> keep naming them. >> we're -- the january 1st new jersey sales tax goes down i think it's like, it's a whooping i think 1.5 goes down. i think. >> you know what?
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celebrate victories >> chris, come on home, let's start. >> 7:09, he may be reconsidering this opinion on sexual misconduct after being blasted while the actor said nod all bad behavior is prison worthy. why a popular philly gym and sports club is changing the rules in the locker room. now allowing members to change in their room of their choice. but first, weekend wendy. ♪ .
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limited sunshine today. you know, the clouds are going to build in for the afternoon, be careful of that. but slick spots tonight. that will be the concern with rain showers developing later this evening, 20's and 30's for the outer suburbs we're getting all of our great gifts. chester at 30. jersey side, temperatures are into the 20's and 30's. this is a great weather forecast, makes you feel good. whatever mike is saying who cares? here's the clouds building in, clear skies right now, but the clouds will can come in later. rain showers down to the south. so no issues there, but it's about this warm front, these 20's and 30's, will be replaced with the 40's developing across nashville and down towards memphis, look at the future weather. a couple of scattered showers and maybe a little frozen precipitation, that he is is not a huge deal, late tonight into
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tomorrow, and even milder. 31 to 41 degrees, let's crank up the music, we'll look at the graphics together. this is the weather forecast. doesn't this put you in a if i do >> i want a white christmas after this. >> we listened to the whole song. >> good for you. you got it done. let's talk about something a little more serious, 7:15, matt day mon in the hot seat. actress lisa millano who has been a huge part of the me too movement. day mon said there's a spectrum to behavior, he also said we live in a culture of outrage. well. day mon went on to say, all of that behavior needs to be constituted but there's a continues where you have rape and child molestation, that's criminal behavior and needs to
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be dealt with that way. the other stuff is shameful and gross. in a series of tweets, millano responded by saying we are not outraged become someone grabbed our but in a picture. we were outraged because we were made to feel this was normal. we're outraged because we have been gas lighted. we're outraged because we were silenced for so long. i have been a victim of each component of the sexual assault spectrum of which you speak. they all hurt and are expected to a patrioticy intertwined with normalized accepted even welcomed massagey. a woman running for office in kansas -- doug mckel video has more. >> this is a twist because in this case, these andrea ram see. a former employee at a company where r amsey was an can we have. filed a complaint with the eeoc
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over ten years ago after fired after rebuffing sexual overtures, the eeoc could find no wrongdoing and closed the case, ramsey now withdrawn, he made me in the allegations claiming i fired him because he refused to have sex with me. that's a lie. >> ram see fired a shot and said in his rush to claim the high ground and in our royaling national conversation about harassment, the democratic party implemented a zero candidate and i'm disappointed by the process. she gross a growing course, blake farenhold acknowledge he did ran an office that was quote, too permissive but said the charges were untrue. also, democratic congressman rubin key wynn of nevada is facing a second accuser, he apologizes but claims not to
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remember any of it and stopping short of his resignation. >> i spoke on the subject. he wants to go through the he think he cans process, that's his right >> three other members of congress announced their resignations after accusations of squall improprietity. the report reports that attorney lisa bloom conspired to arrange payments to trump accusers to tell their stories, one declined an offer of $750,000 to pay off her mortgage, back to you. a local gym is implementing a new policy. in an attempt to be inclusive and the decision is the subject of our instant reaction poll question, the well, in the event center city facility decided they will allow the guest to use the rest room, locker room and spa facilities of their choosing based on a gender identity. the company writes, our goal is
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to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment. we recognize some members guests and or staff may have safety concerns about this inclusive policy. the gym also stated it takes safety very seriously, and that we will not tolerate anyone behaving inappropriately. i'm a member of a gym. it's not like a spa club where they have those facilities but there's sometimes when you're in the gym and you just want to be in the gym in the privacy of others who look like you maybe. i'm not sure how i would feel about that. i think it's tricky and they're towing the line >> i was strict by the vagueness of the e-mail. basically we're concerned with your safety but yet, what is the checks and balances, metaphorically speaking, the wolf is out there. you could have somebody who says i mean, you know, i identify as a woman, a male, and he could be going in this, and this could be
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a malicious thing and not what it should be. >> i agree. and i don't know, the current climate is a little too touchy to sort of go down that road. i just want everybody to be included. i want equality. however it can be tricky and right now it's a tough time to sort of tackle that. >> you know what, in pennsylvania, you can actually go get your birth certificate changed, if you're under the care of a physician. so why don't you make the rule bring in documentation. we're evolve >> there needs to be some line of proof maybe >> maybe. >> ok. >> i don't have the answers. of i'm just trying to evolve this. >> we're starting the conversation. >> yes. >> i think that this e-mail is new. and i think it's going to have people talking in the city. >> it steps forward and i think we can appreciate the steps
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♪. ♪ . we're a week away, have you done your christmas shopping >> not yet. i need to get on that. >> this is our junior reporter from temple university here to share her story this week. >> thanks for having me here >> with the decline in funding for the philadelphia school district, many important programs are being completely cathed. however, one man is trying to change that. let's check it out. >> i like to dance because it make police happy. >> reporter: she started a dance school to combat the decline in programs due to a lack of funding for schools >> i wanted to have a place for kids to go to. >> reporter: instructor kenneth martin aims two remove negativity >> we realize we a love the kids
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that come from broken homes and need something, not just dance, we're teaching them life things through dance. >> reporter: students feel that dancing helps them better express theirself >> sometimes it makes my emotions go to happy instead of mad or sad >> it makes me feel good and powerful, i love coming to dance class. >> reporter: students are able to advance into the professional dance company and as far as the holiday show. the can goals are to continue providing scholarships to the students in need, specifically male dancers that don't receive support from family members >> i try to scratch up money, raise money, for the men, because we got to, you know, we got to save our boys, you know, it breaks my heart to see, particular the a debit card and swipe $9 here and $2 here to play for a class. i do a lot of fund-raising.
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>> reporter: if a christmas miracle doesn't arrive all of these efforts may have to be put on hold. >> because the neighborhood is changing, so everything is going up. and i don't want to raise the prices for these kids. i want everybody to have a dream and i want everybody to live the dream. just like i had opportunity to live my dream. >> i like wait he thinks. it can get expensive. >> reporter: they have a show today at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. so you can get tickets there. love it. thank you. with all the snow, many people are asking mike masco, will our christmas be white? >> we're going there? you know it's an interesting question, maybe, lauren, by saturday, sunday, we could be watching the next
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tom wolf signed a bill guaranteeing state level funding for children's health insurance funding or chip. he signed the bill after the state voted to reauthorize it. wolf urged congress to renew federal funding, it covers more than 180,000 children in state for families that earn too much money to qualify for medicaid. mike masco started this a half hour ago, it's cold outside >> i just got this on twitter. >> wow >> that's our sunrise right now. that's not in the summertime. it's right now. it's beautiful. we'll give credit to storm chaser ray, he actually sends drones out. he does a great job. here's what's going on, we're looking at a morning with clouds and sunshine, 32 east wind coming in at sever.
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the real feel is chilly. we're close to where we were yesterday. it was down into low teen, 32 in philadelphia, 25 in millville, 26 in atlantic city. 20's for the northwestern suburbs. temperatures generally five to ten degrees warmer than what we were yesterday. so that's certainly a good trend to see. now, there's the clouds starting to sneak in more clouds out to the west we'll have to contend with. see all the wet weather south? i don't think the bulk of this hits us. most of this will be riding up into the west of us, some of these showers will make it into our area by later this evening, fox futurecast by 8:00 is showing some of these showers. now, the problem is at 8:00, our temperatures are starting to drop and we'll have to see how low they go, because if in any get to freezing and below this may fall in the firearm of sleet or freezing rain. 8:00 to right around, say, 4:00 in the morning, when sue serio is on with the good day team starting at 4:00 a.m.
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we may have to advertise. the colder value up towards the lehigh valley might be into 20's and low 30's. if you're traveling down 276, along 78 or i 80 or coming down route one out of yardley. you might have to contend with a little mix precipitation but that's out of here, not a mutual event, but we have to headline an advertise that. by, say, monday afternoon, we clear out and dry out pretty nicely. 31 degrees goes to 40 this afternoon, the clouds are in place, and some showers will be out there. through the overnight. again, in philadelphia, 32 to 35 degrees should support just primarily rain. but north and west, it might be a whole different ballgame. we'll talk more about that in the seven-day coming up. the search is on for two armed robbers who stormed in a 7-eleven store happening around 5:30 this morning in kensington. and jennifer is live. >> reporter: police tell us
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there were two customers inside the store when the robbery happened and they were robbed as well. police have been interviewing the victims and the reviewing surveillance video for a better look at exactly what happened. investigators tell us it was just before 5:30, two men wearing ski masks and dark hoodies, enter the store and flashed an assault rifle, either an ak 47, then stole belongings from the customers as well as cash and cigarettes. investigators think these robbers may have been on foot but they don't know for sure, a they've interviewed and are reviewing that surveillance footage. taking a live look at the store. we see is a customer pull up. we have seen multiple pulling up only to find out that the store is closed indefinitely. there's a sign on the front door. obviously, it's a tough situation, we've seen the employee inside, he's been making phone calls, we're also hearing he's taking inventory trying to compose himself after this ordeal.
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everybody involved obviously shaken, but police tell us that no one was physically injured during this robbery. lauren? >> that's the good news in all of this. developing this morning, a scathing report out of state college slamming penn state for what it calls a culture of under age drinking and hazing. after the february death of 19-year-old fraternity pledge timothy piazza. jeff cole has the story. >> reporter: the report is a kathy, indictment of the discipline so weak it led to life-threatening conditions in widespread violations of campus alcohol policies. center county da stassi parks merely released the findings >> if it takes limiting, that won't comply, do it. grand jury probe after the death
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last february of timothy piazza who was pledging the now banned beta apparent. that was forced to drink to excess, he later fell and struck his head but frat members failed to call for help for 12 hours, tom kline recommendation the piazza family >> we don't have college spirit and joy on the campuses. what we really have is a wholesale dose of sexual assault, deback reand raising. that's what we need to change. >> reporter: 14 members face criminal charges in connection to piazza death, the grand jury report makes a series of recommendations including stiffening penalties for hazing, strengthening the laws for furnishing alcohol to minors and expulsion being kicked out
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>> in this case, alcohol consumption and hazing were blood brothers, i'm sorry to say. in the case of tim piazza. >> penn state says it's disappointed with the conclusions of the report. it says its efforts to approve frats have been disregarded. it argues new initiatives of a break from the systems broken self govern here and nationwide. jeff cole, fox 29 news. from the head coach to the players, the eagles have a lot of confidence in nick foles, who is squarely in the spotlight after carson wentz suffered a season ending injury. can the birds stay alive against the giants today? we talk sports coming up on game day and check that out.
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toasting dad: i'm not one for speeches. but here's to... to many more years of friendship. and feasts! crowd: [laughing, cheering] to presents! a mi familia que lo es todo. ♪ to being right here, right now, with you. sfx: dog bark. and you. toasting dad: i guess what i'm trying to say is, here's to family. we're proud to bring your family amazing value every day. t.j. maxx. marshalls. homegoods. family is the greatest gift.
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eagles and giants later this afternoon. a win over the giants locks up a first round, however, a win over the giants and a vikings loss and that locks up home field throughout the playoffs. catch the game at 1:00 p.m. finally nfl saturday action. a win is needed. detroit up and eric ebron over the middle, lions go on to win's that's sports in a minute. i'm shawn brace. guess what he says? not on his list. i'm over it. >> at the end of every year we have to do this, brace ourselves for the match-up >> who are these people, this whole year slipped by and i don't know one person on this
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list. >> it slipped by. listen to the latest match-up. >> this is how we do it. in puerto rico. ♪ . ♪ . . ♪ . ♪ . ♪ . >> you can here the popular summer jams despacito in 2017. the match-up includes artist as such as cart v, cold play. >> taylor swift. >> yeah, that new song. >> i also like bruno mars this year. >> yes, he's always
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>> what's your song of the year >> i just went through the whole list, i don't know who these people are. credence clear water is obviously not on that list >> where have you been this year? can someone wake him up? . the trenton makes bridge sign has been there for anyone who passes through new jersey's capitol nearly 100 years. now, could a big change be coming to the iconic message? i like that. >>
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♪ . i'm jen frederick and this a mom-o-log, we're all running around shopping for the little people. wondering if santa will deliver. good morning, i asked you i want three things you think every mom should have this holiday season, mom of three, two, what do you think >> earrings show them sparkle get the eye color going, pop the blue eye, blue earrings gorgeous or we have these beautiful earrings on here that will silver it's about illuminating
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the face >> we can ware them with regular day wear >> or dress them up with a beautiful cocktail dress >> cashmere sweater. every woman should have a cashmere sweater >> why does it have to be cashmere >> because it's so soft and yummy and it's a luxury piece that a mom should have and she deserves that, driving kids around, servicing husband, making meals, time for her. then we have to have the cool jacket, is this is clareson ru. it makes you so modern, we have it with the beautiful dress here that dresses her up for the holidays >> i love it. this is george, by the way, good luck to you and to me we're in the final stretch. we can get stuff for ourselves. thank you. this is mom-o-log. we're fancy. i like george's jacket and lauren do you want to get me
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something? she wasn't paying attention to that either. get me in jacket >> i got you. >> here's what's going on, boardwalk had snow on it. we actually saw a lot of melting got into the 40's. 32 waking up this morning, nice breeze coming in at seven miles per hour, we do have windchills, into the 20's. the clouds will build back in during the course of the afternoon, then spots to develops a we're expecting a wintery mix. numbers are in the 20's in the bin barren, the poconos yesterday morning, it was a whooping 12 above. so we're making progress in the temperature department. tears the clouds across down, thick clouds across pittsburgh down towards charleston, lots of
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rain to the south. the bulk of this will stay to the west, but the showers will come into play,h 6:00, 7:00. this is not a soaking rain situation. so ten in albany, 32 in philadelphia, look at the mild air down to the south, where it's into the 40's. this is the air we tap into as we go into next week, that will translate out to temperatures into the 40's and 50's as we go into the upcoming work week, 8:00, showers may be snow shower action from philadelphia north and west, and then the coverage should increase precipitation coverage should increase as we go into tomorrow morning, so when sue serio is done at 4:00 in the morning, she may be talking about frozen precipitation, be very aware of this as if you're traveling out of allentown, reading, if you're going west to east coming out of bala-cynwyd, you might have a couple of slick spots, otherwise
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everything wraps up monday afternoon and we warm up. 30's for outer suburb, again, for the as cold, milder night with lots of clouds and showers, 24 to 34 degrees. notice pottstown and allentown below freezing. these are the areas the suspects that could be dealing with wintery mix precipitation. tuesday is what i love to see, 55 wednesday back down into the 40's, kind of mixed we're not looking at any kind of storms till saturday. rain chances will increase, some people are social media is going nuts about saturday into sunday, there's a threat of some snow but i wouldn't hang your hat on it at this point. not ready to call a snow event for christmas, i hate that lauren.
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we get all excited. white christmas, bing crosby. >> i got you, christmas eve eve still out there. a make over for a historic sign. trenton mistakes the world takes has greeted drivers from new jersey to pennsylvania and now getting a major face lift for a price tag, hank flynn has his take. >> make or take. that's what i hear. >> i'm hank in trenton. lights are out in the bridge. they're in the process of upgrading them, spending pretty good money to do it. but should they? my take is as always depends on who you ask. the trenton makes bridge sign has been there for anyone who lived near trenton or passed through nearly 100 years. see the red glow in the evening? you know where you are, and delaware valley spokesman said locals fought any changes over
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the years. >> there would be full pages in the newspaper of letters to the editor declining efforts to perhaps change the sign. >> reporter: workers are in the final stages of a full upgrade, it could run nearly $650,000, it will have led lights for the first time which useless energy and offer a variety of colors. donnelly said a couple weeks of trials and training and it will be relit hopefully some time in january >> the unfortunately now it's not living up to what it once was. >> reporter: companies have folded or left for better deals, the sign is historic and a reference to the capitol city's deep history but at what price >> the price is certainly worth it. this is a much better lighting system, going to be able to do a lot more with it. much more energy efficient. the led lights run at 15% of the
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cost of whattin can did he say sent >> when consider neon, it's more efficient. >> reporter: authorities is footing the bill, not trenton, it's not like the city could spend the money elsewhere. it isn't there. if you can give your city a face lift free of charge, that's a win for a tow ♪ toyland, toyland ♪ little girl and boy land ♪ while you dwell within it ♪ you are ever happy there daddy, it's christmas! ♪ childhood's joy land never let go of your dreams. the mercedes-benz winter event is back. lease the e300 sedan for $569 a month
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. i'm mon lou soo. if you're me you want to be warm. can we help you? the answer is yes, we can, the flex warmer jacket vest it's for men and women. it's a jacket you can actually control the temperature with your phone. the nice thing is this technology will actually detect cold spots, warm spots and balance out the heat on your body. now, there's other features of this jacket that make it very cool. one beg one is it will actually allow to you charge your phone
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ipad whatever device with a portable battery connected right to it. you might ask what this costs? if you want to start out. about $185, if you want the full jacket. you'll spend a little more money, $225, but if it make you say feel good and you use it, guess what? you never have to worry about being cold again. you want to talk with high tech clothing, reach outlet to the #techtank and we'll continue the conversation online. we're officially off the rails at this point. mike said >> twitter is a problem. shut it down. >> i think it's funny. it's entertainment coming in about mike's weather and music skills. speak of weather let's stick to that for you. the fascination with the sill science story, it's a rare weather phenomenon caught on camera. a hiker came across this one
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walking through a national park in poland. what the heck happened >> it's the snow and the wind. it's rare to catch it like that. it's kind of like a fire. it's a little micro scale situation. but yes, i mean, actually with the winds hitting the mountain and it lifts up and then it kind of does a little vortex thing. >> that's cool >> to get it on the video rare. that's a good treat to see. you know like -- all right. i can go on. but i don't want to. >> why? >> because >> it's not interesting for you guys at home. >> it's too much science >> too much. >> keep it basic for us. >> yes. >> we're basic people. the truth is out. apparently u.s. officials spending your tax dollars to discover it. the enormous amount of cash the government used two find et. >> i've been looking for him
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from the fox 29 studio, this is good day philadelphia, weekend. a family mourning after the father killed leaving his job, the one piece of evidence hoping to lead to the driver responsible for the deadly hit-and-run. two customers found themselves in the middle of an armed robbery in kensington. suspect had high powered weapons. breaking details coming up from snow to ice to slush. record breaking snowfall for the month of december, and it's not even winter yet. mother nature has a gift for us in time for christmas. and later, all eyes on foles,
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the eagles rely on the backup quarterback against the giants. can he get the job done? our out spoken panel weighing in this morning. good day, it's sunday, december 17th, 2017. christmas a week away. >> crazy. >> and you're tired of the music? he asked the producer to stop playing christmas music for this hour. >> change it up >> what do you want to hear? thank you. >> that was keith >> keith is not here, it might be joe. >> and can dace, >> let's change it up. are you looking out the window saying it's no snow, i can -- this is the favorite tweet of the day. don said i was throwing you serious shade music. challenged. he he's got a good audio for you >> i don't know these -- you know, stephanie lynn just
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tweeted, i don't know these people either. >> you know what you should do? stick to consider. >> you don't like luke brian. is it bryant? i like it. i saw him in nashville. here's what's going on, look at that. it's beautiful ski season is in full force, they can continue to make snow, because yes, we'll get a milder here in philadelphia but it will stay right around the freezing mark. it's 33 this morning, waking up, northeast freeze coming in at six and feels like 28. 33 in town, 20's for the outer suburbs as you get into the pine barrens 20's, temperatures are around, say, nine, ten, degrees milder than yesterday morning, we're not talking about the harsh feel like we had yesterday. so cloudiness on top of us, more clouds, this is overcast conditions out west.
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the sunshine will not last we're expecting clouds to build in, rain showers down to the south, bulk will slide towards the west and enough moisture will come in our direction to produce maybe a little wintery mix, when will this start? around 8:00, models and guidance is showing us reading to pottstown here in philadelphia around 8:00. very light, but it's not going to take much to maybe slick end up the roadways especially the secondary, bridges and overpasses, and then, as we get to the 4:00 hour, that coverage may enhance and expand a little bit. when sue serio is on and the whole good day team is here they may be talking about a little wintery mix especially from philadelphia sports north and west where temperature below freezing, that means it will fall in the plain rain variety and we'll clear out by monday, a mixture of sunshine and clouds. clouds will be out there all day. we'll get right around 40. tonight, well, right around, say, 35 degrees, 32 degrees,
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it's going to be a deal where philly south and east will just see a couple of showers, we'll have to talk more about our northwestern suburbs there could be a little wintery mix. coming up. breaking news, employees searching for two armed robbers who stormed into a 7-eleven store. >> reporter: police say there were two customers inside the 7-eleven at the time of the robbery and they were robbed as well. police have been interviewing those witnesses, and they're reviewing surveillance video for put a better look at exactly what happened. investigators tell us before 5:30, two men wearing ski masks and dark hoodies entered the store and slashed an assault rifle, either an ak 47 or ar 14 and stole personal belongings from the customer inside this kensington avenue 7-eleven as well as cash and cigarettes. they think these robbers may have been on foot.
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but they don't know for sure, they've interviewed the witnesses and the victims and and are reviewing the footage. as of now, the store is closed indefinitely. we've seen the employee inside on the phone, we're told he's taking inventory and trying to compose himself after a terrifying morning while the victims are shaken, no one was physically injured. also breaking out of north philadelphia after a shooting sends two teenagers to the hospital. two boy, 15 and 17 shot late last night at west somerset and north 9th police have a suspect in custody, they believe the victims knew the shooter. they're expected to be ok. of our point breeze, a man shot in the eye just after 1:00 this morning, shots rang out at morris and point breeze, police found a cell phone and a hat at the scene, not clear who left the items behind, no arrests have been made. two people rescued from a
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burning home in brewer town flames tore through around midnight, firefighters were able to get the fire under control within about 20 minutes, no injuries reported. the cause of the fire now under investigation. to a developing story, pennsylvania state police searching for the a hit-and-run driver. it's unclear why he exited the vehicle. williams are just gotten off work as a bartender as boots and based on nets, and always been a bartender at a american legion post. they remember him as a man kind and thoughtful >> he treated everybody equally. he was nice, he gave you his heart.
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and he's able to do for anybody >> police looking for a black volkswagen with front end damage. if you have information, you're asked to call authorities. in delaware, the suspect in a deadly trooper involved shooting, 30-year-old adam rad cliff was shot and killed after trying to drive away i'm going to show you during a traffic stop. pulled over for driving erratically. authorities say he took off. dragged the trooper. that's when police say the trooper fired his weapon hitting rad cliff. rad cliff was taken to the hospital. he later died. the trooper treated and released and on routine administrative leave while state police investigate. new developments in the investigation into a former nba player's death, his ex-wife has been charged in his murder. charr ra rights reverse as first-degree murder murder and conspiracy charge. another suspect was charged in wright's death earlier this
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month. he pleaded not guilty. wright play ford five teams over 13 nba seasons. stars like oprah and katie perry may be staying with friends this christmas among the thousands of people still threatened by the massage envy wide receiver in southern california. the thomas fire continues to rage nearly two weeks later as gusty santa anna winds continue. more than 100,000 people have evacuated. the this is the third largest wildfire in california history. this may be a reason not to give someone a cruise this christmas. 220 people on board one of its ships are sick with a stomach virus during the voyage. the reported crew members were overwhelmed with a number of people sick but able to treat all passengers needing assistance, the ship returns to florida yesterday morning after five day at sea.
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the truth is out there and apparently u.s. officials are working to discover the "new york times" reporting the pentagon has been watching for extra tressial life. a program costing $22 million, navy jets chase thing down a whitish oval i went and a navy following an aircraft that showing an aura while rotating and traveling. the program ended five years ago but they still probe episodes reported by current service members. >> $22 million put into what? >> looking for >> drones? >> some unidentified objects. >> i don't want to think about this >> $22 million is a lot of money but if they say the program is
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ended maybe they reallocated the funds to something else? you don't care. >> let's move on. you might care about this, social media, they're coming for kevin hart's next after he appeared on snl last night. >> what he said during opening monday log that has some attacking a the native using the #sexist. one week away from christmas, most americans still not done shopping including me. we have help for you. the hottest parent tested toy, perfect for your little ones later in the show. first, weekend wendy says there's holidays leading
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. americans are incredibly generous people. last year we gave about $370 billion to our favorites causes. this time of year, scammers are out there trying to get a piece of your purse, here's a few tips how you can make sure your money is going to where it's supposed to go instead of paying some creep's vacation to disney world. that little red bucket from salvation army is a staple.
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throw a few blocks in it. but legitimate charities don't ask pour cash. use a check, debit card or credit card. if you're anything like me, you know, your money is going where it should be. it's easier than ever to do that now, charity navigator.org ranks all sorts of charities so you know your money is doing what you think it's doing. so there you go folks, few tips on how to make sure that your hard earned dollars are going to folks who really need it badly is doing what it's supposed to be doing. one last thing, don't forget to get a receipt. because after the season of giving, comes the season of paying. i'm talking about paying your income taxes and you'll need those receipts for a charitible deduction, im cashing out. . 8:14, good morning, not put a bad morning, certainly was
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cold yesterday, pretty tolerable more on par, 33 here in philadelphia, 20's for the outer suburb, mount pocono is 21, the coldest spot which you typically find, yesterday you were down into the low teen, we had a sunny start. now we're seeing clouds start to move in. look on the west. that's overcast skies. we'll call it a mixture of sunshine and clouds to mostly cloudy skies. there's a lot of rain down to the south from st. louis through memphis, this is associated with a warm front, milder air down to the south that will run north and the bulk of this precipitation will stay more towards the west and notice that the rain showers and thunder and lightening across louisiana, that will sneak into the picture late this evening and into tomorrow morning, here's fox future ca. it's 8:00. light drizzle, maybe frozen precipitation through 3:00 in the morning tomorrow morning, and then it's out of here by monday, north and west we could be seeing a little wintery mix. 41 today, and 50's in the
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forecast as we go into next week, talk more coming up in a little bit. >> we're chancing this nfoles we trust, the eagles face the giants for the first time this season, nick foles will be under pressure, he's man with a plan, hopefully sean bell, i asked is nick foles going to be ok? what did you say? >> define ok. this is a wide range of definition when we're talking about ok. will he lead this team to a super bowl? i don't know. will he be ok against giants today? yes. he'll be ok. >> you think today we're ok >> it's a long hall situation, the last three games, giants trashed the radars, they're ok. but they haven't played well this year >> the cowboys might be playing for something but it might not matter we're getting the home game in the first round on the
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playoffs. at that point, can you win against a team like falcons, saints, panthers who are used to playing in dominance, and warm weather? they're going to come to the cold and play outside? that's a w. nick foles, ain't that bad. i know people want to kill him but he's a pretty good quarterback >> that's what doug pederson was saying, yo. he's been here >> he's a former starter in the nfl and you can see a resume, i'm not going back to the chip and all of that. he's played well when he's had an offensive minded head coach. nobody plays well when jeff fisher >> that's why he's out of the league >> carson he had his surgery, he went to pittsburgh for the surgery? did i make that up? >> yes. >> you both looked at me >> that's fine, he had -- i don't know anybody who has it so soon. >> that's what i was thinking. >> but can you picture him basically being told, you need to wait a week. he's just like no, i want this
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right now, i'm getting back on the field as fast as possible. it's great for him. he'll be part of this team, he'll help nick foles but nick is not carson >> slow down carson, relax, like, ever since peterson had his acl surgery and he came back five six months, every player comes back early and then you get hurt and damage your knee, you're not going to be ready for the start of next season. end that. every time you rush these players back, they get hurt again, carson, chill out. come back next november, december if you have to. if you come back too early, your career will be over, like rg iii. i'm just saying. >> i think there's concern there. exactly. and when we start talking about the next, start of the next season, we don't know how much time he'll have off. we don't know how much he'll be working that in, i'm with sean,
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he doesn't need a full camp >> that's why he had the surgery so early. he felt like he's going to get back for september >> speaking of injuries, is zach ertz back >> he is. >> ease good. >> practice he'll be good to go. zach ertz is fine >> and nick needs him. >> there's a situation where a fellow jumps in, anybody, burton jumps in and carson will get it, i think the difference between the two just so people know pnick foles could make the throws, he's accurate. but carson makes two, three magical plays a game. that is the difference. where you beat -- foles isn't going to make those magical plays, he'll throw the ball away. but if you get him time he'll make all the throws carson can make and he might be a little more accurate at this point in his career >> the different is that throw against the rams, when carson wentz is falling down, and he makes that -- amazing throw,
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maybe three people in the world that can do that. >> right, >> and nick foles will rather take a sack than throw a pick. when you're trying to be a little more cautious, you can chill out and be a little bit more cautious knowing you got a little safer of a basically quarterback now who's not going to try to take as many risks >> quickly, eagles win >> yes. >> this is the last time we'll see eli manning, i think, he'll retire or go to the afc. >> you go on and salute him, not me. >> eagles giants, 1:00 fox, watch it.
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>> jada smith is on attack. just in case his baby twins make too much noise. >> watch paid six >> it's who's on the inside that count counts. kevin hart hosted saturday night life for the fourth time. he joked about becoming a father but the internet was not happy with his remarks. >> the one thing that should not is fun, i know when you first hear it you're getting an attitude already. what? i'm fun, that's a lie.
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you a lie. i'm fun. no, you're not. you're not. you never heard a kid say, i can't wait for mommy and me time. that don't exist. >> not everyone thought his comments were funny. many people found it offensive. so we went to twitter. this says gosh, what a ground breaking monday log about traditional gender rolls and how dads are more fun than moms, kevin hart, hard pass, this user said 2017 seen incredible progress for women, his monday log belongs in 2016. one more, this user called saying family jokes aren't as funny when you know they cheated on their pregnant wife. outage. a lot of people saying he's just talking about it so much. then some people say he's a comedian when you step on stage you have to sort of air your
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dirty laundry first >> you got to consider the source. he's a comedian. not everything will be pc, that's why we go see comedians. >> i agree with you on that. you have a little comic relief. >> if you have a priest up there, somebody of that power then you're like, wait a minute. >> you have to hold them to a higher standard? i agree with that. did you go through that -- she is a noise little thing. she -- look at her. she's talking mike we have to go over there, we both have nieces, nephews, we got to find out the best gifts, we'll talk about the parent approved after the break. jenny joyce. >> reporter: good morning, lauren, i'm with all of these beautiful princesses waiting to meet the real princess for the princess holiday concert. what's your favorite princess? >> jasmine?
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20's up towards the outer suburb, i hear noises over there, 27 millville, 29 in wildwood. and that's being shared in atlantic city. waking up this morning to a milder morning about five to ten degrees milder than yesterday. so that's certainly encouraging news and it's a warming trend, it's our friend, of course, and we'll see milder temperatures as we go to the upcoming work week, it's cloud coverage, overcast conditions to the west. and that will be moving in during the course the day. most of this, the heaviest of the rains will shift off towards the north and west. some of these showers though sneak in later this evening and into the overnight hours, into tomorrow morning's commute, fox futurecast showing us there's a mixture of rain and snow showers from philadelphia north and west as early as 8:00. and coverage will actually expand as we go into tomorrow morning, so when sue serio is talking to you and giving you the weather forecast during good day, it will be around 4:00,
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5:00 in the morning, where we could see a wintery mix from outer suburbs it's from philly north and west and philly south and east and east of the turnpike where the temperatures will be milder above freezing around 35, 40 degrees, if you're coming down 78 or i 80 or coming east on 76 you might have to contend with slick spots. all day monday afternoon it's a mix of sun and clouds. 39 degrees goes to 40 by afternoon, and tonight falling back down into the lower and middle 30's. we'll talk more about your weather forecast coming up in just a little bit. what's going on over there, lauren >> come over here, you're an uncle, you'll appreciate this. high tech toys to the hottest action figures. it can be difficult to forgetting out what to get the kids. the loudest and coolest to his, she has her parent approved approval on them. this little guy is noisy but entertaining >> they all come with off
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buttons, which is good. >> so this is for the kids that are like, mom, i want, a cat, dog, whatever it is and santa goes no, that's not going to happen, but we'll give you something that will be if you are re. >> feel the fur. >> tiger, >> why am i scared? >> it's so real >> he makes all kinds of noises, you can squeeze him, and then he'll play with it. he's one of the my favorites, my four-year-old fell in love with him at a toy event. >> did you test this with your dog at home >> yes, my dog gets tested first >> i love i >> this is >> diamond will flip out. it's bigger than diamond >> for parents whose kids want a kitten, this is cuddles, total, total, sweet, adorable. wig else a tail like a kitten. this one is $40. >> that's good. >> and this one, you'll pay
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upwards of $150 but a lot of places you can get tyler about hundred dollars. >> that's decent santa can afford that. they will make noises the whole time >> star wars, this will be fun, we'll have a pet party up here. star wars, this is the hero destroyed, this cutety is boy $200, it's a remote control, you connect the remote to your belt or side pocket, the hero will follow you everywhere. basically what i'm trying to share with you oh expense as if things, the big one and then more affordable. this is the big fig's, you can get the new character, all kinds of character >> then there's dolls, i heard one talking >> what's the age on this >> probably about six months up. >> i missed this one >> so right there, this is
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carole, this is about $40. >> smells like a new baby >> they're known for their signature scent which is a vanilla, they're about $40, you can get a lot of accessories, but if you want to go on the high end, this is love bell ar. >> she make as lot of noise >> she is incredible. this is an an tronics doll. touch her cheeks, she's nearly real. >> that's creepy. it was to my son too, once we got it out's started playing with it. got this little kiss. >> look at that >> and this doesn't make the noise but when you play with it. you can hear the little lammy. pretty wild >> what's the age on this one? let me rephrase. i'm shopping for a three-year-old. >> you don't want to get that he is, this is about a hundred
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dollars. lot of bell arc is. >> this is morin expensive. >> these are great, i love them. you give us options, you give us entertainment. lots of play right here. >> this one is my favorite. >> holidays are stressful for a lot of families who worry they can't afford it. how some of you burlington township's finest are making christmas possible for those families coming up next.
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jordan had a list, while their beg brother combed the aisles looking for what he wanted >> he's a little undecided. he's got time. >> reporter: you may have noticed the kids are shopping with police officers by their kid. the burlington township police department is playing santa. secured a grant with target to help four families in need. glen da's is one of them >> raising grandchildren and on fixed budgets and to get call and say we got something special now, we want you to come and have the children shop. it's overwhelming and i'm truly grateful >> she's been struggling since three, four and 18 months >> you would have the burlington township police protect and serve >> bruce agrees, >> we're there to help-to actually help the community out.
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>> reporter: he's the director of public safety for the police department. >> we'll take him back to our pd wrap them up and throughout the week, we get to each individual house, the parents can get them under the christmas tree >> the families were referred by community service organizations >> the boys need boots. and the children are getting baptized on christmas eve and we need a beautiful dress >> glen da said she can't thank them enough for putting smiles on the kids faces. >> shawnette wilson fox 29 news. there's a princess party in center city this morning and jenny is among the royal gathering, jenny, what's going on? >> reporter: so cinderella just got here. what do you want to say to cinderella? do you have questions for her >> no. >> does anybody have questions for the princess >> i do. what are you going to sing. >> well, i'm going to be singing
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. thomas draden home, the 10-year-old, that he is charm loves to lounge around, with a gentle approach has plenty of love, this 8-year-old lab mix lovers to play around, his trainers say he's sign smart, ready to learn and a big personality. >> this 5-year-old domestic short hair is as sweet as her name. looking for laid back forever family. if you're looking for a silly guide, petey, is the perfect. he loves children and attention and as he prefers to be the only fur member of the family. if you'd like to learn more about these and others, the brandywine spca would love to hear from you.
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visit tour website at dvspca.org and don't forget about the mega adoption event this weekend, over 1,000 if you are recompanions will be looking. go to mega adopt.com. if you have a fur refriend, share them with me. with my. we got a great segment coming up. stay right there. 31 degrees plymouh meeting, go down to -- i can't see that temperature. 32 in media. we got a morning where it's not as cold as yesterday morning, the clouds are out there. there's the rain showers down to the south. some of this is sneaking in as we get into the evening hour, let's look at this. around 8:00 there's a couple of
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scattered showers, the concern is from philly north and west this could fall in the form of a wintery mix, i'm not too concerned south and east of philadelphia, if you're east of 295 or the turnpike or along the ac expressway in millville or atlantic city this is not of concern and again act wintery mix could be a light icing event mostly on the secondaries, bridges and on rams, so that's just going to be of concern on monday morning. 41 in town, 30's for the outer suburbs, tonight we're only down into the 20's and 30's, not a bad night across the region. seven-day forecast show as warming trend, back up to 55 by tuesday. >> uncle mike knows this, it's the dream of many little girls to be a princess one day, philadelphia theater company is helping bring that fantasy to life for some in center city, jenny joyce is there in the presence of royals. >> reporter: good morning, i'm a little under dressed, i did not
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come in my princess gown and joined here by cinderella, rapunz el and all of these beautiful rehearseing whose k9 dressed as their favorite princesses. what can girls expect today for the 3:15 show >> you can expect my wonderful holiday celebration featuring sophia the first as she finds her way to becoming what it means to be a princess >> and you'll be singing a lot of songs. who's excited for the show? look at they're all excited. this is a little girl's dream to come dressed as a princess encouraged for this. it's a very interactive show. can you explain that to us? what can girls expect >> to sing along with the shows they know, songs by their favorite princesses. it will be a sensory friendly performance, that means the
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lights are up a little bit. kids are able to come and participate, there will be a crying room. we will accommodate all children at all states of personality. >> reporter: i understand the girls can write princeton notes. what is a princeton note? >> the princess note, they will be able to leave notes for the princesses and they will receive notes back. handwritten princess notes. >> after the show, there will also be a meet and greet with the children, the princesses and they can enjoy sweet treats over here, what do we have >> it's like we have some fancy holiday bread and some cider for the parents too and cookie, the show is about under an hour, then we'll meet the princesses and have snack. >> that's a perfect team for children and their attention span s if you're free today, why don't you check it out.
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3:15. check out the website, see if you can get your hands on a intersect. i know i think there might be a few left but definitely not many. cinderella, please give us a preview >> a dream ask a we shall your heart mistakes one of my favorites. a dream is a wish your heart makes. when you're fast asleep. ♪ in dreams you will lose heartache, whatever you wish for you keep. have faith in your dreams then some day your rainbow will come smiling through. ♪ no matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, ♪ , the dream that you wish will come true.
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♪ . ♪ . wasn't that beautiful >> we were entertained by the little princess next to her feet. she's cute. >> the kids are the best >> super cute. >> i remember when my nieces were at that phase. >> what was the age? i'm trying to figure that out. >> basically newborns to five. right? describe, a lot of them were probably princesses for halloween. if you have not mastered the perfect bow or you don't know how to wrap up the wine to give as a gift. don't give it away. roberta, she's going to teach us creative gift wrapping solution, she's going to instruct me on mine. she was dying laughing.
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way people can get loose before the holidays. we're a week away so you might have got all your gifts. now it's time to wrap them and you don't know where to start or what to do. i experienced this last night. so we call in the experts and the pros. to get it done. roberta, girl >> need help. >> so this is the thing, a lot of us stress over the wrapping. i know after having kids now, we just -- it's a lot of wrapping. get creative with certain things if you want to get give a to a loved one or girlfriend boyfriend and you want to get creative with packing or wrapping. as you can the first one is the little santa belt. easy just a red rapping paper, black little silk thing you can use a hot glue gun and that's it. my favorite is brown paper bag. i love this, you get these at the dollar store and it goings a long way. and you get really creative with
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like the first one here. 'tis the season and you get this little chalk label thing and you use a white pen, same thing for this one, you use yarn and you put little -- and you put -- it looks leak a little christmas tree >> had one gift that i wrapped. >> yours is traditional wrapper. >> i'm not good at that but i got tips now. so i know with my family we love wine. i have a lot of friends that love wine. some people will just, you know, use the same bag and hand it to their friends. like that and give it to them. or you can do what i do. you buy a container that comes in it. and that's nice. but this is like a two in one
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gift because you're using a dish cloth. and you're going to wrap that in there, you're not going to go like this and wrap it because it could fall from the bottom. you don't want that to happen. so i'm going to show it to you guys first and see if you guys can do it. you put the wine in the middle. there's two ways of doing this, i'll show you this one first. put that in the middle. i'm going to see if you and lauren, this here, fold it in like so, and bring it in like this and like this and tie it like see how nice that is with the little crease in the middle? and then you just wrap it, you know, with your thing and add a little decoration, but you're getting a two in one gift. >> that's very cute >> that is the more difficult way. there's the other way where you put it here and wrap it kind of like a burrito and you roll it the same way.
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there is no little cute crease. >> ok. >> try to figure it out. this is so much easier. >> put it in the middle. >> i got this. >> wrap it up. >> followed in the sides. boom. boom. >> followed in the sides. >> good luck. >> goodness. >> isn't that adorable seriousl seriously? >> mike do you want to know the gifts i got you? merry christmas. >> chocolate? >> i love you said what a surprise. >> hello. your gift >> he doesn't care. >> look. >> gave him like wine with chocolate. >> zoom in. that's how you do it roberta.
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>> chris: i'm chris wallace. republicans release their latest tax plan. will congress tended to president trump to sign before christmas? ♪ >> this is real relief. this relief gives people a simpler system and a fairer tax code. >> chris: as g.o.p. leaders push the measure to overhaul the tax code, we will discuss the bill's prospects and what it means for you with secretary of the treasury steven mnuchin. then democrat doug jones wins in alabama, putting even more pressure on the g.o.p. to pass tax reform before he gets to the senate. >> it would be wrong for senate republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the
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