. it will be a busy day for auto last minute shopper, it's christmas eve, if you still haven't finished your holiday list, don't stress, we got you covered. the new technology allowing us to track old st. nick's he journey around the world. remember the good old days when holidays brought families closer >> a lot of my family are democratic and my mother is a republican, when they meet together, it's crazy. >> how to aim for the pie and skip the politics. later, why mariah car rewants to relive this infamous live new year's eve performance.

i can think of a lot of reasons why she wants to do that one over again. good day everyone, merry christmas eve, it's sunday eric december 24th. i'm bill anderson, laura johnson off. one more day that's it. we got a lot of stuff, while christmas eve may be a day of relaxation for some of us, it's the busiest one for old st. nick. we plan to track santa's move using technology. norad website ap and call center, thanks to a partnership with digital assistance programs like alexa. they've been tracking for 62

year >> also santa can have snow depending where you live in the delaware valley. let's focus in right now, what's happening with those airport delays, pretty good weather, not impacting any flights across the country. however, we are watching some weather that could turn lately icy and dicey. a wintery mix developing, we do have some winter weather advisories posted for the lehigh valley and poconos, and take a look at monday winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour, we're dry on ultimate doppler but off to the west look at that moisture, that's snow falling around iowa, illinois, into missouri, that's the clipper that will rapidly move in our direction, 7:00 p.m. through 7:00 a.m. on christmas morning, north and west, berks county, the lehigh valley, poconos, that's where we have the threat. temperatures today will be in the 40's and for christmas day

we're looking at high temperatures in the upper 30's. high temperature today, right around 44 degrees, temperatures for tonight dip into the 30's, once again, north and west watching out for that wintery mix. it's cold, it is blustery for christmas day, high temperatures in the 30's. much more on that snow bill coming up. >> thank you. that was not too bad this time of year. right now, the fbi is investigating a shooting in harrisburg that injured a police officer to determine if it was a planned act of terrorism. prosecutors say there's no doubt that 51-year-old amed, almofti who fired at police in pennsylvania state capitol was target police officers. he's accused of going on a shooting spree friday after firing a gun at a capitol officer and hitting a state trooper. authorities say he had two handguns was killed during a shoot-out with police. the trooper expected to fully recover. to millville, new jersey, where authorities are trying to find the gunman who opened fire

again at police officers, luckily no officers were shot during this incident last night. fox 29's joanne pileggi has the latest from millville. >> reporter: that's what a number of people in the area of north 2nd and vine are talking about right now. >> as i hit him, i fell to the floor and open and prayed that nothing didn't come in the zone i was in. >> reporter: there are police cars everywhere in this neighborhood in millville here in cumberland county. police are also out on foot. looking for the gunman who reportedly fired a number of shots in this neighborhood. you hear a lot of gunshots or a couple >> about five or sex at least about seven. >> reporter: police confirm at least one bullet struck a cruiser during the incident that happened between the. initial reports indicated that the officer had been shot. millville has had its share of shootings in the past several

months and crime stats show a high rate of violent crime in the city of 28,000 residents. >> it happens around here a lot. >> reporter: you're not worried out here >> i was about to go back in the house. >> reporter: ok. >> thank you so much, joanne. a major shake-up for the miss america organization. how often does it seem like we're hearing that he is? top officials are knnow resigni. the chief operating officer and board chair called it quits. after reports detailing vulgar e-mails mostly written by ceo sam haskell. he refers to the previous winners in vulgar terms. in another message appears to show them mock be the weight of 2013 miss america winner, mall lori hagen.

>> statements that were circulated. it's no doubt it was these individuals. are completely unacceptable >> they signed a petition calling on the group's leadership to step down, josh randell has apologized to hey gan. if you're traveling by plane for the holidays. the tsa is reminding passengers not to wrap your gifts. many have gift wrapping stations in the airport. all of those services are free. that's good stuff. people like me who wait until the last minute. it's christmas eve and all of you procrastinators still have one more day to finish up your holiday shopping. i have to laugh. lucky for you, there are a handful of retailers and grocery stores open, wal-mart 8:00 p.m.

target until 10:00 and if you need last the minute ingredients for dinner, costco is open until 5:00 p.m., giant until 7:00 p.m. and safe way until 8:00. you have the opportunity to get out there and shop. i went and tried to do a little bit yesterday. most of my stuff is done but i went out there ran around and i just hit the wall. i was going through it, got most of the shopping done and i was like, no. i'm good. i'm just going to give love. is that the song? i'll give love on christmas day. it's a tradition, many people are up early this christmas eve for tradition in south philadelphia. the doors are now open at term knee brothers selling delicious treats to customers some who have traveled at long and far distances to get there have not our jennifer joyce is there where doors opened about an hours ago. it's a tradition, i can only imagine how good it smells, i can see jenny people already having a great time.

>> reporter: yeah, it's so cool here, we're in the back and this is where the line you can see the line is like snaked through the back of the bakery where they're putting the can know lees together, these people got here overnight waited outside, it is awesome to hear the stories of tradition and the man who's second generation of this tradition. this is vince, and tell me how it is with you >> i recognize a lot of them from the years they been here. i mean, some of them come 35 years they've been coming here. so you know, i see the families grow. they come with their children and then their grandchildren and their great grandchildren. and i just happy to see them all. >> it's like they're your extended family >> it's all tradition. everything is tradition with them and with me >> there's a copy station here, heat lamps outside, so nobody was cold overnight and everybody

here is happy in a great mood >> just like a big party. >> reporter: that's how i was describing. it is like a big party, live music going a couple minutes ago. this is the most senior here at term knee brothers and we have the most junior, this is vince, vince's grandson be your name is john and you're 13? >> yes. >> reporter: they put you to work? >> yes. >> reporter: it's in the family. when did you start working here and what are doing and how does it feel to be so young >> i started working here a few years ago when i was about ten. i know that everybody through the generations has worked as a child here and it's like a sort of a coming of age kind of thing where everybody has to work, and contribute to the business and hopefully join and back part of it in rest of their life. and i just -- it's great that i can be a part of this celebration for so many families and have just to see my family business work its way into

traditions with families all over the city >> well spoken, john, thank you for sharing. i think it's awesome. everybody does feel like family, so we're going to be live here all morning, hearing stories of the family traditions and we'll share it with you live, bill. >> we look forward to it, jenny and we look forward to you bringing us stuff back. right? >> reporter: you got it. >> plant that seed early. we know that to expect it. thank you. we'll check in in a a little bit. we plan to track assign's every move using military technology right now. it appears santa is in antarcticaty ka >> he's making moves across the globe and we're tracking it here on good day, santa is up and running and christmas lights are one of the many signs of the holiday season, next while one is using his to shot light awareness around his community and it's supposed to be the time of year for peace and harm knee, coming up after the break how to avoid politics and keep the

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time is 7:14, yesterday, it was mild, we had rain on and off throughout the day. look behind me, 7:00 p.m. through 7:00 a.m. winter weather advisories, about, the lehigh valley into the poconos mountains, that's where temperatures will be cold enough to support wintery precipitation. here's the next weather maker

that could bring snow for santa be once again, lehigh valley, poconos mountains, watching that moisture rapidly move in our general area later on, dry much of the day, and later on we'll go hour by hour watch the clock as we move toward say 7:00, 8:00. the green is the rainfall primarily, the i95 corridor, sections of south jersey into delaware, once move into lancaster county, lehigh valley, poconos mountains, that's where we're looking at the wintery precipitation. 11:00 light showers, once again, for much of the area, temperatures simply not cold enough to support that snow until you get far north and west. that's where i do expect several inches of snow likely in the poconos mountains, maybe a coating to an inch. places like berks county as you move into the lehigh valley and once again mainly rain, few wet

snowflakes could mix it. it does not look like a white christmas points philadelphia into south jersey and also delaware. you have to head far north and west, the poconos mountains to see that white christmas tomorrow. 34 in trenton, 34 atlantic city, upper 30's in wildwood, 27 mount pocono, that travel forecast across the area, if you're headed to cleveland watching for snow, 33 degrees, mid 40's in dc, and richmond, raleigh, 51 and 30's in the poconos, so 44 degrees today, for tonight be temperatures mid 30's, mainly some light rain showers for philadelphia, but that wintery mix far north and west and then upper 30's for christmas day and it will be blustery, a wind advisory for tomorrow. bill, back over to you. honestly i'm good with the weather. it's christmas. everything is positive. christmas lights, one of the many signs of the season, something people expect in their neighborhoods, and one local man is using his own lights to

pretty a message not just about holiday cheer, but about his own health battles. here's fox 29 photo journalist bill rohrer >> he began setting up his christmas lights in ox. giving him plenty of time to make sure the 22,000 lights are just right. >> you have to have some kind of order. you can't just throw something on the lawn and call it christmas >> no one could come close >> the airplanes will try to less than on my roof they think it's a runway. i spent 22 days in hospital, seven days in intensive care. >> reporter: most of his christmas holiday in the hospital. a rare form of cancer call pmp, that typically starts in the appendix caused him to miss him favorite team of year >> i can't imagine what my family and wife went through. >> reporter: he uses this display as a tool to spread awareness >> if we could prevent one person, one family from not dealing with this, it would be

fantastic. >> reporter: few weeks ago, charles finished up the last of his key me and the last few tradition to his christmas lights. he dresses head to toe in santa gear. taking pictures we all the boys and girls in the neighborhood. >> i got you. i guess this will be my legacy. getting to enjoy so many people. today's world there's so many things going on, so many people is problems and this gives a little bit of joy to someone, that's all. they combine forget all their problems for that moment and they just enjoy the lights. >> reporter: in actually to town >>. >> reporter: bill rohrer fox 29 news do you get together with a lot of family >> typically, or families >> deep discussions >> usually current events >> so you do touch on current events? here we go, if you're directing

into awkward conversation, experts say it's important to be peaceful, politics has been a hot button topic so if they start spouting off thoughts on the government, one therapist says, kick -- the therapist says simply listen, take it into consideration and maybe politely change the subject. it's ok to disagree then politely walk away. so that brings us to this morning instant poll question, should you avoid touchy subjects during the holiday? >> you said you talk about current events. >> keep it classy >> but you can get into deep issue >> yeah or just, you know, ignore them >> just be on your phone the whole team. >> does anyone put their phone down anymore? >> my mom two people. remember wrapping grandmom who did the whole thing, that -- thank you so obama, she actually

is a part of our family. so she's there during the christmas holidays, so it's not unusual when you get into some sort of a deep conversation. she just steers it to another direction. she'll pull out things and start making people lip sink or something, but you will have the deep conversations >> yeah. >> what if you have the one aunt joan that we were talking about who is just hard core opposite end of the political spectrum >> just tell her to go have a slice of pie or cake or something >> so you mush >> yes. >> aunt joan you're not coming back next holiday season. let us know you can tweet us at myfoxphilly.com. i'm bill a, it's the holiday season and make sure you tag us, difficult discussions during the holiday season is that ok? here's something that coulding great during the holiday season, let's see if you won the power

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. we just put you in the hot spot. she's here, junior reporter from columbia university. here this morning, merry christmas to you. what do you got for us >> evesham is taking matters into their own hands to make sure the residents do not drink and drive during the season. >> it's a festive time of year, and we don't want anybody to get in trouble with duis or accidents. >> reporter: as residents pack little mill country club during the holiday season, bartender doesn't have to worry about clients getting home safely between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. thanks to the program evesham saving lives, 6,000 marlton and voorhees residents have received a ride home free of charge >> we intended it as a short run be we were able to expand it

through the holiday season at that point. so far, we've continued to keep it going. we do see an uptick in usage during the holiday season, obviously. >> reporter: funded through grants and donations not a dime is taken from taxpayer dollars. since start of the program, there have been zero dui fatalities >> simply download the uber ap and enter in the code evesham to receive a free read home >> it offers everybody, and with no exclusions ride that is allow you to be safe for the holidays. we all have downloaded the ap here. our boss requested, as an employee that we have the ap downloaded to our phones and we know that everybody will be taken care of and everybody is safe. >> according to evesham township police, there's been an 80% decrease in dui arrest. they say it's a sign that the program is working and other towns are attacking notice. now, the hope is to expand

program throughout the rest of south jersey. >> they're saving lives. it's started to expand >> it started to expand, they're making a difference in other townships >> this impacts a lot of people but you're in that demographic. college student, legal to drink. do you think your peers will use something like this >> 100% at great option for people want to get home safely and they know use the ap and not have to pay for all it. >> that's a great story. you got a stick around. we're initiates junior reporters as well as interns. we'll do a little rudolf. jenny joyce is no doubt enjoying the smell of christmas at one of our favorite south philadelphia bakery, the line is getting long. >> yes, it really is. the baking is happening here but this is the line, hey, merry christmas, guys, everybody is in a good mood. we'll talk to people at the back of this line, they've been here all night.

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deadly hour's long standoff in bethlehem township, justin kept heart killed a man and shot

at police before turning the gun on himself on the 1500 block of dennis street, the woman killed was the suspect's mother. and the four month old baby attacked by a racoon in her mom's epa continues to recover at st. christopher's hospital. she's doing well. journey needed more than 60 stitches when a racoon pulled her from her bed in north philadelphia earlier this week. l&i went to the home where the attack happened on north 22'nd street. they believe that the owner was running an illegal rooming house and they've cited him. scott i've said it i'm not going to complain about weather during the holiday season through at least january 1st. it's all thump up, with all that being said, maybe a little rain, maybe a little snow. and the best chance for a white christmas comes tomorrow morning will be the lehigh valley. also sections of the poconos bill but a live look right now outside of our studios, a beautiful sunrise across the area, and dry conditions after all of that rain that we saw on

yesterday. believe it or not, the high temperature made it to 61 yesterday. it was damp but it was mild as we look at the temperatures right now, it's 37 degrees in philadelphia, winds out of the north, at about six miles per hour, some of the colder air is making a come back. take a look at the temperatures, 31 right now, in tannersville, 31, doyles town, ambler freezing, 32, chadds ford waking up to 32. south jersey, several temperatures mid 30's, vineland 35, glassboro 36, moorestown right now, 34 and brigantine 36. as far as conditions for today, high temperatures will be in the 40's, that wintery mix late tonight especially north and west. then what about blustery conditions for christmas day? gusts up to 50 miles per hour. so green airplanes across the lower 48, so looking pretty good right now, no weather-related travel concerns. on this christmas eve as you make your way to your destinations off to the west is

the system that will bring he is snow, winter weather advisory is posted for 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. tomorrow for the lehigh valley and the poconos, so timing out tonight's moisture, 8:00, 9:00, we're watching for mainly light showers, redeveloping i95, south and east, but far north and west. that's where temperatures will still be borderline but cold enough to support in wintery mix. mainly a change over to rain, montgomery, bucks county, temperatures climbing into the upper 30's by midnight and hanging on to some of that wintery precipitation once again far north and west. the poconos mountains may see several inches of snowfall by day break, look at the planner, 44 today, 35 tonight be upper 30's christmas day, bilk back over to you. >> thank you, scott and congressional leaders are looking ahead at a new year since they've already gone home for the holiday break. the white house says the trump administration wants to address infrastructure, immigration and healthcare in the new year but

almost certainly have to rely on democratic votes if they want to tackle everything and the support won't be easy to come be by and you can ring in the new year with president trump but it will cost you, mar-a-lago apparently raised the prices for its annual new year's eve party. the winter white house raised the price of its gathering to $600 for that evening and that's for dues paying members, 750 bucks for their guests to come. doesn't include the price of the annual due which has gone up since mr. trump was elected. before you can think about new year's you got to get through christmas first. many are up early for a special holiday tradition, we've been checking in with jenny joyce who is live at termy brothers bakery. >> reporter: i have a message now, since your request last

half hour, vince term iny said i got to give you some can know lees and they're giving out free treats he came through and offered everybody snacks and you also came prepared with a chair. you knew this would be a wait >> i knew so when we get tired of standing, we get a chance a piece on the chair. >> reporter: what is your name and where are you from >> lisa, i'm from delaware county, springfield. >> reporter: this is a family tradition, how long have you been coming >> about 50, 60 years. this is my son, this is my daughter, that's my grandson, and his baby is my great granddaughter. >> reporter: how wonderful, this is such a positive day, we're hearing so much about family traditions. we also wanted to talk to these people. this is where the line ends. hi. so good, how are you? you've been coming here for awhile? how does it >> since i was a little girl.

>> reporter: how long is this line going to take you to get through >> two hours, three hours. >> reporter: you don't mind waiting >> absolutely not. >> reporter: tell me a lab about the tradition, why you come. >> my father was the first american in his family both of my grandparents came off the boat from italy. so he was very, very proud to be italian, and i started this with him when i was a little girl, and now my niece who's grown up and she's an adult and she comes with me >> so we want to keep the tradition going. traditions is important to us. >> reporter: has the light gotten longer >> yes. we waited probably like an hour and a half last year but we started up there. this year we're really far back. >> reporter: you have your coffee a little treat. you guys are good to go >> but it's worth it >> absolutely the can noel lees are the best.

>> a lot of positive holiday cheer >> make sure you thank vince for us. two hour lines and everybody still smiling and happy. that's great stuff. we're tracking santa's every move using norad's military technology, right now, santa is in the solomon islands. good stuff. we will keep you informed, scott will track santa through the so you know exactly where he is. and at 7:36, all eagles fans want home field advantage. but doug pederson wants more, we'll tell you why the eagles coach is encouraging his players, relax, enjoy the holiday.

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the eagles look to lock up the overall number one seed with the win of the oakland raid ders but it will still be christmas and doug pederson understands the importance of spending time with the family >> you don't get these times backing it's too important to me, my family and i want to make sure these players, coaches with young kids get a chance to suspend christmas morning together >> flyers looking to get the bad taste out of their mouth at columbus, we go to the shoot-out with jacob vorachek has one final shot but he gets rejected. bob flyers lose 2-1 in the shoot-out the sixers versus the rap teres after blowing a 22 point lead thursday, they had no answer for that man again, finished with 29, sixers lose, 102-86. they're fifth straight loss. everybody have a wonderful christmas. that's

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i'm jen frederick and this is a christmas eve edition of mom-o-log. my am i in my jam mes? i've given in. i can't buy another present, i can't wrap another present, i can't go looking for another present, the food in my house that's ready for tonight be that's the food the people in my house will eat. this is the day a lot of my friends get so crazy, distraught, worried, guilty, losing their mind be i'm here to tell you it's totally ok. calm down, whatever will be, because christmas is magic and part of the magic is that you just get to let go. do you think your kids care? they don't care. tomorrow morning will be amazing no matter what. say it with me. let go. time to give in. let's have fun be enjoy the day and evening. santa is coming.

i'm jen frederick, this is mom-o-log, and there's magic in season but not so much that you have to lose your mind going to find it. time is 7:45. i love all of that advice from jen, what about magic in the weather department for tonight? north and west, there might be snow for santa, especially the lehigh valley, the poconos mountains, we'll go hour by hour to time that out. temperatures for today, 44 degrees as opposed to yesterday's of 61 be 30's for between the, christmas day cold, blustery, high of 38. north and west, look at the purple berks county, the lehigh valley, the poconos mountains, 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 tomorrow. winter weather advisory go into effect. off two the west. blinking snow to places like iowa also moving towards st.

louis, chicago looking at snow but the system we'll move into milder air -- as we go hour by hour, we're looking for rain showers, philadelphia, south jersey delaware beginning late tonight, not a lot of heavy precipitation with the system, but far north and west it will be cold enough just to support some of that snowfall several inches will likely accumulate places look mount pocono, berks county, the lehigh valley, maybe a coating to an inch or so and then other than just a few wet snowflakes mixing in i think our chances are limited for a white christmas philadelphia and also points southeast, look at the temperature, above freezing in many locations, mid to upper 30's, travel for this christmas eve, 33 degrees today, mount pocono, we're looking at 20's detroit low 30's, cleveland, mid 40's, washington, dc and atlantic city, so what about your christmas day? cold, blustery a high of 38 degrees, feels like temperatures

will be in the 20's, and then we're talking about feels like temperatures in the teens by the time the birds take on the radars monday. 30's. and watching a snow system friday into next saturday around the coast, that could bring more accumulating. but look at that kickoff, 20's, it will feel like the teens. >> that's football weather. especially when i get to sit inside and watch. i feel like this is a question we resolve but it's a question that can hit a nerve apparently with any mom, it's a debate over staying at home or working. and one author has ignited controversy with her book being there, she said that moms need to be at home with their kids for at least their first three years. here's our karen hepp

>> want our kids to create and explore, but too many kids aren't getting what they need most, mom >> at a younger and younger age i was seeing children being diagnosed and medicaid for issues like adhd, and early signs of aggression and behavioral problems. depression and anxiety amongst those. what i was seeing is that it was related to the absence of mothers on a daily basis in children's lives. >> reporter: she thinks moms need to literally be there. she said moms are unique, soothe and buffer stress and help kids regulate emotions. in her book, being there, why prioritizing mother hood in the first three years matters, she said a short time of putting kids first can prevent a lifetime of distress >> it's only after that three-year period that children then internalize a feeling of safety and emotional security, and build resilience to stress. >> reporter: jessica thinks

being home helped her kids >> i think it does make a difference. at least one parent is home with them most of the time >> dan cell feels the conflict of putting mothering over career make >> i'm able to stay home, which i have mixed feelings about, sometimes i miss work, gave up working to stay home. that was what made sense to our family but i know that doesn't work for everybody. >> reporter: there's a lot of mom guilt >> it's telling us we need to work but we need to be with our kids. so much happens during the first couple months that you really feel like you're missing out when you're not there. >> reporter: critics say sacrificing professional aspirations sets women back but not financially realistic. but she said it's not about working outside the home or not. it's priorties >> you can do everything in life. you just can't do it all at the same time. >> erica is here. you said it right there. you can do everything in life but we can't do it at the same time. saturday? >> yes.

that's one of the main tenants of the book, that life is long, and if we think of this critical period of brain development as being from zero to three and you have this very short amount of time to make such a great influence on your child's development and that casts a long shadow on the rest of their lives. >> let me get to some comments. a lot of you have been weighing in. rose said it's quite a privilege and narrow minded to think that mom should stay home for the first three years and not at all a reality for moment i also think dad's can fill this role. it's simply the attention of a loving parent or can someone else fill the role? is this something just privileged women >> we know many women don't have the ability to support their families. it isn't a book about staying at home, it's a book about

prioritizing whether you stay home or work. we know that mothers are unique, one of the reasons i a wrote it is that mothers are unique, to talk about a biological standpoint we know mothers are unique, we know mothers and fathers produce something called ox toe sin in their brains tends to make mothers more sensitive, meaning when a child is in distress, it makes the mother lean into the stress to soothe the baby. with fathers tends to make them changes their behavior, tends to make them more playfully stimulating and distracting children away from pain, and encouraging them to explore the world. which is about separation. so fathers are necessary too but they're just not exactly interchangeable with memories >> you talk about working verdicts not working, people in are stay-at-home moms may not be present, what do mean by that and what can we all do to be more present >> what i always say and what i say in the book is you can be there physically and not be

there emotionally. you cannot be there emotionally. if you're not there physically. so the idea is to be as present as possibly again, whether you work or don't work. >> thank you so much for your time, we appreciate it >> thank you for having me. and let the tweet response begin. tell us what you think at fox 29 philly. a new study offering the perfect reason why you should raise your voice and join the christmas caroller this weekend coming up next and speaking of singing or carolling what have you we're about to put our junior reporters, some of our staff to the test. can they stand up to the good day philadelphia chr

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you're about to see one of my bright ideas. are you feeling down? according to a new study, carolling could be the key to lifting your spirits bright. research from the university in england suggest singing in groups could making happy. are you buying into this >> i like carolling, we'll make

scott sing too >> researchers examine the benefits of singing among people with mental health conditions including anxiety and depression, they found people who came together to sing in a group maintained or improved their mental health. and that the combination of singing and socializing was an essential part of recovery because it created an ongoing feeling of belonging and well-being >> do you have any favorite christmas carols >> i like some of the stuff not traditional, boys to men let it snow or something like that >> i'm more traditional, joy to the world, hark the heard angels sing >> what's the challenge? >> we came up with this idea, trial by fire, an initiation of our junior reporters, interns, pretty much anyone brave enough to do it. you saw juliana earlier. that's the team. the good day challenge, rudolf

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from the fox 29 studios this is good day philadelphia weekend. >> this will be a busy day for naughty last minute shopper. >> a local dad and football coach is fighting for the gift of good healthy this holiday season. the challenge he's facing in his search for a kidney and what we can do to help the 116,000 americans currently waiting for an organ transplant. all they want for christmas, home feel advantage, how the eagles can accomplish that before they take the field tomorrow night. 8:00 good day everyone. merry christmas christmas eve.

i'm bill anderson, lauren johnson has the weekend off. scott, were you used by the lip synch? we'll do a lip boys to men let it snow, then a traditional one >> i can't believe it's already christmas eve, last minute shoppers still have time. you still have time to get my gift. right >> very little. it's the busiest day for old st. nick and the rest of us and we're tracking santa's every move. where is santa right now? it looks like he was dropping off toys to boys and girls in russia. he's moving rapidly we'll track him throughout the show. santa is going to make his way to the delaware valley later on tonight and will there be snow? well, there might be a little later on tonight for some depending on your location. but what we do know, the cold air is making a come back, temperatures now in the 30's, remember yesterday? we had temperatures in the 50's? even low 60's, 61 degrees, that

was the high temperature on yesterday, winds out of the north about seven miles per hour, so the chilly air returns today, a wintery mix tonight especially north and west and then a blustery christmas day, a wind advisory with gusts, look at that, 40 to 50 miles per hour, as we look at temperatures, north and west into the 30's, 32, ambler right now, newtown square, 35, new london be 34, and tannersville 31. into current weather related airport delays for the eastern sea board as we move farther out to the west looking ok but we're watching a disturbance around the midwest. that will head in our direction late tonight and early on christmas morning, right now, snow north and west of st. louis, also to the west of chicago that will head in our direction, berks county, the lehigh valley into the poconos, a winter weather advisory 7:00 through 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, temperatures will be marginal

but as we watch the moisture move in, north and west, cold enough just to support the wintery mix we're talking mainly north of the pa turnpike as we move toward the lehigh valley tunnel and into sections of the poconos mountains, but otherwise, looks like kind of a cold rain unfortunately developing overnight tonight, but then it's out of here early by day break for most on christmas day, so in and out. 44 today, mid 30's tonight, that wintery mix north and west and then on christmas day, a high temperature of 38. bilk back over to you. >> thank you so much. scott. appreciate it. 803. fbi is investigating a shooting in harrisburg that injured a police officer, trying to determine if it was a planned act of terrorism. prosecutor the say there's no doubt that 51-year-old amed, amean, almofti who fired at police was targeting police officers. almofti is accused of going on a

shooting spree fire after firing a gun at a capitol police officer and hitting a state trooper. almofti, who authorities say had two handguns was kill during a shoot-out with police. troopers are expected to recover to millville authorities are on the hunt for a gunman who opened fire at police officers, police confirm at least one bullet struck a cruiser and no officers were hurt in the incident, you can see a large police presence there looking at that video. we spoke to one witness who said he heard at least five shots. >> as i hit him, i fell to the floor and hope and prayed none didn't come into the zone i was in. >> millville has had its share of shootings in the past several months, and crime status show a high rate of violent crime in the city, of just 28,000 residents. police in bucks county seized a car in connection to a deadly hit-and-run investigation. the car is a mercedes and the

owner doesn't live around here, it's in connection to the crash that killed a 52-year-old man in bristol borrow friday night. he was riding his bike home when a driver struck and killed him. investigators are examining the car to see if it was, in fact, the one involved in the accident. . the deputy director of the fbi drew mccabe is set to step down. he became acting fbi director back in may, after president trump fired james comey. he's been the target of attacks from the president and his republican allies over reported anti-trump bias in the agency. yesterday. >> the president tweet that day mccain is, quote, racing the clock to retire with full benefits. a big shake-up at the miss america organization, four people announced their resignations yesterday, including the organization's ceo sam haskell. his resignation came after

sexist and degrading e-mails about former contestants were made public, josh randell is also set to leave and board member, tammy hadad and chairman lee widener resigned. some advice, last minute shoppers. last minute holiday shoppers check your wrapping paper before you plaster it on all your presents. social media is buzzing with embarrassing typos, take a look and some very rude messages that could mess up your christmas vibe, twitter and instagram users are sharing their findings. wow. as a warning for everyone else. the aluminum foil was stylish and creative and i ran out of wrapping paper. within says merry christmas but without the c. another one is missing the t. there's one that is so off that you can't make out the words. so scott, hating on my creative

christmas wrapping aside, those are kind of obvious but do you really examine the rapping paper? >> i don't. the edges the corners, perfect >> why do they sell that >> you're going to tear it up and rip it up >> what if it -- i can't understand why wrapping paper would have anything that was that inappropriate. but what if it does and you give it to a child and it was left over from some adult party? you got to be careful. i don't even know why people would sell that. >> i use gift bags >> aluminum foil saves all the problems, roll it over >> what about an unwrapped gift >> shiney and shows my creativity. many people are up early this christmas eve for a holiday tradition in south philly, people have been lining up all morning at terminy brothers to be the first to get their hands on delicious treats. jenny joyce made our morning already with all of the lift reports and mad it that much

better when she told us she would be bringing us back cannollis. look at this scene, jenny, the line looks like it's as long as it ever was. >> reporter: we finally made it to the actual store front, these are all of the lucky people at the front of the line, they get to pick out their sweet treats. thousands of ka knolle lees have been selling all long. this is what they've been doing year after year, this is family. gino? >> i'm pauly. it's not a problem after 40 years of coming here, it doesn't matter, you can call me anything. >> reporter: i heard you're a trouble maker >> i just get stuff done, it's like the problem solver, not the to the best of your knowledge maker. >> reporter: i'm interrupting you. you're on your way to the big line, you're moving up.

>> i love this, everybody is still happy they've been here for hours, but they've had their coffee, sweet treats, bobby, we were talking earlier, bobby is from south jersey, you're here with your mom, fran and your wife, tammy. tell me a little bit about how long you've been coming and why, why it's terminy brothers >> i've been coming here my entire life as long as i can remember, my parents came here when they were kids. >> at least 50 years. >> there's nothing like it. no matter where you go, anywhere in south philly, jersey, it's nothing like terminy's >> it's the atmosphere. it gives you a christmas feeling no matter how long you wait. >> reporter: most people go into crowded place, stores, the holidays, everyone is getting upset and fighting, not that way at all here. >> everyone gets along

>> they satisfy everybody in that line. >> and everyone talks to one another, people behind you in front of you. everyone gets along, it's not like. >> everybody is just up beat. it's a wonderful thing. >> reporter: i love it. i feel like we're in christmas heaven here. it's so nice, and i bet you can't wait to get that canolli in your mouth >> you are correct. i absolutely cannot. it's such a great place to be, so many good spirited good natured people. we should be the show from there next year >> let's do it. we have like a two by two bit of space that we could set up, a little anchor desk >> it's all good. jenny, thank you, we'll see you soon. coming up next, guys a story i actually saw this story on social media, went back and looked at the video. it's a local dad and a football coach who's fighting for the

gift of good health this holiday season, the challenge that he's facing in his search for a kidney, and at the same time, spreading information to try and help the 116,000 americans who are currently waiting for a life saving organ transplant. weekend wendy is ready for the holidays but he's wearing her balance lay tu tu, because there's still tickets available to see the nut cracker and it's such a tradition featuring the pennsylvania ballet oextra, go to pa ballet.org and have a wonderful holiday.

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the purple, berks county, that includes you. the lehigh valley, also as you move toward the poconos mountains winter weather advisories kick in, 7:00 tonight through 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. . you can see the disturbance will rapidly move in late tonight. looks like mainly some light showers, around the philadelphia area points southeast but north and west cold enough to support the wintery mix, we might end up with a coating or an inch or two sections of berks county, also moving toward outlook but a few inches not out of the question for sections of the poconos mountains. so temperatures in the 40's then upper 30's for christmas day then looks like temperatures turn colder upper 20's to low 30's as an arctic blast overtakes the region next week. bill? >> thank you so much. now, i actually saw this story initially on social media. it's about a local man who's fighting for good healthy this holiday season, he's not alone. he's one of about 160,000

americans waiting for a life saving organ transplant. joe is a father of two and in need of a kidney after doctors diagnosed him, the disorder causes your body to excrete too much protein in your urine. i saw your story on social media and sat there and watched. so much information there. but share your story. how you kind of got to this point. >> in 2009, i was being treated by a heart doctor for what we thought was a heart issue, because i was retaining fluid. like you said, about the protein issue causes your body to retain fluid. and he discovered i have a kidney issue. sent me to a nephrologist, and discovered i had nephrology

syndrome. they told me i wasn't going to get better and i would get into end stage renal failure, in june of 2014, i was in the hospital with pneumonia, and they were not getting the fluid off fast enough and i was essentially drowning in the hospital. they told me that i would have to go on dialysis and i've been on ever since >> you're an active guy with your students and the community. when you hear about this, impact that it has on the family? >> most people don't know because joe looks normal and tries to keep up. the impact on the family really is when he tries toed every day things with joe or aubrey and he's very tired, the hardest thing is when at night, when i'm putting joey to sleep and he's like, mom, why can't dead read a book to me tonight because he's

on dialysis, i'll bring the kids in the room when he's doing dialysis, reads read to them and sometimes he'll play checkers with joey >> i watched the video and i was sharing with you during the break i've had family member that is have gone through dialysis and i didn't know the extent of it until i watched your video. you're sitting there for essentially a five-hour >> initially i was ok with my family members that stepped up to be donors. but for various different reasons, health reasons, nobody passed the screenings. then i was saying well, i guess we'll wait for jefferso to call us up with a deceased donor, not putting anybody out. it's not as personal, i don't know anybody and i don't have to ask for help by doing it that way. eventually, my son got older, my son grew up with me on dialysis,

seen me doing it at home every day, since day one, and he knows more about it than most kids in college. he can pronounce all the words and everything. one day he said to me, dad, when are you going to be done dialysis? i said i'll be done in a few hours, joe. he said, no, when will you be done dialysis? and it hit home, and there was a local girl named erin francis, who's a friend of our nephew, and i know that she went public with it recently, and her story inspired me to go public to finally ask for help, and what it comes down to is i just needed to swallow my help. >> it's inspiring because you -- you need help. but so do hundreds of thousands of people, and when you do this, people figure out how they can help and how they can get involved with you, but with everybody who needs this donation. >> correct. there's, like you said, over 100,000 people out there that need donations. a live donor is what you really want.

the kidney lasts long when you receive it from a live donor. it will last twice as long we were told. at jefferson, their first live donors had their kidneys four years, that's the ultimate goal, if people are inspired to help me from hearing my story, there's other people that need the help as well. you could call your local hospital. not only jefferson, but call your local hospital and say, hey, if you really want to help somebody in my situatin, because there's many people out there that are living life every day and trying to move forward but yet still have to go through this, you can help by being a live donor. >> i actually did a story not too long ago about a nanny who donated to the child she was taking care of. she said all she had to do was live with a scar, so that this little girl could live. you know, and now, a year or so later, both daughter and nanny are doing well. that's why we're sharing the story. thank you very much.

>> thank you very much for coming in. if you're thinking of becoming a donor or to learn more about what you can do to help, log on to organ donor.gov. and we'll put it on social media how you can assist with joe. >> thank you. ♪ . ♪

. we're tracking santas's every move using military technology, santa is in new begin knee dropping off gifts. >> he'll head right towards the delaware or lehigh valleys, and there might be snow for santa >> christmas feels like christmas. do you recall mariah car re's performance? she's getting a shot at redemption after her performance fell apart on last year's new

year's rocking eve show. ♪ . ♪ ♪ . >> you probably remember this, the pop star just stopped singing during her live set as her prerecorded vocals continued to play behind her. she was killed on social media. dragged about it all year long. the pop super star will be back in time square for another chance to ring in the new year. she'll perform just before the ball drops >> maybe she was having a bad day. >> she had a -- that was a bad performance. there's no doubt she can sending. redemption >> you roll with it. let's get a better video for you going through 2018. coming up. all they want for christmas foam

field advantage. we'll talk about how the eagles can accomplish that and they don't even have to get on the field to do it. they could have it wrapped up before they get on the field tomorrow night. we'll break it down stay with ♪ 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

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air returns, a wintery mix tonight. especially north and east and a wind advisory for blustery conditions on christmas day as we check out temperatures right now, south eastern pennsylvania, 33 degrees collegeville, 32 freezing coatsville, amler waking up to 32, south jersey, ocean city 34. voorhees, 35, 35 in cam and glassboro looking at 36, dry and quiet after yesterday's rain, yesterday's high was 61 degrees. but look at the snow off to the west around st. louis chicago that will rapidly move in north and west with the wintery mix, winter weather advisories posted berks county, outlook in north hampton, also carbon and monroe, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. christmas day, maybe wet snowflakes philadelphia, primarily rainfall simply above freezing north and west. that's the best chance for the wintery mix, maybe a coating to an inch or so in some spots, the

highest elevations. the poconos mountains could see several inch, we're looking at mid 30's in philadelphia, 38 on christmas day and that seven-day forecast will show temperatures in the upper 20's to low 30's for much of next week and another system friday into saturday. that one could bring measurable snowfall to a good part of the area. back over to you guys. there will be no white christmas in south philadelphia. monday night, the eagles annoyancing on twitter they will be wearing their black jerseys versuses the raid ders, a win guarantees home field advantage. that could have been lock up

last night didn't happen because the vikings went ahead and handled things but the guys are here to break it down, g cobb, sean bell. >> where is your christmas swag >> i had a hat on here >> come on be man. >> rocking it for both of us. >> get in the spirit. >> you know, get >> it's a good christmas looking it's all good. >> leave me out here by myself to dry, thanks. >> my bad. >> so we were talking last week and talking on game day about the fact we were concerned about nick foles. then nick foles looked fine. he did the job. defense didn't. >> no, defense got to step up. that's why i want to see them tomorrow night. they've got to do something to stop this deacon dunk stuff, the quarterback getting the ball out of his hands to nullify their pass rush. that's what you'll see, that's what the giants were able to, you see eli manning, he was pretty much able to have his way, the corner backs got to

play better and the pass rush has to get pressure on who derek carr tomorrow night. so the eagles got to play better than this. it was poor tackling, they got tackled well, giants hadn't done that all season. >> this is what teams love that are out of it. you see the 49ers beating texas. being spoilers. this is the raid der's super bowl. this is the biggest game for them all year now that they're out, to ruin other people's chances and being a grinch >> they will take every present we have away if we left them. the raiders are probably the most disappointing team in the league to the tampa bay buccaneers. mar shon lynch, he'll run all over you, coopers is still there. crab tree will punch you in your mouth as you saw >> exactly so if you don't watch

this step, this team can throw up points on you. better step up >> i want to see them jump on them early. that's the way you do it, you come out and just like mike tyson used to be, come out, bam, come out throwing hammers. you get on them, the guys will go, you know what? we're not going to make the playoffs. >> they're motivated. >> let's see, what you going to go on vacation? >> they want to be spoilers but you give them a reason to quit. you smack them in the mouth. >> if you're in front of the nation, if you let them get off to a good start, you got a problem. >> they will want to put on a show and say looking fellows, we might not be there this year, but we'll be there next year, and that's where you give them that motivation, as you said they got a lot of talent. >> it's christmas, i don't think they will just quit if they're down early. because it's christmas because it's a nationally televised game >> losing on christmas >> they haven't played well all

year. >> i don't care. i played the best game of my life in front of my family. >> our question of the day, our eagles question our twitter poll, after at game, after the game last week, are you, are we still super? are we better than most? do we have a shot? or are you concerned? those are your four choices >> better than most >> i probably would say better than most. the super thing will be, it's going to be a fight. they're going to have to play well. it will be tight for them to make the super bowl, they got to be on top of their game. it's very important they play very well tomorrow >> we got to leave it there and gary will do our lip synch challenge. stay with us, we'll be right back.

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west but you can see it will rapidly move in later on. 7:00, 8:00, we're looking at light showers trenton, philadelphia, wilmington, down the shore, maybe a light shower or sprinkle but you can see far north and west that is where we're watching those critical temperatures that will be marginal. mid to low 30's, and looking at that wintery mix getting out of here by day break on christmas day. so mainly rain, philadelphia, there could be wet snowflakes mixing in, but it doesn't look like it will stick. best chance of some stick age, berks county as you move into maybe upper sections of bucks county into the lehigh valley, a few inches likely toward the poconos. temperatures right now mid to upper 30's, so colder than it was the same time yesterday, that travel forecast we're looking at temperatures. atlantic city 45 degrees, 45 for

washington, dc, cleveland into the 30's, and what about that christmas forecast? cold, blustery, high temperatures upper 30's. a wind advisory on tap for christmas day as well and you can see temperatures for kwansaa 33, 31 on wednesday, upper 20's by the end of next week and another snow chance and hey, monday night football at the linc, cold, bundle up, look at temperatures by kickoff. 32 degrees, upper 20's by the end of the game, but windchills during the game, bill, into the teens. >> i'm trying to find out where you find the dancing elephant. forget watching a christmas story on repeat. why not live one of the famous scenes in the film. jenny joyce is live at the red owl. jenny i got to hear about this i love the christmas story.

>> reporter: this is the second year that red owl tavern has been doing this, i'm joined by chef caitlin, tell us a little bit about the inspiration for the red owl tavern pop-up chinese restaurant >> it's the holiday time, it's fun. a little bit of inspiration comes from the classic christmas story. we don't get to obviously do chinese food here at our tavern >> it's american food typically >> absolutely. a little bit something different and fun for our guests and staff. and it's delicious. >>reporter: we have the leg lamp it will be in the background of the shop. people can stop by and attack a picture with it >> absolutely. we get dressed up. decorate, we go all out. take it seriously but it's all in good fun. >> reporter: let's talk a little bit about the food. what do we have here? it smells incredible. >> so this is a traditional peking duck. pretty traditional. they're lancaster ducks.

we have shrimp dumplings over here. and a general so it's chicken, also traditional a little play on it from the sauce down point and what, you know, kind of love we put into it. >> reporter: fun and you said that you guys are almost book between today and tomorrow for this chinese pop-up >> yes, it's some of our busiest nights of the year, i recommend reservation. >> reporter: tell me about the people who come here, typically people will oftentimes go out for chinese food in a movie. that's the stereo type. what do you see >> we have all kinds of people that come here, we like to say we're a gathering place, we have people in philadelphia, visiting, coming with families, friends, all are welcome. >> reporter: cool for you to get to do something different. you used to cooking a particular menu and this is a change. >> and it's always fun to have a little bit of change and something completely different than we serve every other day >> i would love to try one of

those shrimp dumplings. i'm just going to go in with my fingers here. awesome. as you can see, she's enjoying, so definitely get a reservation, we're pretty booked up solid for tonight and tomorrow night, but come in and enjoy with us. >> i hope you can come. and if not, i hope you guys do it next year too. tradition? >> totally. >> reporter: awesome, bill, back to you >> jenny has been eating delicious food all day while we sit and watch. i trust she'll bring some back. if you're still looking for the perfect gift for someone, why not make them famous? you can have a cocktail named after them and we will tell you how, these guys are getting it all set up. there's a cocktail named after someone you may know pretty well. one of our family. stay with us.

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restaurant james philadelphia is honoring one of our favorite people. of course, good day philadelphia, our very own jen fred. check it out. there she is, there's jen fred popping out of her own cocktail. she posted this on instagram. they named the cocktail after her calling it the fred rico, and there's good news, you can have a drink named after you as well. here to explain how it works, ronnie, ben from the restaurant, good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> great, thank you, merry christmas to you. how did this work? how did you decide to name one after jen and can you do it >> we can. the idea was our bar is at 19th and arch, across from the new comcast center and it's been hard to find us with the construction, let's do something fun, we teamed up with the guys from chatter blast. we've been naming cocktails after local celebrities past 14 weeks, jen is the last one. she's the final, the grand finally for the christmas season and then we're doing a promotion

where you can nominate your own friend for their cocktail, you'll get a $250 gift certificate, you'll get your own cocktail on the website for a week and a huge cocktail party for the winners >> he you create the cocktail we explain their personality >> if somebody has a special personality, jen is, state side vodka, club soda, fred rico. it's simple but fun. other people are more creative over the top or low key, whatever works >> what's your role in this, ron. >> i'm one of the partners, and i mean, my role >> >> in the drink. >> you like vodka? i love vodka. >> what's your role in it? you like vodka too. it's kind of this concept of taking people getting it out there, and maybe they will come and drink with you >> jen was in on friday and brought a huge group >> tell me what's in this

>> state side vodka which is a philadelphia vodka, grapefruit juice an lime >> this is a light refreshing morning drink. i see we got six. >> we do. there's got to be three more people somewhere. >> where is scott williams, come on, scott, you got christmas lights and everything on, you got to try the drink, who else wants one? you're of age now. here you go. crystal can come in. we're going to cheers and then we're going to complete our lip synch challenge, is that what's going on? we're going to sing a little give love on christmas day as we end this, come see them. at james, you can get a cocktail, you can get one named after you. >> you can get on the facebook page at james philadelphia and sign up. >> cheers and sing? >> let's do it. ♪ . ♪

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