joshua cole ran in the 28th district, and lost to republican bob thomas by 82 votes. cole is citing a technical error. fredericksburg and stafford county split a precinct.. the 28th and 88th. two streets in fredericksburg, one in each district, got each other's ballot, the wrong ballot. to make matters worse, two of the districts' ballots' candidates share the same last name: g-o-p incumbent mark cole in the 88th district, and democrat joshua cole, running in the 28th. two other democrats and one republican have already filed for recounts. if current results hold, republicans will have a 51-to-49 advantage in the house of delegates. coming up - breaking his silence.. what billy bush is now saying about that infamous access hollywood tape with president trump. plus - a star studded night here in washington. we'reak kennedy center honors eileen live tease - mild start to the week - cold by mid to late week system this weekend today: partly to mostly sunny. mild. nice start to the week. highs: 54-59 winds: se 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. not as cold. lows: 39-

not contest his loss to bob thomas. voters werey some given the wrong ballot. a funeral will be held for family members killed in last week's bus crash in mexico. a woman and her son both died in the crash. the funeral is at 12:30 in falls church. her mother was also killed, along with nine other people. her husband and son crash. caught inif you were traffic on i-95, here is why. a great fire by route 1. it shut down all northbound lanes for hours. sky track 7 showing the backup growing through the evening. the driver made it out and is ok. investigators are returning to the mount vernon antique center today. the storm -- the store went up in flames christmas eve night. crews are working to sift through the rubble. no word on the cause of that fire. larry: a flight from l.a. to tokyo forced to make a u-turn unauthorized person was found on board. the person had a ticket to a different flight and somehow boarded the wrong plane. chrissy teigen and her husband were on board. -- we hadigen tweeted to turn around because we have a passenger who is not supposed to

joshua cole ran in the 28th district, and lost to republican bob thomas by 82 votes.elissa dipane has more. a dispute over parking is being blamed for sparking queens, new york. police say about 24 hours ago, a man stabbed two other men. he then got into his car, and slammed into several pedestrians on the sidewalk. one man was killed, and seven others wounded.. one critically. police say the suspect later turned up at the hospital with a cut hand. suspect later turned up at the hospital with a cut hand. one of the crash victims identified arrested him. he remains in custody this morning. developing now.. south carolina state guard tyvoris solomon is recovering.. after collapsing during a college basketball game. his heart stopped saturday night minutes after coming off the court.. during a game against north carolina state in raleigh. paramedics worked to save his life.. giving him c-p-r. he was carried off on a stretcher, and rushed to a hospital. he's expected to be ok. solomon says nothing like this has ever happened to him before. he says he's grateful to the peo

democrat joshua cole won't contest his loss to republican bob thomas in the 28th district. by 73 votes. some stafford and fredericksburg area voters were given the wrong ballot. three big cities suing the department of defense... over failures in updates for the national background check system when it comes to gun purchases. new york city, san francisco and philadelphia say many service members who aren't allowed to own guns -- weren't added to the database. one devastating oversight: the disgraced airman allowed to buy a high-powered rifle and kill 26 in that texas church massacre earlier this year. 4:xx and still ahead on good morning washington. we check back in with the mount vernon antique center that burst into flames yesterday morning. next... hear from the devastated dealers involved. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here. hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first month's payment. hey, guys. where are the cookies for the... bake sale? b

he lost to republican bob thomas by 82 votes. now, he says voters were given the wrong ballots, and that may have cost him the election. lose, thatwe win or is not the issue. the problem is making sure votes are counted, that voices are heard. adrianna: the campaign also filed a restraining order to keep the state board of elections from certifying the race until the issue was resolved. but the race was certified anyway. hold, current results republicans would have a 51-49 advantage in the chamber. what is next for the gop tax form plan? merge their bills. bysident wants a done deal christmas, but there are major differences between the house and senate bill to negotiate. both would reduce the corporate differ ono 20%, but the timing of when the cut kicks in. the mortgage interest induction for new homes is capped at $500,000 in the house bill, $1 million in the senate bill. and the house bill repeals the medical expense deduction, but the senate bill expands it and makes the individual tax cut permanent, that they expire in seve

he lost to republican bob thomas by just 80 two votes. now election officials say that voters were given the wrong ballots and it may have cost him the election. >> whether we win or lose or not is that the issue, the problem is making sure that people's voices are heard. also filed campaign a restraining order in federal court to keep the state board of elections from certifying the race until the issue was resolved, but the race was certified anyway. if the current results hold, republicans would have a 51 to 49 advantage in the chamber. adrianna: in november, now prince william county delegate elected danica oem is with us after we make the switch to news channel 8. a big boom, falling flat. [explosion] adrianna: and nothing. demolition crews think even aplosives couldn't bring down stadium and a trite. and we are tracking the tolls on 66. stadium in detroit. and we are tracking the tolls on 66. areome of those motorists paying more money than ever before to drive to work, or wherever they are going. we will explain, coming up in a liv

democrat joshua cole lost to republican bob thomas by 73 votes in his staffer district. cole says he'll continue to support a federal lawsuit seeking an all new election because of voters in that distri district receiving the wrong ballots. >> coming their homes. could this be because of the type of train rumbling by. >> and record snow continues in how's it going down there? that's good. lica misses you. i'm over it though. (laughter) that's fine. i miss her more than you anyway. ♪ ♪ hey, my window is closing. yeah that's okay. alright miles. i love you. (phone hangs up) ♪ ♪ yeah i love you too. ♪ ♪ >>> tonight detectives are reviewing surveillance video to see if a shooting was caught on camera. sources tell news 4 at this point the shooting appears to be justified. police say they do not b shot. detectives are now trying to figure out if there was an attempted burglary or a home invasion. >> the new metro rail cars are beautiful, sleek and shiny but some say they're also loud and heavy, shaking moments nearby. it's become such an issue that metro launched a study to f

democrat joshua cole won't contest his loss to republican bob thomas in the 28th district. that race was decied by 73 votes. some stafford and fredericksburg area voters were given the wrong ballot. only on abc 7... two purple line construction workers... with a frightening encounter, inside a vacant house-- slated for demolition! they were held at police say - four of those gang members used the silver spring house - as a crash pad. that house has since been torn down - but there are now warning signs... telling workers that the "buddy system" is required for entry. thankfully, neither purple line workers were hurt. our web team has posted the exclusive story online... you can access that through the w-j-l-a abc 7 news app. here's your stupid criminal story of the day - a man in florida is under arrest for punching an atm becuase it gave him too much money! back in november -- michael oleksik was spotted on surveillance footage striking the touch screen of a wells fargo atm. he says he was just angry the atm was giving him too much money and did not know what to do. after

joshua cole and republican bob thomas is just 73 votes.ut -- 147 people voted in the wrong district!! a federal judge will hear a case... related to that mix-up next week. police in tucson, searching for more victims... after arresting a man they say was pulling people over... pretending to be a real officer! even capturing his fake traffic stops... on dash cam! take a look as he pulls a driver over. police say he had a red and blue light bar installed. even a portable police scanner in his car. police say -- he even sounded like a cop. at one point -- he put a driver in handcuffs. and that's where he made a mistake. he told the victim he couldn't find the key -- and they would have to go to handcuffs. and that's where he made a mistake. he told the victim he couldn't find the key -- and they would have to go to headquarters to get him out. they eventual that suspect is charged with impersonating a police officer -- and kidnapping. new this morning.. some police officers in orem, utah will act as designated drivers this new year's eve week

however, a hearing for a recount in the race between democrat joshua cole and republican bob thomas is still pending. cole just recently filed a petition by losing by 82 votes. the race was closely looked at after some residents received ballots for the wrong district. >>> a gay couple is refused a wedding cake, and today their case makes its way supreme court. as our mike valerio explains, it's a showdown between religious freedom and freedom from discrimination. >> well, it's a conversation that lasted for about 30 seconds that started this entire case. a gay couple walk noose a baingery, asks for a -- walks into a bakery and asks for a wedding cake and the baker says i cannot bake you anything because it goes against my religious beliefs. that 30-second conversation now has ramifications for the entire country. . the question the justices are facing is can a business refuse to serve customers based on any religious objection. so here's what essentially both sides are arguing starting with the baker. he's saying that these cakes that he bakes, that he makes in his bakery outside of d

democrat joshua cole lost to republican bob thomas by 73 votes in his stafford district. our news partners at wtop tloort cole will not contest the election result. instead, cole said he will continue to support a federal lawsuit seeking an all new election because some voters in that district received the wrong ballot. >>> 4:33. today we'll learn who the associated press male athlete of the year is. female athlete of the year, one of our favorite local swimmers. bethesda's katie ledecky received that honor. she finished ahead of serena williams. ledec t world championships. last year she finished second to u.s.a. gymnast simone biles in this particular pole. doing incredible things in the pool. >> she's awesome. love her. ledecky is the first washington area star to ever win the women's award. >>> 4:34. get another look at the roads with wtop's rob stallworth in a minute. >> first, chuck, we are in the weather alert mode this morning. maybe a little bit of snow in some places. >> don't plan on worrying what you're going to name the snow man because this is not going to b

cole lost to bob thomas by 82 votes.andidates in two other tight virginia races have also filed for recount. >>> prince george's county police are looking for two people who held up a t-mobile store at gunpoint sunday afternoon. police say the men ordered everyone to the back of the store on silver hill road in district heights. the gunman made off with $1100 in merchandise. no one was hurt. >>> military leaders honored captain john morgan during a ceremony. he was the pilot of that f-16 seen here ejecting from his plane over prince george's county. morgan had engine problems apparently with the plane during exercises in april. landing the plane was the issue. the other what to do with the external fuel tanks. >> over old town alexandria, my engine gives out on me. decided not to drop them over old town. instead over the potomac. >> captain morgan found an open field to eject where he didn't hurt anything on the ground. nobody was hurt. >>> he says it was the training that kicked in. to have the presence of mind in an em

he lost to republican bob thomas by 82 votes but now the election officials say the voters were given the wrong ballots and it may have cost him the election. >> the fishes is motorcycle sure people's voices are counted and voices are heard. michelle: he also filed a restraining order to keep board of election from certifying the race until the issue was resolved. the race was certified anyway. nancy: a pleasant day today. steve: it's been nice. we have a mild day tomorrow. then late tomorrow to tomorrow night a strong nancy: reality hits. steve: a big push of colder air. it's 52 in quantico. reagan reporting in at 54. head to front royal where 66 and i-81 meet. otherwise around the beltway the clouds are here to stay for the early evening hours. the temperatures will take a dip tonight. we are looking at partly cloudy skies tonight and temperatures around 48 degrees. coming up, we have a mild day tomorrow and then a strong cold front. i will give you the timing and the big changes on the way for the upcoming weekend. nancy: thank you. a gas leak forcing a thousand students, teachers

cole lost to republican bob thomas by 82 votes.in two other tight virginia races have find for recount. ziefrnt jonathon morgan during the national guard fight tests, he it you might remember this. he managed to steer the jet away from homes in a southern porjs county neighborhood before he ejected from the plane. he was also able to >> i came over old town alexandria. my engine gives out on me. i decided not to drop those over old town. instead, drop them over the potomac. >> the jed crashed into a wooded area. only damaging the plane. he followed the critical action procedures he learned in his training. >>> a royal wedding. rumors are swirling about their big day. the new details revealed and the hidden message that might be on social media. >> ♪ >> is that at the kennedy center? >> ll cool j. >> history made here. the kennedy center honors proof thachl just the ladies -- >> i didn't come to the p (bell ringlas) - so, what are you in for? - well, according to this discipline slip, gedly talking during quiet time again. but, ther

he lost to bob thomas by two votes. candidates in two other tight races have also filed for recount. >> the fight over the travel ban is back in court this week. the court heads to two federal appeals courts. arguments will be heard in seattle on wednesday and in richmond on friday. the ban targets $150 million potential travelers from some muslim majority countries. critics say the ban is discriminatory. the administration says it is necessary for national security. and it is decision time in a land battle that could result in huge pieces of federal land losing their protected status. despite it centered in utah and president trump is on his way there now. >> nbc's steve patterson has the latest. >> reporter: in utah, a show of force. this weekend, thousands descended on the state capital protesting an expected announcement from president trump in salt lake city monday to dramatically shrink the federally protected lands of two national monuments. >> this is truly a monumental mistake. >> reporter: this comes just m or

a recount today found republican bob thomas ahead of democrat josh cole by 73 votes. >> the other disputede is in southeastern virginia. newport news republican incumbent david yancy and democrat shelley simons are stuck in a tie. simons saying the race is proof that every vote counts. >> it really is a lesson in democracy. and my kids at school, their teachers, their friends come in and say, yeah, i voted for your mom. and people at the grocery store, i was that one vote, shelley. i'm going to hear that for a long time. >> that race is getting national attention. >> it is, and tom sherwood joins us now. by law they are going to decide that race by pulling a name out of a hat. what kind of a way is that to handle it? >> that fredericksburg case might be a court case and h a but this case, they're going to richmond next wednesday. the election official is going to get a hat, some kind of hat. their names are going to be in cannisters, put them in the hat. i'm not sure who exactly is going to pick the name out of the hat. but whoever wins, wins. if it's the democrat shelley wins, the house w

by the way bob kelly, thomas, i just decided since i have been out in the cold weather way i will toastmight want to try this but you may be like me i did not drink alcohol. i will toe with the champagne glass full of brine. >> just don't lay on the roadway. >> yeah. >> reporter: yes. >> getting thumbs up from bob kelly over there. it is a thumbs down, save it for the road. >> reporter: i'll let you know how it taste when i come back to work after new years. >> i do like the dave kinchen hat, i know he got it as a christmas present but best of all, finger pointing as he was moving, we will talk about that later. >>> it could be an extra is in i new years in pennsylvania this year. back in october governor wolf signed a bill legalizing more fire works in the state and new residents are buying and selling fire works classified as consumer grade but be warned, there is a 12 percent tax on those fire works. under old law only out of state consumers could buy consumer grade fire works in pennsylvania stores. coming up here on good day forget new years resolutions many of you are wanting to e

great to have you with us once again, i'm thomas. bobly let's zoom out, get it going, scott williams, every time i call for a zoom it never happens. let's zoom in. >> there you go, december 13. >> so cold. just froze little bit. >> good morning to you. that's right. i should have stayed in bed this morning. scott williams in for sue serio. >> it is pretty bad out there. i mean, talking feels-like temperatures in the single digits right now. but by this afternoon, feels like temperatures will be in the teens, so, really not whole lot of recovery. dangerous cold, look at how bundle up bus stop buddy is. earmuffs, gloves, hats, scarf, so, whatever you need to do. layer up. dress in layers to stay warm. windchills once again single digit and teens, right now, across much of the area. there is the arctic front that plowed through here yesterday

great to have you with us once again, i'm thomas. bob kelly let's zoom out, get it going, scott williams, every time i call for a zoom it never happens. let's zoom in. >> there you go, december 13. >> so cold. just froze little bit. >> good morning to you. that's right. i should have stayed in bed this morning. scott williams in for sue serio. >> it is pretty bad out there. i mean, talking feels-like temperatures in the single digits right now. but by this afternoon, feels like temperatures will be in the teens, so, really not whole lot of recovery. dangerous cold, look at how bundle up bus stop buddy is. earmuffs, gloves, hats, scarf, so, whatever you need to do. layer up. dress in layers to stay warm. windchills once again single digit and teens, right now, across much of the area. there is the arctic front that plowed through here yesterday evening. really dropping those temperatures, picking up the winds, right now, it is 20 degrees in trenton, 21 millville, 19 degrees in reading, but you factor in that wind, how your body react, how

hi, i'm thomas drayton, bob kelly, sue serio. >> bob kelly. >> you go by a different name off air. >>get you more coffee, wash your mouth out with soap. >> i almost said bob serio, sue kelly. >> that's what it has become now. this is what we've come to. >> like yes, like combined name. what did we used to call brad and angelina? we'll gwen the two of you. >> the sue bob? >> kerio? >> goodness. >> we'll work on it. >> let's talk about the big chill here. >> it is a lot colder throughout this morning, and you might as well get used to being cold, and having warm coat on. we've got seven out of ten though. we don't spec any of the precipitation you see on radar. there is rain to the south, snow to the north. we don't expect any that far to reach us today, in fact, expecting sunshine, and you expect somebody to be able to put a sentence together. working on that, too. 13-mile per hour winds make 40 . so keep that in mind as you're selecting your wardrobe for today. we'll have breezy afternoon, high temperature of 48 degrees before that sunset time of 4:36. or rather quiet day, but it will

they did winnie heard bob kelly say you can get that orange crush back again it has been such a drought, good morning, gang. >> great to have you with us, good morning. karen hepp, thomasray to be bob kelly and, sue serio. >> do you have your lights up yesterday. >> i thought i had enough lights up and neighbors started to put their up, and they put more and i put up. >> it is the light wars,es lacing. >> yes. >> so many lights in the neighborhood i feel like i have a flashlight. >> yes. >> so when are you coming over >> you can come with me and get your fix from the big lights that i see. >> save money on my electric bill. >> exactly. >> that is a plan. >> sue serio. >> today not be the best putting up your lights day. you have to be prepared for colder temperatures after. that this rain is coming with the cold front. we will go with a five out of 10 today. bus stop buddy flyers cap happy about the victory as well, also with the rain gear ready to go it is not here just yet that rain but it is on the way looking out to the western part of the stay, leading edge of the cold front , and boy, are things going to get chilly after that but today is not bad, 49 degrees, alr

will get an answer very soon. 3:59 on this friday morning, tgif, great to have you with us i'm thomas drayton. bober ohio, good morning. >> frozen slippers. >> you know it is cold when mummers are considering postponing. >> it is a tough call because i know, wires hanging every where. >> okay. >> it is a tough call to deciding whether to postpone that parade or in the but we have a code blue and we are getting people off on the street. >> not quite safe. >> that is right as soon as we will hear you will hear and in the meantime let's here the number of the day. we have a five out of 10. it is bitter cold out there. we have gone to bus stop buddy and only seeing his eye balls because that is how you need to be bundled up when you are outside, the warmest shoes, gloves, scarves, and hat with the ear muffs, on top of it, that is a good idea. flurries flying around in the central part of the state, probably not seeing anything in our viewing area but it is, cold, 15 degrees, and it feels like six. this is similar to yesterday, and it is, not any better then yesterday, is it. we are not used to this. w

thomas. >> good morning, karen. we have a lot to talk about. good to have you here. bobeck of the road. >> good morning everybody. >> how is it shaping up. >> a little chilly. >> it is cold and will get colder. >> this is a heat wave compared to what we are getting. >> we have temperatures in the 40's. some could flirt with 50 degrees but an arctic front you said it, thomas later on today knocking those temperatures down and those winds will be gusting. weather by numbers on a scale of one to 10 we will give it a six. highs in the 40's but that arctic blast tonight will usher in bitterly cold air with wind chills in the single digits and teens. little bit of light precipitation trying to make it to the ground far north and west but the arctic front is still off to the west and look at the temperatures, 47 degrees atlantic city.

good day, on this thursday, i can't believe it, december 21, thomas is off, bob and sue are looking verytive. i feel the christmas spirit. good morning to you. >> here we are, good morning, everybody, thursday. >> first day of winter. >> is it? >> almost here. still autumn technically. >> oh, gosh. >> i know. >> what time today? >> 11:28. not until good day is over. >> all right. >> we officially begin the season but we'll talk about it, it is the first day of winter, just hasn't happened quite yet. but it will be within in the ex 24 hours, anyway, seven out of ten. oh, and we have to get so technical. bus stop buddy, flyers won last night, wearing the nice warm flyers cap. we're off to colder start this morning. and you'll see that in a second with the temperatures many of them in the 20's, as you walk out the door, in philadelphia, right now, it is right at freezing, 32, but you factor in the wind, of 8 miles an hour, it feels like 25 degrees out there. sunrise time 7:19. and we have temperatures that are in the 20's in pottstown, reading, lancaster, up in the pocono mountains, wildwoo

great to have you with us this wednesday morning, thomas drayton, karen off, bob kelly, sue serio, everyone. >> not sure if i want to be on the ferris wheel early at 19 degrees out. little windy out there. >> it will make the experience warm and cozy. >> okay. all right. >> bob? >> that way it is year around. summertime. >> the frostbite by the danger is real in temperatures like this. >> bus stop buddy with the warm hat, very warm coat, and fruit cake, yes, national fruit cake day today. >> anyway, got little bit of white showing up thereon radar. most of what we're seeing, though, isn't making it to the grounds. but if you see couple of flurries flying around new castle delaware don't be surprised. it is all about the cold, really, with 24 degrees in philadelphia. factoring in the winds it, feels like 13, and most of our windchills are in the teens, few in the single digits this morning. we will not make it to freezing, for the rest of the year, our high today, 28 degrees, colder afternoon than yesterday, your sunset time still pretty early at 4:43 a.m. talk about what happens as we get t

i'm thomas drayton with bob kelly, sue serio, great to have you with us. >> good morning.hat kind of tea is that. >> it is whatever they have in the cafeteria earl gray this morning with a little bit of lemon. >> merry christmas. >> great christmas. >> yes, santa was good at our house, how burr house. >> can't complain. >> we were family. >> i trick santa i got on his good list. we will check on the road in a little bit. lets talk about that big chill >> so thomas, under the radar. so, yeah, you are right, thomas this may be the warmest day of the week. we will be lucky to reach freezing for a high temperature, my goodness, it is going to be so cold all the way through the new year. seven out of 10 is what we will give you today because we will see some sunshine. we will see buddy in his nice, warm blanket coat, of course, school is actually not in session but buddy we make him work anyway. wind chills in the teens out there this morning. that is right it feels like it is in the teens but we have no precipitation here, and got to go up to cleveland and south of buffalo to

. >> thomas drayton with bob kelly and sue serio. good morning, everyone. >> good morning.says, sue can't talk, her mouth is froze. >> monday i it was cold. tuesday. it is cold throughout this morning. >> oh, out of this cold stretch so far this is the coldest. >> here is a good indicator. if you want to know just how cold it is out there, check out the franklin square fountain, looks more like an ice sculpture. those freezing, sub freezing temperatures, of course the water trickling out there, no longer free flowing with was elsa out there? >> she is. >> i was at longwood gardens yesterday, they did not have the fountains on because of the freezing temperatures. >> so you should have paid attention to the longwood garden folks. >> although maybe they wanted the sculpture, maybe they wanted to see what nature would do. >> there you go, on display until spring. >> we could keep yam erring, but we still have to give you the numbers. five out every ten, look at radar, yes, hardly any snow on it any more. there hasn't been any around here. that's not to say there won't be in th

bob brooks, "action news." >> out west the thomas fire is the largest in california modern history.started in ventura county december 4th. dry conditions and strong winds caused it to spread. firefightersplan to fight it around the clock until january 7th. >> the white house is denying that president trump made disparaging comments about immigrants. according to the paper, mr. trump said that all immigrants from haiti had aids and those from nigeria wouldn't go back to their huts. it's sad and telling that the times would lie based on an anonymous source. >> deputy director andrew mccabe told officials that he would retire in coming months, eligible for his pension in march 2018. he spent hours being grilled regarding his supervision of the hilary clinton e-mail investigation. there is no suggestion he is being forced out. >> now to the controversy rocking the miss america resignation. several have resigned in the wake of an e-mail shaming scandal. >> resignations at the top of the miss america association. ceo sam haskel resigned saturday the day after he was suspended from the boa

thomas, back over to you. >> let's hope not. bob 4:33, back to the scene, we follow this breaking news out of kensington, vacant church caught fire overnight in the freezing colds conditions, certainly, making it very difficult for fire crews. steve keeley on the scene this morning, steve? >> reporter: well, look, the city has got some streets department trucks out here, and while bob was talking they were salting the street. he was mentioning on the air live, as it happened, so there you see the reflection, where he's laying that salt, a sheet of ice, so it is treacherous out here, even wrapping up after this fire, and they're going to be out here all around this fire. chris, come over here, look down the side street. it is water flowing still on the right by the curb. the other curb un those cars parked to the left, also full of water. so those resident are going to be dealing with a sheet of ice, the sidewalks are a sheet of ice. >> this building you can see some firefighter flashlights inside is a massive church, bob mentioned t

thomas drayton. >>> i'm karen hepp, along with bob kelly. >> looking outside, we have movie trucks out there we needchalkboard. >> they are expanding, it is couple doors down they are setting up for a movie shoot, ground level. >> samuel l jackson, bruce willis, i know, exactly. >> there we go. >> live look at market street right in front of the cvs at what would that be third and market street. >> there is some as they pan down right here in our neck of the wood. they are filming at 4:00 which is as thomas said just a couple doors down we have in other trailers, flatbed. >> bob and i will be doing a strut down the street this morning hoping for a cameo. >> those poor follow thanks park right there. >> no parking signs have been up since friday. >> i had 29 minutes. >> i see your car there. >> checking the road in just a moment but sue's having a lot of fun in south jersey. hi there, sue. >> are we having a lot of fun, in new jersey. >> wow. new jersey cafe, bagel cafe and pizza where we are this morning. thank you everybody. long time viewer, farrow got up at 3:00 in the morning but we need to disc

karen, thomas, back to you. >> bob, thank you.ep out there peeping in windows, in manayunk, let's get right out to jenny joyce with what we know. jenny, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, karen, and manayunk as we know is a neighborhood with a lot of families and a lot of young people, a loft college student live here. so philadelphia police are putting out a warning to all who live in this area. and they want you to take a look. this is a surveillance image of the man that police are calling a peeping tom. does he look familiar? investigators say he was caught on a home surveillance system peering into a couple's bathroom. it happened around 11:45 p.m. on sunday. according to reports, a woman was in the bathroom, getting ready for bed, when surveillance equipment alerted her that there was someone on her front porch. she ran outside to confront the man, but he took off running. the big question this morning: who is this guy? and has he been praying on anyone else? the city northwest detective division is looking into all of

thomas, back over to you. >> thank you so much there bob. let's get right to this. everyone is going to be talking about this happening today. possible major shift in our foreign policy. the president is expected to announced to that the us will be moving its em bass fry tel-aviv to jerusalem. right now both palestinians and israelis claim jerusalem as the capitol. the president's plan is supported strongly by israel, of course, and christians evangelicals right here in the united states, but many worlds leaders say this could undo decades of peace progress, and could lead to violent protests across the worlds. >> 5:19. take a look at this one you got to be the judge. pretty bizarre incident during what would normally be pretty boring house committee meeting in pennsylvania. so, is this inapropriate touch or just major over reaction? take a look. >> there is a better twi do this guys. we don't have to proceed on this one. i hear you. i understanded, there are some hard feelings. >> look, i'm a heterosexual, avenue wife, i lover my wife. i don't like men as you might

. >> bob kelly lattes for everybody. ring that bell. karen and thomas back to you in the studio. >> thanks, bob. eyes are on alabama for that big senate race, latest polls show it is close right now is still leading by four points, within the margin of error despite dealing with sexual misconduct profile he returns to the campaign trail, tonight, for a rally with the former trump chief strategies steve ban on,pport from the pre, himself, who recorded a robo call. >> i need alabama to go moore, o important. we're already making america great again, i'm going to make america safe and better then ever before but we need that seat. >> so democrat campaigning, corry booker went down there from new jersey went down there to help campaign. lots of big names flying in right now. the democrats have not held the senate seat in alabama for 25 years. >>> president trump has given congress a christmas deadline to merge the house and senate tax bills, given both approval republican senator susan collins may be opposed her last minute opposition to the tion in july. c

thomas drayton off. bob's here.ue's here. >> one week from today it will all be over. >> then we will look forward to new years. wrapping paper will be on the trash bag outside on the front lawn. >> it has been a fun season. weather has played along with the snow we have had. it has been nice. >> yeah, so now that most of& it is melted we will melt the rest of it today and bring you more, probably not before christmas i should tell you that at least. it is nine out of 10. temperatures later on in the 50's. bus stop buddy has got a jacket on that is warm enough on this national hard candy day, and also oatmeal muffin day and we will find within of those for him as well. >>> little healthier then what he has in his hand. >>> and we have 30's and 40's out there, we have a little bit of rain rolling through weak disturbance and we have a cold front, that will change things in time for tomorrow. right new we have 43 degrees. 6-mile an hour breeze, sunrise 7:18. plan on a mixture of sun and cloud, breezy side, a high temp

be standing out any longer than you have to in the cold temps this morning, thomas, back over to you. >> that you don't, bob, thank youment all right, so we know it is cold, we know it is winter and we know the temperatures will fall here as we look live at the radar and take you across the delaware valley. it feels like we are in the teens. if you haven't broken out your hat and gloves yet, today could be the day, dave kinchen got special musical request, hopefully this will warm you up. >> yes, some rainbows stone colds right there. if you like your deep purple and then they went on changed memberships, another band formed, and rainbow right there, the early 80s, stone cold, classic tune there it is stone cold out here for sure, no doubt about it, lets guess to video, people dressed much like myself, this was overnight, you saw people walking around, philadelphia, bundle up, as much as they could be, not letting the cold stop them from doing what they have to do, but the code blue issued in several counties, camden, where we are now, burlington county, and& montgomery county, in pa, basically, advising pe

castle. >>> that sounds so great, thanks, bob it is pack for four or 5:00 in the morning. >> whole town out celebrating, it is good to have you here, edge's thomas drayton with karen hepp. sue serio's off but we have scott williams in. >> hi everybody, good morning for a piping hot cup of joe, down there with bob kelly. i think he has a latte named after him. let's focus on the weather, weather bynum scale of one to 10 to day we will give it to a seven because we will see sunshine but look at ultimate doppler waking up to light snow, flurries, a brief disturbance, rapidly moving through at your use. as for as those temperatures 34 in philadelphia winds south at 9 miles an hour but factor in that wind, feels like 27. temperatures north and west, quakertown 31. doyletown 31. coatsville waking up to 33. south jersey glass before he 32 right now, 31 medford, 32 in moorestown, low to mid 30's thirty-four in dover. thirty-three in newark. later on today 42 for the high in philadelphia, 40 in

. >> the fire by their home was the thomas fire which broke out monday. >>> pennsylvania senator bob casey is joining the long list of democratic lawmakers today calling for senator al franken to step down. also on the list senate minority leader chuck schumer. a seventh woman came forward accusing the minnesota senator of sexual misconduct. she claims franken force sibley tried to kiss her in 2006. the push to remove franken comes a day after em balanced congressman john conyers announced his retirement. he also faces accusations of sexual assault. >>> coming up, he owns a philadelphia institution but now he's promoting more than just his roast pork. john is now asking you to consider donating bone marrow. he says it saved his life. >>> kristen. >>> lucy it's on to the next one for the eagles. coming up with the birds learned about themselves last week and how doug pederson is changing thin running a small business is demanding. and that's why small business owners need more. like internet that's up to the challenge. the gig-speed network from comcast business gives you more. with s

bob corker might want. it's the job first held by thomas jefferson and now held by rex tillerson. like every chairman of the foreign relations chit tee in the senate before him, bob corker would like to be secretary of state and with donald trump in public conflict with his secretary of state, over just how eager we should be for nuclear war with north korea, as well as other subjects, bob corker knows what everyone else in the world knows, that rex tillerson could be out the door any day. donald trump could need a new secretary of state any day. tomorrow, next month. and by now, bob corker has observed that donald trump forgets the insult game. he forgets what he has said when he insults people like ted cruz or little marco as he called him. he also seems to forget the insults that marco rubio and others have visited upon donald trump and bob corker seems right to calculate that donald trump would not ever get over bob corker not voting for what donald trump calls a monumental tax cut bill. donald trump is one of the rich people who will get richer because of this legislation if i

alex and thomas, back over to you. >> bob, thank up. the breaking news bob was just talking about, happening right now, fast moving fire swept right through a vacant church this was the video overnight in kensington. we know 19 homeless individuals were inside at the time. >> so steve keeley is joining us from kensington, you can only imagine what firefighters were dealing with when they were trying to fight this fire, steve? >> nineteen why saved, likely whole lot more ran april way once this fire started, and may have started themselves. you don't need to be veteran fire marshall to figure out what likely happened here. combine i err reporter mike newell six months ago reported on this old catholic church shut by the archdioces in 2012. had heroin addict coming and going he reported through the once boarded up windows, uncle see, are wide open once again, along with the doors everywhere you look. inside, mike reported cardboard mattresses, blanket, bloody rags, filled the floors, along with needles, lots of needles. so many homeless,

the thomas fire, now the fourth largest in state history. live here in los gatos, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> good reminder for a lot of people. thank you so much. speaking of the thomas fire, it claimed the life of one firefighter. cor corey iverson was killed. his wife is pregnant with their second daughter. a somber scene yesterday as the firefighter's body was taken away. >> so sad. >>> this weekend, an animal rescue ranch will hold a memorial for the animals that died in the fires. last night, the red hot chile peps played at a second benefit in san francisco. they played. looks like they enjoyed it, too. they played to a sold out crowd. many in the audience lost their homes in the fire. >> i think it's magical and amazing. i just love that they are doing that. they are one of my favorite bands. >> she says she loves the red hot chile peppers. no word on how much money they raised last night. between the first one at at&t park, organizers say they raised $30 million so far and a lot of spirits, as well. >>> the time now, 5:35. this morning, the maverick con

thomas back to you. >>> we will find out soon, bob e are following out of the fighter hasounty this morning been injured fighting a house fire, that broke out j ago. we know multiple people have been transported to the hospital with injurieour jenny e this morning with the very latest on the very jenny. >> reporter: it is, unfortunately we got a sad sayig all morning long three people inside the home wereevacuated tt ed to the hospital we dent necessity the accident of their injuries but weupdate thae dogs and two cats inside the mat , safely and the chief te arriving last night he sort of were threehat rescue mission. victims standing the roof out in the cold trying to escape here were flames, smoke, shooting out of the second and third floors. it took f hours to get this fire under control. there are several fire co out co fire in this brutal weather, just 14 degrees outfighters have been tg breaks to get warm. >> it is cold. guys are bundledrehab going on e refreshments here, hot check late, coffee, gator aid, they ha replenish themselves and i have a icetownship has come problem. >> reporter: isis b

. >> great to have you with us this wednesday morning, i'm thomas drayton, karen hepp is on, but we have the crew here, bob, good morning. >> good morning, everybody. >> sue serio, good morning to you. >> morning. yes, well, you'll see i wrote it on one of our graphics, get used to it, our temperatures are below freezing and don't expect to get above freezing. >> every day. >> for the rest of the year. >> the number on the dashboard said 19 when i pulled into the driveway this morning. >> oh, my dashboard said go back to bed. >> what are you doing up? >> i should have listened to it. >> pull the covers over your head if you can. i'll speak out, watch us if you happen to have the week off. we know everybody doesn't. you got to feel for folks who have to work outside in weather like this, so let's give you the numbers because we've got them. number of the day, gone down to six, out of ten, as we get used to this weather pattern, very cold air. it is fruit cake day. so bus stop buddy has a frozen fruit cake, there and he is making sure that he's bundled up with the blanket, coat and the hat and of course the

thomas. >> a lot of people smiling. good morning, karen. great to have you with us. bob> good morning, everybody. >> getting us started. we will check on the road in a minute. lets talk about the weekend forecast. >> i don't think weather will cause any problems at all, first weekend of december coming up and lots of parades, tree lighting and all kind of things, and and still rain last night and it is cool, temperatures are in the 30's, couple temperatures in the 50 's right now this morning. right now it is 46 degrees. we have a breeze out of the northwest, sunrise time, it is not until 7:04. lets check a couple other temperatures good morning allentown at 38, it is 35 in doyletown. hometown in media where we did feel earthquake yesterday, it is 44 degrees at the moment, wildwood 48,

thomas. >> good morning, karen. we have a lot to talk about. good to have you here. bob kelly, with a check of the road. >> good morning everybody. >> how is it shaping up. >> a little chilly. >> it is cold and will get colder. >> this is a heat wave compared to what we are getting. >> we have temperatures in the 40's. some could flirt with 50 degrees but an arctic front you said it, thomas later on today knocking those temperatures down and those winds will be gusting. weather by numbers on a scale of one to 10 we will give it a six. highs in the 40's but that arctic blast tonight will usher in bitterly cold air with wind chills in the single digits and teens. little bit of light precipitation trying to make it to the ground far north and west but the arctic front is still off to the west and look at the temperatures, 47 degrees atlantic city. forty-three in philadelphia, 39 degrees right now in the lehigh valley, so once again temperatures mid to upper 30's , lower 40's, but south jersey look at. that sea isle city 47 degrees. forty-seven harvey cedars. we are looking

thomas, back over to you. >> thanks forget us around, bob. 5:19. republicans on capitol hill are shifting their folk us to tax reform with president trump saying they're close to historic legislative victory. republican push to reform the tax code facing another hurdle after that democratic victory in alabama. democrats are calling on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to hole off on tax reform until newly elected alabama senator doug jones is seated. republicans hope to vote on a final package by next week. and the gop's goal, remains delivering tax reform by christmas. >> was she fired or did she quit? bottom line she is out of there. former apprentice contestant amorosa gone from the white house and it did not go very smoothly. in fact, the cover of the new york post no more a.m. rosa, reportedly she swore at the chief of staff john kel when he fired her, she had to be physically dragged and escorted from the white house. the secret service says the reports that she had to be removed from the white house complex are not true, in a tweet last

sounds, right here this friday morning on good day, great to have you here thomas drayton we have the whole gang, karen hip, bob kelly good morning everyone. >> good news we have no cows on the roadway. i drove pennsylvania the mang er scene. i didn't see cow but i realized they put a smaller cow in there somewhere. >> yes, ginger. >> yes, ginger snap. >> replacing stormy. >> we will look at ginger coming up in a moment. lets check the forecast. >> ready when is it coming in? >> later this afternoon winter weather advisories, already posted, philadelphia point south ande, into delaware, south jersey, we are looking at more snow. we're dry and quiet right now but two systems will merge this afternoon right on top of the chesapeake bay area and then move toward the delaware valley. so temperatures to start, it is cold, we have 12 in quakertown, doyletown, 12, it is 20 degrees in newtown square. temperatures in south jersey camden, 22 degrees, hammington , 21 and look at vineland 24 degrees. temperatures will stay in the 30's and coming up i'll time out that snowfall, more on the advisory and also, how much snowfa

thomas drayton is off. let's get right over to bob kelly or steve keeley on the breaking news then to bob to explain how tound it. we have a mess, steve. >> reporter: well, we initially thought, once they get this sign off the overhead area, that they would leave it on the median, trying to get 95 open. but look. this is the last of at at least half dozen huge flatbed tractor-trailers moving into place, with that second crane. so, as they cut this away, with haak saws, the reason you're seeing sparks flying, hearing that noise, it seems like they're going to load the heavy several-ton sign that you pass under, and probably without notice every day, and now, get it out of here to complete this job. and just make it one bad night , rather than maybe two bad nights. but, this is a bad night, turning into a bad rush hour morning, bob kelly, when you have 95 shutdown, you've got the local people who are frustrated, having to take to the local roads, like we're seeing, and we've got these people over here asking us how do i get around this point, over to us, asking us for detours, then you've got the people who

tgif it is friday, thomas drayton's off, i'm here with sue serio celebrating 20 years , bob kelly goodorning to you both. >> anniversary girl. >> amazing. >> miacle of broadcasting. >> what do you mean miracle. it is a miracle. >> jobs don't tend to last real long at times and i'm grateful i have been able to stay here all this time. my daughter called me at 1:00 in the morning. she said happy anniversary, mom. she was a baby, and now grown up everybody watched her growing up. >> are you trying to deflect from the snow. >> distract you so we don't to have talk bit but you know what, we do. it is not today that any of this will happen. down in southern delaware we could see some action but for most of us seven out of 10. buddy's bundled up with his browny for dessert for national browny day. took that with his lunch. wind chills in the 20's and 30 's and we have two advisor ies, winter weather advisory for i-95 corridor and mostly delaware and winter storm watch is in effect for southern new jersey, and we expect slightly higher accumulation amounts. you see the system to the south, and