kristin meet brayden christmas. : like typical nine-year-old boys, he likes to play with toys and hang with his friends. but unlike most people brayden syndrome at birth. >> i've always said to myself, if he had to come into this world, i would much rather be his mom that somebody else. christine: this holiday season the christmas family had one , wish. a wheel chair accesible van. >> we had a minivan where we would put the wheelchair in the back of the van, lift him in and after a backs cannot survive this. kristin and that's when the : community and total strangers stepped in to help. >> i knew people were giving, we were just overwhelmed. they don't see the everyday struggle we had and it was huge. huge that they would help us and he just loves it. >> it was amazing. him to get his van. now he can spend less time sitting and more time working with his slamdunk. >> its a great christmas. it actually answers our prayers. kristen: the family says thanks to this community, all of their lives will be better. in windham, kristin spoke -- kristen pope. tom: great story. cross country chall

brayden. brayden, show us your muscles. that's the reason we have brayden here, he's helping with the big boxes. thank you brayden. lets' take a look at the forecast, it's a beautiful day, we have beautiful skies overhead right now. our highs are expected to get in the 60s this afternoon. just a fantastic weekend to come to one of our 9 cares colorado shares sites. it's been a busy morning out here. diesel group who came by with 30 trucks and dropped off donations. we have a big donation coming right now. >> i'm with ashley robinson from amazon. you're here for a special reason. >> yes, absolutely. we're here to donate $15,000 for coats for colorado. this is our first big donation in colorado. we're excited to be here and part of the community. >> this is going to dependable cleaners to buy the coats, the cleaners, tell me what this means to you guys. >> it makes up for the entire month of october when we got no coats. we will have enough coats to take care of everyone this year. 30,000 coats will be distributed, brand new

sean: the christmas family already has the new van debt free and they say brayden loves it. and they want to thank everyone who helped out, calling it an answer to prayer. coming up, coworkers rallying support. plus, the new efforts getting underway to keep lobstermen safe sean: the university of new hampshire is getting in on the spirit of giving. staff members are organizing what's known as "the unh wildcat santa," a fundraiser to benefit other staff members who need a little boost and support. the campus community helped 35 of its own last year, many of whre >> for our community members here, we are looking at them to donate new and unwrapped toys. gift cards for the older children and #nations are always welcomed and wanted. and from the local business owners, possible services because we hold a raffle. sean: unh wildcat santa has been 1990. you can help make sure kids across the state get gifts this holiday season by supporting our "spirit of giving" toy drive. you can donate new, unwrapped toys this friday through sunday at toys r us locations in manchester and nashua

sean: the christmas family already has the new van debt-free, and they say brayden -- as you heard -- loves it. and they want to thank everyone who helped out, calling it an answer to prayer. look at that. a nice effort. it is 6:13. coming up, coworkers rallying supp wildcat santa. plus, the new efforts getting [ bell clangs ] celebrate the holidays with delicious dunkin' coffee. stop by dunkin' donuts for two k-cup boxes for $15.99 or 3 pounds of packaged coffee for $19.99. be noisy. be silent. be far. be joyful. be together. celebrate joy with dunkin's holiday-flavored coffees, espressos, and donuts. america runs on dunkin'. sean: welcome back, everybody. the university of new hampshire is getting in on the spirit of giving. staff members are organizing what's known as the unh wildcat santa, a fundraiser to benefit other staff members who need a little boost and support. whom are also raising families. >> for our community members here at unh, we are looking for them to donate new and unwrapped toys, gift cards for older children, cash donations are always welcomed and wanted, and f

it looks good throughout brayden schenn -- bradenton but we have a fatal crash out here. taking a look at some travel times, if you're on 270 it is a fears drive. pearce avenue down i-4 will take you about that is a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. >>> it is 4:40 and new this morning, stolen car chase between tampa. it all came to an end at 56 street and king high school. 2 men were driving a stolen toyota previous. police say the stolen car was zipping through neighborhoods at more than 50 miles-per-hour. the buccaneers take on the atlanta falcons in thursday -- bucs. kickoff is at a dead 25 and you can watch that game right here on news channel 8. be should turn to news channel 8 right before the game. >> before the game we have our hour-long newscast from raymond james stadium including interviews from collinsworth and tony. >>> stealing money from kids: still ahead the little league president who police say stole asked why he did it. >>> a killer on the loose: up next a murder mystery in hillsboro -- hillsborough county neighborhood where woman's body was dumped

my early spic brayden. braen >> the wizards home opener is tonight against tour trone the team has a lot new thingshi planned including a throw back k bullets t-shirt. thi the 9:00 o'clt ock hour on goodg day d.c.y d.. out west phoenix suns debuted ad new promotion.on the lion king cam asking fans to hold up their cubs like in the e famous move 52. most of the youngsters didn'tsts seem to like. se theyem like being the center of the attention when you're y dressed like a pumpkin. even the suns mascot got intont the act m cher cubs just too big however to lift over your head. >> aw that's a mascot rightt r there.ther >> i would like to see you liftt tucker up over your head.ea. >> we'll try that in good day. d >> we might do that later this i morning. >> super. drew cary's middle name is little son.ittle son. >> isn't that interesting.'t the >> i did not know thatresti.. >> i'll probably never forget fe that. >> why do i know that? >> why wouldn't you? you shoult know that. yt >> probably like somebody's sir

from a brayden schenn laundromat. >> on the customer can get help, she knew she better call behnken. she sorts out the dirty laundry. >>> a recount of presidential votes will take place in at least one swing state. coming up, the president-elect accusatory tweets of voter you by your local suncoast hyundai dealers. visit your local hyundai dealer today or visit www.buyahyundai.com. >> new tonight, president-elect trump tweeting that he was very impressed by his meeting with former cia director david petraeus. petraeus is one of several names being floated as secretary of state. trump is also set to meet with rudy giuliani, bob corker. petraeus who heads unit -- central command between 2008 and 2010 in tampa after an affair and mishandling of classified information. >>> elections officials in michigan officially declared donald trump the winner of the states 16 electoral votes but the fight may not be over. and party candidate jill stein is fighting for a recount in michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. wisconsin performed -- confirmed there will be a recount. the president-elect las

30 days 100% the average rainfall getting 5% of normal in bartow in clearwater 7% in newport, 2% brayden schenn 8% point pretty dry. 58 degrees cool to start the day. noon 74, 78 at 3:00 p.m. bright sunshine. 60 at the airport, dew point 54. forecast low 58, pretty close. north wind 5 miles per hour, 80% relative committee. temps have cool down 50 in inverness, 47 brooksville, 61 plant city. cooler farther to the north. we had clouds to contend with in areas last night. a lot of clouds across the keys today. florida straits cold front, same one making a cooler and drier across the sunshine state is stalled against my sure showers continue to fall back into cuba and offshore over the bahamas. a wet cloudy day in the area. nice and clear now across most of the area. clouds chasing across the area but mostly lots of sunshine in the forecast. hurricane season still here. 80% chance of the next five days of developing but not much in the way of movement as we look at the computer models thrown on one map, this is what they are doing. usually this time of year we get troughs that dig into the

brayden schenn and matt reed visits with patients at saint christopher's hospital for children and the players brought gifts and signed autographs and talked hockey and the visit was part of the nfl's hockey fights cancer campaign and in pennsylvania, a packet of heroin can be cheaper than a six-pack of beer and prescription painkillers are too easy to get. as the head of the pennsylvania commission on crime, i've helped local communities fund drug treatment programs to save our kids. i'm josh shapiro, and as attorney general, i'll crack down on the drug dealers and stop the overprescribing of opioid painkillers. i'm proud to be endorsed by law enforcement organizations representing 14,000 police officers. this is a fight we can't afford to lose. . >>> so do you have a scientific term for what will happen over the next few days? >> a warm-up. >> she is always prepared. always. >> it's going to get warm a cold front will move in and southerly winds are ahead of it. nothing too technical there, easy to understand. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing no rain out there right now and th

brayden schenn scores. between the legs. no look pass. all three of his goals are power play goals. flyers have the most power play goals in hockey. time running out. steve mason, what a save to ice it. flyers win 3-2. and goalie steve mason responded big time after giving up six goals friday night in toronto. >> you know what, i'm tired of being embarrassed. it sucks. it's a real poor start to the year and you just try to find things to build off of. so just keep working day by day and hopefully things start going better. >> good for his confidence. sixers finally got their first win friday night with joel embiid stealing the show. he rests last night in length on the back end of a back-to-back. they did have sergio rodriguez. check out the fancy dribbling. whoo! dario staric nails the three but the hawks have a guy named dwight howard who is going to throw it down. and it is over. hawks beat the sixers 1 17-96. okafor 18 points. the sixers have not won back-to-back games in 20 months. >>> penn state ranked tenth in the college football playoff standings, they were playing their fi

>> reporter: there will be a recruitment fair on brayden schenn at the patrol office -- the patrol office . >>> the family of a florida woman who was accidentally killed by police has been awarded a $2 million settlement. mary knowlton was killed in august when she participated in a role-playing scenario at a police academy. during the scene, an officer fired a round with live ammunition. the officer remains on paid wrong dosage sent a toddler to the hospital twice and left the pharmacy in a lawsuit. a mother is suing cbs after she says they mislabeled her two- year-old's medication causing her to overdose. in the lawsuit, the mother says the child now has permanent health damage. >>> it's not just candidates with a lot at stake next week. some high-profile constitutional amendments are power and utilities are shelling out big bucks to try to get it to pass. we sent that token to take a closer -- matt belkin to take a look.. some of the largest utility companies in the state have pumped another $3.5 million into the amendment 1 campaign. backers of the amendment have pitched it as pro-sol

brayden schenn scores. all three of his goals are power play goals. time running out. steve mason, what a save to ice it. flyers win 3-2. and goalie steve mason responded big time after giving up six goals friday night in toronto. >> you know what, i'm tired of being embarrassed. it sucks. it's a real poor start to the year and you just try to find things to build off of. so just keep working day by day and hopefully things start going better. >> good for his confidence. sixers finally got their first win friday night with joelle embiid stealing the show. he rests last night in length on the back end of a back-to-back. they did have sergio rodriguez. check out the fancy dribbling. whoo! dario staric nails the three but the hawks have a guy named dwight howard who is going to throw it down. and it is over. hawks beat the sixers 1 17-96. okafor 18 points. the sixers have not won back-to-back games in 20 months. >>> penn state ranked tenth in the college football playoff standings, they were playing their first game in the top ten of any standing in seven years. let's go

. >>> head coach dave hakstol shuffling you have lines, jay voracek joins claude giroux and brayden schenn. wayne simmonds goes down to the second line, but guys say, to biggie. >> i have played with schenn, and g, before. they have played a long time with me. so it is not like i'm playing with new players. we have to execute plays and score goals because we will play lots of minutes. >> it is normal. at any point of the season for lines to be switched up. just for to us execute and play. >> reporter: switching gears at 7:30 saturday a championship will be up for grabs. temple has a chance to win a ac east. only thing standing in the way is three-eight east carolina pirates. the pirates, they are in the very good. in fact owls are 21-point favorites, and if you ask matt rhule the team has two big reasons to win it. >> there is the title on the line and, of course, last home game for the seniors. >> i'm grateful for these kid. if you are grateful i want to make sure i do my job to give them every opportunity to have a chance to win this game and walk off this field the last time this they w

puck goes behind the net wayne simmonds with the pass to brayden schenn and with that the flyers take lead. final seconds of the game wild on the attack past eric staal, mason robs him of the goal so the flyers three game losing streak is over. three-two the final. >>> the sixers on the road playing the hawks looking for their first back to back win since march 2015. jahlil okafor got the start at center joel embiid has the night off he'll play on monday. third quarter sixers down by eight. down low scores over superman right there much jayliel led the sixers with 18 points. later dario saric knocks down the jumper. sixers trailing by a basket. then the hawks took over: atlanta beat the sixers 117 to 96 the final. >>> eagles, the birds are four and four on the season which is not bad considering they have a rookie head coach and quarterback but things are going to be pretty tough for them for the rest of the month after the falcons outplayed the seahawks and packers. doug pederson was asked what improvements they need to make in the second half of the season. a little more consistency

our eastern counties of more than half inch has fallen in toledo and getting closer to the swath of brayden will be over spreading into northeast ohio. the rain is gone and tomorrow and for a pretty mild day. was pretty much around the middle and upper 40s and the winds sustained 10-20. it will give way to dry morning and what happens tomorrow morning. clouds around with an emerging sunshine was some very warm temperatures. i was more seasonable and the 40s. you're a day forecast, just a little bit longer. >> still to come tonight, and man's midflight outburst leaving passengers stunned. skating routine raising eyebrows. that act as part of a celebrity show why it's sparking international outrage. later on in sports the big ten comes down hard on jim harbaugh and the wolverines. the latest from berea. where rg3 is a bit closer says it won't let up for a while. the cadillac xt5... what should we do? ...tailored to you. wait it out. equipped with apple carplay compatibility. ?? now during season's best, get this low mileage lease on this cadillac xt5 from around $429 per month, >> thousands o

it's time for brayden in whitewater to celebrate. he likes baseball, football and basketball. wake up emilese-- it's your swimming. there's six candles on shamar's birthday cake today. he likes playing with his brother, playing video games and going to the movies. and a big happy birthday to tristen in new berlin. he likes super heroes, hot wheels and playing with legos. to find out how to wish your child a happy sixth birthday on fox six wake up news - just log on to "fox six out more new emojis. from the "face-palm" to the "shrug" emojis are getting some well deserved upgrades. there will also be a lot of new professions added to the people emojis such as a firefighter, a judge an astronaut and a pilot. some of the existing ones will also get makeovers to add more realistic features. the new emojies are part of the i-o-s "10- point-2" system update which is currently being tested. laughing all the way to the bank! according to reports out of china, she scammed 20 of her different boyfriends into buying her i-phone 7's. but it gets better! the b-b-c reports the woman resold t

brayden shenn gives them the lead. 7 seconds to go in the game, steve mason saves it.lyers win 3-2. three game losing streak is over. >> we were playing good. for him to come in and make seller saves, he pretty much won -- stellar saves, he won the game for us. >> a comeback win, it shows character in the group. >> sixers try to win two straight for the first time in two years. don't hold your breath. embiid resting after going his minute restriction overnight. okafor yet to start in atlanta. okafor, where are you, where are you? hello. 2 of his 18 team high. sixers fight back, robert covington, 3, yeah. sixers within 2. this is as close as the go as t. former sixer kyle korver burns with it -- burns 2. they have lost 8 of 9. >>> big win for penn state. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day. >> all right, we'll be right back with another half-hour of "action news." fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary

brayden schenn gets it in the. flyers within one. final seconds. rangers go long twist shoves it down no time left. flyers lead 3-2, too little too late. . >> we made couple of costly mistakes where guys left alone in front be and we have to clean those up it cost us the game. more than one game. >> no bull, joel embiid gets the night off. until at least christmas. jahlil oakford gets a start against chicago, oakford with ten, third quarter gets ugly. sixers 46 turn overs last two games, dwayne wade pick two, wayne and jim's butler each with 26. sixers down as many as 28 lose 105-89. dropped 11 straight to the bulls. >> you can do that from the get-go and you knew you were going to be in for a fistfight and with a physical team, a bunch of all star men be championship men. >>> how about temple coming up big in the big apple for the first time in school history, they beat two ranked team. temple up big, west virginia in the tip off. temple sheets 53 from beyond. 20 upth at the half. jumping up and down. west virginia comes back in the second. final

brayden shenn gives them the lead. steve mason saves it. their losing streak is over. >> we were just playing great. steve came in and made stellar saves and won the game for us. >> it shows a lot of character in the group. especially after last night's dewpointing appearance. >> reporter: sixers trying to win two straight for the first time in two years. embiid resting after going over his minute restriction overnight. okafor down in atlanta. how about this, okafor, where are you, where are you? two of his 18 team high. sixers down 11. they fight back, report covington, 3, sixers within 2. it's as close as they get. atlanta at that shoots over 50%. former sixer kyle korver burns at 2. sixers lose 117-96. they ever lost 8 of 9 to start the season, they head to houston. big win for penn state another big ten "w" for nittany lions that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day. what do we want our kids to learn? how to game a test... or test themselves in a game? how to master an exam... or examine a master? how to be robots... or build r

i checked in with my weather watcher in brayden ton, it's 62 at her house. we could be dealing with the first snowstorm in the upper midwest. but for us, clear skies. we will see a cooldown. not the snow, but the cooldowns. we stay mild between today, tomorrow. and most of saturday before this cold front comes through. this is the same front bringing west. cool and breezy for sunday and monday. we actually see another little warm-up into tuesday. guess what? another cold front on the map and the long-range forecast which does include now thanksgiving with a 10% rain chance. >> we're a little bit slow away from the hump on the howard franklin bridge as you come into tampa. not too bad, though. it's going to take you nine minutes to cross the howard franklin. it's going to get much heavier that's somebody on 275. so keep that in mind. here's a look at it. you can see it's starting to get a little bit slow and go. heading out towards pinellas, we're fine. just got word of a collision, westbound i-4, hitting the brakes. southbound 75 coming away from the new tam

brayden schenn flex it in. flyers within one. final seconds have the extra attacker.ut rangers shoves it down, no time ledge. flyers lose 3-2, too little, too late. >> we made a couple costly mistakes, flyers left alone. have to clean this up because it cost this, us more than one game. >> no bull, joel embiid mia he gets off to rest after, he the sixers plan to restrict him until last christmas. oakford trying to serve a come back, slams it down, october duane wade a pick two. each with 26. sixers down as many as 28. lose 105-89. they dropped 11 straight to the bulls. >> you walked into that gym from the get-go and you knew you were going to be in for a fistfight and with a bunch of all star men, championship men. >> college hoops be how about temple coming up big in the big apple for the first time in school history, they beat two ranked teams in two days. temple up big on knownth west virginia in the tip be off championship. temple sheets nearly 53 from beyond, up 20 at the half. jumping up and down. temple blows the lead. west virginia comes back in the second. bu

brayden schenn scores. all three of his goals are power play goals. time running out. steve mason, what a save to ice it. flyers win 3-2. and goalie steve mason responded big time after giving up six goals friday night in toronto. >> you know what, i'm tired of being embarrassed. it sucks. it's a real poor start to the year and you just try to find things to build off of. so just keep working day by day and hopefully things start going better. >> good for his confidence. sixers finally got their first win friday night with joel embiid stealing the show. he rests last night in length on the back end of a back-to-back. they did have sergio rodriguez. check out the fancy dribbling. whoo! dario staric nails the three but the hawks have a guy named dwight howard who is going to throw it down. and it is over. hawks beat the sixers 1 17-96. okafor 18 points. the sixers have not won back-to-back games in 20 months. >>> penn state ranked tenth in the college football playoff standings, they were playing their first game in the top ten of any standing in seven years. let's go to

brayden schenn scores. all three of his goals are power play goals. time running out. mason, what a save to ice it. flyers win 3-2. and goalie steve mason responded big time after giving up six goals friday night in toronto. >> you know what, i'm tired of being embarrassed. it sucks. it's a real poor start to the year and you just try to find things to build off of. so just keep working day by day and hopefully things start going better. >> good for his confidence. sixers finally got their first win friday night with joel embiid stealing the show. he rests last night in length on the back end of a back-to-back. they did have sergio rodriguez. check out the fancy dribbling. whoo! dario staric nails the three but the hawks have a guy named dwight howard who is going to throw it down. and it is over. hawks beat the sixers 117-96. okafor 18 points. the sixers have not won back-to-back games in 20 months. >>> penn state ranked tenth in the college football playoff standings, they were playing their first game in the top ten of any standing in seven years. let's go to indian

brayden schenn back at center but doesn't mind dropping down a few lines. >> when you're inconsistent there's still a lot of hockey to be played. i'm sure he's looking for a little bit more chemistry everyone. >> i see no green in your tie. are your socks green. >> no. >> blue and orange. >>> interesting. >> if they win i will wear green tomorrow. i already have my tie picked out. >> thank you jamie. >> we will be airing this year's cma country christmas special on the live well network. jennifer nettles hosts tonight at 8 o'clock. conviction follows at 10 o'clock. of course head to 6abc.com to find out how to watch the live well network on your cable provider. >> and still to come on "action news" tonight, tickets for the new star wars movie called rogue one are officially on sale. a lot of fans have already purchased there's. >> stepping outside sky6 hd looking live now at the ben franklin bridge looking terrific at this point and we'll have much more from meteorologist adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather 7-day next. >> ♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means

the third, flyers have the most power play goals in the nhl they can add another, brailledden -- braydenhenn gives them the lead. steve mason saves it. flyers win 3-2 their losing streak is over. >> we were playing good, he came in and he made stellar serves, he won the game for us. >> we talked about in a from day one, a lot of come back wins, shows a lot of character in the group especially after last night's disappointing third period. >> reporter: sixers trying to win two straight for the first time in two years, don't hold your breath. embiid resting after going over his minute restriction overnight. okafor, how about this start, trailing the play, okafor, where are you, where are you, hello. 2 of his 18 team high. they fight back, robert covington 3, yeah. sixers within 2. it's as close as they get. atlanta shoots over50%. former sixer kyle korver burns 2. sixers lose by 21, 117-96. they have lost 8 of 9 to start the season. they head to houston. big win for penn state, another big ten "w" for the nittany lions. >>> lindsey vaughn has been sidelined after breaking her arm. she wash