that will cause problems on the germantown pike. check rest of the jam cams and sue has the michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> look at this christmas pictures allison said my five-year old grandson as cousin eddie, merry christmas. >> love it. >> love it. >> donna says played real hard on christmas, look at that, wore her out. >> yes, look at those gifts, it wears you out, taking a nap and then open up some more, thank you. >> love it. do you have any pictures send them our way we love to see your christmas moments. >>> it wasn't really whit

brookhiser: less than a month after brandywine, washington a tax germantown. -- attacks germantown. if you google this, there is a famous illustration that is part of this battle. you see it in textbooks and reproduced a lot. as the americans attacked, and they had the advantage of surprise, and the attack was going very well. but, there was a large stone house owned by a man named benjamin chew. he was the chief justice of the colony and a loyalist. and the british troops, some of them, retired to this house. and it was stone. thick stone walls. and they were in there and they turned it into a fort and they were firing at the americans. and so the americans thought -- we have to clean this out. we have to clean them out of here but they could not. they only had light artillery pieces that were not big enough to bombard the walls. and so they thought they would try to set fire to the basement. but they could not get into do that. and there is a famous illustration -- i forget the name of the artist. but it is of the americans trying to batter the door down. and there is an officer o

germantown pike is closedn swed street. there's a large amount of water that was leaking on to the roadway. with the temperatures being what they are, siton in a salt truck. they're trying to get that cleared up for you. also want to tell you about a problem on septa. the broad street line experiencing delays northbound and southbound. 25 minutes because of equipment issues. the germantown train 30 minutes late because of equipment issues. eastbound drive times, average speeds in the 60s, and everything is in the green there. >> thanks. >>> mariah carey says she's determined to have a better new year's eve than in 2016. she's returning to dirk clark's new year's rockin' eve after last year's crash and burn on live tv. >> i'll just go through the motions, okay? ♪ >> she was visibly upset and at points stopped singing despite the prerecorded music in the background. her staff said technical glitches made performing impossible including a faulty earpiece. dick clark productions denied the claim and said she did not rehearse en

first, brandywine, and now germantown. third, you can see here north of germantown it says whitemarsh. whitemarsh was not really a town but a place. it was an elevation. you can dig in there. after this defeat, this is where washington takes his troops and improvises fortifications. and in december, it looks like there is going to be a third battle. lord howe marches out of philadelphia towards the troops at whitemarsh and we have a description of it again by john marshall. who is there. and he described how washington rallied his troops. he rode among them, he gave them directions. he told them to use their bayonets. and these guys by then, they have lost two battles in two months. they are hungry. out of uniforms. low on ammunition. they certainly cannot attack but he is trying to rally them to defend. and then, what happens is that howe does not attack. he looks at the position and he figures that it is risky and he will spend the winter in philadelphia. and marshall says that it was a tribute to washington and to his t

i might want to use township line instead of germantown pike. by the flourtown gulf station our crash along bethlehem pike cleared out so everything is reopened there and we're sitting pretty so far this morning on the big picture on the highways. no issues on the blue route, the schuylkill or 95. no overnight correction. but there is a fire location to watch out for this morning in north philadelphia. it's eighth street between dauphin and susquehanna. i would just stick with sixth or tenth early this morning, tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> well, it all came down to literally that final minute of the game. a clutch interception by the eagles defense all led up to this 48-yard field goal by jake he will 80 -- elliott. jeff skversky has team reaction and what this means for the birds in terms of the playoffs. >> reporter: it wasn't joelly old saint nick foles dressing a delivering a christmas night win for the eagles but the defense coming up big, delivering five turnovers as the eagles clinch home field advantage throughout the nfc for the f

firefighters found the home engulfed in flames in germantown. live on the scene. do we know how this started? jay: we do not. the calls of the fire is under investigation. of the fire is under investigation. the road is closed down to fight the fire. there is a huge gaping hole in the middle of the home. fire officials say when they arrived flames were shooting out and it was fully engulfed. on the video, you will see the backside of the property, where the whole back of the home is blasted open, totally gutted. firefighters were back there. we just got the video moments ago and sent it in. they are trying to clean up the hotspots and make sure that the blazes out. the good news is it appears nobody was home at the time. firefighters scoured the home. here, but again, no cause of the fire. this is an area of germantown that does not have hydrants accessible to the house, so they had to get a lot of fire trucks here with a lot of water to put this blaze out. jay korff, abc 7 news. kimberly: another house fire, this one in fairfax county. the flames broke out in spr

i really don't. >> does he live here locally, obviously, in germantown? >> no. >> memphis?do you know? >> not that i know of. i don't think he lives in memphis. >> reporter: detectives had to find edward another way, so they accessed heather's facebook account and mined it for clues. and there it was, a profile with a last name attached. >> and what was that name? >> edward raulerson. >> reporter: police dialed a phone number they found for ed. he told them he lived 500 miles away in eastern tennessee and agreed to make the eight-hour drive to germantown to be interviewed. detectives wondered had he made the trip once already that week to take heather away? and most importantly, could he tell them where she was now? >> just because you've got somebody living 500 miles away does not mean that they didn't have anything to do with this disappearance. >> reporter: police recorded ed raulerson's interview. during questioning, ed made a potentially important admission. >> i love her to death. i would do anything for her. you know, one of the detectives asked me, you know, who wou

east norriton, germantown pike is closed in both directions.ll lanes are closed there between sweed road and stanbridge because there was water that was getting out on the roadway. water was freezing and causing icy conditions. crews are trying to salt that up so it's easier to pass by. we're seeing another report of hazardous conditions, this one in jenkintown at york and cherry streets. headed to the northbound, things are looking good 95 northbound, on southbound around 322, there's a report a disabled vehicle that's blocking one lane of traffic there. as far as the airport itself, let's take a look here. no delays being reported out of philly international. they just tweeted out a while ago to allow yourself extra time because it is a very busy travel day there. a lot of people checking in. be aware as you head out the door. >> thank you. >>> 6:33. jake elliott has been our hero before. this morning, the kicker is the hero again with this game-winning field goal with seconds left. then the icing on the christmas cookie. >> going the wrong w

right now- investigators trying to figure out what sparked the fire that destroyed this house in germantown. firefighters discovered the single story home in flames- after receiving calls about smoke in the vice president mike pence in afghanistan today for a surprise pence in afghanistan today for a surprise visit. he arrived yesterday-- for his first trip to the country as vice president. he rallied u-s troops and met with top afghan officials. the visit makes pence the highest-ranking trump administration official to visit an active u-s combat zone. it comes four months after the president committed several thousand more u-s service members to the 16-year war effort. right now- investigators trying to figure out what sparked the fire that destroyed this house in germantown. firefighters discovered the single story home in flames- after receiving calls about smoke in the area. crews say the home is in a "non-hydrant" area, which made it harder for them to fight. no one was hurt, but the home was destroyed. developing now-- the investigation into the man accused of intentionally running do

another is the germantown pike at hill crest road in front of the shopping center. the friendlies and exxon gas station so germantown pike blocked as well, township line is probably your best bet and as quickly as that water comes up under the ground it is freezing because of the low temperatures this morning. septa running with modified schedules on buses and trolleys, new jersey transit, doing the same deal so make sure you have the correct schedule. you don't want to be standing outside on the cold corner anymore then you have to. septa running with delays on a couple regional rail lines this morning. alex and thomas back over to you. >>> 7:34. well, if you are heading on you the side this morning you are certainly going to feel how cold it is. >> bitter cold prompting a code blue all across the region, our dave kinchen is in camden. i know temperature dropping. you feel witt that wind, my friend. >> you really can. i take gloves off just to, either check a message from the station, news room or check in an e-mail but other than thaw put them right back on. i wil

. >>> authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in philadelphia's germantown neighborhood this happened this afternoon, on green street. an 18 year-old male was shot once in the stomach and twice in the neck. the vick them was transported to temple university hospital where he was pronounced dead. police have not made any arose s. >>> we're hearing tonight from the mother of an infant mauled by a racoon. that little girl named journey is now on the road to recovery after being released from the hospital, and david spunt talked to journey's mother. he is live in our sat center tonight. >> reporter: she's an incredible girl. she not only survived this brutal attack as a four month-old but she has a terrific prognosis according to doctors and she has a powerful will to bounce back it is all smiles for ashley rodgers and her four month-old baby journey who is back in mother's arms, after a racoon mauled her face, inside their philadelphia rental home last week. >> she was laying on the floor with blood, all over the face. >> reporter: little journey was rush to the hospital where s

his son with the same name shot to death by a philadelphia police officer in east germantown. surveillance video shows officers rushing to the scene. the officers say the 25-year-old initially drove away from plains clothes officers. they say the car he was driving was wanted in connection to a hospitalmism his wife tells nbc 10 she was at the hospital last night and claims doctors say he was shot more than once. >> why did you shoot this man in his head? once he was unarmed, he was not dangerous. >> reporter: they say as he was driving away he knocked into other cars. photo show the damage with at least three vehicles caught in the mix. we're told the father of two then tried running away. >> after repeated commands he makes an assertive abrupt movement and an officer fires one shot, striking the male in the head. >> reporter: we're told he did not have a gun on him and is not believed to be connected to the homicide. investigators say one officer fired a single shot killing him. they say he was sitting on the sidewalk when he was shot. >> the last shot, tried to block it, we

you are going to find them around germantown and rockville, damascus, all the areas are still spotting them and i zoom in more and you can see right along 355 the rockville pike and rockville still some light snow flurries falling there. also along silver rock. and rockland and then as we go a little bit further up north around 370 and 200, also around 270 and gaithersburg, you are still looking at some light flurries falling in those areas. haven't heard many reports of accumulation but this is what it looks like over the next few hours. by the 12:30 today. most of it should be begin to fizzle out for us and still keep the partly cloudy skies, skies really won't clear until later on this evening. it's the clearing of the sky tonight that will help the temperatures to plunge. high temperatures today upper 20s to mid 30s. the between 27 and 35-degree is going to be our high tempur and then really cold air set until tonight. look at that -- settling in tonight. look at that. between 8 and 18 degrees but it's not the air temperatures that's going to be the problem. it's the windchill with

we are live in germantown. flamesin fairfax county, breaking out.wo adults made it out, but a dog did not. investigators are looking for the cause. stay with us for updates on these fires. autria: police need your help finding this missing 12-year-old. escobar was last seen in woodbridge. if you have seen him, call police. larry: officers trying to find a a dog to atied picnic table and abandoned him. he was severely underweight. expectednews is, he is to be ok. police want to track down his owner. autria: stay alert and stay safe for the holidays. while traveling, shopping, and getting together over the next two weeks. larry: while the -- you united air -- united airlines bringing in stress relief dogs to help travelers relax the dogs will be there from 9:00 to 5:00 the next few days. just to play with. are you ready for something that will make your heart melt? autria: you are going to want to take a moment to watch this one. i want a hippopotamus for christmas only a hippopotamus will do ♪ thisa: the zoo posted picture of fiona in time for the ho

jackie's live in germantown with the story. jackie. >> reporter: leon, the 26-year-old owner worked for years to buy this business. his wife, his sister, hisot work here. he said he was not about to let the men who waved a gun in his employee's faces get away with it. >> i don't know. my instinct got to me. >> reporter: adnan shafiq says he acted on instinct when an employee at his business, tasty 5 pizza, in germantown called him around 5:00 p.m. and said the store was being held up at gunpoint. shafiq, who lives across the street, says he jumped in his car and got there so fast, he ran into the robbers as they were running out. >> guy pulls out the gun on me, and he's like, i'm going to kill you, i'm going to rob you, give me all your money. i was like man, i don't have any money. i instantly just said hey, somebody call the police. >> reporter: shafiq says he then did something even he admits was dangerous. he jumped in his car and called 911 to let police know the restaurant had been robbed and that he was following the rob

. >> bullets pierced the windows at this mcdonald's in germantown last night. no one was hurt inside. news 4's justin finch is live with an update on the men who were injured and what's happening now. justin? >> reporter: eun, good morning. police say what's so troubling about this case is just when this happened. we're talking about 6:00 on a tuesday evening as people were inside of this mcdonald's, and they were eating when all of a sudden that bullet that front lower pane of that window there and two men who were shot ran inside. now this restaurant was then closed for hours last night. the relief here, as you said, no one else inside the restaurant was hurt. the two men were believed to have been outside, perhaps in the parking lot, when they were shot by an unknown shooter and then ran inside to escape. police do believe those men know who shot them, but in this case the shooter or shooters were able to get away and in canva canvassing for clues here, police say a plus here is that it happened in a busy area. >> this is a shopping center so many businesses

avoid germantown through east norriton this morning. in abington township along 611. sounds like they put salt down. going ob to be okay. crash and vehicle fire along ryers avenue has cleared out. no southbound delays headed towards center city. disabled vehicle on the westbound schuylkill approaching belmont but it's off to the side as is a dv on 95 in delco southbound side close to 452. there you see it off to the shoulder. all travel lanes are opened as you head southbound towards the delaware state line. over in south jersey out and about by the moorestown mall along 38 no issues to report this morning, but just south of 38 on 73 with the waze app hearing about a crash in maple shade. major accident with some slowing there as you head southbound on 73 toward 295. jeanette. >> okay, matt, thank you. >>> brand new at 6:30, fireworks sparking out of control burns nearly two dozen people in cuba. >> (explosions). >> hot embers rained down many people started running for cover when fires works started going out of uncontrollably. 22 peop

out of germantown, you can use to 70 as a workaround.hn gonzalez is live and we will check in with him. greenbelt, at 50, this crash was tying up the far right lane. further south, a crash on benning road. southbound on i-95, an early-morning crash is gone. it is getting back to normal with a 10 minute ride. traffic watch. we will update the ride on north bound 95 out of stafford in 10 minutes. autria: holidays brighter for kids in need. kidd o'shea is live in national harbor were people are hard at work. hello, kidd. kidd: it is incredible. our friends at darcars came out with two trucks full of toys. we are loading those now. deborah, tomorrow is going to be exciting. we hope to have more toys than this tomorrow. >> definitely. from 11:00 to 3:00, we have your team coming out. toy gets who brings a a free ride on the capital wheel. it is so easy to come out here. it is around the beltway, easy act us on the weekends. no traffic. kidd: if you don't want to get out of your car, you don't have to. all ofhe >> we have "a christmas carol,"

the big story is breaking news from the germantown section where an officer shot a suspect in the head relating to a murder from last thursday on the 1800 block of east atlantic avenue. plain clothed officers spotted the vehicle from that homicide and pulled it over. the suspect ran down one of the officers as they approached.at led to a chase when the suspect's hyundai crashed into parked cars. >> we have an officer in the hospital in stable condition. the suspect in critical condition at an area hospital and investigators are trying to piece everything together. we have the suspect vehicle on location having crashed into two parked cars. we have not searched the vehicle yet. >> when the suspect got out of the crashed car he had his hands in his pocket and refused to follow the officer's command leading the officers to open fire. >> a rare shooting in phoenixville at a duncan don't parking lot on gay street at 9:30. the victim identified as a ninth grader is in serious condition. no further details are given about what happened here. more breaks news from princeton new jersey where th

flames sparked last night at the place in germantown. find ryan hughes -- with the latest information from investigators. a new clue providing new information whether the church hit by a car thursday will be able to go ahead with christmas services. suzanne kennedy live on the scene -- what did you find on the door this morning, suzanne? now to the great christmas escape! millions of now to the great christmas escape! millions of christmas escape! millions of americans - hitting the roads and taking to the skies. and for the second day in a row -- something that may help fliers traveling through dulles airport. united airlines bringing in a few dozen therapy dogs. they're helping relax travelers and bring peace to the bustling airport during the busy holiday travel days. two weeks ago, this eleven year old boy was in a hospital - fighting for his life after accidentally getting shot in the chest by a family friend. now - he's home for the holidays and getting some special visitors. caleb harry was showered with gifts from prince george's

in germantown e.m.s. evaluated 12 students. ten were taken to the hospital after a pepper spray incident. after the evacuation everybody was able to go back inside. >>> at montgomery college germantown campus a thousand people were forced out of buildings after a gas like. -- leak. a gas line burs closed. a photo journalist said he could smell the gas inside his vehicle. >>> aids of president trump are dealing with a fallout of a series of weekend tweets by the president. in one tweet the president raising questions about his previous statements on russia and his former national security advisor retired general michael flynn. the president wrote i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. >> you tweet in comment regarding on-going criminal investigations as you own peril. i would be careful if i were you, mr. president. >> legal experts tell the "washington post" the president's tweet could be used as evidence that the president was trying to obstruct justice when he asked james comey to go ea

i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news" in germantown. >> yup, a sad case for sure.n, thank you. >>> police are looking for a grinch who stole christmas in south philadelphia. this is surveillance video showing a person swiping not one, not two but three small christmas trees as well as two ornament bushes. the decorations were stolen from outside a home on the 1100 block of fitzgerald street. this was early in the morning on december 9th. if you have any idea who this guy is, contact south detectives. >> two people were injured in when a dart bus collided with a car. it happened at 7 o'clock this morning on lancaster pike and barley mill drive in wilmington. the bus ran a red light and crashed into the other vehicle. both drivers will be okay. e driver of the car was cited for failure to have insurance identification. the bus driver was ticketed for failing to stop at that red light. >> turning back to our forecast and not a bad way to start the new work week. >> mild monday. >> yeah. >> not bad. you said it. meteorologi melissa magee joining us now. a lot of m's he

hazardous road conditions in east germantown pike and i'llhillcrest avenue.ouw afor now, everything looks good overall except for this warminster train headed to the airport. still running about 14 minutes lat. >> all right. this morning the eagles are basking in the glory with victory. nail-biter. >> for sure. that givesfield advantage playoffs. the biggest interception of the season -- seconds later, jake elliott hit the winning field goal for the 19-10 birds victory. nice. the eagles are in the top ten in the nfc. that delighted head coach doug peterson. >> we found a way to win, bottom line. found a way to win. everybody's going to come through here now, that's the exciting part. >> to finish like that get the completions and win it that's an exciting thing. >> since the eagles clinched home field next sunday's game at the linc between the birds has no effect on the playoffs. >>> eagles nation refused to give up hope even if at times the game was painful, difficult to watch. it came with a serious payoff. now the birds have home field advantage through the playoffs. matt delucia joins

. >> reporter: presents are donations from the police, community and business as cross germantown includingthing and fresh food for a family to feed them for the entire week. >> it is important for us that they see police in the different light. not coming to arrest somebody but to help the community and supply some of the need. >> reporter: gratitude is evident as family members cheer. >> i brought something for everybody. >> reporter: and smiles, tears , prayers for the >> i didn't realize this was going to be, i just thought santa would give a gift or two and say merry christmas. i was than the expecting all this. >> reporter: fourteenth district holiday tradition of serving families in need had fans more than a decade, this year serving 13 children age one through 16, in germantown i'm wendy saltzman for channel six "action news". >>> meanwhile first responders in wilmington delaware were treated to free meals today at saint frances hospital. breakfast, lunch, dinner were served as part of the annual meals for shields event, hosted by the trauma survivors foundation. lieutenant governor

us the team represents everyone in philadelphia. >> the kids come from the city, not just in the germantown section. we have kid coming from west philly, south philly, north philly. we have no boundaries as far as abilities. >> the raiders hoisted the title trophy for a fourth straight year. also the north philly aztecs wan the d-1 junior varsity pop warner title. congratulations to both teams. >>> look at the scene in buffalo as the bills took on the colts. talk about loyalty from the fans. watching in heavy, lake-effect snow. the bills ground out the slow overtime win against the colts. about six inches fell on the field. after the win, players started making snow angels. yeah. i could see that. and there was even a short snowball fight. very snort. ever play like that? >> i did. i played with the cardinals in buffalo in weather like that. a punt came down, didn't see it -- hit me in the head. scored a touchdown. a few years later i ended up in philadelphia. that's what happens. >> giving the news in the morning -- >> that kind of snow, though, i think that's the same system. are we right

. >>> bullet holes next to where people were dining in germantown.s was the scene at mcdonald's on gunner's branch road. chaos broke out when two men were shot in the parking lot. those men ran into the fast food place looking for help. now police are trying to find whoever is responsible. no one else was hurt and the men are expected to be okay. police believe the victims knew who shot them. >>> we're learning new details about the hours leading up to a bethesda teenager's death. sources say navide perry was at a party when police showed up. there is a body cam video talking to him before he went missing. hours later at 3:00 in the morning his father went to the police station to report him missing. theydn person's report until nine hours later. wtop reported once they started searching, social media led them to the woods where his body was found. >>> a bizarre scene on a busy northern virginia road created rush hour mayhem. take a look at this video here. a naked man on the back of a flatbed truck. you see it and he just starts hitting that truck r

. >>> soon after chopper 4 was flying to this knaus germantown. >> this fire broke out in a house that didn't have fire hydrant access. when they arrived, the flames were coming out of the roof. take a look at these pictures from montgomery county fire. you can see that home is destroyed. no one was home when the fire started. >> it may be the most wonderful time of the year, but one thing that isn't so wonderful is city and holiday traffic. let's take a look at what's happening. >> it's still early. doesn't look like traffic is picking up yet. that doesn't mean it hasn't started. take a look at this video from last night, folks. you can see the gridlock. traffic moving slowly there on i-95 north in beltville. heavy traffic expected all weekend. head over to the nbc app. megan mcgrath will be live with a full report from the roads later this morning. stay with us for that. >>> good news to report if you work for the federal government or maybe someone in your family does. congress averted another shutdown. but this latest spending bill will last less than a month. the deal is going to

there is a this is germantown pike at whitehall road in east he wrr soon. otherwise, not much.bit every construction i95 northbound, should be out of here by about 6:00. rahel, jim, b pat. good news from the traffic department. sports this morning, not so much. now f headlines from across our region. >> former new jersey state trooper has been sentenced on charges he tampered with evidence. and falsified records to cover up the fact he conducted improper stops of female drivers. thirty-eight year old marquis was sentenced to three years of probation, perform 50 hours every community service and pay a $5,000 fine. >> on the front page of the reading eagle, reminder to bring your pets indoors, temperatures continue to drop. new animal cruelty protections signed into law this summer by governor tomol cannot be tethered for more than 30 minute when the temperatures drop below 32 degrees,. >> in the burlington county times willingboro board of education recreation club and common heroes are teaming up to raise money to buy coats for children in need. the goal to raise about $an00ry.

it started last night in germantown. one of his employees called him and told him the store was being robbed. he lives across the street. he rushed to the store just as the thieves were leaving. he followed them. >> my instinct got to me, just follow them. went through 270 southbound. >> still shocked and relieved that it happened and relieved that police were able to catch those thieves. >>> we're also following breaking news. a lawsuit filed to stop the certification of democrat doug jones a the winner of alabama's u.s. senate race. moore says there needs to be a fraud investigation and a new election. alabama's secretary of state says he sees no evidence of fraud and that jones will be certified today. jones defeated moore by about 20,000 votes back on december 12th. it was the first time a democrat has won to seat in decades. >>> right now, more than 2 dozen people are okay after a nightmare commute in new york city. this ferry was carrying 27 people last night when it was stuck on a sandbar for four hours. adding to

we have an accident at germantown pike at white hall road. it cleared, traffic is moving better. we have flurries out there, in the overnight and early morning hours, we saw this come through right now. it looks more pronounced on radar than you will see as you're traveling. when i was traveling it was light and melting on the surface. oxford we'll see these flurries in coatsville and malvern. in glass glassboro you had flurs that moved out. in dover, delaware, you will see flurries currently, but not causing too many problems, jennette. >> thank you karen. >>> surveillance cameras caught the moment a car slammed into a light pole. the car crashed into a parked car, as well in southern california. the crash caused the car to flipped undz and fly troot mayor, one person was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. >>> snow disrupted travel across central england and northern wales. weather related trouble forced the main part of the highway between london and northeast england to close. >>> short-handed sixers lost their 4th game in a ben simmonst have led them to victory, dre

no one, luckily was home when that fire started. >>> take a look here in germantown.. the surveillance camera caught everything. the suspected thieves hurled a rock to shatter the glass. this happened last week. the suspects, they were in and out in seconds, chris. jumping on the counters, swiping the booze and making a quick, quick get away. >> christmas brings out the best and the worst in folks. you thought that was bad, listen to this story. just days before christmas a d.c. councilmember woke up to a nasty surprise. when he walked outside, he found a window of his car smashed. then he realized his brother-in-law who is visiting for the holidays, his car was broken into as well. if that's not enough, the thieves stole his wife's car. they also hit a neighbor's car as well. all this went down on 16th street in northwest d.c. >> the first new car i've ever owned and i just assumed an alarm would go off ifu apparently, not. they knew that. they broke the windows and climbed into the cars. >> white tells us, in addition to his wife's car, the thieves also got away wit

in the 200 block of west germantown pike.e water quickly froze over and water crews shut down traffic in the westbound lanes of germantown pike to make repairs. the break is fixed and all service has been restored. >>> if you think it's colder here in the delaware valley, look at what they have been dealing with in erie, pennsylvania. the city on the shore of lake erie just got slammed with 53-inches of snow in just 30 hours. that is more than 4 feet and it smashed local and state records. this is all lake effect snow, my friends. even though the snow stopped falling state police are still urging folks to just say off the roads while crews work very hard to try and clear them. >>> when it comes to the weather, folks may remember 2017 as the year of devastating back to back hurricanes or the year of so many destructive wildfires out west and scientists say 2017 could become the second warmest year on record. fox news senior meteorologist janice dean has a look back at the weather. >> reporter: from deadly hurricanes to devasta

this hammed around 3:00 this afternoon in the 4600 block of green street in germantown. police say that someone shot the victim twice in the neck he died is the even. no word on possible suspect at this time. >>> firefighters in abington are trying to figure out what star started house fire this afternoon. sky fox over the scene after flames broke out on the home on the susquehanna road right around 2:30 it took firefighters an hour and a half to get this under control. the damage you can see. it's significant. nobody is injured, though. >>> one man's alleged crime spree ends in gunfire in west philadelphia. skyfox over 14th and wall net police shot the suspect. vet gators say it started when the man carjacked a woman just unloading christmas presents just after 3:00 this morning. he then allegedly used that car to rob a deli at gun point around 9:00. plain clothes officers saw the stolen car outside the deli and when they tried to arrest the suspect they say he sped off. he crashed nearby and police say when they approached he made a move towards his waist ban. so an of

not just the germantown section.est philly, south philly, north philly. >> the raiders hoisted the title trophy for a fourth straight year. as we mentioned, there's a second winner. the north philly aztecs won the d-1 junior varsity pop carner title. congratulations. awaiting word about carson wentz. the quarterback suffered a serious knee injury in the game against the rams. next, what doctors, fans, fellow eagles have to say and where the team goes from here. >>> a win that feels like a loss. the birds clinch the playoff division. right now they're without carson wentz after a serious knee injury. >>> everyone wants to know how serious. wentz walked off the field but

someone who knows him saw him was on the 5700 block of champlois street in philadelphia's east germantown neighborhood. simmons is 5-foot ten, he was wearing black sweat pants and a black coat with fur on the hood. please keep your eyes out for him as well. >>> and in bethlehem, police need your help identifying this guy. wanted for going around businesses in the area and impersonating a contractor and stealing stuff. so if you got any information on him, give police a call. >>> fox 29 weather authority all the rage right now because of what happened overnight. man, it was a beautiful evening. tough to drive in though. it was a messy commute this morning. live life look at wilmington. those skies are clear. much better but it's it is cold. kathy is here now with first look at our forecast at 6:00. hello, kathy. >> it is cold. hello, lucy. hello everyone. ultimate doppler you can see nothing going on tonight. no weather issues. holiday party, hanukkah party, no problem tonight it's just going to be cold. you just have to bundle up if you're heading out. 14 right now in the poconos. 31 in p

now to the daring chase in germantown. this time it was the store owner who was in pursuit when afnan shafiq heard his pizza shop was robbed at gunpoint. this started at 5:00 last night at the tasty 5 pizza. one of shafiq's e him and told him the store was being robbed. shafiq lives across the street. he rushed to the store as the thieves were leaving. so he followed them. >> i don't know. instinct got to me. follow them. we started here and going through clarksburg, got on to 270 southbound. >> shafiq says he's still in shock but relieved that police were able to catch the thieves. >>> police make a third arrest in the murder of a 17-year-old girl who was the daughter of a d.c. police officer. 18-year-old james mayfield faces a first degree murder charge in the death of jamahri sydnor. you may remember she was shot and killed by a stray bullet while driving down saratoga avenue in northeast back in august. two other young men are already charged in her killing. sydnor was a woodrow wilson high school graduate and she had

. >>> holiday cheer was being spread in germantown in the form of free hot meal today. the first christmas din are in was served at face to face after a $5 million renovation. the non-profit is an organization dedicated to the health, stability and well-being of residents of germantown. >> have a place where they can come they feel like they are home. so they can be able to enjoy the time with us because only thing we try to do is just have a place for everybody when they come. they feel like more family. they feel more welcoming and serve them with more dignity much that's the goal. >> the 132-year-old building on east price street began renovations seven months ago. >>> hot meal and gifts were on the menu today for residents in need in philadelphia. volunteers at chosen 300 ministries spending their christmas helping those who are less fortunate. in a show of solidarity the christian ministry teamed up with a jewish congregation to put on the event. it's a reminder of a message that dr. martin luther king gave when he spoke at the church back in 1965. >> part of dr. k

. >>> holiday cheer being spread in germantown today in the form of a free hot meal. the first christmas dinner was served at face to face after a $5 million renovation. the non-profit is an organization dedicated to the health, stability and well-being of the residents of germantown. >> meal prep, to have place where they can come they feel like they're home. so they can be able to enjoy the time with us only thing we tried to have a place for everybody when they come they feel like more family environment. they feel more welcoming and serve them with more dignity. that's the goal. >> the 132-year-old building on east price street began renovations seven months ago. >>> hot meal and gifts were on the menu today for residents in need in philadelphia. volunteers at chosen 300 ministries spending their christmas helping those who are less fortunate. in show of sol ladar are the they teamed up with the jewish congregation to put on the event. it's reminder of a message that dr. martin luther king gave when he spoke at the church in 1965. >> part of dr. king's dream was t

good luck. >> good let two people get away with robbing his pizza joint in germantown. he chased them until the police caught up with them. he told jackie benson why. >> i was just following them. >> reporter: he said he acted on instinct when an employee at his business tasty 5 pizza on clopper road germantown called him at 5:00 p.m. and told him the store was being held up at gunpoint. he lives across the street and jumped in his car and got there so fast, he ran into the robbers as they were running out. >> the guy pulls out the gun on me and he's like, i'm going to kill you. i'm going to rob you, give me your money. i said, i don't have the money. somebody called the police. >> reporter: he then did something even he admits was dangerous. he jumped in his car and called 911 to let police know the restaurant had been robbed and that he was following the robbers. >> so, we started here, ended up in bowie, going through ar southbound. >> reporter: you can hear the moment on the montgomery county police dispatch tapes when officers catch up and take over the pursuit. >>

within the next 10 minutes i will take a look at the commute in germantown. >> i told them and they never said anything else. spot, nobody cared to look, was the spot i found my son. autria: new questions and montgomery county, a father telling us about the moment he found his son dead. larry: now he wants to know if more could have been done to save his life. bethesda with more. suzanne: we are getting a clearer picture of exactly how it ended up saturday night in these woods in bethesda. much of this information coming from his father and police providing details about the death of this teenager. laneis the house on elgin where police say he and some friends attended a party where there was underage drinking. policeen captured -- spoke with the kids and told them to go home, addressing the fact that he was intoxicated and his friends should make sure he got there. 18 hours later, police conducted a search near where we are when the body was found by his father by the bannock burden swim club. >> i just went all over the woods, just looking everywhere. rock with the pond about six foot b

it all began from reports of an armed robbery at a pizza shop in germantown. we're told nobody was hurt in that robbery. today a 55-year old man is facing serious criminal charges for firing shots right in the middle of rush hour traffic. it happened right on i-395. police say around 5 o'clock last night, 56 year old adam carabello was nearly hit by a jeep s-u-v switching lanes. they say carabello sped up, passed the shot. the jeep driver flagged down a pentagon police officer, who then arrested carabello. a virginia state police officer later inspected the car and found the bullet. an update now remember this guys naked rampage earlier this month on route-28 in herndon. well today he's officially been charged. jose flores is charged with three felonies and four lesser charges. marijuana possession - is among those charges. police still haven't said whether drugs were involved in this unusual incident though. right now - because of the new tax rules, a lot of people are scrambling to prepay their property taxes. but as kendis gibson tells us.. that may not be

it's 6:06 and police are on the lookout the people behind the double shooting in germantown. the gunfire interrupted just before 6:30 last night. two men were shot. a bullet went through one of the restaurant has windows. one of the victims suffered minor injuries and the other is our covering after surgery. unbelievable video that people cannot stop talking or laughing about this morning. a bizarre traffic backup on route 28 near the dulles toll road. police say a man who was involved in a car crash got out anotherar, attacked driver and started stripping. once naked, he jumped on another passing vehicle and rode on top of it for a while before eventually writing away. police eventually cut up with him on dulles airport property and arrested him. joint base anacostia and southwest d.c., sor today is the last day to brighten up the holiday for children in need this season. we are running our toys for tots drive and you have to go to wjla.com/toys to donate and we will take care of the rest. another battle brewing on twitter. the tweet that has one senator leveling accusations

we are live in germantown, ryan hughes. this boy was fighting for his life after getting accidentally shot by a family friend. now he is home. caleb harry was showered with gifts. caleb says what his dad taught him helped him to say -- state-run. -- stay strong. >> i can't is not a word. >> i can't means you are not willing to try. and son: both father say they forgive the neighbor for the shooting and he will not be charged since it was an accident. 12:15 p.m. time is running out for those of you still hoping to buy adrianna: business news now -- a big change in leadership for papa johns. the ceo found in the chain in the 80's. he will step no word if he will stay the face of papa johns in tv commercials. he came under fire when he said his company stock had been hurt by nfl protests. papa johns is an nfl sponsor. to fbi says toys to connect the internet could be inviting hackers into your home. hackther way to prevent a is to not have the toy, but you can minify -- mitigate the risk by turn it off when it is not being use

. >>> now to breaking news in germantown section a man had his money and car stolen during a violenton and abduction. two suspects tied up the man on west logan street. the victim was forced to withdraw cash from an atm. the theives stole his chevy i am pat will -- impala. a police officer burned his hand helping people escape a fire in south jersey lake view apartments 500 block of lower landing road in blackwood. firefighters arrived to find several people trapped on their balcony. >> i was at my mom's house celebrating her birthday and looked outside the balcony, the buildings in fronts of us was in flames. we heard somebody screaming trying to approximate get everybody out of the buildings -- trying to get everybody out of the buildings. we could feel the heat from my mom's window. >> the police officer is expected to be okay, none of the residents were hurt, red cross is helping 22 people including nine children forced out of their homes. >>> a search continues for two vehicles wanted for a deadly hit-and-run. police say someone pushed a woman out of a pickup truck chofs hit --

former world number one and two up and coming stars that walked twenty eighteen hold in store for germantown. i'm on a welcome to the program two people have been killed in the western a rainy and city of protests phonics across the country ses officials have denied security forces were responsible and said they mean foreign agents false unconfirmed social media reports say police shot the protesters state officials have warned that those stoking disorder will quote pay the price. protests against unemployment inflation and corruption went into the third day in several cities across iran the capital tehran saw burning bins on a burning building. at the gates of the university hundreds of students and others clashed with riot police. earlier state television finally reported the demonstrations that have been spreading over the last few days the newsreader blamed what she called hostile websites and alien media for stirring up just as his faction called the protests illegal state television showed a peaceful demonstration but there were clashes earlier with police in the western city of come o

you don't have to worry about slick conditions and we're out here along germantown in chestnut hill. take a look behind me at some of the holiday decorations at some of the shops. i mean, the whole street is lit up and it looks gorgeous. speaking of gorgeous, let's talk about temperatures for the week if you're one of those people in the last-minute shopping, how about the temperature trend? philly at 47 and wilmington at 48. let's look at the graphic so i can show you the next few days moving forward. the trend is going to move even higher and i tell you what, we stay in the 40s and 50s all the way through friday. there it is. superb shopping weather. wednesday at 46. thursday, a little dip. 40s is a heck of a lot better than the 20s we were experiencing and then friday back up to 52 degrees. dry as well so you don't even have to worry about the umbrella and they were loving this nice weather. >> it's beautiful. actually you don't even need a coat. it's beautiful out. >> it's perfect. nice day to get out. >> we've been out all afternoon and it's been great. >> we saw the steady flow

live here in germantown, shamarly stone. >>> new developments following the death of a 17-year-old bethesda teenager. police found him dead in the woods. which learned there is a police body camera video showing saturday night. they say he was at an underaged drinking party. we learned his father went to the police station a little bit 3:30 a.m. to report him missing. police did not take a missing person's report until more than nine hours later on sunday afternoon. inve investigators do not know how he died but they don't suspect foul play. >>> charges of sexism against president trump after he lashed out at new york senator kristin gillibrand and wrote that she begged him for campaign contributions and would do anything for them. she is the first female senator to call on him to re-sign over sexual misconduct allegations. four women are coming forward to revive their claims against the president with gillibrand calling for an daughter and friend. d.c. detectives confirm a woman missing for weeks is the one whose body they found in a crash can. someone found the body of joanie sh shaette r