as you can see, there's not a flake of snow at jack frost ski resort. officials here say it's a far cry from last year. >> last year we started making snow in november and we -- we -- we ran like 36 million gallons of water through here and turned it into snow. we had snow everywhere prechristmas. >> reporter: jack frost general manager mark says he's waiting for that first cold snap. >> we'll hit it hard and try and get something ready for the holiday. >> reporter: now to put in it terms of dollars and cents officials here at bear creek say at this pace the drop in revenue from last december to this december could be in the neighborhood of two to $3 million. reporting live from bear creek mountain resort, walter perez channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, walter. >>> members of the jewish community are celebrating the second night of hanukkah tonight and in northeast philadelphia, members from different generations joined together to light a big menorah. "action news" was at kleinlife today from very young to not so very young they celebrated the

jack frost officials say this time last year jack frost and big boulder were already opened for business we started making snow in november and we -- we -- we ran like 36 million gallons of water through here and we turned it into snow. we had snow everywhere prechristmas. >> reporter: general manager mark dahl bert says all he's waiting for is that first snow cap and his snow guns are ready to go. >> we have some fire power and we'll hit it hard and try and get something ready for the holiday. >> reporter: now, if you're just hank erring to go snowing or snowboarding big boulder will have one slope opened this weekend. in other words, it is slim pickings. reporting live from bear creek mountain resort walter perez channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> pretty dry out there. walter thank you. >>> as the work week gets under way make it part of your routine to check in at 6abc.com/weather. hourly forecasts and storm tracker6 live radar will keep you up to date. >> it was a dramatic afternoon in delaware county today after a man allegedly took a woman he just met hostage. the action cam was t

listening to christmas songs on the radio, jack frost not nipping at my nose. >> forty-four pottstown49 degrees in the city going to the south even miler. fifty in dover. 52 degrees in wildwood. so, we haven't been around our average hi, it hasn't felt real wintery for awhile. 60s all the way through the weaken, some records in danger every breaking, and the rain arrives on monday, with a cold front, but it is not a very strong cold front. it will still be in the 50's, 60s, even after it passes through. so, that's your next seven days, weather authority. just little bit of wet roadways this morning. but i think it is about over, bob kelly. >> almost. we still got some damp roads, again, you got the sprinkles came through. i don't know whether or not those sprinkles are showers, have anything to do with the overturned tractor-trailer. here is the deal. video from the news sam, 295 southbound right at the delaware memorial bridge, exit one, caring lumber, driver of the tractor-trailer taken to local hospital. but right now dealing with the clean up operation, to the emergency, 295 or th

start it off with a look where you barely have in i snow on the gown, up at jack frost, big boulder.ks to me like couple of little raindrops out there, too, sort of flicking the camera lens right you there. but they've been making snow there is has not been fresh nature made snow that they've got out there on the slopes, just too warm, to keep anything on the grounds at this point. but to the important stuff, folks, we're tracking saint a where is he at now? last seen out in india, his next stop is in cabbage i, pakistan, we're just following his along these longitude that the lines as he makes his trek all around the globe. so we keep updating this for you all day here, both on air, on line, you can check it at cbsphilly.com. meanwhile we do want little fun with the forecast, we have to talk a bill of shop here. take a look at the larger picture of the frontal boundery actually responsible for pretty nasty thunderstorm frankly over kent county this morning, also pretty heavy batch of rain that rolled through gloucester, camden counties, but this is the system responsible for all of

reporter: folks shop for snow blowers, shovels and roof rakes at curry hardware just a small tate of jack frost is coming tonight . >>> a little taste is too much. i don't want any snow. i want spring . >>> far. er's almanac said we'll get clobbered . >> reporter: local public works crews live up plows to dump trucks and loading up deic deicer materials. salt stock piles are high in chelsea. mass highway cis it is ready to hit the roads overnight pretreat pretreating highways and plowing if necessary . >>> we're expecting a slippery commute tomorrow morning and people are going to need to be pay isn't and people will need me they have 375,000 tons of salt here. let's hope we don't have to use it all in thing non. live in chelsea, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> anchor: storm force coverage starts tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. jeremy and bri eggers will be tracking that storm. daniel gersh will keep an eye on road conditions for you and we'll have reporters in the feel showing you latest conditions before you head out . >>> following breaking news out of boston right now, police in the f.b.i. investig

santa the grinch, jack frost and frosty the snowman celebrated the holidays on the potomac river in alexandria wow, annual event. this year on lookers though dressed in their short sleeves instead of the heavy winter coat. it probably wasn't so uncomfortable this year actua actually. looks like pretty good time. >> that's crazy. >> we'll be right back. ♪ >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, this is an important message. so please, write down the number on your screen. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. but be careful. many policies you see do not have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the colonial penn program. call this number to learn more. this plan was designed with a rate lock for people on a fixed income who want affordable life insurance that's simple to get. coverage options for just $9.95 a month, less than 35 cents a day. act now and your rate will be locked in for life. it will never increase. your coverage can never be

finally feels like december in philadelphia in jack frost/big boulder they made snow for skiing season but will the weekend chill stick around? meteorologist lauren casey is live in the weather center with a first look at the forecast. >>> lauren. >> thanks, natasha. hard to believe our temperatures were right around average but we've been sold so mild over these last really two months that it felt so cold and right now temperatures they're chilly. 39 degrees right now in philadelphia, still hearty breeze out of the west northwest around 18 miles an hour so it feels more like 30 degrees right now. wind chill also 30 degrees down the shore. temperature 37 degrees. we're in the 20's in the poconos with that westerly wind up around 14. feels like 17 degrees right now and with that winter like feel we also have some winter like scenery on storm scan3 showing as you few light passing snow showers moving through parts of the poconos, seeing a couple flurries that did pass by parts of central new jersey over the past couple hours. as we head into the overnight period things are going quiet do

chestnuts roasting on a open -- nope, jack frost, nipping at your -- um-hmm. >> love it, love it. it doesn't to have snow for a while yet, believe me. >> reporter: this very balmy, christmas eve has things feeling backward at the gloucester premium outlets ape perhaps busier and more festive for it. >> i think our shoppers are enjoying it and drawing more crowds out. >> reporter: crowds were dark through you to cash in on lt minute deals, some sported santa hats and short sleeves. >> i didn't grab my coat, i didn't grab anything just out and about hoping the rain stops and then just put the cap on just to be, festive. >> it feels like we're having a good time and just trying to look out for mom and make sure she has a good christmas. >> reporter: in this case you should look away, some of the most steep sales are on winter wear which has struggled to sell due to the warm weather but on this day weather and tightening christmas deadline seemed to have the the opposite effect. >> pretty much just looking around for the the most part, just take up the seasonal feel. >> reporter: as s

santa the grinch, jack frost and frosty the snowman celebrated the holidays on the potomac river in alexandriaow, annual event. this year on lookers though dressed in their short sleeves instead of the heavy winter coat. it probably wasn't so uncomfortable this year actua actually. looks like pretty good time. >> that's crazy. >> we'll be right back. ♪ >>> that's going to do it for us tonight. for lauren, don everyone here i'm jessica dean. you can fine us at cbsphilly.com a special thanks to all the great people here at cbs3. many of them behind the scenes. merry christmas everyone. have a good night. ♪ (narrator) cbs presents. ♪ may peace prevail on earth. may peace prevail on earth. may peace prevail on earth. (speaking in foreign language) may peace prevail on earth. may peace prevail on earth. may peace prevail on earth. (narrator) there is so much to be thankful for in our lives on this beautiful planet. from above, it is hard to believe that people are locked in life and death struggles every day often due to violence in the name of religion. and yet, through the darkness shines a light

." >> jack frost nipping at your nose dana: he has a decent voice. that is his new baby daughter, just under two weeks old. as for jasmine's message to santa that she could beat him i'm sure that could happen.yesterday, the carolina panthers trying to go 15-0 on the season with cameron newton as their quarterbacthe falcons were not having it. the junkball and touchdown racing into the end zone. at the end, down seven. the panthers had a chance to tie on fourth down. down goes newton and the game is over. the falcons started fast now have won two in a row. caroline is 14-1 on the season. today is that day people in new york city can break free of thbad from 2015. they call it "good riddance day" in new york city. they have a shredathon. it is an opportunity for people to purge negativity from 2015 people usually shred things like medical bills, pink slips, and even pictures of exes. kim: that makes sense. that is all bad stuff. the pink slip means being fired usually. pictures of exes, i get it. new in the 6:00 hour, it is a make-a-wish monday. becaus

taking a look at jack frost big boulder where one little snow was there was covered in fog earlier today. the mountain is snow making and snow making is very difficult in this weather. some resorts are opened with just a handful of trails. >>> while some are trade nothing skis for golf clubs work these temperatures expect to be in the 70's, we're told t times are christmas eve are going fast. many course is are thrilled with the extended season since some got a late start in the spring due to ice damage. >>> don't forget, track the forecast with our team of meteorologists, just down load cbs weather app a available for freon itunes and google play. >>> six more passengers heard in the deadly derailment of the amtrak train in philadelphia filed suit against the rail line. complaints alleged that the may 12th crash could have been avoided if amtrak implemented proper precautions and safety measures. investigators say train 188 jumped the tracks at frankford junction after entering a curve at twice the the speed limit. eight people were killed and more than 200, injured. >>> a system to pre

chestnuts roasting on an open fire jack frost nipping at you yuletide carols being sung by a choir like eskimos everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe it helps to make the season bright tiny tots with their eyesll hard to sleep tonight they know that santa he's on his way he's loaded lots of toys and every mother's child is gonna spy to see if reindeer really know how to fly and so i'm offering this simple prayer to kids from one to ninety-two, yea, yea although it's been said many times, many ways merry christmas to you merry chistmas to you by getting top dollar for your >> and here to help us when it comes to silver bullion is john jankowski. he good morning to both of you. how are you? >> hey, how are you? >> good morning. >> welcome. >> christmas is here. >> christmas is here. >> next week is the new year. >> it was fantastic. you know, the new store opened up on september 21, and i couldn't be happier. i mean, we have had so many people come into the store. we have changed the face of how people buy and sell in the city of las vegas. there's nobody that pays more. the busines

. ♪ chestnuts roasting on an open fire ♪ jack frost nipping at your nose ♪ yuletide carols ♪ being sungng a powerful performance by the la gospel choir. when the spirit of christmas continues. and now more of the spirit of christmas. ♪ here i am halfway around the world ♪ still so much reminds me of home ♪ i hope it's all right ♪ i know it's late there tonight ♪ i just had to call to let you know ♪ even though there's an ocean between us ♪ you're with me in everything i do ♪ even though we're apart ♪ you're still in my heart ♪ merry christmas ♪ i'm thinking of you ♪ merry christmas ♪ i'm thinking of you (audience applauding) (audience cheering) ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord is come ♪ let earth ♪ receive her king ♪ let every heart ♪ prepare him room ♪ let heaven ♪ heaven and nature ♪ and nature ♪ nature ♪ sing ♪ everybody sing ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord, the lord is come ♪ let earth ♪ let earth ♪ receive her king ♪ receive her king ♪ let every heart ♪ prepare him room ♪ let heaven and nature sing ♪ let heaven and nature sing ♪ heaven and nature ♪ go tell of his glory ♪ tell of his glo

. >>> good morning, winter is here, but jack frost is know where to be found.e look right now at love park in center city. love seeing that tree all lit up. justin it, won't be the only thing they'll feel like they're rosing this week. we're in for some record setting week. katie has the details. >> also, wall every wetness moving across the country. that massive system stretching from the gulf to the great lakes, and it will bring some rain our way today. good morning, it is tuesday, december 22, i'm erika von tiehl. katie outside on the skydeck. meisha keeping an eye on the roads. if you have fabulous hair lie katie, you may want to bring an umbrella today, right? >> stop it. >> well, that could be true. did i see some water kicking up on the windshield this morning. so just wondering, katie, a lot of the overnight construction moving out of the way. everything looking good, but can our morning commuters expect rain? >> i would say yes. i would just say expect that you might have to flick the windshield wipers once, twice, did i when came out on the skydeck,

. >> anchor: folks are shopping roof rakes at curry hardware just a small tate of jack frost is coming tonight . >>> little taste is too much. i don't want any snow. i want spring. >>> farmer'sal macsaid we'll get clobbered . >> anchor: local public works crews are hitching up plows to dump trucks and loading up deic deicing materials. salt stock piles are high in eastern salt in chelsea. mass highway says it is ready to hit the roads overnight, pre pretreating highways an plowing if necessary. >>> we've done a ton of work to prepare for the winter and i anticipate that work will be put to good news starting tonight. >> anchor: state police are warning drivers to keep your speeds down. make sure you have safe tires, you've got the scrapers for the windshield and of course you want to make sure have you plenty of gas in that vehicle. 7 news. >> anchor: thanks, jonathan. as the snow moves in mbta rides are wondering if the t is ready for winter. last year you remember t was couldn't keep up with all of that snow. today the governor trying to reassure everyone the t is on track. 7's jenni

take a a lot a jack frost big boulder where what little snow there is, covered in fog. mountains is closed. snow making is difficult on this winter because of the weather that we have had, ski resorts in the poconos are opened though, most with just a handful of trails. the kind of a rough go there but some are trade nothing skis for golf clubs. with temperatures expect to be in the 70's we're told t times on christmas eve are going fast a across the the region. many course is are just thrilled with the extended season, since some got a late start in the spring due to the ice damage. but i guess, skip the the slopes, head to the greens, you will be good to go. >> absolutely. i can already picture our friend ukee washington out there. >> 100 percent. >> i fully expect a text message like when is this little shower coming in because i need to schedule my t time, he used to pull that on me all the time when i can get my game in. >> lets look the at what the weather watchers are reporting. i want to start off with a couple really sweet pictures. we have point september as t

when jack frost is trying to steal your credit card, come to me. this is the "topical storm." at a basketball game a young woman named sally had the chance to win a quarter million dollars. all she had to do was sing a half court shot. -- was sink a half court shot. let's see if sally does it. sally, she is so pretty. her halloween colors. it falls out of her hand. fall short of half court. it was so awful. the team should confiscate money from her. i have seen zoo animals play better than that, sally. s that's right. yes. that was just a half-court shot. the pros can sing them from much further like michael jordan. watch. beautiful. i love tricks. topic number two. meet edward, she is cute and curious. but she has an extraordinary sense of coordination andon rhythm. here she is playing drums, and she is about to school any skinc meters four types her age. watch this. -- four times her age. [♪] i hope she thick of the country turkey while she is laying waste to those drup heads.n amazing ti topic number 3. very good news. for people like you who like experimental haircuts. a b

chestnuts roasting on a open fire jack frost nipping at your nose >> she's going -- >> like a jack in the box on that seat. >> and don't forget the bow. >> stop cheating. >> willie 's the bow. >> i've got to see it. >> oh, gosh. >> two, three, four. silver bells, silver bells it's christmas time in new york city a few other cities, too >> okay. jane is the champion of the game. >> you can't sing. >> it's -- it's what america has been clamoring for. okay. >> you don't have to put yours on. on. rocking around the christmas tree rocking around the christmas tree have a happy holiday he doesn't know the words >> all right. >> tamron. i'm sorry. really. >> you thotd we were all here. >> another opportunity for jane to sing. >> tiebreaker. >> you each have one. okay. easy. >> they are all easy. they are christmas songs. >> take it, take it, take it. you go, take it on home we wish you a merry christmas, we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year good tidings -- >> in the christmas spirit. >> you win. >> the >> can you sing us to break? >> sing us to break. >> a copy of "a muppet chr

man says a storm is coming temperature gonna hit zero hey kids are staring out the window hoping jack frost nips their nose jingle bell jingle bell let's sleigh yeah we've been waiting so long for the holiday yeah jingle bell jingle bell let's sleigh yeah we've been waiting so long gotta celebrate for a blizzard and a pint of cheer we're laughing and were clappin' this time of year snow we want snow from new york to california here we go oh snow we want snow for the london bridge and kids in tokyo looking up up up for that frosty flaky stuff let it fall fall fall tonight snow we want snow we want snow snow snow when we wake up it's all marshmallow white ain't this a wonderful life snow we want snow from new york to california here we go oh snow we want snow for the london bridge and kids in tokyo looking up up up for that frosty flaky stuff let it fall snow we want snow we want snow snow snow snow we want snow from new york to california here we go oh snow we want snow for the london bridge and kids in tokyo looking up up up for that frosty flaky stuff let it fall fall fall tonight snow we

great results up there, jack frost, big boulder and kindle back and they get packed. >> it is a real for the area ice-skating rinks. i was at reston town center on wednesday. the rink was frozen wednesday morning. with the temperatures well into the 60s, near 70, kind of tough keeping the ice rink frozen. by popular demand, i did add flip-flops to the what to wear list today. we can eliminate the warm coat, boots and umbrella. >> we'll take both of those. >> sunglasses and flip-flops in december. wait a minute. is this an out of body experience. we are into the twilight zone here. now, with our weather in december, getting a few sprinkles trying to reach the ground. panhandle of west virginia, and northern shenandoah valley, they are tracking to the north of the metro area over the next half hour. temperatures right now are in the low to mid-40s. a chill in the air. it is december after all. temperatures in the 40s around the bay. all above freezing. a couple of spots in the 30s. manassas, warrington and frederick. already near 50. shenandoah valley and out of the mountains, great da

." >> jack frost nipping at your nose dana: his daughter is about two weeks old, born december 16. as for her message to santa that she could beat him up, i don't know about her, but dad could. this is a rite of passage for teenagers. you turned 16 and get a drivers license. for this teenager in wisconsin, take the test using the family r.v. are you kidding me? that is not the easiest thing to take the test with. she had no problem. it took her just one try to pass the test. she got her license. she says she is thankful for one thing, that th taker did not require her to parallel park. they did not. the new england patriots playing in the meadowlands yesterday against the new york jets. the game tied. they going to overtime. the patriots when the coin toss but elect to kickoff. they don't want the ball first?

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reporter: biking, picnicking, walking the dog and watching the roses bloom again, this christmas jack frost has gone on vacation. at least out here, no one seems to miss him. >> this is a once in maybe 30-plus years that the weather is like this. so, we'd love it to be cold and maybe white. but you gotta take what you get. >> reporter: people still out here enjoying this weather. you can expect this to last through christmas and then even i think i speak for a lot of people when i say thank you, el nino. you know, you should be thankful now. honestly, you know we'll be paying for this by mid-january. enjoy it while it lasts. back to you. >> shorts now. snow boots later. police in north carolina say one person has been killed after a fight broke out at a crowded shopping mall earlier today. detectives are investigating what's being called an officer-involved shooting inside the north lake mall in charlotte. off duty officers tried to break up a fight. when one armed person was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. >> the first thing i did was run to the storage room. the second thing was to

. >> much of the country experiences record temperatures jack frost makes its home out west. close call when a drone comes crashing down on the tracks of a skier. what he is saying. >> a look back at today's christmas past. >> all those plus the lesson in the kitchen from our favorite the scottos cooking for crowds, as we get started on a wednesday morning. back to you. >> look forward to that. see you at 7:00. thanks. >> got it. >> ten minutes before 7:00. we're getting a warm and foggy start for much of the area. thick fog extends into the pocono mountains, that's from blue mound. that's looking better than it did. 57 degrees in philadelphia. light fog at philadelphia international. 50s to start with, we'll be in the 60s this afternoon. and won't be foggy all day long. but rain is going to replace the fog. you see low clouds from center city. that's the view from the mellon bank building. the thick fog mainly in pennsylvania down to zero visibility in coatesville. under a mile, half a mile in quakertown. there is the dense fog. light in wrightsville. got thicker in wilmingt

metinka: maybe jack frost is visiting us. we have a gusty northwest wind steady at about 15 to 20 miles per hour, making the temperatures feel like the teens. make sure the kids have their outdoor gear for the recess. temperatures today will not be changing much at all so pretty much, what you see is what you get. highs close to freezing, typical for this time of year, that we have been spoiled. this time of year, cloud cover makes a big difference, as well as the wind. more clouds streaming in from the west. quiet weather across the midwest, which is good news if you have travel plans. tomorrow, a disturbance will be heading in from the dakotas. light snow will track into the northeastern part of the state, probably missing most of us in the central iowa area. we will have a surge of warm air returning back to the midwest on saturday. sunday will be the warmest day of the weekend, followed by a chance of rain showers as the system moves through. no precipitation to worry about, no fog to slow you down, but the wind might be

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. >> reporter: while jack frost is leaving our noses feeling comfortable, we still find people enjoying all the city's holiday trimmings. >> i know the season is here. i feel it. i'm enjoying the warm weather. >> reporter: the weather outside is delightful. those wearing coats do so ceremoniously and all dreaming of a white christmas may have to keep dreaming. >> it's not a white christmas if it's 60 and sunny and you're ice skating in a t-shirt. >> reporter: i'm mac king, fox 5 news. dari: when fans are excited about this. steve: the trailer for x men came out today. this picks up 10 years after the last x men flick. apocalypse is the world's first mutant introduced in the '80s and decides to give them an evolutionary jump-start. dari: with space at a premium, the so-called tiny house movement -- christina: >> we're going to see temperatures very comfortable. we have readings in the 50s to 60 in central park. and that is setting us up for a comfortable evening and a mild weekend is ahead of us. not just for us but for much of the northeast. we have readings in the 50s in boston as well

. >> i invited jack frost to your birthday party. >> thanks very much. >> it's going to be cold out here. already the wind is kicking in. it's getting blustery all of a sudden. folks are looking a little different, kind of walking with the head down a little bit and fighting the gusty wind heading out of the north and west. let's go outside, really pretty sunset developing as we look through midtown, a pink sliver there on the horizon. it looks pretty as skies try to clear out as the colder, drier air works in. northwest wind 9 gusting to 22. we'll be gusting over 30 later tonight and tomorrow, and the high goes in the books as 57. that was just after midnight, much of the daylight has been spent in the 40s. it still goes in the books as a day of 14 degrees above average and only 6 degrees away from another record high. look at the numbers now, newburgh at 41, monticello 34, yonkers 46, same thing in norwalk and andover new jersey coming in at 40. tonight. 45 in belmar. look at this planner, instead of seeing six handles you see lots of 3s and 4s. northwest wind 12 to 25 this evening. 30