as you mentioned jenkintown the problem this morning taking a look down below here at regional rail.hings looked like normal but we do know there are cancellations trains to norristown the airport malvern inbound from wilmington all canceled tonight. the problem, that downed power line in jenkintown tack a look from skyfox capturing crews working on it this morning of the the cause of the downed line is not known at this point but did it cause massive delays to the system. people are barely moving train for as we mentioned two hours because the same conductors and engineers worked both the morning and evening rush hours, the delays didn't give enough rest between shifts which as a result is now throwing off this evening commute leading to cancellations and delays. the bigger problem here is manpower shortage. there are 194 septa engineers, a shortage of 19 and riders will tell you delays are not uncomm uncommon. >> east train is late every today from three minutes to eight minutes to 10 minutes sometimes 20 minutes until the next train comes. >> reporter: how often. >> daily. either

and a rough go this morning on septa all i am bound trains coming through jenkintown are running withelays because of equipment problems. they have to board on the out bound platforms, scottie, i shore they are bundled up when they left the house. >> they need to be bundled up. yesterday's high was 6o right now 26 in philadelphia at the airport but look at the feels like temperature only 26. a that is how you should dress twenty-four in trenton. twenty-nine in millville. is is 11 in the poconos. out to sea is cold trent that brought drastic change. the we have 34, 35 down the shore and right around freez ing 32 in the lehigh valley. not as harsh for tuesday, a high of 47 on wednesday when looking milder, highs to 40's to near 50's. back to you. >>> holidays are here and holiday parties are happening. >> yes. >> it is not just women who want to look great and be fashionable. >> no, men also want to look good, and this morning we're getting a little help from someone who certainly knows all about this, ike is amens wear expert who launched a consignment shop called hunters where you you

started when a power line went down in jenkintown which led to power problems with the trains.ox 29's brad sattin live at jefferson station in center city. brad, we're hoping slowly but surely some progress here. >> reporter: yeah, we are hoping. this is really been something else. septa's website is reporting residual delays of about 15 minutes as a result of that downed line that happened almost 16 hours ago. that line has since been fixed but it has exposed septa's manpower problem. big delays this morning on septa's regional rail. a down downed wire in jenkintown ground train traffic to stoop leaving passengers stuck and causing delays system wide. >> the main problem was getting to work an hour late. >> reporter: by early afternoon the line was fixed but residual delays forced the cancellation of several trains into the evening rush hour. >> i came down for the train and the board said the train to norristown was canceled. >> because of work crews the delays impacted the availability of engineers in the afternoon. manpower shortage that passengers say is obvious. >> usuall

it is now drizzling here in jenkintown. no traffic. this is the first or second car that we've met on our journey since we have been on 611. we're going to continue to head north probably head up to the quaker town area. we just thaerd there may be some snow flurries in that vicinity. as soon as we see them, you'll see it. live from now from storm force, monique braxton. >> we'll continue to check in with you. the lehigh valley and points north have the best chance to see snow and ice rather than rain. >> they're already seeing a wintry mix up there. "nbc 10's" pamela osborne is live. pam, update us on the conditions that you're seeing up in allentown. >> reporter: yeah, it's a little bit all over the place. just a moment ago it wasn't doing anything at all. now it looks like we're getting a little bit of this snow mixture going on. we're actually a little bit late joining you this morning because we were stuck behind a crash on the turnpike this morning. we're giving you a live look at some of the road conditions here. now that accide

there is fire to tell but in jenkintown, susquehanna road at mill road. there was outdoor leakage fire that has the intersection kind of closed down there in jenkintown. one more thing to tell but accident, gilbertsville, route 73, to route 100 northbound, injuries reported there. rahel, jim, over to you. >> let's get back now to the story out of south philadelphia this morning. police continue to search for the cold blooded murdered err of 81 year old grandmother. >> so sad. happened christmas eve while she sat in the grocery store that she owned. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at marie's grocery store at sixth and wharton streets, trang? >> reporter: good morning, jim, rahel. investigators say the 81 year old great grandmother was testifily targeted. they don't know who or why. as police serve for her killer, growing memorial outside the grocery store that marie buck ran for more than four decades. >> this police department and this city and this district attorney needs to step up and do whatever they have to do. >> a gut wrenching plea fro

then a wire felon top of the train, at the jenkintown station.train by the way, no injuries, but that whole mess put delays up to two hours on most of the regional rail lines and then work rules from the union ended the delays for engineers that were stuck on the delays, kept those guys off the job for evening rush hour, therefore, that led to more cancelled trains, for the evening rush. so that was the whole scenario as it the played out, one, you know, what started out as cold weather and wire worked its way all the way through the evening rush hour, folks were late getting there and also late getting back home. now out in limerick lewis road and oaks road watch for an accident right off of 422. fire location at broad and montgomery in collindale. hello to the live look at this house all lit up with the lights to the top of the rooftop, snap a picture of your home, and lets get in the holiday spirit as we continue our very kelly christmas week. one more week to go as we send a pick, post to it facebook, twitter, instagram, use that # fox 29 lig

we had power line, coming down across the train in jenkintown and that caused upward of 90 plus minute delays in the height of the rush hour in both directions and then what happened is the conductors that were stuck in those delays they had work too many hours so therefore they could not come back and work the evening rush hour, so that cancelled trains for the evening. it was a hot mess, #that yesterday, so we will hopefully get off to a better start. lets get in the christmas spirit. look at this by here inflatable is up to the bedroom window here in northeast philadelphia. that is what we're looking for keep those pictures coming, it is very kelly christmas, we are showing all of the pictures on tv having some fun all you have to do is snap a picture post to it facebook, twitter, instagram and use the #fox 29 lights contest to show pictures on tv ape maybe pick your house for a visit to your trent lawn later on this week, karen, back over to you. >>> thanks, bob. >>> we have a lot of news on this morning, here's one of our top stories, there is a montgomery county pediatrician arre

might have snow earlier, but it's wet in malvern and media and chadds ford and a light shower in jenkintown and the city, and woodberry new jersey, the rain is moving out. >>> developing overnight, a drive by shooter executed a rookie corrections officer who was shot sitting in a car outside a home in brooklyn. officers found her with gunshot wounds to the head and torso. a motive is unclear. no arrests have been made. the corrections officer bee nerve -- association is shocked and grieving the murder of bryant. >>> a fire at a four star hotel in pakistan left 50 people dead. you can see white bed sheets tied together hanging from the windows where people tried to jump to safety. the fire quickly spread throughout the highrise, former are among those being treated for burns. most buildings do not meet safety standards to avoid such mishaps. >>> a georgia father convicted of leaving his child in a hot car. he left his 22-month-old son cooper in a car for 7 hours in 2014. police say that he had affairs and killed his son to avoid parental responsibilities. >>> earning your wings, a special pi

jenkintown, doylestown, same thing.e it nice and easy, very, very slow over the next couple of hours. 27 in quakertown. warrington, 289. center city, 31. glass borough, 31. vineland, 32. hammonton, 32. browns mills, 30 degrees. so the day planner looks like in the city of philadelphia and the i-95 corridor from wilmington up to trenton and all the immediate surrounding suburbs dealing with the ice right now. we flip it over to rain within in the next hour or two. we'll see the on and off rain through 1:00 p.m. by afternoon it's mainly cloudy with rising temperatures slowly, but we're rising, the patchy dense fog starts to settle on in. you go north and west, philadelphia getting into the lehigh valley. it's a little different story, the icy concerns continue through 11:00 a.m. by afternoon it's mainly cloudy with the fog settling in. when i come back in ten minutes we'll take a look at future tracker of and i will have the accuweather seven-day forecast. guys? >> thank you so much chris. >>> now, let's get an update on

then a wire felon top of the train in jenkintown around 7:00. that eventually led to delays through the morning of up to two hours, union work rules, engineers sitting in those delays, kept the guys from coming back and working for the evening rush. that led to cancelled trains during the evening rush hour. septa said they got it under control and minor delays, so far this morning, fingers crossed, an accident in limerick at lewis and at oaks just off of 422 and a fire location in northeast philadelphia at unruh and gillespy. mike and alex, back over to you. >>> thanks, bob. developing right now, they think the attack this berlin was terror attack. >> sure looks like it. is live look have of the christmas market what is left of it in the berlin where 12 people were killed and dozens more judge injured after a big truck plowed into people there >> as you can see they are still going through tam age and some of the stuff that happened there buzz lauren is outside christmas village outside city hall. now some people are wondering should we be on al

began with downed wire in jenkintown. >> and many delays in cancellations followed.ox 29's brad sattin joins us live outside jefferson station in center city. brad arc little progress tonig tonight. >> reporter: well, we can tell you septa is still reporting on its website some residual delays of about 15 minutes. this as result of problem that actually happened nearly 15 hours ago. a bad wire was the problem but a manpower shortage appears to be exacerbating it. it was a downed wire just after 7:00 this morning in jenkintown that made a mess of the morning commute on septa's regional rail. >> the main problem was getting to work. an hour late. >> reporter: for other twos hours stuck on the train. crews had the prepared by 1:00 p.m. but still to plane for the cancellation of several trains into the evening rush hour. >> i came down for the train and the board said the train in norristown was canceled. >> engineers and conductors worked split shifts. so when their morning shifts ran long their mandatory rest time was cut short. forcing delays and cancellations into th

septa officials say the issue started near the jenkintown wynnecote station. the delay includes the west trenton, warminster, lansdale-doylestown, and airport line. septament rogue shuttle busses to help riders, no word yet on when service will resume as normal. >>> chopper three over the smokey scene today 3 miles east of downingtown, the pennsylvania turnpike was closed around 8:00 a.m., as crews battled that tractor-trailer fire. police say no other vehicles were involved, no one was injured, and troop remembers investigating the scene. >>> anarchs small fire broke out at assisted living facility in burlington county, new jersey early this morning. on 12900 block of church street in moorestown. this after 4:00 a.m., smoke started pouring out of the boiler room and the basement of the building. officials responded to the scene, they say the fire was minor, no one was hurt. really disturbing story here. police are offering a $20,000 reward for information in the shooting death of a three year old boy in little rock, arkansas. the toddler was on shopping trip

due to construction at jenkintown. keep an eye overall on the regional rail schedule. new one goes into effect sunday, so go to septa.org for more, guys, back over to you. >> pat, thank you. well, if you haven't done so already, you may want to break out those winter coats for today. >> that's right. bitter colds winds will be in full force. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh, live from center sit which more on the season's first arctic blast. and i see your scarf on. i don't see gloves, anita. >> yes, greg, and jan, well, i am i probably should get them on. i got the fun assignment this morning, right? definitely biting chill in the air. seeing tons of people wrapped up in their scarfs, gloves, hats, and they're saying, you know, it was a relatively mild fall this past fall. but that is all changing now. take a look at some of the video we shot earlier this morning, of people walking around, they're definitely prepared for this colder weather. some we spoke to say they're actually ready for snow. which i'm not. i can veto that right now. but others say they're not so

event took place this afternoon at chelsea right there in jenkintown.members gave neighbors there manicures and massages and then organized a few games of bingo. >>> sanity and mrs. clause traded in the sleigh for a classic ride today. they joined car enthusiast in media, delaware county for tenth annual toys for tots cruise for kids. volunteers piled in their classic rides to deliver a mountain of toys with young patients at riddle and crozer-chester hospitals. >>> believe we all can agree that nobody should spend the holidays alone and that includes rescue pets. that is why several local shelter came together to hold a huge adoption event, at the armory today in center city. "action news" reporter jeff chirico has more. >> hey, buddy. what is on my list. >> reporter: easy to understand why mason cannot hold back his kisses, excited shelter dog has found himself a family. he is one of the hundreds of cats and dogs adopted at this weekend's mega adoption event at 23rd street armory. >> we try to adopt a thousand animals, each event will have a different

very heavy rain from riverside in cherry hill, new jersey, and other side of the river, jenkintown, willow grove, moderate rain. the tail end is actually off to the west, you can see like reading, appears at which e coming to an end here. allentown picking up light rain or drizzle. but more is on the way. temperatures, now, we have a warm front in the process of lifting through. all these numbers will start climbing here over the next couple of hours. 38 degrees, fairly chill in the lehigh valley. 40 for philadelphia, that's not bad for this time of the year. millville, 41. cape may, 47. atlantic city at the airport, 48 degrees along with the rain we have the fog. we're down to 1.7 miles in wilmington. 2 1/2 in allentown. 2 miles in philadelphia. less than 2 miles in millville. trenton, just a mile. take it easy out there on the roads, again, the visibility kind of messing up the -- fog messing up the visibility is what i am trying to say. the rain is coming down in sheets. it's making things difficult. lots of ponding on the roadways. moisture is coming to an end, but more is starting to

lighter shades of green here, this is a steady rain that's falling from malvern to philadelphia and jenkintown, one last stop will take us farther to the west in lancaster county and plowville. you can see the heavier rain indicated by the yellows and the darker shades of green. this will be the trend over the neck several hours before we see clearing later this afternoon. i would expect to see the radar continue to look like through midday and that's when the clearing begins. 37 in allentown. well above freezing. philadelphia, 38 degrees, well above freezing. millville, 41. cape may, 45 degrees. atlantic city, 44. beach haven, 46. we have a bit of a breeze, even though most temperatures are close to 40 degrees, it feels like the low 30s when you factor in the winds. feems -- feels like 32 in philadelphia, 32 in philadelphia, 33 in lehigh valley. all the precipitation is swifting pushing across pennsylvania into the garden state. eventually out to sea. every now and then steady to occasionally heavier side. by midday it will be out of here. 9:00 a.m., it's a slow go everywhere. moderate to hea

also watching an accident on jenkintown road. we were dealing with a lot of sun glare. major delays heading westbound. 14 minutes in both directions. about a minute of an increase for your drive time there. this is 76 in new jersey right around market street. this traffic is moving northbound towards philly. you can see no delays there. if you're heading over the bridges watch on the westbound side of the ben franklin bridge for construction. we are losing some lanes there heading into philadelphia from jersey. earlier a scheduling has already passed. back to you. >> thank you. >>> this morning we are getting our first look at the man who police say bit two philadelphia officers who were trying to arrest them. this is cesar orteg ancha. officers saw him trying to break into a car. when they approached him he tried to run. he bit the officers during a struggle. both officers were treated for their wounds and released from the hospital. >>> well, the rain has moved out and the sun is shining. pretty nice start to the month of december. we take a live look. nbc 10 glenn "h

you can see people were bundled up in jenkintown. >> it won't be long before it really starts to feel like winter? >> those in the poconos will be very excited about the change in temperatures. everybody else to be determined here. what we're looking at is your current temperatures now, which is are mostly in the 40s, which is something that we will not be able to say in a couple of days because high also not make it to the 40s. right now we're at 46 in philadelphia. the clouds did finally break for the most part, just before sunset, now the sun's already dipping below 42 in the lehigh valley. and we're also dipping below 42 in delaware. winds will be something we certainly need to track over the next couple of days because as the colder air moves in, winds are going to crank up as well. it has been a cloudy day with some breaks of sun here or there. we have thicker clouds now that hang to the west of us. overnight for the most part will stay clear, but as we move into tomorrow morning, clouds move back in for a mostly cloudy to partly cloudy thursday as well. we're talking about that

of philadelphia, you can see the shield of green, the rain from 322 woodbury all the way up to jenkintown and willow grove. last stop lehigh valley, testers cooler, but we're seeing plain rain as all the numbers have jumped well above freezing at this point. some parts of the viewing area in the mid 40s. 34 in quakertown. the freezing mark is 32, as long as we're higher than that, there shufnt be any issues on -- should not be any issues on the roads. pottstown, 34. 36 in saint davids. center city, 39. warrington, 37. look what's happening in south jersey, look at the 40s already starting to show up. 40 in gandys beach in vineland. woodbine, 42. on the boards in atlantic city, 46. in the villas, dell haven, cape may, 44 degrees, cinnaminson, 38. obviously we'll not see any snow out of this, it's all rain. it will not impact christmas eve too much, over the next few hours, you can see how rapidly this is moving. by lunchtime this will be gone, but an hour or two longer at the jersey shore. steady rain for the i-95 corridor. you can see how quickly this is racing off to the east. lunchtime,

raining lightly in willow grove and jenkintown. farther to the south, west of philadelphia, king of prussia area, you can see malvern, west chester, exton, downingtown affording a little bit of light rain this afternoon. a little bit farther to the south to chester and lancaster counties, oxford you're seeing light rain same thing with chadds ford getting a little bit wet. the wider picture shows the line stretching from new england down to the carolinas and the virginias. it will bring cold temperatures to the region as early as this evening. these numbers tank overnight tonight. with a we're seeing, is not all that balanced. we're in the mild -- is not all that bad. we're in the milder sector of the storm. 65 in millville. 63 in dover. look what's happening 300 miles away. windchills all of a sudden feels like 14 degrees in buffalo. you're on the other side of the fronts. 20 in pittsburgh, 27 in charleston. you topped out at 64 degrees this morning. the colder air is charging east behind this little batch of rain in the process o

the jenkintown native and his girlfriend are expecting their first child. the pregnancy bug began after she strutted down the runway in paris. the couple who started dating in april of last year, they have yet to confirm the news. but use like people are going with it. good luck to him. >> they usually get the scoom on the coop. >> up next, tv doctor who made questionable claims in the past is now the focus of a lawsuit. >>> police make an arrest of a two week old hit-and-run case in philadelphia. they find the damaged vehicle at a body shop in the suburbs, all the details coming up at 6:30. i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help i

jenkintown, norristown coming down at a good clip. berlin, glassboro, woodbury seeing the mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain. farther to the north we go, lehigh valley, snowing moderately. kutztown in the snow band. fleetwood, same thing. quakertown, boyers town reporting moderate to heavy snow. that rain line will lift north as temperature progress. warrington, 22. vineland, 28 degrees, when i come back in just a few minutes, i'll take a look at future tracker 6. we'll show you when you change over to ice and rain, i'll have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. gray. >> look forward to it, criminals, look at this here, holiday decorations look festive with the light snow falling overnight. the action cam was in collingswood, early this morning, as the snow covered haddon avenue. as chris mentioned this will not last. bob brooks joins us live from king of prussia, montgomery with a look at the conditions at this hour, bob. >> reporter: gray, good morning it is cold out and the snow is coming down. it's getting nasty on

mass transit, delays right now, due to a truck, stuck on the west trenton regional rail lines in jenkintownway from the picture go, to a map. take a look at the delays, 90 minutes, almost across the entire board, airport, inbound, see zero seeing all of the inbound because where the train is stuck, inbound direction. heads up on. that will also going to video from chopper three, tractor-trailer fire, pa turnpike eastbound right now closed between downingtown and valley forge, so you will have to use alternate around there is route 30 to 202 to 76 then back on the turnpike, but you can see the backups are pretty significant, avoid the area at all costs. again, pa turnpike eastbound closed between downingtown and vale forge, rahel? >> meisha, thank you. that's "eyewitness news" for now, join us for "eyewitness news" at noon, i'm rahel solomon. make it a good morning. zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. we asked woman to smell two body washe

at over 90 minute chase, on all inbound regional rail trains because of this situation, at the jenkintown station, mike and alex, back over to you. >> thanks for that update, bob >> may be done raining over the swim world but michael phelps had another gold medal after releasing footage of his recent wedding that is really impressive. >> hollywood style would you say, yes. nicole jones is bride, hello. newlyweds who dated on and off for more than eight years, first married in a secret ceremony at their arizona home last june and then again in october, the ceremony in front of the 50 friend and family members. >> dramatic music. >> in cabo. >> gorgeous dress. >> so stunning in her tiara. >> wait, i want to hear the music. >> ♪ >> they look beautiful. >> look at that. >> well, isn't it perfect. >> it is like a movie or something. >> that was the highlight reels from her wedding. >> i love that people do this now a day. you can have home videos, you record it but when they take it and make it like a movie. do you remember kevin mccarthey, he has drones going through and everything and it loo

septa says it was caused by downed wires at the jenkintown station. >>> now to your nbc 10 first alert whether. in north philadelphia, the temperature drop caused the with regard to freeze over at this pool at 24th and master. >> the temperature plunge is going to stick around a few more house. let's get the details from nbc 10's first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> kind of a shock to the system when it hit us last night and today. at least the wind is diminishing now. it was kind of gusty last night, as it was bringing the coldest air in. we've got places in the 20s right now, 5:00 in the afternoon. and the average temperature this time of the afternoon is definitely in the 40s. 26 in the lehigh valley, as the sun has gone down. so we're 15 to 20 degrees colder than at this time yesterday. it's more like 30 degrees colder than what we were around noontime yesterday. that's quite a change. and then of course sunday was about 30 degrees warmer than saturday morning was. nothing on the radar close by. it's going to be a dry night. but it's going to be another co

the ride to work was slow this morning, septa officials a those problems originated near jenkintown wyncote station, and the delay, included the west trenton warminster, lansdale and doylestown and airport lines. septa deployed a shuttle bus to help riders get around the issue. >>> after a warm unday, it was back to reality today. meteorologist kate bilo is back with us outside on the sky deck with a chilly, crisp start to the week, kate. >> it is cold but you know what it has been dry, we saw blue sky and and only if we could get mild temperatures with the the nice blue skies, unshine that would work. yesterday was warm but it was wet. today temperatures have struggled to even get above freezing mark. we got to 34 officially for the high today but with that said it will tart warming up a little bit each day this week. lets look outside right now we will go out to storm scan three which is showing a bank of cloud moving through the region this evening. the it is still pretty nice out here right now, lot of wind, you have to bundle up. temperatures still below average but without the wind it

the next morning, due to construction, at jenkintown.out bundle up for the roadways. >> pat, everyone else, brails yourselves foreign yesterday bridge low temperatures and painfully cold winds. >> the first arctic blast of the season means chilly morning for commuters, "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh, live from center city with more on how the city coping with the cold. good morning, and eat a i see you all bundle up there. >> good morning, we are not coping, greg, and jan, very cold out here. if you have walked outside, and felt the chill right down to your bones, that's how it feels, i feel like a walking icicle. it is the same story for a loft commuters head today work this morning, completely bundle up. >> the season has been out every signing. >> step outside this morning, you'll be met with the chilly wake-up call. >> cold. >> after relatively mild fall, many across the delaware valley not quite ready for winter weather to head our way. >> i'm super bundled, but still cool. >> just staying in the house today. once i go home, af

throughout the day we've had major issues on the septa regional rails because of a downed wire near jenkintown. that's bee been fixed but delays remain. hope you enjoyed you were weekend. that crash on the schuylkill westbound by the boulevard taking out a lane so we are seeing a ah it stacked with speeds in the teens coming out of center city. we'll check it again rick and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> thanks matt. >> still ahead on "action news" a gathering at an art gallery erupts in violence. new details about an assassination that took the life of a russian official during that very public appearance. >> also a local elderly man falls victim to scammers not once but twice and it cost him thousands of dollars. hear how they targeted him coming up in a live report at 4:30. >> and later new technology is making a big difference at a philadelphia school. we'll show you how it's helping lessons come to life right after the break. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> a chilling picture shows the gunman who opened fire assassinating russia's ambassador to turkey. andrei karlov was killed today while givi

a downed wire near the jenkintown station led to power problems. septa says that is now fixed. looks like the controversial soda tax in philadelphia will go into effect next month. that is after a judge today dismissed a lawsuit trying to block it. one of the plaintiffs in the suit the american beverage association argued the tax is unfair in part because there's already a state tax on sugary drinks. mayor kenney pushed for this tax which will fund pre k, community schools and other public services. >> we're moving forward. our kids can't wait. they've waited too many generations for this. i would hope that the soda folks would understand how important this is to our children's future ton our city's future and not proceed, but we'll see what happens. we don't know yet what they're going to do. if you're planning on buy sugary drinks in philly expect to pay 1.5 cents per ounce in taxes starting in january. >> fox 29 weather authority now. if you equate weather to roller coasters this would be five star thriller of a ride. we've gone from winter back to warm weather and back to w

up to an hour. 60 minute delays with inbound service from center city to jenkintown station. >>> todayate capitals formalizing donald trump's election as president of the united states. protesters are ready to greet pennsylvania's 20 electors and try to get them not to vote for mr. trump. most analysts say it's highly unlikely the results of the election will change. inauguration is january 20th. >>> today is the monday before christmas, traditionally the busiest day of the year for shipping and mailing. the postal service expects today to be busier. tomorrow is the deadline for first class shipping. >>> more news in 25 minutes. have a great day. ♪ >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, arctic blast. more than 20 million people waking up to bone-chilling temperatures as that dangerous cold snap moves east. al's got the forecast. >>> plus, do you believe? >> i literally went from inside my body when i shut my eyes, i would then just the next second i was up on the ceiling looking down at the entire room. >> natalie introduces us to people who claim they've seen the afterlife and describe