our jody goldberg caught up a santas around town. >> it's old st. nick's old -- only not to shine or sweat. the ice on the skating rank is practically melting but you have to feel for those santas decked out in their suits. >> how her -- how hot is about there? >> is it is extremely hot. santia sweating profusely and he needs a cold glass of milk very badly. for those that have a beard in order talking about. the humidity humidity and heat is not working for santa wealth but he's trying to put a smile on everyone's face. reporter: none of this is the cowboy's problem. drop these reasons he prefers warmer weather. >> i believe the 75 fahrenheit. loving it traded. >> i have no jacket. it's awesome. >> if someone is out there waiting for santa, a cold glass of milk santa desperately needs it. >> a cold glass of milk cookies and carrots for the reindeer. be good to your santa and the good in school. make the family proud. feel too bad for santa. he will be back at the north pole before we know it. jody goldberg "fox 5 news." alison: and speaking of sant

in long beach, jody goldberg, fox 5 news. juliet: that is of little nerve wracking. the water -- we have a lot more coming up and i don't have frozen storage balls including blood big settlement of whole foods. ben: en investigation found evidence it was overcharging customers that some of its stores in the city, consumer affairs as the supermarket chain has been overcharging customers for prepackaged foods kamel food says it found no evidence of misconduct but agreed to pay $500,000, that is not a small amount of money and implement new policies and procedures including quarterly in-store audits to ensure the product is properly weighed and labeled as. juliet: of that place. in the infidelity the inside-the madison is growing despite the hacks that expose millions of cheaters on line. juliet: at the time as the madison said it had 39 million members, now they have $43 million according to a ruling count on its home page even with membership uptick. as the madison may be facing there are a dozen class-action lawsuits from customers who say the site failed to protect

jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. christina: it's not a holiday for fed ex. that company will be making deliveries today. that's because the carrier was swamped yesterday and could not deliver every package. it's blaming bad weather in parts of the country and a surge in shopping. fed ex hopes to make good by giving household deliveries top priority. some express offices were even open until 1:00 p.m. so people could pick up their packages. >> fed ex issued a statement saying fed ex is doing customer shipments delivered by christmas despite severe weather outbreaks. steve: "star wars" still going strong at the box office. christina: the new films hitting theatres today. plus this. >> the minute i touched the instrument, i knew that's what i wanted to do. steve: the jazz bassist whose talent has inspired generations meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. you can too. call now. now we can connect

that's the latest from here, jodi goldberg. we'll send it back to you. dari: thank you. new york state government buildings tomorrow in honor of two national guardsmen killed in afghanistan this week. nypd detective joseph lemm and staff sergeant louis bonacasa were among the six troops killed in an attack outside of bagram air force base on monday. lemm was a 15 year veteran of the nypd. in a cyber attack on a dam north of the city raised concerns about the security of our nation's infrastructure . >> reporter: the cyber attack was by iranians in 2013. the u.s. government kept it quiet. nobody knew about this. the only reason we know now is the "wall street journal" uncovered the hacking and did a story on it last week. now senator charles schumer wants answers. senator charles schumer paid a in ryebrook after a report that iranian hackers got into the dam's control system in 2013. schumer wants to know why the federal government kept the hacking a secret. he says this incident is not the only foreign hacking in the u.s. >> we want to know how often thi

in long beach jody goldberg "fox 5 news." alison: a great white shark sighting off the coast of florida all caught on camera. >> that's a great white. alison: the shark was circling a fishing boat in jacksonville. the captain started recording up to the shark took a big bite out of a red snapper. the fisherman are safe. white he seen this one 10 feet in length. antwan: it makes me nervous but that's pretty cool video. i would be freaking out as well. we can talk about this, gone now are those long days from last week. alison: this is so nice. antwan: i had to put a hat on. audrey: i'm hearing a lot of complaints today. now we are starting to see the shift in the looks like we are going to stay warm as we go into the new year as well. let's talk about it today. i had temperature was at 46 degrees but that was actually after midnight. temperatures were falling all evening long and they continue to do so. he spent much of the day hovering closer to 40 degrees across much of the area which is normal for this time of year. area wi

. >> jody goldberg asked the owner what he is doing to stop toxic chemicals from leak out of the shop. the dry cleaner has been staple for more than 50 years without issue. now an annual test by the state department has deemed the bus mess that contaminated site under new york state's super fund program. >> my last annual checkup of the plan to find elevated levels which is dry-cleaning. >> own fer and operator says it started as the leak from older dry-cleaning machine. he says he fixed the problem but further inspection pointed to some underneath the machine. accord though dec. significant threat the public's help in the environment. it has been linked to causing cancer. if anyone has cared about the environment and it is me. i am very, my customers and employee and myself. i am there every day. and we want everybody to be happy. >> tells us if he is careful each month he pays company to dispose the wait. and we take care of it now. and it is filled. and they trust to do with aever it takes to of course the sure. i din hear anything about it million now. he will do something about i

jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. dari: the u.s. and cuban have struck a deal to reestablish direct mail service for the years. the details still have to be worked out. a pilot program will launch to test the service. the announcement is coming cuba re-established diplomatic steve: mayor de blasio undergoing surgery today to repair a hernia, an injury he developed just recently. it's an outpatient procedure. recover. city hall says he expects to have a public schedule on sunday and return to work on monday. dari: this is a special holiday season for a long island woman who got the gift of life. tiffany received a kidney from dawn in october. today they met face to face for the first time. they shared their emotional moment right there at the north center. meeting. >> i didn't know her name. life. right now it feels like she saved a part of mine, too. gift. the reunion also proved to be a learning experience. more than 20 high school students witnessed the meeting to see the importance of organ steve: it was a hands on less on on the

jodi goldberg, back to you. dari: thank you. officials in new jersey say that a group of 10 and 11-year-olds planned to blow up a high school by using just vegetable oil, salad dressing and cinnamon inside of a mint tin. they say the five elementary school students were upset about a friend being bullied. they planned on detonating the school on wednesday. dangerous. the kids were questioned by police and released to their parents' custody. they were suspended and will be required to get counseling. steve: the fdny says a tenant caused an explosion at a building that killed her and a the 47-year-old poured gasoline in the stairwell and set it on fire. that fire triggered the blast. she had been evicted. dari: a second person died after being injured in a house explosion in elizabeth, new jersey, last month. authorities say the 26-year-old died yesterday. a 24-year-old man also died when the home on magnolia avenue blew up. investigators are looking into the possibility that a gas line was not properly capped after a property. >>

jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. i think they're grateful. they know. steve: it knows. for sure. the knicks and the make a wish foundation edward's dream come true. the 11-year-old was signed by the team for a day. pretty cool. he posed with his knicks jersey and got to participate in practice at the garden today. he hopes his presence at practice will get the knicks back on track. his parents said he had an amazing time as he did. very nice. dari: first it was the coveted 212 number. then 646. 917. 347. get ready for 332, manhattan's newest area code. it won't be operational until april of 2017 at the earliest, but phone companies must still submit a plan on how they plan to implement it next month. the addition is due to all the high demand for residential and business numbers in the borough of manhattan. steve: because of these things. cell phones. all right. dari: how many spins it took him on spotify to claim the title of the year's most streamed artist. steve: and how the old school subway newsstand has been reimagined for the digital era. on top of your health? ahh... ahh.

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jodi goldberg tells us what inspired his volunteering mission. >> come on. >> it's a bucket list kind of trip that chris made a reality, a hundred days of volunteering in all 50 states. >> it's been an extremely special experience in every state, but to walk back in here in huntington, i mean, this is it, you know? this is love. this is everything. >> cheese! >> we caught up with chris on his 43rd stop, project play camp in his hometown, huntington, long island. >> that was me 20 years ago, in programs like this during the summer. i graduated from this school, fifth and sixth grade. like, this is my life. this is where i come from. >> oh, you're out. [laughter] >> it shows the kids that there's a lot of good in the world and that they too can come back in the future and be great role models like chris is trying to do. >> he says no matter what state, even if he beats them in four square. aside from small donations, the trip is self-funded. his goal is to inspire people across the country to volunteer and give back. with more than 13,000 new miles hotel. he has signatures and advice as

in floral park, jodi goldberg. fox 5 news. >> latest entertainment obsession. >> shows like how making a murderer on netflix are having impact on criminal justice system. then this. ready to make that comeback. the big music festival they will headline in 2016. >> first let's look at tonight's "new york minute.." >> hundreds of high schoolers competed attract universe invitation al the armory in washington heights of the annual track-and-field competition draws some of the best high school track teams and athletes from the tri-state area and pennsylvania. [bells ringing] >>> very realistic model trains are running at cradle of aviation in garden city right now. they're the work of the long island garden rail way society. they dedicated to keep hobby of model railroading alive. each display is owned by members of the club. >> remarkable to watch will hundreds faces as they walk around to see the trains. and dads seeing same things and rekindling interesting they had many years ago. >> group puts on four different sh

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jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. dari: christmas came early for three sisters in texas when they found out that a very special gift was under the tree. and it was a little brother. >> that's your new baby brother. >> i'm gonna wet my pants. >> don't do that. dari: that's really special. they adopted nathan this month, but kept him a secret until recently. before the video was taken, he was put under the tree wrapped in a blanket next to a chalk board. mom said she had been out christmas shopping and got them a gift under the tree to share. they approve. steve: they'll never top that. amazing. steve: fox 5 health news up next. dari: a new study revealing the risk of long-term brain disease in former high school athletes. steve: and christmas tree sales are booming. they're everywhere in the city. a day in the life of a street it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the perfect time for verizon fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds from 50