at joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> good morning. as we approach 7:00, we have an accident in bucks county, southbound route 1 as you approach the pennsylvania turnpike. you can see police on the scene. it's not blocking anything, but we are seeing a heavy delay out in this area, so just keep that in mind. you can see that line of traffic right now as drivers make their way southbound on route 1. keep in mind, 95 northbound near bridge street, we have a disabled vehicle. and you can see the huge line of red out there in both directions. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> the clouds continue after a gray weekend. the clouds are still with us. temperatures in the low 40s right now in philadelphia. so, it's going to be a chilly start at the bus stop and a cloudy one. it's this afternoon we'll see break of sunshine. >>> the "today" show is next. we will see you back here in a few minutes. >>> good morning. breaking news. a dramatic standoff unfolding in sydney, australia, right now, where a gunman is holding hostages inside a ca

he will be at joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst, thanking troops and military families for their service. nbc 10's matt delucia is live outside the base. matt, tell us what we can expect during the president's visit. >> reporter: the president will be making remarks here later this afternoon. several thousand military members and their families have their home base here. the white house says president obama will be making his remarks to express his gratitude for their service and sacrifice. in his weekly address, the president said he will be welcoming home troops who are coming back from afghanistan, adding that this month, the american combat mission in afghanistan will be over. and also expected to be here to greet the president and stay for his remarks is new jersey's republican governor, chris christie. we'll be following this throughout the day. for now, live at joint base mcguire dix lakehurst, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> and nbc 10 will be following the president's visit to the base. you can watch him speak live on nbc10.com at 2:45 this afternoon. >>> 5:34 right now. now to th

the president will travel to joint base motorcycle gwen-dix lakehurst in new jersey this afternoon. there, he will express his gratitude to our service members, and their families. you can stay with "eyewitness news" for coverage of the president's visit. >> well, the eagles just couldn't pull off a repeat of that thanksgiving thrashing they gave the cowboys. their heart breaking lost gives dallas first place atop the nfc east. all night, ya, unstoppable, cowboys wide receiver bryant catch three touchdown passes by tony romo. by half time cowboys led 21 to ten. second half, things start today look up, darren sproles scored from the 1 yard line, giving the team their first lead of the game 24-21. but romo and the cowboys stormed back. they would not be denied. beating the eagles 38 to 27. >> you know, obviously you can't put yourself behind 21-nothing behind a good football team and expect to come back. we got back up, give us credit forgetting nook it, but then the last drive he we-had them pinned down, long interferance call, and had our opportunities to win the game. and we're sti

the president will travel to joint base mcguire fort dix lakehurst. it is home to 38,000 active duty reserve and guard service members civilian and family members. >> a meeting will be held tonight on the controversial plan in the embattled in neshamy school district. the plan is close three elementary schools and build a large new one and transfer 5th graders to the middle school. it will be tonight at district hospital in langhorne. >>> today is the final day for the taj mahal to close the door. trump entertainment gave the union workerses until 5:00 p.m. to drop the appeal of the union package. if it doesn't drop the appeal, the taj will close and be the 5th casino to close this year. >> the feelings fumbled a loss to the dallas cowboys. they dug a deep hole in the first half trailing 21-0. and then they scored 24 unanswered points, but the defense did not keep the boys out of the endzone. mark sanchez threw two interceptions that gave the cowboys new life. >> we got behind from the jump, but there's no excuse for missing those over the middle and

president obama visited troops at new jersey's joyce mcguire dix lakehurst. his visit mark the visit of combat operations in afghanist afghanistan. joyce evans here with what the president had to say. joyce. >> he had a lot to say as you know. joint base mcguire dix lakehurst has been a launching pointer for deployments and the scene of emotional returns for many service members. u.s. and nato troops closed out their operation al command in afghanistan last week. after 13 years of war. but some troops will stay behind to finish out some on-going operations. against al-qaida and taliban targets. governor chris christie also on hand today to greet the commander in chief. president obama using today's visit to show his gratitude to the troops heading into the holidays. >> part of the message i'm here to deliver on behalf of the american people is very simple. it's just to say thank you. thank you for your extraordinary service. i thank you as your president because you inspire me and of all the privileges i have in serving in this office nothing comes close to t

thousands welcomed the president to join dick lakehurst with the applause and cheers. >>president baracamn com you and your families as americans we stand united. we are proud of you. we support you. we can never thank you enough. >> the troops should be proud of what they accomplished in afghanistan and the military's action fighting the ebola outbreak in west africa. >>> don tollefson is going on trial january 5. he decided to be his own lawyer. he is charged with scamming sports fans that bought travel packages that they thought benefited charity. new evidence has come forward. 200 people are seek $341,000 in restitution. >>> two coatesville officials are accused of stealing district funds. they announced felony charges against richard cumo and james danato. both resigned last spring. and the former philadelphia traffic court official william herd has been sentenced for two years in prison for a ticket-fixing scanl. that sentence h been handed down in federal court. we have the wrong graphic up there i believe. let me continue to tell you this story. the 69-year-old

the president will travel to adjacent base mcguire and for the -- fort dix lakehurst. new jersey governor chris christie will expected to join the president at the base. we'll have coverage later today on "action news" at 4:00. >> headlight czech this noon, a man whose four -- "healthcheck" this noon, a man whose four brothers died from a rare heart condition has undergone a transplant. his father has not heard his son speak, but i did wink after surgery and his son's eyes filled with tears. doctors give him a good prognosis now that he has a new heart. >>> the "action news" team is working on new stories for the "action news" at 4:00 p.m. uber raised prices in australia for people looking to get away from the standoff. >> and we have someone visiting us at "action news." >> nice hat. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. here's how: the kidneys allow

he'll deliver remarks at joint base motorcycle guy-dix lakehurst this afternoon. president will express his gratitude to our service members and their families. stay with "eyewitness news" for more on the presidential visit go to cbsphilly.com for more information. >> dump resorts given the union until 5:00 to drop its appealed of cost reduction package that cabs else certain employee benefits. ceo bob griffin said he thought the company and union agreed deal last week, but he says the union has not signed it. the taj mahal casino could close this saturday as management can't strike a deal. >> and, new jersey law make letters meet today to discuss a five bill package to aids struggling atlantic city. four casinos closed this year, the proposed bills would offer assistance to sit government, schools, the casino industry, and its workers. also, on the table of discussion, reducing membership of the rutgers board every trustees, and allowing more use of dna as crime evidence. >>> fire advice erring look nook suspicious fire at a home in germantown. trying to figure o

down to the areas of south jersey we are tracking light moisture from lakehurst to mays landing into smyrna in delaware. this is the initial cold front moving on through. and more moisture on tuesday. a nice start to our day. the high in our city climbs up to 65 degrees. we are coming in at 52. 60 in millville. you notice the cooler air arriving. 36 in the poconos. 45 in allentown and the lehigh valley. here is satellite 6 along with action radar, we have a fair amount of cloud cover ove over . we have the cloud cover moving on through. you look to the south and west, precipitation is moving across southern sections of ohio. this is our concern as we get throughout the day on tuesday. that is why the national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for lancaster county. for this county we are calling for snow and sleet. and a gradual change to rain as the day progresses on tuesday. we time things out for you. make sure you have the wet weather gear close to you. along the i-95, at 8:30 in the evening along the areas of souths and east. on tuesday at 7:00, it's mostly clo

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live at joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst with more on his messagemen who serve our country. >> reporter: the president told the crowd today the country is proud of our troops, we support our troops and the country can never say thank you enough. it was a message that seemed to resonate with the soldiers sailors and airmen here, some of whom have been deployed multiple times. several thousand service men and women gave the president a warm welcome to joint base dix mcguire lakehurst. the president came to say thank you to the troops for the sacrifices they and their family make. >> we can gather with family friends because you're willing to hug yours goodbye and step forward to serve. >> reporter: the president told the multi service crowd it should be proud of what's been accomplished in afghanistan as the united states presence there can comes to an end. >> you helped decimate the core al-qaeda leadership and delivery justice to osama bin laden. >> reporter: the president congratulated the troops for their role in fighting the ebola epidemic in afr

the the president visited the joint base maguire dixon lakehurst a couple days after u.s. and nato entered their operational command in afghanistan. new jersey governor chris christie, a republican, was a among those in attendance. our cleve bryan will have a live report from the base coming up 59:30. >>> dramatic video from southern kalas a worker is pulled from underground. take a look at this video from san gabriel, l.a. officials say injured man was working for a subcontractor on a railroad project when he fell down a hole in the street. the the worker injured his leg and had to be pulled to safety but he is expect to be okay. >>> florida highway patrol says a 29 year-old woman was killed when she ran a red light when making a turn and pulled her suv in front of the disney bus. this happened overnight near the entrance to the cover inadequacies owe springs resort outside orlando. no one on that bus was injured. car traveling behind the bus was also damage but no one inside that car was hurt. >>> well, philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson heads back to court today, t

stay up on 5:30 lakehurst road.hen you can use white bogs road to get back to the westbound lanes of 70. williamstown that downed track light along the black horse pike southbound side at lake avenue. that's off to the side so everything remains opened there. we'll check it again, rick and monica. maybe you can pull out those hats in the next half hour. >> i wear several hats on this show. >> and he wears them well. >>> much more to come on "action news" tonight. it is problem many americans face if you struggle trying to get enough sleep. reporter and registered nurse ali gorman with important advice next in health check. >> monica, president obama speaks out about sony's decision to can "the interview" before it ever hit theaters. hear his criticism of the movie studio straight ahead. meteorologist melissa magee with a look at that weekend forecaster when "action news" at 5:00 continues in just a moment. >> ♪ >> president obama weighed in on sony's decision to cancel the christmas release of "the interview" today.

but then we track that moisture, some of it heavy at times from lakehurst down to wildwood and dover.ng and we also have a little bit of mixing. you could see that for allentown and reading there in berks counties as well as some icing, but as the storm continues to develop, you get there changeover to rain so looks to be all rain for the commute for all locations at 7 o'clock in the morning, the exception might be the poconos there but you can see that heavy wall of water down from trenton on eastward into lakehurst and even atlantic city. it continues as we get into the afternoon hours and that moisture finally starting to pull away to our north and east as we get into 5 o'clock on tuesday afternoon. so, we'll talk about what we can expect over the next 24 hours in anticipation of our storm system on the way for inland locations we're calling for 1 to 2 inches of rain and some possible street and stream flooding. gusts, winds gusting as high as 30 to 40 miles per hour. at the shore we could easily find up to 3-inches of rainfall and gusts anywhere from 40 to 50 miles per hour. keep

the president will travel to joint base mcguire, dix, lakehurst to visit troop there's, and will deliver remarks and thank the troops for their sacrifice and their service. >>> another chilly forecast for the delaware and lehigh valley, it's clear out there as we take a live look at atlantic city and sky 6 hd shows its cloudy and colder at the shore and the same is likely true for your neck of the woods and things should rebound for the weekend, melissa magee is live at the big board with the details. >> happy friday rick as well. these temperatures are definitely cooler than average, they will remain below average as we get into the weekend, we are finding more breaks in the clouds today and 35 in philadelphia and 25 in the poconos and 39 in sea isle city and millville 39 and 37 degrees to the north and west there in reading, we'll show you the wind speeds, they are sustained from 7 miles per hour in lancaster to 16 miles per hour in philadelphia. you'll notice the wind direction coming in from the north-northwest. it brings down slightly cooler air than average this time of year. check

the commander-in-chief thanked troops at joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst and the president also acknowledgedhe sacrifice of military families. this trip comes two weeks prior to the completion of america's 13-year combat mission in afghanistan. >> we can gather with family and friends because you're willing to hug yours goodbye and step forward to serve. >> governor christie was among those in attendance. >>> today is the last day to enroll or renew an insurance plan under the affordable care act. open enrollment ends at midnight if you haven't already renew youred plan you will be reenrolled but you could pay more because of rising fees. to be covered on january 1st you must complete the sign-up process tonight. >> with partly cloudy skies we have temperatures falling fast in some spots especially as you head down the shore. let's start off in upper township. greg wood is saying in marmora the temperature is 40 degrees, clear skies fill the sky, calm winds in upper township tonight. so, they will be falling fast but the ocean water keeping you a little bit warmer down the shore. much differ

when you look at the rainfall totals from last night, areas of lakehurst and atlantic city and wildwood. as you move into wildwood and south of allentown, we saw 1 to 1.5 inch of rainfall and less than an inch into lancaster. and tighter on the areas in south jersey, chads worth and pomona and woodbine finding anywhere from 2 to 3 inches of rainfall. peak wind gusts was another big story, philadelphia 36 miles per hour wind gusts and wildwood 44 miles per hour and tucker ton and harvey cedars during the heart of the storm we saw winds in the lower 50s, we are tracking showers and still a dreary evening on the way and newsroom wednesday, the wrap around moisture, cecily was talking about rain and snow showers are likely but the accumulating snow showers you'll have to move to the north to the poconos, coming up cecily tynan has future tracker 6 standing by to show you when the showers will exit and the sun will make an appearance. >>> lets go live to brant beach and nora muchanic. tough conditions today. what is the situation now? >> the water has receded a lot in the last hour or so, bu

but showers will linger lakehurst down to dover, delaware. wake of the system departing later on tonight you move into the day on sunday. the winds will pick up. early tomorrow morning we could have winds gusting as high as 30 if not 35 in some locations and gusts in the poconos tomorrow morning at 34 miles an hour. the best part of forecast is eagles at home at the linc and will be dry for that game. kickoff 4:25. air temperatures will number the 40s for the start. but you do want to factor in blustery winds out of north, northeast sustained anywhere from 12 to 25 with wind chills in the 30s. call from accuweather for the rest of tonight rain tapers and it will be turning wind yoyvr night. forecast showing you for sunday it's better day it's brighter day up to 44 and turning cloudy monday 41. and late noon tuesday we're tracking possible nor'easter. rain in the city with mixed north and west. high of 48. maybe snow up in the poconos and showers linger as we get to midweek walter high of 4>> cradd second annual ungala in west conshohocken. th

the president will travel to joint base mcguire dix lakehurst in new jersey.here he'll deliver remarks expressing his gratitude to our service members and their families. stay with "eyewitness news" for coverage of the presidential visit. >>> and you know it's been two years now since the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. 20 first graders and six educators were killed. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is in springfield delaware county, that's were there anniversary has led to renewed talk now of changing gun policies. >> reporter: it was the moment that was supposed to galvanize us to bring change. december 14th 2012. 20 first graders, six adults gunned down in one of the worst school shootings in our nation's history. sandy hook became part of the dinner table vernacular inspiring talks of action against school shootings. >> gun violence here in an epidemic. >> reporter: the truth according to recent data from a number of gun and media watch dogs there have been close to 100 school shootings since sandy hook exac

the president will travel to joint base mcguire dicks lakehurst in new jersey.here he'll deliver remarks expressing his gratitude to our service members and their families. stay with eyewitness news for coverage of this presidential visit. >>> now embroiled in a sex assault scandal, business cosby talks journalistic standards. the entertainer told reporter for the new york post he expects black media to maintain a neutral mind. cosby been talk directly about the allegations he had drugged and raped more than two dozen women. when asked how his wife camille is holding up he cited her love and quote strength of woman womanhood. >> sony hacking saga continues. they're a victim of a cyber attack. hackers stole an early version of the script for the new james bond movie specter. cbs news correspondent wendy gillette has more. >> reporter: the title of the latest james bond film specter was announced just this month at a red carpet event in london. >> we spent two years getting this together and so much hard work and effort. >> sony officials say an early version of t

the president will travel to joint base mcguiredix lakehurst, he'll deliver marks expressing his gratitude to our service members and their families. we will cover the president's visit later today right here on "eyewitness news". >> trump entertainment resorts is giving the casino's union until 5:00 p.m. today to drop it appeal of a court ordered cost reduction package, that canceled certain employee benefits. ceo bob griffin says he thought the company and union agreed deal last week, but says the union has not signed it. the taj mahal casino could close this saturday, if management cannot strike a deal. >> a suspicious fire bridges investigators from the fire marshall's office to home in germantown. they're investigating claims that someone may have thrown a firebomb at that house on east coulter street. arson investigators believe that this is not the first time this has happened in that neighborhood. they say somebody may have thrown a firebomb at the home next-door on december 1st. the homeowner and sunday's incident believes someone is trying to harm one of the women in that house.

he will appear at joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst this afternoon to thank service members for their sacrifice. that base is home to 38,000 guard, service members, civilian and their family members. nbc 10 will be following the president's visit to ft. dix. watch him speaking live on nbc10.com at 2:45 this afternoon. >>> now to the casino crisis in atlantic city. today is the deadline to save the trump taj mahal. the owners of the casino say its main workers union backed out of a deal that would have kept the casino open and saved 3,000 jobs. the union now has until 5:00 this afternoon to drop its appeal of a court-ordered, cost-cutting move that cancels workers' health insurance and pension plans. the taj is set to close on december 20th. >>> donations are pouring in to help that family that was left homeless by this house fire in delaware county that killed a woman and left a man in critical condition. here's a look at some of the items that have been dropped off at the lower chichester volunteer fire department. a 62-year-old woman was killed in that fire early saturday morning on

. >>> at 4:34 now, president obama will be helding to joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst this afternoon. there he will thank the troops and their families for their service and sacrifice. that military base in burlington county is home to more than 38,000 active-duty, reserve and guard service members, also civilians and their family members. you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com for complete coverage of the president's visit. >>> well, it's a tough morning for eagles fans after last night's loss to the cowboys. you knew it wasn't going to be pretty, and it was going to be a long night when the eagles fumbled the opening kickoff. i went to bed right after that. dallas jumped out to a 21-0 lead. the eagles bat baeld back. chris polk had two touchdowns, darren sproles had another as the eagles rallied to take the lead in the third quarter, but the cowboys were just too much down the stretch. dez bryant had three touchdowns. the birds lost 38-27. and then, to add insult to injury. have you seen this video? this is another thing that's sort of stinging eagles fans this morning. new jersey g

obama visits our area commander and chief thanks troops for services at joint base maguire dixon lakehurst. president acknowledged the sacrifice of military families. this comes two weeks prior to the completion of the america's 13 year combat mission in afghanistan. >> we can gather in family and friend because we're willing to hug yours to gi good bye. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie was also monk those in attendance. >>> it was a very pleasant afternoon. did you see the sun? we have in the even tonight a long time around here and even though we had it for a couple hours it was nice. that is the general consensus from our weather watchers. we will start off in numbering where robin says in mount laurel temperature is 37 right now. not much wind. finally, some sun to daze, and, and, north and west, and, in philadelphia, tony, however where temperature is 39 degrees. the jonathan a new weather watcher says in philadelphia the barometric pressure is rising for now, cool and clear and enjoy the night. welcome aboard, jonathan. we will take you further to the north and west ne

the president will travel to joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst in new jersey.here he'll be delivering remarks expressing gratitude to our service members and their families. stay with "eyewitness news" for coverage of the presidential visit. >>> bill cosby talks journalistic standards. the entertainer told the reporter for the new york post that he expects black media to maintain a neutral mind. cosby didn't talk directly about allegations that he had drugged and raped more than two dozen women. when asked how his wife camille is is holding up cosby cited her love and "strength of woman hood." >>> a child is rescued meantime in bucks county after getting his foot stuck in an escalator. this happened about 4 o'clock in the oxford valley mall. a passing shopper posted a picture on twitter showing emergency crews at that scene. it took them about 20 minutes or so to get the boy free. he was taken to the hospital to get checked out but not seriously injured. >>> two officers are rushed to the hospital after a crash in philadelphia's frankford neighborhood. our came

the commander in chief thanked troops at joint base mcguire-fort dix-lakehurst. also ac knocked the sacrifice of military families. >> this trip comes two weeks prior to completion of america's 13-year combat mission in afghanistan. >> we can gather with family and friend, because you're willing to hug yours good-bye and step forward to serve. >> new jersey governor chris christie was among those in attendance. >>> the donald appears to want to be the president again. donald trump says he considered a white house run in 2016. he told an audience that the economic club in washington, d.c. last night, that he's now strongly considering it. trump flirted with the idea after presidential campaign in 2012, however, he never officially entered, and later endorsed mitt romney. >> coming up on 5:13, want to check in with katie. do we need the umbrella today? >> i would say it is probably good idea to let it go. if you're out this afternoon, this evening, generally when the time something look to go evolve here for us to see any wet weather fire up. and it is thankfully,

. >>> president obama visiting troops today at new jersey's joint base mcguire dix lakehurst. he is marking the end of combat operations in afghanistan. after 13 years, u.s. and nato troops closed their operational command last week. some troops will stay behind to finalize the mission. governor chris christie was on hand today to greet the commander in chief. president obama use dag's visit to show his gratitude to the troops as we head into the holidays. >> after a long day we can come home because you're willing to leave your home and deploy. we get to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries and holidays. go to soccer games, go to dance recitals because you're willing to miss those with your family. >> the base has been used to send service members to west africa to balance the on-going ebola crisis. >> more charges are expected in tuesday of city lawmakers caught on tape allegedly taking bribes. jeff cole has the story for us tonight. >> a stunning story which broke earlier in the year. city legislator as traffic court judge had been taped allegedly taking cash bribes and je

the president will travel to joint base mcguire dix lakehurst to thank the troops and their families for their service and sacrifice. the white house will release more details over the next couple of days. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, a brawl inside chichester high school leaves three teachers hurt and several students facing criminal charges. >>> and make a wish makes a fashion dream come true for a 14-year-old in center city philadelphia. >> just in time for the weekend and clouds are thinning out and i'm tracking brighter days ahead along with a slight warmup. i'll have details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> ducis rodgers with an eagles-dallas preview when "action news" continues. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ we put all the apps you love inside a car designed to connect you to a world of possibilities. the connected car by volvo. innovating for you. give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you your first month's payment on us. >> philadelphia rapper beanie sigel remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries tonight. the update from police came as they identified two p

the commander in chief thanked troops at joint base mcguire dix lakehurst. the president also acknowledged the sacrifice of military families. this trip comes two week prior to the complete of america's 1 13-year combat mission in afghanistan. >> we can gather with family and friends because you're willing to hug yours goodbye and step forward to serve. >> new jersey governor christie was in attendance. time is running out to enroll or make changes to an insurance plan under the affordable care act. open enrollment ends for us on the east coast at 3:00 a.m. that is the deadline for new customers to pick a health plan and for current enrollees to make change that is could reduce their premiums and be a it wear health care.gov is experiencing heavy traffic tonight. >> camille cosby breaks her silence defending her hub in the wake of growing allegations of sexual assault. she and bill cosby have been married for more than 50 years. they have four daughters. their son was killed in 1997. mrs. cosby released a statement reading in part "the man i met and fell in

. >>> happening today, president obama will visit joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst this afternoon to thank troops for their sacrifice. it's home to more than 38,000 active duty guard and reserve members and family members. count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com for complete coverage of the president's visit today. >>> also happening today, former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson will find out his sentence for a charity scam. a bucks county judge will sentence tollefson this afternoon. he pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. prosecutors say he stole tickets and travel packages to sporting events with the promise of money going to charity, but instead, he pocketed that money for himself. tollefson said during his plea that he's been battling addiction for decades. he could spend more than 30 years behind bars and may have to pay more than $300,000 in restitution. >>> six minutes after 4:00 now. to the casino crisis in atlantic city. today is the deadline to save the trump taj mahal. the owners of that casino say its main workers union backed out of a deal that wou

middle 30s north and west of town and along the coast from lakehurst down to wildwood temperatures in the upper 30s to 40 degrees. by noontime tomorrow, 12:30 in the afternoon numbers along the 95 corridor in lower 40s. average this time of year is 4 2. once again it will be a nice day. we have a northwesterly wind coming in wake of the front we're tracking. it will be slightly cooler than today's high temperatures. still not bad for late december. clouds and sunshine and mild start tomorrow, 6 a.m., temperature 4 2. staying in the lower 40s, 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. respectfully and tracking colder air. we'll take a closer look at the forecast and getting ready to ring in the new year this week. we'll look at chilly numbers on the way with the accuweather 7-day walter. >> thank you, melissa. it's the moment mumers work so hard for every >> that's a wood land string band putting on the finishing touches in southwest philadelphia. another rehearsal is tuesday and it's show time. >> when the mumers strut there stuff there is new twist on old tradition. 2015 sugarhouse casino mummers parade fea

several thousand military members gave the president a warm welcome to joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurstthey should be proud of what's been accomplished in afghanistan. as well as their fight against the ebola outbreak in west africa. the president said their sacrifice is especially appreciated at the holidays. >> we can gather with family and friends because you're willing to hug yours goo by and step forward to serve. after long day we can come home because you're wanting to leave your home and deploy. we get to celebrate -- >> governor chris christie and several new jersey lawmakers were on hand for the president's remarks today. >> ♪ >> as good as eagles fans felt after thanksgiving crushing the cowboys is as bad as they feel tonight. >> i have not seen the team come out as flat as they did yesterdayly that was bad. losses hurt, losses within your division hurt a lot more. because of last night's 38-27 defeat to the dallas cowboys last night the birds are looking for help elsewhere. tony romo carved up the eagles did he first throwing three touchdown passes all to dez bryant. cowboys

addressing the troops at joint base maguire dix lakehurst in new jersey, offering this message of thanks. >> but whether liberal or conservative, democrat or republic, white, black, brown, rich, poor, no matter how we pray, no matter who we love, when it comes to our troops, when it comes to you and your families, as americans, we stand united. we are proud of you. we support you. and we can never thank you enough. >> the president thanking the troops today. >>> and with just ten days to go now, a grinch-worthy moment in new jersey. take a look at this. a fedex truck flipping. all of those presents spilling out across the interstate. never fear, a second truck was there to pick up the gifts and get them back on the move to help santa. but tonight, a surge of companies promising your packages will make it there in time in those days before christmas, but abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis with a reality check tonight. >> reporter: it's the busiest shipping day of the year for fedex. shoppers placing those last-minute orders. last year, an estimated 2 million packages guaran

the start of rainfall what we are tracking half an inch of rainfall in lakehurst to more than an inchepending where you are. the christmas eve rainstorm is on the way. high temperature, up to 55. keep in mind we can have gusts up to 40 miles-an-hour. high up to 52. rainy and breezy on wednesday. 63. the record is 64 setback in 1990. on thursday, 55. it dries out. the gusts continue. on friday lots of sunshine. up to 50. not bad on saturday. 54. it cools down for the the weekend. >>> thank you, melissa. >>> a 10-year-old boy is hospitalized with serious injuries after he was hit by a truck in bristol. the chopper~6 hd flew over the area. the 53-year-old driver did stop. the police are still investigating. they are asking anyone that may have witnessed the crash to call them. chopper 6 flew over the scene. the flames broke out at 700 block crescent boulevard in brooklawn. no word on a cause. >>> they are looking for one person wanting for assault and abduction in fernrock. four people forced their way into the victim's garage. he was beaten before left on the 700 block of chew avenue a

the president will travel to joint base mcguire dix lakehurst to thank the soldiers and their families sacrifice. >>> a bankruptcy judge has delayed the sale of the revel casino hotel to a canadian firm. the judge granted the request to cancel the sale to asset management. the judge has scheduled ran early january hearing to consider the request to award the sale to the runner-up for95. >>> showboat casino sale has been finalize with stockton college, they will maintain a hotel and school. >>> nhl is facing an outbreak of mumps. we'll have that coming up. we'll get a check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" returns. party on people! blinds to go's 60th anniversary sale continues celebrating with 20% off the entire store. you heard right, 20% off the entire store. we're talking employee pricing baby! hey, you need 'em, you want 'em, and now there's no better time to get 'em. blinds to go. blinds for life. blinds to go's 60th anniversary sale continues! woo-hoo! as our gift to you, take 20% off the entire store. twenty percent! the entire store! hey, with

. >>> the president obama will travel to for the dix -- fort dix mcguire lakehurst to thank the troops for their service. >>> atlantic city's former revel hotel, the judge granted a request by revel entertainment to canceled the $110 million sale to brook field asset management. the judge has scheduled an early january hearing to consider revel's request to award the sale to auction's runner-up a florida developer for $95 million. >>> richard stockton college completed its purchase of the former showboat in atlantic city. it will use the showboat as a second campus and offer a hotel with 479 rooms. they paid 18 millions dollars for the former casino. >>> a crews ship catches fire out of a caribbean port. forcing passengers to return wearing only a bathing suit. >>> eva, coming up in weather another blustery chilly morning, windchills in the 20s, milder changes are ahead. some of us could reach 50 degrees by tuesday, i'll have the details when we come right back. >> the u.s. coast guard is helping to investigate the deadly crews ship fire that broke out in the engine room in the oceania

was greeted by thousands of military members and their families, here at joint base maguire dixon lakehurst n a trip timed around the holidays he told service members and their holidays that the sacrifices are much appreciated. >> he can gather with family and friend because you were willing to hug yours good bye and step forward to serve. >> i thought that was great in time for the holidays. it is good when you meet your boss the big guy. i feel like difficult a lot for moral here on base. >> the president, the big guy, the boss, specifically cited the troop's work in afghanistan and fight to contain ebola out break in west africa. governor chris christie was also on hand for those remarks. >>> more than 500 students in west chester will be moved to a new school next year. tonight the district school board approved a redistricting plan that impacts all grade levels. among the changes hill side elementary will no longer be a split school, the 108 high schoolers impacted will have the option to graduate where they started, officials say the the plan will alleviate overcrowding. >>> today's d

this is where we had a good drencher, from lakehurst to wildwood, where we saw 2 to 3 inches of rainfall, from the i-95 corridor, we saw an inch, inch and a half, and just to the south of allentown, if you were there you got less than an inch of precipitation. the heaviest of that rain was chads worth, pomona, and westward into vineland. as we look at the peak wind gusts that was another big issues gusting as high as 30 miles per hour and a gust as high as 44 miles per hour in wildwood but tuckerton and harvey cedars, wind gusts in the lower 50s at the height of this nor'easter now pushing off to the north and east. early tonight showers stick around and staying dreary and windy and later tonight into wednesday we are tracking rain and wet snow showers and the accumulating snow with the winter weather advisory is up through the poconos, cecily tynan is back and has more on the progression of this storm. >> thank you melissa. lets switch live now to david henry, who is live with the minor to moderate flooding that residents received today. >> reporter: the rain stopped earlier than expect

you were east of that 95 corridor you pick up a lot of rainfall down across south injuries friday lakehurstl the way from wildwood, but in philadelphia, and in areas just to the north of trenton and south of allentown saw an inch to an inch and a half of rainfall. here's the area where we had bull's eye and flooding concern earlier today in chats worth, pennsylvania known, vineland, millville and also into woodbine, that precipitation is long gone. you can see it on satellite six with action radar. the center of the coastal storm that we're tracking just off the tip of long island, close there, so area of low pressure will continue to work its way to the north east and taking with it the heaviest of that precipitation. wind will come in and shift, tonight, out of the back side and northwest and with that we have colder air on the way. few you tour tracker 6:00 showing 7:30 in the morning it is mostly cloudy but north and west a few light snow showers across that region with that northwest wind and wrap around moisture. it will persist as we get into 2:30 in the afternoon but as we were sayi

be making a visit to new jersey on monday, the president will travel to joint base mcguire dix, lakehurst to thank the soldiers for their sacrifice. >>> atlantic city has granted request by revel entertainment to cancel the sale to the canadian company. the judge has scheduled an early january hearing to consider the request to award the sale to the auction's runner-up, a florida developer for $95 million. >>> richard stockton college has completed it's purchase of the former showboat casino hotel in atlantic city. the gallon away township based college will use the showboat as a second campus and operate a hotel with 479 rooms. stockton paid 18 millions dollars for the former casino. >>> looking to buy a home? why you may not need such a big down payment to qualify. >>> plus an icy river leads to flooding concerns in one midwestern state. chris. >> reporter: eva, things are starting to moderate out there across the midwest. it's milder in chicago than it is in philadelphia, all that mild air is heading this way. i'll let you know when it arrives in the seven-day forecast when we come rig

areas to the east, you have heavy rainfall to the city on lakehurst and wildwood.continues as we go through the mid-morning and lunchtime areas. the storm system pulls to the north and east. with a few lingerings7 rainshowers. for philadelphia, the i-95 and areas east, 2 to 3 inches of rainfall. south jersey through delaware. north and west of town you can find 1 to 2 inches was rainfall. the winds are gusting 40 to 50 miles-an-hour. waves as highs as 10 feet and coastal flooding is aq big concern. a wind-driven soaking a dreary day. high of 41 degrees. a high of 39 on wednesday. not sure if you have a coating north and west for the commute on wednesday morning. it stays chilly with a flurry around on thursday. a high temperature of 39. ate raw and wet day throughout the day on tuesday. >>> thank you, melissa. and "action news" will be starting half an hour earlier tomorrow morning as we track the storm. tune in at 4:00 a.m. on 6abc for the latest from accuweather and traffic updates. if you are on the go make sure you have the stormtracker 6 app. it puts the rada

the president spoke at a base in mcguire-dix-lakehurst. this is 30 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello mcguire-dix-lakehurst! thank you general martin for the introduction and for your great leadership of the air force expeditionary center. i want to thank all the outstanding leaders for coming to welcome me here today including general maggie boor and colonel james hodges. i want to thank the folks who are the backbone of our milita military. give a big round of applause for your incredible senior ncos. [applause] this is one of our nation's premier joint military bases. everybody is here. we have got army. we have got navy. we have got air force. we have got marines. and we have got some coast guard. laughter. [laughter] who is that one coast guard? there you go. that was loud right there. all of you come together as one great american team and what i know we also have some spouses and families here today. your wives, your husband, your partners, your sons and daughters have served as well. they make your own sacrifices especially when you're depl

through and as we get into 7:00 in the morning on christmas day through showers still lingering from lakehurst down to wildwood but there is cloud that will be breaking for some sunshine as we go throughout the day on thursday. the in the wake of the moisture wind will be gusting to 30 to 35 miles an hour. we have an update on santa hopefully everyone is in bed. right now he is in virginia but heading toward milton, delaware, it is time to to bed, get pg's on and think happy thoughts as santa brings those presents for christmas day. we will say merry christmas to everyone. some sunshine. wind gusting up to 35 miles an hour. 9:00 in the morning 53. temperatures start to fall off. 1:00 in the afternoon. fifty as we get into 5:00 o'clock in the evening on christmas day. temperatures in the upper 40's. we will crash down into the 30's for overnight lows. we will be a touch cooler for friday. accu weather forecast we are dry but gusty wind tomorrow. high temperature 53. friday it is sunny and nice not bad at 50. saturday sunshine and cloud, mild for december, 54 and on sunday, mild with the high te

barack obama is back in washington tonight after a visit to new jersey's joint base mcguire dix lakehurstthe president is marking the end of combat operations in afghanistan. after 13 years u.s. and nato troops closed their operational command last week. some troops will stay behind to final lies the mission. new jersey governor christie also on hand today to greet the commander in chief. president obama use dag's visit to show his gratitude to the troops as we head into the holidays. >> thank you for your extraordinary service. i thank you as your president because you inspire me and of all the privileges i have in serving in this office, nothing comes close to the honor of serving as your commander in chief. >> this base has also been used to send service members to west africa to help battle the on-going ebola crisis. >>> in atlanta college cutting its ties with comedian bill cosby. spellman college says it is suspending its endowed professor ship with cosby because of allegations that he sexually assaulted several women. the program was created to bring a positive attention and schola

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new jersey turnpike and it rolled through trenton and near georgetown right near, heading towards lakehurst. this is really light but problem with the snow showers tonight is that temperatures are going to be dropping below freeze ago cross the viewing area so anything wet on untreated roads will be freezing over. currently the temperature has dropped down to 32 degrees with the snow showers in trenton. allentown 32. reading just slight arely above freezing at 33. philadelphia 36. millville 37. sea isle city 38 degrees. the wind are still, really gusting. it is a blustery night. wind west northwest, wind gusts 22 miles an hour in philadelphia. twenty-nine in reading, and 25-mile an hour wind in millville, all thanks to the nor'easter. the gift that just keeps giving, satellite six with action radar showing that stalled low pressure, near nantucket and it is going no where fast. what this is doggies pulling in moisture from the atlantic across northern new england and upstate new york and by the time it gets here it is lost most of its punch but it is still leaving a coating in spots and thi

barack obama will be in new jersey tomorrow, the president will travel to joint base mcguire-dicks lakehursttroops and families for their sacrifice. so when we think of naughty or nice, we're usually talking about santa claus. but one sybbe tight it step further. they ranked cities across the country where philadelphia ranks, and what people admit to committing, you can start guessing now, karen? >> also look at some of your pictures you're sending in, we love your decorations, love your comments. we have this comment right here from jeff. hey, jeff, out making my weekend. so, good sunday morning, go eagles. that about sums it up. keep oh, look at that morning face, right there. oh, birthday, happen birthday to you. thirty-one years old, miguel. seriously, that dog, so cute. keep the pictures coming, use the hashtag fax 29 weekend. >> ♪ >> fanny show for the river and fame us. >> sue is in town, owen wilson was there, paris hilton dj and party. miley cyrus running around naked. and p. ditty out picasso painting. most interesting story of them all, all about leonardo dicaprio. >> several outl