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doesn't seem like they feel the cold that's settled over lincoln financial field right now. we're going to take a moment real quick, glenn "hurricane" schwartz admonished me for my lack of a coat. i just wanted to show my true colors. >> with the black coat and the black end zone, you totally disappear. i can't even see you. >> good point. >> maybe that will help the eagles receivers in the end zone, the other guys won't be able to see them. the wind is going to be a factor during the game. right now we have sustained winds at 20 miles an hour in philly. and it's going to be pretty close to that as we go through the night. so not only will it affect the windchill, but it also affects perhaps the kicking and the passing games. the temperature going down through the 30s, which is still not bad, this time of the nights, at this time of the year, it could be so much worse. the wind, 10 to 20 miles an hour, making it feel a little bit colder than that, but there is zero chance of any kind of precipitation. a different story on that for the holiday weekend. i'll get into that in a

. >>> as you just showed us eagles host giants tonight at lincoln financial field, post season is off the table forbidder through there is something they can accomplish tonight. >> if they win they will make it harder for giants to make the playoffs. sports director don bellies live at lincoln financial field with more, ton ton. >> playing the role of spoiler , remember a year ago, in december, washington came here and celebrated on this field as they won the nfc east and now the giants have an opportunity not to win the division but clinch a playoff birth if they lose it makes it more difficult and makes next week a must win situation against washington. meanwhile if we're talking about the eagles and we are a lot of glare, a lot of saying on the right tackle lane johnson who will be playing for first time since october. he served ten game ban for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. he talk about this match up here tonight. he should have fresh legs. he has in the played in two and a half months. >> i will try to play the best i can. you know, i will not be in the same

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we're at the tailgates outside lincoln financial field. some are heading inside, other tail gate are going strong. people fire up their grills they have hot food from chicken toriso and you get extra points if you come with face paint and costumes. they are going to stay hopeful and have fun, doesn't matter what the weather is. they are out for the birds and their budsies. >> budsies -- buddies. i am out here to support my team and i've met the best people in a parking lot in philly. >> at 4:00 a.m., i start out wearing shorts and ts, i add layers, by 8:00, i'll be cold. he employees strategy others wear halts and scarves. some folks are packing up heading inside for the game. they are having fun out here and hoping for a big win today. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> looks like you're having fun, too. thank you. >>> there's no word on whether a delaware county homeowner who shot and killed a man breaking into his home will face charges. police tell "action news" a suspect stormed into a home on the 800 block of up handle stree

that is store friday lincoln financial field i'm don bell. coming up later in sports we will hear from merrill reese, voice of the eagles and get his opinion on this match up, back to you guys. >> all right, db see you in a few, thanks very much. >>> it will be a little chilly as fans leave the stadium nut but we are in the winter warm up. kate's outside on the skies deck with more on those temperatures, kate. >> ukee, it is cool, chilly, it is how december should feel but today was a step in the right treks after a very cold start to the week, cold finish to last week. temperatures heading upward. we got to temperatures in the 50's today and we're still in the 40's. not too bad. you will want coat heading out to the eagles game. temperatures 44 in the city, 41 in reading. thirty-two in mount pocono. if you are outside thinking it doesn't feel like 44 degrees, it is because of the wind. the is there a brisk wind which is making it feel five to 10 degrees colder when wind picks up. there that is wind northwest ten to 15 miles an hour. kick off

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lincoln financial helps you provide for and protect your financial future, because this is what you do people you love. lincoln financial-- you're in charge. >> bnsf railway. >> xq institute. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention. in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: a new flurry of high-level announcements today from the trump transition. they include a new ambassador and a new leader for small business interests, and, the incoming president himself has picked up another honor. lisa desjardins has our report. >> reporter: he d

lincoln financial helps you provide for and protect your financial future because this is what you do for people you love. lincoln financial-- you're in charge. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention. in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: from president- elect trump today, an announcement of new jobs coming to the u.s. they're from telecom giant sprint and one-web, a satellite firm that plans to offer low- cost internet access around the world. mr. trump spoke at his mar-a- lago resort in florida, and said it's all part of a jap

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. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> the ford foundationrking with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president-elect trump filled up another cabinet seat, while some of his supporters aggressively challenged recount efforts in three states. the newshour's john yang has our report. >> we are going to appoint "mad dog" mattis as our secretary of defense. but we're not announcing it until monday, so don't tell anybody. >> reporter: president-elect trump scooped himself thursday night, making his choice public in cincinnati, the first stop of his "thank you" tour. he met with retired general james mattis last month in new jersey. >> he is the real deal. he is the real deal. >> reporter: mattis retired as a four-star general three years ago, after four decades as a marine. he

now, coming up later go back out to lincoln financial field where c carol is standing by with more locker room reaction from the red skins win. >> maybe a super bowl. >> let's not take it that far, but maybe the playoffs. >>> switching gear now. snowy conditions in detroit send a plane skidding off the roadway this morning. looking at pictures of the aftermath. 70 people were on board, but luckily no one was hurt. delta says the plane landed and was taxiing when it slid into the grass. passengers had just flown in from buffalo. >>> a day of mourning in turkey. the latest terror attack adding to dproigrowing sense of fear. nbc matt bradley shows us the death toll the rising. >> it's a day of mourning across turkey where another terror attack has added to a going sense of fer. night. istanbul has a new normal. twin bombings less than a minute apart left more than 3 dozen dead and 150 wounded. the first attack a car bomb that struck riot police as they left a stadium following a soccer game. moments later, a suicide bombing at a nearby park. most casualties were police. the government quickl

. >>> eagles and the giants meet tonight at lincoln financial field. the birds want respect ability having lost five games in a row. they could play spoiler at least meet last years' record 7-9. >>> temple football fans will send off the team at 10th and diamond early this morning. they fake wake forest in the military bowl on tuesday, go owls. >> a semi truck driver is under arrest accused of driving erratically while drunk. >>> going dry for january, reducing your alcohol intake could be beneficial to your health for the rest of the year. >> a 7-year-old from indiana is working extra hard to make sure children in his neighborhood have a nice christmas. they made him an employee, he uses the money he gets to buy toys for children in his community. he said he has been on the job is for a week and he said he loves it. >> reporter: and he is loved in his community for doing that. >> reporter: working hard. >> reporter: for sure, let's get you outside, looking good so far on the boulevard and he extensit wissahickon avenue. the good news is the ramps to t

accuweather seven-day forecast, 47 today we're up to 50, sunday looks nice, you're heading out to lincoln financial field for the eagles game, a nice way to start the new year's, 350 degrees, rain and drizzle for monday, 49. rain and drizzle tuesday, up to 60 in the afternoon. monday, mild, 53. perhaps a morning shower otherwise clouds and sunshine during the afternoon hours, thursday and friday, here comes an arctic front, 36 degrees for thursday and then 34 for friday. also i know how much you love snow, alicia, the models are tracking a coastal storm for next weekend. we'll see what happens there. >> but i saw a 60 in the forecast. >> reporter: i'm not happy about that. >> oh, come on criminals, you oh, come on chris, you like the warm weather. >> reporter: in the summer. >> we'll take the 60 in january. you can find storm tracker 6 live double scan radar at any time of the day at our website 6abc.com/weather. >>> to celebrate chanukah, a bagel it is last year there was a giant ice menorah and one made out of legos and one made out of jelly beans. this year it is the year of the bagel, we'll be

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south philadelphia, there is lincoln financial, you can see the streets are damp this morning. it is only going to be rain in philadelphia. in fact, most of the area is going to see rain to start with. it's really not going to last even in the pocono mountains, there's not much of t coming do. plainfield, light snow,g toe mod drying out and clearing out during the day. you can see it's already tapering off in allentown. most of the area, we start off with rain in allentown and just in the last hour mixing in. minimal accumulation if any. if there is any accumiobe o colder surfaces like cars and sidewalks, possibly the grass. even there it's not very likely. it's just too warm. the temperatures are in the 30s above fez area with the exception of the pocono mountains. easton it is above freezing. you can see the rain is starting to end already in c delaware cor county. we're seeg off montgomery. lower bucks and central bucks. temperatures have slowly come down. too warm for any icing. delaware, there are a few chillier spots in the suburbs. be on the lookout. you may run into som

let's join john clark, live from lincoln financial field. hi, john. >> yeah, danny, with john lost, they needed a little magic for the field goals. the backup long snapper came in but they couldn't complete the field goal. then burton came in, the third string long snapper. they were able to complete that one. it was not easy. burton's first snap in a game since pop warner. >> when something like that happens, you have to step up and don't. it was my job to step up and be the snapper. obviously, i didn't do a good job on the first one. it was a field goal. i don't know. i'm a professional. i should get it done. >> i'm excited. you know, i try to take advantage of every opportunity i get. it went well. unbelievable play. the majority of it is on him. he did a really good job. >> they both said the balls they were long snapping on the field in the game were a lot slicker than the ones they were practicing with because of how cold it was. the balls get slicker. i'm john clark. we'll have more after sunday night football tonight. we'll be right

a big question is who is going to perform at that lincoln financial field consent. there have been widespread reports that the trump inaugural committee has had trouble lining up a list. at the u.s. capitol tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. >>> you mentioned the talent yesterday, andrea bocelli said he was out. he was supposed to talk to him personly they're having trouble getting people to perform. >> it's going to be interesting to see who they're able to fill the spots with. we'll keep up. >>> controversy over pay to play an access to the president-elect. the trump transition team says reports that donald trump's too eldest sons were offering access to their dad during inauguration weekend in exchange for about $1 million in donations to conservation charleston isn't true. it was an idea the charity's foundation was considering. even if the trumps were never involved it raised all sorts of ethics questions about the ravlt president-elect's family in the administration. joining to his talk about this is gop strategist jack berk man and gary nordlinger. a professor

the mayor's office is trying to negotiate a similar deal at lincoln financial field. >>> it was a bonanza for 150 youngsters tonight in philadelphia thanks to the generosity of others, a bonanza with handlebars. action news reporter dann cuellar explains. >> reporter: santa's elves were busy at work bringing joy to over 150 kids. they each were getting brand new bikes. small ones for little kids, big ones for bigger kids. >> i feel that it was nice and caring for them to give away free bikes. >> reporter: is an to clause brought you a bike? >> yeah. >> reporter: that's awesome. >> i love it. >> reporter: i bet you can't wait to ride it? >> i'm going to ride it over the mountains and near the city. >> reporter: that's wonderful. >> thank you. >> reporter: the bikes were purchased with donations raised by state representative jordan harris. >> it's a humbling experience to be able to be in the neighborhood that i grew up and provide a little bit of joy, the same way people did for me. >> reporter: not only did each kid get a brand new, beautiful bike, they got to sit on santa's lap and talk

. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> the ford foundationrking with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: russian president vladimir putin today slammed u.s. sanctions and the expulsion of russian diplomats over election-hacking attacks. but, he said, moscow will not toss out u.s. diplomats. instead, he invited the children of american diplomats to holiday parties at the kremlin. and, in a statement, he said russia will plan "further steps to restore relations, based on the policies of the trump administration." later, the president-elect tweeted to say: "great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart." we will return to the putin response, after the news summary. and in the day's other news: a fragile cease-fire appeared to hold across syria, despite spor

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. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: he is spending most of his time out of public view, but today, president-elect trump was suddenly much more visible. items on his agenda: the cost of new presidential planes and prospects for new jobs in the tele-communications industry. the day started with a surprise appearance in the lobby of trump tower in new york. mr. trump lit into the boeing company over its contract to build two new versions of air force one. >> it's going to be over $4 billion, for the air force one program. and i think it's ridiculous. i think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. we want boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money. >> woodruff: earlier, on twitter, he had gone further, saying the government should "cancel the order" with boeing. boeing's initial contract was for roughly $3

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lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. >> the ford foundation.ith visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president obama has broken with decades of defending israel with the u.s. veto at the united nations. today, the u.s. abstained, despite pressure from jerusalem and president-elect trump. the vote was 14 to nothing, as the security council condemned israeli settlement building on lands the palestinians want. ambassador samantha power defended the u.s. decision. >> the united states has been sending a message that the settlements must stop privately and publicly for nearly five decades. our vote today is fully in line with the bipartisan history of how american presidents have approached both issues and the role of this body. >> woodruff: israel rejected the resolution and the u.s