we're here on the 1600 block of south 13th street between morris and tasker.ry one of the original homeowners. you've been here how many years? >> over 20. >> over 20. got it all started. so it's like a big family down here in south philly helping each other outwit lights every year. >> very close here. everybody gets together, and if anybody needs a hand we're right there for them. >> is there a process. do we have to summit what you're going to decorate the house like earlier in the season? >> no. it's whatever you can do. fine with us. do you your own thing. >> do you your own thing. up here in one of the windows there's santa bopping in and out. walking around with his tray of cookies. that's alex's house. alex and perry, thanks for inviting us out here. this is going to be open till when. >> the lights will be on till when. >> the first week of january. >> you got plenty of time. put the kids in the car, it's snowing here in south philadelphia. we got frosty the snowman. we got the grinch who turned a little nice on us tonight. we even got the big man him

we're on 13th street between morris and tasker. and we'll be here all night., we'll have off from school tomorrow!? >> yay! >> you'll get all the kids in trouble. >> you notice the kids are cheering. the parents are giving me dirty looks from behind the camera. >> get him out of here! >> boo! >> bob, what are you doing to us? >> my kids have half day tomorrow. >> there you go. >> i think a lot of places do. >> just call it off. >> let's go. ahead on fox 29 news at five award winning actor dealing with a stolen artifact drama. the actor caught up in a fossil theft ring that's coming up next. >> looking for holiday fun with the family this week? you cannot go wrong with the nutcracker fox 29's jenn read is behind the scenes. look at the holiday classic next. >>> ahead at 6:00 it looks like another speed bump in figuring how the pennsylvania's new budget but the latest may have yielded hope tonight. potential break through that somehow lawmakers are calling progress and caught on camera a robber sets his sights on north philadelphia pizza shop. the surprising thi

you feel the love of south philadelphia, look at this, christmas in full swing, here at 13th and tasker and there is a lot of work that goes into this block every single year, where cars,top, one by one, to check out, every single house along the block. we will talk to marco learo who continues to have this tradition in south philadelphia. marco, why do people get so exited to come to this street every year. >> well, it is because of like the hard work, dedication, that everybody in this, on this block puts into it, and i think that it is great for the kids to come around, you know, they see all of the lights. it is very nostalgic for people that are older and they love seeing the lights. >> reporter: what is your memory? you grew up here. what does it do for me. >> mize memory, they have been diagnosis this since i was a kid, and every year they keep getting better and better and alex, jimmy, and cousin perry and everybody they do a fantastic job. myself included. >> and the festivities that continue here. >> yes. >> you have hundreds of thousands oz have lights. you have over 40 house

eyewitness news 30 third and tasker where the community came together celebration african culture.here was sinking dancing. a candle was lit each hour to highlight the seven principles of wasn't zoo >>> "star wars" the force awake cancer. with more than this weekend "star wars" reached a bill dollar mark globally. the fastest any sales have gotten they are being jurassic world. will ferrell mark wallet burg daddies home, in third joy sisters comes in fourth with 14 million and fifth place alvin and the chip amongst road trip. it has been a great holiday weekend. in virginia it was 80 something degrees unbelievable. >>> what a streak it will go down as the warmest in record. we are going to change some things up if you are tired of the warmth, you know we do have big changes in the forecast especially as we head toward the new year. we do have winter weather. right now storm scran 33 focused on dallas texas of course heard about the devastating tornadoes dealing with more storms. parts of the of west texas coming down where we could see half foot in portions of west texas this same

it is the stretch between tasker and morris.f you are looking for something to do with the kids, all the way through the christmas holiday season here, put them in the car, take them for trip, to south philly. show them how you double park. and then take them for walk up that 1600 block of 13th street here where for over 20 years all of the houses on the block are decorated, even santa claus, paid visit last night. if you like to see all of the homes that we've been featuring, the last couple of weeks, all you have to do is go to facebook, twitter, instagram in the search field put in #fox29lights. all of the houses will pop up. definitely good little trip for you, if you want to take the kids out for ride, check out all of the christmas lights. chris, lauren, back to you. >> remember, santa says on good day he wants to hear from you, send him the questions by using #fox29gooddayment we will have all of the answers from jolly old saint nick. >> 5:49 the time. being the busiest travel day this holiday season, united airlines has

it ended at passyunk avenue if the city's tasker home section. police say it started at 2:30 on i-95. philadelphia police and state police chased the car on the schuylkill expressway and exited on passyunk. the approximate men jumped out at passyunk and 28 and ran into the wooded area. >>> police are investigating a wild chain-reaction crash that left two people hospitalized and five cars damaged. take a look at the damage to the car 2,000 block of washington lane in east mount airy. a kia hit a chevy and plowed into two parked cars. the collision caused the car to jump the car and hit another suv. that suv is pushed up against the convenience store. a 66-year-old passenger in the malibu had to be rescued. the woman in the suv suffered minor injuries. both were taken to einstein medical did have for treatment. >> the deadly shooting in san bernadino happened in a state with some of the nation's toughest gun laws. syed rizwan farook and tashfeen malik legally obtained two handguns and two rifles. they had large capacity magazines in violation of c

investigators state three men got out of the car and plan to city tasker homes development.fficers followed and ended up losing sight of suspects. >> an early morning fire all but he individual a church in elk ton, maryland near the delaware border. crime scene is around the baldwin methodist church. flames had already torn through the roof when they arrived. remarkably the cross in the fronts is still standing and congregation and pastor are devastated.ey lost something tht be replaced and we can come together and enjoy what we have. >> the wake of all this local fire department offered their banquet hall for today's church services and no word how the fire startd volunteer firefighters from abington township, montgomery county, spent the day working to improve skills. the action cam was there as training got mentment first responders practiced rescuing a victim that became seriously ill working in a utility hole underneath. they lowered down the rescue team. today's training incorporated new equipment that can be adjusted to simulate the different real life circumstances.

the car ended up in the tasker home development with the suspect jumped out and ran into a wooded area on the 2800 block of passyunk avenue. >>> police say a kia hit a chevy malibu on washington lane in east mount airy. it barreled into another suv that tapped the front of the convenience store. the woman in the suv suffered minor injuries, both were taken to einstein for treatment. >>> a revolt by rank and file house republicans may get a budget deal. the senate is planning to vote on the would feel-backed budget plan. there's no guarantee the house will approve the deal. it would hike the sales tax and change state pensions and allow private sales of liquor. the deal breaker for house republicans is the sales tax increase. >>> eagles are playing tom brady in massachusetts. bradford coming off the concussion and shoulder injury is trying to focus on a playoff berth. >> we start out the season trying to make the playoffs. we are going into week 12, week 13, we have an opportunity to do that. you can't lose sight of that. we seen ways to the level of play, i'm i'm exciting to watche lev

ring in kwanzaa this year the citywide celebration, a free indoor festival is being held at 33rd an taskerts from noon to 8:00 p.m. learn about the history of the holiday, the event features free health screenings and arts and crafts and live entertainment. you can give the gift of a life this holiday season. a red cross blood drive is being held at st. john's lieutenant -- church 10th and central. donors get long sleeved red cross t-shirts while supplies last. >>> up next, chris sowers has a final look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. stay with us we'll be right back. >> let's get one last check of the weather. >> reporter: more clouds, more rain, cooler temperatures not a pretty sight. cloudy today, there will be showers from time to time. mainly just patchy drizzle out there. 56 degrees is the forecasted high. tomorrow up to 70. sun early and increasing clouds late. thunderstorms late in the day. maybe a brief gust of winds and drenching downpour. record high of 70. monday, colder day, 47. monday night into tuesday, it's raining. tuesday into wednesday -- actually make t

. >>> you can help ring in the new year, a free festival at 33rd an tasker street learn about the history of the holiday, there's health screens and arts an crafts and live entertainment. >>> give the gift of life this holiday season by helping out the red cross with their blood driving at 10th and central in ocean city from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. blood donations decline during the holidays, but the need never goes away. as a thank you, donors get a long sleeved red cross t-shirts while slies last. don't go away sports is coming up next. >> reporter: welcome back everyone, 7:25 saturday morning, time for the travel forecast. satellite and radar, we have activity over the lower 48. we have a big storm developing around dallas. this will be a hefty snowstorm that will cut north into the great lake states. by the time we get into tuesday or wednesday it's up into canada. snows fly on the backside of this. take a look at what the model is predicting here. over the next 3 days we'll see 12 to 24 inches. if you're traveling to amarillo, wichita, omaha. denver they will see snow. this whole area

the car ended up in the tasker home development where the men jumped out and ran into a wooded area on passyunk avenue. >>> police say a kia hit a chevy malibu on washington lane in east mount airy. the kia plowed into two parked cars, the malibu barreled into a parking lot and another suv that suv tapped the front of a convenience store. the 66-year-old in the malibu had to be rescued. the woman in the kia suffered minor injuries. >>> a row -- revolt by rank and file house republicans may kill a budget deal. senate is planning to vote on the wolf-backed budget plan. there's no guarantee that the house will approve that plan. without house approval there's no budget. the deal worked out between wolf and republican leaders would hike the sales tax and change state pensions and allow private sales of liquor. the apparently deal breaker for house republicans is the sales tax increase. >>> quarterback sam bradford is expected to start this afternoon when the eagles play tom brady county patriots. a playoff berth is not out of sight. bradford is trying to focus on that. >> at the beginning

we were on the 13th street between tasker and morris, what they call, the miracle on 13th street.ioned in philly magazine travel magazine as big tourist stop. they've been doing it for well over 20 years, every house on both sides of the street decorated, and certainly good spot to take the kids if you are looking to keep them busy over the christmas holiday. go to your facebook twitter or instagram pages, and then put in fox 29 light, all of the houses that we featured all month long, you will be able to find them and give you something to do with the kids during the i mass holiday, chris and alex back to you. >> bob runs cameras for us, just came in with coffee for us. out of the kindness of his heart, he knows what we like to order. >> he knows how to make great tea. >> i purchased the coffee. >> oh, bob kelly? >> who bought chris coffee? he was on the list. >> oh,. >> he was on the naughty list. >> your welcome. >> hey, bob, thanks for going. bob kelly, thank you for the coffee, sir. merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you, as well. hoe, hoe, hoe. >> i do believe that was a

the miracle on 13th street between tasker and morris. that one block that for the last 20 or so years have been decorating, and it gets bigger and bigger every year, thanks to philadelphia's finest, the officer's blocked the street for us last night, so that folks could come on by, and safely walk up and down the middle of the street. we took a tour up and down the sidewalk, santa was, there and yes, it was snowing in south philadelphia, thanks to a big jug of mr. bulbs and a creative snow machine. the grinch was even there, and frosty was there, as well. if you like to see all of the spots that we visited and all of the folks that sent in the pictures of their christmas lights, all do you have do is go to facebook, twitter, stain gram. just put in the search field #fox29lights. you'll see all of the houses that we showed here on tv all through the month of december. >> i just got text from matt cord, big fan of pearl jam, and he just said yes, pearl jam has three christmas songs, let me play this christmas time, sunday at christmas, and

surveillance cameras caught bell boarding the broad street line at tasker just before the stabbing. >>> water main break made for muddy mess on street in rhawnhurst. 8-inch pipe broke on the 8300 block of langdon street late this morning. about 50 customers now have no water at all. crews are working on it, though, and hope to have the water turned back on sometime this evening. >>> guy busts butt busts into a local store and it's call on video. burglary was on his mine but what he does inside may leave you scratch your head. >> from record breaking heat here to rain storms and hi surf out west even blizzards in some areas. weather has been wild from coast to coast. why the affects from this weather could last long after things get back to normal. >>> pandemonium in paris after what first seem like another attack connected to isis. police say this was all a hoax. who they say made the whole thing up. >>> see the guy on the left? hard to miss him. he was just out for a jog but now a lot of people want to know whole about him. what he let slip that sent hearts a flutter. >> coming up at