low to mid 20's, doylestown, willow grove, 28 in mt. holly. north winds, that's bringing in the cold arctic air, 14-mile per hour sustained in allentown, three in millville. but the wind will continue about ten to 15 through the day, windchill values right now low teens to the upper teens across philadelphia and areas to the north. still into the 20's, windchill values in new jersey. some clouds cover over us right now, not producing any precipitation, will continue to thin out, cold front moves off shore, increasing sunshine today, doesn't help much. up to 35, that's it for the high temperature, clouds linger at the shore, upper 30's, for the high, remember, we used to be mid 40's this time of year. poconos 28 degrees. good news, there they can crank out some snow, put down good base for the upcoming holiday, pristine riding conditions in the forecast. talk about the next storm system, that warm up coming up as we head toward christmas, in a few more minutes, meisha, what's snapping. >> justin, looking pretty good out there. looking nice and

dover at 33, reading in the low 30's. some will drop into the upper 20's the rest of our evening and into the overnight. you're ultimate doppler radar shows things are still clear and dry, but not for long. we're watching a system that's going to be moving inform here's the leading edge of that cloud cover continuing to move through western pennsylvania. this will push through overnight. we're going to increased cloud cover and there is a channels for isolated showers to pop up. actually, could pop up by tomorrow morning as temperatures are at the lowest. in location into the 20's and 30s, we're talking about about a freezing rain event. this will be early tomorrow morning, isolated if anything, but we still have a freezing rain advisory for lancaster, berks, lehigh valley, south of the poconos under that freezing rain advisory. please be careful. there may be a few slick spots out there have not it's also rain into monday afternoon. let's take a look at your futurecast. once again, here you can see that brief window of p

between the 20's and low '30's. some very cold temperatures are right until saturday. >> reporter: it is 48 degrees in oakland, with a windy conditions. with the mixed atmosphere. still, the cold air is rolling again on top of the bridge spirit we have cold conditions here with the high country. if you are expected to go there at all your warm clothes because it will be chilly. with low 30's tomorrow and '40's as we head towards the weekend. >> reporter: overnight lows in concord, 35 in santa rosa. you will likely see some frost on some of the cars. slightly warmer than today. as we look at the next couple of days we are going to have a pretty decent weekend. as we head into next week. i want the arctic air with the los '50s as hon. very cold weather in fact, the long-delayed forecast is about this for all of december. >> grant: lee view for a day-session >> vicki: the night everyone-- stand back, ya hear! breakout the syrup because denny's new fluffier, tastier, better rudolph pancakes are here for the holidays. li

low 40's in the i-95 corridor. and getting up toward the mid 40's in some spots farther down to the south of everybody cool, everybody dealing with partly sunny skies and light winds today. then tomorrow big change. we've got a front that gets past us, high pressure to the west helping to guide strong winds in from the west. your high tomorrow 24. that's going to be in the morning. temperatures are actually going to drop into the low 20's and just sit there for most of the day and those winds out of the west-northwest at 15 to 25 miles per hour gusting as high as 40 at times so tomorrow very uncomfortable and of course it's not just the temperature but it's that that wind chill and remember how i said temperatures are going to drop and then go down into the low 20's during most of the day and the wind chills will go down with it. we'll average about 10 through the day but could actually be seeing single digit wind chills in philadelphia and if you're up north in the northern and western suburbs, you could even get

sun, low 40's in the poconos. like it warmer, few more days to talk about temperatures well into the 50's, maybe even 06. i'll show you coming up in a few minute. rahel, back to you. >> justin, thank you. pope francis is celebrating christmas with a blessing for the world. in his olby blessing means to the city and the worlds, delivered earlier this morning. leader of the catholic church wish people scarred by wars and those who lost loved ones to terrorism. he says, it is showing fear and death in many cities and countries, during christmas eve mass at saint peters basilica, he called on the fateful to not get caught up in the commercialization of christmas. he says materialism has taken us hostage this christmas >> midnight mass at cathedral of popes peter and paul. charles chaput led mass last night, will preside over services again this morning. >>> and everywhere, right now, children are waking up to see what santa left behind. one local family, this christmas is extra special. "eyewitness news" reporter anit

come up mid 50's to low 60's. even higher thursday. mid 60's inland. don't get the too used to the idea butter it's cooler over the weekend. much cooler really early next week. new year's eve is dry. slight chance of showers saturday afternoon another chance sunday night going into monday and one on the impact scale. notice the chill monday tuesday. low 50's for many areas. cold starts both day. down load the 7 news app and track the storms as they come in. weak system mind you couple weak stichlts the we can handle 50 degrees. in buffalo they are in short leaves then. >> they think they are going to the beach. >> you are wimps. tonight is cold for us. >>> when we come back find out who is getting a free ride. >> for new year's eve. who is getting a free ride. >> for new year's eve. do you have plans stay with us. >> hundreds of thousands of people flock to new york city times square to ring in the new year as they do every year. right now work is under washington toy keep everyone safe. new york city police officers have made themselves highly visible

lows: 36-40 winds: s 5 mph christmas eve: morning rain. cloudy after noon with clearing skies after 6pm. highs: 49-51 winds: sw 5 mph with now just two days until christmas, mi are scrambling to holiday. scott taylor is live from regan national airport this morning.. scott how are the lines there? in australia, police arrest five men suspected of christmas day attacks using bombs, knives, and a gun. investigators say the suspects were inspired by isis and planned attacks on melbourne's flinders street train station. they had been plotting the attack for three weeks. three of the of the suspects have already appeared in court charged with preparing or planning a terrorist attack. they each face a life sentence if convicted. a virginia man is accused of trying to provide material support to "isis." federal agents arrested 26-year-old lionel williams of suffolk yesterday. court documents say williams sent money to someone who he thought was trying to arm isis fighters. authorities also say williams used social media to declare his support for

pretty much dry through mid week, low 40's, then the 20's return for highs thursday, friday, lows in the teens, here in philadelphia, weekend we will watch the storm system, some of the cold air could be in place, little snow before changing over to rain. twenty's, meisha. are you ready? >> you know, justin, our producer just saying in my ear, hey the 20's, 30's, probably save you from minnisota but i have to tell you one of the those things, even though it doesn't faze me no. but no snow, you can't ski. you can't snowmobile, you can't snow shoe. whatever it is, you can't do it without snow. so see ya later, i am he he enjoy the 50's today. like justin said, one of our last days we'll see them. so we just have to get through our morning commute. what that means is pack your patience, very wet roadways this morning what we are waking up to, causing issues on the roadways, absolutely. since about 4:00 this morning. so looking at right now 95 taillights southbound direction. you can see northbound and southbound side, starting to heat up. pull your attention on the droplet on the lens.

dress the kids with all that extra gear because we're in the 30's and this afternoon low 40's so a heavy coat probably still a good idea. temperatures right now are in the mid to low 30's across most of the region. 36 in philadelphia, 35 in allentown. down the shore in cape may we're up to 41. and as we roll through the day today is a great day to get to the market fill the car do all that of sort of chore type thing because even though it's going to be chilly, we're going to get a seasonable high of 42 degrees today with partly sunny skies and not much wind. tomorrow the winds pick up, the temperatures plunge, single digit wind chills, not as nice a day to be out running errands matt. >> thanks, david. new on "action news," the bromance between president obama and vice president biden apparently goes way beyond measles their wives say it is the real deal. jill biden and first lady michelle obama sat down with people magazine about their husbands' companionship. the first lady joked about the pair going on long walks together and looking into each other's eyes. mrs. obama says the vice p

look at the highs, low mid 40's at best for -- 30's, not even factors in the winds. tonight, clear skies, drop down to the mid 20's, low 20's in some of the colder suburbsment tomorrow little of a rebounds, mid upper 30s to about 40 degrees. with some sunshine. but well below average today, 35 for the high temperature, mixture of sun and clouds, that north wind continues at ten to 15, and again quiet tonight, very cold, 25 in the city, cold in the suburbs, here is the extended forecast, quiet pattern, 40 tomorrow. forty-six for the first day of winter. thursday, we bring in more clouds, chance of showers late in the day, and christmas weekends, christmas eve, is mild. forty-eight. christmas day, maybe some showers late in the day, but christmas morning looks good. >> yes, sure does. all right, justin, thank you so much. good morning, everyone. happy monday morning, back at it. actually looking pretty good out on the roadways, dealing with roadways, good signs this morning, schuylkill, taillights eastbound direction, montgomery, and they moved out little too quickly s

low 50's at the shore. upper 30's, in the poconos. next arctic blast is on the way in the seven day forecast, even colder than the first one over the weekend. we will talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >> not looking forwards to that, justin, thank you. foreign affairs dominating the trump transition efforts after cia report claimed russia tried to interfere in the u.s. elections to help mr. trump win. and the president-elect has upset china with statement he made over the weekends. kenneth craig with the latest now from new york. >>> president-elect donald trump is pushing back against the cia's conclusion that the russians influenced the us election to benefit mr. trump. >> i think it is ridiculous. i think it is just another excuse. i don't believe it. >> mr. trump's remarks conflict with the cia's findings that russia wants to damage hillary clinton's campaign by leaking hacked emails from the democratic party computer. the trump administration says the report is an attempt for democrats to discredit his victors. >> belie

temperatures are in the upper 50's to low 60. enjoy it because we have changes heading or way. >> enjoy light commute. mass transit, bart is on limited commute trains through january 2nd. today, it is normal but tomorrow only ace 3 and 5 are running and around the system we are on a remain inial system for san francisco ferry. >> at collection of pins sale, a slager died of leukemia this month. "hamilton," topped the broadway box office in 2016 earning $105 million, the first broadway show to make $3 million in a single eight machine -- eight show week. >> river otto is making a come back in california and some have taken up residence in a lake of vallejo partly because of the environment improving. the marin based river otto ecology property credit a ban on hunting, wetlands restoring, a the map is showing three so far at the lake and 1,700 others around the bay area. >> they are really kite. always so sweet. >> we have 90 minutes of news including why hundreds ever evacuated a hotel in las vegas overnight. >> and why a refinery

highs today are in the low 60's. that is much more comfortable. 63 in half moon bay. 64 in santa cruz. san jose is 63. even san francisco we will see upper 50's. richmond and san francisco is 59, and oakland is 60. heading up to lake tahoe, and a last foes are for the new year's eve weekend we have sunny skies, clouds tomorrow and a chance of sunny on saturday. into sunday. you could need to bring your chains. here is the storm-impact scale from "1" to "5" on monday we have storm headed our way ranked a "1" with cold showers and snow levels dropping but less than .25" bringing cold temperatures for the beginning of the new area. >> now the lake tahoe report a lot of skiers will be happy with this. we base totals way up from a week ago. squaw and alpine at 22 to 50" base and north star up to 44" and heavenly 35 to 59" and driving conditions are good. no chains. and drive times are around three hours. sugar bowl is 24 to 39" base and kirkwood up to 71" base with no chains traveling later in the week closer to the new y

low 40's for you in wilmington, along with dover. mid 40's once you move north and west. temperatures for tonight, dip back into the upper 20's, to low 30's, out there. we should stay dry. it will be clear for the overnight. we've advanced the clock ahead to your saturday. because that's our next best chance for some rainfall. temperatures, early in the morning, could be right around freezing far north and west, might start off as a little bit every freezing rain before changing over to all rain as we move toward, once again, this is on saturday, at least the first part of the day. but watch the moisture, as it pushes on out to sea. talking about decrease in clouds, and clearing, into the afternoon and also the evening for your saturday on christmas eve. what about christmas day? as we take a look at the past several years, you can see, last year's high temperature, on christmas, was 68. this year, looks like, we will top outright around 50 degrees. so once again, recapping the holiday forecast, right now, looks like, we will have clouds cover, some early showers around,

air temperatures generally ranking from the low 30's in the mountains to the low 40's elsewhere. we had some clouds overnight. kept the temperatures from really dropping last night. so, not bad start to our morning. and there is nothing really terribly cold across the mid-atlantic and northeast, 29 cold temperatures showing up on the map in albany, true arctic avenue will arrive by the end of the week. average hi, 49. we'll there today, tomorrow, tuesday, slightly above average on wednesday. then really dropping the temperatures, thursday, certainly, into friday, probably 10 degrees below average, so we will struggle to get those numbers out of the 30's, for afternoon highs. so that's really our first shot of arctic air this season. quiet, across mid-atlantic, northeast, high pressure in control, crowds will thicken up through the day today. moisture moves northward, initially cold air in place, lehigh valley and poconos could see wet snow tonight. showers arrive around midnight, areas around philadelphia and the sub, southward, north and west, temperatures stay above freezing, s

upper 20's and low 30's. saturday 39. on storm tracker radar, we begin to see the precipitation lightening up but heavy shrug of moisture around st. mary's county over to the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay. that's the track it will continue moving but we're generally seeing things getting much lighter in the western suburbs and given about another hour or two and y go see most of its activity across the bay. the heaviest right now not too far south of waldorf that's going to cross over your area and into portions of cal vern and st. mary's county as it continues. checking on the snow and ice they've been seeing to the north and west especially. that is ending you could still build up more ice and that winter weather advisory will stay in your area and stay in effect until midnight. as we look at the forecast, area clouds remain drizzle and fog will linger. it's brighter for tomorrow and this is going to look a whole lot better after about 8:00, 9:00, where we only linger with the showers and bring on the sunshine by

for us we'll be partly sunnye s and chillyunny today with lies s with highs inthe low 40's. 4 42 for us today.s. we'll look at the seven day and -- a lot going on.oi o this time of year weather-wisetw a lot going on. >> yeah, yeah.h, >> all right. check out traffic.k t traf the last workday of the year. y >> last workday of the yeary ofr and i can tell you congestionio is really life. l we have a few problem areas.a f this is 270 on the southboundthn side. side slow traffic moving towards crop erode. an earlier crash blocking twocko lanes did move over to thedid v shoulder but you'reto backed upe from maryland 124 with some som heavy traffic once you pass yous crop erode and that crasht c scene wide opened towards thewad spur. northbound side really quiet.req let's take a look at our maps.um we have a new metro delay foror you. red line delays to shadyays grove. that just happened. we just got that report.thatat r ri.ers. earlier train malfunction at metro center. residuals delays on the orange silver and plume let's showet you what else you're uplse you'u against in fairfax thiss mo

and then tomorrow we stay in the low 20's for most of the afternoon with strong blustery winds, severe wind chills and then -- isn't it great karen? i'll have details on all of this in the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast and the chance of some snow late friday night. >> getting worse. bad and getting worse. let's look outside live at i-95. we've got some volume piing up just a tad here this is i-95 southbound through cottman through the ongoing construction zone. traffic is moving okay. we had that overnight extra construction that cleared on i-95 southbound at academy. no major issues on the blue route or the schuylkill unlike yesterday schuylkill is moving nicely. i-95 all basically looking at speeds in the 50's but we have a couple of accidents coming in. so here's a new one in camden county that popped up on route 30 at stone road. we are hearing there are injuries with this so you'll see ems workers on the scene. serious injuries on park drive near rancocas road. accident in plumstead township cleared. 611 bypass northbound all lanes are back opened here at easton road. matt

low 60's again. oakland will hit 60's and san mateo and san francisco and the cost see upper 50's, cool dealer and san jose is milder at 62. our storm-impact scale will be a light storm on monday and tuesday. cold, scattered showers, and less than a quarter inch of ralph so rain is not the impact but what will affect us is the cold, cold air with snow levels possible dropping to a thousand feet by tuesday. start to move in late monday night into tuesday to get ready for the frigid temperatures heading our way, and the accweather forecast shows another nice day, with a slight chance tomorrow, and, then, the cold moves in. are people taking the day off today? >> it has been really light all week and if it is possible it feels loiter today, so, looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights and we never even had them turned down the last couple of days so i am betting on we will not see them flipped on for the morning commute. checking out the drive times tracy to dublin, do not get used to it

mid 40's on saturday and upper 40's to low 50's on sunday. so there you go. looks like it's going to be a fairly nice new years eve looks great. we're going to head to 50 most of the day. certainly most of the afternoon, temperatures are going to be in the upper 40's. lot of sunshine today. cool side later on. showers come back into the forecast, at least for the first part of the day tomorrow. optimistically i think we'll get sunshine tomorrow afternoon. temperatures with the rain and the clouds early only up to about 48 or so. now, it will be colder friday. looks like a pretty chilly today. high temperatures in the upper 30's to low 40's. it's the coldest of the lot. so to speak. we get into the holiday weekend and it's not going to be too terrible. here's erin como, look at your wednesday morning traffic. >> i've been tired this week. i don't know. i think it's a post holiday food coma/family recovery time. if you're travelling in alexandria, we are dealing with an active water main break scene, crews trying to get that repaired. vermont between gordon and

low 40's friday, saturday. sunday. lows at night in the 20's. it will feel a lot more like wintertime. jonathan: yikes! thanks. talk about the sports now. good games going on tonight. erin: yeah. the redskins were in a great mood. keeping the mood light at the redskins park. a player put up a do you like josh norman? and could the nats add a former m.v.p. to the roster. what they have cooking when we ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. more a month. call today. comcast business. erin: the of according to espn outfielder mccutchen could be traded tonight. the pirates and if nats have ramped up discussions to get a deal done before tomorrow's non-tender deadline. the 2013 n.l. m.v.p. coming off a down year. but the center fielder averaged 25 homers, 90 r.b.i. and almost 20 steals a season for the past four years. apparen

lows: 36-40 winds: s 5 mph christmas eve: morning rain. cloudy after noon with clearing skies after 6pm. highs: 49-51 winds: sw 5 mph triple-a says more than 103 million traveling for the holidays-- if they haven't left already. but depending on your destination-- there could be some wicked weather waiting to greet you. and that is creating holiday havoc for many travelers. jonathan elia developing now-- a rough start to the holiday break for the family of donald trump. a flight carrying trump's daughter and grand-children was delayed leaving california. one passenger had to be removed after security officials say he began harrassing them. ivanka, who was flying coach, remained on the plane, and eventually made it to hawaii. some witnesses say -- the entire ordeal could have easily been avoided. jetblue released a statement saying in part-- "if the crew determines that a customer is causing conflict on the aircraft, the customer will be asked to deplane, especially if the crew feels the risk of escalation during the flight." turning now to

we're going get high temperatures only in the upper 30's, low 40's for several days and the wind chills both friday and saturday making it feel like it's in the 20's. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, today's high is 50, mostly cloudy skies, with some sunny breaks later. 45 tomorrow, clouds mixing with some sun and a late sprinkle or shower possible. blustery and cold then on friday, a high of 42 but feeling like it is in the 20's and there might even be a flurry popping up from an occasional puff of clouds and then still brisk and cold with partly sunny skies a high of 38. 42, clouds and sun on sunday. might be a little bit breezy on sunday. sunday night rain arriving and cloudy and rainy on monday and tuesday. monday morning before dawn it might be cold enough in the northern and western suburbs to start out as some mixed precipitation and of course we will keep you on top of that as we go through the weekend and then into monday morning. >> all right. >> yeah. >> i miss summer already. [laughter] >> it will return. >> right. >> eventually. >> 5:39 now and still ahead on "act

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drop it back down into the low 30's tonight, under partly cloudy sky, stays very tranquil. we have eagles game to talk about here coming up tomorrow night. 38 degrees at kick off. not terribly atypical with the value. you will start to notice a little hint after breeze, but, not necessarily any kind of major wind issues, certainly not wet weather problems either. but let's talk about those christmas numbers from last year, christmas eve ended up 71 degrees, christmas day, 68. we are walking around in the short pants this same time last year, crazy, right? we actually only fell below 32 degrees twice last december. so far, this december, we've done it nine times. very likely will do it again before the month is all said and done here. outside we go to a spot that i wouldn't say is necessarily perfect beach weather right now but it is tranquil outside beach patrol headquarters in marching gate. meanwhile, they are breaking out the skis here at blue mountain, just one of many views like this that i think we will see through the course of the winter. nice to see them actually o

lows: 21-27 winds: s 5-10 mph saturday: early morning freezing rain to all rain. rain tapers off shortly after noon. turning windy. highs: 48-56 winds: sw 10-15 g 30mph (late) hough are going on tour across america, and they'll be coming to mgm national harbor! we are giving away tickets. call in right now to win a pair to the may 7th performance. that number is 703-528-7334. 7th caller wins! 703-528-7334. may 7th mgm national harbor. there is much more coming up on good morning washington. a live look outside where temperatures are still in the teens.. and it feels even colder. not only is it cold outside - but within the next 24 hours some parts of the d.m.v could see ice! here we go on this friday morning i'm larry smith. and i'm autria godfrey. let's get started with our team of stormwatch7 meteorologists eileen whelan and veronica johnson. good morning ladies. winter storm watch for late tonight into saturday morning for western md and the eastern panhandle of wv. - cold today - wintry mix overnight then to all rain saturday mid-morning - 60 by sunday morni

into the 30's in santa rosa and napa and elsewhere the low 40's. for new year's eve, we took the rain out of the forecast. however, it will be cool by midnight. cloudy in the morning. lingering cloud in the afternoon. we cool down quickly at 8:00. tonight we are in the 40's. midnight is cold with temperatures in the 30's inland spend at bay. grab a jacket if you are heading out. you will not need the umbrella. we have cold air moving in sunday we will notice it drop and we will see increasing clouds monday when we could see the chance of isolated showers into tuesday and it doesn't look like much moisture but it will be cold. on the storm-impact scale it will be a "1", a light storm on monday, cold and isolated showers, with the snow levels. coming down 2,000' and we could see snow on the mountain tops with less than quarter inch of rain. the concern is temperature dropping after the rain on monday. then it will be dropping down 5- to 10-degrees below average for the start of 2017. enjoy the mild afternoon today and tomorrow. happy new year this we

40's, more reminiscent of january into february than early december and morning lows in the 20's. it's going to be the coldest air we felt. winter is here. >> it is. thanks, kate >> don is back with more sports. >> the sixers playing shorthanded in memphis and the flyers and panthers working overtime in south philly and it comes down to the i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door, i need a private connection for my business. wifi pro from comcast business. public wifi for your customers. private wifi for your business. strong and secure. good for a door. and a network. comcast business. built for security. built for business. a silicon valley server farm. the vault to man's greatest wonders... selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should work. it's not happ

some 30's in the poconos and generally low to mid 40's down the shore. doppler radar estimated rainy fall totals, about a quarter to a half inch, a half inch at philadelphia international airport but now picking up a bunch of nothing. storm scan3 showing us precipitation has moved well off shore. cloud deck starting to break down as well and overnight skies will become mostly clear for san tan his reindeer. and as we head into tomorrow your christmas holiday is going to be above average. not anywhere near the record. our record high temperature for the christmas holiday is 68 degrees in philadelphia set both in 1964 and in 2015. we're looking for a forecast high at 48 degrees but will we see any rain returning for the holiday? i'll have the answer in your full forecast in a few greg. >> lauren thank you so much. >>> christmas morning is just hours away but that is not stopped people from getting last minute gifts. the christmas village very lively today. according to the national retail federation the average shopper has only finished half of their gift

lows: 29-36 winds: s 5 mph thursday: am clouds, pm sun. breezy & milder. highs: 49-54 winds: s to nw 5-15 mph breaking right now - a fire burning apartments in greenbelt. crews - on the scene for hours now working to to put it out. our john gonzalez is there live, john? trt 19 out ... came outside. also breaking overnight.. a house in rockville is heavily damaged, to put it out themselves. it started in the garage of a home on pasture brook way... and spread to part of the home. after the residents realized they couldn't put it out - neighbors called 911. it took 75 firefighters more than a half hour to get the fire under control. the house has more than 600-thousand dollars in damage. an adjacent home also has some damage. no one was hurt. developing now.. investigators are trying to find out what caused a series of deadly explosions at a fireworks market outside mexico city. they say they are not ruling anything out. at least 31 people were killed in yesterday's blasts. dozens of others were wounded, including several children. the market was crowded wit

in some spots with lows dropping to the 30's and even 20's. <<<))) ((weather toss)) with-- who else -- the champion. ((denise valdez)) >> nascar king jimmy johnson rolled into las vegas... right chris ((chris maathuis)) >> and he went straight to school. inspiring young kids was his first assignment. john tritsch took on today's plus... city leaders in oakland aren't going down without a fight. the latest coming up here on channel 8./// <<< the top drivers. and one thing you can bet on is jimmie johnson will be somewhere in the group. the 7-time champ rolled into las vegas and made a pit stop at an area school... that's where jon tritsch pics up the story. jon tritsch: he's talented as any driver to pound the accellerator but today jimmie johnson pumped the brakes and stopped at school (jimmie johnsona hard to connect with the kids. i fell in love with this sport through going to races with my dad.") jon tritsch: the seven time sprint cup winner went from championships and checkered flags to challenging questions from doral academy students..and they weren't always easy to steer (jimm

at the shore, similar conditions, upper 40's, even the poconos breaking out into the low 40's. we'll talk about warmer temperatures on the way for the upcoming week. details in eyewitness weather in a few more minutes. >> justin, see you soon, thank youment happening right now, pope francis is celebrating christmas mass in saint peters square. this is a live picture from vatican sit. tens of thousands of the faith full have gathered to hear the pope's annual christmas message and blessing. this is the pontiff's last public event at the holiday. round at year marked by the pope's pleas for the worlds to better protect innocent people caught in wars and poverty. >> and, in bethlehem, pilgrims and tourist frost across the globe gather to celebrate christmas. the church of the nativity build on the spot where christians believe jesus was born. >> and this was midnight mass at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul in philadelphia. pennsylvania's largest catholic church archbishop charles chaput will preside over services again this morning. every where this morning, childr

low 50's monday. the about 45 degrees, nighttime lows in the 20's. we will see temperatures in the teens in the mountains. that will be next weekend. still no snow for the metro area for at least the next 10 days, creeping closer to christmas. jonathan: i think27 qualifies for horrible. hope to see you tomorrow with toys for tots at the national differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local ed jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online for the first year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiri

with some vigor very cool temperatures some 20's and '30's for overnight lows on tuesday wednesday. minishes frame in the bay area on thursday. and then inside that's today's forecast back to you. next. we continue our coverage of a deadly warehouse fire in oakland. how the raiders honored the victims during today's game. that breaking news we're following tonight. 33 people confirmed dead in a massive warehouse fire in oakland. let's bring you up to speed on what we know so far. the fire started just after 11:30 friday night at the warehouse known as the "ghost ship" which is on 31st avenue and international boulevard a couple blocks from the fruitvale bart station. sheriff's deputies say a party was in progress, on the second floor of the warehouse. anywhere between 50 and 100 people were there. at some point, deputies say a fire started.we don't know how it stated.but it caused the roof to collapse onto the second floor.then the second floor collapsed onto the first. again thirty three people have died. and several more are still missing. the people who died friday night are most

low 30's for highs. a normal low. sunrise, 7:18 a.m. by the end of the month. sunset begins to stretch out a little bit too 4:20 p.m. we have averaged in december, over a foot of snow in the state capital. look at today's high temperatures. these numbers are typical for a high in over. october the 20th. not even close to early november temperatures. a taste of mid fall out there but we are not talking about a major cooldown. temperatures still holding up of average. we should be in the low 30's, mid to upper 20's. clouds of north holding the temperatures. on average, fairly uniform readings across the state. 32-36 degrees by morning. temperatures are across the country are not all that cold. slightly above average. anywhere from the northeast to the great lakes into the plane states. and a good portion of the rockies. a gradual cooldown. getting temperatures back to average. starting later tomorrow night and into the weekend. if you are looking for big-time cold, that will wait until late monday night or tuesday next week. first, it will dig into the rockies an

and low 30's around for the overnight. here we go on this tuesday night and a quiet weather day, i wanted to share at least one of the great pictures, this is from dan lawrence above silver spring. i love this sliver of sunlight. you can see the cloud cover. it did make for a spectacular sunset. put some of those pictures on facebook and twitter and if you got a good one share it with me. lots of clouds as you can continue to spill into our area, cloudy tonight. are you missing the snow? it's still up there in pennsylvania, they've got a little bit coming across with a weak disturbance. forecast for tonight, high pressure on top of us, we'll see a nice night. not too cold, dry conditions, winds are not too bad as well. and we will head for the 20's and 30's not the teens and 20's, so it's still a chilly night. not bad. here are the temperatures, 45, current temperature, 45 degrees in the district. we've got a few place downs into the 30's, like gaithersburg at 36. winchester and culpeper down to 34, 39 in quantico, 37 in l

all right, we're in the 20's this morning. low 20's in fact. upper teens in some neighborhoods. not much wind but a high of just 37. it's a winter coat day from start to punish. >> updates on the blue route throughout the morning. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! everything for the holidays. that's my giant. mstanding rib roast!ds to be wowed this year. wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. >>> good morning, america. holiday terror attack. at least 12 killed. dozens more injured after a truck plows into a christmas market in the heart of germany's capital. >> i think it misses immediate by three meters. >> learning more about the suspect in custody seen in this new video and only on "gma," the woman at the heart of the terrifying attack, how she survived with just moments to spare. >>> in cold blood. a gunman assassinates the russian ambassador in turkey in front of a terrified crowd. with cameras rolling. the killer shouting about the war in syria. the latest on who was behind the brazen at

to low 60's again. new year's eve is looking good but governor you are out bundle up it will be chilly inland before very cold air is moving in next week. >> extremely light volumes this morning, and i want to give you a net for the service today that is reduced, with just 3 and 5 and if you are working on monday, no ace service on january 2 end. >> amazon is having another huge when day digital only sell today. the giant offer up to big discops including 80% off of video games and 50% off top movies, and tv shows ending at midnight. >> we continue online and twitter and facebook and all mobile devices. >> so many of you are interested in the eagle and the baby eaglet. i hope we can bring you another live picture to check on what is beginning on, in florida, right now, we expected it yesterday. it could happen today. once i heard i was going to be a park ranger, i got really excited. gabe's obviously really sick. and there's a lot that he isn't able to do, and make-a-wish stepped in. we had to climb up

40's, more reminiscent of january into february than early december and morning lows in the 20's. it's going to be the coldest air we felt. winter is here. >> it is. thanks, kate >> don is back with more sports. >> the sixers playing shorthanded in memphis and the flyers and panthers working overtime in south philly and it comes down to the >>> when you have a precious commodity, other people will could have vet what you have. overthe last four years, matt rhule has been a master full job. rhule is leaving temple for baylor, the 41-year-old will be introduced as their headcoach after back to back ten win seasons. you just knew it was only a matter of time before he was gone. today, i spoke to al's basketball coach about the move >> i think it's sort of inevitable. he's obviously going to be given many opportunities. and this desperate one. seemingly. wish him nothing but the very best. >> switching gears, five straight wins for the flyers, their longest winning streak since 2014. can they make it six? the orange and black taking on the panthers. steve mason named nhl's first for t

low upper 40's through tuesday, low 50's, there's chance for rain tuesday, wednesday we clear things out. winds will be connectioning up. >>> that will do it >>> keep it for sports sundays. >>> cabal, temple owls. >>> the eagles shot at making the playoffs. a depressing game next on sports sunday.

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top of the hour, 20 allentown, 20 in trenton, low 20's, in south jersey. these will increase across the region. we may gust to up 30 miles per hour this afternoon adding bit every windchill to the actual air temperature. the reason for the winds? strong storm system that's moving a which from us, but intensifying. then we have high pressure, which is keeping us dry. that's building back into the mid-atlantic. pressure difference between high and low, wind flow from high pressure to low pressure, and the atmosphere just balance itself out. we have to fill the pressure back in, in the form every wind. so, windy conditions throughout the day today. starts to back off tonight. that's all due to that pressure difference. and tomorrow, different story. high will be close to us, so the pressure gradient relaxes, we don't deal with the windy conditions, clouds will start to increase sunday afternoon, little weak disturbance tries to come through early monday morning bringing shower maybe flurry up in the poconos. and our next larger system will hold off until tues

in some spots with lows dropping to the 30's and even 20's. <<<))) ((dave courvoisier)) itself to a new generation of fans. ((denise valdez)) >> monster energy is shifting lots of attention to nascar. ((chris maathuis)) >> no longer will the sports' top series be called the pr but monster energy now pops the lid on a new market... and kurt busch is all smiles. he drive the monster energy 41. >>> plus... tiger woods back on the course playing competitive golf. but what happened? i'll tell ya coming up in sports. ((chris maathuis)) some of them are here for nascar champions week. and the highlight of their few days is the drive down the victory lap. look at this.. every car and driver in the chase is here. nascar has staged this event for years... all the drivers take part. fans line both sides of the strip to see their favorite driver. the sprint champion and all the others have fun, while the fans enjoy ringing in their ears and the sweet smell of burning rubber. prior to the drive... nascar officials were toasting a brand new title partnership. remember when nascar's premier series was

in the low 50's in orange. to our southeast, still temperatures very mild, actually: in the mid to upper 50's. our highs today are going to be in the mid-50's. and upper 50's. that is where most of us already are here. especially southeastern new england. i think we are talking about some of us seeing temperatures in the low 60's here when it is all said and done. again, it will feel a little cooler than that. certainly, still well above average. a great night to get out to the boston common tree lighting. we s d really mild conditions. doesn't feel like we are starting the first day of meteorological winter. we certainly are. lows tonight will be in the mid-30's. upper 30's. and it is also going to be still breezy. we are breezy today. breezy tomorrow. even a little breezy as we head into tomorrow as well. take a look at our temperatures. we are mild today and tomorrow. we do steadily drop off in the temperature department to actually below average highs. as we head into your sunday forecast: enjoy the mild te

lows: 29-36 winds: s 5 mph thursday: am clouds, pm sun. breezy & milder. highs: 49-54 winds: s to nw 5-15 mph d-c council voted in favor of the family d-c council voted in favor of the family people in the district will get up to eight weeks of paid leave for the birth of a child. cheryl conner spoke to people on both sides. trt 1:47 sigout mayor bowser did release a statement saying: "it is wrong signed legislation that legalizes district. congress now has 30 days to review the so-called "death with dignity" proposal. during that time... congress can either block it, or allow it to become law. we have a seven on your side consumer alert for you. prince william county police tell us an employee at an exxon in dumfries found a credit cart scimming device on one of the gas pumps. this is the gas station on jefferson davis highway near wayside drive. if you have visited this location recently you should check your bank account. developing now.. a janitor at gaithersburg elementary school is accused of sexually assaulting a first-grader inside a girl's bathroo

if we break saturday down, 30's again in boston and low 40's and more cloudiness mixing with the sun on saturday. if the trend continues, sunday will be chillier still and that is what is what happened. we'll see some clouds in the hilly terrain of worcester clouds will be around each of the next two days. there is saturday. chillier air over the warmer waters means clouds for the outer part of cape cod. that is where it should be restricted otherwise the rest of us should see a great deal of fun. mainly clear skies over most of the region. that is pretty good news. i mentioned that trend in temperature or 40 degrees. patriots game, 39 degrees at 1:00 p.m., julie, not out -- chilly, but not outrageously cold. maybe a few flurries but probably not much more than that. there could be a second system trying to affect those around the middle of next week. if you notice where most of the real cold air is, it is headed slower for the real cold air to get here. eventually, it will because eventually, it always does. ben: that is true. welcome back. your healthy tonight, the confusion food l

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in some spots with lows dropping to the 30's and even 20's. <<<))) >>> he created one of the the one of the most iconic fast food items and now the world is mourning his death. ((denise valdez)) >> we take a look at the life of michael delligatti and the legacy he leaves behind called the big mac./// announcer: you're ((paul joncich)) >>> the fast food world is mourning the man who created the big mac. michael "jim" delligatti died this week at the age of 98. ((denise valdez)) >> he once said, "i would never have dreamed that my creation would turn into a piece of americana." jeanne moos reports on the >>the creator of the big mac did not die from a big mac attack.... nats: "it's not really that unhealthy." the big mac's maker... nats: "mr. jim delligatti..." lived to the age of 98. it was nearly 50 years ago that he first served a big mac at his mcdonald's franchise near pittsburgh. it was an instant success, went national, immortalized by the jingle... nats: "two all beef patties special sauce blended cheese" "pickles onions on a sesame seed bun special sauce" where is the special