Most heartfelt prayers for victims of the train derail ment in Washington State we are closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with local authorities. Reporter the Pierce CountySheriffs Office reports most of the injuries and fatalities happened on board the train, not the highway below. The state department of transportation, says that the south side of the interstate, will remain closed, indefinite ly. And here is a live picture from the scene, of the derailment, as you can see train cars and vehicles from the highway crush with debris every where. Highway is closed once again indefinitely as investigators work on find out exactly what happen. Derailment is erasing the issue of positive train control something at issue in another deadly am trach derailment in fail in 2015. Ntsb concluded that the derailment would have been prevented if this positive Train Control Technology had been in place on those tracks. So the question is where do we stand right now . Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos went looking for answers at 30th street station tonight, greg. Reporter and ukee, nicole, good evening, many commuters, the passengers here at 30th street station boardingal tram train full a wear about the tragedy that unfolded this morning, there in Washington State. I can tell you though that here long the northeast corridor every single one at lee right now has is what known as positive train control. That does not was a always the case n2015 amtrak northeast Regional Rail train 188 crashed on a curve, near the frankford junction north of center city n that wreck, eight people died and 200 were injured, the ntsb says train was traveling more than 100 miles an hour at the time of that deadly crash, positive train control ptc which continues to control train systems in dangerous conditions basically overriding the conductor was not in place on the rail lines here in 2015, representative bob brady says that the ntsb determined it could have saved lives, lives in that wreck. Now since that crash, ptc has been installed on the entire system on the northeast corridor. We closed the door and hopefully it went happen again here, and i dont know why they dont have ptc all over the country. You know, it is just saving lives. I cant understand why were not in the business of saving lives on our mode of transportation. Reporter now ukee, as you mentioned the ntsb is at that crash scene there in Washington State. It is unclear, too early to tell what cause that had wreck bob brady tells me he does not believe ptc is installed along route there is in Washington State. Now coming up tonight, at 6 00 r from these commuters here, how they feel when they board trains along the northeast corridor. That is very latest live at 30th street station im greg argos for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Greg, thank you. Stay with Eyewitness News for continuing coverage of the Washington StateTrain Derailment when were not on tv get very latest information anytime on cbs philly. Com. In new jersey, two people are dead following a crash involving a possibly stolen vehicle in tabernacle burlington county. Chopper three over the scene at flyit and caransa road, it happened when the driver of the vehicle crashed in the telephone pole. The victims names have not been release. We entered with snow but things are starting to warm up , fast. Meteorologist kate bilo joins us on our sky deck on what feels like a pleasant evening for middle of december, kate as we head toward christmas, is it going to be our best friend. We will have a couple of days that feel more like spring, then winter this week and first day of winter which will be only day this week that has a little bit of a chill in the air but it felt grade outside today after wintry weather last week, tests now on the way up. Lets lot temperatures. We barely needed heavy coat. Get by without scarves and hat at least for tonight as temperatures are in the upper 40s in philadelphia, 48 in wilmington. Fortyfour in allentown. 49 degrees right now in atlantic city. Out and about this evening heres how temperatures will drop through the night, we will be at four fourbyeight p. M. , still above freezing mark all night long, it looks like it will stay in the 30s even at midnight still 42 degrees, not that bad, when you talk about the cold that were experiencing last week. Storm scan three it is clear all across the region, cloud are starting to roll in though and is there a warm front lifting through portions of the northeast, we can see spring unless western pennsylvania, maybe a stray sprinkle for us heading in the overnight hours with you coming up in our seven day spoiler, we will tell you why you can look forward to tomorrow but why you also have to look out for first day of the Holiday Weekend, that is coming up when i join you inside, now back over to you. See you then, thank you. Eagles feeling good today after holding off the giants, yesterday. Yeah, wasnt easy but bird got the win, sports director don bell joins with us what that means for the team. A win is a win is a win accomplishing some goals, that is how you want to get done. It wasnt work of art but job well done. With the win over giants eagles earned first round bye in the playoffs and we will see post season game at the linc for first time in four years. Eagles wrapping up their three game road trip with the fivepoint win at meadow land, nick foles, stepping in for carson wentz, and, tossing four touchdowns that one to nelson agholor, throwing that alley hoop, exactly what he did, secondary had issues against eli manning but held on in the end. Today Doug Pederson was asked if he will rest guys over the final two weeks of the season. You just make the best decisions for your football team, and if that means resting a guy you rest a guy or two or three, you know, but you also to have maintain the wedge these players and you have to maintain that confidence, and that dominat ing swagger and you have to keep that alive and guys are still going to have to play but at the same time, im going to be smart about the decisions we make moving forward and getting guys rest, if possible, the guys that need it. Exciting time of the year, guys because eagles they need one more win or a minute so the loss to clinch Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs. They hoe raiders on christmas night. That is exciting. Minnesota they play on saturday night at green bay, so the green on christmas, night for eagles could be irrelevant if the vikings lose do you catch all of that. Just trying to keep track. Yes. Eagles take care of business it is all good. That is bottom line. Thank you. Carolina panthers owner Jeffery Richardson will sell the nfl franchise after the season. The announcement comes amid investigation into allegations of sexual and racial misconduct in the work place. Sports illustrated reports richardson or team made confidential pay out toss former employees. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is calling on state senator daylin leach to resign this comes amid allegations that the democrat behaved inappropriately toward female employees and campaign aid. Eyewitness News Reporter chante lens is outside senator leachs office in king of prussia with more on that. Reporter state senator day lin leach was not in his office today, he is stepping back from his campaign to dress these allegations. Pennsylvania senator daylin announced he is stepping back from his Congressional Campaign amid Sexual Harassment allegations, accusations surfaced after a Philadelphia Inquirer article highlighted an interview with a young staffer claiming that the then five fiveyear old senator inappropriately grabbed her thigh while sitting next to her. Other allegation where is detailed of different sexual actions and remarks. The democrat has been a long time public supporter of women s rights, senator leach was not in his office, today but released a statement reading in part it is heart break to go me that i have put someone in a position that made them feel uncomfortable or disrespected. In the future i will take more care in my word and my actions and i will make it my top priority to protect those who speak up to help change. I think he should resign from his present position. Reporter democratic Governor Wolf speaks out after hearing about leachs allegations. I have had zero tolerance for this, since back when i was in the private sector and zero tolerance for it in the executive branch, and this is not something that anybody, male or female should be forced to subject himself or herself too in the course of doing a job. It is wrong. Reporter senator leach is expected to continue to be out of office and paying more attention, and meanwhile coming up new at 6 00 the governor speaks more on the Sexual Assault allegations, and also, on womens rights. Live at montgomery county, chante lens for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Five philadelphia Public Schools are benefiting from the generosity of the philadelphia councilman. Today at city hall councilman alan come presented the schools with 2,500. Come made a pledge before taking office in january 2016. He promised to donate his entire salary to philadelphia Public Schools and other worthwhile city nonprofits. Back in june councilman come gave six philadelphia Public Schools donations of 2,500. Each. Well, coming up on cbs3 Eyewitness News the president announced his National Security plan, moving forward. We must protect the american people, the home land , and our Great American way of life. The four things that the president wants to focus on to make sure that we are safe here, and abroad. And is your Christmas Tree making you sick . What you can do to get rid of allergens that could make you feel lousy, this time of the year. No bad feelings here, we are celebrating in the cbs3 parking lot our annual joy of sharing toy if he campaign, so come on down, say hello, bring a toy to help us fill a giant truck, for families in need. We will have much more when Eyewitness News continues. radio playing in background our drive through drop off for joy of sharing toy Fest Campaign is underway. Cbs3 three has partnered with the salvation armored, u. S. O and boys and girls club of Camden County to collect toys for children in need. Our ukee ace in the parking lot of the cbs3 studios where a huge truck is in place. We want that truck to be filled with toys. We want it overflowing with toys. How is it going out there i like that, nicole. We want it overflowing, as a matter of fact, this big truck behind me, it is big, last year they had two trucks that were filled this year they decided to get one big truck, and were getting there were getting there. Getting very, very close. Festive night for our joy of sharing campaign. The Salvation Army, brass band , and doing their Christmas Song right now, and, i feel like, turning into Nat King Cole but i wont. We have get toss talk to we have joining me joe brooks from the u. S. O and one of the military families, drill Sergeant Marcus figueroa and his wife amanda and daughters caylee, elainea and rowan. Is that correct. Yes. This is a wonderful day again. Tell us what it means and how important for folks at home to bring a new unwrapped toy down listen, first off, your station listeners are the most patriotic and Generous Group of folks and has always been for years. It is important this time of the year. Dollars are tight. These are not inexpensive proposition. Come support 1 percent of the population that protects us all. I feel tonight your soul, my man. This means lot to you personally. Tell me bit. Yeah, i work with the most selfless group of citizens in america, the United States military so it is incumbent upon us those folks who never served to take care of these people. Lets talk to these people right now. Sergeant, thank you for your service sir, nice to see you and your family what does this mean to you and your family. How does it impact you. This time of the year it is awesome to get support from the people, and everybody i can say, servicemen and women they greatly appreciate it. Thank you tell me about my children and say them names game. We have a to yearold rowan , my gymnast caylee and alana is 46789 my lovely wife, we have been together for 11 years now. Long time. That is beautiful. Tell me burr family. This is wonderful. Thinks a wonderful project in joy of sharing for you and yours. It is great just to know there is people out there that support the military and, especially this time of the year, it is tight, it is excessive and it is a great, great opportunity. Merry christmas to you all. Thank you again. Bandies going to play. We will be here until 8 00 p. M. Morning crew started this. They are filling up the toy. Morning crew started this at 6 00 a. M. We will be here until 8 00 p. M. Once again text us also, the word joy to 41444. Happy holidays family we need you, children and families need you as well. Nicole, back to you. Hopefully amanda didnt mind her age being broadcast shes still young enough it is okay. Yes, under 30 shes okay. That is so funny. Yesy love that. Great day to be standing outside, receiving gifts. It is mild out there. Absolutely. We said before i remember being out there it might be cold out here but our hearts are warm. Not only are our hearts warm our bodies are warm too it is a nice day. E our hearts warm temperatures above average today and going to get even warmer as we head through this week. This is first week of winter that starts on thursday. We will talk about that in a moment. We are hitting closer to spring. Lets go outside take you outside to cape may where there is a last little bit of light and day coming to the close but it has been a pleasant day we started week with sunshine and that lingering snow, from late last week it is really starting to melt just left with those dingy piles across the area right now. A live look at another shore spot, down through delaware beaches Rehoboth Beach at boardwalk plaza the lights are on no snow on the boardwalk or dunes there and day again, drawing to a close. We hit a high of 50, more than 5 degrees above average. Twenty off the record. Record was zero seven setback in 2006. Record low is four from 1919. Our low this morning was a comfortable 37 degrees. Not much happening on storm scan three either, we have got a warm front starting to lift through the northeast you can see a few sprinkles showing up in western pennsylvania but those are mainly staying away from frustrates, and will fizzle. Cannot rule out stray sprinkle here or there but for the most part we are looking at increase in cloud cover tonight and warmer air on the way. So tomorrows a mild day. Watch cooler air, notice as it dips down just a little bit right here heading in to thursday. Thursday is first day of winter. That is only day this week that is slightly below average as we head in the Holiday Weekend warm air again especially on saturday. Forecast highs for tomorrow look at these numbers 58 in philadelphia tomorrow. Fortyeight in allentown. Fiftyfour in millville. Feeling fantastic outside, winter does begin on thursday, 11 28 a. M. Is winter solstice. Shortest daylight only nine hours and 20 minutes of daylight but good news after that it starts to go backup. Been a winterlike december so far. We have had 7. 7 inches of snow average is 3. 8. We have beat then average. We have to talk about christmas coming up. Average high for Christmas Day is 42. Record high is 68. Most snowy christmas was in 1908, five and a half inches fell. Last time we had snow on the ground in philadelphia at christmastime was 2009 and there were 8 inches on the ground. Coming up next we will talk about our chances of seeing a White Christmas this year. Spotty sprinkle tonight, 38 degrees. Tomorrow, cloud in the morning and more sunshine in the afternoon high of 58, eyewitness weather seven day forecast cools down a bit as we head toward thursday the first day of winter but then we will warm you backup and warmest day is 62 degrees on saturday to start the Holiday Weekend. Note a nice 62 degrees but it will be 62. It will be cooler for Christmas Day and we are talking about possibly rain or snow coming up as well. Okay, thank you, see new a bit. Still ahead he is not just an athlete but champion for the community. Coming up how eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins is make holiday brighter for dozens of local families, hey, don. Eagles made Holiday Season brighter for fans, what Doug Pederson told the team after they accomplish yet another goal, sports coming up convoy filled with thousands of toys, taken to the children with the help of the convoy. Coming up at 6 00 young inspiration for massive toy drive and the reason it had extra special meaning, this year. Nice. Very cool. Dons joining us now and we are talking about the eagles. Yes. Eagles, yes. Twelvetwo sound goods. I mean yet. We have not heard that since 2004. Sure. They have not robots, they are not perfect every week. Eagles beating awful new york giants yesterday. The defense was a bit sluggish , just about every step of the way. But, a win is a win is a win especially when you consider they have played three straight games on the road including a pair on the west coast. The bird now have a first round bye in the playoffs which means they need two wins in the post season to reach the super bowl. Heres Doug Pederson after the w. We didnt that have swagger today. It didnt show early in the this game. Second half was different. Defense played like you know how to play. Make plays. Hard to win 12 games in this league. It is hard. You guys have done it. Okay. Lets just Check Another box, nfce, we checked it. First round bye, playoff game, we checked it. Okay. New we are playing for the number one seed and home field throughout the playoffs. We have a great opportunity, men. Lets keep this train moving. Keep it moving. Im proud of you. Happy for you. Great job. Great job. Survive, and proceed. Im pretty sure they are tired after that west coast trip and then, going up to the meadow land but surviving, they won two of the three games on the road. Good stuff. Yes. That is right. The raiders. Coming up next half an hour , it is a big day for shipping as people get their holiday packages sent to loved won, so do you still have time the abs is next. And real Christmas Tree is a tradition for many, of course and they can be beautiful but for some people they can be miserable. Coming up next what doctors say you can do to keep your tree from making you hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. Ask your doctor about entresto hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. Well, it is crunch time for postal workers all across the United States. That is right with only seven days until christmas, really fedex is ram pink up operations, influx of packag ing during the busiest week of the year. Justin udo takes us from inside fedex facility inside philadelphia where employees are very hard at work helping holiday arrive around the world. Reporter with christmas less than a week away the rush is on to get everyone that special gift that they want. If you are ordering a gift on line or sending it through the mail time is particular ago way to get it to the destination before christmas. Last minute picture of our granddaughter being sent to her grandfather. I was shipping a wreath i made to my friend. We were supposed to get together last week but snow ruined our plans. Reporter those precious packaging are one of the few of 400,000 items fedex is expect to ship this Holiday Season. Volume fluctuates but we have been very busy this Holiday Season. Reporter jenny mchugh says one of the biggest concerns is they think they will not be able to ship those big awkward shaped packaging. We can pack it. You bring it. We can pack it all. Reporter she says they know the Holiday Season means aloft waiting in line so they want to make it a quick, short one. They dont need to fill out a form. We can do it electronically. If we need to pack it we can do so here at packing area where we keep our supplies, we will go back, we will enter their information, from them, where it is going when they would like to get it there we will label it. They are out the door. Reporter fedex say last minute shoppers and procrastinators need not worry , you can get your gifts to their destination by christmas,. At this rate they will would have do three day express server which will get it here this week before christmas. Reporter kate getting her last minute shipping order and neglect they will get it by christmas is a gift in and of itself. It is just wonderful. So great to have this i work down the street. It vice convenient. Reporter customers say knowing they have extra time to send gifts gives them one less thing to worry about this Holiday Season. Justin udo for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Packages are piling up at this powe office in cherry hill, new jersey. Eyewitness news got behind the scenes look at what goes into sorting and processing all that male. Regional spokesperson for u. S. Ps says if you want your package to make it to the destination on time, the absolute last day to ship it is friday. Temple students are trying to beat a different kind of deadline. We went inside ups store on universitys campus today, and in line they were out the door with students hoping to get their packages out in time. Well, search on for pair of grinches in south philadelphia. Surveillance video shows one suspect stealing christmas decoration from his this home on the 1100 block of fitzgerald street. Police say a second suspect acted as a look out, and this all happened around 5 00 a. M. On december 9th. If you recognize the suspect, police want to hear from you. Warning this Holiday Season about something that is called Christmas Tree syndrome , where people get sick from being around the tree. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl has more on what that means in tonights Einstein Health care science center. Reporter report this is sad but true. Some people are allergic to real Christmas Trees, and even though there is fresh trees the trees often contain mold and doctors say about 13 percent of americans are affected by moldal geese. This is a fur. Reporter center piece of the season the Christmas Tree. Bouquet in the forest. Reporter live won beautiful tradition from nature. You walk in this Christmas Tree tents and it is just like you are in the wood. Reporter real trees can trigger an allergic reaction with symptoms that can include wheezing, cough, congestion, sore eyes and potentially life threatening asthma attack. One way to reduce the risk, a good shake can get rid of some dust and pollen, but the branches and trunk can hold on to another microscopic problem what they are allergic too is mold that settles on the tree during growing time. Reporter one study found mold count from the live tree rose to five times the normal level two weeks after the tree was brought inside. Another way to make the tree less likely to trigger an allergic reaction toys give it a bath. Get your tree in the backyard, hose it down, put it in the house, you are good to go. Reporter allergist recommend thorough spraying of the branches and trunk and letting it dry outside for a day. Doctors say another possible allergy issue is water in the tree stands can grow mold. You might want to be careful about someone else to add water to the tree because that stirs up mold in that reservoir. Reporter doctors say people with these allergies should probably only keep a live tree inside the house for only four to seven days, unfortunately people severely allergic they say stay away from live trees, might be time for a fake tree. Fake. Home depot. They are pretty too. They are. Stephanie, thank you. Eyewitness news philadelphias germantown neighborhood where those in need received a home home cooked meal to day it was provided by organizations, facetoface. Todays meal was first in their newly renovated facility that has opened just in time for holidays. Until now they have been operating out of the temporary location. Well, Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins spent afternoon giving back to the community. He partnered with the Philadelphia Police department to feed 140 local familiar list. Unaudible. I would stop by, say hello, thank yall so much. It is second year that the Malcolm Jenkins foundation has work with the department on Community Outreach during the holidays, jenkins say creating positive experiences between neighbors and local Law Enforcement helps keep the area strong and safe. Building trust for the next generation. Unaudible. This is just an opportunity to give them a positive interaction with the community unaudible. In addition to the holiday meal basket the foundation is working with 27 other local charities to distribute toys, and other gift to families in need. Children under 15 will be surprised by the holiday deliveries. Nicely done. New duke and duchess of cambridge released their 2017, christmas card. Prince william and wife kate posed with Prince George and twoyear old daughter princess charlotte. The photo was taken earlier this year the royal family coordinated in shades of blue. It will include a new addition , of course, duchess of cambridge is pregnant with the couples third child. Well, speaking of the royal family it is the prince and the president , you might be surprised at what harry had to say about this interview with president obama. We will tell you when you can see it all, in the hot minute. Also ahead the four things President Trump wants to focus on in his new National Security plan. And, in our joy of sharing toy fest is going on until 8 00 p. M. Stop by our parking lot, say hello, drop off a new un wrapped toy for a child in need. We will be right back. President trump unveiled a new National Security plan which stresses the america first, message he used during his 2016 campaign. It will focus on four pillars promoting american prosperity, american influence, demonstrating peace through strength and protecting the home land. It calls for the construction of a wall along our southern border, ending chain migration, and the horrible visa and lottery programs, closing loop holes that under mine enforcement, and strongly supporting our Border Patrol agents, ice officers, and home land security personnel. The president also went on to say that the u. S. Need cooperation from its allies to stop terrorism and reaffirm his administrations goal to remove Nuclear Weapons in north korea. Meanwhile overseas a man is in Police Custody after allegedly trying to ram his car through a gate at British Military base used by the u. S. Air force. Incident took place at Royal Air Force about 80 miles north of london. American Service Members opened fire on the suspect but 44 yearold was not seriously hurt. Police say they are not treating it as terrorism. Robert mueller is denying accusations by President Trump s lawyers that his team got unauthorized access to thousands of emails. Muellers investigating allegation of collusion between trumps president ial campaign and russia. Right now his team is working through emails from President Trumps staff. President hinted that he may agree with claims that investigators obtained the emails improperly but reiterated he will not fire mueller. Little over two hours ago is there still time to help with our joy of sharing toy fess campaign. We have a giant truck in our parking lot. We want to stuff witt toys for families in need for families in need in our area we are here until 8 00. Come say hello, and we will check on how things are going when we come back, stay with us. hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. Oh, yeah our drive through drop off for our joy of sharing toy Fest Campaign is in full swing, once again only a couple hours left. Cbs3 has partnered with the salvation armored, u. S. O and boys and girls club of Camden County all to collect toys for children in need. Don bells in our parking lot right now. Don, it is a festive scene. I can hear the band doing their thing. Literally striking up the ban. Salvation army band playing right now and im also joined by this man, john brandcoti from Ashley Furniture and this man literally brought an entire truck filled with toys. Hello, welcome to toy fest, this man is doing the best that he possibly can. Feel free to start unload ago this thing. All of the toys you can ask for. Yes. And i have to ask you why do you do this every single year because we know you as a big time sponsor of this event we want to give back to the children and local area we have been doing this every year. It is something from our heart that we want to do. I understand that your employees also very excited about this event, every year. Yes, they are. Tell us about that. They go to Different Stores , buy the stores and fill the boxes what wars favorite toy growing up. Little g. I. Joe army people were in the same boat, g. I. Joe, transformers i think was my favorite. Hopefully we have transformers , g g. I. Joes in that truck. Good stuff coming up on. Guys, feel free if you are watching at home go ahead and donate to the toy fest, text 41444, once again, 41444 and tendollar donation goes to the Salvation Army army. We are live outside our cbs3 studios here on Spring Garden street, and are you having a good time yet. Yes, very good time. Good to give back it goodies to give back. Is what your favorite part about this by the way. Hopefully a child, opening this up, Christmas Day. Christmas day, it is always fun, you remember those moments, guys, were making it happen here, at toy fest and remind you we are here until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Not too late. Make a donation, new unwrapped toys, love to do it, do it for the kid. Back to you in the studio. Thanks, don. They get so excited, their faces. No doubt. Somewhere in that truck there is a g. I. Joe and transformer too. Yes, for me rub a dub dolly really. Give her a bath. I like an etch a sketch. Still play witt. Yes. Cold weather isnt putting a damper on things in penns landing. Many took advantage of the warmth to strap on the skates and enjoy afternoon of ice skating according to those in the know, warmer temperatures are actually good for the quality of the ice. Perfect ice conditions down here, would be 45 daytime and about 30 at night. That just keeps it, not too hard, it does get too hard it gets brittle and starts to crack. That temperatures we have a nice soft smooth skating surface. Interesting. Temperature gets too cold in the teens, the rink raises the temperature maintained by a 300ton chiller to keep the ice from getting too brittle. Yes. Yes right now, toss something knowledge on me. Indeed. You would think colder would be better. But apparently not, no. If you were ice skating on the lake you want it to be really, really cold. Yes. What was your favorite toy, we didnt get you involved. I was a board game, i still love any board game, trivial pursuit i used to play. Okay, yes. Go to the head of the class i have heard of that. Really. Come on. Yes. It was a little, yes, i remember that. All right. Okay. I love christmastime. I cant wait to get down there and see that truck almost full , it is probably full now that Ashley Furniture has come through but lets talk about the weather. A lot of our joy of sharing events have been very cold. We have been lucky pennsylvania seven or eight years we have had decent weather hasnt been raining or snowing but we may take the cake. It has been a beautiful day. Great day to be in the poconos as well. Ski resorts have been loving Winter Weather we have had past week we have gotten fresh snow, and certainly have gotten the cold temperatures, needed to make these, and manmade snow, out there, on the half pipe, out on the rails tonight, enjoying this evening, at jack frost big boulder, perfect skiing weather, it is not too cold, air temperature not too cold but still cold enough to maintain that snow. Checking with our eyewitness weather watchers loving this day as usual, seeing temperatures in the 40s, much better then what we have been seeing recently, it has been a cold stretch but climbing out of the other side. We will check at 41 with kennett martin in willingboro, 41 with just a few cloud and ed connor in chesterfield, colder there, 37 degrees and photos of what was a beautiful day, sun in the sky, and ed sent this one of the sunset, he says sunset today love a good sunset photo, lou sent this as well as we see a yellow and few cloud out there this evening, partly cloudy afternoon looking good outside there. Taking a look at our live Neighborhood Network a time lapse from the Pope John Paul high school in royersford. As we set this in motion most of the day was dry, we had cloud, we had sunshine, not a bad look to the day, 44 degrees, daytime high or the temperature there right now i should say, temperatures got warmer there, in royersford we got to 47 in philadelphia, current temperature, 48 in wilmington. Fortysix in reading. Fortynine in atlantic city. Our high was 50 degrees today. Storm scan three shows a few sprinkles moving through western pennsylvania. Mostly fizzling before they reach us but rule out a stray sprinkle a couple right here trying to pop up over poconos and Lehigh Valley as a warm front lifts on through. I promise we will talk about a White Christmas. Definition of the White Christmas is defined as 1 inch of snow on the ground. Doesnt matter what falls from the sky, an inch on the ground that is definition of the White Christmas. What are our chance snows average probability of the White Christmas much bets cross new england, for us here in philadelphia it is less than 20 percent chance. My friend lauren casey tells me it is 8 percent actual percentage chance in philadelphia of a White Christmas. Much better for poconos they are at a half chance 50 percent, 40 to 60 percent in the poconos and Lehigh Valley 20 to 40 percent. What to expect for your christmas weekend . Is there any chance of the White Christmas . As we head toward weekend we will start off on a very warm note 60s to start the Holiday Weekend and cooler, and, we have to watch, sunday, christmas morning, and chance of another round of rain, is there a possibility it could start as snow but dont get too excited just yet still a week a was just giving you a time line what to expect. It looks like travel on saturday may be slow thanks to the rain. Mainly cloudy just a spotty sprinkle. Tomorrow warm with increasing sunshine, 58 degrees, date time high. Cooler but sunny wednesday and thursday, thursday starts winter. Friday late day shower, rain on saturday, cloud and rain on sunday and another chance for rain or snow Christmas Day but more seasonal, not too warm, we will be, what december should feel like on monday, ukee and nicole back to you. Well, prince and the president , an interview thaw wont want to miss. We will tell but the time president obama sat down with prince harry. Also open raise known for her generosity the Priceless Gift that she gave her sister a sister that she just found out about a few years ago in the hot minute with bex up well, before it was even founded, a french teenager, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. And Great Stories kept coming. Like when the military came and built the boats to win the war. [warplane] some are tales told around crowded tables. [streetcar rumble] and others are performances fit for the stage. Stella cause for three hundred years, Great Stories have started the same way. One time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] bex has those stories and interview that made prince harry, nervous in todays hot minute. Thanks, ukee and nicole. Oh how life stresses have shifted for serena williams. Tennis pro isnt talking about match points or volleys instead shes asking for a little parenting advice. First time mom shared her struggles on social media with this photo of three monthold Alexis Olympia writing teeth ing aka is a devil, so hard. She tried cold towels, chewing on mommies finger but nothing working. When she asked for help the people delivered with suggestions from frozen carrots to frozen waffles and even keeping an old school with a little rubbing of alcohol, on those gums. Up next, keeping it in the family this time talking sisters. Oprah winfrey took back seat as she appeared in the crowd at university of wisconsin milwaukee Graduation Ceremony to watch her half sister patricia lee who oprah discovered was part of the family six years ago pick up her difficult prom a oprah said when they met patricia had one dream and that was to go to college and in true oprah fashion she made sure to pick up the bill and oprah congratulated her little sister saying today that dream came true proving it is never too late to tackle those dreams and being related to oprah is pretty awesome. Finally tables have turned for prince harry, newly engaged royal is generally the one being interviewed but this time, he sat down with former president barack owe bam and was feeling the jitters, in this behind the scenes video. Entire chat will be available december 27th and im sure prince hard difficult an a nation job. He needed to get those nerves out before the big wedding day in may. That is your hot minute im be x from todays 96. 5 that looked like fun. That is Eyewitness News at 5 00. Now at 6 00 the local christmas tradition in jeopardy because of the weather. Also under pressure to resign hear a local politician s new response to the governor telling him to step down amid misconduct allegations. I grabbed on the chair in front of me for dear life, my lap top, phone went flying to the other end, people were screaming, it was crazy. Reporter terror for passengers on that plane after a derailment leaves several cars dangling over a brink, technology that may have been able to prevent the deadly crash, kate. Out here on the sky deck i can hear the strings of the Salvation Army, they are playing just below me at joy of sharing toy fest and temperatures are mild, getting warmer as we head toward start of the winter im telling you when we could be in the 60s. Kate, on that note, let the generosity continue, meet some of the people who will benefit from all of these toys , being donated for our joy of sharing toy fest. Eyewitness news at starts starts right now. This is not something that anybody male or female should be forced to subject himself or herself too in the course of doing a job. It is wrong. At 6 00 heres is what happening pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf puts pressure on a state senator to resign, now that he is accused of acting inappropriately. New tonight what the senator says about his political future. So far he has not stepped down from his job. Good evening, im ukee washington. Im Nicole Brewer in for jessica dean. State senator daylin leach is also running for a job in the u. S. Congress. He now says he is taking a step back from that Congressional Campaign. Eyewitness News Reporter chante lens is live at senator leachs office in king of prussia. As calls begin to mount for his resignation. Chante. Reporter ukee and nicole senator leach was not in his office today, meanwhile, governor made it Crystal Clear that he wants him to resign. I dont care when are republican, democrat, but i think we need to make a statement about what kind commonwealth we are. Reporter Governor Tom Wolf called on senator daylin leach to resign after hearing about his Sexual Harassment allegation. Senator leach announced that he is stepping back from his Congressional Campaign, the accusations surfaced after a Philadelphia Inquirer article, highlighted an interview with a young extemp staffer claiming that the then five fiveyear old senator inappropriate