Lynch, they have some play makers. I look at those Wide Receivers , Michael Crabtree a marry cooper, these guys can burn you and, of course, derek carr is a very competent quarterback but they are six eight for a reason. This is a Better Football Team twelvetwo nfc Eastern Division champions are time to show them why and nail down that final bye and make that bye week live throughout the playoffs. I will say this people have been talking about the weather out here today. People at home may not know that the booth is opened. Wide opened. Open air and you will be in the elements all game long. Is what your feel for this. Weather out here is frightful but the result will be delightful. I love that. Let the wind blow. He is a man of many beautiful word. Meryl reese joining us here, appreciate it. Thanks, very much. Merry christmas eve. We are keeping it festive here at lincoln financial field. You never know what you will see over here in the side line yes, best dressed award. Look at this right here ready for oath case is what your name. Reggie. Is what your ready for l. A. Yes, little bit cold for me right now. This is different from the west coast. Yes, it is you are styling, though for the game. I wanted to go for ugly sweater when you can get all out for the suite like it. Well done. Merry christmas. Merry christmas. Merry christmas eve. Merry christmas. All right. Well, there is that, and then there is this Vittoria Woodill out in the parking lot with a very festive environment out here as well, tailgate always on, especially on christmas, vittoria. That is right, guess what everybody is in the spirit of christmas and the eagles because eagles are number one today. Santas here, what do you got. Im giving away green candy canes for green bird all day. All day, every day, we are in the spirit, all of the eagles fans are here, wow, yeah. What could be the greatest Christmas Gift to date. A super bowl with the eagles in it. I like it, simply said, nice job give it up. I love that. Were going over, because we are live at wip tailgate zone, rocco, you are part of the th ac kray crane rental. You have this at every single game. When i see those flags wave up in the air, wow that is a moment. Well, the crane we are a family owned, Family Rental company and this really means a lot to us. We are proud to be part of the family down here. I got my peco bracelet on. I got my Christmas Lights. Were all ready to go for the game. We are doing it big. Absolutely. Really big. Yes. You said earlier wip, american flag, that is football, that is eagles, that is philly, this is what philly wants. Spirit of the christmas and weaver always in the spirit of the eagles. Absolutely wrap up Home Field Advantage throughout, throughout the playoffs, tonight, why wouldnt we want to do it tonight. You feel good about that tonight, rocco. I feel positive. We will get a win. Wrap it up tonight, for christmas. Saint nick. Saint nick, it is tonight. Tonight. Absolutely, done deal. Done deal. You heard from rocco, you heard from the fans, Merry Christmas, happy holidays, lets go eagles. New back to you, jessica Merry Christmas look at these faces. Merry christmas. Eagles eagles. Eagles fans never disappoint, tori. Never disappoint. Merry christmas to all of them as you know from looking at everybody out split is certainly a chilly night. Down right cold. It will be very chilly for eagles fans at the linc or just heading out to walk around or stretch your legs. Meteorologist lauren caseys here with the frigid forecast for the rest of the holiday, it will be really cold tonight yes, chilly, very chilly by order of like 10 or something but yes, we had cold air settling in for the day thing and then to add insult to injure we have the wind gusts on top of. That wind gusts at 57 miles an hour, in cape may, gusting, in furlong bucks county 52 miles an hour. Northeast fail a wind gust of 51 miles an hour. We had down trees. Down power lines, as a result, throughout the day, winds have taken a step back but they are still brutal. Gusting 35 in last hour. Gusting to 31 in allentown. We are combining with these numbers. Thirtytwo in philadelphia 29 in allentown. Nineteen in the poconos. 28 degrees in millville. Those wind chill temperatures are down right brutal feeling like 19 in philadelphia feeling like four in mount pocono. Feeling like 22 degrees right now in ac. And yeah, you are definitely going to have to be bundled up with your eagles gear heading out to the linc this season. Cold, blustery for kick off. Temperature at 31. Wind chills in the 20s and teens where they will stay all throughout the game even powe game, 29 degrees as you are heading home with yes, an eagles win. This is the coldest of the air yet talking about multiple days with high temperatures, only in the 20s and i will have all of the news in your full forecast, coming up in just a few, jessica. Lauren, see you then. Power crews hard at work on this christmas night after blustery winds knocked out power to thousands of homes in the region. Eyewitness News Reporter alexandria movies live in lower merion township where crews are cleaning up after a power line fall, bad timing, alex. Well hey there, jessica just up the road in a very dark road, the woman pulled up to us as she was very concerned that she was without power and hosting a Christmas Party tonight. She will have to get pretty creative with that one at this point, here in lower merion township crews have been working for hours to correct damage caused by a large tree that fell. This happened in the 700 block of mill creek road the tree fell following high wind, it crashed on the power lines causing the utility pole to suffer damage as well. Of course, hundreds more across our area from the poconos to the shore have also been left in the dark this christmas evening as a product of powerful wind gusts, heres according to peco their latest update in Montgomery County here where we are, 492 customers still without power. Then we will question to bucks county and that number is 678 at this point, philadelphia 501. Chester county, 236. In Delaware County peco reports 122 people still without power. Now it is not exactly clear, when these Christmas Lights will be coming on originally we were told that the problem would be resolved around 11 00 e resolutions are rolling. We want to add a handful of pse g and ac electric customers in new jersey have been impacted as well. Reporting live from Montgomery County alexandria hoff, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thanks very much. High wind are believed to have caused a fire inside devon train station in chester county. Crews responded around 12 30 this afternoon after platform roof caught fire, strong winds and blew pieces of the roof into part of the track leading to delays on the line. Fire was put out a half an hour later. Blustery winds put a damper on the Christmas DayWashington Crossing reinact. In bucks county, despite crowd of hundreds high wind prevented the water crossing from happening. It was disappointing to the many who took part in the six fiveyear tradition an event commemorating general George Washingtons 1776 surprise attack across the delaware river. Done a tremendous amount of work planning where boats were going to get put in, extra gang planks, makeshift docks painting the boats, prepping the boats. Organizers say they will plan the reinact. Again for next year and with the additional efforts done in advance of the events it may be better then ever before. Thousands of people packed in the Largest Catholic Church in pennsylvania today to celebrate the reason for the season. Our joe holden takes us inside cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. Merry christmas. Reporter escaping the cold , inside cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul a merry organ thundered with brass, lifting spirits and soaring voices on this Christmas Day. Oh, so beautiful. So elegant. The pipe organ is incredible but just all of the statues and the whole cathedral is just a beautiful building. And place. Reporter dianne, anthony bradchilly originally from philadelphia now call tampa bay home. Christmas morning at bat silicate is hard to beat. Of course, the pope was here. Come check it out. Reporter father dennis gill has been going around the clock, sunday mass, evening mass, vigils, midnights and more in between. These masses, as you can see, are rather full. Reporter now three cups of coffee in staying busy is keeping him awake. It inspires me with the energy and im not tired yet but ill be tired maybe later this afternoon. Reporter all across the Delaware Valley tens of thousands of gone off this Christmas Morning to services. Here at basilica they have had a few thousand very nice change of pace from the hustle and bustle of a busy holiday season. When you start the morning out this way, it gives thaw peace all through the day. Reporter pause after a busy season with many giving thanks, just taking in the moment. In center city im joe holden for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Well, volunteers at chosen 300 ministry served up a special meal to families in need today. Eyewitness news at missions West Philadelphia headquarters on lancaster avenue, in addition to the meal local children also received a Christmas Gift during annual lunch, the programs executive director says that they wanted to make the season blighter for those in need. We have people homeless, other people that are coming out of homes that are dealing with evenings stream poverty and just seeing a hand up and joy. The chosen 300 is made of of more than 1700 volunteers who helped feed home less in center city West Philadelphia and pottstown. Well, some people are shaken up by an Early Morning shooting. This is something that usually happens in the dark ness of night, not in the day break on Christmas Morning the crime police think the shooting is connected to and message they have for the gun man. Also where is mary lee, mystery surrounding the shore s most famous shark and why researchers have not heard from her in months. Winter wonderland in the poconos tonight. Lauren will let you know next chance we ha do i use. One thatsthat wgood for my teeth . Now i dont have to choose from crest 3d white comes new whitening therapy. Its our best whitening technology. Plus, it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. I. Prilosec otc 7 years ago,my doctor recommended. 5 years ago, last week. Just 1 pill each morning, 24 hours and zero heartburn. Its been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10. Straight years, and its still recommended today. Use as directed. Well, police are searching for whoever fired more than a dozen bull nets to a Delaware County home this morning. It happened on the 200 block of north ninth street in, darby boro. Three residents inn were side at at the time and two elderly no one was hurt. Police believe this shooting may be in retaliation for a shooting that left a man dead in the boro friday. Multiple round shot and in the front and back of this building. My mentality is now, me and my department know, and were coming after you. We are going to not stop until we get you. The home belonged to the family of this man rashawn overton, hoist a person of ninth connection with fridays deadly shooting. National museum of the American Jewish history in center city opened its doors for annual day of family fun. Local families and little won stopped by for a variety of activities including face painting, arts, crafts barks loon animals and live music. Museum has been holding its day of family fun for more than 30 years. Heres a nice gift from the Philadelphia Parking Authority they are not enforc ing meters, kiosk or time limits today so dont worry about that heading out tonight. Parking will go back into effect, tomorrow. One of the most popular visitors down the shore is missing, it has been more than six months since mary lee the shark has been spotted swimming off the new jersey coast. Since the 16foot shark transmitter has been silent. Researchers think batteries may have died partly because mary lee surfaced so frequently over last five years. They have been tracking her. So, battery just died. Yeah. Hopefully she will return. Finding mary lee. Maybe taking a christmas vacation. Warmer waters im sure. They are not warm right now definitely not. Go where it is warm, yes. A frigid day to day, Christmas Holiday but hey we hung out inside, eat a lot of food, spend time with families, opened presents and we are going to keep this cold around , it is not going anywhere. It will get settled on in, getting a live look at center city philadelphia, the sky line lit up in green, bird, kick off a couple hours away but yes, best spot to be indoors, by a fire getting ready forbidder game, it is 32. Westerly winds 25 miles an hour. It feels like 19 degrees at this hour but we did have a White Christmas not just windy christmas across the area mount pocono picking up an inch and a half. Definition of the White Christmas inch or so on the ground. Lehighton picking you an inch, hamburg berks county and bush kill center, also had a White Christmas on this holiday with storm scan three showing us generally quiet conditions, snow showers well to the far north and west, couple cloud in Cape May County but we still have windy conditions, in the quite as gusty but wind speed still elevated up around 20 miles an hour in Cape May County where we saw strongest wind gusts to day that in combination with these cold temperatures, yes, feeling brutal outside but your travels, not too bad over next couple days watching out, tonight and high profile vehicles has we head into mid week dry conditions, sunshine, but cold, and as we head into friday and saturday we will see a snow chance particularly on friday. Temperatures you know is cold. Twentysix in reading. Twentynine in allentown. 32 degrees right now in atlantic city. Off to the north and west more cold, even colder and we will get taste oven colder arctic air with the reenforcing shot of cold eras we head in the upcoming week. It will be a frigid last week of 2017, as cold air mass remains entrenched in the northeast and portions of the midatlantic and getting re enforced polar shot of air into friday and next saturday that will keep our high temperatures down in the 20s for a long period of time. Overnight tonight dropping back down to 11 in mount pocono. Eighteen in allentown. Twentysix in dover. Twentytwo our overnight low in philadelphia but of course wind chills will be down into the teens pushing maybe even on single digits, westerly winds at 10 to 20 and then for our tuesday blustery once again winds not as strong but wind chill component to 32 degrees, sunshine, patchy cloud, wind wind down into wednesday but high temperatures fall back in the 20s where they will stay heading in to thursday waking up to 12 degrees thursday morning. Friday we have a chance of light snow showers moving through. Still watching for potential of the system on saturday that could bring us another round of snowfall so stay tuned for that evolving forecast and even kicking off 2018 monies new years day at 28 degrees. Yes. All right. Lauren, thanks very much. Dons live at the linc with sports. Speaking of burr. Guys, all eyes are on beast mode how eagles plan to stop Marshawn Lynch and the raiders plus there was in stopping joe joe and sixth tours day up in new york. How they faired at Madison Square garden begins t linc is place to be tonight as eagles get ready to take on the raiders for a christmas addition of monday night football. Sports director don bellies live with the pregame preparations, hi there, don. Yeah, monday night football , christmas, christmas addition. Eagles taking on sixeight oakland raiders, on paper bird should win this game they are 12two and looking to wrap up Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs with a win here tonight. Plus they have had issues on defense over last few weeks so this could be a tough match up because they are dealing with one of the best running backs in the business when it comes to breaking tackles. We are talking about beast mode Marshawn Lynch back with the raiders after taking season off, had 700yard and seven touchdowns so far this season. Tough guy to bring down and bird talked about it this week stop him before it gets started. Lets not get him downhill to the safeties. He does a good job of just trying to find the guy, you know, Everybody Knows he is a physical runner. We just have to gang tackle and get him on the ground. This is not a one on one type of back. He is known to break tackles. After the time they blow the whistle and he is still not on the ground. We understand. We have to wrap him up, and we have to get population to the football, because he is, that, he is known for that and yes is a special back. Eagles defense vicar mar shawn lynch something to watch out here tonight at the linc. Lets talk about the nba. It is in secret that the sixers hit a rough patch. They have who five straight, heading into today. They had a matinee match up with the knicks at ms g. We pick this game up late in the Fourth Quarter with the sixers playing tenacious d. How about the deal. How about ben simmons going the other way with the flush. This is their first christmas game together for rookie ben simmons. Also for joel embiid and jj reddick had himself a ballgame returning to the line up he scored 24 points, and joel embiid, off the out of bounds play, a clutch three, for joe joe. The sixers get it done, on Christmas Day, at ms g. 10593 98, excuse me your final score up at new york. Here at lincoln financial field it is frigid but there is a lot on the line. The eagles looking to win Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs. Im don bell coming to you live from south philadelphia, back to you in the studio. Exciting stuff, don thanks very much. Up next see unorthodox way santa del what do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Sigh. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. Santa known for flying through the slide on a magical sleigh but he knows how to be on the water, as well. Jolly man in red sipping around the water skis, yesterday on the river outside the washington area. And, he was enjoined by a reindeer his nemesis the grinch tried to kill all on the of the fun but that will not happen, not even with the high flying elf came to the rescue. That is not so great to be in the water when it thinks cold outside. He is riding around trying to ruin something. Not this time. Thanks for watching Eyewitness News at 6 00 we are back at 10 on our sister station cw philly and back here at 11 00. Up next tonight cbs evening news. Tonight an unexpect snowstorm strand travels cross the country and how President Trump is spending his first christmas in office. Captioning sponsored by cbs duthiers twin storms for christmas. Snow delays millions of holiday celebrations while a blizzard of buying sets records. I already spent 1,200 this year. Ive been working in the woods seven years. I never got to meet you. Duthiers also tonight, no holiday for crews battling californias largest wildfire. Not how i thought id wake up on a Christmas Morning ever. 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