Live from the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia. This is cbs3 Eyewitness News. He sang one of the most popular christmas songs, fans mourning George Michaels who died suddenly on Christmas Day. Good evening i am natasha brown, the grammy winner died at his home in england. He was just 53 years old. The only details being released at this hour was that he was not ill. Last christmas i gave you my heart. George michaels soared to stardom in wham that he formed as a teenager. The son of a greek immigrant was best known through the 80s and 90s for his twist on post disco dance pop. First solo single care less whisper debuted in 1984 shortly before wham split up. Three years later, his first solo album called faith went on to sell more than 20 million copies. Song writer released several hit singles including i want your sex just as the aids crisis worsened. Off stage he was arrested in 1998 for lewd conduct in a public rest room by an Undercover Police officer. Michael, who was not openly gay reacted by releasing the single and video outside making light of the charges and police and opening up about his sexual orientation. He was a user of marijuana and prescription sedatives. He drove his land rover into the side of a building. He nearly died in 2011 and inspired his 2012 hit white light which he performed at the Olympic Games in london. He was in production for a documentary about his life set to be released in 2017. Celebrities are tweeting tributes to michael tonight. Brian adams tweeted, rip George Michael. I cant believe it an incredible singer and lovely human being. Far too young and james cordon tweeted i loved George Michael as long as i can remember, he was an absolute inspiration. Also ahead of his time we do have encouraging news about carrie fisher. Shes in stable condition after suffering a massive heart attack on friday. Fishers mother Debbie Reynolds tweeted that the family would share any updates on fisher and also thanked the public for its prayers. Fish is known for her role as princess lea in star wars. Turning to our weather, some you could be waking up to Winter Weather in the morning, a little bit of a mix i think of freezing rain advisory will soon go into effect. Lets get the absolute latest from meteorologist lauren casey who knows much more about this than i do thats why they keep me around nash. Thats right, this is about you. Ill take it from here, stormscan 3 showing us quiet conditions, we had a beautiful Christmas Holiday across the Delaware Valley with sunshine and comfortable temperatures, but i am eyeing a system up wind right now bringing a whole bevy of weather, snow ice and thunderstorms on this christmas, the main energy is going to i eject on the northeast, not impact us but it will provide enough energy that we could see a period of freezing rain tomorrow north and west of the city, we do have this freezing rain advisory in effect 7 00 a. M. To 11 a. M. Berks county, the Lehigh Valley and in effect until 4 00 p. M. For the poconos if you do have to hit the roads, do keep that in mind. It could make for a slippery monday morning commute. As we look at overnight. Clear and quiet. As we head to monday evening, we will see an isolated shower chance along the i95 corridor that will include Center City Philadelphia. In your weather headlines we say will make a run at 60 this week, ill let you know when to expect a showery night and colder temperatures arriving when well have highs in the 30s and your full forecast coming up. Thanks so much well see you soon. A grandfather is spending christmas at home after almost losing his battle with a potentially deadly illness, joe holder has more on how the family is celebrating a very special home coming. Family is everything. Reporter this Chester County family, Christmas Day is a little more special this year, car man know veno, a husband, dad and grandfather has been in the hospital since july gierke forgot what my house looked like. After being in the hospital that long. Reporter car man had a lengthy stay at rehab. Doctors 10 nurses worked tirelessly to help the former ups driver fight peripheral vascular disease an illness that at times proved critical they tried the bypass and it didnt work. They cut this one twice. Reporter a double leg amputee, he jokes he never liked his legs anyway. He beat a bout of them nope anyway. He was pushing all along to push it home for christmas we were so excited. It wasnt until he was finally in the car we knew it was real his grandchildren made a sign to welcome him. He and 12yearold allison made close bond. Theyve been praying daily for her pop we would say a special intention and i say my pop. Reporter on this Christmas Day, theirs is a story of turning corners, faith, determination, counting blessings thats about everything i have, how lucky i have ups and downs roller coaster rides. Get my hopes up, knocked back down again. But i believe. I have faith. Car man heads back to inpatient rehab. Fingers crossed he hopes hell be able to go home for g hell still be on did i yals but later this spring hopes to be fitted for prosthetic legs. He expects to escort her granddaughter down the aisle for her confirmation. Joe holden cbs3 Eyewitness News. After their family lost everything to a house fire in kensington in october, four kids had a reason to smile this christmas thanks to the joy of to his. The Taylor Family participated in the Salvation Army adopt a Family Program which links people or businesses to families in need. Eyewitness news was there when they opened up all present this morning, all four kids received toys through cbs3s annual joy of sharing toy fest which collected more than 6,000 toys for needy families. Thank you for everything. Everything for me, my family and other families out there. That the kids that was in the house, they were ok. Everything got, totally the children say christmas wasnt about what they were given but what they already have. Each other. Meanwhile, people attended Church Services all across philadelphia today to celebrate christmas. Christmas. The 8 00 a. M. Mass at the basilica of saints peter and paul. The basilica also Held Services yesterday to celebrate Christmas Eve. And an estimated 40,000 people gathered to hear pope francis traditional Christmas Day message from st. Peters square today. The pope wished peace to those who have lost loved ones to terrorism, and he also pressed the International Community to find the solution to the war in syria and urged the israelis and palestinians to abandon hate and revenge not Just Christmas celebrations today as tonight marks the second night of hanukkah. Happy hanukkah. In suburban square in ardmore where folks gathered for a manor are a lighting. It included doughnut decorating and sand ampullate its the jewish festival of lights and runs until january 1. A 7. 7 magnitude earthquake shook chilly today. About 800 miles south of the capitol of is an i cant go before 11 30. Thousands of people have been evacuated following fears of a tsunami. So far, no deaths reported. Russian authorities are investigating the cause of a military plane crash in the black sea. All 84 passengers and eight crew members are feared dead. According to the defense industry, the plane crashed two minutes after takeoff from sochi. It was headed to syria carrying members of the world famous Russian Army Choir it was scheduled to perform new years eve. A memorial is growing at the scene of a deadly Christmas Eve shooting. Flowers candles and teddy bears sit on the steps of maries grocery on 6th and wharton in south philly. The owner, 81yearold marie bucks was shot inside the store and died shortly after. She was rushed to the hospital. Police do not have any link to this case, not just yet. Authorities are still investigating the cause of a second floor house fire in delaware county. This Fire Department arrived on the scene at marlboro lane in glen mills just before 2 00 p. M. Today. The fire caused extensive damage to the second floor of that home. Fortunately. Firefighters were able to stop the flames just before they reached the first floor. No word on a cause. New jersey is joining other states that allow difficult children who were adopted to see their original birth certificates but birth parents have the option to remain private. They have until saturday to decide whether to remove the names to protect their privacy. The state Health Department says so far about 250 parents have already asked for privacy and more than 700 adoptees asked to see their birth certificates at this point. The eagles well, they got Christmas Day off but theyre still spreading christmas cheer. Still ahead. Some of your favorite players share their plan for the holiday. Today is a very important today for another historical event, watch as George Washington and his troops cross the delaware. A tribute to a daring journey Christmas Day back in 1976. Holiday weekend featured above average high to temperatures and even more mild as we head back to work when we make a it was a construction accident, with a piece of heavy equipment and it shot me up into the roof, and it just kept breaking me in half. Broke my back, severed my spinal column oh and five ribs broken, so. My dining room was changed into a bedroom and the Insurance Company was giving me a hard time. Pond lehocky helped put my life back together. Georgia washington made a daring journey fault a Christmas Day battle which many say was a turning point. Every year that journey is reenacted and editor ed flanagan and ed spay give us the closer look at the sights and sounds. Ladies and gentlemen, what youre seeing now is the advanced party going across the river came up for the first time washington crossed the delaware. Does not go well as the attack yorktown, position, its a fun time of day. Another position. Go back its great. Winds have shifted to the northeast. American history is very important to his. Every carrying a must kety, even officers and musicians military family get a sense of understanding how how important it is that america was founded the way it was. The step that is had to take place. Alarming and so fierce. Forced them to surrender. 25 of the army would be people of colors doing hardships ourselves but pale in comparison today is the 240th anniversary of the could saying. 2400 soldier, 200 horses 18 canons across the delaware on Christmas Day in 1776. Lauren is joinings with the forecast, a Beautiful Day for the reenactment i got the dogs out at the parks today with the Little Christmas sweater she hates her christmas sweater. She likes the skull and cross bones one. Shes a bad girl it was Beautiful Day, sweater, no sweater, bone skull and bone bones, 50 degrees, running five degrees above average, 51 in allentown, and 50 degrees on this Christmas Holiday in atlantic city. Live look at Center City Philadelphia right now, festive, our liberty 1 and 2 lit up in red and green, temperatures getting chilly, 33, winds out of the northeast five miles per hour, thats feeling more like 29 degrees and checking in on our live neighborhood network, little town of bethlehem at 34 right now. Drexel hill at 38. Were at 38 degrees in cinnaminson. Temperatures across the region, consistent general until the 30s, some in the 20s to be 28 in millville, 27 in mount pocono. Freezing mark right now in dover but we do have a more mild air mass off to our south and east. Temperatures in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Were not the 70s but well make a run at 60 as we head into the upcoming week as the air mass will start to build fellow the Delaware Valley, pretty mild tomorrow as we head into tuesday, thats well be in the upper 50s to near 60 in philadelphia. We get chillier kind of back to average by wednesday and then we get a dose of some arctic air as we head into the end of the week just to close out 2016 but for tonight, dropping back to around the freezing mark, partly cloudy conditions with a bit of a chilly breeze impacting feels like temperatures and for our monday, mostly cloudy conditions, mainly dry but we could see a passion sprinkle or light shower or High Temperature again above average at 50. Stormscan 3 showing us quiet conditions, mostly clear, keeping an eye on this system right now, very opponent system bringing blizzard conditions to as part of of the dakotas, didnt have thunder snow in minneapolis but lightening and thunder reported with freezing rain, the main energy with the system is not going to impact the Delaware Valley but it will give us energy, a little bit of moisture we could see a period of light freezing rain, freezing drizzle, berks county, Lehigh Valley, poconos tomorrow morning, that freezing rain advisory does extend until 4 00 in the afternoon in the higher elevations, keep that in mind as we head into the afternoon, we could see one of those passings sprinkles or showers move into the i95 corridor. Chance of rainfall over the next several days will come late tomorrow night seeing the shower activity building in from west to east, 6 00 in the morning, showers coming down, fairly light in intensity but could impact the first half of tuesday morning, midday tuesday, all of that clearing out and with those mild temperatures and sunshine break, out tuesday afternoon, looks like its going to be a nice one but as i was talking about if we do see rainfall, it will be light in intensity, some rainfall projections about two tinges of an inch into ties the most inclement weather in the poconos with the freezing rain and drizzle High Temperature only at 39 degrees. Mostly cloudy, 52 degrees down the shore. As we head into tuesday, we will see the sunshine breaking out, 58 degrees and chillier by wednesday with sunshine 45, chance of rain breezy thursday with a High Temperature at 48 degrees. Then we get a taste of canada as we head into the end of the week, 39 degrees and windy conditions on friday. Cold into next saturday. That is new years eve. Just enjoy the moment. Sounds good to me. Thank you so much, were working this holiday but the eagles certainly arent resting. A little time off. Eagles resting up. Plenty of nfl action anyway today, and were he also have the. Eagles were resting up but before the break we caught up with a few players to find out what their plans were holidays enjoy it. Great time to be with your family and friends, just spending time with them and enjoying the holiday its a good feeling for me i get to enjoy opening the presents with baby girl. She might not know everything right now. Me being able to say spend the christmas with them is big. Go back home and spend time with my family i hadnt had that in a long time. I havent seen my brothers in a while. I want to go back and see them its time you have with your family and enjoy that time. Because you never know when it could be over. You never know when you might not be able to be around certain family members again this Time Next Year its the kind of with the ones you love time. Its not about money, gifts, its quality time with people you love. Enjoy that. Because when thats gone you wont even remember what they got you for christmas we had a bitter afc north rivalry. The ravens trying to block the steelers from clinching the division, no score, big ben finds Xavier Grimble for the touchdown. The steelers take the lead. Fast forward to the third, steelers up 76. Joe flacco. Beautiful pass in the end zone there. Baltimore will go for two. Ravens leave 147. Final seconds, roethlisberger, Antonio Brown somehow reach across the goal line, yes, its a touchdown, the steelers will get the win 3127 clinching the Division Title second time three years afc west we had the byron companies and andy reid and chief lead in this one 2710. They could clinch into the playoff. Labron james and cavs hosting the warriors, pick up the action game tied up labron james jam right there. Finished the day with 31 points. Dont forget about curry he answers back with a threepoint shot. Warriors three point lead. Cavs down by one, kyrie irving. Hold on to it. Win this one 109108. That was a great game. I know down to the wire, too. Love it. My goodness, thank you so much, lesley appreciate. Visitors to the brauned wine zoo brandywine zoo are running out of time. An 8yearold tiger will be transferred to a zoo in the bronx, theyre endangered and the hope is that z o n a will find a male companion and breed. The Goodbye Party will be held new years eve, admission is free in the afternoon, west side goodbye to z ona. Well b i was on my way to work, the next thing you know, i was on the ground. The trash truck ran over both my legs. I had sixteen surgeries. I dont sleep through the night unless i have my medicine. My medical bills was piling up. My employer stopped paying me. Pond lehocky has put me back together. Mid town manhattan. The theme of the lights, 225,000 programmable lights foliage and crystals took 11 months to produce and six weeks to install. Thats incredible. Thats going to do it for us tonight. Thank you for joining us. We do want to recognize everyone here at Eyewitness News for all of their hard work and dedication in front of the camera and behind. Happy hanukkah everyone. Merry christmas. Take care. Chanukah lit up cities from moscow to san francisco. I wish you all a very happy christmas. Queen elizabeth fought off a cold to offer britain her seasons greeting. And here in america, the obamas chilled out with shaved ice in hawaii. An estimated 150 million sets of Christmas Lights are sold each year, and a good bunch of them