Outside of Lower Manhattan on this saturday december 12th. I walked outside with a jacket this morning, and i was kind of like i dont need this what am i doing. You dont need that jacket either. No. A tank top, it feels great out i know, i know. Good morning, thanks for 12th of december. Im rob nelson. Im Michelle Charlesworth. Lets head to amy freeze weather. Its just not getting me going yet. Its not getting a lot of people in the holiday spirit. Thats one thing. Theyre looking for the colder air. This will be a december to remember, you guys. Temperatures trending above the average, not just warm, though, not just mild and comfortable but were talking record breaking temperatures. We start this morning with skies that look really good across the area, and later on this afternoon we take these temperatures in the upper 50s already in central park, 57 for 64. Now the record for this date is 68 degrees set back in 1931. Coming up in just a few minutes, we will be talking about how we can potentially break the records going here over the weekend all the way through monday on the accuweather sevenday forecast. Youll be able to see that temperatures are trending 60 degrees or better. Those details are straight ahead in just a few minutes you guys. Get ready for a very mild shopping weekend because less than two weeks from christmas and heading into the new year its feeling a lot more like october than december. Details are straight ahead in full weather. Thank you so much amy. Some say the naughty list is going to get a lot longer. Others say let the celebrations begin. Hoards of people in santa suits are going to be bar hopping from brooklyn to manhattan for what is called santacon. The nypd is issuing a warning for anyone taking part. Marcus solis joins us live from williamsburg with more on this reporter good morning michelle. This is the start point of a day of organized day drinking. Santacon is here. For some its harmless fun, for others its a bit of a hassle and for police its a little bit of a headache. It is a twoborough bar crawl. Theyll start gathering here around 10 a. M. In past years there have been problems with revelers dressed in santa suits, some brawling, some passing out, some puking. For the first time they publicized the routes which will be williamsburg to the Lower East Side and end at Madison Square park and theyve gone to the Parks Department for permits. Police will be out there making hand. You can be naughty, but you have to be nice. Were in trying times all throughout the world, and to have to expend more resources on an event like this at times, its frustrating. And so, again, it gets underway around 10 00. They start organizing. Afternoon, and to try and limit some of the pre, pregame festivetives, mta banning alcohol on trains. Thank you very much. Moving on, new video this morning of the moments before a gunfight that ended with Police Shooting a suspect in brooklyn. Security cameras recorded several men attacking a man after he walked out of a bodega in fort green last night. Two people chased that man across the street where witnesses say several shots were fired. One man was shot in the leg. A worker at a nearby business described the scene. I was, you know, in the store and i heard some gunshots like four or five. After that i see one person outside and i go outside and close the door. Police officers heard the gunshots and responded. Officials say an officer fired one round and shot a suspect in the shoulder. The hospital. One person has been arrested. Were seeing video this morning of the suspects who were wanted in a string of robberies in central park and other spots on the Upper East Side. Police want to talk to the five men in this Surveillance Video about three armed robberies on monday. Police officers say they pushed a 19yearold man, stole his cell phone. Fortunately no ones been hurt. If you recognize them call police. There is video this morning from the Upper East Side where one of the feeder streets leading to the 59th street bridge is closed because of those falling bricks, and it will not reopen before rush hour on monday. Last night high above the street, crews were working around the clock to remove those remaining bricks one by one. 1st avenue between 61st and 64th streets closed since last monday. Thats when bricks fell off the buildings facade. Amazingly no one was hurt. On Staten Island there was off of each other and careened out of control. News copter 7 was over the scene last night. One driver left the parking lot, lost control, then jumped the curb and hit four parked cars before colliding with another passing car. They both then slammed into this building. Two people went to the hospital with serious injuries. We are learning new details about a scary encounter between a long island mother and a stranger who she says tried to take her baby. Police have now released a description of that suspect. The woman says the suspect approached her, said give me the baby, and then grabbed his arm. It happened at a bathroom at a kohls in valley stream. The mother pushed her away. Police say the suspect is around 5foot 5 with long blond hair. She was wearing a blue jacket, a yellow shirt, and also a multicolored skirt. Another form early powerful politician in new york is now a this time it is former new York Senate Leader dean skelos. He and his son were convicted. The elder ask lows used his influence to strong arm a 300,000 salary for his son and other benefits for his son adam. Skelos conviction follows that of former speaker sheldon silver. The computer hard drive used by accused killers. That is one of many things. The fbi received that a small lake in the park about 3 miles from the attack might hold a computer hard drive. The tipster told agents the shooters maybe in that very same area the day of the attack. The search could last several days. Was this a target of hate, about an hours drive away from the massacre a mosque was set on fire. Its leader says it was ignited by a fire bomb. Center of palm springs in coachella california heard a loud boom and saw flames in the front lobby. No one was injured. Afterwards workers prayed on the sidewalk. The fbi is investigating to determine if the mosque was deliberately targeted. New york mayor bill de blasio will spend this warm weekend recovering after hernia surgery. His office told us the mayor is resting at gracie mansion. He apparently developed a hernia recently. De blasio will have no public schedule this weekend but he will be back at city hall monday morning. Coming up on Eyewitness News saturday morning, donald trump opens up a 19 point lead on his republican competitors despite the many, many controversies surrounding him. But there are some signs of trouble ahead. Well explain. And what are your plans for the weekend. We would love to know. State ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. Hey, welcome. Well, hello. How are you doing there stranger . You come here often . Shes head and shoulders above the rest. I would like to have my seat adjusted in the correct spot, which if you dont mind. We always do. Could we all sit on the same one. Look how high i am. There we go, there we go. Okay. Its nice to be tall. Yes. As i say at home, i do everything in this family [ laughter ] yes. Thats true there. Mother nature is doing everything. Thats whose doing everything. Oh, she is. You dont have anything to even talk about. Its so good. Its perfect. It will be different next month. We all know its coming. For now this is beautiful. I know. Well, you know, its unusual but its not unheard of to have warm weather in december, but usually we get it one or two extremes here or there. Were getting these long stretches of mild weather. We saw it all through november, but this is a december like i said earlier, a december to remember because we are in record breaking territory day after day after day. While were in the mid60s were shy of the record but tomorrow were really going to go for it. That could be the day that puts us over the top even into monday. We do have some limited visibility in spots, so fog here and there but its not enough to ruin the morning. As soon as the sun comes up at 7 11 this morning, we will be able to see some improvements with the sky conditions. Expect a mix of sun and clouds and a rainfree weekend. The next chance to get showers and it looks like well get a couple, maybe a half inch to an inch of rain moving in. So looking at temperatures across the area, 57 for new york city. That temperature, of course, above average for daytime highs, so overnight we were even warmer than we typically would be for this time of year. So thats pretty impressive. New city right now 50 degrees. Were looking at paramus, 47. 57 for the boroughs and 49 in islip. As far as the big picture goes, we do have some clouds here and there across the board really thats the case as far as seeing our temperatures and skies cooperate. Nice southerly flow of wind and everything is working together. The perfect recipe to get our temperatures up where they need to be this time of year. Were about 10 degrees above the average for this time of year. We can go over to the weather producer and you can see the a high of 64 is what were looking at. Once we get into tomorrow, its near record warmth. 68 degrees. That would beat the record that has been around since the 1920s. Thats pretty impressive. The southerly wind, it stays dominant right through christmas week, so this is a pint, warm pattern that doesnt show any signs of slowing down. In fact, very impressive right through monday going for the 60s. Todays record is 68. Looks like well fall short of that. Tonight well see the sun going down at 4 28. This tomorrow could be a record breaker with 68 degrees. Now the accuweather sevenday forecast shows a change on monday. This is the one where we will see late rain developing, half inch to an inch of rainfall is expected, and some wind comes in behind that dragging down cool air from the north. We only drop off about 6 degrees, just shy of the 60 degree mark, and that is what keeps us really still above at 57. Thursday another chance for rainfall, 56, but friday 50 degrees. Thats the coolest day down the stretch, and really, were looking at a stronger cold front on friday that could put us become into the 40s by next weekend. I think youll remember last saturday and sunday we were talking about the potential for record breaking warmth. Yeah. And we also saw the long term pattern which is the 10 to 12day pattern, and it showed us exactly this. Wed stay above average heading into those last few days before christmas. Shop on. Thats what i say. Is there any chance that christmas itself will be i know we dont know. We have some time but is there a chance. That it would be this warm . And just mild like it. 60s would be i think a reach. However, above average would be a good bet based on the patterns weve got in place. All right. That being said, climate means nothing, weather is everything and it could even snow on christmas. There you go. Huge no answer answer. I love it. Shes very noncommittal. You should run for office. Thanks amy. Straight ahead on Eyewitness News saturday morning, it has been five months since sandra bland was found inside her its jail cell. There there now be charges in her death. 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W welcome back, w following a developing story out of africa, 21 people were found fatally shot in a neighborhood. Authorities are investigating whether the victims are linked to the attacks on three military installations in the the violence has been increasing in that country since the president s disputed reelection back in july. A grand jury in texas met friday to determine whether or not to press charges in the case of sandra bland. The 28yearold woman was found dead in her jail cell three days after she was arrested in july. The medical examiner ruled her death a suicide. However, the incident raised concerns about the arrest and how bland was treated in prosecutors say it will take time to present the grand jury with all of the evidence and information surrounding the case. The process has been much more complex than we anticipated when we took on the job just because we want to do the right thing. We want to make sure justice is done. The grand jury will meet at least once more before the end of the year. Blands family has filed a wrongful death suit against the trooper who made the arrest and the jail as well. Turning to politics now, republican president ial hopeful rival ted cruz for the first time after a poll shows the texas senator is gaining some ground in iowa. Trump slammed cruz for his ties to the oil industry and for posing ethanol subsidies which are popular in the state. The two had avoided attacking each other so far during the campaign. Earlier this week, audio emerged from a fundraiser where cruz raised doubts about trumps judgment and said he planned to inherit his supporters. The Democratic Front runner Hillary Clinton says she is the only candidate qualified to take on isis. Clinton said her time as secretary of state does give her the Foreign Policy experience to defeat the militant group. Clinton made her First Campaign stop in oklahoma where she told supporters she would dismantle isis without sending american Ground Troops into combat. Cruz is kind of surging so new hampshire, chris christie, its interesting to see. Christie doing well in new hampshire. And less than two months to so fasten your seat belts meet the moores were the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. We do more games, and more streaming. So we need more speed. Thats why we switched to Time Warner Cable. You can too. Call now. Now we can connect more devices, at the same time. The wifi in this house is amazing. So is my guacamole. Hi grandma and grandpa ha, look at that [laughs] Time Warner Cable even has an internet plan for us. Get the Internet Speed thats right for you. From 3 megs to ultra fast 300 megs they even made it easy to switch with a onehour arrival window. Why settle for less, when you can get more get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call now. 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The game comes up tomorrow, yet practice for the jets jadell reevus. Suffered a concussion, he is feeling better now. He was full go at practice yesterday. He said after the workout he expects to be on the field. Jets 7 and 5 looking to close in on the playoffs against 3 and 9 tennessee. The giants waived defensive end yesterday. After three years it wasnt working out. Big blue cuts its losses and miami, monday night football still means plenty. Growing up it was always the game, and you got excited when your parents let you stay and watch it. To know what it means for this team and this organization and our playoff hunt. Yep, monday night football, the giants at miami, you can catch it all right here on channel 7. Our coverage begins monday night at 8 00. On ice last night the rangers 2, 5, and 1 in their last 8 games at edmonton. The ranger president helped build those strong oiler teams. They honored him. Then hockey, mac zuccarello to tie the game at 1. Led 31 after the opening period. Kris kreider strike in the second. The oilers come back and win last night at home. Devils played at home against the red wings. 3rd period that made it 22. They go to overtime, less than 40 seconds to go. Kenny danico called that an alleyoop, 32. Knicks and nets had last night off. They get back to work today. We go to boston where the Golden State Warriors tried to push their record to 24 and 0. Stef curry 38 points helped push the game to overtime. The celtics kelly olitic hits a 3 to push the game to double overtime, and Draymond Green did the damage there. One. They go to 24 and 0. Wow. Finally from us an exhibition game for nycfc at puerto rico. Their first action since the regular season. The 91st minute. At puerto rico. Whatever happens this covered. Im rob powers. Ill see you right back here monday for the giants on monday night football. Much more ahead including a live look at todays top stories. Ready or not, here it comes, santacon 2015 is today. All the details coming up in a live report. Thank you, marcus. Also ahead a former Oklahoma CityPolice Officer convicted of multiple rapes will likely learn his fate next month. This morning were hearing from his victims. Another temperature climb today, so rating it on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the very best it could be on december 12th, rating it a 9 because it is a little too warm for we could be in no way. Savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. A fresh cracked egg, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. Revis. Welcome back to Eyewitness News saturday morning december 12th. 13 days until christmas, and baby its warm outside. Yes, yes. Good morning, everyone, happy saturday im Michelle Charlesworth. And im rob nelson, welcome to Eyewitness News this saturday morning, what a wonderful spring its been so far. It feels good out there. I love it. I love it. I think most people like it. No wonder my decorations arent up. Some trees and like flowers are confused and theyre blooming. Its kind of crazy. Crocus among us. We need some good calming things going into the crazy Holiday Season. Speaking of good crazy, meteorologist amy freeze. Yes. Breaking it down. One year ago we had temperatures in the upper 30s. Wed had a trace of snow the last couple of days, so, wow, what a difference a year makes i guess. Days make when you get 60s in a row like it really is incredible, and its not stopping anytime soon. Yes. Thats the real message. This is not the anomaly. This is not just a one timer. This is a longterm relationship were in here with the 60s, at least a week. See. All right, outside right now we see skies that are pretty clear overhead. A thin veil of clouds in spots around the boroughs, and then we do have fog in parts of central new jersey. Outside our front door you can see right here streets are dry, temperatures are easy to take. Were at 57 in central park, the official reporting station, and expect the 60s the next three days. Record warmth likely tomorrow, and rain returning to the forecast on monday. Were about 5 to 10 degrees warmer right now than we were at the same time yesterday, and that will be a trend through the afternoon. I think were a handful of degrees warmer, southerly winds still keep coming and on the accuweather track its a very thin layer of clouds that weve planning for the afternoon were going for it. Temperatures in the low 60s. A high of 64. The record for this date is 68. Well look at those numbers coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast in just a few minutes. Ill see you guys then rob. Not bad at all. Thank you amy. Let the celebrations begin, hoards of santa suit clad folks will be bar hopping from brooklyn to manhattan for santacon. Love it. Hate it. Its here. The nypd issuing a warning for festivities. Marcus solis joins us live from story. Good morning marcus. Good morning rob, yeah, you know, there have been problems in the past, things have gotten a little bit naughty. Organizers say this year theyre trying to play nice and they have changed things up a little bit. Hundreds if not more will don their santa suits and start gathering here at mccarron park start hitting a few bars around organizers have publicized the route in advance, and theyve also gotten permits from the Parks Department. The group will travel from williamsburg to the Lower East Side, and it all ends later this afternoon at Madison Square park. The nypd admits this is a drain on their resources. At its essence this a bar crawl, and there have been intoxication. Its a fun time. Holidays. Its just i guess the balance of people who can handle it and the people who cant. And in advance of that, the mta has banned alcohol on its trains, on metro north, on the Long Island Railroad, and they advise that they will have officers at Grand Central and penn station to enforce it before all this gets underway at 10 00 here in williamsburg. Were live in williamsburg, marcus solis channel7 Eyewitness News. The victims of a Police Officer convicted of rape are at the hands of the officer. A jury convicted Daniel Holtzclaw of raping or sexually assaulting eight black women, although investigators say there were at least 13 victims. Holtzclaw preyed on women who had criminal histories. The accusers say he used his authority to intimidate them. I feared for my life. I kept begging him, sir, please dont make me do this, dont please. Holtzclaw was convicted of 18 counts of rape. He will be sentenced next month. Well, up to 10 million worth of diamonds was stolen from an office in midtown. Jeweler jonathan bernbach filed a Police Report about the theft. He believes the jewels were stolen last month but just noticed the two boxes were missing. He says he left the safe in his 5th Avenue Office unlocked during Business Hours even there at the time. Some people do get Second Chances in life. That has never been more true than for a driver who out of nowhere had something crash into his windshield. You will not believe how lucky he was until you see the picture. That is a metal loading ramp that probably came off a truck, smashed right into the front windshield of his bmw on the interstate. The driver amazingly suffered just a scratch on his arm. Lucky is not even the word for that guy. Wow. More serious questions this morning about the safety of one of the most popular holiday gift item this is year. This is what was left of a hoverboard after it caught fire inside a home in maryland. Its the most recent in a rash of fires across the country caused by the selfbalancing scooters including one just earlier this week inside a home in our area in westchester county. Officials say the size and battery could be the cause behind these sudden fires. Be careful. Even some airlines i was going to say, yeah. Banning them because theyre afraid they could catch fire. They do not want them on the planes. That is not a good combination. America will have to wait a little longer to find out which woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the 10 bill. The decision would be announced by the end of this year but the treasury says it will probably be delayed until sometime in 2016 to review and consider options for the currency redesign. Ironically considering all the buzz that the play hamilton on broadway is getting at a time where hes about to get pumped off the bill. I know. Youre so awesome bank of new york, the treasury, youre amazing, see ya. See ya. Poison front man brett true for a utah woman suffering from lou gehrigs disease. That story coming up. I meant bank of new york. Bank of new york. We have a troop greeting for you during this Holiday Season. Hello im sergeant tamika deboese. This message is for the valuen teen family out of bronx new york. To mommy, to my uncles, especially to my nephew lorin [barks] are those. You there. Stormtroopers halt turn here. Go go follow them bb8 beep, beep this way whered they go . They went that way that way, they went that way i cant believe that worked of course it worked beep, beep, beep just sharing some laughs in the commercial. Do either one of you have family coming from the holiday . House. Parents. Were going to joys house, bring food. Thats good. Last weekend . Cloud . No, im just kidding. Im just kidding. It was so fun. It was great. You know, its i was going to say one of the tricks of family coming and going, which shortens or lengthens the amount of time that they stay is usually the weather. Oh, you better hit the road so you can miss the weather. Or we have to stay another day the weathers not good for traveling. Go now. So when is the blizzard coming. And unfortunately youre going to have to work on your transitions. Your Holiday Family exit strategies, you know, all those things you need to work on those have you dont have the crutch. Thats right. Because the weather is too warm. What are you going to say i might get a sunburn . You cant come up with anything. So it continues all weekend long temperatures in the 60s. Even into monday were looking at really easy to take temperatures. In fact, record breaking territory. Thats where were at. Sunrise officially at 7 11 this morning. We can already see daylight breaking. That thin layer of clouds out there, early on it will filter the sunshine. What a great shot looking into Lower Manhattan and 1 world trade. We check the numbers officially at central park. 57 degrees, 54 humidity and a southwest wind at 10 miles an hour. Pressures holding steady. Just after midnight we had 58 degrees. Our temperatures have dropped off a few. Theyll climb quickly once the sun is up. Everybody well above average for this time of year, in fact, pretty much most places on the map theres maybe three or four here that started with temperatures that are actually high temperatures, so this is just how unusual it is. Visibility is an issue for parts of northwest new jersey and central new jersey, sussex and morristown reporting 3mile visibility. Its patchy fog in spots, and its not going to be, you know, overcast all morning, but definitely watch out for that patchy fog early on. The last two days weve had 60 degrees or better. Compare that to last year at this time, areas in blue, we actually had a trace of snow yesterday one year ago, and then these are the forecast highs going into the next few days, between 64 and 68 degrees, you compare it to last year where we were at least at the average line or below it. So not only do we have one or 2 mile days in here, we have a long stretch of temperatures well above normal, in fact within a few degrees of the record each day. So its pretty impressive how this pattern is holding up. The weekend warmth that were experiencing is because of the its well to the north, and this is really what directs our weather and it also separates the air masses coming up from the south and the cold which is up north it cant really shift into the northeast. So with those two factors we stay in the mild territory until that changes and a cold front will come in and disrupt that. That happens for us on monday. Even through tomorrow, temperatures are on the rise. Its clouds coming and going, but mainly a beautiful weekend with temperatures very easy to take. By monday we cloud up. Increasing cloudiness. Sprinkles are possible early in the day but the real rain begins after 5 p. M. On monday. 11 00. Were expecting about an inch coming in. This afternoon the fog goes to sun breaks. Back in 1931. Were going for 64 so just below that record. Its mostly cloudy tonight and mild. 54 the overnight low, and then together, and it could be a record breaker. We really think it could happen. Temperatures will be in the upper 60s. That could put us down in the history books. The accuweather sevenday forecast monday the late rain comes in. Tuesday its cooler just shy of 60 cooler. Back to beautiful on wednesday, 57 and then thursday theres a chance for rain as well. Friday we get 50 degrees. As for sunday if youre going to the football game, metlife stadium, 1 00 kickoff 64 degrees. Wind will be light out of the southwest. Hard to believe theyre playing nfl football right here on the east coast with temperatures practically 70 degrees. Last weekend we thought that was unheard of. This week it will be even warmer than it was. So really a lot of tailgating i can imagine, and people having a great time at the stadium with the weather pattern holding up like this. As always you can go to abc7ny. Com. We have forecasts for you there. Well be tracking the temperatures. I think one of the coolest things is when you download the app on your phone you can temperatures go, and contrary to how the computer might give you the forecast and sometimes the high actually supersedes the numbers on your phone. Thank you. We as humans can actually forecast for beyond just what the computers tell us, so our value is still. Trust in humanity. You get extra from the freeze. Thank you. Im glad you mentioned that. People check their iphone for the temperatures and the numbers dont quite thats why. Its like a high of 60 and its already 63. Take that siri. All right. You know what todays a very special day in the story calendar. You know what today is. The song is not going to play. Oh yeah. If you still think it is. This is a joke. Its a joke. Youre not the one whos not getting the music. Wed love to play cool music. Yes. And what is cooler than Frank Sinatra whose birthday is indeed today december the 12th. Todays Community Calendar is a remix and tweet me some of your rob nelson abc7. Luck be a. Lady. Elf workshop at stepping stones in norwalk and tinker up your own tornado gift to give a loved one. In manhattan be sure toment coearly to get the best selection on the 7th annual taste of christmas cookie walk in the st. Nicholas orthodox church. Join the guided tour in brooklyn to explore historic new york grand ferry and the stories of the surrounding neighborhood and park. Come to hands on history Winter Wonderland and learn about 19th century seasonal festivities. On long island george lucas and the creation of star wars new film. In the bronx see one of the most spectacular astronomic events in the heavens, the geminids meteor shower produces 120 multicolored meteors per hour at its peak. For more information about event that could be future youd be surprised how easy it is to get a good lowcost health plan you might even get help paying for it go to nystateofhealth. Ny. Gov enrollment ends december 15th time for Entertainment News on this saturday morning. Rihanna raised more than 3 million for charity at her Second Annual diamond ball. The starstudded event included a night of entertainment and an auction of very exclusive items, a guitar autographed by bono sold for 75gs. All the money goes to the singers foundation which funds projects that improve communities around the world. Well done rihanna and guests. A rock n roll dream came to her determined friends and a very big hearted musician. Brittany robins is a huge fan of Brett Michaels and his band poison. However, she could not attend his concert in utah because shes suffering from advanced lou gehrigs disease or a, ls. Her friends launched a social Media Campaign calling on michaels to visit while he was in town, and when he got that message, michaels was more than happy to meet his biggest fan. When i fist found out about brittany, i couldnt wait to get here. Thats the truth. Besides its an amazing story shes an amazing human being. And that inspiration goes from her to me. To michaels heart. He was one of the first people to complete the ice bucket channel after one of his Close Friends was diagnosed with the devastating disease. Hiphop star nelly was center stage in a tennessee courtroom on friday. The rapper whose real name is haynes is facing several charges stemming from an arrest in april. State troopers claim they found pot, meth and guns inside his tour bus. A charge of a felony was dropped. Haynes walked out of court with only 11 months and 29 days probation. Well, there was a surprise performance from one of the greatest singers in the world, and it turns out it was a unique charitable contribution. Last night renowned singer the crowds. He raised more than 500 cash in just a few minutes and gave it all to someone who was there who was today marks the anniversary actor Frank Sinatra. He would have been 100 born in hoboken new jersey. The swing era as a boy singer with perry james and tom my dorsey. A gala on the campus of Stephens Institute of technology, the event is sold out. Sinatra is one of the best selling artists of all time having sold more than 150 records worldwide. I just wonder how many were sold after we lost him. I was dancing in the streets of hoboken the day that he died. Really . Dancing with strangers. It was really a celebration of his life. Theres few left, truly larger than life iconic stars. Franks definitely one of them. Theres no one else quite like it then or now, you know, chairman of the board. He was born of the radio. Everybody sat at home on sunday and you listened to prank. And still the epitome of cool. You know, to come back and have franks life, id do that. Youd be a tired man. Tired in good way. When we come back, sandy and the super cat saturday. Kitty cats are in the holiday spirit, when i had a cat growing up we had put the tree up sometimes because the cat would go into it and claim the ornaments. No problem here with zoe this morning, what a cutie pie. And then youve got cleopatra who looks a little fierce. What a swee tee pie. And these two luke and dart, may the force be with you. The force returns. Something about the force is coming up with star wars and then weve got sammy and sasha this morning, wed love to see your pictures, dunkins new sweet black pepper bacon sandwich, with double the slices of caramelized crispy pepper bacon. Its the bacon experience youve been waiting for. 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M. , enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for 1. 99. Welcome back everybody. This weekend the real life comes to life in a new way in the heart of the sea brings the classic tale back to the big screen. Entertainment reporter sandy kenyon gives us his review. Good morning. In the heart of the sea is the sort of big epic film hollywood used to make, but director ron howard told me he needed the latest 21st Century Technology to tell the 19th century tale. Look where we find ourselves. In the heart of the sea has left critics split down the middle, half jeering, half cheering, and its not going to be on my top 10 list of the best movies of the year, but i still think its worth seeing. Never seen a whale do that. Director ron howard required the latest 21st Century Technology to bring the 19th were cursed. This whale tale inspired and authored to write the novel moby dick and in the movie he hears the story directly from a guy who was there. We were headed for the edge of the earth. The dialogue is fictional but the veteran whaleman played by Chris Hemsworth really lived and so did his inexperienced boss played by ben walker. My name is captain george pollard, pollard a couple hundred years ago the oil for lamps came not from the ground but from the sea, from inside giant whales that men risked their lives to kill. An especially large whale attacked their ship, wrecked it and forced the survivors to drift for months in small boats with very little to eat or drink. The measures they took to survive were not pretty, and some have complained the real not want to know any more about it. We will survive. Chris hemsworth swears hes never going to ever get so thin again. He plans to reject any script requiring him to do that. In the heart of the sea is history come to life opt big screen. I enjoyed it and so did my wife ilene. Im sandy kenyon Eyewitness News this weekend. Ilene liked it too. The genius mehlville in the book is that he doesnt talk about moby dick so much. And the genius of jaws was that you didnt see jaws that much because the dog gone thing didnt work. The mechanical shark was malfunctioning and it ended up working for the movie. Im just saying, we saw a lot of that whale in there. So just saying. Its ron howard. Coming up in the next hour of Eyewitness News saturday gearing up for the santacon bar crawl. Hear what new york city is its the holidays. And of course, Everyone Wants to get online at once. To watch things. Buy things. But slow internet makes it hard. Thats why its time to get fios. It has the Fastest Internet and wifi available. With speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, youll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for your first year. And with a 2 year agreement, well give you all the premium movie channels for a year. Plus, 400 dollars back. Get out of the past. Get fios. Its the final countdown the final countdown if youre the band europe, you love a final countdown. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Gorgeous, isnt he . vo a new york man spent 3. 2 million on a dead bat. I have such enormous respect for these creatures. Which is why i stuff them and hang them on the walls. vo youd make a way better rich person. This is new yorks number 1 news, channel 7 Eyewitness News with Michelle Charlesworth and rob nelson, and amy freeze with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Now Eyewitness News this morning. Good morning, everybody. Believe it or not, santacon may actually sober up a little bit this year. How the massive holiday bar crawl is cushing its controversial reputation. We are live in brooklyn with details. Also new images have been released from a Police Involved shooting that happened in brooklyn. And ditch that coat man, we are headed into the 60s. That is right, the 60s, good morning everybody. A beautiful sunrise over gotham this morning. Thank you for joining us on this saturday april the 12th no, im sorry december 12th. It feels like spring. It feels like april out there. I love it. You know many e, i love the warm stuff. It is warm outside. Good saturday morning, everyone im Michelle Charlesworth. And im rob nelson. Thanks for being with us. Welcome to the 7 00 hour of Eyewitness News saturday morning. A glorious weekend, record breaking weekend perhaps we have on tap. Right. Lets go to meteorologist amy freeze in her shorts and flip flop. Thats right. Yesterday we did have the struggle at our house over flip flop. William wanted to wear his. I did not let him. Yep, yep, yep, i said you have to wear the regular shoes simply because i dont want the raised eyebrows, but i will say i let them go without the coats because it was so mild. I would say to all of you right now congratulations for listening to the show for want to be that guy or gal walking down the street of new york city with your winter coat on when its 64 degrees this afternoon. No, you dont want to be that guy. You want to be the cool person that is still with it because you are watching Eyewitness News right. Temperatures are in the low 50s on the island right now. What a start to the day weve got even before sunrise were in the low 50s around 5 to 10 degrees warmer than around the same time yesterday. Record warmth is likely, most likely tomorrow afternoon. Were flirting with the records each day. Rain returns on monday, but even then our temperatures look like they hold the radar and satellite picture is showing a few clouds today, not a big deal. A mix of sun and clouds through the afternoon. Dont be that guy. Ill have the accuweather seven day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Well talk temperatures and the potential for a return to december maybe just a few minutes from now. Topping our news this morning, thousands of santas are set to hit bar crawl today. Theyre going to be hot in those suits. New york citys trying to keep everyone off the naughty list. Marcus solis joins us live from williamsburg with more on this story. Marcus. Good morning michelle, ho ho ho, santa con 2015 is here ready or not. For some it is harmless fun, for others, especially in the Police Department it can be a bit of a headache. So this year that two borough bar crawl begins around 10 a. M. Theyll gather here at mccarron park. In the past there have been some problems with drunken disorderly santa clauses in their santa suits, going out public intoxication. This year organizers a different tack, they have publicized the route in advance and actually gotten permits from the Parks Department. The route will be here at east side, and then it will end park. And police will be out trying to make sure that unlike in out of hand. You can be naughty but you have to be nice. Were in trying times all throughout the world, and to have to expend more resources its frustrating. From the mta, rather from the nypd point of view, the mta police, they will be out as well enforcing a ban on alcohol, no alcohol allowed on metro north or Long Island Railroad trains for anyone coming in to attend the santacon. Were live in williamsburg, marcus solis channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you marcus. New video this morning of the moments before a gun battle that ended with Police Shooting a suspect in brooklyn. Security cameras recorded several men attacking a man last night. Two people chased the man across the street where police one man was shot in the leg. A worker at a nearby business described the scene. I was, you know, in the store, and i heard some gunshots, like four or five. After that i see one person outside and i go outside to close the door. Police officers in the area heard the gunshots and then responded. Officials say an officer fired one round and shot a suspect in the shoulder. Both injured men were taken to the hospital. Police recovered one gun and are now searching for another. We are following a developing story out of the african nation of barundi where bodies have been found following a day of violence. 21 people were found fatally shot in a neighborhood yesterday. Authorities are investigating whether the victims are linked to the attacks on three military installations in the country yesterday. Violence and political unrest have been increasing in barundi since the president s disputed reelection that happened in july. The computer hard drive of the many things divers are searching for in the murky waters of a lake near the scene of that massacre in california. The fbi received a tip that the small lake in a park about 3 miles from the attack might hold that computer hard drive. The tipster told agents the shooters may have been in that same area the day of the attack. The search could last several days. And heres the question, was this a target of hate. About an hours drive from that fire. Its leader says in fact it was ignited by a fire bomb. Worshipers at the Islamic Center of palm springs in coachella california heard a loud boom. Afterward worshipers prayed on the sidewalk. The fib says that fire was intentionally set. A nasty scene on Staten Island when two cars crashed and careened out of control. Parking lot, lost control, jumped the curb and then hit four parked cars before he hit another passing car. They both then slammed into this building. Two people were taken to the hospital. We understand they have serious injuries. There is video this morning from the Upper East Side where one of the feeder streets leading to the 59th street bridge is closed because of all those falling bricks, and that road will not reopen before the rush hour on monday. Last night high above the street crews were working around the clock to remove the remaining bricks on that building one by one. Pain staking work. 1st avenue between 61st and 64th streets closed since last monday. Thats when bricks fell off a building facade at the corner of 63rd. Somehow quite amazingly no one was hurt when those bricks just rained down. Thats one of the more stories of the last new weeks, just bricks off the side like that. When you think about it how many buildings we have here and thank you. Right. Right, middle of the night. Thank goodness. Coming up, the first global agreement on climate has been reached in paris. Details on the breakthrough deal. And meteorologist amy freeze has details on this breakthrough forecast, perhaps a record setting weekend of unseasonably nice weather. She has the details in meet the moores were the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. We do more games, and more streaming. So we need more speed. 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[burke] talk to farmers and see what gaps could be hiding in your coverage. [sfx yeti noise] hey hey. Yo yo yo youre the star of the show than usual. This weather is just why fiddley dee. Applause. Make it rain metaphorically. I am going to savor this moment and im going to savor that comment. This could be the time of year where youre like ive had anymore. Thats usually my stance this time of year. Im miserable and grouchy. I felt great. Next month well reassess. Maybe we should have the rob nelson factored in of the freeze factor. Thats right. You gave it a 9 today. To me its a 12. Perfect. Beyond perfect. This one goes to 11. Oh, it is nice, you guys, and to be in record breaking territory, that tells us two things. One that this is not unheard of. But the unusual part of it is when were staring down the record day after day. Wow, what a shot. Live picture of sunrise happening right now. We can see the Empire State Building which has been so glamorous the last couple of the nights with all the colors, and then weve got 1 world trade with the sun glistening off the building this morning. Really a nice start. Wed love to see your pictures, so if you have some great sunrise pictures, go ahead and tweet them out to us, show them to us on facebook, tag us or hashtag us abc7ny. Southwest winds are at 10 miles an hour right now. The winds kind of important here. Coming out of the west today thats going to make a difference for us. Yesterday winds were coming out of the south which warms us up plenty. However, south facing shores were a little cooler than everybody else just the mid 50s. Today with a westerly wind were all going to get real warm. In fact, bringing those temperatures up even warmer than we saw yesterday. In the 40s and 50s. One spot that we were able to find somerville at 38 degrees, everybody else almost at the daily high average right now, and weve got a whole day in front of us. Visibility has been reduced in parts of northwest new jersey. Weve got 5 for belmar, toms river dealing with fog this morning, bridgeport at 5mile visibility. December delayed, okay. We look at one year ago, and the high temperatures, the actual high temperatures in blue. All were at or below the average line. In fact, we had snow one year ago on the date yesterday. Now, our forecast highs are in orange right down the stretch. There we have it five days of 60s that have already happened, and were forecasting at least three more days. So this is an unusual stretch of above average temperatures. Radar and satellite pictures showing a few high thin clouds and the pattern sticks. The jet stream is way up here as it lifts north it allows those mild conditions to continue to come in. Today its a direct westerly wind and thats going to give us really nice temperatures because the central portion of the u. S. , even the east ohio and tennessee everybodys been above average the the cold is locked up north and we sit and watch the futurecast go because its lovely weather. The rest of today, tomorrow, theres a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures soar into the 60s. Very little to worry about. Now monday well start with overcast conditions, maybe a little bit of a sprinkle. A front will be coming through, and from 5 to about 10 00 at night, there will be rain in the area on monday night. That could amount to about a half inch to an inch of rainfall. Again, thats monday night. Temperatures are still pretty warm. The record for today is 68. Were going for 64. Just shy of that record. Tonight 54 for the overnight low. By the way that overnight low temperature is warmer than the average daytime high for this time of year. Potentially a record breaker tomorrow at 68 degrees. We could go down in the history late rain on monday turns into a windy and cooler day shy of 60 on tuesday. Wednesday were at 57. 56 on thursday, and we hold the 50s right through friday. In the accuweather sevenday forecast, there it is, tomorrow playing football, kickoff at 64 degrees. 1 00 at metlife stadium, the high for the day is 68 in the city, but im telling you mid 60s on the east coast for a football game, that sounds pretty dang good. Then our temperatures hold you guys, we dont get a 40 showing up for a daytime high it looks like until next weekend. Now we could see previously last weekend that this pattern was setting up and we felt very confident about it so we could talk a week in advance. Now the timing of the next front would come down late next week. There would be 40s returning to the forecast. Doesnt mean its going to be very cold for christmas but could get some 40s showing back now heres showing off. All right. Just saying, if we only had a big hook. Well enjoy the ride. Thank you amy. Still ahead, a landmark climate deal has now emerged from weeks of negotiations in pariswhat is next for the agreement to get hundreds of nations on board. Coming up in sports, the oilers in alberta, break patients across the country have spoken. They recently rated their Care Experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. Fewer than 6 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Learn more at cancercenter. Com slash eastern. Cancer Treatment Centers of america. Care that never quits. Appointments available now. I just want the most wonderful holiday ever. You should get holiday scratchoffs from the new york lottery. You can talk . Come on, brian. Theres more chances to win than ever. With a sweepstakes to win 500 a week for life. wife who are you talking to . Nobody new holiday scratchoff games people are shocked, that this process is so easy. Every person that i helped, i wanted to help 10 more people after that. It just made me feel good. Come into work everyday, and just knowing that i was going to make a difference in peoples lives. Come get health insurance, its easy. I can help you. I just love helping people. I dont want anybody to be without health insurance. Welcome back, leaders from nearly 200 countries have change conference in paris. The exact wording of the agreement aims to reduce Carbon Emissions and greenhouse gases. The details will be released when the French Foreign minister submits the final plan for approval this afternoon. Secretary of state john kerry says he is optimistic the proposal will be adopted. This really is the most Ambitious International effort ever to combat climate change. Could be a big step forward. Another powerful politician felon. This time it is former new york state Senate Leader dean skelos. He and his son very convicted for a bribery scheme uncovered during a federal investigation the elder skelos used his influence to strong arm a 300,000 salary plus benefits for his son adam. Skelos conviction follows the corruption conviction last month of formaller Assembly Speaker sheldon silver. New york mayor bill de blasio will spend this warm december weekend recovering after hernia surgery. His office told us the mayor has been discharged and is now resting at gracie mansion. He developed the hernia just recently. De blasio will have no public schedule this weekend. He will be back at city hall monday morning. Happening today dozens of rabbits that were rescued from horrible conditions in brooklyn are ready for new homes. The aspca and any care Animal Hospital are hosting two adoption events in union square and at the central park zoo. Its only a portion of the what if the holidays were about people again . And the fourletter word that defined the season was love, and not sale. Thats the world t. J. Maxx, marshalls and Homegoods Stores live in. Where theres no need for sales because we offer amazing prices on thoughtful gifts everyday. Lets put more value on what really matters. This season, bring back the holidays. Welcome back everybody. 7 23, time now for some sports,. Heres rob powers. Well, you know thats the thing about baseballs hot stove. Some players come, and some go. Apparently Michael Cuddyer is going. Espn among many outlets reporting last night cuddyer has decided to retire, he played one season with the mets so he would leave one year early. He only hit 259, 10 home runs, 41 rbi. Nothing official. The mets would not confirm. The mets would not deny. The game comes up tomorrow, yesterday finally practice for the jets Darrelle Revis listed as probable to play against the titans. Suffered a concussion, sat out two games, two jet victories by the way. Revis is feeling better now. He was full go at practice. After the workout he expects to be on the field, jets 7 and 5 looking to close in on the playoffs against 3 and 9 tennessee. The giants waived defensive end demontre moore. After three years it wasnt working out. Big blue cuts its losses and move on. Giants head for miami monday night football. It still means plenty. Growing up it was always the game and you got excited when your parents finally let you stay up and watch it. Now to play on it, to be the only game on and to know what it means for this team and this organization in our playoff hunt. Yep, monday night football the giants at miami. You can catch it all right here on channel 7. Our coverage begins monday night at 8 00. On ice last night the rangers, at edmonton, the oilers in a fourgame winning streak. Now the ranger president helped they honored him. Mats zuccarello to tie one, Chris Kreider strike in the second but the oilers come back and win last night at home. Now to the devils they played at home last night against the red wings. Detroit on a 12 game point scoring streak went up. 20. Then the devils roared back. That made it 22. They go to overtime, less than 40 seconds to go. Finds kyle pal maire, 32 devils win a thriller in overtime over the wings. Knicks and nets had last night off. They get back to work today. We go to boston where the Golden State Warriors tried to push their record to 24 and 0. Stef curly 38 points helped push the game to overtime. The celtics, kelly olitic hit a 3 to push the game to double overtime. And Draymond Green did the damage there. They got to 24 and 0. Wow. Finally an exhibition game for nycfc at puerto rico, their first action since the regular season wrapped up. Game is tied 11. Got it in the 91st minute. Nycfc a winner in the friendly at puerto rico, final was 21. Whatever happens this weekend, laura behnkes got you covered. Im rob powers. Ill see you right back here on monday for the giants on monday night football. Its a deal. Much more ahead on Eyewitness News on this saturday morning including a look at todays top stories. Ho ho ho, santacon 2015 is here. Im marcus solis details coming up in a live report. Thank you marcus. Also ahead, new images have been released as Police Continue to look for a group of suspected Armed Robbers in central park. And if it doesnt feel like december, were breaking into the 60s today. Theres a reason meteorologist forecast when behave for uncle pete. Bye, see you guys later. [boys screaming] now Time Warner Cable makes your internet go faster. Up to 300 megs. Are you having fun . Yeah its ok. Its good. To cover all your devices. So when you need more from your internet, its there for you. Discover how much more is included. Get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call 1855want twc. Time warner cable. I only buy solid gold staples. Because, um, sometimes regular staples, they just dont capture the richness of what youre stapling. Like, um, like this illuminated page from medieval monks and this original sketch by leonardo da vincis. Eh, separate theyre fine. vo a new york man buys 80 gold staples to staple expensive things. See the gold staple, it just looks right. Probably worth more now. vo youd make a way better rich person. No way. Savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. A fresh cracked egg, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. Mcdonalds all Day Breakfast menu. Asbury park. A look down the shore, and you know what its kind of bordering on beach appropriate weather out there. It is mild enough that a walk ill go. You know you love the beach. Thats right. It is saturday morning, the calendar says december but it is not december out there. And i love it. Good morning everybody. Thanks for being with us on this mild, mild weekend here at the end of the year. Im Michelle Charlesworth. Saturday morning. Eye chart, its 56 degrees outside. Tv. Its small down there. Meteorologist amy freeze taking a look at what we can expect for this weekend. Happy weekend. Happy weekend to you. By the way they have the big screens like the 50inchers on sale right now, so if you want to get one. Shocking. Right there. If you want to get one maybe for the new year. Maybe i just need glasses. I dont know. What a spectacular start to the day. Lets not delay it anymore. Talking about record high temperatures today and tomorrow. Really easy to take, leave the coat at home, if youve got to do your shopping. A lot of people say it doesnt feel like the Holiday Season yet so theyve been delaying it. Were at 56 this morning and as you head out the door its another day you dont even need the coat. Were going to look at temperatures in the mid60s in the city. By a late this afternoon and the south facing shores that were in the 50s on the island want hampton bay at 53. Across the board 5 to 10 degrees warmer than we were at the same time yesterday. A jump, a head start if you will. Were looking at 60s for the next three days. All the way into monday, above average temperatures, and record warmth is likely for tomorrow. Well talk about those records and how we might possibly break forecast. Rain does return on monday. Until then we have just this very thin veil of clouds here on the accutrack and the satellite picture, not a lot to talk about as far as the skies go. Its a mix of sun and clouds. Its all about the temperatures and how quickly and how sharply the temperatures will rise through the afternoon. Who we break the records, well talk about that coming up in the accuweather sevenday in a few minutes. 64, thank you amy. Topping our news at this half hour, safety at santacon. New york city wants the thousands of santas to of course have a great time tonight, but without the controversy of past years. Solis joins us live from williamsburg where just a few hours all those santas will be enjoying their apple juice and sunny delight and sweet tea and gatorade and all kinds of things. Good morning marcus. Reporter good morning rob. In the words of the Police Commissioner you can be naughty but you better be nice. Organizers have changed things up for santacon 2015. It starts here at mccarron park. Theyll start gathering about 10 00, hundreds, maybe thus of people dressed up in those santa suits and theyll be hitting the bars around 11 00. For the first time organizers have publicized the route in advance, and theyve also gotten permits from the Parks Department to gather here and also at Madison Square park where this will end. There will be stops on the Lower East Side. Now police have said that this is an issue on their a drip on their resources. There have been issues with a civil rights lawyer says its all in good fun. You realize that, a, this is a First Amendment activity, and the government cant prohibit it, and second there is president obama and mayor de blasio has said that even though we have concerns, legitimate concerns about violence and terrorism, we cant succumb to not Going Forward with our traditions. So santacon 2015 will take place, one of those traditionings. It gets underway again around 10 00, goes until about 4 this afternoon, should be fun. Were live in williamsburg, marcus solis channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. We are seeing video this morning of the suspects wanted in a string of robberies in central park and other spots on the Upper East Side. Police want to talk to the five men you see in this Surveillance Video about three armed robberies on monday as well as a robbery thursday in the park. Police say they pushed these men pushed a 19yearold man, stole his cell phone. If you recognize them call police. Up to 10 million, 10 million worth of diamonds was stolen from an office in midtown. Jeweler john been bernbach filed a Police Report about the theft. He believes the jewels were stolen last month but just noticed that two boxes have gone missing. He says he left the safe in his 5th Avenue Office unlocked during Business Hours even though contractors were working there at the time. Were learning new details about a scary encounter that happened between a long island mother and a stranger, another woman who she says tried to take her baby. Police have released a description of the suspect. The woman says the suspect approached her, said give me the baby, and grabbed his arm. It happened in a bathroom at a kohls in valley stream. The mother pushed her away. Police say the suspect is around 5foot 5, has long blond hair. She was wearing a blue jacket, a driver is very very, very lucky to be alive after something came crashing into his windshield, but you wont believe how lucky he is until you see this. A metal loading ramp that likely came off a truck smashed right into the front windshield of a bmw on the interstate in san jose california. That driver amazingly escaping with just a scratch on his arm. More serious questions this morning about the safety of one of the most popular holiday gift items this year. This is what was left of a hoverboard after it caught fire inside a home in maryland. Its the most recent in a rash of fires that have happened across the country caused by the selfbalancing scooters including one earlier this week county. Officials say the size and strength of the gadgets lithium battery could be a cause of the sudden fires airlines as well saying dont bring them on board. America will have to wait out which woman will replace alexander on the 10 bill. Treasury secretary jacob lew had said the decision would be announced by end of this year. Now that decision will be delayed until sometime next year to give it time to carefully review and consider options for that currency. All right. 10 bucks. Coming up next on Eyewitness News on this saturday morning, a family is fighting to get their son home for the holidays. The mysterious condition that has one teenager stuck in europe. And heres an idea for you, lets put amy freeze on the 10 forecast today. It does not feel like december out there at all. Shell be back with the accuweather forecast. Before we go to break, heres a message from a member of the military who cannot be home for the holidays. How you didding my name is nicholas we cot Staff Sergeant in the u. S. Air force. Christmas and happy new year to what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple veggie dish ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. 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Very funny but i think that the mom and the son of walter, the father, i think they stole the show. Really . Yeah, im really interested. I want to look become through the program. Is it enjoyable for adults as well as the kiddies. Yes, i loved it. I loved it. So cute. It was funny and the movie of course is fantastic, but its very fun. Mmhmm. She likes it. Ive never seen elf the movie. I did my homework this week. You watched it. Two of the women doing elf the musical on stage at Madison Square garden theyre sisters. I saw that. One is a dancer and one is a very cute. For culture. Like im not into pop culture. I have elf the movie. Big raspberry. Its on my list. Its on my list. Please step it up. [ laughter ] jeez, some people have no my apologies. What can one say. My apologies. Looking forward to that tomorrow, and really we can take the time to talk about the other things in our life because we dont have to worry about the weather. Thats for sure. Temperatures near the records the next couple of days above average. This one a december to remember, i heard n. J. , n. J. Burkett had on his instagram december to remember. I was like i love that line. Ive got to use that one. Beautiful sunrise this morning, looking into Lower Manhattan, looks fantastic. Were at 56 degrees in central park with a southwest wind. What in the word, weve got fantastic weather and all the way through christmas week this pattern looks to persist, and whats happening is the storm track is basically taking any weather makers way north of us, and its also allowing these chilly shots through the great lakes, but meanwhile were getting the flow of warmth coming up from the south, so basically were protected from the jet streams storm track, and also the winds are being directed out of the south and the west, and with that kind of pattern we get beautiful weather out of here, at least comfortable easy to take weather. I dont know if the plow guys are agreeing with me now. Its pretty nice out there. Just a few clouds to start off this day. And we look into the boroughs and we can see its pretty nice. Just a thin veil of clouds. Those are also starting to give up or give way as we go throughout the morning. The sun starts to warm us right it will burn off those clouds that are lingering. There is patchy fog for toms river, northwest new jersey visibility at this time. Here is a look at the numbers. The last two days we have been in the 60s. Compare that to the blues, those are the temperatures one year ago same date. Above average near records coming and the two that have passed us, we compare those to one year ago every single day in middecember was at the average or below it. So what a difference it is to see year to year temperatures almost 20, 25 degrees warmer. Its unusual but its not unheard of, and thats why when were looking at the records, were barely getting into the record territory when were forecasting 64, 68 degrees because it has happened before, but its so unusual that some of these records are 80, 90 years old. The next front that comes in is on monday. A little bit. There will be rain moving in. Between 5 p. M. And 10 p. M. On monday a chance for about a half inch to an inch of rainfall. Heres how we break down the numbers. Sunrise at 7 11. Were at least 15 degrees above average in every spot. Some places 20 degrees warmer than our 30 year average shows. 54 is the overnight low, and tomorrow clouds and sun. Our record breaker is very likely. Sunset 4 28. Here are the records for both today, 68 degrees. That will be tough to beat, but were right in there. And then tomorrow the record is 64. Were forecasting high of 68 so we think that one goes down in the record books. Your accuweather sevenday forecast shows 60s right through monday when that rain moves in. Its cooler by wednesday, thursday and friday are still in the 50s. And today or actually tomorrow for football kickoff, 64 for 68 during the game for the high. What a day its going to be at metlife stadium. Terrific. I cant believe that. Nfl football, temperatures in the 60s on the east coast. Thats right. It looks like the pattern could shift bringing us back into the 40s ten days from now. Maybe the friday front thats coming in late friday that could be the transitional. It brings us toward average. Doesnt mean we stay stay there that long. At least a return to reasonable december weather. I think thats reasonable. Let me ask a scientific question. Can we credit this to the el nino thing this year. We can in some ways. When were in an el nino year in the east coast or generally the northeast typically has more mild temperatures. We cant be wetter but then we dont get as much snow. This is not to say winters off. It could still get cold and wet thank you el nino. There you go. My boy, el nino. Coming up on Eyewitness News on this saturday morning, the boy whose seriously ill and stuck in a hospital overseas, what his family is doing to bring him home. Lets take a look at todays channel 7 Community Calendar on this day, the 100th birthday of the legend Frank Sinatra. All the calendars dedicated to him. You have a pick,. Summer wind [ music ] step into the busy stepping stones at norwalk. In manhattan get the best selection on the 7th annual taste of christmas cookie walk. Join the guided tour in brooklyn to explore historic new york grand ferry and the stories of the surrounding come to hands on history Winter Wonderland and learn about 19th century seasonal festivities. On long island george lucas and the creation of star wars celebrates the release of the new film and looks at the inspiration of the biggest Science Fiction saga ever. In the bronx see one of the most spectacular astronomic events in the heavens. The geminids meteor shower produces 120 multicolored meteors per hour at its peak. For more information and to a family in new jersey is now fighting to bring home their sick son this Holiday Season. They were traveling in europe when the teenager became severely ill all of a sudden, and now as they struggle to get him home, they are trying to figure out what costs their Insurance Company will cover. Vito just wants one thing for christmas, to bring his sick son back home. Its a tragedy of epic proportions. I mean its just youre lost. You dont know what to do. Vitos wife and 13yearold son marco were visiting family in finland in september when severely ill with whats believed to be a motor neuron disease that has him confined to a hospital bed in a foreign country unable to talk or swallow and breathing from a ventilator, communicating only through text messages. On. Hes scared. For nearly three months now vito and her son have been home in montclair separated from family and wrestling with a bureaucratic maze of hospitals, Insurance Companies and most urgently airlines that have the necessary equipment to bring marco home. A specialized flight that could cost more than 200,000. We lost the window for a direct flight so now we have to go through were looking at different flights. We dont know exactly how its going to happen. A go fund me page has now raised more than 60,000 in just the last month, and vito has been overwhelmed by the communitys support. Still he knows his son will require extensive medical care, all at a staggering financial a lot of challenges we have ahead, but you know what, one moment at a time, you know, ill just be glad to have my family together once again. Vito found out today the Childrens Hospital in marco. The huge hurdle remains of getting his once vibrant holidays. Weve always been together at christmas, always and this is the first christmas that theres a possibility where we may not be. Heartbreaking story, and a ridiculous amount of money were talking about potentially, not just to get him home in that specialized flight but to take care of him once they get him home. If you want to donate go to gofundme. Com you can see the total, two days ago it was like 63,000. Already its creeping up slowly but just the flight could be just an astronomical amount of money. Encourage you to do so. Gofundme. Com. That father is heartbroken and is trying to get his son home, get him the care that he needs. Good luck to that family. Keep people like that in mind as we get into the holidays. And the number just to get him home is 200,000. And who knows how much its been up to this point in europe. Oh, my heavens,. Reminder have some gratitude. Its super cats saturday. Thats right. Good morning to the both of you and everybody out there. Thanks for spending your pics in. First up weve got zoe this Holiday Season it seems like the cats are smack pictures. What a cutie pie. Youve got your hat on. Youre ready to go. This the first christmas sounds like youll live up to your name on this go afternoon. What a cutie pie. These two luke and darth i think you can tell which ones tree sam. Lets go ahead and give you the information you need hashtag come seek the royal caribbean. Discover unexpected treasures, for the people who least expect it. It is now 7 57. Morning, an image makeover for the santacon pub crawl. Organizers are working it city agencies to keep the revelry safe. Marcus solis live in williamsburg with the latest. Reporter and rob and michelle in about two hours participants in their santa suits will be bearing here at mccarron park. Gets underway at about 11 00. Organizers have changed things up a little bit this year for santacon 2015. Participants will be going from here to the Lower East Side. Theyll end up at Madison Square park. This is the first year the route has been publicized in advance and also organizers have gone to the Parks Department and gotten permits to gather in the parks. In the past there have been problems with public intoxication t. Is a drain on Police Resources the nypd says but organizers say theyre hoping to make it a more controlled funfilled event this year. 10 00 here in williamsburg. Were live in williamsburg, marcus solis channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Under control or not theyll have great weather. Theyre going to be hot in the santa suits. I was just going to say, theyll all be overdressed. I know. Could present more problems. I digress. They can sweat it out. Lets hope not. Thats true. Just saying. Looking over the east river, 56 degrees right now, that temperature right there is way warmer than our average high. The accuweather sevenday forecast calling for 64 today. The record is 68. Tomorrow 68 is the forecast. 64 is the record. I think we beat it tomorrow. We stay in the 60s through monday. Then rain comes in. Were cooler on tuesday, below 60 but still pretty nice. Well have much more coming up in beautiful things. Love it. Thats going to do it for this