Home, the teams uniform will look a little bit different because of the nfls color rush promotion. Youre seeing the eagles all black uniforms, they have worn them four times. And the giants will be wearing all white uniforms, theyre a throw back from the uniforms they wore back in the 80s and 90s. And theyll be wearing the giants logo. Outside, however, tim furlong joins us out there, he is in the middle of it. In the midst of the birds nest. What do you think, tim . How is the energy out there . Reporter yeah, people have been here for seven hours or so, so a lot of energy here. The eagles fans arent in the playoffs, but we want to make sure the giants arent either. Everybody wants us to not treat this as a throw away game. Relatively meaningless game, the eagles fans are bringing the energy. The parking lots are full, the grills are hot. The crowds are swarming to the nbc sunday night football truck which of course is here on a thursday. It is a thursday night, we have a long tailgate and its a beautiful day. Reporter this game does mean something for eli manning and his giants. Its like the 20102011 giants. Lots of new yorkers in north jersey. Reporter when the panthers were out of the playoffs you became a giants fan . Its over here. T reporter the eagles lineman was suspended for violating the informals substance rules. Its a bad situation, but im going to cheer him, you have to cheer him, hes an eagle. Reporter the eagles really need to protect carson better this year, they really needed lane johnson, either way its a great night for football. I dont think these fans care about anything but the party before the game. Hopefully its going to be a nice, competitive game and hopefully it will be an eagles win and more progress for carson wentz. Tim furlong for us out in the parking lot. Doesnt seem like they feel the cold thats settled over lincoln financial field right now. Were going to take a moment real quick, glenn hurricane schwartz admonished me for my lack of a coat. I just wanted to show my true colors. With the black coat and the black end zone, you totally disappear. I cant even see you. Good point. Maybe that will help the eagles receivers in the end zone, the other guys wont be able to see them. The wind is going to be a factor during the game. Right now we have sustained winds at 20 miles an hour in philly. And its going to be pretty close to that as we go through the night. So not only will it affect the windchill, but it also affects perhaps the kicking and the passing games. The temperature going down through the 30s, which is still not bad, this time of the nights, at this time of the year, it could be so much worse. The wind, 10 to 20 miles an hour, making it feel a little bit colder than that, but there is zero chance of any kind of precipitation. A different story on that for the Holiday Weekend. Ill get into that in a few minutes but keith, pretty good timing for decent weather tonight. I think so and you know what, both these teams are used to cold weather from new york and philadelphia. The energy, the atmosphere at lincoln financial field will also overcome all that, the eagles by the way no stranger to thursday night football. However last time we saw them, last thanksgiving, they played the lions they got blown out 4515. To eagles fans, i hope things go a little bit better this time. Coverage begins at 7 00 p. M. On nbc10. Then eaglesgiants, kick off at 8 25, followed by eagles game day final. A rivalry that stretches i95, from north jersey, East Rutherford all the way down here to south philadelphia. Send it back to you, jim, jackie . You have us all hooyped, kei. We are ready for a showdown tonight. N new video of a sneaky thief whos preying on Office Buildings in new jersey. Police believe he struck in six counties in the garden state, atlanta, camden, burlington, gloucester and union. Nbc10 jersey shore reporter Ted Greenberg shows us the thief uses the stolen cards to cash in at the apple store an other retailers. You feel violated, your office and workplace are supposed to be safe places. Reporter but thats exactly where dr. Monicas wallet was stolen. I hope hes caught. Reporter investigators say the theft of her egg harbour Township Office in october was committed by the same man whos commit committed robberies in the last two months. Authorities say the thief goes into offices belonging to doctors, lawyers and other pr professionals, stealthily steals wallets from desks, and racks all thousands of dollars of illegal purchases. Police have also noticed a pattern. Most of the crime are being committed on tuesdays and wednesdays. Theres a lot of victims out there, its christmas time and this guy obviously has no care in the world for these people. Reporter investigators say the thief usually buys high end i electronics, with the stolen credit cards, mainly Apple Computers and ipads. Egg harbour Township Police are leading the investigation. They believe the hat wearing thief is in his 20s or early 30s, he drives a blue pontiac gran prix possibly with a bogus pennsylvania license plate. Police are hoping someone will tell them who this man is. It would be a christmas if we could arrest this guy. A local teenager missing since the summer has been found dead. Now the 14yearolds mother is under arrest. Grace parkers mother reported the teen aager missing to abbington Township Police on jew july 11. Sarah, graces mother has been charged with neglect in the case. Police say she gave them Bad Information about graces disappearance. Now investigators are asking for more information about what happened to grace and how she died. Were asking for all of our perspective regions, for our citizens to provide us with any information that could help us solve graces murder. We want to bring these people to justice. Police are asking anyone who saw grace and her mother anywhere in june or july or had any interactions with them to call them. Today we learned two u. S. Citizens were hurt in the attack on the Christmas Market in berlin. Large concrete blocks have been placed at the entrances. Investigators say they found this mans prints in the cab of the truck. President elect trump is tweeting about Americas Nuclear arsenal. Mr. Trump tweeted the United States mustily strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until the world comes to its senses regarding nukes, trump says she will modern size the Nations Nuclear arsenal so that it will remain an effective deter rent. Kellyanne conway is going from Campaign Manager to counselor to the president. The 49yearold mother of four went to high school in hamilton. For complete coverage of the transition to trump, stay tuned for nightly news with lester holt ahead at 6 30. The holiday countdown is on. Just two days to go before christmas weekend and the start of hanukkah and theres a mad rush to get ready. Reporter time is running out to get to your local bakeries and delis. The crowd will only get worse tomorrow. Plus a philly twist on the holidays plus a windy night on tap and rain is also going to be moving into part of our area, a look at when its going to start and a look at your Holiday Plans next in my exclusive first alert forecast. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Were following breaking muse out of trial, police have arrested seven suspects that planned and made the arrests during raids last night and this morning. Again breaking news out of australia, police arresting seven suspects planning a major bombing on melbourne. Thousands of kids are going home with gift s for the holidays. All these btoys were given to children whose parents just couldnt afford kbigifts this y. Randy, the last time we saw you, you were in that bakery, you had us salivating. Reporter the clock is ticking to get your hands on the supplies for your christmas dinner or maybe your christmas dessert. Were at the Farmers Pride deli in roxborough, and they have the clock ticking, two days, four hours and 20 minutes to get your supplies for christmas and hanukkah. This roxborough deli offers up trays of holiday hoagies to serve at the dinner table. With deep italian heritage, the store also sells italian christmas traditions like fresh bacula. We have a lot of italian traditional desserts and all kinds of happy, cheery people. Reporter and skipping ahead, charmini brothers in south philly has been helping people celebrate for 30 years. Pastry chefs here have spent months prepping mainstays at christmas dinners across philly. The tradition and the family and the love that these customers feel when they come in here. And thats what the holidays are all about. Reporter and for some tradition holiday meat, jimes deli is working overtime, because christmas weekend coincides with hanukkah. Instead of having two weeks where we have separate pushes, we get everything all at once, so we have been putting in the extra hours getting everything done and hoping we make everybodys holiday as good as we can. Reporter most of the store owners i have been talking to will likely be tomorrow after people get off work and those last minute shoppers on Christmas Eve. A live look inside lincoln financial field, the scene of thursday nights showdown. Fans will be bundling up to watch the birds battle the giants a game you can only see on nbc10. Its going to be chilly out there. But not as cold as it could be. We have had worse many, many times, late december, especially on a night game. And we have got dry conditions, you can see the flag blowing pretty hard, it is windy out there and it is going to stay windy throughout the night. Its 44 degrees in philadelphia, 39 in coatesville, 41 degrees in allentown, so the temperature is going down. But it went up today. It was only 34 for the high tuesday, 45 yesterday, 53 today and were going to be above that average of 43 for several days to come, all the way through the Holiday Weekend and beyond. It feelslike 37 right now in philadelphia. It doesnt feel like its in the 20s anywhere, despite all that wind. So again, not too booad for thi time of the year. We do have some clouds coming in from the northwest. Down from the rockies over the plains and that is going to be moving our way affecting us as we head into Christmas Eve. Theres friday, a really nice day, not as windy as today either. Friday night, still pretty quiet, saturday morning, different story. 7 00, 8 00 in the morning, look at that. Were saturated with rain, everybodys got rain saturday morning. And then even the midday hours, lets sigh from philly toward the shore. Still raining, but drying out. North and west, and then everybody dries out by later in the afternoon, heres 3 00 and this computer model has the rain already offshore and then we clear out for Christmas Eve and christmas day. And conditions are pretty good for both of those times, as you can see, Christmas Eve, 45 degrees at 6 00. Its dry everywhere. And then it will be getting a little bit cooler but not too cold for this time of the year. Same story for christmas morning. In the 30s. By 10 00 a. M. , were in the 40s, and then we get to near 50 degrees, but its not going to be like that for new years eve. It looks like were going to have a cold blast coming next friday, set us up for a cold and dry new years eve, with temperatures in the upper 20s. Im john clark, live at the link, it is freezing here, it is windy, coming up, well show you lane johnson arriving for his first game since his suspension. Stay tuned. Breaking a fivegame losing streak, the giants can actually clinch a playoff spot, the birds, no playoffs for them, and the eagles have beaten the giants last year at the link, 547. Lane johnson, back from suspension, remember, the first four games, the birds are 3 and 1. The last ten games without him, they are 8 and 2. The birds are coming off a real short week so their bodies have to recover quickly tonight. I love it. Were about to get this sour taste out of our mouth, and we got another opportunity, you get the weekend, enjoy your family for christmas. Reporter just four days ago, the eagles lost another close one in baltimore, so this year they are 0 and 6 in games decided by six points or les. But they did score in their final drive in baltimore, they want to finish this season, these last two games on a high note. All these games, you come up time and time again. That sucks, it is tough and there are things keep saying we got to learn from, but at the end of the day, we have to find a way to win these games. Obviously were learning, and were gaining that experience, but its still frustrating. The game of course is right here on nbc10 around 8 30, stay with us all throughout the night, 7 00 we start with a live eagles game day kickoff, and then after the game, well have live locker room reaction, doug pederson, Malcolm Jenkins and hopefully a birds win. The birds havent been swept by the giants in nine years, they dont want to start now. Big night tonight right here inside lincoln final, a kickoff for the giants at 8 25. The eagles game day and after the game, watch eagles game day final followed by nbc10 news. Sometime well after 11 00. Keep it here. Im feeling good about tonight, i really am. Well do better against the giants than a lot of others. I agree with you. And the weather is going to be pretty decent for this time of the year, this time of the night, we have night games and were going to temperatures drop into the 30s with some wind, 10 to 20 miles an hour. And that could have an impact on the game. We do have mild weather through the Holiday Weekend here, we have a rainy day on saturday, especially the morning, midday hours, then by the end of next week, new years weekend, we get another shot of some really cold air, but in the meantime, these temperatures are at least 10 degrees above average by the time we get to monday and tuesday. So you get those cold temperatures again, its going to feel it. Thanks for watching here at 6 00, im jim rosenfield. Tonight, new arms race. 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