Into the christmas season. Can we pan over to city avenue. The roads are clear. Crews have done a wonderful job. Traffic is moving along fine on city avenue. With that said you want to take your time, every now and then you want to run into a slick spot maybe an icy patch or Something Like that. The big concern, most of the second dear roads are completely snow covered sidewalks and parking lots snow covered. Cold temperatures this morning, as well, we have some locations in the low to mid 20s and bitter windchills. There are several areas where the present windchill reading is in the single digits. You need to bundle up. Its 128 presently in millville 18 in millville. 23 in allentown. Philadelphia, 25. Trenton, 22. 16 for the poconos. You factor in the winds it feels like 2 above in the poconos. 18 in lancaster. 18 in millville. 14 in philadelphia. Feels like 16 degrees in trenton. Those winds will be picking up as the morning wears on, especially as we get into the afternoon hours. We could see gusts as high as 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour. The good news we should see a decent amount of sunshine mixed with clouds from time to time and that gusty breeze. Highs around 41. Thats a check of the forecast for now, well be back in a few minutes and talk about a moderating trend in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Stay ahead of any changes to the wintry forecast and check constantly updated maps from Storm Tracker 6 live throughout the weekend by visiting 6abc. Com weather or by downloading the free 6abc app. On capitol hill a vote is expected this tuesday on a newly revised tax plan. Republicans reveal their final plan last night. Concessions were made to get the lawmakers who were not on board of the only plan to vote yes. But its not a done deal. Heres the details. Reporter the final details of the tax bill are public. Plan slashes 35 corporate rate to 20 . It limits the new mortgage ducks ducks deduction to 750,000. President trump feels confident that the tax bill will be passed next week. It will be the biggest tax decrease or tax cut in the history of the country. Major holdouts are on board, but with only two votes to lose, the future is not a done deal. Marko rubio threatened to vote no unless there was an expansion of the child tax credit. Another no vote has come around, bob corker, the only republican senator to vote against the original bill. Late friday he doesnt think the bill is perfect, but thinks were better off with it. For their part, democrats argue that the process was rushed through in secrecy. This whole process has been a sham. The fact this is a historically unpopular give way to the multinational corporations at the and he expense of the mie class. Republicans will be keeping our eye on john mccain who is hospitalize the at Walter Reid Medical Center battling brain cancer and thad cochran who had a a melanoma removed, but they are expected back next week. A delaware state trooper was placed on administrative leave after a shooting in wilmington. The trooper tried to conduct a traffic stop an 30yearold man. The man drove away dragging the trooper with the vehicle. Thats when the trooper shot at the suspect, the suspect was killed. The trooper was treated for nonlife threatening injuries. Firefighters in Montgomery County battled a tough threealarm blaze last night. Chopper 6 hd over the scene on the 400 block of plymouth road in bluebell. It took three hours to bring the fire under control. When crews arrived they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the basement and first familiar. One firefighter suffered minor injuries from the blaze. The cause is under investigation. A community in Montgomery County has come together following a deadly fire that killed two boys earlier this week. 11yearold brian luken junior and parker 6yearold brother. As donations came in pouring in, three uncles of the two young victims watched with gratitude. Its unbelievable, words cant express what everybody has been doing. My kids were very close to theirs, so, l. J. And parker, sorry to see them go, but im hope that the community is hear for them. The officials have ruled the fireental they say was caused by a space heater on the porch. Police say a man is accused of assaulting two children in his care. This allegedly happened inside the family home in reading. At the time Authorities Say the girl was around the age of 7 or 8 the younger brother was 5 or 6 years old. The 23yearold reading man was arraigned and freed on 50,000 bail. A dog who was severely abused by his owner was nursed back to health and is ready for a new home. This is hayes a 4yearold pitbull mix. He was surrendered with a severely injured back lag, he had a number of broken bones. Hayes had to have his leg amputated, but has made a full recovery and available for adoption. A grand jury issued a report on the death of a Fraternity Pledge at penn state. The report found penn state officials found shocking apathy from excessive drinking and allowed criminal acts to occur. Penn state strong objected to the characterization saying it made objections to combat hazing. 26 Fraternity Brothers were charged in the death of tim piazza. It was a shocking report. A powerful earthquake strikes the island of indonesia killing two people and leaving buildings in shambles. Plus, she is the driving force behind philabundance. Well introduce you to the woman who is responsible for feeding so many in the area. Reporter its mighty cold out there, even for december standards. You can see the highs be thursday we topped out at 37. Are you ready for a warmup . Temperatures get into the 50s not once, but twice, ill have the details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast ahead. Were getting a look at the damage caused by a strong earthquake that hit indonesia friday. The 6. 2 magnitude quake was felt 190 Miles Per Hour in the capital of jakarta where people evacuated from their buildings to the ground floor. People are dusting off their cars after two inches of snow fell in the Delaware Valley after yesterdays evening commute. The snow made roads a mess and created traffic nightmares. Some drivers say it took hours to get home. The action cam spotted a driver that lost control and landed upside in the citys win wynnfield section of the city. A bus with children on board got stuck in the ice. Chris sowers said despite having three snowfalls, this is the best week of his life. Reporter the week i got married that was a good week, but to have three snows in one week thats a good week. Lets get you outside, we have snow on the beach in cape may. They picked up one to two inches of the white stuff yesterday. Temperatures are above freezing there, it will probably start melting shortly. Everybody is climbing into the 40s or at least close to 40 this afternoon. Some of the icy patches will start to melt. 41 degrees is the forecasted high. With a chilly breeze it will feel like the upper 20s, low 0s. Sunday 40 degrees in philadelphia. Increasing clouds we should hold off most of the moisture until night. Even though we are not talking about a lot, were talking about shower activity. Wet weather is on the way tomorrow night. Final snowfall totals. Brick township, 3. 6. Florence, 3. Voorhees, 3. Bristol 3 inches. Broomall 3 inches. Most locations saw between 2 and 3 inches. It was pretty much predicted the general one to three. 25 degrees in philadelphia. A dewpoint of 19. Winds out of the southwest at 11 Miles Per Hour. That 25 feels like the teens. Pressure 30. 09 inches it is rising and were not having any visibility issues, the visibility ten miles. 20s across the board, the exceptions being millville, 18. Poconos 16. When you factor in the winds all of a sudden it feels like the teens everywhere. 14 with the wind in philadelphia. Feels like 15 in wilmington and dover. 18 in millville. 2 degrees up in the poconos. If youre heading north northbound along the northeast extension getting into the mountains. Youre doing skiing today you need to bundle up in layers, it will be cold with highs in the mid to upper 20s, snow showers around heres the moisture there, that will sneak into the poconos this afternoon. It should stay north of interstate 80. Maybe the northern portions of the Lehigh Valley pick up a quickhitting snow shower this afternoon. Everybody else will see a combination of sun and clouds today. For a change well see the southern highs take over the overall weather pattern. We had a series of arctic highs attack the region. This high will take over and swing a warm front through the area sunday evening. From that point on well see temperatures 40s and 50s for highs as opposed for upper 20s and upper 30s for these highs, these areas of high pressure. The pattern will change and it will get warmer in the week ahead. Future tracker 6, well see a combination of sun and clouds today, dry, before but chilly wa breeze. Tomorrow we see limited sun, clouds build in advance of the warm front. We should have a passing shower or two, it should not be a big deal. In the poconos and the Lehigh Valley there could icy pamples. Patches, everybody else okay. Were in the 20s, overnight tonight, 23 in allentown, 29 in philadelphia. Cape may, 31. Degrees. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, this will make nydia and christy happy. Were in the 40s on monday, 52 on friday, rain around. Reach years 6abc partner in helping the food drive to help the people new need. We have the woman who founded philabundance. Reporter pamela was a self professed foody. It was 1984 and she saw people going hushingy in philadelphia. It was like wait a minute theres a critical problem, this is the problem that can be solved. All that was needed was a middleman to connect the food going to waist waste to agencies to feed the hunger. She decided to quit her job and create the missing piece of the puzzle. I had three emergency food pantries and three shelters. Reporter philabundance is largest hungry Relief Agency in the region distributing 24 Million Pounds of food to the hungry and homeless and working poor. We serve 90,000 people a week thats whats most gratifying to me. Reporter philabundance feeds the hungry trains them for careers in the food industry. Theres free programs called the Philabundance Community Kitchen or pck. Its a Successful Program that launcheses individuals on a path to selfsufficiency. Reporter they are undergoing a huge expansion project with pam leading the effort. Pam has been an inspiration to so many of us, she is the heart of all the work that philabundance does. Reporter what it does is help those in need until they can help themselves. I just plan on being successful and progressing forward in my life. Reporter ali gorman channel 6 action news. Heres a look at whats happening in and around the delaware and Lehigh Valleys this weekend. Celebrate the soab at the season at the Chestnut Hill holiday party. The phillie phanatic and santa will be there. There will be an outdoor bond fire and treats for the little ones, it gets started at 9 00 a. M. Today. You can knock off shopping at the Holiday Market in mount airy. Check it out today and tomorrow from noon to 6 on the 6600 block of germantown avenue. You can get into the holiday spirit with the prescreening of the yuletide favorite tonights feature a Charlie Brown christmas, tomorrow night, this christmas. The film begins he the lodge inside the lodge at the river rink on columbus boulevard. Today were out here to test peoples knowledge about type 2 diabetes. So you have type 2 diabetes . Yes i do. True or false. Type 2 diabetes more than doubles your chance of dying from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or a stroke. That cant be true, can it . Actually, it is true. And with Heart Disease, your risk is even higher. In fact, cardiovascular disease is the 1 cause of death for adults with type 2 diabetes and Heart Disease. But there is good news. Jardiance is the only type 2 diabetes pill with a lifesaving cardiovascular benefit. Jardiance is proven to both significantly reduce the chance of dying from a cardiovascular event in adults who have type 2 diabetes and Heart Disease and lower your a1c. Thats good to know. Jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration. This may cause you to feel dizzy, faint, or lightheaded, or weak upon standing. Ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, tiredness, and trouble breathing. Stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of ketoacidosis or an allergic reaction. Symptoms of an allergic reaction include rash, swelling, and difficulty breathing or swallowing. Do not take jardiance if you are on dialysis or have severe kidney problems. Other side effects are sudden kidney problems, genital yeast infections, increased bad cholesterol, and urinary tract infections, which may be serious. Taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you have any medical conditions. Isnt it time to talk to your doctor about jardiance . Absolutely. Ask your doctor about jardiance. And get to the heart of what matters. Delicious recipes made holidwith nutella the holidays never tasted this good. Discover holiday recipes at nutella. Com. The 2 00 a. M. , saturday morning, the pattern has changed. If you remember the month of december opened up pretty mild the first seven or 8 days we were five or six degrees above seasonal averages. This happened, monday, 42. Tuesday, 46. And the reinforcing cold shot came in wednesdays high, 31. Thursday, we hit 37 for the 20 minutes or so, and then the temperatures dropped down. Friday that was yesterday, 29 degrees with all that snow. And now were seeing icy cold temperatures in the 20s, with windchills in the teens. Forecast for today, 44 degrees down at the jersey shore partly sunny i say sunny skies. It will feel like the upper 20s throughout the day. It will feel not feel like 21. Poconos, windchills in the teens, a couple of snow showers. Turning to sports, was oh, so close for the sixers as they face the Oklahoma City thunder. Plus, nick foles plans to take over for carson wentz in tomorrows game against the giants. Reporter what a game last night for the sixers, i thought it wouldnt end until this morning. They wouldnt take their first lead of the game against the thunder until the overtime. Brett brown found the quickest way to get to the game in the snow, look at him, a five mile jog. Sixers fell behind during the game, but impede ignited a embiid ignited a comeback. Sixers finished on an 11 01 to force overtime. They go to double ot tied at 102. Sixers down to one last shot it was not a good shot. Sixers fell 119117 in triple ot. Career high 49 minutes for joel embiid. We had a good 4th quarter come back, we believe in ourselves, we did it against minnesota. That come back was great, but weve got to finish. The eagles play the giants for the right for a first round by tomorrow one week from christmas eve. Double do you believe in saint nick . Nick foles starts the game tomorrow against the giants. The guys have responded well, he jumped in arena commanded the huddle and commanded the huddle. Again, he is a veteran player. Hes played with the guys before, obviously. I dont think this team is made of one person. This is a team, nick going to step in and do a really good job, nobody want to see anybody in this league get hurt. Our quarterback hurt its a lot, but lets not forget nick is a really good player, too. The phillies put a spring in our steps making major moves, phils signed Carlos Santana to a three year 60 milliondollar. He had 14 homers and 17rbis. Reese hopkins will be moved to the outfield. Its crowded out there. Phils traded away their longest tenured players freddie galvis. He is able to become a free agent and now this allows the phils top prospect crawford to take overat short stop. Lets not forget spring when its freezing out there. Thats sports, im jamie apody. Have a great day. Reaching for the stars, the show began on wednesday in trenton. There are 8 performances there, it comes to the Wells Fargo Center on december 23. One of the performers stopped by action news yesterday and said the show was about wowing the audience and making them smile. Thats my favorite part getting to see their expressions and how excited they are getting to bring characters to them on ice. Thats nice. Reporter our Matt Odonnell met up with hope to have a little fun with the disney on ice shot pops. Hope showed matt how the lights are used. Look at matt, looking good. I would love to have one of those sticks. Multitalented guy. Well have more action news coming up. Well be right back. An outpouring of support, how a local commute has come together to help a family following a devastating fire. Also around the clock work for snow shovelers after our latest winter storm. Temperatures drop overnight leaving our roads like ice rinks. Looking live at the beautiful sunrise in cape may. Outside we go again to accuweather forecast with chris sowers. Good morning, chris. Reporter its cold and its blustery. Windchill values in the teens. You need to bundle up in layers. With the snowfall that fell yesterday we have slick spots out there. This shot was sent in by collette in cape may. You can see the jetty with the snow covering the jetty, a beautiful shot, i have tons of these pictures, i will get them on the air in the next few minutes or so. Heres the snowfall totals in pennsylvania, levittown, 3 preponderate 3. 2. Bensalem, two inches. Berlin, new jersey, 3. 6. Columbus 3. 5. 3 1 2 for toms river. Williams town, 2 1 2. Monroeville 2 1 2. Brandywine, 3 inches. Newark, 2. 4. Claymont 1. 9 and smyrna, 1. 3. Windchill values teens area wide the exception being cape may they have a windchill of 29. Reading, 22. Everybody else in the teens, poconos looks like 2 degrees that is your feels like temperature up there. Heres a look at the satellite and radar, right around 7 00 when the loop begins thats when everything was beginning to wind down. The storm was exiting off the coast, we are seeing the skies clear out a little bit. Were seeing clear skies over city avenue. More clouds roll in later this afternoon in advance of a small system approaching from the west. All that precipitation passing on by to the north. Clouds and sun, breezy and cold, 21 is the high, windchills in the low 30s. Ill be back in a few minutes and talk about the warmer numbers in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Thanks chris. Breaking news out of Montgomery County, firefighters have gotten control of a fire that damaged a home in Upper Providence township. When firefighters arrived before 5 00 a. M. Flames were shooting from the second floor of the home. Additional Fire Departments were called into help. Fortunately everybody made it out of the house safely. No word on how the blaze started. Parts of the Delaware Valley continue to clean up this morning after the latest round of snowfall. The action cam was at snyder plaza overnight as the parking lot was cleared of snow. Workers were busy at jackson and swanson shoveling snow from the sidewalk. The evening commute was extra chaotic yesterday, not only was snow falling, but traffic lights went dark. The electrical problems cause gridlock on the Benjamin Franklin parkway. Lights were knocked out at 16th, 15th and arch treat street and 17th and jfk and all of logan circle. We talked to many for for traveo gave up and started walking. I was going to catch the bus, but it never came. One driver lost control and landed on ford road in wynnfield heights. The school bus was stuck in the ice at 52 and lebanon streets in wynnfield. You can keep up with any changes to the forecast that includes real time views from Storm Tracker 6 live, the 6abc app is a Free Download your for your mobile device. Residents of a senior residents were forced out at dunn woody village west chester pike in newtown square. Residents were moved to another building, no injuries were reported. There has been an overwhelming show of support for a Montgomery County family after two Young Brothers were killed in a fire earlier this week. Last night alone, more than ten thousand dollars was collected for the family. Trish hartman has the story. Reporter as the donations poured in at the schwenksville firehouse for the consecutive second night, three uncles of the two little boys who lost their lives wednesday watch with gratitude. Words cant express what everybody has been doing for us. Reporter the brothers of tracy lukens who lost her two sons in a devastating fire at the family home this week. You have no idea how much they appreciated. Its not going unnoticed. Reporter the fire started early wednesday morning, the officials ruled it accidental caused by the electrical failure of a cord plugged into a space heater on the porch. Brian and stacy and their daughter escaped, but their 11yearold and l. J. And 6yearold parker did not make it out. Another uncle came up from his home in North Carolina as soon as he got the call. My kids were very close to theres, l. J. And parker, were sorry to see them go, but im happy that the community is here for them. Music played and donations were sorted and crisis clownsers were on counselors were on hand after spending the day with classmates and teachers. We allow kids to process that in their own terms and their own timing. Reporter donations are being accepted at the td banks made checks out to to the Lukens Family fund. A go fund me page has raise 296,000 from 5,000 donors. Police are trying to identify a person of interest in their identification of placing the racist posters around temple university. Surveillance carpets captured the images of the person who may be responsible for hanging the flyers outside three buildings at 13th and montgomery. Police in Atlantic County arrested two people and continue to search for a third person for allegedly stealing toys from a toys for tots donation bin they were arrested by Galloway Township police. All of the toys that were worth 300 were recovered. 29yearold kenneth gray of planetville has not been located. You may be getting a break from Philadelphia City council if you have an old parking ticket. A bill was passed to forgive tickets issued before 2013. There is a catch. Scoff laws need you to pay off all the recent violations dating back to 2013. If you have not had any in the past four years, theres a 50dollar fee for the amnesty program. Mayor kenny needs to sign off on the bill. A judge has told people along the shore not to worry about the state taking over their business. The state is using Eminent Domain to acquire land for protected sand dune project along the 127mile coast. Private owners fear that the state will cease their business as part of the storm protection project. The stuj rejected the judge rejected claims saying the state has not made any moves to take over the businesses. Garden state residents may be paying more on their energy bills to help bail out two Nuclear Plants that could shut down in two years due to financial problems that could cost the state 1600 jobs and half of its electricity production. Lawmakers introduced a plan yesterday that could cost customers an extra 41 a year if approved. tis the season for holiday treats. How you keep from piling on the pounds, these 100calorie goodies may be the answer. A popular california beach is closed after an unusual attack by an animal. Meteorologist chris sowers will return with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, weve got 50 this week, well be right back. A popular swimming spot in San Francisco is closed after two separate sea lion attacks in less than 24 hours. A sea lion bit a man in the water another was injured thursday after a sea lion bitle on the arm. Officials think the same sea lion may have attacked both machine. A man and his dog are safe after firefighters pulled them from freezing waters in northern illinois. The dog named chewy fell through the ice, but the owner tried to get him with a kayak be but he dump into the water. A man in a water suit helped the man get in his could i i cant care and pulled the dog to safety. Do not attempted to ice hockey or anything like that, because that could be the end result. Lets get you outside and show you whats going on, were up in Spring Mountain they are making snow at a rapid pace as temperatures are down in the teens and 20s, they will continue to make the snow over the next several days. We have a warmup in store, i think the night lows should drop below freezing especially up there in Spring Mountain that will continue to allow them to make the snow throughout the next several days. 41 degrees is the anticipated high which is warmer than 29 yesterday. Still below the seasonal average of 44. 21 is where we started out this morning. The main roads are fine, traffic is moving along at a good pace here. The secondary roads are a mess, especially in Housing Developments or things like that, they are all snow covered. Sidewalks are covered, parking lots are covered. Reduce the traveling speeds and allow yourself extra space from you and the car in front of you, if you have to jam on the brakes you dont run into to them. 21 in slatington and warminster. New hold holland, 16. Media, 22. Glassboro, pitman, sewell, 24. Vineland, 29. Hammonton, 22. Cape may on the point they are getting above freezing, 34. Smyrna, 26 degrees. The wind speeds are starting to pick up, this is still manageable, later this afternoon well see gusts as high as 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Even though forecasted high temperatures are in the low 40s with a wind that strong it will feel like the upper 20s, low 30s throughout the day. Heres a look at the satellite and radar, cloud cover approaching from the west another small disturbance will swing on by from the north. It will drop on down close enough to brush the poconos, to get a snow shower out of that. Everybody else, sun an clouds. Thats about it. First part of the afternoon, upper 20s, low 30s. Even though the high temperatures are in the 40s, it will not feel close to that. Windchills values 25 in in allentown and freezing mark in philadelphia. Were still dealing with the cold air right now. It seems chilly this weekend, low 40s is what were protecting below the seasonal average of 44. Stays chilly today and tomorrow. All the cold retreats back north up into canada. All the snow melts. We get a mini bureau bermuda high takes over pumping up into southern new england. Upper 50s. Today, 40 degrees, overnight tonight, its cold, but not as cold, partly cloudy, 23 degrees outlying suburbs. 29 for center city. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, sun and clouds, breezy a little bit blustery, 41. Increasing clouds sunday, 40 degrees. Maybe a rain shower at night. Theres the first 50 on tuesday, the second one friday. It looks like it will turn colder for christmas day. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. A brand new fyi philly is coming up on 6abc. Heres Alicia Vitarelli and karen rogers with a preview of the holiday special. Reporter hey, everybody, fyi philly is back, and ready for holiday fun. Weve got a checklist its stuffed like a stocking on christmas morning. Were spreading Holiday Cheer with festive fun far and need. From cheerful light shows to traditional family favorites. That looks good. Reporter we take you on a holy jolly holly jolly journey hope you join us. Welcome back this saturday morning, 7 48 a. M. , this is a live look from our sky6 live hd the rothman ice rink at city hall, dilworth plaza. Healthcheck if a mom drinks sugary drinks during her pregnancy, a child is likely to develop asthma. A mother who drinks two sweetens beverages a day, is more likely to have kids diagnosed with asthma 7 to 9 years old. Fructose cruised used to sweeten the beverages may promote inflammation in the body. A decorated Christmas Tree is the highlight of many homes of the holiday. Broken glass ornaments send thousands of kids to the emergency room each i wouldnter. Ornament hooks can cause injuries. Doctors recommend hanging fragile ornament out of reach of young children. It is the holidays and that means foods and sweet treats are everywhere, its okay to indulge a bit, but if youre watching your waistline it is best to watch your portions. Health reporter and registered nurse imor gore ali gorman has the run down. Reporter take stock of the cookies you eat. These cookies have 100 calories. Butter cookies are a classic and it wouldnt be the holidays without a danish delight continue for 100 calories you can eat 2 and a third. Candy cane flavors, layers chocolate and pepper meant 1 1 2 cookies come to 100 calories. How about pepper meant cookies stack up, 1. 4 to make 100 calories. They are all shaped like circles why settle for circles when you can have stars, dark chocolate stars short bread have a certain sparkle and less than three make 100 calories. Ali gorman channel 6 action news. An iowa man is driving home the gift of life. He has donated blood in all 50 states. He donated his platelets across america drive ten years ago. He is rolling up his sleeshes for sleeves for a second round. He donated in 1955. Although he donates in all states and doesnt do any sightseeing except one state he promises to bring his wife to see mount rushmoore in south dakota. We live you with a picture of wilmington, delaware, well be right back. Beyond is a Natural Pet Food that goes beyond assuming ingredients are safe. To knowing they are. Going beyond expectations. Because our pets deserve it. Beyond. Natural pet food. A Sheriff Department in nevada found a way to pay for special equipment their k9 partners need. They created a calendar, the money raised will pay for the k9s protective gear. Lets get a check of weather with meteorologist chris sowers. Reporter i made a promise to the weather team i would stop my snow dance because its working this year. My dog murphy had never seen snow before until weekend. See his front paw, okay, daddy, ive had enough. Like an hour later we got him used to it and he wouldnt come in. Sun and clouds, breezy, today, 41 degrees, thats deceiving with the wind it will never feel better than the low to mid 30s. 40 tomorrow, 47 monday. 56 tuesday, 45 wednesday, theres another 50 on friday, looks like 52 with a little bit of rain. It will feel like spring. Were just a few minutes away from saying good morning to good morning america. Heres dan harris with a preview. Reporter its a race against the clock, republican lawmakers scrambling to pass the tax bill what it means for your family. Womens rights lawyer lisa bloom under fire for an explosive report for trying to procure money for trum Donald Trumps behavior. Prince harry and Meghan Merkel set their date. Its a busy time for the royal couple. A fire bug launches an explosive right in the middle of a busy grocery store. The search is on to find the person who did it. One cats incredible journey, a feline travels thousands of miles away as a stow away on a soda truck. Now for gray hall, chris sowers, christie ileto, and the entire action news team, im nydia han. Well see you back here at 9 00 a. M. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Good morning, america. This morning, the arctic blast. Snow piling up in the midwest, drivers dealing with whiteout conditions. Up to a foot and a half of snow predicted with bonechilling temperatures. Where the deep freeze is heading next. Trying to pass. Holdout senators coming around to that new tax bill. The biggest overhaul in a generation. I know everyones lives will be better off under tax reform. Whats in it . Whats not . And will it put more dollars in your pocket . New charges. The soccer coach who vanished with a teenaged girl. The center of a days long manhunt. Hes now facing a judge. Sir, did you understand what it was that i told you