Works and when you could be seeing a difference in your paycheck. Liftoff. And sky show. The dazzling display overnight. For a second we thought it was santa claus. The rocket launch thats creating confusion and excitement. What this mission is all about. All right. Good morning. Happy day before the day before christmas. Paula is off but were very lucky to have ace Congressional Correspondent mary bruce filling in. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Watch out for that one. Ive heard about you. Ive been warned. Thank you for having me and on such a busy day in politics and in the runup to christmas. Yes, so were dealing with two big preholiday storms. Look at the radar from the eastern half of the country. One of the storms hitting right now, the other, theres the radar, will swoop in on Christmas Eve. Rob will have more on those storms coming up but start with a pair of preholiday terrorrelated stories. One of them just breaking overnight involving a series of shootings targeting Police Officers in and around harrisburg, pennsylvania. Police say the suspect who is now dead had recently traveled to the middle east. Yeah, police are investigating whether this was an act of terror. Meanwhile, police in San Francisco are looking into a foiled Christmas Day attack on a popular tourist spot there. Gloria riviera is covering it all from our washington bureau. Gloria, good morning. Reporter good morning, mary. Thats right. Authorities in harrisburg, pennsylvania, are asking for tips, any information on the man who they say opened fire in three different locations near the state capital. In San Francisco, Authorities Say they thwarted plans of a man planning his own attack for Christmas Day. He was not afraid to fire at different Law Enforcement officers. Reporter this morning officials are investigating if a string of shootings targeting Law Enforcement friday in harrisburg was an act of terror. We believe only one individual was responsible for their shootings. Reporter Police Say Officers shot and killed 51yearold Ahmed Aminamin El mofty after he fired on them riddling a police car with bullets in one location and shooting a state trooper in another. Officials say the suspect has ties to the middle east and recently traveled there. This as authorities arrested a suspected isis sympathizer in california. Everitt aaron jameson, a former marine who was trained as a sharpshooter was planning a Christmas Day attack, they say. His target, one of San Franciscos most popular spots fishermans wharf. Jameson is accused of being an isis sympathizer who expressed support for the new york vehicle attack on halloween that left eight people dead. His father in shock. Thats not how he was raised. Reporter in october, two fbi undercover agents formed an ongoing relationship with jameson after noticing support for isis on his facebook account liking images promoting violence against americans. This kind of tip could have came from anybody in the public and thats what the fbi and Law Enforcement wants in dealing with potential terrorists committing attacks in the u. S. Reporter the fbi then forced to act quickly searching jamesons home in modesto, california. They say they found firearms and a handwritten martyrdom note. The reason the fbi had to move in so fast, one offed agents mistakenly called him from an identifiable d. C. Number. Jameson then told the other agent he had reconsidered going through with his attack. Dan, mary. Gloria, thank you. Now were going to turn to the preholiday rush which is being complicated by weather. Nearly 100 Million People are hitting the road this Holiday Weekend and many of them will be up against two sizable storms. Lets start with our senior meteorologist rob marciano. Hey, guys, snow, ice and rain have been an issue the last 24 hours, record rain across parts of arkansas, pine bluff, a roadway now a river. Four and six inches of rain reported in some areas. You see the heavier rain across the Tennessee Valley getting into colder air across the north and wintry mix north of 84 and 90 especially this morning deicing programs in effect for some airports so thats a dicey go but i95 mostly wet then colder air comes in behind this and sets the stage for potentially the White Christmas coming for denver, getting up into chicago a little bit here on sunday. This is Christmas Eve day then this kind of develops into a coastal low. Its a quick mover so we dont expect a ton for the big cities but it may be just enough to get you in the spirit of things and make travel a little more difficult. Well talk more about this throughout the show, but whats happening today as you head out to travel on the roadways right with eva pilgrim. Reporter good morning. If youre planning to hit the roads, now is the time to do it. You can see there arent that many cars on the road right now. But as you travel today, expect to find some traffic. From coast to coast millions of americans are battling long lines, gridlock and Mother Nature en route to their holiday destinations. My wife was kind of worried about it. Ending up taking off a day early. Reporter 15 states in the path of a major storm. In the northeast several states issuing travel advisories due to dangerous driving conditions. Overnight in missouri the weather staying just below freezing causing slick Road Conditions for drivers. Vehicles slipping off the road. This semi jackknifing as it slid off the highway. And last night in northern texas, lastminute christmas shoppers faced low visibility and snow flurries. Many holiday travelers in massachusetts hoped they could beat the storm. I was going to leave tomorrow morning. And now im going now but im trying to beat it. Reporter roads were so icy in vermont, authorities are asking travelers to avoid a 30mile stretch of interstate. Trying to avoid having to travel if we can. Reporter more than 107 million americans are traveling this holiday season. Most, 97 million are hitting the roads. Experts warning it could take three times longer to get where youre heading. Later flights, more traffic to contend with trying to get to the airport and then long lines at the security checkin. Yeah, those have been interesting challenges. Reporter guys, if youre trying to avoid traffic, the best days to travel, christmas and new years. Not sure that helps you get where youre going though, guys. Eva, thank you. The other major preholiday stressor, of course, is shopping. It is panic time for all of us procrastinators. Youre including yourself. Absolutely. But it turns out this is good news for you. Waiting may have paid off in the form of big bargains and abcs Erielle Reshef is reporting in from the mall in paramus, new jersey. Erielle, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan and mary. If you havent done your shopping just yet, you still have a little bit of time, but the clock is ticking. The doors are already open here at this toys r us as millions are expected to flood retailers to get those down to the wire deals. Hope holidays. Reporter just two days left until christmas and the final push to put the perfect presents under the tree. Im running a little late this year. But were going to do a lot of shopping. Reporter Super Saturday looking to be the second busiest shopping day of the entire year. Retailers across the country expecting 53 of consumers to hit the stores this weekend. Its almost christmas, dad. 126 Million People say theyre waiting to scoop up holiday deals. Its raining men reporter the majority of those procrastinators, men. Every year we see men waiting last minute to buy these gifts so probably good chunk actually over 50 of the 126 million adults are going to be men. Reporter shoppers holding out for lastsecond savings. Some of the pros of waiting until the last minute is the fact that a lot of accessories, apparel and especially winter gear items are going to be very heavily discounted. Reporter macys and old Navy Offering discounts up to 70 and we spotted this ninja blender and these Bluetooth Speakers at best buy half off. Big box retailers like toys r us and kohls open 24 hours letting you order online today and pick up in stores on Christmas Eve. You can use the convenience of it by leveraging their websites, buying things that maybe are already available at stores so youre not having to run around and find it. Want to skip the holiday crush completely, gift cards can be the way to go with savings on sites like Gift Card Granny and cardpool. Experts say there can be downsides to waiting until the last minute. A lot of the most popular items on the market especially like toys like this fingerling can sell out so youll want to get moving early and make sure you have an alternative gift in mind and maybe an excuse for the family. Dan, mary. I dont know what that excuse would be but thank you, erielle. Im going to start working on that right now. Were going to turn to politics and President Trump is spending these holidays in florida after celebrating a big, big win for his administration. Yeah, check out that signature yesterday using a very big, bold marker, he signed into law the 1. 5 trillion tax plan. His first major legislative achieve many. Cokie is standing by with her analysis but lets start here with abcs Kenneth Moton who is down in West Palm Beach with what this means for your bottom line. Kenneth. Reporter good morning, mary and dan. President trump is on his first full day of holiday vacation at his maralago resort and he cruised down here to West Palm Beach on a high after delivering on his promise of tax cuts for christmas. A fistpumping President Trump in sunny florida greeted to a warm reception in West Palm Beach. Best president ever reporter the president shaking hands, kissing babies apparently feeling good after his first major legislative victory. So this is the bill right now. Reporter before leaving washington, trump in the oval office signing that 1. 5 trillion tax bill into law. And i consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. Reporter democrats disagree, not one supporting the major tax overhaul. This has been a year of lost opportunities, squandered opportunities. Weve always been open to working with the president when we believe it benefits the american people. Reporter tax changes already in the works. The irs sent out a notice that new 2018 withholding guidelines on the way and taxpayers will begin seeing the changes in their paychecks as early as february. But people in high tax states are bracing. Many in new york, new jersey and california expected to pay a lot more under the new tax law. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order friday to allow residents to prepay next years property taxes. This is an economic dagger because it effectively raises our income tax and property tax 20 , 25 . Reporter the president ready to move on to other big issues in 2018. I really do believe were going to have a lot of bipartisan work done and maybe we start with infrastructure. Reporter republicans argue the 1. 5 trillion tax law will pay for itself through economic growth. Well, a new analysis this morning from the joint committee on taxation, a nonpartisan group, found that it wont. Instead adding 1. 5 or i should say 1 trillion to the deficit by 2027. Dan, mary, of course, as you know gop leaders believe that wont be the case. Big debate there, kenneth, thank you very much. A lot more to say about this. You cover capitol hill, have for quite some time. The president has said im not going to go out, i dont need to go out and sell this thing but thats not what youre hearing from republicans. Look, republicans i talk with know if they want to turn this big legislative win into an actual political win as they head into 2018 they have to get out there and sell this thing. The bill right now is deeply unpopular. As kenneth mentions it will put a big dent in the deficit and there are Big Questions about how the middle class, whether they will really benefit in the long term so republicans have their work cut out for them but as leader mcconnell said the other day, if they cant sell this to the american people, they ought to get into another line of work. Among the reasons why its great to have you on this saturday morning. More on this with abc news political commentator cokie roberts. Good morning. Good morning, Merry Christmas. Thank you, Merry Christmas to you. This bill is as mary just said unpopular right now, but over time as the vast majority of americans do get tax cuts, do you think the bill will become more popular . That is certainly the hope of the republicans. And that was the hope of the democrats when they passed obamacare and didnt work for them. Now obamacare is popular but it took years. And that might be true with this tax bill as well. The people who are likely to be immediately happy are people who will get the big child care deductions, because thats a credit. Thats just subtracted from your taxes and some of those people might end up paying no taxes at all. But the vast majority of people will have to see whether they actually feel it or not and then whether they get credit on that because thats not where the Political Energy is right now. Political energy isnt around taxes. Its around things Like Health Care and education and immigration, and so well see whether it really benefits the republicans or whether they are going to find themselves in a hole because of it. Cokie, you mentioned health care there. The president claims this is not only a tax bill but also an appeal of obamacare. Is this really the twofer that he is claiming . Is he right . You know better than anybody having covered this like a cheap suit, mary. The truth is that it does take away the mandate, the taxations really if you dont get health care, but thats all it does. And obamacare is still there, and a whole lot of people signed up for it this year, many more people than expected. So, americans are now ironically liking their health care under the obama plan and using it. Cokie roberts, really appreciate it, such a privilege to have a great conversation with two great political reporters on a saturday morning, thank you, both. Lets get it over to ron claiborne. Early christmas gift, late hanukkah gift. Whats popping . Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to you, mary and adrienne and my friend, robert. Good morning to you. Good morning, everyone. I got the news for you in washington, were going to begin with the Trump Administration approving the sale of antitank weapons including javelin missiles to ukraine. The state department announcing the decision late friday night saying its part of a u. S. Effort to help ukraine defend itself against russianbacked separatists and russell responding this morning saying the ukandu states, quote, in a certain sense crossed the line and american weapons can lead to new victims to which they cannot remain indifferent. In pennsylvania, residents of bethlehem warned to shelter in place during a ninehour standoff friday between a gunman and police. Police say the 36yearold suspect shot his mother outside her home and then he barricaded himself inside her home firing shots at police. The standoff ended when the suspect shot himself. Both he and his mother died in that incident. In wisconsin, a violent dispute between former coworkers at green bays Lambeau Field football stadium, officers say a stadium vendor fired earlier after a physical altercation with a coworker went after the same man with his car chasing him through the parking lot crash nothing another vehicle and damaging four others. The driver was arrested. The man he was allegedly chasing was not hurt in that incident. And the United Nations unanimously approving tough new sanctions against north korea in response to last months launch of a Ballistic Missile that north korea says could reach the u. S. The resolution lowers the limit on how much oil north korea can import and cracks down on ships smuggling illegal imports into the country and also requires north koreans working overseas to return home within the next two years. In Southern California the thomas fire near Santa Barbara that has scorched more than 270,000 acres over the past thee weeks has now become the states largest wildfire in its history. And its not over yet. The California Department of forestry and Fire Protection reported as of friday night the fire was still only 65 contained. And finally the duke Football Team is set to play Northern Illinois in this years quick lane bowl in detroit, but before heading to motown, some players in the Christmas Spirit were inspired to belt out this little number. Check it out. Hes making a list hes checking it twice hes gonna find out whos naughty or nice santa claus is coming to town thats cool. The blue devils, thats the duke team, they take on Northern Illinois this coming tuesday and theyre in a good mood. Good luck. Theyre pretty good. Yeah, they are really good. See how they do in the game. Yeah. Rob likes Northern Illinois in that game. I do, although i didnt put upon on it because that wouldnt be the right thing. Oklahoma meanwhile, you had icing problems yesterday, still cold there now, just south of Oklahoma City through tulsa, pretty to look at, but difficult conditions on the roadway there. Everybody in the eastern they dont twothirds of the country will experience cold temperatures by Christmas Morning minus 23. , 18 in nashville, below freezing in atlanta. Day after christmas, tuesday morning, it spreads into the northeast, minus 6 in erie. Chilly across Southern California today. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s frost and freeze advisories there. Theres a system coming in Christmas Morning in seattle dusting of snow, 7 chance of seeing a White Christmas in the emerald city. Thats whats happening nationally. Heres the local forecast. Reporter good morning, everybody, im meteorologist chris sowers, a White Christmas chance here, some of us might be seeing a White Christmas. We have rain, some it steady indicate bide the yellows and oranges in lancaster county. Areas of lowlevel clouds and periods of fog and rain. 59 degrees, and today, 44 tomorrow. 39 for christmas. Rn california. A social media frenzy ensued. Nothing like a rocket launch to get folks in california to think that they were seeing a ufo. Check this out. Like a zeppelin. Four, three, two, one, liftoff. Reporter the Spacex Falcon 9 launching from Vandenberg Air force base just outside Santa Barbara lighting up the sky. Overnight people were treated to a spectacular sight and, no, it wasnt an early visit from the north pole. For a second we thought it was santa claus and we were just joking around. It was gorgeous. It was beautiful. I think the whole pier was in awe. Nobody knew what was going on. Reporter with a payload of ten iridium satellites on board, the rocket had everybody looking up. Jaws dropped and excitement in their eyes. I told my coworker, check it out. Thats a rocket, dude. We were very like scared actually. We were like, this is just a weird thing in the sky. Reporter social media was flooded with images from this flight. Celebrities taking to twitter to share their experiences and confusion. Even elon musk basking in the enjoyment of it all tweeting this out getting other people thinking about the existence of other worldly being. All is safe and getting a signal from those communications satellites. Theyre going to plan on launching the falcon heavy next year. All right, about a month from now and that one is going to bring in a heavy payload and test it using a tesla sports car in the rocket itself and launching that somewhere. Good cross promotion for elon musk. Hes not stupid, that guy. Hes revelling in it. But i think it was cool to see the kids who thought it was santas slayton. That is awesome. The whole thing is so cool. Just last weekend we were talking about the New York Times article about whether theyre studying ufos at the pentagon so the timing was perfect. Elon musk strikes again, thank you, robert. Coming up on gma, the scand scandal enveloping the miss America Pageant. Offensive emails surfacing and now the action taken against the organizations ceo. 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Com outsmart good morning, 8 27 a. M. , saturday, december 23. Im Alicia Vitarelli. Sky6 live hd taking a live look at the Christmas Tree at city hall. There are two more shopping days left to get everything you need for christmas. Im sure i didnt have to tell you that. If youre out and about doing shopping, chris, grab the umbrella. Youll need everything from the wardrobe this week. In the span of 48 hours, some of you could getaway wearing shorts today and later on windchills in the 20s. 06 in delaware, cloudy and 44 tomorrow, windchills in the 20s. The bottom drops out, wednesday, 32, thursday, and friday, 20s thats it. Alicia. Thank you. Action news is back at 9 00 a. M. , now back to good morning america. Welcome back to gma on a busy saturday morning. Happening right now home for the holidays. Nearly 100 million americans are expected to hit the roads during this weekends holiday getaway. A burst of nasty weather spanning 15 states making that journey treacherous for some with cars going off the side of the road and speed limits lowered and air travel not much better in some spots with many icy runways covered in snow. Also right now, a major recall. Fiat chrysler recalling 1. 5 ram pickup trucks here in the u. S. Over concerns that a mechanical problem could cause the gearshift to move out of park. The recall covers a wide spectrum of trucks dating as far back as 2009. And jackpot fever. After there was no winner on friday, the Mega Millions jackpot is climbing to 277 million and growing and tonight 300 million are up for grabs in the powerball drawing, this as spain hands out the largest payout with more than 2. 7 billion with a b dollars going to the winner of what is known as the El Gordo Christmas lottery. El gordo in spanish, the fat one. Interesting. Thank you for that. Billions of dollars. The right way to explain that. The record was in spain previously too. Wow, they go for it in the lottery. They do. We ought to step it up. You can call me if you give me 2 billion dollars call me gordita. Although for the rest of us without the check, not a safe thing to do. Coming up on the show, Mariah Careys Second Chance after that disastrous new years eavey performance in times square, shes going to be trying it again and adrienne is going to have that story coming up. Dont call her gordita unless you have a check. But first here the beauty pageant rocked by more ugly stories this morning. Thats after reports of offensive emails written by the pageants ceo sam haskell and now the pageant is taking action against him. Abcs Marci Gonzalez has more. Reporter good morning. The pageants board of directors has now suspended haskell saying they are conducting an indepth investigation into alleged inappropriate communications. Making the announcement less than 24 hours after those insulting alleged messages went public. There she is miss america reporter the miss America Pageant famous for its dazzling gowns, swimwear and those crowning moments. New york. Reporter now plagued by scandal after emails from the organizations ceo sam haskell were leaked to the huffington post. Hi, im sam haskell and were in atlantic city, new jersey. Reporter the executive chairman is now suspended following a vote by the board of directors for the pageant, and a member of the production staff was fired. The emails sent back in 2014 include alleged sexist, crude and demeaning comments prompting former pageant winners to now share whats described as a toxic working environment. Miss virginia. After giving up my crown i didnt go back for five years just because i was so hurt by the way i was treated. Reporter miss america 2010 caressa cameronjackson says after her reign ended that toxicity still carried on. I was ostracized and blackballed and they told other state organizations not to hire me as the emcee for their pageant because i was a bad person. Reporter another former miss america, mallory hagan, is the subject of multiple exchanges in the leaked emails which included alleged derogatory comments about her love life and weight. Having someone bully you, belittle you, demean you, degrade you in any way is not okay no matter what. Reporter haskell tells abc news the emails are conveniently edited and the events are not as described saying he was under stress from a full year of attacks by two miss americas and made a mistake of words adding that he will comply with his suspension pending the investigation. This comes after a petition now signed by more than 50 former miss americas calling the behavior by haskell and three other Board Members of the organization despicable asking for their immediate resignation. One of the Board Members has since resigned, and more fallout, Dick Clark Productions has cut its ties with the Miss America Organization over the emails calling them appalling. The pageants board in its statement says as they investigate, they want to reaffirm their commitment to the education and empowerment of young women. Dan, mary, back to you. A lot more to learn. Marci, thank you very much. We appreciate it. A lot going on in the Weather Department on this Holiday Weekend and rob covering a lot of folks are cheering for snow on christmas. Thats the spirit to the frozen tundra we go, green bay dont have a lot to cheer about. Their final home game against the vikings, that will be a long winter for them. Maybe a little more snow north of denver. Heres a fastmoving short wave from st. Louis to chicago. May bring snow from one to four inches in spots. Coastal low here. Cold air in place after todays storm. I95 up to boston may see an inch or two, then we get a nice gradation could see a foot of snow in elevations that want it. White christmas there, it will stick around because cold air moves in behind that. Thats a check nationally its time for the local forecast. Reporter good morning, earn, im meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. Round of rain today, wet weather west of philadelphia. It will continue on and off all day long. 59 degrees today. A cooler 44 tome. A blustery 39 on Christmas Day. Snow. If you dont have to travel through it. So be safe out there, guys. Im still just for the record not cheering for snow. You dont have to shovel it. Yeah, thats right. Im just a pure thoroughbred grinch. Coming up on gma, all i want for christmas is a redo. Mariah careys Second Chance in times square. Then say it isnt so. Is it really the bellas farewell tour or could there be more Pitch Perfects down the pike all ahead in pop news. So probably take it at night. 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Reporter one year after a less than stellar performance on new years eve, which carey says was due to technical issues. We didnt have a sound check but its new years, baby. Reporter Dick Clark Productions and carey come together again for this new years eavey celebration jointly releasing this statement. We are thrilled to move Forward Together to provide america with an incredible night of music and celebration. Reporter one of the bestselling female artists of all time, carey has a long history with the show. In 2005 she was the first artist ever to perform live for the new years eve broadcast. This year shell be perched in sky high stilettos in front of a Million People in times square. I dont want a lot for christmas reporter and in more good news for carey, her iconic 23yearold holiday hit all i want for christmas is you just made it to the top ten on the billboard hot 100 list for the First Time Since its release in 1994. Two great gifts this christmas for one of the most timeless performers of a generation. All i want for christmas is you rons already dancing. Im not going to sing this one this morning. More like a dance taunt. You got it. Thats exactly what it was. He was kind of like taunting you through that. Tongue in cheek. The coasttocoast celebration for Dick Clarks Rockin new eve will include Britney Spears first Live Performance from vegas with this coasttocoast celebration. Live concerts from some of the biggest names in music in new orleans including sugar land, nick jonas and they will perform and again the show starts at 8 00 eastern right here on abc. Always rooting for ryan seacrest. Hes the man. I love these new years eve shows. I have no doubt about it. Rons dancing, however a whole other question. Taunting. That i liked being a grinch. Coming up on gma, expert advice if youre planning on putting hightech toys under the tree. Keep it here. I tried hard to quit smoking. 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Well, if youre one of those who is also putting some of these hightech toys under the tree this year, abcs becky worley has advice for you. Ah, there are three words that strike fear in the hearts of parents, some assembly required. I remember spending three hours one christmas trying to assemble what seemed like an overly complicated red wagon. Now, technology has fewer screws and parts you can lose, but a lot of assembly is still required. So many toys these days are paired with apps, so this is the big tip. If you are giving a toy that pairs with an app or mobile device, ask the question today, which device will the kid use it with . Your phone, like you, the parents phone. I have gone down this route. Big mistake. Say goodbye to your phone. You will never see it again the first few days after christmas and when you do get it back, it will be completely out of juice. So, another alternative you may be banking on letting your kids use an older handmedown device, but these often arent compatible with the apps that run new toys. So today, install the app on the device the kid is going to use with their new toy. Make sure its compatible, and if its not compatible, you might just want to pull it from the present pile and return it. You do not need that Assembly Headache on christmas. So thats my parting wisdom to you, guys. Merry christmas. Thats why all the toys i give my kid are wooden. Oh. No apps. Where is the fun in that . Come on. He doesnt have an ipad . Hes got everything. Exactly. Who do you think im kidding . Becky, thank you very much for that. Well have much more in pop news and i hear theres christmas croissants. How do you pronounce that, ronald . Croissant. [ speaking french ] this holiday, the best gift you can give, is your time. Volunteer at neighbhorhoodofgood. Com. State farm. 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The singer just got engaged to boyfriend darreyl sabara and shared the happy news with fans on instagram with this video of the proposal, her tearful but happy reaction. This all took place the day before her 24th birthday. Happy birthday, youre married. She says shes in shock but has never been this happy. Congratulations. Shocked . It looked like she was asleep. What . What do you mean . Stop, ron. Let me stay out of the pot. Sorry. Did you see that . I had a chance to interview her once. Shes great. Yeah, well shes great. Im happy for the girl. Come on. Birthday and a ring. Whats better than that . Perfect way to end the year. Absolutely. They may call it the farewell tour but we may see a fourth Pitch Perfect movie. Pitch perfect 3 was set to be the law but the movies director said to the Hollywood Reporter she would like to see it go on until the wheels fall off. Thats music to Pitch Perfect fans. The a cappella franchise has earned over 400 million at the Global Box Office and Pitch Perfect 3 is projected to rake in up to 29 million this weekend. That is as they say is a ca awesome. Thats like rocky. They keep on going. Ride the wave of success. This christmas weekend im going to be working but last weekend, ill call it, i went home and saw a play and fundraiser. This is the kind of show that would spark anybodys holiday spirit. Merry christmas the trip started with, of course, emceeing this fundraiser. We were able to raise some much needed funds for the mercy guild through sacramento helping hands and i saved a nice big check from ernst young and visited my old car dealership. Where i got oil changes for a decade. Were you allowing them to call you gordita when they gave you the check . It wasnt for me. The fat money wasnt for me but for the kids. For the charity. But visited some local restaurants and friends that i know. Making some donations and making everything special. Thank you to everyone including my coemcee pat walsh and shoutout to my hometown. Good for you. Very cool. Very, very nice. And its breakfast time and im putting a Holiday Twist on everything. Check out these peppermint croissants from union fare in new york. Theyve got a candy cane filling and a lot of people think croissants candy cane filling . This is actually an austrian creation. We got some skeptics over here. It looks a little like tandoori. Go for it, mary. I know what youre doing, putting me up on this. I dont even want to eat it because i have to keep talking but taste it and tell me. You dont have to brush your teeth. Is it mintery fresh . Peppermint is good. Two great tastes that taste great together. I think it would be delicious warmed up. I have to say this, i have recently given up eating dessert so thats why im not eating this. You have mine. Ill be the boring guy over here. Youre missing out. Im the worst. Thank you, thank you for being here. Well have you again tomorrow and well see you tomorrow, guys. Go for it. Im Alicia Vitarelli coming up next on action news saturday morning at 9 00 a. M. A fouryearold girl is shot while her father takes her out of his car in southwest philadelphia. It is Super Saturday, millions scrambling to find the last minute gifts. Santas helpers in full effect today. Meteorologist chris sowers says this rain will hang around for the start of the weekend. Some of us getting snow by christmas him well break it down for you. Action news is next. 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 it is saturday, december 23, gray hall is off, im Alicia Vitarelli. Heres what wear following for you right now on action news. Wet, warmer wakeup. Storm tracker 6 live, the weekend is starting on a soggy, but milder note. It is Super Saturday, many are taking to the damp roads to get final christmas gifts. You see that . You can barely see it. Old man winter dumped snow on land Lambeau Field in wisconsin. Meteorologist chris sowers, bring the umbrella if youre going to do grocery shopping. Reporter it will feel like the tundra next week. Some of the air were seeing in green bay will travel east next week. Were waking up to lowlevel clouds, patchy fog and areas of rainier philadelphia and heading to the northeast extension in the lehigh valley, darker shades of green