[ applause ] historic moment on capitol hill. We broke every record. Its the largest tax cut in the history of our country. Congress passes the largest tax overhaul in u. S. History. Giving President Trump his first major legislative victory in office. How this impacts all of us. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. Tragic day in northeast philadelphia. A little boy just eight years old killed in a car crash. A witness followed the car that took off after the accident. Thanks for joining us tonight at 10 00. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. To night police have the driver in custody. But friends and family of that little boy are left without him just days before christmas. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live at Philadelphia Police headquarters. Dave . Reporter lucy, not only is the driver in custody but they have recovered the van in this fatal car crash. According to investigators, the driver was speeding and weaving through traffic at the at the time time of the crash. He did take off High Ranking
Horrific crash wednesday afternoon that ended up costing the young boy his life. Very sad and sad. Five days more its christmas. Accident investigators say the crash occurred just after 2 00 as the little boy and his father were driving down whitaker street as they turned, the car was broad sided by a late model hahn day odyssey van that just kept on going. The van i think it was came and just hit the side where the little boy was actually at report roar police tell fox 293 people in a second car stopped, two got out to assist the victims, while the driver followed the fleeing vehicle and called police. The fleeing drive was stopped by police at van kirk and front knack where he was taken into custody. That corner is real bad. I dont like it at all. Always when they turn. Reporter back at the scene Police Credit add the woman and a soldier home on leave for trying to help the eightyearold and his father until the medic arrived. She learn the child died minutes later at the hospital. Im
Procrastinators grabbing those last gifts. Santa leaves on his sleigh in the next few hours. A live look at the ben franklin parkway. Santas sleigh is ready, the kids are on their best behavior, the question is how much will Mother Nature behave this weekend . Temperatures air lot cooler right now as we get ready to move into christmas, that cooler wintertype weather has finally pushed on in. Yesterday at t time we were in the 40s and 50s. Now were seeing the 30s. Millville down to 34, cape may 40 and the poconos a blustery 27 degrees this morning. Satellite and radar, we may start out with a little bit of sunshine but you can see all this cloud cover starting to build out to the west. This will slide in during the day and this will help to limit those temperatures because of the lack of sun. Were only forecasting highs today in the mid 40s. Yesterday we topped out at 61 degrees. Today its a combination of sun and clouds, probably more clouds than sun and its cooler with a high of only
Cape may 39 degrees. Much, much cooler than it was yesterday at this time. And as we look at the satellite and radar were seeing a lot of clouds approaching from the west. This is in advance of the next system that were watching for overnight tonight. Its a small system it will produce 24 inches of snow for the guest, places like chicago, st. Louis, you pick up a couple of inches. That system hits the coast overnight tonight and some areas maybe see a slushy coating to an inch especially west of philadelphia. Its a cooler day, 44 degrees is the forecasted high. Probably more like 41 or 42 north and west. And maybe a degree or two warmer than that south and east. When i come back in just a few minutes, were going to talk more about the possibility of a little light snow for parts of the area. There is a Winter Weather advisory that goes into effect for the Lehigh Valley tonight. Im focus more on that and ill have the colder changes in the accuweather 7day forecast. Nydia . For many trav
In less than a minute what was an ugly play. Darby made the biggest interception. Seconds later, jakeiott hit the field goal for the victory. The eagles earned the top seed and will stay home for the post season. Matt delucia begins Team Coverage from lincoln financial field. Fans setting their eyes on the prize. Reporter yes, for now theyre thankful for a great Christmas Gift. Not only for the team but the fans who were here enduring this bitter cold christmas night, watching a Football Game that was important in terms of the Home Field Advantage. Now the eagles can rest easy for a couple of weeks. It was quite game, a nailbiter toward the end of the fourth quarter. They were already in the playoffs. Already got the firstround bye. This win did secure a home homehome field sidelines, its up to foles and rest of the team to deliver. They admit theres more to do. Didnt penough. You know i got to play cleane to obviouslybetter. Big tng with the ill improve. These wins are tough. We found