it's been wet saturday keeping things wet and dreary out there. there may be something else headed our way just in time for saintism let's check in with meteorologist lauren casey tracking is system that might bring us some snow. >> i hear santa and his reindeer are experts at navigating through snowflakes. some of us could see a white christmas but right now colder air spilling in across the region. we got up into the 60 today's across much of the delaware valley and now we cooled down 1t couple of hours in philadelphia. 44 right now. we're at 40 in allentown down to 30 in mount pocono and temperatures starting to fall off down the shore as well on the back sized this cold front that did generate all of that rain today. the last of the shower activity has since moved offshore. we're dry across the area on storm scan3. we'll stay dry through the day tomorrow. so for all your last minute holiday errands looking good for being out and about. cooler and quite no pro sip teague in the forecast tomorrow but tomorrow night we will see an area of rainfall. wintry mix and snowfall develop. we can see a few lingering flakes into early christmas morning then turning over to sunshine and windy and much colder conditions. we'll talk about all that's going oncoming up in the full eyewitness forecast in just a few. natasha. >> lauren, thank you so much. police meantime say an officer in comer land county, new jersey, has been row leased from the hospital. he was hit by glass tonight after his patrol car was hit by gunfire. "eyewitness news" reporter alicia nieves reports now from millville. >> reporter: at least two dozen investigators and police officers were out here earlier for hours trying to understand what led up to an officer' pass troll car being shot out. here's what we know so far. the call apparently came in around 7:00 o'clock this evening that an officer's car again was shot at. the patrol car was near the intersection of second and 59 streets here in millville. it is unclear at this time how many times the police patrol car was hit but evidence markers on scene show what appeared to be several bullet casings in the street. there were initial concerns that an officer was also shot an officer who may have been in the patrol car but authorities have just confirm that an officer was not shot at or injured. investigators are not saying much more about this incident at this time or what led up to it. the good news again although a police patrol car was shot at here in millville no officer was injured new jersey cumberland county, alicia nieves, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> well scores of travelers are avoiding the roads this weekend. "eyewitness news" at philadelphia international airport earlier today. things were just starting to pick up at the security check in lines. meanwhile eager family members shared hugs in the rivals section. one traveler traveling home to california told us that the airport was surprisingly quiet today. it's my first time going back with my girl friend. it will be really exciting. >> we were surprised because we thought we were going get here here and the airport was going to be crazy. it's been pleasant the surprising. looking at secure it looks like not big deal. >> air travel is up in our area some 80,000 people will fly out of the region bite end of this holiday season. to get the most out of your travel experience, at philadelphia international airport, consider some of these tips. give yourself time to get through security and out to your gate. it's about a 15 minute walk. know your airlines baggage policy just to make sure you can carry on. and always check philadelphia international airport's website to make sure that parking garages aren't full. and if you're picking someone up use the cell phone lot to keep airport lanes clear. earlier today, we caught up with shoppers making their last minute dash to stores across new jersey. on super saturday morning we found hoards of people just trying to beat the holiday rush. many folks took advantage of extended holiday hours to complete their wish lists. according to the national retail federation more than half of all consumers plan to finish their shopping today. >> needed to get some things for the great people that work for me. they were last on my list but first in my heart. >> i live in chicago so some tax there. 10 and a half%. >> oh. >> saving money. >> okay. >> in cherry hill. >> today's holiday rush is also known as panic saturday. according to the experts it's usually men that are making those last minute purchases. and it was quite a super saturday down at the italian market in south philly today. look at this line. folk leap up as always at bakeries like isgro's pastry stocking outpatient their favorite sweets. they kept this holiday tradition going for more than 100 years. several shops will also be open tomorrow at the italia i tal mat ninth and kristen streets much as you make your last minute purchases keep in mind many stores will have modified holiday hours on christmas eve. among them, k mart will be open 8am until 10:00 p.m. or midnight. depending oh and the location. walmart will only be open until 6:00 p.m. and target will keep its doors open until 10:00 p.m. for complete list of those stores and their hours, head over to cbsphilly.com. check out our 2017 guide to holiday mall hours page. there you'll find christmas and new year's eve closing times at your convenience there. now last minute shopping it was put on hold this afternoon at a local mall after it was evacuated. this all happened at the springfield mall in delaware county around 3:30. firefighters were called to the mall after black smoke was seen coming from a pizza shop inside. they believe the smoke was caused by agrees fire possibly in the restaurant's kitchen. the mall was evacuated for under an hour as a safety precaution. luckily no one was injury. a four-year-old girl is recovering tonight after being shot in drive by shooting in southwest philadelphia. the shooting happened about 11:00 last night on 59th street and springfield avenue. officers say the victim was in her father's arms as he walked down the street when a gunman fired shots from a passing car. the little girl was hit in the leg. police are still looking for a red car and at leave four suspects in this case. we also now have update for you on standoff that happened yesterday between a gunman and officers in northampton county. police say the shooter killed his mother, then killed himself hours later. officers were called to home in bethlehem at about 1:30 in the afternoon. that standoff lasted for more than eight hours. no officers were hurt. investigators say the gunman lived at the home with his grandmother. the cause of the shooting is still under investigation. water it's now been restore to several properties tonight after water main break in northern liberties this was 12-inch main that open up at 10:00 hit this morning on the 100 block of west girard avenue. the intersection was shut down while crews work to try to quickly remove excess water. officials say several properties lost water while others took on water in their basements. >> 10 properties without utter water. i believe there's probably eight with water in the cellar. look i said our pump crews are pumping those water out. >> that energy has since reopened. the fire department also assisted with two dogs who displaced in this incident. stay with us. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight more fall out for the miss america pageant leadership. a look at those who resigned following the discovery of a offensive e-mail that criticized contestants. also -- >> little kids like me going through this and they just wanted to not happen again. >> how this little girl's special letter to santa made quite the difference for her family following the devastation the hurricane harvey. >> straight ahead in sports a new hoop for elijah. how a local department is making the holiday bright ♪ ♪ (radio playing in background) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ e-mails this exchange the criticism past pageant winners were leak at the media. sam haskill seen here resigned today. along with president josh randall and chairman lynn widener. the outgoing president also apologized today to the 2013 miss america winner whose weight he ridiculed at e-mail exchange with pageant officials. slew of disparaging e-mails were leaked to the huffington post first reported them on thursday. now the thomas fire burning in southern california it is now the largest wildfire in modern history. california department of forestry and fire protection has compiled a list of the biggest fires since 1932. the thomas fire which has torched at least 273,000 acres now stands at the top of that list. it started in ventura county back on december 4th and continued to spread quickly since then. spreading by dry conditions and strong santa ana winds. the thomas fire was only 65% contained as of friday night. four americans christmas leave is less than day away santa already on the move elsewhere. following months of checking his naughty and nice lists today he departed from fin land to continue spreading cheer all around that part of the world. he passed up his tradition santa sack and boarded his sleigh pulled by his reindeer of course now the countdown begins for children in our region. don't forget the milk and cookies, guys. christmas got little soggy in taiwan though scuba diving hotel featuring underwater santa claus helper jolly old elf here poses for photos with divers. the attraction features a 12-foot christmas tree complet completely submerged in 68-foot pool. tracking old saint nick from the skies to your chimney it got a little bit easier for you. norad is testing new technology on its santa tracker this year. now you can use smart home digital assistants like alexa and microsoft's core tan in a to see when chris cringle will actually arrive with his sleigh full of gifts. norad has been tracking santa's whereabouts for at least the last 62 years. for many children meantime whose lives are still uprooted from recent hurricanes christmas look different than last year. so when one young harvey victim was asked what she wanted for christmas, she put her family first. >> it was raining too hard like the rooftop just like made a giant hole. sometimes we had to put a big bucket so the rain doesn't get in. >> modest generous description for the gomez home. but after harvey, bad, g worse now there's like holes on the wall. >> patches of glass and fabric keep the cold and the rain out. no help from fema is keeping the family of seven down. >> 19, 17, 15, my brother is going to turn 13. >> she is the baby a third grader who figured she'd give santa a try. >> i always been believing in him. i thought labor he would help me. i was just trying to to explain my hard life that my is dad because he has diabetes. high cholesterol and all of that and i just feel really bad for my dad. >> she hopes for a solution. >> i just want nobody to bully me because i have such a poor house. >> if this is what hurricane can do to good -- >> i just want to explain my whole life i've been going through. >> i senior story and facebook and it touch my heart. >> this is the power of a little heart. >> i wanted to bring something. >> deputies had heard about the girl found her ninth birthday is tomorrow. >> thank you. >> christmas tree borrowed, gifts donated by the community. >> wish i was merry christmas okay. >> thank you. >> food sent over by her school. and roof repairs now coming soon courtesy of a community center. >> santa showed up just in time. take look at this. eight-year-old lucy from cherry hill, new jersey, steals the show with her super star moves during her school's holiday concert. take look. ♪ >> now lucy is a facebook sensation. her mom told inside edition her daughter didn't want to attend the concert because there was a gift exchange happening with her dance ensemble and she was angry. she didn't want to miss it but she showed up here when she got on stage everything changed. lucy brought down the house as she sang and danced her way through the program. check out these moves. [ laughter ] >> she's brushing her shoulders off. yes, she is. >> i feel like that's a little lauren casey back if the day good i was definitely not like that at all. >> yeah, right. i was totally like that. >> exactly. >> yes, she was. believe me. >> she still is. >> and she still is. here to bring us our all important weekend forecast, christmas day forecast maybe santa could provide snow. >> santa could see snowflake. the reindeer could get snowflakes on them. today was all sogginess. mild temperatures. didn't feel like 60 but it was 60. >> was it? in it was. i hope you enjoyed it. the day is over. >> that's over. it is definitely over. we're going downhill from now. but 60 degrees was the high temperature in philly today. even though we had dreary conditions our normal high temperature 43. so nowhere near that. but over the last couple of hours, temperatures have been plummeting. yes, if you haven't been outside the last couple of hours it's going to feel much, much different as we get live look at center city philadelphia. 44 degrees northerly winds now in the back side of a cold fro front. feeling like 39 degrees at this hour and temperatures have been dropping all across the region. we're now at 40 degrees in allentown. 30 in mount pocono we're down to 48 degrees in wildwood with temperatures that will continue to rapidly fall as this colder air to our north and west continues to barrel its way into the delaware valley. behind that cold front that came through earlier in the day, and we now have some wind chill temperatures to contend with. still breezy conditions the winds have shifted feeling like 33 in allentown. feeling like teens in mount pocono and feeling like upper 30s right now in millville and overnight tonight, we'll fall all the way back to 38 degrees. breezy conditions under a partly cloudy sky then for our day tomorrow, looking great if you have travel plans. get out and about, partly sunny and cooler high temperatures around average at 44 degrees. and rain was a story of the day today. picking up close to an inch in bethlehem. .80 of an inch in pottstown. wayne picking up thee quarters of an inch and well over half an inch today in hatboro. but the last of the rain has moved offshore and the last couple of hours now dry conditions. we're nothing to see up wind we'll keep it dry through the daytime hours tomorrow. but then as we head late tomorrow evening we'll see this area of light rainfall moving in across much of the area. a mick precipitation far to the north and west. now we can see that transition over to a wintry mick early monday morning. i think i-9 i-95 core and immede philadelphia suburbs that transition is over to all snowfall lehigh valley poconos. we can see a brief period of snowfall across portions of the area mainly philadelphia and suburbs north and west early christmas morning. but before it all starts to quickly clear on out. so this is a break down of precipitation type. mainly snow up towards berks county lehigh valley poconos. we'll see that rain and wintry mix and then a brief transition over to snow potentially early christmas morning. mainly all rain down the shore we can see a brief period of some sleet mixing in but precipitation totals are going to be on the lower end for the higher elevations we'll likely have a white christmas in the poconos with certainly more than an inch on the ground on christmas day potential there for the lehighly have ally northampton county, lehigh counsel he county maybe could see a white christmas. elsewhere a dusting at best throughout the snowfall chance. for your christmas a morning snow shower lingering and sunny and windy. getting cold. 37 degrees for the birds game monday evening wind chill em temperatures will be in the teens. going to be a cold one. and then actual air temperatures will be in the teens as we head into the second half of the week waking up to 18 on wednesday morning. 12 on thursday morning. look at that. nice stretch of 20s there. [ laughter ] >> yeah. just gets the blood flowing. >> what are you so -- look how excited she gets about that. >> we're cringing. >> feels feeling cold right now. >> thank you so much. >> cold on monday night. >> oh yes. bring the big coat. >> big question should the eagles ref the starters sips they know they'll be in the playoffs? >> we'll hear from doug pederson and the big man is back. can joel embiid help the big fellow joel embiid is back after missing three games due to back stiffness. sixers starting five game road trip tonight in toronto against the raptors. to teams basically headed in different directions. sixers have lost four. the raptors have won five. well the trainers stretching out embiid's legs before the game during the warmup which is very long warmup for him and i guess it work got off to fast start hitting the thee. yo joe scoring the sixers first eight points. then in the second, check out embiid playing a little defense with reject right there. sixers down by eight at the half due to turnovers. then in the third embiid with a nice dunk right there but the raptors they pull away in the fourth. sixers lose their fifth in row 102-86. next up the knicks on christmas day. to hockey now game two of the flyers four game road trip tonight they're looking to rebound against the blue jacks in columbus. late in the first period the flyers down a man columbus will take advantage. that's jones with the power play goal right there. but not early in the second the flyers tie it up. ivan, with the score. this one went into a shootout. vorachek needs this goal to keep the flyers live. doesn't get it. they lose two-one. flyers and panthers and thursd thursday. eagles back at practice getting ready for that christmas night match up with the oakland raiders at the linc they can clinch the number one seed in the nfc with a win. coach doug pederson addressed the media one final time before that big game keeping an eye on several injured birds. he says that the extra rest they received this week has really helped them i they're coming along and he weigh in on the debate over whether or not he should rest the starters since the eagles are already play off bound. >> they are best players and i think it's important that they continue to play. um, you know, if we're in that position f we're fortunate enough to be in that position to rest, um, i'll make a decision at that time, but i think it's important here these next couple of days we continue to play. because that's week 17 you don't play for a couple of week. i think it's important to maintain the edge, maintain the aggressiveness and, you know, if it's one play, one series, one quarter. um, i'll make that decision at that time. don't forget we'll break down the game for you on chevy sunday kickoff tomorrow morning 11:30 right here on cbs3. it is a special christmas for south jersey teenager his hoops dreams coming true. winslow township detectives on papa troll stay say 16 yeared elijah was playing on a weathered basketball rim and backboard. they bought him a portable basketball hoop as christmas gift he received it last night. by the way backboard is shatter proof heo did you know the ball as hard as he wants. very cool. >> very sturdy. >> thank you very much, leslie. appreciate that. stay with us. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight babies born around the holidays may have to share special special thai day with santa claus down the road. they're birthdays are celebrated at one loll local hospitals. >> how long volunteers ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome back everyone. mom day babies are given a very special treat at a hospital in albuquerque new mexico take a look at the little cuties here. how cute is that. >> tinney little infant in handmade stockings with matchi g hats. laughing newborns in stockings in hospital it bats been hospital tradition for nearly four decades. >> love holding the special little bundles when you slip them in there and put that hat on them it's a real good feel. they're precious little angels and we like to celebrate that. >> volunteers make the stockings and hats and proud parents take pictures. babies born on the 23rd, 24th and 25th they get to keep matching outfits there. >> so cute. >> we're back in ♪weee! today's the day! wahoo! there's the second-most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. phew, am i late?! nah, just in time. nice. holiday scratch-offs from the pennsylvania lottery. aww. things just got very merry. keep on scratchin'! ♪ ♪ (radio playing in background) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome back. holiday traditions are staple in many families but this is an unusual one. the same tree used forearm three decades straight. well when the family of california first bought this pot the scotch pine in '83 it was so small it could only hold one string of lights. but they loved it nonetheless and they cepit in their yard between each christmas holiday. >> i enjoy trimming i go out there and september a little time with it. how you doing good. you're doing good. don't worry i'll clean you up. >> he's a tree talker good i'm a tree talker. >> the tree whisperer over the years the family beloved tree has been repotted four times. even survived a fire. it is the only tree their sons have ever known still growing every single year. started out as a little charlie brown tree and they nurtured it and loved it. >> i can't grow a flower. >> that did do it for us. i'm nat is brown. for leslie, lauren thanks so much for joining us. if you're up early so is our morning team at 6am. we're always on at cbsphilly.c cbsphilly.com. we leave with this evening with a special performance by the philadelphia boys choir with "do you hear what i hear". have a great night. ♪ ♪ ♪ said the night wind to little lamb, do you see what i see? ♪ >> ♪ way up in the sky little lamb, do you see what i see? ♪ >> ♪ do you so what i see? >> ♪ a star, a star dancing in the night with a tale as big as a kite, with a tale as big as the night with a tale as big as a kite, with a tale as big as kite ♪ (crickets chirping) (people shouting over tv) i thought i heard something. suicide bombing in tel aviv. 56 dead. terrorists? no one's taken responsibility yet. (sighs) there is credible evidence of coordinated attacks around the world. including new york. this is the day i dread every day i'm on the job.