sure, guys. we ended up with record high yesterday. we hit the records hyatt 8:30 or so at night. crazy stuff. so we were into the mid 60s as of that point, now temperatures are gradually starting to fall, because of the passage of this front, which obviously isn't out of here just yet. we go back out to storm scan3 first, you can still see, lingering rain as expected. i would say, though, by the time perhaps you're headed out to go visit grand ma, something like that, you're very likely going to be completely done with the wet weather t looks as though maybe eight, 9:00 at the latest, that we see any additional raindrops, obviously moving from west to east here. so matter of time. we end up with pretty pleasant weather beyond this point. let me quickly take you through future weather, in fact, looking ahead in the forecast, we mentioned the next few hours we feature some rain, still just rain, still too warm despite the passage of the cold front for anything but rain for everybody. but by the time we hit say 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., taking things off the air here on our sister station, the ww philly, we'll see skies clearing out nicely here and more sunshine as the day progresses, the thing is this wind doesn't let up. even though you'll seabright sunshine by three, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00. beautiful. tomorrow, beautiful, saturday looks pretty much the same. coming up on pleasant weather couple of days. looking quickly at the future winds speeds, as well, mostly westerly component to the winds. this winds will crank, basically, all day, as high as say 15 to 20 miles per hour, with gusts that could peak as high as 35, 40. now, by later on tonight, that wind is starting to wayne little bit. but it is with us for the better part of the day here, even though the temperatures are off to real mild start in at 60 degrees in ac, 63 still in wildwood, 59 at the airport, we aren't going to start to see the temperatures gradually start to fall. so that's what the theme is here, as we move forward in this forecast. fifty-three at 9:00 a.m. fifty-one at noon. 50 degrees by 3:00. you get the idea here guys. but the wind will be a running theme all day, despite more sunshine and certainly temperatures that continue to fall. remember, guys, you can always stay on top of the forecast with the cbs philly weather app. check live radar, good tool to have for this morning, severe weather alerts, share storm pictures with us, download it now, free, on itunes and google play. >> thanks, katie. today chris taps and the world celebrating jesus. >> worshippers will gather for christmas is her skis will serve at churches across the morning. >> jan, good morning, merry christmas. >> reporter: merry christmas to you, as well. yep, again, the next christmas mass starts here at the basilica of saints peter and paul at 8:00 this morning followed by other at 10:00 and noon. but of course as you mentioned, huge tradition for catholics all around the worlds is midnight mass. if you take a look at the video, you can see it was packed as usual here in center city overnight. many people we spoke with are looking forward to spending time with family this christmas, and family was main topic of archbishop charles chaput's message and midnight mass last night. it usually is on this holiday, but specially so this year, as philadelphia prepares for the world meeting of families, set for september 2015. along with that, of course, comes historic visit by pope francis with a papal mass on the parkway. now the archdioces has already kicked the planning into high gear, tackling issues from buying and storing millions of mass booklets to housing and transportation for more than a million visitors t seems philadelphians couldn't be more excited. take a listen. >> we went to an investigation ooh it college, big fans, went to holy cross, in massachusetts, so we just think the jesuit are crazy and fun. we love the jesuit pope. pretty pumped that he will be here. >> of course this will be the first visit by the pope to the united states, meantime, the next christmas mass happens here in center city at 8:00 again followed by mass at 10:00 and 12:00, as well. reporting enough center city, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> thank you, crowd packs the vatican where pope francis is celebrating christmas day mass at saint peters square. catholics gathered to celebrate the birth of jesus jes christ. the pope is delivering his christmas day message to the city and to the world. >> hours earlier at christmas eve mass, the holy father placed his own stamp on the christmas tradition, unveiling the baby jesus. said the birth every jesus showed the patience, closeness, and the tenderness of god. >> how much the worlds needs tender necessary today. life must be mets goodness, with meekness. when we realize god is in love with our smallness, to better encounter us. >> earlier the pope made a phonecall to iraqi christian refugees forced from that home by militants. compared that to the plight of infant jesus. >> ♪ >> in bethlehem, christ's birth place, christians gathered for midnight mass at the church of the nativity. the central manger square is decked out in white and yellow lights, you see on the screen, also a towering christmas tree. bands from around the world performed on stage singing christmas carols and original christmas rock ballads mostly in english. >> not all the noise every christmas is joyful. philadelphia officials are investigating what caused part of a two-family home to collapse in olney. happened on the 100 block of roosevelt boulevard. police say five adults were inside at the time. two people went to the hospital. "eyewitness news" spoke with woman who says she lives inside. >> i heard allowed boom. that's it. then i just looked out the window, and we came down, i came down, and that's when we couldn't come back to the house. >> the america red cross is providing lodging for 11 people. fire investigators in camden country trying to pinpoint what sparked a house fire in pine hill. it started around 7:00 last night on estates road. family was not home at the time. but they did lose their dog in that fire. the mayor of berkley missouri calls for calm after fatal police-involved shooting reignites tensions in the st. louis suburb. protesters stage add die-in at the gas station where 18 year olan tone yo martin died late tuesday night. he was shot and killed after authority say martin pointed a loaded gun at a police officer. the mayor says this surveillance video captured the confrontation. a central bucks west high school guidance counselor will not face charges over facebook post. the quote on mary kate's page said if my child cannot get to the eagles game due to protesters, ill personally shoot everyone of them. you have been warned idiots. it was directed at protesters upset with grand jury decisions in ferguson, missouri, and new york city scheduling a die-in. the montgomery county d.a. tells "eyewitness news" that the post was quote i will advise dollars but not criminal. she is on paid leave. happening today, a christmas interested anythings our area. about 100 people will re-enact general george washington's crossing of the delaware river. in 1776 general washington and his troops crossed the delaware river for a surprise attack against forces in trenton, new jersey. the re-enactment is at 1:00 this afternoon at washington state park in bucks county. something i still want took out and see one of these days. great tradition. >> that would be really cool and like you say great day for it because it is not too cold. >> soak this 06 agree weather in. >> get it while we k much more to come here on "eyewitness news", suspense filled ends to go a bowl game. >> sony pictures christmas gift the interview is now playing. you don't even have to drive to a theater. we're back in two minutes. >> high mom, my name is abdul, and i'm from philadelphia. from texas, wishing you guys well, happy thanksgiving, merry christmas. see you guys soon. all right, mom, the interview is now playing. the controversial film is available on demand, and will be in some theatres today. the film that led to the sony cyber attack will open at the pen cinema riverfront in wilmington. that's the only local theater showing it. sony originally pulled the movie about a plot to assassinate north korea's leader after getting terrorist threats from the cyber attack. but, after receiving criticism, from both president obama and other, sony changed its minds. >> it became really not a good move for sony to look as if they were trampling on the first amendment. >> the phone has been ringing off the hook. either people want to buy ticket or want to know if we're showing the movie. >> us intelligence officials believe north korea was behind the sony cyber attack. officials say the us will support efforts to rescue the jordanian pilot taken captive by isis militants in syria. but, terrorism experts stay won't be easy since it plane went down in a area almost entirely under isis control. the 26 year old pilot is the first foreign soldier taken by the group since the us coalition began its air strike campaign targeting isis in syria. former president george h.w. bush is waking up this christmas morning in a texas hospital. burn was hospital in the houston on tuesday, after he experienced a shortness of breath. it is not clear if he would be sent home later today, but a spokesperson says his prognosis remains positive. at 90 years old,'s the oldest living former president. coming up on 4:43, of course the re-enactment of cash washington's crossing in the delaware. >> looking as though the winds will be the only noticeable weather issue, still very mild outside. notice that, too. >> i'm like is my hair getting frizzy on christmas morning? there is something wrong here. >> i know, feels like it is spring outside. yesterday a dose of mid-april. today even still in the 60s in a couple of spots right now. so whoo, crazy stuff. temperatures will take little nose dive here, gradual nosedive as the day goes on, not all the sudden ten feels so much colder. it will be a gradual decline. but the winds is going to be very noticeable, too. it will be enough to send your christmas decorations flying, too, today guys. make sure those are nice and secure here, as we take you out to storm scan3, still not completely done with this storm. the cold front continues to cross as we speak. we'll town deal with additional rain showers through the rest of this morning. so perhaps if you're just waking up, finding all of the present under the tree, and with us this morning, it is just a matter after few hours, guys, before we finally start to see things drying out nicely, in the wake of this storm system. the storm itself, definitely packed a punch for us i have to say even though it was prolonged it was glancing blow, numerous severe weather outbreaks across the deep south. obviously we have snow across the canadian border, for us really just rain and wind. now, because of the fact that this was very much more like spree spring-like forecast, we ended up at 64 degrees, and happened at 8:30 at night. the site the warm air was building all day long, and now we start to see those temperatures dropping off. so, while it may not necessarily read into the low 50's just yet, we'll get there through the dayment basically the warm test will be from this point on, with every passing hour, probably start to drop about an agree or so. sixty currently in atlantic city, the winds, it is out there, going to be with us all day. so as temperatures gladly decline, 9:00 a.m., 53, and keep on dropping from there, gusts could peak as high as 40 miles per hour. tonight we drop down to 36. with the breeze still out there, the fact it is colder, perfect excuse to break out your ugly christmas sweater and wear it with pride. we look ahead to tomorrow, bright sunshine, ooh degrees, still beautiful saturday, milder for the standards by monday, finally back to seasonably cool air. we drop to the low 40's. nicole, back over to you. >> katie, thanks. well, a disappointing football season comes to an end this sunday, when the eagles play the giants in north jersey. yes, the birds were eliminate dollars from the playoffs as you know toward the ends of the regular season, and the giants have been out of it for most of the year. now the eagles could reach ten wins with a victory this weekend on the rolled, but could adversely impact their position in the draft. here's pro bowl running back shady mccoy on missing the post-season. >> try to keep going. i think having the piece toss get there, so far i came up short. came up short couple of times. so i got to keep at it. >> did you think this was your year? >> i really did. three weeks ago we was 95 around three -- nine and three, and the games we did lose, all close games. >> all right, well check out the bahama because from that is a central michigan, down a touchdown, throw a hail mary, all the sudden answer lot going on on the field. three laterals, still alive, finally it turns out to be a 80-yard touchdown pass. there is a big celebration, but they were still down a point. they went for the win on two-point conversion and missed, win kentucky beat central michigan 49 to 48. >> all right, keep up with all of the philly sport teams, sign up for text alerts, text cbs philly sports to 84816 to have news sent to your pocket phone, message and data rates do apply. >> and still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, what did your children really want for christmas? we'll show you some of this year's hottest toys. >> first though here's what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. >> this probably comes as no surprise, lots of children asked for toys. jill wagner find out which ones are the most popular. >> ho-ho-ho. >> the stuff christmas memories are made of a photo op, a chance for kids to deliver their christmas wish straight to the big guy himself. >> xbox. >> a robot and a soccer ball. >> and after weeks of listening to kids rattle off their row quests, santa says there is a definite trend. santa certainly knows best, national retail federation, frozen merchandise is the number one gift for girls this year, pushing barbie to second place, for the first time in more than a decade, for boys, leggo rains supreme. >> leggo ship, and a leggo city. >> but not all about toys and gadgets. >> what's your favorite part about christmas? spends being time with my family. >> but most kids tell us the best part of christmas is still the presents. >> barbie doll? >> jill wagner, cbs news. >> you know the kids will be up early. >> oh, ya. >> i'm sure everything you bought and is under the tree is what they wanted. >> santa, also, he knows what they want, too. >> between the two of you. >> coming up after the break, yoyour eyewitness weather forecast is nextment we'll be >> shaping up to be a day of transition, for sure, merry christmas, everybody, so happy you joined thus morning. but we can expect to see skies clear as the day goes on, not the clearest picture for us right now in atlantic city but the last two mornings have been shroud in the fog. at least make out the casinos. that's a good sign at this point obviously wet weather out there as we take you nets next to storm scan3, pretty evident right now. this is what's left of our storm this is all that we have to deal, with then is it starts to clear out. as i mention a day of transition is upon us, once the rain clears out, temperatures gradually decline, also see the wind pick up. looks as though the winds will be really the most noticeable christmas day feature aside from the warmth. going through the day, 59 degrees your actual air temperature, unbelievable for december 25th, 06 in northeast philly flirt which it as well in mt. holly where our regional offers is located but giving you here for your christmas forecast, 53 degrees as of about 9:00 a.m. through that point, temperatures again are gradually going to be declining although skies will gradually be brightening up. now the winds is going to get you too, cranking basically straight out of the west today, not the colds he is one, but enough to feel a little coolerment winds will be cranking as high as say 40 miles per hour in terms of gusts. we look ahead to tomorrow, actually see the warmth pick back up, a lot of times behind storms like this, drastic flops on the thermometer. not this time. still staying well above average even through sunday, monday finally get back to seasonable behind the next cold front. >> coming up: a real life grinch robs a chester county family of their gifts. >> another ebola scare, lab technician at the centers for disease being monitored for accidental exposure to the virusment back at the top of the hour. first, sounds of the season from the mount st. joseph academy choir. >> ♪ and it is a wet start to christmas morning, storm scan3 shows some rain rolling through the area right now, but hey, at least it is warm out. katie lets you know if it dries out, if you're headed out today. plus? >> catholics in philadelphia begin the holiday with midnight mass, and pope francis on their minds. how many the archdioces is already preparing for the pope's visit next year. and, this isn't the way you want positive spends the holiday. several people force the out of their home after part of their home collapses. just horrible. >> good morning, it is thursday, december 25th, merry christmas, i'm erika von tiehl. >> i'm nicole brewer. ukee has the day off today. of course it was a wet trip around the delaware valley for santa claus. >> i know. towed put on his big santa poncho, katie. still raining out there? >> it is in fact still raining out there. i'm sure he's already finished his work out, there but we're not completely done with the storm just yet. we just showed you on storm scan, still affecting a few other people as well in a few other neighborhoods. so let's start things offer by taking you outside here. we start it off from a view from our cambell's field camera across the delaware river. appears there is still a few left over raindrops here on the camera lens, but hey, at least we could actually see across the river, yesterday, the day before, the fog was sock us in. and creating some very poor visibility. but that was as we were stuck with more moisture, more warmth, and even though it is still warm outside, starting to seat wind kick in. and that's the factor that you really need in terms of weather ingredients, to help scour cloud cover away. we still have clouds, but higher in the atmosphere, rain out there looking at storm scan3, more localized here, we continue to find some steadier rounds of rain

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