So right there theyre going to divert yuf off. This is part of that construction project that closes the town from this point at the pine street expressway headed to south street. To watches that this morning an also watching how zwar that modern main break that happened yesterday is back again. We drove through here yesterday afternoon. 18th street though again, is shut down between spruce and wall nit and the share is shut down until rose mary and 19th. We continue to follow breaking news out of melt bourne australia where a driver collided into a group of investigators. The incident was sbengal but no other details have been leased. Paramedics rushed at least 13 people to the hospital. Others had to be treated at the scene for their injuries. Its 4 31. A suspect turns the tables on a would be robber. Police say he pulled out a gun and shot the the attacker. Were joined live at northwest detectives. Match us through this. Reporter and this could have played out very differently if the robber had his way. Instead, he ended up being shot by the person he was trying to rob. This happened just outside a chinese restaurant. Pl police say a man walked up and said give me everything in your pockets. The victim fired at the robber fired several times hitting that suspect in the wrist. That suspect is at i79 now. Their parents told us their son is a well trained Security Guard he felt the way to use it. Just the way to save it on this time. Very, very bad on his disappointo disappointors. And this is the man who was being robbed, the guy in the gray shirt there talking with police shortly after this happened. The suspect who was taken to the hospital is the one expected to be charged in this case. Now to an exclusive, a 10yearold boy describes a terrifying encounter on his way to school. Someone jump utd of of their van and came around them yesterday morning. The children were walking down the oxford circles neighborhood when they claimed a green mini van jumped out and tried to grab them. He gets an unknown object and starts chasing afterus. He was saying what do you guysant. The he said im going to rape you. Thats when we ran. Police continue to look for that van. All right. President trump and republican lawmakers are celebrating passage of the massive tax cut package. Now they hope to keep the many mentum Going International correspondent tracie potts is keeping an eye on the developments from washington. Its always a loot of fun when you win. President trump taking a victory lap on tax cuts. A message is going to your tax relief is on its way. Their celebration could be short lived. Congress now have less than 48 hours to come up with a budget and avoid a government shutdown. Democrats say since republicans are in charge, they have to fix it. They have the vote and they have the signature, so they have the power. It leaves hirns Health Insurance up in the air. A new report says nearly 2 million kids could lose funding in january if congress doesnt act now. For us its the picking of a life. Also up in the air, disaster relief. Domestic surveillance. And protection for young immigrants. Weve been dealing with issues like how what the the scope, how many kids will be protektded. Is it more than the 800,000 . How many more . How long will it take to achieve the status where he can become citizens. The senate cannot pass a budget without a few democrats on board. Telling us what to do, that is not this time. A budget showdown just before christmas. Nbc news, washington. Frds. 4 35 right now. The deliver was racing on tuesday night. Kevin williams was ridening on 213 brois toll. Rescuers found williams and his mangled bike not far from the suspects lightning streak. Her fath ere can still not believe how he is gone. I dont understand how that person would leave that person there. I dont know what they were thinking, you could hit somebody like that. And police are looking for a silver mer seeds bin and a dark colored mish mish lanc lancer. An officer says he smelled alcohol on the breath when he responded to a road rage incident. According to the officer he blurred sweech and blood shot eyes. A judge will hear arguments february 6th about whether to start incriminating charges against boston. The train was traveling more than twice the speed limit. Now, a judge already discriminated. And all lanes are back open following mondays deadly Train Derailment in Washington State whos worked yesterday to clear that wreck from the scene. Dozens were hurts when the train jumped the tracks. The train was speeding at 80 miles hon hour in a 30mileperhour zone. It was the trains inaugural ride on a new route. And here is a look high above center city where the final beam was hoisted into place yesterday. The new Technology Center which is now the most in philadelphia. Comcast chairman and ceo Bryan Roberts was on hand with the event telling ustion that the workers have a deep sense of pride. The comcast Technology Center will open in 2018 and will always be the home of our news room and studios. Well, clues in the ruins. Attorneys are raising new questions about the deadly Senior Living facility. And thieves are threatening more and more packages from doorstep this is time of year. What you can do to protect your delivery. 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, everyone. Jessica boyington with a check on the roads and right now we have a live picture out where this water main break that oi occurred yesterday morning. We had a big mess around the square. It was all cleaned up and now its back again. So another hassle for your morning commute here. Its right around the square area. This looks like that general area, that looks like locust street right in here. 18th street is sut down between spruce and walnut. So in this general area here, so not a lot of traffic moving through the square, but if this keeps on till later in the morning it will be a big hassle too. Looks like they moved this camera just a little bit. Looks like some of the detoured traffic. You can see some flashlights disclosed in wean the vine and headed to south street. Also watching a little bit of a slowdown here because of this accident on the ac expressway on the eastbound side. So of course updates on the skuk ill and on the square when i come back. Im bill henley. Its just dropped below freezing in phil fill. Wes will see plenty of sunshine though and warm into the low hos which is typical for the beginning of winter. Suburbs 28 degrees right now. And then it warms above freezing peaking at 42 degrees this afternoon. The winds will be much lighter than yesterday. Lehigh valley, a few sunshines right now moving through the temperatures up to freezing by 10 00 and then near 40 degrees this afternoon in the lehigh valley. Plenty of sunshine, but youll definitely have to bundle up this morning especially cold. 27 degrees right now. Early this afternoon and like much of the rest of the area peeking in the very low 40z. New jersey shore, 27 right now. Still cold at 8 00 this morning. And then warming into the very low 40s at noontime. Thats where well stay. Bright sunshine, 28 degrees. Well warm to 37 degrees so up by about 10 by sock in the morning. Noontime, than will be the first hour with winter. 40 degrees the high temperature. 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Life can be unpredictable. Provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones by calling now. Youll be glad you did. gentle music 4 47 right now on this thursday. And we are hearing more from the loved ones of four who died in a senior loving facility last month. Officials know the fire started on an outdoor patio and now it shows a fire sprinkler valve in a mechanical room may have been in the off position. If it was off the night of this deadly fire, that would give a complete explanation for why the sprinklers were not working. Thats why were here. Were we want anxiousswers. Was there a failure in the mechanical system. So far they have not released an official cause of the fire. A suspect of setting off a bomb in the manhattan subway system is sitting in jail after he was rerested yesterday. He did not enter a plea. He was the only person seriously hurt when the bomb strapped to his body went off in a tunnel linking two subway stations. Prosecutor say he was on a mission to punish the u. S. For attacking an Islamic State group. Lets take you state by state. Well start in delaware county, police have released video of a bank robber. He said he had an explosive and a weapon. The man may have drich off in a silver pontiac twodoor car. No one was hurt. And the transformation of a park. That stretch of the waterfront has been closed off to the public for more than 70 years. Cold weather doesnt stop the coast guard from making sure the water is safe down the shore. A Coast Guard Team hauled a buoy out of the water yesterday. They are a little bit brighter so you can see them from further away. The coast guard tells us the lights last longer than the old standard bulbs making them more reliable for boaters to follow. According to cnbc one in five homeowners have fallen to porch owners. Police are being forced to crack down on the package delays. Consumer experts want to reroute the destination. Juice smart gadgets with a builtin surveillance camera or you can always pick the package up yourself. Oi couldnt believe it. I told my girlfriend. I think he just put my package down as pants. It is a growing dwob and we need to devote resources to this problem. Its not cheap stuff that the thieves are taking. The average stolen packages here cost 250. I always get it slivered to my office or my husbands office. Its a chilly start this thursday. It is. That wind we had yesterday, that was a cold air rushing into the area. Thats why we started off with temperatures in the 40s and 50s yesterday and they came down during the day. Today, dry this morning its a live view from center city. The temperatures though have dropped below freezing for all of the neighborhoods. To 30 degrees in philadelphia at the airport. Northeast philly is at 31. A little bit of a breeze. Not much. Just enough to make those feels like temperatures in the teens for reading. Low 20s in allen tourn and 25 degrees in philadelphia. It is cold this monthing. And it is going to be typically chilly this afternoon. Well be dry. Radar and satellite shows some moving through the area right now. Youre starting off with mostly clear skies. Well have lots of sunshine. There is wet weather heading our weekend. Two systems are going to come together. One you can see in the dakotas and one that hasnt formed yet over texas. They eel give us sam rain on saturday. 4 the degrees this afternoon. Winter arrives at 11 28 this morning. The first day is going to be warmer. 54 degrees in the afternoon. A mostly cloudy day tomorrow and by tomorrow night and saturday weve got rain i, but the temperatures go higher with a strong southwesterly flow. Sunday, clouds will break, looks like a dry day, 46 degrees. We might seize a light shower sunday night and into monday morning. Looks like were going to see a lot of sunshine now on christmas day, but a gusty winds so temperatures will start in the 40s in the morning and then like yesterday theyll cool down in the afternoon. 39 degrees later on monday and then here comes even Colder Weather for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Thursday there is a chance well see some snow. Im saying a chance bah because it now looks more likely that this system could pass to our south. If we dont get snow on thursday, the cold weather stays with us on friday. This time of year when those temperatures start to dip you see ice cracking, breaking. We heard about one of those in jerusalem and i know weve got one in philadelphia right now. Reporter we did have a few water main breaks yesterday. You can see our live shot right here is back in the square at the exact same spot where we have a walter main break here. Theyre trying to work on it here where they have a portion of the street closed down. And the square is shut down to 19th street. So in that general area, theyre not letting traffic through. As watching the skchuylkill expressway and headed to south street and also still watching a lit little bit of a slowdown. There was an earlier overturned vehicle, still something theyre cleaning up there. Back to you. Spreading the holiday spirit. A festive surprise leaves people smiling ptd and eyes on the prize, the eagles starting quarterback is talking about leading the virgin. Why hes not looking to replace car son wentz. Letzs talk abos talk abou. Keep in mind they were on the road for three straight games. The eagles have a win at their backs. Nick foles won his first game back from the birds and he won the win over the rams so is this sewing the seeds of a takeover . Foles says not so much. No. I get, like, oh, way wait, youre the guy thats just how i am. I respect carson wentz. He is this franchise quarterback. My guy is to lead these guys on the field. Ive been here, ive done that. I know the responsibility, but this is carson wentz team and i respect him too much to make that statement. On christmas day, our gift to you is the coverage of the birds like you wont find anywhere else as they take on the ravens. The egos game plan right after wards at sock a. M. This holiday season, former president barack obama is taking on a new role in his life as a civili civilian. He played washington to children yesterday. I mean, he didnt theres the beard, i mean, you know, you cant really hide his high intensity. As the former president stopped by he brought a sack of president s to the kids here to the boys and girls club of radar washington. He posed for a few pictures. Learn si felt like the north pole last night. Such a cool story. Our crew counted hundreds of families. One rain deer, smiles everywhere. As Restaurant Owner put on a big party giving away hundreds of gifts. She wanted to gifz something to her community that many never get to see. I wanted the kids to see some beautiful in our neighborhood because we have to go other places. I want them to know all this is real. Now, if the name sounds familiar, he also went owl autoon her sons prom party. She knows how to throw a party. Now more of the stories were following for you. Rush hour run down. A car plows into a crowd of christmas shoppers. And the push to protect your children this morning and the terrifying tales from one of the one would be victims. And knock it down. New jerseys governor elect calls n jrk transit a National Disgrace who plans to overall the major mode of transportation. 5 00 a. M. Good morning. Welcome to thursday. Thanks for being with us today. Lets begin with bill henley as we are getting close to the official start of winter. Yes, it is. And it feels like winter has already arrived. Our temperatures are in the 30s and low 20s this morning. But look at the cold air for delaware, just below freezing in the lehigh valley. 20s for new jersey and 20s for the suburbs too. Afternoon temperatures are going to warm into the upper 30s and low 40s. Back in ten minutes but first jessica boying torn has your first alert traffic. We oort starting out in center city dealing with a problem that was similar to yesterdays morning commute where we have a water main break in the middle of the square. 18th street is shut down between spruce and walnut. Still watching this construction on the eastbound side in wean the vine and to about south street where we have it closed. Should be clearing about this time too and watching for t