Coming. Minutes away. Are you ready . Ready. Were ready, of course, im telling you, we brought a bubble here. Alex . Alex says she want to stay warm inside of her snow globe. This is so cool. It is brand new, from our friend over at j dogs, j dogs have george, can you show their little logo there, they have this new thing that you can take your christmas photos in. Your holiday photos in, you can rent this, and take it to your house, we will tell you all of the details later in the show. But look at that, alex is in a snow globe. But it is also cents kind after bouncy house, isnt it . This has been my dream, always wanted this. Youve always wanted to be in a snow globe. Shes the bubble girl. Not bubble boy. The bubble girl. That is so cool. So, if you want to come by, you guys going to be out here until 10 00, until 10 00 this morning right here at fourth and market. Jump in, bounce around a little bit, take a picture if you would like. I love it. I love it, too. It is actually not that cold in here. Not that cold . First day of winter 20 1128 . First days of autumn technically speak egg. It is a much colder start to the day than it was yesterday. Windchills in the teens, twos out there, if you remember yesterday, we were in the 40s, 50s, so make sure youre bundle like bus stop buddy todays temperature right now in philadelphia, 33, still not at our official sunrise time, 7 19. Yes, these days, are indeed going to start getting longer after today. 43 degrees our high. Thirtytwo our low tonight with mostly cloudy skies. It wont be as cold, and there it is, your winter solsus time, 11 28 a. M. This morning. Thats your forecast for your thursday. Holiday weekend, coming up, and weve got your forecast coming up, as well, bob kelly . Good morning, 7 03, exactly on this thursday morning. Accident eastbound on the schuylkill expressway. It is right here at city avenue. A tracking a lot of attention, you got couple every police cars on the scene, some tow trucks, again, eastbound schuylkill at city. And thats causing a delay south on the boulevard, starting to back up, from ridge down to the schuylkill expressway as well. Update on that water main break again this morning. Lets roll video from our news van on the scene. Rittenhouse square, again, this morning, the scene of the shot, 18th and locust. Which is right there, the same spot as yesterday. We heard from carol over at park this morning, and they say they had gotten an water restored, late last night, around 1 00 a. M. But as of 2 30 a. M. This morning it is out again. So Water Service, not obviously impacted to not only the restaurant but probably the condos there. Lets come back to the maps. So it is 18th, and 19th street here, closed, right at the square, and thats going to cause delays for folks kind of going around the square for the morning rush hour, and of course, as you head in toward the lunchtime hour, but again the scene of the break again right here at 18th and locust, so expect delays this morning. And another water main break, on 60 street. Septa route 46 bus, on a detour. Mike back over to you. Yes, that time of year for the water main breaks, for sure. Lets take you to the kingsessing section of the city. One person suffering from life threatening injuries. Two other victims are in stable condition after a fire broke out at a row home, it happened, just after 5 00 this morning, about two hours ago, on south 54th, right at springfield. Firefightrs were able to get it under control in about 30 minutes. Well, group of children targeted by two guys in a minivan. Trying to lure them into that van. Luckily the kids got away. They ran away. They new what to do. So jen is he on this, as a warning to everybody else out there near lawncrest. Jenny . Good morning, a warns because these guys have not yet been caught. Mike as you said the children were not harmed. They were able to get away safely. But of Course Police want people in this neighborhood of lawncrest to be on the lookout and to be on alert, until these guys are caught. So there is attempted child luring happened yesterday morning, just before 8 30 a. M. Police say it was here on the 900 block of devereaux, near oxford, two men were hanging out in a green minivan, and as four children ages six to ten walked by, they opened the trunk door and attempt topped get the three boys and one girl to jump inside. The children new that this was not a good situation. They ran away, one of the men chased after them. Police say that he yelled and threatened them. The boys ran to carnell elementary two blocks away, they got help. The School Called 911 and immediately reported what happened. Police want you to be on the lookout for this van and for these two men. If you see a green minivan, i wish i had a more detailed description, but all i have is the gwen minivan at or around places cents where kids are likely to gather, schools, rec centers, please give 911 a call. So, police are searching for surveillance video, now to see if they can provide better idea of who they need to be looking for, so if they find anything good, im sure theyll give it to us, we will of course put it out to you. For the time being police just reminding parents to talk to their children about stranger danger and do exactly what these children did yesterday. Run away, and call for help. Mike and alex. Exactly what their parent did, yes, exactly, thank you. Tragedy days before christmas, and a eight year old boy is killed in a car crash. And the driver of the other car sped off, but was tracked down and later arrested. Steves on the story. Steve . Reporter well, can you imagine the pain . This young father will feel. How is he ever going to celebrate christmas again without his son . Probably be home, from the hospital, eventually and looking at the gift that he had ready for his eight year old son, and instead of being with him christmas morning, around the tree, opening up presents, hell be planning a funeral christmas week. Look at this sad site. Specially looking at those toys. Kind of like the toys this little kid would have got. Somebody just brought teddy bear here, canned else lit, under balloons at the spot where this little eight year old was plowed into by hitandrun driver, look at the car. This car was hit, this is the secondary after accident when the guy left the original accident scene, and tried to drive away. Still look at the damage to. This it is all over, all four sides, this car, not towed away. And now, look at the video. This little boy is strapped in a child restraint seat in the back seat of the passenger side. And when you look at the damage to this car, youre surprised that the kid was even breathing for another 20 minute or so, like the witnesses told us. Just awful. His father, out the driver side, taken to the hospital. Police eventually catch this 34 year old guy, who took off, and somehow got several blocks away, but look at his Honda Odyssey minivan. How he was driving like this in the middle of the afternoon, still, despite this accident. Now, High Ranking Police source t news that this guys driving record is about the worse hes ever seen. Fifty traffic citations before this crash, and he was driving with a suspended license, maybe one of the reasons he didnt want to stick around and tried to get away. From this. Elegant and facing slew of charges, the reason we didnt have instant charges yesterday, they took him to the hospital to be tested for drugs or alcohol to see if he was under the influence when this all occurred. But this will stay with me for sure on christmas. Thats for sure. I can tell in your voice there, steve. Eight years old. Fifty violations still behind the wheel. 7 08. In bristol borough, the search continues for the driver who took off after hitting and killing a 52 year old man. Police idntified Kevin Williams as the victim who was riding his bike home from work on route 13. When he was struck on tuesday night. The car is believed to be an older silver Mercedes Benz amg with significant damage to the front of the vehicle. It is unfathomable. I just dont understand, you know, somebodys life, it was an accident. You need to take accountability. And i certainly hope if they dont turn themselves in, that somebody else does. Because Justice Needs to be done for kevin. Police did finds a distinctive license plate with a eagle emblem at the scene. They believe it is cents from the vehicle theyre looking for. Okay, lets get back to the story out of australia, happened while were you sleeping. Police say a car plowed into a group of people on a crowded sidewalk, look at the aftermath here. And karen, the last time we got an update, they were saying while they feel like this is intentional, they dough not feel it is a terror attack. They dont think it is a terrorism attack or linked to terrorism in anyway. We know it is an Australian Citizen of afghan descent, two people involved. There is the white suzuki, you can see it right, there that had plowed into, this is very busy shopping district. People were out there christmas shopping, when all of a sudden that white suv plowed into that crowd of people, some who were shopping, about 4 00 in the afternoon, this is the Southeastern State of victoria, mel born area, so, other people, though, were waiting, you could see like the bus, it is like actually a cable car, thats where the suzuki finally stopped right there. Nineteen people are injured some of them right now are in critical condition. The two men who were in that suv were quickly arrested. And the early reports claim that that one, you know, Australian Citizen of afghan descent, has whole history of drug use, Mental Health issues, known to police, 32 years old, still searching for a motive. Counter terrorism will still be involved until they rule that out. But those are some of the latest breaking details just getting on that. So it, could be a possibility, but at this point, theyre saying they havent found anything . They dont think so, but still making sure they rule everything out. Okay. All right. Thank you, karen. Well, fresh off a big win, i guess could you call it, some say, on tax reform, republicans are already moving onto a potential crisis, in the next few hours. Another looming government shutdown, that will happen at midnight tomorrow. If they dont do comings today. So shortterm deal may be in the works, but nothing certain. So doug you have more on this. So doug, yesterday afternoon, everyone gathered outside the white house, big celebration, and i guess now it is back to folks us on other things . Thats right. This is kinds of the looming crisis didnt get much attention in recent days because of all of the talk about tax cuts. And tax reform, and all of that. Congress tends to govern by crisis on these things. Republicans want to come one some kind of a shortterm deal to at least bridge the gap of the holidays. But this could come right to the bring. Seems like a lot every fun. Always a lot every fun when you win. No surprise, President Trump was in a good mood at the while house. Congress had just passed tax reform, and he and other republicans celebrated. But in the corridors of congress, a problem is lurking. There is a plan. There is a plan. What is it . What are the details of the flan. Well, well see. Well see how or if congress averts a shutdown, which could happen as the clock instruction midnight tomorrow night. The easiest solution, a stopgap spending bill that would provide enough money to carry the government over to january 19th. But there have been plenty of questionsment many republicans want more spending for the pentagon. There is cents some bipartisan calls for huge disaster aid package for hurricane relief. Childrens Health Insurance funding, and possible renewal of the controversial foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, or phase a. I think highly unlikely that there is a got shutdown. Treasury secretary, steven, seems confident a deal could be struck, but even though republicans controlled both houses cents of congress, they may need help from democrat to make it happen. And that will not be eats i. It is their responsibility, they havent shown us any plan for house theyre going to get it done. So, lets wait until they come to us, and tell us how they expect to get it done. And dont under estimate role every christmasses in all of. This you have a lot of these lawmakers that are tired, they want to go home for the holidays, than can be a driving force behind some kind of a deal, you know, the other aspect of this, the blame game. Everybody trying to figure out okay who will get the blame if there is a shutdown. This government shutdown, we talk about the friday midnight deadline works real i go into effect essentially on monday, the week of christmas, mike and at next. Yes. Well, okay. What a Christmas Present that would be. I mean, im sure a lot of the lawmakers, the millionaires who happen to be in congress, doug, are probably feeling pretty good today. Because they got that huge tax cut. All right, thats editorial. Look at you. Thank you, doug. Doug, see you tomorrow. Wouldnt you be happy if you got a huge tax cut . I mean, a lot more money for you. Moving on. 7 14, mikael a suing the Us Olympic Committee and usa gym that the innings, she is alleging. The one with the smirk, right. And also a gold medalist. Yes, yes. But yes, she is the one who became famous because she look like she was not impressed onment stands there. So she is alleging that both groups paid her to keep quiet about her sexual abuse claims. Her Attorney Says she signed confident al settlement in 2016ment meant to resolve sexual abuse claims by the team doctor, larry, we know how that ended up zoo. Wasnt that settlement annulled. Claiming the organization took advantage of her fragile mental state. Hes been put away for just about ever. But the fact that they paid her, though . To keep quiet. Hush money. All right, just im not rubbing this in. Yes, you. No, im not. Then why would you tell us . We wont be there. So why would you tell us what the temperatures are going to be where youre going vacation. Because alex holley im here to inform. So just random knowledge, we go on about our day . Im flying out of this cold weather down to near venezuela to an island called curesal. The temperature right now 7 15 g there. What is it . Eighty. But a high later today, mid 80s. Well, arent you lucky. Whats the temp here . Well, 33. The thing is, where are you now . Youre here. Im here. So for now you have to deal with the cold, right, sue . Hes rubbing it, in isnt he . Look, we have beautiful sunrise, mr. Gloater. There is the plane im taking, coming out of your back. Im gloater and a bloate. R. For the short amount of time we have daylight today, starting off looking pretty good. This will be the shortest day of the year, longest night of the year. 1128 when the actual solsus happens. But, it is just couple of hours away. Now, there is a cold front from yesterday morning. High pressure building in. Weve got system that were watching to the west. And another, this system, is stalled, just off the coast, and weve got to keep an eye on that as we head into christmas week toned see if it decides to move back, and maybe give us a little bit of rain. So we have colder air for now, but thats going to change. As far as today is concerned, a lot of sunshine for a little bit of time. And then friday, for as long as weaver daylight, cloudy, maybe rain at night, rain sneaking in on saturday. On and off throughout the day throughout the evening, and hopefully out of here by Christmas Eve. That is the early call anyway, things, still little ifee with this christmas weekend forecast. Driving me crazy. 33 degrees in philadelphia right now. But factor in little bit after breeze, and it feels like 27. We have windchill of 19 in wilmington. Feels like 25 in allentown and 22 is your windchill in Atlantic City this morning. So make sure to layer it up today. 43 degrees, 52 tomorrow. And 57 with that rain on and off on saturday. And now on sunday it, looks like if we get any rain it will be in the morning. So, santas trip should be dry, bob kelly, on saturday night. Well, thats good. Hes got the rain jacket, and the new wiper blades, just in case. 7 17. Twenty minute delays now on the broad street subway, because of some earlier equipment issues, at allegheny avenue. The allegheny station, septa running with delays on the cynwyd and the thorndale, Regional Rail line, lights out in mt. Laurel, new jersey, traffic lights out at union milan mt. Laurel road. Thats going to be a busy one, especially for the school buses headed into Lenape High School there. Rittenhouse square, another day, another water main break. Come on, we roll video. News van on the scene this morning, again at 18th and locust, where the pipe burst again, our friend over at park say they had gotten water back but out again as of 2 30 a. M. This morning, so could be tough for the showers over in the condos there and the rittenhouse hotel. So coming back to the maps again, 18th and 19th, closed right here, lower corner every Rittenhouse Square, will cause grid look for the folks during the morning and of course the lunchtime hour. 4 22, as we head eastbound in toward king of prussia. And a double bubble today. I typically do breakfast with bob today. But we will throw in kind of mash it together, were going to honor two crossing guards, who are retiring after a combined 57 years of service. No way. In fishtown. We will go out there, be on the corner and serve them breakfast in the School Cafeteria with the whole crowd right here on good day. I love stuff like. That will can you imagine the stories, the kids coming book visit over the years . Oh,. Fiftyseven years of little kids stories on the corner. We will honor them today. The 9 00 right here good day. Special. Boom. Remember last year . Of course you do. Because were you watching the superbowl. Big time patriots fan, mark wahlberg, he left the superbowl early so he didnt get to see his Favorite Team come back against the falcons. He missed it. He was cents in a suite at the game. Right. So there was all of this outrage. So he came out and he said at the time oh, well my son wasnt feeling well so i had to go. Now we know the real reason why. Oh, what is it . So in a new interview with mens health, wahlberg, he really spilled the beans, he said they left because his son who 18 years old,