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are with us this morning, 5:00 s morning. the let s get tour headlines, every year hundreds of people pack the the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul on the ben franklin parkway, it is midnight mass, and it wouldn t be christmas, without it, for so, so many. this is the scene at that church early this morning. there will be more masses at the cathedral basilica all throughout the the day, today. now that is the magnificent sound of the special christmas eve mass, at the vatican, celebrated by, of course, pope francis. midnight ceremony featured a special prayer from the pope and playing of the christmas music on trumpets. pope francis urged those in intoxicated by possessions and superficial appearances to return to the essential values of life. thousands of people are expect to attend the the traditional speech at st. peters square that happens in just a few hours. christian faithful from around the world are in the biblal city of bethlehem for christm ....
lots of festivities and fun to come with mike and alex but good morning, merry christmas so glad you are with us. lets get to those headlines. it is a bit foggy out object this christmas morning. the here s our neighborhood in olde city, little bit hazy but some of those back road, boy, when you drive along them it is kind of scary and unseasonably warm, that is all we can talk about with our friend and family. we will get your full forecast in a minute but first lets look at the headlines. the every year hundreds of people pack cathedral will about a silica have of saints peter and paul for midnight mass to kick off christmas this year was no different. the here s what it looked like this morning inside about a sill contact more masses there and churches throughout the the day, today. this is the sound of the mass, celebrated by pope francis, at the vatican for christmas eve, midnight ceremony featured a prayer from the pope and playing of the christmas songs on ....
a few kay vacation cabins. but nothing immediately being threaten at this point as we said a handful of residents and business owners were told to leave by the state police. as a precaution, we spoke with one of them a couple minutes ago. came by and said, suggested that we, n we leave and so we left for little while. i just came back to see how things were going and straight trooper said it was okay to stand here for time to time being. i wanted to make sure everything is okay. reporter: forest tree officials are very concerned this fire will jump route 20 sick where we re standing now. it s burning right up to the roadway there. of course there s been all afternoon a parade of water drop drops by forestry plains and helicopters. they continue right now. we are told there is a horse stable about three quarters of a mile west of here along 206. they re afraid that fire is going to jump 20 sick but forestry officials told us literally within the past few minutes they ....
are pleased to hear that a suspect has been identified in the murder of corporal dixon friday night. now he served here for a year before transferring to northeastern pa at the barracks there to be with his family. he transferred back in june, and that is where the shooting took place on friday. let s go to video. here s what we know. 31 year old eric matthew frame has been identified as the suspect. survival lift from northeastern pennsylvania accused of killing corporal dixon and critically wounding another trooper in an ambush during a friday night shift change. he is considered armed and dangerous. police believe he was making a statement against the government and police with the attack. police say a person found a jeep in a swamp 2 miles from the shooting scene and called 911. investigators say they found evidence in that vehicle it matched evidence at the shooting scene. they issued an arrest warrant. troopers here say the suspect took a way a model public servan ....
two men with a gun pushed into the door. those chilling words from one terrified temple students whose off campus home was invaded by a pair of gun toting robbers sunday night. the student still so shaken he asked to us conceal his identity as he described the robber s violent attack on his roommate. then proceeded to pistol whip him and hit him until he was unconscious. get down on the floor and sip tied us. reporter: student says there were half a dozen people at home in the 1900 block of north 18th street when the bandits burst in. tied everyone up and proceeded to loot the place. they stole two laptops, seven cell phones, everyone s wallet, anything of value they found. reporter: two students who live here remain barricaded in their rooms locking themselves in when they heard the terrifying ordeal downstairs. roommate billy denim was at wo work. i think my one roommate was targeted because they were asking him where his money was at. reporter: temple ....