good morning, i'm rahel solomon, jim donovan is off this morning. let's check on the morning forecast, talking about possibly 06 degrees. >> i know, i like how you repeated yourselves. i like people looking at the screen, say what? then today repeat yourself. we all appreciate that. yes, you're right, looking ahead to very warm air for the standards of this time of year. wrapping up the month of december, you're typically only going to find the highs in the low 40's, this is a week, my friends, though, that does a lot of roller coaster riding. we've got cold spots. we've got very warm spots. the warmth happening at the front end of this forecast. and that's actually because we have warmfront. that's lifting in. at the moment storm scan not showing too much right now though. the warmfront itself hasn't actually moved in. zoom it out even one quick time, you see back through western pennsylvania, hint of some activity on the radar. all really scattered, though, the bulk of the action, the energy with this particular front, is removed off to our north

hello, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. back from vacation. but first here's what you need to start your day in the morning minute. >> president-elect trump is ready to pick an oil executive as his secretary of state. >> rex tillerson, sources close says he plans to announce his choice of rex hiller son this morning. >> need yan bill cosby expected here at the montgomery county courthouse for pretrial hearing today. >> the lowest of the low. >> police asking for the public's help after spring of church burglaries in coatesville. >> the data security breach at quest diagnostic compromised the information of 34,000 people. >> when you put something on line, there is no way to necessarily know the information is protected. >> on christmas day, you have a chance to just take a break and relax with the ones you love. >> thank you, santa. >> except for me. because i have to work that day. >> funny, i do too. >> oh, yes, it is a sun day. i was thinking no, i'm off that day. late show host stephen colbert, santa played by good man. >> we'll show you c

. >> today is sunday december 4th, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. all of those stories and more in a moment. first, out the door with a check on weather justin drabick. looks like little drop in temperatures? >> drop in temperatures, little bit of snow possibly tonight. north of the city. it is december. >> true, it has to. the way i see it, the sooner winter moves in, the soon at the moves out, the faster spring comes. >> that's exactly how it works, ya, all the time, all right. we'll see. but tonight any snow it, won't be big deal. no accumulating or anything. but typical day today. temperatures upper 40's, most of today stays dry. sunshine around this morning into the afternoon, and the clouds thicken up, overnight tonight, see the precipitation in the form of some rain showers, for most locations, but areas to the far north, lehigh valley poconos could see wet snow into early tomorrow morning. sunrise happening in about six minutes. here in philadelphia, you can see, some clouds there. but overall partly sunny skies, through the day today, 41 de

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. the lets start with weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> yeah, it is wednesday our hump day, getting over the hump together. i can tell you that the roadways are nice and wet for you. not good. >> yes. >> okay. so it is going to be another slow commute just ahead up. >> at least initially. i think with time we will see things drying out pretty nicely. i know road spray is an issue out there because we had so much rain, rolling through last night but we saw from wider screen on storm scan, we have it wrapping up. we might have have left over, again, spray from the vehicles and that type of thing and chill set nothing as well but in terms of what that system had it up its sleeves it is winding down and we are fining lesson storm scan will have a very tough time even hitting the ground right now. so, with that said, expect that we are going to start to clear out, with time, words to mention winter weather advisory in the poconos, that is still technically posted and it is not ne

>>> i'm rahel solomon. a lot of weather to talk b lets talk about the traffic and check on the roads, with katie and meisha. >> good morning. >> lots to talk about in both weather and traffic right now, just because you will be dealing with the slippery conditions. but i have to say what a surprise it was to see snow, up there, i have loved it. >> yes. >> you are from sweden. >> yeah, okay, all right. >> it really was pretty. with that being said don't get mad because i'm your teammate today. roadways are looking okay. you just want to take it easy, all of the reasons katie's talking about. >> at least we are done with it. >> i saw that one. it is great. so, okay, snow is gone, and left behind a little dusting i do think that more than anything you'll be dusting off your car windshield for sure but it isn't having a very easy time leaving behind too much slick weather. that is good. make it snow, check this out we will go off to the poconos and wind whipping around as well. pocono resorts are clearly loving

the 12th, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. jim donovan is on. justin and meisha are keeping an eye on, and so much to keep ion. a bit of a mess throughout. >> it is a mess, i think i saw about 20 accidents already, and only 6:00 in the morning, so the good news a lot of those have cleared out of the roadways, but whether you couple that with wet roadways and a lot of construction out there there is will be a messy day. of in the morning, leave your homes early, rahel, can't say it over and over again. >> we'll dry out by mid-morning, but it will be too late, the morning rush, accidents. the afternoon commute will look whole lot better. dry around around, feeling pretty good this afternoon compared to the weekends. up to around 50. there you go, center city. little nasty walking outside next few hours, cold conditions, with the winds, rain, hitting you in the face, so have the rain jacket, umbrella certainly needed this morning, temperature right now four is at the airport, south winter weather advisory breeze kicking up at 12: still, lingering,

. >> i'm rahel solomon. right now cosby's attorneys are arguing about a key point, which could affect how his criminal trial plays out. the judge's determining whether to allow the state to introduce what's known as prior bad act in the form of 13 women who claim cosby assaulted them in the past. some dating back to the 19 60s. if the judge allows this, cosby's trial could become more of a he said-they said situation rather than cosby facing only one accuser. the 79 year old comedian is facing ago vaulted indeeds end assault charges for allegedly sexually assaulting former temple women's basketball coach, andrea constand, at his cheltenham home in 2005. "eyewitness news" has been at the courthouse tracking ought of the days developments, starting today at 5:00. >> this noon, say florida gators defensive coordinator jeff collins will be named temple's new head football coach. collins will replace matt rhule who was recently hired at baylor after four season with the owls. matt rhule led owls to back-to-back t

jim, rahel? >> hena, thank you. still trying to get an update on shooting victim in willingboro, burlington county. chopper three was over the scene last night as police arrived on plum tree lane. officers returned the victim to lourdes medical center, so far, police have not made any arrests. and no word yet on a motive. >>> a rash of church burglaries in coatesville unnerved the chester county community. police are now asking for the public's help in catching the thief. the holiday season of course is in full swing, and police say burglars may be targeting houses of worship out of desperation. five churr. have been hit in a little over a week. police believe that all five break-in's are connected, and say, $5,400 were stolen from the holy ghost ukrainian orthodox church. >> there is no need to steel specially from a church and in church's we do a lot of outreach for people. really the lowest of the low to steel from a church. >> and police say they plan to increase their presence around the area isochore. in an ef

>> i'm rahel solomon. lets check weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> good morning, happy wednesday, are you happy. >> of course. >> i love the pink tie. it is hump day. we will get through this together. we are waking up to wet roadways. what happens is we can have issues. we have had more than three accidents outside on the roadways. we will get to all that coming up in a moment. >> a lot of front loaded accidents lately and weather plays such a role in that. you said it, there is still wet roadways out there. bulk is getting out of here. all we're left with as we look at tri-state sweep here on storm scan, you've got lingering moisture granted, but more than anything precipitation is receipt i much done, i don't think a lot of what you are finding out there is having a chance to verify at ground level. you might have a fine mist continuing to pull away but for the most part we are left with just clouds in most locations, and the damp roadways. if you are close enough to other traffic on the roa

jim, rahel? >> i've been watching the market closely. jill, i understands american express is doing something really good. the latest company to announce that they're expanding maternity and paternity leave? >> well, that's right. american express is expanding its leave to 20 weeks as full pay. it offers six weeks now. the company will also pay up to $35,000 for fertility treatments, surogacy, and adoptions. in the past couple of years seen companies mostly tech industry expanding their maternity and paternity leave policies as a way to attract the best workers. so, hopefully it is a trends that continues. >> sort of recruitment tool to sort of maybe encourage some of the smartest and bright toast come over to their side. interesting. >> sounds good to us, thanks, jill. >> specially for tech companies. good way to attract women. >> all right, jill, thank you. >> well, it is the most wonderful time of year. we're not talking about the holidays. >> iphone use remembers getting new emojis, yes. >> alleluhia. >> everyone rejoice. so many cho

. >> good morning, happy wednesday, happy friday for rahel and i. >> yeah, okay, whatever. >> happy hump day. >> we know they will miss us. >> of course they are. >> road are looking good, dry but it is chill think morning, katie. >> absolutely, but not the as cold as yesterday. >> yes. >> but we mentioned first day of winter, exactly 16 minutes ago, winter solstice took effect and that means it is shortest amount of daylight we will have the entire year, just over nine hours of daylight and that is all you get here, guys but silver lining there is that with every passing day there this point forward we will tack additional seconds on today light. this is my mother-in-law's favorite day of the year because she likes signal of the longer days and that is what you have today. we have got cloud out there right now, not a sign of anything yet to come, but just cloud, but it is helping to limit amount of cooling that we had yesterday. still in the 20's in most locations. don't get me wrong we need heavy coat the but no noticeable breeze in most spots, it is just chilly outside. you will find

. >> i'm rahel solomon. anita oh, live in frazier where investigators received big break in the case. anita? >> reporter: well, joe, rahel, that's right. authorities pulled that nissan al team a from a & p auto body shops here behind me after the owner reportedly called in about suspicious car with heavy front end damage, matching the description of the one involved in a hit-and-run that killed eight year old jayanna powell in overbrook about two weeks ago, take a look at a photo of the suspected driver of that car, paul wood hands -- woodland, 24 years old, they don't believe he's the owner of the car. for a week jayanna's pleaded for him to come forward, as he hit the girl walking home from school and kept going. happened in west philadelphia, at 63rd and lansdowne avenue. and this auto body shop where authorities found the car about 30 miles away from that accident scene. the fraternal order of police and the mayor's office had offered a combined $25,000 reward for any information leading to arrest, we sp

is live on lafayette avenue where police searched the property last night, january, good morning. >> rahel and jim, good morning team of 100 people and four cadaver dogs was out here late last night at this delaware county home searching its basement, for any trace of missing mother melissa rodriguez. you may remember this was her home here in collindale, but you she has not the been seen since 2013. take a look at the video. last night crews were inside executing a search warrant. colin tail police chief tells us that cadaver dogs were looking for remains. he said police dug, two, three by 3-foot holes in the basement but they found nothing. he said four dogs were indicating pretty strongly that something was there so he said crews might be back out here later today. >> we keep digging holes keep looking, and i'm in the saying she wasn't there at one time but she's not there now, underneath clay, dirties exacted solid indicative of not being moved for years. >> i want to be able to call mrs. rodriguez and tell her we have found her daughter. at this point we have speculation, we have the

. >>> aim rahel solomon. lets get your day started with a check of weather with katie and meisha. >> everybody is back, finally. >> back from spain. >> yes. >> how are you feeling. >> well, let's just put it this way i'm channeling my inner demi moore i sound a lot worse, so if i start to break out, in coughing, please excuse me, but we will try to save you. >> i will keep my distance. >> good morning. >> i will try not to cough on any of you. >> katie, weather was really nice yesterday. we're looking like it is nice and dry as well, just a lot of construction, no accidents. >> still dry throughout the entire area that is helpful, right. we will see plenty of sunshine we have some cloud still out there but those will be thin ning with time and as sky continues to clear temperatures will continue their decline through early morning hours and if that happens, of course, it will be a chilly start. not terribly breezy which is helpful but it is cold. looking at area temperatures not terribly out of the ordinary,

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. >>> i'm rahel solomon. katie and pat are keeping an eye on things, good morning. >> good morning, happy hump day i'm in the as pretty as meisha but i come with good news that there is not a lot of traffic. >> and she always has construction to talk about. >> for one of the first times in a while i feel like traffic and wet are are very quiet, and, we have got quiet weather here today, just a little brief break between systems, guy but it is colder. yesterday we had 60's, that will not happen to take, what we will find is a dose of reality for standard ovulate december. to storms to report. we have got temperatures that are a heck of a lot colder by comparison 29 in mount pocono, we have dropped as well from last check 37, current temperature and at 34 in atlantic city. one other big difference is wind has really tapered off but we are leveling off now as well, with regard to the cold air catching up to us. despite full sunshine and lower sun angle this time of the year we are still going to rebound a couple

rahel, over to you. >> nice change, meisha, thank up. now for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the press of atlantic city airport announced five finalist stations for the next generation every fighter jets. but new jersey's air national guard one lunch seven fighter wing base in the atlantic city international air support not one of them. democratic senator bob menendez and republican frank low bee and dough backed the 177 fighter wing, to be the home of the new f35. >> on the front page of the reading eagle, a dramatic fatalities involving the powerful prescription drug phentinol, caught county, state, federal officials, this year alone, phentinol is more powerful than morphine or heroin. >> burlington county times, easthampton, teen hems restore cemetery for his eagle scout project. seventeen year old and 30 volunteers from the troop in mt. holly have restored mount mariah cemetery in hainesport after it was unkept for decades. >> wonderful. that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the del

it is thursday, december 8th, and rahel solomon. we are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning, we are only talking about this morning, it is our friday, weekend for most of us, but -- >> not so much. >> we will just stick with that, and road are looking good, we have had a accident, lots of construction, and we will have things slow you down, good news, and change is nice and dry. >> nice and dry, chill i temperatures, not dealing with rainfall, but much needed rainfall. we are nice and quiet. we will be quiet as far as precipitation is concern over the next several days but temperatures are going to take that tumble, right the now those we are fairly seasonal but it is chilly, philadelphia calling it ace 37 degrees right now. we are at 32 in allentown and currently 33 in wilmington. looking to the south temperatures starting to drop off a

good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >>> aim jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment but here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. >>> well, a man is dead after a shooting in philadelphia's frankford section. twenty-eight shell casing were found around the victim. >>> happening today defense takes center stage, bill cosby 's attorneys want the why to bar the other cosby accusers from testifying at the his upcoming spring trial, they are expected to attack these women's credibility and relevance. >>> it is a tough standard living up to be jason. >> hollywood mourning loss of the tv sitcom legend alan thicke has died, he suffered a heart attack while playing hockey. >> big news story to day was donald trump's meeting with kanye west. what could these two have to talk about though, i can't think of anything that they could possibly have in

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. >>> merry christmas, today is sunday, december 25, i'm rahel solomon. let's get awe check on weather justin drabick with the eyewitness weather forecast. starting off on mild note. >> it is. >> just like last year. >> not quite as last year. tied the records at 68 degrees, we'll get close to 50 degrees this afternoon. just checked the santa tracker, he's back home, north people, finished up, over 7 billion gifts delivered. >> 7 billion? >> hopefully one of those is mine. >> not for you. for todd. >> oh, i forgot about him. >> where are your priorities. >> little selfish right there. forecast looks great across entire region, if you have plans to head outside traveling across the region next 12, 24 hours, no problems. quiet this morning, maybe few areas of fog. still have left over moisture from yesterday's rain, we will dry out quickly. northwest breeze 6 miles per hour, and it does feel like 35, when you factor in the breeze, not bad at all. so 39 at the airport, look at wilmington, dropping to 29 degrees, at this hour, so depend where you are, if you

. >> i'm rahel solomon, greg argos live in logan township more on how it all unfolded. good afternoon, greg. >> afternoon, rahel. route 130 here northbound has reopened. that's the great news. let me step aside here, see the southbound lanes, multi vehicle crash happened around 8:30, 9:00 this morning, still closed so officials stay will reopen hopefully in the next 30 minutes or so. once again this crash occurring at the height of rush hour, seven total vehicles, eight people involved. >> clop err three overhead, massive chain reaction crash on route 130 southbound in logan township, new jersey. >> apparently traffic back up in the southbound lanes of route 130. there was chain reaction collision here involving seven vehicles. >> those seven vehicles mangled, including what remains of this dump truck, smashed between the guards rail and this tanker, holding thousands of pounds of waste water. >> mario towing on scene, and environmental company, as well as new jersey state police vehicle unit removing the last two vehicles from the scene. >> incredibly none of the eight

here with the details. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden. katie and meisha will be along in a moment. first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> head-on crash killed new jersey state trooper and another driver. >> it happened last night, on route 55, in millville. officials have now identified a troop here was killed in last night's head-on collision at 31 year old franky williams. >> flames raised through an apartment building, in northeast philadelphia, we know three people transported to the hospital. >> a 17 year old boy is in critical condition after he is robbed and shot in germantown. >> the victim didn't have a chance. >> upper darby township police looking for two suspect behind an armed robbery at laudromat. >> donald trump has announced another cabinet position. doctor ben carson has been nominated for second of housing and urban development. carson explained he's perfect because quote he did spends part every his childhood in public housing. so get ready for our next surgeon general, someone wh

. >> reporter: rahel and joe, good morning. police tell us this is south philadelphia parking lot where this suspect stalk his potential victims. watch them go in and out of stores behind me and when he finally spotted someone he wanted to take advantage of, he made his move, in broad daylight. take a look at this video. police need your help. this is surveillance video that caught the entire frightening incident. this is sunday november 27th at 12:30 in the afternoon. police say suspect stalks the parking lot of this strip mall at 330 oregon have avenue inside that gray suv believed to be a late model toyota highlander and watch as he chooses his victim and parks his vehicle. the suspect then gets out, walks over to her car, opens her passenger side door and then steals her purse as she's loading groceries in the back. victim realizes what is happening and then doesn't let him go easily. she chases suspect and hangs on to his door before falling off a few feet later. people who work and shop in this area are surprised somethin

good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon, jim donovan is off today. the constitution stipulates that college voters are the ones who actually elect a president and electors in each state are casting their ballots today. cbs news correspondent mikhail reports from the white house. >> voters in the electoral college are casting their ballots for president. >> all 11 votes have been cast for donald j trump. >> president-elect donald trump won 306 electoral college votes on election day it, takes 2370 to win. >> the campagne is over. >> this man is the president. but electric tore call college voters in some states have been inundated with pleas to not vote for mr. trump. >> the republican members of the electoral college there is message is for you. >> outside group unite for america paid for this television ad featuring celebrities, acting electors, to vote their conscious. >> it is about democrats that can't except the outcome of the election, it is about illegitimizing the american system it, won't work. >> twenty-nine states have laws requiring elect

. >> president almost trump continues to make more appoint: i'm rahel sullivan. >> i'm joe holden in for jim donovan. >> donald trump is person of the year, called the nbc "today show" said it was a great honor, but didn't like the sub headline that says he's the president of the divided states of america. >> well, i think. >> putting it divided is darky. >> from trump has spoken to owe became an about the trump administration cabinet picks. >> i take his recommendations very seriously, and there are some people i will be appointed and have appointed where he thought highly of that person. >> president-elect trump continues to evaluate candidates to fill out his administration, made cup old of decision that is will be important voices on national security matters. >> cbs news confirms iowa governor terry brandssad, china referred to as old friend will be the next us ambassador to decline a and marine corps general, john kelly, will be the homeland securityntviewed with president-elect trump in his office last week. he's now join the trump administration. >> news night mr. trump forma

. >>> today is sunday, december 4th, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. let's get your day started with a check on weather and just at this drabick. justin, quiet today? >> correct. little change tonight, dropping the s word maybe little snow in part of the region, it is december, so this doesn't shock you. maybe see few snowflakes, lehigh valley, poconos, no big deal, temperatures stay above freezing. that's good thing, today pretty much typical early december. talking temperatures in the 40's, sunny skies, good day to finish up the holiday decorations if you started this weekends, make become g out your christmas tree, little cool, need heavier jacket. we are waking to up little cloud cover right now. again, not producing anything, later tonight, mainly during the overnight, next round of some rain even some snow showers. all is quiet here in center city, live look, 43 degrees at the airport, north breeze, 5 miles per hour, not windy like it was yesterday, windchill values slightly cooler, generally, feeling like the 30's, to about 40 degrees, actual ai

>> that's right, rahel, killed in the line of duty. i'm jan carabeo, reporting live, coming up what we now know about this young trooper, and how he was killed. >> plus decision is made in the controversial plan to convert a house in swarthmore into group home for out of town cancer patients. meisha, good morning. >> well, good morning, joe, roads are dry. we not without incident. i'll tell you all about the slow downs, place toss avoid when we come back of the first we take a quick break, stay right where you are. cbs-3 "eyewitness news i'm not a customer, but i'm calling about that credit scorecard. give it. sure! it's free for everyone. oh! well that's nice! and checking your score won't hurt your credit. oh! i'm so proud of you. well thank you. free at at discover.com/creditscorecard, even if you're not a customer. pain fmake this...he can feel like this. all-in-one cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the #1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. tylenol® >>> it is 63 and here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >

. >>> go morning,od i'm rahel solomon. firefighters have controlled a fire in lawncrest, sparked when a tanker hit another vehicle and a gas station. chopper three, over the speedway gas station on the 6300 block of oxford avenue. the tanker narrowly missed an gas pump. one person was injured, that person is in stable condition, at einstein. >> switching the forecast with meteorologist, katie fralinger. >> rahel, weaver temperatures flirting with 606 already in some locations, but, you do have a trade off. that comes in the way of this latest cold front. now, just rain showers, and they are scat nerds nature, but they're out there, starting to dot the area windshields, and certainly the radar, as well, as the day goes on it, does clear out. may find yourself also not only noticing the breeze, but needing to flick those windshield wipers. but the high hit 62, come tomorrow, pat, back to dose of reality. >> want to get you caught up on that accident than fire that rahel was telling you about, katie, in lawncrest, oxford at l

. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. police are working to identify two people killed in a fiery rec with a school bus. happened just before 9:00 last night on roosevelt boulevard near woodward streets. they say silver mercedes slammed into the back of the bus which was not load. the bus driver is okay, but two beam in the car were killed. now, checking the forecast with justin day brick, justin, the rain has moved out but it is cold. >> the back to reality, typical for december stuff in the morning, talking temperatures in the 20's, but the winds kicking up look at the nasty windchills feeling like 16 or exposed skin in philadelphia, 13 in allentown, two for the windchill in mount pocono. increasing sunshine today. not helping things much. thirty-five, that's it for the high temperature, upper 30s at the shore, 20's in the poconos, extended forecast, each day gets little warmer heading toward christmas weekends, could make run at 50 degrees for christmas day, meisha? >> all right, justin, looking busy, expect is that on

i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden in for jim donovan. lauren and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's a what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. >> man is in critical condition after a drive by shooting in west philadelphia. >> philadelphia police are calling this intersection one of the more busy intersections in west philadelphia, so certainly more people were out here and could have been injured. >> teen is in the the hospital this morning after he is attacked by a pit bull in wilmington delaware. >>> a $25,000 reward is being offered to find the man who robbed a post office in chester. >> police say that man held a gun in one hand and a umbrella in the other. >> this is a very dangerous individual. >> law enforcement officialness georgia are asking a suspect shooter to turn himself in after one officer is killed and another is wounded. >>> ♪ >> i feel like james corden should never put his leg in that position. >> pretty precarious position. madonna car pooling with james corden on the late,

it is wednesday, december 7th, i'm joe holden, jim donovan is off. >>> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. >> good morning, guys. >> good morning, happy wednesday. i a good morning but then i worry because it has been a very messy commute already. i will write a pleading letter to mother nature, plead with her to please stop the madness. i know it is just beginning. >> yes. >> yes. >> but katie, is the rain gone at least. >> basically. we still have moisture out there leading to i necessity we have va from the vehicles but when we look at storm scan at this local zoom bulk of the moisture is leaving in terms of the rain falling from the sky. they could still have left over to go, you could have left over fine drizzle or hi but more than anything though i would say travel worries that mother nature has talk about here are all from the aftermath of the retreat of this storm system. we are left with again, a good soaking last night, tamp road, puddles that kind of thing but we will not require umbrella for next couple days here. forty-one at the airp

good afternoon everyone i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jim donovan. we are looking at temperatures not higher then 20's and before the bitter blast moves in meteorologist katie fehlinger is live on the cbs-3 skies deck enjoying warmth of the sun while it lasts, katie. >> indeed, even though we'll sun next few days, jim and rahel, it is not going to help too much. we have a very significant blast of cold that waits in the wings, starting to cross over the united states border from the depths of the arctic and it is scheduled to arrive here starting thomas you mentioned. for now it is not too bad, i don't want to say balmy day but pretty typical day very tame in terms of the weather pattern. we have bright sunshine. feels confidentable outside not terribly breezy, and storm scan is empty. we will see nice and quiet out there on the radar and satellite but let me show you what the rest of the day has up its sleeves. lower 40's here, just generally sunshine we will top off in the 20's in the poke these but for this time of the year it is mid december and

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. lets get you out the door and check on the forecast with the roads and kate i and meisha. >> everyone is back together. happy hump day. the road are looking good. they are nice, dry, looking busy. we have had a scattered accidents out there i'm not sure why, katie but hopefully it will stay dry. >> it will stay dry. today was a quiet the day all things considered too but arctic air is working its way in with time. arctic cold front is scheduled to cross tomorrow very early in the morning. as it does so that is when temperatures take a hit. for now storm scan is quiet. not finding much more than a couple clouds and there will be more sun then anything but let me give you a frame of reference here, so the at the moment we have a very modest breeze, hardly noticeable. it is making it feel like 30 at the airport. teens, 20's, we can deal with that. let me give you perspective. in central canada run out of colors it is so cold on the map. look at this, up at international falls it is 29 be

. >>> should a california mountain be left >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. police a a tip led them to an arrest of the case of the deadly hit and run. the auto body shop notified them they had a car with damage consistent with the hit and run in overbrook. it killed jayanna powell november 18th. thirty lisa rested i 24 year-old overbrook man. the his identity has not pneumonia released. lets check the forecast with katie fehlinger. the it seems like we are drying out. >> we already are here, rahel, breeze is picking up, transition is underway and starting to feel a little bit the dryer outside. we started early morning off with muggy conditions, and that started to go by way side, skies clearing nicely, obviously. we have beautiful sunrise. i do think we will find a few clouds as day progresses with the the breeze picking up wrap around moisture, the with the help of pro tuesdaying a i few cloud but we will stay steady in the upper 50's rest of this afternoon and then more so of a reality next few days right around 50, give or take, meisha. >> i have to say

rahel, back over to you. meisha, thank you. and i can personally a test, it is a little chilly out here, but never too cold, right, to help deserving child. take a look at the screen, out here in our cbs-3 parking lot until 8:00 p.m. tonight. we will be here collecting toys, here at 15th 55 hamilton street in philadelphia. so come say hi to us, help child have a merry christmas, if you not get here today with toy, you can still get involved. all do you have do make 10-dollar donation to salvation army by texting joy to 41444. of course message and data rights apply. joining thus morning, managing partner of twc thanks for braving the colds with us. >> thank you, it is chill. >> i nippy. tell us how you got involved and for how long you have been involved? >> twc has been involved for about six years with the salvation army during our holiday party each year we bring gift for the children. >> that's awesome. so how many would you say that over the years you have -- >> it has to be four, 5,000, yes. just terrific. >> absolutely,

i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden in for jim donovan. katie and meisha join us in a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. >> new developments in the hit and run death on her way home from school. >> relief for jayanna's powell familiar a as well as investigators with an arrest in this case. >> wow. >> at least five people are dead, dozens are injured and thousands still without power after a deadly tornado out break sweeps through the south east. >>> slippery situation for the sixers. >> last night's sixers game was postponed for the floor being too slippery. >> not one but two mops for the bo ge y man. >> dehashing us cousins now highest paid floor mopper in nba history. >> both romney last night and trump were dining at a four star french restaurant, billion air of the people ordered young garlic soup with tyme and sauteed frogs legs. i thought he said he would drain the swamp not eat contents. >> the main course he swallowed his pride, dignity and self esteem after dessert, cake. >

rahel. >> what a forecast, thank you. >>> time 8:17. lets check with a manned a muhler in the cbs-3 traffic center, hi there, amanda. >> i have got some good news, earlier we had a lot to talk about but road are looking better out there as accidents that we mentioned are beginning to clear. accident on 76 eastbound in new jersey from the ramp from 295, as well as the september to the off ram, and we had a disable vehicle on west germantown pike at north trooper road, near east author it ton but we have receive word that is also cleared out. taking a look today 76ers taking on the brooklyn nets at home, be ready for your regular traffic delays, in the sports stadium area, you will see 95 southbound at broad street this morning, couple rain drops on the camera there but that is what road are looking like this morning in the cbs-3 traffic center i'm amanda muhler thousand back to you. >>> the philadelphia fire department, shares the holiday spirit with one kensington family, engine seven ladder ten through a christmas party for this family

rahel, over you. >> see you soon, thank you. our next update is at clock 55, up next on cbs this morning, star studded night and the nation's capitol. alex wagner with the latest zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >>> here is the reason, actually, that donald tweets so much. does he it to distract the media from his business conflicts and all of the very scary people in his cabinet. >> oh, that does make sense. >> very clever, sir. >> actually, that's not why i do what i do. i do it because my brain is dead. >> "saturday night live" opened again this weekend with a shot the president-elect trump. the target this time was his love for twitter and retweeting. well, it all got metta when mr. trump fired back with a tweet. while the show was still live. that's right. he called "snl" unwatchable and said alec baldwin's impersonation of him can't get any worse, sad. alec baldwin sa

. >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. police returned to the collindale home of the missing mother who has not been seen since april 2013. police searched home of the melissa rod reag with us cadaver dogs last night looking for perfect remains, police say four different dogs hit the a same spot in the basement but nothing was found authorities could search that area again today. >>> lets check your forecast with meteorologist katie fehlinger. that warm weather a thing of the past. >> memory at this point. we are back to a dose of reality for late december, this is nothing shy of typical but what we are finding is something different, it is chillier outside not quite as windy. we have some cloud cover over, kutztown area middle school as many other locations are fin ing the same but it is clearing out with time and everybody can bank on more sun tomorrow watch for rain in the city, starting with a few snow flakes and couple inches of snow, for the mountains. pat, over to you. >>> taking these gift back still from the holid

hi lauren. >> hi rahel. we will see clouds as we head in the second half of the day with sunshine breaking out but that will not help our temperatures too much. chilly day. 46 degrees with that west to northwesterly breeze picking up to 15 miles an hour and breeze will not subside as we head into sunset, so wind chill factor overnight tonight with that low temperature of 28 degrees will be down ride frigid, mostly clear overnight tonight and as we head into our friday, coldest day of the season so far 40 degrees, windy conditions, wind chills in the the 20's all the way throughout the day under sun and cloud. wind let up into saturday but temperatures chillier with a high of 39 degrees. we will rebound a little bit as we head into sunday meisha at 42 and system to watch sunday night into early monday could bring us a rain/snow mix in the city. >> winter jackets required. all right, thanks very much. good morning everyone. happy thursday, day before our weekend. see how busy boulevard is pushing in the southb

. >>> good afternoon everyone i'm rahel solomon. >>> aim jim donovan. frightening crash unfolded hours ago during the morning rush. >> it happened 6:20 this morning in the 6300 block of oxford avenue at speed way gas station. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has store of the crash and daring rescue. >> chaos in the middle on the morning rush, chopper three over a flaming two car accidents at intersection of the oxford avenue and levick street. impact left an suv smashed and sent shop rite tractor trailer dangerously close to the pumps here in lawncrest gas station. truck was engulfed by flames as fire crew as arrived. >> heavy fire, flames shooting in the air 50 feet. i went outside. >> reporter: chris van was first on the scene and documented what he saw on social media he was work ago cross the street, when just after 6:00 a.m. he heard a loud boom and ran outside. >> i heard somebody say a big car accident report report he then noticed driver of the. is uv needed help. >> i asked if he was all right he felt dizzy. he didn't know where he was at

. >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. bill cosby's lawyers will battle over who gets to testify during his upcoming sexual assault trial. it got heated yesterday inside norristown courtroom, cosby is accused of assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand. the prosecution and key fence got in the shouting match over whether 13 additional accusers could testify against cosby and should be named. judge may announce his decision today. >>> lets get the forecast with katie fehlinger. it is chilly outside today but you say worse tomorrow. >> it absolutely will, rahel, yes. our temperatures for now are already above where we expect to find them, tomorrow, at best, even for highs. so 35 is your current temperature. we will only break out of the 20's tomorrow and in any locations, folks. to this isn't bad. thirty-five is pretty typical to start the morning off, you do have a hint of the northwesterly win. not much. expecting quiet weather. tomorrow and friday, vicious, outside, and we will see a return though of m

. >> i'm rahel solomon. right to lauren casey with the bone chilling forecast. >> guys, already starting to feel the chill across the delaware valley with arctic air on route. tonight we'll have the coldest air of the season arrive, chilly right now, 44 degrees in philadelphia, 42 allentown, still hanging on to the freezing mark in mount pocono, and winds are now starting to pick up around ten to 15 miles per hour. as we head into the second half of the your afternoon, those wind will stay elevated, so feels like temperatures, down into the 30's right now, in philly. twenty's in the poconos. feeling more like 38 degrees, with that breeze right now in wildwood. as i mention, we hang on to the breeze evening into the evening hours, by the 9:00 hour temperatures falling back to the 30's, so windchills will take a big dive. clear sky conditions, not worried about precipitation, in combination with these cold temperatures tonight, we fall back into the 20's, for the first time this season, in philadelphia. 28 deg

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. >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. search is on for two robbers after a woman ace tack outside parx casino in bucks county. the seven three-year old victim was leaving with her daughter on sunday when a man robbed her in the the pardoning lot, bensalem police say he roamed around casino several hours plotting the attackand anyone with information is urged to call police. lets check the forecast with katie fehlinger. it is already cold but will feel colder, later. >> absolutely, already feeling really just pretty significant wind chill have seen wind gusts peeking as high as the mid to upper 30's and it is allowing it to feel like this, go by these numbers, guys. even though technically we're in the 20's in most spots it feels like single digits, teens at best in most locations and that is your forecast for rest of the day, guys. tomorrow morning is worst. sat take morning early on, snow, then some ice, then turns over to rain, another round of rain, meisha by y soy. much. looking outside very busy accident i-95 south n