that is very latest from now live from swarthmore, natasha brown for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> police say nine people died of apparent heroin overdosees in or around philadelphia's kensington neighborhood over weekend. victims were men and women between age of 24 and 42. office are were able to save four other people with the anti opioid drug that are can. >>> opioid epidemic is now leading cause of, accidental death. pennsylvania health officials have taken action to try to control the crisis. >> one focused on making narcan more readily a railable. health reporter stephanie stahl has more from the state's physician general. >> reporter: they are taking this seriously. narcan has saved lives of tens of thousands of overdose victims. pennsylvania is one of the first states to make it available in drugstores, without a prescription. narcan is a medication that can reverse effects of an overdose, usually given in hospitals or by first responders, and in pennsylvania, there is a standing order from the physician general that it can also be purchased in drugstores, without a prescription.

in swarthmore, natasha brown, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> the philadelphia historical commission is deciding if some of the buildings on philadelphia's jewelers row should be saved. toll brothers plans to nearly double the height of it condo tower on samson street would require demolishing side buildings on jewelers row, increase the condo tower from 16 to 29 stories, in order to build 109 condos on the 700 block of samson street. >> time now 4:43. >> katie here with another check of the forecast, katie, i personally felt like it was very chilly this morning. >> it was very cold. >> but that's nothing compared to what we're going have? >> this is winter chill that's about to set in here. funny, you just said to me a moment ago, is this when the really cold air sets in? not yet. but it is very chilly outside. do you still need the heavy winter coat. look at this. you have at least north of philadelphia, nice clear sky, allowed the temperatures to drop off readily. >> clouds obviously moving in, though, sign every things to come, couple of zooms will prove why. headed our way, through

there they said it violated the residential zoning of that swarthmore neighborhood. >>> and they want park but not the price, burlington county times reports a proposed athletic complex in southampton drew support but its price tag in the millions, it is concerning residents. idea is to build on 75 acres of land, the former good farm at church and red lion road. >>> news journal reports on a visit from delaware native and wnba star east lane adele a done, two students at wilmington hospital first state school. it helps chronically children. she tells her story of lyme difficult seats and encourages them to follow their dreams. the first state school is one of only three like it in the country. >>> and that is a look at newspaper headlines from a around the delaware valley. >>> city officialness northeastern pennsylvania say a popular statue will be resurrected, after a traffic mishap. >> one word for it. >> a shocking site from downtown pittsburgh, a car, jumped a curve and hit the base of the statue at christopher columbus and the statue fem right on the car. statue has stood there s

well, swarthmore borough council members voted unanimous yes to the plan. neighbors, how much, been concerned, about property values and how it would affect the surrounding area. my reaction, we're disappointed, don't think the application proved their case. we don't think it proved the element they need to prove for fair housing case. >> i tried to have them understand the importance of it, and how we plan to enhance the property. you know, just delighted. >> help others who walk in his footsteps. >> president trump has been tweeting and talking tough about american companies shifting jobs overseas. >> he's threatened to impose 35% tariff on good produced abroad, then imported into the us. cbs news business analyst jill schlessinger joins us liver from new york to explain the potential impasse of this on the economy. good morning. jill. >> wary of tarriffs, and just tell us why. >> well, you know, there are a lot of american businesses that would be harmed by this action. and the retalatory actions that other countries like china would likely take. now, fo

but not everyone there want to see it become a reality. >> swarthmore borough council, how much, voted unanimously in favor of the idea. neighbors however were concerned about property values being affected and how it would change the area. >> my reaction is that we are disappointed. we don't think that the applicants proved their case, we don't think they proved the elements that they need to prove for fair housing case. >> i sat down. i trued to have them understand the importance of it. and how we plan to enhance the property. and, you know, we're just delighted. you know, we're thrilled. >> the family will close on the property next week in hopes to have the home up and running by march of next year. >>> and the controversial plan to nearly double the height of sam some street condo complex now getting the attention of the philadelphia historical condition. toll brothers want to increase the height of the complex near seventh and soon some from 16 stories to 29 stories. the project includes demolishing side buildings on jewelers row. the philadelphia historical commission is decidi

blue route northbound had a disabled near media swarthmore, that is something to look out for heading north this morning. ring the bell we have a new e-z pass on ramp that will open up on sunday. this is for gang up here in the lansdale interchange, sunday morning are now going to be able to enter the turnpike at lansdale using your e-z pass, already have that e-z pass only off ramp set up, so that is some good news, something different for gang in lansdale. they are still working on the lincoln drive between wissohickon and ridge until 5:00 o'clock with the closure. otherwise, come on in on the schuykill, no problems, 95 looking good out of the great northeast, this weekend, tonight through sunday they will working on the ramps from the vine expressway westbound ramp that puts you into 30th street and then schuylkill east will be closed at times through the weekend. so you have to go west on the the schuylkill, flip the u turn laverne at montgomery and come back in. talk about a confusing situation this weekend, that is what will happen later on tonight. last night, bam, i put on my

. >>> and, move over, why people in swarthmore delaware county are going to have to make room for some new neighbors. >> um-hmm. good day, it is tuesday, december 6th, 2016. you know, yesterday morning i got up, it was so glummy, then i took a nap, and when i woke up the sun was out. it changed my whole mood, sue. >> change your perspective on life. >> yes. >> because clear skies follow the rain. >> yes. >> it the is an old pro verb. >> beautiful. >> true. now, it is opposite today, bus stop buddy has save it for later umbrella because today we will start out dry and rain later on. temperatures in the 20's and 30's, make sure you have warm enough coat, and radar, and, that is what is coming. here comes rain from the southwest. we will have timing in just a few minutes. 38 degrees. feels like 33 with a breeze out of the north/north east only 22 in mount pocono. twenty-nine in reading. thirty-nine in millville. forty in wildwood. by the time we will get rain for most of us it will be just rain because temperatures will be in the 40's, for us, high of only 47 but it will be a rainy, ride

. >>> residents of swarthmore, delaware county, are going to have to make rom for some new neighbors. swarthmore is borough manager says council has voted to let the head strong foundation buy one of the town haass home. foundation helps out of town families with a free place to stay during cancer treatment. some residents opposed the home's sale saying they're worried about traffic and parking and a change to the zoning rules that could let more group homes move on in. and they say they're discussing an appeal to this council's vote. >> city of wilmington to nounsed funeral arrangements for senior firefighter are a toy hope. public viewing for the fallen hero will take place on saturday at the chase center on the riverfront at 10:00 a.m. followed boy funeral service and reception. hope a 23 year veteran of the department passed away last thursday after injuries she had file while fighting a september 24th fire on lake view road. she's the third firefighter to die from that fire. ♪ >>> our bill anderson is finding some the light shaping in our world for goodness sake. to night all a

you can see the scorch marks they placed the fire under flow about an hour with no report of >>> swarthmore borough council set toseec as a temporary residence for out of town cancer patients and foundation wants to use this home on 20 caregiver. some neighbors have filed an appeal, siting increased traffic and parking issues, and a change in the neighborhood character. >> all right, to sports now, another frustrating day for the the eagles, they're now five and seven, after losing to the cincinnati bengals, 32 to 14. lesley van arsdall shows us how the birds -- >> what has happened to the eagles after starting the season three and zero? now lost seven of nine, their playoff chances just about done after the dismal performance against the bengals. second quarter of the game, eagles already down 13 to nothing, under minute left. andy dalton hits tyler, in the corner, end zone, makes it 19-nothing at the half. third quarter, dalton, to brendan, for 8-yard 26-nothing, bengals scored scored on their first six possessions, can't happen in a muste. third, eagles finally getting on scoreboard, wen

. >> she wants to set up house on 200 block of chester road swarthmore for out of town cancer patients undergoing treatment at philadelphia hospitals. swthncil members voted unanimous yes to the plan last night, but neighbors say they were cod affect the surrounding area. >> my reaction is if we are disappointed. we don't think that the applicants proved their case. we don't think they proved the elements that they need to prove for a fair housing. >> i sat down. i tried to have them understanded the importance of it, and how we plan to enhance the property, and, you know, we're just delighted. you know, we're thrilled. >> and the property will be called nick's house named after cheryle's son, who died from cancer when he was 21. >>> check outlines can be a real pain during the holiday shopping season. we know that. >> yes, but now amazon is working on a way to take away the shopping stress, starting with groceries. amazon has unveiled a brick and mortar store called grocery essentials, check in with the amazon go app. shoppers grab what they want and go. cameras monitor your purchases

. >>> swarthmore borough council set to decide tonight on plans to use a house as temporary residence for out of town cancer patients and you how the head strong foundation wants to use this house to host at least seven patient, caregivers, why neighbors had filed appeal. siting increased traffic and parkingssin the neighborhood ch. we will keep you posted on tonight's decision. >>> for the first time victoria secret fashion show history the angels went to paris to walk the catwalk, and film the show. you can see it right here tonight on cbs-3. and "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo spoke with two of the angels about the preparation behind the scenes. >> so, ladies, let's jump right into this. take us behind the scenes. fifty-one models, 36 make up artists, what is it like getting ready for a show this size? >> it is a crazy experience, we actually didn't know there were that many make up artists back stage. we found out oh, okay. but the whole thing is like it is a huge production, and, you know, we have rehearsal the night before, like six hours, hair mask tests, make up tests,

swarthmore borough back the sale unanimously last night. the head strong foundation leads seven bedroom home as temporary housing for cancer patients and caregivers while they get treatment in our area. critics of the home say they're concerned about traffic and parking and worry that this will set a precedence for on the group homes to move into the area which they say could reduce property values. >>> well, a homecoming of sorts for some important pieces of american history. >> collection of items related to the american revolution are set to be displayed here in old city. fox 29 got a closer look at the things today that will go into the museum of american revolution dozens of boxes of archeologically artifacts delivered. they include bottles and tank cards from illegal tavern on carter's al. window glass with a message scratched into it as well as hand painted english punch bowl. the items were found on the site of the museum. >> but we're very excite exciteo have this because we have a record of sort of the whole history of philadelphi

this is what we are looking at here near media swarthmore. you can see what it looks like on the blue route, well, busy, blue route is an area where you will be dropping less than posted speed any moment thousand but i want to call your attention to the serious accident involving serious injuries in new jersey, west hampton, east park drive near rancocas road, you will certainly want to avoid that. if you cannot i would say give yourself extra 30 or 40 minutes approaching that area. we have construction, reminder , city avenue between lancaster and 54th street is blocked between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. lingering out there through try, rahel and jim, back over to you. >>> the tea fence takes center stage in the second day of pretrial hearings in norristown. bill cosby's attorneys want the comedian's other accusers barred from taking the stand in his upcoming trial. the cosby is accused of assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand. a decision of will be allowed to testify could come as early as today. >>> well, investigation

minutes into i-95 through the construction zone, and disabled on the blue route 476, right at media swarthmore interchange, on the northbound side, off to the shoulder, but there is a lot of police, tow truck blinking light there catching you by surprise. good news for gang in lansdale they have a new e-z pass on ramp that will open up on sunday, see blinking signs alerting to you that opening and they are picking up cones and getting ready to open up lincoln drive here that has been closed all night long with construction. getting ready to grab your coffee and keys you will be good to go and mass transit is running with no delays. karen and thomas back over to you. >>> we have some breaking news right now we know one person that has been rush to the hospital after a early morning fire happened in philadelphia. lets take you out there to the scene, beauty salon called the unisex beauty salon and the scene is 1800 block of somerset, upstairs are some apartments. fire fighters got out there quickly and got it under control but we don't necessity the cause right now at this time. >>> we are follo

. >> fight isn't over in swarthmore where a home is supposed to be converted into a refuge for out of town cancer patients. still ahead the action, neighbors are taking, to fight the plan. >>> and it is a common question for holiday shoppers, would you like a paper or e-mail receipt is this we will tell you why it is better for your health to get the receipt e mailed to you coming he ghe wewalks around hat,ts. with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, "thank you for serving our country" and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. >>> time right now 64:00 on a thursday morning. all eyes focused on the upcoming weekend. we could see scattered snow showers both days in the poconos, chilly high temperatures to kick off weekend at 28 degrees and in the city frigid sunshine to start weekend on saturday, a high temperature, coldest of the season only 39 degrees. a to more clouds into sunday and down the shore much

. >> swarthmore borough council is set to decide tonight on plans to use a house as a temporary residence for out of town cancer patients and caregivers. the head strong foundation wants to use this house on two hunches at the road to host at least seven patients and caregiver. some neighbors however have filed an appeal siting increased traffic and parking issues, and change in the neighborhood character. >> well, to sports. another frustrating day for the eagles. they're now five and seven, after losing to the cincinnati bengals, 32-14. our lesley van arsdall shows how the birds dropped the ball. >> what has happened to the eagles after starting the season three and zero in now lost seven of nine. and their playoff chances just about done after yesterday's dismal performance against the bengals. second quarter of the game. the eagles already down 13 to nothing, under minute left. andy dalton, the end zone, to make it 19-nothing at the half. third quarter dalton to lafell, for 8-yard touchdown. twenty-six-nothing, bengals scored on first six possessions. really can't happen in a must win

. >> here along the blue route, the media swarthmore interchange a new headlights coming southbound towards 95. everybody is moving okay at this point. we'll see how things are on 95 when "action news" continues on this wednesday morning. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back on this wednesday. still our holiday week. you can see liberty place and center city skyline lit up in red and green there. it is 6:14. 37 degrees. the high today only 43, so hope you got outside yesterday. >> you know, matt, a lot of people do have to go back to work and we have to help them but i always feel like this week between christmas and new year's the whole thing is a holiday. >> a little bit of a breath of fresh air. we appreciate it. it's also national chocolate candy day today. we're feeling good about that as well. lots to be excited about on this wednesday morning tam and nydia. luckily we don't see any delays so far this morning. especially here on 95 and inn what used to be our work zone at cottman avenue in case you were off last week maybe you didn't hear we have four lanes now opened in he both directions h