and they're off, happening right now the start of the 2014 philadelphia marathon, thousands of elite runners getting started on a 26-mile journey. our syma chowdhry is live at the starting point with more on. that. first on 3a northeast philadelphia a man arrested two years ago for slashing tires is once again in trouble with the law. david toledo is arrested again. we will explain. and a live look at center sit friday campbell's field, we are getting readied for possible record breaking warmth tomorrow but there could be travel troubles ahead this week. just in time for the holiday. we will break it down. it is sunday november 23rd good morning thanks so much for joining us. i'm nicole brewer. it is 7:00 o'clock on the dot. lets get a check of the forecast and already we are warmer today then yesterday, car will ol. >> we are a lot warmer and a it feels so good, as they say

because these temperatures are 20 degrees, in some cases, above where they were yesterday morning and tomorrow morning, i think we can probably add another 20 degrees to that. we have a warm upcoming. look at how pretty it looks out there. center city out there, you can see silhouette of the ben franklin bridge, the sky, very, very interesting this morning. we have comfortable temperatures. 41 degrees is the reading in reading. this morning we have light cloud cover and then storm scan three and notice to the south this area of precipitation that will be starting to move in here as we move through the evening and especially the the offer nighttime period and first thing tomorrow. so, decent amount of rain will be coming into the area overnight and first part of tomorrow but warm up follows right with it. 41 degrees in philadelphia we have 39 in trenton. 35 degrees in wilmington. everybody is above the freezing mark. look at the poconos, 40 degrees this morning. that is 23 degrees warmer then it was yesterday morning. we're 24 degrees warmer in millville then it was

yesterday. high temperature today getting to 55 degrees. we will be looking at some clouds, later on today and then rain moving in as we move into the overnight time per. we will also talk about what could be some messy travel on wednesday, and that is coming up, nicole. carol, thank you. happening right now ready, set, go, 30,000 runners take on the 21st annual philadelphia mar then. marathoners will begin and end their journey on the ben franklin parkway and that is where we will find our syma chowdhry with us now live. >> reporter: hi, nicole i'm off to the side. you're watching the runners who just started about ten seconds ago and the philadelphia marathon is on, now, folks, that is on. we're talking about 26 miles, we're talking about 30,000 runners and countless number of people will be cheering them on. it is a place to be, this morning. i'm talking about philadelphia. it is going to be awesome. lots of folks running past,

famous marks like city hall, independence mall, they will get through fairmount park. it is an amazing day for these guys who have been training for months, for years, and they have been training to get here in philadelphia. it is a 21st annual, lots of folks out here. super excited. they have been broken down in groups. this is first group that is taking off right now. the mayor was here, he has been blowing the horn getting everybody all excited about the philadelphia marathon. he has also been doing his special high five and if you guys remember every marathon he comes out and high five's all of the run hours pass him by. it is a monumental day to be out here on the ben franklin parkway to see the flags of the international community here because this is not just a regional race or just isn't something that people all over the country participate in. this is an international event here in philadelphia. so lots of runners will be running down ben franklin parkway looking at the flags that they represent. so it is one of those moments

where you sit there and proud to be here in philadelphia, watching, and a cheering these folks on. some of them are philadelphian. some of them are coming from all over. again, we have 30,000 participants but countless numbers, of people coming in here and just cheering them on, and if you do want to come down here there are certain cheering sections thaw can go and cheer on just perfect strangers. but if you want to come to philadelphia for other reasons you may want to give yourself on is extra time because there are a lot of road closures and, of course, find that out on our web site as well. i'll send it back to you, nicole. >> hey if you need some within to cheer for my sister and brother-in-law running in the race today. best of luck to them. >> wow. >> same, thank you. >> reporter: it is 7:04. new this morning police are investigating a shooting in philadelphia's frankford neighborhood. it happened around 1:00 a.m. in the 4600 block of penn straight. a three two-year old man was shot in the leg there and taken to the hospital where he is listed in stable condition and in word on a suspect at

this time. controversial former washington d.c. mayor and civil rights activist marion barry has died. a spokesperson says he passed away early this morning at a hospital in washington. barry served four terms as mayor and was reelect to city council in 2012. but he may be mess remembered for his scandals, including a 1990 drug arrest for which he served six months in jail. a cause of death has not been released, marion barry was 78 years old. this is a story you saw first on three, david toledo made headlines two years ago when i was arrested for multiple tire slashing in mayfair. this time police say he was caught trying to vandal ice a septa vehicle. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers was first to break the story. >> reporter: the alleged crime happened right here near toledo's oxford circle home. this time the tool of choice a glue mouse trap with nails stuck on top. >> we think i he its nuts.

the guy needs help y would you want to destroy peoples property. it is ridiculous. >> reporter: on wednesday police say toledo walk up behind a septa vehicle parked near this intersection and place aid trap behind the tire. they say a septa employee was in the front seat and watched street owe walk back inside his home on the block. woman inside shut the door on us when we asked for comment. neighbors say the block surrounding the home have been target by vandalism for months with screws, nails and even glass left in streets and driveways. >> when i heard bit, i went and checked it out and i found a few behind my house. >> reporter: so far police have not linked toledo to those crimes. it was back in may that he was sentenced to two years probation for slashing tires in mayfair in 2012. after prosecutors push for five to ten years in prison. >> just very happy with the outcome. >> reporter: neighbors were not as pleased. >> when you heard he only got probation back in may were you fearful this could happen. >> i knew it would happen. knew would it happen.

absolutely. >> there is always that fear that it will pick up again and apparently it has. >> reporter: it was just after 7:00 o'clock saturday evening toledo was formally arraigned on a criminal mischief charge and several other related offenses. we are live outside northeast detective, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". authorities say a gunman on the run struck a philadelphia police officer with his getaway car in west kensington. it happened on the 2300 block of north fair hill street where officer was responding to a call with the person with the gun last night. officials say the officer suffered scrapes and bruises but is okay. the suspect was arrested. the search is on for a cause of the town house fire that killed a young man in horsham, montgomery county. flames broke out in the 300 block of green meadow lane early saturday morning. one unit was heavily damaged, several others have water and smoke damage. it took fire fighters about an hour to contain the flames. police say that a father accidentally shot and killed his adult son during a hunting

trip in west windsor, new jersey. investigators say the father, in his 70's, mistakenly shot his 45 year-old son in the back of the head. he was pronounced dead at that scene. it all happened on old trenton road a large farm around 4:00 yesterday. the victim and his father were only two people in that hunting party and they were both licensed to hunt birds. that investigation is ongoing, details point to this being a hunting accident. developing right now, sources tell cbs news a grand jury decision in ferguson, missouri is not expect before monday. panel is deciding whether to duty police officer for shooting death of the unarmed teenager but as cbs news correspondent omar villafranca tensions remain in ferguson as anxious residents await that decision. >> reporter: barricades are going up around a the courthouse in clayton, missouri, it is inside this building that a grand jury has met for more than three months, charged with deciding whether to indict ferguson

police officer darren wilson for shoot to go death 18 year-old michael brown last august. protests are expected, regardless of the grand jury a's decision, police say they have concerns but they are ready. >> biggest concern would be just that, you know, regardless of the decision that we see the violence that we saw in august. if somebody runs at a policeman, whether that is somebody protesting and exercising their rights that is seriously injured or killed. >> reporter: there have been fewer than a dozen a rests after three straight nights of protests outside the ferguson police department as a tense community awaits a grand jury's decision. most of the arrests came after protesters block traffic. authorities activist and even the family of michael brown are calling for calm, as the grand jury's decision draws closer. >> hurting others or destroying property is not the answer. >> reporter: 1,000 local police officers have received extra training in how to handle protesters. another 400 members of the national guard and 100 fbi

agents are also on the ground here. in ferguson, missouri, omar villafranca for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now the philadelphia police department says it is ready to handle any protest that may happen when that grand jury decision is announced. they do not expect any violence. well, owners of the trump taj mahal are making a last ditch effort to keep the struggling atlantic city casino opened. trump entertainment is offering to keep the casino opened and restore health insurance for workers for two years n return the company wants the workers union to drop its appeal of the court order that canceled health ape pension benefits. taj mahal plans to close its doors december 12th. mountains of snow in buffalo causing new concerns this weekend, why authorities are racing to clear roadways and rooftops. then, growing concern in japan where damage from an earthquake is worse than first expected. we will have the latest as rescues continue overnight. also ahead, carol says is

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back on "eyewitness news" with word that a strong earthquake in japan caused more damage then first thought. thirty-seven homes have have been destroyed, seven of those injuries are severe. quake was centered near the site of the 1998 winter

olympics. japanese officials say it was a magnitude 6.7 but so far, no deaths have been reported drivers in western pennsylvania were hit the by slick conditions. freezing rain was blamed for a number of crashes throughout the pittsburgh area officials closed sections of several highways and interstates and in one spot icy roads caused a a ten car pile up. well, progress to report in buffalo, new york, drivers are now free to exit the new york state through way in the area pummeled bias much as 7 feet of snow but as cbs news correspondent jericka duncan explains is there a new round of concerns. snow is still stopping people from getting around western new york. days after two storms dumped 7 feet of snow in some places, plows are out clearing streets, cars and even trucks remain buried under several feet have of snow. officials have recovered more than 500 abandoned vehicles. >> our motto is, prepare, for

the worst and hope for the best and we are preparing for the worst. >> reporter: this weekend's spring like temperatures mixed with rain will melt heavy snow and cause potential flooding in low lying neighborhoods like west seneca that are earnedded by creeks. michelle has been a resident for more than 20 years. >> the last time there was a major flooding event here, what did this street look like. >> it looked like the niagara river, it was just flooded, cars, icebergs floating down the streets. >> reporter: she and her son are removing items from the basement even though the town has provided sandbags. why in the use sandbags. >> well, i feel that the sandbags for us in this area will not help. >> reporter: flooding is also can also a concern for restaurant owner ron spinelli. >> i see you spray painted the word opened on the mound in front. >> yes, we did, trying to let people know we were hoped.

>> reporter: he said he lost thousands of dollars last week and isn't looking forward to losing more because of flooding. >> but again, you know, there is nothing we can do about it. we have to get with the flow and see what happens. >> reporter: jericka duncan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". wow. >> such a mess up there, carol. >> it is. >> it is, it brings home the reality and harshness that weather can do to lives and that sort of thing. that is just awful. we are looking by contrast at a nice day today. we have nice looking weather starting to day and will last all day long. the sunnies up at the shore. we will be seeing sunshine today, looks terrific here. what else do we see outside our window? we will find the following. a 41-degree temperature in philadelphia. we have 39 in trenton. thirty-five wilmington. thirty-six in millville. all of these temperatures so much warmer then it was yesterday morning. so that is a little gift that we get today. now, the punishment out of all of this may be the rain that we start to see but i'll tell

you what, it comes with temperatures in the lower 70's. if you have to have lower 70's with rainy think after the cold we have seen we will probably sake that combination. we will get it anyway so we might as well take it. this rain moving in the our area. warmer temperatures from the south, also moving in the area. it will be a mild day today with temperatures getting into the 250's, middle 50's. yesterday we were in the middle 40's. warm front comes through. our temperature tomorrow will be about 70, 71 degrees. this is just about record warmth, 71 is the record. cold front comes through here and that is later on monday night and that drops our temperatures on tuesday, to the 50's and then there is a system that will be forming and we will talk about that. lets get through this rain first. here is the computer model that says and it is already changed this morning. so, nothing is set in stone. just know that probably most areas, under an inch of rain though there could be some spots, where we pick up a little bit more than that and maybe not even necessarily

where it is indicated here as i said the computer models have been changing a a lot on that but just know that rain and possibly heavy at times can be happening overnight tonight, and for the first part of tomorrow. let's show you this. this is on our future weather. we will see this rain here at 1:00 in the morning. this is 5:00 o'clock, 6:00 o'clock, we have seen heavy rain coming through. generally it leaves after the morning hour, lingering shower and then warm and breezy for rest of the day on monday, and then tuesday we will start to see some clouds. wednesday we will start to see some clouds and this is the other issue, we've got a coatal storm that may be forming off the coast, where did his it get? track is in the set. one scenario takes it a little further out, we will get some rain. another one brings it closer drawing down more cold air and some spots could be picking up some snow mixing in. computer models have been changing a a lot, this will not look probably like it looks, some area may in the get anything. we may in the get anything out of this.

the chances of significant accumulating snow are pretty remote but this computer model says you could see a mix in here through philadelphia, not much at the shore, little bit more as you go north and west. i don't think the amount that will be as problematic as the timing, the day before thanksgiving. so philadelphia today they no problems, 55, 55 at the shore, poconos, 48 degrees. i think it is just a reminder that on wednesday if you can leave earlier just to avoid any kind of wet weather if it is just rain, might be a good idea. fifty-five for us. today is a good day to get away from work tomorrow. 48 degrees. shower overnight. some of that could get heavy overnight. most of the day tomorrow we should be rain free but we will start wet, morning rush impacted, 72 degrees tomorrow. tuesday, 55. it is dry. wednesday we will pick up the clouds. we will also pick up some rain, snow, is it mix? is it just rain? does it change over to a little will bit of snow? that is still way far out and yet to be determined, but we

should be drying out, should be drying out by thanksgiving, 43. then dry and cold, after that. >> nicole? >> got your hand full, carol, thank you. 7:20. time to see how traffic is moving out there. ann evans in the cbs-3 traffic center. >> hello, nicole, we have jammed traffic, schuylkill westbound due to an accident as you can see. you can see the ambulance there. and other emergency crews on the scene. it is an accident on the schuylkill westbound between passyunk avenue and vare avenue. the right shoulder squeezing by, two lanes are blocked. i will switch from the accident to the delay from the accident and there is quite a delay from passyunk avenue and vare avenue this morning. we're moving the traffic cam to the ben franklin parkway just a sea of people there, philadelphia mar then it kicked off at 7:00 this morning. ben franklin parkway shut down between 16th and art museum circle and martin luther king drive, and falls bridge, arch street between fourth street and 16th street. chestnut between south seventh fourth street and sixth street. vine street expressway eastbound at the ben franklin

parkway and off ramps are closed, off ramps are closed on the schuylkill eastbound and on i-95 southbound at columbus boulevard. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann he evans new nicole, back to you. 7:21. carol answers your pet questions in this weeks ask the vet. >> you get that heart worm test for your pet every year or do you? why should you? we will check that out with doctor jerry geffen on ask the

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doctor jerry given from boulevard animal hospital and this little doggies named jerry. he is available at paws at second and arch street and we are at their spay, newter and wellness center, 2900 grays ferry avenue. there is spay and neutering going on behind us. doctor geffen, boulevard animal hospital, lot of questions here. pollen, when it comes to the ground and your dog walks along they pick up pollen on their feet, ears and then they have a problem. >> yes, there is a lot of evident. we used to think it was inhaled but is there evidence certainly that just getting on the skin, penetrating through the skin can cause irritation. so a lot of times, frequent bathing can help, in addition to the other things we talk about with the antihistamines, predisone, and other, internal medicines that we use. it can help because of that. >> can you over bat he your pet use too many shampoos and create a problem from that. >> i think you can over bath if you use the wrong shampoo. there are shampoos that are balanced and can be used every

day. >> what kind of shampoos can you use every day. >> well, basically grooming shampoos. each one is individual. you would have to ask your veterinarian or check with the pet supply store thaw buy it from. label will tell you how safe it is frequently to use it. >> okay. do you need to test for tics. people to heart worm tests every year. do you need a heart worm pet if your petties on heart worm preventive and do you need a test for tics. >> it is recommended by the manufacturers who sell the product that you do test once a year. a lot of them will guarantee fur pet does get heart worm they will pay for the treatment if you have a year round medication and tests once a year. new heart worm tests also will test for tics born diseases including lyme disease and other diseases. so there have been routine heart worm test does include the tics born diseases. >> it goodies to go ahead and get that done. >> yes. >> any help to prevent aging

or arthritis in the hips have of your dog and or cats. cats get this a same kind of arthritis. >> they can but we tend to think cats are a little harder to figure it because they seem more content but they could be hurting as well. number one thing is weight control. obesity overweight puts stress on the joints. number one thing pet owners can do is keep their pets fit. >> keep weight down on that. >> yes. >> i know that you believe that the bones, the cow bones, chicken bones, in of those should go to your pet, correct. >> correct. >> because you they can splinter. >> they can splinter, perforate, get lodged in the mouth, break teeth. lots of different reasons. there is so many things you can safely give your dog why would you gamble with something that could even if it is a low chance could cause a problem. >> because we have a viewer marry lou you who wants to know about antlers is that probably falls under the same category. >> would i find something else in the planet that the dog can energy other than antlers.

>> and does the -- oops, we are out of time. we will get to that question next time. >> hold that thought. >> we will be back with that question. my goodness he is so sweet available for adoption. we will see you next time. my friend, take a look at this sleeping dog notice the brown on the tail, because this is maybe a way you can help fine the stolen dog, jeter. we have to find this dog. he is a two-year old mostly white with a tan lower back and tail pit mix stolen from toms river, south street in holy village area in july. now his owners and supporters have search parties, they have put up thousands of signs to find him. if you know where jeter might be, go to carol erickson's facebook or at carol cbs-3 on twitter. jeter, from toms river, needs to get home. yes, he does, thanks carol. happening right now the philadelphia marathon is underway, we will have a live report from the race course plus traffic closures you will

need to know. big changes in one popular european town why tourist will have to do heavy lifting when they travel. and thanksgiving is just days away but already one big meal is taking place. we will take you to a turkey eating contest with a familiar face involved. speaking of the holiday carol is tracking possibility of bad wet they are week that could interfere with your travel plans. keep it here, we will be right back.

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today, it is sunday in 23rd, good morning, thanks so much for joining us. i'm nicole brewer. just past 7:30. let check that forecast and a warm up is already underway, um, carol, a lot better out there. >> a welcome warm up too. there are no complaints, being heard on this one. we've got temperatures today, nicole and everyone that will be 10 degrees warmer then they were yesterday and we will be warmer than that tomorrow. but it is beautiful out there lets look outside and find the very quiet, ocean city boardwalk with the blue skies, it looks beautiful down there. then you head up to jack frost big boulder and another look, a couple clouds through that area and some snow that they have made and i have watched people yesterday sipping down that ski slope. so it looks like a wintry weather but it will not feel

wintry over the next couple of days. 37 degrees in kutztown right now with an interesting sky out there. just a very quiet morning. storm scan three in our area not showing anything. we have a few clouds around as you can tell by those camera. otherwise it is a lot warmer, 40 degrees in the poconos. yesterday in the teens at this hour. thirty-four in allentown. yesterday was 15 degrees up there. right now 41 in philadelphia. everybody is much warmer today and we will be getting even warmer tomorrow. by noon time we are at 51 degrees, by 3:00 p.m. we will reach the high in the middle 50's today. i want to put this time line on it real quickly and you can see a couple clouds this afternoon but some sunshine too and then as we go through the overnight time period we will start to pick up heavier rain and we will find that moving through the area, throughout the overnight time period and first part of that morning rush hour but a huge warm up tomorrow and then possibility of some travel issues on wednesday. maybe not huge but there will

be so many people out that could make it huge, so we will talk more about that, coming up, nicole. >> carol, thank you. well, 26th annual philadelphia marathon is underway, about 30,000 runners are participating in this years race, our syma chowdhry is live on the ben franklin parkway where the first set of runners took off 30 minutes ago, syma? >> reporter: yeah, just a little less than 30 minutes ago and there are still groups, taking off from here. i know it is hard to see from where i'm standing but there are groups of people that go all the way around eakins oval. 30,000 runners. just the runners. forget about people coming out here to cheer them on. there is a lot of folks out here, getting ready to just start running. whether they took off at a great speed. it is a amazing, amazing, experience for those folks out there, and we just talked to some people who they were first time runners, they were really excited to be part of that. there is some cheering sections for those whether or not running or they want to

watch, and participate in that way. lots of great spots. they will be stopping at around city hall, independent mall, and it is a great brand for philadelphia in general. hosting a all of these people. these people are not just from this area they are not just from this country a lot of these people are also international runners. now we have spoken with one marathon trainer who had a group together, and she took brand new runners, people who have have never run, a mar then let alone a 5k or anything like that, and decided to train them for six months and this is what she had to say. >> you can totally to it. anyone contact than do it. we started program in may. six month long program. the these people cannot run a lap around the track on day one. you can do it over a long period of time, slow and steady and you will like it. so, anyone can do it. >> slow and steady is key. so, if you are going to train,

start off slow, and, steady, i think that is only way i could. but again, 30,000 people, out here, really enjoying themselves and complimenting the weather a lot of folks are really happy about the fact that it is not the raining, not too cold and not too hot. it is very pleasant out here. i know nicole and carol would have loved to participate. we work on sunday mornings. just wanted to let you know guys, i bet nicole and carol have sneakers on under the desk but you just cannot see. >> we would totally be out there if not for work, right, carol, right, right. >> reporter: right, yes, yes. >> sorry, syma, we know you would be too as well. >> thanks. >> 7:35 right now. for more complete race coverage including a list of event and road closure head over to cbs philly.com. all right. 7:35 right now. residents in tabernacle burlington county remember two children shot to death at the

hand of their mother. vigil will be held at 6:30 at the town hall there. new jersey state police say jeaninne lepage shot her three children and then turn the gun on her son, nadia harriman and her brother nicholas harriman died. le page and another child are listed in critical condition. will well, strong show of support for president obama's plan to fix the immigration system. philadelphia community leaders gathered in center city to praise the president's decision to use an executive order to implement his plan. it will allow 5 million undocumented parents of u.s. citizens or legal permanent residence to stay in the country and work. republican leaders say that the president is over stepping his authority by by passing congress. meantime the new york times is reporting that president obama has signed a secret order involving our troops in afghanistan. it reportedly authorize a more expansive mission next year. the reported move would ensure american troops have a direct role in carrying out missions

against militant group. previously the president says u.s. troops would have no combat role in afghanistan, in 2015. bodies of the 28 people are transported to nirobi after a bus attack in northern kenya. authorities say somalia islamic extremist group al-shabob hijack the bus and singled out men and woman who were not muslim. al-shabob claimed responsibility claiming it was in retaliation for raids carried out against them by kenya security forces. pope frances met with young autism patients and their families at the vatican this weekend. it was part of the three kay conference with health issues with a special focus on autism. pope's goalies to remove stigma man with people with autism. church officials say this is the biggest medical conference of its kind. well, this istive rent the italian city of venice puts brakes on wheeled luggage, yeah, town leaders there say suitcases dragged around the city on the sidewalks and such

are making so much noise that residents cannot sleep. well, is there also concern about the damage that is left behind on marble and stone stair and walkways there. anyone caught using the bags will face a hefty fine. i'm always contracting my luggage here there and every where. i could not carry all that. it is like three backs. no plans, to head to italy anytime soon. 7:38 right now. several celebrations, getting a jump start on the thanksgiving day holiday, we will take to you a church that celebrated the true meaning of the season this season. and when it comes to turkey, some like white meat, others like dark meat but these guys ate the whole darn thing. we will show you more of the turkey eating competition when we come right back.

well, thanksgiving is just days away but the holiday came early for a group of south jersey resident, as our natasha brown tells us it was a special event that provided not only a delicious meal but highlighted the true meaning of the holidays. >> reporter: at least 100 volunteers and five star chef helps make this the perfect thanksgiving day dinner for hundreds of south jersey residents. their church in winslow township, new jersey is providing a thanksgiving meal filled with turkey and all fixins for those who may otherwise be dining alone or not at all this thanksgiving day. >> really what we want is not only to give people food but restore human dignity, so we want to make sure it is done in an environment where that

is not focus on your needs but an environment focused on loving you. >> they have the the greatest macaroni and cheese i have ever eaten, turkey and stuffing is really, really good. they have string beans, mashed sweet potatoes, carrots and i'm waiting for cheese cake. >> reporter: more than 200 folks enjoyed inspirational music and dinner. this dinner won't end here. all of the guests enjoy a to go bag full of recipes and groceries to make their own thanksgiving day meal with their loved ones. >> after this is over they will give you thanksgiving dinner to take home so you will feed your family also. that is gift from god. >> reporter: natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". by the way this was fourth year for perfect thanksgiving, the perfecting church meets in washington township high school every sunday morning. making me hungry all that talk of mack and cheese and stuff. 7:42. two adventurers will be spending their holiday paddling to the nation's capitol. amy and dave freeman from

minnesota made a stop along the banks of the schuylkill river right here in philadelphia. it is part of their 2,000-mile voyage to celebrate 50th anniversary of the wilderness act and promote protection of the boundary waters in northern minnesota for miles. >> gathering signatures, all along the the way to support the boundary waters and we are telling everybody about what a special place it is, and encouraging people to come to northern minnesota and visit for themselves. >> all right. there you go. they have been on their journey for 90 days. they have ten more until their arrival in washington d.c. wow. crazy. well, we have all heard of chestnut stuffing, right? this is a stuff bye a guy named chestnut stuffing himself. you know all about this guy. competitive either and frequent wing bowl participant joey chestnut won a competition yesterday. all he had to do was scarf down an entire thanksgiving day turkey. >> three, two, one...

>> so they start. this competition specifically is a 20-pound turkey. each competitor has the same weight. at the end of the ten minutes there will be a weight change. whoever eats most, wins. >> the the pulse quickens, begin to sweat, the whole deal. it was absolutely amazing today. joey chest nut. >> i stuck to my plan, bottom meat first, take out a breast and just drink, drink, swallow. >> he ate 9.35-pound of turkey meat off the bone. i have never seen anything like it in my life. >> drum stick right there. >> we saw not just a world record set but completely obliterated. >> i have never seen anything like it.

>> as soon as i saw the birdie said they did a good job cooking it. and just visualizing how i would tear that thing apart. it is before thanksgiving when everybody is a competitive either and turkey is awesome. i'm happy to be here and happy to win today. >> all right. joey chestnut won a $5,000 check for his record setting day and other contestants got to split a cash prize. ugh is all i can say. notice these numbers, much higher then yesterday, a lot warmer out there and our weather watchers are weighing in, he said that a beautiful sunrise in ocean, rather in upper township, new jersey. beautiful start to the day. every single location. then we will head out off to the west and what do we find off to the west? it is a 33-degree temperature

there. michael says it is beautiful out there in mount gretna. i want to show you his picture because we are looking at beautiful, look at that, gorgeous picture. leaves are gone. you can see the sky. so a nice start to the day. it is pretty through center city philadelphia. and, so many people out there, and they are running around, and ben franklin bridge showing us ben franklin bridge and the the skies, beyond which of course more important to us since we're talking about what the weather will be today. i think weather to take will be just fine. we've got temperatures that will be in the middle 50's, quiet all day long weather-wise and then we will get rain tonight and start the day tomorrow. huge warm up tomorrow, and then we will get quiet again before we don't get that quiet again. quite a little will pattern we have got going. 41 degrees in philadelphia we hit 39 in trenton. thirty-five in wilmington. forty in the poconos. you can tell just how much warmer it is this morning then yesterday morning when we started in the teens in so many locations. owe storm scan three showing a

large area have of precipitation. we will be finding rain moving into our area as well, it starts right around midnight, tonight, give or take an hour or so in your area. that will be leading to a very warm day tomorrow because rain coming up from the south and those temperatures are coming up from the south as well. so today, just about where it should be. where it should have been for weeks now, we should have been in the middle 50's. you know how cold it has been. it will be in the middle 50's today. tomorrow we will be around 70 degrees. we might even be a couple of degrees higher then that after the warm front goes through. the rain comes. and then monday night, a cold front comes through here and that will drop us, somewhat dramatically but still back into a comfortable where we are seeing range in the 50's by the time we get to tuesday. as far as rain goes, computer models are saying that, you know, generally we should be looking at least than a inch of rain but it could be a substantial amount have of rain, an inch of rain is, plenty of rain, and then maybe some areas, picking up more than.

that we will time it all out and you can see today, it looks fine. we have a couple of clouds from time to time. it is tonight that we will pick up this heavier rain and this is at 1:00 o'clock in the morning. notice yellow. those yellow goes have gone through philadelphia the 6:00 a.m. according to this computer model. some of the heavy. we will be finding some ponding on the road and that sort of thing. then the rest of the afternoon it looks like we will generally look for better weather, it is warmer tomorrow. the breeze picks up. and then we will start to await what is coming, next, and that is going to be a low pressure system off the coast, and how closely does it come to the coast? that is going to change. computer models have various solutions to this, not set in stone, at this point, and neither is this but everybody wants to know what are we talking about. well, maybe nothing. maybe just rain, snow mix. we will refine that as this gets closer but the threat of a significant snow is pretty remet but little bit of snow could be mixed in on wednesday. biggest problem with that is

the timing, day before thanksgiving with so many people traveling. partly sunny today. 55 degrees. tonight we will drop to 48 degrees with the showers other night. at times those showers will be heavy. but it is mild, tomorrow here, 72 degrees. tuesday, dry, 55. wednesday, we will pick up, some clouds, and then second half of the day maybe especially we will pick up some rain, does it get mixed in with a little bit of snow. is there a snow shower after midnight? we will see. should be drying out though for most of the day, thursday, 43 degrees, and then friday is a cold day for a high, no higher then 40 degrees. nicole. >> all right, all over the place carol, thank you. we appreciate it. and, let's check out the roadways and highways with ann, hi ann. >> hi nicole. we are looking at the schuylkill westbound lanes of the screen, right university avenue, shoulder is block by an accident, and the process of being cleared. schuylkill westbound, and is moving along fine, still that have accident, off to the shoulder. we will move traffic cam here to a very busy ben franklin

parkway, site of the philadelphia marathon, philadelphia a marathon, well underway, ben franklin parkway still shut down between 16th street and art museum circle. kelly drive between art museum circle and lincoln drive, and, between north fourth street and north columbus boulevard, the vine street expressway westbound off ramp is closed and eastbound of the ben franklin parkway off ramps closed on the schuylkill eastbound at spring garden street. ninety-five southbound at columbus boulevard. we will move the traffic cam one more time here to the ben franklin bridge, no delays or problems on the ben franklin bridge, that is quiet, compared to everything else this morning 467892 freeway and 55, no problems on the atlantic city expressway or garden state parkway. that is the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans, now, nicole, back to you. >> all right ann, thank you. still to come on "eyewitness news", eagles looking to extend a home game winning streak to ten game. we will preview today's match up with the the titans a game you'll see right here on cbs 36789 but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3 as well, we will be right back.

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the the eagles back at the link today hosting titans. bird have won nine straight games at home and looking to rebound from last sunday's beat down at lambeau. shady mccoy needs a break out game to take pressure off of mark sanchez, last season's rushing champ is averaging

career low 3.7 yards per car think year and has two, 100 plus yard games. tennessee has one of the worst running defenses in the league. >> always just, you know, lately it has always been something small here, something small here. almost, almost. i feel like it is coming together. that is only time that we really get stopped is when we make mistake. >> well, you can see the game this afternoon at 1:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. flyers at the center hosting columbus, orange and black looking to end a four game skid. first period game tied at one, claude giroux to mark street for a shot stop and rebound that will give the flyers a two-one lead. to the second period flyers with the man advantage jay voracek with the puck shoots, simmonds collects the rebound and scores. flyers with the two goal lead. third period columbus cut the lead to three-two but flyers make it a two goal lead. brayden coburn scoring his

first goal of the year as flyers win four-two. sixers a at madison square garden taking on the knicks, brett brown's club still searching for their first win of the season have the third quarter sixers down by seven. tony wroten hits the jumper nerlens necessity he will comes up with it and scores. he led sixers with 17 points and 12 boards but they could not contain carmelo anthony down the stretch. that is a base line jumper scoring 25 points. sixers lose their 13th straight game 91-83 the final. to college football penn state back in action after beating temple last week. they are on the road taking on illinois, fourth quarter knicks trailing by three, hand off to lynch, finding seems up the the middle and he is gone, 47-yard score right there. penn state regains the lead. and, until the final second of the game, illinois kicker david riser making a 36-yard field goal with eight seconds left in the game. penn state loses here, 16-14. villanova/delaware hand off to kevin menongi scoring a

2-yard touchdown they beat blue hens 35-28. they will likely earn a first round bye in the playoffs. lafayette taking on lehigh 150 meeting between the the schools, mess played rivalry in college football. this was all lafayette. kyle sherman rushing for school regard 304 yards and republican ordinary beat mountain hawks 27-seven. to college hoops over on hawk hill hawk will never die. st. joes taking on vermont. he hits the jumper and led hawks with 23 points and st. joes rebound from their worst loss ever, they beat vermont, 68-60. lasalle beat st. peters. temple lost to u.n. lv. that is sports. i'm leslie van arsdal. have a great day. go birds. >> go birds. that is it for "eyewitness news" at 7:00. here's what we have at 8:00. it is a day at the races. thousands office runners take part in this years philadelphia marathon and it happening right now.

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and, they're off, thousands of runners going the distance right now for the

2014 philadelphia marathon. we will have a report up next. barricades are going up around the st. louis area as region braces for a grand jury decision on whether to charge a police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. i'm omar villafranca with that story coming up. also ahead a northeast philadelphia man who was arrested two years ago for slashing tires is arrested once again. what david toledo is accused of doing this time. good morning to you, it is sunday november 23rd, i'm nicole brewer. it is 8:00 o'clock right now on the dot. lets check that forecast. lots of runners out there hoping for a good day. are they go to go get it, carol. >> they got it now, they are running around. i know your sister is running in it. we have a lot of people in the station running in that marathon. weather is fine for that. we have a very interesting week of weather coming up. it is something for everyone if you like warm weather, we have got it. if you like the chance for snow we have got that in there. center city this morning, some clouds and we can tk