>> no, what a day indeed with temperatures still in the 60's and record warmth across the delaware valley. in philadelphia today we did make it to a new record of 72 degrees. the old record, 71, setback in 1979. it will stay mild tonight, even into tomorrow. it is still 70 degrees in dover. sixty-six in reading and allentown. fifty-eight in the poconos. there is warmth throughout the keystone state, but there is cold, through the midwest and that will be moving in. national weather service has issued a winter storm watch, for wednesday's snow. philadelphia is included, mercer county in new jersey is included, and all counties to the north and west of philadelphia. we're talking about a accumulating snow. now it will be moving in wednesday morning, and philadelphia and suburbs it starts off as snow. this is a classic nor'easter. it will bring rain, through philadelphia south and east to the north and west a mix and then in the lehigh valley and poconos, snowing most of the day. here is a look at how it will

transition over the the course of the day, so in the poconos you have mainly snow, but through philadelphia and its suburbs you have some rain, mixing over, and changing to snow, and then through south jersey mainly rain to the shore but even down the shore, it will end up as snow late wednesday night. so how much snow is expected? well, we're still looking and working outnumbers and we will have them at 5:15. in the meantime i want to end it north to south white hall township where my collogue just continue drabick is. it is amazing. everyone keeps asking is this possible. >> yes, it is correct, kathy, amazing stuff on a take like today. we broke record. we hit lower 70's in allentown breaking old record of 69 degrees. we are in south white hall township just off route 22 exit. beautiful night, clear skies, temperatures good 20 degrees above average. it feels more like early fall in the late november and it is hard to believe many of us will be needing shovels in a

couple of days. from one weather ex-dream to the other today people are outside wearing short sleeves, pretty soon they will need snow gear. right now temperatures are more than 20 degrees above normal but we have to face reality, winter is just around the corner and that means snow. >> it is wonderful, you know, it has been kind of crazy. i'm equipped were being jet, long sleeves and then this is like wow, what is going on. >> i am here, in fact, i ordered my snow blower but, because everyone else wanted the same snow blower it is being held up. >> they better enjoy mild temperatures while they can because our first plowable snowfall of the season is coming on wednesday and timing could not be worse, wednesday is one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> i have family coming here and we're worried bit. it will be, it sound like it will be a significant snow. >> reporter: at this hardware store stores are stocked with salt and shovels to snowblowers.

now is the time to stock up before the snowfalls. >> been krause i since we opened up this morning. ice melter, shovels, snowblowers, we serve snowblowers but people are picking up snowblowers as well, which is good. >> reporter: what a nice night here it is in the lehigh valley. temperatures still holding in the 60's. coming up kathy orr will check with the forecast and let us know how much snow we can sianni timing of the storm and also coming up at 6:00 we will talk to penndot to see how they are preparing for one of the busiest travel days of the year, with this snowstorm coming on the way, we're live from south white hall township i'm justin drabick for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". make sure you stay on top of the forecast by down loading the cbs philly weather app. check live ride air and get weather alerts and a whole lot more. it is a railable for you on both itunes and google play. last week's enormous snowfall is leading to some

flooding concerns around buffalo right now. temperatures there are near 60 and rain is falling. the governor of new york andrew cuomo has urged residents to have an evacuation plan in place in case. also the national guard is standing by with pumps, generators, rescue teams and sandbags. we will have more from buffalo coming up 59:30 today. breaking news now from ferguson, missouri we are toll the grand jury has reached a decision whether to indict police officer darren wilson for shooting unarmed teen michael brown. cbs news correspondent omar villafranca has latest. >> reporter: barricades are in place and security heightened where a grand jury has decided if ferguson police officer darren wilson should be charge with the crime for shooting death of unarmed teenager michael brown. the decision will be announcedded soon. cbs news caught up with michael brown, senior this afternoon. how are you feeling today. >> unaudible. >> reporter: is what your message to the people here.

>> unaudible. >> reporter: officer wilson hand been in hiding since the shooting but we have learn he came to this administrative building to get a marriage license. he is now married to a fellow ferguson police officer. susan mcgraw is a professor at st. louis university school of law, she says one of the reasons the grand jury investigation took so long is panel heard a hundred tane of evidence. >> this grand jury has been asked to survey more investigative capacity where they will hear all of the evidence, evidence for prosecution but also evidence for defense. >> reporter: the prosecutor was planning to release all grand jury evidence to the public after grand jury announces its decision but judge on the case has not yet agree to release those document. omar villafranc ac bs news, clayton, missouri. >> is there increased security at philadelphia it is i hall in preparation for a plan demonstration once the grand jury decision has been announced. we will continue to follow this situation, in ferguson,

and bring you any new developments as they happen. you can get a full report tonight on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley, beginning at 6:30. screams, for family members desperate for help as flames tore through their feltonville home. eight people made it out of there alive but body of a four year-old boy was later found inside. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter tells us it is 29th fire death this year up from 24 this same time last year. >> reporter: as flames engulfed a home on the 200 block of wyoming avenue at noon time neighbors heard screams from occupants, to save children, trapped inside. >> they all ran out screaming and hollering. >> the mom also, my baby, my baby, my baby. >> reporter: nine adults and children managed to make it out but as flames spread i four year old little boy was still trap. neighbors like karl johnson trying to go inside to get him. >> he was saying get my baby, get my baby. >> i ran up to the second

floor, steps to the second floor and i could in the go no further. >> reporter: searching the building fire fighters found 49 year-old boy in a bedroom. another child and woman with two fire fighters, suffering non-life threatening injuries. police say father of the victim was able to rescue a child of another family from the burning building, but when he tried to return to rescue his own son, he could not person straight flames and smoke. >> we have another saturday, for city of philadelphia, we lost another one of our children. >> as fire officials searched for a cause, they have confirmed smoke detectors installed by the department in 2011 did sound but they add in a fast spreading fire like this one, it is also necessary to have a home exit plan, to make sure that everyone has a means of escape. in feltonville, walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". developing right now, the search is on for a missing mother of three, she vanish

while on a break from work. jessica paget was last seen leaving her job at the duck, duck, goose day child care center in north hampton, pennsylvania. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live with the very latest on the search tonight, steve. >> reporter: jessica, you said it, this is a three three-year old mother of three, newlywed and neighbors say had no reason to walk away from her life in this tight community, yet police are saying she's vanished since friday with no tips, no leads, and no person of interest. meanwhile police found her car in this parking lot where a new search started today. someone with the strength to speak to a brother pleads for his sister's safe return. >> i just want my cyster found. that is all we ask a at this time. >> reporter: he stands mountain same place where police say three three-year old jessica paget rannish. she went missing friday in broad daylight. co-workers at northampton's duck, duck goose child care say jessica went on a lunch

break around 1:00 that afternoon telling co-workers she would run an errand at her father's home. >> thinks a regular day and we did not expect this to happen. >> reporter: instead police found jessica's a. uv in this dollar general store parking lot, her cell phone inside of the vehicle, no trace have of jessica. this friday a manhunt, state police hovering above towns, detectives searching for clues or surveillance video in a community hunting. >> people in the community pulling together to put together a massive search team. >> reporter: jessica's next door neighbor jim wilkins is leading friend family, strangers, working together to canvas the area. >> i want that clue, i want that break, i just want to find her. i want to find her safe. >> reporter: police are asking for your help. take a look at the screen, three-year old jessica paget white female 5 feet two, 130-pound, blonde hair with blonde highlights and haze ill eye. she was wearing that black

hoodie from her job there at the day care. if you know anything you are asked to call state police. coming up at 6:00 we have spoke to the district attorney we will have more on the investigation, and what her co-workers say that she was acting the day that she disappeared at 6:00. live from northampton i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thank you. woman's body is found out side a warehouse in south philadelphia and tonight police just don't have much to go on. she's been identified by family members as crystal goodwin, her body was found in the lot near columbus boulevard at dilworth street. investigators are treating the case on a homicide but so far they have no suspect or motive. big shake up to day in the obama administration, chuck hagel announced he is resigning from office. he was first appointed in february of 2013. since then washington insiders say he has in the seen eye to eye on a number of issues. nonetheless the white house

today praised hagel for being up front and on west his views. >> when it hazmaterd most behind closed doors in the oval office you have always given to it me straight and for that i will always be grateful. it has been the greatest privilege of my life, greatest privilege of my life to lead and most important to serve. >> a few names on the short list, to succeed him but among leading contenders is this woman former policy chief michelle flooroy she would be the first woman appointed to head the department of defense. still to come here on "eyewitness news" a local university president resigns after he is criticized for comments he made about women and sexual assault. bikers make a shocking find in the storm drain a new born baby boy. babe a live and crying was 8 feet down and had been there for days. also ahead tonight, credit and debit card perks, three on your side jim donovan with how looking at fine print can save

you hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars. for the first time since the pope's official announcement that he will visit philadelphia next year we will talk with archbishop charles chaput about the exciting event and what it means for our city next.

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it is down to the final three, philadelphia is a step closer to hosting the 2016 democratic national convention are. philadelphia is competing with columbus, ohio and brooklyn, new york, and as phoenix, and birmingham are no longer in the running. we have our finalist cities.

dnc chairman ed rendell says fact that philadelphia successfully hosted rnc back in 2,000 is a big plus for the city. >> we're very pleased we're in the finals. we're not there yet. new york is a strong competitor because they can raise a lot of money. columbus ohio is ultimate swing state but we think we are the best location with the best building and best team assembled to run this convention. >> they are expected to announce location and dates of the convention earlier this year. for the first time since news became official, we're hearing from philadelphia archbishop charles chaput about pope francis upcoming visit to philadelphia today i asked chaput about the visit and what it will mean to the city and its people. >> the pope is coming. >> mayor michael nutter made it official at a press conference last week, pope francis will be in philadelphia come september for the world meeting of families. catholics in the area rejoyced in the news archbishop chaput

was in rome. did you know earlier then a few days before and did you have to keep a little bit of the secret. >> i had known probably for six or eight months that he is planning on coming. i was there when the pope whispered in the ear of governor corbett that he intended to come to philadelphia. it was difficult for the governor not to tell everybody when he heard that but i think he kept a secret well. >> reporter: when pope john paul, ii visited philadelphia in 1979, about a million people pack the parkway for a public mass. when pope frances follows in his footsteps, more than a million people are expect to attend. >> some of the things that the pope francis has said, other peeps have said before, but people don't quite pay as much attention to them and he has the attention of the world in a way the other popes haven't. it is in his hand. we will let him decide. we will find out next september. >> reporter: pope francis has been wildly popular since taken over for benedict xvi. archbishop chaput expects it to be a very meaningful visit

for the catholic community. >> i'm really up enthusiasms yas particular and rebirth of the diocese. i'm grateful for this opportunity. >> the butch ash on says fund raising has been going well. they are halfway to their goal but that number could change. as far as the the details of the pope's plans for the visit, well, archbishop said we will learn more in february when the pontiff's advanced team arrives in philadelphia. be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" for very latest on the papal visit to philadelphia. we will bring you the updates here on tv and also on the cbs philly.com. so which is more harmful, carbs or saturated fats. we will have results of the new study, coming up. and most credit cards come with perks like price points or frequent flier miles, but did you know your credit or debit card may offer benefits that could save you hundreds even thousands of dollars? three on your side's jim donovan tells bus other priceless perks just in time for the shopping season. beasley. the eagles influencing the most important game plan of

the season, we will hear from chip kelly on the cowboys offense and i'm concerned about eagles fans, don't peak too an, i'll show what you some of you are tweeting the cbs-3 tag board coming up i

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>> we love this weather. >> yes, well, it sound like it is coming our way. >> it is coming like a freight train. >> yes, we just can't stop it. we're talking about record warmth, and now we're talking about snow on the horizon. developing nor'easter. it will bring, snow to the part of the region, mess of the region during the day or nighttime hours of wednesday. take a look outside because they are in one place where we want the snow. they have been trying to make it for the ski season at jack frost big boulder and guess what, they will get the jackpot of snow, in the mountains. some higher elevations could get 10 inches of snow in the mountains. lucky for them. we will not see that much, however. take a look at temperatures, still holding on to the 60's. philadelphia 68. allentown 66. trenton 66. the the same in reading. poconos 58 degrees. so mild right now. it is 68 degrees in dover. we are looking at developing changes across the region. you can see dry conditions right here. we have a cold front that will

sneak through tonight but moisture will go to the north. you will not notice it but it will knock temperatures down tomorrow afternoon. still above average though. then we will watch an area of low pressure developing along this dying front and it will bring us rain and some snow. watch what happens. during the day tomorrow not much of anything. this area of high pressure noses in the philadelphia area and brings us a pleasant tuesday. then here is that developing area have low pressure off the coast. it moves up the eastern seaboard as a nor'easter and get that nor'easterly wind ahead of it, rain for philadelphia, adjacent suburbs south and east, wintry mix in the northern and western suburbs and snow in the lehigh valley and poconos this moves toward the northeast away from . we will get cold air behind it. it changes everything to snow, and during the evening rush and for wednesday evening. in new england, and fast mover. also temperatures will be borderline. so at first it will not be sticking to streets, it will be on the grass surfaces.

this is what we're looking at as far as snow amounts, for information we have right now. coat to go a couple inches through south jersey and down the shore could see a coating of snow, two to four along i-95 corridor. in the northern and northern western suburbs four or 5 inches of snow. lehigh valley towards poconos on the upper end is seven offer eight. poconos eight plus as you go towards the north, and towards the east. this is what we expect, rain changing over to heavy wet snow. it could cling to the trees and wires. wind will be gusty and both commutes will be slow. overnight low temperature, 52, and during the day tomorrow only 56, and a on the three day, we're looking at temperatures getting colder though. fifty-six will feel great, wednesday, rain to snow, thanksgiving, chilly, and but dry, 41. that is you're witness weather forec

it is a short cowboys week and eagles fans may be peeking too soon. pace yourselves. we have a preview of the thanksgiving hideo pope event last night with barely escaped, giants stadium with a victory. two, eight and three heavyweights set to go at it thursday. both teams with productive offences. here's chip kelly on the cowboys. >> they are valid. they are outstanding receivers with the group there. so, it is in the like you say if we can stop this we have a good shot. they run the ball as good as anybody in this league. then with tony playing quarterback and witten, brian williams, rest of those guys it is a difficult, it is a difficult match up. >> and social media fans are hyped for the game, take a look at this. this is, a wish, from tommy,

for thanksgiving. he wants turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and lots of this, for -- what is this? it is trent cole on top of tony romo in a prone position. my coaches have always told me all quarterbacks are just alike in this position right here. that is a great call, tommy. shady is a volcano been quiet so long but will explode and go off on the cowboys. i hope that is true. david says so much to think about, this week. but eagles will take priority over hosting 40 people, for thanksgiving. there will be food, but focus will be on the tv set and the game. laura says i don't need a bird for thanksgiving. i want a cowboy. she has got her focus in the right place. tim says every year we wait for the the chance, we want dallas. well, it is here. let's go eagles. let's toss it back to chris and jessica. it will be a great

thanksgiving. >> yes, it will. >> still to come in our next half an hour first it was big snow, and big dig, and now buffalo is dealing with the big melt, residents are bracing for flood waters and they could face evacuation. an unbelievable story, a new born baby survives nearly a week at the bottom of the storm water drain in australia hear how two strangers rescued the crying baby. new at 6:00 o'clock tonight what does the future hold for red light cameras in new jersey. find out what local police are saying about a controversial program on "eyewitness news"

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i'm chris may. we are following breaking news this evening. we are awaiting word on whether the ferguson, missouri police officer darren wilson will be criminally charged in connection with the shooting death of michael brown. the grand jury has reportedly made it decision tonight and an announcement could come at any moment. meantime here in philadelphia mayor michael nutter is preparing for any potential protests. >> i think that there will be a reaction. so whether it is in ferguson or in philadelphia, we are prayerful that the folks will be responsible in expressing their sentiments. >> we will have more within the hour and, of course, on the "cbs evening news" as we await the grand jury decision. a four year-old is killed in the fast moving house fire

in feltonville, four others are now receiving emergency assistance from the red cross, as investigators worked to determine the cause of that fire. and authorities in the lehigh valley are searching for missing mother of three, jessica paget, she was last seen leaving her job at a day care in northampton on friday. kate? thanks, chris. good evening everyone. temperatures today are almost 20 degrees above average. we will broke a record and now we are talking snow. one system departs, seeds of the second system being zone here in the west and we have winter storm watches in effect for most of the area it does include city of philadelphia, all of the north and west suburbs, lehigh valley and poconos, more on this system and what we can expect weather-wise as we head towards thanksgiving, coming up, jessica. >> the temperatures are rising in upstate new york where a few days ago as much as 7 feet of snow fell, and now they are melting is underway. creeks are turning into roaring rivers. cbs news reporter jericka duncan has a store friday west

seneca, new york. >> reporter: with temperatures in the low 60's, mountains of snow in western new york are melting quickly. >> that is a lot of run off and water going into the creeks and potential flooding. >> reporter: the creek in west seneca and others in the buffalo area have listen in the past few days. there is no widespread flooding at this point but authorities say that can change instantly. especially if ice jams suddenly break. officials are warning people in low lying neighborhoods to have an evacuation plan. not only are western new yorkers keeping a very close eye on creeks like this, but they are also concerned about the wind, that is because winds are expected to gust up to 60 miles per hour later this afternoon. >> when water logged ground it wouldn't be surprising if trees blow over or branches topple down which can take down power lines. >> reporter: authorities are urging residents to clear heavy snow from the rooftops as quickly as possible. because rain and possibly more snow is in the forecast for tuesday.

jericka duncan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". more than 775 members of the new york national guard have been ordered into erie county and buffalo to help with flood prevention. well, president of the lincoln university has resigned after making some controversial remarks about women and sexual abuse. board of trustees accepted the resignation of robert jennings on monday morning. back in september, jennings spoke at a women's convocation about how false rape allegations can ruin a man's life. some felt that his words made it seem that women were to blame for sexual assaults. take a listen. he did later apologize,

the university's general council valerie harrison has been named it acting president. well, the foxwoods casino connecticut has indefinitely postponed a show by bill cosby that was scheduled for january. that adds to several cancellations last week for the embattled comedian as he faces a growing number of sexual assault allegations. no reason was given by fox woods for postponing that january 31st performance but at least 29 dates do remain on cosby's touring calendar through may of next year. well, calls for action at the university of virginia tonight after reports surface that had a female student was raped by seven men in 202. the victim's account was detailed in an article public by rolling stone mal seen. leaders of the virginia student body addressed the public today, saying that there does seem to be better solution toss what has been tribe as a hidden culture of sexual violence. in the meantime, uva has issued a temporary ban on all

fraternity activities. former head of the montgomery county republican party pleads in contest to indecent assault. the plea from robert kerns admits no guilt but concedes prosecutors have enough evidence against him had that case gone to trial. kerns was sentenced to two years probation and must register as a sex offender for 15 years. victim said she was happy with the plea and feels justice has been served. pennsylvania state police say when the occupants of the disabled car got out of their vehicle they were hit by a truck. this happened in the northbound lanes of i-95 and chester city just after 3:00 o'clock this morning. six three-year old dorris ann goldwater of elkins park was pronounced dead at the scene. her two passengers were seriously hurt and remain hospitalized tonight. chopper three over an overturn vehicle on the schuylkill expressway. this was the scene just after 10:00 this morning near 28th street exit. no other vehicles were involved, in word on any injuries. well, we're learning more tonight about an incident in

cleveland in which police opened fire and killed a 12 year-old boy. authorities say that they had video showing exactly what happened there although they have not released that to the public. the child who has been identified as tamer rice was reportedly brandishing a fake gun at a local park. the responding officers ordered him to raise his hands but instead he reached for the gun that was in his waist band. >> our officers at times are required to make critical decisionness a split second. unfortunately this was one of those times. >> witnesses originally called nine # one to say the the gun was probably fake but it is unclear if that information was relayed to the officers. we're told that an or land safety indicator had been removed. baby survived for a week, and, two people biking on a trail when they heard that baby. they found it with 6 feet down

in the drain. police say little boy was left for dead by his mother, dumped there when he was only a day old. >> felt sick and -- we just want that had baby to know if he was okay. >> baby's mother is now charged with attempted murder. a delaware county police become the first in the state to carry a drug with the power to least verse effects of an opiate overdose. davis law goes into effect on saturday. it allows pennsylvania police to carry narcan and give good samaritan immunity from prosecution if they attempt to save someone who overdosees. >> law enforcement officers can be prepared to save the life of someone that overdoses from prescription painkillers, opiates, or the overdoses from the related drug heroin. >> well, delaware county has purchased 800 doses, two will

be stored in each of the counties 400 police vehicles. good evening, everyone. it is definitely a busy rush hour. you will fine rush hour delays on the schuylkill, 95, vine street expressway, speaking of the vine street expressway i know it is difficult to see here. camera is zoomed here pretty far but traveling on the westbound side of the vine approaching broad street we are dealing with the disabled tractor trailer and we are getting milk reports. it started out as a disable truck and we are starting to see that it now has potential to be an accident scene where more vehicles are involved. regardless, westbound on the vine approaching broad street you will fine that the left lane is blocked and it is starting to build residual traffic as a result of that. lets talk about rush hour 95 traveling northbound out of delaware county it is a wash really. southbound i-95 slow go from the airport down just beyond 476, and even around the commodore bear bridge. speed sensors on i-95 elsewhere, in center city 15 miles an hour. two # one on the schuylkill.

seventy-six looks like 76 today. twenty-two is your average on 476. also we still have a water main break closing route 130 northbound, been there for been an hour at browning road. cuthbert boulevard is your best alternate. mass transit looks great. chris and jessica. vittoria, thanks very much. still to come on "eyewitness news" a in mysterious deep sea predator has been caught on camera in the wild for the very first time. >> and also weighing health risks of carbs verse saturated fats. there is new research out tonight and it just may surprise you. plus music's hottest stars took the stage for american muse ache ward. we will take a look at big winners and performances that have everybody talking. kate? you will in the believe it stepping outside this evening. we had a record breaker of the day, so warm temperatures in the 70's but now we are tracking a potent nor'easter that could bring accumulating snow on thanksgiving eve. i will have details

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well, thanksgiving is a few days away now and we want to know what you are thankful for. send us your photos via facebook or twitter using hash tag, cbs-3. and you might just see your pictures right here on "eyewitness news". well, one thing to be thankful for is this beautiful day. temperatures got in the lower 70's across much of the area we broke a record here in philadelphia. as we check with our eyewitness weather watchers, take a look the at these numbers, 65 degrees thanks to jim, in media he says 65 is max temperature today was 72. that was also the max at the philadelphia international airport. lets head over to new jersey, check in with howell. he reports 66 degrees with a clear sky and he says light wind out of the south east around 4 miles per hour. we will head up here and check in 66 degrees, thinks jeff moore in hatfield and he is reporting lower 70's today, snow on wednesday, such odd

weather. you've got that right, jeff. we are tracking a major winter storm if you can believe that for wednesday. if you are interested in being a weather watcher, sign up, go to cbs philly.com/watchers. we could definitely use u.s. specially on wednesday as we track snow amounts all across the region with the developing system. take a look at storm scan three which is clear for us at the moment. we have had rain this morning, that has since cleared the area, long since cleared the area. now you that storm is really starting to move away. notice where center on have that low is, still great lakes. cold air lock up behind it and disconnect between these cold front and actual cold air. that will be coming in later tonight and tomorrow. we will cool down a bit but really wednesday, that everything changes, a system from the west, upper low phase was a coastal low bringing rain and accumulating snow to the majority of our area. temperatures right now, 68, still at the airport. that should feel fantastic. in the 30's on friday. sixty-five in wilmington. sixty-six in trenton. 46 degrees right now in atlantic city. let's recap these highs today.

like i said we broke a record here in philadelphia wilmington fell within 1 degree. record there was seven 36789 new records in reading, trenton, atlantic city just shy at 71 degrees today. if you have any travel plans here's what you can expect with this approaching storm. it starts by wednesday morning as rain, but watch how quickly it could transition to a mix and then eventually all snow. this is wednesday afternoon we are seeing mix of rain and snow in the city in to south jersey. all snow in the poconos and lehigh valley. heavier snow by 6:00 p.m. eventually clearing out, by later wednesday night but damage will have been done. we expect this to be an all day event whether your's looking at rain, mix or snow. this goes from morning until night fall, four to 8 inches in the lehigh valley, eight plus in the poconos, philadelphia and suburbs two to four, rain to snow, mainly rain and gusty wind in delaware and south jersey. overnight tonight, a few clouds, windy and warm at 52 degrees. for your tuesday partly sunny not as warm, nice seasonal day, high of 56. wednesday is the problem, you may want to get your travel

done tuesday because it is rain and snow all day long, 41 is dry and cold on thanksgiving thursday and then black friday shoppers bundle up 39 degrees, we will start to moderate a little bit as we head through the upcoming weekend, chris and jessica, back to you. kate, thank you. in the healthwatch new studies show a diet high in saturated fats may not be as bad as thought. researchers at ohio state university, found these kind of foods did not raise fat levels in the blood, when combined with low carbs food. but it is a different story when combined with the high carbs diet. and in that case body can produce fatty acid, linked to diabetes and heart disease. most credit cards these days come with perks like prize points or frequent flier miles but did you know credit or debit card an offer you benefits that save you hundreds even thousands of dollars. >> three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan takes a look at these prime perks just in time for shopping season.

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one direction wound up being the big western, they took home artist of the year and favorite preponderance rock band duo or group. >> insider's kelce knight was all over the red carpet, backstage and she joins us now from los angeles with more. >> reporter: chris and jessica, ama's are such a great time. tonight we are looking back at the best moments of the night

shedding tears over her ex-justin beiber selena's emotional performance was most talk about moment of the night not just for the the song but for this cutaway of taylor swift also appearing to cry for her friend. >> i file like she's performing a very personal song, and it is an intense moment. >> ♪ >> charlie xcx was one of the spicy themes of the night, girl power with a side of. and taylor's fiery blank space opening number. >> ♪ >> yes, and cry backstage after accepting dick clark award for excellence, where her ex-harry styles carried his one direction award, i also spoke to the night's jesse j who came out with a bang, bang. >> i just want to celebrate among the people. and, my friend, you know, that

is what it is. >> reporter: one thing did you not see last night everyone has been talking about the rumors that harry styles and taylor swift, also known as hailor might be back together. i was directly between them backstage and there was some serious chorography from their teams to make sure they would not run into each other, man, don't you love drama of love sick 20 somethings. jessica and chris, back to you. >> kelce, thank you. for more on the day's entertainment news tune in at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 all eyes are on ferguson missouri as we await i grand jury decision tonight. we are live with how philadelphia is preparing. vanish without a trace, northampton women disappears in the middle of the day and we will latest on the search for jessica paget in a live report, kathy. from a warm wind with records, to blustery and a nor'easter we are talking about a winter storm heading our way just in time for

holiday travel. winter storm watches have been posted for accumulating snow. well, also tonight fire has claim life of a child inside of this home in feltonville, we will have the latest on the investigation. could new jersey be pulling the the plug on its controversial red light camera program? what the state has decided to do and when changes could be made. november, parts of the region have been hit with record highs today as a blast of warm air, churns through. plenty of us out enjoying the day but our balmy temperatures are not meant to last. good evening, i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. enjoy this warm weather while it is here because we could be in for a thanksgiving nor'easter. >> we have live team three coverage tonight, we will begin with meteorologist kathy orr who is live outside on the sky deck, kathy? warm wind continues, as a

beautiful evening on the sky deck just to tease us of what is to come. record high temperature today was 71 degrees, and we dit. we beat that record of philadelphia before the snow, moves our way. the high today, 72. that beat old record of 71 setback in 1979. so we have a couple mild days to talk about warm today, sill in the 60's across most of the region and then mild again for tomorrow. we have 50's and 60's to the west. big problem comes wednesday, the nor'easter comes up the northeastern see game. national weather service has issued a winter storm watch for southeastern pennsylvania and also mercer county, in new jersey. we're talking about accumulating snow. this is how it will play out. area of low pressure develops along this front and moves up easterne board as a strong nor'easter. we will see rain, mix, snow and all begins early wednesday morning. mainly snow through lehigh valley and poconos, rain change to go snow along i-95 corridor and