>> searching for shane. now turning to social media for help.

>> "black friday" gives way to small business saturday. how main streets across the delaware valerie hoping to attract holiday shoppers away from the malls this weekend. >> good morning to you. today is saturday, november 29th. i'm nicole brewer. it is just past 6:00. let's get a check on the forecast, if you are headed out for little shopping, or christmas tree hunting, whatever the case may be, carol? >> it is gloves and scarts and -- scarfs and hats, and boots, and fortunately not looking at any precipitation in the area. it is just the chill. it was so still overnight, that any of the 39 degrees we managed to accomplish yesterday went right to up space. right now, it is 17 degrees, and in nazareth. nice looking out there, as long as you've got a heater on your side, and a pain of glass, because the other side outside it is cold out there this morning, foreman and beast. so, act accordingly and keep everybody warm. we are looking at storm scan3. notice that a few clouds are starting to move into the area. we have some dying out rain showers, or rather snow

showers, off to the west. so, even through hagerstown, maryland, and to the west of harrisburg, you are looking at couple of those, if you are starting out early this morning. look at the temperatures, starting in the north, 8 degrees in the poconos, 17 in allentown, 26 degrees in philadelphia. 20 degrees in atlantic city, 30 in dover. everyone below the freezing mark. our temperatures today, by noon, just 36 degrees, that's cold mid-day, and we should be keeping temperatures an agree or two higher than yesterday, 40 degrees, for our temperature later on this afternoon. we do have couple of days where i think you might find the temperatures a little bit more acceptable. i will be showing you those coming up. nicole? >> all right, carol, thank you. >> new this morning, at least one car is involved in a crash in university city. it happened just after 2:00 near 30th and walnut st. at this hour, several passengers, along with a driver, are being treated at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. we're toll they suffered only minor injuries, and the cause of the accident is under

investigation. well, the search for missing west chester university student continues this morning at 10:00 o'clock. the family of 21 year old shane motorcycle couldn't rim now offering $10,000 reward for any information that may lead to his whereabouts. he was last seen early thursday morning, at a manayunk bar. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers spoke with shane's distraut family. >> take a good look at this photo. this is shane montgomery, senior at west chester university. 's five-11, green eyes, last seen wearing that gray shirt. and he's been missing since 2:00 a.m. thursday morning. >> heart broken. there are no words, none. >> his mother, karen, father kevin, are struggling, stricken with the fear of what might have happened, but stoic, in pursuit of their mission. >> pretty much exhausted, but just find the strength to keep going, we are going to find him. that's the bottom line. >> they were joined in their search by dozens of

volunteers, who fanned out across manayunk friday. here's what they know so far. around 1:45, thursday morning, shane got separated from his friends at kill dare's public on main street, when he didn't come home, dad kevin pick up the phone. >> see if he got arrested. see if he was in the hospital. see if there were any john doe's. >> what that turn up nothing, he asked for help. hours later missing person flyers dotted dozens of electrical polls and social media campaign ramped up, hashtag help fine shane was trending on twitter locally by friday night. that, joined police detectives and k9 unit. with police helicopter scanning the river bank as night fell. >> we are just hoping if he can hear me that he knows that we are looking for him and that we love him and i'm going to find him. >> there you can see one of the dozens of missing person flyers posted by volunteers across the manayunk area. the search was called off late friday evening and is set to resume once again at

10:00 a.m. we're in manayunk, matt rivers, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". meantime, a suv plows into a pharmacy in northeast philadelphia. it happened just after 6:00 last night in the 9400 block of state road in torresdale. police say the woman behind the wheel got confused, and accidentally drove through that storefront. no one was hurt. the pharmacy was closed. >> ray rice's indefinite suspension from the ffl for domestic violence now overturned. rice is now free to play again. cbs news correspondent begat shaban with more on the decision handed down by arbitrator this week. >> ray rice is now free to get back on the football field if an nfl team is too long sign him. the league suspended risin definitely two months ago, embattled running back appealed, and independent arbitrator found the indefinite sus opinion sean was abuse of discretion and must be vacated. surveillance video showed rice in february dragging his now wife janaa palmer outside an elevator, after allegedly

beating her unconscious. in july, the league's commissioner, roger goodel, initially suspended rice for two games. but, in september, goodel increased the penalty to an indefinite suspension, when this second video showed rice punches his then fiancee. goodel spoke to cbs this morning, anchor, nora o'donnell becomes why the league didn't enforce a more harsh penalty initially. >> did you really need to see a videotape of ray rice punching her in the face to make this de anything. >> no. we certainly didn't. and i will tell that you what we saw in the first videotape was troubling to us in and of itself. that's why we took the action we took. as i've said before, we didn't feel that was sufficient. we didn't get that right. >> rice argued the indefinite suspension was unfair since the nfl had already disciplined him for the same incident. the arbitrator agreed. in a statement, rice said, he's thankful for the appeals process. but admitted he made an inexcusable mistake. in los angeles, begat shaban,

cbs-3, "eyewitness news". the nfl released a statement reading in part: we respect judge jones' decision to reinstate ray rice from his indefinite suspend shore for violating the league's personal conduct policy in a incident of domestic violence, based on judge jones' decision, he will be eligible to play upon signing a new contract. >> well, the big box stores had their chance to woo shoppers deals on "black friday". and happening today, small business saturday, a chance to bring bargains from the malls to main street. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is on main street in manayunk with all of the details. steve, are you getting any good deals out there today? >> good morning, nicole. yes, you know what? i think if i'm not mistake then is missile tow. probably not. well, welcome to small business saturday. here live on main street. this is manayunk. it is a shop called latitude and longitude. beautiful store here. you see a lot of trinkets, kind of described as a gift

shop. it has got everything. it is very ac check particular. my mom would love this store. and it smells just really nice, a loft flowery smells in here. but the reason why we're here is because obviously this is a small business on a main street in what's considered kind of small town america. and, you know, obviously "black friday" doesn't cover a place like this. so, years ago, few years ago, small business saturday came into creation, and it really benefits a place like this, right, meredith? this is merit the owner. so how did your store start? how did this all come together? >> so 15 years ago, i was i was a customer here. i fell in love with the place. and i became an employee and after that about three years ago i became the owner and i haven't left ever since. just love it. it is home. >> and that's the thing. these aren't big boxes, this is small local thing, benefits local, most of the stuff in here, you said, is actually made in the country. >> yes. >> and it benefits the local

community. so, what is small business saturday for maybe for people who don't get it? >> small business saturday focuses on all of the small businesses that are across the country, and a lot of people don't get to see usually, and it just kind of focuses on us local, you know, specially in manayunk, we have a lot of things here, and a lot of businesses. >> sure. and i mean there is no lines out the door. you're not having a big block buster sales, right. so what exactly -- how does it benefit i guess the customer? >> benefits the customer because they're shopping small. and it is my normal regular customers who come in all the time, and it is just happy, a good place to see their face and it benefits them because the people to people basically. >> i want that. isn't that great? like the spirit of giving. it is what the holiday season is really b you come in, you

shop local, you get anything you need and you see the local community. and that's what small business saturday is about, coming up at 6:30, we'll talk more about this special day and why it is such a different kind of reaction to "black friday" and how it benefits a place like. >> this we send it back to you, nicole. >> all right, small business saturday, steve, thanks so much. by the way the mall and the big retailers will be re-opening in just a few hours, as women, trying to get their piece of the pie, as well. now, many of them were open from thanksgiving straight through "black friday". "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt spoke with some tired shoppers. >> i wasn't planning oncoming shopping. my daughters twisted my arm and got me out here. >> but, in the end, at the kay said she glad she came out on "black friday" at the depford mall. though, this "black friday", looked a little different. >> as bad as you thought were the crowds? >> not add bad. >> found lot of people, not the usual crowds, where it is hard to walk. one reason may be because local malls opened 6:00 thursday night and stayed open straight through 10:00 o'clock friday night.

>> been working since 7:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. >> you heard that right. we met carly sips on her 23rd hour of work. she has three jobs, and says, it was her choice to pull the marathon shift. >> i heard a -- i've had a lot of caffeine. couple double shots of expresso. >> says opening thanksgiving day is a big problem. >> it ruins the tradition. you know, traditionally the way the way it is supposed to be done, day after thanksgiving, you go, you get excited 6:00 in the morning. >> now if you get to a place at 6:00 in the morning, you may have missed out on your chance to find that low price. >> i used to work at target. and we used to get tons of people in the morning. now that rush isn't there no more. there is no more fun to it. >> some say opening the night before is a good thing. because the new "black friday" may mean less people. >> i thought it was going to be like a lot, a lot of people. like i thought it was going to be like thousands of people. but it is not really bus. >> and for your complete

holiday shopping guide, including mall hours, head to our website cbsphilly.com. well, their amazing rescue caught on tape. two young boys, burried in a pile of snow, for hours. now we're hearing from these brave cousins. how they say they managed to survive until help arrived. plus, a local mother, with a message to toy makers. she noticed the trouble trends while shopping for a doll for her daughter. why she is now going on line to petition. we'll explain.

>> two cousins had been builds ago snow fort, when a snow plow pushed snow up against t a police officer saw their shovel. started digging for them. the boys say they did everything they could to break free. >> me and my cuss written building a fort in the snow. we got into it for a few minutes, then the hope top of the fort fell on us. motivating each other to not go to sleep. keep yelling. keep moving our body. trying to break out. >> wow, some smart little boys. now, eyewitnesses say the police officers who pulled them out of is that snow bank got a round of applause.

that's a much deserved round every applause. that's a scary situation, carol. >> it is a terrible situation, and it is a reminder that these snow forts can collapse. you have to be so careful. it is liking digging a hole in the sand, where you can also find problems. take it ice, kids, adults. looking at cold morning out there. look at some of these numbers. we've got 15 degrees, oh, how unpleasant is that? keith says with the 15 degrees in sailorsberg, what's he say about that? definitely cold out there. weather watcher with another 15 degrees, john sandman, out in vincent town. and he says wow, it is cold outside. i mean, i don't think all a finds anybody who has any kind of a difference of opinion out there. tim, he sends in stuff all the time, one of the reasons we love tim mitch he will. tuckerton, new jersey, it is 19 degrees out there. bundle up if you're headed out. it is like an ice box out there. it really isment and it is so

cold, how about making snow? we can do that, and they're doing it, up at have jack frost big boulder. they've had great couple of mornings to do this. this is really, if you ski, you probably love this site. if you don't ski, you might think oh, no, when that starts to come into our area, we're not finding that today, though. do you have make the snow today to have it. unless you're in the poconos, where there is also a chance every picking up some of the real stuff, the mother nature snow. but it is a light snow, if you did see that. 16 degrees, that's the temperature right now, out of nazareth. up near the allentown area, cold start to the day. not just there, but as you saw with our neighborhood weather watchers, it is cold in every single location. few clouds are starting to come into the area right now. but they didn't come in overnight. so, with the clear skies overnight, that's why these temperatures dropped as much as they did. few snow showers, out through central pennsylvania. if you're headed out early this morning, 23 out in lancaster right now, we've got 22 degrees in reading. twenty-six in dover. 27 degrees in wilmington.

it is 26 degrees out at the airport, in philadelphia, and 27 degrees down in wildwood. 20 degrees in atlantic city. that's not right on the ocean, but about 10 miles inland at the airport there. and 20 degrees in trenton. the temperatures so cold, and 16 in quakertown, and if you're in mt. holly, you've got 20 degrees this morning, 24 willow grove, 19 degrees in pottstown, it is a morning that you will be in a lot of layers. ski pants, whether you ski or not, take my own personal experience, they're so warm, they're the best. they're something that you should buy if you're going to be spending any time outside even not looking for snow it, will keep the cold away greatly. and these temperatures, this morning, so much colder, even than yesterday morning. 11 degrees colder down in millville, through the heart of south jersey. it is 8 degrees colder through philadelphia. 9 degrees colder up in the allentown area this morning. so, when you are out, jackets on, and pets in. let them watch you out the window. we are looking right now, if you're traveling today, few

clouds, coming in here, we're going to find temperatures getting to the low 40's today. still running about 10 degrees below where we should be this time of the year. snow shower possible through portion of the state. otherwise, it is generally quiet there. might and sprinkle or two scattered about, as go through the middle of the day, and then by overnight, looks like pretty quiet overnight if you're deciding let's just head home, or head where ever we're going overnight, i think you'll be in fine shape doing it. tomorrow morning, tomorrow evening, you may be starting with a kim of rain showers out through western pennsylvania. and they stay out there, primarily, but they do start to make their path toward the east. and this is tomorrow night here in philadelphia. is there a rain shower? it is possible. so we'll continue to monitor that situation. otherwise, small business saturday, steve path err son was talking about it, everybody talking about it, it is going to help the stores on our beautiful main street also make a profit. temperatures today cold. you will bewaring the jackets everywhere you go, 41 in philadelphia, 45 at the shore, the poconos, 32 degrees.

not that much in the way of wind today. so, don't expect to fine a lot of windy conditions. the 41 feeling pretty much like 41. tonight, 35 degrees, it is milder overnight, and it get milder by the time we get to tomorrow at 53 degrees. even better on monday, at 57 degrees. chance of shower late at night, may be first thing on tuesday, 42 degrees, on tuesday, then wednesday, 53. maybe a shower, and then into the upper 40's, after that. nicole? >> all right, carol, thank you. 6:20 right now. frustrated mom says for years she struggled to find african-american dolls for her child. as "eyewitness news" reporter charlotte hoffman reports, now this mom is on a mission to create change for kids. >> for vanessa butler, every "black friday" is frustrating. but this year, i was just like, you know what? enough is enough. it is not fair. >> butler's daughter want one of this year's hot toys, the mini cooper set. the problem is toy major mat tell only makes it with

caucasion barbie and ken. mattel told butler she could buy it separately, but that will cost more. >> want to pay two times what the caucasion parent would pay to have the convertible and barbie and kennan it will be three separate boxes instead of it being in a gift set that they made exclusively for caucasian bash. >> i we found another child's christmas wish for an african-american barbie on this giving tree in new jersey. soy, we searched on line retailers like target.com where there are more than 600 dolls, 30 of which are african-american. and we went inside stores, like toys "r" us, where similar story, row afro of caucasion dolls with a few african-american dolls inbetween. >> it makes me feel hurt as a parent. because i have to tell my child, no, she can't get something she really wants. >> we wanted to know if the reason that you see a limited selection of african-american dolls on store aisles like this one is because the stores aren't buying them? or simply because the manufacturers aren't making them? on line we found mattel makes

and sells 240 dolls, only nine of them are african-american. another dahlman ooh fact tour err hasbro offers nearly 60 dolls, eight are african-american. hoping by next year, aisles like this will look more differs, butler created on line petition against toy makers and retailers. >> this is an injustice, and maybe that might change their minds, and make them create a more differs selection. >> we reached out to big name toy makers, like hasbro, and mattel, to ask them about this. so far, those calls have not been returned. i'm charlotte hoffman, cbs-3, "eyewitness

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social pictures? >> film makers hope this will give him the world-wide recognition he didn't get in his lifetime. cbs news, hollywood. >> now, in 2009 the british government publicly apologized for its treatment of during, in 2013 the queen granted him a possible too us pardon. imitation game is now open in limited release. >> all right, 6:27 right now. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", the weekends after thanksgiving means a lot of people will be outside. putting up the holiday decorations. coming up next, some advice for keeping safety in mind, while putting up the christmas lights. and, turkey flies through a truck windshield. and winds up as thanksgiving dinner. we'll have the bizarre story coming up next.

this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good morning, philadelphia. we are live in manayunk. it is small business saturday. we'll tell you what that means, and show you some cool stuff coming upment check us out. >> "black friday" brought a return to the demonstrations in missouri and across the count retirement i'm chris van cleve in ferguson, the latest coming up. ♪ >> and chaos on "black friday", not this this country. how holiday shopping got out of hands overseas. >> folks need to calm down.

today is saturday, november 29th, good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. it is 6:31 right now. just changed. we toss it over to carol for the weather. hey, carol. >> i wish it were 31 degrees. of. we've got 29 instead. >> because that cup well help. >> anything would help. we've got temperatures in the teens, in some locations, and it is just a really, really cold morning out there. and you can probably tell, even in your own house this morning, it is hard to keep up with temperatures that are as cold outside and trying to keep it even warm enough inside. ben franklin bridge, real pretty, nice start to the day, 11 degrees, you can see the snow on the ground from that pre thanksgiving storm still on the ground there at 11 degrees. not going anywhere fast. we have temperatures that will be very cold today. but not as cold as they're starting out. also, notice, particularly through central pennsylvania, that is where we're finding a

little bit of snow there doesn't look like a big deal, but the roads may have slick spots. twenty-six at the airport in philadelphia, still 17 allentown, still 8 degrees in the poconos, 27 degrees in millville, 30 in dover. not so much in the way of windchill today, because the winds are not high. but still cold day. 40 degrees maybe we get to 41 degrees for our high temperature this afternoon. otherwise, we are watching for basically a day that features a few clouds, some sunshine, and then we do get a warm up. i want to show you that, that will be coming up on the eyewitness weather seven day forecast. nicole? >> all right, carol, thank you. >> well, some local merchants are hoping to help you find the perfect holiday gift at their store. of course. from mom and pop shops, boutiques, independent businesses, are hoping you'll take part in small business saturday. steve patterson with one such

store, steve. finding any deals out there? >> great materials. here attelet titan longitude, okay, i'll be honest with you, kind of girly store, a loft girly of it around, there are candles and purses and scarfs. but they have like a little man corner with some whiskey sets, some de can't ores, son gin and tonic ice crew trace, look at this, zip from the hip. isn't that cool? check it out. well, there is tons of stuff like that, especially here on main street. a lot of locals. check it out. some artwork. lie i can that. look at the little mirror there. so small business saturday, to help us talk a little bit about that, we have caitlin maloney, she is marketing with the city of manayunk. that's right, caitlin? >> so tell us, what does this day mean for the city? >> definitely, came to us in 2001 to start small business saturday, one of the founding towns for them, which is great, because manayunk is

representing small town usa, and eight times out every ten when you walk into businesses here you're meeting owners. real a day to kind of capture that, support that, give back to local communities. >> so what does that bring in a lot to the local community, as well, like as far as, i mean, we're not looking at any huge door buster deals? >> right. >> so what's it mean for the city? >> for us, we give out towns every free give aways, lots of good east, like these little bags. american express gift cards, tongs of these to give out today, $25 for there. so if you come to our little table, we give out cookie bags, little give aways, freebie handbags, lot of events going on throughout the day. santa coming. christmas car letters coming, all ends with tree lighting tonight. >> fun, festive, more than just running the rat race, get the best item. and talking to the owner here, it is also casino of, you know, a opportunity to connect with customers?

>> yes, the owner meets you at the door, learn more about their businesses and when you buy things local it, stays local. most owners live less than 5 miles from their stores. so the money you are giving them will go right back to the local community. >> caitlin, thank you soap. this is just a good day, bring your family out, check out cool stuff at these local shops have. and they have plenty of it. so small business saturday, all day here in manayunk, check it out. if you have the time. we're live here, steve patterson, we send it back to you, nicole. >> glad you found the little man corner, steve. >> little man corner, i love it. it is awesome. >> little something therefore everybody. thank you. >> absolutely. >> all right, meantime, "black friday", dozens of stores at the king every prussia mall in montgomery county opened thanksgiving morning. they were offering some deep discount, as you can imagine. "eyewitness news", found, armed loaded with bags, and couches with tired shoppers. they say it was all worth tkop opens again at 9:00. well, similar scene in willow grove.

chopper three over the mall there. stores there closed last night, but the shopping has started thanksgiving night at 6:00. plenty of customers showed to up take advantage of the deals and that mall opens again at 8:00 this morning. non-stop. well, hey there is was a scene at the toys "r" us in cherry hill. digital tablet and frozen theme dolls are some of the hot items this year. the toy store was working on marathon day, it opened at 5:00 thursday night, closed at 11:00 last night. ♪ >> outside the gallery mall in center city, about 30 protesters, encouraged shoppers to boycott "black friday" in honor of michael brown. the latest protest in philadelphia, since monday's grand jury decision, not to indict ferguson, missouri police officer, darren wilson for the shooting death of the un arm teenager. police say the demonstration was peaceful. well, protests continued overnight across the country. they followed day of unrest, designed to disrupt holiday

shopping. cbs news core upon dent chris van cleve in ferguson, where more arrests were made overnight. >> unrest returned, to ferguson, missouri late friday night, as police clashed with protesters. demonstrators are told to stay out of the street. they went back into the street in front of police headquarters, officers moved in, and started making arrests. >> i have traffic flowing from both directions which obviously creates a traffic hazards, endangers motorists and people out on the road way. >> at least one bottle thrown at officers and several demonstrators are taken away by police. escalation followed day of protests across the country aimed at disrupting "black friday" shopping. a couple hundred protesters marched through the gal rhea mall outside st. louis, briefly shutting it down on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. police stood by, but did not interfere. even when the protesters laid down on the grounds. some stores closed their security gate, but others

welcomed the crowd. >> i'm just so happy that people are this dedicated to come out, you know, and not worry about the sale that you can get. >> there were similar protests around the country. in new york city ... oakland, and chicago, as demonstrators vowed to continue to voice their anger. chris van cleve, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> "black friday" isn't just for americans any more. retailers in london were offering "black friday" deals and at some stores the crowds were down right chaotic. >> all right, you can see, the pushing, the shoving at this one store, which by the way is owned by wal-mart. in manchester, police arrested at least two people. a woman at one store was even injured by a falling television. her injuries, thank goodness, were not serious. well, sad story here. tragedy inside a packed chicago department store. police say a man opened fire

inside this nordstrom retailer friday night, shooting his girlfriends, then turning the gun on himself. the man whose identity has not been released was found dead on location. the female was a seasonal employee at that store. she is in critical condition right now. and though the gunshot caused panic, police say, customers and other employees were never at risk. well, we now know the identity after gunman who fired more than 100 rounds at downtown buildings in austin, texas this week. though his motive at this point remains unclear, larry mcwilliams was shot and killed after confrontation with officers friday morning. the 49 year old also tried to set the mexican consolate on fire. no one was hurt, police say, mcwilliams has criminal record, it is not known if mcwilliams was killed by police or if he took his own life. philadelphia police meanwhile are looking for a man who stole a laptop computer out after van. it happened around 9:30 wednesday morning, 900 block of north second street. police say the suspect shattered the driver side window, then he stole a blue

and black bag, holding a laptop, worth $1,200, he took off on a blue mountain bike. >> dozen every dogs and cats have homes for the holidays. delco spca provided "black friday" shoppers to adopt. one of the first placements was pearl the pitbull that you saw there there. found starving in a backyard in chester october 7th. now, the healthy and energetic pearl has a new forever home. >> she has so much spirit, so much personality. that was never broken by the people who did this to her. >> you know, she is so precious. she is definitely a girl. a pearl. >> proud pop already. they beat their goal of 50 adoptions, 59 dogs and cats were adopted altogether. and in honor of "black friday", animals with black fur were adopted for a special

price. >> a turkey lined flew a windshield then winds up as a thanksgiving dinner. hear this freak run in with the birds. >> keeping trouble of your on line purchases? i'm kara tsuboi, coming up next in the tech minute, some apps that will help you keep track of your packages. >> all right, and cold start to your saturday, but is a warm up in your future? carol has the forecast, when we come back.

>> call telly holiday gift for motorists. we can all appreciate. >> this gas prices continue to drop. according to triple a, the nationwide average for gallon of regular fuel is now $2.79. that's the lowest by the way in five years. now, what's more, the price of crude oil dropped 10 percent this week. analysts now forecast prices will continue to fall and could get as low as 2.50 a gallon. so, the breakdown here at home: pennsylvania drivers are paying 2.95 per gallon, new jersey drivers, paying 2.66. and in delaware, drivers will pay $2.79. well, this is a bizarre thanksgiving surprise for one tow truck driver in texas. cameron slayder was driving across a bridge in after lean, when something shattered his windshield. while through shark and shards of broken glass, he stopped his truck, that's when he realized it was a turk that i had crashed into him. >> by the time i got stopped, i realize there was big old

turkey. then kind of started thinking about it being thanksgiving, it was casino of ironic. >> -- kinds of ironic. >> he offered that turkey to a local family. he was just happy to return to his wife and kids for the holiday. >> well, speaking of the holiday, first family welcomed the white house christmas tree in the nation's capitol. first lady michelle obama and her daughter sasha and malea were on hand as the 18 and a half foot douglas fur arrived. just like last year, it comes from the crystal spring tree farm in carbon, pennsylvania, on display in the white house's blue room. pretty big tree. >> well, closer to home here. santa claus had quite a busy day. "eyewitness news", in conshohocken, as santa lit the christmas tree at the old borough hall on fayette street. he got a lift from a fire department ladder truck, then he posed for photos with children. well, people lined station avenue in haddon heights, camden county for the annual holiday parade. just a phenominal scene here, with the town's firetrucks,

all decked out in sparkling lights, pretty there. santa claus also made appearance, can't have a parade without santa, right? now, following all of that, officials flipped the switch to light the town's christmas tree, and for the first time they even put a star on top of the library. very nice. >> so, hey, do you love putting up holiday lights? well, send us your pictures, we want to see your holiday displays, send them on social media using hashtag cbs-3 holiday lights, or go to cbsphilly.com. share them with us on line. we may even go live from your home next month. so careful what you wish for. we will show up up. 6:49. -- 6:46. speaking of lights, millions of americans are digging decorations out of the attic around this time of year. and correspondent karen shows you important safety tips on preparing your home for the holidays. bring up the other holidays -- >> before this virginia home is really ready for the holidays, that is work to be done. landscaper josh recommends giving shrubs and bushes the

final trim of the season, and clearing leaves before adding lights. his crews also inspect those lights, and dacore, for broken bulb, cracked, afraid brittle wires. >> working with electricity, then working outdoors, now getting into issues where there is electricity and water which obviously don't go well together. so real important to spends that time up front. the other thing you don't want to spends all of the time putting them up, plug they will them in, finds out they don't work. >> should be specifically designed for outdoor use, plugged into outlets with a weather cover. >> make sure it stays in place over the spring, summer, fall, to make sure no water got into the outlet and causing any ruse. >> put on even surface to avoid slipping. don't work alone. >> have somebody working with you, so ever an accident or problem someone can help call for work or if the ladder falls down they can put it back up so you can get off the roof if you are walking on the roof. >> check out lights throughout the season specially if they're hit with any snow. >> all right, it is that time

of year again. antis the season for ice skating too. "eyewitness news", at the blue cross river rink, opened for business friday. this year, winter fest will be open all winter long, you can take a break from skating and enjoy some food, and drinks, even warm up by the fire pit. and carol, i understand you did that yesterday, last night, right? >> yes, i was out there yesterday. as it opened, the ice ring, the only regulation outside ice ring, i guess, in philadelphia, i know a lot of little pop up ones, but this is a full regulation size. so you can fall in many locations over very wide area of ice. our weather watch verse been up. they're up and out. how about a 15 degrees temperature, and that's, you know, not the only place. eileen murray is out in gilbert ville. and she says the cold wakes you up, as soon as you step outside. and i know that if you have been outside, at all today, you completely agree with weather watch err eileen. and budd bender clear and cold

in trappe this morning. and it is clear and cold in just about every single location, here is 22 degrees temperature, that fran is talking about, and the dogs didn't want to go outside this morning. but, fran went with them. which is great. because he knew to bring them back in when you have got temperatures like this. let's go outside. but in the safety of being inside. and this is when we head to the shore. and there is the solitary figure walking down the boardwalk in ocean city, thinking wow, i wish it were summer. or maybe he's just contemplating life? looking at gray skies out there in a lot of locations, so not the brightest start to the day. but still, it is what we get at 25 degrees, the temperature out at the palmyra nature cove. see it is casino of gloomy look. few of the clouds came in overnight. i wish we had seen them earlier t would have kept the temperatures from dropping as low as they did overnight. notice, also, that the winds are at zero, which is another reason that we saw all of these temperatures, 39 degrees

yesterday, just we cut those in half in a lot of locations overnight. few snow showers, dying out, as they go. but still they're through central pennsylvania, we're watching few clouds come in here, and i think a day of probably little heavier on the clouds, than the sun breaks, but you'll hopefully eventually see every so often around here. but it will be a cool day today. high temperature getting no higher than about 40 degrees. 8 degrees, right now, in the poconos, it is 26 in philadelphia, it is 20 degrees at the shore. and notice, these winds, these calm winds. and those clear skies overnight, that's why we are dealing with this, this morning, 20 degrees in philadelphia, 26 in philadelphia, 20 in trenton, 26 in philadelphia, 27 degrees in wilmington. it is 28 down in wildwood. anywhere you go, you are going to be cold when you step outside the door this morning. now, if you're going to be travel today, not bad day to, if you decide to go home a day early, or you're here, and you're going someplace else, it is not bad. this is a look at noon today.

across the state. i think you'll be in fine shape going just about any place you want to go by the time we hit 10:00 tonight could there be string he will, snow flurry, up through the poconos? possible, according to this computer model. and then, as we go to the overnight time period, also, probably, not a bad time to get out either. because it should be relatively quiet. tomorrow, though, by the time we hit sunday evening, we've got some rain showers, that's out through the great lakes. they start to move into western pennsylvania. around pit burying. that's early on monday. and then they start to make their track across our area. we may be encountering some showers monday evening, you could be finding a little bit colder temperature to the north. that's why maybe a snow shower there. and then, later on monday, are there few showers scattered around philadelphia? could you find a batch of snow out through the central portion of the state? that's possible. so, just know, you have got decent weekends to get out, do anything, including small business saturday. if you are going to be out shopping, of course, it is cold outside.

but it is dry, so it is easy to get aroundment and maybe you can find an easier parking shot in s main streets, and just beautiful in a lot of these towns around here. forty-one in philadelphia today. the shore, 45 degrees. the poconos, 32 degrees with that chance of some light snow, in that location. our wind are coming up out of the south, five to 10 miles an hour, so we'll gradually start to see these temperatures, not drop as low, so overnight, tonight, 35 degrees, it will be a far more comfortable overnight than what we're experiencing this morning. 53 degrees, yes, temperatures start with a five for the next two days. sunday, monday, 53 sunday, 57 degrees on monday, late in the day, on monday, do we see shower around here? it is possible. and/or early on tuesday, otherwise, it is colder tuesday, after front goes through, 42 degrees. wednesday, 53, maybe a shower around, and then thursday and friday, 48 degrees, nicole. >> all right, carol, thank you. well, there are already a handful of good apps out there to track your packages like

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>> temperatures are in the teens and 20's. we do double our numbers, should be to 41 degrees this afternoon, mostly cloudy skies, overnight 35 degrees,

coming up into the early sunday morning time period. sunday, monday, temperatures in the 50's, 51 the normal. so getting close to normal, maybe even above by monday. >> that looks really nice. >> sunday, i can get into that, carol, thank you. that's cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for now. we may be signing off on television. always on line at cbsphilly.com. cbs saturday morning is next. remember, it is small business saturday. get out and support them. >> in a good way. >> there you go! >> ♪

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