developing right now on "eyewitness news", killed on the job, a construction worker hit by a car overnight and now we are waiting to hear if police will file charge's against driver. it is thursday, december 4th, good morning i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer in for erika this morning. the here are stories we are following today. tree lighting ceremony interrupted when protesters return the two streets of philadelphia over fatal police shooting in ferguson and jury decision over a choker hold death in new york. flames tear through a west philadelphia apartment building lighting up the sky as resident escaped that blaze. count down is underway as america makes plans to reboot the way it sends astronauts into space. >> um-hmm good exciting day. >> those stories and much more coming up including a sixers win last night. lets get our forecast with

katie on this little friday we like to call it, on this friday eve. >> and man, mr. washington has a spring in his step. >> it was nice toe that last night. >> ready to throw a parade, all right good well, kinda sort of. >> it was nice to see. >> i come bearing nicer news out there it is chillier but it is brighter. that will brighten everybody's spirits when see that sunshine. so dreary and chilly too. also some wet the last couple of days, but clear as a bell as we go tout skies cam three. no worries with the the cloud cover at all, having some fog issues and new we are nice and clear, still a thin veil of clouds but because skies have been clearing, temperatures are dropping a little will bit more readily. we will talk about that and certainly quiet weather that we have. it is a brief break in the rain more to talk about with more weather issues down the road, guys, back to you. welshing developing right now route 422 in north coventry township reopened after a fatal accident

overnight. police say a construction workers was hit and killed by a car near route 100 around 11:00 o'clock. we are toll the driver stayed at the scene. we are waiting to hear if charges will be filed against had driver. that accident remains under investigation. demonstrators upstaged a tree lighting ceremony in city a hall. >> reporter: they gathered in protest not to indict police officers in the death of two unarmed black member. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is a at city hall with reaction from spectators and protesters, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and nicole. wait as i day of demonstrations yesterday that began with the silent demonstration at 30th street station. from there the protest moved here to city hall for that tree lighting where things got a lot louder. lets take you to video. we are looking at inn identify city hall courtyard where protesters and families gathered for that ceremony last night.

families there formed a celebration protesters there to rally with a begins grand jury decision that has come down from missouri a abe new york city in the mike brown and eric garner case is on wednesday afternoon, a new york city grand jury elect not to bring charge's against officers there and, of course, last month in missouri a grand jury decided to stay in the case of mike brown. those men both african-american and both men unarm. in tribute organizers gathered at 30th street station accounts staging what they called a die in at that statement station. hundreds lied silently on the floor for some four minutes, for each hour brown's body lied on the ground in missouri from there the crowd block on ramp to i-76 and from there the crowd moved from the station here to center city to the tree lighting ceremony where they found some weren't so happy to see them. >> could do something like that. they are only ruining it for the the rest of the neigh

hood and rest of the people want their children to see something like this. >> it is a travesty of justice what happened and we will to have take to the streets and make a change. >> reporter: organizers say that more upcoming events are planned and one arrest reported yesterday, police say a man tried to jump a barricade here at city hall. we are live at city hall, i'm justin finch for cbs-3 eye witt pest news good justin, thank you. just pass 4:33. lets check that forecast, katie. >> good morning everybody. storm scan three is quiet as we see tri-state sweep around the area. in green for a change. it has been a few days since we have been able to say that or see that on the radar. lets put this into motion with the cloud cover overtop, you know, again, we have thin veil of clouds here but it is clearer then it has been in recent mornings. because of that temperatures started to take another hit here. we have had a cold front crossing through with the rain yesterday. we have dropped off from just 1 degree to as many as the teens depending on your

location but bottom line is it is a chillier day by comparison and as breeze kicks in here depending on your location it might be colder of the breeze or stronger of the breeze like up in mount pocono 3509 degrees. it will be one of those things where you you need to bundle up. it is december. this is time of the year you tart to need heavier coat on a daily basis. 35 degrees is our current temperature at the airport. as the day progresses we are talking mid 40's. the that is it. normally our highs would be about 49 or so. we are not too far off the average. we are looking at a brighter day. that is something that we've got going for us here. when you pack that help heavier coat, you'll want sunglasses to go with it, vittoria, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. if you are traveling right now on northbound 202, right around 422, we are dealing with a little bit of construction compromising the right-hand lane but we are not seeing too much volume so therefore it is not causing a problem. as we continue though lets move along and see how we are doing elsewhere. traveling on i-95 around broad

street you will notice things are wide opened for you. commuting southbound up and over girard point bridge making your way in to delaware county no delays or problems. traveling northbound we have the same store friday delaware county all the way into far northeast. overall our speed sensors are still high up in the 50's just how we like it. fifty-five on the schuylkill. same thing on i-95 inn blue route. pennsylvania turnpike, northeast extension, all things moving well and 422 looking great, finally. if you are traveling, however in the northeast there is a roosevelt boulevard at welsh there is no cross traffic due to a traffic light malfunction. best alternate to use would be to take grant avenue. that is your best bet. traveling northeast extension beyond lansdale we are dealing with construction. be mine full of the guys and girls until the hard hats n delays for mass transit. things at the airport are looking fine, ukee. as justin finch mentioned at the top of the broad was the justice department is conducting a federal investigation in the death of the man put in the choke hold by a new york city police

officer. >> no just advertise, no peace. >> reporter: protesters took to the streets in new york last night after a grand jury decided not to indict officer daniel pantleo in the death of eric garner. officer is white, garner is black. video camera incident happened in july. several officers were trying to arrest garner for selling illegal cigarettes when pantleo used a choke hold. he died an hour later. his death was ruled a homicide. last night pantleo says he feels very bad about garner's death. his widow says it is too late for remorse. >> your time for remorse when my husband was yelling to breathe. that would have been the time for him to show on type of remorse. >> nypd bans choke holds and department is conducting its own investigation. >> new this morning philadelphia police are looking for a gunman who shot a man in oxford circle.

investigators say man fired in the car in the 6600 block of castor avenue. he wounded a 41 year-old man three times in the arm. victim is in stable condition, police believe the gun man drove off in a dark red jeep. an apartment building fire lights up the sky in west philadelphia displacing at least 15 people. crews responded to the scene at 53rd and montgomery around 7:30 last night. chopper three shows fire fighters trying to get control from the rooftop. a woman lived in the first floor apartment and he spoke with "eyewitness news" while she watched the fire burn but did not want to show her face. >> when i looked out the window he told me that the house next door was burning down. so i just got out. i grabbed the stuff in my reach and i ran out of the back door. >> fire fighters gained control of the flames around 9:30 and fortunately no injuries were reported. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. happening today, nasa is about to test the next phase

of human space flight, estimated 26,000 people are expect to pack the kennedy space center in florida. unmaimed oryan rocket will launch from the cape canaveral air force station right next to the space center. launch time 7:00 or owe five this morning. it is hoped it will be first step toward human exploration of the solar system probably leading to a trip to mars. >> we have not had this feeling in a while, since the end of the shuttle program launching an american spacecraft from american soil and beginning something new. >> after soaring to an orbit 3600 miles above the earth capsule will descend through temperatures nearing 4,000 degrees before splashing down off the coast of sap diego. it will in the carry astronauts before 2021. >> amazing technology, people air lot more intelligent than me responsible for that. >> you and i both. >> wow. >> 4:39. there is much more to cover

here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", nature attempts to quench california's drought, we will show you. and pop the cork, it is end of the drought by sixers, we are back in two

house republicans are prepared to rebuck president owe bam over immigration. they have scheduled a vote on legislation and declares his executive actions null and void and without legally affect. the president wants to deer porttations and grant work permit for more than 4 million undocument immigrants. well, stores are dousing california with record breaking rainfall in moran county cars submerged and traffic snarled for 18 miles. take a look at that. in san francisco the water was up to some driver's windows and sink hole actually opened up there on your screen. there has been some flooding and evacuations in areas where wild fires have left hill sides baron. california needs many more storms to pull itself out of the three-year drought so they

need the help, but not to this level, katie. that is just some severe weather. >> it is. i feel like a the lot of times california gets stuck in the extreme. it is either so nice for so long or just the other side. >> the opposite. >> they have had so many wild fires there is no debris left on the hill side and there is houses at the base of these hills. >> so scary. >> this is a tough situation for them and it is almost a blessing in disguise creating headaches along the way but they so desperately need that rain. just too much, too soon. we will go to the nationwide map and start off there and show you that the rain is still falling across portions of the southwestern united states right now. most of it is confined across the border in to the baha, california. meanwhile elsewhere around the nation things are pretty quiet. a lot of the activity has sort of just, trans -- moved over here, transitioned over to the western side of the united states. west of the rockies primarily but on our side of the country we are tracking a a new disturbance that gets its act

together and now currently just a little blob of showers around portions of the mississippi river valley and here at home we have a few clouds, generally high pressure on your side today. that does mean we will end up with a nice day overall. brief break in the action for us here, with some sunshine. there will be some clouds around but it is a nice day. high only in the mid 40's. it is still chilly and cooler then average, in fact. tomorrow we're stuck in the clouds but there will be a new disturbance he heading our way. we may see some rain and showers as early as friday evening, but saturday is the day for indoor activities. find something to do inside. whatever it is, you will in the want to be out in this. it looks like a general wash out on saturday. no icing but it will be a rainy day. 35 degrees, the current temperatures at palmyra cove nature park. you can see the sky line where we are right about here, hello palmyra

park. lets look the at is what going on the the rest of the day. we will expect more sunshine. daytime high, 84, 85. tonight, again still with some clouds out there. looking forward in the forecast, watching for the rain on saturday, but nothing but a lingering shower early sunday, skies clearing, which is great news for the eagles game. in sports sixers avoid matching the nba losses for opening a season winning their first of the year in minnesota a second half action and sixers on the break and young kj mcdaniels is in the position for slam follow. sixers with the lead on the t wolves. michael carter williams just missed a triple double. twenty-four points, nine rebound and nine assists and one of them to nerlens noel, beautiful. sixers win their first of the season, 85-77. they are now you one and 17. let's build on this. nicely done. villanova wildcats visiting lasalle at gem arena. enis gets a three to go down. villanova goes to seven-zero with the 84-70 win over

explorers. next up they play st. joes, lasalle gets temple. both games on saturday. st. joes and temple were at it on had hawk hill. temple down 12 at the half. owls made a game of it. but they could not make up all that ground. hawks beat the owls on the hill, by two points. fifty-eight-56. great college play last night,. now to the slumping flyers in anaheim a scramble and wayne simmonds ties the game with two seconds left. simmonds second goal of the game was huge, but the game goes to a shoot-out and ducks come out on top and win five -four. flyers play the defending stanley cup champion los angeles kings saturday afternoon, in los angeles. i know chief craig beruby wants to get these guys going in the right direction. that is tough. >> that was a tough game too. >> it is a long season but don't like to see these stretches. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, ready to pay more for your cup of

coffee? we will tell you which company is raising their prices. >> but first a look at what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

grand jury decisionness missouri and new york spark demonstrations across the country including right here in philadelphia protesters disrupted last night's city hall christmas tree lighting festivities by can chanting slogans and blocking traffic. demonstrations were over the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of the white police officers. police made just one arrest there. the tree lighting took place as scheduled. several people are in the care of the red cross after this apartment house fire at 53rd and westmontmont have avenue in wynfield. there were no reports of injuries and no word so far on the cause. the oryan spacecraft lifts off in two hours bound for four and a half hours, test flight. there are no astronauts on board. it is expected to orbit earth

40 times higher than the international space station. let's get a check of business news. >> money watch's jill joins us from the new york stock exchange. more developments about the faulty takata air bags. what can you tell us. >> good morning, ukee and nicole. hand ace expanding recall of cars and potentially defective takata air bags to all 50 states, and not just those with high humidity. that is problems are more likely. yesterday, u.s. lawmakers questioned the takata executive about the exploding air bags and why it took so long for the company to ask, takata, itself is still rejecting nationwide recall despite calls from the u.s. government, ukee and nicole. this is not what early risers want to hear in the morning but another company is raising the price on coffee, what do you know? >> reporter: yeah, don't shoot the messenger, at the end of the month kraft foods is raising price of maxwell house, and single serve k

cups, by 9 percent. kraft says it is boost in raw materials like coffee beans is going up but you if you remember smuckers, they recently raised prices but then said it was a mistake because people decided to switch brands. so, what we have to see is how this plays out, don't mess with peoples coffee. >> don't get me wrong i'm going to pay for it either way, but i will not be happy about it. >> reporter: i will not go without. >> don't mess, thanks, jill. we will see you later. coming up after the short break traffic and weather together on the three's. >> stay with

it is very chill right now, hopefully it stays to way

i-95 is wide opened heating in the southbound direction as you are here, maybe traveling northbound further into the the north east, you look nice and not only around center city, northeast philadelphia, delaware county, delaware itself, so things are, just a great start, 76 at 202 we have the same story. wide opened, no volume, no problems, only a few vehicles on the road. speed sensors still high up in the 50's, schuylkill rather, 95, 52 is what you are traveling on 476, no delays in the northeast extension, pennsylvania turnpike all moving well. however in the northeast from the roosevelt boulevard from welsh road there is no cross traffic, they are doing traffic light malfunctions. if this is where you are heed use grant avenue as an ultimate. the when sun comes up, rush comes in. it seems like we will finally have some sunday, katie. >> we will get in on a brighter day. a nice little brake for a chance. and it is coming in courtesy of high pressure building in

briefly. it is retreating, now we will brighten up for sunshine. the problem is there is another system on its heels, so we will not necessarily, see a really long break here. even by tomorrow evening, some rain starts to build back in but we are at least looking at let's say the next 36 hour window of completely dry window with temperatures at best in the mid to upper 40's which is just shy of seasonal. by saturday despite the warmer air, it is actually going to be a general wash out of the day. periods of rain expect anytime, and lets get you out to that all important eagles game day forecast here. kick off temperatures should be at a pair of 40's and we are expect to go see certainly still a few clouds but skies will be blight evening up by this point. little rain icon thaw find there is all just strictly early in the morning. i think things will be clearing out, definitely in time for the game, and a few

hours of tailgate nothing advance. ukee, back over to you. here are stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 will be following today. philly city council members are angry over mayor michael nutter's new health care plan for some city workers, that is council. chester county company is making a name for itself in smart homes and south philadelphia bakery is starting to get holiday orders. but take in two, three, four times i day kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial, nicole. all right, ukee. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", we will have the the latest on coast to coast protests including right here in philadelphia also three more women accused bill cosby of abuse. find out what they want from the comedian and new message cosby has for his supporters. and talk about a terrifying ride to school, here from the hero bus driver who saved dozens of children from that burning bus. we will be right back at the top of the hour.

and developing right now, a smashed jeep, shows the devastating impact after a construction worker is struck and killed, overnight. now we're learning new information about the highway tragedy. also this morning philadelphia's christmas tree lighting disrupted by protesters, we will show you dramatic scene on the streets of center city. plus... similar protests take over streets of new york city after a police officer is cleared for killing an unarmed man. we are there with what happens next for that officer. it is thursday, december 4th, good morning, i'm ukee washington. aim nicole brewer. eric contact has the day off

today. we will toss it over to katie right now. >> we have a brighter forecast expecting a nice sunshine. nice break in the action but it is a short break. more rain on the way, we will tell you when, coming up, vittoria. >> a break is a break, katie. good morning. right now roads are nice and clear a we don't have that wet weather that was slowing us down yesterday but even though it is cleared right now, the rush will come in and things will change, stay with us we will have more updates, in just a little bit, ukee. developing right new we have just learned the identity of the victim of the fatal accident in north coventry township. sixty year-old lee boyar a construction supervisor was hit by a car and then killed, while putting down cones on route 422 westbound. no charges have been filed against the driver who stayed at the scene. that accident remains under investigation. all right. christmas carols clashed with chants for protesters at philadelphia's annual tree lighting ceremony. >> group vocalized outrage over deaths of two black