. >> we begin at 4:30 with breaking news, mobile three liver at the scene of a row home fire. the flames broke out about 20 minute ago, on the unit block of south connestoga street. firefighters just got this one under control. we've learned one person is being evaluated for injuries. the fire has not spread to any other homes. stay with us for the very latest all morning long. >> it is friday, december 5th, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm nicole brewer in for erika this morning. stories we're following today. >> fiery toned one car crash leaves one person dead. >> comedian bill cosby is fighting back against at least one every hirst accusers, the new development playing out in a california courtroom. and, take two, live look at cape canaveral, they will

try and launch the rocket after many delays. let's start with our forecast. >> check in with katie. good morning to you, on this friday. >> hello, it is friday, and it is also the day that marks the arrival of our next system, yeah, here we go. >> generally looks like a rainmaker for most of us. i do have a feeling there will be couple of slick spots up toward the i80 corridor specifically, where you might get just enough cold air wrapping in, once this get going, to trigger maybe little freezing rain, sleet, maybe even little light snow. so we will be talking little more about that of course. but, also, how does a system really affect your weekend? if you have holiday decorations, you have yet to put up, do some christmas shopping, everything you need to know to get you out the door here and get you all of the holiday shopping plans out of the wayment full details until the next few, nicole. >> katie, thank youment new this morning, man dead, following the single car crash in montgomery county overnight. it happened just before 1:30,

along hill dale and bonn hauer road in cheltenham township. police say the drivers vehicle struck pole, then two parked cars, before it launch into a yard and caught fire. the driver died at the scene. the crash remains under investigation. >> philadelphia police looking for gunman who shot a man in university city. no word on what led to the shooting. which happened at 40th and market around 12:30 this morning. after the shooting, the 30 year old victim ran into a bar where police say he works as a bartender. the man is in stable condition with a gunshot wound to his left thigh. >> well, bill cost bye fighting back legally against a california woman's claim he molested her at the playboy mansion when she was 15. >> now the comedian asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit, from judy huth and counter suit her. said her lawyer tried to extort cosby for $250,000 before filing the suit. cosby's lawyer also says she tried to sell her story to

tabloid a decade ago. meanwhile the navy is revoking cosby's title of honorary chief petty officer. they say the sexual allegations conflict with the navy's core values. 4:33, over to kate. >> i good morning, want to take you out to the poconos here, up toward jack frost, big boulder specifically, where they are cranking out man-made snow right now. beautiful winter wonderland scene being set up by the man-made snow, or out, there but also, we've got another system that's going to be moving in for the weekend if some skiing was in your plan of attack here for the upcoming weekend. we definitely have you covered here, and i would, at this point, suggest, maybe going on sunday, as opposed to going tomorrow. we will take you on out there, show you why on storm scan3, at the moment, no major problems really. you have got a few signs of life that have fired up in the last few hours, basically, our warmfront lifting in. and you can see some of the mixing going on. just because you have warmfront, doesn't mean it is warm enough, that you are not going to see mixing take place, though, especially this

time of year, just generally colder. that's obvious, right? so we are going to potentially see pink, purple show up toward the could be on, monroe area, as it moves in tonight specifically. when the temperatures have a chance to drop off. that said, winter weather advisories going in effect strictly for carbon, monroe, up toward the poconos, so headed up to the i80 interchange, where you will end up finding the potential at least for slick travel. currently temperatures mid or upper 30's, little colder as go in toward some of the spots where the skies are still a little clear. so at the freezing mark in trenton, 26 currently in allentown, so definitely a big discrepancy, even for northeast fill toy quakertown, but with that said, we are generally looking at cloud throughout the day, and eventually toward i would say sunset, first raindrops will be falling. they move in from west to east, as we go down toward the shore, you might see sprinkle there, too, and up in the poconos as we mention better shot to see some frozen

precipitation factored in here. but you wouldn't be looking at much accumulation at all t would rather just be some slicker travel. vittoria, over to you. >> thank you so much, katie. good morning, everyone, traveling on all of the majors, still beautiful out there, it is quiet, starts to rain, really nice. as we take a look at the ben franklin bridge, no delays in either direction, maybe making your way into philadelphia, using westbound side, you're in the clear. eastbound into new jersey, no problems. the rest of the bridges, moving well, but we do have few note for our bridges in just second. first at the roosevelt boulevard, no problems here, too. heading into the northeast, it is a wide open shot. if you are traveling southbound headed towards the schuylkill, also no major problems. once you get to the schuylkill, speed censors still high up into the 50's we do have some volume making your way out of the valley forge area headed down through to the mid-county toll plaza, even on the pa turnpike, burlington bristol bridge just recently up. they have put it back down, all traffic now moving. how much, if you are planning

to travel the tac-pal bridge, expecting opening, not too far away. as we move now to girard, we still have the closure because after accident, 37th street, so your best alternate is to take lansdowne drive. no major delays for mass transit. things for mass transit also look great. ukee? >> vittoria, thank you. protesters demand change following two controversial grand jury decisions, in philadelphia, it was a more subdued scene inside this church on north broad street. that's where a group discussed future plans for protests. earlier thursday, student at temple university stage add die-in. sending message that they stand with the late michael brown. no matter the stage, the message remains the same. >> people aren't going to be quiet any more. it is a different err a i they we need to treat it like it is a different area. >> protests continued in cities across the country including this one in new york, representatives for the police union there say the nypd office here put that fatal choke hold on gander what he was trained to do.

>> fbi asking businesses in manayunk for video. the 21 year old vanished after leaving manayunk bar early thanksgiving morning. >> specifically interested in video in the area bounded by the schuylkill river, green lane, lincoln drive. reward for information about montgomery's disappearance now stands at $40,000. >> happening today, nasa will try again, to launch orion, its newest spacecraft. live look at the launch site. now, nasa is hopeful wind will cooperate long enough scheduled to blastoff 7:00 # 5:00 a.m. the space agency scrubbed yesterday's launch due to heavy winds and fuel valve problems. >> pennsylvania govenor-elect tom wolf heads to the white house this afternoon, one every six newspaperly elected governors meeting in the oval office with president obama and also vice president biden. but, wolf is the only

democrat. the white house says, the discussion will recover around how to improve the economy and also opportunities for people to succeed. >> well, this sunday, marks the 73rd anniversary of the pearl harbor attack. local veterans will gather today for a wreath playing ceremony aboard the battleship new jersey, the event begins at 10:00 o'clock. immediately following there will be a screening of the camden county world war ii veterans history project. the film features eyewitness count of battle from local veterans. >> the blue angels are coming back to atlantic city. they're planning to take part in next summer's air show. this will be the first time us navy squad will be part of thunder over the boardwalk since 2006. the air show's organizers will also announce the date which is usually in the month of august. >> 4:38 right now. they paid to see singer cat stevens only to be turned away at the door. >> i took the day off of work, drove six plus hours, to get here, reserved a hotel room, paid for food, and walked up

to the gate and they told us it was a scam. and our particular rhett no good. >> find out what steve sense telling only "eyewitness news" about the mix-up when we come back.

>> cat stevens launches hess first us tour since 1976, in upper darby. >> more than 100 people bought ticket for thursday's sold out show at the tower theatre in a third party seller, who issued the ticket in the form after gift card. buyers were told they only needed that gift card and a drivers license to see the show. but the mix-up occurred when the tower theater stopped honoring those tickets for security reasons, leaving fans outraged. >> they assured each person this was 100 percent guaranteed you had no problem getting in the door, the tickets are --

>> these tickets all scams. just awful. everybody up there is heart broken, so many people, it is terrible. >> all i wanted to do was see cat stevens tonight. >> fans with the gift cards base tickets were allowed in, but many had left due to the ticket trouble. cat stevens responded when this tweet to "eyewitness news", quote, sad to hear some fans had been scammed. it is disheartening. hopefully will come back to play for them soon. >> well, one of the area's largest christmas trees will shine bright tonight. the blue cross river rink will flip the switch on their 43-foot tree tonight at 6:30. there will be music. there will be crafts, and of course a skating saint a event by the way free to attend. remember we do want to see your holiday light. if you have them up this time of year, sends us picture of your display, cbs-3 holiday light or e-mail them at holiday lights at cbs3.com. we may even come to your home later this month. so shine them bright. >> leave the light on for us. >> leave the light on.

>> and some hot cocoa would never hurt anyone. >> i'm telling you. >> cookies, whole seven course meal, you know? >> that could happen. that would be nice. >> could happen. we could keep going with there is but we won't. i tell you what, if you haven't had a chance yet to put your holiday light up outside or maybe just waiting on it, just couldn't get to it, and you're planning on this weekend, wait until sunday. >> wait. >> trust me on that. you don't want to be out in what we've got going on tomorrow. >> little soggy? >> a lot sog. >> i a lot of sog. >> i look that way. may be few little breaks along the way, really just stuck in some clouds, but that said, it is damp, it is chilly, just kind of going to ends up being gross day out there. so maybe if you wanted to do some shopping, and decorating, maybe flip flop them. do your decorating sunday, shop tomorrow. here's y you have got your system on the way, brinking in already some signs of life on the radar through central appalachian mountains, also enough cold air, few little signs of the pink and the purple where you have wintery weather, funneling on in, as

well. this is technically our warmfront. we actually have the main system, still pent up back across the central planes, but the whole thing just moves on in here, and by later tonight, in fact, that rain will become steadier across the board, and also going to end up with, again, just periods of rain in this forecast, any time tomorrow. so, warmfront today, maybe even even allowing for frozen precipitation up toward carbon, monroe county, into tonight, once the sun goes down, everybody else just rain. don't worry about any icing anywhere else, the period of rain continues as we await the crossing of the cold front. by the time it get out of here, already into early sunday morning, we will be left with a shower early on, i think, but skies do clear pretty quickly, the sort of trade off that we had to deal with though despite more sun for the eagles end up with chilly breeze out there through the better part of the day. rain moves in later this afternoon, from west to east, essentially, high hitting 46. we drop it down to 43 tonight. not too much moving on the thermometer again because of the warmfront moving through. so we sort of level off when it comes to the temperature.

but we spike back up to 55 tomorrow. even though it is the warmest day of the forecast, also the most dreary day of our forecast. we look ahead to next week, i want you to look at tuesday quickly here, we are watching for the potential of a coastal system. right now, it is just a chance, but it is something that we're keeping an eye on, right now even if we were to go with precipitation on that day just rain and snow showers. guys, back over to you. >> katie, thank you. happening today, the us postal service releases new stamps honoring legend wilt chamberlain. now the design actually slings chamberlain ace 7-foot 1 inch frame into tiny 2-inch tall stamp 1 inch longer than your average stamp. first time nba player has received this honor, commemorative forever stamps come in two versions, one portraying the basketball great as a sixer, the other as a laker. they needed bigger stamp, ukee. and we'll have more on that throughout the morning with some special guests. well, it is eagles and seahawks sunday at into lincoln financial field. connor barwin is the nfc

defensive player of the month. his 12 and a half sacks is tied for second in the national football league. now the birds offense will be dealing with a tough seattle defense this week. the eagles are tied with the cardinals and the packers for the best record in the nfc. the defending superbowl champs are just a game back. hey, a week from sunday night, eagles face the cowboys again, and last night the boys demolished the bears, 48 to 21. demarco murray season high 179 yards, and a touchdown last night, at soldier field. tony romo through for three touchdowns. the cowboys broke it open with 21 unanswered points in the third quarter. they are now nine and four, just half game behind the birds, in the nfc east. >> the sixer tries to make it two wins in a row when they take on kevin did your and the and the oklahoma september i thunder tonight at the well. thunder just five and 13, but they now have durant and russell westbrook back in the line up. let's shock the world and muffle the thunder. >> hey, we've seen weird things in basketball over the last few days, here is another

one. during last night's trailblazers in portland, inflatable vehicle got stuck in one of the hallways of the old rose garden now known as the motor center. blazers won the game their third straight win. just a little distraction. >> don't you hate when that happens? >> all the time, i'm telling you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, forget the corner bar. your corner coffee shop may soon be serving alcohol. >> we'll tell but starbucks latest plans. first though here's a look at what's coming up tonight on cbs-3.

bill cosby is firing back at one every his accusers countering her lawsuit with one every his own. cosby's lawyers say the woman suing the actor for sexual battery tried to sell the story to a tabloid ten years ago. they also say she tried to extort $250,000 from him. cosby is now seeking monetary

damages. >> there were more protests in philadelphia over the grand jury decisions in missouri and new york. jurist there decided not to indict white police officers in the death of black men. at temple, student staged so-called die-in. there were other demonstrations all across the country. >> live look here at nasa's orion spacecraft patiently awaiting orders for lift off. the unmanned ship was supposed to take off yesterday, but series of obstacles popped up, and the launch actually postponed until 7:05 this morning. so, the countdown is on. >> right now it is 4:50. let's get a check on business news. >> mine watch's jill wagner joins us liver from the new york stock exchange, where there is more fall out from the faulty airbag situation, right, jill? >> reporter: good morning, that's right. mazda now expanding its recall of vehicles of those faulty takata airbags, they'll be include the golf coast states originally this recall was only a shoot for states with high humidity, where airbags are more likely to explode.

mazda's stopped short of issuing nationwide recall, and takata itself also refused to issue a recall in all 50 states. saying that it would take resources away from areas where they are really needed. so for most areas like new york and philadelphia, cars with those airbags are still not being recalled. ukee, nicole? >> all right, jill. we also hear starbucks stock is up now after the company told investors, what is brewing for the next few years. what do you know? >> yes, the coffee maker has got some big plans, for one it, will start serving wine and beer at thousand it is of locations, it is also going high-tech. so the mobile app will let customers place their coffee orders on line, and pay in advance, which pretty much means people can skip the lines when they pick up their latte. who doesn't want to do that? >> what? skip the line? >> fast pass to disney world. >> exactly, just in. thanks, jill.

>> i like the analogy. >> indeed. thank you, see you later this morning. coming up after a short break, traffic and weather together, we do at any the three's, stay with us, we'll be

>> good morning, everyone. pretty relaxed, calm, very chill, if you will. as we take a look at the schuylkill expressway, wide open for you, no delays in either direction. few vehicles what we're seeing so far. still early. not even at 5:00 a.m. just yet. even as we take a look at 95, 95 usually the first place that we see traffic. but southbound still in the clear as you approach the vine street expressway, northbound no delays, and not only around center city it is everywhere. speed censors still high up in the 50's on all of the majors, which indicates, still, no signs of a rush. however, we are on stand by for the rush, and also for the opening of the talcony palmyra bridge, we'll keep you updated

when the bridge is up, in the meantime, let's gather check on some weather for the weekend. katy? >> and vet tore crashes not looking ideal, unfortunately, but we do at least have half the weekends looking up for you if you have outdoor plans, if you are going to cut down the christmas tree, storm scan3 is quiet. if you squeeze in outdoor plans say over the next 12 hours or so, you will be good to go. we are of course tracking a system, however, and the signs of life from that are already visible, just, you know, state or two away, but probably don't start to see the first signs of life on the radar here locally until maybe at the absolute earliest, later this afternoon, and specially through central pennsylvania at that point. so most every lust evening out dry day, it is tonight that things change. still, at the moment, just some clouds here, palmyra cove nature part, center city skyline shining brightly, and as we lack ahead in the next seven day forecast, mildest spot of the forecast comes tomorrow, also the most rain yes, sir day we have coming up.

mid 40's return from that point on, and sunday, in time for the eagles, yes, it will be clear, but it will be chilly, too. ukee, back to you. >> here's a check of stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 will be following for you today. montgomery county company behind one of the newest names on the web,.lgbt addresses, new device being called game changer for breweries. and local attraction turns holiday tradition into a contest. check in two, three, four times a day, "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. nick snow. >> coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", following breaking news for you, early morning row home fire in west philadelphia. >> also, for month, governor christie has denied any role in the george washington bridge scandal. now, w we're learning, what lawmakers uncovered about the traffic mess. >> and new information about the hepatitis scare in a new jersey community. we'll have that story next.

>> breaking right now, looking at the aftermath of row home fire in west philly. newspaper video of the fire that forced a person out of their home. also, new this morning, take a look at this mangled wreckage after a fiery chain reaction crash. learning new information about the violent wreck that killed a man. >> also, the national uproar continues, from new york, to philadelphia, and all across the country, another night of protests after police officer is cleared, for choking an unarmed man to death. it is friday, december 5th, hello everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm nicole brewer. erika has the day off. also this morning, bill cosby fires back, comedian goes on the offensive, as he fights abuse accusations and now his legal problems could be far from over.

>> little soggy weekends headed our way. details, and we'll time them out for you coming up. >> good morning, everyone, talcony palmyra bridge now up, traffic has been stopped. if you plan to travel 73 you definitely want to keep it here. we'll definitely let you know it goes back down, nick snow. >> vittoria, thank you. breaking news right now, from west philadelphia. firefighters are battling rowhouse fire, on south con stole a street. they got it un control in about a half hour we're told one person at the hospital with a medical condition not related to the fire. "eyewitness news" h.u.p. date the story throughout the morning. >> police say the driver veered off off bunkhour road, hit a pole two, parked cars before bursting into flames in another yard. the man was pronounced dead at