into a fireplace. but they say that is what fire fighters do, and that is what fire fighter, joyce craiglewis loved to do, it was her job, she was doing it in the early morning hours trying to save a life and property when it cost this heroic fire fighter we have life. with lights flashing, a solemn silent procession of fire units and police slowly left einstein medical center. escorting the body of fallen fire fighter joyce craig-lewis, first female to die in the line of duty. >> this brave fire fighter gave her life attempting to save the life of an elderly, frail, woman, this morning. >> reporter: while a seven three-year old resident was safely rescued from this burning west oak lane row home in the basement, the the 11 year veteran was overcome by smoke and flames. commanders who ordered fire fighters to evacuate then realizing, that she was not

with them. >> after the withdrawal they realized fire fighter craig-lewis was missing. they went back into search for her and they were not able to get her out before she passed. >> reporter: neighbors watched as fellow fire fighters raced craig-lou toys a waiting medic unit trying to save her life. >> looked around and saw them running down the the the street. must have been ten or so fire fighters carrying someone. >> reporter: sources tell cbs-3 that the fallen fire fighter accurated her mayday button on her radio sending an instant alert that she was in trouble. officials say they are also now testing a second safety system, which sounds an audible alert to make sure that it too functioned properly. >> it is impossible to say what happened exactly at that moment until there is a a full investigation. >> reporter: it is hoped that an autopsy performed on the fire fighter this afternoon will help provide some

additional clues into what caused this tragedy. so far in cause of the fire. coming up at 6:00 we will talk with the veteran fire commander who served, with joyce craig-lewis and you'll hear more about how this death is impacting and shaking to its core the the fire department. live from west oak lane i'm walt hunter, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thanks very much. joyce craig-lewis wasn't just a dedicated fire fighter but she was also a loving mother and friend. "eyewitness news" reporter justin sanchez is live outside lawncrest firehouse where she was, live with reaction with those who knew her bets, justin. >> reporter: fire fighters at engine 64 are reeling tonight, they called joyce craig-lewis one of their best and as you might imagine her family is saying that there was never a dull moment when she was around. now the the city has joined them all as they mourn. under gray skies and misty rain, black bunting hangs from

engine 64 and 73 and inside 64 above a locker fresh flowers for joyce craig-lewis who was based there. tributes both outside and inside for 11 year veteran who took her last call from engine 73 working an overtime shift but craig-lewis fire fighter family and relatives remember her as doing so much more. >> to know joyce is to love joyce because joyce was happy all the time. there was never a dull moment while joyce was in your presence. >> reporter: hours after her passing craig lewis's aunt and cousin came to the burnout home where she for the her last fire. they found solace knowing joyce was here doing what she loved. >> it was a passion, you know. >> reporter: he always wanted to be a fire fighter. >> yes, 11 years all she talk about was saving others, you you know, she died saving someone. >> reporter: that someone was an elderly woman who lives alone and now in the comfort of her family, something craig-lewis who was a single

mother of a 16 year-old son and one year-old daughter cared very much about. >> we loved one another. she preached that constantly because things do happen, they happen very quickly, just like her young life is gone now and it happens so quickly. >> reporter: craig-lewis got her start at engines nine ape 45 which the commissioner called among busiest in the city and at 6:00 hear from her family again who tell us about another close call about what happened some years ago and why craig-lewis came back to work. i'm justin finch, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. keep it here for continuing coverage of the tragic story, we will have the the latest on air and at cbs philly.com. the the jersey shore is dealing with heavy rain, wind, and flooding tonight, this is the scene from avalon manor in cape may county where streets turned to rivers leaving some homes, under water. not quite as bad in the city, "eyewitness news" cameras on

independent mall where umbrellas were needed to day but no flooding was reported. we have team three coverage with kathy in the weather center and "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan in atlantic city. kathy, let's begin with you. >> we're seeing the storm move further away, center of the storm just south of long island, pulling slowly away, classic nor'easter. it typically last for more than a few days and it's affects will linger even though most of the we have i rain lifted well to the the north. some spotty showers, some lingering drizzle into the evening but we are still expecting a little bit of flooding to occur. you can see this picture taken from our eyewitness weather watcher drew from sea isle right before sunset. we're still seeing flooding in sea isle city a at this late hour but good news is we're not expecting another high tides like the one we saw earlier today because of the wind. wind shifting more to the north/northwest as our storm pull as away, on the back side of the storm we are getting that colder eras well. we have sustain wind at 20 miles an hour, wind blowing the water out instead of in so

we are not expecting a repeat performance as far as flooding is concern. the rain amounts through delaware and south jersey mainly between two and 3 inches and langhorne, pennsylvania over an inch of rain. temperatures mile. even poconos. it is rain and mist every where but as that cold air moves in tonight, it will change over to snow in the poconos where a winter weather advisory is in effect until tomorrow morning at 6:00 o'clock. this morning light rain and drizzle, gusty kinds and temperatures in the 30's. wind chills will fall in the 20's overnight tonight. that gusty wind will linger and our storm is slow to go, more rain and wet snow showers and then we will get back to normal in the seven day. do you remember what normal is? we will talk more about that later in the broadcast but for now back to you. coastal flooding is causing problems along the jersey shore tonight and we will continue our coverage with a look at conditions in atlantic city. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is there with the very latest, cleve.

>> reporter: i can certainly testify to everything that kathy was talking about. wind is definitely shifted. it is colder, it is not as strong but we will get strong gusts every once in a while. even though, the signs and frequency of the waves have decreased, this is still a strong storm and one that as officials say not something to take for granted. the power of mother nature, on display along the jersey shore tuesday, waves as tall as school buses pounded inlet section of atlantic city. >> very choppy and rough. >> reporter: this senior trans port broke down after getting stuck in flood waters, low lying areas all throughout the shore experienced low to moderate tidal flooding during morning and early afternoon. >> just a typical nor'easter, we will get this, the wind blows out of the northeast and pushes tides in. >> reporter: some people took their chances despite warnings not to drive through standing water. >> don't take it for granted. if you have to stay in your house and relax for the day and not travel as much.

>> reporter: in ventnor night high tides meant debris every where. >> we are we had 2 feet of water all the way up to where the waterline was. it was impassable. >> reporter: nor easter are most frequent from september to april and some look at this storm as just the beginning of a long winter. >> nor'easter is a four letter word for us. >> reporter: as any local will tell you if you live at the shore. >> you live at the shore you learn to love it and deal with where ever it brings you. >> reporter: officialness atlantic city said they expect to see quite a bit of beach erosion and they will go out tomorrow and following day to assess that. meanwhile next threat is high tides around nine or 9:30. driving towards the shore area make sure you look forewarnings on the flooding on the roadways. reporting live, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you can get the updated forecast anytime with the cbs philly weather app, check live radar and share your storm pictures with us, you can down

load the the app now on google play and itunes. developing right now, that is carolina panthers quarterback cam newton on a stretcher. he was seriously injured in the car crash in charlotte this afternoon. newton's truck collided with a car and overturned. police say newton suffered fractures to his lower back. that is a all information coming in right now. cause of that crash though is still under investigation. man wielding a knife charge at police in the new york city synagogue and the entire thing is recorded, lets take a look. this all happened after allegedly stabbed another man, there at the synagogue. when confronted by police he refused to put down his weapon so they opened fire. he died a short time later. one witness who wishes to remain anonymous describe the chaotic scene. >> he wasn't saying anything like specific, all he was saying is he wants his bible,

other minute he was saying he wants to kill people and hang on and die tonight good stabbing victim is a 22-year old student there it rail who was studying at the synagogue. he is now hospitalized in stable condition. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 america in on alert, u.s. diplomatic and military posts step up security as the the senate releases a report on the cia use of of harsh interrogation techniques. a solemn start for the day, as they continue their tour of the big apple. get those bargain skills ready, amazon is letting them hang will for certain

the duke and duchess of cambridge made a volume visit to the national september 11th memorial and museum leaving behind a bouquet of flowers with the touching message. >> cbs correspondent marley hall tells us what the royals have planned for their final night in the u.s. >> reporter: duchess of cambridge braved the the rain as she laid flowers at september 11th memorial in lower manhattan. a note inside the the buy cade read in sorrowful memory of those who died and in admiration of the courage shown to rebuild. signed william and catherine. inside of the museum the royal couple, looked at the photos of the victims and walk past artifacts from the terror attacks, including a fire truck that was partly crushed by debris.

>> i love kate. she's beautiful, perfect. i love her style. great role model for girls. i'm very excited that i got to see her today. >> reporter: mood dramatically changed at the couple's next event, a city youth organization, that promotes arts, education, performed for the prince and his wife. the royal couple then hobnobbed with celebrities, such as patrick stewart at an event celebrating british talent in the entertainment industry. the last event for you royal couple on this very busy day is a black tie fundraiser here at metropolitan museum of art. tonight's gala will raise scholarship money for the university of saint andrews, where the royal couple first met. in new york, marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". fun will be used to finance american literature at the university. good evening, everyone. it is definitely a busy day to day with the weather folks are

taking it slower out there, as they should be, because it is still very slick. traveling on the admiral wilson boulevard making your way away from the bridge you are heading toward 42 freeway, well, you are stacked. the once you get to the 42 free waste you are delayed as well. traveling on 295 northbound and southbound we are seeing delays and it is not only in new jersey but we are seeing delays in pennsylvania as well, obviously on i-95 southbound as well as northbound commuting is going to be just jammed entirely between northeast philadelphia and center city and not only around this area but it is making your way in delaware county, maybe heading beyond philadelphia international airport you will find a touch of traffic approaching 476, on the the blue route itself you dropped down to 20 miles per hour, heavier delays north bound between 95 and media and also, some northbound delays approaching mid county toll plaza where you are traveling on the pennsylvania turnpike expect volume, continuing to grow out of the area have of valley forge all the way down through to willow grove. the schuylkill expressway is

never greatest special liz in weather like this 13 miles an hour is your speed cents or there heavier delays eastbound out of 202 down toward the area of gladwynn. nineteen is your average if you are traveling on i-95 and if you are traveling mass transit, watch out for minor delays, let's head back to the desk, jessica. >> vittoria, thanks very much. still a ahead on "eyewitness news" there are apps for everything now, the one is really making a remarkable difference in the lives of some people, health reporter stephanie stahl is an your side that way see. a major sit covered in fog. any idea where this is. we will tell you on the other side, leslie. it wasn't easy for emmanuel aco, and we will find out what words of wisdom the coach gave him that will work for everyone, that is coming coach gave him that will work for everyone, that is coming up later in so you can see like right here i can just... you know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service,

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a dense fog rolled into dallas this morning. >> that is dallas under all of that. >> fog over the cowboys. >> no kidding, right. >> created an erie sight as tops of the tall buildings poke through the a haze and various built was extremely low across the area dense fog finally lifted this have afternoon. >> wow. good can you imaging to go work, going to like what the 50th floor. >> that is right. >> can't see anything. >> that is a trip. >> our area boy, that nor'easter came through. >> it sure did. >> it did its thing.

>> it is now lingering and now the annoying effects. rain came through. storms heading through long island right now heading towards new england but for next couple days we will feel impact of the storm as this is a classic nor'easter. very slow moving system. lets take a a look outside and take you down the the shore where we beared the brunt of the storm in our shore communities. beach erosion, flooding along the bay areas and right now we are waiting for another high tides at 9:00. don't think it will as bad down the show because our wind shifted to the northwest. so everything is blowing out. that is got news. we are still looking at some lingering impact as i mentioned, i want to show you this amazing picture from tim mitchell, an eyewitness weather watcher. he took this from his home in tuckerton, new jersey this afternoon and you can see flooding down the street. mailbox right there, almost covered, at least half will way with the water. the walkways as well a lot of flooding especially as you head toward talk are ton and

ocean county, lot of flooding there as well. as i mentioned the good news our wind shifted and the the rain has relaxed as well. we saw most of the rain to the east of philadelphia, as we expect along those shore communities and of course that helped to add insult to injure with this flooding. the as we look closer you can see in the yellow and where we have orange that is heavier rain and hammington over 2 inches. atlantic city two-point two woodbine 2.28, millville 1.14 and toms river over 2 inches of rain as well. ocean county getting hit hard. as our storm system pull as way we will get colder air on the back side of it and you can see this snowdrifting down, you cane right there route 81, northeast extension, and that would be changing, some of that rain over to snow especially in the poconos. even in the poconos warm enough for rain right now at 36. philadelphia 45. 41 degrees in millville. our future weather shows inching along. by tomorrow on the back side of that seeing a few snow showers even in philadelphia you could see a few snow

showers but nothing sticking and then by the late evening hours the wind will begin to relax as the storm slowly pull as way but this is going to be painful to watch this move. it will take so long. take a look at the win gusts, wind will linger as well. tomorrow morning wind gusting to 30 miles an hour in philadelphia, 32 miles an hour in millville and in dover and enduring the evening, down the shore, still gusting to at least 30 miles an hour. by thursday those wind will slowly try to relax. some drizzle, patchy fog during the overnight, gusty win continues. low temperature of 35. high temperature tomorrow in the upper 30's. with a rain or wet snow shower. the best chance will be in the poconos with the wet a accumulation of one to 3 inches. the weather slowly improving. the thursday still a a shower and some win. by friday breaking out in the sun and temperatures, in the 40's. that is a look at three day forecast we will be back with leslie and sports after

ac ho who for the his way off the field and he is all about giving back. eagles linebacker emmanuel ac ho is eagles first team this ease on has impressed his teammates, always been competitive, which is overwhelming effort, and with the cardinals, and play against him, until the season. >> it is, a dynamic. we have played together when i was in ninth grade, obviously all the way up until he graduated my junior year in college. and so we played together, roughly seven years, with me making calls at linebacker and him playing call at defensive

even and transition to the nfl, and, and he is drafted to the eagles. i'm not used to not being able to cheer him on. >> his parents. >> my parents were born and raised in nigeria. family collectively started living pope ministries. we go to nigeria are summer a and we take american doctors, nurses and people that want to help, and we go to the village in nigeria and we do medical mission work. we saw over 2700 people. >> the best advice he ever got. >> when i was in high school, coach always said, failed to prepare, prior to fail. taking that in mind, school, on the field for training for a game, socially, economically it doesn't matter if you don't prepare yourself you might as well let go. >> good advice. >> that is. >> nice guy, such a smart guy too. >> making an impact on and off the field, i love that. coming up in the next half an hour release of a

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i'm jessica dean, here are some of the day's top stories, the city of philadelphia is mourning the first female fire fighter kill in the line of duty. joyce craig-lewis died while bat egg a a fast moving warehouse fire and we will have have the latest coming up. carolina panthers quarterback cam newton was seriously injured when his truck collidedded with a car and rolled over in charlotte this afternoon. police say knew you ton suffered fractures to his lower back and the cause of that crash is now under investigation. we are seeing coastal flooding in neighborhood at the jersey shore in the wake of the latest nor'easter along the region. >> right now we're concern about what comes next, it is win and cold weather, winter weather advisory in effect until 6:00 tomorrow morning for poconos for some snow and some ice, even in philadelphia we could see a few snow showers but in that area one to 3 inches of snow, ice patches on the roads and gusty wind could provide some power outages. that is definitely the trouble spot. i will be back with what to

expect for delaware valley coming up with the seven day forecast and also show you when the sun returns to the forecast, for now, ukee, back over to you. we will begin at 5:30 with the latest on the death of the fire fighter. city of philadelphia is mourning the first female fire fighter to be killed in the line of duty. fire fighters and police officers escorted joyce craig lie is body to the funeral home. she died while fighting a fire in the basement of the row home on middleton street and west oak lane early this morning. a chimney effect caused smoke and flames to pour up the the basement steps, at the the fire fighters. investigators say lewis became trapped while she and her fellow fire fighters were leaving the basement. >> she's a brave fire fighter, who gave her life, attempting to save the life of an elderly, frail, woman. >> everybody is heart broken and i did know her personally. i knew she was a hard worker. i knew she was a fire fighters fire fighter.

>> to necessity joyce toys love joyce because joycey was happy all the time. there was never a dull moment while joyce was in your presence. >> the tragedy remains under investigation, fire fighter, joyce craig-lewis was 36. she survived by two children age 16, and 16 months. please keep it the right here on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage, get latest anytime at cbs philly.com, jessica. u.s. military installations at embassies are on high alert after release of the torture report. the 500 page report alleged cia interrogation methods were brutal and ineffective. cbs news correspondent craig boswell tells us that republicans are firing back calling these findings flawed and biased. >> this is what it looks like. >> reporter: senator dianne fine stein says a secret cia intention and inter racial program of terror suspects after 9/11 is too important to shelf. >> they describe brutal around the clock interrogations.

>> reporter: democratic senators committee carried out 59 year review concluding that the cia routinely went beyond what was legally allowable, enhanced interrogation techniques weren't effective in getting information and information systematically lied about the effectiveness of the program in order to keep it going. republican senator john mccain was tortured in vietnam. >> i know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will pro tuesday more bad than good intelligence. >> reporter: republicans on fine stein's committee did not participate in writing the report and many in the g.o.p. dispute the overall findings. >> this particular release, in my judgment,/no purpose whatsoever other than to endanger americans around the world. >> reporter: charlie allen, a former cia assistant director, says the program saved lives. >> i think at the time we had to know what was going own and we got the information. >> reporter: cia says it operated within the law at the time carrying out a program

authorized by the white house and the justice department. on capitol hill, craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the white house said it would leave it up to the department of justice to determine if any crimes were committed or if cia officials lied to congress. d o.j. says it has reviewed the report and it is not planning to prosecute any cia officers. prosecutors in washington state say they will not file charges against the police officer in this video. officer addly shepherd reportedly punched a handcuffed women who he says kick him during an arrest. while he acted in a way inconsistent with training and policy, officials found there wasn't enough evidence to prove his use of force was criminal. cocoa beasley claimed she suffered a concoction and fractured eye socket. tonight philadelphia police are looking for two suspects who were caught on camera break nothing to a car. surveillance video speaks for itself. two men walk up to a silver mercedes parked on north broad

street and brake the the passenger side window. from there, you can see them pull out a few items including a bag containing hundreds of dollars in cash and several credit cards. if you recognize them, please cat the police. we are learning more about a plane crash in maryland that killed six, including a mother with ties to our area. marie jones and two of her children were killed when one of the plane's wings sheared off and tore through the front of the house. she was originally from brick township, new jersey. three others on the plane were also killed. three churches are burned down in delaware and tonight police believe they have a men responsible. the fires were set last week at the town of felt on. yesterday jeff and alex harrington junior were taken in custody of arson and burglary. amazon wants to play let's pennsylvania make a deal. on line shopping giant is rolling out a new option today that could save you money, by allowing to you bid for some items. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry explains how it,

we. >> reporter: name your price that is what amazon wants some of its customer to do the company is rolling out, a make an offer option for certain items like fine arts, collect ibles, and coins. this will allow customers to haggle with he will isers while they can choose which items they want to put up forbidding. take this lesean mccoy signed football. you can pay $149 or make an offer of something less. >> it doesn't seem like they are really good idea for the the seller, you know, because they won't really make a lot of profit. >> reporter: not so says on line retail expert david, he says that this could be a great way for sell tore make a sale, if customers, think they may have priced an item too high. >> instead of having yes or no choice they can offer somewhere in the middle and then the seller doesn't have to necessary liz lose the sale, they can still have a second chance. >> reporter: amazon could be trying to compete with another web sites like ebay but this

option is very unique with ebay you start with the base price and then bid against other people. with the make an offer option you are haggling with the the seller. >> trying to create this additional marketplace for things like memorabilia, and unique items, that e bay was primarily doing up until this point. >> reporter: shoppers we have spoke with say that the make an offer option is something that they would try. >> it sound like a deal. everybody can use a deal. >> it would be a good idea. >> anyone can use the make an offer feature, but you have to register for a free account. right now there are more than 150,000 items available. amazon hopes to expand the the feature to other categories, next year. live from the sat center syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> same, thank you. university of pennsylvania school of nursing joins with the local pharmacy to help an affordable housing group to keep residents health i. health and wellness fair was

held in powellton gardens in west philadelphia they joined in the effort by staffers by columbus property management. they were treated to free blood pressure and body mass index screenings and a invited to attend workshops on preventive care. good evening, everyone. we have a few incidents to talk b let's start first traveling in paoli southbound 202 approaching 252, paoli pike, we will have an accident situation, majority of the incident is on the shoulder but unfortunately you will notice it is compromising a right-hand lane and traffic is squeezing on by. the southbound side of 202 is already slow in that area as you make your way out beyond malvern so you will need to give yourself more time. the taking a look at vine street expressway notice headlights picking up slickness on the roads. we have rush hour on top of that slickness and just causing folks to go even slower then they usually would. the as far as rush hour on the vine street expressway you'll have have it westbound approaching schuylkill and eastbound almost the entire

length because 95 is pretty stacked around the vine street expressway where your average speed sensors only 15 miles per hour. between the northeast and center city. that is on both sides. traveling on the eastbound side of the schuylkill expressway we had an earlier vehicle fire at gladwynn that has been extinguished and cleared. residual delays heading out of the western suburbs traveling trying to head in center city. watch out for volume on the southbound side of the northbound side of the roosevelt boulevard, and delays for regional rail lines due to signal problems. now let's head back to the desk. >> vittoria, thank you. still to come on "eyewitness news" an ugly christmas sweater you have to see to it believe it. >> a seeing eye phone? health reporter stephanie stahl has the the new high tech tool that can help blind people see. vittoria secret angels have a preview of their widely anticipated fashion show in london, kathy? in weather our nor'easter is pulling away with the heavy rain but we have winds and even snow to contend work we will talk about what comes next and we have an eye on the

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up, no doubt about that. from nate the dj we have brittany's picture, and she says just a little baby boo, check her eyes outlooking at snow man and lights, possibly her first christmas, that is a wonderful picture. after brittany let's check out bob witt, he a says the lights are on, look at that home, that is, absolutely beautiful. even santa claus up here, and are you ready to deliver his presents. send your pictures we'd love to see them. indeed, it is easy to do use hash tag cbs-3 holiday lights or e-mail them to holiday lights at cbs-3.com. angels are back for vittoria secret fashion show. pink carpet rolled out in london for first time this year. this show will be seen in almost 200 countries all around the world. taylor swift ace monk the the performers tonight. angels call it a mix of fashion, fantasy and entertainment, all found on the same runway. >> more than a fashion show, it is like a performance. the it is much bigger than the

the one in new york. it is really just more calm, in here which is great. it is great for our energy, and energy for the show. >> you you can watch the angels hit the runway tonight, vittoria secret fashion show starts at 10:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. we have light rain, we have drizzle, areas of fog, our weather watchers are showing us a variety of weather, we will start off with a temperature of 44 degrees, that takes us to philadelphia, and tanya saying relative humidity sky-high at 97 percent and drizzle will continue into the evening. right now robin says in mount laurel, the wind out of the north at 2 miles an hour, and temperatures 42 degrees and she says, looking forward to the end of the week and some sun. aren't we all. she peaked ahead at the forecast. now we will take a look at something, that we have right here, that is unique to weather watchers. all of these pictures sent in from our weather watcher.

look at this from tim mitchell who lives in tuckerton and flooding just amazing. here's a boat in the front yard and you can see all the way down the the street, just a clear view of all of the flooding. another picture he sent in an hour ago you can see the front yards here covered with water, more like boating weather there and drew, sent in this picture from sea isle. you can sea water still covering the road with the high tides. high tides again coming at 9:00 o'clock tonight, not expecting the flooding to be as bad because our wind are shifting and wind is blowing out this time instead of towards the shore f would you like to be our eyes and ears in the community, we would love you to be featured in one of our newscast by becoming an eyewitness weather watcher. go to cbs philly.com/watchers for more information and to sign up. outside we are looking at a glummy night on storm scan three, you cab see our storm pulling away and as it does, we're seeing the back side of the storm, filter in. it is bringing down some cold canadiens air. already seeing some snow through albany, new york

heading toward syracuse, new york on the new york state throughway and pulling down cold air very close to the poconos, and there we do expect some accumulating snow a little bit later on tonight. as you can see rain and snow, spotty right now, more nuisance then anything else. rain amounts very impressive in south jersey that is where we saw brunt of the storm nearly 3 inches of rain in brick township, woodbine over two, millsboro2 inches, mount holly 1.36 and norristown on the lighter side in pennsylvania, nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain. all mild. poconos are seeing 35 degrees. thirty-eight in reading. forty-one in wilmington and millville. it is 45 degrees in philadelphia. overnight lows tonight will be down in the 30's. here are the windy talk about on the back side of the storm as it pull as way we will see northwesterly win. that wind becoming northwesterly down the shore sustained at 20 miles an hour and that helps pull water away from the shore, better news for our flooding situation. as the storm moves slowly

toward the north and east we will still have the influence of those wind diving down from the north, influencing our weather, keeping it chilly in the 30's for wednesday with the rain or wet snow showers and then slowly moves up in northern new york and new england. by thursday still a breeze as high pressure tries to build in, the difference between these forces, creates a pressure gradient or still breezy conditions. it won't be until friday that we will see sun return and the wind really begin to die down. temperatures responding as well back in the 40's. overnight some drizzle, areas of fog, but no visibility issues and gusty wind continues, low of 35, during day tomorrow rain or wet snow showers even in philadelphia but nothing will accumulate, high temperature of 39 with the gusty win. on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven day forecast you see improvement friday, saturday, sunday, birds have good conditions, temperature 48, monday 52, and then by tuesday 51, and now that is something to look forward to.

>> we have all heard of the who will take ugly sweater parties and trend to go day we have video of one of the ugliest and most creative. take a look this sweater features a working train set circling your ugly sweater. alongside tracks are miniature snow covered trees, detailed george bread houses and lights. the it can double as a tray when you serve your drinks at the ugly sweater party. i don't know thaw can sit down in that. >> i don't think so. >> you may need to wear comfortable shoes. >> my goodness. >> he is not showing, it looks like a male not showing his face. >> no. >> dare we say they ever embarrassed of their train. >> creative, that is for sure. we invite to you celebrate the holidays with our joy of sharing campaign, buy a new unwrapped toy and brit it to one of the drop off locations. for a list go to cbs philly

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welshing on the healthwatch tonight, there are apps for just about everything these days and one that is helping brian people, see. >> three on your side health reporter stephanie stahl explains how this technology is changing lives. jake cohen plays instruments, by ear. >> teach myself how to play piano and guitar and drums. >> reporter: jake is used to adapting at age one he was diagnosis with the rare cancer and then endured a series of complications that left him blind. >> one battle after another and jake beats them all. >> reporter: now there is an app to help, it is called tap tap, see. >> take a picture of what is in front of you. >> reporter: jake takes a picture of an object and six seconds later the app identifies him. it can spot jake's favorite sports start. >> it just helps you fine things easier, and faster, without any help. >> he says it is a new freedom being able to figure out food

or get relief from a headache all by himself. >> it has given him more options of independence. >> it helps me so i don't to have get up and help him all the time. >> reporter: app that jake uses cost $25 for free month of unlimited pictures. it is available through i tunes and google. there are other similar app that is can help people with limited vision. talk about technology. >> for sure. >> reporter: making a huge difference. >> new kind of freedom. >> talented on the drums too. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 a female fire fighter kill in the line of duty. >> i'm walt hunter on cbs-3 coming up, the first ever death of a philadelphia female fire fighter in the line of duty, i'll have the store friday west oak lane coming up. also tonight, waves, battering beaches down the shore, a coast aal storm strikes leaving many areas under water, kathy. in addition to the flooding, we're talking about wind and even snow to come, this nor'easter is going to be

slow to go, i'll show what you to expect. plus how some puppy love is helping students to better on their exams, "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. came to the assure that another member of this it the is i saved their life. >> philadelphia loses a hero, a female fire fighter who died this morning in the line of duty. joyce craiglewis leaves behind, two children. she's the first female fire fight tore died, while fighting a fire in philadelphia history. hello, i'm ukee washington. chris is off tonight. i'm jessica dean. we have live team three coverage tonight and we will start with "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter live at the scene of the the fire in west oak lane. >> reporter: every philadelphia fire fighter carries a radio with a mayday button. when you hit mayday button it send out an emergency leather

to everyone and opens up microphone so your voice can be heard. earlier this morning inside this burning home fire fighters heard that mayday alert go out, from fire fighter joyce craig lewis, they scrambled, desperate liz trying to save her life in the burning basement behind me but when they got there it was just too late. escorted by police and fire unit and hearst carrying body of fallen philadelphia fire fighter joyce craig lewis made its way up broad street. the 11 year veteran, mother of the 16 year-old son and one year-old daughter dying in the smoke and flames that destroyed this west oak lane home in the early morning hours. >> it is a very sad day for all of us, in the public service and certainly for all of our citizens. >> reporter: after the seven three-year old resident was rescued by fire fighters, commanders say that they ordered all others to evacuate the home, but they say, t