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, they

suddenly realized craig lewis was still inside the burning basement. >> i necessity that she was a hard worker, i knew she was a fire fighter's fire fighter. >> i can tell you she was beloved in this department. men a and women that have had had the pleasure of working with her were truly honored. >> reporter: neighbors watched as fire fighters wheeled their dying comrade to the medic unit trying to save her have. >> we looked around and saw them running down the street and there must have have been ten fire fighters. carrying someone. >> reporter: sources tell cbs-3 that craig-lewis was able to activate a mayday alert button on her radio signaling she was in distress, tests will be done if the second protective system which sends an audible alarm to give fire fighters a location, also worked properly. >> all of her equipment has been packaged, sent to the safety office, and investigation will be conducted. >> reporter: now cbs-3 has learned that since 1997, six philadelphia fire fighters

have died in basement fires, or fires that started in basements. right now the investigation is underway into what caused this fire and more details being learned by the minute, as to what led to the death of this brave fire fighter. live from west oak lane. from walt at the fire scene, we will move to "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch. justin is live outside lawncrest firehouse where she was assigned with more on her life and her career, justin? >> reporter: fire fighters at engine 24 tell us gist craig-lewis was here a all right time but everyone here knew how much she loved her job and her family says the the same, telling us that she died this morning doing what she loved. loved ones of joyce craiglewis knew her job was risky, but they also knew she savior the reward of saving lives. >> as dangerous as a the job is, it didn't matter to her

that is what she wanted to do. >> reporter: outside west oak lane home where craig lewis for the her last fire her cousin remembered a close call >> she had fell from the second floor to the first, she fell through the hole and she got burned severely on her legs. >> reporter: but she says her cousin refused desk duty, preferring instead to get back to fire fighting. at her station engine 64, flowers sat above her lock inner tribute, and black bunting lined the garage, same at engine 73 where crews say she was working an overtime call. no surprise craig-lewis who says her niece would do anything she could for her family or anybody else's. >> a single mother, doing all that she can to keep her family safe and helping other families out. that is her life, fire fighting was her life. >> reporter: the fire commissioner also acknowledging craig-lewis's dedication saying she cut her teeth at two of the busiest

firehousees in the the city, and tonight outside, engine 64 her planning the vigil at 7:00. live, i'm justin finch, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". justin, thank you. keep it here for continuing coverage of the tragic death story, the fire fighter joyce craig lewis. we will have the latest on air and on line at cbs philly to the come. also tonight, the the jersey shore, under water. our nor'easter caused flooding in avalon, cape may county. roads are completely covered and homes are surrounded. we have team three coverage of the nor'easter. cleve bryan is in atlantic city but we will start with kathy in the weather center. the kathy. >> our storm is pulling away, heavy rain threat is gone but we are looking at other threats as well. we have had colder air building in and we still have those very gusty wind, across the delaware valley and it will take a couple days to get rid of those. our storm over long island is moving north, you can see that rain changing over to snow,

even in the poconos, and that is where we do expect some a accumulation overnight tonight. so that will not be an issue. it goes into affect late tonight through tomorrow morning for snow and some ice with limited accumulation. the good news is with those cooling temperatures these northwesterly wind will keep additional flooding from being as bad as it was this morning, high tied later on tonight, we have northwest wind pulling water away instead of pulling it on shore so we do not really anticipate a big impact as we saw. look at this eyewitness cam, this is what high tides did this morning with the rain and persistent wind bringing that water on shore this morning. jason shows really the road is covered with water and that has been allowed to subside and coastal flood warnings have been allowed to expire as well. rain amounts down the shore quite heavy between two and some spots 3 inches. in bethlehem only an inch of rain. rest of us we're just expecting a few rain showers this evening, some gusty wind

and temperatures falling back into the 30's. >> we have new video coming into "eyewitness news" from all over the jersey coast. this is a look at flooded streets in long beach island where water rose a few feet in some spots. police have been directing drivers to the back roads to avoid getting swamped. we are receiving reports of severe beach erosion in that area as well. coastal flooding in atlantic city. emergency managers have have been on the clock, throughout the day. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan is there right now with the closer look at the impact left behind by the storm, cleve, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ukee. the the conditions have certainly improved at the shore but still you can see beyond me that much bigger than usual waves are slamming into the north end of atlantic city. this is a day at the shore that most people tried to spend inn doors. it wasn't a storm to take for granted a as nor'easter kicked

up strong winds and wave at the jersey shore. >> beach front are getting pounded right now. >> reporter: from atlantic city to ocean city we saw beach erosion as well as swamped roadways, caused by tidal flooding. >> i threw in a low lying area at 8:00 or 8:30 and it will be there for high tides. >> reporter: atlantic city has fire police and emergency managers with crews on stand by in case of stranded drivers. this city senior transport bus broke down after getting stuck in deep water. one local admits that she and neighbors moved hazard signs to be sure drivers pay attention. >> we saw we move it the so we can keep everybody off the streets because the last nor'easter there was a girl right here she was sitting on top of her car with a will little poodle and her car was stuck. >> reporter: multiple neighborhoods had flooding issues and that could change. atlantic city officials hope to use fema money to modernize a draining system that has been out of use for decades.

>> when the process of putting two pumping stations. they had them from the 1910's to about 1940 and then it prevented this type of flooding and it just goes to show that we need that again. >> reporter: we know that september to april is the time when we see most nor'easter and the strongest nor'easter. many people feel like this is just the beginning of a long, winter. one thing that most people need to take advantage of as far as when they drive around the street here is looking for those signs, that warn warn them with another high tied around 9:30. we are live in atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a reminder you can get the the forecast anytime with the cbs philly weather app. get severe weather alerts and share your storm pictures as well, down load the app on google play and i tunes. if the legislators have their way, the smaller boutique casinos.

state senate president steve sweeney sponsored a bill that would lessen current new construction requirement and allow smaller casinos to be established in existing buildings. they hope to attract developers interested in the smaller less costly operation. four casinos have closed this year and trump taj mahal is slate todd join them by years even. the the bill will be debated by thursday. the reward for information in the disappearance of west chester university student shane montgomery has now grown to $65,000. his family says that the new movie came from private donations. the 21 year-old was last seep leaving early. the fbi is assisting philadelphia police in this investigation. two hunters looking for deer in the pennsylvania woods stumble across something that does not blank in wilderness. do you love making a a deal? you can do it on line. art of haggling now available at am zone, coming up how you can save money.

studying for exams goes to the dogs, at drexel university, how fury friend are helping students relax. relax before they take the big test, leslie. carolina pant pennsylvaniaers star quarterback cam newton is hospitalized, i'll have details and round two between eagles and cowboys with first place in the division on the line once again, we will hear from jeremy maclin in

health reporter stephanie stahl checks out, skin products that protect against that dirty air, that is tonight at 11:00 o'clock. investigators continue to piece together more clues about a deadly plane crash in maryland that killed six people. they now say the flight data recorder shows no indication of engine trouble before the aircraft, crashed into a house, belong to go marie gamel. she's originally from brick township new jersey. she was killed with two children and three others on the plane. last week three delaware churches were burn to the ground and now police tell eyewitness news that they have the men who did it. the churches are all, within several miles in the town of felt on. yesterday investigators caught up with joseph, and alex harrington, junior. they have been charged with arson and burglary. it is probably the last thing you'd expect to see out in the middle of the woods,

and atm, a couple of hunter stumbled across this one in rockland township berks county. authorities are now tracing its serial number to see just where it came from and in word if there was any money still inside. therapy dogs are helping college students, relief their stress on the eve of final exams. "eyewitness news" at st. joes, university in philadelphia today. students took turns, pedestrianing the dogs. they tell us they felt relaxed and ready to hit the books after interacting with the puppies today. it could be the next big thing in on line, retail to day amazon.com rolled out the a new option to help some customers save more. >> it is called make an offer, only available for certain items like collectibles and art and instead of paying set prices customers can haggle with sellers. retail experts say it is a good way to increase sales. >> instead of having a yes/no choice they can offer something that is somewhere in the middle and then this seller doesn't have to necessarily lose the sale what

they can do is have a second chance. >> right now you can make an offer on more than 150,000 items on amazon, the company hopes to expand the feature to other categories next year. rain, wind, flooding, and just a damp, raw night, we have seen it all today and this evening. our eyewitness weather watcher are checking out wet's around the delaware valley. robin is says mount laurel is 42 degrees. not much wind. nearly a inch and a half of rain. looking forward to the even of the week to see some relief. i agree. the lets take you now towards the shore where we really bear the brunt of this storm. well, we will zoom in on tuckerton where they saw a good deal of flooding at 42 degrees, right there, right now with wind out northwest at 12 miles an hour. tim sent in this picture just 22 minutes ago. he said in atlantic city today's rough surf and that rough surf will fortunate liz calm down later this evening. cloudy and wind which gusts to 17 miles an hour. as we go to the north and west

of philadelphia, we just have some rainy, drizzly, wet weather to continue, and to contend with during the evening time. it is still, phil that sent this in. it is in the much wind in the chestnut hill area of philadelphia another rainy day, but at least no snow, and take a look at this beautiful picture he sent for the holidays in chestnut hill, rainy, but still festive. if you would like to be an eyewitness weather watcher we would love to picture you in our newscast. the sign up at cbs philly.com/watchers. outside, we have some lingering rain, and drizzle, and we also are looking at a bit of the dreary night in center city philadelphia some fog but nothing that would get in the way of driving this evening. that is good news. on storm scan three you can see some rain especially in pennsylvania and ago a you'll i that little bit mixing with snow in the poconos, it is colder air that begins to move in as our storm pull as way. our live neighborhood network shows these win gusts to day, these are tropical storm strength, in cape may, back to

47. university of delaware, lewis, delaware 44 miles an hour gust. lehigh ton at middle school a 36-mile an hour gust and airport base in dover gusting to 34 miles an hour. temperatures, still, pretty mild, for this time of the day and this time of the year. allentown is at 42. poconos still above freezing. but not for long. most of the rain, has fallen. we're just going to be seeing little descriptions and drabs during the evening period but you can see where the heavier rain fell through south jersey especially through areas of cape may, atlantic county, and into parts of the burlington county. ocean as well. over 2 inches in hammington, woodbine, the same, heading toward toms river where they saw some flooding, over 2 inches of rain there as well. as our storm pull as raids ever so slowly like a classic nor'easter does we will see wind become northwesterly. as it approaches it is northeasterly. as it leaves we will get northeast wind. it will be cold are tomorrow with temperatures in the 30's and windy conditions, wind chills in the 20's and a few wet snow showers. thursday, still under the influence of that storm, even

though it is over northern new york and new england, temperatures will be around 40 degrees or so. by friday, high pressure finally builds in the south, and temperatures, warming up through the 40's, but it is really going to take until the second half of the weekend to see a significant change. the wind will persist as well, tomorrow gusting to 30 miles an hour, 32 miles an hour gust in philadelphia, tomorrow afternoon and then by thursday mainly down the the shore, we will see those higher gusts but still, on the breezy side, until friday. overnight low temperature will fall to 35, with wind chills in the 20's, and tomorrow high of 39 with some rain, some wet snow and then improvement comes over weekend especially saturday and sunday. by monday the the high of 52. tuesday 51. still mild, and the best news is we will be seeing the sun. we have not seen that. >> we like the sun. >> yes. >> it is hard to remember on days like this. >> we might see 18 holes, i don't know, hey, hey. >> nice. >> thanks, kathy. do you have your lights up yet? we want to see pictures of

your holiday display on social media using hash tag holiday lights or e-mail them at holiday lights at cbs-3.com. we may come tour home and show them live right here on "eyewitness news". good evening, everyone, we have had many incidents, tonight, and we have another one, to add to that list. if you are traveling on the northbound side of 95, between woodhaven and street road, we're dealing with an accident, as you will notice in this shot right here compromising the left-hand lane. emergency teams are on the scene, police are on the shoulder and traffic is getting by ever so slightly. it is in a single file line. notice a few folks exiting at ramp here but it does seem to be two vehicles are involve. one with the headlights on and other looks like it is just behind it. with these slick roads you definitely want to, take, not take it lightly. this can cause major problems as we have even with that shot there. take it easy, use extra caution and make sure you are

going slower than the speed limit. really on some majors you are going slower than the usual rush hour because of the witness as well. eleven on the schuylkill. big delays westbound approaching city avenue out through approaching king of prussia that whole length. traveling in the eastbound direction, high volume, from 202, down towards gladwynn, 17 on the blue route, 15 traveling on i-95 and an hour and 35 minute delay at philadelphia international airport and still may have lingering delays for regional rail lines due you to earlier signal problems. new back to the desk, ukee and jessica. "cbs evening news" is minutes away. >> scott pelley joins with us a look ahead, scott. >> we will have senate's report on cia interrogation of terror suspects, and a rebuttal from former cia insider michael morel. plus we will look at a big storm ravaging the northeast. the the those stories tonight on the "cbs evening news".

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round two sun day night, winner takes soul possession of first place in the nfc east. here are eagles in practice inside the bubble. cowboys won last thursday against the bears, they will ten games off and we will all remember how eagles crush dallas on thanksgiving. we expect a very different cowboys teams this sunday. >> obviously, you know, they will come prepared and obviously they know what is at stake here and we do as well. obviously what we did to them on thanksgiving is still in the back of their mind. we will prepare for a battle and we don't expect anything less. >> eagles looking to rebound from that bad loss to the defending super bowl champs on sunday. seahawks held birds offense to 139 yards, the lowest of the chip kelly another a mark sanchez says they have already

forgotten bit. >> guys are upset about the the loss. that is normal. it is already tuesday. we're moved on. we have to flush all that, negative energy and, you know, kind of crap i feelings and stuff out on the field and that is best part about coming in on tuesday and running around. >> well, carolina panthers quarterback cam newton remains in the hospital after being injured in the two car crash earlier today in charlotte. now here he is, on the stretcher, right after that accident around noon time as his truck collided with the car, and overturn, police say he suffered two fractures to his lower back. cause of the crash is still under investigation. flyers are wrapping up their five game road trip against blue jack nets columbus, blue jackets have won three straight, they will be playing against their former teammates, scott hartnell and goalie sergei bobrovsky. orange and black looking for back to back road wins for the first time this season. they beat the kings on saturday. we will be right

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i'll see you dark and early. here now is >> pelley: tonight, the senate's scathing report on c.i.a. interrogation of terror suspects. >> history will judge us by the willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. >> pelley: but the c.i.a. denies it broke the law in carrying out what many call torture. we'll have extensive coverage with reports from nancy cordes and bob orr, and a rebuttal from former c.i.a. insider michael morell. don dahler on a devastating storm hitting the northeast. >> this haebt worst, i think, since surcane sandy. >> mark phillips on king james day. king james meets future king william in kings county. and jim axelrod with the christmas light that's been shining for half a century. ♪ route ofl with