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today, it is thursday, december 11th, good morning, i'm ukee washington. i'm quarter von tiehl. here are stories we are following today. waking up to morning snow falling in montgomery county and too here in center city. katie had has your forecast for your morning commute. new clues could help police find a missing west chester university student shane montgomery. we will have very latest in the search coming up in a live report. end of an era, philadelphia slugger jimmy rollins reportedly heading to los angeles, but what phillies fans are saying about the short stop's departure this morning. we have word of that last night during five and 6:00, i thought he would be here in red pinstripes for a long time. >> been here what 15 years. >> fourteen, 15 years.
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>> we will keep you updated on seven that in just a bit. >> not too much accumulation but this could impact your morning commute. >> look at this shot of route 202 in blue bell. you can see snow covered roads. a lot on the park cars, grass, just a heads up heading out the door this morning to watch out for icy spots possibly because right now in center city it is freezing at 32. lets check with katie with the very latest. >> guys, this is exactly what we had called for nuisance variety have of snow, out of the back edge of this nor'easter, so you said it, you will if you park outside and got in snow going to need extra minor two to wipe that slush off your windshield and slow it down a bit because if there is any untreated surfaces that could be a a little slick. otherwise, this really, the bark is worse than the bite when it comes to snow on storm scan. in the last three hours it looked like we at first had this giant wave of snow coming in, but it has continued to
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fizzle out. we are till watching our nor'easter very slowly but surely pulling away to the northeast. that is where this wet weather is coming from in the first place but it will gradually get lighter and more sparse and with time. today is a very similar forecast to what we saw yesterday, still breezy but we will find a rain or snow showers as the day goes on but it won't have a chance to stick and accumulate. here's how it feels when we throw in that wind. it is going between ten and 20 miles an hour as a whole today but more of the the westerly breeze. the it is still cold but it isn't as harsh as yesterday and it feels more like the the 20's in most spots as a result. that is basically what we will find out there today. icon can make it look worse then it will be, lingering snow our rain showers but it is not pounding down and accumulating at all. thirty-nine is our high in the city. we will get you to the lower 40's down the the shore where flurry or sprinkle will fall as well and up in the poconos that is your best shot to
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maybe see additional light snow, maybe stick to the surfaces with you even at this point the winter weather advisories have all expired. vittoria, over to you. thanks very much, katie. good morning. the as i was getting in my car this morning i noticed a little bit of precipitation on my vehicle, snow, then i had to brush off this morning. if you are traveling out and about here watching us right now just as a reminder you might want to jump outside and heat up that car and dust things off because you will find a little bit of snow and flurry on your car. if you are traveling on aramingo avenue at allegheny we have an accident situation and a closure point as a result of this. so if you are traveling throughout the this a area of frankford avenue would be your best alternate but what you can see in this shot is slickness in the roadway. so do you want to be careful, no matter where you are traveling whether it is within the neighborhoods or whether on the majors. it seems we have a disable tractor trailer on 476 around mid county toll plaza but no major delays as a result. there is no will volume at
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this time. we never usually have have volume at this time. speed sensors are high up in the 50's, however, traveling our area bridges we have speed restrictions of 35 miles an hour, because of the weather, ukee. vittoria, thank you. in the news it has been two weeks since west chester university student shane montgomery vanish after leaving a manayunk bar. >> police hope new surveillance from a nearby business sheds light on the difficulties a appearance. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us from manayunk near schuylkill river where police will continue their search for shane today, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that is right, search for missing west chester university student shane montgomery continues today in the same area where it started yesterday, and now sources tell "eyewitness news" that investigators are working with new surveillance video found at this business here on main street that could help in this search. marine units and investigators returned to search the schuylkill river and its banks yesterday. sources a say this new video from manayunk nail salon may
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provide more clues. video, not being made public, shows montgomery walking across the the bridge spanning the manayunk canal towards a parking lot next to the schuylkill river. but we're told video does not show where montgomery goes next. yesterday philadelphia police and fbi agents focused their search on the river but they found nothing. the west chester university student you will remember disappeared thanksgiving morning after being last seen the at kildares irish pub but with green ribbons and pictures of montgomery here in manayunk this community and this young man's family are holding on to hope. >> somewhere, somehow, it doesn't look good but we pray and hope. >> it is a mystery and it has been going on too long now. hopefully we will come up with some answer as for them, most importantly, just keep prayers and hope alive. coming up in our next half an hour we will hear from shane shane montgomery's mother and her message to police, search for montgomery resumes in the same area where police were searching yesterday, the the reward for
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information in this case is now up to $65,000. reporting live, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now, new this morning a carjacking a attempt ends in a crash in philadelphia's overbrook section. police say a man with the gun attempted to carjack a 58 year-old man and then used weapon to hit his intended victim in the head. that rick tim drove away but slammed into a car near 58th and lebanon. he is in stable condition. there is no word right now on a suspect. well, had happening today a former penn professor who confessed to killing his wife has a hearing for a new trial. rafael rob pleaded guilty to manslaughter, ellen rob was bludgeoned in her upper merion home in december of 2006. last month injury a warded rob's daughter 124 million-dollar in the wrongful death suit. rob wants that verdict set a aside or reduced while he waits for word of a new trial. funeral is scheduled this week for philadelphia's first female fire fighter kill in
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the line of duty. flags are at half staff for joyce craig lewis in the city and state offices all across pennsylvania. investigators have return to the scene of tuesday's fire on middleton street in west oak lane. they are still looking for how that fire started, and how the 11 year veteran died while fighting flames in the basement. the funeral will be at bachelor brothers funeral services on north broad street, viewings will be tomorrow night from 6:00 to 9:00 and saturday morning from 8:00 to 10:00. the funeral will begin at 10:00 o'clock saturday morning, intern. at ivy hill cemetery. the fire fighters union has establish a memorial fund for joyce craig-lewis's two children age 16 and 16 months. you can write a check to the local 22 joyce craig-lewis memorial fund and mail it to 901 arch street, philadelphia parks 19107. a philadelphia a home owner catches a a burglar break nothing to his home on surveillance camera while he was an hour away eating thanksgiving dinner.
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he is sharing his story hoping to help police make an arrest. watch right here as that hooded thief enters on the the 1200 block of rodman street in washington square west. he took jewelry and a dresser, organizer before leaving, the the way he came in by scaling a high patio wall. using an app linked to his allege and surveillance system the home owner received an alert. he spoke exclusively to "eyewitness news". >> i rolled the app back and video back and i saw the burglar in the house going up the stairs to the master bedroom. it was nerve wrenching, stomach just immediately clinch up. we are an hour away, somebody is in the house, how can we get the police there as fast as we cap. >> by the time the thief arrived the thief was already gone. meanwhile will police want to you take a good look at this white sedan in these surveillance pictures right here. the investigators believe that the person inside of that car had just robbed a macy's inside the deptford mall. police say that they walk in
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the store monday night and pulled out the gun. robber ordered an employee in the lingerie section to empty the the register. we're told he got away with over a thousand dollars and still on the loose tonight. well, he helped phillies win their first world series in 28 years. >> it appears that jimmy rollins is leaving town, do you believe that? various sources report phillies traded short stop to the dodgers. new york post reports that the phillies could get two young pitchers. so far no comment from the phillies. the fans who talked to "eyewitness news" are sad he is leaving philadelphia. >> so many memories watching back on the games, he is one of the star players and it will be sad to see him go. >> he had a lot of heart and now we're going to miss him. >> rollins has spent his entire 15 year career with the phillies. he is the the teams all time hits leader, 2306, in his career. >> wish jimmy his wife the entire family the best.
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nationwide protest are not letting up over race and accountability, in the the the united states. this is video from chicago, where last night demonstrators, marched to president obama's illinois home waving signs, staging a die in. protesters say the decision not to indict two white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men exposed the justice system prejudice against african americans. bill cosby is facing another lawsuit from another woman who accused him of rape. >> tamara green filed a defamation lawsuit against the comedian. she alleged cosby publicly branded her a lawyer when his lawyer called her claims absolute thely false. in the federal lawsuit filed
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in massachusetts green said cosby drugged and raped her in the 1907's when she was a model. cosby a's lawyer has not commented on that lawsuit. take these pictures out severe weather on the west coast. high wind and rain are ruining beach areas and destroying homes in washington state. some houses were built right on the edge of cliff and they have been tumbling in the water for weeks now. meanwhile forecasters in northern california are predicting 8 inches of rain and hurricane force wind. the drought conditions have created some serious mud slide concerns. back here, is this the nor'easter still sticking around a little bit, katie. >> we're right on the back side of it now. we were on the back side too. it keeps spinning in these round of moisture. that is where snow showers, rain showers have come from and we will find that out there today but gradually getting more sparse and scattered and lighter and even worse of the wind is turning more westerly.
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so everything is gradually getting better. we are not out of the woods just yet. >> no. >> there you have it. it is not enough that you will need to take an umbrella when you walk out the the door, nothing like that but still chilly enough to warrant a heavy coat anytime that wind blows and if you were outside yesterday you know how cold that wind made it feel. we will show you what is going on, first and foremost, storm scan three. we had overnight snow showers which have dissipated a little bit here. we are likely to find a few more here as the day progresses. we expect this yesterday. we are also expecting more of it here today but not enough that it will set you back, it the might just provide more than anything a wintry at months fear to your drive-in to work and back home later tonight with the lingering flurry but storm itself continues to rotate, basically over the same locations here, bringing in additional snow a across north central pennsylvania where there are winter weather advisories but for us t3ose advisories in the poconos have all expired. we are slowly but surely
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improving with the lingering rain or snow showers today. come tomorrow we can guarantee you a dry day for everybody with the sunshine slowly making a return appearance back in the 40's, both tomorrow and saturday and beyond this point. weekend is looking good here as high pressure begins to move in. so we will look for snow or rain shower today, don't expect much, if any accumulation out of it. it will gradually be getting lighter and lighter with time, high of 39 degrees. that chilly breeze is still noticeable. tonight we will finally see a flurry. mainly cloud which a low of 31 degrees. moving forward we are in the low to mid 40's here friday, saturday, sunday, monday then by tuesday we are looking at clouds building in. the nice long well deserved break coming our way beginning tomorrow, ukee, back over to you. in sports it appears the the new era of phillies baseball had has begun with a report of a high profile trade. looks like we are saying farewell to all-star jimmy rollins headed to the long's
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less dodgers. rollins is phillies all time hits leader, three time all-star and former national league mvp. in return phillies will get two minor league pitchers and will shed 11 million-dollar off 2015 payroll. j roll leaves a legacy. >> he is really the impetus for this run, the the. he was the catalyst, the one that put the charge in the team and was ant frayed to speak out and whether it was his teammates or challenging another team in the division like the mets that was jimmy rollins, that was his personality, the thing that fans loved most about him is he was a red light guy, whether it was a playoffs, big spot when we needed him with a huge hit or a great play in the field that is jimmy rollins brought to the table. >> how bit, rob, how bit. rollins deal was not the phillies only activity in the fall meetings in san diego. phillies sent antonio bastardo to the pirates in exchange for a minor league left hander. sixers on the road in
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atlanta last night, hawks jumped out to an early lead but sixers tried to keep it close. the team high 13 for alexis went, is a went, but kyle korver had two of his 17. hawks win this 195-79. sixers and nets in brooklyn tomorrow night, erika. still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news" we will tell you who has been dubbed the most generous person of the year, but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.
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university student shane montgomery. video shows the 21 year-old walking towards a bridge over manayunk canal, montgomery went missing early thanksgiving morning. our time is 4:50. lets get a check of business. >> jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, dow jones had worst day since early october, any idea what is behind this. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika. it is all about oil. stocks are taking a major dive as price of oil continues to fall, it is now at a five-year low, on the bright side those lower oil prices even though they are bad for stocks they are great for drivers in the form of low gas prices. they are also good for airlines because fuel costs are down, so airlines are predicting rorrer profits and finally they could be passing on those savings to travelers. the international air transport association expects ticket prices to drop 5 percent in 2015, so there is a bright side to it, ukee and
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erika. >> also the season of giving and you may have found the most generous person of the year, who are you talking about here, good morning? >> reporter: investor warren buffet has made the single largest charitable donation of 2014, according to the firm wealth x. buffet gave $2.1 billion to the bill and melind a company. if he wants to send any my way i will take them also. >> more than $2 billion. >> how about that. >> great that he is sprereading the wealth. coming up after a short break traffic and weather together. we will do it on the the
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from the cherry hill mall you will notice lights are reflecting the sheen on the roadways, so you are going to find this is a common problem all morning long and can definitely result in serious traffic conditions. we have seen spin outs, we have seen all sorts of things occur because of weather like this so you do want to take it easy. moving now to 422, 422 whether you are heading west or eastbound is a breeze but still we have a little bit of snow at the median here so that precipitation is out there that katie called for. so if you are traveling on the schuylkill expressway be mindful of the slick spots. you may not see snow on the roadway but you will see that sheen and that is not something to be taken lightly. in regards to the rush hour it is non-existent where speed sensors are still high up in the 50's but traveling our area bridges, it is 35 miles an hour speed restrictions and bridges are first to freeze. so katie with this weather we are having this morning or even in the overnight it will definitely cause problems on the roads for folks this
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morning. >> don't you feel like it is almost one of those where you see lighter precipitation coming in and that can lead to even more trouble because you don't expect it to be all that bad but yeah, there is still potential to see slick spots out there from this what just came through over last few hours, generally speaking on storm scan things are fizzling somewhat with those overnight snow showers. that doesn't mean we're done, much like yesterday, even though we are starting off quiet. we had more snow and rain showers. that is what we will find today. everything is gradually tapering off with time, win, presip, as we go through the day but this morning as vittoria mentioned and we will touch it on it one more time we have i few snow showers and that will lead to the potential for slick travel, if not a few icy patches if the temperatures is marginal enough a at freezing. slow it down out there you might need extra minor two to wipe sludge or slushy should say off of your windshield hitting the road here today but as day progresses we will have a nice quiet forecast,
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starting tomorrow, so we just have to get through today and then by tomorrow we're in the clear as high pressure starts to move in and settle in for a good long stretch of day, ukee, back to you. here are the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 will be following today. philadelphia city council will introduce another bill hoping to finally make paid sick leave the law of the land. frank rizzo, junior is trying on get his old seat back but on the democratic ticket. researchers think they may have found a link between sugar and high blood pressure, check in two, three, four times a day, kyw news radio 1060 on the am dial. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we are live with the new klee in the search for missing college student shane montgomery. sidewalk scare when out of control car slams into shoppers. the find out what the driver was doing just seconds before that crash. talk about a survival story how that hunter escaped after be
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thanks for waking with us everyone have you looked out your door or window this morning. depending where you live you might see snow flakes falling and snowy start to the day is making roads pretty slick out there we will check traffic and weather together coming up in just a moment. also, this morning, a new clue in the search for shane montgomery, key piece of surveillance video that detective are looking at right now as they get ready to search yet again for the missing college student. new this morning that carries all smashed up after an attempted carjacking and a crash, we will have more on the driver's frightening night. it is thursday, december 11th, good morning, i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. looking at the other side of the screen you see what we're
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waking up to this morning another blast of winter. we found some snow in 202 and montgomery villain those flakes are falling in center city. >> roads are for sure slippery. we will check traffic in a minute. katie is outside on the sky deck with how long the snow will be with us. has it stopped yet, katie. >> it depend where you are, it is a variety pack type of morning, guys but generally speaking any snow we are finding is very, very light as we expect but that said, fit is an untreated surface, untreated sidewalk or roadway yeah it could potentially be slick. you always want to be extra cautious when you walk out the door whether you are walking to the bus stop or hopping in the car and taking a drive down i-95. that is what you are looking at here on storm scan three we have seen brunt of those snow showers pass through, this is on the back edge of the nor'easter that has been hitting us now for a couple of days. it does than the feel like groundhog day with this system. 34 degrees the current temperature meanwhile here at philly international and we are flng
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