and we begin with breaking news, a police-involved shooting in northeast philadelphia, investigators say one person is dead. we'll have a report from the scene coming up very shortly. it is monday, december 15th, good morning, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. other stories we're following today, more breaking news, a hostage drama unfolds, in australia. a gunman takes captive at a sidney cafe during the morning rush hour, five of those captives have escaped. and the eagles lose, the cowboys stand alone at the top of the nfc eels. guess who was in the owners box with jerry jones? a lot of folks tweet being that. we'll show you that coming up in a bit. let's talk about our monday forecast. >> could always be worse, katie. that's how i'm looking at today. >> what a gray great way to think about it, things could be a lot worse than they are.

and man, that stubborn cloud cover, just would not break. all weekends long. it is like i need to think after good analogy nor it, like a child that won't eat it vegtables, you just can't get it to do it. speaking at least we'll finally get little sunshine out there today. that's the thought anyway. so we're going to try for that here. yep, what ended up happening basically was inch version, so couple of different factors that led to the clouds through the course of the week. i know it's been a while since we've seen it, i promise you there be there some sunshine, showers along the way, tracking a system, have all of the details to what that will be bringing coming up in a just a few. see you in a little bit. >> news is breaking in philadelphia's mayfair neighborhood. one person is dead, after police involved shooting. >> this happened in the 6700 block of frankford avenue. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us there from the scene with the latest information, jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika, ukee, good morning, now, details are

still limit in the morning, still trying to get more information about the circumstances surrounding this deadly shooting. but here's what we know so far. here's what happens happening at the scene. investigators have been taking close look at that white car there, as they process the evidence. they've also been looking very closely at the nearby businesses. now, we're coming to you live near the intersection of frankford avenue and unruh avenue in mayfair, again, detail are limited, but the shooting unfolded here just before 3:00 this morning, police do confirm that this is an officer involved shooting that the person shot by police is dead. that suspect was pronounced dead after 3:00 a.m. and police also confirm that a police officer had to be taken to a nearby hospital just as a precaution just for evaluation. since this deadly shooting philadelphia police have been working the scene, checking evidence, there are a loft businesses in this block, there are nearby apartments, there is a bank across the street, so usually a very busy area, what happened here, around 3:00 a.m., though, is still unclear. now, back out here live, on scene, the area around

frankford avenue, and unruh avenue is still blocked off. so that's going to create somewhat of a traffic jam later on this, as police continue to investigate. so definitely keep that in mind if you usually head through this area. just as soon as we get more information about this deadly shooting, we will bring it straight to you on air, on line, at cbsphilly.com. reporting live mayfair, jan carabeo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> 4:33, we want to check back in with katie. you say we will see sun at some point? >> at some point, just a matter of whether. over the week edge, for one thing, low sun angle. a loft times you need that sun to help get rid of the cloud cover. but on top of that, we had cold air at the surface, warm air aloft it, just led to this stubborn cloud deck that just would not break for us. so that was the story there. but right now, at least, you can see everything here in the shot out atlantic city, in atlantic county pretty much everywhere else, still thin

vale of cloud cover. when we go to storm scan3 next, no storms? site, at least not for now. but you can still see there is still this thin vale of cloud cover. it just won't let up. but i have it on good authority we should at least see some sunshine, might be the brightest day, looks better than the days we've, high pressure will have a chance to set until. 40 degrees in trenton, because of the blanket of cloud cover, not as cold as it might normally be. we'll take the good with the bad, right? forty-three northeast philly, mid upper 30's jerks lenly through northern towns, doylestown, quakertown, pottstown, in at 41 in fact right now. as the day progresses you can expect to see very quiet day unfold. we'll see mix of some sun, some clouds, temperatures that top off into pretty seasonable territory, as well, 46 degrees our expected hype, just smidge above average. guys, you can always stay on top of the forecast by download g the cbs weather app, check radar, severe weather alert, send any weather pictures you take now

available in the app store. and it is already available on google play. jess, over to you. >> thank you, katie. good morning, everybody, 4:35, we start things off outside on 95, around broad street. everything moving great in north and southbound directions headed toward the city there. over on the schuylkill expressway, no problems so far around spring garden. if you are headed toward the city, that's where the headlight are going, westbound lanes moving great there, as well. now couple every accidents to talk about. i'll list them all. new jersey -- new jersey, blacked route 38 westbound, route 73 north, north ex extension northbound near the lehigh valley another crash there. overturned vehicle out in wayne ave. at sylvania street. use some caution when travel through that area as well. montgomery county overlook avenue out in new street, another crash there. septa, new jersey transit, and dart, amtrak, all running on time, with no delays, currently no delays at the philadelphia international airport. erika, ukee, back to you.

>> jest, a thank you. more breaking news to tell but, sidney australia where hostage situation continues town fold. >> over night five people seen running from the cafe where gunman took hostages during the busy morning rush hour in cydney. you can see them there. we have some folks there, hands in the area, i understand, see them through the window little bit. authorities say that a black flag was spotted in that store with the islamic declaration written out in arabic. the gunman is demanding police bring him an eats is flag. >> we don't know whether this is politically motivated. although obviously there are some indications that it could be. >> police in sipped any say they don't know the gunman's motive for taking the hostages, but negotiators are trying to find a peaceful solution. we will continue to bring you the latest development this morning and on line at cbsphilly.com. just heart breaking and disappointing lost at lincoln financial field. dallas cowboys beat the eagles and take sole possession of

first place in the nfc eels. give the credit to des bryant, caught 3td passes from tony romo. cowboys led 21 to one in the half. eagles rallied second half behind quarterback mark sanchez, shows ran one in to give the eagles lead. dallas came back even stronger in the second half with couple of touchdowns, less than three minute. the cowboys beat the eagles 38 to 27. >> obviously it started that far way, when you get down 21, then we rallied back. got back to, you know, 24. and you feel like we're finally fighting back, we dug ourselves a big hole, but hopefully dug ourselves out of it. that long drive was tough for us. our offense didn't go out and respond. >> turnovers hurt. new jersey governor chris christie sat in the owners box with cowboys owner jerry jones. he is a dallas fan, in a statement where loyalties are divided between the birds and the giants. more reaction on this throughout our broadcast.

now the eagles drop to nine and five, against the washington redskins, saturday afternoon, our coverage begins with special edition of kick off, then watch the game at 4:30, right here on cbs-3. >> well, happening today, president obama makes a trip to new jersey. the president will travel to joint base mcguiredix lakehurst, he'll deliver marks expressing his gratitude to our service members and their families. we will cover the president's visit later today right here on "eyewitness news". >> trump entertainment resorts is giving the casino's union until 5:00 p.m. today to drop it appeal of a court ordered cost reduction package, that canceled certain employee benefits. ceo bob griffin says he thought the company and union agreed deal last week, but says the union has not signed it. the taj mahal casino could close this saturday, if management cannot strike a deal. >> a suspicious fire bridges investigators from the fire marshall's office to home in

germantown. they're investigating claims that someone may have thrown a firebomb at that house on east coulter street. arson investigators believe that this is not the first time this has happened in that neighborhood. they say somebody may have thrown a firebomb at the home next-door on december 1st. the homeowner and sunday's incident believes someone is trying to harm one of the women in that house. >> as i came down the steps, and got right here, all of this was full of fire. this is the second time the window got broke. now the firebomb. we been getting threats and everything. >> at least two people including an infant were taken to einstein medical center. their conditions are not being released. >> there is much more to cover here on "eyewitness news", bill cosby speaks out on the coverage of the sexual assault accusations against him. >> and in sports, phillies pitcher cole hamels breaks his silence on rumors after trade. back in a couple of minute. good morning.

bill cosby embroiled in a sex assault scandal talks journalistic standards. the comedian told a reporter for the new york post he expect black media to maintain a neutral mind. cosby did not talk directly about allegations he had drugged and raped women. when asked how his wife camille is holding up, cosby cited her love and quote strength of woman hood. >> hong kong police are pulling down barricades and folding up tents at the final pro-democracy protest camp in that city t puts an ends to demonstration that is have block traffic for two and a half months. last week, authorities shut down the main camp near the heart of the financial district. they arrested close to 250 people who refuse to leave for unlawful assembly. >> and california will be getting more rain. last week's powerful storm caused flooding and power outages. two weather fronts now approaching that state are not as strong. forecasters say that first storm arriving tonight will drop up to 2-inch of rain in

the san francisco bay and sacramento regions. another storm is expected on wednesday. can certainly use the rainout west. don't see too much rain. >> it is not looking like we'll see any kind of major systems roll through. but the same storm that brought all of that rain to california last, affecting us tomorrow. >> oh, okay? >> by it time crossed over the rockies, still potent system, not where near the to. definitely, but it also looks like we'll get little of a warm up out of this, as well, so, here's what's going on, as we start things off, by taking a you out to one of the live network cameras, 41 degrees currently, not bad start to the morning, when talking 41, but you can see that there is a very thick vale of cloud cover.

>> storm pulled out of the rockies, better definition now out of the mountain us terrain, but will eventually affect our weather pattern, but also looks like the brunt of it passes us by to the north. soap, by tomorrow, we will start to see the potential for more wet weather coming in. meantime high pressure is here to stay for one more day. then tomorrow the warmfront associated with the storm crosses through, allows us to climb into the upper 40's, no less, and it will bring in some showers. but right now, it is looking like strictly rain showers. no kind of frozen precipitation of any variety, not even for the poconos, just little too warm for that. come wednesday, still, into the low 50's, we think, and that's just because the warm air rather the cold air hasn't had a chance to catch up. but it l enjoy the warmth while you've got it basically.

seasonable day overall, with some sunshine, drop it down 36 with clouds beginning to build back n then tomorrow again not the worse idea to keep the umbrella on stand by, we look ahead to wednesday, we should brighten up for some sun, we will cool back down for thursday. ukee, back over to you. >> in sport, 76ers play at the well tonight against the boston celtics. tip tike 7:00. both teams lost their last three games. sixers at the bottom of the atlantic dif wigs only two wins so far thus this season. on it baseball, man mentioned the most in trade rumors this off season is cole hamels. now, he was silent until yesterday. hamels joined former teammate brad lidge on mlb network radio, talk about where he would like to go if estrayed dollars. >> my family is from the west coast. my wife's family is from the midwest. so i think that's kind of what, if anything does happen, you know, you do, you have to kind of look that the different perspective. >> for whatever city going after winning, i think that could definitely change every sort of perspective and every

desire. that trumps almost anything is winning. >> keep it here. we'll keep you positioned. college hoops, visiting villanova and darr hen a great game. circus shot here nova goes up 12. then the outside touch, very nice passing. boom, boom, boom, tic-tac-toe bank. he finished with 20 points. villanova with big win over tell until college hoops 85 to 62. two great guys right there. both do a lot for our city, series and the big five. >> and your ticktack bo. >> and bang, still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, christmas present at the pump. >> first though, here's what's coming up tonight on cbs-3.

>> police involved shooting in northeast philadelphia, the 6700 block of frankford avenue. investigators say the person is dead, and they've recovered a weapon. no officers were hurt. a gunman homing unknown number of hostages. two people inside the cafe seen earlier holding up a flag containing islamic declaration every fate. >> tony romo through for three touchdowns to des bryant as the cowboys beat the eagles 38 to 27. dallas also knocked the eagles out of the lead in the nfc east. and you stayed to up watch the game hoping? >> half, way way -- anyway, that was around 10:15 then. i'm a little tired. let's check business news. >> joins us from the new york stock exchange, jill, we'll see if the market can rebuild after biggest weekly lost in two years. what's happening on wall street? >> yes, good morning, ukee, erika. what a difference a week makes. the dow fell more than 600

points last week. and it is all about oil. energy companies like exxon mobile and chevron have really take answer big hit because the price of crude oil has fall tone five year lows, and it is because there is lower global demand, plenty of supply, specially from here in the united state. now all of this could be bad for energy companies, but it is very good news for consumers, for drivers, gas prices, nationwide, are now averaging 2.55. and triple a says we can expect the average to fall to 2.50 by christmas. >> how about that? jill, speaking of christmas, there is a new list out what people do not want this year. >> yes, if you haven't bought your holiday gift yet, gift the liquor storm. consumer reports finds hard liquor thomas the list of the gift americans least want to receive this holiday season. so, whiskey, rum, involved, a all on that do not want list.

if you do plan on buying alcohol, go for the wine. it fared much better from consumer report. also, on the list of gift, people don't want, flowers. so ukee, erika, i say stick with the gift cards, cash, tech gift, i think all of those things. >> we were controlly not polled in this studio. >> i was going to wrap a bottle of boones farm or something, you snow. >> and then with nice carnations, but apparently no. >> thanks, jill. appreciate the heads up. coming after a short break, traffic and weather together we do it on the 3's,

>> good morning, if you're getting up and operate the door in the next couple of minutes, i'll tell you what's going on, the schuylkill expressway near 202, the eastbound lanes headed toward the city. moving along great. and you can see no problems out on the westbound lables, as well. now out on the blue route, around mcdade, pretty much the same story, quiet out for this morning, it is still early

though. out in new jersey route 73 northbound, the ramp to route 38 westbound is completely blocked due to an accident. so you slight to squeeze on little bit before there. the northeast extension for the bound near lehigh valley, tractor-trailer involved in this incident, and overturned vehicle, out in philadelphia, wayne ave., and sylvania street. currently another accident out in montgomery county overlook avenue at new street. and currently no problems for mass transit. no delays there. and no problems at the philadelphia international airport. now we send it over to kate how is over in the weather center. good morning,. >> happy monday. today will end up being quiet day for you. you will finally see i think some sunshine out there, and as we move forward in the forecast here, expect being more after warm warming trends with every passing day, at least through mid week. storm scan3, something obviously waiting in the wings here, across missouri, into arkansas, got our latest frontal boundery and the combination at least of the next storm that will will affect us. because we have high pressure situated where it is here, on the eastern seaboard, it is actually going to essentially

help sends that storm further off to the north. so, while we are expecting to see some showers around, primarily for the second half of tomorrow, that is really all we will find. and actually expecting strictly rain showers this time. but, as we begin hanukkah here at sunset, there again, will likely be a little bit of wet weather to track on radar at that point for our area. looking forward over the course of the next seven days, pretty mild air for the standards, as we flirt with or actually hit 50 degrees, both tuesday and wednesday. wednesday is actually when our cold front crosses through, but will obviously come through with very little fanfare, expecting sunshine here, but does knock the textures back, stuck in the 40's, probably don't hit 40 by saturday then, also by the way going to potentially mark the arrival of our next system, so, it is appearing at this point as though something is brewing for the weekend, just the timing, that is a little bit up in the air right now. so of course things will resolve. we'll let you know. >> kate, thank you. here is a check of stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 will be following for you today.

mayor mike nutter expected to sign a bill that would regulate private agencies that scam immigrants in philadelphia. big question in philadelphia, politics, is whether city council president darryl clark will run for mayor next year. and the mummers come up with a new plan to inject more energy into their new years day tradition. check in two, three, four times a day, "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. erika? >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", two breaking stories including latest on police involved shooting in northeast philadelphia. new developments in the hostage stands off in australia word that negotiating are talking to the gunman. and would you believe that the latest victim of a sony pictures hacker is none other than bond, james bond? we'll explain when we come back.

>> philadelphia police open firen a suspect, killing him, sending one officer to the hospital. we're on the scene with the new details, breaking this morning, hostage crisis in australia some hostages were released overnight, told police are talking with the gunman about his demands. >> it is monday, december 15th, good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. also this morning, just heart breaking lost for eagles fans. no one likes to lose of course, but just smarts more when you lose to the cowboys, you snow. >> it was their day. it was their day. >> hey, one fan at the game getting extra attention this morning. yep, that's coming up. katy? >> oh, oh. we can finally expect to see some sunshine out there today, after feeling like it, we've been living in portland for

about a week here with all of the clouds, we should finally brighten up. it will only last for so long. i'll tell when you the next round every rain showers is set to arrive coming up. jess? >> thanks, katie. good monday morning to everyone, we go outside, check out the ben franklin bridge. everything moving along great. so from the jersey side, westbound into the city, currently no problems, but few accidents out, there even though it is so early, i'll cover them, tell you all about where they are in a few minutes, good morning. >> jessica, thank you. breaking news in philadelphia's mayfair section to tell you about, armed man shot and killed by a police officer. >> want to get right out to "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo, at the scene with the latest details. jan, good morning. >> reporter: we just spoke with police, we have a lot of new additional information to share with you this morning. we are coming to you live from the 6700 block of frankford avenue, where you can see, police are still on scene, taking a look, and collecting all of the evidence here. we now know that the suspect is a 26 year old man from northeast philadelphia, with a criminal record, now, police areti