>> reporter: ukee and erika, good morning. not only are they reviewing safety fur but grief counselors will also be available here at bensalem high school for any students in need, and as you mention that had school district officials they are going over safety issues in hopes of better protecting that are students in the the future. sudden loss of the friend, classmate, a 16 year-old is nothing that these bensalem high school students ever imagined they have to deal with. >> it is impossible to think i will not ever see her again. it is just in the ferreter report wednesday night in candle light dozens came to remember of more minette zeka in the shadow of the intersection where she died. >> it is very, very depressing. everybody just looks so sad. >> reporter: zeka was killed early wednesday morning crossing busy bensalem boulevard near bridge water road. police say her bus was stopped on the road with the flashing lights on, and stop arm out when an suv ran through signals, drove past bus and

hit the 16 year-old. >> a broncho suv vehicle was traveling westbound on bensalem boulevard, disregarded the school bus, and activation lights and stop sign and proceeded through intersection striking and dragging the child for some distance report report driver also a a teenager is only identified as an 18 year-old student who attend a technical high school in bensalem. scenario has left students grief stricken but none as much as danielle where zeka saved her life at that bus stop once before. >> she grab me a couple weeks ago to keep from getting hit by a car and i was than the there for her today. >> reporter: crossing guards aren't used for high school students but parent are demanding something more be done. >> come 7:00 o'clock, it is jammed packed and everybody is rushing to get out of here. >> reporter: now the driver of that striking vehicle did stop on the scene and is cooperating with police. the in the meantime no charges have been filed at this point. that will be up to the district attorney.

we are reporting live, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> developing right now, a carries driven into a group of pedestrians in southern california, that at least one person is dead and 11 others are injured. police say that the driver ran a red light on pacific coast highway in the beach area, hit a crowd, leaving a christmas performance at a church and then struck another car. police say that driver may have been drunk. happening today, a deal in the work to save the trump taj mahal casino from closing with just days to spare. the new york post reports that billion air investor karl eye can reached a deal with the workers union to keep the casino opened. the union is expect to finalize that agreement today. taj mahal would have been the fifth atlantic city casino to close this year if it shut down as planned on saturday. take weeks before you learn the cause of the death of accused killer bradley stone. authority found his body in the wooded area near his

pennsburg montgomery home on tuesday. an autopsy was inconclusive but investigators believe stone took his own life. prosecutors say he had a deep stab wound in his leg but that did not kill him. a machete covered in blood and an ax were found near his bod which medicine bottles an a even why i drink. toxicology results are pending and some who knew him did not necessity about his troubled past. >> i don't ever remember anybody having a problem with home. >> well, when i saw him in 2011, he was drinking, he had different prescriptions for antidepressants. >> stone allegedly killed his ex-wife nicole and five members of her family on monday. the teen survived and is in the hospital. it is 6:03. here's traffic and weather together, kate. >> this is a quiet daze overall. notice the wind, but, it will be basically that one and only issue, that you sort of need to prepare for when you walk out the door. we have some very quiet weather here on storm scan

three. we have had a duo of front crossing through in the last few days and that is long gone. the in the wake all we're left business handfull of cloud. we will see more sun then anything throughout the course of the day. but we do have have, more than anything a north westerly component to our wind flow and that is generally represented here, we will go outside to just a couple of choice observations in our live neighborhood network in magnolia we have got 35 degrees right now, modest northwest breeze being pick up there. westerly flow. or, you know, generally we're looking at these wind values any where from ten to 15 miles an hour over the course of the day. that is what you are finding and more in terms of the wind right now what does it mean for thermometer readings in we have to knock five to 10 degrees off anytime that wind blows. here's how it feels when you walk outside the door. more like mid 20's, at best and more like the teens in the higher terrain. so expect that. it will just be a chilly dau. we will get in on that sunshine and temperatures have taken a hit by comparison to yesterday, where we were, above average. enough we're back to normal.

and down in the low to mid 40's at best but keeping in mind, with the wind, it won't feel any better than the mid 30's. vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning, everyone. traveling out and but are traveling higher then 30 miles an hour on a few of our majors but since it is 6:05 we will feel that rush coming into play. let's head outside first and look at ben franklin bridge. the in delays on either side of the ben, maybe heading into new jersey, pennsylvania, in problems, and really all of our bridges are looking beautiful this morning. as we make our way right now, route one not too far from the trenton morrisville breeze, traveling in either direction here. we're in the clear. also we're traveling on the roosevelt boulevard maybe making your way down toward 76, rots of good news this morning. so much so, that even when you get to 76, speed sensors are still high up in the 50's. however, this is when we start to see just the slightest change, we went from being in the 50's to now in the 40's on i-95. that doesn't seem like a huge drop but that is an indication

that it is rush hour is forming in the southbound direction a approaching girard avenue, and that will, only continue get worse. just a little bit of rush hour on southbound i-95 into center city, chester county we have an accident situation at broad run road at newark road. the traveling in new jersey, 42, 55, 295 all in the clear, erika. >> thank you, victoria. u.s. intelligence are blaming sony sign's tack on north korea the news came just as the movie studio announced it was scrapping plans to relose film north korea called an ago of war. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us now, there she is, in our satellite center with the latest information, nicole, good morning. >> it sund like a movie script and while u.s. government has yet to publishly blame north korea for sign's tack sources tell us that a formal statement, may be in the

works. it is the film theater goers will never see after sony pictures canceled its release of the interview. a comedy starring james franco and set rogan which centers around an assassination plot geeps leader of the north korea. >> this has never happened where a major studio says we will not show movie out of concern for safety of the movie goers. >> concern after the federal government linked on line threats of violence to a group of state sponsored hackers inside north korea. in a message tuesday the group which calls itself the guardians of peace warned the world will be full of fear, remember the 11th of september 2001. sony says it made decision to pull the film with quote, paramount interest in the safety of the employees and theater goers. this is after major theater chains refused to screen it. >> i understand for safety of the people. >> whenever you are forced to do something out of fear it is an unfortunate situation. >> reporter: sony says it has

in plans for the movie which was project to make 30 million-dollar in the opening weekend. a decease steven gala way with the hollywood reporter says, he understands. >> we have had horrible situationness theaters. for instance, the dark knight in aurora. the the movie business cannot risk any other violent situation in the theater. >> reporter: as for large scale hack against sony, it is called one of the most destructive in u.s. history. not only did it reveal embarrassing e-mails about alist actors, the group destroyed some computer record that had apparently cost the company millions of dollars. live from the satellite center, nicole brewer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> nicole, thank you for that. president obama makes a surprising announcement that the u.s. will take diplomatic tell to improve relations with cuba the decision comes after a conversation between president obama and cuban president raul castro this week. eighteen months of secret negotiations which led to the release, of american contractor allen gross. the the president wants to open up an embassy in had van,

ease travel restrictions and allow for more business between the two countries. >> i am convinced that you this a policy oven gauge. we can more effectively stand up for our values and help the cuban people help themselves as they move into the 21st century. >> it is a victory for the oppressive cuban government but a another just setback for the repressed cuban people. >> the president will need approval from congress to end the embargo which has been in place since 1961. at nuns. came as a big surprise to many, including cuban americans right here in the tri state area. some are questioning what political changes, if any, will be made in the caribbean nation. others with rootness cuba see the policy shift as a reason to celebrate. they are holding on to hope for the the few door of the people of cuba. >> the the island need it. you have to see the poverty these people live through. everything that they suffer

for which was in the their fault. it is not of their doing. it is castro's doing. >> it will help alleviate some of the economic suffering in cuba because it is an economy that is really in dire straits good we are also getting mixed reaction from residents in miami, florida. some say they are against the change while others are hopeful that the policy shift will give cuban is here and abroad a better future. right now 6:10. new jersey state police -- relation was cuba will bring a convict killer home. joann is one of the mess wanted terrorist after she was found guilty of killing a new jersey state trooper in 1973. she escaped from, prison and grant add sigh lum in cuba where she has been living under the name asata shaker, is there a two million-dollar reward for her arrest. your time is 6:10. search is on for a bum blink criminal see trouble he had when he tried to catch a ride

with septa. >> great video good also a new jersey woman another justly hurt when she fell down an elevator shaft at fenway park. we are seeing exclusive new video showing what may have cause that had fall. a family thought the their memories of the jersey shore vacation were gone forever, find out how they track down this missing home video, after more than 15 years. >> how about it. >> also a windy morning making it feel like the 20's right now, katie has your updated forecast when we do traffic and weather together on the three's, how cyst your weekend looking, holiday shopping to do? she will let you know. we will be right back.

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katie. >> absolutely. what happened is a cold front knocked our temperatures back but knocked them back to reality. this is better than polar vortex style cold. it is very seasonal for us. storm scan three shows the retreating system. we will notice the wind out there, we will definitely see some sunshine witt, but you have to knock five to 10 degrees off for feels like value. this looks menacing, doesn't it. it will break apart in two pieces and fizzle. we don't to have war about the center of the you had, for right now. eventually we will track a new system by week end which looks like it will steel steer clear of the delaware valley. we have a quiet couple days. the breezy, i'll give you that. win lightens up as we see high pressure settle in by friday. there is the storm. it looks like it will bypass us off to the south. we will see more clouds out of it on saturday and sunday for that matter but that is it. in the bad. 43 degrees today. meanwhile brisk, colder, feeling probably in better

than mid 30's at best the rest of the day. it could feel better than 20's before the temperatures, and, there is your, temperatures of three #, and over the course of the next four days, tranquil, le to mid 40's is the theme. by monday, we are tracking the potential for new system and it would be bringing in at least on rain showers, probably steady rain with that for second half of the day and then tuesday the rain still seeing some showers around, vittoria. good morning, everyone. traveling on our majors we are starting to feel, just a slightest, bit of development of the rush hour but we are taking you first to i-95, traveling in delaware county no major problems. south bun as well as northbound commute it could be worse. we are waiting on the worst part of our rush. if you are traveling south bun i-95, right around girard, making your way out of the northeast we are seeing speed sensors drop. we are 50's every where else but traveling on i-95 or dropping down in the 40's. it doesn't seem look a great

drop but that definitely is an indication that the rush is forming. taking you elsewhere we have an accident traveling in montgomery county cowpath road at or villa road. try to a roid that accident scene if you can. we have a another just accident on the north bound side of the roosevelt boulevard at fifth street. accident has been cleared but because of that accident there is a police investigation. traveling in this area you will see police activity. regard to the bridges, they are great down the board n delays for mass transit. things at the airport are just fine, ukee. here are headlines a 16 user old student is struck and killed by a car while trying to catch her school bus. today grief counselors will be on hand at bensalem high school to help a classmate coping with the tragic loss. a deal is reportedly in the works to save trump taj mahal casino in atlantic city. it was set to close sat the day but an agreement could be finalized between workers union and billion air karl icon. feds say north cover reace behind a sign's tack behind

sony pictures entertainment. the film company is canceling release of the interview following threat from the hackers. we will be right back.

to try to keep their playoff hopes alive a lot of talk about the nick foles and whether he will play in the final few weeks of the regular season. he was throwing the ball more at practice yesterday, but coach chip kelly does not want to rush him back, too early.

we didn't throw at all yesterday. it was a walk through. so, he threw the ball around a little bit today. but the biggest thing is nick can throw. i don't think you will see anything from throwing. he cannot make contact. if he gets hit he cannery injure himself. >> you can watch this saturday's game right here on cbs-3. we have a full line up of football action starting with your toy yet a kick off show, special at 3:30. then nfl network pregame show at 4:00 followed by washington, philly at 4:30 from landover maryland. stick around for night game, yep, bonus football chargers take on the 49ers all here on cbs-3. to the ice now and flyers and panthers tonight at the well if south philadelphia, filet guys looking to turn their luck around after losing last five out of ten games. that puck drops at 7:00. erika, back over to you. well, when you travel the world, with the stranger, yes,

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♪ ♪ 6:23. here's your traffic and weather together. >> good morning, erika. we can expect to see a quiet day, all things considered. it is colder. you will notice the the breeze out there. that breeze, i noticed the breeze definitely becomes noticeable because it makes it feel colder then what the thermometer reads. while storm scan three is quiet, empty and nothing more than a thin veil of clouds we do expect to see sunshine not that much here today. twenty-four hour temperature difference, it is noticeable. we have five to 10 degrees different from the same time

yesterday. so it is colder when we walk out the door. 35 degrees at the airport. twenty-nine in mount pocono. thirty-three in atlantic city. just enough of the breeze to again, make it feel like no better than low to mid 40's here today. 43 degrees is our expect high. we will see a lighter wind by tomorrow on saturday, certainly a few more clouds but we expect another dry day, vittoria. >> good morning, everyone. traveling right now in the 30 bypass which is what you are looking at, not too far from 340, notice eastbound side a few more vehicles westbound you are in the the clear but moving to the map we will see a few more vehicles on the schuylkill dropping speed sensors down as well as on i-95. traveling 76 westbound expect usual approaching city avenue through gladwynn. traveling i-95 southbound, expect delays coming from the northeast and down to the vine street expressway. those delays will only grow. we are not even at 6:30. we're traveling in the 20's. now if you are traveling in montgomery county we have an accident situation at cow path road at or villa roads.

be mindful of this intersection. traveling on the roosevelt boulevard, if you are traveling north bound at fifth street, we had an earlier accident but because of that accident there is new police investigation, so you will notice police activity at that intersection. try to avoid it if you can. area bridges look great. traveling on the the 42 freeway we are starting to see that north bound build autopsy approaching walt whitman bridge, erika. >> thanks, variety tore y1 pennsylvania family has a happy holiday inn store for them. >> they are getting something they thought was lost forever. christinei family took a rakes to point pleasant beach in 1998, accidentally leaving their camera bag and home videos behind. it was turned into lost and fund but never claimed. mark christinei says the best gift will be seeing his father recently passed. >> to have that video of my dad with carolyn, it was something that we thought was lost forever and now we have that. >> the camera bag and tape sat in an attic for 16 years until

an employee found them and contacted the the family who lives in the poconos. they will get the the tapes, just in time for the holidays. how about that. >> how wonderful to see those kids, 1998, they are probably in college, out of college. >> all grown up. >> very special. >> and father too. >> fantastic. >> right now it is 6:26. there we go. coming up in the next half an her of "eyewitness news" we are following latest developments in the school bus stop tragedy, jan. searching for answers, school officials here in the bensalem school district are looking for ways to better protect students after a sophomore is killed crossing the street to get on her bus, those details straight ahead. and gas prices, are giving us an extra reason to celebrate around the holidays, we will let you know how much money you can expect to save at the pump next year. and vittoria and katie return with your traffic and weather together on the three's. we are back in two minutes.

good morning, a bensalem high school student is struck and killed by a suv while trying to catch a school bus. >> sixteen year-old minette zeka was crossing at bridge water road and bensalem boulevard. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us live outside

the studio where you are rethinking bus safety. >> reporter: ukee and erika, good morning. school district officials say they will be discussing school bus, safety, and, and, at this point, there are no crossing guard, for high school students, demanding now, better protection. and, meantime, family, friend, this entire school district are all mourning looks of the 16 year-old student, last night, dozens came out to a candle light vigil for minette zeka a sophomore at bensalem high school. she was killed crossing the intersection of bensalem boulevard and bridge water road. police say her bus was stopped on the road with its flashing late on and stopped, out when a suv, ran through and drove past and hit zeka. she was rush to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. driver has in the the been identified but it is also a teenager. a 18 year-old student at a technical school in bensalem.

the driver did stop, however on the scene and is cooperating with police. now students and parent are questioning the safety of that intersection. >> in the morning, if it comes 7:00 o'clock it is jammed packed and everybody is rushing to get out of here. >> grab me a couple weeks ago to keep from getting hit by a car. >> reporter: this sudden loss of the friend and classmate too hard for many students to handle. that is why the school district will have, counselors and other help, railable for students who need it throughout the week. in the meantime no charges have been filed just yet that will be up to the district attorney. reporting live from bensalem, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". an 18 year-old student is facing charges after police say he brought a gun inside a northeast philadelphia high school. samuel fels schools in somerdale was will be down for hours yesterday. and administrator called police after a student showed them a cell phone picture of the gun inside the school. the weapon was recovered from

the trash can, and in one knows how that gun got past the school medal detectors. happening day some students activist will hold a owe called die in outside philadelphia school district headquarters later this afternoon. now students are protesting state violence of all kind. it will take place in front of the north broad street, right before the meeting of the school reform commission. well, in missouri governor jay nixon end a month long state of emergency in ferguson following days of unrest spark by a grand jury decision in the police shooting death of michael brown. by doing so knicks than removed missouri math guard from duties in ferguson and surrounding communities. he had activated 2200 troops to help contain the at times violent clashes between demonstrators and police. new this morning, the search is on for a clumsy man tried to sneak on the septa train. check out this video here from the broad street line h that guy keeps getting tripped up trying to hop over the turn

style last night at race/vine is a station. the the fare evader eventually stumbles over the turn tile but get this, then left the station, and without ever getting on a train. >> yeah. >> i think he probably was, not in the right state of mine, holiday cheer, eggnog or something. >> yes. >> what? we don't know. welshing what we do know is that our weather pattern will be very tranquil for the next couple of days. what you will notice today is that a, it is colder and b the wind is definitely net isable. it was yesterday too. it is still out there it will make it feel just a little bit chillier than what the thermometer reads. storm scan three as we look the at tri-state sweep we're not seeing anything. we have a thin veil of cloud here and there but we do expect to see full sunshine throughout the the delaware valley region here today. you can continue to see the the retreat right now of any of the left over snow from the system that brought in that duo of front will.

outside to the live neighborhood network outside whether it field he will menry school n problems seeing lights distance. we are seeing 36 degrees. again, only generally between ten and 15 miles an her but here's how it makes it feel. we showed you mid 30's. it feels about 10 degrees colder than that around reading right now. very similar scenario across the the rest of the board. my advice is this, if you are driving in your car, you have your cbs philly weather app on you. check the current temperature. do the math in your head and knock five to some degrees off. that is how the it feels outside. that is what you want to dress for. around the region we are expecting mid 40's with sunshine, noticeable breeze. overall, it is a quiet day. that little x factor will get you with the win. bundle up. vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning, everybody. if you are traveling right now, the schuylkill expressway you will notice westbound side is already develop that rush hour traffic. if you are traveling westbound

approaching city avenue making your way towards gladwynn, we're definitely slow out there speed sensors were in the 50's and we have dropped down in the 20's and teens. traveling east bound on 76, it is not awful but you will notice a touch of volume around conshohocken have the the pretty cool shot of the vine street expressway, you will net is sunrising in the background there right by ben franklin bridge, no major delays on the vine. vine is beautiful. problem is if you are traveling on i-95 trying to get to the vine. out bound i-95, jammed out of the northeast, all the way down to the the vine street expressway. 18 miles an hour is your average, you're heaviest through the construction zones. seventeen is your average on the the schuylkill expressway and find a little bit of traffic making your way on 422 heading down towards 202 and watch out for this accident in montgomery county, erika. prices at the pump are giving drivers more reason to travel this holiday season. the average price for gas, nationwide is new down to $2.51. gas and oil prices have dropped steadily over the last six months because of lower

demand in europe and asia. the federal government estimate the that if prices remain this low u.s. drivers will save an additional $550 next year. last time prices at the pump were this low was in 2004. how about that. a decade ago. and here are the prices in our region according to triple a, gallon of regular is 2.74 in southeastern pennsylvania. over the bridge in southern new jersey it is $2.47. in northern delaware, drivers are paying $2.63. new this morning, russian president vladamire putin addressed the economic crisis facing his country. it hit record lows this week but putin say they have sufficient reserves to stabilize the economy. he also admitted that the crisis could last up to two years maybe shorter depending on certain international factors. with the russian economy in crisis a lot of people are wondering how that could effect us. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger explains what is behind the russian instability and why we need to

pay attention to it, jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. big problem in russia. >> well, we started with this drop in oil prices. now russia's economy is a pretty big economy, and realize 1.7 of the economy on oil. near 50 percent drop in prices has really hurt this economy. it looks like next year they could actually see a recession, a contraction have of up to 4.7 percent, that is if prices stay at this level. and on top of that, western sanctions, and we've got big problems. now look the most important thing here is that what happened earlier this week is the problems in russia started to prompt a lot of people to pull their money out, that is why their currency dropped and that started fear that something worse was happening good with that being said, what has been the effect for russian citizens. >> reporter: russians have seen this movie before. back in 1998. they know what a currency

crisis feels like. the first thing people start todd do was exchange them for dollars. then they started to say wait, if there is inflation coming up i better spend, so you have to see this, car sales, sales of furniture, sales of gucci bags were sky rocketing, and that is because all of these people just said i've got to get rid of my money asap. >> what is potential impact for investors. >> reporter: this is interesting because let's be clear, one of the things vladamire putin said is they have got enough reserve to pay their debt and that is true you but the fear now is that when you look at the russian market, it is an emerging market. investors are saying it looks scary there. let me pull out. let me pull out of other emerging markets and they pour in the u.s. credit markets. i will invest in the bond. reality is although russia's a economy is only less than 3 percent of worldwide gdp if they go into a steep recession

it could affect us and we're on the watch for that. but right now i think everything is okay for the the next few days. if you are investing in emerging markets you will feel the pain. >> jill, as always, thanks for dropping some knowledge on us, have a great day. >> thank you. >> 6:39. and this morning a lot of people are talking about a new advertisement released by target. the company chose a toddler from minnesota names is i to model in this ad. izz y is two and been diagnosis with down syndrome. her mother says she's grateful for the opportunity and so far she has seen a lot of positive feedback. >> really appreciate target's policy of including them in their ads, that normal icing down syndrome and helps people to see that we're just like any other family. >> beautiful little girl too. >> isn't she though. >> family got a big paycheck in the mail for izzy's work they will will use it to open up a bank account in her name. >> very cool. we are updating the top stories including the latest

on the last minute deal to save trump taj mahal. local woman seriously hurt after falling down an elevator shaft at fenway park. now we are seeing exclusive new video as we learn more about what may have caused that accident. what is in the name? well, plenty for this with man. how her name earned her a free trip around the world. we will be right back.

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traffic abe weather together and weather watchers. >> yes, indeed, they are back again with some fresh reports for us here, so we will take you out to the area map. we will start off in the center of the picture here where frank sent in 32 degrees, generally under clear skies in richboro, pa. modest wind, if you he said it was clear and crisp outside. it is nice to finally have a beautiful sunrise to bring you. we have in the had a chance to do that very much lately. thirty-three was the temple tour sent in from helen david, in moton and she has got a couple of clouds. it is a gone with the wind kind of a day. hold on to your hat. good stuff. great movie. love it. lets get out next to storm scan three. we have found temperatures this morning in the mid to low 30's and feeling colder then that because of the back side of the storm that just came through brought that front through. we will get northwesterly breeze and component of the wind flow. it will keep breeze in place for us today. i necessity this mess here in the center of the country

looks very, very menacing but it will turn into two separate pieces that fizzle away and we don't have to worry about it. however, licensing term forecast for us, actually could go back downhill for us. next four days, pretty quiet, still breezy, make it feel no better than 30's. quieter tomorrow and wind at 43. weekend we have been looking at possibility of the rain and snow. that looks like that storm will bypass us to the south. we are calling for a dry weekend, monday, however, it is fresh run of rain. it could still fire off a shower and then wednesday have of course, christmas eve, it is a possibility for a large storm over midwest, and it may be bringing us some heavy rain. so far out but we will keep an eye on it, vittoria. >> good morning, every within. keeping an eye on traffic right now and i can tell you that the rush hour is upon us. if you are traveling on 422 in the eastbound direction right around trooper, we are slow out of the area of trooper, all the way down toward 202, and it will continue to grow. just like you are traveling on

the schuylkill expressway, this is 76 right around conshohocken and it doesn't matter which side of the fence we are traveling either east or westbound we will see delays not only throughout western suburbs and traveling around vine street expressway. so specifically ease bun watch out for delays around the area of the curve, westbound approaching boulevard out toward gladwynn, traveling on the boulevard, we may notice southbound volume as awe approach 76 but the biggest delay right now is southbound i-95 out of the northeast down through the vine street expressway. good news, in delay for mass transit, ukee. here's today's headlines with just days before it was set to close, it appears there could be hope for atlantic city's trump taj mahal casino. reports say billion air investor karl icon could finalize the the deal with the workers union to keep the casino opened. grief counselors will be on hand at bensalem high school after the death of 16 year-old student minette zeka. she was hit by a car yesterday, while trying to catch her school bus. and, north korea may be to

blame for cyber attack on sony pictures entertainment. that is according to federal investigators. in light of recent threats the film company has canceled the release of the movie the interview. now an "eyewitness news" exclusive, a new jersey woman falls down an elevator shaft at fenway park. new her family is suing the parent company of the red objection baseball team, and the elevator company. our jessica dean shows us some new video from the investigation that you will only see right here. >> reporter: video shot by investigators show the the door of the fourth floor elevator at fenway park where it happen. in a new lawsuit the family of 22-year old lizzy scotland says door fell open causing her to fall two stories down an elevator shaft. cot land was hospitalized for six weeks suffering brain injury, spinal injuries, and facial fractures. audio interview from this summer between the the department of safety and an elevator operator revealed nothing seemed out of order

that day. >> had you been to the fourth floor during your shift. >> yes. >> and the doors operated normally. >> everything peopled to be working fine. >> reporter: suit allege scottland had casual contact with the door but one witness told a different story. >> you can see the elevator door was push in, not opened out, not sideways but push in, and what we saw before that were like people pushed up against it almost like goofing around playing. >> reporter: according to our sister station in boston the official state report says that scotland jumped up and hugged her father from behind and when she jumped off him hit elevator door with enough force to make it opened. according to the suit scotland's medical bills exceed a quarter million-dollar and while she's back home in brigantine she requires continuous care and treatment. wbz reports state inspectors concluded while the door was okay that day it did have have a licensing history of problems. we reached out to scotland's family but did not hear back from them.

we did hear from the red sox though, they said we cooperated fully with the department's investigation of this tragic accident but it will not be commented on it. we have taken all necessary steps to ensure that the elevators in fenway park are safe, our thoughts remain with miss scottland and her family and we hepp for continued progress with her recovery. jessica dean, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". this morning pennsylvania governor tom corbett is waking up with only four weeks left on the job. now he is thinking about life outside of the governor's mansion. corbett says that he might work on a republican date's presidential can pain but he has not settled on the candidate. he is opened to teaching, or accepting a seat on the corporate board. corbett leaves office on yan 20th after losing the election to tom wolf. meanwhile new jersey governor chris christie plans to use holidays to talk with his family about probably running for president. christie is waiting for his oldest children to come home from college before making a decision. the governor is expect to

decide his political future early next year. right now it is 6:49. time to see is what coming up on cb. this morning. >> charlie rose joins us from new york with your preview, charlie, good morning. charlie, if you can hear us, we have some audio difficulty, we cannot hear you. i'm in the sure fit is on our end or your even. we will get those headlines from cbs, once again, coming up at 7:00 with the rest of the a.m. team. >> before you walk out the door we will check traffic and weather on the three's. >> here's is what coming up tonight on cbs 36789

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and facing a picture of his fabulous co-worker, and not cool. not cool. >> i'm going to get that little will dude. >> through through me than the bus last year. it looks like a pirate. >> eye patch is becoming. >> you wear that well, ukee. >> you want to see elf on the shelf, end your elf selfie to twitter, facebook or instagram, use hash tag elf selfie and we may show it on tv. can you believe that cat did that. >> i did like that he added a mustache on ton of your already there mustache. >> yes. >> emphasized it. >> time for traffic and wet are together. >> here's katie. >> good morning, everybody. we will expect to see a pretty tranquil december day unfold out there. there are going to be a noticeable breeze to go along with temperatures that are in the mid 30's. the it is feeling more like the the 20's across most of the board, more like teens i might add in the poconos. actual temperatures in willow grove at 31.

thirty-five northeast philadelphia list goes on where you are le to mid 30's for now. now that the sunnies rising we have a couple clouds but overall it is looking like a decent day. 43 degrees with unshine. forty-three tomorrow as well with some sunshine but wind is going to slack up a little bit by that point. saturday brings in more included cover, up to 40 degrees and nice news for sunday, we had been looking at possibility of the storm system right now, there will still be a form of bypassing us off to the south. we are in for four straight days of quieter weather, vittoria. >> we deserve that, katie. >> good morning, everybody. traveling out and about you will have rush hour. all of the usual spots. ninety-five, schuylkill expressway, touches on the vine, 422. traveling on the i-95 in the northbound direction right at 4920 -- excuse me, three to on ramp you will notice we have an accident here compromise ago this right-hand lane and the on ramp itself. if you are traveling in this area here of delaware county be mindful of that.

traveling elsewhere on i-95 through construction zones the at cottman and girard, southbound specifically that is another problem area into new jersey, traveling on the 42 freeway, not going to be pleasant really. you are just delays, approaching the area of 295, no doubt bit. thirteen is your average on the schuylkill. fourteen on i-95. still in the 50's on the blue route. if you are traveling right now on 422, we're seeing delays out of the area of oaks, down towards 202. remember these delays will only continue to grow and watch out for an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound at mid county tolls, mass transit, is fine. one man's break up with his girlfriend is another woman's gain. >> toronto man is making headlines after offering up free around the world airline tickets to any woman with the same name as his ex-girlfriend. >> wow. >> jordan is now ex-girlfriend elizabeth gallagher both discounted, non-transferable plane ticket for an adventure of a life time. they are headed to milan, paris, bangkok and new deli, and then, they broke up.

so, sony offered up the ticket on line to anyone with his x's name. >> anything i can get along with and have a lot of fun with and enough media coverage on this that he cannot be that weird. >> that is funny. >> yes. >> if you can imagine a lot of elizabeth gallagher's all around the world applied for that free around the world trip but only 18 canadians. they had to have a canadian passport. they made the list. he chose that one. they leave for their adventure we're told on sunday. way to have lemons and make lemonade. >> wonder when movie comes out. they have to shorten that into something. >> it always works out because you that would be an awesome story. >> if they got married. >> that is great. >> all work out. >> yes. >> that is great. coming up in just a couple minutes we will bring you more local news weather traffic and sports and we will do it on our sister station the cw philly. you can now find the cw on

comcast xfinity channel 13 or hd811. on verizon fios 16 or hd516. even on rcn, channel 17 or hd1017. we are out there for you. >> reminder to join us bright and early weekday morning what he go on the air 4:30 right here on cbs-3. next up on cbs this morning sony canceled the the christmas day release of the interview, after cyber criminals behind the hollywoo

it is thursday, december 18th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." outrage in hollywood after sony surrenders to hackers. united states prepares to blame north korea for the massive cyber attack. they promise historic changes after 55 years of conflict. scott pelley is in havana and secretary of state colin powell is with us. and after 19 years, stephen colbert prepares to say see you, cable, and hello to cbs. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this is a terrible thing that