two minors was found on some student's cell phones. it happened at the fdr middle will school. >> it is my understanding, that this video has been distributed among our students which shows minors engaged in activities that are in a prep eighth and in fact illegal. >> reporter: faculty members found video being passed around during a school concert. >> students had been viewing a video an hour choir concert tuesday night, so, students were very forthcoming and concern. >> reporter: letter was sent home to parents, wednesday, notifying them about the illegal activity. >> i don't think they are realizing, what damage it is doing, and then rather, you know, realizing the consequences. >> reporter: police confiscated several students cell phones, officials haven't confirmed if they are bristol township students nor will they say if the students in the video knew they were being recorded. there are laws against sharing sexually explicit material involving minors, even if minors are the ones sharing

the pictures or videos. >> it is amazing that they don't care that they don't care what they share. it is baffling. >> reporter: school officials would not say if the students accused of and, and, and, no charges have been filed. we're live from bristol township, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". same, thanks very much. elsewhere philadelphia police recovered badly burn car of a man who has been missing since sunday. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers talk with his worried family today, he joins us live from northeast detective now with more, matt? chris, "eyewitness news" has learn that the special investigations unit here at northeast detectives is handling this case, as the family of veto magleo wondered what happened to the grandfather of nine. he came to this spot, and and, here on sunday night was last seen at macaroni's a

restaurant own by two of his nephews on old bustleton avenue in northeast philadelphia. >> right new you there are so many unknowns and so much time passed that we are looking for any information at this point. >> reporter: his family worried, upset, gathered in veto's northeast home supporting one another during a trial time talking about a man they all loved. >> it is a matter of how were if you needed something they would do it for you. >> he has his car and he wanted to give it to you. that kind of a guy. lived for his grandchildren. >> reporter: their worry grew thursday morning with the discovery of veto's car, found burning nearly 9 miles away from the restaurant. only char remains new on the 5800 block of beachwood, veto, however was not found with the car. >> we were going through all of the scenarios of what could have happened and it is just really difficult. >> reporter: northeast detectives and special investigations unit have been working this case and asking for public's help, it is a plea echoed by those who know

him best. >> and anything, if you bring him home that all i want. >> anyone with any information about this case, is asked to call northeast thinking. and a chilly one out there, meteorologist kathy orr joins us live from the cbs-3 sky deck, kathy. >> either shopping, or watching football on cbs-3, one or another, good weekend to be indoors. we are talking about temperatures this afternoon, being about 10 degrees colder then they were, yesterday and it is still blustery, out here, take a look at what we have going on across the delaware valley, temperatures, are falling and falling fast. in philadelphia, 39. thirty-six in al-zawahiri even town. poconos, 30. thirty-seven in wilmington. reading is 35. look at what is upstream. cleveland 30. chicago 28. that cold is going to becoming our way. we are looking at, partly

cloudy skies across the delaware valley, they will be clearing out during the late evening hours, you can see through south jersey and delaware already cleared, we will keep going back, between the clouds and the clearing in philadelphia. so with the clear skies, and, still seeing some wind, we will have some wind chills to talk about tonight. right now in philadelphia we have wind out of the northwest, cold wind at 10 miles an hour and atlantic city sustain at 14 miles an her. throughout the evening, temperatures will be falling, with those clearing skies, and, we will see it down in the mid 30's by 11:00 o'clock. wind will lesson and temperatures will continue to tumble. coming up we will talk about the weekend, it is a chiller, showers moving back in the weather picture and the all important, christmas forecast. wet, or white. we will take a look at that throughout the the north east and midwest where ever you'll be celebrating. that is latest from the sky deck we will see you later on in the broadcast. >> see you in a bit, kathy, thank you. president obama's announcement to restore

diplomatic ties with cuba continues to stir emotion across the nation. >> lawmakers are deeply divided tonight over this deal. cbs news correspondent craig boswell has more on the the white house. >> reporter: president obama's decision to reestablish diplomatic relation was cuba has some lawmakers livid. >> cuban people are no more free today then they were, before obama's terrible deal. >> reporter: marco rubio is one of the most out spoken critics in exchange for diplomatic recognition, more cooperation on telecommunication, more banking, more commerce and travel in the word of raul castro cuba has greed to nothing. >> reporter: white house fired back. >> it seems odd that senator rubio would be reluctant and in fact actively seeking to block appointment to an ambassador to cuba when he voted to confirm the ambassador to china report report white house says president the obama is doing all he can to change all u.s. policy towards cuba but opening doors further requires

congressional action. >> the 54 year old policy of trying to isolate cube has been a miserable failure. >> reporter: chris van holen tried to make the case to his collogues. wednesday he went to cuba to pick up freed prisoner alan gross. >> burden on them is saying why doing what we have done for 55 years will have ative rent result. >> reporter: president wants to work with congress to lift the the the decades old em will bar go and battle lines on capitol hill are being drawn were you not along party lines. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, there are now demand for justice, following the u.s. cuba deal. authorities in new jersey want a quick trooper killer, captured, and return from the island. we will have that story for you coming up today at 5:30. philadelphia police respond to a crash involving one of their own, chopper three over, ardly and haines street in germantown where a cruiser collided with another car today. the cruiser sustained serious front end damage but we're

told that no one was seriously hurt. a school bus crashed in new castle county delaware send one person to the the hospital, and, bus collided with an suv, just after 8:00 this morning. chopper three over middletown owe december a road and brick mill road in middletown. you can see damage to the hood of the suv there. it is unclear if any children were on board, no word yet on the condition of that person hurt. septa police want to you know there is a penalty for failing to pay. the septa police chief tweeted this embarrassing surveillance video of a man struggling to get past the turn style, at the broad street line's race/vine station. the the chief says after all that work we decided not to get on the train. police are still looking for him tonight. well, there is developing news right now, developing drama, in atlantic city, deal to save the trump taj mahal from closing on saturday has broken down. but late this have afternoon, a billion or investor pledged to keep the casino opened for

now. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is in atlantic city. >> reporter: broken hearts on the boardwalk taj mahal patrons say the casino just isn't what it was. >> is there just nobody in there. it is kind of sad. >> reporter: casino patrons and workers all, tracking taj mahal talks. >> and, it is good, they told us everything is good. >> reporter: all eyes on the deal to keep the casino opened, keep jobs for some 3,000 workers and restore some union workers health and some pension benefits. that cost, say a sources will be carried boo billion air businessman karl icon who owns more than 200 million-dollar of the casino's debt. taj ownership trump entertainment which almost closed casino over union labor disputes backed the deal which at one point seem on the point of breaking down. the local 54 weighed in saying in a statement. >> we thought we had come to an agreement that would resolve all of the issues with

the taj mahal. we signed it. the the trump ceo sign as well. at noon today we were told that karl icon had gone back and would not enter into the agreement. >> but hours later a change of course, the associated press reporting that he will now pledge 20 million-dollar, to keep the the casino opened indefinitely. and justin finch for us in atlantic city, we will keep you posted there. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 there is new fall out in the sony hacking scandal and subsequent threats, that have forced the company to cancel its christmas release of the interview. chris christie hits back after a philadelphia councilman uses christie's weight to criticize him for being a cowboys fans. what new jersey's governor said on a local radio show today. a driver accusedded of killing three pedestrians and injuring several more as they were leaving church, we will tell you where this all happen and what police say led to that deadly

some breaking news, now, you're looking live at a fire burning right new in new york city. thinks at 97th street ape liberty avenue in queens. this fire has so far reached four alarms, fire fighters on the roof trying to attack the flames. right now no word on a cause or any injuries but we will continue to monitor this. cbs news has learned u.s. officials are linking north korea to the massive sign's tack to sony pictures. >> movie theaters across the country are taking down posters for the interview after sony canceled release of that controversial film last

night. the james franco seth rogan film centers around an assassination plot targeting leader of north korea but after threats surfaced about a 9/11 style attack showing that film many theater chains said they would not show it. boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is back in court for first time since july of last year. tsarnaev's final pretrial hearing was today, and during that hearing a woman had to be escorted out of the courtroom. she apparently shouted words of encourage. to tsarnaev. the suspect and his older brother who was kill in the police pursuit are accused of bombing, and that killed three and injured hundreds of others along the marathon route. jury selection is set for january 5th. economic troubles in russia leads to these protests, the rugel is collapsing with the fall in oil prices and western

sanctions. that has led to some unrest. police detain at least 20 people gathered near the internet commerce center in moscow where president boot inn delivered a televised news conference. and we have a lot of problems out today to talk about specifically in new jersey, we will start things off, right here on vine street expressway where we have had an accident in the westbound lanes approaching broad street. the lights are bright here in the westbound lanes but you can see it is involving a trash truck and another vehicle just behind that but fortunately they are pushed over into the shoulder there blocking some of the left lane over. everyone is squeezing by with the eastbound lane dealing with typical delays heading toward ben franklin bridge. owe over on 202 around 29, complete stand still here almost headed southbound which is something we have grown used to for our afternoon commute. bunch of problems in 295 in new jersey, same side here 295 approaching center square road an accident just beyond that on 295 south pass enter square

road. we have tie ups in the southbound lanes. over on 295, just a little bit further down at route 38 pushed over into the shoulder. the rest of the majors starting to jam up, 95 northbound heavy from the vine street expressway to woodhaven road. thirty-six minutes, and 16 minutes on 422. westbound into 202 into oaks. back into you. >> jessica, thank very much. still to come a man trying to a sneak a handgun on to a flight. >> how they say suspect was trying to get it through security, beasley. eagles gearing up for saturday's showdown in maryland what the team is saying about safety -- the redskins in the the big one coming up in sports.

a little less windy, you know, it is increments willal, we are taking it step by step. >> but, we're well said. >> a little bit better and it will get colder, the the skies will be clearing, lightening up a bit, and temperatures will be allowed to plunge down in the 20's to 30 in philadelphia. but, at least the sun was back for an appearance today another repeat performance tomorrow. take a look where we want some cold, and some snow in the poconos, you can see a little bit of melting going on there but skiers and snow borders are out, it will be cold, it will be making snow in the poconos, over the next couple of days. the cold weather is coming back, that is the good news

for skiers, and snow borders alike. today a much colder day then yesterday, and, ski slope, and high of 41 degrees. 12 degrees, colder then it was yesterday. so we're getting into the season so to speak, getting to feel a lot more like the winter season. that is about to begin. right now in philadelphia, 39, 36 in allentown. thirty in the poconos. thirty-five in reading. cold pretty much every where. albany new york, 35. state college 30. pitberg 29. even in richmond temperature 41 and just a couple degrees off from philadelphia the cold is settling in, and it is going to stay. see clear skies through south jersey and delaware. we have had some sun, clearing in philadelphia, now we have a few more clouds moving through but we will clear it out on tomorrow. lots of sun for your friday, lots of sun for your saturday. temperatures in the 40's. that storm we are watching early in the week, exits off mid-atlantic so it stays dry and that is good news for the the weekend especially for

eagles game in washington. it will be dry there as well. fast forward to christmas eve where we will watch two areas of low pressure one from the great lakes bringing snow, another forming off mid-atlantic. this is inland, and pulling in all that warmer relatively warmer ocean water and we will stay wet, not white for christmas eve and then the storms converge over, new england, and becomes a big storm for northern new england and southeastern canada but as far as snow, central and western pennsylvania in new york and new england and it will be cold, but dry, for christmas day. so snow, central pennsylvania, western pennsylvania, and in the delaware valley it will be dry christmas day, rain christmas eve. offer night temperature 30 during the day tomorrow, going for a high of 42 degrees. seasonably chilly. eagles game of course outside washington d.c. we are looking at conditions that will be pleasant for fat ball, 38 degrees, a few clouds at kick off against the redskins, a very important game, watch it right here on cbs-3.

three day forecast calls for cold temperatures but it will be dry, some really good shopping weather. well, holiday lights are shining bright across the delaware valley and our meteorologist kate bilo is live in brookhaven delaware county, kate, it looks like another great holiday lights extravaganza. >> the kathy, it is a fantastic lights extravaganza here in brookhaven tonight, and feels more like late december should feel, as temperatures crop. we drove down with the mobile weather lab, i have it here, it is all lit up, that light is nothing compared to what i have behind me here. take a look, lets come meet homeowners here, veronica and roy cooper, and they are responsible for this amazing light display. do you both do it or one more than the other. >> we both do it. >> yeah. he does the tree though. >> i love the tree. it is huge. do you have any idea how tall

that is. >> 60-foot. >> you climb all the way up to the top just climbing the tree. >> a couple different times to put the lights up. >> my goodness. >> how many lights in total do you have here. >> 9600. >> 9600. >> they tell me next year we will add that extra 400 get to 10k. we have a dozen inflatables in the yard here. when did you start putting this whole thing together. >> right after, halloween, we started decorating. >> my goodness. you do it up big for halloween but christmas is your big thing. >> we do it up for halloween. we put a lot of decorations up and wrap the house in cobwebs but christmas is the main thing. >> it looks awesome. we will have have much more. we will take a tour of the yard coming up in just a couple minutes, live from brookhaven delaware county now back to the break and we will be back in a few.

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chris christie talked about a moment that fired up philadelphia eagles fans. >> the cowboys come back, and you are high fiveing jerry jones and his family. >> yes, yes. >> governor, i was going nuts, i wanted to take my vote back. >> well, listen, angelo, on your program we have talk about the fact that i'm a cowboys fans. what did you think i would do sit there like a spinx, it is a team that i root for. >> christie not the the least bit sorry, speaking to angelo cataldi on our sister station sports radio 610 wip. he said too he would be back in the cowboys box again, for their next game which is also big for the eagles. our beasley reese was also on the show this morning and joke that maybe christie shouldn't

sit next to the team's owner. no joke. just one space over, governor. >> no practice for birds today as they prepare for a key divisional match up in maryland. eagles vice the it washington redskins for saturday she down, mathematically not a must win but as close as it gets as it helps to overtake cowboys, governor's team, and win the nfc east. three-11 redskins are looking to play playoff spoiler but shady mccoy knows the situation. >> we need wins and they are a team that they are trying to finish the season out. i have have been there i know that type of role. you want to play hard but you probably got your flight already scheduled where you are going. >> you can he see all of the action on saturday, right here on cbs-3. tune into our toyota special at 3:30, nfl network for a pregame show at four, followed

by eagles and redskins kick off at 4:30. chargers and 49ers a at 8:30 all here on cbs-3. flyers host florida panthers tonight in south philadelphia, looking to rebound from a tuesday night loss to the lightening, after tonight, tonight's game, the the the flyers go on the road for eight straight. chris and jessica back to you. all right beasley, thanks very much. still to come here in our next half an hour a truck packed with beer overturns on a highway. we will tell you where this happened and whom police are blaming for the crash that snarled traffic. head of new jersey state police say the new u.s. cuban policy could return this trooper's killer to the united states. that story coming up. new at 6:00 there is no greater gift then the gift of life, nearly 20 years ago he almost died but a complete stranger saved his life, incredible bond that the two new share at 6:00.

i'm chris may. here are the top stories for you. new jersey state police hope united states improved relations with cuba will help them catch a quick trooper kill her fled to that country have after escaping from prison. more on that just straight ahead. search continues for veto

magleo, he was last seen with his nephew's restaurant in the northeast on sunday. police discover his burning car in north philadelphia but there is no sign of the missing man. and the billion air investor karl icon is pledging 20 million-dollar, to help keep atlantic city's taj mahal opened while a permanent deal for its future is worked out. taj had been scheduled to close on saturday morning. kate? and chris, it feels like december should feel, we are live for holiday lights here in brookhaven delaware county. we are here with the cbs-3 mobil weather lab. you can see the difference in temperatures. just the other night we were in the 50's, right now 36.5 degrees. coming up we will bring you much more from this completely deck out house behind me and your full seven day eyewitness weather forecast. back to you in the studio. >> we will see you in a minute, thanks very much. now to the u.s. cube deal to restore diplomatic relations it could lead to the capture of a quick killer of a new jersey state trooper.

>> joe air chessmardies first with man to be included in the fbi list of most wanted terrorist. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tell us authorities are demanding justice. >> it is over when she is back in her cell, in a federal prison or state print on. >> reporter: new jersey state police colonel rick fuentes does not mix words when asked about joann. she looks different and goes by a different name at her home in cuba but fuentes says it is time she finishes her sentence in new jersey for killing state trooper foster in 973. >> we owe a debt to the family of trooper forrester and trooper harper to bring her back to justice to finish her sentence. >> reporter: she's the on the fbi's most wanted terror list. she escaped a north jersey prison in 1979, and later surfaced in cuba where she has been since 1984. troopers warner forrester and james forrester stopped for

a traffic violation. harper suffered serious injuries. >> there is an enormous amount of clarity to this case, it is not that we are seeking anybody for a prosecution or seeking a suspect, we're seeking somebody who has committed the crime, and was quick of that crime and was sentenced. >> reporter: trooper forrester's memory lives on, here inside new jersey state police headquarters memorialized on the wall of honor. colonel fuentes says this case is personal to him. >> it is something that we constantly think about and especially what it represents. >> reporter: case was one of the colonel's first cases when he join state police as a young trooper in the late 70's. he says now is the time to make a change. >> we will not rest until she is brought back to justice. we owe that to the families of troopers who served, who sacrificed. >> reporter: new jersey state police and fbi are offering a two million-dollar reward, for information leading to chessmard safe return. in trenton david spunt for

cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police in harrington, delaware say that this man stabbed his nephew, investigators say that todd fischer's 18 year-old nephew punched him during an argument yesterday and that fischer struck back with a knife. the neighbor, the nephew rather was stabbed once in the chest and hospitalized, and the 22-year old suspect remained jails and he has been unable to post bond. brooklyn man is facing charges tonight, authorities say that he tried to smuggle will a gun through security at jfk airport by hiding parts of hit in a play station conn sell in his carry on, some other pieces of the gun and accessories were stored in the box for a game called nick tunes attack of the toybotts featuring spongebob squarepants. that man was heading to mexico city. a church in southern callus mourning deaths of three parishioners killed by a suspect drunk driver as they left a christmas concert. this happened in the beach. fifty-six year-old marvin

brownstein plowed in the crowd that just left church concert. two women in their 80's were killed with a 36 year-old mother of three, whose entire family was hit. >> the kid today woke up without a mommy and that is killing me. it is killing all of us. >> at least nine people were injured in this, including five children. brownstein has been charged with felony vehicular man slaughted while intoxicated. penndot is encouraging drivers to be safe on the roads this holiday season. today the agency brought its operation safe holiday campaign to king of prussia. highlighting the danger of driving while impaired. the pennsylvania dui association's dui victims moving memorial was also on display there. it honors those who lost their lives due to impaired drivers. we will look at the schuylkill expressway at this time of the afternoon, 5:35. we will check out how city

avenue looks. pretty typical for this time, heading westbound jammed from montgomery into belmont. nothing we are not used to so far. ninety-five as well around cottman avenue. most of have have that is in the southbound lanes, lose ago this right hand shoulder that has been ongoing for quite sometime but jammed up in the southbound lanes toward center city, north bound lanes moving just fine. still a few problems in new jersey on 295 still a crash in the shoulder, southbound approaching centre square road, and 295 southbound at route 38 pushed over to the shoulder as well, chris and jessica back over to you. still to come on "eyewitness news" some folks can now order items on line and have them delivered in an hour? we will tell you who is offering that service and where. and vitamins to help your vision, even prevent blindness? do they really work. health reporter stephanie stahl gets to the bottom of

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chris may came early for kids who attended archbishop's annual benefit. santa and elfs gave out 450 kids today. it is in celebration of the program's administer by catholic social services which provides assistance to more than 160,000 men, women and children throughout the archdiocese of philadelphia. well, every where you go right now you can, see the sights and sound of the season popping up all over the place. >> let's check back with meteorologist kate bilo live in brookhaven dell will wear county, kate? >> thanks, jessica and chris. it definitely feels like late december out here and looks

like it as well, holiday lights in fully affect in brookhaven delaware county. we will look at the lights in a minute. for that we will check with our weather watchers here on the cbs-3 mobil weather lab. we can see all these reports coming in, yesterday numbers were in the upper 40's right now, most of them very close to freezing. lets start off in the western suburbs, starting off with john owe done until downingtown reporting 32 degrees with a mainly clear skies. he says still breezy but nice to see some sun today. that it was. lets check with another weather watcher down in new jersey where it is 34 degrees, thanks to alex brownski in mays landing. it is clear skies but chilly. the skies cleared, temperatures drop. he said sun was out for first time today, gusty westerly wind all day. more sunshine down the shore then what we saw in the city but everything cleared out in the afternoon. you can see that everything is looking quiet right now at least across the north east, everything looking dry. we have snow showers back a across west virginia, that is

about it, but temperatures reflecting those clear skies and colder a air that has come back in. we are in the 30's. thirty-nine at the the airport. thirty-five in reading. thirty in mount pocono. down to 37 in atlantic city. when you factor in the win look at our feels like temperature, many spots feeling like the 20's. feels like 19 in mount pocono. 7 degrees colder then it is in philadelphia at the the moment. overnight the mainly clear, noticeably colder, 30 degrees is the overnight low with the northwesterly wind and feeling more like the mid 20's. tomorrow not a bad day, nice to see the sun today. we will seat it tomorrow as well. high of 42. mostly sunny. seasonal. forty-three is the the normal for tomorrow. we will keep it chilly but dry. we will see sunshine both saturday and sunday and it will be dry, for any last minute christmas shopping, we should be fine saturday and sunday. early travel looks good as well. next week things change, we have got some showers, moving in, as we head into monday and tuesday and then it is really wednesday, christmas eve that this storm looks to bring some

pretty substantial rain to the area good news it looks like all rain, maybe a few flakes a at the even of the storm, colder air coming in but then dry it out christmas day. your eyewitness weather seven day forecast, chilly but dry through the week went temperatures in the lower 40's. milder next week but showers, monday and tuesday with heavier rain are on christmas eve and then clearing, and cooler for christmas day. now i know that house behind me will be celebrating christmas hard core this year. we are in brookhaven delaware county and it looks beautiful. this is ron and veronica, homeowners. there is a great story to how you started this three years ago, do you want to talk about that a little bit. >> sure, we started decorating three years ago for mom and dad, as a tribute to them because they really liked christmas. >> and this was their house and in the past three years you have lost both your mom and your dad. >> yes, my dad passed away six months after my mom did, and last year was very hard but we're getting through it, and

this is tribute from me and my family, my sister, monica, chris, debbie, and my brothers, and of course, mike and we just wanted to say merry christmas mom and dad up in heaven. >> that is fantastic. you think they would love what you have done here. >> yes, they would. >> they definitely would. >> it looks amazing. tree is all lit up. the house is all lit up. lots of music. just a festive environment and i'm sure mom and dad are looking down and loving every second. we will have more at 6:00. for now, back to you in the studio. >> thanks, kate. on the healthwatch tonight a possible link between air pollution and autism. >> harvard researchers say air pollution may put pregnant woman at increased risk for having a child with autism. they found pregnant with man especially during their third trimester faced double risk of having a child with autism. meanwhile people are living longer, medical

journal, lancet reports that the average life expectancy worldwide has listen from 46 in 1990 to 59 in 2013. researchers say lower rates of cardiovascular disease are contributing to the increase. as we have told you on the healthwatch the nhl is dealing with a mumps out break. more than a dozen players and referees now have contracted the highly contagious disease. the buffalo sabres vaccinated all of their players yesterday as a precaution. mumps is characterized by fever, body aches and swelling of the sal vary gland that usually clears up in one to two weeks. you may have seen vitamins for your eyes at drugstores, they climb to improve your vision, even prevent from you going brian. >> three on your side health reporter stephanie stahl find out if they really work. >> reporter: there are a growing number of special vitamins and supplements that claim to help your vision and eye health. >> it is a good idea you should keep your eyes as

healthy as possible. >> reporter: may sound like a good idea but doctors say it is hard to know if eye vitamins do what they claim. >> in the moment we don't have any evidence that everybody should be taking them. >> reporter: doctor penny asbell says while there is currently no scientific proof that supplement improve vision or help your eyes there is research showing a certain combination of vitamins can slow progression of macular degeneration a disease that causes brianness in 8 million americans a year. >> vitamins created for eye care will be very good for those who already had macular or retina changes that are leading to macular degeneration. >> reporter: those vitamins include vitamins c and e, and betacarotene. there has been hype about tumorreric but no research on their benefits. doctors say best way to take care of your eyes may be to simply to take care of your body. >> if you are eating a diet healthy for your heart, your system in general, then i think that you're doing your

eyes a service. >> doctors say that eating brightly color fruits and vegetables like strawberries and spinach contain nutrients good for your eyes. one more thing your mom was right, eat your car on the, contains vitamin a and also good for your vision. >> that turns out to be true. >> of course. >> stephanie, thanks very much. meanwhile a truck packed with beer overturns on a highway in ohio, and this happened overnight. bottles littered road there and crews used heavy machinery to clean up that mess. troopers say a minivan driver caused the accident swerving in the truck while trying to get off the highway. the truck driver was hurt but is expect to be okay, the minivan driver was unharmed. still ahead on "eyewitness news" a touching show of generosity. >> our pat ciarrocchi talks with some very grateful moms this year who have discovered the the joy of sharing.

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santa arrived at camden's children garden on a fire truck. reindeer resting up for their big trip. mayor dana redd organize the teddy's toys for camden kids. families registered visited adventure aquarium where they did more than just wash the fish, 600 kids went home with a great gift. all day tomorrow here at cbs-3 toys for deserving children will be arriving all day as part of our 26th annual joy of sharing. >> salvation army will be here to accept your donations of new unwrapped toys, and as our pat ciarrocchi shows us the need this year is great but the gratitude is even greater. >> it was days before christmas and salvation army joy of sharing toy shop is opened for business. cookie monster, a among toys, galore. all going to children who deserve a little extra christmas. last year 24,000 children found gifts, thanks to the

salvation army. >> it has been wonderful. i will cry because it is so special they deserve everything. >> reporter: amber mays is graceful for joy of picking out something special for her three young children. >> this is for my seven year-old, her name is erika, and my son skylar and board game for all of to us play. >> ho, ho, ho. >> reporter: larry west is a volunteer. >> i have work and volunteered for families for year. they do a lot of great work. they really get down and help grass roots. they help the people. >> reporter: major dixon wears a different uniform on this distribution day as a brown street salvation army center but her mission to help ease suffering of mankind, and to finally in place every day. >> we help everybody. general assistance, you can help, working poor, you can help, you don't to have bring a whole lot of identification

or proof, if you come to us, that means you need us. >> reporter: items as need grows so does the the generosity. wand a a a jones called the salvation army a blessing. >> i'm a single mom, so i just try to get as much help as i can. my kids are always blessed even with the little stuff that they get for christmas, they are blessed. >> it is hard. times are hard. everybody can make a difference. >> thanks to the salvation army, thank you all. >> it will be fun and you can be part of it. we want you to be. we are collecting those toys tomorrow for joy of sharing campaign just brings a new unwrapped toy here to the station at the 1555 hamilton street in spring garden. we will be here all day for you at 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to collect those donations and you can also find other drop off locations if that is not convenient. the just go to cbs philly.com/joy. you can also call 215-977-joys.

that is "eyewitness news" 59:00. >> now at 6:00 breaking news. philadelphia fire department is responding to this photo that was posted on instagram by a city paramedic. we are live with reaction. plus, a family desperate for answers, a 69 year-old northeast philadelphia man disappears, and now police find his car abandoned and burned out. kathy? we are certainly feeling the chill across the delaware valley, skies will clear, temperatures plunge, and tracking a storm for christmas eve that is most unusual, we will have more on that coming up with the seven day. >> it is just his heart crying out for you. >> they were once strangers and now these two families share an incredible bond, a story of one mother a's loss and one man's second chance, now on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we have breaking news this

photo spark outrage and tonight it had has a philadelphia paramedic apologizing and the fire department, responding. will philadelphia's fire commissioner held a news conference just moments ago. good evening, i'm jessica dean. i'm chris may. lets get to todd quinones live from northern liberties with the department's reaction. todd? >> reporter: chris, the fire department here is taking this matter seriously. right now they are looking into taking possibly disciplinary action against that paramedic. the the picture was posted to the paramedic's instagram accounts. here it is one more time. picture depicts a white police officer with two black men pointing guns at him. post then states, our real enemy, need to stop pointing guns at each other and the ones that is legally killing innocence. that, of course, as you can imagine upset people within the philadelphia police department and tonight the fire commissioner addressed the issue saying he has personally apologized to police commissioner charles ramsey and head of fop john

mcnesby. >> i thought it was disgusting. i think that we have a great working relationship with the police in our city. i think we want to keep that. a lot of our members have families members that are police officers also. so it was in poor taste. >> reporter: also tonight, mayor michael nutter released the following statement. he says in the strongest possible terms i couldn't democrat the the behavior of a paramedic in the philadelphia fire department who used social media to pose a reprehensible message and photo that targeted police officers, particularly at a time of emotional volatility and citizens protests in our nation in the wake of tragedies in ferguson and new york city. paramedic from unit 23, in southwest philadelphia, has since taken down that picture on instagram and he had has apologized on his facebook account saying he is deeply sorry that he made the post. he posted picture out of anger and that he did not