>> i think that is terrible. i really do. i mean justice has to be served but you don't to have do all that. that message joined by two others written in response to the police shooting early monday morning when brandon tait-brown was shot and killed by police in northeast philadelphia they said he was reaching for a gun, a fact others dispute, one message read all right, brandon brown, other read ppd killed brandon tait-brown. >> it should not be done on peoples property but that is how they do it. do it somewhere else though. >> reporter: messages reflect a level of distrust in the police that made itself known in protest as cross philadelphia but tonight, in northeast philadelphia, a different kind of rally is plan. >> people want to come out and support the the police, so i figured i would throw up a a facebook page. >> reporter: donald garvey organized a pro police rally and thousands respondond facebook. he hopes to show support for the large majority offer good office hours good good things in the community and in the doing harm. >> there can be corruption,

racism, in certain police forces. and, we want to make it clear we don't support that at all. >> reporter: he is not sure how many will attend but thinks he knows what they will say. >> we will have have people telling positive stories of interaction was police office their don't get cold in the every day media. >> reporter: philadelphia police department has no involvement, in tonight's rally in any official capacity but there will be a police presence here tonight, to provide security, just as there is, at every rally or protest, in the city. we're in northeast, live from northeast philadelphia, a matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". matt, thank you. we have new reason tonight for this image posted on instagram by a philadelphia paramedic. it shows two black men pointing handguns a at a white officers under the caption our real enemy. i spoke to mayor nutter about this photo earlier today. >> it the is offensive, and, you know, as much as we believe and support free speech, i think it is also clear that there are limits to

speech or expression, those kind of actions, at anytime, that kind of posting would certainly be inappropriate as it relates to any of our police officers. >> reporter: image is from a music video following the deaths of michael brown and eric garner, paramedic had had since apologized for posting image on line. now to a philadelphia crime spree that was caught on tape mask gunman stormed convenient store and terrorized workers. the is is a rash of robberies happening in the same neighborhood, that appear to have the same m o. lets turn to steve paterson live from central detectives, steve. >> reporter: chris, mo here is violence and intimidation and now philadelphia police fear it may get much more worse. the tonight we spoke to a philadelphia police captain who says it is imperative that they end this quickly. >> it was very, very scared. >> reporter: for this network of hispanic corner grocery store owners it is terrifying. nine shots all robbed a at gun shops in one north

philadelphia police district. >> i was so worried about it. >> reporter: police say robberies started on november 15th, and has in the stopped. six of the incidents caught on camera. showing very similar crimes. two hooded masked men with guns drawn demanding cash in items. the the crooks have got's way from everything with 80 bucks and a pack of cigarettes to nearly $1,600. in one of the robberies the men stole a pair of guns, police fear that the robbers are getting more violence. >> in the beginning, they seemed more calm, more reserved, during these robberies. and as the the robberies have been going on, they are becoming more aggressive. >> reporter: captain frank banford says detectives are working to solve the case quickly. thursday night he says a store owner was pistol whipped and hospitalized. >> this can only get worse. it will not get better. >> reporter: so far there is very little of suspect descriptions or how many crooks are involved. owners we spoke to say whoever it is, stop, before more

people get hurt. >> they need to get a job and go to work and stop robbing people. >> reporter: we are putting the full assortment of video gathered by police, on our web site at cbs philly.com. of course, in this case if you are asked and if you know anything you are asked to call police immediately. we are live at central detectives, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thanks very much. we have a warning from cherri local hill police about pick pockets, police say to they have, or they have released surveillance videos of four incidents in which victims credit cards were run up to the tune of $14,000. people were victimized at wegmans, bow ham a breeze, pannera bread and the christmas tree shops. the first incident happened on november 5th, most recent on tuesday. fire rips through a section of the west over apartments in west philadelphia this afternoon. "eyewitness news" was there at forty-seventh ape pine, you can see several units that suffered fire, smoke and water

damage but there were no reports of any injuries. it is not clear what caused the fire, the red cross is helping families who were displaced. well, president the obama is weighing in on the cyber attack against sony. before he left washington for hawaii, the president held his end of the year news conference. cbs news correspondent craig boswell was there. >> reporter: topping the end of the year q and a, north korea's sign's tack on sony pictures entertainment. president obama said he wished sony would have call him before pulling the film the interview. >> we cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the united states. >> reporter: he promised a proportional response but didn't a announce the specifics. reporters grilled the president on his announcement earlier this week to reestablish diplomatic relations with cuba. >> but if you have done the same thing for 50 years and nothing has changed, you should try something different

if you want a different outcome. this gives us an opportunity for a different outcome. >> reporter: the president also defended his action on immigration which will block deportation of millions of illegal workers. 2015 brings the the president a new congress, with republicans, in control of both houses. the g.o.p. has already promised to block funding for top white house priorities. >> i'm being sincere when i say i want to work with this new congress to get things done. >> reporter: the president referred to his final two years in office as the fourth quarter and said lots of interesting happening in the fourth quarter. at the white house, craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". breaking news now, bloomberg is reporting staples has been targeted by hackers. the breach at the office super store may have affect payment cards for more than a million customers. among stores affected in our area, one in new castle delaware and eight stores in the philadelphia area. the the company announced it was investigating a potential

breach back in october. staples is the the lateness a string of stores to be targeted by hackers, we have more for you on cbs-3 in philly.com. is there a seasonal chill in the eras we head in the weekend but will it stay dry? meteorologist kate bilo is tracking the forecast from the cbs-3 sky deck, kate. >> reporter: it is dry right now. not a cloud in the sky. a pretty lovely sunset happening behind me. the sun went down about a half an hour ago but still some great colors out there on a clear evening. temperatures will drop rapidly with these clear skies. the lets look at storm scan three, sweeping the area not finding anything at all. completely clear. no problems tonight. few more clouds will roll in through the day tomorrow but our next one to watch is going to be moving off the coast and joining forces, with the thunderstorm moving from the west as we head into next week as you can see across the northeast, things are very quiet at a the moment. i want to take to you temperatures right now and you can see how chilly it will get. we're seeing those numbers drop 34 in allentown.

thirty-four, and, and, 40's in philadelphia, and winds feel even colder then that and we will head in the 20's, even here in the city tonight. we will keep it seasonal and dry through most of the weekend and as we head into next week some stormy weather for christmas eve, i'll have details when i join you inside. back to you. kate, thanks very much. serious accident in mount laurel has sent one person to the hospital today. chopper three was over that scene at church and brook wood roads. a truck and a minivan collide there had but it is unclear what led to that accident. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky won't be getting his pension back. state employees retirement system issued its decision in the 122 paining opinion. an attorney for sandusky plans to challenge the ruling. sandusky's $4,900 a month pension was canceled two years ago after sentenced to prison for child molestation. new developments in the pornographic e-mail scandal that rocked harrisburg in light of the resignation of the state supreme court

justice. an independent review of the e-mails have found that only former justice shamus mccarry sent the improper messages. mccaffery left the bench in october after the scandal broke. state official whose lost their job included several staffers for state attorney general kathleen kane. on the cbs-3 healthwatch the the flu is ramping up in parts the of the country according to new numbers from the cdc. some schools in the south of had to close due to flew out breaks. health reporter stephanie stahl is here now with more on the flu and the situation here. >> reporter: little better than what is going on in the the south. credit. d.c. says flu is widespread in 29 states. here in our area parts of the delaware are especially hard hit. sussex county already has 158 cases. pennsylvania also has widespread influenza. new jersey is doing a little bit better with only a a maryland rate number of flu cases: he felt sick for three

days before he found out he has the flu. it is happening to people all over the country. >> i did have a flu shot. i guess i got it anyway. >> reporter: this time last year flu was widespread in four states but the cdc says 29 states new has widespread activity, twice as many states as last week, most in the south and midwest. >> is there almost like a christmas tree right in the middle of the country of the hot spots for disease. >> reporter: the cdc says most cases are the h3n2 strain which this years flu vaccine did not include. >> because the h3n2 is dominating, we probably will see more disease. >> reporter: health officials still recommend getting the flu vaccine, it protect as begins other strains and minimizees symptoms if you get the h3n1 strain. >> there might be reduced protection as opposed to zero protection. >> reporter: most of the people hospitalized are babies and elderly. eleven children have died so far this year. pregnant woman are also especially vulnerable. now doctors have said that it

is important for people diagnosed with the flu to start treatment, with anti viral maryland medicine to minimized symptoms. we have all kind of information for you including where to find a flu shot on our flu resource guide and you can find it at cbs philly.com, click on health. it is not too late to get a flu shot. remember more important than ever, wash your hand. there is a lot of sick people. >> don't go touching things and not washing your hand. >> exactly. >> thanks, stephanie. >> um-hmm. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 we have new details in the death of the five-year old in new york. we will tell you why would the man who reported that boy missing is now facing charges. an animal encounter with santa, where this bear was giving some rough treatment. >> not i list for that. >> plus the truck is filling up, toys are piling upright outside our cbs-3 studios. the the annual joy of sharing campaign has about three more hours to go.

not too late to chip in. we will check in live, when "eyewitness news" continues.

well, a 19 year-old woman is facing charges in the death of a five-year old from upstate new york who is reported abductions sparked an amber alert. police now say that tiffany van allstein killed kenneth white, and then made up a story about a masked man abduct ago this boy. white's body was found across the street from the albany area home covered in snow. vanallstein was arraigned

today and charged with second degree murder. police have made an arrest in the murder of eight children in a home in australia. investigators say the killer is a woman found in the north queensland home suffering with stab wounds. police, say she is mother, and, mother of the seven of the kids and the the eighth was her niece. she's under guard at a hospital right now. police have not said how those children died but they are examining several knives that were found in the home as potential murder weapons. and, on this friday the week before christmas we knew we were going to have a busy commute, so far for this afternoon. so out in delaware county 95 at ridley park you can see a string of brake lights southbound towards the blue route. we're seeing most of. that delays in the northbound lanes doing a little bit better over on the schuylkill expressway around conshohocken. the eastbound lanes, just crawling into the city

well, a bear has a bit of a beef with jolly old saint nick in will california. take a look, he check out this stuffed santa and then just whacks him in the back of the

head. never saw it coming apparently. photographer robert martinez says he sent that santa up with a camera just to see how animals in the area would react. that is what poor santa got for his troubles. naughty list for that bear. speaking of the holidays, the holiday tradition continues here on "eyewitness news" this year our annual joy of sharing campaign is in full swing, and lets check in live with beasley reese who is downstairs with very special guests tonight, beasley. >> reporter: our joy of sharing campaign is in full bloom here, i'm with ron jones, the director of stores, for ashley furniture, and, of course, everyone knows major dixon from the salvation army. ron, your store has collect toys, major sponsor, just give us a sense of what has been going on when it comes to people giving in the stores. >> well, first of all we would like to thank everyone who

participated, employees and customers alike who felt a need to give back and it is a very important way to give back to the community. we have been so blessed as a company and we felt honored to do so. >> ron, normally this big beautifully lettered truck is full of furniture but right now, what is it full of. >> it is full of toys. >> it is full of toys. >> major dixon, what does this mean for you, for companies like ashley, and people who come out and donate and give. >> well, we are grateful for ashley furniture and how they support the salvation army. and please convey my appreciation to your employees and your customers. but for the children of philadelphia in need this christmas, it will bring joy to them. they are going to be happy to receive something on christmas day, as a result of your are giving. >> now look, you guys are good looking guys, but we need you to put some muscle. lets get some work done. the let's move some of those toys from the ashley truck over to the salvation army truck, because it is for kids.

now we're here until 8:00, cbs-3, 1555. come on down, people drop by, toys for drexel, just a moment ago a couple of ladies came by. or you can text keyword joy to 41444 to make a donation. just a great job by everybody. >> sure is, we appreciate everybody's contributions down there, beasley, thanks very much. we will see you up here in just a bit. join "eyewitness news" tonight for a longwood christmas. jessica and i will be there tonight, it begins at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. don't miss it, from the lights to the food, to the music, it is a holiday tradition, that will get you ready for christmas. and it certainly is feeling like the holidays out there, it is cold enough. >> oh, yes. >> want to drink hot chocolate and stay inside, watch a movie maybe. >> snuggle up, warm up tonight, definitely warm up

while watching the long wood special. the such a great place to be long wood gardens and today felt like december should feel. it is cooler then it was earl willer in the week but lower 40's is right on target. sun came out this afternoon and turned out to be a nice day. lets take a look and see how evening is shaping up. we will go out to the poconos where you can see snow there on the slopes, cold enough to daze to make some new snow at jack frost big boulder, and, slopes looking ready for those holiday travelers, if you are heading up this weekend it looks like great conditions right now. it is dry as far as mother nature is concern. you can see snow coming down there from the snow machines but heading down the the shore, you can see last glimpse of that sunset, pretty nice sunset across the region tonight, still looking nice in atlantic city. looking at storm scan three shows nothing going on here in our neck of the woods at the moment. we have to zoom out and sees a storm developing in portions of the gulf of mexico. you can see rain over mississippi, lou san, that will exit off eastern seaboard. good news is high pressure will stay strong enough throughout the weekend and that system will stay to the

south and will not impact us directly. so, we're looking at 40 degrees right now at the airport. chilly 37 in reading. twenty-four in mount pocono. so as you can see cold enough to make that snow up in the mountains and 32 right now in doylestown. it feels even colder, feels close to freezing in the city, feels like the 20's in the northern suburbs thanks to still that gusty breeze we're feeling today. tomorrow, some clouds, pennsylvania partly sunny, highs in the 40's. we will keep it dry on sunday with some sunshine in the 40's again. there is that storm off shore, keep an eye on that into next week as it joins forces with another system, swinging it from the west, and we will talk about that and our christmas eve rain threat coming up. overnight a few clouds, cold at 29 degrees, partly sunny and chilly for your saturday, the high of just 40. you're witness wet per day forecast, keeps it quiet as we head towards the start of winter here on sunday, little bit warmer monday with a few more clouds but as i said the rain and wind comes in for christmas eve wednesday and i'll have more on that storm coming up in a bit. stay tuned, we will be right

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after weeks of knowing the deal is done, today it is official, phillies franchise hits leader is now a los angeles dodger. it took a few taste because dodgers and padres had to finalize a deal for matt kemp first n exchange for role are instant phillies get pitchers tom windell and zach eflen and here is ruben amaro, junior on the trade. >> it will be a loss for the organization, at the same time, this is important for the organization, because it is fairly obvious. we made very concerted effort to decide that it was time to kind of turn the page. >> to the eagles now marching on the capitol you know desean jackson is waiting with plans to retire chip kelly's season

as a pay back move. it will be a big one. bird can put pressure on the cowboys by winning saturday. that would make dallas sunday match against the colts a game for their survival, an old school nfl train trip for eagles, they are departing right there from 30th street station, that was earlier today. have of course, you'll see the game here on cbs-3. >> can't wait, thanks very much. >> still to come, a local school is the target of a cyber crime. a hacker threatens a berks county school unless they pay up. we will have the latest. and the joy of sharing on display right here on "eyewitness news" all day we have been collecting toys for salvation army for our annual joy of sharing campaign and we will go live downstairs, when we come back.

i'm chris may. here are some of the top stories for you, both positive and negative messages directed towards philadelphia police today this morning this graffiti, anti police sentiments discovered on buildings in west philadelphia, but at the same time in in mayfair a local man is organizing a pro police rally. search is underway for two gunman who have been tarring hispanic convenient stores in north philadelphia, nine of those shops have have been robbed since the middle of

november. suspect have gotten away with cash and cigarettes. and a warning from cherry hill police about pick pockets, police there released surveillance photos from four incidents, victim's credit cards were run up to a total of $14,000. people were victimized at wegmans, bow ham a breeze, pan era and christmas tree shops, kate. it was a seasonal, comfortable friday for this time of the year. we had some sunshine that made it feel in the quite as coal. we will keep things dry and cool through the weekend. the it turns milder next week but with the mild air comes the threat for rain. we have rain for christmas eve. we will have the latest on that system coming up in the seven day in a bit, jessica. >> kate, thank you. new at 5:30 a hacking threat against a berks county school, as "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch tells us the hackers said they would not go through with it if the school shells out one million-dollar. >> reporter: picturesque pine forge academy has been a target for a ugly cyber crime. >> you have to be low life,

criminals. the low of the low life given the fact that we are a private institution and our goal, it is to raise nice, upstanding, young people. >> reporter: boarding school says that someone sent them an e-mail tuesday claiming to be hired hackers, with orders to take down the the school's computer network. head mistress who declined going on camera read it and alerted parents and police. >> we had a conference call last night for the parents which explained it a little bit more. i'm satisfied with the results so far. >> reporter: hackers said they canceled the hack for a million-dollar, and that alumni paid them close to that to do the job. >> no, no way. i don't believe that. >> reporter: pennsylvania state police are on the case. >> more and more law enforcement agencies are dedicating resources to cyber crime because they understand that is where the new informationfront in crime is happening. >> reporter: attorney tom sheer's law firm focuses on cyber rye built, and hack or hoax, he says, pine forge did

everything right. >> don't sit and wonder what you will do, take some action. >> reporter: state police tell us they are already days into their investigation and once they fine the source of this threat, they say that person, or persons will face some serious charges. in berks county i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the fbi did confirm that north korea is behind the cyber attack on sony pictures. a group of hackers calling themselves guardians of peace broke into sony servicer and published private e-mails later threatening to attack have movie thief their screen the new film the interview. that comedy film is about an assassination plot targeting the north korean leader kim jong un. that threat prompted zone toy pull the the movie earlier today. the the president spoke about this today while george clooney slammed hollywood for not standing by sony pictures. sony defended that decision today after the the president said they made a mistake and criticized them for giving into intimidation. the the president vowed that

the u.s. will respond proportionately against north korea. well, bob schieffer joins us from washington to talk about the fall out from the sony hack. bob, we did hear from the president on this today and i thought he was rather blunt in his assessment of what happened, what was your take on that. >> very much so, it is very seldom you will hear an american president directly criticize an american industry or business the way he chrisized sony. he summed up his feelings saying i wish they would have called me, when they shut down this movie and basically his point is we cannot let people, you know, dictators or whatever around the world deciding what movies we're going to see in this country. that is in the what america is all about. >> yes, some have called this an act of war by north korea, bob, how carefully do you expect the administration to tread, as they move forward on this. well, i find the whole thing

kind of interesting in the sense that are we going to a war over a seth rogan movie. this whole thing, we're in unchartered territory here. no, we are not going to war in the conventional sense but i think it is also a warning to us. if the north koreans can do this then my guess is the chinese could do it better. we are in a whole new frontier on this whole business of cyber war and it is something that while i'm in the sure many people take this movie seriously, this is a subject that we will have to start taking quite seriously. >> bob schieffer, in washington, bob, as always, we will be watching this sunday. thanks very much. happy holidays. >> you bet. >> don't miss face the nation, it is sunday morning, at 10:30. well, parents of the suspect colorado theater shooter james holmes published a plea for their son to avoid a death penalty. in the letter to the denver post robert and arlene who

will president say their sonnies mentally ill. they want him sent to an institution which could happen if he is found not guilty by reason of insanity. police alleged that holmes killed 12 people and injured dozens more in a theater in aurora, colorado in july of 2012. anti taliban demonstrators today in peshawar, pakistan, over a terror group's attack at a school on tuesday, students staged protests, while members of a secular national party marched through the streets chanting slogans against terrorist. on this third and final official day of mourning relatives and children who survived the attack laid flowers at the school where militants killed 141 people, mostly children. olympic gold medal swimmer michael phelps pleads guilty to trunk even driving and advoids jail time. an american judge sentenced fell tops a year and a half of probation today. he add blood alcohol level twice above the legal limit when he was arrested in

baltimore in september. it was his second dui charge in ten years. >> you know, i will continue to grow from this and continue on my path to recovery and the next couple years will be very will challenging. i'm very pleased and happy that i have the great supportive around me. >> phelps entered a treatment program in october. 5:37. we will head outside and check out an accident scene here on 202 at 401. you can see a string of brake lights here complete stop and go. accident straight up there you can see the the the guy with his hazardses on they got crews on the scene that just crawled through these lanes and had it stopped for quite sometime there they have it pushed over to the left-hand side as everybody squeezes by in the southbound lanes heading up towards 309 bypass. we will see mess of those, delays. over on the ben franklin bridge, this is from the philadelphia side, fortunately all lanes are completely opened, seems to be no problems but a little bit of slow go heading in the sit friday new jersey in the westbound lanes but no real

problems heading to new jersey, from philadelphia. now, still some emergency construction out in willow grove, easton road near fitzwater town road dealing with that construction due to an earlier gas main and water main break but one lane is get buying in both directions. your alternate is to take york road, chris and jessica, back over to you. >> thanks very much. welshing delaware waterfront is place to be once again to ring in the new year. >> three, two, one... >> wow. >> well that looks like fun, right. i was thrilled to be at city hall with our general manager jon hitchcock to unveil new years event details for philadelphia and camden. it includes, two fire works displays, one at 6:00 p.m. on new years eve and then the one at the stroke of midnight. you can watch the midnight show in its entirety, live right here on cbs-3. two outstanding fire works show at 6:00 p.m. and midnight have become a new years eve tradition for many families across this wonderful region. >> of course, the fun

continues on new years day with the philadelphia tradition the mummers parade. mummers were on hand today also to help us celebrate. can't wait to be on the river once again this year a lot of fun. still to come on "eyewitness news" a shopping scare in california, you won't believe what one woman found while she tried on a dress in jc penny, carol. the feet of the man, yeah, santa, you know the the one but maybe you don't know the one at the cherry hill mall. >> ho, ho, ho, merry christmas everyone. >> wait until you hear this one, we will show it to you coming up. and a lot of people getting ready to make some christmas travel plans, perhaps, we've got quiet wet they are weekend but a storm to talk about next week, we will have the latest a and we will check with our eyewitness weather watchers when we come

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the highlight from mini kids is a trip to the in mall to see santa but add a movie studio's creativity to the mix and we have a hard are time to get to the man in the red suit. our car will ol erickson has details now from cherry hill. >> do you remember old christmas shopping experience, bags of gifts, crowds, sales

on shiny things you probably won't get and the threats to the kids. >> you know, santa doesn't know if they are not i or nice. >> that low tech line still works but in cherry hill only if you a high tech reservation. >> reservation to see santa. >> you got it because at cherry hill mall this sign with his name is closest you get to see santa located somewhere in this house without making an on line reservation. >> you can down load the app and register and that is how we are here now. >> time stamped santa visit app button clicks to the spot in the santa line no wonder alexandria will ask santa for. >> so you can down load your own app. >> yes. >> new before we hitchhike inside to see santa, and spoil era leather, all of the reservations have been gone for other a week no more available. >> yes, and with the passport, in we go to a room, a curtain, and no santa behind it.

>> dream works knows what they are doing and after building your own sleigh to the north pole and getting in one, hold on for a frozen tumble right into sanity land behind another door. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: pushed the other way. there, in all of his well fed federal opulence the the santa reservation pay off, the real santa himself, tears are real too because even in modern day, santa's lap cannot compare with the lap of a person, who made the reservation. in cherry hill, carol erickson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". so great. citizens bank volunteers made a special, delivery today, they dropped off, 100 stocking of love at peoples' mergecy center in west philadelphia to help women in need. these stockings were pack with personal care and booed i products like moisturizer, nail polish and hair clips this he were donated by citizens bank colleagues.

>> it wouldn't the holiday sees out would music. chris may is downstairs with very special guests, chris. >> jessica, we have been out here since 6:00 o'clock in the morning, with our truck at 1555 hamilton street. look at the truck, almost filled with toys. we want to overflow it, we have to bring out another pick up, so come down and visit us at cbs-3, 1555 hamilton treat with the truck until 8:00 o'clock tonight. it feels like christmas because it is cold, it looks like christmas with these toys and it sound like christmas with the sounds, of the vocal band imprint, great to see you guys. tell us who you are. >> my name is raul. >> i'm tice. >> as always you are imprint, from philadelphia. and it was our it is i.

>> every kids deserves to have a happy christmas. >> that is so true. >> you guys put up in the mood, give us one more song, how bit. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] a northern california woman got a lot more than she bargained for while dress shopping. she had a chosen counter with a scorpion. sandra hernandez thought she was alone in the jc penny dressing room yesterday with you that change the moment she tried on a red dress she picked up off a rack. >> i gave it a shape. when i gave it a shape, the scorpion, just opened up, and then went down to the floor. >> i was shock. i looked down. i said, oh, my god, oh, my god. >> wow. >> sandra yelled for help, a store manager tried to snag the critter but it disappeared in the crack in the baseboard. hernandez says that the store called for an exterminate or and in case you are wondering,

no, she did not buy the dress. >> well, that is terrifying. we will look at weather-wise, and complete thely change topic. we will look at what our weather watchers are reporting in the area most temperatures in the 30es a, we will start off a here. this is lou. reporting 34 degrees at the moment with a mainly clear skies. we have 30's in new jersey as well. 37 degrees a court willing to pete inner williamstown, new jersey. he actually sent a picture in for us of the sun earlier today. it was so nice to see the sun today. nice looking shots. definitely feeling, a lot like december, should feel, and we will take one more glimpse, into our area, we will head over to donna taylor in kenneth square reporting 35 degrees with the clear skies. all is clear, all is bright. done, getting in the christmas spirit. do you love weather? you can be featured in our newscast by becoming a eyewitness weather watcher. sign up now at cbs philly.com/watchers. christmas is right around the corner and things will stay

quiet the throughout the weekend but some changes as we get into next week. here's storm scan three which shows no problems, right now, we are watching a storm and that is this one i showed you earlier over portions of the gulf of mexico into the deep south and that will mainly stay off to the south but another piece of energy will start to dive in from the west as we get into next week and may hook up with that energy off shore, producing the threat, for rain, and wind, and it looks like it will hit not on a great day, christmas eve. we had that storm the day were thanksgiving, now, we're talking about a storm the day before christmas. as well, but it is, like that storm, the day were thanksgiving, mainly a rain maker for our area so, 40 degrees right now at the airport. weaver at 37 degrees in reading. thirty-four in allentown. thirty-seven in willow grove. it is 32 in quakertown and in doylestown right now. winter officially begins on sunday, i know it has felt lining winter for some time now but astronomical winter begins december 21st sunday at 6:03 p.m. shortest day of the year. nine hours, 19 minutes, 572nd, average high four 36789 best part of this is then days

start to get slowly longer, again. here's our christmas week storm. again, this is all rain. the here's wednesday. look the at green. any snow is well off to the north of the system and then it starts to clear out, as we head into christmas day. we're talking about soaking rain with snow further inland, you'll have problems heading to buffalo, cleveland, pittsburgh, scranton but here in philly at looks nice on christmas day at 44 degrees. heading through over the night hours tonight, a few clouds, cold, at 29, for your saturday, partly sunny and chilly at 40 degrees and take a quick look at our eagles forecast, away game, heading down to the game, it will be chilly but dry, 38 degrees, tomorrow at 4:30 as eagles take on the redskins. here's a quick look at you're witt when weather seven day forecast which keeps it dry throughout the the weekend. problems begin on christmas eve when we have got rain and win, at 56 degrees, abe then we will clear it out thursday on christmas day. stay tuned, we will be right back.

now in theaters a new take on an old classic. >> insiders kevin frazier gives a look at is what playing now. >> this week update of the beloved classic annie and final chapter in the hobbit, the bolt of the five armies. >> where you follow me?

saga of bill bow even, middle earth comes to an end with war, dragon and friendships puts to the test. >> it is not enough. >> no. >> at the end of their journey the stars had a hard time letting go. >> it didn't feel emotional until i started to say good bye to people then it hit me. >> it was a mix of emotions the last day on set. i was very happy. at the same time there that is bitter sweet edge of saying good bye to your friends and a passionate project. >> when faced with death, what can anyone do. >> ♪ >> annie gets an update with an all-star cast, including jamie foxx, rose burn and cameron diaz who was nerve to us star in the musical. >> i was also very confident in the fact that they were going to surround me with the best teachers, the best

professionals to help me find my voice that you know, the best voice that i could deliver and, of course, that is exactly what happened. >> annie says you are very good singer. >> she's a very good singer. >> i don't know what this is. >> her hair. >> reporter: but as young wallace as the charming annie who most impressed her adult co stars. >> why are you running. >> we got a chance to watch her be a kid, and watch her go toe to toe with us, as actors and actresses. >> ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow >> reporter: for entertainment tonight i'm kevin frazier new back to you in the studio. >> such familiar song. >> absolutely. that is it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 vandals strike in west philadelphia with anti police graffiti. we will tell you the community's reaction to the harsh messages. plus a string of robberies caught on tape, masked gunman a appear to be targeting convenient stores in the same

neighborhood, kate. it was a chilly but dry friday, we saw some sun this afternoon, stays dry through the weekend but stays on the cool side. we will track storms for christmas eve. we will have have details at 6:00. also remarkable medical break through giving a philadelphia woman the gift of sight this holiday season. well, right now a clear message against the police, put on advertise play in west philadelphia. but despite tensions between the public and law enforcement many in the community say this simply goes too far. tonight police continue to search, for the vandals. good evening, i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. vandals sprayed graffiti on two buildings and a fence in the same area message appearing just days after a deadly police involved shooting. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live in mayfair where a showing of support for

police business to get underway, matt. >> chris and jessica a pro police rally is set to start in about an hour from now here at the intersection of cottman and frankford avenue in northeast philadelphia organizers tell me that they are here to show their support for what they called good police officers, people who show up to work every day and try to protect our communities. that said all this has happened, as there is a lot of mistrust that just continues to exist in communities around our city. protest after protest in philadelphia in recent weeks have rallied around one phrase: black lives matter, on friday, in west philadelphia, someone took that phrase and turned tonight to this, cop lives don't matter, an angry phrase sprayed black on to a west baltimore avenue fence. not all agrees. >> all lives matter. so, job might stink but life does matter. >> reporter: other graffiti condemned killing of brandon tait brown who was shot and killed by police on monday after police say he reached for a gun during a traffic stop. while most condemn graffiti