we're starting a off with breaking news right now another shooting involving a police officer in st. louis county, miss yuri. group of 60 people gathered at the scene. investigators say a police officers with the city of berkley was on a routine business check at a gas station overnight when he saw two men a approach them. police say one of those men pulled a hand gun and pointed it at the officer. then the officer we're told fired several shots, striking and fatally wound ago this suspect. second man fled, and we will bring you up to dayton this breaking story a a as we get more information as the morning goes on. it is west december 24th, i'm quarter von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. developing right now two police cruisers collide in the north philadelphia intersection sending three officers to the hospital. also police are looking for a driver who hit a woman

in the north east and then left her there to tie. >> and former president george hw bushies rushed to the hospital, we will bring you up to dayton why doctors are keeping a close eye on him. so lots of news to cover today. >> a a lot the to cover for sure. >> for foulke traveling it feels like groundhog day and it is not even thanksgiving. everybody trying to travel before the holiday and we have mess moving in. >> just in time for the commute. >> yes, timing is always the the worst part. my goodness. exactly. ground hog day, thanksgiving and christmas all rolled into one essentially, literally and figuratively. we are expect to go see rain. you can see it right now over my shoulder starting to move in. the whole day ise eveningsly going to end up being a wash here as we go out to sky cam three low lying cloud cover is making for some poor travel conditions out there. so rain, wind, as well as even eventually some thunderstorms and certainly fog as evidence on that camera.

definitely an issue today. lots of tea tails to cover. we will do that in the next few minutes. erika, back to you. developing right the now three philadelphia police officers are the on the mend after they were involve in the crash late last night. it happened around 11:30 at between the second and montgomery in north philadelphia authorities say those officers were responding to a report of the shooting when those two cruisers collided. one officer suffered a concussion but all three are expected to be recovering. also this morning a hit and run day before christmas eve meet woman death in the northeast. >> search is on for that driver. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live at accident investigation division with the description of the car, j a an police are on the look out for a black tow truck that they believe hit a woman in holmesberg last night and killed her. to make matters worse eyewitnesses tell thaws this driver didn't even slow down. take a look at this, this is a photo of evidence taken at the scene, police say they are looking for a black tow truck

with one of its headlights missing. police say this deadly hit and run happened around 5:15 on the 8100 block of state road in holmesberg. this three three-year old woman hit and killed was crossing the street but she was not in the crosswalk when she was hit. eyewitnesses on the scene say truck hit this woman, kept going and didn't flash the brakes. they sprung into action in an attempt to save the victim's life. >> by the the time i realizedded there was a personally stopped my car to see if i could help her. >> you knew he hit someone. whoever the driver was knew that they hit her and she could, you heard the impact. >> reporter: now this three three-year old woman was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. police have have not identified her this morning. in the meantime investigators are working with surveillance video in hopes that it the helps identify the driver and its black tow truck, anyone with any information should call police, the the driver

faces a a charge of vehicular homicide. we're reporting live outside accident investigation division, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". just past 4:33 lets get back to katie and wow, what a warm up. >> that is not only thing you will notice, it will be a very interesting day in terms of our weather because we have got a, as we look outside on sky cam three a lot of fog settled in. very moist atmosphere. with all this moisture, it will form fog and we are seeing rain picking up in widespread fashion over our area at this point. the as we go out to storm scan three we will show you the view where we are seeing steadier pockets have rain moving in here. of course, radar 101 where you see yellow, orange and we will see some reds too. that is where we have heavier rain moving through but look at just in the the last few hours this is when things gotten underway as we expect. we will see this stick around, all day to day, coming through in waves in terms of the

steady and heaviest of this rain but because it is an all day event, towards the end of the take flooding maybe a minor problem if you are traveling. area visability they are not horrible, but they are definitely less than ideal. under half a mile up in mount pocono and right around 3 miles at philly international. we know that caused a major backup yesterday at the the airport. we will see how we fair today. as the day progresses, period of rain, pretty decent amounts. many spots will pick up over an inch. that will lead to ponding on the roads and lead to minor flooding and it will lead for you to be slow down out there. 48 degrees already at the the airport. forty-eight in atlantic city. forty in mount pocono. the it is too warm for everybody to see anything but plane old rain out of this, but it will be a noticeable feature. by 3:00 p.m. we are at 60 and we will put a few additional degrees on before it is all said and done. vittoria, good morning.

>> good morning. traveling out and about on the roads is more difficult today because it is very slick and weather like this that causes the most problems. so traveling right now for us on i-95 it is very wet, damp. headlights picking up that sheen on the road there. this is i-95 around philadelphia international airport, which has its own problems. if you are traveling in philadelphia international doing holiday traveling you will notice that they have delays. they are not mentioning anything, specific, as of yet but you will have some problems so good idea to call ahead. on the roads it is wide opened. we are in the dealing with any delays at this time. there is in rush hour at 4:30 in the morning but traveling on the ben franklin bridge, all bridges do get slick in weather like this. take it easy, it is like two guys are moving long here. rest of the majors are moving quite well and not only in pennsylvania but in new jersey, delaware, speed sensors high up in the 50's. fifty the on the schuylkill, 53 on the blue route. we have a down pole situation

as a result from an earlier accident not too far from king of prussia at paw links road at ferry lane and no delays for mass transit, erika. new this morning a man is pistol whipped and shot during a robbery in fernrock. the 44 year-old victim was held up in the court yard in the regency apartments at olney and ogontz just after 1:00a m. they took hundred dollars and shot him once in the ab. we are told that victim is in stable condition. police are reviewing surveillance camera in hopes of getting a better look at those suspects. former president george hw bushies waking up this morning in the houston hospital. last night he was short of breath. doctors are holding him for observation. mr. bush turned 90 this year. he uses a wheelchair because of the form of parkinson's disease. two years ago he spent two months in the hospital for treatment for a bronchitis related cough and other health related issues. developing right now two mississippi counties are under

a state of emergency after storms killed four people. thousands of homes and businesses are without power. down trees, power lines and other debris have shut down three highways into columbia. survey team will head in the area to determine whether a tornado was responsible. much more to come on "eyewitness news" sony pictures does an about face or releasing the interview which local theater will show the the interview, we will tell you. can the flyers make it four in a row? that is the the question. we will have the answer. we will be

it will open up in penn center wilmington tomorrow. sony took heat have after threats from hackers led them to pull the film. "eyewitness news", spoke to the theater's owner on the phone. >> people feel as though buying a ticket to see this movie in and of itself is a

statement, it is, a statement of support for our country and freedom that we all enjoyed but really people are just interested in having a good time and not being told what they can and cannot see. >> we're toll the film will be available on demand. fbi is playing down a threat to blow up a mississippi river bridge. fbi threat came in but that is unsubstantiated, however, federal officials are asking local law enforcement to keep an eye on bridge necessary that area the interstate 40 and 55 which cross miss up is river at memphis will remain opened. well, a lot of folks traveling today, grandmothers house and destinations for the holiday. >> yes, throughout the rain. >> yes, through the rain. >> but warm temperatures at least too. >> very much. we do not have to worry about wintry weather of anytime. >> it makes for a less to worry forecast but rain, wind for sure and probably a few

then are storms, if you can believe it, as the brunt of this storm rolls through. so what is happening here is warm front is here now. we're between those front. cold front crosses through. that is when we can start to see not just really strong wind but also some thunderstorms and it looks like that would happen tonight, and of course santa has a date with the delaware valley. we will keep a close watch on how weather play as a role in his flight here. he has rodolph. he will be just fine. lets look at storm scan three still pack up with moisture. we will look at what the fog issues are presenting for us right now in a second but looking at the storm in its entirety, we have been tracking severe weather for 24 hours across the deep south and continues to roll role into georgia, and panhandle of florida at this hour. a lot have this moisture needs to roll rel through our area before we are in the clear from this very large storm. how much rain are we really talking about here. considering this is about a 24 hour event, about an inch,

plus, is all we will end up with. so there will be rain all day, it will come through in ways with the heaviest but if we're only talking about an inch in a lot of spots here it could be so much worse. the that is over a 24 hour period. in flood watches, warnings, an ad rise wrist are posted anywhere which is good news. looking at current wind speeds thinks a feature more so as the day progresses. the wind is light. generally on shore. because that wind is light that is how you get that if you go to form. so much moisture in the atmosphere combined with that currently very light wind. we have fog issues but rain is main story here today and how warm. 62 degrees. we will drop down to 50 overnight and a then are stormed could be out there for sanity's flight but i'm sure he will be just fine. windy conditions, blustery tomorrow but we're clearing out although we could still see a left over shower ripping open the very first presents on christmas morning. nicole, back to you. >> katie, thank you. well, flyers are winners of three in a row last night taking it to the wild in

minute so the a first period and flyers are already up one to nothing and captain claude giroux scores his 11th of the season as the the flyers up two at this point. flyers beat the wild five -two to move to three-o so far on a long eight game road trip. fivetive rent flyers scored including vinny lacavalier who scored his third goal in the last two games. it is flyers and predators in nashville saturday night. check this out shorthanded sixers come back from 23 points down for a big win on the road. yeah, innings isers never gave up on this one and they gave a great win against heat in miami. jeremy grant gave sixers a lead with five minutes to go in the game. michael carter williams led sixers with 20 points and young sixers shocked heat 91-87. it is their first two game winning streak since last season so go sixers. they will play trail blazers in port happened friday night. to college hoops now jay wright and villanova hosting new jersey institute of technology. the the institute gave wildcats a hard time but nova

scratches their way to the win in front of the home crowd. dylan enis had 17 to lead villanova final score 92-67. wildcats are 12-o on the season and ranked seventh in the country. they will play butler bulldogs on new years eve. eagles may be staying home from the playoffs this season disappointing i necessity but they have five players heading to the pro bowl. so some good news for our birds. first timer darren sproles, jason kelce and connor barwin will be going. the it will be a third pro bowl showing for shady mccoy and the seventh for offensive lineman jason peters. fletcher cox was named an alternate, game is scheduled for january 25th in glendale, arizona. good representation there. >> still impressive, sixers beat heat, two in a row there. well done. >> two in a row. >> we will take it. >> keep it going. >> yes. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning wall street crosses a new threshold but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

three philadelphia police officers are recovering from injuries after a serious crash in north philadelphia this happened at between the second and montgomery at 11:30 as two police cars collided when responding to a call. the officer's injuries are not life threatening. one officer suffer a concussion. police are searching for driver in the deadly hit/run about 5:00 o'clock yesterday on state road and holmesberg. a three three-year old woman was killed and police say they are looking for a black tow truck with the damaged headlight. police are looking for three suspects in the armed robbery and shooting of the 44 year-old man near olney and ogontz avenue in fernrock. victim is in stable condition. robbers got away with a hundred dollars. 4:48. time for a check of business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york

stock day where they had a huge milestone, hit 18,000 for first time ever. early christmas present for us, um. >> reporter: exactly, good morning, nicole and erika. the so-called santa claus rally started last week, and has no signs of stopping: the dow jones crossed 18,000, it came avenues that the u.s. economy is booming. the government sharply upgraded third quarter growth from the previous 3.9 percent estimate to 5 percent. that is the fastest surge since summer of 2003. it was led by cheaper gas, hiring gains, strong consumer spending and upswing in business investment. wages are also finally starting to pick up. so, definitely a little christmas present there. >> that is nice. >> speaking of christmas lots of people heading home for the holidays a lot of them traveling by airplane. we had hear is there a new way to make the in most of your time in flight. >> yeah, this really is giving new meaning to the term higher

learning. jet blue is partnering with course sarah, an on line course provider, and they are giving passengers to 10e learning videos. they are from wharton business school, boston's berkley school of music. they should be available now, and of course, they say sit back, grab a snack and get ready to learn. i prefer sleeping but if i'm not sleeping i'll take that. >> i'm with you. i'm all for learning but not on a plane. >> you just want to kickback, watch a movie, listen to the headphones. >> i admire those who do though, kudos, let's learn. >> very ambitious. >> thanks, have have a good morning. >> wow, all right. smart folks there. coming up after the break weather and traffic on the

4:53. time for traffic and weather together on your christmas eve. good morning. merry christmas eve. >> stop being cute, erika, thank you. you know, everybody, traffic is in the so much a gift right new on the vine street expressway. i always get concerned with weather like this. i know katie does too. it causes a mess for traffic and very serious situations and that is exactly what we're dealing with on the vine street expressway. this would be westbound vine street expressway approaching eastbound schuylkill, so you know that merge thaw run into just beyond parkway to travel on the schuylkill expressway, right here, thinks an overturn tractor trailer situation traffic getting by ever so slightly using the right shoulder but you will notice with the severity of the incident we could see closure of that ramp to get on the eastbound side of 76. we of course will be continuing to keep you updated on that but in the meantime if you can try to avoid this area that would be your best bet would i say. the as we continue lets take

you somewhere else. traveling right now gannon all majors we are not seeing too much volume. incident like this are, i would say scars right now. that is the the only major accident that we are seeing but a as we move to a totally different hot shot blue route it the looks very quiet, which it is, 476 is wide opened for you. do be mindful of the sheen you have on the roadway even though there is in volume it is serious out there speed sensors high up every where except for that vine incident and it looks like this weather will be a problem throughout the holiday commute today, katie. >> any day, would i call this classic all day event, certainly, vittoria but different varieties that come with it the at any given point. for now it is as you mentioned the rain but still some fog. the wind is still light. so that poor visibility will get you. make sure you leave space between the vehicles but rain is obviously taking over the map. even though it is lit up like a christmas tree we will not see that white christmasy snow that we are looking for,

strictly rain this time. walking through future weather we will see heavier rain coming through in waves. there may be a little bit of the break even toward this afternoon. you can see where a couple spots may see the rain come to a lull but there will be wet weather around at any point. and then our cold front sweeps through and wind picks in and potential moves in as well, as we are's opening up presents, skies will gradually start to clear but win will be present for us in the wake of the cold front by tomorrow. we are drying out but that wind is, again, still a scene. forty-eight is current temperature. we are in the mid to upper 40's on par with where we were same time yesterday but we expect to sky rocket in the lower 60's despite very limited sunshine. by tomorrow we are in the mid 50's, friday cooler but that end up being the the the nicest day. lighter win, full sunshine and still a above average on the thermometer. nicole, back to you. now lets get a check of the stories our sister station

kyw news radio 1060 is following. the atlantic city looks to off shore win millions as part of the future energy. philadelphia warns of the scam artist posing as a city inspector and demanding cash. with one more shopping day until christmas shoppers are scrape blink to get things done before the clock runs out, check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060. coming up next a driver hits and kills a with man in northeast philadelphia and new police gather evidence to track down who was behind the wheel. close call for a man who wound up in the hospital for what he did to a bottle of eggnog evening we will have that story, when we head back to the top of the hour.

looting outside st. louis after another deadly police shooting overnight, this time an officer kills a teenager a few miles from ferguson, missouri we are learning new details about the cop fronttation that led to the shooting. developing right now we are looking at wreckage left behind after three philadelphia police officers are hurt in the overnight crash. we will let you know how everyone is doing this morning. plus... >> one minute i saw her there and she was gone, like up, gone. >> search is on for a hit and run driver who killed a with man crossing a busy northeast philadelphia street. we will show you the evidence police want you to see. good morning, it is wednesday, december 24th i'm erika von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer. ukee has the the day off. it is a wet start to the day.

we all knew it was coming what kind of weather can we expect on christmas, katie. >> well, guys this will be an all day event for sure. we are stuck with the rain all day but there is better news on the horizon. while it may not be a white christmas this storm will be clearing out in time for the holiday. we will have all of the details and if you are traveling, today traffic and weather get together on a day like this, right vittoria. >> unfortunately weather like this always causes problems, that is just how it goes, specifically speaking, traveling on the vine street expressway we have an overturn truck accident, traveling on the westbound vine approaching eastbound schuylkill. we will have more details on this and rest of the roadways coming up, nicole. more on our breaking news, police kill an 18 year-old man at a gas station near ferguson, missouri sparking new protest. officer was doing a routine check at a gas station when he noticed two men standing outside, one of the men pulled out a gun and pointed it at