near ferguson, missouri sparking new protests. police say the officer was doing an a routine check when he noticed two men standing outside. one of those men we're told pulled a gun and pointed it at the officer and that is when he shot him. video shows that the people break nothing to stores there, and this all happening just 2 miles from ferguson where another police shooting sparked weeks of protest across the country. and developing right now, this crash, involving two philadelphia police cruisers land three officers in the hospital, now we're told it happened around 11:30 while officers were responding to reports of the shooting in north philadelphia. the two cruiser collided as they crossed intersection of 22nd and montgomery avenue. >> unfortunately sometimes when several police vehicles are responding to the same call as they get close to the location, sometimes, police vehicles do collide. >> one officer suffered a concussion, the the other two had minor injuries.

they are all expect to fully recover. with man is struck and killed in the northeast just two days before christmas. now search is on for person behind the wheel. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us a at accident investigation division with the description of the vehicle police are looking for, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. police are still on the look out this morning for a black tow truck that they say is involve in the hit and run that struck and killed a woman in holmesberg and left her for death and to make matters worse "eyewitness news" tell "eyewitness news" that that this driver didn't even slow down. this is a picture of evidence collected at the scene. this is a picture of that black tow truck, headlights, they say you should be looking for a black tow truck with the missing head line. this deadly hit and run happened around 5:15 on the 1800 block of state road in holmesberg. this three three-year old woman was crossing the the street but she was not the in the crosswalk when hit.

eyewitnesses say the truck hit this woman kept going and didn't even flash brakes. stunned they swung into action with an attempt to save this woman's life. >> by the time we realized it was a personally started my car. >> you knew he hit someone. whoever the driver was knew that they hit her. you heard the impact. >> reporter: police have not yet identify fight the the three three-year old woman hit and killed. she was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. investigators of course are still searching for the driver, they will be searching for surveillance video in hopes that can help a bit. this driver will face a charge of vehicular homicide, we are reporting live outside accident investigation division, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up on 5:33. traffic and weather together. changes to day katie, good morning. >> that change is underway. we have got fog yet again but now rain is becoming more

prominent, more widespread and will continue anytime here today. lets go start off by taking you out to the view to sky cam three this one coming from atlantic city where it is raining there. rain crops coming in on the camera lens. very hazy, foggy view of what should be a nice clear shot of the casino and make out those casino lights but they are obviously sort of skewed in terms of the the visibility. that what you you will fine in the windshield today, storm scan three shows us what is up basically everyone involved with some form of weather right now in the way of something that will slow you down. whether it will be some fog or rain and almost everybody is getting hit with light rain for now but there are steady pockets embedded within this magnolia, lumberton, plymouth meeting, list goes on where you are in mild territory to start the morning off. even at the coolest part of the the day, we're still way too warm for any kind of mix to go take place in terms of frozen precipitation. even in mount pocono we are well above. this is just a rain event but

eventually you'll find that wind kick nothing while it is still light that means fog can continue to settle. that is another sort of, you know, weather related g factor to consider here. rain is with us anytime today. there is unfortunately not a window of opportunity to get in your travel plans when quiet, conditions, so, it is a plan for. that expect it will be a mild day and strictly rain but you will be slowed down and even into tonight, there may be some thunderstorms out there. so santa will have that to contend with as he makes his round but he has got rodolph so he will be fine. skies do clear up for christmas. we will have more coming up later in the show. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning, everyone. the she's totally right about rodolph by the way. if you are traveling out and about right now the roads are going to be very slick and wet, and definitely they are of a concern, to me as a traffic reporter because usually weather like this causes major accidents in which in this case it has caused a major accident. on the vine street expressway

commuting in the westbound direction at the 76 eastbound off ramp you will notice that is an overturn tractor trail their does seem to me that they have closed eastbound ramp to the schuylkill expressway as emergency teams are trying to upright this vehicle. if you are traveling in this area and trying to get to the eastbound side of 76 the the best alternate that you could use would be the westbound side of the schuylkill, continue down towards girard and then flip around and access eastbound side of 76 in that area. so probably your best bet, but that is by far the the most serious situation that we're dealing with right now because every where else we are moving well. if you are doing holiday traveling at the airport good idea to call ahead just minor delays there, nicole. >> vittoria, thank you. soul survivor of bradley stone's murder us rampage has been released from the hospital. seventeen year-old anthony flick sustain cutting wound during the december 15th attack that left six other relatives dead. authorities say stone killed his ex-wife nicole and five members of her family at three

locationness montgomery county. newly released autopsy results found stone died from a drug overdose, his body was discovered in the woods at his home in pennsburg a daze after murders. right now 5:36. in business news this morning the busiest day ever for the the post office. >> better believe it. local holidays are treating the stock markets. jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> good morning, erika and nicole. so-called santa claus rally is setting new record here on wall street. dow jones will open above the 18,000 mark for the first time ever, it jumped 65 points yesterday. nasdaq fell about 16. well, postal workers are keeping bus think holiday season. u.s. postal service delivered 28.2 million packages on monday, the most ever in a single day in the 237 year history and it comes as more people are shopping on line and they need their holiday gifts delivered. coca cola is looking to

cut costs by laying off 2,000 workers in the next few weeks. company will reportedly cancel a big holiday party and they are cutting back on executive perks things like limousine services this comes as coca cola has seen slumping sales. if you have to do the math after the end of the meal wondering what to tip your waiter or waitress, you can soon wonder in more because there is a new trend in restaurant dining, no tipping, more restaurant decided to add 20 percent to menu items, instead, erika and nicole what do you think, good eye tea. >> it is not no tipping then. >> reporter: exactly. >> money is still coming out of your pocket. >> more expensive dining good that is what it sound like to me. >> yes good thanks, jill. volunteer fire fighters rescued a baby from the burning minivan on the garden state parkway. this all happened near exit 74

in laci township ocean county monday morning. two fire fighters pulled over after seeing flames erupt from the hood and driver told them her baby was inside that minivan. one of the men work to knock down flames while other pulled that baby from the back seat before fire spread through that vehicle, in one was hurt. a montgomery county community helped police officer and his family after an arsonist set fire to their home. texas road house stake in royersford held a fundraiser for him rick town hip police department ernie morris and his family. staff and management donated 10 percent of the revenue you to the morris family. >> it is amazing, you know, a bless ago this came out of all this to be honest with you. >> the entire community has been so generous and you know, the support is overwhelming. >> police after rested the morris's next door neighbor pennsylvania state police say donna krupp blamed detective for her son's incarceration on

unrelated charges. 5:38. the list no actor wants to be on we have the word on which stars are the most overr paid in hollywood. it is a fedex fiasco when delivery truck loses its led while driving on the highway. talk about one devoted dog, erika don't miss the heart warm story behind that dog's spent down the sidewalk, this is one of the cutest stories i have heard in a while. >> i love it. >> stay tune we will be right back.

there are reports of looting. authorities say that man pulled a gun on a police officer before being shot and killed. three police office are are recovering after a crash involving two police cars in north philadelphia one of the officers suffered a concussion. police were responding to a call at the time. lets look live at the airport. handful of flight delays and cancellations, right now, big day for holiday travel, it is christmas eve after all. check your flight status a at cbs philly.com. speaking of the holidays the the rules seem simple enough, whoever drinks a quart of eggnog fastest wins a gift card. well, utah man was up for the challenge but task nearly killed him.

>> my goodness. brian roach down a carton of the holiday stapel smashing previous railroaded by ten seconds but when he finished he said he knew something wasn't quite right. >> pretty much, shaking uncontrollably. i could in the control my body i was shaking so bad, extremely nauseous and my, breathing became a pant. >> okay. well, it turns out he nearly drowned on eggnog. he breathed it into his lungs and caused an infection of all things. just another reason not to chug eggnog. >> enjoy a nice mug of it maybe. here's another christmas issue, a fedex truck role in denver, colorado. the back door was opened. the packages falling out. those are holiday gifts. the man who caught this on camera alerted the driver, who said he would try to go back and fine those packages he lost but can you imagine in will colorado and wondering if

that was your package. >> oh, yeah. >> santa, delivered his own deliveries so kid, hand delivered, safe, all right. not to worry. >> big guy has it covered. >> yes. >> 5:43. holiday tradition gets underway in south philadelphia. one of our favorite, looking live at termini brothers bakery at south eighth street. for some folks no christmas dinner is complete without famous canoli on the table. dozens line up for first crack of the tasty treats and other favorites, rain and all. >> yes good they are still there. >> they are there, they are waiting, and they are ready. >> yes, they are ready. >> lets check that forecast, how is it looking. >> well, as we saw in the live picture there we have rain out there. look at the the pretty green, christmas showing up on storm scan. it is not what people want to see but it is bright and colorful. i'm holding for some sort of

positive here i know. it is a rainy day. most of us already a affect by steady pockets and, you know, idea of radar ten with the bright colors, orange, yellows where we have steady rain moving through. i want to make it a nice wide zoom and show you what we have got to get through here before we will totally done with this storm. huge storm starting to wrap itself up more tightly at this point but it is essentially what we have happening is warm front long gone, cold front needs to move on through that will take the day. all of this moisture will work its way up the the coast and move through our area. it is too warm for anything but plane old rain but that rain is with us at anytime. we have a lot of fog out there as we take a live look at the live neighborhood network. the it is still 44 degrees. you can barely make out is what off in the distance because of low lying cloud cover. few area temperature reports coming from our weather watcher network to check in with them.

john dell of newark sent in 47. mid 40's for dean abram some. marty and charlie. up in bath in the low to mid 40's. we are off to a really mile start and get you to the lower 60's this afternoon. the rain is out there it is with us all day. the breeze incidently will start to kick in with time and get stronger and stronger and we might see a thunderstorm firing up here embedded with the rain later on tonight as santa is making its round. again he will need rodolph to pull the sleigh here as he always does every year but he will have his work cut out but he will be just fine. we will look forward to the forecast. we don't hit those until next week. five more straight days of above average warmth. today moth only most stormy but mildest too. vittoria, back over to you. good morning. we are still dealing with the very serious accident if you are trying to use vine street expressway, that is where it is, using westbound side of the vine, eastbound 76 ramp is

where the accident occurred. you will notice lights are picking up some very damp roadways and that is definitely the cause of this incident. i can only presume. if you are traveling, using 76, trying to get eastbound 76 your best bet, stay on the westbound side of the vine, enter westbound side of 76 and then flip around at the girard avenue. as of right now notice these emergency teams are in the only taking out a few lanes, right lanes, on the westbound side of the vine but they are blocking ramp as well. any within planning to head to the philadelphia international airport if you are using vine street expressway, again, continue west, on 76, and then flip around at girard avenue. if you are traveling the philadelphia international airport they are not calling for any major delays as of right now, but, it is always a good idea to call ahead. don't forget on the road you can always get updated information about traffic backups with the new your drive app, definitely comes in handy for traveling around the

holidays. down load that to the iphone and android at cbs philly.com/your drives. word is frozen. >> not shock. >> the associated press names disney hit the entertainer of the year. film grossed over $1.2 billion its songs continue to linger in the mind of kids and grown ups alike. unfortunately i'm one of them. frozen beat take already swift 5:47. and gina called unbroken labor of love. >> she hopes, they will be in love with lewis as she is. susan marquez gives us an inside look at the film that opens up christmas day. >> reporter: epic true story of men hero lewis, comes to life, in unbroken. new comer jack o'connell plays the olympic track star who

spends nearly two months in a live raft in the pacific ocean during world war two. he survives that ordeal only to endure two years as a japanese prisoner of war. >> it was the biggest challenge of my professional life. >> reporter: angelina jolie and the the cast became close during filming. >> he was funny, he was welcoming, he was the greatest person to just hang out and spend time with. >> reporter: movie's grand scale was a lot for second time director to take on but jolie's cast said she pulled it off. >> she got it done. it was her drive and her vision and to get what we needed. >> reporter: jolie wanted to get it right for him. >> i said to him i want to tell the story and shower world how extraordinary you are and spread the word beyond the book. he said i want to you tell the story that they have greatness inside of them. >> reporter: he died earlier this year, at the age of 97,

but in the before he saw the film. susan marquez, cbs news, will hollywood. i want to see that one. looks so good. >> it really does. >> this is no yoke for second year in the row adam sandler tops the most over paid list of actors in hollywood. i he return $3.20 for every dollar he was paid. this year he starred in men works men and children and blended. number two on the list johnny dep who brings in about $4.10 for every dollar paid followed by ben stiller and ryan reynolds. i don't get what is so bad being on this list. you are make ago lot have of money. >> called out or just doing well, laughing your way to the bank. >> yes. >> yes. >> not so bad. >> 5:49. before you head out of the door we will get another check of the forecast when we do traffic and weather together on the three's. >> but first here's is what coming up tonight on cbs-3.

find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! that elf on the shelf is getting ready to help out sanity clause tonight and also report back on how those children were being. >> yes. >> always watching. >> we are get something great elf selfies here's a few of them thanks for sending them in. >> cbs-3 morning elf phil in the to be out done he ising out with a bang today. >> ♪ >> look at him looking so

casual. >> yes. >> and, this is my ride, this is what i'm doing. >> is what up. >> rocking around the christmas tree. >> what is christmas tree without a train set. our man rocking around on his live polar express, did i say that right? cruising around. >> i just love this. i love it. we want to you keep your elf selfies coming on twitter, instagram and facebook and use hash tag cbs-3 and elf selfie. >> hard to elf that one. >> that phil is a cutie. >> sorry, katie. your forecast is good but not that good. >> try as you may. >> come on, you are my go. i have toe say phil has never sees todd surprise me with anything that he has been up to so well done, phil. you know you will in the like what i have to say so lets get right to it. storm scan three is bringing in mild air but we have a lot of rain, already, rain out there and with us basically all day, so by the time this

system is clearing out early tomorrow morning, we will be left with over an inch of rain, and locations and flooding is a minor problem it could mess with you. merry christmas, blustery day and skies will be clearing for some sunshine, mild one too. vittoria. >> that is a beautiful graphic, katie, so pretty i work very hard on it in my workshop. >> i can tell, really nice. >> good morning. unfortunately traveling vine street expressway roads are not nice weather is wreaking havoc on your commute. good news is folks took the day off. we are not seeing much volume. the vine street expressway traveling westbound, approaching the eastbound schuylkill an accident is closing the ramp. will we will have more details after the brea

everyone knows doggies man's best friend and now we have more proof. >> you have to see this. this video from brazil where a dog just moves along trying to keep up with an ambulance carrying its owner. its owner is a home less man had a epileptic seizure.

paramedics saw that unconditional love ape allowed that man's dog to be with his owner at the hospital. >> that is amazing. >> dedication right there. >> following along. >> yes. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news" we have latest on our breaking news another deadly police shooting near ferguson, missouri. plus could last weeks montgomery county killing spree have been stopped? i'm charlotte huffman with the i team exclusive coming up next. and drivers brought to tears by police, find out why that woman gave the officer a hug after getting pulled over.

police kill an 18 year old man in a gas station near ferguson, missouri sparking new protests. police say the officer was doing a routine check in the gas station when he noticed

two men standing outside. that is when they say one of those men pulled out a gun and pointed that to the officer. video shows people break nothing to stores there now. thinks happening just 2 miles from ferguson where another police shooting sparked weeks of protest across the country. and new this morning, three philadelphia police officers are hurt when their car collide in north philadelphia. "eyewitness news" at 22nd and montgomery, authorities say that the officers were responding to a report of shooting late last night when the two cruisers slammed into each other. one officer suffered a concussion but all three are expected to recover. also new this morning police are reviewing videos in hopes of identifying three men who pistol whipped, the shot and robbed a man in fernrock. the it happen just after 1:00 in the courtyard of the apartments at olney and ogontz. unidentified 44 year-old man was shot once in the abdomen and is in stable condition. suspects got