wer. it is 7:00 o'clock here. let get a check of the forecast with carol maybe a little rain. >> yeah, couple showers scattered around but these temperatures are mild and that should be where focus goes, this morning. we had a gorgeous saturday today, in the quite so much but still fairly comfortable temperature wise because we will get in the 50's. ben franklin bridge area you can see a few clouds, otherwise we are looking at a sun starting to wake up a little bit, we like that look as we move on over to our neighborhood weathernet work and you can see we have a temperature of 46 degrees down in cape may courthouse and more of the yellow on the horizon which means the sunnies waking up and not going to have an ease i time with these clouds today though. it may remain hidden for most of the the day with chance of showers and speaking of which storm scan three you can see showers moving over and some of them once they have gone to the east of allentown they will start to get heavier. but they are fairly quiet around philadelphia area, and they are not heavy, not everybody is seeing them but

we do have them scattered around. i think what we will be basically finding is a lot of these showers moving on out, at least through mid part of the day and then later this afternoon they do start to come back in the picture. so temperatures, we will expect by noon time just about 50 degrees and then we will not add too much by 3:00 p.m. just a couple degrees higher and then the lull you'll fine this afternoon will be welcomed at 1:00 in the afternoon and then more precipitation in the southern half of the area and that is heading into this evening. i will finish out that time line and talk about the the much colder temperatures on the horizon for us, nicole. >> breaking news right now an air asia air bus has gone missing from indonesia to singapore, airline officials report that the flight disappeared off radar shortly after the pilot requested to change the flight plan because of weather. syma chowdhry a has details live from the cbs-3 the sat center syma good morning. >> good morning, nicole. we know plane lost

communication about 40 minutes in the flight. this happened last night when pilot requested a change of course due to weather. there were reportedly heavy thunderstorms over the java sea. officials say there was no distress signal from the cockpit. both indonesia and singapore have launched a search and rescue operation, flight 8501 was heading to singapore with more than 160 people on board, the plane had two pilots, five cab and crew and 155 passengers including 16 children and one infant. most of the passengers are indonesia. loved ones began gathering at an era port in indonesia waiting to get an update. air asia is a malaysia based airline. new back in march malaysia airlines flight 370 went missing soon after taking off from kuala lumpur for lay jim. it remains missing until this day with 239 people. now, white house officials say

that president obama a has been briefed on this latest incident, and will continue to machine for the situation. we're live from the the sat center syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> syma, thank you. new this morning, two people are rushed to the hospital after a car accident in northeast philadelphia's lawncrest neighborhood. it happened in the 700 block of kare in street just before 3:00 this morning. the investigators tell us the car was traveling fast when it hit a pillar of the house and flip over. one person is in critical condition, the other is in stable condition. thousands lined streets to honor new york city police officer rafael ramos. many officers from our area made the trip to queens to pay their respects to the their fallen brother. dignitaries including vice-president joe biden were also there for the somber services. tony iello station from w cbs in insuring has more. >> reporter: flag draped coffin of rafael ramos and just behind his widow marisa

bearing that look of grace that comes from one who must be strong for others especially sons jayden and justin. just continue wore his father's nypd church to church. >> our deepest sympathies, my heart goes out to her, her son and whole family. >> reporter: nina ramierez joined her nypd husband and young son in the massive crowd outside christ tabernacle church. >> ♪ land of the free, home of the brave ♪ >> reporter: cops from connecticut to california came to show support for a man described as devoted to faith, family and the city that he loved. >> a man who never had to raise his voice to gain the respect of the room, because his character and his integrity out shined and shouted louder than any word that could have he have been said. >> reporter: vice-president biden spoke representing a grateful nation and governor cuomo praised the grace shown by the grieving ramos family. >> for the ramos family, i say we thank you and we honor

you, please join me in giving the ramos family a round of applause. >> reporter: at place echoed outside... behind the barricade at 65th and myrtle hundreds of every day new yorkers gathered in a show of mourning and respect. >> we are here to support them and let them know that we are behind them 100 percent. >> reporter: united in grief but not in support of mayor deblasio. >> we thank you. >> reporter: as his eulogy played on a jumbo tron screen thousands of cops watching turn their backs. i asked several for comment. they say the gesture spoke for itself. lingering hard feelings over perceived lack of support for nypd at city hall. deblasio's word about ramos included praise for the police force. >> and he was so committed to the nypd, the it meant so much to him to be a member of the finest police force in this country. >> reporter: ramos died just

before he was to become a police chaplain inspiring this from commissioner bratton. >> i'm appointing him honorary department chop lane for the eighty-fourth precinct. >> reporter: outside people joined hand during the final prayer, more than a few tears flowed as helicopter flew by in missing man formation. then the the relentless drum beat as a hero was carried to his final resting place. in queens, new york, tony iello, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a number of philadelphia officers were among those in new york paying their respects. afterward they shared a few pictures from the funeral with us. you can see just how big the turnout was to remember officer ramos. that ceremony served as a reminder to the sacrifice that he is they make every single day. >> unfortunately we do know what that feels like because we have had our own tragedies here in philadelphia but we will keep them in our prayers. i mean that entire department. the largest department. but as well as their extended

family. we're a púrt of that as far as we're concern good they were joined by police departments throughout our region. these pictures were sent from officers in gloucester county upper darby township, camden county and berkley township just to name a few. well this weekend brought more protests in the wake of the grand jury decisionness ferguson and in new york a peaceful temptation held here in center city on saturday that was organize by several local muslim groups to address police brutality against the black community. a number of high ranking officers were there to keep that dialogue opened. the founder of the philadelphia charter school says that the doors will close, for good, this week. in a letter sent to parents in a message on the school's web site walter d palmer says leadership learning partners charter school will close on wednesday, december 31st. "eyewitness news" spoke with walter palmer over the phone. he says that this will affect

some 675 students recently won a lottery to stay at that school. it was back in october that the school had to shut out hundreds of students for exceeding their enrollment cap. well, a spokesperson for the school district of philadelphia released this statement saying they are quote ready to assist parents and student with transition to publish schools. the school district has set up a dedicated web site for walter palmer parents to assist them with that transition process. 7:08. we have new information on the hit and run crash in bristol township bucks county. nine three-year old jenny russo died a short time after a a pick up slammed into her home and drove off. authorities say result from her autopsy indicate that she died of natural causes and there was in evidence of trauma caused by that crash. the driver did eventually turn himself in and charges have in the been filed just yet. well, police released the name of the motorcyclist kill in the crash in king of prussia chopper three over river road and mccoy lane.

police say 50 year-old eric keither of conshohocken crossed over double yellow line and collided head on with the truck. the keither was killed instantly. the driver of truck was flown to the hospital but is expect to recover. police say a man tried to rob a local sports bar armed with nothing but a broom handle. it happened friday night at chestnut sports bar in newark delaware, a manager was cleaning up when a man attack her and demanded money from the register. she for the him off with the help of another customer, he ran away empty handed and still on the loose. philadelphia police are searching for suspects in two separate grocery store robberies, first happened on tuesday at the susan's grocery on south 13th street. police say two suspects demanded money and one pulled a gun. they got away with $500. on thursday, police responded to a robbery in progress at the joe's food market at 1900 east passyunk avenue, that suspect ran off without getting any money. well, it is a new chapter in the sony hacking scandal

north cover least a issuing a blistering statement against u.s. and president obama that is ahead. then search for shane continues one month after he went missing, now comes word about plans to honor him on new years day. and carol is tracking showers, this morning but it is also going to be pretty mild, we will have that forecast when we come back.

recapping our breaking news this morning an air asia

plane is missing. the flight with 162 people on board was coming from indonesia heading to singapore. airline officials say the plane went in missing after the pilot asked for permanent mission to change course due to some bad weather. the plane lost communication with indonesia airport 42 minutes after take off, when it is believed to have been over the java sea. now according to air ash at plane had under gone a last maintenance check on november 16th. search and rescue operations are now in progress. we do have some more breaking news for you this morning a fur i carrying nearly 500 people off the coast of greece is on fire. so far there have been no reports of any injuries but passengers are report thely stranded on the highest deck. the fire broke out on the ferry's car deck. gale force wind are fanning flames. the ships from greece and italy are on the the scene attempting to make rescues. tense moments on the tarmac a yet blue flight was delayed in long beach california for nearly two hours because of the bomb

threat. police say someone tweeted the threat to the airline as the plane was a arriving from seattle. officers searched the jet but didn't find anything suspicious so incident remains under investigation. north korea has issued a statement denouncing sony pictures for the release of the interview. it included a racial slur about president obama and called him the quote chief culprit who forced zone toy distribute the the film. statement denounced u.s. for blaming north korea for a hacking attack on sony pictures earlier this month. it said u.s. should produce evidence of that claim. the white house declined to comment. meantime about 750,000 people stole digital copies of the interview on christmas day using file sharing software according to the pirate blog torrent freak. it scored a lot of legal digital purchases as well and was you tube's number one most streamed movie on christmas take. amazon is offering a glimpse at what gifts were popular this year. items related to the movie

frozen were a big hit. amazon customers bought frozen dolls, watches music, underwear and frozen duct tape. among other big sellers taylor swift's 1989 was one of the best selling cd and top digital down load. the as for clothing, fleece sweaters were popular for both men and women. not that we really needed them the last few days, carol it has been so beautiful around here. >> when it is 90 degrees maybe i'll watch frozen. >> here we go but not right now. >> no, not at all. we have some clouds and couple spotty showers around. the not a big deal at all. temperatures continue to be mild. yesterday, 57 degrees very light wind. i don't have to tell you how beautiful it was yesterday. i hope you can enjoy it. not all that different today but we do bring in clouds and we bring in slightly cooler temperatures. we will bring in rain. it sound like it is a lot different. so let's push on. the let's head to the poconos right now and a temperature of 41 degrees up there. that is in the good for snow.

they are not making it. split is. i'm sure it will be a comfortable skiing day heading in that direction. forty-four is the the temperature at the airport in philadelphia notice how mild these temperatures are. normally this time of the morning and this time of the year we should be in the 20's. but instead we are basking in the 40's and it is 50 degrees in wildwood. not bad for people who are fans, of warm weather. year round. especially in the winter. we have storm scan three showing some of these showers that have been moving on through. notice a couple once they have gone past allentown they will start to get heavier. very spot any nature through south injuries i a little bit more to the north but all of that is also moving out and then we will get a break and then we might be picking up a little bit more precipitation especially areas to the south. here is our future weather. i know it looks similar with the base map but we have moved on to the computer model which sort office okay to begin with but in the perfect. now, this is what hopefully is perfect and that is the lull that could becoming during the

middle of the afternoon. the next impulse comes over from kentucky that moisture spreads into the area, we will start to see rain showers especially southern half of the viewing area as we go into this evening. you can see it is not a big deal at all just some showers out there, and that clears out, monday looks okay, tuesday looks okay at this point too. cold front, going on through so this will be the the last day of temperatures in the 50's, for this year and at least for the very beginning of the new year. we've got maybe 50 to 52 degrees today, front also through, showers go through, we will be left with sunny weather but i think you'll notice the chill. maybe heading home or somewhere, let me step out of the way and what are the the airport delays right now? not seeing any which is good news for anybody who want to get outside on time buzz obviously be a busy travel day, people heading back home from the christmas holiday so check with any airport. if you are driving, you just have to check with your spouse

maybe a little argument there but when you want to leave but here's what the computer models say about when to leave. it says okay to day go anywhere you want. you might find rain showers moving in this evening to the south and then maybe even first thing tomorrow morning. so even if you are delaying your trip to the south you might see some rain showers but we are in the looking at troublesome travel at all, by tuesday, things looking pretty decent around here but you might be finding these lake effect streamers coming on down. otherwise, today, we have some cloud, we have some breaks in at least the showers scattered around. temperatures today 51 in philadelphia. fifty at the shore. poconos 45 degrees. new years eve making your plans and planning your outfit 28 degrees at midnight. these temperatures really are starting to come down. that is why we should bask in this 51 degrees wonder. today. tonight 38 degrees. we will keep an early scattered shower to the south tomorrow maybe a start with the the scattered shower to

the south otherwise 45 degrees, partly sunny, tuesday 35 for the the high. wednesday is dry, 35. thursday, first day of the new year sunshine and 38 degrees, nicole. >> all right carol thanks. 7:19. lets check on those roads with ann, good morning ann. >> good morning. we are looking at i-95 southbound lanes to the right of your screen. we have construction here this morning, highway reduced to three lanes, southbound between cottman avenue and bridge street right now no slow up but few minutes ago it was very slow here. we will move traffic cam again this morning and this is schuylkill at spring garden street, there you go in delays or problems on the schuylkill. it is behaving itself n problems on the the schuylkill through philadelphia or suburbs or here at spring garden street. on to the ben franklin bridge mid span and again very light volume on the bridge, as well as walt whitman in delays or problems further up 42, 55 676, admiral wilson boulevard all is okay. heading to the shore no problems on the ac expressway or garden state parkway.

that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans now nicole, back to you. >> thanks for the update. 7:20. carol answers your pet questions in this weeks ask the the vet. >> i'm going to give you an answer to one of the ask the vet questions that wasn't completely answered by doctor geffen. the answer is motion sickness medicine, we will talk about a lot of other stiff on ask the the vet this

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2900 grays ferry avenue. we are here with our wonderful friend doctor jerry geffen at boulevard animal hospital on grant avenue in the great northeast. this dog coincidently is also named jerry, and need a home, yes, and you deserve one, sweetheart. we were talking about the spaying and neutering what age because you are seeing a lot of similar kind of a problem in that regard and what age should people get their pets spade and newterd. >> most private practicers recommend six months of age being optimum time to say and newter male and females. >> what is the problem you are finding. >> well, unspade males and female often get breast cancer later in life. they need to be spade before two years in age just before that. >> is that just female. >> females. >> and an infected uterus we see in older females that become almost sick. it is like an appendicitis. if you don't remove the the organ the animal will die.

>> and as for dogs and cats. >> dogs and cats we see them in both. >> get them newterd early and how latest too late to ever do it. i didn't do it. my doggies now seven. >> it is never too late but older it gets and therefore more expensive it is. the it is certainly for your pocketbook to do it when younger. >> we are seeing more parvo a lot more. >> i think it runs a little bit in streaks depending where you see the dogs coming from. most of the places now, will vaccinate at a very young age. it is harder for us to see it but if the dog come from the wrong place then certainly parvo can present itself. >> adopt from a shelter as you should older dog, what is vaccination history do they get parvo shots as adults or not. >> i think they should the first visit to the vet if there is any question at a all about the vaccines. they are safe. it is better to have the protection then not protection, even if it is already protect you will just improve the protection with the booster good okay parvo

for any dog that you are not sure about, or any puppy. >> correct, yes. >> we should never see a case of parvo. >> great. >> what are the symptoms of parvo. >> vomiting, diarrhea, there is an odor that is distinct and they are really sick. >> that has got to be handled. dog flu, we are always getting, people talk about flu shots. >> there is a vaccine for the dog flu similar to the kennel cough disease but 8 percent of these dogs can get pneumonia and tie from it. if your doggies the kind of pet that is a around a lot of other dogs, boarding kennels dog shows obedience classes it is good idea to get vaccinated against k-9 influenza. >> one dog you have is car sick that does not mean your other dog will be car sick. >> not at all, but it is a horrible way to travel. there is medication for it, very effective for motion sickness. >> called what. >> it is called... >> stay tuned we will have

that next time on ask the vet. >> or i'll put it on the bottom of the screen. >> doctor geffen jerry, our photographer, and any jerry at home or anybody not named jerry we will see you at home next time. >> and viewers, we need your help finding stout a little black dog who has been missing and very possibly stolen from an apartment complex in morrisville, pennsylvania. that is on october 10th. this is a sweet nervous little will whippet ter year mix he is missing two front teeth. he need to get home to his frantic family. send any information on stout to carol erickson's pet page or facebook or carol cbs-3 on twitter. >> okay, carol thank you. many dogs and cats are waking up safe and sound in their new home this morning. "eyewitness news" at empty the shelter toppings event held by animal care and control team of philadelphia all adoption where is free, acct philly

says 2014 has been one of their most successful years, adoptions up 22 percent. new fury friend for the new year. that is great. we are following some breaking news this morning the the disappearance of air asia flight 8501. we will have a live report coming up in our next half an hour. also ahead how mummers plan to honor shane montgomery on new years day, we will explain. and washington in grid lock from immigration to same sex marriage, to scandals within the secret service, we will look back at the year in politics. carol is tracking showers today but it will also be mild and then turn colder, just in time for new years. sorry, to be the bearer of bad news we will have carol's forecast when we come right

a family member say they await word on their love ones we are following breaking news disappearance of air asia flight 8501. it is sunday, december 28th thanks so much for joining us. i'm nicole brewer. it is 7:30. lets check that forecast. it has been beautiful here, carol, we cannot complain. >> in. >> another nice day ahead. >> you know what, not bad especially now a lot of the showers that we're seeing that were light to begin with but they are moving out anyway. we will get a break in this. the temperatures remain mild, not as mild as yesterday but we will be in the lower 50's.

center city right now you can see the skies. they are struggling to brighten up a little bit and hopefully we will get some of that brightening. otherwise, in reading you can see that they saw a little bit of rain out there in the playground that is wet road are wet but things are drying out. 45 degrees the temperature there and no wind. after a christmas day with 40 miles an hour wind, although it was mild that day we have been treated to no wind and that has made things feel more comfortable around here. i mentioned showers moving out. you can see that they are. they came racing through this morning. they are still up through trenton area and points north but they are on their way out for now. we will get a break. this afternoon we will get another chance of picking up a few more showers in case that is what you ordered for christmas. forty-four in philadelphia. forty-three in trenton. forty-three in wilmington. these are some mild temperatures for this time of the morning. we will stay mild with temperatures that will be right around 50 degrees this afternoon with that chance of picking up a shower especially later on this afternoon.

we will talk about some colder temperatures, there just ahead, nicole. >> carol thanks. we are covering breaking news, an air asia plane is missing. flight with 162 people on board was coming from indonesia heading to singapore. airline officials a say that the plane went missing after the pilot asked permission to change course because of bad weather. syma chowdhry has details live from the cbs-3 satellite center. syma, what is the the latest. >> reporter: nicole, the pie lot of air asia flight 5801 requested a change of course because there were, heavy thunderstorms over the java sea. it went missing around 7:30 last night. >> gathered at airport in indonesia after an air asia plane with more than 160 people than board disappeared overnight. the plane took off from indonesia and was heading to singapore but lost contact about 40 minutes into the flight over the java sea. without countries immediately launched a search and rescue

operation for flight 8501 but there has been no sign of the plane after it lost contact with ground control. air asia is a a regional low cost carrier and missing plane was on the submitted flight plan but it had requested a change of route due you to weather before losing communications. officials say there was no distress signal from the cockpit. plane had two pilots, five cab and crew and 155 passengers, including 16 children and one infant. most of the passengers are from indonesia. air asia is a malaysia airlines. this is second time an airplane has gone missing this year. back in march malaysia airlines 370 went missing soon a after taking off from kuala lumpur to beijing and remains missing to this day with 239 people. and indonesia says that the air search has been suspend budd search by boats continues. white house officials say

president obama has been briefed, and will continue to monitor this situation. we're live from the sat center syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> syma, thank you. stay up to date on the missing air asia plane by signing up for our breaking news text alerts, just text cbs philly news to 84816. you can also sign up on line at cbs philly.com. we do want to message message and data rates do apply. thousands lined the streets to pay tribute to new york police officer rafael ramos who is being remembered as a devoted family man, chaplain and hero. ramos was fatally shot in an ambush in broad daylight last week. police officers from across the nation packed a church in queens for his funeral yesterday. they were joined by dignitaries, including vice-president joe biden. he was so committed to the nypd, it meant so much to him to be a member of the finest police force in this country.

>> ramos died just before he was to become a police chaplain. so yesterday police commissioner william bratton appointed ramos an honorary chaplain of the eighty-fourth precinct. dozens hit the road to honor one of philadelphia's fallen heroes. warriors watch heroes traveled through city streets last night paying tribute to lieutenant joyce craig. lieutenant craig was killed battling a fire in west oak lane earlier this month. tonight's ride took group through neighborhood she helped protect during her 11 years of services. it has been one month since the disappearance of shane montgomery and as his family continues to hold on to hope, some of those marching in the new years mummers parade will honor missing college student in their own special way. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers has that story. >> reporter: green is shane's favorite color and for his family the ribbons, symbolized hope reminding people that shane is still out there. >> we just are trying to get these ribbons to every club.

i want to see a sea of green ribbons coming down broad street. >> reporter: it is a message that the jesters in south philadelphia want to help spread so they are asking all mum tours wear green ribbons in the the new years day parade. the response has so far been large with many clubs signing on i'm trying to help the montgomery family and everybody is behind me, to have, you know a couple thousand people behind you makes you feel good. >> reporter: shane disappeared early thanksgiving morning after leaving a manayunk bar. an investigation into where he went has lasted for weeks. the his keys were found in the river nearby, recently but shane remains missing. jesters like spreading the green ribbon mean a lot to his family. >> i don't know any of these gentlemen but i know right now they are my brothers and when they are walking up broad street there will not be a bigger jester fan then this guy standing right here. >> reporter: shane's family says is there nothing new to report on the whereabouts of the missing 21 year-old as the police investigation continues. we're in man i young matt rivers for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". 7:36 right now.

several fights break out among hundreds of teenagers who pack a pittsburgh mall. police say large groups of teens started to show up around 5:00 o'clock on friday with crowd swelling to as many as a thousand. at the least two people were hospitalized with minor injuries. the chaos forced monroeville mall to close early. >> there was all this commotion and there were you just heard a stampede and a bunch of people screaming yelling, and then all of the people that worked at the the store came running to the front of the store and shut all of the doors and locked you in. >> police say there was minor damage done to the mall, they don't believe it was an organized event or protest. george hw bush will remain in the texas hospital. bush oldest living president who was admitted just before christmas for shortness of breath. a spokesmen says 90 year-old is in good condition and good spirits. the former president will stay in the hospital throughout the the weekend for observation. bush suffers from a form of parkinson's that has forced him to rely on a motorized

scooter. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen cain has filed for divorce. the 48 year-old filed the complaint friday in lackawana county saying her marriage is broken. she and husband christopher cain had been married for 14 years, and they have two children together. a spokesmen for the attorney general calls the the situation a private family matter. now to washington where the president and republicans spent much of 2014 clashing over how to move the country forward. from scandals to shake ups, craig bos well has a look back at the year in politics. >> reporter: republican senator mitch mcconnell had plenty of reasons to smile on election night voters gave g.o.p. control of the senate and expanded the parties grip on the house. mcconnell become senate majority leader when congress returns. >> too many in washington have forgotten that their job toys serve. >> reporter: democrats on the senate intelligence committee released long awaited, controversial report, on the cia harsh interrogation of terror suspects after 9/11.

>> the the cia program was far more brutal then people were led to believe. >> house in order. >> reporter: grid lock in order once again gripped capitol hill and president obama declared 2014 a year of ago with or without congress. >> i have got a pen and i've got a phone. >> reporter: the president used his executive power to take action on immigration protecting millions of undocumented workers from deportation. the supreme court stepped in the obama care fray ruling some employers with religious objections could not be forced to provide contraception coverage. the justices chose not to hear cases on same sex marriage allowing gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot in several more states. president obama caught washington off guard with this announcement about cuba. >> we will begin to normalized relations between the the two countries. >> reporter: he made the policy change after cuba released american prisoner alan gross. bowe bergdahl also came home,

taliban capture him after he walk off his post in afghanistan. the a whistle blower working at va hospital in phoenix exposed secret waiting lists. >> we have ten to 12,000 patients that don't have providers. >> reporter: an investigation found that the problem extended throughout the va system. secretary eric shinseki was forced to step down. julia pierson was forced out after a series of agency blunders including a white house fence jumper who made it deep in the executive mansion with a knife. the secret service will have a new president to protect in a little american two years, speculation about 2016 field is already the talk of the town, with jeb bush chris christie rand paul and marco rubio among a long list of republicans considering a run while democrats are awaiting an announcement from hillary clinton. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". president obama lost two other cabinet official this is year, attorney general eric holder and defense secretary

chuck hagel announced they will resign as soon as the senate confirms their replacements. a reminder to catch face the nation this morning at 10:30 right here on cbs-3. major garrett is in for bob today. he will join news an hour with a look ahead at today's show. 7:41. are you ready to ring in the new year? it is inching closer and closer. preparations underway in times square, of course. plus how to send a message tour loved one during this years fire works showcase in philadelphia. speaking of the the new year, a new way to cooperate with your plans, a live look from center city from the cbs-3 studios. carol will have your holiday forecast just ahead. then a thrilling finish to the pinstripes bowl we will have highlights to the match up in yankee stadium, coming up next i

welcome back. the forever studios hosted their first ever kwanzaa festival at the west philadelphia achievement charter elementary school. the celebration featured live performances traditional african marketplace and, of course, a kwanzaa candle lighting ceremony. well new years eve preps are underway in times square. take a look, every year thousands of people travel to new york city toy watchman hat an owes iconic new year eve ball drop. the ball will be raised 470 feet in the air and is set to be the largest crystal ball, in the world. the workers are busy putting final touches on the ball and new years festivities will begin on wednesday at 6:00.

don't forget to join us on new years eve, it is a cbs-3 tradition. we will broadcast live at penns landing bringing you the spectacular fire works show at the stroke of midnight, be a part of the special by sending us your new years wishes. just go to cbs philly.com or use hash tag cbs-3 nye. nye already almost. our weather watchers are up early, we are so glad they are, we are weighing in with temperatures in the 40's right now. we have a 44-degree temperature. this is with robin in mount laurel. what does she have to say for herself this morning? another dreary, december day, way too many this month. she's right. except the last couple of days have been spectacular. today though, she's right we have another dreary daze coming in with you boy it is mild out there. we have a 43-degree temperature. this is with bill, and you can see he is in broomall,

43 degrees. the absolutely an easy, easy temperature today and heading down to the the shore area what do we find at 46 degrees? from james he has got a comment for us, this would be a great day for a morning walk or a bike ride on the the boardwalk. speaking of which why don't we head to the shore, all of us come on you can see it, atlantic city, there are some crowd there. we'd like to see some sun, the the clouds are having an impact on just how much sun we were able to see at this point, cape may courthouse is the same story, we have cloud pushing down on the sun and it will rise any way but included will be in front of it. 45 degrees, that is temperature right new wind are remaining light and out of the southwest at 7 miles an hour bringing up a air from a pretty mild direction. the that is why another mild day, very mild start yesterday morning as you may remember if you were up early enough we had from his on the windshield. temperatures in the 20's in a lot of locations. we have add add lieutenant to the temperatures first thing this morning.

in fact, everybody is in the 40's. one in the 50's. 50 degrees in wildwood. comfortable start to the day we have seen a couple of showers out there and storm scan three is showing where they are and you can see they have moved on through, we have got maybe a lull, and maybe another little batches specially later on this afternoon. i think the batch this afternoon, primarily is going to be for areas, of philadelphia and points south. we're in the looking at a lot of rain out of this but it is just not the the same kind of day that it was yesterday. but still it is pretty easy to take today. the front will be coming through. this is going to change these temperatures. the the the last day of temperatures in the 50's the the warmest day that we will fine from here, until the very end of the year on wednesday. a few showers out there otherwise, not that much in the way of weather. so things could be worse as we all know in the wintertime and a lot harder to get around. future weather it is in the great, with some of the placement of this but we will

at least pick up something. and then it is saying that by the time we get to 3:00 this afternoon after a lull in some of the action, we will pick up some more light showers maybe through philadelphia, wilmington, points to the south, we will see this again maybe at 5:00 o'clock. we will find it again even further south possibly by the time we hit midnight. first thing tomorrow morning maybe you will still see some showers scattered around but notice that the clearing would like to start to come in here, this is tomorrow's weather and then clears out of here and it looks like monday now will be pretty nice. we have had thought could there be some kind of a wet weather even on monday? it looks like that chance a has gone out to sea. we're not dealing with that. we've got dry weather coming up for the next couple of days. after we get rid of these pesky showers today, the few that we will see scattered around. 51 degrees in philadelphia. fifty at the shore. poconos 45 degrees. any of your scattered showers should be ending this morning and then drying out this. i think they will stay around longer along the shore areas.

otherwise, our wind, they are not going to be a problem today, but the temperatures might be for you on new years eve. 28 degrees. we have certainly seen the weather change and we are going to continue to watch this change but today, kind of a transition day, getting us ready for things not being as ideal as they were yesterday 567891. wind west at five to 10 miles an hour. tonight we will drop down to 38 degrees cloud, maybe an evening shower in one or two spots especially to the south. otherwise, it looks like mess everybody tomorrow ending up at least partly sunny, 45 degrees. tuesday is chillier though at 35 degrees, mostly cloudy wednesday, last day of the year 35, first day of the new one, 38 degrees, same deal on friday, and then on saturday maybe we will see some rain showers, around here. nicole? >> all right carol thanks. 7:49. lets check the roads and highways with ann, good morning. >> good morning, nicole. we are looking at 95 south southbound lanes of the right of the screen between cottman avenue and bridge street.

highway reduced to three lanes because of construction. right the new there are in delays but as volume picks up there will be delays later on. i-95 looks all right here for the most part, and through philadelphia and its suburbs. but no major delays or problems. we are going to move the traffic cam to the schuylkill expressway, this is right here near the king of prussia exit, in king of prussia in delays or problems here. everything looks all right on this portion of the schuylkill and through philadelphia as well. and on to the walt whitman bridge mid span carol is talking about the shore so lets look at the shore trip if you are vice thing someone or perhaps just taking a daze trip n delays or problems on the the 42 freeway or 55, walt whitman and ben franklin both look will okay as you can see. no problems on the ac expressway, garden state parkway, route nine, 47, 347 look good, black horse and white horse pike looks good as well. if you are taking mass trans it this morning honor close to schedule for septa, new jersey transit and patco high speed line. and that is the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm

ann evans now, nicole, back to you. ann, thanks. 7:50. penn state is back in the bowl game. we will have highlights from their thriller. plus eagles prepare for their final game of the season against the giants. we're doing sports coming up next. but first here's a look what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

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penn state football program, but the cloud were parted in september when ncaa lifted bowl ban yesterday afternoon they went bowling in the bronx. pinstripe bowl at yankee stadium penn state bcu pick it up 20 seconds left. psu down second. the 45-yard field goal it is g clutch kick. game tied at 24. bc first possession in overtime tyler murphy the great throw, the touchdown. eagles go up six. but in the extra point right here it is missed. that is huge. nittany lions down six instead of seven. penn state ensuing possession christian hackenberg with the throw, great catch in the end zone by kyle carter and then game tied at 30. now for the extra point and the win. he nails it. penn state fans rejoyce he dressed pregame in derek jeter's locker room stall.

hackenberg the the mvp. final 31-30 penn state. peter laviolette was fired three games in the regular season. last night he took on his old team nashville predators off to a 22-nine-two start. flyers were 14-14-six. second period flyers down one to nothing. claude giroux great skill right there controlling the puck and the finish with the wrister right there game tied at one. nashville two man advantage. ray emery the the save but fischer puts rebound in. two-one predators. 382nd later it is colin wilson, for nashville, great screen in front no chance right there. and, they took a three-one lead and flyers go onto lose the game four-one. all right beleaguered eagles secondary the the sight of giants wide out sensation odell beck ham junior is not one for their sore eyes. rookie out of lsu has 1,120-yard, 11 touchdowns while making highlight real catches. however he did have just two

receptions for 28-yard when eagles blew out giants october 12th a game he has not forgotten about. >> i'm definitely excited it being a game i was just kind of getting back into. we didn't come out. we didn't play well. they came out and they played extremely well. they did a lot of things right. we didn't. so, the not revenge but, you know, 27 to nothing leaves a bad taste in your mouth. >> we will get you ready for eagles football for the final time on toyota sun is day kick off. the join beasley leslie, cast of others as we get you ready for eagles/giants this morning on cbs-3 at 11:30. i'm rob ellis. have a great day everybody. that is it for "eyewitness news" at 7:00 here's what is coming up at 8:00. we will have the the latest on the plane missing in asia this morning and we will tell you were authorities are suspending their search efforts right now. also are you heading to a mall today to exchange or return a gift?

beware there are hidden traps with some return policies. three on your side jim donovan has advice for you coming up. carol is tracking showers for your sunday but it will also be very mild out there. we will have the full forecast, next

we will begin with breaking news this morning an air asia plane with more than 160 people on board, loses contact with ground controller, and remains missing this morning. we are following the latest as this distraught family members, wait for their loved ones. tearful good bye to one of new york's finest friend, family members and a sea of men and women in blue pay their final respects to one of two police officers shot and killed last weekend. and it is dry for now but some showers are moving in, carol is tracking timing coming up, good morning, it is sunday, dent whens eighth i'm nicole brewer thanks for joining us. it is 8:00 o'clock on the dot. let's check on the forecast with carol. pretty mile. we are in the complaining. >> in, we cannot complain about these temperatures. they have been great. we have seen them in the last couple days into the 60's, yesterda