other items recovered include luggage and possible emergency exit door were found just five or 6 miles from the plane's last known location. crews searching for air airasia flight 8501 i shall working to recover red white black objects, spotted in the waters offer bornio islands appears to be a life jacket was also seen. items most likely debris from the plane search teams say. indonesian officials are also reporting they've spotted victims in the water. aircraft from several countries are taking part in the aerial search including australia. >> australia has sent two to an area around the island, as requested by the indonesian authorities. >> in the u.s., now part of the effort, the uss sam many son is joining a growing number of ships, planes, and helicopters involved in the mission, which has been expanded to cover land. the missing plane with 162

people on board left indonesia sunday morning headed to sing a poor. it vanished shortly after the plane's captain requested to fly at higher altitude because of bad weather. the request was denied because of heavy air traffic. in addition to weather investigators will look at whether the plane was going too slow. mechanical fame your, and how the pilots may have reacted to an emergency on board. as the mystery continues to unfold airasia has offered to fly relatives of the missing over the search area. >> new conference with indonesia's president is expected to get underway at any minute. meanwhile shortly after the bodies were found the airline's ceo tweeted quote my heart is filled with sadness, for all the families involved in 8501. on behalf of airasia my condolence toss all words cannot express how sorry i am. ukee erika? >> mark, before you go, any idea what some of the challenges the rescue crews are facing right now?

>> reporter: well, just at plane was flying through really bad weather the search crews had been hampered by that weather as women. 6-foot high waves really strong winds the druse are from 30 shift, and 21 aircraft, and they are searching an area the size of california. so the us is also now considering sending additional aircraft ships, and sub americans, to help. >> michael bert reporting from our nation's capitol mark, thank you. >> meanwhile, more breaking news right now from a greek ferry hit by a deadly fire. a sailor on board a albanian tugboat was killed, another seriously injured during rescue operations. ten people were killed in a fire on the greek ferry on sunday hundreds of people were successfully rescued from that ship after that fire broke out. coming up on 5:03, we want to get our traffic and weather together. keeps getting cooler every morning. >> absolutely, now sort of bottoming out here in the next couple of days, we'll sort of roll with what we've bottomed

out to, here, in terms of the thermometer readings, expect to go get you into the mid or upper 30's, the next few days, but that's t we normally would be in the low 40's. so we're close to seasonable, but now rather than being above average definately below average and it will stay that way for a few days. starting off here on "skycam 3" all is calm, all is quiet. we have cloud cover out there. i'll show you what that is reflecting on storm scan3 in a second. but starting things offer just with a look at "skycam 3" overlooking center city, current conditions at the airport thrown over top here, 33 degrees northeast component to the winds flow it, does certainly make it feel chillier. now notice on storm scan, with the tri-state sweep that we are finding a little hint of moisture out there. i've been looking around at all of the area observations, i can't find any of this verifying on the grounds anywhere. in other words you're finding a lot of clouds, but you are probably not finding much in the way of any precipitation out of this. so, you know don't worry too much about that moisture that you are finding there. rather just looking at clouds, this is also a perfect excuse for eyewitness weather watcher network to jump right in.

if you live down the shore in delaware, little us -- let us know what you are finding. we should hit into the low 40's at well around the rest of the region at best. so chilly day certainly underway, we should also end up with some sunshine, jess, over to you. >> thank you sunshine is a good thing. good morning just a little after 5:00 a.m. going outside checking police activity out on the roosevelt boulevard. which actually was due to earlier accident, just split across the highway here, but earlier accident was in the southbound lanes right around bridge. you can see, it is not really setting anybody back too much. not much in the way of volume in either direction but at least we know it is out there something to prepare for if you are headed out the door. definitely we will keep you update philadelphia volume increases around the area, though, for the rest of the morning. otherwise out on 95 around cottman, everything looking great. northbound lanes toward northeast philadelphia, okay. southbound toward center city, still doing okay, as well. even including that right-hand lane losing that for some ongoing construction, ukee, back over to you.

>> jessica, thank you. new this morning philadelphia police are investigating what led to a deadly crash in nicetown. a car hit a pole, then went down in a embankment, killing the driver and injuring three passengers. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now from the scene to tell us more about it. jan? >> reporter: ukee, police continue to investigate the cause of this accident, but they tell us they do believe that speed and alcohol could be to blame. now, here in nicetown, it was a terrible scene overnight. that car landed just behind me there, near those orange cones, with one person dead, and three other injured. it is the result after deadly accident in nicetown, a car at the bottom after 20-foot embankment. horns still sounding despite the damage. one woman the driver, was killed and three of her passengers including a pregnant woman were injured. after their car left the roberts avenue exit. >> struck a telephone pole, breaking it, and then ran into an embankment, where the vehicle actually dropped off

of a 20-foot embankment. >> police say the one-car accident happened just after 10:30 monday night. the group was traveling north on route one and took the northbound exit when police say the 23 year old driver lost control. she was pronounced dead on scene. a 24 year old man in the front passenger seat was severely injured, and taken to einstein in critical condition. and the man and woman in the back seat also 24 were taken to temple in stable. meantime police spent hours collecting evidence, trying to figure out what caused the crash. >> they did find some alcohol in the vehicle. so they do believe that speed and. >> alcohol possibly contributed to this accident. >> now that 24 year old woman, who was sitting in the back seat, again, she was taken to temple in stable condition. she is expected to be okay. >> she was actually outside of the car and walking around when medics arrived. meantime, the cause investigation is now underway.

roads in the area have reopened. reporting live from nouns town cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> right now route 309 is shutdown in both directions atom gate road, after overnight crash. car hit utility polander 1:00 this morning knocking wires down across that road. we're work to go finds out whether that road will reopen. there is no word at the moment on any injuries. erika? >> one person is dead police say a driver attempt to go flea a traffic stop was involved in a head on crash. happened in glenn old g after folcroft officer tried to pull over this white al tim a. the driver sped away, then moments later, crashed into that red pontiac. >> i heard the whistles going off. i was in my offers up states. and heard a large bang. and came down immediately. just saw the scene at the corner there cars everywhere, police came out with their guns drawn.

>> the driver of the white altima died at the scene. crash remains under investigation. grief counselors will be at elementary school tomorrow to help student deal with the loss after classmate matthew was walking to a friends' house for a sleep whenever over sunday night when franklin township police cruiser struck and killed him friends and family are gathering to kwon sole one another. >> very polite boy. very good loving boy my grandson's best friend, both boat of boys. >> the prosecutor's offers continuing its investigation says franklin township police officer nicholas was responding to a call when the accident happened. >> happening today, a woman charged with having sex with a teenage boy has a preliminary hearing, in montgomery county. police say they found 42 year old irish giveny, and 17 year old boy in a park after it closed on november 15th.

investigators say that gibbnyey also sent nude photos to the boy's cell phone. two met while attending a function at pots grover high school. your time 5:09. continuing to follow this morning's breaking news, several bodies have been found, from the missing airasia plane. >> plus, another scare in the skies, as flames shoot-out of the engine after plane from philadelphia. we're now hearing from passengers on board that plane. >> also, ready to go boom. we will take you behind the scenes of the two big new years fireworks shows they're going to go down or go up, if you will, up and down, on the delaware river. >> and the temperatures tumbling as new year quickly approachesment katie lets you know just how cold it will get if you are planning on watching the fireworks outside. you'll want to bundle up. we'll be right back.

>> we have breaking news bodies, debris spot in the waters near where the missing airasia flight was last seen. officials say, it is likely from the missing plane. there is no sign of survivors so far. >> according, a woman killed, three other passengers injured in this crash in nicetown. police say speed may have been a factor in that crash. >> and a car crash on route 309, near toll gate road, closed height way in richland township bucks county earlier this morning. no word on injuries right now. route 309 is still closed in both directions. some scary moment for passengers after a plane is forced to make an emergency landing at philadelphia international airport. we have some video here that one passenger shared with "eyewitness news". you can see flames, if you look for it, wait a moment, they shoot from one of the plane's engines right there. the us air express flight was heading from philly to manchester, new hampshire yesterday when the pilot

turned around and landed safely. the man who took this cell phone video described the ordeal. >> suddenly there was allowed bang, just like bang, and flames shot by my window. and about five seconds later same thing, boom. flames shot by my window. at this point like, people on the plane thought that we were going to die. >> although the engine issue caused quite a scare the 75 passengers nor four crew on board, were hurt. 5:13, we want to check in with katie and chilly start? >> it certainly is. and we've start today see that, you know, drop on the thermometer taking place since yesterday now. but we're really starting to bottom out as we speak. and even for the next couple of days, not really going to rebound all that much. eventually we do. but will take couple of days. and i have to tell you, this is winter. it is not like we've ever seen this. certainly was a lot colder throughout the month of december, last year, but we're, you know, all about perception a loft times. how did it feel yesterday as

compared to today? certainly was even milder yesterday than it will be today. storm scan3 showing what's up. really we actually have two separate little what we call disturbances, so to use a blanket term here. very light lake effect snow kicking up across up-state new york, will not mess with us, then you still have what's left of the frontal boundery off to the south. i've been searching all over the place for observations telling me that there is anything verifying as precipitation at the ground level. and it is not. so, unless you're a weather watcher, and you can find something that is verifying with precipitation, let us know. right now appears the radar just looks worse. the bite is worse than the bark. or bark is worse than the bite here. walking you through the rest of the forecast, frontal boundery continuing to make its retreat. colder today. eventually see clouds lift for sunshine. brian sunshine new years eve bright sunshine day. boring surface map but quiet weather pattern. ringing in the new year, we can expect to see the chill stick around, the temperatures that are going to certainly be on the colder side than even average, currently even despite very modest breeze, it

still feels like only in the 20's, even single digit territory in the mountains bundle up, notice the chill the next three days, don't break out of the 30's, by friday, another pretty nice day, call it partly to mostly sunny. saturday, the clouds are starting to thicken back up. marking the arrival of our next storm right now looking primarily like a rainmaker but we have a storm on the way, guaranteed for the weekend. jess, over to you. >> thank you katie. good morning everybody still following police activity out on the roosevelt boulevard, it is really not sending anything back too much so far, in the way of volume, but we can see that right around bridge. there is an earlier accident, southbound lanes and the police activity, just there trying to get that situation under control. we'll keep you update philadelphia it does start to delay anything. out in new jersey on the 42 freeway, starting to go pacca little punch little early. see not setting anybody back too much. northbound lanes starting to gather in some volume headed toward 295 or possibly headed toward philadelphia in the surround hearing bridges, so far the northbound lanes look okay, as well. out in river land, a road

closed, so route 309 in both directions, between toll gate road and station road, take old bethlehem pike to get around for the time being. ukee, back to you. >> jessica, thank you. three's on your side with a scam alert. official looking e-mail from local agency you should definitely ignore. >> also, turn your smart phone into a money making machine. the free apps that will actually pay you to use them. details on that coming up. we'll be right

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the eagles now focus on the 2015 season after the disappoint being ends to the year. the birds have to empty their lockers at lincoln financial field yesterday. not all this year's players will be back. fans probably already working out, possible trade and lining up their mock drafts some might even be looking for a new quarterback. but, nick foles has his own plans. >> i expect to be back here. i expect to be the quarterback. you know, i love my teammate. i expect to be back out there leading them and you know,

winning some games. right now it is the off season, so i'm excited you know to come back better than i ever have been. >> let's go birds. we'll miss you. the. the flyers on extended western trip next stop is the avalanch in colorado tomorrow night. last night the fly guys were down three-nothing in the third period in arizona when r.j. umberger gets things started, he scored two goals in a little under five minutes to get the orange and black close. but not close enough, win this 14-two your final. flyers have lost two now in a row. >> the six remembers on long road trip of their own, you know because frozen is over at the wells fargo center, tonight they face the first place golden state warriors in oakland. warriors are 11 and one so far this season at home. they're tough. check this out. last night's wizards rockets game in houston was stopped about 48 seconds into the first quarter when the referees discovered one of the rims was bent. dwight howard trite to -- tried to bends it back with his bear hands superman, but the game delayed more than half hour while officials got

things straightened out. 10 feet, there go, everything measured out. let's play on. the wizards ended up winning the game. they're tough this year. erika? >> listen to. >> this someone has egg on their face at the detroit free press after the newspaper made an embarrassing mistake. check out the front page of yesterday's paper saying michigan is hiring jim harbaugh as its new football coach. only problem? that's a picture of jim's brother, john. >> oh, ya. >> who is the baltimore ravens head coach. the newspaper apologized in a tweet saying they had a serious quote case of the monday's. any time you can incorporate office space into an apology in a tweet okay. >> and they're pretty close. they do look alike. >> it happens. what can you do? >> you've heard of sleep apnea. what about e-mail apnea? how your messages could affect your health. >> and it is not every day the president has to apologize. why he says he's sorry for a round of golf while on vacation. that's coming up.

>> new in morning, driver in new jersey catches possible meteor streaking across the sky. keep an eye on the top right part of your screen. you see the little spec coming down there right there? pete check spotted that fireball last night while driving on i287 in morris county. the american meteor society received more than 400 reports of meteors across the northeast just last night. and kate and i double checked, it is the real thing american meteor society. >> wow. >> 5:23, maybe not the best idea to be reporting with your phone while driving. >> be very careful. if you are taking pictures at your car be at a stop light please. >> i agree. >> we are expect to go see pretty quiet weather. i don't think the wet letter have any major impact on your travel plans here today if

perhaps this is your holiday travel day, a lot of people sort of just coming back home after the long weekend, storm scan3 does still show some signs of life. but do not worry my friends i haven't been able to find one observation point across southern delaware or new jersey. it actually has any wet weather verified at the ground. so really just overcast skies or clouds, and some upper level moisture, but none of it again verifying at the grounds level that we can find anyway. let us know if you are in the weather watcher network what you are finding. meanwhile, weather showing us couple every clouds. you can make out the center city atlantic city line in the distance, another view for you in the city there is time overlook the ben franklin at penn's landing here. fireworks show coming up, two of them, clear skies for new years eve festive tis. but yes chilly conditions, and there will be a modest breeze, but enough that it may not feel any better than the upper teens by the time the stroke of midnight is upon us. taking it forward in this forecast sort of glance for the next three days, chilly obviously with the temperatures no better than the 30's, but also very quiet.

high pressure hooking us up for very tranquil ends of the year and a very tranquil beginning to a new one. jess over to you. >> thank you katie. yep, good morning shall everybody, having pretty quiet morning so far. we do have some police activity out on the boulevard the bridges seem to be okay, we go outside, show you exactly what we're talking about here, so, if we could actually go to our cameras right now, i don't know if we actually have them today. here we go. the roosevelt boulevard where you are actually seeing the police activity, on the scene there, just around bridge, southbound lanes earlier accident. now, we can see just police there trying get that out of the way pushed over to the shoulder. but no real volume there. so not really setting anybody back too much. otherwise, out in rich land, there is an accident, which is closing route 309 in both directions between toll gate road and station road. your alternate for the time being is to take old bethlehem pike. out in pottstown route 422 east and westbound between stowe and route 100 that's going to be one lane, construction until early january. ukee, back over to you.

>> jess, thank you. complications from diabetes force doctors to remove part of trenton bishop david o'connell's leg. doctors amputated o'connell's left foot, ankle, lower leg yesterday. he had several serious infections caused by diabetes. doctors expect o'connell to make a full recovery. >> on your health watch this morning, the flu cases are on the rise in pennsylvania. the state department of health says at least 11 people have died from the flu in pennsylvania so far this year. the number of flu illnesses spiked to more than 2500 last week. that's more than double the week before, and five times more than the first week in december. montgomery county has the second most cases in the commonwealth. philadelphia has the fewest. and, here's another reason experts say our collective obsession with social media could harm our health. many people hold their breath when they check e-mail, tweet and post on facebook. now, that combined with poor posture could lead to a what

doctors are calling e-mail apnea. being aware of your breathe help, along with taking five minute breaks for every hour you are on the computer. however, there are those who also say there is not enough science to prove e-mail apnea actually exists. ukee? >> well, coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", we are continuing to follow our breaking news, new pictures showing debris from the missing airasia plane as crews recover several bodies. we'll have the latest developments coming into our news room. we'll pass it on to you. jan? >> reporter: and the deadly accident in nicetown leaves one person dead and three others injured. i'm jan carabeo live on scene this morning coming up, what police believe may have caused this car to runoff the road. >> and jessica and katie return your traffic and weather together. they do it together. and we do it on the 3's. back in a couple of minutes at the bottom of the hour. good morning.

we're following breaking news right now.

rescue crews have recovered several bodies, believed to be passengers, from missing airasia flight 8501. the discovery came after pieces of red, white and black debris were spotted this morning, in the java sea near bornio island. airasia flights are red and white. rescue officials say they've taken six bod toys a navy ship. none had life jackets on. the plane with 162 people on board vanished from radar two days ago while traveling from indonesia to sing a poor. -- singapore. >> back home philadelphia police are finding clues into what caused a fatal crash in nicetown. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo on the scene for to you tell you more. jan? >> reporter: ukee, police still investigate the cause of this crash. but they do tell us they do believe that alcohol and speed may have been factors in the deadly accident. definitely was a terrible scene here in nicetown, over night, this accident has left one person dead and three others in the hospital, including a