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rain is making the roads wet as you get ready to head out the door this tuesday morning. un for the lip, this is affecting your commute, and looks lick it is sticking around today, too. we couldn't stay dry forever. bound to happen. >> no, re need it, right, for the wildlife, but just not good for our commuters. it is slowing you down, leave your homes little early this morning. >> this will affect both your commutes. >> yes, two waves with the system, heaviest rain coming through right now, so rain jackets, umbrellas, certainly needed this morning, unfortunately, again, bad timing for the morning ride. just use extra caution out, roads.common sense on the then, may get break this afternoon, then again tonight, another round of rain pulls on through. check out storm scan3, again, the heaviest rain just south and east of the city right now across parts of burlington, camden county, new jersey, right now, so 295, new jersey turnpike, seeing pockets of steady heavy rain. then it goes south into dover, delaware, just south of that. we are seeing some heavy rain. that will will cross the delaware bay, heads up cumberland, cape may county, shore points seeing steady rainment breaks up little bit. far north and west, we have
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berks county, you guys will still see pockets of rain throughout your morning into the afternoon. what to expect, periods of rain today, some heff think morning, amounts, half inch, maybe to up 1 inch, when the storm system finally is out of here late tonight, little breed i at times, again the morning and evening commutes will be impacted. temperatures again holding in the 50's, to around 60 degrees this morning. with the clouds, and the showers, 55 palmyra, mid 50's mt. holly. visibility, overall looking okay, but you're going to encounter the road spray, so just keep that in mind when traveling, just slow it down little bit, ponding on the roads, as women. so again, good chance for symptom steadier rain this morning, may get few breaks early afternoon, late afternoon, evening, rain picks up again, temperatures holding in the 50's tonight. so, forecast high of 62, just wet day today. periods of rain off and on, 63 at the shore, and talking 50's in the poconos. better news tomorrow. dry weather returns, we will talk about cool down for the weekends. detail in a few more minutes, but checking the ride, meisha, a how is it looking? >> justin, my eyes are set forward tomorrow, but we take
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it right now, good morning, everyone, yep, it is wet outside, it is slow, this is where we have an accident, 95 northbound, before cottman. the two left lanes are still blocked because of that. you can see, some of the flashing lights, and you know that there is some activity going on, flipping direction, moving in the southbound direction, on 95, i can let you know that there, as well, also starting to slow down just little bit. now, turning our tension to the boulevard, early in the morning, usually gets little slow. as we move in the southbound direction, on the boulevard, you are slow, and then once on to the schuylkill westbound at city avenue, you are looking okay. although seeing plenty of headlights in that direction, as well. this is a look in king of prussia. the schuylkill eastbound by 202, looking good, a lot of travelers though leaving your homes, getting out, grabbing your coffee, probably good idea, hopefully no school buses are slowed down today because of all of this rain, as well, something to think b accident in chesterfield township new jersey car hit pole. we've got downed wires. still have some police activity trying get this cleaned out of your way, so avoid this area of
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chesterfield, jacobs town, as much as you can this morning. back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. the king of prussia mall is making some big changes after facing major backlash for its santa experience. gone was the giant christmas tree, replaced by a more modern take of the north pole. jan carabeo joining us, so much backlash, petition started on line for this to get rid of the more modern north snow. >> that's right. do not mess with christmas. folks are fired up about it, or saint a if you've done little shopping at the king of prussia mall lately you might have seen the new holiday display and wondered what you were looking at. women, turns out, that north pole scene got such a cold reception, that the mall is scrapping the concept, thanks in part to 17 year old who took to change.org. >> a winter wonder lands it is not. the glacier themed holiday display at the king of prussia mall is supposed to be a modern take on the santa experience. instead, it simply left some shoppers confused. >> what is it? it is their holiday decorations at the king of
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prussia mall, where santa takes the pictures. >> oh, should and christmas tree. >> looks so plane, like nothing to it. >> as "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos found out the display has left other folks fuming. >> they could have made this a good display. >> kolb park was so upset he created a change.org petition to bring christmas trees back to king of prussia. it garnered hundreds of signatures. >> people see this and maybe they feel like christianity really is under attack, a sign it is actually happening. >> dan he'd reg, cultural reporter, says the push to bring back christmas is popular right now. cue the red cup. thousands have criticized starbucks and social media recently, complaining the holiday cup is too plane. devoid of the usual christmas cheer and trimming. eldridge says customer field back is important, and businesses would be smart to listen. >> you're in business for your customers, right? you need to know what you can change. >> now, in response, simon malls released this statement that reads in part, quote: after listening to customer feed-back, we immediately decided to re-install our
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existing christmas decor, and hope customers join in celebrating the christmas season, so sounds like they got the message over at the king of prussia mall. >> not even thanksgiving yet, but you think of get that first baby picture with saint, a you don't want that hip modern design. >> what the heck is that? >> than is across the country, too, couple of other location there is? >> sigh women have about 200 malls over the count rip, only six malls got this experimental treatment. obviously it was a flop here, and they've corrected it. >> thankfully. get that christmas tree back. >> fifty-three we have facebook comments on this, too, right, jan? >> yes, the story getting a lot of attention, diane says the new display is very cold, sterile and unwelcome g. for being the biggest mall on the east coast, the display was a disgrace. >> another says: i don't think it was a war on christmas, just nice innovative design wasn't complete and could have been done better adding in some of the traditional things. >> that's nice.
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>> sean says if the worse thing that happened to you today is looking at these ugly decorations maybe you shouldn't be complaining so much. >> and i will apply that also the whole starbucks controversy with the cups. if your big issue is lack of tree or red cup? >> you're nit-picking. >> then life is pretty good. >> and holiday season isn't about that, is it? >> so much more. thanks so much. 5:36. this morning, we're hearing from the delaware port authority police officer who is act of kindness toward homeless man went viral. patrolman joiner bought the man brand new pair every boots. this generous act was caught on cell phone video by pine hill resident kayla palmer. officer joiner says he had to remove the man from the bus in lindenwald for not wearing shoeings. instead of going about his day, officer joiner asked that man for his size, and then went across the street to buy him a new pair. >> coming on hard times, i mean, he wanted to ride on the bulls, but because he couldn't afford shoes, you know, there was no need for me to arrest
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him for that. >> officer joiner credits his parents for teaching him to treat everyone with respect. love seeing that. >> there is a potential deal that could end pennsylvania's budget battle. it includes a sale of tax hike, expanded at school property tax cut, and hundreds of millions of new dollars for public schools. senate majority leader jay corn nerve says, however, there is no final agreement until other details are resolved. all right, want to check on your business news right now, and a change for the fed. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange, that and much more for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika. wall street shifting gears. most ran lists now expect the fed will raise interest rates at their next meeting in december. so that sparked a sell off yesterday. the dow fell 179 points, it is now back in negative territory for the year. the nasdaq fell 51. a peace offering from
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volkswagon, ought over maker giving owners of the emission rigging scandal $1,000 in gift cards. this includes 500-dollar visa gift cards that can be used anywhere, and 500-dollar voucher that could be used at vw dealerships. so far, there is no fix for the issue. >> retailers are betting once again you will want to work off that big thanksgiving meal with some shopping. target, macy's, sears, they'll open at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day, itself. toys "r" us will open even earlier, at 5:00 p.m. but bucking the trend this year, h and m and nordstrom, say they'll be keeping their doors closed on thanksgiving, so workers can spend time with their family. and, finally, a smart watch that looks like an actual watch. courtesy of the luxury watch makers. this is powered by android, make with titanium. tan could track thefts, connect to wifi, the watch, not cheap, though, costs about 1500 bucks. >> holy hanna. very generous person on your list there, jill, thanks so
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much. >> joey mckie hand is still at the table at the world series of poke nerve last vague, the finals of the $7.6 million no limit texas holdem tournament is tonight. he holds a large lead going into that action. josh beckly of marlton, burlington county is also at that table. he is third. more than 6,000 players started in that tournament. good luck to you, guys. >> coming up this morning, updating your top stories including the latest on major fast-food strike. it is happening in less than 30 minutes. also: stop! >> oh, disturbing video here when a police officer has to dodge a speeding car. why the officers were trying to stop that driver and see how they finally caught her. and jennifer laurence tries to set the record straight about her hygiene habits that became hot topic. she tries to clear it up on facebookment we'll hear what she had to say. >> tomorrow is veterans dayment don't forget you can samuel the vet in your life by
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wage range to $15 an hour. city hall rally planned for this afternoon. >> also, 29 year old man recovering after being shot in the head. it happened early this morning, on the 300 block of east somerset street in kensington. so far no arrest haves been made. >> and, pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, is due in court today for preliminary hearing. she is facing a second agree perjury charge. prosecutors say, she lied to a grand jury about a secrecy oath she sign in 2013. washington state health officials say that they've found no source for chipotle outbreak, that means the restaurants in the pacific northwest could reopen this week. tests of food from chipotle in washington on oregon came back negative for e-coli. forty people got sick. >> on your health watch this morning, where you carry body fat could put you at greater risk of heart disease and even death. an article in the annals of internal medicine says normal
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weight adults who have what is called central obesity, clinic tal term for belly fat, twice the mortality risk of those whose body mass index was considered overweight, or even obese. all right, rapper walka flocka flame, good with rhymes, i'm told, but how well does he know the weather? >> that's what all of the haters say. we will be going hard all week, it will be sunny, that's going to be a party all week. >> hey, a party all week apparently when he stopped by a tv station in columbia, a south carolina what a good sport. so rain all week, according to w a/k/a flocka flame. what do you think are his forecast skills. >> walking the wall, pretty good, not bad. i can't bus any rhymes. i can dj little bit. >> oh, ya. >> i can mix a little music, that's about it. >> hidden skills, who knew. >> i know, try to do it all. talking weather here. >> let's go drabick. >> let's bring a mix nerve here. no, no you don't want to see.
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that will temperatures right now for weather watchers, in the 50's, clouds, and again, periods of rain throughout the day today. so everybody pretty much uniform for the most part. fifty-two willow grove at barbara's house, 56 middletown, jason, 56, chesterfield, up in bath, 53 degrees, out in chattsword looking at 58. little milder the further south you are. how much rain that have we seen so far? heaviest rain new jersey, cherry hill picking up over quarter hill at .32, at lynn's house, chats words, mark, .29, .13 in willow grove, philadelphia only .03 of an inch. and the drop off the farther north you g don't worry, we'll get into heavier rain showers specially again later this evening. what's happening storm scan3, see pockets of heavy rain moving through gloucester, camden, bullying at any time counsel think morning, so just heads up, 29, a the turnpike, little rough out there for the next few hours, widen things out, kind of got two pockets every rain, one here over delaware, and new jersey, then another one back here into the ohio valley. that's the upper level portion
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of the storm. that still needs to get through here. that will will come through tonight. yep, may get some breaks this afternoon, but then again into the evening hours, and overnight. still looking for some rain. that's really going to be the trend in our forecast, so again, today, periods of rain, heaviest this morning, watch out for ponding on the roads, reduced visibility, a lot of road spray out, there slow it down. low pressure exits us later tonight. after midnight we finally dry things out. then thursday, bringing back some clouds, maybe some showers. then cool it down for the weekends, rain chances today, 100%, tomorrow drier, thursday, back up to 70. and then zero on friday. timing things out here, again, breaks in the afternoon, tonight, another round of rain moves in just heads up for that evening commute. temperatures today stuck in the 60s. it let's heads over to meisha for what's happening out on the roads. >> justin, our rapping weather man, i love it. >> dj. i don't rap. >> all right, either way i love it. good morning, everyone, just to let you know the talcony palmyra scheduled to open 6:00 a.m. this morning, still down, i will let you know it does open again right around 6:00 a.m.
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so you know. the blue route headlights moving in the northbound direction at route one, looking pretty good. but what we are seeing because you're wacking up to wet roadways this morning, starting to see vehicles get out on those roadways, those interstates and highways, reeling i starting to pick up now as we push toward that 6:00 hour on this very busy tuesday. now, this is where we have an accident, 95 north, before cottman, it was blocking the right lane, and then it moved to the shoulder, and now it, blocking all lanes, as you can see, you are not moving. you are completely stopped here. i would have a hinting suspicion that that is because they're trying to move that vehicle or vehicles out of the way. but because of that, you are really stopped on 95, again, whenever it is wet, just give yourself couple every extra minutes this morning, more than, that more than just couple every minutes actually. where we had water main break earlier voorhees township, new jersey, alpha avenue between evesham, fairview. use alternate such as preston avenue still and it is affecting patco's ashland station. so for those every how take ashton station make sure get on line and take a look at what the schedule is right
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now, erika, back to you. >> meisha, thank you. you can now like president obama on facebook. he now has his own personal fan page called president obama public figure. his first post is two minute video on climate change. as of this morning, the president has more than half million likes. he joined twitter in may. >> ♪ >> the word this morning is hygiene. actress jennifer laurence is defending her own. during a interview m tv, and her hunger games co-stars, laurence jokingly said she doesn't wash her hand after she uses the bathroom. now, after lots of backlash, the actress went to facebook to clear up the confusion even post that video of her washing her hands. she posted quote i told m tv i didn't wash my hands after going to the bathroom because i was trying to gross out josh and liam, her co-stars, but ended up grossing out the world. so there you go. final word. caitlin jenner has been named one of the glamour magazine's women of the year. they held the awards last
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night in new york. glamour builds the ceremony as chance to honor courageous, inspiring women changing the world. glamour referred to jenner as the transgender champion. praising her efforts to educate the public about issues faced by transgender individuals. well, this one is hard to believe, but it has been 20 years since alanis mover set revealed ironic a lot of change since then, so she decided to update it in 2015, with james cord on on the late late show. >> ♪ >> some effort other things they found ironic, being first class on southwest plane.
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also, a new iphone being announced the day after you buy one. you can see mower of the last, james cord on tonight on the late late show 12:37, right here on cbs-3. such a funny guy. >> still ahead this morning, something fishy in a new york river. we'll show you the unusual catch a fisherman reeled in. >> all i knew, they were in my house, and they needed to get out. >> and do not mess with that grandmother. see what happened when she confronted several burglars, who broke into her home, in broad daylight. >> and here's what's coming up tonight on cbs-3, you can catch new episode of ncis at 8:00 followed by ncis new orleans, then limitless at 10:00 right before "eyewitness news" at 11:00. we'll be right
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>> police officer is thanking his lucky stars. he was nearly run over. >> stop, stop. >> the officer's body cam caught that terrifying moment. authorities say the officers were trying to stop a woman suspected of driving a stolen car through an elementary school parking lot. after hitting that officer's car, the suv ran off the road, and into a ditch. >> the explanation for that he was under the protection of god because he very well should have been dead.
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>> one of the officers was forced to taze that woman to subdue her. the officer who was nearly run over just suffered minor bruises. grandmother in tacoma, washington took matters into her own hands when confronting three burglars in her home. one asleep when the three men broke in, made enough noise to wake her up. she yelled at them to get them out. apparently the thought of them harming her didn't cross her mind. >> my mom is like, you know, automatic. i'm the boss. all i knew, they were in my house and they needed to get out. period. >> there you g the burglars took $220 from her purse and pair of earrings. they are still on the run. >> crews are moving cars from the hole that opened up in a big parking lot in meridian, mississippi. we showed this yesterday. the next step now to reinforce the i hop to prevent any structural damage. on saturday, a drainage structure collapsed, beneath the parking lot.
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it swallowed ten cars, 3s i.v.'s and a pick-up truck of the the drain and pipe that chanced was installed in 2001 and amazingly no one was hurt. >> all right, women, the catch of the day in brooklyn, came with a little something extra, mainly, a third eye. take a look here, man fishing in the canal claims to have caught this catfish with an extra eye. the video was posted on a blog where comment ers are debating it is authenticity, resident there say, hey, they think it is real. >> i think it could be real. because, you know, always theories about the canal. it is possible. >> three eye's, actually surprises me, i was expecting more like ten or so. >> oh, all right. for what it is worth, biologist at queen's college in new york says they think this video is hoax. all right, coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", it is a landmark new house study that could save millions of lives. doctor rob is here with important new information on blood pressure, and how research could lead to new
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good morning, a lot of rain to contends with today. justin is track that rain all day long, and will have up a date in just one minute. also at this hour, fast-food workers in our area are about to walk off the job. it is part of nationwide demands to increase minimum wage. we'll let you know if you can still get that egg mcmuffin on your way to work this morning. brand new booster seat safety ranking just released overnight. we'll take a look which seats came out on top, which ones parents should avoid buying. good morning, it is a wet tuesday for you, november 10th. i'm erika von tiehl. checking on the forecast, also those wet roads, we sent justin out to the soggy skydeck. gave him the extra large umbrella good morning, guys. >> good morning, yes, the rain causing us some problems. one, notably, on 95 southbound, i'll have updates coming up. avoid that at all costs right
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now. justin, i give it to you, then we take it on the roadways again. >> sounds good. broke out the umbrella out here, you need it, you can see the steady rain here in center city, that's going to be the trends through this morning, and there will be some rain heavy at times specially just south and east of the city. so heads up along the new jersey turnpike 295 and into burlington county right now seeing the pockets of heavy rain. into the afternoon, may get few breaks, you can see, not much happening around the baltimore-washington area. but, don't let that fool you. later on this evening, into tonight, another round every rain will move through. looks like the steady, heavy rain, will be during the morning hours for that morning ride. so periods of rain, some of that heavy at times, overall amount, from the storm system, half inch, maybe up to inch in some spots, before the storm pulls out of here. through the overnight hours. it is breezy, as well, winds out of the northwest up to 15 miles per hour with higher gusts and again the morning and evening commutes will be impacted. temperature wise, not cold. yes, we have the rain around. makes it feel little cold. low 60s this morning, in south jersey. to the low and mid 50's, arouhe
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