i'm hoping we can keep this, justin, until the the even of the morning commute is that what we're hearing. >> yeah i'm doing my best on. that i think so. the the most part the steady yes, sir rain will hold off until later this morning. we are seeing light rain breaking out north and west of the city up in berks county, lehigh valley, over the next hour or two to maybe just a little spot the eye light rain. this is not a big deal. bulk is still out across western pennsylvania. so we have a few more hours to go, probably around 10:00 o'clock we will see those heavier showers move into the region but cloud are building back in. this is leveling off, temperatures chill think morning throw jacket on take umbrella with you temperatures in the 40's right now. pretty much a dry morning commute for most locations, watch out for late morning showers and then in the afternoon wind pick up, as this cold front moves through. we will dry out tonight. brief burst of showers around again between 10:00 and 4:00 our best shot to see this rain. amounts pretty light here, they will be less than a quarter inch, more like a

tenth of an inch in some locations. fifty-one at the the era port. upper 40's in allentown and mount pocono region. same deal in the suburbs this morning. the here's your school day forecast at the bus stop we will keep things dry. 53 degrees, coming home from school we may have to dodge left over showers, mild though 62 but with the showers and clouds we will give today a c, on the ratings scale. forecast high 62. we are above average. mid 60's at the shore and poconos, mid 50's with showers and breezy conditions. then we will bring back cool temperatures, it will get cold, those details in a few minutes but lets hit the roads with meisha, what is the latest. >> thank you for. that good morning to all of you at home. we are looking good this morning. we are dealing with some overnight construction projects. we have a disable vehicle moving in the eastbound direction at the schuylkill, a approaching passyunk. it is pulled all the way off. it is block ago this right lane. shoulder is block, part of the right lane but it is not causing too many slow downs because bulk of the traffic is

moving in the westbound direction. vine is looking good, where we have overnight construction east and westbound, westbound lanes are still closed, eastbound, it is now opened but it looks like just as i'm saying that they are opening up the westbound side as well, that was closed between schuylkill and broad, at vine street expressway, burlington bristol bridge. that was up just moment ago. new back down for traffic. we have a serious accident involving a motorcycle kelly drive at lemon hill drive. all of the out bound lanes are currently block. so use an alternate such as sedgley drive that will be your best bet right now. but again this is a serious accident involving a motorcycle and all of those lanes are block for leaving homes right now. now back over to you. it is a new years day tradition for well over a century. >> now mummers are changing with the times and embracing diversity. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live in front of the mummers museum in south philadelphia with more, justin. >> reporter: nicole and erika, good morning. this morning mummers are

willing telling us they are looking forward to this new change to the years old tradition. of course, this tradition is 115 years old, going in to its 116th year welcoming new ethnic groups to join them this is after city hall talks that the the par hade been insensitive to racial and ethnic groups. mummers maintained that has never been their intent but their pageantry has been historically satyrical among the new groups are a mexican heritage group looking forward to this years upcoming new years march. >> the mummers parade is philadelphia a. it should represent all of philadelphia, and it will. >> reporter: now in a statement, the the spokesperson monday can says that we are excited our own parade and, costumes are, very similar we are honored this that the the mummers have decided to include news their festivities. back out here live sometime very soon this this historic change will be noted in the halls of the mummers museum.

we are live, i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right justin, thanks for the update. do you have a complaint against your comcast service? today is your chance to weigh in on the cable giant's future in philadelphia city council is holding a public hearing today about the cities propose franchise a agreement with comcast. it is a 15 year deal so an opportunity does not come along very often. that meeting is supposed to last seven hours with comments from the public starting at 5:00 o'clock. a philadelphia police officer is recovering this morning after he was dragged by a car. authorities say that it began when that officer stopped a car in frankford that was reported stolen. the the driver took off, dragging the officer about a half block and then crashed. the driver is now in custody. that officer suffered minor injuries. this morning we are hearing from the quick chug gas station clerk who rescued a carjacking victim in kensington. police say that suspect carjack, kidnaped a woman from the parking garage at seventh and delancey yesterday morning.

minutes later the two stopped at a gas station to withdraw money from a atm. they then tried leaving with that woman but clerk left the the counter to protect her wow, investigators say police found that suspect by tracking phone he stole from the victim. he and another man were both arrestedment. have after weeks of speculation, philadelphia will soon have a new police commissioner. mayor-elect jim kenney came to the cbs broadcast center to say he pick richard ross for the top job. rahel solomon talked to ross about what he will bring to the position. >> i'm very, very proud to introduce our next police commissioner richard ross. >> reporter: fifty-one year-old first deputy commissioner richard ross is a 26 year veteran of the department, originally from the fernrock area, he graduated from central high and then later penn state and st. joes. after a press conference at

the cbs broadcast center, ross says he doesn't plan to reinvent the wheel but was not ready to release specifics. >> right now it is more about an announcement then laying out specific plans but i assure you in working with the mayor we will get more than enough. >> reporter: ross did say he plans to continue community policing efforts with foot patrols, increase pilot body camera program and speak more with groups like black lives matter. >> there is a a way to strike a balance, an understanding with each other and that is what we will work on. >> reporter: fop president john mcnesby supported at pointment of ross but says the department has serious challenges he hopes to get resolve. >> obviously we need more manpower and better equipment on the streets and that is something we have been dealing with over the the last four or five years. >> reporter: ross will assume the role in early january after commissioner ramsey retires. >> i like a person who has had relationships, had experience, knows the the players, knows advocates and community groups and knows the the officers a

and knows the commanders and doesn't have to take six months to a year to come up to speed. >> reporter: the future commissioner tells me he continues to wear his uniform, he however has in the decided on whether he will ride in the squad car. reporting from the steps of the art museum, rahel will solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a favorite local holiday tradition in the city returns tonight. >> i love this. the the lights will be turned on for franklin square holiday festival, yep, it that is time already. more than 50,000 lights synchronized to music will castle visitors at the park at sixth and race streets. lights will be turned on at 5:00 tonight with special performance by the philly pops if you want to check it out. >> so beautiful. >> still ahead, owner of the sixers ruffled feathers a a at a youth soccer fan. >> hear why he is a apologize to go some kid. okay, maybe you are not, are you ready for wintry weather, nicole. >> no. >> you may not be but road crews certainly are. what they are doing to prepare for snow covered road. plus people are cleaning up this morning in the midwest after he severe storms flowed

through. we will show you more damage left behind. >> ♪ >> that rain and wind is heading our way, justin is tracking the storm, he hads details on your forecast today and how forecast is looking. eagles play at home. hopefully a nice fall bay. justin has details coming up.

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strong wind are fanning several brush fires in oak a tens of thousands of acres have already burn there the town of lena pa had been evacuated as fire fighters, struggle to gain control. win gusts have fueled brush fires and so far there are in reports of the injuries. today the ntsb will begin recovering parts of the small jet that crashed in the apartment in akron, ohio. fiery crash happened about 2 miles from a small airport where that plane was to land. nine people were killed, including, seven associates of the florida real estate investment company. no one on the ground was hurt. developing right now, a key battle a against isis is underway in northern iraq, kurdish iraqi fighters back by u.s. led air campaign have

launched an assault aiming to retake strategic town of sinjar. 7500 fighters are closing in on the mountain town from three towns. isis over ran sinjar last year. republican presidential candidates continue to spar over hot button issues. donald trump doubled down saying he would have a deportation force to remove undocumented immigrants. as don champion reports trump is facing criticism from some of his rivals. >> reporter: republican front run are donald trump continues to sell his controversial immigration plan on the campaign trail. wednesday, during an appearance on "fox news", he once again invoke a program used by dwight eisenhower in the 1950's, viewed as a dark time in american history it ended with the deportation of millions of mexicans. >> i have heard it both ways. we were do tonight a very humane way. >> reporter: trying to gain momentum, from the last department jeb bush took trum top task during events in

iowa. >> is that the america that represents the extraordinary country? are those the values that people for the for? >> reporter: bush's chief rival marco rubio has been less vocal on the issue, the florida senator supported in 2013 bill that paves the way for amnesty but then later back away from it. >> it is criminal, they have to leave. if they are not, they have to pay taxes and a fine. they have to learn english and they have to get a work permit. >> reporter: pundits say battal monk republican candidates over immigration could spell good news for democrats. >> the democrats benefit with minority voters when republicans boosts about deporting undocumented workers. >> reporter: democratic front runner hillary clinton tweeted a message about trump's plan describing it as absurd and in humane. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the democrats debate gannon saturday night, and cbs news is carrying it live in december money iowa. face the nation's john

dickerson will be the moderator. nancy cordis will be one of the panel list. see you sat day at 9:00 right here on cbs-3. well, severe weather in the midwest brought 70-mile an hour wind and several tornadoes, this was the the scene in des moines, iowa where gusts were so powerful they toppled a tractor trailer. the driver was not injured. down lines left thousands without pour still this morning. the justin is tracking some storms as they helped our way but nothing like that, is that right, justin. >> that is right, nicole, good news. we are on the weaker side, bulk of the rain and wind that is a all across the great lakes this morning. we will get some showers in here later this morning in the earl will i afternoon but outside right now we are getting clouds moving from that storm currently. for the most part we are dry through the morning commute. we could see a few light sprinkles but bulk of the rain comes in the afternoon. check out the storm on storm scan three you can see where all that energy is up across chicago. there is low pressure. way still getting hit with strong winds this morning,

wind add vice wrist and warnings all in effect across the the upper midwest and great lakes region. so there is the bulk of our rain. we are still dealing without across western pennsylvania at this hour. we have sometime, just clouds we have to deal with this morning and berks county trying to see light rain in the next hour or so. temperatures cool though 46 in millville. swedesboro, newark delaware good morning, you are at 48. fifty-one at philadelphia airport. mount holly, voorhees coming in the upper 40's at this hour. similar numbers in the the north western suburbs. doylestown, richboro, upper 40's, quakertown in the mid 40's. cold front advances east ward. we are on the warm side. when clouds and showers temperatures in the 60's but if you like cool weather, typical november weather, wait another 24 hours. winds will kick up. the highs tomorrow upper 50's with sunshine returning. the core of the cold air settles in saturday, highs struggle to get to the low 50's and we will continue with windy conditions. it will feel chilly at times. the wind relax on sunday, good news for eagles game. high pressure over us means

sunshine, temperatures where they should be in the upper 50's. this is future radar with the wind. wind get gusty this a afternoon up around 20 miles an hour as showers pull in. front clears us. wind continues tonight. wind gusts up to 20 to 30 miles an hour over the the next 24 hours in the weekend and that wind brings in some cooler air. today mild 62 degrees. tonight we will drop down in the 40's again, tomorrow big difference, low and mid 50's with the highs. forecast highs again late, morning showers, 62, tonight, 40's, with some clearing skies, windy, here's the extended forecast, certainly november weather for weekend and low 50's saturday but brief hot shot of cool air next week, guys back to the low to mid 60's. >> right where we should. >> be we should be in the 50's, yes. >> it is not sticking around. >> don't look a gift horse in the mouth. >> there you go. >> i'm with you. >> have you seen the the daily news? yes, a familiar face on the

cover. i want to show it to you there. >> that is our own katie fehlinger, look at her, we have been missing her last few months because she has pneumonia on maternity leave with her adorable twin girls and just enjoying that time and cherishing that time but there is more katie in our forecast. she's coming back next wednesday morning at 4:30 and of course we can't wait to have her back. >> a big high five to justin for being our man in the morning, who by the way, is a new dad himself. >> yes, sleeping through the night. >> yes. >> it is great. >> we can tell you have been getting more sleep, just continue. >> yes. >> it is always hard to make a transition from beautiful kate toy morning traffic but i will tell you, it is no easy task but looking g it is really nice. roadways are nice and dry.

we had a couple accidents, those since have been cleared, here on the schuylkill now. i don't know what is up with this camera shot because it is not showing you but schuylkill westbound approaching vare avenue we have a disable vehicle. you can see flashing lights in the upper right-hand side but just note there is a disable vehicle. the good news is still in the 5:00 o'clock hour this will not cause too many slow downs in and around this area i-95 southbound at allegheny this is what we are looking at in the southbound direction. nice steady flow we have, a accumulating on our roadways, a lot of you getting a jump start to the morning. this is another area where we had a disable vehicle, but it has been since clear. to thinks 309 north bound approaching paper mill million road but you can see it is very light track here, we will both see that heat up as we move towards 6:00 o'clock hour. this is where we have an accident involving a motorcycle kelly drive at lemon hill drive, all of the out bound lanes are block, still, right now, so this is a serious accident, you will want to use an alternate such as sedgley drive and i'll have another update about that in

about 15 minutes, erika, back over to you. the the owner of the sixers and new jersey devils is apologizing to two youth soccer teams this morning. it seems josh harris helicopter forced cancellation of their games. harris uses a newark prep school soccer field to take off and land in his chopper. the it landed during a sunday night game but then just sat there until an overtime devils game ended. soccer game had to be called off. harris is inviting these players to the devils game to make it up to them. heavy can't park my helicopter, where i want to, it is a problem. >> it happens to me all the time. >> a youth soccer field, really. >> maybe he didn't know. give him the benefit of the the doubt. a local woman makes a dangerous discovery in her food. see what was found in some fruit and see what the store that sold it a says about this very scary moment. >> very scary. talk about a potential road has air, the reason many new cars are ditching spare tires and how it is putting drivers

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welcome back. this is new video just in from wilmington where fire fighters have been battling a fire at a recycling plant. this fire broke out at 3:00 o'clock on heel street. we are told recycling material caught fire but it is now under control. a discovery at bucks county family won't soon forget. they found a black widow spider in their grapes. that spider's bite can be deadly to the very young and elderly. those grapes were bought at bj's wholesale club in langhorne. amy reid found it while washing those grapes for her kid. she put that spider in the bag and put tonight freeze tore kill it. bj's released a statement saying we are aware of the black widow spied are a member found in the grapes in the our long horn, pennsylvania location. we have inspect all other grapes and discovered no spiders or other insects. we are taking this matter extremely seriously and working with our vendors to take appropriate measures. >> very scary. do you know where your

spare tire is? better yet, do you have one. >> triple a says more and more are not including a spare as standard equipment and it is a trend that could lead to millions of drivers stranded on the side of the road. reporter chris martinez has more. >> reporter: most people just a assume they have a a spare tire in their car. >> do you know if you have a spare tire? >> i don't know. i do. i think i do. it is under the car, right? >> reporter: triple a says at least one in three new cars, sold in 2015, did not have one. over the last ten model years many manufacturers have included a tire inflater kit. other cars come equipped with run flat tires which can be driven to a repair shop without air. earlier this year cbs news spoke with cars.com's kelce maysment he said auto makers are dumping the spare tires so they can lighten vehicles to make them more fuel efficient. >> they are trying to shave every pound and when you can

eliminate a spare tire and put a inflater kit with your sealer in your trunk instead that saves a fairly significant amount of weight. >> reporter: here in los angeles where driving is a major part of the culture many drivers say they would not feel safe riding without the a spare. >> what if i got a flat on the freeway, i got my grand kids with me and i have a a flat, no spare, come on, give me a break. >> reporter: triple a says unless auto makers put spare tires back in the vehicles, more than 30 million motorist could be at risk at becoming stranded. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. something you don't think about until you need it. >> something is worth the extra weight. it won't be long before we are driving on snow covered roads this winter. >> but crews are not waiting around for that first flake to fall this winter, jan. >> reporter: i'm reporting live from university city this morning, the roads are looking pretty good for now but as you mentioned winter is coming so transportation departments are now stepping up their

preparations, we will take a look straight ahead. jan, thanks. he is just a little boy but making a huge difference, how he used his birthday to help some local police departments, justin. we are waking up to some cloudy skies, get ready for some more rain heading our way, we will time that out in the eyewitness weather forecast. roads are dry for now but meisha is tracking traffic problems as you get ready to head out the door this morning, stay with us, we will be right back.

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it won't long before we see this again. snowplows, clearing the roads this winter but just because there is no snow on the ground right new does not mean the road crews are in the getting ready. we will let you know what they are doing to prepare for that wintry wet's arriving. >> right before it a arrives we have to get the roads ready. >> no snow in our forecast today, wow. >> yes. >> we will see some rain and i think the wind may be the the bigger story because we have big gusts coming our way later on. >> yes, is it coming this way. >> we are getting that storm but not the that independent energy. it will pick up but not dealing with gusts 50, 60, 70 miles an hour out there. >> just 30. >> yes, blowing the hair around a little bit. throw some extra prod new jersey there. >> look at you.

>> okay. >> we are going to be tracking some rain late they're morning and this afternoon, nothing happening right now, little bit of the light rain and breaking out in berks county, lehigh valley. this may not reach ground just yet. bulk is still out to the west a across western pennsylvania. so we have got a few hours to go before we get steady showers in here. we will get this to break up too. this is not a big rain event. is there center of the storm across the great lakes. that is where all of the wind energy is. we will get some of that breeze that does kick up this afternoon in the weekend. today breaking it down best shot between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. rainfall amounts less than a quarter inch. south wind at ten to 15. they will pick up with higher gusts near the coastline up to around 30 miles an hour. fifty-two at the airport. we have cloud rolling in. that is holding in the temperatures today and this morning in the mid 40's. calm wind right now, they will pick up, once this cold front moves through early afternoon. so breaking down houry