good morning, new this morning a philadelphia fire fight is her injured while bat ring a house fire in point breeze. we have the latest coming up. >> the threat from terrorism is real but we will overcome t we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. >> in a rare oval office address, president obama voice the united states will not be terrorized. and, hey, we all say this -- saw this come, right, eagles saving their season by beating the superbowl champion, new england patriots, the stunning victory, great to see. good morning, today is monday december 7th, i'm erika von tiehl. quick check and the roads with justin and meisha a morning,

guys. >> good morning, happy monday, guys, back at it, so is everyone at home tuning in with thus morning. nice to wake up dry roadways, coming off of such a beautiful weekend. so justin, what's in store for us today? >> we'll keep the trends going, temperatures mild, talking 50's pretty much all week long, no big storm systems to talk about either as we head into the heart of december. now, check it out. it is cold in some spots, especially outside the city. not quite as cold as yesterday morning, we will be scraping some frost in. locations, below freezing in reading, 28, at the airport in philadelphia, at 37 degrees, actually hit freezing mark yesterday at the airport in south jersey, millville checking in at 30. suburbs chilling down now to freezing in doylestown, 27 quakertown, 28 pottstown. once again, like yesterday, we do have some areas of fog. and it is locally dense in some spots. specially into south jersey. you go down to millville, visibility down close to zero at times, the a.c. airport

under half mile visibility, down to three in allentown, reading, yesterday the berks county lehigh valley area that had the dense fog, the problem is some of the temperatures where the fog is, it is below freezing, so you can get freezing fog, so the fog stays in liquid form. as soon as it hits contact with cars, bridges, overpasses could be few icy spots, so keep that in mind. storm scan3 quiet, disturbance coming through bringing few clouds around, decent amount of sunshine today. temperatures still cool, at 9:00 in the lower four's, but we keep the sun through the afternoon once again, talking about highs in the mid 50's, running well above average, we will talk about how long the warm lasts coming up in the seven day in a few minute. >> justin, so 50's, but like you said, we could have some icy patches out there early on this morning when it is still pretty cold out there. roads looking pretty good. we have the vine closure because of the overnight construction between the schuylkill and the broad closed the eastbound and westbound side. you can see they are starting get this cleared up. usually does right around 5:00 i would say on average.

right now east and west, still closed. here is a look at the schuylkill eastbound at spring garden, looking good in both directions on the schuylkill anywhere we look at the schuylkill right now looking a-okay, looking a lot like this because of our early hour. the boulevard also same story, moving in the south berks direction toward the schuylkill looking nice there. this is where we do have construction pa turnpike, valley forge, right lane block, i'll let you know that moves out of the way. right now that's still in play. also the girard point bridge inspection, today 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. northbound left lane closed and then tomorrow 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 the southbound lane, make note of that. >> new this morning, man's recovering in the hospital and suspect in custody after shooting in south philadelphia. police say shots rang out just before 11:00 last night near the intersection of 13th and porter. they say a 41 year old plan was shot once in the chest. he's in stable condition. police have not released the identity of the victim or the suspect. >> also, new this morning,

firefighter is being treated for smoke inhalation after battling a house fire in the city's point breeze neighborhood. it broke out around 1:00 in the 2300 block of moore street. firefighters quickly place that fire under control. authorities tell us no one was home at the time. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> president obama tries to calm americans fears of terrorism in a rare oval office address, the president first referenced the san bernardino massacre saying there was no evidence the killings were directed by terror group or part of a broader conspiracy at home. the president promised quote hunt down terrorist plotters in any country and carry out air strikes against isis. the he promised to continue training and giving equipment to iraqi and syrian forces fighting isis on the ground. but stressed he will not get involved in a grounds war. president obama also addressed gun control, calling for congress to take steps to keep guns out of the wrong hands. he also called on the american

people for tolerance every muslims in the united states. >> what could possibly be the argument allowing a suspect to buy a semiotic weapons? this is matter of national security, also we also need to make it harled err for people to buy powerful assault weapons like the ones use in the san bernardino, our responsibility to reject proposals that muslim americans should somehow be treated differently. because when we travel down that road, we lose. that kind of devisive necessary, that betrayal of our values, plays into the hands of groups like isil. >> the president closed by saying that if americans stay true to their values he has no doubt we will prevail. >> i think the president not to make things better tonight, i fear he may have made things worse. >> republican presidential candidate marco rubio blast

the president's oval office speech from the campaign trail. adds that, quote, we have a president who is completely overwelmed by the terrorist threat. >> well the community mourns the victims, investigators are learning more about the married couple behind the san bernardino massacre. they are looking into whether tashfeen malik radicalized her american husband farook. farook told italian media his son supported ideology, fixated on israel. >> we have a look now at the alleged attack nerve saturday night's knife attack. >> this happened in london before he was taken down by police officers stun guns. police say one person was seriously injured after the suspect threatened people. several eyewitnesses say he shouted this is for syria. police are calling it a terrorist incident. 4:36 right now. many fans are saying it was a season saving win. call it what you will. it just may be the greatest game for the eagles as they beat the superbowl champion new england patriots sunday

afternoon. now there is blocked punt at the end of the first half helped the birds erase a deficit, and take it at gillette student yum. new england has been nearly indies struggle recall, eagles 35, patriots, 28. and back here in philadelphia, fans finally enjoyed a win. oh, it is about time. sunday's victory seemed to temper the frustration of many eagles fans who up until yesterday were dealing with three consecutive losses. "eyewitness news" caught up with some of the fans after the game. >> five and seven, someone's going to win this division at six and ten. e-a-g-l-e-s. eagles! >> is he excited? can't tell. eagles currently at in second in the nfc eels, believe it or not, we are still in the mix for a playoff bit. pat gallen will join us in the next half hour, will be talking eagles, here's what he

is asking on twitter. it is really simple. do you think the eagles will make the playoffs? your responses could just be red on air, keep your mind, it is a family program, please let us know on twitter and face facebook, let us know on cbsphilly.com. philadelphia closing two roman catholic church, levittown, bucks county, and the saint gertrude church in west conshohocken montgomery county. they'll close on january 1st, due to financial reasons. the parishes merge with larger churches last year. >> delaware county man takings after he sees threatening graffiti toward police in his neighborhood. the graffiti had the words cop killing season under a bridge in chester. when pat motorcycle cluster spotted the hateful message decided to paint over it and instead leave behind a holiday miss and. in the video he posted on facebook he already has over 75,000 views.

>> a little bit after heartbeat. oh, i hope i don't get in trouble with. >> this i was just trying to cover it up. >> he left up that. i figured, you know, clean that up, sooner than later, in case a kid thinks that's the message they should beer. >> chester mayor john lindt america commanded his actions saying he is glad pat took the time to remove that message. >> surprise announcement now from former president jimmy carter. ninety-one year old says he is now cancer free. he made the announce until the front after sunday school class. he teaches at his church in planes, georgia. carter has been undergoing treatment for melanoma spots, the doctors found on his brain and liver. he was receiving a recently approved autoimmune drug that gately improved his prognosis. carter was diagnosed in august. much more to come, plane scare for hollywood actor. also, we finally have lift off. much needed supplies on their way to the international space station. we'll tell how was on board. we'll be right back.

three, two, one, lift off. >> success, finally, after three delays, due to poor weather, the at last five rockets blasted into space from cape canaveral, florida rockets caring holiday gift more than 7,000 pounds of cargo. it is expected to reach the international space station on wednesday. federal aviation investigators are looking into what caused a plane caring morgan freeman to make an emergency landing over the weekend. airport officials in mississippi say there was minimal damage to the plane. authorities say the plane blew a tire on take off, and will try and land. the landing gear collapsed causing the plane to skid off the runway, fortunately, no one was injured. >> this giant menorrah was

lit, a candle be lit each day during the festival of lights. three, two, one. >> beautiful, "eyewitness news" at the south street headhouse district for the tree lighting there. our jim donovan helped flip the switch to turn on the light. crowds gathered to see santa claus, also of course to shop at the holiday market. great to see. you can make the holidays brighter for children in need. our "joy of sharing" toy fest collection drive is in full swing. all do you have do is buy new, unwrapped toy, then head to cbsphilly.com/toy fest to find list of toy drop off locations, the toys will be given to the salvation army, uso and the boys and girls clubs. >> and justin, just perfect day if you are looking to maybe do little holiday shopping for hanukkah, for christmas? >> if it is not today, really all week you have a. who we're just locked into mild weather pattern. no good storms to talk b how about that, early mid december talking 50's.

>> above average. >> maybe the 60 by the weekend, yes, take you outside, it is cold, it is the morning, so we will deal with that. temperatures below freezing, not quite as cold as yesterday morning, some locations yesterday were in the lower 20's, watch youth for areas of fog, some of the fog could be freezing, on some surfaces specially bridges and overpass, around the city looks like not deal with any fog at the moment, check out visibility, you get into south jersey, millville, down close to zero visibility at times ready starting to drop. the problem yesterday morning, same deal inhe lehigh valley. at ac airport less than half mile visible. lots of sunshine on tap today. once we can get the fog to dissipate, they are the temperatures, south jersey, some locations below freezing like millville at 30 degrees, 32 cherry hill, same deal in pemberton at this hour. philadelphia at the airport, 37. breezy up in chalfont, 32 voorhees, new jersey, 27 the coal spot in quakertown this hour, pottstown, reading, you

guys both at 28 degrees. little weak disturbance rolling through to the south, bringing few clouds around, clear skies, out across western pennsylvania, so generally mostly sunny sky today. here is the set up. there is the storm passing by brushing new jersey close line, high pressure back to the region tuesday providing sunshine, it holds over us for wednesday, two same deal, nice dry conditions, temperatures today well into the mid 50's for most locations, gets chilly again tonight, 30's, 20's, once again, tuesday, back above average near 50 degrees, little cooler than today. but hey we'll take it this time of year. forecast today, 54 degrees, for the high tonight, 36 for the low. the extended forecast keeping it dry, some clouds this week, but by the weekend look at the low 60s saturday and sunday. >> 60s in december, you can't top it, justin, thank you. talking sports right now, the sixers trying to win their second game of the season when they host the san antonio spurs, tip-off time at the wells fargo center 7:00 tonight. meanwhile, the temple owls

are getting a bowl game for christmas, they'll meet the toledo rocket in the boca raton bowl. on december 22, temple has matched the school's record with ten wins this season. toledo, nine and two, the owls are in a bowl game for the fifth time in history. >> and, penn state, they're also going to bowl game. the nittymakily lions face the georgia bulldogs. that's jacksonville, on january 2nd. penn state is seven and five, but they've lot three in a row. georgia is nine and three. they have won four straight. >> still ahead, weight watchers does some name dropping with its new weight loss plan. first though, here's what's coming up tonight on cbs-3.

>> new this morning, philadelphia firefighter suffered minor injuries battling a house fire in point

breeze. that fire started around 1:00 this morning on the 3200 block of moore street. no one was home. the cause of that fire is under investigation. also president obama trying reassure americans that the us will overcome the threat of terrorism. this follows the mass shooting in san bernardino that killed 14 people. in a rare oval office address, the president said americans cannot give in to fear. and, the eagles give fans a reason to cheer in new england, malcolm jen continues intercepts a tom brady pass, and takes it 99 yards for touchdown. what a play. birds take the lead and never let go of it. the eagles defeat the patriots at home, keep in mind, 35 to 28. >> all right, right now, 4:49. checking on the business news with money watch's jill wagner up at the new york stock exchange for thus morning, jill, gas prices inning lower as we head toward the holidays, i mean, we're all excited about this. what's behind this? >> good morning, yes, triple a says the national average now

2:03 a gallon, about penniless than last week, so drivers are saving an average of $18 for a full tank of gas compared to two years ago, more low gas prices could be coming. now, it is meeting on friday, opek decided not to cut oil production even though global over spry is what's been causing oil price toss fall to their lowest level in months. bad for energy companies, but good for drivers. drivers are not complaining. also, we hear weight watchers revamping its diet program. we hear they don't want to be called diet plan any more, keeping up with the times here it seems? >> reporter: that's right, don't call weight watch areas diet. wall street journal says weight watchers trying to win back beyond the scale. it put more emphasis on fitness, motivation, live style. and purposely leaves out the word diet. weight watchers also trying to cash in on its newest board member, oprah winfrey. anyone can turn things around, it is oprah. >> so true.

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good monday morning, wacking up to another cold start, areas of fog, freezing, from a lot of frost to scrape on your car. we'll rebounds nicely this afternoon, talking mid 50's, pretty impressive for the early part of december. check out the numbers, outside of the city we drop below freezing allentown, reading, northwest suburbs, are in the mid and upper 20s at this hour, even south jersey where we have some locally dense fog, still running below freezing around millville, at 33, in wilmington, good news, the winds are pretty much calm. maybe you get breeze out of the southwest at around 5 miles per hour, now harsh windchills this morning, going out for the morning work out, the jog, the bike ride, again, overall just cool conditions, no wind. there you go, little disturbance in the upper atmosphere coming through southern ohio west virginia bringing some showers. those stay to the south and west, may get few clouds around overall today.

otherwise, pretty much sunny day once we can get rid. patchy morning fog, 54 degrees for the high temperature, 48 is our average for this time of year. tonight it get chilly, again, few clouds around, 36 for the low for center city, some 20's out of the coldest suburbs, then tomorrow, slightly cooler but still a lot of sunshine, 50 degrees, still couple of degrees above average, bye-bye the end of the week warming it right back up near 06 friday, well to the lower 60s saturday and sunday, in the sunshine, so, pretty touch to beat there. meisha, little bit of freezing fog possibly on some of the road surfaces this morning. >> yes, justin, good thing you are point that out. good news, i can tell you right now good news to know that i should know. because things are looking good on the roadways, but whenever we might have some freezing overnight, you certainly want to be aware of that, especially right now during the 4:00 hour, and maybe even into that early 5:00 hour. here's a look at 95 south at girard, looking good here, plenty of headlight now just starting to get on the roadways specially compared to what we saw 20, 30 minutes ago. blue route, southbound, moving

in the southbound direction at mid-county rather. southbound direction, looking good. northbound, no problems. this is southbound lanes that i am kind of keeping my eye on this morning, looking good. the vine still closed both eastbound and westbound. that's the overnight construction that we have between the schuylkill and the broad street. you can see right now i was just wait to go he see the westbound lanes open, not yet open. westbound, eastbound vine, still closed new jersey construction route 130 closed both directions, south of route 620, until march 1st. so you will want to use your alternate of 295 in and around the area. also one more point of construction, route 202, both directions, between route 30, and route 401, reduced to one lane, eight p.m. to 5:00 a.m. tonight, through thursday.

erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. checking on stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1006 is following. temple university will be playing host to more than 200 students during next summer democratic national convention, also, lansdale christmas tree farm offering customers a chance to give back to families of military members deployed overseas. the philadelphia archdioces will join with pope francis in watching a jubilee year of mercy this week. check in two, three, four times a day "kyw news radio" 1006 on your a.m. dial. >> coming up right here on "eyewitness news", president obama celebrates the art of the annual kennedy center honors. we will take a look at this year's winners. >> and, it all start wad simple question: how do homeless people stay warm? meet the seven year old ceo and philanthropist making a big difference in her community. we're back at the top of t hour. good morning.

>> let's not forget freedom is more powerful than fear. >> in a rare presidential address, from the oval offers, president obama talks terror and how to beat isis. what the president wants congress to do next. also, a philadelphia firefighter injured battling a blaze overnight. we have an update on his condition coming up next. >> ever. >> stunning victory, saves the eagles season. pat gallen joins us and will break it all down for you, what's next for the birds r we talking playoffs. >> good morning, today is monday december 7th, i'm erika

von tiehl. justin is out on the skydeck for us, meisha checking the roads in the traffic center. >> good morning, everyone, we are going to have some happy caers this morning coming up, eagles win, it will be beautiful outside. right now roadways are looking good. justin, how is it feeling outside? >> cold right now. like you said, nice weather to talk about later this afternoon, talk about highs back to the 50's with the sunshine, now, outside right now, i can't see it, but if you go out, look at the moon, you'll seabright star close to it, that's actually the planet venus, pretty close together this morning. if you have good visibility, some areas dealing with some haze, fog this morning, so that may impact the viewing right before sunrise, check out venus and the moon together. thirty-six now at the airport, dropping little bit. below freezing up in allentown and reading, upper 20's at this hour, wilmington still hanging in at 33 degrees, millville, 29. the suburbs kinds of the same deal at or below freezing, willow grove, doylestown, quakertown and pottstown, the problem is, we do have that area of locally dense fog, especially in parts of inte s