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good morning, eagles fans are flying high this morning, after the birds really shot just about everyone saving their season by beating the new england patriots, so great to see that. our justin finch is live with fan reaction for us, talking to him coming up in a couple of minutes. this morning, video surfaces shows security guards allegedly punching, tackling students who ran the field, we have the full story for you, but let's get back to the positive stuff. and the eagles, that victory, really we have clear roads this monday morning, forecast above average. >> look at that. >> let's focus on the positive. >> roads looking pretty good. >> real nice this morning, overnight construction project now moving on out of the way.
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roadways are nice and dry this morning, 60s this weekend, i can't say it enough, justin, just knowing that the whole week looks nice. >> we're just lock in. yesterday we finally hit freezing for the first time in philadelphia. that's crazy, though, early december, we just hit freezing, unbelievable. yes, we will take t deal with little fog around this morning, a the love sunshine late this morning into the afternoon. high temperatures into dollars mid 50's, 40's where we should be this time of year. not whole lot of fog around center city looking from the palmyra cove nature park across the delaware river, nice calm glassy conditions, see skyline, little haze, some fog to deal with. but not really locally dense around the city but some areas interior south jersey, visibility, is less than half mile or so. temperatures, not quite as cold as yesterday. but there are some upper 20's, reading and allentown, 36 at the airport. officially, 29 in millville, new jersey, doylestown, 30, 27 quakertown, and pottstown. so we have below freezing temperatures, and we have some locally dense fog. so you can get areas of
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freezing fog. the fog itself stays liquid form. but as it hits something in contact with temperatures below freezing such as road surface consideration get little icy. keep that in mind. fog should dissipate between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. this morning. at the airport 4 miles per hour, same deal wilmington, less hand half mile millville, a.c. airport, depend where you are this morning. few clouds over us right now, they'll thin out later this morning into the afternoon. decent amount of sunshine coming at us today. temperatures respond noisily, late morning, already at 50 by 11:00. early afternoon, temperatures in the low 50's, on our way up to 54 this afternoon for philadelphia and the shore. even up in the poconos, not bad. upper 40's, talk about the 60s coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. let's head over to meisha for the latest road conditions. >> justin, nothing better than starting work week off knowing it will be 50's in december, it is such a nice way to kick off the week. here's a look at the schuylkill, headlight moving in the westbound direction at the con cons curve.
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we know this will heat up pushing toward the 6:00 hour. already is doing so. might want to give yourself couple every extra minutes this morning. here is a look at 95 headlight moving in the southbound direction at the airport, anywhere in and around the airport looking real nice rice -- right now. for those of you traveling by air, instead of by roadways, here is a look if you blue route. headlights moving in the northbound direction before route one. take a look at this, you can see, headlights moving in the northbound direction before route one. looking a little busy. taillights moving in the southbound direction, so both on the blue route is looking fairly busy this morning, also, some construction, route 202, both directions between route 30 and route 401, reduced to one lane, tonight, eight p.m. to 5:00 a.m. through thursday. erika, over to you. >> thank you. eagles fans have a lot to talk about this morning, the birds pulled off a major upset of the new england patriots lost night. the tide turned with this play in the second quarter. malcolm jenkins runs, punt, touchdown, how about it? eagles never look back.
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eagles were good on defense, and offense, just a solid game all around. and this win is really what everyone is talking about today, no doubt, nobody knows better that the the eagles, wip sports radio, we sent our justin finch down there wip studios to get the inside fan reaction for us, justin, fans must be so pumped. good morning. >> good morning, yes, fans say it is like that christmas gift that you really want but not sure that you are going to get. so, when you get it, you're so surprised and you're so grateful, and that is how fans went to bed last night, and how they are waking up this morning. >> after no win november, cause for eagles nation to do what they do best. >> thirty-five to 28, eagles knocking off the new england patriots on their home turf in foxboro. >> tom brady, was great, he did his job, all of his receivers dropped the ball. >> meantime birds were making plays, malcolm jenkins picking up the ball for 99-yard
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touchdown run, and the sprinting darren sproles with a 83-yard punt return. to some, at chickie's and pete's', the eagles and head coach chip kelly seem to be flying high again. >> superbowl 50. i knew could you do it. they were bashing you on, what's that, 94.1 radio i love you chip, i love you eagles. >> fortunately, our division is not that great, but we still have good chance. i'm glad the rest of the division isn't that great. >> will the flash fly or fail? this long time fan is cautiously optimistic. >> i'm worried a little bit about the arizona game. i don't think much after chance for. that will but who knows, it looks to me like seven and nine, going to win this division. >> right now fans are looking to tonight's redskins cowboys game, at this point redskins number one in. fc east, eagles two, so if the
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redskins win, we could have another good night and another good morning. >> oh, great morning already with that win, thanks so much, justin. and getting look now at the video of security guards, have you seen this in tackling fans. who rushed the field after temple's lost the houston saturday. thousands of people stormed on to the field after the cougars top the owls for the american athletic conference title. cell phone video captured at lows one security guard, punching a fan. >> delaware county man taking things into his own hands, see graph eat any his own neighborhood. graph eat had i the words cop killing season spelled out under a bridge in chester. when cat motorcycle closer it spotted that, he decided to paint right over it, instead leave behind a holiday message. in video, he posted on facebook, he already has 75,000 views. >> i got a raised heartbeat,
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oh, i hope i don't get in trouble for this, just trying to cover it up. we in and out of there in three minutes. >> left that up that. i figure clean it up sooner than later, a kid thinks that's the message they should be heating. >> and chester mayor already john linden commended pat's actions, saying, that he's glad pat took the time to remove that message. archdioces of philadelphia closing two churches, announcement made over the weekend, immaculate conception bvm church in levittown, bucks county, and saint gertrude church in west conshohocken montgomery county. they'll close on january 1st, due to financial reasons. the parish's merged when larger churches last year. right now, 5:37n business news this morning, amazon is getting some help to make its deliveries a lot of them this time of year. also investors await likely hike in interest rates. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york took stock exchange with those stories and much more, good morning. good morning, erika.
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strong jobs report for november sparked a rally on wall street. the dow jumped 369 points, on friday, the nasdaq was up 104. invest remembers now waiting for the feds meeting next week. analysts say the positive report on jobs and unemployment almost guarantees that the fed will decide to raise interest rates in their record low levels. the fed lowered rates during the financial crisis, to help stimulate the economy. and that is where they've stayed ever since. amazon's going old school. the company bought thousands of new big rigs to help deliver huge increase in holiday packages, they'll be used to ship items from one amazon warehouse to another. amazon will still use companies like ups to get packages to your doorstep. the company has also been testing drones for delivery. and now you can see what's vetting in your mailbox before you even get home. us postal service is testing notification service, it will e-mail customers images of the mail, just the exterior of the envelope. postal service won't be actually opening your bills
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and letters. erika? >> yes, keep those things closed but interesting to have that ability now, jill, thanks so much. >> unless know want to pay the bill. >> i know, if they want to take care that far, they can open that right away. i'm with you, jill. well, this is no longer just concept. porche planning to offer all electric performance car, by the end of the decade. the four door car which looks like futuristic version of today's porche will be able to go more than 300 miles on a single charge. the mission e was unveiled at the frankford motor show as concept car. but the board of volkswagon group porsche parent company has approved development of the car for factory production, could see it on the road soon. >> well, montgomery county fire department is using new training techniques to help them get out of dangerous situations. at the new facility in abington, firefighters took on the challenge of narrow tubes and concrete rooms. it is designed to simulate the same life threatening conditions of building
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collapse or underground explosion. >> something that we don't do every day, so something we got to keep our skill set sharp on. awkward, it is fun, it is exhilarating, it is everything that you need to keep you on your toast and inning ton township five fire companies spend more than 7,000 hours a year training for dangerous situations. still ahead, another look at your traffic and weather together as we start your work week off with the eagles win. also, it is video that put the chicago police department in our spotlight when officers shot a teenager 16 times. >> now, the department of justice is put that department under the microscope. also this. >> i like doing this, because it helps people. >> a little girl with a big heart, she is only seven years old, and already, a ceo of a non-profit organization, because she wants to help the homeless. her heart-warming story, is coming up next. we'll be right back.
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investigation. president obama meanwhile is trying to reassure americans that the us will overcome the threat of terrorism. in a rare address from the oval office, the president did not offer any new plans to fight isis. but, urged congress to take more action on gun control. and, what a win for the eagles. malcolm jenkins under septa tom brady pass in the third quarter, he takes it 99 yards, for a touchdown. oh, the birds take the lead. never let go of t eagles defeat patriots 35 to 2 well, did you hear, santa's on his way to the international space station. >> three, two, one. >> lift off. >> the at last five rocket blasted into space, from cape canaveral florida yesterday. rocket will deliver more than 7,000 pounds of supplies, including christmas gift, to the awaiting drew. it is expected to reach the international space station
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wednesday. >> all right, well, if you want to go out, maybe do more local holiday shopping today, looking pretty good? >> looks great. speaking of space, if you go outside, you can see the moon and venus close together. check it outright before sunrise, if i can bring back weather watchers. here we go. check out some cold temperatures we had low 20's, few spots, gilbertsville, eileen murray 23 agrees at this hour, down in interior south jersey where we have a lot of fog, cold temperatures, mid 20's at margo's house, up in perkasie, also 25 degrees, 26, little closer to the city, chattsword, new jersey, same deal. sal ores berg, this one going crazy on me, can't control it today, middletown delaware above freezing at 33 degrees. so let's talk about this fog we're dealing with this morning, locally dense in some spots specially interior south jersey. check it out. part of cumberland, atlantic county visibility down, less than half mile in some spots.
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not too bad, berks county had some problems, some of the fog is occurring with temperatures below freezing, you can get freezing fog, fog stays in liquid form. once it hits contact with the surface below freezing, get slick spots specially bridges and overpasses, few clouds over us, little weak disturbance out toward cincinnati. that stays to the south and west. generally mostly sunny skies returning, and it will help temperatures warm back up. one system moving back on shore, the other through the mountains, high pressure back on top of us for tuesday. mild temperatures, wednesday same deal, once again highs above average, what's ahead it, just stays mild, all of the cold air indicated by purple, blues, lock up in canada. then we get the huge push of warm air by next weekends, talking highs in the 60s, winds of colder air trying to return for the middle of the month. not happening today. enjoy the sunshine, high temperature of 54 degrees. we will talk about the 60s little later on.
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what's the latest on on the road? >> we love. that will roads are looking pretty good. no major accidents to talk b in fact, no accident to report at all. here is a look at 309, taillights moving in the northbound direction of the turnpike, you can see how quiet it is on 309 right now. when we look at delaware county 95 hit lied moving in the northbound direction, this is at 452. looking good, but starting to look busy little bus any delaware county for those of you moving in the northbound direction, and here is a look at the vine, headlight moving in the eastbound direction, this is at broad street. looking good again another area that i am keeping my eye on starting to heat up now ever since the vine street expressway had opened due to the overnight construction. shear construction in new jersey south of 620 to until march 1st, right there, use the alternate 29a in that area, just don't forget that construction, nine at north ramp to the blue route northbound closed tonight, at 8:00 p.m., until tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. that's another one you might
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want to remember, erika, back to you. >> meisha, thank you so much. after accusations of police brutality justice department plans to investigate the chicago police department. kim hutchinson with more on the focus that far investigation. -- more on the focus of that investigation. >> we will be protected. >> a mid protest over police brutality, justice department set to launch a pattern and practice investigation of chicago's police department. the probe to be conducted through the department civil rights division, will look for patterns of unconstitutional practices, like excessive force or bias policing. >> the part of the investigation is that investigators from the fbi will hear from the community, and i will tell you that it takes years, especially, considering the chicago police department. >> same type of inquiry conduct in the ferguson, baltimore. the culmination of that sort of investigation the justice
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department claims, or call them recommendations, but they are not. because if the recommendations aren't taken up by the police department, then the justice department files a lawsuit. >> chicago is in an uproar over police video showing the shooting of the la kwon mcdonald, video contradict police statements about the incident, the officer involved facing murder charges, police chief has stepped down. but demonstrations persist. like the one organized sunday by civil rights leader jesse jackson. >> need a sense of fairness and justice to apply to all. >> rob emanuel's office released statement lattices dane saying they welcome the go -- doj investigation. >> there are many words often used to describe seven year old child, but ceo, likely, isn't among them. but meet mikea robinson, started her own that feeds
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homeless. the second greater organized blanket drivers, food drives, since she was five years old. her mom said it was all started by a food drive when she met a homeless person for the first time. >> it was coming winter, and i was like wondering how does he keep warm. how can he sleep, or like that. >> then when the wintertime came, you know, she was inquiring about that man, because if he is homeless, where is he sleeping. >> after mikea collect blankets, we're told she takes them to local shelters, sometimes walks the streets with her family handing out those blankets to homeless people she meets. incredible little girl. >> coming up: the honor of hanukkah. we'll show you menorrah made out of 50,000 leggos, let's show you, also, plane with actor morgan freeman on board, forced to make an emergency landing. we'll tell you what went wrong coming up.
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>> live look at the menorrah on independence mall, first candle lit last night at sundown. happy channukah. congregation in fort worth, texas, celebrating one leggo piece at a time. parent and children at congregation used about 50,000 leggo blocks, to build that menorrah. it is huge. it is 16 feet tall. the project manager started working on it in july. the congregation plans to donate all of the leggos to groups of children and families. fantastic. santa claus gave some special attention to some very deserving children. at the philadelphia mills mall, children with special needs were able to ask santa their wishes in a calm environment, no lines, no crowds, free from distress from it all, list toned listen to christmas stories, get big hugs from santa. it is all part of their caring santa event. >> meanwhile, resident in washington township got into the holiday spirit, for a good
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cause. at the wedge wood country club annual christmas house tour, visitors checked out five private homes, plus, mrs. clause's workshop, all decked out in holiday decorations, beautiful trees. the event raises money for college scholarships, the club's 28th year for this event. >> the world just watching and waiting when will kim kardashian and kan west their name their new baby boy? we are curious, aren't you? well couple welcomed their son saturday. sites this morning say the reality star might name her son after her late farther being robert cards ash yan, while they like the name easton, his name would be easton west. kim and kanye took almost a week to name their filled child north. keep on waitingment meanwhile, federal authorities are investigating what caused actor morgan freeman's plane to make an emergency landing. authorities say the private
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plane was on take off, was taking off from tinicum, mississippi when tire blue out on the lan g gear. and that it skidded and off the runway there is happened saturday night. now, only freeman and the pilot were on board at the time of the crash. no one was injured. good to hear. and the hunger games mocking jay part two wins at the box office battle for third straight week. jennifer laurence led film pulled in over $18 million. the anti-christmas clause thriller brought universal brought in 16 million. creed and the good dinosaur slipped into third place and fourth place, little over $15 million each. specter rounds out top five. all right, coming up at the top of the hour, another check on your traffic and weather together this monday morning, also, an entire air force base in new mexico is sent into lockdown, and bubble wrap is to blame. we'll explain, also, tech toys roam around the room to cars ready to race, taking taking a k
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nation from the oval offers, president obama tells americans how he plans to beat isis. and win the war on terrorism. also, this morning, a philadelphia firefighter is injured while battling an overnight house fire in point breeze. we have an update on his condition. >> he goes, fires, intercepted, touch back at the 30, at the 40, at the 50, malcolm jenkins, is going 99 yards for a touchdown. >> what a play, do you believe that when you saw? 94wip's merrill reese with the call of the game. malcolm jen continues touchdown, helped the eagles really shock just about everyone, as they beat the superbowl champs, and on their hemp turf, too. it is monday, december 7th, i'm erika von tiehl. we check in with your forecast and a look at the roads, justin six floors up on the chilly skydeck, meisha nice and warm inside. >> yes, i amment warm

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