michael nutter needed to bleeped when talking about donald trump and his call for ban on muslims. trump is responding to all the criticism. we will give you a live look from our center city sky cam, another beautiful december day. we will get through a cool morning. we have a lot a warming trend over the weekend which is looking fantastic if you like that kind of thing if you like 60's in december. >> i'm a fan. >> today is wednesday, december 9th, so glad you are with us i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm erika von tiehl. we will check on the forecast with a bird eye view, hi katie, look at this, our very festive sky deck. >> holiday lights. >> yes. >> when did you have time to decorate. >> i set time aside for these things. we have our cbs-3 eye, and wreath on the sky deck. so festive. i love it. if you are driving up, 16th street or even 15th street you will see it here. it is a beautiful view. it the is not looking like christmas if you are dreaming

of the white one however, it is beautiful weather regardless. lets start off with storm scan three. we are quiet out here. you don't have any ground clutter reports. tranquil as can be with high pressure in place. a few clouds overhead a at this point over portions of new jersey and east central pennsylvania but high pressure is still ruling the roost here for one more day. temperatures as we speak are on the cool side, granted, starting in the 30's you do need to start off with the heavier coast but this is one of the classic days where you dress in layers. you will have some frost to deal with on the windshield this morning. later today sun will get rid of that real quickly. we will talk about daytime highs in the second. we're talking 48 degrees in charleston. forty-nine in little rock. that warmth is what will be heading our way. those temperatures will be climbing. look at where we are end up, as we head toward friday. 61 degrees by the time we hit that day, 55 for this afternoon and that is almost ten above the average. we will talk about how warm it

will get because meisha, even though friday is already in the 60's, we're going to get warmer by the the weekend, we will talk the numbers coming up. >> perfect for saturday and sunday, thanks very much, katie. so much to look forward to. it is hump day. we are just getting through the week. roadways looking good, nice and dry, 422, headlights moving in the eastbound direction at turnpike, you can see plenty of headlights out there moving in the eastbound direction. 422 you are heating up. schuylkill headlights moving in the westbound direction approaching here looking good here. also eastbound moving in the city look very busy as well. schuylkill is an area not moving in the 6:00 o'clock. i'll keep my eye on it. the it will get busy. delaware county 4452 northbound, and you are also looking good in and around the airport. girard avenue ramps to 95 north is closed, permanently. take a look if you look at your screen, thinks your alternate, east on girard, right on richmond, right on delaware avenue.

take ramp to i-95 northbound. i will tweet that out because that is a lot right now but that is closed permanently there construction new jersey route 55 north past route 49, left lane blocked until 3:00 p.m. today. ladies, over to you. a fugitive's run from philadelphia end after one month and more than 800 miles. >> it came will to a crashing end in florida. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from our cbs-3 sat center with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. khiry reid is wanted for murder in philadelphia and he was no easy catch for u.s. marshals in florida. the his take down involved a three vehicle wreck and a surprising find, a baby inside reid's getaway suv. this morning reid is now due in court, in two states. >> people you think are your neighbors and they find out they have a jagged past. >> reporter: found in florida, khiry reid a 28 year-old murder suspect wanted for the shooting and killing of the 22-year old man, in philadelphia, in november. >> we have information from

the u.s. marshals office in philadelphia that a fugitive from homicide fugitive from philadelphia was in jacksonville area. >> reporter: about 5:00 o'clock, tuesday evening, u.s. marshals tracked reid to the home where they saw him get in the ford expedition. marshals made their move but suv driver, with reid and a baby u inside tried to flee ramming in the u.s. marshals vehicle and county sheriff office cruiser. the suv was closed ape driver and reid was arrested at gunpoint. >> we found he might be in our orange park area. >> reporter: tips led u.s. marshals to read outside of jacksonville, florida, more than 850 miles away from the mantua section of philadelphia where he is wanted for murder of the 22-year old man later identified as maurice mcdonald. back on the morning of november 10th mcdonald was shot several is times inside the j and r perez convenient store on the 700 block of north 38th street. reid was later identified as a

suspect and almost a month later, authorities knew where to find him. that baby found in the suv was in the hurt and is now safe with his mother. meantime reid and that suv driver are staring down charges of fleeing arrest, battery and child endangerment down in florida. the the next step for reid is to come back to philadelphia, and answer to those homicide charges. nicole back over to you. justin finch, thank you. donald trump insist he is right about his proposal to ban all muslims from entering the united states. however, philadelphia's mayor michael nutter is blasting trump. he is claiming the g.o.p. presidential candidate is taking a page from the dark chapter in history. don champion picks up the story. >> reporter: adding fuel to the fire storm, donald trump blasted off this tweet overnight, wow, what a day he wrote. so many foolish people that refuse to acknowledge the the tremendous danger and uncertainty of certain people coming into the u.s. >> are you a big ol.

>> not at all. >> reporter: hours earlier the republican presidential front runner defended his stance to abc's barbara walter. >> there are people that have tremendously bad intentions, we have to be tough, we have to be smart, and we have to be vigilant. >> reporter: while this g.o.p. rivals have used word like unhinged, offensive, divisive, ridiculous to describe trump's proposal the mayor of one of the largest cities of america offered up tougher word. >> he has taken a page from the play book of hitler. >> reporter: across the country many american muslims admitted the proposed ban brought up frightening memories of the intern. of japanese americans during world war two. >> we do not want a generation of what has happened in the past, the evils that happened in the past in the this country to rio cure. >> reporter: still some of the trump's strongest support course not see that it way. >> we do need to lot the a these countries where these people are coming from.

>> reporter: new national poll taken before trump made his proposal found 68 percent of his supporters would vote for him if he ran as an independent. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". happening today, the trial starts for the the suspect charged in the attack of the gay couple in center city. catherine knott rejected a plea deal and faces charges including aggravated assault for her role in last years attack. two other suspects pleaded guilty, one of the beating victims was left with a broken jaw that doctors wired shot while it heals. lewis vogville is supposed to appear in the hit and run death of the philadelphia police officer. she struck and killed officer lemar pool on october circle. off-duty officer, motorcycle. in bucks county two people are killed in a head on crash. chopper three over that scene on north bound route 202, and north dugan road solebury township. a suv and station wagon

crashed, head on. a man and woman in the wagon were pronounced dead at the scene. the driver of the suv was flown to the trauma center, police are investigating. and the the attempted drug bust leads to a police chase in northeast philadelphia it began at cottman and torresdale avenues around 9:00 . the the suspect struck two police cruisers as they tried to get away. that chase eventually ended at torresdale and rhawn. suspects tried to runaway but officers caught up with them. one of the suspects suffered a, and went to the hospital. time magazine is about to announce person of the year and one of the front runners is making headlines this week for controversial comments. find out who could land the cover. dramatic video of another whoever board explosion this time an entire mall had to be evacuated while they put out those flames. also this... >> surprising new numbers that show just how many people are on their phones behind the wheel, i'm going to have a look coming up.

♪ looking live, a at center city, just a beautiful shot of the sky line this wednesday morning. we will get a check of weather and traffic, when we come back. i to the acidity in any foods.ht never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. he told me to use pronamel. it's going to help protect the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drink my coffee, and it was a real easy switch to make.

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flames. >> i think it is crazy. for no reason it just exploded and not just little fire but just exploded, like combusted the whole thing. >> in the clear what company, built or sold that board but as i mentioned it is not first time a fire has been reported around the country. this is the the third hoover game fire. some of them have been blamed on lithium batteries that over heat if they are charge for too long. a popular, gift here so buyer beware. >> something to keep in mind. >> this weather is pretty crazy but in a good way, katie. >> we are loving these temperatures. once the sunnies up it feels nice. >> yes, we can call it crazy, crazy. >> or maybe craamazing. >> i credit my very dear friend, for that and she came up with and i love it. i'm feeling it. storm scan three quiet as can be. we have a weak feature, bringing us a thin line of cloud here through lower michigan and indiana. that is what we will end up

with here. overall our pattern stays so nice. i want to talk about how we compare them. remember, how just two years back, week 14 of the eagles regular season, do you recall what we ended up coining that day? it was a snow bowl of 203 when kick off temperature was 33 and we had 8.6 inches of snow that day. now by comparison, little dose of april for us, coming this sunday, with the kick off temperature at 63 degrees, i feel like we should just hang out and camp out at the link. we have army navy saturday, and perfect conditions on game day itself on sunday for the eagles and we are in the mid 60's, with sunshine. the it doesn't get better. already off to a nice start hear, granted a few more cloud but we will rebound again to well above average. sixty's then are the story for friday, saturday, sunday, and monday. a at this point the one day that we do expect to tie a record is sunday, 65 degrees.

that record, was from 1923, and so it a has been a long time since it has been quite that mild in that particular day. it might as well be springtime, i'm telling you, unbelievable. >> exactly. >> the first game of the season. >> yes. >> i love it. >> i know ski lovers are just like man, you know what. >> i know, i know. >> but, it is january. >> yes. >> or maybe, they just can't skate at all this year. >> sorry. >> i'm a snow lover i love the snow just as much as anybody else but i can push it off for one week in march. good morning, everybody. everyone looking good on the roadways. we have dry roadways like we do today traffic seems to be holding out really well and i think it will for rest of this week, knock on wood, i should. this is schuylkill eastbound at city after new looking good in the eastbound direction.

looking past these trees in the westbound direction you can see how busy it is, so many headlights out there, switch cameras and get to the boulevard, this flood is moving in the southbound direction trying to get on to what i just showed thaw schuylkill in the westbound direction it is heating up. these are two of the busiest stretches i'm seeing. another one i-95 at cottman is heating up but we are dealing with the normal nest this morning. whenever i can say normal in the world of traffic that is a good thing. very normal. we are getting people outside on the roadways, construction repaired expansion joint schuylkill eastbound paces the blue route only one lane opened between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. well, latest this morning we will find out time magazine person of the year. >> we do necessity who is on the short list. >> presidential republican date donald trump is one of the eight finalist. if he gets pick, of course, it will generate discussion just like his comments usually generate discussion. >> some of the other finalists are the t black lives matter activist, the leaders of ice

is, russian president vladamire putin and caitlin jenner. the win are will be announced in a few hours. we will see who they will choose and see the reaction near and far. coming up a case of vandalism at a local university, swastikas, carved into dorm room doors and that is in the all. this little girls christmas wish is going viral. she was orphaned and badly burn in the arson attack and now she's asking for one small thing. find out how you can help make her wish come true. it won't cost you a doll or. we will be right back.

a white dover police officer is found not guilty of assault charges after kicking a black man in the face. we have video here of that confrontation between corporal thomas webster and dickerson, during an arrest in 2013. webster kicked dickerson in the head, breaking his jaw and knocking him unconscious. webster testified he was trying to kick the suspect's upper body and then feared for his life because officers thought dickerson was arm. rowan university officials are dealing with the case of hate speech at a college dorm, several swastika as were carved in the door at chestnut hall. facility housed freshman and sophomores on the glassboro campus. markings were removed from the door but some say they are concerned. >> i definitely think it is a hate crime ape whoever does it is juvenile. >> it makes me feel unconfidentable. what i thought was safe, isn't

safe anymore. >> super disturbing to know that someone living so close to me feels that way about other religions. what do they feel about me? >> police are now looking for the the vandals. a young arson survivor makes a simple holiday wish sparking a worldwide response. >> her entire family was killed in the fire in upstate new york two years ago. the the eight year-old suffered burns on over 75 percent of her body. she recently posted on her holiday wish on facebook, and all she's asking for is enough holiday card to fill up that christmas tree, the card holder. she said she has received dozens of cards, more likely on the way. we can hope it is a. >> what an amazing reminder of a little bit goes a long way and she still has that spirit of christmas despite everything. beautiful. all right. coming up next, why pilots are complaining about some trending new holiday lights people are using to decorate their homes. we will explain.

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learning how to walk all over again. her leg was injured, and later amputated after she crashed her car. she admits she was distracted and reaching for her ringing cell phone. >> i reached down to grab it, on the floor board, and just that quick. >> reporter: number of distract driving deaths continues to climb. even though many drivers recognize how distracting cell phones can be behind the wheel and support measures to crackdown on using them, new data shows problems only getting worse. >> if you know this to be distracting why are you doing it? these additional activities are troubling. >> reporter: new state farm survey found number of people testing while -- texting while driving has remain stable since 2009 but it shows more than twice as many drivers surf the internet, reading e-mails and checking social media accounts while driving are also up. >> one thing we could glean from the survey is increase, in smart phone ownership. they now have the opportunity for more functions, like visiting the internet, reading e-mail.

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good morning, hard to believe, only 15 days left until christmas, have you done your shopping. it the is feeling like spring and we have perfect temperatures to do holiday shopping during your lunch break what a warm december. i'm not complaining. skiers hate it. but it feels lovely. >> we are feeling for follow thanks crave that winter weather. so we have this calendar here. >> yes. >> every block of the month thus far is shaded in orange here. what does that mean it is above average for standard. so every single day, well a above the normal, december 2nd, in particular, just stand out feeling like a sore thumb. fourteen a above the normal that day. we are solid 6 degrees above the normal, with all of these numbers factored in.

normal high on this day of the year is 47 degrees. we will be exceeding that d time high with every passing day, right through the weekend. even well exceeding it to the point we are challenging record are here. storm scan three is quiet. we have high pressure on our side. sunnies not up yet. it is on the cold side. we don't have wind. frost is an issue for those who don't have a benefit of the garage. give yourself a extra spare minor two to thaw out the windshield. twenty-nine in lancaster. twenty-nine as well up in allentown. as we look forward in this forecast the sun will shine once again, partly sunny, still a ne afternoon expect though by 3:00 p.m. we are talking 54 degrees. we expect our official high to reach about 55 as we go through the afternoon. so, the temperatures continue this uphill climb, as i mentioned we will challenge record warmth. not even for one day. it is for several days. the eventually these storm systems do have to move in. we will talk about rain as well in the seven day. we will outline all that for

you here coming up, but we will send it over to you for now. >> we will always look forward to the weekend when we have 60's and mid 60's at that. good morning. just waking up with us, things are looking good on the roadways. the they are nice and dry as we know at this time. here's new jersey, 42 freeway, north bound, this is one of the stretch right around creek road. it is getting very busy. as we progress toward northbound, 295, that is when we will see more congestion. forty-two freeway this is what you are looking at, fairly busy, a a lot of headlights, one area, getting very busy, 95 south at cottman and this is a camera shot just past cottman but you can see overall very busy on cottman, slow just a little bit, below posted speed because we are starting to see brake lights go off where more and more congestion build as we push through 6:00 o'clock hour. we have an accident boulevard southbound, one lane of the inner drive is now blocked. for those just thinking about

hitting the roadway that doesn't get cleared out and that can pose problems, gets busy there patco running a new schedule will through december n friday and then on the weekend. happening today, it is back to court for at alleged gunman in the planned parenthood clinic shoot initial colorado springs. prosecutors plan to formally charge robert dear with first degree murder. he have is a accused of killing a police officer and two other people november 27th. if convicted he could get the death penalty or life in prison. well, we're learning more about the couple behind last weeks shooting massacre in san bernardino, california. investigators are looking at whether the to got their guns as they looked in the past. andrew expense are reports first responders are publicly discussing, what happened, that day. >> reporter: as police evacuated inland regional center an officer leading people down a hallway can be heard trying to comfort them. >> try to relax, everyone, try to relax. i will take a bullet before

you that is for dam sure. >> i said it to them just to calm down and relax that we were going to do everything we can to get them out. >> reporter: first responders shared their stories, on tuesday after seeing carnage of the mass shooting in san bernardino, california in which 14 people were killed. >> horrific. been around here 11 years in this city, i have never seen a scene like it before in my life. >> reporter: an officer was among 21 people wounded. >> the male was already down in the the street. so difficult not know who was in the back of that car shooting at us but i could hear fire from the back of the car. >> reporter: he knows that person was tashfeen malik, investigators believe the other shooter, her husband syed rizwan farook, had actually planned an attack before. two u.s. officials tell cnn farouk and another person planned an attack in 2012, with a specific target, in california. an official says that the two got spooked after a round of terror-related arrests in the

area and they decided not to go through with the attack. law enforcement it says husband and wife got two of the weapons that they used last week, several years ago from a former next door neighbor who is now, cooperating with the the authorities. twenty-four year-old man at the this point has in the been arrested. andrew spencer for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". 6:35 right now. a a couple weeks ago we reported on a series of violent incidents at george washington high school in the north east. now "eyewitness news" has learned that the principal has been removed from that school. the school district decided to make that move after three students attacked a teacher inside the school located in somerton. principal gene jones has been at washington for just two and a half years. officials say the school needs a dramatic change. two district administrators will lead the school until a permanent replacement is found. philadelphia police need your help to catch these two grinches caught on camera stealing holiday cheer around the city. in fairmount police say a

thief stole a wreath from the home in the 2400 block of aspen street on sunday. this is what he looks like. police said another thief entered an unlocked vehicle two days earlier and stole two watches worth $4,000 in queen village. if you recognize that suspect you are asked to call the the police. concern this morning over the the latest holiday craze, federal authorities say that christmas laser lights, could cause trouble in the skies. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones has that story. >> reporter: tis the season for holiday travel and holiday lights, combination though hasn't been a issue before right now. >> i think they look cool. is there two options. you can do all green and red. >> reporter: jen parker bought these laser lights at bed, bath and beyond for $40 to light up perfect ridley park home which is just a few miles from the airport. >> lazy lights. >> it is what facebook is calling them. >> pretty much anything they hit lights light up like a christmas tree and they are so easy to install, it has made them a very popular item, this

christmas season. the problem is a pilot a approaching dallas fort worth international the airport reported seeing a laser at 15,000 feet. >> i don't think that anybody who buys one of these little devices is putting it up with even the first thought that it might have an enough power to hit a aircraft in the school. >> reporter: faa says lasers can light up an entire cockpit making it tough for a pilot to see. >> if the box is aimed high, some of the laser light will not hit the roof of the house for example, it will just keep going off into space. >> reporter: faa is urging consumers to buy them to make sure they are not pointed toward the sky. >> in the directions it tells to you make sure you situate the lights on your house and not toward the sky. >> to be clear lights are perfectly legal to boost and to own and so far, there are no reports of any pilot complaining about the lights or flying into philadelphia international a airport. reporting from south

philadelphia, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". former eagles quarterback michael vick is playing a new role, a pet advocate. vick was in harrisburg lobbying for a bill to protect dogs and cats left in hot cars. the bill would allow first respond tours break into cars to rescue pets without fear of being held liable for damages. speaking to lawmakers vick calls himself an unlikely advocate. >> the bottom line is that all animals require kindness and respect. they depend on us like our children depend on us. i know that i'm an unlikely advocate. i was part of the problem when i was at my lowest. i made decision toss make change. >> vick has work on animal rights issues since being released from prison. he served 21 months for his part in the dog fighting ring before turning to the nfl. 6:38. deadline is approaching to make sure you have health care coverage for next year, consumer reporter jim donovan

will explain. officials discovered what most likely caused dozens of student in boston to get sick after eating chipotle but it does not help explain illnesses in other parts of the country. also this. in this weeks story of brotherly love meet the a family who lives to serve their country, you can help their little girl and thousands of other military children have a happy holiday find out how coming up.

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effect in parts of the pacific northwest, record rainfall dumped 3 inches on have rain in portland in just 24 hours, triggering flooding and landslides there. >> and some people chose to evacuate others are sand bagging their homes. officials are warning those stand behind them to avoid walking a and driving in high water and hopefully will get a break from the the high rain. lets check with katie and conversely we have a dry forecast. >> while they are dealing with just storm system after storm system coming in like a train of storms in the pack north west, we have been blessed with very, very quiet weather and nice dairy say spring-like outlook down the road. eyewitness weather watchers are up and adam on this chilly beginning to the morning, granted. we have got temperatures at or below freezing in quite a few spots the but light win. we will pick out a couple of these. twenty's being reported right now. 27 degrees coming in from christopher, he is in saint david on the main line under a a nice clear sky, staying clear and cold and definitely suggesting that you bundle up when go to school or going to

work this morning. definitely sound advise because even though later on it will be a bit above average we are talking about freezing mark, and it is cold. ed had has 32 degrees. he has clouds in chesterfield. we will touch on one more. lets get to the delaware river. thirty-three. 33 degrees if we can get it there. there we go. coming from delores. twenty-seven is the temperature, as we hit on that one but everybody is feeling the chill out there this morning. got to be careful with these touch screens they are touchy. storm scan showing quiet weather. high pressure on the side. looking off to the west we have thin cloud, that is our next very weak cold front set to move into our area. it will be bringing with it certainly a couple of cloud along the way. we don't expect wet weather out of it. a all we have got going is dry weather, and a uphill climb on the thermometer. we do give you an a mine to us day more than anything, for comparison sake take a look for rest of the week has in store, guys. by tomorrow upper 50's. by the the time we hit friday,

a dose of very, very late winter early springtime and then we will head in the weekend and we are just off to the races. challenging if not tying a couple record along the way and we will keep sunshine. meisha, it just keeps getting better, every weekend has looked so nice. >> this weekend will be insane nice. i can tell you from the traffic department, center we love to hear dry roadways. it will be nothing but dry. so no problems putting our kid on the bus or all of us hitting the roadways this morning we have great company this morning. schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction at conshohocken curve. moving both east and westbound certainly starting to heat up around there in the conshohocken curve, burlington bristol bridge opened up at 6:40. the it is kind of hard to make out what is going on fit is already up it will be coming down sometime soon. ninety-five south betsy ross bridge another area to keep my eye on, actually looking okay, when we go around this a area, even around cottman, girard

looking at i-95 we are heating up around cottman as we do. port richmond neighborhood richmond street closed between lehigh and allegheny. this starts midnight tonight until 4:00 p.m. on friday, ladies, over to you. the government is updating its five star safety rating system for new cars to to take into account technology. it is biggest update since 1970's. newly proposed standard are so strict there is not a car on the road that would earn five or four stars. there will be new crash tests including one focused on angled frontal crashes, new high tech smart dummies designed to better reflect injuries people suffer from head to foot. new crash tests will begin with the 2019 model year. >> our goal, it is not to just protect people in the event that an accident occurs, but we are also ultimately want to eliminate crashes all together. >> the new kara zest. program will include three rankings, adding crash a

avoidance technology and pedestrian protection to the traditional crash worthiness ranking. it will include an overall rating. we now know what is to blame for sickening dozens of students in boss to be, at chipotle. it wasn't e-coli as first expected. initial tests show it was the the noro virus. eighty students at boston college complained of the stomach illness after eating at a same restaurant in campus. this is just one more problem for chipotle a scare link to that restaurant has infect 52 people in nine states. with the holidays upon us probably last thing a lot of us are thinking about is purchasing health care insurance. >> more focused on cars, presents. >> crazy. >> if you don't have coverage next year expect to have a big hit at tax time. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan explains. >> reporter: in the fourth week of open enrollment almost 395,000 people selected insurance plans using the health care dot gov web site, totaling over 2 million plan selections, since november 1st but the deadline is fast approaching.

>> if you want coverage for january 1 you have to sign up for health insurance coverage by december 15th or you will not have coverage. >> reporter: if you purchased insurance through the federal marketplace it is important to update your personal information each year even though if you are not making any changes to your coverage. >> fur financial situation changes or your household composition changes you could be eligible for more or less financial health. you don't want to take a chance that you have a tax liability at the end of the year. >> reporter: finally if you choose not to be covered by health insurance get ready to pay up in the form of the penalty. >> if you can afford health insurance but you choose not to have have coverage in 2016 then you are subject to a fee or a penalty of when you file your federal income tax. >> reporter: this this year that penalty is substantial up to $695 per adult in your

household, or 2.5 percent of your taxable income whichever is higher. that is the key thing to remember, whichever is higher. so if you are make $40,000 and don't enroll in coverage the penalty would be a thousand bucks. again december 15th is deadline to obtain coverage for january 1st. if you missed that deadline open enrollment is opened until the end of january. beyond that is when penalty kick in. reporting for three on your side i'm jim donovan. time to check is what coming up on cbs this morning. >> gayle king joins us live from new york with that preview, good morning, gayle. >> good morning, i'm here and ready to share. hello there erika and nicole. we will start with john dickerson and nancy cordis about how trump's comments are impacting the presidential race and republican party. they are boating to be in the studio today along with republican strategy frank lutes with his focus group on those controversial remarks. we will take to you scotland to find out new source to

renewable energy, the the experts say it could come from the waves. and a look at the new technology that listen to this can let you see through walls. do you want to do that. no super man required. >> yeah, i don't know, it depend on what is on the other side of the wall. >> that is right. >> thanks, gayle. >> news is back in the morning. wait, i am will's not done. the news is back in the morning, we will see new about ten minutes. back to you two. >> all right. thanks. gayle, thank you. sharing is caring so we appreciate that preview. cbs-3 is happy to be helping veterans this holiday season. we are collecting toys, some of which go to the members of the uso. >> our kate bilo spoke to one of those families in this weeks story of brotherly love. >> u s o serves hundreds of thousands of military family all over the world. i met the a little girl in roxborough whose parents are thankful for the the help. eighteen month-old madison manson also knows what to do for a camera.

>> cheese. >> she's a bubbly child, she's a sparkling personality. >> reporter: mom and dad have have a lot on their plate, clarence mansonnies a philadelphia police officer. he and catina are both in the pennsylvania national guard. clarence served in afghanistan. >> how did things change once madison was born. >> she cannot do everything she used to do before you become parents. >> reporter: now she stays home with madison and pursuing a degree. only one job is moth easy. >> there is a misconception thaw make a whole lot of money. things are extremely expensive these days. >> reporter: liberty uso wants to help in cooperation with the cbs-3 joy of sharing toy fest they are collecting toys to lift burden on local military families. >> we want to take care of close to 2,500 military kids this holiday season. i think that goalies achievable thanks to your

viewers and their generosity and their patriotism fort for clarence and catina it is a huge help. >> tremendous. the it is like at last rolled off my shoulders. >> reporter: serving those who served us. >> if not them, who should we take care of. >> reporter: want to help? you can by donating to the joy of sharing toy fest, bring a new unwrapped toy to our drop off locations, the the toys will be given to the uso as well as salvation army and boys and girls club. you can find a list of locations to cbs philly.com/toy fest. kate bilo for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> such an important contributions too. a holiday stapel for many people is back on the store shelves. >> patty. >> ♪ >> um, um, um. >> patty. >> who could forget singing

endorsement of patty labelle's sweet the potato pie. it was such a big hit wal-mart sold out of the philadelphia a native pies for thanksgiving. the it took 2 million sweet potatoes. >> 2 million. >> now wal-mart has made enough pies to restock them. the stores here in philadelphia and across the country. those pies will be available year round not just for the holidays too. >> i hope she sent that young man a pie or something. >> yes. >> i'm with you. >> helped her so much. >> patty. >> we will be right back.

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in the head lines a man ace rested in florida for murder of a man inside a philadelphia grocery store last movement police caught up with khiry reid a after a wild chase and crash near jacksonville last night. also donald trump is standing by his proposal to ban muslims from entering the country but politicians on both side of the aisles are coming out against him among most out spoken philadelphia mayor michael nutter who is comparing him to hitler saying anti islamic rhetoric has no place in our city. federal authorities are warning about laser holiday light decorations, if they are pointed to the sky they can temporarily blind aircraft pilots. head up for you. fifteen days until christmas, reminder for you, does not feel like it one bit. >> right now, yes. >> but this afternoon. >> sunnies about ready to rise over the horizon and that will help warm things up but

looking outside in the neighborhood network it is chilly, below freezing in kutztown. we have crunchy grass out there with the frost settling in. so keep in mind you might need extra time to thaw out but lot we end up here with sunday at game time. sixty-three at kick off. >> come on, it is, looking forward to it. >> we're ready for football. we have an accident here schuylkill westbound off ramp to belmont you can see flashlights not causing too many problems as we pull off to the off ramp but it is there. might get gaper delay. burlington bristol bridge is still up. we will see all of the majors there. we have twice the the treat for you tomorrow on "eyewitness news" make sure you watch. >> george balance china's the nut cracker opened up at the academy of music and i will take you for rare behind the scenes look this is really cool. the at all of the pennsylvania ballet gets ready for the annual holiday tradition. >> ♪

>> you know the music, and now, get to know the talented performers, they are having so much hard work, hours and hours a day for months to get ready to take the stage and for many it is a dream come true. >> brings you you back to when i was that age and i remember, you know, ballerina doing sugar plum and wanting to be that one day. >> she is exactly what you you would imagine, a little fairy, but she's not the only one. >> wow. >> who always wanted to be a ballerina. >> yep, you saw it there me in a t utu, is there plenty more tomorrow and of course we will look at the real ballerina of the pennsylvania ballet the gets ready for the the nut cracker at the the academy of music, check it out right here on "ewitness news". you saw sugar plum fairy. she loaned me her t utu, which dreams come true, hello, she also loaned me her husband who put me up in that lift. we will have more on that tomorrow. >> don't miss it cbs this morning is coming up next, see through walls and detect rest

celebration and heart rate. we will see you tomorrow at 4:30. 4:30. captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is wednesday, december 9th, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." donald trump doubles down on his plan to ban muslims, despite worldwide condemnation. a revealing focus group shows sharp divisions among voters. >> record breaking rain triggers flooding, landslides and rescues in the pacific northwest. plus we travel to scotland to see if the power of waves can bring in yonew energy to the wo. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> reporter: donald trump defends his controversial muslim plan. >> it's not constitutional to begin with. >> this is