pictures of you later, or throw back something or other. nice and dry. people are loving this weather. our viewers, everybody else. >> who wouldn't. you guys said it, it feelings comfortable for standard of december. you you are not huddled up in a heavy winter coat. it feels very comfortable for the normal anyway but we do have one little hiccup and that comes in the form of what is a a very weak frontal boundary but just strong enough that it has been delivering a little bit of damp weather around the region. we talk about this earlier in the week, it is silly, and it throws us a curve ball bringing in just enough moisture we have seen showers picking up, in the region. you can see moisture well out to sea, but yeah, you might want to flick your windshield wipers or see some damp road but i would say don't worry about the umbrella at this point . i don't need it on the sky deck. the even if you got that quick

shower it is diminishing. forty-nine from philly to trenton, mid to upper 40's depending on location in every other spot as well. same for south east new jersey with the warmer ocean influence we are in the lower 50's right the now. in palmyra 51. mount holly 52 degrees. the that is really warm, my friend. our normal high is only 49. we are exceeding highs with our early morning lows but here's where we stand to spike later today 60 at the airport under some sunshine. once these cloud break we will expect to brighten up around a region as a whole. this is just the beginning. we will warm up to 60 today but we will keep warming up throughout the weekend. the it is all good. >> uncy and 60's in december. we cannot say it enough because it is so he wonderful. good morning, everyone. the this is video from mobile three, as you can see, flashing lights, what is going on here in new jersey, we have more serious accident 295 overturn tractor trailer

carrying lumber all over the the roadways, causing some confusion and slow downs if you will. that is to say it lightly. because crews are getting this cleaned up, 295 southbound at route 49, you are only down now the left lane is the only lane that is blocked. traffic is getting through in and around this area but as evidence by that you can see how many crews are out there we've got flashing lights. everybody cleaning this out of the roadways and we have reports of some injuries, involved in this accident. overturned tractor trailer in new jersey, 295 southbound a at route 49, left lane is still block there. here's a look at the the vine looking good here at spring garden, the schuylkill eastbound at spring garden, moving into center city looking good both east and westbound direction, schuylkill is looking, this early time of the morning will look good. tacony palmyra bridge back down, burlington bristol bridge is scheduled to open up at 5:30 a.m., back over to you. donald trump and philadelphia's mayor michael nutter are stepping up their

war of word after trump a's proposal to ban muslims from the u.s. >> marries responding to the republican presidential candidate's latest tweets. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live at city hall with more on. that justin, it continues, good morning. >> reporter: nicole and erika, good morning. the yes, it does. mayor says he had has seen donald trump's tweets but only because someone else had to show him those tweets. mayor says trump tweeted to the wrong account but, of course, as the the world has now seen, one mistake will in the stop the donald from getting in some barbs of his own. mayor michael nutter, head line making remarks he made tuesday about g.o.p. presidential candidate, donald trump. >> he is a bleep, he has no idea what he is talking about. >> nutter said trump should be banned on the city. on twitter trump said mayor nutter of philadelphia, who is doing a terrible job and should be a ham for using such disgusting word in referring to me. low life.

>> someone showed me the tweet, he really needs to focus on a apologizing, to the muslim community and people of faith. >> reporter: back and forth began at a tuesday press conference. the focus a call to find whoever left a pig's head outside a kensington mosque. the the mayor was also asked to weigh in on trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. after san bernardino mass shooting that is left more than a dozen dead. fbi says muslim couple may have been radicalized as far back as 2012. nutter admits his response was impromptu but says it was honest. >> i spoke the truth. i possibly could have have said something else and i don't like to say those kind of things especially if i'm in the presence of religious people. >> but essentially mayor nutter not backing down. he did a a will guys to the clergy that were gathered here on tuesday, likely will soon apologize to his mother, but

not to trump. he said trump is the one who should be saying i'm sorry, i check twit era at last check no new tweet from his donald trump or mayor regarding this war of word. erika and nicole back to you. >> just leave ate loan, guys. justin, thank you. well, had happening today a vineland mother a and her baby found murdered will be laid to rest. neidy ramirez and her three month-old daughter genesis were found in western cumberland county earlier this month. ramirez ex-boyfriend led them to the bodies after confessing to the crime. viewing and funeral mass will be held this morning at divine mercy paris church in vineland. a preliminary hearing for suspect in the shooting of i have pennsylvania state trooper. seventeen year-old giovanni cotto is charged as an adult with the attempted murder of troop are patrick casey. it started as a brief chase in center city in 24th ended in a fiery crash the vine street expressway. trooper casey suffered a shoulder wound. some parents with students at the a north philadelphia

elementary school say they are keeping children home. >> they claim school is unsafe after a second grader brought several hypodermic needles to class. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco spoke with the concerned parents and a student who says that he saw it happen. >> reporter: second grade student at this elementary school were exposed to a hypodermic needle on tuesday by another student who brought the the needle to class and now parents want answers. >> she was actually trying to make a game out of it. and, my thing is, it could have hiv, hepp tight c, it could be a methadone needle. >> reporter: cristina marshall found her her seven year-old son christian witnessed the incident when the principal called. >> he was nervous because he immediately thought that he would be in trouble for not telling. >> reporter: christian says he saw another student in his class, pull four needles out of the backpack and hand three to other students. >> i saw the needles. he was like this will keep you away from me.

>> reporter: school district say they are lag into the matter and it is if in the clear if the student was chasing others or students were stabbing themselves with the needles, but after getting check at the hospital no marks were found on any of the students. police became aware of the incident when one child handed the needles to the teachers that they reported getting stabbed in the back. the the school district says this was the letter sent home to the parents of the students involved, and it dated the day before the a alleged incident. this is all under investigation by the school district and philadelphia police, some of the parents we spoke to say they won't feel comfortable, allowing their child back to class, until the incident has been resolved. in north philadelphia, i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". investigation is underway after this four alarm fire destroyed the the camden county auto body shop. that fire broke out on the 34 hundred block of haddonfield road in pennsauken last night. chopper three over that scene and smoke and flames burned out of control. crews battled the blaze for about two hearst before blaze

placing it under control no one was injury. 5:07. days of downpours are causing some problems in the pacific northwest this morning. >> now that storm is blame for several deaths. we have new video of the damage new left behind. also drama in court when planned parenthood shooting suspect faces a judge. hear his unusual outburst. also brand new crash test results released overnight, se which cars came out on top and also what is different about these tests. ♪ we love today's forecast, that is for sure, speaking for myself only. erika maybe. katie says it will get better over next few days and by that i mean she is saying warmer. the she's probably saying some breaking of some records. we will have details when we return. stay with us.

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frightening scene of the side of the highway in birmingham, alabama when that truck eruptness to flames. that driver told police he hit a bump that caused some chemicals he was car toying

start leaking. officials still are in the sure what sparked the fire but highway was shut down, and dozens of people living nearby were forced out of their homes. police hope to reopen that highway by rush hour this morning. courtroom outburst from the suspect in the planned parenthood shooting. >> nobody will ever know the amount of bloody saw inside that place. >> robert lewis dear appears in the colorado springs, courtroom, this is as prosecutors filed 179 counts against him, including first degree murder. police say he killed three people and wounded nine others in the november 27th rampage. dear told the judge he is guilty and then call himself a warrior for the babies. >> i want the truth to come out. there is a lot more that silently go in the grave. there is a lot of things they don't want to be known, planned parenthood and my lawyer are in plans to shut me up. >> dear's public defender says

he has concerns about his client's competency. status hearing is scheduled for december 23rd. this morning residents in the pacific northwest are salvaging what they can after massive flooding there days of rape caused river flooding and landsliding. this severe weather is blamed for two deaths. cbs news correspondent don champion reports. >> reporter: crews are working throughout the night, in one of washington state's busiest highways. northbound lanes of i5 were closed on wednesday afternoon when days of rain, pushed roxanne mud on to the the highway, truckers were among those looking for detours. >> it is going to happen. >> reporter: around the pacific northwest rescues also continued. >> it all just so happened so fast we didn't have time to do anything. >> reporter: laurie brown was among those rescued at a rv park in washington state after a local river swelled, elsewhere, flood waters have trapped some people in their

homes. victoria could only be interviewed by tell even if wednesday night because she cannot get out of her house. >> i'm's guessing, tommy will be a able to get out and get to my vehicle but i wouldn't think about attempt ago this until tomorrow. >> reporter: parts of the oregon and washington have have seen more than 5 inches of rain, since sunday, leaving some roads, covered with water, and others, completely split in two. homeowners in washington were evacuated after hill side behind them suddenly gave way and tumbled into the pu ge nt sound. >> we have experts out there assessing whether or not the slide is still active, if this slope is still moving. >> reporter: thinks as storm began about a hundred thousand people have been left without power. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". more rain out there. look at this other system that could possibly affect them. >> what do you think will it affect us at some point. >> these storm system tend to cross the country. we have been getting lucky

here where they have bypassed us orificeled by the time they reached us but one that is moving into the pack northwest right now, yes, another storm, is in fact going to develop into another more of a more blossoming storm system by the time it hits the mid portion of the united states and it will affect us. let's show you is what happening first and foremost on storm can three at the that wider zoom, you can see some very well defined rotation were two separate very potent storm systems. one bringing in snow across the canadian border right the now from montana to north dakota and points north and then you have this guy, this is the storm system again pound nothing to that same area that does not need rain that will eventually turn into something larger once it crosses rockies and enters into the plains and that will be our next big thing in terms of the any wet weather producing system. but for now we're very calm, we did have have a little bit of wet weather moving through overnight that came courtesy of this front, threw us a curve ball and we have got just enough moisture and dump

rain on the area. but just a few damp roads because of that. we will not need an umbrella looking at future weather thinks all it is picking up and and gone by the time typical morning rush is over and back in the sunshine. a nice day coming up here. the lets take a look what this will mean for the rest of the week here. we expect to spike to 60 today and only gets warmer from here as high pressure ridges from the south. we will eventually get a warm front lift nothing too, so record tying, if not breaking temperatures for the the entire weekend. that means mid and even upper 60's. the for now we're 22 degrees, surplus from this same time yesterday. that is how much warmer it the is, you have to like blink and do a double take on these values, right. looking forward in the eyewitness weather seven day it makes sense when you talk to mid up toker 60's by the time we hit any eagles game day sunday. 67 degrees. meisha, that is a a new record for that day. >> it looks like we broke that record, thanks katie, good morning. happy thursday to you. well, out on the roadways

right now things are looking darn g you can see new jersey, right here 42 freeway in the northbound direction at creek road looking good for those following all the way northbound, on 42, in new jersey, all the way to 295. this is what we're looking at. we are seeing a steady flow hitting our load ways this early in the morning. sometimes thursday can end up being fairly busy. lets take a look at the schuylkill. i want to show you sky kill around to the vine. the westbound vine is now opened for those traveling in and around that area. eastbound vine between the schuylkill and broad is still closed, that could give you some problems for some of you early on this morning. girard avenue ramp to 95 southbound is closed, permanently right now, you want to use an alternate a and next week, on wednesday they will be rerouting to castor avenue because of the construction project going on and related to this construction project as well back out of the way here richmond street is closed between lehigh, allegheny until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow

evening. nicole, back over to you. meisha, thank you. in the market for a new car you have to watch this, the the insurance institute of highway safety tested dozens of cars to see which vehicles have what it takes to earn institute's high's ward. cbs news correspondent chris martinez has results. >> reporter: when it comes to safety toyota is on top, the camry is one of the nine models from the auto make their earned top safety pick plus, insurance institute for high waste safety's highest safety rating. >> honda ace right behind them with eight. >> reporter: to earn the institute's top two highest award, cars set to perform better on the small overlap test which simulates what happens when the the front corner of the car collides with another vehicle, or train. institute is in longer just testing crash worthiness but crash preventio >> you get top safety picks, you have to have a forward collision warning system and to get a top safety pick plus you have to have an effective autonomous emergency breaking

system. >> 2016 nissan maxima and volkswagen passat perform weld while toyota avalon earn top safety pick plus. scion ia is only mini car to receive 2016 a award. in all 48 cars earn the top safety award, chrysler 200 is the only american car to get the honor. >> we were a little difficulties a appointed in the performance of our domestic auto makers. >> reporter: ford's f150 super crew ace among 13 vehicles that earned second highest safety vehicle, iihs says consumers should ask for auto break and forward collision warning features when shopping for a new vehicle. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. 5:19. engagement rumors are swirling around a local rapper and famous girl friend. >> see the picture that is sparking speculation. they look like your average puppies but these dogs just made history. we will have the medical break

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travis only recently figure it out in k-9's. dog reproduction is different then any other mammal. >> this we think will have applicationness veterinary medicine for animals that are valuable working dogs or show dogs, or just sometimes people love and want to breed. >> reporter: it is not just genetic lines, that might benefit but entire breed like collies known for eye problems, dalmatians prone to urinary stones and golden retrievers susceptible to certain cancers can be helped. >> we can use new technology or gene it editing and we can use that to fix those defects and prevent the disease before it the even starts. >> reporter: red and green were among 7ivf puppies born this past july. travis loves what his research has brought into his life. >> i love them very much. they need a little more house breaking though. >> reporter: some traits science might find a channel

to correct. jim axlerod cbs news, new york. prevent these diseases that would be terrific because certain breed are known for certain problems. >> that is a big step forward for sure. >> how cute are they. >> they are adorable. it the is word this morning, engaged. >> that is the question, that is what people want to know about nicki minaj and philly rapper meek mill. minaj sparked speculation when she posted this picture on instagram, wow, hello, of a gigantic diamond ring on her left hand. that is huge. she wrote this is what i'm talking about baby, lol, love you. similar rumors swirled around the couple back in april when minaj posted a picture of another diamond wrong. >> oh, hang on. >> will we will wait and see if this is real deal this time. >> yes, you you know, can't believe it. hollywood award season kicks into high gear this morning we will find out in a few hearst which stars have

been nominated for golden globe award. >> the award honor the the the best in to tv and film. winners will be announced next month. >> the announcements followed by red carpet season which i know you love. >> i love that. >> holidays are over but red carpet season is starting. it won't be a happy home coming for lesean mccoy, it sound like he has a chip on his shoulder, over chip kelly. hear what shady says he won't did when he sees his old coach. in his own defense one of the office are charge in the death of freddie gray takes the stand to tell his side of the story. and a scary case of road rage see what spark this dangerous confrontation that ended with a driver being dragged down the street, awful. katie? we are certainly looking ahead to the nice warming trend, starting with today we will hit 60's and it looks like that will last us through majority of the seven day if you can believe it, we're talking temperatures coming up. >> it is 51 right now, katie.

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it the is the arrest that sparked violent protestness baltimore, now the the first officer on trial for death have of freddie gray is telling his side of the story and you need to hear what he says about that faithful ride to jail and why he didn't bother calling at that point. >> we're still a few months away from baseball season, of course but phillies are talking about some changes for next year to keep fans safer in the stand. this effects some of the best seats in the the stadium. we will explain. >> yes. >> how about it, katie. >> seriously, can you believe it. >> it is unreal. i feel like this is some of the warmest weather we have even seen on opening day. >>es. >> it the is so, so pleasant outside if you are a fan of the mild air. we put that in as a caveat because ski lovers, we don't want you to be mad at me for that but it is, what it is and i think a lot of people are totally digging this.