this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good morning, hard to believe, but just two weeks until christmas. but you would never know it by the temperature outside. checking out our 06 degrees temperaturement not quite yet. we'll tell you what could be a record breaking weekend? we will tell but at least five people shot in two separate shootings in philadelphia. more on the overnight violence coming up. >> four people dead after medical helicopter crashes in central california watch may have caused the helicopter to go down. good morning, it is friday, december 11, i'm erika von tell. >> i'm nicole brewer, and the lovely katie and meisha are here. >> shucks. >> happy friday, you guys, we made it, our week week, the

final one, beautiful weather, which in return helps our commute this morning. we've seen it all week long, awesome commute. what's in store? >> more of the same really. the whole reason that we tweak our forecast every day is because things can change. and, in fact, we actually think it will get even little warmer than we had originally anticipated earlier in the week. since had to upgrade our daytime high expectations. meanwhile, gee back in time. look at yesterday. also over achievers yesterday in philadelphia, 62 ended being our actual hi, that's serious warmth, we talk about averages, anywhere from, say, 14, to 17 degrees above average for all of those cities that we've got listed there for you. fifty-seven is what we hit in allentown, meanwhile, storm scan3, very quiet, generally clear sky for the most part watch we do have to factor in, little hint every moisture and light enough wind it will allow for some fog. dense fog advisories posted most notably across portions of new jersey, out to the visibility, millville, is the one that stands out like sore

thumb, un half mile in that particular eggs site. do keep in mind, that just because it says .3 in millville, or even 9 miles in wildwood, these are observation sites, doesn't mean the entire time of wildwood is at 9 miles. patchy but where you have got it locally dense fog, temperatures not bad. forty-five right now at the airport, normal high remember is in the upper 40's, so, it is very, very mild to kick things off here. and you know just a side note as i walked into the broadcast center this morning i heard birds chirping across the street, talking mid 60s in mid december, they think it is spring, too, heck, sure looks and feels like it. that will be the story for us through the weekends, meisha? >> all coming back from the north katie. so confused as we are. >> and wearing shorts, i believe. >> that's right. good morning, everyone, happy friday to you. tgif. we made it. we are at friday, everyone in a great mood. weather will be amazing, so

our commute hopefully is amazing, as well. ben franklin bridge looking awesome. looking very quiet in the 4:00 hour just as it should. volume overnight construction, east and west, probably at this point we tends to see this ease upright around 5:00. westbound opens earlier than the eastbound lanes, right now, still closed hopefully that opens up in the next 30, 35 minute or so. construction 95 north between route 291 and the airport, two right lanes blocked, they're really trying to work and get it out of your way. in fact, looks like it is probably cleared, seeing the construction crews kind of back up little bit as they were clearing that, that might be all good there. earlier accident under investigation right now, in cherry hill, new jersey, this is between lexington and mansion boulevard, all lanes are still blocked in and around this area. i want to use an alternate such as browning road. that would be the best one right now, just make note of. that will all lanes blocked there, construction 95 southbound the off ramp to delaware avenue closed from 8:00 p.m. tonight until 6:00 p.m. on saturday. make note of that and i'll remind you later, back to you.

>> thank you. violent night in philadelphia, two shootings and with five people in the hospital. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live for us at police headquarters to bring us to up date. justin, good morning. >> nicole, erika, good morning, so far no known motives in either shootingment. we start off with the one the police have the most info about, over in fairhill, three victims, two males, and one female, all hit in the hail of 15 gunshots. one hundred block of east summerset, police comb the area for clues, in a late night triple shootingment behind police tape, a bike that might be linked to one of the three victims. a man and woman in their 20's, and a man in his 30's, all gunned down, just after 11:30 thursday night. >> we know at least 15 shots were fired from two separate caliber semiautomatic handguns. so we know two guns were fired. >> police say officers on patrol heard the string of shots, and got the victims to temple university hospital.

that man in his 20's was shot in his lower back, the female victim was shot in her leg, than nan his 30's was shot in his thigh. police say, he lost a lot of blood. they also say they have a lead on possible suspect. >> based on initial information, we're told that the shooters were two males wearing masks and dark clothing and they fled on foot in unknown direction. >> but perhaps not far. police pick up one more clue about those suspected shooters. >> they possibly entered a vehicle. now, police stopped the vehicle, it was leaving the scene of this location, about one block away, and the operator, female, that far vehicle, was acting suspicious. >> and this morning the female driver in that fairhill case is being questioned. we also know those two suspect so far both described as men wearing dark clothing and masks leaving that scene, as for the victims, those two in their 20's and male and female are stable. that man in his 30's in

critical condition. he lost a lot of blood, police say, also another shooting far away over in lawncrest. we have two, 19 year old males shot in that case, one on the 5900 block of palmetto, another several blocks away over on sanger, one teen shot in his back, being uncooperative, we are told, and another teen shot in his leg. he does say that he was with that other teen. very busy night, erika, nicole, for police in philadelphia, back over to you. >> justin, thank you. now new this morning, a police chase in camden county leads to crash. cherry hill police were pursuing a vehicle. that car ended up crashing at the intersection of route 38 and mansion boulevard in pennsauken. two cars were involved in the accident. there were injuries reported but police won't say who was injured or how badly. >> also, new this morning, medical helicopter crashes in central california killing all four people on board. officials say the helicopter went down a mid heavy rain and fog in a remote field outside of town every mcfarland.

the skylites air ambulance had pilot, nurse, paramedics and patient aboard whether it crashed. no word if the weather cause that crash. how much, officials say, it is always a factor. >> city's second casino has been given zoning approval by philadelphia city council. live hotel and casino will be built at 900 packer avenue. it already adjacent to the sports complex, in south philadelphia. developer cord i shall companies says the venue will have 2,000 slot machines, 125 table games, and 200 rooms. cordi shall must aware appeals of the gambling license before construction can begin. >> bill to privatize some liquor sales in pennsylvania passes in the senate. the proposal would allow grocery stores and take-out businesses that sell beer, to sell up to four bottles of wine. supporters say the change would also help state-owned stores by improving profitability, because they would have more flexibility to set store hours. but, critics say it, could actually put some of the state stores out of business. governor tom wolf sports the proposal but it is unclear if

it can pass the house. >> former oklahoma police officer christ openly in court after being convicted on several count of rape and sexual assault. the trial of daniel holtzclaw was watched closely for it racial dimensions. jury was all white, while all of the victims were black. prosecutors say holdsclaw pick his victims because he didn't think they would speak up. one was grandmother there when the verdict was red. >> the fbi is conducting a full scale search of a lake near the scene of san bernardino terrorist attack. cbs news has learned the crews are looking for a hard drive missing from a computer found in suspect farook's home. the suspected who allegedly killed 14 people last week came to the lake the same day as the massacre. marquez is cooperating as he's questioned in connection with the shootings. sources told cbs news he provided information about a terror plot he and farook planned three years ago but didn't follow through with.

marquez has admitted he gave farook and his wife tashfeen malik the assault rifles used in the attack. republican presidential candidate donald trump has received the endorsement after new england police and corrections officer's union. endorsement comes as politician frost both parties continue to condemn donald trump's call for ban on all muslims entering the united state. nearly every republican candidate says they disagree with trump's plan to keep muslims from coming into our country, but no republican candidate has said they won't support him if he wins the gop nomination. one says he's close. >> i hope he changes his rhetoric. i hope he becomes an uni few err. but, if he doesn't, and the divisions and the extremism continues, i have to take another look. >> now, last night, trump spoke at the new england police benevolent association, protest earls gathered outside the new hampshire event calling for peace and unity. >> meanwhile, new cbs news poll shows trump as the frontrunner for the gop nomination. how much, most of the data for this pole gathered before his controversial comment. trump leaves with 35% among

republican primary voters. ted cruz with 16%, ben carson with 13. >> meanwhile, that pole also showed 44% of americans think another terrorist attack in the u.s. is very likely over the next few months. that is the highest percentage since right after september 11 of 2001. >> a coalition of philadelphia's civic and religious leadership say they've had enough of trump. leaders held press conference yesterday to denounce republican presidential candidate, called for ends to what they consider fear mongering. they say trump's comment are offensive on many levels, and should disqualify him from serving as the president of the united states. >> the people like mr. trump may find themselves being called terrorists because they're injecting fear within the psyche of the american people. >> the leaders also said trump should be boycotted if he ever comes to philadelphia. well, the eagle has landed. only "eyewitness news" is there as wildlife officials

rescue an injured bald eagle. homeowner in pit town, new jersey spot that eagle with a broken leg in her backyard on shy croak road. had been there since monday. wildlife experts set up a trap and tried to capture the eagle but yesterday afternoon it got spooked and flew away. minute later it, made an unexpected return, and that's when the eagle was rescued. >> hurry up! oh, my god, you got him. that's incredible. >> it was getting weak, so tended up on the ground, it didn't have a clearest cape route. so we just lucked out. >> wow, just incredible to see that bird being rescued. bald eagle by the way now being treated at clinic and hopefully will make a full recovery. >> that's just wonderful, amazing. >> the resources there to help them out. and help him get back in the air, soon. >> still ahead this morning, huge honor for one of the temple owls, as their incredible season continues, we'll tell you about the

accolade for one linebacker. >> you would never believe it is december. with these temperatures, more on the extremely warm weekends ahead and just how warm it will get. we'll be right back.

>> hard to believe it is only two weeks until christmas with this weather. dilworth park was open even though temperatures in the 50'sment warm enough for one skater, see, that hanging naught his flip shops and shorts like it is july. how does it keep the ice from melting? >> our ice rink is equipped th a 200-ton chiller that sits behind us here at the cabin. and there is about 5 miles of tubing that runs underneath the ice that removes any heat and keeps the ice cool and solid. >> well, there you go. well, certainly different from last year. remember this? snow plows had been out three times by this time last year.

>> are you kidding me? >> throw times. >> oh, distant memory. >> it is. >> i tried to block that out of my mind, focus on eat's, and the beautiful warm weekend coming up. >> so amazing, and because we've been tweaking this forecast, we will actually see a day that flirts with 70 degrees. >> oh, stop. goodness. >> unbelievable. >> and it looks at minimum like at least going to have a chance to tie a record today, then likely have two new ones for the record books. >> the birds chirping as i walked into the broadcast center, saw a postman wearing shorts yesterday, it is unreal. and only getting warmer the here. i can totally dig. >> this i love it. but it is not really feeling like that christmas, you know, mood that i think a lot of us, you know, yes, you got to keep it in perspective. i totally get why some of you might be little upset, not feeling terribly chilly yet. you want it to this time of year, right? >> meanwhile, looking at storm scan3, moles of the storms we've been track having been tracking off to the north. so haven't really been delivering much more than

glancing blows to the area watch we do have this morning is the xfactor of patchy dense fog, watch for, that dense fog advisory post in the southeast new jersey. meanwhile, eastern half of the united states say for the storm crossing across the great lakes right now, it is under the influence after very strong ridge of high pressure. and because the jet stream has kept most storm systems off to the north, there hasn't been anything to really help to usher in the chill. and any of that polar cold is staying closer to the polls. not getting ushered into the area. so we are stuck nicely in the warm today. nearing records, this would in fact tie the record as long as we hit six a, real good shod to do that 48 degrees later tonight, partly cloudy skies continue for you. as we mention weekends looks phenominal. sunday gorgeous. i mean, again, that's kind of shorts weather for you here. so expect three straight days of record tying or record breaking warmth, keep the theme going with the warmth on monday. but nicole, that's when the storm system is hit to arrive.

>> oh, there goes, had to happen eventually, katie, thank youment temple linebacker tyler has done something that no temple owl has ever done before. he's been named the winner of the annual best defensive college football player in the country. 6-foot one, 230-pound senior had 126 tack they will season to go with five interceptions, four and a half sacks, won the bronco award, another national award, temple finished ten and three this year, owls face toledo in the boca raton bowl on december 22. >> such unbelievable experience, such an honor to get this award, be up here, out here with all of these unbelievable athletes. i don't think anyone thought a kid from temple would be up there representing temple university, temple football. been such a special experience and i'm so grateful for it. >> how about that? to the ice now flyers hadn't scored a goal in st. louis since what 2011, but ends that drought last night.

captain claude giroux highlight, one of three, flyers beat the blues four-two, the flyers continue the road trip against the stars in dallas. and the sixers, they're continuing their struggles, and last night in brooklyn against the nets. jahlil okafor puts back tony miss for two of his 22, okafor with another double-double. but former sixer that young had double-double for the nets, and they win it 100 to 91. sixers host the pistons tonight. well, eagles and bills this sunday afternoon at the linc, it is all happening right here on cbs-3. shady mccoy still upset about his trade to buffalo last off season and yesterday eagles coach chip kelly issued a public apology. >> how he was traded wasn't handled right. and i've said that before. did i not get an opportunity to talk to him, and it is a lesson that we should never do, to be honest with you, and i understands he is not happy about it and he should not be happy about it and i apologize about it because it did not happen the right way. >> well done, kelly.

also remember the game is here on cbs-3 this sunday, kick off 1:00 live from lincoln financial field. and man, i mean, great day for a game. >> perfect tailgating weather, 69 degrees. >> yes, great. >> still ahead this morning, could electric cars be the next big thing? one auto maker thinks so. more on the company's investing in that kind of technology that's coming up in your money watch report. first, a look at what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. we'll be right back.

>> jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, gm almost ready to finish the recall debockle? what can you tell us? >> that's right. last year general motors set up a funds to compensate victims every accidents linked to the faulty ignition switches. and the fund is now winding up operations. they've been linked to switches have been linked to at least 169 deaths.

the funds has sold out over $594 million to settle about 399 claims. the fund has about 9% of the claims that were filed, they were able to pay out money to. nicole, erika. >> as long as people are safe. also, hearing gas prices are lower, but one auto maker is actually making a big investment in electric, right? >> right. ford is going electric. the auto maker is promise to go invest about $5 billion on electric technology and add 13 new electric cars to its line up in the next five years. ford says its focus electric car will have battery that has arrange of about 100 miles. so pretty interesting time to do it, as we're enjoying these low gas prices, nicole, erika. >> jill, thanks so much. all right, we'll take a short break. we'll be right

>> very warm weekends. looking to record challenging or breaking warmth for three straight days here, so, let's go ahead, start off with a look at the temperatures, why not? definitely the big story in the weather department here the next few days, currently, standing at 45 degrees at the airport, we look out there, right now, down toward the southeastern united states, at 64 in birmingham, 62 atlanta. some of the warmth headed our way, we get more of southerly component to the wind flow here in the days ahead. let's jump you all the way to kick off time here at the eagles game this sunday, 1:00 p.m. kick off. 65 degrees. not shabby. so nice and warm for you under partly sunny sky, and in the meantime, we can expect more of the same. sun to shine, four straight days of the seven day in the 60s, but again, though, next three are at least going to be challenging if not breaking record territory, meisha? >> you know, you see 69. right away i go to 70. 70s in december. right? >> rounding up.

>> always running that up, yes, 07, i'll just say it, i just can't believe t taillights moving in the westbound direction, one their we will see heat up even on a friday, even on one of the lesser travel days, this is an area that's going to get busy. already for ac friday morning, a loft early travelers hitting the roadways on the schuylkill. forty-two freeway northbound, construction earlier, that has since been cleared. looking good here at creek road all the way up to 295. overall basically just dealing with some construction, erika, back to you. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", we have the latest on overnight violence that sent several people to the hospital. >> plus, spreading holiday cheer, in an unusual way. see the big surprise some police officers had after pulling over some drivers. >> and, one of the hottest toys for the holidays, but maybe little too hot. now the hover board being banned in some placesment finds out where you can't take them any more. details on that when we come back at the top of the hour. good morning.

>> light full december day, katie says we have records to break over the next few days. >> very violent night here in the city. five people are shot in two separate shootings. live with a search for those shooters. >> he's been lightning rod on the campaign trail. now, donald trump's latest appearance today not sitting well is some people in pennsylvania, we'll have the details. >> good morning, friday, december 11, i'm erika von tiehl. >> i'm nicole brewer. hopefully you have a chance to get outside, a enjoy the amazing temperatures. hey, ladies? good morning, happy friday, did you ever have one of those

mornings you wake up, just so happy? >> yes. >> and the forecast, i have to say, playing right into that. it is friday, it is going to be gorgeous outside. and the roadways are looking great, too, kate. >> i yes, this really is going to be just fantastic, phenominal weather over the at least tie if not set a we couple of new records here. soap, let's breakdown first and for most what we expect for today itself. soap, this is our forecast, we are expecting 65 degrees, on that they are mom term, the record is in fact 65 degrees. last set in 1971, also, tying with 1899. not often that you get this warm this time of year, right? but this is a stretch. i mean, not even one hit wonder here. we get a stretch of days that are not only warm but record challenging or breaking. meanwhile, storm scan quiet as can be. high pressure again to thank for that. we are actually seeing little bit of fog develop out there, right now, visibility, could be at or under a quarter mile through all of the counties shaded in the gray here. so, that's t