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this community. hand and hand. >> i hope i can see him again one day. >> reporter: fourteen year-old steven kim's normally tough football team in tears. >> he was such an amazing part of my life. >> reporter: walking on the field where central bucks west high school team plays. >> i miss you so much. >> reporter: as close friend remembering the star quarterback, and never to step foot on this field again. kim died saturday after police say he ro gm front of the car while skateboarding near easton road in doylestown. >> i loved him so much. >> reporter: and the family honored at memorial organized entirely by students, which drew hundreds. >> he meant so much to everybody. thanks so much for coming out today. >> reporter: remembering the teen with the bright smile and the bigger future, which ended far too soon. >> i hope you are looking down on me. >> reporter: this tragedy really isffecting so many students here, so many people really upset by the death of steven n fact, the principally
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spoke with said they have hired other counselors from other schools throughout the area to be on stand by here at the school throughout the week in case any of the students need them. we're live from doylestown i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thanks so much for that. we have an update on the story we break you first last week. $7,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the person who shot, and injured, a bald eagle in pits town, new jersey. eagle nicknamed lily perched injured in the tree for several days. cbs-3 cameras were rolling when it was rescued. bird had surgery on his leg yesterday. it is not used its leg at all and there are concerns over possible nerve damage. well, wet and warm, we're tracking rain on yet another record breaking day. it is our third in a row. practically spring outside there in december. check out our camera at jack frost big boulder in the poconos. you can see deer feeding on the grass no snow in sight for the slopes but soon, rain
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will be on its way. meteorologist kate bilo is tracking the arrive of the rain from the cbs-3 sky deck. >> we have a bonus day as rain has held off it is heading our way and will get here in the next several hours mainly light rain, rumble of thunder few spotty showers overnight and we clear it out and temperatures don't drop that much behind this system. the lets look at today though, today certainly one for record books. we hit 70 degrees. the that is the official high in philadelphia, that broke the record of 69, from 1881. that is not a typo, 1881, 134 years ago that is last time it was this warm we have broke that record. temperatures right now even i can tell you on the sky deck i don't feel like i need my jack he it at 69 degrees in philadelphia 67 in trenton. sixty-five in millville. record fell all across the region today you can see a storm moving through great lakes at the moment and it is zooming into our area as we take you closer, you can see some rain pushing toward us, it will get here in the next couple hours.
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coming up we will time out that rain and tell you when it gets here and out and what to expect once it it does move out coming up with the full forecast when i join you inside back over to you. well, a lot of talk over weekend was about former eagle lesean mccoy. much not so great. yesterday we saw two sides of the shady as eagles beat the buffalo bills. so which one is the real mccoy? we sent our alexandria hoff to find out. she joins us live from south philadelphia at lincoln financial field alex? >> reporter: well, ukee i feel like this is running into an accident, you don't know if it is warm, surprisingly nice, or awkward and kind of loud. it was that second scenario played out when lesean mccoy made his way to philadelphia this weekend. it wasn't a terrible performance by lesean mccoy he broke off a few long runs but just had 74-yard begins his former eagles teammate who took down buffalo bills 23-20. >> for the the fan base i believe they feel a little will trepidation staying on the train, because of some of
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the highs and lows of the season. important game but it was running back's post game antics that has riled philadelphia fans. walking off the field early snubbing all handshakes, and then mid tantrum tossing of the the helmet. >> they weren't used to seeing someone as a professional act lying a spoiled child. >> it has been immature and not respectful to the city. you treated you well for six years while playing here. >> reporter: to be fair, mccoy did begin the day making a wish come true for one very special philly's fan. he kissed an eagle emblem on the field and shared an embrace with eagles franchise owner jeffery lurie. >> he loved playing in the midnight green and i think it is obvious by his reaction to being traded, that is what this is really all about. >> reporter: ike reese of wip suggests that we all get back to focusing on the eagles and maybe even the shady who served us well back when he
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wore green. >> he could tell certain players he was friend with and not friend with. once you leave philadelphia, you kind of of leave the team for good for me, anyway honestly. >> reporter: and, the eagles are not scheduled to play the bills next year so that strange mix of cheers and boos that we love so much can hold off for a little while longer. reporting live from lincoln financial field alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much. i was surprised to see him run off the field with. that i'm with ike. >> it is time to do it. >> think about arizona coming in here. >> we will hear from chip kelly coming up in sports. philadelphia police want the public's help to help find a robbery suspect. take a good look at this surveillance video. november 20th suspect wearing a black jacket and camouflage pants stole $836 from a man riding a elevator at a building on holden street in west powellton. suspect was last seen on the
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building's fire escape, no one was injury. philadelphia police are still working to track down the gun man who opened fire on two, 17 year- the other in critical condition. this happened in west philadelphia around ten credit 30 saturday night in the 500 block of north create ton street. detectives do not have a motive but they say the teen was likely targeted. bill cosby's firing back at seven women who were suing him for defamation. cosby filed counterclaims in boston federal court today saying that the women are attempting to assassinate his reputation. he called their lawsuits an attempt to extract financial gain from him. woman suing cosby are among nearly 50 who have accused the comedian of rape or unwanton sexual contact. now turning to campaign 2016, a new poll shows donald trump is widening his national league among other republican candidates but texas senator ted cruz is scoring some impressive numbers in the
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early voting state of iowa. >> my whole life has been about winning. i will win. >> reporter: a determined donald trump wasted no time pounding on his advancing g.o.p. rival ted cruz. >> when you look at the way he has dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a franklin like a little bit of the maniac. >> reporter: bloomberg poll shows cruz with a ten-point lead in iowa and quinnipiac poll narrows that gap to just one percentage poll point between the candidates cruz with you the texas senator did post a light hearted comment with the link to the 1980's song maniac. >> ♪ maniac ♪ >> republican strategies say cruz could be just as polarizing to the election as trump. >> he need more female voters and hispanics and instead of learning those lessons your candidates like cruz and trump who are doing opposite. >> fight for the future, we deserve. >> reporter: another poll
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shows democratic front runner hillary clinton would defeat trump or cruz in the general election but she would narrowly lose to marco rubio or ben carson. nine g.o.p. candidates including new jersey governor chris christie face off tomorrow night in las vegas for another prime time debate. that quinnipiac poll also found terrorism has replaced the economy as the top concern, among voters. president obama made a rare visit to the pentagon today to be personally briefed on threats facing the country and the fight against isis. the president met for two hours with the defense secretary ash carter and top officials. this visit comes in response to criticism by republicans and even some democrats who say the u.s. is not winning the fight against isis. afterward the president spoke to the media. >> progress needs to keep coming faster no one knows that on the account of the syrian and eye iraqis and families in san bernardino and paris. >> on thursday the president is scheduled to visit the
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national counter terrorism center for a briefing on any possible threats to the u.s., over the holidays. new jersey congressman donald norcross is pushing to close a loop hole that currently allows anyone on the the federal terrorism watch list to purchase a handgun. kyw news radio stove towa reports from cherry hill. >> reporter: surrounded by band of south jersey law enforcement officials congressman norcross asked how can someone who pledged allegiance to isis go out and buy a gun. >> quite frankly most of the people here in america get it, and the few folks that don't are those who serve with me in congress. >> reporter: president obama says that congress should add a minimum take up legislation that would bar anyone on the federal terrorist watch list from buying a gun. despite a run of high liz publicized mass shootings a polarized congress appears to be grid locked on the issue of bringing up new gun control legislation. norcross say special interests has a strangle hold on some members of the congress citing the second amendment right to bear arms.
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camden county sheriff chuck billingham has been a gun owner his whole life. >> i have been a strong opponent of the second amendment. i just don't get the push back on this. >> reporter: norcross say inacting the legislation would foster wrist to go elsewhere in the hunt for weapons and u.s. intelligence might pick up on that. >> now the process they have to go through they might get tripped up. >> reporter: norcross is sending a letter to house speaker ryan asking him not to adjourn for the holidays until they move this bill. steve towa for kyw news radio for cws3 "eyewitness news". coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a cute little bundle of joy has quite a birth story and she can thank a new jersey state trooper who just happened to be in the right place at the right time. if jena ever find herself caught in the fire a of equipment is now being carried on every ambulance in the lower merion area i'm walt hunter and i'll have the story of the breath of life maybe for your pet. also a new study about
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autism and what nearly doubles a child's risk, we will tell you what moms to be need to know. caught on cam why a group of turkies trying to get the their christmas revenge on a post man, they will defend themselves, almost every day that is next. this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever. now during the ford holiday sales event get 0% financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on select vehicles. see your local ford dealer.
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new jersey state trooper helps deliver a baby girl who just could not wait to come in the world. this little bundle of joy's parents were on her way to the hospital in new brunswick on friday when they pulled over, sergeant shawn berk heard the call and sped to the scene in minutes, to deliver the baby. >> we are all well train i'm not so sure that it would take this up this second fashion but this time, everything worked out and i was happy about it. >> that is first baby sergeant, has delivered, by the way baby girl and mom we are told are doing just fine. welcome to, and and, on the healthwatch autism researchers are raising the alarm of the use of the antidepressants during pregnant see. it was from the general pied yacht tricks. doctors caution there are many factors to consider. new data from researchers from canada suggest the risk of
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autism nearly doubles for children whose numbers seek antidepressants during pregnancy. finings show risk shot up 87 percent in preschool children whose mother took drugs such as prozac or zoloft, in the second or third trimester. but doctors warned untreated depression posts its own risks for mother and baby and that the autism risk remain very low overall between one and 2 percent. >> that means that the chance of these women not having a child, with autism were about 97 98 percent report report doctor allen mano thewittz is a psychiatrist who looked at the study. >> people should not panic. >> reporter: will continue to prescribe antidepressant toss pregnant woman who need them. >> over years i have worked with many obstetricians and we have to decide individually for each person what the risk/benefit ratio is. >> reporter: doctors emphasized the most important thing toys keep taking prescribed medications and consult your physician, not stop a abruptly.
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and they say talk therapy and other non-drug options may be an alternative for certain patients. researchers in the canadian city track more than 145,000 pregnant sees. a big milestone for st. christopher's, children's happies celebrating its 140th anniversary. today an event looked back at history of the facility, showing us what medical care looked like back in 1886. that was the year st. christopher's opened its neonatal unit becoming first hospital in the region to offer care to critically ill infants. kate bilo joins with us our forecast and we all are shaking our head. >> crazy. >> crazy. >> yes, i have short sleeves on and i could have walk around without any jacket or anything. >> i had shorts on this morning taking my walk. >> i went to the gym sleeveless no coat, thinking this is amazing. >> a lot of people are saying winter, it doesn't feel like holidays but mighty remind you past two winters how cold, it was.
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>> yes yes. >> just don't show it. >> let's enjoy it while we got it because it could slip into pretty typical el nino pattern a torch like december is what we are seeing. even once this threat comes through tonight temperatures drop a little bit the but still not anywhere close to average. we are so farrah above average it will take a couple of storms here to get us back enclose to where we should be for this time of the year. lets look outside right now we will go out to the time lapse from the leadership academy in philadelphia. i started off with cloud. we have a few breaks of sun through midday hours not the most sunny day we have ever had because it was 70 degrees on december 14th and you lose all right to complain when it is 70 degrees on december 14th. here is system heading our way, storm scan three heavier rain is lifting off to the north, pushing along i90 across new york state and extreme northeastern pennsylvania, and we will see some rain from this but it will not be a wash out not a flood event we're not talking
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about much more than light to moderate rain of this line right about here crosses our area in the next several hours tonight and perhaps another round of showers throughout the overnight hours. the thinks filling in light rain moving in, net is how quickly, very progressive front, it is in and then out. here's what to expect by 7:00 light rain, showers heavier spots embedded within here as well. the out and about tonight don't be shock if you are caught in the downpour. the overnight scattered showers and then another line across the area around two or 3:00 a.m. before it clears out and sun returns, as we head into your tuesday. the wind will be strong, ahead of the front wind could gust to 30 miles an hour here at 10:00 o'clock, very quick switch behind the front by 7:00 a.m. we will see west northwesterly win breezy tomorrow and it will feel cooler temperatures drop 10 degrees and we will feel wind so that will make it feel colder tomorrow but still in where near what it should feel like in december. 68 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-five in millville. sixty-five in allentown. we have been breaking record all over the the mace.
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it has been a row of record here, 69 on saturday, broke record of 65, yesterday a's high of 71, smashed this record, by a full, 6 degrees and then today's high of 07 broke this very old record from 1881, today once again 24 degrees, above average just like yesterday and december, all red so far but we might have a a day in the blue coming up in the seven day forecast and we will tell but that in a moment. overnight showers and breezy and mild. 55 degrees. tomorrow temperatures don't go that far but starting out at 55 and your normal high in the mid 40's we have not too far to go. fifty-nine is your tuesday high and eyewitness weather three day forecast, not too bad, blustery tomorrow but warm near 60. wednesday, 56, sunny and quiet and another storm comes in thursday and that is one that may finally usher in more seasonal chill by the weekend but question is how long does it stay with us, if it is only week and a half away we have to make plans we will have that full forecast.
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>> i went through three golf coursees today. >> you have to do it. >> yes. >> thanks, kate. >> you might want to call this revenge of the turkey, this post man has to carry a stick to fend off a gang of turkies as he does round around the street in massachusetts. he apparently is surrounded by the angry bird every day, and some caught it on camera and pose he had it on you tube. thanksgiving is over and these bird are thinking pay backs all the way to the truck. >> it almost looks like mother duck, how little babies are following him around. just wild. still ahead on "eyewitness news" a star wars theme fitness class you want to stick around for. shipping industry calls the the holiday season its super bowl. it takes work to win. coming up we will go behind the scenes of the huge operation and show you what it takes to get your packages delivered tour door, done ton. two weeks ago we were done with the eagles but after two
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two weeks ago totally differennow it is all gather around, everyone. >> yes. >> good seeing them. >> now we love them. >> i know. >> winning cures all it is like night will and vick's vapor road all rolled into one. after that three game losing streak they beat patriots in new england and yesterday they shut down shady at the link. the the bird held lesean mccoy to 109-yard of total offense. they beat als team that was wildly undiscipline committing 15 penalties. they are in first place tied with the washington redskins in the nfc east and the biggest reason is eagles
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turnaround. >> they are confidence. they have confidence in themselves and guys around them. >> everybody is playing together, you know, defense is playing, the offense is playing and special teams. in order to win in december and against good teams you have to have good team wins and it has been good for us, to see that style of winning in the last two weeks. >> yes malcolm jenkins is making big moves off the field. his foundation hosted holiday dinner baskets of fries. they fed 135 families in the philadelphia region. they teamed up with local churches and organizations identified those in need, and then, they made it happen. good stuff. speaking of making it happen how about the florida everglades minor league team, they held a teddy bear toss in the recent game where the blade scored as you saw there fans tossed thousands, of stuffed animals on to the ice. how many? 8,000, just bears. >> da bears, all over the the the ice and they went to local charities, children's
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hospital. look at that. >> wonderful. >> that is one of the cool scenes in sports you will ever seen. >> when you showed that video i said what a bad thing but then i realized it was a good story. >> thanks, buddy good stuff. coming up next on "eyewitness news" they are known for saving lives of their masters in the fire but one local community pets suffering from smoke inhalation are getting their own life saving equipment and we will show it to you next. who will will day shipping heads into high gear today what does it take to get your package delivered on time? we will go behind the scenes of the fedex global operations center. new at 6:00 there is a christmas light displays that are growing in popularity, decorating your home, with a laser light but thieves are taking notice, we will explain at 6:00. we will be right back.
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when fire breaks out second count not just for humans but for our fury friend. now some ambulances on the main line, have life saving equipment, on board for pets, thanks to a generous donation. your oxygen mask is designed specifically for animals. >> our walt hunter is in ardmore to show you more, and this new equipment walt? >> reporter: well, here at the ardmore animal hospitals all about helping pets. when folks heard that the ambulance crew needed money for life saving masks for pets they raised it all in just a few weeks and now if your pet were to be caught in the fire those life saving masks could be used to save the pets life. it hurts to think that a beautiful dog like jena or any other pet could be caught in the fire. sadly, however as this video from oakland california shows, it does happen. and when it does, all
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ambulances in one montgomery county community now carry a special device, to provide life saving oxygen instantly to overcome animals. >> it would be like, this. >> reporter: jena patiently allowed doctor james bianchi to demonstrate how the mask called 02 for life works. >> getting oxygen into them as quickly a as possible is most important thing. >> we hope to never to have use them but we have them if the need arises. >> reporter: narberth ambulance medic scott crammer got the idea to put pet masks on all ambulances after seeing a dog saved at a fire. >> nowadays pets are part of everybody's family and it is important to have something to help them out too. >> reporter: buying masks for every ambulance meant money and that is where doctor bianchi and his staff at ardmore animal hospital came in raising all of the fund in just one month. >> advertised on facebook, but my clients at ardmore animal hospital were wonderful in
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donating the money. >> reporter: so while she had no idea what this masks wall about, jena and any of our pets have a much peter chance of surviving a fire, with narberth first responders equipped with technology to save animals lives. and the ambulance crews emphasize that had while they can provide life saving care a at the scene any additional care, including being transported to a veterinary hospital has to be done by an emergency veterinarian, and they have a list of just those people who can do that for you. live from ardmore i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> so nice to know that that exists walt, thanks very much. police identify suspect in the double murder in american aetna gilbert rochester allegedly killed his wife and her mother, as they were leaving to go to church sunday morning. police say he was found not far from the scene of the crime on the 300 block of hawking branch road, rochester is being held, without bail. closing arguments are over
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in the case of the officer william porter, the first of six police officers charged in the deaths of the freddie gray. officer porter faces four charges including manslaughter and misconduct. gray suffered a fatal spinal injury in a police van last april and his death set off days of protests, and riots in baltimore. the the city is bracing as the the jury gets the porter case. >> i think the police are better prepared to handle any situation now but we hope that they don't to have do anything but just their daily job. >> porter faces up to 2,025th years in prison if convicted. a new scare for parents after hundreds of babies may have been exposed to tuberculosis at a california hospital. saint a claire a county official says maternity ward nurse tested positive for the bacterial disease. in total 350 new borns may have been exposed. the happies now working its way through that list of patients, recommending treatments start right away. >> we're making a recommendation that babies go
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on once daily antibiotics and that is a big deal. we think it is necessary to prevent any possibility that these babies will get tuberculosis, but it is not a step to take lightly. >> reporter: hospital will provide testing and preventive daily treatments for the infants, hospital officials also say that although risk of infection is slight, if infect the outcome can be severe for infants. he well to day the federal aviation administration announced new rules for drones, beginning on december 21st, drone owners must register their aircraft in the the national database, drones, weighing more than a half pound up to 55-pound must be registered, registration is free for the the first 30 days but after that period, the the fee for each user will cost $5 for a three-year certificate. it is expect that 700,000 drones will be given as presents this holiday season. u.s. post office says today will be its busiest shipping day of the year. it is also a very busy day for
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delivery company fedex. getting those holiday gifts delivered on time ace complex process that combines manpower and technology. cbs news correspondent weijia chang got a all access pass inside the company's, center in memphis tennessee. >> reporter: non-stop wave of packages flows in the fedex global operations center, some 10,000 workers will handle 2 billion packages every day during the busy holiday season. >> we just started our super bowl. >> reporter: once package is a arrived they are unloaded and sorted through a done vare belt that determines their final destination. >> fedex is on track to set a report this holiday season by delivering 317 million packages, up more than 12 percent from last year. because on line shopping, is booming. >> our infrastructure is geared around capacity to handle one month out of the year. >> reporter: it is all about the holiday. >> it is all about the
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holidays. >> reporter: packages are flown in and out of the memphis international the airport where fedex has its own flight control to you tore help land two hundred planes a night and just like commercial flights. >> is there a chance for fog coming in. >> reporter: bad weather can get in the way n2013 a series of snowstorms crippled deliveries, many customers didn't get packages until after christmas. >> for this teams job toys keep that from happening again. fifteen in house meteorologists use two massive monitors to track weather and car get planes around the world. >> we make tactical decisions minute to minute throughout the the day. >> reporter: fedex say if storms hit this year they have a bet's built to advice ground and move pack aimings to different hubs hoping deliveries will show up on time. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". amazing, right. fedex teams watch not only how weather impacts shipments but acts of man like labor and security issues across the world, that can halt, or delay
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flights and deliveries. well, few of santa's elves stopped by drexel university. students and santa spent their lunch hour bagging toys for children whose christmas may not be so merry. they also eco friendly. more than 5,000 toys will make their hand into happy hand hroughout west and north philadelphia. by the the way you can help spread holiday joy this year just by a new than wrapped toy for our joy of sharing toy fest. find a complete list of drop off locations at cbs philly.com/toy fest. the toys will be donated to the salvation army, uso and boys and girls club. we are coming down the the home stretch family. i know you can help out. still to come on "eyewitness news" getting in shape star wars style light safer training seems to be an important fitness tip. >> i got it. >> we will explain coming up. bringing the north pole to north philadelphia, how a local happies making sure that some children can speak with santa claus thanks to the magic of christmas. the katie?
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a national ban on the use of plastic micro beads is part of like soap, toothpaste and body warn could come soon. the the micro bead three waters act passed the act and now heads to the senate. environmental experts say plastic micro bead can easily travel through water treatment plants enter waterways and eventually being eaten by marine wild life. new star wars film premiers tonight in los angeles, and now you can take lessons in being a jedi night take a look, light safer
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fitness class that happens every thursday night in new york city. storm wars fans can sweat it out in character there. the instructor of the class says as you can imagine it has quite a following. >> here's the fun of just simply, watching something, i mean you look at say football fans, they will go in the backyard and throw that football around. the it is same kind of thing instead of the football we have light savers. >> i have a feeling a lot of people will like this. >> those taking part says it is one more way to ill indulge their love of all things star wars. that is what we are all talking about over the next few weeks. >> my goodness, they will be sweating big time. >> it will be a little hot. >> just a bit. we will have more star wars madness ahead of the big premiere tonight coming up. we will be right
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happy holidays to you too. it appears being a baby polar bear can really take a toll. >> just so exhaust continuing. cameras captured this little, polar bear catching z's in the columbus zoo in ohio. you can her her pur as she tosses and turns next to the stuffed animal. this little one's name is sleeping beauty, and she was born just five weeks ago. >> how precious is that. >> yes, rest up. >> yes. >> when you are a small young polar bear named sleeping beauty. >> just love that. >> really cute. >> yes. >> i know. >> yes, i know. >> just take a nap. >> i'm telling you. kate joins with us our forecast wow. >> that is all will you can say about that. >> three broken record in the way. two, 70 plus degree days in a row. this is nice weather for end of october. we will get the 70's. we're talking mid december,
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this is craziness. it doesn't look like a whole lot of cold in the future. it will be warm for quite sometime. >> should i be concerned right now. >> let's just worry about today. if you are looking for one day to bundle up, and drink hot chocolate i've got one of those toward christmas. that is all we have for right now. as we head certainly through the end of december and january things could easily start to change but for now let's enjoy warmth while we have got it. we will take you out to the roof campaign you can see a few rain drops looking like they are fogging up the lens right now, first rain drops have arrived across the the area we are awaiting a cold front moving toward us right now, and good news is rain held off for the daylight hours so we were able to join another -- enjoy another beautiful record breaking day but we are not going to be breaking any record through rest of the week as we scan the area and city it looks beautiful. cloud are in. it has been a fantastic start to the week and what a great
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weekend it was. there you can see billy penn waving to us in the background. here's what our eyewitness weather watchers have seen. temperatures well a have above average across the map. we have 68 degrees as we check with steve schwartz. he is in bensalem. pressure dropping wind is picking up, feels like something is coming, right you are, steve. something heading our way. 66 degrees. phil chapline's house in philadelphia, chestnut hill. foggy start to another warm day. he sent thus beautiful picture over roxborough. take a look one of the breaks of blue skies, which ispy cloud moving through a gorgeous shot there thanks to phil for. that let's head down to delaware and check with the eyewitness weather watchers in the the first state still near 70 degrees. 69 degrees. if this will work. he is in walter in delaware and 69 degrees, after sunset, in the middle of december, crazy warmth. lets look at the is what happening on our live neighborhood network camera. 66 degrees across the river at
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palmyra cove nature park. you can see that grayish t int to the skies dark out the but clouds are certainly moving in and here comes the the rain. moving in very quickly. a couple hours ago we had nothing, now we have a batch of light to moderate rain a across delaware, delaware bay and another line just poised to move through lancaster county maybe even a rumble of thunder. that little bow has shaped up over lancaster county, gusty wind and thunder or two cannot be ruled out as that front moves through because temperatures are just so warm we have warmth, moisture to support. that 68 degrees in philadelphia a65 in allentown and pair of 60's at the moment in wilmington. these are all record highs from today all broken record. 07 degrees in philadelphi in wilmington. broken or tied. sixty-eight in allentown. sixty-seven, the record today in reading and atlantic city got to 65. mount pocono today 58, tied a record but yesterday mount pocono got in the upper 60's. 67 degrees. that was record warm december
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day, ever. never been that warm in december in mount pocono, until yesterday. all time record, set for our friend in the poconos. future weather shows rain moving through coming through right now and it will continue on and off throughout the rest of tonight and overnight hours. here's 11:00 p.m. still seeing rain and rumble have of thunder. tomorrow we will see sun returning a blustery day with wind around back edge of the low from the north and west. wednesday looks like a great day, weak high pressure in place and we will see sunshine but temperatures begin to tumble once we move through end of the week and toward weekend. overnight showers coming to an end, 55 degrees, sunshine, patchy cloud for your tuesday 59 degrees, and you're witness weather seven day forecast looks nice. still above average with the next few days. rain returns thursday. is there your one chilly day saturday and it looks like a quick warm up sunday into monday as well. now back to you at the dose being. it is time of the year when children visit a santa claus to share their wish list
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but for some kid seeing old saint nick isn't always easy since being in the hospital. >> "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer shows us how shriner's hospital used technology to bring santa to the children. >> ho, ho, ho, merry christmas. >> oh, thank you. >> reporter: for patients at shriner's hospital for children it was an opportunity they might have otherwise missed. >> ho, ho, ho, merry christmas. >> reporter: chance to speak one on one with santa claus. >> hi santa. >> reporter: live from the north pole. >> i'm telling him they have outpatient appointments and or in patient and won't be home for christmas. this might be their only chance to talk to the big by themselves. >> reporter: they brought the north pole to north philadelphia a transforming a hospital resource room into a winter wonder land and their staff and volunteers into santa elves. >> are you ready to see santa a? lets a's go. >> reporter: with the help of virtual video technology children shared their wish
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list was santa. >> okay. >> reporter: in january they will use that same technology to get consultations for their doctor. >> that will allow patients and families to keep their daily life uninterrupted instead of making a quick trip for a ten minute visit here in philadelphia. >> reporter: kid will to have wait unt what santa a has in store but in the meantime every child will get two gifts from the big guy himself a blanket and a bear, two things that will make a hospital room feel a little bit more like home. small gestures that on this day made a big impact. >> you can take it in the car though. >> reminding us that the magic of christmas is often revealed in the simplest of ways. merry christmas. >> nicole brewer, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wonderful. >> that is great. >> merry christmas. >> yep indeed. well adele is coming to the other side of the atlantic, coming up we will tell you when she will be right here in philadelphia.
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september 9th and 10th. it is her first tour in north america in over five years. tickets go on sale thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock. i bet they, go like that. >> something tells me those will go fast. >> yes, they will. >> tonight is big hollywood premiere of star wars the force awakens. >> entertainment tonight is covering excitement and cameron mathieson is joining us with more on that. >> reporter: ukee and jessica buzz has been building for months so i had had to go down hollywood boulevard to check it out myself. >> we have a tent half mile of hollywood boulevard shut down, security every where this could be the biggest premiere in history. let me tell you something it is one of the most secretive. we do know they are asking celebrities who are star wars chic a tire and movie will be played in three theaters all right here. we have doll bye and gcl chinese and across the the street. all of the film stars will be
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there including mark hamill, carri fischer and harrison ford. >> we hear everybody is getting two tickets. >> i have more than two tickets, truth be told. >> reporter: force was with our spies as they snapped these pictures of the secret prints over the weekend and film makers are asking everyone at tonight's premiere reframe from revealing spoilers and detailed story points. >> have you selected. >> yes maybe. >> reporter: more secrets. >> reporter: of course, we will have much more on tonight's et, ukee and jessica, back to you. >> all right. well, a lot of people have been waiting a a long time. >> folks are fired up. >> for all of the latest news from hollywood watch entertainment tonight on every week night at 7:00 on cbs-3. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 is there a christmas decorations quick fix but it turns out those laser light displays are an easy target for thieves. we're live from the south jersey neighborhood who is
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learning that the hard way kate. another record break tore day, that is three in a row but rain has just started to push into the delaware valley, we will look at where the rain is, how long it will be around and fit will impact these record breaking temperatures, that is coming up at 6:00. also there is new information, on lily, the bald eagle, an update on injuries, and the reward that is being offered to find who shot the majestic animal. plus a special send off that is warming this man's heart, several years after a life saving operation he's a california bound to take part in the famous new years day parade. hollywood has chosen and his emotional response. tracking rain, in franklin square, people out and about after another record setting day as we reached 07 degrees, again but wet weather is moving in our area live look
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at storm scan three where you can see that line of storms pushing its way eastward our way but how much rain will we get? good afternoon i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. the lets get over to kate bilo tracking the rain. kate, we have been going wow who but this weather but now the rain. >> now rain is coming in and it will put an end to the streak of the broken record today, yet another day, third day in a row we have broke an old record in philadelphia, now that the rain is moving in along the cold front. you can see that line of showers and storms across eastern seaboards. snow around northern edge of the storm but for us it is all rain, way too frozen precipitation as we know and you can see that line of showers and thunderstorms working its way n we have steady to moderate rain across south jersey and delaware. line of showers and a few thunderstorms off to the wes
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