>> well known high school football player killed while riding a skateboard. now the community is coming together to remember the teenager whose life was cut short. we'll take you to the emotional tribute coming up. hard to believe, but we already hit another record high before the sun even came up. >> this happened while were you sound asleep. just another day of wild december weather. and it has been feeling so nice, coming into work every morning, these temperatures, just can't believe it, kate. >> i what blows my mind, i still hear the birds churning. >> isn't that crazy? >> you said that yesterday. and i thought about it this morning, and it is crazy. adorable, though.

>> judge many you were probably sleeping when we hit the 69 degrees hi, which makes the new record, but temperatures sort of leveling off going throughout the day. so not a bad trends. that's what we are talking about as the day progresses for now, yes, feels good outside. little breezy. especially north and west you go, we are talking about that coming up. but put this into perspective, now into the day, the fourth day of record breaking temperatures, the last three have also been records, here is a look at where we came from, where we ended up, low 70s now for sunday, as well as yesterday. and that broke record from

1881. >> things are starting to dry out more specifically, that's going to lead to more pleasant day for us, more pleasant second half of the day, i should say, because yesterday mid wasn't terrible. outside to palmyra cove nature pa, winds picking up 15 miles an hour, 59 degrees your temperature, sun about to come up here in under two hours, we do have higher gusts the further north you travel here. so allentown up to 23-mile per hour gust, 31 mount pocono, that right now is the windiest spot of the pack, but everybody sort of gets in on this as the day goes on, so breezy day, or windy day depending how you look at it throughout the region as whole. sun will shine, and we eventually start to see these temperatures going on a decline. that comes with new cold front. which is set to bring us more rain come thursday. we will discuss that later in the show, meisha. >> gentlemen, we will wait on the rain talk, aren't we, katy? good morning, happy tuesday to you, sounds like it will be pretty beautiful day all things considering. a look at the ben franklin bridge, those every you coming

westbound from jersey looking good. >> starting to see mover you trying to hit the roadways right now, get early jump on the day voigt at broad looking pretty good both the eastbound and westbound directions, vine open between the broad and the schuylkill. that's good news, those you have taking the vine early in the morning, construction bala cynwyd, this is city avenue northbound at the conshohocken state road. right lane block, looks like just clearing this up, just moment ago we saw the cones, looks like they're trying to pull those out of your way. so looking good in and around the area. construction repairing the ramp, the schuylkill at south street, on and off-ramps are closed tonight, ten p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for those every in you and around the area. also construction richmond street closed between lehigh and allegheny until 3:00 p.m. today. so use that alternate aramingo, erika, over to you. >> thank you. touching tribute high school freshman killed in a tragic accident. he was riding his skateboard over the weekend when a car hit him. "eyewitness news" report greg

argos takes you to the emotional vigil for that team. >> par rent not supposed to bury their children. but the kim family now dealing with that horrible reality. >> i am so sad to see him go. thank you so much to everyone for coming out and for celebrating him. >> and through tears and bright memories. >> he was a great football player, great kid, and a great person. >> hundreds gathered in the bleachers and on the war memorial field to remember 14 year old steven kim. the star football player who died saturday night. >> a special part of my life, i can't thank you enough for everything you have done for me. you have helped me be the person i am today and i hope you are looking down on me. >> steven's passion was football, he also enjoyed skateboarding and that's what was doing saturday night when he was struck and killed here on easton road. >> my best friend. >> now this community is left without a friends, a promising young student athlete, with a

huge smile and a way to brighten people's lives. >> steven, you were always smiling and laughing, would you radiate that positive attitude to everyone around you. you were someone that always pick me day up. >> in doylestown, greg argos, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". philadelphia police are looking for the person who shot a 11 year old girl in broad daylight in hunting park. that girl was walking home from school yesterday on west luzerne street when a bullet hit her in the foot. we checked on that girl is and she is in stable condition. police only have vague description of the shooter. >> 7,500-dollar reward for the person who knows who shot a bald eagle in pit down new jersey. bald eagle nicknamed lilly injured from the apparent shootingment only cbs-3 cameras were rolling when lilly was rescued last week. the birds now recovering after leg surgery. >> and thanks to generous donation, sam ambulances on the main line have life saving equipment for pets.

all ambulances in narberth now carry oxygen masks for animals that suffer from smoke inhalation. a medic got the idea for the mask after seeing a dog saved in a fire. >> nowadays pets are part of everybody's family. and it is important to have something to help them out too. >> the staff at ardmore animal hospital raised all of those funds to buy the masks. right now, 5:36. time to check on your business news this morning, and investors await the feds next move on interest rate. will they go up? money watch's jill wagner joins us now from the new york torque stock exchange, that's the big question this morning, jill, good morning. >> reporter: well, that's right. good morning, erika. oil prices bounce back a bit. that sent the markets higher yesterday. dow gained 103 points, nasdaq up 18. what could be the most watched fed meeting every all time start today. the fed will likely decide to raise interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis. some say it is overdue. others argue a rate hike could derail economic growth. we'll know more tomorrow. today's the deadline for

millions of uninsured americans to sign up for obama care if they want coverage to start january 1st. officials say there has been a spike in activity on the website. they aren't expecting anything like the chaos we saw with the roll-out three years ago. >> and, people in china are so desperate to get a breath of fresh air, they're willing to pay for it. sales of vitality air canister clean canada air, well, they are spiking since beijing issued it first air pollution red alert last week. each canister costs about 60 bucks. erika? >> sixty bucks for can of air? how about that? jill, thank you. only three weeks left in the nfl regular season and playoff picture in the ffc east is as merky as ever. eagles redskins and giants still all tide at the top of the standings. eagles fans were rooting for miami last night, but eli manning connected with a wide open beckham, jr. on the 84-yard touchdown pass, to get the giants a 31 to 24 win over the dolphins.

the giants redskins and eagles are still in the three-way tie at six and seven. it will be an interesting exciting ends to the season. >> pete rose will not be back in baseball any time soon. >> manfred cited rose's continued gambling and evidence he bet on games when playing for the cincinnati reds. rose helped win the world series where the phillies in 1980, and back-to-back world series titles for the reds. >> a special honor for some community heroes. the philly's pay tribute to them last night. "eyewitness news" report todd quinones shows you how the award will help one special organization. >> all of our funding comes from the generosity of people like you. >> a $10,000 grant for sunny, and her group, will go awful long way as part of the garden state underwater rescue, she divers when other won't, were canned. >> at love people ask me, how do you do it?

how do you not do it? >> exactly one year ago to the day, it was a volunteer with the garden state, that recovered the body of shane montgomery in the schuylkill river. the 21 year old disappeared thanksgiving morning. >> we all have day jobs. we all spends a lot of time, you know, doing normal stuff and then on the weekends we come in and help where we're needed. >> monday night at citizens sense bank park, thought the volunteers de severed recognition and much needed financial support presenting them with $10,000 grant at their charity's holiday giving party. >> we're tide together by the fact that we dive, and that this was our community service. >> the divers pick up searches after police and rescue divers have to move on, sometimes leaving family members with no one to turn to to find their loved ones. >> how do you look at a mother and a father and relatives and say yes, i have the skills, but you know what, i am too busy. i can't help you. >> sunny says the money donated hereby the phillies will go to make sure other

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>> police left the scene. officers responding to a call after man with a gun. officer expected to make full recovery. also, new this morning, police are looking for a suspect in the robbery of an exxon station, in north philadelphia. investigators say the suspect used a rifle to rob the clerk. >> and, republicans are gathering for the first presidential debate since the terrorist attacks in paris and san bernardino, donald trump will once again be center stage. ted cruz, though, will also be in the spotlight. he is challenging trump's lead in the iowa polls. 5:44, checking in with katie and our weather watcher. >> definitely still mild out there. temperatures as they stand certainly a lot warm nerve most locations than they'll be later today when the sun has had a chance to shine. that's because still in transition mode. where we are starting to see cooler air settle in. it hasn't totally done that just yet. so temperatures still reading in the low 60s, in a lot of spots, just crazy, right? 61 degrees, we check in with cup ill of these going into little more details, kenneth checked in from willingboro, he is a got nothing more than

couple of clouds, again, 61 degrees, mentioning that there is a little hint of breeze where he is. but really not terribly cold. so, a light jacket is about all he's really suggesting out there. i would totally agree with that. when you have these kind of temperatures, lynn checking in with virtually the same story here. she is finding temperatures at 60 degrees, and her location, not too much rain she said from last night, and actually feeling casino of comfortable. i do want to take you for one more, up to the poconos, our old buddy keith checking in at 56 degrees, we go wide to his observation in sailors berg. clouds are still in place for him. yes, obviously little cooler, but still warm for the standards, up in saylorsburg, after the heavier rain fell throughout the night. now, why is all of that happening? well, you know, storm system actually intensifying, rapidly no less, as it retreats. at least retreating but that's part of the reason some of the wind will start kicking in for us. frontal boundery itself definitely pulling away at this point, things drying out quickly. we see high pressure pay us nice visit here as well as we head into tomorrow.

so the sun going to be shining for you for the better part of the day. 59 degrees, that's your afternoon high. we've already been to the upper 60s this morning, we already have new record for the books. but, this afternoon, is what we are referencing with that. meanwhile, clear, cooler tonight, calming wind we drop to 43 degrees, then move forward tomorrow, just looks like nice day. nice and above average. meanwhile come thursday, we do start to see more rain building in. that's from this next cold front, which is finally going to be the lynch pin to get us not only back to seasonable, but hey, look at this, below average for a change. the weekend looking so much colder by comparison, and perception, meisha, will make it feel that much chillier. woe just haven't seen the temperatures. >> absolutely, coming from the high 60s to the 40's, you bet, katie, thanks so much for. that will good morning 422 eastbound direction at trooper road, see, plenty of headlights and tail light out there. but still, everyone still moving around at posted speeds in this area. the boulevard another area to keep my eye on. see if i could switch.

>> this moving in the southbound direction towards the schuylkill. once you get on the schuylkill westbound at city avenue basically what you are looking at. so looking good, just kind of steady flow starting to hit the roadways, especially the roosevelt. >> plenty of headline. ninety-five southbound at girard obviously one of the ice, always keep our eye out in the morning, especially push toward the 6:00 hour slot. it is looking pretty good right now. i will say we are starting to see levels increase as we normally would on a tuesday. and speaking of that area, construction on 95, girard avenue ramp, 295 north closed, you want to use this alternate, starting tomorrow, you will be re-route today castor avenue, and also, related news here, richmond street is closed between lehigh and allegheny, until 3:00 p.m. today. so this is another area that you want to use this alternate aramingo avenue. another area of construction, just to keep up on, repairing ramps, the schuylkill at south street, eastbound onramp and westbound off ramp closed, 10:00 p.m. tonight, until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. erika, over to you.

>> meisha, thank you. warm temperatures we've enjoyed lately means saving money on heating bills right don't need it. now you should be able to save even more this winter. prices for natural gas and home heating oil have dropped to their lowest levels in more than a decade. they both cost about half as much as last year. experts say, you can expect to pay about 14% less for natural gas this year, and 20% rest for heating oil, thanks to the falling prices and mild winter forecast. as many adults reach their senior years, they oven find it increasingly difficult to live alone. falls often the leading cause of injury, even death for people six a and older. in this week's angie list report, jim donovan takes a look at some things to help seniors age in their homes safely. >> seventy-eight year old katie collins found her arthritis was taking a big toll on her ability to get around. >> i really dn't want to leave my home. >> so she added handrails to her steps to make it easier to come and go. she also made safety upgrades inside of her home.

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accident. and the driver who hit him is still on the run. we're liver with the clues about that car. and, new this morning, it is becoming a familiar crime at this gas station. thieves strike again for the second time in five days. good morning, tuesday, december 15th, i'm erika von tiehl. checking in with meisha and katie. on very festive skydeck with christmas lights on it, and meisha an inside checking on the roads, certainly does not fell like the holidays, just wait, ladies, good morning. >> good morning, guys. we can expect to see much quiet err weather unfold for our area here today in terms of the rain, it is long gone, at this point, and it looks a little active if you look at storm scan3, but sometime radar can be deceiving. that said. the wind little breezy on the skydeck, a look at storm scan3, again, real quieting down nicely. in the last couple of hours see things clearing out. we going to see more sun than anything today. but check out t