it is still nice outside. the katie is on sky deck, meisha is checking on the roads. >> good morning. roadways are looking good. they are nice and dry, katie, and from the sound of it, it looks like that will last all day. >> absolutely, no wet weather until tomorrow. it is a brief break between systems but a break in the less and all is very calm out here on the cbs-3 sky deck. i heard a little will twitter from the bird across the street here in the trees at the community college of philadelphia but it is very tranquil outside. the lets take a look at why that is happening. we will start off with just a look back at the the records that we hit yesterday. there were quite a few, philadelphia hit one, wilmington, trenton, allentown all four had record high temperatures and they actually happened right after midnight in most instances here. it was a very warm start to the day, and eventually colder air has taken grip and new we are sort of the seeing the gradual decline on daytime high thermometer leadings.

storm scan three is quiet, we have high pressure building in, cloud cover overhead helping to limit how cool it gets this morning but with that said it is very tranquil across the northeast. that will change come tomorrow. we will get a nice break. fifty-one at the the a airport, not shabby, guys, normal high is still only 45 degrees. and this is where we're starting, not bad, 49 in trenton. thirty-nine in mount pocono. that doesn't feel too terrible. off in the distance we head out toward twin cities, 33 there, cooler air starting to move in, behind what eventually will become our next big thing our next cold front. for now, expect a nice, quiet, sunny day with temperatures cooler by comparison to yesterday but still well a above average. meisha, we will send it into you. >> we will enjoy it while we have it, thank you for that. good morning, happy wednesday, moving in the 5:00 o'clock hour, this is what you are seeing outside, blue route, headlights moving in the north bound direction

at ridge pike and as you can see very mild outside on the roadways as well, mother nature is being nice, roadways are nice and dry and that will help things. forty-two freeway at creek road in new jersey as you push northbound on 42 things are looking good. in comparison with the blue route 42 it is a little bit more volume, a little bit more activity moving in the 5:00 he clock hour but this is fairly typical of what we see. vine street expressway westbound is now opened, eastbound is still closed, that should be opening sometime fairly quickly but just know right new between schuylkill and broad, on the vine, just westbound right now is still in the 5:00 o'clock hour is only way that is open. starting to day girard avenue ramp is closed completely, they are rerouting you to the castor avenue exit and this is in effect until june of 2017, that starts today, erika, over to you. police respond to the call of the shooting in frankford to find a student littered with bullet casings but in victims.

investigators tell us one victim ran the two hospital while the other was driven. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from outside aria torresdale 407 with bizarre set of circumstances here, jan. >> reporter: erika, good morning. this story involves a trail of blood, spent shell casings and a car that nearly crash in the hospital. two shooting victims are being treated at aria torresdale this morning but the the shooting investigation actually started at aria frankford hospital. a wild ride for several people arriving at aria frankford hospital overnight. this suv nearly smashed through the the front doors. inside a man critically injured. >> that suv actually crashed in the pole in front of the main entrance of aria frankford hospital and then the 31 year-old victim went inside the hospital and he is being treated for two gunshot wound, one to the face and one to the back. >> reporter: police say he was shot around 11:30 tuesday night the on the 4900 block of

darrah street in frankford but when investigators arrived, initially there was no one to be found. >> they found a crime scene with ballistics evidence but there were no victims. >> reporter: are it turns out one of the victims a 24 year-old woman shot in the leg ran several blocks to aria frankford for help. >> we have followed the trail of blood from where she was shot to the hospital. >> reporter: that is where they discovered the suv and second victim. vehicle is part of the evidence and investigators say the driver who is not hurt in the crash is now being questioned by police. the detectives believe that the shooting may be drug related and investigators found cash, and pills at the the shooting scene. now both of these shooting victims are being treated here at aria torresdale because this was closest trauma center. both victims are expect to survive, at this time, in suspects. we are reporting live outside aria torresdale, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a driver is in critical condition this morning after being shot, and then crashing his suv in the hunting park section of philadelphia it

happened around 2:30 this morning when police say the 47 year-old crashed in the parked frank for trailer at germantown avenue and pike street. multiple bags of crack were found in his suv. 5:05. republican presidential candidates have wrapped up their final debate of the year in las vegas. debate centered on national security and foreign policy and punctuated by clashes between candidates. don champion is in new york with analysis on the debate winners and also the the most talk about candidates. >> i'm totally committed to the republican party. i feel honored to be the the front runner. >> reporter: while donald trump shut the door on the third party run during the the fifth g.o.p. debate he also took some hits, going blow for blow with jeb bush. >> he is a chaos candidate and he would be a chaos president. >> jeb really doesn't believe i'm unhinge, he said that very simply because he has failed in his campaign. it has been a total disaster. nobody cares. >> reporter: analyst say bush

had his strongest debate performance yet coming in second to trump as the most talked about candidate of the night on twitter. this is the top tweeted moment of the g.o.p. debate. >> this is a tough business. >> you are a tough guy, jeb. let's see i'm at 42 and you are at three. >> it doesn't matter. >> looking at those moments in the debate where there were spikes of conversation around jeb bush they were when he would engage with donald trump. when bush was addressing an issue on his own very little movement on twitter. >> reporter: someone trump did not duke it the out with ted cruz, instead cruz spared with marco rubio over immigration. >> ted cruz supported a 500 percent of increase in the guest workers allowed in this country. >> it is not accurate what he just said that i supported legal says, indeed, i led the the fight against his legal says and am knowsty bill. >> reporter: both are still vying to be the trump alternative in the race.

>> as well as marco rubio did in this debate tonight i think immigration question is going to be a big problem for him in iowa. >> reporter: other candidates like chris christie and rand paul did their best to regain momentum something that proved difficult for ben carson who afterward responded to questions about his foreign policy credentials. >> that i am not here and i have an uphill battle. >> reporter: with less than seven weeks until iowa caucus, the field of republican candidates, is far from being brought down. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". happening today, jury will begin deliberations in the felony assault trial of catherine knott, the the 25 year-old is a accused of attacking a gay couple in center city last year. prosecutors say that knott shouted slurs and punched one of the victims. the yesterday she testified that she tried to intervene and never punched or insulted them. deliberations resume for

jurors dead lock in the manslaughter trial of the baltimore police officer william porter. porter is one of the six officers charged in the death of freddie gray. gray died in police custody last april, setting off days of protest and riots. city officials are concerned about possible civil unreceipts following a verdict. if you have a student in the philadelphia school district, starting january 29th on your calendar, the day william hite says schools may have to shut down if the state budget does in the get passed. hite goes on to say after that date our ability to keep schools opened, issue paychecks and pay bills is uncertain. the prospect of the running out of the operating fund is dire. the word is, the force is, with the new star wars movie. don't worry, no spoilers here we promise. the first official reviews for the force awakens were released at 3:00 this morning and critics like what they saw. the new batch of characters

helped bring this franchise back to the glory days. so, who will prevail, when tweeting the battle between force and dark side and that the movie lives up to the height? you'll have to check it out, it the hits theaters tomorrow night. reading reviews on line, be careful about spoilers there are a lot out there. still ahead, shut down one of the country's largest school district, find out why the teacher is taking harsh criticism after classes are canceled. a scary scene when a wall collapsed on a sidewalk, how a baby stroller helped prevent an even greater tragedy. warm enough for shirts but not everyone is happen bye the spring-like temperatures. how that weather is bad for some business, we will be right back.

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many customers spotted big sales on winter gear, including normally expensive coats. >> incredible for christmas, definitely, if you have a lot of kid, it helps out report report we noticed sales, 40, 50, sometimes 60 percent off for winter gear at multiple stores in the area and compared to last year the numbers are in the good. >> we're rolling with it. >> reporter: ethan went is a retail consultant in philadelphia who runs a pop shop in walnut street and embracing the warm weather for his business. >> bringing people off the the street and for us we will adapt to it so we have mark down our winter gear and introducing our new items and lines for the spring. >> reporter: it the is not just clothes taking a hit, home improvement stores is seeing a decline too. >> it is great on a personal level and scary when you think about climate change and what is going on. >> reporter: while sales last people will come back to buy more, ready for whatever winter brings. >> it is phenomenal. use my credit card a lot.

>> reporter: some business owners are embracing this mild weather telling us it equals foot traffic. that is not the case for malls but malls around the country have seen a decline in sales because people are in the rushing to malls when the weather is nice. reporting from center city, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". weather has been so mild some of washington d.c.'s cherry blossoms are now blooming. the these are a different type they are autumn flowering cherry trees so they can bloom if the temperature stays warm enough during the the fall but however it is usually too cold to happen in d.c. in december. the experts say these blooming trees will not affect the very popular spring blossom, because they will still pop up in the spring. >> it is finally coming to an even no record for today but it is still above average, yes. this is from the very gradual downhill, drop that we're going to make in terms of the thermometer readings but we have not had a seasonal day just yet.

>> yes, we're in the 40's. >> and i think, always say perception is reality when it comes to the the weather, warm, cold, wet or dryer then it was before but it feels freezing by the time we hit the weekend. the lets look at those records though, balmy as can be, man, last couple of days. four days straight. we had days into the the 60's or 70's a and brand new record set. it will be tough to beat the the 2015 record in the years to come and this kind of a stretch. but the average high yesterday was 45 degrees. today we are back down to 44 degrees and we are still above average because we are still expecting 50's on the thermometer. the that is where we are right the now. looking at storm scan three very obvious signs of things to come here. we have got a large storm system, starting to really take good shape here, because of in part because of el nino the circulation, the storm center of these storms has been getting just swept off to our north. when these storms come through

they drag through and get a quick hit of rain, because it had has been too warm and that is it. looking ahead to tomorrow, morning commute should be fine unless things start to speed up, we're not expecting rain to pick up until late morning at the earliest and once it does it over spread the the area we will call it period of rain throughout the day, heavier comes later in the afternoon and evening rush. we will see them showing up, you know you have heavier rain there but things should be clearing out quickly by that night and we will see thermometer respond to the cooler air that comes in the wake. the mostly sunny still mile. your high up to 56. dropping down to 47 tonight under the cloud it will remain cool but win is nice and calm. that will not have an issue. some of my christmas decorations came off in the win. that is out of here. period have rain coming tomorrow and then again those temperatures begin to drop off. saturday, meisha finally in the lower 40's. i haven't said that in a while. >> katie, no complaints here

from the traffic department, absolutely not, i'll take 40's, 50's and put a smile on my face. it is our hump day. we are happy through the the workweek. schuylkill looks good headlights moving in the eastbound direction and this is predominantly where we are seeing most of the flow hit the the schuylkill. this is spring garden heading toward center city. we are seeing that west bun of the schuylkill is looking good this morning. all clear on the vine as well as those traveling around the vine east and westbound is now opened, these travelers moving in the the westbound direction. that is where we are seeing what opened up first this morning but both are opened on the vine, so those, are all clear. accident in hatfield 40-foot road at welsh road, one lane is block in and around this area. another area, overturned vehicle will in sanatoga 422 eastbound pennsylvania past on ramp from philadelphia near philadelphia premium outlets. fire department is on the the scene. one lane is block in and around this area, erika, back

to you. congress reached an agreement on a massive government funding bill. house speaker paul ryan says $1.1 trillion bill will fund the government through september. government was set to run out of the money a at midnight but leaders are prepared to pass another short term funding measure as they move to approve the the broader bill. if you still need to sign up for health care coverage through obama care you have a few days left. the the deadline race night but demand was so high they extended enrollment until 3:00 . so you have more time. you have to sign up but by then if you want health insurance coverage starting on january 1st. right now 5:18. time to check your philadelphia job market report. here's cws news business analyst jill schlesinger. >> this is time of the the year many people ramp up charitable giving and why you likely thought about how various non-profits impact the groups they serve, you may never have stopped to think about how they impact the

larger economy. non-profit accounted for 11.4 million jobs in 202, most recent year figures are veilable from the bureau of labor statistics, big chunk of private sector employment, 10.3 percent, and these jobs grew steadily touring the the recession and that growth is exd6pected to continue. the bl s predicts hiring of social and community service managers will climb 21 percent between now and 2022. aging population will boost need for workers who assist the elderly, the bls suggest that managers leaving drug treatment programs will be in demand as drug offenders are increasingly sent to treatment programs instead of jail. managers who meet social and community service groups in the philadelphia area typically earn nearly $71,000. while anyone can volunteer to help a non-profit, the employees heading these groups are generally expect to have a college degree. in some instances, a pennsylvania master's degree is preferred. i'm jill schlesinger for cbs-3

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a frightening scene in massachusetts a temporary, wall at a construction site collapse on the street trapping five people including a baby. eyewitnesses say metal and plywood wall hit the baby stroller but the child was not hurt but was taken to the

hospital as a precaution. a woman suffered minor injuries, officials believe a strong wind got and blew the wall over, osha a is investigating. a deputy in texas, risked his life to stop a drunk driving suspect. >> that is a collision after deputy jason mostly used his patrol car to stop the driver going down a wrong way in the highway. he hurt his wrist, arm and shoulder in that crash but he did manage to end the other driver's dangerous ride. his boss is calling him a hero. >> lots of people talk about putting their lives on the line for someone else but it is something special when you see someone do it. very proud of him and decision he made. >> um-hmm. police found a bottle of the wine in the other driver's purse. she's facing dwi charges. a bank robber caught on live tv, the the suspect is behind bars this morning after allegedly committing this

robbery, all while a minnesota a reporter was in the middle of the live shot. correspondent don champion has more on how that suspect was apprehended. >> tyler, just 24 hours ago. >> this live television they say is unpredictable. >> that is the robber. >> that proved again tuesday. >> reporter adam was doing a live midday report outside this rochester minute so the bank about a robbery that happened there the day before. little did adam know police say the robber had just return to the bank, to hit it again, while he was about to go on air. >> turf go here and call 911, i'll talk to you later. >> once i left that screen my first instinct was to see if i could see the suspect anywhere else. >> once police got to the scene with adam's help they figure out what kind have of car the suspect was driving. about an her later the car was spotted at 36 year-old ryan l listco was a arrested. he had been a suspect in

monday's robbery. >> there will be similar build, same method, he provided a note, similar to yesterday's note asking for money. >> we always strive to get live breaking news as it happens but i'll tell what you we never thought we would be part of the story like this. >> reporter: a reporter in the right place, at the right time. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". how about that. >> well, it is happened again, another hoverboard burst into flames. we will let you know what the owner was doing right before that hot holiday gift caught fire. a terrifying landing whether he that plane skids off the runway, now we're hearing from passengers about the the scare that sent several people to the hospital, katie? i would call it a lackluster forecast today sim play because it is so tranquil but that is about to change, heavy rain waits in the wings, folks, we will track it all.

from the road to the rails meisha is tracking your wednesday morning commute. we will be right back. want to do something special this holiday season? support i have a dream foundation. help a child achieve the dream of a higher education. cbs cares. come on in pop pop.ucation. happy birthday.

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good morning, school buses are ready to go and class is back in session in los angeles after a threat shut down the entire school district yesterday. but for a a lot of people they are questioning why the schools were enclosed and one teacher in particular is really taking some heat on line, for her response to classes being canceled. we will tell what you she did. you know it had to end a at some point. we are looking live, we have a christmas tree outside after four straight days of record warmth, the streak ends today. today will be a shock to the system. >> i know with the red ways, they love it. when mother nature goodies to us. we are looking good. the nice and dry. >> that is the running theme for rest of the the day, very quiet start to the forecast here. we have high pressure in place. that means sunshine, today. really calm, collected out there. but we are going to see things change here with time and that is very visible on storm scan when you move it out. now at the local level no problems