and a suv crashes and this all happens outside a hospital. we are live with an update. also times running out for philadelphia public schools. the superintendent warned that without a state budget schools will not be able to keep their doors opened much longer. the embargo is finally lifted, that means first official reviews are in on the the new star wars movie. so does it the live up to all of the hype? find out what critics are saying. we promise no spoilers. we will in the ruin it for you. good morning, it is wednesday, december 16th, i'm erika von tiehl. we will check with katie a and meisha. it the will be even warmer than average today but still feeling cool, good morning, guys starting to cool down. >> it is a all about perception. roadways are nice and dry. traffic volleys low for those joining us. what is on tap today. >> nothing much really. it is a quiet day, still as we just said above average when it comes today time highs but it will trend cooler then

yesterday. we flirted with 70 after all and hit a brand new record before the sun came up, but now that cooler air has caught up to us and that said it is still above average. we will see is what going on out there. cooling down is the headline for us in the weather department for next couple days. average high at this point is in the mid 40's. by the time we start the weekend we will finally be able to be below average. not terribly below but below average nonetheless. perception as meisha mentioned is what will get you. it will feel so much colder then it has ovulate. we are talking about a 30-degree, descrepancy between where we came from and where we will end up at that point. storm scan quiet nothing more than a handful of cloud overhead and right now it is warmth. 48 degrees toward trenton, wilmington, reading, slightly cooler even in the poconos. 39 degrees is not shabby. as we walk through here we expect to level off in the mid

50's, under full sunshine, much less wind, however, too. so that thankfully meisha isn't going to have too much impact. it will mess my hair up on the sky deck. i knew yesterday i got the to say. >> that was a concern. >> yes, these are things to think about. >> yes. >> good morning, happy wednesday. grab your can of hair spray, whatever you need to do but things are looking g schuylkill eastbound at city avenue, looking good. moving in the westbound direction, schuylkill at city avenue. you can see, looking busy on the westbound side but starting to heat up on the eastbound direction as well n doubt about that. this is a look at headlights moving in the north bound direction past route one another area, keeping my eye on it because blue route is starting to look busier in the delaware county, i-95 north at 452 looking good and fairly quiet. we are looking good there. then all the way north bound

toward airport looking good there no major delays at the airport, construction at girard avenue ramp to i-95 is closed and this is in effect for quite sometime until june 2017. use that alternate castor a avenue where we will be redirect, erika, over to you. new this morning, two people are shot the in the the cities, frankford neighborhood and that led to the crash right outside a local hospital. eye witt the necessary news reporter jan carabao joins us live outside aria torresdale hospital where victims are now being treated, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is second time this week that philadelphia police had had to follow a trail of blood to find a shooting victim. add that to a car that nearly crash in the local hospital overnight, and philadelphia police are certainly investigating a dramatic string of events. two shooting victims are under going treatment but this story started at aria frankford

hospital. they smashed through the front door of the frankford hospital overnight. one of the people inside a man shot and critically injured. >> that suv actually crashed into a pole in front of the main entrance, of aria frankford hospital and then the 31 year-old victim went inside the 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 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 evident but you there were no victims. >> reporter: it turns out one of the victims a 24 year-old woman shot in the leg ran several blocks to area frankford for help. >> we have followed the trail of blood from where she was shot to the hospital. >> reporter: where they discover the suv and second victim. vehicle is part of the evidence and the the investigators say driver who was not the hurt is now being questioned by police.

detective believe the shooting may be drug-related. investigators fund cash and pills at the shooting scene. >> northeast detectives are on location processing the crime scene, knocking on doors of the this mainly residential neighborhood to find any witnesses, as to what occurred because we don't have a description of our shooter, or shooters. >> both of the shooting victims are at here at aria torresdale because this is closest trauma a center, both of those victims are expected to be survived. we are reporting live, january carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meanwhile 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 when police say the 47 year-old victim crashed into a parked tractor trailer this happened at intersection of german continue avenue and pike street. multiple bags of crack were found inside his suv.

the clock is ticking toward a possible shut down of philadelphia public schools. the superintendent william hite made startling announce. the last night saying the the district may have to close if the state does not pass a new budget. the deadline is january 29th. now hite goes on to say our ability to keep schools open, issue paychecks and pay bills is uncertain. prospect of running out of operating fund is dire. 6:06. the republican presidential candidates have wrapped up their last debate of the year in las vegas. the debate centered on national security and foreign policy and it was punctuated by clashes between candidates. cbs news correspondent danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: nine republicans took the stage at the convenient meisha hotel in vegas where the debate focused on national security. the first topic was donald trump's call to ban muslims from entering the you had. trump would extend to it refugees already here. >> if obama has brought some

to this country, they are leaving. they are going. they are going. they are gone. >> reporter: jeb bush said that is in the a serious proposal. >> in fact it will push the muslim world, arab world away at a time when we need to reengage with them. he is a chaos candidate and he would be a chaos president. >> reporter: ted cruz, leading trum in two recent iowa poles locked horns over immigration issues. >> ted cruz support aid 500 percent increase in the number of visa guest work's loud in this country and ted experts doubling number of green card. >> for marco to suggest our record is the same it is like suggesting the the firemen and ars any of the same railroaded because they are both at the scene of the fire. >> candidates have two more scheduled debate to challenge front runner donald trump face to face before the iowa caucus on february 1st. rand paul questioned chris christie's temperament after a new jersey political scandal. >> when we think of the judgment, and, and, shut down a bridge, and they don't

like it. >> and, and, and, >> candidate debated support for barberral assad and monitoring of cell phone record. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". donald trump shot the door on the third party run, he took some hits, from jeb bush. analyst say bush had his strongest debate performance yet. >> this is a tough business. >> oh, it is tough. you are a tough guy, jeb. let's see i'm at 42 and you you are at three. >> it doesn't matter. >> looking at those moments in the debate where they were spikes of conversation around jeb bush, they were largely when we engage with donald trump. when bush was addressing an issue on his own very little movement on twitter. >> now on facebook donald trump was most talk about candidate overall during the

the debate with ted cruz second. jeb bush and marco rubio tied for third. first to reare view are in for new star wars movie and it is all good don't worry no spoilers here. first official reviews for the the force awakens were released a the 3:00 this morning and critics like what they saw. ey say this new batch of characters helped bring the franchise back to the glory days, first few movies. so who prevails in the battle between the the force and the dark side and does movie live up to the hype? check it out for yourself when it hits theaters tomorrow. reading reviews on line do be careful there are a number of spoilers out there. diehard star wars fans in colorado, this is terrific, reopening of the star wars the the force awakens with the flash mob the the friendly kind. both kid and adults donned their costumes, capes and life savers and had a mock dual. thousands showed up to test their skills and in anticipation of the movie.

coming up, how the warm weather could be saving you monday think christmas. also a deputy in texas put his life on the line nerd to keep others safe from a drunk driving suspecting the wrong way. see more of this bone chilling video. call it christmas carding viral we have the true story behind this awkward family photo coming up. you're listening to the new, number one, christmas song according to the folks at play network. they have compiled seasonal play list for hundreds of retailers and push mariah carry's all i want for christmas out of the top five. we will be right back.

at macy's we caught up with shop hours spotted big discounts on winter gear especially normally expensive, coats. now while this means bad news for stores, other owners are embracing the warm weather for business. >> incredible for christmas, definitely especially if you have a lot of kid. >> retailers are counting on the foot traffic from good weather and malls around the country are seeing a little bit of the drop. this warm weather is causing confusion in many places, check this out, washington d.c. cherry blossoms are blooming early, expert say autumn flowering cherry can bloom in autumn if temperatures stay high enough

as they have been. they also say don't worry, the the bloom will not have any impact on the blossoming again in the springtime. such a great tradition in d.c. they love cherry blossoms. >> absolutely, that is a whole festival. understandable but this monster el nino as we would call it, they have a very significant impact, obviously economically speaking but on our weather. i mean that continues to be the headline. the it is still above average, substantially so. even thorough we cooler then yesterday. it is really interesting to see how things can pan out but that el nino, will, dash our hopes at a white christmas across the eastern you had for the the most part. so, unless we go higher up, it is slim pickings for snow if that is what you have been dreaming of. storm scan three your eye gets drawn here, doesn't it? this is latest storm system to take shape. we have been talking about this as the catalyst for cooler air to finally mean

more seasonal condition, by the time we hit weekend specifically. the bulk of the storm itself, specifically the center on have that storm is swept off to the northeast. it is just the cold front that we have to contend work that drags through our area and we will jump all the way to lets get it right into tonight, in fact when we start to see things advancing. included build here but rain won't get in here probably until at least late morning. this time tomorrow we shouldn't have much to track unless this decide to speed up heavily but just through second half of the day heavy rain rolling through and it looks like it will be right through the typical evening commute. so that will be the worst of the two drives tomorrow. meanwhile today is a tranquil nice day, 56 degrees work sunshine and quick check of the seven day forecast for you, expect temperatures to gradually, at least gradually drop off, and we will finally have a below average forecast, come saturday. we expect sunshine will just feel really chilly, by

comparison. >> have to find a coat again. >> yes. >> i know. >> it is nice and dry. >> it is nice and dry, roadways looking great and only accident we have, we have had a few but those have cleared out of our way. overnight construction projects have all been lifted. this is in the king of prussia area 202, headlines in the northbound direction at the schuylkill looking good right now. looking really nice and quiet there. that is not to say that it is like that every where. take a look at new jersey, 42 freeway at creek road moving in the northbound direction looking good but busy and as you push northbound direction toward 295 it gets busier. for those in new jersey just know in the beginning of the 7:00 o'clock hour it is starting to heat up in most directions there. ninety-five, moving in the southbound direction at castor another area keeping an eye on. also, starting to get busy now mass transit, path the co and septa regional rails are running new schedule.

just check your schedules on line and construction route 130 is closed south of route 620 until march 1st, why alternate such as 295, erika, over to you. are you heading out of town this holiday season, travel is expect to hit an all time high. nearly one-third of the the nation's population is expect to travel during the holiday season. triple a says 100 million people venture 50 miles from home between december 23rd and january 3rd. over last seven years more and more americans have celebrated the holiday away from home. now ford motor company will begin the process of testing self driving cars in january. the ford fusion hybrid sedan will be put through paces at the company's research and innovation center in california but testing will begin with a extensive route mapping. driverless cars won't hit road until at least the second half of 2016. still ahead this morning see how a deputy risk his life

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a deputy risk his life to stop a drunk driving suspect. that is collision after jason mostly used his patrol car to stop the driver, who was going the wrong way, down a highway in houston. mostly hurt his wrist, arm and shoulder in that crash but did he manage to end the other driver's dangerous ride. his boss, called him a hero. put their lives the line for is one else but it is something special when you see someone actually do it. very proud of him and decision that he man made. >> police found bolt of wine in the other driver's purse, she's now facing dwi charges. stop what you are doing if you can and watch this extremely close call for bicyclist in poland. he collided with that speeding

train in the crossing. it happened so fast. gate was down, bicyclist wasn't paying attention. amazingly though do you see that, he was in the seriously hurt. the train company released surveillance video as a reminder to always pay attention at all railroad crossing. still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news" an awkward family photo going viral but there is much more behind this christmas card. we have details. also katie, i know some people, not us, some people are getting tired of the warm weather though. >> right. >> i continue to hear folks saying that on twitter, that is for sure but we are in fact seeing a cool down coming our way. i'll tell you how [ dog barks ] [ bark ] there it is! [ gasps ] oh no! look, the sky's awake!

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how many christmas cards do you get in the mail show family photos? a lot, right. michigan college student tried something new you with his, he used a fake family. anthony seville a the has a story behind and awkward christmas card. >> turtle neck, four frowns and lots of tattoos a perfect recipe for an awkward christmas card, for jeff jacks it started when a message popped up. >> my phone dinded and i don't know why i checked it. the it was a kid wanting the weird, strange and i'm like, all right, i can do this. >> reporter: plea for a fake

family. josh grass owe offering 20 bucks to anyone to trick his relatives into thinking he married a random woman with kid. >> i told him would i do it for free because it is just funny. >> she said hey, i can be a large intimidate would go man in your picture. >> reporter: within a couple days a tattoo artist and college art students met up. they stuffed her shirt to will pregnant and joined by one real life children, became brassows, blade, and thor bone crusher. card was posted on line and things have been crazy ever since. >> i noticed that my friend were tagging me in these videos in philadelphia, they pick it up. then i'm getting saying that we're from new zealand, south africa, it is every where. >> reporter: so is brassow who spent last few days doing all kind of of interviews. >> every time i blink somebody else around a the world or country has seen it and reaches out. >> reporter: jacks says she has been only recognized once,

otherwise it is all quiet at the tattoo shop. >> it is scared but when nobody knew it was me i was like cool. >> reporter: would she reprice her role as bone crusher. >> would absolutely do it, yeah, maybe. >> reporter: but jeff jacks is quick to give brassow all of the credit. >> he named them all and bone crusher, but i don't know i might to have get a tattoo of some sort. >> that is just too much. >> anthony, from flynt, michigan and she's a good sport through it all. >> i dit because it was funny. >> i love that logic, perfect. >> photos are hilarious. >> yes, pregnant belly. >> very good. coming up next on "eyewitness news" christmas came early for one new jersey family we have a heart warming story, about this little girl with special needs. she rescued a special dog that needed a a home, we have that story. also the school buses are ready to go and class is back in session this morning in los angeles after a threat shut down the entire school district yesterday. holiday season's just like football season...

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good wednesday morning, live look outside, we knew it, warm weather could not last forever. it is a cooler start. we joked it is not above or below average but it is compared to yesterday, how are we looking today. >> i think that is the biggest thing, is it warmer or cooler, sit wetter or dryer? i think that is just something that you can really tell the difference between day to day but when it comes to average temperatures we are well above them. i try to tell myself it feels cooler. >> yes. >> it is dry out. we have a pretty quiet day, high pressure just paying us a a brief visit. we will keep sunshine around once sun does come up later and later every day but once it gets here it is a nice day in general. storm scan is empty on the the

area radar. we have a hint of cloud cover and higher up, nothing terrible but it is out there and that should be fizzling with time. but with that said despite the fact that we did just hav a cold front cross through the temperatures are still above average. eventually there is a more potent cold front and that will up our rain chances by tomorrow. it is a given you will see rain tomorrow. 100 percent chance to see heavy rain no less across the delaware valley. friday that is getting out of here but we will keep it the at a low percentage chance at this point but still for now no shot for any wet weather today. you will see sunshine and temperatures still a again a above their average but tranquil. win is in where near it was yesterday and that is calming down. northerly component to the wind flow but much lighter wind by comparison. so it feels crisp. mid 50's the the temperatures that we're expecting in the afternoon highs in the poconos, more like mid 40's but still again above the a average. we will keep it home. quiet mid week.

rain arrives tomorrow with the more potent cold front that is catalyst to bring us a much cooler weekend we have been discussing. the it will be a brief spell into cooler territory, meisha, over to you. thank you for that, katie. as she pointed out cooler this morning but not causing any trouble on the roadways. things have been looking good for those just waking up with us. the here's a live look at the vine taillights moving in the westbound direction at 24th street. headlights moving in the eastbound direction where we have predominantly most of the volume right now and you can expect both levels to be heating up as we push toward that 7:00 o'clock hour. vine in the the eastbound direction you can clearly see you are not even moving right the now getting bus there i and another area is the boulevard, moving in the southbound direction. the a as you move south and push toward the schuylkill here's the schuylkill once you get on the schuylkill westbound, looking very busy here as well. i think key is right now we are pushing toward that rush

hour and it is getting busy for those thinking you can hold off, getting busy. construction start to go day girard avenue ramp to i-95 north is closed until june 2017. you are being rerouted to castor avenue just keep that in mind, erika, back over to you. happening today a jury begins deliberations in the trial of catherine knott, charged in the a attack on a gay couple in center city in september of last year. knott is charged with shouting slurs and punching a victim. yesterday she testified that she tried to intervene and never punched or insulted them. in baltimore deliberations resume for jurors dead locked in the manslaughter trial of william porter. porter is one of six officers charged in the death of freddie gray, gray died in police custody last april setting off days of protest and riots. the city officials are concerned about possible civil unrest following a verdict. thousands of student in los angeles head back to school today, they had the day

off yesterday when officials closed the schools over a bomb threat the which turns out to be a hoax. cbs news correspondent chris martinez reports. >> reporter: more than 640,000 students in the los angeles school district will hit the the books gannon wednesday. >> we believe that our schools are safe and we can re-open schools in los angeles unified school district, tomorrow morning. >> we are closing all district campuses today due to a threat that has come. >> reporter: calls like this one went out to parents in los angeles on tuesday morning. the superintendent closed down the entire district over a threatening e-mail sent to school board members monday night. police say it targeted all schools in the system. >> the implied threat was explosive device, the specific threat was attack with the assault rifles and machine pistols. >> reporter: new york authorities say that they received the same e-mail but called it a hoax, los angeles officials defended the superintendent's decision to

close schools and say that they took the precaution based honoraries enter or attacks in san bernardino and overseas. >> my first job is to ensure people are safe in the city. >> reporter: superintendent ordered authorities to inspect every school by the end of the day. twenty-seven hup law up force. officers searched and cleared more than 1500 locations. the chris martinez for cbs news, los angeles. a high school english teach der in the let the threat though stop her from teaching. cast sandra mcgraph of roosevelt high school told them to complete the the rough draft of the final essay and submit it via e-mail. some students didn't like that and blasted her on social media. >> would be of the right of humanity toys get an education and i really believe in that and think nothing should stop that. >> mcgraph says she's rather shock by her student's responses but adds that she's really looking forward to seeing them, back in class

today. 6:36. congress reaches an a agreement on a massive government funding bill that had a today's midnight deadline. paul ryan says $1.1 trillion bill would fun it through september. the government was then set to run out of money at midnight but leaders are prepared to pass another short term funding measure as they moved towards topprove the the broader bill. and if you set to sign up for health care coverage through obama care you have a a few days left. the deadline was supposed to be last night but demand on the health care dot gov web site was so high they extended enrollment until 3:00 a.m. friday morning. you have to sign up by then if you you want health insurance coverage on january 1st. christmas has come early for a north jersey family, a girl with special needs has adopted a special dog that needed a home. karen lee has the story of an unusual bond in which a child and a dog apparently rescued

each other. >> it has only been three days but ten year-old tiana and her pit bull carmela belonged to each other. the ribbon that bind them the fact that they are different. >> carmela just knew that my daughter needed her. >> reporter: she was fostered by sandy roberto, she suspect the pit bull spent mess of her young life crammed in the create and that is why her two front legs jut out and she has a spinal problem. roberto cared for carmelo almost a year because in one wanted here. >> people would comment how gorgeous she was. when they heard about her legs and handicapped, they lost interest immediately. >> reporter: then came along ten year-old tiana. we asked her why. >> she's determined right now. >> reporter: it has been a agonizing year for tiana and her twin sister, one is autistic, one legally brian and has had eight operations.

>> especially this year the children are noticing that other children are different from them. for her to feel lonely breaks my heart as a parent and then to find this dog that didn't have an easy life. >> reporter: unwanted doggies now needed, and loved, and different little girl is learning different is okay, more than okay. >> how is this christmas compared to other christmases. >> the the best. >> the best christmas. >> you just to have love that story when this little girl with special need. animal had a rough start to its life. >> it is sweet. animals that have that calming effect, there is a psychology with that. still ahead this morning, reports of another hoverboard fire, hear from the family about what went wrong with the

hot toy. if we make this work you've got to watch me. >> jammed cordin laying down the hall there giving one direction a few tips in car pool karaoke a and one of the ban members confesses his feelings for selena gomez. a little luke brian, country music to get you in the holiday spirit and word is he just landed another big gig, the the latest on this when we come back.

new york city's times square is getting ready for the big new years eve party. two giant, 7-foot tall numerals, the one, and the six right there, they arrived on the flatbed truck. they are part of the 2016 sign that will light up when ball struck just like that. new years eve is two weeks

from tomorrow, and hard to believe holidays are almost here, katie, but that is one away, right. >> absolutely but sweet 16, coming up. >> we can expect to see what looks to be at this point milder then average wet's cross the north east and that includes new york city coming up here. storm scan is still quiet. we have high pressure on our side that will keep control here for at least one day. it is beginning to migrate off to the north east at this point though it will make way for next system in line, which is, our next larger storm system. we have to do it out to see entirety. we have the the storm center across the northern plains and then trailing front that extend all the way down toward the gulf of mexico. but that is the the the front, the front specifically cold front that will be crossing through our area by tomorrow, bringing with it some wet weather, strictly rain, it is just too warm for anything else, but, we are regardless going to be seeing a soggy day unfold. lets walk you through future weather and show you what this will all mean for us. do i think that meisha will not have much to track for

morning drive but it is p.m. commute that gets impacted because right now it doesn't look like we will start to see wet weather of spread delaware valley until nine, ten, 11:00 a.m. that bode well for this time of the day but once it gets here we will see heavier pockets pick up of rain across the region. after school activities might get canceled or at least moved inside if that is the way it end up here but say five or 6:00 p.m. we have heavy rain to dodge out there and it will in the clear out until later in the night. the most of the day is impacted. you walk out the door this same time every morning take your umbrella with you tomorrow. by the time that cold front crosses through colder air finally starts to have a chance to move in. that does mean that around the time we hit weekend temperatures far closer to where they should this be time of the year. so for now it is cooler then yesterday but still a have above average at 56 degrees at the the sunshine. watch for rain tomorrow and temperatures start taking a hites specially by the upcoming weekend, meisha, over

to you. >> going back to normal, somewhat normal. thanks, katie. happy wednesday to you. we have a disable vehicle on i-95 taillights moving in the southbound direction, not thaw can see them. they are pulled out to the shoulder, it looks like someone nice enough to help someone on the shoulder get that disable vehicle moved or fixed up. this might cause slow downs in and around that area because simple gaper delay. ben franklin bridge for those coming from new jersey looking very busy as we push toward the 7:00 which is our predominantly main rush hour and it is certainly getting busy. wednesday are. we can count on. that we have an accident back out of the way at schuylkill westbound a at conshohocken curve pulled off to the shoulder. again not causing too many slow downs because it is not blocking a lane but whenever we have something on the shoulder everyone taps their breaks takes a peak what is going on. don't do that. nothing to see there construction route 130 is closed south of route 620 until march 1st. use an alternate such as 295,

erika, back over to you. this holiday cbs-3 is asking for your though make holidays happy for thousands of children. we call it joy of sharing toy fest and anchor jessica dean shows us one man who answered that call in a big way. >> reporter: even a single toy helps, we talk to a retiree who gives way more than one. paul is a quiet sanity, dropping off toys in the salvation army on broad street. >> i have balls, basketball and footballs, cars, race cars, dolls. >> reporter: everything under this tree was donated by him, 82 toys in all. he has been thanksgiving hitting the sales. >> it wasn't fun standing in the line but it was fun as i got it all together. >> reporter: paul worked for children as a school bus driver until he turn 60. >> i started having strokes. i could not keep driving buses. i had to take an early retirement. >> reporter: no matter the the

hardship paul considers himself blessed, so for 11 years he has been buying toys. cb. three is collecting toys for salvation army through our joy of sharing toy fest. >> there always seems to be people sometimes through no fault of their own who find themselves in very difficult situations and lord knows, never the children's fault. >> reporter: salvation army's goal, help eight you this children. it doesens of toys brings each year certainly helps. >> i think paul is an incredibly generous man simply by providing toys for christmas. that means the the world. >> i'm fortunate to be in the position i am. i know other people who are in trouble. everybody should get something. if you cannot, pray for them this world needs a lot of prayer. >> do you want to help you? can by donating to the joy of sharing toy fest by a new unwrapped toy and then drop it off. find drop off locations at cbs philly.com/toy fest. those toys will be distributed

by the salvation army as well as uso and boys and girls club. jessica dean, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, if you are thinking of getting a hoverboard you might want to consider buying a fire extinguisher too. it has happened again. the brentwood, california teen stepped on it while charging and it started to pop. quick thinking teen dragged it from the living room to the front door where just seconds later it exploded. >> basically saved our whole family. the if it wasn't for her quick actions our whole house would burned down. >> there have been 11 reports of the hoverboards catching fire in ten states. many airlines banded them on planes over possible fire risk. so far there have been no recalls. right now 6:49. time to see is what coming up this morning. the lets check with gayle king in new york with that preview, good morning, gayle. >> can i say i'm kind of scared of hoverboards. >> i want nothing to do with them. >> i am scared of them. the best one thaw can buy

instead of the bootlegged kind, that are catching fire. good morning, good to see you. we will talk to presidential candidate and new jersey governor chris christie about his performance in last night debate and john dickerson on whether the attack on donald trump will have any impact. hear from a woman who says that a celebrity endorsed product made her hair fall out, we hate when that happened. hundreds of people are suing about that. our conversation with the the one and only, the gorgeous, lovely, kennedy center honorary, cecily tyson, her unique perspective on aging, gender and race, news is back in the morning. we will see you in about ten minutes and counting, erika back to you. looking forward to that. thanks so much, gayle. well, two word for you right now: staying put. shock jogging howard stern says he is sticking with siri u.s. xm. stern signed on for five more

years. after down to the wire negotiations they did manage to reach the deal. terms of the stern's contract were in the disclosed but under his previous contract he earned 80 million-dollar a year and his new deal is expect to be worth even more. lucrative tiehl there. luke brian find and new co help for academy of country music award. they made a video to announce they are co hosting next years ceremony. show will broadcast live right here on cbs-3 on april 3rd. suspense, spells and strange creatures, it is all covered in the first trailer for fantastic feats and where to find them. new film is based on jk row links wizard series. we will catch a glimpse of one thing santa has never seen before, american wizards. >> um-hmm. >> u.s. harry potter spin off hits theaters next november. word also that we have been tack about this clip all morning long. boy band one direction takes a ride with james cordin for

karaoke on the late, late show. >> ♪ also during the car ride they played a game known as see which band member nilse when justin beiber's ex-girl friend was brought up. >> nice. >> marry selena gomez. >> why not. >> quite the line up he has there. >> this has some people wondering are the the stars dating? rumors have been swirling about nile and selena ever since earlier this month. don't necessity how she feels about him going on a cruise with demi lovat theo. >> but sing ago along is too funny, harmoniesing. >> i love his straight face, you guys just stop but he is

critiquing. >> yes. >> so funny. >> so cute. >> we will be right back with one more check of traffic and

one more check of a story we have been following all morning long. philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting in frankford. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us on it side aria torresdale hospital as the victims are recovering there, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that is right two shooting victims are behind me at aria torresdale this morning recovering from gunshot wound. police are busy investigating a very dramatic string of events that happened overnight. take a look at the the video. this shooting happened right around 1:13 last night in the 4900 block of darrah street in frankford when police arrived they they didn't find any victims. it turns out a 24 year-old woman shot in the leg actually ran several blocks to aria frankford hospital for help, detectives followed her trail of blood and then discovered an suv crashed in the pole outside aria frankford as well. police say that vehicle transported a 31 year-old man also shot. both victims were taken to

aria torresdale and they are both expect to survive, erika, detective believe that this shooting may be drug-related, back inside to you. >> january carabao thank you you. we will get one last check of traffic and weather and it is dry, it could shall worse. >> we absolutely have that have going for us. that is the theme for the rest of the day too we are starting off with cloud cover, but you don't to have bank on gray skies all day. high pressure will set us up for sunshine as the day goes on and one more look at the the seven day forecast because it is trend that is making weather headlines, rain tomorrow and gradual trend down, for daytime highs especially by this weekend, more than. we have to enjoy today. right now we have an accident schuylkill westbound at the the curve pulled off to the shoulder as you can sianni we have a disable vehicle i-95 taillight moving in the the southbound direction past woodhaven a and that has been just cleared, that is great news. when we go wide 20 on the schuylkill, 38 on i-95, 32 on the vine. all right, you guys, well, coming up tomorrow morning dream drive i'm heading to

haddonfield. i heard it was one of the best holiday shopping destinations and at one story found an old favorite of mine a minnesota granola with a funny name. >> so i'm from minute so the a my eye went to this brand, right here, tell us what it is. >> thinks crapola a delicious breakfast treat for you and your family good we had fun with that one and it is that granola is not for you, how about a unique cup cake, there is a bunch of them. >> yes. >> but stop at one. >> yes. >> so can i resist cup cake? what do you think. i they you know the answer. find out tomorrow morning during dream drives on cbs-3. >> granola, crapola. >> yes. >> next up on cbs this morning kennedy center honorary cecily tyson talks about her 60 years in she business and struggles she had overcome. hope you have a great day.

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