developing right now, philadelphia police make an arrest in connection to two separate stabbing incidents in center city. the the a attacks happened within minutes, and blocks of each other early yesterday morning. good afternoon i'm erika von tiehl. police identified suspect as 26 year-old kyle stevens, his last known address is a chinatown home less shelter. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us at central detectives with the very latest developments.

greg, good afternoon. good afternoon, erika. thirty hours after these two stabbings happened minutes apart in center city central detectives say they have the man responsible, under a arrest, and take a look, he is 26 year-old kyle stevens. he has been charged with aggravated assault. we are told he was spotted around 9:00 this morning at broad street and allegheny avenue you in north philadelphia, where officers made the arrest. this all happen after an intense search aided by surveillance video. investigators say it is from outside one of the attacks and it identifies the the suspect whom police say is home less and for some reason attacked two men within a 17 minute time frame yesterday morning. the first attack happened shortly before five will 30 near 23rd street and walnut when stevens approached a 23 year-old jogger, charged at him and stabbed at him with a 3-inch knife. minutes later around 5:45 another attach, this time near 21st and arch. detectives there say stevens yelled at a 42 year-old man

cursing at him before slapping him in the face. once again, good news in this situation is that both men were treated at hahnemann university hospital, both victims treated for superficial wound and released yesterday evening. the as for stevens he is in custody once again charged with aggravated a assault. we are live at central detectives i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. jury deliberations are expect to get underway this afternoon in the trial of the catherine knot, she's charged in the a attack of the gay couple in center city in september of last year. knott is charged with shouting slurs and punching one of the victims. yesterday she testified that she tried to intervene and never punched or assaulted them. in baltimore dead locked jurors continue deliberations in the manslaughter trial of the baltimore police officer william porter. porter is one of six office of his charged hot death of freddie fray. gray died in police custody last april setting off days of

protest and riots. city officials are concerned about possible civil unrest following a verdict. now to campaign 2016, and it was back to the main stage for g.o.p. last night in las vegas. candidates traded jabs over national security policy and immigration reform. cbs correspondent danielle nottingham shows us what political analyst are now saying about the the debate. >> reporter: in the final g.o.p. debate of 2015, jeb bush took aim at donald trump calling him the chaos candidate. >> this is a tough business. >> oh you are a tough guy, jeb. >> we need to have a leader. >> real tough >> you will never be president of the united states by insulting your way at presidency. >> i'm at 42 you are the at three so far i'm doing better. >> trump has been under fire for proposing that muslims be block from entering the nation but analyst say the front runner didn't lose any steam last night. >> i don't think it changed anything. he is at the top of the polls. people are looking to him, for strength, and that is what he

is running on. i think it only, it only helped him. >> reporter: freshman senators marco rubio and ted cruz are battling to be the trump alternative. they clashed on immigration reform. >> ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people in this country illegally now? >> senator cruz. >> i have never supported legal says, and i do not intend to support legal says. >> new jersey governor chris christie says the bickering is not in the best interests of the party. >> in my idea is to keep the eye on the ball and make sure we get the the best person to prosecute the the case a against hillary clinton in the fall and i believe i'm that person. >> reporter: nine remaining candidates have two more debate before the the iowa caucus in february. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and stay with "eyewitness news" on tv and on our web site at cbs philly.com for latest on campaign 2016. we will have updates on both republican and democratic candidates to push for their parties nomination.

clock is ticking toward a possible shut down of the philadelphia public schools. superintendent william hite made the startling a announcement the last night saying the district may have to close if the state does not the pass a new budget. that deadline is january 29th. now hite went on to say after that our ability to keep schools open and issue paychecks and pay bills is uncertain. prospect of running out of operating fund is dire. and unusual crash involving a tractor trailer caused some traffic headaches in bucks county. chopper three over trenton morrisville route one toll bridge. tractor trailer struck a barrier passing through one of the southbound toll lanes around 7:30 this morning. three lanes were closed while crews cleared that crash. the the road and toll planes have been since reopen. and, chopper three over a crash involving a septa bus and several vehicles in philadelphia's wissonoming neighborhood. this happened around 8:30 this morning on torresdale avenue near fender street.

no injuries were reported. the cause of the crash is under investigation. right now lets get a check of your weather. a little will bit cool but still mild for december, katie, i think we have to remind ourselves it is still meant to be much cooler then this, right. >> it is just the whole perception that we come from places from the upper 60's, 70's and four days straight in record breaking territory that is tough to do further down the road here. but that is exactly what is happening. it is cooler by comparison to yesterday but still substantially above average. let start off with the quick check here if we can, go out to the maps and take to you storm scan three where as we see tri-state sweep being made it is just clouds overhead right now. cloud starting to build sooner then we anticipated, we will see at least a little bit of sunshine here today but more cloudy then anything at this point over the sky deck. the off in the distance you can see wet weather beginning to advance though in indiana, making its way here but that doesn't happen until tomorrow. so, that said, no shot for

rain, yet but by tomorrow we will see some rain building in here. it looks like it will pick up, i would say nine to 11:00 a.m. and from there on out it is a soggy day possible that we still have a lingering shower come friday but generally speaking it is really tomorrow that wilbe action packed day in terms of the wet weather. we will track that and detail that more for you later in the show but for now here's where we stan. normal high 44 in philadelphia we are at 52 right now. not shabby if you like mild air but it is feeling cooler by comparison. meanwhile we expect to top off at best in the mid 50's, regional wide today. in the poconos a tad cooler there but it is a tranquil day. even though clouds are building up as we mentioned you will not see any wet weather until tomorrow and as i mentioned as well, erika we will track that next storm system, to plan around it for tomorrow later in the show. now back to you. >> thank you, kate. also coming up, honoring some of the philadelphia's finest. "eyewitness news" is there as

police recognize dozens of officers for their bravery in the line of duty. and a big debut at the national zoo, check this out, a baby giant panda, makes its first media appearance, we have more a

a reminder to join us to help spread holiday cheer with our joy of sharing toy fest. you can just pick up a new unwrapped toy and bring it to one of our drop off locations. we have a list on our web site at cbs philly.com/toy fest. spirit of the season was on display this morning at citizens bank, volunteers donated 100 stockings of hope to families in need. cbs-3 was there as those stockings were delivered to the emergency people center in

west philadelphia. over the years, the stockings of hope program delivered items to thousands of homeless men, women and children living in transitional housing. in northeast philadelphia this morning, more than 80 philadelphia police officers received special recognition during the police department's bi annual commend case ceremony. various awards were distributed to officers for acts of courage, bravery and heroism. others received award for demonstrating excellence. and deescalating dangerous situations. congratulations. the national zoo is showing off the new baby panda and he is already a close-up, and take a look at that right here, too darn adorable. baby was born at the national zoo last august, his twin brother unfortunately did not survive but now nearly four months old handlers say the cub is hitting every developmental milestone. like a stuffed animal don't you think. baby tips scales at 17.5-pound of adorable. >> it is definitely a very

special moment to be, there is less than 2,000 in the whole world so to be caring for this unique, endangered species is really special. >> my gosh. i could watch this all day. the appearance was just for the the media. baby will make his public debut january 16th trying to move him around there with the zoos panda house reopens. >> just too cute. still ahead this noon reviews are in, are they out of the world or does the force fall flat? we will show what you critics are saying about the seventh installment of star wars. sure looks good. we can expect to see a significant drop on the thermometer in the days ahead so with that cool down comes finally, a dose of reality, how cool is it going to get?

we are just one month away from the tenth annual lemon ball to benefit alex's lemonade stand. there is a lot going on this year. joining us alex scott's mother liz scott to tell us about this fantastic event. we love this one every year. we are huge supporters of cbs-3. this is tenth anniversary. such a great fundraiser too. what can we expect. >> lemon ball is a special night, january 16th, right around alex's birthday. it was create todd bring people together and raise money to help kids with cancer and every year we celebrate, people who have really been great contributors. so this year we are honoring volvo as our crystal cup recipient. they have been with us since the front yard so that is special to honor them at the the tenth anniversary. we are honoring alex gordon of the world series champion kansas city royals. he has been a great regular. and my stan host of the year. >> she's been battling cancer a second time, 11 years old.

>> she's 11. she's battling cancer a second time. she has been supporting us for year. when she had her cancer come back people wanted to give her things and she said i don't need anything just help me raise money to find a cure for kid. she has a goal of $250,000. this has all happened in the past year. she is up about $215,000. >> my gosh, so close. >> she has had such a tremendous amount of support from the community, beyond every state, it has been amaze to go watch. remind me so much of alex, and her spirit, and her grace, that she had to try to help other kid. it has been incredible. >> that spirit and that sponge, yes, you can do something bit. do you see a lot of your daughter in her. >> i do, very much so. the way she carries herself and the way she truly wants to help other kid. and doesn't necessarily love the attention she gets from it but loves the fact that she can make a difference. we are happy to be honoring her and her family will be there and a lot of people

support her. it will be a great night. >> this was fun. this is something we are familiar with monovember where people grow out their mustache. the thinks cave man of the year. whom am i looking at. what is the before and have after pictures. >> this guy, from center city philadelphia, he is an attorney, former vet, he wanted to do something to help, and he has clean shave even guy. he decided wow not shave for i don't even think trimmed his beard. >> it doesn't look like it. >> he wanted to raise $10,000. he will shave it first of the year, 31st, somewhere in the next couple weeks. he is $5,000 away. we want to help him get there it shows you people are he creative, and they just put their heart into doing what they can. i think that is a pretty big deal. >> absolutely. >> i bet he doesn't even get treated the same as he used to. >> walk in the the court with the full santa claus beard may be different but just great. people do whatever they can think of to help this wonderful cause. liz, thanks very much. >> appreciate it. >> once again, lemon ball is

saturday january 16th, the philadelphia marriott downtown, we have more information for you on the event and how to get tickets. tickets are still a available right, liz. >> absolutely. >> go to cbs philly.com. you can be there too. kae, not a lemonade sunshiney day today but we will take it. at least it is warmer then it could be. >> that is the key the fact that we are above average. technically cooler but well above where it should be frankly for this time of the year and that is something that is in fact going to be changing, thermometer readings that is as we look forward in the forecast specifically to the upcoming weekend. that is when things turnout their will coolest. lets go ahead and start off by getting you outside. we are seeing more cloud cover build in right now as we take you out to sky scan three. we are looking dreary, dry. we have that going for us. one thing i can tell you is we are going to see wet weather build in. when it does build in, then you will start to obviously need that wet weather gear. that will come by tomorrow. for the rest of the day in the

meantime, we can expect the stay dry just watching these cloud start to gradually build and that is simply because our next storm system is on the move. most noteably it will be cold front that crosses through. looking outside at the live neighborhood network a similar view more cloud outside middletown ship high school. the here's why. we have a storm system, very large by the way. we had to zoom storm scan out, so you can see the whole thing. the classic view to this. it has a classic storm center, that comma shape, so it the looks like a candy kane this time of the year to put you in the the festive mood. but it has drawn in some cloud cover in our area and eventually this is cold front that is crossing through. storm center will bypass us off to the north much like many recent storms have done but behind it, this within has more umpf to it. you will see cooler transition was this crosses through. gradual trend down on the day time highs. by the time we get the two weekend not only are we closer to average but you might to have break out a winter coat as opposed to shorts and

t-shirts like you have had to enjoy as ovulate. let me give you a good sense of timing everything out. you walk out the door, hopefully watch us here on "eyewitness news" in the morning and walk out the door. shouldn't have have anything to track locally just yet. i say you have a window of nine to 11:00. do you see how things get over spread with rain. so through late morning after the typical morning rush has wrapped up is when rain will take over. it looks like it will be pretty heavy at times. the kid are getting out of school, you are heading home from work. p.m. rise will be dicey but then gets out of here. and, it the is, and comes in the second half of the day with rain amounts not terrible over the course of the entire day upward of an inch. we are in the dealing with much more than ponding on the road, not the a flash flooding kind of an event. it will slow you down. the cloud are building for now, and we will drop you down to 47, later on tonight under

a generally cloudy sky but tranquil and then rain build in for us tomorrow. notice what happens to the thermometer reading, guys. that is the bigger story, remember, it has been above average every day this month so far and finally by the time we will get saturday, hey a below average day. the how about that erika. >> yes. >> hasn't happened just yet. >> i know. >> but look at that by tuesday we are flirting with 60 again. >> at least, i think yesterday we were looking at 40 degrees. >> exactly. >> we have just trimmed it, we have been over achievers in the temperature department. >> so luck think year. >> absolutely. >> yes. >> if you like warm weather. >> time to check your philadelphia jobs market report with cbs the news business analyst jill schlesinger. >> this is time of the year that many people ramp up their charitable giving and why you likely thought about how various none in profits impact the groups that they serve you may never have stopped to think how they impact the larger economy. none in profits accounted for 11.4 million jobs in 2012,

most reese are event year figures are available from the bureau of labor statistics, big chunk of private sector employment, 10.3 percent. these jobs grew steadily during the recession and that gross is expected to continue. the bls predicts hiring of social and community service managers will climb 21 percent between now and 2022. and aging population will boost need for workers who assist the elderly, bls suggest that managers leading drug treatment programs will be in demand as illegal drug offenders are 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 master's degree is preferred. i'm jill schlesinger for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

coming up at 5:00 it is estimated average pregnant woman spend at least, $400 on maternity clothes. now, companies have come up with an alternative, instead have buying how about renting them. show you how that works at 5:00. when they say maternity clothes, katie piped right up.

>> absolutely, i have to say i a actually spent more than that on maternity clothes, i wish i hadn't but it really adds up. >> yes. >> hey star wars fans listen up, very is very exciting, the the first reviews are in for new star wars movie and it is all good. no spoilers here. i know. >> first official reviews for force awakens were released a at 3:00 this morning and critics like what they saw. they say new batch of characters helped bring franchise back to the glory days, if you prefer those older movies this is more like them. who prevails in the battle between force and dark side and as movie live up to the hype? well, you have to check out the movie when it hits theaters. and before we read reviews, be careful there are spoilers in there. that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm erika von tiehl. for katie and all of us thanks for watching. >> we are always on line at cbs philly.com. >> young and restless is coming up next.

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