switch to truvia. great tasting, zero-calorie sweetness from the stevia leaf. baltimore is a sit on edge after a judge declares a in mistrial in the first trial for a police officer charged with freddie gray's death. jury was dead locked on those charges, we will let you know what happens next in the case as city leaders call for peace. let's get ready for some rain. storm scan three shows showers heading our way and it is not a pretty day out there but hopefully sidestep it for morning commute. >> yes, for you too, meisha. >> absolutely. dry hoed ways help but i see that car fire and rain, probably would have help.

i'll get to that in just a moment. overall, nice to have dry roadways for sure. >> nice early on a thursday morning, showers not getting here quite yet but pass along your lunch because if you have to head out to grab that sandwich a snack you will be soaking wet if you are prepared. you will need that rain slicker and umbrella as that rain is moving in as we head in the second half of the morning. we will contend with this through much of our thursday but it will be a mild day, mild rainfall, we have that as has been the trend all throughout this month of december. our record for 60-degree days, or warmer for the month of december is eight of them. that happened back in 1998 and 1951. so far this month we are at seven. we will likely break this record with temperatures warming up approaching the christmas holiday. right new we're pretty mile. we should be down in the the lower 30's but 48 degrees in philadelphia. 51 degrees in atlantic city. storm scan three is showing us what will be the big weather trend today and that is the rainfall. the cloud in place but showers

already starting to develop just to the south and west, they will continue to move north east as will that big swath of precipitation. the period of rain today, heavier rain as we pass lunch hour continuing into the afternoon. rainfall totals as we head in the early evening, half inch to an inch. pretty significant. we will likely see a wet commute for the first half of the commute and then drying out overnight tonight but it is going to be a soggy take with that rain heavy at times. high of 51-degree. overnight tonight, mostly cloudy, cool breeze, 46 degrees but again, we will be dealing with that rain coming down especially south and east of the city for our evening commute. >> okay, rain is coming, thanks very much, lauren. good morning. if you are just waking up with us you can see some flashing lights. what that is and was was a car fire that is now just getting contain. this is i-95 north bound by the the airport pulled off to the shoulder blocking part of the right lane and you can see though traffic levels in and around this area are looking good. for a moment we are starting

to see gaper delays. now that we have that fire contain it is looking better but you have flashing lights, crews out there and it will be a while before we get that car towed. just make sure you you know that, that right lane is being compromised right now, vine looks great, you are all opened both east and westbound directions. for those just thinkin about hitting the roadways, vine looking great. schuylkill taillight moving in the eastbound direction past girard you can see a steady flow starting to build on the roadways now as we push it through that 5:00 o'clock hour and into the the 6:00 we will see this progress. schuylkill is still traveling at posted speeds. this is where we have down wires in franconia township, goodsmall road is closed between fair way drive and indian creek and use an alternate, back to you. it was a night of peaceful protests in baltimore after a mistrial was declared in the case against the the first of six police office are over deaths of the freddie gray. gray died from injuries he suffered being transported in a police van back in april. don champion is live in

baltimore, maryland with the very latest on that, don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nicole. even before the judge declared a mistrial yesterday jurors had already once told him they were dead locked hours after the decision instead of the rioting there were prayers and calls for unity on baltimore streets. the streets of the baltimore were quie overnight as dozens of demonstrators held hand and lock arms calling for unity and peace. >> i love this place. very proud people you know what i mean. that is what we want to show you. by them i mean all of us. >> reporter: earlier, tensions bowled over, moments after a judge declared a mistrial in the case of officer william porter. >> we want our voices heard, we have to speak through action. >> reporter: porter had faced manslaughter and other charges for failing to get medical help for freddie gray who died in april after suffering a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody.

after three days of deliberations the jury emerged dead locked on all counts. >> we have been confident that there will be another trial with a different jury, we have calm. you should be calm too. >> reporter: attorneys on both side, are expect to return to court today to set a new trial day for officer porter as city officials press for peace. >> spread love and not hugs. >> reporter: mistrial is viewed as a setback for the the prosecution who had planned to use porter a's testimony in the case, against the five other officers. now two protesters were arrested outside the courthouse after the mistrial yesterday, they were charged with disorderly conduct and initially it was thought that the judge was going to be meeting with attorneys on both side of the case, and in open court this morning but we are told that meeting will be done in private in the judge's chamber.

nicole. >> don, live for news baltimore, thank you. a grand jury has indicted a white chicago police officer charged in the shooting death of the laquan mcdonald. the indictment alleged jason van dyke shot the 17 year-old 16 times in an incident last year. he faces six counts of first degree murder and one count of official misconduct. van dyke is now free, on bail. 5:36. in business news the fed pushes up the interest rates and investors seem to be okay with it for now. jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange with more on that, jill. >> reporter: good morning, nicole. the as expect the fed raised short term interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis, it is a small increase just a quarter percentage point, fed chair janet yellin continues to raise rates at a slow, gradual pace next year. that rate hike put investors in the buying mood, dow jones jumped 224 points, nasdaq added seven 56789 comcast has agreed to pay more than 25

million-dollar over allegations, that the company improperly disposed of remote control, modems and other hazardous waste. the the california attorney general said comcast routinely sent hazardous materials to local landfills in the state. facebook is teaming up with uber, that way you can book a car without leaving facebook messenger. users can tap on an address listed in the chatter, small icon of the car, and this is in the the testing phase. if you are worried about finding a time to finish your holiday shopping, kohl's want to help. the department store plans to stay opened for 170 straight hours, starting today, at 7:00 . christmas eve. this could be a smart move at this point if you order items on line is there a chance they may not arrive for christmas, and that is not fun. >> no, it isn't. jill, thanks for the update. we will check with you soon. meanwhile a galaxy of stars hit the red carpet in london for european premiere of star wars the the force

awakens. a actors from the original thrilling were there with the new comers from the seventh movie, in the franchise. speaking of star wars after months of anticipation the wait is almost over for fans, the the new you movie hits theaters in the more than 12 hours. kevin frasier from entertainment tonight talked to the stars about the force awakens. >> reporter: this week saga of the jedi and empire continues as star wars, the force awakens, arrives in theaters with new characters and a few familiar faces. >> all of it: they are real. >> reporter: and they are back with the new chapter in the saga in the galaxy far, farrah away, plot has been kept under wraps but a few old favorites are back like harrison ford who had high praise for new comers, john and daisy ridley. >> i see two very talented well actors well chosen for their parts who work diligently to prepare, who are amazing in the movie, and jj

work with very well and their performances are extraordinary. >> coming into this, everyone you cannot imagine you have an impact on the people thaw are working with. so it is very kind and lovely to say. that i love harrison. he is great. i think relationship between han and ray comes across well in the film so i'm glad. >> might need this. >> reporter: there was one moment a self protested fan could not resist. >> i decided to get my hans solo action figure signed by harrison himself on the set. >> i'll sign your action figure kid, this is weird. are you sure you are up for this. >> for entertainment the tonight i'm kevin frazier now back to you in the studio. >> all right. i don't blame him one bit. a lot of people are worried about hearing spoilers when that movie comes out and that

includes philadelphia police. they tweeted, no posting star wars the force awakens spoilers is not a crime. yes, it should be. we enforce the law we don't make them. sorry. that caught the attention of the actual law maker speaker of the house paul ryan replied we forgot to put something in the omnibus. >> that is kind of cute. >> looking for tickets, you can catch it on the big screen at franklin institute's imack theater. there are still tickets available for screenings at 4:00 and 7:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. so if you are up and want to see it, we will be their life tomorrow morning for that big premiere. this could be one of the most strange surgeries you have ever seen, why that patient played music while doctors operated on him. plus talk about a controversial christmas card, why that family is getting threats, after their picture goes viral. >> ♪

if all you want for christmas is snow in well, you are out of luck this year. sorry, there will not be any snow on the art museum's christmas tree because it will feel more like spring. lauren lets you know when temperatures take a tumble coming up next.

welcome back. national zoo is showing off its new baby and a meet bebe, the giant panda cub, how sweet is he? he was born at the national zoo in august. the his twin brother unfortunately did not survive. new four months old zoo officials say the cub is hitting every developmental milestone. wednesday's special appearance was just for the media. bebe will make his public debut in january. well, philadelphia zoo held a big birth the day bash for the oldest polar bear in the united states, coldy locks the polar bear celebrated her 35th birthday.

she did so with a three layered birthday cake of made of peanut butter, gra knoll i and raisins. that sound good to me. who would have known the oldest polar bear in the you had right here in philadelphia a. lauren, you are talking about some rain, right. >> talking about rain and coldy locks for us heading in the upcoming weekend but temperatures feeling good. 51 degrees down the shore. forty-eight in philadelphia. little cooler but not too bad in the poconos, at 43 degrees. storm scan three is showing us clouds in place across the delaware valley, a few stray showers, sneaking into the the delaware and you do notice leading edge of the precipitation shield starting to advance right now and that rain is in store for us as we head into the second half of the morning. for 9:00 o'clock hour showers make that approach, temperatures in the lower 50's. quite mild into midday but rain will be coming down heavily at times and in the 3:00 o'clock hour that rain continuing fairly steadily and heavy at times. temperatures holding stable in the upper 50's.

so not too cold of the day but a soggy day and future weather will reup force that. as we head into 9:00 o'clock hour showers becoming much more uniform, widespread and heavy at times in the 11:00 he clock hour continuing in the afternoon, notice heavier pockets of the rain north and west, down the the shore seeing heavy pockets of the rape. in the 5:00 o'clock hour we will see lingering shower activity, it could be soggy and we will likely have some ponding on the roadways as we take to the roads for our evening commute. so keep that in mind, it is slick, that rain will be coming to an end during the commute, especially second half of the commute. tomorrow on the back side much chillier, 49, breezy conditions and check out the weekend, 40 degrees on saturday waking up to 31, cold and blustery, those wind chills will be brutal on saturday, even on sunday, meisha, 46 degrees, dry conditions but we will need that winter coat, burr. >> weird to think about that,

after what almost 70's just a handful of days ago. just crazy. good morning. if you are just waking up grabbing your first cup of coffee things are looking nice. the now that we have most of the accidents under control or contained we have had a car fire that will be contain as well. what you're looking at is the boulevard, headlights moving in the south bun direction approaching the the schuylkill and looking good. as we push toward the 6:00 this is what you want to see on a thursday, busy thursday, roadways are nice and dry. this is where we have that car fire pull off to the shoulder, those flashing lights are the car and the crews, they are still trying to get this remedied. the flames have been complete thely put out for a little bit but they are block ago this shoulder. if you were blocking within far right lane as well you were push over to the other two. lanes are looking good right new in and around that area, and 95 airport, and 95, in the southbound direction, you know this, that extra right at cottman that we watch in the

morning. just picking upright now getting busy, but would i say all things considered moving in the this busy thursday things are looking g nicole, back over to you you. it was supposed to be a joke but louisiana family is getting serious threats over a family christmas card. now the card from the johnson family shows the the female family members with duct tape over their mouth and their hand bound by christmas lights. the daddies holding a sign saying piece on earth with their son giving the thumbs up. picture posted on facebook sunday tonight has gone viral with many criticizing the family and photographer for promoting violence begins women. >> all of the negative feedback was disheartening. >> this is happening, they are talking about our kid like this. >> the picture was never to promote abuse in anyway. >> the johnson family says that they are in the going to let the controversy ruin their christmas and as for the the photographer who took that

picture she says her business is blowing up with more likes on facebook then ever before. in today's word some rare rocky memorabilia hits the auction block including the leather jacket that sly stay len wore in the original rocky. also up for grabs rocky's robe from rocky four. get a handwritten script from the first rocky movie. items are on display in los angeles. bidding start tomorrow and it can be placed on line or in person through sun take. rap artist and actor ll cool jay has been named master of ceremonies the 2016 grammys tell cast. a annual music award will take place february 15th in the staples center in los angeles this will be his fifth straight year hosting that event. he does a nice job. you can catch grammys right here on cbs-3 on february 15th. well, president obama takes on another chart topper, lets take a look.

>> ♪ >> in a mash up created by the you tube channel, they president's speeches were mixed with hot line bling. they photo shopped the president's face on to drakes body to make it look like the president was copying rapper's dance move. this took hard work, that is for sure, they had to find a clip of the president saying bling that can be tough to come by. >> audio tune might help this out, make it flow better. that is just my take on it but nicely done. we will take a short break.

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every wednesday morning. holy father shook hand and talk to the faithful. who came to see him. are you feeling a little stressed out around the holidays, a new health service wants to ease that stress with on demand massages. yes, please. health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how to order a massage with the app. >> reporter: after a man author day at work corry aversa says his nick and shoulders ache. quick rereeve is in the fink are tips. phone app lets him get a massage at home in an hour. >> so it is great. it is sort of the like uber of massage. >> reporter: it is called suit, on demand massage services. >> anything bothering you today. >> reporter: service provided licensed, trained, vetted massage therapist at the time and place that you decide. >> it is spontaneous. you might in the know, you know at 7:00 you leave your job and driving home and never thought you wanted a massage. you can book somebody and they can at your home or office and in your hotel in 60 minutes.

>> reporter: medical list ace screening therapist and looking to hire a lot quickly. she says there are many health benefits linked to massage. >> it the decreases stress, anxiety ape also increases muscle flexibility, decreases tension and soreness. >> reporter: it allows to you choose type of massage, length, minimum being 60 minutes for $99, even the therapist gender. >> living in the world we live in and ways people are working, it is, something that is really well needed. >> reporter: corry who lives in south philadelphia says he likes flexibility and evening hours up to midnight. >> it is my favorite thing right now. >> reporter: melissa says suit therapist have 500 hours of training, in addition to a license and a background check. we have information for you, and the link cbs philly.com, click on health. i will post it on my advertise back and twitter feed. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, coming up next, a noteworthy medical milestone, lets take a look.

>> this is pretty incredible, surgeons at the a spanish hospital removed a brain tumor while a patient was conscious, and playing his saxophone. carlos aguilara was totally conscious during 12 hour surgery which happened two months ago. aguilara performed during that surgery so that doctors didn't damage his musical, ability and i find that fascinating. wow. >> coming up next on "eyewitness news", lauren is unfortunately tracking is rain for you. plus maternity clothes can cost a small fortune but now is there alternative. now you can rent them. we will explain. millions of people will travel over the holidays and many of them will get sick, doctor jen is here to tell us how we can stay healthy while traveling, up next.

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as you head out the door this morning you will want to grab a rain jacket or an umbrella, rain is heading our way, still too warm for snow, for sure, lauren has your forecast coming up next. also this morning, a church burns to the ground leaving a congregation with no where to worship for christmas. this is the the second fire at

that same church this month. the force. >> the force is with star wars fans this morning, the the new movie, comes out tonight but some fans are already pulling an all neither to watch all of the other movies, in the franchise, first. that is serious ted case. it is thursday, december the 17th, good morning, glad you you are with us, i'm nicole brewer. we are getted started with weather and traffic. lauren on the sky deck and meisha checking the roads, good morning, ladies. >> good morning, happy thursday you guys, roadways are looking nice, nice and dry, we have had a couple incidents this morning. the they have been since cleared out of the way, lauren, i guess the the news is it is nice to wake up to dry roadways knowing they will be wet later. >> it will be a nice morning commute. we will not contend with that rainfall but might not be the the case as we head in the afternoon commute and certainly planning to head out on your lunch hour rethink that and pack sandwich because we wl