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 will see quite a soaker

with rain moving in across the delaware valley, as we head into the second half of the morning but temperatures not feeling too bad we are at 48 degrees in center city, right now. light easterly wind at 5 miles an hour, storm scan three showing us cloud, in place and you do notice, on the corner of your screen there all of that precipitation starting to move in. a few scattered showers in advance of the leading edge of that big swath of precipitation, we will see a few scattered showers in the next couple of hours and then much more widespread rain as we move in the second half of the morning. around midday, into the afternoon, the rain will be fairly steady and heavy at times. as we head into the evening hours, once this rainfall conclude could pick up rainfall amount of a half to inch of rainfall and we will talk about the timing of the rainfall coming up in just a couple minutes, meisha? >> all right. you guys, good morning, thanks very much. forty-two freeway in new jersey is looking darn good, moving out of the way here. you can see moving northbound

at creek road approaching 295 looking good but we are starting to see volume levels pick up ever so slightly as we push over to the 6:00 o'clock hour. i would say in a little bit in new jersey you will be traveling less than posted speeds in and around this area. this is where we have car fire earlier this morning, thinks i-95 northbound by the the airport. it is all clear, looking really nice and steady, still traveling at posted speed there as we should. this is where we have an accident 422 eastbound the on ramp from sanatoga is blocked. i will have another update in a bit and let you know when that does clear. also just a reminder of this construction project, girard avenue ramp to i-95 north is closed and this is in play until june of 2017. they are rerouting to you castor avenue just make note of. that then we have down wires in franconia township godshaw road closed between fair way drive and indian creek. use that alternate such as allentown road and that is the the flyers game tonight the at 7:00 p.m. against vancouver

canucks. nicole, over to you. a fire destroys a church in wilmington just days before christmas and now an investigation is underway into how it all began. this is drone video sent from an "eyewitness news" viewer. that fire broke out just before 7:00 at new jerusalem missionary baptist church on van defer avenue. chopper three also flying overhead. the the fire raced to two alarms before being placed under control. a fire fighter suffered minor injuries. that same church had a basement fire just two weeks ago. suspicious deaths of an infant at a day care center is under investigation, this morning. this happened at sisters child care center on the 3500 block of germantown avenue in north philadelphia. natasha brown has the the very latest on that investigation. >> they don't know what is going on but just an investigation. >> reporter: concerned parents with met with more questions than answers as they a arrived at sisters day care in north

philadelphia frenzied parents rush to the child care center in the 3500 block of germantown avenue after hearing that a ten month-old baby girl was found unresponsive. tasha harris has two children here. >> they have been here since birth. so i had good relationship with them for years. my sonnies four and my daughter is two. i'm actually shock. >> reporter: police say the ten month-old girl's unk arrived at the center around noon to find staff performing cpr on the baby. he immediately drove the child to nearby temple hospital where she was pronounced dead about 45 minutes later. parents hugging their children even more tightly on the heels of such a loss. >> they took care of my child so i don't know what happened. i'm not the afraid to leave my son in their care at all. >> reporter: according to state record the sisters child care center has had more than 40 violations in the past two years. in hunting park, natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". happening today a philadelphia jury is set to resume deliberations later

this morning in the trial of the catherine knott, 259 year-old woman from bucks county is accused of taking part in an attack on the gay couple in center city last year. knott testified that she never punched or verbally abused the men, two of the knott's co-defendants, kevin harrigan and kevin williams pleaded guilty and were sentenced to probation. demonstrators hit the streets in baltimore after a judge declares a mistrial in the death of the freddie gray. attorneys are expect to return to court today, to discuss a new retrial. jurors deliberated for nearly 17 hours, over three days, but could not reach a verdict. officer william porter was one of six officers charged. gray died in police custody last april, and don champion will have a live report on the story, live from baltimore in about 30 minutes. drivers, for taxis and uber black bring traffic to a stand still in center city. >> unaudible. members of the taxi work's

lines and philadelphia limo association protested ride sharing services uber x and lyft. they say the the two services are operating illegally because they don't pay for city licenses inspections and other regulations. >> everyone thinks they are illegal except themselves. >> these people are taking millions of dollars, and, we want some abses and some justice. >> uber x and lyft operating and we cannot make the money. we're struggling. we cannot even pay our bills. >> in a statement, uber says in part many taxi and limousine drivers are understandably frustrated because philadelphia parking authority's outdated rules, make it harder to earn a living when the public has shown they want more affordable options. today is day star wars fans waited decade for. long awaited sequel hits theaters this evening, but in bucks county diehard fans are

already feeling the force. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at an all neither star wars marathon. no better was i to start the day at least for fans, right, jan. >> reporter: this is a special movie franchise to bring out this many people to a theater this early in the morning. we're talking about some 350 people who have been here in bensalem for hours already watching a star wars marathon, starting with episode one where in a little bit of the break. episode three officially starts at 6:15 a.m. many of these fans weren't even alive when the original thrilling was released, all they today they are all celebrating the next chapter of this epic tail. >> party started here in bucks county at the 1:00 a.m. a marathon day of movie viewing for these folks in the run up to the highly anticipated seventh installment star wars. the force awakens.

it is part of our culture. but to have an new addition that we have been waiting for. very exciting. >> reporter: it is clear the force is strong with this one. >> this is a tavern, obi, belt, and then the rap. >> in custom and memorabilia, delaware county fans unite at amc theater in bensalem. >> to me the story has come together and great to see it carried through to the the next generation. >> reporter: this theater is one of 40 amc theaters across the the country showing all six previously released star wars films in order starting with episode one fanatic menace. >> wonderful opportunity to reconnect with the whole series. >> i'm 20. i have never seen the original films, on the big screen, this is my first opportunity to do that. >> when you are a fan you will go through and do anything that you can do. the fact that you get to see the movie on the big screen inn they were the the store that is they were it is

intriguing. now, by the end of the day, these folks will be here at amc theater in bensalem for about 20 hours watching all seven movies and could not be more excited bit. it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. star wars the the force awakens will be here in bensalem at 7:00 p.m. reporting live, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". of course, lot of star wars fans will be dressed up for tonight's premiere but if you are not careful you might be banned from seeing the movie, so, pay attention here, amc, regal and cinema are all saying you are allowed to come in costume but you cannot wear any masks or have any face paint on. of course, all weapons are also banned so leave your light sabe ares and blasters at home. not a great the idea. the don't bring them to the theater. if you are having acorea date with meisha, bring your star wars mug. >> take a look at this treasure. i brought it for my coffee, happened to love star wars as

well. you don't know what is in here, something very special. >> milk and wookie. >> wookie. >> it might be coffee and milk and wookies but let me tell you this little gold mine i happened to get. if you didn't know this this is what you drink out of every single morning. >> yes you are acting like thinks a special occasion but every day. >> every day occurrence. >> i think we need to get on line and order this. >> top dollar on e bay. >> and extra shipping. >> he is supposed to be on probation but teen who made headlines for using affluencea as a defense is missing. plus in maternity clothes on the cheap. plus she is's the world's all time leading goal scorer, abby wam back was all smiles as she took off the cleats and walk off the soccer field for the very last time. hear what she says about

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we will not affect the morning commute with the rain. >> that is a fact. the a as we head in the afternoon commute that could be a different story. the forecast shows temperatures feeling mild for this time of the morning and this time of the year. we should be in the lower 30's. forty-eight in philadelphia. near 50 in the lehigh valley. temperatures upper 40's to

lower 50's but things are going to deteriorate as we head in the second half of the morning. the as far as precipitation is concerned because it will move on in. storm scan three is showing us cloudy conditions in place, a few scattered showers, already starting to build in parts of the southern new jersey and crossing over delaware but do notice leading edge of this precipitation swath that continues to move east and northeast bound and that is heading in the delaware valley, so widespread rain, developing, by the late morning hours, continuing fairly steadily through the day, heavy at times, even rumble of thunder. temperatures mild. 59 degrees. wind speed, that is always nice, use umbrella, don't war about it blowing around and then tonight rain comes to an end early mostly cloudy conditions, little chilly breeze developing northwest at 10 miles an hour, temperatures fall back in the middle 40's. future rain amounts as we head through the day, pretty significant heading in the evening hours once that rain starts to come to an end but overall we could see rainfall totals a half inch to an inch

in some locations, meisha, we could see ponding, especially on the evening commute. well, certainly that will not be the easiest commute, thanks very much. good morning. happy thursday to you. just waking up with us so glad you are here. we are looking good, blue route, headlights moving in the southbound direction at baltimore pike, you can see steady flow accumulate on the roadways right the now but good news this morning the roadways are nice and dry as lauren just pointed out. later it is wet for those taking afternoon community keep that in mind. vine all opened, looking good in the west and eastbound direction but you can see eastbound side getting busy. 422, headlights moving in the eastbound direction near collegeville just a steady stream of headlights letting you know how many travelers on the roadway right now. 422 eastbound on ramp from sanatoga is block, just make sure you you know that if you move in and out of the area. we have down wires in franconia township goodsmall

road is closed between fair way drive and inn indian creek. but that will help you out, nicole, back over to you. u.s. soccer star abby wam back has played the final game of her career. now it didn't even the way that she had hope. she threatened to score here but china's soccer team held her scoreless and defeated world cup champion u.s. team one to nothing. after the the game wamback put tonight perspective. >> i love my teammates for wanting to give me the send off that we all kind of quote unquote envisioned but it is symbolic. seventy minutes and we don't score a goal. >> wamback is career leader in international play for men and women with 184 goals. she also won two olympic gold medals. let's just say she has had an amazing career. christmas eve is one week from today, can you believe it. it came fast. philadelphia flyers finishing

what they started. "eyewitness news" was there as flyers collected toys from fans entering the wells fargo center for our joy of sharing toy fest. then yesterday several players including jay voracek and brandon manning heading to the salvation army with the truckload of new toys, for very surprised foster kid. we want to remind you help spread holiday joy with our joy of sharing toy fest by picking up a new unwrapped toy and bringing to it a drop off locations, we have put a list of the locations a at cbs philly.com/toy fest. you have a great opportunity to help this monday, bring your toy by our studios at 1555 hamilton street and drop them off. you don't have to he get out of your car. we will make this super easy. we will start taking your toys at 6:00 a.m., finishing that up through 8:00 p.m. you have virtually all day to make holiday merry for children in need. such a great cause. i hope you participate and we will see you swinging by our cbs-3 studios, take a short break we will be right back.

ethan couch was convicted of killing four people in the dui crash. he was given ten years probation after his lawyer argued the 16 year-old suffered from affluencea and didn't understand consequences because he grew up rich. video surfaced on social media that could prove a probation violation.

now investigators believe, he he is on the run. >> it is not clear on its face that the video in and of itself is a violation of probation. >> skipping a mandatory probation appointment is also a violation of couch's probation but at the time of the deadly crash, couch's blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit for an adult and there were traces of valium in his system. coming up next on "eyewitness news" how expecting mothers can save money on maternity clothes and have a trending wardrobe. plus meisha is taking us on a dream drive she went to haddonfield for holiday shopping. lauren she's tracking rain, right. >> rain is a approaching the delaware valley, i'll let you know when it will arrive and come to than a end in a much colder weekend ahead in your forecast coming up.

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changes. you do in the want to invest in clothes thaw will wear for just a couple weeks. >> reporter: for $59 a month, le tote send customers three items of clothing to accommodate their growing belly as well as two accessories. and they are thoroughly cleaned in house before getting sent out again. jeanie works for pr company that representing le tote but they are not only ones catering to this crowd. >> it is a growing business. >> reporter: bureau for your bump offers boxes a than one time rentals including former and outer wear, mine for nine lets you browse its maternity closet and pick out exactly what you want. swap.com is an on line consignment store for maternity clothes, prices there are cheaper then renting and no returns are required. a growing number of the options giving expecting moms more to expect, when it comes to clothing. >> these rental companies let you boost, if you decide you like them and you can extend your rental for as long as you want for a price. in san francisco, i'm julie

watts. >> that is really cool. really smart too. off speed holiday tradition has gone main stream. did you know tomorrow is national ugly sweater day? either did i, until just a couple hours ago. outrage as you parallel has become a multi million-dollar business,es specially around the holiday. whether you are pulling one from the depths of your closet, maybe your mom's closet in my case or shopping for perfect sweater, just remember nothing is too tacky. >> you really have to own it. you cannot just wear it, you have to own it, you have to be committed fully. >> committed fully. >> uglier the the better. i talk to the experts and i'll show what you makes a great ugly sweater, basically the more repulsive the will polyester the better the buy. tomorrow morning on "eyewitness news". if you are cruising your mom's closet she might take offense to it, be careful. coming up next on "eyewitness news" fed raises interests rate. plus a nice peaceful protest after a mistrial was

declared in the trial of one of the police office are charge this is death of freddie gray. we are live in baltimore with a look at that case, meisha? well, roadways are heating up, here's i-95 at girard we will have have an accident with all those updates coming up but first we will take a quick break so stay where you are on cbs-3 "eyewitness news"

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well, no rain, falling here in philadelphia, just yet but you can see it coming along on storm scan three here, lauren says it looks like a rainy afternoon but good news i it will not happen during the morning commute which will save you sometime. >> don't worry about that on a thursday morning commute. everyone is tired, trying to get to friday. >> it the is a struggle it is a struggle. struggle is real sometimes. just trying to make it to friday and our commute will be drying for morning hours but as we head in the afternoon

that might not be the the case. temperatures right now probably don't need that winter coat but pack along rain slicker for sure. 48 degrees in philadelphia right now. we are at 48 down the shore. the poconos, pretty nice start to your day, 43 degrees, storm scan three is showing us a few showers starting to work in pennsylvania parts of the southern new jersey, extreme southern new jersey seeing some of the shower activity building in. very light in intensity at this point but shower headed toward vineland area, and millville, also you could see couple of drip drops coming down in the next 20 minutes or so. it is much more moisture then that, up wind with this large area of precipitation, that continues to advance, toward the delaware valley, and we will deal with that for bulk of the day, what to expect, rain and quite a bit of it. heaviest during the the afternoon hours. tolls in the evening, it will start to conclude, the rainfall as we head in the evening hearst but we will still be soggy with ponding on the the roadways, for the

commute, up to a inch in some areas and then drying out tonight, meisha but yeah, that evening commute could be a little tough for the morning one. >> it sound that way, rain is coming, thanks, lauren, good morning, everyone. the just waking up on this beautiful thursday morning it is calm, your roadways are nice and dry and traffic levels are actually looking pretty darn good right now. what you are seeing is i-95 is moving in the southbound direction, academy looking good there. you can see bet levels, both side, northbound and southbound looking quite the same actually. this is southbound view of academy. you can see plenty of headlights out there on the schuylkill lets take a peak, schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction at the boulevard and you can see it is starting to gain tracks a little bit here as we are in the mid 6:00 o'clock. the as we push toward our main rush hour at 7:00 a.m. we will see this heightened but overall i'm impressed, things are staying steady for those in new jersey coming over ben franklin bridge looking great moving in the westbound direction, normally by this

time we will start to see volume levels increase and they are just a little bit. the accident 422 eastbound on ramp that has all been cleared so for those in this area you are looking good, nicole, over to you. >> streets of the baltimore remain peaceful this morning after heated demonstrations, following the the mistrial for the the first of six police officers in the death of freddie gray. gray died from injuries he suffered while transported in a police van back in april. don champion is live in baltimore with the very latest on that, don, good morning. >> reporter: even before the judge declared a mistrial, jurors in the case had already told him once before that they were dead locked. hours after the the decision and rioting there were prayers and calls for unity on the streets of baltimore. the streets of baltimore were quiet overnight as dozens of demonstrators held hands and locked arms calling for unity and peace. >> i love this place. very proud people, you know what i mean. nothing breaks them.

that is what we want to show you and by them i mean all of us. >> reporter: earlier, tensions bowled over, moment 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 died in april after suffering a severe spinal cord injury, in police custody. after three days of deliberations the jury emerge dead locked on all count. >> we are confident there will be another trial with a different jury. we will be calm. you should be calm too. >> reporter: attorneys on both side are expect to return to court to set a new trial date for officer porter as city officials prepped for peace. >> spread love, give out hugs. >> reporter: mistrial is viewed as a setback for the

prosecution who had planned to use porter's testimony in the case, against the five other officers. and, moving forward the prosecution really does to have make rather strategic decisions, chief among them whether or not to give porter immunity because they were going to be using his testimony in the trials of five other officers who are charged in this case. the prosecution and the defense attorneys will meet with the judge privately in his chambers, later this morning. nicole? >> don champion live for us in baltimore, maryland, don, thanks. many financial advisors are telling people not to panic over the federal reserve's first interest rate increase in nine years. fed moved to raise its bench mark rate from the record low near zero. interest rates on mortgages and car loans are expected to go up but only slightly. so will loans on credit cards. with the week to go before christmas many procrastinators will find solace in the ease of gift cards. last year americans spent nearly $32 billion on them during the holiday season and

despite changes in the law which provides more consumer protections there are still pitfalls to avoid. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is live for us in new york, good morning, jill. what are different types have of gift card, what are we talking about here. >> reporter: two basic flavors here, merchant specific card which bear name of the retailer or restaurant. they are only redeemable at that spot. then there are bank card that carry logo of the payment network that can be sent where ever that payment method is accepted. bank card do usually have have a purchasing fee of four to six bucks. they cannot expire for at least five years from the purchase date or from the last date any additional money was loaded on to it. >> jill, we know there are pit falls associated with the gift card what do we need to avoid here. >> the federal trade commission says on line auction sites may be selling counterfeit or stolen card. not all of them but just ab wear. if you do buy a discounted

card, if inspect it to make sure code have not been scratched off. for any card you buy you have to determine whether fees will be deduct from the card after you purchase it, and stay away from card that charge hefty fees. for safety give your recipients the receipt for the the card so they can verify purchase in case it is lost or stolen. if you do have a problem you want to cat thish another first. if you cannot resolve dispute file a complaint with the tfc or controller of the customer assistance group. they are easy. i gave my cameraman one. i didn't give him receipt. >> lucky camera guy for sure. >> they are so easy but my problem is i stick them in the drawer and forget about them. that is another thing u to remember to use them. you know what i'm talking about, jill. >> absolutely. >> 6:37. a galaxy of stars hit the red carpet in london last night for european premiere of star wars the force awakens.

actors from the original thrilling were there along with the new you comers from the seventh movie in the hit franchise. some fans think that spoilers should ab a crime, and that includes philadelphia police. they tweeted, no posting star wars force awakens spoilers is not a crime just yet, but it should be. we enforce laws we don't make them, sorry. well, still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, holiday travel is expect to hit an all time high this year and that means a lot of people will also get sick. the doctors jen will be here with tips how to stay healthy during your holiday travels. meisha gets behind the wheel for another dream drive to haddonfield, she always looked so grab glamorous behind the wheel. how does she pull that off. see what makes this quaint south jersey town a perfect place to do holiday shopping next. beautiful shot there in front of the art museum, it looks like christmas here around the city, but not

exactly going to feel like it, we will have your forecast when we come back. stay with us. it's a highly thercontagious disease.here. it can be especially serious- even fatal to infants. unfortunately, many people who spread it may not know they have it.

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so many places to visit in the tri-state area. if you are looking for holiday fun, meisha has you covered. >> you know, nicole, i as well, lauren, love to shop. never a bad moment. all of the guys are rolling their eyes. i took a trip to the new jersey and i necessity you know this by now, a ride, lets take a look. >> our route today going from center city philadelphia a to the quaint shopping district of haddonfield. >> haddonfield has more than 200 shops, galleries. many of which are a colonial

style which really work hard to preserve. it is like you are traveling, back in the time if you will. wow, talk about a dream come true for a dream drive, free parking through christmas. my first stop, everything fits. >> my name is mitch, you are at trading post and supply, man cave meets general store. >> reporter: his after dad frank, the original, riddler from batman, looks on from the wall. >> you walk in and it has even got the smell of a man cave, cool thing, really a awesome cologne smell. >> you smell wood, cigars, leather, we carry billson from seattle and detroit. >> i'm's from minnesota. my use it went to this, granola brand. >> thinks crapola a delicious breakfast treat. it is killer organic. it is a town favorite. everybody loves ity have tried

it and it is so good. >> on our way to our next location we just had to find haddy the the dinosaur. her original skeleton was discovered in haddonfield in 1858. he was named. now to indulgence, as in indulgence cakery. flavors from vanilla to salted chocolate and browny sunday. here's teresa. >> why the the mini size. >> it a allows people to choose two or three of their favorites as opposed to being stuck with one big one. >> i have an excuse to eat six or seven. >> and not feel guilty. >> exactly. >> we started to do mini cheese cakes, cookies and recently we started to do a cake line. so all of our cup cake flavors transformed into cakes. >> it is hard to diet here, working here. >> unbelievable, yes. >> my name is danielle, this is a twist.

we are all about, giving people a place to let loose, relax, come in for two hours and have a speed art class. >> very nervous and once you get done in the background you loosen them up. >> what makes this so much fun. >> i'm type a personality so it kind of helps maine relax a little and obviously not be so type a personality. >> reporter: it lets customers bring their own drinks, including wine. the it is a popular party spot. >> when they come in how is that. >> they think i will take off my clothes but i justin to paint. >> please don't do that. >> ahh. >> well, yes. >> it is so funny. nicole said is what a man cave smell. >> i said wow. >> it is in the a sweaty jersey, but it was like

cigars. >> a classy man cave. >> a must being. >> yes, very, very subtle will. that was so awesome. i only had one cup cake. are you only proud of me. we only had time for one. it was delicious. >> who knew haddonfield was such a little place full of gems. >> it is absolutely a gem. >> how to go from dream drive to traffic but they are related. >> dream drive tonight mayor. the nightmare drive on this thursday. good morning everyone. the this is the the blue route. the this is as you move in the the northbound direction a at route one. you can see, levels starting to build up now, both taillights and headlights moving in the north bound and southbound direction, they are looking pretty busy right now but overall holding steady. one area we keep an eye on that is heating up for those taking i-95 south at cottman coming around the s curve you can see brake lights. you are traveling less then posted speeds as we move toward our 7:00 o'clock hour now. here's the schuylkill headlights moving in the

eastbound direction at conshohocken curve and looking very slow here. a lot of brake lights here as well. it is the eastbound side, westbound side not so much, eastbound looking slow but westbound is busy. we also have this accident conshohocken east ninth avenue at fey yet street please make note of that. i haven't heard of anything blocked but beware, it can slow you done at this time of the the day. construction i-95 north ramp, is closed from 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. and this will carry on through friday, so just make note of that. all together things are looking good in the world of the mass transit as well. so, lauren, nice thing about this morning so far has been nice, dry, roadways, that always helps out. >> yes, always that on a thursday morning. the nice drive to work. heading home this afternoon it may not be the case. temperatures right now not too chilly, 48 degrees in philadelphia to start you off. fifty-four in wildwood. 50 degrees in dover. clouds, in place and they will bring us rain through the day-to-day. we will see a lot of moisture,

wind, heavy pockets of rain approaching d.c. and all of this moisture will continue to work north and eastbound. pushing in the delaware valley as we head in the second half of the morning. your forecast for today, rain and a good amount of it, heavy at times, temperatures though well above average once again as has been the december trend, 59 degrees, wind will be lasting, and utilize that umbrella that will be blowing around and tonight rain comes to an end for early part of the overnight period. mostly cloudy, cool breeze down to 46 degrees, sunset at 4:38 this evening. future weather will show us a soggy day that rain widespread in nature by midday, heavier pockets of rain as we head into the afternoon hours, pulling all across the area. we have a chance to see heavy pockets of rain and rumble of thunder. in the 5:00 he clock hour rain starting to taper but roadways will likely be pretty wet, still, ponding on the rdways but significant amount of rain falling through the day-to-day and for second half of the evening, dry conditions, but

it will be a soak tore day with period of heavier rainfall. dry tomorrow, 49 degrees, cooler breezy as well, and for the the upcoming weekend high temperature very chilly by saturday. 40 degrees. the blustery so those wind chills will be down in the the 30's all throughout the ether you are taking a plane, a train, or an automobile it is time to head home for the the holidays with just a week to go millions will be traveling during these final days leading up to christmas. how do you you make sure thaw are not catching a cold while catching a ride? family physician doctor jennifer cuddle travels to our studios to be with us this morning for simple tips this time of the year, planes, trains, really packed, and there are times inevitably sitting next to the person, coughing, sniffling, sneezing, anyway to cut back on germs there. >> there are some things we can do. tis the season shall we say.

>> yes. it is worst time to be sick really. >> first of all i can say as a physician, it is probably not good to travel. if you have a fever you have to be home for at least 24 hours after that fever has gonna way. if you are traveling avoid those people who are super sick. you want to move further away, i'm just saying. couple things, looking at the web m.d. says the sneeze travels a hundred miles an hour. it is really fast. if you have to sneeze or cough which we often do, sneeze in your elbow or into a tissue. really important. make sure your vaccines are up to date if you qualify for pneumonia vaccine which most people over six months can get flu vaccine try to get that ape just making sure that you had are ready to go and you are healthy, hydrated and et cetera. really important. >> don't touch your eyes and nose. that is where we get germs in our body. if you are touching handles and doors don't be doing all

this. >> wash your hand, right, sanitize. >> yes, thank you for saying that. wash your hands. it is so important. >> absolutely good i love as an actual doctor you are cruising web m.d. >> i wanted to necessity how fast a sneeze travels. i said let's look it up. >> is there anyway because a lot of times you are tired and that makes you susceptible to illness. and and, and as you mentioned, and, and for at least 20 seconds. if you are singing happy birthday from beginning to the end twice that is 202nd which is super important to remember. >> you are like a crazy person,. >> in your brain don't sing it out loud. be quiet with. that if you are using hand sanitizer make sure it has 60 percent alcohol. couple other tips. but as you were saying jet

lag. >> yes, how do you feel less tired because you want to have energy for the holidays. >> jet lag is tough if you are traveling across country or going to a different countries, or within time zones. one of the most important rules is try to maintain that sleep pattern. try to stay on a schedule. it is one of the best things to do. the it is super hard. >> so hard. >> we talk about the staying healthy, physically but mental health is important this time of the year people do get stressed. sometimes family issues, things like that. any advice there. >> i have to say just know when you get to the bus station, train station, airport you know it will be crazy. it is going to be mayhem. so, traveling all these areas, try to take it the with a grain of salt. good attitude. it is holidays. stay well rested. drink fluid. make sure you eat healthy, exercising but try to keep a positive attitude because it is all for greater good even though it is a hassle at times.

>> it is all for greater good. it is time of the year when you don't want to be sick. you want be to at your best. >> it is good, this time of the year. >> yes. good tips maybe to avoid stress also. >> yes. >> eliminate certain topics from conversation with families, politics for one. >> are you a physician. >> i am just saying. >> i'm not looking at anybody in my family. >> yes, that is a good idea. >> i like that. >> yes. >> doctor jen, thanks. >> good to see you. >> always so helpful. >> we will take a short break. we will be right back.

here's today's headlines on cbs-3, new video just in police are investigating an armed robbery at this 7-eleven in northeast philadelphia this happened just after 4:30 on the 1900 block of welsh road at old bustleton avenue. it is unknown how much money was stolen there. also a fire destroys a church in wilmington just days before christmas. fire fighters were also injured, white battling that fire at new jerusalem missionary baptist church. that same church had a basement fire two weeks ago. a star wars marathon is underway at select theaters across our area and across the the country. "eyewitness news" at amc 24 in neshaminy mall where fans came out to watch all six previous movies, yeah, all day they are doing this star wars force awakens premiere tonight at 7:00. in my case, the star wars the the force sleeps, yes.

but enjoy it out there all have of you star wars fans. >> let's pick up traffic and weather one last time. >> good movie day today. >> yeah. >> just saying. if you are standing in line for star wars you want to have umbrella in hand. storm scan three showing us dry for now but not too much longer with that moisture up wind that will be building in the delaware valley. as we head in the second half of the morning ape continuing fairly steadily through the the day today. 59 degrees, much colder and dryer by the weekend. >> all right. >> thanks, lauren. good morning everyone. i-95 south at girard starting to heat up here. you can expect that southbound even around cottman where we are were looking at that a little bit ago. take a peak at schuylkill at montgomery what we are looking at as we push toward our rush hour at 7:00 o'clock. we will go the two wide 29 on the schuylkill, 45 on 95 and 35 on the vine. >> all right, thanks. we want to wish happy birthday to pope francis the leader of the catholic church turns 79 today. the day before his birthday he

toured st. peters square on his pope mobile as he does every wednesday morning. holy father shook hand and talk to the faithful who came to see him. so many people just in love with this pope. happy birth the day, pontiff. a birthday bash at philadelphia zoo for america's oldest polar bear, coldy locks, as they call her turns 35. zoo visitors sang happy birthday and watched polar bear enjoying treats. officials say coldy locks is an ambassador by helping bring attention to wild polar bears and how climate change effects these animals. happy birth the day. >> yes, happy birth the day. >> isn't that sweet. >> i know, super cute. coming up next on "eyewitness news" this morning how former nfl star torey holt help rebuild his old high school. so nice to see people giving back. we are living with you a festive live picture from the art museum, christmas eve, only a week away,t certainly looks like christmas. it doesn't feel like it so much. but we will take what we can get have a great day. thanks for watching.

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