made a lasting impression. >> i live like an animal in the sleep but i'm willing to die like an angel. >> reporter: her word soft and filled with holy inspiration mother teresa made summer of 951 parishioners will never forget at saint katherine drexel church in chester. frank pillegi was part of the mother teresa welcoming committee and got a few precious moments, with her. >> she beamed with happiness. she had humor too. she was a happy experience. it is an under statement. >> reporter: in 1995, mother teresa made several stops in the philadelphia region, drawing thousands at each parish visit. many still feel connect, and are excited about the news she will be canonized after the van contact a evented from her with a second miracle. >> although it is not a rubber stamp formality it was one of the easiest decisions pope francis has had. >> reporter: while more than two decade has passed since her chester visit her spirit

still remains. so dot nuns from her order. while they don't like to be in the spotlight sisters from the missionary of charity convent are still very active here, helping the poor. >> the poorest of the poor is what her sisters seek to serve. unfortunately we have that in chester. >> reporter: mother teresa tout all are valuable in god's eyes and said catherine's inn inviting visitors to enjoy, at christmas and christmas eve services. in chester, cleve bryan, cb is s3 "eyewitness news". mother teresa's sainthood is expect to be made official, in september, 206. jessica. it is going to feel more like december, starting tomorrow, a cold weekend is in store for us. "eyewitness news" on the drexel university campus, as those out and about contended with those chilly wind we felt making it feel that much colder. meteorologist kate bilo is live on the skies deck now with more on the changes we can expect as we head in the weekend, kate. >> jessica, as i have been saying all week if we have been looking for a day to curl up by the fireplace with hot chocolate and blankets, and

holiday movies, tomorrow is your day. we have not really had a cold day in december, tomorrow we've got one, and then, temperatures will rebound. we have another warm spell on the way next week. enjoy chill while we have it. i can tell you i can feel it coming in the past hour, temperatures have plumeted here on the the sky deck. take a quick look at storm scan three, not a whole lot to show you. i did take a peak of the snow showers moving into western parks they are dying out, but cannot rule out a stray snow shower or flurries in the poconos at least overnight and into tomorrow morning. right now speaking of the poconos it three is one there. down to 44 in philadelphia. thirty-eight in lancaster. wind are ten to 15 miles an hour making it feel about five to 10 degrees colder then thermometer indicates. right now feels like 36 in philadelphia. i can vouch for that. it feels like 29 in lancaster. cold start to tomorrow morning, and even colder start, to sunday morning, but the latest, sub freezing temperature ever in philadelphia i'll tell but that coming up in just a few minutes. for new back inside to you. >> kate, thank you. check out temperature and forecast anytime, down load

cbs philly weather app available on itune and google play. we are getting our first look the a the harrisburg man accused of aiding isis, 19 year-old jahlil aziz is charged with spreading propaganda for the terrorist organization on line. fbi agents raided the suspect's home on fulton street in dauphin county yesterday. investigators found loaded high capacity assault rifle magazines and other evidence in a closet. >> they went from complaining about our government to a point where he is threatening the president, where he went from a point of talking about it the with his friend to really trying to take action to do something bit. >> aziz will appear in court for a preliminary hearing on wednesday. state officials shut down a north philadelphia day care where a ten month-old girl died, on wednesday. a department of human services report says that a staff member at the sisters child care center, tried to perform cpr on the girl but never call 911. the report also said that conditions at the center presented a serious danger, but the cause of the child's

death is under investigation. a philadelphia jury find daughter of the bucks county police chief guilty of assault in the 2014 attack on a gays couple in center city. catherine knott was acquitted of the more serious felony charge. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff was inside the courtroom for the verdict. >> reporter: after three days of deliberations, jury found catherine knott to be guilty, of recklessly endangering a gay couple and conspiracy tied to the the simple assault of one of the men during a violent center city encounter in september of 2014. the 25 year-old was found not guilty of a felony aggravated a assault charge but could still face jail time. >> i think in her mind she had no idea why she was there, because she saw nothing wrong with what she did. >> reporter: prosecutors argued that knott and two male friend were active in using homophobic slurs to stir violence. although surveillance video was a large pennsylvania part of the case so was not not's

twitter history. >> sickening to watch her trying to explain. >> reporter: some contained profanities but prosecutors thought this one posted long before the crime helps prove that knott didn't agree with homosexual, it was shown to injurers, miss spelling and all. >> you see on it the screen and list go to her trying to explain hashtag gay, ew doesn't mean gay. even if two guys are kissing, even they she would ew it just didn't make any sense. >> reporter: knott's attorney says despite poor use of language his client is an alley for lgbt community even calling her gay cousin to the stan. >> there isn't a fiber of her being that is homophobic. >> reporter: but to injurers it was less about what caused the attack then it was leaving the victim there to suffer after they were beaten. it is wrong. there was just nothing right bit from the beginning to the the end. >> reporter: over the course of the trial knott's cousin once again is gay, and read a facebook message saying she

had always been supportive of him. she will be sentenced in february. reporting from center city, i'm alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". upper darby police officer turns himself in and goes before a judge. he is accused of tampering with evidence. he stole cash and drugs. "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon joins us from upper dash which more on that, rahel, good evening. >> reporter: ukee, good evening. this is a police officer with the upper darby police department for 17 years but today, he was the one facing a judge. former up are darby police officer brad ross had nothing to say to our camera friday as he hurried out of district court, he accused of stealing drugs, cash and other valuables from the evidence room of the police department. the same place he served as the primary evidence custodian. >> he had every right to be in the evidence room, he he had every right to be handling evidence but nobody expect him to be a thief. >> reporter: delaware county district attorney jack whalen

says at alleged theft dates back to 2012, and says that because of the alleged tampering with evidence, his office was forced to throw out charges in several cases. >> when you are involved in cases, that now cannot be prosecuted or cases that are compromised, there is no justification in the world for that and that the police officer you have to be held accountable. >> reporter: his wife claims he became addicted to prescription pills after two on duty car accidents in 2012. late january, 2015, ross committed himself to an in patient rehab program, days after upper darby police began investigating. months later, he voluntarily resigned from the department. >> we have officers that risked their lives each and every day that stand up, from moral integrity and we're very proud of him and this is the exception to the rule and he will have to answer for his actions. >> reporter: prosecutors say that the alleged theft was so

out of control that they vowed they found pills in ross's home that were supposed to be in the evidence room of the police department and they are now out on bail but expected back in court at late december. report aring from the upper darby police department, rahel sol machine for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the mumia abu-jamal sues the department of corrections for violating the constitution's ban of cruel and unusual punishment. in a hearing today abu-jamal testified that he has been receiving inadequate treatment, for his health problems. the 61 year-old wants access to the costly hepatitis c drug that can cure 90 percent of patients, the the state argued abu-jamal's life is not in imminent risk from the disease. he is currently serving life sentence for murder of philadelphia police officer danny faulkner. new developments in the pennsylvania budget crisis. governor wolf's office says it has necessary support in the state house to pass major tax legislation, and that is seen as a crucial step toward

ending the budget stalemate in the sixth month. details have not yet been made public but a vote is scheduled for saturday. if it passes a vote on the spending bill could follow. delaware has officlly, decriminalized possession of the the small amounts of marijuana legislation signed by governor jack markell in june took effect today. adults caught with the ounce or less of marijuana will be fine $100. possession of marijuana in any amount remains a criminal offense for those under the age of 18. tens of thousands of pound of food to help the the hungry this season. see massive caravan of donations when we come back. do you remember tan mom? she signed up for a celebrity boxing match in our area tonight but there has been a change to the main event, torey. jimmy, aren't these lights amazing ? really truly amazing. the detail that goes into this entire house, something spectacular. wait until you see what he even does with pvc pipe, don't go anywhere, kate.

>> vittoria, maybe a good weekend to take a drive or walk around the neighborhood, bundle up, grab a hot chocolate and take a peak because the cold air is moving in, and it will be with us for quite sometime, at least through the weekend, and then some changes. i'll have your eagles forecast as well, coming up. sixers bringing in another veteran to turn things around i'll tell how will be joining brett brown on the bench and can the the eagles get past the cardinals in that quest to make the playoffs, for that we will have more coming up in sports.

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well, do you remember, tan mom? you're hoping to get a close-up glimpse of her in person at the boxing ring tonight you are out of luck. she's overly tanned skin caught the the eye of police and put her in the the media back light has backed out of the scheduled boxing match.

she canceled at the last minute because she hurt her back. she was accused of taking her five-year old daughter, tanning with her, and charges were eventually dropped. she made round on the celebrity boxing circuit. we remember that. >> yes. >> a big turnout today for an effort to help these struggling with hunger. >> 250,000-pound of food items were hauled to citizens bank park this afternoon. philabundance will distribute them to families in need as part of the toyota tundra food drive. local organizations, including cbs-3 were partners for this special event. holiday bake sale at 30th street station benefits people with life threatening illnesses, held by the organization manna which prepares and delivers meals to people battling illness. money raised will help fund more meals, made by the organization. jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. oh what fun it is to ride in the within horse opened sleigh, hey.

>> hey. bravo, everyone. the that is rendition of the jingle bells is courtesy of the students from chesterbrook academy preschool in glassboro. they helped spread holiday cheer through song for residents at seventh place which is an assist ted living community. i bet the they were a big hit. >> you know they were. if they can drive through many neighborhood in our area will soon get in the holiday spirit. who will will daylights are every where this time of the year. >> vittoria woodill is live in medford burlington count which a family who has covered every inch with their house with cheer for years, vittoria. >> that is right, absolutely amazing what amber has done. this is amber, and, really amber, some of the details you were telling me, when we were in break, can you explain what you do with the pvc pipe along the fence. >> i use a ton of pvc pipe and make these frames here that you can see, so i use a lot of pvc pipe and a lot of these

guys and cup hooks and stuff that you can find to make all this stuff and it saves me the most time. my family does construction so they are always looking at stuff before they throw ate way and they drop it off, can you use it. i saw this and thought of you. all kind of crazy stuff to recycle, and do this stuff with. >> yes, your house is known in one of your letters as the crazy house. really this house is absolutely crazy. filled from top to bottom with lights and it goes alongside of the house, in front of the house, long the tree and everything and it brings joy to the community and we wish you well as amber is a member of the u.s. air force. we wish you well. also we want to encourage all of you to help, which a lot of kid who need a very merry christmas by being involved in our toy of sharing toy fest. by a new unwrapped toy and bring to it a drop off location, put a list on cbs philly.com and toys will be given to the salvation army,

u.s. o and boys and girls club. so it really, just little things to do whether it is lights, donating a toy, you can do a lot of things and we thank you. >> thanks for having us here, guys good thanks, torey. beautiful. >> torey told you about our toy drive, you have a great opportunity to help as much, bring a toy by our studios at 1555 hamilton street and drop it off. you don't need to get out of your car. you can if you'd like. we will start taking your toys at 6:00 a.m. and finish up at 8:00 p.m. you have all day to make holidays merry for children and families in need. kate is here with weather and it is getting more seasonal. >> more seasonable. this is season of cold weather. >> yes. >> forty's are the normal for this time of the year. tomorrow is no the that far below average for that time of the year but it will feel like a shock to the system after warm weather we have been enjoying. lets look at what is going on outside storm scan three is clearing out. we had showers coming through especially along the the coast

thanks to the low we told but yesterday that developed off shore and pushing away. back to the west there is cold air that starts to move in. we have snow showers, lake effect across western new york state, northwestern, pennsylvania as well as some of these snow showers will continue to move east and could impact poconos overnight. we will not see much maybe a few spots will pick up a flake or two but these will die out before they get into our area. temperatures and wind on the live neighborhood network right now cinnaminson, 42 degrees, brisk northwest wind at is 111 miles an hour there. saint dave aides gulf club in wayne is 40. dropped to 39 in mays landing as william davies middle school with the west northwest win at 6 miles per hour. your saturday, it is blustery, and cold. in fact, first time we can call it cold, first below average day, since november 24th, since then we have been at or above average every single day and some cases by 20 degrees. tomorrow will feel colder then thermometer indicates.

sunday seasonal with high pressure in control, sunshine highs in the the 40's and then a storm approaches in the warm sector of that storm and few more cloud, highs in the 50's thanks to that southeasterly flow. here's what it will feel like waking up tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. look at these numbers. it feels like 20 in philadelphia feels like 18 in allentown. feeling like two in mount pocono. at the the height of the afternoon tomorrow doesn't feel much better than freezing all day and that is thanks to that strong west wind gusting to 30 or 35 miles an hour. sunday morning our forecasted low temperature 30 degrees. that will make it first time temperature has fallen below freezing this cold season and it is latest, first sub freezing temperature on record. usually temperature falls below freezing in mid-november. latest it ever was december 12th in 1998. here it is december 18th. we have not gone below freezing. if we hit it sunday morning that would be record, chance we will stay above but we will get below. overnight close, 32 degrees, cool, breezy, mostly sunny,

blustery and cold. eagles kick off forecast dry, chilly, 37 degrees. hopefully cold weather, puts a damper on the cardinals. brief cool down sat the day. we will warm up quickly as we head into next week. look at this warm up, 56 by monday, 60 by tuesday, and a record day for christmas eve with a high near

leslie is here and we have eyes on the eagles game. >> we're starting about playoff. >> playoffs. >> eagles finalizing game plan against sunday. cardinals won seven straight. they could clinch nf west with the win or seahawks loss. eagles have won two straight, they are six-seven record. still in that playoff chase f they lose to the cardinals on sunday it will not affect their chances, but they would have to beat redskins and the giants in the final two games of the year and nfc east crowd

is all their. are they looking past the card. >> this is our main focus. what happened after that we conn not control. only thing that matters to us right now is the cardinals. that is all of our focus. only thing, you know, that we're not there yet to be worried about somebody, to or three weeks down the line, it is all about right now, this week. >> eagles and the cardinals seven game winning streak, get you ready for the game at 11:30 on toyota sunday kick off. join don bell, pat gallon and myself and voice of the eagles merrill reese sunday at 11:30. flyers have the night off they are back in action taking on the the blue jackets, tomorrow in columbus, last night steve mason got the the start. he has not won a home game in almost two months. well, he stopped 36 shots, and of course, second shut out of the season. the flyers win two to nothing. sixers host knicks in 35 minutes down at the the center. sixers with just one win but

brett brown will after i new assistant on the bench. sixers hired mike deantonio has the the associate head coach. he has a ton of experience, 12 years as head coach with the suns, lakers, knicks, and nuggets. >> if you combine sort of our worlds there are a lot of cross pollination, there are a lot of common denominators and let's face it, he is one of the most innovative offensive mind we have had in recent times the way he likes to coach. >> sacramento kings forward demarcus cousins playing the the role of santa claus for one family surprising maurice williams and sacramento giving them a brand new car. brought them to tears. the the big man, very big hearts there. >> yes, wonderful. >> santa claus. >> yes. >> that is wonderful. >> tears of joy.

rodolph the red nose reindeer brings holiday cheer to children's hospital. >> cast members from the broadway philadelphia musical took sometime off, the stage to get the sick children a special performance. >> ♪ >> the reindeer, stuck around, the pictures and the show runs through sunday, at the miriam theater. >> i know were you singing it too just now. >> yes, everybody was. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on the cw philly and back here at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news", and, and, walk to friendship, neither of them

would imagine. here now is scott pelley. >> pelley: more big-city schools are threatened with mass violence. investigators question the owner of an e-mail server. also tonight, severe storms hit the west. in the northeast, old man winter does a rip van winkle. trump on putin. >> he kills journalists that don't agree with him. >> well, i think our country does plenty of killing, also. >> pelley: and steve hartman with a mere mortal out to perform a miracle to make a paralyzed man walk again. >> reporter: you don't have a medical degree. >> i have a film degree. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: they're becoming epidemic-- e-mailed terror threatsa that are rattling the