fog advisory this morning. of course, fog can mean delays on the roads and at the airport. the that is where we're looking live right now. coming up we will check with justin fin to much see how things are going at the airport. it looks busy to me. it is wednesday, december 23rd, glad you are with us, i'm nicole brewer in forker contact before justin meisha and katie have a check on weather and traffic and definitely going hand and hand today, katie. >> even though, i have to say those christmas lights look gorgeous. >> yes. >> beautiful tomorrow. >> roadways are looking good right now, still dry, just foggy but i will say we will see that fog it seems like moving from our traffic cameras. >> depend where you are, absolutely true, you are right. we had low lying cloud cover over center city. that has had a chance to lift. when we look at a field camera you can see tops of the sky scrapers and that was not possible say an hour ago. at this point it is not looking terrible.

we have dense fog overlying philadelphia, you would not sees this bridge in the foreground here but we can see ben franklin with no problem. it does not mean that the entire region, looks like this. so we will go next to storm scan three and we mentioned this earlier too. it is tough to pinpoint fog on a satellite because it is so slow but regardless it is out there and moisture is starting to lift in. cape may, cumberland county getting in with light showers across those counties, delaware as well and a little hint of wind picks up will bring out fog that is an issue for you, but we have that advisory posted for two-thirds of the region. the neither is delco, nor philadelphia county. however, rest of the region up to upstate new york and connecticut hey you are stuck with some pretty dense fog here this morning. the that is problem number one. we will look forward in the forecast here we are expecting a record challenging day with the high of 55 degrees between the the hours of mid to late

afternoon but there will be rain that comes with this as well. the lot of impact from the weather on the travel today which is a busy day, meisha. >> absolutely, we are seeing things heat up, anywhere we look and fog will not help us a as we move through 6:00 o'clock hour and here as we move in the seven and 8:00 o'clock hour. we are still seeing fog in north wales here at 202, not the congestion levels. i just want you to see the kind of what i see in the traffic cameras i know that there is visibilities issues, so give yourself a couple extra minutes, drive slow, give yourself some room. here is ben franklin bridge looking good for those in new jersey. ben franklin bridge looking nice, slow and tapered moving in the west bun direction. we have an accident involving injuries, blue route northbound, 276 at the the ramp to matsonford road the ramp is completely blocked. you can see flashing lights. this is an accident involving injury. for those in and around the

blue route, that ramp is completely closed down. another serious accident an overturned tractor trailer, serious accident, ac expressway before route 54, one lane westbound, one left lane eastbound is compromised right now but i would stay clear of this area ale together until will this clears out of your way, nicole, back over to you. and from our traffic center to philly international that is where "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live and it is already packed with holiday travelers, good morning. >> reporter: nicole, good morning, yes. it all begins, the the holiday rush is upon us and it goes until sunday january 3rd. checking your flight board here everything so far looks well. we have one canceled flight to buffalo but that is okay. 1.1 million travelers due to get out of here this holiday season and looking at the airport near terminal e verse how it looks earlier a complete liz different story. wide open spaces. those lines have been moving. 100 million plus americans set

to travel 50 miles or more this year, seventh year in a row it arrives here and tsa says flyers still coming in here this morning. we have talked to one family who was stuck all the way at the back of the line near terminal a ground transportation and they have been of course nerve thaws they would not make their flight, lets listen. >> we have been here an hour waiting down to check in. it will take us another hour. hopefully we will make another flight. >> reporter: were you surprised to see how long these lines are this morning and how many people look to be traveling. >> absolutely, yes. i expect it to be crowded but i didn't expect this. i was thinking tomorrow would be more crowded day then to day. >> reporter: she also did make her way through the the line and to her flight. good news for that family. talking to jena tidwell, lot of people will be driving this weekend too, and next. >> absolutely more than 90 percent of the will travel here in the philadelphia area

will go by car. it is convenient, stop, start as you please and for most people it is more cost effective then flying tour destination. >> reminder for drivers not to fog could be an issue as well. >> we are not looking at a white christmas but it will be a wet christmas. the triple a advise that everybody pay attention and get rid of the distractions behind a wheel and definitely pack your patients. the hustle and bustle will hit the roadways today through the weekend. >> general, thanks very much. if you are a at the airport or perhaps 30th street station taking the train you will see security dogs out there definitely enhanced security during this travel season. also, budget in some extra time. we have seen tremendous lines throughout the airport, lots of folks, nervous, they may in the make their flights, give yourself a break, better to be early then to miss your flight, back over to you. >> sound cliche but pack your patients is tag line of the day. the justin, thanks. the rush is on not just

here but across the country worth mentioning that for the first time triple a predicts number of people making a journey 50 miles or more over the holiday season will top hundred million. experts say busy travel season is fuel by renewed confidence in the economy and also low gas prices, that helps. before you head out log on to cbs philly.com, check latest traffic conditions and flight status all on cbs philly.com. gunman opened fire on three people outside of the strawberry mansion nightclub. philadelphia police say, and took place around 11:00, and sports bar. twenty-seventh and lehigh. two men and one woman were taken to temple hospital with gun shot wound to their legs. >> we know at least five shots were fired from a large caliber semiautomatic weapon. we know shooter was standing on the corner of 27th and lehigh where we found all five spent shell casings on the

sidewalk. >> victims are listed in stable condition, police november suspect in custody at this time. montgomery county native was within of six american troops killed in afghanistan on monday. thirty year-old air force staff sergeant peter taubb died in an attack near bagram airfield. taubb grew up in wyncote. he leaves behind a pregnant wife and three-year old daughter. to help family get through this difficult time go fund me page has been set up, hundreds have already donated. checking sports right now the temple owls played a terrific season but came up short against an experienced squad in the boca raton, the olds had a lead but toledo rockets complete that pass and owls can't get a, handle on the ball carrier unfortunately. rockets went ahead to stay, they were playing their fifth in six years. it was their first bowl appearance in four seasons. the owls lose two-seven. coach matt ruhle says owls can build on this experience. >> our seniors took us from two wins to six wins to ten

wins, helped us beat penn state, bring college game day here an get this bowl game. we are difficulties a pint 30ed we didn't win tonight but we know we will keep building and these young guys will will know next year when they get here what it means to play. >> there you go. the it was a difficulties a interest prognosis end to a tremendous season for owls. the draft horse pub was one of the spots where owls fans watched their team in the bowl. fans were proud of their team even if they didn't win big. >> it has just been an amazing season not just for football but for the whole school just to be excited and know there is people all over the country that has seen temple, learned about temple. it is awesome. such i great time. >> so exciting to watch. things are looking up for owls despite that loss. coach matt ruhle got a contract extension and university is in negotiation was philadelphia authorities about a new stadium, i think 35,000 seats. pretty exciting stuff. we have been telling but this deadly landslide in china

for days but this morning we are learning of a miraculous story of survival, we will have that just ahead. also this morning another embarrassing scandal for the secret service this time an agents gun and badge are stolen from his vehicle. we will have the the latest on the investigation, plus this. you got it on video. >> i got it. >> take a look at this sight in the sky, out west, it was seen streaking from vegas to los angeles, a lot of folks wondering what that is. we will tell you more about that streak in the the sky out west but here's boat house row all lit up for christmas. definitely the not feeling like the holidays we will have the forecast when we come back. like football season...

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mysterious light streak ago cross the sky is not a shooting star but what they call space junk. fireball was seen in las vegas last night, u.s. strategic command says it was russian space debris reentering the a atmosphere. streak was seen in the skies over california. check thought ice in minute so the a meisha with know better about this then i would but they occur when water moves faster then it can freeze creating a pancake of ice here if you imagine a little penguin spinning around, kind of dancing, on the ice, i don't know. >> what?

>> i don't know. >> happy feet. >> okay, okay. >> dance like in one is watching. i can dig it. >> moving on. >> exactly. let's switch gears and talk were this weather pattern. we have no ice for us here. it is, simply too warm. no snow either. we will talk about typical chances of a white christmas coming up and virtually no chance we will have here moving forward with this forecast this time. storm scan three in our next storm, you can see that precipitation moving into portions of southern most, new jersey. central and southern dell marv use getting clipped by showers. this is our warm front that will send temperatures on the

sky being iting climbing for especially tomorrow. pretty active severe weather we expect across mid mississippi and mississippi valleys and tennessee valley, just as a result of a lot of movement in the atmosphere. we have a warm front today, cold front and we have another series of front set to move in. but east of the rockies essentially on the front range you are looking at rain. it is just way too warm across a huge chunk of the united states. so, the the best chance for you to actually have what is, the the actual definition of the white christmas, that is 1 inch of snow on the ground or more, on december 25th, it is only out to the west here dakota, northern latitudes and mountain terrain, and central rockies. we just don't have a shot at it this year. if that is something you are dreaming of, it will just not happen. our chances are low typically. anyway here in philadelphia we would only have 20 percent less of a shot to see an official white christmas. won't happen this time, but

here's why. we see just too much warmth. despite snowy scene, despite snow men and pretty presents we have in this very festive scene our forecasted high tomorrow is 74 degrees. the that only breaks record it smashes the record. so 64 we set just last year, and now you're talking ten solid degrees above. that here's where we currently stan light wind, a a the lieutenant of moisture bringing in the fog that we have to contend with, later today it is about the rain. so big travel day here today as we have been reporting, and it looks like the weather will have a active role in slowing you down. >> yes, poor timing of mother nature. >> i think she'sing a mid life crisis. >> yes. >> keeping up with this pattern. >> yes, she's having hot flashes. she's surely having hot flashes. >> were. >> you called it. >> i'm telling you, my doctors say, you know, matter nature. good morning, everyone.

happy wednesday to you. we're so happy you are waking up with us. yes, you are dealing with fog, so we are seeing that in our camera. we are seeing string of incidents as well and this might be because of the fog. i don't want to jump to conclusions but i to want to say drive safe, give yourself couple extra minutes. thinks where we have an accident involving injuries, blue route northbound to 276 the ramp to matsonford road, the shoulder is squeezing by in and around this area but for a while we were seeing they were really having troubles getting by. if you have to come up to this area just know you have this and you can see those lights, letting you know directing traffic, it is going to cause you slow downs if you are even able to get by. they are having some problems but they seem to be squeezing by at this moment. ninety-five south at cottman looking good, but looking busy, even over the past 15 minutes i'm seeing this heat up. schuylkill taillights moving in the eastbound direction of the the conshohocken curve looking good but westbound direction looking like it is pretty busy as well.

serious accident here overturn tractor trailer, ac expressway westbound before route 54 the left lane in both directions is blocked, stay clear for right now if you can, nicole, back over to you. meisha, thank you. a 19 year-old man is lucky to be alive after he was pulled from a mud slide in southern china. man was buried under a hundred tane of construction debris and thick mud for more than 60 hours. he was treated for a broken hand and foot injury. more than 70 people remain missing after illegally stored soil was turned to mud during a heavy rainfall. thirty buildings were damage by landslides. 6:17. still ahead on "eyewitness news" the end of era for a chester county food pantry, jan. >> reporter: long standing food cupboard in chester county is closing its doors for good just before the holidays. i'm's jan carabao in coatsville, coming up why they are going out of business now and remarkable family

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taking care of others. >> well, that is how successful we were in coatsville with that cupboard. >> in coatsville jan carabao for cbs-3 eye witt the fess news. a major jewel willry heist in center city, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of diamond were missing, we will have details just ahead. also new details in the death of the prominent area doctor, this morning a person of interest is now in custody. katie? it is all about the warmth as ovulate but in addition to that we definitely got some impacts on your travel today, with regard to the weather, fog, rain and this isn't even the only day looking unsettled. we details everything you need to know for holidays plans you have scheduled coming up stick around.

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a huge jewelry heist is under iestigation near philadelphia's jeweler's row. the thieves got away with nearly $350,000 in diamond from a shop on the 1100 block of sansom street around 6:00 last night. investigators say there were two male suspects that got away with the shoulder bag containing those diamond and police have have no suspects. another embarrassing moment for secret service, this time an agent said to work in the presidential protective division had his service weapon badge, u.s. b and other items stolen from his car. it happened outside secret service headquarters about a mile from the white house. incident add to a licensing list of secret service breaches and embarrassments in the last few years. >> it is a total violation of basic security rules involving any law enforcement, to allow a gun, a badge, to be locked up in a car and left unattended. >> secret service had no comment but law enforcement

official say u.s. b is encrypted, pass word protected and does not appear to be a threat to the agency. coming up next, new developments in the the sex abuse scandal that rock the roman catholic church in philadelphia. monsignor william lynn's convictions is overturn once again and we will tell what you it means for that case. this is a live look at center city from our cbs-3 studios, much of the area under a dense fog advisory this morning, katie has record setting forecast, just ahead. meisha. we have some issues because of that fog as well, thinks an accident involving injuries on the blue route, and four other accidents, to tell but but first we will take a quick break stay right where you are, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be ri

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it depend on how ask but we are chasing record warmth and we are under a dense fog advisory a as part of the winter warm up as we are looking live at boat house row. it looks so festive but, it the seems that way outside, katie. >> no, absolutely not. >> no, with the fog, rain, warm weather. >> that has really been the the overriding theme, since last month. >> yes, i know. >> mid 70's for christmas eve, what? >> it is just unheard of the kind of warmth we are talking about. tomorrow specifically. even in these past couple months fall was an exceptional season for us, with the warmth as well so we can start off by going back in time and talking about the highlights that came with that past season now that we are officially no matter what kind of calendar in the winter season. seven days in september at 90 or a above. highest 80-degree day in october, in november it was second warmest november we have ever reported and every

day this month has been above a average. the you just don't see that. meanwhile storm scan three at the moment seeing wet weather rolling into our southern most counties. we were discussing that fog. we have two main weather impacts in terms of the travel hazard in the form of the fog for now which is lowering visibility, as we said dense fog advisory for good portion of the area but that rain starting to lift from the south courtesy of our warm front. that will lead to travel troubles as well. fifty-six the temperature right now at ac airport. you are at 57 at philly international. so very mild beginning to what is a a very busy travel day but with that said it gets even more warmer from here. we expect to flirt with record territory, in philadelphia, 65 d is 66. we will see how we do, less fog, showers, heck even some pockets of the steady rain are on the dock it here at some point today. have the the rain gear ready to go. we have been saying this all morning expect that you might get slowed down by the weather.

>> no doubt bit. we are already seeing that this morning. no snow in december this year. we will wait until january. that is all right. we can do that. this is where we have an accident involving injuries, blue route north bound at 76, ramp to matsonford road, shoulder gets by but flashing lights still there letting us know it is not totally cleared out of your way. one of areas heating up 95 at girard. you can expect delays in and around this area, very shortly we are at 6:33 to be exact. for those taking 95 it the is a busy travel day. overturn tractor trailer a serious accident ac expressway westbound before route 54 the left lane, both directions, are compromised right now. accident with possible entrapment at little road, within lane block in this area. another accident in conshohocken baron hill road, partially block at scarlet oak drive. so again, in just a short string of 15 minutes all these accidents creeped up. why? well, we might be a able to

venture a guess that visibility is playing a factor this morning. give yourself extra time and drive slow. it will be a busy travel day, nicole, back over to you. >> philadelphia monsignor william lynn may soon get out of jail. his convictions over handling of the sex a abuse complaints has been overturn once again. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has more. monsignor william lynn is accused of knowingly allowing sexual predator priest to have contact with philadelphia children. lynn, hoist behind bars near scranton may soon be a freeman, after a panel of superior court judges ordered a a new trial. >> his life was cut short and it didn't have to happen. >> reporter: mike mcilmail said his son shawn was a proud catholic growing up. a sean died from a drug overdose but his family blames years of sexual abuse by another philadelphia priest for what ultimately happened to mcilmail. they sat down exclusively with our pat ciarrocchi in september. >> it the is not their fault

that that they were raped at 11, 12, 13, nine, 16 it is not their fault that they have drug issues. the. >> reporter: the priest accused was under the supervision of monsignor william lynn. >> what was worse than rape was the betrayal, something that was brought to believe since i was a little will kid was all a lie. >> reporter: but charges were later dropped against the the priest when mcilmail died, that priest is now a freeman. philadelphia attorney tom kline represents the mcilmail family and told "eyewitness news" that he were devastate todd learn monsignor lynn may become a freeman. >> sean mcilmail was a wonderful boy, he did everything right, his parents, followed the path of the church which led him into the the hands of a serial predator. >> reporter: mcilmail family is suing the archdiocese of philadelphia, i reached out to the archdiocese and monsignor lynn's attorney and i have not heard back. reporting from the sat center,

david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". woman accused of driving into a crowd in las vegas is scheduled to appear before a judge this morning. charges against le keisha holloway include murder and hit and run. crash killed one person and injured at least 35 others. five delaware valley university wrestlers and their coach suffered minor injuries. real housewife teresa guidice is expect to walk out of prison today. her lawyer said he is in danburr toy take her home to her family and not to a halfway house. she will remain under house arrest until february 5th. she has been in jail since january, after pleading guilty to bankruptcy fraud, last year. a man and woman charged with the murder of the fishtown woman are set to appear in court. james and his girlfriend jane johnson confessed to the murder of the 54 year-old kathy wilson in her fishtown home earlier this week. they were employed by wilson to do odd jobs around the house. the it is believed they will enter their formal guilty plea to the court later today.

a funeral will be held for new jersey state trooper eli mccarson he died last thursday when his vehicle went off quinton allaway road in quinton township. he was answering a domestic disturbance call. troop are mccarson's funeral will be at noon at slater concert hall in rowan university. flags on new jersey state buildings are at half staff. billboard will be unveiled today in hopes of the giving new life to the search for the the hit/run driver that killed a philadelphia woman. one year ago today teresa p.o.zzzi was kill. crossing state road in holmesberg. it will go up near the site of the crime. it will advertised a $15,000 reward in that case. it is 6:37. this is definitely no scrooge tail, still ahead the company giving their employees, a very generous holiday bonus. then admiring festive scene on smedley street in south philadelphia overnight but it doesn't feel like the holiday season, katie is talking about

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a check of our headlines this wednesday morning on cb. three, one of the six american soldiers, killed in afghanistan this week is 30 year-old wyncote native peter taubb, the a air force staff sergeant is survived by his pregnant wife and three-year old daughter, go fund me page has been arranged to help taubb family in this difficult time. search is on for two men got away with $350,000 in diamond, from a shop near philadelphia's jewelers road. heist happened 6:00 last night in the 1100 block of sansom street. temple owls finished their terrific season with a loss to toledo in the boca raton bowl but they are confident they can build on the success of 2015. quite a season. very proud of our temple owls, katie. nicole, we want to start

off by taking you outside to our live neighborhood network. the there is fog starting to settle in. it is in the terrible in center city philadelphia. but this particular shot, actually overlooks across the delaware river to center city our palmyra cove nature park shot across the river in burlington county where is there a dense fog advisory posted typically we will see some lights, but it is a poor visibility kind of a morning. this is coming up from our eyewitness weather watcher network, one of our gold star watchers, he send us pictures and it is so great, to see what it looks like in the neighborhood. it is not looking like much because you cannot see that much. visability are poor and the the fog is a real issue for us this morning. meanwhile we have have also got wet weather lift nothing here from the south, it is cumberland, atlantic, cape may, mess of the del marva peninsula getting in on that but it will continue to lift north here with time and as a

result everyone eventually gets in on the rain. so, i love this head line, it is merry, mild. even though we are not dealing with frigid cold or snow, here at the local levels, at least you can, you know, we're coming up on christmas. what is not festive about that. very warm air. record shattered come tomorrow. there is a a cold front crossing through knocking us back to the upper 60's and warmth continuing for our christmas, we may end up with some showers later on that night, and, then into saturday a shower around with this latest warm front starting to lift n it is just an active pattern for us. big game coming up on saturday night. you know is what funny my brother is a big redskins fan. he grew up in this area i will never understand it. we will go head to head, this saturday. 51 degrees at kick off. the that is warm down at the link but there may be a shower around. all right, scott, eagles, let's go eagles. moving forward let check it out. seventy-four tomorrow. upper 60's friday.

still a above average monday which is coolest day of the seven day, that is still well above average. >> absolutely, 49, 50 i'm still taking it, i'm in the complaining here. we have a disable vehicle 309 southbound approaching the turnpike, the the turnpike pulled out block ago this far left lane. also, we have an accident here serious accident overturned tractor trailer, a ac expressway westbound before route 54 that left lane both directions is still blocked. we are seeing another accident perkiomenville road at little road one lane is blocked there as well, and another accident, that perkiomenville road one has possible entrapment. this one baron hill road at scarlet oak drive, partially blocking, baron hill, this is one that just happened and that is being cleared out of the way right now which is great news. another one that looks like it is justlearing right now, an accident at dekalb at marshall street. also west ridge pike at north township line road.

those are a string of accidents that have all happened just over the past 15 minutes or so. for those taking mass transit, mass transit seems to be okay, just know that it is going to be very, very busy, and for those traveling by air today just know i check with the airport no major delays at the airport but everything right now is just looking very busy. use extra time and caution today. nicole, back over to you. >> meisha, thanks very much. count down to christmas is on. if you haven't made those cookies for santa just yet get on it, what are you waiting for. in store bought once. pastry chef robert bennet from classic cake is here with some tips on how to maybe make cookies last minute or some ways to speed up the process, is that right thanks for being here and sabotaging my diet, every single year. >> my pleasure. >> we are not seeing any snow flakes but we know you have some in studio, let's start there. >> so this is called snow flake cookie dough. it is so simple.

it is sugar. >> okay. eggs, and then pure, my favorite ingredient, pure unsweetened chocolate. so, this is the the the best way to get the pure chocolate flavor. you can make this, and, sugar, cakes. >> moist; and basically all of the ingredients. flower, cocoa. >> do you want some. >> i do. we will have have some soft, and then something else. >> very nice. >> the next recipe can you give me some tips, wow, i'm making a mess, sorry about that. can you give us some advice on speeding up the process. people are busy. >> everyone, of course is nervous working with raw eggs. so rather than let them sit out overnight or for a few

hours take your eggs out out fridge, cover them with warm tap water, drain it off and they are at room temperature. so they are not going to chill your dough especially working with a butter dough. and... >> yes. >> you see how long that lasted. >> yes. >> these are nice little portion scoops. you can buy these anywhere. >> that is a good tip right there. >> then they crack just like. that make big ones, little one. >> i didn't do it quite as elegant as you. >> thanks, katie. >> okay. these are snow flake. >> or chocolate crack he will cookies. >> we have a visitor. >> they see cookies and they come running. >> thinks a great butt are cookie, it is nice because we use different varieties. >> we will take your word for it, chef but i don't know.

>> these are homemade fig jam and in a jam. >> did you hear that. >> if you are in a jam. >> fig newtons. >> can i lick will bowl. >> yes. >> so we're all talking about ginger bread recipes. >> sometimes they take a little while but they dent to have. >> classic ginger bread recipe it might be on your web site i'm not the sure but one trick toys get nice even baking, you roll out dough between the dow rods so you don't worry about it being uneven. roll it the out just like this. it. >> very little. >> if you take baking soda a out of the recipe excellent dough for making ginger bread houses, it gets very crisp. roll it out.

freeze it. and then, what i do is a make a house out of, cardboard. >> okay. >> and disassemble and make it a template. >> real quickly we only have have 20 seconds left. >> decorate beginning are bread cookies and how to store them. >> ginger bread cookies room temperatures. if you storm them for a licensing, long time freeze them. >> fine for a couple weeks. >> absolutely fine. >> other than that freeze them. >> can we decorate. >> absolutely. >> there is some white icing, some red. >> yes. >> some green. >> if you want, take that snow and sprinkle it overtop. >> as we are's decorating our little friend here we have to go and take a short break. we will be right back. we will talk to nora o'donnell who is live for news insuring with that preview, good morning. >> good morning, we will talk

about donald trump of the crude comment he made about hillary clinton and how she is fighting back. republican strategies frank lund a shares his focus group on race and politics in america. we will talk about products, and marketed toward women and girls. kennedy center honoring, playing rag bye, and, and, the the news is back in the morning we will see you in about ten minutes. thanks very much. we will be watching. thank you. well, hey count down is on for christmas. we heard from chef bennet for sure. we want to thank him so much for all of those tips for making cookies for santa even last minute. it cost $8 for one way ride within 5 miles of the college campus. we're talking about something called the sober express, this is helping college students get home safely, from bars. the it is a new service that they have here at some college campuses, and again, helping them stay safe this holiday

season. we're told it will begin at university of connecticut and quickly expanding. we will take a short break and we will be right back.

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mechanism that could have prevented deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia is now fully operation allah long amtrak's northeast corridor. experts say that positive train control, could have made a difference in the accident, earlier this year that killed eight people, and injured more than 200. a simulator at amtrak's training headquarters in wilmington shows how safety system works.

sensors monitor speed and fit is going too fast the the system automatically applies the brakes. >> for exam familiar my bridge is only good at 90 miles an hour it will enforce a 90-mile an hour speed limit on that bridge or a curve, or, tunnel, restrictions, in matter what the speed is, it is important to enforce every single speed that could be on that railroad. >> amtrak harrisburg line is expect to have positive train control by the end of next month. well, holiday travel rush is well underway, and lets get another check with "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch live at philly international the where lines are getting long, justin, good morning. >> nicole, good morning. lull in the lines right now at terminal e at phl. mostly we are in the tsa line making their way for flights. we are more than a million people in the philadelphia area forecast to travel this season. more than a hundred million across the country set to travel 50 miles or more between christmas and new years. we will have have busy roads, as well with gas averaging two bucks a gala cross the

country. that will have more people traveling but be safe out there on those road despite warm temperatures, rain is forecast in other storms nationwide, nicole, back over to you. meanwhile surveillance video captures a brazen coyote a as it find its way in the the south carolina air important. video show coyote running through myrtle beach international airport. officials suspect that lost coyote got in through a baggage portal. animal control caught the die yet any less than an hour but state law required that coyote to be euthanized, unfortunate ending there but yeah, definitely a wild scene. speaking of wild these temperatures. >> sad to hear that. >> right before christmas. >> absolutely in the 70's, katie. >> we're talking mid 70's looking to tomorrow specifically and certainly temperatures that will be flirting with record for majority of the forecast too. so really warm air but justin mentioned in his hit a second ago there was other storms that are going on across the

portions of the u is. that can slow you down. if you are going through airport you have to keep that in mind and watch for that. we can show what you is happening out there but for now fog is a concern. we have had rain lift nothing to our southern most counties and it is a all moving from the south and as a result take a a look off to the south here thinks a very ago i have severe weather day in the mississippi valley, tennessee valley. if you are traveling there to visit family this holiday you may get sled down by weather elsewhere in the u.s. we are getting off the ground no pun intended with the flights this morning but we will start to see delays stack up here, meisha, she's the expert she will have more on that in a second here. let me walk you through how this weather will affect you for your travel. visability have been reported at or under a half mile or a quarter mile, is he we are hearing dense fog, still out there, thankfully philadelphia proper not really included in there. we have not had too much fog in the city itself. you will find it out and about

with dense fog advice ritz until ten l.a. m. slow down, expect thaw will get slowed down and have fog lights or low beams ready to rock and roll. moving forward not one day is even at or below average. even monday coolest day in the pack is still six above the normal. >> crazy to think about that. >> crazy to talk about 70's in december. the it just feels so weird. well this morning has been quite weird as well. started out with the visibility because of the fog. it has been a string of problems ever since then. i want to call your attention to is the disabled vehicle on 309 southbound before the turnpike. not causing too many slow downs. i want to say we have an update on that overturn tractor trailer on the ac expressway. we have been hearing me talk about that for a while. they are still trying to get that cleared up for the next two hours they say. i will be tweeting out information on that and also by the way, if you are taking a flight today you are of and,

13 minutes, and make sure to check those schedules on line and taking a quick peak you can see 45 on the vine looking good, nicole. >> we do want to tell but a great holiday surprise for two dozen children at eastwick recreational center in southwest philadelphia each child got a bike and toys from the east wick friend and neighbor coalition by city councilman kenyatta a johnson. johnson says it is goal to make holidays more cheerful for children and their families. speaking with bicycles a six year-old with special need got a new one. it was courtesy of the montgomery county district attorney's office and wheels of justice. the at adaptable bike is for andrew who has developmental coordination disorder. that will be a merry christmas for him. >> very much so. >> coming up next on cbs this morning, donald trump doubles down on his use of the controversial word to describe hillary clinton's first presidential run. join us bright and early each weekday morning at 4:30.

have a great the day. thanks for joining us. captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is wednesday, december 23rd, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." donald trump defends his use of a lewd term to attack hillary clinton. ted cruz lashes out at a top newspaper over his kids. how a change in the rules to those airport body scanners could impact your holiday travel. plus, the holiday shopping gender gap. a new study reveals why women are still unequal to men at the checkout counter. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. the bigotry has blustered and bullying have become his campaign. >> hillary clinton fires back