trouble across the the country. good evening, everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. let get over to kate bilo with more on this system, kate? >> thanks very much, jessica. as we take a look is what happening on storm scan three right now you can see that same system up across new england. we have heavy snow over maine and canadian maritime provinces, rest of the northeast finally drying out after a hit of rain, ice, sleet, and some spots as we just showed you heavy snow, worst now over and certainly here in philadelphia we have the the best the system has to offer in the form of the heavy rain. it was a mess all morning but bet are than ice, snow and certainly better than severe weather that impacted the the south since this weekend. storm scan three right new locally no problems. you can see an 18 hour loop as we look closer, we will show thaw the rain moves in overnight, and just kept coming. phoenixville my home town had an inch. 1.09 inches. official total in philadelphia

.89 inches. atlantic city .84. wilmington .79. vineland, new jersey .61 inches of rain. we had snow, sleet, this is a mix of snow sleet then straight snow but an inch in lehighton, mount pocono got .8, candencyst at .8. martines creek. .3. and allentown a trace. the we had few ice pull nets philadelphia poconos hardest hit thanks to the ice. carbon county a tree was down due on is jim thorpe, toby hand i fire. and two trees were down, thanks to the icing. some spots in the poconos ended up with a quarter of an inch of ice. certainly enough to bring down tree branches and enlarger trees, and power lines. what to expect moving forward? we've got another wet threat for your wednesday, system could bring in some rain. we will tell you areas most likely to pick up showers and we will take a peak at that all important new years eve forecast, i'll tell you this, it is trending colder heading in to january.

more coming up. jessica. >> we will see you in a bit, thank you. this weather system spawned tornadoes in the south and bringing record breaking floods to missouri and illinois. brian web has more. >> reporter: water is submerged in mcdonald's, hotel and a gas station, in saint charles county near st. louis. nearby homes are flooded, almost up to their roofs. >> we're dealing with an incredible amount of water coming at you here. >> reporter: unusual winter flood has caused more than a dozen deaths, in the state, most of them, drivers who enter swamp roads. part of the two interstates in missouri and illinois are shut town and authorities called a mandatory evacuation in the small town of west missouri where a river spilled over a levee, south of the st. louis, mississippi river is expected to crest at record levels on thursday. >> the storm also brought ice, rain, snow to parts of the east, including here outside of new york city, where record high temperatures, were set, just a few days ago. some, like eric sylvester are

not letting winter weather bother them. >> i didn't think it would be that cold so it is worth it. >> are you ready now. >> no, not that cold out. >> it was looking more like december in western maine and eastern massachusetts where children built snow men and drivers, cursed the roads. >> a number of accident right now were report add cross new england reminding people in the region, what winter is usually like. brian web, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in wisconsin good samaritans pluck a a mother and her five-year old son from a truck in an icy river. they kicked in that passenger window and got in a nicole stream and her son to safety. at first baby was unresponsive but was soon revived through cpr, two men who rescued her family are being hailed for their brave actions. these good samaritans were able to intervene and get these people out of the vehicle. so, that was a happy ending. >> it could have been yes,

very, very, very bad. >> mother of the young boy says she looks forward to some day meeting her two heroes. all of the weather has led to airport delays around the country, american 1200 flights have been canceled so far today, many others have been delayed, chicago's airports have been hardest hit where cancellations today, come on top of the cancellations from yesterday. the right now average delay at philadelphia international airport is about an hour and 25 minutes. pennsylvania governor tom wolf vetoes a portion of the state's six month-old overdue budget but signs off on emergency funding for schools. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live outside philadelphia school district headquarters with more on what it all means, greg. >> reporter: ukee, beginning. what this means is we finally have a signed budget the but it is a partial one. that means in terms of education spending that cash is coming in the form of emergency funding. >> this budget is wrong for pennsylvania. >> reporter: but at least it is now signed, governor tom wolf announcing that the six

month budget impasse is over. he signed it but line-item vetoes part he disagreed with. >> i'm's calling on our legislators to get back to harrisburg, back to the work that they left unfinished, last week. in the meantime i'm vetoing their 95 million-dollar cut to education. i'm vetoing other items that they don't pay for. >> reporter: by signing budget wolf released more than $23 billion in funding but his vetoes means cash for education is still in the finalized, which is why he is releasing emergency funding. >> i'm allowing emergency funding for our schools to get out. i'm also letting funding go out to our human service agencies and our counties but this is on a emergency basis only. >> i think the problem with education is very important and we need more money for education. >> reporter: that is why parents and relatives of the children in public schools say they are frustrated with yet another delay in full education spending. >> really didn't pass a budget for education.

>> reporter: but for philadelphia a schools whether were dealing with the funding dry up in late january this extra cash could not come at a berth time. >> one, it is good news, that we can go beyond january 29th. naturally there is a lot of details that we have to figure out and as always, indicate, devil is in the details, but in the short term, this allows to us move beyond january 29th. >> reporter: governor wolf is blaming republicans for this budget fiasco, the g.o.p. is firing back. in fact, their spokesperson releasing this in part quote today tom wolf finally admitted his multi billion dollars myth takes, it is tragic so many schools and non-profits were faced with unpaid bills, layoffs and enclosures because tom wolf used them as political pawns in his reckless budget games. the as for when lawmakers will reconvene to figure out these last few holes in the budget we are told speaker of the

house says this won't happen until january 4th, the at the earliest. we are live here in center city, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". i a sat down with philadelphia's mayor-elect jim kenney moments after that state budget announcement was made and here's what he had to say. >> i think what the governor did was necessary and he is trying to keep the train moving in the right direction, people are suffering, social services, agencies were suffering, school advertise trick borrowing, causing more cost toss them. i think what he is doggies the only thing he can do at this moment. hopefully that will bring legislature back quicker and come to some conclusion and negotiated settlement on this budget. >> budget does have a lot of people talking on social media we'd love to know what you are thinking bit. let us know on facebook and twitter just use hashtag cbs-3 chat. authorities are working to pinpoint what caused a deadly fire in delaware. unidentified man was found dead inside of the camper in the 100 block of pine tree road just before 6:00 this morning. an autopsy, was scheduled for

earlier today. the those results of yet to be released. camden county police department is remembering a special member of their force today, officer, zero who broke a state record for criminal apprehensions by a k-9 unit has passed on. human and k-9 friend alike are honoring friendly hero who made camden a stapel, on this much more record break k-9 tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 o'clock. devastating news from more than 1,000 employees of du pont in delaware. the company which has its headquarters in wilmington will be cutting 1700 jobs. "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon is live there with more, rahel. >> reporter: jessica, today in a statement, du pont ceo says he realized essentially the timing of his announcement, this being the holiday sees than, it unfortunate but ultimately came down to the company being required to report layoffs, before the end on the year. >> the economy went up and down. delaware always kind of muddled through because we had

to do it. >> reporter: in the more than 213 years, du pont has operated in delaware, two names have become perhaps inter changeable. >> du pont is huge in delaware. it is synonymous with delaware affecting a lot of people. >> reporter: in fact tuesday's announcement of layoffs will affect 1700 people, nearly a quarter of the delaware work force. layoffs won't just hurt those who work for the the company, but also those who work near the company. >> popular employee restaurant, the owner a says about half of their business comes from du pont workers. >> we will start weighing it the out, the percentages and see what happens, and like i say, people we're fortunately in a good spot where people drive by and we get a lot of one time customer but some loyal customers we will be watching that very closely. >> reporter: tuesday's announcement comes a ahead of the merger with fellow chemical company, do you chemical and reaction to the layoffs from local politicians was swift. delaware governor jack markell

says deeply disappointing. congressman carney, a punch to the gut. u.s. senator chris coons. >> i for the hard for them to have a great future in delaware. it is very upsetting at the this point. >> reporter: news comes just days after christmas and days before, the new year. >> you're talking about people whose grand fathers work and fathers worked. >> reporter: new year that will mean for many at dew point looking for a new place to to work. in that same statement du pont's ceo says those workers being let go will also receive a separation package, career placements services and training allowed. reporting from downtown wilmington rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". u.s. led air strikes in syria has killed an isis leader whom military was actively planning an attack against the west. he was killed on christmas eve. officials say he a had direct connections to a booed the master mind behind the terror attack. >> we will continue to hunt isil leaders who are working

to recruit, plan, and inspire attacks against the the you had of america and our alleys. >> meanwhile belgium police after rested two people suspected of plotting terror attacks in brussels on new years eve. authorities found military clothing and isis propaganda during several raids, but no weapons or explosives. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 a new jersey boy scout leader attacked by a bear, dramatic 911 calls reveal a chaotic scene 35 cents boy scouts try to help. the teenager who affluenta, accused for killing four people while drunk driving, has been capture. we will let you know where police track him down. the glit, glamour and storm troopers, kennedy center honors has something for everyone and we will take you behind the the scenes of tonight's star studded celebration, right here on cbs-3.

fugitive teen who used a affluentza defense to avoid jail time in the deadly drunken driving crash is expect back in texas soon. ethan couch was arrested with his mother in mexico last night and now both could face serious time behind bars. mexican authorities apprehended ethan couch and

his mother tanya in puertovillearta. he tried to disguise himself. his brown hair was died brown. he disappeared after couch missed a meeting with his probation officer. >> he planned to disappear, that they even had, something that was almost a skin to aing ago way party before they levittown. >> reporter: ethan couch was given probation and no jail time two years ago after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. during the the trial, a psychologist testified that the teen suffered from affluentza suggesting his parent's wealth left him without a sense of responsibility. authorities say they will try to transfer couch's case to an adult court, and they will charge his mother with hindering an apprehension. >> that is a third degree felony in texas that carries a a punishment to two to ten years in the penitentiary. >> do you want full ten years. >> she deserves to be incarcerated. >> reporter: if his case isn't transferred he faces a maximum of four months in the juvenile facility.

authorities believe that the pair took off after a video surfaced a appearing to show couch at a party where people were drinking alcohol, that could have led to probation violation, opening him up to a sentence of up to ten years in prison. city of san francisco is taking on justin beiber after marketing for his new album defaced public property. city officials say gorilla marketers spray painted at least eight locations throughout the city to pro met his november album purpose. a pennsylvania parentally it ties late to say sorry. the city's attorney has fired off a letter to beiber's record company def jam record threatening a lawsuit. >> i think it is high time that corporate america starts following rules that the rest of us follow. if you are doing these all over the city, if you are a repeat offender fines should be high are but we are looking at fines at a couple shower dollars per violation. >> meanwhile san francisco supervisor is drawing up legislation to make city's laws against graffiti even tougher. city spend 20 million-dollar in taxpayer money, every year,

cleaning up graffiti. one person in new jersey, won't have to worry about money for life. "eyewitness news" at citgo in camden county. retailer sold a very lucky lottery ticket. winning with the numbers five, 19, 36, 41 and 55, one person out there will get a a thousand dollars a day, for life. no one has come forward to check the tickets. always check the tickets. >> i just went by that citgo, the other day. >> come on, you never know. >> kate joins us with the forecast, you have been watching everything. >> yeah,. >> this storm has been really nasty weather maker and not just us in the northeast but every where in the central eastern part of the country. now it is winding down. we're turning into a quiet period of weather toward the new year. that is good news. we will stay slightly above average for the next couple of days, and finish off this warmest december ever and it looks like it will be warmer december ever by the largest margin compared to the the second warmest, at least we

have ever seen. this december off the charts in so many ways, and, you know, mother nature wants to finish strong and bring cold in time for january. lets take a look outside to bethlehem where road are drying out here as we look live from our new camera atop hotel bethlehem in northampton county no great problems. rain has moved out. sleet that came through has also moved out and everybody is drying out as we go through the afternoon and evening hours. here's a live look at boardwalk plaza camera at the rehoboth beach. board are dry. we saw a few people taking australia long the boardwalk at 57 degrees right now. not feeling too bad at all if you are through the delaware beaches this evening. lets look at storm scan three locally. not a whole lot here. everything is clearing out. we have a few cloud, still lingering, we are starting to feel clearing overnight so i wouldn't be shock to see breaks in the cloud cover here and there tonight but another system could impact the area, especially southern part of the area and coastal areas tomorrow. the as far as temperatures are

concerned we are at a steep gradient from north to south where it is 33 in mount pocono to 40 in allentown. we are sitting at 51 in the philadelphia a airport. fifty-six in wildwood. fifty-six in atlantic city a as well. temperatures down drop that far tonight as we will end the in the mid 40's. we are slight thely cooler. this is along the same cold front boundary that system that came through this morning and little wave of low pressure will track off to the south, brush the the area with showers, lighter rain along the the coast, further are north and west not going to see much beyond shower here and there then new years eve cloud give way to sunshine. we are dry for new years eve. it is cold just in time for january 1st and new year, chilly new years day at least more seasonal for this time of the year. a as far as this storm tomorrow is concern not much. most of the region looking at least than a tenth of an inch of rain, mainly tomorrow evening just keep in mind if you are out the and about on the road your evening commute could be slower. mainly cloudy, chilly at the 44. wednesday increasing cloud,

showers by evening at 56. planning out your new years eve not too bad at all, chilly, leave jacket if you are going to see fire works out and about but it will be dry and dry start to the the new year as well, just brisk and chilly at the 44 degrees, january 1st of 2016, it will take me until about march for it to start. >> yes. it takes a little will while. >> remember back in the day put on no one is checking anymore. >> that is right. still ahead on "eyewitness news" how coffee can help your work out. top scams of 2015 from sweepstakes to tax conns and everything in between consumer reporter jim donovan has been on your side with how scam artists are trying to steel money from hundreds of thousands of americans, leslie. if you lose enough games in the nfl the league can tell you where to go and what to do and in this case we might see bird on hbo or overseas in 2016. we will have more on

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leslie is here now and after this past weekend, with the birds. >> yes, what can you do. >> one more. >> one more, yeah, sunday's game with the giants is pretty much leaning less as these teams are out of playoff position and draft position is in play and so is possibility of playing in london or being forced to open up a locker room to hbo cameras. pat gallon explains. >> reporter: if you ever wanted more behind the scenes access to what chip kelly and the eagles do you might be in luck. after saturday's loss to washington it is possible that the eagles end up on the hbo series hard knocks. >> the best place to be is when expectations are high. get used to it. it is always going to be that way. >> reporter: there are certain qualifications that eagles need to meet to a appear on the show and they currently check all of the boxes. the team have to have met the post season in two straight years, the team did not hire a new coach in the off season leading up to it and the team

has not appeared in hard knocks in the last ten years. should eagles lose to the giants on sunday the bird will be making the trip to london as part of the international series, facing off against st. louis rams in week seven. i asked a few eagles who had been there what the experience would be like. >> it was a great experience. i probably won't go too many times in my life but it was great. the fans were great. >> it was a neat experience being over there. i got to watch a premiere league game. that part of it was cool. fans are into it. but it is a tough to be a home game. >> from money standpoint, yeah, people realize our salaries are high for one of them. that is what comes witt. >> reporter: if the eagles do win on sunday over giants they won't end up going to london but they will hurt their nfl draft position. that being said chip kelly stated he is all about one thing and that is a win on sunday. from the novacare complex, pat

gallon, "eyewitness sports". very interesting. >> trip to london, wouldn't too bad. >> maybe you need to go cover that. >> we will go investigate. >> we have enough hard knocks this season lets get the win on sunday. >> leslie, thanks. coming up next the the most admired man and woman of 2015. >> and then 911 calls reveal bravery, calm and quick thinking of the three new jersey boy scouts when their scout leader was attacked by a bear. hear the dramatic calls for help when we come back. conn a artists on the prowl, consumer reporter jim donovan has top scams of the year and advice on how you can avoid becoming a victim. new at 6:00 saying good bye to one of their own camden county police honor states most decorated k-9 after his sudden death this m

unaudible. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30 with a new jersey bow scout's impassioned plea as the group leader is attacked by a bear. good evening, everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm's jessica dean. newly released 911 calls revealed how three scouts were able to keep calm and put their survival skills to the test. >> it ended with a rescue scout leader chris, bundled on a stretcher and loaded into a helicopter. but only after a frantic hour and 20 minutes, recorded after rock areaway township dispatch. >> 911 where is the emergency. >> we're at the split rock reservoir and me and two other scouts... a bear had grabbed his leg and then pulled him into the cave. >> i think the bear is on top of him. >> bear is on top of him. >> yeah, i think so. >> reporter: young scout sounding nervous but staying

calm showed they could be prepared to help in the emergency. >> unaudible. >> reporter: leaving sandwich toes draw the the bear out, and then, taking action, to help rescuers locate them. >> the scouts are making a fire right now. we will keep it contained and make a lot of smoke. >> reporter: as rescuers closed in, this poignant comment from one of the scouts. >> i just want to get out of this alive. i love you guys. >> reporter: are the scout leader managed to escape the bear by hitting it on the nose with the rock hammer. he too, called 911. >> unaudible. >> the scout leader did tell authorities as we mentioned when he was pulled in the cave

he first tried hitting the cave with that rock hammer and when that didn't work, he pulled his coat over his head, crawled in the fetal position. he said the bear satan him for over an hour. >> how frightening had is that. >> isn't that terrifying. >> you hear those voices of those young men and they really followed their training and helped get it done. >> they got it done. >> amazing. >> well, chicago police officer charged in the 2014 shooting of a black teen, pleaded not guilty to murder and misconduct charges. james van dyke's attorney says helps client wants to prove he is not the a cold blooded killer. van dyke was scenery leased last month on video shooting seven year-old laquan mcdonald 16 times. the teenager was arm with the knife and walking away from officer in the video. next hearing for van dyke is set for january between the ninth. in campaign 2016 donald trump is back on the campaign trail after taking a break for christmas and he has got a new target for his attacks.

cbs news reporter mark about albert has latest from white house. >> reporter: donald trump rally with mid new hampshire monday night and the state's largest newspaper manchester union leader after it published an editorial calling trump a blow hard and compared him to biff tanon. bully in the back to the future thrilling. >> you have a very dishonest newspaper and failing newspaper, it is going down the tube. >> reporter: paper is endorsing chris christie, trump responded by saying new jersey governor looked like a quote, little boy when he hugged president obama following super storm sandy. on tuesday, christie says he wouldn't go after the brash billion air, despite the urging of an audience member at a town hall. >> why wouldn't you take him on. >> i will not get into it with him. i'm bigger, better than that. >> reporter: trump is taking on the clintons, both of them, tweeting that president clinton did very little to help hillary in her 2008 bid

for the white house. >> frankly he did very, very poorly. he was not good for her. obviously she lost to obama and that was the end of that. >> reporter: trump claims bill clinton's affair with monica lulu is fair game in his wife's campaign. clinton's campaign called trump's words degrading and she sent out the a fund raising letter telling supporters we cannot make donald trump stop talking but we can make sure never, ever becomes president. mark albert for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". according to an annual survey by gallup, hillary clinton and president barack obama are this years most admired public figures. they have some company, donald trump. 13 percent pick clinton, 17 percent pick obama, trump returned to the list for the first time since 2011 with the support of 5 percent of responders. the clinton has topped the list more frequently then any other woman in the history of that survey. quite an accomplishment. >> should be interesting in the next couple weeks. >> yes, it will.

giant elephant seal caused major delays in san francisco today. this a nation footage we want to show you from the sonom a a county highway where 900-pound seal attempted to crawl across the the road. 900-pound. wild life workers are stumped on why the seal is so determined to cross. she's refusing to leave the the area and is trying to out smart the teen, trying to save and relocate her. >> we're able to get her back n she stayed in for a while. she was swimming around in circles and then she tried to come backup and out. >> marine biologist say seal may be pregnant and could be trying to get to the dry feed on the other side of the highway to give birth. better business bureau is out with the top scams of 2015. >> and consumer reporter jim donovan constantly remind us that scams vary in name but similar in the way that they work. good evening, jim. >> constantly. >> constantly. >> all the time. >> three on your side gets dozens of e-mails about these scams every week. the hundreds of thousands of americans have received a

call, like this one. >> unaudible. >> reporter: conn artists posing as irs agents demanding immediate payment. >> if i didn't clear it the up that they would prosecute me. >> reporter: lewis who didn't want to give her last name, paid scammers $4,500 in prepaid debit card. >> i panicked. >> reporter: better business boro says tax conns were top scam of 2015. in other popular scams the criminals pose as debt collectors or claim you won a sweepstakes or prize. others try to convince you they are with tech sport support or claim you were awarded a a grant. >> they all involve imposter people pretending to be someone you know and trust or someone you air frayed of. >> reporter: scams have something else in common, the criminal wants money up front, father michael ortiz received this sweeps steaks letter saying he had to receive a tax to receive a prize. >> hook, line and sinker i fell. >> reporter: scam artist

wanted untraceable form of payment. >> one of the red flags is if someone is requesting that you pay prepaid debit card, wire transfer or gift card, you should be weary. >> reporter: experts say if someone is demanding money or if the offer sounds too good to be true it is likely a scam. as i said, many, many, many times before, the irs will never call you demanding payment for back taxes. if you get the a call like that you have to hang up. if you get a check in the mail claiming you have won a prize but they want to you cash the check and send them some money back that is a scam too. the don't do it, if you do, i cannot do anything to help you get your money back. how many more times unless i go door to door and every day, the next day i get two e-mails. the eye said come on people. >> there is our resolution for 2016. >> don't get ripped off. >> you got it, thanks, buddy, appreciate it. got one for you. help forgetting your children to bed early on new years eve. is getting in shape on your new years resolutions,

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bears and others to help parents welcome in 2016 with their kid who might not be able to stay awake or maybe, just maybe you want to convince them to go to bed a little early. >> some of the parents will enjoy that too inspector gadget. >> you always want to be festive count down like that. >> yes. >> that would be fun. >> yes. >> yes. >> i'll keep you smiling. >> we will be right back.

kennedy center honor airs tonight on cbs-3. >> cbs news reporter tara marginner has a preview of the star studded event. >> ♪ the >> this is a huge night in washington d.c. and it the is not politics, it is glitz, glamour, hollywood stars and honoraries worked hard to get here. >> so, turf say little embarrassing they all showed up wearing same necklace. you've got to coordinate guys. >> reporter: flashy effects, heartfelt tributes. >> ♪ >> when you follow your

dreams, you gave me the allowance to follow mine. >> actor singer rita moreno is first latin woman to win an academy award, one of the handful entertainers to receive a oscar, emmy, grammy and tony. >> what a night, and i have to say it is so much fun. if someone asked what was your favorite moment i would be hard pressed. >> legendary conductor sayji, led boston symphony orchestra for over a decade. >> incredibly challenging, they have to learn, he did it from memory, a a huge symphony, to know what every instrument was playing. >> reporter: biggest names in broadway, movies and music are honored by biggest names in show biz. the george lucas original star wars actress appeared via hologram. >> i want to thank you forgiving me one of the biggest rolls, and really, one of the most famous hair styles. >> reporter: director steven speilberg and martin score see

appeared in person to solute star wars and indiana jones creator george lucas. >> george lucas star wars change movies absolutely forever. >> the award is really the show. you getting to to the show and the show is wonderful and obviously it is personal for him. that is the best part. >> reporter: worth gratitude for 90 years young award winning actress cecily tyson. >> would not exist if it were not, he has taught me so much about how to be who i am in this business and in this life. >> for her to have this honor after all these years it is really amazing. >> reporter: add for carol king, a solute from the the cast of beautiful. >> ♪ >> reporter: star of the carol king musical. >> it is truly a dream role. she is such a warm, wonderful person and her life story, you could write four musicals based on her life alone. >> reporter: hard pounding perform a answers from the

music royalty who immortalized her song. >> ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> the a receipt, white house, everything is so special and spectacular. >> reporter: at kennedy center in washington i'm's tara marginner. i can't wait. i can't wait. we're all fired up. >> yes. >> so a amazingly talented people. i can't wait. you can see kennedy center honors tonight at 9:00 on cbs three right afterward if you loved the sweet sound of carol king, cbs-3's vittoria woodill will be having a story that is music tour ears on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. kate joins us now with the forecast. >> what is a happening. >> yes, quieter. >> quieter. >> we like that. >> good news. rough start to the morning. i don't know if you had an occasion to be out in it today. >> rain was coming down hard.

>> good news is ice was mainly limited to the pocono region but messy conditions. we had down trees, down power lines and heavy rain in the city of fill a enough sleet mixed in just briefly it will go down as a trace of snow in the weather almanac here in philadelphia, very strange, temperatures were well above average. but there you have ate a very strange storm. we got best of witt straight rain and now moving out. take a look outside we will go out to center city which is blanketed in fog and low cloud cover. here you cannot see tops of the building, just didn't clear out, like we wanted it to today, temperatures stayed locked in the 50's. the not quite as warm as its could have been if that system had gotten out quicker a and we saw some sun try to break through cloud cover, but still in the 50's well above average once again, that has been a trend and it is not ending in the last two days of the month where we're a have above average through thursday. checking with our eyewitness weather watchers we will look at observations tonight. the lets move into 46 degrees,

and norristown david mitchell, david mitchell and 46 and partly cloudy skies. forty-six and cloudy at the moment 45 as we head north, david aubrey is in blue bell and he eskimosly cloudy looking at 29.81 on the barometer. further south 53 degrees in northern delaware. delores lee in newark and she's mostly cloudy. delores says not too cold a nice winter day as we head all the way back toward berks county, we will check with lou, in robe sonap, 41 degrees, mostly cloudy. some call it fog. we are in the thick cloud in the south mountains. we will see if we have any rain reports here and see if we can find it. five rain reports, perkasie i think these numbers might be off. i'm hoping delores didn't get 29 inches in her house. one and a half inches in robesonia, .67 at landenberg at wayne hunter's residents. lets show you storm scan three showing thaw system moving out. nothing but snow on the radar right now, in portions of

maine, nova score, canadian maritime, new brunswick and further west as well that you can see the front is off shore but take a look at where this front is running. the it the is right about here. it extend down to the south east. we are watching a system along that same boundary and as it lifts north it will track to our south and could brush our region with the chance for a couple of evening showers not a huge deal tomorrow but keep in mind outside on the roads tomorrow evening. temperatures in the 40's. 42 degrees in doylestown. delran at 46. point pleasant beach at 47. fort washington at 44 degrees right the now. forty-eight in medford lakes. forty-five in drexel hill. you can see these rain reports on our live neighborhood network most ended up with half inch and a inch of rain from last night and this morning's system. future weather those that system continuing to move off shore but here we go that boundary lifts up to the the north and we have a wave of low pressure track ago long it. most of this off to the south but we can see a few showers

later tomorrow evening and tomorrow night working their way in to our region. then on thursday morning cloud giving way to afternoon sunshine as high pressure tries to build back in. so on the road you are good tonight, stray sprinkle, cloud and sun for your wednesday morning. just a few showers around, not a big deal but big travel as we head toward new years holiday weekend so just keep in mind. mainly cloudy, chilly at 44. showers by evening tomorrow increasing cloud and heading out to washing fire works on new years eve not too bad, 40 degrees, partly cloudy and cold in your seven day forecast does keep it cold for first weekend of the new year, lots of sunshine but seasonal with temperatures in the low to mid 40's. now back to you at the desk. new study may give more ground to grab another cup of coffee. researchers at university of georgia say drinking coffee can enhance your endurance when exercising. this study observed participants before and after working out and they found people who drink coffee had

more energy and were not as tired as people who didn't drink coffee. >> ground to grab another cup to get you there. still ahead on "eyewitness news", a diet like the stars. >> if you looker go to lose weight, insider takes a closer look at how top celebrities are had shredding the pound, up next.

you know, come january 1st, most people will be focused on doing one thing and who better to lose weight then our favorite hollywood stars. >> insider's debbie joins us from los angeles with more on that, hi there, debbie.

>> reporter: ukee and jessica, clearly it noise secret that celebrities are the biggest motivators when it comes to losing weight, right. tonight we will take you inside star diets that actually work. >> how do you keep booty looking beautiful. >> honestly, it is just like anything else, you have to to live right. eat right and work out. >> at 46 j lo is rocking a who had body thanks to her, celebrity trainers. >> she's in much better shape now then in her 20's. >> reporter: us weekly chief rebecca beanstalk takes us inside star trucks to lose weight, without feeling hungry. >> every morning, j lo drinks her protein shakes, and that is a big part of her die tote start right. >> reporter: chloe's hard work out with gunner peterson five times a week helped her shed 35-pound. the the 31 year-old letting us in on her secret weapon. >> get it all out, right. >> get it all out. >> reporter: also in us weekly on news stand thursday how

weight watchers jessica simpson went from this, to this. >> i was always, on new life stopping diet. >> jessica is into cooking her own meals in the kitchen. she makes egg whites, and love fish. >> running around with my kid, right. that is a diet in itself. >> isn't that the the truth. oprah is involved with weight watchers now as well. so you can never go wrong by counting points. ukee and jessica, back to you in the studio. >> good tips there, for more on this story a and other news from hollywood tune in the insider tonight the at 7:30 right the here on cbs three eat light, eat right, keep it thin. >> you should just give yourself a trademark. >> i will. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 pennsylvania's budget site, with a catch, education is still not coming through. >> unaudible. >> remembering heroes, camden

county police shoot the brilliant career and life have off the record setting, k-9 officer, kate? and the rain has moved out, for new but we have got a little more on the way before we finish out this month of december, i'll take you through new years forecast and looking ahead to some cold waiting in the wings for january. that is coming up at 6:00. well, just days away from 2016, cleve bryan shows us the family spots where you can celebrate the the new year in new jersey governor tom wolf takes action, he signs a budget but not without a big catch and this will a affect students in the state. governor wolf vetoed a 95 million-dollar cut to education. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in spring garden with more on the action

today and what it means for pennsylvania, greg. >> reporter: well, jessica it means that pennsylvania finally a has a signed state budget but for state schools and social services, the funding is coming in the form of emergency cash. >> i am going to exercise my constitution at right to line-item veto this redick rust exercise in budget futility. >> those are fighting word from pennsylvania governor tom wolf. >> this budget is doublely frustrating because we were so close to a reasonable one. >> reporter: announcing he is signing the state budget and releasing more than $23 billion in funding but wolf is line-item veto certain items, while releasing emergency funding for education and social services. >> i'm also letting funding go out to our human services agencies and to our counties but this is on a emergency basis only. >> we're excited, here. >> this money means so much to us. >> reporter: valerie bailey is director of finance and administration f