chopper three is flying through hazy skies over philadelphia, this morning. that was not as cold out there, some good news but changes are in the air. we're tracking the arrival have rain coming up, and some of have that rain could be heavy at times. good afternoon i'm erika von tiehl. i want to check with katie fehlinger outside on the die deck. katie, i will embrace the the 50's. i know we have rain too. >> absolutely always that

trade off that tend to come with mother nature but there is still some sun shining through these clouds that are beginning to thicken up, a sign of things to come. we have a warm front lifting in and in the name warm front, warm air and temperatures that have a chance to spike, very nicely. let start off with a check of storm scan three which at the local level is still nice, quiet. but things are brewing, off to our south in the form of the much larger system which as we zoom out one more time there it is, this is really starting to show nice organization. that storm clearly bringing nothing but plane rain but heavier rainfall intensity within it and it is all heading our way. it looks like it primarily gets here by tonight, i would give you the window have of eight or 9:00 p.m. building from south to north up until about midnight for everybody to start to see the the wet weather. some of this rain as we saw, evidence on storm scan will be heavier at time and leave behind as much as three-quarters of an inch across our area. a as we look forward at area temperatures here already at 50 degrees here at the airport and i can tell you i'm the one

that is the cold person in the room. i'm always freezing. it feels comfortable outside right now. not bad at all. for mid-january, we will take it, and as we look forward in the area forecast here, we are watching rains build in but weekend does not look bad at all. here's a sneak peak here. we're above average tomorrow, although temperatures do start to plunge, come sunday, and that is just the beginning, of the temperatures going on, downhill spiral. so we will talk about that more as the show goes on, erika. >> thanks very much. vice-president joe biden is heading to philadelphia later this afternoon. he is launching an effort to find a cure for cancer. he will kick off that initiative at the university of pennsylvania's abramson cancer center. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has more on the ambitious plan. >> for the the families, that we can still save, let's make america the the country that cures cancer once and for all what do you say, joe. >> reporter: vice-president joe biden is tasked with leading a nationwide initiative to end cancer. the it is a a very personal

mission. the vice-president, lost his own son, 46 year-old beau biden, to brain cancer last may but today the vice-president says that science is ready and doctors at the university of pennsylvania's abramson cancer center would agree. >> we're going to recognize at this time, when we look back, a area and time when things change. our expectations treating cancer from treating to it curing it. >> reporter: biden kicks off initiative with the round table discussion. he has met with 200 of the world's top cancer physicians and researchers. >> we have develop drugs, and here, and many other places across the the country that are beginning to show the way how we can accurate immune system in a safe way and very powerful way, a achieving what appears to be cures in some patients. >> reporter: biden wants to double rate of progress. he wants to make a decade's worth of advanceness five years. to do that the vice-president says he plans to increase

funding and resources, both private and public to fight cancer. >> how can we achieve cures in more and more patients because the time to do that is now. >> reporter: the vice-president is expected here at u penn right around 3:00 this afternoon. he will first tour the the school of medicine and the cancer center and then sit down to the round table discussion. his mission, to cure cancer, starts here in the university city. the at u penn , jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". that very important visit from our vice-president, our health reporter stephanie stahl will be at penn's abramson cancer center this afternoon. she will have live reports starting on "eyewitness news" at 5:00. eagles concluded their head coaching search and some of the eagles fans should know very well. sports reporter pat gallen and what a crazy couple weeks. >> it has been weird. >> absolutely. >> rough for fans. >> i think it is over. we hope. fingers crossed. it has not been an easy search for the philadelphia eagles but they have reportedly found their man. the it is not tom coughlin as we initially believed yesterday but instead it is a

former eagles player and coach and one owner jeffery lurie knows quite well. with the eagles reported hiring of chiefs offensive coordinator doug pederson there has been no shortage of opinion. last night i spoke with the voice of the eagles merrill reese and got his perspective on a man he knows very well. >> he is a quality guy and he is a guy who should be well qualified for this job. now, you never really know when a man makes a decision, to change, when he transitions from being a coordinator, or an andy reid's case from a quarterbacks coach to a head coach, you don't really know how it will work out. >> reporter: former eagles quarterback donovan mcnabb spoke with our leslie van arsdal and he didn't seem impressed. >> i am just happy for him. i don't know it is the right move. i hope it doesn't end the right way. just with doug i'm excited for his opportunity. >> reporter: les bow even of the daily news is the man who broke the story. he said while he wasn't eagles first choice he was not their

last. >> i think it is a little over blown to say that he is at very bottom of the bag and this is awful, terrible, but they clearly, you know, had designs on ben mca doo they spent a lot of time talking to tom coughlin this week. >> reporter: from all angles it appears peterson will be anti chip kelly, someone who will communicate much easier with his players and bosses. the that is something chip kelly struggled with during his time here. forty-eight year old pederson has no head coaching experience in college or pros but as merrill reese says you never know, just as we were unsure what andy reid was capable after when he pluck him from the green bay packers. the got news is pederson has been in charge of the chiefs offensive game plan since 2013 and they have won 11 games in a row are. we will see if that trans plates here. >> and playoffs, more than we can say. >> that is right it could happen, pat, thank you. a car crashes through a home in wilmington delaware injuring a driver and a resident. it happened on coalfax court

around 7:30 this morning. police say that the seven three-year old female resident was trapped underneath the car for 20 minutes before rescue crews could free her. she was rush to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. the 60 year-old driver suffered minor injuries, police cited her for reckless driving. now to chopper three over another serious crash, check this one out, it is in northeast philadelphia a it happened just after 10:00 on the southbound, roosevelt boulevard, at tyson avenue. two reek also collided near intersection causing one of them to flip on to its roof. that driver, was rushed to the hospital in an unknown condition, and the the cause of the crash is still under investigation. four people, including two children are injured after a fire rips through a section of the row home in burlington city, new jersey. twenty residents are also now displaced after several hems were damaged and two alarm fire. you can see the the heavy flames and smoke there from earlier this morning on the 300 block of st. mary street. the fire took crews about two

hours to contain, no word yet on the cause. a tennessee couple has finally come forward claiming they are one of the three winners of that record breaking power ball jackpot. john and lisa robinson went on national television this morning, and they showed us the ticket matching all numbers from wednesday's $1.6 billion drawing. the the the couple bought that ticket at macy's, a store near their house. they will reach out to state lottery officials later on today but first they took at vice of their attorney to go on national tv, put their faces out there and say it is our ticket. rough start to 2016 continues on wall street, stocks started the day down sharply because of plunging oil prices and discouraging economic news. the right now dow jones is down 425 points. we will have closing numbers for you today at 5:00. developing right now, active search is underway for 12 passengers on marine helicopters that collided in hawaii. crash happened late last night off the coast of hawaii.

authorities say that search crews spotted a debris field and a empty life raft but there is no word on any survivors. the two transport helicopters were based in the marine core air station on oahu. republican presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail after taking a break from another debate. the the event in south carolina turned into a slug fest between two leading candidates. correspondent craig boswell is in washington d.c. with the details. >> reporter: donald trump is fresh off what are calling his best debate performance yet. >> all of the different on line polls have me winning the debate buy a lot. i immediately look at that. i want to see how did i do. i check the polls. >> reporter: trump spent thursday night fox business debate taking on rival ted cruz an arguing ted a senator is not eligible to run for presidency because he was born in canada. >> there are other attorneys who feel, and very, very fine, constitutional attorneys, that feel that because he was born on the land, he cannot run for

office. >> reporter: cruz jumped back at trump's values. >> the values in new york city are socially liberal or pro abortion or pro gay marriage focus around money and the media. >> reporter: this is first time cruz and trump have openly attack each other in a debate. >> it the is such a shame when friend ships go back. >> reporter: cb. news political director john dickerson says cruz new york value statement was ham at one influential group of voters. >> he is talking to the evangelicals voting in iowa saying he is not one of you and that is quite effective to those kind of seed of doubt. >> reporter: one other candidate helped himself thursday night. >> we know you have good choices but no one running for president feels more passion about the american dream then do i. >> reporter: in a senator marco rubio is hoping to capitalized on his performance with five rally with is in new hampshire. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still ahead documentary series making a murderer is becoming a obsession for many

tv watchers. coming up a preview of doctor phil's two part series that uncovers new information. also, we will put all of our focus, all of our energy, all of our billions of dollars on the the bad guy and what happens, you get another death the next day. >> sean penn breaks down to cbs this morning charlie rose talking about his secret interview with mexican drug lord el chapo, up next, more on that interview and whether penn is scared for his life,

sean penn gets candid about his interview with notorious drug lord joachim el chapo guzman. meeting mexican authorities say helped lead to guzman's recapture. actor sat down with cbs anchor charlie rose in sunday's addition of 60 minutes. correspondent kenneth craig has a preview. >> there is this myth, about the visit that we made. >> reporter: sean penn tells 60 minutes charlie rose that he does not believe his october interview with joachim el chapo guzman led to the the drug lord's capture last week. >> as far as you know you had nothing to do and your visit had nothing to do with his capture or recapture. >> the mexican government, they were clearly very humiliated by the notion that someone found him before they did. well, nobody found him before they did. we're not smarter than the dea

or mexican intelligence. we had a contact, upon which we were able to facilitate an invitation. >> reporter: guzman escaped one of the mexico's maximum security prisons last july by crawling through a hole in the shower and in a mile long tunnel 30 feet underground. guzman is believed to be responsible for as much as 34,000 deaths. officials say that his cart tell is the number one supplier of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana to the united states. do you believe that the the mexican government released this in part, because they wanted to see you blamed and to put you at risk? >> yes. they wanted to encourage the the the cartel to put you in their cross hairs. >> yes. >> are you fearful for your life. >> no. >> reporter: penn says focus on his meeting with guzman and his recapture means his article, which was supposed to bring attention to the war on drugs, has failed. kenneth craig, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

you can catch charlie rose full interview with sean penn on 60 minutes, it airs this sunday at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. a retail giant is closing stores, wal-mart plans to shut down 269 stores, 154 of them will be in the united states. 10,000 american workers will be affected. most of the u.s. locations are the the smaller wal-mart express stores which were lodged in 2011 as a test program. the company sites increasing competition including on line rival amazon.com. we have also just learned that wal-mart says no stores in our area are closing. still ahead this noon, a power ball prank of epic proportions, a celebration started when a nurse got a call from her son that she hit the the power ball but it was a prank, can't imagine this, the story, the full story, coming up. i can't imagine, my goodness. well, folks we are tracking a storm system that will impact your commute depending when you are out there as we head

in the weekend we have heavy rain that heads our way. we will track it the for you on the the other side.

well, it just has to be one of the worst pranks you have heard of here. son calls his mom telling her that she won the $1.6 billion power ball jackpot, but was lying though. her work place, nursing home erupted in a big celebration that they got on video there. the son texted her a photo of what he said was the winning ticket. he admitted, even worse, he waited until she got home and saying i was just joking we didn't really win. as you can imagine, she was very, very upset, and we are quite sure that he will be ground are for remainder of the year and get cole next christmas. >> how old is he, you know in, what world is that okay. i'm not saying it is excusable the at all but ahh.

>> it makes me cringe just thinking about it. >> well this rain, you know, we have had nice temperatures. >> i got the to tell you it the feels comfortable outside right now. >> for to you say that. >> it is a big deal, yes. you still want to have your jacket but you you are not pulling your winter coat ever tighter when you walk out the door but i want to turn our focus first and foremost if we can to start to take you out to some video shot from the international space station of is what now tropical storm alex in this is out over opened waters of the atlantic, look at that well defined, you know, just circulation we have going on with the storm system fascinating stuff, as we take you now back out to the graphics where we are still tracking this storm system currently wind sustained at 70 e tropical storm is way out over middlesex of the atlantic. it is not a u.s. threat. there is expectation that it makes a left-hand turn potentially impacting greenland or atlantic, canada we will see how we do. we will go back, taking you

back on out the here to carbon county, back stateside where they are still making the know despite the fact that it is a little bit warmer outside right now and we do have some rain on the way but regardless of the big ski weekend here for the the martin luther king holiday. it does a appear that they will try to keep those bases nice and high in the all of the trails at yak frost, big boulder and rest of the ski resorts out there another live neighborhood network shot here we are starting to see cloud build in outside middletown high school high school a sign of things to come for our area the storm we have been discussing building north, nicely defined at this point and as it continues to lift in it is keeping us nice and mild for standard of mid-january but because it is so mild and cloud we will see build in here we will not see anything but plane old rain. a as we go through future weather 5:00 p.m. is sunset, more cloud building in and here comes the rain over spreading the delaware val which time throughout the overnight perhaps poconos, a little will snow mixed in but

doesn't look like we will had a chance to stick. it is gone, 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, we will be done. we will end up with sunshine before we are all said and done. how much are we talking? these are model projectses perhaps half inch plus worth of rain in some spots but then we're done and we see weekend not looking not that bad. temperatures will start to take a hit. and, still, we have a day at service. 30 degrees plus blustery conditions. won't feel better than teens by then. energy warmth while you have it. that is bottom line. >> yes. >> katie, thank you. in an exclusive interview with doctor phil we are hearing new details from the dates behind popular series making have of a murderer. major players in the trial involving murder conviction of steven avery are on the show to discuss the controversial case that captivated the nation. >> if you were face-to-face with avery right now today would you have anything to say to him? >> i would tell him he is

exactly where he belongs and he should be there as long as he lives. >> do you think the police did their job fairly, equitiably. >> absolutely, i have no reason to doubt the integrity of detective link or coburn. >> while many wisconsin officials along with sheriff peterson maintain avery is guilty, a number of others believe he is innocent. hundreds of thousands have signed petition toss free avery. doctor phil's two part series begins right here on cbs-3 followed by "eyewitness

brand new exhibit featuring penguins opened up at camden's adventure aquarium. katie, you had had a sneak peak of these cute little guys. >> they are precious. little blue penguins come from australia. they are smallest kind of penguin and visitors can get up and close and watch them move around and swim with their friends, right now, in fact, the the exhibit opens today and they are so precious. >> great names. >> cobbalt, indigo, and budd. >> your favorite. >> budd. >> that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm erika von tiehl. for katie and all have of us here thanks for watching. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we are always on line at cbs philly.com. >> the young and restless is up next. have a great weekend.

>> dr. dellafield: just run these down to the lab. and bring them back -- >> paul: dr. dellafield. we heard that billy abbott is breathing on his own. >> dylan: yeah. is that true? >> dr. dellafield: you know how this works, guys. if you got the update on billy's condition from his family, then i suggest you take any further inquiries to them. >> dylan: well, i am family. victoria's my sister. >> dr. dellafield: you should talk to victoria, then. i can't give you information on mr. abbott. >> paul: we are trying to solve a brutal hit-and-run, doctor. >> dr. dellafield: i'm trying to protect my patient's privacy, chief. >> dylan: okay, uh, doctor, can you just let us know when we can speak to billy? because if he can tell us -- >> dr. dellafield: look, we have no idea when he's gonna wake up, or what, if anything, he'll remember. >> victoria: [ sighs ] i'm not exactly sure how johnny got this back, but... i think you should have it for luck.