system you can see gathering strength, nasty thunderstorms right now over mississippi, and thinks lifting to the north and east quickly. remember yesterday we talk about that storm still sitting here dictating the flow and this one will really latch on to the the tail of the the last one and move through during the overnight hours, tonight and into tomorrow. so, a break tonight, and then tomorrow morning, yet another round of wet weather on the way. so far today .99 inches of rain just shy of an inch. i do think we will clock an inch before all is said and done. the this is most daily rainfall since september 19th, it has been over two months since we have gotten that kind of rain. tomorrow at 9:00 we will see it, creeping back in and more rain on the way what to expect for your wednesday now that we're through today? your wednesday features showers at times, possible thunderstorms, additional rain amounts of half inch to an inch and two round of it tomorrow as well. coming up i'll time out those commutes for your wednesday and cool down that follows the wet weather, after some near record temperatures tomorrow. yes, sir contact. >> we will see you, kate,

thanks very much. reward for information in the deadly hit and run of the eight year-old girl is growing, she was hit and killed in overbrook early this month. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in overbrook with the case and her mother's plea for justice. >> reporter: gentlemen, good evening. this is intersection behind me where eight year-old jayanna's powell's life came to a tragic event and there are two rewards to speak of, one from the fop for $15,000. that would come immediately after information was turned over, to police leading to an arrest. also the city now stepping up with a 10,000 will dollars reward of its own. philadelphia police officials embraced distraught jayanna powell's parents, eight year-old girl killed in the hit and run. >> i want to talk to the person who hit my daughter. >> reporter: struggling and holding back tears her mother, begged for the driver to surrender. >> it may have been an accident, i don't know. i just ask for you to turn

yourself in. i have to lay my baby to rest yesterday. the hardest thing in high life. >> reporter: jayanna was returning home from school hand and hand with her older brother november 18th when a silver nissan altima hit her at 63rd and lansdowne in overbrook. the driver, never stopped. >> the driver, your chance is now to come forward. >> reporter: visibly shaken police are now increasing public pressure, on the driver to turn him or herself in, captain patrick kelly says that the investigation is progressing, but the case is taking a toll on officers. >> i just don't necessity how this person, you know, how they are living with themselves. i wake up at 3:00 this is morning and wondering what did we miss on this case. >> reporter: in an unusual move fraternal order of police issued a $15,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >> bring them in today, paid today, let's give this family jayanna closure just come forward. now is your chance. give this family some closure.

one of the worst things anyone would have to live bias to bury their child. >> reporter: checked with my police sources a short time ago and they tell me stream of tips have come in, and, after this morning's news conference. but still no arrests yet in this case. we are live from overbrook, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". deadly shooting of the 14 year-old boy sent shock waves of grief, through a northeast philadelphia community, and police continue to look for the killer. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh joins us with the latest on this investigation, anita. >> reporter: ukee, it was supposed to be a simple walk to the corner store to pick up chips, soda but last night a 14 year-old boy lost his life after he was gunned down in the middle of a mayfair street. >> i'm seeing his mom cry, brother cry and he is like he never cry, he is one of the tough dudes that never cry. i'm seeing him crying. i feel the same type of way. >> reporter: grieving friend

and family have more questions then answers after someone shot and killed iain willsy monday night. >> he pulled me aside and said your friend east an got shot. i'm like, i just couldn't not believe it. >> reporter: police say iain and a friend were walking to a corner store to buy chips when two men approached them near 6200 block, and one shot iain three times in the chest and stomach. >> it is a possibility there was a attempt robbery but also a possibility that maybe there was a prior conflict between these two groups. we just don't know. >> reporter: fourteen year-old was able to run a few feet before collapsing, paramedics rushed him to aria torresdale hospital where he later died and now authorities are reviewing security footage and talking to eyewitnesses to track down the people responsible. >> i have a 14 year-old child so i cannot start to understand the pain that the mother and father are going through right now. only thing i can say to them is high guys will do the best they can to bring the kill tore just advertise, in person.

>> reporter: at this time in word on a motive. there is very limited information, available on this suspect. we to know one of them was wearing dark colored clothing, the other one was wearing a beanie. meantime philadelphia police are offering a $20,000 reward for any information, leading to an arrest, which is standard procedure, in a homicide investigation, here, and anyone with any information is asked to call the tip line. live, from police headquarters, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". former wal-mart truck driver pleaded guilty to the the charges in the deadly new jersey turnpike crash that injured comedian tracie morgan two years ago. terms of the plea agreement will allow kevin roper to avoid jail time if he performs community service and satisfies other conditions over next few years. james mcnair died in the june 2014 crash. morgan and three others were hurt. new at 6:00 tonight there is a fight over this home in delaware county. swarthmore boro council are considering a proposal to allow it to be used as a

temporary residents for cancer patients and caregivers but some neighbors don't want that. our natasha brown talk to both side in the battle. >> we're standing right now on the welcoming porch of our hopefully secondary house location. >> reporter: if all goes as planned chill will be welcoming out of town cancer patientness need of i place to stay during their care at the local hospitals. this seven bedroom home and 200 south chester road in swarthmore would serve as free housing for seven patients and a care giver. >> there is 195 families a month in search of housing that are forced to leave comforts of their own home and their support community, to come here and in an effort for life saving measures. >> reporter: cheryl runs the non-profit head strong foundation in memory of her son nick, who was 19 when he passed away with cancer a decade ago. swarthmore boro granted approval for the accommodations but concerned neighbors say not so fast, and have filed an appeal.

>> the whole arrangement doesn't sound well throughout out to me. >> reporter: john coldiron lives a few doors down from the home and worries about increased traffic and safety of those who would be staying in the house. >> additional traffic here won't be welcomed. we have nothing against cancer patients, but they should be in a safe place which is adequate for them. >> reporter: these neighbors are welcoming the home. >> many people are looking forward to volunteering here at the house, and welcoming it, as part of the community. >> we're hoping for a favorable ruling, up hold that decision, then we will begin to enhance the beautiful majestic the property that this is, to be able to welcome families in nick's name. >> reporter: boro council members say they cannot seek publicly about this matter just yet because it is still under appeal but they are expect to render their final ruling on december 5th. in swarthmore, natasha brown,

cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new jersey governor chris christie says work will begin immediately on a complete renovation of the state house in trenton. the governor says staff will be moved in other office space by july in order to accommodate these four year, 300 million-dollar project. he says that the current conditions of the state house is quote shameful and that the state house has not had a major upgrade since 1958. >> i have been urging this to be done for years but i'm not going to leave here without it being done to leave the state house in this condition is embarrassment to the people of the state, it impacts health and safety of the people who work here and visit the here. >> parts of that building date back to the 18th century. owner of atlantic city's former revel casino is taking his battle with new jersey's gaming board to court. glenn straub is suing state casino control commission to get out of having to obtain a casino license in order to operate his new resort. in the lawsuit straub argues

he doesn't need a full license, he claims he would only be a landlord renting space to a casino operator. straub had plans to open up new resort under the name ten sometime this spring. university of pennsylvania has extended contract of the president doctor amy gutman for an additional three years until june 2022. the extension will make doctor gutman longest serving president in penn's history. doctor gutman was chosen to lead the university in 2004. well to day is not the best day to take a stroll in philadelphia, but that didn't stop one very determined walker, why this 90 years young lady is on a crusade to walk across the country. plus a lesson in robotic watch as area student teacher robotics to draw a big design, creativity with compute their could one day help land them a job, don. no d in south philadelphia, what up with that. hear what fletcher cox is saying about a key penalty that cost the team big time, that story coming your way

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well, protesters take to the streets of philadelphia in the fight for a $15 minimum wage. >> unaudible.

>> demonstrators made their voices heard on thomas payne place in center sit in a call for action for wage increases and union rights. organizers say low wage workers walk off the jobs to participate in the protest in cities across the nation. ninety year-old woman walking from fort worth, texas to washington to raise awareness for special celebrations, made a stop in philadelphia today. "eyewitness news" caught up with miss lee in city hall as she's walking to get congress to sign into law a national day of observance for juneteenth, a celebration commemorating the abolition of slavery. >> forty-five states have it as a state holiday, and we think it ought to be a national holiday. so i thought it is already 90 years old, that i'm out there walking from texas to d.c., somebody would tell the president, and here i am invite me to come on over there. >> that is what i'm talking about. >> pennsylvania is 13th state on the miss lee's 1400-mile journey, she started to walk

september 1st, we will send her very best, great. lesson in problem solving for students at philadelphia charter school, they learned to control tiny robots. >> as meteorologist justin drabick shows us the students used math, computer programming skills to teach these robots to draw snow flakes. >> reporter: no two snow flakes are alike even when they are drawn by robots. today, students from the commonwealth chart's contacted hi participated in a unique hand on stem experience. >> we're trying to use computer to move from left to right, rotate, and make a snow flake. >> reporter: program used these robots to draw snow flakes based on the type of code that they wrote. >> it is kind of hard to do it because it would be exactly the same so you have to make sure that everybody understands it the. >> reporter: coding is used by computer programers, engineers, designers, but to take was used by middle and high school students to create the snow flakes. >> i bet engineers, all the time and they are like used to

it, and, and. >> reporter: robots were provided by bird brain technology they use pen to draw design, design determine by what code the student creates. every snow flake has its own unique structure. and it the is really great for students to use that creativity to say how do i see a snow flake, how do i come into this problem with my own approach and understanding of the program to make sure it works. >> reporter: to say they are learning stem skills now to help them after they graduate. >> i love seeing students connect to something that they are learning and figuring out, to help, and look at it and say i want to understand this. i want to solve this problem. then getting to the end and saying look what i just did. i just accomplished something that i could not do before. that is amazing. >> reporter: recent studies satisfaction learning about coding and computer programming in school is helping students have careers in science, technology, engineering and math the math tics, fields that are even more important for young girls

who are projected to hold only 20 percent of computing jobs by the year 2025. in the einstein health care science center, i'm meteorologist justin drabick. >> love seeing programs like that. >> awesome. >> go get them, girls. >> exactly. >> no snow flakes out there today but plenty of rain drops today. more to come unfortunately. we're not out of the woods just yet even though heaviest rain from earlier has shifted off shore, another storm, will move in tomorrow. it doesn't look to produce as heavy rain as what we saw today but it will bring another soggy day to the area, and also a new record day of temperatures heading toward 70 k outside right now, we have a ton of time to enjoy almost 70 l look like this. cloudy, damp, foggy, and just pretty gross outside. lots of puddles walking and need umbrella. out driving watch out for big puddles and pond areas on the road. good news there is a lull in

the action, worst has pushed off shore and now rain does not really resume in ernest, until mid-morning tomorrow. so that will allow things to dry out. that is why we are not concerned about much in the way of widespread flooding, it has been so dry and rain spread out over course of two days. so storm scan three shows what the situation is right now we are seeing showers moving out of the area, heaviest rain shifting off shore on storm scan three and in behind it a couple of showers still impacting the area there. they are light, spotty but you they are around. and we're seeing them all through the overnight hours, couple showers moving through. you can see here on center city camas well from the cbs-3 studios we have rain drops on the rooftop. if we can take you there you can see where showers are moving through portions of bucks, montgomery counties, chester county and these are moving out as well. even though there is a break in the action a secondary low will be moving through, tomorrow, and that will pre tuesday another round of rain. you can see a break, clear

skies, cross western pennsylvania and west virginia and here is our next storm though lifting to the north and east and will eventually get here again by mid to late morning tomorrow, when we expect another round, of scattered showers and some locally heavy downpours to move through. in the meantime it is mild at least 60 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-one in millville. dover 65 degrees right now. not that cold rain with temperatures in the 40's that we do see this time of the year. tonight expect those showers to continue through remainder of the evening, drying out for the most part overnight the but pockets of dense fog reduced visibility and slower than normal travel, the whole pattern, being driven by this parent storm over the great lakes and it is pulling in moisture from the gulf of mexico. that is causing the temperatures to rise and also, creating so much rainfall. so, clears out tonight, we will see some drying but then tomorrow you can see next round starts to move in by 10:00 a.m. we will see scattered showers some heavy. heavier rain to the north tomorrow afternoon and another round late tomorrow night at the actual cold front comes through, we can expect an

additional half inch to an inch of rain before all is said and done. overnight showers early, areas of fog, 54 degrees, very mild night. our low tonight is warmer then our average high for this time of the year, so for your wednesday, 68, that is only 5 degrees off record of 73, and then it gets much cooler after the rain, and sun returns thursday, nice day thursday, breezy, weekend is chilly but dry and just about how it should feel for early december. >> i'm with you on that. >> thanks, kate. >> sure. >> don's up next in sports. >> we are still talking about the bird, tough night for fletcher cox and eagles defense why the big defensive tackle is not a fan of the officials right now. plus temple owls prep for their battle with navy, why the game will be won or lost, on the ground, sports coming up next.

don, still breaking down last night's game with the eagles, all of the different pieces. >> sometimes they play a game guess the story. ukee has been trying to guess the breaking news. >> we will let you guess as well. >> we will get through it. eagles get defensive tackle fletcher cox a hundred million-dollar contract in the region. one of the best in the business. you have to pay the cost to be the boss. right now fletcher facing the wrath of the fans, cox threw a roughing the passer penalty in last night's loss to green bay. penalty kept that drive alive and the packers, scored a touchdowns. that is the third time this season that cox's penalty, a penalty by him extended a drive that resulted in a touchdown. it happened at detroit, washington, cox is not a fan of last night's call. >> it is a clean hit. i will not say anything, it the is really hard to stop 300-. i wrapped my hand around his

shoulder, you know. >> we got to be careful. we have to be smart about, you know how we hit quarterbacks because at the same time i want our defensive line to hit quarterbacks. >> um-hmm. >> wide out jordan matthews is day to day after suffering a sprained ankle with the packers. he was having a great game before he got hurt on the side line on that play right there. eagles lay at three-seven-one cincinnati on sunday. flyers hosting the bruins in an hour, finally of the three game home stan, steve mason is back in net, highlights at 11:00. temple owls will travel to a unless to play navy saturday in the a ac title game. mid ship men are cruising. they just scored 75 points against smu, their offence is rang 11th in the nation, their rushing attack is second with 342 yards per game. slowing them down is going to be a huge test. >> it is a different an hall.

this is on the road, physical, tough hard thosed team and last two times we laid we have in the played up to the level that i'm proud of. obviously, it is our job to go out there not about our offence and defense but we have to play the way we are capable of playing. now the breaking news portion of the program, james franklin head coach penn state now the big ten coach of the year. >> how about that. >> i was close. >> you were hot. >> yes, very good. >> coach of the year. >> how about that. >> not long ago people, um-hmm. >> earlier in the the season people wanted him gone. >> thanks, appreciate it. as we continue tonight why hundreds of philadelphia school students were treated to a hot dog

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student at school were treated to a hot dog party for efforts to help komen philadelphia find a cure for breast cancer. the last month they collect $7,000 during fund raisers in their schools. and our meisha johnson hosted event at school district headquarters in spring garden, so congratulations, hope you enjoyed your grill celebration. >> they did. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we are back at ten on the cw philly and back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news". scott pelley is off.

here's nora o'donnell in new york. take care family, we will see >> o'donnell: a race against the flames. >> go, go, go, go! >> o'donnell: wildfires turn deadly in the great smoky mointins. thousands run, hotel hotels ands burn. >> this is a fire for the history books. >> o'donnell: also tonight-- ( cheers ) a soccer team's cinderella story ends in tragedy. dozens were killed when thijet went down, but there were survivors. donald trump makes more cabinet picks, including the man who intends to blow up obamacare. and why would they put a mop bucket in a museum? >> the proverbial drop in the bucket to do it once, but when you do it 17 million times, it really has a