placed a home hade bomb in front of the home at 18th and pine street on sunday, november 20th. the scene, one of the horror after 60 year-old jim alden opened what he likely thought was a prescription instead a bomb exploded in his face sending him to the hospital for multiple surgeries. police told "eyewitness news" that they believe their person of interest is asian, possibly a male or fee hail, late teens to late 20's. they showed the images to jim alden but say he does not the recognize the person or does not know what the motive could possibly be. still package was tropical off, and specifically addressed to alden, again, police said several times, that this was a targeted attack. >> this package was addressed to the victim. the device within that package was designed to be activated when the victim opened the package. it is still our belief with the evidence we have in front of us to take that this particular victim was targeted, and it was not a

random act of violence but a targeted act of violence. >> reporter: atf special agent in sign sam rapati it says he has been on the job for 16 years and they ever seen a bomb like this, specific bomb like this, homemade tea rise. we will delve into that at 6:00. also if you have any information, authorities are giving a reward up to $10,000 for any information, leading to the arrest and conviction of the the suspect in this case. reporting live from olde city, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". another big case we have been following, tonight in overbrook, a community is reacting to the arrest charged in the deadly hit and run of the eight year-old girl. police say suspect only lived about a few blocks from the scene of the crime, but they found the car in chester county. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live with all of the details, anita? >> reporter: well, nicole we have stopped by an address listed for paul woodlyn on the 200 black of marlon avenue in

overbrook, no family members came to the door but that is a mile way from the hit/run scene on 63rd and lansdowne avenue. now thanks to this arrest the powell family may now get some closure after losing their eight year-old daughter jayanna for nearly two weeks they marched... they pleaded. >> to you have a heart, if you have a mine, a soul, just turn yourself in. >> reporter: now there may be justice for jayanna, eight year-old girl killed pie a hit and run driver in overbrook on november 18th. >> that was horrible what he did, irresponsible, callus. he had in regard for human life. >> reporter: johnny at kin on lived a few doors down from 24 year-old paul woodlyn, suspected driver of the silver nissan altima police say was involve in the hit and run. >> i saw him and car. >> reporter: even him driving it before. >> i seen him driving it before. >> reporter: on wednesday philadelphia police got a call from a and p body shop in frazier nearly 30 miles away

from the accident scene after someone trooped off silver nissan altima with extensive trent end damage. >> we went up there and able to match up some of the auto parts to that particular car and it is absolutely the car. >> reporter: now neighbors say if guilty woodlyn should face hose strict punishment under the law. >> he should be punish, really punished for this, seriously, not the a slap on the wrist where he gets five years, you understand? he should go away for a while. this little girl lost her life and he didn't even bother to stop. >> reporter: police say woodlyn is known to them. he has been arrested before, he is being held on $500,000, cash bail, and facing several charges, including homicide, by vehicle, and coming up at 6:00 i'll tell you shore about how neighbors are responding to this tragedy and changes they are dehanding. live from police headquarters, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a 14 year-old boy is

charging shoot to go death his mother and eight year-old brother near pittsburgh. police say teenager shot his mother and little brother as they slept wednesday morning and then called 911. he initially blamed the shooting on his father who was at work. police say teenager later confessed to the crimes. >> i know that is a question that is very difficult to wonder why you would shoot your mother and shoot your eight year-old brother? the only real conclusion that we could draw from some of our investigation was he just had a difference with his parents when it came to just maybe not getting a long with them that well. >> reporter: police say teenager also said he would have shot his father as well, had he been home. death of the two-year old boy in kensington is being investigated as a homicide that may have involved child abuse. officers found syair worrell unresponsive on the 600 block have of clementine street tuesday night. toddler later died at saint christopher hospital. police say child had injuries

to his ribs, liver and tested positive for thc, the chemical found in cannabis. we are learning new details this is deadly pursuit last night, speeding car crashed into several vehicles, killing a woman. cleve bryan is live in southwest detective with more on how this deadly crash unfolded, cleve. >> reporter: nicole, two brothers arrested after a shooting, but police say there is no cause for celebration today. >> absolute worst possibility, in terms of the the scenario for us. >> reporter: police chase that ended wednesday night with the death of an innocent bystander. >> woman died, tragically, and that is what we have to, and, that is person that tied, just before the holidays. >> reporter: just after 7:00 p.m., officers near forty-eighth and west minister reported hearing gunshots. >> they see a male who is running into a car, obviously they respond to that, and they start to chase that vehicle.

>> reporter: car wouldn't stop, until finally it crashed into several cars in the intersection of 52nd and locust. police arrested two men and recovered a gun but inside one of the damaged reek also was five five-year old car will ol eison from lebanon who died at the hospital from her injuries. family did not want to appear on camera live less than two blocks from the crime scene. >> i'm so sad about that because it shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: commissioner ross say pursuing a shooting suspect initiates the standard for a police chase. indication that officers had proper supervision and provided regular communication but ross say officers still face questions. >> there is a lot of things that involve discretion in these cases, so these are things that we want to look at. we want to listen to police radio tapes which will be obviously pulled to see whether or in the the there was talk have conditions, speed, and things like that. >> reporter: police say that the the two brothers will face several charges, including vehicular homicide, and they

have also been able to identify the person that was shot in the initial call, and they say that his injuries are not life threatening. at southwest detectives, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you. lets talk about the weather. finally rain has moved out making way for a nice night for holiday fun. meteorologist kate bilo joins us now in the festive rittenhouse square with the first look at your forecast, hi, kate. >> reporter: ukee, it does feel like winter. we have lots of lights at rittenhouse square but rittenhouse square christmas tree is getting lit tonight. we will bring it to you here and it is just a beautiful night for it. this was supposed to happen tuesday night, as we know, weather past couple taste has not been conclusive to any outdoor activities and in the tree lighting. tonight a whole lot different, you may want to pack the scarves, gloves and whole nine coming down here tonight. lets look at how it is feeling now that the sunnies down, temperatures dropping as well, we are seeing temperatures in the 40's in many locations

already. forty-six in allentown. forty-five in reading. fifty-one in philadelphia at the airport and 52 degrees in atlantic city. the pretty seasonal day, breezy, colder. if you are head down tonight you still have time in the city to come down to rittenhouse square and watch this christmas tree light up, 48 degrees, the expected temperature, when the tree is lit and that is happening within the half an hour. it will be brisk, it will be chilly, but definitely a nice night, santa's here we have philly pops on hand, we have mummers on hand as well and there is a lot of holiday spirit here in the square tonight. feeling fantastic. this is kind of weather he you want for a evening like this. coming up we will show thaw tree lighting and we will have your full forecast, it is first weekend of december not too many shopping weekend left before the holidays and i'll tell what you to expect if you have any plans get outside this weekend. for now back to you. >> count down's on. >> kate is putting pressure on good yes, she is. >> thanks kate. students at southwest leadership academy charter

school had a chance to meet an olympic gold medal win they're afternoon. >> u.s. medalist steve, joined in the third grade classroom as part of his organization classroom champion. he and other college athletes are teaching students at charter school the importance of chasing your dreams and succeeding. >> student athletes are trying to teach these kids that if they it the a goal, follow earn steps, they can achieve it f they persevere through problem not necessarily on the field. we are not teaching kid to be bold but how to be successful in school and successful in life. >> his organization has been working with the athletes from the university of pennsylvania, he said he wants to make sure that the opportunities know that there are many people who care about their success. well, coming up on "eyewitness news", trapped, see what happened when police officers respond to the scene of the fiery crash, and a man is trapped inside. the obstacles that they face in addition to the flames, next. do you trust, auto

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a dramatic rescue at six police officers, saved a man from the burning reek will after a crash, just before thanksgiving. >> get them out, pull them away, go, come on. >> everybody getaway from the car. >> police, dash cam footage captured officers saving driver in connecticut. driver's legs were trapped underneath steering wheel after the door was jammed shut. amazingly that driver was released from the hospital the following morning with minor injuries. well, a tense standoff at a florida bank end with the safe removal of 11 hostages and suspect bank robber now in custody. this all unfolded just after 9:00 at community first credit

union in jacksonville. authorities say that the suspect was armed but it ended safely, police say thanks to the actions of two brave people inside of that bank. >> two people were hiding inside the bank unknown to the hostage taker, those two people, took an opportunity to flee the bank. when they did that it the distract the hostage taker and at that point swat team took the opportunity to make entry to the bank. >> none of the hostages were hurt, police have yet to release name of the alleged bank robbery suspect. well, for some drivers it is hard to find mechanic you like, in fact, new survey from triple a says most drivers do not trust auto mechanic. correspondent chris martinez find out why and how to seek out ones you can count on. >> reporter: nick wagner spends a lot of time, and money, upgrading his ride. >> it is a ford racing tune that has been kind of, recalibrated. >> reporter: he doesn't repairs to just anyone.

>> it is usually by referral and he is when i meet them i have to see fist like their vibe, which i kind of feel them out and make sure they are not, you know, nothing shady is going on. >> reporter: for many drivers finding a trusted mechanic is tricky, new survey find two out of the three drivers don't trust auto repair shops in general. among those is your raid 76 percent believe that repair shops recommend unnecessary services, and 73 percent believe that mechanics over charge for work. many drivers also worry that the work won't be done correctly. >> on the other hand, the study also found majority of the drivers had found a trusted mechanic. so even though in general they dent trust repair services or repair shops, they did find a trusted-i can. >> reporter: triple a's survey found age is a factor in whether drivers trust repair shops, older drivers are shore testing then younger drivers. >> old are drivers had more experience with repair and they have been taking vehicle tolls repair shops, then

younger drivers have. >> reporter: triple a suggest doing research and asking for recommendations for family ape friend before committing to a repair shop. >> i have a lot of friend calling and saying, is this a good price or is this necessary. >> reporter: a quick call like that could save you time, and money. the chris martinez for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, lets go back outside to a nice night, very nice night for a tree lighting. >> meteorologist kate bilo is live in rittenhouse square where it is looking festive and feeling like winter, is that right, kate. >> it is feeling like winter, guys, definitely has that chill in the air and i will be about to put gloves on.at it is not that cold out but when you are out for decent amount of time you will feel the chill. who will take spirit here will warm you up. they are giving out free hats, hot cocoa, we are lighting up the tree here in rittenhouse square and we have also got the a lot of musical guest is here performing tonight, and i have here with me three lovely ladies just up on stage, performing at tonight's tree lighting. this is mar an a, and kayla.

where are you from? where do you perform. >> we're from the film company located on 20th and south street, we're a youth and teen theater company for ages four to 18. >> that is fantastic. this is your first time here or he can time here. >> second. >> you guys have fun up on stage. >> yes. >> all right. taking a round for the tree lighting. >> yes. >> these ladies will sing a to bars of the song they just sang up on the stage, i think you'll recognize it, go ahead. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> they will take us to weather with this serenade, thank you so much, ladies, that was beautiful. how could you not be in the mood, holiday spirit after hearing that. that was fantastic.

let's go into weather now and it is starting to feel like december, outside. we have clear skies, we have cleared out rain from yesterday, it has been a very wet stretch, the past couple days but you can see on storm scan three nothing right now. talk about a wet stretch. the city of allentown in particular has gotten hammered with rain over past couple of days, 4.46 inches have rain in allentown in the past five days, and that was one of the areas that was in the drought so they needed rain but it has been a very wet stretch. 51 degrees in philadelphia. forty-six in aforementioned allentown, 52 in atlantic city. lets look at the what is ahead over next couple days, pretty seasonal stretch for december. you can see cold air lurking to the north and west and more cold air will be moving in for tomorrow. tomorrow is colder then today. the high only 50 degrees. for saturday, sunny, brings being with highs only in the 40's and then clouds will increase a little bit heading into sunday, sunday will be down right chilly, but still

blustery, highs again only in the upper 40's. this is what december is supposed to feel like, no snow in the forecast just yet but we do have a good deal of sunshine, albeit chilly temperatures. tonight mainly clear with the cool breeze, i can attest to that right now chilly breeze outside, 38 degrees our overnight low. taking new to friday mostly sunny, breezy, cool high of 50, that is seasonal believe it or not for this time of the year. you're witness weather three day forecast sunny seasonal stretch. problem is win, it will be blustery friday, saturday and even into sunday. that will make it feel colder, then the thermometer indicates. coming up we will have your full seven day forecast and then again, this tree is ready to be lit. we have a huge crowd, we will try to bring it to you live here on cbs-3 so make sure to stick around for. that we will send it back to you in the studio. >> can't wait i'm pumped. >> you could not tell but that trio you showcased, actually became a quarter death in the studio. >> ukee harmoniesing. >> i went back to the red blazer days. >> i love it.

>> thanks, appreciate it. on line shopping be bad for your health. >> i hope not. >> well, we will tell you why the pain could hit more than your wallet, and ways you can avoid it. hi, don. >> eagles tightened tray burton loves football and loves being a father, what it means to juggle both in the nfl a story you don't want to mi

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get ready for another recount this time philadelphia will count votes again from last month's election. new on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 why they are taking a closer look at ballots and recount request, that was, rejected. and from what we understand the nfl has a little something in common with our ukee washington, am i right? what? >> am i setting this upright. >> what, i don't know. >> just read the copy, you'll see what i mean. >> athletic. >> is that it. >> nope, nope. >> been around a long time, i'm old too. >> i know where she's going

with this. >> are you with me now. >> o, okay. >> here on sunday you will see nfl ads on tv, their slogan is, football is family. >> thanks. >> now, that may be true in the locker room but off the field balancing football and your real family, can be a challenge, leslie van arsdal sits down with eagles tightened, tray burton. >> balancing football and family can be a challenge for any nfl father just ask tray burton who is tackling the task of parenting two toddlers at home with the third on the way. >> this one was born in the middle of the season and that one was born 15 minutes before game time. thinks an off suit i change. >> reporter: to cope with tray's travel and work schedule they have toddlers and touchdowns. she also writes for a web site that helps, pro athletes. >> on a daily basis all moms around the nfl wife or

anybody, you know, working moms, stay at home moms we can all relate to, you know, bills, and crazy things that are going on. >> reporter: when crazy things happen in the burton household who is the disciplinarian? >> really. >> yes, yes. >> i'm with them all day, they don't care what i say half the time. >> changing diapers. >> from day one. >> do i change your diaper? >> do i change you. >> no. >> and the kid already know dad has a pretty cool job. >> do you think daddy's job is cool. >> yes. >> catch the ball. >> to see tray with his kid, one thing is clear, he was born, to be a dad. >> i grew up without a dad. i have always wanted to have kid and i wanted to have them at a young age, i think we work really well together. she definitely is unbelievable when i'm gone. >> reporter: whether home or away, being involved with his own children, his own family,

that is what comes first. >> i was young, i was like man, i want to have kids, i want to have a lot of kids, i want to to it the right way and make up for what i didn't have growing up in life. >> reporter: if you look closely you see word that mean everything to the burtons: safe, family, football a motto they live by and reminder of what is truly important. leslie van arsdal, "eyewitness sports". >> leslie, thank you. >> family. >> tray and family. >> great family. >> that was good. >> really good. >> they are so cute, i love it. >> probably ready for holidays. let's celebrate more. we will go back out, to kate, and rittenhouse square. look, santa's in the house there the on the right, some of the mummers are there as well. >> will you all join in with me are you ready. here we go, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three,

two, one. >> happy holidays. >> there it is, the official lighting at rittenhouse square. holiday entertainment big time in fully affect. looking from chopper three, very nice. >> 30-foot holiday tree, kicking off shopping season might i add in rittenhouse. >> yes. >> lots of people getting their cocoa, getting peanuts, it is that time of the year family, it that is time of the year. >> this is every single year because it is such a nice tradition put on by rittenhouse square, friends of rittenhouse square and our own kate bilo there part of the ceremony, flipping the switch with the big guy himself. >> almost 5,000 lights on that tree, shimmer right now in the nighttime sky we will continue with "eyewitness news", president-elect and donald trump's victory tour on the

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president-elect donald trump's thank you tour begins with the big win, mr. trump visits indiana plan where he negotiated a deal to save hundreds of american jobs from going to mexico. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30. good evening everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer for jessica dean. president-elect trump visited carrier plant and delivered a message to other american companies thinking of moving jobs outside of this country. president-elect donald trump got a tour of the factory where he brokered a deal to keep 1,000 jobs in america. then he rallied with some of the workers around the plant. >> companies are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. >> reporter: according to fortune mr. trump personally called greg heyes, ceo of

carrier's parent company united technologies and promised corporate tax free reductions which will dwarf 65 million a year company would have saved from out source go to mexico. carrier announced they will were closing the plant, in february. >> to mexico. >> boo. >> mr. trump often talk about carrier, in his campaign speeches, and pledged to make it harder for the company to leave if he became president. >> he stood up for us. you know, from the get go. nobody else would. he stood up for us. he had made good on his promise. >> reporter: for workers and family the announcement is a big relief. >> it is an exciting move. i mean just last week we were still sitting down thinking where are we go to go go. >> reporter: it is not all good news, while a thousand jobs will be saved, not everyone will be kept on. >> now it is just coils and furnaces, the coils are going, and that is going to mexico. >> reporter: hundreds of jobs are still expected to be out sourced. president-elect trump is on his way to ohio for a rally in

cincinnati, it is first stop of his thank you tour that will also make stops in iowa and michigan next week. meantime recount of the presidential election results got underway in wisconsin today. donald trump defeated hillary clinton by less than a percentage point, recount was requested by green party candidate jill stein. she believes cyber hackers may have tampered with the vote. stein is also requesting recounts in pennsylvania, and in michigan. we are now getting an aerial look of aftermath of the wild fires near gatlinburg, tennessee thanks to drone video. fire torched hundreds of homes and businesses near great smokey mountains. crews say they are headaching significant progress in their search for survivors in the ruble. authorities have set up a hot line for people to report missing friends and relatives. seven people were killed in the fires, including alex haveler, her son spoke about her final moments. >> last phone call she made to her brother was the fact that she was really scared, frantic

because the house was on fire at the that point. during that conversation my brother, lost communication with her. >> authorities say that the fires were likely caused by humans. as brazil and columbia grief for victims of the flight 2933, new clues are emerging about what might have brought the plane down. an audio recording between pilot and air traffic control points to the total failure of both electricity, and fuel, and today more than 22,000 people gathered to pay tribute to the soccer players and others who died in the crash. the aircraft carrying the team crashed near columbia on tuesday, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. crowds lined the streets in santa clara, cuba today to witness the flag draped casket of fidel castro. glass covered ashes are retracing in reverse the path castro and rebels traveled during their march towards havana on january 1st, 1959. many waved flags and shouted long hey he live. the castro's ashes will be

laid to rest sunday in santiago ending a nine day mourning period. well, some local area high will school students signed up for a trip to visit cuba but what came next was a moment in history, that they never could have expected. cbs-3's greg argos has that story. >> reporter: for 37 high school students from springfield chester county. >> we applied nine months ago. it hits me that we were going to cuba until i was on the plane. >> reporter: their ten day trip to cuba was supposed to simply cap off a year of studying, the cuban people and their culture. >> we learned about cuba's history, we learned about the food, music. >> it was amazing. >> reporter: by picking coffee beans, and speaking with the locals, the first seven days were exciting, but uneventful but then fidel castro died. >> did you hear of the news? i said, no, what news. >> reporter: after learning the news from a neighbor, they

then told the students. >> we spoke to the kids about being respectful of the time and doing a lot of observing. >> reporter: there was concern at first. >> there was a moment of uncertainty because we're american. we're not really, we don't feel welcomed when fidel's name is brought up. >> i thought there would be protests or marches or something but there really wasn't. >> reporter: instead the country went into a period of mourning. >> every night in cuba there is music on every street corner. >> reporter: that music and dancing gone. >> it was just solemn, respectful, and how i feel that the death of any major figure should be treated. >> reporter: the students on this once in a lifetime trip became first hand witnesses to world history. >> the fact that i was in cuba when fidel died, i will remember that forever. >> i will never forget cuba in general but especially after the day fidel castro died. >> reporter: in chestnut hill, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". city of philadelphia is remembering a former mayor,

the portrait of james tait was unveiled at municipal services building to day. building was construct during his first term as mayor in the early 1960's. mayor tait is credited with spearheading the passage of the cities anti discrimination laws. and still to come, on "eyewitness news" tonight, the pain of on line shopping. >> why your wallet isn't the only thing hurting, how experts say, you can get some relief. and nestle is using science to cut sugar and keep your chocolate sweet, we will tell you how they are doing it, when we come right back. our weather team is working hard on your forecast. >> meteorologist lauren casey has what you can expect this weekend. >> after a warm end to the month of november, our first weekend in december will be on the chillier side with temperatures closer to average, a passing rain, snow shower in the poconos as we look ahead to saturday, high temperature both the days in the upper 30's, down the shore, lot of sunshine to kick off the weekend but increasing clouds as we head into sunday.

high temperatures in the upper 40's. similar conditions in the the city. brisk day on sunday, blustery on sunday. both days highs in the u

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on a special holiday addition of the doctors this morning right here on cbs-3, one letter to santa caught the attention of the philadelphia philanthropist. doctor travis stork surprised a young by named francisco with a $5,000 scholarship for college, thanks to the cal and lucy rudman's foundation. they heard about his gifts to go to a friend in need. scholarship money will get toward francisco's dream of becoming a scientists when he grows up. inch done a great job over the years.

nestle will cut amount of sugar in its chocolate by 40 percent. >> swiss based candy maker say researchers found a way to make sugar taste sweeter in smaller amounts. trick is to hallow out sugar crystals. the world's largest food producer nestle is looking to patent the new technology. they plan to introduce reduced sugar products in 2018. >> um-hmm. >> i like semi sweet chocolate, i think i can get on board with that. >> yes. >> never mind. i'm sorry. >> coming up after the short break, air lifted ok! impaciente! manolo! you're so cold, come in! what's wrong? take off your hat! no hey...it's, it's dry... your scalp? mine gets dry in the winter too. try head and shoulders' dry scalp care it nourishes the scalp 3 surface layers deep to help... ...prevent dryness

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and lift off, we have lift off of the 65th progress resupply vehicle beginning a two day journey to the international the space station. >> a big delivery, it is on the the way for astronauts at the international space station. an unmanned russian cargo rocket lifted off from russia at 8:51 a.m. local time carrying 2.5 metric tons of fuel, water, food and other supplies. the rocket will arrive at the iss on sat take. well, buzz aldrop second man to walk on the moon has fallen hill while visiting south pole. this is new video of the legendary astronaut arriving

at a new seal land hospital. the 86 year-old was air lifted there from antarctica for treatment of the unspecified medical issue. became second man to walk on the moon in 1969 as port of the apollo 11 mission. hopefully you didn't do too much damage to your wallet on black friday and uber monday but what about your risk, all that on line shopping can cause a painful condition. health reporter stephanie stahl explains problem, and has solutions, from the experts. >> reporter: americans set a record this week, monday was the biggest on line shopping day. in november, americans spent almost $40 billion, on line shopping. all that clicking and typing can come with another cost. >> patients are getting a wakened in the middle of the night and their hand is tingling feels funny and they shake their hand. >> reporter: doctors say carpal tunnel syndrome can flare up if you are not using the computer properly. carpal tunnel is a narrow

passageway, over use or misuse can cause swelling, that narrows the tunnel and pinches your nerve. >> it is a path down lower where you you are more like this, it is better position then if you are typing like that. >> reporter: keyboard should be at or slight thely lower than your elbows. use a pad to help keep your writes level and straight, or a vertical mask takes pressure off the wrist instead of gripping. doctors say if you have already lost strength in your hand or have consistent tingling or numbness is there other solutions. >> a simple splint like this keeps people from hyper flexing their wrist at night after they go to sleep f they are suffering from early carpal tunnel syndromes it keeps their wrist straight. >> reporter: or treatments are steroid injections, or anti-inflammatory medications, extreme cases may require a 20 minute outpatient procedure to relieve the pressure that will stop nerve damage from getting worse. but, can't prevent damage that

has already been done. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a lot of people suffer with that problem. >> yes. >> festive night in rittenhouse square which is all lit up for the holidays. >> it looks beautiful. our kate bilo helped do the honors and that looks like a fun night out there, kate. >> it ace great night out here, guys. feels fantastic. it is crisp, cold, perfect december weather. you can see tree behind me is all lit up, thousands of lights, on that tree tonight, and we had a huge crowd out here helping us count down. we had santa. you may hear behind me the philly pops, our friends at philly pops are partners in the toys drive that we are doing. this is also a toy drop location accounts where you can bring new unwrapped toy down not too late and hear them in the background. a lot of folks are enjoying and stuck around, you have the the option to go take a photo with santa and stick around listening to the philly pops festival, brass group and they sound amazing tonight so they

have stayed. lets look at the weather. the it is a pretty beautiful night at rittenhouse. we have leaves on the ground, cool breeze but feels good. storm scan three is pretty clear right now as we widen out you can see a few clouds. clouds took over late this afternoon, but they will be out of here by tomorrow morning and we've got clear skies but you can tell how cold it is because we have got cold wind over great lakes and you can see snow showers, lake effect snow showers outside. we did get some beneficial rainfall in the past couple of days, 1.78 inches was our official storm total in philadelphia that brings our deficit from six and a half or so inches back to five and a half or so inches which is great news for us here in philadelphia it is chilly outside but not too cold. fifty-one at the airport. forty-five in reading. forty-six in lancaster. 52 degrees in atlantic city. here's what to expect moving forward as we finish out the week, and first days of december, it looks pretty good over the next 24 to 36 hours, and it is brisk, chilly this evening, so if you are out here tonight i can tell you brisk and chilly, sums it up

overnight clearing and colder, and then in the morning it will feel like the lower 30's with the gusty breeze that you need to throw on the layers, when you send the kids out to the bus stop or if you head out to work tomorrow morning. 38 degrees will be our overnight low but tomorrow morning feeling more like around freezing, and tomorrow's high chilly 50 but that is seasonal, it is december now, we have got to get used to it, mostly sunny, breezy, cool, wind are out of the west at 15 miles an hour. you're witt the necessary weather seven day forecast pretty seasonal sunny stretch, we have temperatures right around 50 degrees, a few more clouds building in sunday and then monday a chance for a stray sprinkle early, tuesday a shower chance, and them we will have a chance for showers on wednesday, it does look like a pretty significant cool down waits in the wings, that starts thursday into friday of next week, we could have a couple days there late next week where temperatures don't make it past the 30's but in the meantime things are fantastic and what a beautiful night it is. i'm joined by two small friend here, this is audry and gavin.

they come down here every year to see the rittenhouse square tree be lit. are you guys excited about christmas? >> yes. >> yes. >> did you see santa. >> yes. >> are you going to see him and tell him what you want for christmas this year. >> yes. >> now how many lights do you think are on that tree if you had to guess. >> 850-hundred. >> how many. >> forty-five. >> all right. i think you might be closer but you guys are both the right track. to you like the band they are playing great music tonight, right. >> yeah. >> all right. thank you so much for being here. these guys are loving it. the kid have been loving it. santa's mobbed and thanks again to the philly pops for being here tonight as well. we will bring you more live at 6:00 for now back to you in the the studio. >> now that is something. >> that is good. >> we need to necessity how many lights are on that thing, kate. >> 5,000. >> not 5500. >> no. >> that is what she said. >> i know she did. >> beginning to look like christmas all over the philadelphia area.

tori is in south philadelphia where it the is all lit up for the holidays, hi there, tori. >> hi, you guys, merry christmas everyone. say merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> santa's here we are live on east passyunk avenue as we are kicking off holidays corks not miss all of the fun that happened early and all of the fun we have, say hello, everyone.

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it includes the ever popular hummers, the homes are some of the best preserved examples of early american architecture, house tours are available through end of the month and on select weekends. homes will showcase music, food from philly groups and businesses. find a whole list of activities on our web site at cbs philly.com. another philadelphia community is shining approximately this holiday season. >> our vittoria woodill is live at east passyunk where they both flipped the switch to light up the singing fountain tree, is that right, tori. >> that is right, take a look, happy holidays at the fountain. we are live, in east passyunk and let me tell you the energy here is filled with the spirit of christmas, take a look, santa's lap is completely full. he definitely has his, he definitely has his work cut out for him it this. it is incredible, what we have been seeing and display of christmas cheer out today. the music we are hearing in the background is the band home from the andrew jackson

school, and there are a student band and as you can hear and see everyone in the community has come out it this. early though we have to see that tree being lit, take a look, santa waved his magic wand and there you go. christmas was then upon us. and at that moment, everyone stood at the steps just where fountain was and wished everyone in the square a very, very, merry christmas. just before that, we sung some a hazing songs by amazing singer from the album at academy and councilman mark squilla spoke and we saw a few sponsors of the event here as well, wishing everyone some cheer. but i think today was really about the kids. every single child here has a smile on their face. it is absolutely incredible to see how they are excited for the season just as all of the adults. absolutely incredible, as you can see here, nobody wants to

leave santa's side. i do want to interest tuesday everyone to pam benzola you have put together among so much work among other businesses that have come together, but what makes this bigger and better every year. >> bigger and better is the community is getting stronger and stronger. everyone, this is one of the best neighborhood in the city and it is because of the events like this. >> reporter: if everyone hands in the community. >> yes. >> reporter: putting their hands into make it great. >> making it great. we have local schools, we have alphabet academy for the little children and all of thetive rent communities and groups copping together and that makes this the best event around. >> reporter: that is what it is all about, merry christmas everyone. we have a toy donation box celebrating toy fest and donate to go children in need but what a fantastic night, merry christmas. >> merry christmas ukee and nicole. >> that is right, all way around. >> i got to get some of those antlers. >> that was cool. that is "eyewitness news"

at 5:00. now at 6:00 a break in the case of the bombing in center city philadelphia. >> police released new video of the person of interest, so what will detectives say this person played in the blast, and the new clues that they released about the bombing today. plus, recounting the results of the presidential election in philadelphia, when the votes will be counted again, and the recount request that was reject. there was a teacher in trouble tonight because of the east lex. what she's accused of taking to students and how she's being punished, kate is this. and what a beautiful december evening, it is here in the lovely rittenhouse square, you can see tree behind me is all lit up, and it definitely feels like december is supposed to feel, coming up i will have your weekend outlook just how chilly, it will be if you plan to light up your own trees outside your own house, "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now.

this device was a are dangerous device, destructive device, and it caused significant injury to the person and could have resulted this death. >> do you recognize this person? it is the best clue yet in the package bombing that put a center city neighborhood on edge, and now we have our first look at the person police want to question about that attack. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. jessica's off tonight. police are calling the man in surveillance video a person of interest. >> the bombing last month left a man seriously injured, "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt joins us from olde city with a closer look at surveillance video and investigation, david? >> reporter: hi there ukee. big break that has people puzzled in the past week about this case. tonight police are looking for a bigger break, they are hoping you can help, if you can you might get paid for it. >> police believe this is a man or woman that delivered a homemade bomb to a resident at 18th and pine just a few days before thanksgiving.