nothing to report. let's throw the current conditions with the satellite over top of this. it is sort of splitting the region in two, far enough north, nice and clear, allowing places like the poconos to cool down very efficiently. so when the rain ends eventually, yes, some snow actually gets here, those are the spots that you're very likely to see the sleet or the snow. and it will have an opportunity to actually accumulate, and we will track this in a lot more detail for you as the show goes on. so let's just gave you a sense of how the day will pan out here. eventually rain will pick up. not this morning, the morning driver not impacted by wet weather. in fact, probably don't even have much sun glare in most spots, the clouds will have built in. so that's kinds of best case scenario for you. through the afternoon the rain will be developing, the rain will continue into tonight, in philly. current temperatures, yes, it stands out like sore thumb in mount pocono, 23, more like 30's elsewhere, in the city with the rain moving in, my advice is this: take the umbrella with you when you walk out the door, you will be thanking yourself later on, meisha?

>> yes, we were yesterday morning and sounds like again today. but the good news like katie pointed out roadways now nice and dry. no rain to contend w i know yesterday a lot had to leave their homes really early to avoid some of. that will even if you left your homes early contend withing slow downs. today not so much the case. construction, fire coming un, talk about that, 309 northbound at norristown road. you can see, two left lanes downsock, as it is slowing as you just come around the bend. overall looking okay there. do have this fire now trang do will be coming into more of this a little later in more detail. but because of this, frandford avenue and sellers avenue, sound like apartment fire, where it will affect you, market frankford line shuttling bussing between frankford and erie torresdale. train service between erie torresdale and 69th street. then also, bus routes three and five, also detoured. more coming up on this. and i'll also be tweeting this information out to you. joe, over to you. >> stay with the breaking news right now about that fire. you are speaking about, if you

first told us about, flames race through apartment building in northeast philadelphia. you are looking at video just in to our news room from the 4500 block every frankford avenue. we know three people were transported to the hospital. there is no word yet on their specific injuries. this blaze reached two alarms with flames shooting from the second and third floors, just learned firefighters did bring it under control within the last 15 minute. reporter trang do is redded there right now and will bring us live report as she gets more information. and we continue to follow more breaking news, new jersey state police are investigating a crash that killed one of their own, and another driver. >> both died when their cars collided head-on last night on route 55, in millville. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at the state police barracks in port norris, where troop remembers mourning the loss of their colleagues. jan? >> reporter: rahel, joe, no doubt, this will be an extremely tough day for the new jersey state police. officials have confirmed,

overnight, that the troop here was killed late last night, is 31 year old franky williams, this was his assigned barracks, coming to you live this morning from south jersey from the port nor its station. williams was a member of the 156 police class, and had just graduated in january of this year. now, this was the scene early this morning, take a lock at this video, a solemn salute from state police, as trooper williams' body left cooper university hospital in camden. williams was flown there, late last night, for treatment, but could not survive his injuries. now, the 31 year old was involved in a violent head-on collision, the crash not only killed the young trooper but the driver of the other car, as well, you can see, the mangled wreckage in the middle of state route 55 in millville cumberland county last night. the crash happened right around 7:00, for some reason, a man driving a toyota corolla crossed the grass median, entered the northbound lanes. that's when the corolla and the marked state police car collided. williams was responding to a call at the time.

again, he died at the hospital. the other driver died at the scene. that man's name has not yet been released. now, this morning, police are conducting a full investigation, and they're trying to figure out exactly why the driver of that corolla lost control, and crossed the grass median, colliding with the police cruiser, who will bring you any up to dates as soon as we get them. as williams, atlantic county native, only on the force for letters than -- less than a year. reporting live in port norris this morning, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news", rahel, joe, back to you. >> still so many questions jan, thank you. >> new this morning, investigators searching for the cause of this house fire in lansdowne, delaware county. you can see flames coming out of the second floor of this home on nyack avenue. the fire broke out just before 11:00 last night, and it took firefighters almost an hour to get it under control. there are no reported injuries. >> a teenage boy is in critical condition after a shooting in the city's germantown neighborhood. police say it happened last night, around 8:15, and bern

hill park ashley street. the 17 year old was shot in the head and hip. investigators say the victim's wallet and cell phone were also stolen. police now looking for a white van that could be connected with that shooting. >> police in upper darby township are looking for two people who terrorized a woman during a late night laudromat robbery. surveillance video captured the crime around 4:00 a.m. yesterday morning. happened at the lawn dough mat on marshall video. terrifying video, employee working when the attackers attack her, shoved her to the grounds, ran off with $500 in cash and $100 in coin. police say they're relieved nobody was hurt. >> the best thing is nobody got hurt. the victim didn't have a chance, because she never saw him. you can see in the video, she doing her work. the store's open 24/7. so the doors are open, they walk right in. >> well, police want to find these guys, and are offering 2,500-dollar reward for information on those two robbers. philadelphia neighborhood is keeping a closer ion packages, and the thieves who

are stealing them with many packages left on stoops. police and neighbors say thieves are taking advantage of homeowners not being home. many neighbors in northern liberties have set up surveillance cameras, hoping the images the cameras catch will help police catch the culprit. >> me and my wife have our packages sent to work. so we just sent shipping address to the work because we know we can receive packages reliably there. >> and some homeowners are also posting messages for delivery people. officials say the best way is to send packages to a locker for pick up or family members who will be home. >> jill stein's fight continues, the green party has yet another day in court in philadelphia this afternoon. the party is appealing to city commissioner's rejection to allow an examination of the city's voting machines. yesterday, in front of trump tower, in new york, stein called pennsylvania the election system, quote, a disgrace. her legal team filed federal suit in philadelphia.

ahead of non-partisan political watchdog group, efforts can only go so far. >> i can't speak to the motives behind jill stein, interest in recounting. i think it remains as unlikely as it ever was, that are recount, even if she did it across the state, would surface the vote that would change the results in the election. >> stein's battles continue across the country, there is already a recount underway in wisconsin, michigan is next. >> another victory rally for president-elect trump. today he is thanking supporters in fayetteville, north carolina, key state where supporters help him defeat hillary clinton next month. before that the president-elect plans to meet at trump tower with former secretary every state, henry kissinger, and washington, d.c., mayor, muriel bowser. ivanka trump apparently looking for place not far white white house, with her husband, both have played crucial rolls in the campaign

and transition team. president-elect has not mentioned what role the two could have in his administration. the death toll has now climbed to 36 following this tragic warehouse fire in oakland, california. all of the victims bodies have been recovered including a sheriff deputy, 17 year old's son. now, families of the victims want to know who is responsible. here is edward laurence. >> mourn nerves oakland gathered near the site of the burned out ghost ship warehouse overnight. offering hugs and lighting candles in memory of the victims. >> i'm only 15, and i don't know what they're going through, but i can feel for them. >> a lot of artists, a lot of people who have been pushing and pushing and pushing, were all at the wrong place at exactly the right time. >> have gone through roughly three quarters of the building retrieving 36 bodies so far. they're also working closely with federal investigators, to preserve evidence as part of a criminal investigation. >> the range every charges

could be murder, all the way to involuntary manslaughter. there may be other charges if the evidence present that. >> authority say they still don't know what caused the fire that engulfed the illegal work space friday night. but they say they know where it started. >> the two areas that we really need to search a little bit more are this area here, after they secure the wall, and this back area here where we suspect the origin of the fire. >> the two story building with no spring letters or fire alarms was being used for an electronic dance party that night. former tenant shelly mack calls the builds ago death trap. >> when stairway, don't want people walking down the stairway. >> the city reviewing complaints potential code violation, related to illegal construction inside. the building's owner, likely, to face many questions, as the investigation unfolds. edward laurence, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". another legal setback for bill cosby, montgomery county judge rules cosby's testimony

from 2006 can be used in his sex assault trial. the judge gave the okay for the damaging testimony to be used in his upcoming criminal case. bill cosby testified in a civil suit filed by andrea constand ten years ago, after she accused him of sexual assault. the judge ruled cosby was never promised he would not be criminally charged. and will decide if prosecutors can call 13 accusers as witnesses. >> south carolina prosecute is her vowing to retry a former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. yesterday, a judge declared a mistrial in the case against michael slager, after the mostly white jury reported it was dead-locked. the former north charleston officer caught on video last year, shooting walter scott multiple times in the back, as he was running away. winter weather advisory goes into effect today. >> and katie will be here to tell us which commute could be impacted this week. we're also following a developing story, in

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>> developing now, los angeles, the fbi is investigating after a bomb threat is made against its commuter subway lines.

that threat indicated it would be carried out today. the fbi says anonymous man from another country warned of the potential attack. authorities don't have any specifics, but are increasing security across the entire metro transit system. >> we are, right now, looking at the credibility of the threats. >> it could be real t could be a hoax, but we must remain calm and vigilant. >> decided to alert the public because of the imminent, specificity of the threat. also random g searching commuters bags today. >> owner every pulse night club says she won't be selling the building, to the sit of orlando following the massacre. barbara admits she in store for the night club, but says selling the front to the city just didn't feel right. instead, she plans to share the space with the victims, their families, and the community. >> i intends all of the people to have an input and to help us develop this together, it truly is their fate. dow share it with every family

and every part of this community, the latin, lgbt community, every family member who is affected as well as anyone who lives here in orlando. >> says the process will be a collected effort over time. >> we are dealing with some rain and some snow in the forecast, around here, but nothing like what they're seeing in north dakota storms are expected to double, more than a foot of snow in the capitol city there in bismarck, road crews there are dealing with blowing snow and icy conditions, and stretch of interstate 94 closed. officials say conditions will not improve until tonight at the earliest. so i guess that means, katie, you know, all perspective. >> hey, how is it going, we got a foot of snow on the grounds. >> you know what, yes, they expect it there we of course have not seen much to really report yet. did have some a.m. lakes, even allentown ended up with little

trace of some snow yesterday take you outside first, look at the poconos, spot that actually will expect to see some snow tonight specialliment lock at the shot of blue mountain, you can actually see through the fresh pounder there, and down to the base of the grass. >> they need little help, if they want to get you, the season underway here. looks like storm scan is going to help, there, how much, be enough cold air certainly because we have nice clear sky up that way to allow the temperatures to drop nice and low this morning. sort of set a foundation for cold air when the system gets in here it, bridges with it a mix every snow and rain. poconos specifically. maybe as far as south as the lehigh valley. this is moisture laden system guys. it is headed our way. so it bridges with it primarily a good soaking rain to the area. let's focus on the poconos quickly here, rain, wet snow,

sleet, by the time it is all said and done, possibility we see one to three locally up to 4 inches worth of accumulating snow. , damp, whimpy wet snow, preallot guide for snowball making but probably doesn't have very easy time accumulating on the the roadways, penndot is awesome cents at getting the road ready for these events. will be change over to rain through the overnight, milder air moving n but with all of that said, you might be dreaming after white christmas at this point, whopping 19 days left until the holiday, right? so the average probability that our region sees a white christmas, official definition is, an inch of snow on the grounds during december 25th, it gets pretty high. forty to 60%. that's beating the odds, up around the poconos, pretty slim shot though. >> i know it bums out joe holden, yes, he is all about the old-fashioned family christmas with the white christmas and whatnot. but, friends, afternoon rain on the way for our area. pack your umbrella you will

need it later on. forty-six the expected high. we drop it back down to only 42 overnight. rain does eventually taper through the overnight, quick check on the seven day, cold coming. friday and saturday, only crack 40 at the best. >> chilly for sure. you know, speaking of joe, the spirit, he showed me his christmas tree that was decorated, katie it, look like a hallmark cards. joe, you got to do us a favor, tweet that out later, because i really thought it was a card. it actually made fee feel insecure, i had insecure feelings like i'm nod at yacht in decorate ago christmas tree. week look approaching the schuylkill, plenty of headlights out there. going to be busy a lot of people will jump out there earlier today just because whatever they dealt with yesterday. not bad idea. i will say, because your commute is dry, it is probably safe to say that it is okay to leave when you typically would. with that being said, i would maybe just say it is going to be a little busier, since a lot of people won't do that,

they'll head out there little earlier. vine closed overnight for the construction, now open, looking good, both moving in the westbound and eastbound direction. then do have this fire. so market frankford line, shuttle bussing between frankford and erie then train service between erie annette. bus routes three and five right now detoured. rahel, back to you. >> meeker, thank youment taking a look at some of the newspaper headlines from across our region. >> front page of the intelligence err, facebook post prompts man for new hope solebury school board members to resign. more than 100 people attended a meet to go ask douglas mcdonnough to quit. mcdonnough apologized and said the post was meant to be. >> douglas supervisor accused every stealing materials from the township and using township gas cards for his personal benefit. his lawyer says he borrowed the items. >> in the herald, feels good story for the holidays, 435

spring ford student performed random act every kindness, placed quarters at laudromat, hid dollars bad inside merchandise at 11 local dollar stores. just couple of things they did, way to go to those children in there. >> awesome. little act every kindness. that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> up next, big night in the nba. we will tell you who scored 15-point in just 3-quarter. >> scrub dub dub, a ghost in a tub? that's part of annual tradition, we'll explain whether we come back.

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>> the sixers took on the nugget last night in south philly looking to snap losing streak, don bell with the highlight. the road trip tonight in

memphis, now, last night they hosed the nuggets, try to snap six game losing streak, okafor, all out, get to the highlight, pick it up in the thirds quarter, south philadelphia, jamal murray with the shot over joel embiid. they want to play that guy in horse, maybe tie game. sixers down by eight. for the three, good. sixers down boy five. later on embiid straight away. drano. sixteen points. four boards. five blocks for the big fellow. will, here he is, with the dash. sixers losing their seventh straight game 106-98 your final score. big problems for flyers goalie steve mason. yesterday he was named the nnl stirs star of the week, he was in net posting 945 finish. allowing 1.71 goals average, overall the flyers have won five straight. they host the panthers tonight in south philadelphia.

that's all for sports. i'm don bell. have a great day. >> and, more action from the nba last night, a career night for clay thompson of the golden golden state warriors. thompson scored 40-point in the first half of last night's game against the pacers en route to 60-point night. sat out the fourth quarter to set a record for scoring 60 points in less than 30 minutes. needless to say, won the game. the highest single game point total since kobe bryant scored 06 in his last career game last april. and speaking of piling on the points, the colts piled it on the jets last night in the quarterback, through for if your do you have down, duane allen caught three of them. colts also intercepted three times, indianapolis claims it 41 to ten. could it and three way tie for the afc south. the army navy game is this saturday, and baltimore, and the theme of course getting red. >> i but maybe we will be doing more than just protecting their quarterback. a doggy watch at annapolis has

made way for build the goat watching before the big game. >> bill the navy mascot. navy academy company is in charge every keeping him safe. last time army katz et cetera managed to steel him before the game. that will was in 2012. got to keep them safe. protect the quarter ban and your billy goat. >> all right, well, coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", the apple watch sets a record. >> plus changes coming to mcdonald's coffee, but details in a live report from wall street. and we are live with the latest on our breaking news, the death after new jersey state police trooper in a wrong way crash. and another man also killed in that wreck. >> and a victory for a woman hoping to turn this home into a residence for cancer patient. katy? >> the weekends one day closer at this point, expecting pretty quiet weekends all things considered. boy is it going to feel like winter. clouds likely building on sunday, and we are at least expecting a break from this storm. we'll have much more however

on the rain that comes today, right after the break.

>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. get ready for the rain. a live look now at bethlehem. where it will start out cloudy today. parts of the area are also under a winter weather advisory. here with the details. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden.

katie and meisha will be along in a moment. first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> head-on crash killed new jersey state trooper and another driver. >> it happened last night, on route 55, in millville. officials have now identified a troop here was killed in last night's head-on collision at 31 year old franky williams. >> flames raised through an apartment building, in northeast philadelphia, we know three people transported to the hospital. >> a 17 year old boy is in critical condition after he is robbed and shot in germantown. >> the victim didn't have a chance. >> upper darby township police looking for two suspect behind an armed robbery at laudromat. >> donald trump has announced another cabinet position. doctor ben carson has been nominated for second of housing and urban development. carson explained he's perfect because quote he did spends part every his childhood in public housing. so get ready for our next surgeon general, someone who has been to the