the one months ago in france. in july, a tunisia born man drove a 19-ton truck along the sidewalk in nice, he slammed into a crowd gathered to watch fire works on bastille day and killed 86 people. german police recently taken several people in custody for allegedly plotting attacks on christmas markets but so far police have not called the berlin crash, a terror attack. kenneth the craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". this is a live look now, at the scene this berlin, so far there is no word on a motive for the attack but we will continue to follow this and have latest developments on "eyewitness news" and also on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley coming up tonight at 6:30. gathered in state capitols across the nation formalizing results of the election day. insuring donald trump will be america's forty-fifth president. there has been pressure from some circles on members of the the electoral college to vote begins president-elect trump.

today it went largely according to plan despite numerous protests. electoral college voters convened in state capitols across the country and officially voted donald trump as the next president of the united states. >> all 11 votes have been cast for donald j trump. >> reporter: but protesters did their best to get the elect tors to vote for someone else. >> not my president. >> reporter: it is last ditch effort to stop mr. trump from becoming president. >> the point is that this is to make a show delegitimized trump. >> reporter: former president bill clinton was first elect for in new york to cast his i vote for his wife hillary clinton. mr. trump won 306 electoral votes and only need 270 to clinch the presidency. anti truck seven movement did not get 37 defectors needed to block president-elect from winning the white house. texas republican elect for chris supren voted for john

kasich. >> i think this is first time in america's history where we have someone clearly unfit for office. >> reporter: critics for electoral college argued that the system is outdated and broken, and point out that democratic nominee hillary clinton won nearly 3 million more votes then mr. trump. >> it is a big ago establishment to generate this conversation. >> reporter: joint session of the congress will certify mr. trump as the forty-fifth president of the united states , on january the sixth. elect tors in pennsylvania, cast their vote is a mid protest outside state house in harrisburg. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us now with more on that, greg. >> reporter: in order for mr. trump's election day victory to be official he needs 270 electoral votes and today state capitol despite some loud protests outside, inside all 20 pennsylvania elect tors voted for the president-elect. >> on the first monday. >> reporter: election is over. >> after the second wednesday, in december.

>> reporter: popular votes are counted. >> being the 19th day of december. >> reporter: all that is lefties the official certification of donald trump 's electoral college win. >> it is my honor to welcome you to the 58th electoral college of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> reporter: monday afternoon all 20 of pennsylvania's elect tors gathered in harrisburg continuing a tradition that has lasd consistent with the roars followed with the first electoral college convened in pennsylvania 227 years ago. >> do you and each of you, solemnly swear, or affirm that you will support, obey, and tea fend the constitution of the united states. >> reporter: elect tors sworn this and officials reminding them of the importance of honoring our state's popular vote. >> it is your solemn responsibility to translate into a formal document for transmission to the congress of the you had the decision of the voters of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> reporter: good reminder

that we serve as the peaceful assembly. >> reporter: then all 20 unanimous mustily casting their ballot for donald trump. >> vote for president of the united states was 20 votes for donald trump and vote for vice-president of the you had, 20 votes for michael pence. >> reporter: you heard some cheering but outside plenty of dissent. coming up at 6:00 hear from outside the capitol and i will tell you why harrisburg police had their handful this afternoon. right now live from the sat center, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much. president-elect trump is at his florida estate for the christmas holiday, he is expect to continue to hold meetings, as he works to form his cabinet, and we have learn that trump has chosen vincent viola as secretary of the army , he is a west point graduate and former army airborne ranger infantry officer. vei yoel ace found are of the several businesses, he owns the national hockey league's that panthers, and is past

chairman of the new york more can tile exchange. philadelphia common pleas court why dismissed a lawsuit begins the city's tax on suga ry beverages. move pace the way for kenney administration to move forward with the tax. the taxis a 1.5 cents per ounce tax that will take effect january 1st, and the mayor says proceed will be used to fund prekindergarten. >> we're moving forward. kid can't wait. they have waited too many generations for this. we hope that the soda folks would understand how important this is to our children's future and cities future and not, proceed but we'll what happens. >> reporter: attorney for the plaintiff's in the lawsuit which was brought by the beverage industry announced in a statement that they will appeal the judge's decision. a montgomery county pediatrician arrested on child pornography charges has died in jail. we have just learned that doctor david kennedy was found dead yesterday, at the montgomery county correctional facility. police arrested him late last month after a nurse said that

she found child porn on a cell phone, given to her by kennedy detectives say that he admitted saving the pictures. at this point officials have not said how kennedy died in jail. this upper darby man is behind bars after being a rested on child pornography charges again. john james fischer the third, admitted down loading pictures of young girls between 13 and 16 years old for wearing little to know clothing this isn't fischer an "s" first run in with the police. thirty-eight year-old was still on probation after getting out the of prison in march for the same charges. center city man injured by a package explosion, is showing signs of improvement. jim alden says these new pictures as he recovers. as you can see he looks much better after four weeks after a package exploded inside his apartment on pine street, sending shrapnel into his face , chest and arms. meanwhile investigators are still looking for the person seen in this surveillance video who dropped off package to alden, at this point they have not made any arrests in

the case. speed, may be to blame for last night's fiery crash that killed two people on roosevelt boulevard. crash happened just were 9:00 p.m. near woodward street 32. year-old ramone rodriguez, and lorraine riveria, died, when their mercedes collided, with a school bus that was stopped, at a red light. officers say that the impact was so strong that the mercedes was forced under the back bumper of the bus, and then burst into flames. also, services are back to normal after commuters face major delays in montgomery county. the ride to work was slow this morning, septa officials a those problems originated near jenkintown wyncote station, and the delay, included the west trenton warminster, lansdale and doylestown and airport lines. septa deployed a shuttle bus to help riders get around the issue. after a warm unday, it was back to reality today. meteorologist kate bilo is back with us outside on the sky deck with a chilly, crisp start to the week, kate. >> it is cold but you know

what it has been dry, we saw blue sky and and only if we could get mild temperatures with the the nice blue skies, unshine that would work. yesterday was warm but it was wet. today temperatures have struggled to even get above freezing mark. we got to 34 officially for the high today but with that said it will tart warming up a little bit each day this week. lets look outside right now we will go out to storm scan three which is showing a bank of cloud moving through the region this evening. the it is still pretty nice out here right now, lot of wind, you have to bundle up. temperatures still below average but without the wind it is feeling at least a little bit nicer. temperatures right now sitting 3509 in philadelphia. twenty-nine in wilmington. 27 degrees in reading. it is 28 in atlantic city. it does feel colder then thermometer has you believe, temperatures will feel like temperatures running eight or 9 degrees we low what the barometer said. it feels like lower 20's outside and feels like 17 in mount pocono. but after this cold start to the week 10 degrees below average. watch that line go upward, we're talking about a winter warm up. we will tell you about the

first day of winter when showers return and just how warm it gets for christmas weekend coming up, back to you see new a bit, thank you. talk around eagles nation today should coach doug pederson have called for the kick of the extra point, against the ravens yesterday? it went for two. came up short on a pass play and lost the game. officially eliminated from the post season. >> sports director don bell, joining us, does doug pederson have any second thoughts here. >> no, not the even a little bit. that is how he rolls. nfl coaches make a thousand decisions on game day, very last one doug pederson made yesterday has fans talking. eagles trailed by seven. carson ran for a touchdown and instead of sending game in the overtime with an extra point they went for two. went pass was tipped and incomplete, as you can see right there. early in the game they converted a two-point try by running ryan matthews. he had his best game as an eag with the 128 rushing yard if you he wasn't even the in the game when that final play. doug was asked, why not run

the rock. >> in my mind there was zero opportunities to run because what we anticipate is what we got defensively they gapped out. zero blitzed us. there was not going to be a lane. it was a 1 yard loss if we tried to run the football at that time. >> there you have it. >> doug see side had to go with the right arm of carson wentz. later in sports how the team lost the game but it may have been a win, for the rookie. >> um-hmm. >> he showed some love for his team. >> he did. >> it is interesting, i wonder if he would have made the same decision if they were nine- four in playoff contention looking to win the division, do you take that chance, right. >> we will never know. >> thanks, don. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a south jersey teenager is making sure his brother's legacy lives on. >> special way he is paying tribute to his brother and making holidays brighter for other children.

also terrorized after come home from work frightening confrontation for philadelphia business owners, after they closed up for the night. plus... >> it is stupid. >> a young boy, latest victim of the case of road rage, why police say another driver was so angry with the boy's grandmother. and feeling frigid, see the ice cold trick, that one man performed when the temperatures

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manhunt is underway in arc say for suspect who killed a toddler during a road rage incident, saturday night. that three-year old boy was on a shopping trip with his grandmother when another driver, opened fire, into the grandmother's car striking the boy. police say shooter was angry because other driver wasn't moving fast enough at a stop sign. officials had this to say, to those with any information. >> someone had to know who did this. more than one person who did it. and i want to send a message to you if you know who did this and you are just as guilty as the one who pulled that trigger. >> a one year-old was also inside at the time but was not hurt. police are offering a $20,000 reward for any information in the shooting. millions of americans coast to coast are feeling chills from the record break

ing icy deep freeze. they are blame for a dozen weekend deaths on road, highways, and multiple pile ups. cbs news correspondent jamie youkiss reports. >> reporter: arctic weather paralyzed travel across the country. icy conditions caused a spirit airlines plane to slide off taxiway at niagara international airport near buffalo on sunday. any unite the jet skidded off runway in chicago's o'hare international airport. >> it spent two hours and four hours, and now cancelled. >> reporter: stranded driver shot this video of the deadly fiery tanker crash on i-95, saturday in baltimore. at least two people were killed and dozens were injured in the nearly 70 vehicle pile up. this raw video shows intensity of the cold blast turning this light house off of lake michigan into a ice castle. the frigid weather didn't stop football fans, from their,. >> and within minute minute so

the like fans had a tailgate nothing weather well below zero. >> how do you prepare for something like that. >> layers, layers, layers. >> when those vikings fans were tailgating yesterday, it felt like 35 degrees below, zero with the wind chill and that means frostbite can set in less than ten minutes but there is a warm up on the way next couple days, today's high in minneapolis will be a balmy 23 degrees. jamie youkiss for cbs news, minneapolis. how about this, meteorologist in south dakota had some fun with below freezing temperatures yesterday. you call that fun. he blew bubbles on to a frying pan. they quickly froze, and then he shattered them like glass. now it is colder then it is here, we're talking about minus 24 degrees out there. >> that is crazy, that is interesting. >> look at that. >> crazy. >> and then boom, come on, hit it: hit it.

>> there we go. >> well, kate bilo is back inside joining us now. it is cool. but not that cold. >> it is not that cold. >> i have a friend in minneapolis who said she walk outside, 12 degrees and she said this was so nice, 12 degrees. that is how i know this is crazy. twelve cannot feel nice. >> comfortable. >> compared to the weather they had over weekend, certainly late last week, it was an improvement. for us, it doesn't feel so bad outside at 30 degrees, looking at stuff like that but it is cold outside, it is only at 30 right now in philadelphia it feels colder then that as well , it feels like the lower 20's but we have quiet weather for weekend, sunny conditions, nice warm up on the way. we will talk about how warm in the a second. lets start out right now, beautiful shot from chopper three. this is city sky line, look at that sun set color in the sky. we had a bank of cloud, coming in about the sunset, reflection in the atmosphere,

there and the sky basically just turned this deep, crimson red, beautiful shot out there from chopper three this evening. looking beautiful, maybe ominous blood red sky over philadelphia but this was just shot a few moments ago. i wanted to share that with all of you. storm scan three does show cloud moving n we will get reflection, cloud moving in as sun was about to set this afternoon and cloud are in place for now. they will be around all night and will turnout mainly clear during the overnight hours but it does stay dry. the that is good news. pretty quiet pattern on the way. we have lake effect snow across new york state, that is bit. then otherwise we are looking at pretty tranquil weather heading in the next few days with temperatures slowly starting to moderate. it is cold outside right now, atlantic city at 27 the atlantic city high school. airport is 30. wrightstown maguire air force basis 25. reading it is only 27 right now. light wind out of the north, for the most part 5 miles an hour. in the past 24 hours though you can see temperatures drop. these are the not as

pronounced as they would have been three or four hours ago because front came through our area at 2:00 he clock. you can see it is 15 degrees colder outside right now then it was, on sunday evening, and it is definitely feeling that way. we had a big jump in temperatures yesterday, and then cold front really knocked us back but you can see we will start to moderate as we go through next few days. cold air lock up to the north. you can see mild air still to the south on wednesday, little bit of the buckle on thursday but watch what happens as we head toward holiday weekend, friday, saturday, sunday you you can see those temperatures bars rising a bit, big weekend , hanukkah begins saturday, christmas eve saturday, christmas day sun take. kwanzaa on monday lots of travel and then good news is next few taste we are looking at quiet weather pattern, sunny skies slow warming trend we have just a chance for showers late in the week next half an hour i'll pinpoint when those will happen. this counts today but here's our winter count down, wednesday is first day of winter. only 60's until christmas, you

better get shop if you are not done yet. three days until new years. sixteen days until the coldest weather on average, this year, in philadelphia, the average high only 40 degrees. sixteen days there right thousand. overnight mainly clear, still cold, 25 degrees. the lots of sun for your tuesday but still on the chilly side of normal. normal is at 44. we will hit 40's for the high. could be worse. tomorrow, of course is our big toy fest drop off day here at cb. . bring a new unwrapped toy, down to our parking lot. we have had windy cold days for toy fest. the it will not that be bad. not a lot of wind. 40 degrees no excuses. >> come on down, bring a toy for the kid. >> yes. >> good stuff. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news", a special moment in rittenhouse square. >> see why a woman trying to track down a couple who got engaged. >> holiday rush at the post office why what makes today the busiest mailing day of the year and deadlines to make sure your package arrives in time, for christmas.

tori. christmas may be only a few days away but you have to put this on your to to list we are live at morris arboretum and as you can hear it is holiday railway, see over 34,000 lights, and maybe a few places you would recognize mr. t this on your to do list. stepping my game up for sure, thank you. a loss is a loss is a loss unless you are planning for the future why we should be encouraged by eagles disappointing l in baltimore up next i

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we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. new tonight at 6:00 a convoy of toys arriving at children's hospital with the police escort there. see how family of this little girl with brain cancer is giving back to the friends that she made during her treatment at children's hospital of philadelphia. our health reporter stephanie stahl will have a special holiday story for you tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. don bell, he joins us with sports. i thought that was a confidence boosting drive and overall game, i thought. >> it is interesting because

when eagles are out, is there always some controversy involved. >> always. >> always. >> just keep drama alive. >> yes. >> that is how they roll. >> they lost, but that last drive by carson makes this a win, great confidence builder, that is what i tweeted afterina. fans proceeded to crush me on twitter for it. that is the way it goes. i know there are this moral victories in the nfl but for eagles 2016 season is essentialry over. i would argue experience is more important then wins. so for that reason, wentz leading bird down the field in the clutch situation is super critical for development. today doug pederson address that had sentiment. >> as a quarterback and young quarterback, those are, valuable experiences, that you'll cherish and you'll remember and you'll lean on for the rest of your career. and for the guys, you see to that, it just shows the

leadership capability that he has to lead the football team and put us in a winning situation. >> hopefully he learns there it. a local star is finally getting his chance, texans quarterback tom savage will start, and, paves the way for savage to play. he led them to a 21-20 come back win over jack onville, he fridays springfield delaware county, went to cardinal o'hara high school and later played at rutgers. layers to the nfl stand for no fun league. finally league showing some heart. cowboys running back ezekiel elliott celebrating a touchdown by jumping in the big salvation army kettle in the end zone right there. he got a penalty for excessive celebrations, but league says they will not fine him. he says he will make a donation. >> there is that. >> and, that would be cold blooded. >> salvation army.

>> even emmitt up in the booth was loving it. >> thanks, don. coming up next, we will have an update on the breaking news out of germany after a truck plowed into a crowded christmas village. >> plus... >> take a good look, armed men robbing elderly couple at gunpoint i'm anita oh, next up who police are looking for. >> could you spot this as a fake? cracking down on counterfeit, i'm chris van cleve, in carney new jersey with costumes officers as they try to keep

and, 50 others, hurt, after a truck, plowed through a crowded, christmas market, right out site have of a church. we're looking live at the aftermath, of the scene. and it is what it looked like just a few hours ago, witnesses say it was a

deliberate attack, intelligence sources tell cbs news this has all of the signs of a terror attack. police arrested truck driver and passenger died at the scene. scott pelley will have very latest on the crash on the "cbs evening news", coming upright here after "eyewitness news". well, couple is traumatized when four men forced them inside their home at gunpoint. >> suspects got away with the entire ordeal, recorded, the violence home invasion happened early this morning near thort howard street and west godfrey avenue in philadelphia's olney section. we will go to anita oh who picks up the story from police headquarters, anita. >> reporter: as you can imagine, ukee and yes, sir cars, both of these elderly homeowners are very shaken up, since this happened inside of their homes. i want to show you surveillance video now that shows three armed robbers, a roaching the elderly home owner while a fourth acts as a look out. this happened as you said just before 3:30 on the 100 block of west godfrey street in

olney after homeowners returned from closing up their restaurant. i'm told both of these elderly homeowners, are hard working and they went back to work despite all of this happening. they till "eyewitness news" after a string of dozen robberies targeting asian owned businesses they have taken extra precaution bus that would not be enough. >> whenever they come home they are very worried about where they drive, what route they take. they are constantly looking, over their rear view for anyone following them. >> reporter: now, i'm told that they were, there were no shots fired and to one was injured. that is luckiest part but coming up at 6:00 i'll tell you what the robbers got away with ape whom police say you should be looking out for. live from police headquarters, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". today is traditionally the busiest day of the year for mailing, centers all across the country. millions of people are expect to have mail out their holiday card, letters, packages, but it is not just post office

that will be crowded. u.s. ps.com is expect to be busy as well. we have visited a local post office where people were happy to send off those packages. >> sand -- santa's sleigh is empty, i'm mailing every package, including to my sister and her family in south korea they are an army family. >> well conn. if you are a procrastinator you can still ship holiday packages up until saturday with the post office, ups, and fedex. but the late delivery will cost you more money. take a look, ups driver is caught on cam contract in california making a careless delivery. you see driver trying to unlock the gate to a home in california. when she can't she just tosses them over the wall and on to the wet ground and then walks away. woman who owns the home didn't know why the boxes had been left there until she check her security camera. costumes officers are working to stop huge quantities of counterfeit

products there ending up in your holiday shopping cart. national retail federation says saturday was biggest day of the holiday season, with an estimated 156 million shoppers , and counterfeiters are trying to cash in. cbs correspondent chris van cleve has more. >> reporter: this is front line in the battle against counterfeit goods. costumes officers are seizing this shipping container from china, loaded with thousands of pairs of what looked like designer ugg boots but they are not. >> youlabeled uggs. >> reporter: doesn't look the part. >> right. >> reporter: last year seizure s jumped 25 percent, almost half came from mainland china. 34 percent from hong kong. clothing, electronics, shoes, jewelry, watches, and purses are counterfeiter's favorite. this time of the year so are toys. >> whatever is popular this season that is what they will try to get. >> reporter: we have seen fake north face, sports jerseys and another favorite of

counterfeiters louie vouton bags. >> you have to be cautious how are buying it from. if a price seems to good to be true it probably is. >> reporter: officers say is there so much money from counterfeit goods they compare to it drug trafficking. the street value of that seized cargo container of fake uggs likely in the hills. >> the money from counterfeiting does what. >> it is going to criminal organizations and some proceed have been link back to funning of terrorist organizations. >> reporter: over past decade inter pol has traced profits of fake merchandise back to several terror groups, including al qaeda. so far this year costumes agents have seized more than a billion dollars in goods and that is just in area chris van cleve, cbs news, carney new jersey. syrian conflict appears to have triggered a deadly attack in turkey. cameras rolled as a turkish police officer opened fire on

rush's ambassador to turkey and photography exhibition. he fell to the ground and later died. shooter waved his gun in the air, shooting his allegiance to the prophet mohammad and pledging jihad. he reportedly talk about aleppo. shooter was killed after the attack. evacuations resume from besieged neighborhoods in aleppo, nearly 50 children trapped in it or again age where thousands evacuated overnight. tens of thousands of civilians are still believed to be stuck in the city. today u.n. security council voted unanimously to send staff to hon for the evacuation. time is running out to sign up for health insurance coverage through obama care, today is deadline to enroll if you want to be covered by january 1st. deadline was pushed back from last thursday because of intense demand. you have to enroll on line by 2:59 tomorrow morning, obama administration says enrollment is up this year even though president-elect donald trump has vowed to repeal the ram.

donald trump will take office in three and a half weeks before first lady michelle obama moves out she sat down with oprah winfrey for her final interview the at the white house. she talked about advice that she shared with the incoming first lady melania trump. >> we will do whatever they need to help them succeed. so that is one of the things i said to melania. when you get to a lays when you can digest all this and you have questions because you don't have questions, you know , the day after the election. you are looking around the house like what do you want to know. i don't know what i should though. i knew that. high door is opened. >> hear what else first lady says about her accomplishments over the last eight years and her plans for the future. catch oprah winfrey's special as michelle obama says farewell to the white house tonight at 8:00 right here on cbs-3. still to come on "eyewitness news" why a woman is trying to track down a couple she saw getting engaged

in philadelphia. a new twist on a holiday tradition why meeting santa is so special for her children. >> google unveils its the new project, when you will see self driving cars the on the road, kate in. big weekend that we're watching, christmas weekend, hanukkah begins this weekend and good news we have a nice winter warm up on the way, it will be mild for late december this weekend, see a good travel conditions, for any christmas or hanukkah travel players. they have a chance for shower on christmas day far in the distance we will keep you posted on that and otherwise look

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and, this just in donald trump has officially passed 270 electoral votes needed to formally win the presidency. there was a push to get elect tors to not vote for colge's vol be official, on january 6th, when the votes are tallied in congress. we will have much shore on today's vote on "eyewitness

news" at 6:00. we're getting first look at google's new self driving minivan, they are calling it, waymo, google has conduct over 200 hours of testing on early prototypes, and, company is testing 58 self driving vehicles, including 24 lexus, suv's. >> self driving. >> we talk about this. >> yes, we have. >> i'm not going with it. will until they got that perfect. >> up next, big role sylvester stallone turned d

sylvester stallone is reportedly turning down a position in the trump administration. the actor tells people magazine that he is flattered by reports that trump was eyeing him, to lead the national endowment for the arts. stallone says he would probably be better suited working, for veterans. many of you know he has been involved with charities, for veterans, in the past, and

done a nice job with that as well. meteorologist kate bilo is joining us now and we're coming out of the deep trees, it seems like, kate. >> we are starting to thaw, so yesterday was a nice thaw, wet day but we hit 60 for daytime highs. then we went backward today. >> yes, we did. >> we will start climbing up, slowly, it is not that pronounced 601 day zero's next day. slow climb in temperatures heading toward christmas. if you have to have warmer weather, it looks like he will come through this year. it is not quite as warm as last year where we were near 07 degrees, warm not this year but not in the 20's and 30's. lets look outside right thousand, we will start off on roof camera, receipt i clear quiet night outside, not a big problem in center city, in problems except for cold, it is brisk, chilly, temperatures tonight are in the 20's, so you will need heavy coat, gloves, scarves if you have a

little walk outside, grab some dinner, anything like that, land for the cold. it feels like late last week but the wind not quite as much a factor tonight and won't be a factor tomorrow evening. eyewitness weather watchers checking in you can see temperatures definitely on the cold side, lot of two's here. we are at 29 checking in with joseph crane, in orland, at 29 not bad, wind just 2 miles an hour, we have got cloud, and we have an increase in cloud. but it is not helping us keep things warm. twenty-seven in willingboro. kenneth martin's house. kenneth says let the cold begin once more, it came back with a vengeance today, 28 this northern delaware, delores lee in newark, she's at 28. she says it is cold, all you need is one word and kind of draw out that syllable as well because it is cold outside. and, kenneth we are back to kenneth still in the 20's there. here are photos though, turned

out to be a thighs looking day we have had sunshine, thighs sunset shot there phil here in chestnut hill looking good. lots of colors as cloud moved in. gary along his sunset shot as well, you can see yellow to the bottom of the screen and blue to the north, or up in the atmosphere, beautiful finish, to a thighs day but albeit chilly side. love this breeze. holiday tech racialness chestnut hill. lets look at what we have to look forward to this week. storm scan three quiet for now , couple cloud moving through and good news it looks to be receipt i quiet, for next several days. we're not tracking any major weather systems. last weekend we had problems with the snow, ice on saturday but this weekend doesn't look like any of that which is good news for holiday travelers. temperatures across the area, this is problem tonight, chilly out there, 27 in reading. twenty-six in allentown. seventeen mount pocono. the entire country is dealing chill. it is only 26 this nashville. thirty-seven in birmingham alabama. thirty in bismarck.

you can see how temperatures warmed a little bit throughout northern plains. an area that got hit with that arctic blast this weekend. temperatures starting to warm up and that will make its way toward us, as well. wednesday's quiet. thursday we will start to see this next system approach maybe a rain or they shower creeping in late in the take thursday. doesn't look like much but winter does officially begin this week, it begins wednesday , 5:44 this is morning, shortest daylight of the year, only nine hours, 19 minutes, 58 seconds but after that, daylight hours start creeping backup and temperature outlook looks good through the end of the year. christmas looking good, we have got temperatures near 50 's, and 25 degrees. quick look at seven day forecast, it does gradually warm up as we head toward holiday weekend. we will look closer at holiday tore cast at 6:00. ukee and jessica back to you. little brother emmanuel passed away ten years ago but dj alexis from sicklerville is making sure emmanuel's memory

is never forgotten. >> for five years he has been delivering hundreds of toys to children at kennedy hospital in washington township. all in the name of his late brother, the month's long toy drive pooled efforts of his friend, schoolmates, family members and area businesses who all helped wrap the gifts. today he walk from room to room, personally delivering gifts to the children at the hospital. >> it is rough being kids, seeing someone you love in the hospital, i just want to make sure these kid have christmas so all these kids are not the forgotten. >> dj not only donated gifts but has worked with south jersey creating cards and messages for each of these asians. and, just to make holiday brighter, by participating in our joy of sharing toy fest, tomorrow is the big drop off day, all you have to do is present i a new unwrapped gift to our studios we're here at 1555 hamilton street, we will be here from 6:00 a.m. until

8:00 p.m. and we hope to see you. you can find other drop off locations at cbs philly.com/ toy fest. >> truck pulled up today in its space. >> ready to go. >> let's do this. sights and sound of the holiday season can be overwhelming with children with autism. >> some children on the spectrum are getting a christmas experience tailored to their specific need. cbs news correspondent roxanea sayberry has more. >> reporter: sarah had a one of a kind meeting with santa. >> do you want my hand again. >> reporter: eight year-old has autism and non-verbal, her father brought her here because this santa understands challenges of autism first hand. >> come see santa. >> reporter: santa is 28 year-old carrie maggo, his sensory challenges prevented him to see santa he created

this so other kid don't miss out. >> this event is more inclusive because we tim lights, turn down the sound and try to help them as much as we can. >> take your time in, rush. >> reporter: elves and mrs. clause are therapists and special education teachers. the team visited with 181 special needs families, including four year-old rusty marsh. >> is this the first time you have seen santa. >> yes. >> is it? >> yes. >> okay. >> and was he a nice santa. >> yes. >> with one in 68 children diagnosed with autism, he hopes to inspire more sensory trendily events all year round >> autism doesn't stop, it doesn't stop during christmas. >> in new york, roxannea say berry for cbs one "eyewitness news". still ahead on "eyewitness news" vittoria woodill is getting in the holiday spirit. >> reporter: stop, look, listen we are live from the

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woman in rittenhouse square witnessed a proposal last night. she snapped a picture, lets take a look at it. she wants to find this couple, and deliver the picture to them but she needs your help. if you recognize this couple, go to the facebook page and leave a comment on tweet us at cbs philly. well, do you need something to to, get you in the holiday spirit? head over to chestnut hill's morris arboretum and check out their holiday garden railway. >> that is where "eyewitness news" reporter vittoria woodill is with more, hi tori. >> hi you guys, it may be freezing outside which it is but you know, it is fantastic, the holiday garden railway here at morris arboretum and one of the coolest things that happened to me today best part of my day in this job was watching every child, that

came here, eyes wide open and freaking out about all of the trains. take a look of the magicalness lets give you a little bit of the lay of the land. thousands looked and listened, holiday garden railway is coming through. it is 19 year at morris air wore tum watch precious cargo car aid long the tracks, and through magical tunnels on 15 different rail lines. each line passing a few stops you might recognize. >> a lot of the houses here, buildings here are historic philadelphia landmarks, bet thecy ross's house to the art museum to the waterworks, there is a lot of cool, philadelphia buildings. >> all of the houses are made of natural materials. >> reporter: what else do you have to look forward to a how vince the head who are culture expert and train engineer to tell you more. >> it is trains, which means g for garden and boxcars are the size of the shoe box and we

have 1600 speeds of train track here, but that is on the a scale of about seven and a half miles of train tracks. >> reporter: his big brother matthew knew this would be the place to visit for the holiday this was your holiday to come here. >> yes. >> they have a lot of fun. they are fast that ited by trains. >> yes. >> reporter: hard to keep them this one place right here. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: vince says it is for the kid in all of us. >> everybody is a kid, you know, it is such a cool, magical place to be. who doesn't love trains, and running around, you know, whether you are ten or 110, it is always fun. >> reporter: vince's totally right. when you come to things like this it makes you relive your childhood over and over again. you got to bring your kids, come down and they have for next two friday nights, it is you can watch trains come to life at night. they also are opened during the day and you have until the end of the year to get here. so ukee, jessica, put it on the list and check it twice.

>> oh, yeah, very cool. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 members of the pennsylvania's electoral college make it official casting their vote for donald trump while outside state capitol building antitrust trump protesters made their voices her. an elderly come coming home from a long night at work becomes victims inside their own house, we will tell you what happened to them. and whom police are looking for tonight. and making spirits bright, very special delivery for the smallest of patients, who cannot be home for the holidays. how this family of this little girl with the brain cancer is giving back to the children's hospital of philadelphia, kate it is a chilly monday night and cold overnight as well, you'll need heavy coats tomorrow morning but we have had a gradual warm up as we head toward official start of the winter, we will tell you how warm it will get for the holiday weekend right now on "eyewitness news" at 6:00.

we will begin with break ing news from germany a holiday tradition is turned into a tragedy in berlin. a truck plows through the german capitol's popular christmas market leaving a number of people dead, and injured. a witness on the scene in berlin says it was deliberate. hello everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. german police say nine people are dead after that truck, plowed into the crowded market in the center of berlin. dozens of rescue vehicles rac ed to treat the scores of injured people there. authorities say that the driver, was arrested at the scene. a large truck can be seen with a shattered windshield. police say they are still investigating whether the incident was an accident or an attack, "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brownies live at philadelphia's christmas village with live at what police are doing in the wake of the tragedy and more, natasha. >> reporter: police are telling us there has always been a strongic