this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. new this morning, nicetown street corner becomes a crime scene after gunfire sends a man to the hospital. find out what police say led to the shooting. >> ♪ >> he helped write the sound track of the big eight zero's there is morning, fans and entertain ertz alike remembering george michael. >> we're starting with the chilly morning, but wait until you hear how mild it will get today and tomorrow. >> today is monday, december 26, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. let's check your your day on weather and traffic with katie and pat. >> up early this morning, checking on the roadways, really, in the whole lot going on today as you can imagine.

>> we may be the only ones working. >> no kidding. it was like crickets on the road this morning which makes for very simple commute. let's throw a freezing rain advisory into the mix, what do you think? i know, we look at storm scan3, guys, things still looking pretty quiet f you're about ready to hit the road, and you have got to get back to work, things looking quiet initially. satellite coverage over top of this, and at the moment, there is not even much to see there either. there is a little hint of cloud cover, beginning to work its way on in, but like we mention, there is freezing rain advisory, that goes into effect just as actually going off the air with "eyewitness news" this morning at 7:00 a.m. that will last us generally until 11:00 a.m., but goes little later than this up in the poconos, mid afternoon. that's just because you may end one it little longer. but, really, only talking about the possibility of some spotty freezing rain and drizzle throughout the day, of course, how much, if you get any of that freezing on contact, it will lead to slick travel. you can understand why. when you see some of the temperatures, 36 the value at philadelphia international

airport. we're at 26, though, by comparison just hour north in allentown. so much colder temperature profile as go to the north and west, but once we get into the afternoon here, granted see a shower, but 50 still projected high in philadelphia. so, milder than average by almost 10 degrees, we hit 52 at the shore, more clouds than anything, but again, that freezing rain is a concern, as go far enough north and west, so pat with time eventually travel can certainly be impacted by it. >> looks like kind of temperature wise, same as yesterday, really warm yesterday. >> not bad for christmas, right? >> not bad at all. felt pretty good. feels good out there this morning, on the roadways, as well, here is a look at the vine street expressway, with it being christmas yesterday, a lot of overnight construction, not there this morning, just not seeing it, and you are not seeing it here between broad street and the schuylkill expressway, couple of cars moving if you are up very early with us this morning, also, columbus boulevard, though, this is still here they've been working on this few days, a water main break, two right lanes closed on thursday, they

blocked the roadway, people were driving all over the other side of the road. so, today, they will not be working on this. so, the right two lanes will remain closed here, penndot says, they don't think they'll be able to do it, but then looking beautiful this morning, not whole lot of traffic. not whole lot going on, rahel. >> pat, thank you. new this morning, man is shot several times in philadelphia's nicetown neighborhood. police say the shooting may be the result of an earlier fight with neighbors. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at temple university hospital with the latest on his condition. trang, good morning, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, rahel, we know this person who was shot is a 52 year old man who at last check was in extremely critical condition here at temple hospital. he underwent emergency surgery overnight in a attempt to save his life. but take a look at video shot at the scene last night, police responded to the 3800 block of bouvier street in the city nicetown section around 11:30 p.m. shooting scene but no victims.

discovered private car took the 52 year old man here to temple hospital. he had been shot several times in the arm and torso. police spent five shell case, and says detective have some idea of what sparked this shooting. >> we're getting information from several witnesses that this 52 year old victim, family members of his, were involved in earlier fight in the neighborhood. we believe that this 52 year old male was shot in relation to that family fight. >> police describe the shooter as a man wearing a camouflage jacket, bluejeans, and boots. they say there are several private surveillance cameras on the block, and they will hope that that video will help id the suspect. that's the story here. for now live from temple university hospital. i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", rahel, back to you. >> trang, thank you. >> flowers and candles are part of a memorial at a south philadelphia grocery store, that was the scene of faith al

shooting. on saturday, 81 year old marie buff the owner of marie's grocery store shot inside the store at eighth and wharton, died shortly after being rush to the hospital. so far police have no leads in the case. >> investigators trying to pinpoint what sparked house fire in delaware county. firefighters got the call around 2:00 yesterday afternoon to burning house on marlboro lane, glen mills. it is under control in about 30 minute, the flame did cause extensive damage to the second floor. >> in the crawlspace of the attic and the second floor. so once it gets in the walls, weaver to try to find it before it gets too extensive. >> reporter: there are no report of injuries. firefighters put out the fire before it reached the first floor. >> well, in other news, his music helped define the 80s. >> this morning, fans hearing about the death of george michael. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> that of course was

michael's 1984 hit wake me up before you go-go when he was part of the alabama, also known for the holiday classic last christmas, late her solo career with hits like careless whisper, the singer died at his home in england on christmas morning. manager said the cause of death heart failure, george michael was 53. celebrities tweeting tributes to george michael. brian adams tweeted rest in peace george michael. i can't believe it. such an incredible singer and lovely human being, far too young to leave us. host of the late late show tweets: i loved george michael for as long as inning remember, absolute inspiration, always ahead of his time. >> mean wheel, carrie fisher, her mother, debbie reynolds, said fish is her in stable condition. reynolds tweets the family will share any updates on fisher and thank the public for it prayers, in addition to star wars, fisher is also the author of such books as postcards from the s and wishful drinking. >> well, family celebrates a

special homecoming making their holiday inn chester county more meaningful. carman, husband, father, grandfather, has been in the hospital since july. former ups driver suffers from veer is val vascular disease, roller coaster ride of ups, downs, double leg amputation later, carman made it home for the holidays. >> that's the best present ever that i could have ever hoped for. just having him back in the house that he walked out of in july. and with all of us here. >> carman heads back to inpatient rehab for few more weeks, will be fitted for pros ethic less, said it was his family and his fate that kept him going all along. >> after their family lost offering a house fire in october, four children had a reason to smile this christmas. taylor family took part in the salvation army adopt a family program which links businesses or families to those in need. links toys to annual "joy of

sharing" toyfest. drive collected more than 6,000 toys, for needy families. >> thank you for everything, everything that you did for me, my family, and other families out there it, the kids in the house, they were okay. everything, surely. >> and taylor children says christmas wasn't about what they were given but what they already have, each other. very sweet. and church in cobbs creek spread little extra holiday cheering during their service, the church of christian compassion handed out 500 toys to children of all ages following their live christmas nativity. over 75 gift bags went to seniors, helping through the hole holiday season? celebration of hand can continues, festival of lights is in its third day. at suburban square in ardmore, people gathered foremen or a lighting. the event also included donut, decorating, sand art. hanukkah runs until

january 1st. and today also marks the start of kwanzaa. the week long celebration of african culture. the holiday honors families, community and cultures through the reflection of seven principals. today's principalis unity, other dates occurred, unity, self determination, responsibility, cooperative, economic and safe. kwanzaa runs through new years day. much more to cover on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" including russian military plane crashes minutes after take off. now there is new information on what may have caused it to go down. >> and george washington makes his annual christmas crossing across the delaware river. we're back in two

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i would be dead and not sitting here right now if it wasn't for pond lehocky. >> eighty-four passengers, eight crew members feared dead. plane caring members of the world famous russian army

choir. choir was scheduled to perform for russian troops on new years eve. >> back here at home, crowds gathered along the delaware river to watch the the re-enactment of historical turning point, christmas day, 1776, george washington and his trips had a daring journey from pennsylvania to new jersey. photo journalist, ed spay, and editor, give us closer look at the sites and sounds. >> ladies and gentlemen, what you're seeing now is the party going across the river. >> they came up today for the first time to watch crossing at the delaware. >> did not go well. as we attack georgetown ... >> fun family day. >> it is great. >> american history is very important to us. >> every man and his regimen carry muskets, even officers and musicians.

>> being a military family, they get sense every understanding how important it is that america was founded the way it was, the steps that had to take place. >> the branch will surrender. >> it is not uncommon as soldiers as young as 16. >> by the end of the war, ten to 25% of washington's army would be people of color. >> hard ship ourselves, but they pale in comparison what they had to endure over 200 years ago. >> this is where they won the war. >> neat. well, today by the way is the 240th anniversary of the crossing, the boats carried 2400 soldiers, 200 forces and 18 cannons across the delaware river. >> the time now 4:43, katie here with another check of the forecast, so katie, looks like we might have some freezing rain depending where you are?

>> that is very much the point here, too, rahel. not everyone will get hit with any wet weather necessarily. warmfront lifting in. and i know it might sound little backward, warmfront, but freezing rain, how does that work? of course you have got enough cold air through the overnight hours, and because it is coming with that kind of timing, that's where any of this wet weather currently moving it way into pittsburgh, and western pa, could ends up bringing us little bit of frozen precipitation, freezing on contact, in other words, when the rain actually falls from the sky. warmfront itself is lifting through. really is pretty robust looking system actually. we're just not going to get in on the main energy from it. that's actually bypassing us to the north, but we do see at least our handful of showers that come with this system. for now, expect the clouds to be building as we hit 7:00 a.m. that freezing rain advisory goes into effect to the northwest path of the delaware valley, philly not included. see how it start to move it way in here. again, this is a model. come in seen, linger later than there is but as late as 2:00 in the afternoon could still be enough cold air in

place, any rain that falls from the sky freezes on contact. so it will be something that we need to keep a watch on. from travel plans out that way, i want you to be extra careful. it could be freezing. by 6:00 p.m., it will have turned over for rain for everyone, still scattered showers, go into delaware, south jersey, won't even see drop of rainout of this. tuesday different story. not talking about wash out here either, but everybody has much better chance to see scattered rain showers, this is pretty pot end cold front, guys, will sweep through in the morning hours, then eventually be knocking our temperatures back. so, watch for sprinkle or shower in the city, far south and east you do stay dry. high hit 50, above average, dropping down only to the upper 40's tonight, not so much movement on the thermometer, but take a look what happens down the road here. we should crack 60 tomorrow, pat, then, whew, nose dive, 45 come benz, so this is potent cold front. it doesn't pacca loft moisture. >> i will still take 06 degrees in december. >> that's right. >> not bad at all. we will take that for sure, thank you, katie, good

morning, everyone, in for meisha this morning, checking out the roadways, post christmas, as would you imagine, at 4:46. not whole lot going on. this is the vine normally closed at this time of the day. looking good between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. the ben franklin, my favorite camera, beautiful between camden and philadelphia, no delays right here, but there is a delay on columbus boulevard, we've been telling you about this now for about a week, two right lanes closed on columbus boulevard because of water main repairs. it doesn't look like penndot will be able to get to this today. another day of backups on columbus boulevard. mass transit, couple of changes, you got the broad street market line, which is normal, also, regional rails though on sunday schedule, the city buses and trolleys, modified schedule, will have this all week. that's through friday. make sure that you make a note of that, and then patco speed line is a modified schedule as well. there is some construction out there, abbottsford road, that's out there until late

february. so, use queen lane instead, rahel, back over to you. >> good to know, pat, thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, is bigger better when it comes to champagne bulbs? learn why it apparently makes a difference when "eyewitness news" continues.

>> "kyw news radio". it turns out one of the biggest names in philadelphia's restaurant scene also responsible for some of george michael's most member over recall concerts in the city f you are looking for something to do in the new year, the morris arboretum in chestnut hill may be a good fit. tis the reason for the season, christmas morning, serving for philadelphia needy family. >> check in two, three, four times a day, "kyw news radio" on your a.m. dial. >> the time now 4:49. stock market is off for christmas, business news, another gadget for pokemon fans, new study on campaign.

here's the money watch report. >> reporter: wall street is closed monday, in observance of christmas. on friday, us market ended the day slightly up. the dow added 14-point, while the nasdaq gained 15. us dollar is stronger than it's been in more than a decade, but gold prices will try to recover from their seventh straight weekly decline when trading resumes tuesday. that's the longest stretch in 12 years. the economists say the prospect further interest rate hikes in 2017, and strong dollar, helping keep prices lower. for those of you just can't get enough, pokemon go now available on apple's i watch. the smart watch version won't actually let players catch poke man, but will be able to connect to the mobile game and collect items from pokey stops and see nearby monsters, new study finds bigger bulbs may be better for your bubble. researchers in france's champagne region determined larger bulbs may improve the way champagne tastes and

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>> well come back, observing christmas day on this day, as well, as far as business schedules are concerned. so, not too many of you may necessarily be hitting the roadway here today, but even if you are, expect them, could end up with little bit of icing. here is the reason why. we start things offer by looking at the atmosphere pattern, especially, tomorrow, looking very, very mild. but we have warmfront currently lifting in. even though it is somewhat lackluster when its moisture content, it is helping to eventually send our temperatures anywhere from ten to 15 degrees above their average. and that takes place specially

looking ahead to tomorrow. but for now because that warmth is beginning to lift in. see the bulk of the energy actually up near the great lakes region, crossing the canadian border, we are getting in on little bit of the moisture. there will be some showers, will be somewhat scat nerds nature go, far enough south and easy don't think you have to deal with any wet weather. plus cold north and west of the city, these are your philadelphia temperatures, so freezing rain posted as of 7:00 this morning, for now, 36 at the airport, feels like 30 when you factor in what is relatively modest, northeast winds 8 miles per hour. looking at the p day, weaver another holiday of course, just down the pike here. saturday evening, if you have new years eve festivities, looking pretty good. chilly grant do expect warming trend at least into the second half of the weekend. ushering in the new year on above average note once more, but likely a shower around, and in the meantime, pat, there is a day in this forecast that we will not break out of the 30's, so, there is a lot of different change going on for the next

seven days. >> at 06 degrees above average seems like little understatement. >> to say the least, yes, low 40's where we should normally be topping off. break out the shorts, the tank tops, let's do it, that time of year. this is a look at 95, which we celebrated last week, because they reopened all four lanes, everything looks beautiful. it does so far this morning. no delays here at cottman avenue. we are looking south toward the city of philadelphia. so far so good here. in jersey same thing, headed toward i-295 toward the city of philadelphia, all good so far this morning. day after christmas, a lot of people still off. not as many people are headed to the office. certainly appears that way here on 42. but right here, columbus boulevard, the water main repairs will not happen today. we have been telling but this for about a week, so the right two lanes closed on columbus boulevard going south, penndot says they probably won't be able to get to it today. another day of two lanes closed. the mass transit thing, talk you through, broad street, and the market frankford, they're

normal. regional rails though they're on sunday schedule. city buses and trolleys have modified schedule through friday. and the patco high-speed line, as well, on modified schedule, rahel. >> pat, thank you. beloved resident of the brandywine zoo in wilmington is leaving for the big city. we'll tell you how long you have to go see the endangered siberian tiger and the reason her move is part of a effort to save her species. and we are taking a look back at the big stories of 2016, the year coming to an end, the win is among them. also, highlight some other big moments from the worlds of sports, back at the top of the hour.

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gun down, man shot over night in north philadelphia. one witnesses saw before that may have led to the violence, and the reason investigators are hopeful about making an arrest. >> honoring a 80s legend, what we are learning about the death of british pop superstar, george michael. >> and, wicked winter, the part of the country dealing with strong winter weather and the place that is will be affected next. today is monday, december 26th, hopefully you had a happy holiday, i'm rahel solomon. jim donovan is off. out the door with a look at weather and traffic with katie and pat. >> hold down the fort, all good. >> roadways, good. as you can imagine, the day after christmas, not a lot of people have work this morning, so so far so good. >> i love when you can bring us good weather news, or traffic news. the weather, kind of depend, the day, kind of depends the time, even today, looks like

we may ends up with little freezing rain, all of that is very much location dependent. so from philly on southeast, don't even worry about it. so we get you out there, show you what's up. roadways as quiet, road front eventually starts to lift n see the beginning signs of life of that. back through west most pennsylvania, at this hour, it is still even back to pittsburgh, the allegheny's, just rain. but, by the time it is reaching us, say 7:00 in the morning sore so, likely to have enough cold air in place just before the sun coming it up could lead to some tricky travel. again, thisthere is does not ie philadelphia. you are going to have to go pretty far north and west here, but as of 7:00 a.m., freeze advisory will go specific, basically the rest of pennsylvania on north into the mountains. so that's where you have got to worry about any rain that comes from the skies, freezing on contact, because the ground just cold enough to support. that will but everywhere else, it is really just not that bad. now over t