vandals slash the tires of several vehicles and tonight, some unexpected help for the drivers of affected. >> and a growing memorial outside of home of late singer george michael. what we're learn about his sudden death. >> but first. >> i think i have to do this for my son. >> and a family vacation turns into the fight of one lehigh valley woman's life. the length she wentz to after strappeded by the grand canyon. good evening everybody i'm jessica dean, ukee washington is off tonight. that family's rental car could not make it through a harsh storm in the willederness. continuing this remarkable story of survival, david. >> jessica it is. this woman walked almost 0 miles i spoke to her husband tonight by phone. he said it's been a difficult days after a life changing experience literally and the family is together tonight in a utah hospital. still they cannot ignore what

might have happened. >> it was about surviving but it was not about surviving for me. >> as she reflects from the warmth of her hospital bed easton resident karen kline says two people were on her mind while she hiked 26 miles through a snowy arizona forest to get help. she ate twigs and drank her own urine to survive. >> i have to help and safe them. >> kline's husband and their son stayed behind in the willederness after their car got stuck in the snow. the three were on vacation and begun driving as a miserable storm pounded the area around the grand canyon. they represent aitd car in las vegas and relied on gps to take them there. the specific area where they want todd go was closed for the winter. >> i kept thinking i have to do this for my son. i have to do this for my husband. >> karen kline is currently recovering at a southern utah hospital treated for cold and

caughton. she's a triathlete and decide today was best she head out in the cold to find help. authorities rescued eric and isaac after eric hiked to higher ground and found cellphone service and authorit authorities found karen later almost 0 miles away. >> i don't want my son to be without his mother and i don't want my husband to be without his life and i don't want to have my parents have to bury me. >> karen's husband and son were also treated i'm told they're doing okay tonight. and eric kline told me he expects to be in utah for at least another week while his wife, karen, recuperates. reporting live, david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> quite a story david, thank you so much. you can see more of the interview with karen kline and her husband on this incredible rescue tomorrow on cbs this morning and that gets started 7:00 right after eyewitness news this morning. >> and a south jersey family hopes someone has seen two family members that vanished saturday barbara briley and her

granddaughter left mays happeneding friday and they were drive to see family in north carolina. barbara called them 5:30 saturday to tell them she stopped for gas outside richmond, virginia. no one has heard from them since. if you have information call police. temperatures are on the rise but before we enjoy the warmer weather we'll see a few showers. meteorologist lauren casey is keeping her eye on rj chas headed our way, lauren. >> thanks, jessica, temperatures are rising as we speak and getting a live look at center city philadelphia or trying to. and you cannot even see the sky line because of fog settling in with warmer and warm moist air mass contributing to a temperature inversion leading to some fog. 49 right now. winds picked up out of the southwest at around 13 miles an hour and that southerly component to wind flow is ushe ushering in warmer air and contributing to fog dense in some areas down to quarter mile visibility in the lehigh valley and half mile in trenton and five mile visibility in philadelphia. one mile visibility in the poconos and temperatures though

extremely mild for this late hour on a december night we're at 50 dover air force base and 50 bedford and 49 morris town and temperature change over the last 24 hours has been dramatic on the order of double digits up 2 degrees from this time yesterday in atlantic city and overnight, tonight, we'll continue to deal with areas of fog and potentially a shower late. we have a brief warm-up in store tomorrow and high temperatures try to up jump up to 60. it will only be brief and cold are air is moving in by new year's and we'll let you know when to expect temperatures in the 0s even expect or dread that until full forecast coming up in a few. >> all about perspective. lauren, thank you so much. and a vandal slashed tires in the early hours of christmas morning in the city's north wood section and nine vehicles were damaged on the 9 00 block of full rod street and some victims were more than one car now have to replace eight tires. the north wood civic association told eyewitness news reporter anita oh it will

help with the bills. >> we called the insurance and they want $500 deductible on each car. so it's cheap to buy them yourself. >> what we'll do for the neighbors is donate 50 per vehicle to help them replace the tires. >> surveillance video caught a sign of a suspect sometime between midnight and 2:30 on christmas morning and if you know anything about this crime you're asked to call northeast detectives. philadelphia police want your help to catch this robbery suspect. the armed man held up the texas chicken and burgers restaurant on concernsing ton avenue around 12:30 a.m. on christmas. and he did get away with cash and no one was hurt. and if you recognize that suspect, contact police. and police also need your help to catch this burglary suspect who broke into the offices of philadelphia restaurant tour and on december 9 around:40 in the morning police say this suspect forced his way into the star restaurant office building at 1:34 market street and the suspect stole a sirrusxm radio

and the video shows him exiting with a white trash back. >> we're hearing from tonight of a family after an 8 81-year-old woman gunned down christmas eve while working in the south philadelphia grocery shore she owned. marie buck was mainstay at the store 6th and woo!ton streets and youngest of 11 children served her communicate community more than four daek aids. saturday morning buck and another employee were inside and that employee says a man walked in and shot buck. today, we spoke with buck's family. >> she was unbelievably warm, loving person. and the worst people don't deserve to it die like that let alone the best. >> she was murdered, my mom was murdered. and it was very uncalled for. >> reporter: buck's husband mike returned home today after making funeral arrangements and

police say so far they have no leads in that case. >> a drexel university professor is under fire after a controversial tweet offer the weekend went viral and now he'll meet with school officials to explain his side. george figure rel amar tweeted saturday "ail want for christmas is white genocide and he told the associated press the message was meant to be satirical and he was mocking the imaginary concept of white genocide and which he says was inventeded by white preem signatures and drexel responded saying "while the university recognizes right of faculty to freely express thoughts and opinions in public debate professor figure rela mars are ut arely reprehensible and do not reflect the values of the university. the university is taking the situation very seriously. and the professor react todd drexel's statement saying it sends a chilling message he says he's received hubd reds of

received hundreds of death threats behind his post sfwlt highest gas will be higher. pennsylvania gas tax increases sunday, january 1 after this latest hike. about 78 cents from every gallon will go to taxes. that money pays for road construction and maintenance across the state. and with that in mind let's look at latest prices at the pump. drivers in pennsylvania are currently paying $2.45 for gallon of regular and in new jersey $2.33 to fill up own delaware cheapest at $.25. >> new york attorney general is weighing in on president-elect don bell's plan top shut down his charitable foundation to avoid conflict of interest laws. the attorney general says the president elects cannot legally dissolve that foundation while it's under investigation. the attorney general investigation reports foundations spending went to

benefit the president-elect campaigns. >> president obama is once again weighing in on the presidential election and in a radio interview with his former advisor david alexrod the president says he's confident if he could run again he could have beaten president-elect trump. >> i'm confy debit that if i had run again and articulated i think i could have mobilized mathtive american foam rally behind it. >> the president said hillary clinton's campaign acted cautionly because they believed victory was almost certain. and trump quickly responded on twitter to the president's comments writing "president obama said he thinks he would have won against me. he should say that. but i say no way. jobs, isis, obamacare et cetera sglts and fans are flocking to london home of late singer song writer george michael a memorial of flowers and handwritten notes continues to grow outside the gate there and

the sing are died of heart failure on christmas day at the age of 53. and michael was half of the 80s pop duo wham and fan have not forgotten how the songs made them feel. >> wake me up before you gogo was great and it is very stood hear the news today. >> i know there are a lot of artists but jorming michael got me. >> so far no word of memorial plans. >> days after suffering a medical emergency in flight from london there is earn kujing news of carrie fisher. her mother actress debbie reynolds say she is in stable condition. the family will share updates and thank the public for prayers. there is growing concern tonight in britain after queen elisabeth missed church services on christmas for the first time in decades. the palace said she is suffering from a serious cold

and concern for the queen's health started several days earlier when the palace delayed her annual christmas journey to her estate. that trip typically take place via train instead she traveled by helicopter. still the nation did hear from the queen in her annual christmas message which she taped several weeks ago. >> the day after christmas has shoppers once again packing malls and stores and were they hunting for bargains or looking to return the unwanted gift. straight ahead at 11:00 a goal of shoppers today and how much towards actually rely on post holiday sales. and plus it's safe to say many of you have eye lot of empty boxes sitting around. don't throw them away. two companies are teaming up so you can recycle until a different way. >> and also, holiday travel snarled a major winter storm shuts down highways and grounds traffic at some of the nation's buzzest airports airport getting a round is next to impossible. >> we're sitting on high

temperature for the day as temperatures are warming tonight. and we're headed up to the 60s tomorrow and i'll have the details on this winter warmth in your full forecast coming up details on this winter warmth in your full forecast coming up next.

>> millions headed to the store today for that last horrah of holiday shopping. ice witness news was at cherry hill mall as shoppers hit the stores to return gifts and maybe also hit those sales at king of prussia people packed the halls there. experts say two-thirds of people will have to return at least one holiday gift and we asked some shoppers why they're returning? >> i'm here to exchange all of the gifts i had bought my boyfriend here i thought i knew the sides and didn't. came in and just exchanged and

exchanged colon as well. >> we're exchanging gift sizes clothes for the kids. couple of them were too small. so we're trying to get out early and knock it out as fast as possible. >> not all shoppers were returning gifts and somewhere buying more. but it was on sale. so it's okay sdm and amazon and good will are partnering to give you another option for unwanted gifts or used items you're ready to giveaway. fill a box with things you don't want anymore and print a free shipping label at givebackbox.com and then you can drop at ups or u.s. postal service evenp it will be shipped for free. the offer is good for all boxes not just box from amazon. >> week long celebration of squan saturday which celebrates after can american culture and heritage is underway. eyewitness news at the home of zinga shields in mt. airy for first day of kwanzaa. each day is dedicated to a principle.

today's is emogia or unity than year marks 50 sj anniversary of kwanzaa which was first celebrated in 1966. >> so 50 years a small celebration celebrates family and community and culture and it has traveled around the globe. people found the beauty in it and started to incorporate it in their lives. >> kwanzaa was conceived after riots in los angeles by professor and activist milanga kwanzaa. >> people in the northern grate plains are dealing with a serious winter storm that made holiday travel treacherous. as cbs correspondent wendy gilette will tell you it has caused delays all over the country. >> dangerous blizzard conditions shut down the airport until early tuesday in south dakota and minding wins

and zero visibility also sxlosed express ways in north and south dakota several hours and some are covered in ice. motorists were warned to stay off the road. shovelers in bismarck encountered difficulty while snow blowers got a hearty workout. >> i think i've done more this year than since i've own the snow blow her and hand shoveled tendons of snow. >> gusty winds some as high as 66 affected takeoffs and landings. >> super bumpy and got a little motion sickness. >> chicago midway airport led the nation in flight delays. forecaster say the storm will also bring freezing rain and snow to new england. and it's a different story in lansing, michigan where it's down right warm. the state capitol broke a 12 125-year-old temperature record monday. wendy gilette for cbs3 eyewitness news. >> that's serious weather right now and we've had much more mild conditions here lauren. >> yes, quiet over the last

several days and nice for christmas holiday and today was fwloomy and temperatures not terrible. we're going to warm things up tomorrow and bring back the sunshine. tomorrow afternoon is shaping up nicely and right now we're dealing with fog and a lot of it. getting a live look on sky cam three center city philadelphia you cannot even see the sky line right now because that fog settled in obscuring our view and we're dealing with widespread fog across the delaware valley and greatly reducing visibilities in some areas so do keep that in mind if you have to hit the roads tonight. temperatures they are actually rising which we typically don't see during the overnight period.. 49 right now in philadelphia, we're at 37 allentown and 50 dover and these numbers continue to slowly rise throughout the overnight period. as more mild air mass to south and west continues to build in to our neck of the woods and it's going to hang out for tomorrow and then quickly go away. but, winds out of the south right now ushering in warmer air mass and wind speeds picking up along the i 95.

>> doris: and breezy at times winds 10 to 15 miles an hour and this week we go from comfy tomorrow due to ridge in jet stream toll cold by week's end. and see a little dip bringing temperatures closer to average as we head to wednesday. thursday and then a little dose of our favorite thing arctic air as we head into friday that will stick around into saturday our new year's eave as well. it's not going to be brutal. it's not going to feel that great either. storm scan 3 showing us cloud cover and we have a line of showers and this is a system that brought all of the trouble to parts of midwest and main energy is north and east where we see know and mixed priping and uniform rain and dealing with energy from the system and could fire off an isolated shower later tonight and early tomorrow morning and otherwise dealing with fog and temperatures gradually warming overnight tonight and waking up in low to mid 50s and top off 60 and chance of light shower and clearing skies becoming mostly sunny with 60 degrees as we head into the average.

and future weather showing you as we head throughout the overnight period. showers in and around the poconos and not dealing with freezing rain we saw earlier in the day because of overnight warming and as we head early tomorrow morning that broken line of showers dropping into western counties and mid-morning i 95 corridor and certainly not a washout as you can see. late morning and shower possible down the shore south jorz write and clearing skies as we head into the average tomorrow evening and no problems nice and clear weathe weather-wise and overnight tonight the trend is fog. do watch for that fog into early tomorrow morning with chance of passing showers and then tomorrow evening looking a-okay on the roadways. clear and quiet. but for tomorrow warming up to 63 down the shore and a shower changing over to clearing and then tomorrow morning in the poconos foggy conditions and then turning mostly sunny and high temperature mild for you up at 4 and chillier air arrives wednesday 45 under sin shine and up to 4 on thursday and with periods of rain kind of having a tough time with the system and stay tuned to

evolving forecast and snow mixed in early thursday morning otherwise feeling chill on friday upper 0s but windy and we'll have winds chills in the 20s throughout the day and we're back up to the . dry for new year's eve for all parties and cute outfits. >> that's right. >> very important. >> we'll check in with you on the models later this week. lesley surprise next with sports. >> sixers they're out west taking on kings and battle of bigs joel embib and cousins final game for seniors at wake forest and extra special mea meaning for one of them.

anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go.

you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today.

no intention of adopting.er, he was the very last kennel in the very last row. emaciated. he was skin and bones. usually what you see in neglected dogs. it was one of those complete, meant-to-be moments... i totally fell in love with him. (avo) through the subaru share the love event, we've helped the aspca save nearly thirty thousand animals so far. get a new subaru, and we'll donate another two hundred and fifty dollars to help those in need. ♪put a little love in your heart.♪ >> game two against the kengz

and de marcus cousins is the hard egg player in the league. joel embib had pleasure of guarding him. check out jojo with the pump fake driving to the basket there and that gives sixers first baskets of the game and de marcus will rebond is here cleaning up right now in the 2nd quarter and the sixers will trail 40-34 and you'll be headed down to annapolis to watch temple take on wake in the military bowl and owls finish season with 10-3 record first time in school history the owls have back-to-back ten win seasons and it's been a great ride for senior class and we started as freshman with two and 1 one record and now playing in final game to set school record with 11 wins. senior was a walk on and now he's a team leader. >> it's crazy been here five years and gave vring i could and anybody that went into the program as long as i have we know we gave everything we had coming off the intensity event

and that's coming to end and we have a chance to make history yet again. it's just crazy and i'm glad that it's all ending the way it is. >> harrisburg penn state departed for sunny la and they'll be playing ufc in rose bowl. nittany lions won nine a row and they came from behind in the championship game. james franklin said they cannot do that against the trojans. >> it's one thing if you play a pro style owe fence and they'll try to grind you up like wisconsin and they get a lead on you that's a little bit different than playing a team like usc who is explosive as anything and can score a bunch of points in a short period of time. you cannot afford to get down by a bunch. our offense allows us to score points and their offense is the type of offense that can score point at any moments. >> eagles christmas break comes to end tomorrow and they prepare for sunday's final game against cowboys at the linc and

for fourth straight week villanova number one is ac top 5 wild katsz 12-0 won 18 in a row last season and start conference play wednesday against de paul at piv illon on villanova. >> look going. keep it up. thanks, lesley. up n a popular residents ever a local zoo getting ready for big moves. we'll have that story for you

>> wilmington brandywine zoo is looking to say about guy to their tiger. it's the last week you will be able to see her at the brandywine zoo because she's headed to bronx. siberian tyingers are in sdaing erin hope here is in move she'll find a male companion ton breed with. there's a party for zana on new year's eve, lauren. >> and i know it's monday but we're locking ahead to upcoming weekend and it is a big one as we bring in 2017 and good news staying dry for new year's celebrations and on chilly side, cool, temperatures running right about average and especially chill" reason saturday highs in the low 40s and looks like we jump to upper 40s sunday and chance of possible shower for the second

day of the weekend. possible shower for the second day of the weekend. we'll be right back choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store, right now, save $600 on our best selling i8 mattress, plus 24 month special financing. learn more at sleepnumber.com know better sleep with sleep number.

zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me.

>> coming your way next is late show request steve sent colbert and late, late show with james corbin and our morning team is back from 4:30 to 7 and for lesley, lauren, and all of us here and jessica dean weerz always cbs philly.com thank you here and jessica dean weerz always cbs philly.com thank you four watching and we'll see you

>> stephen: hey, can you help me out here? who are the major party candidates for vice president? >> pence and kaine. >> stephen: okay, so if they were going to make a movie of mike pence's life, what do you think it would be called? >> old man on a bench. >> stephen: old man on a bench? >> yeah. >> stephen: and who would play him? who would you cast as mike pence? >> an old version of mark wahlberg. ♪ >> stephen: do you wear sunscreen? >> oh, yes. >> stephen: please tell me you are wearing sunscreen. >> doesn't it look like it? >> stephen: you look fantastic. >> for 68. >> stephen: what! no way. >> yes. >> stephen: i'm 52 and my face looks like a catchers mitt. how old do i look? you t