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cbs3 "eyewitness news". fireworks are ringing in the new year. new year's celebrations are already underway. this one in philadelphia earlier tonight. good evening i'm joe holden. natasha is off tonight. the clock is ticking down to midnight. less than one hour to go you see the clock at the bottom of your screen. another fireworks show will blast off at midnight. our alexandra huff is live at pennsylvania land wrack a crowd is gathering. >> reporter: joe, you can see i still have my party hat on accessory now, too. this one doesn't make noise that's okay. we saw 6:00 p.m. fireworks display that was awesome and we expect nothing less for midnig midnight. ♪ >> reporter: 2017 is about new experiences. karen came here to philadelphia from pakistan to experience new year's in the united states for the first time.

>> in pakistan you don't get to celebrate new year's with firework. it's fun there, but i think the festive mode here is great extent to back in our country but it's fun. different experience. >> reporter: as night fell eyes went up for the earlier of two fireworks displays orchestrated from a barge on the delaware river. >> i love fireworks. i love firework. i can't imagine not seeing fireworks. it's beautiful. >> reporter: new year will also be about new beginnings. >> we've been together seven years. >> reporter: pre fireworks charlotte go sparkle of her own. >> did you have any idea this was coming new year's eve. >> i had a little inkling but i didn't going to think it was going to be today. >> even higher than the glittering display at penn's landing are the hopes for 2017. >> i'm looking forward to all the good things live can possibly give. >> peace. piece in philly. piece in philly. happy new year! >> reporter: fireworks will take to the sky once again in an

hour. reporting live from pennsylvania lanning alexandra hoff, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> love the hat, alex. happy new year to you. from philadelphia to the poconos, this was the scene at jack frost big boulder in carbon county. where skiers participated in the torch light parade. how cool does that look? they later took from the slopes to take new ears eve fireworks and they were not on the and ones. one of the first places in the world to welcome the year 2017 to hong kong. revelers wolfed in all as the firework display lit up a crowderred waterfront. thousands of peel watched to watch the fireworks show in beijing china. they gathered illuminated stars to at to the atmosphere. in moscow russians she was a if i work show over red sea. vladimir putin told the people that 2016 was a difficult year and that people should quote

work harder to make 2017 a better year. and to london now big ben the london eye massive crowd counted down into the new year. fireworks were launched from inside of the enormous observation wheel. lighting up the night sky for revelers near and far. well, here at home, the mummers parade takes center stage in philadelphia tomorrow. so big question what can you expect as you head outside for the first day of 2017? meteorologist lauren casey joins us with her new year's decor cast. >> thanks, joe. a lot of festivities on going and conditions will be pretty nice conducive to getting outdoors and enjoying those. we've warmed up over the last hour. 46 degrees right now in philadelphia. 43 in allentown. 46 degrees right now in ac. we still do have that breeze to contend with up around eight. 17, 20 miles per hour another breezy day throughout the day today and we had gusty winds. winds still gusting newspaper the upper teen, 20 miles per hour range adding to that wind chill impact and we did see a

couple of flakes northwest of the city. a couple of sprinkles work through center city and right now dealing with a batch of sprinkles exiting south jersey and the shore. we will stay dry into the overnight period if you're about to head out to second round of fireworks at pennsylvania lanning to officially are ring in 2017 your temperature not too bad 43 degrees. steady temperatures as well. not plunging too far. mostly cloudy conditions. and looking great for the mummers parade tomorrow. sunshine, less wind, 41 degrees into the 9:00 o'clock hour. by noon we're in the middle 40s. we'll talk more about what's in in store for tomorrow and soggy start to the work week as we head back to work after the holiday weekend. all that's coming up. >> thank you lauren. country's biggest new year's eve party is underway right now in new york city sometimes square. cbs news correspondent wendy gillette joins the revelers waiting for the annual ball dr drop. >> reporter: a sea of revelers is bracing cold temperatures to ring in the new year in new yo york. >> i love it out here. it's very beautiful with all the

lights but really cold. >> i'm freeze. i've been out here for nine hours. >> reporter: as many 2 million people packed into times square of that them waiting for 12 almost 24 hours to watch the waterford crystal ball drop. the ball is 12 feet in diameter and 12,000 pounds. with 2,688 crystals. those waiting for midnight were coralled in pens without access to bathroom facility. >> how are you handling the no bathroom thing. >> managing it. can't do much about it. >> reporter: what does that mean. >> hanging in there best you can. >> reporter: security is extra tight this year. 7,000 police officers uniformed and undercover along with bom bomb-sniffing dogs are patrolling the area and mypd a added 65 sanitation trucks filled with sand this year to prevent terror attacks like those in germany and france. >> police everywhere. security i mean it seems like it's altogether well taken care of. i feel great. >> reporter: police also kept

an eye in the eye sky to make sure the massive crowd welcomes 2017 sale. wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. developing now out of turkey at least 35 people are dead and 40 others wounded following an attack at a nightclub in istanbul. officials say a gunman believed to have been dressed as santa clause walked into the club and opened fire. hundreds were inside for a new year's celebration. istanbul's governor called the shooting a terror tack. no group has claimed responsibility. we'll continue to follow this story on air and on cbsphilly.cocbsphilly.com. philadelphia deliver row woman says she was attacked and sexually assaulted. police say the woman told them she was driving on washington lane near chew avenue in east germantown earlier tonight. when a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans jumped in. the woman says he forced her to drive to another location where she tells police he raped her. the man is believed to be in his 20s. so far no arrests in the case.

two people are dead tonight after police say they were hit by a car. this happened around 5:45 in the 200 block of lawrence road in marple township. officials say the elderly victims appeared to have been crossing the road when they were hit. the driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. suspect in the fatal shooting of a pennsylvania state trooper has been shot and killed by authorities. early this morning the manhunt for the suspect, 32-year-old jason robinson, ended in gunfire at a mobile home in central pennsylvania. robinson was wanted in yesterday's shooting death of 23-year-old state trooper landon weaver. who was gunned down as he responded to a domestic incident in huntington county. >> they enacted the murder suspect in a nearby location. when confronted by the troopers the armed suspect failed to obey commands and made an overt threat towards the troopers. faced with deadly situation, troopers were forced to discharge their weapons

resulting in the suspect being fatally wounded. >> weaver join the force a year ago. he becomes the 97th member of the pennsylvania state police to be killed in the line of duty. in the meantime, community members mourn the loss of fallen new jersey state trooper feel fearon today. eyewitness video of the funeral services in new, north arlington, new jersey. lieutenant fearon was diagnosed with a brain tumor a tribute to do working at ground zero during the aftermath of 9/11. fearon served 22 years with the state police. pennsylvania drivers can expect to pay little more at the pumps in the new year. starting tomorrow the gas tax in the keystone state will jump 8 cents to about 78 cents per gallon. the tax revenue was used for road construction and infrastructure maintenance much as today of drivers are paying an average of $2.54 for gallon of regular in pennsylvania. well, less than an hour to go until midnight, and you may be going out to celebrate. but 2017 came early for this

group of children. after the break we'll ring in the new year with those who will probably be fast asleep when the clock strikes midnight. plus, the mummers are back to strut their way through philadelphia. that means a lot of road closures will soon go into effect. what to expect if you're heading into center city. lauren? >> and sunshine is in store for our new year's day but we do have wet start to the work week in store. i'll have the details on and that the return of some arctic air in your full forecast coming up. ♪

there it is. some youngsters ring in the new year at the please touch museum today. they were 12 hours early. of course most will be fast asleep by midnight. the family friendly party was complete with live music and even their very own ball drop.

the big party was all over of course just in time for a nap. philadelphia is anticipating a big crowd for the annual mummers parade. that means a lot of road closures. from 3:00 in the morning tomorrow until the end of the parade mark street will be closed from 15th to 16th. 15th from arch to chestnut. jfk boulevard will close from 15th to 20th then later tomorrow broad street will be closed from city hall south down to washington avenue. we've put a complete list of parade parking restrictions online at cbsphilly.com. on new year's eve it is all about the roles at cascia' bakery accident line of people who turned out to get their share. the south philadelphia business was humming all night long as workers baked to phil orders for thousands of them. it's a practice that's spanned decades for the family owned by the fourth generation of bakers. >> our customers are always he here. they're always loyal and they come in i see the same faces every year every day.

>> one of the pom lar items you ask it is the bakery's torpedo roll. they make 900 dozen of them for new year. fireworks aren'tly only things lighting up the sky new year's eve. nasa says a comet will streak across the sky near the moon if the skies are clear you'll be able to see the comet but you'll need a pair of bin cock new queue lars. looking for it streaking across the western sky. my mother-in-law wanted the details here. >> okay. >> what are we looking for and how far where? >> okay. yeah, we have clouds. probably won't be able to see it in the delaware valley. >> sorry. >> you do have tell scone or binoculars should be able to sight. it will be a really cool sight it has a long tale and teal colored. >> nice. >> you have to have a telescope. maybe do you. >> clouds in the sky. >> clouds in the sky. >> parade will go off without a hitch. >> parade will be great. for january day you can't ask for better weather that we have in store for tomorrow. enjoy the conditions. we are quiet we do have those clouds in place.

blocking the comet. live look at center city philadelphia 46 degrees right now. wind out of the southwest at around 17 miles per hour. making it feel more like 39 but that southerly component to our wind flow is going to usher some more mild air as we head into our sunday and the first day of 2017. actually, we warmed up over the last hour. we just hit our high temperature of the day 46 degrees in philadelphia. topped at 44 in the lehigh valley. 46 in ac. 33 in mount pocono. yesterday was breezy day. today a breezy day especially down the shore winds gusting to 45 miles per hour in atlantic city. to near 40 miles an hour at the cape may county courthouse and temperatures right now as i mentioned really sitting on our high temperature across many reporting sites in the delaware valley. 46 in wilmington. 46 in millville. we're at 43 degrees right now in reading and thankfully we do have a more mild evening because i know a loft us getting out on the town celebrating new year's. we're up about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than this time yesterday evening. and that is in part because of of these clouds in mace holding

temperatures up. we have couple of sprinkles try to redevelop across portions of berks county again radar looking more ominous than what we're actually seeing at the surface because a lot of evaporating before hitting the ground. good to go for the firework at pennsylvania lanning clowder deck increasing throughout the overnight period. nice round of sunshine in store for the first day of january as we head into tomorrow night the clouds though will return and so does the rain chances we head into monday morning kind of spreading from south to north so could impact that monday morning commute as we head into the afternoon hours that rain swath moving more northbound the rain should be pretty light in intensity but again could cause for slick roads throughout the day on monday. but looking all clear for the last eagles game of the season. the birds taking on the cowboys, yuk. 1:00 o'clock game time temperature 49 degrees. mostly sunny conditions. northwest winds eye at around five to 10 miles an hour beautiful day to kick off 2017 all across the region. few clouds to start in the poconos much otherwise sunshine

breaks out in the afternoon. 38 degrees. mostly sunny near 50 down the shore. so milder tomorrow. even more mild as we head into monday. the monday nation will be on tuesday with high temperatures in the city approaching 60 degrees. but you know it's not going to last. arctic air starts to drop in as we head into wednesday. it will officially arrive as we head into thursday so we're going from pleasant to nice polar air mass for week's end that will stick around for period of several days but it will be kind of a soggy start to the work week. 47 on monday with light rain and drizzle. heavy periods of rain as we head into tuesday with that high temperature near 60 degrees. breezy and cooler as we head into wednesday and then we transition over to that arctic air as we head into thursday pretty quiet conditions. dry sunshine on thursday but it looks kind of breezy, 36 degrees. 34 on friday. i think even friday morning temperatures even in the city could fall down into the teens. so that is going to feel like january. >> pulling the bottom right out

from under. >> absolutely. >> it was expected though of course. >> what are you going to do. tiz the season. >> tiz the season as soon as we get the parade in, it's like, okay -- >> we're good to go tomorrow. >> lauren, thank you very much. >> um-hmm. >> tomorrow's game against the eagles the cowboys means nothing in the standerring but a lot for carson wentz. i'll tell was records he could set against the boys plus, chip kelly may be looking to hire a moving company again? i'll tell how much longer he may be coaching the forty nineness. and villanova capped off a banner year with another great performance against creighton. sports is next. ♪

welcome back. march 12th that's the last time villanova has lost a basketball game. let that sing in there for minute. 19 straight wins since then inn clueing the national championship on the final day of 2016 they look to end the year with win but it wouldn't be easing facing tenth ranked creighton.

final seconds of the first half the paul goes to kris jenkins, there's the thee point and it was good. the second half game tied 66 dante, jumper no good but there's josh hart there to get the rebound. scoring to give the cats two-point lead. hart scoring 18 points. under two minutes left villanova up five. brunson the jumper in traffic. he scored a career high 27 points. nova moving to 14-zero best start in school history with the 10-point win. the new year tomorrow rings in the final game of the season for the eagles when they take on the cowboys down at the linc. the birds looking to end the season with back to back wins. tomorrow carson wentz could set a stubble couple of new team records. the most passing attempts in a season. most passing yards, both marks now held by donovan mcnabb. carson also needs just three more completions to set the nfl rookie record that is held by sam bradford. he says this season will undoubtedly help him later in

his career. >> there's been a lot of learning, a lot of opportunities for me to grow and develop and see things, see the picture, um, and all those thing are great. will only help me get better at a quicker pace i believe. >> we feel really he's playing his best football right now at the end of the year just goes to show the type of player he is, the type of professional that he is, and how he's learning each week. >> we'll get you ready for the eagles season finale tomorrow at 11:30 on the sunday kickoff. sports director don bell, leslie van arsdall, pat gallen and voice of the eagles meryl reece put a close on the 2016 season tomorrow at 11:30 in the morning right here on cbs3. chip kelly's days in san francisco are reportedly numbe numbered. espn is reporting that chip and general manager trent balkie will be fired after tomorrow's game against the seahawks. the 9'ers are two-13 this season and lost a team record 13 straight games. the flyers will end their disney on ice road trip tomorrow

against the ducks after winning 10 in row. the orange and black have dropped five out of six. steve mason stats for the game is in doubt after he hurt his hand hadn't to leave the game against the shark last night. more college hoops now. temple at central florida and it was a long day for fran dunphy's owls. they scored just 11 points in the first half. setting a conference record for fewest points scored in a half. the owls couldn't contain the golden nights center. 7-foot 6-inch scored 17 points. grabbed seven boards and had two blocks as the owls never recovered from their slow start and lost 77-53. next monday tampa and alabama will play clemson for the national championship in the peach bowl the crimson tide beat washington 24-seven. alabama scored 10 points off turnovers including this 26-yard interception return for a touchdown. out at glendale arizona in the fiesta bowl clemson shut down

ohio state. desean watson reason for two touchdowns and tigers defense hell the power bull buck eye offense to 215 yards. as they beat the buck eyes 31 31-zero. it's the first time irvin meyer has been shut out as head coach. well, ringing in the new year with a splash. still ahead, how the animals are celebrating the arrival of 2017 at the new jersey aquarium. stay with us. we're coming right back.

♪ guests of the adventure aquarium in camden new jersey didn't have to wait until midnight to ring in the new ye year. new year's eve splash event earlier today people of all ages enjoyed visit wig their favorite animals many of them psychiatristed at care yum before watching the 6:00 o'clock fireworks show on the delaware riverfront. and we will be right back. ♪

oh, boy, what you see here is no regular walk in the park. this is the annual key west daschund walk. about 200 weiner dogs dressed in costume paraded through downtown key west to kick off new year's eve celebrations. >> okay. let me take over. >> go. pup dressed as a star wars storm trooper took center stage along with his cone opener dressed as princess leia. the start to handful new year's festivities scheduled around the island city. what better event than to have dogs around. >> it's awesome. the clock in the corner, t minus 27 minutes until we ring in 2017. 2017. >> yes. >> s that is "eyewitness news" for now. i'm joe holden in for natasha, leslie, lauren and everyone here, thank you for joining us b we go we want to take moment to recognize everyone here at "eyewitness news" for their dedication.

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