shot the in a second but all quiet here on the first day of 2017. mild temperatures. the less windy. a lot of new years entering on >> good day for it. >> things go downhill tomorrow >> look at that. >> yes. >> pretty cool, all right. thanks. we're excited here, for 2017. lets talk about the weather. i'm excited about today, i like those a little will bit on the mild side. is there winter weather fans, don't war that i will get here i have a cold forecast coming up later in the week. we have a nice sunrise, 41 degrees at the airport. southeasterly wind at 14 as cold front moves through so wind chills down to the lower 30's but we are milder then we were this time yesterday. rahel, they are clear glasses. so, do the men get the ready guess? i don't know. we will show hers in a second. thirty-nine in allentown, wilmington. and being in the suburbs, it is 40 in doylestown and palmyra. storm scan three nice and quiet, some cloud rolling through not pro tuesdaying any

precipitation. we have to dress with the heavy coat, temperatures in the 40's. standing outside for a while it will feel chilly. by noon time upper 40's. that brings us to the eagles forecast to finish off the season. big game there with dallas. fun time to check that out. forty-nine at kick off. northwesterly breeze at ten to 15, lot of sunshine throughout the game. new years day forecast looking great, 50 for philadelphia, upper 40's at the shore, polar bear plunge taking place today ocean water in the lower 40's. poconos good day for skiing and riding at 40 degrees. we will talk about that rain and bitter cold temperatures copping at us in the seven kay in a few more minutes. there is rahel's glasses. >> um-hmm, styling. >> looks good. >> all right, justin, while were you sleeping or partying, hundreds were working through the the night, getting ready for philadelphia tradition we're talk about the annual mummers parade. cherri gregg from kyw news radio is live from south philadelphia, hanging out with the string band this morning. good morning, cherri, happy new year. >> reporter: good morning,

rahel. happy new year to you too. i'm here with the pence port string band and i'm in the closet, the suit closet, with all of the bling, all of the feathers, all of the coolness that helped make mummers day parade, the mummers day parade , right. i'm here with rich, i'm here bob, bob and rich, and they are long time members of the pence port string band and for people and rahel we were going back and forth on twitter. so i put it up, to bob, to explain to the world for folks like myself who are transplant don't understand mummers to break it down for us. >> i will dot best i can. it is a little bit mardi gras, it the is a lot of family, it goes back to colonial times. people used to run around, and shooting off guns, and, it was just fun, and back in the 1900 city organize it in the parade basically to keep people from running other peoples houses. >> reporter: so this is what they do, big part of it, of

course is outfit, the gear, that they wear. i'm kind of warm under here. you are the man, assistant man to put together the strut. you have been practicing for months. what makes this year different from years past. >> we have a different music arranger, music is more different then what we're used to playing. it is a little bit more difficult to portray, dancing, movements are more than then we're used to doing. >> reporter: let's look at the shirt, tiki island i'm very intrigued. >> it will be like a polynesian but an island theme , where tiki will be coming to life, and we have a lot of natives and a lot of band movement and just a lot

of continue. we have got the some vices this year. >> reporter: lots of surprises. i want to point out this band for two years in a row they won money from sugar house casino. they got a thousand dollars. then they got $2,500, last year. so they are doing some good stuff, and rich has promised to show me and you will jump in here or bob will jump in here and show me the strut before we close this out and don't laugh because i might embarras myself but hey, it is all for love of news, let's do it. >> hey i'm trying. >> hey, look, we have a lot more coming up, live from south philadelphia, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> they are bringing in the music. that is right.

>> got to get looking good, cherri, all right, thank you. well, if you are part of the mummers crowd be ready to walk, market street is closed from 15th and 16th until the end of the parade. fifteenth street will be closed from arch to chestnut, jfk boulevard will shut down from 15th to 20th, later, broad street will be closed from city hall down to washington avenue. we have put a complete list of parade parking restrictions, on line at cbs philly.com. and, at the stroke of midnight city of philadelphia put on a spectacular fire works show. family friendly new years eve celebration kick off at blue cross river rink. our alexandria hoff was at penns landing where they put on two fire works show. 2017 is about new experiences. she came from here pakistan to experience new years in the you had for the first time in

pakistan you don't get to celebrate new years with a lot of fire works, but it is fun here, and festive mode here is a great difference there what we experience back in the country. this is fun. >> reporter: as night fell, eyes went up for the earlier of two fire works advertise plays orchestrated from a barge on the delaware river. >> i love fire works. i love fire works. i can't imagine in the seeing fire works. it is beautiful. >> reporter: new year will also be about new beginning. >> we have been together seven years. >> reporter: prefire works, charlotte got some spark he will of her own. did you have any idea this was coming new year eve. >> i had a thought but i didn't think it would be today >> reporter: even higher then glittering display of penns landing are the hopes for 2017 >> i'm looking forward to all of the good things that i could possibly experience. >> happy new year. >> reporter: given the crowd police say they will be out in full force, all weekend,

reporting from penns landing, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, an estimated 2 million people crowded in new york city is times square to bid farewell to 2016 and welcome in the new year. wendy gilette was also there. >> reporter: confetti rained done on revel hours rang in 2017 in times square. >> you brought the a baby up in here. >> yes, came all the was from south africa. so we could not let them stay at home. >> reporter: country's biggest party came up with stepped up security, 7,000 police officers, uniformed, under cover and bomb sniffing dogs patrolled the area. >> police are every where. security is great. the it just seems like it is alling together well taken care of. i feel great. >> reporter: police also watched from the skies, to make sure that the massive crowd welcomed the new year without incident: as many as 2 million people packed into

times square and some waiting for 12, almost 24 hours, to watch the ball tropical. those waiting for midnight were caroled in pence without access to bathroom facility. >> it took a lot of endurance. it did. it really to. >> reporter: how did you handle not having bathrooms. >> i didn't eat or drink. >> reporter: for many ringing in the new year in times square was a once in a lifetime screens. >> it was on my bucket list. >> reporter: just minutes in the new year a army of new york city sanitation workers descended on times square to clean up tons of confetti and trash that the partyers left behind. wendy gel let for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in turkey year began with the deadly attack on a nightclub in istanbul. a gunman dressed as santa claus walk in the club during new years celebration and opened fire. at least 39 people are dead, and 70 others are wounded, and they call the shooting a terror attack but in one has claimed responsibility.

police are investigating a fatal shooting in philadelphia authorities responded to richmond and east venango streets. victim was pronounced dead at the scene. there is in word of a suspect. and just about 30 minutes later after 3:00 police responded to a fatal shooting in north philadelphia man was shot in the chest in the 1900 block of west willard street, in word on a suspect. authorities are also investigating a stabbing in philadelphia, police responded to the scene just after 11:30, on the 3900 block of roosevelt boulevard, and one woman was stabbed in the chest and other had minor injuries, police say that the suspect is men, to the victims. and new this morning, it is a deadly start to the new year in philadelphia as we have been saying police are investigating a fatal accident in the fernrock section of the city, police say a 71 year-old man was struck and killed by a white sedan, around 1:40 this morning in the 1200 block of west chew avenue, that is near marvine street. the victim died at the scene. investigators say the driver

of that sedan was found three blocks away where he crashed into a fence, the driver a 25 year-old man was taken to the hospital, in stable condition, and, police say he will be charged with leaving the scene of the fatal accident. also new this morning police say a person was struck and killed by a trenton regional rail train near the holmesberg junction this happened around 1:55 this morning on the tracks near state road and ashburner street. unidentified victim tied at the scene. accident forced septa to cancel a special late night trains for new years eve. and there is much more to come on "eyewitness news", a power company find malwear on a computer, where investigators think it came from and whether they think the the company was a target. and some unusual, advice from president-elect trump for people who are extra security conscious. and 2017, gets off to a mild start, justin drabick is giving us his forecast just minutes

recovery efforts are supposed to begin for a small plane that vanished off of lake erie. twin engine plane carrying six people disappeared shortly after take off thursday night from lake shore airport. on friday coastguard suspended its search for plane after finding nothing. two small planes collided midair near mckenney, texas killing three people this collision happened saturday engineer arrow county airport about 35 miles north of downtown dallas. faa says that both aircraft were flying under visual flight rules and not in contact with air traffic control at the time of the crash. several states are asking cyber security experts to reexamine state and utility

networks, this follows a discovery of malwear allegedly tied to russian hackers on a vermont power company's lap top computer but as rose gomez reports, the power grid wasn't compromised. >> reporter: over 20,000 vermonters received power from the burlington electric department and officials say that none of their customers data was compromised after a malice a software was discover on a employee's lap top. >> something that we take extremely seriously and, our utility, we're largest, in the u.s., takes cyber security very seriously. we will continue to do that. ultimately we want to ensure reliability of our grid and protection of our customer data. >> reporter: he says that a company lap top was found with the type of mal wear that the u.s. department of home land security has associated with russian hackers. they disconnected it from the network and alerted authorities. >> this computer, was in the

connected to the grid control system. the it was not breached or penetrated. we have no indication, of compromise of our electric grid systems or any customer information. >> reporter: governor elect bill scott release aid statement saying that the the utility is working closely with federal officials to trace this malwear and state public safety officials will continue to coordinate with our federal partners. he says that the lap top was used by one employee for business purposes, although it is still under investigation that they believe the malwear came there a web site the employee visited. burlington electric does in the the know what the intent of the malwear was but they do know they weren't the only ones affect. they say authorities tell them there is no indication that burlington electric was specifically targeted. >> cyber security is an issue that effect as lot of industries, it effects health care, obviously it is a tech ing the utilities industry here and also commerce, but my sense of things here this

burlington is that the leaders in the utility community here this burlington have this well under control. >> reporter: burlington electric officials say federal officials found this type of internet traffic, elsewhere in the country, and that they have in indication that the utility industry has been targeted, in anyway. rose gomez, burlington. well, despite all of his tweeting president-elect trump says he rarely uses e-mail or computers. the last night hosting his new years eve party at his palm beaches state the president-elect says if people are really security conscious in certain hatters don't go high tech. >> if you have something really important, write it the out and have it delivered by courier, the old tags way because i'll tell you what, no computer is safe. >> by the way mr. trump has been reluctant to accept allegations by u.s. intelligent agencies that russia tried to influence the presidential election through hacking. lets get a check of weather and traffic. a lot of people waking up late

this morning after last night. >> that is understandable. >> hopefully this weather gives them something to smile about. >> get outside, enjoy it, if you want to a lot of outdoor activity, eagles game with the cowboys, always fun to watch that at the link. maybe just hitting the slopes, great the day for skiing and riding. temperatures in the poconos getting up to 40 in the afternoon in the sunshine. groomers are out getting everything ready on big boulder opening up at 8:00 this morning. we're in good shape through all of the major resorts here in pennsylvania, and the not 100 percent capacity since we have not had that big snowstorm but building good base here, toes and boulder up to 40 inches. thirty-six for cammal back blue mountain and decent amount of trails. twenty-nine in camelback, 27 in blue mountain. great day for skiing and riding. things go downhill next couple of days because we are talking about rain but they will be cranking out more snow with that cold arctic air. little signs, of the spring, if you do not like cold season , the daylight, could start increasing now that we have officially started the winter season, sunset tonight

coming at 4:47, later and later by february 1st, it will be setting at 5:20. march 1st 5:53. and before we get the daylight savings time. we are gaining just over 30 seconds of daylight another week or so we will gain a minute of daylight each day as we head toward spring season. thirty-nine in allentown 356789 in reading. thirty-three mount pocono. nothing cold, chilly, we are heading outside wear the winter coat but the cold air is still well to the north and west, upper great lakes, northern plains, 24 in minneapolis. twenty's in des moines. that cold air just stays out to the west for next several days and does not get in our region until later on wednesday night and then certainly by the end of the week we will talk bit, nice and dry, storm scan three, a little weak cold front coming through. not a lot of moisture. just some cloud rolling through right now, we do have some rain well to the south, tories a couple storm system that will roll northward over the next 48 hours. that puts a couple of round of rain in the forecast, because we could use rain. it has been dry past few months. monday morning, if you are heading back to work, rain will arrive, probably around

day break. should not be anything too heavy but we have to watch far northwestern suburbs lehigh valley and poconos we could have light freezing rain with temperatures right around freezing. rainfall amounts on monday, maybe a tenth or a quarter inch. temperatures climbing in the 40's. another round of rain arrives on tuesday. and so lets time things out, today, lot of sunshine throughout the afternoon, cloud start to move in overnight the tonight, 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning we will see that rain breaking out from the city on south. notice pink that is that freezing rain berks county, lehigh valley, it is rain coming in earlier that freezing rain could be extended further south, and then warmer air starts to move in. everybody just sees some light rain, off and on through the day on monday. we will get a break monday night and then tuesday morning again we will see our next round of rain returning. temperatures wise, getting close 50, around the city, on south, even on the coast, around 50 degrees, this afternoon. tonight, it is chilly, we have to watch the suburbs, close to freezing tomorrow morning, and that is why there is potential for freezing drizzle and then in the afternoon, back to the mid 40's. cooler then today just because

of the cloud and showers. ice amounts again, mainly confined up in the poconos. less than a tenth of an inch tomorrow. so just beware if you are traveling, if you want to early tomorrow morning there could be slick spots 506789 for the high today, sun and cloud tonight, increasing cloud, chilly, low of 34. extended forecast, pretty mild , 40's and 50's next few days with rain in the 50's. end of the week it the is coal highs in the 30's. that cold blast lingers until at least monday, back to you. >> can't wait, all right, justin, thank you. time to see how traffic is moving. lets go to kyle hahn in the cbs-3 traffic center, good morning, kyle. >> good morning, rahel. we have a minor incident in west conshohocken on than trent street and crawford avenue. rest of the roadways are looking good including i-95, vine, schuylkill expressway, route 42, 55 and ac expressway we will however have multiple road closures in the city starting off on 15th street, between arch street and chestnut street and jfk boulevard between fifth the event and 20th street and

market street between 16th street and 15th street all of which will be closed from 3:00 o the hummers take parade. mass transit all regional rails buses and trolleys are scheduled to run on a modified weekday schedule. be sure to look at septa's when site for more information on. that all service on dart will be suspended, for new years daze to daze so plan accordingly. at cbs-3 traffic center i'm kyle hahn new rahel back to you. >> kyle, thank you. here's more what you will see on "eyewitness news" this morning chances are you are owed some money and don't even realize it. three on your side jim donovan explains where money is coming there and how you can collect cash when you come bac

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these settlements. so consumer action has created a date the a base to help consumers collect. johnson and johnson baby products or seventh generation cleaning products is this you may be eligible for ten to 30 bucks due to alleged misleading claims. proof of purchase often isn't necessary. >> even for some of the larger amounts it is not necessarily very high burden of proof. >> reporter: current pay outs range from 50 cents for anyone who bought a star bucks breakfast sandwich to thousands for those compromised by 204 home tea powe data breach. >> consumers will never get rich off class action. >> reporter: melissa kaine, points out it is lawyers who take home biggest cut. >> bigger benefit to consumers is threat of these massive lawsuits keep companies honest >> reporter: left over fund are distributed to consume are organizations like rideout but wow prefer you would get your cut. >> we want to get word out before it is too late. >> reporter: every settlement does have a deadline to file a claim. to check if you are entitled

to class action settlement money, visit cbs philly.com or follow me on facebook ape twit ter. i have posted a link there. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. in the next half an hour of eye witt the necessary news mummers in the spotlight, fancy brigade get ready for a philadelphia tradition. and filling up the tank will empty more of your wallet , find out which state has a higher gas tax and how much more you'll pay, justin. good morning everyone, mild start to the year, i'll let you know which day will be warmest and how long this stretch will last in eyewitness weather.

it is sunday january 1st, 2017 happy new year. i'm rahel solomon. thanks for sending part of your day with us. the justin drabick on the sky deck with eyewitness weather. justin, listen, i'm just messenger but today is mummers parade and people on twitter want to see you do weather while you strut. >> i can strut. >> get on that. >> i cannot strut out here, i will strut right off the sky deck six floors up. >> you have another hour and a half. >> i will see what i can do and try to work on that. weather is quiet, so are streets in philadelphia people are sleeping in on this new years morning. it will be a nice day this afternoon. a lot of events outside,

weather cooperating. we have a beautiful sunrise, in just a few minutes, clear skies, lot of sun will get us near 50 this afternoon. already, yeah, 12 degrees warmer in allentown. 19 degrees warmer in millville compared to this time yesterday. out early yesterday morning you are scraping frost off of your car. that is not happening today. temperatures right around 40 degrees. we have had cloud around, wind is still up, and keeping that cold air from settling in down at the surface, but that wind will relax through the morning , you can see storm scan three nice and quiet, some of the thin cloud, thin ning out. traveling today, looks great, sun and cloud, battling sun glare, goes downhill tomorrow, and tuesday we will talk about some rain but that mummers parade forecast looking good, lower 40's at 9:00 by noon time upper 40's on our way up to 50 for philadelphia don't get used to these 50's. big time cold spell coming later in the week. i will show you that seven day in a few more minutes. rahel, back over to you. >> we will see you soon.

>> all right. for more than 100 years new years take in philadelphia has meant one thing, the mummers parade. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio is live from south philadelphia with one string band getting ready to strut their stuff. at least somebody is strutting their stuff, cherri, good morning, what is going on out there. >> reporter: that is right, good morning, rahel, happy new year, yes, there will be a lot of strutting going on and as you can see here at pence port spring band headquarters in south philadelphia, there is lots of muscles going on here. the excuse me. they are getting ready. they are ready to present their tiki island theme strut today, and right now there is a lot going on and in addition to all of the bling that you will see, right, it takes a lot of work including make up, all right. and then these guys and girls over here are getting all bronze and tanned up because they are going to hit south broad street, but kim davis is the woman behind the facial designs that you will see,

good morning, kim. >> good morning. beautiful morning. >> reporter: you have been working, bringing these folks in, tell me what is the design , what went into this because it took months to put this together. >> our team has traveled, to the more or less tattoos type of design as we come through. so we're work ago lot of inn corporations with stripes, tattooish type looks. we have stations set up. we get air brush, everybody has different details depending on than what their costume and what their look is for the day. we have people set up and making that happen. >> reporter: so, my photographer is showing how intricate it is. they have an air brush machine , they are air brushing on bronze make up, yes, so you guys, drew out schematics and to research. >> we do it in pencil, set it up, we are trying to match the costumes because those bright colors we want to mum it up,

make it more fancy. we have a lieutenant of bright colors to step it up, and so we go back in and hand paint everything in, and what our ideas are. everybody is doing different colors based on what the design is coming there. >> let me just point out, this band, pence port string band doesn't perform until just before 2:00 but they will start to arrive around 5:30 this morning because it takes a lot of work. the as you can see look at these outfits. they have on, he has a palm grass skirt here and there is all sorts of different outfits and they are warm, so they have skin flesh colored uniforms underneath, all of this to make sure that they stay warm strutting their stuff down south broad street. the parade begins just after 9:00 o'clock this morning. and then they will be performing just before 2:00 o'clock all part of the philadelphia tradition and more than 100 years old, and i cannot wait to see it happen,

rahel, because this is mardi gras, philly style on new years take. that is only way i can describe it in a sentence. so lots of fun to be had. can i get some noise, y'all. >> all right. you know, it will be a rocking new year day. live from south philadelphia, cherri gregg. >> we are pence port. >> live from south philadelphia cherri gregg kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". i love you guys. >> look at the mummers bringing energy, music. thanks, cherri. at the stroke of midnight the city of philadelphia put on quite the fire works show. >> ♪ >> also, bringing the energy here family friendly new years eve celebrations, kick off at blue cross river rink. families skated while jamming to some music and there were two fire works show. one for those who had to get

kids in bed early and another fire works display when the clock struck midnight. from philadelphia to the poconos, this was the scene at jack frost big boulder in carbon county. the that is cool. skiers participated in the torch light parade. they took a break from the slopes to take in some new years eve fire works. and always a big celebration here, of course, millions of people pack new york's times square to ring in 2017, they watched waterford crystal ball drop to signal start of the new year in america. there were no specific credible terror threats against new york city times square, but police say they were prepared, security included lining the street the celebration with sanitation trucks filled with sand to prevent anymore attempts to drive-in to clouds. >> russians celebrated the start with the fire works show over red square, and a warning from russian president

vladamire putin. told them that 2016 was a difficult year and that people should quote work harder to make 2017 a better one. and across the pond in london, big ben and london eye helped crowds count down the new year. fire works were launch from inside the enormous observation wheel lighting up night sky for revellers near and far. and sad news in istanbul new years celebrationness turning write shattered by an attack on a popular nightclub. gunman opened fire killing at least 35 people wounding more than 70 others. the istanbul governor calls it a terror attacks. the as brooks silva-braga reports it happened despite an increase in police protection. >> reporter: dozens of the the injured were rushed to hospitals early sunday morning after at least one gunman opened fire in is istanbul nightclub. it started as a officer was shot at the door just after 1:00 a.m. as hundreds were celebrating new year in one of the cities best known and up scale venues.

>> i don't know, i saw one person, shooting. >> reporter: club overlooks the river, and turkish media reported many party goers, left the water to escape. the city's governor called it a terror attack just three weeks ago, 44 were killed in twin blasts outside istanbul soccer match. early sunday morning police cordond off a large section of the city of 14 million, even before the attack, authorities deployed at least 17,000 police officers, amid security concerns. brooks silva-braga for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and a manhunt for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a pennsylvania state trooper end with his death. state police say jason robinson was shot and killed during an encounter at a mobile home in central pennsylvania. robinson was wanted in friday 's fatal shooting of state trooper london weaver. he was gunned down as he responded to a domestic incident in huntingdon county. >> they encountered the murder suspect in a nearby location,

and when confronted by troopers the armed suspect failed to obey command and made a threat toward the troopers. faced with the deadly situation troopers were forced to discharge their weapons resulting in the suspect being fatally wounded. >> trooper weaver joined the pennsylvania state police in 2015, he is the 97th member to be killed in the line of duty. meantime, community members mourned loss of the fallen new jersey state trooper bill theron. the this is "eyewitness news" of the video in north arlington, new jersey. he was diagnosis with the brain tumor attributed to working at ground zero during aftermath of 9/11. trooper theron served 22 years with the new jersey state police. philadelphia police are investigating the attack on a deliver would i man in east germantown. investigators say woman told them she was driving on washington lane near chew avenue yesterday evening when a man wearing a black hooded sweat shirt and jeans jumped in. woman says he forced her to drive to another location where she told police he raped her.

man is believed ton in his 20 's: so far no arrests. and two people are dead after police say a car, struck them, it happened around 5:45 yesterday evening, on 200 block of lawrence road in marple township. the officers say victim appeared to have been crossing the road when they were hit, driver who stopped at the scene, suffered minor injuries and we have more to come on "eyewitness news", in the need to quench your thirst, well get ready to pay more for that bottle of soda. eagles get ready to wrap up season at the link against an old, enemy straight ahead in eyewitness sports. and how should you dress if you got ticket to the game? justin drabick has the forecast in just a few minutes

new year means higher gas prices for pennsylvania drivers. today gas tax in the keystone state is jumping eight cents to about 78 cents per gallon. tax revenue paid for road construction and maintenance. the latest figures from triple a shows drivers are pagan average of 2.51 cents for a gallon of regular in the philadelphia area. philadelphia's new soda tax will also start today, first of the kind in the major american city. that means you'll pay 1.5 cents per ounce for sugary drinks. mayor jim kenney says tax will fund prek. last month philadelphia common pleas court judge upheld tax, however, beverage industry does say that they plan to appeal the ruling. right now justin joins us now checking with the weather watchers.

good morning. what are they seeing. >> pretty quiet conditions in the region. clear skies. temperatures not that bad. cold spot are in the the lower 30's. a lot of locations reporting 40 degrees. good start on this first day of 2017. and we will make a run at 50 degrees this afternoon. little mild stretch over next few days. enjoy nice weather if you like it on the warmer side. we will check in through backyard across the region. coldest temperatures looks like here 32 at john's house in perkasie. he has got partly cloudy skies , this hour. then a lot of spots of 40 degrees, already in berks county, helen davis, in moats on 40, and we still have cloud cover, weak cold front that is coming through not producing any precipitation. we will see increasing, sunshine through the afternoon 41 degrees at ed connor's house here in chesterfield, new jersey. one cool spot down in delaware delores lee checking in at 36. she has clear skies at this hour. full sunshine. and here's a shot from last night phil chapline fire works happy new year everyone cool

shot there. there is a i good sunrise at lynn springer's house in cherry hill, new jersey. the lets go down to south jersey looking at that sunrise , sun breaking the horizon right now 39 degrees at this hour, cape may courthouse, northwest breeze at 4 miles an hour. wind is backing off a bit. yesterday we did get up to the mid 40's, didn't quite feel like that because the wind was still on the stronger side. here's the stats for month of december. again temperatures averaging above average once again, 1.3 above average. average high is 41 degrees this time of the year. we are well above that today, still tomorrow even with clouds and rain around. tuesday is warmest day and then bottom falls out by even of the week. if you like it cold, we have an extended period, of some cold arctic air coming at us, starting on wednesday night. probably all the way into early next week. so storm scan we have high pressure protecting us over the ohio valley. the skies clearing out nicely, behind the weak cold front. you cannot even pick it the out here on the radar. and rain to our south, and then she will start to slowly

move northward today. cloud will thicken up tonight. by tomorrow morning, heading back to work, we could be dealing with light rain across the region. here's set up. high pressure protects us, moves to the north. we will get one round of rain on the day monday. the get a break monday night. second round of rain comes in on tuesday, so rain at times, it is not rain, throughout the entire 48 hours, temperatures tomorrow, in the 40's, and then we will climb back in the mid 50's, for highs, on tuesday afternoon. so today, enjoy it, look at that near 50 degrees around philadelphia, areas in the south. we will have a win coming from the west northwest. even along the coast temperatures will get close to 50 in south jersey and delaware shore. up in the lehigh valley we're a writ will bit cooler. take the top off in the mid 40 's, upper 40's to near 50 around philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. same deal into south jersey. good news, at the shore, if it hits 50 because polar plunges are taking place but that ocean is cold at 42 degrees, currently. frigid pattern, shaping up, later in the week. but this is wednesday, and the cold arctic air is still to the west. we will be on the milder side.

but then it floods in the east coast. look at how far south it goes, by thursday in, to the deep south, atlanta will be dealing with temperatures below freezing for a couple of days, yes, below average highs, starting on thursday, and this will continue until the at least monday, average high temperature are again lower 40 's, 10 degrees colder then. that we will talk about lower 30's at best for afternoon temperatures and that is not factoring in the windy conditions we will deal w harsh wind chills coming at us late in the week. today though sun and cloud, milder then yesterday, 50 degrees. tonight, increasing cloud, chilly, 34 for the lose temperature, and then here's that extended forecast, we will bring light rain in here on monday with temperatures in the mid 40's. better chance for some pockets of heavier rain on tuesday, mid 50's, and then wednesday is kind of that transition day , 48 degrees, and then brace yourself, rahel, end of the week, winter returns, mid 30's. >> we have got everything in that forecast. >> all right, justin, thank you. >> time is 7:46. time to check on the road and highway, let's get to kyle hahn in the cbs-3 traffic

enter. >> hi there, kyle. >> hello, rahel. we have good news, that accident on west conshohocken at front street and conshohocken crawford avenue is cleared a was. ear accident add i295 to the commit for columbus. aside from that not much going on as roadways are looking good including i-95, vine, schuylkill expressway, blue route as well as in new jersey , on route 42, route 55, new jersey turnpike and ac expressway. we will, however have multiple road closures in the city, starting off on 15th street, between arch street ape helps nut street, and then in the jfk boulevard between 15th street and 20th street. market street between 16th street and 15th street. all of which will be closed from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. due to the mummers festivities today. looking ahead to mass transit all regional rail line, buses, trolleys are expected to run today on a modified weekday schedule, on sunday and monday , so be sure, to look object septa's web site for more information on that, and however, all service for dart will be suspended for new years day to day. plan accordingly. at cbs-3 traffic center i'm

kyle hahn, now rahel, back to you. >> kyle, thank you. new year means end of the season for the eagles, they will take on the cowboys down at the link and bird are looking to end the season with back to back wins. carson wentz, could set a couple new team records, most passing attempts in the season and most passing yard, right now being held by donovan mcnabb. he needs three more completion toss set nfl rookie record, held by sam bradford. he said this season will help him later in his career. >> it has been a lot of learning, lot of opportunities for me to grow, develop and see things, see the picture and all of those things are great and will help me get better. >> what we feel is really he is playing his best football right now at the end on have the the year. the it just goes to show the type of player he is, and type of professional that he is and how he is learning each week. >> we, of course, will get you ready for eagles season finally on sunday kick off, sports director don bell, leslie van arsdal, pat gallen and voice of the eagles

merrill reese will put the a close to the 2016 season this morning at 11:30 right here on cbs-3. ville 'nova is still un defeated but tenth ran creighton did not make it easy this is final seconds of the the first half, nova's down two. it goes to chris jenkins. three pointer, it is good. wildcats had a one point lead at the half. all right. now the second half, with the the game tied at 66, dahntay's jumper noise good but josh h art as you can see here gets rebound scores to give cats a two-point lead. hart had 18 points. under two minutes left villanova with the five-point lead. jaylen brownson had a jumper. he scored a career high 27 points as villanova moves to 14 and zero. their best start in school history with the the ten-point win over blue jays. >> not too bad, looking good. >> and still to come this morning on "eyewitness news", a few lovable pets looking for loving families, and animal advocate carroll erickson with the pennsylvania spca shows us

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back now on the cbs-3 pet project, carroll erickson is here. carroll we missed you last week. >> i missed you. this morning was not the same when i was not with the animal lovers, and you, but we're here now. it is beginning of the whole new year, and hopefully a whole new attitude for a lot of people, many people are kind year round. but, those who aren't i hope

they can turn a new page this year. >> it is time. >> and our dog today is my talk marvin who you may remember i adopted from the show a couple of months ago. he now has fallen in love like everybody else with rahel. i will to have fight back. >> it is a love affair. >> he is so sweet. >> he is one of the many dogs at any shelter that is overlooked because people walk by because you look at him and get okay, just another black dog, you know, they may in the the show well in the cage. they hey bounce against the cage or lean this is back or they don't come forward but when you can isolate them out, that is when their personality comes out. and that is what has happened with this dog. marvin was turn back a million times. look at how sweet he is. he sees himself new. >> yes. >> he is as smart as a whip. people just walk past, so, let me show you we have a whole bunch, i want you had to really, i know aren't they sweet. this is trouble with this

vision. he is 11 years old. he was there since november but boy he is so sweet. then we have two-year old macy , still happy and fun. we have the star rescue there humane law. loves to play and snug he will buffy a sweet, sweet girl, should in the live in a house with cats, she's four years old. in october goose came, very, very happy, little bit afraid of strangers, six years old. pretty girl. been there since 2013. please check her out. she's eight years old. then we have caesar, shy, a home would be perfect for him. jacob is a snug letter. he came in ab. diesel is super sweet, silly, two years old, been there one year. you must take this dog out. >> i love their costumes. >> this is prince, a fox hound two years old, smart sociable,

buster does in the like other dogs too much. rescued from cruelty. pepper also in the too much of the fan of other dog but sweet , loves to cuddle with you, and eye are wrist very quirky but in a good way. been there since 2014. lieutenant of friend at the shelter. this is patches. he has been very successfully in homes and need to get back to one and buster is, just super friendly, likes to play, take naps, been there since september. the just a wonderful, wonderful dog. so they have all been looking for their holiday homes. they have all been looking for just a lifetime home. again, i cannot under score, every single day i say i cannot believe that somebody, so many people, he was there for a month. he was, at other shelters for months. he has been turned back and forth. my dog marvin right here phenomenal. when i have past his cage, very possibly because you have to stop and think, you know what i will give this

individual animal a chance. take it out. >> what was bit marvin that you connect with. >> i was telling somebody i have never had a love at first site experience. when i saw him back in the green roomy said what are you doing here. it was like i have known him my whole life. i'm having an incredible experience. we have the best time. i mean he has, he is now doing agility, i barely knows. he is better than i. but taking him away from marvin and back to the the animals that you saw that have been at pennsylvania spca, 350 erie avenue, some for years, they need somebody to take that chance on them and say you know what i'm going to make your life great because they will in turn do that for you. >> adopt them into that. >> adoption counselors can help with you that, you can talk burr lifestyle, what you'd like to do, if you want to do agility you don't get a

yorkie, that sweet tax hound that was there, that was another great dog that somebody really, loves to be in cars and that sort of thing the don't let there air lot of pit bulls here. each one is an individual and has a personality and wants to come home and wants to please. >> marvin reflects that. >> he does, he is like a role model for don't overlook the one you may want to overlook. >> we are so happy to see you and both marvin so happy, to adopt a pet like marvin visit p thespca erie avenue headquarters from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 on weekend and one to 8:00 during the week. >> we love him. we love all of those animals. you as well, and thanks for caring about an has. thinking about adopting or donating or whatever you can do, that works with your lifestyle and budget. >> carroll, marvin, so good to see you both. happy new year. >> we will see you next week. >> as always. still ahead on "eyewitness news" at 8:00 the unique

animal spreading holiday eye to weary travelers in one airport this holiday season. and then just a few hours now philadelphia tradition, steps off on broad street we will go live to two street and show you how one string bandies getting ready for the big day. and new year starts off on a quiet note in weather, justin's back with the forecast for today's mummers parade. we are back in a

new years and mummers go hand in hand, another tradition like any other. we are looking live at members of tne