prisoners become victims when a alleged drunk driver plows in the philadelphia police van and new we are hearing from police about the instant accident. commute's leather if you are heading out the door hit the roads expect morning rain, storm scan , shows system moving bringing winds rain and warm up underway. >> trust the process. >> trust the process. >> and, philly takes over l.a. that is kevin hart laughing it up with joel embiid who had an incredible night on the court in, fact, one for the record books, pat will be here with the highlights. it is thursday, november

16th, good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon kate and meisha keeping an eye on things on what may be a wet morning. >> yeah, yeah you will definitely to have pack your patient is today on the roadways because just around, well, when i walk in right away we have just a sea of accidents and they justin, to pop up. >> these showers are a, scattered and b, starting to move out, all ready, there are places where it is drying out but you know just having a little bit of activity on the radar to not just slow you down but can cause headaches and you can get cock bye these things, just a few showers, but yeah, still going to need to exercise the caution, as we always say and be careful out there good news again is that the bulk of the showers is already, in fact, moving through, more of the garden state issue but really just eastern half of the area for most part having to deal with this right now. but you will also notice here is that as we take a tri-state

sweep and lot snapshot of the current conditions even up to the poconos, carbon, mob row counties, points north to i84 it is just rain. don't worry about icing. thank goodness. looking at area temperatures it is just too warm. 50 degrees in millville for goodness sakes. very mild start to the day. as day goes on, granted skies will clear out but for next few hours you will have spray from the other vehicles and with time, wind will pick up, meisha. >> yes, very good news. spray from other vehicles that will pose a problem, no doubt bit, even know even though it is still early we are just cracking in the 5:00 o'clock hour. i want to call your attention to this, a police van carrying prisoners had an accident in wissonoming. because of that robbins street closed between jackson and ditman street, use an alternate, devereaux street is now your best bet, plus another accident involving a tractor trail their ran through an overpass this happened around 1:00 a.m. in the morning in wayne but still out there king of prussia road

closed between radnor chester road and matsonford road and use an alternate county line road, best bet, paoli thorndale line was affect, suspended and it has resumed, service but you can expect delays. check your schedule there, also another accident, in tinicum township, governor prince boulevard at scott way, this one is involving injuries just popped up head up on that and more accidents when we come back, jim, back over to you. a philadelphia police van transporting prisoners collide was aid pickup truck, crash happened shortly before 3:00 at robbins and ditman streets in wissonoming, police say white pickup truck ran a red light slamming in the van. investigators believe truck driver may have been under the influence at the time of the crash. >> the driver was, evaluated on the scene by one of our field sobriety trained officers, and as a result of that evaluation the further evaluation is being conduct. >> eleven prisoners in the van were taken the two hospital to

get checked out, officers in the van and striking driver were not injured. we are also following a developing story intense manhunt continues for teenage murder suspect who escaped from the south jersey youth detention facility. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at bridgeton police headquarters where three accomplices were captured. this is second day on the story. what is very latest now. >> reporter: rahel and jim after three coconspirators were captured here the search turned to bridgeton where michael huggins has many ties, in fact he was in detention until this trial for murder that happened here in bridgeton about a year ago. the manhunt for fugitive and murder suspect michael huggins brought hundreds of officers, and then dozens of k-9 search teams to the small city of bridgeton, new jersey on wednesday. >> now, it is here in your home. >> reporter: eighteen year-old escaped inmate remains on the run after police say he and three other teens assaulted

and overpowered a corrections officer at harborfields youth detention center just after midnight yesterday. teen said then stole car, sideswiped joseph luna's jeep before coming to the stop in egg harbor city kicking off the search. >> somebody had ran from the car for a reason. i didn't know the extent of that reason but it is scary when i found out. >> reporter: nine hours later and 40 miles away in bridgeton , an observe ant person reporting suspicious activity at the heights apartment led to the capture of the three other escapees but no sign of huggins. >> ridiculous, really ridiculous these young kid these days, they just need to go to school, get their education instead of doing all this violent stuff. >> reporter: with huggins still at large a community is on edge but no one more than shirley battle, the grandmother of the davonte lee the 21 year-old man huggins is accused of fatally shooting little american a year ago.

>> when i found out it is him that escaped and they have not found him yet, it was devastating news because we also all thought he was somewhere where he could not get out. >> reporter: investigators are still working to figure out just how teens got from egg harbor city here to bridgeton which business an her drive. now police say if anyone runs into huggins definitely not approach him and immediately call 911. but for now we are live, in bridgeton i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you. thank you. in other news philadelphia police are trying to figure out if an 80 year-old man's death in port richmond was an accident or a murder. office's arrived at victim's home on the 2500 block ofe lehigh avenue around 9:30 last night, they found the man lying on the kitchen floor with the gash to his head, medics pronounced him dead at the scene, investigators say house didn't seem to be broken in to or ransacked, "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabaoes heading to the medical examiner's office

right now and will have a live report in an half an hour. police are flooring i group of teenage hours assaulted a temple university student and then late's tack a home less man. eli cuts tells "eyewitness news" he was attacked at 12th and oxford a block from campus around 8:30 on november 7th he said four teenagers punch, kicked, hit him in the head with the pipe, he ran but then group chased aim after him. you. >> they didn't take anything from me. they just beat me so i have to say just why? maybe i looked at them funny. maybe they didn't like how i dressed. >> police are telling "eyewitness news" that the detectives believe that same group of teens attack a homeless man an hour later, right new they are looking for witnesses or surveillance video. temple spokesmen calls the attack serious and says students can always call for transportation through the university. house of representatives is expected to vote today on the g.o.p.'s plan to overhaul the nation's tax system.

house version is expected to pass. it does not include, the measure to repeal obama care's individual mandate, something senate republicans, added to their tax reform plan this week. it is at least one republican senator ron johnson, has already come out against the senate measure. roy moore's legal team is pushing back against one of the woman accused in the alabama senate candidate of sexual assault. moore's attorney demand that had beverly young nelson release high school year book she claims moore signed decade ago so that the handwriting expert can review its authenticity n response nelson 's attorney is calling on moore to testify before congress about the allegations against him. the philadelphia school reform commission votes today on whether to dissolve itself, mayor jim kenney announced proposal this month that by law majority of the 5src members to have vote to dissolve. committee has a given the state money and took ever cash strapped district. members of the philadelphia federation who opposed the src

, rallies outside school district headquarters ahead of the vote this afternoon. well, coming up more than 100 fire fighters spent all day yesterday, battling this massive fire. >> we will tell you where it was burning and popular household item that fueled those flames. plus this... >> everybody take cover somewhere, okay. controlled chaos in baltimore after city police detective is shot in the head, we will hear from the doctor treating him and also have the latest on the search for the suspect. caught on cam yah thief takes off with the salvation army kettle stuck to his money , we will tell you how much it is believed h

back on "eyewitness news" with this massive warehouse fire in st. louis, missouri, close to a hundred fire fighters rush yesterday morning, the the building stored, 150,000 candles and that plastics sparked these flames, hard to believe, two fire fighters and warehouse employee were treated for minor injuries. all started with candles. baltimore police are offering $62,000 reward for name of the suspect who shot a detective in the head. detective was investigating a murder yesterday afternoon. officials say he approached a man who he thought was suspicious when that man opened fire. fellow detective rushed the injured officer to the hospital where he underwent surgery. a detective is in critical

condition. >> he is really, really, really sick, we are doing everything we can to keep him stabilized and to take care of the injury to his brain. >> authorities are not releasing the detective's name at this time. we do know he has 18 years on the force and is a father of two. police are looking for thief who snatched a salvation army red kettle and took off. this is surveillance video from tuesday outside a grocery store in savanna, georgia police say cuss peck grabbed a kettle while volunteer was looking in another direction. officials say kettle was full and likely contain several hundred dollars. folks in northern calabresing for yet another round of storms, driving up i 80 in california, saw a bit ol everything weather-wise. >> mostly rain below 7,000 feet and snow in higher elevations. forecasters are warning of possible white out conditions and several feet of snow in some areas. >> already? november 16th. >> better them, then us.

>> nothing a-typical, they are using to it a big storm moves in the pacific they can see a couple feet of snow in those higher mountain passes. >> they are prepared for it. >> this is like, the territory that put chains on your wheels during winter it is just commonplace. we will not need any chains on our tires here anytime soon, all they we are very likely to see snow flakes flying here in the upcoming weekend. we will talk about that same system is heading our way here bringing with it not just wet weather for weekend but very cold air in its wake. here's the initial issue thankfully a minor one for the most part just left over showers with the latest passage of this latest cold front. before the full transition can be made we will have an opportunity to rebound to 60 degrees. it is not terribly harsh when it comes to a chill and even right now, even up toward poconos even into upstate new york, heck, it is still warm enough they are seeing rain up that far. so things are nice, quiet in

that regard, no icing, but we have damp roadways to contend with this morning. here's that next system that brought that snow in the high terrain. you can tell where mountain range is by looking at the radar but this system rolls rolls east, with time and then we're talking weekend. saturday p.m., afternoon, nighttime when warm front is lift nothing and we will have another round of rain which could be steady any saturday night, and then cold front, sweeps through, that should clear out swiftly but take a look at cold air coming in your wake, and this is where placement is, and, and, straight up, and roll in the northern and western counties in to sunday morning especially outside northwest win picks up and chill settles in. right now wind calm, another thing that will change, another day of transition. i want to jump you to the seven day. tomorrow we are all about sunshine chillier day.

weekend, looking active with that duo of front crossing through, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much for that. very good morning to all of you, so we did have construction crews schuylkill eastbound between vine and south street that has been since cleared so we are looking good there but can see very slick conditions and we have some problem spots. quick peak of the ben franklin bridge for my new jersey friends traveling westbound over bridge in center city gorgeous shot here but you can see how wet it is, posing problems, no doubt bit. accident involving tractor trail they are tractor trailer ran in the overpass around 1:00 a.m. in wayne, king of prussia road because radnor chester road and matsonford road you will to have use an alternate. county line road paoli thorndale line was suspended and has resumed serve session, however you can expect residual delay there. police carrying prisoners had an accident in wissonoming because of that roberts street closed between jackson street and ditman street. alternate devereaux street or

harbison avenue is your best bet there and we have more accidents in the next 10 minutes, rahel and jim, back over to you. new for a look at newspaper headlines cross our region. >> reading eagles sexual abus ers is being target by a new bill in pennsylvania legislation being introduced in the commonwealth to make it illegal to silence victims with non-disclosure victims to settle cases of sexual misconduct. after months of speculation, and before a crowd of 150 supporters paul perez said he will take another stab at running for mayor n2014 perez finished in second place around 1100 votes shy of eric jackson. from the news journal liquor stores in wilmington could operate an additional three hours on sunday if new legislation is passed by city council. it will allow stores that sell chill to be opened from 11:00 until 6:00. currently wilmington liquor stores are restrict to opening up sunday at noon and closing at four. >> that us nice paper headlines around the delaware

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welcome back, glad you are with us. >> pat's here with sports and a huge, huge night i tell you for joel embiid and sixers. >> yeah, everyone knows these name shaquille o'neal, akeem owe lie want and tim duncan, a they ever did what joel embiid did last night last night in staples center in los angeles. no one has ever done what joel embiid did last night at least not since blocks became a stat in 1973. embiid, scored a career high 46 points with 15 rebound and seven blocks, that is mind blowing. ben simmons lets not forget about him, he was amazing, 18 points, 10 board, nine assists just shy of another triple double.

lakers actually benched lonzo ball, for the fourth quarter for the second game in a row. second overall pick had just two points and two assists, huge win, 115-109, sixers road trip is over, they hoe defending champion golden state warriors on saturday night. joel embiid took to twit ter, to celebrate the win, and really to troll lonzo ball he tweets what a night, #the process. for those that don't know, embiid and lonzo ball's father levar had a war of word in the off season which culminated in lah var saying bleep lah var ball. he was find 15 grand but he gets last laugh by dropping 46 on the lakers, god i love nba. one of the most under appreciated players has been robert covering but no more, he is getting paid, he will reportedly sign a new four year contract worth 62 million-dollar, 15 million of that will come this season. covington has been won of the

best, player in the league averaging 16 and a half points while shooting just under 50 percent from three. to the palestra for college hoops, with penn hosting navy, penn quaker gets down, hard to dance in those mascot, costumes though, speaking of moves, quakers with great ball movement, good man find aj brodeur for two, wood right here, would add two of his, 13 on the night and penn takes down navy, 66-45. this weekend always added meaning and more juice to it and although eagles are three games up on dallas in the nfc east it is still cowboys weeks yesterday was full first squad practice since bird came off the bye week and it is eagles/ cowboys sunday night in prime time. now eagles veterans know the importance of the playing the cowboys, and the new guys are getting the message as well. >> they make it clear about how important and how big this game is, we necessity how bigot is, because it is a

conference game, you know, it is a divisional opponent. we know how bigot is but it is a rivalry for quite sometime. >> everybody knows what it means. it ain't no secret. we necessity it will be a hard game. tough one. we know what they will bring to the table. so we have to dot same thing. >> speaking of those cowboys ezekiel elliott matter is closed, finally yesterday elliott withdrew his appeal of the six game suspension handed down for allegations of domestic violence. he has already served one game next time ezekiel will play is christmas eve against seahawks which means we will see elliott week 17 at lincoln financial field. could that be suspension that jerry jones is really mad about especially with commissioner roger goodell. the associated press has obtained a letter sent by nfl to generals lawyers accusing the cowboys owner of conduct detrimental over jones opposition to a contract extension for goodell.

nfl claims jones is sabotaging contract negotiations, generals has reportedly threatened to sue if goodell's contract extension is approved there is always drama with those cowboys. >> we don't worry about that here, philadelphia eagles eight-one. >> got my suit ready. >> thanks, pat. coming up next on "eyewitness news" if you still to have shop for your thank giving dinner. >> we will tell you which retailer is cutting price necessary a live report from wall street, jan. an 80 year-old man is found dead inside his own home in port richmond, now philadelphia police are trying to figure out this was an accident or homicide i'm jan carabao reporting live, coming up, what was and what was not found at that scene. candidates co are cashing in on a billion dollar business i'm danielle nottingham in orange county, california and we will show you how mar juan ace tr

katie and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute, it is thursday, november 16th. >> still on the run, a fourth teen evades police more than 24 hours after breaking out of the youth detention facility. >> the search turned to

bridgeton where michael huggins has many ties. >> i i mean so is what safe? >> he was leaving class last week at night when somebody hit him in the head, with a pipe. >> a temple spokesmen calls the attack serious. >> happening today, congressional action on tax reform. >> we are cutting taxes for middle and low income families >> this tax proposal is i am moral. >> sold. >> rarely owe nard owe da vinchi shatters a record for any work of art sold in auction. >> out there with the kid just having fun, that is in my comfort zone when i'm on the field