good morning, i'm rahel solomon. masse fire, chopper three over this huge fire in west chester as senior citizen living facility is destroyed by flames. and daylight chopper three capture heart breaking scene of destruction, fire fighters are still putting out hot spots, on a place home to many seniors. the building appears ton a total loss. good afternoon i'm jim donovan i'm rahel solomon. dozens were forced in the cold overnight while fire fighters battled the place at barclay friend senior living community center. "eyewitness news" report's leash a nieves is live at the

scene in west chester with the very latest information. alycia, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon jim and rahel. at height of the fire at senior living facility, flames reached well over 50 feet into the air. now more than 12 hours later just take a look behind me. fire fighters still out here. building is still smoldering as we wait to find out if everyone has been accounted for. we know a hundred people were likely inside at the time of the fire. a massive five alarm fire in west chester spark just before 11:00 last night and sent an entire community, into a scramble, to help those inside , the senior living facility. >> we were wrapped this gentlemen in the blanket and made, and made, a stretcher out of it and carried him away from the fire, as far as we could. >> reporter: larry king was one of several people who lived near barclay friend whose ran in the burning senior living facility to help fire fighter, rescued likely 100 people inside. >> i asked if i could help. it was just so much going on.

that, instead of waiting i just went in. natural instinct, hugh plan instinct is to help our neighbors, help our friends and our family and that is what we did. and, i was actually extremely proud of my neighborhood. >> reporter: uniting in this time, neighbors who didn't run into the fire, got blank totes warm the seniors, now outside in the cold. >> everybody reacted so quickly, just picking them up, and, getting them covered. >> reporter: neighbors helped load them on the school bus to get them to a temporary shelter while fire fighters battled the blaze for more than seven hours. at this time there is no official word if everyone made it out, of the fire. at least 20 were taken to a hospital. >> right now we just need to let atf and local police, fire departments do what they need to do to figure cause of origin, and we are praying for everyone. >> while there is no official word on what caused this fire, we have heard, or had several residents coming up explaining they heard some sort of the boom, explosion and then they

saw flames last night. in word how that explosion playness to this fire but this is very much an active situation, 12 hours later. we are hoping to hear from officials soon and get an update. we will bring thaw update as soon as we have it. live from west chester alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay on top of this living center fire throughout the day. our coverage continues on line at cbs philly.com. in other news overturned tractor trailer caused issues for commuters on i476 this morning. chopper three over the scene at 476, southbound ramp in macdade boulevard where the truck rolled on to the side just after 8:15 this morning. crash closed ramp to i-95 northbound for hours but now opened to traffic. there is no word on injuries or what the truck was carrying turning now to the forecast, heading out this weekend hang on tour hat and your umbrella meteorologist katie fehlinger live on the cbs-3 sky deck. sunny outside right now but conditions going downhill

tomorrow. >> in a pretty big way too, rahel. this is one of those weekends where both days are impacted. we have a warm, cold front coming along that will bring rain, and wind, but some other impacts too which we will discuss but it is very bright out here right now. i'm a little upset i forgot my pair of sunglasses in the weather office. incredibly sunny outside. feeling good when win doesn't blow i will give you that. lets look at the graphics and starting things off with a quiet looking storm scan three which is completely clear all and all. couple patchy cloud here and there. a very nice wrap up to the week. still breezy, brisk, so i would still advise you walk outside with the heavier coat, but it is a nice afternoon. here's what it feels like. notice a descrepancy going on, mount pocono feeling like in the 20's but when we get down close to the more urbanized communities, wilmington, dover and atlantic city feeling more like 50 degrees or so. as this translates to the thermometer in philadelphia for example it feels like 42

but it is 48 degrees. so, you really only have to subtract maybe five to max eight or 9 degrees, to, just account for a wind chill value but those northwesterly winds when cranking there is noticeable. 17 miles an hour after all at philly international. that is going to make it feel chilly for sure. keep that in mine. rest of the afternoon wears on we will keep this pattern going even through overnight but it is tomorrow that things dramatically start to change. we will start to see these rain showers moving in as early as even late morning, for some of you but especially in the p.m. time frame and heaviest rain will be falling saturday night into early sunday morning. then, rain tapers off but some of you will even see snowflakes far off in the north and west especially as lake effect snow machines gets underway here. so along with this wind, chill , will rush in, i will let you know later in the show , guys just how cold it will get. now back to you. thanks, katie. senate republicans are one step closer to passing their

tax reform plan one day after the house passed its version of the bill. last night senate finance committee approved g.o.p. measure along part your lines, 14-12. it now goes to the senate floor for consideration, after the thanksgiving break. democrats say that republicans are rushing the bill through congress. minnesota senator al frank er is under fire over sexual misconduct allegation and he faces an ethics i been investigation over alleged inappropriate behavior. 's alleged incident took place before he what's electric senator. correspondent weijia jiang is on capitol hill with the latest fall out. >> reporter: picture alone says plenty. >> never an excuse for it, there is never anyway that you can defend it. >> reporter: then talk radio news anchor lee ann tweeden described what happened behind the scenes at a rehearsal for a skit on a tour in 2006. >> he grabs the back have my head and just comes in and then puts his lips right on mine and sticks his tongue in my how the.

>> reporter: senator franken has not answered any questions since allegations surfaced but did he issue a statement saying i'm sorry, i respect women, i don't respect men who don't. and the fact that my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel ashamed. lawmakers from both parties are referring the incident to the senate ethics committee and mr. franken says he will cooperate with an investigation. some say that is not enough. >> people are saying he should resign. >> i think that committee ace pope eighth. conduct of a member. deals with institution, i think that is commiserate. >> reporter: president trump weighed in on twitter saying the al franken stein picture is really bad, speaks a thousand word. where do his hands go in pictures two, three, four, five and six while she sleeps. during the campaign at least 11 women publicly accused mr. trump of sexual misconduct in the past. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, former pennsylvania governor tom ridge remains in

critical condition this noon, a day after under going an emergency heart procedure. seven two-year old became ill as republican governor's association conference in texas last week. he served as pennsylvania's governor from 1995 through 2001e was first home land security secretary serving under president george w. bush until 2005. well, philadelphia's school reform commission has voted to give total control of the philadelphia schools back to the city. >> applause. the commission voted to dis bandit self last night. it took majority vote of the three. src took control in 2001 to get district's finances under control. officials say district is in longer distressed. decision effect about 200,000 school children in philadelphia, and pennsylvania governor tom wolf supports local control. >> we have been fighting for this for quite a long time, 15 years of this reign of terror that is what i called it. >> we are about a year away from being ready to do that. i want city to put up

resources that they say they will put up. >> jim kenney will appoint nine members to the new school board which will take over july 1st. well, coming up is there security concerns over amazon 's new key service. >> the surface laos delivery work tours put packages inside your home if you are not there but is that new service flawed why amazon is looking for a fix after the system may have been hacked. they are known as man's best friend but is there another very good reason that you may want to get a dog, that story is coming up later on "eyewitness news" at noon stay with us.

welcome back, updating our top story a five alarm fire in west chester forced dozens of seniors many in wheelchairs, outside in the cold overnight and sends 20 people to the hospital. fire broke out just before 11:00 last night at barclay friends senior living community, it is is taking crews three hours to get fire under control but fire fighters remain on the scene right now to put out hot spots red cross is assisting displaced. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. a elephant trophy ban has animal rights activist furious and ready to take legal action president trump lift that had ban earlier this week that allowed hunt tours bring trophies of elephants they have killed in zimbabwe and sam bee a back to the u.s. decision is a issue because elephant population across after rick case declining, but , u.s. fish and wild life

says regulated sports hunting, puts much needed revenue back into conservation, activist are now examining legal options. so would you allow an amazon driver to have access tour front door? well, aside from the security concern there may be another issue with the new service being offered by the company. for $249 amazon key comes with a smart door lock and a in home wireless camera aimed at the door. delivery driver using an app to leather amazon that they have arrived and the company activates the camera and unlocks the door remotely. researchers have discovered that hackers can get into the wifi system temporarily taking camera off line to allow a thief to commit a crime. >> a hacker will be able to walk in, leave, and you won't be able to see anything and there won't be a record. >> amazon says, that the flaw isn't in its software, it is a vulnerability that all wifi servicer contain but they are making changes to their notification system to leather a customer if the camera goes off line.

>> wonder if they have any liability if something happens >> i thought this was crazy from the beginning. i'm not signing up. runners are descending on the city of philadelphia still ahead on "eyewitness news" we are gearing up for philadelphia marathon weekend. what you can expect if you are in the city saturday and sunday. >> we necessity that the weather is very important part of this weekend, for runners and spectators alike and it is not looking ideal, we have a warm front tomorrow and cold front passage saturday night into sunday. with the wind picking up and rain issues that really does put a damper on this forecast, so expect that it will be a messy weekend, windy, chilly as well but i'll have more on the timing of all this after the break.

runner are descending on fail for annual marathon. rahel, are you ready. >> yes. i think i'm excited. i think at this point i have put in the work and now time to get out there and hit the pavement. see all of the other runners, jim. >> good for you. i have no desire but thank you for invitation. >> philadelphia marathon benefits american association of cancer research and other charities. in addition to the 26.2-mile run on sunday is there a half marathon and 8k run tomorrow. course runs through fairmount park, schuylkill and through university city and manayunk, and every where in between. >> yes. >> 26.2 miles is a very lot of land to cover. >> yes. >> i'm feeling manayunk will be tough because of the hills. >> yes.

>> i have been trying to keep heavier calm. >> she put in the work. >> too late to turnaround now. >> whatever is coming, yeah. >> and, i think it really does help when you can go in knowing what the weather will be like, right? that way you can prepare, you will need to be prepared for the wind. >> so many great tips for you but my co-workers. i'm so excited. >> we're happy for you. we will root you on the whole way. >> she will be so sore on monday. >> yes. >> we will get you muscle relaxers. but we do have wet weather to talk about here coming in the form of the warm and cold front since the beginning of the show. so it finally makes its arrival even as early as late morning, tomorrow, with the wet weather. that is also when that rain really does begin to pick up or wind does begin to pick up. lets walk you through everything to a live look of the current conditions which really are quite it is brisk but still some ce wrap up to the workweek.

we have had nothing but bright sunshine since sun came up. this is high atop hotel bethlehem south mountain in the distance moravian college looking nice, bright, sunny. your sunglasses are a requirement for rest of the day but you do not to have worry about wet weather just yet. as you look at storm scan you would expect there will be totally, empty and it is across the entire northeast at this point. lets look at the storm heading our way and bringing in this downhill drop on the conditions, by the weekend and it is back here, still showing some signs of more organization, but yet, warm front first, core of the circulation is well off to the north here so that will not have an impact here but warm front first and then coal front sunday is what causes headache. so lets jump through here, here's the warm front late morning at earliest through p.m. hours on saturday is when rain will over spread our area i don't expect this will be a widespread wash out of the day , it will come through off and on throughout the rest of the day but there could be light, moderate, heavier

pockets of the rain that comes with this especially saturday night because cold front will be sweeping through at that point into early sunday morning. then we will see what happens in the wake that cold air starts to catch up and as it does so it will allow lake effect snow machines to start getting underway here. so with that down wind, you know, flow of moisture crossing of the lakes you will see a few snow flakes especially across north and western most suburbs on sunday but i really think that it is the wind that becomes the main legacy of this front have the we will get into in a in a second. here's 8:00 a.m., tomorrow. so this particular model is trying to pick up parts of the berks county already into this , by eight or 9:00 a.m. it is generally in the p.m. hearst but far north and west we will see rain sooner and then we will see this batch of rain coming through off and on in nature for the rest of the day. so won't be raining all day long but when you get hit you will likely need to have umbrella in most cases.

here's overnight hours 1:00 a.m. sunday as you see cold front crossing through rain heavier at times not as many people out and about that time of the night but by sunday morning 7:00 a.m. things are getting underway with the marathon when wind is starting to crank. here is 4:00 a.m. saturday with wind gusts how strong do they get? look at this by 11:00 a.m. warm front lifting in you could have gusts easily in the 30's, it looks like this will be peeking saturday night again your cold front, so that is where you'll see biggest clash of air mass taking place and these gusts could peak at up to 45, 50 miles an hour in some instances but i'm thinking for marathon itself you will have gusts upward of 35 miles an hour and slowly that continues to tape inner to next week. so an example where you might start to see wet weather that is temple football here. they tan on ucf tomorrow afternoon. showers start to move in right around half time or shortly thereafter. your marathon forecast chilly.

i don't think you can go by these values. factor in the wind, the rain should be clearing out, however in time for the start of the race, live neighborhood network all looking good. i want to show you that seven day real quickly here right now. take a look by monday we are back to sunshine and very chilly in the wake of the front. >> perfect timing, katie. >> thanks, katie. macy's on fifth avenue knew in new york city is ready for holiday season. store unveiled the legendary holiday windows this years theme the perfect gift brings people to go. >> you don't say. >> dozens stores along fifth avenue knew decorated their windows for holiday season just in time for macy's thanksgiving parade next week. join us later today as we kick off our celebration of the season, holiday fest, we will feature peddler's village look for live reports from meteorologist kate bilo on "eyewitness news" at 5:00. we will be right back, stay with

welcome back, now something that we think a lot about when winter arrives, snow. >> yes, coming up tonight on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 11:00 meteorologist kate bilo presents her winter forecast and this year there is a twist >> hi everyone. >> hi. >> why do you like big snowstorms. >> because i get no school and go sledding. >> kate goes back to school for some extra analysis with these seventh grade science students and, of course, they are hoping for a lot of snow so will this winter be snowy, rainy or in between?

find out tonight on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 11:00 after blue blood only on cbs-3. not thaw would ever need another reason but if you are looking for a reason to get a pet here's a good one your puppy may help out live people without a dog why are you looking at me. >> i'm not. >> dogwnership is associated with a reduce wrist fork cardiovasc death according to a new study , published in the scientific reports and not only benefit the city discovered dog owners have sed,ocial well-being and immune system development because, dogs help their owners get out and explore the world. >> listen, we could live in perfect harmony all of the reasons why dogs. >> i'm thinking bit. >> it makes you happier. >> yes. >> i mean, jim what are you waiting for. >> i wake up at 1:30 walking at 1:30 in the morning is not my cup of tea. i'm jim dop van.