well, storm scan three is tracking showers around the area today this is a live look showing areas of rain, we will tell you spots most likely to see showers on this busy travel day before thanksgiving from the road to the rails to the airport hundreds of thousands of people in our area are getting ready to take off for their destination and we have team three coverage of what you can expect to encounter. it is wednesday november 22nd good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things on this thanksgiving eve. >> well good morning, you guys we are looking at a crazy, busy travel day and i have been just bracing myself

because we have seen construction crews moving out of the way but places we don't typically see bumper to bumper condition but we are seeing conditions build. >> it is busy. >> yes. >> i actually saw justin drabick over at kyw naus radio traffic center. he was tweeting yesterday that things were looking a typically heavy. so i guess everyone is just kind of getting ready to go out. >> yes. >> i guess everybody has the same idea. you mentioned there is some rain out there right now, coming down in some spots very heavily, yes, thinks not ideal travel. would i just try to wait it out especially down here near parts of the cape may, atlantic, burlington ocean counties, we have got not just light to moderate but some spots very soaking rain that is currently coming down across kent, sussex county, included in that and then on the tail end of the three hour loop moving up i-95 this little batch of showers very likely to strike philadelphia in the next couple of hours. what is goodies that it gets out quickly.

here's a snapshot view of the same story where we have moisture working through. the shore is most prone to see steady yes, sir rain. i cannot wait to see our eyewitness weather watcher reports coming in because i have a feeling we will have a variety. take a lot at temperature change, substantially milder by this same time yesterday, and 18 degrees, surplus from 5:00 a.m. yesterday in wilmington. as that translates to the thermometer you are still in the 50's from philadelphia to atlantic city. it feels kind of mild outside. do i expect skies will clear out but we will not rebound much from here, meisha. >> thanks very much for. that very good morning to all of you, happy wednesday, looking outside, at the boulevard right now, looking good, and just take your eye right up here, we we don't typically see that at 5:00 o'clock hour. this is a good indication that things are picking up quicker then what we typically see but we know it will get bus toy day. factor that in even if you are heading out to work or your

final destination is give yourself a couple extra minutes. it will help you. construction schuylkill westbound between south street and 30th street that right lane compromised off ramp still closed, that however is clearing. also, schuylkill westbound between montgomery drive and city avenue that left lane is still compromised but we are starting to see crews right now and it looks like they are getting this moved out of the way. so hopefully in the next 10 minutes or so, hopefully they will be completely moved out of your way but already again moving in the westbound direction on the schuylkill already starting to pick up speed there as well. vine, construction, this guy, moving out of our way looking good westbound and eastbound and overturn vehicle in tinicum township that has been since cleared, jim, back over to you. we now have team three coverage of the holiday travel rush trang do is live at 30th street station in center city where commuters will hit the rails this holiday. >> lets begin with jan carabao live at philly international as millions of travelers get ready to hit the sky, good morning, jan.

>> reporter: rahel and jim, good morning, tsa recommends getting to the airport two hours early for your flight. we are expecting very long lines at airports all across the country and here at philadelphia international airport that is no exception. very long line as soon as we arrived at 4:15 but line is moving pretty quickly. even they there are long lines here it doesn't seem like there are any other problems as we look at phl departures board, everything here is on time. it will be a very busy week for air travelers. in fact largest get in travel is by air travel, triple a reports that close to 9 percent of the people who are traveling by air this holiday weekend in the five county philadelphia region 53,000 people are flying to their destination, that is up 5 percent from last year, so here to talk about what is driving this trendies triple a mid-atlantic jane tidwell g to see you. >> good morning. >> always a busy morning. what is behind the growth in air travel. >> growth in travel in jennies due to a strong economy, a

strong labor market and increase in consumer confidence. people feel confident they can use their income for holiday travel this year. of course, triple a is seeing 23 percent drop in airfares for those who book travel for the thanksgiving holiday weekend so that is definitely helping as well. >> extra smiles on peoples faces saving that much money what should people do if they are taking i plane and get out of town is what your advice. >> you definitely want to arrived two hours in advance. that does not account for your drive time getting to the airport. you want to account for that separately. when you get here you want to account for tsa screenings, in terms of the removing your shoes, children and older travelers don't to have do that. 3-ounce containers of liquids out if you are carrying them out in the zip-lock bags and traveling with electronic anything larger then your cell phonied to be removed as you go through security screening and put in those bins.

>> reporter: there are some things you can do before coming to the airport as well, is that right. >> that is right. >> make sure you have app for philadelphia international and airline you are traveling. make sure you have your boarding pass on your phone, it saves a lot of time and going through your pockets and bag looking for those paper tickets. if you have not checked in already you definitely want to check in 24 hours advance on line before your flight. >> jane tid well with triple a mid-atlantic this line is all the way through terminal d and e. coming up in the next half an hour we will talk to these pass evening hours look very tired this morning but they are getting up early to get to their thanksgiving destination on time, jim and rahel back to you. >> half of the funnies getting there. >> that is righty don't know they say that but it is not true. >> thank you, very busy, day this morning. >> from the runway to the railways trains are a popular way to travel this holiday weekend. >> lets get out to trang do live at 30th street station where it is also expected to be a very busy morning, good

morning, trang do. >> well, good morning rahel and jim. early bird are getting ready to board their train very first train at 5:15 headed to boston but here to talk about just how busy it will be here today is that amtrak officials >> good morning. >> how much volume are you expect to go day. >> sure, thanksgiving is busiest time of the year for travel for amtrak. last year we saw 750,000 customers come through our doors and this year we are expecting similar numbers. >> reporter: you guys are prepared for. that tell me about the amenities and reasons to take the train instead of drive. >> we have no middle seat, we have plenty of leg room, generous baggage policy with up to four bags and free wifi. >> i'm sold. through go. beth was telling me earlier that they have train tickets still available so go to amtrak.com. >> yes, or 800-u.s.a. rail as well. >> reporter: so go ahead trying to make last minute plans, i want to see my family there are train tickets still available, amtrak.com, just

call 800-u.s.a. rail. i will hang out here and talk to these people heading home to see their families and i'll bring that to you, coming up in our next hour but for now we are live, from 30th street station, trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> taking advantage of the free wifi there, trang do. big holiday traffic in philadelphia is rough, look at this, thinks los angeles, this is the scene late last night on the busy interstate 405, cars bumper to bumper as far as the eye can see, folks in l.a. in strange tore grid lock but when you add in holiday traffic, that is what you get. overseas breaking news from the pacific u.s. navy trans port plane has crashed southe of japan's island. eight of the 11 people on board have been found but in the clear whether they are alive. plane is called c2 greyhound like one you see here, carries people, mail, other cargo, cause of the crash is not yet clear. in other news officials

are investigating an overnight house fire in west philadelphia fire fighters quickly put out flames in the belmont neighborhood. call went out before midnight in the 800 block of north holy street. they had flames under control in less than 20 minutes. there are in injuries reported president trump is defending alabama republican senate candidate roy moore despite multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. before taking off for thanksgiving at mar lag owe the president questioned why his alleged victims waited so long to come forward? he blasted moore's democratic opponent doug jones. president has not ruled outing to goal bam to campaign for moore, he said he will make a decision next week. house ethics committee is investigating a sexual harassment settlement involving john conyers month. man claimed conyors fired her for not accepting his sexual advances. he denies allegations saying he settled to void a long legal battle. but here at home search continues for two people missing since a devastating fire destroyed a senior living

community in west chester. meanwhile atf says it has foundry mains of the two other people missing since thursday night's fire at barclay friend s senior center. investigators made those discoveries yesterday. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. meantime pennsylvania's attorney jennies weighing a request to take over prosecution of the penn state fraternity hazing case. center county newly elected district attorney reaccused himself yesterday due to a conflict of interest. you may recall timothy piazza died after a night of heavy drinking at beta theta pi fraternity house back in february. twenty-six people faced charge that he is range from involuntary manslaughter to liquor law violations. e-mails of the pennsylvania congressman bob brady are under fbi scrutiny this morning as investigation into campaign payments ramps up, investigators are looking into accusation that is brady paid a political opponent $90,000 to get him to drop out of the primary race from 2012. two political consultant pleaded in the guilty in the case.

warrant is first time brady has been mention in the probe. brady's attorney say he is not a target of the investigation and that they are cooperating with the department of justice well, coming up here there are new accusations against veteran news man, charlie rose this morning, and this time they are from co-workers at cbs. we will have the latest developments. also ahead it looks like something from a movie, a solder race toes defect to south korea while their north korean counterpart fires bullets at him. we will have an update and tell you new accusations, nor court reace facing. people are not only won hitting hoed way today we will tell you where they caused quite a traffic tie up. ♪ lots of people are getting ready to go on the road again, katie and meisha will have the latest weather and traffic when we come right back.

hey, l'eggo my eggo. i don't see your name on it. really? ba bam! know the rules. keep your eggo. l'eggo my eggo. okay. 5:14. back on "eyewitness news" with authorities in hot pursuit of the black bear in florida. official shut down traffic while they rescued the terrified animal. this happened on the stretch of road known as alligator

alley which connects naval to fort lauderdale. official where is able to get the bear back into the wild. and more bears are on the run, police officer spotted this momma bear and her cubs in california on monday, they were seen walking right outside cvs pharmacy in that hoe city. once mother bear saw the cop cruiser she gathered up her cubs and they made a run for it. >> can you imagine. >> getting out of town, going to cvs, pick up your prescription and is there a bear. >> alligator alley were they making their way to bear boulevardy don't know but that seems unbearable for those officers. >> let's all pause, and reflect on that one. >> your turn, jim. >> i don't have any, too early >> you need another cup of coffee. >> a lot of people hitting the road this is morning and we can see rain is moving in. >> where exactly going to be affect today. >> it is all about location, location, say it with me, location. it really is southeastern

counties, shore points even more specifically where we will find the issues and it is just this morning but do i think we will see damp road, across philadelphia county and immediate vicinity too. we will get to that in a second. let me show you the overall pattern here first, what we have happening is a transition , there is two pieces of energy. first we have a cold front that sliver of yes, snow across north and western pennsylvania, and then we have got this area of low pressure. good news for us that these pieces are not connecting because that can create a nasty scenario for travelers but we do still have issues nonetheless even as this area have low pressure tries to move out to sea. so we have that moisture being drawn in, anyway, just not every where, so notice right on the tail end of this loop, we will see that locally, it is, pretty maryland rate rainfall is coming in across parts of the maryland, moving right up i-95. new castle county, delco, chester, good portion of the our area. if you go far enough north and west you will be immune to all

of it, but there are issues to be had to the early morning travel we have going on here across the southeastern 23rd of our area damp board telling the story here in rehoboth. this is a wetter spot of our area with the rain coming down at lee, light but generally moderately and it is consistent, non-stop right now at lee for time being until that rotates away. elsewhere, things have been in fact stayed very dry through overnight hours. just depending where you starting your trip. but this morning we will give you the yellow light here. most of us will be clearing out as early as late morning or in the afternoon and in weather problems say for a breeze, granted as we hit the road to head home or maybe you are going elsewhere for upcoming holiday. wind will be picking up as we mentioned but skies are clearing, high hits 55. we are close to. that do not expect much of the rebound on the way of the thermometer and quickly looking at eyewitness weather seven day, come tomorrow we are looking bright, sunny mid

40's for the high. we will rebound for black friday shopping. >> sound goods to me. i will be out there shopping? are you guys going to be? let me know. we are looking outside right new and we are building up levels. you can see headlights at 95 south girard. i-95 pushing in the southbound direction. we expect that. but b, it is going to be a very busy travel day. so if you are heading out there on i-95 anytime soon, just take a look, starting to heat up. blue route near mid county pushing in the southbound direction or northbound, blue route is actually looking okay we are looking okay there we have construction here schuylkill westbound between montgomery drive and city avenue. left lane block. that has been since cleared. we are okay there. 422 at oaks, quick peak here, looking good, and now some construction crew is still out there in new jersey, 295 cleared, do not to have pay too much attention about that. forty-two still out there but call your attention to the thanksgiving take parade, eakins oval closing, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. thursday. ben franklin parkway kelly drive we know the drill closed early thursday until 2:00 p.m.

and vehicles will be relocated at 4:00 a.m. that means you will be towed. my producer puts relocated. you will be towed. rahel and jim, back to you. keeping it real in the traffic department. now lets look at headlines across the region. >> for press of atlantic city, carl icahn owner of the trump plaza casino is seeking five and a half million-dollar from the tax fund that casinos contribute to annually to cover a portion of the property's demolition costs. demolition will cost about 13.5 million-dollar, and will take about 15 months to complete, following the raising, a 160 space parking lot will be built on the site. from the spirit of the delaware county people are still talking about the recent election that ended a four decade republican run in the county. jerry sanders ousted marry cooper and will be first african-american to become sheriff, first time since 1934 that a democrat has won that office. in the reading eagle, red ago rest, festival organizers

intend to hoe another festival in 2018. the raza tracked professional cyclist from 26 states, nine countries as well as thousands of spectators. that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. up next pat has your morning sports. >> good morning, pat. >> morning, guys. we will tell but a promise made by a philadelphia eagles last season that i super bowl was coming his way. we hope he is right. flyers in action and a sixers enjoys a cheese stake for the first time. see what he thought nex

welcome back, we're glad you are with us on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning >> pat has sports and flyers still working together to get out of the slump. >> it is ugly with the eagles soaring and sixers back to playing winning basketball flyers are lucky they have skated under radar through a bad batch of games and that continued last night in south philadelphia against vancouver no score as we pick it up in the first ivan provorov would find the net through a screen

and his fourth goal of the season would put orange and black up one to nothing but scoring issues, continue but not for canucks, he scores here, first of his two on the night. michal neuvirth was pulled as flyers fall, five-two, that is five straight losses for the flyers. >> we need to take a breather here and kind of just play hockey. we're pressing a little too much right now. we want a little bit too much instead of justing out there and play hockey. after his chicago bears finished last season three-13 alshon jeffery says i guarantee we will win the super bowl next year. apparently that is still in play as jeffery told reporters that guarantee traveled with him to south philadelphia, it works for me. bird signed jeffery to a one year 14 million-dollar contract, last season. jeffery has played very well recently were four touchdowns in the eagles last three games

but he says it is all about nine-one and he is thrilled to be in philadelphia. >> i don't want to think about last year, you know, the sky's the limit, just keep working and just positive vibe, coach pederson said that before the season started that we had something special here. >> brian dawkins is again a semi finalist for pro football hall of fame this year. dawkins played 16 seasons, 13 with the bird and final three with the denver broncos and is only player in nfl history to have 30 interceptions and 30 forced fumbles. there are amazing names on this list with terrell rowans, ray louie and randy moss months among the 27 semi finalist. sixers back in action hosting portland trailblazers at the center. blazers back court features cj mccolumn and damon willard, they average a combined 47 points per game, not far behind the combination of the embiid and simmons averaging

41 per game. they helped lead sixth tours a win over the jazz on monday night. now, dario saric is in his second season with the sixers and if you can believe it, yesterday was the first time that dario had ever had a philadelphia cheese stake. the staff at geno's showed him how to make one for himself on the grill, now for your information, sixers forward enjoyed a whiz witt. >> very important detail there >> little bit slow there with the grill. >> yes. >> yes. >> i love geno's and every time i say it, i get a hard time. >> it is all right, it is fine >> it is all good. >> i don't take side in anything. coming up next on "eyewitness news" uber comes clean what we're learning about a data breach, from a year ago. jan? and i'm jan carabao reporting live from philadelphia international airport this morning where the

security lines are already, long although they are moving smoothly, coming up we will show you why this is shaping up to be the busiest thanksgiving holiday travel week, since 2005. >> ♪ we are remembering part ridge family star david cassidy, teen heart throb and 70's icon passed away yesterday. >> ♪ >> they start, the songs, there is really no place like home for the holidays we hope where ever you are going, you get there safely.

good morning i'm rahel solomon. i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's what you need to know to start your day in today's morning monday, wednesday, november 22nd. >> good morning, guys. >> heading home for holiday people packed the road, rails,