it is a mad dash for holiday deals, stores are pack today with bargain hunters hitting the stores early on this black friday searching for a present presents. i'm rahel sole monday. i'll jan car bay o7 shores are trying to find the best gar gain and we will check with them in a moment but first meteorologist matt peter son live on the sky deck this afternoon with a look at what to expect if you go shopping later today. >> i should say good morning or afternoon i should say.

it is a bright, bright sunny afternoon on this last friday here in philadelphia. it will be a wonderfully sunny rest of the day, as well, and actually outside on the sky deck while it was chill think morning it is not too bad as you get ready to move in the afternoon hours, lunchtime looking comfortable for us. as we peak on storm scan three you can see high pressure is in control. that is why we are so clear, with all of that sunshine out there. a few high cloud through early morning hours and in areas around lehigh valley, areas up toward poconos woke up to a few cloud but overall, it has been a sun filled start to the day, and temperatures for the most part are on the warmer side, now compared to where they were early this morning, we are seeing 50's in southern new jersey, millville, 50 in atlantic city and 51. still clinging to 40's from philly backup toward allentown where we are without at 48. forty-two in mount pocono. while you still need a jacket, it is not overly cold, for us while we did wake up in the 30 's again we are rapidly warming up.

winds were brisk and breezy at times, throughout the early part of the workweek but, right now we are looking at generally quiet conditions, pretty clear skies, and calm winds, but maybe five or 10 miles an hour at the most. we should not see anything more than that through the afternoon hours. so just picture that you do dress with the jacket if you dor ago this black friday shopping we will get up to 52 degrees in philadelphia little cooler down at the shore in the poconos, 50 at the shore points but plenty of sunshine there and poconos as well, 46 for our high temperature further north from the city. watching a cold front for weekend could bring a few rain showers, tell you details when i come back inside. >> matt, thank you. shop until you drop that is plan for many people who are venturing out there to find those black friday bargains to day, and the mall parking lots are packed, with those shoppers. we will send our alycia nieves to the cherry hill mall in new jersey today where folks are seeking out the savings, hi there alycia, how does it look >> reporter: hey, jan there are thousands of people here certainly seeking out savings of the cherry hill mall.

we will give you a live look quickly at the crowd inside the mall. right now it is pack but not chaotic at the moment and we know those hoff shopped on this day that it can get crazy black friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year and estimated about a hundred million people will pick up christmas presents and take advantage of this holiday sale today. that is clearly many of those people are in this fall right now and it is always fun for me to look around and see hoist looking around the most bags and getting, arm fatigue but with that comes wallet fatigue. the average person spent $400 on black friday. last night alone, around the country, nearly $2 billion was spent on early black friday sales, so it is no wonder that malls like this one and so many, opened up until midnight last night and then again today at 6:00 a.m. >> they clearly had about 30,000 people, shop on thanksgiving, so we're expect ago this would probably be double that today. >> it is really craze any here and there is no parking. >> reporter: is it worth it

for the sales. >> definitely worth it. >> reporter: a quick tip on parking heading over here to the cherry hill mall to shop, there is a bunch of parking way back over by jc penny, everybody else you will be going up and down the aisle. if you want quick access go over by jc penny. one more quick tip if you go to this mall or any mall throughout the country make sure to stop and see santa. this is where funnies at. it is no more priceless then seeing those faces. reporting live, leash a nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". very busy day, thanks alycia. one of the largest shopping malls in the u.s., king of prussia mall, still seeing big hees crowd. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh caught up with shop hours have been out since we morning hours. >> reporter: give thanks and day later receives great deal. >> i got a fabulous bedding set for 50 percent off regular price. >> reporter: shoppers started early at king of prussia mall on black friday.

>> my second home. >> reporter: one mother/daughter duo from new jersey has made a annual black friday trip to kop for the pennsylvania 15 years. >> we shop until the mall kicks us out. we have been here since 1:00 a.m. shopping. we will not leave until the mall is closed. >> reporter: members from the national retail federation show that nearly 60 percent of shoppers plan to snag their deals on line this year but hear one of the largest malls in the country, half million people are expect over the weekend. >> that is thanks to the atmosphere including luxury shops, touch screen director ies and tip friendly areas says kathy smith, mall's director of marketing. >> it is an experience. we will have 30 percent of our customer mix over weekend come in from outside the area. they drive-in, they bring the family, it is a annual tradition. >> reporter: some shoppers even crossed state lines to be here. >> i did it first and i got this awesome -- love them. it was a good deal for zero seven something dollars.

it is nothing. it is good. >> reporter: in king of prussia, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". lay away angel struck at toys-r-us in cherry hill by paying off all of the lay way bills. our pat gallen met charlie k on "eyewitness news" this morning. charlie woke up and felt moved to give back to the community. he walk in the toys-r-us there and paid off 350 order, that included 8,000 items. >> i was thinking about shopping for my son and, you know, realize some people are little less fortunate. i realize this toys-r-us was closest to some of the more impoverish neighborhoods and, you know, i wanted to be able to help the people that helped me the most. >> charlie didn't just stop at paying off lay away bills either, he also, asked shoppers there to pick three toys each, to donate to toys for tots and charlie covered the cost. if you are still planning to hit the stores later today head over to cbs philly.com

first. there you will fine holiday shopping guide, with all of the store hours today and some great gift ideas too. and here's another sign that the holidays are right around the corner, philadelphia will flip the switch on cities official christmas tree, tonight. looking at tree there dilworth park. jim kenney will turn on the lights of 52-foot tall tree outside city hall just after 6:00 to officially usual inner the holiday season. we are celebrating the holiday season with holiday fest later on "eyewitness news". we are heading to collinswood where holiday spirit will be on full display with the tree lighting, carrolling, holiday shopping, in the area can stop by and drop by the present and drop off a present for our toy fest collection, we will hope to see you there. in other news this noon shock at a septa train station , after a man's body is found charred on top of an inbound train. the discovery was made at jefferson station in center city. that is where we will fine "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff with more on this investigation, henry.

>> reporter: good afternoon this sent delays through the entire septa system, early this morning, delays that continued until 10 or 10:30 delaying many commuters and shoppers. you take a look at video we shot in the immediate aftermath of what happened here and we can tell thaw shortly before 8:00 a.m. a train pulled on to the track, 11b and somebody spotted a body on top of it. he had been electrocuted and could not be identify. man share this picture, that we blurred of authorities recovering body and beginning their investigation into how this happened. we spoke about one woman hot platform who saw news about the fatal incident and adjusted her game plan because of an important family schedule today. >> i am traveling to neshaminy mall for my niece and her daughter who i have not seen since august. she's almost one. i live in atlanta. and we change our plans to start earlier in the day, in case the train was delayed so i don't lose my few hours with her while she's still awake.

>> reporter: looking at the board just across the way beyond our camera there are some delays up there but septa representative says nothing to do with the delays from earlier this morning, all of that cleared out, this is just regular every day issues when they do pop up. live at jefferson station, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> okay henry keep us up to date, thank you. three people don't have a place to stay today after a fire rips through their row home in west oak lane. you can see huge flames here shooting out of the roof of this house on the 1300 block ofe pratt street just after midnight. in one was hurt but three people and four dogs were forced to leave. president donald trump is staying busy a day after thanksgiving this morning he spoke with turkey's president, amid growing crisis in syria. earlier in the day president trump tweeted he would be discussing quote, bringing peace to the messy inherited to the middle east. president is golfing with professional tying are wood and justin johnson at his core in florida. sources say lawyers for

former national security advisor michael flynn are no longer communicating with the white house about the russia election investigation. president's lawyers say he assumes that flynn is negotiating a plea deal but it has nothing to do with president trump. flynn was fired three weeks after the president was sworn in for misleading the vice-president about his contacts with russia. some good news now, for eagles heading in to sunday's game with the bears, head coach doug pederson say kicker jake elliott will be ready to play against in chicago. elliott suffered a concussion begins cowboys last sunday but he had been able to practice in the last few days, you'll hear more about the team's preparation for bears coming up later today on "eyewitness news". attacked while praying, coming up, growing death toll after an attack on a mosque. close call on the tracks, see how this woman was saved, just moments before a train pulled into the station. are you trying to shed a few pounds, easy tool to use to help reach your fitness few pounds, easy tool to use to help reach your fitness goals when we come right

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welcome back. at lee 235 people are dead and another 109 are injured after an attack on a months income egypt this happened in the sinai peninsula, officials say two explosions went off and when worshipers ran outside two gunman opened fire on them no one has claim responsibility but egypt's president is calling it a terrorist attack and declared three days of national mourning. they have double murder

sentence of oscar pistorius. country's supreme court decided his original six year sentence was too light, pistorius was convicted of killing his girlfriend in 2013 australian woman is very lucky to be alive today after narrowly escaping the run over being by a train. look at this dramatic video out of melbourne. you can see woman is at bottom of the screen on the track and the train approaching in the background, while a bystander and three police officers ran over and pulled her up to just second before that train pulled in the station, it is not clear why she was on the track. still ahead on "eyewitness news" a new way to help lose weight. >> how to use social media to shed those unwanted pound, matt. it is a good weekend to maybe get outside, get a jog in, do a little bit of exercises specially on saturday will be it will be very mild. we will watch for a cold front for spotty showers at times and then cools back down for sunday. we will give you a full break down for saturday and sunday

and what you can expect for the weekend, coming up in just a bit.

welcome back. now that you have finish stuffing yourself on thank giving, lot of people are thinking about losing weight. >> cbs correspondent kennett craig shows you how snapping a selfie can help shed some pound. >> reporter: gina is documenting her physical transformation for the world to see. snapping selfies, gym pictures and posting before and after shots on instagram, as her follower, cheer herrer on. >> the a first i didn't tell people about it, it was just

strangers on the internet. but it is main stream account. >> reporter: she has who 80- pound over last year and a half and she credits much of her success to that social media support group. >> i just mostly wanted to hold myself accountable and be a member of the community and just have that support. it kind of helped me think well, you know, i should get this work out in because then i'll have something to powe to instagram. >> reporter: recent study in the journal of interactive marketing find virtual support communities aren't that helpful and that sharing success and disappointments on line can be a key part of reaching weight loss goals. >> we were able to see all of their achievement also, their milestones, their setbacks, over that year time period. and we saw that people really used this forum as a way to commit to these goals and achieve them one by one. >> reporter: gina has more than 14,000 people, keeping track of her progress and encouraging her to keep going, calling her incredible, and

wishing her congratulations. her weight loss secret, just old fashion diet and exercise. >> how do you feel when you look at these before and after pictures. >> i feel proud. >> reporter: her digital followers consider her an inspiration. kennett craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> okay, maybe do some exercise this weekend. maybe put an extra layer or two. >> maybe today, tomorrow will be really mild. too bad you are not running the marathon this week. >> don't even get me started on that, matt. >> you did a excellent job, though so you powered through all of the wind, and just all week but it will be a nice day today and really tomorrow as well, but got to talk a little bit about it now that we have past thanksgiving we are into dairy say it winter holiday spirit, and we will start our count down to those winter holidays, we have been keeping track for last in or so but we are about 16 days away from the average first day of our

first snowfall here in philadelphia we are closer and closer to that date. twenty-seven days until official start of the winter season when we have shortest day of the year and winter solstice. we have 31 shopping days until christmas. plenty of time to get deals in for black friday and 38 days until we ring in 2018, can you believe it will be 2018 in just 38 days. while we're at it we will be dealing with very nice conditions today, if you did get out early this morning to get those early morning black friday deals do you know just how chilly, it was. we were in the 30's. you needed winter coats. waited, slept in and get those deals later this afternoon it will be warm but pretty seasonal out there, 52 degrees , lots of sunshine. you will need a light jacket definitely but will not neat that winder coat like earlier in the morning you needed hats , gloves, scarves earlier in the day but not what you need later this afternoon. wanted to take you down to rehoboth beach i have a few folks out there on the beach and boardwalk as we go in the

afternoon hours. they are getting in that sunshine, it is now cool, down on the water, probably only looking at temperatures maybe in the mid to high 40's, down in the rehoboth beach area, so if you do want to get dune the shore in new jersey or maybe where you celebrated thanksgiving yesterday or down shore points in delaware as well and you want to get outside enjoy fresh air, wonderful sunshine put that sweat shirt on because it will be on the cool side, maybe a slight breeze but not nearly like what we saw at times earlier in the week. do a little bet this weekend. we have a cold front sweeping through for the most part on saturday that could give us a stray chance for a shower saturday night into sunday before high pressure settles in and clears us out for weekend. mild day tomorrow, temperatures object saturday afternoon could be pushing 60- degree mark. we are really warming up today , peeking tomorrow but then again on the back side of the front as we get into sunday gets cooler and more breezy to wrap up weekend.

those spotty showers on late saturday into saturday night, for the most part better chance will be north and west of the city and they will be very light and at this point especially on saturday, saturday night looks like it will stay all rain but early, early in the morning hours on sunday especially near poconos maybe a few snow flurries mixing in nothing to be overly concerned w not anything you need to be worried about. holiday travel, of course, given you green light, sunshine, seasonal temperatures won't see any weather issues on the road today, tomorrow we will give you yellow light because we have late day showers and back to green light on sunday, sunshine, breeze bye now weather issues on the road, for the end of the weekend. fifty-two for the high today, tomorrow, as i said we are pushing 50-degree mar. fifty-seven for the high. forbidder game on sunday we have chilly, breezy conditions , sunshine for us, 48 degrees our temperature on

sunday. if you are heading down to the linc to tailgate you want to have jacket early in the day and through afternoon hours, kick off at 1:00. and then our steadily rising temperatures take over starting on monday, back to the lower 50's and then we could see temperatures up near 60-degree by the middle of the next week. i think for last week have november we will take that. >> we deserve it too. >> absolutely. >> thanks, matt. >> up next shopping surprise for black friday

philly fanatic. who the fanatic the phillies mascot gave out early credits mass gives to unsuspecting shoppers there waiting at the majestic clubhouse store as part of the phillies red friday, the team let fans go down to the field, take pictures with the fanatic, and then enjoy doughnuts in the dug out. >> apparently play with the microphone. >> yes. >> future broadcasters there. >> so cute. >> who doesn't love the fanatic. that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jan carabao. >> i'm a rahel solomon. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 6:00. we are always on line cbs philly.com. >> young and restless is next. >> have a great weekend.

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