way. raining autopsy cross poconos and city. we can see this within the next couple of hours. hopefully evening commute will get finished for the most part before heavy stuff moves in but light rain at least has invaded chester county and berks county and creeping into allentown right now as we speak. so slow downs possible, certainly along the turnpike and northeast extension of the turnpike as well this is part and parcel of the larger system. thinks all streaming kind of to the north and east. all this rain back here still has yet to move through, we could have several hours of wet weather through remainder of tonight. let's track that, 4:00 he clock we saw rain moving in the poconos as we head through next couple of hours. that rain moves closer to the sit and likely beginning around 7:00. heavy rain and thunder around 8:00 o'clock tonight. that starts to shift further into south jersey by 10, toward coast by around 11 or midnight. we will still have active radar when we go on the air at 11:00 and clearing out overnight. how much rain are we talking ? by the time we are said and done parts of the area sold

see half inch or three-quarters of an inch of rain including city of philadelphia it comes through remainder on this evening into the overnight hours but that is not all there is to talk about in our forecast, temperatures are poised to plumet, i will tell you how low it goes, couple snow chances in the forecast as well and tell you which day stays in the 30's, stay tuned for that, ukee. a explosive wild fires are being stoked by strong santa ana wind northwest of los angeles, scores of homes have been burned in tens of thousands of been evacuated. largest fire burning right now is near town of ventura, growing wildly to more than 70 square miles, and a smaller fire has erupted on the edge of los angeles threatening the philmar and lake view, terrace neighborhood. >> most scary thing i have ever seen in my life. helicopters going in. >> reporter: you heard from michael, who moved to the l.a. area from philadelphia, a few years ago. he shared this video with cbs-3. this is from the 210 freeway

in the lake view terrace area and his home is miles away in lake balance bowa. his neighborhood is smokey but home is safe. others have not been as fortunate. fire fighters battled raging flames just inch's way from homes in ventura county. the wind whipped blaze, broke out monday and rapidly ignited vegetation that fire officials say hasn't burned in decade. >> i have lived in ventura mess of my life and never seen anything like this it just brings tears to my eyes. >> reporter: desperate homeowners used garden hose toss help save their property. >> my mom and dad's house, they have lived here for seven generations. >> reporter: many battles have being lost, flames devoured dozens of homes and businesses , and thousands more are threatened. evacuation order are in place for nearly 8,000 homes. shifting winds are making it very difficult for fire fighters to get the up are hand. >> our biggest areas are the sit irv ventura with structure

protection and also as the wind picks up still city of st. paula. >> reporter: helicopters are being used to douse the flames while fire fighters from neighbors counties are being brought into help but officials say that weather conditions are not favorable, the forecast, calls for high winds and low humidity throughout the week. a driver was killed in a fire related accident, and at lee one fire fighter has also been injured. overnight fire, destroyed ups facility, taking with it many holiday packages. fire started before midnight last night at ups facility in fredrick, maryland. ten trucks and a trailer were destroyed. cause of the fire is not yet known. ups says that the company is working to identify, and net file shippers of the damaged packages. a hectic morning at philadelphia day care after a fire broke out there, chopper three was over the scene at kiddie cottage in the germantown section of the city fire fighters arrived around 11:30 and had it under control a short time later, in one was

hurt. two men are facing charges in connection with the theft of the disabled child's walk inner delaware. these are suspects 51 year-old leland watson and 49 year-old donald kail, police say girl's mother accidentally left that walker in the front yard of the family's wilmington home last thursday. the suspects were allegedly seen on surveillance video putting the walk inner to a white truck and then driving away. both are now, out on bail. tonight a clash of ideas about the future that lead to i a major decision on the controversial project. officials halt construction on a pricey new middle school in the upper perkiomen school district. the cities located on the montgomery avenue and pennsburg and that is where "eyewitness news" report's leash a nieves is live with the story, alycia. >> reporter: jessica, school district has dumped nearly 10 million-dollar into this project already and could lose double that if not more by terminating it. this is essentially one school board wanting one thing and then last night a new regime

coming in and wanting something completely different this construction site of a planned middle school in montgomery county has cost taxpayers of the upper perkiomen school district, so far, nearly 10 million-dollar. >> that is 10 million-dollar, that may now be a complete waste, money down the drain. >> it is just disappointing and violation frankly of their ethics code. >> reporter: hope manion is a mother with two elementary school kid in the district and she's stunned by a sudden school board decision last month to end the construction of the upper perkiomen middle school. >> this was going to alleviate three schools of overcrowding problems. >> reporter: now she and many other parents in the district worry their kid will continue to be in an overcrowded school system while paying for all of the costs associated with stopping a project like this in its track. >> we will be spending 20, 30, 40 million-dollar for a big hole in the ground. >> we didn't feel we needed this school. >> reporter: melanie cunningham is one of the four new school board members who was sworn in last night and

turn tide toss vote to halt the ongoing middle school project. >> we thought we were solving a wrong problem and we think we can solve the right problems. >> reporter: new majority of the school board wants to re invest money in academics and other areas of education but when we asked her what the exact plan was, she admits that there isn't one just yet and that the board has no idea the total cost that will come from this decision. any concern about contractors. >> i just don't know, i just can't talk about that. that could be possible litigation. >> reporter: there is no time line for when the school board , school district or this community, may know exactly how much money, may have been wasted on attempting to build a middle school here. in montgomery county, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meek mill's legal team is asking an appeals court to free him from prison. lawyers for the rap artist filed their late's peels with pennsylvania superior court. yesterday the philadelphia

judge who jailed mill denied to release him. mill's lawyers have been trying to get the judge removed alleging misconduct in the case. mill's sentenced to two to four years in prison last month for violating probation on a decade old gun and drug case. today's day two of the eventensing hearing for former south carolina police officer michael slager, he pleaded guilty in may to violating civil rights of walt are scott , and slager fatally shot scott as he ran away from the traffic stop in 2015. slager faces a life sentence with you federal sentencing officials have recommended between 10 to 13 years in prison. two days before the seventh sixth anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor veterans gathered to remember the soul's who on that faithful day this morning, veterans from all branches of the military, attended a special ceremony at battleship new jersey museum and memorial it featured a 21 gun solute, wreath laying, and musical performances by a local high school band and group. update now on a story we

have been telling but brazen thieves going after unattended holiday packageness local communities. >> it has happened again, there are more reports of the so-called, porch pirates snatching up deliveries. >> "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is working on this story and she's in manayunk where a suspect is wanted for several package thefts, anita. >> reporter: that is right, ukee and judge contact. both statistics show 23 million americans are expect to get their packages stole then year and thinks something that continues to frustrate neighbors all across the city. take a look at this fill police released more surveillance video today this time a man is seen taking packages from the front steps of the homes along 4300 block of dexter street and 200 block of hermitage street in manayunk. he has a limp and gets away in the dark colored four door sedan. i have spoken to many neighbors who had valuable pack ailings stolen. they get their items shipped to work are mailbox lockers but one couple here came up

with a different plan, to catch the so-called porch pirates. i will have that story coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. but for now live, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up on "eyewitness news" students learning to walk with purpose, why students at a local school are walking a mile a day, and gym class or exercise our cleve bryan will that have for 5:30. beyonce's birthday cake was a stun their was made right here in philadelphia how does it compare to jay-z's, you decide which one is best. we will show you in the hot minute, tori. tis season for holiday lights and have you ever heard of the candy kaine lane? no, it is not in the north pole? not far from north hills in montgomery county and we will take you on a very sweet trip, coming

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underwent emergency surgery today to have his appendix removed. mayor was rush to a hospital in new orleans, this morning, he is currently on tour with his band dead and company they were scheduled to perform in new orleans tonight but that show has been postponed. were you going to see even more fist bumping on your television in the near future. that is because cast of jersey shore, is reuniting. house of card moves on without kevin spacey, here's b ex from today's 896.5 with both of those stories and more in the hot minute. >> the days of fist bumping far from over as jersey shore is returning to mtv in 2018. with the original cast. the fun and games do in the stop there now extend to go florida, with the shore and i got a chance to chat with the show creator sally ann who hopes to keep it growing. >> i always thought of jersey shore not as a one off but a franchise. look at what, they have done, essentially just younger

version. >> i don't know how many snookis the world can handle. she and situation are returning to their beach house , kevin spacey will not be heading back to the white house. netflix announced house of card production will resume in early 2018. robin wright's character will take lead in the final eight episode after space i was fired following a string of second you'll harassment allegations. a representative says they are exited to bring fans close another, definitely what fans deserve after a investing in five seasons. finally jay-z received an extravagant treat for his fourth eighth birthday, look at this cake. four tear delight encompassed every aspect of his life from album covers to a grammy award which he was nominated for eight this year and so much more, and i think he might be trying on out due his wife beyonce hone joyed her own over the top birthday cake that was created at cake life bake shop rite here, in philadelphia. so biasly, i think hers is better but i will definitely

eat both. that is your hot minute i'm be x from today's 96.5. >> i can eat cake right nowy will take a pound cake. >> like that geno's style. >> yeah. >> check you out. >> i don't know if i want to eat a grammy. >> must have been, g it felt like rain today. >> it did. >> you could taste it. >> and it is because it is december, you look out window it looks like it will snow and then someone said will it snow i said it is 53 degrees. but it will rain. we may have snow in the forecast. >> here it comes. >> depending where you live not everybody will see snow but we have the chances,ive several chances, that i will talk about throughout the show to see some snowflakes that we have not seen much of this year. but first rain drops, here they come. we have got rain heading our way. right now just cloud gray over center city. cloud gathering through the day and a few sprinkles. otherwise i did see a few breaks of light blue skies

trying to break through cloud earlier today and nice to be outside without a coat on. enjoy it, maybe last time for a while we will be able to do that. at boardwalk plaza the lights are on, still dry, board dry for now but that is ball to change. here comes the rain along a cold front bringing in a completely different weather pattern, completely different air mass and it looks like this pattern will stick around for a while. we are talking about below average temperatures heading our way. we are looking at rain across our far western suburbs, heavier showers embedded in there as well, that is all heading our way through rest of this evening, as part of the larger cold front behind that front all of the cold air over great lakes producing some lake effect snow showers, and, and, that is the skies from the northwest. temperatures in the pennsylvania 24 hours have listen in philadelphia we are 8 degrees warmer then this time yesterday, 15 degrees warmer in millville and 18 degrees warmer in dover, that is warm eras we await cold front but look at

difference behind the cold front shifting to the midwest it dropped 32 full degrees in the past 24 hours in chicago. dropped 33 degrees in minneapolis and 23 degrees in lexington. this is change heading in our direction. so future weather showing that rain moving n it looks like steady in the city will be around seven or is 11:00 tonight, shifts toward coast by midnight or 10:00 p.m. heavy downpours. by 2:00 a.m. it starts to clear the coast and tomorrow morning, 10 and 11:00 a.m. we will see the sun. it will be a mostly sunny wednesday but breezy and noticeably colder. heaviest rain for lehigh veil and poconos fridays now until 10:00 p.m. some spots could see three-quarters of an inch or flash of lightening or thunder here or there. philadelphia northwestern suburbs between seven and 11:00 and between 9:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. for delaware and south jersey. then we will shift our focus to the end of the week. coastal love moving up the coast friday night or saturday

morning. just a brush, certainly down the shore there could be possible invoice rain and snow maybe a light slush accumulation. snow showers could make it as far back as city, northwest likely not to see much but as that low moves along the coast is there enough chilly air in place to pre dues chance for snow showers and another chance, coming in over the weekend and next week. we will talk about those chances in the next half an hour. rain showers, breezy, 40 degrees is your overnight low, tomorrow, not much warmer then overnight low. we will climb 8 degrees once sun comes up turning sunny but brisk and colder at 48 degrees and you're witness weather seven day forecast will see sunshine next two days and we have a chance for snow south and east late friday into saturday morning, weekend is cold, high barely getting above the 40-degree mark, that is 10 degrees below average and tuesday we will another chance to pick up rain or snow showers, so far in the future but we will talk about those chances coming up.

>> far in the future. >> yeah, right. >> thanks, kate. well, reminder to everyone our joy of sharing toy fest is in full swing and we love for to you take part, just bring a new toy to our studios at 1555 hamilton street, these toys will get to children all across the region and you can visit cbs philly.com/toy if he for a complete list of toy drop off locations and also details about upcoming toy fest events all around our area. >> one of those events is tomorrow. we will collect toys at wilmington university from three to 6:00 p.m. meteorologist chelsea ingram will be there and we hope you can join as well in the fun. well, fast food pizza chain wants to through delivering beer with your pie? we will tell but that at 5:30. longest serving member of congress steps down amid sexual misconduct allegation uses john conyors says that is not the reason he is leaving, leslie. last week wizard used a

hack a simmons strategy on ben and he struggled. our pat gallen expect to a coach to see if he can fix his shot next up in

holiday ornament with philadelphia flare. being crafted by students right here in the city. coming up at 6:00 what they are working on and how you can get one yourself, you don't want to miss this coming up at six. leslie joins with us sports. i have been waiting for somebody to go to the guru. >> well, shooting guru you are in luck. >> we know ben simmons is having a great rookie season but last night sixers lost in south philadelphia 115-101. ben simmons scored 20 points, eight rebound, seven assists and six steals all while dealing with the flu. he went two for three from the free throw line. that is where he has not been comfortable all season long. one of the few weak necessary

es he has shown. so pat gallen visited a shooting expert to see if he can fix the shot. >> last week sixers star ben simmons went to the free throw line and nba record 24 times in the fourth quarter against washington wizard. simmons has struggles from the charity stripe this year shooting just 56 percent. >> you want to be in this ballgame at the end of the game, make your free throws. >> can be fixed? i sat down with the shooting doctor jefferson university head coach herb mcgee who knows a thing or two about good form. he has worked with several nba players over the years. herb showed me exactly where ben's lacking. >> so in ben's instance too stiff, need him to loosen up a little bit. >> tuck the elbow. >> you think he can bring that percentage up. >> if he practices, yeah. >> it is in the something you can go, all right, just do this today and tonight you will go 24 for 24. >> how about the wrist action

and all that. >> his elbow is not under the basketball. he is using his upper body only. >> a lot of wrist. >> there is a rhythm to shoot will and rhythm is from here, to their. >> reporter: coach says simmons isn't far off and need to tweak a few small parts and could bring his numbers up but what magee likes most that is simmons believes. >> the thing that impressed me most was being interviewed after the game, he was very matter of fact bit. >> i will step up. i have no fear of taking free throws. >> very confident still. >> he said i'll make them just like that. if you have that confidence then he will make them. >> reporter: pat gallen, cb is three "eyewitness news". sports director don bellies out west as eagles prior to play nine-three rams out in l.a. that game will feature top two picks in the 2016 draft, jared golf and our own carson wentz. live report will start tomorrow right here on cbs-3.

good to see, coach mcgee, good to see him. >> if anyone can fix him he is the best. >> thanks, leslie. coming up next half an hour claims of artistic freedom verse accusations of anti discrimination. >> it was humiliating, painful , degrading. >> i tried to respectfully oppose it. >> same sex couple denied a wedding cake from the cake designer who blames his religious beliefs, cake fight is now before the supreme court. cleve? i'm cleve bryan in egg harbor township walking with fifth graders who have a purpose today, called miles for matt, coming up i'll tell how matt douglas is and why these kid care enough to walk a mile every

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between religious freedom and anti discrimination. so-called wedding cake, is , and, charlie craig, had a celebration after they were married in massachusetts in 2012. and, refused, their business and filed a discrimination claim, and, phillips appealed, and now the supreme court is hearing arguments. >> he asked us hot cake was for, and when we said it was for us, he said that he would not make a cake for a same sex wedding. >> i do respectfully apologize that i could not create this cake. i will sell you anything in my shop but this is just, something i cannot create a cake for. >> court is expect to decide on the case, by late june. the longest serving lawmakers on capitol hill is calling it a career. michigan congressman jon conyors is stepping down amid allegations of second you'll misconduct. jon conyors called into a detroit radio show and

announced he is retiring from congress but not because of allegations that he sexually harassed former female staff ers which he denied. >> my legacy cannot be compromised, and diminished in anyway, by what we're going through right now. this too shall pass. >> reporter: on the house floor representative sheila jackson lee read a statement from conyors reiterating he is leaving on his own terms. >> given totality of the circumstance, of not being afforded the right of due process in conjunction with current health conditions, and to preserve my legacy and good name i'm retiring. >> reporter: g.o.p. is grabbling with the sexual allegation too as judge roy moore fights for an alabama senate seat, nine women have issued claims against him, some were teenagers when moore was in his 30's. >> we certainly don't want to have a liberal democrat that is controlled by a nancy pelosi and controlled by chuck schumer. we don't want to have that for alabama. >> reporter: president and republican national committee

decided to support moore but not all republicans are on his side. >> my hope is that the voters of alabama will dot right thing and not send him to the senate. >> if he were to be elect he would have an ethics committee case and the committee would take a lot situation and give us advice. >> reporter: moore insists he is innocent and does in the know his accusers. tonight moore will hit the campaign trail with steve ban on, president trump's former chief strategies, as for the vacancy on the house size conyors endorsed his son john conyors the third for the job. danny masterson has been fired from the netflix comedy the ranch ace police investigate sexual assault claims against him 36789 women accused him of raping them in the early 20,000's. masterson hoist a scientologist has denied those allegations and they were said up to boost a anti scientology tv series. supporters of the clean dream act were on the campus of the west chester university this afternoon to make their voices heard.

>> stand with us. stand with us. >> they are calling on congress, to support legislation, that would protect undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children, from deportation. president trump, ordered an end to the protections in september, and they will be phased out this march, unless congress comes up with a replacement. tomorrow white house officials say president trump will announce his decision, to move the u.s. embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. critics say such a move would derail any chance of achieving peace in the middle east and could trigger violence in the region. >> u.s. is delivering a lethal bullet to the heart of the two state solution, that would be the kiss of death to the two state solution. >> the president i would say is, pretty solid in his thinking at this point. >> israeli's have long considered jerusalem their capitol. jerusalem is a sacred city and play ace major role in christianity, islam and judaism. palestinian president abbass has asked world leaders and

the pope, to disa vow president trump's plan. something specialist going on in the south jersey school community. >> it is pounding the pavement , help a worker on medical leave get back on his feet. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is in egg harbor township with how the school community is banding together. >> reporter: newlywed matt and katie douglas like doing things together home and then work, they are both one on one aid in the egg harbor township school district. >> basically just trying be the classroom helper. >> reporter: this school year matt was assigned to help the fifth grade class in miller elementary. only so far every day he has been absent. >> i just was getting sick. >> reporter: matt's fighting a deadly, kidney disease which caused him to miss work since may. financially, mentally admits it has been tough. >> that is really hardest part in the being able to see my kid, and see the rest of the kid.

>> reporter: in this class, out of sight is not out of mind. >> we are going to go outside and we will do our mile today as a class. >> reporter: starting two weeks ago students began fundraiser called miles for matt mile a day walking challenge to help one friend to do create a child for a she lost. >> i never met her daughter. they lived in north jersey. i walk. would i think of their daughter. >> reporter: kid have taken ownership of the idea getting their families involve. >> you are commit to go do something, not just giving 10 bucks, and doing nothing, you are committing to something. >> i'm walking a mile every day. >> reporter: way that miles for matt works they pay ten dollars to sign up, every day between now and christmas you walk a mile. miss a day, you got pay a dollar. hopefully come january, they will have raised quite a bit of machine toy help out matt and his family. >> you want people to walk for you. >> reporter: azamat math weights for a kidney donor he said having these kid walk stride for stride with him through this disease is the best kind of medicine.

>> it is wonderful. they are my inspiration to give back. >> reporter: in egg harbor township cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". how the great is that. >> how great is that. >> everybody is a winner. would you like to work from home. it is age old debate, would that be a good thing or a bad thing, could you concentrate and get things done? why some say it is a good thing but it is a surprising down side. kid are hooked on you tube , watching how to videos, funny videos, even one kid playing games but not all of the videos are child friendly. is what being done to change that up next, kate? well, we're inching closer to the weekend and weekend does feature a wintry chill in the air but still technically fall but definitely will feel like we have jumped in the winter with temperatures barely above 40-degree mark and we will have mixture of sun and cloud both saturday and sunday, few flurries, stray snow showers, doesn't look like anything big but will need heavy coat, gloves,

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well, you tube is hiring more employees to crackdown on inappropriate videos on its site. today the company ceo announce that had by next year, they will have more than 10,000 people, reviewing, content. recently several companies pulled ads from the video sharing web site after child abuse videos made it on line. over pennsylvania six months you tube safety teams have reviewed nearly 2 million videos for violent content. well, well men restaurant chain is hoping to cash in on america's love of pizza and beer. >> pizza hut started testing six pack beer delivery to arizona they intend to offer wine as well. alcohol, in a specially

designed cooler. pizza hut hopes to expand it to other cities, next year. how about sweet tea kind of guy. >> pizza. >> yes. >> i mean i like a little bit of everything. >> okay. >> why not. >> why not. >> let's go for it. >> if you like a little local flavor on your christmas tree, it doesn't get any more philly then this. >> we will show you holiday decorations fill with brother ly love, where they are made and how you can get one in about 30 minutes, we will be right

science is focus across the school district of philadelphia during this sixth annual computer science education week. students are getting hand on experience and feels like code nothing electronics. district is expanding its digital literacy and technology curriculum that means students at feltonville school of arts and sciences have a computer at every desk but that is not all. >> we have the first virtual reality lab in the district where students can take virtual reality tours, throughout the entire world, as well as into outer space. >> when you can see young people working with the type of technology that they were working with this morning, this is something that we want to expand throughout

philadelphia. >> the goal, of computer science education week is to get students excited about learning skills, for careers of the future. going solar one home at a time to day philadelphia energy authority launched second round of the solarized philly, a city wide program to help all philadelphians go solar at home. this announcement was made at home of the fishtown participants where a solar installation is already underway. the energy authority says that it signed up 168 homes to install solar panels this year , it is also turning high school students, how to install the panels. now working from home isn't a day at the beach. experts say people often end up working longer hours and productivity goes up, and there can be health benefit as well. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has more on that. >> reporter: wouldn't that be nice for us. >> for us, yes. >> not working, guys. for many just like being here on tv you cannot work from home but there are many kinds of jobs where tell i commuting is a good fit, experts say,

working from home can reduce turn over and improve moral. todd miller's commute is all of 25 seconds from the first floor of his house, downstairs to his basement computer. >> the whole office world i was traveling many hours a day going to the office working in the cubicles and it just got insane. there has to be a better way. >> reporter: miller works for a company designing training programs that lets employees work from home. he says he is able to avoid distractions and more productive. >> you need discipline. everything is the way you build your day to the way you dress and way you treat things >> reporter: in i survey 39 percent of people who work from home said they put in extra hearst compared to 24 percent of people, at the office. >> there is a sort of double edged sword and companies have to help their people learn to manage this tendency to over work. they tend to give back 50 to 60 percent of the time they would have otherwise spent

commuting, working. >> reporter: todd says he often end up working more. >> i know my office is here. if it is on the weekend and something i need to get donnie will get down and spend two or three hours before everybody wakes up doing that. >> reporter: without a commute to work gets more time with his daughter, scheduled achieving a work/life balance that doctors a cuts down on stress which can make people more productive. while there are a number of health benefits to working at home, there are down side, too , including one study that found home based workers are much less likely to get promoted. seeming to confirm that old cliche of out of sight, out of mind. lets get something a lot of people would like to consider, and maybe part-time but how about us, working from home. >> ukee had an idea. >> face time. >> they will in the go for it. >> no. >> build a studio in your house. >> we will be right back after i feed the dog. >> thanks, stephanie. >> thanks, stephanie. pennsylvania state senator

joanna mcclinton hosted holiday health and fitness expo for seniors in southwest philadelphia free event gave participants access to local health care providers, medical screenings and flu shots. they can also learn about state programs that are available to them as well. the expo included lunch and some holiday music courtesy of local students. nicely done. they look great. kate joins us now with a look at the forecast and it is things are getting chilly around here. >> yes, cold is moving our way we can put a green screen at my house. >> yes, hear a baby crying in the background. >> just ignore the baby crying >> technical difficulties, baby's crying. >> exactly. in the meantime we have green on storm scan three heading our way, we have rain to talk about tonight and then temperatures on their way down , it will start to feel like winter around here. big pattern change in our future and starts tonight. here's is what going on outside, out to bethlehem and here it comes look at the road there main street in bethlehem

as we look live from the hotel bethlehem looking shiny, slick rain has moved into the lehigh valley and it will just keep pushing east through remainder of tonight. we are not talking about heavy , flooding rain but just enough to slow things down on the road, get road spray out there, use windshield wipers, luckily still too warm for this to be ice or snow but that may change as we head through the end of the week and into the weekend. taking a look at our weather watchers in put they are always giving us their temperatures and look at these numbers in december we are talking 50's and 60's, temperatures got in the lower 60's. still at 61 degrees. we will check with our friend nol pits, 61 in mantua. she sent this in with the christmas lights, warm, cloudy skies and christmas lights. a nice view. not raining in mantua but as we head off to the northwest and check with eileen murray, she's reporting in gilbertsville 55 degrees to the northwest of the city.

cold rain continues to fall, road slick, be careful. thank you so much for that eileen. you be safe as well. 62 degrees with our friend bill in, levittown and rain has begun there you can see areas that don't have the rain rain, still in the 60's and still dry for the time being. david dutch's house it is 60 degrees. rain headed in with the cloudy finish to the day, here's time lapse from this afternoon in kutztown, lot of gray cloud, cloud you see can get darker, thicker as day went on. it looked like it would rain any second today but we didn't see much early in the day. now that the sun has gone down rain is heading our way but a glummy time lapse on our live neighborhood network. storm scan three shows rain moving in. heaviest downpours along the actual front, see yellow shading, orange right down to portions of maryland and virginia, heading our way tonight and showers just starting to creep in behind this, this is that big batch of cold, the first blast of it coming in tomorrow, second re

enforcing shot of cold air will move in over weekend. timing and rain between now and 7:00 just some light showers, steady rain to the northwest. but this for city to you through 7:00 you can get out, grab dinner before the heaviest rain moves n7:00 p.m. to midnight is when heaviest rain will fall, midnight and 6:00 a.m. the rain will clear the coast and the sun will return tomorrow morning. temperatures right now still mild, 60's right now in our area 60's just barely hanging on to portions of the southe but you can see where that front is, 40's in nashville and st. louis. thirty-eight in columbus. lot at cold up here. twenty-one in minneapolis and 31 in milwaukee. fifty-four at this time last night in minneapolis. heading in to friday and saturday you can see this system will brush the coast, saturday morning, a little bit of rain, snow possible especially along the coast, active pattern. several snow chances heading our way. friday night to the south ande , a few instability on

sunday and new storm is to watch next tuesday night into wednesday. you're witness weather seven day forecast dry for next few days once we get storms out here. friday increase friday night, and then chilly through weekend another chance for rain or snow comes in next tuesday, ukee and jessica, back to you. do you remember grabbing hot chocolate and piling in the car to check out holiday lights in the neighborhood. >> we have the perfect place to go, right tori. >> that is right, everybody we are live in orland and wait where are we again? >> unaudible. >> candy cane lane that is why we have bunch of kid on the neighborhood kid and why candy cane lane there, we go, the best for holiday lights. >> the candy cane is we will talk to the man who started it all coming up. say happy holidays everybody. >> happy holidays.

you know some people go out out out when it comes to decorating their homes for holidays in montgomery county an entire neighborhood is getting in on the festive fun. >> our vittoria woodill joins us now live from orland in a place renamed candy cane lane, that looked like, what a fantastic display there, tori. >> it is incredible, ukee, absolutely incredible. i turned corner of bruce and garth road in orland and i thought to myself candy cane lane does not exist. then i met up with the

neighbors and it does, it does exist. >> it does exist. >> yes. >> what is best part about living on candy cane lane, emily. >> well, it is pretty, you get to see candy canes and i love the lights. >> absolutely. >> ryan, you have been living here the longest time, right, every time these lights go up how does it make you feel. >> nice, i have seen it every year. >> yes. >> do you look forward to it. you know as soon as kind canes go it is holiday season. >> um-hmm, cool. >> is what your favorite part about living on this block. >> probably all of the decorations that happens around christmastime, i like it is always so frosty. there is snow all the time. >> i love how everybody does something different. there is so much to see. when you look around what gets you excited, carter. >> speechless is what you feel i know the feeling. i know carter. you know what, we have to beg jerry, everybody give jerry a round of applause. thanks, jerry. you are the man who started it

all, why bring candy cane to life so many years ago. >> it is the child in me, just a big kid. >> yes. >> i love christmas, you know, love the kid faces, and. >> you actually started building candy canes yourself. >> yes, i had help with some friends and it was just a thing we saw it. put it out in the front yard. put a sign up. people took off. >> i was talking to some of the neighbors and they were saying started with a few candy canes and then you have the whole block and so many people are enjoying it. thanks very much, jerry. >> my pleasure. >> thank you all. happy holidays. thanks for having me here. ukee and jessica back to you live from candy cane lane. >> all right, thanks, jerry's the candy man. >> there you go. >> i know. >> candy land. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00, it is holiday

season and more and more package as peer to be getting stolen. i'm anita oh the plan one couple came up with to catch a porch pirate. rain moving in tonight, wet evening across the area but then it turns cold and we have a couple chances to see snow, where you can see some snowflakes. also, ready, for patrol, k-9 officers for departments across the area ready to hit the streets. we will show you training involved for these four legged crime fighters, plus this. students at a west philadelphia high school have a unique side dish, i'm greg argos with exactly what they are creating and why they are so very filling. breaking news right now at 6:00 o'clock a car plunge necessary to the schuylkill river, chopper three is live over the scene near martin luther king junior drive. police say car left the roadway, about a half an hour

ago at 5:30. sixty-one year-old driver is out of the water, no word on her condition or how this all happen. we will stay on top of this breaking store i. also tonight. >> we didn't think he would have the guts to come back and it seems like it might be his every day route. i'm not that surprised. >> caught red-handed manayunk couple fights back against a so-called porch pirate, who plucked a package from in front of their home. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. as we have been telling i thieves have been targeting these holiday packageness local communities, snatching them right off peoples doorsteps. >> "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh joins us from manayunk where that local couple came up with the creative plan to catch a thief , anita? >> reporter: that is right, guys, it is a big problem especially during the holiday season when hundreds of millions of packages are on the move. philadelphia police released more surveillance video of package is here in