you feel like your heart sinks down and you keep praying, and hoping. >> another sleepless night in ventura county, california. in the shadow of the flames those hoff not evacuated are taking a stand using garden hose toss fight the fires. wild fires are still burning out of control in southern california forcing more than 150,000 evacuations. i'm kennett craig in ventura with a look at the destruction they have left behind. bullets fly outside of a corner store, two people hurt but authorities say it could have been even worse we are live with the details. it is wednesday december 6th, good morning,

i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things, getting us out the door. >> jim, welcome back. >> yes, i missed you so much. >> i'm sure did you. we are looking outside right now we do have one accident out there, dry roadways, for now and lots of construction. will it stay that way. >> it is primarily dry. we have showers making their exit through southern new jersey and southern delaware but just watch for that. we have storm scan three to show you is what left, on the southeast corner of the area and it is still light but still out there i also think you will encounter damp roads from the rain that has fallen if it is not falling from the sky as we speak we will contend with what is left from last night in the form of damp road but even the leaves get matted dunn as wind picked up last night. there could be still slick travel. i would add vei you take it easy because of that but rain still falling. give it another hour in this

corner of our area and then should clear out. there is still included cover even where rain has stopped? that too will clear out with time, but again, winter is upon us, and some very cold air that comes with it, as jet stream is currently making its plunge south allowing that substantial chill to really settle in. this may look a little bizarre to you. it is still 51 degrees in dover. cold is still playing catch upright now. it need more time. eventually these temperatures will level off but looking a lot more seasonal today and even colder down the road, meisha. >> all very good to know, thanks very much. yeah, heed that warning walking outside the door in case you are still working with damp red ways or that rain is moving out as katie said. right now, in the world of travel we are looking good we have construction out there we have one minor accident as well. schuylkill eastbound is closed between vine and south street we are used to this crews have not yet moved out, but they have moved westbound side out of the way one lane block

there so that has moved out. schuylkill eastbound near conshohocken we had debris, disabled vehicle that now is completely cleared. we are looking good there. accident in abington fitzwater town road and susquehanna road if this is your neck of the wood it will in the slow you down too much but it is there heading out the day because if this lingers out there it might cause a problem. construction on the walt whitman bridge eastbound two lanes blocked sounds like that is clearing right now and mercon trucks in new jersey we will talk about coming up in the next 10 minutes, jim, back over to you. an early morning shooting leaves within man dead in kensington, "eyewitness news" the scene of the crime in the 700 block of east madison street, police found man lying on the ground with the gunshot wound to his head just before 1:30. in word or motive on the suspect. more gun violence overnight as two men have a shoot-out in fernrock. officers rush to the 5700 block of north camac street just after 12:30.

they found the shooting victim and rush him to the hospital where he is expect to survive. another man shot showed up at the hospital. police think two victims shot each other. philadelphia police are looking for a gunman who opened fire in the corner grocery store injuring two people inside. >> within of the customers was an 11 year-old girl who just miss getting hit. lets get the latest from "eyewitness news" reporter trang do at "eyewitness news" police headquarters, good morning. >> reporter: good morning a 22-year old man was shot in the chest and that bullet went through his back. police rushed him to temple hospital where he underwent surgery overnight. officers continuing to search for this person shot this man while this store was full of other customers as well as employees, but take a look at this video of the scene last night in kensington just after 8:00 p.m. officers responded to a corner grocery store at intersection of the amber and bellmore street. officers arrived to find a 22-year old man with the gunshot wound to the chest, they rushed him to temple

hospital where he is in critical condition. police say gunman fired at lee seven shots from outside the store while victim was standing near the doorway, bullets flew pennsylvania several other customers and employees, and chief inspector scott small says one employee was hurt. >> 22-year old feel mail working behind register was hit and cut in the neck by broken glass from the gunshots being fired. an 11 year-old is clearly scene on the video standing right at the front counter just feet away from the door where the bullets entered the property. >> reporter: that 11 year-old was not hurt. police say they are looking for shooter wearing a dark jack wet white lettering on it , dark pants, white sneakers , they say several surveillance cameras captured this shooting and they are hoping they can review these to find more clues but for new war live outside police headquarters i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and rahel, back to you.

right now to our major story this morning wild fires in southern california show no signs have slowing down, more than 150,000 people in los angeles have been told to evacuate their homes. >> cbs news correspondent kennett craig is live where the largest fire is now raging , good morning, kennett. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is a look at kind of destruction residents here will be waking up to this morning. this home behind me nearly a million-dollar, you can see it completely burn to the ground all that is lefties the cars. >> reporter: three massive fires continue to burnout of control in southern california alongside, smaller won. amid reports hundreds of homes have been destroyed, some residents spent twilight hearst dousing roofs with water hoping that will combat flying embers. at lee 150,000 residents' vac waited. >> all of a sudden i will see from the other side, fire came to our side. so scary.

>> reporter: animals also had to be moved on short notice, k cbs reporter christine laser was at gibson horse ranch in sunland when it was caught off guard by quickly moving flames >> do you need me to grab a horse. >> please. >> a few factors contributed to the fire spreading so quickly biggest of which grew to nearly 80 square miles in just a few hours. there are high wind with gusts over 60 miles per her coupled with extremely dry terrain. area has had nearly no measurable rainfall over pennsylvania six months. with flames come smoke and there is a lot of it hanging in the air throughout l.a. area, creating a health hazard for millions. forecasters say that the high winds that are fanning and spreading the flames are expected to last through thursday and probably into fully. at this point the fire is being considered virtually un stoppable, and just 101 freeway off in the distance

behind me made its way all the way to the pacific ocean, jim and rahel. >> let me ask you we saw folks in your package, store which face masks is what air quality like where you and your crew are reporting? >> reporter: well, we have those masks, as well but it doesn't feel lake we need to wear them at this point. you might be able to tell by the air the smoke is pretty thick. it could be worse. that is in part due to the fact that the fire has already moved through this area and these winds have died down. when you get on the other side where fires are burning you see that thick, heavy smoke and you experience some of that as we were coming into town. changes rapidly around here with the wind speed indeed pending where fires are. >> kennett craig, thank you, be safe, we appreciate your reporting from ventura, california. we are told air quality issues will limit rams practice today as they get ready to play eagles on sunday >> eagles are practicing in anaheim, they are not affected by these wild fires.

there will be much more on these wild fires coming up on cbs this morning. david begnoit t will report at 7:00 right after "eyewitness news" this morning here on cbs-3. two rowers and their coach jumped in the schuylkill to save a would than had whose car plunged in the river. this happened near mlk drive and strawberry mansion bridge. police say the 61 year-old driver back her car in the water around 5:30 last night when a pair of penn athletic club rowers and their coach noticed the submerged car. one jumped in and grabbed the driver while the others helped pull her to safety. >> we are thankful for these row hours heroically went in the water rescued this individual and got them out of the water, got them to safety and provided first aid and did all of the things were you supposed to does a citizen of the city man was rush to the hospital. investigators believe would the man intentionally drove her car in the river. police are looking for a driver who struck a teenager and left her for dead. hit and run happened at 63rd

and market street in cobbs creek. fourteen year-old victim was taken to children's hospital where she's in stable condition. if you have any information philadelphia police want to hear from you. coming up former nfl quarterback colin kaepernick receives a big a war, we will hear from sixers star joel embiid at the ceremony. it has happened again, we will tell you about the latest , maryland neighborhood that leveled the home there we will tell if you it is connected to monday's blast. more than 60 years since disastrous earthquake and, tsunami in japan we will show what you has just washed a shore on the west coast of the

another neighborhood is rocked by an explosion, lot damage, reports say the explosion yesterday afternoon happened at a vacant home in baltimore county. five neighboring homes were also damaged. >> i heard a tremendous explosion. it seemed like it was preliminary explosion, and then it was the actual explosion, in other word, boom , bam. >> reality really gripped of what occurred here today. >> probably not but i'm just grateful i'm alive and in one else is injured. >> how about this officials say this explosion is actually in the related to monies blast

that seriously injured a man in, word on a cause yet here. more than six years later a bet both from the deadly 2011 tsunami in japan now sits the beach on the oregon coast. amazingly the boat recently washed a shore banged up, and covered in rust, dirt and debris but japanese writing was observed. it isn't a threat to the environment but will remain until a contractor removed it. there is in the enough cold weather for ice sickles in our region but check out this tree in wisconsin. cold water and waves caused to it form ice sickles, they were created by water crashing over the bluffs and freezing on that tree. >> makes for a pretty tree but no thank you, katie joining us now. we are not talking about ice. >> no. >> but you have been throwing around that s word. >> i have and perhaps not the one you have been thinking of, but the one i'm thinking of. a couple snowflakes here and there over the next couple of days, things are starting to

come together a little bit more. i'm not expecting we will see much. will you see a few flakes, get you in that christmas spirit or atmosphere of winter? yes, absolutely but not anticipating a monster storm, nothing lake that anytime soon but this is a relatively ago i have pattern we are in the middle of and it is all getting underway from last night's cold front. looking outside boardwalk plaza in rehoboth these are still quite damp on the board. it has been raining in this your use for last hour and a half since we have been on the air, very light rain, granted but depending where your travels take you we may still walk outside from rain falling from the sky or ponding on the roadways because we did get drenched in a couple spots. thinks all beginning to make its exit however. looking at this close zoom you're finding rain but making a speedy departure. give it another 45 minutes, and then you are done witt. you are didn't with the rain further north and west you travel but still stuck in the

blanket of cloud cover. that has helped to keep temperatures very much preserve in mild territory. wait until you see what we are finding out there right now. in the wake of the monster system says will start clearing. is there also moisture beginning to show its hand across good portion of the lou san, some creeping up the northeast and with time that is what brings us our next possibility to see some snowflakes which we will get to lets get you through next couple hours here out the door this particular model does not even suggest rain. we know that is in the true. we are finding light showers in the south east but good guide precipitation is making its departure, included clear and we will have sunshine by the time we are back on the air at high noon hopefully you join us by the way sun shining and it looks like a nice afternoon. looks can be deceiving, turning colder, we have that cold air playing catch up throughout the rest of the day and with the breeze gusts as high as 25 miles an hour you will note that is still walk

outside with the heavy coat. many starting the day off in the mid if not upper 50's right now, afternoon high though is about, 48 degrees, far more seasonal. just a few included dropping down to 35. i had an army/navy forecast. i want to show you seven day though. army/navy playing here on saturday, in the cold, 41 degrees is best you'll get at kick off and then by sunday there may be a few flurries around, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much. very good morning you guys happy wednesday, so yes we might be dealing with some damp roadways, right now things are looking good out there. we have some, where we did have some construction schuylkill eastbound closed between vine and south street. that has been clear. crews pick up those cones and moved out of our way. schuylkill eastbound now you get big thumbs up. looking good there. bird eye view here of the vine and i-95, looking good, things picking up the vine heading in to center city. just a head up we are seeing

movement on the vine and i-95 and we have an accident this morning that is still lingering out there abington. fitzwater town road at susquehanna road if this is your neck of the wood it is still out there. has in the yet cleared. construction on the walt whitman bridge has cleared. we are looking all good there. rahel and jim, back over to you. meisha, thank you. we are looking at newspaper headlines. >> times herald suspect believed to be responsible for november stabbing in phoenixville has been arrested after attempt to go flee into mexico. three two-year old francisco hernandez was ab apprehended at border crossing in browns ville, texas. southeast delco school board has voted to rescind a contract extension given to the school superintendent stephen buttz. it comes after school board president questioned commitment of buttz to the district. there had been rumors he was a candidate for or districts. police in three towns are investigating a series of

vehicle burglaries at goddard schools in moorestown, delran and mount laurel. two involved thefts from un will be cars and on monday a man smashed two vehicle windows to steel items that a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. next up pat has your morning sports. >> good morning, gays as eagles get ready with a game with huge playoff implications their opponent is displaced because of mother nature. plus jell embiid takes home an award and number four villanova took on a top rang team they have

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>> pat's here with sports and eagles are still out west, um. >> and these wild fires air affecting the home team, rams were forced to cans toll day's practice due to those fires in the l.a. area, instead they will conduct walk through ahead of sunday's game against eagles, earlier in the week rams actually practiced a silent count because they expect the game to sound more like a home game for eagles. it should be great match up featuring number one and number two overall pick in the 2016 drafts, that is jared golf and carson wentz. golf played in just seven games in his rookie year but enjoying a fantastic, sophomore season with 20 touchdown passes, six interceptions and rams and eagles are tied with the highest scoring offenses in the nfl. >> they are using him a lot of the same way washington uses kirk cousins, a lot of the same kind of plays, a lot of deep balls down the feel. he has a good command of the

offence. they dent take a lot of negative plays. they have had two games they have been held down in scoring , everything else they have lit up scoreboard. >> go west don bell. sports director don bell following the bird this week in l.a. for match up of the nine pneumonia three rams and 10-two eagles. look for his live reports beginning today on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 5:00. two winningest programs in college basketball over the last five years met in the gym i v classic in new york city last night, it was the first ever match up between number four villanova and number 12 gone saga mickle bridges put on a show in front of the crowd at madison square garden , that three gives nova a five-point lead, phil booth played three games last year but he is back, and that knee injury behind him and that puts cats up 15. booth had 20 points. bridges was looking to powe, great valley high school alumni made a name on a national stage, many believe

he could be a first round pick he had a career high 28 points including five, three that block right there, neff a wins 88-72 to remain undefeated. >> tuesday night colin kaepernick promised quote with or without the nfl's platform i will continue to work for the people. did he so while accepting a prestigious honor. beyonce presented the former 49ers quarterback with the sports illustrated muhammad ali leg ace a ward in brooklyn new last season the 30 year-old began protesting racial in equality by kneeling during national anthem that started a wave of protest as monk nfl players. sixers joel embiid was at the ceremony as well and says kaepernick deserves the honor. >> what he has did and what he has been i think has been greatest specially with is what going on in this country but i see what is happening, i see the news all the time and

use his power. >> embiid schwartz rising star way but houston astros star jose altuve. it looks like joe joe can put him in his pocket. he is 7 feet two. alt uv e who won sports person have the year 5 feet 6 inches. >> that is what i would look like standing next to joel embiid. >> it goes to show you can be any size an an amazing athlete in the professional world but mvp had an incredible year. >> joel embiid too. >> speaking of incredible year kaepernick on the times person of the year announce today. >> yes, he won that from gq as well. >> appreciate it. coming up next half an hour we will tell you names on the best place toss work in 2018 list. jan? >> reporter: protests break out in the middle east as president trump prepares to recognize jerusalem as a

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good morning i'm rahel solomon. i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in a moment but here's what you need to know to start your day on this wednesday, december 6th. bullets fly inside a corner store full of customers >> a 22-year old man is fighting for his life after being shot in the chest. a dramatic rescue from the schuylkill river. >> we are told that the driver is in stable condition. >> we're thankful to the row hours went in the water rescued this individual. >> wild fires are still burning out of control in southern california forcing more