>> now at 5:00 minnesota senator al franken is leaving congress amid claims of inappropriate contact with would men, but not before taking a few parting shots, at president trump. now franken becomes latest high profile figure to lose his career over sexual misconduct allegations. good afternoon, i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. announced he is resigning for office but isn't going away. >> al franken announced his resignation on the senate floor. >> in the coming weeks, i will be resigning, as a member of the united states senate. >> reporter: minnesota democrat was under intense fresh another to step down, faced with a growing list of women accusing him of sexual misconduct. during his announcement, franken pushed back against his accusers. >> some of the allegations against me are simply not true others i remember very differently. >> reporter: franken said he

hoped to clear his name through an ethics investigation but he now realize he he could not be an effective senator during the process. tide turned begins franken when 35 of his democratic collogues called on him to step down. >> we need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is okay or acceptable and we, as elect leaders should absolutely be held to a higher standard. >> reporter: minute so the's democratic governor will pick someone to fill franken's seat until a special election next year. as for franken he says he is resigning but not giving up his voice. the comedian turned lawmakers has served in the senate since 2008, he is not announced when his last day will be. a pastor in medford, new jersey is under arrest tonight charged with sexually assaulting at lee four children for more than a decade. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in medford township tonight with more on the community left reeling by this news, cleve. >> reporter: we're live at medford township municipal building where a trustee from pastor thomas's church, just

gave us a brief statement, about the sexual assault, allegations against him, that have upset this community. >> it is a complete outrage. >> reporter: judy parker says almost too much to comprehend a long time pastor in her town medford charged with sexually assaulting four minors. >> women coming forward, women at least are grown up, and can slap the guy, but not children , they are helpless. >> reporter: burlington county prosecutor's office announced the 674 year-old harry thomas was arrested for series of sexual assaults against four minors that span 16 years. authorities won't give detail about the children or tell us if they attend thomas congregation the come live church in medford they say thomas sexually all the sad them while in medford township between 1999 and 2015. one counties aggravated sexual assault. police say he has undisclosed medical facility because he ties ill to go to jail. no one answered the door at tomorrow at's home on queens

lane in medford, parker oners if the me too movement to expose sexual predators played a role in the alleged victims coming forward. >> it is empowering people to say that have been abused, this is not to be tolerated. >> reporter: late that have noon trustee from the church announced thomas has been suspended from his duties. >> while allegations are unrelated to his rolls in these ministry, leadership has determined this to be the proper course of action at this time, until there can be a full investigation. >> reporter: police are asking anyone with any information that may be about thomas about other children inappropriately to come forward and that is beyond medford because pastor thomas has also co founder, of a nation's largest, christian music festival, known as creations fest. live from medford, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" chester county is raising awareness of infant death. william gardener of coatsville is charge in the death of his four month-old son.

prosecutors say that in addition to fatal head injuries an autopsy on the infant found 15 broken ribs. prosecutors also filed charges against jamal bailey of downingtown. he is accused of giving his 10 month-old daughter anti psychotic prescription medication, because she was not a good sleeper. it is not approved for children or infants. a federal judge rules the shooting death of an unarmed man at hands of the former south carolina police officer is second degree murder in the manslaughter. after making that decision judge sentenced to michael slag tore 20 years in prison. the medford native shot walt are scott multiple times in the back as he ran away from a traffic stop back in 2015. slager pleaded guilty in may to violating scott's civil rights and as part of that plea deal dropped state murder charges. two students and gunman are dead following a shooting at as tech high school in new mexico. san juan county operations manager identified gunman as a

student but in the released a name. school is about 900 students was cordond off as authorities cleared the building. teens were taken to the unification center nearby, and state and federal authorities are investigating what led to that shooting. fire fighters are now struggling for a fourth day to get an upper hand on wild fires in southern california. in awe 200 homes have been destroyed, figure that is almost, certain to grow. hundreds of thousands have been evacuated and the fires forced closure of the heavily traveled road like the 101 freeway. kennett craig is in venture, california with the very latest from the fire zone. >> reporter: fire fighters faced a wall of flames early this morning at the thomas fire in ventura county. it is the largest of four wild fires that have been devouring homes, and is now threatening the city of ohai. forecasters warned winds could hit 80 miles an hour today but los angeles officials say that so far, conditions are better

than anticipated. >> the expected high winds from last night were calmer, then we had some projections of. >> reporter: with the fire spreading quickly authorities are issuing new evacuation order every day. >> the fires have forced upward of 200,000 people from their homes, and in some communities like this one in ventura some residents are returning to find their home leveled, and the home next door, untouched. at least 200 homes have burned to the ground, lower sanders has been searching for cherished belongings in the ruble of her shadow hills home >> i found a whole bunch of books, it looks like books and as soon as you touch it, it disintegrated. >> reporter: fires disrupting lives of thousands of people in the los angeles area, some highways are closed and with smoke drifting for miles, dozens of schools are shut down for the rest of the week, as crews fight hard to get the massive blazes under control. kennett craig for cbs news,

ventura, california. and caught on camera a man rescues a wild rabbit from the fire in the side of the freeway. this happened on 101 freeway, man pulled over, jumped out and got that bun toy come toward him and away from the flames. breaking news right now progress in the effort to avoid a government shut down tomorrow, moments ago house passed a bill to fund government through september 22nd. in the meantime lawmakers will try to agree on a long term budget deal, bill now head to the senate which is expected to quickly pass it. with the cold weather now in place there are several chances for snow in the days ahead. meteorologist kate bilo is on our sky deck to tell us about those chances, kate. >> thanks, jessica. we have been watching this potential for snow friday into saturday all week. as we head through today it is more likely that parts will see snow saturday and likely some accumulation depending on where you are. lets start with where you are right now because there are a

few popping up on storm scan three. fast moving snow showers across central pennsylvania. most fizzling before they reach our area up toward poconos chance for stray snow shower this evening and possibly our western suburbs. widening out cold air is causing the snow showers across the northeast but note that is moisture to the south across the deep south, that will be streaming along the coast tomorrow into the weekend and enough cold air in place with temperatures in the 30's and 40's to lead to the potential for some snow. here's what it looks like tonight is quiet, tomorrow moisture looks to stay off shore but watch what happened as we get into saturday. that brush of snow on the coast and even chance that it could move inland. as of right now hypo tension to see snow along the coast, moderate toward city, lower toward north and west. i'll tell you early predictions of just how much snow we could sianni whether it will stick. we will send it back inside to you. >> kate, thank you. eagles are out west continuing to prepare for their game sunday against the rams. >> this will be one of the

better defenses carson wentz and eagles face all year and sports director don bell joins with us more from anaheim now, don. >> good evening, guys. we are standing in front of the big a, angels stadium in, 40 minutes or so bird will hit practice field. it will be their second practice since arriving here in southern california. one of the things that this offensive line will prepare for is the disruptive force that is rams defensive tackle aaron donald. this guy is a beast. three full seasons in the nfl, that is three pro bowl appearances. he ace two time all pro, all ready at just 26 years old. he lead the team with eight sacks and, the eagles know he will be a hand full. >> special player. i mean obviously strong, quick , explosive, powerful, he is really a premiere interior defender, obviously one of the best. we get to go autopsy begins

really good won of our own every single week. it is definitely a test for us , test for interior primarily and, you know, he is a great player in this league. >> can you see that off in the distance? that is eagles owner jeffery l urie, arrived here via met or cade meeting with some bird fans as he gets set to walk in and watch bird practice here for the second time. there are some eagles fans here in southern california waiting to get some autographs as guys come and go. pretty exciting situation here as bird set up camp here in southern california, for the week. now coming up later in sports we will talk about a guy who spent time in social, nelson agholor, a home coming for the wide receiver. we will have that story for you. and free ja, jahlil okafor traded by sixers we will tell you where he is headed. until i see you then i'm don bell coming to you live from anaheim. >> just a few things to keep up with don, thanks.

new research has a lot of women wand fairing they should stop taking birth control, this is after new research shows increased risk of breast cancer but there are, of course, benefits to birth control. stephanie stahl breaks it down at 5:30. if you are buying a new car for 2018 we will tell you about the most safe cars on the road and why it is harder for vehicle tolls achieve that rating. strange sight on the ocean city beach, a giant machine rolling into the ocean, we will tell what you this is when we come back. and before we get to break a beautiful live picture from camden, mayor dana redd and other officials are lighting the cities 32-foot christmas tree with the help of carroll ers from the creative arts high school and

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rolling in and out of the water on ocean city's beaches. our ocean city weather cameras caught onlookers marveling at it's normal us size. cbs crew could not help but compare it to the star wars movies. but it does serve an important purpose. we are told coastal research amphibious buggy or crab for

short monitors coastal dredging projects. >> nice that it has a nickname >> yes. >> that is a long name. >> would i rather just go with crabs. >> right. insurance institute for highway safety is out with the list of the most safe vehicles >> three on your side jim donovan explains this years makes it more difficult for auto make tours release their top grade. >> reporter: crash tests have been a key element in how insurance institute for highway safety rates vehicles. side impact and hits to front of the drivers side are analyzed but this year group added a new test, crashes to the front, on the passenger side, adrian lund is president of the ihhs. >> we have been doing frontal crash tests on the driver side since 2012 and we have seen improvement on that side but we weren't seeing that kind of improvement for passengers. >> reporter: fifteen vehicles earned group's high's ward of top safety pick plus, it is a drop from last year, and the

new crash tests, are not the only reason why. the iihs is raising its standard for headlights. >> we're rating head lamps because when we look at how well they are lighting up the road many are not doing a very good job. difference between a head lamb that we rate as good in terms of how far down the road you can sianni one that we rate as poor it is literally night and day. >> reporter: vehicles that come with auto braking also earn high marks. auto makers pledged to make it a standard feature by 2022. >> cars are safer now then they have been. >> reporter: lund believes when more improvements in crash test performance and headlights, vehicles will be even safer down the road. no minivans or pickup trucks performed well enough in crash tests to receive a top safety pick plus a war. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan, be sure to start your day with rahel, katie, meisha and me at 4:30 a.m. right here on cbs-3.

>> interesting. >> minivans and truck. >> right. >> this time of the year you need the lights that are going to get you down the road safe ly. >> um-hmm, you need safety features when you talk about driving in the snow. >> yes. >> yes, we may have a little bit in the future this weekend are you guys ready for it. >> let's do it. >> i'm excited. >> yes. it is pretty, doesn't last long i'm fine as well. we will talk about the wild fires, and show you outside real quickly and give you an update is what happening in california. beautiful sunset right now, passing by our parkway central library camera, sky scan looking at light in the sky. day coming to the close. i noted the beautiful colors in the sky right now. here's the latest by the way on the eagles situation out west. santa ana wind as we heard in the show are peak to go day. with that said they have not been quite as strong as anticipated which is good news but strongest of the winds happening, really right about

now, winds could gust to 60 miles an hour leading to the spread of the fire. now again largest fire creek fire is in ventura county but additional fires could still ignite if anything happens inland that could impact eagles practicing in anaheim and game taking place in los angeles. if we get through today without additional fires the winds will start to decrease, tomorrow into the weekend which would be good news as they try to contain those blazes. locally here we had a nice looking day, just on the cold side. winds gusting to 20 miles an hour at times in palmyra making it feel cold. you can see blue sky, patchy cloud and then really nice looking sunset across the area tonight but we have chance for some snow in our future and that comes over the weekend. right now we have got temperatures in the lower 40's for most, areas, 44 in philadelphia, 39 in allentown, right at freed nothing mount pocono. timing on this system has back off a bit, it is later saturday instead of friday

night. notice a couple snow showers fist untiling our area tonight see them in the poconos but this is what we have to watch out for tomorrow in the weekend. all this moisture heading off companies and brushing coastline and track will determine which area sees snow there is two scenarios. let me show you this one first starting saturday at 6:00 a.m. this keeps most of the moisture off shore but best chance for accumulating snow down the shore and not much inland. that is scenario number one. then it moves saturday evening let me take you to another european model, scenario number two and watch what happens here, snow backs up further in during the day on saturday and that could mean light accumulations even in the city and suburbs with the heaviest possible down the shore. soil temperatures are still very warm so a lot of this will melt on contact but at lee light accumulation especially at the coast and the track will dictate, the impacts further inland. we will keep you posted on that coming up later in the show we will have preliminary accumulation estimates with this system on saturday. for your friday turning cloudy

, chilly, mess of the day will be dry but we have added some snow potential in the forecast, for the army/ navy game on saturday, 39 degrew falling, and as we head into next week another chance potential for rain, snow on tuesday, look at wednesday, highs may not get above the freezing mark. so we have got a lot going on. >> yes, we do. >> yes. >> that wednesday is a little lower then it was, yesterday. >> yes. >> yes, i noticed that. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" a temple grad makes history and gets a big honor from philadelphia city council >> serena williams is a role model for so many, strong successful athlete, business woman and mom. her ambitious plans for 2018 coming up in the hot minute, don. nelson ago local or did a lot of great things here in southern california, coming up next, home

everybody loves to come home. >> sports director don bell joins us from anaheim where the eagles are preparing to take on the rams, don? >> guys, on sunday night nelson agholor has seven catches, 140-yard and a touchdown. it was best game of his career now, he gets to come back to a place where it all began. >> he takes the snap, he is looking, he steps up, he pumps , he is pumping it for agholor, touchdown ago local or. >> worth the wait, nelson agholor tied with the team lead seven touchdown catches. he had three in the first two seasons. now with confidence the 24 year-old returns to the l.a. coliseum where he was a star at southern cal. >> bless to go get a chance to be here and then to have a chance to get back in the coliseum. i look forward to just having fun with my brothers and introducing them to the stadium and just making plays. >> reporter: for three seasons

agholor made dazzling plays for the tro january and in year later eagles made him a first round pick. this is a meaningful game. >> it is special to me because is there nothing like it for me. beside the linc that is my home but the collie was my home before that. it was a special venue. just knowing you are on the field with a lot of special players that played there before you and when you are the in the linc you just are having fun and all out. >> ing on hall or is a florida native with southern cal ties. with the area being ravaged by wild fire he cannot help but think about those affect. >> just want to pray for them and keep them in your thoughts it is a very scary thing. my family has called, worried about us but i'm happy we are safe and i hope everybody else s family safe. it is unfortunate that something like that is happening and we hope it gets calm down. >> good positive word for nelson agholor. sixers finally did i had, they free ja, sixers dealt former

number three overall pick jahlil okafor and nick stauskus and second round pick to the brooklyn nets for trever booker. ja has been stuck on the bench and asked to be traded and he finally, got his wish. good luck, jahlil okafor, he was a good sport while sitting on the bench for the sixers, for a good period of time. we are coming to you live, in anaheim, california i'm don bell, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i got to gree with nelson as a former tro january it is a pretty special place to play , so you know. >> looking forward to that. >> is that what you guys do. >> very much so, just like. that you got it, yeah. very nice. coming up, in the next half an hour new research linking birth control pills to breast cancer, is that right, stephanie. >> that is right increased risk but there are also benefits to taking birth control for some women, i will put tonight perspective next. president trump has important guests at the white

house today, why he called these men true heroes. and here it is, a picture just through the switch to light 32-foot holiday tree in camden, new jersey. a festive site in roosevelt plaza park. we will be right

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ground breaking new research that is linking even low dose birth control pills to breast cancer. that is shook could impact 16 million women in the u.s. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with what local doctors are saying. >> reporter: lots of reaction. first of all no need to panic. doctors say, perspective is important. harmoneal birth control is still considered an important, safe option for many women. the increased risk for breast cancer is considered very small, but meaningful. the new research found women who took hormonal

contraceptiveses including pills, patches and implantable devices had 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer that translates into one more case of breast cancer a year for every 7700 women. >> i was actually astonished to hear this. >> reporter: doctor jennifer simmons chief of breast surgery at einstein medical women's center says this is first significant research that shows even with relatively lower dosage, there is still a risk. it was fund to be higher the longer that the contraceptives were used. >> women in her 30's if she had been on birth control pills at for whatever the reason, i think that person need to strongly consider why they are on birth control pills and if there is another option, i think that other option should be explored. >> reporter: for many women potential benefits out weigh risk, hormonal contraceptives have been shown to reduce risk of other cancers like ovarian, uterine, and colon cancer. >> so we're not throwing the

baby out with the bath water. birth control pills are not all bad and they do survey significant function for woman outside of contraception. >> reporter: other risks for developing breast cancer need to be considered, the biggest being age. >> women should have a conversation with their health care provider about their overall family risk, their personal risk, look at weight, how that playness to it, exercise, nutrition, there are many factors that increase our risk for cancer. >> reporter: study looked at data from 2 million woman between the age of 15 and 49, over more than a decade. it was a sizable study. as that doctor said any woman with concerns about this study of a conversation with your doctor. >> health is very personal, so what works for one may not work for another. >> thanks, stephanie. little blue bill is more affordable. price of vei gar ace tumbling following news its own machin er pfizer is launching a cheaper generic version. they will sell generic pills

at half price beginning monday generics will stan out to consumers because they will be sold as white pills. on capitol hill lawmakers grilled fbi director christopher wray about concerns over political bias in investigations. wray also weighed in on president trump's twit era zest. of the bureau. >> lawmakers questioning the new fbi director wanted to know what he thought about a recent tweet from president trump. >> we respond to this tweet by the president, is the fbi reputation in tatters. >> the fbi that i see is tens of thousands of agents and analyst and staff working their tails off, to keep americans safe. >> reporter: president trump pick christopher wray to be fbi director after firing james comey, wray has been on the job since august and republicans killed them about their concerns about recent, ongoing investigations. >> at the very least fbi's reputation as an impartial, non-political agency has been called into question.

>> reporter: top agent peter struck was removed from special counsel robert mueller 's investigation after sending anti trump text message toss another fbi employee, he also work on the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and has been reassigned to the agency's human resource department there has got to be something more here. you just can't be some text messages. >> reporter: republicans say the actions of this agent call into question the integrity of mueller's ongoing investigation and decision not to prosecute hillary clinton. >> inspector jennies looking at very important question of whether or not improper political considerations factored into the decision making. >> reporter: wray also testified that he has in the seen any effort from the white house to interfere in mueller 's investigation into russian election meddling and possible collusion between president trump's associates and moscow. white house press secretary sarah sanders, says that they have administration, agrees with wray that field agent are appreciated and respected. she said the president was taking issue with political

leaders in the bureau under comey's direction. angry demonstrations erupt in the west bank and gaza strip to protest president trump's decision to declare jerusalem as israel's cap toll palestinian protesters burned pictures of the president, as well as american and israeli flags. israeli forces fired tear gas at demonstrators who launched projectiles, the leader of the islamic militant group hamas called for an uprising against israel. today is pearl harbor day, president trump signed a proclamation marking december 7th as pearl harbor remembrance day, as six pearl harbor survivors looked on. one of the veterans broke out into song during that event. >> ♪ remember pearl hash or, just remember pearl harbor, as we diddal month. >> what can i say, he is a

very shy person, too. >> president trump praised each of the veterans as heroes , and brave warriors. pearl harbor day was remembered at battleship new jersey in camden today. "eyewitness news" at a special wreath laying and fly over. december 7th, 1941, surprise japanese aerial attack on the u.s. naval base pearl harbor in hawaii killed more than 2300 servicemen, in response, of course, the united straits and united kingdom declared war against japan the following day. temple university's army r otc program has a new cadet commander. "eyewitness news" at temple student activity center for change of command ceremony, a civil war safer was passed between program's outing and new leader, the passing of the saber signifies transfer of authorities, from cadet battalion commander catherine berry to battalion commander samuel sparrow. temple grad who made history gets a honor from philadelphia city council.

>> they recognized him for becoming first ever roads scholar. >> i'm just honored to be honored by city hall, city hall, city born and raised, honor me for at ward i received, i'm excited bit and i appreciate the support. >> he is also third philadelphia public school graduate to be a roads scholar and will use it to pursue master's degree at oxford university in england. >> amazing. >> owls making news. >> i like that. >> so what is the color of the year and who are the people, who choose it. find out coming up next. also ed sheeran gets a noble honor in buckingham palace and that brings up a good question will he visit royal family, for that big wedding? hear what he has to say, kate. weekend watch we're talking about a wintry chill that is going to be reenforc ing itself over the weekend. it has been cold through the end of the week but over weekend we will be hard pressed to get in the 40's.

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they are revealing their color of the year for 2018. >> the new jersey company best known for color matching system used for printing chose a strike shade of purple they are calling it ultraviolet. pantone representatives say this invokes a counter culture flare, originality, ingenuity and visionary thinking. hates been seen in home, commercial interiors to fashion, and also, in the art world. >> difficult see a piece, on line upcoming spring clothes and a lot of the result violet s are big. >> on trend. >> okay, i like it. >> coming up, we love our cities history. >> one of our favorite places is getting ready for the

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cbs-3 is celebrating with holiday fest. join us as we celebrate holidays in chestnut hill. fun begins tomorrow on "eyewitness news" at 5:00. you can bring a new un brand toy to chestnut hill for our joy of sharing toy fest campaign, and drop them off at our studios 1555 hamilton street, toys will be donated to children in need across the region. you can visit cbs philly .com/toy if he for complete list of toy drop off locations and details on upcoming toy fest events throughout the area. and santa has millions of toys to wrap, before his journey around the world christmas eve. >> he is busy. >> today he got help from drexel elves, take a look we found santa's workshop on the campus of drexel university, how about that. students, faculty and staff are wrapping more than 5,000 toys this week in eco friendly

bags. the toys will be distribute to west philadelphia children. ♪ jolly. >> really is. >> yes, one of the philadelphia's mess historic neighborhood is all decked out for the holidays. >> chelsea ingrammys live at elfreth's alley where more than 20 homes are deck out for the season, chelsea? >> that is right, you guys, definitely feeling holiday spirit here tonight and also so much history when you talk about, christmas and how that was actually, changed and impacted by some of the german immigrants that came on through. so for more on that and making christmas exhibit, we have patricia silverman here. can you tell us more about the exhibit? it is opened through new years eve. >> yes. >> people can come from five to 8:00 p.m. >> yes, on thursday evening. >> okay. >> and also on the weekends from 12 to four on saturday

and sunday. >> reporter: what kind of things will they find when they come to the exhibit. >> the three things that we want people to get when they come here is this is, first of all, the nation's oldest continuously inhabited street. they all come and want to take instagram is here, which ace macing. twenty-nine of the houses every privately owned. but in two of our museum house s right new we are talking about the story of how christmas holiday was really shaped by german immigrants. they made a third of our population in 1790 and up until that time they thought christmas was something here, always celebrating but it really wasn't. the quakers, kind of didn't really love it. pure tans up in the north. some people were jailed for it but here, the germans when they came they have been celebrating it and they brought so many traditions. we talk in the exhibit about cookies, and ginger bread houses, ginger bread houses became popular when they were written, and, when they put it together. we talk about the santa claus and how he evolve,.

>> you why telling me about how christmas tree came to be. >> christmas tree was something germans had. they had small tabletop very natural trees but what happened during victorian era in 1848, the publisher of the the lady's book which is fill and she was a philadelphian, published she re-did a picture that she had seen in the london paper. she had it redone in her magazine with queen victoria and prince albert. albert was german. victoria had german heritage too. what they did for the american audience they change his hair, because he had a mustache apparently americans liked them at the time. they took her hat off and put a flower and made they are look like a typical american flamly on her tree. >> so i great evening to come out here, it is cold. you can see we are bundled up. >> yes. >> mold wine. >> yes. >> and that is right, come on down through 8:00 o'clock tonight and weather looking good, okay, we're looking at dry conditions and temperatures, just keep in mind if you are staying out later past eight, or in the

city, people will be dropping in the 30's rather quickly. so, with all that said overall great evening. just bundle up, and new back inside to you guys. >> all right. bundle up is good advice. >> yes. >> i think that is good advice >> it is first time we are feeling it that cold. that plays a part, doesn't it. >> yes, it does. >> we are not used to it. >> first snap of cold. leaving the house, sip up hoodies. it is december. it is cold outside. it is going to get colder as we head in the weekend. we may dust off our snow boots in part of the area this weekend especially on saturday system yesterday lot like it was heading out to sea. today it has come back in a big way trending west and it does bring chance for snow even around city and suburbs on saturday. lets start off with a look outside, take to you bethlehem beautiful night on main street in bethlehem. looking good, gorgeous city, of course, christmas city and 80th anniversary of the more

van star which is centered, of course on the hill top, mountain top outside of bethlehem for all to see. celebrating a landmark in that city this evening. great night to be out doing christmas shopping as long as you are bundled up in the christmas city. checking with our eyewitness weather watchers i necessity they are snow geeks and they are excited about the potential to see flakes on saturday. we will see temperatures across the map here only in the 30's as we check with kennett martin in willingboro. thirty-seven at his house. forty-one moving further north and then check with bill and as we go further are north to peter's spot in lawrenceville, he is at 41 as well. photos from weather watchers showing skies today, beautiful day, lots of blue sky, cold but nice to look at and lynn sent this zeo helping me size up her weather station where she gets her info to send to us. alex showing beautiful sunset in the area. we have another sunset photo from phil who sent thus picture from chestnut hill, which is where we will be for holiday fest.

i be at morris arboretum and tor tonight. chestnut hill so tune in this time tomorrow for. that another sunset shot from our live neighborhood network camera earlier but i wanted to show it to you because it is pretty. 42 degrees in palmyra capturing that gorgeous sunset that has come to an even. couple of snow showers, converging on our far north and western suburbs here tonight, up across lehigh valley and into the poconos. these are fizzling but notice a few flurries, for a stray shower here or there we are into that time of the year where air is cold enough where if you pick up precipitation it is likely in the form of snow or a mix. here's what we are watching this weekend. system to the south. moisture streaming along the coast and it will get far enough west as we head in the weekend to potentially bring accumulating snow, possibly even around the city but certainly down the shore. as we head into your saturday area have low pressure stays off shore but notice how moisture does back in with another cold air draining from the north. you will see a ban of snow

down the shore but potential light snow even around philadelphia, and the suburbs. so enough cold air in place, you don't have the low off shore throwing enough moisture back in the cold that accumulation is possible, especially to the south ande. here are thoughts on this brush of snow, lehigh valley, poconos not just seeing any accumulation. mainly flurries and snow showers. around city in the northwest suburbs light snow, even a coating on the grass and delaware and south jersey down short best chance for up to 3 inches and again, especially on the grass, road surface and soil temperatures are warm. we will have melting on contact. but it could come down heavily enough saturday afternoon that a few spots will see decent accumulation along the coast. eyewitness weather seven day forecast that chance for snow saturday, sunday a stray flurry, monday not bad but another chance for rain and snow moving north on tuesday and next wednesday is down right frigid, jessica and nicole back to you. famous boy bander makes a stop at children's hospital of philadelphia how i does when asked to sing a christmas song

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hot minute. >> thanks, jessica and nicole. 2017 has been a great year for serena williams winning australian opened, getting married and delivering her first baby a little girl alex is. tennis champ intend on entering 2018 just as strong. according to organizers of the australian open serena is registered to participate, just four and a months after giving birth. she is a super human and it is incredible. we are rooting for her. while we're talking about celebrities and their accomplishments lets talk ed sheeran who earlier today was given a prestigious honor at buckingham palace. grammy winning artist collecting his mbe, most excellent order of the british empire honor for his service to music. while that is nice, the big question, will megan markle and prince harry need a wedding singer when they tie the knot in may. when asked if he would be up for it. ed said quote, why not, if they asked. with all of the beautiful

ballets, they will have plenty to choose from. and from one before it, to another, former one direction star nile horn stopped by the children's hospital of philadelphia, yesterday, before taking the stage, at wells fargo center. he snapped pictures with fans, signed autographs, and by request, from five-year old catherine sachsman from warminster, sang a few christman carols. >> ♪ >> jingle bells. >> jingle bells, bells. >> he is no the from here but great attempt, on his part. haze your hot minute from bex, from today's 96.5. >> i bet they will never forget that. >> no. >> that was great. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00. a strange sighting high in the sky i'm greg argos here in south jersey what was spotted and how it was all captured on police dash cam video. new jersey pastor is under arrest and tonight the charges

he is facing for allege crimes that span back more than a decade. >> kate? and the cold air is in place, dry for now but we have several chances for snow, even , perhaps some accumulating snow, i will tell you when that could impact your weekend plans. role reversal i'm don bell with the eagles in anaheim why the team need to make this december 1 to remember. i have never seen anything like that before in my entire life. >> a strange, sight in the sky that took a mercer county sergeant by surprise, and his police suv, caught it all on camera. good evening i'm jessica dean. i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. tonight we are hearing from the sergeant and getting a look at the amazing video. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has the story. >> reporter: december 2nd sergeant michael vergea with

the hamilton township police department was working the overnight shift. >> just patrolling the neighborhood. >> reporter: when decided to turn down the avenue. >> trying to keep the neighborhood safe. >> reporter: minutes later pitch black this road has in lights when suddenly a flash in the sky, and sergeant's dash cam, captured everything. >> when you are on patrol on the shift you tend to see some strange things from time to time. >> reporter: but this streak was something different. >> trying to process what i was looking at. >> what were you able to see is a meet rorrer entering earth's atmosphere. >> reporter: michael mail i says it was caused by reaction between the air, speed that meteor was traveling and what it is made out of. >> the heavy materials mostly iron and nickel coming in contact with the earth's atmosphere moving at a incredible high speed causing a fireball across the sky. >> reporter: what looked like it was near the sergeant. >> i didn't hear any noise, which i would have associated with it actually striking the ground here. >> reporter: it was with thousands of miles