>> tracking snow in time for this weekend. this is a live look at center city from our cbs-3 studios. waking to up frigid temperatures already. and part of the area will soon be under a winter storm watch. katie is here to time it all out for us. hundreds of homes have been turned to rubble from massive wild fires in southern california. i'm kenneth craig in ventura, with a look at the new areas being hit now. and a betrayal of trust. this morning, south jersey community is coming to grips with accusations against a local pastor. we're live with more on what he it, and what police are now saying about the potential for more victims. >> lots going on today, today is friday, december 8th, good morning, i'm jim donovan.

>> katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning, getting us out the door this morning. >> tgif. so today actually looking really good, which is compared to yesterday, katie, i know i was slammed. were you like well i have an easy morning. it is almost reverse. >> totally reversed, yes. nothing is happening yet weather wise, all about the forecast, we call forecast, looking ahead, trying to figure out what will happen. it is the magic of being a weather prognosticator, drive yourself nuts about a storm track until 12 hours out. but this is turning into not a monster after storm, but definitely a very interesting situation here late tonight into tomorrow. now now, rehoboth beach, one spot will look awfully different this same time tomorrow. we take you out here to the live neighborhood network, all calm, the winds is likes the chill in place, though, and when the storm system actually gets here, it is still essentially brushing the coast , but, it is starting to move further inland, we had talked about this, where even a matter of ooh miles on the storm track would make, break, but completely turn this

forecast up on its ends. that's exactly what looks like will happen now where it had appeared for several days like not sure this is going to quite happen. now all the sudden boom moisture working its way in, we end up very likely with at least coating in the city and higher totals to the south and east. for now, things still nice and quiet on storm scan, we do still have some clouds out there. they will continue to bill owe in with time. any sun that do you see will be at a premium with time the clouds take over, then eventually, the precipitation gets here. when you look at the different alerts going to be posted not in effect yet, but we have winter weather advisory scheduled to take effect for delaware, the i95 corridor and immediate vicinity, then also winter storm watch for all every south jersey, not just the shore points, so, how much are we talking? more on that a little later, meisha. >> oh, boy. all right, katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone. all right, well, the good news , walking out the door right now, obviously, nice dry roadways to contend w do we do still have construction crews, schuylkill eastbound closed

between vine and south street. hopefully this will get cleared out of the way, it should, soon, usually does right around the 5:00 hour, so as soon as you can see where it is block right there, as soon as crews move out of the way i'll let you know right away. but volume levels, are i mean, look at this, actually looking great. friday's tends to look great. don't have any volume issues to contend w even if it is closed just heads up on that. construction 95 north, offer ramp to bridge, off ramp closed still see the flashing marker, and starting to pick up levels little bit on north and southbound, plus accident in harleysville still out there. main street at oak drive. back to you. >> thank you shall meisha. unspeakable crime in burlington county. >> the pastor charged in a series every child sexual assault cases that happened over 15 year time span. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, live at the come alive new testament church in medford now suspended the pastor. trang? >> reporter: medford police arrested pastor harry thomas on wednesday morning. he is under guard at an unknown medical facility due

to his failing health. meanwhile, these disturbing allegations have rattled this community. >> it is a complete outrage. >> reporter: shock and disgust in medford township following the arrest of long time pastor on child sex abuse charges against four victims. seventy-four year old harry thomas of queens lane is facing one count of aggravated sexual assault, three counts of sexual assault, and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. burlington county prosecutor say the series every assaults happened from 1999 to 2015, in medford township. >> little children are helpless, just something has got to be done about this, and looked into. >> thomas was pastor at come alive new testament church on old marlton pike, church trustee gave short statement thursday, and now thomas has indefinite suspension it is for all parties involved, refrain from speculation regarding the circumstances. >> the news sending shock waves nationwide, as well.

thomas' also co-founder of the creation music festival, two annual four day concert touted as the nation's largest christian music festival. >> while the allegations are un related to his role in these ministries, leadership has determined this to be the proper course of action at this time until there can be full investigation. >> the authority urge anyone who may have had inapropriate with thomas to contact them immediately, his first court appearance is scheduled for december 12th. for now, liver in medford, new jersey, trang do, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> thank you, trang. >> battering rant to break down the door of home in bristol bucks county, ending an hours long barricade situation. happened last night near pun and dorn streets. found man and woman inside the home, both taken into custody. we're told he was being south by us marshals on parole violations, and they believe he is also a person of

interest in monday's hit-and-run in croyden. >> wild fires burning in southern california this morning, it bridges total number to six across the region. >> correspondent kenneth craig live in ventura county where the flames have already destroyed hundreds of homes. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: well, jim, rahel, good morning to you. this is just one of the more than 400 structures that have been brought to the ground here in ventura county there is behind me, single-family home reduced to nothing but rubble, really all that's left , the shell of this mini-van. hundreds of thoroughbred horses ran for their lives as the southern california wild fires spread even further south. this new blaze dubbed the lilac fire, is the northern san diego county. volunteers trying to help save them, say several of the horses were killed, several others badly injured. >> i had caught a couple up on the hill there that had been burned. >> the lilac fire about 45 miles north of san diego,

grew to six square miles, in just a few hours. further north, the biggest of the blazes around venture a has grown to nearly 200 square miles. that fire has accounted for the bulk of the at least 500 buildings destroyed so far. officials say even though the hurricane force winds that were predicted for thursday didn't quite materialize, erotic santa ana winds are still fanning the flames and spreading embers. >> that santa ana weakening will cause the fire to be much less predictable, it will move in different directions. here in ventura where the fire has already passed through, homeowners are being allowed back in to assess the damage. but for many, sadly, there is not much to see. this family of six returned to rubble. >> all my little brother's stuff, just where they've grown up. >> every day the fire continues, air quality becomes more of an issue. so much so, that hundreds more schools have been ordered

closed today. >> the neighborhood i'm stand ing in is really hard, safe to say about half of the houses are no longer standing, jim, rahel. >> kenneth do, we have any idea how long the firefighters will be up against the thomas fire? >> well, in terms of the thomas fire, it really could be weeks, talking about, especially if there is no rain , and this winds continues , like we've seen over the last couple every days, the good news, when it comes to those los angeles fires, firefighters were actually able to make some progress yesterday. they're about 20, 25% contain, but when you talk about the thomas fire, only 5% contained , and home-grown over the last 24 hours, jim. >> here is hoping for more progress. kenneth craig live for us this thursday, from ventura california, thank you. >> meanwhile, view from space gives you just a sense of just how widespread this smoke is over southern california. nasa released this photo yesterday. mals i have plume of smoke

hovering ever the pacific ocean. >> back here at home, two people fighting for their lives this morning following double shooting in kensington. "eyewitness news" on the 3200 block of b street last night, where police say a 25 year old man and 31 year old woman, were both shot. this morning, they're list in the critical condition. police believe this violence related to murder on the same street thursday. >> in other news the governor of minnesota looking to replace democratic al franken following allegation of misconduct. announced his resignation yesterday saying minnesota deserves senator who isn't distracting by looming ethics committee investigation. also yesterday, arizona republican congressman trent francs announced that he's leaving his job at the end of january, this comes after a revelation that he discussed surrogate motherhood with his female staffers. >> well, cadets, midshipmen in town ahead of tomorrow's army navy game. >> later this morning they'll be right here in our studio before the football game the patriots game pits the two

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information today about deadly school shootings that killed two student. we've learned the victims identified as princess fernandez and casey marquez. the shooting happened yesterday morning at ass aztek high school near the colorado border. gunman identified by authorities as a student also died, although, at this point, it is not clear how. the state and federal authorities are looking for a motive. meanwhile, former south carolina police officer will spend 20 years in prison for shooting and killing an unarmed black man. yesterday a federal judge sentenced michael playing err after deciding the shooting was second degree murder, not manslaughter. medford new jersey native shot walter scott multiple times in the back as he ran away from traffic stop in 2015. the bystander recorded the confrontation. scott's mother for gave slager in court, and slager said he's grateful for that forgiveness. >> well, you will never guess where snow fell overnight. go ahead. i'm gave you a moment. women, for the first time in a long time, snow fell in san antonio, texas. folks there got about two and a half inches, which isn't much, but it didn't stop the

snowball fight downtown locals flocked to see the snow at the alamo, even santa stopped by to get in on the action. accompanying that snow, are unusually frigid temperatures, right now, several counties there are under a freeze warning. >> meantime, buffalo, new york got its first significant snowfall of the season t came down during last night's evening rush making for a very tricky commute. folks there are pros of course , at handling this kind of weather, though. they broke out snow plows, and shovels, and they got to work. >> katie, might we need snow plows, shovels, that serious? >> i have a feeling we'll see some of the trucks around part of south jersey over the weekend, but i don't think at the same time, talking about any kind of monster storm system. but this is a system that had been very very much hush-hush how it would behave, now finally deciding in the 11th hour that it wants to stir up more moisture back inland. so turning the forecast up on it head here. it does mean good portion of your saturday and good portion

of the area is going to be featured with snowfall throughout the better part of the day. where it is not necessarily talking about a huge accumulation here. the closer go to the shore, the more likely that would be, to see several inches of slushy snow. but you can see the moisture still trying to work it way in so, still, snowfall that's currently happening, across southeast most texas, even near the gulf coastline, where you would think it would be a lot warmer, typically it is. but it is just cold enough, with that cold surging in from the arctic and traveling that far south, so this is what is headed our way. again it, had appeared originally like this might just get swept out to cbsphilly.com either completely or barely clip us. again now matter of couple of miles it, looks like the couple of miles will shift further west t does mean if you are loving the snow, this is the forecast that you can get behind. where we ends up with very likely, a coating around philadelphia, primarily unpaved surfaces, but you've got better shot with this modeling. i like how it interprets it, the darker shade of purple,

likely steadier snow, to actually stick, accumulate, several inches worth no less. so the low pressure stuff off shore, now getting close enough that you'll see accumulations specially south and east. so later tonight, actually going to see winter weather advisory, and winter storm watches take effect in the last through the better part of saturday. your best chances for snow goes to these counties down here, through southeast most new jersey, you could see 3 inches or more on specially unpaved surfaces in this area. but i do think that regardless , travel will very likely be slick out of this. you'll want to be careful if you do have any kind of plans to be out and about, doing christmas shopping or whatever it is tomorrow of the cold day too. because of that storm, decision to move further inland, then as we move forward in the forecast, meisha, no real warm up in site any time soon. >> , no look at wednesday, 31. all right, katie, thank you so much. and very good morning to all of you. happy friday. so we're looking outside at some construction, blue route, off ramp to the schuylkill, the ramp is partially blocked.

but it is kind of going back and forth from being closed to partially blocked. so, just heads up on that, lot of flashing lights, blue route southbound the off ramp to the schuylkill. then we've got some construction here, let's keep it cleared. yes, schuylkill eastbound was closed between the vine and south street. that has now since been cleared. so westbound you have one lane blocked, as well, looking good there. construction 95 north, the off ramp to bridge street, that ramp, let me look here, was closed, yes, there we go, still flashing marker letting you know for those of you traveling in the northbound side, it is actually still closed. so looks like our overnight crews here are still working, i'll let you know as soon as that clears out of your way. we do have accident, also harleysville, route 63, main street, oak drive, not going to slow you down too much. if you can avoid the area, you certainly want tonight if you can't, you have to head out, there might start to see some brake light going off if you're in the area. construction 422 eastbound, it is closed, between ben franklin highway and route 100 , we were talking about this yesterday, talking about it again today. you will have to use this

alternate. route 724 would be your best bet, rahel, jim, back to you. >> all right, meisha, thank you. now, for look a look at newspaper headlines from across the region. >> the front page of the mercury several people displaced after fire broke out in a pottstown apartment building. the blaze at york and second street started in the basement and spread through the walls. resident and their pets made it out safely. >> in delaware couldn't, pennsylvania commonwealth court has ruled that public housing authorities can keep private the address cents and names every housing, the program commonlily called, the ruling stems from right to know request by the chester township solicitor involving the chester housing authority. >> from the tree tone yan, after hold off to tear down, construct new state office buildings in trenton until govenor-elect bill murphy takes over, new jersey state house commission unanimously voted to forge ahead with the 220 million-dollar project during governor chris tie's final month in offers.

>> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> and up next, out west with the eagles action as they get ready for sunday match up against the rams. >> plus, late night action from the flyers in vancouver. can they win their third straight? we'll have highlight in sports plus this. >> i'm nancy odel. coming up: the secret behind margo robby, stemming transformation into tanya

>> welcome back, the eagles have spent the week in california gearing up for sunday's game against the top team in the nfc west. >> sport director don bell shows us when the birds take flight against the rams, some players will have ties to both sides. >> hello, old friend. when the eagles hook up with the rams sunday night, there are couple of guys who will be playing against some very familiar folks. >> you kind of just focus on the now. you be in the moment. and be where your feet are. that's why i'm with the eagles , and proud to be an

eagle, and glad i'm here. >> finally brought down -- >> rodney mcleod began with the rams when the franchise was still? st. louis. after the 2015 season, he said see ya. signed a five year deal with the eagles and at the time left a lose err. this is the rams first winning season since 2005. >> i was therefore four years. you know, obviously, i would love for that to happen, you know, when i was there, but i'm happy for where i am, and i have a lot of guys i know over there. so happy for them. they're playing well. and we'll bring our a game sunday. >> while rodney left on his own terms, second overall pick in 2008, he holds no grudges. >> if i never got cut i wouldn't have a superbowl ring so i'm not one of those guys that i'm upset. i love the dudes i played with , a lot of people i still talk to on regular base that's are there. you know, if i didn't play

like crappy wouldn't have got cut. if i had not got hurt, i wouldn't have got hut. >> rodney and chris aren't the only guys facing off against their former team. felt played for the rams back in 2015. if we see him on the field we could have some issues. with the birds, i'm don bell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" sports. >> and don bell is with the eagles out west, look for his report tonight beginning at 5:00. >> speaking of la the sixers and lakers tipped off on national tv from the center in a game that really calm down to the wire. the sixers down by 16-point in the second half. but mounted a furious come- back, jo-jo, joel embiid, scored 19 of his game high 33 down the stretch. and i think his mom was in the stands there, ben simmons had another triple double. ingram had 21 for la in his three in the last second. so saw the difference. sixers loose 107 to 104. and, unfortunately it, doesn't get any easier. the sixers play labron james

and the cavs tomorrow night in cleveland. >> the lakers, ball, assisted on game winning three pointer, his father the controversial and outspoken ball at the game , joel embiid tweeted after lost but met lavar and definitely fun and full of energy; hashtag the process. >> sixers traded former number three draft pack okafor to the brooklyn nets. along with okafor the sixers traded nick, and 20,192nd round pick for the nets for forward trevor. okafor appeared in two games, for the sixers, didn't appear to be part of the process. >> better result last night for the flyers who netted third in a row on their tour of western canada. flyers with wins in calgary and edmonton, last night playing the canucks in vancouver, flyers scored first and never looked back. shane and captain claude giroux each had a goal and assist, voracek had three

assists as the flyers won four to one, they host the mapleleafs tuesday night. >> well, coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news ," what a new study finds about the rising cost of prescription drugs. we'll have a live report from wall street. >> now, we'll tell you why group of bakers suing the state of new jersey it, all has to do with their sweet treats. >> and they say new trend in some communities. parent hiring drug sniffing dogs to check their children's rooms. finds out how much it is costing them when we come back

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>> today is december 8th. good morning. >> hundreds of homes have been turned to rubble, from massive wild fires in southern california. >> here in ventura where the fire has already passed through. home own remembers being allowed back in to assess the damage. but for many, sadly, there is not much to see. it is a cet