>> 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 complete outrage. >> shock and disgust, in

medford township. following the arrest of long time pastor, on child in a unknown medical facility due to his failing health. >> i've never seen anything like that before in my entire life. >> strange siting high any sky captured on video. >> you saw was meteorite entering the earth's atmosphere. >> one is down. problem solved. look what you made me do. (cheers). >> today's morning minute is sponsored by pen medicine's abramson cancer center. the number one cancer center in the region. >> get it, james cord on, yep, love that. i'm going to guess, probably had never had a back up dancer like that. >> i give him credit for wearing that outfit, indeed.

katie? >> is anybody else thinking of chris farley, anyone? >> yes. >> yes, when he was up against patrick waste any that skit? >> was a chippendale ace dancer, wasn't he? >> allegedly. well if the comedian thing doesn't work out for james we know what he can fall back on. >> he's too much. oh, my goodness. all right, guys, this is an interesting one. we've been talking about the possibility of snow now for several days. but, still with the question marks as to the track. that is starting to show its hands. and if you like snow, i think you'll like the hands that this is dealing us here, we are eventually going to see some snow, take over, not just the jersey shore, but very likely move as far inland as philadelphia with some accumulation, and probably even see few snow showers to the north and west of that. that probably won't have chance to accumulate. but regardless our region almost as a whole is going to finally get in on some snow as a whole for the season. let's take a look at storm scan. frankly not much to see just

yet. a lot of clouds currently out there. wider zoom, moisture on the way. the cold is pent up, by the time this leaches us, see little more more of of precipitation type currently just rain across most of the carolinas, but will in fact see not just wintery mixing at the shore, but just snow further inland. although it will be a fluffy snow, will likely stick to paved surfaces cents, again specially true for tomorrow. here's where we stands, though , cold start. we don't have much wind. but it is chilly out here. be sure that you're bundled up hitting the road. the hyatt best 41 degrees, with clouds, starting to build , and the sun pretty limited up in the mountains, too, but today is quiet initially. by tomorrow, we are going to have winter weather advisory, winter storm watches taking effect, and that of course means some snow on the way, so pinpoint the detail on this for you later on. how much are we going to see? whether does it get out of here? all of the juicy details await us, meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you so much. i've got to say little snow,

looking forward to t disable truck here. so this is right after you get off the ben franklin bridge, eighth and vine streets, center lane is blocked. heads up, because this is an area that's going to really start to get busy. and you can see them sitting there, yikes, not good spot, especially of the center lane ment construction blue route south bamm p, the ramp closed but kind of going back and forth from the ramp being closed, to partially block, so just heads up, not quite sure what you'll see when you actually travel on by there. but, they are still out there, flashing lights, putting on brakes, traveling on by, all of that good stuff. construction 95 north, offer ramp to bridge. that ramp is still closed, yes , i can see the marker right there. letting you know you got to move over to the left. by the way the volume levels on 95 around there, both moving in the northbound and southbound side, really starting to pick up now as we head toward the 6:00. and that accident, harleysville, still out there, route 63 main street at oak drive. construction 422, all clear, rahel, over to you. >> all right, meisha, thank

you. new while fires spreading this morning in southern california meanwhile, strong winds continue to fuel the longest running fires. the north of los angeles, more than 115,000 acres have burned since monday night. yesterday, flames shutdown stretches of one of the busiest freeways in america. resident are now hosing down their homes to try to protect them, but officials are warning, not to take matters into their own hands. >> definitely looks like armagetton. all of the embers coming across from the hills, it is only obvious that it could start, you know, no problem. >> it is not good for you. just the whole thing just not safe. >> and more than 300,000 people have already been evaculated. officials warn that heavy winds and dry air could fan the flames for weeks to come. >> and cbs news correspondent carter evans in ventura county look for his live report on cb s this morning, that of course airs at 7:00 right after "eyewitness news" this morning here on cbs-3. >> one of the latest fires is now raging in san diego county

. >> incredible video. terrifying moments yesterday at fire crews were taking on what is now known as the lilac fire. this blaze grew to six square miles, in just a few hours. it destroyed 20 houses in a retirement community, and left at least two people injured. no word yet on what condition those victims are in. meanwhile, numerous forces a result of the lilac fire, several were also injured. at one stable about 45 miles north of san diego, a trainer guesses between ten to 15 horses were killed. nearby fairground has opened up as evacuation center for large animals. >> well, the time is 5:36. in business news this morning, the alarming increase in the cost of retail drug prices. >> money watch's diane king hall joins us live at the new york stock exchange with more on that and today's business headlines. good morning, diane. >> good morning, rahel, jim. here on wall street, stocks finished higher yesterday. the dow closed up 70-point, the nasdaq added 36 points.

12,000 jobs are on the chopping block, at general electric, from it power vision mostly outside the us. the alternative energy stripping demand for colon other fossil fuels, overall energy demands is declining. retail drug prices are rising at a rate more than 50 times the rate of inflation. aarp studied more than 750 drugs used by older americans, and found that in 2015 drug prices increase by average of 6.4%, well out pacing the general inflation rate, aarp say drug costs have been climbing for 12 straight years and anheiser bush ordered 40 of the new electric trucks. budweiser wants to reduce its carbon emissions 30% by 2025. trucks available in 2019. one model has been driving range of 300 miles, the other can travel 500 miles without being row-charged. >> i guess that's inevitable, see them on the road soon enough. >> we would like to also, diane, just wish ooh produce

err marina luck. i understanded -- >> marina come out. >> we are giving her shout out here. always been a friend to us here in philadelphia. >> hi, marina. good luck where you go. >> love her. all right. >> thanks, diane. >> diane don't you go anywhere , okay? >> see you monday. have a great weekend. >> don't worry. all right. >> well, this is interesting. group of home bakers is challenging one after kind law , home bakers in the garden state say their cookies and brownies are perfectly safe to eat and should be able to sell them. right now that's illegal. if sold could face up to a thousand dollars fine. new jersey home bakers association is suing the state health department overrules that require braining ers to be licensed before they can sell their treats. >> nobody has ever gotten sick never had a recall. >> i want to bake to make a profit. >> to make things happen, for my son and myself. >> the home baking bill passed the new jersey assembly twice but has stalled in the senate. >> well, a police sergeant in

hamilton township new jersey at the right place at the right time to catch amazing site in the sky. take a look. brilliant fireball, lighting up the sky above new jersey, and they say the fireball was meteorite entering earth's atmosphere. captured the video with his dash cam december 2nd. >> i didn't hear any noise, which i would have probably associate with it actually striking the ground here. i mean, i've never seen anything like that before in my entire life. >> the meteorite likely thousand every miles away, disintegrated before it hit the earth. >> k9's, they can help police sniff out drugs, now one every them makes house calls. meet honda. the 150 bucks, she will sniff drugs right in your own home. her trainer, whose company works out of anne arundel count any maryland, marks let the homeowner deal with the situation. he says it is quicker and much more thorough than a parent searching on their own. >> we find triple a bakeries, roll up socks, i mean, unless

you have gotten whole entire day to go through the article in the room you won't find t dog will come in, two, three minutes, finds it, the end. >> hopes with the help, he can save lives and help put an end to the opioid epidemic. >> up next, who tops the list of highest paid musicians and probably who you think. >> margo robby, transformation into tanya harding, i'm interested in seeing this one, behind the scenes look coming up. >> talk about a story that you can make into a movie, my goodness. well, we are looking ahead my friends to the season's first accumulating snowfall in many areas. we will walk you through the latest expectations here, a forecast turned on its ends, so you want to stay tuned. first, your cure auto insurance forecast.

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of the 100 highest paid musicians. according to the magazine, hip hop star earned about $130 million last year. his bad boy reunion tour and contributed to the hall. i guess he's still all about his benjamin's, baby. beyonce took second place bringing in with her world tour. who ran the wormed. ed sheeran getting the royal treatment, grammy winner now a member of the most excellent order of the british empire. prince charles presented sheeran with his medal in a ceremony at buckingham palace. honor best tried on the 26 year old for his contributions to music and charity. >> and i have to tell but a newton ya harding bio, nancy odel with a preview of i tanya >> i'm nancy odel, this week margo robby completely transforms into tanya harding and icon, yes, shows a side of the notorious singer skater never before seen. >> i was amazed that no one

had really brought up her upbring and circumstances. >> tailing the emotion into stunning performance, in i tan crashes says the film's mission to dehumanize one of the icons in sports history. >> when i was a kid, did you ever love me? >> i didn't stay home making apple brown bettis. >> from the perspective of tan y her mother played played by allison. >> everyone brought their a game, and just wanted to tell the story. >> talk a little bit about the physical transformation. yes, obviously tanya, older years, trying to portray a significant weight gain. then like tanya in her 20's, the perm, the fashion, all of those things, just great. >> for entertainment tonight, i'm nancy odel. now, back to you. >> love a good-bye owe pick. >> oh, such a teaser. >> remember when she got wacked in the -- >> oh, nancy did. >> i remember covering that in new york at the time. >> this was crazy stuff for like days and days. kept on holding like a soap opera.

>> yes. i'm still fascinated by t i really want to see that move. >> i looks good. >> this is good weekends to hit the theatres. because things are getting interesting, and not only very quickly, but i mean talking about forecast turning on its ends at this point. so where i will be honest, i did not see this coming. i really thought that this would be one that would stay out to sea, but now the moisture is just deciding it wants to move in. the track, moving up about 50/50 miles inland essentially here it, does mean that good moisture will fall, and will allow our first substantial snowfall. there you go. we'll still see what those shelves look like on the grocery store. but advisories take effect late tonight, along the i59 corridor, through delaware, we have winter storm watch boy comparison through south jersey so you know where the heaviest snow is likely to fall in the blue shaded area. and we will get little more into that in a second. but let's quickly check in with the eyewitness weather

watchers, off to cold start, so the cold is helping to set the stage obviously, 28 degrees territory currently at mark's house, pretty clear sky in chattsword, but with time, the clouds are going to be building, everywhere. off to the north and west we go, reporting 30 degrees, just some clouds in willingboro currently, and at 35, terri's observation, which she made within the last ten minutes, so very fresh, and she, too, is planning a lot of clouds, her comment, let it snow. let it snow. we'll say it three times. let it snow. so i really feel like you'll fall on one side of the spectrum, totally jazz bad this or not. it will be nice i think to see the first snowfall. what's good about this, primarily unpaved surface accumulation. but it could be a pretty substantial one through south jersey. look at all of the moisture that has to work it way through after all. continues to work northeast, will get drawn back inland little bit. so it looks like we end up as a result with multiple inches worth of accumulation, slushy accumulation, and again, specially on unpaved surfaces through south jersey and into

delaware specially. this is a model run. that's very important. but note some of these darker shaded spots. that could pick up according to the model, six to 12 inches i personally don't see that happens, because you'll be dealing with snow on contact initially with time it could certainly build up. but yes, your best chance to see the heff year snowfall totals south and eastern counties, further inland you are, probably pick up few flurries, snow shower, and likely even in the city, up to coating, if not an inch or two but, again, it is mainly on the unpaved surfaces so slick travel is possible. but we aren't necessarily trying to plow through a ton of snow over the weekend. sunday out of here, but cold breeze to go along with it, high just 40, not much after rebounds in site any time soon , meisha. >> all good to know, yes, 30's , but 31 by wednesday, wow , all right, katie, thank you so much. and we are looking outside this morning, on this friday morning. and we are looking really good , you guys, the schuylkill , headlights eastbound direction past king of prussia.

this is what you are headed out to, sure, lots of headlight at this point, we approach, and will only get busier, but still actually looking okay. far cry from what we saw yesterday. construction here, 95 north, off ramp to bridge street. now that ramp is closed, we can still see the blinking lights but hopefully they'll start to clear this out of our way. we've been waiting since about 4:30 a.m. to get out of our way, still out there right now see the levels on 95 are starting to builds just little bit. then we look outside here. this is where we have an accident, egypt road at 422. heads up, all the way off to the side. volume levels really aren't that thereto sustain backups on slow downs. then construction delaware starting to tonight until monday morning, take a look, 95 north before 95, 495 split. 495 north past that split, one lane open between 9:00 p.m. friday and 25:00 a.m. monday. that's cleared. so do another reminder on this coming up in a little bit. jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. if your looking to have festive friday, why not join

us this afternoon for our holiday fest. join kate bilo and vittoria woodill today, we celebrate the holidays in chestnut hill. fun begins on "eyewitness news " at 5:00. you can bring new unwrapped toy to chestnut hill for our "joy of sharing" toyfest campaign. you can also drop them off at studios at 1555 hamilton street. for more drop off locations head to our website cbsphilly.com. headed out west now, two men who want to keep enjoying the wild house parties in the hollywood hills are taking their concerns to the la city councils. >> i their performance drew laughs from lawmakers. >> i grew up like most kids. worried i couldn't bench, that i couldn't fit in, that i wouldn't finds love. then i discovered partying and suddenly all of those worries went to the wayside. >> thank you, thank you. and i want to welcome you to l a council's excellent adventure. >> now, the men used fake names for their testimony, the two are comedians no their

testimony did rack up more than million views on social media in just two hours. >> coming up next, students helping student across the country. >> nearly four months, since hurricane harvey hit texas. we'll tell you more about how bucks county classmates made sure student from the houston area, when we come back.

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>> here is a lesson in gratitude. >> look on the breitbart side. remember, that things will get better. >> they say it takes one to know one. >> all i want to do is make a batch of cookies for all every texas. >> leave it to some of our young. >> and i like her, she kind of looks like me. >> to help classroom to classroom. >> never met any of them. i talked to a few on the phone , but a big thank from willow creek. >> just as the principal was wrapping up his day this

package arrived. it seemed to be unwrapped. >> it was amazing to open. we were very excited. >> envelopes separated by grade levels, connected by messages, only a kid could craft. it is the delivery willow creek didn't know it needed, the elementary served as a shelter. still dealing with the aftermath. >> they learned a lot of lessons through that about gratitude, being thankful, and how to help others, and so i think these cards were just another way to show that lesson from a school that didn't even know us. >> to king wood texas, from furlong, pennsylvania, with love. through cell phone video, ridge valley elementary explained push for positivity, more than 500 cards. >> it is fun. it is the little things that make life wonderful. >> one for every student at willow creek. >> which was perfect timing. >> because harvey is impacting the holiday. >> i know how it feels to be

sad. i hope this puts a smile on your face. i wish that i could give you a big hug right now. >> whether you're a kid in furlong, pennsylvania ... or a first grader in king wood. >> awesome. >> know we're all in this together. >> and that's melissa of khou our cbs station in houston. >> willow creek has enough cards each child in the school have get one, that's close to doylestown, i believe. good job to the kids out there >> coming up in the next hour of cbs news meet the youngest member of the ballet, incredible store err, she takes her first leading role in the holiday favorite the nut cracker. >> plus a festive frappuccino, what's in the new holiday drink at starbucks, we will be right back.

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the country. >> and, are you ready for snow katie is tracking some flurries for the weekend. >> today is friday, december 8th, i'm jim son van. >> i'm rahel solomon. i guess if you're not ready to snow, doesn't really matter? >> yes, really. whether you like it or not, mother nature has a mind of her own. by the way, get your snow know beels red. >> i there is not enough snow. >> they don't have those at the grocery store. >> oh, guys. all right, we're looking outside right now, and i got to say, it started off really quiet. you said knock on wood. of course now we have one accident after another. so we will be talking, kinds of blaming you, but talking about that coming up in a little bit. katie back to you. >> quiet weather for now. it is what's down the road here that is interesting this morning, going to bed last