>> from the cbs broad broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news ". >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. first, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. today is tuesday, december 12. >> i will come back stronger than ever. >> a promise to eagles nation.

>> carson wentz out for the season with a torn acl. >> well, michael vick went down, nick foles won like eight games. there is still hope. >> argument sparks gunfire at a gas station in logan. >> his injuries are so severe police have already notified the homicide unit. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. >> city authorities are trying to piece together what led an immigrant from bangledesh to detonate a pipe bomb in the city's busiest subway station. >> it is a race that's divided the republican party. voters in alabama, head to the polls today to choose a new senator. >> do you want to hear something funny? >> what? >> john stewart and i were offered those goals. >> (laughter).

>> today's morning minute. sponsored by pen medicine's abramson cancer center. the number one cancer center in the region. >> little competition there i guess. >> one man's -- katie, we send it out to you, all in perception, some may hate the forecast you have, like me, but other love winter and love it. >> i'm not the person totally digging windchills in these single king glitz pat, the ski , you know? >> but, again, there comes a point where it is a little too harsh no matter who you are. and i feel like we might be hit that point come tomorrow morning. not too bad out here right now dow still suggest the heaviest year coat, temperatures in the 40's, still at best in the 40 's right now, so well above freeze nag lot of spots. a lot of snow has had an opportunity to totally melt away. but whether we take a look at storm scan, note, there is still in fact some snow falling right now, across specially the lehigh valley, pocono region, where you are likely from this latest time to get anywhere from one to 2- inch of snow. that's the one and only sweet

spot of any snow accumulation here today. to the south, notice, there is some green that starts to mix in, again, just too warm to support any icing, thankfully, let alone any snow. so current, actual air temperatures, current temperature, at 47 in atlantic city, note the winds bar coming in out of the south- southeast. helping to keep the warmth in place until the cold catches up to us, which is absolutely will. so, even though for kids riding home 48 degrees, can you not get used to there is the cold begins to rush in even as later on tonight, just watch for quick spotty rain shower around the city and point south the rest of the day, again, see it be cold enough to support just little bit of mixing or some light snow, very far north, but the bitter blast that await us, is absolutely going to be felt region wide. some spots where you're in negative tori tomorrow morning >> i mean, negative territory, katie, that is no joke. in fact, that can be down

right dangerous. i know all too well-being raise in the minnisota so looking outside right now. as you head out the door, i can tell you, looking pretty good. now, for a long while this morning we were talking about no accident. we have one out there. the good news a lot of the construction that would actually slow you down is actually moving out of the way so 95 south at girard, what we are looking at here, starting to builds levels, lot of headlight out there, still traveling at posted speeds, but this specially on busy tuesday, start to slow down probably some time in the early 6:00 hour. forty-two freeway northbound at creek road looking good there. you can see the volume level you are working with. 202 at the schuylkill, headlights westbound direction , looking good, but again starting to build levels just a little bit. and we have an accident here, at the boulevard, boulevard southbound at rhawn street. and the inner lanes are block, too, have to use outer lanes, so just heads up on. that will looking around, still showing lot of green, however, you will start to tap on your brakes little bit. and the new jersey turnpike, this is actually clearing early, we will hang out there until around 6:00.

this is now since cleared. jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you shall meisha. tough morning for eagles nation. >> star quarterback carson wentz's season ending acl tear , sending shock waves through the city. trang do, live at dilworth park now collecting well wishes for wentz. good morning, trang. >> by now most have heard that carson wentz's injury is season ending. has been receiving so many well wishes, from fellow athlete, as well as fans, and so again, we here at cbs philly have commissioned this banter help people here in the city, just give their well wishes to carson, who got some early birds adding their signature to t we also got our morning team in on t here is a photo of some of our early morning staff adding their well wishes to our banner. >> now, social media account, thanking fans, and friends, for the outpouring of support

it's received, in the wake of this season-ending injury. take a listen. >> the phonecalls, the text messages, emails, the tweets, everything, from everybody out there, just means the world to me. so humbling to know how many people are praying for me, letting me up. >> and again, we will be out here at bill worth park all morning long, throughout the morning show, as well as the morning rush. gathering signatures here, for this banner, so we can give it to carson and hopefully lift his spirits. so, little birdie told me that pat gallen will be coming here after the show. so i hope, rahel, katie, meisha, i think jim already signed it, you guys will come out, join us here at bill worth park to support our of course mvp quarterback. >> got to support. i have a feeling we'll hopefully try to get out there but avenue feeling a lot of people will try to sign that banner, thank you. >> 5:36. in business news this morning, what toy makers say sales will suffer this holiday season. >> money watch's diane king hall joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, diane.

>> good morning, rahel, jim. well, we start with the sweep of market stocks, finished higher yesterday. the dow gained 56-point, for a new record, the nasdaq ended the day, 35-point higher. comcast is reportedly dropping out of the bidding war, to five pieces of 20 century fox. wall street journal records fox a deal with disney and agreement could be announced as soon as this week. >> less than two weeks before christmas, mattel is warning that holiday sales will suffer this season. the toy maker says kids aren't as interested in toys any more , preferring technology. mattel brands long time favorite like bobby -- barry, hot wheels. >> netflix is filling our secret on what we bing watch. streaming service says american vandal, true crimes satire, was its most watched show between november of last year, through november of this year. all told, users consume more than 140 million hours of content, a day during that period. the company also put out a

tweet after revealing our secret saying, quote, to the 53 people who watched a christmas every day for the past 18 days, who heard you? rahel, jim? >> so diane, i was curious, i look up the top ten list, report that you are referring, to i only watched one of the top ten, so clearly i'm not watching the right things. everybody else is onto something. >> i was surprised like okay, what are people -- i'm so not in the loop on what people are watching. >> apparently probably because we're a little older. >> i'm banking on the crown right now. >> and it works. >> the crown. >> and at warning, how about that? >> thanks, diane. >> the crowd did make -- the crown did register. >> i started bing watching season two, when did it come out, sunday? yes. >> all right, thank you, diane >> all right, thank you. >> the former revel casino in atlantic city may be changing hands again, wall street ratings firm says colorado company is buying the old casino for $200 million. the report by moody says the resort will reopen in may

under the ownership of ac ocean walk llc. says it report based on talks with the buyers, but who brought the oval revel for $82 million, says he's not selling it to anyone. so more to come there. >> and other casinos in atlantic siltly remain open during state government shutdown, new jersey state senate committee approved the measure yesterday. state law now allows casinos to keep their doors open for seven days after the government shuts down, that limit was instituted in a measure passed in 2008 following a shutdown. >> well, philadelphia police are looking at surveillance video this morning, after a man is gunned down during a argument at a gas station. >> this happened around 9:30 last night, at the sunoco north broad and winds ram avenue in logan. police say a fight between two men and a woman started inside the a-plus store, but spilled out into the parking lot. we're told l victim standing by his car when he was shot in the head and chest. officials say the shear waist close to the victim when he opened. >> we know at least 12 shots

were fired from a semiautomatic weapon, shell case action, some inches some feet from where the victim collapsed. >> officers rushed the victim to the hospital where we're told he's in extremely critical condition. no word on what the argument was about. and so far no arrests have been made. >> more gun violence leaves a man dead in philadelphia's east mt. airy section. shots rang out just after 6:30 last night, 100 block every east gorgas lane. shot the victim in his upper body nine times. they say this was drive-by shooting. police tell us this dough not ehice.ood description of the >> one person is in the hospital with smoke inhalation after this hou invsestigators sy the fire broke out about 7:15 last night, firefighters manage to control the flames in about an hour. no word this morning on the cause of the fire. than were no other injuries. >> well, we're learning more about the nuns who were critically injured in a car crash in delaware county. the nuns are from the convent at st. katherine of sienna in northeast philadelphia. church officials tell us they

were on their way home from a christmas festival at longwood gardens around 7:30 sunday night. that's when police say a man crossed over the center double lines on the conchester highway in beth he will township and collided with the car with the nuns inside. >> delaware county district attorney's offers crash investigation team was notified. responds dollars to the scene, to assist in the investigation , due to the severity of the injuries. >> now at last check everyone involved in the crash is in critical condition. investigators are now trying to figure out what caused the crash. well this morning the white house is pushing back against claims of sexual misconduct against president trump. >> three women face cameras in new york to talk about their alleged encounters with them, say they were victimized long before rum became president. total of 16 accusers are calling on congress to investigate his behavior. >> kissed my feet and ultimately my lips and in a encounter that has since impacted my life. when he put his -- start today put his hand up my skirt i managed to rest he will myself

out of the seat. >> the white house did release statement saying the president has already denied the women's claims, however, the accusers say it is time to have the president held account job mario stepping back from daily operations of his restaurant after allegations of sexual misconduct. four women have accused him of touching them inapropriately. did he not address the individual accounts, but did he apologize and said the stories match up with his past behaviors, also on leave from his television show on abc. >> well, trying to find a way to pay for packing in philly. there is new improved app for. that will we'll tell you thousand works. >> caught on camera, photographer claims a rock-and-roll front man kicks her in the head. the apology and the explanation he gave when " eyewitness news" continues.

>> front man josh is under fire after allegedly kick ago photographer in the face. this happened during a concert in l.a. saturday night. the photographer posted this video on social media. said he had to go to the hospital after having her camera smashed in her face. see the moment that he appears to swing his right leg toward the crowd. fortunately the photographer is okay. did apologize saying he thought he was kicking lighting equipment, not her camera. oh, boy. just few more dates left until star wars last jed i smashes into theatres. expert are predicting the festival of families almost rake in if i where from 190 to $215 million in it opening

weekends. if that's the case the fill almost bonds anywhere from the fifth to the second best debut ever. the last jedi hits theatres this friday. i guess it is going to be another chilly weekend. >> another at least by then the worse of the cold will have eased up somewhat. yes, but pretty brutal stuff coming up here specially tomorrow morning, where we really end up with the worse of the plummet, worth of the windchill. >> do we expect more in the days it come? >> probably. specially if i have to go out to the skydeck, hint-hint. >> producer? >> show me little mercy please it will be brutal out there. we start things off by getting you outside, very quiet it view, different angle atop our own cbs-3 studios, facing east , broad and spring garden, where the roads are dry, now looking closely i don't see, at leasting in very obvious with any left over snow on the ground, maybe left on the sidewalk on the edge, but a lot of it has had the opportunity to really melt

away easily roads are pretty much a-okay. see potential of rain showers throughout the day today specially early on. but if you don't with a to take your umbrella with you, guys, i think you're okay to do. that will we'll explain in a second. show you what's up with the weather watchers. most of them, are off to, i don't want to call it a mild start. but, certainly, not harsh start. you're into the low 40's, in a lot of these spot. take a look. i mean, we've got 42 degrees out in cherry hill right now. genesic report that. a lot of clouds overhead for her right now. very modest winds flow. note the direction here. out of the southeast. so that's helping to keep the warmth in place. at least for now. and you know again that's casino of the story across the board here region wide. let's take you out to the maps i want to show you this one moving through. clearly, there is a very obvious edge toward the bulk of the rain or the snow, i should say. it is moving through. it is mainly new england issue , a lot of serious lake enhancement taking place here, too, possibility that down win of lake erie and ontario, some of those typical belt areas

pick up at least another half foot before this is all said and done. with that persistent wind flow but here, you know, if you are looking for snow, go to the poconos. one to 2 inches is likely to fall out that way here today. probably a little bit after slushy mix, that would exceed nothing more than an inch around the lehigh valley. in the wake of this, really quiet. for now. but there will be another little disturbance that comes our way as early as thursday. so, here's what to expected to just region by region, pick the region, see what you are going to see out there. a scatter rain shower at worse , though, for city and immediate suburbs, the far northwestern counties, berks, especially lehigh northampton counties, little bit of slushy mix will move in. and it is really looking very isolated in terms of any wet weather through south delaware , southern new jersey, but tomorrow when the cold settles in. so this front will absolutely have a legacy, but it comes in the form of frigid air. that comes in. this series, upper 30s, the best you can expect here. right through saturday. meisha? >> wow that's going to feel quite a change, katie, one of those colds, when you walk out

the door, literally, so cold. thank you for the warning. and we'll check in again with kate nay little bit. looking outside rightful, your morning commute. looking good. we only have one accident out there. kind of lingering out there. talk about that in a moment. blue route southbound past mid-county looking good. not even really heeding levels there. so actually looking real good. schuylkill eastbound, headlights moving in the eastbound direction at spring garden, start to heat levels here. fifty-nine at broad. taillights moving in the southbound direction, starting to heat levels a little bit here as well. but we're okay, still traveling around, at posted speeds. now, this is where the accident is. roosevelt boulevard at rhawn street, inner lanes block, you will have to use those outer lanes. and then looking at some construction on the pa turnpike, some of which now starting to clear. pa turnpike was both directions between delaware valley and neshaminy falls. that's now since been cleared. what is still lingering out there on the pa turnpike is eastbound, near street road, e-zpass lanes and the right lane, still compromised, crews out there all morning long, i'll let you know as soon as they clear. delaware 495, northbound

edgemore road, two left lanes block until around 7:00 a.m. jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. turning now to the historic wild fires, some say have made dollars landscape in california look like hell on earth over the past week. the flames have destroyed homes, worth hundreds of airing errings, nearly 100,000 people were forced out. >> we've been able to insert crews. they're working directly ton fires edge. >> how far firings marc brown speak to go reporters on the massive thomas fire raging in california. >> our goal is as we move to the west it, will hold the fire on the rings above marcit a and santa barbara and never a lay it downhill. >> week after the blaze erupt from the brush fire into raging inferno it has grown to size larger than the city of new york. becoming the fifth largest wild fire in modern california history. the cost of fighting blaze, already, in the tens of millions of dollars. >> we have been flying numerous helicopters, and

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rolling into the bakery. >> i'm here to support small business. i want to try something different. >> the bakery says it is happy to have all of the first time customers. >> bravo to that little girl. >> yes. so in case you didn't know, rube goal berg, large contraptions made to do small jobs. >> the machines are teaching student big lessons, fifth graders in indianna are taking part in their creative innovate ores summit, using common play items in unusual ways to perform tasks like opening doors, transporting materials and learning how to work together. >> not a lot of argument, but some, but mostly we all work together, we try everyone's ideas, and it is great. >> kids have got gotten excited about the subject, where maybe they haven't had the same kind of excitement, and in a traditional setting. >> well, teachers say the contraption teach their student real world skills, but they're also fun to build.

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this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. >> and you may need some extra time potentially for your commute this morning. first, we could be expecting some rain, but then the arctic air moves in. katie will let us know just how cold it will get. >> phonecalls, text messages, emails, the tweets, everything , from everybody out there, just means the world to me. >> well, carson wentz thanks his fans for the outpouring of support, after news that he's out for the season, more on his message to the fans, and we have a way you can send went well wishes, too. >> and a man fighting for his life after bullets fly at a local gas station, live with what led to the violence, and who police are now looking for >> well, today is tuesday, december 12th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things, getting us out the door. >> good morning, it is only tuesday. >> but were you off yesterday. >> stop. i knew you guys would say that i have to say, our commute