to concede after doug generals stunning victory in alabama first time a democrat has won that senate seat in 25 years. lots going on it is wednesday december 13th good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. people are waking up to a bitter blast, "eyewitness news" caught folks bundled up on avenue of the arts this morning. while were you sleeping temperatures took a nose dive we are feeling wind chills in the single digits. one man said if you go outside today brace yourself. >> you have to layer it up, yes. long johns, sweat pants, whatever. >> right now temperature looks to be 21 degrees. >> katie, lets talk numbers, it is 21 according to our bug here in center city but how will it feel. >> that is what you have to go by. thermometer is bad enough but you have to take that into account that wind. how does it feel? here's how it feels. we are looking at maps here, 7 y

feels like at the airport and more like it is nine below zero, not even below freezing but zero in mount pocono, really brutal stuff here. again we have dealt with this almost every single winter but you know, first time of the year, can definitely feel most harsh, new there is some pretty substantial win and not that it has allowed a wind advisory for places like rehoboth, south delaware, kent , sussex county, cumberland, atlantic and cape may counties lasting until 10:00 a.m. this cameras well mounted. you don't see a lot of shaking but there is definitely wind to work with at shore points, beaches and delaware. storm scan will stay that way throughout the day. later tonight a new clipper comes along and we will talk about that but kid are heading out to school, blue skies, sunshine, you just can't go by it. factor in the wind, high only 31 but won't feel better than the teens.

>> freezing cold, freezing cold, hopefully they dent have to go outside for an extended recess because that is very dangerous. good morning, thank you very much, katie. vine at eighth street headlights moving in the eastbound direction starting to build levels but overall today for wednesday, cracking in the 6:00 o'clock hour now we are looking pretty good. we are doing pretty good, you guys. ninety-five south at betsy ross bridge pushing in the southbound direction we are building levels on i-95. we can expect that but yesterday we are looking at busier then at this exact same time. we are looking good. forty-two. same story here. still traveling around at posted speed 42 freeway north bound at creek road toward 295 this is what you are working with right new. we have another accident out there in collegeville, see if we can get that route 291st avenue at main street heading out the door right now give yourself a couple extra minutes in this area. we had a disabled vehicle on 295 and that has been since

clear. jim, back over to you. we're following breaking news this morning search is on for suspects involved in the deadly hit and run in northeast philadelphia crash was so violent it send a man flying from the back seat of the car. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live from the scene in tacony with the very latest. good morning what do you know. >> reporter: jim and rahel in the pennsylvania hour or so we were able to speak to a man who saw the man and woman who fled from this fatal hit and run crash here. he describe would the man he saw to be someone to be seriously injured, she was bleeding from her face, she was a white woman, 5-foot two and really dark hair. he said man fleeing this scene with her, he was about 5-foot eight also a white man likely in his young or early 20's. he says that man was wearing blue basketball shorts. a fatal hit and run crash at torresdale avenue and disston street in the tacony section of philadelphia it happened around 12:30 a.m. involving

two cars bet toy yet as, both remained on the scene but dark gray toyota that police described as a striking vehicle had driver and female passenger in it got out after the crash and ran away. >> i heard a bang and then i seen a guy and a girl coming around the block and girl's face was, filled with blood all over. >> reporter: angelo, saw the man and woman ran from the fatal crash. >> she was telling her boyfriend or whatever like she wasn't feeling good, she don't think she could walk and didn't feel ride. >> reporter: what did he say. >> said come on we have to go. >> reporter: dark ready to yet a had three people injured, including one man seriously and ultimately fatally injured police say he was eject from the back seat thrown 30 feet from the car and died an hour after being transportedded from a nearby hospital. authorities are unclear what caused this crash and what direction cars were driving in because impact a crash appears to be so intense.

one car was sent through the fence of the home. >> we have witnesses that are being interviewed by accident investigation officers at this time. there is also many businesses at intersection that do have exterior cameras, so accident investigators are trying to retrieve, those recordings. >> reporter: authorities say that they have been able to run the license plate of the dark gray toyota and they have gotten the address of the owner of that vehicle. they are working on tracking down that owner to further identify the man and woman who fled from that vehicle. reporting live from the tacony section, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a leash, thank you. in other news, by a razor thin margin doug generals wins alabama senate race making him the state's first democrat elect to the senate in 25 years. >> it is an outcome that will have a huge impact in the balance of power in washington but here's the thing, g.o.p. candidate roy moore isn't ready to concede.

cbs news correspondent laura podesta is live in washington to break it all down for us. good morning. >> reporter: john third is likely day doug jones will be sworn in the senate his victory comes after a huge turnout from democratic voters and african american voters. that is the sound of the doug jones supporters learning their can tait has pulled off the improbable, becoming first democrat to win a senate seat in alabama in more than two decade. >> alabama has been at a cross road. we have been at cross road in the past unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork. tonight ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. >> reporter: special election was a statistical dead heat for much of the night as votes were counted. when all of the districts were in jones just barely toppled embattled republican roy moore moore has so far refused to

concede, hinting to his dejected crowd that the race is close neff to warrant a recount. >> that is what we have got to do is wait on god and let this process play out, thank you for coming tonight, it is not over. it will take sometime. >> reporter: while jones victory is a no doubt blow to president trump and g.o.p. republicans maintain control of both houses of congress. their majority in the senate show shrinks to 51-49. >> wasn't that republicans crossed over and voted for a deem it that is they stayed home. there was a portion of their base that didn't like either candidate including their own. >> reporter: president trump who threw his support behind moore tweeted a congratulations to jones and added in part the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time, it never end. generals holds the seat through 2020. alabama's secretary of state says a recount can be done, but moore will to have pay for it.

live from washington d.c. i'm laura podesta, jim and rahel. thanks very much. coming up on cbs this morning more on doug generals victory in alabama and what it means for balance of power in washington. that is coming up at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. a 21 year-old man is dead following a shooting in north philadelphia gunshots rang out just after 11:30 last night at intersection of the american and west west moreland streets police arrived to find one man suffering from the gunshot wound to the head, and investigators are hoping surveillance video will provide more information. and in franklinville two armed men break into a home and tie up the home owner, this happened on the 3600 block of north third street overnight, officials say suspects used sip ties to restrain victim, you can see the tie on the victim's wrist there investigators say nothing was taken and police are looking for two men but in one was hurt. suspect in the new york city subway bombing attack will face a judge today, the suspect a 27 year-old

immigrant from bangladesh is charged with five federal counts of terrorism. since remains in the hospital authorities are trying determine whether his initial appearance will occur to person or closed circuit video he was inspired by isis and wanted to cause carnage with his homemade pipe bomb f convicted he faces life in prison. still ahead, remember this horrific video of the group of fisherman laughing as they dragged a shark behind a speed bet both. five months later there are new developments in the case. out west one step forward, two steps back for fire fighters bat egg the massive wild fires in california, we will tell but another fire that just erupted, pat. good morning, guys, i'm along ben franklin parkway and some local students extremely creative students, came together, for their city as you can see behind me here they put together some very cool, banners, for the city of philadelphia, we will show what you they came up with coming up next. >> ♪

>> just play remainder of the song, loving this, it is definitely cold enough outside to make snow in the poconos. we could see real stuff too this week, katie has bitter, i say bitterly cold forecast, coming up next.

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welcome back everyone we have breaking news to tell but in montgomery county, chopper three live over a house fire on the 900 block of summit

avenue in schwanksville, the fire broke out around 5:10 this morning, authorities tell us this is not under control and they have taken one person to an area hospital. we will keep you posted as we learn more details, again this house fire in schwanksville is not under control and as we no one person has been injured. well, video outraged people across the country this morning police say they have made three arrests talking about the men who dragged a shark behind their speeding boat in florida. video surfaced in july. authorities just announced three arrests they face charges of aggravated animal cruelty, and he was proud of law enforcement for catching the men. more than a week after it started fire fighters in southern california are making progress in one of the biggest wild fires the state has ever seen. fire fighters say the so-called thomas fire is now about 25 percent contained, mid that progress officials say another blaze erupted in santa claire, about two achees burned before fire fighters thought fire out. and from fire to ice, it

is freezing outside. >> yes, no kidding. we are looking ahead to even additional snow fall bias early as tonight, guys. winter is making its presence known and that may have you thinking, we're within two weeks of christmas day what our possibilities could to be see a white christmas. odd typically are slim, over philadelphia, especially del marva peninsula and into new jersey where we are at best have a 20 percent shot to see any snow on the ground on christmas day. odd do go up, especially true for poconos. it wouldn't be shock if you had it because it has been so cold and in the ski resorts i guarantee they will have some snow on the ground. they have been building up the base at ski slopes for a couple of weeks now and all those slopes are opened at leon the weekend. here's the clipper system bringing in the next round of snow and it is warm enough that it is just some rain across eastern south dakota but this goes through, encountering cold air to work

with. we will see modest snow, out of that, a quick dusting in the city. might see an inch or two in the lehigh valley and poconos especially look at the feels like, next couple of hours through 8:00 a.m. it feels no berth than single digits here. then we will get a little bit more light of day and then by noon time still very cold but feeling more like the teens. that kind of story for rest of the day 2:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. feeling in better than 19. but by 6:00 we will crack that 20 degrees feels like value and still chilly heading in the next few days but harsh air is in place right now. watch for some snow, very modest accumulation in the city if any and then we will stay cold for next few days, meisha. bundle up those kid going out to the bus stop and recess and those animals, dogs outside all that good stuff it is freezing. looking outside, the boulevard , pushing in the southbound direction lots of headlights out there. you will to have factor in extra time right now as you

had are preparing for the most part to jump on to the schuylkill moving westbound direction pretty busy as well. boulevard southbound give yourself extra time. ninety-five south at bet soy ross looking pretty slow, so, give yourself extra time here again 95 south betsy ross bridge. you take this all the way southbound and what will end up happening if you go to the penns landing area you will run into an accident. here we do have 195 south at penns landing pulled off to that left lane and see how slow it is through this tunnel area as well. give yourself 95 southbound right now give yourself some extra time you will need it. we have an accident here collegeville route 291st avenue at main street looking around here still showing green but still say just to be on the safe side give yourself a couple extra minutes there and then looking at disable vehicle on 295 that has been cleared and is what cleared thinks construction on the new jersey turnpike southbound pennsylvania route 73 our construction crews moving out of our way and they are probably freezing outside.

long standing construction on 422 we will talk about this in the next 10 minutes, back over to you. help spread holiday spirit group of the local students is putting their skills to the use. >> pat gallen is live along ben franklin parkway with the string theory charter good morning, patrick. >> reporter: yes, very talented, special students here in our area, broke out i pad and decided to make philadelphia bright they are holiday season. yeah, they don't use paper they do it all on ipad and here's what they came up with. are you feeling the holiday spirit? art students from philadelphia performing arts a string theory charter school certainly are. banners, they designed for holiday flag project are hanging on ben franklin parkway. >> daunting project we had a whole week for our time line and we had high quality ready for printer images. so students were under a crunch. >> reporter: group was tasked with creating images which she

how diverse city and school are. >> do something different, i used to live there a long time ago and i was drawn to it. >> it says you are the proudest to make our season bright. they are representing everybody coming together. >> reporter: each flag represent different neighborhood in philadelphia which the students have been quickly researching and get ready for print. >> i don't know much about chestnut hill but difficult research and found out they have the holiday parade every year, so i decided to put parts of the parade into my image and these are customs from elves in the parade. >> it might look like me a little bit. >> i decided to do mummers parade because it is a big part of the south philadelphia and it brings everybody together. >> they have unique hand drawn like the trees and food, so good. especially the dumplings. >> reporter: despite time

crunch everybody is thrilled to share their work with the city they love. >> it is fantastic. i was frightened in the beginning of the week but i love work on the parkway right now. >> reporter: obviously these students are extremely gifted. i gave them five minutes to come up with the best version of, well, me of course and they did a pretty good job in just five minutes. here is some of the artwork they did on the fly. i call the art museum, i asked that they hang these in the philadelphia museum of art. they hung up on me. that is okay, because rendering these students put together in a short period have time are beautiful just like flags are just right here on the ben franklin parkway, jim and rahel, impressive. >> this is amazing stuff, i will in the go over today, too cold but go over in the next few days and check them out. >> we have plenty of space here at cbs-3. >> banner right in the great hall. >> yes, thank you. well, up next most googled people and events of the 2017.

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welcome back everyone as we look ahead to the upcoming weekend the worst of the chill will ease up, we will get you in by sunday with a rain shower at that point but chill remains, just as it currently is, right through saturday, guys. oh, boy chilly and windy, thank you. now for newspaper headlines across our region. >> news journal bethenny beach is on track to be third beach town to ban tents and canopies , the ordinance would ban all tents, canopies and umbrellas bigger than eight feel in diameter. 1200 people responded to a public survey on the issue. reading eagle, reading hospital announced partnership to build a psychiatric hospital in burn township.

144 bed facility will provide in facial care for children, adults and seniors. it will provide outpatient counseling, people with patient with substance abuse disorder and other behavioral health problems. brightly decorated vehicles lit up marshall street last night in norristown parading down the street to celebrate the fee of our lady of quad loop at st. patrick's church. >> that is newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. if you want to remember, all of the things that happened in 2017, ask google. >> research engine company is releasing a list of the most searched people and topics of last year. despite his fairly recent scandal google says most searched, person of the year was matt lauer. also top of the list megan markle the american actress engaged to britain's prince harry, most googled events of the 2017 was deadly hurricane irma that slammed the florida coastline in september. well, coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news" an update on the breaking news deadly hit and run in northeast fail and search for two people who

police said ran from the scene plus alabama sent its first democrat to the senate in a generation more on doug jones stunning victory and what president trump tweeted after his candidate who, and then this. important part of making sure we have family covered because they are the won at home holding up the home front >> meet a military family picking up the slack for others, how you can help them make christmas merry, that is coming up in this weeks story of brotherly love. and a freezing cold start to our morning, so make sure car heaters are running properly. we have two accidents out there one on i-95 that will slow you down and construction we will all of those updates. we will be right

good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon.

6:30. here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute, today, wednesday december 13th. >> layer up. >> very frigid start to the morning and it that is wind that makes it so bad. >> bundle up adequately. >> police are looking for a man and woman who somehow managed to runaway from the scene of this early morning fatal hit and run crash. >> girls face was full of blood. he said come on, let's go we got to go. doug jones won alabama's special senate election in the stunning upset. cbs news projections jones got a victory over republican roy moore whose campaign was hit by string of sexual misconduct allegations. sixers in minneapolis, joel embiid poured it on, sixers snapped a losing streak while flyers looking to keep their winning streak alive. it is in there somewhere. under three to play sean

contact tore use gets loose and scores game western, his 15th of the season, four-two is the final. >> today's morning minis sponsored by penn medicine's abramson cancer center the number one cancer center in the region. wins for both sixers and flyers. >> but katie, we are not winning with the cold weather. your hair was flying all over the place. you looked like were you freezing. >> yeah, that is the word would i say. i have other choice word but i cannot say, it is a family show. it is really brutal, guys. trust me it is do as i say not as i do moment here because i'm in the wearing a hat but i have to be on tv. that is the reason, only reason i'm not wearing a hat right now. would i suggest that you wear one. fifteen is the current temperature at pleasant valley , middle and high school that wind is vicious. it makes it feel so much more harsh then it is, on the thermalty but thermometer readings are bad enough. these are values i want to you go by, yes, it only feels like

seven in philadelphia right now. four in allentown. four in lancaster. in better than 10 below zero in mount pocono. so got to give big props out to our photographers and reporters out in the field right now. also to you if you have to work out in this, man, you got your hands full here today with very vicious wind chills, all day. these wind chills will not exceed the teens throughout the day, storm scan is quiet as afternoon progresses, daytime high does get in the lower 30's but that is below average, we are going to see sunshine all day that will not help you at all or make it feel warmer. good news here too is war of the wind will taper off but it will take mess of the day for that to happen. meanwhile we have more snow on the way. it will be arriving as early as tonight, from a clipper system moving n i will tell you how much snow you can expect out of that because we do expect accumulation later on, meisha. >> katie, get inside, thank you so much for. that looking outside for our morning commute, yeah, because

katie said it is so cold, make sure those engines are running properly and that heat is working. i had it on full blast and i was freeing, my fingertips were freezing. looking outside right now boulevard is slow moving. once you jump on the schuylkill westbound at city avenue this is what we are looking at there it is just a sea of taillights, headlights, taillights, anywhere we are looking this morning i can tell you will be slow. factor in extra time for sure. then we are also looking at an accident 95 south at penns landing in the penns landing area or jumping on 95 pushing in the southbound direction toward center city we might start to have slow downs because of this sheer volume on the roadways. so head up, blocking two far left lanes right now, lots of brake lights plus we had that accident in collegeville but that has been just cleared, jim, back over to you. well updating our breaking news search is on for suspects after a violent hit and run in

northeast philadelphia crash killed a man and injured several others. "eyewitness news" report's leash a nieves spoke to a eyewitness who saw the suspect run away she joins us live from the scene. good morning, alycia. >> reporter: good morning jim and rahel. within the past hour or so we did speak to a man saw the man and woman ran from this fatal hit and run crash. man and woman police are looking for right now. you can tell how intense this crash was wye the scene here. it sent a car from the roadway through a fence and ultimately in the front yard of the home. fatal hit and run crash happened at corner of the torresdale avenue and disston streets in the tacony section of the philadelphia. it happened just before 2:00 a.m. that involved two cars, both toyota, both remained on the scene but dark gray as police describe as a striking vehicle. it has driver and female passenger out of the car and somehow in the intense crash they managed to runaway. the ready to yet a remained on the scene. it had three people injured including one man who was seriously and as you have

mentioned ultimately fatally injured. police say he was eject from the back seat, thrown about 30 n died an hour after he was transported to aid nearby hospital. it is unclear to authorities right now what caused this crash and what direction the cars were in but as i mentioned in the pennsylvania hour or so we were able to talk to the witness who act aisle saw and spoke to the man and woman who fled this scene. >> i heard a bang and seen a guy and a girl coming around the block and girl's face was filled with blood all over. i asked if she was all right. she said yeah but she was telling her boyfriend or whatever that she wasn't feeling g she don't think she can walk. she didn't feel right. >> reporter: what did he say to her. >> he said come on lets go we got to go. >> reporter: investigators say they have been able to run their license plate of that dark gray toyota they have been able to get an address for the owner and now we will track down that owner and hopefully track down further identity of the man and woman

fled from the crash. reporting live, from the tacony section of philadelphia , alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". other breaking story we are following this morning chopper three is live over the house fire in the 900 block of summit avenue in schwenksville flames broke out at 5:10. authorities tell us this is still not under control. they have taken one person to an area hospital. again this house fire in schwenksville is not under control and one person has been injured. all right. to the south we will go alabama democrat doug jones wins in one of the most talk about special electionness u.s. history. g.o.p. candidate roy moore not ready to conn seat. voters elect jones yet for the senate seat, jones is alabama 's first democratic senator in 25 years, victory ace blow to president trump and g.o.p., republicans still do control the senate. speaking of the president, president trump congratulated doug jones in a tweet saying a win is a win. he said quote republicans will have another shot of the seat in a very short period of time

our viewers are coming through to give families a merry christmas with joy of sharing toy fest. >> one is liberty uso which helps military families. jessica dean has this story of brotherly love. >> reporter: service members family is a force all its own holding down fort at home. we met one who helped lift the burden on fellow soldiers. >> good luck keeping up with seven year-old brandon weekly oath field. he and his twin brother joshua love sports. >> is what your favorite team. >> the falcons. >> reporter: weekly's aren't today's typical military family. >> it is two income household, where i have been working full-time. >> reporter: dad matthew is a master sergeant in the air force deployed overseas at lee six months at a time. when he is gone cara has to work and look after boys hoff special need. she has another job too, she's

also a key spouse a air force created for experienced military spouses, to help newer won get the services they need. >> important parties making sure we have families covered because they are ultimately won at home holding up the home front. to me they are unsung heroes. >> i think it is a nation everything that she does for the military, and it ace lieutenant to do, with our family dynamic. >> reporter: cara helped connect families with organizations like liberty uso our partner in the cbs-3 toy of sharing toy fest. >> your viewers are probably most patriotic generous i have ever encountered. >> reporter: liberty uso president and ceo joe brooks says military families are relieved to get a hand. >> maybe they didn't know how they were going to provide a christmas for their child. >> reporter: what will it be like for them to get these toys. >> it will be a wonderful contributions from the community. >> reporter: is there still time to bring christmas cheer to military families, you can

drop off a new unwrapped toy here at our cbs-3 studios at 1555 hamilton street or in any other of our partner locations for other locations, go to cbs philly.com/toy fest, there we have a complete list of drop off locations and upcoming events. jessica dean for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". speaking of the holidays happy hanukkah historic philadelphia landmark is shining brew in honor of the jewish festival of lights. >> sit adorned boat house row with the beautiful lights, for each night of the holiday lighting will be added to one house on boat house row. they represent menorah candles city officials every calling the illumination one of the large peace in other as. coming up a real stinky situation when a woman's new car started smelling bad, really bad. this is not a little christmas story here. >> horrific for all of us but holding her know until she could not take it anymore.

wait until you see what was behind the nasty smell. and too much to do, not enough time, that pretty much sums up holiday for people, right? that can be stressful. doctor jen is in the studio to talk about how to handle all of that stress. >> ♪ it feels like winter outside right now, it is is he cold out, it is 22 degrees. katie is talking about how cold it actually feels. she will break that down in about three minutes, stay with us.

funny song. >> you may want to push away your breakfast plate. every time she got in her car arizona woman wondered what is that smell. >> she may not want to know. judy miller said it was enough

to knock her out. she could not fine the source and the stench kept growing so judy found maggot under her floor mats. mechanics, that is already bad , mechanic say they said real culprit was a dead mouse. >> i had windows opened, just failed to drive it. >> we removed plastic and we knew we had a odor. the odor was growing and growing and growing. >> and growing. mechanics said mice find their way in abandoned cars not new cars. they remine drivers to roll up your windows when you park so live animals cannot climb inside. is it just me but when i read this story, the sound track in my head was smelly car, smelly car. >> yes, i remember that one. >> if you have a smelly cat, you wouldn't have a mouse problem. >> how about that, right. >> my gosh, this reminds me very much of a story andy som ers at our sister station w

xtu was talking about. she has a mouse in her house right now. humane way to get away witt because she's nhe regular old mouse trap. so that is a big discussion on xtthis morning. lets look at eyewitness weather watchers off to a very cold start right now. we have got temperatures in the teens and 20's right now at best but keep in mind it feels so much colder then this ken is in willingboro with where there is a 17-mile an hour win. he has had gusts up to 33 miles an hour. that is definitely an under statement. we will go further to the west and go across delaware river well into pennsylvania where, shawn is at 18. that is recorded air temperature. but, her valley for the wind chillies down to four. this is brutal stuff. make sure you are adequately preparing and you walk outside in gusts like this of course, it send us into a wind chill tail spin. it feels better almost anywhere right new but these are current wind gusts reported across the region as a whole. twenty's to 30's.

and then reenforcement with cold air. this is a clipper system. classic too it is moving quickly. it doesn't after lot of moisture. reenforcees coal, does all of those things that they tend to do it will bring in a mod's accumulation here, at lee later on tonight into tomorrow further south i do not to have worry about it. delaware, south jersey, maybe dusting to parts of the south jersey but most will just see a quick dusting out of this overnight tonight into early tomorrow. maybe, with a inch offer two in the lehigh valley or poconos. just a model interpretation but generally this will be a very minor snow event for us here, tonight into early tomorrow morning. the temperatures are very slow to rebound, saturday we're still stuck in the 30's but come sunday, we do begin to rebound, mid 40's and at this point we could see a shower but it would be a rain shower. >> nobody is going to try to stop that rebound, i can tell thaw much right now, katie. yes, we're even colder outside we have problems as well. we have a disable truck here schuylkill eastbound at the

blue route pulled all the the way off to the far left but look at that, you are coming up to a complete stop. give yourself some extra time there for sure. delaware county we have activity right here, i-95 south at 452 pulled off to the far left but as you can see we don't have any volume levels, sustain, and, slow down or backup, and, give yourself couple extra minutes. be aware that it is out there and pushing in the northbound direction all the way out to the airport, basically in delaware county. looking good. ninety-five at the vine, a shot here of that sky, and look at that, absolutely gorgeous but deceiving because it is soy bitter cold. ninety-five at the vine, you are still traveling around at posted speed. call your tension quickly to, septa news, paoli thorndale right now is suspended between thorndale and malvern, due to signal issues. just make sure to check schedules on line and we have some long standing construction out there. 422, and i will tweet out that information.

rahel, back over to you. gifts to wrap, cook toys bake, decoration toss hang, relatives to visit, on and on, holidays can be most wonderful time of the year but also the most stressful. >> which is why it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed, during the holiday season. >> but how do you know when it effects your health. family physician doctor jen cuddle is here with signs and ways to cope good morning. >> good morning, guys, happy holidays. >> this is the season. >> doctor jen, this is season for stress. there are different typed are types and causes of stress. >> yes, there are lots of different types of stress. is there routine stress like every day, kind of, the grind, right we will going to work, family stress. is there also, sometimes negative stress that can happen like with an event like we lost our job or lost a family member, more of the negative stress. we often think about like our traumatic stress. you know, the case of a natural disaster or sort of a, tragic event but that is not limits to stress, guys. is there a range, and is there

a grade when we talk about. that biggest thing no matter what kind of stress we're talking about it all can affect our lives and body. that is why it is important. >> are there physical signs you're dealing with this stress and how can it effect your overall health. >> there are physical signs. when i'm stressed i know, because i get symptoms. number of things. we think about we feel more anger, or a little bit more irritable. sometimes headaches, stomach problems, some people get a funny tommy, they get diary, constipation, nausea, trouble sleeping, muscle pains or depressed mood. they feel down in the dump. remember all these things can affect our body in different ways. >> why i, i feel stress and get anxiety in my shielders. >> tightness. >> a lot of people feel tense or sometimes people get neck pain because they are experiencing pain like that. >> how do we reduce stress more importantly. >> this is the holiday season. i'm wearing my red because it is holidays. but thinks also time when we feel stress. first thing i say is don't

over schedule yourself. i know we all want to get to every holiday party out there but maybe you cannot. and, balance it out. so, watch over scheduling that can be trouble. making sure we exercise. we say exercise, exercise, exercise but it is such a great stress reducer. rahel, i know you run marathons and all that kind of stuff. that is good to make sure we keep that stress down. make sure we ask for help. a lot of times we are hosting holidays we want to cook everything, buy everything and want to be perfect host or hostess and truth is you do not have to be. ask for help. ask somebody to bring a casserole, dessert to the party. that have support system and ask for help. final thing is prioritizing tasks, kind of making sure you put is what really important, first, and learn to say no remember, the holiday is about family and fellowship and love , and -- >> we know everyone has stress in your life. how do you know this is more sign of there is something more going on here.

>> right, right in general would i say no matter what season it is whether it is holidays or some other season when i worry about my patients when patients feel like they are not able to overcome the stress on their own. they are not able to get ahead if you find yourself drinking more or using substances, suicidal those are warning signs but even if you feel like my gosh, i'm always stressed and i cannot figure it out, that is a sign to see your doctor. >> very quickly cannot treating stress lead to additional health problems. >> yes, that is a great question. we know stress can negatively impact things like heart disease. stress can impact heart disease and other parts of our body. so i say don't under estimate stress, it is not just little stress but it can be very big. >> great advice. >> thanks, appreciate it. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning, it is 6:51. >> gayle king joins us live from new york with the preview good morning to you both. >> john and i agree with you, we say don't under estimate

stress. >> that is right. >> we're meditating right now. >> yes. >> you are very, very correct about that. >> and ahead is what next for senate and president's agenda after democrat doug jones huge win in alabama in that special election. former vice-president joe biden will be here in the studio 57 we will talk to him about what that win means and state of obama's legacy in the trump administration. we will meet up with kennedy center honor. >> you told me the answer to this norman lear. >> he gets an a. >> those were the days. what sitcom does he watches, yes. isn't he cute. >> extremely cute but everyone is cute around you, gayle. >> ninety-five, still working, love this guy, all that plus eye opener, in the 90 seconds we will see you at 7:00. >> i find your relationship cute, i just love ban for you two have. nice to have you both.

>> looking forward to the show >> cute couple alert, cute couple alert. >> love it. >> yes. >> we will be watching, thanks >> lets check sports now, sixers and timber wolves in minneapolis last night and sixers get a great night from joel embiid. he had 28 points but sixers were behind much of the game. that is until the end when embiid, ben simmons and sixers hit their stride, embiid scoring seven of 28 in the overtime and sixers beat t wolves 118-112 to break their four game losing streak. thunder coming to town friday night. eagles can wrap up home field, throughout the post season with a win over giants on sunday and vikings loss. >> and, we will start with the eagles carson wentz is out for the season and playoffs with that knee injury, foles through 27 touchdowns with two interceptions when led them two years ago. he says he understands his role. >> carson is a huge part of the organization and will be for a long time able he has

done so much for this team on the field and in the locker room. the biggest part of coming here, you are supporting my job toys step in and keep this thing rolling. >> carson wentz will soon get a get will wish from eagles nation. fans lined up to sign cbs-3 get well ban inner chickie and pete's, we start that had at dilworth park early yesterday morning right here on cb. 36789 get well soon. we will be right back. >> three to go.

mii'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov.

we have new information on this house fire, unfortunately we have learn two young children and another person were injured and were rushed to the hospital, thinks 900 block of summit avenue, and we will powe an update, on cbs philly.com as soon as we get another update for you. here's three to go. >> voters in alabama picked democrat doug jones, to represent them, in the senate, but republican date roy moore says fight is not over yet, he talk about the possibility of the recount last night. suspect in the new york city subway bombing attack has a court hearing today, the suspect has been charged with five counts of the terl prorisml have biannual commendation ceremony, congrats and thank you to all of the award winners. >> that is three to go. lets check weather and traffic >> very cold, already is, we

are in the middle of the cold right now, this camera shot has been shaking and really bringing in very vicious wind chill witt, 20 degrees at whitefield elementary school, feeling no better than single digits. there is not much rebound that takes place until this weekend >> we have a disable truck schuylkill ease bun at blue route causing slow downs so give yourself extra time plus septa take a look paoli thorndale line us suspended. new trenton social media shows people aren't just decorating trees this time of the year. >> women are decorating their eyebrows now too. christmas tree eye brows are one of the latest trend by beauty bloggers that involve christmas tree like ornament. >> yeah. >> attached to their brows. it is not just the ladies. the men are adding them to their beard. i have seen peto their fur. >> what? >> i think it is crazy. >> yes. >> it is freaky. >> next up on cbs this morning

former vice-president joe biden. >> remember to join us each weekday morning on cbs-3 >> remember to join us each weekday morning on cbs-3 captioning funded by cbs good morning. to you. it's wednesday, december 13th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." doug jones defeats republican roy moore in a stunning upset in alabama. we'll look at how he one and what it means for president trump's agenda. a former investigator in charge of the clinton e-mail probe. the disparaging texts are causing political bias. and senator kirsten gillibrand calls for a review. the air force's chief prosecutor tells us why he believes the