>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> both look. both firing. and it is good. agholor touchdown. >> well the eagles score another victory, one impacts the post-season, so why is the coach so un happy this morning >> and it is lights on again at hearts fields jackson international. what created long lines for passengers at the world's busiest airport and also disrupted air traffic all across the country. >> and, it is a good thing this didn't happen during the revolution. george washington washington, and his army may have had trouble crossing the delaware this year. why history may not repeat itself. well today is monday december, i'm wearing the suit, it is a good morning here, folks, i'm jim donovan.

>> and i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha both have the morning off. here is matt peterson. >> you're talking about washington crossing, that's right down the street from where my parents lived. i remember one year they walked across the bridge because they couldn't put the >> i'm telling you, oh, well, each year is a new surprise. >> what if george washington had the bridge back in the day history would be totally different. rahel, you're right, it will be mild today. it will be even more mild tomorrow. so i'll say maybe break out the t-shirt? i don't know. >> t-shirt? >> no, no. i guarantee someone tomorrow will wear a t-shirt because of just how cool it was last week if you are waking up this morning, in bethlehem, it is actually pretty nice morning, still a little bit of snow out there, on the grounds, but temperatures yesterday, even up in the lehigh valley, in areas like bethlehem, it was warm enough that we definitely had some melting going on, and today, it is going to be much more of the same. we will be looking for some melting of whatever snow is

left over, and then we will see temperatures really on the rise, as we go through the middle of the weekment storm scan3, for the most part right now, not too much going on. we are watching a few light returns there. just out to lancaster, moving into chester county, this is warmfront slowly lifting through the region, so for the most part, it is, again, warm enough that all of this is falling as rain, if it is reaping the grounds, at all, but if it cools down just little bit, could you maybe see few snowflakes mixing, but not too much going on. another system to the north will stay well out of the area , seeing right now temperatures in the 30's for philly, 40's down the, and right around 30 degrees for the poconos as well. so definitely above average. here is the forecast for the rest of the day across the region, 49 for the high here in philly, ooh down the shore, 40 for the poconos, then jim, rahel, like i said, could be seeing temperatures near 06 degrees tomorrow. i'll give you details on that in just a little bit. >> matt, see you soon, thank you. looking outside i95 near cottman avenue. as we can see, traffic is still light and moving smoothly.

and this is a look in new jersey at route 42 freeway near i-295. also no problems to report here. traffic also looking very light there at 5:03, there is however an accident we want to tell but westbound pa turnpike before willow grove. right lane is block here. >> well the eagles get a first round bye after a 34 to 29 win over the new york giants. >> the more suspense than anticipated at the meadowlands sport director don bell explains how the men in blue gave the men in green a fight to the very ends. >> the game way closer than many expected, eagles visited the meadowlands at two and 11 giant. life after wentz officially underway. nick foles making his first start of the season. third quarter, eagles up 24 to 23. amazing catch by nelson agholor. and at one point the birds trailed by 14. foles with four touchdowns passes, agholor one ally-oop jam. back come the giant. eli manning, with a season hi,

434 yards in the air, had three scores there is one, king in for the end zone. the birds, that lead now cut to two. fourth quarter we go. final chance for the giant. eli to evan and ingram, back of the end zone, incomplete. and the birds clench first rounds bye with 34 to 29 win. but coach pederson knows they have a lot of improving to do. >> i just challenged them, you know, can't play like this and win in the post-season, obviously, can't play like this and expect to win every week, you know. you got to come prepared. >> to come here, and face a bunch of different things, have different guys step up, special teams makes plays, defense makes plays, like we switched off all throughout the game but stuck together, and we had some adversity early. so it was a great game to come out and get a win. >> seattle, la, and the meadowlands, the eagles go two and one, under three game road

trip. up next: a home game on christmas night against the oakland raiders. i'm don bell, for cbs-3, eyewitness sports. it will be good to have them back home. in the back page of this morning daily news gives the nickname for nick foles, nicky touchdown after the back up through first start for the injured carson wentz. >> well, some mixed feelings for fans after that eagles win >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, live now with sports radio wip studios, soaking in some of the reaction, trang, good morning, what are fans saying? >> well, good morning, rahel, jim. as we all know, lot of good, bad and ugly since the first round playoff bye, but again the defense suffered, nick foles really shined. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> eagles fans were all smiles after the birds over came an early 13-point deficit. to evening out 34-29 win against the giants. it was supposed to be an easy game against a struggling team

but it turned out to be anything but. >> my heart was racing. my heart was racing. >> the game was great. nail biter right to the end. >> all eyes on number nine, quarterback nick foles, taking over for injured carson wentz. foles rose to the challenge under immense amount of pressure. throwing four hutch down passes and no interceptions. >> i was down foles, honestly, was down foles. he did a good job, yes, i think they did an awesome job. >> as well as foles played, fans say the defense left a lot to be desired. >> he played good. the defense has cents to tighten it up. >> so we will be here at wip sports radio all morning. we're going to have some expert analysis coming up at 6:00 again, fans are continuing to weigh in here. we do want to hear from. give them a call 88-729-9494. jim, rahel, i send it back to you guys in the studio. >> curious to see what the come edge will be all day long the good, dollars the bad and the ugly. >> thanks, trang. >> much like your suit. >> oh, thank you.

let's turn to some serious news this morning, new this morning, man recovering after he is stabbed inside after home in west philadelphia. this response to north frazier street just few hours ago, there they found a man suffering a stab wound to the back, taken to the hospital where he is in stable condition. police believe there was a domestic situation. also, new this morning, we are working to get more information about this accident involving a newspaper truck in bucks county. "eyewitness news" at the scene overnight on bristol pike in croyden, now, police say, despite how bad this looks, no one was seriously hurt. >> well the search is on for a gunman who shot a man during attempted robbery in northeast philadelphia. police say the victim ran inside this wawa, in the castor section of the city, after he was shot last night. victim told police he was walking in the 6900 block of large street, when a suspect approached and announce add robbery. the vick tell was shot twice while running away. he is in stable condition. in other news, the lights are finally back on at one of the worlds' busiest airports, an outage atlanta's international airport lasted for several hours and

disrupted travel during one of the busiest travel times of the year. the week before christmas. cbs news correspondent roxanna has more on what's next with thousands of stranded travelers. report full power has been restored to the world's busiest airport, more than ten hours after a power outage early sunday afternoon, brought heart field jacon atlanta international airport to a stand still. >> well, the light came on, that was exciting. >> georgia power officials say fire in a underground electrical facility knocked the power out. they believe it was spark by a switch gear that failed. grounding more than 1,000 flights in atlanta. >> that fire caused multiple faults on our system, and those faults affected the multiple power sources that we have for the airport. >> officials say the location and intensity of the fire cut off both primary and back up power. while travelers inside the terminals were left in limbo, passengers on planes were stuck on the runways, some for several hours.

>> we left san diego at 4:00 a.m., we sat on the tarmac for six hours, i have my five month old with me. >> some industry experts predict with few open seats on other flights, the week before christmas, it could take a few days before travel returns to normal in atlanta. roxanna, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> atlanta's delta biggest hub , delta says customers flying to or from or through atlanta through tomorrow can make a one-time change to their travel plans for free. meantime, here's how the pour outage is affecting travel out of philadelphia. shows handful of early morning flight are canceled, and make sure to check the status of your flight today if you are flying. >> back here at home, pennsylvania governor tom wolf wants democratic state senator to step down over allegations of sexual misconduct. the philadelphia inquirer published an article quoting former campaign and legislative staffers and advisors, and they accuse 56 year old jaylen leach of behavior reaching from highly sexualized jokes to inapropriate touching. blames the accusations on an

un name political opponent and denies the allegations. >> and carolina panthers owner jerry richardson is stepping down amid allegations of sexual and racist misconduct. last night the team tweet that richardson is selling the team at the end of the season. the nfl is investigating the accusations that have been made against richardson. he has owned the panthers since the team was created in 1993. >> christmas tradition stumped by weather t looks like washington's crossing might not happen this year. on christmas day in 1776 george washington led several boats across an icy delaware river, from yardley into trenton. well, actors now recreate this scene every year, but this year low water levels in the delaware could make the trip impossible. other re-enactments like washington christmas speech to his troops, how much, will still take place. >> well, it is a very special day here at cbs-3. looks pretty quiet right now in our parking lot but we hope

it is buzz withing activity very soon. it is our drive-thru toy drop off for our "joy of sharing" toyfest. the truck is ready to go filled with toys, all do you have do is bring a new, unwrapped toy to our studios, and drop it off. >> well, we will be here starting 6:00 a.m. you can drop the toys off until 8:00 tonight. you'll find us 1555 hamilton street in philadelphia, the toys will be donated to the salvation army, uso and the boys and girls club of camden county. i'll be down there at czars you'll be down around 6:45? >> and throughout the day, too >> swing on by and say hello to us on your way to work this morning. >> meanwhile the vote for the tax bill will go on without a key supporter. coming up on "eyewitness news ," why arizona senator john mccain is skipping the vote. we'll tell if you his absence will have an impact. >> also, diagnosing altzheimer's, how video game may help researchers in finding a cure.

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> i don't think that this is actually fly eagles fly. >> is it a new rendition? are we changing it for the holidays? >> but whatever it is it, sounds beautiful. and it is the holidays. but we are hoping that of course our eagles continue to fly after yesterday's nail biter against the giant. it really was not suppose t be that close. >> nope. >> the giants not a great team this season, trang do at wip, checking in with fans to see what they have to say about yesterday's game. we'll hear from our little later in the glow a win is a win.

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>> senator john mccain, back in arizona where his offers says he'll undergo nor treatment. he's continuing his treatment for the side effect every his brain cancer treatment. source close to the senator said he left the maryland hospital exhausted, but okay. his absence not expected to have the bill clearing the senate. >> bill to international battle threats support from both sides of the aisle. the bill scheduled for introduction this week. now, it is almost to improve communication between federal intelligence agencies and state election officials, to

stem foreign intervention and elections there is comes in the wake every russia meddling , in the 2016 elections. well, close to 8,000 firefighters are battling the thomas fire, now burning for over two weeks in southern california, strong winds, fueled the flames over the weekends, as officials evacuated thousands of people from their homes. crews rushed to fight the fire , now threatening close to 18,000 homes. this is now the thirds largest fire in california history. >> incredible that we are still talking about those fires, weeks after they began. >> all right, time now, 5:16. and, matt, we are talking about some milder weather, which i'm all the way here for , all the way. >> all in on that. >> yes. >> all in. it is, it is definitely going to feel very mild. if you are a fan of maybe a winter thawing, even though winter didn't officially start yet, starts thursday, but if you were make sick of the ol temperatures we had last week, we were dealing with the snow, like it felt like every other day, that pattern has since moved out. dealing with one that's a

little bit more mild, little more comfortable for us for the next seven days at least. outside right now, it is a quiet start to the day. this is our neighborhood network. this is the palmyra cove nature park, over in jersey. taking a look toward center city. now, there is some cloud cover out there. so you can't quite see the skyline, but it is going to clear, at least at times later this afternoon, we will see some sunshine break through the clouds cover. it is just going to come maybe after about lunchtime or so. storm scan3, for us, this morning, shows, again, little bit of cloud cover out there. and then we have an area of war, that's slowly lifting through the region here to start out our monday. so that's firing off couple of maybe light rain showers here, there. now, not all of this is reaching the ground, not all of the precipitation, again, reaching the ground. and it is warm enough at this point that it almost likely is rain, you see couple of returns in there, just north of wilmington, part of chester county. it is still warm eug though, that i don't think precipitation, seend of temperatures in the mid to lie

30's, so we're again well up above the freezing range. now, for the next cup old of days, we could get slight cool -down as we get into wednesday, after very warm tuesday for us. but then, check this out, we get into the second half of our work week, we start to see this trough dip down into western us. what t is we will start to see ridge of high pressure build, off to the south, and then that will give us an influx very warm air for, again, the middle and then ends of the week. jim, rahel, so we will be talking about that. and i'll talk a little bit maybe about whether we could see the next chance for some precipitation coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, matt. meisha has the day off. at this point.are of traffic that is new accident on the westbound vine st. expressway off ramp to the ben franklin parkway. the right lane is blocked. be aware of that. meanwhile, crews are still working to clear an accident on the westbound pennsylvania turnpike. this is just before willow grove. the right lane is blocked, also, there is construction on the eastbound pa turnpike between willow grove and bensalem.

that construction is blocking two lanes. and now for a look at newspaper headlines froacross o. >> from the news journal, change in delaware lay may eventually allow personnel at the wilmington fire department to administer the overdose drug narcan, currently only law enforcement officers and fire ems employees can administer the drug. but the wilmington fire department can't, because it istered solely as a fire department. allege late i have tweak is in the works to change that. >> and the press of atlantic city, dozen everyplup sunday inp outside referendum lutheran church for christm give away for local families in need. toys were donated by local elementary school faculty, churches. members and others from the community. >> special kind of collection box is now outside norwood library, but won't be used for books, it is the community pantry box. people can pick up what they nend they can. filled with canned goods, and personal hygiene products, it was created by boy scout dav

project. good for david. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper led lines from around the delaware valley. and they'll be home fortill ahe" eyewitness news," paths who found homes for the holidays. >> christmas downsizing, just how small is the world'ssmalles? we'll have the answer whether "eyewitness news" continues.

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. with jim donovan ... rahel solomon katie fehlinger: pat gallen ... and meisha >> well, back on "eyewitness news" this morning, with more on a new video game, created to help diagnosis early signs of altzheimer's. >> shows researchers are hoping the game will let them

learn more about the disease and more than 5 million americans battling it. >> eighty year old fred walker is doing his part to help altzheimer's research. each time he plays the video game, it tracks hisnavigational. and sends the data to scientists. fred knows how valuable dementia data can be. >> this is -- >> his wife, joan, died of altzheimer's in 2010. he watched as the disease slowly took her. >> she was so frail and helpless and totally dependent , you know, the woman who raised my kids, made a home, she was gone. >> very little data or testing exists that can detect the early onset of altzheimer's. getting lost is one offirst sig. so, researchers are hoping this can provide a baseline for how people navigate, and eventually, help doctors identify who is most at-risk. >> the possibilities are very exciting.

>> researchers hugo spears says playing the game for just two minutes generate as much data as he would collect over five hours in a lab. 3 million players have already downloed game. >> between a million people, you can see, all of the tiny different systems between all of these different people, different ages, different, whether they are men or women. other backgrounds details. >> would you and joan come out and have tea? >> oh, yes. >> fred became both caretaker and nurse to his wife before she passed away. with this video game, he feels like he still has a part to play in finding a cure. teri okita, for cbs-3, " eyewitness news." well, some pet getting new forever homes just in time for christmas, "eyewitness news" at the 23rd street armory in over the past two days, the brandywine valley spca hosted tri-state area's largest pet adoption event, more than 1,000 dogs, cats, of all ages and sizes were available for just $20 each. >> people do tends to look no

doubt this time of year for couple of reasons. one, the family is altogether. kids tend to be off of school. good time tonight great a path from that point of view. but also a lot of love going around for the holidays. >> a lot of love indeed. now, if you missed the mega adoption event the brandywine valley is hosting adoption specials all week long, and also some lasts until the end of the year. >> british scientists say they've create the the world's smallest christmas card. the cards so tiny that over 200 million of them can fit into astage stamp. scientists say this season's greeting has a practical use, as well, they're u created the s to accurately measure the thickness of extremely small object. >> okay, i still don't get it. >> me neither. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," score another win for the eagles (this one was crucial, why the giants made them work for it. >> and it is crunch time for mailing your christmas packages, what you need to know before you ship. "eyewitness news" continues, at 5:30.

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>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> good morning, i'm jim donovan and i'm wearing the suit. here is your morning minute for today, monday. >> firing, wide open, touchdown. >> it wasn't easy, but the eagles pull off a giant win in new jersey. >> they've come from behind. and beat the giant 34 to 29. >> the game was great. nail biter right to the end. >> i'm thinking about a superbowl this year. nick foles taking us all the way. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> light out at atlanta's airport. >> there are a cruise here on the ground doing their best to distribute water. people cannot buy, they can't get water, food and necessity. >> supporters and opponent make their final push on the republican tax cut bill. >> this is good news for the ameran