>> 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 american people.

we're going to get the economy roaring back again. >> at the end of the decade over half of the middle class will be paying more in taxes. >> wow. >> this is not going to go the way you think. >> ♪ ♪ >> today's morning minute is sponsored by pen medicine's abramson cancer center cents the number one can't cancer center in the region. >> well, besides the eagles there is was a weekend star wars fans have been waiting for the last jed eye opened in not surprisingly dock nail dollars the box office. you even saw it. >> it was very good. we'll talk more about that also how much monty brought in later i have to tell you. but first we talk about the forecast matt, i heard you say something about potential 60s? >> yes. >> what, what? >> in december. >> yes. >> six 60s in december. >> what? >> i know, lot of people throughout saying to themselves last week, i'm not ready for the cold, not ready for the snow. while we did have it last week looks like this week will be almost complete 180 from what we had seven days

ago, now out here on the skydeck, i won't lie. couple of little drain drops starting to come down, as we get a look at storm scan3, you will see that there are some returns out there that we could potentially see maybe a couple of stray raindrops across the philadelphia area here this morning as we do have an area of low pressure, warmfront slowly pushing across the region so that could fire off again maybe couple every raindrops here or there. not looking at any kind of widespread precipitation and it is warm enough thatll of the precipitation we do see any at all should commas rain, don't look for any kind of frozen precipitation at this point, because temperatures are well up above that 32 degrees mark. now, hour by hour forecast through the rest of the morning, into the afternoon, see mid to lie 30's by 7:00 this morning 40's through pretty much the entire day, we top out at 49 degrees later this afternoon right around 3:00 with the partly cloudy skies and as is we get a look at the headlines, for really the rest of the week, this is what we will be seeing dealing with with little bit of limited sunshine

mix every sunday and clouds for our monday, then gets very, very warm, for tuesday, we could see the temperatures up near 06 degrees tomorrow, we give it kind after quick break from that really warm weather on wednesday, and then thursday, and then we could warm things back up by the end of the week and also taking early look at what we are going to be dealing for the christmas time that potential could also be maybe on the more mild side. talk a little bit more about that when i come back inside, rahel, back to you. >> matt see you soon, thank you. an accident to tell you about on the westbound vine st. expressway, off ramp to the ben franklin parkway we can see those lights there, the left lane is blocked. also there was earlier accident on the ramp from highland avenue onto route 309 southbound. but that scene is now clear. and as we can see the ramp has since reopened. and here is a look at the ben franklin bridge, looking west toward philadelphia from camden, there are no incidents or delays to report here at this time. looking beautiful like a postcard on this monday morning. time now 5:33. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪

>> jim's wearing the suit. you agree that means. another big win for the birds. they barely came out on top over the giants at the meadowlands. >> many fans hoping for stronger performance after all the giants were just two and 11 coming into yesterday. but let's take a look, quarterback nick foles hit the field yesterday in his first start of the season. straight to the third quarter with the eagles up 24 to 23. nelson agholor made his amazing grab in the end zone, followed by a dunk celebration but, the giants weren't finished. eli manning connected with king here, who ran 50 yards down the field for touchdown in the fourth quarter the giant had their final chance, but manning tosse ingram, was incomplete, the final score 34 to 29. the birds clinch a first round bye in the playoffs, our own lesley van arsdall heard from the eagles, at met life stadium after the game. >> well for the most part, we got what we expected, the first round bye and solid performance from nick foles. here's what we didn't expect.

a down day for the defense against the bad team. and that is cause for concern headed into the playoffs. >> we need to, you know, be able to detail some of our calls, figure out you know, what we're really good at, what we need to work on, and justin to detail the work. >> few things that we can do better you know, ask defense one, you know, being critical about, you know, nobody's perfect, we all make mistake but at the end of the game we all came together, settled down and made some big plays and won the ballgame. >> still, win is a win first rounds bye is huge. >> we can all do better as a team wide receivers on time, and nick running full speed routes of route convert leverage, coverages and ya, i thought it was a good day and we're hungry, we know we want to be better. >> i mean only thing that goes through your mind right now, great feeling just nfc east battle, always going to

come down to the end. >> any time we're able to get a bye and then home playoff game after that, it will be huge we're excited about the link first playoff game. >> next time we'll see saint nick christmas day, at the linc. reporting from met life stadium, lesley van arsdall eyewitness sport. >> and another win for the birds means another reason for eagles fans to celebrate. "eyewitness news" at pj wheel hand's sports bar in marlton fans watched the eagles take on the new york giants in suspense focusing their attention on quarterback nick foles who replaced injured carson wentz. some fans admit they weren't sure to expect from their new quarterback but they were relieved when the birds clinch their 12th win. i was down foles honestly cents i was down foles. >> my heart was racing, but he pulled through, did he great. >> my favorite, nick foles. >> the game was great. nail biter right to the ends. >> keeping the fate. next up the eagles will face theakland raiders christmas night at the linc. time 5:36n business news this morning the gop tax reform

plan is sending stocks higher. >> and great christmas gift idea for the would be spy in your life. money watch diane king hall joins us live from the new york stock exchanges with more good morning, diane. >> good morning rahel and jim as lawmakers gear to up vote on an overhaul the tax code progress on the plan triggered big rally on wall street friday. the dow climbed 143 points, to record the nasdaq gained 80. >> the latest chapter in general motors ignition switch scandal begins today victims attorneys allege the company owes another $1 billion to resolve claims stemming from the faulty ignition switches. you may remember 2014, gm recalled more than two and a half million vehicles with those faulty switches which were linked to 124 deaths. the trial over the 1 billion-dollar figure is set to begin today. talks between the justice department and at&t broke down two trying to overcome differences surrounding ma bell's effort to buy time warner. how the government and at&t will head to trials to decide the fate of the acquisition the trial scheduled to begin

onl: march 19th. and, christmas gift for the would be spy in your life. secret agent. hidden compartment that conceals gadgets when used in a emergency. can choose three to six including the world's smallest mobile phone gps tracker and miniature hd video camera. jim, rahel? >> like getut didn't he just talk on the phone? that was the only thing trying to remember what that -- >> i know, but think about like get smart the fact that we also have like watches, it is just like get smart you snow. >> pretty soon, jetson says we'll have rosey the robot making breakfast. >> exactly. >> thanks, diane. >> all right. >> well, if you plan to fly out every town today you may check your flight questioned you. >> this was a mess, power outage at the airport grounded many flight, thousands of passengers and the power since restored, but as john loyer ends reports it, could tame some time before everything returns to normal. >> it almost sounds like a theme from a horror movie.

>> it was dead silent, dark. >> power outage at atlanta hearts field jackson airport leaves thousands of people stranded in unlit terminals and on planes for hours. >> everybody was standing around looking around, kind of confused. >> all airport operations were affected. >> i was just getting something to eat and all the sudden we heard like a bloom. >> underground electrica affected two areas including a system with back up power. >> balls of the intensity of the heat, it took approximately one and a half hours to two hours to make sure that the fire was adequately contained. >> atlanta mayor says security checks were done, and there is no sign it was set deliberately. the power was restored shortly before midnight, eastern time. but more than 1100 flights in and out of atlanta were canceled sunday, according to tracking service flight aware. >> now, we are all all just wait to go get out of here,

complete nightmare. >> and hundreds every flights scheduled for monday will as affected. >> i have to make a connection in chicago. but looks like that might not happen. >> kind of sucks trying to get to the house but other than everything happens for a reason honestly, so we're here for a reason. >> john loyer ends, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> back here at home, philadelphia police continue their manhunt for a pair of gunmen who shot a man during robbery at fdr park. investigators believe a 36 year old plan was selling sneakers in the park near the tennis courts, on the 3600 block every broad street sunday morning. since robbery was the motive the two shot the man several times and now in critical condition at hahnemann hospital. >> philadelphia police also trying to track down two men with ak-47's who robbed a 7-eleven in frank forwards early sunday morning officers returned to the 3900 block of kensington avenue. the two men did get away with cash about now one was hurt. >> good samaritan gives early christmas present to camden church that was the victim after theft: sacred heart church announced anonymous donor dropped off check for

$1,200 that's the same amount of cash that was stolen from the parish about two weeks ago parishioners had raise that money at a church bake sale. camden police are still searching for the man seen in this surveillance video believed to be the thief. yesterday's anonymous donation will allow the church to deliver holiday food baskets to local families. >> welcoming up: the numbers are in on the hottest ticket at the box office. how much the last jedi raked in. >> and the deadline inches closer to mailing the packages to be in time for christmas. hi pat. >>?& hey we are one week away from christmas day. you know the big day when santa drops off all of those presents? well he needs a little help, and he has helpers here at the cherry hill main post offers, you can see the workers working hard to get thousands and thousands of packages out in time for christmas day we'll tell you how it all goes down when we come back.

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>> stars was last jedi soared at the weekend box office. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> the action packed film raked in 220 million over the weekend. giving it the second best opening for a film ever. of course -- the force awakens still number one. fer manned came in second with 13.3 million. cocoa earned 10 million with wonder and justice league rounding out the top five. and in country music news,

don't call it a come back. grammy wing duo sugar lands offering sampling of their new single called still the same. fans can it dropped thursday. silver lands also set to release full albumn before going on tour in 2018. >> and also, i got to tell you jack black is back. netflix released first thriller for the polka king, month before set to hit the big screen, comedy stars black and january lou in real life pennsylvania poke a legend. feature film based on 2009 documentary called the man who would be poke a king. >> back to star wars, very quickly, i had never seen a star wars movie before. i know. and i saw it this weekend and it was so good. so now i think i actually may go back and watch the old ones >> okay. >> it was that good. >> were you confused, you know watching this one having never seen any of the other ones? >> not really because the friends i went with sort of explained it, but that friend also dress in the full star wars attire. >> okay? i like star wars, but i don't know not rocking it any time soon. >> just kidding.

but maybe no one headed to the movies the next couple of days >> it will be good. it will be nice. now i wle bit of couple of raindrops coming down when i was on the skydeck diane our director outside helping out with toyfest this morning said she actually just saw some big wet snowflakes, coming down, outside the studios, well, so as you take a peak at "skycam 3" live here this morning showing you the down near the library and also by saint peter and paul, wouldn't be surprising maybe if you see couple of raindrops and again maybe even few big wet snowflakes, there, early on in the day as an area of low pressure slides its way through the region, the good news for us, though, we won't be seeing precipitation throughout the day. it actually should be mix of sun and clouds, later this afternoon. now, our eyewitness weather watchers they're up early this morning they're showing us some temperatures that are actually not overly cold to start out the day. lots of mid to high 30's across the area here early this morning. and, it is 37 degrees this morning, at jason's house in

middletown, delaware, now he does have fair amount of cloud cover to go along with those temperatures that are little bit above average. and he's looking forward to the mild temperatures later this afternoon as well. thinking about those mild temperatures, ed sent us thisow, this is from yesterday. but you can see lot of snow, already melted, from yesterday and if we do have any residual snow that hasn't melted yesterday expect it to definitely melt today as we see temperatures that could be up maybe even near 50 degrees, later this afternoon. storm scan3 for us, as i said there is a weak boundary just to the south of philly. that's slowly trying to work its way we do have some of that light precipitation that is falling right now across philly maybe into chester county. areas north and west of the city, at this point but you see lots of clear skies back off to the west. and that drier air will eventually work its way in. so, we have quiet week ahead. low pressure slides off to the north as we go through the day today. that's some good news for us, but we do watch this cold front, later on in the week, and while it gets really warm tomorrow it pushes through on

wednesday, so it is a brief cool-down wednesday before we warm things back up for the end of the week. could be looking for temperatures back up near 50 or even 06 degrees by about friday. so 49 today. fifty-eight tomorrow. first day of winter, thursday, we go, little more seasonable there, 40, but then back to 50 's jim rahel as we get toward the ends of the week. >> looks great. thank you very much, matthew. >> well, taking a look at traffic, here is a look at route 422 near route 29 in collegeville. there are no delays here at this time. things are moving along pretty well. there is an accident however on the westbound vine st. expressway off ramp to the ben franklin parkway. the left lane is blocked. so be aware if you are headed out right now. there is also construction scheduled on i95 northbound, this afternoon, between the vine street expressway and cottman avenue. one lane will be blocked from 9:00 to 3:00, i'm sure that will cause some slow downs so take that into consideration. well holiday cards letters, to santa perfectly wrapped packages. >> during the holiday season the us postal service

estimates on average it will process 553 million pieces of mail every single day. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen, live in cherry hill more on how it all gets done. good morning, pat. >> good morning jim rahel. yes, billions and billions of pieces of mail are going out this holiday season, and of course we know that christmas is just a week away, santa is really good at what he does, but, he needs a little bit of help this holiday season, so that's why we're at the us postal service here in cherry hill this is ray good morning, my friends. >> good morning pat. >> so ray works for the usps. ray what are we seeing happen behind just this building? >> the same kind of activity that is taking place in post offices all across the country you have early morning crew coming in getting all of the packages all of the mail, for delivery today the next couple of days, you know, being a week away from christmas there is will be our heaviest mailing week, probably deliver more than 3 billion pieces of mail this week and an office like this generally they might do about 5,000 packages a day how much

during the mailing season that number goes up to about ten to 12,000 packages a day. >> now what's the process like as soon as you put that piece of mail into the mailbox what happens? how does it get to where it needs to go? >> you drop it in the mailbox. you bring it to a post offers. that will take it to a processing center. that processing center will process that mail. if it is staying local they sends it out to another local post offers in the area, if it is going across the country we ship it across the country it will go to another processing center there. that will hub and spoke it out to a post offers like this. >> how have things changed over the past few years with so much being done now on line you're seeing tons of parcels come through here now not just paper mail any more? >> matt digital technology is revolutionized the way people transact business. so more and more people are being comfortable going on line as opposed to going to a store in line. they go on line, they order these items. and then we're seeing a flood of packages coming in. specially that window between thanksgiving and christmas. >> right. >> we're going to deliver probably about 850 million

packages during that period alone, that's pretty significant. >> all right. we are in the biggest week of the year, wednesday thursday, are the two biggest days of the year. so what are trips and tricks for people that they need to know to make sure everything gets thereon time? >> so if you're mailing something will use first class mail, you got to get it to us tomorrow. if you want to wait an extra day, could you sends it priority mail. we got to have it on the 20th. and if you're that last minute you can send it express mail but we have to have it on the 22nd in order to get it delivered in time for christmas. >> no packages beyond the 22nd >> now i wouldn't recommends it. >> ray would not recommend t we have to get him by 292nd. you heard him. get them out now. because the busiest week of the year for the us postal service, jim rahel, i know you guys are last minute shoppers, and do ers. maybe not so much jim. >> no, i was done a week ago. >> let's get it out there now. >> pat, why put me on black like that you and i were -- >> i know, i know the deal. >> true. >> pat, let ray know we're have i am he is dollars by how

organize philadelphia looks, i imagined sort of like a scene from elf pat with chaos madness everywhere. but it looks very smooth sailing. >> still early! >> sure. >> thank you patrick. >> smooth, very smooth here, no doubt. you got it. >> stay with us here on " eyewitness news" this morning >> this is on our own time. we don't have other people staring at us, saying, all right, come on, let's go. >> south jersey bakery, where a visit with santa is made to order along with treat. we'll be right back.

>> ♪ ♪ >> fly eagles fly even matt peterson doing a little marching over there. >> wasn't the prettiest game, but they got it done. santa making the rounds including visits with personal touch with for children with special sneads. >> maria's mom italian cookie cub around in marlton offers cookies with sensitive santa. this is the bakery's tent year and appointment often booked. the family of marlton began visiting the sensitive santa last year, with their young

son. >> we can come here, where you have the personal experience, you don't have to pay a crazy fee just to get a picture taken. then we can use that money to purchase things for the kids and for us. >> now the private business work well for children with sensory issues, so it is a welcoming place for children with autism, and a calm atmospherement bakery says tomorrow is the last chance to see their sensitive santa. it encourages appointment. >> well, coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," the pentagon search for fo's what their multi-million dollar million dollars investigation reveals veals. >> really making the rounds this weekend. facebook launches a snooze button, what it is for thousand works next.

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toasting dad: i guess what i'm trying to say is here's to family. we're proud to bring your family amazing value every day. t.j. maxx. marshalls. homegoods. family is the greatest gift. >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. a problem nightmare at the world's busiest airport power is now restored in at lan tax there are still delays nationwide after an outage left thousands of stranded in the dark. happening right now our " joy of sharing" toyfest drive-thru drop off is starting right now we want to fill up this truck with lots of toys, for deserving boys and girls in our area. we'll let you know how you can help throughout the morning. >> wide open, touchdown. >> a giant win for the eagles and nick foles. but it was a nail biter.

>> but a win is a win. and today is monday december 18th. >> it was definitely nerve wracking but in the end the e-a-g-l-e-s dels pull it off. coming up hear from wi wip angelo cataldi who has few choice words for eagles defense, oh, boy. check out this morning's sports page, eagles man manage to win this one by quote bye the skin of their teeth. too close for comfort. here here to that. thirty-four to 29. not supposed to be that close but ya, more on that in a moment. but katie is off. matt is in. >> i am. >> hello. >> you come with good muse? >> rahel, we know you like the warmer weather. >> i do. >> winter does officially start on thursday, though. >> i know. >> here. but not this week. it will be