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 nice, mild this

week actually, cold week before the start of winter where we had our little chance of snow every day pretty much it week. we are dealing with just some real comfortable conditions, this week. outsideat it looks like, in philly, this is coming from our roof cam on top of "eyewitness news " here and it is 39 degrees, with calm winds out there so we also don't have any casino every windchill factor for us this morning. around the rest of the region, we continue to see those gulf freezing temperatures, even mount pocono, 29 couple of hours ago, now the freezing mark at 326789 so definitely not really cool start to the day. you still probably need a jacket as you step outside but maybe you don't need the heavy heavy winter coat, hat scarfs, gloves, not so much a factor for us here this morning, storm scan3 little light precipitation trying to work it way through the philadelphia area, at this point, dollars good news with our temperatures still warm,

it is all just falling we do see any as rain, no frozen precipitation, we get up to 49 degrees, later this afternoon, with mix every sunday and clouds, could even see some 60s at times this week rahel so get ready break out maybe dairy say a t-shirt. >> matt i was born ready ready for the 60 degrees weather, thank you. we have an accident to tell but. police on the scene of this accident. this is westbound vine st. expressway off ramp, to the ben franklin parkway as we can see the left lane is blocked here. also some construction to tell but. schedule on 95 northbound this afternoon between the vine street expressway and cottman avenue. one lane will be block from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. now let's take quick look at the schuylkill expressway, at belmont avenue. traffic moving smoothly. everything looking good. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> eagles are looking forward over the victory over the giants close win at the meadowlands. >> for many fans the game too close, after all the giant came in right with a record of just two and 11.

let's take a look, to the field we go, we're back, nick foles hit the field yesterday in his first start the season. the eagles up 24 to 23. and knelt on agholor, made this amazing grab in the end zone. followed by a little celebration, little dunk celebration. >> yes get it. giants not finished her to, eli manning connected when king here who ran 06 yards down the field for a touchdown and if the fourth quarter the giant had final chance, but eli manning toss to evan ingram was incomplete. the final score 34 to 289. and, just like, that the birds clinch the first round bye but head coach doug pederson not happy. >> now, i just challenged him you know, that 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 offense

and it is like we switched off all throughout the game. but we stuck together. and we had some adversity early. so it was a great dame to come out and get a win. >> well, fans watched the game from the edge of their seat yesterday. >> all of that suspense, though had some fans feeling a little uneasy even with the win. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at wip studios taking in some mix the reaction we call t hi, trang. >> reporter: hi, rahel jim. yep, lots every talking points this morning here at wip. fans have been calling in after this very ugly win against the giants. they're talking about the good , nick foles and the bad the defense. >> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! >> eagles fans were all smiles after the birds over came an early 13-point deficit 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 raising the the

game was great. nail biter to the end. >> all eyes on number nine, quarterback nick foles taking over for injured carson wentz. foles rose to the challenge after immense amount of pressure four touchdown passes noint exceptions. >> i was down foles honestly i was down foles. did he a good job. yes, did he, did awesome job. >> as well as foles played, fans say the defense left a lot to be desired. >> he played good, the defense has to tighten it up. >> so angelo and the gang obviously on the air right now but we were able to catch up with angelo before he went into the studio. here is what he had to say about the game. >> the defense was hideous. so eagles are 12 and two. and they got a back up quarterback who looked as good as the regular quarterback. but we're all going to complain today because the defend gave up 500 yards and nervily blew the game. welcome to philadelphia. nick couldn't say it any better.

welcome to philadelphia. back to you guys, jim rahel in the studio. >> thank you. >> remember when we're not on tv, you can always check our website cbsphilly.com for everything you need to know about the eagles, we have you covered, cbsphilly.com/eagles. >> talk about travel nightmare thousand passenger stuck with no place to go after the busier airport had no power. >> heart field jackson airport the power is now back on but as cbs news correspondent roxanna reports the delays can last several more days. >> 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 jackson atlanta international airport to a stand still. >> well, it was great when the lights came on. >> yes. >> that was exciting. >> georgia power officials say fire in 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. >> of variables i the location and intensity of the fire cut off both primary and back up power. while travelers inside the terminals why left in limbo passengers on planes were stuck on the runways some for several hours. >> i mean, we left san diego at 4:00 a.m. we sat on the tarmac for six hours. i have my my month old with me >> some industry experts predict that 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." meanwhile, delta says, customers flying to, from or through atlanta through tomorrow can make a one-time change to their travel plans for free. meantime here is how the power outages is affecting travel out of philadelphia. flight stat. com shows early morning

flights already canceled, check the status of your flight today if you're traveling. >> list looking for gunman who shot a man during attempted robbery in northeast philadelphia. they 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 6900 block every large street when the suspect approached and announced a robbery. victim was shot twice while running away, he is in stable condition. >> well, president trump is expected to deliver a speech today, outlining his us national security strategy. the president will give the remarks at the ronald reagan building this afternoon, he is expected to layout his america first policy. us officials say the strategy identifies national interests which include protecting the homelands and advancing american prosperity. the strategy will also focus on china the plan refers to that country as a strategic competitor. >> in other news, senator john mccain will miss the upcoming vote on republican tax bill in the senate this week, headed home to arizona mccain spent several days in a maryland

hospital recovering from the side effect from chemotherapy treatment for brain cancer. now, over the summer he was diagnosed with geo blastoma tumor, his absence is not expected to prevent the bill from getting passed. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf is calling for a democratic state senator to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct. the philadelphia inquirer published an article quoting former campaign and legislative staffers and advisors they accuse 56 year old jaylen leach of behavior from highly sexualized jokes and comment to inapropriate touching. blamed it on unidentified political opponent and denied the allegations. >> jerry richardson facing problems every his own last night the team richards son will sell the team at the end of the season. f nfl has taken over the investigation. he has owned the panthers since the team create in the 1993. how about in hip hop mogel p. ditty tweeted picture of himself in a panthers jersey and seem to suggest that he

may want to take over as owner now the city does want to buy the team he may need help because his estimated net worth 820 million but the panthers valued at 2.3 billion >> more to come there. >> well up neck, facebook launches a snooze button, so you don't have to deal with annoying friends. we will tell you how it works coming up. >> plus it is the selfie seen around the world now it is leading to death threats. find out why the woman on the right has been forcing to hide it. >> and what was once a paradise now looks like a war zone tomorrow fire in california prompting new evacuations and setting the hillside on fire. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ merry christmas ♪ ♪ >> also love what's happening in our parking lot right now. batman he's on his way to deliver a toy and so can you. you can help make this christmas extra special for a

child in need. it is drop off day for our " joy of sharing" toy drive. we have the big truck you can see, stop by, bring a gift to donate. much more on this coming up in just a few minute.

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the caption she wrote piece peace and love. but the problem is iraq and israel don't have any formal dip low platt i can relations says the backlash has been so bad her family had to levi rack. >> and monster planes are raging out every control in southern california. the thomas fire first started burning two weeks ago just northwest of la. now, 8,000 fire fight remembers battling what's considered the third largest fire in the state's history. officials say flames burned more than 750 homes, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. all right, back here at home 6:15, matt, were you talking about warmer temperatures? >> yes. almost feeling spring-like out there. i don't know if it will be feeling spring like, but feeling more like at least the middle of november rather than the start of the winter season which officially starts on thursday. now, it is a little bit cool this morning you still need the jacket, as you step outside, couple of folks out there on the board in rehoboth casino every getting the early morning walk in, getting some of the brisk air kind of waking you up on this monday morning. so our neighborhood network

again the boardwalk at rehoboth showing if you as quiet scene. did have a little bit of residual snow on the board yesterday morning. that all melted away. and it really looks like if we do have any kind of residual snow any left over snow, from the systems that pulled through last week, if any of it is left over, it will be gone by today. this is what we're expecting this afternoon and even little bit here this morning some clouds are out there sunshine breaks through later in the day. seasonably warm, we call it, and as i said, any left over snow will be melting. later this afternoon this is why it will melt. we get to 49 degrees with the mix every sunday and clouds out there. storm scan3 for us, you see couple of light returns there on storm scan3 maybe a stray sprinkle or two is a possibility here this morning. not going to affect ours drive to school or work though. yet again break in the clouds here or there through the afternoon hours as we go through the time time tonight. mostly cloudy skies temperatures should actually remain little mild. then tomorrow morning looking pretty good, seven day forecast, 49 today. fifty-eight tomorrow.

and then we kick off the winter season, rahel high of 40 degrees on thursday. >> looking forward to next weekend, matt, thank youment we talk traffic for a bit. traffic starting to slow down on route 42 freeway near i295 in bellmawr, new jersey, also some delays on i95 at the betsy ross bridge, no incidents to report here though. there is however new accident on the route 30 bypass eastbound before route 340 chester county. no lanes block and no reported injuries. >> very big day here at cbs-3 toyfest drop who have as arrived, partnering with salvation army, the uso and the boys and girls club of camden county collect toys this holiday season. jim donovan down to the parking lot where the toys are starting to come in. hi jim. >> starting things overrakes hell. here is the truck. we will be here until 8:00 today trying to build this truck up, with toys, from all over our area. people have been dropping by

the past few weeks dropping toys off. and major, good morning. >> good morning jim how are you today? >> doing well. nice crisp morning but not that bad to drop off toys. >> actually it will be beautiful day today for people to come by, hoping that a lot of people come by. actually believing that the city of philadelphia comes through fantastic on this toyfest day. >> and up this is really important for your organization, why? >> absolutely, important for our organization, they're probably about 10,000 children this year that will be serving with toys, just provide christmas, and families, that otherwise wouldn't be able to look forward to purchase christmas gifts without maybe skipping a rent payment or utility payment. so we're just out here, to attempt to do the most good for those in the most needed. >> all about "joy of sharing" indeed. >> absolutely. >> well, we are going going to get you loading things on all day long we will be out here in the parking lot all day long we've got folks from the sixers good morning everyone , how are you doing? >> we are 'd good, how are you >> doing real well: how is it part of the sixers and then part of this songs? >> oh, awesome.

the philadelphia 76ers, we have a project 76, employee volunteer. you know, initiative, where all of the 76ers employees have -- give back to the community with 76 hours of community service. and we just really try to give back with every opportunity we can. >> well this is great. you guys have got great toys. i mean, there are board games we've got design your own bracelet here, so we will be here all day long, even got over here the salvation army truck, we've got free hot cocoa, and coffee all day long , you can take a look at it over here. they're ready to go. usually they use this truck for disaster services, than isn't a disaster, this is joyful day to be here at the station. again we're at 1555 hamilton street here until 8:00 p.m. tonight. good morning. say hi to me, rahel later on today ukee and jessica will be out here, as well. meantime we go back to you in the studio, rahel? >> looks like it is filling up

quite nicely jim thank you. here is a question. do you ever wish you could tune someone out on facebook? be honest, just for little while maybe? facebook now launching a snooze button for news feeds. the option will mute content from person, page or group for one month without having to un follow or un friend them i don't knowment sound like pretty good idea to me. >> just for a month though. still ahead this morning, see how video game could help diagnosis alzheimer's disease earlier. plus ufo's caught on camera. what the pentagon is saying about this video next.

good morning, closing in on our christmas holiday weekend which comes this saturday and sunday, it will be an application dollars couple of days, here, with

some mild temperatures, going into the mix maybe some sunshine as well, unfortunately we could be possibly dealing with a couple of rain showers both saturday and sunday, every our holiday weekends. jim rahel? >> all right matt, thank you ment now for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the trentonian, two weapons and state police uniforms taken from un mark car, stolen over the weekend. investigators recovered the yesterday morning in north brunswick, believe the uniforms may have, and weapons may have been used in one armed robbery in middlesex county earlier in the day. >> and the reading eagle virtual autopsies now a reality in schuylkill county. the coroner office able to use computer program to measure organs technology in some cases could save time and money. >> from the intelligencer may make it harder for school district to collect debts related to unpaid school lunches. causing school district hundreds even thousands of dollars each year. the council rook school district was $14,000 in the

red at the end of the last school year because of unpaid school lunches. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> well this next story will blow your mind. the pentagon has spent mills of dollars investigating ufo's >> there is a whole fleet of them. >> my gosh. >> according to the new york times $22 million program began in 2007, and it was push by former senate majority leader harry reid reportedly had long interest in ufo's say the program shutdown in 2012 but the times reports that some aspects of the program does still exist. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," the emergency that had a chick-fil-a opening on a sunday. >> plus, the eagles fever. >> nick foles. did you it, baby. we love you. ya. >> eagles nation, pretty stoked this morning. it is our first win with foles even bert it was against the giants. we'll hear from fans at the game.

pat? >> hey, rahel. we're live here in cherry hill this morning at the cherry hill main post offers, it is getting busy and not much time if you got to get the letters and cards and packages out you have to get them out very soon. we'll give you the mail by dates and all of the rest coming up n

>> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm jim rahel solomon. >> today is september 18th, 2017. >> goodwin awesome win imagine stepping up. he fires. >> my heart was racing. my heart was racing. >> and it was intercepted. intercepted. at the 40, at the 35, at the 30. >> the eagles defeat the giants 34 to 29.

clinch first rounds bye in the playoffs. >> we're all going to give up. welcome to philadelphia. >> the light turned on here around 7:00. >> lights down at the world's busier airport leaving passengers in atlanta fed up. >> i want to express my sincere apology to the thousands of passengers who for today has been disrupted. >> my grandfather said itsf is a terrible day thanks be to god. >> some good news for camden church donor cuts a check after a grin. steels $1,200 from a fundraiser. >> i actually a.m. believing that the city of philadelphia comes through fantastic on the toyfest day. >> today's morning minute sponsored by pen medicine abramson cancer center number one cancer err center in the region. >> and our "joy of sharing" toyfest drive is underway. >> you can drop off new unwrapped wrapped toy at our

studios, 1555 hamilton street, matt relatively nice day to come out, say hi us to, bring a toy for children in need. >> absolutely, if there was a day that we could pick to have this event i i would think today. it will be little more mild than the last couple of afternoons won't have any kind of wintery precipitation not going to have any kind of precipitation at all. it will actually be maybe little sunny at times later this afternoon now if you are getting up early come down here to the studio early drop your gift off or maybe already headed out the door, maybe getting ready to get the kids up, still looking like going to school today it is going to be relatively nice even though maybe little cool, put the jacket on, because ride to school will be at 38 degrees, mix of sun and clouds. now going through the day quickly up into the 40's by about the lunchtime time frame 45 degrees, also, again that mix of sun and clouds and by the time we're driving home, it will be up near 50 degrees so if you want

to stop by the studios later this afternoon great weather to stop by, drop your toy off. now, outside currently, storm scan3 shows maybe couple of stray sprinkles that's rain sprinkles here or there, not really too much going on, though on the radar. that's good news for us, we did have couple of sprinkles maybe about an hour or so ago temperatures for the most part up above the freezing mark that's good news for us, couple of 40's are out there near atlantic city and wildwood. could be talking though temperatures near 60 degrees on tuesday mile week in general, jim rahel. when i come back inside i'll give you have dot tiles on that. >> looking at traffic this morning, new accident on i76 eastbound past gladwynn. the left lane is blocked there are no injuries reported at this time. so be aware of that. also an accident on fitzwatertown road, at mount vernon avenue in abington, all lanes closed there no words of injuries there either. and third accident on west chester pike between ellis lane and reservoir road, in east goshen township.

no details beyond that at this point. >> eagles fan still trying to process that win over the giants. >> nick foles of course stepped in for the injured carson wentz and played great but the defense left us a little woozy. foles first start for the eagles since 2014, straight to the third quarter the eagles up 24 to 23. >> nelson agholor already amazing grab in the end zone. followed by little dunk celebration. never gets old. giants not finished though. all right all right, all right, giants not finished, though eli manning connect who ran 50 yards down the field for a touchdown. in the fourth quarter giant had their final chance, eli manning tossed to ingram with a incomplete. close 34 to 29. just like, that the birds clinch first round bye lesley van arsdall spoke to some of the players about their performance. >> we need to be able to detail some of figure out you know, what

we're really good at what we need to work on. >> nobody is perfect. we all make mistakes, at the end of the game we all came together settle down, and made some big plays everyone. >> i thought it was a good day and we're hungry, and you know we want to be better. so we will keep getting better >> any time we're able to get a bye and home playoff game after that it will be huge, we're excited about the first playoff game at the linc. >> the voice of the eagles merrill reese tweeted what most of us were thinking, whew , that was far too close. the eagles defense must play better for the team to go to go the distance, nick foles did excellent job in his first start of the season. >> this team has won some tight games. but shouldn't have been that tough against the giants. >> and shout out to eagles fans once again you took over another team stadium and did the city proud. >> that's not really easy to do at the meadowlands.

>> ♪ eagles fly e-a-g-l-e-s! >> yep. sea of green. that will was the eagles leaving the stadium with a eagles win great job by all every those fans who made the trip un the -- up the turnpike >> in other news this morning stranded in the dark, yesterday's power outage at atlanta airport still already seen handful of flight canals olds out every philly today. the power outage at the hearts field jackson airport in atlanta grounded dozens and dozens every flights standing thousands of passengers, took about 11 hours to restore power, but frustration was mounting for passengers, who had no idea what was going on. >> at first, gosh, what's going on? it could be weather. then i notice that it finally went off. oh no. like it could be something way worse than just weather. >> official say the outage was caused by a fire in a under ground electrical facility. in the meantime, delta says, customers flying to, from or through atlanta through tomorrow can make a one-time

change to their travel plans for free. and this is what you may call a christmas miracle. chick-fil-a employees working on sunday. they delivered more than 5,000 meals to stranded passengers at the airport in atlanta of course chick-fil-a normally closed on sunday. >> back here at home, officers looking for leads following an armed robbery at chester county cell phone store. police say three employees at the p t-mobile store in thorn bury township closed when two men burst in. at least one of the robbers held some of the employees at gunpoint. as another robber ordered a worker to put cell phones and tablet into a trash bag. tall three employees tied up in the back of the store before the two men jumped into silver suv and sped off. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> serve continues for two men one caring ak who who robbed 7-eleven in the frankford section every philadelphia. police responded early yesterday morning to the 3900 block every kensington avenue. the men did get away with cash about no one was hurt. >> emanuel re-enactment of the famous washington crossing may

have to be call off this year. on christmas day in 1776 george washington ledezma troops across the delaware river. actor recreate the scene every year but this year low water levels could make the trip impossible. a significant amount of rain will have to fall for the show to go on. >> post offers will be the place to be today. us postal service expected to to be among its bus years as people rush to mail the holiday packages. >> pat gallen live in cherry hill more on the dates you need to know in order to get the gift home for the holidays hello, pat. >> jim against everything mailed out in october. but for rahel who i know does last minute shopping this is you because there are mail in dates to be sure your gift get to where they need to be for christmas day that's why we're here at the post office, main center in cherry hill. this is ray good morning my

friend. >> whether do people need to get these things to you to get thereby christmas. >> greeting cards by tomorrow first class mail. if you're going to send packages, use our priority mail service we got to have that by the 20th to get it delivered in time for christmas. >> about the you. >> if you absolutely have to wait or you need some more time use priority express. >> no later than the 22nd to get thereby christmas day. >> that's correct. >> what are trips and tricks people need to know before mailing? >> abc's, a good clean direction, if it has direction on it, use that, if it is west main street important to use the west. good box good strong box container, and c for the cushion, putting? there that's fragile or sentimental or has some value make sure you have cushion in

thereto protect it, because when it goes through the system will get jostled. >> something interesting you toll me, every now and then, a letter might get lost or might get damaged. >> it is important to have the address as well, so you guys know if something were to happen. you can still get it to the place it needs to go? >> yes absolutely. we rec if you are shipping a package, put index card inside the package that's a duplicate of the address to and from. if it comes compromised while we're processing, our employees wil going we'll be able to deliver it. >> very good tip. so we're here in cherry hill. how many packages are coming through here today and this week? it is the busy season. >> probably looking average day this week 12 to 15,000 packages per day. just general looking to deliver over 200 million packages this week alone. >> 200 million? >> 200 million. >> that's significant amount. what are is s crazy stuff you me? >> coconuts, you see a lot of

electronics bees, weaver a lot of bee keepers, see bees coming through the mail. that's all year around. but this time of year, seem to be a lot of electronics and a lot of items like that. >> vacuums ac vacuum clean remembers big this year. >> thank you ray, from the us postal service so vacuums are big, electronics obviously big you guys sending bees or coconuts they'll particular it just got to do it on time. >> oh,. >> so pat i know were you stating me, but have you finish all of your shopping? uh no no, i haven't but now i know the mail by date, so i'm ready to go. >> wow so all morning you've been calling me out. you mentioned that you haven't finished yours i see how it is. >> i've been done for weeks. well still ahead on " eyewitness news" this morning spotting the early signs every tell n shah. see how playing this video game for just two minutes could help scientists fight altzheimer's. >> plus, this little girl's christmas wish list, might just bring you to tears. what she asked for that went

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we're dealing with at least with the eyewitness weather watch remembers dealing with, eileen at 34, up in gilbertsville, hatboro kyle staying at 34, as well, little cooler for dawn in downingtown at 33 degrees. thirty's, mt. laurel, 38, warm temperatures to start i day out. 35 degrees for john, as we get little further down the list, 39 for willingboro, new jersey again more mild start to the day today as compared to the last couple of mornings , storm scan3 not too much out there had light rain showers call them sprinkles, they've fizzled out cloud cover breaking later on in the afternoon as well. so mild start on thursday, see little mild air starting to work it way in, from the south. as we put our upper level winds in motion, wednesday

little bit after dip. that means it gets little cooler on the back side what should be cold front deep frost, starts to dig in to the midwest, what that means is we will get influx of some warmer air, out of the southeast for us here in the mid-atlantic as we head toward the end of the week and that means that temperatures will be on the rise we could look for highs today, right around 49. close to 60 tomorrow. then jim for the start of the winter season, little bit cooler being back down to the 40's. >> still looking good, thank you very much, matt. taking a look at traffic this morning, there is an accident on i76 eastbound past gladwynn. the left lane is blocked. and there are delays back to the blue route. so keep that in mine if you are headed out. there is also an accident on fit watertown road at mount vernon avenue in willow grove. you will of the lanes close the easton road is alternate there. disable vehicle on route 309 bethlehem pike southbound at

trewigtown road. keep that in mind, as well. >> well, it is a very big day here at cbs-3 our big drive-thru toy drop off for our "joy of sharing" toyfest campaign is now underway. cbs-3 joined with the salvation army, the uso and the boys and girls club of camden county. venture down to the parking lot with the cast every annie now p at the walnut st. theater, hey rahel? >> jim as you know, weaver been collecting toys, for weeks now so today is the day that we get to see all of that work put to good effort, and those toys go out to children in need. but that's right. i'm surrounded by these lovely ladies who are in the cast every annie playing at the walnut st. theater. good morning how are you guys >> good. >> so joining me now is talia and jena. you both play annie. how are you guys involved with toyfest? >> we're giving gifts to the kids that deserve them, that can't get them themselves.

>> so you guys have been raising gifts? >> uh-huh. >> tell us little bit about anne? >> annie is is the best show ever, all about a young girl, named annie and she is spunky lovable brave and kind hearted. and she gross up in a orphanage, and howux mr. war bucks n vaitai her to spend the christmas holidays at their mansion. and she meets them, and he meets her. and he has a big voice and a billionaire and how they have so much fun and he want to adopt her, and annie overall. >> speaking every fun who is it to both play anne? what's that like, talia? >> it is so much fun. we split up the shows by i do the weekdays and she does the weekends. >> that's cool. all right so, of course these ladies are very talented so i was hoping that maybe you guys could sing a song for us? >> yes. >> all right. l see you in a bit.

>> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪v1 ♪ >> ♪ ♪ jingle bells ♪ ♪ >> so these ladies ar@fe professionals, i thought maybe getting in there and singing too, but i thought these laid coast do it much better than i can. we've been out here since 6:00 a.m. we will be here until 8:00 just come out i'm be out here jim will be out here, ukee will be out here, whole host of cbs-3 talent through the day helping with the cause we want to see you and also want to see your new unwrapped gift. come on down, bring it down, at 155 hamilton street, next to masterman high school. so very convenient location. come on out. we will be here 8:00 p.m.

tonight. jim? >> thank you so much rahel. i love how jenny said annie is the best show ever, gooden doorsment since she is in the show. thank you rahel. let's take a lock at this video. christmas play almost turned into a brawl inside after church in tennessee. two year old girl who was playing a sheep sold the baby jesus doll right out out of the manger but the three year old playing mary wasn't having any of it. the blessed mother jumped up, snatched the baby back, the hilarious and adorable video went viral. not hard to see why. but don't worry peace eventually restored. >> well, a girl's symbol wish list to santa that's also going viral. i have i have been good this day . >> i need a blanky. >> that's seven year old crystal, the list was part of her first grade assignment in

texas. her teacher never thought those three simple things would be on her wish list. >> academics is very important , but i mean, emotionally they need to be well too. they're not good emotionally they won't learn. they're motions pretty much control how their day will go. >> since the letter was posted on social media hundreds of donations have come in. crystal and her family were all smiles when they saw everything she asked for and more. >> well the time now 6:51. a lot coming up on cbs this morning, nora o'donnell, gale king, join us from new york city with a preview. good morning ladies. >> good morning men good to see you jim. ahead one week to go before christmas. we're in atlanta hearts fields jackson international airport where the investigation into the major power outage there. we are talking to peter greenberg about the far reaching impact on passengers. plus after the superintendent of the air force academy told us there was no problem the academy announces its rebuilding its actual assault prevention and response office why victim says the potential

changes are not enough. and the effort to create the first car that can travel more than 1,000 miles an hour, sounds like you jim on the interstate. i think it is i76. we will take you to the sky to find out how the drivers high above the grounds. all of that plus the eye opener. your worlds in 90 seconds. >> good morning,. >> and jim slow down. >> i hate to tell you game, i drive like a little old man. i pay attention to the speed limit. >> new york i don't believe you. >> i'm telling you i'm a safe driver. >> see you. >> take care, ladies. researchers hoping new video game will help lead them to a cure to altzheimer's disease cbs news correspondent teri okita took a game how a game is helping doctors diagnosis their earliest signs of dementia. >> zero seventy-eight year old fred walker doing his part to help altzheimer's research. >> each time he plays the video game it tracks his navigational skills, sends the data to scientists. >> fred knows how valuable dementia data can be.

>> this is joan -- >> his wife joan died of altzheimer that's 2010. he watched as the disease slowly took her. >> she was so frail and helpless and totally dependent 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 alzheimer's. getting lost is one of the first signs of the disorders. so researchers are hoping sea hero questions can have a baseline to help people navigate and help doctors identify who is most at risk. >> the possibilities are very surprising. >> researchers say playing the game for just two minutes generates as much data as the team would collect over five hours in a lab. 3 million players have already downloaded the game. >> with 3 million people, and you can see all of the tiny different systems between the different people, different ages whether they're men women, other background

details. >> would you and joan come out here and have tea or -- >> oh yes. >> fred became both caretaker and nurse for 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." amazing technology. we will be right back with three to go. more people shop online for the holidays than ever before. and the united states postal service delivers more of those than anyone else in the country. because we know, even the smallest things are sometimes the biggest.

>> here is three to go. power has been restored at heartsfield jackson out airport. hands full every canceled flight still in philadelphia. sports joy he will embiid will sit out tonight's sixers game in chicago. meanwhile, home tonight against la, the flyers. >> reminder collecting new unwrapped toys outside the studio yo until 8:00 "joy of

sharing" toyfest. stop by, say hi, help a child and have a happy holiday. >> last check on weather. >> yes it will be a relatively warm one today and tomorrow as well, good news for us, just shy of 06 degrees today, top out at 49, mix every sunday and clouds, so if you do want to come down, donate unwrapped gift, it will be great day to do. that guys up near 06 degrees tomorrow high of 58 on tuesday. >> well are you feeling brave? then we have a thing for set a guiness world record for slack lining while blind folds dollars. >> slack lining apparently like walking tightrope except shrine lines are much bouncier great right? on saturday group of daredevils stretched 1400-foot slack line above a valley in china. several people tried walking across the entire rope blindfolded but only a 18 year old man from france was the only one to do it, they're harness the. but i don't know that i would do that. >> crazy stuff. >> watch from afar. >> look at the balance. that takes a lot of tension

and detail. yes. next on cbs this morning, live in at lan tax thousands of airline passengers tried to get off the ground after the ten hour power outage. >> join us each weekday morning starting 4:30 a.m. don't forget you can come to our cbs-3 studios drop off toy for our toyfest this is live look at our parking lot as i just rushed up to the studio, we try to fill the big salvation army, checking new and unwrapped toys until 8:00 tonight. jim and i won't be here until 8:00 tonight. but someone will be there. >> we will be asleep. >> have a great day. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪

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