>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> 45 degrees ankle em, kind of falling over, the seat in front of me had been dislodged >> we have new information this morning on the deadly train derailment in washington state, investigators have now revealed how fast the train was going, before it went off the tracks. >> caught on camera. real life grinch stealing christmas decorations, from philadelphia home, and the worse part; it is not the first time this house has been targeted. >> official start to winter just two dice away but will feel much more like spring today, no need for the heavy coats. >> today is tuesday, december 19th, good morning, i am aim jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. meisha is here to get us out the door. >> very warm day coming up. normal daytime high 44. put that in your head for reference. when i show you the expected daytime high, rubbing your eyes like am i seeing this correctly? yes, it will be very, very mild. this isn't even the article he is day that i think we have coming our way in the next

couple of days, do little roller coaster riding but take a look at storm scan locally, cup he of sprinkle stills out there. i don't want you to worry about those, too warm right now for us to have any icing issues, so maybe you have to flick the windshield wipers once that's it. you don't need the umbrella most of the day will feature some sunshine in fact, take a look at the temperatures, styled start for what's seasonable. forty-four atlantic city, see the wind barbs indicating the warmth is coming from where would you expect it to from the south where it is warmer, and that's going to only allow us to rebound even further, come later on today, yes, what did i tell you? 58 degrees, the expected high. i know. don't you love that, jim? sun and clouds expected. it will remain above average, everywhere in the region today , but the coolest spot as you might imagine would go to the poconos won't see ton of sunshine but still mid 40's there. but look at the dip that we take come the next few days, so it is about to get colder, and even below average, and that will happen just in time

for the winter solsus no less as that is occurring on thursday. but, another very quick turn around, and even warmer, than what we will fine today come this weekend, i'll tell you exactlyly how warm just little later. >> taking a look at traffic right now, here is a look in new jersey, at route 42 freeway, at creek road. this is near i-295 five, no delays, everything moving along smoothly. there is new accident we need to tell but on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound. past bensalem. we're told all lanes are blocked in that area. you may want to avoid that for now. there is also an accident on rose valley road delaware county. the road is closed between manchester road and brookhaven road. you use use wrought 252 providence road as your alternate there. >> federal investigators have revealed this morning the amtrak train that derailed in washington state yesterday morning, was traveling more than twice the recommended speed limit when it jumped the tracks. >> that crash killed at least three passengers, injured more than 70 others. cbs news correspondent kenneth

craig live for us now at dew point shall washington where investigators continue to gather evidence, kenneth, good morning. >> good morning, this is where it is all happening, take a look down the interstate behind me. you can probably see the mangled mess after train now going 50 miles per hour faster than it should have been. >> federal investigators trying to determine what caused the train derailment in washington state, that killed at least three, say, they've recovered the event data recorder from the rear of the train. the national transportation safety board says information so far indicates speed may have played a role. >> preliminary indication cases are that the train was traveling at 80 miles per hour , in a 30-mile per hour track. >> this was the first trip for the new seattle to portland route. one local official says predicted just few weeks ago

that something like this would happen. the town of lakewood mayor don anderson had been very vocal at city council meeting earlier this month, warning of the dangers of utilizing freight rail tracks, for a high speed passenger rail line . >> the tracks were upgraded so they weren't concerned about derailment but rather bringing fast moving train so close to pedestrians's cars. thirteen of the trains 14 cars went off the tracks at an overpass, some tumbling offer the interstate five. >> train just started to just seemed like go off on it side, and then all the sudden it went dark. and stuff started flying around. >> investigators say it may take months before they know precisely what caused the accident. >> the highway behind me came to a stand still yesterday morning, when this all happened, it is still closed this morning, and will be until further notice.

jim, rahel? >> all right, kenneth craig live for just washington this morning, kenneth, thank you ment. in local news, philadelphia police are looking for shooter they say shot and killed a man inside his strawberry mansion home. >> officers rushed to the home on the 6,000 block of west oxford street, just after 8:30 last night. there they found the 27 year old victim shot multiple times in the home's basement, authorities tell us, they heard the gunshots. >> family members were upstairs on the first floor when they heard gunshots coming from the basement. when they went downstairs to check on their family member, that is when they found him, bleeding from the chest and torso, and he was completely unresponsive. >> officials returned the victim to the hospital where he died at last check, no arrests. >> well, imagine decorating your home for the holidays, only to have a pair of thieves steel your set up? >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in south philly where this happened to this woman, not just once, not twice, but three times now. trang, good morning. >> well, good morning, rahel,

jim. yep, josephine michetti and her neighbors here in south philadelphia take decorating for christmas very seriously. and displays like this one here on south 13th street, really just show and attract so many admirers, but michetti 's decorations cents people like them so much, that the they actually made off with them. >> i just like decorating. >> it seems the grinch has a favorite target in south philly. >> josephine michetti's house on the 1100 block of fitzgerald street. >> how many times has this happened to you? >> three. >> three times. >> for three of the past five years, people have swiped decorations cents outside of michetti's home. and each time, surveillance cameras caught them in the act >> in that corner, i have a black tree, and i had two white tree here and white tree here. >> around 5:00 a.m. on december 9th, philadelphia police say one man served as a look out, while the other grabbed michetti's large black christmas tree, and two decked out in red, black and silver balls. but he wasn't done yet.

hands full, he also manages to carry off two small white trees trimmed in zebra print. video showing two people removing decorations from michetti's home helped police make an arrest. but the very next year, that didn't stop this woman from helping herself from halloween decor. now for the third time thieves have not only stollen michetti 's decorations, but also her holiday spirit. >> and it makes you down, like you don't want to decorate any more. that's how i feel. if i do anything, it is inside , no more outside. >> and michetti stays she really made sure that she tied down these decorations, just like this one, but, thieves still cut those wires and made off with them. anyone with information about these very unique missing decorations should call south detectives. for now live in south philly, i'm trang do, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," rahel and jim, back to you. >> poor josephine. i feel very badly for her. she tries to make the block look nice, and look what they do. >> i know.

>> and thank you, trang. well, today the house will vote on the final draft after tax reform bill that would overhaul the us tax. >> if it pass it is will go on to the senate from there the president could sign the tax cuts into law. here's cbs news correspondent roxanna. >> reporter: republican lawmakers cleared another obstacle monday in the race to pass their tax plan. after senators susan collins of maine announced her support of the bill. >> well, it is by no means perfect, unbalanced, this reform bill will provide much needed tax relief. >> senator mike lee of utah, another hold out, also declared his support. new non-partisan analysis predict the bill would raise taxes for only 5% of taxpayers next year. but over half of americans would pay more by 2027. the future congress lets individual tax cut expire. >> it is still the case that over time the tax cuts will generally get smaller and smaller.

>> the analysis found that by far, the biggest beneficiaries would be the wealthy. point seized on by democrats. >> this bill fails in its principal of helping middle and income families, which it does not do, for corporations cents, big corporations, and high-income people, it is fizz carly irresponsible to add to the debt. >> republicans say the nearly one and a half trillion dollar tax plan will spur economic growth. in part by permanently flashing the corporate tax rate, from 35 to 21%. >> when you look at how this tax cut, how this tax cut affect the economy, we'll be in good shape for working people. >> deduction added to the bill last minute on monday stirred controversy, analysts predict it would mostly help wealthy commercial real estate investors like president trump >> roxanna, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." well up next: he is a father and a coachment man used to taking care of others, now he is the one who needs help. in everything dow in life i want to do it all on my own.

i'm thinking about joe, thinking about aubrey, thinking about our future. i'm thinking this isn't good for our family. and i need, i need to ask for help. i need help now. >> and it is a matter of life and death, but what he needs is hard for him to ask for. i'll have his story how you can help coming up. >> plus firefighters continue to battle the thomas fire out west, we will tell you why they won't leave this house, even though it has been two days since the flames destroyed it. >> and back here at home, with a temperature on the rise, how does all of that impact the outdoor ice skating rink? we'll take a look next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ >> it sure is the most wonderful time of the year. i love the holidays. but also, a lot of people are sick, i'm feeling under the weather, meisha feeling under the weather, all times of people at cbs-3 is under the wetter.

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>> more on the massive thomas fire in southern california. >> flames have devestated hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to

evacuate, some families returned to their homes yesterday, only to find the damage left behind from the blaze. we're told one home was still smoldering, two days after the fire ripped through it. fire fight remembers afraid that the embers may spread to other homes. >> many. fire fight he is battling the thomas fire are long to go return to normalcy, most missing the holidays with their families as they town work non-stop to congress or the flames, but many of the firefighters say they consider themselves lucky, because they can't stop thinking about the more than 700 families, who won't have homes to go back to if you ask them about the sacrifice, of not being home, they'll all say it is part of the job. >> that's what we sign up for, as firefighters. it is the coming and going of public safety, sometimes, home , sometimes not. you know, it is part of my family, might come from family like real close, so i know it is hard on them. >> so what do you tell your mom and dad? >> got to go to work. >> still the brave men and women are commit dollars to beating this fire. >> it is a holiday favorite

and the warm weather isn't putting damper on things at blue cross river running winter fest on pens landing. >> yes, they took advantage of the warmer temperatures yesterday. strap on the skates, enjoy an afternoon every ice skating. now, we asked and wondered if the rink relied on colder weather. it turns out that the warmer temperatures are actually good for the quality of the ice. >> perfect ice conditions down here, it will 45 daytime about 30 at night. that's that keeps it not too harsh, because if it get too hard it gets brittle and start to crack. so that temperature you got nice soft smooth skating surface. >> now if the temperature gets too cold say in the teens the rink absolutely raising z the temperatures with 300-ton chiller keeps the ice from get too long brittle. just heard him talk about that >> who knew there was all of this science behind ice skating? learn something new every day. >> don't fall, that's what i keep thinking, don't fall. >> last time i was ice skating , 20 years ago. >> yes, back then you just had to go find a frozen ponds, right.

>> yes. >> back then? >> what are we, little house on the prayery? >> back in those days. >> those days. >> when the horse and buggy brought me to the lake. >> no way, you were walking uphill in your bear feet. >> that's good, kate. >> i all right, guys, so in a kim of days we will be marking very interesting celestial event, the winter solsus upon us here, that's when the northern hemisphere is at its furthest distance from the sun you know what happens this time of the year. days get a lot shorter, whether the sun will be at its lowest position in the sky. avenue house that faces south so it is that sunlight, when the sun comes up, pierces right through the window and do you have draw the blind at this time of the year. but longer days come after the solsus, with every passing day we start to add time to the amount of daylight. how much are you going to actually see on december 21? well, i think we will see full sunshine, but only nine hours and 20 minute of it, pretty short day, shortest we have, and the solsus officially will take place at 11:28 a.m. in the morning in case you want

to wow everybody at the water cool dollars err today. pretty quiet for the most part , building pressure across texas will bypass us to the south. couple of showers, sprinkles out there, in the western suburbs early this morning. those too are fizzling away. but that wide zoom on the radar, going to look a heck of a lot more involved, and filled with activity in the next couple of days. for now, just expect quiet conditions. high hits 58 degrees, well above average, solid 14 above average in fact, then clear tonight, and call it mild, there is still chill in the air at 37. but tip i can lay lot colder than this, then we keep the sun around for both wednesday and thursday. by friday, rebounding again. past the winter solsus, when the next warmfront comes in. that will easily bring in some steady rain specially saturday , but maybe as early as friday. that's when many of are you traveling, and there will be a large storm to track at that point. so keep an eye on the weather depending where your travels take you. >> good advice, thank you. we do have an accident we want to tell you about on the pa turnpike westbound past

bensalem. all lanes currently blocked. traffic jammed on the turnpike and route one. also another accident on route 73 northbound, at pump branch road winslow township new jersey. no reported injuries or lane blockages here. and this is i59 at the betsy ross bridge. southbound traffic moving slowly right now. so allow extra time for your commute. >> to the warrier foot wall players in south philly, bill weiss inning err the man they've gone to when they need help on the field with practice, and off fields, but life lessons about grit, respect, discipline. but a medical diagnosis now has coach joe asking for help. i met him and his family, and here is the story. >> i don't really like to talk about it. >> it is joe -- if joe had his way he would be anywhere else right now. he hates asking for help. >> everything i do in life i want to do it on my own. >> these days not about what he likes or wants. it is about what he needs. kidney transplant. >> and i came home from the phillies game. it was a hot night. i just in the dollars my legs, wearing shorts, and sandals,

and the i noticed my feet and legs were very swollen. >> that was 2009. doctors diagnosed him with nef rot i can syndrome. he started with over the counter medications cents, then in-home dialysis. start to finish about five hour process, five days a week joe says it is like having a part-time job. he no longer works. when he goes to his chair, though, he's not alone. he's surrounded by pictures of his family. he says it is a team effort. and his diagnosis has been just as tough on them. >> sometimes you get discouraged for a few minute, but then you just pick it up, move on. >> without her, this would never happen. she is my rock. >> if his wife bridge sit his rock, his four year old son joey is his entertainment during dialysis. >> we play checkers. >> joe also has another team behind him, the youth football team, the warriors, in south philly. he insists on coaching despite his health. >> for him to be coaching for

what is going on in his life is just amazing. >> coaching makes -- sorry, sorry. >> coaching football makes life normal for me. i'm sharing with them what somebody shared with me. >> but as much as he helps them, now coach joe is the one asking for help. several family members stepped up to donate a kidney, but failed to pass the required health screening. adding to the challenge, joe's blood type is o positive, meaning he can donate to anyone, but can only receive from others who are also o type. >> thinking about joe, i'm thinking about aubrey, thinking about our future, thinking, you know, this isn't good for our family. and i need, i need to ask for help. i need help now. >> and for others struggling with a health condition, joe says do not give up. don't be sprayed to ask for help. if you would like to help the family, contact thomas jefferson hospital's transplant center, we will post all of this information on our website at cbsphilly.com. but really was a great story.

his family, just such wonderful people, a lot of people dealing with the same journey, same. >> so they have to have a o blood type? >> they have to have a o blood type for him to receive it, yes. >> okay, well, let's keep our fingers crossed someone out there paying attention, we'll tweet out the story. thanks. still ahead. many some love it. some hate t but you can't deny t it is a holiday tradition. pat gallen goes to the dining car, to see how they make fruit cake. >> i hate it. and preventing holiday heartburn. there are five common triggers , doctor rob will tell us what to avoid coming up.

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believes exclusively in prayer , and divine intervention for healing. >> and the news journal, 138,000 translation lines going on line next year in middletown, almost $15 million in train structure i can profit have been made. the back up electrical tran missions lines will be done by delmarva power and light. >> work for over a decade $11 million in donations made it a reality many bancroft and educational provider for student wentz autism, and other inlet elect all disability invade it new campus in mt. laurel yesterday student lent, the location, will serve student from ages six to 21, with varying degrees of disabilities. and that's a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> well, more people are calling on uber drivers to take them to the hospital. instead after ambulance. >> that's according to new study by the university of kansas, study looked at ambulance rates, and 767 cities across the country, and saw that calls for ambulances have dropped by about 7%. the study says that people who

were too sick to drive likely called uber to avoid the expensive ambulance ride. >> i understands that. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news," new information released this morning in the deadly train derailment out west. what investigators just learned from the data recorder >> and, the house votes today on gop tax plan. cbs news business analyst breakdown who are the winners and who are the losers as the plan passes, stay with us. (bubbly music) - hi, i'm joan lunden. based on data released by the cdc, there's a good chance that you or someone you know is going to be affected by diabetes. more than 30 million americans already have it, and more and more children are developing what used to be called adult-onset diabetes. joining me now is dr. ann albright, director of the cdc's division of diabetes translation, and their associate director of communications,

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>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon, it is 6:30, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute today, december . route kind of, you know, peel, is it ever going to stop >> horrific crash involving a high-speed passenger train on its inaugural run.

>> emergencies, we're on the ground. >> investigators now focus on finding the cause of this deadly derailment. >> the house is expected to vote on the republican tax reform bill today. the senate may take it up this afternoon. >> it is introduce ago lot of additional complexities. >> so we're if the going to be able to do our taxes cents on a postcard. >> i think the post card is out. >> from the main line, to basketball, many mortality, the la lakers retired kobe bryant's jersey numbers, eight and 24. >> i saw we got coloring books , we've got -- >> thank you, cbs-3 and philadelphia. >> my uncle use today work in the carbon ate freezing chamber, and he found this. >> oh! >> today's morning minute is sponsors by pen medicine's abramson cancer center the number within cancer center in

the region. >> so remember that epic light saber battle between luke, where luke lost his hands? >> last night on the late lay show mark finally got the hand back 37 years after the empire strikes back. >> better late than never, katie. >> i suppose so. although, that hands looks like it grew in size, over the decade. >> looks a little different. >> looks very large. >> not buying it. >> well played, well played. all right, well, you know, lockage head to some warmth, some sunshine to go along with the day ahead here. we are off to chill in the air certainly, still chilly start. but not as harsh as it absolutely could be. still want to walk out the door with a heavier coat. but later today flirting with 06 degrees. notice on storm scan in the last two hours, few speckles of green have rolled through, might be finding quick little need to flick the windshield wiper once or twice, but you don't need an umbrella today. >> more than anything you're going to see some sun and some clouds overhead. pretty light winds all-in-all. currently the wind flow is out of the southwest. for the most part.

so, 43 degrees to start the morning, it is not bad. our normal daytime high is 44, on this day of the year. so we are off to mild start. looking ahead here, temperatures definately continue their rebounds with the high as we mentioned flirting with 60, officially shooting for high of about 58 degrees. that's the call for today. look at just couple of hours across the day here, we should hit the high around 3:00 p.m. again with some sun on the way so it is really looking great, if you've got any plans to be outside today. whether it is just for long walk with the dog, maybe going to be headed out to the outlet , do some shopping for the holiday, i think looking good here. but we eventually see another drop off on the thermometer, then another very big rebound, so lots of ups and downs, and i'll tell you all about them little later on, guys. >> thank you, katie. a lot going on now in the traffic department. the westbound pennsylvania turnpike is currently closed, past bensalem, for multi-vehicle accident. you can see, chopper three over the scene right now. all traffic detoured, take

street road, then re-enter the turnpike at willow grove. i95 south jammed, because of disable vehicle blocking the left lane there. so, watch out there, there is also an accident involving a pedestrian, at the intersection of federal street and river road in camden. there are no reported injuries , however, there. >> well, ntsb investigators now say the amtrak train that derailed in washington state was feeding when it crashed. >> investigators also say they've recovered the train's data recorder, the train was making the run after new express line between seattle and portland, oregon whether it crashed. three passengers died, more than 70 others were hurt. investigators say information so far indicates that the train was traveling more than twice the recommended speed limit at the time of the crash >> preliminary indications are that the train was traveling at 08 miles per hour, in a 30- mile per hour track. >> investigators say they've not yet finished interviewing the conductor and the crew on board the train. they say it could take month

before know know precisely what caused that derailment. >> strong similarities to the deadly crash on more than two years ago here in philadelphia and that crash, the amtrak train was also speeding. traveling through port richmond, at 106 miles per hour in a zone restrict today 50. since then, technology called positive train control has been installed on all amtrak lines along the northeast corridor, amtrak says washington state rail lines do not have the technology yet. >> positive train control is really a back-up to the human being. the engineer and the cab could be distracted, fatigue, or incapacitated. positive train control is gps train technology knows if trains will delayed with one another or if trains are speeding, over what permitted in that section of track. >> you may recall eight people died in more than 200 people were hurt in that 2015 derail ment in port richmond. >> well, airlines operating out of atlanta airport are expected to resume normal operations today. >> the president of georgia power issued apology yesterday

after power outage caused travel chaos at the airport on sunday. he says, an equipment failure sparked a fire what then caused the outage. hundreds flights were grounded standing thousands of passengers. well, congress is set to vote on the gop tax overhaul, but there are some clear winners, and losers. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlessinger joins us live from new york to explain, good morning, jill. >> good morning. >> jill, let's start off with the bad news. who are the losers? >> well, i hate to say it, but most of us individual taxpayers, because the majority of our cut are going to expire after 2025. so next by eliminating the affordable care act individual mandate, congressional budget offers says, 13 million people would become un inch shoured, and the average insurance premiums on individual et cetera could rise by 10%. and let's say homeowners the one in high tax state being able deduct local property taxes and state and local

income taxes from their federal tax bills, they will now be tapped at a total of $10,000. >> that includes us. new jersey and pennsylvania. >> well, jill, someone always stands to benefit. who are the winners here? >> i think corporations by far are the biggest beneficiaries. the top rate drop from 35 to 21%. and those with dollars off shore are like apple or mike resort, google, johnson & johnson, they're going to be able to bring money home at a far lower rate than the new 21 % rate. but, at 15% up to. >> hash through -- pass- through businesses, partnerships, limited liability companies, they currently take taxes as high as 39.6%. now, a lot of that income will be taxed at a rate as low as just under 30%. it is subject to some limitations cents. and of course, wealthy earners , if your top tax rate dropping from 39.6 to 37%,

you're a winner. that new rate, applies to income above 500,000 for individuals, 600,000 for couples, okay, the biggest winner, guys, tax professionals. yes, we're going to need them to help us through the newcomb kate dollars system. for more on what's in this final gop tax, go to jill on money. com. >> yes, so much for doing your tax return on a postcard. >> maybe a big poster? >> a big postcard. >> or a poster, cardboard poster. thank you, jill. >> well, still ahead: how to deal with holiday heartburn. doctor rob here here to identify common triggers, what you should do you if you get. >> plus the football team that put their fans to work. see shoveling snow at the stadium. pat? >> hey, guys. we've got the apple jack out, what does that mean? well, weaver a christmas confection area that everyone loves, well, maybe not everyone, but it is fruit cake you love to hate t you hate to love it. we'll make it here at the

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>> ♪ >> who fine these videos? >> that will we watching? is it suitable for morning television? >> well, it is the holiday gift to either love, or love to hate. >> um -- >> fruit cakes apparently. >> oh, apply goodness. >> well, some people wait all year apparently to send this holiday sweet. pat gallen is live at the dining car on frankford. katie, i'm trying to read here >> what? >> learning more about this holiday tradition, hi, pat. >> what is going on back there >> you guys? >> oh, boy. wait until you come back. >> i didn't know there was a fruit cake song, but i guess i'm learning every day. yes, we are here for the fruit cake, the dining car in northeast philadelphia, known for so many more. and that's why i'm wier my friends, nancy. hi, nance. >> i hi, how are you, good morning. >> doing well. so you guys have err ray of confection area treats that go across the board, look at this beautiful thing that you guys have baking.

>> our floating polar bear, heather making mr. and mrs. santa claus head. the mini biscotti, we only make that once a year at christmas. very popular. people come just for that, and arrange ankle sickels, our own , nut tell a cookies, and the springer lane and pepper nuts, only at christmas, super polar -- popular. >> is fruit cake still popular >> it is, it has a very loyal and vocal following. so we have to make it every year. >> loyal and weird following, because you either love it or hate it? >> absolutely, until you taste ours. >> it is really good. and i'm telling you, when you eat it, you'll be oh, my god, this is so good. >> i'll be honest, i'm not a huge fruit cake fan. i didn't grow with up with it so much. >> i think you'll like t but tell me honestly. if you don't oh, it is just okay, but i think you'll be like wow. >> so this is un unfinished

product. this is my man paul. are you allowed to tell me what the secret ingredient is? >> i'm not allowed to say but you can see it right here. >> that's what it is rid there >> the secret ingredient. >> whatever that might. >> yes so-so these are the err ray of ingredients. >> how do you make? >> that's my question. how do you make a good fruit cake. >> make the trued ahead of time. liquor. >> not too much? >> not too much. no, not too much. you don't want to over soak. over power it. >> what's the best part of a fruit cake in your estimation? >> the fruit. >> the fruit. all about the fruit. fruit and the nut, yes. >> fruit, nuts, and of course the sherrie, the liquor, and that's the finished product over smear. >> yes. >> all right, let's take a look. i'll dig in. >> famous fruit car, jim, rahel. they put little extra cherry

ton just for me. because it is early and i need it. >> cherry or curry? >> sherrie. sherrie. >> sherrie, he says. >> that looks good. it doesn't -- >> yes, but you've been sort of -- >> oh, the front to it, the bottom noise and soft. >> okay? >> nancy, i'm a fan. >> i told you. >> i'm fan, a fruit cake fan, i've been converted. >> great. great. >> you know the nut tell a cookies and that mini biscotti , i think those should be on the top of my list. but i would try. that will i would try that. >> okay. >> we'll bring one back tore you, jim. >> okay, patrick. >> since we're taking orders? >> what would you like, katie? >> warmer werth. me, too, not a fan of fruit cake, but i can get behind a dessert that can panel your den with. >> what? >> spackle, spackle. >> i thought would you get the reference to goal end girls on that one, jim.

>> fairly, he wasn't impressed >> i have to pull out of you two. >> you win some, lose some, kate. >> i i know, one didn't stick. all of my goal end girl fans out there i know you know what i am talking about. eyewitness weather watchers off to school start. for the standards, 44 degrees in some spots here, let me show you list format of the temperatures, eileen in gilbertsville, 37 degrees william lefebvre town, 38. chilly granted but way less harsh than what we've found in recent days, with some you in the 40's already basically already topping off at typical daytime highs. the records as they stands for the region as a whole when it comes to christmas time, we have had christmasses where we're at warm as 70 degrees, in both wilmington, atlantic city, it will be awfully tough to come close to the values. in fact by the time we hit christmas itself, the chill will likely have to settle back, in now, wide zoom on

storm scan, doesn't show an electric after lot. sprinkle in the area this morning, not a big deal, here. we do have, however, some rain also working it way across texas right now, don't worry about that, that's going to skip off to the east. but, we do have new storm that gets its act together by the time we hit the tail end of the week. it will lift as a a warmfront. flying, or traveling any extended distance for the holiday weekend pay attention to the storm t could mess with you. >> may see showers through friday, front drops through, by the time we hit christmas, specifically in the north and west suburbs, might even find little bit every icing. that will will be something to watch for sure. but for now, i don't expect a white christmas, rather, just chill that settles back into the region, as we approach the holiday. guys? >> chopper three live over an accident, currently closed, past bensalem for an accident. it involved a trang tore trailer and other vehicles. all traffic is being detoured off the turnpike, at the

bensalem interchange. >> this just happened within the last 30 minute or so. and you can just see the back up there take street road, re-enter at willow grove. we also know two people have been transported. very serious accident, a look at the backups on route one southbound caused by the accident on the turnpike, traffic here, jammed, as you can see, so use i95 as alternate. also, i95 southbound jammed at the betsy ross bridge because of disable vehicle blocking the left lane. jim? from festive family dinners, all of the holiday clear could unwrap some unwanted holiday heartburn. what are the biggest culprits? family physician doctor rob danoff here with the list, doctor rob, first, why do we get heartburn? is it different from acid reflux, because i have the reflux. >> we use those terms all the time. here is the scoop. so reflux is when some acid goes from the stomach into the esophagus and we get this like feeling burning feeling.

that's the heartburn. gastro esophogeal reflux disease or gutter, that's a chronic symptom. if you have your heartburn every day, jim, you might have something called gurd, and we have to take a look at you. >> i take my little nexium, i'm fine, that but i avoid certain types of foods. during the holidays whether are some culprit? >> chocolate. tastes great butt triple woman i, high in fat, cocoa stimulate the acid and the reflux, two, is milk fat. do you like eggnog? >> not big eggnog, but i like mischose. >> have the cheese. milk fat increases gurd then you have also caffeine, caffeine, anything with caffeine can stimulate that. so if you have tree flux disease or heartburn that's right in there. and, alcohol, limited to one, because too much alcohol you're going get reflux, you're going to get some heartburn, but the number one cause of heartburn, fried foods deep fried chicken, french fries, so to avoid

heartburn, eat bake or broiled , not fried. >> people during the holidays got pep ever mins, good or bad >> well, taste good but bad if you have reflux, what happens is it opens up this muscle between our stomach and esophagus, our stomach will feel less full, but the ass lid come back up, not good to have mint s but what you can do that will help, antacid or ginger, ginger so good for nauseous necessary, yes, and natural and it will help if you have the queezy feeling. have some ginger. put in some tea, some camo mile tee, will help feel betterment and the at is its or chewing gum, but avoid pepper mint can it can be make it worse. >> don't eat within three, four hours of lying down or going to sleep. loosen your belt, also, don't eat as much if you can small portions.

>> so jim, if you take medication, if it is not happening, if antacids aren't helping if you need it more than two weeks in a row call your doctor. unexplained weight loss and of course chest pain, not going away, you don't know if it is heartburn or your heart, you got pain going to your arm, your jaw, your shoulder, please time to see your doctor or healthcare professional. those are red flag signs. >> good advice, thank you, back to you. >> jim, thank you. loosening my belt, always my go to. time now 6:52. there is a lot coming up on cb s this morning, gale king and nora o'donnell join us live from new york with a preview. good morning, ladies. >> we are here good to see you all. we have the latest on the deadly train derailment. eagle scout describes how he rushed in to help save people in the wreckage. >> also we talk with national security advisor h. r. mcmaster mcmaster about the president's new national security strategy. plus, what he knows about the global cyber attack, trump administration is blaming on north korea. and do you think you can get a proper work out just nine

minutes? doctor jordan met will be here with his new routine. all of that plus the eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. see you at 7:00. back to you, rahel. >> we will be watching. >> and jim. >> thank you. >> well the sixers get the hard wood tonight at the well fargo center, they host the sacramento kings at 7:00. >> last night they faced the chicago bulls and came up short. look good late in the fourth quarter, ben simmons 19 points , 11 boards, 95 cysts, sixers up by seven. later the sixers need a stop to avoid 13-rush run, now up by fivement and the final second, the sixers were down two, simmons drives, not so good. sixers lose to the bulls 117- 115. they have now lost six out of seven. >> up and down game. you know, how, who we had, and the way the game was going, you know, it was putting them guys in different choices so up and down game the whole night. >> a huge honor for lower

merion own basketball star kobe bryant, now the first play to have two different numbers retired. los angeles lakers retired his numbers eight and 24, and ceremony last night. bryant is the leading scorer in lakers history, ex nba stand out "magic" johnson declared the great toast ever wear the purple and gold. >> congrats to him and his family. >> flyers winning streak come to a a halt as know host the los angeles kings. >> the kings strike first, the flyers trailed one to nothing. jakub voracek at the right place at the right time. the flyers get within one. later in the third, add re enlights the lamp. the kings go up three-one, la would go on to win four to one the flyers now hope to bounce back tomorrow, when they take on the detroit red lions. >> well, it is a tradition not seen in a lot of stadiums in the nfl. >> yes, calls for fans to have clear snow out after football stadium. if you live in greenbay wisconsin the call goes out often enough. they needed to roof mow snow from lambeau field in time for

saturday's game against the vikings. hundreds every fans showed up ready to work. >> every year you're hoping the people come and they never disappoint us, fans have been tremendous. we couldn't do it without the fans. >> well the packers did offer to pay fans $10 an hour. we will be right back with three to go.

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>> taking a look at breaking track news, all westbound lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike are closed, in bensalem, because of this nasty multi-vehicle accident. this is how it looks from chopper three, the accident causing big problems on the turnpike, but also on route one where the back up stretches miles. now here's three to go. >> the house is expected to vote on the tax reform bill, the senate will vote either today or tomorrow. before sending it to president trump. >> demonstrators plan to form a human bike lane in center city philadelphia, they've close end 13 he and pine street, where vehicle struck a bicyclist last week. >> will dress up as buddy the elf. that's at 53:00, and three to go. >> the party last on the mayor's expense, that will be nice. pretty quiet day. and pretty mild. a shot in the poconos at cove haven resort, pretty with the lights, there then the sun starting to show its, you know , starting to lift up over the horizon, looks like a nice day and mild, too. >> looks good. cbs this morning is coming up next.

>> join us each morning starting 4:30 a.m. have a good good morning. it is tuesday, december 19th. 2017. welcome to cbs this morning. an amtrak train was going 80 miles an hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone when it derailed south of seattle. plus, an eagle scout describes helping the injured escape while he prayed the train would not crush him. congress is set to vote today on the biggest tax overhaul in 31 years and we'll ask hr mcmaster about a global cyber attack the trump administration is blaming on north korea. >> a billionaire and his wife are found dead in their home under mysterious circumstances. the family now say police mishandled the initial