breaking news at noonan elderly man is hospitalized after a hit and run in west oak lane. chopper three over that scene at ogontz and andrew avenue a short time ago. authorities say this car hit a house in addition to the victim he was taken to einstein hospital in unknown condition. as for driver he or she fled the scene before they arrived. also this noon... >> now it was luke being inside bomb. >> it was just bodies laying there. it was just, he had hardly any clothes on, so, clothes had been ripped off of him. >> evidence has been removed from the train crash site in washing ton state, crews started to lift mangled train

cars before today break as we have learned shocking information about the speed, of the train. investigators say it was going three times the speed limit when it derailed. good afternoon, aim jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. am track train 501 was making a run a loss a faster route when it left tracks south of seattle. chris martinez live with what investigators are saying today >> crews lifted train cars stabilizing the scene of the derailment. national transportation safety board, says that the train, event data recorder, indicated that the amtrak train was traveling, 50 miles over the speed limit, when it jumped the track. the. >> yes question is why was the train traveling 80 miles an hour in a 30-mile an hour zone the answer to that question is it is too early to tell. >> reporter: train was making its first run on the faster new route from sat toll port land. but when the train entered a curve over the interstate, one of the engines and 12 cars, derailed. slamming into cars, and trucks , below.

>> amtrak 501 emergency, we are on the ground. >> is everybody okay? >> aim still figuring that out we have cars every where, here and down on the highway. >> authorities say that the train was carrying, 80 passengers and five on duty crew members. >> all of a sudden it was just crash and there it was, down, i mean, the train went just like this. >> reporter: amtrak says positive train control the technology that can slow or stop a speeding train was not activated on the tracks at the time of the derailment. at lee one local official, blake wood mayor don anderson voiced safety concerns at a new line at a city council meeting earlier this month. >> so that if there is an accident,... unaudible. >> reporter: ntsb expects to start interviewing the train crew as early as today. chris martinez for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we are hearing from a pair of good smart tans who stopped to help trapped victims moments after the derailment happened.

>> well, i said this is crazy. there is nobody here helping. there is people in there that might be dying. we needed to get in there. >> as we were walking around seeing more people coming out of the wreckage it just started to be overwhelming. i think god put us there for a reason. >> couple went on to say they were at right place at right time and had to do something. stay with "eyewitness news" as we update you on the amtrak derailment in washington state when not on the air get very latest on line at cbs philly .com. back here at home westbound pennsylvania turnpike is back opened this noon in bucks county after a multi vehicle crash, wreck created major traffic troubles in the morning rush. it shut down several lanes and closed westbound on ramp from route one in bensalem to the westbound turnpike. authorities say two people were taken to the hospital with injuries believed to be non-life threatening, the cause of the crash is under investigation. officials start of the winter may be two days away but mother nature is bringing us warmth to day meteorologist katie fehlinger is out on the sky deck to tell house high temperatures may climb, katie.

>> it has been definitely quite breezy out here leading in the morning we saw that wind kick in and pretty noticeable now but it feels balmy outside. i still advise you walk out with a jacket and there goes the vortex of hair so lets get right to the graphic and save me and my modesty here. lets go to the storm scan three, there is not too much going on right now, we have generally clear skies just a few cloud out here, the wind has begun to pick up. we will look at the current temperatures. we are flirting with 60 in atlantic city, in wilmington delaware. fifty-six currently at the airport. pair of five's up in trenton. a very, very mild beginning to the afternoon and as you will see generally just a mixture of sun and included for the rest of the day but that breeze is picking up. i have seen it as high as the teens, sustained wind that is, further are north, even in the poconos you are dealing with, wind speed as high as the 20's again it is noticeable breeze but that is only minor issue aside from this very quiet,

day, otherwise, and we are expect to go see eventually another drop on the thermometer but then a rebound roller coaster keeps going on here. your average high is 44 degrees on this day of the year. we have long since exceed that had obviously but by tomorrow the cool down is coming. we will bottom out in time for the winter solstice on thursday. the official beginning of the wintertime, and then, again, another rebound. we will talk about these temperatures in my full forecast later on, guys. >> wild ride, katie, thank you see you soon. well, republicans are on the verge of passing tax reform legislation for the first time in decade. bill will be voted on today and g.o.p. leaders say they are confident to have the support to pass the legislation. weijia jiang has more details from capitol hill. >> reporter: the house is preparing to pass a nearly $1.5 trillion tax reform bill. >> come january 1st, americans will be able to keep more of what they earn, and they have, will have a stronger economy,

and stronger paychecks, and we're finally going to see our american job come about a from overseas. >> reporter: it reduces rates and then doubles the standard deductions for individuals, and families. but the biggest winners are corporations, which will see their rates slashed, significantly. house speaker paul ryan has spent his entire career, working on tax reform. >> it is an honor to be speaker of the house to see this last time this got done the job i had i was working at a quarter pound are grill at intersection of jamesville wisconsin. >> reporter: not a clean sweep of republicans that for the for the bill. house members in high tax states such as new york, new jersey and california, say that the cap on state and local income taxes deductions hurts them, the most. >> well, you can hear, especially for the republicans >> reporter: congress has passed bigger tax cuts, before , but that cannot stop president trump from

celebrating on twitter saying this is biggest tax cuts and reform ever passed. enjoy, create and create many beautiful jobs. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". inner news this noon philadelphia police are asking for the public's help identifying two suspects who robbed a juniata 7-eleven with a rifle. this surveillance video was recorded this past sunday at 7-eleven on the 3900 block of kensington avenue. police say suspects took cash and $1,600 worth of cigarettes from the store. they robbed two employees of cash and a iphone. if you recognize anything about the suspects police would like to hear from you. police are investigating a deadly shooting in philadelphia's strawberry mansion section, officers rush home on the 6,000 block of west oxford street just after 8:30 last night, that is where they found the 27 year-old victim shot multiple times in the home's basement. police tell us his family heard the gun shots. >> 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. >> police rushed the victim to the hospital where he died so far but no arrests have been made. advocates for better protect bike lanes in philadelphia took to the streets of the center city, dozens assembled at 13th and pine to create a human chain to create the bike lane. they are spending federal money to make bike lanes safer residents say drivers and cyclist need to be more respectful of one another. >> very disrespectful, to pedestrians and bike riders, however, i feel as though, they do not respect the law. however, i feel as though, they do not respect the law. they cut (closed captioning is being provided as a public service by cn8.) in front off happens all the time. >> we need education on all side with what the laws and rights are. we need enforcement of the laws not just for cyclist who might be running a red light but forecaster, who are, you know, having unsafe behavior.

>> organizers say they planned this event after a cyclist was recently struck in the bike line at 13th and pine. well, surveillance video shows a real life grinch stealing christmas decoration from his a south philadelphia home. now we're learning this isn't the first time that the home has been targeted. josephine machete says it happened three times, back in 2013 a couple was arrested for stealing her decorations, very next year her halloween decorations were stolen this year on december 9th police say two men stole three trees and custom made topiari. >> it makes you down, you don't want to decorate, that is how i feel. >> i do anything it is inside. no more outside. >> machete says she did tie her decorations down with wire but that didn't stop the thief , anyone with any information about these very unique red, white, black and silver decorations is asked to cat police. well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at noon answering angry travelers. >> commute by cell phone,

could not text, could not get on the internet. >> the ceo of the power company behind sunday's airport outage in atlanta has spoken up, what he admitted about the state of the electric systems. and jim, maybe those airline customers should head to london to take out their frustrations, we are taking a peak at a so-called rage room, how people, find their inner scrooge,. >> we will be right back. >> maybe one of the bulbs was out in the tree,

welcome back everyone airlines are getting back to schedule in atlanta's airport following that massive power outage on sunday, however, some passengers are still frustrated and they are sound ing off. >> i came by myself, i'm not with anyone and they didn't offer me a hotel, anything if i was going to stay until sunday. >> fire in a service tunnel wiped out main power supply, power was out for nearly 11 hours before it was restored late sunday night. the and ceo of georgia power offered an apology to the thousands of people affect, and admitted that the system is a bit older but says it is inspected every year. holiday season can bring out the best in some people but for others pressure of preparing for christmas is a bit too much. >> you can say that again. >> correspondent gavin ramjon shows us what people in london are doing to bring out her inner scrooge. >> reporter: beginning to look a lot like christmas in london 's busiest shopping district and many are swept up in the holiday spirit. others, are escaping

underground to release some stress. >> welcome, to the room. >> reporter: donning christmas theme jump suits. >> pick a tree. >> and taking out their aggression. they channeled their anger with the help of their most hated christmas song. >> it is very deep stressed and derageed now. >> are you still stressed about christmas. >> no. >> reporter: people pay $25, to vent their frustrations, and three minutes inside this range room and everyone is here for different reasons. >> the songs, the cold weather , i'm a summer guy. >> jussie think my people are pretty, sick of christmas music, decorations, people are done witt. and they need to get out that stress. >> reporter: a creative events group came up with the idea to help people relax. >> love thinking bit whether they hate christmas or love christmas. >> reporter: for these two it was a perfect holiday treat. >> i feel better.

>> okay. >> most of them are showing them how it is done. >> the event runs for a day long enough for people to get back against the christmas machine out of their system. gavin ramjon, cbs news, london people need to sign up for meditation class. i was going to say. still ahead on "eyewitness news" a warm welcome in space. >> after two day trip to the international space station see how they were greeted, katie. >> as we get closer to an upcoming holiday weekend it is appearing like we may end up with wet weather especially on saturday and this is a busy holiday travel weekend for us too, and we are going to see temperatures more seasonal by sunday so chillier but very mild, leading up to this weekend, we are expect to go hit about 60 degrees, on saturday, afternoon, but again , chill, does await us we have a lot of them out on that thermometer and we will walk you through it coming up.

well back on "eyewitness news" way call for a football fans to help out their team by digging them out. >> green bay packers needed shovel tours remove snow from lambeau field in time for saturday's game with the vikings and hundreds of fans answered the call and showed up, ready to work. >> every year you know, you are hoping that the people come and they never disappoint us, the fans, they have been tremendous to help us. we could not do it without the fans. >> the packers offered to pay fans ten dollars an hour for shoveling. we know eagles fans would be out there for free, to make sure their men can get out there and play. >> blow torches, yes. >> absolutely, true. >> it is a big operation when

you have 60,000 somehow odd seats to clean off. >> yes. >> no task too big for eagles nation. >> things are heating up, katie. >> no kidding, very warm afternoon for standard of mid december, you know, you normally have 44 degrees. we were surpass ago this before the sun came up. a warm start to the afternoon. certainly we do expect to seer swing on the thermometer dropping off on the thermometer next couple days rebounding and then dropping off again all courtesy of frontal boundaries crossing through next couple of days. we will start off with a very quiet look here, overlooking from plymouth meeting, this is taken from high atop place one apartments off in the distance , yeah, we have a quiet beginning to the afternoon here rain, sunshine through the included and it looks like a nice afternoon a little bit on the breezy side and that is the story for rest of the afternoon in fact but no wet weather in sight at lee not right now and storm scan and a good reference point for that too. there is not much to see.

we have quiet weather for the rest of the day. is there another disturbance getting its act together across this area and working itself east, this has no impact on us whatsoever. however this section of the country will look more interesting on the radar in the days ahead and a lot of, some kind of travel plans have them coming up whether your loved won are going to you or you going to them, planes, trains, automobiles is there a new storm taking shape. i don't think it is much more than rain. we will get to that. let me show you these temperatures swings. notice color contours when we see bright shade of orange, red, lifting north you are warming up. there is a new cool front that is coming along in the upcoming weekend and that is where rain will come for for our area this weekend but we are very warm leading up to. that warm front lifts in friday, saturday and our temperatures will go on a serious uphill climb. it is also coming up on the first official day, of, the winter season, and that is march, by the winter solstice which will take place this

thursday morning, and, it is when northern hemisphere at its farthest point from the sun. you tend to see that really low sun angle. i have a house south facing so the sun in the morning just comes in blinding, and really have to shut the blind for it too to be even in the room but longer days start as of that point. you will start to gain a little bit of extra time on the day as we move through the rest of the winter here but december 21st at 11:28 to be exact we will start off here, that winter solstice and mark nine hours and 20 minutes. that is all worth of daylight. temperature change bringing you back here and now is noticeable. eleven solid degrees then were you this same time yesterday at high noon. a very mild beginning again to the afternoon as that translates one more time to the thermometer we are at 56, we will get another 2 degrees on that day time high but wind has absolutely picked up. you saw my hair on the sky deck. that is what that can do keep that in mine. just enough time to do it before i came back on the air with the full forecast.

lets look at whitefield elementary school. another shot, notice this one mound of snow left at this point on the side of the playground. most of us have seen our snow melt away completely, and right now i'm not sold we will have much of an opportunity to see a white christmas this year, guys. we will see how we do with g with 60.approaching system. o. cool day on thursday and then gannon saturday with rain moving in from a cold front. we will be warming up to 60 before that crosses and then we will cool it down gannon sunday into christmas day but, again, no guarantee right now we will see anymore snow until then. >> ups and down, thanks, katie mission accomplished three astronauts safely arrived at their temporary new home on board the international space station, trio represents the u.s., japan and russia they blasted off in the spaceship two days ago and made it to their destination right on time. new crew members joined three other astronauts already on board the space station, they will spend four months

conducting 250 science investigations. katie that sounds like what you do in a week. >> yeah, yeah, right. >> still ahead one cabby's holiday spirit shines brigh

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most taxi cabs look alike but one man in north carolina may thought his was a mile away. >> for last three years during

the holiday season dwight has decorated his cabin steady of his home. forty-eight hours and 11,000 lights later he came up with this masterpiece, it is a blessing he says for business. >> you know how people, wave down a cab. well, everybody is waving at me now so i have no idea who need a cab. >> well that decked out taxi is also a cab magnet, he says police pulled him over five times so far but fortunately just to take a picture of the cab. >> that is awesome. >> i'm surprised, yes. >> i love it. >> very impressive. >> wonder one light bulb goes out does the whole cargo dark. that is "eyewitness news" at noon aim jim donovan. aim rahel solomon. for katie and all of us thanks for watching. >> "eyewss at 5:00. we are always on line cbs philly.com. >> young and restless is coming up next. have a great day, everyone.

>> previously on "the young and the restless"... >> jack: this is the details of jabot's offer to purchase chancellor industries. >> ashley: jack can't purchase a company as valuable as chancellor on a whim. you and i have to make some calls. call a meeting with the board for tomorrow, before jack takes it too far. >> nikki: i want you to go after victor as underhandedly as he went after me. siphon his personal bank account and put it into one of my offshore accounts. >> victor: don't you think for one moment that he's not capable of plotting such a caper. >> victoria: it wasn't jack. it was mom. >> j.t.: it's gonna come as a shock to nikki that you know what she did, that she's off the hook with the authorities. >> victor: do me a favor. don't let her know that she has been cleared. i want to convey that news to her myself. >> nick: the rally at the park