barclay friend. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm natasha brown in for jessica dean. family's attorney says blaze could have been prevented. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is in our satellite center. quite an emotional day for this family. >> reporter: teresa malloy's children say she was fiercely independent and reluctant to move out of her apartment but she agreed to move in the barclay friends senior living community just weeks before it went up in flames. the family's attorney says the sprinkler system could have stopped this tragedy but that system did not work. on october 21st, 8 five-year old teresa malloy moved in the barclay friends senior living complex in west chester. twenty-six days later she was dead. one of four senior citizens killed when a five alarm fire ripped through the building. >> the panic she must have felt in the middle of the night. >> reporter: marry malloy, his ser daughter she and her

brother spoke about their mother, first time wednesday. >> she had a remarkable religious faith. >> she was very big on character. working class. >> reporter: they retained robert mongeluzzi to investigate circumstances surrounding the fire and their mother's death. >> we want to know how it happened. >> they did not protect teresa >> reporter: mongeluzzi and his team inspect the facility wednesday morning, sharing these photos which they say show the point of origin of the fire, a trash cannon an outside patio, and when the fire broke out mongeluzzi says the sprinkler system did not work, his investigators focused on that safety system 's water valve. >> this is that main valve, today at least, it was off. there is no indication, no evidence after of today that this valve was turned on, on the night. >> reporter: but with teresa fur ever gone the family's only goal to make sure that this doesn't happen to any other person ever again.

>> we can only hope she didn't suffer but we just didn't know >> reporter: atf just released a statement saying that the investigation is ongoing, special agent in charge, donald robinson says, while we cannot address specific statements or questions about particular aspects of the investigation, raised today, we can say that we are at a critical stage at our investigation. we also reached out to barclay friends senior living facility for comments about their fire expression systems but we received no response. live from the sat center, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. search is on tonight for two suspects who police say attempted to abduct two children. it happened as they walked to school on devereaux avenue in lawncrest to day investigators say that the two men were inside a green minivan and attempted to lure children toward the vehicle as they walk by. the children ran to cornell elementary and school officials called the police. >> one of the people that were in that van were in the outside of the van, looked

like i was opening up the hitch on through the trunk or back part of the van as children walked by him he made some kind of a comment or gesture to get into the car or to get in the car. he said something to the effect, they did the right thing, smart thing, they ran. >> one of the suspects was wearing a green jacket at the time. other was wearing all black clothing. police in atlantic county are investigating an assault of the woman walking in northfield. officers say a to year-old woman was grabbed from behind and then groped before fighting off her attacker yesterday afternoon. victim describe at salient as a white male in his 20's about 5-foot 10 inches tall, clean shave even, wearing a white t-shirt and gray sweat pants. he may have had scratches on his face and neck. if you have any information, please cat police. also now authorities are investigating a deadly accident in philadelphia's crescentville neighborhood that claims the life of the eight year-old boy. chopper three over whittaker street, two cars were involved

in a crash there. the driver of the striking car , says he had a diabetic incident which caused him to lose control. eight year-old was a passenger in the car that was struck. twenty-eight year-old man who was also in that car was hospitalized and currently in stable condition. police say driver in the striking vehicle left the scene in his car and later recovered ativan kirk and frontn ac streets. police are looking for a silver mercedes a.m. g like this one in connection with the deadly hit/run. bicyclist five two-year old kevin williams, senior was struck and killed last night on route 13 near bath road. a front decoration license plate with an eagle emblem was found at the that scene and believed to have come from that mercedes. eyewitnesses say that the mercedes was racing a mitsubishi at the time of the incident. police are searching for that car as well. now the decision on whether to reinstate charges against engineer in the deadly philadelphia amtrak derailment has been put off, at lee until

february. in september, reckless endangerment and involuntary manslaughter charges were dismissed against brandon bostian, pennsylvania's attorney jena peeled that decision. bostian was at the controls of the train when it crashed in port richmond in may of 2015. eight people died, 246 were injured. congressional republicans have passed their tax reform plan, now all president trump has to do is sign tonight to law. president invited g.o.p. lawmakers to the white house this afternoon to celebrate their first major legislative victory of the year. bill passed both chambers of congress without a single vote from democrats. republicans promised americans will start to see benefits of the plan come february. >> we are making america great again. you haven't heard that. >> with what we did last night and what the house finished this morning it means america is going to start growing again. >> what this represents is a promise that each and everyone

of us made to the american people last year is a promise that has been kept today. >> the president also thanked pennsylvania senator pat toomey for his role in getting the bill passed. be sure to stay tuned to the "cbs evening news" for passage of the g.o.p. tax plan , jeff glor will have very latest coming up at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news". we are once again feeling winter chill after a very mild tuesday, meteorologist kate bilo is outside on the cbs-3 sky deck tracking changing temperatures, kate, much more seasonal right now, right. >> it is, indeed, it feels cold because yesterday was mild but today is really what december is supposed to feel like. tomorrow is the official start of winter, winter solstice and it will feel even colder but then we are back into the 60's the temperatures just can't settle down here. lets look at storm scan three. we had cloud earlier today, those cloud have now cleared. we will give way to clear skies tonight and that means temperatures will drop, down in the 20's in many spots.

rain you see off to the south will stay off to the south and see that snow over northern plains that is part of the system bringing us wet weather by end of the week and start of the holiday weekend. in the meantime we are watching these falling temperatures, many spots already down into the 30's and philadelphia, we're still hanging on to 44 degrees. winds are five to 10 miles an hour, not strong but enough of the brisk breeze to make it feel cooler then the thermometer indicates. we went up frommer 50's yesterday to the 40's today and watch how we climb again, we hit that peak on saturday before temperatures really take a tumble in the christmas holiday. warm up comes with rain, we will tell but saturday and our chance to possibly see a wintry mix, coming up when i join you inside. >> thank you. talking sports phillies officially add some power to their line up. >> fightins introduced their new slug tore day and sports director don bell joins us now with more on the new guy. >> add something pop to the

bat. >> yes. >> google carlos santana and get a real lesson in latin rock, blues, and jazz. if you are in to baseball you will know that the other carlos santana can rock as well. today phillies introducing their biggest free agent signing in seven years. santana is now a philly after spending eight years in cleveland. first base man hit 23 home runs last season but his real value is getting on base, back in 2014 he led baseball with 113 walks. his deal is worth 60 million over three years. >> i'm excited. i'm excited. the phillies have a lot of younger players but my decision to sign here because the phillies, they want me, they believe in me. >> coming up later in sports, what adding santana means for young stud rhys hoskins. >> this could be fun.

it could be fun. >> thanks. still to come on "eyewitness news", the clock is ticking for septa tokens, transportation agency is planning to phase them out, the reason for the change and what it means for riders, when we come right back. plus north pole in north philadelphia. the holiday spirit, on full display here in the city of brotherly love what is behind this huge gift give away when "eyewitness news" conti

tobe he can tone are tokens will be eliminated from booths and vending machine at market and broad street line stationness mid-january. tokens will continue to be sold at major septa sales offices, regional rail stations and third party retailers up until further notice. septa says demise of the token is attributable to the success of the reloadable key card. decking the halls one local business owner is

spreading cheer and giving back in a very big way. justin udo shows us how one woman brought the north pole to north philadelphia for a community in need. >> merry christmas. >> it came ice sculptures, santa claus and reindeer yes, you heard that right reindeer are part of the north pole to north philadelphia christmas toy give away. >> i got over a hundred bikes, 500 toys to give away, so, all these toys for the kid. we got power cars. batman. robin. spider man. we got bikes. we got toys. we have dolls. we have everything. we have a whole toy store here >> reporter: the owner of the country cooking soul food restaurant in north philadelphia orchestrated the event. >> i know how it feels to not have. it is bad when you need and you don't want to ask nobody. so this is for everybody. >> reporter: hundreds of kid stood in the line that wrapped around multiple blocks for a chance to see santa claus and get a special gift. >> it makes me feel great and

happy. >> it makes me feel very grateful. >> it makes me feel excited. >> reporter: sanity's helpers braved the cold and makeshift snow to make sure this ace memorable christmas for all of the kid that came out. >> so glad, really, really blessing just to see all this stuff coming together, see all of the kid in need and reach out to the community, it is a wonderful day. >> reporter: surprise great tooth and amazement best described the attitude, that they helped save christmas. >> we don't get this at all, and this is probably first time this has ever happened, so it feels good for somebody to care about the community and help people in need. >> reporter: she says that she's happen that i so many people from all over the city came together to make sure that the kid in her north philadelphia neighborhood have a merry christmas. justin udo for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> snow and everything. >> kate, tell us about that snow. >> wonderful. absolutely wonderful. >> a nice day to be on the ice , tonight, we're skating in

to wilmington. >> our meteorologist chelsea ingrammys getting new to those blaze, and, did you see that hi there, chelsea. >> yes. i'm basically a professional skater at this point in time. we have brought the mobile weather watcher down here with us, it is a beautiful evening to be outside, my husband is on the ice, he is ice skating doing a good job. we have been burning so many calories on the ice, it is time for a little bit of soup, joe, back here with us, and thinks food, from, the mexican gastro pub. people can skate around, get some good food what are we talking about here. >> they are our neighbor and they are here on busy nights in our warming tents. nacho's, burgers, sliders, gourmet hot dogs and they pop off the ice and refuel. >> all right. that sounds good. what about new years eve. there is a lot that is going on here at river front and at the rink. >> definitely, yeah. a lot on the river front. we are having our second annual family fire works event

, and new years eve we start here at 7:00 few different skate sessions, we will have food trucks, remembered vendors, both giving out and selling some of those new years eve, glasses, give away. >> got wear that kind of stuff >> absolutely, yeah. >> they will be here as well as other food trucks, vendors and whole evening culminating at 9:00 p.m. with a early fire works show so kid can stay right on the river, it would be great. >> all right. so great way to spend holidays here, leading up to christmas, you can skate, santa tomorrow night and then new years eve things looking great for to you come out here bring your family and great evening out here as well. let me show you what you can expect this evening out here on the rink, temperatures in the 30's as we head into the 9:00 o'clock hour. we are talking mid 30's. wind chills in the upper 20's. now that i have been here a little while is there not inch wait of win. comfortable night as long as you are, bundled up. great night to be outside. great night to bring mobile weather watcher down to

wilmington. i will have a taste of food and hop back out on the ice. now back inside to you guys. >> be careful, be careful, bundle up, my man joe, he is comfortable, with a coat, tie loose, way to go, joe. >> yes, this cold weather does ant affect him. >> he is just too cool. >> he looks good. >> indeed. >> perfect, perfect night. >> chelsea was bundled up. >> i like that she will swap her normal date for a weather watcher, yes, weather watcher, yes. well, lets take a look at is what going on. we have a big weekend on the way a lot of people making those travel plans, at lee friday, saturday, wait until christmas eve. we have you cover. lets get in to it. we will start off with a look outside. there is a snore board class at jack frost big boulder. i love watching these. i just watch the kid company the snow board on the rail. never tried it myself. i have a feeling would i not be coordinated enough to do it

always cool to watch people learning how to snow board and doing a great job at jack frost big boulder. heading up the mountains for holiday weekend conditions look fantastic tonight on the slopes. storm scan three you can see not a whole lot going on, quiet night, good night for ice skating, skiing or last minute holiday shopping. we have a few flurries across new england, that is it. next system gathering strength , this is it right here, it will stay to the south, don't worry about that. next system starts to move in as we move in the end of the weekend. traveling tonight or tomorrow maybe a few slow downs in the carolinas. temperatures are going to swing over the next few days, cool down today, tomorrow is kind of the valley of cold air and then friday into saturday it warms up once again but that warm out ahead of the advancing storm. it comes through saturday and then tap into cold air on monday and that will set the stage, clash of air masses mild air on the coast and cold air sweeping from the northwest, and it is a system develops along the coast as it is threatening to do on

christmas day could bring chance for snow to parts of the northeast. here's what it looks like as we head into your monday. christmas day. this is just one model. this is not gospel but here's what could happen, area of low pressure along coast and cold air comes from the north. cities like buffalo, new york state, new england could see christmas snow. in philadelphia best chance for little rain. if this storm is further out possibly a wintry mix closer to the city. as of right now best chance to see any snowflakes within up toward poconos. that lifts out as we head into monday. we have an arctic cold front that will come through christmas night and dropping temperatures tuesday into wednesday. that will happen regardless. the question is will we see that wintry mix on christmas. some models don't have it at all. still up in the air but something to plan for if you have christmas day travel plans rain or wintry mix to the north and west. that rain saturday could slow you down a little bit. looking across the country traveling again tomorrow looks fine across the northeast.

we have generally quiet conditions in boston, new york , philadelphia could be a few slow downs with a few showers or thunderstorm near orlando and in the city tonight partly cloudy, quiet at 29 degrees. you're witness weather seven day forecast, well, got a little bit of everything here. forty's, 50's, 60's, to the 40 's, to the 30's we are all over the place. things to focus on warm saturday with a chance for rain and then that chance of rain or light wintry mix on christmas day. next tuesday does not get above freezing. >> all right. >> that is all right. >> getting home field advantage throughout the playoffs will make it nice and warm. >> that is true. >> yes. >> phillies introduced their new slugger, what it means for a crowded outfield. we will hear from the eagles about sending six players to the pro bowl, sports up next.

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twelve-two eagles have the best record in the league. you cannot be the best unless you have guys at their best. bird have six pre bowl players today some of them talk about the honor. >> it is a huge honor. it is one of the things that coaches around the league, your peers, your fans vote on, so i think a lot of guys play this game for respect and it is a nice nod of respect. >> i was excited but at the same time i'm here to try to win it all. it is all well and good. i'm excited. it is something great to accomplish personally but overall, you know aim here to try to get a ring he wants to play in the big bowl. >> okay. >> recapping our top stories phillies formally introducing new first base man carlos san tan a the 31 year-old met the

philadelphia media. his signing has caused some shuffling on the roster. rhys hoskins will move from first base, to left field. now, there is a log jam out there. gabe kapler believes they will work it out. >> we truly believe in him but we believe in rhys. we also believe in nick. we also believe in odubel. we believe in aaron. and everybody else on our roster. matt said it, and i will just follow-up this will give us an opportunity to mix and match and put these guys in the best possible position to succeed by matching them up effectively. >> enthusiasm, love it. >> flyers hoping to get back to the winning ways tonight when they hoe detroit red wings at the center. their last home game of the year. they had a six game winning streak snapped by the kings on monday and four-one loss. the st. joes hawks taking on saint john at basketball hall of fame holiday showcase, second half taylor funk, funk

doctor with the three, hawks take a 49-46 lead. then nice drive here by new kirk, he gets the bucket. right now saint john's with a 74-71 lead with under a minute and a half remaining in the game. come on, hawks. >> we need the bump. >> yes. >> yes, we will work on that. >> thanks, buddy. >> when we come back local students showing off their science chops. >> where hundreds of kid are turning out to show their skills and what it means for the two dozen to move on to the next step. running a small business is demanding. and that's why small business owners need more. like internet that's up to the challenge. the gig-speed network from comcast business gives you more. with speeds up to 20 times faster than the average. that means powering more devices, more video conferencing, and more downloads in seconds, not minutes. get fast internet and add phone and tv

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montgomery county's young scientists put their best work on display. >> seventh graders at abington junior high school showed off their science fare project and competition, it is fierce, the student led projects incorporate stem learning which is education in science, technology, engineering and math. more than 200 projects are on display for evaluation but only 24 will advance to the montgomery county science fair good luck you guys. >> indeed. that will do it for us at 6:00. "eyewitness news" returns at 10 on the cw philly and we are back at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news" tonight weans mated 1 billion packages set to be delivered for the holidays don baylor looks at is what being done to keep thieves from swiping packages from your doorstep. from new york here is jeff glor, take care family, we will see you tonight.

>> glor: >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. >> glor: the tax overhaul passes. republicans celebrate. >> it's been an amazing experience. >> there are only two places where america's popping champagne, the white house and the corporate boardrooms. >> glor: also tonight, eight americans are among the dead in that tourist bus crash in mexico. an olympic athlete accuses u.s.a. gymnastics of covering up sexual abuse by team doctor. >> oh, my gosh, like such a miracle. >> glor: the remarkable story of a child born nearly a quarter century after she was conceived. package poachers get a holiday surprise. and a plea from the mom of a bullied child. >>