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into a crash that killed a little boy. >> i. natasha brown after the impact the driver of the striking car got out saw the after math and fled the scene. this all happened in the crescentsville neighborhood. alexandria hoff is at temple university hospital where a man injured in the crash is currently being treated. alex. >> reporter: the driver of the car that was hit was taken here to temple university hospital. we're told he's expected to be ok. sadly. the 8-year-old boy riding with him did not survive the crash. tonight be witnesses are wondering how another driver could have hit them and leave. >> this viewer cell phone video shows the devastating aftermath of a crash that took the life of an 8-year-old boy. according to police, the boy was riding in this tan honda along with a 28-year-old driver-around

1:40 p.m. when a vehicle was attempting to make a left turn. it was struck in its passenger side at a high rate of speed by a second vehicle. >> police say that the 34-year-old driver of that second vehicle stopped to check for damage to his car and then fled the scene after striking another gray vehicle. >> the owner of the car left. >> reporter: according to investigators, the offender abandoned the vehicle before heading to the hospital himself. he was located in the second district while his vehicle was located by police near front and venango. in a tree. a ribbon commemorates another family's loss >> there was the same accident when a truck and were bmy clientw >> speeding cars an ever present threat, other families tell us they're considering moving. >> we've been here a long time.

>> reporter: witnesses say that the offending vehicle was speeding and swerving before the crash. police say that the driver told them he was suffering from a, quote, diabetic episode. we're told that charges against him are pending. alexandria hoff cbs3 eyewitness news. he many american worker as getting a raise after they passed president trump's tax reform plan. big tax cuts are poverty biggest overhaul of the tax system since 1986 >> we are making america great again. you haven't heard that. have you? >> president trump invited congressional republicans to the white house to celebrate the passage their tax overhaul bill >> it's a lot of fun when you win. if you work hard and lose, that's not acceptable. >> the president thanked gop leaders for steering the bill in law. they returned the praise. >> something this put big,

something this generational, something this profound could not have been done without sequestration it presidential leadership >> mitch mcconnell gave the president a louisville shrugger as a gift. symbolized how he went to bat. the plan reducings the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21%, doubles the standard deduction and the child tax credit. it made it through both the house and senate without the support of a single democratic >> i guess if one were a billionaire or a we think three campaign contribute or you have a lot to celebrate >> there are only two places where america is popping champagne, the white house and the corporate board rooms. >> it's unclear when president trump will actually sign the bill into law. the white house said he may wait

until the start of the new year in order to delay automatic consults to medicare and other popular programs. congress didn't have much time to celebrate. they're scrambling to reach an agreement by friday to overt a government shut down. new jersey tax players to write off their property taxes. his administration estimates the cost would be from 150 million to $170 million. the change hits new jersey hard since it has the highest property taxes in the country. >> winter officially arrives tomorrow. kate bilo has the first look at this chilly start to the new season j. i thought it was already winter >> it felt like it the past week, we've had a few to snow events and temperatures, now winter set to begin tomorrow.

11:28 tomorrow morning, the winter solstice we had clouds earlier, skies cleared throughout the course of the day, star filled sky but temperatures are on their way down. our next system it's this one you see out here and that will get here in time for the start of the holiday weekend. i'll have your travel forecast locally and across the nation. at cold night. 26 in millville, 20's in reading and wilmington 36 here in philadelphia. winds are calming down. still breeze in the city about nine miles per hour. but the cold doesn't last very long. after we kick off water, temperatures surge into the start of the weekend. but the warmth will come with rain, chances for parts of the area to possibly see snow christmas day more on that coming up. natasha? >> thank you meantime we're hearing for the first time from the family of one of the victims killed in the west chester inferno, 85-year-old teresa moved into

the barkley friends senior living complex on october 21 it's, 26 days later she died in the fire. malloy was one of four senior citizens killed when a five alarm fire ripped through. the sprinkler system could have stopped this tragedy but the system didn't work >> this is the main valve dark, it was off. there is no indication, no evidence as of today that this valve was turned on. >> we can only hope she didn't suffer in any way, we don't know. >> a barkley friends spokesman tells "eyewitness news" they're taking the fire suppression information seriously and fully cooperating with investigators as they await dish information a lawsuit has now been filed against the parents of cosmo denardo one of the men charged in the bucks county killings of four people back in july. the family of one of the alleged

victims filed the suit. the family claims denardo's parents did not safeguard their gun, which was allegedly used in the murders of sturgis, patrick, mayo and dean finocchiaro, they pleaded not guilty to the murders. the search is on for two suspects police say attempted to abduct two children. investigators say the two men were inside a green minivan and attempted to lure the children towards the vehicle as they walked by. the children ran to car knell elementary and school officials called police. >> one of the people that were in that van were the outside of the van looks like he was opening up the hithch. he made some sort of gesture to get into the car. they did the right thing, smart thing and they ran. >> police say one of the suspects was wearing a green

jacket. other all black clothing. a decision on whether to reinstate charges against the engineer of one 88 in philadelphia, this is new video of brandon bostian walking out of court. reckless endangerment andin voluntary manslaughter charges were dismissed against bostian an appeal was filed by the pennsylvania attorney general. district attorney's office originally decided not to file charges saying there was not enough evidence. bostian was at the controls when it crashed in may of 2015. eight people died. 246 others were injured. repairs are underway to the highway and guardrail damaged after monday's train derailment in washington state crew it's removed the locomotive this morning, the other train cars were removed yesterday. the ntsb said the train was traveling 80 miles per hour in a

30 miles per hour zone. federal investigators are looking into whether the engineer was distracted by an employee in training when the train went off the tracks. the crash killed three people and injured dozens. in an emergency seconds count and now new jersey is facing a shortage of volunteer emts. the ems counsel of new jersey left a quarter of volunteer squads. many are merging with nearby towns. glen kagel is the president of this squad >> when we recruit somebody they gungho and they they figure i can't make that because i can't get a sit r or my second job >> the state needs to make changes to modify location to volunteer accommodate. >> you may want to opt for the

salad. >> why is salad a day may be key to a healthy brain. plus making the christmas season much brighter for local families into need, where police officers turned into elves for the night to deliver hundreds of presents. selfies and cap cheap know team up a live on a look at downtown bethlehem. the travel forecast as many of you get set to hit the roads, the rails and the skies

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per day of leafy green vegetables can help keep your brain healthy. researchers say it's best to choose greens with dark leaveses. the darker r the more nutrients they have. police, fire and rescue units showed up at their door >> even santa made an appearance as operation st. nick got underway. >> quite the scene through the communities in mt. holly. police, fire, rescue and many community members helping to make christmas better >> fire trucks and police and ambulance and first responders and they came in here. the mayor was here. they came in way bunch of toys. >> he was overcome with emotion watching as the children ripped open present after present. early christmas cheer courtesy of operation st. nick.

>> members community, police department, we've had businesses donate money and we buy new unwrapped gifts for children in need within the community. >> operation st. nick began several years ago with a mt. holly police fire and rescue units working with schools helping to fix family that is will receive the gifts. volunteers some dominating their money giving their time to brighten the holidays for families. she started rallying parents years ago to help out and now the operation grown tremendously >> i rounded up the troops, and that was about eight years ago. and it's taken off from here. now, we service 29 children today. and that will be our highest so far. >> we got a present right here >> 12 families will receive bags of toys and bicycles and the kids will get a visit from santa. spider man tagged along >> we like to be out there, you

know, in a positive note with the community and this is one way we can get into see people in a different light. >> on this night, the only thing these kids and family members see are people who carry. people with no other agenda but to put a smile on face >> one of the best christmases ever, i'll remember this day forever. >> really special night. they worked with the pto and p. a and get together to wrap them. >> they look greatly fantastic. going to be a special christmas for five philadelphia families, they were the special guests at the 17th police department's adopt a family for christmas program. officers provided three families with gifts, santa was on hand. >> if you like taking selfies here's a new one. >> a london cafe is offering a selfie chino.

with a picture of yourself. using flavorless food coloring. we called our friend who is the owner, this is what he sent us. >> made a selfie cappachino featuring, look at that lovely like next, how cool is that, the ukee tino, they also made one of a picture of you, jessica and kate. takes selfies to a whole new level >> i hope she didn't cut her lip, i didn't shave. >> that's wild. >> i don't want to drink my own face. >> take it and put it over here.

kate has your forecast at 11:28 tomorrow, winter >> 12 hours and ten minutes right now. 11:18. winter is upon us and it will feel more like winter tomorrow. today more chill. tomorrow is a cold day and temperature start to climb once again as we head to the holiday weekend. here's a look outside. we'll take you to the boardwalk plaza in rehoboth beach. the lights are on, quiet night on the boardwalk tonight. not as many folks as they were yesterday when temperatures are near the 60's quiet there and as we take a peak at stormscan 3, you can see not a whole lot going on here. talking about quiet. snow showers in upstate new york, clear skies, lots of stars. our next system is this, you can see the rain over the carolinas will exit out to sea and not

impact us, next storm starting to gather moisture over northern plains it will impact us in time for the start of your holiday weekend. temperatures swings, tomorrow is cold then temperatures start is to rise as we head into the holiday weekend. look at all this cold air waiting in the wings, just in time for christmas day, that's when we'll see an arctic to front move through the bulk of the cold will arrive next tuesday and wednesday. but as we put the cold up against it's mild air, there will be a chance for wet weather or a wintery mix. two systems to watch. you can see on friday, into saturday, a warm front will lift through, saturday very warm, but we'll start the day with rain and rain could get steady into the afternoon. with the front offshore we'll have to watch another system. couple of models are united states model the gfs really nothing with this, couple of snow showers, this is the european model one of our favorite models to look at. and i think you do have to give

weight to this potential that a system could form along the coast cold air starts to move and in this is christmas day written in philadelphia, a wintery mix or even snow to the north and west. that then moves on out then arctic fronts comes through tuesday, too early to tell but the threat for a messy mix especially in our north and west suburbs exists christmas day. here's your travel forecast if you have plans to get out of town and go around the country, quiet and chilly. southeast looking good. stray shower in orlando if your travelings taking there. omaha, chicago possibly rain and snow is. couple slowdowns there and same in denver, no problems if you're headed to the west coast. san francisco and la looking fine. locally friday looks like your best best. rain saturday. christmas eve sunday looks good, christmas day we will have that chance for a little rain or 18 a

wintery mix. still really too soon to say not going to make any promises for snow on christmas but there is the potential, let's just say parts of area, white christmas it is going to be cold and getting colder look at next tuesday, temperatures not getting above the freezing mark. we've got everything. we got 40's, 50's, 60's, 30's. running the gam mutt >> keep us posted. >> don got sports >> we're talking about the eagles, malcolm jenkins doesn't want to play in the pro bowl. flyers trying to get back on track.

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the fly guys are 10th place and looking to make up ground. red wings visiting south philadelphia. down two to one, power tripping wayne simmons. that ties it at two. a little later. a first for robert hague, the rookie's first nhl goal lights the lamp look at the smile. excited ties the game. shawn couturier having a great season picks up 16th goal of the year, that would be the game winner, 4-3, hope to start another winning street. . google carlos santana, blues and jazz. if you're into baseball, you'll know that the other carlos santana can rock as well. the phillies introducing their biggest free agent signee? seven years, a refill after spending any time years in cleveland. hit 23 homers last season but 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. we have the philly, player, but my decision, i'm here. because the phillies they want me, they believe me. the 12 and two eagles have the best record in the nfl. you can't be the best unless you have players playing at their best. birds have six pro bowl guys. today some talked about the honor. >> huge honor, it's one of the things that coaches around the league your peers fans vote on, i think you know, a lot of guys play the game for respect. >> i was excited but at the same time here to try and win it all. individual accolades are well

and good. i'm excited for something great to accomplish personally. but overall, i'm here to try and get a ring. >> don't mean a thing without the ring. michael jordan he taught me. st. joes, the red storm storming back. jumper to go five he had 28 and st. john's winning 77-73. >> so close. >> jordan got six rings? he should know. thank you, buddy, appreciate.

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slowdowns more seasonal sunday but tracking the chance

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