breaking news this morning a car slams in the crowd of people on the sidewalk in melbourne australia more than a dozen are injured in what police believed was a deliberate act. back here at home a hit/ run crash leaves a eight year-old boy dead what the driver told police after he took off from the scene. chilly weather and katie's watching holiday weekend forecast which could bring a messy mixture to the region. it is thursday, december 21st, what is today new years eve? i'm jim donovan. aim he rahel solomon. lets get a check of the forecast with katie and forecast with with kate i. >> yes. >> we're looking outside we have two crashes out there we have a hit and run crash and

so already in the world of travel. getting busy. quiet over here. >> yeah. >> but as you said it is off to a chilly start. it is first day of winter. we expect that. we are catching sunshine today storm scan view is very quiet and will stay that way through the day with sunshine as well, and there is a chill in the air to go with this too. currently storm scan nice and quiet and will stay that way through the day. if you will recall this same time yesterday we were not only well in the 40's but there were a number of places in the lower 50's, this same hour, so you're 24 hour temperature departure is substantial. it is way colder. luckily not too breezy outside but it is still chill i. you will to have bundle up adequately. many are sitting in the 20's right now and we have a few hours before that sunrisees, but we will even up were 44. it is pretty much exactly where we should within sunshine as well and we will mark solstice officially at

11:28 this morning. coming up we will mention that possibility of the holiday storm. we have got some tricky pattern changes coming our way looking ahead to the holiday. we will walk you through possibilities, leading up to christmas and also get that holiday travel forecast, for you too coming up. >> good to know, all right. thanks very much. we are looking outside, this is overturn truck i talk about happened right before 3:00 a.m. with injuries, ac expressway eastbound right now pennsylvania route 54 only one lane is opened right now. if i were you i would advice alternates 322 or route 30 is your best bet looking around we are still showing, a lot have green but this is an area that will get very busy moving in the 5:00 o'clock hour if that does not get moved out of the way. we have construction on the schuylkill eastbound between vine and south street getting used to this? what we are not used to i'm clearing this out right around 4:30 this is great one westbound lane was block that hopefully is clearing now. disabled vehicle 95 north at

betsy ross, right lane block, that has been cleared but we have construction 95 south between business route one and street road that left lane block there, rahel, back over to you. meisha, thank you. lets get back to breaking news out of australia more than a dozen people injured after a car deliberately plowed in the crowd in melbourne. driver of the white suv rammed into pedestrians at a cable car stop. fourteen victims had been taken to the hospital two in critical condition. driver and second man have been taken into custody. stay about "eyewitness news" on air and on line as we continue to follow this break ing story. meanwhile locally philadelphia police are investigating a deadly hit and run that sent a man to the hospital and killed an eight year he had boy in the crescentville section. >> "eyewitness news" reporter frank does live at temple university hospital where that man is being treated. good morning, what do we know. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. we are told police located the driver and that charges are pending. meanwhile driver who was hit and transported to temple

university happies expected to be okay, but sadly, his eight year-old passenger did not survive. cell phone video shows the horrifying aftermath of a hit/ run that killed an eight year-old boy on wednesday. >> unaudible. >> that is awful. >> this crash happened around 1:40 in the afternoon on whittaker avenue, and the boy was riding in an older model honda with a 28 year-old driver, trying to make a left turn off whittaker. that is when another car which witnesses described as speeding and weaving in and out of traffic slammed in the passenger side of the honda. >> it was the same accident right there in that same spot with the truck, bmw and at the light there was another one, it was like two accidents. now that is the third. >> reporter: witnesses said the 34 year-old driver got out , checked damage to his car and then hit a park car in his rush to get away.

officers later found his car at frontnac and venango. the driver took himself in another car to aria torresdale hospital to be check out. >> it is horrible. people have to know what they are doing, they have to start paying attention to the road especially driving down, no matter it is a opened long road you still have to go the speed limit. >> reporter: driver told police he experienced some kind of a diabetic episode but that still does not explain why he left the scene. but for now we are live from temple university hospital i'm frank did for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", rahel and jim, back to you. >> thank you. new this morning an attempted robbery is stopped when the intended victim pulls out a gun and opens fire. >> "eyewitness news" at 2200 block of stenton avenue in west oak lane. police responding to a shooting found a 22-year old man shot in the wrist. >> while investigating the scene a 28 year-old male approached police, stated that he was getting robbed and that

he pulled his own weapon that he had permit to carry. >> police are now checking to see if the shooter's permit to carries valid, would be robber is hospitalized in stable condition. in other news congressional republicans are promising that americans will start seeing benefits of the tax relief come february. bill made it through without a single vote from a democrat, here's more now from cbs news correspondent weijia jiang. >> we are making america great again. you haven't heard that have you. >> reporter: president trump invited congressional republicans to the white house to celebrate the passage of their tax overall bill. >> it was a lot of fun. always fun when you win. if you work hard and lose that is not acceptable. >> reporter: mr. trump thanked g.o.p. leaders for steering bill into law, they returned the praise. >> something this big, something this generational, something this profound could not have been done without exquisite presidential leadership.

>> reporter: majority leader mitch mcconnell gave the president a louisville slugger as a gift, kentucky senator says it symbolized how mr. trump went to bat for middle class. plan reduces corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, doubles standard deductions for individual and families and also doubles the child tax credit. the measure made it through both the house and senate without the support of a single democrat. >> i guess if one were a billion air like president trump or a wealthy campaign contributor you do have a whole lot to celebrate. >> there are only two places where america is popping champagne, the white house, and the corporate boardrooms. >> reporter: it is unclear when president trump will actually sign the bill into law. white house says he may wait until the start of the new year in order to delay automatic cuts to medicare and other popular programs. weijia jiang for cbs news, the

white house. new jersey governor chris christie is proposing a plan to allow new jersey taxpayer to write off their property taxes on their state returns since the new g.o.p. tax bill limits the deductions on federal returns. his administration estimates cost of the state would be from 150 to 170 million-dollar , and federal deductions change hits new jersey hard since it has highest property taxes in the country. the u.n. general assembly votes on a resolution that condemns president trump's decision to move u.s. embassy to jerusalem. trump administration any country that votes in favor of the resolution could face retaliation from the u.s. u.n. ambassador said that the u.s. will be taking names and the president also threatened to cut financial support. for the first time since deadly fire swept through a west chester senior living community we are hearing from the family of one of the victims. eight five-year old teresa malloy moved in the barclay friends senior living complex on october 21st, 26 days later she died in that fire.

malloy was within of four killed when five alarm fire ripped through the building. last night family's attorney say the sprinkler system could have stopped this tragedy but the system did not work. >> this is that main valve. today at least it was off. there is no indication, no evidence as of today that this valve was turned on. >> we can only hope that she didn't suffer in anyway but we just don't know. >> a barclay friends spokesmen tells "eyewitness news" that they are taking the fire suppression system information seriously and they are fully cooperating with investigators as they await additional information. meantime a lawsuit has been filed against parents of the cosmo dinardo, one of the men charged in the bucks county killings of four people in july. the family of one of the dinardo's alleged victims mark sturgis filed the suit, family claims his parents did not

safe guard their gun used in the murders of the sturgis, jimmy patrick, thomas meo and dean fix caro. his cousin sean kratz and dinardo both pleaded not guilty to the murders. no decision to reinstate charges to the engineer involved in the deadly amtrak crash. judge delayed the hearing until february. in september reckless endangerment and involuntary manslaughter charges were dismissed against brandon bostian. an appeal was late's piled for i pennsylvania attorney general. they decided not to the file saying there was not enough evidence. bostian was at controls have the train when it crashed in port richmond in may 2015. eight people died. 246 were injured. and repairs are underway to the highway and guardrail damage after monday's train derailment in washington state crews removed locomotive yesterday morning. other train cars were moved on tuesday. ntsb says train was traveling 80 miles per hour in the 30- mile an hour zone, federal investigators are looking into whether the engineer was distract by a employee in

training when the train went off the track. that crash killed three people and injured dozens of others. well, police are on the look out for two men who allegedly tried to abduct two children walking to school. this happened yesterday morning in the lawncrest section of the philadelphia police say men tried to lure the children into a green minivan as they walked along devereaux avenue, the children ran to cornell elementary and school officials there called police. >> one of the people that were in that van were the outside of the van, it looks like he was opening up the hitch through the trunk of the back part of the van. as children walk by he made a comment or gesture to get in the car but he said something to the effect of come here. they did the right thing, smart thing, they ran. >> police say within of the suspects was wearing a green jacket, other was wearing all black clothing. >> very disturbing. special delivery courtesy of a local police department and community. >> coming up next on "eyewitness news" this morning where officers turned into santa's help tours make christmas season brighter for

local families in need. and iphone users conspiracy theory is true, apple admits to something we have long suspected, that answer when we are back in two

christmas came early for some children in burlington county new jersey thanks to the mount holly police department. >> police fire rescue units paraded through streets of the mount holly as operation saint nick got underway. annual toy drive collects gifts for local children in need. last night 12 families received bags of toys, bicycles personally delivered to their homes by the men and women in blue. santa and spider man also tagged along for the ride. some philadelphia police officers were spread something christmas cheer last night, five local families were the special guest at 17th police district's adopt a family for christmas program. officers in the district provided families with gifts, santa, of course was on hand

as well and everyone had a great time. time right now 4:44. >> i mean, it looks like everyone wants to tell santa what they want. >> hi there, katie. >> apparently so. as we are's looking ahead to christmas itself there is very likely going to be a storm to track. question is where does it go? we will keep a close watch as we get ever closer to christmas itself, right now it is a 50/50 as to whether we would see anything out of this storm. but let me get you outside the door and we will talk about that. storm scan is quiet. we are expecting sunshine through the day, it is winter solstice as well so marking day with the seasonal value on the thermometer and quiet weather and that goes for the eastern 23rds of u.s. that did have rain in the carolinas yesterday. that has moved out to sea and didn't cause any problems for us. lets talk about the solstice. recall what happens when it is solstice? this is when northern hemisphere is at farthest distance from the sun. we have a really le sun angle

and that can really hit you in the forehead for a good portion of the day even beyond the morning and typical evening commute. longer days are coming from this point forward, we are, however at the shortest time of the year with daylight where we are only going to get nine hour and 20 minutes out of the day, and there will be plenty of sun to go with it but it is a short day here with time every single passing day we will tack a few second on to this so by time we hit summer we will see licensing days. for now expect a quiet day, sunshine and 44 degrees. light wind. breeze has been a issue. the included rebuild in tonight but staying dry down to 33. looking ahead to the seven day forecast temperatures are on the rebound all over again, saturday still expecting in the just most rainy but mildest as we flirt with 60 and temperatures take a solid hit and we will track possibility, of a holiday storm system into christmas morning, meisha. >> okay, thank you so much,

katie. we are looking outside right new we are still following, what we are talking about a little bit ago this overturned truck that happened before 3:00 a.m. that does include injuries. ac expressway eastbound pass route 541 lane opened and we have to use alternates 322 or route 30 is your best bet if you want to avoid where i'm assuming we will get a pile up there just a head up, this will be very slow coming up here, plus construction we were hoping was cleaned out early schuylkill eastbound between vine and south street it looks like crews are still out there just a head up plus one westbound lane still block and we are waiting for that to clear as well. construction between business route one and street road that left lane still compromised there and mercon trucks 95 south you can see 95 south at airport two left lanes are still block there so lots of construction this morning. plus we have some street sweeping, 422 eastbound between, route 202, and that right lane is compromised there, rahel, back over to you

new jersey is facing a shortage of the volunteer emts after losing a quarter of the squad. e ms council of new jersey say many of folded, others like fenwick squad in salem is merging with nearby towns that has paid ambulance services shifting burden to taxpayers. the squad's president say busy schedules play a big factor. >> when we do recruit something somebody they are gungho and they are like i cannot make that because i cannot get a sitter or i can't make that because i have my second job to do. >> best way to fix this problem toys make changes, they suggest modifying emt training schedules and lex toss better accommodate home and work lives of the volunteers. well, it is a problem that frustrated iphone users for a while why apple say they intentionally slow down older iphones. >> we knew it, we knew it. plus changes for septa commuters what you may want to know before you take your next septa ride when "eyewitness news"

septa's key card has grown so popular that the transit agency will begin to phase out sale of tokens early next year toke hens in january will no longer be sold at vending machine at market frankford and broad street line stations

tokens will continue to be sold at major septa sales offices, regional rail stations and third party retailers until further notice 4:51. time for a check of business news. >> money watch's dianne king hall joins us from the new york stock exchange. if you are wondering fur older model iphonies running slower then usual you are not imaging things, we knew it, what are they saying? >> i know, i know, it is true. jim and rahel, so apple confirms it. it slows down the performance of older iphones to reduce power demand. the phone's ion batteries have problems supplying as they age in a statement to cbs news apple said lithium batteries become less capable of supplying demand when in cold conditions have a low battery charge or as they age overtime , which can result in the device unexpectly shutting down to protect it's electric tronic components, we are talking about the iphone seven

all the way down. >> that is a bunch of technical mum bow jumbo. >> they just want to us buy new iphones. >> that is right. >> american way, dianne. >> yes. >> new survey is showing that the flying experience when traveling has gone down, hill, oh, what a surprise, what can you tell us. >> i know, i know, right. so u.s. travel association's out with a new survey finding that america flying public to be a bigger hassle now compared to five years ago. the association is report ago this more than 60 percent of americans in fact say airline fees like those for bags, flight changes and ceta sign ments have been more cumbersome, translation, expensive and half of the passengers say terminals are more crowded, lines are longer and just getting around the airport has become more of an ordeal. >> yes, in these days with power outages, talking about all kinds of issues. >> i know, exactly. and remember, the videos of just airline, employees, et cetera. >> my goodness.

>> yes. >> yes. it has gotten a little bit more harder. >> i keep my head down and keep moving forward, get out of my way. >> all right, dianne, we will see you next hour, thank you. meisha has another check of the road coming up next. >> katie's back with the latest on the chilly start for winter and next chance for

traffic looks like it is moving smoothly here overlooking logan square. there is one car, anybody else out there this dark and early hour. it doesn't look like it. off to a quiet start here in center city but we are either hitting the road, rails, taking flight in the next couple of days and maybe waiting for your loved won to arrive here locally. lets give you a sense how things will pan out with holiday travel, right now storm scan has a wide zoom, we have snow breaking out in the

rockies, how the storm in the southe that made its departure but more rain in the days ahead. here's most current up to date , national watches and warnings, fog is an issue again, down through bayou area out toward panhandle of florida. winter weather advisory posted in parts of the new england and we have that back to the central rockies, fire weather still an issue if you have plans to fly out to lax for example that is a forecast you need to keep a close watch on but locally next few days really look okay at leon friday but then saturday would be the busy day. i don't think we're talking about wash out status of rain but rain could occur a good portion of the day. would be light to moderate rainfall. then there is a chance on christmas that we will see rain or wintry mix moving in but that is completely dependent about a track of the storm system that will be developing by that point. so stay tuned, meisha, those storms tend to show their hand at last second. it may be down to the wire

with the forecast. please stick with us. >> absolutely, katie, thanks very much for all that information. right now we are looking outside and in the world of travel it is just construction out there and we are dealing with an overturned truck as well. but first construction, pesky construction that we thought was hopefully clearing and it is still out there schuylkill eastbound between, one westbound lane was block, that whoever has been since cleared construction here 95 south between business route one and street road that left lane is still compromised and we have a little bit of a tip over, be careful out there, beautiful shot here of the ben franklin bridge, never disappoints traveling from new jersey westbound into center city you are in great company now, overturned truck here that happens before 3:00 a.m. with injuries ac expressway injuries, one lane opened i would suggest using these two alternates 322 or route 30, jim, back over to you. coming up next a blast roxane apartment building in hollywood. >> explosion left glass and debris all over streets we will tell you what authorities

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a car crashes in to a crowd of people in australia leaving a dozen hurt and police say it is deliberate. police catch a driver suspect in the deadly crash that killed a young boy, explanation that the driver has for the wreck. first day of winter is here, live look from our parkway central library camera we will tell you how cool it will feel as a seasonal chill arrived. it is thursday, december 21st, good morning, everyone i'm jim donovan. not to be confused with 31st i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are keeping