>> headed for the holidays, one of the busiest days of the year a look at the early morning lines. warming up and then rain. chelsey ingram chances for rain and then snow for christmas. >> philadelphia tourists looking to take a carriage ride around the city why one company is forced to turn over its horses. good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are both off. let's get a look at weather can with chelsey ingram, and checking at that time with pat gallen. >> how about you guys? >> yes, absolutely, the last day of work for a lot of peoplement dry outside right now, let me show you live look

at the city courtesy of palmyra cove nature park in new jersey, see, some cloudy skies out there, the city lights kind of showing off on those clouds, seeing little bit of a glare out there. but overall, looking good, we're dry this morning, 35 degrees right now in philadelphia, 32 in wilmington , we're in the 20's in millville, atlantic city, chilly start to the day there. 26 degrees, and in millville. here is the thing, don't have much in the way of winds. not dealing with the windchill like we were yesterday morning so, that is making it feel at least a little better out there, right? as we head throughout the day today, 9:00, 37 degrees, in the mid 40's, by the noon hour , not as cold as yesterday , actually going to be mild afternoon, clouds are going to dominate the forecast today. so you can look for high right around 52, yes, keeping all eyes on the christmas holiday. looking mainly dry for christmas eve, 45 degrees, but we could see the chance for couple of snowflakes, as we head into christmas day, details on that coming up in a bit, pat, over to you. >> kind of gets me excited i

love snow on christmas, who doesn't? good morning, nothing to speak of as far as travel concerns in the area, some construction issues, and we see that right here. this is the schuylkill eastbound, it is closed, we assure you it is closed between vine and south. that is in the eastbound direction, until about 5:00 a.m. also, one lane blocked in the westbound direction, as well. ninety-five northbound, at the betsy ross bridge, construction here, right up here under the overpass, be sure, but again, should be cleared out by about 5:00 a.m. in new jersey, 42 freeway, no delays if you are headed toward the city toward i 2956789 but here is one of the problem spots, it will be as the morning progresses, we've got couple of spots here , one, i76 westbound off ramp to route 130 southbound closed because of tractor-trailer accident. then 76 west, near i-295 one to two lanes will be alternating closed until about 8:00 a.m. jim, rahel, over to you. >> thank you, patrick. the next couple every days are expected to be intense travel

days leading to up christmas, and philadelphia international airport will be very busy place. >> yes, it l "eyewitness news" reporter trang do keeping an eye on things at the airport for us this morning, trang, good morning, how is it looking so far? >> rahel, jim, already a very busy place here at the philadelphia international airport. i'm going to take you guys right around here at this line this is security line. you guys, it keeps ongoing, it is actually about to loop over once again. see scott walking down here to show you all of the people in line. absolutely will be crazy, fun funny because it just changed within minutes, because the line was pretty short. then all the sudden all of these travelers started showing up for these very early morning flights. so, obviously, if you're applying later today, definitely allow some extra time for checking in, as well as the security screening, which you see here right now. now, it looks like this now is going to be absolutely even crazier because christmas, again, is next to a weekend. but triple a predicts this will be record year for holiday travel with more than

107 million people traveling to see family and friends for the holidays. now, here in the philadelphia area, more than 1.2 million people are leaving town, and the vast majority of them about 90% are driving to their destinations but train and air travel also up this year, some 80,000 people will be flying out of our area during this end of year holiday rush, obviously, many of them through this major airport, the philadelphia international airport. now, coming up at 5:00 we will talk to triple a to give you travel tips, if you will be driving, flying, or riding the rales, but for now, live from philadelphia international airport. i'm trang do, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you guys. >> thank you, trang. "eyewitness news" has learned second person has died from injuries after last week's fatal hit-and-run accident in northeast philadelphia. first told but the story on december 13. thirty-three year old machine was ejected and killed, in a early morning crash at distance and torresdale. >> this also confirmed the driver of the car has turned herself in. now, faces charges in the double fatal crash.

>> and, police have also filed charges in a hit-and-run crash that killed eight year old boy in crescent ville wednesday. police say mike and fin was speed whg he struck a vehicle, the child was riding in. fin told officers she had a diabetic incident, that's what caused the crash. officer say he was also driving without a license. >> four men who police say returned to help a family member are hospitalized after they were shot during a fight in southwest philadelphia. this happened around 9:30 last night, 6600 block of did your al street. woman was fighting with her boyfriend in the street and then called family members for help, when they arrived a brawl broke out. boyfriend opened fire shooting the four men, and the victims were rushed to the hospital, and they remain in critical condition. police are searching for that shooter. >> staying in southwest philadelphia, police are on the hunt for kill here they say fatally shot a man outside after store. this happened, just after 6:30 last night on the 5200 block of woodland avenue. officials say the shooter shot the victim in the chest. officers returned that victim

to the hospital where he died. police are trying to figure out motive for the shooting. >> a mother is frightened to return home after her baby girl is viciously attack by a raccoon in north philadelphia. four month old journey black on long road to recovery she suffered bad facial cuts, the attack happened on the 2100 block of north 22 street wednesday night. her mother said she spotted the raccoon earlier in the day and called the landlord to remove it, she plans to pursue legal action. >> laying on the floor, so it dragged her off the bed, across the room, and she was like real bleeding and crying. >> there is no reason why no animal should have got in a house where kids with minors. >> landlord tells "eyewitness news" everything has been resolved and to contact his attorney. philadelphia officials are shutting down some of the popular horse-drawn carriage rides. the order filed yesterday explains ill league -- a legal agreement between the carriage company and the city of philadelphia.

the company will seasonings cents as of january 1st, forfeit ownership of the horses to the city. city officials and activists say some of the horses face inhumane boarding conditions, and they classified their street street stables as inhumane. >> when you find out what is behind the scenes, it is horrible. i didn't realize where they lived. and i was shocked. it is so horendous. >> a lawyer for the owner did not return a request for comment. long time employee kyle hoffman said we truely love these animals, and other horse-drawn company will remain open, but philadelphia carriage company horses are now headed for a a sanctuary. >> famous philadelphia orchestra conductor loretta charles facing allegation of sexual assault. opera circumstances, classical musician say he abused them, un idanissavich dollars soprano who person formed with the conductor in 2010 says he pushed her against the wall and forced his mouth on hers. she also claims he attack her

in a dressing room while she was on the road with the orchestra back in 2006. he has led 650 performances with the orchestra is that, we reached out for comment, but haven't heard back. how much, the philadelphia orchestra association is investigating and released this statement reading in part : we had no knowledge of these allegations. the association is committed to provide ago safe and respectful work environment for all of it employees and guest artists, we've had no communication with mr. dutoit and he has no future engagements with the orchestra >> rittenhouse square, water main sprung weeks leaks in a matter of hours. >> this morning home and business onagawa remembers assess the damage. the main broke wednesday night , then again yesterday morning near 18th and locust. eighteenth was shut down between walnut and spruce, as crews made the repairs. flood of water made its way into the nearby curtis institute of music. "eyewitness news" cameras there it, caught removing water soak pianos and the

damage is still being determined. >> three organs, harpscord, aviation equipment. haven't had a chance to examine the rooms. >> units and apartment unit and restaurant also impacted. shutdown, congress narrowly, the re republican house of representatives approved the bill late yesterday afternoon, that was quickly followed by the republican-led senate passing the bill. the bill pushes larger fights about the budget, healthcare, and i am graduation into 2,018 >> meantime, vice president mike pence touched down in afghanistan yesterday to meet with afghan officials in us troops. the white house says the trip was unannounced and planned in secret for safety reasons. the visit to that war torn country comes four months after president trump unveiled his strategy to break the stalemate in america's longest war. >> i know it must be hard to be so far from home, away from

your families, and friends, especially, this time of year. so, in this season, i just want you all to know that you're on the hearts of the american people. >> pence reiterated the us commitment to lasting peace and security in the region. he told troops that he believes that victory is closer than ever before. and, mourning the loss of beloved sports cast or dick found dead inside his san diego home, they went to check on him after he didn't show up for his flight to boston. he went onto cover superbowls, final four's, the olympic barks,. coming up: heating your home this winter get little cheaper. still ahead on "eyewitness news," we will let you know who is getting a break on their bills, how much you can expect to see. >> plus, hitching a ride down the highway. why this guy uses unusual way to get around. >> and tracking santa. the new technology you can use

to follow santa's trip, santa, rahel, santa's trip. >> i know him. >> around the world for christmas. we're back in a moment.

>> they received flood of phonecalls about a man hitching a ride on the back after tractor-trailer. well, turns out, that man was using the truck as a get away vehicle after allegedly assaulting a woman, for talking to loudly on her phone the 20 year old was arrested and charged in the alleged attack. >> time to buy holiday gifts is running out. if you haven't finished your shopping yet, you're that the alone. >> half of all consume letters shop this weekend on super saturday. that's the last saturday before christmas. twelve precious of sean ers are already done shopping, you can include jim donovan among those, those early birds did check off all of their gifts off their list. >> cherry hill police department says it will be on

the look-out on the day after christmas, for out of control kids at the cherry hill mall. police say, nationally, there has been up tick in parent dropping off their kids at the malls on supervised the day after christmas, police say they'll not tolerate juveniles at the mall act nag disruptive manner. >> we want people to come to the town like cherry hill, to go out and eat, to go to the shopping centers have, good time with their families, not to deal with a bunch of rowdy juveniles unsupervized. >> kids acting inappropriately will be taken to the police station for their par don't pick up, good. those engaging in criminal behavior will be arrested and prosecuted. >> we are only two days away from santa claus' big trip around the wormed. now new way to track santa, on christmas eve. know rad tracking santa tracker this year, now you can use smart home digital assistance, like alexa, to see when old saint nick will bring presents to your home, nor add has been tracking santa's whereabouts for the last 62

years. >> wow, everything is getting high tech these days. >> even santa's trip around the world. >> i'm telling you. time now 4:45. >> and chelsea is here with another check of the forecast, do you think they'll be on the good list this year? >> i think i'm on the good list, i hope i'm on the good list, i talked with santa the other day. so we hope that's the case, you guys. but co-have an interesting commute, as he makes his way into philadelphia. and we will talk about why in just a minute. live look at center city, see we have dry conditions, 35 degrees, right now, there is not much in the way of winds, 35 actually feels like 35. different story compared to yesterday. so, doesn't feel as cold as the air starting out your morning today. we are in the 20's, though, down into millville, the mid two's, atlantic city, 26, chilly start, there at least not with the winds. 30 degrees in wildwood. upper 20's, also, in dover, in the 30's, right now, in wilmington, headed throughout the day today, you can expect us to climb to the mid 40's by the noon hour. as we head into the 3:00 hour, mild afternoon, but a dry afternoon. high right around 52 degrees,

in philadelphia. you can see we're dry on storm scan3, we do have quite a bit of cloud cover across the region, and clouds will be dominating the forecast throughout the day. if you are going to be traveling today for the holidays, you've got the green light. dry conditions throughout the day. the weekend, giving you the yellow light, especially for saturday. that's when it will be rainy at times, then cooler on sunday, sunday, overall, look okay and dry. christmas day could be talking about light morning rain-snow mix, maybe even some light snow showers, and we will be talking about that throughout the morning. but across the region today, just be aware up into new england, dealing with some snow moving on through, maybe even some icing as we head into saturday. we could deal with some delays if you are headed out that way this morning, some foggy conditions down south, even flashflood watch into the tennessee valley. so here's a look at what you can expect. this is what we know for christmas, cold air in place, watching coastal area of low pressure, that's going to bring us chance for rain-snow mix, or even wet snow today. high temperature of 52 degrees then quick check of your eyewitness weather seven day forecast, notice the warm up.

then the roller coaster drops us back down, 39 monday, 38 tuesday. but overall, travel conditions today, at least weather wise, pat, are good. >> not looking too bad right now. so if you want to get a quick start on the weekends, now is your time. except on the schuylkill expressway. as i back up, did this just open back up? yes, opened back up. it had been closed schuylkill eastbound, between vine street expressway and south street. construction looks like that is done now, normally around 5:00 a.m., looks like they're wrapping it up early this morning, though, one lane block westbound, though, i still believe is out there. you can see, right here, the cones along northbound 95, near betsy ross, blocking just the left lane, this is another one that should be out of here by about 5:00 a.m. then as we look at the vine street expressway, looking beautiful this morning, no delays, if you are headed through the city of philadelphia. now, out to 422, there is some construction going on out here so it is westbound closed between route 100 and the ben franklin highway, use route 724 to get around t and then there is some ramp closures here, bunch of things

happening, route 422 westbound , on and off-ramps to stowe closed until fall 2019. then the temporary off ramp is also closed in this area. so kind of jumble mess out here in west pottsgrove township. jim, rahel, back over to you. >> thanks, patrick. join "eyewitness news" tonight as holiday fest heads to beautiful bucks county. kate bilo will be in yardley to celebrate the season from shady brooke farm. you'll get peak at their annual holiday lights show. that's tonight on "eyewitness news," starting at 5:00 p.m. well, still ahead, lottery players listen up. nearly $500 million is up for grabs over the next couple of days. >> also, one company is making it easier to find a bathroom in new york city over the holiday. we'll be right back.

>> lottery players won't just be dreaming after jackpot, the jackpot up to $247 million. tickets are flying out of

emergency at stores across the area, odds every getting your hands on winning ticket are one in more than 300 million. mega millions draws tonight at 11:00 and if you're feeling real lucky the powerball is drawing on saturday. that's cool $300 million jackpot. >> got to play to win, jim, got to play to win. if your's a pse&g customer your heating bill should be lower this winter, says it will be providing bill credits for january and february. pse&g says typical custom letter save about $50 over the two months. the company says passing along the saves because it is paying less for natural gas. >> 4:51, time for check on business news. >> money watch's diane king hall joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, diane. so head of popular pizza chain apparently is out. what do we know? >> good morning, rahel, jim. that's right, no more pappa and pappa john's, the founder of the chain, john, will step down as ceo weeks after eucrite cited nfl about his handling of the national and then protest.

he appears on the pizza boxes will stay on as chairman of the board, steve richie will replace him as ceo january 1st , you will recall in november, he blamed slowing sales at pappa john's on the anthem protest. he later walk back from his comments and apologized. rahel, jim. >> a lot of folks from our area head up to the big apple to see the tree in rockefeller plaza, if they're looking for a rest room, i guess they don't have to hunt that far this season? >> no, they don't. charmine wants people visiting the city to enjoy the go, that's how they're tagging it, while on the go, in times square. the free temporary rest rooms in mid town are open through christmas eve, they feature more than two dozen playful songs that officials, company officials say will take you to another place through emerse i have sites and sounds. so what's that about one stall transport you to mt. everest, another takes you under the sea. i guess to do your business. >> ya. and in a port a pot. >> i but don't squeeze the

charmine. >> my advice when looking for a rest room, go into a hotel and ask if they have a -- >> i don't even ask if they have, i just go in a hotel and just look around, because it is usually somewhere. >> usually near the rest rooms , the pay phones, so you don't -- a lot of times you don't want non-people that aren't staying at the hotel to use their rest rooms. >> true. >> so just have to walk in like you own the place. >> gentlemen. >> that's how i always do, diane, thank you. see you next hour. >> still ahead, the royal engagement photos revealed. >> prince harry and meghan markle official photo coming up after the break.

>> good new york, some of you getting ready to travel for the holidays, and we'll have your travel forecast, 35 degrees in philadelphia, 32 in wilmington, we're in the 20 's down in millville, 26

agrees, little chillier there, 26 atlantic city, and then 25 degrees in wildwood. but not much in the way of wind. so really not talking about windchill, as we start out your friday morning. so that's making it overall little better start to the day compared to yesterday. climb into the low 50's as we head into the afternoon, and it will be mainly dry. so if you're going to be travel for the holidays, here's what you need to keep in mind. saturday, not looking like the best travel day, it will be mild, it will be rainy at times, too, so the roads very wet, generally dry, and chilly sunday, and maybe even monday morning christmas snowflake, we will talk about that coming up in your full forecast, pat? >> thank you, chelsey. we will get you caught up on a few things this morning, including the schuylkill westbound, this is one lane blocked off at the right lane, going from south street, to vine, and that should be out of here pretty soon. see the construction vehicles out there right now, but should be out of the way in the next five to ten minutes, also, just cleared the construction, 95 northbound at the betsy ross bridge, but looking beautiful, and open,

on 95 going both directions, and the same holds true, southbound, at girard. looking clear as you head into the city of philadelphia. but we go over to new jersey, 76 westbound, near 295, one to two lanes will be closed intermittently until about 8:00 a.m. this has been clearing early. that is good news, but we will keep an eye on this throughout the morning and this accident 76 westbound near the 130 southbound ramp has been cleared, jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, patrick. world can't stop talking about prince harry and fiancee meghan markle. >> the new engagement photos on twitter yesterday. they joined the queen and royal family for christmas lunch at buckingham palace, set to marry may 19 at wind son castle after that they'll live in hot ingham cottage at kensington palace. >> that dress of her, $75,000. >> wow. all of the things coy do with 75,000. >> i don't think she picked it out at kohl's, for sure. >> no kohl's catch. >> coming up next, 2,017 was unforgettable year. now, find out which story topped them all. >> also, headed home for the

holidays, you're in good company. live at philadelphia international airport with what triple a says are record numbers on the roads, rales, and airlines. >> and new spin on an old amusement park ride, bumper carson ice. we're back at the top of the hour.

they'll be home for christmas, travelers head to their destination by car, train and as you can see, by air. or traveling by car, when is the best time to lever town , or maybe stowing home for christmas, finds out if we'll see any snowflakes. >> some of the horse-drawn carriages you see around philadelphia are about to become history. we'll tell you which company is shutting down and what will happen to the horses. today is friday, december 22, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are off. chelsey and pat aee