this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan, katie and meisha are off today. chelsey and pat will be along in just an employment. first, what you need to start your day in the morning minute today is friday, december 22. >> heading home for the holidays. it is already a very busy place here at the philadelphia international airport. >> security line, you guys, just keeps ongoing. >> tourist also have fewer options, if they want to take a carriage ride around the city. one company is forced to give up its horses. when you find out what's behind the scenes, it is horrible. >> crisis averted.

>> these are the last votes expected to house for the day, the week, the month, and the year. >> congress approves it temporary spending bill to keep the government running into the new year. >> it seems like it is the beginning of the ends of the thomas fire in california. >> we are truely fortunate to be standing here and thankful to be moving into the holiday seasonable bracing each other. >> well, the world can't stop talking about prince harry and fiancee meghan markle. >> kensington palace says that the company's new engage the photos on twitter yesterday. >> today's morning minute. is sponsored by pen medicine abramson cancer center the number one cancer center in the region. >> and i mentioned 4:30, the dress that she's wearing in that picture, $75,000. i don't think she is picking it up at kohl's with her kohl's cash. >> i'm curious who did design that dress. >> some some kind in the designer in the 2017 runway

show. >> well, we send it out to chelsey ingram, beautiful dress, right? >> gorgeous dress for sure, yes. we will be watching her outfits, i'm sure, in the months to come. you guys, our outfits this morning, we're going to have to throw on the puffy coat once again, but it doesn't feel as chilly that is did yesterday morning, not dealing with the winds. let me show you a look at temperatures, 35 degrees right now in philadelphia. 30 degrees in millville. we are in the 20's down the shore. also, the 20's in the poconos, it is right around 35 degrees, in allentown, throughout the day today, it will be mild one up to 46 by noon, and 52 by 3:00. all courtesy of warmfront, and wind shifting out of our south so we've got good conditions today for traveling. unfortunately, i won't be able to say the same thing, yellow light as we head into saturday sunday actually looks just fine on christmas eve, you're doing local traveling, then christmas day we could be dealing with, yes, light morning mix, maybe even some light snow, as we start out the day. now, your traveling nationally

, here's what you have to keep in mind today. we have winter weather alerts up into new england, even into the ad ran dax, and also the potential for some icing as we head into tomorrow. so there could be some major delays up that way, especially as we head into saturday. flashflood watches across the tennessee valley, rain will be developing, starting out the day with fog, down south, and then otherwise, things look pretty quiet in the central part of the united states if you are going to be traveling across the nation. we'll have more coming up in your full forecast. for now sending it over to you >> thank you, chelsey. let's get you caught up on some issues on the roadway, relatively quiet morning so far except for this part of the morning. and that is a tractor-trailer, which has got itself stuck. it is 22nd street ramp to the vine st. expressway going westbound. disable tractor-trailer, trying to make that tight turn , couldn't do it, so that's the close angle, here is the wide-angle, see all of the lights up here on 22nd street. that's going to cause some myfoxphilly.com. it means either jump on the

schuylkill right by the art museum on spring garden street or you have to get on at 15th street right by broad street. so kinds of pain in the butt this morning, but that's what we deal with around 5:30. also, here is a look at the schuylkill expressway at city avenue. no delays as of yet. starts to ramp upright around 6:00 a.m. we'll keep an eye on things on the the owed ray -- roadway. forty-two freeway, headed toward 295 end at it city of philadelphia in new jersey, looking nice so far. so get out on the roadways. pa turnpike westbound at valley forge, there is some debris on the roadway, they're busy cleaning that up, and get that out of there. not causing any delays so far. just tap the brakes if you see them out there doing that, and then 422 some ramp issues, these closures are happening until 2019. westbound on and off ramp, so then the temporary off ramp closed, as well, so use some caution in these areas. jim, rahel, over to you. >> speaking every getting around the city, pretty soon you'll be seeing fewer of the horse-drawn carriages on the street of philadelphia. >> the city says some of the horses face inhumane boarding

conditions, now, officials are shutting down one of the operation action, our jan carabeo live at independence hall this morning with the story. good morning, jan. >> reporter: jim, rahel, good morning, these horse-drawn carriages are familiar site here in old city. they've been here for more than 40 years now. taking tourists on what seemingly is a quaint sightseeing trip around this historic area, as you mentioned, come the start of next year there will be one less horse-drawn tour company in the city of philadelphia. >> come on, smoke. >> i smokey and his friends will soon head to greener pastures. on thursday, the philadelphia carriage company agreed sees operations at the end of the year, and turn it its horses over to the city. >> looks quaint, romantic, but when you find out what's behind the scenes, it is horrible. i didn't realize where they lived. and i was shocked. it is so horendous. >> the city of philadelphia has attempt topped gain control of these horses cents since june. when city inspectors

classified their stables on 13th street as inhumane. an attorney for the owner did not return a request for comment. but off camera, one long time employee spoke to "eyewitness news" about the treatment of these horses cents, kyle hoffman said if they were sick , they were taken to a farm in lancaster county for treatment we truly lover these animals. hoffman believes the city more interested in obtaining the 13th street property than protecting the horses. but come next year, only one horse-drawn carriage company will remain in operation in philadelphia. still, janet white, who runs the philly organization, called carriage horse freedom, says there is still work to be done. >> to start, it is not an ends it is a beginning. the real solution is a ban on horse-drawn carriages in philadelphia. >> so the philadelphia carriage company will be allowed to continue tours through the ends of this month and then the city says they'll send these horses to a certified sanctuary. live in old city philadelphia, this morning, jan carabeo,

cbs-3, "eyewitness news," gentleman rahel, jim, back to you. >> time 5:36. in business news this morning, history continues to be made in the job market. >> and consumer reports reveals its list of the most satisfying cars. money watch's diane king hall joins us live this morning from the new york torque stock exchange, good morning, diane. >> good morning, rahel, jim. well, wall street stocks closed higher yesterday, the dow gained 55-point, the nasdaq added four. and you're right. history is still being made in the job market, the us just passed the 146 straight week, where unemployment claims remain below the 300,000 threshold. key level. this is the longest stretch since 1970 when the labor market was much smaller, all told, just 245,000 claims were filed last week. >> strong showing for sign of thunder the affordable care act. the golf says also 9 million people signed up for obamacare , late rush last week in front of the looming deadline seem to account for

the surge. enroll he will ended, and industry watchers were concerned shortened enrollment periods along with deep advertising cut would have negatively impacted the numbers. and, consumer report, out with its list every most satisfying cars. drivers like behind the wheel, of course 911 and the chevrolet corvette, lincoln opt couldn't them al f forward 350 rounded out top five. owners raised vehicles on driving experience, value and comfort. jim, rahel? >> i have a eight year old suv i'm happen which it, i don't have a car payment. >> but it is a luxury suv, jim >> no car payment. >> that says me, not having to pay a bill every month. >> i hear that. that's the sleep at night factor. >> exactly. >> diane, don't let him have you thinking he's driving like some honda. he is driving luxury suv. trust me. >> but it is eight years old. >> i'm not, hey, you know, i exactly, i'm not having no car payment, that's good money moves right there, or those

are good money moves right there. >> okay, thank you, diane. >> well, in other news this morning, fires continue to scorch thousands of acres in california but officials there already thinking about the aftermath. >> john loyer ends explains, the governor now asking the white house for help with disaster relief. >> it seems like it is the beginning of the ends of the thomas fire in california. >> continuing to decrease the staffing on the fire but maintain the appropriate presence. >> officials say the blaze is roughly 65% contained. the fire, which has burned about 273 acres in the ventura county area, is expected to be fully contained on january 7th >> we are working with the northeast winds, we have right now, it is red flag conditions for the area. but actually tis favorable conditions for the firing that's going on out there. >> the thomas fire is the final wild fire that still is raging in california, and all of the significant evacuation orders were lifted. california governor jerry brown request add major

disaster declaration from the trump white house. this request would boost state and local officials with clean up and recovery efforts. it would also provide health to those -- help to those help lessor displaced for lengthy periods of time. the state is awaiting a response. brown also issued a statement thanking all of who have battled the blazes and reminding californians that the goal end state will recover. >> we are truly fortunate to be standing here, and thankful to be moving into the holiday season, embracing each other. >> state officials say wild fires have scorched more than 1 million acres this year. john loyer ends, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> a local mother plans to pursue legal action after her baby girl is viciously attacked by a raccoon, and at her north philadelphia apartment. four month old johnny black on long road to recovery now, suffered bad facial cuts, 2100 block of north 22 street wednesday night, journey's mother says that she actually did spot the raccoon earlier in the day and called the landlord to remove it. >> laying on the floor, so it

dragged her off the bed, across the room, and she was like bleeding and crying. >> there is no reason why no animal should have got in a house where kids with minors. >> well, the landlord tells " eyewitness news" everything has been resolved. and to contact his lawyer. >> lottery players won't be just dreaming after white christmas, also dreaming of winning the mega millions. jackpot up to $247 million. mega millions tickets are flying out of emergency at stores all across our area. the odds every getting your hands on winning ticket, rahel , one in more than 300 million. well, mega millions draws tonight at 11:00 and if you're really feeling lucky powerball is drawing on saturday for a 300 million-dollar jackpot. >> you know, jim, if we won, we could buy that meghan markle dress, that $75,000 dress, and many more just like it. >> okay, if that's what you want. >> styling. >> anything you want. >> well, still ahead on " eyewitness news" this morning , new role for phillies own will smith.

>> facebook fans will like. >> this the deal that let you share music with your friends. oh, chelsey. >> and you got the green light , as far as holiday travel today. unfortunately, i won't be able to say the same thing about the entire weekends. i'll have details coming up. but first here's your cure auto insurance travel forecast

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>> record company licensed its to facebook, which means songs will be able to post as well as instagram. the i didn't even know they had such a thing. universal the first major company to license its music to the social media giant. >> philly's own will smith at it again as sci-fi cop in the new netflix film breitbart. he plays lapd officer partnered with the first other

worldsly to join the force played by joel, and netflix first mega budget film takes on issues of racism, mixing fantasy with action, and you can catch breitbart streaming now on netflix. >> netflix, totally taking over entertainment. >> yes. >> great popular show right now, isn't on netflix. do we even watch prime time any more. >> i don't want a lot of tv and if i do it is netflix. >> i'm right there with you. how is the weather looking this weekend? >> not bad today. i don't think we will get the technical definite white christmas, but could look kind of festive and pretty and picturesque for monday, sure, yes, in the morning, and we will talk all about that. but let me take you right now to a live look at center city. you can see, we have dry conditions out there today. we've got some clouds out there starting out your morning, but, overall, going to be dry throughout the day today. soap, a great day to go ahead, get a head starred on that traveling, if that's your plan we've been checking in this morning with some of our eyewitness weather watchers.

and they're saying, you know what? it is time for me to go ahead and wake up. we've got temperatures right now in the 20's, and 30's, take a look at this observation right here. this is ed, he lives in chesterfield, new jersey, and right around 29 degrees where he lives, than is his comment: fine morning, happy friday, lasts day for work of the year if you are a teacher. that's right. a lot of people may be getting a head start traveling for the holidays later today or maybe even tomorrow. unfortunately tomorrow doesn't look at great. as far as other temperatures out there, talking 32 for mt. laurel, david in new jersey says 33, so generally here is the trend. talking some upper 20's, and some 30's out there. now, let me show you a look at temperatures across the rest of the region. we have 35 degrees, right now, in philadelphia. down the shore, in the 20's. that's actually kind of the colder spot for a change. 27 degrees in atlantic city. 27 degrees in wildwood. we're in the 30's in delaware, 32 in dover, and it is 36 degrees right now in the

wilmington area. also, we will show you look at what you can expect, as we head throughout the day today. we're generally going to be seeing temperatures, making it on the mild note of things, very mild side of things, as we head into the afternoon, we will see the numbers climbing, into the lower 50's, but the clouds will be dominating the forecast, pretty much all day, just keep that in mind. but overall today, it will be a good day, as far as traveling is concerned. as we head into tomorrow, that's when we will have some rain moving into the forecast. so not the best day for your holiday travel. we look dry sunday. then on monday we could be talking about couple of snowflakes around the region, i'll have details coming up in just a bit. pat, over to you. >> thank you, chelsey. quiet morning on the roadways so far. except for this guy, this is the tractor-trailer, and it is disable, it is actually stuck, it is the 22nd street ramp to the westbound vine st. expressway. it is causing a mess in this area, where they're already construction on 22nd street.

so if you come off of vine here, that's not a problem, it is the ramp going on. so you've got to use spring garden street instead or a little bit further east, would you use the broad street entrance, because this one is closed. now for the foreseeable future , they try to get this tractor-trailer out of here. we are showing the wider view to the vine street expressway, not looking too bad itself. see the flashing light here, it will be a problem, so again , 22nd street at the vine , that is closed. that's ugly in that area. but overall, not bad. no delays on 95, northbound or southbound, this is at allegheny avenue. not too bad right here. the boulevard is starting to slow down little bit. but no big delays that we can speak of so far if you're headed towards the schuylkill expressway. and there is something to tell you about, though, in mays landing new jersey, route 40 eastbound closed near old egg harbor road, that's going to happen until about midnight tonight. the alternate is route 322. and as we show you the wide, as chelsey said, people getting early start, if you like, you should do it right now. because there are no major delays throughout the entire

delaware vale. so we will get on the roadways , let's do it. >> can we leave right now pat? >> i'm gone. >> who is going to do the show well, time to buy holiday gifts is running out. if you haven't finished your shopping yet you're not alone. national retail federation estimates 126 million americans are, or half of all consumers, will shop this weekend on super saturday. that's last saturday before christmas, obviously, only 12% of shoppers are already done shopping. i'm among them. those early birds checked off all of their gift on their list by last week. well, the 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, unsupervized, the day after christmas. police say they'll not tolerate juveniles at the mall acting in a 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 un super advised. >> i like this idea. the police chief says kids acting inapropriately will be taken to the police station, for their parents to pick up. those engage guaging in criminal behavior will be arrested and prosecuted. >> well, getting together with family for the holidays, can be quite stressful. >> the cooking classes in california is hoping to alleve ate some of the stress through therapy. >> reporter: loves cooking for her family limb, but said she struggles to manage the stress that comes with it. >> oh, holiday cooking, yes, big anxiety for me. >> taking therapy 101. >> totally safe space. >> baking class that also helps people with mood disorders, anxiety, and addiction, focus on they're motions. she said she is working on control. >> when i'm cooking, i like to have g everything clean, if there is too much clutter around my work space it makes me feel a little bit anxious. >> licensed counselor, stacey cox, leads the class.

she says baking bridges out many feelings. >> there is usually comparison you might even see hoarding, with like the cutting of the apple. it is all of this just an extension of anxiety that we're talking about. >> pie therapy is also designed for team building and to conflict resolution between couples and families. a lot of people are scared. you know, to go in, get treatment, so this is another avenue for people to travel down. >> the class opens and closes with meditation. student are encourage today share their feelings. >> wasteful necessary, i guess , what came up for me. >> thea says the class is helping her confidence. >> i feel like i don't have to aim for perfection now. >> she hopes the practice of letting go, so she can enjoy the holidays with her family. danielle nottingham, for cbs-3 , "eyewitness news". just don't hoard apples. i thought pie therapy where you throw pie at your relatives. >> i mean, that could be therapeutic, too.

>> well stay with us here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> what do you get when you mix but per cars with a outdoor ice ice rink? see for yourself. >> people making a difference in their community, tonight 7:30, cbs 3, ukee washington and jessica dean taking a look back at wonderful people we met this year. >> orders area people doing inspirational things, and a lot of them are inspiring others to pitch in, as well. tune in at 7:30 tonight for the best of brotherly love right here on cbs-3, and you can also catch encore broadcast, at 10:30 on our sister station, the "cw philly," we will be right back

>> frozen ponds aren't just for pick up games any more. >> introducing the worlds to ice bumper cars. take a look, a ring in providence, now, riders get in a position similar to paddle boat, they use joy stick to bump into fellow riders, now the first city in the country to have outdoor ice bumper cars. if you can't do that pie therapy, you could also do

this? >> now, i would do this, this, i think; fun. >> can you imagine you and i on there? >> you know i have eye-hand coordination, so we would be bouncing into each other. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," gifting bottle of wine is pretty common. >> this one creating a love buzz on social media. why one couple put their son's picture on the bottle. >> plus, social anxiety can kick into overdrive this time of year with all of the holiday parties, and social events. well, coming up: have some tips on how to handle all of that stress next. ♪ make the holidays a treat

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>> rush is on, holiday travelers headed to the airport, they say this is expected to be rod holiday holiday season, a look at how things are moving at philadelphia international airport. >> whether you're flying, taking the train, or driving, holiday travelers have the weather on their side. clear conditions for now. but chelsea is tracking some changes for christmas. >> and if you were planning to take horse and carriage ride in philadelphia over the holidays, there will be fewer options. why one company is forced to close, and even turn over their horses cents. >> today is friday december 22 , good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are both off. chelsey and pat are here to get us out the door. >> i feel like every year they say it is a records travel year, right? >> ya. >> i don't know who comes one