a massive fire breaks out in the delaware county apartment complex, leaving a family trapped, how crews were able to rescue that family. and a teenager accused of killing two other teens in south philadelphia faces a judge, next step in brandon oliveri's case. we will not be breaking the freezing mark today this is a live look from the art museum, we will tell you how high the sun will go and it won't go very high. wednesday december between the i'm rahel solomon. jim donovan has the morning off. lets have a check of the forecast with katie and pat gallen in for meisha. >> my weather forecast, it stinks out there, windy, brutal. as for roadways, not that bad with the weather. different story. >> i feel like usually is there annex stream, either you are off to a busy start or i

have a lot going on. even though there is not precipitation in the forecast today and tomorrow the story is how cold it is. so chilly outside. wind is lighter then it was. >> you lied to me, katie. >> but it is a lot more brutal on the thermometer, and, and, those streets of what looks like snow showers are not verified in most spots but we are experiencing enough, cold air in place here. it feels awfully frigid outside and although i expect we will see more sun then anything, basically nothing, so to help warm things up. 24 degrees. we will likely drop off on that thermometer through the course of the morning before the sun comes up but then we don't rebound that far. make a mental picture of these actual air temperatures. now lets look at how it feels. basically you have to knock 10 e nine below zero, in mount pocono right now. so that is where war of this

is taking place, so lets face it 13 degrees for feels like value is no picnic either but we have sunshine in this forecast. >> it is cold here i saw temperatures in the midwest like negative 20. >> inn says, we will show that to you later. >> crazy. >> cold here but way cold up there. good morning everyone. we've got traffic to tell but. nothing here right now this is boulevard expressway at ridge avenue, but, overnight there was an overturned truck, that burst into flames, the driver had to be rescued from that truck, so this is all cleared out of the way. jan carabao coming up 59:00 will have much more on this story and driver's condition. vine street expressway right new looking good, no volume to speak of just yet at 4:30 but we will see fit ramps up in the five or 6:00 o'clock hour. ninety-five cottman just a couple cars and ben franklin bridge my favorite camera looking beautiful as we head into philadelphia in fort washington virginia drive is closed between delaware drive, camp hill road, the alternate

is highland avenue this is down wires and then boulevard we have got construction going on later this morning right pennsylvania comly that starts at 9:00 a.m. back over to you. red cross is heading to delaware county to help displaced residents after a massive fire ripped through a 18 unit condo in brookhaven. flames broke out inside hill top condominium on the 5200 block of hill top drive just before 6:00. fire fighters arrived to find a family trapped on the third floor balcony, crews used the lad tore bring them down to safety as one resident was shocked by the devastation. >> my first thoughts was there goes everything. i mean i have nothing. >> well, multiple eyewitnesses said they watched police say, one person at the scene. authorities yet to confirm. that fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked those flames. no people or pets were hurt. robbery suspect is in critical condition after he was shot by a police officer during a pursuit in west philadelphia suspect wanted for two robberies crashed in

another car at forty-ninth and walnut street yesterday. officer shot mant in the chest after he allegedly tried to pull what appeared to be a weapon from his waist band. the officer was not hurt. >> the officer has to protect himself and other people present and when you have knowledge of a gunpoint robbery and person refuses command you have a duty to protect yourself and other people present. >> the officer involved has been placed on administrative duty pending outcome of the investigation. authorities are investigating a deadly shooting of the teenage inner philadelphia ease germantown neighborhood. chopper three over green street. eighteen year-old male was shot once in the stomach and twice in the neck. he was trans port todd temple university hospital where he was pronounced dead. police have not made in a rests. a 16 year-old accused in the death of two other teens faces a preliminary hearing this morning. brandon oliver i is charged with murdering two, 16 year old in south philadelphia last fall. clear miller and sal dinubile was shot and killed outside

dinubile's home on october 28th. well, a large group of rowdy teens got out offhand at cherry hill mall and we are told some of them were escorted out in handcuffs. week after cherry hill police warned parent about leaving their children unattended at the mall n word on any -- whether any arrest where is made or charges have been filed. updating a store friday bethlehem township gunman in last weeks deadly standoff was not legally permitted to own a gun this was the scene in the 1500 block of dennis street. thirty-six year-old justin keptheart fired more than 100 round at police who initially showed up to investigate woman 's body in the front yard that woman was his mother. authorities say he shot her 11 times using firearms that belonged to his father. >> another example of an individual that was not able to legally possess a firearm, but he had, he had a number of them, killing his mother, and then trying to kill police

officers and others at the scene that day. >> the standoff ended when suspect was found dead from a self inflict gunshot wound, no one else was hurt. now to an update to a story we told but last week baby girl released from the hospital after she was mauled by racoon in north philadelphia four month-old journey was sent home yesterday after she was attacked inside an apartment on north 22nd street last week journey's family rushed her to the hospital where she received 65 stitches and multiple rabies shots. journey's mother told us the attack happened after a few days they moved in. >> she was just laying on the floor, like across the floor. she was real strong because all she wanted to do afterward was get to sleep. >> according to philadelphia licenses and inspections the owner of the home does not have a license to rent the property, officials are now investigating. journey and her family are staying at a local hotel while they look for a more permanent place to stay. philadelphia to second other major cities are suing department of defense for failing report names of the

service members disqualified from gun ownership. former air man who attacked a texas church in november was able to buy a rifle. cbs news, correspondent david martin reports from washington about the lawsuit. >> reporter: devon kelly's massacre exposed a blatant long running failure by pentagon to report violent criminals to the fbi database that would disqualify file them from ever buying weapons. now three cities, new york, philadelphia and san francisco , have asked the federal judge to compel the military services, to do what they all ready should have done. lawsuit realize in part on the findings of the pentagon's own inspector general, glenn fine. >> of the 2500 fingerprint card required to be submitted, 601 or 24 percent, were not submitted. >> reporter: fine told congress earl they're month military has systematically failed to report violent criminals in its ranks, to the fbi. >> i'm struck by the failure of the department of defense

to comply with the law. >> this goes back 20 years so at lee 1998. we looked at 2015/16 and found significant problems. we think there are problems all the way back. >> reporter: kelly was most glaring failure able to purchase weapon he used to kill 26 people despite his convictions for domestic assault against his wife and infant stepson. within weeks of the massacre the air force admitted finding dozens of other cases it had failed to report. the pentagon says it is going back over old case toss make sure violent criminals are reported to the fbi, the three of this country's major cities are in longer willing to take military's ward for it. david martin, for cbs news, pentagon. today marks second day of kwanzaa a holiday that honors african heritage and culture. >> ♪ >> the city of philadelphia is celebrating by illuminating boat house row in traditional

kwanzaa colors. "eyewitness news" was on hand as city officials and members of the kwanzaa cooperative took part in the traditional ceremony. >> kwanzaa pioneers who are now ancestors who were some of the first and beginning of the kwanzaa people in the city and looking down on this and saying what, boat house row, it is lit, red, blue and green >> kwanzaa lights will be up until january 1st, both bet house row features christmas lights earlier this month and blue and white lights for hanukkah. well, two people are in the hospital after a shooting at a tennessee mall, we will tell what you they saw right before gunshots rang out. police officer takes a moment out on patrol to do something nice for a shop owner, act of kindness of the shop owner will remember

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welcome back a trip to the mall turns violent after two people were shot in memphis

tennessee. gunshots rang out just after 7:00 last night. police say one teen and one adult were bet struck. they are in non-critical condition. eyewitness says woman fired shots after a fight broke out. >> all of a sudden we heard arguing. once we heard arguing we heard people, you know, they were fighting. they were in an actual altercation. to minutes laters shots rang out and everybody ran to different exits. police after rested four people in connection with that shooting (. closer to home people in northwestern, pennsylvania, they are used to snow but maybe not this much snow. officials are issuing a disaster emergency for all erie county after area was hit with more than 4 feet of snow in less than 36 hours. many people plowed their driveways and dug out their car yesterday. snowplows might not get to the side streets until main road are cleared which may not be until sometime later today. crews have been out 24/7 but they are still so far behind. >> the highest we were given initially was 36 inches, which

even that is usually in erie terms doesn't happen, so 53 inches is certainly a record breaker and something that, you know, wasn't even on the horizon to be honest with you. >> wow. as of right now officials say many side road are dangerous and impassable and they are urging people to stay inside as crews work to clear the streets no word how long the area will be in the state of emergency. officer in maine went above and beyond call of duty helping local shop owner dig out after that massive christmas day snowstorm. police officer ben happened to be on patrol as betsy curtis struggled to shovel a path to her shop. without thinking twice, the officer jumped out of his patrol car, grabbed his shovel and started digging. curtis snapped the photo and posted the photo and thanking the officer for their help. >> they do amazing things all the time. >> one of the things about being a police officer to show community you care. other part it is just the right thing to do. >> those two were not only won

digging out that christmas day storm was big toes hit maine in 15 years and left the state under a foot of snow. so from erie, to maine and all across katie's here with the check of the forecast. >> i am, i'm here somewhere, i'm right here. you tell me the forecast and i will relay it. >> you are right, it is freezing outside, sorry about that mix up, let me just walk over to the graphics for you. i like how you set me up for that. >> i try. >> i was than the there. >> okay. >> we talked about this erie snow, here rahel and even since that tomorrow there was more snow that fell so they ended up with 60 inches over a two day stretch of snowfall. that is a statewide record for one thing, for a two day stretch in pennsylvania and it absolutely shattered, the previous record which was set in morgan town, pennsylvania, i believe 1958, sometime in march if i'm remembering right but regardless it was 44 inches. from 44 inches, to all of a

sudden, and, and and eastern half of the u.s. area of low pressure working through alabama, mississippi, georgia, causing primarily rain and icing. if your traveling takes to you atlanta you may encounter some issues. here locally arctic high pressure is the story and man will this take a rip of our area. we are talking about frigid conditions in the days ahead. we will not even hit freezing mark, through the weekend and into the first couple days of the new year no less. so absolutely frigid conditions across the entire del marva peninsula, in new jersey, all of pennsylvania, northeastern area is sitting and stuck in this arctic air mass. here's where we currently stand, currently feels like 13 n reading. brutal stuff. wind isn't all that bad. pat mentioned earlier in the show remember how cold it was

across the northern high plains, factor in the wind and it feels more lake 20, 30, even 40 plus degrees below zero. it is just brutal in those spots. we could have it worse like they do in those areas. but frigid conditions will continue for a stretch. there is still a possibility, that we will see some snow on saturday, but the stars have to align if you will on. that we will have more on that throughout the show but there is no warm up anytime soon, pat so we're stuck. >> sit weird i wouldn't mind having that kind of snow, that they have had in erie. >> yeah, pretty weird. >> we're all in agreement. >> but i dent mind a big snowstorm, you know, meteorologists love that sort of thing. i'm kind of the same way. i'm weird. i just don't want to shovel it good morning, everyone here's a look at the boulevard expressway right at the schuylkill expressway, earlier on this morning, just north of this, on the ridge avenue off ramp, right there, there was an overturn van, burst into flames, driver had to be saved

by a good samaritan, jan carabao will have more on this in 15 minutes, but crazy story all cleared out of there for right now. the schuylkill at the boulevard on the flip side in delays here and no delays on the blue route at mid county as we are starting off, very slow this morning. and that is a good thing but in cheltenham, excuse me, that was 42 at 295 but in cheltenham, we have a disable vehicle, washington lane near rock lane the left lane is blocked here and also we have got a down pole with some down wires for washington, virginia drive closed between delaware drive and camp hill road, use highland avenue, rahel. >> all right, patrick, thank you. yes, it is cold out but atlantic city is giving you a reason to head down the shore. chopper three caught this glimpse of the steel pier new attraction the wheel which officially opened yesterday. 227-foot tall ferris wheel offers 40 temperature controlled gondolas that will take six passengers each. ride last 15 minutes. it is now opened for holiday

week until december 31st starting at noon but only if temperatures stay above 40 degrees and based on what katie's saying temperatures won't stay above 40 degrees this week so a little disclaimer there. also, not all of this unwanted gifts, being returned to the stores will make it back to the shelves. coming up we will tell you about why they end up in the landfill instead,

malls in the delaware val write packed on black friday try the day after christmas. our cameras spotted shoppers exchanging gifts and hunting for bargains yesterday, people were out spending their gift card. survey by national retail federation found 21 percent will use holiday gift card as soon as possible, asap. we caught up with shoppers at cherry hill mall and they told us their strategies. >> right now, i might come to the mall, in and out and not bumping into people. >> taking off early, beating the crowd. >> along with searching for

great deals some shoppers were still buying christmas presents, national retail federation says 5 percent of consumers will continue to purchase christmas presents after december 25th. right now, time is 4:51. time for a check on business news, hanna doba joins us new for business news. stocks closed lower as investors return from the christmas break. this morning what do we know. >> good morning, interesting to go see what the week shapes up to be like on wall street, dow jones did lose seven, nasdaq loss 23 points, more bad news new report published by bloomberg predicts china will overtake u.s. economy by 2032. report by center of economic and business research say asia 's major economies will continue to grow in the coming years. it predicts chine, japan, india and u.s. will be the four largest econominess 2032 with china pushing the u.s. out of the number one spot. rahel. >> interesting. if you need to return an

unwanted gift we are hearing you may want to think twice, why? >> reporter: this is disturbing. it may end up in a landfill. according to a company that manages returns for major retailers, 5 billion-pound of trash are generated from returned items each year, 5 billion, only half of the holiday returns make it back on to store shelves, many gifts are either damaged or boxes have been opened so they are either sent back to a manufacturer, sold to discount retailers or cheapest options they are thrown into the trash >> it is so disturbing. can't be any better use for the gift then a landfill. >> 5 billion-pounds. >> incredible. >> all right, thank you, we will see you next hour. coming up, katie, we're not even breaking the freezing mark today that is something to look forward to. >> oh, yeah, absolutely, we are not seeing 60 inches of snow in the forecast.

no, that will in the happen here. but we are stuck in the frigid pattern for the licensing hall and we have a few opportunities for snow in this forecast once more and we will break down the opportunities,

what an absolutely gorgeous shot, hey producer chris who is taking that shot do you know? who is? oh, kyle. good old kyle. taking a shot. i know you are listening, kyle , big, big solute because i know it is freezing out there on the art museum steps, kyle hall, shout out. pat says you love it. you want snow, you love being out in that or not but regardless gorgeous shot, fine photography skills under nice clear skies we have a few cloud here and there but we are expecting more sun then anything today. problem is you got to have a really le sun and this will

time of the year and we are going to certainly see plenty of sun but it does nothing to warm you up throughout the day looking at wide zoom on storm scan three we have some rain, still breaking out across portions of at lee far southeastern u.s., icing, snow across northal bam, mississippi where it is cold enough to support that. there is slick travel if you are traveling, taking your flight out of philadelphia today to go back home but all and all, at least today in the northeast pretty quiet. let me take you around to give you a travel forecast if you are taking to the skies today. it is really cold today in the sunshine at least but so, so chilly outside. that chill extend all the way down to new orleans, houston, orlando, bright spot 80 degrees in the sunshine. cold air has not reached the sunshine state but look at these temperatures we are not even breaking out of the teens in the midwest, minneapolis stuck at six in the sunshine and western u.s., we have got a whole mothly crew here basically, 40's, 50's and 70's

to report depending on the location but all and all, pat, weather looks quiet, it is just freezing in a good portion of it. >> as much as i love cold and snow. i don't like cold, i do like snow i wouldn't minding to go phoenix and 75 degrees. >> penn state has a game in arizona pretty soon. >> are you heading out. >> i wish, come on. >> take the time. >> you are making ears turn, like um-hmm. >> this is a look at boulevard expressway something we have been telling but all morning long, there was an overturned van that burst into flames just north of this so just out of the shot is ridge avenue off ram that happened right there, we will have an update with the driver coming up in just a couple of minutes with jan car bay he live. this is i-95 at girard, no delays here no delays heading toward 295 and city of philadelphia back to you. coming up next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" heroic rescue on the road, we are live with the good samaritan's rush to save a man from his

burning minivan. also ahead we are updating lag night's huge condo fire in delaware county we will tell you how many residents are displaced. and we will have a look back at this years most popular viral videos who could forget this within we are back at the top of the

a fiery crash on the roosevelt expressway shut down traffic in both directions but quick thinking motorist who saw wreckage, sprang into action and very well may have saved a man's life. we are hearing from that good samaritan in a live report. several families are waking up in hotels after this massive condo fire in delaware county. we will hear from the resident who lost everything in the flames. and, it is another, brutal ly cold start to your day, this ace llo