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king of prussia mall, where eager shop remembers hoping to find the best deals. looks like things are picking up there, jan, good morning. >> good morning, the mall starting to look a little more like it should look on "black friday". a lot of people out and b a lot of bags in tow. something i always like to look for, when we're in the mall, on "black friday", especially, all the guys that are sitting around, that are nice enough to come out, with their family, just to bring them out, one gentleman on the corner there, reading a book. go farther down the line, another guy, with a laptop. of course we've got the smart phone, and couple of other guys just surfing the web. it is a really really funny thing to see. they are nice enough to bring their families out here. now, let's talk about deals watch are we seeing today? walking around the mall, seeing 50% off, 06% off. just a lot of good deals out there. just have to shop around and look for it. >> also how long does this mall stay open?
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open from 6:00 p.m. last night, a lot of stores stayed open for that time. then the mall doesn't close until 10:00 o'clock tonight. talking little more about that >> how are we doing now. >> really picking up right now. opened at 6:00 in the morning, and i think we're seeing >> lards to see how this compares to previous years? >> very difficult. our operating hours are different. so i think at the end of the day, you know, we will be able to look back over the past 24 hours to get good feel for it. >> any advice for shoppers that are coming out right now? maybe download a mall map, download and get familiar. then target a place, close by, to where you want to shop. that's great advice. thank you, keith. >> i our direct or here at king of prussia, real good villes, because this place is
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huge. could you get lost very easily. back to you guys in the studio thanks, jan, enjoy. and the holiday shopping frenzy continues, at willow grove park mall montgomery county shoppers made sure to training advantage of some serious discount. >> the small will stay open until 10:00 p.m. moorestown mall in burlington, new jersey, packed with lot of shoppers look to go cash in on the "black friday" bargains. and those i popping deals were plentifull. the mall will also remain open until 10:00 tonight. >> to all of the latest frozen stuff, toys "r" us stores are in full shopping marathon mode. live inside the cherry hill location, where santa helpers are checking their list, area locations opened at 5:00 o'clock last night, and they stay open through
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11:00 tonight. looks like busy place, for complete hop day shopping guide, including holiday mall hours, head to our website cbsphilly.com. 8:03, let's look at traffic and weather together. >> we have cold temperatures out there in morning, but quiet. >> weather department is very quietment looking outside, we find some sunshine, looks beautiful, ben franklin bridge, and the shore also nice, but very, very quiet there. >> still go down there, just enjoy some solitude. our temperatures, looking at 34 degrees. >> thirty-one trenton, wilmington, still 24 in the poconos where they've been making snow like crazy and getting a little this morning, from mother nature. 32 degrees in dover. out shopping today, temperatures will be cold all day long, parking lot at least, in the 30's at most.
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>> highest temperature and will feel colder than that today because of the breeze. future weather, doesn't do much for the temperatures. over night could be brief snow shower? entirely possible, we'll continue to monitor, that and even 2:00 tomorrow, could some areas off to the north and east be picking up sprinkle? part of the day as the temperatures start to warm up little bit. the warm your not today, though, normally we should be at 51 degrees this time of year. instead our high today, 39 degrees. we drop to 25, tonight. bundle up. keep the pets as warm as you are. tomorrow 42 degrees, sunday warmer, 53, mostly cloudy. by the time to monday, i say, almost 60 degrees, just because it sound better and gives that psychological boost.
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>> live in delaware, traveling at the christianna mall, macy's in the back gown here, look at each parking spot, completely filth. head to the back. i hate the feeling when shopping. but "black friday", do you have expect it. chopper three has been out at few malls today, we were at the depford mall, at cherry hill, now in delaware, again, every single parking spot is filled. a lot of the traffic that we're seeing today, is at the mall. definately not on the majors, looking at the majors, i mean, great spirits. traveling on 476, right around the mid-county toll plaza, no delays in either direction. maybe you're headed down to the schuylkill, maybe headed toward the northeast extension, in the pa turnpike, all-in-all great ride out there. speed censors high up to the 50's, 95, the schuylkill, the vine, everything looking great. now, for this afternoon, the flyers have game tonight, south philadelphia versus rangers, so 1:00 o'clock, things will be getting busy in south philly. any holiday shopping that you're doing bypassing the
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stadium, expect little extra interest traffic. no major problems for mass transit. hopefully stays that way all day. let's head back to the desk. >> thanks, vet tore y investigation continues. >> this morning, chester pike, folcroft. police say a person was hit near the wawa there. >> fled the scene, anyone with information should contact police. well, dozen every protesters visited retail stores, throughout the st. louis area overnight. hoping to interrupt "black friday" sales. news correspondent susan macinnis in ferguson where demonstrators urge people not to shop today in protest of the grand jury decision. >> members of the national guard, along with local law enforcement secured this wal-mart store in ferguson late into the night store is expected to open later today as other retailers explored their options following
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violent protests where stores were rooted and burned. remain hopeful the calm experienced will continue. >> threat grow to something positive. show our young people, junker generation, hey, we can move on. >> day before the holiday, they marched through this mall in st. louis chanting shut it down. protest verse taken to social media with the hashtag boycott "black friday". >> certainly the looting, the burning down of our businesses, does not work hole your mine t works. >> many activists are urging people not to spend a dime at stores today in honor every michael brown, as damaged businesses in ferguson continue to pick up the pieces >> vandals broke windows, but when this heart breaking photo of owner natalie, went viral, 7200 strangers, donated $233,000 on line, to help her reopen. >> other are painting murals
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on boarded up business. >> we're trying to all take ownership for this community. >> while ferguson may not be out of the woods yet, healing may have already gun. >> "eyewitness news" on the "cw" fill. >> i other news, growing number of colleges are distancing themselves from bill cosby following series of sexual assault allegations against women. berkley college of muse nick boston removed cosby's name from on line scholarship. on wednesday, the university of massachusetts amherst said that it had also cut ties with the comedian. he served as a honiara co-chairman for their fundraising campaign. >> ohio state football player walks out of his apartment, and then goes missing. family members say, number 53 for the buckeyes left his place around 2:00 wednesday morning. to take a walk. there has been no sign of him since. his family says cageorge suffered numerous concussions and has shown signs of dis orientation in the past. the university confirms he's missed two practices.
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>> more than 25 million americans shopped on thanksgiving day. is it a sign the economy is on the rise? we'll take a look coming up. >> caught on camera, strangers dig through the snow looking for two boys trapped for hours. this story has miraculous ending. >> one family is fighting their genetics. and sharing with others. how knowing your family history can teach you about your cancer risk. when we come back. >> ♪ most wonderful time of the year ♪ >> time to break out the christmas music, at some point. >> oh, ya. >> holiday season is in full swing. >> folks getting the tv d's, cd's, toys, friday and saturday only sales. >> where are all of the shoppers? >> oh, camera shy this early in the morning. >> taking a break, went for some coffee, coming back. >> tommy g, our ace cameraman,
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highways, by ways today. that time of year. thank you, ray. appreciate t we'll get back to you. excuse me, thank you, saint a santa up there. my bad. my bad. >> he's replaced the reindeer, turned it into a helicopter. >> that's right. >> well the holiday shopping marathon continues today, with "black friday", but retailers saw more than 25 million shoppers, in their stores, on thanksgiving day. >> question on the rise? correspondent done champion more now from the toys "r" us up in time square. >> three, two, one. >> call it down before the store opened last night, the holiday shopping season, is officially here. >> in a shall until until retail federation predict holiday sales will hit the $616 billion mark this year, some people got early jump by shopping on thanksgiving day
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>> low gas prices could mean consumers have extra $40 billion to spend this year, richard beer which toys "r" us. >> we that the customers are out and willing to spend. we know par lent spend plenty of money on the kids as we know on christmas. >> holiday season means more jobs, to, sees nan hiring up, some jobs could turn into full-time positions. >> over 20% last year, of our season employees, went onto work in distribution center, over 9,000 people last year. >> shippers say they've even hired extra workers to get packages to people on time. ups, fed ex, the postal service, added more than 20,000 temporary jobs this year alone. don champion, "eyewitness news", on the "cw philly". let's get our traffic and weather together. here's carol. >> bright day, and a day that is possible to make snow in the poconos. and they actually got snow that they didn't have to make, as well. couple of snow showers.
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gloomy look, if you don't like snow. but just absolutely a gift if you love snow. and you can see, just a very wintery scene. jack frost, big bowled they are morning, the rest of us, well, couple of snow showers first thing this morning, they're gone, left with blue skies, looks beautiful. ben franklin bridge out in reading, not picking up any any new precipitation just staying from the day before thanksgiving. 34 degrees, likely to hang onto this a while longer. temperatures warming up. thirty-four in philadelphia. thirty-one trenton. 31 degrees down in wilmington. it is cooler feeling, though, in every single location, because of the breeze. our future weather, no problems today. so enjoy a bright sunny, cold day today tonight picking up few clouds, a look at 2:00 in the morning, could there be snow shower? it is possible. >> as warmer air moves, in sprinkle in a couple of spots, maybe by mid afternoon, gone quickly, out of here.
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>> temperatures will be getting probably no higher than 40, 41 degrees, today, at the shore, it will be 42. and breezy, at the shore, poconos, 30 degrees, and in philadelphia, 39. cold degrees. twenty-five even colder degrees tonight. >> this is night jacket and sweat their you bought, because were only really shopping for yourself today, be sure to put it on, also, make sure that your pets are kept as warm as you are. forty-two tomorrow. then vittoria, 53 sunday. >> for a loft folks on front street right now, carol, a lot of people. myself included. i still have my sneakers onto run out of their do some "black friday" shopping. any hoo, trapping on the majors this "black friday", they're wide open. speed censors nice and high for you. take a look at the ben franklin bridge, beautiful shot of the ben maybe hitting the may's up in center city or heading into new jersey, maybe to the cherry hill mall. no delays in either direction. all of the bridges moving real
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well. we do however have sun glare to be mindful of. the schuylkill, eastbound, traveling moving away from the screen, sun glare will affect your commute. take it easy out there. make sure to pack the shades or pick up some shades when you are at the mall to then drive in the car with them. as i would do. if you are traveling, elsewhere, this is in bristol, we have accident situation at elmhurst avenue at windmere drive. definitely try to avoid that area if you k mass transit looks great. ukee? >> snow pile traps two boys in a parking lot. cell phone video shows the frantic rescue. 60 miles north of new york city, the boys went missing wednesday night. now, early thanksgiving morning, police and neighbors found them burried under a snow pile. >> all i seen was the feet. the mom was there and the boy was like mommy, mommy. >> pictures post the children
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>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington. from turk toy toys. the rush is on, across the area. as eager shoppers head out tore "black friday". let's give you live look inside the toys "r" us inside cherry hill, new jersey, open since 5:00 last night. and there is no closing in site. lot of waves. lots of smiles. game on. they'll be up and running until 11:00 tonight right here at this location. let's get your forecast if you are going out to do any shopping or just going out in general. carol in the weather center. good morning. >> i'm sure the shoppers are finding the first builds every sunday light you could see it on their faces in the live picture, we have sunshine out there, not doing a lot for us our temperatures, however, and they remain cold. 34 degrees in philadelphia, 31 in trenton, 31 degrees.
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>> feels lightly cooler because of the breeze. thirty-nine agree temperatures you see for our high for the day, will feel more like it is in the 20's. where we will be tonight. >> saturday, and sunday, 53, even milder by monday, 57, loverly degrees, let's check on the roads right now, vittoria? >> travel on any of the majors, maybe hitting few malls, no delays, at all, speed censors high up into the 50's, and so, as we take a look at 95, not too far away from ridley park, notice traveling either northbound, southbound, a breeze. maybe headed down into delaware to do some fax free shopping? guess what, good around that way, too. the biggest delays you'll find in the parking lots, traveling on the four it freeway, again, no problems in new jersey, again, speed censors, all looking great. no delays for mass transit, however, watch out for downed
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>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> live look inside the king of prussia mall this "black friday". how are people faring? well, we've got a live report coming up in just a moment. shoppers were out early, and there were lots of deals.
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carol will be along with your forecast in just a couple every minutes. >> and, traffic showing i95, approaching the commodore barry bridge, not too many folks out, a lot of them until the malls. a lot recovering from last night, vet tore crashes we will check in and look at all of the roads. we will de traffic and weather together, coming up in just a few minutes. >> the start of the busy holiday shopping season is officially here, for many shoppers that start began last night. >> what what have you found this morning? >> good morning, a loft deals. fifty, 06% off, a loft people now, shopping, some people have been shopping for hours. >> armed filled with bags. couple of shoppers here from west chester, a.m. ban did a -- a.m. dan, a sue. take a lack at the loot. hard core shoppers here. how long have you been out, amanda? >> been out since 5:30, no biggie, 5:30? >> yes. >> do you get up that earl
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foyer anything else? >> no. >> what kind of deals. >> express 50% off everything. we were in there a really long time. victoria secret buy one get 150% off. where else have we been? foot locker has some real good deals. there were some things 35, 45% off. >> wow. >> yes, really worth it. coming out it is worth it. >> are you going to buy anything that's under like 30% off, or are you going for the great deals? >> the sales, yes, definitely the big sales, yes. , it is all worth it. >> are you shopping from yourself, your friend, family, doing everything snot. >> i would like to say, yes, i would like to say everybody, but some of it is for me. but no, for most people, most people, it is for or for me it is mostly everyone he will. >> yes. >> so tell me, how has the mall been? i've covered "black friday"'s before. it has been a lot more crowded. but i think that's because the shopping is spread out now, not seeing that many people.
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>> yes. >> like victoria secret, long lines, express, long lines. >> so once he get in to get the deals you might have to wait a little bit? >> might not look like a lot of people then you look at the register, my gosh, do you have stand in line for awhile. but it is worth it. >> where are you guys head in the. >> headed to the car to put this stuff in the car. >> that way we can come back. >> yes. >> thanks, good luck. >> and they meet friends here! oh, my goodness. >> that's the casino of fun that we have here, you guys. this is king of prussia mall. a lot of people out, remember, if you are coming out, you might have to stand in some long lines. but right now you know really picking up. and the mall stays open until 10:00 tonight. we're live here at king of prussia mall, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". back to you guys in the
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studio. >> looks like kop is the place to be today. >> we bring people together. i love it. thanks, jen. lots of shoppers also out and about all night long in new jersey dedicated once headed to the cherry hill mall for 28 straight hours starting yesterday. get this, the mall doors opened at 6:00 p.m. last night, and won't close until until 10:00 tonight. that means, there is still plenty of time left to go out and get some of those "black friday" deals. >> it continues in montgomery count, if you want to avoid large crowds, check out the plymouth meeting mall. while there, send us picture, or just use the hashtag cbs-3, on twitter, facebook, or instagram. >> four alarm fire can't stop a landmark from keeping the tradition alive. blaze in burlington county last week at columbus mark, other buildings and outdoors, untouched. shop owners aced it get their
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businesses up and running in time for the holiday rush. >> families get up early. they put their turkeys in the oven. they come out to shop. have been doing it for decades. we're very, very pleased that today is a good market day out there. we have no snow. we have lots of sends, lot of shoppers. >> inside stores back open. >> told the outdoor market is closed today but will reopen saturday and sunday, the indoor market will open through sunday. >> traffic and weather together, here's carol. >> yes, important to support businesses outside of the malls, too. nice day, cold day, notice the blue skies over the ben franklin bridge, which is gateway to all of the new jersey malls, and advice veers a. we are looking at temperatures right now that are cold. >> i want it brighten things up. this is the look this morning, this is out of nazareth, watch as the sun comes up, though, over very snowy feel no new snow being added fortunately.
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our temperatures are fine. if you like it cold. sky conditions are okay as well this morning. weaver temperature of 34 degrees, that's the temperature out at the airport in philadelphia. reading of 31 in trenton, 31 wilmington, still 24 in the poconos, and they continue to make snow there. 32 degrees in dover. thirty-three mt. holly, 32 degrees in quakertown, at this point. now, as we go through time today, everything looks just terrific. tonight, we do pick up few more clouds, could there be a snow shower? early overnight, early tomorrow? it is possible. could there be a sprinkle, after that, by mid-afternoon warmer air comes in here that's entirely possible. otherwise just look for day that will be slightly warmer tomorrow than today. but won't be that much warmer. we have temperatures, 39 in philadelphia at the shore, 42, the mountains, 30 degrees. and it will be breezy day in the shore areas. our temperatures do warm up, though, by sunday, 53 degrees. by machine day, 57 degrees,
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maybe shower later on in the day on monday, but still, the temperatures will be nice. we've got relatively quiet weather coming up for us. we can use it because a lot of supreme a lot every things to do, vittoria. >> "black friday", taking a look at live shopper chopper three. over the scene of the king of prussia mall. and, trust me, if you are walking this mall, you better pack your sneakers, as far as your gear to take on this shopping trip. because, one of the biggest malls that we've got around, if you are traveling, king of prussia, let's look at some of the parking spot, i do see couple here, so, if you are headed out and about, we do have couple for you. but then take a look at all of the sparking spots completely filled. again, kop. we've had shopper chopper three following us a few different malls. been to the depford mall, been to cherry hill, went to the oxford valley mall. so, we definitely needed someone who could take on this task. who knows a lot about shopping and gift, so let's take a look at the pilot, shall we?
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probably the best pilot that we could find, santa ray. wave hi, santa ray. actually, no, keep your hands on the wheel. oh, there we go, one, okay. i just thought about that for a second. hi, santa, thank you so much for keeping a birds eye view of the situation for us, and remember, i told you, few things on my christmas list, been good girl all year. if you are traveling to gig to net of the local malls, notice that the roads are just wide open for you, vine st. expressway, free, clear, head today and from the schuylkill. ninety-five the vine all looking great. pa turnpike, 422, maybe headed to the premium outlet, 202, maybe headed to the king every prussia mall. no delays. we do, however, have an accident, upper dublin, at dresher town road lime limekiln pike. mass transit in the clear. diane? >> thanks, many retailers open on thanksgiving day and stayed open for shoppers through the night. some stores kept shoppers out. >> shoppers came rushing in, correspondent andrew spencer,
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has that story. >> clock struck 12, stores doors opened. orthodox "black friday" had no trouble drawing crowds. few of the crowds ended up with a bit of trouble. someone at wal-mart in houston captured this cell phone video, as people tried to claim a "black friday" deal by lying on top of tv's, wrestling them from one another. it got rough enough that police had to get involved. >> elsewhere, crowds were calm by comparison, shoppers shuffling into stores, with determination, after the turkey was put away, "black friday" fateful in new york crowded into macy's herald square, to celebrate the un official beginning of the holiday shopping season. the beginning has been even more un offer initial recent years. as stores opened earlier and earlier. some as early as thanksgiving morning. some stores now make a point of marketing themselves as late to the party. waiting until friday, so as not to encroach on a holiday. either way, the lines outside have become crowds inside. lines at the check out. shoppers all over the country
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grabbed presents for their loved ones, and maybe a little something for themselves. i'm andrew spencer, reporting. >> and our top sports story, the eagles are all alone in first place in the ffc east after the birds beat the stuffing, if you will, out of the cowboys, on thanksgiving. as eyewitness sports anchor leslie van arsdale shows you, eagles want a real statement game this holiday. >> a big win in the big d. eagles easily handling the cowboys, first place in the ffc east. still a loft game, but this win could go well for the birds. the eagles run game looking better than it has all year. mccoy got the ball for 25 carries, putting up 159 yards. he would average more than 6 yards per carry. he also helped seal the deal in the thirds quarter with 38-yard touchdown run. the eagles take that win, 33 to ten. here is shady after the game talking about recent criticism about his numbers this year. >> i think the time of where we're at in the season, all of
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the talk, and stuff that you guys saying about me, and about the line, all of that, mixed up in the season where we need to get a big win, i think as a team, as an unit, we work hard in the running game today. >> leslie van arsdale, eyewitness sports. >> mark sanchez filling in for nick foles of course, and eagles record now nine and three. nick foles will get another check on the should you are every his later today. nice to have those two guys in the fold. indeed. >> now that thanksgiving is over, many people will be heading outside to decorate for the holidays. >> but safety should come first when you're putting up those lights, coming up next some advice from an expert, and we'll also have this >> the latest viral video, a woman freaked out by what she found inside her turkey. some people are calling it the best thanksgiving day prank
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8:43, traffic and weather together. carol's got the weather watchers. >> up early apparently like everybody else. nobody slept last night. and they're weighing with some temperatures starting to warm up tiny tiny bit. >> weaver mining al who said we need more snow. yes, we'll have a problem here, my friend, do we need more snow some people love it and some other of us do not. let's head down to delaware, 33 degrees, right now, the temperature, through delaware jason says great day for shopping. and i think that's probably something that everybody has on their plate today. this, you want snow? okay, one of the weather watchers wanted snow.
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all right, here you go. you happy now? we are looking at them making snow, seen few snow showers up at jack frost, big boulder and it looks really wintery. let's get rid of the scene. take a look right now at storm scan3, we're not finding any problems in our area at you will. we have lots of sunshine, it is breezy out there, though, but few little snow showers, through the poconos, those do continue this morning. we have temperatures that are warming up, but not by much. thirty-four in philadelphia right now. thirty in allentown, 31 millville. all of these temperatures, feeling colder, with that 22-mile per hour wind gust, in philadelphia. it feels more like it is in the middle 20's out there. so 25, the feeling temperature outside. if you're out, or if you're pet is stuck outside, 25 in trenton, 24 degrees in wilmington, feels like ten in the poconos. now, as we go through time today, no problems what so far. as we hit tonight, few clouds start to roll in, first thing tomorrow, do we see snow shower to the north? do we see maybe sprinkle, or just little piece of sleet?
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one or two locations north and east of philadelphia? as we move through the nighttime or the mid afternoon and later time period? it is possible tomorrow. but generally, just expect mostly cloudy skies, on saturday. and then by sunday, if doesn't look bad around here. starts to warm up little bit. i'm happy to say, so, we've got temperatures today, 39 degrees. shore, 42. the poconos, 30 degrees. it looks like a very nice weather forecast, coming up, if you don't mind northwesterly wind, vittoria. >> usually i don't minds a northwesterly wind, carol. depends what day it is. today, since we're in the mall for the most part, on this "black friday", we don't really mind too much winds, right? ninety-five, looking fantastic out there. if you are headed to and from any of the area malls, maybe you're headed down to delaware to do tax free shopping at the christianna mall, no problems. this shot around the philadelphia international airport, also not seeing any delays at the airport. so maybe you're continuing that holiday travel. roosevelt boulevard, wide open, as well. heading from the schuylkill,
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into the northeast, maybe taking route one, all the way out through to neshaminy, or franklin mills, or king every prussia. so on, so for the. beautiful ride out there. the heaviest traffic you'll find will be in the parking lot. we do, however, have fire location. this is on aldan street, house fire, between washington avenue and baltimore. so because this activity is out there, try to take 56 or 58, just to move around it. also an accident, upper dublin, dresher town road at limekiln pike, something to avoid as well. headed out and about, and if you are traveling this afternoon, flyers are playing the rangers tonight, at 1:00 o'clock, or today, rather, 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon at the wells fargo sent, so if you are doing any holiday traveling, using 95 around south philly at that time, it will be a little crowded. ukee? >> vittoria, thanks so much. holiday shopping season is underway as you know it is "black friday". malls, shopping centers all across our area are expected to be very crowded today, as shoppers stock up on early birds dagger ands. a lot of stores open for thanksgiving day. and some opened after dinnertime, and stayed open.
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you can get mall hours, and shopping tips, on our website, are cbsphilly.com. >> shoppers can visit the columbus farmers market in burlington county today. columbus is welcoming back the shoppers, the market was damaged by fire, more than a week ago. >> and in sports, the eagles stands alone at the top of the nfc eastern division. the birds beat the cowboys 33 to ten in thanksgiving day match up in dallas yesterday. the eagles face the defending superbowl champions, seattle seahawks, a week from sunday, at lincoln financial fields: well, thanksgiving, may be over, but some people already jumped to the next holiday with a spectacular light display, in kennett square. that's right, i'm talking about longwood longwood gardens where preparations for this holiday season started back in august. and it is no wonder, since the arboretum shines bright with about half million light bulbs on 28 miles of cords. visiting longwood christmas is a thanksgiving tradition for many around the region. >> stuff myself with turkey
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and then come here and work out. >> having good time? >> yes. >> she's having good time. she likes it. i love it. >> holiday light display at longwood gardens will stay open until january 11, you should know, timed admission tickets required and they're available for purchase on line. >> well, remember this christmas tree we toll but? some people in reading called it ugly. well, now it is getting a lit bit after touch up. city officials say they'll decorate this 50-foot pine with only a single red bulb, just like in charlie brown christmas, resident complains the tree was too ugly, after it was unveiled in downtown reading prompting some to compare the events to the plot of the well known holiday tv special. now, that holiday lights are starting to go up, we want to see your pictures, and your holiday dzhokhar are displays on social media. use the hashtag cbs-3 holiday light. or go to cbsphilly.com to
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share this em with us, may even be live at your home next month. and speaking of holiday lights, millions of americans are digging out the decorations from the attic about now. correspondent karen kafa shows us some important safety tips on preparing your home for the holidays. before this virginia home is really ready for the holidays, there is work to be done. landscaper josh cane recommends shrubs and bushes the final trim of the season and clearing leaves before adding lights. his crews inspect for afraid or brittle wires, also. >> working with less trek at this, then working on doors, now getting into issues where electricity, water, which obviously don't go well together. important to spends that time up front. the other thing don't spends all the time putting them up, plug them in and find out they don't work. >> lights should be specifically designed for outdoor use. and plugged into outlets, with a weather cover. >> you want to make sure it stays in place over the spring, summer, fall, to make
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sure no water got into the outlet, causing any russ or any possible shorts. >> when stringing lights on roof thomas, grounds the ladder on even surface to avoid slipping, and don't work alone. have somebody working with you, so if there is a problem, or if a ladder falls down, they can put the ladder back up if you're walking on the roof. >> and check the lights during the season if they get hit with winter wetter. >> the biggest indoor and outdoor display. >> and, it is a new world record. the guiness book of worlds reports has confirmed, that this is the largest led light display ever. there are 1.2 million christmas lights in this shopping center, in australia. that's 75 miles of multi colored lights. >> that's absolutely amazing. wonderful. >> bright as times square. >> i know, just about. >> having family around for the holiday could lead to some barak dag jokes. one of them was caught on
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camera. >> oh! >> that's a small chicken being taken out with the stuff. see, it was hidden, it was hid never thereby the family just as a joke. that's casino every mean. turns out this young i laid thought the turkey was pregnant. come on, diana. >> sorry, i'm laughing. oh, it is not funny. it is very tragic. >> oh, that's a shame. that's a shame. >> we'll be right back. you okay? >> whew. i am now. >> all right. we'll be right
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>> a lot of good deals out, there seeing it all morning long. >> and, shopper chopper three, showing us some full parking lots. all around the area. be safe out there. take your time. don't fight for parking spaces >> oh,. >> 39 degrees, maw i need tow move around. forty-two tomorrow, 53 by sunday. >> carol, a lot of the traffic
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you'll find will be in the parking lots. highways, by ways, looking great. however, traveling through southbound, looking toward the right side of your screen, do have accident. primarily on the showed, but that's about it, that's about it, hopefully everything is okay. >> waking up earl which us each morning, we go on the morning 4:30 a.m., sister station cbs-3, many of you are up bringing you the news weather and traffic, we like to bring it to you extra early. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" on the "cw" fill. don't forget more local news weather traffic and sport we are area always on at
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this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" s. >> good morning, it is 8:55, this friday morning, i'm diana rocco, it is a sheet of ice, at penn's landing, but not because of the weather, blue cross river rink opens for skating, in just about two hours from now. winter fest kicks off at 11:00 this morning, if skating gets you too cold, you can warm up in the heated tent with indoor fireplaces ring features brand new holiday light show. now, to the eyewitness weather forecast. carol erickson, standing by in the weather center we could use heated tent over the entire area if we could get one that big. cold temperatures out there this morning. bright, beautiful, storm scan3, maybe even snow shower or two continuing up in the poconos. otherwise sunshine for awful us and told, 34 in
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philadelphia. fact to the thirds, with feels like it is in the 20's, will stay feeling like it is in the 20's all day long, even though the actual high temperature will reach 39 degrees, tonight 25 coiled degrees. tomorrow, could there be an early little flurry, snow shower to the north? it is possible. otherwise, 42 degrees on saturday. sunday, 53. by monday, we're at 57 degrees. maybe shower later in the day, cool down again for tuesday. let's check on the roads and parking lots with vittoria. >> thank you so much, carol. yes, a loft volume you'll find in the parking lots, while in every single mall. but we do have an incident on the schuylkill, eastbound 76, as you make your way around con show hoping, dealing with some police activity, which is blocking the left-hand lane. causing delays in the eastbound side of the schuylkill. if you're headed out of the area, of king of prussia, trying to make your way down toward 476, you will run into this delay. also causing a westbound gaper delay if you are headed toward king of prussia.
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be mindful of that. five-point, southbound accidented, majority on the shoulder, but there, our highways, by ways, looking great. no delays in pa, jersey, delaware looking good. mass transit even better, diana? >> thanks, that's eye within news for now, join us for talk philly at noon. i'm diana rocco. good morning. i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ]
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