justin finch is live where protests was loud but mostly peaceful, right justin. >> reporter: has right, nicole, quite the cultural collision, you have the carolers here trying to sing silent night, you have protesters chant nothing justice no peace. it was quite the uncomfortable scene here, at that tree lighting last night in city hall. a christmas clash at city hall, ferguson protesters verse the city's annual tree lighting ceremony. >> they are only ruining it for rest of the neighborhood and rest of the people who want their children to see something like this. >> reporter: some felt uneasy as arguments erupted and protesters drowned out the children caroling on stage. >> all of these young folks down here they come down to put on a good show and they drawn them out with the sirens. go protest on where else. >> reporter: for some two hours tensions simmered at city hall, one man was arrested for jumping a police barricade and office are scrambled to stop effort to derail the tree lighting

ceremony. >> the tree was being, and, so forth and we had to reconnect everything and get it going. >> reporter: ceremony capped hours of demonstrations launched after a new york city grand jury's call to not charge an officer in the death of eric garner. last month decision by missouri grand jury to not indict ferguson officer darren wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teen michael brown. >> people of color being killed on a daily basis and cops that kill them are getting off. >> reporter: demonstrators staged what they called a die in at 30th street station lying silently on the ground before a rush hour march to city hall, where protesters left their mark on decorations. the protesters also tried to block on ramp to i-76, they were unsuccessful in doing that and despite that scene yesterday police say the the protests were largely peaceful. we are live at city hall, i'm just continue finch for "eyewitness news" at cw

philly. raised in new york city, after grand jury decides in the to indict a white police officers in the choke hold death of eric garner. the case similar to ferguson ignited protest over race and police use of force. coming up in a few you minutes we will have a live report from new york on the protest, there. right now time for traffic and weather, here's katie. >> this is going to end up being a very nice change of pace for our area. because even though we are still going to see clouds, even though it will still be on the chilly side for us, even for standards of early december, it is brighter. we have got sunshine for a change. been a couple days since we have seen that, as we take things out to sky cam three. a live look at campbell field camera, ben franklin bridge, no problems seeing anything. it is a blue sky. just so much more pleasant. so funny how you take these things for granted until you

are left with the them for a few days. here we are on storm scan three, clouds here and there, high pressure briefly taking control, and as a result of that, temperatures will be dropping redry since yesterday at this same time. and, that is where some of the shore points, you have dropped from ten to 15 degrees in one fail swoop. so everybody is starting to see a little deficit in terms of temperature but it is more pleasant then yesterday. we have less wind too. more out of the west today. no less. 36 degrees the current temperature at the airport. colder by comparison through mount pocono and ac and this translates when you talk about those departures. we are looking good here. again, a few clouds, no harm, in foul, staying dry all day, that is the key. 45 degrees is our high. we will hit that as we typically would in the mid afternoon hours, vittoria. right now we're going to get back out on the highway, take a little drive. this is mobile three live where we're heading north

bound on i-95 making our way back into philadelphia now you 55 northbound this is jumping on i-95 northbound it looks like coming from the walt whitman bridge. in moving beyond the walt whitman bridge here's a ramp to i-95 northbound, in south philadelphia, i know that drive, there we go, and we are not seeing any major problems on i-95 in that area. further north we will catch a snag around girard, cottman, southbound, forget bit. northeast down to the vine. take a look at ben franklin bridge, good thing, they took the walt. they have to get through 42 delay but up and over the walt we are fine. lets look at ben franklin bridge not great at all heading in to philadelphia you're jam the entire length basically. we will take you down to the schuylkill, great shot of sun glare but still eastbound side of the schuylkill rap seven to 202 northbound is closed as a result of the, tractor trailer out there since early this morning. is 12 your average speed sensor on the schuylkill. twenty-one on the blue route. thirteen traveling on i-95. traveling on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound also

anticipates some volume at the area of willow grove, nicole. vittoria, thank you. we are updating breaking news out of montgomery county this morning. a huge fire destroys a home in lower pottsgrove and investigators called that fire sus fish us. home is owned by a detective of the neighbor limerick police department but we are told that detective was not injured. that fire broke out 2:30 this morning. fire mayor shall is investigating the circumstances. also developing police in chester county are investigating a fatal accident that killed a construction worker. police identified victim as lee boyar, construction supervisor. authorities say that a vehicle hit boyar late last night while putting cones down on route 422 westbound. no charges have been filed so far. philadelphia police are looking for a gunman who shot a man in oxford circle. investigators say the man fired in the car in the 6600 block of castor avenue wounding a 41 year-old man, three times in the arm. the victim is in stable condition. police believe the gun man

drove off in a dark red jeep. well, justice department plans to launch its own civil rights investigation not to choke hold death of eric garner. >> the inquiry was announced after a grand jury decided against charge ago this officer. cbs news correspondent doug champion is live in stat on island new york where a memorial is growing, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nicole and ukee. grand jury considers the garber case over two months in the end, they found no probable cause that a crime took place. even though there is anger and outrage over the decisions, protests here of been passionate but peaceful. demonstrators gathered around new york city almost immediately after it was announce that had a new york grand jury did not indict a police officer, in the death of eric garner. dozens of protesters in manhattan were arrested for disrupting traffic along busy roads and street. >> we saw that video.

>> reporter: as people in seattle, chicago and st. louis marched in solidarity. nypd officer daniel pantleo was caught putting garner in the choke hold for resisting arrest in july after he was stopped for illegally selling cigarettes. video of the deadly encounter soon went viral. a medical examiner later ruled garner's death a homicide. a memorial new grow is here on staten island where garner died. in the video he could be heard saying i cannot breathe as officers tried taking him into custody. the choke hold is something under nypd policy. in a statement the officer expressed remorse over garner's death saying quote my family and i include him and my family in our prayers and i hope that they will accept my personal condolence suggest for their loss. garner's family is angered. >> there is nothing that him or his prayers or anything else will make me feel any different. no, i don't accept his

apology. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill deblasio urged protesters to remain peaceful saying that is the only way to bring about real change. now even though that grand jury did clear the officer, involved, in this case he faces an internal nypd investigation. the other officers involved in that arrest that day in july also face review as part of that investigation. ukee and nicole. >> thanks for that update. we appreciate it. we are following some breaking news out of florida, this morning. here's a live look the at launch pad at cape can nav val. we are told high wind are delaying the launch of the orion spacecraft. it was scheduled to take off at 7:05. nasa hopes this will lead to further space exploration and probably a trip to mars. today's launch is a test flight for orion systems, and, expected to burn up as it reenters the atmosphere four and a half hours after launch. there is no word on the new

launch time but we will keep you posted. in or news, 15 people are waking up somewhere other than home this morning after a large fire, breaks out in west philadelphia. from chopper three you can see fire fighters trying to get the upper hand on the flames, shooting through the roof there. investigators say the fire started around 7:30 at 53rd and montgomery. one of the displaced residents spoke with "eyewitness news" but did not want to show her face. >> when i looked out the window they told me the house next door was burning done, and get out. i grabbed the stuff that was in mize reach and i ran out of the back door. >> i'm told it took a couple hours for fire fighters to get control of those flames. luckily no injuries were reported, and investigators are now working to find out what spark that blaze, nicole. it has been more than one week since missing west chester university student shanemont mont was last seen. friend gathered on campus for the first time since his disappearance to hold a candle light vigil last night.

the 21 year-old vanished after leaving a manayunk bar early on thanksgiving morning. fellow students are now back to class after the holiday but say it is different without shane there. >> just the fact that he is making atmosphere on campus different. >> how weird it is just knowing that he is missing, and everything here is still going on. i am trying to wrap my head around that. >> reward for information about his disappearance now stands at $31,000. inner all asked to call fbi or northwest detectives. happening today fast food workers are calling for higher wages and the right to unionized, the demonstrated outside mcdonald's at broad and allegheny earlier this morning, protests will take place in wilmington delaware and several other cities around the country throughout the day-to-day. a new invention that makes taking a selfie much more easier is being banned in one country wait until you see what it is and why it is now

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breast. >> reporter: attorney gloria alred representing all three women who are among more than a dozen to accuse cosby of sexual abuse. alred says statute of limitations is keeping cosby from facing most criminal charges so she's calling on cosby to wave the statute of limitations in order to let a jury and judge weigh in. the 77 year-old actor has repeatedly decline to talk about the allegations. his attorneys have called claims of sexual abuse absurd. bigad had ban for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. 8:15. lets check traffic and weather to go, hey katie. >> good morning, nicole. good morning. we will start off with a beautiful view down the shore. look at that sunlight, boom reflecting off the casino here, so pretty at bally's and off in the distance with the beautiful blue sky, we are shaping up to see a beautiful day here at least by comparison. it is the prettiest day we have ever seen, no, definitely not, still chilly but it sure beats recent days we have had

here. we have in the seen much sunlight. i want to take you next to an eyewitness photo sent in on facebook, sean devans is from philadelphia but down in cocoa beach, florida awaiting the launch offer orion. they have been holding off on that launch, but beautiful start the two day down there. what you you don't see in this still photo is win and that is what is causing the delays here. you can see what is going on the satellite, what is left of the frontal boundary that has moved out of our area and part of why we have had wet weather. still nearby, northeast components of the wind flow there. that is what is holding things up for now. off to the west, out across basically where mississippi and ohio river meet you've got a developing system. that is what will bring us our next round of wet weather. we have a break from the rain but it is brief one. all of today, tonight and first half of tomorrow but by tomorrow evening, as early as tomorrow evening the rain does start to build right back in,

the the good nice is that thankfully, it is not a ice or snow event but strictly rain. it will get in the low 50's, mildest day we have seen, but i wouldn't make any outdoor plans on at day. maybe you have to decorate your house on the outside for christmas, wait until sunday if you have to do it because things will be drying out by that point. it looks like a wetest day of the forecast. up until then we will see cloud starting to build but sunny day happens at least today. 45 degrees is our expect high. smidge below seasonal average for you. we are up to 47 tomorrow. vittoria, over to you. >> traveling i-95 north bound around business route one we are dealing with an accident situation, vehicling off in the embankment here. penndot is on the scene. notice that the left lane is open. this incident is on the shoulder but as folks move by you you may notice a slow down. we have sun glare, we have rush hour to slow you down, i-95 not too far away are

within bucks county, you are doing okay, traveling more so around center city philadelphia and northeast philadelphia, specifically southbound i-95 you'll find delays. schuylkill eastbound ramp to north bound 202, still closed as a result of the overturned tractor trail their lost a load have newspapers. so quite a clean autopsy head of them and they still to have reopen that ramp. sixteen is your average on the schuylkill, 12 on i-95. southbound your biggest delay. twenty-one your average on 476. also have some volume on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound out of the area of willow grove and making your way down toward mid county not awful but slow. traveling 422, east at royersford we have an accident here causing quite a delay so give yourself more time. the mass transit your best bet today, nicole. a toddler survives a frightening fall on to some train tracks in australia. >> take a look at this, girl grandfather got distract at the ticket machine and stroller starts rolling and flips right other on the

track. no luck no chain, but she could have hit that rail as well. several people hopped down to rescue the writ will girl. >> terrifying. another close call this one in florida where the school bus filled with children burst into flames on the side of the road. about 40 students were on their way to school outside orlando yesterday when the bus caught fire. as they shot out of the bus driver made sure all of the students were safe. >> honestly i didn't do anything what i would hope teacher or bus driver wouldn't do, with themselves, you know, we go to work every day and we're there to educate and protect and that is what we do. >> now driver thinks a mechanical problem, starts that fire, another bus came and took students to school that was something. how does free coffee sound for life. >> for life. >> for life. >> we will tell you how to win a life time of star bucks. >> sound good. >> that is a new way to take a selfie but it is banned in one

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good morning i'm ukee washington. stray boat and weather is blamed for delaying the launch of the orion spacecraft from cape canaveral florida. here's a live lot at launch pad, it was just scrubbed again. launch window will stay opened until 9:40 this morning just over an hour from now. thinks an important mission for nasa scientists hope thinks first step toward human exploration of the solar system and probably even a trip to mars. lets bring things bank down to earth and check your forecast with katie. >> certainly hoping they can get that launch underway but here at home we're expect to go see quiet weather as we finally see a bright spot in the forecast. even though storm scan three would generally appear that it is totally cloudy outside we have nice blue skies, showing

up out there and certainly some sunshine. it end up being certainly what would i say is nicest day we have had, we have got some sunshine, it is chilly but nice change of pace since it is right outside. 33 degrees tonight under clouds, seasonable and cold but i would say as early as the evening we will see our next disturbance bringing in showers and it will be generally a wash out of the at day. if you are planning to do outdoor yard work or putting up your decorations would i wait until sunday for sure, vittoria. >> thanks so much, katie. i would wait if you can if you can wait it out longer to jump on the road because you'll fine delays all over. katie was saying it is sunny so we are experiencing sun glare on top of rush hour as well. lets start with 422, eastbound, we have right lane being compromised due to construction that is adding to the delay. royersford 202. and eastbound schuylkill ramp to 202 is closed due to an

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protesters make their voices heard during a tree lighting ceremony at philadelphia city hall. >> sound of the season were up stage by chant for justice. "eyewitness news" reporter just continue finch joins us where the group wrapped up their evening of protests,

justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee, yes, it was a day of protest that is began at 30th street station and made its way here to the tree lighting ceremony, lets get you right to the video there. this all happened, the the city hall courtyard, that was the center of it, all of the trees being lit there. car will olers singing as protesters chanted no justice, no peace. this was in reaction to the grand jury decision that came down from missouri and just yesterday new york city where a grand jury decided not to bring charges against the officer that placed eric again inner a choke hold. he eventually indict. we heard where a grabbed jury there detieded not to bring charges for shooting death of unarmed teen mike brown. eric garner was also unarmed as well. at 30th treat station, protesters stage what they called a tie in. they lied on the ground silently and all this happening before they made

their way here to city hall where carolers were not so happy to see them. >> who could do something like. that they are ruining it for the rest of the neighborhood and rest of the people who want their children to see something like this. >> it is a strafer difficult for justice and we will have to hit the streets to make a change. >> organizers say they have more events in mind for the future. they also tried to go over and block on ramp to i-76. they were unsuccessful in doing so. despite all of this police are calling the protest largely peaceful, only one arrest yesterday a guy tried to jump a barricade here at city hall. we are live at city hall this morning i'm justin finch for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >> justin, as you mentioned a new york grand jury declined to file charges against the officer in the eric garner choke hold case. that decision prompted protest there is and all across the country. >> no justice no peace. >> police arrested 30 people

in last night's demonstrations in new york, mostly for obstructing traffic. garner, the four three-year old father of six, died in july following an altercation with police that was caught on amateur video. pantleo, and other officers were trying to arrest the officer released the statement expressing his condolence but garner a's widow refused to up is. >> he should be here, celebrating, christmas and thanksgiving, and everything else with his children and grand child ren and he can't. why because a cop did wrong. somebody that gets paid to do look did wrong and not held accountable for it. >> take a look at this, the driver of the minivan accelerates through a crowd of protesters in st. louis, missouri and then takes off. group of people takes off, after that minivan and someone

threw a brick in the back window. police took the driver in cuss todd toy figure out what exactly happened there. at least two people suffered minor injuries. 8:33. we will send it over to katie for the forecast. >> forecast was a quiet one for now, nicole, it is a break in the action, breath of fresh air for us because it is brighter out shine. we will go out to the live neighborhood network cameras where you can see the waves are very lightly lapping autopsy long the shoreline here along the headquarters beach patrol in margate right next door to atlantic city. sunnies shining. we have a few clouds in the distance but we have a beautiful start to the day out there. chilly, but certainly a a nice one. storm scan three is showing some clouds but generally high pressure is taking a lead and keeping control of the forecast for now and that is granted but quiet. 36 degrees at the airport. we are at 32 in allentown, reading and trenton and basically right around that freezing mark in every

location around our area map. we can expect temperatures to climb in the mid 40's which is just a few you degrees shy of seasonal. it is a quiet day in the poconos. we may even up with more sun than anything, 35 degrees at best as day progresses there but we will take baby victories in our forecast where we can get them. we have in the seen the sun after all. vittoria. i'm's trying to find a few victories myself because we are seeing delays in the usual places. schuylkill, i-95, blue route, turnpike. lets update 76. what you are noticing is a big old batch of sun glare. heading out this morning pack shade or put the shades down. traveling 76 eastbound northbound ramp to 202 is still closed, been closed all morning long associated with the overturn tractor trailer that has spilled newspapers all over the road. so we've got quite a clean up ahead of us and with that closure your best alternate toys continue on the eastbound side of 76.

exit at gulph mills. jump back on the schuylkill westbound to continue to make your way towards king of prussia. as we take you down to the tacony palmyra bridge. we are expecting a bridge opening momentarily. so traveling 73 if you are watching us right now or know someone traveling the bridge, give them a heads up but that. again we are waiting on it. 12 miles an her on the schuylkill. same on 95. southbound slow out of the northeast. fourteen on 476, and in major delays for mass transit, ukee. crews recover from the body from cristina river in delaware. it is believed to be that of 25 year-old emmanuel gateling. he disappeared tuesday night after barge he was on capsized near port of wilmington. two other men went over board as well but were quickly rescued. philadelphia police need public's help to catch suspects in the beating caught on surveillance video. it happen november 15th on north fourth street. a 17 year-old boy was walking home just before 1:00 in the morning when three suspects attack him.

he was injured and lost consciousness. there is a $1,000 reward for leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects. al qaeda's affiliate in yemen is threatening to kill an american hostage unless washington meets its tea manned. an intelligence group says they have been provided video of three three-year old photo journalist luke somers who was kidnaped more than a year ago. al qaeda group is giving u.s. three days to meet unspecified demands. happening today this camden man will be sentenced for killing a young boy who tried to protect his sister. gerald on riveria murdered dominic anujar when the six year-old boy tried to stop riveria from attacking his 12 year-old sister. riveria faces a life sentence when he learns his punishment this morning. our time 8:36. how would you like free star bucks for life. >> that would be nice. ten winners will be chosen in the u.s. and three in canada

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concerning. the fact is that people with severe depression can have very significant symptoms, have thoughts of suicide. >> reporter: doctors say patients hud not give up if treatment doesn't help at first. combination of techniques and medication, and psychotherapy may be necessary. for kate the right diagnosis was key. after years of various treatments, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. >> once i was on the right medication i was experiencing life for the first time. i realized difficult not know what it was like to go through life without depression. so, it was just such a relief. >> reporter: adrian a diaz for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. your time is 8:43. traffic and weather together in a bit but first here's katie. >> oh, hello. >> let get outside to the eyewitness weather watcher network where we will show you a couple pictures sent in starting off from douglassville, 422, a total stand still. this is why we put traffic and weather to go, we will get to the blue skies but you no one

moving here at ground level. it is bright and sunny which is funny because in philadelphia i'm in the sure who sent this in because we don't have the name here but he aid what is this yellow thing? the sun, we have in the seen new a while. nice change of pace here. in blue bell it looks as though the top of the pool is almost ready for skating. if you look closely it is starting to ice over here. over the next few days we will be find something pretty seasonal weather i would say, overall, we will flirt with typical temperatures. as we take a look out there, we will see if we can get temperatures in the mid 30's, out through southeastern, pennsylvania and similar story towards the shore. lets go to next, with our pattern down the road. we are done with the system that playing us but it definitely broad in dreary weather. we will go to the mouth of the mississippi the beginning of

the next system and that is moving in tomorrow night, but we have 36 hour window or so, until we have to worry about rain drops. it is a break but brief one with high pressure in place here today. mid 40's expect both today and tomorrow. but that system starts to have move north and by the time we hit friday evening, the first rain drops will be showing up on radar and then it looks like a very rainy, saturday, if you have got outdoor plans for the weekend, you want to enter our cbs-3 holiday lights contest, wait until sunday. if you are waiting on that until the week tend do it because saturday looks like a watch out, maybe watch a christmas movie inside and call it a dade. mid to upper 40's for the next few days, first rain drops tomorrow evening and then saturday, i'm saying unless you are a duck you will in the like this forecast would i say, vittoria, over to you. >> man if only we were all ducks, right. >> it would be great.

>> good mornings everyone. unfortunately we have bad news, christmas presents what i'm thinking here. fedex truck overturn traveling in new jersey on the new jersey turnpike outbound at 322. take a look at this, only shoulder it seems is getting by traveling in this area. it will be quite difficult to do that. maybe not so much the shoulder. it looks like only left-hand lane getting by, rather but here's the truck overturn right here. i'm wondering if this truck is taking some of those packages and doing a little switch if you will but live chopper three over the scene of the accident southbound on the new jersey turnpike as you make your way right around 322. we will keep you updated on that, in texts, what i was just talking about. the as we will continue, we will take you down to the schuylkill expressway where we're watching that it looks like there is finally a reopening of the schuylkill eastbound ramp to northbound 202. so, we will leave you with that bright sunny spot but watch out for sun glare on the roads, ukee. >> vittoria, thank you. we're following breaking news from montgomery county. a fire that destroyed a lower pottsgrove home is being called suspicious.

it is owned by a detective with the limerick police department but that detective was away on vacation at the time. there are no injuries to report. and a developing story here, a road crew supervisor was hit and killed by a vehicle will in the construction site along route 422 near route 100. we will know later today if the driver will in fact face charges. a live picture from cape canaveral there where the orion spacecraft is on the launch pad. its launch has been delayed several times already today. orion is set the for orbit ten times as high as the international space station and could take humans as far as mars sometime in the future. talking sports big night for philadelphia 76ers. they won. after 17 straight losses, to start the season. check out young kj mcdaniels. he is charging up the court and in position to put back the slam on the follow. nicely done. sixers and t wolves in minnesota last night and michael carter williams had 20

points, nine rebound and nine assists. pretty dish to former aau teammate nerlens noel. that is the future right there. sixers win 85, 77. take a look at this, start of the last night's game in minnesota, sixers and t wolves, and sixers go toward wrong basket. both teams lined up in the wrong position. once officials say that realized it, 162nd had gone by there was a foul called. they ignored all that and started over. they dot the a dough over, mulligan in golf and pro hoops, how about that. sixers win how about. that next record sixers are trying to avoid is worst nba season ever, that record is held by 1972/736th that is squad went nine and 73 and also started one and 17. since we're talking about 1972/7 three, it is throw back thursday, yep, that is me sporting the fly coat in the gym with my freshman in high school at dover high. bee were 17-three. back then you could getty gallon of gas for 55 cents and

you see the wrist, i bought a movie ticket for 1.75. average price of the new car was $3,853. >> man. >> don't ask me how much my coat cost. >> fly max i coat i like that. >> looking good, ukee. looking g. ♪ >> i wore that coat in today. >> reese whither spoon gets in touch with nature in the movie wild. >> based on the best selling memorandum ours of the same name. susan marquez sat down with the stars of the film and would the man who inspired it. you looked good though. >> i'm not on the road i'm hiking the trail. >> reporter: reese weatherspoon sets out on a path to self discovery in the new movie we will. >> honestly i'm in my real life then i am out here. >> reporter: she stars as chill straight who embark on the 1100-mile journey after abusing drugs, suffering through a failed marriage and losing her mother. >> i just called my agent and said i have to talk to this

woman. i called her. i told her how incredibly moving i found her book and that it was one of the most important books i have ever red in high life. >> reporter: straight says weatherspoon, who was a producer, was one of her earlier supporters. >> reese read it and first thing she said get red think book will be a best seller. >> i aid great. >> one thing i can teach you you, and when you do, hold on to it for dear life. >> reporter: laura dern co stars as beloved mother, bobby. >> all these incredible word of wisdom that she gave you, they are like we get to be mothered by bobby as well. >> it is just sunrise and sunset every day, you can choose to be there for it. >> reporter: wild is direct by john mark whose last film dallas buyers club earned oscars for two leads. many expect this role will bring weather pound her second best actress nomination. susan marquez, cbs news,

hollywood. >> great direction there. >> yes. >> dallas buyers club. >> will solid acting chops,. >> no doubt bibit. >> it was a war that lasted only six days, but fulfilledç a 2000-year-old dream. >> this is really a story of an israeli band of brothers,p young israeli men who gave the jewish people their greatest victory, probably since theç exodus from egypt. >> retracing the steps of the men who reunited jerusalem and divided a nation. >> i alwayswondered, what happened to the guys who liberated the western wall? happened to the guys who liberated the western wall? >> on "the 70

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the white house christmas tree, stand an impressive 18 feet tall, so big in fact that michelle obama said they had to take hinges off the doors just to get it inside. difficult confirm earlier i was wondering in the case of carbon county, difficult confirm it came from the crystal spring tree farm in lehigh ton pennsylvania which is in berks county. >> pretty cool good pictures of the president takes the hinges off the door. >> that within a good one. >> we want toe sure photos on social media using hash tag cbs-3 holiday lights or e-mail us at holiday lights at cbs-3.com. we may come to your home later this movement be careful what you wish for. >> yes, said that best exactly. >> we have some pretty pleasant weather today and perhaps this is day you are waiting for to point out your display. not a bad day. we have more sun then anything, temperatures at 38 in the live neighborhood network outside whitefield elementary school, vittoria. >> what we are looking at is live chopper three over the

scene of the accident on the new jersey turnpike southbound just beyond 322. well, within fedex truck involved and two cargo compartments on that truck. so they had to bring in another head of the truck to get it out of the there. it is a mess. >> torey, thanks very much. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at cw philly. for more local news weather traffic ape sports we are always on at cbs philly.com. >> check us out on talk philly at noon on cbs three, we will be back in 302nd with one more check of news, traffic i can and weather to

this morning, i'm nicole brewer. we have an update on the breaking news this morning suspicious fire destroys a home in lower pottsgrove montgomery county. home is a a total loss after a huge fire tore through home just after 2:00 this morning. investigators say the origin is suspicious and owner is a detective from the neighboring limerick police department. that detective was not at home and there are no injuries. now lets check that forecast with katie, good morning, katie. >> good morning, everybody. this end up being a very pleasant day for our area we are catching a break seeing some sunshine and it looks like it sticks around for better part of the day. still chilly but brighter on you the side. storm scan three not showing any sign of wet weather on the radar and it will not until at least tomorrow night, so we

are looking good here with sunshine we will hit 45 degrees, dropping back down to a pair of three's, see so a seasonal chill so clouds will be building in advance of the next disturbance which triggers first round of wet weather. by saturday though i would call it a wash out period of rain anytime, and it will thankfully, start to clear out just in time for eagles tailgaters to make it tonight lot in south philadelphia on sunday morning because you you know they start early. >> i don't know what you are talking about there. >> we are still dealing with overturn tractor trailer situation out bound on the new jersey turnpike at 322. this vehicle overturn and carrying two compartments. and they are in the process of clearing them out of the way, as live chopper three is showing you, it will be blocking the right lane and one lane getting by. we will keep you update budd in text that is what that looks like. try to avoid it if you can. we will have rush hour delays,

i-95, schuylkill, 422 but improvement eastbound schuylkill ramp from 202 northbound will be reopen so i will leave with you that good news. >> thank you. that is eyewitness knew for now, joining us for talk philly at noon. i'm nicole brewer. make it a great 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 ]

>> the war that changed the world. we'll take a look at the heros that won the battle. >> troops waited for those sounds. >> wendy: and then a rugby star who punished his opponents on and off the field. >> i just unleashed it. i almost killed this guy. >> wendy: on today's "700 club." ♪ ♪ >> pat: well, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to this edition of "the 700 club." protestors taking it to the streets in new york last night, shutting down traffic throughout the city. after the shocking decision by a grand jury not to indict a police officer for a chokehold death of a black man. >> wendy: the justice department has decided to get involved as well by starting its own investigation into the incident. heather sells brings us the story. >>