>> police officer cleared in the choking death after new york man. >> after one day delay, looking live at nasa's next generation spacecraft set to launch into just a matter of minutes. we'll try to bring that to you. good morning, it is friday, december 5th, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm nicole brewer in for erica this morning. we start things offer with a check on traffic and weather together. katie and vittoria, standing by and keeping an eye on things this morning. good morning, ladies. >> yes, torrey, we are going to eventually end one some wet weather out there. right now though i would say the second half of the day

that ends up seeing the worst in terms of travel delays. at least now the weather not playing too much after role for you here. storm scan3, basically, quiet. obviously some signs of life here off to the south and west, so leading edge of the moisture with our next system, moving in to at least nudging into maryland, at this point. we generally have most of the day to enjoy here, before this system actually will move on n you can expect though pretty gray skies along the way expecting mid 40's, generally, right around freezing give or take few degrees either end here, as we expect to see the rain move in, it will become steadier with time, tomorrow just general wash out to start off your weekends. >> thank you so much, katie. good morning, to start off your morning commute to work, well, i'm just going to say, that anywhere that you would usually find rush hour traffic in the morning, it will be there today. so, traveling on the schuylkill, start here, eastbound 76, if you are commuting your way down through to the vine expressway out of your western suburbs, it is slow, as you'll notice

behind me, not too far from girard, now, this is kind of interesting. ninety-five southbound usually we are at at crawl approaching cottman avenue around this point here, construction zone, all the way down through to the vine st. expressway. i just a feeling something going on, do not let this shot fool you. we will continue to keep you updated on. that will ukee? >> thank you, unrest in cities across the country continues after another controversial grand jury decision. >> this time, the demonstrations come after a decision not to indict a white police officer in the choke holding death after black man. correspondent don champion more now from new york. >> a steady stream of protesters, is disrupted traffic on new york city west side highway for second night. earlier in the night the mostly peaceful demonstrations took a turn in times square, where police made several arrests. >> other rallied, as site of the staten island fer any march, down city street. >> murdered every day, and i'm just sick and tired of it. >> anger over grand jury's decision not to indict nypd

officer daniel in garner's death, continues to spill over to other cities across the nation. >> those cents of people of all races, christmas tree lighting. >> need to get the message across, even people don't think this directly affect them. >> officer testified before the grand jury for two hours about what happened here in july when he took garner down as cameras rolled. he maintains it was not a choke hold he was using, but a maneuver he learned at the police academy. >> is that the framework, how do you take down a person you are trying to area necessary. >> bill brayton says, the department is investigating, nypd will also retrain thousands of it officers in useless force when possible. don champion, "eyewitness news" on the "cw" fill.

>> i in philadelphia protesters calling for change, subdued scene inside this church on north broad street, that's where group discussed future plans for protests, earlier thursday, student at temple university staged a die-in, sending message that they stand with michael brown. no matter the stage, the message remains the same. >> different err a we need to treat it like it is different area. >> action may come in the form of civil right case. >> officer involved in garner's death the subject after federal investigation. >> just mold away before nasa blasts off newest space capsule orion. >> test launch was delayed full day after series every setbacks yesterday. let's take live look right now less than 302nd from lift off. cape canaveral, florida makes its way into history in just matter of seconds when it becomes fully operational, orion's crew module will be able to carry four people on

21 day mission into deep space or six astronaunts for shorter missions. let's listen in, it is about to go. >> new era of american space exploration. >> first stage, 25 seconds, 1341 feet per second, 31 seconds, still looking good. engine control, good chamber pressure in all three boosters in the full power mode. 402nd in. standing by to go through the partial thrust load in the four. >> it will be partial commands

in the four, pressure beginning to drop as expected. as we are coming up on the one minute mark. mark, one minute into the flight, still looking good. good chamber pressure, good chamber pressure in full power mode. one minute 152nd into the flight. open in the second stage. >> the spacecraft will shoot for high pointy understand some 3600 miles farther than any spacecraft built for human's has gone since the apollo moon program. this will only last four and a half hours, will ends with old style splash down, in the pacific, and nasa needs that extra high altitude to gain enough momentum to re-enter at a speed of 20,000 miles per hour, and the capsule's massive healed shield to 4,000 agree temperatures as it comes

back into the earth's atmosphere. but it is on it way after so many delays yesterday. >> full 24 hours of delays. this is a big moment for nasa, since the shuttle era ended knack 2011, the biggest thing we've seen just shooting off into space exploration. >> once again, four and a half more mission. i haven't seen a splash down since i was a kid. first things first, orion has achieved lift off, and it is on it way. >> all right. >> clock 07. new this morning, driver is killed in single car crash in cheltenham township montgomery county. police say the driver somehow veered off of hill dale and bonntower roads, hit pole, then two parked cars before bursting into flames. the man pronounced dead at the scene, working to find out what exactly cause that crash. >> a fire has damage add rowhouse in west philadelphia. firefighters got the call to a fire in this home at 12 south connestoga street around 3:45 this morning. they got it under control in

about a half hour. we're toll one person is in the hospital with a medical condition. not related to the fire. and, a shooting outside a west philadelphia bar sends a man to the hospital. police say a 30 year old man was talking to a woman at 40th and market in university city, when another man shot him in the thigh. now, after that shooting the victim ran into a bar where he works as a bartender. he is in stable condition. police are now looking for that gunman. >> well, bill cosby is firing back against california woman sexual abuse lawsuit. >> the comedian is countering suing that woman claiming she tried to extort him for hundreds of thousands of dollars before filing that suit. "eyewitness news" reporter justin sanchez live in the cbs-3 satellite center with the latest on cosby's legal woes. justin? >> good morning, that accuser has brought for the allegations some 40 years old, and cosby's legal team says she's only doing this for the money. but, now, the chief of the lapd says all of these allegations against cosby are worth looking into, even if they he can seed the statute of limitations.

>> speaking to the press, thursday, lapd chief charlie bet said his agency prepared to investigate sex assault claims against bill cosby, even if he can't be criminally charged. >> could be used in civil recourse, or number of other things. we don't turn people away because things are out of statute. you come to us specially a sexual allegation, you know, we will work with you. >> the lapd would not elaborate on the chief's comment, but, former la county prosecutor steve mizer says the move is unusual, unlikely, and possibly illegal. >> if lapd takes taxpayer dollars and uses them to basically function as the private investigators for a private plaintiff, that should be construed as an unlawful gift of public funds and it should r barred. >> that would be the woman who filed suit against cosby tuesday. she claims the comedian sexually assaulted her in 1974 at the playboy mansion when she was only 15 years old.

cosby's attorneys are working to dismiss the suit, calling her story false, and saying she tried selling it to tabloids a decade ago, and, made extortion threats to mr. cosby about criminal penalties, coupled with demand for six figure payday to keep quiet. and offering as proof, copies a letter dated december 1st, reading: your demand for money from mr. cosby is rejected. >> lapd says at this point they don't have any records of complaint against cosby, but just this week we saw the us navy pull cosby's honorary chief petty officer status a mid these growing at gig -- allegations. liver in the sat sent, justin finch live on the "cw" fill. >> i thank you for. that will surveillance video from businesses in manayunk could be the key to finding shane montgomery. the 21 year old west chester university student disappeared after leaving manayunk bar early thanksgiving morning. fbi investigators are specifically interested in video in the area bounded by the schuylkill river, green

lane, henry avenue and lincoln drive. the reward for information about montgomery's disappearance now stands at $40,000. >> it is 7:11 right now, a legendary singer versus the governor of new jersey. >> coming up next on the "cw philly", why cher took to twitter in a rant aimed at governor christie. >> plus, film star mark wahlberg wants a pardon. what he did 25 years ago, and why he wants it taken off the record. >> and burried in a wall of mud. drivers narrowly escape mother nature. we'll show you more of this video when we come back. >> ♪ >> it is the weekends, it is a holiday season, so many plans to be had. but you might want to delay them in they're outdoors, at least until sunday. >> that's right. >> the rain will be coming in, a little later today, and will last until saturday, katie of course with all of the details on the other side. stay with us,s, we'll be back.

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just muddy mess left behind by days and days of rain in southern california. those cars that you're about to see here burried in about 4 feet of mud after record rainfall drenched that area. rescuers also saved dozen every people trapped in their cars and their homes by the mudslides. not a good situation there, kate. >> i just too much rain too soon. they really needed it out there in california. we bring it back here to the east coast where the sun is up but a lot of cloud cover shrouding it. when you have that, it really can make for such a vibrant, just piercing sunrise, like we're finding in atlantic city right now. this is about the most sunlight you'll fine here today. granted we'll have the light of day on our side, but a lot of clouds already shrouding this view.

it looks like that will be with us for again the better part of the day. let me take you taught nationwide map here. thankfully california catching at least little break here in terms of moisture, we go to the mid section of the country, where we've got a developing storm system, and actually, over our area, already, the signs of some moisture beginning already to creep in here. soap, let's zoom it in a little more. see what's up. at this point, yes, a lot of this isn't even verifying on the ground just yet. there is another coal air trying to pick up upper levels, some icing mixing in. that may be a problem for the pocono region by tonight, but everybody else can just bank on just rain. is it a big old nuisance? oh, ya. so, for now, you know, we gave you c plus for the school day grade, simply because it is chilly, it is cloudy, toward the late afternoon, especially, as we hit the evening time frame, we are spec to go see some of the rain pick up here from west to east. but, ya. just not the most ideal day we've ever seen f we had to give tomorrow a grid it wouldn't and good one. expect rainy day, basically,

any time you could be dodging raindrops, looks as though it will be soaking saturday for many of you so if you do have outdoor plans, put up the christmas decorations put down christmas tree, i think sunday, you know, it will be chillier and windier, but at least it is dry. you got that on your side. >> forty-three should be in pretty good shape. >> little worried about the wind but it is dry. see the sunlight, wonder thousand will affect mark sanchez, we'll see. >> work that positive at this. >> eagles do well with wind. >> thank you. >> there they. >> now we're bonn boards. good morning, everyone, right now, our commute, just looks like a rush hour commute. ninety-five, the schuylkill expressway, it is a friday morning, so therefore, southbound 95, we are seeing delays out of the northeast, making your way down through

the vine street expressway. your southbound side, obviously, the side with all of the traffic on it, as you'll notice those headlight making their way through. now, a lot of this has to do with construction zone, again, what you're used to this morning. as we continue to move you to the 30 bypass, notice not too far, traveling route 113, i mean, you're jammed in the eastbound direction, give yourselves more time. you're in the clear, but this is what rush hour is looking like right now. therefore, speed censors are as low as they are on the schuylkill, on 95, 476 not awful, 39 miles per hour, but we are still seeing just touch after slow down northbound between 95 and media. again, very normal. at this time, but let's talk mass transit for a second. so, there have been some switching problems, as well as amtrak, signal problems, as well. so, we are seeing delays foreman young, norristown line, paoli thorn dane line, 101, 102 trot i. if this is what you're using this morning, they will be delayed. no delays at the philadelphia international airport if you have plans for the weaken,

however, nick snow. >> victoria, thank you. you are looking live, at the battleship new jersey, in camden, where a wreath laying is her moanly commemorate the attack on pearl harbor. ceremony begins at 10:00 this morning. sunday is the 73rd anniversary of the surprise attack on pearl harbor. more than 2300 americans were killed, that of course prompted the us to enter world war ii. >> tom wolf heads to the white house to meet with president obama this afternoon. wolf the only democrat six newly elected democrats going to the meeting, will talk with the president and vice president, about ways to improve the economic white house con firms the president will name ashton carter to be his next defense secretary. carter 1972 graduate of abington high school if the senate confirms him, will take over for chuck hagel. >> new jersey lawmakers probing the bridge scandal

found no evidence governor chris christie was part of it, a joint panel investigated politically motivated traffic jams near the george washington bridge last year. findings say two of the governor aids acted when little regard for public safety when they authorized lane closures. >> us attorney office is now investigate egg. no one has been charged. cher apparently is not among governor christie's fans. singer unleashed tirade on twitter calling chris tie despicable bully also said he can forget being president. she is unhappy got of nor vetoed a bill that would ban the use of jen takes craze to house pregnant pigs. >> actor mark wahlberg wants mark off his criminal record. seeking pardon of 1988 assault charge in massachusetts, where he is from. wahlberg pleaded guilty saying he beat up two men while trying to steel some beer just 16 at the time, served 45 days in jail.

>> he wants it erased so he can own restaurant across the country. >> we'll take a short break, but first here's a look at what's coming up tonight right here on the "cw" philllly.

>> /ryan space kraft offer its way to the stars. lifted off from cape canaveral, tech like exploring long-term space travel. the launch to be scrapped yesterday, you may remember, so of weather and technical issues. >> police are investigating deadly crash, in cheltenham montgomery county. >> went out every control, about 1:30 this morning. hit several parked sees, overturned, and then caught fire. >> fire swept through a row home on connestoga street near 56th and market in west philly. one person was returned to a hospital with medical issues,

unrelated to the blaze. a search is on for the cause that far fire. >> well, one of the areas largest christmas trees will shine bright tonight. the blue cross river running will flip the switch on their 43-foot tree tonight at 6:30. there will be music, there will be crafts, and of course, a skating santa. by the way the event free to attend. and hey if you broke your holiday light, we want to see them. we want to see pictures. just sends them to us through social media using hashtag cbs-3 holiday lights, or e-mail them to us at holiday lights at cbs3.com. we may even come to your home later this month, so get the hot chocolate ready, cookies, seven course dinner as kate had i requested. >> and maybe a could the, because after all of that i'm going to take a nap. >> it will be a long night. >> their manager identified only as scott is a viral star after his epic motivational speak. speech. >> they come here with bargains in their heads, fire

in their eyes, and biff knows bargains to them. this is a team. this is a family. this is target. (cheers). >> man, scott, i want to play and work for that guy. >> wow. >> sign me up. >> echos from the speech delivered before big battle in the movie 300. how about that? now, after week or two of holiday crowds, but they sure got off to a good start. >> oh, he'll keep it strong. >> keep it going strong, that guy. >> he came with

>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good morning, i'm ukee washington, let's get that friday forecast with fehlinger right now. good morning. >> hey, i do unfortunately come bearing wet weather news for your weekend here. we are starting this off on generally just cloudy note. it wouldn't be until at least toward evening, that the first signs of the green showing up on the radar would really start to get underway here. keep in mind, up toward the poconos, any of the wet weather we do eventually come in could maybe mix with little ice or snow tonight, not much accumulation if any there, just some slick travel hazards for you up that way. rain for everyone else including outside whitfield elementary school. matter of time t does move in essentially from west to east. by tomorrow, you may have a window early in the day, for dry weather, if you want to get in outdoor activities, but most of the day, i just would expect that, you might get

rain on, or drenched for that matter, vittoria? >> that sound like fun. thanks, katie. good morning, everyone, taking a look now at live chopper three, over the scene, of what happened was a truck underestimated the size of this abandoned rail trestle, which seems took like a fancy word. it wouldn't be a bandon, main street being van err slice, in phoenixville. so, traveling around this area, just be mine full of that. be mindful of rush hour delays on the schuylkill on 95. >> next update at clock 55, up next on cbs this morning, the ride sharing service and its 40 billion-dollar break through. for more local news weather traffic and sports we're on the "cw philly".

>> good morning, everyone, in the news, bill cosby's lawyers are firing back at one of his accusers in court. >> the comedian claims the woman tried to extort him out after quarter million dollars, before filing a lawsuit of her own. "eyewitness news" reporter justin fin such live in the cbs-3 satellite center more

on. that will justin, good morning. >> good morning, yes, cosby's lawyers say that latest accuser tried to extort him with a claim more than 40 years old, and now, they say, she's back to get more of his money. but the chief of the lapd says he's -- cosby claims warrant an investigation, even if they're passed a statute of limitations. it's been long week for cosby on tuesday, a california woman filed suit against him, claiming that he drugged and sexually assaulted her, when she was 15 years old, back in 1974 after a trip to the playboy mansion. now, cosby is now counter suing her, claiming that she tried to extort him for up to $250,000 than she's also tried to sell her story to tabloids. then on wednesday we saw three more accusers come forward. on that same day, came word that cosby would no longer serve as a trustee at temple university. and then, on thursday, the us navy pulled cosby's honorary chief petty officer status, a mid these growing allegations.

now, the number of accusers now stands close to 20, and the chief of the lapd says his agency is willing to investigate these claims, though expert call that move unusual and possibly illegal. >> we will obviously regardless of statute investigate. if they're brought to us. >> if lapd takes taxpayer dollars and uses them to basically function as the private investigator for a private plaintiff, that should be construed as an unlawful gift of public funds and it should be barred. >> the lapd says it has no previous record every complaint against cosby. they also would not comment further on the chief's comment. we are live in the sat center, justin finch, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". >> all right, justin, thank you. protests continue after a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the choke holding death after un arm black man. cbs news reports as many as 200 people were arrested. now, thousands joined the protests in new york last

night, from streets, to bridges, people blocked traffic, and showed their emotion over the death of the 43 year older i can garner. garner's daughter says the issue goes beyond race. >> this is not a black and whitish ooh. this is a national crisis. >> like i believe it is a christ us. >> no matter the stage the message remains the same, in philadelphia, more subdued scene, though, inside this church on north broad street. that's where a group discussed future plans for protests. now, earlier thursday, students at temple university staged a die-in sending a message that they stand with michael brown. and for philadelphia to the midwest, tensions remain high in chicago. protesters halted traffic along lake shore drive and marched around the city's main loop. demonstrators chanted: i can't breathe, in support of garner. at least two people were arrested as police tried to control the large crowd. >> coming up on clock 33, rain

moving in outside, nothing to show you on the radar locally, starting to see the clouds thicken up, very limited sunshine already, and it is going to generally just stay that way here today. but you can see some signs of life, starting creep in here across maryland, for example, even when we zoom it out, ones, that you have got a little bit of pink that also shows up here. now, nice wide zoom. the storm that we're tracking is really getting its act together currently over kansas, missouri. what we find today is warmfront related then tomorrow the storm itself and the cold front will be crossing through. now, inbetween those fronts, it will turn cold enough up in the mountains us terrain toward the i80 interchange, for example, for any of the rain to potentially mix in with a little bit of freezing rain or sleet or snow, don't worry about much accumulation, if any, out of this. rather, this is more after heads up for you for slick travel, more than anything. everybody else can expect straight up rainout of this. don't worry about any other icing anywhere else. currently at 43 degrees at the boardwalk plaza, one loan man

walks up the boardwalk, but not heck of a lot of sunlight to see out there. more clouds skewing that view for us than anything. as the day progresses, expect temperatures at best to top off mid 40's, in philly, but eventually as we said the wet weather will get here, and it looks as though it will take up the better part of our saturday, too. vittoria? >> thank you, katie. good morning, everyone, well there is something taking up whole lot of space on 95. ninety-five southbound we do have disable tractor-trailer, i'll step out of the way so you can see, positioned behind a pole, that's very inconvenient pole, isn't it? from what we're doing here, anyway, southbound 95, right a mid the construction zone, between cottman avenue and bridge, southbound 95, you will notice, we do have tractor-trailer, positioned in the center lane. so, you're already adding more volume on top of rush hour delays, out of the northeast trying to get through to the vine. so in short, it is not going to be good out there. give that some time to get cleared out of the way. seems we're still waiting for tow truck, stay with us, we'll

let you know more details on that. schuylkill expressway eastbound jammed out of the western suburbs, all the way down through to the vine. it is the same old story today. you're heaviest traffic westbound on 76, as you approach city avenue, then make your way out toward gladwynn. once you head further west out of the area of conshohocken, it brightens up approaching valley forge, so good news there. watch out for minor delays in the westbound side of the pa turnpike, make your way throughout montgomery county. as we take a look if he at the speed censors, 28 on the schuylkill, 23 on the blue route, spec the usual, mass transit watch out for delays on the manayunk norristown line. >> thank you, deal to sell pgw to private company is officially a no-go. uil holdings pulled the plug on the almost $2 billion deal after city council refused to hold a hearing on that sale. mayor michael nutter released a statement blasting the council's decision as quote massive failure in leadership. >> ticket scam nearly shuts out fans from a cat stevens show in upper darby.

more than 100 people bought tickets on gift card from the tower theatre from third party seller. buyers were told they only needed that gift card and a drivers license to see the show. but those tickets were not honored for security reasons, leaving a lot of fans outraged >> these tickets are scams. it is awful. >> all i want is to see cat stevens. that's all i wanted to do tonight. >> fans with the gift cards base tickets were eventually allowed in, but many had already left due to the ticket troubles. cat stevens tweeted, saying, quote, sad to hear some fans have been scammed. it is disheartening, hopefully will come bang to play for them soon. time is 7:36. >> jig wallner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning to you, jill. hearing about more fall out

from the faulty takata airbags. what's going snob. >> mazda now expanding its recall of the faulty takata airbags to include gulf coast states. initially recall soup states with high humidity, more likely to explode. mazda has stopped short of issuing nationwide recall. takata itself also refuse to go issue a recall in all 50 states, staying would take resources away from areas where it is really needed. so for most areas, like in new york, in pennsylvania, new jersey, the cars with the airbags are still not being recalled. ukee, nicole? >> jill is word is starbucks symptom is up after the company told investors what's brewing if you will for the next few years. how about it? >> i like the pun. the coffee maker has some big plans for one it will serve wine and beer at thousands of locations, and it is also going more high tech. the mobile app will let customers place their coffee orders on line and then pay in

advance. that means they can skip the line when they pick up their latte, and ukee, nicole, also means no confusion over names. right? i mean, mine is pretty basic, nicole, i bet ukee starbucks orders, selling -- >> you got that right. yes, i get a wide there is, that. >> you know wine and beer at starbucks, that's going to create quite a buzz. >> little buzz? in more ways than one. i got you. >> sorry, jill. more money tips and information from money watch. com just head to our website cbs philly. com. it is eagles and seahawks sunday afternoon at lincoln financial field. and, eagles linebacker connor barwin is the nfc defensive player of the month. his 12 and a half sacks is tied tore second in the national football league. >> tide for the best record in the nfc. seahawks are just a game back.

hey, week from sunday night the eagles face the cowboys again, last night the boys demolished the bears. forty-eight to 216789 demarco murray season high 179 yards, and touchdown last night, at soldier field. tony romo through for three touchdowns. the cowboys broke it open with 21 answered points, in the third quarter, they're now nine and four, just half game behind the birds in the ffc east. >> well, tonight the sixers try to make it two wins in a row when they take on did your and the. the oklahoma thunder in philly sundayment back in the line up after missing time with injuries, earlier part of the season, let's shock the world in muscle this sunday. it can be done. we can do this. >> all right. >> two in a row. they'll take us lightly. >> i'm with you. >> cool. >> speaking of sport, one of the greatest athletes to ever wear a professional uniform is also the first nba player to appear on us postage stamp. >> coming up next on the "cw philly" we will talk more about the new wilt chamberlain honor, what the sport writer

behind the stamp, more about wilt's career, and about special dedication ceremony at tonight's sixers game. that's that stamp is beautiful. can't wait to talk about it, we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> sky full of stars and probably some clouds, maybe little rain for the weekend, katie is breaking it down coming up after this break. >> ♪

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>> we have clouds to kick things offer now, guys,. >> another trivia question for you, in honor of the fact that we have some visitors in town this weekend, from seattle, we're going to turn it to seattle trivia here. on average, my friends, how many cloudy days does seattle have a year? would you imagine high. choices, 163 per year. 191, b, c, 226, or d, 275 days. that's a lot of clouds. who would like to take the

chance? >> oh, she knows? >> nicki b jumping in here hoo. >> d, 275. a lot of rain. >> ah. >> sore. >> i good effort, though. >> go ahead, vittoria. >> i'm going to go with c. 226. wow, all right, put one in the traffic column. nicely done. yes. but we will beat the seahawks, just saying. out to storm scan3, show you what's going on here, as we mention, might look a little like seattle to you out there, a lot of clouds to go along with the forecast today. obviously wet weather trying to creep north. you can also see here some pink, some purple, so there is enough cold air to support maybe little mixing to take place in coldest locations, want front, storm center, cold front drapes back, whole thing has to cross through, stowe will take some time. it means by later today when the rain actually start to pick up, then headed into tomorrow, we will be stuck

with some rain, we jump to you sunday when the all important game is taking place in south philly. 44 degrees at kick off. it is chilly granted but not too bad. the problem here i think will end up being wyndmoor than anything. we clear out some rain by sunday afternoon, but by that point the winds will kick in. quick check on the three day forecast, keep you mid 40's here friday, by saturday, though, you know you might get little window of dry weather earl knit day depending on location. >> i would expect you might have rain to dodge any time, but looks like when it does come through could soak you outdoor plans, just push them to sunday watch do you think? >> good thing you don't get wet if you're in the mall. >> right? there is an excuse. >> just saying. >> traveling on 95, southbound, it is a big, big problem. because we have a big, big truck taking out center lane making it a squeeze for you this rush hour. >> construction zone, how

inconvenient, southbound 95 at cottman avenue, center lane block, delayed all the way back toward academy. expect big time volume headed out of the northeast, may want to think about, 202, not far from 422 actually, looks like penndot truck on scene, nothing major happening. >> travel 202 itself, watch your way around trooper. twelve on 95, if you are traveling on 476, 23 piles per hour ear speed censor there, no major problems on the pa turnpike with exception of westbound volume throughout montgomery county, ukee? >> special on or for basketball legend wilton norman chamberlain, hall of famer will be featured on two limited commemorative stamps debuting today. donald hunt is sport writer with the philadelphia tribune. ray is with the united states postal service, they're here, to tell us more about it this morning. gentlemen, it is a great day. this is a special day.

>> what does it take, tell us about the criteria to be on a postal stamps? >> re we we rely on the stamp committee, appointed by the post master general, ten to 15 on a committee, they get over 40,000 suggestion as year for subject to be considered for a stamp. so they have to take it down to about 25 topics that they'll recommend to the post master general for a preview. >> tell us about the process, because this is long time coming. you mentioned this to me few years ago. >> right. >> then it seems like time has passed. wilt and on the stamp. >> it took six years from the time i wrote the column in the philadelphia tribune to where it is today, and it was a long time coming but during that time we will to form a committee to monitor all of

the response -- >> we had had petitions, exactly, ukee, we had petition that is we sent down to the citizen stamp advisory comet owe, sent down more than 55,000 names on petition. >> nice. >> in addition to that, broad bass around the country, for example, commissioner david stern, sent letter of support, jerry west, pat riley. >> a lot of guys wilt played with. >> a loft guys wilt played with, a lot of great support. so we appreciate it, all excited about the stamp, great looking stamp. and it is here. >> and it is here, and it is a different shape, ray. talk about, it is longer, seven-one, compare that to the regular forever stamp. >> yes, it is practically twice as high as a regular stamp. actually i brought some with me. i borrowed these from local post office today. so want to take a look that

the. >> thank you. see if we have it on the screen as well. >> almost 2 inches tall. again, that was to demonstrate the stature of wilt, because he was larger than life when he played the game. >> no doubt about it. >> why does he dear serve to be on the stamps? this young man changed the game. >> the things that he's done, nothing short of sensational. i mean, the average 50 points a game one year, scored 100 points in the game, in hershey against the nicks. fifty-five rebounds, his rookie year, he averaged 37 points, in 27 rebounds, and let me know when anybody does that. >> oh, that's not happening again. >> not happening. >> no. >> average like 24, his career, at least 24 in his career rebound. >> rebounds, yes. and any time, there is a milestone or record, wilt's name is always mentioned. >> no doubt about it, did you ever see him play? i didn't see him in the philadelphia uniform. but i saw him in laker uniform. >> this stomach some special to me personally, i grew up in north philadelphia. i played with my brothers in

the early 60s, we would play pick up basketball games. we would argue over -- we had arguments over who was going to be wilt that day. i generally lost, i was the shortest. i mean, he was larger than life. and he was the beast account ball icon of my time. >> no question. no question. i remember when i came back home in 86, i think few years later sunny hill did the reach that day when wilt came back, we walk around town with him, even at i think wilt was maybe 50 at the time? >> right. >> he could have played then. wasn't there some talk he would try to come back to play? >> there was some talk at that time. during that time he came back for the reach back day with sunny, then he went out to haddington, he was playing out there. >> haddington playground, right. >> yes, you know, and just as agile, just as smooth. >> how about that? and he had flip flops on, too, i'll never forget that. >> yes, did he. >> at the sixers game tonight something special going down? >> yes, they'll have a special dedication at half time. >> nice. >> with the stamp and with wilt, and his career and everything, should be wonderful for everybody.

>> some of the family, sisters? >> yes, barbara and salina will be here. >> nice. >> interest jay, walley bondser. >> oh, walley wonder. i love the pictures, too, about time to go. but this one reminds me him swatting away the shot, doing the finger roll, this one stacking the rebound. >> yes. >> which he grabbed a number of them. >> to you and your colleagues, the postal service thank you, a lot of hard work, it is here, and available today? >> yes, available today, at post office, stations set up at the game tonight. inside and outside. >> gentlemen, thank you. >> no kidding. >> appreciate all you do. we'll take short break. you're watching "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". be right back. okay buddy, what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... but apple cinnamon is my favorite too...

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tonight shows us the movies the people are talking about, right now. waist it like? like what does it actually feel like? >> oh, always the same. >> i have that. i have good days, bad days. >> julianne moore is alice, woman diagnosed with early onset altzheimer's, as the disease progresses, her bond with her family including her youngest daughter played by kristin stewart is put to the test. >> on my good days, i can, you know, almost pass as a normal person. but on my bad daisy feel like i can't find myself. thanks for asking. >> heart breaking story one its star is very proud of. >> we're so thrilled, that people are responding to this movie. the fact that it is out, people are seeing it, and they like it, it to just means the worlds to us. >> in my real life i'm out here. >> and in wild, based on the memoir bile cheryle, reese

whitherspoon bridges the author's perianal journey to the big screen, pulling double duty as star and producer. >> around this same time that i red cheryle's book, i was really just seeing a real deficit in the marketplace, so strong female roles, and women in film, and i realized if i wasn't going to start creating some of these opportunity for myself, and other women, no one was going to do it. >> and reese does it all, including recreating tough month from the 1100-mile hike. >> it is been so physically challenging. whether it is, you know, climbing on the side of the mountain, or balancing, or crossing a freezing cold river, or hiking through the snow. i had no idea it would be this hard. >> all of those things did i were the things that got me here. >> i'm nancy odel. back to you in the studio. >> join fancy and kevin on

entertainment tonight to stay to up date. tonight and every week night, at 7:00 on our sister station, cbs-3. a lot of good stuff. >> loft good movies, award season right around on the concern. always get excited moore. >> fun. >> what are you wearing? >> indeed. we'll take short break. you're watching "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". be right back. ♪

>> there is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> good morning, everyone, i'm nicole brewer. we sends right over to the eyewitness weather forecast with kate. >> i good morning, everybody, happy friday to you, first and for most. we continue to track a system headed our way, it will bring in the first raindrops as early as this afternoon, but generally until after sunset is the window that you have got to get in outdoor plans before the whole mess gets here. knocking on our door right now about will take little time for it to actually get underway more than anything we see the clouds, as we head in toward sunset time frame, later tonight may ends up being pretty steady rain for some of you specially from the city of philadelphia on north and west. >> generally rainy day,

thankfully clears out in time for the eagles on sunday. >> thankfully for that. good morning, everyone. you know, we just removed arsdale able tractor-trailer from the southbound 95 lanes at cottman avenue. improvement there, unfortunately, notice speed censors still aren't great. ten is your average, actually, it has not been removed. watching it in the other camera. but ten is why we're seeing low speeds on southbound 95 out of the northeast, 34 on the schuylkill, 22 blue route, watch out for delays for mass transit, as well. nicole? >> thank you, neck update at 8: 25, up next, on cbs this morning, the negative effects after daily dose of aspirin. more local news weather and traffic on the "cw philly". 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 ]

>> fiery ends to one car crash leaves a man dead and happened just before 1:30 on hill dale in cheltenham township. police say the driver smashed into a pole, and two parked

cars. before flipping over and bursting into flames, a few yards away. that crash remains under investigation. and, a fire has damage add rowhouse in west philadelphia. firefighters got the call to a fire at this home at 12 south connestoga street around 3:45 this morning, they got it under control in about a half hour. we're told one person is at the hospital with a medical condition not related to that fire. also, a shooting outside west philadelphia bar, sends man to the hospital, police say, a 30 year old man was talking to a woman, at 40th and market, when another man shot him in the thigh. now, after that shooting the victim ran into a bar where police say he works as a bartender. he is? stable condition, police are now looking for that gunman. >> good morning, everyone, second attempt spells sweet success for nasa. >> about hour ago, the space agency launched it newest spacecraft orion after multiple delays scrubbed plans yesterday. cbs news correspondent craig boswell response ushers in new era of sprays