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we are following breaking news this morning from university city, this is a live picture from myers hall on the 3300 block of race street, a drexel student was stabbed, outside of that dormitory during a fight about 3:00 this morning. investigators are questioning two other students in connection with the violence. victim is in stable condition at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. also breaking news right now police say a man has just been robbed of thousands of dollars in oxford circle it happened around 5:00 a.m. in the corner of large and saint vincent street. police only have a a vague description of the two robbers, victim told police he had between six and 7,000 on him. it is wednesday, december 10th, i'm ukee washington. i'm quarter von tiehl. more on the top stories in a moment but first lets check on traffic and weather together with katie a and vittoria, good morning.
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>> good morning. we can see another transition day unfolding here as we rounded out yesterday we were watching the worst of our nor'easter make its retreat but it is not completely out of here just yet, granted, things are very quiet, calm and collected. on storm scan three we have nothing more than a thin veil of clouds over philadelphia but there are sports where you cleared out nicely. till a breeze and still can see speckles of moisture out there and with that said you're not out of the woods. there are winter weather advisory extended for carbon and monroe counties, just pocono mountains as we are waiting the arrival of addition will rain and snow bands. current temperatures are basically flirting with 40 in most locations and it is still so quiet but we are expecting additionallal rain or snow showers, these icon does make it look worse then it will be but it is what we have got available here expect again to see rain or snow showers but it will have a hard time accumulating much if anything at all, vittoria.
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>> i wish i could say the same for traffic accumulation because of an earlier accident on the southbound side of i-95 we are not doing great making your way in center city. part of the shaking on i-95 camera here but traveling on the southbound side you you are jammed a academy down through vine street expressway. earlier accident approaching allegheny really caused a problem for us this morning and on the schuylkill expressway an earlier accident westbound approaching conshohocken even though that has been cleared for quite sometime we have residual traffic on top of rush hour traffic. you can see here clearly at city avenue. traveling on the schuylkill or i-95 speed sensors are continuing to drop rather, on the southbound side of i-95 as well as westbound side give yourself more time. mass transit looking great, ukee. community comes together to solute joyce craig lewis a a philadelphia fire fight her paid the ultimate a sacrifice. >> she died fighting a house fire yesterday morning.
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"eyewitness news" reporter jane car way owe joins us from engine 64 in lawncrest with how she's being remember, jan? >> reporter: more on that in just a minute, ukee and erika but we have a lot of questions that remain this morning. investigators are trying to figure out exactly what happened yesterday why did an 11 year veteran of the philadelphia fire department die? in the meantime you cane this entire community is mourning that black bunting outstretched over the the station doors here in lawncrest. at this same time joyce craig lewis's fire fighter family, they are remembering her life. engine 64 was joyce craig lewis's home away from home, this will be the first day that she doesn't stop by her locker but instead adorned with flowers, pictures in remembrance of the fallen fire fighter's hard work and dedication. >> she loved doing the job. >> reporter: lieutenant bennie hutch ins is one of dozens of collogues, friend and community members to join in the candle light vigil tuesday night.
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>> oh, lord hear my voice. >> reporter: he was shocked to learn of his collogues death. >> she continually, always was outstanding and doing everything that she could to make sure somebody was saved or property was saved, and we miss her. >> reporter: craig lewis died early tuesday morning fighting a row home fire in west oak lane, fire officials a that she was one of the first on the scene, trying to control the fire in the basement. >> we have emergency activation they are saying they are trapped in the basement. >> reporter: eyewitness naus has learn that the commander on the scene told fire fighters leave but craig lewis never made it out. >> we conducted first aid cpr on the scene and in route to the hospital, upon arriving to the hospital, she was pronounced. >> reporter: there will be a full investigation into her death but family and friend say craig lewis knew risk, loved saving peoples lives and died doing just that. >> i'm sure that she was aware of the danger of being a fire fighter and she took that job on. >> reporter: her service is a
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reminder to philadelphians why fire fighters are called this cities bravees. even on a windy morning those can also still burn for craig lewis here in lawncrest. she leaves behind two children a 16 year-old son and a 16 month-old daughter. she was the first female philadelphia fire fighter to die here in the city in the line of duty. reporting live, i'm jan carabao for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. thank you for that. bensalem township police is hoping public can help them catch two suspects in the robbery captured on camera. one of the allege robbers smashed window cases, at coin, stamps and sports card in the bensalem plaza shopping center. police say that the suspects were armed with the knife and a pipe, the owner who was tied up asked "eyewitness news" not to show his face. >> it turned out that he had a hammer with him and then he went down to another showcase and he was smashing the glass there, pushing a lot of things off the glass in order to get
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at coins in the showcase. >> one of the suspects faces was uncovered during the robbery. other suspect is bald and wore black glasses at the time. men made off with $5,000 we're told in gold and silver coins. happening right now a special moment at the noble prize ceremonies in norway, we want to take you live right now to the live picture of the ceremonies taking place right now in oslo. co recipient malala yousafzai and the the other receiving the peace prize this year for their struggle a against suppression of children and young people. malala is youngest person ever honored with the noble peace prize she was shot in the head in october of 2012. the the other founded save the child movement, campaigns for child rights and an end to human trafficking. again looking live a that ceremony. new this morning a south
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african judge ruled prosecutors can appeal oscar pistorius culpable homicide cop vicks but not his five-year sentence. former owe limb pick sprinter was convicted in october for shooting death of his girl friend reeva steenkamp. prosecutors argued he should have been convicted of murder. pistorius was not in court for the ruling. the case new heads to south africa's supreme court. your time is 7:07. should erd atlantic city casino revel is moving forward with a new buyer. yesterday, revel asked a judge to help terminate an offer from brookfield u.s. holdings, brookfield won the bidding for the bankrupt hotel and casino but failed to close the deal. the property will now be purchased by florida businessman glenn straub, straub has been the second highest bidder at 95.4 million-dollar. there will not be a government shut down, congressional republicans and democrats agreed to a $1.1 trillion spending bill, that will fund most of the government through september the end of the fiscal year.
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final approval is scheduled for next week despite complaints from conservatives that it ties large. u.s. embassies and military installations around the world are on alert, they are preparing for a possible attack, following the release of the cia torture report. susan mcginnes has more of the findings and reaction. >> reporter: 500 page summary, said cia interrogators used brutal techniques that went well beyond the limits of the law. in all, the report says that at least 39 prisoners were subjected to harsh interrogation between 2002 and 2009, sometimes before conventional methods had been exhausted. 9/11 master mind kaleed shake mohammad endured near drownings which prompted him to share false intelligence he later recanted. president obama says there was no good time to release the the report, but it was important to do so. >> part of what sets us apart is when we do something wrong we acknowledge it. >> reporter: president commented on the report during interviews with two spanish
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language networks on monday. >> we did some things that violated who we are as a a people. >> reporter: president obama banned the use of of torture shortly after he took office. he will said its use is not only wrong but counterproductive. cia says techniques lead to the capture of terror leaders and saved thousands of american lives. former cia acting director mike morel who is cbs news senior security contributor oversaw preparations of the cia rebuttal of the senate report. >> the democratic report is deeply flawed. in fact, there were some members of the congress who didn't think we were going far enough. >> reporter: justice department has already decided no cia officials will be prosecuted. in washington susan mcginnes for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. 70:00 in the morning. change is coming for one of the world's largest on line retailers find out how you can haggle for a bargain on ham son. >> who knew. also ahead another night have of unrest in berkley
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california we have the latest on the protest plus what berkley's marries saying. >> then a local couple has a simple wish this christmas season but they say it will take a miracle to come true. we will explain when we come back. we're looking live outside our control room with all of the great people behind the scenes is that joe there, give us a way, joey see vince, matt, lets dough roll call, is that it. okay. thanks, guys. >> this is don't change by nx s, don't change we love you. don't go changing. that is another song.
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protesters plannedo shut down a federal building a after a grand jury decision in the the to indict police officers in the deaths of two unarmed black men. don champion reports protesters have once again blocked traffic and train services in the bay area. >> reporter: for apheter night in a row people marched through the streets of berkley, california, protesting the deaths of eric again are and michael brown. from the air you can see the crowd of hundreds marching, at within point, some people blocked traffic on the busy freeway for half an hour. while protest was mostly peaceful city officials say police are showing restraint. >> we had to call in lots of or police departments. we have police departments from all over. people have said there has been police violence and shooting of bullets. in of our people have done any of that. >> reporter: this week
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protesters have disrupted everything from traffic to mass transit services. for a second night people blocked amtrak trains by laying on the track. nearly a week after a grand jury cleared a new york city police officer in the death of eric again er, outrageous still being shown around the country. during warm ups at last nights nba game between lakers and kings, lakers players wore black shirts that read i can't breathe. those were words garner was heard saying to police before he died. back in northern california the protest in berkley ended in oakland and at least 13 people were arrested. don champion for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. right now, just past 7:13. hang on don't worry 7:13. lets get traffic and weather together in one second. look at this jersey shore is drying out as a nor'easter moves north. sea bright, the kessal storm brought strong wind and heavy rains that flooded side
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streets. storm caused scattered power outages. katie, how are we looking today. >> so much better by comparison,er contact we had a nice clear sky for a better part of the morning that allowed to you drop off the thermometer readily. we have some wind to speak of but storm scan ise sectionally empty for now. it does appear we have a few speckles of either pink or i should say green or purple more than anything, light snow or rain still firing up, and as we go to the poconos you can see how we see steady snow band dropping from the north threw up state new york. the that is generally what you'll fine here, some snow showers as the the day progress's credits this area when we zoom it out further though this is back edge of the storm itself, so anything else we see, we will just getting clipped by this. would i say even a across delaware and southern new jersey you'll have a hard time finding any precipitation here today mainly just some clouds. lets go backup to the live neighborhood network. 35 degrees at pleasant valley and broad heads villain school buses rolling on through the shot here, just some clouds for now but when we go to
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future weather. we have some additional bans of snow pick up. both up in new england but we are right on the edge of it. so there will be additional moisture that rolls far enough south to affect us and there are winter weather advisories posted until tomorrow morning for portions of the poconos here for maybe another couple inches of snow. everybody else if you see any flakes flying or any rain drops falling it is just because we have got a few light showers moving in, not because we are expect to go see any accumulation out of it. we will be hard pressed to see that stick to the ground and accumulate any where but the mountains. meanwhile, looking at future wind speeds, these are your sustain future wind speeds. notice the arrow direction, it is pretty cold win coming from the northwest, and all day to day, but eventually, it will start to shift more west lettertily. it becomes not necessarily a warm wind but less harsh with time here. tomorrow, we will continue a trans digs with additional snow or rain showers, not accumulating and by friday we are finally clearing out for more sub shine, expecting the
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high to hit 41 degrees as we wrap up the workweek on a much more quiet note, vittoria, over to you. i was looking at katie off in the distance. new we are looking at live chopper three. taking a look at live chopper three over the scene of the accident on i-95 southbound approaching allegheny. we have been dealing with thins dent for quite on is time. southbound and northbound we are seeing delays in the same area, as a result of just rush hour and then now gaper delay traffic and now the scene of this incident. this is where you are traveling on i-95 you will need to give yourself more time. as we will continue to keep you updated on that incident. if you are making your way out of the northeast academy all the way down through the vine is jam, northbound you'll find the biggest hold up, not only around allegheny but girard avenue and cottman as a result of the construction zone. taking a look at the schuylkill expressway if you are traveling 76 in the westbound direction, you are jammed through your entire western suburbs. all because of an earlier accident in conshohocken that occurred about two hours ago. on top of rush hour traffic.
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so 19 is your speed sensor there. eleven is your average on i-95. again, southbound your heavier delay, traveling in new jersey, we're starting to feel the heat of rush hour. forty-two, 295, even 55, in the usual spots, and then watch out for this accident on 295, southbound at rancocas woods, no delays for mass transit, ukee. all right, variety tore y philadelphia's famous love park is getting a make over and you can learn more about the plans later tonight. city's parks and recreation department is holding a redesigning, a meeting about redesign of the park. meeting starts at 6:00 at central library on vine street. so don't have to pay full price, amazon has a deal for you, retail option has rolled out a new option called make an offer. it is a railable for certain items like collectible and art. instead of paying set prices customers can have a negotiation with sellers. least tail experts think it is a good way to increase sales a. >> instead of having a yes or no choice they can offer something that is somewhere in the middle and then the seller
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doesn't have to just lose the sale what they can do is have a second chance. >> right now, make an over on 150,000 items on amazon and they hope to expand it to other categories next year. still ahead this morning a man's desperate wish for his wife this christmas. a little bit later royals spend their final night in new york, we will look at their whirlwind visit. but first here's what is coming up tonight on the cw philly.
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download the xarelto® patient center app, call 1-888-xarelto, or visit goxarelto.com. breaking news to tell but, police are questioning two drexel university students after a stabbing near a residents hall, police say male student was stabbed in the back, after a fight the near myers hall on was street just before 4:00 this morning. that victim is in stable condition. also, breaking news right now police are searching for two robbers who stole several thousand dollars from the man in northeast philadelphia. it happened near large and saint vincent streets in oxford circle around 5:00 this morning. investigators say that victim told him he had between six and $7,000 on him. funeral arrangements have in the been announced for joyce craig-lewis first female fire fighter ever kill in the line of duty in philadelphia craig-lewis was killed
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rescuing a resident from a west oak lane house fire yesterday. bucks county man knows what he wants to get his wife for christmas. >> he is hoping for a miracle. "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren had has a man holding out hope for a life saving gift for the love of his life. >> reporter: in 46 years of marriage sheila phillips a said her husband mike has already given her so much, two daughters, grand kids and a lovely home but she never thought he'd help give a gift of life. >> it is just amazing in the middle of his grief, he finds a waste to make somebody else more important, and works harder for them, then himself. >> she's still my rock. >> reporter: mike has no kidneys, cancer forced doctors to remove both of them as well as his prostate. he spends hours in dialysis, every week but in between he has worked hard to make sure his wife now also in renal failure never has to endure the same fate. he said all he wants for
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christmas is a kidney for his wife. to find a living donor, he has created this web site christmas kidney.org. >> sheila comes first in the terms of the live donor if possible because i can, i can handle what i have been handling for four years, i dread the day she goes on dialysis. >> reporter: in three weeks the the site already has 5,000 hits, the couple even heard from a few interested callers. as couple points out here on our web site they are working with hand mop hospital to make sure that the cost of the surgery, hospital stay, and even travel plans for two are completely free, for the donor. >> if i had a kidney to give her would i do it in a heartbeat. without side the box thinking phillips hopes to have a dean or in time for the holidays. >> if you get a bad hand you play it and dot best you can witt. that is my approach to any kind of a challenge. >> reporter: in warminster noel mcclaren for "eyewitness news" at cw philly.
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>> we will of course continue to follow that story. your watching "eyewitness news" at cw philly we will take a short break.
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good morning everyone, i'm ukee washington. let's get your updated forecast. >> good morning, everybody. our nor'easter is still just churning a away and starting to close itself off, but what it will do for us is leave behind additional rain or snow showers. you can see bulk of moisture in this regional zoom on storm scan three is up to the north but with that said we have winter weather advisories posted in the poconos for a few additional inches of snow. strictly some non-accumulating rain or snow showers for everybody else and we will hit 40 degrees throughout the afternoon. still breeze tie so that means it feels colder. thirty-one overnight still with the snow shower around and very similar forecast coming our way tomorrow as well. by friday we can finally guarantee a dry day and it looks like quiet weather holds through the weekend, vittoria.
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>> thanks very much, katie. >> good morning. we have live chopper three over the scene of the accident, this is second accident to happen on i-95 southbound just this morning. as we notice an accident compromising left and center lanes of the southbound side of i the 95 approaching bridge street. your commute out of the northeast will look like this, a waiting line, your delay stems all the way back towards woodhaven, so please give yourself some more time and again the accident is 95 southbound near bridge, your delay again throughout the northeast, 30's your average on the schuylkill, 39 on 476, expect rush hour ukee. >> thanks, torey our next update 7:55. up next on cbs this morning why a district judge is refereeing a saying involving a high school
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good morning, many across philadelphia, are mourning the the loss of the city's first female fire fighter kill in the line of duty. >> joyce craig-lewis died while battling a basement fire in west oak lane tuesday morning. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins me at
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engine 64 in lawncrest where a vigil was held in remembrance of her service, good morning. >> good morning. up to this point it has been a very quiet morning here in lawncrest, at engine 64. this station is grieving, the looks of one of it members as it prepares, to go out on yet another call, and you can see that this whole community is grieving the loss of the 11 year veteran joyce craig lewis. she called this her home and her loved ones, fire fighter family and this community is dealing with her death, and many came here last night to remember her life. this was a vigil held in her honor where collogues spoke of the fire fighters ted case and complete strangers, prayed for her family. craig lewis died tuesday morning at a row house fire in west oak lane. fire officials say she was one of the first trying to control the fire in the basement. "eyewitness news" has learned that at some point commander on the scene told fire fighters to leave but craig
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lewis never made it out. now her family and friend are calling how much she loved her job, loved saving people and died doing just that. >> i was working in the last three years, and she loved doing the job, she continually always was outstanding and doing everything that she could to make sure somebody was saved or property was saved and we miss her. >> reporter: back out here live on the scene you can see despite windy morning, those candles still burn in her honor, she leaves behind two children, a 16 year-old son and a 16 month-old, she was first female fire fighter. reporting from lawncrest, j a an carabao for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the tragic story, death of fire fighters joyce craig-lewis. we will have latest on air and a on line at cbs philly dot
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the come. west chester university student shane montgomery is now you $65,000. montgomery's family says that this new money came from private donations. the 21 year-old was last seen leaving kildare's irish pub, in manayunk thanksgiving morning, the fbi is a assisting philadelphia police in this investigation. all right. right new we're looking live at the noble prize ceremony, this is happening right now, in norway. once again a live picture from the ceremonies taking place in oslo, co recipient malala yousafzai are receiving the peace prize for their struggle of suppression of children and young people. we see a performance hang right now. malala is youngest person ever honored with the noble peace prize. she was shot in the head bay tall again gunman in october 2012 while trying to attend school. the other founded the save the childhood movement, it campaigns for child rights, and a end to human
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trafficking, once again that awards ceremony is happening right now in norway. all right. 7:33. let's check with katie, good morning. >> we will continue to make a retreat, it is taking longer then we might have like to have seen. we will not see too much sunshine out there today but when we take you outside what is this? a lit built of the break with clouds and sunrise underway. whenever you've got that skewed view a lot of times it the creates prettiest colors for sunrise and over center city we are looking live from our very own studio headquarters and as we face east some nice views for you. that sunlight gets you hear a long the way but it isn't necessarily going to be a bright sunny day all day to day. as we look at storm scan three it is quiet but additional showers and rain and snow that picks up and it will be enough to accumulate a couple inches we think. that the prompted winter weather advisory for poconos. don't expect accumulation around the delaware valley, and very much exclusive to the
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mountains. everybody else can expect at least a half foot, windshield wipers once or twice, we are hovering around most of the board and we will do the same throughout the rest of the day with again rain or snow showers, and it will have a hard time accumulating, and, you might again have to flip windshield wipers once or twice but that is about it, vittoria, over to you. that is than statement right now. are you ready for this one, we are taking a live chopper three is taking a look at the an accident scene on i-95 southbound near bridge street. but they are doing such a great job up there. they were winding up the shot on the northbound side of i-95, approaching bridge street, we have a disable truck, which is blocking the right-hand lane. what they are looking at now is delay that lies behind that southbound i-95 accident. out of the north east down to the the vine street expressway, you are jammed at least until bridge street you are jammed trying to get to the vine street expressway. give yourself some more time, as you know, live chopper
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three will continue to go on and on all the way back towards woodhaven. give yourself some more time. backtrack for just a second, taking a look at wide, speed sensors 13 miles an hour is your average on i-95. remember, we have north bound i-95 approaching bridge street. both sides of the fence on i-95. twenty-seven is your average on the schuylkill. highest pocket of traffic approaching conshohocken as well as westbound approaching city avenue. thirty-five is your average on 476. in new jersey you are delayed on the 42 northbound trying to get toward the walt, northbound 55, trying to get to the 42. we have an accident on 295 southbound at rancocas woods no delays for mass transit. ukee and quarter. our time 7:35. lets get a check on business. >> jill wagner joins us now from the new york stock exchange and we know gas prices are looking so nice this morning then they have in years but we are hearing drivers can expect these prices for a while. >> reporter: yeah, that is right, good morning. ukee and erika, energy department says prices at the pump will be even lower then
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we first thought next year. they are predicting average price of gas in 2015, will be just $2.60 a gallon nationwide which is lowest since 2009. if that is true u.s. drivers will save a collective $200 billion over the course of the year. i can think of aloft fun things to do with a hundred billion dollars, ukee and erika. >> yes, certainly. >> i say fill her up. >> hey jill is there a new list that looks at the best companies to work for and i understand it is based on employee feedback, um. >> that is right, google tops the list as a the the best place, to work. it is all based on an a none must survey from people who know a company best the employees and according to glass door the compensation at google is almost unmatchable. next it is bain and company, consulting firm based in boston, and nest le pet the care came in third, employees can bring their pets to work there and tech giants like facebook and linkedin they
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fell a bit this year. in another interesting tip in an out burger came in at number eight. have you guys ever had in and out burger. >> jill, don't go there. don't get there with this young lady. >> best burger out there, grew up with them, love them, miss them terribly. >> they came in eighth, right. >> reporter: that is pretty high up for a fast food chain so i'm thinking they are doing something right. >> they are doing a whole lieutenant of things right. special sauce, um. >> you must be on the payroll. >> they are good. >> thanks. >> we don't have them here. >> for more money tips and information from money watch.com go to cbs philly.com. well, british invasion, it is now over. prince william and his wife kate wrapped up their whirlwind trip to the big apple. the the last stop on the royal's tour was famous metro pol tan museum of art. the a as marley hall reports the event benefited a cause close to both of their hearts.
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>> the duke and duchess of cambridge attended a metropolitan museum of art in new york city for a black tie fundraiser for their alma matter, university of of saint andrews. the that is where the royal couple first met. >> unaudible. >> the the royal couple, mingled with the new york's elite. the duke in the tuxedo, duchess in the gown by jenny packam that showed her growing baby bump. >> kate and william, they are kind people and they are giving and they do wonderful things for people and i admire both of them. >> reporter: proceeds will fund scholarships for under privileged students at saint andrews as well as, facilities and lecture series in american literature. earlier the duchess of cambridge laid flowers at september 11th memorial in lower manhattan. a note inside the bouquet read
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in sorrowful memory of those who died, and admiration of the courage shown to rebuild saint william and catherine. the royals then got a little entertainment. city youth organization that promotes art and education performed for kate and his husband. they hobnobbed with celebrities like patrick stewart at an event celebrating talent in the entertainment industries. marley had hall for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. your time is 7:39. so who will it be, time magazine announces its 2014 person of the year. the ferguson protesters air monk the eight finalist, list also includes other groups and individuals who have done the most to influence events of the year and they are nfl commissioner roger goodell, taylor swift and ebola caregivers, russian president putin, apple ceo tim cook, new sued barsani and jack ma.
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ceo of chinese e commerce giant alibaba. police officers used sheer might to rescue a pair of men trapped under a car. >> this is incredible. it happened in wisconsin. police looked for a yak when they got to the scene and when they could not find one they lift that had car themselves. both men survived, but one was badly burned by the engine. investigators say they are still not sure exactly how those men got under the the vehicle in the first place and there were no signs of any crash. our time 7:40. scare for carolina panthers quarterback cam newton we will have very latest. also live from center sit friday our studios here beautiful die what a different scene from yesterday, katie says it will be a much more quiet start tour wednesday but we told you another round of rain, and maybe snow. >> here we go. >> she has your forecast coming up. maybe today is day you go out and do who will holiday shopping at lunch hour. if so, we want to remind to you make holidays brighter for under privileged children. our joy of sharing campaign is
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now underway, just buy a new unwrapped toy and bring it to one of our drop off locations. for a list of those donations lets get to cbs philly or call 215-977-joys. we can also text a 10-dollar donation to joy to 41444. we will be right back. this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require
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before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any conditions such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. jim changed his routine. ask your doctor about xarelto®. once-a-day xarelto® means no regular blood monitoring, no known dietary restrictions. for information and savings options, download the xarelto® patient center app, call 1-888-xarelto, or visit goxarelto.com. drive-in don't you think, sneaky little guy. >> i know, you never know where he will be. and, and, twitter, facebook or instagram using hash tag cbs-3 and elf selfie and we may show it right here
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on television. lets check traffic abe weather together 7:43. good morning. >> good morning, erika, we will check on the eyewitness weather watcher network and see what we have been finding. very quiet. most of our temperatures, are flirting with 40 degrees. we will take a look at a handful. john says 39 degrees, over the last 45 minutes or so. generally just some clouds where he is, taking ate across delaware river and what is going on here, 40 degrees, temperature sent in over last hour from ed heaton and he has some sub shine as well. it is still breezy. reporting 15 miles an hour northwest wind. rainfall amounts, dot dot dot, nothing there we know we saw rain, and lets combo next to storm scan three. we are done with this storm system. at least the bulk of it. we are tracking a nor'easter. it is very, very large. it is a large system but it is just stuck. large dome of high pressure off to the northeast off the map blocking this from going
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anywhere. you can see additional moisture. decent snow falling up threw up state new york. even a little will wider zoom and take it out one more time. here's circulation. we have a counterclockwise flow with areas have of low pressure in the northern hemisphere a digsal round of snow or rain will melt into our area here and allow to us end up with additional, you know, snow flakes or rain showers but nothing that has chance to accumulate, here around philadelphia. that is where we are advisory, posted. and left over shower, tomorrow in the form of a getaway or snow as temperatures whoever in the mid to upper 30's at best. finally, finally, and, finally is slowly but surely taking lead back and we will even up with partly to mostly sunny day. it looks like wet weather issues are finally gone as we hit friday, up until that point, i sometimes can make it look worse then it can be, we will of is rain or snow
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showers to dodge. vittoria, over to you. you will be dodge ago lieutenant of volume out of the north east for sure, we are taking a live look at a a scene of the accident traffic southbound i-95, and you are going to have some major obstacle is a head of you and really that one big obstacle is big line of traffic that you have from woodhaven, down through the vine street expressway. incident, and not too far from the betsy ross bridge. please give yourself some more time. on the opposite side 95 northbound approaching bridge street we are also dealing with the disabled vehicle that is taking out the lane there too. all and all i-95 is a big no fun zone. the lets continue to talk about speed sensors, 14 is your average on 95. forty-seven on the blue route not bad there. thirty-nine on the skew you kill expressway. heavier pocket will be westbound approaching area of conshohocken, traveling on the pa turnpike, westbound at fort washington we have an accident to watch out for here,
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compromising one of the lanes, heading out of the area have of willow grove is also slow this morning. also we have an accident, limekiln pike at babylon road, give yourself more time there no delays at philadelphia international airport. no delays for mass transit, erika. >> panthers quarterback cam newton is expect to be released from the north carolina hospital today after a two car accident. newton was laying on the ground after his truck collided with a car near team's stadium in charlotte. eyewitnesses say they saw newton's truck roll over four times. he suffered two fractures in his back, whoever no other internal injuries. it is too early to tell if he will play on sunday. eagles are gearing up for one of the biggest games of the the year this sunday night prime time, dallas cowboys will be in south philadelphia. mark sanchez and birds hope they can beat boys the same way they did on thanksgiving afternoon but now cowboys have have a had ten days off and eagles know boys will be out
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to even the score. can't wait for this one. sixers get back to business tonight playing red hot a hawks down in atlanta, sixers won two of three after a rough start to the season, of course, hawks are winners of seven straight basketball games. flyers and blue jackets last night in columbus and former flyer scottie hartnell with his sixth goal of the the season. columbus led by one in the final seconds but then flyers brayden schenn, he scores to tie the game. referees reviewed the play and the goal stands but in overtime columbus buried a goal and they skate away with the three-two victory. flyers will host devils tomorrow night. one of baseball's most coveted free agents has made his decision, john lester agreed with the deal with the chicago cubs. it is the second richest contract ever of the to a pitcher. he will get 155 million-dollar over six seasons with an option for a seventh. the lester won two world
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series with the red sox. what all this means for cole hamels, we will wait and find out. 7:49. kevin mcdonald is out with a new film starring jude law. >> it is called black sea. kevin is right here. i'm looking at him right now. we are talking to him next about that film. don't miss it. stay right here.
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at contacted my award winning director behind films like one day in september and last king of scotland is back to work. sketch mcdonald's latest project is black sea. >> when i was in the the black sea, i found something. within of hitler's boats just sitting on the sea bed full of gold. >> film stars jude law as annex navy man adrift in life when plot to find sunken treasure leads him to the black sea. i call it intense,
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claustrophobic kay uses for movie goer, kevin joins us to preview his latest project g to he sue young man. >> good to see you. >> i saw where you wanted to make a film about the terror of being trapped under water. tell us about this fascination that you have. >> it is in the a fascination but i remember read ago a few years ago there was a submarine disaster in rush, cursing where it ended up on the bottom of the ocean, too deep for people to be rescued. there was survivors in one of the chambers just waiting for oxygen to run out and it did run out before they were rescued. i thought that has got to be one of the worst ways to go thaw can probably imagine stuck in the bottom of the sea, none can reach you. but i thought like a typical director maybe there is a move any there. >> typical director. >> i can see passion in your eyes just talking about that right now. within of my favorite films of all time was crimson tid e, i'm sure you have seen that of course, i have seen. that i have watched all of the
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submarine movies. the that is one of my favorites. i think tony scott, best film actually. this is a very different kind of film but certain things they have in common. often what happens in submarine movies you have a captain figure who is obsessed to the point of madness and endangering the the rest of the crew. maybe that is what we have in common with crimson tid e you are big with realism. talk about that project right now. >> well, i come from a back ground of documentary. difficult documentary before before getting in feature films. i guess i bring some of that. one of the things we did in this movie shot in the real submarine. characters are meant to go off on a old russian sub from the 1960's, like rush bucket, given bayou crane yan admiral to go on their hike mission. we found a real russian sub from the 1960's in england floating the tams river and we shot on that. >> fantastic. >> jude law is the lead character.
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his name is robinson in the film. i think back to adventure when it comes to swift family robinson, did you keep that in mind. >> i think maybe for the the writer in some distance kind of way, probably the opposite of the swiss family robinson. >> yes. >> very different role for jude law. he has a sleek transformation of himself. he is playing scottish character and strong scottish accent. he built himself up a bit. he is a authority figure feeling. i think jude law like you have never seen him before. >> we have a little will time left but quick plot 182 million-dollar is on the boat under water. >> the idea is that they sent this gold to hitler to prevent hit the letter from invading russia in 1941 but on the way there the boat it was carrying in went down in the black sea, so it is not nazi gold but soviet gold on the way to the nazi and these guys are working in salvage. they heard somebody found the u boat in disputed waters.
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they go in underneath russian navy and they try to get the gold. >> you had me at hello when you walk in. thank you sir, my man. continued suck sees. we will take a 302nd break. the it opens when. >> twenty-third in january. >> we have a date. >> twenty-third of january, mark it down. good morning.
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good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. i want to get right over to katie for your forecast, yesterday talking about that nor'easter. is it sticking around. >> we are dealing with the residual impacts from the same storm, erika but thankfully the worst is done. the long since done for our area we are still seeing winter weather advisory for the pocono region for snow showers that will likely leave behind a few inches of accumulating snow but that is the exception. everybody else is just looking at rain or snow showers through the rest of the day. as we take you outside to a quiet whitefield elementary school. damp on the pavement there. temperatures up to 41. it will feel chillier anytime wind blows but additional rain or snow showers on the back side of the storm are the theme today and tomorrow and then we will finally quiet
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down for friday and weekend. >> thanks very much. it has been a very difficult drive, for anyone trying to make their way from the northeast down towards center city philadelphia southbound i-95 we had an earlier accident, that was cleared and then another accident occurred, not too far from that same point. we are dealing, with residual traffic and rush hour. woodhaven down through the vine street expressway is the squeeze, big delays westbound on the schuylkill around city avenue, 47 is your average on 476, and watch out for 42 and 55. erika. our next update 8:25. next up on cbs this morning wal-mart's plans for the future, your local news co >> dr. ben carson, the famed neurosurgeon known for his
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outspoken views seems to be on every conservative's wish list for presidentialp candidates. >> how is that conversation going with god about this potential presidential run? has he grabbed you by the collar yet? i read an article about that. >> i feel fingers. >> one-on-one with dr. ben carson. >> americans have to recognize we a a a a a a a a a a
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we will begin with breaking news police are questioning two drexel university students about an early morning polite that sent another student to the hospital with stab wounds. investigators say student was stabbed in the back during a fight outside a dormitory, myers hall, in the 3300 block of race street about 4:00 o'clock this morning.
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victim is in stable condition, and at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. also breaking news this morning police say a man has just been robbed of thousands of dollars in oxford circle. it happened around 5:00 a.m. in the corner of large and saint vincent street. police have a vague description of the robbers. and, $7,000 on hand. good morning, everybody. she made ultimate sacrifice, and, job she loves fighting fires. >> joyce craig-lewis died in the line of duty i on tuesday battling a basement fire in west oak lane in the home. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us live at engine 54 in lawncrest where dozens gathered to honor her service, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, this morning we have heard, story after story of, joyce craig-lewis life where she was a fire fighter, and she loved saving peoples lives and she was devoted to making sure her entire community is smoke

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