from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and developing right now, a person of interest is questioned after several attacks on female college student. we're on location and live as police put local campuses on alert. good morning, everyone, it is friday, december 12th, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. we start things off first though with traffic and weather together. katie, out on that skydeck, umbrella-free, and svelt tore ya right here in the studio. good morning, ladies? good morning, yes. you know, thankfully i can be umbrella free. pesky nor'easter is finally, finally, retreating. it has been almost an entire week's worth basically, of the impact from that storm across the northeastern us. but now, we can safely say that we are this is the clear, officially, but this is still a transition day. so, few impacts to discuss. we take you out first and for

most to storm scan, look at the nice wide zoom. that will show that you there is still rotation with the actual storm itself. man has it lost a lot of it moisture. so, it is beginning to finally tear down, and break apart, and that leaves us with just some clouds. we do still have quite a bit of cloud cover here, at least over the skydeck, and, pretty much everywhere else as well. but it is dry. we take it. thirty-six is how or rather the actual air temperature, but probably want to knock another 5 degrees off any time the win blows, will make it feel chillier than the thermometer reads at any point today. the thing is even though we are going to feel the breeze out here today, it is not as harsh of a winds as it has been in recent daysment temperatures meanwhile still below averaging by handful every degrees, low 40's expected down the shore as well as in the city. go up to the mountains, might still be lingering flurry, that will be it for everybody, and you can expect at least little bit of blue sky out there today. only get brighter from here, weekend looking pretty good. more details on that coming up. vittoria? >> thank you so much, katie. good morning, everyone, i

received a dwight, i have to give shout out to justin, hit me up on twitter, what's going on on 95 northbound? we investigated it, and we found out, on the northbound side of 95, as you make your way at cottman, justin not too far from bridge, so running right into the delay that lies behind this incident scene. it is a multiple vehicle accident, compromising left-hand lane, of course in the construction zone, where you only have two lanes anyway. so, it is one lane squeezing by, as you'll notice, it is one, two, three, four, five, six close to seven vehicles involved in this crash. please give yourself more time. stay with us here on cbs-3 or cbs-3 on the "cw philly". we will continue to keep you updated on that. ben franklin bridge slight delays headed down towards eighth and vine, but i'm going to head back to the track center and continue to investigate that incident on 95, i'll go back to the desk now. >> see you shortly, thank you. developing right now, man in custody accused of attack ago woman near the penn campus. >> now philadelphia police are investigating if he assaulted other female student in university city. "eyewitness news" reporter jan

carabeo, joins us now at southwest detective, to bring us up to date on that investigation. good morning. >> reporter: erika, ukee, good morning. student in university city have been on edge all week after learning a number of college students were either assaulted or robbed around campus just in this past week alone. now a five a year old man is in custody here at southwest detectives this morning, 55 year old man, caught in the act of assaulting a university of pennsylvania student. and now they're work to go see if he's linked to four other cases. the scene of the most recent attack. forty-first and pine streets where university of pennsylvania grad student is hit in the head and nearly robbed. >> it is terrifying. it is not a great feeling knowing you cannot be safe in your own neighborhood. >> scary, and, i mean, i would advise caution. >> it is just one of many attacks on u pen and drexel students this week. the latest happened around 6:30, thursday evening, police say, a woman is walking alone on pine street, when a 55 year

old man hits her with a bike lock. >> strikes her in the back of the head with a bike lock. and demands her purse. non-uniform officers in the area because of recent rash of robberies that have been occurring. they see the offender, dragging the victim, about 50 yards, they immediately jump out of the car and they're able to rescue her. >> as all end taken into custody, now police believe this man could be linked to other cases. earlier on thursday, there were two broad daylight assaults, at drexel university. on monday, 23 year old woman was sexually assaulted at 47th and chestnut, and on saturday, another woman was attacked, but escaped her attacker on 41st and sam some. >> at this point we have him definitively linked to four jobs, two from today, that occurred on drexel's campus, with the indecent assaults, by clothing, and obviously the robbery today where he's seen by officers, grabbing this young lady, pulling her down the street, and robs her. >> now all five of these

victims were women, walking along all college student, now the philadelphia police department as well as drexel, and u pen police have all stepped up patrols in light of these recent assault, again, though, one man now in custody, five year old police say caught in the act of assault that university every pennsylvania student. he most certainly will be charged in that case, but police are still working to link him to the other four cases. reporting live outside of southwest deck, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news" on the "cw" fill. >> i all right, jan, thank you. new this morning search for suspect in deadly shooting along the 2200 block of bellmore street in kensington. a 24 year old plan was hit by gunfire, three times, and died at temple hospital. a 35 year old man inside a nearby mini-van was also wounded and is now in critical condition. authority say there are cameras in that area, and they're examining that video for possible clues. new this morning, deadly crash under investigation in a kingsessing neighborhood.

eyewitnesses told police that the driver ran a red light. that car then flipped over, burst into flames, landing against a building. this happened around midnight just past the intersection of lindberg boulevard and grays ferry avenue. the 26 year old victim died at the scene. >> bartrum high school is open as scheduled this morning, even though steam pipe burst inside overnight. it happened around midnight we're told in the school's basement. officials say it was under control in just a few minutes f so once again, school is open today. well, police hope you can help them locate 58 year old susan johnson who has been missing since december 5th. that's when johnson was last seen at her home in gloucester township camden county. investigators say, johnson is five-two, about 120 pounds, if you have seen susan johnson, please, contact the authorities right away. >> philadelphia police are looking for a gunman who shot a 13 year old boy in his wissinoming home. investigators say, that he was sitting in his dining room, on the 4,000 block of crest ton street, two men tried to rob a 34 year old manhattan on the

porch. man ran into the house and tried to shut the door. shots were fired through the door, hitting that teen. >> the 34 year old resident was able to slam the front door, on these two perpetrators, while shots were being fired. at least one of the shots went through the front door. boy on the first floor in the living room at the time when he got struck in the symptom. that the teenager now in stable condition. >> philadelphia firefighter joyce craig will be burried this weekend. the first female fire fighters to die in the line every duty tuesday, fighting house fire here in west oaklane, when she was trapped in the basement. investigators are trying to pinpoint how that fire started. craig was with the fire department for 11 years. you viewing is this evening, from 6:00 in the 9:00 at beech letter brothers funeral services on north broad street. it resumes there tomorrow morning, from 8:00 until 10:00 when the funeral will

begin. craig will be burried at ivy hill cemetery. right now, 7:08. and the west coast is getting slammed by one of the most powerful storms to hit in years. >> we have a live report coming up for you, that's next. >> a major winter storm continues to sweep through california forcing mandatory evacuations in the foot hills of southern california. i'm terry okita in glendora. that story just ahead. >> also, ahead, new allegations against bill cosby, a super mod sell accusing the comedian of sexual assault. we have the latest information coming up next. >> ♪ >> right here in philadelphia and the surround area. pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, everyone watching around the country and around the world on line. so glad you're with us, happy friday to you. we'll be right back.

>> would your full winter storm already battered northern california and washington state. >> while the rain is helping drought stricken california, the massive flood something prompting evacuations, terry okita joins us from glendora, california, residents preparing for i guess mudslides. hi, terry, good morning. >> reporter: hi, ukee, erika. we are getting it now. you know, we're in glenn door, a california, which is about 30 miles east of los angeles, and, because after wild fire that happened last january, it basically ate up a lot of the vegetation that was on the foot hills here, and so now, this area is very vulnerable

to mudslides, and flooding, and that's why a lot of the residents in this neighborhood have four to -- fortified their homes with sandbags, concrete barriers. >> destructive winds, heavy rain, already pounded washington, and northern california. now, southern california is in the midst of the storm. residents in glendora stacked sandbags late into the night, to help protect their homes for potential floodingment mike at slay ton has experienced this before. >> we had a lot of, a lot of rain, water starting to back up through the doors, pretty scar. >> i city officials ordered mandatory evacuations for residents near wild fire damaged areas. in case the storm triggers mudslides. >> doesn't mean we go into the residences or force them to leave. but we will strongly advise that for their safety, they should leave their residence. >> in ventura county, some are waiting it out. >> we have all of our stuff together if we need to evacuate f they call man ma dorey, or if we do feel the weather get too long bad, we'll go.

>> emergency crews including police, search and rescue, k9 units, helicopters, and swift water rescue teams have, all been called in this morning, ready for the wind and rain. the san francisco bay area bore the brunt of it yesterday. strong winds, knocked treason to homes and onto power lines. leaving hundreds of thousands of customers in the dark. the rain is helping alleviate three years of historic drought in california. so weather definitely taking a turn for the worse, since we last spoke with you about an hour ago. the high winds, which have been a concern, they've been gusting for the last half hour or so. and obviously the rain has really pick up. it is a constant rain, that's supposed to last for the next several hours. but it still will not be significant enough to tackle that drought that we have been experiencing for so long. reporting live from glendora, terry okita, ukee, erika, back to you. >> once again have, people listened to the warnings to get out of there to evacuate?

>> you know what? to be honest, most people have not. we came here about 10:00 o'clock, that's when the evacuation orders were put into place. and, there were cars in the driveway, most of the homes, most of the homes had christmas lights on, or lights in their homes on, and the resident that we spoke with, were quite a few every them that say we won't leave. they're kind of used to this, been through wild fire evacuations, and two other flooding evacuations in the last year, so a lot of people feel like they're going just stay in their homes and weather. >> i hope they stay safe. >> conditions seem to be getting worse as terry was speaking, all right, terry, be safer. talk to you soon. >> time is 7:00; traffic and weather together. here's katie. >> we take you back here across the east coast. we obviously dealing with the w our own storm system, but left a lot of fresh powder out at jack frost, big boulder and all of the other ski resorts in the poconos. lifts are working, just checking them out, making sure things are all good to go.

if you have ski weekend planned, you picked a good one, obviously got the fresh powder out there on the slopes, also going to be clearing out, and brightening up in time for some great wet they are weekends, up in the mountains. but, let's go to nice nationwide map. of course just heard the report on the storm system, out over california, you can see, the very heavy rain, associated with that, quiet weather, generally speaking, across the entire mid section of the united state. what happens to this storm next, well, that may ends up eventually impacting us. so let's take you on a tour here, future weather, as we move forward, you also need to pay attention to what the jet stream does. jet stream of course helps to not only separate cold and milder air masses from each other, but it also really helps to steer storm systems. and by sunday, at 8:00, the storm will be smack dab over center. us. but looks like the jet stream is going to be nudged to the north, to allow the storm to also trap to the north with high pressure still on our side here locally. that means, the next few days, looking good. granted still have some clouds cover out there today it, will still be on the brisk side,

bit every winds between systems, but dry day, we will take it, looking at the weekends, temperatures continue to climate least hands full of degrees with every passing day, bodes well for the eagles game i might add. also army navy down in baltimore, too. so looking like good weekends all things considered. i think this will be a pattern that lasts us right through monday, too. so nice long well deserved break coming our way. >> got that right. hey, young laidy? >> good morning, you know, folks are not catching a break on 95. do they ever? you know what, you're right about that. >> ninety-five northbound, if you are traveling, approaching the area of cottman avenue, seven vehicle crash, seven vehicle crash, and i think, actually, the more that i continue to look at the shot, and i'm going to walk over to the wall here and point this out to you. so the last time i checked it was seven vehicles. so one, two, three, four, five, six, yep, there it is, seven. seven vehicles blocking the left-hand lane. northbound 95, not too far away from cottman avenue. so one lane of traffic is getting by. and the delay that lies behind

this is serious. so, anyone traveling in that northbound direction, do you want to give yourself more time if you are trying to make your way into far northeast philadelphia, bucks county, maybe trying to get to the turnpike that way. so 11 miles per hour on the southbound side of 95, seeing delays there, 16 is your average on the schuylkill. still looking okay on 476. not looking great however on 422, eastbound we are seeing delays getting worse, right around the area of trooper. we do have that accident however in the northeast, this is involving a tractor-trailer, more details on this in just a little bit. but northbound roosevelt boulevard at devereaux, try to avoid that intersection if you can, also, traffic light malfunction, the northeast, at the roosevelt boulevard and commonly. no delays however for mass transit. erika? >> all right, thank you, vet tore y police pursuit of alleged carjack nerve new jersey, has ended in maryland. state troopers arrested trent tally just before he enters the for the motorcycle henry tunnel in baltimore. now, investigators say, that he stole a 2,013 kia soul from mental health facility in mt.

holly. police use that car's gps to track down the suspect, and they boxed in that stolen car. >> not to -- now to stands off in san diego. father arrested days after he vanished with his four sons and his wife. her body was found in the trunk of a car. cbs correspondent danielle nottingham has details. >> california police surrounded a black sedan connect today an amber alert for four missing boys in san diego county. >> swat truck just pulled up to the scene. swat truck just pulled up in front. >> second swat vehicle pulled up behind the car on elevated overpass. at the wheel, was daniel perez, the boy's father. the whole family, including the children's mother, has been missing since friday. >> orders were given for all of the occupant to come out of the car. >> there you are. right door is open. it sting outside. phone to up his ear. >> he got out of the car with two children, officers moved in, and tackled him, when it looked like he was going to try to jump.

>> he was shot with one bean bag round, non-lethal. he went down to the grounds, immediately taken into custody by sheriff's deputies in all four boys, ages six to 11, are safe and with police. officers were able to locate perez using low jack installed in his car. police confirmed the boys mother, erika perez, was found dead in the trunk of another vehicle belonging to the family. relatives say the couple's marriage was unstable, police report a history of domestic violence in the home. danielle nottingham, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". former super model beverly johnson has joined the list of bill cosby accusers saying the comedian drugged her in the 1980s. in a interview with vanity fair, johnson details an encounter she said she had with cosby while auditioning for the cosby show. johnson says cosby gave her a cappuccino and claimed she was woozy, that her speech became slurred, and the room began to spin. johnson said she wrote the essay after seeing fellow

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>> speed was factor in this deadly crash along lindberg boulevard in king sessionment one man killed, his car rolled over, hit a building and then burst into flames. >> police hope you can help them locate 58 year old susan johnson, missing since december 5th. johnson was last seen leaving her home in gloucester township, camden county. she could be driving a 2,006 saturn ion. well, if you're just waking p this morning, struggling to figure out what to wear, so tough sometimes. we have a suggestion for you. >> that is because today is national ugly christmas sweater day. organizers, who knew it, had them encourage people to wear their best, or worse threats, if you will, and you have all day to wear it. the event has a facebook page with more than 10,000 likes. you see anything there you like? >> i'll give you extra points if it comes with battery, light up? >> i know, that flash, oh, my. >> oh, so popular. well, the genesee briary

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good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington, let's get that friday forecast with fehlinger. katie is over in the weather center i finally come bearing some good, yep, come bearing some very much better weather news. i mean, just looking so much nicer for us. out there today still is transition day, so still finds some clouds out, there but there are breaks in that cloud cover, as the day goes on for at least some sunshine, it is still a little brisk, too, but not as harsh of a wind. high hits 40 degrees today. we drop back down to seasonable 31 tonight, still few clouds overhead, continuing to brighten one time. so the weekends looking good if you have got any holiday errands to check off your list, and it is also looking good for the army navy game and the eagles, that said, nice day as welcoming up on monday, maybe shower by tuesday, but otherwise, this is pretty nice and quiet

forecast vittoria. >> very nice, thank you, katie. good morning, everyone, can i not say the same however that it is quiet on the northbound side of 95. dealing with a seven vehicle crash, northbound, nine, a right at cottman avenue. it is taking out the left-hand lane. only the right lane is getting by. so that means, one lane, you're out on the northbound side of 956789 major delays southbound dealing with rush hour, 16 is your average on the schuylkill, rush hour there, as well. if you are traveling the roosevelt boulevard northbound at devereaux, dealing with a tractor-trailer accident there. be minds full of that. ukee? >> thank you, next update at 7:55, up next on cbs this morning, chipping away at ahead end time capsule. for more local news weather traffic and sports we're on traffic and sports we're on the "cw philly" o

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>> they want to know if this man was behind the assaults on others in the neighborhood.

jan carabeo joins us from southwest detective to tell us more about it, jan? >> ukee, erika, caught in the act. police now have a five year old man in custody here, at southwest detectives, they say, for assaulting a university of pennsylvania graduate student last night, and now, they're looking into seeing whether he's linked to four other assaults, on college students, and in university sit, alone, this week. now, this was the most recent attack. it happened yesterday at 6:30, at 41st and pine streets, near the campus of u pen. police say a woman was walking alone, on pine street, when she was hit from behind with a bike lock. the suspect then demanded her purse. fortunately, there were police officers already in the area, because of the other recent robberies. they saw the suspect dragging this woman down the street, so they jumped into rescue her, and now this was just the latest incident however police believe the man could be linked to two broad daylight assault on drexel university student, yesterday, also 23 year old woman was sexually

assaulted at 47th and chestnut, on monday, and on saturday, another woman was attacked, but escaped her attacker, at 41st and samson. this string of attacks has had this campus community on edge. >> scary. i mean, i would inch cite caution. >> back out here live at southwest detective, this 55 year old man, is in custody, he most certainly will be charged with that university of pennsylvania assault that happened yesterday, and again, police are still work to go link him to the other four cases, in all, five cases, these were student, these were women who were walking alone, so, the campus community is being asked to be extra vigilant, and light of these recent assaults, however, philadelphia police, as well as drexel and u pen police have all stepped up patrols in the wake of these assault. reporting live outside of southwest detective, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly".

all right, jan, thank you. right now our traffic and weather together. finally dry day, katy? >> finally dry day. it is still a transitional day for us, however, as we watch our nor'easter finally pull completely away. high pressure starts to nudge in from the west, so it means you're still going to find some clouds out there, and still little brisk outside, but it is dry, and it will stay that way. >> not worry about producing any precipitation, all we're lift with at this point is some clouds. certainly what was left behind from yesterday's little bought of light snow bands that came through. >> snow left hine, but offer in the distance, on the roadway, even on the paved surfaces here, the parking lot, playgrounds, whatever you call it looking clear at this point. if i have any snow left over, might be on the mulch in your garden, that's about it yes, finally going to see little

sunshine. >> looks like with us for the better part of the day, call it partly sunny, still chilly though as we mention, high no better than 40 degrees that too will change. >> good morning, everyone, liver chopper three over the scene of this multiple vehicle crash, on the northbound side of 95. as the chopper winds up the shot little bit, notice it is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven vehicles involved. as they ten to go inward, debris on the roadway, crush of vehicles on the northbound side of 95. this is at cottman avenue. it is only allowing one lane of traffic get bias police monitor this incident scene. also, notice a vehicle compromising the center lanes, which is why you only have one lane, anyway. right in the construction zone, just not good. speed censors dropping, delay from the incident stemming back toward close to allegheny.

if you are traveling in the southbound direction, 95, you're already slow because of rush hour out of the northeast. eighteen is your average on the schuylkill. traveling in the 40's on 476. we also have traffic light malfunction in the northeast, roosevelt boulevard at commonly. no cross-traffic so you will need to maneuver around that, also, in new jersey, brace road, at mounds lane, careful if you're not too far from the cherry hill area, erika? >> $5,000 reward is available if you help police catch the suspects wanted for three armed robberies, in ben cell em, plymouth meeting and schuylkill township. men seen here on surveillance video, robbed luke oil on street road, on november 18th, and liberty gas station, in plymouth meeting on december 2nd. investigators believe the same suspects beat a store clerk at citco in schuylkill township, and stole customaries honda accord on december 7th. if you have any information, on the suspect, contact police. an update now on story we brought you earlier this week. police in bucks county, issue

arrest warrants for the men they say broke into the coin and collectable store on street road in bensalem, tuesday. authorities say that daniel la flare and david peergrossi armed with knife and pipe when they tied up employees and customer. they made off with $5,000 in gold and silver coins. if you know where they are, call police. well it, appears the government has avoid add shutdown. after a day of contentious debate on capitol hill, the house has approved a spending bill. susan macinnis explains what it took to get the bill through and where it goes from here. >> before midnight deadline hit, the house, narrowly passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill, to keep the government operating through september. >> on this vote, the nay ... the motion adopted. >> vote followed day of contentious debate on the house floor, thursday. democrats objected to a provision allowing a ten-fold

hike in what individuals can crib to political campaigns, and another, that eases bank regulations. >> stop supporting a bill that would allow the biggest banks in america to rip off the people one more time. >> republicans wanted the bill to block funding for the president's executive order, on immigration. >> this law will heness. must not stands. >> in the end unlikely alliance helped push the bill through. president obama joined republicans to get democrats to vote yes. >> white house argue this was a better option, than what might pass under next year's republican controlled congress. >> there is no doubt that the amount of leverage the democrats have on capitol hill will be reduced as a result of the republican gains made in midterm election. >> senate passed 48 hour extension of government funds to go keep lights on past midnight, and is expected to vote on the full bill in the next few days. in washington, susan macinnis, "eyewitness news" on the "cw" fill. >> i philadelphia city council

is again debating the merit of paid sick leave. councilman bill greenleaf proposed new bill that would require companies with ten or more employees to offer workers five paid sick days per year. companies with less than ten employees would be required to offer five unpaid sick days. greenly says the bill is close to what the mayor task force had recommended. opponents say that many small businesses can't afford to offer that many sick days, adding that the measure could drive business out of the city. >> your time now 7:37. let's get check on business. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us now from the new york stock exchange, jill, we've all been enjoying gas prices because of course the price of crude oil is dropping. now that price is at new low. tell us more. >> reporter: yes, that's right. oil is now trading below $60 a barrel, that's the lowest price in more than five years. analysts also say it could go even lower. and it is all because global demand is down, and supply is

up. economics 101, oil production in the u.s. stored more than 70% in the past six years, spurred by fracking, and new drilling technologies. of course, ukee, erika, the plus side for us consumers is that gas prices have also fallen to four year lows, as well. >> enjoying. >> that's what i am talking about, indeed. jill, not every day the little guy wins one against big bank, but that's what happened with a florida couple. tell everyone that story. >> reporter: yes, that's right. bank of america is now forced to pay more than a million dollars to a couple in florida, all because of some harassing row bo calls. the bank flooded the couple, with 700 loan collection calls after they fell behind on mortgage payments, back during the financial crisis in 2009 of the a federal judge penalized the bank about $1,500 for every call. and as you said, ukee, score one for the little guy. >> there you go. got that right. indeed. thanks, jill, appreciate it.

>> for more money tips and information from money watch. com go to our website cbsphilly.com. >> original piece of apple history hit the action block. apple one computer was auctioned off at christy's in new york city, touching some $300,000. the computer made back in 76 is the first product from apple and was part of a line of computers assembled in steve job's garage in california. many of apple's first models were sold out of the bike shop turned computer store. >> how about that. >> one of the originals in the garage. >> $300,000, too. >> still ahead, some generous holiday help coming up. >> the story of anonymous angel who showed up at this toys "r" us, and paid the bill. >> love that. >> ♪

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>> a lay away angel. >> your lay away has been paid off completely. >> managers at the toys "r" us say a woman walk in recently and paid for $20,000 worth of merchandise. clearing the stores' entire lay away balance. employees then called the 154 customers, to tell them that their bills were paid in full. >> i have no words. i can't believe someone would do that. that's so nice. and i've been running around all this week picking up lay aways everywhere. so this is really awesome. >> oh, love to hear that. those balances range from a few dollars, to a few hundred. and again, $20,000. took care of them all. >> with all the tough news, there is good people out there. >> no doubt. >> you can celebrate the holidays with our "joy of sharing" campaign. you don't to clear the toys "r" us, one new unwrapped toy

would just be super, really make the difference in the life after child. just bring it to one every our drop off locations, for list of though locations go to cbsphilly.com or call 215-977-joys. text the word joy to 41444 to make a $10 donation. >> least us with good warm fuzzy feeling, love that, kate. >> i yes, great stuff to hear. we are actually going to take you out to our weather trivia question, though. we've been talking about the winter solsus, will be coming up on us here in a matter of days, will happen sunday the 21st, where our trivia question comes from. basically, as a cultural role in society. what continent did the winter solsus originate? was it asia, europe, africa or was it north america? torrey, raise your hand immediately. what do you think? >> i'll be wrong maybe. >> europe? >> europe, hey, well done, traffic department. actually because ancient

artifact like stone hedge in glands and new grange in ireland, they're believed to be built for astronomical event such as the solsus, and things like the equinox. that's where that comes from, yes. >> don't hate, congratulate. >> i congratulates you for your ridiculous lead against the rest of usment all right, storm scan3, showing you what's left now at this point of our nor'easter, really is looking like whimpy guy. here's really all that's left in terms every moisture, still have the classic rotation, counter clockwise rotation, but it is nudging out of the way, allowing high pressure to take the lead back. soap your a still going to find little bit of brisk out there, little breezy, certainly, few clouds, it is still chilly, but it is getting better. your actual temperature readings are currently mid 30's, generally around the board, few oddballs out, like down in wildwood, up in mount pocono, warmer or colder. but, that said, it end up

being pretty decent day. and if you want real nice weather maybe you have got somer around that require that you're outside, on your holiday to do list, weekends looks great. see temperatures gradually start to climb up hereby hands full of degrees with every passing day. and we will keep the theme going heading into monday as well by the way. so all looks good for the army navy game in baltimore, all looks good for the eagles game sunday night, go birds, keep it ongoing here right into the early part of next week too. vet tore crashes over to you. >> thank you so much, katie. good morning, everyone, so if you are traveling on 95 northbound still dealing with very serious problem. we're taking a look from live chopper three, at multiple vehicle accident. you'll notice seven vehicles involved here, i'll step out of the way so you can get better vantage point, 59 northbound right around cottman avenue of course through the construction zone, if you are traveling in this area, you will only have one lane to get by. and that's the far right. as you will notice pedestrians are on scene, police also on scene, and we will need few tow trucks to arrive on scene

as women. traveling in the northbound direction on 95 the delay that we have as a result of this is huge. take a look at that. all those brake lights are trying to make their way out toward that point of 95, so you will need to give yourself more time. maybe try to stay on delaware avenue for as much as possible. then jump on aramingo, maneuver your way into the northeast that way, because i mean really you're at stands still. as we continue, we want to talk about another problem, 202, if you are traveling southbound, an at paoli, accident situation here, emergency teams on scene, and delay to go along with it, also watch out for rush hour delays in new jersey, on the 42, and five, a mass transit is okay. err dismay. >> thank you, vet tore y happening today, 39 new philadelphia police recruits graduate from the academy. class 369 celebrate at temple university's performing art center at 11:00. officials say that you can expect some traffic delays in that area. congratulations to all of those new recruit. ukee?

>> eagles wife beat the cowboys on thanksgiving day in dallas, but his is brand new game. birds hoping to pressure cowboys same time around. both the eagles and cowboys nine and four, tide atop the nfc east, ya, get your popcorn ready. it will be another good one. st. louis rams get to arizona cardinals quarterback drew stanton in prime time last night. and he was out of the football game. the cardinals lost carson palmer you may remember a month ago, also knocked out by the rams. nevertheless the cardinals beat the rams 12 to six without the benefit after touchdown for either side. the cardinals are now 11 and three, can clinch a spot, a playoff spot this weekend depending what happens around the league. the flyers kicking off a four game stretch at the well, by beating up the new jersey devils. >> if the first period, then they switched it up for the second goal. matt read from sean, to make

it two-nothing. fly guys win this one, four to one, they play the carolina hurricanes tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. well, sixers and net tonight in brooklyn. and as the sixers continue to build, you know, even celebrities are chiming in on the plan of this once proud franchise and team logo. >> you have michael, what's his name? >> carter williams. >> see, michael carter williams is better than everybody on the nicks. like just is. >> ya, see, we have chris says be patient. maybe chris will be in tonight's game in the new york area, will talk in about his new film top five coming up in our next hour, business basketball fan. so he's pulling for us. >> in his own way. >> in his own way, and hating on the nicks little bit. right now 7:48. two drama's, one biblical nature, hits theatres this

weekend? kevin frazier next with your preview. >> i'm kevin frazier, coming up christian bale place moses in the revamp biblical tail exodus gods and kings, and all-star cast go back to the psychodelic seven's. >> ♪ >> please keep in mind we want to see your holiday lights displays, use the hashtag cbs-3 holiday light or e-mail them at holiday lights at cbs3.com. we may share them with everyone else in the tri-state area and show it here on tv. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. >> ♪ ♪

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>> word is ariana grand is demanding to be carried herself. >> photos offered as proof. twenty-one year old pop star posted these to her instagram

account. life and style magazine says the former nickelodeon star demands to be car hid her little feet hurt. can't possibly work. >> easy now. >> say it happened on the set of music video, also during rehearsals for the victoria secret fashion show. how about that? >> common. >> i know, i know what you're saying. >> common. >> careful. >> carry me? >> please. >> okay, after the age of three, you're not allowed to say that. geez. >> sony's latest film the interview, extra secure on hand, there was no red captain and the film star did not talk to reporters. now, sony restricted media, after hackers released the string of internal emails, from company executives. now the company -- so much controversy with that one. >> indeed. a lot. >> well, christian bale plays moses joaquin phoenix is in a crime comedy drama. >> kevin frazier has a look behind the scenes at the movie's new in theatres this weekend. >> this week, christian bale

leads new epic take on the story of moses in exodus gods and kings, and all-star cast travels back to early 70s los angeles in inherent advice. >> i need your help. >> missing millionaire, exgirlfriends, unorthodox detective, and hippies pop late the unusual los angeles mystery, in inherent vice. set in the early 70s, the laid back guy at the center of it all is joaquin phoenix as dock. >> see this picture i can borough? >> described as a movie do you have experience. try to figure it out as you go along, have to cynder and enjoy the experience, really fun movie. >> are you all right? >> a.m.y? >> are you? >> stags irk story of moses, place, egypt, grand make over from ridley scott in exodus

gods and kings, and while the sets and effect rep i can, what matters for the stars is the human story. >> i mean, i've never seen anything like it in my life. just spectacular, but manages to keep this great story and great intimas toy t you don't get a feeling like on massive monster movie. feel like you're on good like smaller move. >> i what i loved about it, being able to work on massive scale movie at the same time ... >> you say you didn't causal. >> this you say this is not your fault. so let's just see who is more effective at killing. you or me. >> kevin frazier backs to you in the studio. >> keeps you up to date on all of the news in hollywood. join them every week night at 7:00 on sister station cbs-3. time to check in on phil the cbs-3 morning elf. once again he's to up his

antics. >> is that so? >> would you believe this morning, we actually caught fill i will take g an elfie selfie. >> real elfie selfie, here in the news room. is that his phone, too? i was going to say, where's he put it? >> now it is your turn, we want to see what your elf is up to. post it to twitter, instagram, facebook, we may show it, i like saying, that elfie, we may show it on television. >> we'll be 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... and fruity... oh yeah, and frosted! okay, but...what's you're most favorite of all? hmm... the kind i have with you. me too.

this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> good morning, i'm erica von tiehl. we want to get right over to katie and have good news for us, let's their. >> finally, right? it's been long time coming i think finally seeing our nor'easter, not only sort of break apart, and tear down, but also we're starting to see it retreat. high pressure can regain control, allow for some sunshine, granted, we do have some clouds as evidence here on storm scan3, right now, and we go out to our live neighborhood network, fleet of school buses crossing through here outside pleasant valley high school, and we will continue up in broad heads ville to see the cloud cover sort of thin out for a bit of sunshine, but that's generally what you will see in terms of sky coverage here, not just up in broads heads ville but everywhere else here today. so call it just partly sunny day. brightening up even more for the weekend, wind continues to

calm down, so overall, this is a gold star weekend, certainly for mid-december standards. we'll take it. vittoria? >> absolutely, good morning, everyone, looking at live chopper three over the scene of multiple vehicle crash on the nor bound side of 956789 unfortunately it, has been out here for at least two hours, if you are traveling on the northbound side of 95 at cottman avenue, that is is this incident scene or where that incident scene is. it is taking out the left, as well as center lanes, the delay that lies behind t so if you are headed toward that area, be minds full of this volume. erika? >> all right, thanks, vet tore y next update at 8: 25, next on cbs this morning, shopping centers fighting on line retailers this holiday season. your local news

>> developing right now, philadelphia police say they've caught a manna tacking female college student in university sit. >> i good morning, everyone, now they want to know if he's the same man who assaulted several other women in the area. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo is with mobile three right now at southwest

detective. jan? student in university city have been on edge all week because of the recent assaults, now, a five a year old man is in custody here at southwest detectives, this morning, police say, caught in the act of assaulting an university of pennsylvania graduate student yesterday, as you mention, now, they are work to go see if he is linked to four other cases. the scene of the most recent attack, 41st and pine streets, where university of pennsylvania grad student, is hit in the head, and nearly robbed. >> it is terrifying. it is not a great feeling knowing can you not be safe in your own neighborhood. >> scary, i mean, i would advise caution. >> it is just one of many attacks on u pen and drexel student this week, the latest happened around 6:30, thursday evening. police say woman walking alone, five a year old man hit her with a bike lock. >> strikes her in the back of the head with a bike lock,