their suspect. >> authorities say during a second sweep of the roof, jan, officers spotted two men in the tight space, tell us more, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning, we had to go through huge target store meticulously, as you can imagine, for two burglary suspects to hide out. we have all of the aisles and loading docks and also, the storage rooms but these suspects were found on the roof hiding in an air shaft, one lying on top of the other. if you take a look at the video you can see a hole in the back of the building that these suspects sawed through to get into this target. police searched this target for more than three hearst before they finally found them. here they are as they were taken in custody and taken by police earlier this morning. this all started just a after 1:00 o'clock at target on roosevelt boulevard, a silent alarm, tripped, causing an alarm company to notify police. when police arrived they found

that three by 3-foot hole sawed through back door. police spotted two suspects running through the store. they then made their way on to the roof and then back down in the store. police used the k-9 unit to search the store meticulously and more than three hours later those to second suspects were back on the roof in a very tight spot, take a listen. >> they went inside a ventilation duct of which there are several on this large roof where they found two burglars hiding inside a very small shaft. two burglars were laying on top of one another that is where they were hiding from the police. >> reporter: now this would have been the seventh target in the philadelphia area alone, burglarized, this november, and, usually they go for electronics. and, philadelphia police, and, looking into whether anybody was. and, these suspects, have been taken into custody, and not

armed. and, and police say, they are having a hand saw that they used to get in the store and they had walkie-talkies, on the outside, police say a car was spotted with the same walkie-talkies inside. that car was taken by police by evidence and police are looking into whether more people were involved. reporting live from some are ton, jane carabao for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. chopper three live right now over some breaking news, in bucks county, there are reports right now of a person struck by a car, in bensalem. you're looking live at that intersection. this is at bensalem boulevard and bridge water road. no word on the victim's age or condition. we see the school bus and another car, on that scene. we don't know how they were bet involved. however police tell "eyewitness news" they expected this intersection to be closed for at least the the next couple of hours, as they conduct their investigation. we will see police vehicles there also on the scene.

once again, one person was reportedly hit by a car at bensalem boulevard and bridge water road in bensalem, we will stay on top of this and bring you more information as soon as we learn more. some new video to show from you overnight in west philadelphia where a fire marshall is calling a fire in this home in the 5400 block of west girard suspicious. officials believed that the fire started on the front porch and then spread into the entire first floor. fire department quickly got it under control. no injuries were reported. also overnight a man is stab outside his germantown apartment and philadelphia police say his attacker is still on the loose. victim was found here on the 100 block of west tophawking street just before midnight. he was stab once in the neck we're told. the suspect made off with $120. victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition. 80:00 36789 lets get traffic and weather to go with katie. >> good morning. things are husseling and bustling down below us here in

center city and things are definitely quieter then what we found yesterday afternoon when we had some rain rolling through the delaware valley. it is still damp as we start off by taking you first and information mess to a live neighborhood network shot. traffic was moving along. you can still see puddles on the foreground and in the playground in the parking spaces here. but what you will find when you walk out the door is generally just some sunshine. we are also off to a mild start. we are still technically between front but we are still awaiting passage of the cold front. if we look closely to the north east, in three in storm scan three you can see speckles of green. do i think poconos have a shot to maybe see an additional shower out there today. it might be a shower of a few rain drops and a few snow flakes depending on the timing here but temperatures should top off at the 40 at that way. meantime everybody else is expecting sunshine. the breeze will be kicking in. if you perhaps find low lying cloud cover out there as you

travel out and about this morning it should be sitting quickly here with the breeze kick nothing and now the sun. vittoria. and when the sun comes up, everybody comes in and that is what we are experiencing this morning. traveling right now, right here on i-95 southbound delayed, on northeast down to the vine street expressway. it is a a very, very slow commute. make sure you fill up the pump before you head out on i-95. lets talk about ben franklin bridge. we have a slow down approaching mid span down towards eighth and vine in philadelphia heading in to new jersey is not a problem. rest of the bridges are moving well. looking at our map you will notice rush hour red and that is on the southbound side of 95 we will drop down to 12 miles an hour. both sides of the schuylkill heavier delay right around roosevelt boulevard but eastbound jammed entirely from the western suburbs and vine street expressway. westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike making their commute in the montgomery county traveling on 422 in the eastbound direction out of

oaks down towards 202 and traveling on 476 northbound between 95 and media. be mindful of all those delays and 42, 55 and 295 in new jersey. piggy back off that breaking news story bensalem boulevard at bridge water road is still closed humeville is your best alternate because of an accident investigation, quarter. >> vittoria, thank you. manhunt for suspect who killed six people in montgomery county has ended. yesterday authorities searching in pensberg found body of have bradley stone in the wooded a area near his home. it is believed he died from self-inflicted stab wounds. now, the community shift is focused to the victims. they include his ex-wife nicole stone, joann gilbert, nicole's mom and pat hill, nicole's grandmother. also her nephew anthony flick, who survived that attack and anthony's sister noon flick who was killed. trish flick, nicole's sister and aaron john flick, trish's husband. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones has more from

souderton where family and friends are coming together to honor their memory. >> reporter: devastating loss being felt here is hard to calculate, there were tears, hugs, and questions. murder of 14 year-old noon flick and stabbing of her 17 year-old brother an tone hoy for the to protect her are more than some can take. >> our hearts are broken. our communities are broken. >> after my lunch, i went upstairs and i would see nina there and sit there and talk but now that will not happen. it is depressing. >> reporter: outside nina and anthony's souderton home more laid flowers down on the front porch. early monday morning, police say 35 year-old accused killer bradley stone entered the home murdering their mother patricia and father aaron. >> sitting here in front of this place it is very hard to grasp what actually happened here. you just can't believe it. >> reporter: many classmates wore batman symbols tuesday at souderton high school. >> she always said she would

be batman some day and to me she always has been. >> reporter: at the vigil tuesday night at emmanuel church, all six victims were remember. >> god is with us. he will get us through this it will be a licensing hall. >> reporter: many struggling with how, and why stone would killed. >> people have said this was in the him. >> reporter: the the sense of loss there is purpose, many of flick's friend started an on line funding page for anthony hoping that the money will help when he comes home. so far that go fun me site for anthony has raised more than $10,000 right new is there also an effort underway by the souderton telford roth theory to establish a memorial fund for all of the victims. reporting from souderton, todd quinones for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. we're learning more about the man behind the killings as we dig deeper in to his past. his criminal record shows a series of dui's. first came in 2001 and then

again two years later in 2003. his third dui came just last year when he crashed his car. we also found court documents indicating a lengthy custody battle with his ex-wife nicole who was one of his victims. 8:09. rough day on the job for police officers you have to see their frightening confrontation with the angry man, also this. >> reporter: more fall out over interview, i'm don champion with details on the major theater chain that a has canceled showings of the controversial film. also kate middleton isn't the only trend setter in the royal family, these pictures of prince george caused sales to spike for one particular article of clothing and probably in the one you are thinking of, we will tell you which one coming up. >> ♪ >> daylight is upon us, after a rainy day yesterday, katie has her eye on possible snow

this weekend, we will see you how much, be right back.

>> most people agree there are hidden lessons in the "the lord of the rings" series. but have we been misreading them? >> this is not a critique of the capitalist. >> how did two world wars influence the book's author? >> there is a theme throughout the "the lord of the rings" of a certain of centralization and power. >> just what did j.r.r. tolkien want to tell his readers? >> take some

breaking news in bucks county report of a person struck by a vehicle in the bensalem area chopper three over the scene at bensalem boulevard and bridge water road are, so far, there is no word on those victims age or condition but police are telling "eyewitness news" they expect this intersection to be closed for at least the next couple of hours, if you are watching, us from that area, just heads up, they continue, to conduct, their investigation. we will try to get more information to you, erika. ukee, developing right now on line hacking group is threatening movie goers over sony's pictures upcoming comedy the interview. as don champion reports many theaters looking to get ahead of this growing controversy

has begun canceling scheduled screenings. >> you want us to assassinate leader of north korea. >> what? >> reporter: the interview is a comedy but lead up to the film's release has been anything but a laughing matter. carmike cinema, fourth largest in the nation, has decided to cancel its planned showings of the movie. have move comes after a chilling message posted by cyber hackers guard yans of peace warning movie goers to stay away from theaters when they start showing film. warning reads the world will be full of fear, remember the 11th of september, 2001. >> the film about journalist assigned to kill leader of north korea opens up nationwide christmas day, while sony is moving forward with the release, in an unusual move the company has told theaters they don't to have show the film. >> fall out has led to the cancellation of thursday night's new york premiere of the film here at sunshine cinema in manhattan.

police in new york and l.a. will take precautions in light of the new threat. >> our primary posture is going to be to have a police presence and response capability that will reassure people who may have heard about this and they have concerns. >> reporter: fbi and department of home land security say there is in credible intelligence showing any active plot exists. don champion for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. 8:13. here's traffic and weather together, katie. >> we will start off with a beautiful view down the shore outside beach patrol headquarters, margate city, a okay, damp sand indicating we had wet weather that held through but sunnies shining brightly. we have very light wave action out there at area beaches and generally looking like a nice day despite this mess that we have got going on. we did just have a warm front yesterday that brought rain. here's cold front. it was weaker by comparison and draped back in the mountain terrain here. it might touch off a couple of

quick showers and that is it. rest of us end up with some breezy conditions, couple clouds and that is it for rest of us. mean while we will look across rest of the eastern two thirds of the u.s. and all looking calm. we will see high pressure regain control and hook us up with nice weather. since we are between a warm and cold front we are milder this morning bay comparison to yesterday at this same time, generally five to ten, give or take degrees across the board surplus of what you saw yesterday at this same time. how it translates is 41 the at the airport. forty-one in a a c. pretty modest win. that is why you might fine a few pockets of low lying cloud cover but as the the breeze picks up, you will fine low clouds, scoured away and also the fact that the sunnies up now, it will help things out too. fifty is the spec high. breezy, mild and we are expect to go see temperatures get knocked back to reality here by tomorrow and friday, mid 40's at best but trade off is full sunshine, we will take

it, vittoria. >> thanks, katie. good morning. we have had a few accidents today and we have another accident to add to the list. traveling on i-95 heading in the northbound direction approaching newtown bypass an accident compromising the left-hand lane, emergency teams are on the scene as a vehicle off in the embankment there and notice a delay that lies right next to it. traveling in this section of bucks county you need to give yourself more time. we are taking you elsewhere to 476 right around area of norristown, seems to be moving welshing and blue route is moving well around this area but not so much if you are traveling on 476 between 95 and media swarthmore. your average speed there is 15 miles an hour. seven is your average on the schuylkill. biggest delays on 76 would be around roosevelt boulevard and center city philadelphia also expect delays on i-95 southbound out of the north east and hen down through the the vine street expressway. you'll fine lingering traffic as well if you are commuting on the northbound side of i-95 around girard and cottman at

construction zones. be mindful traveling in bensalem, bensalem boulevard at bridge water road we have an accident and investigation happening there. humeville is your best alternate at this time. >> unscheduled stop for american airlines pass evening tours tell but. flight 280 was on its way from south korea to dallas, fort worth. boeing 777 was carrying 240 passengers and 15 crew members when it ran into severe turbulence and landed in tokyo. >> it was extremely, streamly. i have flown millions of miles, this is worst i have ever seen. >> we dropped and people were flying. >> more than a dozen people suffered minor injuries, most of them are heading to dallas fort worth today. dramatic dash cam video when a driver intentionally rams his suv into a police cruiser in iowa. you can hear that impact, of

the collision right there. police car sideswiped another cruiser before crashing eventually into a tree. driver was upset after officers asked him to leave a house. two officers were hurt in the crash but they are both out of the hospital right now. a carries crashed in the suburban boston drugstore and hit a salvation army bell ringer. police in arlington massachusetts say 87 year-old driver thought he was going through walgreens drive through but it was the front door though. service station worker rush to the scene with the track and lift that had car off the bell ringer. >> heroism displayed today by tony was extraordinary. >> i don't call myself a hero i just did the right thing. >> he suffered injuries to the right leg we're toll. police are site ago this driver for operating to endanger and to have the acting massachusetts, to review his, right to have a license. well, there is a new take on the gend are wars.

we will let you know who suffers more when it comes to fighting the the flu. >> who is the bigger wimp coming up. bill cosby cleared at least in one case, why a prosecutor won't press any charges against the comedian. but first here's is what coming up tonight t on the cw philly.

here's a fashion note for you looking live down the shore, only 16 months old but prince george is turning into

quite the trend setter. new new pictures of the young royal are causing a fashion frenzy we will show you clothing that is flying off store shelves, already thanks to the young prince. on the healthwatch this morning are you feeling under the weather. it could be because flu season is ramping up and doctors say it will be a rough one especially, for the fellas the men. cbs-3 health reporter stephanie stahl looked at the research and explains why. >> reporter: with the flu vaccine lessee effective experts are predicting a bad flu season. influenza is widespread in many parts of the area and new there is new research showing that the flu vaccine is more effective in women then in men. for women who to get the flu study found they are better a at fighting the the virus off and in other words men get sicker then women. >> our men, less equiped to deal with infection and technically yes. >> reporter: reason accord together study conduct on mice

is estrogen female sex organ. >> female mice who produces tro again activated a particular enzyme and that is able to help them fightin next. >> reporter: doctor jake dutch says it may be about simple evolution. >> there is a idea there that estrogen, which is needed to women endocrine, system is there because part of their role is to be nurturers. they have to take care have of in the only themselves and their families. >> reporter: some women say is there evidence backing up what they have already known, men are bigger babies when it comes to getting sick. >> they seem to wine more and they seem to want to like ride it out longer. >> i think women are worse. >> reporter: i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> debate rages on. >> hey sanitizers can keep viruses like that flu away but one newly developed sanitizer is being tested to help fight in the spread of ebola in west africa. researchers say that it can help doctors treating infect

patients by providing hours of protection, instead of just seconds. sanitizer is already used in hospitals, and schools around the world. it is now going to be shipped to west africa to be tested in the u.s. government lab and it is reasonable two, 4 gallons a gallon. >> and last hours. >> as opposed to seconds. >> when you hit that pump and it last for 15 seconds. >> i thought we had longer protection then that. >> have lotion ready. >> it is back there. >> okay.

good morning, i'm ukee washington. two suspect burglars are behind bars after hiding from police in the store for hours, overnight. officers responded to the target, on the somerton section of the city around 1:00 this morning. they say a security camera alert them of burglary in progress, after searching for hours, police spotted two men in the small vent on the roof. police are now investigate to go see if this was an inside job, we will have more on the cw in a live report in a few minutes. lets get your forecast with katie, good morning. >> forecast itself is pretty okay, when all things considered because we are tracking the passage of the cold front and very often cold front bring precipitation but it is not going to this time of the year. it is weak system.

you'll notice breeze kick nothing and find a few clouds along the way, maybe a shower in the poconos but nothing more than. that we will all just think an overall pleasant afternoon. some sunshine. high still mild for one final afternoon at 50. we will drop down to a pair of three's tonight and as skies clear breeze will continue to pick up. so it will make it feel colder then thermometer reads but we are just back to reality for thursday and friday thinks where we should be, and we can expect more sunshine. >> and, must come lot of sun glare, plan accordingly put advisors down, shades on, need it. jump outside and looking at i-95, traveling northbound around newtown bypass, compromising left-hand lane, and causing quite a delay alongside it, so we will give you more time. seven on the schuylkill. eleven on i-95. definitely rush hour, ukee. our next update is at 8:55. up next this morning, from the

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hours, as they conduct their investigation. we will keep you updated. also breaking chopper three is live, over center city where police are investigating a crash caused by a reported road rage incident this is at 19th and spruce. a gold suv ran a cabby off the road and took off down the street. a passenger was injured. we are still working to learn the the extent of those injuries. we are told the suv did sustain damage on the right side. contact police if you have any information, about this. apparent road rage incident. trouble in target for a couple of burglary suspects. they do not have much trouble break nothing to that somerton store but getting out was in the so easy. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us live from northeast philadelphia store where the investigation continues. >> we understand there was a game of hide and seek that ended with two men in custody. tell us more, good morning. >> reporter: ukee and erika, good morning.

hide and seek for more than three hours that is how long it took police to capture these suspects this were found in the small aircraft on the roof and at first police didn't realize they had the suspects because one suspect was lying directly on top of the other. we are coming to you live from the target in somerton where doors are now opened and people are heading in. police collect all of that are evidence and moved out and these doors opened on time. looking at the video you can see the rear door of this target, police say suspect sawed right through it to get inside and as police arrived they say these suspects were in the middle of burglarizing this store. this is somerton in target. it took them hours to get caught. that is because police had to go through the store and it all started, and, silent alarm, was tripped, causing the a alarm company to notify police. when they spotted these suspects running through the store they made their way on to the roof and then back down in the store yesterday. it wasn't a game of cat and

must for hours. they had to use a k-9 june to it track them down and those two suspects were found later on the roof in very tight air shaft. police are looking sees if more people were involved, a car was towed from the scene earlier today, with the walk i talk i inside, suspects were also found, with walkie-talkies, lets take a listen. >> the the fact that the burglars were together, and there is walkie-talkies in the rental car that was a good distance away, although in the same lot. so there may have been a getaway driver. >> reporter: this would have been the seventh target in the philadelphia area, burglarized since november. state police already have a task force looking into it. the suspects they usually go for the the electronics. police are looking into whether this could have been a inside job but again those suspects are now caught and taken away, facing a number of charges including attempted burglary and we're told they were not armed, again only found with that backpack with

the hand saw inside and those walkie-talkies. still a developing story. we will bring you more information, but for now we are live from some arer ton, jane carabao for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. in other news, a sigh of relief for local residents after the man behind a killing spree in montgomery county is found dead. authorities believed bradley stone took his own life in a wooded area near his home in pensberg. his body was found yesterday after a authorities canvassed the region for nearly 36 hours. today members of the community are honoring the six victims who he targeted. among them was pat hill his former mother-in-law. joann gilbert and pat were found dead in their home in lansdale. our pat ciarrocchi caught up with joyce gorman who spoke about some of the struggles that the family was going through recently. >> nicole's ex-husband was a very controlling person. he wanted the last say in everything. he was always taking her back

to court. was away, in iraq or afghanistan she was pregnant with the second child. he was in denial that the child was his. nickie had a any of us break down at that time. >> miss gorman work with the rehab unit at north penn who will. hill was a survivor of breast cancer. lets get our traffic and weather together. here's katie. >> ukee, we can look ahead to the quiet the day overall considering that we have got a cold front crossing through here today, it end up a nice day, all things considered, a as we take you outside here now. look at that, blue sky for a change on sky cam three. we will throw current conditions overtop of this for you here. 41 degrees being reported at philly international, a modest breeze but you can see humidity levels are still high. that is why it is a little hazy around the region as a whole this morning. that has started to just go away because of the sunnies now up and winds starting to kick up. temperatures are very much on par with what we saw there.

lower 40's generally in most locations. thirty-eight even in mount pocono helping to melt some of the snow at the ski resorts at this point. notice on storm scan three a speckle or two of green firing up near mount pocono. you are the one and only spot in the poconos specifically where we might the see a left over lingering shower of maybe rain or snow, it is not much of anything. it is more of just a nuisance and more of the mention certainly but, everybody else can expect to see some sunshine and the the breeze to start kicking in. it is just one final mild afternoon with some sunshine here before this cold front crosses through and starts to knock temperatures back to reality. sunnies returning along the way the rest of the workweek looking good. weekend, however is going to mark not just the winter solstice but winter solstice storm system. we will talk more about what that might mean for your sunday in the meantime for new vittoria, back over to you. >> good morning, everyone. we will give you an update on still the accident we are dog with on i-95.

if you are commuting northbound i-95 not too far from the newtown bypass that is 332, we have this accident situation which is blocking the left-hand lane. we have one lane of traffic squeezing by this instant accident scene and causing quite the delay. police on the opposite end tend to go that incident. what you're looking at now is sun glare in this area. note that for your rush hour commute. this is north bound side of i-95 between 420 and philadelphia international airport. if you are traveling in this area or airport at 420 either way if you are going to run into thins dent. it is on the shoulder which goodies news but, unfortunately it will cause just a slight delay in regards to folks taking a look over to the shoulder to see is what going on. just keep that in mind. but speed sensors, 11 is your average on 95. in and out of the north east you are slow. traveling on the schuylkill it went from 12 to 8 miles an hour on 76. not good westbound or eastbound within your western suburbs and even around center city philadelphia 25 is your average on the blue route, you're in the red on 422 and

delays on both sides of the pennsylvania turnpike both east and westbound between bucks county and mid county toll plaza, erika. >> comedian bill cosby will not face charges in connection with decades old, sexual assault allegations made against him. prosecutors in los angeles say that the statute have of limitations has passed. cosby was accused of sexually assaulting a a 15 year-old girl at the playboy mansion back in 1974. his youngest daughter is standing up for her father, and in a statement, the 77 year-old comedian is quote the father that you thought you knew. if you are driving around new jersey today, this is for you. state's red light cameras are officially dark this morning. the controversial cameras were shut off at midnight, 24 municipalities used the cameras collecting millions have of dollars in fines but critics complained that the cameras were used to raise money instead of keeping the roads, safe. we are following several breaking stories right now including a person hit by a bus and a reported case of

road rage. we will update both situations when we come back. also brothers bickering on tr get a big surprise, you have to hear who called into scold them in the middle of the show. dressed like a prince one item flying off store shelves after prince george wore them in these pictures. justin timberlake will be in his suit and tie in south philadelphia, get this, his former n'synx band mate joey fattone spilled the beans that timberlake and his wife are expecting a baby. >> okay. >> can't be too happen bye that. so far no official war from the couple.

reports a high school student has been struck by a school bus. we are at bensalem boulevard and bridge water road. authorities are on the scene. expect this intersection, if you are in this area to be closed for at least the the next couple of hours we're told, as they continue to conduct their investigation. a reported road rage at 19th and spruce send a cab crashing in the sidewalk. would be passenger was transported to the hospital. striking suv was found a few blocks away. "eyewitness news" camera captured philadelphia police to catch a pair of suspects in the custody outside a target store in somerton. police searched for the men all night long after they broke in the roosevelt boulevard store by sawing through a steel back door. if you are one of the many

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known for their super markets and quality goods but their web site features delicious remember piece. search from 4,000 recipes and once you fine one you like, add ingredients tour whole foods shopping list thaw can build through the site itself. in san francisco i'm kara suboy for c-net.com for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. it was a public unveiling in time square icon, check it out 7-foot tall, numbers, one and five arrived on a flatbed truck in preparations get underway for the you years eve ball drop. some people even got a chance to take a picture with the numbers before the crews hang them up for the big night. they will shine right along side already hanging 20's, courtesy of energy efficient led bulbs, and where has this year gone. >> i know it good tell me bit. >> can you believe it, already looking at 2015. >> unbelievable. it feels like years fly by quicker and quicker, the older i get. i'm in the a fan of that. we will take you out to the eyewitness weather watchers and check out with those up to

date information and observations. we will start with michael troutman, 44 degrees. still fine something cloud cover out there but generally speaking we are starting to see, some sunshine. the dry ball in the sky is what he calls it. the sun. overall starting to forget what it looks like after a while. we are looking at quiet weather for next few days, guys. 40 degrees is the temperature crossing over in wynonna. that was sent by kathy. she has bright sunshine. she also had a picture he sent in of her son. beautiful view. gorgeous. and, that will create on sun glare which vittoria will be talking about as we look forward here. lets take you to one more view, this one coming from tim mitchell. he has full sunshine where he is. 41 degrees. very modest westerly win. he sent in a couple pictures. we will take to you one here. sunrise. it was a lovely one for us, this morning with just a few clouds. it makes for vibrant colors in the skies.

lets take a look what is to come. we will cover that too. on storm scan three as we track this latest system it could be worse. warm front already lifting off to the north and that is what brought us, the steady rain we saw yesterday but your cold front is still draped back here in the virginias and kentucky, and its looking little. just dot have a lot of juice. not much moisture. in other words. so we're generally looking at sunshine today. not bad. off to the west though, far off to the west, beginnings, it doesn't look that organized. typically doesn't. but that is beginning of the next storm system that we are looking a head to, by the the upcoming weekend. so we will take you out to the storm threat scenario here. generally speaking the models have jumped the pond as possibility for to us get clipped by northern edge of the storm system. what that would do is bring in a light mix. keyword light mix of rain and snow to philadelphia and points south east. best shot for steady snow would go off to the north and

west up in the pocono region but there are still some question marks as to the final track and intensity of that storm. we left it in the forecast as a possibility but certainly it is five days away. we will let you know. expect quiet weather here for today and right through friday, vittoria. good morning, everyone. would i not anticipate a quiet commute, katie says there is some sun glare out there it is definitely something to mention. the as we move to the schuylkill expressway it doesn't look awful on 76 but we are still slow. traveling on eastbound or westbound the heavier delay eastbound out of the western suburbs making your way beyond this point here in the too far from the area of montgomery drive, where you'll find delays as you head down towards center city. traveling west bun we have a chunk of traffic approaching city out through gladwynn. 422 eastbound a sluggish commute as you head out of area of oaks down towards 202. sixteen on the schuylkill. look at that red around

roosevelt boulevard, 21 is your average on 476. we have delays on the southbound side as well as north bound side between 95 and media 11 is your average out of the north east. if you are traveling mass transit, in delays, ukee. we need up to date our breaking news from bensalem. we have learn a 15 year-old girl has been killed, after getting hit by an suv near bensalem boulevard in bridge water road. this is a live look at the scene. we are told the driver did stay at that location. we're working to find out what school the young girl went to. police tell "eyewitness news" they expect this intersection to be closed for the next couple of hours as they continue their investigatioion. we will be right back. >> most people agree there are hidden lessons in the "the lord of the rings" series. but have we been misreading them? >> this is not a critique of the capitalist. >> how did two world wars

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highest hundred tane possible. >> reporter: with most of us more morized by his rosie cheeks who knew prince george's subjects would be falling at his feet. jeanie moos, cnn, new york. >> how you about that. >> such a cute little boy. >> yes. >> right now 8:52. we have a whole new look at an eagles game thanks to the teams new mascot. >> say a challenger the eagle is giving us a birds eye view of the entrance in the stadium. he swooped down to the field and fired up the crowd during the national anthem, sunday night. that is very, very cool to see. >> very nice. >> even cooler if we had won but that is still... >> we will take what we can get. >> we will take what we can get. >> like today's forecast, there is in rain. >> thankfully. >> you might see a quick shower up in the poconos but that is it, and you can see how win is starting to move up, a little bit, through the course of the morning, we have seen an extra miles an hour tacked on to these winds with almost every passing hour but it is just enough wind and

certainly with the sunshine, to help scour out any low cloud cover that we did see earlier this morning. it is another mild day, one more before temperatures are back to reality. storm scan right new totally empty. i like it that way. variety tore y. >> thanks very much, katie. >> i cannot say the same for our commute this morning, not empty as all, schuylkill is at 8 miles an hour, tons of traffic right around roosevelt boulevard and beyond, in either direction. twelve is your average on i-95, traveling on 476, 23 miles an hour, give yourself some more time. take mass transit if you can. >> well, is there not much democrats and republicans can agree on these days. >> one political debate turns into a family affair when two brothers bickering on c span heard from their mom in the middle of the argument. >> i am your mother. and, i disagree that all families are like ours. i don't know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving. >> i am your mother, cut it

out. she called into give them a hard time. she hopes they get the argument out of their system soon so they can have have, a peaceful christmas. >> yes. >> well, call your mother. >> yes. >> holiday season is what mom says. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at cw philly. for more local news weather traffic and sports we are always on cbs philly.com. >> talk philly coming up at noon on c

good morning i'm erika von tiehl. we are updating our breaking news in bucks county, "eyewitness news" has just confirmed a 15 year-old girl has died, after being hit by an suv in bensalem. you're looking live right now at that scene. you can see officers there, this is intersection of bensalem boulevard and bridge water road. we are told that girl was struck around 6:30 this morning. police say that the road will be closed for a few hours while they investigate the fatal accident and we will follow this breaking story and have latest for you on talk philly and at cbs philly.com. once again a 15 year-old girl struck and killed in bensalem. lets get your forecast with katie, good morning. >> hey, good morning everybody. this will likely end up being a pleasant day for us overall simply because we are going to see some sunshine. little bit of the breeze kick nothing but still mild for standards as we sit between

front. you can see a hint of moisture picked up on, the on the radar here, right around lehigh valley, generally pocono region where would i expect you might see a shower out there. otherwise rest of us see sunshine. we have a bright blue skies in spots. 50 degrees is our high. we will drop down to 33 tonight with the breeze still pretty noticeable and it will be a chilly breeze coming in out of the northwest. tomorrow in the wake of the cold front passage we will see temperatures take a hit, but enough that we are back to reality and we are staying quiet through saturday. vittoria. thanks very much, good morning. we have rush hour that we are dealing with sprinkled all over the delaware valley, traveling on 476, right around route one you will have southbound and northbound delays. it doesn't look awful but in either direction blue route between 95 and media we are seeing speed sensors in the 20's, ten is your average on the schuylkill expressway, ten as well on i-95 southbound delayed from the northeast down to the vine. good news in delays for mass

transit an things look just fine,er contact. vittoria, thank you, that is "eyewitness news" for now talk philly a the noonan cbs-3. i'm erika von tiehl. have a good morning.

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