>> meanwhile, police departments across the nation are on high alert this morning after two new york city police officers are executed in a patrol car. >> as don champion reports, the killings have prompted police brass to continue to issue warnings, on how officers need to protect themselves. >> police officers stood by the public in brooklyn sunday to pay tribute to two officers who were ambushed. >> the assassination of members of our family involve communities. we all mourn together. >> forty year old rafael ramos, 32 year old wenjian liu were shot and killed as they sat in their cruisers saturday. the gunman, 28 years old ismaaiyl brinsley took his own life. moment of silence was held for officers at madison square garden as the new york rangers carolina hurricanes game. seven year veteran, wenjian liu, married seven month. and he joined years ago. >> he loved his wife, dedicated father.

and i wish i could be half the man my cousin was. >> hours before the shooting here investigators say brinsley shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend, at maryland, they also say he posted threats of social media, against police, in retaliation for the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. the shooting happened a mid growing outrage over police brutality. >> today is about changing the system. >> this weekend hundreds marched in philadelphia while other shutdown street in downtown cleveland. and in the wake of this weekend shooting, officers in new york city had been advised to work in pairs, for their safety. don champion, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". >> philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey also the co-chairman of president obama task force on policing, he was on cbs this morning, to discuss the killing of two officers, in new york, over the weekend, but he also commented, on the tension right now between the police department and the city's mayor, bill diblasio.

>> i think right now everyone should focus on the families of the two slain officers, put them away with the dignity and respect that they certainly deserve. the rest of this could be sorted out at a later time. but right now everyone needs to lower the volume a little bit on the rhetoric, because we are just at very, very volatile environment right now. i talk to commissioner brad on, couple of times yesterday. he is one of the best police leaders in america. and he will guide his department through this. >> as you just heard don champion mention, hundreds took the street of philadelphia, calling for racial equality in the u.s. the black-out philly march started at 15th and arch streets, circled around city hall, continued down to the art museum steps. group rallied there before stage willing four and a half minute die-in. police say last night's protests remained peaceful. it is 8:02. time to get a check of traffic and weather. good morning, carol. >> good morning, diane a everybody, hello. looking at some clouds rolling

into the picture right now, but it is dry right now. so, you can see, on storm scan3, that we've got not much going on, except for the rain to the south, that is not content to stay there. it is going to be moving to the north, so couple of rain showers cannot be ruled out as we move on through the afternoon, but at this point the rain isn't even in maryland, but on the way up through delaware, first, and then south jersey. 32 degrees in philadelphia, 34 trenton, 27 in the poconos, 28 degrees down in wildwood. our day will be warming up like this, warming up just temperature wise, really doesn't get warm at 40 degrees, with the showers and the increasing number of clouds that we will be finding out there. also, note, if you are going to be traveling through the poconos, there is a freezing rain advisory from 6:00 tonight until 4:00 in the morning. dangerous travel though. you could be finding trace of ice. just be careful. after 4:00 in the morning, should be warming up there, changing over to all rain. and as we put this into motion, notice we start to see some of the showers coming in. not everywhere all the time. but they are out there. you may be finding a need for

your umbrella, not just today and this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow, but increasingly as we go through wednesday. with the heaviest rain wednesday. otherwise expect temperatures today 40, philly, 44 at the shore, 38 in the mountains. let's check on these roads right now with jessica. >> thank you, carol. good morning, 8:04, we go outside, check how things are doing on the schuylkill expressway. at city avenue, not doing too good actually. westbound into the king of prussia area, where you will see most of that back up. 422, around trooper road, the eastbound delay there, as well, headed into king of prussia. been that way for quite some time, westbound lanes moving along just fine, now, over for septa's route 13 trolley, they are dealing with some wires pro -- wire problems, shuttle bussing mount moriah up into yeadon. out in new jersey an accident pushed over into the shoulder on 295 southbound at route 42. another accident out in west philly chestnut street at 56 street. and out in bucks county crash

janet avenue at bristol pike. just be aware that far for clean up. otherwise the rest of the major doing awesome actually this entire morning, not much delays to speak of on 202 northbound about 13 minute trip, schuylkill expressway, eastbound, from the blue route into the vine, only about 18 minutes, nice and clear, erika, back over to you. >> new this morning, main line 7-eleven clerk roughed up during overnight robbery. it happened just after midnight on the 5300 block of city avenue. investigators tell us, that two men walk in, demanding cash. one of the suspect had a gun. those suspect got away with cash, lottery tickets, cigarettes. the store cashier was taken to the hospital for a back injury after being pushed against a wall by one of those robbers. >> fire investigators in delaware are working to find the cause of two apartment fires that left dozens of people homeless this morning. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now in wilmington where six families were displaced in very cold december night. jan, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, six families displaced that's dozen people, as you mention, on very cold night, here we are coming to you live in wilmington. where this fire just absolutely ripped through this apartment complex, you can see, straight through some of it at those units, and even with all of this destruction, hard to imagine this isn't even the most serious of the fires that happened here in new castle county, delaware yesterday. yes, three people were injured, in this fire, minor injuries, taken to the hospital, and 12 people are displaced, but over in claymont, one person was killed. >> two fires in new castle county sunday, one person dead, dozen homeless, bows fast moving fires, leaving only a shadow of what once was behind. >> i was looking from here, my apartment was burning, everything is burning, my tears came out, it is very tough. >> he and close to 40 others displays from the their homes here at the harbor house apartments in claymont. this fire started around 2:30 sunday morning in a third floor apartment. by the time fire crews arrived, the billing was

engulfed in flame. >> we definitely are behind the eight ball before we even got on location. >> took crews three hours to control the fire. one person was found dead inside after apartment. a 72 year old man had to be rescued and taken to the hospital. later sunday night, around 9:00, another fire. this time, at the apartments on butter nut court in wilmington. this fire sent three people to the hospital for minor injuries, including paramedic and firefighter. and here, 12 people are now displaced. >> amazing how resilient people are after a fire. and these people will be resilient. >> but it is a determination many are finding hard to muster, the law, so much harder to take, this close to the holidays. >> it is tough. tough to believe. >> and back out here live in wilmington, this morning, you can see some of the neighbors are assessing the damage here, some of their neighbors are without a home. twelve people displaced in all, in this neighborhood, and dozens over in claymont, now,

again, fire investigators trying to determine the cause this morning, and we're told by investigators that the damage here will likely exceed $1 million. reporting live in wilmington, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". >> just devastating, thank you, jan. police finds new evidence in the case of missing west chester university student, shane montgomery. a new jersey dive team a significance the search found his keys in the schuylkill river yesterday after searching for hours. the 21 year old was last seen 25 days ago, leaving kill dare's irish pub early thanksgiving morning. surveillance video later showed him walking in the direction of the river. dive teams are expected to resume their search next weekend. >> and investigators in chester county say the elderly victim after home invasion was targeted by someone she new. police say leonard bernard forced his way into the 76 year old victim's house in exton. tide her up, and stole about $10,000 worth of jewelry from the home. according to investigators, he is the boyfriend of the

victim's former caretaker, brianna mitchell. investigators are now searching for both suspects. only two blocks from police stations, couple shopping centers, busy time of the year, you know, all of the cars in the area. and they go in there at 6:15, you know, on saturday night, you know, likelihood there are people out, ya, they go in there, brazen would be the word. >> authorities say both suspect will now face kidnapping, burglary, and other related charges, anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call police. north korea is now threatening the white house, the pentagon and the whole us mainland over us claims the nation is behind sony's cyber attack. president obama is wig whether to put north korea back on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism. >> the sweeping cyber assault on sony pictures was the most devastating sign erray tack ever on an us business. but, in a interview broadcast sunday, president obama said it was not an act of war.

>> i think it was an act every cyber vandalism that was very costly, very expensive. we take it very seriously. we will respond proportionally as i said. >> the president's administration has blamed north korea for the hacking and is weighing how to respond. late sunday, north korea warned it may attack, quote, the white house, the pentagon, and the whole us mainland. the cesspool of terrorism. some members of congress are criticizing president obama, who is spending the next two weeks in hawaii for had is response. >> this was a nation state attack on the united state. and saying aloha, getting on an airplane going to hawaii; not the answer really the world, let alone america. >> the movie that sparked the controversy, the interview, would have opened this thursday. instead, sony pulled the film after major theater chains decided not to show it. a mid threats of violence by the hackers. ceo michael lynn ten defended the studio. >> we have not caved. we have not given in.

we have persevered. we've not back down. but as of now, there are no plans for its release. michael bert for "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". this morning, americans are doing a little bit better staying out of the bakery aisle. turns out new study examines the effects of maternal depression, as well, on teenagers in we'll have a look ahead at the day's top health stories when we come right back.

>> looks like a live look at the shore cam there, atlantic city, three days before christmas, and i'll enjoy a little beach boys. >> you know saint nick is busy right now, getting all of

those presents ready to go. well, hey, speaking of the beach boys, enjoy huge waves in san diego, california. beach officials say sometimes the waves reach 10 feet. those are huge. the crash and waves and high tides made the beach a popular place for on longer, many of them watch from the pier as the surfers hung ten. had some fun. all right, let's get our forecast right now, just past 8:13. carol, good morning. >> beginning it out there enjoying those waves. dry roads, which is the good news, jessica can talk more about that, but you can see, we've got dry conditions here, this is casino of close to the station, we've got divine street, local vine right here, and you've got 15th street right here, so, nice start to the day there. we move over sun, clouds, very interesting sunrise in atlantic city at this point. so, somewhat bright in some locations, but not every location. storm scan3, shows, why. we be getting more clouds coming in here, weak low pressure tis tell to the south there is rain starts to move to the north, and we should be

seeing some showers little bit later on this afternoon. temperatures warming up, now, we've hit the three, starting the numbers, which is good. we should be four, high temperature of 40 degrees. but, it is a keel start. and then, we put this into mowing, we bring some of these showers in, this is look at 5:00 o'clock, notice, it is still dry in a lot of locations. and it is not every place scattered around overnight, as well, they're scattered around here on tuesday, and then on wednesday, after a little lull on tuesday, we start to fill in with other amounts every rain, and maybe the heaviest rain will be coming on christmas eve. half to un 1 inch every rain, look at the temperatures christmas eve, 06 degrees. so every single day we go up by 10 degrees. today 40 degrees, tomorrow, ooh degrees, with some scattered showers, wednesday, 60 with some heavy rain possible, and thursday, should look fine, santa can put on his short sleeves for this one, jessica? >> wear shorts and boots, it

will be great. 8:15, good morning, guys, 202, the 30 bypass, ongoing construction here, in the northbound lanes, that's where you can see that delay, southbound doing just fine, out on the blue route we can see the northbound delay, at route one, and lane doing fine, as well. out in new jersey crash in the right hand shoulder thereon 295, southbound, at route 42 another crash, stoney hill road, push over to the shoulder there, as well. now, septa having some wire problems on the route 13 trolley, so another shuttle bussing from mount moriah into yeadon no delays, and our majors little slow, nothing heff think morning on the schuylkill expressway, westbound from the vine st. expressway into the blue route. about 24 minutes. and 21 minute trip on 95 southbound woodhaven into the vine st. expressway. diana, back over to you. >> , that, jest. in your health watch this morning, looks like americans are doing a much better job

staying out of the bakery aisle. >> study in the journal, found that pre packaged baked goods, those sales dropped by 24% in recent years. doctors say shoppers can still make more changes, though, to avoid the empty calories, sugar and saturated fats. >> doctors say setting cardiac death is the leading cause of death in young people playing sports. researchers want to change that. they are recommending nationwide standards in health exams for young athletes. a study in pediatrics says all young athletes should go through a comprehensive physical for heart conditions and other health risks before taking the field. >> and depression in mothers could affect their child's behavior later in life as a teen. a study in the journal pediatrics looked at 2900 moms and children in canada. researchers found a mother's depression when her child was between six and ten years old could actually increase the child's risk for smoking and drug and alcohol use as an ad less end. >> that's so interesting.

>> there is still much more ahead on the "cw philly". coming up next, secret santa with police that's gone viral. we'll show you how it is inspiring people across the country. >> first a look at what's coming up tonight on the "cw philly".

>> act of kindness making pro fawns impact on those who have seen it. >> steve hartman reports, secret santa program at kansas city police department. >> earlier this month, jackson county sheriff's department

launched a sting operation, like no other. >> hello, ma'am, your vehicle was targeted. >> what made this operation specially unusual, was the man behind it. >> top ' in red hat, known only as secret santa. >> we got a mission today. to go out, and do random act every kindness. >> every year this anonymous businessman, personally, gives out about $100,000 worth of hundred dollar bills, to random strangers. >> we start with a thousand. >> but, this year, he deposition ooh advertised these deputies. supposed to give away much of it. >> most people blown away. >> thank you. >> either because they really needed the money or because caught so off guard. >> how are you doing, ma'am? >> good until you pulled me over. >> welshing on behalf of secret santa, he want you to have these. >> jessica rodriguez, mother

of three, told the deputy he saved her christmas. >> i wasn't going to be able to give my kids anything. >> i hope you can get your kids something. >> as always, moments like that, are the main mission here. >> you have a good holiday season. >> but his year, secret santa had secret agenda. >> what do you want the offers tears get out of this? joy. >> let's face it, it hasn't been a good year for law enforce: but for the vast majority of decent officers, we'll never make headlines. secret santa offered this gift. >> a chance to be the bearer of good news for a change. >> a chance to really help the homeless, to thank the law abide ers, to see hands up in celebration, and then be assaulted in the best possible way. there were a lot of hugs. our body cameras took real beating. but it was worth it. just to see people trust

again, tune see cops surrender. >> you have a good holiday. >> new hours after the story first aired, social media people noticed something remarkable happening. viewers sharing it, like we have never seen. first across the state, then across the oceans. nearly 40 million views, and counting. for not being a cat video, pretty remarkable number. and a testament to secret santa message. as one person commented on our facebook page, just when the light begins to fade in humanity, we are sent a burst of brilliance, that blind our eyes, and hopefully, inspires all of us to try just that little harder. certainly people share the kindness, like they have the video it is going to be one very, merry christmas. steve hartman, on the road, in kansas city, missouri. >> i know it looks like it

certainly was a very merry christmas for a loft people there. what a great story. we're back in 30 seconds.

good morning, it is 8: 25, this monday morning, i'm diana rocco. new this morning a 711 robbed on the main line, happened midnight 5900 block every city avenue. investigators tell us two men walk in and demanded cash. one of the robbers had a gun. we're told they got a which with cash, lottery tickets, and cigarette. the store cashier was taken to the hospital for a back injury after getting pushed up against a wall by one of the robbers. now right to carol for a look at the forecast, good morning. >> good morning to you, high shall everybody. we have blue skies over philadelphia. they won't last long, so get out, enjoy them if you can. but you can see it looks like a nice bright start here. not as bright every place else. storm scan3, showing that there are clouds and number of locations and precipitation moving in from the south. it is going to be rain in our

area, so we can expect to find some scattered rain showers, possibly, as we move on through the later afternoon and evening time periods. temperatures into the freezing mark now, 32 degrees, warm up for us, 32 out at the airport in philadelphia, 34 trenton, 30 degrees in wilmington, on our way this afternoon to 40 degrees now remember, weaver the rain showers, could be seeing them against this evening, tomorrow, 50 degrees with rain showers scattered around, and wednesday, 60 degrees, and just even then some rain showers, maybe heavy rain about. >> believe it will be little warmer though, good morning, everybody, starting to pack in little bit of volume out on 59 around girard, the southbound delay here, headed toward the center city area. northbound lanes moving just fine, though, so far. few accidents to talk about, one in jersey here on 295 southbound route 42, one out in bucks county, stoney hill road, and septa dealing with shuttle bussing from mount morae an into yeadon on the route 13 trolley. diana being back to you.

>> next update 8:55, up next on cbs this morning, garfield comics creator jim davis. for more news and weather and traffic you can always catch us on the "cw philly". we're on there now, have a great m

>> live look at storm scan3, do not be de received by the lack every rain. carol lets us know when the rain arrives coming up in a couple every minutes. >> live look at the traffic cam. shows the ben franklin bridge. a check of all of the roads

coming up in just a few minute with traffic and weather together. >> one person dead, dozen left to pick up the pieces as fames tear through two delaware apartment complex. >> jan carabeo live at the scene everyone every those fires in wilmington where several families lost everything right before the holidays. good morning, jan. >> good morning, terrible story to report. two serious fires here in new castle county delaware just yesterday, only miles from each other, hours removed from one another, coming to you live from the wilmington fire, where you can see all every these units are completely burned out, many people have lost everything threw injured, two displaced, not even the motion serious fire happened yesterday. over in claymont, close to 40 people now homeless. that fire was also deadly. now, this is the scene in claymont, early sunday morning, the fire breaking out there, around 2:30 a.m.

>> we're told the fire started third floor, quickly spread, took firefighters there three hours to contain the flames. they found one person dead, inside after apartment, a 72 year old man was also rescued and taken to the hospital. and on top of that, 17 amounts were badly damaged, leaving 40 people without a home. >> here at this apartment complex on butter nut court wilmington there was another fire, this one, sent three people to the hospital, for minor injuries, and including a paramedic and a firefighter, and here 12 people had been displaced, their homes badly damaged and just days before christmas. take a listen. >> i was like speechless, like working and crying.

>> back out here live in wilmington, you can see the sun is up, all of the destruction here, again, 12 people have been displaced here, in wilmington, the calls of both of these fires remain under investigation. and, in that deadly fire, the autopsy for that victim will be done today. much more on this story, of course, at cbsphilly.com as these developments come into our news room, but for now live in wilmington, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> tough day there, thank you, jan. >> team for -- time torah look at traffic and weather. >> watching changing sky conditions, we go from clouds, to some sunshine, to clouds, we look outside, now, nice and bright through philadelphia. but, then we head up to the poconos, notice, they have got a lot of clouds there, a loft clouds, but not as many in ocean sit, but still looks nice on the board walk there. we head out to reading on neighborhood weathernet work. 28 degrees, and couple of high clouds there. still not bad day, though, because we are not looking at any precipitation at this point. but, you can see, it is out

there, to the south and moving this this direction. later on this afternoon, areas to the south, maybe picking up some of these showers before anybody else does. and again, scattered around this afternoon, and this evening. then we get more scattered showers around here tomorrow. they are rain showers. though, and heavy rain is possible for us by the time we get to christmas eve. thirty-two in philadelphia and allentown, 30 millville, the temperatures get little bit warmer, looking for high temperature this afternoon of 40 degrees. with a late afternoon shower, expected in the philadelphia area in the the temperatures, 40, 50, 06, too bad we can't keep the trends going for christmas day, but instead start to cool down. still not cool on christmas, temperature wise, 52 degrees, but it will be breezy, chance of showers heavier rain, christmas eve. >> very, very good for me, weather and traffic go hand in

hands. today having good day with awful us, on the ben franklin bridge, starting to sewer little bit of volume, been relatively quiet morning though so far all lanes open, no real problems, there just little bit of slow going. from 422 at 29, starting to lighten up just little bit eastbound lanes headed toward trooper road. in new jersey, just accident on 295 southbound, around route 42, and in bucks county, stoney hill road, crash there. now, mount moriah into yeadon due to wire problems, no problems at the philadelphia international airport, so far, slow going little bit on the schuylkill expressway, westbound from the vine st. expressway into the blue route. that will will take you about 21 minutes. twenty-two minutes southbound from woodhaven into the vine street expressway. >> investigators are scrutinizing social media posts after a gunman pulled off an execution-style killing of two new york city police

officers. >> emerging details that suggest suspected killer supply had mental health issues. >> thirteen year old son every ramos said it is horrible somebody gets shot dead just for being a police officer. everyone says they hate cops but they are the people that they call for help. >> every day you see them with the signs, every day, place basketball at the park, so close. unbelievable how close they were. >> even as people gathered for a vigil, investigators scrutinize the man they say killed officer ramos and officer wenjian liu saturday. ismaaiyl brinsley had a long krill that the records. police say his estranged mother expressed fear of him, saying he may have had undiagnosed mental issues. investigators are looking into what brinsley wrote on social media, including references to michael brown, area i can --

eric garner, and posts before saturday killings, i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours, let's take two of theirs. new york mayor bill diblasio condemned the killing, but in the wake of his support for recent protests against police, officers turned their backs to him saturday. relatives of one. victims called for reflection after tragic death of her never ooh. >> so we can move forward, finds amicable past, so peaceful co-existence. >> andrew spencer reporting. >> prises police in florida, shot tampa area police officer, then ran him over. authority say officer chiles responds today noise call sunday morning, at apartment complex in tarpan springs. rushed it the-where he later died of his injuries. officer conduck previously served in the ncpd. investigators do not believe the officer's death had anything to do with the

killings of the two new york police officers. daughters of a murder victim, officials surprised officers, rather, surprised five year old jessica and her big sister maria with a parade of gift sunday. back in july, police found the body of jennifer, the victim after brutal murder. officers wanted to help the girls so they raised almost $18,000 for gift. >> all of us a children. we decided we need to do something special for this family. >> after everything that happened, like this is definitely going to help. >> the year she's had, if this is something we can do to take her mind off of something, that's amazing. >> many of the same officers on hand for the celebration also responded to the scene of the crime over the summer. they say they all wanted this christmas to see smiles on the girls' faces. happening today, a tribute to fallen philadelphia fire lieutenant joyce craig. a motorcycle ride and moment of silence will be held

tonight for craig. she was the first female firefighter in philadelphia to die in the line every duty while battling a basement fire in west oaklane. tonight's ride start at 6:30, hope depo, roosevelt boulevard. they'll ride past craig's home end at her firehouse for moment of silence. christmas comes early to an australian man, rescued by santa claus. a firefighter dress in the red had been passing out candy to children when he and his colleagues notice add house on fire. the fireman helped drag the unconscious man from this smoke filled home. he saved the man's life by performing cpr outside as you can see in the individual joe just right place, right time. how about that? >> right now 8:38. retail remembers hoping for some big sales to drive up profits. we have a look at holiday shopping, just, what, two days, three days before christmas? >> don't want to think about it,. >> plus wedding bells for sir elton john. more on how he is sharing the news of his big day, with the world. >> and, have wrench, will travel.

how a 3d print is her paying off in space. >> ♪ >> lucky winners every a huge lottery tell. but in the meantime, enjoy what little sun is left. because coming up, clouds are rolling in. merry christmas, everyone, three days and counting. >> ♪

>> the words is married, yes, sir elton john a married man this morning, just in time for the holidays, too, first holiday as married couple. rocket man post add picture from the wedding on his instagram page. he recently joined the social site just so co-share this picture right hereof his nuptials, beautiful ceremony, after more tank 20 years, they officially married ninth anniversary of their civil partnership. we have video here, too, of the happy couple, entering their posh celebration. two have two children together, zachary, jack de von, and elijah. more weds to go toeing about, former boy band lance bass also tied the knot over the weekend, his wed his partner of four years, michael. the couple exchanged vows in front of a star studded celebration, with 300 guests. joins also there, just timmendequas beer lake the one missing couldn't make it because he is currently on tour, just in philadelphia

even. >> well, looks like he missed out on a good time. >> yes. >> movie-goers, theatres this weekend, to spends one last time in the final chapter of the hob it triligy tops the weekend box office, making more than $56 million. museum opened, and annie sang its way to thirds place, with $16 million. exodus, gods of kings, and the hunger games mocking jay part one, round out the top five. >> some of those are on my list. >> oh, ya, a lot of good move toys see. >> "black friday" used to get all of the attention. >> super saturday, which was just couple of days ago, that's going to seize breaking rights as the biggest shopping day of the year. michael bert explains why many are now wait to go wrap up their shopping. >> national retail federation found one in four shoppers waited until deep in the holiday season to finish shopping this year, hoping for better deals. jesse, one of them, making up

final dash at the sunrise mall on long island. >> some of the things we put offer just in case, now they're on sale. >> did you fine everything? >> retailer f and f plan their best deal of the season for the final days, says manager martin edmond. >> we pilot hi, watch it fly. >> likely this weekend we will set records for spending, for the first time the final saturday before christmas known as super saturday was poised to be the biggest shopping day of the year. a clips g "black friday" by almost billion dollars. says the firm shopper track. jordan good man thinks he knows why. >> to many extent they're right. >> good man says some retail hers to scramble in year with labor unrest at west coast sports, slowing the delivery of hot items. >> and traditional retailers face other challenges, with foot traffic down a sharp 14% last year. >> consumers, though, are in a bert mood. with confidence at it highest,

since 2007. partially due to lower gas prices. one thirds of shoppers tell america's research group they're spending more because of those savings. but they're spending later, at a cost to retailers bottom line. >> retail profits will be relatively lower this year, because they have to give such enormous promotional discounts. >> speaking of seaning, i bet couple billion dollars could fill up some shopping carts, what do you think? >> i would imagine that would help. this morning in spain, one of the old's oldest and largest lotteries, he will gord owe, the fat one in spanish, could be referring to the fat jackpot. listen to. >> this close to 3 billion, with a b, dollars are up for grabs. they're going to be divided among winners all throughout spain, some very felise navidad's there i would imagine. >> i would say. you may not think this, but no such thing as air mail in space. so when astronaut needed a new

wrench, that the -- nasa came to the rescue, a ratcheting socket wrench here on earth and sent it back via e-mail. then astronaunts on the international space station manufactured it using a 3d printer. from start to finish the entire process took less than a week. >> just incredible you can do, that though? >> yes, wow. some billing minds over there. >> real. >> i speaking of big minds, hello carol. >> we would be printing, our weather watchers up, talk about big minds, generous people waking up and sharing their weather lure, and also, their site out their window, we head down to the shore areas. and tim mitchell, love tim mitchell, 31 degrees, also sent some pictures for thus morning, and let us choose one. how about the boardwalk here? and you can see, that we've got -- how about another one? >> you can see the sun coming down on the board walk in atlantic city right now, so

looks very, very nice there. and we have conditions that are pretty nice, and quiet, in a lot of other locations, as well, tim, that's enough. let's move to somebody else. i have to get the touch on the touch screen little better. kathy, what are you saying about this morning? it is very cold, covering of frost, and a very pretty sunrise, and we like that, that there are enough breaks in the sun that we actually get to see a sunrise. going to storm scan3, and i'll show you what i am talking about. here we go. this is my second venture doing this. >> we have to watch for this, coming up from the south, and it is moving in this direction. not everybody's going to be dealing with that. but, enough people are, that later on this afternoon, i think we can safely say we have to watch out for at least chance of some showers. temperatures are in the 30's, right now, i can't stop doing this now 32 in philadelphia.

i can put anything on here, this is like -- this works as a blackboard, phenominal. future weather, notice, it wants to clear us out little bit also notice it want it bring in few rain showers, then as we go through time, we watch for those to increase in the area. so they will be coming on up. they'll be coming on up. we will be watching for these through tomorrow, tomorrow morning, we get them, and then we might get little bit after lull, but by wednesday picking them up again. may be heavier. few showers monday, today, easy enough to travel around. tomorrow, few showers around, still pretty easy, but i think wednesday will be the day with the heavy rain, wind, we might be little bit more problematic to get out. 60 degrees, the warmest temperature that we have, that's on christmas eve. with the chance good chance every rain there. is rain, by christmas day,

52 degrees. we could be finding shower earl knit morning, otherwise santa claus will be wiping his brow leaving the gifts, which some people will be returning on friday when it is 50 degrees. or close to t let's check on the roads with jess. >> leave that hat home, it will be too hot. carol, did you like three arrows that time, awesome, i could watch it all day. over on the schuylkill expressway at city avenue, starting to clear up just little bit here in the westbound lanes, really light on most of our majors, for the predominant part of the morning. ninety-five, seems to be one of the only roadways consistent with volume. ninety-five, girard, towards the center city center city are, no problems. now over in new jersey, an accident, out in fleming pike at egg harbor road, west philly, still a crash out in chestnut street at 56th street. septa's dealing with route 13 trolley wire problems. they're shuttle bussing from mount moriah into yeadon. no problems currently for the philadelphia international

airport. and like i said, all of the majors seem to be clear. 422 eastbound from oaks into 202, seven minute trip, 14 minutes on 202 from route 30 into the schuylkill expressway, if you are headed northbound, diana? updating news, police investigating reported abduction in the olney section of philadelphia. they found a man with severe facial injuries on the 700 block of chew avenue, one man is now in custody. also, investigators are searching for the cause of two apartment fires miles apart in delawarement one person was killed in this apartment fire in claymont early sunday morning. three people hurt in the multi alarm blaze in wilmington. >> divers recovered keys belong to go shane montgomery in the schuylkill schuylkill rir yesterday. shane dis a periods thanksgiving morning after a night out with friends in manayunk. >> 8:50 right now. updating your kitchen counter tops, with the latest look, might seem like great remodeling project. but, it is important that you choose that new surface

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>> good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. want to update breaking news right now. police are investigating a possible abduction in philadelphia's olney neighborhood. "eyewitness news" on the 700 block of west chew avenue, where police found a 29 year old man with several facial injuries. he was taken to the hospital in stable condition. police say they have one man in custody and they are still looking for a second suspect. we want to get your forecast right now, check in with carol. >> good morning, high, everybody, depending where you are, looking at more or fewer clouds, but everybody by this afternoon we start it get into more clouds. we have a 29 degrees temperature out in reading right now, the one good thing is the winds are not that much of a factor this morning, our storm scan3, showing some of the area of precipitation, to

the south, moving in to our area, soy it will take through this afternoon for it to get here. and you'll be finding some scattered showers around, 232 in philadelphia right now, 35 trenton, 30 degrees in wilmington, as we start our warm up to just 40 degrees, on our first full day of winter. tonight with couple of scattered showers around, 38 degrees, we keep the scattered showers on tuesday, at 50 degrees. and some heavy rain possible on wednesday, look at that temperature, 60 degrees, by friday, those showers are gone. we are looking at high temperature christmas day of 52 degrees. so this is quite a warm up for this week. >> it is. >> it is, santa will need a tank top. that will be nice. good morning, out on 95, around girard, southbound delay, one of the only cameras we really have a loft volume in real toy speak of. but few incidents to talk b accident out in new jersey, fleming pike at egg harbor road, out in west philly another crash out there for quite some time there at chestnut street after 56th street. septa dealing with some wire problems on the route 13 trolley. they are shuttle bussing from

mount moriah newspaper yeadon for the time being. erika, over to you. >> thank you, jessica, that's eyewitness fuse for now. talk philly is coming up at noon on cbs-3. i'm erika von tiehl. hope you have a great morning. find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh!

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