>> gunfire overnight in south philadelphia leaves a man injured. not the only shooting police are investigating in that area. just yesterday, a child was hit. we're live with the latest on the search for the shooters. >> good morning, it is tuesday, december 23rd, i'm erika von tiehl. >> i'm diana rocco. ukee washington is off today. let's get things start wad check of traffic and weather together. katie and jessica keeping an eye on things for us, good morning, ladies? hey, good morning, katie, i always wear my uggs whenever dow my traffic reports. i didn't need them today. not that cold. >> nice mild start to the day, at least for late december standards. we can expect to see the temperatures stay well above average today, tomorrow, christmas, as well as that

point. if you have been dreaming after white christmas, cannot deliver. at least brightening up in time for the holiday itself here, but storm scan, as we take the tri-state sweep, certainly showing signs of life. you have some showers, coming through scat nerd nature. see how they sort of bubble up over the last few hours, casino of what you will find here. may be little break along the way, then fresh round picks up regardless whether it is actually raining or not, though. this play be the casino of sky you see here today. very dreary, gray sky for us. but, here is your trade off. look at that temperature reading. 50 degrees currently at middle township high school n philadelphia, we normally don't even break out of the lower mid 40's at this point of the year for daytime highs. so, the fact that we're already at 48 degrees, that's a good sign. it will keep things above average here, and we don't have to worry about any icing or any casino of snow potential out of the next storm that's coming along, which is going to drag its warmfront through as we go through today and specially tomorrow. so, that said, you want to keep some wet weather gear at the ready, you will be needing it here, especially, tomorrow.

jess, over to you. >> a ponytail, i won't even bother with it. going outside on the schuylkill expressway starting to see backups on montgomery eastbound lanes headed toward center city area. westbound moving just fine. over on the blue route, looking at northbound delay around the baltimore pike. everything moving along just okay. if you are headed southbound, now, there is utility pole that actually caught on fire, so there is fire police activity on the scene out in pottstown, 724 closed, everyone hundred, alternate to get around therefore the time being, is just to take route 422 couple dents, so urge ooh guys to use some caution when hank g out the door. give yourself extra time, north 42, and turnpike eastbound, just around delaware valley. another accident over on the boulevard, southbound, at harbison avenue, taking out the outer drive. erika, back over to you. >> thank you, jess. >> new this morning, police are investigating two shootings in two days just within a mile of each other.

the latest happened overnight in the south philadelphia. investigators tell us 33 year old man walking home from store at moore streets when shot in the back. the victim is now in the hospital in stable condition. >> the victim has no idea why he was shot, he and his cousin coming home have the store, heard the gunshot, felt he was shot. he was not robbed, he does not know why he was shot. >> officers found eight shell casings at the corner of 25th and moore. police are reviewing security cameras in the area to help in the search for suspects. the second shooting happened yesterday in nearby grays ferry, in broad daylight. >> two people were shot and one of the victims, heart breaking, just toddler shot in his home. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us at children's hospital where the little boy is recovering. jan? >> reporter: erika, diane, a we are really lucky we're not talking about a three year old boy who was shot and killed if grays ferry yesterday.

he is here at chop in stable condition. and he is expected to make a full recovery. meantime investigators continue to look into the shooting and continue to search for the suspects. a mid sparkling lights and christmas tree, yellow police tape outline this grays ferry neighborhood on monday after a three year old was shot and rushed to the hospital. an act never acceptable, but specially shocking, councilman johnson says around the holidays. >> this makes no sense. this is the holiday season. we definitely shouldn't have a family going to the hospital with the three year old shot in the leg. >> shooting unfolded 1300 block of south newkirk street in broad daylight. police say an unknown suspect approached a man here on his porch. the two got into argument, and at some point the gunman opened fire, striking the man in his leg. now police say there is may have been a case every mistaken identity, because of what happened next. >> 1335, and he opens the door and fires right now, looks

like, one round. into the house. >> that's when the toddler was shot, his father refused to speak with reporters after police say he may have been the intended targetment meantime the adult victim's mother-in-law is upset about what she calls a slow response from neighbors after hearing gunshots. >> the complacency of people, not to call 191 after you heard six shots outside or do your? where are the morals. >> many neighbors eyewitness spruce spoke with didn't feel comfortable going on camera, but had this to say in response. >> around here, frequently you hear gunshots. a lot of people usually just turn the other way. >> adult victim was able to drive himself to the hospital. he is now in stable condition, and is expected to be okay. reporting live in university sit, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news" on the "cw" fill. >> i 70:00, a community comes together following last week's shooting rampage in montgomery

county. hundreds gathered at souderton area high school to remember ninth grader nina flick and pray for her brother, anthony's recovery. police say bradley stone murdered nina and her five relatives on december 15th. seventeen year old anthony, survived the attack. >> i can even begin to imagine what it must be like, but i know he is strong, and i know he will pull through this. >> all here for each other. and that we're going to stay strong. >> go fun me campaign raised more than $25,000 toward anthony's medical costs and other needs. >> new york city mayor has called for a temporary halt in demonstrations against police, until after two officers killed in a ambush are laid to rest. >> don champion live in new york this morning, where more protests over perceived boys bra it will at this expected to continue today. good morning, dawn.

>> calm came as he and the police commissioner, the grieving families. two officers who were killed. meantime investigators now have new clues, on what the gunman was doing, before saturday's deadly encounter. >> this is difficult time for both of our families. >> as the families of wenjian liu and rafael ramos prepare to lay their loved ones to rest, new york city mayor bill de blasio called for moment of reflection. >> until these funerals are passed let's focus just on the families and when they've lost. >> but, protesters, like this group, that staged a sit-in at grand central terminal monday, void to keep up the fight. >> if anything, this is a time of protest even more. >> they don't want isringhausen may i'll brinsley's act to detract. >> it is just sort of seems like it is planned, you know, to try to attach this one guy with the hundreds of thousands of protesters who have been

protesting against police brutal any general. >> along with posting threat against police, investigators say brinsley watched and recorded a protest in the city earlier this month, but did not participate. his sister maintains, he was not targeting police. >> he was emotionally trouble t hadding to do with police re al tal agents. >> released last known video, caring small white bag, possibly with the gun he used to kill the officers inside. they're now trying to piece together where he was in the hours before the shooting. >> now, the mayor does say he plans on attending the funerals of both officers who were killed, officer ramos' funeral is scheduled for this weekend, and we're told officer wenjian liu will be laid to rest once his family arrives in new york from china. >> don, what can you tell us about the long simmering tensions between the mayor and the police union? >> yes, there is definitely a lot of tension between the

police union and the mayor even before saturday's tragedy, in the weeks before when we saw all of those huge protest he is here in new york sit and around the area, we did hear from several union members, complaining, and criticizing the mayor, saying he was not showing enough support for offers earls. then saturday after the death of the two officers we literally saw several union members turn their backs on the mayor, as he was leaving the hospital. so there is definitely been a loft bad blood by yesterday we did see the new york governor and due cuomo come out urging calm on both sides, saying that now is not the time to rhetoric, instead, insisting it is time for rational conversation. >> don champion for just new york, thank you. right now, it is 7:09. north korea is back on line this morning, after the country experienced a widespread internet outage for more than nine and a half hours. >> officials declined to say if the united states was responsible for the temporary service disruption. the black out followed uv have i to respond to the rippling

cyber attack on sony pictures. that the government has blame on north korea. >> they want to help here. as they indicated over the weekends, they it, then they could admit their culpability and compensate sony for the damages this attack caused. >> president obama has called the sony hack an act of quote cyber vandalism not war. right now the us is reviewing thousand will respond to north korea. >> meanwhile, cuba deals a big blow to the new jersey state police department. who are trying to bring out one of the country's most wanted criminals back home. joanne escaped to cuba after she was convicted every killing a state troop nerve 1973. now, cuba says, it has the right to grant asylum to american refugees, despite an agreement to restore full relations, with the s. there is a $2 million reward for her arrest. >> approaching 7:11, this tuesday morning. and if you're still planning to ship those holiday packages? >> listen up, coming up, in

we'll tell you what you need to know before you head out to ththe post office, ups today. >> don tollefson is asking for help, what he want as he tries to prove his innocence. >> ♪ >> we hope you're still having wonderful christmas despite it. >> i am. how about you? >> certainly a.m. 7:11, katie back with the late owes n this rain. will it stick around for the holiday? we'll be right back. we'll be right back. >> ♪

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>> expect long lines at the post office today, today is the deadline to mail packages if you want them to arrive before thursday. of course, that is christmas day. today is also the last chance before the holiday to send packages through ups and fed ex, but be ready to pay more for overnight shipping. and wait in some long lines, too. well, it is time for traffic and weather together. katie is tracking some wetness. >> a certainly a.m. man, can i feel the pain of the folks waiting in line at the post office. i was there myself yesterday. it had to have taken me at least 20 minutes just to get to the front of the line. crazy, crazy. >> get your stamps? >> did i get my stamp. holiday cards now in the mail. boom. storm scan3, let's take a look, going there next, we are dealing of course with some wet weather out there. strictly rain. it is way too warm today and tomorrow, at any time during the overnight for anything but plane old rain. this is all warmfront related what we're finding out there, right now, so we're just only going to continue to climb on the thermometer from here on out with little evan flow along the way, once the sun goes down.

this storm is huge. i mean, look at this it, extends all the way from the eastern seaboard, back to the rockies. you're talking what, two dozen states involved in this. so, especially if you plan to fly over the next two days, you could be dealing with some different variety of travel trouble out there. but, as far as we're concerned, if you are keeping it to the delaware valley, just rain, folks. little winds, that starts to kick in, right now the immediate concern, some of the low-lying cloud cover, poor visibility there is camera view, and you could be finding this as you're taking, you know, your travels out and about the region as whole here this morning. temperatures are at 45 degrees here outside whitfield elementary school. so not bad. combine it with very light winds and the visibilities have been less than idea, not horrible in most responsibility mount pocono the one spot where it has been pretty bad. actually down to below half mile visibility earlier this morning, but it is starting to get at least little bit better. a lot of the kids are still in school here today. so we gave you today, not the best grade, either, cloudy with some showers, c-plus, it is exactly the grade that

ralphy got in a christmas story for his christmas thief, who could forget, right? it seems apro po, right? cloudy, showers, little christmas cheer for you. look at ukee's adorable stocking, i got little gingerbread man in there. 62 degrees with some rain. >> he's been very good. >> he has been. >> top of the nice list. that's yes got off of work, too. >> exactly. morning, jess. >> good morning, it apps psych -- it seems like we had easy first parts of the morning, now everybody seems to get out of the house at the same time. i show you exactly what i am talking about. 7:16, good morning, going outside, check out the schuylkill expressway, eww, city avenue, headed westbound, toward the king of prussia area, just complete stands still. it was pretty letter on the schuylkill for the first entire half 69 morning, now everything just slammed up all over the place, so headed westbound into king of prussia area where you will see most of the delay. and back up over on 95, around 322, all brake lights here headed north bound towards the

comador barry bridge. accidents and incidents starting to pop up, as well. we have ooh fill at this pole caught on fire out in pottstown, route 724 closed because that far at route 100, your alternate to get around therefore the time being is to take 422. and again, a lot of accident, one out in new jersey route 42 northbound lower landing road over into the right hand shoulder, roosevelt boulevard southbound harbison avenue taking out the outer drive. erika, back over to you. >> jessica, thank you. divers have come up empty in their ongoing search for shane montgomery. yesterday dive teams searched the water around manayunk, after finding montgomery's keys along the river bank over the weekends. montgomery disappeared early thanksgiving morning, after a night out with friends. >> former head master of school in delaware faces to up 50 years in prison this morning for child pornography. christopher wheeler was found guilty at all 25 towns. he was the head master at tower hills school in wilmington, before police fawn more than 2,000 child pornography pictures on his

computer. a judge will sentence wheeler in march. a delaware day care worker is facing charges this morning, police say, tonya robinson left two children and in a suv while she went shopping friday in newark. while she was shopping, a tow truck driver repossessed the suv, with the kids inside. the tow truck driver discovered the children ages one and five when he got back to the tow yard. he says the suv was full of stuff, so he couldn't see the children inside when he towed it. robinson is free on bail. former sport cast or don tollefson is looking for a lawyer to represent him against fraud charges. he is charged with cheating people out of more than $300,000 by failing to deliver on sports charity packages. last week, tollefson was withdrew his guilty plea saying he has new information that proves his innocence. now, he needs a lawyer to take his case, pro bono, since his request for public defender has been denied. >> i believe that i'm innocent, i believe as i said in open court there is should

have remained in civil court, because i believe i did not have any criminal intent. >> tollefson is living under house arrest in north philadelphia. he plans to make restitution by selling sports and civil rights memorabilia. his trial is set to begin on january 5th. a grandfather is getting a gift from santa that he will not likely forget. >> this is a great story. coming up next, he is getting a day off from his work and wait until you hear how he has his grandson to thank for that. >> i knew i should have sent a letter to santa this year. but first, here is a look at what's coming up tonight on the on the "cw philly".

>> shots fired around 25th and moore, 23 year old man was hit in the back and rushed to the. who gunman remains at large. >> also, a manhunt underway in grays ferry. a three year old boy and man were both hit by gunfire, yesterday afternoon. both victims are expected to recover. >> new york city and elsewhere, grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in the death of un arm black men. two new york officers were shot and killed, saturday, by a gunman, prom i g revenge for those deaths. new york city mayor bill de

blasio calling for ends to the demonstrations until after funeral services for those two officers. >> when santa claus makes his deliveries thursday on chris, most children expect something un the tree. >> one boy in connecticut asked for a day off for his grandfather. jason frazier has the story, of how santa came through. >> a lot of things request kids request this holiday season. >> gadget, clothing, jewelry, you know, gift cards. >> for lea's grandson julian, toys, or gadget, weren't at the top of his christmas list. >> we always spent christmas together so this would have been my first christmas without them. >> he had very special row questions, from the manager of the madison beach hotel. he wrote santa handwritten note which said quote migrate he is wish is that you talk to my grandfather boss, mr. john matters, and ask him if he could give my grandfather christmas day off. couldn't let the opportunity to make one request from santa

slip by without requesting one more thing. he finished a letter off by saying ps, if you have time, and think i earned it, i would also love a xbox 360. thanks, santa. saw the note. >> had to do something. john matters, and in response, he drafted this memo which said, quote, santa was concerned that you were planning to work on christmas day. your grandchildren are quite upset about this. i think it would be best if you planned to take the day off and spend it with your family. work can wait until after christmas. >> this is the first time i've been -- had a direct intervention from santa claus himself. >> hotel manager even tried to help julian out by asking him do you know that julian wanted xbox # 06. santa is not sure he is ready for such a fancy toy. >> he deserves it, though.

he's so sweet. >> let's hope he got that xbox, too, that was jason frazier reporting. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪

>> diana rocco, 7:26, let's get right to katie for a look at the wet weather today. >> diana exactly right. we had wet weather today. also have it tomorrow. but tomorrow ends up being the wettest day we do have activity here on storm scan, you can tell it is pretty scat nerds nature right now, so damn, dreary look at the temperatures, you're in at 40 degrees, but just like they do on the camera lens, those raindrops will limit your visibility, on your winds she will, too. so watch for. that will meanwhile, as the day progresses, we expect the temperatures to stay somewhat steady, low 50's at best, but that's well above average

already. and we're going to sky rocket to the six off's on christmas eve, which does mean, despite wet weather, it is just rain, no white christmas this time around, jess? >> unfortunately, but 62 degrees, that's unbelievable. good morning, everybody. 422, around oaks, you can see, string every brake lights there, eastbound delay, but the westbound lanes moving along just fine. now, out in pottstown, utility pole caught on fire on route 724, closing it, at route 100, you want to take 422 to get on by. diana, over to you. >> thanks, jess, next update 7:55, up next, are hollywood drones sacrificing safety? for more local news weather and traffic continue to watch us on the "cw you tell us what you want to pay and we help 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!

one of the victims just three year old boy, police still searching for the gunman this morning, "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo picks up this story, live at the children's hospital, where that little boy is recovering

this morning, good morning, jan. >> three year old toddler shot and wounds in the grays ferry to stable condition at last check. expected to make a foul recovery, and in the meantime, investigators are still looking into the shooting, and they're still on the hunt for the shooting suspect this morning. take a look at the video, you can see the scene as it unfolded, monday morning, when all of this happened, this happened just before noon, on the 1300 block of south newkirk street, in the city's grays ferry section, police say a gunman approached a man who was sitting on his porch, the two then got into some sort of argument, and then at some point the unknown gunman opened fire striking the man once in the leg shah shooting may have been a case every mistaken identity, because police say the shooter then went next-door, and opened fire nash that home, and that's when the three year old was shot in the leg. we're told the child's father may have been the intended target and he refused to speak to reporters yesterday outside of his home. meanwhile, "eyewitness news" did speak with the adult victims' mother-in-law who is

upset now, with what he likes in indifference toward gun violence. >> the complacency of people not to call 911? after you heard six shot outside your door? where are the morals? >> thought nothing of it. because around here frequently you hear gunshots. so a lot of people usually just turn the other way. >> now, again there is investigation continues today. that adult victim who was shot in the leg was able to drive himself to the hospital, is now in stable condition, and is expected to be okay. reporting live in university city this morning, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". >> thank you, jan. a ten year old boy in the hospital this morning after a vehicle hit him and in bristol township. chopper three over the scene, lakeland, and foster avenues. the boy is at st. mary medical center, the driver stopped at the scene. new york's mayor makes a

passionate plea calling for the suspension of protests until after two officers killed in a ambush are laid to rest. now despite that request, demonstrations continued in new york city. dozen stage add sit in at grand central terminal in protest of recent grand jury decisions that failed to indict white officers in the deaths of black men. >> until these funerals are passed, let's focus on many families and what they have lost. i think that's the right way to try and build toward a more unified and december end city. >> funeral service for officer rafael ramos are set for saturday. while arrangements for officer wenjian liu are pending his family's arrival from china. >> with so many recent protests over police shootings, chester county officials plan a show of support today for first responders. they'll thank police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders at the chester county f.o.p. lodge that's later this afternoon. >> right now, coming up on clock 33, we want to check in with katie and wet but warm

day. >> absolutely warmer than average anyway. isn't it funny how this time of year you are looking ahead to temperatures into the 50's, and, you know it, comes up on july, and you're like ooh degrees, freezing outside. talk about what perception can do. yes, today will absolutely and milder than average day. already above where our normal daytime high should be at this point of the morning. and we will continue that trend here at least for few additional degrees on the thermometer. now storm scan obviously not devoid of activity. we've got wet weather out there. and the moisture continues to just basically pile up for us here as our latest warmfront begins to advance. so, what it will do is keep some fog in place for some of you, we've seen that already this morning, 48 degrees, at the airport, 54 in wildwood. down toward the shore point, where you will end up with the mildest air today from the moderating influence off the open waters, so easily expect mid to up ear's in a couple of choice spots here down the shore today. but everybody is stuck with just sort of damp, dreary day. i would suck some rain gear, even though it is not a soaking rain. it will come through at any

time. she is shares have have free will to pop up at any time. even though not wash out after day, it is definately a very dreary one, could you get hit with raindrops pretty much any time. >> thanks, katie. urge you on the side of caution, just little bit. because we know a lot of the roadways are slippery, seeing dent pop up all over the place, and a lot of delays sin speaking of delay, 422 at oaks and eastbound delayed he had toward the king of prussia area, over on the ben franklin bridge, especially pick this camera, because i want to show you how severe the reduced visibility is here. this is from the jersey side, you can hardly even maybe make out little bit of light, but actually headed westbound into the city. not whole lot of traffic on the bridge, but hardly see anything at all out in new jersey, 42, lower landing road, accident over to the right-hand side there. and we are starting to have some airport delays of up to hour and 50 minutes, so you want to call your airline to see if you're affected by. that will another crash lincoln drive gypsy lane. the rest of the majors really

starting to slam up heavily 95 southbound from woodhaven into the vine street expressway. that will take but 27 minutes. twenty-two minutes on the schuylkill expressway, eastbound, from the blue route, into the vine street expressway. currently no problems for septa, new jersey transit and dart as they're all running on time with no reported delays. err dismay. >> how low can gas prices go? in ocean county new jersey we found prices falling below $2 a gallon. how about that? nice little gift in time for the holidays. we haven't seen price this is low just to give you perspective in five years. so, here's where you spec to fill up this morning, what it will cost you, south jersey has the cheapest prices in our area, about 2.36 a gallon. delaware drivers are paying on average, 2.53. and, about 15 sent more expensive in pennsylvania, 2.68. >> 7:35, time for check on business. >> jill wagner joins us from the new york torque stock exchange, investors still in buying mood watch do you think they're buying today?

>> invest are watching slew of economic data. there is new numbers the gdp, also home sales, and spending. now, the s&p and the dow opened today at record highs, facebook stock is also at new hi, it soared yesterday after citigroup said that the photo sharing service is worth, excuse me, instagram, now worth $35 billion, facebook bought instagram, for just billion dollars. back in 2012. that's certainly a good investment there. >> hard to believe voice mail becoming a thing of the past, one big company is letting employees opt out, tell us about that. >> coca-cola disconnecting. now the company's the largest yet, to give employees the option of turning off their voice mail. no surprise. almost everybody accepted for about 6% of the work force took them up on the offer. coca-cola tells cbs money watch this move will change

the way employees communicate, for many people, especially young people, it is just faster and easier, to use text messaging, or e-mail. i know, erika, diana, i get a voice mail, i panic, i feel like i get nervous. i don't know about you guys? >> dear diary, today i got a voice mail. it was a very special day. >> you can get a lot of bad news over voice mail, sometimes want that flash text, okay, now i know what i'm dealing with. >> thanks so much. >> and then you call them back, then they don't pick up. >> it can be nerve racking, very nerve racking. thank you, jill. >> for more money tips and information from money watch. com head to our website cbsphilly.com. "3 on your side" has new information about which cars may be the safest choices for you, and your family. >> the insurance institute for highway safety has released its top safety picks, offering excellent crash protection. the highest marks?

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for optimum collision protection and braking systems that help drivers avoid crashes altogether. omar villafranca. "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". >> and still ahead on the "cw philly", finding counterfeit items that holiday season. ailing with customs officers, looking for counterfeit products this holiday season. i'm chris van cleve in new jersey, that story coming up. >> also, rapid fire basketball at it best here there is girl does not miss a shot. it is the latest viral video you want to see the rest of it coming up. >> ♪ >> certainly a very merry and white christmas, katie tracking wet weather for us, looks like our christmas already more green, and very wet. >> yes, no green from the doppler, i'm with you. she halls the latest on your

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ask your doctor about invokana®. women, check out the size of this gingerbread house in the poconos. somers del rake the live size gingerbread house with 3500-pound every gingerbread. and 150-pound of icing. now, the box on the project said they started mixing the dough back in september, have been bus which construction ever since. might be little stale trying to eat. that will open until january 4th inch tied the sky top lodge in the town in monroe county. >> how can you resist? >> incredible. >> just want to pick off the candy off those things. 7:43, letting a check on traffic and weather together. >> looking for volunteers to go out there and eat all of the gingerbread. aim owe sure all of us would

be happy to oblige. i know it is a really tough, but we're too long step up, though. >> now, isn't this the cutest graphic you've ever mean. >> adorable. >> chris ma statistics here for you. when was the last year we had a white christmas officially in 2009, if has been quite a while, remember, need inch of snow on the gown, at least officially to qualify for it to be called white christmas, at least meet logically speaking, if you recall that particular winter, that was a brought al winter for us, with numerous blizzards that came through, and we ended up with 8 inches on the gown on christmas day, and plenty mover snow where that came from through the course of the winter. meanwhile, storm scan3, so we continue to track some off and off showers, over the last few hours, they've been out there, will continue to pop up, if you are looking for snow, you are going to have to go up toward the ski resorts, where they are made a lot of their own snow. but often toward vermont, new hampshire, at minimum here, if you are looking for the snow. but even there, that warm air will be building in, and it is all because of a very large

storm. which, not only is bringing us some issues, especially by tomorrow, but look how far inland this thing extends. talking a huge expansive storm system, and it is as a result going to take some time for it to clear out of here. so the next two days, featuring wet weather. currently we in at 53 degrees in millville, 48 degrees out at the airport, 37 mount pocono, even there, it is warming up to the point that you don't have to worry about any freezing potential. off to the south already mid 50's, birmingham, find that even at shore points at this point. walk you through future weather very quickly, shall we? just rain showers expected here, won't finds the pink or purple showing up this time on the radar, but will be showers offer and on, any time, they'll come through at that time their own free will, then toward dawn, tomorrow, a steadier batch of rain moves, in and that will be with us, coming through in waves, off and on, any time. there may also be wet weather around for santa's flight into early christmas morning, we take you out there though for the eyewitness weather seven day, things gradually get a lot closer, a lot quiet nerve our pattern, but, we stay pretty mild for the standards,

even right through saturday, normal highs generally lower mid 40's, which we hit by sunday, but the next five days, above average. jess, over to you. >> oh, thank you, katie. good morning, everybody, problems out on the schuylkill. almost jammed solid here in the westbound lanes headed toward the king of prussia area. you can see the eastbound lanes moving along little better, just behind there, where the headlights are coming on through, over on the 30 bypass, dealing with an eastbound delay here at 322, otherwise, moving great. although we can see, everything little bit shiny. so we want to go little slower. because we know they are wet and slippery. now, over on lincoln drive an accident, just around gypsy lane. and 95, rest of the majors, starting to slim up. ninety-five southbound woodhaven into the vine street expressway, about 29 minute trip. thirteen minute on 422 eastbound from oaks into 202, still heavily. now we have an hour and 50 minute delays, philadelphia international airport, so do you want to call your hairline see if you are affected by, that currently mass transit is the alternate today to take

because septa, new jersey transit, and dart, all running on time, they have no delays there, erika, over to you. >> jessica, thank you. the holiday shopping season is the busiest time of year for most retailer. but, it is also the time of year when counterfeit goods flood into the us. advice van cleve went along with customers officers on the hunt for things that aren't what they appear. >> us cost thomas officers on a covered down, arriving at the potter of new york for fakes. >> shopping season bridges surge every counterfeit goods from overseas, including headphones, toys, sports jerseys. there are tests to spot a fake, but many times, it is obvious. >> the fake air jordans stood out as fake. >> correct. after feeling it, everything, it is just not the right thing. >> every shipment in this warehouse has been flag for further inspection, when agent opened up the boxes in this row they found nothing but counterfeit shoes. but plenty of knock-offs get

through. usually sold on black market internet sites and street corners, just this month, the queen's new york district attorney charged seven people after seizing more than $2 million in fake goods, including these handbags. authorities say selling fake items not only cost us businesses billions, but can also be dangerous. >> over the legal limit. >> consumer product safety commission investigators tested a shipment of toy soldiers and found 12 times the legal limit of lead. how often do you see things that are dangerous? >> probably every day, or at least every couple of days. >> investigators say to avoid getting a fake, buy only at trusted stores and internet site. and questioned super low prices. >> be smart. if it is too good to be true it, probably is. >> in carney, new jersey, chris van cleve, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". now, in a one year period, customs officers at the port of new york seized 58 shipment of counterfeit goods worth over $9 million. diana? >> erika, what a great game by the temple owls last night.

the owls beat the number ten kansas jay hawks in south philly. best to do it on your own turf. owls led from wire to wire last nighter at the wells fargo center, 19, but the owls guard chipped in 54-point all by themselves. temple over kansas 77 to 52. fans stormed the court celebrating the huge upset. temple as it against delaware state. >> the flyers continue their road trip tonight, to minute society, a when they take on the wild coming offer big over time win, and nhl debut, the sixers are also on the road tonight, they make it two wins in a row where they play the heat in miami. eagles play when they wrap up season on the road in north jersey, against the giants. shady mccoy was on our sister radio station sports radio 94wip last night, talking about the disappointing end to the eagles season.

birds were eliminated from the playoffs, after saturday's lost to the redskins. and sunday is cowboys win. shady was being realistic. >> (inaudible). >> the bronco's peyton manning, through four interceptions, and the since i bengles clinch playoff spot last night in prime time. bengles beat the broncos 37 to 28. the bengles dray korbut trick had two interceptions, and ran one back for a touchdown. very upset peyton manning there, since nazi assured of at least a wild-card spot in the post-season. they could pin the afc north with a win sunday night in pit burying. >> a lot of great basketball players in the nba. we can show you darn good player at arcade. >> this is fantastic. check out this young laid how just cannot miss at the arcade. we're told that girl shot 114

shots in a row, however, that's not been substantiated. nevertheless it, certainly looks like she's got the form, the follow through, just keeps on pouring them in. >> look at her go. >> i wonder what she has time to put quarterback, in you snow. >> good for him. >> that's great. >> i think there there is some money to be made there. >> bound for the nba i bet. >> much more still ahead this morning,. >> some exciting news for actress cameron diaz, tell you all about that coming up in the word. >> remembering a rockledge end this morning, taking a look back at the remarkable career of joe cocker.

>> two started dating this spring, reportedly, will wed next spring. forty-two year olds diaz has dated celebrity bo's, but he is the first to put a ring on t joe cocker has died, 70 year old battling lung cancer? phone for such hits like you are so beautiful, and where we

belong. nottingham takes a look at his award winning career spanning over some 50 years. ♪ >> joe cocker cultivated his griddy soul full voice, unique physicality. the rocking blues singer hit the big time covering popular beatles tune. >> ♪ >> he performed the cover live at woodstock in 1969. and it became the theme song for the coming of age tv show the wonder years. >> you know, i remember like in the mid late 60s, we also thought we were going to, i don't know, we just felt we would live forever. >> john belucci, famously imitated cocker saturday night live. and the two performed, feeling all right together, on the show. cocker battled substance abuse, but managed to kick his

bigger demons. >> i had a bought with heroin, and cocaine, and then booze. >> much of cocker's best work wasn't his own. he was a successful cover artist, with hits like billy preston, you are so beautiful. >> ♪ you are so beautiful ♪ ♪ >> the song was top ten hit in 1975. >> cocker recorded a duet up where we belong, with jennifer warren for the 19282 film an officer and a gentleman. >> ♪ >> went onto win grammy and a acme award. joe cocker passed away if colorado, which he called home for the past two decades. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. >> ♪ >> such unique voice, great talent. we'll be right back.

>> rain has arrived. if you have the last minter around to run, trying to check everything off euro your list, think about grabbing the wet weather gear. today is more of nuisance, though, guys. you don't have to worry about soaking rain, but you can see a smattering of scattered showers out there on storm scan3. and that's going to be with us, basically, any time today. also, some low-lying cloud cover. >> this as milder air moves in. and along with the moisture, the light winds, that combination means, you're going to have low-lying cloud coverment fog issues. 46 degrees the expected low tonight. that's mild for the standards, my friends. and there will be steady rain that begins to move in, toward dawn, on christmas eve.

so, expect to see some steady rain, any time wednesday, starting to clear out though in time for christmas day it s jess? >> thank you, katie, reduced visibility, fog in some places, little bit after hazy shot here out in new jersey, but mainly we want to talk about the jam here in the northbound lanes, headed toward philadelphia, surrounding area bridges, to 29a also in this work zone here in the southbound lanes moving great just toward the atlantic city expressway, an accident, on lincoln drive at gypsy lane, push over to the right-hand side, use some caution. erika, back over to you. >> jess, thank you, next update at 8:25, next on cbs this morning, the best last minute electronic gifts. we'll see you on the "cw philly" with your local news weather and traffic. i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ]

>> school bus avenue, 1500 capitol trail, bus slimmed in a concrete pillar in front of

the middle school in newark, no information, though, the children attends that school. that is where that crash happened, though. jan carabeo headed out to the scene, will gave you an update as soon as she arrives. bee we do have good news, "eyewitness news" learned none of the injuries are considered life threatening. once again, though, 12 people including 11 children, injured, when their bus hit the concrete pillar in newark, delaware, more information as soon as we get it. also, new this morning, a man is caught in the crossfire of bullets in philadelphia, man walking home from the store at 25th and moore when he her gunfire. he ran home, realized he was shot in the back, and called police. officers found eight shell casings at the scene. the victim is in stable condition. just yesterday in broad daylight gunfire rang out within a mile of the overnight shooting. >> grays ferry two people were shot including a three year old boy. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo has more now on the toddler's condition from dr