it has been a long cold morning for dozens of fire fighters tasked with putting out the flames here in mount holly this morning. you can see some fire fighters are picking up their gear, moving out but dozens of fire fighters remain on the scene. on the other side you can see that ladder truck is dousing this vacant factory with water. i'm told there are a couple spots that still have stubborn flames. if you take a look at the video you can see how big and intense this fire was earlier this morning. those flames broke out here in the 200 block of holeman street just after 3:00 a.m. fire grew to three alarms and here we are five hours later now with the fire still is going and fire crew is still remain on the scene. this is a commercial building and the address 280 holeman is old location for arrow device safety company. according to the web site the company consolidated, and actually moved out of the state in 2008. neighbors say this building now sits vacant. good news at this point is that there are in reported injuries, but it is a vacant building. the it has been a cold morning for these fire fighters ice building on the road. they have had to be very careful, back out here live on the scene we can see them piling up, hose on top of the truck and beginning the process of moving out many again they will remain on the scene. this fire is still going on here in mount holy this morning. a big concern earlier this morning, from neighbors were about the embers and possibly a breeze out here picking them up and taking them on nearby homes that hasn't seem to be a concern as we get later in the morning. again, no reported injuries due to this fire.

reporting live from mount holly, jane carabao for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. more breaking news in lower merion a story you will see only on "eyewitness news". a patient steals a delivery van from lankenau medical center, and then rolls it down an embankment. you can see aramark van flipped upside down. this happened only about 200-yard from the hospital where it was stolen, police say that patient till had an iv in his arm and was wearing his hospital gown. he was seriously injured in that crash and had been air liftedded to a different hospital for treatment. new year begins with the fatal shooting in delaware county, it happened just before 1:00 in the 1400 block of cohain street in chester. victim's mother tells "eyewitness news" that her 22-year old son was shot while trying to break up a fight. >> whoever took my son's life you don't to have worry about me coming after you, you got the to worry about god, because god will have his revenge on you. >> no comment from chester police shooting remains around investigation. coming up at 8:03. lets get traffic -- actually we don't have traffic today. all right, right to wet are. >> that is just gravy, we get to offer up for you. we will see some traffic for folks trying to find their spot here for the mummers day parade. we figure we would give torey a day off on a day like this. the beautiful weather does go with this. take a look you don't get any betterment bright sunshine creating this gorgeous blue skies in atlantic city. we can expect to see this all day to day. problem is, some sun angle are

too low to help warm it up significantly. so we don't see too many more degrees tacked on our daytime high but storm scan three is totally empty just like we like it. when you factor in modest breeze out of the southwest here's how it feels. more like lower 20's for wilmington up i-95 here to philadelphia, atlantic city similar scenario. it only feels like four in mount pocono. and, and here's how it will shake up and, that is a good five to ten. and, we think 39 midday, two or 3:00 p.m. and it starts to as sun drops over the horizon and gradually fall off on the thermometer readings. again not too much movement on that thermometer but it is a nice day. as we move forward we will keep nice weather going right through tomorrow by the weekend pattern starts to go downhill. we have a storm to talk about. we will see that later in the show. erika, back to you. truly unique philadelphia tradition rings in the new year. 115 mummers parade kicks off in just a few hours at 10:00 this morning. increased cost and decreasing membership are forcing some changes. the original trail bye string band will not perform for the first too in more than a century because of fun raising problems. there is a new route for this years parade. it will start at city hall, and then move south on broad treat before finishing at washington avenue. everything you need to know for today's mummers parade including best places to watch at cbs philly.com. philly sheer now how to celebrate 2015 in style.

bundled in jackets and wrapped in scarves, folks out thousands braved cold last night for not one but two fire works show on penns landing. the bursts of color warmed up the night sky and from the looks of smiles out there, plenty of hearts as well. on people whipped out their cell fence to capture those awesome, all inspiring moments, indeed this he were awesome. others could not look away. >> i loved it. >> really. >> yes. >> what was your favorite part. >> the ending. >> it is just so exciting. it is so energizing. >> i'm ready to get rid of this year and start next year already. >> me too i'm looking forward to a great 2015 good well we wish everyone the best but what a wonderful will way to kick off a brand new year. >> check this out people of kenneth square chester county of a unique way of celebrating the holiday. they dropped a 500-pound mushroom at midnight. it is made of steel and measures 8 feet wide and 7.5 feet tall. the celebration was so popular last year we're told it decided to make an annual tradition. well, those new years eve celebrations continue to cross the river in south jersey communities across the area put their own twist, on ringing in the new year. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt shows us how. >> new jersians waited to welcome 2015 from the battleship to the suburbs, we found plenty of people, exited to start the the new year. we caught up with worshipers a at the gloucester county community church where hundreds packed inside to pray for a new year. full of non-violence and good

fortune. >> praise god pray, remember all of the wonderful things he has done for me in 2014. know what he has already prepared for me in 2015. >> we're just blessed in the year 2014. >> reporter: while services were going on kid in camden said good bye to 2014 by spending time with police officers who gave out goodies and made hure everyone was safe. >> i grew up in the city all my life. when i was a kid growing up there was nothing like this. i think, community policing we have been doing here is great. >> reporter: just a few miles away more families pack the u.s.s. new jersey, a trip back in time to world war two. we spoke with friend who decided to spend the night on board. >> it is a lot of fun. we have done this before. >> reporter: david mcgee says he begs to come back. this time he brought his friend. >> it is cramped but cozy. >> reporter: liam says he cannot wait to brag to his family and friend. >> i think it is a good experience for us right now, as kid, a at our age not many people get to see this. >> reporter: people say there is nothing better than celebrating 2015 and celebrating history. happen i new year. reporting from camden david spunt for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. "eyewitness news" in haddonfield, new jersey for first night. always a great family event featuring live entertainment snacks, fun for kids of all ages. it is billed as a good alternative for folks looking to ring in the new year closer to home. >> very cool glasses v nice. excited party goers braved frigid temperatures as they pack times square to watch the iconic ball drop. wendy gilette shows us how

they rang in the new year. >> reporter: glittering waterford crystal ball dropped overtimes square ushering in 2015 forest mated 1 million people on hand to watch. they came from all over the world. where are you from. >> i'm from south korea. >> japan. >> saudi a a rain use. >> most arrived to secure their view in spots early in the morning. after passing through security revellers were confine to massive pens they could in the leave even to use the rest room. >> i have not had anything to drink since this morning. >> reporter: heavily arm counter terrorism officers and bomb sniffing dogs were on patrol to keep the crowd safe. it was a very cold night with the wind chills temperature felt like the teens and there was no where to get warm. >> i'm freezing. i'm born and raised in florida and i'm not made for the north. >> ♪ >> big act like take already swift and oar head lined this years party. shortly after after midnight the the the streets cleared out, and estimated and "eyewitness news" at cw philly. well, new year brings some new laws, and worker in new jersey. minimum wage in garden state jumped 13 cents from 8.25 and 8.38 an hour. people who earned a a minute lum wage in delaware will get a raise on the first of june. teenagers banned from using tanning bed and salons governor jack markell sign the law that makes it illegal for anyone under eight to use tanning bed to use tanning bed

even with a parent's permission. spray tans are allowed. salons have to post signs, warning about the danger of using indoor tanning bed. >> now pennsylvania has one of the most expense he have gas taxes in the you had. tax jumped 10 cents a gallon at midnight the last night. that money will pay for transportation project across the the keystone state. your time is 8:10. we are hearing from eyewitness to a deadly police involved shooting in south jersey what they claim office are a said just before opening fire. then wild wind out west tents go flying as people run for cover, we will have the latest just ahead. live look outside from our center city studios we are off to a frigid first day of 2015 but katie is tracking a big warm up. time for the weekend. we will talk more. >> ♪ get out and strut, your know what those mummers will be doing later on today, and in one hour and 15 minutes, get ready for mummers parade looking live in center city change of course this year going from city hall down to south street as opposed to the other way around. >> and the crowd will be lined up, and down. >> oh, yeah. >> yes. >> great time. >> philadelphia tradition good morning, happy new year. >> the motor just quit. we had seconds and then we impacted. and i was trapped and i was soaked with airplane gasoline and on fire from head to toe. i could feel life just

leaking out of me. i called out to a god i didn't know and never served. i just said, god, please help me. instantly i was standing in the presence of almighty god and i knew i would never die. we don't have words. we're going to have to invent new high wind are blamed for causing this in mess in southern california, 8-foot waves ape 40-mile per her gusts behed several boats on catalina island. two people were killed including a harbor patrol officer. officials say he jumped in the water tuesday night when his boat nearly crashed into those rocks. another frightening scene in southern california where dust devil for canopies from their steaks and launch them airborne. >> it sent dozens of people ducking for cover. bigad shaban has more on the wild weather battering the west. >> 8-foot waves ape wind of more than 40 miles an her beached several ships on to santa catalina island just off the california coast. two people were killed including a harbor patrol officer who jumped in the water on tuesday night when his boat nearly crashed into the rocks. >> then i heard everybody screaming really loudly and erie screaming and when they come running up he said they went over. >> reporter: 60 miles east of los angeles snow blanketed san bernardino county leaving more than 200 drivers stranded. flurries even fell in vegas, while drivers trying to navigate through white out conditions in new mexico. in arizona football fans headed to the fiesta bowl were stuck on snow covered road for

hours and pasadena whirlwind sent tents flying as crews set up for rose bowl game and parade. cold weather is also rolling through. morning lows in the 30's could be the coldest in the the parade's 126 year history. cheryl haveug traveled from north carolina to claim her spot early. how long will your group camp out here on the parade route. >> believe it or in the we will be here for at least 24 hours. >> reporter: warming stations will be set up in the area owe revellers can thaw out after stopping to smell the roses. bigad had shaban for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >> poor weather is once again interfering in the search for air asia flight 8501, sonar has identified large parts of the plane but strong currents have been moving the objects. seven of the 162 bodies have been recovered, four of the bodies were loaded on the transport carrier this morning. 8:15 on your new years day lets get your holiday forecast katie. >> that same storm we were just talking about here in southern california will become the next major storm for the rest of the you had as we look to the weekend and it is bringing in pretty significant ice ago cross central portions of texas. meanwhile actual core of the storm is still across the four corners as the whole thing moves into the the plains, it will grab moisture from the gulf and grab colder air from the north and then beam, we have ingredients for a large storm. the it will eventually be our big story, as well but not until the weekend. rest of today looks phenomenal, beautiful quiet, chilly waste to start off 2015.

tomorrow looks like the same, it will be a little milder. we will get in the lower 40's but still with more sun then anything. then saturday this pattern starts to go downhill. we are looking ahead to 2:00 p.m. we have nothing but cloud. so most of the daylight hours should stay dry. if you have outdoor plans, taking down your christmas decorations, it looks like we will get most of the day in but toward evening the rain starts to kick in. notice that there may still be enough cold air that up in the poconos, toward i80 interchange you could see some snow mix in. everybody else it is just too warm. this is a rain making storm. that is it. even through better part of the sun take we have to await passage of the cold front. the that looks like it is a wash out of the day. in wash out here. look at that beautiful blue skies. great sunrise underway outside beach patrol headquarters. i see 1lone person. it is chilly outside. great view. if you want private thecy head out there now. temperatures as they stan at this hour 31 at the airport. thirty-six is mildest we can find in this slew of observationness wildwood but a lot of locations reading in the teens right now, further inland and north that you travel. day as a whole looks great. sunny and cold. high up to 39 degrees. wall to wall sunshine up in the mountains down to the shore. we will jump in the upcoming weekend and this might be a good excuse to find indoor activity toward second half of the saturday. that rain moves in and it is with us for better part of the sunday but real mild by then too, back to you. happening into take a

capped will light vigil that was truck bine killed by a franklin township police cruiser. matthew mccloskey was crossing the street to the friend's home sunday night when a cruiser him hit. vigil is at franklin township sports complex. his funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. updating a story we first broke yesterday morning, two bridgeton, new jersey police officers are now on administrative leave after they shot and killed a man during a traffic stop. a neighbor shared this video with "eyewitness news" of the incident. police say that the suspect had a gun and recovered it at the scene on south avenue near henry street. we're told officer brahim days and roger worely fired their weapons. we are learning more about the deadly police involved shooting in drexel hill. police in upper darby say officers fired 22 shots at joe pa seen i hitting him three times. the confrontation follows allegation that is pacini became unrulely posted threats against police on you tube and tried to run over officers when they tried to arrest him on tuesday. pacini had been arrested back in 2005 and had a history of mental illness. it is now 8:19. young woman moves around the world to help orphans but she soon found herself in the battle to save her adopted son's life, we will have that when we come back. also ahead evidence of popular viral video is a hoax and as we go to break here's what is coming up tonight on the cw philly.

sunnies coming up on this first day of the brand new year january 1st, 2015. happy new year family so glad you are with us on the cw philly. speaking of new years day it marks the rose parade. >> cbs news correspondent danielle nottingham introduces us to a special guest who will overcome enormous odds. >> kerry penner and her 11 year-old son would never imagine their parade will be at new years day. in 2004 kerry was a 22-year old volunteer at an orphanage in romania addie the had stage four neuroblastoma, one of the most common pediatric cancers that impacts the nervous system. were you scared he would not survive. >> yes, medical care there is just not the same. there were a couple other kid diagnosed with neuroblastoma and they did not make it. >> reporter: he went into remission after chemotherapy but kerry, who because came a foster mom heard about a drug that made his cans are less aggressive. she flew addie to doctor clark anderson of city of home in california. >> with chemotherapy alone his survival was less than 20 percent. >> reporter: doctor anderson gave them a prescription to take back to romania and kerry

started the adoption process to bring addie back to the u.s. so he can continue his treatments at the hospital. addie has been cancer free for almost ten years and is dreaming of his future. >> i want to pitch for dodgers. >> and see the rose parade for the first time this year riding on the city of hope's float with other families fighting cancer. >> we were given very little will hope that he would survive and he is here today and so, here's hope when it seems hopeless. >> in semi valley california, danielle nottingham for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. there is hope. >> doctors say that addie's chances of relapsing are close to zero. >> wonderful news. what a special experience to ride in the float that is a big deal to ride in the float in the rose parade. >> i cannot wait to see him hitch for the dodgers. >> there we go. >> get him here for philly. >> hey, that is true. >> we will take a short break anand we will be right back. see you in a bit. good morning, everyone happy new year i'm ukee washington. updating our breaking news a patient from lanning now medical center has been air lifted to another hospital, with serious injuries, after a frightening accident. hospital officials say that the man stole a delivery truck earlier this morning and then crashed it on the hospital ground in wynnewood. the truck then slid down a steep embankment and overturn. rescue teams had to free the patient and there is no word on why the man tried to steel that truck. lets get your new years

eve forecast with katie, happy new year. >> happy new year, everybody. this will be a beautiful start to the new year and we will keep this nice weather around at least through the rest of the week. but by the weekend this pattern business ready to shift. we have a gorgeous start to the day. we will look live from the rooftop camera on skies cam three we will throw current conditions at philly international right overtop of it. relatively low humidity. if it weren't for the wind we would have a awesome parade day. 30 degrees at philly international. storm scan three with that clear sky to see something like this. other than some very, very minor ground clutter showing up on radar sites that sky is clear and it will stay that way all take but it is still chilly. 39 degrees expect high. in the like we have never seen that before but you will need to bundle up, seasonal chill tonight under a couple clouds as we bottom out at 20 degrees. eyewitness weather seven day forecast maryland rates substantially. we will start to see cloud build by saturday morning toward the evening time frame on saturday rain moves in over the next large storm, primarily a rain producer since temperatures are flirting with 60's by sunday. and then nose dive comes on monday ukee back to you. lets meet at 8:55. up next on cbs this morning actor/director ben afflict. for more local news weather traffic and sports we are on the cw philly and you can always find us on these channels.

we have fire fighters gaining ground and battling a three alarm fire in burlington county. >> good morning, everyone. fire fighters got the call around 3:00 this morning. we are told it is an abandoned factory. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now from mount holly, jan? >> reporter: ukee and erika good morning. it has been a very long cold morning for dozens of fire fighters out here in mount holly and it got longer for one fire crew, they are actually just pulling out right new from lumberton. a wrecker had to pull them out after getting stuck in the mud. that is how long they have been out here this morning. we're going on five and a half hours this fire starting just after 3:00 this morning. you can see here that fire fighters have stopped working on the building, at this point the fire does appear to be out. all that is lefties a shell and smoke. you can see how big and intense this fire was early this morning. flames broke out at 3:00 this morning on the 200 block of holeman street. fire quickly grew to three alarms and here we are five and a half hours later and fire crews do remain on the scene but they are picking up their gear and beginning to move out. this is a commercial building and the the address 280 holeman is old location for aero device safety company but a correspondencing to the web site the company consolidated and moved out of state in 2008 and neighbors tell us that the building sits vacant. the good news is at the this point there are in reported injuries. bank out here live on the

scene, definitely a cold morning for these fire fighters, a lot have of ice built up on the roads, they have to be careful about that as they move out and a big concern for many neighbors in this area earlier this morning were embers. it was breezy. they were concern that the embers with filet on to their homes. that did his not people to be a concern anymore. these neighbors some of them had to be forced out in the street early this morning and had to be evacuated from their homes as a precaution but again good news here on the scene is that there are no reported injuries. we will bring you latest as soon as we have it but for now we are live, jan car bay powe for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. in philadelphia, a new year, and the mummers, they go hand ape hand. we are looking live at center city as the 115th mummers parade prepares to kick off at 10:00 o'clock this morning. folks getting everything ready. new the parade route is a little bit different this year. instead of starting in south philadelphia it is starting at city hall and moves down broad street to finish at washington avenue. are you going to watch the parade yourself or do you need refresher course? we have a complete guide, go to the web site at cbs philly.com. right now 8:33. lets get traffic and weather together on this new years day. >> happy new year, everybody. beautiful day unfolding for us, bright sunshine gorgeous sunrise had taken place here and it continues to, yeah, keep skies nice and bright and blue and it will be a beautiful day. storm scan three is showing us exactly as you might expect nothing. but we can expect to keep that

chill. this is time of the year sun angle is low, so even, though that sunnies now up it is not going to have a hand in helping to warm these temperatures up. we will get more added on to these thermometer readings but not a lot. thirty-one is the the the current temperature at philly international. we are at 15 in mount pocono. notice our wind flow shifting southeasterly. so what that has done is allowed any cloud cover that we found around great lakes to sort of get spun away. that is why everybody can bank on full bright sunshine here to kay. but when you factor in that breeze, even out of the southwest, at this time of the year it will feel chillier. currently it feels like 10 degrees cooler in philadelphia at the airport. feeling like four in mount pocono. you get the idea. you have to bundle up for this. if you are heading out for say mummers parade you are standing in the shadow and between those sky scrapers watching parade go down it will feel colder to you because we don't that have bright sunlight and you have the breeze that can act a as a wind tunnel effect through those sky scrapers. take time high about 39 today. ukee, back to you. so far teams have recovered nine bodies following the tragedy of air asia flight 8501. but as tara marginner reports another round of rough weather continues to hamper recovery of victims and debris. >> reporter: wind and rain in the java sea are making search for victims and wreckage from 8501 very difficult. on new years day more bodies then coffin were flown to indonesia but so far only seven victims had been recovered. there were 162 people on game

the two hour indonesia to singapore flight. which disappeared from radar about halfway in the trip early on sunday. while bad weather is setting back search efforts investigators are pouring over pieces of wreckage that they have already recovered, including this evacuation slide from the airplane. investigators are closely looking at sonar images that have identified what appeared to be large parts of the plane. singapore's navy sent an unmanned under water vehicle to search the sea floor. on new years eve people who gathered in jakarta a to ring in the new year pause todd pray for those lost to flight 8501. it is still unclear what brought plane down. investigators are hoping once they fine the black becomes they will have some answers. in washington, tara marginner for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. meanwhile china is investigating what caused a deadly stampede. the chaos in shanghai has killed 36 people and injured 47 others. it happened a half an hour before midnight at city's popular river front area which can be jammed with spectators for major events. it was more than a typical day on the job for a group of bricklayers in texas. the men were building a wall when all of a sudden a car crashed into a tree and then burst into flames. one worker brought over a sledge ham tore break car windows after the bricks they haddon hand didn't work. it still was not enough to free driver pinned by his air bag. >> then we had to look for a knife, we didn't i have knife on us, a jogger had the knife, we cut air bag and man was trying to come out backward.

i told them to turnaround because we could not get him by his seat. he turned around. we pulled him out. good nicely done, and after a all that brick layers just went back to work. job well done. well video goes viral on line and in the process raises more than $130,000. >> it is also raising business questions. as reporter stacy butler reports from los angeles she tells us it is now causing controversy. >> reporter: when he started you tube prankster parked in front of this anaheim liquor storm december 20th with this man in the back seat, he immediately texted his girl friend. >> i think they will do a prank. i don't know i will wait for the video. >> reporter: four days later the video appears on you tube. in it lynn offered thomas, the home less man, hundred dollars, and followed him to see if he would spend it on liquor. lynn tells audience thomas has no idea camera is on him as homeless man gives out food to others. >> i was there followed him, they drove him there. >> reporter: video went viral and so far people have donated more than 133 you this dollars to thomas. he a says lynn and passenger dropped thomas off at liquor store. he said he believes that thomas is homeless, but says the whole thing was staged. >> i think manner how they portrayed the video is deceitful and honest. >> reporter: he has since posted videos of the 56 year-old getting a make over, staying in the hotel and eating out. >> this isn't right. >> reporter: in a surprising twist, thomas's brother

reached out to us. he says his brother's real name is kenny nichol a mentally unstable alcoholic, who work odd jobs and lived with their parents until will they died last summer. he says that is when his brother was arrested for public intoxication and put in jail. we were unable to confirm that. >> he is sitting on right now, like a $150,000 in the estate. >> reporter: that is coming his way. >> that has been coming his way for last four months. >> reporter: kevin nichol says only connection is through a man who claims to be representing him. nichols ace same day video was released, man texted him and allegedly wrote your brother is famous. we'll going to make hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> this money will probably in the go to him but it is all a scam. he is sitting on a estate he chose this way of life, and this money need to to real people who have actually fallen down good what a story, that was stacy butler reporting. kevin is worried his brother is manipulated and hopes that he gets the help that he need. right now a story of kindness following a mix up, chester county boy wanted to learn how to hunt. so when nine year-old alex collins saw an invitation to go hunting on what he thought was the the chester county's police department facebook page, he jumped at the chance. al accounts hand deliver a letter saying his mom could not teach him because he was sick. it turns out that page belonged to chester county but south carolina. the chief from his both departments got together and realized the mix up and put alex on a plane to south carolina. after learning how to hunt

alex return home yesterday. >> did you own it? >> yes. >> he unaudible. >> cher any of chester county, south carolina says he is happy that he showed alex a good time and said whole experience brought get tears to his eyes. >> i bet it did. >> what a lucky mix up. >> exactly. several local health departments are on alert, we will have very latest on a measles scare coming up next in the healthwatch. also ahead fighting the flu is getting tougher and cdc says it has reached epidemic levels. we will have a report. then most bride work hard to keep their wedding dress clean so why is this one intentionally getting ruined plus others gathered in raising money for charity we will be right back. a warning about a a possible measles case in philadelphia and delaware counties. health officials tell "eyewitness news" that a boy may have contracted the virus while outside of the country. he was treated at premiere urgent care in conestoga road in villanova on tuesday. people who went to that clinic recently have been alerted to make sure they are vaccinated. officials also a alerted people went to the cvs on

east lancaster avenue in wayne on sunday and please touch museum on monday. ukee. >> flu out break has reached epidemic levels and don champion tells us why this years flu vaccine is not as effective as expert hoped it would be. >> having just celebrated her birthday the the last thing on christie green's mine was the flu, that is until she got body aches. days later after two hospital visit and being told to go home the missouri mother of three died from flu complications: the centers for disease control and prevention month says this years out break has hit epidemic status earlier then expected. this was wisconsin doctor who says his emergency room visits the for influenza has been on the rise in reese he event weeks. cdc says the state is one of 22 levels seeing high levels of flu right now. some doctors say the spike is two weeks earlier... >> we are having audio issues in his story. we will try to clean that up and get right back to you. fast food chains push to offer healthier options new studies shows calorie counts have in the change much over the years. >> researchers at tufts universities looked at three fast second fast food chains. they found calories with sodium and saturated fat are at same levels as they were in 1996. researchers did find that there is less trans fat in frenchfries. all right. the just past 8:43. lets get traffic and weather together on your holiday good morning, erika. happy new year everyone. as we kick start this forecast we will take you back and see how month of december 204

faired. overall it was an above average month when it came to temperature. we did very well for warmth. we actually ended up were 4 degrees of the surplus in terms of averaging. we will take the average and take every single day, add them up and deride by 31. but this ended up being a a very mild enough as a result. we had significant systems but we were still in the deficit with our typical precipitation. we hit our highest temperature of 65 on two separate days. once on the first of december and the other on christmas. it happened at 1:00 in the morning as santa was making his round on christmas day. thermometer gradually dropped throughout the day as opposed to climbing as it normally would. storm scan three is showing signs of life. why am i taking to you texas? this is our storm system that becomes the the next big story for our upcoming weekend. you can see icing issues they have had to deal w that is moisture in advance of the main energy which is still back over the four corners. that is where your area have low pressure is. what you'll fine going on here is high pressure gives way to this low. here's what was really happening here today, guys. we have a nice large dome keeping control of the eastern 23rd of the you had. clear as a bell here. the beautiful blue skies with the storm eventually emerging in the plains. it shoves high pressure out of the way and that will lead to our next large storm system. this is going to be first big storm of the year but for us it could ab lot worse. i expect mainly rain out of it. lets go through future weather. notice time stamp at 8:00 a.m.

saturday. you will see a nice sunrise out there. presidentially clouds thicken up quickly and we will see that happening in the afternoon. first rain drops will start to fall toward evening, maybe a little sooner depending on your location but there is a rain/snow line involved hire and it could mean we will fine wintry mixing taking place through poconos only. it is just too warm and rain for everybody else. look at this on sunday morning, as the main juice comes throughout. meanwhile man not a tropical of rain in sight for a few more days. outside kutztown area middle school beautiful tart to the day. similar view down the shore even at cape may courthouse. we have wall to wall sun not just all kay but across the delaware valley. as we move forward pretty seasonal through saturday but that is when that storm moves in bringing in the rain and temperatures will climb through the the overnight as we head into sunday. we will flirt with 60. then we will go 24 hours out and you are stuck in the 30's again. a sign that this storm definitely has very cold air with it but it should be clearing out in time for monday. that said even though we get some sunshine it will still be cold and we will have a brutal wind chilly think to kick start the week, ukee, back over to you. we have breaking news this morning beginning in burlington county a three alarm fire tore through the former arrow safety device factory early this morning there. were no injuries but the damage is extensive. another breaking story here lankanol hospital patient has been air lifted to another hospital after authorities say that he stole a delivery truck and then tried to drive off

the grounds. he did it with an iv still in his arm. that truck flipped and tumbled down an embankment, crews had to rescue the driver who had serious injuries. mummers parade steps off on a new route in just over an hour, powe raid starts a at city hall at 10:00 and south on broad street down to washington avenue. this is the 115th strutting of the mummers parade happy new year, we will be right well, no bride to be want to experience is her fiance calling it off after picking up that perfect gown. but as sarah bloom reports one tennessee woman is joining a new trend, it is called trash the dress. >> reliving the experience. >> reporter: it was love at first sight. >> it is okay i like talking about it. i sat on the dress for like 30 minutes and they were like okay time to go. >> reporter: her wedding dress. >> i felt, i don't know i felt like you you know how people try on dresses and they are like thinks fun. >> reporter: dress was altered three times before the big day was approaching. >> on sunday, my ex-fiance sat me down, and told me he was contemplating the idea of calling off the wedding. >> reporter: bride shelby shook it off as cold feet. >> the next day came and he

sat me down and said i'm just not in love with you and i don't want to marry you. >> reporter: it broke her heart but didn't break her. >> i didn't want to be that girl that everybody was tip together around and like oh, shelby. >> reporter: shelby faced it all head on starting with the dress. >> i don't know if this is something you would even consider doing or if you would even be comfortable doing but what about trash the dress. >> at first i thought it was crazy because it is an expensive dress and i didn't really want to ruin it. >> i said would you like to do it on your wedding day. >> i don't want to spend my would be wedding day sitting home alone, eating ice cream and watching netflix. >> reporter: pink, feathers and glitter, surrounded by family and friend shelby gave her wedding dress new life. >> my friend carol didn't even wait to say go, she threw the paint on me. at that point and moment it was just like literally i just let it go. i was free. all of the disappointment, hurt, i just felt it leave me. most women would be crushed and stumped by that and that thing when life gives you lemons what do you do. shelby made a big old glass of lemonade witt. >> reporter: trash the dress pictures turned up on a bridal blog. >> liz popped up in this gorgeous picture of shelby with her just paint and i was mesmerized, this was amazing. >> reporter: barefoot bride shop is displaying shelby's dress giving a see of light a splash of color and perspective. >> i saw what she did to kind

of get her feelings out and celebrate the day that would have been her wedding day as the day that is going to be the next chapter in her life. i just it made me want to have the dress in the shop to kind of remind girls that is really what it is about. >> it does president matter what happened in life as long as you stay true to yourself and don't dwell on the negativity and focus on the future, you will get through anything. >> how about that. >> that was sarah bloom reporting. >> heart break moment and turn it right around. >> that is great, i love it. >> a lot of lemons as they say. >> the the doctors looks like a piece of art now, beautiful it does. >> indeed. much like our forecast. >> nice segway. well done, you. i was waiting for that. new years chillies absolutely out there but there is a storm looming for the weekend. rumors are true my friend and that does mean we will be in for a substantial thermometer swing, but, the weekend storm that we are dealing with is primarily a rain maker. so no snow for the delaware val any general this time but poconos could excuse me, potentially start off witt. it makes me very emotional. 15 degrees is how it feels up in the poconos chilly start to the day for sure. >> live television. >> we will be flirting with almost 60 on sunday. >> flirting with it if you can believe it. and we will drop in the 30's just like that. >> look out. >> quick reminder for all of how wake up earl which us each more we got on the air 4:30 on our sister station cbs-3.

many of you are up and so are we, we love to bring you news weather traffic and sports and we bring it to you extra early. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at cw philly on this new years day 2015. for more local news weather traffic and sports we are always on at cbs philly.com. >> we will see you at noon on talk philly on cbs-3. we will than right back >> the motor just quit. we had seconds and then we impacted. and i was trapped and i was soaked with airplane gasoline and on fire from head to toe. i could feel life just leaking out of me. i called out to a god i didn't know and never served. i just said, god, please help me. instantly i was standing in the presence of almighty god and i knew i would never die. we don't have words. we're going to have to invent new good morning i'm erika von tiehl. in about an hour those mummers will strut their stuff in the 115th annual parade. here's a live look at the starting point right in front of the city hall. the route as you can see right here is different this year. the the string band will strut south on broad street before finishing at washington avenue. we have everything you need to know about those mummers on our web site at cbs philly.com. again, the parade starts in one hour. all right lets get the forecast for those mummers and those going to go out and watch them katie, good morning. >> it looks beautiful. good morning. happy new year everyone. as you just saw there was a

shadow cast over in between sky scrapers. so if you find yourself heading to the parade find a sunny patch if you can because that will make a difference here. storm scan three totally in the clear right now. no matter where you are standing for the parade it will be dry. if you don't have the sunlight to assist it feeling ever so slightly, be ready for it, if you are stuck in when sky scrapers with the nice heavy coat and anywhere else. it does feel like the 20's at best. day at hand is a chilly one but we expect that obviously this time of the year. sunshine in fully affect, bit of the breeze to make it feel chillier and easenablely cold air remains in place as we drop down to 28. tomorrow 42 degrees. saturday 43 degrees. we will warm up as we spike in the upper 50's on sunday. that is courtesy of storm system that brings in rape toward evening. maybe earlier on saturday. it looks i can you could call sunday a wash out. wet weather will be tapering primarily a rain making storm. it may start off with snow though if you are heading up to the poconos. erika, we will send it back to you. katie, thank you. that is "eyewitness news" for now. talk philly is coming your way at cbs-3 at 12:00 o'clock. i'm erika von tiehl. i hope you have a very happy new years day. let me get this straight... [ female voice ] yes? lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly because it's milk without the lactose. and it tastes? it's real milk! come on, would i lie about this? [ female announcer ] lactaid. 100% real milk. no discomfort.

>> the motor just quit. >> trapped in a burning plane. >> there was now a hole inside the fuselage. there was no hope. >> a skydiver with seconds to live. >> i could feel life leaking out of me. >> gets a glimpse of eternity. >> oh, god, i'm sorry. i want to live. i want to be alive. >> on today's "700 club." ♪ >> gordon: welcome to "the 700 club." for today's top stories, let's go over to the cbn news desk. >> gordon, frigid temperatures did not freeze out new year's eve celebrations across the country. millions took to the streets in the u.s. and around the world to celebrate the end of 2014. the year sadly ended in china with a new year's eve tragedy. but for most people it was a chance to ring out the old and look forward