>> good morning, everyone, it is 5:00 a.m., thursday, december 4.rning, everyone, it here's what's happening. >> cries for justice grow louder after a grand jury decision in staten island. >> a white police officer did not stand trial for the choke hold death of a black man. >> ready for lift off nasa takes its first step into deep space exploration, one that might send humans to mars. >> let's go over to david with traffic and matt pellman is in for karen. >> reporter: we might see clouds and sunshine, later, the thicker clouds will streak in from the west and we'll change from sunshine to increased clouds

during the day. 36 degrees in philadelphia. we've dropped below the freezing mark in allentown and millville. and closer to the freezing mark in trenton and dover. as we step outside to catch the school bus, we're looking at temperatures in the mid 30s, partly cloudy skies and clouds increasing during the morning. 38 degrees by 9:00. 42 by noon, 44 is the high, i think we're actually going to hit that about 2:00 and hold it until 3:00 p.m. we're back down to 42 by 6:00 p.m. matt pellman what are the roads looking like? >> reporter: looks like we're dry for the most part around the region. it's that magical hour of the morning when the construction crews start to clear out. that's what happened on i-95, all lanes are reopened as you head toward academy road. no delays to speak of just yet.

the roosevelt boulevard extension looking good, headlights are coming southbound past ridge avenue heading toward the schuylkill expressway no problems. farther north in the great northeast at welsh road we have traffic lights issues, no cross traffic by the tiffany diner. camden county they are working on 230 north of 168 taking out the right and center lanes and 16 #, south of nicholson road. >> thousands of people across the country have taken to the streets in protest not to indict a nypd officer. that police officer used a choke hold on a unarmed black man who died in the confrontation. the decision comes less than two weeks after another grand jury that in ferguson decided not to

indict. protesters blocked streets in midtown manhattan. video shows daniel pantaleo putting garner what choke hold. the medical examiner role that the choke hold contributed to his death. after the choke hold, pantaleo sent condolences to his widow. >> i don't accept his apology. he is still feeding his kids and my husband is 6 feet under. >> reporter: eric holder was announced a civil rights investigation into the matter. >> a grand jury decision set off protests in philadelphia, as well. john rawlins is live outside of city hall with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, tam, well, by many accounts there was a considerable amount of tension here as several hundred

protesters descend on a long schedule yuletide event. the scheduled sounds of the season at times drown out by protesters at the christmas tree lighting at city hall. the protesters outraged in the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. >> things need to be disturbed if we are going to shake shings up. >> reporter: the group marched to city hall, those gathered for the scheduled festivities had mixed views. >> they are ruining it for everybody else. >> it's a good thing, i think it's a good thing they performing while they are singing, hands up don't shoot they doing it for michael brown it's a he is blessing. >> reporter: philadelphia police kept the protesters separated, one man was arrested when he crossed the barricade. >> our job is to allow the

protest and allow the event to takes place. so far we've been successful in doing that. that was our only goal our only aim. >> well the septa police chief tweeted at one point last night, the strangest scene i've ever seen, frustrated anger citizens and cheerful holiday music pretty much sums it up. >> fast food workers are expected to hit the streets across the nation to protest low wages, and airport at philadelphia international airport and home care workers will join the walkouts. the protests will takes place in 160 cities. they are demanding $16 an hour and union membership. crews were called to the 6500 morocco of paschall avenue

at 1:30 arriving to smoke and heavy flames there was no damage to neighboring homes. >> west chester university student reward stands at $31,000. hundreds held a vigil for shane on west chester university spoke through tears. >> we miss him and hopewell get him back. >> i think it is a testament to

the kind of kid shane was for the amount of people who showed up here tonight. >> the 21-year-old was last seen early thanksgiving morning, a week ago. the bouncer at killdare saw him on main street about an hour he escorted him outside of the bar. he said he apologized to him and seemed like in good health. >> we had rain all day yesterday. i took some great days off. camping out in the house all day yesterday. storm tracker 6 live double scan, what have we got? no rain yesterday for a change. as we look outside, we have sky6 live hd in center city. notice how the crarm is not -- camera is not abundancing all that much. -- bouncing all that much. we're off to another cool start. it will be chilly with increasing clouds. the next chance of precip is

friday night for rain in at least parts of the region. 36 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. 30 in allentown. 33 in wilmington, 38 at the boardwalk in atlantic city and down the coast in sea isle city, as we take a look at satellite, you can see there's a fair amount of cloud cover out there, i think it's thin enough where we'll see early sunshine, eventually the thicker clouds to the west will roll in, you'll experience changeover from morning sun to clouds later. increasing clouds in allentown, chilly, 42 degrees, at the shore we're going for a temperature of 44 degrees, the same as philadelphia, increasing clouds also chilly down by the coast. in philadelphia, the high of 44 degrees, on the the chilly side with increasing clouds, but the winds not that bad out of the northwest at 6 to 1 miles per hour. as we roll do through the day, n the 30s by 11:00, 44 degrees

at 2:00 p.m. holding it until 3 and 42 by 5:00 p.m. during the day, we'll have clouds and drizzle. i think the showers likely move in late in the day or early evening and so if you're heading out tomorrow night, to see a movie or doing anything else outdoors bundle up a bit and bring the umbrella because of that advancing rain. tomorrow's high, 46 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we're going for a high of 44 today, sun and clouds, tomorrow, mostly cloudy 46 perhaps drizzle around during the afternoon, burr the rain holding off until evening in all likelihood. unfortunately that system is slow to move through the region, saturday, a cloudy day slightly milder high of 53. but periods of rain all the way. the latest model trend wants to bring that system going off the coast. if that happens, we wind up

brisk and cooler on sunday, high of 46 degrees overall that's better news for eagles fans because it will be dry if things hold the way we are thinking they are going to now. so nice improvement will now. the next chance of rain's to be wednesday. >> 5:10. next up, a new review of the flu shot shows it may not be as effective as some of the flew strains going around this time. the 18th time is the charm for the sixers. the first win since april. >> reporter: better late than never. this morning we had some problems, but it's quiet around 2020 and baltimore pike. we have places in delaware, atlantic county you want to avoid. >> a company wants to allow to go to sleep and wake up with the smell of bacon in the air. it's coming up later in the morning buzz. what's possible today?

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5:13, 38 degrees, dry a philadelphia international and across the delaware ascertain lehigh valleys. going for a pair of 4s today. >> let's hope the dry conditions mean good things on the roads, matt pellman. >> reporter: what is this dry you speak of? we're not used to it. good morning, matt and tam. let's get to the burbs, a friendly reminder on the dekalb pike we are down to 21 shopping

days until christmas, some of us like myself need these sorts of reminder. 21 days until christmas. a horrible accident westbound between route 100 and sto wevment, everything is -- stowe, everything is wrapped up, but the work zone continues, one lane available in each direction along 422 on the bridge over the schuylkill expressway. you can rush hour delays, a new work zone in springfield township delco, during the midday from 9 to 3:00 until december 19 between baltimore pike or use 20. no issues route 1, delilah

road construction from 7 to 5:00 p.m. it's time for the commuter report. had a crash in gloucester county on the jersey turnpike, northbound side approaching exit 2. that cleared out. no issues on 322, 45 or 40 in the clear so far at this point. tam. there's now surveillance video of the suspect in the stabbing death of an american school teacher in abu dabi. the school teacher was stabbed to death in a public restroom at a mall. high pay has attracted western ers at abu dhabi for work. the number of sexual assaults reported by the

military increased 8%. there were 6,000 victims of assault compared to last year when there were 500. the pentagon changed its method for accounting for assault. victims are far more willing to file a report. the sixers won! they avoided tieing the nba record by beating a team almost as bad as they were. the sixers lost 17 in a row but managed to walk off the court with a 85-77 win. they fell one game short of the record. minnesota won only four games this season. the flyers are not that much better, they tied the ducks in anaheim, but the ducks beat the flyers 5-4. the flyers have lost 9 straight on the road. >> 35:15, an oregon based brewery think that hot sauce and beer are a perfect combo.

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taking out the acceleration lane. watch out for that disabled motorist. we've been talking about a crash overnight on the new jersey turnpike northbound in gloucester county. that cleared, one on the southbound side past exit 2 for route 322 taking out the right lane, but at this point the speeds look okay. >> matt on the big board we have your day planner or temperatures, 38 degrees by 9:00. we're already at 36 not a big difference between now and 9:00. 42 by noon. 44 is the high at 3:00. we might hit it by 2:00. we're down to 42 by 6:00. not much wind, but clouds increasing as the day goes on. a little bit of rain by saint louis and western kentucky moving toward the east. choppy stuff in san francisco and places in the west. florida looks good. on the big board all green aircraft last we checked. we're dry from philadelphia all the way out to chicago and down

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news" has just leopard that a construction worker was hit and killed on a chester county highway overnight. >> protesters flood streets of the nation's largest cities angry over the grand jury not indicting another nypd officer in a death investigation. >> a man decided to steal an ambulance to get to strip club. >> david is here along with matt who is filling in for

karen. >> reporter: all right, matt we're off to a cloudy start, although the clouds are thin enough where we could get early sunshine. obviously thicker clouds out to the west by pittsburgh they will be rolling east. we're starting out chilly, 36 degrees in philadelphia right now. 30 in allentown and the poconos and millville. 33 in wilmington, trenton, dover a little bit better up closer to 40 in sea isle city and up the coast on the boardwalk in atlantic city. look for temperatures in the 30s, not a lot of wind, but on the chilly side and 35. 36 degrees is the current temperatures on the storm tracker 6 live app. 35 bye-bye 8:00. noon, 42 on the way home from school looks like 44 degrees between 2:00 and 3:00 and back down to 42 by 6:00 p.m. rain is on theay