but first elise finch is here with a look at your forecast. >> it is a good morning. it's a little cold for some people depending on where you are. but the sun as you can see over my shoulder already out in the nicely. folks. take a look at this. that is in effect for parts of ulster and duchess counties in 10:00 a.m.. even people who are not under this dense fog advisory are dealing with patchy areas of fog. that will dispate this morning. we are expecting tons of brilliant sunshine. another thing ha will get better -- that will get better are the temperatures. 25 for monroe. 25 in madison. finally made it above freezing in river head. still we are expecting a very mild day. this is the reason why. high pressure dominating. no cloud cover for us. very few clouds. lots of sunshine today. and the area of high pressure that is dominating is tapping into milder air. so expect a high today of 56 degrees. we should hit that around 3:00 in the afternoon. we get it with tons of sunshine. very little wind so it makes it for a very mild. if we hit this 60-degree temp, that wil

all right, time now to check in with elise finch. >> good morning. and the forecast is looking pretty good. we've got some chilly temperatures out there right now, but things are looking to warm up very nicely as we get into the day. let's check in with some of our weather watchers and see what kind of numbers we are seeing and some of them are incredibly cold as we start out in parts of new jersey. steds a 28-degree reading from tony. so, i mean, we're talking well below the freezing mark here. and still, 38, this is from bruce in north port. 38 degrees and he says today looks like a crisp, beautiful day. great for doing anything outdoors. you just have to get through this morning where people are dealing with freezing temperatures. then it will be all of those things bruce just said. we have mostly clear skies, 41 degrees. winds out of the north, northwest at 5 miles per hour. this is what you can expect this weekend. we have a really nice december weekend on tap, right? just not a whole lot to talk about. i think this is how most people like it on

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"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live from the montgomery county courthouse with this, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, yes by now the story is the accuser here was a temple employee. she says she was invited to cosby a's cheltenham home in 2004 where she was drug and sexually assaulted. that was nearly 12 years ago which happens to be just that the statute have of limitations for charges to be filed. amid clammer of cameras, entertainer bill cosby find himself in the spotlight for serious matter, that made him famous. assistant montgomery county d.a. kevin steel. >> on the evening in question mr. cosby urged her to take

we have team coverage for you with justin drabick, or justin finch out driving around the lehigh valley. meisha keeping an eye on the roads, first we get to katie with a ion all of the conditions this morning. >> right. certainly is nasty. good words for it, it us just so soggy here in the delaware valley, and it will stay that way. basically all morning long. so the entire morning drive impacted by this weather, but i can tell you, things are looking better and better with time. the further north you go, where it was more after icing situation, with the temperatures overnight, now starting to see it turn over. and it is turning over with time if it hasn't already. so let's start things off there. storm scan3, great place to start right. you just have big almost like somebody took green paint and through it on the map here, right? put things in motion. wider zoom here t could be so much worse. look at the snow pounding down right now. maybe that's what were you hoping for t won't happen this time around, guys. this is warmfront lifting in. it is still cold enough that the further north

elise finch will have your forecast in a moment. one person is dead and another is unaccounted for after a massive fire overnight in williamsburg, brooklyn. the fire ripped through a three story building. ten other people have been displaced. 200 firefighters work to get the fire under control. also happening today, the suspect in a shooting and botched robbery at a long ole fer oliver lee -- a security guard stepped in to help. the two struggled and police say lee fired off a shot hitting a nearby employee in his shoulder. and it's the end of an era. zara's bakery is closing its doors for the final time today. the landlord decided not to renew the lease. the bakery is open right now. get in there and get your black and white cookies. >> you mentioned it is going to be colder today than it was yesterday. temperatures right now ranging from 30 to 41 degrees. but it doesn't get much warmer than it is right now. so our weather story for today is colder tonight. temperatures drop even more. as moisture moves in from the west, so we'll s

cbs 2's elise finch in for lonnie quinn tonight with more rain ahead through the night. elise. >> reporter: you are correct. we have more rain and the fog remains an issue for several hours. so take a look. this shows our visibilities now down to a mile and a half for belmar, two miles in babylon and in white plains. three for central park. the problem is, it gets worse before it gets better. as we go through future visibility, it will be down to two-tenths of a mile less than half mile in many places as we head into the next few hours before it finally gets better. so fog a problem now. it will remain a problem through tomorrow morning. your vortex satellite and radar showing that we are seeing widespread rain most of it light but we have seen a few pockets where we have seen some of that moderate and heavy rain. we have a steady stream of moisture so the rain isn't

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. >> elyse finch is in with more on that timeline. >> you are exactly right. moisture at this point. things are dry. in fact a little bit of sunshine but it is this system that is spinning in our direction so as we put the future cast in motion you notice that 1:30 this afternoon clouds start to thicken up. it's not until 8 tonight we start to see a little bit of snow pushing into the northern suburbs but really it's after midnight things look to get interesting where we see the snow sleet and freezing rain in parts of new jersey talking about heavier rain for new york city and points east so things start to get interesting in the overnight hours and a messy commute. i'll talk about that in your full forecast. >> thanks so much. he was known as the cloud prince of the harlem globetrotters. he died sunday and was the most famous player for the globetrotters from the 50s to the 70s. he was 83 years old and will have much more on his career on cbs 2 news at 5. >>> tensions are running high after another deadly police shooting, an officer accidentally shot 55-year

jogging in shorts, and it's only going to get warmer elise finch with more. >> the temperatures also incredibly mild even at 11:06 tonight. 54 for edison, with 51 in the hamptons, and 52 in greenwich. incredibly warm temperatures. of course we do have some fog, so reduced visibilities, particularly in sparta, babylon, the hamptons. we definitely have areas where we're seeing some of that dense fog, that will continue to be an issue tonight, and as we head into the day tomorrow. take a look, here is your vortex and satellite. the clouds and fog still remain. now we're turning an eye to the gulf. this is going to be tomorrow's rain. it's sending a surge of warm air in our area, in our direction, but it's also going to bring us some bouts of heavy rain. those details coming up in your >>> in brooklyn tonight, a mother turns grief into action. dozens of people gathered in fort greene for a candlelight vigil in memory of pedestrians killed. residents and community leaders want safer streets across the city. they remember victoria nicodimas. she was walking along fulton street when she was

let's check in with elyce finch and your workweek forecast. >> we've got some rain and wintery weather and some cold weather, which we haven't seen too much of. we'll see a little bit this week. let's take a look outside and see what's going on. clearing skies right now and that's good news. 48 degrees and we'll watch the temperatures drop overnight and it gets a little cold for some locations. take a look at the current we're at 42 degrees at beacon and 45 for ter ri town. we're at 48 for central park and 46 for freehold and spring lake. 50 for woodmere. we're looking at cooler temperatures and this december our average temperature 14.5 degrees above normal. an incredibly warm december. it is in the record books as the warmest december on record. here's the vortex satellite and radar. shows the rain moving off with colds and the rain is moving off and the issue is we have more moisture behind it. tomorrow we see the falling temperatures and windy conditions. this moisture moves in. as we start to see the moisture move in monday night it combines with significant drop in temperatures.

erika, back over to you. >> justin finch for us, thanks so much. last look at the other roads out there, also the forecast, this rain affecting the morning commute. >> it really has. we new it would be the front loaded forecast, right, where the worse of the wet weather that this storm had to offer was going to come right about now. justin mentioned, see the back edge in the three hour loop starting to move n granted still going to find some rainout there. and at this point, still even little hint of ice showing up across portions at least of northern carbon, monroe counties, but warmer air starting to take over. actually going to see this draw to close within the next couple of hours, by lunchtime it is basically done. so, it is really just now that we've got to deal with. and then, the seven day forecast, meisha, a gets brighter and brighter so we dry things up. >> oh, we are looking forward to that, aren't we, katy? >> right now what we do have is cleared on the blue route southbound at mcdade, overturned vehicle, that cleared. what you are look

in center city, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> more great news for football fans, temple football fans now. the coach led the team and bowl game not going anywhere. the university announced today that matt rhule has agreed six year contract, it will keep him at temple through the 2021 season. matt rhule took over three years ago improving the school's seasons. >>> breaking news right now, chopper three live over radnor high school, where a bullet was reportedly found inside the school, this morning, authorities tell us school will be placed on lockdown once k9 units arrive, will sweep the campus for any weapons. we'll keep you posted. still ahead, swat teams, two college student hilled hostage, and we have the details whether when i went this week they didn't find any cancer at all. so i have good news. >> that is good news, former president jimmy carter, more on his surprising health announcement. also this: >> tonight we are all t: >> u2 pays tribute to the victims of the paris terror attacks, we have more from their concert when we >> two university of the rochester st

live in pleasantville this noon, elise finch, cbs2 news. >>> thank you. san bernardino county employees returned to work as investigators try to figure out what motivated a husband and people at a holiday party. chris martinez has more from san bernardino. >> federal investigators are examining items taken from the home of syed farook's childhood friend. the assault rifles used in the attacks have been traced to marquez. the 29-year-old reportedly checked into a mental health facility after the shooting. >> he would go with syed and work on the cars. they were happy. they joked around. you could see them laughing. >> investigators have interviewed hundreds of people trying to determine why farook and his wife tashfeen malik opened fire on his co-workers during a holiday party last week. farook's father told cbs news his son spoke about tensions at the san bernardino health department. malik pledged her allegiance to isis on facebook. >> the building where the shooting happened remains closed but thousands of san bernardino county employees >> we held each

let's begin with elise finch and the latest on her forecast. >> i'll start with the totals. just how much rain have we gotten so far? over 2 inches in new york city. ridge port, the big winner, 2.34 inches of rain. the heaviest of that rain is almost behind us. but this is good news for us. you may not necessarily love rain to get you in the holiday spirit, but remember, we have a significant deficit on the year, so we need that rain. the fog, the other huge issue. visibility still low up around white plains around babylon. not great in new york city. fog will remain an issue. the clouds and also showing the moisture. now we've got one batch that's actually on its way out right now. you see the bigger picture. it shows that this system is not quite done with us yet. but some of the heavy rain is moving on. i'll have more coming up in your full forecast. >>> while we face rain and unseasonable warmth, the south is dealing with severe weather. reports of 14 tornadoes touching down in the state. destroying power lines and leaving homes ruined. three people died in mississippi a

elise finch is here with your exclusive cbs2 forecast. people are saying it's so warm, it doesn't feel like the holiday. >> well. >> right? >> okay, so, right, i don't want to get too excited. if you were excited about things finally feeling like winter, hope you had a chance to enjoy it, right? it gets warm again before things get cold and stay that way. let's check in with our weather watchers. today was a taste of winter and tonight will be more of the same. let's head out to the twin forks. this is steve. steve is in riverhead. is. numbers. reading. this is from anthony in plainsboro, township. he says the wind chill 30 degrees. that is what it feels like where he is right now. of course, as we head north and west of the city we have readings already in the 20s. this is tony. we are in for a cold night. hopefully, you have a chance to enjoy it. and yours. it's cold and breezy right now. 38 degrees. that's in central park. winds out of the west at 18 miles per hour. we are seeing gusts to 25. so take a look. here is your almanac. today

crowds came out overnight, to get their hands on fresh made cannoli's, our justin finch found out the only change this year was a warmer wait. >> no, there is no snow, but yes, this is christmas eve morning, at termini's brother's bakery, where more for 09 years, lodge standing winter tradition went on in the warmth. >> it started the whole christmas season, weather, you know, it is warm, cold it, doesn't matter. >> each year crowds come to the south state store and wait overnight. few are first timers. side by side they build fast friendships, stuck together for term inch's famous cannoli's and more. how much do they spends? >> easily two, 250. not a problem. >> talking about 200? >> oh, ya, no, not two, $3. >> my budget set casino of whatever it is, it is. >> never could be prepared enough for what is going to becoming through that door. >> true family business, termini baker, vincent, jr., build cannoli's as the crowds waited like his father and grandfather before him. doors opened at 6:00 a.m. each cannoli craving customer is welcomed like family. >> i'm 81 years old. and i rememb

that's where we find "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch. >> wednesday morning, 4:00 a.m., round one of the holiday rush, as philadelphia international. at terminal e, the tsa check point line stretched all the way to baggage claims. we jumped in. >> were you surprised to see how long these lines are this morning, and how many people seem to be traveling? >> absolutely, yes. i expected it to be crowded but i didn't expect this. >> from now until new years, expect crowds, triple a forecast more than 100 million americans traveling 15 miles or more, in the philly area upward of 1 million traverse. they didn't see their first holdup coming so soon. how long did you think would take to you get to your flight. >> not even hour. >> this is the longer i've ever seen it. >> once the wait is over next stop for them, the dominican republic. >> no school, no work, fun, sun, what are you going to do? >> you will find up back in the tsa lines, roads will be busy, too, with gas prices down this year, triple a expects more americans to hit the highways. >> seeing the lowest gas prices of the ye

in the sat center, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> republican presidential hopeful donald trump is not backing down from his controversial comment calling on a ban on all muslims from entering the united state. responding to a question on twitter asking if drum-heard what philadelphia mayor michael nut her said about him, trump tweeted back, quote, question, he is accrued dope. the mayor blasted the billionaire businessman yesterday calling his proposal flat out ignorant and that if he had the power he would ban trump from philadelphia. >>> happening today, jury selection for the trial of bucks county woman in a attack on same sex couple in center city philadelphia. twenty-five year old kathryn knott reject add plea deal. she faces several charges including aggravated assault for her alleged role in september 2014 attack. one of the victims of the attack suffered a broken jaw. the male suspect in the case entered guilty pleas in october. >> also today, lewis in court for preliminary hearing in connection with the hit-and-run death of philadelphia police officer last august

elise finch is here now with the forecast for what we can expect in the area. elise? >> we have a little bit of everything. we will have rain, snow in the area. >> you have to like something in there. >> no matter what you like, you're likely to see it over the next few days. our weather watchers now to see what temperatures we are talking about the 11:17 at night. relatively mild, but today may not have been quite as mild as still this is stan in greenwich. 50degrees where he is. his comment, rather bleak all the day today. i will go with you on that one. that's for sure. the lower hudson valley. greg says it's 47 degrees, and another cloudy, dreary day, looking forward to the upper 30s and snow as normal. okay, some people are looking forward to it. some are ready for the snow. we may get a taste of it, soon. live look outside this is what is going on from our camera high atop of the empire state building. we have rain nearby, and currently 49 degrees, winds out of the east at 8 miles an hour. 59 was the high today, and we hit it right at midnight. the high temperat

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch has the latest. >> a rainy gray day on walnut st. outside the rodeway inn, where late monday morning a man in his 70s was discovered dead in a fifth floor hotel room. today commissioner charles ramsey says police are awaiting new detail from that victim's autopsy. >> we'll wait for the medical examiner to take a look at the remains and see if he can make a determination, homicide is on it, and doing what they can to try to determine what if anything took place. foul play, is it not. we just don't know. >> police sources identified the deceased as psychiatrist doctor howard baker, who keeps an office a few blocks west about broad and walnut. "eyewitness news" has learned baker was found with something wrapped tightly around his neck, perhaps a belt or a clot. at first he was thought to have been involved in erotic affixation, sex act which one purposely lit their own air supply, but as the police probe continued, homicide detective were called in on the investigation. >> as part of their investigation police spent hours here at the in

eye witt the necessary news reporter justin finch is live where the the stories set to open in about an hour but the customers are already lining up, good morning, justin. >> reporter: good morning, yes, they are lining up. they are already lined up outside here. can you believe they let me in the kitchen. i almost can't believe myself. i'm surrounded by all kind of sweets and hard working staff in here. this is a family business here termini brothers, many of the staff here also like family, they tell me they have been here for several dozen years. i want to show you joseph termini on the floor here piping those cannolis, and this is non-stop, filling cannoli after cannoli. i want to walk you over here, i just found that there are american cannolis being made, we have got some sweet things here, and other pastries, crumbley things. these are going to the other locations in the city. but i do want to talk to you and also talk with vincent termini about the the process, this tradition, how it works and also too how much workings into a morning like this morning. >> months and months a

back over to you. >> justin finch, thank you so much. >>> a west philadelphia man walking his dog was shot and killed monday night. that happened just before 7:30 on the 300 block of horton street in the city's carol park section. police say the man described as in his 20's, was shot once in the head. >> when the neighbors saw him, laying on the sidewalk, he still was holding the leash in his hand and the dog was attached. so although unconscious and laying on the sidewalk, he was still holding onto his dog leash. so he obviously was walking his dog when he was shot. >> he was taken to pen presbyterian medical where he was pronounced dead. police have no suspect or motive at this time. >>> a grand jury in texas has decided not to indict anyone in the death of sandra bland. the 28 year old woman was found in july, hanging in her jail cell, from a noose made from a plastic bag. she was arrested three days before, for allegedly assaulting a officer during a traffic stop. police said bland's death was a suicide, but her family rejected that finding. the special prosecutors handling the ca

first meteorologist elise finch is here with a look at the first. >> it is a good morning. we've had a couple of really good mornings. now a little cold to start but we warmed up nicely yesterday, we will do it again today. a little scary. 22 for qualm. 24 for hamburg. of course central park the hot spot at 41 degrees. at least we are at the freezing mark for crestgill. your vortex satellite and radar shows why we having this cold morning. no insulating clouds to keep things a little warmer over night. but that will make for some nice, clear, and sunny skies as we head into this afternoon. here's a look at your hour by should be around 43 degrees. look for a high of 56. that will put us ten degrees where we should be and we have at least one more mild day heading our way. i'll have those details coming up. >>> we begin with breaking news this morning. another home in queens goes up if in flames. police say it is the seventh suspicious fire since october. >> investigators have new details on a person of interest. cbs 2 alana gold is joining us from the scene. >> reporter:s l

elise finch, cbs 2 news. >> we didn't see the sun today. let's check in with lonnie quinn and i thought it was supposed to rain for the whole day. >>> it's been sort of like, you know, on and offer. a lot of folks are on the off switch right now. >> good. >> there's more rain out there. and i think, look, if you had the umbrella with you today which clearly you did you keep it with you for again your day tomorrow. the same sort of deal. taking a peek at the weather watchers, light rain widespread. but nobody needing any sort of like salt to put down for ice because -- the coldest reading i can find, 38 in wantage. nobody below freezing on december 1. new york city foggy right now. it's 48. there's drizzle and fog. you did that a little bit around lunchtime 12:43 in the afternoon. typical 48. so officially this day goes in the books as a mild one. at least 3 degrees above average. and i think again i was telling you yesterday i think the first couple of weeks of december are going to be a little bit above average in terms of temperatures. to

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live in the sat center with more on that, justin. >> reporter: nicole and erika, good morning. we're talking about khiry reid and until yesterday he was one of the philadelphia's most wanted, that is when tips led u.s. marshals led them to him in florida more than 800 miles from the convenient store killing. at last, khiry reid was nabbed a long way from home. >> we have information from the u.s. marshals out in philadelphia that a homicide fugitive from jacksonville area. >> reporter: lips led u.s. marshals, more than 850 miles away from philadelphia's mantua section where he is wanted for murder of the 22-year old man later identified as maurice mcdonald. back on the morning of the november 10th mcdonald was shot several times inside j and r perez convenient store on the 700 block of north 38th street. reid was later identified as a suspect in almost a month later, authorities knew where to find him. >> we conduct our own investigation and found he might be possibly here in it or range park area. >> reporter: at 5:00 he clock tuesday evening u

our justin finch is live with fan reaction for us, talking to him coming up in a couple of minutes. this morning, video surfaces shows security guards allegedly punching, tackling students who ran the field, we have the full story for you, but let's get back to the positive stuff. and the eagles, that victory, really we have clear roads this monday morning, forecast above average. >> look at that. >> let's focus on the positive. >> roads looking pretty good. >> real nice this morning, overnight construction project now moving on out of the way. roadways are nice and dry this morning, 60s this weekend, i can't say it enough, justin, just knowing that the whole week looks nice. >> we're just lock in. yesterday we finally hit freezing for the first time in philadelphia. that's crazy, though, early december, we just hit freezing, unbelievable. yes, we will take t deal with little fog around this morning, a the love sunshine late this morning into the afternoon. high temperatures into dollars mid 50's, 40's where we should be this time of year. not whole lot of fog around center city loo

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now from our satellite center with the details. justin, good morning. >> erika, good morning, the shock has yet to wear off for thousands in the it will as area. where neighborhoods now lie in ruins, 11 are dead, dozens are hurt. storm trackers count as many as nine tornados having hit the dallas region with winds of at least 200 miles an hour. lightning flashes lit up glimpse of turning tornado, the damage easily seen after a twister touched down in cokeville texas. >> this home destroyed. >> it was pretty, pretty traumatic. we just came out to assess our own damage, and he's over there yelling for help. >> we realize that he was running across the road, with his baby. >> debra lee king's neighbor begged her to take his two day old baby to the hospital. she did. her husband glenn tried bringing the wife from the damaged home. >> she was pinned in there between a wall and the door. >> she survived, her baby did not. in red oak texas, a tornado leveled a school, nearby the man road out the storm in a closet and heard the destruction

we are live in norristown i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> certainly more to come in this case, justin, thanks. >>> bill cosby's local ties include temple university. he met former temple employee andrea constand, woman he allegedly assaulted through her work at the university. cosby attended temple in the 1960's, "eyewitness news" spoke to one student who says that the announcement the is important. >> for someone so well known associated with temple is being held accountable for his actions, that is a good thing because it is not something that is seen. >> cosby satan temple's board of trustees but he did resign amid growing controversy over sexual assault will allegations. >>> attorney gloria alred who represents some of the women accusing cosby of sexual assault reacted to the criminal charge against him. >> for many of my 29 clients who alleged that they are victims of the bill cosby, seeing him, criminal willly charged and facing a trial is the best christmas present that they have ever received. >> alred praised woman hoff stepped forward and spoken out against

our justin finch joins us now at police headquarters with the latest on this investigation. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, police say the victim likely not alone in his last moments alive. now they are work to go find out who was last with him. behind the walls of the roadway inn mysterious monday morning death a man found dead inside a fifth floor hotel room. guests were allowed to check in but say roadway staff and homicide detective were tight-lipped. >> lady at the front desk acted like she didn't know anything. then the police just said they were investigating a crime but they said it was safe. >> sources tell "eyewitness news" that the deceased 57 year old man, psychiatrist with a office near the nn with stands on the 1200 block of walnut. >> surprising, in this neighborhood for sure. >> we're told the man was found choked by something tight around his neck, perhaps belt or clot. at first sources say that signalled co-have been engaged in what's called auto erotic asphyxiation, a secretary act in which the practitioner effect their own air supp

we are live in lawncrest, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", erika. >> justin, thank you. meanwhile, authorities say robbery was the motive for murder of community activist in fishtown. fifty-four year old kathy wilson was found badly beaten inside her home on the 1300 block of earl street yesterday morning. investigators say a couple she employed to do odd jobs around the house confessed to the crime. >> the female suspect used to clean her house four, five times a week, and the male suspect used to do little odds and ends inside of the house like handyman type of work. >> investigators tell us between 20 and $25,000 was taken from the victim. fifty year old james chief err and his girlfriend, 47 year old jane johnson, face long list of charges including murder. >> federal investigators are tracking the movement of two assault-style weapons used in the san bernardino massacre, old friend of one of the gunmen bought them. he's not been charged. the fbi says both syed farook and tashfeen malik were radicalized for some time. they are now trying to figure out how. the feds a

back over to you. >> justin finch for us, thank you. >>> meanwhile, extreme weather around the country caused big problems for many philadelphia travelers trying to fly home for the holidays. here is the scene at philadelphia international airport sunday afternoon, domino effect of channels lakes cents, delays, dominated the day. travelers in the middle of the blizzard regions were the hardest hit. >> this thing is my pillow. i put my suit jacket to cushion it. and just slept on the gown, you know. >> forms of transportation saw a boost this holiday season thanks to low fuel could cents, triple a estimates the year ends travelers will top 100 million for the first time on record. new this morning philadelphia police are investigating a shooting near the intersection of 51st and haverford in west philadelphia. it happened shortly after 12:30 this morning. the man was taken to presbyterian, where he is in stable condition. police have no suspect or motive at this time. >> a marine who has been missing since last week in new jersey has been found dead. sergeant tristin clinic err has been

want to check in with "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch up this morning in the lehigh valley. justin, what are you seeing out there? rain? little snow? >> erika, good morning, yes, we are here the northeast extension on our way to the allentown area. i'll show you what i am seeing here from the front of our van here. that's a lot of slick streets. we have trucks out here, the rain as katie mentioned really is many doing down out here, not so much the sleet we were expecting not yet here on the roads. we know it was forecast over night by the national weather service. so far cars have been moving somewhat decently out here on the roads, so a bit too fast it seems some areas. at this point we haven't seen any major accident out here. we have not seen any clouds. we do know from penndot that crews were out in 12-hour shifts brining the roads in the allentown area, as we get closer we may even do just. that will as you can see on the southbound side here, that cars are moving just as smoothly as we are here on the north side here, the rain ... >> having a little technical trouble

we are live here in lawncrest, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you for. that will meanwhile, couple sits behind bars this morning for the brutal murder of 54 year old cathy wilson. fifty year old james chi err and his girlfriend, 47 year old jane johnson, they worked for wilson and confessed to the crime. she was found badly beaten inside her fishtown home on the 1300 block of earl street yesterday. wilson recently inherited thousands of dollars. investigators believe that robbery was the motive. >> estimated between 20 and $25,000, which we know they split, and it is in both of their residences. detective are in the process now of getting search warrants and they'll go out and they'll recover all of the money. >> chief err and johnson face live of charges including murder and robbery. >> donald trump is throwing up controversy this morning, saying, he wants to ban all muslims from entering the united state. he released his new policy after the mass shooting in san bernardino, when reaction ranges from an un hinge today un-american, as don champion report

our justin finch joins us at police headquarters with the latest information, justin? say this man is 57 years old, he was found late monday morning, at the rodeway inn on walnut st. they say he had a clot or a belt wrapped tightly around his neck, leading to believe perhaps he was engaged in a sex act at the time of his death. now, later police called homicide detective launched murder investigation, the victim is said to be a psychiatrist, keeps an offers nearby on walnut st. no cause of death has yet been released, also, no word on suspects or arrest made at this time. erika, back over to you. >> all right, justin, thank you. >> right now we want a quick check on traffic and weather together. records little wet out there, little rain to talk about? >> little rain the next couple of days, all rain, no ice, no snow, just too warm. looking very quickly at some of the temperatures, forecasted highs for christmas eve, yes, would you think it is a typo, right? seventy-four, scattered showers, probably rumble every thunder, christmas day, while mild, looks partly sunny and

. >>> and let's go to elise finch for a check on the forecast. >> well, we are definitely looking at temperatures still below the freezing mark. barely above the freezing mark others. as a result, a lot of green. most of us are into the rain right now. and still the lower hudson precipitation. a number of locations reporting getting just over an inch of snow. the it's mixing with sleet. and it will all change to rain. and temperatures on the way to about 51 degrees today. and that's in the city and cooler for some of the suburbs and still however we're going head into another 50-degree day tomorrow. and 52 degrees, mostly dry and late rain latent into thursday but looks dry for new year's eve. >> all right. thank you. >>> this just in to the cbs 2 news newsroom, multiple cars, possibly dozens of them, burning in some kind of lot in new jersey. you can see firefighters trying to douse the flames from earlier this morning. police say it happened around 3:30 a.m. there are no injuries reported and no word yet on how the fire >>> the big apple's first building of microapartments is about

elise finch is in early with the forecast. it is great to see you. >> it's a sunday-monday kind of day. >> good times. >> i couldn't think of anything better. i will work on it. today is a good day if you have been waiting for winter and wanted it to be chilly. your wish has come true. 40 degrees. that's what we have right now. the problem is we're seeing the so the temperatures feel colder. your vortex satellite are showing the clouds thickening up this afternoon. by tonight, we will see precipitation. because in some parts of the area it will be cold enough to support wintery precipitation, we're talking about snow and sleet. so here is your hour by hour forecast. 39 degrees at 8:00 a.m. again, the winds make it feel colder. the high on the day only 41. with the winds it will feel more like 31 for most locations. bundle up. here is meg baker with your time saver traffic. >> thank you, elise. >>> pretty clear out there. no major delays right now through the area. we will take a live look at the lincoln tunnel. no delays at th

have team coverage morning keeping an eye on the weather and the roadways and we begin with elise finch in the weather center. >> so it is an interesting morning to say the least. we started with sleet hours before midnight last night. that was in new york city. and now new york city has been in the rain for hours and other let's take a look and see what kind of temperatures we are dealing with. we have rising temperatures, that's the good news. 40 degrees right now, that's an improvement. that means all of this on the map that isn't green will eventually become green. we have the frozen precipitation in the lower hudson valley. and we will see that changing to rain in next couple hours. this bigger picture shows you how much of the moisture we need to get to. and now i mentioned that we do have still some of the wintry precip. it's been ice, sleet and snow that have been the issues so winter weather advisories in effect. those continue until about 1:00 this afternoon. the hour-by-hour forecast shows that 51 degrees is the high temperature. above where we should be. and we do have winds

the painted bunting, a rare finch bird resembling a box of crayons.s you can imagine people are ecstatic. >> i drag myself out of the sickbed, fighting a cold. out the door i went. >> typically they spend the summer breeding in the southeastern in south-central united states before migrating to florida, mexico, in the northern caribbean. this year something attracted him to stay in new york. birdwatcher say is more likely this area. i don't. >> hasn't gone anywhere but when this took this seriously. >> cancer a big danger the birds. they kill more birds just about anything else. bill: the bird gets whatever they want. >> aren't you the one that said the poison a stray cats? >> all right. this just wants to eat. it is the cycle of life. the cats are going to eat the birds. >> the humans it take care of them. is it possible this was not a stray cat? could have been someone kidnapped and extradited? >> it is possible that people have been feeding the cat. that's the problem when you leave your cat outside. >> extradited. bill: i like to be fair and balan

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with the story.y had one so far in my hand. i have another. it has been torture holding it a and not being a able to taste it, it is the difference maker, the traditional rick are cota here. what is in that bag, sir. >> cream cake for my wife's birth the day. >> reporter: will that box last the the ride home. >> yes. >> she wanted cream cake, got a cake. >> happy new year. >> okay. >> how many years have you been coming here. >> my father came here when vince's father was alive, i remember vince's father working here and i took over after my father retired and now i'm coming in here, god, i cannot tell you how many years. >> merry christmas. i will let you go home with your purchases. they all look great in that bag here. rahel, nicole as you can see here a lot of activity, this lady selecting pastries for another customer here. merry christmas. >> it is a zoo in here. i will tell you this, i have been told that toward the end of the morning i might be able to have a pastry of my choosing. so i have

rapids, brea at least one confirmed tornado touched down in the quad cities area yesterday brandon finch says he saw the tornado on the ground for about ten minutes in rock island county, illinois. . "it did take out some hog buildings just north of sciota, and just west of sciota it took out a building at a power plant, but it was just a storage building." authorities have not released a damage estimate, but they say no one was hurt we think of springtime as tornado season here in iowa and throughout the midwest. so yesterday's storms were unusual. meteorologist britley ritz is back now to explain how and why this outbreak happened. states across the south are cleaning up after a states across the south are destructive severe weather outbreak. there are at least 14 reports of tornadoes in mississippi. and the national weather service says one of them may have been on the ground for 150 miles! so -- how common are tornadoes in december? what conditions must exist for a tornado to form? when was the last torordo in iowa in december? a very unusual event. bruce? thanks, britley. thousands

degree, we will break a record. necessarily shatter the record in boston, but we will get close. 61, finch bird. 65 degree, taunton. south coast in the cape, you are very warm. through the temperatures will drop off later this evening. we are looking for a mild night right now, a dry forecast in store. we are watching this system. we will talk about when it gets here ahead. antoinette: a mother and daughter in haverhill facing charges after a report of a baby tossed in a river. hoax. todd: it is not clear what the motive was for what we know is a hoax. a false report of a baby thrown into the merrimack river on christmas eve. a woman and her daughter are charged with making up the story. it was a massive response by police. a helicopter hovered above. rescuers searched on the ground, looking for a baby that did not exist. two claimed they saw a man throw a baby off the bridge. by 10:00 p.m., the search was called off. detectives reviewed surveillance video and determine the call was a hoax. $10,000 bail. her daughter has been released. both will be in court on monday, charged with filing a

. >>> elise finch here now with your exclusive cbs 2 forecast. >> i'm so impressed with his lights. meanwhile, i'm trying to go to the store to buy the laser. that dedication is what you love to see. this weekend was a great weekend to put up lights on the house, or really do anything outdoors. we just had incredibly mild temperatures. we'll do it again tomorrow. the overnight temps have been downright cold. frigid in some places. we take a look. one of the warmest places we're seeing is on long island. this is brian on long beach, saying it's 44 degrees where he is. clearly, we have some folks that are already at or approaching the freezing mark, so this is robert. he's in monroe township. it's 32 right on the nose right where he is. already below freezing. we've got some 31-degree temps in the lower hudson valley. 28degrees where he is. he says it was a weekend to days ahead. picture perfect, and we know the bitter cold is coming for all of us. this weekend wasn't. we had some mild ones for shopping, and anything else. we've got thin clouds, and that's important. the winds right n

hello, finch. - can i help you? - sorry to bother you. detective stills. someone reporteda disturbance at this address. - really? i'm the only one here. - probably just an old lady who saw a shadow or a kid playing a joke. we just haveto check everything out. do you want help with these? - there must be about 50 copies here. you a collector? - uh, kind of. they send me extras when it's one of mine. - you draw the covers. - yeah.a bit old-fashioned, i know. everything's going digital. print is dying. but, uh, every time i think i'll never work again, another magazineor newspaper calls, so... guess i have a guardian angel. - who's this? - um, that's harold, my fiance. - looks like a nice guy. - yeah. he's a very nice guy. i never really thoughtthat i'd meet anyone who got me. you know, spending allyour time alone, drawing, isn't exactlythe best way to find someone. [chuckles] but harold found me. and...there was this man, eating an ice cream cone in january. and he smiled at me. he asked me if i wanted one. - does he live here with you? - no, he doesn't. um,

elise finch find out why some people have the blues about new year's eve and how to overcome them. >> reporter: watching people celebrate new year's eve is like watching the world's biggest party. but for some people it's a party they feel like they weren't invited to. >> i think there's a lot of unnecessary emphasis on, like, you know, that we put on being at parties or being somewhere fun having some kind of fun new year's eve plan. >> reporter: a psychologist says it often leads to depression. >> it really is about the expectation that you are supposed to be smiling and having a good time and partying it up as much as possible. so if you are not fitting that expectation, then something is wrong with you. >> reporter: we spoke to new yorkers who are skipping times square and pricy parties opting for different >> they have midnight yoga class which is cool. >> i go to a comedy club. >> there's a new year's even run at 12:00 in central park. >> my husband will be away this year so we are going to be escaping a lot. >> we -- skypeing a lot. >> we spend new year's eve in church with fam

"eyewitness news" reporter justin fin live -- finch live. good morning, merry christmas. >> good morning, merry christmas there is of course christmas tradition, midnight mass throughout the basilica, tradition where the splendor can be seen in every part of the service in every pew was filled overnight. the service always visually and spiritually moving, the choir saying carols including come all yee fateful, hundreds sang from the pews, standing room to share in the moment. this year's focus was on the holiday, and family, perhaps not to pope francis, who marked mass here back in september. the homily under scores the importance of pass ago family focused tradition onto children, attendees also called to remember theumble birth of christ, outdoors in a manger, detailed scripture, of course, in song. now if you missed this midnight mass, there are other opportunity for services at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., of course, noon today. jan, nicole, back over to you. >> all right, justin, thanks for that. we'll see you in a bit. >> pope francis celebr

elise finch, cbs 2 news. >> not in my house. experts we spoke to said the best way to empower your children and teach them respect is to listen to them and treat them with respect. that's it for us here at 5:00. we'll see you again at 11:00. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >> a brooklyn bodega walled in by a massive fence. cbs 2 is demanding answers, who cut this deli off from the neighborhood? >>> under arrest why a former long island police chief was arrested and hauled away in handcuffs. >>> but first an identity theft ring busted a husband and wife accused of stealing huge amounts of cash from lenox hill hospital patients. good evening, i'm kristine johnson. dana tyler is off today. the pair appeared in court this afternoon. prosecutors say they used the stolen personal information to buy hundreds of thousands of dollars in high-end merchandise. cbs 2's alice gainer live outside of lenox hill hospital on the upper east side with more. alice. >> reporter: the manhattan

let's check this with elise finch and your forecast. a lot of variety along the week. now we're talking about wintery mix. >> i know. we're talking about record temperatures. talking about upcoming winter weather. things get interesting. let's check in with some of our weather watchers. we do have very, very mild temperatures starting in new jersey. this is george in atlantic highlands. 63 degrees is our current temperature. he says warm and damp kind of day. yes, sir it was. it was so warm that any moisture, certainly there was rain, nothing else. things are starting to cool down already. this is charlie. he's always sort of the first when things are coming in from the west. so 45 degrees where he is. he says the temps are falling faster than christmas tree needles. i like it, charlie, i like it a lot. it's going to be a very different day. let's take a live look outside, see where we are. you can see we've got rain on the lens. you can see some of the clouds and the fog out there. fog and showers, 61 degrees is what we'll call it right now. a record, 61 for jfk, a re

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