pat gallen has her story.ort report when the eagles are home they always get a push from the fans. and from their cheer squad. one of the most popular in the nfl is always front and center on game day. and one member in particular is more than just pompom's and dance moves. >> ♪ >> meet dana. eagles cheerleader and philadelphia lawyer. dana is in her second year on the squad, but when she is not on the field, she is kicking butt in the courtroom. >> i start in court every day. i might go to a deposition in the afternoon. little bit of time in offers. communicating with clients. and then we practice three hours a night, two nights a week, and those nights i stop home to see my puppy and let him out and go right over to the link. >> dana, the oldest member of the eagles cheer squad, is obviously one of the most successful off the feel. but she was originally unsure if she could make it work. >> i wanted to try out years ago. and was nervous that i couldn't fit the cheerleading life into my work life, and people

that was of course our pat gallen reporting. for more information on how you can see tray and clayrice, go to cbsphilly.com. >> you can get photos up until they head back north. >> you know they're busy. we all learned so much from that our pat gallen. >> national geographic professional there. >> so true, my gosh. so, it looks like santa's flight is going to be totally worry free when it comes to wetter. >> right. >> exactly. >> give the man a break. >> exactly, yes. so i don't think that we have to worry about rudolph needing that really really polish that nose too badly. not expecting any major fog, not specking any major storms. we do have little bit after fly in the ointment, call it here, for saturday, specifically, in the morning on christmas eve. so, we're going to track in a second, but give you sense what the atmosphere is doing as a whole right now, for that, we go out to our trusty storm scan3, little disturbance pushing through here, brought in decent snow actually across new england since this morning, up-state new

pat gallen with more on the big win. >> in a game that matched the third ranked defense in the country against the second best rushing attack in the nation it was the temple owls ball hawking defense that provided the edge in the 34-10 win over number 19 navy. >> talk about coming in here against a team that scored 75 points last game and doing was testimony defensively. >> a tremendous credit to our players, defensive statute this is one of the great teams in football united states naval academy. our kids played well. >> reporter: navy a team that posted 141 points in consecutive weeks could muster just three points at the half. temple held the midshipmen to 168 yards on the ground, nearly half their season average of 342 per game. >> i can't take any credit for that. it was just our kids playing real well playing as a teeth just kind of making the plays when they were there. >> reporter: senior quarterback philip walker finished with two touchdowns and thomas put up 86 yards and opened the first half scoring barrage for temple. >> to, what as hard as we did to lose last year in houst

. >> pat gallen shows us how a local university is mixing video games with health care, find out why it is so important for people with disabilities. >>> my husband loves to shop. if you look deep in there santa claus lives deep inside him. >> how one man and his wife are putting their christmas spirit to work changing the lives of four families this holiday season. it is a true story of holiday season. it is a true story of brotherly did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> well, it the might be a little chilly here but some parts of the country are dealing with a major arctic blast, and it the is very cold there, winter isn't arrived yet ape this is what people are dealing with in north dakota. the snow fell hard and fast, crea

. >>> hard to believe that big red blob will be a favorite holiday treat, our pat gallen got a sneak peak at candicans making and forget pepper mint, find out what one stories making this year. >>> get ready for a frigid weekend, cold air moving from the north and west as we speak, we're talking about two possibly the chance for snow, for some of us, i'll tell you where coming up, leslie. >>> kate, eagles are getting key players back in the line up, and remember this historic shot, as a special day for the flyers, sports is up next. >>> the holiday season is upon us when we see sugar candy kanes. our own pat gallen on was at giambi's quality sweets in clementon, new jersey to see how t canes get made. it involves a lot of stretching, rolling, slicing, dicing and then wrapping of the popular christmas candice. >> first we start with sugar, water cornboil it up to 332 deg. put on it cooling table. get it like a dough, big ball of sugar and we stretch it, turn the sugar this to a white color. make a giant candy cane if you can picture that. we will stretch that into a nice normal sized

our pa pat gallen has more now on the big win. >> in a game that matched the thirds ranked defense in the country, against the second best rushing attack in the nation, it was the temple owls ball hocking defense that provided the edge in the 34-ten win over number 19 navy. talk about coming in here against a team that scored 75 points last game, doing what you did defensively. >> tremendous credit for our players, defensive staff. i mean, one of the great teams in college football, us naval academy. but kids played really well. ready to go today. >> navy team that posted 141 points in consecutive weeks, muster just three points at the half. temple held the midshipmen to 168 yards on the ground, nearly half of their season average of 342 per game. >> i can't take any credit for that. >> just our kids playing and playing really well as a team, just kind of making the plays while they were there. >> philip walker finished with 199 yards through the air, two touchdowns, while senior running back thomas put up 86 total yards, owned the first half scoring birrage for temple. >> for us, you

pat gallen is here and he has fury friends to need.ello tour friend. >> yes, they are here, pretty exciting, more than 1,000 animals available for adoption this week in the philadelphia, so if you are looking for a new pet, listen up, joining to us talk is june ives from the brandywine rally spca, good morning, how are you. >> thanks for coming out. >> this really encapsulates the tri-state area talk about these dogs and event in particular. >> these dogs are both available for adoption, so if you are interested in either one you can pick them up this weekend h this guy right here brendl e. >> adorable. >> he is three years old. he is actually from the transfer partner here in the philadelphia area. >> this lovely lady here. >> yes. >> is a lady b and she is from another sussex county area in delaware. >> so we are taking animals from our tri-state area. >> any costs involved coming out to the event. >> no, not at all. admission is free and adoption fee is zero dollars. >> that includes everything, 20 bucks. >> nod bad. >> okay, that d

pat gallen, cbs-3, eyewitness sports. >> and the team had plenty of support beyond the stadium. "eyewitness news" at morgan hall where temple student cheered on the owls from campus during this watch party. and student say un surprisingly they're so proud to be a temple out. -- owl. >> feels great. makes me feel like we have a school spirit. makes me feel like the football program is really making us drive forward. so great to be a temple owl. >> you got your bet, be there every day, got to support, keep going. >> and some of these student hope they can travel and watch the fans in their bowl game. and where that will be later today. >>> well, there is much more to cover on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", cuba prepares to bury fidel castro. how the town where his revolution started is getting ready for the funeral. >>> protesters against dakota pipeline has deadline to leave. now the governor wants to meet with them. justin? >> good sunday morning, everyone, pretty quiet through much of the day today. temperatures where they should. tonight tracking some rain and snow. but you can see

pat gallen, hope you have toasty in there. >> stay warm out there, and eat a we are keeping an eye onoadways, this right here see it below the banner there. accident 295 northbound, this is definately slowing you down. we will tell but all of the traffic issues in our area. "eyewitness news" continues whi my life on hold.te, i've got a big night planned with my friends. and i want to enjoy every moment of it. that's why i use fast-acting excedrin for my headaches. excedrin has two pain fighters plus a booster. and for some, headache relief starts in just 15 minutes. excedrin specializes in treating headaches. which is why moments lost to headaches are moments gained with excedrin. [heartbeat] >> here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> if you haven't done so already, you may want to break out those winter coats. >> i see your scarf on. i don't see gloves, anita. >> i probably should get them on. i got this fun assignment this morning. >> they find his mother deaths on the kitchen floor. >> find his mother dead in her bucks county home. >> my son was a hero since t

pat gallen is here to tell us about a school that is moving forward in helping out.like this. >> i love that i get to tell them. we live in the city that prides itself on medical technology and innovation. over in when the philadelphia a team of video game programers have joined forces with health sciences to take a next step. drexel university is known for being at the information front of health care and technology in our region. it is here in the drexel replay lab that a collaborative effort is taking lays with the college of nursing and health. >> they are working on video games helping individuals with disabilities get emotion while tracking remote liz their performance. >> there you go. >> reporter: drexel proves ars doctor paul and maggie o'neill teamed up for the challenge through enabled games a drexel spin off project. >> you have to move your hand and feet as quickly as you can. >> maggie other neil's from the college of nursing and health care professionals came to me a few years ago, inquiring about the use of active video games or games controlled by yo

may. >> reporter: he done some so with the help of the families of freedom. >>> that was our pat gallenng. great cause there. you can see cats take on the fighting irish in the never forget tribute classic right here on cbs-3 at noon and that is followed by army/navy game at 3:00. a lot of good games today. >>> penn state fans are excited to be going to the rose bowl on january the second, but one fan, was overcome with emotion when his family surprised him with tickets. >> we're going to the rose bowl. >> isn't that great. nice way to wrap the present too with actual roses in a bowl, man's wife, surprised him with the tickets because he has always wanted to go to the rose bowl and this year his favorite team will take on u.s.c. >>> isn't that special. >>> well, this time of the year is so busy that even santa just can't do it all. >> not only is it helping them but it helps you, fulfill the warmth, of giving during this time. >> how some of the santa helpers are granting wishes of people in our area who need a little help buying gifts and in some cases every day necessities this holida

our very own pat gallen was at the quality sweets in clementon, new jersey, to witness how candycanes are made. labor intensive process, involving a lot of stretching, rolling, slicing, and wrapping of the popular christmas candy. will produce over 40,000 candycanes for the christmas season, so you can get the classic pepper minute, or this year's special flavor is chocolate and peanut but ther. >> they were delicious, too. how about the cbs-3 candy cane? >> so sweet. well, royal event or just an ugly holiday sweater contest. >> the answer when we come >> developing news on the west coast, 6.5 off the coast of northern california, thursday morning, according to the u.s. gee logical survey. now that quake struck 6:50 pacific time, had a depth of 6.2 miles. it hit about 110 miles off the coast of eureka, oregon, 250 miles, excuse me, california, north of san francisco. officials say there is no tsunami threat and no meade rat reports of damage or injuries. >> well, visitors at wax museum in london are seeing more casual side to britain's royal family. >> for the first time the royal lik

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen could not help himself so he check it out this morning. news" at franklin square which seems like every inch is covered in beautiful colorful lights. in addition to the beautiful electrical spectacle there are sweet treats like fudge, ginger bread cookies and, of course, hot chocolate. >> pretty sure pat came back with a nice little sugar high. >> all wired up. >> and with this festive time of the year our joy of sharing toy fistes in full swing. pick up a toy for child in need. fire list of drop off locations head to cbs philly .com/toy fest. find them on the cbs local app >> you can also just join us right here in our cbs-3 studios tuesday test 20th for big drop off day. we will be here there 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., help us fill a truck with toys going to deserving families in our area there is more information on cbs philly.com/ toy fest. >>> that is "eyewitness news" at noon aim jim donovan. >>> i'm rahel solomon. for all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we are always on line at cbs philly.com goo

olympics pennsylvania is holding its second annual philadelphia polar plunge today and our very own pat gallenas on hand to take part. >> wow. oh, my ifness it is cold. >> very nicely done. the plunge event is taking place on the campus of drexel university and served as a fundraiser for special olympics of pennsylvania. now throughout the take, willing lungers as they are called can donate $50 to the chance to jump in the tank of 45-degree water, no big deal, the event runs all day into the evening. well done, pat. >> at least he has a towel right there. >> i was talking to our news trek or and she said next polar plunge will be in the ocean for him. >> and that then will be like maybe 40 if you are lucky. >> yes. >> water temperature. >> you know, you cannot keep a good man down because he was back to work after that. >> i just say the manatee serves a break. >> up next on "eyewitness news", wait until you see this 25th year chicago transit authority has rolled out its holiday train. >> one trains will follow each other on busy sat the days hoping to assure everyone has a chance to see them.

. >> yes, pat gallen is back with that. >> i love it. >> traffic, sports?lk phillies first, and the phillies are putting their money where their mouth is. when it comes to outfields err herrera. on december 31, he'll get cool $1.7 million. that is his signing bonus, after coming to terms on five-year, $30 million extension, the last season batting average, hits, runs, doubles, stolen bases also made the all-star team, and in just his second big league season. teams across the league continue their hunt for the playoffs, sadly, that won't be the case in philadelphia. birds still have three games remaining, including sunday's match up against baltimore, but they've been eliminated from contention. the seven and six ravens, they're chasing a division championship, while the five and eight eagles just trying to finish strong, on four-game losing streak, helping it out. >> this stuff really is, you know, but it is a learning process. it is something that you have got to make sure you take advantage of, because you don't want to go through all of that stuff and n

join us tomorrow 11:30 on sunday kickoff join don bell voice of the eagles merrill reese pat gallen andt the linc 11:30 here on cbs3 >>> army versus navy. army beat navy for the first time since 2001. >> the winner is lamar jackson of university of louisville. >> lamar jackson is the youngest winner of the heisman trophy he accounted for 51 touchdowns this season for the cardinals. averaging 410 yards per game in total offense. unbelievable. >>> high school football title game. hand off to deandre swift. prep will take the lead. still in the second prep marquez mccray hits darrell simmons. he's gone. this is a 35-yard touchdown. the prep won their third title in the >> mother nature's beauty on full display in finland here. take a look. stunning views of the northern lights were captured on camera just south of the arctic circle. swirls of green in the sky prompting people to rush outside to get a glimpse. that is just awesome. lauren appreciates these phenomenons. >> run in fear. >> looking for the aliens coming our a ship. count down to christmas is on. holiday shoppers are out in ful

. >> ♪ >>> and that is our pat gallen, who will be along in a little bit to show us a local businessaking, candicans. >> um-hmm. >> yes. >> yes. >> he can be a generous guy when he wants to be. >> we will see. >> we will be right back. he ghe wewalks around hat,ts. with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, "thank you for serving our country" and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. >>> well, what a scene here chaos on the seattle highway as a driver goes the wrong way, slamming into as many as 20 vehicles. state troopers say man then made a dangerous u turn as he tried to flee the smoking and broken cars he left in his tracks. after that the driver got out of his car and then tried to runaway on foot. police arrested the suspect and transported him to a medical center for evaluation. >>> how about that. well, how about the man in the the gray shirt here keep your eye on him, he has caused quite the scar

well, some people do our pat gallen is one of the ski lovers. >> yes. >> but we are expect to go seeome snow, actually fall and accumulate up in the poconos, throughout the course of the day to day, but primarily for philadelphia and most of us, this is a rain event but, the sun isn't up just yet and we have cold air in place. there is snow working its way in southwestern or southeastern, pennsylvania. there is also, very demar kate ed rain/snow line with it and it is lifting north. you can see temperatures climb , at least a little bit we will see this turn over to plane rain in the city. it hasn't begun to do much of anything locally but leading edge in dell kentucky and point north of that. our area roadways will start to see some of this wet weather. it is snow, rain, it is not much icing but when we talk snow amounts we have to go far to the north here to find it. philadelphia just does not get in on it but we will see at least an inch, very likely a model important to those more than 1.8 in mount pocono, once this gets here it will have a decent window of time to accumulate. we

. >> and the flyers are in prime time tonight, pat gallen is here with sports, busy, busy time. >> it is always so busy are we still talking with the eagles. >> of course, we have to. >> i still do. >> it has been two months since you worn that thing. >> yes. >> well, wells fargo center should be rocking when alex ovechkin and washington capitols come to south philadelphia. both teams are one and two in the wild card race and both teams hot. flyers won eight out of ten while caps won six of seven. how about hoops? big, big man match up last night at well with joel embiid facing anthony davis and new orleans pelicans. sixers down six. ad, takes the feed from tim frazier, right there for stuff pelicans out scored innings is ers 42-21. that is nerlens noel he enters he had just four points and three rebound in seven minutes too much ad, 31 points, 16 rebound, pelicans would beat up on the sixers as we see right here, with that jumper 108-93. sixers will finish out on a four game trip out west, playing in phoenix on friday night. >>> been a to weeks on vacation and takes a while to get ba

pitty and pat gallen keeping an eye on things this morning. >> i want to bring some good news, meishapositive. i'm not bringing you coffee, but i'm bring you good news. >> that would get excessive, if we all drank a lot of coffee.

she likes snow just like our pat gallen. lets look further to the east here, jumping out into new jersey, where it is 31 in sandra. she has hadding this more than just some cloud but she did say that she's happy hat rain is moving in as opposed to snow. our watchers are not finding any precipitation but again, guys keep us posted. we will keep to check that watcher site and give you an update from them as they move in the next hour. for now though, this is what you can expect, depending on your region, pick your spots, this is what you are looking at, over next couple of hours we will see rain/they line, lifting off, while it does start off as a mixing here in philadelphia and northwestern parts, as we showed you, it will turn over to rain with time. berks lehigh valley, we're talking one to 2 inches of snow max. turned over to rain. in later then 10:00 a.m. we have two to 4 inches of snow on the dock it for poconos but even there it will turn over to rain. we have an eagles game to talk about just a couple days away but it

katie and pat gallen, filling in for meisha, is in for weather and traffic. good morning, everyone. >> so far, so good vine street reopened. no major delays on the major roadways. >> fantastic news. here we are. >> quiet weather, when does that happen when we are both giving guy news for a change. >> i got say yesterday was a delight. >> great afternoon. >> so nice. >> so pleasant. >> i hope you didn't get used to it. >> here it comes. >> negative. >> yes, very clear outside, you will see, some sunshine but it is a lot colder. the it is a december dose of reality. this is what we should be finding. >> i know, exactly. >> i'm ready for a foot of snow. >> okay, i cannot please all of you but what i can give you is a happy medium here to walk you through. storm scan is quiet. we have clear skies, say for a few high cloud out there, it generally is just tranquil outside, wind is also tapering off. that is a bonus. look at the temperature difference in the last 24 hours. we have dropped from ten to 15 to even 25 to 26 degrees, there this same time yesterday f that

our pat gallen has details on this slick situation. >> yeah. >> reporter: that is not a good thing you need the court to be usable. >> that is right. >> we do not want injured players. >> last night's sixers game brought us back to a similar outdoor incident back in the summer of 2001 which we will discuss in a second but when we play indoors this sort of thing is not supposed to happen. sixers were ready to play sacramento kings at the well but game was cancelled as court, was in no conditions for basketball. it was likely because of conn ken says caused by unseasonable weather. wells fargo staff, well, they try everything, wet mops, dry mops, dryers, but to no luck. as you know sixers do share the well with the flyers and there is ice under that floor which likely caused the problem. they tried everything, even demarcus cousins of the kings attempting to help touring the delay. he looks like he is mopping with q tips. the nba decided to postpone the game because the floor was just not safe. >> the floor was a little slick today, starting at 4:00 o'clock. sacramento players recognized

pat gallen switching gears, taking off his traffic hat. >> we're getting our money's worth. >> we will. i try tonight try to do everything i can here. >> the 76 coaster have made it their eighth win last night, and they face the sacramento kings, once again, slipped through their fingers. sixers had one point lead, 25 seconds left in the game. darren, back to de marcus cousins, he hits the three, kings up two. sixers now down four. sergio rodriguez would pull up, hit a three pointer. back to one point game. joe em embiid would get a shot for three. and for the win, it is block, by cousins. tries again. and it is short. the kings beat the sixers 102-100. embiid had himself a game. >> the temple owls play the demon deacons of wake for this is afternoon, in annapolis, in the military bowl. kick off is 3:30. the owls could set a team record with 11 wins, with a win today, they've already put together back-to-back ten win seasons, for the first time ever. that's a far cry from the team that graduating seniors played on as freshmen, that team, went two and ten. our lesley van arsdall will be

. >>> and it the is looking festive in philadelphia's franklin square our pat gallen will be here with at square's holiday lights, katie >>> well, maybe your plans are to go visit holiday lights here this weekend, guys, we are expecting to to see thankfully, a alarming trend, but it comes with a storm system, of course, a snow and ice saturday morning especially turning over to rain and then we're all the way in the the 50's in the city for second half of the weekend, arctic cold before that gets here though, so we will tell you how we make that transiti did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. rig

. >> and the giants come to the lincoln a mission, pat gallen is here with a look at sports. >> that mission, is the playoffs. >> yes. >> which we don't know anything about here. >> no, we don't have to worry about that. >> with the win over struggling eagles big blue will clinch a playoff spot. eli manning and finds won their last two games while eagles lost five straight now denying a g men post season birth could be motivation for five-nine eagles, coach pederson just want the eagles to play their game. >> i know what the giants have at stake and, you know, they want to do the same thing. they want to win a game too. so, for their own reasons. but for us it is just a matter of going out, executing, playing our style and playing physical and doing things that we have done these last couple of weeks. >> carson wentz and the eagles offense will be facing one of the league's most tough defenses, giants allow only about 17 points per game which is in the top five among nfl defenses. eagles rookie quarterback says he is ready. >> they're good. they like to mix it up, quite a bit, cover

pat gallen joining us with a little look at sports. >> traffic not enough.oing sports this morning. we are busy with traffic, but also, with teams winning in the city. it is crazy. the flyers, they're on bill rowing going for win number seven in a row last night, at a rocking wells fargo center. to the third period of a wild hockey game, and in front captain claude giroux, this ties things up at five. later minute and a half left in regulation, and michael wins it. the flyers score three in the second, and three in the third. and win six-five, their longest winning streak since 2011. they put it on the line tomorrow afternoon against the stars. coach likes the effort. >> guys kept battling hard and, you know, just went out, played the next shift. that situation, where you have to battle back couple of times, but that was the case tonight. and, you know, now just real good team effort all the way through, guys stuck with it, and we made plays at the right time. specially in the third period, when we needed to. >> and hang on, guys, the flyers and sixers won,

"eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live at giambi's where production is already underway, goodorning, pat. >> good morning, guys if there was ever anyone answer ago this question it will be me because it is the season to fatten up a little bit. we have to start eating some things like this. look at these beautiful chocolate covered pretzels, and really, while we're here it is because it is a holiday tradition, the candy canes. and they do it, better than anyone elsie would say in the world here at geombry, this is my man dave geombry. >> what are we looking at here. >> start of the candy canes, sugar water, corn syrup cook up to 330 degrees and new we are prepping it. to get red toy make candy canes. >> this isn't your first rodeo i'm guessing you have done this once or twice before. >> a second, second time. >> i started back in the 80's. migrate uncle started in 1942. >> you have been doing it a long, long time. >> how many of these do you make a year. >> between 40 and 50,000. >> forty and 50,000 candy canes per year. >> yes. >> so, once this lays out, on a cooling table her

"eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live in kennett square with the details. good morning, patrick. >> reporter: good morning, guys. yes, it is the start the 12 days every christmas, i don't know if you realize, that and to celebrate as such, well, first, i'm wearing my festive red pants this morning, but i'm also here at longwood gardens because they have amazing display, certainly, arouses all. this tree right here, they tell me it is 19 feet high. i feel like it is a little taller than. that will i'm not the one who cut it down. i'll go what i know. that here i am talking with patricia evans, good morning, how are you. >> good morning, pat, welcome to longwood christmas. >> thank you for having me. so what's a longwood christmas? >> longwood gardens one of the great gardens of the year. every year we celebrate with a display. for many to come out and see us during the holiday. >> what's that mean for this year? i see this tree here specifically has a bunch of instruments on it? >> yes, every year we change our theme. this year we're going with the sounds of

join us tomorrow 11:30 on sunday kickoff join don bell voice of the eagles merrill reese pat gallen andthe linc 11:30 here on cbs3 >>> army versus navy. army beat navy for the first time since 2001. >> the winner is lamar jackson of university of louisville. >> lamar jackson is the youngest winner of the heisman trophy he accounted for 51 touchdowns this season for the cardinals. averaging 410 yards per game in total offense. unbelievable. >>> high school football title game. hand off to deandre swift. prep will take the lead. still in the second prep marquez mccray hits darrell simmons. he's gone. this is a 35-yard touchdown. ure prep won their third title did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >> mother nature's beauty on full displ

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. >> prophets or pat gallen. there it is. thank you, guys, appreciate it. >> well done, well done. >> school is in session. out to the roadways, 202 northbound here. at paoli pike. there is disable vehicle off to the shoulder, been out there for few minutes, not causing any slow downs or delays in this area. be cautious of the flashing lights here. forty-two, the freeway looking good. headed toward 295, headed toward the city of philadelphia, you got to love with the holidays, everyone is off it, means smooth travel, smooth commute. not here. this has been going on a while now. water main break columbus boulevard southbound queen street. two right lanes remain blocked, they say they'll work on it today. fingers crossed it is out of there. construction should be out of here soon. 6:00 a.m. they say they're wrapping up. hasn't wrapped up just yet. we'll keep you up-to-date. route nine closed at tilt on road. then huge mass transit checklist. regional rails are on sunday or excuse me, special schedule on new years eve. then the

. >> they are also after a new school record and "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is here with the it has never been and. they have avery windows, they have hasan reddick how are you doing. >> we will start with you. >> seven straight wins, a ac champs. pretty incredible year. >> it is all about our process everything we do, and, temple tough and we are philly proud man and we want the world to see. it will be a great thing. and, champions, and, we are glad, philly is proud of us. >> dion, coach matt rhule leaves, moves on to baylor, what did he mean to you, and program as a whole. >> coach rhule meant just basically like an anchor to our program and coach rhule has taught us over the years just to control and worry about what we can, and just be ourselves and when he left, the seniors just had to be him even though he had to be gone. so we justin to coach the young guys, the mentality, of the program and we had to keep pushing forward day by day, even though coach rhule left, but we had to finish off our legacy here at temple. >> what did he say to you guys before he left. >> just

. >> pat gallen met up with friend in advance of the christmas. >> i did, i got an inside look at how in just a few days, santa will be on his way riding his big red sleigh but who will be pulling it well, reindeer, of course, i met a few of them hanging out in our area. >> in just a few days santa claus will travel the world with help from his friends. so we are here at north pole aka elmwood park zoo getting ready for christmastime with reindeer. this is tray and claire, and they are ready to hang with santa. hi, guys. tray and claire won't be helping santa this year but that doesn't mean they could not in the future. >> this is tray, she's five years old one of the reindeer here at elmwood park zoo for the season. the she's very sweet and impressive set of antler here's. >> reporter: thinks claire, she is two, she's about 130- pound and she's a lot smaller than tray. size difference does come with age. >> reporter: reindeer can reach 700-pound but most are in the 400 range. while tray and claire won't get that large they will still be big enough to pull a sleigh >> we think, i know

pitty and pat gallen keeping an eye on things this morning. >> i want to bring some good news, meisha is always so positive. i'm not bringing you coffee, but i'm bring you good news. >> that would get excessive, if we all drank a lot of coffee. >> we do drink a lot of coffee. a lot of people off for the holidays, so that's a plus. >> weather wise, not quite the same. i wouldn't say that this is a really big deal, but we do have showers moving in, and very noticeable breeze out there. it makes for kind of bad hair day. so keep that in mind. awesome, great. break out the a with a net. storm scan brink withing it, couple of showers, off to the west, already beginning to see some of them bubble up across chester, even portions every delco right now. so, with time, you're going to find some damp roadways. this is the worse it will get though. again, talking scattered variety of showers through the next couple of hours, later on today, skies begin to clear. but this is the marking the advance and eventful passage of cold front. look at where these current temperatures stand, guys. mid 50's,

but we have to be adults, basically, and i don't think a lot of us enjoy it except for pat gallen, them. lets lot a the eyewitness weather watchers we have precipitation showing up from the watcher report. eileen did check in with us last hour and said she is starting to see rain. thank you for that. i want to check with other folks we didn't get to last hour. this is where we are finding, this observation that we have got the most mixing, that comes from fran in nottingham chester county where it is 34 degrees. because it is just above freezing mark it is 95 percent rain but there are flakes mixing in. he did send this within the last half an hour but temperatures are beginning to climb regional wide from south to north we will see that rain owe snow line start to, move off to the north. lisa kerrigan checked in with 35 degrees and she's just seeing light rain, and she also sent this over course of the last day of 35 to 40 minutes and then other toll accounts like throweres and john dowell, they reported light rain. any in dover finding rain where it is 40 degrees and too mild for any

pat gallen is live in kennett square, with the details, patrick?, sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses, like this, i don't know, 15-foot tree, with roasts on it here at longwood gardens. it is a longwood christmas. so they're celebrating the holiday season, with this beautiful display, this entire place, the entire grounds here, just so amazing, this thing right here, we will tell you about, than is jim. good morning. >> welcome to longwood. >> thank you for having us. before we get into the giant tree, let's talk about you what guys are doing for the season. what's a longwood christmas. >> sure, theme is sounds of the season. we're year in the make to go do this. and it is such a cross department mental to ever make this display happen. >> takes you over one year to put this together in full? >> yes, currently i'm working on next year, so i won't tell you the theme but i have the theme and killer idea and we get everything in longwood involved in this. >> outstanding. this in particular 30-foot tree. now, it is not easy to get 30 feet in

square >> lights show electrical spectacle features 50,000 lights, and "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallenrning, patrick. >> reporter: good morning, guys. there are always things to to in philadelphia but if you are coming here to franklin quarter for the holiday season then you are missing out. i mean lot this, right here hot chocolate, i appreciate that, blazing hot but i'll try it any way. um-hmm. um-hmm. yes, very, very good. here we have got hot chocolate they have a bar back here as well. freshly hade bow nuts. take a look at these, can i get in there? i've got to get in there. thank you. is that in the beautiful. freshly hade doughnuts this morning. that is not all, there is fudge over here as well. freshly hade fudge. is that not beautiful. you got the to love it. i will get in there in a little bit. chocolate, vanilla, the whole 9-yard. amy needle is here, good morning. >> good morning. >> we have hot chocolate, bar, doughnuts cooking you guys have so much happening here. >> we do, we are so excited, great partners here and they have hade this screens just fantastic for families.

. >> oh, patrick gallen just did a plunge. >> right. >> you know, a balmy 40 degrees. >> yes, i'm feeling really count that until he's got to actually chip the ice away, so they can actually partake. >> oh, come on. >> yes, i hear you, my friends, yes. really is cold water. but, ya, that's taking it to a whole new level if you ask me. we take a look at the eyewitness weather watchers, also up and at it with us here this morning, not as many people as we would typically finds at 6:40, and change here, on a monday morning, but again, it is a holiday. special thank you to those of how did wake up early to sends us your reports. we take value in them. thank you for. that will pete is her at 35 degrees, out in lawrenceville with lots of clouds where he is. 61% humidity or so, starting to find warmfront lifting in here. nothing really too warm about this forecast yet. that will be changing with time. a hands full of different observations coming in from delaware this morning. greg is out in marshall ton, delaware, at 35 degrees. more clouds than anything. he did say that he started off clear. i

pat gallen tells us why. >> reporter: here on cbs-3 this saturday at noon reigning national championsill take part in the special basketball tournament and chloe mchugh will be here. >> i'm here because, the freedom foundation and villanova basketball is playing in the never forget tribute classic. >> reporter: this college hoops double header from the the prudential center in north jersey supports families of freedom column ship fund established to provide education assistance to dependence of people killed or disabled in the september 11th attacks. two families involved have ties to villanova and were invited to attend ra with the champs. he lost his father steven in the world trade center on 9/11. because of the scholarship he and his sister a lexa were able to attend nova. >> just a great organization that has help us get to where we want to be and obviously now i have graduated, four or five years ago and without it, i don't know where i would be obviously. it is a great feeling to have a backing of an organization like this. it is huge. >> reporter: fund, which has given out ove

and that's where we find our intrepid "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen this morning.no, i'm not. right here, the pool behind me, for the polar bear plunge, roughly 48 degrees. so it is warmer than the outdoor temperature, which is a good thing, but it is all for a good cause, obviously, it is for the special olympics pennsylvania, so, i'm honored to come out here and jump in a freezing cold pool tonight tell us little bit more what goes on here today, x-rays continue craven from the special olympics pennsylvania, good morning. >> good morning. >> so am i crazy? >> little bit. a lot of our parities paints are. which is a good thing. because it is very colds in the pool as you said, very cold. >> sure. this is your second year having done it here. good turn out last year, and expecting the same i'm guessing? >> this is our second year. we have about 400 people that are going to come throughout the day. hoping for some more, since the weather is looking beautiful today. >> sure, charlie manual is coming up, phillies manager, will speak? >> yes, will be here at 12:00 noon

pat gallen is live where production is underway.ar they are really coming along. >> look at how busy, he is stirring the pot. >> they are coming along. you know i'm a big candy canes fan and apparently joe holden, time looks like a candy canes. that is absolute the liz perfect. >> his tie. >> yes, how perfect. >> it is just coincidental. this is how we started, it starts as sugar, water, corn syrup right here and then it comes to this table where it is cold, it is tripping it over and we get tonight to a nice packed, i don't know what to call it this giant blob of sugar. then it comes through here where it is on this spinner, and stays warm and it comes outlooking like a love liz boot the full candy kaine. so that is your entire process, of how candy canes are made here at giambis and this guy is dave, this is what fourth generation, dave. >> fourth generation, that is right. >> so i mean you have been here your entire life doing this. >> i have been, pretty much growing up with it. it is in my blood. >> so how do you make it look s

don bell, voice of the eagles merrill reese, pat gallen and me, we will be live from the link at 11:30n cbs-3. >>> flyers are in detroit to play red wings this afternoon for first six weeks of the season they were inconsistent but for last two weeks they have found their groove winning eight straight beating the stars down at the center. even santa, at the game hoping to see flyers get a win. flyers down one to nothing in the first, power play, jay voracek shoots, brayden schenn with the redirects goal and the game, tied. flyers down a goal in the third, and voracek and schenn, struck again, brayden with the second power play goal of the game. game tied again. the just over two minutes left in the game, schenn comes through again, this is his second career hat trick all three goals on the power play. steve mason, 21 saves, the flyers win eight in a row which is something they have not done since 2002. four-two the final. >> even better, you know, but it comes after a winning effort, come from behind in the end. it is nice. >> we have that winning feeling. the nice feeling to have in th

fuel is now averaging $2.26 a gallen, that's up 26 sents in a career but still the second cheapest pump prices since 2009. remember, you're competing with everybody else on the plane for that overhead bin space, so maybe you want to pack lightly on your carry ones. matt, back to you. >> all good pieces of advice, tom. thank you very much. >> yes, tom. i'm thinking about what tom said and what rafael is going to say. >> good to be here. not looking so great out west. unfortunately a powerful storm on shore. i would expect significant delays as we go throughout the day. you can see that snow and rain extending all the way from the border with canada right down to southern california. as the day goes on, our storm continues to dump heavy snows. a flood watch is in effect for los angeles area. heading into tomorrow for christmas eve, heavy snow into the rockies. one to two feet of snow. sunday our storm turns into a blizzard into the high planes and rain and maybe severe weather farther south. i want to show you the possible delays today where you see the red. that's the worst delays. san f