i'm jessica dean ukee night off. we're in the midst of a deep eeze and windchills are making it more unbearable out there. we have live team three coverage of this bitter blast. alexandria hoff is out in the cold to find out how people are staying warm. with start with meteorologist chelseain gram >> these are the actual air temperature, 19 degrees in philadelphia. 16 in allentown. right aro in mount pocono p1 reading, 15 in lancaster. we're dealing with a lit in the way of winds, it takes a little bit to make it feeltable. feels like the single digits. like 8 in philadelphia, five in 11 degrees below zero in mount pocono. it's only going to get worse as we head into the overnight hours tonight. here's your forecast lowtemperatures for forecasting low temps in the single di region-wide, forecasting low right around 14 in philadelphia, but when you factor in the winds, it will feel colder. we're talking windchi as we approach tomorrow when you're waking up. we have more sub freezing temper equals out to a bitter coole

i'm jessica dean, ukee washington has the night off. we're in the midst of a deep freeze and windchills are making it more unbearable out there. we have live team three coverage of this bitter blast. alexandria hoff is out in the cold to find out how people are staying warm. with start with meteorologist chelseain gram >> these are the actual air temperature, 19 degrees in philadelphia. 16 in allentown. right around 5 in mount pocono p15 in reading, 15 in lancaster. we're dealing with a little bit in the way of winds, it takes a little bit to make it feel uncomfortable. feels like the single digits. like 8 in philadelphia, five in wilmington, feeling like 11 degrees below zero in mount pocono. it's only going to get worse as we head into the overnight hours tonight. here's your forecast low temperatures for forecasting low temps in the single digits and teens region-wide, forecasting low right around 14 in philadelphia, but when you factor in the winds, it will feel colder. we're talking windchills near 0 as we approach tomorrow when yo

i'm jessica dean >> i'm nicole brewer. in for ukee washington. this unfolded at south collegeville road in upper providence montgomery county. david spunt talks with the village about her frightening ordeal. >> reporter: authorities here in upper providence say this driver, suspect was totally out of control during this attack. they're looking for him. the mother of two, the victim, she has a warning for other drivers. >> i'm scared. i'm horrified that this happened in front of my children i just want help >> lisa owe meal is living in fear. two days after she says a man followed her into a put busy parking lot then attacked her. o'neill and her two sons, 10 and 11 were driving in the area of providence town center monday afternoon when she cut in 45 a driver by mistake >> i apparently cut someone off, waved immediately to say sorry >> she said she drove into the town center because there were thousands of people out and it's the closest place she felt safe >> while i stopped here, the guy kind of boxed me in, i couldn't move and jumped out of hi

i'm jessica dean >> i'm nicole brewer. in for ukee washington. this unfolded at south collegeville road in upper providence montgomery county. david spunt talks with the village about her frightening ordeal. >> reporter: authorities here in upper providence say this driver, suspect was totally out of control during this attack. they're looking for him. the mother of two, the victim, she has a warning for other drivers. >> i'm scared. i'm horrified that this happened in front of my children i just want help >> lisa owe meal is living in fear. two days after she says a man followed her into a put busy parking lot then attacked her. o'neill and her two sons, 10 and 11 were driving in the area of providence town center monday afternoon when she cut in 45 a driver by mistake >> i apparently cut someone off, waved immediately to say sorry >> she said she drove into the town center because there were thousands of people out and it's the closest place she felt safe >> while i stopped here, the guy kind of boxed me in, i couldn't move and jumped out of hi

good evening i'm jessica dean >> i'm nicole brewer. ukee washington has the night off. we're wait this one two punch from mother nature, not just the brutal cold but the snow. meteorologist lauren casey is tracking the snow that's coming and the even colder were r to follow >> it's hard to believe all week we've spent sub freeze, high temperature 25 degrees. we started off at 13 this morning, our normal high temperature 41 degrees. nowhere near that and no time soon, are we going to be feeling 40's of temperatures in the teens, 19 in philly, 15 in trenton be 14 degrees in allentown, it's 2 in mount pocono. feels like temperatures we have a little bit of a light wind be windchill temperatures not too impactful but the feels like temperatures drop down low feeling like 12 in millville. stormscan 3 showing us quiet conditions, clouds starting to increase, we do have snow making its way into portions of western penses in association with a clipper system that will be impacting us as we head into the day tomorrow, so clipper systems know to be fast moving, they won't have a

good evening, i'm jessica dean. ukee washington has the night off. >> getting over to lauren casey tracking the cold temperature, plus the windchill that is will make it feel colder. >> all this ramped up on christmas day, the temperatures plunge the winds elevated. santa brought this to us, we don't want it. we want to return it. temperatures, struggle the 33 degrees, normal 42, degrees below. temperatures sub freezing in philadelphia at 27 degrees. we're going to stay sub freezing for about the next 180 plus hours. 21 right now in allentown, we're at seven in mount pocono. 20's in atlantic city. then, of course, factoring in even a little bit of a breeze, and feels like 17 in philly. feeling like nine in allentown and feeling like three below at this hour in mount pocono. and yes, we will have this continuance stretch of sub freezing high temperatures as we head into the rest of the week, and the upcoming weekend, potentially into next year. and windchills near zero. as we head into tomorrow night. and early thurs

. >> i'm jessica dean. . >> the associated press presented doug jones has defeated roy moore in tonight's special election, jones just came out to thank supporters. moore was heavily favored until several women revealed decades old sexual misconduct allegation, he will be first democrat to represent alabama 25 years, his win is a political blow to president trump who supported moore narrows the gop's majority and the senate to at a seats. joins, thank you, alabama. >>> also tonight, a bitter blast is about to blanket the region >> we're talking windchills in the single digits here. meteorologist lauren casey has a look where temperatures are and just how low they will go. lauren >> i don't think you'll like this. we already have single digits windchills temperatures on the board. temperatures dropping off dramatically over the last several hours. we're 26 right now in philadelphia. 23 in allentown. teens on the board, this is air temperature, 15 in mount pocono, we're down into the 20's in atlantic city, feels like temperature, down to 11 in philly. the feels like temperature has dropped

i mean ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean, this is a scene in philadelphia. near the art museum about an hours ago. the snow certainly making pretty picture but it's a double blast of winter. we go to meteorologist lauren casey who has the timing and also lauren as people go to bed what it means for the morning commute >> the snow is coming down pretty steadily most areas. we get a live looking at center city philadelphia, snow falling in the streets are snow covered visibilities reduced with the falling snow. we're in the midst of the main event now. the falling snow likely coming at an end in time for the morning commute. temperature supportive of snow 27. southerly wind at eight miles per hour after the incredibly windy day today. wind speeds have relaxed still impacting the feels like temperature feeling more like 19, stormscan 3 showing us packed in with the snowfall. you see the end of that uniform snowfall is starting to now build up to the north and east. snow wrapping up in portions of delaware but the snowfall intensity is about to pick up in center

i mean ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean, this is a scene in philadelphia.e art museum about an hours ago. the snow certainly making pretty picture but it's a double blast of winter. we go to meteorologist lauren casey who has the timing and also lauren as people go to bed what it means for the morning commute >> the snow is coming down pretty steadily most areas. we get a live looking at center city philadelphia, snow falling in the streets are snow covered visibilities reduced with the falling snow. we're in the midst of the main event now. the falling snow likely coming at an end in time for the morning commute. temperature supportive of snow 27. southerly wind at eight miles per hour after the incredibly windy day today. wind speeds have relaxed still impacting the feels like temperature feeling more like 19, stormscan 3 showing us packed in with the snowfall. you see the end of that uniform snowfall is starting to now build up to the north and east. snow wrapping up in portions of delaware but the snowfall intensity is about to pick up in center city ph

good evening i'm jessica dean >> i'm nicole brewer. ukee washington has the night off. we're wait this one two punch from mother nature, not just the brutal cold but the snow. meteorologist lauren casey is tracking the snow that's coming and the even colder were r to follow >> it's hard to believe all week we've spent sub freeze, high temperature 25 degrees. we started off at 13 this morning, our normal high temperature 41 degrees. nowhere near that and no time soon, are we going to be feeling 40's of temperatures in the teens, 19 in philly, 15 in trenton be 14 degrees in allentown, it's 2 in mount pocono. feels like temperatures we have a little bit of a light wind be windchill temperatures not too impactful but the feels like temperatures drop down low feeling like 12 in millville. stormscan 3 showing us quiet conditions, clouds starting to increase, we do have snow making its way into portions of western penses in association with a clipper system that will be impacting us as we head into the day tomorrow, so clipper systems know to be fast moving, they won't have a

. >> i'm jessica dean.entz tore his acl sunday southernly a tough loss for the eagles. >> lesley joins us with more on wentz's message. >> tonight he responded with a heartfelt message to his fans posting a video on his twitter account. >> what's up everybody. obviously it's been a rougher day for me. >> reporter: carson wentz suppressing his feelings on twitter after his knee injury. head coach doug pederson talked about losing carson. >> i hate it for the season he's been having but at the same time it's been the next man up mentality and that's how we approach it this week. >> reporter: carson was having a tremendous year, a favorite of the mvp race and broke the team record for most touchdown passes in a season. he promises to work very hard to get back next year and if anyone can do it, he can. >> going forward i will come back stronger than ever. i will use this as motivation and i will be attacking it this whole process as i recover. but at the end of the day this year we still have something special

good evening, everyone, i'm jessica dean. >> ukee washington has the night off. >> surrounding the mummers parade in a moment. meteorologist chelsea ingram has more on when we wake up in the morning, chelsea. >> right now a temperature around 17 degrees in philadelphia, 13 wilmington and checking in at 1 degree mount pocono and 11 degrees in allentown. and we don't have much in the way of winds it's just enough wind to make it feel more uncomfortable outside. winds coming in 6 miles an hour out of west and philadelphia and it's making it feel like single digits already in the city. feels like 9 in philly and three in allentown and 16 below zero in mount pocono a the lot of places dropping into single digits. for reading, lancaster, and wilmington overnight and in philadelphia. so, we're going to keep with this better cold blast as we head into the overnight hours tonight and then i'm tracking light snow on saturday behind that system another reinforc reinforcing shot as we ring in the new year. details coming up. >> chelsea, mummers are voicing concern over the bitterly cold weather they s

. >> i'm jessica dean. wentz tore his acl sunday southernly a tough loss for the eagles. >> lesley joins us with more on wentz's message. >> tonight he responded with a heartfelt message to his fans posting a video on his twitter account. >> what's up everybody. obviously it's been a rougher day for me. >> reporter: carson wentz suppressing his feelings on twitter after his knee injury. head coach doug pederson talked about losing carson. >> i hate it for the season he's been having but at the same time it's been the next man up mentality and that's how we approach it this week. >> reporter: carson was having a tremendous year, a favorite of the mvp race and broke the team record for most touchdown passes in a season. he promises to work very hard to get back next year and if anyone can do it, he can. >> going forward i will come back stronger than ever. i will use this as motivation and i will be attacking it this whole process as i recover. but at the end of the day this year we still have something speci

good evening, everyone, i'm jessica dean. >> ukee washington has the night off. >> surrounding the mummers parade in a moment. meteorologist chelsea ingram has more on when we wake up in the morning, chelsea. >> right now a temperature around 17 degrees in philadelphia, 13 wilmington and checking in at 1 degree mount pocono and 11 degrees in allentown. and we don't have much in the way of winds it's just enough wind to make it feel more uncomfortable outside. winds coming in 6 miles an hour out of west and philadelphia and it's making it feel like single digits already in the city. feels like 9 in philly and three in allentown and 16 below zero in mount pocono a the lot of places dropping into single digits. for reading, lancaster, and wilmington overnight and in philadelphia. so, we're going to keep with this better cold blast as we head into the overnight hours tonight and then i'm tracking light snow on saturday behind that system another reinforc reinforcing shot as we ring in the new year. details coming up. >> chelsea, mummers are voicing concern over the bitterly cold weather they s

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good evening to you and merry christmas i'm jessica dean, ukee washington has the night off. let's go over to meet local isabella lauren casey who is tracking how cold it will gets. it's going to last for at least a week and it's going to feel like forever. today the cold was intense in combination with these intense winds gusting to nearly 630 miles an hour in cape may. cape may 52 miles per hour. it's still blistering, those wind gusts still gusting to 3 # in mount pocono. of course we had this artic air is that settling in across the region. current temperature in philly, 36-degrees, 26 in allentown, teens in the poconos and 29 in millville, but factor in the strong winds and it feels so much colder than that, the cold wind gutting like the knife. feeling like near zero, feeling like 15 in allentown, feeling like 18 for folks out at the link cheering on the birds. as we head throughout the day tomorrow not going to see much improvement. ó)dj poconos single digits, the lehigh value, berkes county feeling like teens in and around center city philadelphia as we head into the

good evening to you and merry christmas i'm jessica dean, ukee washington has the night off. let's go over to meet local isabella lauren casey who is tracking how cold it will gets. it's going to last for at least a week and it's going to feel like forever. today the cold was intense in combination with these intense winds gusting to nearly 630 miles an hour in cape may. cape may 52 miles per hour. it's still blistering, those wind gusts still gusting to 3 # in mount pocono. of course we had this artic air is that settling in across the region. current temperature in philly, 36-degrees, 26 in allentown, teens in the poconos and 29 in millville, but factor in the strong winds and it feels so much colder than that, the cold wind gutting like the knife. feeling like near zero, feeling like 15 in allentown, feeling like 18 for folks out at the link cheering on the birds. as we head throughout the day tomorrow not going to see much improvement. ó)dj poconos single digits, the lehigh value, berkes county feeling like teens in and around center city philadelphia as we head into the

good evening, i'm jessica dean. ukee washington has the night off. >> getting over to lauren casey tracking the cold temperature, plus the windchill that is will make it feel colder. >> all this ramped up on christmas day, the temperatures plunge the winds elevated. santa brought this to us, we don't want it. we want to return it. temperatures, struggle the 33 degrees, normal 42, degrees below. temperatures sub freezing in philadelphia at 27 degrees. we're going to stay sub freezing for about the next 180 plus hours. 21 right now in allentown, we're at seven in mount pocono. 20's in atlantic city. then, of course, factoring in even a little bit of a breeze, and feels like 17 in philly. feeling like nine in allentown and feeling like three below at this hour in mount pocono. and yes, we will have this continuance stretch of sub freezing high temperatures as we head into the rest of the week, and the upcoming weekend, potentially into next year. and windchills near zero. as we head into tomorrow night. and early thurs

good evening i'm jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. police say the pastor sexually assaulted four children for more tan a decade. hof hof is live outside the church in medford with more on these troubling accusations, alex. >> police here in medford township are asking anyone who may have experienced inappropriate contact at the hands of pastor harry thomas to contact their local authorities. according to the prosecutor's office these allegations span from 1999 to 2015. sex crimes involving four minors over the course of 16 years what pastor harry thomas has been charged with and with that he was us is spened indefinitely from his position within the comma live new testament church in medford. >> while the the allegations are unrelated to his roles in these ministries leadership determined this could be the proper course of action at this time until there's a full investigation. >> little children are helpless. this is just something has to be done. >> the 74-year-old pastor is charged with one count of aggravated assault, three counts

good evening i'm jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. police say the pastor sexually assaulted four children for more tan a decade. hof hof is live outside the church in medford with more on these troubling accusations, alex. >> police here in medford township are asking anyone who may have experienced inappropriate contact at the hands of pastor harry thomas to contact their local authorities. according to the prosecutor's office these allegations span from 1999 to 2015. sex crimes involving four minors over the course of 16 years what pastor harry thomas has been charged with and with that he was us is spened indefinitely from his position within the comma live new testament church in medford. >> while the the allegations are unrelated to his roles in these ministries leadership determined this could be the proper course of action at this time until there's a full investigation. >> little children are helpless. this is just something has to be done. >> the 74-year-old pastor is charged with one count of aggravated assault, three counts

good evening, i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. moments after pulled to safety by the rower, the woman was rushed to the hospital >> this happened near martin luther king drive in the strawberry bridge and alexandria hoff is live in fairmount park with more oath frightening incident. alex? >> reporter: jessica and ukee, the odds of surviving a car plunging into this water with a person inside during this time of year and under these conditions would be extremely grim. and it would have been tonight without the help of three strangers. drenching rain act stopping car is pulled from the schuylkill river. >> approximately 20 yards into the river, and about maybe a foot sticking out of the roof of the vehicle. >> reporter: the driver of the car was no longer inside of it. thanks to a group of well timed heros >> they observed what they saw as lights in the water. as they were on the water. they immediately came over to the bank area, realized it was a car >> two rowers and a coach from the penn ac rowing association housed on about the

. >> i'm jessica dean. . >> the associated press presented doug jones has defeated roy moore in tonight's special election, jones just came out to thank supporters. moore was heavily favored until several women revealed decades old sexual misconduct allegation, he will be first democrat to represent alabama 25 years, his win is a political blow to president trump who supported moore narrows the gop's majority and the senate to at a seats. joins, thank you, alabama. >>> also tonight, a bitter blast is about to blanket the region >> we're talking windchills in the single digits here. meteorologist lauren casey has a look where temperatures are and just how low they will go. lauren >> i don't think you'll like this. we already have single digits windchills temperatures on the board. temperatures dropping off dramatically over the last several hours. we're 26 right now in philadelphia. 23 in allentown. teens on the board, this is air temperature, 15 in mount pocono, we're down into the 20's in atlantic city, feels like temperature, down to 11 in philly. the feels like temperature has dropped

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good evening, i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. moments after pulled to safety by the rower, the woman was rushed to the hospital >> this happened near martin luther king drive in the strawberry bridge and alexandria hoff is live in fairmount park with more oath frightening incident. alex? >> reporter: jessica and ukee, the odds of surviving a car plunging into this water with a person inside during this time of year and under these conditions would be extremely grim. and it would have been tonight without the help of three strangers. drenching rain act stopping car is pulled from the schuylkill river. >> approximately 20 yards into the river, and about maybe a foot sticking out of the roof of the vehicle. >> reporter: the driver of the car was no longer inside of it. thanks to a group of well timed heros >> they observed what they saw as lights in the water. as they were on the water. they immediately came over to the bank area, realized it was a car >> two rowers and a coach from the penn ac rowing association housed on about the

. >> i'm jessica dean. >> in for those who knew the victim say he put his first, he was found unresponsive in a home on addison street in west philadelphia, greg argos is live at police headquarters with the latest on the investigation. greg? >> reporter: nicole, good evening, investigators say it appears the back door of that west philly was kicked in. an 85-year-old man dead, his family members said he was stabbed multiple times inside his back. >> everybody in the family. >> reporter: 85-year-old >> it's so hard to believe they would do that he is to him. >> reporter: found dead inside his home, stabbed multiple time. >> reporter: family members at a loss why he was killed but the memories they share of willie flowing freely. >> this was a great person to be around, i learned a lot. >> reporter: the 85-year-old was a normaler philly sanitation worker and spent his time caring for others and his beloved neighborhood. >> he was sweet. he would help us. >> reporter: around 2:30, one of us relatives found him stabbed inside his home. investigators say there was damage to the back door but w

moving the american embassy from tel aviv to the holy city good evening i'm jessica dean. >>> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington, excuse me. in the white house diplomatic reception room president trump reversed 70 years of u.s. policy. move earning praise from israel and condemnation from palestinian. >> we cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating same failed strateg ies of past. this is a long overdue step to advance the peace process, and to work toward a lasting agreement. israelis a sovereign nation with the right like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capitol. acknowledging this as a fact, is a necessary condition for achieving peace. >> reporter: the president went on to say he supports a two state solution, to conflict between israelis and palestinians. >>> israel claims all of jerusalem as its capitol while palestinian claims cities eastern sector as a capitol of the future independent state, the rival claims, lie at the heart of the decade long israeli palestinian conflict. there are also deep religious implications her

. >>> i'm jessica dean. announced he is resigning for office but isn't going away. >> al franken announced his resignation on the senate floor. >> in the coming weeks, i will be resigning, as a member of the united states senate. >> reporter: minnesota democrat was under intense fresh another to step down, faced with a growing list of women accusing him of sexual misconduct. during his announcement, franken pushed back against his accusers. >> some of the allegations against me are simply not true others i remember very differently. >> reporter: franken said he hoped to clear his name through an ethics investigation but he now realize he he could not be an effective senator during the process. tide turned begins franken when 35 of his democratic collogues called on him to step down. >> we need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is okay or acceptable and we, as elect leaders should absolutely be held to a higher standard. >> reporter: minute so the's democratic governor will pick someone to fill fr

hi, good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm natasha brown in for jessica dean tonight.tick around. >> um-hmm. >> we hope so. >> lets check with the expert meteorologist kate bilo live in yardley and has a close eye on the holiday weekend forecast, hi there, kate. >> it is a beautiful night to be out here at shady brooke farm. if you have never been here make the trip and come check it out because not only is it an awesome, farm, store, not only do they have fire pits, food but you can stay in your car put your christmas carols on and drove through a 2-mile trek of amazing christmas

. >>> i'm jessica dean. first flakes of the season make it to the ground we are tracking the storm and meteorologist kate bilo's in chestnut hill tonight, kate, everybody now wants to know how much of this snow are we talking about. >> well, you guys, it is only right we get snow and they will get snow in texas and mississippi,al bam, snow is now heading our way and it does like more and more likely we will get a decent significant snowfall, out of this especially down the shore and portions of delaware. you mentioned that the snow is falling in south jersey. lets take a look at storm scan three right now and see where snow is. starting to streak in from the south, this is same system to brought snow to portions of the deep south, carolinas and virginia right now and you can see the first snow falling across the southern cape may county, cape may point, down through west cape may and portions of the delaware beaches seeing snow as we speak as we zoom in. rest of the region is dry for now but overnight we wil

. >> i'm jessica dean. >> in for those who knew the victim say he put his first, he was found unresponsive in a home on addison street in west philadelphia, greg argos is live at police headquarters with the latest on the investigation. greg? >> reporter: nicole, good evening, investigators say it appears the back door of that west philly was kicked in. an 85-year-old man dead, his family members said he was stabbed multiple times inside his back. >> everybody in the family. >> reporter: 85-year-old >> it's so hard to believe they would do that he is to him. >> reporter: found dead inside his home, stabbed multiple time. >> reporter: family members at a loss why he was killed but the memories they share of willie flowing freely. >> this was a great person to be around, i learned a lot. >> reporter: the 85-year-old was a normaler philly sanitation worker and spent his time caring for others and his beloved neighborhood. >> he was sweet. he would help us. >> reporter: around 2:30, one of us relatives found him stabbed inside his home. investigators say there was damage to the back door but w

. >>> i'm jessica dean. our team is tracking it all for you, we have live coverage with meteorologist kate bilo live in bethlehem where she's tracking snow and celebrating holiday fest. >> that is right, jessica and ie in bethlehem and we have about an inch on the ground but, even though we got maybe half of what felon saturday and much of the area i venture to say problems this system caused were about double and it is all because of timing. saturday afternoon most people can stay home they don't venture out. when you have a storm midday, kid are at school and people are at work everybody hits the road at same time and it is mass chaos. road were terrible trying to get up here. is what an her trip for me took me two and a half hours to get to bethlehem and still coming down albeit lightly. lets look at storm scan three the steady snow has now shifted further south, ande, it is moving in south jersey just in time for second half of the evening commute but we are still seeing snow fall, around philadelphia and

jessica dean has this story of brotherly love. >> reporter: service members family is a force all itswn holding down fort at home. we met one who helped lift the burden on fellow soldiers. >> good luck keeping up with seven year-old brandon weekly oath field. he and his twin brother joshua love sports. >> is what your favorite team. >> the falcons. >> reporter: weekly's aren't today's typical military family. >> it is two income household, where i have been working full-time. >> reporter: dad matthew is a master sergeant in the air force deployed overseas at lee six months at a time. when he is gone cara has to work and look after boys hoff special need. she has another job too, she's also a key spouse a air force created for experienced military spouses, to help newer won get the services they need. >> important parties making sure we have families covered because they are ultimately won at home holding up the home front. to me they are unsung heroes. >> i think it is a nation everything that she does for the military, and it ace lieutenant to do, with our family dynamic. >> reporter

>>> i'm natasha brown in nor jessica dean today there noise timetable when president trump will sign bill into law but when he does congressional republicans promised americans will start seeing benefits of the plan, come february. a beaming president trump welcomed republican lawmakers to the white house to celebrate the passage of the g.o.p.'s tax overhaul. >> we are making america great again. you haven't heard that, have you? >> the house passed final version of the tax cuts and jobs act this afternoon. >> with this vote it will be the house, the peoples house, that eventually send this historic legislation to president trump's desk. >> reporter: every democrat in congress and even some republicans from high taxed states opposed the bill. democrats say it doesn't provide enough relief to average americans. >> this is an investment in the g.o.p. base, corporate special interests, wealthiest of the wealthiest and the trump entire empire. >> reporter: tax cuts for businesses are permanent but reductions for families and individual expire in a decade. >> it is unfortunate because of

good evening, i'm jessica dean ukee washington is off tonight people are battling that bitter cold by bundling up, just like our own meteorologist lauren casey, on a very chilly cbs-3 sky deck, lauren. >> absolutely cold temperatures. you can feel it as soon as you get near the door let alone go outside the door. temperatures on the decline over the last several days where we are in the middle 40 's on sunday. yesterday our christmas holiday 40-degree high temperature. today we barely made it into the lower 30's. a high temperature at 33 degrees in philadelphia about 10 degrees shy of our normal high temperature of 42. starting day off in the 20's. now temperatures have fallen south of freezing in philadelphia and we are going to have numerous days, where temperatures do not surpass that freezing mark once again. we are at 23 in allentown. twelve in mount pocono. we have fallen back in the 20 's in atlantic city. no, sir as blustery today as yesterday when we had wind in the 50 miles an hour range but still dealt with the bitter breeze, wind speed elevated a bit in philadelphia right

three ukee washington and jessica dean will look back at wonderful people we have met this year. >> thesere ordinary people doing inspirational things and a lot of them are inspiring others to pitch in as well tomorrow night for best of brotherly love right here on cbs 36789 can catch encore broadcast at 10:3 on our sister station cw philly. we will be right >>> pat's here. >> hi. >> hi there, pat. >> yes, pat's here with sports >> we have got the flyers and really bad in november, and then it was really good in december and here we are toward christmas, still good, flyers center sean couturier has scratched surface of becoming a great two-way player but never been known as a goal scorer posting career high of just 15 in the season but in 34 games this year, he set a new mark, and did so in a big way. red wings were in south philadelphia last night, flyers down two-is on the power play wayne simmonds find s back door opened tying it at two. later, hey, first, flyers robert, his fair goal would tie the game at three. and then here we go, to the third couturier has his best season as a pro,

. >>> i'm jessica dean and welcome to this "eyewitness news" special addition of brotherly love. >> allr we bring you stories of generosity and giving. >> including one that has you on the basketball court. >> oh, yeah i met a man who saw a kid shooting hoops and decided to up their game. >> i'm in the southwest philadelphia area probably half of the time. >> process server michael gibson drives philadelphia streets all hours of the day but he is nott

good evening, i'm jessica dean >>> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington.have felt freeze get ready for snow. >> meteorologist lauren casey in the weather center a lot to talk about as we head in the holiday weekend. >> a lot going on. we know temperatures are definitely cold enough to support snow, temperatures in fill after been sub freezing for more than 72 hours, right now, and at times, well below freezing like at present, to 22 degrees in philadelphia 16 in allentown. we are at five in mount pocono we have a breeze kick nothing. our feels like temperature 7b low in the poconos, 57 above in allentown, feeling like 12 in philadelphia and feeling like 9 degrees right now in trenton. we will keep around this cold, arctic, frigid air, as we head into our new years holiday as well, heading out to enjoy fire works you will need to be seriously bundled up, fighting cold, 6:00 p.m., 19 degrees around midnight, 13 with this northwesterly wind up around 10 to 15. it will feel like zero. potentially down to five below when we ring in 2018. all quiet as we look li

good evening, i mean jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer. in for ukee washington. across the region people are getting ready for the first snow. we have live team three coverage from the shore to the city. let's start with meteorologist kate bilo tracking the storm >> it's moving in at a pretty good clip but it will take awhile for the snow to start to spread. right now and through the next several hours this is a shore and delaware beaches storm. that's where the snow is coming down right now, look at this red shading over maryland, i'll zoom in, that is very, very heavy precipitation, headed toward the delaware coast line, heavy snow and rain you can see the mix line along the coast to very tight gradient heavy rain out to sea, heavy snow back inland and we're seeing some of the heaviest in our region over sussex county delaware and moderate snowfall into portions of cape may county you can see the darker purple continuing to lift in and the problem is, the snow is expect ed ed to continun this area for the better part of tomorrow all night and thousaro tomorrow.

jessica dean is off tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter chante lens is live in darby township with more on the frightening incident chante. >> reporter: police say this has never happened in this town and for that reason they are trying to catch everyone hoist responsible. >> at gunpoint driver amazon delivery driver. >> reporter: female subcontractor amazon delivery driver was kidnaped and robbed at gunpoint in the briar cliff section of darby township. >> is what wrong with people today. that is awful. that woman could have been killed. >> reporter: brazen crime which happened after 8:00 started on oakwood drive near park drive. >> four males driving a dark colored sedan and block off her car exited the vehicle and proceeded to rob her. >> reporter: it didn't stop there darby township police put her back into the van and drove down oakwood drive. we have tracked some of the route detectives say they held her inside the uhall driving about a mile going in and out of side streets, and they were park in the 1,000

jessica dean has the night off. epicenter was six miles northeast of dover, delaware and shaking extended far beyond that. >> we have live team coverage tonight. let's stwart david spunt in smyrna, kent county. >> i'm standing 500 treat ep i center of earthquake behind me is bomb bay hook wild life refuge. it's closed now. marsh land here on the delaware bay and it ail happened this afternoon 4:47 p.m. >> and the whole house started shaking. >> linda dempsey and husband joe lived feet from the ep i center of thursday's delaware earth quake. >> and we're looking at each other like we thought maybe a big plane from dover air force base came sgloun a few miles away in dover diane well. was getting wrd ready for a busy night inside gray fox grill when 4:47 p.m. things took a bizarre turn. >> it was brief and very intense. we knew it was not a semi-. it was different than a normal semi-driving by. >> this surveillance shows people relaxing at the bar when 9.1 magnitude quake hit. you can see is heads turn before everyone

. >>> i'm natasha brown in for jessica dean tonight. pretty mild day but will it stick around. >> um-hmm. >> we hope so. >> lets check with the expert meteorologist kate bilo live in yardley and has a close eye on the holiday weekend forecast, hi there, kate. >> it is a beautiful night to be out here at shady brooke farm. if you have never been here make the trip and come check it out because not only is it an awesome, farm, store, not only do they have fire pits, food but you can stay in your car put your christmas carols on and drove through a 2-mile trek of amazing christmas lights. we will show you more coming up. question, is this nice weather ing to go last until the holiday weekend? are these rumors of the white chris mass we have been talking about for days pan out lets start with the near term. temperatures wise it feels good outside right now. we need light jacket, coat maybe some gloves but not too bad for a december night. couple days before christmas we're sitting at 48 degrees still in philadelphia 42 allentown. forty-four

good evening, i mean jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer. in for ukee washington. across the region people are getting ready for the first snow. we have live team three coverage from the shore to the city. let's start with meteorologist kate bilo tracking the storm >> it's moving in at a pretty good clip but it will take awhile for the snow to start to spread. right now and through the next several hours this is a shore and delaware beaches storm. that's where the snow is coming down right now, look at this red shading over maryland, i'll zoom in, that is very, very heavy precipitation, headed toward the delaware coast line, heavy snow and rain you can see the mix line along the coast to very tight gradient heavy rain out to sea, heavy snow back inland and we're seeing some of the heaviest in our region over sussex county delaware and moderate snowfall into portions of cape may county you can see the darker purple continuing to lift in and the problem is, the snow is expect ed ed to continun this area for the better part of tomorrow all night and thousaro tomorrow.

good evening, i'm jessica dean >>> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington this story we first brought you last night at 11:00 and tonight there are calls for him to resign. >> even the governor has join the chorus, "eyewitness news", reporter joe holden track down both side in person in harrisburg. >> darryl metcalf has revised his comments to a degree saying it wasn't so much homophobia but he believes he was target of political motivation. as for representative matt bradford he tells me he is still stunned. that right there is the moment , that cast cloud over state capitol. >> representative matt bradford placing his hand on representative darryl metcalf 's arm, pittsburgh area republican took montgomery county democrat to task, calling it battery. >> i'm heterosexual. i have a wife. i love my wife. i don't like men as you might but stop touching me. >> reporter: exchange immediately raised questions, why did metcalf respond this way. >> i said i don't like to be touched by that by another man and some on his side might like it, he should go touch them and in the me. he likes to to

. >> tomorrow night 7:30 jessica dean and i will look back at the wonderful people we have met this year. these are ordinary people doing extraordinary inspirational things and a lot of them are inspiring others, to do good as well. >> you can tune in at 7:30 tomorrow night for best of brotherly love right here on cbs-3. catch an encore broadcast at 10:30 on our sister station the cw philly. >>> the gift giving, holiday season, it is here. >> yes. >> the weather. >> it is up and down but we might get some flakes on christmas day. >> we might. christmas movies where kid wake up christmas morning, it is snowing, it is snowing, that is what we're hoping for, we don't want a mess on christmas day. >> so true. >> but a few flakes coming picturesquely to the ground. we have a couple systems to watch we will break it down right now. we will take you outside speaking of christmas the christmas city bethlehem. we were there last week on friday for our holiday fest celebration looking nice out there tonight. people doing some last minute christmas shopping there along main street hotel bethlehem,

. >>> i'm jessica dean. we are in the thick of the storm right now and evening commute is well, shall we say, messy. lets look live outside on the ben franklin bridge speed right now are reduced to about , oh, what 24 miles per hour. >> yes. >> yikes. >> not moving fast. >> another live look outside, the philadelphia zoo right there, look at the snowflakes, down here in center city looking g that is a beautiful site. >> pretty. >> if you are out there on the road if you have plans to go out slow your roll. >> take your time. >> we have a team of reporters and meteorologists tracking conditions and your forecast, we will start with meteorologist kate bilo live, in bethlehem for tonight's holiday if he, how sit looking , kate. >> it has looked better but it has looked worse, snow tapering off here in bethlehem and war of the storm was about an hour or two ago, that was right at beginning of the evening rush but also at the time kid were getting out of school. very, very slow go here. it took me 30 minutes to g

right now guys are having lunch and they are having, in and out burger, our jessica dean knows all about that. >> i love in and out. >> real time in the west coast , exactly from southern california, your school days here, anyway, in and out burger on the menu for eagles right now. coming up late are in sports, guys we will hear about kobe bryant's visit with the bird, don't miss that. >> i can taste it now, don. did you have to mention that at 6:10 when we get hungry during the show. bad timing. >> perfect day for holiday fest as we prepare for snow in our area lets check back with vittoria wood nil chestnut hill. >> there is in place like home and there is no better place to check out beautiful homes during the holidays then chestnut hill. coming up it is christmas holiday house store and is there so much to see. >>> live look now in the poconos, where they are making snow, you'll be getting real stuff soon. winter weather moving n we will check back with kate bilo and chelsea we've live look from sea isle, you can see snow coming down we will check back with kate, chelsea for latest s

. >>> i'm natasha brown in for jessica dean. family's attorney says blaze could have been prevented. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is in our satellite center. quite an emotional day for this family. >> reporter: teresa malloy's children say she was fiercely independent and reluctant to move out of her apartment but she agreed to move in the barclay friends senior living community just weeks before it went up in flames. the family's attorney says the sprinkler system could have stopped this tragedy but that system did not work. on october 21st, 8 five-year old teresa malloy moved in the barclay friends senior living complex in west chester. twenty-six days later she was dead. one of four senior citizens killed when a five alarm fire ripped through the building. >> the panic she must have felt in the middle of the night. >> reporter: marry malloy, his ser daughter she and her brother spoke about their mother, first time wednesday. >> she had a remarkable religious faith. >> she was very big on character. working class.

. >> people making a difference in their community, tonight 7:30, cbs 3, ukee washington and jessica dean taking a look back at wonderful people we met this year. >> orders area people doing inspirational things, and a lot of them are inspiring others to pitch in, as well. tune in at 7:30 tonight for the best of brotherly love right here on cbs-3, and you can also catch encore broadcast, at 10:30 on our sister station, the "cw philly," we will be right back >> frozen ponds aren't just for pick up games any more. >> introducing the worlds to ice bumper cars. take a look, a ring in providence, now, riders get in a position similar to paddle boat, they use joy stick to bump into fellow riders, now the first city in the country to have outdoor ice bumper cars. if you can't do that pie therapy, you could also do this? >> now, i would do this, this, i think; fun. >> can you imagine you and i on there? >> you know i have eye-hand coordination, so we would be bouncing into each other. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," gifting bottle of wine is pretty common. >> this one creati

. >>> i'm jessica dean. as we have been telling i thieves have been targeting these holiday packageness local communities, snatching them right off peoples doorsteps. >> "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh joins us from manayunk where that local couple came up with the creative plan to catch a thief , anita? >> reporter: that is right, guys, it is a big problem especially during the holiday season when hundreds of millions of packages are on the move. philadelphia police released more surveillance video of package is here in manayunk but as you mentioned one couple took it upon themselves to turn the table on a would be thief. >> and it is really a shame thaw cannot trust what you put on your porch. >> after getting something stolen after their steps in manayunk jen and her boyfriend hatch a plan. >> the package has a fishing line attached to a beer can on the other side of the door, so , if someone were to pull it , hear the beer can rattle. >> reporter: that deterred a thief from jen's home on monday after

. >>> i'm jessica dean. officers say this starts with an e-mail "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in radnor township with what you need to know, joe. >> reporter: jessica, ukee police got a call about this shady e-mail sunday night that was convincing, disturbing and more likely then not a scam, however police moved on it and tonight they want people across the delaware valley to be aware of this contract killer, e-mail scam. this e-mail would cause to you believe you have a hit man on your tail. >> it is very disturbing when you read as your name and it says i have order to kill you. >> reporter: for bit coin currency is, demanded pay up and writer will supposedly tell how took out the contract on your life. detectives say that it is next generation in a licensing running beat of extortion scams and as far-fetched as it schemes police say should inn in be willing to take a chance >> especially when you see disturbing nature of the e-mail joe that i know you read when he puts in parenthesis i have