joe holden joins us live from atlantic city outside boardwalk hall, joe? >> reporter: rahel, good afternoon, the weather somber and gray, certainly reflective of the mood as people pause to remember and of course to mourn the life loss of trooper williams. now, at this time right now the funeral services just getting underway inside boardwalk hall. now, we want to go ahead and show this scene earlier this morning, as hundreds of troopers from across the area, the delaware vale, certainly, included, officers from philadelphia, south jersey, north jersey, many of those officers filing past the troopers casket. now, trooper williams was killed in the line every duty last week. he leaves behind a wife of only two months. williams of atlantic county was a member of the 156 police class, graduating just this past january. he was assigned to the port norris station. now, he was killed in that violent wreck last monday on route 55 in millville. investigators say a car was driving irradically, coming at trooper williams the wrong way. it was trooper williams, accor

. >> i'm joe holden in for jim donovan. >> donald trump is person of the year, called the nbc "today show" said it was a great honor, but didn't like the sub headline that says he's the president of the divided states of america. >> well, i think. >> putting it divided is darky. >> from trump has spoken to owe became an about the trump administration cabinet picks. >> i take his recommendations very seriously, and there are some people i will be appointed and have appointed where he thought highly of that person. >> president-elect trump continues to evaluate candidates to fill out his administration, made cup old of decision that is will be important voices on national security matters. >> cbs news confirms iowa governor terry brandssad, china referred to as old friend will be the next us ambassador to decline a and marine corps general, john kelly, will be the homeland securityntviewed with president-elect trump in his office last week. he's now join the trump administration. >> news night mr. trump formally introduced general james mattis as his pick toefen. >> kenneth craig, for

good afternoon, i'm joe holden. jim donovan is off. >> i'm rahel solomon. anita oh, live in frazier where investigators received big break in the case. anita? >> reporter: well, joe, rahel, that's right. authorities pulled that nissan al team a from a & p auto body shops here behind me after the owner reportedly called in about suspicious car with heavy front end damage, matching the description of the one involved in a hit-and-run that killed eight year old jayanna powell in overbrook about two weeks ago, take a look at a photo of the suspected driver of that car, paul wood hands -- woodland, 24 years old, they don't believe he's the owner of the car. for a week jayanna's pleaded for him to come forward, as he hit the girl walking home from school and kept going. happened in west philadelphia, at 63rd and lansdowne avenue. and this auto body shop where authorities found the car about 30 miles away from that accident scene. the fraternal order of police and the mayor's office had offered a combined $25,000 reward for any information leading to arrest, we spo

i'm joe holden. >> i'm rahel solomon. right to lauren casey with the bone chilling forecast. >> guys, already starting to feel the chill across the delaware valley with arctic air on route. tonight we'll have the coldest air of the season arrive, chilly right now, 44 degrees in philadelphia, 42 allentown, still hanging on to the freezing mark in mount pocono, and winds are now starting to pick up around ten to 15 miles per hour. as we head into the second half of the your afternoon, those wind will stay elevated, so feels like temperatures, down into the 30's right now, in philly. twenty's in the poconos. feeling more like 38 degrees, with that breeze right now in wildwood. as i mention, we hang on to the breeze evening into the evening hours, by the 9:00 hour temperatures falling back to the 30's, so windchills will take a big dive. clear sky conditions, not worried about precipitation, in combination with these cold temperatures tonight, we fall back into the 20's, for the first time this season, in philadelphia. 28 deg

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. >>> "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in the sat center with reaction from law make hours will vote whether to confirm this unconventional choice. >> reporter: in explaining this move donald trump tweeted i have chosen one of the truly great business leaders of the world. now the confirmation process for rex tillerson is expected to be rocky, because of his close ties with vladamire putin and fresh allegations of russian interference in the election. >> well look, i have serious concerns about mr. tillerson's nomination. >> reporter: new jersey democratic senator robert menendez adding his voice to a growing choir of lawmakers. >> there is no doubt that russians and others have hacked. >> reporter: this is after president-elect donald trump announced his choice for secretary of state exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson. tillerson has close business ties to russian president vladamire putin much add to that continuing suspicions, russia attempted to interfere in the presidential election. >> the question is did a foreign government try to affect the national elections of the uni

. >>> to take is thursday december 1st good morning i'm joe holden jim's off today. >>> i'm rahel solomon. we are waking up to wet roads. lets check weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> joe, you just said slippery situation, talk about it, we have been dealing with it, for the past couple of days and we had an overnight crash on the schuylkill i want to talk about. it has cleared. i want to bring it to your attention because of the rain, wet roadways still out there. >> i passed it on my way in. it is a mess. you are around that schuylkill riverbed you have to slow down. a lot of puddles, spray from the vehicles left over, even though rain is basically stopped as we take you out to start things off we are looking at storm scan three. this is a three hour loop. it is essentially gone. skies are clearing out. it doesn't heene we will not have left over issues, guys. it is really muggy, too. cooler, trier air has not quite caught up to us yet. look at atlantic city we are at 60 degrees right now. you can walk outside the door and notice it feels balmy, muggy too, climate control is

eye witt the necessary news reporter joe holden is live in bethlehem with more on how rest tents are getting ready there, joe. >> reporter: good evening, to you. i think saying goes when you live up here in the lehigh valley, poconos, you are always ready for some winter wet ther. we did not see the sun much at all here today. it feels like snow. i got the to tell you from the people we have spoken with they have not apprehensive about the snow, they just want a lot of it. >> i think they are calling for one to 2 inches. >> is that it. >> that is it. >> all right. >> reporter: bum are. >> bummer. >> reporter: if donna holbeck from bethlehem had it her way she would like to see the area get hammered. >> i'm looking forward to the snow. i ski. i don't like to shovel it. >> reporter: chopper three was over public works crew in the lehigh valley out in a preemptive strike treating road with brine. marlene brown here was kind of used to winter without snow. sorry marlene. >> it is not going to snow. >> reporter: no, it is not. kate bilo says it will snow. >> and she's probably smarter the

to take is wednesday, december m joe holden, jim donovan is off. >>> i'm rahel solomon. the lets start with weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> yeah, it is wednesday our hump day, getting over the hump together. i can tell you that the roadways are nice and wet for you. not good. >> yes. >> okay. so it is going to be another slow commute just ahead up. >> at least initially. i think with time we will see things drying out pretty nicely. i know road spray is an issue out there because we had so much rain, rolling through last night but we saw from wider screen on storm scan, we have it wrapping up. we might have have left over, again, spray from the vehicles and that type of thing and chill set nothing as well but in terms of what that system had it up its sleeves it is winding down and we are fining lesson storm scan will have a very tough time even hitting the ground right now. so, with that said, expect that we are going to start to clear out, with time, words to mention winter weather advisory in the poconos, that is still technically posted and it is not ne

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden has more on today's special ceremony in northeast philadelphia.> from the 25th district police officer matthew, police officer thomas heyes. >> reporter: police officers from across philadelphia are honored for their services, bravery and sacrifice. they are the stories of self lessness and courage in the crowd, officer jesse hartnett. >> they ran into his patrol car shooting at you inside your vehicle. >> reporter: hartnett was under attack and shielded himself from gunfire, using his arm. >> it was as a result of your training, experience, and quick thinking that you were able to return fire. >> reporter: for that hartnett received a philadelphia police department's distinguished sergeant robert wilson the third valor award. it is an honor reserved for those showing extraordinary courage, in the face of deadly combat. >> it is very much nice to be appreciated and to receive an award, for something like this. especially a lot of officers go unrecognized for a job that they do every day. >> reporter: for hartnett the memory of that yan day flashes

here with the details. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden. katie and meisha will be along in a moment. first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> head-on crash killed new jersey state trooper and another driver. >> it happened last night, on route 55, in millville. officials have now identified a troop here was killed in last night's head-on collision at 31 year old franky williams. >> flames raised through an apartment building, in northeast philadelphia, we know three people transported to the hospital. >> a 17 year old boy is in critical condition after he is robbed and shot in germantown. >> the victim didn't have a chance. >> upper darby township police looking for two suspect behind an armed robbery at laudromat. >> donald trump has announced another cabinet position. doctor ben carson has been nominated for second of housing and urban development. carson explained he's perfect because quote he did spends part every his childhood in public housing. so get ready for our next surgeon general, someone wh

. >>> it is thursday december 8th, good morning jim donovan is off i'm joe holden. >>> i'm rahel solomon. the lets get started with weather and traffic with lauren and meisha. good morning, lauren. >> yes, so great to see you. >> good to be with you guys this morning. >> we know it is early. happy thursday, it is gateway to the weekend but rahel and i, it is our friday. >> that is right. >> it is our friday. >> my friday too. >> it is. >> yes. >> okay. >> well, we're looking okay, dry, a lot of construction, down wires as well we will talk about that in a little bit. >> weather is quiet but we are waiting on a arctic blast, giving us our coldest weekend so far: 36 degrees in philadelphia. down in the zero's in million will. thirty-one mount pocono. win are calm to light at all of our reporting sites. that will change into the second half of the morning that breeze will start to pick up giving us a receipt i hearty wind chill factor as we head into lunchtime. by 12:00 o'clock we are at 44 degrees, sun behind breaking out but feel like 30's with the hearty breeze. as we head in the second

. >> good morning, to you, i'm joe holden.tical condition after he was shot during a robbery in germantown. police say the 17 year old was robbed in fern hill park, and shot in the head and hip. he was returned to temple hospital, investigators say they are looking for a white van that could be connected to this case. let's sends it to ever katie fehlinger and the eyewitness weather forecast, katy? >> good morning, joe. looking ahead to day that really transitions from not so bad to, well, quite a bit of a mess here specially by the p.m. drive. very obvious why, right? you have the leading edge of rain currently moving, in some ice, some snow across the mountain us terrain, back into west virginia, but this eventually comes in straight up rain for most of us. poconos, you can expect a little bit of wet snow or sleep. by later tonight, talking overnight, the rain finally tapering offer. with us good chunk of the day. we rebounds tomorrow with little break on the way, meisha? >> katie, thank you so many edge looking outside righ

for now we are live from south philadelphia i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, we will see you then. >>> one man remains hospitalized tonight after being shot several times, last night, this this happened just before 11:30 on the 3800 block of north bouveer street. five two-year old victim was dropped off at temple hospital by a private car with gunshot wound to his arms and torso. at last check he was in critical condition, and in the meantime eyewitnesses to that incident are helping investigators. >> we're getting information from several witnesses, that this five two-year old victim, family members of his, were involved, in an earlier fight, in the neighborhood we believe that this five two-year old male was shot, in relation to that family fight. >> police say shooter was wearing a camouflage jacket, jeans, and boots, there was surveillance cameras in that area and investigators hope they can help them identify the suspect. >>> in the city's somerdale neighborhood search is on for vannal who left several tire slashed the on the same block, anita oh joins us live fr

live from the atlantic city boardwalk, i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you for that. >>> violence broke out on the west philadelphia street corner as you a 17 year-old boy was shot. it happened shortly after midnight close to the el station at 60th and market. victim died at the scene and investigators believed he was intended target. police have important clues, a number of surveillance camera near the scene. >> there are numerous, philadelphia police real time crime cameras, and one of the cameras is directly over, where the victim collapsed, and at 60th and market, we also found several businesses at intersection of 60th and market that have exterior surveillance cameras. >> police also tell us that the man wearing dark clothes and a mask got a waste in a white suv. >>> the archdiocese of philadelphia, announced this morning it will close four churches in three counties, in montgomery county st. augustine church in bridgeport will close, and in chester county the original assumption of the blessed virgin mary in west grove will close. and in philadelphia'

our joe holden has more. >> this this is a big disposable e cigarette. >> reporter: the if the first of the kind a comprehensive report is out by surgeon general warning e cigarettes are dangerously addictive. >> e cigarettes went from being rare in 2010 to being the most common tobacco product used by our nation's youth. >> reporter: is what behind a surge in use in government and medical experts zeroed in on widespread advertising, easy access, and state clean air laws, that have yet to catch up. the reports show decade of education about the dangers of nicotine addiction, are quickly being eroded by e cigarettes misunderstanding. >> this represents a staggering development, in the relatively short period of time. it also threatens 50 years of hard for the progress we made curbing tobacco use. >> i started using e cigarettes three years ago as a high school freshman. >> reporter: sarah nicholas a six year-old from ship rock, new mexico said she was first drought to e cigarettes believing they were safe to cigarette smoking. >> we believed it only released water vapor and we ice cre

of course, joe holden, of course.are left with left over clouds, damp roadways, spray from the vehicles, all of those after hat issues that we end up with here but skies are starting to try to clear out at this point. so storm itself is exiting, you're left with the fog, left with low lying cloud cover, some mist, and even some fine drizzle. telltale signs of the sheen on the roadway there looking at center of the screen. this is a live view from our station headquarters and looking down 16th street there you can tell there is still wet weather out there but it is now left over. north wind at 6 miles an hour. we don't have a breeze to dry up the roadways so it may take longer for things to completely dry out but we are off to a milder start then where we are at the same time yesterday lower 40's up and down i9 five colder still, further off to the north and west especially, 36 is the current temperature in quakertown but as day progresses we're expecting to rebound back in the lower 50's which is above average. we wil

. >>> i'm joe holden in for ukee washington.nrest span add cross country in sit fridays new jersey to texas, our rahel solomon has a look at some chaos caught on cell phone camera. dozens of police officers, rushed into respond to this fight, at the fox valley mall out identify of chicago. confused, panicked shoppers scrambled for building exits. police say a thousand teens gathered at the mall before the brawl started at 6:30 last night. mall closed for over an hour. a shopping center in elizabeth , new jersey office are armed with long rifles and riot shields searched the food court after someone shouted gun, after a chair slammed. hundreds ran for the exits. they were coping with shoppers trying to get out. eight people were injured. fort worth, texas officers responded to reports of the active shooter but there was no gunman. >> anytime we are hearing a mall shooting day after christmas you have tons of people, you know, holiday shopping. of course, the response is going to be just like that we will get in here as fast as we

. >>> good morning, i'm joe holden, jim's off. >>> i'm rahel solomon. 6:30.e's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> drive by shooting in west philadelphia. >> philadelphia police are calling this intersection one of the more busier intersectionness west philadelphia, fortunately though only one man was injured and taken to the hospital and expected to be okay. >>> teen is in the hospital this morning after he viciously attacked by a pit bull in wilmington delaware. >>> authorities charged two juveniles with arson in connection with the devastating wild fires in tennessee. four people were killed, as a fire charred more than 17,000 acres. >>> i won. of course. >> no. >> of course. >> you and michael jackson. >> baby, i have been around. >> ♪ >> wow. madonna and michael jack somebody. >> wow. >> shocking. >> by the way she says that she made the first move. >> very important to get that on the record. >> did you like that when women make the first move? all right, lauren. checking in with the weather. it is cold out. >> i didn't mean to leave

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is in up land delaware county tonight with the very latest on this case, joe, good evening. >> reporter: ukee, good evening to you. did it trick attorney says that he intend to send both of these men to prison thousand. this all start? we are told by law enforcement sources that the boro council president in up land was falsely arrested in february of this year and then there was significant red flags that popped up. do you have any comment. >> no, he doesn't have any comments, excuse me gentlemen. >> reporter: does he deny these allegations. >> he no, sir comment. >> reporter: edward mitchell, 37 years of age is shielded by his lawyers, he wasn't interested in taking a barrage of questions from frustrates, te long time leader from delaware county, is charged with taking kickbacks from video surveillance camera contracts to the tune of as much as $130,000. >> we were able to track these kickbacks to his bank account, some of it, solve on it he probably kept tonight cash. >> reporter: prosecutors say it gets worse, mitchell is accused of planting hidd

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live at sixth and wharton with the latest on the investigation, joe, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. i spoke to the captain here in the third police district and he tolls me that this homicide remains a giant puzzle. we are expecting an undate from homicide, detectives, about where they stan, in this investigation. it has been 72 hours since 81 year-old marie buck was shot as many as a dozen times inside the grocery store. she operated for more than four decade. police investigation so far has determine buck a mother 306 and grandmother was targeted. investigators say one of the witnesses just one witness in that said at the store of the time an elderly woman in the back room said she heard no robbery ever announced and police say nothing was taken. witness heard those shots and came out, to find buck, on the floor. marie buck with her husband michael lived two doors down from the store, her family since has been very public and pressing for answers as to who could have possibly done this. police have been searching the area for any

eye witt the necessary news reporter joe holden spent the day outside and as deliveries were being made in ridley park , delaware county right now, tell us about it, gentlemen. >> reporter: we are all shivering out here, but this weather is no match for mail carrier nancy betson. >> i definitely like it out here better. >> reporter: with the biting wind chill of 13 degrees nancy betson loves her job. she has been with the postal service for 31 year, 26 carrying mail in this little section of ridley park. >> i kind of call it my gym time, like exercise, you know, fresh air, keeping me there being sick, and, in the building. >> reporter: nancy is a stapel on these streets. >> born and raised around here , you know, how are you doing. happy holidays. merry christmas. the. >> reporter: while some are new most of her customers have known her for decade. >> merry christmas, to you john. >> reporter: with the warm smile nancy takes to weather in stride. the she's bundled in four layers, thermal underwear, turtle neck, good gloves, she has done post office jeeps no heat in those vehicles. >> th

joe holden cbs3 "eyewitness news." >>> after their family lost everything to a house fire in kensingtontober, four kids had a reason to smile this christmas thanks to the joy of to his. the taylor family participated in the salvation army adopt a family program which links people or businesses to families in need. "eyewitness news" was there when they opened up all present this morning, all four kids received toys through cbs3's annual joy of sharing toy fest which collected more than 6,000 toys for needy families. >> thank you for everything. everything for me, my family and other families out there. that the kids that was in the house, they were ok. everything got, totally >> the children say christmas wasn't about what they were given but what they already have. each other. meanwhile, people attended church services all across philadelphia today to celebrate christmas. christmas. >>> the 8:00 a.m. mass at the basilica of saints peter and paul. the basilica also held services yesterday to celebrate christmas eve. >> and an estimated 40,000 people gathered to hear pope francis' traditi

to take is wednesday, december m joe holden, jim donovan is off.

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in her stun south philadelphia neighborhood, joe. >> reporter: jessica, good evening. people continue to power out here to say prayers for 81 year-old marie buck, shot and killed just on the other side of that door. in the meantime the investigation continues, police, are scouring this neighborhood for surveillance video, they want to talk to anybody who may have information, about this homicide, and they do say, that they believe that this was not random and that the person who pulled the trigger, intended to do so. >> marie buck's south philadelphia home stand two doors from the grocery store. the she lovingly ran for 43 years. >> she was murdered. my mom was murdered. >> reporter: all damon family and friend stopped by to pay their respects. a few feet away others pause todd pray outside memorial that has over taken steps of the marie's grocery store. saturday morning police say 81 year-old marie was shot and killed inside, 48 hours and counting, the who did it and why are deeply troubling questions without answers. >> plus, some say that the

. >>> to take is thursday december 1st good morning i'm joe holden jim's off today. >>> i'm rahel solomono wet roads. lets check weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> joe, you just said slippery situation, talk about it, we

. >>> good morning, to you i'm joe holden. a $25,000 reward, will help them catch man who held up a post office in chester. investigators say that he held a gun in one hand, and his umbrella in the other hand, when he robbed the post office on edgemont avenue last wednesday. if you recognize this man you are canned to call the police. >>> let's send it over to lauren casey to get the eyewitness weather forecast, hi there lauren. >> heading throughout the take we have some sunshine that will start to break out but that will not help our temperatures too much, chilly day in store, 46 degrees the high temperature and that breeze will pick up to 15 miles per hour with those higher gusts as we head into tonight a cold one meisha dropping down to 28 degrees, mostly clear and still breezy so those wind chills overnight are going to be pretty brutal. >> yes, they sure are, that is an under statement. thanks very much. looking outside right now looking busy but we have a disable truck 95 north before betsy ross bridge, it is southbound

. >>> good morning, i'm joe holden.e are hoping the public can help them identify a suspect, in a brazen, atm robbery. the man is accused of robbing a would map using an atm at the navy federal credit union on route 38 monday night. the victim for the off the suspect but he got away with her cash. >>> if you recognize that man you are asked to call the police. >>> lets send it over to katie fehlinger in the eyewitness weather center. >> we are expect to go see some very chilly air settle into the delaware valley here in the next couple days but for now we are above average for one shore take here. we are waiting on arctic air to move in. once it does temperatures will be falling to about 10 degrees below their seasonal average. how does that reflect on the thermometer? at best we will hit 40 degrees on try and at day. factor in the wind and friday may not feel much better than 20's but certainly a chill waits in the wings. meisha, over to you. >> all right, katie, thank very much. we are looking outside, we have a disab

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden more on how the family celebrated the holiday home coming in chester county. >> families everything. >> christmas day little more special this year, carman, husband, dad, grandfather, has been in the hospital since july. >> i forgot what my house looked like, you know, after being in the hospital that long. >> most recently carman had lengthy stay at rehab. doctors and nurses worked tirelessly to help this former. ps driver fight peripheral vascular disease, illness that at times proved critical for him. they tried to bypass on me. it didn't work. so that's when they had to cut my leg. they cut this one twice. >> now double leg amputee, carman joke he never liked his legs anyway. most recently beat bought of pneumonia. this fighter whom his family refers to as rocky was pushing all all long to make it home for christmas. >> my gosh, i can't even tell you, we were so excited. it wasn't until he was finally in the car we knew it was real. >> his grandchildren made a sign to welcome him. twelve year old allison share close bond. he said hess classmates ha

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. >>> aim joe holden in for ukee washington. >>> search is on tonight for a 71 year-old mace land would go man and her five-year old great granddaughter. barbara briley and lemyrabrice ly disappeared new years eve while traveling to spend christmas with family they weres last seen asking for directions at an exxon station. barbara's family reached her by phone and she said she was stuck in traffic but that was the last anyone had heard from her. >> i'm going to go with she got lost, abe reception got bad, her car broke down and she just waiting for someone to see her and i don't even think about nothing else. i don't think about nothing negative. >> family says barbara is a retired new jersey transit driver, who is used to long hours, behind the wheel, and they say that she was in good health, and never failed to call people back. >>> philadelphia police homicide detectives say that they won't rest until they catch the gun man who killed a grandmother on christmas eve. it is day four in the hunt for whoever murdered, south philadelphia grocery store owner marie back, she was shot 11 tim

. >> i'm joe holden in for jim donovan.auren and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's a what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. >> man is in critical condition after a drive by shooting in west philadelphia. >> philadelphia police are calling this intersection one of the more busy intersections in west philadelphia, so certainly more people were out here and could have been injured. >> teen is in the the hospital this morning after he is attacked by a pit bull in wilmington delaware. >>> a $25,000 reward is being offered to find the man who robbed a post office in chester. >> police say that man held a gun in one hand and a umbrella in the other. >> this is a very dangerous individual. >> law enforcement officialness georgia are asking a suspect shooter to turn himself in after one officer is killed and another is wounded. >>> ♪ >> i feel like james corden should never put his leg in that position. >> pretty precarious position. madonna car pooling with james corden on the late, late

. >>> aim he joe holden.atie and meisha will be along in a moment but here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. >> death toll rises to 97, after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake shakes a nation. >> this happened in the same area that was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2004. >> police are on the hunt for a thief who snatched a woman's purse right out of her car in the middle of the south philadelphia parking lot. >> you should be saying your momma taught you better than that. >> temple university football coach matt rule is leaving the owls for that head coach job at bay lor university. >> what? why is he leaving? >> bigger school, better recruiting, more national prominence. i can see why. >> hey champ, how are you doing. >> look, we have been worried about all these sudden changes. we know you are worried about the change. >> it happens to every tamly but i'm telling you this terrible feeling you are having right now it is not permanent. it could be over in four years,

. >>> it is thursday december 8th, good morning jim donovan is off i'm joe holden. >>> i'm rahel solomonarted with weather and traffic with lauren and meisha. good morning, lauren. >> yes, so great to see you. >> good to be with you guys this morning. >> we know it is early. happy thursday, it is gateway to the weekend but rahel and i, it is

. >> today is tuesday, december 6, good morning, i'm joe holden. >> i'm rahel solomon. more on breaking news in just a moment. first, outdoors check on weather and traffic with katie and meisha. good morning. >> good morning, all right, so what we are talking about on the roadways, a lot of construction, but talking about the fire, a little later. that will hurt us in the world of septa. so talking about all of that, and what to expect on your commute coming up. >> at least things dry for now, but also something that changes, this is definitely a busy weather pattern that we are facing here every day has it own headline, and depending on region you have your own. looking at storm scan3, nothing to report. let's throw the current conditions with the satellite over top of this. it is sort of splitting the region in two, far enough north, nice and clear, allowing places like the poconos to cool down very efficiently. so when the rain ends eventually, yes, some snow actually gets here, those are the spots that you're very likely to see the sleet or the snow. and it will hav

. >> i'm joe holden in for jim donovan. katie and meisha join us in a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. >> new developments in the hit and run death on her way home from school. >> relief for jayanna's powell familiar a as well as investigators with an arrest in this case. >> wow. >> at least five people are dead, dozens are injured and thousands still without power after a deadly tornado out break sweeps through the south east. >>> slippery situation for the sixers. >> last night's sixers game was postponed for the floor being too slippery. >> not one but two mops for the bo ge y man. >> dehashing us cousins now highest paid floor mopper in nba history. >> both romney last night and trump were dining at a four star french restaurant, billion air of the people ordered young garlic soup with tyme and sauteed frogs legs. i thought he said he would drain the swamp not eat contents. >> the main course he swallowed his pride, dignity and self esteem after dessert, cake. >

it is wednesday, december 7th, i'm joe holden, jim donovan is off. >>> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. >> good morning, guys. >> good morning, happy wednesday. i a good morning but then i worry because it has been a very messy commute already. i will write a pleading letter to mother nature, plead with her to please stop the madness. i know it is just beginning. >> yes. >> yes. >> but katie, is the rain gone at least. >> basically. we still have moisture out there leading to i necessity we have va from the vehicles but when we look at storm scan at this local zoom bulk of the moisture is leaving in terms of the rain falling from the sky. they could still have left over to go, you could have left over fine drizzle or hi but more than anything though i would say travel worries that mother nature has talk about here are all from the aftermath of the retreat of this storm system. we are left with again, a good soaking last night, tamp road, puddles that kind of thing but we will not require umbrella for next couple days here. forty-one at the airp

. >> today is tuesday, december the sixth, good morning, i'm joe holden. >> i'm rahel solomon. a loft news to get to you this tuesday morning. first, we check on weather and traffic. happy tuesday guys. roads actually looking a lot better than they were yesterday. nice and dry. >> getting busy but not dealing with rain just yet. you have until at least lunchtime, okay, so going to the gym, what's that about? no, well done, you, looking good here, hopefully you didn't have to work with the umbrella later on today you will need the umbrella. rain on the way. we showed you huge zoom on storm scan, already, the clouds beginning to lift in here, sign every things yet to come. so, we've got window of dry weather opportunity to get in your outdoor plans, get in the run. get in the errand. but, by again lunchtime at the earliest, start to see the rain. thirty-five atlantic sit, modest winds if any even in the recall, because it is a clear sky in mount pocono, you're really off to cold start today. only going to go so far t

. >>> good morning i'm joe holden, the sixers say they will honor tickets for last night's game, whener this season. why you ask? condensation on the court at the wells fargo center, made it too slippery, to lay on. officials called off the game, innings isers will also allow fans at choice of another game tree, later this season. >>> lets send it over to katie fehlinger with our forecast, katie. >> it looks like certainly the moisture is leaving our area, here today, we're expecting things to dry out nicely not just with regard to the actual rain but also the the dew points temperatures, those are dropping too. we will look on the the right-hand side have the screen outside whitefield elementary school still pooling but things are drying out. now that the unis is up it will they that math's long. the we are very quiet. right where we should be hovering near or just below 50-e right through weekend and into next week, meisha. >> getting cooler, katie but rain is gonna way. always that trade off, we to have a accident still out there 95 south of the blue route pulled off block ago this

. >> father joe holden. >> big pappa joe, yes. >> good one, katie. >> we will have to make sure we putether. because this is the time of year that it is worth reminder, right? so let's take a look though at what you will face today. some of you will be driving if some snow. specific to the poconos. across the delaware valley, just rain, right now no weather at all to report. out to the eyewitness weather watchers to see what they've got up their sleeves. thirty-four the temperature coming in from dennis martin. i had to show you his comment. someone please tell went they are is no play zone. no snow. that's not what he wants right now. i have to say i don't feel like i'm totally ready for it either. off to the southwest, into delaware, 38 degrees according to lisa, within the last 40 hints or so. she sent that observation in. but she knows well that she'll need her umbrella later. even though just got clouds at the moment, that is going to be changing. let's go to one more, 33 degrees this morning from barbara lane. she too finding nothing more than some clouds. she mention her dew .29

." >> i'm joe holden. bundle up before you head out for the fireworks tonight. lauren. >> it's chilly now but temperatures won't be tumbling as we head into tonight. i'll have your fireworks forecast and what to expect as we ring in 2017. alex. >> reporter: well, we're here at a very festive penn's landing. we'll give you a live look at the festivities and fireworks coming up. >> thanks alex. >>> developing right now the man suspected of killing a pennsylvania state trooper last night is shot and killed himself. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 is >> ♪ >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> philadelphia is set to bid farewell 2016. fireworks are about to light up the night sky at any point this evening. this is just the first of two displays that will help us ring in 2017. good evening, i'm joel holden. natasha is off tonight. now the second fireworks show kicks off at the stroke of midnight. if you're heading tout celebrate you'll want to dress warmly. meteorologist lauren casey is here with her fireworks forecast. he

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in bethlehem with more on this case, joe? >> reporter: good evening, to you isaac duran infante made his first appearance inside of a new york city courtroom where prosecutors, outlined a very disturbing case against him. they claimed that he strangled both his ex-girlfriend and their four year-old child, and then left, them in the the apartment, for days, not letting on to authorities, over the christmas holiday while he partied. well, people that knew him, somewhat vaguely and lived inside bethlehem, said there was never any trouble here. >> in bethlehem, pennsylvania, no answer was as we stopped at apartment where police say man accused in a manhattan double murder lived. he is 23 year-old isaac duran infante, nypd alleged that the lehigh valley man fatally strangled his ex-girlfriend and then killed the couple's four year-old son miguel, who was found inside a bathtub. investigators say durant infante was in new york, and they claim he was tired of paying child support and that he didn't approve of the way that she was ra

. >>> and, good morning i'm joe holden, jim's off today. >> i'm rahel solomon 6:30.ere's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> so much relief this morning with the arrest for jayanna's powell's family and with the tip for someone who saw this news coverage, who ultimately broke this case. >> woman is dead after police chase end with a crash in west philadelphia police were chasing two men who were wanted in connection with the shooting. >> wow. >> at least five people are dead, dozens are injured and thousands still without power after a deadly tornado out break sweeps through the south east. >>> president-elect donald trump kicks off his so-called thank you tour today with the stop in cincinnati, ohio. >> everybody started booing and left. >> sixers say it is first. >> last night's game called off because court was unusable. >> in the one but two mops. >> i will tell he he wanted to play what do you think. >> we came here looking for a good game but ultimately players safety is more important. >> it is driving down here in traffic and everything but

i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> bill cosby suffers another legal setback in his criminal case. montgomery county judge ruled cosby's own testify from a 2006 civil suit brought by andrea constand can be used in his sex assault trial. judge conclude that had cosby never had a promise from a previous prosecutor that he could never be criminally charged. ruling on the deposition is one of the two key pretrial issues. the judge also has to deidentify whether prosecutors can call 13 other accusers, as witnesses. >>> a fight to force an election recount in three states, focused on pennsylvania today. green party presidential candidate jill stein is leading the charge. she held a news conference outside trump tower in new york. her party is now seeking an emergency federal court order, for a statewide ballot recount. president-elect donald trump defeated hillary clinton in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. stein says that she just wants to verify accuracy of the vote. >> that right to vote is embodied in this recount effort to ensure that we have a fair, and accurate election