because it will be cold enough for sleet or snow in southeastern pennsylvania, for example, but if thedidn't get up that far, it doesn't matter, does it? because it's the track of that low, far enough to the south and we get nothing up here in southeast p.a. we get rain in delaware and south jersey. then we watch for another disturbance to possibly come in to tuesday morning. now, the loud air that's with us this weekend, that's going to be going and the arctic air making a return visit has not been covering the country for much of the month of december but the weather pattern is changing and as we go into the beginning of january, we are going to be seeing more of this cold over a large portion of the country. so for the rest of the night, it's not going to be arctic, nothing close to that. it's just kind of chilly, 34 for the low in philadelphia. the average low in philly is 28. we're still above average there. 28 north and west. then during the day tomorrow, a lot of sunshine, mild conditions, not much wind, just a beautiful day for most of us. highs in the mid-50s. i know a lot of

it is spark something showers across southeastern pennsylvania. we're seeing a little bit of light rain from baltimore washington up through philly our northwestern suburbs seeing light to moderate rain and that is moving into the city right now. some showers expected for the drive home and then probably through most of tonight. winter weather advisory issued for lancaster county on the western fringe of our area. this is tomorrow. so the showers tonight round one of two rounds of some weather that will be moving through. and that extends to winter weather advisory as you get along the mountains freezing rain advisory in the laurel high lands. i don't think we see too much wintry weather here but it will still cause for problems tomorrow afternoon. your fox future cast shows showers moving in through. eight, 9:00 o'clock moving into south jersey and then overnight that rain will start to taper although it might hang on to our extreme counties. 35 in the city. 30 in suburb. showers are here they'll continue through most of the night. talk about the

you can see the rain spreading to the north, finally getting into southeastern pennsylvania along withdelaware and south jersey. it is all light. the icing is pretty much taking place in central new jersey at the moment. temperatures above freezing everywhere except for the poconos. 32 degrees, could be light icing there. the rest of the area not getting close to the freezing mark later tonight, temperatures will not be dropping a whole lot. the rain will continue to be there and the fog i think will become more widespread later tonight. then we talk about heavier rain. that's coming with the rest of the seven-day in a few minutes. >> the threat of more rain on christmas eve could cause big delays at the airport on the rail and on the road. tonight, some people are getting a jump start on their holiday travel plans. nbc 10's matt delucia is live tonight at philadelphia international airport. what kindç of contingency plans in place there? >> jacqueline, i'll tell you, if there's one thing on everyone's wish list out here at the airport it's for their flight or train to be on time. for

we do. 39 degrees is your high in allentown, 40 in philadelphia so not much difference in southeastern pennsylvaniaas you get closer to the coast mid 40's later this afternoon. windy and chilly all the way though. then on thursday morning there's another chance of lingering snow in the poconos. most will be out of our region as we go through the rush hour maybe the northern suburbs pick up another light shower. it's await and see situation in the morning tomorrow so you'll see whether or not there's an issue. later in the afternoon as some of this tries to push farther south it likely encounters warm enough air where it changes to rain locally and maybe another snow shower up north as we go through the day and the afternoon and evening tomorrow, okay. your exclusive accuweather seven days, windy today. a rain or snow shower is possible but most of the time you're dry. a high of 40. the big issue is going to be that strong chilly wind. tomorrow breezy with a possible snow shower especially in the northern suburbs through the day. 39 degrees is the high. this likely doesn't put down any large accumul

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. >>> southeastern pennsylvania already has the highest gas prices in the region, now averaging $2.58 a gallon for regular. new jersians pay an average 2.27 a gallon and in delaware it is 2.4 two. not so bad. >>> coming up, when it rains it pours indeed tons of salt cascade out of the morton's factory in chicago. >>> find out is what being blamed for the the epic spill, we will be back in two they say if you spill salt it goodies to throw over your shoulder. take a look at this, this is what the morton's salt factory looked like yesterday. wall collapse sent tons pouring on the car the in the neighboring car dealership. fortunately, in one was hurt. >>> some of the mummers are putting final touches on their new years day strut. >> ♪ >> eyewitness news in south philadelphia where wood land string band rehearsed making sure they have everything just the way they want it. of course mummers parade is a tradition here in philadelphia this year route is shorter but great hard work so many put in the parade will still shine through. >>> join cbs-3 on new years eve tonight, we will broadcast

southeastern pennsylvania porsche club of america dropped off three and a half tons of food to the wmmramp out for hung er. 110 vehicles left king of prussia and made the trip to south philadelphia each vehicle carried 50-pound of non-perishable food. >>> music ledgend kenneth gamble helps ted his annual fashion hoe gala fundraiser and benefit tonight. the event took place at the university of the art, in center city philadelphia proceeds get to universal companies pearls for wisdom and from boys to men character building and social elegant programs. the sleepless night. (cough). (baby crying). sorry. robitussin dm max nighttime's dual action liquid instantly soothes your throat and delivers fast, powerful cough relief. robitussin. don't suffer the coughequences. >>> philadelphia mayor michael nutter presented a check for $118,000, to youth football teams and cheer leading squads tonight. these young athletes are heading to florida later this month to compete in their respective national championships. >>> well, they are yelling break up the innings isers. it happened tonight. finally.

portions of southeastern pennsylvania and delaware and south jersey.e colder air moving into the west could mean snow for us come monday morning. something to watch as we go into the new year. for now, partly sunny skies this afternoon. 40s this afternoon. middle to upper 40s. northerly winds just at 10 miles an hour today. here comes the cold though, tomorrow. 33 in the morning. a high temperature peaking at 40 degrees. so, most of the day will be in the 30s for tuesday, and it's colder for new year's eve and new year's day. 20s in the morning, 30s in the afternoon. the clouds will move back in over the weekend. increasing clouds on saturday will come with milder temperatures. so, we'll likely start as rain late on sunday and possibly changing to snow overnight and into monday. >> so you'll be able to chill that champagne without even putting it in the refrigerator on new year's eve. >>> let's check -- before we get there -- >> before we get to the champagne. >> a lot of people are to work. back-to-work day. let's check the roads with nbc 10 traffic r

and even though it looks like a little batch of wet weather is making a beeline towards southeastern pennsylvania it is not. it will rotate away here. owe maybe you will see a sure or two up in the poconos, maybe a light snow shower, nothing that will accumulate but rest of us can bank on nothing more than a few clouds out there. it is, however going to start to turn colder in the wake have of the front and wind starts to kick in. so even why i this one final day of mile air in the lower 50's here. back in the lower 40's for tomorrow and sun will shine. similar forecast friday but less breezy conditions for us out there. outside we will go to palmyra cove nature park, still low lying cloud cover. you should be able to see center city philadelphia we are having a hard time making out mig but one beacon of light. that is top of the comcast center but moving forward in the forecast here you can expect lower 40's to return and it generally is just with us into next week. now your eye gets drawn to sunday, it is just a chance for rain or snow and even if it does hit us it is looking like very light pr

so slick travel, is the big story, going into northern new jersey, and good chunk every southeastern pennsylvaniain philadelphia, itself, this is mainly a heavy rain, and wind event, and even as you look at the rest of the eastern seaboard, even further inland, things pretty calm and collected. basically where it is at with the big weather story, storm slowly glides to the northeast, but then, there is a large dome of high pressure to the northeast of the storm. that's going to block it from moving out of here. that's why it sort of hangs out, and meanders for awhile, and we will still have additional showers every rain and even some wet snow through the next couple of days. currently though we do have flood watches in effect through the entire region shaded in the green here, and that does include obviously portions of delaware, philadelphia county, out even into chester, bucks, good sector of the delaware valley included here. >> also coastal flood warnings, and advisories posted, for all of coastal delaware, new jersey, here are some your tide times. rehoboth, 9:20 a.m. when the high tide come

looks like there is a little break in the action over most of delaware, even portions of southeastern pennsylvaniathe heavy, heavy rain has subsided for you, you're basically done with the worse. you're far from done with the storm. but the heaviest is actually starting to pull off to the northeast. this afternoon, and tonight, lingering showers, but again, heaviest and worse of the storm has to offer, right now. jess? >> thanks, katie. that's where weather and traffic go hands in hands. week can see affecting our commute quite significantly. schuylkill expressway, raindrops actually accumulating on the camera lens here, and roadways completely shiny as they head eastbound, westbound lanes moving along just little better, volume just begins to accumulate a little bit. now report of icy conditions out in the lehigh valley, so just use caution on northeast extension, 78, 22, stay there, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be r >> we're following breaking news, a philadelphia firefighter has been killed white battling flames. >> expect heavy rain, gusty winds, some ump might even see sleet and some snow pos

of virginia and into eastern tennessee and there are areas right in here across parts of southeastern pennsylvania portions of maryland. we are seeing temperatures that are cold enough some of the rain is transitioning over to snowfall or even a bit of a mix. the watch out on the roadways. areas to the west california dolli dealing with extreme drought. it will gee ino into san franci. windchill temperatures already colder out there. you mentioned you felt it. 28 degrees much cooler about 24-hours ago. felt like the 50's. here's a quick look at the high temperatures. 30's chicago and cleveland 20's minneapolis. highs in the 40's in the city of dallas. let's head over to you. >> it is going to be cold. >> in time for christmas. >> 10 minutes after the top of the hour. no gender december. why one am group wants to do away with trucks or boys and dolls for little girls. >> obama will have employers hanging up big time >> i got incredibly nervous and anxious. >> prince harry's work here why he is choosing today to come clean. you can't breathe through your nose, suddenly, you're a mouth breather. a mo

this is a collaborative law enforcement effort from montgomery county and southeastern pennsylvania. we have teams working from many different agencies. i'm going to highlight them and just thank them while we're here. from our local police department, we have lansdale police, solderton, and perkiomen district and doylestown police departments. we also received incredible support from many of our local fire and police both in montgomery and bucks county. we're very appreciative of their support and effort. our s.w.a.t. teams have been out nonstop from montgomery county. abington s.w.a.t., central montgomery county s.w.a.t. cheltenham s.w.a.t., eastern montgomery county, lower merion all working to try to locate this fugitive. from our county's office, the district attorney's office, the detective's bureau, the sheriff's department has been helpful and working with the department of public safety they have been helpful as well. yesterday, the bucks county district attorney's office in support of our efforts. the pennsylvania state police and our federal counterparts, atf, fbi and u.s.

and every once in a while, you see is it coming down toward southeastern pennsylvania.now flurries around then, no strong winds. dry weather. seasonably chilly by the fourth quarter, 36 degrees. of course by the fourth quarter, it's midnight, so it should be fairly cold in december. for tonight, we have wind. still 15 to 25. and some snow showers. a few slick spots especially in northern sections where temperature will drop sooner. windy and cold tomorrow. highs only in the upper 30s. then on friday, still breezy. but not quite as windy as tomorrow. and then saturday, still pretty cold. we finally get less cold on sunday and we have above average temperatures early next week. >>> so imagine this. a conversation in the classroom with that man, bill gates spoke live via video chat with some very lucky sixth grade science students in new castle. the student's teacher registered her class to participate in a computer science project through a nonprofit. registering that class also entered them to win a live chat with an expert. >> the kids have been doing a lot of research

personal records for 12,000 people in southeastern bns people in southeastern people in southeastern pennsylvaniand new jersey were thrown out by maintenance workers boxes containing member ids, social security numbers were trashed in october and it was made public in a legal notice. they are offering free credit monitoring for affected customers. >>> north korea blamed u.s. after internet access got hacked and shut down and officials threw in a racial slur at president obama along the way. officials there say the president is behind the release of a movie "the interview" and the plot of which includes assassination of north korean leader kim jong-un and the whitehouse has not responded to north korea's claims and comments. the iconic fountain restaurant at the four seasons served its final dinner tochbts the fountain which was awarded repeatedly over the years, has been a staple of fine dining in philadelphia for more than three decades. the four seasons is moving to thep it of the new comcast centsner 20 17. many employees who worked here for decades say they are proud to have been a part of ph

we did not get nearly as much in delaware or the philadelphia area and other parts of southeastern pennsylvania, but we continue to see bands of rain moving north to south. we're nowhere near drying out overall with this, although the precipitation is pretty much on the light side. what's going to happen as we go through the night tonight, there is the changeover to snow. but we don't go until tomorrow night with the temperatures dropping below freezing. so during the day tomorrow, could be snowing in this area, but the temperature should be well above freezing and unless the snow is coming down real hard, it's not going to be sticking in most places. and how much snow? at least one of our computer models here shows at least some perhaps toward the philadelphia area, but as far as accumulation, not much because so much of it is melting. an inch in allentown, 3 inches more in the poconos. again, that's just from one particular computer model. we'll continue to update this because we keep getting new information. this is a tricky forecast on the back he said of these slow moving nor he's terse. w

area of rain from parts of maryland up through southeastern pennsylvania and into central new jersey.ooks like the wettest county is chester. montgomery county, pretty loaded. delaware county, bucks county, all loaded with rain right now. some of it is at least on moderate side. comes down fairly hard and it goes all the way back into west virginia. it's all moving in the same direction. so it's going to be hard to clear out as we go through the afternoon. i think the computer models may be too fast on this for the clearing. by 3:00, the rain ending at the coastline. well, that's why we just look at computer models. we don't necessarily believe them 100%. and perhaps a few more showers later on this afternoon. but by this evening, things are drying out. clearing out and setting us up for tomorrow. but then, moisture starts coming back. friday, here comes the rain. generally friday night, the east wind though starting. once the east wind starts, it will stay around for a while. we may have issues with coastal flooding by the time the weekend is over. because it's east wind, day after d

if it reaches up into southeastern pennsylvania, then it would be cold enough for some snow or sleet some kind of a mix. we're still not expecting anything real big. >>> clear and cold tonight, 34 for the low in philadelphia, 28 north and west. during the day tomorrow, a lot of sunshine, mild day. average high is 42 remember. we're talking about mid-50s. and the seven-day forecast, another day possibly into the mid-50s on sunday despite the clouds. the showers from time to time. then on monday, the rain especially in delaware, extreme south jersey, question as to whether it comes up to pennsylvania or not. there's in question it will be cold next week. highs only in the 30s. by new year's eve, it looks dry. it looks like about 28 degrees at midnight with not a whole lot of wind either. >> thank you. >>> season started with so much hope for the eagles, the confidence was high when the birds beat dallas on thanksgiving. >> now just after christmas the birds have no chance of the playoffs and are on the eve of ending the season with a meaningless game against the giants. >> ron burke is

last night, it was just southeastern pennsylvania. mostly northern suburbs.xposed skin, yeah pretty cold. into the mid 20s. the bands of snow are shrinking. even this northern one which was taking over is getting smaller and smaller. that is certainly a trend and it's getting lighter in bucks county. so things are improving there. and the snow area in southern delaware continues to shrink as well. and we don't expect additional ones to be coming through most of the area, there's one that could be getting into parts of te delaware this evening. sheena will keep on eye on that. tomorrow morning, it's dry and there may be sunshine. remember what that looks like? by sunday night, of course, it's not in december, so it's going to be cold. seasonably cold. 42 at 8:30. the kickoff. and 36 in the fourth quarter. so it is going to be cold. not especially windy. it is going to be dry. so, not a bad night for football. snow showers are ending, but some icy spots are going to remain. so you want to keep an eye on that, and listen to the traffic reports and hear about any

. >> let's get our wet n and our traffic together now stay confined to southeastern pennsylvania here bag. some finding temperatures in the three, a other nice and mild, 54 degrees the temperature set in over the last half hour blue bell, with full sunshine, at least initially, that's coming into us from jerry, beautiful november, he meant december, now that it is december. but i tell you what, this actually feels little more like april, as we move forward, in the forecast here today. we will check in on one more location, kevin wilson, meant generally sunny sky this morning, 48 degrees, in havertown, pa. let's go ahead, take a look what the pattern has up its sleeve for us here. generally going to be a week dictated by fronts. one messing with us for the next two days, here's the beginning of it, i would say not messing with us so much. shower later today of rain, just rain showers, currently still clear skies here, but eventually the clouds will build, and we actually warm up nicely in advance of this. now, what happens is once this front crosses through will dip to the south, nudge

♪ in southeastern pennsylvania, a holiday celebration goes from festive to fearsome in the blink of an> oh, my god. >> what the -- what the -- >> july 4th, 2010, the town is celebrating more than american independence. the 7,000 residents are celebrating their home town's big birthday. lifelong natives look forward to the evening festivities. >>> palmyra was celebrating it's 0250th anniversary. it was a big deal for the community. >> the night will be topped off by a fireworks display at the buck swank football field, a first in the town's history. her teenage son tyler didn't want to miss it. >> i was hanging out with my girlfriend all day. we met up with my mom right before we watched the fireworks. >> the lawn is crowded with scores of spectators but adia and her kids find a spot in the grass upfront. they sit just behind the tape separating them from the fireworks launch site, 250 feet away. hundreds more grab seats on the bleachers to get a view from farther away. >> about 10:00 the fireworks started going off. it was beautiful. >> my girlfriend and i were just laying down in the

the light dusting also fell, this one came in from michael troutman, through southeastern pennsylvanias had enough cold air and snow rolling through to bring in scenes like this. we have light footprints in the snow out here in haddonfield from jeff moore. we will show you another one from philly, light snow also falling. what a beautiful picture this is here with the pretty lights and just a lovely view of the downtown area. meanwhile in atlantic city we will talk about odd ball out much, my goodness, blue skies, sunlight, gorgeous, sunrise. tim mitchell is great about sending in nice pictures from the shore points but we will take it back inland one more time here, just one of the many observations we are finding where we have a little mixed bag of rain, light snow, this one from cherry hill anal son send nothing 34 degrees. lets take a look at storm scan pour place to check in and we will continue to track our nor'easter. it has been here for several days. counterclockwise continues to spin these snow showers in at this point there are winter weather advisories for central pennsylva

. >> there is a group of us called southeastern pennsylvania lighten enthusiasms yas. we get together have breakfast, talk electronics and controller stuff. we just have fun and talk electronics. >> we were talking before you don't give your address out. you are in schwanksville but you have a light show set to music and it would be 20 minutes if somebody sat and tune their car radio in and that is a bad traffic jam and your neighbors might hate you. >> we try to keep neighbors as happy as we can with you they are very supportive of. >> this is a eclectic scene, penn state huge alumni. you have your penn state fat ball player right here. you have blue and white lights. then on to the other side, windows that are all timed with blue lights, all depend ing on the music which is the fight theme song from penn state, we have nativity scene over here. you have it all. do you have, you are pleasing everyone. we have the nativity scene. the those are old fashion ones. really cool. hard to get now you a daze. we try to meet all different types. we do some hanukkah music. hanuk

afternoon and we will see rain moving in north and west but everyone has got a chance here in southeastern pennsylvania. jersey, delaware will wait longer for rain to come through. point is by the evening we will see chance for some showers, but they will be steady more widespread as we head into tonight and then by at day we will see rain through most of the the day. that could start as freezing rain in the poconos but winter weather advisory for this evening. twenty-five in the poconos now. it is cold enough for freezing rain or snow at this point. twenty-six inial than town. twenty-seven in pottstown. thirty-seven in philadelphia. thirty-eight in millville. it will warm up as we go through day and into saturday so not expecting much in the wintry weather. eagles game later in the a afternoon, we will lose the wet weather. we will see sunshine but gusty and chilly. 42 degrees is kick off temperature. wind north at 30 miles an hour so expect cold game down at the link. your seven day forecast 46 with the late rain today, all day rain on saturday, 55 degrees. warm rain. we will clear out, chilly, sunny

serves on various charitable and civic organizations, including director for legal aid of southeastern pennsylvania the pennsylvania bar institute as well and -- and the montgomery bar -- montgomery county bar foundation. and, finally, in that vain in service to his community, he's worked as a volunteer child advocate with the montgomery child advocacy project since 2007 and served as director of that organization from 2009-2012. that's montgomery county, one of our largest counties by way of population, just bordering philadelphia. and that's a big county that has challenges, like any county of its size. and to have a judge -- or to have a nominee who we hope will become a judge after our voting to have spent that time with children in an advocacy position is -- is great testament to mark's commitment. so whether you focus on his academic credentials, as someone who had a wide variety of matters come before him as a lawyer in a big firm, whether it's his volunteer work and, therefore, his commitment to service, mark is well prepared and i believe one of the best nominees that we could put forward

fairly early because we have some of that cloud cover breaking up over south jersey, parts of southeastern pennsylvaniaest of us will squeeze out some sunshine as we go later into the morning and then maybe even more this afternoon. 40 degrees by 8 o'clock. by 11 o'clock 50 degrees and then 52 is your high by 2 o'clock so like yesterday pretty mild the difference today is that we have a lot more wind blowing through the region. we'll probably see gusts up to about 20 to 25 miles per hour. also as we get past about 2 or 3 o'clock, the numbers are going to start to fall off the table a little bit as cool air comes in from the northwest and by 5 o'clock we'll be back down into the mid 40's. 52 is your high in philadelphia, though, about 48 in allentown, close to that in lancaster and reading and 50 in cape may, 52 at the airport in atlantic city. tomorrow looks like a breezy one. we'll get a high of about 46 degrees. high pressure still well out to the west and that area of low pressure still in the vicinity over nova scotia. the winds wrapping down between those two features will draw cooler air in givin

. >> desmond jones is a philly resident and veteran driver for the southeastern pennsylvania transportationthority bus company, better known as septa. when jones starts his shift on that sunny spring day, he's in for a shock. captured on his bus equipped with eight security cameras. it all starts when this young mother and her 2-year-old son get on the route 47 bus and run into another passenger, lafanus pickett. >> i got on near seventh and market. >> as the bus winds its way through the philadelphia streets, pickett notices the little boy. >> he was running up and down the aisle. >> pickett says he hears the mom tell her son to sit down. >> and she begins spanking him like he was some sort of animal. >> pickett leans forward and reprimands the young mom and >> i said, he's a child. let him be a child. you shouldn't be spanking him like that. if you continue to do it, i'm going to turn you in for child endangerment. she was like, you don't know me. this is my son. i will deal with him any way i choose to. >> for whatever reason, he offers his unsolicited parenting advice, saying he's just

and here are the prices in our region according to triple a, gallon of regular is 2.74 in southeastern pennsylvania bridge in southern new jersey it is $2.47. in northern delaware, drivers are paying $2.63. >>> new this morning, russian president vladamire putin addressed the economic crisis facing his country. it hit record lows this week but putin say they have sufficient reserves to stabilize the economy. he also admitted that the crisis could last up to two years maybe shorter depending on certain international factors. with the russian economy in crisis a lot of people are wondering how that could effect us. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger explains what is behind the russian instability and why we need to pay attention to it, jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. big problem in russia. >> well, we started with this drop in oil prices. now russia's economy is a pretty big economy, and realize 1.7 of the economy on oil. near 50 percent drop in prices has really hurt this economy. it looks like next year they could actually see a recession, a contraction have of up to 4.7 p

ash is a native of southeastern pennsylvania. we're very happy about that. >> i'm sure you are. let's talk a little bit about this important op-ed you wrote in "the washington post" the other day about the obama administration's strategy as far as isis is concerned. you wrote, a recognition that the bashar al assad regime in syria also must go and a strategy to address the underlying issues that created the space for the islamic state to emerge and metastasize. you say those are missing elements in the president's strategy. you want him to get a whole lot tougher with the assad regime, is that right? >> i do. that's based upon my record. i've been calling for a much more aggressive posture as it relates to mr. assad now for a couple of years. i will say this. first and foremost, the president has done the right thing to take on isis, to work very hard to build a huge coalition, something on the order of 60 countries. so he's done a lot of good here. and we've made progress. a lot of air strikes, a lot of intelligence, a lot of training and a lot of effort making sure that our fo

take a look out there, we will see if we can get temperatures in the mid 30's, out through southeastern, pennsylvaniahe shore. lets go to next, with our pattern down the road. we are done with the system that playing us but it definitely broad in dreary weather. we will go to the mouth of the mississippi the beginning of the next system and that is moving in tomorrow night, but we have 36 hour window or so, until we have to worry about rain drops. it is a break but brief one with high pressure in place here today. mid 40's expect both today and tomorrow. but that system starts to have move north and by the time we hit friday evening, the first rain drops will be showing up on radar and then it looks like a very rainy, saturday, if you have got outdoor plans for the weekend, you want to enter our cbs-3 holiday lights contest, wait until sunday. if you are waiting on that until the week tend do it because saturday looks like a watch out, maybe watch a christmas movie inside and call it a dade. mid to upper 40's for the next few days, first rain drops tomorrow evening and then saturday, i'm saying unles

but we know five people have been shot and killed starting in the early morning hours of southeastern pennsylvaniaill have a situation where the police have this house surrounded and a man they believe is the gunman and guilty party locked himself inside. martha: one report out of pennsylvania in the first house he fled with children. it is possible this is sort after custody situation unfolding here. lots we don't know. we'll find out. left-hand side of your screen, about to do a news conference in lower salford, pennsylvania. bill: heavy way to start the work. we'll keep you updated on sydney and pennsylvania. martha: we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> breaking news right now. as we've been reporting out of sydney, australia, where a terrifying ordeal for hostages by a self-declared islamic sheikh is now over. thanks for joining us this monday. i'm leland vittert in for jon scott. >> imheather nauert in for. in the downtown in the heart of sydney, australia, listen to this. [. [gunfire]

easement part of this legislation because it's a hugely important issue to the people in southeastern pennsylvania and many other states as well. because through conservation easement transactions, tens of thousands of acres are preserved throughout the course of a year in a metropolitan area like philadelphia, other areas that preserve, watersheds, preserves the natural resources of that area, allows farmers to keep farming, allows people to hold on to the great open space that creates the vistas and quality of life that people want to have in their communities. and i had my prepared remarks ready to go to talk about why that is important, once again, to try to pass legislation to allow for at least some period of time to allow for those transactions to go forward because of the tax deductibility that would be present in the tax code. but in listening to our colleague from michigan a few minutes ago, to somehow throw out the proposal that since we passed this already a few weeks ago in a one-year extension, that one year being 2014, the year we're already in, also the year that's going to expire

what a distinct honor and privilege it has been to serve 700,000 fellow citizens from southeastern pennsylvania in these hallowed halls. from the moment i stepped foot in this building since freshman orientation back in 2002, i knew i was joining an institution hat was see center of landmark decisions. and i knew that i would put up scores of historically important votes on behalf of my constituents, from sitting in statuary hall where the likes of president lincoln and john quincy adams and sitting in this hall, to meeting with the president in the white house or on air force one. i have had more than my fair share of pinch-me moments. but the essence of the service we provide is not the number of special moments interacting with the president or sitting through an historic speech. it is an honor and privilege to serve every day in working to meet the needs, the aspirations and expectations of one's constituents. we introduced legislation, we vote on bills that come before us and we undertake services that improve the quality of life of our citizens. the majority of this work is done outside o

new england, and becomes a big storm for northern new england and southeastern canada but as far as snow, central and western pennsylvania in new york and new england and it will be cold, but dry, for christmas day. so snow, central pennsylvania, western pennsylvania, and in the delaware valley it will be dry christmas day, rain christmas eve. offer night temperature 30 during the day tomorrow, going for a high of 42 degrees. seasonably chilly. eagles game of course outside washington d.c. we are looking at conditions that will be pleasant for fat ball, 38 degrees, a few clouds at kick off against the redskins, a very important game, watch it right here on cbs-3. three day forecast calls for cold temperatures but it will be dry, some really good shopping weather. >>> well, holiday lights are shining bright across the delaware valley and our meteorologist kate bilo is live in brookhaven delaware county, kate, it looks like another great holiday lights extravaganza. >> the kathy, it is a fantastic lights extravaganza here in brookhaven tonight, and feels more like late december should feel, as temperatures crop. we drove d

so showers in western pennsylvania up through the great lakes into upstate new york and everyone really seeing rain and, yes, that's lightning clearing the coast of southeasterna it look like northwestern north caroli carolina. zooming in little bit closer the more organized band of rain has already pushed through philadelphia there it is offshore right now. it just going to be light and on off showers through the rest of tonight. pretty widely scattered. one from marple newtown stretching back into montgomery county, cutting the schuylkill right now into abington. you're seeing light rain. down towards delaware we saw a shower move through delaware the smyrna area crossing the bay and just south of salem it looks like into interior south jersey. now, along the shore points in the parkway you guys saw steadier rain earlier that's already cleared cape may. atlantic city seeing some light rain and that will continue along the parkway as you head north towards toms river. high temperatures as we he know inned very warm today before the rain. 53 was the high in philadelphia. the normal is 44. the record high 68. that was set back in 1971. temperatures right now s

senate resolution 599, recognizing the 1 00-year anniversary of bringin big brokg sisters, southeastern pennsylvania. the presiding officer: is there objection to frog the measure? without objection. mr. pryor: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointments at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that from thursday december 11 through friday december 12, senator pryor be authorized to sign newly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on friday, december 12, 2014, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of procee