good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm natasha brown in for jessica dean.ey 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 daughte

ukee's face. >>> wait a minute we love ukee but how does that happen.were talking about selfie chinos. >> it is ukeechino. >> can we get one. >> he looks good on top of the mug like that. >> yes. >> seven dollars yesterday. >> seven dollars for the thing and the

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

. >>> good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> 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

to preserve ukee's face. >>> wait a minute we love ukee but how does that happen. we were talking about selfie chinos. >> it is ukeechino. >> can we get one. >> he looks good on top of the mug like that. >> yes. >> seven dollars yesterday. >> seven dollars for the thing and the coffee or is that an extra fee. >> there may be an up charge. >> you never know. >> we have to get one of those >> agreed, he looks good but where is love for the morning we drink more coffee then they do at night. >> amen. >> speaking of needing a warm drink right now, it is, very, very cool outside, right now our temperatures are generally in the 20's or 30's at best and that is quite the change from yesterday at this same time, it is totally clear so storm scan as we get there first is very quiet but we have got a few high cloud trying to work their way through and it is just clear sky and that has allowed temperature to drop off, readily 20's and 30's at best and this goes in the just outlying terrain but in the urban corridor near the shore look at atlantic city but we are taking that o

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

ukee said that earlier. so much to be able to display, the tradition this way. >> i think it is wonderful. now that we are able to do this with the new lighting system on boat house row see menorah and christmas light display and rights after christmas we will see kwanzaa a we are excite that had in new lighting system allows to us celebrate different traditionness philadelphia. >> season for all, thank you so much for being here. i think i might have one more jelly doughnut, if you want it >> heck yeah. >> i celebrated a little bit earlier, learning that hanukkah tradition. catherine, thanks very much. >>> thank you. >> happy hanukkah, jessica, ukee what an amazing display people can see driving by, running by, walking by on mlk or the schuylkill. while in traffic you will have a beautiful sight. >> it is very nice. >> happy hanukkah indeed, thanks very much. >> be well. >> hand i hospital can. >> heck yah. >>> another menorah is lighting up the night over the river in boat house row. amtrak teamed up with

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snow chances in the forecast as well and tell you which day stays in the 30's, stay tuned for that, ukee. >>> a explosive wild fires are being stoked by strong santa ana wind northwest of los angeles, scores of homes have been burned in tens of thousands of been evacuated. largest fire burning right now is near town of ventura, growing wildly to more than 70 square miles, and a smaller fire has erupted on the edge of los angeles threatening the philmar and lake view, terrace neighborhood. >> most scary thing i have ever seen in my life. helicopters going in. >> reporter: you heard from michael, who moved to the l.a. area from philadelphia, a few years ago. he shared this video with cbs-3. this is from the 210 freeway in the lake view terrace area and his home is miles away in lake balance bowa. his neighborhood is smokey but home is safe. others have not been as fortunate. fire fighters battled raging flames just inch's way from homes in ventura county. the wind whipped blaze, broke out monday and rapidly ignited vegetation that fire officials say hasn't burned in decade. >> i have lived

good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm nicole brewer in for jessica dean.ing for a job in the u.s. congress. he now says he is taking a step back from that congressional campaign. >> "eyewitness news" reporter chante lens is live at senator leach's office in king of prussia. as calls begin to mount for his resignation. chante. >> reporter: ukee and nicole senator leach was not in his office today, meanwhile, governor made it crystal clear that he wants him to resign. >> i don't care when are republican, democrat, but i think we need to make a statement about what kind/ commonwealth we are. >> reporter: governor tom wolf called on senator daylin leach to resign after hearing about his sexual harassment allegation. senator leach announced that he is stepping back from his congressional campaign, the accusations surfaced after a philadelphia inquirer article, highlighted an interview with a young ex-temp staffer claiming that the then five five-year old senator inappropriate

>>> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. the first blast of winter weather is already underway, ape we have team three coverage for you. we will start with meteorologist kate bilo live from chestnut hill tonight, kate. >> thanks, jessica and nicole. we are waiting for first flakes to fall here we saw cleve down the shore, flakes have already started to fall down the shore and that is the area that will bear the brunt of this first snow of the season but where i stan at morris arboretum in chestnut hill we will get a couple inches as well. not any slouch across any region. we will look at system coming from the south and west. this is same storm that brought that very rare snow to the deep south, snow across texas, lou san, mississippi, alabama through carolinas and snow coming down good clip over portions of virginia. it has started to pick up, across cape may county and sussex county in delaware. that is where we expect it next several hours. that is why these areas will over achieve so to speak with this storm because snow

out for the season with the torn acl and it is not changing the coach's out look good evening, aim ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica don't team turns to nick foles who four years ago led the eagles to the playoffs, as a starter. >> our leslie van arsdal is at novacare complex, leslie team trying to stay positive as they prepare for the future, after this tough loss. >> that is right, you mentioned it earlier, they have overcome so many injuries , huge injuries, to this team and, well yes, carson wentz is perhaps the biggest injury, and nick foles he is not carson wentz. he is a good backup. they believe they can move on, without him. >> i hate it for carson wentz. i hate it for the career, the season i guess that he has been having but at the same time it has been next man up mentality and that is how we approached it this week. >> reporter: when eagles get back to work this wednesday they will be without star quarterback, carson wentz, on sunday with their win begins the rams. >> we cannot lose fate. this has been a resilient football team all season long. you know if there is ever an o

. >> thanks, ukee a little bit of snow just enough to make it a little bit slick and also look really pretty, little bit of snow just laying on the trees, and branches, roads now looking fine as we clear things out quickly this afternoon. live look at a neighborhood network sites as the sun goes down, at the junior/senior school in bernville you can still see some snow a little bit, light dusting on the ground, only 26 degrees. that snow will be around for a while. storm scan three shows clear conditions right now, but there are some cloud starting to push in from the west, as our next system approaches. this is mower moisture from the south and will get here tomorrow and it will arrive in cold air. temperatures right now looking at these numbers, 15 is current temperature in mount pocono, 32 right at freezing here in philadelphia, 29 in trenton. twenty-six in reading and sub freezing in wilmington, millville and atlantic city. feels colder as winds are still strong ahead of the brisk northwest wind this evening making it feel like three in the poconos, and feels like 23, flip the 32

ukee. >> kate, we'll see you then. investigating the shoting of four people in southwest philadelphia 6600 block of east durrell seat to. she was fighting with her boyfriend in the street and called family members for hel help. when they arrived the boyfriend got into a physical altercation and opened fire. four members shot and in critical condition. they were taken top penn presbyterian hot and they're searching for the shooter. there are alleging of sexual assault. three opera singers and class -- say detou he pushed her against the wall and forced his house in hers. and before she went on same on the road with the ork have a on 2006. the the association is committed to provide ago i safe even respectful work environment for all employees and guest artist. we have had no -- he has no future. >> congress has to build to keep seasoned >> lawmakers left capitol hill in max exodus headed home for the holiday weekend even if they travel. >> these are the last votes expected of the house the day, the week, the month and y

that means a great deal to me, ukee.is important not to talk over solve these moments and just let them play out and let people see that happen. i think whether you're watching, an eclipse or a sporting event or a political event no matter what it is, sometimes those moments don't need word. >> so true. >> jeff, i saw a video where your first job was delivering the newspaper. were you destined for this industry, what do you think. >> my parents will probably tell you that i think. i didn't know that at the time even though i loved reading the newspaper and i loved paying attention to sports box scores. i eventually went to school as a predentistry major my uncle and grandfather were both dentists that is y i took my first chemistry course and roomized very quickly it wasn't for me. no, i didn't know at that time but i like where i'm at now. >> tune in for the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor, tonight at 6:30 p.m. following "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> former on air host billy bush is speaking out about the 2005 access

ukee. >> kate, we'll see you then.nvestigating the shoting of four people in southwest philadelphia 6600 block of east durrell seat to. she was fighting with her boyfriend in the street and called family members for hel help. when they arrived the boyfriend got into a physical altercation and opened fire. four members shot and in critical condition. they were taken top penn presbyterian hot and they're searching for the shooter. there are alleging of sexual assault. three opera singers and class -- say detou he pushed her against the wall and forced his house in hers. and before she went on same on the road with the ork have a on 2006. the the association is committed to provide ago i safe even respectful work environment for all employees and guest artist. we have had no -- he has no future. >> congress has to build to keep seasoned >> lawmakers left capitol hill in max exodus headed home for the holiday weekend even if they travel. >> these are the last votes expected of the house the day, the week, the month and yea

we're talking near 60, i'm ukee washington >> i'm natasha brown, kate bilo is timing out the rain and that's not all. kate, there's a lot to talk about with this holiday forecast. everyone wants to know. >> we've got everything from temperatures near 60 to rain, to colder air and even a potential for christmas snow. let's start off with temperatures are still in the 40's, in fact, temps holding steady overnight, which is good news as the precipitation comes in. it will stay liquid. not expecting rain or freezing rain or snow. it's 47 still in philadelphia. 45 in wilmington, 42 in reading and above freezing in mount pocono at 35. here comes the rain. you can see light showers starting to move inform steadier rain, forming over northern virginia, this extends back to portions of the mississippi valley, that's headed our way, you start off saturday with that system rolling through some heavy rain at times, early in the day, as the cold front comes through tomorrow morning, showers and even perhaps a rare winter rumble of thunder before that clears out. sunday christmas eve looks good. it

i'm ukee washington for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that is ukee just showed us there are many placescampaign. >> meteorologist chelsea in gram, she's live in one of the places, where the donations coming in, she's in wilmington. >> hi guys, guess what i'm here with the six time national champion wildcats cheerleaders can you start us off with a little cheer. >> cheering. >> we have been out here this afternoon and evening collecting toys for cbs-3 joy of sharing toy fest and here with me i have coach nick poppanicholas the mens soccer coach here warmth does it mean to be involved with the joy of sharing toy fest. >> it is hum blink to be part of the tradition here with the university, that we have established over the years here with the toy fest. it is a great honor actually. >> why do people take part in this. >> you know, the university has had a lot of, lot of communications and connections with the community, and to be able to give back to the community and give them an opportunity to have people that are a little less fortunate to have something special during the christmastime

a stunning victory >> good evening everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> 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

>> reporter: ukee and nicole, good evening. the troopers here were some of the first on the scene this afternoon after that call from dispatch came in a lot of questions tonight but unfortunately not a lot of answers from authorities. detectives rushed to day one motel on govern prince blfrld in wilmington monday afternoon. eye wetness news has learned two men were found dead. >> reporter: maurice wright was a motel guest he says he did not hear anything suspicious. >> i was just doing homework for school and i hear a knock on the door and it was one of the detectives asking me questions. and i didn't know about it. >> reporter: but suspicious is the word authorities are using in this case. a motel employee said a man in a wheelchair was staying in the room. now a crime scene. forensic crews spent most of the night on scene. >> we want to make sure that we do a proper thorough investigation. >> reporter: two tow trucks removed a jeep and this white van shortly after 5:00 p.m. detectives will say definitively that there is not a

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good evening, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm nicole brewer. 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

>> reporter: ukee and nicole, good evening. the troopers here were some of the first on the scene this afternoon after that call from dispatch came in a lot of questions tonight but unfortunately not a lot of answers from authorities. detectives rushed to day one motel on govern prince blfrld in wilmington monday afternoon. eye wetness news has learned two men were found dead. >> reporter: maurice wright was a motel guest he says he did not hear anything suspicious. >> i was just doing homework for school and i hear a knock on the door and it was one of the detectives asking me questions. and i didn't know about it. >> reporter: but suspicious is the word authorities are using in this case. a motel employee said a man in a wheelchair was staying in the room. now a crime scene. forensic crews spent most of the night on scene. >> we want to make sure that we do a proper thorough investigation. >> reporter: two tow trucks removed a jeep and this white van shortly after 5:00 p.m. detectives will say definitively that there is not a

. >>> good afternoon everyone aim ukee washington. >>> i'm nicole brewer, jessica 's off today. how high will these temperatures climb? meteorologist kate bilo well, she has that information and she's tracking a winter warm up from the cbs-3 sky deck. >> hi nicole and ukee, temperatures will get warmer then they did today coming up for christmas weekend but problem is, today is nicest warm day as next time temperatures get this high they will ab code by some rain , so enjoy the rest of this evening and it is breezy but beautiful finish to what has been a really nice december day. lets take a look at our live neighborhood network showing sun set just starting to fizzle out here at palmyra cove nature park camera looking across the river, lots of pink in the sky, beautiful scene here on the sky deck and we will hit 58 for the high today, and normal is 44. almost 15 degrees above average, close to the record as well, record 65, that was setback in 1929. temperatures right now, now that the sun has dipped down below horizon we are seeing temperatures drop off as well, 55 in the city

. >> reporter: ukee and nicole senator leach was not in his office today, meanwhile, governor made it crystal clear that he wants him to resign. >> i don't care when are republican, democrat, but i think we need to make a statement about what kind/ commonwealth we are. >> reporter: governor tom wolf called on senator daylin leach to resign after hearing about his sexual harassment allegation. senator leach announced that he is stepping back from his congressional campaign, the accusations surfaced after a philadelphia inquirer article, highlighted an interview with a young ex-temp staffer claiming that the then five five-year old senator inappropriate inappropriately grabbed her thigh sitting next to her. other allegation where is detailed of different in a prep eighth sexual actions and remarks. the democrat has been a long time public supporter of woman 's rights, senator leach was not in his office, today but released a statement reading in part it is heart break to go me that i have put someone in a position that made them feel uncomfortable or disrespected. in the future i will t

a stunning victory >> good evening everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> 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

exclusive details tonight, joe >> yes, jessica and ukee good evening, police are analyzing this entire case, there were three fires, in two bathrooms inside that dorm. i'm told they have conducted upward of 20 interviews and they have hundreds of hours of surveillance footage to go through. cbs-3 was there as radnor township police and delaware county detectives investigated three suspicious fires inside two bathrooms at this cabrini university dorm. sources tipped off "eyewitness news" thursday morning telling us it is believed they were intentionally set, and and lean i miller is editor and chief of the university newspaper. >> this happened just catches me off guard because i would never expected something like this to happen since our campus is a safe community for students. >> police said they were delayed, telling us that be in from cabrini reported the fires. >> radnor township fire marshall received an e-mail from the parent concerned about an occurrence that happened on the campus yesterday. >> reporter: police say nobody was hurt and there was minimal damage. we are told fire

good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm natasha brown in nor jessica tonight.s" reporter anita oh joins us from st. christopher's hospital where that little girl is currently being treated, anita. >> reporter: that is right, scary thing to happen just before the holidays, animal control officer have set a trap for that racoon to prevent this from happening again but doctors told that family it could take at lee a year for this baby to fully recover. now parents want the person they call their land lord to be held responsible. >> it is ridiculous because my daughter could have who her life. >> reporter: journey black is on a long road to recovery after racoon attack her inside this home in the 2100 block of north 22nd street wednesday night. >> when i finally got to her she was laying on the floor, it dragged her off bed across the room and she was like real bleeding and crying. >> reporter: been near days since ashley rodgers said she moved in this home with her daughter and six year-old son jordan. other tenants rent rooms h

good evening, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean has the night off.picenter 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 q

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ukee washington. >>> i'm natasha brown in for guess contact meteorologist kate bilo is at shady brooke farms in yardley tonight to give us a clear picture of exactly what we can expect weather-wise, hi there, kate. >> hi guys it feels fantastic out here tonight. i don't have gloves, this time last week i was in bethlehem, it was 23 degrees and snowing. so this is fantastic. enough of the chill in the air you want to sit at one of the lovely fire pits at shady brooke farm. this place is pack. everyone did their last minute shopping today perhaps and then made it a family tradition or make it a brand new family tradition to see shady brooke arms in yardley drive through light show sit by fire pit have hot chocolate and listen to the chris national carols. we will have much more what you can find here and they will be opened after christmas as well. first lets talk about is what happening outside. it is relatively mild today starting to get colder as cloud move in, but it is mild enough that as the rain moves in tonight it should just come in as all rain. temperatures right now 49 in phil

>> hey family, i'm ukee washington along with nicole brewer, kate, done bell, as our toy fells, our "joy of sharing" is coming to an ends, can you believe it for 2017. >> it is really amazing, ukee, we've been out here since 6:00 . some of just been here the entire time, this guy right here, and we're collecting toys for children in need. and it really is such an amazing cause out here. >> such amazing day, always one of our favorite days here at cbs-3 and the "cw philly." there is about 30 minute left. you can come down, bring a new unwrapped toy and help fill that truck. isn't it awesome? >> absolutely, make a donation , and of course these toys go to the salvation army, the uso, and the boys and girls club of camden county. we've got this big truck behind us, filled with toys. come on, now, bring on some more. >> you may be noticing these gentlemen, ladies here. >> few ladies here, yes. >> in red, these are our final , the guests, road. >> who are you. >> old york road road wranglers real quickly, weaver zoe, the official spokesperson for the team, right here to my left. how did yo

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 thursday morning. including in the city. and immediate suburbs and as we push towards new year's day, it cou

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

i'm ukee washington. >> 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

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

we're talking near 60, i'm ukee washington >> i'm natasha brown, kate bilo is timing out the rain and that's not all. kate, there's a lot to talk about with this holiday forecast. everyone wants to know. >> we've got everything from temperatures near 60 to rain, to colder air and even aow. let's start off with temperatures are still in the 40's, in fact, temps holding steady overnight, which is good news as the precipitationin. it will stay liquid. not expecting rain orin it's 47 still in philadelphia. 45 in wilmington, 42 in pocono at 35. here comes the rain. you can see light swers starting to move inform steadier rain, forming over northern in extes back to portions of the mississippi valley, way, you start off saturday with that system rolling through someme e the day, as the cold front comes through tomorrorning, showers and even perhaps a rare winter rumble of thunder before that clears out. sunday christmas eve looks tosso that cold air and possibly bring a little north and west light rain or wintery mix in the city. clears out quickly afternoon, we go from warm to wintery with

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 thursday morning. including in the city. and immediate suburbs and as we push towards new year's day, it cou

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. here's a live look in rehoboth beach where the snow is concept

i'm ukee washington. >> 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

. >> 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

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. here's a live look in rehoboth beach where the snow is concept

. >> 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 ukee washington. >>> 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

. >> ukee, chances to see a few flakes seem to be increasing, as we head toward christmas holiday. official definition of the white christmas means 1 inch on the ground on christmas day that potential looks a little less likely but we will keep you posted on the chances to see some white stuff christmas morning. lets take a peak is what happening right now, temperatures are on their way up. any precipitation friday into saturday will come in the form of rain. see that line of snow over great lakes along a warm front and as that lifts to the north it will allow warmer air from the southwest to begin invading by tomorrow. right now, it feels comfortable. there is not a lot of win. our 30's don't feel as harsh as they could. thirty-nine in the city. thirty-seven in wilmington. sitting right at freezing in millville and allentown. temperatures are on their way up briefly we will be near 60 degrees on saturday but looks like it will be a rainy near 60 degrees, colder on sunday on christmas eve and colder air gets in here monday into tuesday for christmas day and that is our chance to pi

>> reporter: ukee, this is bay czar case a lot of activity here forensic detectives from delaware state police at day one motel in wilmington claymont border and authorities they are very tight-lipped here. it has been going on for four hours. they will say it is a death investigation. tow trucks arrived on the scene just after 5:00 in the parking lot of the day one motel on governor prince, the detectives with delaware state police, rushed to the scene, after 2:30 when the call came n we heard from an employee of the motel that a handicapped man was staying inside the room now a crime scene, detectives are calling this, simply a death investigation, and won't get into specifics. >> detectives are on the scene with troop one police, patrol personnel, and they are currently initiating a death investigation and it is very, very early stage. >> reporter: but authorities will say with complete confidence, that this crime scene is an isolated one, they are not looking for a suspect. >> we have no information that lead news that direction, as of right now, we are confined to this came scene a

good afternoon i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. amazing display of toughness wentz threw a touchdown pass after being injured, but it would ultimately be his last one for the season. our leslie van arsdal is live at the novacare complex with more on carson and the team's fate, leslie. >> reporter: hi there, jessica just him throwing that pass shows how tough this player is that is why fans loved him so much and this really is dooms day scenario that he would be out for the season but that is the fact, the whole mantra has been next man up, step up, fill that spot and that is what nick fels will have to do his magical season is over, many felt it, they just knew it, as carson wentz walked off the field with the knee injury late in the third quarter on sunday. doug pederson delivering the news today, he did tear his left acl. >> yeah, i hate it for carson wentz. i hate it for the career, or the season i guess that he has been having, and at the same time, it has been next man up mentality and that is how we approach it this week. >>

. >> hi guys, ukee and nicole it is absolutely a nation out here. >> insane, we are at a loss for word. >> we are of course at congress hall in cape may an iconic beautiful old hotel, most people know it. >> yes. >> but holidays here are completely different story split is like if you were to dream the sweetest dream of what christmas would look like it is here. >> it highs. >> we have cotton candy sky over the city which is incredible. >> unbelievable. >> we're smelling kettle corn. >> we were just like what is that beautiful aroma? tori says it is kettle corn. >> i knew it is there hot chocolate, carousal just to my right. >> too much. >> wonderful. >> little train for kid and the tree behind us is going to be lit tonight, festivities really just getting underway here at conditioning hall. >> we have a crowd next to us, and everybody is gathering, we see kid gathering on the lawn, taking pictures by the tree, riding the train saying hello to rodolph, i mean holidays are here. >> they are? kate, it is holiday fest. >> it is at its finest and lets look at the weather outside tonight be