Totally been cleared but certainly making headway so we will have more coming up, and we are looking quiet over here as well. Weather is very tranquil, mild at on set, little breezy too but day all and all is looking very quiet and we are currently at 43 degrees outside whitefield Elementary School. Wind flow out of the west but i will note that is stiff breeze as we go to the north and west and it is also more of a north westerly wind flow for most of us. Looking at storm scan three all quiet say for cloudy build ing from a system to the south but that will stay to the south so we will see sunshine through the day and at the moment temperatures are off to a mild start. Thirtytwo ill give thaw not mild but for standard of the 20th of december it is not too harsh, upper 40s, and low 50 s in dover. Dont expect that will last necessarily. We will drop off a few more degrees here and then we will just level off upper 40s expect in the city to more seasonal afternoon, technically 47 ace above average and the official high for the day is, in fact, already now since passed but as day progress we will cool back down warm backup, cool back dunn and along the way also, meisha see presip coming through. I will time things out later on. We have everything going, all right, katie, thanks very much. We have live chopper three over croyden area where we were looking at that close another i95 north and south between 413 and street road. You can see how many vehicles, are lining up here but good news is 95 north bounties opened, in that area. Southbound, you have one left lane that is opened, so it will still cause to you slow down . You bet. Take a look how many vehicles out there right new trying to squeeze through that area. Your alternate to try to avoid this is route one or route 13 but good news Silver Lining is at lee we are starting to opened up that area right now. They said they were hoping it would be around 6 00 a. M. And that is what we are seeing at 6 02. Nice job to the crews although unfortunate you have been sitting there and you will be a little bit, so give yourself extra time. Ninetyfive south between scudder falls bridge and new hope we have construction crew s out here blocking that right lane so just a head up on that and we are also looking at, we were looking at a accident 202 south bun at matlock head up, scudder falls right there and take a look we have an accident, and construction. Accident 495 north at route 13 and construction crews on i95 south between mlk boulevard and 1412 right lanes block there, jim, back over to you. Well, it has been a long morning for drivers impact by i95 closure. We are here from a few frustrated drivers, frank does live along i95, good morning, trang do. Good morning, great news for drivers here in croyden bucks county as north bound i95 lanes just crawling, and going but take a look at southbound lanes trickling by, just one left lane of traffic going by and traffic is starting to slow down and backup there with a number of work trucks still along the side of the highway there. But heres video of the situation overnight. Penndot spokesmen tells us crews were working on a sign over roadway, crane brought into do work was not Strong Enough to hold that sign and then sign felon to the road. Crews then began directing drivers to turnaround on the grass median detouring drivers northbound at route 132 and southbound at route 413. Second crane was brought into finish that work removing support frames for the sign that fell. We spoke to drivers who un expectly ended up in the backup and heres what they had to say. We are stuck for over an hour, travel finally got moving but it is a absolute mess. Terrible, manny was in the car, smoking a cigarette and thought i seen a shooting star we were far back from the cars but i thought it was shooting stars going in the air but here the sign fell down and they cut it up or something. I thought it was shooting starry was making a bunch of wishes. There were not shooting stars we know that was work done on those signs. We are looking live at chopper three over i95 you can see again north bound lanes flowing, southbound, getting tied up so if you are getting your workday heading out here again you will expect some backups, if you are going southbound but for now live, in croyden bucks county im trang do for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Appreciate that confirmation they were not shooting stars, that is good to know. In other news President Trump may be just hours away from signing the g. O. P. Tax reform plan into law, if the house approves the revised bill today. The house pass aid version have the bill so it went to the senate. Senate then made three changes to the plan and passed it overnight. It is going back to the house before it can make the to the president s desk. Democrats and republicans had mixed emotioned on the revised bill this was rush through. I serve on a committee that had three hearings on fish and fisheries and we had zero hearings on the tax bill that impacts every single american. When economy continues to improve and we increase wage because we are in full employment americans will re realize good move for american economy. If the house passes measure white house will hold a press conference at 1 00 p. M. President trump tweeted in part u. S. Senate just passed the biggest in history tax cuts and reform bill. He also took a shot at owe bam care saying the quote, terrible individual mandate was repealed. Well, this is, New York Daily News doesnt see it as a win for people, art of the steel, congress okays tax hikes rewarding mega rich sock ing middle class and blue states. So what Everyone Wants to know is will you save money under the new plan . Coming up, jan carabao will have results of the brand new independent study that breaks it down. Search is on for gunman who shot a teen critically injuring him in south philadelphia. Shooting happened at twin dragon restaurant on the 2700 block of dickinson street. The 17 yearold victim was shot when he and others tried to keep the shooter from end ering. Gunman then fired through glass door striking the teen in the head, in one else was hurt. Police are searching for hit run driver they say struck a eight threeyear old man in West Oak Lane section. This happened at ogontz and andrew avenue yesterday morning investigators say victim was raking leaves when driver of the suv hit him and then took off, authorities rush the victim to the hospital with serious Injuries Police believe this started with a road rage incident between two drivers with one losing control and then hitting the man. Police are searching for clues after an elderly man fund stabbed insides his West Philadelphia home, authorities responded to the house on the 5300 block of addison street around 23 00 yesterday afternoon. Police say eight fiveyear old Willie Cooper was found unresponsive inside who had been stabbed multiple times we are told a relative made gruesome discovery. Family and friend are now looking for answers. For my understanding, they stabbed him in his back. Who would do that to this man. For someone to go in and just kill him i guess, i really dont, i am in shock i just dont believe it so far in word on a motive, investigators say there was damage to the back door of the home but unknown if there was forced entry. Federal investigators are looking into whether an amtrak engineer was distract by plea of training at time of the deadly Train Derailment in washington state. Officials revealed that the emergency break on the train was activated automatically and in the by engineer. They continued to collect evidence including video from cameras on the train badly damage, crash killed three people and injured dozens of others. And at a hearing this morning philadelphia judge will decide if criminal charges should be reinstated against engineer in the 2015 amtrak derailment here. Pennsylvanias attorney jennies appealing a judges decision to dismiss the case begins engineer brandon bostian. Eight people died when a train from washington to new york round aid curve at twice then 50mile an hour speed limit and derail. Investigators concluded bostian who his piecer. Cardinal bernard law has died, at the age of 86. Resigned after he became central figure in the cat rick Church Sex Abuse scandal in the early 2,000s. Law was archbishop of boston in 2002 when Court Documents revealed he and other Church Leaders failed to stop priest whose were suspect of molesting children. Law was accused of moving guilty clergy from parish to parish in massachusetts without alerting parents, or police. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning thomas fire grows and considered the second largest fire in californias state history is what happening tonight that could hamper fire fighter efforts. Psychologists say it could be a sign of the mental conditions called cellfitis we will tell you if you suffer from it. Is that a new way to describe narcism. Speaking of selfie, changing the way businesses and Museum Market themselves see how they are catering to generation of instagramers, up fire officialness Southern California now consider the deadly thomas fire to be the second largest in that states history. Fire has burned 272,000 acres, right now fire business 55 percent contained, winds and cooler temperatures have helped Fire Fighters for pennsylvania few days but that business to change. Similar to what happened saturday we expect strong gusty north wind for overnight period wednesday night to thursday morning, the big difference is that we have a lot less fire on those hills then we did saturday. And fire fighter was killed battling the fire last thursday that blaze is not expected to be fully controlled until the first week of january. Wow. That would make it a full month. Gusty winds you dont want to hear that in any fire situation. My goodness heres everything is working out and they are able to stay safe out there. Millions of people will be traveling in the next couple days with the upcoming holiday we are going to be doing Something Special here at cbs3 every single day every single newscast we will make sure you have a Holiday Travel forecast, so that is where this comes in this nationwide map, leaving today, whether you are just traveling for business or leaving to go visit family or expecting loved won coming in there is two main pieces that were worried about here down through nashville you could see delays in that hub, dallas is the problem at dfw, fog this morning and we have snow breaking out primarily in the higher terrain, most likely not to cause any problems at seattle tacoma but here locally we are expecting a quiet day. Lets get around the entire country, temperatures are relatively where they should ab cross northeast no travel worries for us here, again down south that disturbance moving through might lead to problems at heartsfield they have their hands full with issues they have faced. There is that if you go problem at dfw62 the high there. We will get out to the parts of the Northern Plains and minneapolis very cold but quiet overall and sun will shine in the chill out at chicago ohare. Further West Salt Lake city expect to go see snow, wintry mix taking place there at Salt Lake City international but they know snow they will handle that. Meanwhile back here at home in the next couple days if you had are keeping it local, friday is a easy day for travel. This weekend sundays good but there will be rain on saturday and should not be a huge wash out flooding situation but it will be wetest day we have and very likely the busiest travel day nationwide but also warmer , 63 degrees by saturday and chill settles back in by christmas. Little bit of everything, all right, katie, thanks very much. We have live chopper three over croyden, why . Ninetyfive north and south between route 413 and street road was completely closed down this morning and new we are starting to open. Alleviate ago this tension building up. Ninetyfive north is completely opened, southbound side we have one left lane that is opened but when we take a look here more wide shot here you can see how many vehicles are out there right now, trying to push around this area primarily in the southbound direction with one lane being opened, this area that is going to get very backed up. If you want to use an alternate route one or route 13 is your best bet otherwise we will to have give yourself a lot of extra time just because of the sheer volume that were working with in this area now. We are looking at an accident 202 southbound at matlock that has now been moved out of the way we will move right pennsylvania that. Looking good there. Construction i95 south between scudder falls bridge and new hope right lane compromised there back over to you. In this mornings healthwatch importance of oral health for seniors. Study in the Journal American Geriatric Society said Poor Oral Health is linked to frailty in older men men with complete tooth loss or dry mouth and oral problems were most weak. If you are allergic to eggs get a flu shot advice contradicts doctors previous warnings that people with egg allergy have had to take special precautions but new report suggest vaccine does not contain enough protein to trigger a reaction. Jim, this is for you on are you obsessed with taking selfies, then chances are you might have selfitis. Psychologists say it is a genuine mental condition that makes a person compelled to take photos and powe them on social media. Heres how to tell if you have the disorder. Taking a selfie puts new a good mood,. No. Feel more popular when you powe selfies on social media. No. You use photo editing tools no, no, you know me i cannot even work my phone let alone editing tool. That is true. Meisha. To than a extreme selfie every once in a while is okay. Im getting bet are, it used to be half head and blurry shot. I see you all show. Yes. Those selfies tend to have a tendency to pop up on social media sites like instagram. Museums and galleries are trying appeal to millennials looking to show off perfect selfie on the site. Heres jimmy youkiss oath money making strategy. Reporter every morning people anxiously wait to get inside the museum in downtown los angeles. They are not here to see the art but here to be seen with the art. Three, two, one. Cool. Director joanne hyler. I almost full off my chair that within the first year we were opened we were the fifth most instagramed museum on the planet. Reporter the it girl of instagram, infinity mirror exhibit sold out in minutes and crash the museums web site. You wont learn much in the museum of ice cream but 2,000 patrons a day paid 30 bucks to pose, like queen bay. Pictures that we saw on instagram, we got to go so we book ticket and when they became available. Reporter selfie obsessed fans of taylor swift hosted a pop up in bird cages and what you may be doing. Three, two, one, jump. Event spaces are being created solely to drive the selfie economy. Critics would never call Something Like this art but at happy place ticket are sold out until january. So cute. But instagram is a new high tech canvas for old School Painters like 88 yearold ku sama. Fantastic that her work translates so well on social media, and yet there really is in replacement foreseeing word in person. Reporter with american 500 you this powes on instagram the way people experience the exhibit may be different but way they capture it, it is the same. Jamie youkiss for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Coming up find out why facebook is looking for your face, even in picture you didnt post. Need to let off holiday steam take you inside a christmas rage room up next. Welcome back, everyone we are looking at a week even, here as saturday usualers in very warm air and it brings witt some rain to the area and we are expecting a much cooler sunday but quieter within for christmas eve, guys. All right, katie, thank you. For a look at newspaper headlines. Choir director has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a young boy twice a week for three years. Brian mcsea is charged with aggravated Sexual Assault, criminal sexual contact and endangering welfare of the child. Morning call ease ton police are looking for a man in connection with the shooting incident that sent a victim to the hospital. Police identified 41 yearold, man of a person of interest. He also has been active arrest war warrant for mischief. Rodolph, got to rest up while santa made a pit stop at john g leach school, in new castle yesterday and santa arrived with his help tours deliver gifts to children hoff severe cognitive and physical difficulties bills. Students at colwick Elementary School join in that event. That ace look at newspaper headlines around the Delaware Valley. Holiday decorating and shopping doesnt have everyone feeling the christmas cheer, for some the stress is creating christmas rage. That is where a place called rodolph rage room comes in, it opened in london for just one day and for 25 people put on jump suits, baseball bat and destroyed, decorated Christmas Trees, organizers say it is popular among haters and lovers of christmas. People need to take meditation or, yoga or something. Seek professional help. I agree. Coming up a driver for amazon is rob. Jans talking about the tax reform plan. Just hours ago senate pass that had new plan so now we head back to the house and could land on the president s desk later today. Coming up we will break down what this bill means for the average american household. Plus these posters of meryl streep are popping up all over los angeles they claim she knew about Harvey Weinsteins Sexual Misconduct for years, find out what the Academy Award winning actress says bit, meisha. We are were waking up to i95 being closed but i have better news plus we have a couple accidents out there and construction, ill have all those coming up but first we will take a quick break we will be right travel story of the morning is i95. It is a absolute mess. I thought it was a shooting star and the whole sign came down. Ever changing situation still a ton of work trucks out here two cranes and as well as a sign crews were removing. Yes, a 17 yearold boy is shot trying to keep a gunman out of the chinese restaurant. During that struggle the shooter then fires strikes the victim in the head. Tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Senate overnight gave the nod to the republican tax reform bill. Democrats say that this bill only benefits the rich and corporations. Republicans on the other hand say the bill helps the american middle class. If you really like taking selfies heres a new one for you a london cafe is offering selfiechinos. I think that will get big. Selfiechinos i said would i try once and regular cappuchino cost five bucks. Selfiechino, hot chocolate, they all sound good to me right now. I know that jim donovan chino that always goes down smooth, you know. Yes. What will they come up with next . I just, i dont know. There has got to be a little salt in the gym chino, a little salt. Yes, yes. Baileys. Sugar, spies spies, everything nice with jim. We have some quiet weather throughout the course of the day. We have had a breeze throughout the course of the morning, storm scan quiet, we have cloud cover, in the southern half of the region is there a storm nearby. That will bypass us to the south but rain producer certainly if you are perhaps going to be traveling south maybe getting a jump start, expect to see wet weather moving in the carolinas and then, central appalachians, at the moment, temperatures are very, very mild, upper 40s along i95, it nights bad for stan are of the december 20th. Our normal high is 44. We are in the doing too badly but we will not rebound as easily as you did yesterday. I expect the day time highs has already been hit, in fact and we will stay steady, and hit about 48 degrees this afternoon at the shore, 47 this afternoon in philadelphia , again, milder then that, these are your afternoon temperatures and in the poconos, it is much more seasonal, rebound to 35, currently around freezing mark right now. As we move forward in the forecast yes, lots of travel plans, Holiday Plans and we have active weather to track. Multiple fronts and systems to talk b we will walk through details, how warm, how cold and when it moves in, meisha. Thanks very much, good morning. We have live chopper three over croyden right now. If you are just waking up and what has happened is i95 north and south was completely closed between route 413 and street road. You can only imagine the type of slow downs and pile ups we were getting there, to take an alternate. Now i95 north completely opened southbound, within right lane, only is still closed. You are getting by but take a look at how many vehicles are still out there, even though, basically almost all lanes are opened except for one right lane, moving in the southbound direction but you still to have factor in lots of extra time. If you want to use an alternate route one or 13 will be your best bet, even those will be busy as well. I would just say give yourself an extra hour, would i if i were you. Construction crews on i95 south between scudder falls bridge and new hepp right lane still compromised there, lots of flashing lights as well and a accident in new jersey route 55 north at route 553. Jim and rahel, back to you. President trump could have a new tax bill on his desk later today. G. O. P. Plan to overhaul u. S. Tax system cleared senate and headed back to the house today. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao is live to break down how this will impact the majority of the americans, jan reporter depend on who you ask, democrats say this benefits rich and corporations , republicans on the other hand say the bill helps the american middle class. According to the g. O. P. For family of four a are earning 73,000 a year bill will mean a tax cut off more than 2,000 the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Reporter senate overnight, gave the nod to the republican tax reform bill in a vote along party lines, moments later President Trump tweeted in part the United States Senate Just Passed big necessary history tax cuts and reform bill. We now add comprehensive tax reform, major middle class tax relief, and making our businesses both large and small more competitive around the world. Reporter independent studies find that mess taxpayers will save anywhere from 60 to 51,000 next year depending on their income but by 2027, 53 percent of taxpayer will pay more than before, savings for the most wealthy, whoever will continue to rise. While republicans insist future congresses will prevent those tax hikes, democrats on the senate floor spent tuesday arguing it should be this Congress Making that choice. What has been sold as a middle class miracle will instead deliver a hefty wind fall to the wealthy. The far right architects of this tax bill and plan will be coming for your Social Security and medicare before you take your Christmas Tree down. Reporter house voted to pass a bill yesterday but afterward three changes had to be made to provisions that violate senate rules, house lawmakers plan to take up legislation again today before sending it to the president s desk. Some other details new from this new tax plan, it roughly doubles the standard deduction up to 12,000 for individual, and 24,000 for married couples, filed gibbet ly. It increases Child Tax Credit from 1,000 to 2,000. It includes a repeal of the obama care individual mandate and heres a big one tax filers will be able to write off cost of state and local taxes, but, only up to 10,000 and filers must choose from among sales, income and property taxes for that deductions, instead of being able to deduct all local taxes now, the president says if this bill is passed this morning by the house, there will be a News Conference at the white house at 1 00 p. M. Of course. We will be watching. Live from the news center, jan carabao for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Back inside to you. In other news police in Delaware County are investigating after a Woman Working as a Delivery Driver was robbed at gunpoint, this happened monday night on oak wood drive in the briar cliff section of the darby township. Investigators say crooks made off with several packages and drivers iphone. They are working with Law Enforcement and Delivery Service provider as they investigate. Police are investigating vandalism of three menorahs as a hate crime. Police provided these pictures which were vandalized between sunday night and machine morning. Police want anyone who sees anyone agoing suspiciously around those public menorahs to report to it authorities. Out west now controversial posters are popping up in l. A. Claiming that actress meryl strep was aware of Harvey Weinsteins producer. The word she knew started to show up yesterday. Unclear hoist behind the posters but they came after streep insisted that she had no idea about the allegations of rape, Sexual Assault and harassment against weinstein and there were mixed reactions im shocked, just stunned actually, sad, also. I think to do Something Like, it is strong, whatever this is. I think Public Artist great and i dont know if this add anything to the conversation or just subtracts anything. Through her publicist meryl streep said in quote i was than the deliberately silent, i didnt know. I do not approve of rape. I didnt know. Coming up hiring a good plumber what you need to ask before you give him the job. New alert facebook will send if you someone else post a picture of you, we will also have this. Quickies i twi make a big impact. A bakery, they are spreading sweetness and recruiting even more, coming up, in brotherly love. We are inside tropical oasis, contacted my of Natural Sciences of Drexel University inside their butterfly exhibit , head, to the tropical floral a tire, we will learn about this guy who looks like a snowflake, so why not. We will do that when we come new visitors have flooded over to the academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. For the month of december a new butterfly species is introduced in the academys permanent exhibit butterflies. Eyewitness News Reporter pat gallen is live and pat, you are certainly dressed for the occasion, good morning. Yeah, what do you think of the a tire this morning. How are you doing. Maybe. Yes. Okay. My whole trick. Thanks, guys. Anytime i can come in the tropical oasis where it is 80 degrees and 80 percent humidity i got to dress the part and here butterfly exhibit we are learning about these little gays right here, it looks like a snowflake they are beautiful, arent they, yeah, not bad and jim, you cannot see it but butterfly has landed on his back, im here at the academy of Natural Sciences with david, good morning, my friend. Good morning, great to see you. Great to see you. Great to see these days as well. What exactly are they, they are all over the place this white little guy here what is this. It is a white butterfly, scientific community, they are from central america, and we we decided to do Something Special this week, whole bunch and show them off. How much do you have. A couple dozens with more on the way. We have some more coming out in our chamber right over there you will see quite a few there. You told me Something Interesting about what it is that they eat, that looks like rotten free is that right. That is correct. Our butterflies love rotten fruit. Right now they are eating banana they are big fans. Rotten banana national bad. So those are white. You also have a special blue looking butterfly, they look kind of similar but you are telling me they are in the. They are part of the same gene so they are close cousins of each other, they will show off why they are called blue m orphos. You dont see too much when their wings are closed but when they open up you see that nice color. Beautiful. Umhmm. These guys are very closely related. You might not see it but patterns are quite similar. Yep, yep. Come on out, buddy. Some are more adventurous then others. Very nice. And they are more relaxed but you see how closely related they are when you look at their crystals. Do a guessing game. Can you guess who comes out of who. I will guess the white one comes of the that one. Excellent guess. Yes. I dont know about that one are you sure. People want to see the exhibit when can they do it and how licensing will these be here for. These guys will be here for another couple weeks and we are opened, every day, from 9 00 until 4 30 curing the week and from 9 00 to 5 00 on the weekend is beautiful, david, thanks very much. Learning experience. We had fun. Glad you stopped by. Come on out the academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University and come see these beautiful snowflake looking guys and you can wear your tropical a tire like i did, although, this is optional. Quite the learning experience and we have learned that you may have a future in science, so, there you go this whole tv thing doesnt work out. Jack of all trade what can i say. Thanks, patrick. Right now youre looking at a dog rescue in new jersey. Take a look at this Hopewell Township police and personnel pulled a struggling dog out of the partially frozen upon. You can see officer edging toward the pond there and officer lifted dog out by her collar to the relief of everyone involved in the rescue dog the dogs owner. Good job. And that water must be cold by now. No kidding, absolutely. Yeah even though we are seeing the dip in the temperature here in the air doesnt mean that the water will see those kind of swings. That progressively gets more of a gradual cooling as we get further inner to the season and winter season is officially going to begin with the winter solstice but we are off to a mild start. Check in with our weather watchers they ared in mid to upper 40s right now we will check with the coolest spot and that is at 39 degrees in John Carrolls neighborhood in mullica. He doesnt have too much breeze but that is something you will notice, off to the north and west, outlining suburbs here eileen checking in with nice clear skies in gilbertsville but 44 degrees, mild start the two day and perfect day for baking christmas cookies. Very glad to be retired. Im sure jim will be in what it is eight years some odd months and how many days and count down continues. Yes. Exactly. We have a cute picture that came in, and rather then a star, angel she put grinch on top. I thought that was cute. Lets switch gears, at what the map has up its sleeve not too much going on here locally notice cloud deck lifting further north because of this batch of moisture strictly rainfall across carolinas. Appalachians not cold enough for anything but plane rain but this system bypasses us to the south and we wont worry about precipitation from that but next round of rain comes our way and it looks like strictly rain friday into saturday. It is not as warm as yesterday , but we are leveling off, this is the afternoon high. We have hit a high of 48 since early this morning, clear, colder tonight dropping down to 29. Here comes that roller coaster ride. Colder tomorrow warming backup saturday is warmest and wetest day but expect to see rain throughout the day friday night, meisha. Katie, thanks very much. Very good morning to all of you, so world of travel what we have been talking about all morning long is that closure on i95 we are waking up to north and southbound between route 413 and street road. Now big thumbs up, we are all clear, all lanes are opened, in the northbound and southbound side, would i just say because of how many vehicles are out there and how much backup we got because of that i will say give yourself extra time. I with give myself at leann extra 45 minutes to possibly an hour throughout this area and if you want to avoid it you can still take route one or route 13 but just jump on i95. Big thumbs up but that is all been moved out of the way. Construction in montgomery ville, stump road, just a head up, our crews working there, also here construction i95 south between scudder falls bridge and new hope that right lane has been compromised all morning long and Accident Route 55 north at five 3a pickup truck went in the wood, jim and rahel back to you. Some may find this creepy but facebook is using facial Recognition Technology to alert users when a photo is up loaded even if the user isnt there. Members can message anyone to ask the photo to be taken down. Users can request that facebook remove photo. Social network has used facial recognition since 201 but it is aim add preventing impersonations. It does raise privacy concerns but Facebook Says ill were not use them to target advertisement. Philadelphia woman turn her love of bake nothing tie city wide project. As Ukee Washington shows news this weeks story of brotherly love she gave bakers a way to channel their cook to go bring a smile to refugees and the needy. Idea is simple and the results are sweet. We have followed the process from kitchen to table. Emily kaplan bakes every other week for people that she might never meet. Im just responsible for 30 to 45 people so im doing two packages of brownies. Reporter she knows how many people to bake for because shes part of the in kind baking project which links volunteer bakers with nonprofits. Very much grass roots. It was started by molly lester of philadelphia, for a few years molly has been baking and dropping off treats for organization that is help the less fortunate. After the president sign the travel ban, molly felt the need to do more. There was so much variety treal being directed at immigrants, refugees it is just a small thing but i hoped that extending baked goods could be a different gesture and different message. Reporter molly set up a web site in kind baking project. Org, Community Organizations and nonprofit put out request for deserts including date and number of servings, volunteers sign up to fulfill the request, and then they bake, and then drop off. Quickies i way to make a impact, sweetened someones day. Emilys brownies went to Community Center and visitation in kensington where they were served alongside homemade cookies and rice crispy treats in the shape of a drum stick all for inn kind, and le keisha book is grateful they give way more then we need. People are artists. Thinks an you the let for peoples creativity report report so far 300 bakers have fulfilled order for organization that is help refugees, needy and homeless, sharing can be sweet, in more ways then one. You can find out how to reach in kind baking on our web site at cbs philly. Com brotherly. Im Ukee Washington for cb. Eyewitness news. Nothing like a plumbing issue to leave you and your wallet feeling drained in Delaware Valley consumer checkbook editors looked at how to flush out a good plumber. Jim me is executive he can or kevin. Hey, kevin happy holidays. Hi there, jim. Having a plumbing issue whether it is toilet or sink any occasion is not good but holidays is even worse. People actually cook nothing their kitchens and this time of the year where pipes freeze, there is a lot that can go wrong. What kind of calls are plumbers getting. Frozen pipes, people doing things that they should dont stuffing too much tomato peels , and things like that. It is a busy time. Before you come, call out a plumber what are some things you need to do. I think most important thing for repair is describing in detail what the problem is. So that way you know they will bring out right equipment if they need two plum tours come out they will send two instead of one. They dont come cheap. No some charge prices way higher then others. Our under cover shoppers at checkbook. Org we survey hundreds of plumbers in the area, collected thousands of prices and found some charge two to three times as much as others for the same exact work so for example, for Garbage Disposal very specific model, we found prices ranging from 350 to 800 or more. The exact same work. So especially installation work make sure you shop around if you need hot water heater, disposer, get multiple quotes. What kind of questions should i be asking over the phone. For installation work it is easy to get prices. If you have a repair job it is more complicate they had need to come in and diagnosis the problem beforehand. So, is what your minimum charge . What are you going to show me to show up and what does that include. Does it include diagnosis of the problem, 30 minutes of labor, and then after that how much will you charge me by the hour, what increments will you break that down into, that way you have base is in terms of hourly rates and minimum to compare prices among plummers. In an emergency situation you cannot do a lot of shopping around but what should i ask for as far as guaranties. You can ask about warrant ies and it is important to ask at lee for one Year Warranty for parts and labor. Labor parties really important make sure what they have installed or repair they do does not work out they come back and fix it. Make sure it is in writing. Absolutely. Anything else people can do to clear up the mess before they get there. Yeah, one thing to do is clear the area, make sure you dont want to pay a plumber 125 an hurry to clean stuff out from under your sing. Other thing is pay by credit card, most consumers are just not aware when you pay by credit card i get really strong protections, thaw dont get when you pay in cash. If there is a problem you can dispute charge with your Credit Card Company reallies toy do that at lee get your money back. Good advice, checkbook rated 140 plumbing co base on quality and price if you would like to see their results ill powe ailing at cbs philly. Com and facebook and twitter feed. Toasting dad im not one but heres to. To many more years of friendship. And feasts crowd [laughing, cheering] to presents a mi familia que lo es todo. To being right here, right now, with you. Sfx dog bark. And you. Toasting dad i guess what im trying to say is, heres to family. Were proud to bring your family amazing value every day. T. J. Maxx. Marshalls. Homegoods. 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