Hard to imagine considering i walk in and birds were chirping. Yes, like a spring morning. So hard to imagine. Katie, what im seeing right now is fog. Will this cause slow downs. Would i expect it, meisha. We have a tense fog advisory that we will outline here in a second but what better way to kick things off then with a view of what that fog is doing right now. We will start off with a view of sky scan three. We hope you tune in. Off in the distance with this shot would you see the comcast building, everything, you know, outlined crisp and clear. Not this time. That cloud cover is aligning pretty thick. The it is mild too. We have a light enough win and certainly a lot of moisture to throw Current Conditions overtop of this to allow that fog to form right now. So what i have been finding is worse visibility is primarily confine far northwest of philadelphia but there is a a dense fog advisory until 0 00 for every county in the gray. Since this is a big travel day for many heading home for the holidays, heading further inland, long island, where ever you are going within this tristate area zone you might be running into fog, this morning. Watch for. That storm scan, at the moment pretty quiet locally but when we put things into motion and zoom it out you can see moisture lifting in. Already a across Sussex County we have showers moving in and it does a a appear today will feature off and on rain, kind of anytime but especially in the second half of the day. For now temperatures, as they stand are very, very mile. Were flirting with 60 in philadelphia right now. Mid 50s even being reported a at mount holly where National Weather Service Regional headquarters is located. But throughout the rest of the day we expect despite cloud and rain to climb well above our average. This rain introduction coming courtesy of the warm front. It lives up to it name, brings that warmth and it is exceptional warmth coming our wayes speak eggsly for Christmas Eve which we will have more on coming up. Okay, sound good katie, thank you. Roadways right now were looking dry but as katie pointed out we have fog out there. Heres a picture of the vine, closed both east and westbound as you can see but you can see even in this camera shot with all of the lights, that haze, kind of issuingeling around you and that is a lot of the cameras i look at right now. The five south atal gain that i right lane block because of the overnight construction. Make note of that if you have to get out there and that will clear sometime soon. I know yesterday we were dealing with the same thing and that did clear, fairly, quickly, especially were Early Morning rush. Thinks where we have a disable vehicle 95 north at girard. Left lane is block because of it. You can see it right there flashing its lights. Not causing too many slow downs but i95 at girard does heat up quickly. Not so much in the northbound side. Primarily southbound side but still. Construction i95 southbound ramp to route 42 westbound the the ramp closed until 6 00 a a a. M. Route 42 northbound and southbound between the 25 and route 55, two lanes blocked there. A lot of construction you have to wait on and drive slow because of that fog, nicole, back over to you. Are you going somewhere for the the christmas holiday. You are not alone. Triple a estimates one in three philadelphia area residents will travel for the holidays. Eyewitness News Reporter justin finch is live at philly international with that story, justin, good morning. Reporter nicole, good morning. Very busy morning here at Philadelphia International airport. Flight, every inning is will flight, departing is leaving on time just about. The as you can see the lines are very long here. Stretching from the tsa area all the way back down here, to the terminal e airport. Very long walk for travelers showing up this morning and as you can see, coming up the escalate or we have people showing up down there at the very bottom floor people lining up to check in. As you mention add lot of people, planning to will travel, this Holiday Season, about within in three americans, 100. 5 million people, set to take off, 50 miles or more this Holiday Travel season. The that is a a triple a estimate. That is the the seventh Straight Year of a arriving travel for americans, as at this point i want to bring in jena tid well with the triple a and ask you first off why are we seeing so many people travel this holiday do you think. Year end holidays we see families wanting to be together and is there two key drivers for road travel, 90 percent of the people traveling will will go by car are lower gas prices, and that definitely puts more money in your pocket and more income to spend on a trip and then days of the week where holidays are falling this year. We have two back to back, three day weekend, some people have four day weekend that affords them time to travel without taking personal time off from work. Reporter were thinking weather may play a role in this excessive travel as well. I think so, thinking last minute, nice weather, it is definitely going to give people incentives to travel. Reporter so many people traveling on the road, the trains, buses, planes, this could be an economic boost as well. Absolutely with project over 100 million americans traveling for year end holidays and warmer weather, it could be good news for the. Reporter jena, thanks very much. The lines are so crowded, so congested they are taking up our live shot space. With that we will toss it right back over to you. Sound good, justin, thank you. We will switch gears, new this morning three people shot outside a Strawberry Mansion bar. Shooting took place 11 30 tuesday night outside home plate sports bar at 27th and lehigh. Two men and one woman were taken to Temple University hospital, with gunshot wound to their legs. We know at least five shots were fired from a large caliber semiautomatic weapon. We know shooter was standing on the corner of 27th and lehigh, that is where we found all five spent shell casings on the sidewalk. At last check the victims were listed in stable condition, police have no motive or description of the suspect at this time. A Montgomery County native is a among the six american troops killed in afghanistan on monday. Air force Staff Sergeant peter taubb died in an attack near bog ram air feel. Sergeant taubb was 30 and grew up in wyncote and survived by a pregnant wife and threeyear old daughter. Go fund me page was set up for sergeant taubbs family. Great season has ended with a loss at the boca a rat on bowl. It was owls first game in years but toledo rockets walk away with the the trophy. Owls put up a good fight. They could not match toledo speed and power tsday night. Temple manager only three points in the first half. This was temples fifth bowl appearance in school history. Different story for toledo this was they are fifth in sixth year. When the clock stopped it was clearly toledos night, they lost 3217. I think our seniors took us from two wins, to ten wins, helped us to beat penn state and help us get to this bowl game. Obviously we are disappointed we didnt win tonight but we will keep building and these young guys will know when they get here what it means to play one of these things. Regardless of the outcome, it still was a magical season for temple football program. Temple fans across the region cheered for cherry and white last night. This was the scene on temples campus as fans pack in the draft hours pub to watch that game. Even though it was not the the outcome, they were hoping for fans had many reasons to be proud of their team. It is so great, not just for football but for the the whole school, just to be excited and know that there is people all over the country that is seeing temple and learning about temple, it is just awesome. Such a great time. Things are looking brighter on many front for temple football fans, coach matt ruhle just received a a contract extension and university is in tax with the city of philadelphia a build a proposed 35,000 seat stadium, on campus. Well, Roman Catholic priest convicted over his handling of the child sex abuse complaints in philadelphia may soon be released from prison. Superior court a awarded monsignor william lynn a new trial, for the second time. Lynn is accused of knowingly allowing sexual predator priests to have contact with children. Attorney tom kline represents the the family of Sean Mcilmail who died of a drug overdose, his family blames drug use of years of alleged sex abuse by another priest. Sean mcilmail was a wonderful boy, he did everything right, his parents followed the path of the church which led him into the hand of a serial predator. Monsignor lynn is in prison in scranton. He has served two years of his three to six year term. Happening today, woman accused of driving in the crowd in las vegas is scheduled to a appear before a judge. Charges against le Keisha Holloway whose murder and hit and run. The crash killed one person and injured 35 others. Five Delaware Valley university wrestlers and their coach suffered minor injuries. A medic is in that many could have prevented deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia is now fully operation allah long amtraks northeast corridor. The experts say positive train control, could have prevented the derailment on may 12th that killed eight people and injured more than 200. A simulator at amtraks training headquarters in wilmington shows how Safety System works. Sensors, monitors, the train speed, if it is going too fast, system automatically applies the brakes. For example if my bridge is only good for 90 miles an hour we will enforce a speed limit on that bridge, or a curve, or restrictions, no matter what the speed is, it is important that every inning will speed that could be on that railroad. Amtrak harrisburg line is expect to have positive train control by the even of the month. Well, there is much more to come on cbs3 Eyewitness News, which three eagles made it to the pro bowl . Find out shortly. It happens to a lot of kid when they pose for pictures with santa, now a local is turning these tears into jeers, and you can be part of the cause. We will be right back in two minutes. A pharmacy is giving back by turning childrens holiday cheers into cash for charity. Every time somebody post a picture of the crying child on santa in the pharmacys Facebook Page the the pharmacy will donate 10 to the the no kid hungry organization. All you have to does post picture and use the hashtag no kid happy, we have a link to that Facebook Page at cbs philly. Com. Sometimes those are the best pictures, right, where they are just not happening it. They met santa for the first time at the n icu Reunion Party but he smelled bike beef and cheese, and not santa. Those that know the l if reference. I said where are you going with this. They were screaming. Lets get a picture and move on. That is the case for so many kid. Exactly. The struggle is real. But nice, great idea. Talk about positive, were talking on a serious surge level. It the is so warm outside. It will only get warmer from here to the point where were not just going to break a record we will down right smash it as we head into tomorrow. It is not very often you break record by ten solid degrees. Lets take you to one of our brand new cameras, guys. I love this shot. For one thing bethlehem is very near and dear to my heart because i grew up just next door in will allentown but here in Northampton County or shot brought to you high above hotel bethlehem. They call it Christmas City for the reason. Beautiful lights on main street and they have that christmas star they shine nice and brightly. Just so lovely. We have a lo of cloud cover for one thing and also some wet weather that is eventually on the the way. You can see that beginning to lift here from the the south but at the moment it is primarily just low lying cloud cover that is our issue. However, this is your latest warm front and we have a lot of activity. You can pick up across the rest of the u. S. A series of front that will be our story, moving forward in the forecast, warm front today, pretty good cold front tomorrow. It does nothing to cool us down looking forward in the forecast. We will see modest ebb and flow on the thermometer. Visibility are not so hot right now, at philly international we are under 5 miles. But a at or below half mile in allentown, mount pocono, in trenton, reading and these are observation sites. There is a good shot you are lower or better depending on your location in these areas but that fog is out there and out there, pretty thick, so watch out for it. A a as we go through future weather we have a band of showers picking up a across southern delaware. This is not initialing as perfect as i would like to but it is a good guide. We are watching showers and steady rain here really anytime today and into tonight. Watch for. That i do want to check that seven day because that is important. The lets jump it there. 74 degrees for tomorrows high. Challenging record too today and we expect to feel more sunshine for the holiday itself but still exceptional warmth there, nicole, back over to you. Crank up the the air, geese, that is just crazy. Eagles have some pro bowlers heading to hawaii in sports, offensive tackle will jason peters made the team for the eighth time in his career. Kick return specialist Darren Sproles is making his second trip and defensive end, fletcher cox, is going for the very first time. Bird host washington this saturday night. If the eagles lose theyre limb nateed from playoff contention. We will get you set with pregame live from the link at 7 00, game time at 8 00 and it is all right here on cbs3. The sixers in action last night, for their last home game before the new year, first round pick Jahlil Okafor had 18 but it was not enough. Innings isers are off to the worst 30 game start in nba history, they are one29. Grizzlies scored 36 points off sixers, 28 turnovers and beat the hometown 10490 innings isers play the next six games on the road beginning tonight in milwaukee against the bucks. Wish them luck. College hoops yesterday afternoon st. Joes and Virginia Tech in brooklyn for a ac c showdown. Isaiah miles had a career high 36, to go up with 15 rebound and hawks beat them 7962. Hawks are ninetwo on the season. The that is your sports. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, guess what twitter wants to do with drones. But first heres is what coming up tonight on cbs3. Money watchs, henna daniels joins us live from the insuring stock exchange. Were hearing that the social media site has filed to use drones, what can you tell us about this. Reporter good morning, nicole. We are learning that twitter filed a patent for drones controlled by tweets, the the messaging enables unmanned area vehicles could record and transmit videos but heres the catch, it says Drone Control may be through democratic means. That means, bunch of people trying to control the same drone, nicole, chances are the faa will not go for that good that doesnt sound like a good idea. Reporter no. Another thing we hear about is a food major pledge to go use cage free eggs. This seems to be a trend. What can you tell us. Reporter that is right, nestle is pledge to go use cage free eggs. The Worlds Largest food maker says it will use 20 million pallets of cage free eggs every year in all of their products including toll house cookies and ice cream. They hope to reach the goal by 20 20. Rival General Mills made that same pledge next month. Seems to be work going, henna, thank you. We will check with you in a bit. 4 50. 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You will net is a ban of showers moving ever so closely towards that kent county borderline in delaware and that is sign of the things to come. We have a warm front lift nothing. We have dense fog to contend with this morning, essentially regional wide, most noteably for southeastern pennsylvania and new jersey. The visability have been reported under a quarter mile. We are seeing a lot of slow downs because of that. Use low beams, that always is the the, rule of them. We should see this dissipate with time. It will help mix out the atmosphere but nice light wind, lots of moisture there. Meanwhile today, tomorrow, friday and really the entire seven day lets just be honest, still a above average. Monday coolest day of the pack he but that is still above normal by six solid degrees. Couple out liars here. Tomorrow is the the one that your eyes gets drawn to immediately. That will be the record smashing day, ten solid degrees above even last years record, 67 by friday for Christmas Day not looking happy a at all and then big day on a saturday, eagles game, meisha, it looks mild for that too. You just cant complain and all about this week there is so many reasons to be so grateful about this week. So many. We dont have time to cover them all but i wont. Ninetyfive taillight moving in the the north bound direction, this is new, i am just showing you this picture. Obviously not a lot of activity, not a lot of cars but take a look at this fog. This will pose challenging for you today because visibility will play an issue. Man make sure you drive careful. Vine, good news for that overnight construction is you are open moving in the westbound lanes. The eastbound side you are still closed down but westbound looking good. You can see that fog, even in these cameras. The disabled vehicle i95 north at girard that left lane block not causing too many slow downs but it could. Another disable vehicle here i95 southbound at girard point bridge. Make note we have two disabled vehicles on i95 and construction here 130 northbound right before route 92, right lanes are block, until 5 00 a a. M. It should be opening sometime quickly. Nicole, back to you. Now lets check a couple of the stories our sister station kyw news radio is following this morning. Another financial crisis for atlantic city. Borgata hotel casino wants a 62 milliondollar tax refund within 30 days. Also, new Jersey Superior Court judge sides with Virtua Health systems over a battle over E Ms Services in camden. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter revisees his executive order on notifying federal authorities about undocumented immigrants. Check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. Coming up next, we will go live to the airport for latest on the holiday rush. Plus stargazers grabbed their cell phones when they see this in the night sky, what caused this mysterious streak of light, coming up. Giving the the gift of warmth this Holiday Season, how a local company is paying it forward, to a family who have have helped thousands throughout the year, were back at the top of the hour, stay with us. Ans age 50 to 85 whats your reason for getting Life Insurance . Im in my 60s and i work parttime with no benefits. I needed a plan that was easy to get. All i had to do was make a phone call. At age 70, im on a fixed income. I found a whole Life Insurance plan thats affordable, with a lifetime rate lock, so my Monthly Payment will never increase. All this by making a phone call. I dont like taking risks now that im almost 80. I made a phone call and found a plan that has written guarantees. 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Today is wednesday, december 23rd, good morning, glad you are with us, im nicole brewer, erika is off, katie and meisha are keeping an eye out this morning, good morning. Good morning, you guys, happy wednesday to you. A as you can see behind me we are seeing that fog out there, so, im assuming katie, this will slow people down this morning. I guarantee it, fog always does. Naturally slows down traffic flow and i have a suspension too we will end up with people traveling for the holiday too. This is one of the taste where even if you are traveling furthers away from the tristate area or maybe locally to visit your parent, Something Like that you will be running into some slow downs because of it here all based on this overriding weather pattern. The first and foremost lets talk about the warmth. That continues to be one of the big weather headlines for us. Today we will flirt with the record. Tomorrow we expect to just shatter it. And then into Christmas Day at this point it is looking like we will come close and start flirting once again, innocent flirting, going on here with the record come Christmas Day. That continues to be one of the biggest weather headlines but as we mentioned we are tracking wet weather. Is there a band of showers through kent county board there are in delaware but instead year batch of rain comes in off to the south and that is lift nothing courtesy of the the latest warm front. What do you need to know today . It is a generally foggy dayes specially this morning with off and on rain
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