They are so funny we will hear what the vicepresident has to say about his political future, that is coming up in a few minutes but first let get out to katie, katie, no uncertainty about what is coming here. Yes, it is not necessary liz going to grip the region just yet, that arctic chill but it is waiting in the wings and it is coming in the next couple of days and our temperatures are not going to be rebounding well past the lower 40s for majority, not just tail even of the week but weekend and beyond that point. For now, storm system yesterday, it did over achieve what it did, the mount pocono for example. Even though wet weather is essentially done, basically every where we have a Winter Weather advisory that will least main for about another half an hour, just watch for slick travel out there, guys. Even though penndot is excellent at pretreating the roads whenever is there a need for it you could run into slick travel when you have have got Mother Nature working against you like that. When we look at storm scan at this local level, majority of the moisture is pretty much exiting, stage east here in the atlantic and just left with a few sprinkles or a fine mist or drizzle. It is a little fog any some spots too. I dont think it will have a major impact on your visibility but just know there is moisture in the atmosphere. That will be cleaning itself out though as the day goes on. Where we currently stand upper 30s, lower 40s, mid 40s depending on your location, so that is sort of the setting us up to eventually end up with a decent, climb on the thermometer. Were shooting for 52 degrees after all and even though, okay, it is not balmy, shorts, tshirt kind of weather, it is still above average and we can expect to see breaks from the cloud cover for more sunshine as the day progresses. Your area headlines are as such, we have a break in the action here to work work if you have outdoor play you should be fine. Arctic invasion comes our way for tail end of the week and that chillies certainly going to settle in as i mentioned here for upcoming weekend, meisha, over to you. I dont like the sound of that, arctic invasion. I know, going for a different reaction from you. Yes. Good morning, everyone. Happy wednesday. So, are you excited to see me talking about what im going to be talking about . I know you are not the but bear with me. The good news is that we have, we had an accident, had is the keyword, on the schuylkill westbound near south street. That has now been since cleared. That is great the news, and for a while there it was really, starting to back us up. So residual delays yeah, a little bit but it is showing us how many vehicles there are on the roadways. Look at when these headlights go by and how wet it is still out there all of that rain that has fallen is kicking up now on to the car and windshields behind you, so just take it easy today. We have seen a string of accident all morning long, so far we have another one in new jersey, 42 northbound, before route 130, left lane blocked there, another one in bala cynwyd, rock hill road at conshohocken state road and another one that is clearing out of the waste now, new jersey turnpike northbound outer roadway atwood row Wilson Service area, own and off ramps are close are for International Maintenance and clean up. Give yourself extra time. Vine closed overnight for construction but westbound side and eastbound side are opened, so were looking good, but were starting to slow down a little bit on the vine and also some construction route 130 between route 322 and crown point road, one lane blocked there, it is not only the accident there but we have construction there as well. Heres another area delaware memorial bridge, only one right lane is open. This is overnight construction 9 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. Going on through thursday. Heads up on that. We have more to talk about coming up in ten or 15 minutes, rahel and joe back to you. We will see you then, thank you. We are learning more details about the new jersey state trooper, killed this is crash, on route 55. Head on collision happened monday night, in millville, cumberland county, Officials Say trooper Frankie Williams was responding to a call when lloyd ruddily of elmer crossed the media. Rudly died in the scene and trooper williams died at cooper hospital. Williams was on the job less than a year, graduating from the the Police Academy in january. He was all excited he would be a state trooper and this was his dream come true. He had been working at lowes. We dont rutgers. Got his degree. This is what he wanted to do. Right thousand it is not known why he crossed the median, trooper williams leaves behind a wife. The time is 5 35. This Business News this morning the company that owns sesame place announced some job cuts. Star bucks is bringing back a very popular promotion. Money watchs hena daniels joins us live from the New York Stock Exchange with more, good morning, hena. Reporter good morning, you guys. Here on wall street dow jones posted another record high. Telecommunications stocks were among biggest gainers. Dow jones rose 35, nasdaq finished 25 points higher. Sea world is slashing more than 300 jobs across the companys 12 parks. Both attendance and revenue have taken hits in recent years following the film black fish, earlier this year Company Announced it was bringing an end to its orca Breeding Program and killer whale shows. The company is restructuring to eliminate cost and improve operations. In addition to owning sesame place in Langhorne Sea world has parks in florida, texas, california and virginia. Tis the season for winning at star bucks and you coiled win big. Star bucks coffee for life promotion, it is back for the Holiday Season. It is only available to reward members over 18 and works like a digital board game, customers collect bonus stars and game pieces to win more chances at ultimate rice and you play by paying with your star bucks or phone app. If you cannot decide between a doughnut or burger, how you about both. Burger king will be offering doughnut burger in israel this hanukkah season, a normal burger but with doughnuts for buns and a jelly filling instead of ketchup. This has been available, december 25th through january 1st. Joe and rahel. So is burger king offering that for life as well, or is it just the coffee. Would anyone want that for life. I dont know. What do you think. It is a delicacy over there. During the hanukkah season. Very good. Thanks. Margaret was just telling me our news director that she had a doughnut filled with cannoli. Interesting, i love the sound of that. Good. Vicepresident joe biden turned a lot of head saying he would run for president in 2020. Was he serious . Last night he kind of clarified his remarks to late show host Stephen Colbert. Eyewitness News Reporter trang do is live in the cbs3 news center with more on what the vicepresident really meant, trang. Reporter kinda is the keyword here. Vicepresident joe biden, told reporters that he would be running for president in four years but wasnt quite as definitive last night sitting down with Stephen Colbert will he or wont he . Appearing the late show with Stephen Colbert tuesday night, vicepresident joe biden, again, fielding questions over whether he will run for president in 2020. One thing he is sure of his decision to stay out of the 2016 president ial race following the death of his eldest son beau last year. I know i made the right decision for my family. I know i made the right decision. Im in the the sure i would have been able to put my whole heart into it. But what i regret is circumstances that led me not to be able to run. Reporter biden toll colbert not running had unintended positive consequences. I have learn you wanted to be the most popular guy in america, announce you are not running and boy, everything moves. Reporter he is not completely ruling out riding that popularity wave to the white house again. Im a great respecter of fate. I dont plan on running again but to say you know what is going to happen in four years i just think is not rational. That is a sound of the door creaking open. Reporter vicepresident also noted that in four years he will be 77. He joke he will still be in better shape then president elect donald trump who will turn 74 in 2020. For now live from the cbs news center im trang do for cbs3 Eyewitness News. The plot thickens clearly on this one. Werent they taking jabs at each other about fighting behind a barn or something. Yes, they were. Yes. Okay, thank you. All right. This morning the vicepresident is heading to his alma matter the university of delaware. He will speak at inauguration of the universitys 28th president , dennis osonis. Ceremony starts at ten at Thompson Center at rosel center for the arts. You should get there two hours ahead of time because special security measures are in place. This morning boat house row is lit in blue and gold as part of the drexels university 125 anniversary. Drexel is hosting a University Wide celebration and it includes a time capsule which will include a piece of drexels Basketball Court and tad veil regatta gold medal. Ceremonies at 1 00 at drexels Main Building auditorium. Nickel back is getting an a polling from police. And wait until you hear the only thing mariah carry is eating these days coming up in got to tell you. Also this. Seventyfive years after the attack on pearl harbor an aging survivor of that day is awaiting restoration. Im craig bosswell at air and space museum in virginia. Ill have a story of this kisses deluxe chocolates. With a whole roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, theyre twice the size of the kisses chocolates you love. Say more with kisses deluxe. Chart topping singer turned on the Holiday Lights at Empire State Building yesterday. Annual tradition to kick off Holiday Season and promote a Holiday Light show. It will light up red, green and gold at dusk. If you like mariahs look, she only eats, salmon and capers all day long. It is all about the protein. Interesting. Yes. I dont know if i buy that. And nickel back band gets an apology after a Facebook Post by Canadian Police officer went viral. It forced drunk drivers to listen to songs by nickel back after being arrested. The post reports that the management complained to Kensington Police survey and that post has been since taken down. It wasnt a threat, it is if they caught you, driving drunk, at the punishment they would force to you listen to nickel back. There was a lot of controversy. The agony, right after i saw it, i looked up their songs and im thinking i dont want to go too far here, but, you know, really it could affect those accused. Take it away, katie. There was so much controversy because so many people like nickel back. But they have had this following sort of where they have been taking it on the chin for a few years about their music sounding all of the same. They got their message across now. Yes. Salmon ape capers. That svelt look, salmon and capers. I tiehl like, i could not last on a diet like that for much longer then a meal. But lets complete thely switch gears, what do you say. Lets take a look what is going on here, we have a approached the ending on that talk. The lets take a look specifically at Spring Garden street. This is just a different view overlooking to the east here there our own station headquarters where were looking at broad and syringe garden in the intersection here. It is obviously still damp but it is drying out. That said, so the rain is pretty much gone, retreating, and storm system that brought that into us is making its exit. That is good news. We will look at eyewitness weather watchers right the now they are coming in with temperatures that are milder then they were this same time yesterday, depending on the location, we are at 40 degrees right now, all in from ed connor, he is finding a little bit of damp weather, dark, damp but mentioning it the is warmer. The lets go further off to the north and up we go toward poconos. One of the spots that had decent snow accumulation, for the standard at least of what this storm really brought. Keith, up in the sailorsberg area is reporting 35. Left over overcast skies. Not much snow on the ground. It was more than last night but with that said we will likely run into slick travel out there. We will take you to one more, south of the city here where dave bradley reports 41 in essington. The cloud overhead for him and gave a shout out to meisha, hump day, meisha. Wow. Everybody getting love from the eyewitness weather watchers and round of applause, i love. That lets go to the snow totals we have seen across our area mount pocono over achiever of the pack here, obviously. Almost half foot fell of snow mainly on unpaved surfaces but looking at the storm scan right now things really have cleared out nicely and it will continue to be that way as cloud break for more and more sunshine. It is above average. High of 52. Were at best hitting 40 for friday and saturday. Arctic chill waits in the wings, meisha. It sure does. Sometimes you and i can be bearer of bad news in the morning and unfortunately today is looking like a tough drive. Just waking up with us good morning, happy hump day, happy hump day indeed we will get through this and we will do it as a team. We will do it together. Owe were so happy you are here. This is where you need to look at for right now, schuylkill eastbound past montgomery drive, pulled off to the right lane, you can see all of those flashing lights, we have got crews out there and just like what we were seeing earlier on the schuykill westbound near south street where we have had an accident clear earlier, were also seeing people outside their vehicles Walking Around and it is causing very significant backups, delays, gaper delay, all of it. Anywhere, schuylkill eastbound past montgomery drive, give yourself some extra time, overall give yourself some extra time this morning. With those wet roadways. Because of the amount of accidents we are seeing already. New jersey 42 northbound, before route 130, you have now moved off to the shoulder, easing that tension and another one bala cynwyd that happened earlier, still out there rock hill road at conshohocken state road, overall just take it easy, my friend and leave your homes early today, joe, over to you. December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. Today marks 75 years since the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Naval base in hawaii. Next phase as you just say president roosevelt asked congress for a declaration of war. Veterans and survivors today of the attack will attend commemoration shown is, they will honor the 2400 people who died, in that attack. This wreath laying ceremony took place earlier this week. There will be a similar scene at battleship new jersey in camden, veterans will the georgia tore lay a wreath in the Delaware River as they did last year. Ceremony will be at ten this morning and it is free and opened to the public. One of the few surviving planes of the japanese attack on pearl harbor is now on display. Five years years after the vice military strike the planes stunning history in the actions of its crew are finally in the spotlight. Craig boswell has story from the air and space museum in shiply, virginia. Reporter this plane survived the japanese attack on pearl harbor. It should have been hit. It is a very, very valuable asset. Reporter Smithsonian Museum specialist say this was lucky. Thinks only j rs1 left in existence. Soul survivor. Reporter navy lane was in the designed for combat and has no weapons. It is a utility airplane so it deliver mail. Delivered mail, it moved critical personnel around. Reporter but when japanese bombers hit pearl harbor the plane sitting a stones throw from burning u. S. Battleship was intact and set to track town the enemy. These days went out to try to find the japanese fleet, knowing if they did find it, they were probably in trouble. Reporter west roof was pilot on that mission. He and his crew got within 30 miles of the japanese fleet and lived to tell about it. I thought at that time this will be a one way trip. This is a picture of the senior rank commander help he died. Reporter ruth tied last year. His son said he would be happy to know his plane is now getting the attention it tea serves. He would have been proud to know that they have recovered the lane he flew on this special mission. Reporter they almost didnt, the plane ended up in storage and likely headed to a scrap heap until someone put two and two together. Somebody happened to look at log books and noticed that it was showing a flight in pearl harbor on december 7th. Reporter that entry landed the lane here at air and space museum in virginia where this taterd survivor will eventually be restored to its former glory. In virginia, Craig Boswell for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Ruth received navy cross for his actions at pearl harbor when restoration work begins on the plane, it is expected to take five years. A lot of children look forward to visiting santa during the holidays but one little North Carolina boy says his experience left him upset. Anthony may said he was fat shamed by santa this picture show anthonys cousin sitting on santas lap before moments anthony sat down. When it was anthonys turn he asked for an ipad touch and that is when the family says santa got rude. When i got done he said stop the hamburgers and french tries and i felt awful. Santa apologized later but anthonys mommies saying she with like to to see him fired. I cant blame her. I wonder what would provoke him to say that to a child. Clearly having a bad day but does not excuse that at all. Terrible. Just ahead, looking for a perfect gift from a bygone area, we will take you to a shop, we w help make Holidays Brighter for our joy of excuse me our joy of sharing toy fest. Join to us day in Wilmington University in new castle delaware for a special toy fest drop off event, from noon to four. Cbs one toy fess benefits families served by salvation army, boys and girls club of Camden County and uso. We have put together other drop off locations, on our web site, cbs philly. Com , toy fess. Eagles take on washington. Last night they were tackling something more fun. Todd herremans and several bird, took children shopping at Dicks Sporting Goods on route 07 in cherry hill. Each child received 200 gift card to buy whatever they wanted. Leprechauns Sports Association made this special trip possible. That is awesome. In. Santa was on hand in the Holiday Celebration at university of pennsylvania. Penn volunteers joined children from the Tucker PoliceAthletic League for night of fun, food and, of course, gifts. Young people also posed for pictures, with santa. Well, buying gifts during the Holiday Season could remind you of vintage gifts popular when we were younger, you were younger. Long time ago. Oklahoma mall has what you are looking for. It is not easy to finding a spider man stick, Ninja Turtles but they have it all and more ativan stage toy mall in the town of broken arrow. 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Sfx balloon squeals goodbye oof, that milk in your coffee was messing with you, wasnt it . Try lactaid, its real milk, without that annoying lactose. Good right . Yeah. Lactaid. The milk that doesnt mess with you. Clouds clearing out rain has moved on you but now we need a brace for an arctic blast. Katie let us know when cold air moves in. Overseas, and developing right now, death toll has skyrocketed, overnight, after a powerful earthquake, rattles independent near a now frantic search is underway for survivors trapped in the ruble. Warning to holiday shop tours remain vigilant after a terrifying robbery is caught on cameras woman there is dragged, and someone makes off with her purse. It is wednesday, december 7th, im joe holden, jim donovan is off. Im rahel solomon. Katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. Good morning, guys. Good morning, happy wednesday. I a good morning but then i worry because it has been a very messy commute already. I will write a pleading letter to Mother Nature, plead with her to please stop the madness. I know it is just beginning. Yes. Yes. But katie, is the rain gone at least. Basically. We still have moisture out there leading to i necessity we have va from the vehicles but when we look at storm scan at this local zoom bulk of the moisture is leaving in terms of the rain falling from the sky. They could still have left over to go, you could have left over fine drizzle or hi but more than anything though i would say travel worries that Mother Nature has talk about here are all from the aftermath of the retreat of this storm system. We are left with again, a good soaking last night, tamp road, puddles that kind of thing but we will not require umbrella for next couple days here. Fortyone at the airport