We begin Eyewitness News at nd clock tonight with breaking news. A crash is tying up a major highway between upper merion and king of prussia at this hour. Chopper three a live over the scene where the schuylkill expressway meets 476. Were told that two cars flipped here and a child has been taken to Childrens Hospital from the scene in unknown condition. The other victims were able to escape the wreckage. Its unknown how many more people may have been hurt. Well stay on top of developments throughout the night here on Eyewitness News. Well, also tonight the city says goodbye to a fallen hero. Tonight is the first of two viewings for the first female philadelphia firefighter to be killed in the line of duty. Fellow firefighters and First Responders from across the country are in the city tonight to say goodbye to joyce craig. The craig family was escorted by a motorcycle honor guard. Joyces 16yearold son helped lead the mourners while her 16 month old daughter was gently carried in the procession. When you lose one of your own its rough but most importantly its for the family just to show the unit we have within the fire service. Firefighters from across the nation and from as far away as canada descended on the city to honor the first female philadelphia firefighter to die in the line of duty. Tuesdays Early Morning basement fire in West Oak Lane claimed the life of the 11 year veteran taken from her family, friends and her firefighting family at the age of 36. I cried because, you know, you dont want to lose anybody but then when you lose somebody doing the job that you love so much it saddens you because it could have been me. Im very upset and very sad and were just hurt about it. Well, the viewing will resume tomorrow morning from 8 00 until 10 oclock at the Batchelor Brothers Funeral Services on north broad street. The funeral then begins afterwards and the burial is at ivy hill cemetery. The Firefighters Union established a Memorial Fund for joyce craigs two children. You can find more information about that at cbsphilly. Com. Well, a sigh of relief for residents in philadelphia, a man accused of attacking several women in recent days was just arraigned about an hour ago. So far hes only been identified as a 55yearold man but its believed hes behind at least four Violent Attacks the most recent to happen in university city. Out there trolling looking for women walking by themselves and then taking a cowards stance and attacking not only is he attacking women but hes at at a time, them from behind. Two Police Officers say they witnessed him attacking a student from u penn trying to steal her purse. Well, it has been a week of rain and snow showers. It has led to what could be, though, a pretty nice weekend. Meteorologist kathy orr has our first look at the forecast. We could certainly use it kathy. Absolutely chris. Looking at improving conditions. On storm scan3 some breaks in the clouds. Still some clouds in the lehigh valley, philadelphia, to the west in harrisburg. Come tomorrow morning were talking about sunshine finally. Havent seen it in about a week. Right now in philadelphia 40 degrees, allentown 37, 28 in the poconos. In reading it is 36 degrees. Winds out of the westnorthwest in philadelphia at about 13 miles an hour. Elsewhere between five and 10 miles an hour generally but as temperatures get colder well be talking about wind chills during the Early Morning hours. Heres a look at saturday morning, 7 00 a. M. Its freezing. By 9 00 a. M. 37, by 11 00 a. M. 41. Chilly breeze. Well be seeing a good deal of sunshine and thats just the beginning. Sunday will be better. Ill be back with the seven day later in the broadcast. Chris. Thank you very much. A suspect is facing murder charges in the beating death of a gloucester township woman who disappeared just last week. Authorities found the body of Susan Johnson about 10 miles from her home in evesham township. Investigators say that johnson was killed by miguel diaz during an argument inside of her home on skyline drive back on december 5th. They say her body was later dumped in the woods near dwelt commonwealth drive. Johnson had recently taken in diaz and his girlfriend with whom the victim worked. Appears that both our witness and mr. Diaz were fell on hard times and miss Susan Johnson out of the kindness of her heart took these two individuals in provided them with shelter and when a dispute came up regarding a money related matter is led to a physical altercation can which led to the death of miss johnson. Investigators say the girlfriend led them to the body. Shes not being charged in the crime. New at 10 oclock remembering a new jersey native who was killed in a horrific plane crash. Marie gemmell died protecting her children after a plane slammed into her house in maryland. Her friends and family gathered to support the loved ones she left behind. Heres david spunt. Reporter the video is hard to watch but what happened inside this house is even harder to comprehend. 36yearold marie gemmell, her three year old son cole and infant son devin died after a private plane crashed into their maryland home on monday. Its hard to believe that its somebody that i have known for so long, somebody that was so sweet and kind and generous. Reporter amy was Maries High School friend from brick, new jersey. Thats where marie grew up and her old friends and classmates met in brick friday night at the river rock restaurant to raise money for the gemmell family. She organized the fopped rafer. She was a kind, kind soul, she had a beautiful heart, beautiful family, beautiful children. She was something special. Reporter friends from maryland set up an online go fund me page also dedicated to their gemmells. Already Friends Family even complete strangers chipped in almost half a Million Dollars for amys surviving daughter and her husband but in addition to the go fund me page all proceeds from inside the restaurant will go into a separate fopped for housing and clothing. When youre in own home youre safe and for that to happen to her its difficult to think about. Reporter police say after the plane crashed gemmell threw herself over her two sons to protect them. The smoke and fire too much and they died just minutes later. Its unbelievable that Something Like that could happen and shes a hero for trying to protect the children reporter those who grew up with her say its up to them for help her family. Shes a hero. Reporter in brick township, david spunt be, Eyewitness News on the cw philly. So very sad. Marie is survived by her husband and daughter. They were not home at the time of the crash. Meantime investigators are still working to determine exactly why that plane came down. Well, new demonstrations in our area tonight following recent grand jury decisions not to charge Police Officers in the deaths of unarmed black men in ferguson, missouri and new york. Temple students called for reforms to the criminal Justice System this afternoon. Dozens of them march fred broad and cecil b. Moore to the philadelphia art museum. They caused traffic jams along the way. Once they arrived the students held a die in on the steps of of the art museum. In camden this diein was held in front of the courthouse. Members laid down for four and a half minutes this afternoon. That represents the four and a half hours that Michael Browns body was on the ground in ferguson, missouri, before it was covered up. Well, a brawl breaks out inside Chichester High School in delaware county. The whole thing is caught on cell phone video. Police tell Eyewitness News the fight started between two students and eight others wound up jumping in. Several of them are now facing charges. The School District did issue a statement saying that theyll continue to focus on Safety Security and also civility at their schools. The proposed sale of revel casino is officially canceled. Today a bankruptcy judge voided the sale to toronto based brookfield asset management. Brookfield won a Court Auction for the revel at a price of 110 million toms but later backed out after it connery solve a dispute with bond holders over debt. Well, there is certainly a buzz over a bathroom at a local university tonight. Still to come here at 10 oclock, why these signs are now popping up all over campus. Plus, hockey players are notoriously tough. But this might be a little bit different. There is a contagious illness tonight that is affecting players across the nhl. Kathy. Were looking at changing conditions for the weekend. Our noreaster well over nova scotia so were talking about sunshine and milder temperatures. Yeah, this weekend. Well have the details coming yeah, this weekend. Well have the details coming up as Eyewitness News on the find options to fit your budget. Nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. My names flo, you want to go out with me . No. Uhhuhhuh i want it all and i want it now your toys want more. They need more. So get more guaranteed from verizon fios. Including your Favorite Movie channels, blazing fast internet and 400 back. All for this amazing price online, guaranteed for 2 years with a 2year agreement. So take the hint. And get more guaranteed today. 11 players in the National Hockey league have been sidelined because of a leaguewide outbreak of the mumps. Two players from the new Jersey Devils are among those who have already missed some games because of this. Doctors say that the disease is spread through droplets of saliva but its unusual to see it spread between or among different teams. We certainly see outbreaks among groups that tend to be together, outbreaks in university settings, sometimes in sports setting but usually restricted to one team itself that practices together, shares Water Bottles things like that. Many of lease theise players may have been vaccinated before but there is still a 10 to 20 percent chance that you can still get a mild case of the mumps. A local university is challenging how people think about public restrooms. Pretty unique concept with an interesting reason behind it we sent our matt rivers to check it out today. Reporter inside its just a bathroom, stalls, urinal, soap, sink, paper towels but its the sign on the outside thats a bit different. We pushed for this. We had petitions going the last two years trying to garner student support. Reporter general neutral bathrooms restrooms anyone can can can use no matter who you are. There are two on the campus of rowan university. Its the result of months of conversation between students and their university. Jena segal and Katie Whiting are part of prism an lgbt Advocacy Group at the school. Its such a simple part of life but to have a comfortable space to go to the bathroom is important. It is a small step forward to have inclusion. Others say it singles out transgender people even more. Youre going in the stall or doing whatever so its not like people see you anyway just more of a tron say zero that person is different. Some think theres a good idea but wonder why theres such discussion around the issue. This is the first time hearing it. Obviously i dont care enough about it to look into it. Reporter the school argues it is a big deal. Just, it is just a bathroom but the inclusion it promotes is symbolic. The issue is human dignity. Do all people, you know, at a state institution feel comfortable to be all that they can be. Reporter in the future lgbt advocates hope to help recrate a fully gender neutral housing policy as well. For now theyll start with a few bathrooms. Matt rivers Eyewitness News on the cw philly. In northeast philadelphia theyre getting into the holiday spirit tonight. Eyewitness news in mayfair at the blessed trinity regional catholic school. There was a live nativity scene in the front yard. They have it all areal camel, donkey, sheep, goats. Theyve even got a baby yak. Parishoners played the role of the human characters in this biblical depiction. With the flip of a switch the Christmas Season begins in cinnaminson new jersey. Township officials hosted a Tree Lighting ceremony tonight atwood park. And everyone was in good spirits there. Even the big guy. Santa claus took a break from all his hard work at the north pole the make an appearance. We know the kids loved that. We know youre in the holiday spirit as well. We would love to see pictures of your holiday lights or displays. If you upload them to social media just use the hashtag cbs3 holiday lights, well see them there, or you can email the pictures directly to us, holiday lights at cbs3. Com. Well, that cloud cover is keeping temperatures up a little bit. Were still hovering around 40 in philadelphia. And our eyewitness weather watchers are saying the same. Not quite as cold as its been across a good part of the region bud is saying in collegeville the temperature is 39 degrees. Elsewhere across the Delaware Valley take a look at some of our numbers here. Clear the board. The board is not clearing that well. All right. Well take a look at winds then. Winds right now have diminished somewhat. Thats the good news. Numbers are going down across the region. Temps not so bad either. Were looking at 34 degrees in perkasie, marmora 38, newark delaware 39 and ocean city at 37 so the clouds helping us for now but not for long. If you would like to be an eyewitness weather watcher, we would love you to join the team. You will be featured in one of our newscasts here on cbs3 and the cw philly. Go to cbs cbsphilly. Com watchers. Outside our Weather Window were looking at jack frost big boulder open for the season and looking at a good base there. Cold enough to make snow with temperatures falling into the 20s overnight. Heres a look at your ski forecast. Were looking at very nice conditions with partly sunny skies for saturday, 34. Not much wind sunday 38 and by monday almost spring like conditions with a temperature of 43 degrees. Were watching the storminess thats out west because believe it or not this is going to make it toward the east but in a much reduced form. Right now still getting very heavy rain through san francisco, some snow heading through the inner Mountain West and a big trough in the jet stream and when we see this in the west that means a big ridge builds in the east and by ridge i mean the whole jet stream lifts well to the north and we get in on some very nice conditions, warmer air lifting up from the south and that will be the case over the next three or four days and by the time this moves through it will be on tuesday, so between now and then it will be dry. For your friday aslow improvement. Weve seen temperatures that were in the 40s today. Saturday better with more sunshine. Sunday temperatures boosto about 48 and by monday this High Pressure system will be just to our south. A milder southwesterly wind will blow and High Temperatures will be right around 50 degrees. That will be the peek of the warmer temperatures. Right now 30s throughout a good part of the region, 40 in philadelphia, 28 in the poconos. Overnight tonight in the city going to 30 degrees and 20s in some of our suburbs. Saturday charles partly sunny with a northwesterly wind High Temperature 43. A lot going on this weekend. One of the things is the geminid meteor shower originateing from a asteroid not a comet. Best viewing tomorrow night at about 8 oclock with clear skies and away from the city lights you could see 60 to 80 shooting stars an hour. Thats pretty good. Also sunday night the birds versus dallas, tailgate temperature 43 and by the Fourth Quarter it will be clear with a northwesterly breeze, temperature 37. Not so bad. On the exclusive eyewitness weather sevenday forecast, the temperatures begin to improve tomorrow with the sunshine. But sunday and monday looking great. Tuesday a chance of a few showers, the high 50. Remember hanukkah begins at sundown. Wednesday 48, thursday 46 still dry and seasonable on friday with a temperature of 45 degrees. We know where this guy will be on sunday night. Yes. For sure. Where everybody wants him to be. Will he be warm. No worries there. Speaking of those eagles theyre looking for a repeat feast at the hands of the cowboys. Well hear from teams on this rematch and the sixers did battle in brooklyn. Plus h the sixers entered action tonight in brooklyn having won two of their last four games. Considering its their only two wins of the cease snon 20 games that constitutes a hot streak. Second quarter covington played very well. Knocked down the three ball, four of five. Sixers led by one after two quarters and watch the move and dunk by mcw. He finished with 14 points and nine assist. But as usually happens the nets pulling away, the lob sixers fall 8870. Theyre two and 19 on the season. Not since rocky two has a philadelphia rematch had such hype and cinematic appeal but sundays eagles cowboys game yes it fits the bill. The last time the teams met way back when on thanksgiving eagles dominated the cowboys 33 to 10. Birds fast paved offense was too much for the boys. Here are the combatants. Important man. You cant get no better than this. Were home at the linc playing against dallas. We went down there, now we come here went need to we need to cap it off here. You know, go in here and win this ball game. We just didnt play well. Just wasnt a good day for the Dallas Cowboys and the playoffs started. Its here now. So, if we want to go somewhere, we want to be something we need a win right now. Theyre outstanding teams. Theyre all well coached and you got to be prepared when you going up against a group like that and you got to bring your a game. Well get you set for the eaglescowboys nfc east tilt at 11 30 on sunday kickoff over on cbs3. Sports director Beasley Reece and lesley van arsdale will lead our coverage plus well hear from cbs3 special contributor lesean mccoy about the contest. Flyers off tonight. Tomorrow afternoon they host the carolina hurricanes. Vinnie lecavalier missed practice with a lower body is injury. Last night the orange and black opened four game home stand. Ray emery stopped 17 of the 18 shots on score class 3ap double i archbishop wood taking on Central Valley out of pittsburgh. Mcclinton had a huge night for the vikings. He ran for 232 yards four touchdowns leading the vikings , final 3314 over Central Valley. Hes headed to villanova. Should be a real big find. What do they say about big players and big games with the card most accepted in the philadelphia region, you have the power to do more. Independence blue cross. Live fearless. A remote that lives more wifi in more places. A Movie Library you can take wherever you go. Internet speeds that have gotten faster 13 times in 12 years. The innovators and inventors at comcast labs are creating more possibilities for more people every day. Comcast. Bringing media and Technology Together for you. A heartwarming reunion at the rink. As you can see there were some technical glitches but guess was that was actually part of the plan. Take a look. Hello. Can you hear me. Hi. Yes, we can hear you. Im sorry,. Fans we apologize looks like were having trouble with the feed. We wont be able to submit to jim. Little did the family know that he wasnt on skype he was actually in the building. The crowd cheering as Sergeant Vandenberg surprised his family and saw his newborn son for the very first time. He spent the past year overseas in both afghanistan and romania. His family completely surprised by the whole thing but what a joyous homecoming and a well deserved kiss on the cheek for a newborn baby. Well done all the way around. We thank you for watching Eyewitness News here on the cw philly. For kathy, rob and all of us here, im chris may. Have a good flight. Well see you at 11 oclock on cbs3. Ring ring . Progresso its ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. 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