i'm not in need of the umbrella just yet. not going to be very long before you do need it. so if you work mid shift or you work the night shift, eventually hitting the road i would walk out the door with the umbrella, folks. take a look once more at storm scan3, here, loop of the last three hours. clearly the rain has been marching east, somewhat sluggishly, but it is on the way. so give it a little bit of time. eventually it will make it arrival here meantime surged on the thermometer, 16 degrees warmer than were you in same time yesterday in allentown, in dover, it is currently in the upper 60s, so almost 20 degrees warmer than yesterday at noontime, meanwhile how it translate to the thermometer, 61 degrees at the airport, 63 atlantic city and there are places where you're even warmer than this, the evening driver is the place where we ends up with the interesting weather here for the day. morning drive really wasn't a problem. but visibility, going to drop for you, the steadiest of the rain falling at this point. to the north and west of the city. but, with time, that heavy rain does work it way through philadelphia, and everywhere else, and i'm going to time it out for now little more detail plus talk about the possibility of snow in our near future, that's all in my full forecast later on, guys? >> snow, all right, katie. thank you so much. well, police are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect wanted for several packet thefts in one philadelphia neighborhood. >> eyewitness "eyewitness news " reporter and eat an oh, live with the video police want you to see. what's the latest? >> reporter: prime time, holiday season, hundreds of millions of packages on the move. it means package thieves are out, as well, numbers from consumer affairs show that 23 million americans will have had their packages stolen this year, and that includes some here in philadelphia. take a look at the video now, philadelphia police release surveillance video this morning of recent package thefts here in manayunk. watch this man taking packages from the front steps of homes along the 4300 block of dexter street and the 200 block of hermitage street. police say he has discontinuing limp and drives dark colored four door sedan possibly hyundai, and i've spoke tone many frustrated neighbors across the sit had i their packages stolen right from their front stems, have started to pick up each other packages or have them shipped to small businesses, around the community, so that neighbors can safely pick up their packages there. but one couple less than a mile away from these incidents had a different idea. coming up at 6:00 tonight i'll tell you about the plan they devise in the order to catch a porch pirate that's coming up tonight "eyewitness news" at 6:00. but for now live in manayunk, anita oh, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> see you at 6:00. thank you. >> out of wilmington two men facing charges with next of theft of disable boy's walker, suspect 55 year old lee hand water is, 49 year old donald kale. the mother accidentally left the walker in the family front yard last thursday, allegedly suspect seen putting the walk near white truck and driving away. both are now out on bail. >> we now know when a south jersey school was closed for mold will reopen. class also resume at whitehall elementary school in monroe township january 2nd, after students and staff are back from winter break, they say the clean up at the school will be complete by then. for now whitehall student rent attending class in the section of williamstown middle school, holly glenn elementary, which is also in the monroe township district remains closed for mold and unclear when holly glenn will reopen. >> california under fire once again. a raging wild fire is burning in the state, this time, northwest of los angeles. now, so far, more than 150 structures have burned in ventura county. cbs news correspondent chris martinez takes us to the inferno. >> firefighters battled raging flames just inches away from homes in ventura county, the winds whipped blaze igniting vegetation that fire officials say hasn't burned in decades. >> i live in ventura most of my life. i've never seen anything like this, it just brings tears to my eyes. >> desperate homeowners used garden hoses to help save their property. >> my mom and dad's house. they lived here for seven generations. >> but many battles are being lost. >> good friends up the street lost their homes, and i'm just so sad for them. >> flames devoured dozens every homes and businesses, and thousands more are threatened. evacuation orders are in place for nearly 8,000 homes. >> our biggest areas of concern right now are the city of ventura with structure protection, also has the wind picks up, still the cities. >> shifting winds are making it very difficult for firefighters gain the upper hand on this street alone, a number of homes have burned. helicopters are being used to douse the flames while firefighters from neighboring counties are being brought in to help. but, officials say, weather conditions are not favorable. the forecast calls for high winds, and low humidity, throughout the week. chris martinez, for cbs 3, " eyewitness news." >> president trump is facing legal action over his decision to sling one of two national monuments in utah. >> native americans, has filed a lawsuit against the president calling the move disrespectful, they consider the lan sacred and say they'll take their fight to keep it to court. once before, you want to make america great? allowing them to help you get there. >> but for some reason, they want to fight. i'm here to tell you a fight they want, a fit they'll get. the president also plans second monument in utah, get out yesterday, that he would also cut protections at grand staircase national monument bye-bye roughly half. >> scientists raising questions about the accuracy of photos north korea released last week at the missile launch. we tracked north korea missile program. he said he believed some of the pictures were tampered with. came to the conclusion by analyzing the positions of the start. >> john conyers making big announcement about his future on capitol hill, he faces sexual harrassment allegations >> and wedding cake controversy. the supreme court taking up a case involving a same sex couple, and the baker who refused to serve them. those stories and more still ahead. >> a major shake up on capitol hill. michigan congressman john can years now saying he's retiring a mid calls to step down over sexual misconduct allegations, he made the announcement on detroit radio show this morning, it follows new allegations of former staffer who accused him of sexual harrass. ment conyers insists that the allegations are untrue, on the radio show the 88 year old defended his legacy in congress. >> will continue to my children, i have great family here, and specially in my oldest boy, john can years -- conyers the thirds, who incidentally i endorse to replace me in my seat in congress. >> conyers is the longest serving member of congress. >> the supreme court heard arguments today, in one of the most closely watched cases of its term. a battle between religious liberty and anti- discrimination. the justices will hear from a colorado bake here refused to make a wedding cake for same sex couple. cbs news correspondent mola lenghi reports from washington >> it is a case that pits a baker who is devout christian against the same sex couple who asked him to make their wedding cake. the baker said no. >> he asked us who the cake was for. and when we said it was for us , he said he would not make a cut -- a cake for a same sex wedding. >> in 2012, dave mullen's and charlie craig were planning a celebration, after they were married in massachusetts. they were shocked that masterpiece cake shop refused their business. >> i have to be honest. i start today breakdown, and i cried. >> jack phillips april's is the bakery owner. >> i tried to respectfully apologize i couldn't create this thing. ill gladly sell you anything in my shop. this is just an event i can't create a cake for. >> he said he was exercising his constitutional right to free speech of freedom of religion, but mullens and craig filed discrimination complaint and won. lost several appeals before the supreme court agreed take the case. the justices will now have to consider whether the first amendment can outweigh right to equal treatment. the case has attracted considerable attention from both sides of the debate. people even camped out overnight, for chance to be in the courtroom during today's argument. mola lenghi, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." well, still ahead on " eyewitness news" at noon. >> creating home when hope is lost. meisha? >> well, a house is so much more than just a house. more often than not, it is a home, a place which holds content like people, love, hope, and today's love it, we're meeting one man that opened a whom for some no need all to provide just that, hope and a chance for a new life. that's coming up. katie? >> getting closer to the upcoming weekend, meisha, we are guaranteeing the cold will be settling in. and dow think you are going to see some sun, especially on saturday, however, there is also a possibility that a few flakes may fly, specifically on sunday, and that's not the only shot we have at snow in this forecast. i'll let you know when you might see some snow, that's coming up. >> bring new unwrapped toy to our studios at 1555 hamilton street, also visit cbsphilly.com for complete list of toy drop off locations and details on upcoming toyfest events around the area >> one of those events is tomorrow, we will be collecting toys at wilmington university, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. meteorologist, chelsey n gram will be there, we hope you can join in on the fun and bring a toy for a child in need. >> so, we're in the fit, up ear's and 60s. >> pushing zero seven at dover right now. >> i believe it. >> exactly. >> exactly. it is crazy. it is so warm in advance of this cold front. but it is a very potent one. so we talked about the possibility of snow already. yes, don't let these temperatures fool you t really is about to get very, very cold. also, we have to deal with some rain that comes along with all of. >> this just about ready to leave the house for the rest of the day, my advice, is specially if you plan to be out later tonight, to have that umbrella ready to go, because it look like we could get pretty doused out of this, and more specifics on that timing, too, we start it all off by looking where else at storm scan3, where at the moment it is really just the leading edge of this rain, starting to get ever closer, so creeping in, toward 81, and as it migrates east, if you are traveling, say, pa, turnpike westbound, over the next few hours, you will begin to run into this, but this isn't going to be major issue until at least 3:00 p.m. for these north and west most suburbs. for now, most of russ just enjoying the warmth, starting to notice hint of breeze, as that warmth really surges in, along with some moisture in advance of this very potent cold front. now you can really see some nice organization with the storm itself. but it really is just the cold front with this storm. that has the biggest impact on the area, but his is what gets the trends going. usher in the rain, and really that rain could be pretty heavy at times through the lehigh valley and the poconos, window of the heavy rain, i know looks like long window, but window nonetheless, three p.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the span of that time you'll see rounds of moisture getting funneled in to the lehigh valley and poconos, so to up three quarters of an inch you saw there, through philly and northwestern suburbs from about seven p.m. to 10:00 p.m. so you won't have as much of an opportunity to pick up the higher totals, but could you see to up half inch, and then between about ten p.m. and 1:00 a.m. for most of delaware , and the southern half of new jersey, so also, up to about a half inch there. now, as love to say, went nerve fact coming, and quite literally in this regard, too, the jet stream plunging south, that's allowing the cold to also do the same from the depth of the arctic, so we're going to see some very, very chilly air set until here. and that's of course the key ingredient necessary for us to see any snow potential. and as we end near a bit more of an active pattern that potential does starting to up little bit. but look at this. we were at 67 before high noon sixty-six the current temperature at dover this hour you're at 61 in philly. fifty-five, even in allentown, incredibly warm, poconos 47 degrees, above what your normal high would be, by a pretty substantial amount. so still have multiple hours left before finished with the day and probably tack another couple of degrees on in most spots. these are your air temperatures however by comparison, in international falls n winter peg, as they like to call it, here across the canadian border, only in the teens, the twin cities. so the colds is certainly funneling in now across the us state border, and we're going to see it eventually reach us here, later on tonight into tomorrow. i'll step out of the way so you can take all of this in. active pattern unfolding. so few chances down the road for us to see some snow. late friday night, into early saturday morning, few flakes even possible on sunday, and then another storm comes along tuesday night into wednesday. so those are the three opportunities over the span of the seven day anyway, and they are just opportunities, right now, there isn't guarantee this will happen. but we've got cold in place, and possibility of these systems to roll through the area. now, you can even see from the courtesy of the winds flow those clouds rolling through our live neighborhood network, outside kutztown, it is obviously a gray sky, haven't seen the raindrops really falling yet. i went for walk for coffee, i felt all of one raindrop on the entire walk. moisture building but the heavy rain still holding off for now. we do expect to hit about 62 before this all gets really underway. and then the cold begins to catch up as the front itself crosses through. good news is we don't drop off too much later on tonight so it is stickily a rain producing system, but eventually that cold will play calf up. so by tomorrow, up to 49 at best. at least seeing the skies break for some sunshine, thursday looks beautiful, but looks can be deceiving pretty chilly brisk day coming up friday night into early saturday possibility, especially in the southeastern counties, closer you are to the shore, the better chance really to see some snow track is key on this. >> i feel it will feel even colder since we had the little - >> oh, yes. >> all right. >> thanks, kate. >> i thanks, katie. well, bringing hope to those who taught all was lost. >> meisha here now with today's lincoln financial field it. meisha? >> well, it took more than two and a half years of work to transform one very special house in tennessee into enough space that could house eight residents in need. and the people who stay there say the hope it has given has turn their lives around. take a look. >> i was asleep here in the car, and sleeping in my brother's garage. >> now joe rucker has somewhere to call home. he joined six other formerly homeless men getting fresh start at what they're calling the franklin community house. >> the group home the first of its kinds in the city and was labor of lover for franklin community church senior pastor kevin rigs. >> they do have homeless and real now where for them to go. >> transformed to help men with disability. resident, however, must pass backgrounds check remain sober and take care of the house. they live here, pay small covenant to live here, things they'll do and not do then in return we help them with them with whatever they might need. >> that includes job training, counselling, mentoring the guys, i knew them before they moved in i can see the transformation just on their faces no doubt hope has a way of giving off physical glow on people's faces the men who live or lived in the house say it is magical allows for brand new beginning new life and allows them to get their plans in order. one of the men in the house is planning to move out soon of course he credits the home for that saying fate works, something as simple as roof over our heads and little hope , what that can do good luck, guys, love it. >> sometimes a second chance. >> absolutely, all about second chances, and one person who has the idea to give selflessly to make that second chance for other people, too. >> stepping out. >> you bet it is. >> thank you shall meisha. up next, a pizza chain wants to provide little something extra. with your delivery. >> yes, how about customers who could be getting fear sent to -- beer sent to their front door. >> welcome back, well known restaurant chain cashing in on america's love of pizza and beer. >> yes, this morning, pizza hut announced beer and wine delivery. now the service only available in phoenix, arizona but hopes to expands to other cities next year. but back here at home school district of philadelphia is celebrating its six annual computer science education week. superintendent, doctor william hite visited feltonville school of arts and science this is morning to highlight the district expanding digital literacy and tk follow gentlemen curriculum. student getting hands on computer experience, computer science experience, coding and robotic, good skills to have. >> very good. and that is it for us at noon, i'm joe holden. >> i'm rahel sole plan for meisha, katie and all every us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. >> and we're always on line at cbsphilly.com. >> thanks for watching again, the young and the restless is 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