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KYW Eyewitness News At 5 December 19, 2017

Temperatures right now, now that the sun has dipped down below horizon we are seeing temperatures drop off as well, 55 in the city, 50 in allentown. Fortyfive in mount pocono. You can hear breeze on my microphone wind making it feel cooler and the wind is de netting a cold front moving through right now. You can see showers across new england, insuring state, no showers expected for us but temperatures are on the way down. So, what can we, see with the seven day . Look out for saturday. I will tell you why and looking ahead to christmas . Might there be a few flakes flying i will let you know latest information when i join you inside. See you then, thank you. Philadelphia police are searching for hit run driver ran from the scene after striking an eight threeyear old man in west oak lane. It happened at ogontz and andrew avenue. Victim was raking leaves when he was struck by an suv. Victim was taken to Einstein Medical Center with serious injuries. I just heard a big thump, and so i figured, okay, probably the trash and then i heard screaming, yelling my dogs were going crazy. I looked out to see what was going on and i seen a guy lay down in front of my steps. Police say this may have started as a road rage incident between two vehicles and that one lost control striking the man. Were learning new information about a Police Pursuit that ended with a deadly crash in burlington county. Chopper three over the scene yesterday in tabernacle, Authorities Say that troopers were pursuing a stolen suv when driver who control and hit a utility pole on the road suv burst into flames killing all three people inside, police say that they are still looking to identify them. Investigators are now focusing on the amtrak engineer at controls of the train that derailed in Washington State on yesterday. Ntsb says that they necessity the train was speeding when it jumped the tracks and they are looking into whether the engineer was distracted. An oversized load truck hauled away one of the 13 mangled train cars that flew off the trackness Washington State. Crew is still have to remove locomotive. It weighs over 270,000 pounds, it is extremely heavy and it will take quite a feat to get that out of there. Reporter ntsb said speed may have been a factor in the deadly derailment. Event data recorder shows the events traveling at 80 miles an hour in the 30mile per hour zone. At lee three people were killed and dozens more were injured on the Maiden Voyage of this newly opened train line, the Associated Press is report ago this investigators are looking into whether the engineer was distract by an employee in training in the locomotive cab. According to radio chatter the engineer was bleeding from his head after the wreck and both eyes were swollen shut. Ntsb says it has been recommending safety features like automatic braking technology known as positive train control for decade. It certainly does prevent accidents that are over speed accidents that cause derailments. Reporter former ntsb chair says is there one simple reason the technology isnt in use every where. Because of the dollars that need to be spent that delayed implementation. Reporter this 15mile stretch of track in washington was a 180 milliondollar project, aimed at speeding up services byebye passing a more curvey route with single track tunnels and freight traffic. Stay with Eyewitness News as we keep you up to date on the amtrak Train Derailment in Washington State, when were not on the air get very latest on line at cbs philly. Com. We have breaking news just in the g. O. P. Led tax reform plan just hit a snag, hours after the house approved the bill, democrats say that three provisions in the measure violates senate rules, and it will have to be amended and house will to have vote again, tomorrow. Now the house approved the bill this afternoon by mostly Party Line Vote 227203, problem was found once senate began process of voting on the measure. We will have much more on the overhaul plan coming up at 5 30. Celebration of hanukkah is underway, and police in margate are investigating the vandalism of three menorahs, Eyewitness News new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live with more on the investigation , cleve. Reporter you can see they are still trying to work out kinks with the lamps behind me here at Katz Jewish Community Center in margate but yesterday this 7foot tall menorah was in pieces as part of the hate crime and person responsible has not yet been caught. Why would they do it over hanukkah. Reporter holiday and heritage under attack. Horrible, just horrible. Reporter Margate Police provided pictures of three jewish menorahs vandalized sunday night and monday morning. You hear about it, in other places but then when you see it happen right in your backyard it vice unsetting. Reporter this one at Katz Jewish Community Center has several branches snapped off, down the street by municipal ball field on jerome avenue there was similar damage and severed electric wire to the sit owned menorah which had been vandalized three times this year. I really didnt think i would see that in margate. Reporter pieces of glass are near the base of the third damaged one city owned one located at municipal pier. I was appalled when i saw it laying on its side and all of the bulbs except for one where it is smashed. Reporter the electrician discover two menorahs haines are and repaired one and replaced the other. Next to them are Christmas Decorations without damage. Police believe because of the religious imagery, they were targeting jews. Must be Property Damage basically to become a hate crime and Prosecutors Office and state police get notified and they are involved. Reporter katz jcc made repairs on machine too not wanting people to miss out on the lights for the last two nights of hanukkah. Hanukkah is a time which jews over came adversity and it is a festival of lights, a celebration, so we dont want to let this incident, this single incident ruin the celebration of hanukkah. Reporter with that in mind in celebrating they are asking people here in margate to keep an eye out for those exterior, outside, menorahs because if anybody is lingering around and looks suspicious they should report that to Margate Police. Live from margate, cleve bryan , for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Police in Delaware County are investigating the arranged robbery of an amazon Delivery Driver. Woman was robbed last night around 8 00 on oak wood drivein Darby Township. Men openedded the driver to drivein to an alley way where they took several packages and drivers iphone. Chante lens is working on that story and she will have more on Eyewitness News at 6 00. Advocates for better protected bike lanes in philadelphia took to the streets of center city. Dozens semled at 13th and pine to create a, human chain to protect the bike lanes. Organizers are calling on city leaders to suspend federal money to make bike lanes safer residents said drivers and cyclist need to be more respectful to one another. Im very respectful to pedestrians and bike riders, however, i feel like they are not respectable. They cut in front of you. It happens all the time. We need education on all side about what the laws and rights are, we need enforcement of the laws not just cyclist who are running a red light but for, cars, who are everything unsafe behavior reporter organizers say they planned this event after a cyclist was struck in the bike lane at 13th and pine. Well, terrifying moment captured on video. Coming up on Eyewitness News a stage collapses during a Music Festival killing a dj where it happened and what investigators believe was the cause. And too much of a good thing can actually be bad for your heart, Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl tells bus holiday heart syndrome and how to prevent from it happening to you. A little boy takes matters in his own hand when he hears that the grinch was trying to steel christmas, the phone call that he made, that ended with the grinch behind bars. We will be right back. Frightening video posted on social media shows a moment a stage collapsed during a Music Festival in brazil. Disaster happened on sunday while brazilian dj was performing. He was rushed to the hospital but died a short time later. Several others were hurt, Authorities Say that the stage came down just as the storm kick up high wind. Terrorism does not appear to be involved according to fbi officials investigating what caused a fire that knocked out power to the world s busiest airport. This is what is left of the chaotic mess at heartsfield Jackson Airport in atlanta piles of lost luggage waiting to be returned to their owners Georgia Power Officials Say a fire affect not only primary source of power but backup sources as well. Thousands of travelers were stranded, sunday by grounded planes. Three astronauts safely arrived at their temporary new home on board the International Space station. Trio represents the u. S. , japan and russia. They blasted off in a soyus spaceship two days an and made it to their destination right on time. New crew members join three others already on the on board the space station and they will spend four months conducting 250 science investigations. Kate bilo joining us now, talking about this weather. Yes. I mean, amazingly, warm weather. Really nice outside today. Yes. I put a hoodie going on running some errand got in the carry had to turn a few seconds, it was crazy. It started out cloudy and then, i was like, unreal it is april all of a sudden. But it will not last. It will come back. We are in a little bit of a temperature roller coaster. Next two days back to what december should feel like and then warming up into the christmas weekend. We will need full wardrobe out there this week, need winter coat for day or two, need umbrella for day or two and probably tshirt on saturday as long as you have that umbrella haines. We have a lot to talk about heading in to christmas. We will go out to the camera live, in Plymouth Meeting at place one apartments, bird eye view over Montgomery County and can see lots of traffic, headlights, traveling around Plymouth Meeting, mall, last minute christmas shoppers on 476 and schuylkill expressway, we have got aloft people out and about either starting their christmas travels or getting last minute errand done and weather is holding up just fine, for travelers today , but it is not going to stay that way. Lets look at temperatures once again see how mild, it is 55 degrees still at the airport. Fifty in allentown, 54 millville, and, normal highs this time of the year are in the mid 40s. Well above average, and the wind has pick up and that is making it feel colder then thermometer might indicate. Fiftyfive when you go on you the side in short sleeves but with the 16mile an hour wind it does feel brisk. I was just on the sky deck. I can vouch for that. 16 miles an hour out of the south and west. They are coming out of the advancing cold front. Front up here and it will take its time coming through and will come through dry. See this line over upstate new york denoting where that front is, comes through dry but will bring changes noticeably cooler outside tomorrow in the wake of that front. As we head into tomorrow and thursday you can see cooler air moving in just briefly net is tomorrow into thursday we have blue overhead but then a big surge of warm air starts to move in friday and saturday out ahead of the advancing storm but notice what waits in the wings. Second part of the temperature roller coaster ride here cold air moving in the Northern Plains just in time for the Christmas Holiday. So winter officially begins on thursday december 21st at 11 28 a. M. , shortest daylight of the year and then we have a few systems for our Holiday Weekend. We will start with friday, this cyst m. A. Warm front bringing a couple stray showers off to the north on friday, mostly looking okay. Saturday, doesnt look great, warm front to the north, in the warm sector very warm day that showers in the morning and some steady rain possible in the afternoon. That system moves out, sunday is quiet but then on Christmas Day quite possibly a couple stray flurries here or there. Which would be picturesque for your Christmas Holiday. Mild friday and saturday. Rainy start to the christmas weekend. It is cooler with a chance of christmas flurries. Your Christmas Eve mainly cloudy if you have travel plans there, Christmas Day probably a few flakes, doesnt look like a lot of moisture in place but not really forecasting any serious snow or anything like that but a few flurries maybe even a rain shower here or there but otherwise cloudy and seasonal. Tomorrow feels more like december is supposed to feel we will start winter on thursday, with a high of 42 and again more seasonal and warm up to 61 on saturday with some rain, sunday windy and colder and that chance of light rain or snow in Christmas Day, no major storms but saturday looks like the day that travel will be most tough and it is also, possibly the busiest day as well, so that could slow things down. I think when we have warm weather like this we will get pounded in like january and february. Well, you know. Pay me now, pay me later. Yes. I only thing there is two sets of people those that love 50s and 60s and others who do not. Give me the cold and snow. Bring in the sees than. I made a t time. Yes, thank you. Are you feeling more frustrated about the holidays, then festive. Still ahead on Eyewitness News we will take to you a place, wow, what is this guy done smashing stuff, to relieve stress, don what do you think. Deck the halls, i mean really, a father and coach known for taking care of others is now reaching out but what he need is very difficult to ask for that story next up in hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. Center around children coming up at 6 00 see how Philadelphia Police are celebrating the season while teaching children, some life long lessons, that is tonight at 6 00 oclock. Looking forward to. That. Meantime dons here with some sports. We have a pretty good story for you looking forward to it. Joeys the man warriors Football Player in south philadelphia go to when they need help on the practice field or off the field, when they need some, help with, life lessons. It is about grit, respect, discipline but medical diagnosis has coach joe asking for help. Our rahel solomon has more. I dont really like to talk bit. Reporter it is joe, and if he had his way, he would be anywhere else right now he hates asking for help. Everything i do in life i want to do on my own. Reporter these days it is not about what he likes or wants but what he need, a kidney transplant. I came home from the phillies game. I was hot. I noticed i was wearing shorts and im wearing san also and my feet and legs were swollen. Reporter that was 2009, doctors dig him with a kidney problems over counter medication and in home dialysis. Start to finish it is a five hour process five days a week. Joe says it is like having a parttime job. He no longer works. When he to his chair he is not loan he is surrounded by picture of his family. It is a team effort and his diagnosis has been just as tough on them. Sometimes, you get discouraged for a few minutes but then you just pick it up and move on. Without her this would never happen. Shes my rock. Reporter his wife bridget is his rock his four yearold son joeys his entertainment during dialysis. We play checkers. Read books. Reporter gentlemen also has another team behind him, the Youth Football Team warriors in south philly. He insists on coaching despite his health. For him to be coaching for what it is going on in his life is just amazing. Coaching makes. Sorry, sorry. Coaching football makes life normal. I will share with him somebody share with me. Reporter as much as he helps them, now coach joeys the one asking for help. Several family members stepped up to donate a kidney but failed to pass a required health screening. Addin

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