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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. forty-five 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 three-year 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. we're 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 30-mile 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 isn't in use every where. >> because of the dollars that need to be spent that delayed implementation. >> reporter: this 15-mile stretch of track in washington was a 180 million-dollar project, aimed at speeding up services bye-bye 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 we're 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 227-203, 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 7-foot 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 didn't 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 prosecutor's 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 don't 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 cbs-3 "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 drive-in darby township. men openedded the driver to drive-in to an alley way where they took several packages and driver's 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. >> i'm 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 t-shirt 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 40's. well above average, and the wind has pick up and that is making it feel colder then thermometer might indicate. fifty-five when you go on you the side in short sleeves but with the 16-mile 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, doesn't 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, doesn't 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 50's and 60's 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. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't 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 o'clock. looking forward to. that. meantime don's 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 don't 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 i'm 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 part-time 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. she's my rock. >> reporter: his wife bridget is his rock his four year-old 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. adding to the challenge joe's black type is o positive meaning he can donate to him but can only receive from others who are zero type. >> they think about our future and thinking this isn't, good for our family. and i need to ask for help. i need help right now. >> reporter: for others struggling with a health condition joe says don't give up and don't be afraid to ask for help. if would you like to help, contact thomas jefferson hospital's transplant center. we have posted on our web site at cbs philly.com. aim rahel solomon cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rahel, thank you. all cheering for coach joe >> no doubt bit. >> hopefully someone steps up. >> thanks, buddy, appreciate it. holidays can be a time of happiness but they can be bad for your heart. >> coming up in the next half an hour the risk you may be taking if you tend to over indulge, health reporter stephanie stahl has a warning about holiday heart syndrome, plus... >> best of my ability preserve , protect, and defend. >> president trump as you have never seen him before, where you can see this animalronic version of our well, before it was even founded, a french teenager, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. and great stories kept coming. like when the military came and built the boats to win the war. [warplane] some are tales told around crowded tables.... [streetcar rumble] and others are performances fit for the stage. stella! cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] a victory for capitol hill house republicans hits a snag they have approved their bill but democrats found a problem that will delay it, for another day. and now democrats say that three provisions in the $1.5 trillion tax bill violate s senate rules so it will have to be amended first before house lawmakers can vote on it again. >> house has just approved legislation this afternoon by mostly party line vote of 227- 203. they are likely to vote on the final bill tomorrow, and it would then head off to the senate. overhaul plan doubles the standard deductions and slash es the corporate rate to 21 percent. senate democrats argued that the bill does not offer the reform, mostly, and, corporations for the wealthy. we will continue to monitor all of the developments, there will be more tonight, of course, on "cbs evening news" at 6:30 and get latest anytime at cbs philly.com. robotic likeness of president trump made his debut in disney world's new and improved haul off presidents. >> and our founding it was the american people who rose up to defend our freedoms and win our independent. >> a disney spokesperson says that president trump recorded his remarks for the magic kingdom attraction earlier this year. every american president is represented, in the exhibit. it closed back in january, for renovations, the haul off presidents first opened, in 1971. pope francis is calling fake news a grave sin, speaking to catholic media over the weekend holy father criticized journalist who sensationalized news and bring up old scandals. he calls their actions a grave cynthia hurts the heart of the journalist and hurts others. journalist perform a fundamental mission that must be based on accuracy. prince harry has been assigned a new role, now captain general royal marines. harry will take over for his grandfather the duke of eden berg who held that role since 1953. prince harry was in the army for 10 years and served two tourness afghanistan. the duka announced his retirement from official duties earlier this year. a decade long tradition continues for philadelphia veterans in olde city. "eyewitness news", at veterans multi service center today on fourth street where nick's olde city bar and grill served a hot, delicious christmas dinner for veterans in need. nick's staff and a few patrons helped cook, serve the meal saying they were very proud to support men and women who served our country. >> all we come through here so grateful and especially like i said during the holidays, some don't get hot meals like this so you know it is a nice feeling to be able to help somebody who is a little bit, less fortunate. the multi services center helped veterans for job training and placement, homeless assistance and transitional housing. in camden today some children enjoyed a christmas surprise. >> ♪ jingle bells >> "eyewitness news" at pine point preschool and child development center on north eighth street. kid as old as age four were definitely in the holiday spirit. they were surprise by a visit from santa claus which volunteers handing out presents and spreading holiday cheer. today's event was made possible by tourcan incorporated a construction company and chs in 1979 and associates a local camden non- profit. >> they sound great. city officials unveiled a new mural that bridges past and present cultures in kensington. "eyewitness news" at b street bridge for the dedication philadelphia artist kyle rosa designed mural after speaking with senior citizens in the neighborhood. he chose vibrant column tors represent their strength and resilience. the project is part of the larger effort to beautify conrail tracks. this artist rendering predicting a new target store opening up in ardmore, set to open up near lancaster and ardmore avenue in july 2019. company says that the ardmore store will offer customers a quick shopping experience, including groceries, pharmacy, clothing and toy selections. it will also employee 50 to 70 workers. is there one word you may want to avoid using in your next holiday gathering. >> whatever, nicole. i think that is on there. >> still to come on "eyewitness news" we will reveal the most annoying word in america. >> yes, i hope so. >> plus we will tell you why actor rob lowe treated this group of hungry fire fighters to a hero's feast, they chowed down on pasta and cheese burgers. little boy calls 911 to report that the grinch is trying to steel christmas watch as the grinch is taken away and thrown in the slammer , see how this, very cute story end when we come right back, kate? well, big weekend we are watching, of course, christmas holiday weekend and it will start off on a very warm note, temperatures in the low 60's on saturday, and sunday looks more seasonal, and we will cool down just slightly, slightly above average but not prettiest weekend we have ever seen for those last minute christmas shoppers we will see cloud and spotty rain showers perhaps some steadier rain to start the day on saturday. ♪ ♪ (radio playing in background) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ a wild fire, burning north of los angeles, is on track to be the largest in california's modern day history. authorities say the co called thomas fire is now only 50 percent contained, and it burned an area more than three times the size of philadelphia well, many celebrities homes were threatened by the wild fire, actor rob lowe showed his appreciation for fire fighters battling the flames, in his town. lowe thanked fire fighters who saved his home in santa barbara count which a nice meal. he posted these pictures on instagram with the caption dinner for new friends at our house. very nice. >> um-hmm. we're also getting our first glimpse of the oceans eight reboot featuring all-star cast. >> you have heard of moves like jagr but wait until you see who was channeling the prince of pop with an iconic dance move, bex from today's 96.5 has it all in the hot minute. >> thanks, ukee and nicole, wait is over and the first trailer of the all female cast reboot of oceans eight has arrived. film features just to name a few kate blend collette, re hand, ann hat way and and contract bullock who place the sister of dane ocean. action packed blockbuster hits theaters on june 8th. and from reboot toss a re-creation of the michael jackson's iconic moon wall. i say best we have seen in the 21st century, from jayden smith, will smith's 19 year-old son was performing when he shock the crowd, with his impressive moves. he said he learned from his mom, jada, that means he got moves now he need red leather jacket for christmas, and thinking of will, trying to give him a call. >> as we prep for the holidays it looks like five-year old ty land from mississippi saved christmas in this video going viral. it started with a 911 call made, saying that the grinch was planning to steel christmas. they caught wind and arrived at his house to assure him that christmas would be safe but it didn't stop there. the police department apprehended grinch and escorted him in the hold being cell with honorary junior officer tyland leading the charge. tyland's mom says this christmas is one that she will hold dear and also looks like tyland secured himself the job police chief telling him to come back when he turns 21 for a job application. that is your hot minute i'm be x from today's 96.5. >> he saved christmas. >> see you, grinch. americans voted the most annoying of all word and phrases for the ninth year in a row. >> according to a new poll most annoying word is, whatever. in second, fake news. that is filled by no offense but, but making top five literally and you know what i mean? >> you know what i mean has been around a while? it was ernest, you know what i mean, vern. >> i hate all of those word, you know what i mean? >> i get you. i see what you did. winter officially arrives, later this week but it will not feel like it, kate has your wet and warm forecast and peak at christmas day coming up. >> wrap up that. >> enough of those mii'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. you're looking at a call to help out their team by helping them dig out, the green bay packers needed shovel tours remove snow, from historic lambeau field in time for saturday's game against the vikings. hundreds of fans answered the call and showed up ready to work. >> every year you are hoping that the people come and they never disappoint us, the fans have been tree mend to us help us, we could not do it without the fans. >> the packers offered to pay fans ten dollars an hour for shoveling. >> nice. in the healthwatch tonight a new report suggested that the flu shot is now safe for people who are allergic to eggs. researchers say vaccine does not contain enough egg protein to cause an allergic reaction. in the past patient was egg allergies had to take special precautions, updated guidelines are from the american college of as marks allergy and immunology. now to the cbs-3 healthwatch, holiday festivities have moved into high gear. that could be dangerous for some. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to sprain, hi there, stephanie. >> reporter: holidays are a time to celebrate but too many celebrating can cause heart problems, doctors say that there is a syndrome, linked to this time of the year that is potentially serious medical problem related to over indulgence. tis season to be festive with parties, food, shopping, traveling and a extra helping of stress. with that can come unwelcomed gift called holiday heart syndrome, which is mostly related to too much alcohol. >> drink too much alcohol and go in the atrial fibrillation, atrial fibrillation is when top part of the heart does not beat in conjunction with the bottom part of the heart. >> reporter: alcohol can short circuit electrical system change levels in the blood and increase release of stress hormones, which can cause a fi b, most common symptoms, intense heart palpitations, and being short of breath. >> if you are in afib you will probably get pretty fast and to be in that fast rhythm for a lon time can cause damage. it is important to be seen, by your doctor's office, or your local urgent care center, emergency room. >> reporter: doctors say it is important to recognize atrial fibrillation because in the only can it cause your heart to beat out of rhythm, it can cause a clot to form to lead to a stroke. for some people condition is temporary but others might need to be chemically or electrically converted back to a normal heart rhythm. doctors say over eating rich, salty food is another common trigger for holiday heart syndrome. obviously moderation is the best defense and making sure to get enough sleep and regular exercise. also, on the healthwatch tonight an update for you, the f.d.a. today approved the nation's first gene therapy for an inherited disease. it is made by spark therapeutics based here in philadelphia we have been following development of the treatment that improves vision for patients with a rare form of blindness. the one time injection calls locksearnna restores sight by replacing the defective gene. it is expect to cost around a half million-dollar per eye, and will probably be covered by most insurance companies. now the company is not officially disclosing what the price will be until next month but this is a big, and genetic benefit. >> oh, yeah, huge. >> stephanie, thanks very much dunkin' donuts is brewing more than coffee. dunkin' is releasing a limit add digs coffee inspired beer, made with dunkin''s dark roast ed coffee beans, it is called the dark roasted brew, coffee inspired beer is being made in conjunction with the brewery in wooster massachusetts and that is the only place it will be available. beer is set to make its debut thursday precisely at 11:28 a.m. eastern right when the winter solstice begins. is that right, kate. >> that time is right. >> 11:28. >> wow. >> precisely. >> it will be winter in a couple days but does not feel like it. >> it doesn't at all. it will feel like it more on the first day of winter, winter will come in on a winter like note with temperatures colder then average but we will then head backup ward in the holiday weekend g day to be outside. temperatures above average and cbs-3 mobile weather watcher was out and about paying attention to green field elementary school on chestnut street in philadelphia mobile weather watcher cannot visit by itself and has to be driven by someone and that was meteorologist matt peterson. he talk weather with the second, and third and fourth grade students there i have a third grader at home. i necessity excitement level was through the roof. kid also had to take a close look at weather watcher. we talk to the students about what they learned today. >> i learned that hurricane go up to category five. >> i didn't know tornadoes can only go up to category five. i didn't know there was categories in the actual thing of wetter they learned a lot about the categories and the kid also told us they were super impressed with the high tech gear aboard the mobile weather watcher. not old enough to drive it yet but old enough to sit in the back seat and be on camera and see what we use the mobile weather watcher for, little bit of everything, school visits, pumpkin patches and tracking weather, neighborhood to neighborhood. speaking of the neighborhood lets go up to the poconos, carbon county looking snow covered tonight. we have folks out on the slopes earlier. i don't see anyone coming down now which is more reason you why should head up there as a snow border or skier. beautiful night in the poconos they have had enough cold air to make lots of snow. you can see someone coming down the mountains all to himself nice jump there lets check with our weather watchers maybe we have skiers in the bunch here we will check on temperatures well above average. we are seeing 50's all across the map and pull up some high temperatures across our weather watcher network from today and look at how warm, 59 at jerry's house in blue bell. fifty-eight. bill in levittown 57. bill, another bill in carding ton at 57. in eagleville lou ruh hid 56. peter furron in lawrenceville hade 57. some photos from our weather watchers showed a beautiful day. cloud in the morning. cloud cleared out. lynn shows us blue sky that popped up once the cloud finally cleared out but this was a great shot from walter from this morning. he said it was a glummy start to the day, you can see light screaming through those cloud, those rays and that is i great shot of those, and just one more photo from allen just because i'm jealous, not only does tree look beautiful we're ready, shopping, wrapping, under the tree. i need to you come over to my house and finish that for me because we have aways to go. lets look at is what going on right now, we have a time lapse video in kutztown. start dade with cloud, cloud thinned out and in the afternoon looked a whole lot nicer. sunshine, blue skies, 50 degrees is current temperature in kutztown. beautiful afternoon. front that is moving from portions of new england into new york state, fizzling before it gets here i don't expect it to bring any rain, slightly colder air behind that front, tomorrow will not be quite as balmy as today. these for day's highs in littleer off to tee west. today we hit 58 degrees, tomorrow only 46 degrees and then we will get down to the lower 40's by thursday but we will hit that dip we will hit that valley and climb right backup for weekend with temperatures back in the 50's on friday and even 60's on saturday, riding the temperature roller coaster and then head downward into next week. lets talk about holiday travel because of course it is a big travel weekend here in philadelphia we than can expect period of rain through the day saturday. that will slow you down. red light for travel there sunday looks okay, christmas eve, windy, mostly cloudy but most of the day dry, green light but on monday christmas day doesn't look like a big deal but there is a system bringing a chance for flurries , maybe a rain shower, but still remains to be seen. yell he light just caution for travel on christmas day. overnight mainly clear not all that cold for this time of the year, 37 degrees is our overnight low, mostly sunny, cooler, seasonal, 46 is right where we should be for last day of fall. winds northwesterly at 10 to 15. it feels slightly cold. thursday is coldest day of the week in the lower 40's. back to the lower 50's on friday with the late day shower most of the day friday, it is dry, good news for holiday fest which takes to us bucks county. saturday rain, showers in the morning, possibly some steady rain in the afternoon and then sunday. christmas day machine there will be a chance for possibly a few flurries, not a big deal we will keep an eye on that and then it gets much colder by day after christmas, ukee and nicole. well, baby giant panda made her public debut in tokyo zoo today, six month-old, gorilla appeared alongside the popular panda exhibit. >> few lucky guests could score tickets, zoo set up a lottery for them and will limit the appearances to two and a half hours a day. you better come with me right now. >> so funny. >> i love that. >> so cute. >> christmas is just around the corner but not everyone is feeling festive. >> in fact they are feeling destructive. >> yes. >> coming up why these folks are smashing, holiday decoration toss bits and pieces. we will be right back with this. >> i know. >> little scary. >> just a bit. streaming and gaming are only as good as your internet. so get the best internet - with the 100% fiber-optic network. with fios gigabit connection you get the fastest internet available with download speeds up to 940 megs plus tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online with showtime and multi-room dvr service included 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(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. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't 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. you have heard of ugly christmas sweaters and now a new trendies taking social media by storm matching family pajamas. >> i know all about this. >> so does the marcell family in new york. they jumped in with both feet, or should we say both footsies , take a look, you will fine hundreds of families wearing matching pajamas. >> when i first saw it, i thought it was dorky but then i saw more and more of them and i said we should get involved. >> now demand for pjs is so strong that they make them for babies, toddlers and dogs. the marcell's say they are their new family tradition and it took a lot of coaxing to get my husband to wear those last year but he did it. >> you do it. >> we do it. >> for sure. >> the pressure of preparing for christmas is pushing some londoners over the edge. >> frustrated brits sick of holiday shopping decorations and festive music are getting a chance to blow off some steam. beginning to look like christmas in london's busiest shopping district and many are getting swept up in the holiday spirit. others are escaping under ground to relieve some stress. >> welcome. >> reporter: they are donning christmas theme jump suits, and taking out their aggression. billy and claire channeled their anger with the help of the most hated christmas strong. >> i feel destressed and de raged now. >> reporter: people are paying $25 to vent their frustrations they get a baseball bat and have three minutes inside this rage room and they all have their own reasons for being there. >> phones, the cold weather, i'm a summer guy. >> by this day i think my people are pretty sick of christmas music, decorations and they are done witt. and they have to get out that stress. >> reporter: creative events group came up with the idea to help people relax. for pierce and odet it was perfect holiday treat. >> i feel bet are. >> i just imagined everybody that didn't get me anything, you know. >> reporter: event ran for just a day licensing enough for people to get any rage against the christmas machine out of their system. >> i don't know, i don't know. >> i'm worried about this. >> me too. >> you still have rage left over customers get to wash the rest down with the christmas conditioning tail. >> geese, wow. >> different strokes for different folks. that wraps "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00. >> amazon, delivery driver rob i'm chante lens what they forced her to do up next. a special meeting called just two weeks after montgomery county school board decided to talk about $10 million down the drain and terminate construction of the middle school project, i'm alycia nieves, what some hope will happen at tonight's special board meeting. how about this kid coming together a sugar rush and painted face marked all of these children, from today's holiday party at 39th district the lessons learned, up next, kate? temperatures were almost 15 degrees above average today , it is a winter warm up and then we will get downhill, but it goes uphill again, we have got sem tours roller coaster conditions heading in to the christmas weekend we will tell but that and your travel conditions, all right new on a witness news at 6:00. i mean i work at the post office. and, they are, full of package s, there is a lot of money in those things. >> pack of package thieves, strike in delaware county, woman driving the amazon van robbed at gunpoint. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean is off tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter chante lens is live in darby township with more on the frightening incident chante. >> reporter: police say this has never happened in this town and for that reason they are trying to catch everyone hoist responsible. >> at gunpoint driver amazon delivery driver. >> reporter: female subcontractor amazon delivery driver was kidnaped and robbed at gunpoint in the briar cliff section of darby township. >> is what wrong with people today. that is awful. that woman could have been killed. >> reporter: brazen crime which happened after 8:00 started on oakwood drive near park drive.

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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. forty-five 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 three-year 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. we're 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 30-mile 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 isn't in use every where. >> because of the dollars that need to be spent that delayed implementation. >> reporter: this 15-mile stretch of track in washington was a 180 million-dollar project, aimed at speeding up services bye-bye 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 we're 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 227-203, 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 7-foot 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 didn't 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 prosecutor's 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 don't 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 cbs-3 "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 drive-in darby township. men openedded the driver to drive-in to an alley way where they took several packages and driver's 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. >> i'm 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 t-shirt 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 40's. well above average, and the wind has pick up and that is making it feel colder then thermometer might indicate. fifty-five when you go on you the side in short sleeves but with the 16-mile 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, doesn't 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, doesn't 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 50's and 60's 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. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't 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 o'clock. looking forward to. that. meantime don's 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 don't 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 i'm 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 part-time 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. she's my rock. >> reporter: his wife bridget is his rock his four year-old 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. adding to the challenge joe's black type is o positive meaning he can donate to him but can only receive from others who are zero type. >> they think about our future and thinking this isn't, good for our family. and i need to ask for help. i need help right now. >> reporter: for others struggling with a health condition joe says don't give up and don't be afraid to ask for help. if would you like to help, contact thomas jefferson hospital's transplant center. we have posted on our web site at cbs philly.com. aim rahel solomon cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rahel, thank you. all cheering for coach joe >> no doubt bit. >> hopefully someone steps up. >> thanks, buddy, appreciate it. holidays can be a time of happiness but they can be bad for your heart. >> coming up in the next half an hour the risk you may be taking if you tend to over indulge, health reporter stephanie stahl has a warning about holiday heart syndrome, plus... >> best of my ability preserve , protect, and defend. >> president trump as you have never seen him before, where you can see this animalronic version of our well, before it was even founded, a french teenager, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. and great stories kept coming. like when the military came and built the boats to win the war. [warplane] some are tales told around crowded tables.... [streetcar rumble] and others are performances fit for the stage. stella! cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] a victory for capitol hill house republicans hits a snag they have approved their bill but democrats found a problem that will delay it, for another day. and now democrats say that three provisions in the $1.5 trillion tax bill violate s senate rules so it will have to be amended first before house lawmakers can vote on it again. >> house has just approved legislation this afternoon by mostly party line vote of 227- 203. they are likely to vote on the final bill tomorrow, and it would then head off to the senate. overhaul plan doubles the standard deductions and slash es the corporate rate to 21 percent. senate democrats argued that the bill does not offer the reform, mostly, and, corporations for the wealthy. we will continue to monitor all of the developments, there will be more tonight, of course, on "cbs evening news" at 6:30 and get latest anytime at cbs philly.com. robotic likeness of president trump made his debut in disney world's new and improved haul off presidents. >> and our founding it was the american people who rose up to defend our freedoms and win our independent. >> a disney spokesperson says that president trump recorded his remarks for the magic kingdom attraction earlier this year. every american president is represented, in the exhibit. it closed back in january, for renovations, the haul off presidents first opened, in 1971. pope francis is calling fake news a grave sin, speaking to catholic media over the weekend holy father criticized journalist who sensationalized news and bring up old scandals. he calls their actions a grave cynthia hurts the heart of the journalist and hurts others. journalist perform a fundamental mission that must be based on accuracy. prince harry has been assigned a new role, now captain general royal marines. harry will take over for his grandfather the duke of eden berg who held that role since 1953. prince harry was in the army for 10 years and served two tourness afghanistan. the duka announced his retirement from official duties earlier this year. a decade long tradition continues for philadelphia veterans in olde city. "eyewitness news", at veterans multi service center today on fourth street where nick's olde city bar and grill served a hot, delicious christmas dinner for veterans in need. nick's staff and a few patrons helped cook, serve the meal saying they were very proud to support men and women who served our country. >> all we come through here so grateful and especially like i said during the holidays, some don't get hot meals like this so you know it is a nice feeling to be able to help somebody who is a little bit, less fortunate. the multi services center helped veterans for job training and placement, homeless assistance and transitional housing. in camden today some children enjoyed a christmas surprise. >> ♪ jingle bells >> "eyewitness news" at pine point preschool and child development center on north eighth street. kid as old as age four were definitely in the holiday spirit. they were surprise by a visit from santa claus which volunteers handing out presents and spreading holiday cheer. today's event was made possible by tourcan incorporated a construction company and chs in 1979 and associates a local camden non- profit. >> they sound great. city officials unveiled a new mural that bridges past and present cultures in kensington. "eyewitness news" at b street bridge for the dedication philadelphia artist kyle rosa designed mural after speaking with senior citizens in the neighborhood. he chose vibrant column tors represent their strength and resilience. the project is part of the larger effort to beautify conrail tracks. this artist rendering predicting a new target store opening up in ardmore, set to open up near lancaster and ardmore avenue in july 2019. company says that the ardmore store will offer customers a quick shopping experience, including groceries, pharmacy, clothing and toy selections. it will also employee 50 to 70 workers. is there one word you may want to avoid using in your next holiday gathering. >> whatever, nicole. i think that is on there. >> still to come on "eyewitness news" we will reveal the most annoying word in america. >> yes, i hope so. >> plus we will tell you why actor rob lowe treated this group of hungry fire fighters to a hero's feast, they chowed down on pasta and cheese burgers. little boy calls 911 to report that the grinch is trying to steel christmas watch as the grinch is taken away and thrown in the slammer , see how this, very cute story end when we come right back, kate? well, big weekend we are watching, of course, christmas holiday weekend and it will start off on a very warm note, temperatures in the low 60's on saturday, and sunday looks more seasonal, and we will cool down just slightly, slightly above average but not prettiest weekend we have ever seen for those last minute christmas shoppers we will see cloud and spotty rain showers perhaps some steadier rain to start the day on saturday. ♪ ♪ (radio playing in background) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ a wild fire, burning north of los angeles, is on track to be the largest in california's modern day history. authorities say the co called thomas fire is now only 50 percent contained, and it burned an area more than three times the size of philadelphia well, many celebrities homes were threatened by the wild fire, actor rob lowe showed his appreciation for fire fighters battling the flames, in his town. lowe thanked fire fighters who saved his home in santa barbara count which a nice meal. he posted these pictures on instagram with the caption dinner for new friends at our house. very nice. >> um-hmm. we're also getting our first glimpse of the oceans eight reboot featuring all-star cast. >> you have heard of moves like jagr but wait until you see who was channeling the prince of pop with an iconic dance move, bex from today's 96.5 has it all in the hot minute. >> thanks, ukee and nicole, wait is over and the first trailer of the all female cast reboot of oceans eight has arrived. film features just to name a few kate blend collette, re hand, ann hat way and and contract bullock who place the sister of dane ocean. action packed blockbuster hits theaters on june 8th. and from reboot toss a re-creation of the michael jackson's iconic moon wall. i say best we have seen in the 21st century, from jayden smith, will smith's 19 year-old son was performing when he shock the crowd, with his impressive moves. he said he learned from his mom, jada, that means he got moves now he need red leather jacket for christmas, and thinking of will, trying to give him a call. >> as we prep for the holidays it looks like five-year old ty land from mississippi saved christmas in this video going viral. it started with a 911 call made, saying that the grinch was planning to steel christmas. they caught wind and arrived at his house to assure him that christmas would be safe but it didn't stop there. the police department apprehended grinch and escorted him in the hold being cell with honorary junior officer tyland leading the charge. tyland's mom says this christmas is one that she will hold dear and also looks like tyland secured himself the job police chief telling him to come back when he turns 21 for a job application. that is your hot minute i'm be x from today's 96.5. >> he saved christmas. >> see you, grinch. americans voted the most annoying of all word and phrases for the ninth year in a row. >> according to a new poll most annoying word is, whatever. in second, fake news. that is filled by no offense but, but making top five literally and you know what i mean? >> you know what i mean has been around a while? it was ernest, you know what i mean, vern. >> i hate all of those word, you know what i mean? >> i get you. i see what you did. winter officially arrives, later this week but it will not feel like it, kate has your wet and warm forecast and peak at christmas day coming up. >> wrap up that. >> enough of those mii'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. you're looking at a call to help out their team by helping them dig out, the green bay packers needed shovel tours remove snow, from historic lambeau field in time for saturday's game against the vikings. hundreds of fans answered the call and showed up ready to work. >> every year you are hoping that the people come and they never disappoint us, the fans have been tree mend to us help us, we could not do it without the fans. >> the packers offered to pay fans ten dollars an hour for shoveling. >> nice. in the healthwatch tonight a new report suggested that the flu shot is now safe for people who are allergic to eggs. researchers say vaccine does not contain enough egg protein to cause an allergic reaction. in the past patient was egg allergies had to take special precautions, updated guidelines are from the american college of as marks allergy and immunology. now to the cbs-3 healthwatch, holiday festivities have moved into high gear. that could be dangerous for some. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to sprain, hi there, stephanie. >> reporter: holidays are a time to celebrate but too many celebrating can cause heart problems, doctors say that there is a syndrome, linked to this time of the year that is potentially serious medical problem related to over indulgence. tis season to be festive with parties, food, shopping, traveling and a extra helping of stress. with that can come unwelcomed gift called holiday heart syndrome, which is mostly related to too much alcohol. >> drink too much alcohol and go in the atrial fibrillation, atrial fibrillation is when top part of the heart does not beat in conjunction with the bottom part of the heart. >> reporter: alcohol can short circuit electrical system change levels in the blood and increase release of stress hormones, which can cause a fi b, most common symptoms, intense heart palpitations, and being short of breath. >> if you are in afib you will probably get pretty fast and to be in that fast rhythm for a lon time can cause damage. it is important to be seen, by your doctor's office, or your local urgent care center, emergency room. >> reporter: doctors say it is important to recognize atrial fibrillation because in the only can it cause your heart to beat out of rhythm, it can cause a clot to form to lead to a stroke. for some people condition is temporary but others might need to be chemically or electrically converted back to a normal heart rhythm. doctors say over eating rich, salty food is another common trigger for holiday heart syndrome. obviously moderation is the best defense and making sure to get enough sleep and regular exercise. also, on the healthwatch tonight an update for you, the f.d.a. today approved the nation's first gene therapy for an inherited disease. it is made by spark therapeutics based here in philadelphia we have been following development of the treatment that improves vision for patients with a rare form of blindness. the one time injection calls locksearnna restores sight by replacing the defective gene. it is expect to cost around a half million-dollar per eye, and will probably be covered by most insurance companies. now the company is not officially disclosing what the price will be until next month but this is a big, and genetic benefit. >> oh, yeah, huge. >> stephanie, thanks very much dunkin' donuts is brewing more than coffee. dunkin' is releasing a limit add digs coffee inspired beer, made with dunkin''s dark roast ed coffee beans, it is called the dark roasted brew, coffee inspired beer is being made in conjunction with the brewery in wooster massachusetts and that is the only place it will be available. beer is set to make its debut thursday precisely at 11:28 a.m. eastern right when the winter solstice begins. is that right, kate. >> that time is right. >> 11:28. >> wow. >> precisely. >> it will be winter in a couple days but does not feel like it. >> it doesn't at all. it will feel like it more on the first day of winter, winter will come in on a winter like note with temperatures colder then average but we will then head backup ward in the holiday weekend g day to be outside. temperatures above average and cbs-3 mobile weather watcher was out and about paying attention to green field elementary school on chestnut street in philadelphia mobile weather watcher cannot visit by itself and has to be driven by someone and that was meteorologist matt peterson. he talk weather with the second, and third and fourth grade students there i have a third grader at home. i necessity excitement level was through the roof. kid also had to take a close look at weather watcher. we talk to the students about what they learned today. >> i learned that hurricane go up to category five. >> i didn't know tornadoes can only go up to category five. i didn't know there was categories in the actual thing of wetter they learned a lot about the categories and the kid also told us they were super impressed with the high tech gear aboard the mobile weather watcher. not old enough to drive it yet but old enough to sit in the back seat and be on camera and see what we use the mobile weather watcher for, little bit of everything, school visits, pumpkin patches and tracking weather, neighborhood to neighborhood. speaking of the neighborhood lets go up to the poconos, carbon county looking snow covered tonight. we have folks out on the slopes earlier. i don't see anyone coming down now which is more reason you why should head up there as a snow border or skier. beautiful night in the poconos they have had enough cold air to make lots of snow. you can see someone coming down the mountains all to himself nice jump there lets check with our weather watchers maybe we have skiers in the bunch here we will check on temperatures well above average. we are seeing 50's all across the map and pull up some high temperatures across our weather watcher network from today and look at how warm, 59 at jerry's house in blue bell. fifty-eight. bill in levittown 57. bill, another bill in carding ton at 57. in eagleville lou ruh hid 56. peter furron in lawrenceville hade 57. some photos from our weather watchers showed a beautiful day. cloud in the morning. cloud cleared out. lynn shows us blue sky that popped up once the cloud finally cleared out but this was a great shot from walter from this morning. he said it was a glummy start to the day, you can see light screaming through those cloud, those rays and that is i great shot of those, and just one more photo from allen just because i'm jealous, not only does tree look beautiful we're ready, shopping, wrapping, under the tree. i need to you come over to my house and finish that for me because we have aways to go. lets look at is what going on right now, we have a time lapse video in kutztown. start dade with cloud, cloud thinned out and in the afternoon looked a whole lot nicer. sunshine, blue skies, 50 degrees is current temperature in kutztown. beautiful afternoon. front that is moving from portions of new england into new york state, fizzling before it gets here i don't expect it to bring any rain, slightly colder air behind that front, tomorrow will not be quite as balmy as today. these for day's highs in littleer off to tee west. today we hit 58 degrees, tomorrow only 46 degrees and then we will get down to the lower 40's by thursday but we will hit that dip we will hit that valley and climb right backup for weekend with temperatures back in the 50's on friday and even 60's on saturday, riding the temperature roller coaster and then head downward into next week. lets talk about holiday travel because of course it is a big travel weekend here in philadelphia we than can expect period of rain through the day saturday. that will slow you down. red light for travel there sunday looks okay, christmas eve, windy, mostly cloudy but most of the day dry, green light but on monday christmas day doesn't look like a big deal but there is a system bringing a chance for flurries , maybe a rain shower, but still remains to be seen. yell he light just caution for travel on christmas day. overnight mainly clear not all that cold for this time of the year, 37 degrees is our overnight low, mostly sunny, cooler, seasonal, 46 is right where we should be for last day of fall. winds northwesterly at 10 to 15. it feels slightly cold. thursday is coldest day of the week in the lower 40's. back to the lower 50's on friday with the late day shower most of the day friday, it is dry, good news for holiday fest which takes to us bucks county. saturday rain, showers in the morning, possibly some steady rain in the afternoon and then sunday. christmas day machine there will be a chance for possibly a few flurries, not a big deal we will keep an eye on that and then it gets much colder by day after christmas, ukee and nicole. well, baby giant panda made her public debut in tokyo zoo today, six month-old, gorilla appeared alongside the popular panda exhibit. >> few lucky guests could score tickets, zoo set up a lottery for them and will limit the appearances to two and a half hours a day. you better come with me right now. >> so funny. >> i love that. >> so cute. >> christmas is just around the corner but not everyone is feeling festive. >> in fact they are feeling destructive. >> yes. >> coming up why these folks are smashing, holiday decoration toss bits and pieces. we will be right back with this. >> i know. >> little scary. >> just a bit. streaming and gaming are only as good as your internet. so get the best internet - with the 100% fiber-optic network. with fios gigabit connection you get the fastest internet available with download speeds up to 940 megs plus tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online with showtime and multi-room dvr service included 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(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. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't 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. you have heard of ugly christmas sweaters and now a new trendies taking social media by storm matching family pajamas. >> i know all about this. >> so does the marcell family in new york. they jumped in with both feet, or should we say both footsies , take a look, you will fine hundreds of families wearing matching pajamas. >> when i first saw it, i thought it was dorky but then i saw more and more of them and i said we should get involved. >> now demand for pjs is so strong that they make them for babies, toddlers and dogs. the marcell's say they are their new family tradition and it took a lot of coaxing to get my husband to wear those last year but he did it. >> you do it. >> we do it. >> for sure. >> the pressure of preparing for christmas is pushing some londoners over the edge. >> frustrated brits sick of holiday shopping decorations and festive music are getting a chance to blow off some steam. beginning to look like christmas in london's busiest shopping district and many are getting swept up in the holiday spirit. others are escaping under ground to relieve some stress. >> welcome. >> reporter: they are donning christmas theme jump suits, and taking out their aggression. billy and claire channeled their anger with the help of the most hated christmas strong. >> i feel destressed and de raged now. >> reporter: people are paying $25 to vent their frustrations they get a baseball bat and have three minutes inside this rage room and they all have their own reasons for being there. >> phones, the cold weather, i'm a summer guy. >> by this day i think my people are pretty sick of christmas music, decorations and they are done witt. and they have to get out that stress. >> reporter: creative events group came up with the idea to help people relax. for pierce and odet it was perfect holiday treat. >> i feel bet are. >> i just imagined everybody that didn't get me anything, you know. >> reporter: event ran for just a day licensing enough for people to get any rage against the christmas machine out of their system. >> i don't know, i don't know. >> i'm worried about this. >> me too. >> you still have rage left over customers get to wash the rest down with the christmas conditioning tail. >> geese, wow. >> different strokes for different folks. that wraps "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00. >> amazon, delivery driver rob i'm chante lens what they forced her to do up next. a special meeting called just two weeks after montgomery county school board decided to talk about $10 million down the drain and terminate construction of the middle school project, i'm alycia nieves, what some hope will happen at tonight's special board meeting. how about this kid coming together a sugar rush and painted face marked all of these children, from today's holiday party at 39th district the lessons learned, up next, kate? temperatures were almost 15 degrees above average today , it is a winter warm up and then we will get downhill, but it goes uphill again, we have got sem tours roller coaster conditions heading in to the christmas weekend we will tell but that and your travel conditions, all right new on a witness news at 6:00. i mean i work at the post office. and, they are, full of package s, there is a lot of money in those things. >> pack of package thieves, strike in delaware county, woman driving the amazon van robbed at gunpoint. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean is off tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter chante lens is live in darby township with more on the frightening incident chante. >> reporter: police say this has never happened in this town and for that reason they are trying to catch everyone hoist responsible. >> at gunpoint driver amazon delivery driver. >> reporter: female subcontractor amazon delivery driver was kidnaped and robbed at gunpoint in the briar cliff section of darby township. >> is what wrong with people today. that is awful. that woman could have been killed. >> reporter: brazen crime which happened after 8:00 started on oakwood drive near park drive.

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