Cooler air is playing catch up and still a hint of the breeze certainly but with time, we just level off in the upper 40 s. That is where we will stand right now, in philadelphia but even milder depending on your location. Take a look at storm scan three half of the region blanketed in cloud cover allowing temperatures to sta tey as mild as they have but cooler again, cooler air playing catch up here, look at how temperatures are changing, up in the poconos starting to get cold, nice clear sky, not as much of a surplus in a place like reading, allentown or wilmington but your 10 is wan this same time yesterday anywhere from places like millville down toward dover. We are at 49 currently at the airport, 50 in atlantic city, wind noticeable and that does add a chill to the air but what you can expect rest of the day is quiet weather generally speaking. It is still the return back toward realistic values on the thermometer through the rest of the day. While we already hit our official daytime high we will still level off here through next few hours and hit about 47 through the afternoon, under some sunshine as well. But coming up, rahel said it best, whiplash coming hereou o,u are coming or going very mild era waiting kw which day we pead how warm it will get. Thanks very much. Very good morning to all of you, so, big story of today right new in the world of travel as you head out just know croyden right now parts of the i95 completely closed down, i95 closed north and south between route 413 and street road this he were working on overhead signs. Crane malfunctioned and there you have it. It is still closed down. Your alternate route one or route 13 is your best bet around this and you are being diverted off at route 413 on the southbound side. It is a closeup shot here. You can see activity happening around here and they are hoping to have it clear out by around 6 00 a. M. And hopefully that is the case because right around 6 00 a. M. Is when it gets busy. I95 closed between route 413 street road and your alternate route one or route 13. More construction i95 south between scudder falls bridge and new hepp that right lane is still compromised there. Give yourself a couple extra minutes. We have an accident here in delaware 495 north at route 13 that right lane compromised there. Another accident in new jersey this morning, and oak avenue at grant avenue. Not too far away we have construction in new jersey, as well, so 295 north and south at route 73 that left lane compromised crew is still out there, still showing lots of green around this area but if i were you starting around 6 00 oclock give yourself a couple extra minutes, and then we will talk more about the construction in the next 10 minutes, rahel, back to you. Morning progresses frustration continues for building for driver impact by closure. Eyewitness News Reporter frank does live near closure point. It must be a nightmare out there right now. Reporter oh, yeah, jim and rahel this is an ever changing situation. I95 north remains closed but i will take you here because southbound just minutes ago just opened up. You can see traffic is beginning to flow, through this work site, after being detoured for hours, because of a construction issue. Now look at the situation, still a ton out here, two rains as well as the sign that crews were removing, remains on the highway but traffic is flowing southbound now but heres video from overnight, penndot spokesmen tells us crews were working on the sign when a crane malfunctioned. Crews because again directing drivers to turnaround on the grass median. Second crane was brought into finish, moving to the port frames for that sign and that work is still going on right now, we did speak to one woman who ended up in the backup, take listen. Got off work at 1 00 a. M. Was driving home i95 northbound. I ran into the traffic and everything else. Were stuck at a stand still for over an hour. They leaped us around and had us go back southbound and jump off street road or whatever other exit you were going to take. Reporter again traffic is still diverted north bound at route 132 but southbound is still flowing, just opened backup, penndot dot says work should be completed right around time until this time 6 00 oclock but northbound still close so take alternate heading north. For now live, im trang do for cbs3 Eyewitness News, jim and rahel, back to you. Trang do thank you. Teen is fighting for his life after being shot inside a south philadelphia take out restaurant. Shooting happen at twin dragon restaurant on the 2700 block of dick than son street. Police say 17 yearold victim was shot when he and others tried to keep the shooter from entering. During that struggle the shooter then fires at least one shot that goes through the glass door strikes the victim in the head. Now, no one else was injured and it does not appear that robbery was motive. Well time is 5 36. In Business News millions of workers will see a bum in pay next year. Fast food giant mcdonalds is testing a new menu item. Wendy gilette joins us from the insuring stock exchange, good morning,ter ood morning. Stocks here on wall street lost ground after trading all time highs just after the opening bell. Investors were awaiting progress on the g. O. P. Tax reform bill, dow jones who 37 points and the nasdaq finished nearly 31point lower. New Home Construction was 3h Single Family houses built at strongest pace in more than a decade. Commerce Department Says builders broke ground on homes at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1. 3 million units. Millions of workers will get a bump in their paychecks next Year National Employment Law projectities will raise ther minimum wages from 12 to 15 an hour, on january 1st. By end of 2018 it is expect a total of 21 states and 36 cities and counties will be paying hourly workers more money. This story smacks of burger haircy but here it is, mcdonalds plans to mcvegan burn Stores Across sweden and meatless burger consist of the soy patty, bun, tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, mustard, oil and eggless sandwich sauce. Mcdonalds says new offering is in response to more people, wanting to eat, plant based food. If you really like taking selfies heres a new one for you london cafe, on Oxford Street is offering selfiechino s, images of yours truly in the hot coffee or cappuchino. Send a picture which is up load todd a machine, picture is then scanned and etched on to the frost using flavorless food coloring. It taking four minutes starting you to be born and cost 7. 50. I think that is going to go big, cant you see that coming to a lot of places in the u. S. I would do it one and done for the price and time it takes i will try it once. Just once. Thanks, wendy. President trump may be just hours away from his first major legislative victory. G. O. P. Tax reform bill cleared senate and on its way back to the house today. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao i it downtown who this tax bill will impact the average american household, jan. Reporter depends who you ask, right, democrats say this bill only benefits the rich and corporations. Republicans on the other hand say bill helps the american middle class. Now according to the. O of four g 73,000 a year, the bill will mean a tax cut off more than 2,000. Tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Reporter senate overnight gaved in to the republican tax reform bill in a vote along party trump tweeted in part, the United States senate just history tax cut and reform bill. We now add comprehensive tax reform, major middle class tax relief and making our businesses both large and small more competitive around the world. Independent studies find that most taxpayanywhere from 0 depending on their income but by 2027, 53 percent of taxpayers will pay more than before, and savings for the most wealthy however will continue to rise. While republicans insist future congresses will prevent these tax hikes, democrats on the senate floor spent tuesday arguing it should be this congress, making that choice. What has been sold to the middle class miracle will instead deliver a hefty wind fall to the wealthy. The far right architects of this tax plan are going to becoming for your Social Security and medicare before you take your Christmas Tree down. House voted to pass the bill yesterday but afterward three changes had to be made to provision that is violate senate rules, house lawmakers te legislation again today, before sending it to the president s desk. Some other details now, from this tax bill, it roughly doubles the standard deductions from 12,000 for individual and 24 how foring joy it increases Child Tax Credit to 1,000 to 2,000. Tax plan includes a repeal of the owe bam care individual mandate and heres a big one tax filers will be able to write off cost of state and local taxes, but only up to 10,000, and filers must choose from among sales, incomend that deductions, instead of being able to deduct all local taxes. The president says if the bill is passed this morning by the house there will be a News Conference at the white house at 1 00 p. M. Live from the news center jan carabao for cbs3 Eyewitness News. That deductions issue will affect peoplestates such as newd pennsylvania. We will see what rolls out of it. Anre less than two weeks from the start of the new year and this morning we are learning who will drop times square new years eve ball. You may in the know her name but she had a major impact on i got to tell you it is a girl for mindy kailing, she gave bit to her first child december 15th she named her baby girl catherine. Her pregnant i first broke in july but what is not confirmed until her friend oprah spilled the beans. Shes men for kelly capor in the tv show the office. Also i got to tell would you man who launched me too movement will be launching times square new years eve ball drop, shes a social activist with Alyssa Milano got to mash too me too movement going last october that encourages Sexual Harassment victims to come forward. She will press button to drop the ball in new york. Of course, berk had quite the impact, all over Different Industries this year, we know me too movement were the face of the time, this year, the person of the year, and also, miss berke has philadelphia roots. I did in the know that. Interesting. From philadelphia to all over the world talk about creating change. In kidding all right. A change is coming. Cold today, or colder. Exactly, colder, not coldest, just yet but we are still going on this, drop on the thermometer, swinging it backup by the time we hit weekend and wet weather with all that. All these changes have to come with a reason and these front that come through and that is why temperatures keep switching and why we have got more wet weather in the forecast here. Taking a live look ever looking bethlehem from Hotel Bethlehem main str rig new, chrs lights still out there, notice on the lefthand side flags are still waving out there lightly and it is a bit of the briskness to the air, certainly a bitter wind that is noticeable throughout the entire day and more northwesterly as well which does mean chilly anytime that wind does blow but weather watchers are up nice and early with us and reporting quite a bit of warmth for is what average on the 20th of december here. Mid to upper 40s reported here, i want to show you list format, in nottingham fran in chester countylets see, we haven s house, mark inone the cooler spots at 40. 47 degrees from carrie in mount laurel, we have a winner i think at 49 degrees in willing before he where ken is reporting and i believe that idea. Mest spot of the pack your normal high is only 44 degrees, so b at these val ice we will not rebound but tells you that we are in the middle of a warm air mass. That cool air is playing catch up. Looking at storm scan at wide zoom a little bit of snow rolling in dont worry about that, that has no impact. We will si feel like your eye gs drawn to this, dont worry about thisitll bypass us to theh and we wont worry about it, it brings in additional cloud as day goes on but when we look at wind speed thinks x factor what you will notice, notice it feels milder average l feel that wind and anytime it does flow it has a kick to the air. It will feel chillier, wind speed are sustained at 21 miles per her mark in allen continue so that is noticeable meanwhile 47 where we level off later today, tonight chill will in fact catch up and we will drop down in the 20s. Tomorrow for winter solstice we will mark day with sunshine and coolest days of the next seven rebunnies taking place all over again as late friday and saturday rain showers moving through and then weak cool down all over again, for Christmas Eve and christmas day, on monday, meisha. Katie, thanks very much. Big travel story of the morning is i95 was closed, was being operative ward there great news is so i95 was closed, between 413 and street road now northbound side isenedd southbound side one left lane is kind of squeezing wye, are by, but good news it is at least opening we have movement ninetyfive northbound opened between 413 and street road southbound one left lane squeezing by, definitely give yourself extra time and one that likes alternate because we avoid vehicles heading that way use route one or route 13 but if you want to use i95 it is opened but slower then usual so give yourself couple extra minutes through this area, jim, back over to you. Amber alert issued for six week baby in houston, texas. Police believe the baby business her father thomas fernandes. They say he is a possible suspect in the stabbing death of the babys mother. Officers say that the baby went missing when they arrived on the scene on tuesday, and they say mother was stabbed several times. To flaw Police Officers shocking body camera video shows moment he was dragged by speeding car for half mile, officer john cusack was investigating a drug related incident when he reached his inside the car as you can see here, the driver took off, he held on for his life yelling for the driver to stop. Officials say officer suffered road rash injuries on his arms and legs. After the officer let go the driver led police on a 20mile chase. When Police Caught up with him he admitted he took cocaine, heroin before the incident we are told that officer is still in the hospital but expected to make a full recovery. Robo calls so frustrating right new report finds they are happening at an alarming rate even though millions are on the do not call list, those annoying calls have reached a record level of 18 billion. Report find that is americans got 76 percent more robo calls this year then they did in 2016. Although do not call list is legitimate it only blocks legal calls while many won that we are receiving are illegal, and experts say if you dont recognize the number just dont pick up. I never pick up my phone. Is that you why dont answer my call. It doesnt say mom, dad im not picking it up. Oklahoma mother gets worried when her teenage son disappears in the cold. We will tell what you he was up to when Eyewitness News the record for Worlds Largest christmas stocking now belongs to a town in central missouri. Jim, i was wondering that, they rolled out 177foot long, 72foot wide christmas stocking. They pitched the giant stocking for three months just to be ready in time for christmas. Giant stocking will bring awareness to the towns annual Community Campaign which provides toys and meals for under privileged children. Warms your hardest specially this time of the year. Im a christmasy guy i really like it and enjoy it very much and to see those kid, come up with that idea and say why dont we have kid push it out. You have a stocking on the goal line of the football field, stretch to the 40yard line on the opposite side of the field, it is previous record held by a town in italy how do you fill a stocking like that with stuff. You have to philly with candy. I say candy, you go to the jewelry. Mother concerned her son was getting in trouble call police. That is when a officer found out what he was up to and decided to help. Correspondent tiffany lou has the story. He got mad because chore time. Reporter this mother was frantic not knowing where her son went. I was russell. Reporter sophia reid has a lot on her hands, that day officer russell helped her find. I get dunn stairs and see him sitting there, it was 30 degrees and he had a tshirt on. Reporter russell sat with him and realize that had this 13 yearold was sneaking around for good reason. He was outlooking for cans to repsyched toll raise money to get his family a christmas gift. Reporter when he brought boy home. Looking around there was no furniture, there is a Christmas Tree with nothing there. Reporter he saw that christmas doesnt come easy for this family. I could not afford christmas this year for kid. Reporter he wanted to see his mom smile, she raised over 20 collecting can when a christmas miracle happened. Officer russell came back with his collogues. My apartment was full of powe lease. Reporter it is a surprise that this family never expected. It all started with a young man who wanted to make his mom happy, this christmas. I was planning to see what elsie can do but we didnt make it this far because police sent this. Reporter mission accomplished. We had the best christmas we ever had. Thank you. You are well come. Merry christmas. Merry christmas. That was tiffany lou report ago this young man wanted to do it for himself, help his mom and got support by Police Department there, the community there. Good stuff going on there in oklahoma. In the next hour of cbs3 Eyewitness News meryl streep finds herself in the center of the Harvey Weinstein scandal what shes saying about these posters popping up and what she knew about his alleged behavior and when. Plus see how instagram and selfie craze are changing the way businesses and museums display their heart up next. More people shop online for the holidays than ever before. And the United States Postal Service delivers more of those purchases to homes than anyone else in the country. Because we know, even the smallest things are sometimes the biggest. Terrible, man, i was in the car, smoking a cigarette and i thought i seen a shooting star and the whole sign came down. We were stuck in the stand still for over an hour, traffic finally got moving but it was a absolute mess. One it was not a shooting star but two things are improving both side of 95 in bucks county are opened for now after construction problem blocked traffic for hours, meisha will update us on the issues and detours. Senate passed tax reform bill overnight but in the so fast house has to vote again before it can be sent to president trumps desk, we will explain why. Temperatures continue to take a roller coaster ride, katie tracking changes as count down to christmas. Today is wednesday december 20th good morning im jim donovan. Im rahel solomon. Katie and meisha getting us out the door. Good morning, good to be back here i wont get too close. Yes, you have a cold. As i get colder. Breathing on me with the germs. Looking outside we have a huge closure on i95, that like
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