toward lehigh valley but bulk of the rain is out across western pennsylvania. so a few more hours until the widespread showers return to the forecast but grab the umbrella before you head out this morning and have it around for the the afternoon. let's break it down, midday showers between ten and 4:00 your best shot to see wet weather. we were talking about an inch of rain in most location from his previous storms, quarter inch at best in most locations, south wind, breezy, ten to 15, higher gusts but keep in mind travel may slow down encountering those heavier showers early this morning early afternoon. forty-nine in philadelphia. forty-seven in allentown. cloud moved in already, temperatures are leveling off, for our morning lows, mid 40's in the suburbs. right now wind are calm but as that storm approaches they will kick up and then it gets windy tomorrow and into the weekend. breaking down numbers, temperature wise 60 at noon time. we will dodge a shower or two. we will have a overall high still on the mild sigh lower 60's for philadelphia, mid 60's at the shore. fifty's in the poconos. then we will cool it down in the weekend. those details in a few minutes. >> it sound like that rain will stay out of our rain during our entire morning commute which is great newsment roadways are looking nice and dry. this is where we had overnight construction between broad street and schuylkill. east and westbound still closed and scheduled to opened upright around 5:00 a.m. but east and westbound lanes are closed on the vine between the the schuylkill and broad. here's ben franklin bridge for those coming westbound in new jersey from center city looking great here. i just love it the because that is a beautiful the shot. nothing to show other than just beautiful. 422 eastbound at the route 29 looking good, once we look at our cameras in the suburbs you can see in all directions things are looking nice this morning. accident though, however, we do have involving a motorcycle kelly drive at lemon hill drive. use an alternate because all of the outbound lanes are currently blocked right now so use an alternate such as sedgley drive. that would be the best one in and around that area. i will have another update in ten minutes. now back over to you. after more than a century the mummers are making a historic change. >> for the the first time organization is welcome ethnic groups to march in the parade. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live with more, good morning, justin. >> reporter: nicole and erika, good morning. no doubt that historic change will be mark here at the mummers museum and mummers also telling us this morning that they welcome this new chapter of the inclusion in their ranks. mummers new years march is 150 years old and for the the first time it is welcoming ethic groups to join after city meetings about concerns that the parade has been insensitive to racial and ethnic groups over the years. mummers maintain that is not the their intent but their pageantry has been satyrical. a among the new group a mexican heritage group and looking forward to the upcoming new years march. >> the mummers parade is philadelphia, it should represent all of philadelphia a and it the will. >> reporter: now, in a statement, the spokesperson monday kay says we are excited that our own parade and costumes are very similar, we are honored mummers decided to include us. now back out live, of course, over the years, membership and entrance has declined over the years. the hope that is this new change will give new life to an old tradition. we are live from south philadelphia, i'm just continue finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a philadelphia police officer is injured after getting dragged by a car in frankford. the authority say it began when a an officer stopped a car that was reportedly stolen. driver took off dragging the officer about a half block and then crashed. that driver is in custody. the officer suffered minor injuries. a woman is carjacked abe kidnaped in center city and we are hearing from the quick thick clerk who rescued the victim in kensington. police say that suspect carjack and kidnaped would the man from the parking garage the at seventh and delancey. minutes later suspect drove the victim to the kensington gas station withdraw money from the atm. they then tried to leave with the woman but a suspicious clerk left the counter to protect her. investigator say police were able to find the suspect by tracking phone he stole from the victim. he and the man he was were with were both a arrested. university of missouri student faces a court hearing on charges he made an on line threat. hunter parka allegedly posted the threat on the social media site quick yak. they say computer science major threat tone shoot every black personally see unquote. university president resigned monday after black students protested what they say, was a lack of response to racial incidents. republican presidential candidates continue to spar over hot button issues following their fourth debate. front runner donald trump doubled down on wednesday saying he would have a deportation force to remove illegal immigrants. jeb bush calls his a approach impractical while democratic front runner hillary clinton tweeted a message describing the plan as absurd and inhumane. democrats will debate again sat the day night and cbs news is carrying it live from des moines, iowa face the the nation's john dickerson will be the moderator. nancy cordis will be a panel list. you can watch it saturday night at 9:00 right here on cbs-3. mayor-elect jim kenney is promoting from within, choosing philadelphia's deputy police commissioner richard ross for the top job. kenney made that announcement here at the cbs broadcast center. the ross is a 26 year veteran of the police department. he will continue community policing effort, expand body camera program and also speak more with groups like black lives matter. >> if there is a way to strike a balance, just to get an understanding with each other and that is what we will do. >> ross takes over in early january after commissioner charles ramsey retires. a special honor for a young man who used his birthday to raise money for police k-9 units. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco has details from the university of the pennsylvania campus. >> the university of pennsylvania... >> reporter: five-year old logan mass of the township were given top honors of the university of pennsylvania public safety department after giving their k-9 officer visa a gift basket. >> money he raised on his go fund me account, instead of presents for him. >> logan was presented with the certificate of a appreciation, so far he has put together six gift baskets and counting. for k-9's in delaware county and throughout the area it is a's go fund me account called rogan's heroes. the his mom says because police officers are his heroes. >> he just loves k-9's and he loves police officer. it kind of combines the best of both world and that is what he wants to do when he grows up to. >> it is just a great kid for somebody so little, so small only five years old and he wants to do something so great for the police officers and our k-9 partners it is great. >> reporter: in the future logan hopes to help more k-9's like visa not only on his fifth birthday but every other one moving forward. >> but i still like policeman even when i have ten, 11, 12. >> forever. >> yes. >> reporter: maybe you want to be a policeman one day. >> yes, a k-9 officer. >> reporter: diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> special boy. talk about a frightening discovery a bucks county couple said they found a black widow spied inner grapes they bought in the bj a's in langhorne. the spider's bite can be deadly to the very young and elderly. amy read was washing the grapes to give to her children when she saw that spider. she put it in the bag and put that bag in the freeder to kill it. they are investigating and that inspections have found no other spiders but i cannot imagine fining a black widow. >> going in for your produce. >> yeah. >> scary stuff. coming up next on "eyewitness news" scary moments in the cockpit of the tv news helicopter what happened after someone pointed a laser at that aircraft. late show host stephen colbert makes history hear about his super gig, coming up next, we are back in two minutes, good morning. case of people pointing lasers at the aircraft hit close to home for our sister station in new york. chopper for wcb. tv was flying late tuesday afternoon in brooklyn when chopper two's airborne reporter joe, saw a green laser bounce around several times inside the cockpit. choppers there two other stations were targeted yesterday as well. police trace that had laser and two people are now custody. in north jersey now authorities are looking at a possible natural gas leak for causing a deadly house explosion. the blast, ripped through a home in elizabeth yesterday morning and badly damaged two neighboring properties. one man was kill, 14 others were injured, two critically with burns. the cause of the blast is under investigation. also, crews in the mississippi have started to getting out cars in the sinkhole. the it happened in the parking lot at ihop rest tur rant in meridian. nearly a dozen vehicles fell in the pole when a massive drainage people underneath that lot collapsed. lets check on that forecast. we have some rain out there, is that right. >> nothing like what we had the other day, not a steady heavy rain, that will impact the morning commute. it gets in here after the the commute, but have the umbrella around, to be safe early afternoon and later tonight. we are trying things out. evening commute is okay. let's go outside and cloud are building back in. we have had a brief break from clearing sky through the overnight hours. live look from the campbell's field, we have ben franklin bridge just overcast skies waiting on that rain and then moving in from the west. check it out, pretty large storm system but actual center of the storm is up across the the great lakes and see that swirl in the low pressure but it will drag coal front in here. we had a good area of rain moving in, little ban of light showers pushing into berks county over next half an hour to an hour in the lehigh valley but bulk of this rain holds off until later in the morning. moving in closer here you can see mainly cloud, some of the light rain, maybe not even reaching the ground just yet but keep that in mind. we have run into a few showers, better chance late morning early afternoon. it is cool, temperatures low to mid 40's, south jersey and delaware, philadelphia same deal. forty-six palmyra. forty-three in vineland. chalfont mid 40's, quakertown, doylestown, ambler checks in at 44 degrees. we have had cloud cover. that holds the temperatures steady. cold front a approaches us today, still mild, we will see highs in the 60's even with the clouds and showers around but then once that front clears us the wind starts to kick up later on tonight and certainly friday, it the is refreshing air mass moving from canada, that cools us down to the 50's for highs, and coolest air settles in on saturday. it will feel chilly with the win. temperatures struggle to get to the lower 50's. we are below average. sunday setting up to be a nice finish, high pressure, sunshine back, comfortable conditions, upper 50's. here comes that rain late morning, a at 11:00. it the tapers off mid a afternoon and we are back to clearing skies tonight. no problems for friday, sunshine and a few afternoon cloud. forecast high today 26 with those showers and then tonight, cool 48 degrees, breezy, extended forecast, will be dropped in the 50's and we will keep it dry, erika and nicole, back to you. sixers continue their search for win number one. we will get another chance tomorrow night on the road in oklahoma a city. but last night, sixers got off to a good start here rookie star jahlil okafor tying his career high with 26 points against the raptors but philadelphia native kyle lowery had 23 for toronto including a three pointer, there it is right here from a mile away to end the first half. innings isers lose again, 119-103. a first for cbs this super bowl sunday, 50th super bowl by the way in history. the late show with stephen colbert will air immediately a after that big game. first time network late night show will air in the coveted post super bowl time slot. super bowl 50 airs right here on cbs-3 on sunday, february 7th, 2016. of course, immediately after that special digs of stephen colbert stay tune for "eyewitness news" at the 11:00. after that see special addition of the late, late show with james corden we have the the line upright there. >> we have taken up the whole thing. >> yes. >> exactly. still ahead on "eyewitness news" latest restaurant to join the the no tipping movement. >> but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3. here's a look at at the headlines historic change for mummers. the parade will include eventtories from ethnic organizations. mummers have come under fire for lack of sensitivity in recent years. a philadelphia police officer suffered minor injuries after a car dragged him in frankford. investigators say that officer stopped the car that was reported stolen and then that car drag him a half block. that driver is in custody. the university of missouri student is due in court today. the hunter park is accused of posting an on line threat to shoot black mizzou students on the flagship campus in columbia. pennsylvania governor tom will wolf says a budget deal is near after a five month impasse and could increase an increase in the sales tax. if approved pennsylvania would have a second highest tax, sales tax, at the the california, jumping from six to 7.25 percent. the the current eight percent sales tax in philadelphia would hit 9.25 percent, a and that would tie for third highest in any u.s. city. its new revenue will be used to reduce property taxes. all right. 4:49. time for a check on business news. >> jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange and we are hearing about another down day on wall street and macy's stock took a major hit. what is behind that. >> yes, macy's stock fell 14 percent yesterday, the retailer says sales fell in the last quarter. macy's says unexpectly warm weather has fewer people buying sweaters and coats but macy's also thinks that sales will fall next year. there is some good news for shoppers, more mark downs. we will take that. they are having a new strategy way to get people in the door, they are teaming up with lens the crafters and opening up hundreds of eye glass stores inside macy's. >> i was at the mall to this past weekend and crazy sales, just putting it out there for those few watching. also a national restaurant chain is banning tipping. i feel like this is becoming a trend. >> yes, that is right, joe's crab shack is the the first major national restaurant chain that is testing a in tipping policy and in most cases menu prices will go up 12 to 15 percent. staff will get a higher base pay. they are testing this at 18 of the 130 locations. new york restaurant owner danny myers recently announced he is banning tipping at his restaurants. this is becoming a trendment who knows we might see more in the new tour. eric and nicoley still feel cheap not leaving a tip when you are not leaving a restaurant. >> you want to have have it out for them. >> yes. >> they say they are not going to have a tipping line, in the receipt at all so that way when you get the bill you won't have to have the option no one will stop you from putting cash but there will nobody line on the credit card. >> money is always welcomed. >> jill, thank you. coming up we will get another check of weather and traffic. >> we will be right back. 4:53. let's get a check of the roads if you are just waking up with us we are so glad you are here on this very early thursday morning. things are looking pretty good out there. this is schuylkill westbound at conshohocken curve. if you travel more eastbound on the schuylkill, at passyunk is there a disable vehicle but that is not causing too many slow downs in and around this a area overall schuylkill is looking good. like i said still early but expect as we push toward 5:00 o'clock hour. rine street expressway was closed between schuylkill and broad for overnight construction east and westbound lanes but as you you can see we are opening up now. we are seeing eastbound lanes there is activity there waiting on the westbound side that should be opening up any moment. i will let you know when it does. looking at ben franklin bridge we are looking good here. moving in the eastbound direction on the ben franklin bridge heading toward new jersey you have lost that far right lane until later, november, but overall things are looking good, justin, and roadways are nice and dry. >> that may change later this morning in the afternoon but for the most part this morning ride should be okay. we are seeing light rain activity trying to move into berks county and eventually lehigh valley but bulk is still well to the west a across pittsburgh right now cold front heading our way, later this morning early afternoon best shot to see, some showers, temperatures cool in the mid to upper 40's, trenton still at 50 degrees. cloud have rolled inment for today cloud, some showers around, breezy afternoon, 62 for a high. still mild even with the clouds and showers like yesterday. then tonight partly cloudy skies, that wind picks up and brings in the cooler air mass for the weekend. highs on saturday only in the low 50's. it will be windy as well, low temperatures, and typical mid to late november, for saturday and sunday is, keeping it the dry for weekend, and cool down. back above average on next tuesday and wednesday. now lets check the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 is following. governor wolf's spokesperson says proposed natural gas taxis casualty of compromise to reach wolf's goals. don't stuff yourself this thanksgiving, advice for watching your portions. comcast goes before philadelphia city council for one in 15 year hearing on the franchise agreement. you can check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. coming up next on "eyewitness news" this is a a tradition in town. every new years day we the georgia tore watch the new years parade but thinks something done that has never been done before. they are making historic changes. we have a live report coming up. it won't be long before we see plows on the road this winter. >> oh, nicole good what we can do now to make sure they are ready when wintry wet's lives. man man risks his life, see what happens when he confronts the thief who broke into his neighbor's house and caught on camera too. we have details on this and also will rainy affect your evening commute, justin has details. meisha has eye on her road when we come right back at the top of the hour, good morning. good morning, keep that umbrella handy later today. storm scan three is showing more rain heading our way, justin says it will in the be just wet but windy too. also get ready for a major change to next years mummers parade new participants you will see strutting down broad street new years day. and the philadelphia police department, meet the man taking over as cities top cop. a hear about his plans for the the officers. good morning, it is thursday november 12th, i'm erika von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer. justin and meisha keeping an eye out on things this morning, kind of rainy out there. you will be busy. >> got news is right now on the morning commute things are looking dry. i'm hoping we can keep this, justin, until the the even of the morning commute is that what we're hearing. >> yeah i'm doing my best on. that i think so. the the most part the steady yes, sir rain will hold off until later this morning. we are seeing light rain breaking out north and west of the city up in berks county, lehigh valley, over the next hour or two to maybe just a little spot the eye light rain. this is not a big deal. bulk is still out across western pennsylvania. so we have a few more hours to go, probably around 10:00 o'clock we will see those heavier showers move into the region but cloud are building back in. this is leveling off, temperatures chill think morning throw jacket on take umbrella with you temperatures in the 40's right now. pretty much a dry morning commute for most locations, watch out for late morning showers and then in the afternoon wind pick up, as this cold front moves through. we will dry out tonight. brief burst of showers around again between 10:00 and 4:00 our best shot to see this rain. amounts pretty light here, they will be less than a quarter inch, more like