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KYW Eyewitness News At 6 December 10, 2014

Job. Reporter lieutenant Bennie Hutchins is one of dozens of collogues, friend, Community Members to join in the candle light vigil for 36 yearold tuesday night. Hear my voice. Reporter he was shock to learn of his collogues death. She continually, always was outstanding, and doing everything that she could to make sure that somebody was saved or property was saved, and we miss her. Reporter craiglewis died early Tuesday Morning fighting a row home fire here in West Oak Lane. Fire officials a say she was first on the scene to try to control the fire in the basement. We have emergency activation, they are trapped in the basement. Reporter Eyewitness News has learned that at some point the commander on the scene told Fire Fighters to leave but craiglewis never made it out. We conduct first aid, cpr on the scene and in route to the hospital, and upon arrival to the hospital, she was pronounced. Reporter there will be a full investigation into her death but family and friend say craiglewis knew risks, loved saving peoples lives and died doing just that. Im sure that she was aware of the danger of being a fire fighter and he took that job on. Reporter and her service is a reminder to philadelphians, why Fire Fighters are calling the citys bravees canned unless craiglewiss honor still burn brightly at the station here in lawncrest. She leaves behind two children a 16 yearold son and a 16 monthold daughter. Shes the the first philadelphia female fire fighter to died in the line of duty here in the city. Were reporting live from lawncrest, jane carabao for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you for that. In other news this morning an arm robbery in bucks county caught on camera and now police hope public gets help to catch the two suspects. It happened tuesday afternoon unside coin stamps and sports cards at Bensalem Plaza Shopping Center on street road. Surveillance video shows one man smashing out window cases to steel silver and gold coins, they were armed with a long pipe and a large knife, they left behind, the owner asked Eyewitness News not to show his face. Scared and just shocked that this is really happening and this is for real. Like i said i thought it was some kind of a joke until it was serious. At 1. 1 of the suspects faces are uncovered. Other suspect is bald and wore black glasses. The men made off in 5,000 in gold and silver coins. 6 03. Lets get traffic ape weather together, katie. It is i much more quiet day by comparison but we are dealing withe side youll effect that is brought in soaking rain and snow and ice yesterday and flooding for that matter but now that the brunt of the storm has long since retreated and you can tell you do not need anr3 umbrella but we are not out of the woods just yet. You can see a few showers fired up, things are quiet for new but is there a Winter Weather advisory still posted and now extended on include carbon and machine recounties and pocono mountains, hundred tane chain here, until early tomorrow morning, for additional ice and snow, it does appear as though you are talking about a few additional inches with rain and snow bands, i should say snow band for that area but we will see a few rain band here around the region, today. Heres where we stand at the moment. What you will want to does knock five to 10 degrees off anytime the wind blows because it is a chilly north to northwesterly breeze out there and it is not blowing super strong right the now but enough that it is noticeable and when it does blow it makes it feel colder. Expecting to see additional rain or snow showers here today, these icons make it feel so much worse then it will be for in most of us, dont expect much out of this morning and in philadelphia ape in the better part of the region today, vittoria. Thank you so much, everyone. And, and, on the schuylkill expressway, but so far so good we are looking at 76 right around the area have of 476, and net is a lot of traffic moving smoothly. In delays east and westbound, eastbound heading in toward center city looking great. Westbound making her way out towards king of prussia, in problems at all, just yet but i still feel like were waiting on that rush to pop up, ever so shortly, as we look at route one arent Trenton Morrisville bridge. Maybe you are heading toward trenton transit center, in problems there. Speed sensor looking great on the schuylkill, 476 but now we are starting to see a lit built of rush hour traffic on the southbound side of 95 where we drop down to 32 miles an her primarily at girard avenue right through Construction Zone where we are seeing a slow down and it will get slower than that. Be mindful of Police Activity the at Marshall Road near kent road where you will notice a lane blockage, ukee. And updating our breaking news a drexel student has been stabbed on campus. Eyewitness news has learn this began with the argument outside myers hall which is a dormitory at 33rd and race. That led to the male student being stabbed in the back were toll. He was rushed to the hospital in stable condition, police are questioning two people right new but so far in charges but drexel student stabbed in the back earlier this morning, we will have more information for you as soon as it comes into us. More breaking news from south africa, judge ruled prosecutors can appeal Oscar Pistorius conviction for killing his girl friend Reeva Steenkamp but not his sentence. Former olympic runner did not appear, he is serving five years sentence on culpable homicide conviction. The case will move forward in south Africas Supreme Court but no date has been set. Protesters take to the street of berkley california for a fourth night have of demonstrations. Crowd continued to call for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown and eric garner. Although there were some disruption toss downtown transit Stations Police say the demonstrations remained mostly peaceful. Earlier last night temple students staged a quote blackout at the schools bell tower. Protesters read poetry, sang songs and released balloons in memory of other unarm black men killed by Police Officers. Protesters say the issues run far deeper then the depths of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri and eric garner in staten island. They claim African Americans claim racial profiling and higher incarceration rates and longer sentences than white offenders. More nba players are showing their support of eric garner by wearing i cant breathe protest tshirts. Kobe bryant and some of his teammates wore shirts during pregame warm ups yesterday. I cant breathe were eric garners last reported word. He died in july after a confrontation with a new York City Police officer. 6 08. U. N. Official wants cia and other u. S. Officials prosecuted for interrogation tactics used after 9 11. Cia maintains they operated within the law at the time. Fiveyear review states that the cia routinely went beyond what was legally allowable calling enhanced interrogation method post 9 11 brutal and ineffective. It alleged that the cia systematically lied about the effectiveness of the program in order to keep it going. The release of this 500 page summary cannot remove that stain but it can, and does say to our people and the world that america is big enough to admit when it is wrong and confident enough to learn from its mistakes. This particular release in my judgment serves no purposes whatsoever other than to endanger americans around the world. Senator john mccain was tortured as a prisoner of war in vietnam. From personal experience he says that the abuse of prisoners will a abuse more bad than good intelligence. There will not be a government shut down Congressional Republicans and democrats agreed to 1. 1 trillion spending bill that will fund most of the government through september the end of this fiscal year. Final approval is scheduled next week despite complaints from conservatives that it is too big. Still a ahead on Eyewitness News this morning staying safe on septa, Public Transportation is extra busy around the holidays as shoppers try to get around the city, three on your side with ways to protect yourself this Holiday Season. Plus trouble along jersey shore powerful noreaster flooded coastal towns and now region is bracing a noreaster heads up the northeastern seaboard. Coastal storm brought strong win and rain that flooded side streets. That storm caused scattered power outages. Now last nights strong wind were still whipping up the waves in Atlantic City and surrounding community. Tidal flooding turns some roads into rivers. Christine sloan from our sister station, w cbs tv in insuring shows us the damage in sea bright. The river moved into streets, and sea bright, new jersey. It is hard to tell where roadway begins or end, but benches can barely be seen, trash cans in the middle of the road, pretty scary especially on the main thoroughfare. Where aaron leach finds herself trapped in her volkswagen bug as the water rises. I saw other cars going and i thought mine could too. Reporter she cant. Military style truck has to rescue the 20 year old. It is just scary, nothing like that has ever happened. You are in the car with the water sort of moving up in your car. Only when cars are passing, but it was still just fine but within big truck passing, and then it was moving my car. Reporter to the Fire Fighters who got her out. Thank you, i appreciate it, sorry, i was crying the whole time, i was really scared. I dont think youll make it in those boots do you. Reporter tough for residents on food too. It is cold, and it hard to get out sometimes. Reporter emergency Officials Say they are prepared. We know it will come. We know that people will be stuck in the flood areas. Reporter rough surf, high winds and some homes here are still empty because of super storm sandy. Resident are tired of this. It is unpassable. We had waiters on so we had stuff on before. We moved our cars up here. All right. Lets get the latest on that weather with katie, good morning. Thankfully, erika this storm system is making its retreat at this point. We are in the totally done because a, it is a large storm and b, very slow to retreat because hitting a red block in the atmosphere in the northeast. We will still have additionallal rain and snow band, that just rotate in on the back side of the storm but the the brunt of it is definitely long gone at this point. What are we left with . So we are still breezy outside. It is still chilly, feeling more like winter then anything but, as we move forward in the forecast youll find additional rain and snow showers out there we will take you outside palmyra cove nature park a beautiful view of philadelphia, you can see it off in the distance here and so a couple of clouds, granted but that is it, but factor in this wind and you have to knock five to 10 degrees off and that is how it feels. Persistent north westerly wind all day to day, all night tonight and pretty much all of tomorrow but it will be gradually weakening and with this storm pulling away any wet weather will be fading with time too. Yes, we have snow icons and word snow in the forecast but i dont expect much if any accumulation out of this. Damp roads left behind across the Delaware Valley but up in the poconos that will be one spot where we may pick up a few inches today, as a result, Winter Weather advisories are still posted for carbon and machine recounties, writ tore use. Good morning, everyone. We are finally starting to see this rush not so much on the ben franklin bridge but we will start here traveling on the ben making your way in to philadelphia, youll notice a few more vehicles but not many of the majority of the vehicles youll fine on i95, causing rush hour traffic southbound right around girard avenue. 476, in major delays this the shot not too far away from route one. Blue route still in the clear, 422 not awful, 202 still okay, whoever drop again is on i95. Dropped down to 11 miles an hour in the southbound direction. Traveling on the pennsylvania turnpike in bucks county you will find some slow go. Youll also fine still closure of balance in men go road at front street because of the mud slide that occurred yesterday, from the weather, so your best alternate toys take route 320 in that area. We have Police Activity in upper darby at mar will sol road near ken road a reek will went in the bidding at this intersection, so police are monitoring that situation n delays for mass transit. Erika. Thanks, vittoria. Breaking news tops our headlines as a drexel student stabbed on campus this morning. We have a live picture here outside of myers hall at 33rd and race. Were told that the male student is in stable condition. Eyewitness news that is learned that police are questioning two students so far, there have been no charges filed. Also this morning we are waiting to learn funeral arrangements for a fallen philadelphia fire fighter. Thirtysix yearold joyce craiglewis is first female fire fighter kill in the line of duty in philadelphia. Craiglewis was killed in West Oak Lane fire yesterday. Police hope that you can help them identify these robbers targeting a bensalem bucks county collectible shop. The two got away with thousands of dollars inin coins. We will be right back. Breaking news right now, police say that a man has just been robbed of thousands of dollars in oxford circle. It happened around 5 00 a. M. , just about an hour ago, at the corner of large and Saint Vincent streets. Police say they only have a vague description of the two robbers. The Victim Told Police he had between six and 7,000 on him. On the sports page the sixers are in atlanta to take on the hawks. Hawks are winners of seven straight games, sixers won two of three. Scottie hartnell put blue jackets up twoone in the second period. Hartnells sixth goal of the season for his new team. Fly guys tied it though with seconds left in regulation, and refs say brayden schenns goal was good for a twotwo tie but blue jackets came right back. They won tonight overtime, three 29 final. Flyers play devils in south philadelphia tomorrow night. Chicago cubs have come away with one of the big prizes in this years baseball free agent class. Jon lester is manager to the south side. He agreed to the six year, 155 milliondollar contract with the cubs. Now lesters former team red sox could possibly ramp up their pursuit for phillies, cole hamels. As they a in the industry, stay tuned. Right now, 6 21. Talk about an unforgettable flight coming up a baby is born on a plane and passengers were rather shocked at the what the new mother did on board. And sugars effect on your brain, one kind makes yoyou feel full, another makes you hungry. We will sort out difference coming up in the healthwatch, be right back good morning deciding between buying food and health care is something else. Healthy pa is now here to help, with namebrand Health Insurance that costs as little as a few basic groceries. If youre uninsured, call or apply online today. Heres your traffic and weather together on the threes, good morning. Good morning,er contact today will be a little bit of a residual nuisance kind of a day for us, on the back side of our noreaster we are expecting a few rain or snow bands to row are tait in but when we look at eastern two thirds of the u. S. There is a good chunk of the country that is totally quiet right now. Eventually, eventually we will get there but it will take a couple days. So the storm system from yesterday, still will rotate, and, few snow showers today, tomorrow morning, perhaps another round heading into tomorrow afternoon and then it finally clears out. So friday and the weekend for that matter are looking up. They will be chilly but we can expect much brighter conditions, vittoria. Thanks very much, katie. Well, traffic is taking a little bit of the turn putting a damper on your commute. We will start first with the schuylkill expressway traveling 76 in the westbound direction making your way out towards conshohocken. We are dealing with an accident blocking lefthand lane, pedestrians are in the roadway, traffic is moving on by using righthand lane, only as well as a little bit of the shoulder, so traveling this area is going to be a squeeze for sure, also watch out for southbound accident on i95 causing major problems around allegheny. Ukee. Thanks, vittoria. On the healthwatch, a Smart Phone App is opening up a world of new possibility for visually impaired. Take a picture of what is in front of you. App is called tap, tap see, and allows users to take a picture, and, verbally it identifies what you are looking at. The tap, tap see app cost 25 for three months of unlimited pictures but it is not the only one around. There are other similar app that is can help people with limited vision. Also on the healthwatch, new Research Find that the brain responds differently to two different kind of sugar, scientistness california found fructose provokes hunger a and stronger motivation to eat while glucose promotes feeling of being full. Researchers say finding suggest fructose may promote over eating. These therapy dogs are helping local College Students relax right before final exams. Eyewitness news a at st. Joseph university in philadelphia a, where students took turns, spending time with those pups. Research shows that petting dogs can help reduce Blood Pressure and also anxiety levels. St. Joes has offered k9 cure for pet stress over last two years, final exa

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