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KYW Eyewitness News At 8 January 1, 2017

Ready for big day down broad street. Looking good. Today is sunday january 1st, 2017. Good morning, im rahel solomon, so lets get your day, your week, your year, started with a forecast. Justin drabick joins us now. Yes. I have to rock glasses again for this hit. You guys are with me. I like clear ones better. You cannot have them. But, weather looks quiet. It looks like the week is all over the place. Yes, it is january, we will get no real snow shots though. We will get rain in here. Today all is quiet. Great news for outdoor activity. Cant take you serious. I know. 50 degrees on our way up to this afternoon from philadelphia there we go. Pretty cool, thanks, to our floor director. Having some fun here this morning. It will be a fun day outside heading to the mummers parade. Weather cooperating. Clear skies, were in the sunshine. Live look at center city. 40 degrees at the airport. Dropped a degree. The southeasterly wind keeping temperatures on the milder side. Bringing wind chills down. We will need gloves, heavier coat standing outside. Forty in allentown. Thirtytwo mount pocono. Beautiful day to hit slopes at area resorts. Thirtyseven, quakertown, doylestown, coming around 40 degrees. The suburbs not that bad shape 10 miles an hour or less in the win. Less windy then yesterday. If news there. We have had a few cloud associated with the weak cold front that is passing by right now. Little precipitation with it. There is no cold air behind it , either. That cold air will hold off until the even of the week. Mummers parade in good shape. 9 00 oclock temperatures 42 degrees. By noon time 47. A lot of sunshine, that wind will continue to diminish and for january, football weather, this is pretty good. Dame Time Temperature coming in around 49 degrees in the sunshine, north westerly breeze, ten to 15 miles an hour. So near 50, this afternoon, almost 10 degrees above average. Shore in the up 40es a, maybe 50. Polar plunge will be taking place. Ocean water in the lower 40s. Forty for the high many in poconos. We have rain on the way and cold blast in the seven day we will talk about that in a few minutes, rahel, take ate way. We should ask twitter universe who wore it better, you or me . Y think, i think we know the answer to that, justin. Competition, over. In about an hour, annual mummers parade, steps off on broad street, at philadelphia tradition that dates back more than a 100 years. Cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio is live in south philadelphia where one string bandies preparing to strut their stuff. Good morning. We have thought we were going all out but look at you. Reporter oh, yeah, rahel. I have made a wardrobe change, added a hat, put on a new jacket. I will do a little whirl so yall can see all of the details. Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you, gentlemen. All of the detail that goes into this. Lots of bling. You know i love shiny things. Lets take a look, they are doing some last minute preparations, bell crowing some of the details on their costumes. And their theme and thinks the pence port string band. Im here in south philadelphia on east jackson street and they are about ten years old. Sixtyfive members. They are doing the last minute , things where their tik i island theme. Lots of fun. Were in the the closet. Were all of the uniforms are, and all of the different outfits. They are getting made up. Look at those faces. And im here, now, with charlie nicholas, he is the captain. How long have you been captain captain of pence port for my eighth year. I was captain of avalon years ago. The just enjoy it. New years morning. Best time of my year. Reporter we had to talk about this. There has been negative press about the mummers. But, what do you have to say bit. Well, negative press, i have been doing this almost 47 years. I know i dont look at. You look so young. But all kid ago side, we play for everybody, everybody in pence port string band our door is opened to anybody. We have one or two goof balls that go out there and say something. The police dont judge rest of us for a couple of things that happen. Im sure people that have done that in the past really regret what they have done. Pence port, were a good organization. Were a new organization. We welcome anybody. Everybody out there watching that wants to be a member, look on our web site and contact the number on there and stop over to two street. Reporter one of things you are all about is musicianship, they play at weddings and do all sorts of things. I have to point this out. One of the coolest parts of being captain, it is he gets a really big hat, yes. Even bigger then this one. Can you believe that, rahel. Even bigger then this one. Charlie will put this thing on i call it a thing because it weighs about, i dont know, five, 10 pounds. It is put on his head. I dont know how he is able to do this in addition to the outfit. I dont know how i will do this myself. Look at this thing. Look at my hat verse his has, Goodness Gracious it is huge and he will be making moves, strutting your steph down South Broad Street. What toss it feel like. What chokes you up about this. Once you get up there, this year were on the parkway up on Market Street setting up, crowds there watching, your family is watching, the news is here watching us, and it is really exciting. We go four or five blocks to city hall. This is our theme. This is our time. There is no retakes with it. When were performing it is live, it is not like live actors cut and do it again. You do it good, you do well. Do it bad you dont do as well there is a lot of pressure but im used to it. Yes. I bring it on. I say let the judges judge, that is all. Reporter turf say that the pence port string band has up with peoples choice award two years in a row, 2015 and 2016. They will be strutting their stuff on South Broad Street just before 2 00 and in about an hour we will see the whole entire parade start and it is lots of fun and revelry and, you know, im enjoying it, right . Right guys. You may march with us next year, i dont know. Yeah, that is right. She wants my job. Reporter happy new years, and enjoy yourself live from south philadelphia, cherri gregg for kyw news radioed for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Rahel, you dont to have wait until next year to strut, you have one more hit. I know, i will learn some moves and show you. All right, cherri, thank you. At the stroke of midnight the city of philadelphia put on a spectacular fire works show. Sounded good right. Family friendly new years eve celebrations kicked off at blue cross river rink. Our alexandria hoff was at penns landing where they put on, not one but two fire works shows. Reporter 2017 is about new experiences, karen mills came here to philadelphia from pakistan, to experience new years in the United States for the first time. In pakistan you dont get to celebrate new years with a lot of fire works. It is fun. But i think the festive mode here is a great addition to what we have seen in our country. This is fun. Great experience. Reporter as night fell, eyes went up for earlier of the two fire works displays orchestrated from a barge on the Delaware River. I love fire works. I love fire works. I cant imagine not seeing fire works. It is beautiful. A new year will be about new beginning. We have been together seven years. Reporter prefire works charlotte got spark he will of her own. Did you have any idea this was coming new year eve. I had a feeling but i didnt think it would be today reporter even higher then glittering display at penns landing are hopes for 2017. Im looking forward to all of the good things that can possibly happen in 2017. Seasons greeting. Reporter given the crowd police say they will be out in full force all weekend. Reporting from penns landing, alexandria hoff for cbs3 Eyewitness News. And new this morning it was a deadly start to the new year for philadelphia police, they are investigating a fatal accident in the fernrock section of the city. Police say a 71 yearold man was struck and killed by a white sedan around 1 40 in the 1200 block of west chew avenue mere marvine street. Victim died at the scene. Investigators say the driver of the white sedan was found three blocks away where he crashed into a fence. The driver, a 25 yearold man, was taken to the hospital in stable condition, and police say he will be charged with leaving the scene of the the fatal accident. Also new this morning, police say a person was struck and killed by a trenton Regional Rail train near the holmesberg junction. This happened around 1 55 this morning on the tracks near state road and ashburner street. Unidentified victim died at the scene. Accident forced septa to cancel a special late night trains for new years eve. And police are investigating a Fatal Shooting in the Port Richmond section of philadelphia authorities responded to a richmond and east venango street just after 2 30 this morning. Victim was pronounced dead at the scene no word on a suspect at this time. And just about 30 minutes after that, at 3 00 this Morning Police responded to a Fatal Shooting in north philadelphia. A man was shot in the the chest in the 1900 block of west willard street. At this point no word on any arrests. Authorities are also investigating a stabbing in philadelphia, Police Responded to this scene just after 11 30 last night, on 3900 block of roosevelt boulevard, one woman was stabbed in the chest, the other, had minor injuries, Police Say Suspect is known to the victim. And still to come this morning the new year arrives with the ball drop in times square, of course, always a big deal for new york and the nation, we will show you how revellers rang in the new year also rare a unique petties standing up for holiday travelers. To take will be in good shape at least weatherwise, lot of sunshine, lot of sun for new year. It will in the last lon millions of people crowded in new york city times square last night to welcome in 2017. Wendy gilette was there. Three, two, one. A blizzard of confetti rained down on a sea of revellers who rang in 2017 this times square. You brought a baby in here. Yes, it came all the way from south africa so we could not let them stay at home. Reporter countrys Biggest New Year Eve Party came with stepped up security, 7,000 police officers, uniform and under cover with bomb sniffing dogs patrolled the area. Police every where. Security, i mean it just seems like it the is all together well taken care of. I feel great. Reporter police also watched from the sky to make sure that the massive crowd welcomed the new year without incident. As many as 2 Million People packed into times square, some waiting for 12 to almost 24 hours, and watch the waterfood crystal ball dropped. This he were carroll in pens without access to bathroom facilities. It took a lot of endurance. It did. It really did. Reporter how did you handle not having bathroom. I didnt eat or drink. Reporter for many ringing in the new year for times square was a ones in a lifetime experience. Bucket list. Reporter just minutes in an army of new york city sanitation workers, descended on times square, to clean up the tons of confetti and trash the that the partyers, left behind. Wendy gilette for cbs3 Eyewitness News. We all know new york drops a ball on new years eve but other cities have unique ways have of ringing in the new year. Near key west florida where thousands gathered to see high healed shoe, lowered the strip of midnight. Female impersonator known as sushi, wears the shoe, the citys drag Queen Community started celebration back in 1996. Looking good, sushi. And then check it out in indianapolis, they lower a race car. It was giant block party in the center of the cindy with fire works and celebrations, thinks the third year that the city has celebrated by dropping a race car. Heres a question, who did it better, who wore it better, Justin Drabick, rahel solomon. We figured out, that these things light up. I didnt know that. Bringing in the new year on a stylish note. I do like the clear. I wear my sunglasses. Yes, we will need it. And mild 50 degrees, break out that winter gear by the end of the week, true Winter Weather returning to our forecast, in between we will talk about some rain, but this morning, live look, outside, right now, margate, beach patrol headquarters, they are in good shape at this hour. Sunshine, it is little wave blowing in, surfer, talk about it, christmas morning, christmas eve, always nice to get out there, new years day, popular if you get surf in first one out in the ocean. Not a lot of wave action at least in front of this camera. Nobody out in the water. Polar plunge taking place at new jersey shore, up and down east coast that ocean the water temperature off the coast of Atlantic City right now cold, 42 degrees. Air temperatures not much different. Fortytwo in Atlantic City as well as wildwood. Forty in philadelphia so nothing real cold across the region right now. We have an off shore wind, lower 40s in ocean city, stone harbor, cape may, 39 barnegat. That wind will enhance warmth. We will get to 50 right along the beach today. So no influence from that chilly ocean this afternoon. Bit of the breeze. 10 miles an hour or less. Wind chills down in the lower 30s. Heading to the mummers parade, outside for a while, it will still feel cold but that wind backs off a little bit more by the afternoon. It feels good with a lot of sunshine. Were quiet on storm scan three. High pressure dominating midatlantic right now. No showers, in northern new england, and we have rain to the south. So a pretty wet system is developing. We will get two round of rain coming at us. First one starting early tomorrow. Watch out for some rain arriving around day break, and then initially there could be light freezing rain or drizzle in the far northwestern suburbs, up in the Lehigh Valley and poconos early on monday morning, and overall, rainfall amount, generally on the light side, quarter inch or less, and temperatures will be in the 30s and 40s. We will be hovering ash freezing, in some of those suburbs and then everybody will see plane rain in the afternoon. Nothing happening today, sunny skies, kick off the new year. Into it in. Clouds will thicken up. Heres 8 00 oclock tomorrow morning, if you are going on a day off tomorrow, and run into some rain, at least on the light side from the city on southward, so a wet morning commute, shaping up, a little pink showing up on the model indicate ago this freezing rain. There could be a few isolated slick spots in those untreated surfaces, berks, Lehigh Valley f this gets in here earlier and temperatures are cold enough we could get freezing rain as far south as bucks, montgomery county. Something to keep an eye on it takes a lit about to it keep things slick. In the afternoon still some rain around at time. We will get the a break monday night. Then tuesday we will do it all over again, temperatures warming up to see rain every where, during the day on tuesday. So again, ice amounts, few hundreds of an inch, possible, especially in the mountains tomorrow. Heading northward up the turnpike first half of the monday, beware of that. Temperatures today close to 50 from the city on southward, and, to the coast, tonight, chilly down around freezing in the suburbs, we have to watch that early tomorrow morning and then highs on monday, cooler then today in the mid 40s because of the cloud. If you like it cold, wait until thursday, we will get an arctic cold front in here high temperatures running five to 10 degrees below average. Doesnt seem like much but this time of the year puts high temperatures around zero in the afternoon temperatures. It will feel colder with the win. It looks like that cold spell will last into next week 506789 for the high today, tonight, chilly, increasing cloud, 34 is the extended forecast. And rain at times, during the days on monday and tuesday, and were up to 50, tuesday afternoon, and wednesday, the transition day at 48, and then just got a cold stretch 30s for high, colder with the wind , teens and 20s at night, rahel, back to you. And time right now 8 19. Lets check on the roads with kyle hahn in the cbs3 Traffic Center, good morning, kyle. Good morning, rahel. We still that have accident south bond on i295 at the exit to columbus hanging around there but aside there that not much else going on. As rest of the roadways are looking really good, including i95, the vine, schuylkill expressway, blue route, all in good shape as well as in new jersey, route 42, route 55, new jersey turnpike, and the Atlantic City expressway all cleared out that. We will, however have some road closures today in the city starting off on 15th and arch street and Chestnut Street and then jfk boulevard, from 16th and 20th street. On Market Street between 16th and 15th. All of which will be closed 3 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. Due to the mum tours day. Looking ahead to mass transit all Regional Rail lines, buses , trolleys are expect to run on a modified weekday schedule on sunday and monday, so be sure to look on septas web site for more information on that, however, all services for dart will be suspended, for new years day today so plan accordingly. The at cbs3 Traffic Center im kyle hahn, now rahel, back to you. Kyle, thank you. Trip to the airport this time of the year can easily ruin your holiday spirit but John Blackstone found a place where travelers will be happy as a pig and love it. Pigs are not expected to fly, lilou gets plenty of attention when she shows up at San Francisco International Air port. Not every day you see a pig in the airport but is there one right there. Reporter for stressed, weary holiday travelers lilou provides a much needed comfort and joy. Shes a pig. Reporter a pig with her own Instagram Page filled with her happening it up. She also spreads joy by

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