Protesters are become on the streets tonight as calls for change grow louder following a pair of controversial grand jury decisions. Good evening, im chris may. Jessica is on assignment tonight. The decisions not to file criminal charges following the deaths of eric garner and Michael Brown has spurred a national conversation, a conversation because race and accountability. Correspondent marley hall is in manhattan with the latest. Reporter thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of manhattan for a second night of protests theyre upset with the grand jurys decision not to charge new York City Police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the apparent chokehold death of eric garner. Eric garner mike brownism alexis is also protesting last months decision by a missouri grand jury not to charge former ferguson avenue Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown. Im sick and tired of seeing black men around this country getting killed by police and no accountability, no repercussions. Reporter some taunted the responding but reserved police. This officer even supplied traffic cones to alert drivers to a protesters standing in the middle of the street. The demonstrators were not bound by skin color orgy i dont go gravy. Protesters clogged the Brooklyn Bridge stormed the kennedy expressway in chicago, shut downer state 35 in minneapolis and marched through boston common. The protesters say theyre not buying officer pantaleos statement that he didnt mean to harm garner. Hes still facing an internal nypd investigation. And then he could get fired and remember were talking about a Police Officer that lives in the citi city, does what he was trained to do, literally an eagle scout. Reporter protesters say theyll keep shining a light on what they call injustice. This is how america gets things done by people working together to achieve what they want reporter marley hall, cbs news, new york. Well, after a spirited demonstration yesterday protesters returned to the streets in philadelphia today. Some temple students marched showing their disapproval with the grand jurys decisions. Our cameras caught up with them as they made their way down streets on campus. We arent going to be quiet any more. Its different era and i think we need to treat it like its a different era. The temple protesters were peaceful today. There were no arrests made. Meantime the Police Department in cleveland is under fire. A Justice Department probe has found a pattern of officers using excessive force. Federal investigators cited the use of guns, tasers and chemical sprays all used inappropriately particularly on people who were mentally ill. The results of this federal review come less than a month after a cleveland officer shot and killed a 12yearold boy who was carrying a air pistol. That incident is still under investigation tonight. Well, new at 10 oclock the fbi is now asking businesses in manayunk for video from their surveillance cameras as they search for the missing West Chester University student shane montgomery. Shane vanished after leaving a manayunk bar early on thanksgiving morning. Now investigators are specifically interested in video in the area that is bounded by the schuylkill river, green lane, henry avenue and lincoln drive. The reward for information about the 21yearolds disappearances now stands at 40,000. Dramatic video from inside philadelphias Martin Luther king high school. This is a fight that unfolded this morning inside a hallway. Five students were arrested when this all came to an end. Its unclear exactly what sparked the brawl or if anyone was injured. We do know that no teachers or School Faculty were involved. Well, developing tonight, bill cosby is fighting back against a california womans claim that he molested her when she was 15 years old. Today in court the comedian asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit by judy huth that was filed on tuesday. Cosby also filed a counter suit. His lawyer claims that huths claim is false and says that her lawyer attempted to extort cosby for a quarter Million Dollars before filing that suit. Cosbys lawyer said huth tried to sell her story to a tabloid a decade ago. The navy says the Sexual Assault allegations conflict with the navys core values. Well, some ice skaters turned out in dillworth park on this cloudy, cold night, but it looks like a gloomy start to the weekend despite all the fun there. Meteorologist cath or is tracking some rain tonight. Kathy. Its always good to see people outside enjoying the weather. We are expecting rain but not until tomorrow, probably at about this time, chris. On storm scan3 you can see some green on the screen. This is not making it to the ground to the south of washington and eastern parts of virginia were seeing scattered showers but ours are going to hold off for just a little while longer. Temperatures around the region are cold. We have a mostly cloudy sky and they will be falling into the 30s overnight and some 20s. Already 29 in allentown. 25 degrees in the poconos, 30 in reading, 41 still in philadelphia, but 36 degrees in millville. So, were going down overnight tonight. Take a look at tomorrow morning. In philadelphia waking up to 37, mostly cloudy at 9 00 a. M. By 11 00 a. M. , mostly cloudy and 41 degrees. The rain will hold off until after the dinner hour. 5 oclock well see the rain spreading from the west toward the east and during the evening it will be moving in. This is the first batch of rain. Then we take a break Early Saturday Morning and then more rain moves in, this even heavier. Coming up well talk more about that weekend rain. Better weather for the birds, thats the good news for sunday and then potential for a tuesday storm. More on those possibilities with new information coming in if the weather center. Ill see you later in the broadcast. Chris. Kathy well see you then. Investigators believe that a fire that tore through a Police Detectives home in lower pottsgrove township may have been intentionally set. Eyewitness News Reporter walt hunter tells us tonight neighbors on common drive are helping that officer and his familiar who lost everything. Just days before christmas. Reporter flames destroyed the home where Limerick Township Police detective gene morris lived with his wife and two teen daughters. The detective personally taking time to thank each firefighter who tried so hard to save his house. The flames were pretty much all you could see until they started dousing it with water. Then it was all the smoke. I could feel the heat from it from my porch. Reporter investigators searched carefully to determine the cause of the fire which sources say was considered potentially suspicious. Still being investigated. Theres no answer to what happened. It was shocking when i saw their house and even around the back, its really bad. If they were in there, they wouldnt be around anymore. Reporter the detective and his family were vacationing in florida when the fire broke out. Decorations still on a light post in the front yard are a reminder of a Holiday Season now darkened by fiery devastation. They were having a grand old time on vacation with their family and then they get this kind of call havent to cut it short and see this before the holidays. Its devastating. Theres no words to describe it. Reporter if the fire is ruled to be an arson, officials arent yet saying how or why the fire was set. In lower pottsgrove township, pocket county, im walt hunter, Eyewitness News on the cw philly. Well, tonight an 86yearold woman is dead after an explosion and fire destroyed her home in scranton. Neighbors say that the flames from that blast shot about 50 feet in the air. The home exploded around 3 45 this morning and took firefighters several hours before things were under control. Utility crews also responded to reports of a gas odor about 40 minutes before the blast. They did turn off service to the area before it happened. Well, three puppies found in terrible conditions inside of a north philadelphia warehouse last month are getting a second chance. The warehouse in the 1800 block of sedgley avenue was filled with booby traps. Mount laurel Animal Hospital has been treating those puppies for upper respiratory infections and severe cases of mange. Well, the three named lionel, walter and norman are now expected to make full recoveries. Have still a lot of hair loss but their hair is coming in and these guys in a few months you wont even know they had this condition. The three dogs will be in foster care by the end of this week and then theyll be up for adoption. Well, the former Philadelphia Traffic Court judge Thomasine Tynes is headed to prison. Today a federal judge sentenced tynes to two years. She had been charged with lying to authorities in a wide ranging ticket fixing case. The judge rejected a defense request for house arrest or probation for the 71yearold. Tynes was also ordered to pay a 5,000 fine. Got an update tonight for you on that hepatitis a scare in Hamilton Township new jersey. Officials say a suspected second case was a false alarm. This morning doctors said that a 77yearold man initially tested positive for hepatitis but it turned out to be a false positive. We do know that a kitchen worker at rosas restaurant is already infected and may have been contaminating customers food for many weeks. Today officials set up a vaccination clinic at a nearby firehouse. They said that they could hold a second if they received calls from people who need additional vaccinations. This years flu vaccine may not protect against a certain strain of the virus that is circulating around the country, that according to the cdc. The cdc says that about half the flu samples are a new h3n2 strain which is typically more severe. Health experts say its still very important to get vaccinated since the vaccine could provide some protections. Well, as protests continue over the deaths of Michael Brown and eric garner demonstrators are fighting another battle across the nation and here at home. Well tell was thousands of fast food workers are demanding and how one of the largest restaurant chains responded today. Plus, putting an end to Sexual Assault in the military. Some encouraging news today from the department of defense. And a dramatic rescue after a stroller rolls onto train tracks. 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Workers also hit the streets here in philadelphia. Dozens marched down broad street to city hall. Among their demands a minimum wage of 15 an hour. Our cameras caught up with these protesters again at 17th and walnut a determined group vowed to continue the fight. These families, these are the regular people that have that dont get a living wage and that have families to support. We have a voice and were going to sing it as and be as loud as we need to be. Earlier in the daypro testers gathered outside a mcdonalds at broad and allegheny. They greeted customers during the morning rush. The restaurant responded to the protests in a statement to Eyewitness News today. It read we respect everyones rights to peacefully protest. We believe that any minimum wage increase should be implemented over time so that the impact of owners of small and medium sized businesses like the ones who own and operate the majority of our restaurants is manageable. People in abu dab about released video of the arrest of a woman in the deadly stack of a schoolteacher at a mall. The arab Emirate National killed. The eae government says ryan may have been targeted because slaw an american. Following her Murder Police say the woman who killed her planter add homemade bomb in front of the home of a muslimamerican doctor. A new pentagon report says that Sexual Assaults are on the decrease in the military and that more victims are coming forward to report the crimes. The pentagon says that more survivors are using the Justice System to hold their perpetrators accountable. Still, 62 percent of those who reported Sexual Assault reported they experienced retaliation. Some lawmakers are pushing legislation that would strip commanders of the authority to oversee the prosecutions of Sexual Assaults. Theyre trying to cover it up, theyre trying to should have it under the rug. Theyre not seeking justice and theyre not protecting the men and women who are being raped to have retaliation be unchanged untouched is a failure. Secretary hagel introduced reforms. Well have to wait longer to see the launch of nasas next big mission. The orion space capsule was scheduled to lift off this morning from Cape Canaveral but engineers had to scrub that launch because of gusty winds and some minor technical glitches. Still, they plan to try again tomorrow morning as long as the weather cooperates. The orion is nasas first step toward a manned mission to mars. Heres some dramatic Surveillance Video from australia. Watch this stroller with an 18 month old girl on board roll onto the train tracks in melbourne. The grand father jumped on the tracks to rescue the girl as his fouryearold grandson stood by to watch. The little girl was taken to the hospital with injuries to her face but fortunately she was okay and there were no trains coming through that station. In weather tonight were looking at a mostly cloudy sky. In some places temperatures falling fairly quickly. Our eyewitness weather watchers are reporting temperatures between the upper 20s and upper 30s. Doug in vincentown saying its 35 degrees there right now, clouds increased throughout the evening and the winds are variable. Expect a light wind during the overnight hours. Its 35 degrees in willow grove. Barbara reporting a light wind and the pressure is rising. A little farther to the north and west of philadelphia some colder temperatures being reported. Lieutenant Chuck Pressler saying 29 degrees in perkasie with rising pressure, humidity at 94 percent. Lets head down a little bit farther to the south of philadelphia, well go toward the wilmington area where the temperature is 37. This is being reported by john in newark. Hes saying no wind. Pressure is steady but a cold night on tap. If you love the weather and you want to be featured in one of our newscast, become a eyewitness weather watcher. Its easy to do. Just go to cbsphilly. Com watchers to sign up. One of the places its pretty cold is the poconos. Jack frost big boulder cold enough to make snow tonight with temperatures in the mid20s m skiers and snowboarders were out earlier tonight enjoying the cold weather and we are going to be seeing temperatures staying on the cold side for at least the next 24 hours and then well warm it up just a little bit. Trenton 37, millville 36 and in Atlantic City 35 degrees. That is at the airport in pomona. To the north and west we have some cold air but to the south some 50s and some 60s and some of this warmth will be riding northward with a warm front that will begin to move in tomorrow night. High pressure, cold High Pressure slides off the coast of new england late friday. Temperatures will still be in the 40s for friday, friday afternoon with mostly cloudy skies and then well watch this warm front move toward us. It will bring moisture in the form of rain friday evening, friday night, saturday but it will bring some milder temperatures. Once this passes, though, we have cold air on the backside of us for sunday. It will be drying out. Well have some sunshine, some windy conditions as our storm moves away and fair weather moves in, but we also will be seeing some drying conditions so this bodes well for the eagles game. Kickoff at the lynn ling 4 45. Kickoff temperature 44 degrees, winds out of the northeast and skies will be partly cloudy. Here the one part we have to remember. Sun sets shortly after kickoff so its going to get cold very quickly after sunset. Then all eyes on monday as we watch High Pressure slide toward the northeast helping to guide this area of low pressure closer to the coast. There is a chance we could have a coastal storm tuesday. One of our dependable computer models is suggesting this. That would bring rain and wind to philadelphia and maybe some snow showers to northeastern pennsylvania. This will be a bigger storm for eastern new york and also new england. Snow possible to the north. The glut tea north northeast winds and the heavy rain tuesday will be the big story for us. Well keep you updated on those possibilities as new information comes in the weather center. Overnight the low 33 degrees. The rain arrives late and on the exclusive eyewitness weather sevenday forecast, were looking at temperatures warming for one day only, saturday, and then it turns colder sunday and it stays that way right through most of next week. Temperatures will only be in the 40s. It stays a little unsettled through most of that period but no snow. Be sure to wake up with Eyewitness News and katie with the team tomorrow morning. They start at 4 30 on cbs3 and continue right here at 7 00. If anything changes in the forecast shell be the first to let you know. The snow is a bit conspicuous by its absence. Quiet. That can change in a hurry. Thanks kathy. New at 10 oclock tonight the lighting of the tree in camden. Mayor dana redd presided over the festivities. The tree is in Roosevelt Plaza park right in front of city hall there. Carolers from Creative Arts Performance High School joined in on the holiday fun. Now that the holiday lights are starting to go up, wed love to see pictures of your display. Send them to us using social media and the hashtag cbs3 holiday lights or send them to us through our web site cbsphilly. Com. We may even come to your home to check them out in person. Beasleys here. Eagles linebacker Connor Barwin is the nfc defensive player of the week, 12 and a half sacks tied for second best in the nfl. Eagles working getting ready for sundays big game against seattle. Chip kelly asked if he enjoys the chess match that will surely take place at the linc against the seahawks top ranked defense. Enjoy them all. And the one thing about this league and the great challenge in this league theres not an off week. I mean, theres a lot of really good defenses out there and everybodys good, thats the great thing about this league, you dont maybe thats one of the differences between college and the pros, you dont have a week where you say hey youre a 30point favorite this week. Christmas tree lights going up while the eagles spend the day getting ready for seattle. Who is in charge of the lights at shady mccoys house. I asked the cbs3 and contributor about the mccoy family tradition. My mom was huge on that. My dad was huge on that. I come home hes still in the on the porch and hes climbing up on the ladder to the top of the house putting all the reindeers up. I was like when i get that old do i have to do that . [laughter] thats something hes always been big on. He rides around different neighborhoods, i remember growing up we were an okay family. We didnt have a lot but we had enough. So we would go to all the nice big homes, see their lights. My dad would drive around, take their ideas. I had a small house so he would try to pack up all this stuff he see from these big homes to his house and that was his thing for christmas so thats one of the things that we always did. We cant have you climbing up stuff during the football season. I was thinking about hiring somebody to do it. Thats good. But my dad he would take it. An insult. Insult and disrespect if i dont let him do it so i probably let him do it, him, my mom and my girl, they can figure it out. Of course shady talked about the seattle game and much, much more. If you join us for the pregame show sunday morning, sunday kickoff 11 30, cbs3. Hunting Park Rec Center for a pep rally for the north philadelphia aztecs. 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