and today is thursday, november 13th, good morning, i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following this morning. big chill that is blown through rockies and midwest inches closer to us. while we don't need shovels some could see snow. katie has forecast. a man visiting his mother in south philadelphia is gunned down. another man is dead, the the latest on the search, for the the gun man. for a casino in south philadelphia a, neighbors a they don't want it in their backyard. those stories and more coming up, lets check our forecast and some folks might see snow flakes later today.

>> some people might see i'm liking these words, katie. >> that is exactly right, guys. we are looking at a little disturbance and watching it all week. one of these will it or won't it kind of things where it is setting up. we will break that down in a he can but we will start off with the here and now. sky cam three over ben franklin bridge is totally quiet. we can see the the entire city sky line here, no problems with visibility initially but later today we will see these clouds building with this new disturbance coming our way. we have nothing to see here. we have a nice clear sky. there are clouds tart to go thicken up across central pennsylvania and south and west and it is disturbance that comes from the southwest that brings us our potential for any wet weather of any kind but we have some lake effect snow, kick nothing here across the great lakes and that is helping to feed in the cold air to our area what are we looking at here in terms of precipitation. this is a little weak area

have low pressure sipping in. that is why clouds tart to build as morning and afternoon progress. here is first sliver of wet weather. our models pick it that it will happen in the northern and western suburbs first. i got to tell you this cold air needs to settle, if you are going to see any accumulation out there. it just got here. so i'm not personally sold that you will see much in the way of any kind of a accumulation potential. if we see it at all you have to go far northwest, you have to let that cold air settle in and at worse we're talking on grass surfaces and windshield. by 11:00 tonight, temperatures will have dropped but still too warm for anything but chilly rain. it is all out by friday morning, we have cleared out for sunshine. lets give you a sense of what these temperatures will do by 2:00 p.m. upper 40's and then even by 11:00 there are outlying suburbs that are not flirting with freezing yet. by 3:00 a.m. this system is

out and we still are for the most part above freezing in spots. here's where we stan right now, yes, colder, in the 30's in quite a few locations, cold air, up across the great lakes but as our day progresses expect a dry day but towards night fall that any additional showers start to move in. if you have outdoor plans the umbrella wouldn't be the the worst idea, vittoria, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. roads look great, traveling anywhere, this shot in the area of the spring garden east and westbound commute really moving well not just around center city but throughout your western suburbs just good news this morning. even as we continue to i-95 right around cottman avenue. we have cones here, we have been used to this for quite on time. construction zones at cottman and girard tend to set you back every morning and afternoon, every time of the day, but at least right now we are not dealing with volume. we are still waiting on the rush. with that said let look at our speed sensors.

fifty-five on i-95. same on the schuylkill, blue route. it looks like a slow down making your way on 422 down toward 202 but generally speaking it is not awful out there. we have a fire location in southwest philadelphia. as florence avenue between 55th ape 56th, warrington avenue would be your best alternate here. if you are traveling in delaware we have overnight construction on the southbound side of i-95 at church man's road and right lane block until will 5:00 a.m. developing right now, police are investigating, in south philadelphia. >> officers responded to sixth and winton street just before 8:00 o'clock. a 35 year-old man died of the gunshot wound to the head and a 56 year-old man who is an off-duty septa bus driver is in critical condition with the gunshot wound to the chest. eyewitnesses say he often visits the neighborhood to check on his mother, they found casings from two semiautomatic weapons. also investigators say

driver of this car dragged a philadelphia police officer several feet in north philadelphia last night. it happened during a car stopped near 21st and oxford. the officer fired at least one shot at the car before it got away. police located the the empty koran north lambert street a short time later. authorities identified a man who turned up at jefferson hospital with the gun shot wound to the arm as a driver. the officer only suffered minor bumps ape bruises. new this morning normal services are expect to resume on septa's trenton regional rail line after a minor train derailment in north philadelphia. "eyewitness news" on the scene at fifth anal gain any fair hill where police say a conrail freight train with an oversized load got stuck under an overpass causing two boxcars to derail. no injuries were reported. president obama's latest stop on his asian trip is miramar, resting country amid questions about whether its government will follow through on the promisedded political

and economic reforms. critics say u.s. made too many overtures to the long isolated country too soon rewarding promises rather than result. neighbors are outraged in a community meeting in south philadelphia after rumors spread of a new casino going up in that area hundreds came out to last night's meet to go speak out against plans to build a casino at packer avenue and darren street. one of the four proposed locations for a second casino in the city but that location near the stadiums is also close to a school which causes concern for many parents in that area. >> in my hands i got over a hundred parents in our schools opposed to this casino being built near their school. we don't want this. >> pennsylvania gaming control board will hold a public meeting on november 18th when an official decision on a location and developer is expect to be named. atlantic city holds another sum to it brain storm on improving its future.

new jersey governor chris christie has not decided which ideas to support. state senate president steve sweeney says it wants to designate an emergency manager to handle city finances. other suggest school and pension reform and a public/private partnership modeled after the one that helped heel new brunswick. the governor says he is considering all options. >> the recommendations got made to me two days ago. would i like to have sometime to absorb it. i have had an opportunity to discuss them with the legislative leaders and my updated time line is as soon as i'm ready to make decision is richard stockton college has submitted aid letter of intent to purchase show boat casino and use it as a campus. there is in word on the price offer terms of that deal. man accused of dumping a corvette in the delaware river in the divorce dispute has surrendered to police. john crammer turned himself into northeast detectives. he admitted to driving a red corvette in the delaware river earlier this week. he will said he wanted his

minivan from his estrange wife and was frustrated with a three-year divorce process. >> i didn't realize difficult anything wrong. i didn't know anybody was going to try to get the car. i didn't want anybody to see me do it. >> crammer is facing numerous charges and blaming the incident on his bipolar disorder. >> much more to come on "eyewitness news", congress renews a battle that the pipeline the president is resisting. in sports michael carter williams talks about getting back on the court after five months on the sidelines. we are back in a couple

happening today long stalled legislation a has new life. senate democrats have abandoned effort to block the the measure in hopes of helping endangered senator mary land drew keep her seat in louisiana. republicans scheduled a vote in the house today on a identical bill sponsored by congressman bill cassidy. he is his republican rival in

next month's run off. freezing temperatures in the west and midwest are expected to move south and a east. a winter storm has passed ape skies are clear but look at that snow. now it is time to move all that. over 40 inches fell in upper michigan over past couple of days. as you can imagine it has slowed traffic and business but look at how high that is. >> look at those snowdrifts. >> here we go. >> there you go. >> katie, are you saying that some people might see snow. >> here's the thing, cold air that just got here, it hasn't settled in just yet. it is not like the house guest that has been here for a week, you know what i'm saying. it just got here. it is a tricky forecast. you could see wet snow flakes but that cold air has to be so settled in for it to stick to anything at all. >> i'm sure, yeah. >> give it time. but, with that said, you could

still see a couple snow flakes mixing in certain locations, namely, north and west of philadelphia. it is just not cold enough just yet. but it is colder then it was yesterday for sure. we will show thaw 24 hour temperature difference in a second but lets start off here on storm scan three. now what you are find ago cross the great lakes region is just lake effect snow, mostly which is a hard time surviving moving into north central pennsylvania. this isn't our issue. we have a separate disturbance that has yet to form but it will be sipping in from the southwest like that and that is where we will start our potential for wet weather by tonight. so today, for now we will continue to see nothing but clear skies, but you're generally watching the clouds build more as time goes on and then as early as late afternoon, through the north and western most suburbs is our first chance to see rain showers get triggered there and rest of the region starts to fill in. i told but that 24 hour

temperature difference. it is noticeable out there we are basically from 20 to 20 plus degrees colder then it was yesterday at this same time. if you recall when you walked out the door it was a little foggy and misty but it sure felt good. mid 50's and 60's in spots. the cold stretch begins today and no sooner do we blink we will see a disturbance coming in. this will be a disturbance that triggers rain showers initially, chilly rain for philadelphia, we're in the talking about widespread wash out with this but it is mainly tonight and throughout the overnight, but because it is coming at night you've got to see wet snow flakes mixed in. if we see that snow and things set up just right where cold air is settling in. maybe a coating a across the far northern and western suburbs but only on grass and windshield. by tomorrow and at day though skies are clearing. feeling more like december with high pressure regaining control. today clouds are on the build

or clouds are starting to build is better was toy put that. thirty-four tonight, with chilly showers and wet flakes mixing in. over next couple days and entire seven day forecast we will stay below average, quiet weather through the weekend. sunday night showers return and setting up for a rainy monday forecast, erika, back to you. we have some breaking news for you, brand new video from the king sessing section of the philadelphia where fire has badly damaged two homes. "eyewitness news" at 5500 block of florence avenue. the call came out just a after 2:00 this morning. fire fighters got the the flames under control in 30 minutes but that fire had already spread to two neighboring homes. we have learn at least five people are displaced. got news is there is no injuries reported. once again though three homes damaged by fire overnight in the king sessing section of philadelphia. time for your sports report and the sixers hit the hardwood later tonight in dallas still looking for win number one on the season.

tonight will be game number one for michael carter williams. mcw is coming back from last may's surgery on his shoulder. tonight dallas will be his first play playing alongside the rook, nerlens noel. >> i'm real anxious a to be out there, probably a little bit too anxious. i need to relax a little will bit. just to get my feel of the real life game situation but i'm's excitedded. >> reigning rookie of the year. the eagles are getting back to business, short week before the the match up with the packers at the lambeau field. mark sanchez will get his second start for birds, he had has thrown for 500-yard and four touchdowns in the seven quarters he has played. he said eagles have a lot have of weapons but they will need to adapt to beat a team like green bay. >> those guys can hit it, and break. if you don't wrap up, they can make huge plays. those are devastating for a defense. so teams will want to make sure they will stop the run and if that is the case we

have to be able to throw it. if they are sitting back there we know we have to be able to run it f they are mixing it up we need to call the right plays and we trust coach kill toy do that. >> keep up to date with all philly sports teams, sign up, to philly sports to 84816 to have news sent tour cell phone. message and data rates will apply. >> still ahead this morning, how long is cheaper gasoline here to stay. but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

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police collect dozens of shell casings and they are interviewing possible witnesses. normal services are expect to resume on the trenton regional will rail line, two trips were canceled yesterday after a freight train got stuck and derailed under a bridge near sixth and allegheny. local, vocal opponents of a casino near tenth and pack inner south philadelphia showed up at a public hearing last night. four applicants are after the cities remaining casino license or pennsylvania gaming control board. they plan to have a vote next week. 4:49. time for a check of business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us a and we like to hear good news and we are hearing low gas prices could be here for a while, tell us more. >> that is right, good morning, ukee and erika. government says average price of gas in this country will stay below $3 a gallon next year. this is from the energy department. it estimates that drivers will pay $2.94 per gallon, on

average, in 2010. if that holds true drivers will see $61 billion on gas next year. nothing to complain about that. >> i heard that. >> lets check social media report and some changes could becoming to twitter, what do you know. >> reporter: twitter is trying to grow and it also wants to hold on to new users. twitter will be making it easier for users to record, he had it and share videos. there is a new features that lets users take public conversations private and third change will show relevant tweets so they don't miss anything even when they have been off line because god forbid we in miss anything that anyone post. >> in the dog house. >> stepping up the game. thanks, jill appreciate it. coming up after a short break traffic and weather together

we have breaking news just in the news room homicide

detectives are on a murder scene in west philadelphia a we have learned that a woman was found dead inside her home, this is happening on 53rd street. no word on the actual cause of death, however, officers tell us that the six two-year old woman had bruises on her body and another woman in that home was taken to the hospital as well, we are told that she also suffered from bruises but her injuries are not considered serious. "eyewitness news" was on the scene gathering more information and will bring you a live report as soon as we learn more. 4:53. lets get to vittoria for traffic and weather >> good morning everyone. we have been moving well all morning as expect as we approach 5:00 a.m. but we have an accident situation, right at 413 you will net is it compromising the left-hand lane only right lane gets by and police are on

the scene and we had a northbound police vehicle that was blocking the left-hand lane but that has seemed to clear out of the way. if you are traveling southbound route one and 413 you will note that is accident and only one right lane gets by. looking at 476, right around mid county tolls and there is nothing to talk about because all of the rest of the majors look beautiful. speed sensors high up in the 50's and in the only in pennsylvania where you look this nice but in new jersey as well. traveling in the 42, 295, 55 everything is looking great. we are dealing with overnight construction on going until 5:00 a.m. that is i-95 both north and southbound at 202. watch out for lanes being compromised. we have that fire location in southwest philadelphia, florence avenue between 55th and 56th, warrington avenue would be your best alternate. it seems to be that friday night will be a little chilly for date night. >> just a smidge. >> that and talk about a great excuse to cut will will, right. the chillies starting to settle in out there and we are going to see wet weather moving in as well with this and it is a system we have been watching for potential of all week long and that looks

like it is going to sip in here and cause minor nuisance for tonight. storm scan three is empty. we have to zoom way out to see moving pieces here. we have lake effect snow, moisture source off to the southwest. there is nothing that is well defined but this will converge in our area here. by this evening it just triggers on is rain showers but could get cold enough that we will have wet snow mixing in. lets break this down. bensalem, cinnaminson, new castle will, philly a all colder then this same time yesterday and we need heavier jacket but for tonight we may want to think about the umbrella, the rain showers that come through are chilly rain showers and as we go further north and west, wet snow flakes may mix in, potential, keyword, potential for up to a coating. it would have to be on unpaved surfaces nerd to stick but i got to tell you but, i'm leaning toward more mainly rain out of this. by tomorrow leaving completely. brighten up for sun but chillies sticking around right

through the next several days, ukee, back over to you. here's a check of the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 will be following. new study finds a sharp increase in suicide among members of the army and suggest intervention may be necessary. philadelphia's cash strapped school district is benefiting from the cigarette tax but so are stores outside city limit. a solution for channel surfers with vision problems. check in two, three, four times a day kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. we are following several breaking stories including a woman found dead inside her home. fire rips through a king sessing rehome forcing several people out in the cold. plus an off-duty septa driver is fighting for his life this morning. police say he is an innocent by stand inner a shooting that also killed another man. we want to tell but a frightening attack for salors

good morning, right now, the mwest is getting slammed by snow and we could get our first real taste of winter, later tonight, just without the the shoveling. storm scan three is quiet now but depending on where you live you could see flakes fly a little bit as temperatures starting to down. we have some breaking news right now people are forced outside in the cold after fire rips through a king sessing row home damaging several homes. we are live with the search for cause of that fire. plus... >> tempers flare in the fight over another philadelphia casino we will let you know what happens next in the casino controversy, it is thursday, good morning, i'm

ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. it has been a while since we have seen snow but that could change tonight. >> flakes north and west of us, right katie. >> that is exactly right. i don't want anybody to panic, even though we are using that s word it does not mean anybody needs to break out a shovel. you might need to flick your windshield wipers because system we are tracking here which we have been talking about all week is very weak ape yet to even develop. we have a couple moving pieces, and, storm scan three is totally quiet. clouds building her off shore here and out to the southwest. that wide zoom we showed you at top of the show, it is just two piece that he is just need to come together to form this little disturbance. we have moisture well off to the south and lake effect snow providing the cold needed for any snow flakes to fall up across the great lakes region. those two pieces will merge and then later this have afternoon here we go we will t