. >> a cold wet morning, and katie has the forecast for you in just abient. first, we have two major breaking stories for this morning. one person killed in a fire at a philadelphia home, and four police officers injured trying to douse those flames. we'll have the very latest on their conditions coming up in a live report. if i, pope francis is officially coming to philadelphia, vatican made the announcement just about an hour ago. it is monday, november 17th, good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehlment back to the major breaking news, vatican pope francis is coming to philadelphia. >> the pontiff visited this part of the world meeting of

families set for next september. jan carabeo joins us now inside the archdioces offices in center city. jan, good morning. >> reporter: ukee, erika, good morning, that's right, mark the calendars, pope francis will be here in philadelphia next september for the world meeting of families, that announcement made earlier today while the plans aren't yet finalized he is expected to be here on the 25th through the 27th, for closing event. now, this has been a long time coming this announcement, and the pope made it this morning in rome. the philadelphia delegation of the world meeting with families, see them earlier here in rome when delegation from pennsylvania was there. now, details of the papal visit will be released in the spring or the summer of next year, but the archdioces announced today it is likely the pope will participate in a event called the festival of families, on saturday, september 26, and papal mass on sunday the 27th.

both event are open to the public and both will be held on the ben franklin parkway in the heart of philadelphia. this will be a huge event, you may remember, visit by pope john paul ii in 1979, through 1 million people to the parkway. now, this morning, archbishop chaput made this statement reading in part i am owe overjoyed by the pope's announcement he will join us with for the world meeting of families in philadelphia next year, hallmark of his papacy focus on many challenges that families face today globally, carries i can ma, presence and voice will electrify the gathering, for the world meeting of families next september. much more throughout the day, but for now, live in center city. >> it is official, thank you tonight repeat pope francis confirms his visit to philadelphia, expected arrival friday september 25th. again he has at least two public events scheduled both set for the ben franklin parkway friday, september the

25th, will hold celebration of family, sunday, september 27th, he will celebrate a papal mass. >> we have more breaking news right now, a deadly house fire overnight in philadelphia's germantown section sends four police officers to the hospital. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch at the scene on east felt end half where the minor suffered minor injuries. >> report report good morning, fire happened just behind us. (sounds not heard). >> we apologize for the audio and visual break up. more from justice in our newscast, we'll iron those out in just a bit. right now 4:33. >> live look at center city where check it out another dreary morning, so katie, is this rain sticking around? what do we have for the rest of the day? >> it will be essentially all day event for us here in philadelphia and the rest of

the delaware valley as we continue to track this storm system, so you can see the low clouds hanging down here, across the center city skyline, obviously the sheen on the roadways, little mess, even just to get the morning started out there. we do have quite a bit of wet weather ability tiff at this going on locally, as women. we go next to storm scan3, show you what's happening there. where we continue to see these rounds every rain. now, there are some spots already seeing little bit after lull. i want to put things into motion. granted it looks like there is a back edge to this, the problem is, there might and little lull along the way, but this is just the beginning. even if you are lucky in enough to catch a break mid-morning, this will be an event that's with us most of the day actually looks like the heaviest rain comes this afternoon. what is this? yep, a winter weather advisory, folks, strictly for the poconos, just a rain event, for the rest of the delaware vale but we do have winter weather advisories up until 9:00 a.m. we need the temperatures to climb. dealing with some sleet, perhaps rain on con tack, if

you are traveling up to i80. watch out for that, otherwise again it is slick, don't minimize the impact again but strictly rain. a loft wet leaves out, there i mean, i've seen the mounds of the leaves people have been raking all weekend out, there and they're going to clog the drains. 41 degrees the current temperature at the airport, colder by comparison to mount pocono, hence sleet, freezing rain concern, but it is a miler day, actually going to ends up being what looks to be pretty seasonable forecast for us, but watching for rain any time today. so rain gear required, my friends, we don't start to dry out completely until later tonight. jessica, good morning. >> good morning, got to invest in a umbrella 4:35, we go outside, slippery roadways, also have a little incident right here, this is actually 95 southbound, this is the onramp from market street, so, you can see some flashing lights right, there police activity on the scene, overturned truck, blocking off the onramp. alternate take front or joined

too far get onto 89 a from this point moving forward. over on the ben franklin bridge, shiny roadways, from the jersey side, from the toll plaza headed westbound into the city no real volume or accumulation so far. moving along great. the rest of the majors although little slippery pretty much clear so far on 422 from oaks into 202, seven minute trip, 17 minutes into the vine st. expressway. over into new jersey, actually an accident, jersey turnpike, just around exit two, blocking outright hand lane, which is route 322. now, house fire on 17 street closing it at westmoreland street. your alternate to get around that so far just take 15th street. septa, new jersey transit, dart, running on time, no delays at the philadelphia international airport. ukee, good morning. >> thank you, more breaking news, three people are in the hospital this morning after a fire breaks out in north philadelphia. the call came in firefighters got the call around 2:30 this morning, to the 3,000 block of

north 17th street, firefighters rescued four people from a porch roof. we're told that fire is now under control, it is not yet clear how it all started. >> well, president obama denounces isis after its execution of american -- >> the president said the group is quote bent on selling debt and destruction, captured in syria little more than year ago. the 26 year old former army ranger turned aid worker converted to islam. he changed his name to abdul ram and, while in captivity. now, unlike previous isis videos there is one did not show him alive before the beheading. >> this video that we have seen here, if verified sacks tragic reminder of the savagery and of isis and the complexity of our challenge. >> in this isis video, a mask man who speaks with a british accent also warrants isis will attack americans on us streets. >> we're hearing from one of two police officers credited

with saving a ten year old boy's life in delaware county. police say a child that child accidentally shot himself in the face while sitting in his father's car in darby township saturday night. officer stephen mumo of the sioban hill police department helped revive the boy, while folcroft officer drove to nearby hospital. >> we deal with tragedy every day. when there is a child involved, it is hard, but fortunately your training kicks, in you don't think about that and you just do what you are supposed to do. >> the boy remains in guarded but stable condition at children's hospital. there is no word on if any charges will be filed against that boy's father. >> police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in delaware county. the unidentified rider pronounced dead at the scene after colliding with a suv just before 7:00 last night in media. the driver that far suv stopped at the scene and is cooperating with police. it is not clear this morning what caused that accident. >> meanwhile, police in philadelphia say an illegal drag race ended with one man

dead. the car crashed into an utility pole at columbus boulevard and east oregon in south philly. the 32 year old man was the only person in the vehicle. >> one by one, a helicopter removes the iconic pnb bank letters from a high-rise. demolition crews returned to the former philadelphia national bank building on south broad street right by city hall sunday morning. contractors first removed three of the 16-foot tall letters back in august. life-long residents welcomed the change. >> philadelphia is doing a lot of new things, so i guess that's good for the city. >> those giant letters had been in place since the 19 50's. >> well, a crushing defeat for the eagles at the hand after nfc rival. the birds lost 53 to 20 yesterday, dan rogers and the greenbay packers. mark sanchez was not as sharp as woe have likes in his second start for the injured nick foles, but can't be to blame for beating the birds took on the other side of the ball. greenbay took it to the team in all three phases, full

wrap, including mark's postgame comments coming up in just a little bit in sports. meanwhile two, other nfl teams got unexpected visitors after their games yesterday. dea agents showed up un announced to question the medical staff of san francisco 49ers and tampa bay buccaneers, part of an investigation into claims from former players that teams across the league would hand out addictive painkillers without proper prescriptions. dea made no arrests and says more teams could be checked. well, there is much more to come on "eyewitness news" this morning. still ahead, need yacht bill cosby's camp responds to decades old. >> claims against the 77 year old. back in two

comedian bill cosby performed last night in erie days after sex abuse

allegations resurfaced. in a statement, cosby's lawyer says his client won't dig my the quote decade old discredited claims with a response. quote continues here, the fact that they are being repeated does not make them true. cosby stealed civil suit in 2006 which claimed he drugged and assaulted women inside his home. he has never been criminally clark dollars. cosby's upcoming appearance on the late show with david letterman has been canceled. >> 4:43, man, we got rain today. what chilly temps tomorrow? >> very chilly. yes, almost like pick your poison. which would you prefer in actually little miler today. actually going to be seasonable. how about that? >> so funny because like i wanted to say in the forecast, it is milder, we did say that, but it is actually where it should be. so funny how that works. but it has been so chilly. we at least will start warming things up for you for one day, but no sooner do you bling, no sooner does the system move out, we'll bottom right back out. we'll walk you through what's

going on today, definitely the most active day of weather but there are definitely implications down the road here. we've had pretty steady rain moving through for the most part, you see how little lull on the back edge of this, mainly seeing the rain at this point through new jersey, you can't necessarily rest assured that this is out of here, folks. this entire eastern seaboard will be hit with something before the days all said and done. and the bulk of this system actually still moving through west virginia it, will eventually sort of slide through our region, society worse in terms of the heaviest rain yet to come. obviously some snow, we don't have to worry about this, that this time around, thank goodness, strictly rain making event for philly. but maybe be sleet and freezing rain specific to the poconos spot that may have wintery weather why actually winter weather advisory supposed through this morning until 9:00 a.m. future rain ability tell the story, soggy watered log spawn day. inch. precipitation, the thing you got to keep in mind, there are

so many leaving, so travel is the biggest impact here today. but certainly do want to have your umbrella ready to go, if you have to stant outside and wait for truck or train, you don't want to be standing out in this. milder day, high hits 57, but actually where we should be for a change, so getting back to seasonable. windy, cold tonight, we dip right back down to 29 temperatures tomorrow, we don't even break the mid 30's, tuesday, wednesday, tomorrow factor in the wind t means it may not feel better than the teens. can you hands it will, ukee? >> i'll be strong. eagles fans can put this one behind them. >> birds and mark sanchez had a tough go of it yesterday at lambeau field. sanchez through for 346 yards and couple touchdowns and two picks, one of the

interceptions returned for touchdown packer rolled over the birds 53 to 20. >> we just didn't get going early enough. we started to move the ball, we started a little bit, and then just didn't -- didn't look as sharp as we should should v i thought the game plan was good, week was perfect, came in here with the right minds set, sometimes that's the way it goes. >> speaking of sharp packers rogers through for 341 yards and two touchdowns, chip kelly says rogers was tremendous. >> he was as advertised, i mean, i think right now he is playing as good as anybody in the league. you look at some of the balls he threw extremely accurate on target. >> let it go, shake it off, eagles take on the tennessee titans next week at lincoln financial field. the titans lost to the ravens last week, and they will play the steelers this prime time later tonight.

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>> following bringing news that will bring international attention to philadelphia. pope francis coming to the sit of brotherly love for the world meeting of families next september. it will be france he's viers visit to the u.s. as pope. pope is expected to celebrate mass, on the ben franklin parkway on on. >> fire along 800 block in germantown climbed the life after man and injured four philadelphia police officers. the city bureau of licenses and inspections is evaluating

the structural integrity of the building and they're doing that right now. >> let's get a check on business news. >> money watch jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, talking about general motors, decided to extends the deadline for the faulty ignition switches. gives them time to file for compensation. what have you learned? >> good morning, gm just came under new scrutiny. auto maker didn't tell the family after woman who died in a crash back in 2003, that it was linked to a faulty switch until last week. so, kenneth fine berg, who overseas the fund, he says essex tending the deadline one month, out of abundance of caution. those faulty anything anythings switches have been linked to 32 deaths, in the new deadline is january 31st, 2015. ukee, erika? >> jill, before go, i hear many people try to stay off facebook while they're at work, or at least not get

caught. >> yes, well, there is actually word that facebook is secretly working on a new website designed just for the office. so it is called what else facebook at work. and according to the financial times it, would compete directly with microsoft office and linked in, so it would let workers connect with colleagues and professional contact, can even edit document, so, you can zero owe, erika, maybe no more heeding -- hiding out quickly switching off the facebook brewster a boss walks by the office. >> working hard, back to work. >> thanks, jill. we'll get back to you this morning. coming upp after a short break. traffic and weather together and we'll do it on the 3's. we'll be

4:53, let's get traffic and weather together. >> good morning, 4:53, we go outside right now and check out a situation here, an overturned truck, actually 95 southbound to the left-hand side of that. this is actually the onramp from market street. so take front, or girard,

because right now that's closed. you can see, flashing lights right here, so police activity on the scene trying to get that cleaned up and out of the way so we can use that little later on in the morning. now, over on 202, at the schuylkill expressway, see moth much in the way of volume here. so the northbound lanes moving great. southbound, doing so the same. now, over on 422 from oaks into 202 eastbound, still clear shot there, will only take you about seven minutes, 14 minutes, on the schuylkill expressway if you're headed eastbound from the blue route into the vine street expressway. now, there is an accident out in new jersey on the new jersey turnpike northbound at exit two, that's route 322, so, that's pushed over into the right-hand side. you can be prepared to squeeze on by to the left-hand side. now i hear katie has some news over in the weather center there. >> absolutely, good morning, jess, this will mean traffic and weather together go hands in hand on a day like there is because dealing with rain for both commutes today, morning and afternoon, and pretty much any time inbetween here. so, let's take a look at why it is obvious, right in very

large storm system brinking in some pretty significant snow through portions of northern new england, back even into northeastern arkansas. for us strictly rain making storm, unless you go to the poconos, that's where you may see some sleet, freezing rain mix in until the temperatures climb. for the rest every us expect just periods of rain, may be little brief lull mid-morning, or i would say, actually, mid commute here, between say six to eight armor so. but as the day progresses another slug of moisture comes in, and we will be dealing with some pretty heavy rain. now behind this system which starts to clear out later tonight, we are going to see these temperatures drop. what we are looking at here is our feature feels like value t won't feel any better than the teens for the better part of the day. you may get one hour in philly where it feels like it is actually 20 degrees, but the rest of the day, it is feeling like the teens. now, technically, our thermometer readings should still hit low 30's, but this will be a shock to the system here. you're dropping over 20 degrees, in one fell swoop. and then the fact that that winds will make it feel so

much colder, you have to bundle up, that cold will get you tomorrow. the rain is the issue today. >> here is a look at stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 will be following for you today. nutter administration says it is aggressively pursuing people who do not pay their taxes, but some on the city council aren't satisfied. federal railroad officials are heading to philadelphia to talk train service in the coming years. and, this coming weekends philadelphia marathon is particularly special for one local man. check in two, three, four times a day, "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", following several breaking stories including four police officers hurt fighting a deadly fire. >> and, it is official. the pope just announced he is coming to philadelphia next fall. we have new details about his visit including the two big events on the parkway. >> and a subway horror. a woman watches her husband get pushed in front after

>> preparing for papal visit, pope francis, just confirm this morning he is coming to philadelphia next year. we're learning new details about the big event planned in center city. also, breaking right now, four police officers are hurt trying to put out a fire, but they could not save one man. we are live with the search for the cause that far deadly fire. it is monday, november 17th. good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. also this morning, just chilly and soggy way to start your work week. storm scan3 there shows rain soaking the delaware valley, and you will want to hold onto that umbrella katie, you're saying all morning long, right, it will be a messy monday? >> absolutely. even though it looks like there might and little lull coming our way later this morning it, doesn't mean we're done. we are going to be dealing with rain as you said, any

time today and the heaviest still straight ahead. >> incident on the market street onramp to 95 southbound, so far closing that, overturned truck there >> breaking news from the vatican, cbs-3 first to report pope francis confirms he is come to go philadelphia. >> we learned the leader of the roman catholic church will be here next fall for the worlds meeting of familiesment jan carabeo joins us at the archdioces building with the latest information on that, jan, good morning. >> good morning, yes there is has long been rumored, papal visit here in philadelphia, but finally confirmation from the man himself pope francis make that announcement in rome earlier today, yes, he will be visiting philadelphia in september of 2015 for the world meetif