♪ >> now at 11:00, crews working that keep the roads clear as we head into the overnight hours with temperatures dropping. wet conditions can freeze and that means icy conditions on the roads tonight. and piling up in the poconos. one of the areas hit hardest by our latest storm at jack frost/big boulder it looks like a winter wonderland tonight. >> all of this as a result of a day of wintry weather across the

area. we really saw it all from rain to slush to snow and tonight this is what's left on storm scan3. the precipitation moving out now but we're left with below freezing temperatures in many parts of the region. good evening, i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. we have team three coverage tonight of the storm and what's next for us tonight and tomorr tomorrow. we'll begin with meteorologist kathy orr. kathy, what's going on right n now? >> temperatures are falling. skies are clearing in some neighborhoods and we are talking about the heaviest snow long gone but it fell here in the poconos. you can see the piles of snow clinging to trees because it was wet, it was soupy, and it was very heavy. right now, we're seeing temperatures cool down very quickly. on storm scan3 really not much left to this and temperatures are quiet. in philadelphia 37 degrees. 37 in wilmington. arthritic in allentown. 29 in the poconos so below freezing already. we do have northwesterly winds as our storm is off the coast of new england now. you can see between five and

15 miles an hour and they will slacken off during the overnight hours so the big story is the cool down this is a look at what we'll wake up to. freezing in philadelphia and wilmington but millville below freezing. allentown in the 20's. reading at 30. poconos in the 20s. if you're heading up the northeast he can tension early thursday morning you can encounter some icy conditions. so icy concerns a big threat come tomorrow morning and even during the overnight. here's a look at some of those impressive snow amounts in the poconos 8-inches that's our highest accumulation. tripoli 6.1. ewing new jersey an inch and warminster bucks county a tenth of an inch new castle delaware just .3-inch of snow. so now the big concern turns to the roads. meteorologist kate bilo is live in collegeville tonight with more on that part of the story. good evening, kate. >> reporter: good evening to you kathy. temperatures are still above freezing here in collegeville but that's not going to last. looks like christmas behind me but only thanksgivingly one of

the area hardest hit with today's heavy wet snow. look how heavy the snow fell on top of this railing on top of this awning and it's dripping now still meting. take look at the ground as well if you walk with me you can see the slushy snow on the ground. in parking lots, sidewalks you've got this mess, this slushy slop that is all just going to turn to ice as we go through the overnight hours. it's not ice now. the still just wet but lot of people will be out and about early on thanksgiving morning heading to their destinations and you've got to watch for those slippery spots. we're still at 35.4 degrees it's actually a five-tenths of a degree warmer than it was 10:00 o'clock. let's take look at snow amounts as i mentioned we got about 3-inches here in the colleg collegeville area. we've been up and down this end tarry john collegeville towards graterford limerick and seeing a decent amount of snow allentown with for .8. but as we traveled up and down through this region everybody we talked to said they were impacted in some way by todays winter storm.

heavy wet sloppy snow blanketed north and west sections of our region on wednesday. in collegeville the snow prompterred pre thanksgiving cleanup as shovels and plows were deployed and led to travel slow downs. >> we were coming in from philadelphia we just went of in to visit friends coming home took longer than it usually would have. >> reduced my speeds and played it safe. >> reporter: snow didn't stop shoppers like devonne wilson had was trying to score some pre black friday deals. >> it was like snowing real bad when i was on my way here. but then it stopped now. i could get home safe. >> reporter: lindsay of collegeville estimates the area got -- >> definitely 3-inches maybe. probably more everything is probably going to freeze overnight. so just going get worse report roar the grown ups among us may not be ready for thislily blast of winter weather -- >> no. i'm over it. like, it doesn't need to happen right now. it's november. >> reporter: for the kids already off from school from the holiday this per fact snowman making snow was the ticket on

thanksgiving eve and the dogs liked it too. >> as lindsay mentioned there it is going to freeze up overnight. traveling concerns slushy roads may freeze patchy black ice is possible as temperatures in this area drop down into the 20s so please play it safe tonight and tomorrow morning. reporting in collegeville, i'm meteorologist kate bilo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> kate, thank you. new tonight, weather might have played role in a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike. a tractor trailer and a car collided along the northeast extension in worcester township montgomery county. this is eyewitness cam video from the southbound lanes around 6:30. there were no serious injuries. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinn nope has his eye on road conditions tonight along with a lot of other drivers in chester county. >> the late into the evening the snow still continued to fall here in paoli as far as the roads are concerned take a look. they are wet but they are certainly clear. it was a snowy slushy mess that kept contractors busy throughout

the night in chester county. most of the accumulation into the evening hours here was in the parking lots and driveways. >> it's been snowing here since about 1:00 o'clock. it hasn't stopped since. we constantly trying to keep up with it. we're falling behind. >> kale hal the pleasure of brushing off snow off her car after working all day when she drove to work from elkton maryland she worried about the ride home. >> when i fir crossed the border into pennsylvania when it first starred to turn into snow from rain. it was mostly sleet at that point. >> reporter: for penndot by the evening much of the coverage area became primarily assaulting operation. plowing was limited to secondary roads in the upper regions of chester county. the concern now turns to the late evening and overnight hours as the temperatures drop. >> roads will be a little slippery in places. we're cautioning all motorists traveling tonight to be careful. drive -- continue to drive slowly. >> you came up from florida? >> um-hmm. >> welcome to pennsylvania. >> thank you. >> reporter: robin drove up

all day from her home in the sunshine state. >> this weather is nuts. i don't understand it. >> reporter: for locals this snowstorm was a search. >> no problem in the morning getting out. >> reporter: penndot crews will remain out on area roadways to continue spreading saul as needed in order to prevent roads from icing over. reporting in paoli chester county, todd quinones cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> this storm caused plenty of air travel issues that extended into the evening. philadelphia international tells "eyewitness news" they've had about 20 cancellations tonight. 10 out bound, 10 inbound. in all today, flight aware.com says the storm caused more than 250 delays. and 170 cancellations here in philadelphia. >> plenty of other people catching trains out of philly for the holiday. here's look at 30th street station where riders dealt with delays throughout the day. not all of them were weather related. amtrak will have extra trains on the tracks throughout the holiday weekend. well "eyewitness news" also in king of prussia tonight where

the snow was coming down in big flakes sticking on car windshields and grassy surfaces. shoppers though did not let the snow get in their way. many made the last minute trip to the grocery store for thanksgiving day search. >> snow fell in doylestown throughout day. the wet heavy kind. there are still a lot of piles of slush around town tonight. so definitely be careful where you walk. well you can stay one step ahead of this storm or any other storm by downloading the cbs philly weather app. track what's going on in your neighborhood and get the latest forecast from our team of meteorologists. you can download that app now. it's on google play and i tunes. >> and you can always help us tell the winter weather story. we've got two easy ways for -- for to you share your videos and pictures. you can post them of course to social media with the hashtag cbs-3 snow or you can up load them through the cbs philly weather app. now to new information and a

shocking turn in the disappearance of a woman in north hmm hampton county. today police found her body and tonight her stepfather was arraigned for her murder. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers has the latest from northampton. >> reporter: jessica padgett disappeared last friday. her alleged killer her stepfather was charged with her murder five days later. >> he did admit that he intentionally and knowingly caused the death of the victim. >> greg gary graph was at his northampton home when she arrived friday morning to sent a fax. a confrontation began ending with graph shooting padgett in the back of her head as to why -- >> there's clearly some motive that involves a sexual assault. >> reporter: during his confession, he also told investigators he buried her body behind a shed on his property. that's where police found her wednesday morning. >> it's just been -- i really have a hard time putting words to it. >> reporter: jim wilkins lived across the street from padgett a woman he called kind hearted he

organized search parties in the days following her disappearance groups he says included gregory graph. >> keep up this facade, you know, is just -- it's unreal. >> reporter: thousands of people had joined the search joining a face bock page dedicated to finding her. tonight the comments on that page turned from hopeful to tearful remembering jessica padgett. >> unfortunately there's three children now that are left... left behind without a mom, you know. >> reporter: padgett family did release a statement a bit earlier this evening staying in part "we are devastated by the loss of jessica. she was a beautiful, vibrant young woman who was beloved by her family and friends "district attorney here in northampton also telling us he is considering the possibility of seeking the death penalty in this case. we're in northampton matt rivers cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> there is also new information tonight in the case of a family tragedy in tabernacle burlington

county. the last remaining victim of a murder/suicide last week 11-year-old alexander march are you man died at cooper university hospital. investigators say his mother 44 year old jeannine le page shot and killed her three children before shooting herself. >> le patch died last weekend. >> in ferguson, missouri they are bracing for more possible trouble overnight following two days of violence and protests. some business owners spent this day cleaning up the damage following those protests and trying to get back to normal. meantime some upset with the grand jury's decision not to indict the officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown rushed st. louis city hall today. police locked down the building. they called in more than 100 officers. three people were arrested. >> they may make the perfect gift but they often come with a hefty price tag. now there are real diamonds that cost up to 30% less. three on your side's jim donovan shows you the secret to buying diamonds without breaking the

bank. that's next. as we look ahead to spending time with family and friends this weekend we're talking about a changing holiday weekend forecast. will the trip back home be better than the start of the holiday? i'll have that in the seven day coming up. >> what gives you the right to use my name and cookbook. >> erika von tiehl confronts the man behind cook books being sold on many a ma son. it's a scam with the women at "eyewitness news" right at the center. we're back in just 60 seconds.

>> the storm dumped even more snow on the areas to our north. this is video from sussex coun county, new jersey, and while its pesterer risk it did make driving treacherous. some parts of north injuries see got 8-inches of slow and this led governor christie to declare state emergency. >> thanksgiving tradition at the

white house today. president obama sparing two turkeys from becoming center pieces on a table. named mack and cheese both were born this past july weighing nearly -- they way nearly 50 pounds now and leave out their days on farm in virginia. annual tradition of pardonin pag turkeys began in 1989 under president george george hw bush. >> as many prepare for the thanksgiving meal here's something you do not need. you could call this a cookbook con. >> cook books are sold on amazon but the authors have nothing to do with the recipes. one of these phony books was supposedly written by "eyewitness news" this morning anchor, have a von tiehl. when she found out about it she confronted the publisher. >> what gives you the right to use my name on a cookbook? >> um -- >> that's harold smith jr. and he's got some explaining to do. >> smith is publisher of this cookbook at home and hungry london he had dig written by erika von tiehl. >> so there's probably more than one erika von tiehl in the world, right? okay.

well, what about all of these? from the same publisher fresh foods and delicious meals by katie fehlinger. here's one by carol erickson and lesley vandas another by kathy orr and one for your kindle by natasha brown all on amazon and all fake. the cookbooks are pretty bad, too. misspelled words, the layout is sloppy, and they're not cheap. mine was almost $15. we spent 50 bucks for four boo books. >> $15 watch do you think? >> not worth it. >> that's really expensive for this. >> so how could someone use another person's name to sell books? >> there's very little veer if you indication. >> john sullivan is an intellectual property attorney. amazon doesn't verify an author's credentials. >> the law is five years behind the technology. all new issues are creating a wild west in terms of oh and line publishing. >> in this case the wild west is

somerdale, inform. that's where we tracked down smith the ceo and editor and chief of seven, five, four, books. what gives you the right to use my name on cookbook? >> actually, i don't know. >> why didn't you use your own name, harold? >> that was a misunderstand with that. >> what was the misunderstanding? >> let me see. >> sure. >> you also have kathy or, katie fehlinger, carol he can couldn't, lesley anniversary dale. these are all women from "eyewitness news". >> yes. >> what gives you the write to use our name on the cookbook. i gave somebody the okay to do it. i thought they got the okay from you. >> that's my name. you're saying that i'm responsible for what's in that book and that's a lie. in london. >> this is lie. yeah. because you're not in london. >> in the end smith apologized though he did not say he'd stop selling the books. amazon had no comment but we have filed a complaint.

meantime, be careful shopping online this holiday season. you don't want to end up with any bogus books. erika von tiehl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wow. i've had erika's cooking and it's wonderful. >> oh yeah but not contained in that book. not out of that book. >> again if you cease these on amazon it's not the real deal. so you know. >> keep it in mine. >> the spirit of giving we know is a life and well in camden, new jersey tonight. some families got an early start on their thanksgiving. the unity community center host add big thanksgiving dinner and it's harvest fest event tonight. "eyewitness news" was there on mt. ephraim avenue. each and every family here was also able to take home to dinner bag for tomorrow. with the holiday shopping season about to kick in high gear many people will be head to the jewelry store and it's often been said that a diamond is a girl's bev friend but the price of a do you mon can stop many people in their track. three on your side consume they

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buy a more imper if he can die money. use a lay away plan. >> john king of the gemological institute of america says the lab grown diamonds are essentially the same as natural ones it's a matter of educating consumers. >> there's a place in the market for all of these different items and it's really through an awareness that people can choose best. >> the difference is in price. the difference is in point of origin and a sustainable wonderful alternative. >> reporter: lab creat created diamonds come with certification in regard to color and clarity. to keep up with the new technology there is a equipment to test stones to see whether they're natural or manmade. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. >> temperatures are in the theirs across the delaware valley with most of our snow accumulation of course on the pennsylvania side of the river. let's check in with our weather watchers. it's 35 degrees right now in levittown where they did see a

little bit of snow. william says less than inch of wet snow accumulating mostly on the grassy surfaces. 33 degrees eileen is in gilbertsville she's saying no wind, travel safely tonight. thank you eileen for that advice and happy thanksgiving to you. as we go farther to the north and west it is 34 degrees in burnville. winds out of west at 10 miles an hour and look at this picture off the back deck. burnville today flakes as big as silver dollarss if you would like to be an "eyewitness weather" watcher you can be featured in our newscast. we need you. we'll have a very busy winter around here. go to cbsphilly.com/watchers to sign up. >> as we take a peek outside it's a pretty night across the region. temperatures will fall to freezing in the city. watching for icy patches especially in our suburbs overnight tonight. here's another beautiful picture from historic bethlehem. our eyewitness cam takes us to burn side plantation thanks sandy for sending in this

beautiful picture. very piss cher risk late this afternoon. when we look at the snow accumulations we see the highest in the higher elevations. mount pock know 8-inches on the summit 8.5. in allentown 4.8. macungie three upon eight. horsham 2-inches and warminster .8. some snow in jersey. in princeton 2-inches. florence township, 1.1. ewing 1 inch. hamilton township. in mt. holly a trace >> in philadelphia not measurable a trace so we have not had our first measurable snowfall in philadelphia yet. when will it come? not within the next seven days. that's the good news. take look at this. temperatures right now above freezing everywhere. except the poconos. we take zoom in you can see some cooling temperatures in quakertown, willow grove, even pottstown where it's 34. it is 33 degrees right now in doylestown. on storm scan3 drying conditions

across the region but we will keep the clouds around during the overnight. and we will be seeing temperatures quite chilly for thursday. even colder for black friday down in the 30s and then rebounding nicely by saturday. so as we look ahead, we're look at overnight low of freezing in the city. the high tomorrow going for 40 degrees. little bit of a wind and temperatures will be on the mild side if you're watching the football game, yeah, travel to dallas you'll find 61 degrees at kickoff. and, of course, plenty of sunshine. on the exclusive "eyewitness weather" seven day forecast, warming up by the end of the weekend into next week. so that will be the better half of the holiday. we'll be back with beasley and sports right after this. ♪

>> the casual football fan will marvel at dallas offensive weapons it's actually their offensive line that unit is the unit the eagles must defeat

tomorrow afternoon. running back demarco murray refer brian, tight end jason witten they can do a lot of damage if tony romo is lying the ground with an eagle draped over him. murray and witten can punch defense but did he say bryant is instant death if romo gets too much time in the pocket. >> i think thereof finance seive line is playing at a really high level right now. they did a great job of protecting him and giving an opportunity the last touchdown pass to did he say he look -- i don't know the exact time he was back there for awhile. it says a lot to what they can do from protection stand point along with being a real good group that can block the run. >> tune in tomorrow at 12:30 cbs-3 for your first helping of turkey day if the ball the chicago bears and detroit lions get thanksgiving started on the right foot. >> all right. flyers joe louis arena to take on the red wings. they hoped to get michael back in the lean yup from lower body injury they got him back but it

didn't help all that much. the flyers down one in the second period. claude injury row picked up his seventh goal of the season to tie things up. but all downhill from there. the red wings pick up three straight goals. two from pablo, steve mason would end up getting pulled. the flyer lose the game five five-two. all right. the six social security trying to avoid opening the season with 15 straight losses. they were almost successful. mcw with the steal to mcdaniels for the dunk. third quarter tony wroten with a feed to mcdaniels for the alley and. he can fly. row wrote 10 and mcdaniels tied for the sixers scoring lead at 18 sixers within two late but kevin garnet the veteran put the away. sixers tie the franchise record for the wore the start record at zero-15. inform ba record is zero-18. stay tuned. final score

>> today sharing the fun of reading. local children opened up their classroom and a good book today

i got to spend time with mrs. norton's class in south physical. a student named teas wrote me a letter and and fifty eighted me to come to her class and read for book day. of course i had to say yes. >> of course. >> i was so happy to be there. also there today police commissioner charles ramsay and district attorney seth williams. thanks to all the students and the teachers. it was a great time to have a little fun reading a book this morning. we'll be right back.