>> philadelphia fire department is in mourning right now, after a firefighter is killed battling a fire at this row home on middleton street. the fire started in the basement, and then spread upstairs. we do have a crew on the scene gathering more information, but again, a philadelphia firefighter has died in the line of duty this morning, at a house fire in west oaklane. >> also, happening right now, you want to grab your umbrella butch head out the door. just a wet and windy morning, and you could see snow depending on where you are. a steady rain falling here, in north philadelphia, and across the area. storm scan3, shows, we will be

getting soaked for awhile, too. so just get used to it. >> down the shore not just the rain they're worried about, also flooding fears this morning. we'll check in live with our crew at that location in just a moment. >> right now, though, just as we've been saying, real a mess out there this morning. >> absolutely, yes. there is at least little break for some spots. right now, we're not done with this. you know, far from being out of the woods with this storm system just yet. and what we are going to find out, there the delaware valley essentially gets split in half where you s some wintery precipitation mixing in for some spots, otherwise, basically just heavy rain. now, actually i already got the question on twitter. are we done with the worse of it? now just sort of light rain in the northern liberties, came in from adam, i believe walking his dog this morning, hopefully with a umbrella but we do still have very heavy rainout, there yes, i would say, if you get out of the brunt of that bright yellow, and the orange that we find currently over the garden state, i would say the worse of what this storm had to

offer up may have wound down for you! doesn't mean you're done with the whole thing yet. far from it. but, you know, this is real the worse of it. and you can see, the pink also mixing in, indicating there is frozen precipitation, as well. now, that said every jersey and delaware shore point, has some advisory in place, two winter storm warnings as you head further off to the north here, where you could be ending up with three-6 inches every snow as well as icing up through portions of the poconos here today. inbetween, you have got a slew of flood watches, as well as winter weather advisories. so, it is solo case dependent, everyone gets an impact out of this, and here is a general synopsis of the bullet points, a one to three-inch swat of rain could readthrough flooding, wind gusts 45, perhaps 50, up the coastline, tidal flood sag expectation as an r i just showed you snow up in the poconos, looking at the

temperature differences understand why we've got so many different things going on. your at or below freezing, in many spots, further inland. where as you're flirting with 50 right now in wildwood. so that's why you're going to see mixed bag of completely different issues, all depending on where your travels take you today. thirty-two, the current temperature, quakertown, doylestown, willow grove, those are spots, my friends, where you might end up with either rain, freezing on contact, or sleet or maybe few wimpy snowflakes nicking in with the rain. as we if through the day, at best, we expect low 40's here in philadelphia, and again, there are flood watches winter weather advisories do begin, think about where you're headed here today. one of the classic example where traffic and weather together go so well together. i'm sure you got whole mixed bag to talk about. >> i do, wasn't to get right to it. not a loft volume. i'm show you what we do have, the vine st. expressway. i love this shot.

you can see from the street light there, you can see how shiny everything is. see the ponding on the roadways, and over in the corners, and the shoulders, there as they drive-thru, see the mist flying up from the cars as they travel on by. that's really important. so we know that there could be hydroplaning, incidents where you are a little bit more, roadways, little more slippery than you're used to. eastbound lanes moving great, westbound toward the schuylkill, no problems there, but still give yourself extra time. over on the platt bridge, thinks moving great on 95, westbound lanes okay, eastbound lanes little bit of brake lights there, slow going over the bridge there as well. out in the lehigh valley getting report every icy conditions, possibly just slippery there. so they want you to use caution on the northeast extension, 78 and route 22, erika, back to you. >> depending where you are, forget the umbrella break out the poncho. rain is blowing sideways down the shore. keep our eye on the storm with "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo. she is soaked told us in the last life shot in atlantic city, just braving the l.

>> for us, jan? >> reporter: good morning, you said forget the umbrella that would be a good decision, just blown inside out. the rain is coming directly into my face. taking a look now at the boardwalk, just outside of ceasar's, it is completely empty. i wonder why? this day is only for the ducks. you can see, just how hard it is raining out here, if we look just up to the light, you can see all of the rain. it is pouring. the winds is blowing it horizontally at times. here along the shore expecting 45-mile per hour wind gusts, up to 50-mile per hour wind gusts, katie has been saying it all morning long, the 3 inches of rain, and here we are expecting some tidal flooding as well when we hit high tide right around 9:00 this morning. the wind picked up. hear it over the microphone, too, my pant just slipping across my legs here, it is in the a fun morning to be out in the rain. not going to be fun commute, either. take a look at the individual

joe ooh lot every ponding the roadways this morning, if you look along the board walk, just see that >> just i recall filing, jan, thank you. >> this is the time to make sure the cbs weather app is on your phone, when you download the app you can get updated forecasts and check the live radar and share your storm pictures there, too. to get the app just did to itunes or google play. >> and, your time now 5:36. business news this morning, how fans convince general mills to bring back an old favorite serial. >> wonder what this is? also, what put stocks in the red yesterday. money watch's jill wagner joins us now from the new york stock he can changes with those stories and much more faust, good morning.

>> see if stocks can rebound today, loyal oil prices and some disappointing economic news from europe and asia, sent the markets lower, the dow dropped 106 points, the nasdaq slipped 40. well, pharmaceutical giant merck says it will be buying cubes, advanced antibiotic research, deal worth about $8.4 billion. merck says it wants to focus on tackling so-called super bugs, that have developed a resistance to antibiotics. american airlines is getting a upgrade. the airlines says it is spending $2 billion to add seat to planes, better entertainment options, internet access. lounges will get a make over. past few years the airline had been focused on operational issues, while it merged with us airways. and, if you have a sweet tooth in the morning, some good news. general mills is bringing back its beloved french toast crunch.

serial discontinued in 2006. but general mills says it listened to quote passionate fans who flooded call centers begat heard thousands of signatures, in a on line petition, and created a facebook page dedicated to bringing the cereal back. ukee, erika, i've never had it. i think i need to try it. >> oh, you need that french toast crunch. >> you need the french toast. >> excellent! >> and the milk adder ward -- afterward? >> matter of fact, maybe in the next break, i can run down to the grocery store and get some. >> just sprint. >> thanks, jill. >> other news, if you have ordered from certain camden county pizzaria, a check your statement. winslow township police charged the owner of the bella pizza two over charging customers. henry fernandez, jr., charged with several count every credit card fraud and forgery. after numerous complaints, police started buying pizzas from the shop using pre-paid gift cards. >> what we found out was every

time that we made a transaction, they also charged our card, an additional $10. >> now, in a statement, fernandez's attorney says my client has been cooperative with the winslow township police department. as you're wear, my client retains the presumption of innocence, once we have the opportunity to see the evidence, we will be in better position to comment on the merit of the case. well, a very close call for one delivery driver on the job up in pittsburghment take a look at this, wall, a collapsed right on to the drivers car, as he was getting out. you can see a huge pile of rubble covering the car there. luckily, the driver escaped with only minor injuries. officials say rain and freezing temperatures could have contributed to that collapse. time right now 5:39. and we are continuing to keep our eye on a storm that is just soaking us this morning. >> hitting the road in the cbs-3 mobile weather lab. you can see what the conditions are like before you head outside. >> also, british royalty, meets basketball royalty. we'll show you will and kate's big night holding court at nba

game, and what is on the royal couple's agenda today. >> also, angels on the catwalk. taking you behind the scenes of tonight's big victorious secret fashion show. we'll be right back.

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the cbs-3 mobile weather lab headed right now to quakertown, and the roads there are just soaked. look that the on your screen. katie updating the forecast for you, when you do traffic and weather together on the 3's. that's coming up in just a couple of of minutes. >> braking news from west oaklane, firefighter killed battling house fire on the 1600 block every middleton street earlier this morning. the firefighters identity has not been released to us as of yet. there is in words on the cause of that fire. >> also being brick township ocean county native, marie, and two young sons, among those killed in yesterday aspirin crash in maryland. that plane crashed into her home in gaithersburg, maryland, killing her and her sons and all three people on board that plane. >> the us has tightened security at embasies and military posts around the wormed. the head of today's release of a report on cia interrogations after 9/11. we're told the report contains disturbing details on techniques, like water boarding, and sleep

deprivation, erika? >> 5:42, and the royal cup little continue their advice knit new york today, paying their respects at the 9/11 memorial. prince william spent the day meeting with president obama in washington, yesterday. that is before returning to new york for the nets-cavaliers game at the barclay center. there british royalty met with what you might call new york royalty mink link with beyonce, jay-z, and even what they call him king, labron king. don't know if the royals did. 5:43, oh, just a mess after start to our morning, kate. >> i absolutely is, erika. and as we certainly continue to track some of the worse whatever this has in store here today, some of the heaviest of the rain falling right now, for us here, across new jersey, we will be dealing with some mixing, as well, with some wintery precipitation, up through basically a line from chester to montgomery to bucks counties and points on north and west. and that's where we will find the temperatures very, very marginal, with freezing, and that's where you may end up it

looks like with the worse in terms of any kind of icing or slick travel here this morning. but everybody's getting affected. tocold morning, light rain, actually icing on cars, freezing rain, there you have it, rain, freezing on contact, and actual temperature michael reported right at freezing. we take you little further south here through new castle, and sussex, or rather kent county, delaware, where jason sent in 38 degrees, generally just clouds, so the rain actually let up little bit, answer said the heaviest sparing his region. but you're not catching a break down the shore here where tim mitchell one of our gold star reporters sent in heavy rain, down in tuckerton, new jersey, at rate of just over .2 of an inch per hour. wind gusting as high as 29 miles per hour right now, temperatures just way too warm for anything but plane old rain, you have 42 degrees sent in from him over the last hour, we go to storm scan3 next, as i mentioned a moment

ago, very heavy rain falling, essentially right through the garden state. but some of that mixing is still taking place here, where the temperatures are very, very marginal. and you're going to be finding little pockets. you've got one little pocket, of some icing, and some snowflakes, so, just keep an eye on the car thermometer, that's the best advice i can give you here, headed further inland, you may be running into differing conditions, and changeable weather, as you travel, what i want to show you here though the fact we're getting spared with the worse, granted likely see few inches of snow specially through lehigh valley pocono region, but bulk of the snow goes to northern new england, atlantic canada, that's where the storm will basically set up shop for couple every days it, will still rotate additional showers of rain or snow, tomorrow, and even thursday, but the brunt of the storm is happening right now. so what will likely only start to get little bit better with time for the second half of the day and beyond, but up

until that point, definitely going to be little dicey out there. we do want to continue our team three weather coverage, meteorologist, justin dray brick, live with the mobile weather lab, hey, justin? >> now in quakertown, actually, the intersection of broad and 309. going to head up 309 northbound, and you can see, the rain still coming down pretty good. it pick up little while ago, on our way from doylestown, into quakertown, and still coming down at pretty good clip. again the cool thing about the cbs-3 mobile weather lab, we had the temperature here sitting at 31 degrees, so below freezing where we are right now, broad and 309, quakertown, so yes, there could be some freezing rain on those untreated surfaces so watch out for some of the sidewalks, and elevated surfaces, and pretty much what to expect this morning, talking about a wind driven commute, ponding on the road, seeing a lot of that. going to have to use the extra caution, just slow down on the

roads, add extra time in your morning commute. because the highways have been slowing down, as well. on 95 early this morning, didn't see a -- did see an accident there, but not sure if that is water related. here in quakertown, rain continues here at the intersection of 309 and broad street. we will travel north headed up toward the allentown area to give you the updates there. that's the latest from the cbs-3 mobile weather lab, 31 degrees, freezing rain in quakertown. we send it back to the studio to jessica for a check on the traffic. you. >> said it, slow down, give yourself some extra time. why not? we know we're going to face out the door, it will be slippery. you can see in the roadways, ben franklin bridge from the jersey side. see the bridge looks nice and shiny headed westbound into the city currently not a lot of volume there, really head in the that direction. but, everything moving a little bit slower than normal. now, over on the boulevard, around broad street, everything moving along great, there as well. you can see, some mist popping up from the cars as they drive

on through the roadways here, and some ponding in the shoulder. and part of the left hand lanes gathering there. but the southbound lanes and northbound lanes still moving along great so far. now over in the lehigh valley getting report of icy, and/or slippery conditions. so, we just want you to use some caution. we can't stress it enough this morning. northeast extension on 78 #, and currently route 22. now, out in new jersey, parts of the black horse pike, dealing with some road flooding, now closed, at cologne avenue. take route 40 to get on by. flooding again on route 47 at high street. so take your time when traveling on through. don't forget, when on the road, get updated information about traffic backups, with your drive app. download the app for android device by going to cbsphilly.com/your drive. >> ♪ >> dozens of the victoria secret angels are hitting the runway to so far off the latest trends in the lines this holiday season. >> this year, victoria secret

fashion show in london, very first time, show mixing fashion, fantasy, entertainment together, on the same runway, and can be seen in almost 200 countries all around the world. >> more than a christmas show. it is like a performance. >> much bigger than the one in new york. so it is really, shows more call until here, which is great, you know, like great for our energy, you know, so we save energy for the show. >> and you can catch al as andrew and all of the other angels, hit the runway later tonight. victoria secret fashion show starts at 10:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. and come on down price is right introduces iciness male model. there he is. voters cast their opinions on the favorite after a casting call for that so. he'll go through one week try out. then, if all goes well, we're told that he could have a regular spot on that popular game show. so we have to see how that try

out goes. i mean? >> okay. >> does he properly reference the cars? >> that's right. with the hands? >> you know? >> is that how you do it? >> i don't know, i'm in the a professional male model. but that's what i dow. >> before you walk out the door, katie has the latest on the nor'easter soaking us this morning. >> but first, here's look at what's coming upp tonight right here on cbs-3. be right back.

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>> days like today, just pull the covers back up, stay in bed. >> i came that close. >> yes. >> just kids g. i did not. cbs-3 elf on the shelf phil needs jolt to get goingment

check my man out. found phil filling up coffee mugs. >> look, phil even has people pouring his coffee for him. he's got peeps. >> he got the words from ukee washington, good to have people. >> right, right. >> so we're wood erring is the elf visiting your shelf by chance? well, post your elfie selfie to twitter or instagram. we want to find him, but it find him we need to use hashtag cbs-3, then hashtag elf selfie. we may show them right here on "eyewitness news". high and strung out. 5:53, checking in with katie on this storm. >> could take a swim in that mug. my goodness. man, i'm with you, that's about the size my cup of coffee looks like on a day like this. serious storm system brewing, my friend. you know, looks like there is a little break in the action over most of delaware, even portions of southeastern pennsylvania. so, i would say, if the heavy, heavy rain has subsided for

you, you're basically done with the worse. you're far from done with the storm. but the heaviest is actually starting to pull off to the northeast. this afternoon, and tonight, lingering showers, but again, heaviest and worse of the storm has to offer, right now. jess? >> thanks, katie. that's where weather and traffic go hands in hands. week can see affecting our commute quite significantly. schuylkill expressway, raindrops actually accumulating on the camera lens here, and roadways completely shiny as they head eastbound, westbound lanes moving along just little better, volume just begins to accumulate a little bit. now report of icy conditions out in the lehigh valley, so just use caution on northeast extension, 78, 22, stay there, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be r

>> we're following breaking news, a philadelphia firefighter has been killed white battling flames. >> expect heavy rain, gusty winds, some ump might even see

sleet and some snow possible. we have live team coverage, and we start agagain at the top of the hour. glad you're with us, be right back

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"eyewitness news" begins this morning, from west oaklane. a philadelphia firefighter dice in the line of duty. that firefighter was battling flames at this row home on the 1600 block of middleton street. we're told the fire started in the basement, and then spread to the first and second floors. the cause that far fire is under investigation. once again, though, a philadelphia firefighter has passed this morning, battling a fast fire in west oaklane. >> we also have our eye on the storm this morning, and a nor'easter just slamming the region, check out this picture here, it is packing quite a punch. looking live at atlantic city where coastal flooding is

expected. >> show you the scene in center city. heavy rain, gusty winds, will slap you in the face hard walking out the door. and the roads are quite a mess. please, give yourself extra time for your commute. a loft ponding out there. you want to take it slow. slow your roll. >> take notes. this is not going anywhere soon. storm scan3 shows the size of this nor'easter, it is going to be with us for awhile. so get used to it. >> let's get right over to katie for the time line of the system. >> yes, good morning, guys. well, i have to tell you, really just depends where you are, what you will find. another one of those storms splitting our region in little sectors, and you might be dealing strictly with rain and wind, flood potential, might be dealing with ice potential, temperatures hovering close to freezing, and just snowing, going up in the poconos, outside, show you the view first and for most, we start things off up in the poconos, where we've been seeing the snow falling down very heavily here, through the course of the morning. but, youw,