. >> it is monday, january 5th good morning i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. accused cop killer eric frein what to expect from today's proceedings. >> also, flames rip through philadelphia hole overnight. finds out how badly that building's been damaged and how many people are displaced this morning. >> and philadelphia police need your help to find this woman. where she was last seen, and why officers say she could be in serious danger. >> those stories and more coming up in just a bit. right now let's start off with our monday forecast. >> i heard katie mention snow. >> indeed i d we'll ease you in.

i know you're not a fan of it. >> snow! >> i know, it strikes fear in the minds of us a lot of times, yes. a lot of people have been looking forward to it, too depends who you are but again, we're easing you in this time. you will be able to handle this, i think, it is one of those classic alberta clippers we talk so often about when talking about colder air moving n and that's what's going to happen here. it is not even today. not until tomorrow. we have got to sort of just get rift of the storm that plagued us all weekend long, that's retreating today. but turning a lot colder in its wake, the clipper i mentioned, will reinforce the chilean more. talking temperatures, you better believe it, we'll have snow and full details in the next few. >> thank you, happening today accused trooper killer eric frein due in northeast pennsylvania courtroom for preliminary hearing. >> authorities say frein con fisted to the deadly ambush on two pennsylvania state police troopers. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from our satellite center to tell us

more justin. >> good morning we know frein facing 13 charges including first degree murder as well as two charges of terrorism. those latter two charges come from allegation that is were made against frein in his hearing with detectives shortly after his capture. we'll also find out today if those charges will holdup in court. now, according to court documents on the night of his capture, october 30th, frein acknowledged shooting those troopers, because he wanted to make a statement. and a change against the government, now that's what's led to those terror charges frein's legal team is questioning if the admission was gotten legally. but in the affidavit we've learn detective briefed frein on his right to remain silent, also if you wanted to get a lawyer. it appears though, that frein chose not to do so. now, frein was captured 48 days after he allegedly ambushed state barracks in pike county using a high powered rifle. he is accused of killing corporal brian dixon and wounding trooper alex douglas now, frein's team so far has

enters a not guilty plea on his behalf. he has been jailed since his capture, and today's hearing folks us chiefly on the prosecution in this case. they will have to make their case before a judge that a murder happened and that frein indeed was behind it, they are also seeking the death penalty in this case. we are live in the sat center, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". justin, thank you. right now it is 4:33, we want to get back to katie and hear more about our forecast. >> good morning happy monday to you. as we kick start a new week, a lot of kids head back to school, you are probably headed back to work, and certainly we expect to see some brighter skies than what the weekend brought. wasn't it a great excuse to make some grilled cheese and soup over the weekend? just so dreary outside. but, that whole system is now making its retreat. starting to clear out very nicely. the thing is it always comes with some other kind of trade off. the trade off this time is absolutely the windchill and the cold. that is going to follow in the wake of this system. soap here is storm scan. finally empty for a change,

haven't seen that in a couple of days. still few lingering clouds. see how that's starting to break apart. zoom it out one more time. winds in effect helping to spend some of these lake end lanced snow showers. won't see any left over snow showers, we just start to brighten up, see the chill settle in. huge change coming our way we see the temperatures dropping solid 20 plus degrees here from yesterday's high to this morning. and this morning at 37 degrees, that's the best it will be. now, the reason for that is because the colder air is taking over. so as the day goes on, thee temperatures are gradually declining. currently we feel more like we're in the mid 30's. there is pretty substantial winds out there. but it is not really that brutal windchill yet. give it time. as the day progresses, skies brighten up it, will look pretty outside. once you walk out the door you have to be ready for it with not just your sunglasses but nice heavy coat, and

certainly, jest, a i wouldn't wore bit nicest hairstyle today. because i have a feeling the winds will mist it up anyway. good morning. >> great, that's something i have to look forward tonight i have my brush and beignet bottle of hair spray right in my purse perfect. good morning currently having no problems out on most of the majors, ben franklin bridge, as you can see actually from the philly side all lanes open and moving along great. so headlights headed westbound on into the city currently dealing with no problems. over on 95, around girard, everything moving great. south and northbound lanes so in or out of the city should have no problems getting there, as well. we do have water main break with a road closure there out in west conshohocken, front street at crawford street. alternate as that becomes update in the our systems here, also ongoing construction out on route 422 still, east and westbound been there for little bit. that's between stowe and route 100, that's going to be one lane until early january. still having that youth there currently. but the rest of the travel time looking great, 422 from oaks into 202 about seven

minute trip there no problems on the schuylkill westbound only 14 minutes there ukee, good morning. >> jessica, thank youment new this morning late night fire guts this north philadelphia home leaving nine people homeless. "eyewitness news" on the 3,000 block of north lee street in fairhill. we're told all residents able to get out safely but home was a total lost. investigators are still working on how that fire started. police in philadelphia are looking for this woman right now. sixty year old woman disappeared after leaving a temple at the corner of cottman avenue and shisler street in rhawnhurst. police say she has altzheimer's and does not speak english. anyone with information please contact the philadelphia police department. happening today, former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson goes on trial. he is charged with stealing more than $300,000 through various sports charity schemes. last month tollefson withdrew his guilty plea and he asked for a delay for the trial so that co-find an attorney to

rep him for free. a bucks contagia is allowing an attorney to have tollefson defends himself. shane montgomery's death has been ruled an accident. divers pulled shane's body from the schuylkill river after searching nearly 40 days. he vanished early thanksgiving morning after leaving kildare's irish pub in manayunk. family friends and total strangers worked tirelessly to bring him home. now, they too are grieving. >> the community real did i come together. it is tragic what happened. >> i thought it was neat that people showed they cared the search they had when they came to the church, over 500 people that came to help. i just think it is just awesome. >> thousands have taken to social media posting to this facebook page to offer comfort to the family in their time of need. a vuke for shane montgomery will be held at manayunk church where search teams gathered. saint john the baptist thursday night from 5:00 to

9:00 again friday morning before the funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. donations in his name may be sent to the garden state underwater recovery aoun knit milford, new jersey, or the friends of saint john the baptist. hundreds of people turn out for two separate rallies in delaware and chester counties to show their support for police. many gathered outside the old courthouse in west chester with signs cheering on the men and women in blue. a line of support also stretched for blocks, down baltimore pike in delaware county. a direct show of appreciation on the same day in nypd police officer was laid to rest. he and his partner ambushed and slain while sitting in their cruiser. >> every law enforcement agency is rep here. we all work together. >> people put their lives on the line. it is very important to come out and show your support. >> t-shirts which red all lives matter were also sold at yesterday's rallies. money raised will be sent to the families of the two officers assassinated in new york. >> coming up on "eyewitness news" this morning trial of accused boston bomber dzhokhar

moves forward. >> also, nypd officers with another show of contempt for their mayor during a fellow officer's funeral. we're back in two minutes.

happening today, jury selection begins in the boston marathon bombing trial. dzhokhar is accused of conspiring with his brother to detonate two pressure cooker bombs near the marathon finish line back in 2013. three people died, more than 260 were injured. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. >> new york detective wenjian liu burried after 10,000 mourners attended his funeral. wenjian liu and his partner rafael ramos shot to death in police police cruiser december 20th. dozen of philadelphia police officers showed support for the officer's family. >> it is important, as part of

our responsibility, duty, to sustain someone's memory, to sustain our fallen officer's memory, so the sacrifice won't be forgotten. >> once again hundreds of officers turned their backs on new york mayor bill de blasio, police union said the mayor supported protesters following police killings of two african-american men. grand juries did not indict officers in either case. improving weather could bolster efforts to recover what remains of airasia flight 8501. search items search teams rather, back in the water this morning, at least four more bodies were pulled from the java sea yesterday. crews also found another large piece of wreckage. they believe they know the location of the fuselage, but so far they've not been able to reach it. flight 8501 went down en route to singapore december 28th killing all 162 people on board. investigators are pointing to bad weather playing a role. >> coming up on 4:43, and oh, well, first snow of the

season right? >> real snow, yes. >> no mixing. >> exactly, yes. i have to say to just talking about one form of precipitation? >> sure. >> i get like minute 302nd usual already for a hit, it is like i have so much to say. >> any accumulation? >> looks as though we will see some accumulation, cold enough today. seeing the temperatures drop today. so it sort of just sets the stage. >> okay. >> so we're definitely looking attack lakes, but nothing that you are going to having to plow away. it is more light precipitation, and we talk about what these alberta clip kearse produce all the time, this time of year anyway, they tend to be very, very wimpy in terms of the fact they don't have a loft moisture to work with, because they're originated over canada. no major open bodies of water to for them to draw moisture from. right now not finding the clip burr lake effect snow coming in courtesy of the winds flow more than anything. but here is your clipper the combination of it, anyway. albert, a just little

geography 101, edmonton, calgary, where they tends to originate, just the east of the mountains then they zip on through, they help reinforce the colds where ever they drive-thru. >> this will be one that drives through our area. so we jump you into tomorrow morning, 1:00 a.m., at that point, clouds are just starting to thicken but i would say, by the time couple of hours after the sun comes up we start to see that snow coming n and notice, it is all purple for a change, so everybody gets in on it, and everybody is going to see at least some modest accumulation. how much are we talking here? not much guys. coating to inch or so, maybe locally see up to 2 inches, i would say the best shot for that would be far inland here, central pennsylvania has the best chance since you might have the most moisture to work with as this moves through but all getting in on something here tomorrow. it will be snow for everybody but very light amounts of it. now notice, today we should hit about 37, that's about our 9:00 a.m. temperature, we are technically little milder than that already. but we will see the thermometer readings gradually

decline through the day. keep in mind, blustery day too, it won't ever actually feel like what the thermometer reads. bundle up. ukee back to you. >> thank you katie n sport the nfl wilds card sunday featured one wild finish courtesy of the cowboys. dallas down by ten at the half yesterday against the detroit lions, but tony romo and company came back, the cowboys took the lead on touchdown pass to terrence williams with less than three minute left in the game. the boys swarmed lions quarterback matthew stafford after that and hung onto beat the lions 24 to 20. pass interferance call, called off for some reason, played huge role in the outcome. cowboys play greenbay this sunday. oh you know who that was, in the early game comb hosed ben as in under an zero indianapolis, finds this 36-yard touchdown pass. luck through for 376 yards on the day and the colt eliminate the cincinnati bengals 26 to ten. colt will play the broncos next weekend.

>> boy, hard to believe but things just got worse for the struggling flyers. league fined them an undisclosed amount every monday i for violating the league's collective bargaining agreement. the team traveled to nashville during their christmas break on december 26th, which is a no-no, to be in compliance the flyers would have to have flown on december 27th the day of the game. >> used to be anchor, stewart scott has passed after long battle with cancer. the 49 year old passed away yesterday. scott joined espn in 1993 inject ago style and energy that changed the network and industry forever. he was first diagnosed with cancer in late 2007 and never stopped fighting. scott is survived by his two daughters, taylor and sydney. in a july speechh some you have may remember at the awards scott says what you die it does not mean you lose to cancer. you beat cancer by how you live why you live, and the manner in which you live. we'll be right bac

>> there is a preliminary hearing in the man ambushed in the case of two pennsylvania state troopers. frein allude dollars police for 48 days after he allegedly shot two troopers at a barracks. one state trooper killed, another seriously injured. prosecutors want the death penalty. nine people were forced from their homes by a fire on lee street in north philadelphia. there are no injuries from the fire but their home is a total lost. >> philadelphia police hope that you can help them finds a missing woman. sixty-eight year old woman with alzheimer's does not speak english. she was last seen near cottman and chris letter street in northeast philadelphia. >> our time now 4:49. let's get a check on business news. >> jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange, all loving those gas prices, solo, but hearing that could change soon? what's happening? >> reporter: yes, good morning, ukee, erika.

this really has nothing to do with supply and demand. we can thank taxes. congress may consider raising the gas tax in order to fill a huge budget hole in the highway trust funds. right now the federal gas takes 18.4 sent per gallon, it hasn't been raised since 1993. ukee erika? >> so star becomes look to go gain bamm coffee credibility. what's that all about? >> after years of frappuccino's, pumpkin spiced latte, the coffee chain adding something bit more sophisticated, a flood white two shot of expresso and steamed milk, now this drink has been vein in the uk since 2010 apparently is very popular. i think it sound delicious. what do you guys think? >> i'd give it a whirl. >> i'd give it a shot, little shot. >> the name, flat white? okay, i don't know where they came up with that. >> sure, thanks, jill.

appreciate. >> it is better than a short blonde which i also hear also, and think they're talking to me. >> we'll get back to you this morning, jill, thanks so much. hey, coming up after a short break, traffic and weather together. we do it on the 3's. we

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4:53, we want traffic and weather together. good morning jessica. >> good morning everyone out there. 4:53 and we're outside right now in new jersey checking things out where everything seems to be moving along great at creek road. northbound lanes where we start to see that volume really start to accumulate, later on in the morning hours but you can see everything moving along great. no problems in the southbound lables, as well, over on the schuylkill expressway, no problems eastern, so headed eastbound into the city, no problems on the westbound side headed toward the king of prussia area. either out in west conshohocken, problem there water main break use caution traveling through the area, extra time for local detours. transformer fire out in mansfield route 205 at

mansfield road with police activity on the scene directing traffic around the incident. we do have some ongoing traffic notice pawn, 422 eastbound, both sides between stowe and route 100, one lane until early january which it is early january now so we'll keep updated as soon as though things become clear. no problems woodhaven road. katie, i know cold one today. dropping fast. >> absolutely, exactly right jest, a not just on the they are mom term, but also certainly when it comes to windchill values. we will see winds really start to kick in here today. we actually still even have little light lake enhanced snow that if you look closely really just out there across portions of central pennsylvania, off to the northwest corner basically storm scan3 right now. but here at home, really just going to see skies start to brighten up. doesn't mean we're not seeing snow this week t comes tomorrow. mainly during the daylight hours. so avenue feeling that the better part of your typical morning rush will be just fine. we'll actually just have clouds to deal with. but toward the late morning

we start to see that light snow picking up. by the time it is all out of here, general coating to inch, locally, up to 2 inches, very possible. meanwhile, we take you outside to palmyra cove nature park, the view over center center city, see the clouds still reflected off the city skylight. starting to clear up at least little bit. but the temperatures there is hi of 37, that's generally our 9:00 a.m. temperature because the temperatures will actually be falling through the day into the low 30's, and keep in mind, that the wind will be blowing all day long so probably feels no better than the 20's at any point. ukee, back over to you. >> thank you here is a look at some of the stories sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 will be following. former philadelphia union boss goes on trial today accused of running his union like an organized crime operation. gasoline prices are at a five year low but taxies in philadelphia are still hitting customers with a fuel surcharge. and 2015 is going to be busy year for road construction, finds out which areas you will want to avoid. check in two three, four times a day, "kyw news radio"

1060 on your a.m. dial. erika? >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news" we're following several big court cases today in including the start of the boston marathon bombing trial. we are there live. >> also, imagine seeing your brand new car burst into flames? just days after you bought it? hear from the owner who could only watch it burn. >> and governor christie causes more controversy by rooting for the cowboys but now his brother is firing a shot at eagles fans. details on that coming up. back at the top of the hour.

from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and new this morning fire rips through a philadelphia row home overnight forcing almost dozen people out of their homes. we'll have the very latest on the damage left behind. also today facing justice the trial starts today for the boston marathon bombing suspect, why it could take weeks just to pick a jury. >> it is monday, january 5th good morning everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. also this week, colds and windy start to your work week, now bracing for snow. katie is outside on the skydeck with the drastic drop as the temperatures tumble. good morning. >> reporter: erika, that's right. thermometer readings set to climb throughout the day today. i have to tell you it is not feeling terrible here on the skydeck, but it will. as the day goes on, we'll have

full details on the temperatures and also talk about the snow of course coming up. jess? >> thanks, i'm in the jealous of you out there one bit. outside 95 around cottman avenue, everything moving slightly, in or out city, southbound lanes looking great. we'll check in with trans transit in just a few minutes. >> nine people homeless after fire rips through their north philadelphia home. fire broke out after 11:00 last night in this home along the 3,000 block of north lee street in fairhill. all nine residents were able to escape the flames un harm. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. well, happening today, one of the alleged masterminds in the bogs ton marathon bombing goes on trial. dzhokhar accused of conspire with his late brother to plant two bombs, near the marathon's finish line. the attack on april 15th, 2013, killed three people, and injured more than 260 others. a pool of more than 1,000 people must be