>> is a case that captivated the country, almost seven week long manhunt in the poconos man wanted for ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers. today eric frein face as judge. we'll tell you what's expected to happen in the courtroom coming up in just a few hours. and that's just one of several big court cases we're following today. >> good morning jury selection also starts this morning, in the boston marathon bombing trial. why it could take several weeks just to pick a jury to hear the high profile case. all that and more coming up. first, let's check traffic and weather together with katie and jessica good morning ladies. >> good morning, ukee, we are

getting set for rude winter awake never, if you have yet to walk out the door, be ready with the heavier coat. i know the weekends keen every mild but all changing, and jessica, we are tracking some snow, so i've had some nice weather news for you. i know you love the snow. >> i do love the snow. if it is going to be cold, what's the point? might as well a have know. i low a -- i love the snow. good to go. starting things off on the ben franklin bridge, headlights westbound into the city. all lanes are open. we'll check in with couple every incidents, starting to pop up in a accident outside. i'll tell you where it is all outside, jessica? >> happening today the trial begins for the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombing. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev faces 30 federal count including four murders, using weapons of mass destruction, his older brother died after a police fire fight. don champion joins us now shall near the courthouse in boston where security is very tight. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning

ukee and erika. even when a jersey seated, this is expected to be a lengthy trial it will go on for several month proof of that, can be seen, in the potential witness list, which is about 700 names long. >> twelve jurors, and six alternate, will soon be chosen to determine the fate of the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombing. the process of choosing jurors from a pole of more than a thousand people could take weeks. the trial that will follow will certainly open old wounds for bombing survivors including heather abbott. >> certain it will bring up a lot of what happened, obviously, two years ago a lot of emotion. >> two pressure cookers packed with nails, ball bearings, exploded near the marathon finish line in the april 2013 attack. killing three people, and injuring 260 other. prosecutors allege 21 year old dzhokhar tsarnaev and his brother, 26 year old tamerlan tsarnaev planned and carried out the twin bolling in

retaliation. defense attorneys for dzhokhar tsarnaev had tried to delay and move the case from boston claiming their client could not get a fair trial here. they'll now focus their defense on the relationship between the brother. >> what this defense wants to show whether or not this was a young man who was influenced and under the influence of his older brother who was the mastermind. >> to dzhokhar to face the don't pent tig. will be shown video shows him placing one. bombs next to the attack's youngest victim. >> reporter: as we mentioned earlier, security is already high here in and around the federal courthouse in south boston, even the media is being kept about a block a which from the building this morning. ukee erika back to you. >> don, we will get back to you, thank you. also happening today the manna cured until the deadly ambush on two pennsylvania state propers has his day in

court. eric frein scheduled for a preliminary hearing in pike county. he is charged with killing corporate brian dixon and wounding trooper alex douglas. frein met up with police on 48 day manhunt before that ambush. >> talking about snow, katie it is coming? >> it is on the way. actually little out there today, but it is actually lake enhanced and by tomorrow there will be a clipper that moves through. now, what you are finds interesting right now on storm scan3, that's the furthest east you'll find any that far snow moving in here. but, eventually, we jump you to future weather at 10:00 p.m. tonight, we clear out, colder, then look out to chicago, that is where the next system is originating from. it is an alberta clipper. so it officially originating alberta, canada. it will produce enough cold air to help bring in some light snow. and that's what clippers are best known for light snow, and reinforcements of cold. so by tomorrow, that's what we will be facing. for now just chilly. we expect the temperatures

noted through the day to gradually decline. even though we're brightening up for sunshine, the wind also going to get you too. make sure you bundle up. light snow on the way for tomorrow. bitter cold will be reinforced so a lot more temperatures that we will be discussing here in the course of the morning show, so stick with us for your eyewitness weather seven day all of the details straight ahead. jess, a back to you. >> 5:35, relatively early start, really no major problems on most of the major roadways. do have smaller incidents local neighborhoods we'll get to those in just a secretary, first, we start things off on the ben franklin bridge. see live right here, from the philly side, so the headlights all lanes are open but the headlights are headed actually westbound into the city currently no problems there. now, over out in new jersey, on the 42 freeway, no problems here, as well, starting to gather little volume here in the northbound lanes they head toward possibly 295 if you are actually head today philadelphia and the surrounding area bridges

obviously no problems there out in the southbound lanes headed towards the a.c. expressway. we do have accident out in gladwynn just popped up at rose glenn road, so just use some caution there. police activity on the scene directing traffic around the incident. do have road closure, water main break front street closed at crawford avenue. take spring garden street to get on by. ukee, back to you. >> thank you if you are driving the pennsylvania turnpike today your ride just got little more expensive. tolls on the turnpike increase by 5% yesterday. the rate hike is the same whether you pay with cash or e-zpass. and the extra mondayly help pay for road construction project. move comes just days after the state's gas tax also jumps by 10 cents per gallon. >> your time now 5:36. business news this morning what we can expect from the annual consumer electronics show. >> also, what trade remembers watching on wall street today. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, those stories and more, good morning. >> good morning, full full trading week of the year. investors watching for the all

important monthly jobs report, it comes out at the end of the week. on friday, the dow gained nine-point nasdaq was down nine points. free shipping is great for shoppers. but for retailers not so much. according to new analysis, it is becoming harder for stores to turn a profit. in the thirds quarter 68% of on line purchases had free delivery, up from 44% in 2013. tech is are gearing up for the consumer electronics show in vegas, thousands of companies will be showing off new gadgets, and tech trends, so this year, we can expect to seymour items that can make our homes smarter plus, 4d tv's, thinner tv's, and curved computer screens. >> and, move over, oprah. mark zuckerberg has started a book club, n's he is inviting pretty much everyone on facebook he created a group page called year of books. the first book is the ends of

power, why being in charge isn't what it used to be. the book has already sold out on amazon. sounds like it is still good to be in charge, i don't know. >> looks like it. >> hey, mark zuckerberg, common. >> but it is fantastic, book every two weeks i think. >> that's the bo bottom line, thanks jill. >> if you are still moving on to the christmas tree, today is your chance to recycle it in philadelphia. the sitly take your tree at four different locations starting today. they'll then be recycled and used as compose in city parks and landscapes. the tree recycling program runs through january 17th, got few days still putting all of the drop off locations for you on our website cbsphilly.com. >> and we all know of course taking down the tree, not nearly as exciting as putting your decorations up. now that the holidays are over, the perfect time to get organized for next christmas. >> one of the things i think just having the right storage being strategic about how you put it away. >> tomorrow morning we'll have

five easy tips from our organization expert, so when you are putting away your favorite keepsake, make christmas 2015, which seems so far away, will make it a breeze. >> how long do you keep the tree up? >> i took it down this weekend. but you take it down mid-january? >> yes around early january yes, maybe another week or so. >> everyone is different i also put it up the day after thanksgiving. so i celebrate the entire month of december. >> katie, when do you take your down? >> still up. >> oh, still up. >> there you go. >> our time 5:39. and reality tv star enjoying her last few hours of freedom this morning. we have the words on her punishment as she gets ready to head to prison. also this: >> president obama returns to washington, and prepares to face a republican controlled congress for the first time. i'm michael bert in washington with what each side says are key priorities. >> and, the roads are clear now, but we could see some snow on them tomorrow. katie lets you know when that clipper arrives, and also, we'll check on traffic and weather together on the 3's.

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>> jury selection is expected today for dzhokhar tsarnaev. more than 250 people injured. the selection process is expected to take several weeks. there is a preliminary hearing today in pike county for eric frein. he's the man police say ambushed two pennsylvania state troopers, allude dollars

capture for 48 days. state police corporal brian dixon was killed, another trooper seriously injured. prosecutors want frein to face the death penalty. jury selection set also to begin today in the trial of former sports cast or don tollefson, charged with stealing more than $300,000 by selling bogus sports trips that he claimed would benefit various charities. >> right now 7:42, and it is back to work this week, for president obama and congress. republicans will control both the house and the senate for the first time since the president took office. michael bert has more now on how this power shift in congress could affect president obama's final two years in the oval office. president obama returned to the nation's capitol sunday trading in the warmth of hawaii, for the partisan chill of washington. his agenda for the final two years in office will largely be shaped by how much or how little he and neutral gop controlled congress can work together. the president has already drawn a line in the sand on

key issues. >> if republicans seek to take healthcare away from people who just got it, they will meet resistance from me. >> republicans bolstered by their largest house majority since the late 1920's, say they plan quick action on the keystone xl pipeline. immigration, and repealing or reforming the affordable care act. >> we need to do everything we can to try to rain in the regular torrey onslaught which is the principal reason that we haven't had the kind of bounce-back after the 2008 recession. >> this week the president will go on offense beginning wednesday, he'll travel to michigan arizona tennessee to propose new policies on home ownership college education, and jobs, ahead of his state of the union address, january 20th. some republican lawmakers on sunday held out an olive branch on issues like tax reform, job creation, and trade agreements. >> you always end area new

session of congress with high hopes. >> congress returns on tuesday. in washington, michael bert, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". time now for your traffic and weather together. here's katie with the weather watcher. >> good morning, ukee, happy monday everybody chilly start to the week, a loft kids are headed back to school, perhaps you're headed back to work after nice long holiday vacation, welcome back, and welcome back to winter, little rude awakening really. we start things off by checking in with dean a.m. ran son, just the last six minute, do have relatively mod owes breeze generally clear sky where they are in philly with the win chill value lard less of the light breezes already at 35 degrees. so the cold is on the way. and certainly it will be reinforced as the week goes on. let's go next to john jenkins sent in 37 degrees from perkasie, nothing more than couple of clouds, and as we take to you just one more, we go further off to the south here heading west of the delaware state line, fran, sending in 38 degrees, he's got some blustery conditions out there the wind speeds out of the west right now at

13 miles per hour. it is definitely feeling awfully chill which gusts up to 16, feels like 29 degrees, he thinks it feels colder. perception is reality, am i right? we take to you storm scan, got to show you what's going on here. essentially what we've got down the pike here as i like to say so here is lake effect snow. snow is snow, right? but come coming in for different reasons. the clipper we're tracking all the way out over canada and montana right now but it is going to zip across the us, by about this same time tomorrow, the clouds are here, and we're eventually starting to see little bit of snow. at least advancing, i would say, generally starts to pick up in our area late morning toward the end of the typical morning rush. but, in total throughout the course of the day just coating to inch. locally some spots may pick up as much as two i think the best shot for that will be generally through the western suburbs, on inland, that's where you will have at least little more moisture to work with. let's go next to our eyewitness weather seven day forecast, look at what that clipper system does to the cold t really reinforce it is

at best into the 20's, both wednesday, and thursday. plus that blustery windchill to add to it, it is going to get pretty brutal out there. we just haven't had anything like that so far this season, so the first time's always the hardest, i think we look forward to the upcoming weekends, at least we'll rebound somewhat back into the less harsh 30's as opposed to the 20's, jess, over to you. >> thanks, good morning everybody, coming up on 5:46 right here. outside on 95, around cottman avenue. everything moving along great but starting to pick up in just a little bit of volume. you can see right here in the southbound lanes as we lose that, right-hand lane, and shoulder, due to construction, ongoing, something that we're used to dealing with so far. but headed southbound toward the center city area currently no problems, and out on the schuylkill expressway around the vine street expressway disable vehicle with police activity on the scene. just with over in the left-hand lane just moment ago. now pushed over into the right hand shoulder, fortunately westbound on the schuylkill where you will see most of the

problems here, for everybody kind of squeezing on by to the left-hand side. out in gladwynn, an accident on rose glenn road in west con show shown, out here the pre dominant part of the morning. water main break on front street closing closing it at crawford, take spring guards tone get on by. downed wires byberry closing it between heat on road and huntington pike. take county line road to get on by. don't forget when on the road get updated information about traffic backups with the new your drive app. you can download the app for iphone and android devices by going to cbsphilly.com/your drive. >> ♪ ♪ >> the words this morning prison. >> one real housewife of new jersey star spent her last hours of freedom on a posh ski vacation, before she is expected to turn herself in today. theresa will serve a 15 month sentence in a federal prison in danbury connecticut for bankruptcy fraud. while the reality star is inside her husband joe will take care of their four

daughters. actor dustin diamond is expected in court today for his preliminary hearing. he is accused of stabbing a man in a bar fight on christmas day in wisconsin where he currently lives. diamond, who is best known for playing screach on the 1990's tv show saved by the bell, he told police he accidentally stabbed that man while defending his fiancee. in the new year, movie-goers run to theatres to see the hob it the battle of the five arm ills. the final installment of the peter jackson triligy claims the top spot for a third week in a row with over $21 million. enter the woods came in second, just over $19 million and third place unbroken, pulling in more than $18 million, the woman in black two, angel of death night at the museum, secret of the tomb. >> also, hey, do you have what it takes to be america's next top model? if so, here is your chance to

prove t tyra banks is looking for women and men between 18 and 27 years old, for the next season of america's next top model. just did to the casting call tomorrow afternoon at drexel university's college of media arts and design. they have everything you need to know on cbsphilly.com. and this is one of those shows just sucks you in, maybe not for you as much, but for us ladies? get your smiles on. >> i know. hey, before you walk out the door we'll get another check of traffic and weather together. we do it on the these including some snow coming to the area. >> first though, here's what's coming un tonight on cbs-3.

>> do you remember this? >> i do not. >> come on, cool and the gang. >> i know cool and the ganger. >> ♪ ♪ >> big change today for landmark in hollywood. >> oh, yes the hiking trail to the holt i wood sign so famous re-opening today. some locals, the folks that have houses around there not so pleased. clothes for months while the city of lost ago leng installed new parking gauge and new parking rules. idea to prevent people from driving up too close to the

sign and causing -- clogging up traffic in the nearby neighborhood. but neighbors say they don't think these new rules will deter anyone, they still want that trail to stay closed. but that's the part, going and taking your photo. >> exactly right. by the way i need to work on my falseeto. >> 53:50:53, let's -- 5:53. >> you'll get, there buddy, i have faith. we do have pretty quiet start to the day here, guys. definitely quieting down in terms of precipitation in the wake of the weekend storm we're already looking ahead to the next rounds of light snow, that comes tomorrow, specifically, so today actually brighten up nicely, chill settling in for tomorrow, next round of snow courtesy of clipper actually going to reinforce it, watch for some slick travel, and looking at coating to inch out of t here's how it feels right now, mainly mid 30's from philadelphia on south and east little colder heading further inland, and north but

as the day goes on, that temperature of 37 we expect to hit right around 9:00 a.m. all it will do is justin to gradually decline through the day, coldest days coming up, though, not until after that next round of snow moves in. jess, over you. >> thank you, katie. starting early. we have a lot of problems, actually in our cameras we've caught. i'll start things off on 95, these are the southbound lanes, where we do have vehicle fire, that seems to be under control now but you can see police activity on the scene. actually in the southbound lanes here, but taking out onramp to morris street, see traffic starting to slowly crawl on by, now over on the schuylkill expressway, there is a disable vehicle actually across the highway here, around the vine street expressway, but also see another disable vehicle across the way there. stay there cbs-3, "eyewitness news" will be right back.

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>> almost two years after the boston marathon bombing one of the alleged masterminds goes on trial. >> jury selection begins this morning for the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev, conspiring with his late brother to plant two bombs near the boston finish line. the attack killed three people injured more than 260 other. if convicted dzhokhar to face the death penalty. >> happening today preliminary hearing scheduled for the man charged with killing a pennsylvania state trooper, and wounding another. eric frein led authorities on 48 day manhunt before us marshals found him abandoned air plan hangar in the poconos. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins from our satellite center more on what we can expect from this morning's hearing. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee, in just a few hours the bushed end will be on the prosecution, trying to get a jury trial for eric frein they'll make the case for one this morning before a judge and they'll have to prove a