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breaking news right now a pair of fires overnight in fill and we have just learned one of them was fatal. >> it was also a brutal night in the cold, for fire fighter we are live on the scene. also breaking news overnight more chaos in france as two police officers are shot in the paris suburb. this comes just one day after gunman storm the over of the satyrical mag even killing 12 people including two office are. it is thursday january 8th i'm erika von tiehl. i'm ukee washington. also plenty of people getting up for work are dealing with dangerously cold temperatures again. this is video we shot in center city. hopefully temperatures will rise in the very near future. lets find out. the katie is tank by the in the weather center. it has license here a couple days. >> this is where we even up bottom out but i cannot
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promise we'll too much of the warm up here in the days ahead. we are going to see at least thermometer ease up, somewhat. we've got the that going for us. today despite bright sunshine outside, looks are deceiving, very, are cold air, we're talking temperatures but more importantly wind chill values today as wind chill advisories are in effect. we will have details in the next few. guys back to you. an a elderly man is kill in the fast moving house fire in ogontz. >> one of two fires in the bitter cold temperatures are making even more difficult to fight. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us at that scene in ogontz with the very latest information, nicole good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you yeah, just a sad scene here in the ogontz section of the city where a row home fifer has claimed the life of a military veteran with disabilities. it all happened here behind me in the 1800 block of roselyn street, ogontz section of the city. we're told fire started in the
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rear of that home and extended through much of the first floor despite having working smoke alarms. when fire fighters arrived they found a man in his 70's who appears to have been disabled. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. that marks first and hopefully last fire fatality of the year. he was alone at the time of the fire but three family members have been displaced, a apparently they lived with him inside that home. at this point investigators have not released the official cause but say victim may have been cooking at the time. >> right now it appears that the origin is first floor kitchen area. we don't necessity for sure, we are still investigating but that appears to be where the origin is so we wanted to remind people that we will be cooking make sure you don't leave your cooking unattendedes pegs speakly if you are taking medication that is make you drowsy don't cook, make sure you stay alert and make sure you don't have a fire. >> reporter: now with temperatures below, as you have seen all season chief
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urged folks to use caution when trying to heat their homes this winter. he spoke about the difficulty facing fire fighters, especially on a morning like this morning. you're looking at a fire scene now in grays ferry that also happened overnight in, which fire fighters weren't just battling the fire but also contending with some serious cold conditions, and ice, you cane they have had to use on salt to use the melt i ground there everybody made it out safely from that home and the fire was placed under control in about 20 minutes. but as we come back here live again, the investigation is still underway trying to determine the the cause of the fire that has claimed the life of a military veteran who a appears to have been disabled. we're live from ogontz, nicole brewer cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> nicole, we will get back to you, thanks. 4:33. lets get to katie with these temperatures near record lows you know you have to dress for the occasion commuters here are bunled up waiting for the septa bus. not really for any other reason other than it is just
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freezing out there scarves hat, coat you have to make sure you have everything on. the don't forget gloves too. let's check with katie and check those temperatures and our forecast for the region good morning. >> brutal stuff, guys. it triggers memories of winters past namely last winter when that polar vortex kept septembering cold air our way. we are right back in the cold here. it is currently clear as could be. that is part of the problem guys. when you don't have cloud cover it will trap that heat in, or rather it won't allow to you trap the heat in. it will just mean temperatures have a chance to drop readily. lets go to storm scan three very quickly. we have clear skies, no worries. the bright sunshine expected. wind chills are still posted in our area and they will last until 9:00 a.m. for most of us but that wind will continue to crank longer. the it last you until 1:00 p.m. today. right now here's where we stand, 11 degrees at fill will i international. we are below zero on the
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thermometer, in mount pocono. what do we tell you. we are bottoming out. here's how it feels right now. more like 20 below in the poconos, dangerously cold air and certainly philadelphia anytime that wind blows it is brutal stuff. everyone is below zero in the negative right the new but we do expect full sunshine throughout the day and thankfully the worst of that wind starting to taper as day progresses vittoria, over to you. good morning everyone. it is definitely chilly outside so make sure before you head out the door you warm up your vehicle will. you will need to it day. you will need to proceed on the road with extra caution. we have black ice patches on our majors. if you are traveling throughout the neighborhood that packed snow that you have, traveling on those residential streets. so give yourself some more time. as we look at our camera shots here we have a shot of route 100 at ship road. we are dealing with construction there. the lanes are getting by but it looks like a lot of activity off to the right-hand
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side. be mindful on have. that moving to the tacony pennsylvania palmyra bridge we are watching it live now the opening of the tacony. they were approximating the opening of the bridge around 4:35 and they are on time. seventy-three is currently closed. trying to make your way in toward philadelphia or into new jersey, the betsy ross is a good idea, ben franklin and walt whitman. looking at speed sensors they are relatively high up in the 50's, nothing major are we dealing with on the majors themselves however things will definitely change when that rush hour comes upon us but right now we are doing okay erika. >> we have some breaking news right now, two police officers are shot in paris, france a day after a terror attack that left 12 people dead. their conditions are unknown at this hour. officials say it ties soon to say if the shootings are linked to yesterday's attack on the sat tear rally with magazine charlie hebdo. the alert system remains in the maximum level on this day of mourning. meanwhile overnight raid have led to self arrests in
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the charlie hebdo attack, no identities have have been released and a manhunt is still underway for these two suspect gunman. shariff and said are brothers, another man an 18 year-old has turn himself into police. yesterday morning the gun man stormed charlie hebdo offices during an editorial meeting. one witness said his office is right across the hall from the magazine. >> there was a very strong smell of gunpowder in the corridor. i have to tell it was very disturbing to see that second room where they were laying down on the floor. >> among the dead several cartoon drawers and magazine's editor with two french police officers. close to a dozen more were injured. this is deadliest terror attack in france since 1961 during the algerian revolution no group has taken responsibility but charlie hebdo had been previously attack over cartoons marking islam's prophet.
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thousands of people in france and around the world took to the streets to support charlie hebdo and show the terrorist that they are not afraid. this is what the new york city area looked like last night with supporters, holding signs reading, i am charlie. similar scene in boston where mourners stood in silent reverence to the victims. they pick you been their pens and put their reaction on paper, monk them philadelphia daily news pulitzer prize winner sidney wilkinson. she has no fear and will not let the attack in paris change how she does her job. >> it is inconceivable that someone would look at a little piece of paper, ink on paper it cannot hurt anyone and defy that is worth murdering 12 people for. >> you can see more of the cartoons from around the world by searching hash tag jesuis charlie, on twitter. happening today, the viewing for west chester
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university senior shane montgomery. loved ones are invited to saint john the baptist church in manayunk for 5:00 until 9:00 tonight. a second viewing is set for tomorrow before the funeral pennsylvania mass at 10:00 a.m. search teams gathered at the church after he went missing from kildares irish pub thanksgiving morning. his body was pull from the schuylkill river saturday. now just a horrifying act of animal cruelty somebody shot this female pit bull terrier mix in the chest. a concern citizen brought the seven month-old puppy to glenn more veterinary hospital late last month. we are told she's least covering in the protective foster home. chester county spca asking for the public's help. the the pennsylvania state police also investigating. still ahead, on "eyewitness news", president obama is sparking controversy in arizona this morning. why some are saying the command inner chief choice in hotels is offensive. we are back in two minutes.
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president obama is in phoenix arizona to d-scuss ways to improve american housing market but his hotel is grabbing headlines. >> it is point hilton resort, some local native americans resorts say president should stay elsewhere because the word is a derogatory term for a native american woman. the the obama administration says the president's travel plans are dictate by security needs. bill cosby returns to the stage but not everyone is happy to see him. protester upset over sexual allegations shouted at ticket holders as they arrived for cosby's performance in ontario. cosby former television wife is coming to his defense. felicia rashad said show biz 411 that the the accusations are, orchestrated, they quote her saying forget these women, someone is determined to keep
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bill cosby off tv and it has worked. 4:43. just 10 degrees with that wind chill. >> um-hmm. >> exactly, with that wind chill. that is what will get you here today. i will show you temperatures all morning but you have to sort of do the math in your head and knock a good solid 15 degrees a off. that is what you need to be dressing for when you walk out the door. that the wind will get you. it is non-stop. luckily it will eat up a little bit. it will not feel much better. but we will take what we can get. we will get a couple baby victories along the way here and with that said the cold gets reenforced if you can believe it, all ready by tomorrow. today is where we will bottom out and take you out to sky cam three quickly here. things are all clear. a as long as roads were treated, i don't think that other than sun glare you will have too much of an issue traveling here today. of course vittoria will keep you posted all morning licensing but we have 11 at the airport with that breeze
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kick nothing at the 12 miles an hour. every where else it is generally between ten and 15 miles an hour stronger, lighter depending on location but it is still out there. we have wind chills posted across the the board, these are the numbers you want to be factoring in with that wind guys, dress for these values, okay. when we talk negative territory extra layers, absolutely are a requirement here. so please make sure you are adequately prepared if you have to wait outside for a school bus or a train. in one want to be standing out in that for very long. just be prepared and you will be fine. storm scan three showing us the lake effect machine cut itself off with the wind starting to taper but here's beginning of that next system another clipper, that will pass us by this time to the north but because it is just clipping us i can see maybe somebody picking up a flurry or snow shower late tonight or tomorrow morning. in the meantime what better word for it. it is frigid. high of 20 degrees but won't feel better than single digits all day. eighteen later on tonight
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under a mostly cloudy skies i can see a flurry or snow shower for some but mainly just cloudy. by tomorrow less harsh, but keep in mind the wind is kicking back in, so we're stuck in the teens with wind chills. saturday another cold one but there is a modest rebound for monday although with it we could see brighter snow showers. we cannot win, ukee. >> i'm telling you, we will get through it together. sixers play nets in brooklyn tomorrow night looking to get back in the win column. speaking of can't win last night's game at the well against milwaukee bucks. innings isers fell behind early and never got on track. they shot 30 percent from the field and they were horrific beyond the arc going two for 25. can't get it done like that. bucks also out shot innings isers from three-point land, tough night for the the home team indeed. innings isers lose 97-77. building process continues. considerably better job from the temple owls owls beat tulane green wave in new
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orleans, 64-56. quincy cozy led owls with 15-point as temple won its six in a row. good team game. temple now 12-four on the year. they will play tulsa golden hurricane at day afternoon on north broad street. eagles are he had sending another player to the pro bowl. offensive lineman evan mathis joins the five bird already on the roster. jerry he haveof the saint went doubt with an unspecified injury. todd light is leaving to take a job at vanderbilt university. and it is official florida state quarterback and former heisman winner jameis wins exton is turning pro. he issued a statement through his dad. winston will be one of the topics in the draft in doubt about that despite his off the field issues. erika, back to you. thanks ukee. still ahead on "eyewitness news" we will update the sony hacking scandal. we will be right back.
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we're following wreaking news a house fire in the ogontz section of philadelphia claim the life of the disable veteran in his 70's. the flames broke out around 1:30 object roselyn street. fire fighters battled both the fire and dangerously low temperatures. two police officers are critically injured in the shooting in a suburb of paris france. day after 12 people were gunned down at offices of the satyrical publication. one teen is in custody in that attack, a manhunt is underway for two other suspects brotters with links to al qaeda. another tough weather day around here. the temperatures will not get out of the 20's. if you see someone having trouble in the dangerous cold be hure to contact the authorities. we will have katie's full forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. 4:49. lets check business. >> money watch's jill wag more joins us from the new york stock exchange. we have a bounce back on wall street, what is behind this one. >> reporter: once again, it is mostly about oil. this time prices stabilize
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even heading higher and that send the market higher for first time in two days. we also got the some good news about jobs, payroll processor adp says businesses ramped up hiring and on economist say if the pace continues, that the the u.s. could return to full employment by next year. ukee and erika? >> we hear fbi is sticking with its claim that north cover he rhea was behind the zone a tack, um. >> reporter: fbi director james comby says evidence is clear. he said hackers got sloppy and mistakenly sent messages traced to ip addresses used exclusively by north korea. he said there were reports a former sony employee was the one that broke in the system. meanwhile netflix says it is working to make the interest right available to the 53 million subscribers. sony cancel the general release of the movie after that cyber attack. ukee and erika, have either have on you seen it.
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>> it is on my demand list. i will check it out. >> i will wait for netflix. >> have you seen it. >> i have not seen it either but netflix sounds good to me. >> i'm with you. >> you can't beat the price. >> hell will owe, a talk to you later. coming u up, traffic and weather together, we will do it the on the
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4:53 on a cold morning with traffic and weather together, good morning, vittoria. >> good morning, it is freezing outside. make sure if you are heading outside the door that you do warm up your car you will definitely want to get that engine revved up. by the the time we get to the roads they look good at least this time. it is only 4:53 and notice i-95 is moving well in either direction. in delays out of northeast philadelphia section. center city, south philadelphia, delaware county the entire corridor is moving really well. even in delaware. traveling on ben franklin bridge also no delays and rest of our bridges are moving well. we had an earlier opening for
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tacony pennsylvania palmyra bridge. you will notice a touch of traffic on 73. not much. still pretty early to see any sort of volume or with that bridge opening have an effect volume anyway. speed sensors are looking good, all over the map with no major problems or delays as well, for mass transit the but heading to the bus stop definitely want to bundle up. >> in kidding. i would say even running from your car to your office vittoria, thinks cold air. it is cold outside. yes. it is. make sure you are ready for it adequate and plenty of extra layers, guys, this is the cold stuff and reminiscent of what we saw last year with the polar rorrer text. cold air out breaks that kept coming our way. things are very quiet on storm scan and it will stay that way. we can expect full bright sunshine and it does mean pair of sunglasses is one of the accessories you will need. eleven is our air temperature. mount pocono will be the the
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coldest spot today but it is cold every where. meanwhile notice core of that cold is actually confined across eastern canada but there is another pulse on the the way that will reenforce our chill again. so, it is basically a 20 plus degree sandwich here on friday even though it eases up and we're back in the mid 30's we have this next disturbance that is passing to the north, brings back the breeze and it noxious right back in the lower 20's by a saturday. so we're not catching too much break here unfortunately. today though is definitely the the worst of the forecast when it comes to the coldest day but again thankfully, brunt of that wind starting to ease up a little bit out there although, it does ease up it doesn't mean it will feel better than single digits. we will say it again, bundle up, back to you. thanks katie. here are some of the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 will be following for you today. philadelphia has 3,000 traffic i go nationals and some could ab affect by today's
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dangerously cold temperatures. and the frenzy that is annual consumer electronics show, continues in las vegas. people who bought health insurance through federal marketplace could be in for a tricky tax situation this year. check in two three, four times a year. erika. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we are following breaking news a deadly fire overnight as fire fighters the battle the bitter cold. talk about one terrifying trip a man slams into the back of a truck on a snow covered highway and that is just the beginning of the frightening ride. and fighting crime, with your pants, um-hmm, how these jeans can stop hackers in their tracks. details on this coming up. we are back at the top of the hour. blank
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. we are following some breaking news this morning, smoke pores out of an ogontz avenue home after a deadly fire, one of two fires where fire fighters had to battle the flames and the element. also breaking news right now two more police officers have been shot in france but the country is still on high alert after yesterday's terrorist attack. we will have the latest on manhunt for gunman behind the massacre at the magazine. but if you have not stepped outside just yet get ready for a bitter blast. temperatures not in the teens and it is still tumbling. i started out from home at 9 degrees. i got here and it was 11. enough said. >> so much worse with the wind chill. the it can take your breath away. katie is here with your freezing forecast that is not changing much, right. >> in the really guys. we will see worst of the wind
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taper off gradually throughout the course of the morning. we have wind chills in effect right new but they will be going out of effect sooner rather than later thankfully. problem is yes that cold is settled in. so, we are going to be dealing with some frigid conditions, and a taste of winter's past namely, last winter. we will start off by taking you outside to sky cam three and one spot that absolutely, loves the cold and loves the fact we have had some snow is the poconos and all area ski reor the. again, we're starting off on a cold note and frankly up toward poconos is where we have got the worst of the cold as you might imagine in the higher terrain. storm scan three clear. we don't have any left over cloud cover. in blanket the or cloud will help you out this morning. we will look at these feels like notice your time stamp as of 7:00 a a.m. this morning it will feel sub zero across the board. it already does. by noon starting to get into positive territory but not by much and it may still feel like it is negative in the cold e
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