expect coming up. >> smooth sailing open the ben franklin phone the time being all lanes open and dry. that's how we like it headed new jersey to the is they. we have a few patches of construction. we'll talk about where they are in a few minute. >> in the news, talking breaks news pgw crews find and stop a gas leak in south philly that forced 17 people out of their homes in middle of cold january night. >> eyewitness reporter jen carabao is live open the scene with us. good morning jen. >> diana ukee, good morning i was able to speak with fire department officials they say yes pgw found the leak and stopped gas from flowing. they continue to work behind me to complete a full fix. in the meantime, they're ventilating these apartment and some are allowed back in. at 2:30 this morning around:30 eight -- six rather six

apartments had to be evacuated including 17 people. now at last check ten residents were back inside. as we were coming to air a few more people were walking in. these numbers are changing this morning. pgw crews working quickly to get this in place. i'm seeing a lot of people are literally walking back to their apartmentsment fortunately no injuries here this morning. two medic units on scene all morning to assess anyone who wanted to get checked out after he vac yailted just around 2:30 this morning. now this we're told is 4" gas main leak and south philly high school had been open that is warming center for these folks as they stayed out in the cold weather. it looks like people are going back in now. it was a very, very tense scene earlier on this morning when someone called the gas leak n take a listen how high the levels are. >> my fire department readers 60% natural gas in the air with that we want to take stands of

evacuating home as a precaution. >> and again pgw crews remain here on scene working to get a complete fix in place. this is still a developing story at last check yes the gas was off and somewhere letting back in. we saw more people go back inside. pgw crews are working quickly to get these people out of the cold. as soon as we have more information about the evacuation numbers we'll bring it to you. cbs 3. eyewitness news. >> thank you jan, we'll get back to you. interstate 75 in cincinnati ohio will be closed indefinitely after a deadly overpass collapse. it happened as crews were taking down the old bridge 10:30 last night. authorities say several hundred tons of concrete fell to i 75 southbound killing a construction worker. it's not yet clear what caused that collapse. >> now new this morning a

tractor-trailer hauling frozen foods overturns. it has 11:00 northbound ramp exit 19. police tell us the driver was not hurt but some of the food spilled on to the highway. it's all cleaned up now and the ramp reopened to traffic. >> and developing right now, abing top police are looking for three men involved in a brazen smash and grab robbery. it happened around 7:30 last night at the precision watches store in willow grove mall. investigators say one of the suspects cut his happened open at glass case he broke. they got away in mini van after the store owner fired two shots into the ceiling. if you have information or recognize the men in this picture you're asked to call police. >> 5:03 weather and traffic on the threes. >> ukee it's a quiet day today. we're expecting to see clouds, surprise, and that's generally

what you find out there now. not sun, necessarily, but clouds. 32 now. modest wind. outside palmyra and center city clearly visible for you here. what we take you next to stromtracker 3 you in the there are clouds out there. and even a few speclees of moisture. it's nothing that will be indicative of precipitation down the road for us. at least not today or most of tomorrow. but by tomorrow, closing in on evening we start to see the next round of snow coming our way. which we'll discuss. for now temperatures are floating with the freezing mark a few degrees above or below loytion location and with the modest breeze what you see is what you get on thermometer. you don't have to factor in the wind chill. it's a day chilly. granted but not bad. we'll see some surprise along the way. see clouds along the way. but no other major hiccups with that. meanwhile a general synopsis is look ago head to tomorrow. leading in towards evening we're

seeing snow picking up and general expectation is coating to inch or two in philadelphia and it may even start off with a little rain off to the south. we'll have more detail on this system. time everything out for you here as the show progresses for now back to you. >> good morning, thankfully we're dry this morning. and light on volume. it's 5:05 so far tuesday morning we'll go outside and check out how things are doing on the ben franklin bridge and everything is looking a-okay from the jersey side you can see all lanes open. so headed westbound on into the city currently no problems there no problems into new jersey from philly side as well. 202 around the schuylkill no problems north or southbound lanes. volume light there as well. out in new jersey, though, we have some ongoing construction. overnight work there on 295 northbound have route 130 to 168 blocking left and center lanes and that will be out there until 6 a.m. you can expect cleanup in an hour or so. and that gas main

break in south philly snyder avenue closed broad to 13 and take jackson or mifflin to get through. >> pennsylvania get ready to swear in tom wolf as the state's 47th governor. work youpty businessman will take the both of office at noon inside the capitol east wing the only democrat nationally to unseat a governor in the the november elections. and wolf says the first thing he'll do after sworn in is sign two executive orders focused on ethics. >> again inauguration of tom wolf begins in harrisburg at noon. we'll be there. and you can watch the inauguration live on our web site at cbs philly.com. >> president obama will deliver the state of the union address tonight before a joint session of kongs greg. commander-in-chief is expected to talk about plans for affordable housing cyber security and new tax increases for well my americans. and the whitehouse says that money would fund new tax credits

for middle class taxpayers. republicans in both chambers of congress pledge to work with the president and also say they oppose tax hikes on any americans. you can watch the state of the union live tonight on cbs3 rt saving at 9:00. we'll have a report from washington coming up in the next half hour. right now, though, the news is breaking isis is threatening to kill two more japanese hostages unless they receive a 200 million ran some in the next 7 hours. these are pictures of the hoingt tanls just released overnight. isis already be headed several hostages. japan prime minister prompted to save the hostages and said their lives are his top priority. a highway horror to tell you about a new jersey catches out of control tractor barreling right at him. >> and now we're hearing fromom the driver about this close call on slick roads. >> also more than two years after the movie theater massacre in denver and james holmes goes

on trial and why today's jury selection is called unprecedented. >> plus a pennsylvania college basketball player dies suddenly in her dorm the unusual role of a piece of gum what it may have played in her death. >> and we'll get update on this morning's breaking news gas leak in south philly. live at the scene now where crews are making progress to cleanup the mess. nrad

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>> more than two years later survivors still struggle to get over the hor reporter of what happened inside this aurora colorado movie theater. twelve kid and another 70 wounded. now, 9 15 days since it happened james holmes will stand trial. but, first twelve jurors and twelve alternates need to be picked from unprecedented jury poll of 9,000 people. holmes' parents seen here leaving a hearing in the case recently called for the trial to be called off. their son pled guilty by reason of insanity and said he is not a monster but a human being gripped by a severe mental illness. family members of victims plan to atenl the trial and called on media to avoid showing defendant and using his name posting on a web site called nonoteer identity.com the reason behind this is to de privy the murder

are of any noteer identity. >> the media has to do their job. if we can limit exposure he's getting the noteer identity. >> jury selection could take until spring to complete. don champion cbs3 eyewitness news. >> a burlington county mother, hyphernkemberly dorvilier. is charged with murdering her little girl friday night the 22-year-old girl set the bibby on fire. the girl died in the hospital a few days later, hyphernkemberly dorvilier is locked up on half a million bond. >> this stunning video is proof of how icy the roads were this beekd. and ma'am inbeing in your car and seeing this a tractor-trailer sliding at you at high speed. this video is from new jersey turnpike southbound in new brunswick this car was stopped because of accidents the driver was reporting with cellphone and captured this through the back

windshield when he turned around. this truck with two tractor-trailers attached jack nivd skated across the road and violently jumped the divider we're hearing from the man that shot the video. >> there's nothing i can do humanly possible because i had a wall of people in front of me and another wall of people coming at me from behind. so i just prayed. that's all i could say. and that's all that came to me was divine intervention. there's nothing i can do right now. >> wow as bad as that looked we're told the tractor-trailer driver was not hurt in the death defying wipe-out. >> time for a look at weather and traffic together. good morning. >> good morning, my gosh, nothing scarier than when you completely lose control like that. thankfully the icy situation has really completely gone away at this point. you may find some very isolated

spots where there are leftover icy patches but it really has gotten a lot better out there. we're generally looking at proverbial calm before the storm here guys as we look at storm scan 3 you have speclees of moisture here modest moisture across ohio for example and none of that will mess with us. we're generally under the influence of weak dome of high pressure. meanwhile to the canadian prairie for the a reason. we have a clipper system showing signs of life here more than anything pillowing clouds bit you have a little spot of light snow falling currently across the canadian prairie this will zip, literally zip across the united states and arrive here. i wanted to show you snowfall indications across the different mod ilz look at the sdrem discrepancy you can go from modest coding according to man model north american model as much as 2" for philadelphia according to european model. there is sgrepcy here.

you're generally looking for coating to inch or two in philadelphia. it looks like it may come unwillingit hear. while we originally thought okay we'll start with rain south and east of philadelphia, if the delayed timing takes effect there we're talking colder air and that means it's all snow and high area amounts down the shore. i call it a coating down the shore if that were to take place here and there was indication this clipper may even intensify a little and grab atlantic moisture as it crosses through. we have to wait and see as it gets here. in the meantime, quiet weather today and quiteet weather on the storm side thursday and friday and possibility, chance of rain by saturday. jeff. >> back to work this morning for many of you and it's a good thing that the roadways are dry. roads empty at 5:15 so far good morning we're checking out 95 around girard and headlights are headed northbound. no problems in the southbound lanes as well.

but, otherwise open 4 out in new jersey pretty much the same story here. usually we see most of the volume start to build in in the northbound lanes headed to 29 5 or possibly philadelphia and surrounding area bridges no patrol assume there as of yet we have a gas main break snyder between broad and 13 that is out there quite sometime for cleanup take jackson or wolf to get by the areas. 295 northbound route 130 to 168 ongoing construction will be there another are 45 minute. ukee back to you. >> update to breaking news this morning. pgw just capped a major gas leak in south philly. leak was 16 and snyder. you're looking live at the work. right now step people were allowed to return to their homes. >> and developing now security photos show smash and grab robbery willow grove park mall. they got away with rolex watches and investigators say one of the

suspects cut his hand on glass display case. >> more breaking news islamic rebels are threatening to execute to japanese nationals if the ran some is not paid. representatives from 100 japanese countries and the prime minister are on a visit to the mid the east. >> today is your chance to weigh in on future of love park. philadelphia parks and recreation department is hosting a meeting about resdaiping the local land mark. you can hear from the designers about their perhaps. tonight's meeting starts 6:00 central library on vine street. it's 5:17 and measles outbreak in disneyland is spreading. the cases next. >> it was not a big deal i saw someone that needed help and helped them. >> how a star football player saved another driver with one hand. right after a huge win. we'll be right back.

>> an he we'll be scare in new jersey. a woman spent the night in until energy she's a healthcare worker and traveled from sierra leone and it has been hit hard by the crisis and doctors are waiting on test results to see if she has boelt. >>. almost a dozen people that got sick deposit even visit the theme park and they expect the outbreak to continue to spread. measles is highly contagious and can spread through sneezing or kuv. >> ukee a college community in pennsylvania is mourning death of a student athlete this morning who died choking on gum. officials say 21-year-old senior

shanise clark was found unresponsive in pittsburgh over the weekend. preliminary report suggests the 21-year-old may have choked on a piece of gum in her sleep. the coroner is still investigating. >> that is something. so traumatic, so tragic. >> our time is now 5:21. seattle seahawks are getting ready for the super bowl but now they're in a social media fire storm. >> and hottest movie in the country. american sniper is leeing in hollywood. why celebrities are criticizing the movie.

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everybody, today is a nice, quiet, tranquil weather day for us as we look at the systems. it's not indicative of anything coming our way yet. it's a weak dome of high fresh eyre. it will not be as bright and sunny as you hope for. it's dry. we'll take what we can get right. meanwhile boardwalk plaza where all is calm and not windy any more and you can tell the boardwalk since dried out nicely. icing nowhere near the concern the last two days and again tranquil. tomorrow, that all goes downhill. especially closing in on evening and the next clipper makes arrival. modest snowfall arrivals coating to" and higher in the city and in general towards the evening towards the morning drive without a hitch. jess to you. >> thank you katie, good morning, everybody 5:24 roadway empty volume recognize and very dry as well. you check out 95 cottman avenue everything moving along long

fine. southbound lanes where the taillights are headed to center city area moving along long type. over on the schuylkill around city avenue usually this is jammed by later hours of the commute. you can see that so far. headed westbound to the king of prussia area just fine. route 55 southbound before route 30 blocking out the right-hand lane. ukee back to you. >> thank you jess. >> fly guys that try to shake off last night's game when they take open the peping wins at the well later tonight and penguins lost two in a row. eye landers on the eye land yesterday and first place islanders got it going early on. they score early and often against the rookie goalie. he had tools goals an exit including a break away. islanders win 7-4. >> sixers involved in king day matt nay and they didn't do much better that the fly guy.

wizards race in early sixers lead and never looked back. >> wow. >> form are star recall butler had that plan. they had several players in double digits. 111-76 sixers host the knicks tomorrow night. >> another heather tough game. number four villanova upset by georgetown hoys in pc. typeal score was 78-53 they host creighton on sunday. >> coming up in the next half hour we're cop tipping to breaking news. >> eye app athat gas leak put people out into the freeze and

how many people are out of their homes. >> also a close call open the run -- one of the pilots did not know he was in danger. >> jessica and katie returned with traffic and waerl on the threes.

>> good morning, everyone, thank you for joining us. updating breaking news from south philly where a major gas leaks forced more than a dozen people from homes overnight. >> eyewitness news reporter was live with an update for us. good morning jan. >> diana ukee, good morning and good news this morning from snyder avenue. i just spoke with pgw officials and they tell me that now only two people out of those 17 people displaced earlier on today remain out of the homes. so only two people now out in the cold. however, a warming center was

set autopsy cross the street at south philadelphia high school for those people in need. you can see pgw remains on the scene this morning. that's where they've been working on the broken gas main that as good as leak all morning long. right now taking a bit of a break. the gas has been shut off and they're working on a complete fix. many people have been allowed to return to their homes. now, this call came in right around 2:30, 2:40 in the morning snyder avenue and there was strong smell of gas in the area that's when crew president stoppeding so to evacuate you had six apartments snyder avenue and 17 people throughout the morning. slowly but surely those people were allowed back in. only two people remain out of the homes this morning. crews continue to work on a 4" gas main that they say broke. right now they're looking into the cause of that break. and that's where the problem sits at right now. completely fixing that main. and we spoke to a lot of people earlier this morning force the