we're following breaking news this wednesday morning two philadelphia a police officers hurt in the serious crash, we're live on the scene with new information. and, "eyewitness news" keeps an eye on the storm everything is fine new on storm scan three but just wait a few hours and another taste of winter is on the the way. i understand later this afternoon, it is wednesday january 21st, good morning everyone i'm's ukee washington. i'm's quarter von tiehl. penndot says roads and highways are ready for this latest blast of winter. we will give you a a look right here at the roadways as crews, brine the pavement. all of the prep work is complete monitoring road conditions with the help of their expansive network of cameras across the the camera. >> the plan will be to position our trucks on the

highways, with salt and when snow begins to fall whether it is late morning early afternoon they will be salting the roadways, keeping the roadways wet, you mr. as necessary, and then the timing of the storm is obviously a concern because it is looking like it will appear to extend in the evening rush hour. >> penndot wants drivers to stay at least six car lengths behind those car and plow trucks and give them room to do the job they need to do to keep you avenue. so when exactly should we expect this trouble to start? let's check with katie fehlinger. >> good morning, welcome back. we are expect to go see that snow as gene mentioned at penndot right in time for the renning rush. while this is a clipper system it is a typical because it will intensify moving through. it will bring south relatively modest snow accumulation but timing is awful, with this. nothing out there right now. sky cam three looking a okay over ben franklin bridge this will be a hot bed of messy activity here later on into the evening. meanwhile lets go back to storm scan three.

it is quiet the a moment ago. nothing more than a couple clouds out there at this hour. we can continue to zoom it out and see leading edge of what is on the edge here. even right now it doesn't look that impressive across ohio here we will continue to track this though, moving swiftly across the midwest and into our region as early as just after lunchtime. that is about the time, give or take a few hours that winter wet the era advisories will take effect. we are eag areas tart to get extendedded here. dit in the the include philadelphia, but now it does as well as lower bucks montgomery county but notice poconos you are not in it. the neither is lehigh rally. it is backward, don't you think a lot of times you think of snow systems coming through you think of the the poconos this will not gipped you but you are in the looking at anything significant this time around. really hot bed of activity will be southern new jersey and into delaware. the basically traveling south of philadelphia a on i-95 you will get hit the hardest here with the the worst of what this system has to offer.

we look for it, there it goes. what happened on my pause points they all went like that. but there were pause point in there to show you system will be moving in the afternoon. we will jump on to the next thing this is when it timing will begin here. light the snow for us beginning as early as 1:00 p.m., generally it will be west of philadelphia a for that early start time and it will will all just over spread, from west to east. steady snow looks like it is coming, timing is horrible, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and even though it is not a ton of accumulation we're talking one to 3 inches in general it is coming with terrible terrible timing. basically you will need to plan around this if you can. vittoria, it will be a real mess over there over to you. absolutely even on saturday when we had that severe accident multiple vehicle crash on the schuylkill expressway there wasn't too much precipitation on the ground. you do want to be careful out there no matter when our weather reporters are calling for any sort of precipitation because it will affect your

roadways in a big way. i noticed looking at the the road it looked to be slick. the just keep that in mind. traveling on i-95 and rest of the majors you are in the clear. there are in problems or delays out there. taking a look at i-95 around academy good north and southbound. moving down vine street expressway also a beautiful ride. maybe heading to the i-95 and maybe the schuylkill using westbound direction of the vine, speed sensors are high up in the 50's. not only the the vine street the expressway but every where so you do have good news out there let's talk about northeast philadelphia, for a second it is that coney millnor street closedded around cottman avenue as a result of the accident. there is an investigation. best alternate would be to take state road. we have construction project in new jersey a affecting both sides of 295 between 42 and 168, that will be ongoing until 6:00 a.m. erika. breaking news now in north philadelphia, two police officers injured in the violent three car collision. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is on the scene with more details jan.

>> reporter: ukee and erika it is surprising there were no serious injuries here, the the most serious of the injuries police tell us was suffered by that police officer driving his vehicle just a cut to his head and a concussion. you can tell how surprising it is based on all of the debris left behind and you can tell will how strong this impact was here. this is a three car accident involving a police car and two other cars, the crash happened here at 25th and lehigh around 3:00 o'clock this morning. the police officers were transporting a a 24 year-old gunshot victim to temple hospital at the time of the accident. that victim had three gun shots to his legs. police were driving with their lights, siren on and as police were traveling east on lehigh they got in the accident with the lexus traveling north on 25th and then cars crashed in the third vehicle a camaro traveling west on lehigh everyone was taken to temple hospital in stable condition. now, this morning there is no

word on how fast anyone was driving but we are learning more about the driver's of the civilian vehicle. police tell us they are both non-licensed drivers. no information about the ages just that they are male, non-licensed drivers. back out here live on the scene you can see that the accident reconstruction team will have to go through here to determine exactly what happened here but a lot of destruction left behind, surprising that there are no serious injuries here. of course, police say there will be tickets citations involved because these drivers are non-licensed but just exactly how everything happened here that is still under investigation. the just as soon as we will get more information we will bring it straight to you. live from northeast philadelphia jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we have a accidentally accident in holmesberg to tell but police say an suv crashed in the wall in the 7300 block of million nor street and a passenger was kill. another 22-year old man was also injured. the driver is under arrest accused of driving under the influence.

president obama stress economic progress in his state of the union address. the last night marked first time that the president spoke to a republican controlled congress on capitol hill. he urged congress to build on economic gains, by raising taxes on the nation's wealthy to pay for tax reductions, for the middle class. the president called for the country to turn the the page after the lengthy economic down turn in more than a decade of war. >> for all that we have endured, for all of the grit, hard work required to come back for all of the tasks that lie ahead know this, the shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. >> for the first time the white house released a speech to the public before the president spoke and they also made it interactive. for those who followed on line the speech had graphics and statistics relating to the president's remarks.

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coming up on 4:43. it is not so much morning commute but afternoon commute, right. >> rough stuff. >> we're totally fine this morning. nothing is here until we are basically approaching lunchtime frame. we are definitely good for the next few hours, yeah. it is evening traffic that will be hit very hard here. >> which way is it coming from. i talk to my sister, in pittsburgh. they said boom, they got snow one or 2 inches. >> that is typically what will happen. it is a classic clippers in the way that it is moving through but it is not most typical system because it is intensifying as they move through a lieutenant of time they move through and this would be will have a chance to gather more strength and moisture and we will end up with a little bull's eye even of some spots picking up 4 inches of snow out of this thing. let me show you storm scan three. give you a sense what is up. we have signs of life across ohio but main activity over minnesota, wisconsin and all moving through very quickly. by the time it reaches us

we're talking as early as 1:00 p.m. but you have to be in the western suburbs for that to happen. we will talk a lancaster county, chester county or berks to see the beginning. the here's our exclusive snowfall map i have a good feeling this will start off as a chilly rain toward shore points. we have moderating influence with the ocean air. look at at this up to 4 inches little will broad brush area a affect by it, into southern burlington county and across the the bay into kent but generally we're talking one to 3 inches as it moves through and timing is less than ideal. our temperatures as they stand right now, mid to upper 20's, flirting with the freezing mark and it is chilly and that cold air will set stage to be a snow event. it starts to move in as early a as one two three, p moving from west to east and persist through better part of the evening rush. there may be pockets where we are not seeing much but there will be snow and it will be affecting our major roadways. snow is out of here by

midnight, it is a clipper, it will not take too much time to get out. we will drop down to 27, both thursday and friday are tame days. we will get high pressure in place but already, don't blink you might miss the sun. already by saturday a new storm is brewing and it does a appear as though this has a better chance to affect us. we have a rain/snow threat, too early to peg any accumulation but this one has a lot of moisture witt, stay tuned. >> you know i will, come on now. you know i will. >> innings isers take on the knicks tonight at the well in south philadelphia. new york is in last place in the nbc's atlantic division. sixers are building together for the future and working out yesterday in wynnewood they stand at eight-33 right now. coach brett brown has the the mid season report for you. >> our half court defense has been really good. we're moving in the direction that we want. we still have to continue offensive troy pass the ball and share the the ball so much

better. i think we're getting there. sometimes it gets deflating when we don't make shots at the end of those good passes but i see it being that mostly a as a team and i'm thrilled with the development that the guys are making good that is good to hear. flyers fighting for a playoff spot and fighting the penguins at the well last night. zach renal do faces a us suspension and things went south after. that fights broke out through the rest of the game. flyers ended up winning the battle in overtime on a goal by captain claude giroux. girl right and jake voracek represent flyers in the sunday's all-star game in columbus. goodwin before the break. still ahead on "eyewitness news", google plans to take cyberspace into outer space. >> but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

updating breaking news two philadelphia a police officers are injured while rushing a

shooting victim to the hospital. "eyewitness news" at 25th and lehigh. the the original shooting took place on north cumberland street before 3:00 this morning. the officers and shooting victim are now at temple hospital. we are preparing for snow later today and so is penndot. the command center is in full operation and dispatchers are monitoring that are cameras to make sure crews are heading to the trouble spots. trucks prepared the roads yesterday with brine. >> president obama a focused on the country's economy and recovery during his sixth state of the union address. republicans say they will work with the president but they will also use their control of congress to fight his tax plans and other issues. we are looking at 4:49. lets check on business. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the the new york stock exchange. we are hearing google is making a huge investment in the start up space exploration company, what is going on here. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika. google invested a billion dollars in space x which is the space exploration start

up. the must being has wanted to launch a series of satellites to expand internet access to the billions of people across the globe that still don't have it. that is good for google because more people that can get on line the more money google can potentially make. >> paying off student loans is a big financial burden for a lot of americans, tell us about this unexpect place where grads can get he help now. >> reporter: if you're having trouble paying off student loans there is a city that wants to help niagara falls new york. there is a catch, of course, you have to move there. but this is part of the revitalization plan to attract yuck people to the city so niagara falls says it will pay $7,000 toward your student loans but you have to live for two years in a reportly run down part of the city. it could be worth it for some people though. >> niagara falls you have beautiful natural surroundings but more snow then here. >> something to think about.

>> get some wings for two years. >> nice view but the negative is the the weather but who knows it could be worth it. >> yeah, interesting. >> thanks, jill. niagara falls, slowly i turn. you know the stooges -- guess no. >> talk bit during the break good coming up, after the break traffic and we

4:53. lets check with vittoria and the roads. >> right now we are doing fine. we are not seeing any major problems on our majors in pennsylvania delaware, even in new jersey, however, if you are traveling in new jersey specifically the new jersey turnpike we are dog with speed he restrictions as a result of the weather as a precaution. you do want to be mindful of that at 45 miles an hour. looking at our area bridges volleys never really a problem at the this time. we have to worry about incidents but there are no incidents reported either so

far on the majors. so all and all a very nice commute at 4:53. this shot of the schuylkill expressway around spring garden you look great. we have an accident situation off of the highways on lehigh avenue closing lehigh avenue between 25th and 24th your best alternate traveling this area would be to take huntington or somerset. there is an investigation as well that same location that jan carabao was reporting earlier. we have an accident at holmesberg closing millare in street ate cottman avenue. the about option is state road. no delays the with the majors. the later on will be the problem but not so much the rush hour katie. >> it is that proverbial calm before the the storm this morning we will be free and clear, nothing more than the typical delays you will find out there the on the roads but it the is a different ballgame in the early evening. even as early as of afternoon as kid are getting out of school. looking already finding some signs of life here on storm scan the beginnings of the the moisture source heading our way. we have a clipper system.

not the most typical we have ever seen. for one thing it has warm air to work with in advance of it. we will likely start off with some rain, out toward coastal area generally snow for everyone else. we will look at these future snow amounts and it is all over where we have a coating up to an inch or three, the lowest totals oddly enough go to the mountain terrain because the the access of higher moisture rolls through delaware and southern new jersey this time around. so that is why we're expecting potentially even a little bull's eye of 4 inches in those spots. looking forward in you're witness weather three day forecast, we're expecting that snow to make its arrival just after lunchtime in the western most counties but by that point we have got winter weather advisories that will be in effect for philadelphia, adjacent counties and points south and it will be snow that even though comes down lightly it will persist right through evening rush. licensing gone by midnight in the clear for both thursday

and friday but there may be a new storm looming for saturday. we have an eye on that possibility. back to you. here's a check of the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 will be following. volunteers get to philadelphia's parks subways anal is as part of the federal account of the homeless. when it comes to hospice care many patients and families don't know what it means. which philadelphia area college and universities give you more bang for your bucks. check in two, three, four times a day, kyw news radio 1060. coming up, katie continues to track the snow that could affect your afternoon commute. we ere continuing to follow several breaking stories including police officers hurt in the crash while rushing a shooting victim to the hospital. need another reason to grab that extra cup of coffee how that jolt of caffeine could ward off cancer. we are back at the top of the hour. we will be right back.

we're following breaking news debris covers a north philadelphia a street after two police officers are hurt in the crash while rushing a shooting victim to the hospital. we are live with the latest on how they are doing this morning. an suv smashed like an accordion after crashing in the building overnight, one of the passengers is dead. we will tell what you police say driver was doing just moment before that wreck. we also have more on the breaking news in a moment but first check this out road are clear right now on i-95 near the airport but that will change over the next few hours. storm scan three on the right there shows snow heading our way and this could make your afternoon commute a messy one. we will get over to kate toy see when that snow will start falling, morning is clear. >> morning is clear yes.

we will just eventually see that snow pick up i would say as soon as we hit lunchtime and beyond, that is when he all bets are off and that system will make its arrival. we are definitely okay for now but as we start off here we will zero on storm scan at the local level, making its sweep and not picking up on anything yet. we can throw satellite coverage on top and we have a nice, clear sky. it is like that proverbial calm before the storm here and this is just a clipper even though we have an eye on very poor timing with it, it the is, in the necessarily going to be bringing us anything more than modest snowfall totals but you can see leading edge of the moisture moving right now into portions of the appalachian range and just matter of hours before it hits us. as soon as we hit late morning we will see winter weather advisory taking effect here you may see them begin as early as 10:00 a.m. but just know you will get through typical morning rush without any hint of winter weather ye