building is dark, that is close to hundred people have been displaced by this fire. we're told by red cross that those people are at a nearby -- i'm sorry. >> this is fire marshall you are hearing from. >> if you go out back you will see damage, all of the damage good on the back side. >> reporter: we're live on the air right now can you walk us through exactly what happened today, this morning. >> at approximately 911 dispatcher center received a call from the fire in the building here. several occupants were alerted to the a alarm system in the building and several occupants called 911. they received multiple calls on this white marsh police department arrived to find the four story apartment building was coming from all four floors and the fire visible from the second floor rear and third floor rear of the building. there was multiple people that

had woken up that were trapped on their balconies and lower basement windows. they could not get out because hallways were full of smoke. police initiated rescues. fire companies, baron hill wissohickon and they were dispatched when they arrived every ground ladder they could use was used in the area of the devices and fireman assisted the police in evacuating the residents from the building. our first priority is life safety. we had limited crews on fire suppression. once we had occupants accounted for then efforts were getting the the fire under control. >> reporter: a couple injuries as well, in the specific unit where this started. >> in the unit where fire start there had were five residents in that unit. two were transported to abington hospital with smoke inhalation a third one was transported to abington with burns on the feet and they have been transported down to temple burn unit. >> reporter: talk about how surprising there weren't more

serious injuries. there are people on their balconiness need of rescue. >> that is correct, a and today with the weather that we're facing. it is very cold out. icy conditions in the parking lot. snow on the ground. this could have have very well been a double or triple fatal fire here but with the efforts between the police and fire, ambulance, our emergency services in the township, things went pretty well. >> reporter: fire marshall also talk about the history of this building. we understand three years ago you were going to condemn this because of the number of code violations but you have been working with the the owner and possibly that could have save lives today. >> approximately three years ago building and code department and my office, we have work with the officials and the the owner. we did condemn the building because of many building and fire code violations. we have a very good working relationship with the current owner. he has in the last three years has done a lot of work on bringing the building up to code. again, i contribute -- >> reporter: specifically with

the fire system. >> i contribute a lot of lives being saved today with the function ago alarm systems that a alerted occupants to the problem and they realized what was going on and they were able to do what they could to get out. >> thanks very much. we will have more update from the scene throughout the morning we will send it back to you in the the studio. back to you both. we are following more news, has mass crews are on the, and, 4700 block of darren street. we a will guys for shaking look right there. but we are getting it up and stable. when fire fighters arrived they found a 500-gallon tank, and at the manufacturing corporation leaking. no evacuations or injuries have been reported so far. we will have more updates throughout the morning erika. a north philadelphia store owner has a close call with two robbers. now philadelphia police have released this surveillance video right here. they are hoping that you can id those two men, robbed him. now last week, two men walk into the store on west

clearfield street. one of them had an ar15 style rifle and pointed it right at the store owner. >> so, he said where is the money. i said give it to me. you got it. money right there. i was in the cash register. i said you got the money. he said in more, or i shoot you. >> he was not hurt. men did leave with $500. if you have any information you are asked to call philadelphia police. right now 60:00 36789 lets get traffic ape weather together. katie is outside on the sky deck. you need gloves hat and scarves today. >> it is very cold start. i have been lucky not too much of the way kicking in. it did a couple times being out here on the sky deck. when it does kick in it does make a chilly start to the day that much colder. so storm scan three taking a look here at last hour loop. any cloud have thinned out the nicely. we are watching it paul way. it is long gone at this point right on cue school buses rolled through our shot outside pleasant valley middle

and high school in broadhead,ville. they have been swept clean. it will be a coal start as kid head back to school today and you head back to work after having a day off yesterday perhaps. you will even up with that chill in the air. here's how it feels right now. these are values you need to be dressing for. when we're talking single digits you need to bundle up adequately. feeling well below zero up through the pocono region. really cold air mass in place. with the wind it is just that much more worse. what are we talking about here? this isn't epic cold but it is chillier than average. we are shooting for 30 degrees at best. mostly sunny skies the spectation. worse of the breeze generally happening, for the the the first part of the day, and as we look ahead i want to take you out zoo thursday night. that is when our next disturb a answer moves n it is just a disturbance. it is not a storm but it will be bringing us modest snowfall, generally we're talking the the northwestern half of the delaware valley to pick up on that. at this point i don't think we are talking major totals at

all. more nuisance coat to go max, absolutely a a max up to 2 inches. more on that later in the show. vittoria. >> good morning everyone. we are starting to see a little bit of the rush hour in areas. lets go outside and take a look first at how you are to go traveling on the roosevelt boulevard. it is not awful. but give or take the next 15 to 20 minutes southbound side of the boulevard will be pretty stacked approaching the area of the schuylkill expressway because you know westbound side of 76 will form traffic as well. but as of right now it could be worse out there. northbound on the roosevelt boulevard no major delays. as we continue, and purchase move you elsewhere traveling i-95 right around broad street area approaching girard point bridge. that would be southbound direction no delays in either direction around this part here. south philadelphia delaware county looking great, however, if you are heading out of the northeast using the southbound side of i-95 we are starting to see traffic around cottman and girard. we have a jackknife tractor trailer situation. 295 southbound approaching 38, blocking the left-hand lane.

traveling in new jersey on the 42 freeway expect northbound volume approaching 295. ukee? >> vittoria, thanks very much. a wall breaks from the side of the center city building and send bricks through the roof of lulu lemon athletic next door. three women were hurt by falling debris inside the walnut street store. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us from the scene about more on the investigation, nicole. >> reporter: ukee, that is right. if if you had any plans to shop at lulu lemon here on walnut street in center city, well, it will have to wait as you mentioned the roof partially collapsed yesterday afternoon. you can take a look behind me and see that stories still closed and will remain that way with l and i expected to come out and inspect that property and the one next to it this morning. they came for athletic apparel and left on stretchers. >> it shook, it shook. it was intense. very intense. >> reporter: now department of licenses and inspections or l and i, wants to know what caused bricks from the

building next door to come crashing through the roof have of lulu lemon on walnut street tuesday afternoon. >> it was just so intense we could breathe from the dust. >> everybody was in shock. nobody knew what it was. >> reporter: christine van dallas haley was inside the store while the attorney lewis bo va heard the commotion from his law office located next door. >> a really loud crash that shook my desk. >> reporter: this picture was snapped of the partial collapse which sent three women to the hospital with minor injuries. "eyewitness news" caught up with one of the injured woman's families. >> emergency crews arrived within minutes and now it is up to l and i to conduct an investigation hoping to conduct an investigation to determine what caused the crash inside the popular retail store. now, according to l and i neither property has any history of property maintenance violations and both property owners have a apparently cooperated with l and i. that being said they are scheduled to return to the the

this scene later this morning and conduct that investigation. that is latest live from center city, nicole brewer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> nicole, thanks very much. winter storm that spared our area created havoc in the northeast. strong wind, stirred up the the ocean and slammed the coast. >> homes and cars are frozen and buried and now a massive dig out a clean up is underway. we are live in massachusetts with a look at that damage. also ahead a dozen male members of the fill will a fire department are under investigation after reports they had sex with a female member while on duty. out break of measles has reached a critical point we have details coming up for you in the healthwatch, we will be

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chris van cleve joins us from massachusetts where residents already digging out from almost 2 feet of snow. chris, tell us more, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. some resident will to have do more than dig out. we have several homes damaged after a sea wall gave way and as a push of high tied, mixed with a strong wind, that were coming out of this storm pushed boulders and debris into these homes. we will push in, you can see behind me some of the damage. also, it is high tied right now so water is again, flowing into the street, this was the not your typical blizzard. winter's frigid fury, snow continues to blanket part of the eastern massachusetts overnight freezing some homes and cars in time. it was damage when a storm driven high tied destroyed a portion of the sea wall

incoming some homes off of their foundation. several homes were flooded and condemn. still, some resident refused to evacuate. >> the captain goes down with the ship, you know what i mean. >> reporter: another high tidies expect early wednesday morning, police say they are waiting until today light to reassess the situation. travel ban across the state of massachusetts was lifted at in midnight. governor urge residents to exercise caution and stay home, if possible. >> there is a tremendous amount of clean up that remains to be done abe unless you have a a reason to be out tonight, or tomorrow, after midnight, we would encourage you not to be. >> reporter: blizzard left 2 feet of snow in the ground in boston. the plow where is back the on the road to make way for morning commuters. massachusetts was not the only state hit hard tuesday. close to 30 inches of snow felon long island where two deaths have been reported. travelers stranded in boston's logan international airport are hoping to take to the air today, with the storm winding

down, flights are expect to resume this morning. we're still seeing snow, wind anding ago along with all that are absolute thely frigid temperatures. low in boston today 10 degrees but with the wind chill it feels like negative five. you are digging out from a feet of snow in frigid conditions, schools are closed across the the commonwealth of massachusetts today, some schools will be closed again tomorrow and, of course, we still have power outages too. at least 4500 people on nantucket, no power, in all of this cold weather. ukee and erika. >> thanks, chris, we will check back with you throughout the morning. just past 6:15. lets get traffic and weather together. >> it was a monster of a storm system. we are fining some lingering moisture from that spin helping to kick in a northwesterly wind now. as we heard in the report it is so much colder. core of our cold is further off to the north. it is cold here too and colder by comparison to what we saw

yesterday which we will get to. i want to draw your a attention to the moisture beginning to form here over central canada in the canadian prairie. very beginning of the new disturbance that will move in. today high pressure ruling the loose. we can see that, it is cold outside. cloud build through daylight hours by tomorrow and tomorrow night. we will see this disturbance move across. it is a weak disturbance. i am worried about nuisance travel for your morning drive on friday, especially through north west half of our area maybe a coat to go an inch, possibly maxing out at 2 inches for those spots but that is probably, the the bench mark where we wouldn't see anymore. it is in the a very major event for us. by saturday, frigid with a high of 24 and sunshine. sunday night a much larger storm is taking aim at our area vittoria. >> good morning everyone. we are seeing rush hour that is really going to start to slow down your commute.

specifically 95. traveling in the southbound direction out of the northeast all the way through area have cottman avenue what you are looking at and making your way down through vine street expressway. not like this the whole way but traveling on i-95 every day it sure feels like it. north bound i-95 is doing just fine. traveling on 422 eastbound we are starting to see a touch of traffic around the the a area of trooper. it is in the so much back toward oaks. you are still moving at an okay speed. traveling highways and in and out of the neighborhood be careful of black ice. i want to throw that out there. a ammonia leak at margaret and foulkerod street. take frankford avenue. mass transit is fine. ukee? here's is what going on ape mother and two daughters make a daring escape from their burning apartment building in white marsh montgomery county. the family jumped from a second floor balcony. the fire forced dozens of other resident from their home. also today inspectors will be on the scene of yesterday's center city roof collapse. bricks falling from the high rise next door may to be blame. three women were injured.

upper darby police followed footprints in the snowow to homes allegedly burglarized by steven dolceamore and followed his print to the getaway car and accomplice as well. police want to know if the couple robbed other homes. we will be right back.

let's talk hoops. sixers host detroit pistons at the well in south philadelphia. sixers are without tony wroten but will have michael carter

williams back on the roster. he missed the last game with the illness. flyers fell behind coyoties early last night. ray emery allowed two goals one of them by connor murphy. his daddies an assistant. flyers brought in steve mason hoist back from the lower body injury. the fly guys, and coyoties played into overtime and then a shoot-out. wayne train was on track, wayne simmonds would win it for flyers. four-three is your final score. flyers and winnipeg jets at the well tomorrow night. speaking of the jets, they were the the guest for sidney crosby bobble head night in pittsburgh. sidney was out with an injury and his name was misspelled on the game program. here's a closer look at that cover. even pittsburgh is calling him sidney now. wow. penguins, will recall the program, but they admit some fans may have already, bought one. >> you know, somebody is hearing about that this morning. >> yes. we will call him that for

years. he is a great player. that is flight. if you think all athletes does play ball here's proof they use their head as well. >> one player using his head to play ball. watch gasol of the chicago bulls as he fell trying a lay up. he helped the ball. knocking it right there. right in the basket doing so. basketball is much harder then soccer balls, so, i imagine he had a lit about it of the sore forehead. he does it the quite naturally. we will take it. talented guy. >> we will take a closer look at that. are you not buying it. >> no, i think so. >> college applicants, the start of the new school year may be months away but now is the time to apply for financial a aid. we are live with the checklist of things you need to do. new concerns about children and sugar drinks. why this is especially important for parents of girls to hear. we will have that information coming up in our healthwatch. we w

6:23. lets get traffic and weather together. how is it looking this morning. >> definitely pretty good. it is cold. it is january. it is what you expect, right but storm scan three is completely tea void of clouds and precipitation. it will stay that way all day and all night but win is noticeable. that is in the something we will see taper off until later today. pretty persistent north west breeze. you will notice it, it will make the high which is cold enough at 30 degrees feel that much colder. by tomorrow night our next modest round of light snow is coming through and coat to go 2 inches absolute max and primarily to the northwest half of our area. vittoria. good morning everyone. traveling the 42 freeway notice traveling north bound we are developing a lit built

of the rush hour. north bound on the 42 approaching 295. this stems back to 55, sole we will keep an eye on it. on 295 southbound we have a jackknife tractor trailer a and 38 left lane is block. you will want to avoid that area if you can. we are seeing rush hour on i-95 southbound out of the northeast down through the vine street expressway and westbound on the schuylkill at city avenue. the it is slight there. we have a vehicle fire in new jersey i195 westbound just beyond the new jersey turnpike the right lane is block. the mass transit is doing okay. on your healthwatch a measles out break ties to an infected person at disney land continues to grow out west. eighty-seven infections are now report add cross seven states, and mexico california though has the most cases, they have 73 cases. health officials say many of those sickened were not vaccinated. the highly contagious disease is spread through the air by coughing and sneezing. there are new you concerns this morning about children and sugary drinks.

researchers at harvard medical school found that girls who drank one and a half sugary drinks a day they started their period almost three months earlier then girls who had no more than two sugary drinks a week. the study says that the findings are significant because earlier period may be linked to a higher risk of breast cancer later in life. another controversial car service is moving into philadelphia lift will start ride friday night. ride sharing services is men for pink mustaches on its cars. like uber who use an app on your phone to catch a ride but service is illegal in the city. the p pa said cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this statement about lift's plans saying unlike 1600 licensed cabs in the city there is in guarantee that lift cars are clean, safe, inspected or insured. lift drivers have no training. they have in the the gone through extensive driving and criminal background checks. city promises to find lift

drivers $1,000 impound their cars if they are caught driving any passengers, erika. 6:27. coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news" we are live with breaking news, fire ravages an apartment building, jan? >> reporter: three people are in the hospital this morning after an early morning fire here in white marsh that sent hundreds of people in the street. we will have a full update the straight a ahead. also a dozen male members of the philadelphia fire department are under investigation after reports that they had sex with a feast mail member, while on duty. >> and vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together on the three's. a live shot here of center city. the it says it is 19, it feels so much colder. bundle up before you head out. katie has your forecast, vittoria is checking on the

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more on our breaking news we have been following flames and smoke tear through a montgomery county apartment building, fire fighters, quickly, rescued the tenants but at least one family was forced to escape, the flames a mother and her daughters jumped from balcony from safety. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from white marsh township, jan. >> the the fire marshall tells

us that everyone here is very, very fortunate that there were no serious injuries this morning as a result of this fire. they say this easily could have been a deadly fire. now all is quiet the right new but with fire crew is arriving, many residents were on those balconies in need of rescue. one family we expect to jumped to safety. three people were taken to the hospital and only one of those people have had minor burns. now this fire, started in white marsh here around 1:00 in the morning. these are washington tower apartments on the 400 block of south bethlehem pike. they were around hundred people here this morning when the fire broke out inside of the second story apartment. the flames ripped through several apartments all the way through to the roof, smoke filled all four floors. fire crews went into rescue mode. unfortunately this is the second fire in recent weeks but fire marshall says this building owner here has made upgrade over the past three years that probably helped save lives this morning. take a listen. >> about three years ago building inn accompanied department and my office for

white marsh township we did contempt the building because of the numerous building and fire code violations. all of the occupants at that time were evacuated from the building. since then owner is very cooperative with us, and has brought the the building up to code. he has construction tours to the building, and has put a modern alarm system in the building, smoke detectors alerted the objecting pants. >> reporter: now some residents, including children were forced to jump this morning. we spoke to a mom who has a five-year old, eight years old, this is that mom's cell phone video you are looking at right now. they heard the alarm and smelled thick smoke. after realizing they had had no way out they jumped from the second story apartment and safe this morning staying with family. back out here live it is dark, all 100 residents here had been evacuated as you can imagine. the cause of the investigation

continues. now three families are being helped by the red cross. ones that suffered the most is he vee fire from the damage. rest are in a hotel. fire marshall says they will be here on the scene to investigate. wire live, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meanwhile l and i officials resume their investigation this morning into what caused a wall from the center city building to give way, sending bricks crashing down on to a business next door. yesterday, three women were cart add way on stretchers, from lulu lemon at the store on 15th and walnut. an attorney shared a picture from his vantage point next door. here it is, inspector record show both properties have neither building, as having any previous violations. suspect killer eric frein could face the death penalty according to the pike county district attorney who made the announcement yesterday. frein is accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and critically injuring another outside of their barracks in

the poconos last september. the ambush prompted a 48 day manhunt. frein is expected to formally a rain tomorrow. just past 6:33. lets get back to katie and more on the forecast. what a cold day katie. >> it is a cold winter's day but i expect you need sunglasses too because it will be a nice bright, sunny day, gorgeous sunrise is set to get underway. we're going to start off with what promises to be a beautiful shot in just about an hour or so from now when the sun does rise over the horizon. this is a live look facing east, in center city philadelphia. right there in the foreground is actually or broad street there and then off in the distance you can see the clouds starting to yield and we will end up with nice, beautiful sunlight popping up over that horizon. the it could blind you heading east here during the sun up but storm scan three is quiet empty with high pressure taking place of low pressure from the storm retreating yesterday but we are expecting brutal wind chills this morning, because it is low in

high pressure doing battle in between the area of the pressure, that is where we get this pressure gradient that can lead to cold wind that comes from the northwest. these are values you want to be dressing for walking out the door. it is a cold day for sure. we will expect daytime high to hit 30 in philly. at the shore we are talking 32 at best but there will be sunshine for everyone and it will be across the board. that is the story here today chilly sunny, windy and then we will look ahead to tomorrow night for next round of light snow and vittoria will have more coming up later in the show. >> looking forward to that thanks katie. you won't be looking forward to the rush hour you will find on i-95. lets head outside. we should have a sound effect for that. ninety-five, traveling southbound out of the northeast down through the vine street expressway. it is going to be heavy. i would say your heaviest point is academy down to the cottman avenue and then approaching allegheny which thinks area here down through the vine street expressway. you know how it is. heading out of the north east

it will feel slow the entire way. give yourself more time. moving to the vine street expressway westbound definitely feeling that pocket of traffic approaching the schuylkill. eastbound on the vine you are free and clear between 76 and 95. good news there westbound on 76 i would anticipate that bubbling rush hour traffic as you make your way around city avenue. new jersey transit is cross honoring today as a result of the a lot of the cancellation that is they experienced yesterday with the system wide shut down. the also in new jersey, we still have a vehicle fire on i195 westbound beyond new jersey turnpike. right lane is blocked. mass transit is in the clear. 6:36. dorm move in day, that is still months away probably september, cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger says now it is the the time for college applicant toss receive financial aid to complete those free applications for federal student aid. >> she's up in new york good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so why start the the the process now. >> reporter: every school sets its own financial aid due date but some money is a available

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6:43. let's check with our weather watchers. good morning katie. >> we do. they have cold air to report, that is for sure,er contact lets go right into the map here and temperatures are generally in the teens across the board, we have to factor in that wind on a day like

this too because we are seeing a pressure gradient to kick in that chilly northwesterly breeze. we will go around the board and take a look at them close-up. lisa kerrigan bright clear skies in wilmington and 19 degrees her temperature there we are up to 15 degrees at best from john o'donnell with nice clear sky from downingtown, pennsylvania. just a beautiful sunrise. starting to pick up here. i prom toys bring you views of that as well as we go throughout the morning. the lets go to 14 degrees sent from steve up declemente, clear skies as well. it is chris has clear across the board in robbins villain every where else a as we kick start our morning here. it is really looking like a pleasant start to the morning for you. outside palmyra cove nature park where we are in the teens at this hour, live neighborhood network. breeze was what was will get you. it the is out of the northwest. it is relatively modest. when we're talking colder air that makes it feel that much more colder. it is january. you need to be bundling up at this point of the year. here is your nor'easter still pulling away here, becoming a

non-issue, other than left over win but beginning of the next disturbance visible over canadian prairie. that will come in just as a minor disturbance and this is our first stab at our snowfall map. you are talking really modest totals. maybe up to 2 inches, max. it would affect the early morning drive on friday but in a nuisance way. you are not shoveling this away. that is good news. dips out of here on friday. much colder behind it on sat the day. sunday night into monday our next much larger and much more moisture rich storm is looking to take shape and head for our area vittoria. >> looking forward to that, not looking forward to that. good morning everyone. traveling on the 42 freeway you won't be looking forward to traffic that continues to build on the 42 northbound side. as you make your way out of the area here about creek road. approaching 295 but it is stemming back toward area of 55 and in turn affecting north bound side of 55 for anyone heading to the 42 freeway, there you go. moving along now to the the 30

bypass we are seeing eastbound volume no doubt about that right around the area of 340. the a as you know that will continue to build. so lets talk speed sensors. eighteen traveling on i-95, southbound from the northeast down through the vine and academy down through the vine. traveling on the schuylkill expressway you are in the 30's but would i say westbound you will hit that pocket where you barely move at city avenue. definitely an area to give yourself more time. watch out traveling in the frankford section of the northeast and ammonia leak at daris street between market street and full beingrod. frankford avenue is your best alternate there. a sex scandal in the philadelphia fire department. alleged sexual acts happened in firehousees a and at least one vehicle. they are under investigation by the philadelphia inspector general's office. "eyewitness news" i team investigative reporter walt hunter picks up the the story. >> reporter: sources tell cbs-3 that philadelphia fire department officials are now considering possible disciplinary a action against as many as a dozen male fire

department members suspected of having sex on duty with a female member following an investigation by the fill and expect or general. among allegations sources say a female member found engaged in sex with two male members inside of a vehicle, and sources confirmed that sexual activity among the female and male members at several firehousees, around the city. while top city officials are not commenting sources say investigators from the special victims unit were immediately alerted to the allegations months ago. but determined that there were no ground for filing criminal charges. the the inspector general then took over the investigation. sources say that the decision by fire officials, here on possible disciplinary action, will be guided by a new disciplinary code recently enacted in the fire department, in addition sources indicate, that there may well be new policies on firehouse activities in the

near future and additional sensitivity training. all measures expect to be a announced soon. the female fire department member who sources say came forward with the allegations decline our request for comment. meanwhile sources say fire officials here are expected to make their decision on disciplinary actions sometime in the next two weeks. after that we may learn more about the incident that is under investigation, the identities of some of the fire fighters and, their rang in the department. at fire headquarters i'm walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news". 6:48. woman in handcuffs tries to make a daring escape from police near pittsburgh, and it is all captured on camera. take a look police arrested 27 year-old roxanne river for allegedly shoplifting. officers put her in the back have of their patrol car but she somehow managed to slip through the plexiglas divider and into the front seat. that is when investigators say that she ram her way through the cars, leading police on a

high speed chase. thankfully no injuries were reported. she did eventually abandoned the car and was taken back into custody. take a look at this rescue fire fighters in fresno, california rush in the burning home, to save three young children who are now hospitalized in critical condition. officials say they will stay under the care of the state while police investigate where mother was where that fire broke out. fire investigators in california ruled the fire, as accidental. all right. right now it is 6:49. lets see is what coming up on cbs this morning. >> gayle king joins us from new york, she has a preview. >> i saw that video this morning ukeelee amazing video on the fire fighters helmet. erika, good to see you too. ahead we are in boston hi, we're in boston and along massachusetts coast where they are starting to dig out. plus backlash over the incorrect forecast in new york

city. people still talking about that. secret service cannot stop a drone at the white house then tell house can. chip reid shows us why new technology will to detect them only goes so far. from dancing, a little bit of dance to go deflecting questions, jane crawford is at university of phoenix stadium with the highlights from super bowl media day. news is back in the morning. we will see new ten minutes. >> we were just talking about that marshawn lynchy thought you would be at the super bowl and get a chance to go down there. >> i do think media day sound fun. i got a kick out of marshawn lynch saying i'm only here in the to be find. i'm only here in the to be find. did he that same answer 29 times. >> i know it. >> think of a good question that he will respond to. >> he just plays football, that is it i just play football, that is it. >> um-hmm. >> we will move on. >> thanks, gayle. >> ♪ tell me is what the word ♪ >> word is taylor swift is

shaking off recent threats. >> berks county mega star says her social media accounts were hacked yesterday. the a attackers reportedly threat tone leak nude photos. the 25 year-old responded with this tweet saying because hackers will hack, hack, hack, hack but she is not too worried. she wrote ps any hackers saying they have nudes, ukee please with the sound effect, you would love that, wouldn't you. have fun photo shopping because you you got nothing. >> chris brown fans who planned to go to a concert in philadelphia next month may want to make other plans. a judge denied sicker's request to force him to cancel between the sheets tour. brown says he is difficulties a appointed that the judge said he must finish his community services before traveling anywhere. it is a condition of his probation for his 2009 a assault on his then girl friend rihanna. award season is in full swing and music fans have plenty to look forward to at this years grammy award. organizers a announced a

number of collaborative performances lined up with a number of due its. here's one adam levin and gwenn stephani, pretty good, right. it is coming up. the the grammys on cbs-3. the the award show air live on february 8th at 8:00. alsoso lady gaga, tony bennet, so many good collaborations. >> i hope l.l. cool j is hosting. that he might be. >> i think so. >> yes. >> exactly. >> we will be right back. >> but first here's is what coming up tonight right here on cbs-3. we will be back in a bit.

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here is your traffic and weather together katie. >> it is cold out there this morning, for sure, our storm system is long gone and we are just left with quiet weather. look at the beautiful sunrise currently underway. no sun yet over that horizon but light of day is there and creating some very, very pretty colors to go with it here. as we take you out to feels like values looks are deceiving at this time of the the year. can have a gorgeous sunrise but frigid outside with a marylandes breeze. it feels more like single digits across the entire game. keep that in mine. our next round of snow is on the the way, folks, thursday night into early morning friday we are expecting a light round of that snow to

come through, a modest coat to go up to 2 inches and primarily through north western half of the delaware valley. vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning everyone. lets talk about what is happening traveling on the schuylkill expressway eastbound at the roosevelt boulevard. it is an accident compromising the left-hand lane and it looks to be here that we have just a two vehicle, right there too, three vehicle crash, eastbound 76 at roosevelt boulevard. this will add insult to injure during your rush hour. we will update you on this expect usual rush hour delays at i-95 out of the north east. mass transit is in the clear, ukee. is there an uncommon bond between pets and their owners. >> we have a is mag proof, bart a black and white cat it was pronounced dead after being hit by a car and his owner buried him in the backyard. but a few days later bart reappeared at the the front door. >> my goodness. >> he was just knocked unconscious. dug his way out of the grave and came back home. >> oh, my gosh.

>> you see him in the create there because he is being treated for his injuries but who about that. >> unbelievable. >> that brought a tear to my eye. >> beautiful story. we are following breaking news, fire in a local apartment complex forced residents out and send mother and daughter to safety. our coverage continues on the cw philly. >> a woman loses her engagement ring but soon reunited thanks to the help of the stranger and secret inside the diamond. >> a movie plot. >>

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. good morning. it is wednesday, january 28 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." new england slammed by heavy snow high winds and icy floodwaters. but in new york, a storm of criticism over the decision to shut down america's largest city. a professional golfer doubles down on his story of being drugged, kidnapped and beaten but an eyewitness tells a very different tale. plus the crazies come out for super bowl media day. jan crawford takes it all in ahead of the big game. we start with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 second