nicole. >> yeah, ukee, erika, we have been here for 20 minutes and you are right, you can confirm that unfortunately a man and woman living inside that home have perish in that fire. it is happening here on the 400 block of daily streets in south philadelphia. we're told that a police officer was first to arrive on the scene here and attempted to rescue those two people living inside, unfortunate thely the the fire here just too widespread, too strong for him to make that rescue as i mentioned those two people living inside perish due to the flames. we're told we're only two people inside there were no rescues made in this fire. of course, fire crew is a arrived shortly thereafter and was able to get this fire under control in 20 minutes but yeah, you are looking at video here and you can see this place is just gutted. so must have been a crazy fire. i did speak with the neighbor living next door and it didn't seem like there was too much damage to their

properties, so that is some good news but really just a sad, sad scene here a tragic fire again claiming the life of two people and sending them. police officer who was attempting to make that rescue to temple university hospital, we're told that he is okay. so again that is some good news but he did apparently sustain some injuries, some burns to his body. that is very latest live from south philadelphia, nicole brewer cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> nicole, thank you. also breaking news right now philadelphia police are trying town ralph a mystery what starts as a car crashing in the house end in a homicide investigation. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from olney to bring us up to date. jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. when police arrived on the scene they thought they were dealing with the car accident a van that had crashed into a house, one person was severely injured, bleeding in the front seat of the van, another person was outside of the vehicle also bleeding and he started talking to police.

the it wasn't until about 30 minutes later when both were taken to the hospital and within of these men died did police learn they have been both shot in the head. definitely a strange course of events here in olney unfolding overnight. the philadelphia crime scene unit a had been here all morning long and they have been since wrapped up and moved out but van remains here this morning. this van crashed at north american and clarkson in olney just before 1:00 a.m. police say there were five men inside. a 21 year-old was shot once in the back of the head and pronounced dead in the hospital. a 20 year-old man was shot once in the hand and once in the head and taken to einstein and he is in critical condition. again, did he not tell police while on the scene he was shot, at all. police found a gun in the car. they also found what appears to be drugs lets take a listen. >> the minivan did cause some structural damage to the private residents. some of the stones and some have the bricks have been damaged and the the the inside of the property the the

drywall is cracked, is there even a crack on the wood floors and the window frame appears to have been displaced . >> reporter: now licenses and inspections was here, on the scene, and they have been since moved out as well and this family ace lud to stay here this morning. again five people were seen running away from the scene. police need your help if you have any information you are asked to give them a call. so, this is still a developing story. obviously a very strange course of event here in olney overnight. again if you have any information call the police. the reporting from olney jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". right now, 5:03. just a cold morning to be out outside and you are track something snow, right. >> yes, more flakes in the forecast for us here, folks and we can expect to see sub shine to kick us off. i would expect it to be an absolutely beautiful sunrise. we will start off with a quick view outside taking you out there and he show you storm scan three which really isn't a heck of a lot. we are making that tri-state

sweep and not picking up on anything. very well define leading edge of cloud cover. that sun gives way to cloud. the skies will turn gray through the the day and you can see that there is moisture off to the west. by the time it the gets here we are talking about later tonight, 9:00 p.m., by 9:00 p.m. western most lancaster county may have a coating or tenth of an inch on the ground this isn't a major event. it is all sweeping out of here quickly through the early morning hours of tomorrow but i would say nuisance travel is at this same time tomorrow probably will be with us through northwestern half of the area and we expect a modest coat to go an inch or two out of this. looking at the area temperatures we are at a broad range depend ing on location but bottom line is it is cold because we are ten below freezing every where at the this point if not more as we are in the poconos. the the wind has slack end up but it is awfully chilly and as day goes on we will start with sun, included will build and then we will expect to see that snow moving in no earlier then tail end of evening rush

for western most counties but it will start to come in later on tonight the for better part of the area worth noting would i say here in delaware and southern new jersey just a rain shower. so this really will be a minor event by comparison. >> that is good. i know we all could use an easing up on, anything to make our lives easier. >> yes. >> good morning, traveling out and about, we are in the dealing with any major problems. we have an easy commute this morning and i'm happy to report. that let look at our majors. if you are traveling on i-95, that shot right here we have a little bit of an activity situation on the shoulder on i-95 traveling north bound right around broad street. disabled vehicle. nothing major. no problem as we are dealing with right new. we are still dealing in the clear on i-95. we will keep an eye on that guy. moving to the schuylkill expressway 76 is wide opened around the king of prussia area center city and walt whitman bridge. it is fantastic. speed sensors every where, pennsylvania, new jersey delaware all reflecting in the

50's and that is how we like it. we have construction on 295, a affecting both side of 295 between 42 freeway and black horse pike. this construction will be ongoing until 6:00 a.m. do be mine full of lane blockages. we have a water main break this one in camden if you are traveling mount evefram avenue between ferry avenue and collins, north bound lanes will be alternating until 8:00 a.m. >> vittoria, thank you. new this morning vandals strike at the site of the partial roof collapse in center city. we are told they threw a brick through the door of the lulu lemon door and stole some clothing. now one of the people hurt in the collapse is thanking those who rescued her. allie freeman and friend were inside the lulu lemon store on tuesday which bricks from an adjoining building came crashing down through the roof. she issued this statement saying in part on behalf of myself, my husband, larry and the rest of our family, i wanted to extend my sincere thanks to the unknown people helped me get out from the

ruble of lulu lemon. you are heroes who helped someone that you didn't know. thank you. lulu lemon stories closed for now. there is debris and damage you can see inside there bricks fell seven stories from the bricks infection door. inspection or were back on the scene yesterday along with workers securing bricks at the top of that adjacent building. it has been a surprise to everyone, you know, the high winds and it is a fluke but it is what it is. >> we're told neither property has a history of violations, the the stories expect to be closed for at least a month before repairs can be repeated ukee. also new this morning an overnight house fire send one person to the hospital. "eyewitness news" at the scene of the 4600 block of green street. fire fighters found one person unresponsive, inside of the home just after 2:00 this morning. that victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition, and investigators are now searching for a cause.

philadelphia police are looking for the gun man who robbed a fairmount bar and made off with $1,000 in cash. the heist happened around 12:30 at urban bar at 21st and fairmount. police do not have a great description of the suspect but they tell us that in one was hurt. happening today president obama heads to philadelphia to speak before house democrats. he will speak at a dinner at the sheraton society hill. house democrats are on a three day retreat while hammering out their legislative a agenda to 114th congress. the vice-president biden will speak to them tomorrow morning. also today long time philadelphia city councilman jim kenny resigns so he can run for mayor. city rules prevent ken friday officially launching his campaign until he gives up his current job. kenny spent the the last 23 years as the the councilman at large. he will enter race for mayor against three other candidates with more expect to jump in before the may primary. accused trooper killer

eric frein will be formally arraigned in the pike county courtroom where prosecutors will argue their attempt to seek the death penalty. frein will take part via closed circuit tv from prison. he is accused of ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers last september, and then leading authorities on a 48 day manhunt. his lawyer says that frein intend to plead in the guilty. philadelphia city employee is behind bars unable to post $25,000 bail in the brutal beating of the teenage girl on a septa trolley this man damon oliver turns himself into detectives yesterday. police say he is the man shown in cell phone video attacking a 17 year-old girl on a route 15 trolley last week. we spoke to one of his neighbors about the allegations. >> coward. any man who touches a little girl is a coward. i got boys. my son took their hand on a woman there will be a problem. >> "eyewitness news" has learned oliver works for parks and recreations department. he was charged with simple assault, reckless endangerment

and terroristic threats. we're following a developing story in san francisco right now where a massive fifer ripped through this apartment building and we have new information from overnight, about the victims there. also, stealing from the scouts montgomery county momma accused of ripping off the groups where her children were involved. find out how detectives say she spent the money. and fists fly when protesters c clashed with police, see what spark the city hall brawl. road are dry right the new but will we see some snow on them tomorrow morning? we will check traffic and weather together on the three's when we come right back, good

we are live in a deadly row home fire in the 400 block of bailey street. two people were killed and a police officer was injured trying to rescue the victim. fire broke out on the first floor at 1:30 this morning no word on the cause. police are investigating this crash in olney and the two men found the shot, in the head inside of a minivan. one victim is dead and other is in critical condition. vehicle crashed in the home on north american street around 12:45 this morning. it is 5:13. here's traffic and weather together katie. >> good morning everyone. it been a quiet day. later tonight the a different story. just a little bit of the different story because anything we see in the way have of snow is very modest. it is really going to produce more nuisance for folks trying to travel tomorrow morning more than anything. lets show you first outside in the live neighborhood network taking this live look down the shore in rehoboth, specifically outside boardwalk plaza. the basically any snow that managed to fall in recent days has had a chance to get pushed

to the side. we will see one left over sliver of it on the board or it had has been since melt add way or got swept a away with the tied. that said nice clear sky has allowed temperatures to drop off very easily. two things here, first and foremost we have the next disturbance bringing us light snow by later tonight and then billowing cloud of the beginnings of what will become what i like to call big thing and it is next alarming storm system which may impact us with something significant by sunday afternoon at the earliest. we will talk about that in a second here but for now, we are just clear as a bell, very obvious, leading edge of the cloud cover and then we will see that with cloud taking over the sunlight as the day goes on and i would say tail end of the evening rush, generally speaking through western most suburbs we will see flakes flying but main liz after the typical p.m. drive, that is the snow that will be falling. you're talking to a coating to an inch or two. i'm's not too worried about a major hiccup.

it will be very minor clean up. that said too southern new jersey and delaware quick rain shower for you by the timing. meanwhile looking ahead to saturday, very chilly. bright sunday. sun day afternoon at earliest this next storm is on the horizon. it is a track it is very critical but we have a very good shot for more snow, vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning traveling majors it is still quiet and serene, i have been saying this a good portion of the morning. it is fantastic out there commuting this morning. lets get outside and take a look traveling on the 42 freeway in, delays in either direction. traveling southbound the taillights moving toward the right side of the screen northbound headlights making their way approaching 295, and again, the the 42, 295, 55, garden state parkway, new jersey turnpike all moving really well on the garden state and we have the same story traveling in pennsylvania as well this is 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike, and it is pretty nice out there as you can see barely any vehicles but what you can see in the shot here

is take a look at these headlights picking up the sheen on the snow. never approach our highways and byways lightly. even if we're not seeing those flurries just yet you can still have black ice. the speed sensors high up in the 50's no delays for mass transit and things at the the a airport are just fine erika. >> vittoria, thank you. develop right now fire fighters in san francisco are battling this deadly, huge apartment fire, it has been burning since last night. you can see massive flames right here shooting out of the building. just a huge blaze there. one person was killed and at least six others were hurt when the flames ripped through the apartments. the fire broke out just before 7:00 and it is still burning right now. it is too early to tell what sparked that fire. well, chaos caught on camera after a brawl breaks out inside city hall meeting in st. louis. this was the the scene last night at the the the first public hearing on police oversight board that was proposed after the shooting death of michael brown in nearby ferguson.

witnesses say shoving match broke out between police officials and citizens after a heated debate. our time 5:17. we're used to seeing basketball fights but in the like this. we will show you brawl that got two people's joke from the game. this isn't your average ring how jewelry and other accessories can keep with men

in sports flyers take on the winnipeg jet tonight. they are coming off a shoot-out win over arizona the the jet are in the middle of the pack in the n hl central division. to the hardwood now your 76ers and pistons at the well last night, kj mcdaniel coasting in on the steel, he was within of six sixers in double figures. michael carter williams is back in the line up after a brief illness and within one

rebound shy of the triple double. get up rook, nicely done. sixers win 89-69. sixers largest margin of victory this season. sixers host minnesota timber wolves tomorrow night. sixers will have two players in the rising star challenge of the all-star weekend, michael carter williams and inner len noel. it features american born stars verse players born abroad. lets look at this video from the nba developmental lead, third quarter and two members of the iowa energy they just start going off and start fighting. the two players are with the memphis grizzlies organization. for the record stokes has about 8 inches and 80-pound on lucas. the both were ejected. no word right now what the fight was all about. but for you young players out there, that is not how it is done. not at all. erika, back to you. >> ukee, thanks. 5:20. measles out break goes from bad to worse, growing number of cases a and where 1,000

people may have just been exposed t to that virus. i'm here so i won't get find. i'm here so i won't get find. >> do you remember this? he talk so he wouldn't get find. find out why that football player may still to have write a check to the nfl, details coming up.

right now you 5:23. let's get traffic and weather together. katie, good morning. >> good morning, we are starting off at nice clear skies allowing temperatures to drop off easily. cold start to the morning. not as breezy as yesterday was, however. we are going to need the heavier coats but might not be quite as harsh today. with that said lets go first to storm scan three. notice leading edge of the cloud cover back through western pennsylvania. on the way for us too. actual air temperature is

22 degrees and knock six to 8 degrees off of that. there is a modest win flow not as strong as yesterday so it is making for colder, apparent temperatures out there, but it is obviously, even just a face value very chilly start to the day. we are expecting another round of very light snow tonight. we will keep it the in the mid to upper 30's next few days and overnight tonight, actually more so even as early as late evening, we will start to see this light snow moving through. for the the northern most half of the delaware valley. it is going to lead to a modest coating to an inch or two of accumulation for you to maybe slow you down so for that friday morning drive. with that said we expect sunny day friday afternoon, win will get you. that will start to kickback up vittoria. >> you know that feeling on the road when you can feel your vehicle sway back and forth, you have to be careful out there. you have to be careful in general even though it is free, and clear on the road you do still have patches of black ice not only on the highways and byways but in the residential area and

neighborhood as well. traveling on i the five is it is still a breeze from the vine street expressway. that is where we usually see rush hour form but not right now. i-95 is in the clear. looking good on 202 right around the area of 29, southbound and north bound commuting moving well around the malvern area. we have a nicer game tonight at 7:00 p.m., so expect delays a little bit later on but a as we continue forward lets talk about right now about a water main break in camden. mount evefram avenue between ferry a avenue and collins avenue we have a water main break. northbound lanes is alternating traffic until 8:00 a.m. if you can steer clear of that area i would suggest you do that. mass transit is in the clear, erika. >> thanks, victoria new gadgets designed for woman are supposed to keep you safe but do they really work? cbs news correspondent allison harmelen shows house devices can protect you from a attacker. >> i was taking a short cut and a man crossed my path and began to deliberately walk toward me. >> reporter: cat alexander managed to get away but that

terrifying episode inspired her to develop this. >> siren ring. >> if you activate the top face it will activate a 110-decibel alarm. >> any sound will bring attention to you and that is a a good thing. >> reporter: this security expert allen says any loud up expected noise can be an unexpect deter event to scare an attack's way. there are a number of wearable panic buttons on the mark. >> it automatically detects a head injury during a violent crime this represents an impact, takes a hit automatically triggers. >> reporter: it can also than attached to a belt or a bracelet. and, this bracelet doubles as a self-defense device when loaded with pep per spray. >> help is on the the way. >> reporter: there are apps that turn your smart phone into a tool to help keep you safe. >> more tools, that we have bring into our lives, that help us with our personal safety they are good as long as you don't adopt a false

sense of security. >> reporter: but experts agree staying alert within your surroundings is also necessary regardless of what you are wearing or carrying. in new york, allison harmelen for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". so true, staying alert. >> but also i can see how that lloyd noise could deter someone. >> you got the that right. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we will continue to follow our breaking stories nicole? >> reporter: that is right ukee, two people are dead and police officer is injured after a fire tears through a row home in south philadelphia. we are live with the latest from the scene, jan. >> reporter: nicole, what started out as a car accident here in olney actually turns into a homicide investigation coming up, find out why police were even surprised by this turn off events. vittoria and katie return with your traffic and weather together the on the three's, including the latest on some snow tonight, katie has tea tails for you, we are back in

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a man is found dead after a van slams in the home but it is in the the the crash that killed him. a fast moving fire rips through a south philadelphia a home killing two people and injuring a police officer. those stories coming up. lets get to "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer for very latest on the fire. >> reporter: that is right ukee and erika, we have been here about an hour or so trying to find out more details about this fire that claim life of two people and injured a police officer. standing by with the chief for the very latest on this fire what can you tell us at this point. >> a at 1:24 we have received multiple 911 calls for a fire at this address. upon arrival, in about three