ban is but this is more of the brushing with the broom kind of snow, right. >> exactly. it doesn't look like this will end up being the big ticket item with this front. the it is a cold front. cold front, cold air. there we quo. >> there you go. >> it makes sense. very optly named type of a front but here's what is going on, on storm scan you can see light the snow generally confined across lehigh valley, pocono region and that is where you'll find it here at least for the next say half an hour or 45 minutes or so. you can see it is starting to drop further south. so northern lancaster county, most of berks county included here where we are beginning to find that snow but the thing is we will likely see this somewhat fizzle as it arrives over chester, montgomery bucks county and down into philadelphia you will end up with lighter totals there. coat to go an inch is a general expectation generally to the northern tear of our area if you want higher totals you get to the poconos but it looks like southern new jersey and delaware will essentially

get gipped of accumulation but might see a few flakes before the morning drive is all said and done. here's where we stan temperature wise near or at or below freeze ago cross northwestern tear but we are a few degrees above freezing in philadelphia and all points south. that does again work against you if you are trying to see snow accumulation but don't get too used to these temperatures above freezing because they will continue to, decline, as the day progresses. so we expect to not only those dropping temperatures but also to see some whipped really to begin to kick in here. that is going to end up being the more noticeable feature with this frontal boundary but for here and now as you have been saying vittoria, it is not something you can shrug off because there will be snow to avoid. >> for sure. just taking it even more easy out there as we say. still we're waiting in the wings of rush hour. this is a prime time for people to under estimate even some black ice on the roadway that they may not see because they don't necessarily see

snow on the ground. just take it easy. the as we jump outside to the schuylkill expressway it is a breeze n delays on the majors at all. we are waiting for that rush hour to flood in but schuylkill expressway is fantastic and it doesn't matter if you are traveling around spring garden, center city, south philadelphia, maybe in the complete opposite direction throughout your western suburbs. it is excellent. also moving on to 476 around mid county toll plaza heading to and from this stretch even the schuylkill and i-95, it is great, pennsylvania pennsylvania turnpike, good news there, northeast extension, good news there as well. however moving our way into new jersey we have a construction zone on route 168 between nicholson road and collins have avenue. one to two lanes will be block until 6:00 a.m. be careful for that. in delays with mass transit. erika. some morning commuters are also tracking snow mostly to the north as katie said where thermometer is at or below freezing. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now out in the cbs-3 mobil weather lab.

she saw a few flakes earlier, jan, whether are you seeing now. >> reporter: erika, good morning. still snowing ever so slightly here in will allentown this morning. we are coming to you live from downtown allentown where you you can see a picturesque snow right the now. not accumulating on the ground. we have a wet surface here. we are hovering right around freezing mark so maybe expect slippery spots out here in the allentown area this morning but as we are's driving around we are not finding a problem at all. we have seen the the trucks out salting and brining so these road are well treated and that is probably why we are not having any problems. you can see a dusting on your car. you can probably just blow it off or use wipe tours get the snow off. not too much problem as far as getting to your car, getting out on the roads but keep in mind as always with the temperatures this low thaw might run into some slick spots. but for now we are reporting live from the mobile weather lab, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". also in the news a walk in

the park turns deadly in delair county after police say a rob robber came face-to-face with the victim who refuse todd back down without a fight. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is at the the upper darby police department to tell you more, justin. >> reporter: fearing for his life upper darby police say victim here a 67 year-old man pulled out the his own gun and opened fire on his would be robber striking and killing him and soon this morning we could learn if he could face any charges in this case. this all happened at 2:30 yesterday on wednesday that victim was walking in cobbs creek park when he a was a approached by an arm mask man who was demanding his valuables. the robber pulled out his gun which we learn later turnout to be a fake gun and victim pulls you the his even gun very real gun a 38 caliber and he pulled it out, he shot and killed his attacker. a shot to the head we're told killed that man on the scene. we new know he is a teenager about 18 years old.

victim then ran the two park called police still very upset about what happened. >> he was really shook up, really upset's i told him point blank. i said you did what you had to do. i said i don't see any criminal charges forthcoming. the guy is 67 years old. just a decent guy. >> back now live that will be up to the district attorney to decide if charges are relevant in this case. that victim was taken to the hospital, complaining of chest pains. we also heard would be rob inner this case who has yet to be identified was with found with several stolen cell phones. we are live from upper darby, justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". five credit 35. in business news the changes on the way at star bucks. also what changes are coming to big box stores. money watch's jill wagner is up in new york at the new york stock exchange. hey jill good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika.

big box stores going small. target will open up eight new express stores this year. they will be smaller and kate tore local demographic, they can go up against drugstores like cvs and wal-mart. while there are in definite plans in the works target is exploring the option of opening up an express store in philadelphia. general motors is trying to put its recall problems in the rear-view mirror. so far so good. auto maker turned nearly $3 billion profit last year, even after spending billions on recall costs. drivers flocked to gm's newly redesign pickup trucks and large suv's as gas prices fell. well, sprint's cut your bill in half promotion too good to be true? consumer reports says it is complicated. the promotion requires a credit check. if you are late on the payment you are out. plus once you upgrade your phone sprint will bounce you up to the higher regular rates. star bucks is going tropical, at least for this

milk. starting february 17th the coffee chain will be offering coconut milk for an extra 60 cents. certified vegan and comes in from the the island of sumatra. star bucks says offering non-dare you alternative is one of the top customer requests, ukee and erika. >> but will they put the lime in the coconut. >> that is right. >> thanks, jill, appreciate it. in the news this morning search is on for 11 people still missing after trans asia airways plane crash in the river in taiwan. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us from the studio with new information about the the crash, nicole. >> reporter: thirty-two people dead, 11 still missing after a turboprop plane crash after after take off in taiwan. this is incredible dash cam video you see on the screen showing that plane clip a taxi grazed a highway bridge and korean in the river. pilot issued a mayday call moments before that i am pack.

again what you just heard was pilot saying an engine had flamed out but just imagine seeing this crash right in front of your car. amazingly he survived and of the 58 people on board, five were rescued. we should mention pilot and co pilot have flown 11,000 hours combined this is second fatal crash in less than seven months ukee. nicole, thank you. cbs news has learn that the pentagon put search and rescue hell cooperators in northern iraq and helping aid pilots shot down in the region this follows the execution of the jordanian pilot captured by isis n retaliation jordanian two convicted terrorist. jordan's king abdullah is promised to go step up the fight against isis. >> three on your side with a consumer alert, one of the largest insurance companies victimized by hackers. you usually don't think about it until it is broken but we will let you know you why might want to replace your

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upper darby authorities say there will be no criminal charges against a man who shot a would be rob tore death yesterday. up investigators say a man confronted a 67 year-old man in cobbs creek park, after a struggle victim pulled his licensed handgun and shot the the robber in the head. also national transportation safety board teams in suburban new york wants to know if the mercedes suv hit by a train tuesday night had a data a recorder. investigators are examining the track and interviewing witnesses. the driver of the suv and five people on that train were killed. police in fredrick maryland are searching for two gunman who opened fire outside a high school basketball game. two student were hit and they are expect to be okay. three on your side this morning with news that one of the of the largest health insurers in the u.s. is latest victim of hackers. anthem says the the fbi is investigating this breach. they say hackers accessed names, birth dates social security numbers, and incomes for present and former

customers. anthem says credit card information wasn't compromised. they also found no evidence that hackers obtain insurance claim information or medical test results. so is your hot water heater getting old? if you are thinking of getting i new one anytime soon we have information for you. new rules will take effect which will make water heaters more efficient and more expensive. in this weeks angie's list report jim donovan looks at some things you should know if your water heater is on its last leg. >> reporter: federal government is making changes to water heater regulations starting in april all newly manufactured water heaters will have to be more efficient. >> your water heater is second largest consumer of energy in your home right behind your heating and cooling system. owe any improvement in your water heaters efficiency will pay dividends in your inly utility bills. >> reporter: while they call for higher energy factors on all residential gas, electric oil and tank less the water

heaters mess dramatic changes will be in larger capacity model, over 55 gallons. typically found in bigger homes. >> you will to have buy heat pump water heater and those water heaters on top will have a compressor and evaporate or coil refrigeration system similar to what your refrigerator has to heat the water cheaper. when this happens... >> 5:43. traffic and weather together with katie. >> we will check with our eyewitness weather watcher network. our recorded temperatures coming in are in the mid to upper 30's which is a little milder, cold but milder, then it was yesterday and even day before especially but we will go out to a couple of them. 37 degrees sent in from a new member, of the program jerry, we will give him a pass that he doesn't have his pre file picture. he is in kop. we have some snow further north but we will take new to a another one from bill layden. he has a new profile picture.

he was at our weather watcher university and so great to meet him. we had a nice long conversation. he is in upper darby finding some cloud at some point. lets go next to the graphic and that is not snow rather confetti, and we want to wish our weather watchers a happy national the weather persons day right here at cbs-3. commemorating on this day the bit of john jefferys who was one of the very first weather ab servicer. so much fun. might come up in trivia so make that mental nugget. storm scan three here is snow and line at this point is extending just in toward our northern and western most counties. you will likely find snow showers out there but doesn't necessarily mean you will be shoveling it away. as the skies begin to clear, temperatures start to drop win picks up but again, in the meantime just don't discount fact that you might get slowed down courtesy of the snow showers. our next round comes in on sunday but looking like rain

snow and sleet. that will be courtesy of the front that gets stuck overhead. more light snow over here and that is general expectation for now. we will keep an eye on it, vittoria. >> this is a big day for you katie. this is a big, big day. it is my holiday. >> so cool. >> yes. >> shame you have to work it. >> right. >> good morning, everyone. traveling out and about it is a party on the road, because we're in the dealing with too much problem just yet probably turning in the ugly party when rush hour comes into play. we will wait in the wings. it looks beautiful out there ben franklin bridge, rest of the bridges are moving fine up and over into new jersey and pennsylvania maybe traveling delaware memorial bridge further south on i-95 it is fantastic. traveling 422, in major delays as well. around western suburbs we are in the dealing with any major problems but as katie is mentioning we have a few flurries. be mindful of low visibility to run into and maybe black

ice. we will put water main break in pottstown that will get dicey and icy in this area. this is spruce street at master. best alternate to take north char lieutenant street traveling around that stretch. we have an accident closing williams sin road excuse me between dove lake road and youngs ford. this will be until 8:00 a.m. down tree and down wires. old gulf road is your best bet. ukee and erika. >> ♪ >> i guess we can say word is congratulations. >> johnny dep and amber heard have tied the knot. actors reportly got married at their home in los angeles but celebration does not stop there, a bigger celebration is set to take place on dep's private island in the bohamas this weekend. nice to have one of those. his wedding marks her first marriage and dep's second is. private island. >> come on dude are you serious. >> it must be nice. >> i know. >> only three days until grammys air right here on cbs-3. >> ed sheeran is up for two including album of the year.

here's a closer look at his hit album x. >> ♪ >> ed sheeran is a fuzzy british singer, a pop hybrid. >> ed sheeran is a red headedded british singer/song writer who with this album made a decent step forward in terms of career longevity. >> the he came into the pop world world as this modern foulke guy and incredibly talented and as a singer he is billion. >> it was obvious from the beginning that he writes hooks really well and giftedded song writer. >> ♪ >> don't is a surprising song to come from him. >> i think the the rumor with don't was a clever publicity angle for ed sheeran.

>> he was forthcoming about what and who it was about which is a good thing to do it and to air someone else's dirty laundry but at the same time, dude got hurt. >> we see he is more open about his romances and he wants to us look at him in a different way. >> he writes songs that are really smart and they are ernest without being cheesy. >> the diagram for stuff kid like and stuff their parents like is kind have like this and ed sheeran makes this happen. >> oh, yeah hear ed sheeran takes home grammy for album of the the year sunday night at 8:00 on cbs-3. check out other nominees at cbs philly.com. >> i love the diversity in the album picks different sound. >> something for everybody indeed. do you ever feel like people are always glued to their phones whatever they are doing they are looking at this see the rare sight one man missed because he was too busy playing on his phone. he might be talking about this picture all day long.

first here's is what coming up tonight on cbs-3. we will be right back.

this school principal got a bogus invoice for textbooks that he never ordered. >> i'm deeply difficulties a appointed that someone would do this to us. >> reporter: so did hundreds of other schools across the country, and many of of them paid up. the federal say this man is responsible. >> i wanted to talk to you about your company, can i ask you about the invoice. >> bleep, bleep, bleep. >> i'm investigative reporter charlotte huffman and ill a's explain how taxpayer money ended up in the wrong hand tonight on cbs-3 "ewitness news" at 11:00. your time 5:51.

a sorority comes together to help children to get excited about reading and improve their academic skills. philadelphia a chapter of delta a sigma sorority partnered with mccloud elementary school for the reading for the future program. the chapter donated books a projector and a school held a assembly to celebrate it all. >> fantastic. >> what a way to get fund, have an assembly. >> that is great. >> this is fun. we have been watching this all morning. georgia barber has one solution for misbehaving children a terrible haircut. >> here we go, this little boy is ten years old but his hair yeah, he has a little older cut there. kind of like my man sherman helmsly, of the the jefferson's this was started by barbara russell fredrick who works 30 miles east of atlanta fredrick gave his son a rough cut due to his misbehaving. some of his customers actually, lot of them, love

the idea. >> i don't whip my kid so that was the way i chose to discipline him at the the time. >> all of the backlash with corporal punishment, and taking a lot of the the power away from parents. >> i think that is better than beating the the kid and abusing them. i'm pretty sure he will behave him early right now. >> that is for sure. >> fredrick says three children have endure the embarrassing cuts in the past month. >> i can't imagine them in the classroom, take your hat off. take your hat off. >> i know, i know. >> i know. >> no smiles on that man. >> here's katie. >> wow, that is hilarious that is what that is. we are tracking light snow out there, generally speaking most of you are not finding it but when we see storm scan you will see it in the northwestern half of the area and it will dump a modest coat to go an inch. look at the visibility, you can tell where snow is looking a at observations. there is a drop in visibility that is a concern this morning

but snow amounts, not as much. coating to an inch but watch for slick travel and then behind it, win kicks in and temperatures start to plunge, vittoria, over to you. thanks katie good morning. traveling out and about ben franklin bridge it is beautiful. all bridges looking great. we are still waiting in the wings of the rush hour. so as we wait it is still great traffic. this is 309 around the pennsylvania turnpike, notice folks traveling the on the turnpike are breezing on by. not too far from ago ton we have an accident on church road between township line road and new second street, shoulder block but still avoid that area if you can, stay with us we will be rate back with a whole lieutenant

a picture shows we might spend too much time checking out viral videos. >> sometimes the real world is more exciting. these shots are curt thecy of eric smith shouting hump back

whales off the beach in california. when he was looking at his camera with a man never looking up from his cell phone despite spectacular whale just a few feet away. well, at a times of course, about that puts hit in perspective. look up from your phone. >> how about it. coming up next on "eyewitness news" this mornining we are tracking snow, katie has your forecast. a man is attacked in a local running trail and fight back, and now the suspect is dead. we're live. we have updated numbers on the measles out break and the the state where lawmakers are pushing new legislation that would require more vaccinations, we are back at the top of the hour.

good morning everyone thanks for joining us. we're tracking light snow shower moving in the area not

everyone will see something but those who do could have a slick commute out there so please be careful. we have coverage of it for you jan carabao is in allentown where snow has started to fall already but first lets get to meteorologist katie fehlinger. good morning. >> at this point it is just a light snow where we will talk to jan in a second northwestern half of the delaware valley a and we have just showed you we will take you back out to it and show you what is going on with it. notice tail end through maryland and west virginia things fizzling out somewhat. we do think that we will fine a few flurries or straight up snow showers through southern tear of the delaware valley. looking for accumulation you'll have to go far north into again lehigh valley berks county, lancaster county and pocono region where we expect to end up with a coat to go an inch. up in the poconos as much as 2 inches. you might get totally gipped through first state of delaware and southern new jersey