>> we have windchill advisories windchills warnings posted for the area. your actual air temperatures that's bad enough. you're at 12 degrees at the airport, 12 degrees in atlantic city, sub zero right now, mount pocono, so you can understand northwest winds at

21 miles per hour, why there is a windchill warning in effect, up that way. how does that translate to the thermometer when you factor in that wind? this is rough. >> not single digit territory. six below in philadelphia, . >> i want you to make sure you take care. earmuffs, i don't care if you think you look stupid, put them on. >> hasn't been this frigid for our area, since last winter. now, current winds speeds, there go, on pretty, pretty persistent. you'll be hugging heavy coat even tighter out of the northwest, winds are blowing anywhere from say 15-20 plus miles per hour. and that will persist, through the better part of the morning. so as we mention windchill advisories posted western chester, upper bucks montgomery county here, lehigh

valley then windchill warnings posted until 4:00 p.m., specific to the poconos, carbon, monroe counties included there so the wind chills we just showed you. actually little worse than 25 below zero right now, 26 in fact below zero is how it actually feels at mount pocono. your friday forecast, though, don't go by the sunshine. you just can't go by the icons on day like. >> this we expect to see temperatures officially anyway climb into the lower 20's, poconos, not even prayer of that. 8 degrees at best for you. but you have to factor in the wind. thankfully it, will ease up little bit. >> travel out and about with katie's report kind of picky backing her, it is freezing outside, so make sure that you heat up the car before you jump out on the roadway don't want to see too many disable vehicles. >> on the schuylkill, rest of the majors everything fine, roads still sleeping. no delays in either direction

eastbound side behind me westbound moving well. not only around city avenue also traveling around center city philadelphia, traveling throughout your western suburbs, headed toward king of prussia. it is really fantastic. ninety-five, same story. this is 95, not too far away from cottman avenue. through the construction zone, always get little squeeze. they are working on it, still no volume to speak of right now, because we're still waiting in the wings of rush hour. moving our way to sharon hill area. if you are traveling watson road around sharon hill, try to avoid it if you k traveling in kennett square, we have water main break union street between cedar road and south street. your best alternate in this area is broad and because that far water main break careful of freezing and slick spots on the stretch. traveling eastbound on the pa turnpike between willow grove bensalem early morning construction ukee? >> thank you. >> chris christie's popularity sung to new lowe's, sarg

ledger eagleton pole out this morning shows it has dropped to 37%. when asked why 20% cited his attitude behavior, personality. 15% refer to the george washington bridge scandal and 10% cited lack of attention to new jersey. as governor christie prepares for possible white house run. erika? >> ukee, political victory for philadelphia. the democratic national convention is coming to the city next year. philly beat out compete g bids from brooklyn and columbus, ohio. party leaders announce their choice yesterday in a video appropriately featuring a cheese steak. congressman bob brady helps bring the convention to town. brady, and fellow philadelphians, say third excited for the dnc. >> i want to show off our city. to my colleagues, to the nation, to the world. >> mayor nutter stopping by "eyewitness news" to our studio to talk about convention and what it will mean for the city.

>> "eyewitness news" has you covered with latest information in the run up to the dnc. you can get the latest any time at cbsphilly.com. >> president obama holds a cyber security summit today at stafford university in california. the president is expected to unveil executive action to increase information sharing between private companies and the feds. the administration says recent hacks and data breaches have shown that law enforcement needs to be better prepared to protect american consumers. journalism has lost another prominent voice. new york times columnist dived car, collapsed and died in his news room late last night. >> you have never seen a big hard suspension after anchor like this. >> that was one of car's final tv appearances just this past wednesday, on cbs this morning. speaking about brian williams and john stewart. hours before his death, car moderated a discussion with nsa leak err edward snowden. david car leaves behind wife

and three children, he was 58 years old. >> bob simon was not wearing a seatbelt when he was killed in a car crash. the 73 year old died in new york wednesday night. the car he was riding in struck another car that was stopped at a red light and then slammed into metal traffic barriers. simon was riding in a for-hire town car at the time. seatbelts are not required in those vehicles. the egg harbor township power both racer suspected every faking his own death in a staged accident. facing charges this morning. andrew biddle turned himself in yesterday. forty-five year old allude dollars authority for months, after dis nearing late july

. >> tuesday shooting may have been over a parking dispute. 4:40 right now. nearly 200 students are sickened on pennsylvania college campus. what officials believe is causing this illness. >> also, boston bracing for more snow. how the national guard is working to clear the streets before another major storm hits them this weekend. we'll be back.

>> nearly 200 students at pennsylvania school have become violently ill. this morning the state's department of health is working to figure out what is causing it. it is happening on the campus of east straws berg university in monroe county as of this morning 186 student event been sickened. now, student reported stomach pains, so severe, some had to be admitted to the hospital. doctors believe it may be an outbreak of gastroenteritis. >> well, you saw it here on "eyewitness news" yesterday morning. crews from penndot and also nj dot will arrive in boston later today to help them dig out from that record breaking snowfall. the city's trying to gather manpower from anywhere they can, especially with another storm on the horizon. now, this is the biggest problem. massive snow banks and loss of

them on every corner throughout boston. they're still large the piles have become a safety concern. >> can't see anybody. they can't walk around. you can't drive around. i mean, somebody's got to do something about it. >> the traffic and the foot traffic and the people that are driving, i mean, especially around rush hour, was pretty crazy. >> the battle far from over. another weekend storm is expected to dump more than a foot of snow on the new england area. and talk about one area that does not need any more. this is the pattern. this is the patter. >> just we've been getting these glancing blows and poor new england possible ton specially. >> the temperatures, the winds? >> everyone is getting in on the temperatures, but the second clip their comes along, it turns into a full-on blizzard for new england. so we again are getting just glancing blow out of t but the chill, this is nothing to mess around with. >> big time, yes. >> i said yesterday like i put my serious face on for

something like this, because you know we like to joke and kid, but this will be the kind of cold that can be dangerous make sure you your kids, your parents, everyone in your family and your pets, as well, are nice and warm, inside, folks. this is going to be rough stuff. outside we go, to where storm scan3 is totally quiet. remember what happens overnight when skies start to clear. that temperature can drop off readily. but in addition to that, you also had a surge of arctic cold that got your nerd from yesterday's clipper even though it really didn't produce much more than couple of snow showers. now long gone, and the chill in its wake. now, you can see even how the winds is progressing out of the northwest based on movement of the clouds. i mean, we're not the only once getting hit here, folks. this arctic chill extends all the way down into the deep south. here's the combination of what looks obviously very innocent right now. this is what will eventually become that blizzard i mentioned moment ago. it is really going to end up being classic clipper for us. >> enough the weather is

advice issued high wind watches. >> what better excuse to stay inside and snuggle by the fire right? and also where we will end up finding some snow out there good shot for maybe one to 3 inches out of. >> this but probably on the lower end of those totals in philadelphia. behind it, bigger story is the cold. arctic blast sending us back to the teens at best for highs, but windchills, all day, even at the height of the afternoon, do not climb above zero. that is dangerous cold. right now, it is pretty dangerous, too up at pleasant valley middle high school, campuses in broad heads ville in for it, windchill warnings expected actual air temperature there is 3 degrees. >> will allow us to climb to 36. with the fresh push of cart i can cold stuck in the teens at best sunday, president's day

despite more sunshine, looking awfully better, as well. ukee. >> gear is making the trip south today, the phils are shipping 2400 baseballs, 1200 bats, 150 pairs of batting gloves, 140 batting helmets and 10,000 power aid cups. as we said, that ain't all. also in the equipment van, 600 pairs every pants, 450 pairs of socks, 350 pairs of shorts, six bikes, and 20 set of golf clubs. live beginning 6:45 this morning, spring training games start sunday march 1st against the university of campus park. >> sixers robert covington the third and noel will take part in the rising stars challenge part of the nba carter williams out with sore

thought, i think bad tow. all start game sunday night. >> to the ice and the flyers will be in columbus tonight with blue jackets honoring scotty hartnel, 13 goals, 21 assists so far this season, played in his 1,000 game monday night. scotty spent seven seasons with the fly guys before he was traded to columbus. that's quite a milestone. congratulations. >> nice that the flyers will be there too. i'm sure a lot of them are friendly. >> and let's go flyers. still to come, what becomes of the broken hearted how do merchants cash in onon them for valentine day. >> first what's coming up tonight on cbs-3.

>> if you have not been out yet, it is freezing out there. temperatures likely not make it above freezing all day or any of the next few days, either.

katie has the details on your forecast coming up on the 3's. >> forty-five year old andrew bid some in police custody this morning. he's the atlantic county man who disappeared in late july after allegedly staging a boating accident, and faking his own death. >> and, philadelphia officials are gearing up for next year's democratic national convention. it was announced yesterday morning, the city beat out columbus ohio and brooklyn, new york for this honor l bring millions of dollars in revenue to the city but also enormous security concerns. still, huge get for the sit. >> i no doubt about it, time to check your business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stork stock exchange, seems like every other day another car getting recalled. but, maybe weren't dream being. new data proves how many cars have been recalled in the past few months. how many are we talking here? >> that's right. good morning ukee, erika. national highway safety traffic administration says automakers issued 803 recalls last year. that's that totals almost 64 million vehicles. and it is more than double the old record that was set a

decade ago. gm had the most recalls about 84, which affect about 27 million vehicles and faulty airbags caused the most recalls of any auto part. ukee erika? >> and jill, valentine day is the day for sweethearts. that's coming up. now some companies are cashing in on all those folks who are anti-the holiday. >> anti-valentine. >> what do you know? >> apparent lip there are a lot of bitter and heart broken people out there. companies are cashing in for valentine's day. for people who are lonely, cuddle up to me, offers professional snuggle sessions for a dollar a minute. if you're feeling little more bitter the san francisco zoo will let you adopt a madagascar hissing cockroach. you can dedicate it to an ex if you so choose. one company dirty rotten flowers lets you sends bouquet of dead roses and even a tattered teddy bear to

somebody. i don't know. >> next level, come on, orbiter? >> did they have to go there? >> one thing to next say i don't like them any more, but dead flowers and entire teddy snare. >> share the love, share the love. >> we'll get back to you. thanks so much. >> well, coming up after a short break, trafficic and weather together. we do it on the three, a together, traffic and weather together together. >> no dead roasts around here. we'll be right back.

>> just past 4:53. very nice, calm outside serene, no major problems, not even at 5:00 a.m. and usually at this time we don't have any major problems. looking first at 476 here not too far away from the schuylkill expressway headed to and from 76, the mid-county toll plaza 95, things are a breeze. same things goes for the area bridges traveling the ben talcony, commodore barry betsy ross, coy go on and on

and on. speed censors look great out there. however, traveling sharon hill, fire location at watson road near sharon park drive. try to avoid that if you k mass transit no problems. but, folks need to be heating up their cars before they jump on the highway because it is freezing. >> make sure to take care of your vehicle and yourself walking out the door with adequate layers. hopefully the traffic stays nicer. one of those mornings it is so brutal outside. once the sun comes up, look at this, nice clear sky we end one just beautiful sunrise but factor in the winds current gusts right now folks into the 30's, quite few locations flirting with 40-mile per hour gusts in trenton at this hour. that makes it feel as, you know, that much colder. technically we hit 21. can't go by the thermometer readings today folks will feel no better than single digits, by sunday, in for even more brutal cold. ukee back to you. >> katie, thank you.

shear look at stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 will be following for you today. germantown artist is convicted of having weapons of mass destruction after an explosive blows off part of his hand. ink and gold, special exhibit opens at the philadelphia museum of art. film critics review of 50 shades of gray. check in two three, four times a day. "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. erika? >> we know you did previews, that one you didn't touch? didn't go near the theser? >> didn't go there. let me know if you see it, didn't go. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news" the latest on the dangerous cold gripping the region for the next few days. >> also, two n new women come forward with more explosive allegations against bill cosby. what they're saying about their encounters with the veteran entertainer. >> talk about a terrifying trip home when that school bus nearly ends up in a ditch. hear how the frightening ride on the run away bus finally ended. we'll be right

some wicked winds cause the temperature to tumble overnight. it is dangerously cold out there. frigid does not en begin to describe it. we have team coverage of the bitter blast that will grip the region for the next few days. >> also, this morning shattered concrete litters the center city sidewalk after part of a sign comes crumbling down overnight. >> this one could have been so much worse if it happened just few hours later. >> and, back from the dead. a boater accused of faking his own death down the shore suddenly reappears. whole new batch of questions. >> it is friday the 13th of february. good morning i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. if you think it is cold now just wait. katie here with dramatic drop

in temperatures over the next few days, makes you want to not go outside at all kate. >> i that's what i would advise. frankly the kind of colds that can be dangerous if you're not smart about it not careful about it. we know that that is a dream that so many every have you to hit the road, got to get out the door, get the kids to school, get yourselves to work. we get. that will that's where we come in. if you are able to just sit at home and hang out we would be telling jokes on the news. we start things off by getting you outside and showing you thousand looks outside. looks are awfully deceiving my friends. wait until the sun comes up. it will look lovely. here over center city all calm right now granted, you have got pretty persistent breeze, but that breeze isn't strong enough to cause too much shaking on this particular camera. next to storm scan, also, again very deceiving to look at barely got cloud in the sky right now as we put things little bit wider on the zoom, and put things into motion. you have got hands full of clouds here and, there but generally off to the south off to the north or out to sea. with the nice clear sky, temperatures have had