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 a chance

to just plummet. look at the difference in the last 24 hours, you have dropped generally, 15 to even up to 25 and 30 degrees in some of the spots. so that's again 24-hour temperature departure but what it translates to on thermometer is as such. that's rough stuff. 11 degrees at both philadelphia international and in atlantic city, at three below zero on the thermometer with a northwest breeze at 18 miles per hour. so, it is feeling more like it is 20, 25, 26 degrees below zero. as you head up toward the poconos, that said, western chester, western montgomery, as well as upper bucks then all points north and west have windchill advisory in the poconos, windchill warning and that will stay in effect until at least the noon hour. as the day progresses, one good thing about today is that winds is going to be easing up for us, little bit, so while it is still brutally cold, at least it is not going to feel that much worse as the winds starts to, again go little easier on us, with time. vittoria, over to you. >> thank you, so much, katie.

good morning everyone, yes. it is freezing outside. make sure your double checking your vehicle fluids, make sure you're heating up your vehicle before you jump on the roads even outside of the neighborhood, dropping the kids off at school because it is freezing out there and the last thing we opportunity see is someone stranded in the freezing cold. not fun. but if you are traveling on the majors, once you get there, nice and safe. all of the majors are fantastic, a look at 95, not too far away from girard avenue, moving real well in either direction and not only around girard avenue, it is out of the northeast, maybe you're headed out of the new jersey area, maybe headed down to the delaware area. no problems in either direction just yet. it is 5:02, still very early for rush hour, as we take a look now at the 42 freeway traveling in new jersey, again, no problems, northbound southbound, commuting is a breeze. fifty-five 295, atlantic city expressway garden state parkway, all good news. how much, water main break built of concern for me in kennett square on union street between cedar and south all because this water could definitely freeze it, could be pretty treacherous situation

for you. so take broad street as an alternate. just try to avoid the area if you k mass transit in the clear. erika? >> vittoria, thank you. hey, step outside your home, you will quickly learn how harsh it is outside. wind gusts add today below freezing temperatures, are making it just miserable. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo is right now at the septa 69th street terminal up in err darby. oh, so cold, jan so cold. >> good morning today's wet kerr only be described as brutal period, when you step out the door this morning this winds is going to hit you like a ton of bricks. i don't envy anyone working outside today. even wait to go get to work here at the 69th street terminal in upper dash think morning, is a pain. the wait, no doubt, will feel twice as long. >> old-man-winter's frigid grip heat ends -- heightens on the delaware vale, thermometer flashed 14 degrees in center city overnight. windchill makes it feel more like zero or below. even a fur-lined hood or full

fur coat for our four legged friends does little to help. >> bundle up in layers and scarfs got have a scar. >> but for joe, out for early morning walk, at least he has a positive attitude to warm him up. >> don't bother me too much. i a.m. very adaptable, but it is bad if you're not prepared for it. >> besides a dozen layers, a hardy laugh may be the last line of defense. >> think warm thoughts. you got to live, right you got to do what up got to do. >> you got do what you got to do. be smart about it, as you walk out the door, throw on couple of extra layers, definitely the gloves, the hats, the scarfs, try to cover as much us a of your face as you can. you don't want this wind hitting you for too long. be smart. old-man-winter has not left town just yet. live in upper dash think morning, jan carabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> jan, thank up. with the temperature tumbling, make sure you have the cbs philly weather app on your phone, get the latest updates

about the dangerous cold and the updated forecast whenever you want. you can download that app right now on itunes and google play. well, breaking right now let's show you new video just into us from an overnight house fire in sharon hill, delaware county. "eyewitness news" on the 200 block of watt on road, as firefighters battle the flames in this bitter cold. the original call came in as a basement fire. as you can see here, that fire is out, no reported injuries. well, part of a sign from an old center city building has fallen onto the sidewalk, pieces of the old flour shine shoe store sign landed, they're no longer in the building built around 1920. at one time it housed a bank. >> next year's democratic national convention will be held right here, in philadelphia. that's ahead of the 2,016 presidential election.

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now at the art museum which many believe help secure the city's bid. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika. yes, the art museum, parkway back there, independence mall, all institutions that our competition in new york and ohio just could not bring to the table. and of course we've got a whole lot more. and soon a local leaders will see why philly was the obvious choice. by the time the call came it was a city-wide open secret. >> the dnc will host its 2016 democratic national convention in the city of brotherly love, the wonderful city of philadelphia. >> yahoo! >> on the phone, dnc chair congress woman debbie wasserman shultz, who says philly was tops for three reasons: logistics security, and resource. >> we're ready to make history again, the 2016 democratic national convention. >> the cost for it all said to be about $84 million. much of that raised through private funds.

but the expected benefit will be? >> we expect the economic impact with the democratic national convention here somewhere between 170 million say 225 250 million. >> home already based wells fargo center where republicans chose their nominee back rnc uncomic nerve ramsey says security is handled. >> we'll take advantage of every opportunity we have to deal with any issues that may come up in terms of crowds and things that far nature. but again, we are more than prepared to deal with something like this. >> also, don't forget commissioner ramsey has several years experience from washington d.c., so he knows all about high profile political events, and in 1948 we of course posted the dnc the nominee then truman, he went all the way so we just might have that touch. and the other good news it, will not be this cold for those three days in july in 2016. we are live at the art museum, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> oh, that's a warming thought, thanks, justin. >> "eyewitness news" has you covered with the latest information in the run-up to

the dnc. you can get the latest any time cbsphilly.com. >> your time 5:08. and the new jersey power both racer suspected every faking his own death and disappearing has returned to face charges. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us now in the studio with the latest on this bizarre story. nick snow. >> reporter: certainly is, ukee, after months of wondering if andrew biddle was dead or alive authorities finally tracked him down. the 45 year old egg harbor township man who vanished back in july surrendered to prosecutors atlantic county on thursday. you may err he was being for fraudulent boat sales when he stage add boating accident in order to escape criminal charges. well, that's when a good samaritan, tom murphy, jumped into the water in longport after hearing cries for help, actually pulled a man who was in the boat with bid toll safety but he said his kindness stopped there. >> i really hope they throw the book at him, i hope he gets the max penalty. i am pretty angry about it, just to put other people's lives at risk trying to pull off a ridiculous just absurd

stunt and just the fact that he thought he could get away with something like, that beyond belief to me. >> well, biddle has 24 hours to come up with $50,000 bail. it is still unclear where biddle has been the past several months. ukee erika? >> okay, nicole, thank you. an investigation is underway into the death of a toddler struck by a septa trolley. a number of teddy bears and other items mark a memorial at the corner of 51st and lancaster avenue in west philadelphia. eyewitnesses tell us the two year old broke away from an adult, right into the path of the large vehicle. rescuers were quick to respond. but it was too late. >> out of no where, two year old ran in front of the trolley and got ran over. his body was just lifeless inbetween them two wheels. >> authorities are checking surveillance cameras as part of their investigation. >> talk about frightening trip home from school. student survived going for a

wild ride on a run away bus. see how that bus finally stopped. also ... >> let me tell you something bill i'm not laughing. i'm serious. >> more disturbing accusations against bill cosby, two more women come forward. hear how they say they were terrorized by the comedian. >> and fists fly in a wal-mart store. check this out. now we're hearing from the custom here sparked that wild fight. >> and throw on an extra layer or two or three before you head out the door today. katie has the frigid forecast. we do traffic and weather together. we do it on the 3's.

>> eleven children went forrester filing ride when their driver had medical emergency, and then lost control. that bus was weaving in and out of traffic for 5 miles. at one point you can see here it nearly tips over, that's after going into a ditch at

40 miles an hour. police eventually were able to stop that truck using a stop stick and that frightening ride. none of the children on board were hurt. but still so frightening for them. ukee? >> long time 60 minutes correspondent bob simon was not wearing a seatbelt when he died in a car crash. it happened wednesday night in new york sit. police say the car in which simon was riding hit another car that was stopped at a traffic light then slammed into metal traffic barriers. simon was 73, riding in the for-hire town car at the time. seatbelts are not required in those vehicles. >> new york times media columnist, david carp, died after collapsing at his office yesterday. two days ago carr appeared on cbs this morning to comment on brian williams and john stewart. carr wrote the media equation column for the times focusing on issues of media in relation to business and culture. david carr was 58.

>> traffic and weather together. those whipping winds are brutal. >> that is the word for it, absolutely yes. just such a cold day for us out there. in is really just the beginning, too. we will be stuck with a couple every days worth of some pretty vicious wind as well as very cold air. but there is actually one time period that will be the worse and it looks like it is generally sunday, into early monday morning. so about a 28-hour window or so is goings to -- going to expire before we start seeing temperatures like they actually get above zero. that will will again be from the time period i mentioned sunday morning through the day and night into monday morning. for now see the beginning of the next clipper on the way. for our area, nice and quiet. as far as satellite and radar goes but also next disturbance, looks awfully innocent right now, in fact it will be rolling through our area touching off nothing more than quick one to 3-inch salt of snow out of t we can handle the snow amount, rather, it is what we end up with behind it

that really becomes the bigger weather headline. current wind speeds pretty rough, 15, to 20, to 25 miles per hour, and straight up out of the northwest which means coming straight up out of canada colder location, it means it will be feeling no better than sub zero in a good portion of the area. windchill advisories have now since been extends today include or i should say expanded to include entire region. now through philadelphia all point south and east, delaware, southern jersey, all included here now for windchill advisories from 9:00 a.m. looking ahead to saturday, saturday p.m., when we see this next disturbance come, in i think generally looking at coating to inch, maybe locally to up three out of t not too much to shovel away rather it is the cold that's going to be the big story for us come sunday it, does last us right into president's day. vittoria? >> thank you so much katie. good morning everyone. traveling out and about on the roads, still pretty nice out there, 5:15, usually don't see rush hour until about an hour or so. we continue, jump outside

202, not too far away from west valley road, notice that it is very quiet only few vehicles out and becomes basically the story no matter where you are traveling at the moment, even traveling the area bridges ben looking great, betsy looking great talcony, all of the areas in the area and surround hearing moving well, unless, head in the toward new jersey or into philadelphia it is a breeze, but things will change, just what it looks like right now kennett square, water main break, little more after scarier situation as a result of the weather we're dealing with, you could experience between june and, broad street being the best alternate. >> thank you, there is some clean to up do in center city, after a sign falls off building and smashes into the street. that's that sign from the old flourshine shoe store near 15th and chestnut. on the way down it damaged an awning over the business. fortunately, though, no one was injured. >> mr. biddle turned up and turned himself into police. went missing last sum.

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feels like 31 glow, very cold air, not alone here, we do seymour light snow come along p.m. hours tomorrow. vittoria. >> back in the freezer. >> traveling out and about right now at least we have some very nice roads settle your stomach if you will because back in the freezer doesn't sound good at all. but if you are traveling on the majors, really look great out there so far. still early to see a rush hour, 5:25 notice, traveling on the vine street expressway, cutting through center sit headed either toward the schuylkill or 95, really nice outside. ninety-five right here at the construction zone at cottman travel northeast through to the vine, not seeing any rush hour developments just yet. how much, travel in kennett square, do have water main break, sort of concern for me, because with the temperatures, we definitely could see some icing, in this area, so union street between cedar and south, be careful use broad street as an alternate.

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>> good morning, wicked winds blow through overnight bringing dangerous cold weather. just a freezing friday morning, and katie i mean, you walk outside you know how cold it is right now it, will just get worse. feels like below zero. >> it actually is on the windchill value.

these wind chills are so, so brutal. spots where technically on the thermometer actually already there. you're below zero. soap, i feel like the perception so much bigger on this one because we've seen this kind of cold before. but it has been so long. >> a while. >> a long, long time yes. so the second you walk out the door man it hits you. so, be ready for that. >> bundle everything up. >> exactly. we take you out there. storm scan looks awfully innocent, doesn't it? you cannot go by face value on this one, my friends. we expect to end up with full sunny day out there. as the day progresses, unfortunately, that wind will continue to get you. now, there are windchill advisories still in effect this morning notice the entire region is now affected. it was just the northwest half of our area. the weather service has since included everyone else, it will expire as early as 9:00 a.m., as late as noon, but also windchill warnings for the poconos. you can understand why. here's how it feels there. twenty-five below zero, rough rough stuff. everyone feeling like it is sub zero right now. as the day progresses, again we get