bitter blast but snow, for valentines day. winter is making a bold statement this weekend. good evening i'm yes, sir contact dean. i'm chris may. we have live team coverage of the dangerous cold. we will get out to meteorologist kathy orr live in other old neighborhood in olde city track how long this bitter blast will be around kathy. >> this is the most intense three day part of the winter, we have ever seen, we're talking about saturday sunday and monday and could link inner to tuesday with more snow. but first lets talk about the cold. everyone out here in olde city that we have spoken to is prepared, they know, that this is just a beginning. on storm scan three we are looking at clear skies but look at the temperature, only 22 degrees and wind chills they are already, will get dangerous over the weekend. look at the current numbers in philadelphia our wind chills sits at the 11:00. that is in the city. we are looking at seven in allentown. in the poconos, five below. that is what it feels like right now. this isn't the the worst of it

by far. the winter weather advisory will go in effect for the the snow, that is tomorrow afternoon, and that is through sunday morning for philadelphia we're looking at the snow to be moving through, in a band of snow like a squall, in the afternoon, and then again, during the dinner time hour. six or 7:00 we will see another ban moving through. so this will continue. here's the timing. between 1:00 and 4:00 tomorrow band of snow squals blustery conditions between three and seven, an additional snow squall or two with low visibility and slick conditions heading out for valentines day and snow tapers off after 7:00 but wind gust to 50 miles an hour. the as far as snow accumulations about one to 3 inches of snow expect in philadelphia with the higher amounts to the north and west. but after that the the wind become dangerous. we will talk more about that part of the 1/2 punch coming up later on in the broadcast. we will see you then. >> kathy, thanks very much. there have been a lot of people out and will be a lot of people out in this dangerous cold as we move toward the the weekend.

"eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones continues our cold weather coverage live from the italian market in south philadelphia. todd. >> reporter: chris, here today the cold weather kept vendors inside and there are questions whether the cold weather will keep the crowd away to this weekend. fruit and vegetable stand were empty on friday, the cold weather kept crowd away and the food inside at the italian market but that will change this weekend. dominic creame of capuchio's meat say vendors will be outside, saturday. >> it would be bad for people not to come down to the market. >> reporter: from chopper you three can see ice forming along the delaware river and more is likely to form as temperatures continue to drop this weekend. back on the ground this weather is not fit foreman or beast, as dog owners have change up their routines. >> we do shorter, quicker walks, more frequent, some times. >> reporter: triple a was out

in force friday starting cars, many people like katie perry woke up to a dead car battery. >> it turned it on and it wouldn't turn on. >> reporter: whether you are working in the told or walking to and from work the biting cold kept most people but not all people, well wrapped up. >> i think when you are in the cold weather for so long you get acclimated. >> reporter: call it the crazy or dedication, freezing temperatures were not enough to keep people like seven five-year old janet, away from her routine on kelly drive. >> well, you live in a small apartment, in a condo and you need to go out and walk otherwise you become a couch potato. >> reporter: well, she noise couch potato i can vouch for that. as for this weekend here i'm told in order to keep everybody warm or trying to keep everyone as warm as possible south ninth street will be lined with plenty of fire barrels. reporting live tonight the from the italian market, todd quinones cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right todd thanks much.

you can get the updated forecast anytime if you have the cbs philly weather app. check out live radar receive weather alerts, whenever they are issued and a whole lot more, it is available for you right the now, free, on i tunes and google will play. well, stay safe in this dangerous cold, find tips, on our web site at cbs philly.com, our cold weather survival guide is up and active right now, it has got everything you need to know about fighting frigid weather. fire fight's long the jersey shore battle fire and ice after a house under construction goes under flames. that property is a total loss. fire broke out late last night in the 4700 block of fifth avenue noon. strong wind fanned the flames to a house next door and sub freezing temperatures didn't make things easier for fire fighters. >> there was ice immediately. it was that cold last night. all spray that came off a of the hose lines froze before they hit the ground good both of the homes were unoccupied

ate the time of the fire and cause remains under investigation. new at 6:00 tonight dramatic 911 calls and new video release add i short time ago with a deadly police involved shooting in winslow township, new jersey. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has the story. >> dispatch is always a woman at gunpoint. >> a woman at gunpoint. >> someone has her at gunpoint. >> reporter: it was a call that led to this. police rushing to the scene, newly obtained dash cam video just into cbs-3 "eyewitness news" shows the moments just following a fatal officer involved shooting, last month in winslow township, new jersey. you can see officers responding to the three hundred block of new brooklyn road, units swarmed the scene. eyewitnesses escort add way in tears. police responding to this 911 call. >> a male has her at gunpoint. the guy named billy, has a gun and has her at gunpoint.

>> reporter: when officers arrived to find the suspect 59 year-old william california bell was armed and outside with that female victim. >> when the the office's live would the man approach the the officer's reek will and attempted to get inside while screaming with the man with the gun. >> reporter: police say campbell has a gun, chase that had female victim across the roadway the property you see in back of me and then presents that gun to an officer and that is when they shoot to kill. police say the the officer fired one shot and in self-defense in one else was hurt. >> anytime a municipal police officer uses deadly force the the prosecutor's office conduct is a a very thorough investigation as required by ag's office. >> reporter: that 18 year police veteran is placed on administrative leave as prosecutors continue their investigation n camden county steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". longport tonight officer officials are demanding answer from his a boat racer suspect of staging an accident in order to avoid police.

andrew biddal turned himself in yesterday with no explanation for where he has been over the past several months. the longport mayor, nick rus so who was with rescuers last july looking forbid will after a pontoon boat in which he was allegedly traveling crash on the rocks. biddle's friend justin bells reportedly told authorities the that biddle has disappeared into the water. >> i commend the people that work on this, that put their lives at stake. i just can't help but this this was an an unconsnable act if this is true that this accident was actually staged. >> egg harbor township police believe biddle was on the run because of outstanding fraud charge's associated with his boat business. biddle is free, on bail tonight. governor tom wolf suspends the death penalty in pennsylvania. he wants to review a full report on capitol punishment in the commonwealth. the governor called the currencies tell of capitol punishment flawed today. the pennsylvania district attorney's association and the pennsylvania state troopers

association opposed the governor's moratorium. however, philadelphia's archbishop charles chaput supports it. there are currently 186 people on death row, and pennsylvania has not executed an inmate since 1999. a a lot of people are talking about this story today, and we want to hear your take. connect with the the cbs philly facebook page or find us on twitter, at cbs philly and when you use social media don't forget that hash tag at cbs-3 chat. chestnut street was shut down briefly this morning when pieces of a marble sign came loose and crash to the sign a and tonight officials say cold weather could to be blame. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter has more. >> reporter: very scary that that happened. it could have killed somebody. dominic took a long look at the huge chunks of marble that peeled off the building next door crashing on to the sidewalk where she walks her baby almost every day.

>> it could have hurt a a the lot of people. >> reporter: fortunately the had marble rained down around midnight, when fewer people used one of the busiest sidewalks in center city. >> if this happened, you know an hour ago we would have been talking about somebody being dead. >> reporter: this slab of stone was so heavy, it is almost impossible to lift. you can well imagine what might have happened if it had fallen on the sidewalk when someone was passing by this partial collapse is the second in less than three weeks january 27th down the street at 15th and walnut bricks falling from an adjoining structure crash in the lulu lemon store injuring three. >> i know the city has to do something about our infrastructure here and things are just falling apart. >> reporter: licenses and inspections officials say the the building, whose owners were not the available for comment, has no history of any violations. and they removed marble chunks for analysis, they say, it a appears that water, freezing

behind the stone loosened it. the same cause as the previous, january collapse. at 15th and chestnut, walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news". tonight there is growing concern over the nationwide measles out break. still ahead here at 6:00 a pennsylvania senator outlines a plan hoping to get more people vaccinated. our health reporter stephanie stahl will take a closer look at that. kathy? getting colder by the minute chris we're in olde city where wind are picking up we're in the just talking about dangerous cold we have accumulating snow that will blow around and create poor visibility and then record cold with damaging wind, we will break it down day by day coming up with the seven day, hi beasley. the flyers on the road visiting columbus trying to end a a five game losing streak at blue jackets. the phillies pack up the trucks for the pilgrimage to clearwater. more on my one on one interview with rube ebb amaro junior. what is he so excited about

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mate, and he is going to have his pick of 24 with men living in the same house with his mom. what a show this is going to be. meet him, and one of the local women competing for his a attention, tonight the on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 o'clock. well measles vaccination rates in pennsylvania are dangerous and need to change. that is message today from senator bob casey. >> he wants the state to step up its response to the measles out break but still concentrate on the west coast. health reporter stephanie stahl has more stephanie. >> reporter: that is right, is there still only one confirmed case of measles in pennsylvania but because there is a large number of children who are not vaccinated senator casey wants parents to give shots, a shot. >> pennsylvania right now has numbers that are far too far too low. >> reporter: pennsylvania senator robert casey joined by two leading infectious disease doctors, outlined dangers of measles and not being vaccinated.

>> people are in the scared of the difficult ease but i'm scared of the disease because i lived through philadelphia a 1991 measles epidemic. >> reporter: doctor paul offit a nationally recognized vaccine expert say nine children died. newest one started in disney, california. it is now spread across the country but there is no evidence it is in our tri-state region. the is there concern here because pennsylvania has the secondlyes measles vaccination rate in the country. >> the national vaccination numbers a above 95 percent. pennsylvania unfortunately is above 86 percent. that is at last count. >> reporter: parents air loud to opt out of school vaccination requirements, some do for religious reasons. others feel they are potentially dangerous. >> think wye we are at tipping point. we have on one hand the individual rights to express their attitude and belief freely versus good have of society, and i think, in the end, it comes down to is it your right to catch and transmit a potentially fatal infection. >> reporter: senator casey sent a letter to the acting secretary of health urging the

department to examine, why the vaccination rates are so low and find ways to improve them. >> we know we can prevent a a lot of misery. >> reporter: i asked the health department for a reaction to senator casey. a note says in part that the department of health is committed to increasing immunization rates, especially among preschoolers and that it is an important public health issue. there is a big focus now on outreach and education. we have a complete measles resource guide for you cbs philly.com. >> a a lot of great information there, right there. >> steph thanks very much. there is just no way to say it, except this it is down right cold out there. there is no way around it. >> your face hurts as we say. one of those days. dangerous wind chills gripping the region right now. meteorologist kathy orr is live in olde city, bundled up, tracking the possibility of record cold by the end of the weekend. kathy, you have been out there all afternoon. i hope you can still feel your fingers and toes at this point. >> so far but chris, we will

need hand warmers and the best place to be will be inside. everyone in olde city is ready for this weather. everyone has said we are bundled up, we have hats, scarves, look at this young lady. she's ready for the weather. >> she's ready. >> and over here this nice gentlemen is ready too. is what your name. >> mark. >> mark, mark is from where. >> bryn mawr. >> you are a very wise man. mark is ready for the weather. >> yes. >> ready for valentines day. what do you have. >> yes, i am. i have roses for my wife and check late covered strawberries. >> are you going out for valentines date. >> yes and tonight too grub did bubble. >> tomorrow night it will slow you we are good to go i have four-wheel drive. >> well, have a great weekend. >> to. >> happy valentines day. >> thanks, mark. >> everybody is still in good spirits as long as you know what the the weather is you can prepare for it. i want to show you our eyewitness weather watchers because they are telling us temperatures are very coal. you can see temperatures in the teens to the north. the even in south jersey looking at conditions that are

quite cold. here are wind chills in middletown 13. gerald says in philadelphia, 11. john says in delaware 11. right now jason say middletown once again we are looking at wind chills that are very cold. they will get even colder. the lets take a look at how cold it the is. the delaware river today icing up. you know that. well this picture from our eyewitness weather watcher takes us to palmyra cove. this is from john moore, our good friend at the cove. he is saying yes, ice forming on the new jersey side and you can see ice chunks rolling by. that will get worse over the weekend. on storm scan three nothing but clear skies right new but snow is coming. you can see it over michigan. and that is moving our way. and it is going to be bringing us some heavy snow, tomorrow afternoon. the right now in the city it feels like 12. in the poconos it feels like two below. go over to the west and it feels colder in places like state college, it feels like five. buffalo it feels like it is eight below. so lets talk about what will be happening here.

this arctic clipper, moving on through tomorrow and as it does, it will be bringing us some snow, some snow squals will be moving through with whipping wind. and then sunday we're talking about the core of the cold air with wind that will be dangerous. then monday the coldest air we have seen in a couple decade going for record lows. so for tomorrow afternoon we're talking about one to 3 inches of snow, heavier late in the day toward dinner hour, wind gusting to 50 by the the evening. if you are going out take it the slow. we will be greeted by low visibility and slick spots. high win watch go in the effect in the wake of the front and we're talking about saturday night into sunday afternoon, wind gusting to 50 even 60 and that will create big problems. here are impact sunday, possibility of some trees down, even some power outage was that kind of wild wind. if you think we have it bad there is a blizzard warning in effect sunday for boston, province, port land, all the

way up northeastern seaboard with wind gusting to hurricane force. 75 miles an hour wind there. overnight locally low 16. tomorrow not a bad day temperature wise but watch for the snow moving in saturday afternoon through saturday evening. once the snow kicks in so will the win. on the seven day forecast we will bottom out with record cold monday morning, tuesday a chance of some snow showers and then wednesday, and then staying bitterly cold through the end of next week, back here live we're talking about bundling up and getting ready for a wild weather weekend. cbs-3 has good programming this weekend. i know where i will be. i will see you back at the station later tonight. >> yes, you can get inside that is exactly what she need to do. 6:20. i wish i had better news but we are dealing with a vicious commute here on the vine street expressway around 24th street. the westbound in the schuylkill expressway is terrible and really jam, heading eastbound into i-95 as

well. this is pretty much what we see at this time right through work zone southbound in the center city area bunch of accidents popping up on the pennsylvania turnpike approaching morgan town an accident over in the shoulder and another crash out in philadelphia on woodhaven road at bristol pike. that is actually blocking the center lane with police and fire department on the scene. stay there, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right back.

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the the flyers in columbus tonight, several former blue jackets wearing orange and black including jay voracek they will try to help flyers end a five game losing streak in columbus. the team is playing better, earning points in the season high seven consecutive games the captain tells us why. >> every game we have a a a

lot of big games that are coming here, and coming here to columbus, we didn't have the success that we want, that we want to have but we have been playing pretty good hockey late letter. we are playing at a team. chemistry is good. nba all-star is here. no sixers playing on sunday but some in action tonight. nerlens noel and robert covington will be taking part in the rising stars, challenge. and the phillies hope to develop a few rising stars as they head to spring training. they pack up for the journey to clear water today with the fanatic's help of course. i sat down with ruben amaro junior. he is excited about the challenge of turning the team around with new blood. >> the excitement is a different one in that we, you know, we get to assess and watch these kid grow and we get to find out whether these are real pieces for, you know the foundation of what the next era will be for our organization. as we freeze, take a look

at pebble beach. the pga tourist there this week. i was there playing three weeks ago. scottish novelist robert lewis stevenson called it the best land and see in creation and i agree. shot of the day belonged to craig nelson on the 12th hole ended up a few feet away from birdie. you can see the pebble beach national pro am this weekend right here on cbs-3. we will be right back.

thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on our sister station the the cw philly. we are back here on cbs-3 at the 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news". tonight millions deal with this arctic air. it is not just us, new england brace prognosis for yet another blizzard. plus remembering a cbs news legend they will have a tribute to bob simon tonight on the "cbs evening news" with

scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight dangerous cold, more snow for northeast, and maybe a blizzard. the president weighs in on the murder of three north carolina muslims. an alabama police officer is charged with assaulting an innocent man. and steve hartman reveals his idol. >> reporter: i was hoping to steal his secrets. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. old man winter is showing how cold-hearted he can be. valentine's day will see some of the coldest temperatures of the year. the area that you see here in purple will have lows in the single digit. blizzard warnings are up for parts of new england, including boston where snow is the last thing they need. jericka duncan is