aware valley. now all is gone and all that remains, is a little bit more to shovel. snow today, well, we saw the most in cape may as expect 7 inches in brick township 6 inches moorestown new jersey, burlington county 5.5. five in bensalem. malvern, checking in at 4 inches of snow. now a look ahead to the temperatures in the 20's now. very comfortable. come tomorrow morning, we will wake up to temperatures mainly in the teens with the exception of the shore and wildwood 25, that means anything that melts today with the salt on the roads and the sunshine, will be refreezing overnight, so please, be aware of the refreeze so, it will be icy and many spots, to just take it slow tonight and even tomorrow morning watch for that black ice. coming up we will talk more about another round of snow coming our way record cold, again, and we have an eye on that developing weekend storm. more on that coming up later in the broadcast, see you then. developing news right new there has been an ice rescue

this afternoon in monmouth county, new jersey. rescuers were called to the scene in middletown and three people, found themselves in trouble after they ventured out on to a dock-like structure in sandy hook bay. the rescuers had to get into the the the what the tore save one woman who had fallen in but other two were able to walk back with the help of rescuers. all three of been taken to the hospital, to be check out, we will update you on that story throughout the night. well this storm has certainly dropped a lot of snow along the jersey shore. some communities getting 8 inches. live team three coverage continues with new jersey reporter cleve bryan in cape may, cleve. >> reporter: chris, cape may absolutely beautiful today, but after people took in the scene, came a lot of hard work because seven or 8 inches is a lot of snow and requires a lot of effort to remove it. we found out today that people had different method forgetting the the job done.

shovels, check. snowplows, a must. but here in cape may people are a little bit the more creative in getting rid of snow. on the washington street mall, kenneth, from the public works department is using is what called an amish plow to clear paths for businesses. >> as you push the wheel turns and it powers the snow as you go. >> reporter: few blocks, and broke out heavy equipment for biggest snowfall this season. it was cleaning a senior citizen complex of an all wheel drive tractor with the 42-inch snow blower. >> it is getting heavier and blocking up the machine. turf keep unblocking the machine. >> reporter: in the town that gets new jersey's lowest snow totals in winter storms people can take a lesson on snow removal from retired teacher sumac tire. with none of her grandchildren nearby to lend a hand the 69 year-old uses an electric snow shovel. >> i have been here ten minutes and the the walkway is good.

>> i told you you would get wet. >> that is okay. >> reporter: sometimes in cape may when they have a lot of snow, they do put tonight dump trucks to remove it because some streets here are tight. but with this particular storm, and this snow, the plan is to just push it out of the way and wait for to it melt. live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you. a lot of schools were closed including philadelphia public schools. but that wasn't the case at first and some parents had to scrapple tomorrow make things work. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live in fairmount with more todd. >> reporter: jessica, to be clear, kid absolutely loved not having school today. we have been watching them sled up and down this hill all day to day in fairmount. they have absolutely been having a ball but some parents as you mentioned were less than thrilled with the way things unfolded this morning. as this storm blanketed the delaware valley with snow the call came out at 4:00 in the morning, philadelphia school district was having a two hour delay. the as parents started to make plans for work and their kid.

>> what would you do normally if you had to go to work. >> she would have went to her grandparent's house. >> reporter: then something unusual happen school district administrators change that are mind and just after 6:00 the choice was made to close cools for the the day. >> watching news, two hour delay. i figure i could take my job tell my job i'll running two hours late. once they told me school is not opening i a had to contact my job and call out. i had to miss work. >> reporter: whatever inconvenience, district administrators say it was the right call. >> we will do it if we think it is best for children and best for staff and for their safety. >> reporter: considering many children take septa to school bus these in morning were still being detoured due to road conditions and citing the national weather service, the district says circumstances change after the two hour delay was called, at 4:00. >> actually it was a winter warning that was put out by the national forecast. >> reporter: despite change from the delay to the closing many parents we talked to took it all in stride.

many who could spent witt hear children sledding. >> to me if you have the system in place and it worked well this morning i guess that is how would i like to see it. >> reporter: kid out here right the now still having a ball and our cbs-3 eyewitness weather team did verify in fact at 4:40 the the national weather serve difficulties upgrade the storm here in philadelphia, from an advisory, to a warning. reporting live tonight from fairmount, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> looking good out there. thank you. take a look at this a plow truck fell in the sink hole. eyewitness cam video was send in warren county in north jersey. it is unclear if anyone was injured. and the snow turned the rocky steps into something of a playground for these atv riders. cbs-3 cameras happened to be at philadelphia art museum as riders went on this illegal adventure. so lucky police weren't out there earlier today. people were talking about the atv on the steps there we want to know what you think.

let us know on facebook or twitter, use hash tag cbs-3 chat. we have new information tonight about this mass at 52nd and locust, building that caught fire and is now covered in ice. philadelphia's department of licenses and inspections has now classified this building as i am mentally dangerous. the the city says it plans to demolish the property within ten days, and perhaps sooner if the owner doesn't do it the first. again there is no word on what caused the fire there at that building. pennsylvania's former treasurer rob mccord awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to extortion charges. here is mccord leaving the courthouse in harrisburg after entering his plea today. the five five-year old was serving a second term as treasurer when abruptly resigned last month. the prosecutors alleged that mccord tried to extort campaign contributions during his run for governor and threatened to use his position as treasurer if those contributions were not made. tonight authorities are releasing new information in the deadly community center

shooting in wilmington. new castle county police have identified the victim as 30 year-old jameer killgo. investigators say he was shot and killed inside a recording studio at rosehill community center yesterday afternoon. today search continues for the the gun man, he was last seen wearing a light colored hooded sweat shirt dark pants and dark shoes. new jersey teacher tracie harding is facing child endangerment charges, south brunswick police say a 15 year-old boy got sick at an under age drinking party at her home friday night. health officials say that the teenager's blood alcohol level was so high it could have been life threatening. harding has been suspended from her job as a first grade teacher in the edison school district. jury selection began today in the so-called black madam trial in philadelphia prosecutors say that page winslow killed a british tourist in 2011 by injecting silicone in her buttocks during an enhancement procedure during a blower at philadelphia international airport. winslow is charged with third

degree murder and pleaded not guilty. well, lasalle university a announced its new president today and it is the first for the school as a woman takes the reigns. students say they are thrilled with the news. >> we have some diversity on campus. >> woman power, go females. >> doctor colleen handage will not only be the first woman president in the colleges's 152 history but she's first non-clergy to hold the position. hanycz says she's used to being the the first woman in professional experiences. >> i have been the only woman or one of few women in different times in my life professionally. so that is not new to me but to be able to share that here at lasalle is going to be historic. >> doctor colleen hanyc z. her term will begin in july of this year good luck to her. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a wild scene caught on cameras a suv spins

out of control stopping inches from a tv news crew. >> wow. also ahead tonight the high cost of winter, and we're not just talking about snow removal or heating your home. three on your side jim donovan is here and he will tell us what we're spending more on that may just surprise you. and the bradley cooper effect, will the actor's popularity affect the outcome of the real life american snipper trial, louie gary of the insider has the lates on

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well this latest round of bad weather caused schools to close, airlines to cancel flights, business toss lose money. >> but as three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan find the cold snowy weather could be costing us more than we think. >> reporter: may not realize it but cold snowy weather can impact your household's bottom line too. >> every season there is certain things we spend money on, and this winter season has been particularly long particularly dry particularly dull and boring, dark. we tend to spend more time inside. >> reporter: among things driving up the cost of your snow days's of ordering things on rine. >> we engage in impulse shopping this time of the year as we are sitting around the couch doing nothing. it is tookly easy to do when you have all of your credit card information stored on your favorite sites. it is too easy to do so. >> reporter: same for ordering comfort food multiple meal deliveries can eat at a

budget. being snow bound can means a new years gym membership goes to waste. considering on line work outs at home until mobilization and motivation, get better with warmer temperatures. now, speaking of temperatures this long stretch of cold weather is likely to impact your heating bill as well. one way to save turn down the thermostat ten to 15 degrees it will lower your fuel bill overtime by about 10 percent. >> that is nice save money there. >> put on a sweater. >> put away the lap top. >> you are depressed because it is glummy outside, read a book. >> warm delivered pizza when it is cold outside hits the spot every time good not every night. >> not every night. >> exactly. >> jim thanks. good evening everyone. we don't really have have too much to talk about. that is the good news. if you did go to work today or if you are still going to be commuting on majors we are definitely very light within the rush hour and usually at this time we are jammed solid.

definitely a night break this afternoon. if you are traveling on i-95 this shot around construction zone at girard you are both north and southbound side are moving exceptionally well. you may notice truth the construction zones of cottman avenue and girard thaw do low down and that is because it is narrow at that point. we have sun glare that may slow you down but generally speaking our roadways look like this. look the at the vine street expressway n delays in either direction. it is a breeze. heading to the schuylkill, heading down to i-95 and eastbound side it is fantastic. take a look at the map. when do we see map looking this good at 5:15. you'll notice speed sensors are still high up there at 55 is your average on the schuylkill expressway, 48 traveling not too far from the vine, 49 on 295 you are seeing 29 here right around the betsy ross bridge. it is not awful traveling on 38. you just want to be mindful of stop and go points. you will hit snags but not that high volume during a rush hour that we would usually have. a a lot of people took off and

have off. for septa regional rails as a result of the weather all these are as a result of the weather we are seeing delays about 20 minutes for septa a as far as dart we are seeing suspension there. new jersey transit cross honoring tickets. that is always good for us. patco speed line is running on time to no major delays there we are jumping out to the lakehurst area at route 70 eastbound we have an accident closing route 07 between union avenue and route 37. if you are traveling in this area union avenue is your best alternate. we have an accident in montgomery county in lower moreland township at turwood road and washington lane. traveling at the airport expect minor delays but nothing really huge to be concerned about. jessica. >> all right vittoria, looking good. thanks. still ahead on "eyewitness news" it could be the the key to losing weight, lowering blood pressure and reducing blood sugar levels. health reporter stephanie stahl is on your side with the one thing you should add to your diet. the big easy kicks off its

biggest party of the year we will take to you a celebrity filled parade beasley. an eagles starter is trying to clear his name after being detain by police for five hours last night, nate allen's first brush with the law is leaving questions to be answered allen defend himself ahead in sports.

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the least on the hash tag cbs-3 snow on twitter and facebook. we have picked our favorite pictures out. melissa sent this picture of hard her dog harley is paws deep in the snow in deptford no doubt harley had a great day playing. the casey sent in this shot from ewing, new jersey. you can see the snow up here not only on the power lines but down here as well you can see how deep this snow was up that tree. lets take a look at mike, from lower bucks county, he sent in this picture of his friend roughly, also enjoying the snow. we know roughly had a great the day. joe and armstrong from cape may sent in this shot of the ice on the water there we know jackpot totals from this storm were down in cape may, about 7 inches of snow, just a beautiful shot from down the shore. finally from the cape may county zoo the animals, this tiger and rest of them having a great time enjoying the snow, that blew through the region. we want to see your snow pictures as well. we know you have them. connect with us on facebook or twitter, and make sure you

attach that hash tag, cbs-3 snow. take a look at this video from penns landing, chunks of ice floating atop the the delaware river. just looking at that, um, can send a shiver up your spine, very cold out there. >> um-hmm. >> even the tugboat both looks cold. lets go north to jack frost big boulder. good skiing conditions. only pick up an inch in the mountains as we said this would be an upside down storm with the shore getting most snow and mountains getting the least but still enjoying the day. down short in ocean city cape may county you can see the snow on the beach, some folks walking their dog, you can see the snow on the boardwalk. shore points picking up six to 7 inches of snow with the high's accumulation being in cape may county, cape may, new jersey. now we are looking at conditions, that have been improved vastly since this the court any katz sent this from cherry hill. thank you so much, courtney. this is what the roads look like in cherry hill. you can see slush on the road.

for the most part looking good but mess think morning. the right now we're looking at much better conditions. here's the actual snow amounts and as expected, would be to 3 inches of snow in the poconos, lehigh valley, reading berks county northern and western suburbs and higher amounts. philadelphia a three to four. we expected it. we picked up 3.7 in the city. three to six in the south and east. atlantic city any that range as well, six through will through cape may and sussex county new jersey and that is where we expect those higher accumulations. as we zoom in at the amounts bridgeton, new jersey 5.4. in atlantic city nearly 4 inches. manahawkin 5.5. dover at four. harrington in kent county, delaware 5.1. less's accumulation along i-95 corridor in wilmington at 4.4. trenton 4.9. mount holly, home of the national weather service, 4.3. in freehold we had a lingering band over you earlier this morning and that is you why pick up 6 inches into the the north and west. allentown three. the pottstown 3.8. reading at 3.5. now that is behind us, we're

talking about the cold. right now we will see a little bit of melting going on with the sunshine even though temperatures are above freezing. very comfortable. look at how cold. average high is 44 for this time of the year. next weather maker will be diving down from the great lakes, giving us a chance of some evening snow showers with temperatures in the 20's. future weather shows some clouds rolling in late tomorrow afternoon and around the dinner hour we will see that snow beginning to move from west to east. a coating is possible, mainly through to tomorrow evening and tomorrow night it will be the scattered snow showers. after that moves through, tomorrow night, the the winds will kick in again, wind chills near zero, and temperatures will be only in the teens by friday, we're talking about frigid conditions, the the high only 18 but the morning low is expected to be a record. here we go again with record cold the the forecast low is zero, the record one setback in 1979. friday morning's wind chill will be 18 below zero. overnight the tonight, 14. we will see a refreeze. watch for black ice.

tomorrow, the late afternoon and evening snow showers the high of 29. on the three day forecast, look at how we go downhill it the will be dry but it will be frigid again, friday will be the peak of the cold. that is what we're expecting across the delaware valley with birth cold temperatures especially as we get the in to those mornings, 14 wednesday morning, ten thursday morning, and zero, that would be the zero, the record, on friday morning. >> just a goose egg. >> yes. >> zero. >> it is a cold spell for sure. >> you think? >> yes. >> thanks, kathy. >> you be

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allen, one of two teenage girls, say they saw him performing a lewd act at a stop light in fort myers, florida, last night. allen was pulled over and detained in a holding cell by the fort myers police department for almost five hours. he denies any wrongdoing, calling this a case of false accusation or misidentification. >> you work your whole life to be a good person and make a good name for yourself and for your family and with a simple phone call and a false accusation, everything can be torn down like that. everything can just be put down the drain. i mean, i kept telling these detective, these girls, girl could have ruined my life tonight. for no reason. >> nate has in the been charged with the crime. police say the investigation is ongoing. allen has been with the eagles for five years. been a good citizen here. drafted by the team in the second round in 2010. flyers continue their playoff push tonight hosting

columbus kimmo timonen skated with the team after sitting out all season with blood clots. he hopes to play again. >> it takes time. it is in the like it will get back in a day or two. so good seven to ten days, good practices good tempo and speed and i'm ready to go i think. >> all right. good luck to kimmo. the that is a dangerous thing. we will see what happens with nate allen. that should clear itself up soon. he says he has phone record and he is hoping that cameras, police cameras will clear his name, we will find out what happened. >> they are every where. >> yes exactly. >> thank you very much. coming up, an extremely close call for a tv news crew covering the snow an out of control suv barrels right at them. also there are new developments in the murder trial of the man accused of killing the american snipper chris kyle. plus will bradley cooper's oscar nominated role impact the outcome of that trial? we will get an inside look coming up. then new at 6:00 o'clock.

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i'm chris may with the top stories for you. developing news right now rescue crews rushed to save a with man who fell through ice in sandy hook bay in middletown, new jersey. and two others were also stranded, but they were led to safety. they are all expect to be okay. well, take a look at this plow truck falls through a sink hole, bob strain sent this eyewitness cam video. it happened in warren county in north jersey. it is unclear if anyone there was injured. the region continues to clean up from overnight snowfall. "eyewitness news" outside 30th street station where it was messy going for walk tours day, kate. >> reporter: still clean up mode continuing. make sure you have washer fluid for that windshield because if you are driving around in the spray it will need to wipe it off frequently at least i did earlier today and that will continue through tonight. we have black ice forming tonight, watch for a round of snow showers tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. it could be a few squalls. we will look at. that we have record cold

possible, by friday, we may hit zero some spots, sub zero, friday morning and then all eyes on a system for the week end that will threaten some snow and then some rain. i will have details with the seven day forecast, jessica. >> burr, thanks kate, very much. storm that hit our area with snow has caused trouble in other areas as well. travel conditions in some places are treacherous and tens of thousands are without power. cbs reporter craig boswell has more. snowplows are making headway clearing road in the nation's capitol but storm that hit the south and mid-atlantic left headaches in its wake. multi car crashes hut down portions of interstates in pennsylvania, and ohio and in maryland, the driver of this car died when he collided with a truck plowing snow. air travelers are also feeling the impact. more than 1400 flights were canceled on tuesday. >> flights got delayed last night, kept getting delayed last night, and as southerners we are not used to this inclement weather. we just wanting to home.

>> reporter: 5 inches of snow fell in the the d.c. area. there were higher totals in the surrounding area and enough to shut down the federal government. >> those of you from minnesota know this is not much of an emergency. i understand that. but in washington when you hear snow is coming everything shuts down. >> reporter: in georgia and carolinas, utility crews are working to restore power to tens of thousands. >> we will continue to see down trees and power lines as they succumb to the weight of the ice. >> reporter: coating of ice on this pond in north carolina was not enough to hold a pup named brody. when he fell through the the ice the 12 year-old he was sledding with ran to help. two fire department joined forces to rescue brody. craig boss well for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" good watch how dangerous covering a snow storm can be a tv news crew in hampton virginia was reporting on conditions there, when this happened. an suv lost control and crash in that other vehicle and see

it stopped inches from their camera. the the reporter and photographer were safe in their news truck which was park nearby. >> it is dangerous out there. carnivale festivities in haiti have been canceled following a float tragedy. at least 16 people died when a parade full ran into electrical wires in port au prince. flash of sparks set off panic in the crowd. witnesses say some were instantly electrocuted while others died, after being trampled. well wreckage of the freight train continues to burn, in boomer, west virginia. we told but this train last night, and it carried thousands of gallons of crude oil. it derailed and then burst into flames yesterday. people living nearby remain evacuated from the scene tonight. >> it flew up, and popped them out and i could feel the heat on my face. >> reporter: right new is there still concern that oil is seeping in the river that is used for drinking water in that area the cause of the derail. remains under investigation.

today prosecutors rested their case in the trial of the form mare rena accused of killing american snipper chris kyle, and his friend. twenty-seven year-old eddie ray routh is mounting an insanity defense. before resting prosecutors played a recorded phone call of routh talking about the killings with a new yorker magazine reporter. the trial has drawn intense interest because of an oscar nominated film based on kyle's memoirs. so the question is what about the bradley cooper effect? can his popularity actually affect the the outcome of this real life trial? the insider's louie a agary joins us from los angeles with more louie. >> reporter: chris and jessica the prosecution in the american snipper trial is expected to rest their case today as chilling video of chris kyle's video was played in court. meantime the man who played kyle bradley cooper weighs in and opens up about his own personal deem ons. >> it i sat across from his father and said i will do everything i can to do right by his son. i knew i owed to it chris quite frankly to do everything

that i could. >> reporter: with the family of slain american snipper chris kyle honored by the legacy bradley cooper created on screen in, real life their nightmare lives on inside that courtroom. the listening to eddie ray routh in his own word the the judge won't allow audio from the confession to be broadcast until after the verdict. the in the footage routh appears to be napping, paces the room and at one point attempts to put on his glass west his hand still behind his back. if convicted, routh faces life in prison without parole. the prosecutors are not seeking the the death penalty. the here's the interesting thing. even if routh is found not guilty by reason of insanity he could remain in custody and state can start proceedings to have him committed. chris and jessica back to you. >> very interesting. for more on that story, you can watch the insider tonight, happens at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. a judge has delayed a ruling on whether to kill a deal to sell atlantic city's former revel casino. that will be decided next week. revel wants to terminate the deal to sell cat seen owe to

florida developer glenn straub because he missed a february 9th purchase deadline but traub said he was unable to meet the deadline without knowing when will be required to honor leases of the formal revel tenants. ashton carter was sworn in as nation's 25th secretary of defense today. vice-president joe biden administered the oath of office to carter at the white house. carter replaced chuck hagel, he is president obama's fourth defense secretary in six years and he will face task of steering the military at the united states battles isis. >> i'm honored to rejoin the men and women of the defense department in what is the highest calling which is the defense of our country. >> ashton carter met with president obama in the oval office after at swearing n carter was a former pentagon official and attended abington high school. good evening everyone. still very very light on the

majors. still definitely a nice break then usual. if you are traveling out and about on the schuylkill expressway it does not look like rush hour. you are free wide open heading out of the western suburbs. this shot coming from the king of prussia making your way down gulph mills looking fantastic east and westbound no delays on 202, pennsylvania turnpike, maybe you are traveling on 422 it is really excellent out within yourh3 western suburbs and it looks just as nice around center city philadelphia a traveling on i-95 here at 55 miles an hour, when do we see that during rush hour. usually map is never this green but that is what we're dealing with today and we will take it. nineteen, we are seeing just a lit built of the slow down on the schuylkill around conshohocken. we have used to that. it is only for a short while. traveling in new jersey is not bad at all. traveling in delaware it is not awful with you mass transit, septa regional rails experiencing 20 minute delays as a result of slippery spots. dart still suspended there, new jersey transit they are cross honoring ticket. patco running on time. if you are traveling in lawrence township on i-95

southbound the on ramp to city road is closed as a result of the accident. try to avoid that if you can if you are traveling at the airport, nothing major but you will have minor taxi holds, so just know that, jessica. >> vittoria, thanks. still to come the one thing to add to your diet if you want to lose weight. health reporter stephanie stahl is on your side with the year long study that simplifies dieting plus. >> reporter: mardi gras festivities are in full swing in new orleans i'm megan alexander with all of the action coming up. it is cold in new orleans for mardi gras and cold here as well but it will get worse today, even though we were in the 20's, didn't feel so bad but after another arctic front comes through tomorrow we are talking about potential record cold for the end of the week. ill will's have det

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and, after a woman fell through the the ice there, two others also had to be rescued, and they were taken to the hospital for evaluation. you just did kate bilo, a story on ice rescues and how critical it is to dot right thing in that situation. >> anotherly familiar scene, and the rope to that they tied around her and pulling in the sled and i was there and you can see with that same rope

wearing those suits and those suits are incredible. they are boyant and they keep you drive so rescuers don't get wednesday but i cannot imagine pan that i can sets in reyou rescue an actual victim. >> not wearing the suit. >> the lady in the water. >> yes. >> soaked through completely and just crazy stuff. i posted a lincoln my facebook page if you missed it if you can check that out. we are talking about a different kind of ice here tonight and as always reminder never to go out on ice like that because no isis safe ice. we're talking about black ice because we have very slick conditions out there as temperatures drop again, take a look outside in the wake of the storm, beautiful sunset, a lot of times we will get beautiful sunsets with storms off shore but sun melted that snow, even though it was warm, sunnies strong, so any puddles, melted snow can lead to slippery spots and black ice on the road. be safe. looking at ben franklin bridge pretty nice evening in row rebeach this is one area that got significant snowfall. 6 inches in the delaware

beaches. you can see footprints on the boardwalk as folks got out and explored snowy landscape today. lets look at our snowfall numbers from weather watcher kenneth square jim four and a half inches there. james, four and a half inches. it doesn't matter where you were. we have got three to 6 inches of snow. bernville allen matthews three and a half. margo reporting 4.8 inches of snow, cape may county got most with 7 inches in cape may. i posted this photo on twitter, go take a look, i was stun at these perfect snow flakes. that means a take shaped, that perfect six sided crystal there. each little snow flake that came down had that perfect structure. they were all different. you cane scale of my giant finger there but you can see more photos on my twitter feet at kate bilo. that was in swede bureau, new jersey. those snow flakes, take certain conditions to form. you need a deep layer of cold in the atmosphere and those snow flakes like to pile up. we have got that fluffy heavy

snow through the overnight hours. take a look we have cleared out one spotty want to draw your attention to poor boston this is past six hours. the note thinks snow has been sitting over boston, all day long. it doesn't want to move out. the it is a mess owe scale feature. still snowing, south of boston as if you needed anymore snow. lets take a look we have a running total. we are in the double digits. 10.2 after yesterday's storm here in philadelphia and boston 96 inches of snow, this year and more on the way, likely this weekend. lets talk about our first chance of snow in the forecast here and that comes tomorrow evening as another arctic cold front starts to push n6 or seven we will see these snow showers pushing through could be locally heavier squals especially in the overnight hours and behind this when we will renew that polar air start moving in on thursday. i want to call your attention to thursday, remember just a few weeks back in the afternoon when we get cold air and brings down lake effect

showers and squals. cannot rule that out thursday afternoon either. not expecting much in the way of accumulation but they can reduce visibility traveling through them. keep that in mind if you are out and about thursday afternoon as well. it feels like 20 in philadelphia a. sixteen in reading. take a look at these wind chills to the north and west. minus 20 in international falls and minus 26 in winnipeg. this is cold that will follow the arctic frontal passage tomorrow and you can see how jet stream dies down, and talking about record cold and worst of it is late thursday night into friday morning and all day friday before temperatures begin to moderate at least a little bit as we head in the upcoming weekend. you're witness weather seven day forecast still a lot going on. snow showers and squals tomorrow evening. thursday bitter cold sets in and wind will be strong it will feel like single digits all day. look at this low friday morning zero. record is one. we may break that record if we get down to five friday night that is another record broken. record for saturday morning is six. we will track a chance of

another system this weekend could start as snow saturday night and it will change over to rain on sunday as temperatures get back to normal will in the mid 40's and then we're cold next week. we will have more details on that week even system toward the end of the week. now back to you in the desk. on the cbs-3 healthwatch dieting doesn't have to be complicated, new research says one simple thing cannot only help you lose weight but improve your overall health. it is eating more fiber. health reporter stephanie stahl has the the new numbers. >> reporter: produce sexist loaded with fiber. this could be the best place for your diet according to the new study. it covered 240 people at risk for developing type two diabetes. half were told to increase fiber consumption. the other half stuck to the american heart association diet which is very detailed more fish and lean protein less sugar and cholesterol. both groups lost roughly the same amount of weight. 5-pound in a year. the experts say it proves that

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something coming up at 11:00 germ a phone i cans do you have something to worry about or not, we will tell you what is sensible it is the great germ debate, we have learn a few things in this one. >> we all know or know a few we will look forward to that. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news", it is one massive party in new orleans today as city celebrates mardi gras. >> we will take you there when we come back.

montgomery county company is hoping to capitalize on pope francis's vice tonight september by releasing a plush, doll, of the pontiff. this is the pope made by the company, bleacher creatures, they are based in plymouth meeting. they have made these dolls that look like tom brady and derek jeter in the past. bleacher creatures is working to get a partnership deal with the vatican. today is, fat tuesday, that means that mardi gras festivities have gotten underway in new orleans. >> cbs the news reporter megan alexander takes to us bourbon street.

>> ♪ >> reporter: marchers dressed up in elaborate costumes as they made their way down saint charles avenue in mardi gras. >> all hell in city of new orleans. >> reporter: band goers own floats threw beads into the crowd. it is cold rainy in new orleans but that is not stopping revellers who came from all over to celebrate. >> i'm from chicago so this is not that bad for us. >> reporter: parade goers did what they could to keep warm. >> we are freezing. >> reporter: is this what you expected. >> i was hoping for at least a double digit. >> reporter: getting in the act this year stars of the ncis new orleans who helped lead a parade monday night. >> this is most surreal thing i have ever experienced just bizarre. >> reporter: not only do actors get to experience mardi gras so do their characters. tonight's episode of ncis new orleans, takes place on fat tuesday. >> the amount of extras that they have had for the day of our parade, 900 extras.

>> reporter: it is a case of art imitating life. in new orleans, megan alexander for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you can watch ncis new orleans tonight at 9:00 right here on cbs-3. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 cleaning up from our biggest snowstorm so far, area road may look better tonight then they did this morning but threat isn't over just yet kathy? anything that melt today will refreeze tonight, so we're talking about black ice, and, another round of, snow showers, and if that is in the enough more record cold, it is all coming up with the seven day. plow driver in a predicament see what happens during this run in with the sink hole. ape delicious food served up for free it is a random act of kindness on display at several areas restaurant. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now.

cleaning up, after the storm, a snowy scene in south jersey, and across the delaware valley, the biggest snowfall of the winter so far. parking lot is cleared at christiana mall in new castle county, all that snow made a pile, that dwarfs the cbs-3 mobile weather lab. philadelphia residents needed their shovels as well the snowy side streets in manayunk, hard to navigate today. good evening, i'm jessica dean. i'm chris may. winter storm is history but don't let your guard down more historic cold is coming. our meteorologist kathy orr is live on the cbs-3 sky deck with the very latest now, kathy. now that the snow is gone we are expecting icy conditions and potentially record cold. that snow that fell light thely, beautifully this morning is now turning icy, with the warmer temperatures today, all that snow compressed, and that is a lot

of moisture, so watch out, this could hurt this time. take a look at storm scan three we will take you back in time and watch as snow moved through the region and came to than a end. now we are seeing drying conditions. in the wake of all of this we are talking about some melt ago this went on during the the day with the strong sunshine and these salt that works quite well on area roads. so that means we're going to be seeing icy conditions. snow today, here's the higher totals georgetown delaware, egg harbor, new jersey 6 inches in ridley park. five in atlantic city. nearly four. temperatures begin to tumble we will see temperatures that fall in the teens and anything that is wet is going to refreeze overnight. so black isis definitely a concern overnight and tomorrow morning. the icy areas already forming. so please take it easy. then coming up we will talk more about the snow that is in our forecast, the record cold and another weekend storm that we have an eye on. all those details coming up when i join you inside.