chilly start to the morning for us but oddly enough, it is not as harsh as we are's still only talking temperatures that break into the upper 30's today. that will sure beat what we have been dealing with in recent mornings for sure. we can expect a generally nice looking day as we kick things off and take a quick look at storm scan three tri-state sweep made and not being picked up by anything. you wouldn't know there is a cold front coming along because cold front tend to bring moisture. this one not so much. certainly going to make up with the cold that it produces but i don't think you worry about precipitation out of it. problem is there is a new storm brewing right now over texas and deep south and that is what actually moves in for us tomorrow. so early tomorrow morning, generally before the sun comes up, a light round of snow moves in. it will be a in moisture rich system but it is moving so quickly that it will just have have time to dump a quick coat to go an inch through the suburbs. many may not see that. otherwise a quick coat to go an inch or two out towards the

shore points and at this point there is nothing more than a winter weather advisory posted for sussex county, delaware, everybody else in the clear so to speak but we will see slick spots out of it. that is tomorrow morning. for now here's where we stan, it is cold very modest breeze, enough to knock say five or seven or 8 degrees off an hour feels like temperature but breeze has certainly slack end up for us but it will pick up with time and that does mark the the arrival and passage of that next cold front i mentioned a moment ago. the it does come through generally dry it will knock us back in the 20's again for tomorrow and friday for that matter, so it is a busy pattern but thankfully we are still not tracking any kind of major stormy weather, here in our area the next few days, vittoria back over to you. i think we will take the cold over the the snow. traffic wise we're in the really dealing with any problems, or really anything to be disrupting the majors. the ben franklin bridge taking a look behind me vice serene

and quiet. making your way in to new jersey or down toward eighth and vine it is fantastic n delays on any bridges. that is the good news. i have good news to follow that, traveling majors in and around center city and western suburbs it is also an indication that we're still waiting in the wings of the rush which means it is very quiet on the schuylkill expressway sharks shot right around spring garden but looks just as night as well. speed sensors are indicate ago this we are high up in the 50's. traveling in pennsylvania, maybe making your way in delaware and out toward trenton, new jersey traveling in new jersey, again speed sensors are fantastic. however, if you are traveling or plan to travel route nine on eastbound and route 130 we are till dealing with the ramp closures at that point as a result of monday's earlier tanker truck fire and i double checked the systems here this will be ongoing for a few more days. seven three, admiral wilson boulevard with traffic divert todd union avenue are a few alternates ukee. police dash cam video

captured moment a quiet community in ocean county new jersey is jolted by terrifying gas explosion. it complete thely obliterated a a home sending debris raining down from the sky. when dust settles 15 people were hurt, two critically. >> utility workers were searching for source of the gas leak on oak avenue in stafford township yesterday morning when something went wrong. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us what is happening, good morning jan? >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. the gas crews have been working around the clock here trying to get that service restore to that area we are being kept far from the scene this morning. you can see oak avenue just down there with those police lights. the they are keeping us off of that street, right now as gas employees continue to work. i was just able to talk to a police office shore says yes there are crew is still down there and crews hope to have gas restored in this area over the next hour. now the mayor of stafford township tells us that the the explosion yesterday was caused by a a 34 year-old main gas

line here under oak avenue, 15 people as you mentioned were injured, two critically in the explosion but thankfully all are expected to recover and that is amazing when you look at this explosion this same video was captured around 10:30 tuesday morning on the police officer's dash cam. you see the the the fireball and then all of the debris. just about an hour and a half earlier several homes had been evacuated after resident complained about smelling gas. workers with the new jersey natural gas responded to investigate and soon afterward that explosion happened. that home at 59 oak avenue was blown to bits. only thing lefties block basement. fortunately the family was not at home but more than a dozen fire fighters, e ms and gas workers were on the scene they were injured. all are expect to recover. neighboring homes were damaged as well. rest of the neighborhood felt the explosion and folks here are still shaking up about it. >> it was terribly loud. i never heard anything so

loud, i thought a tractor trailer hit this porch, that is how much the house shook. the the whole neighborhood was just shaken unbelievably. >> we heard the big explosion, you felt it, the whole building shook. our whole house shook. you felt it was big. it shook the the floors. the whole foundation of the house. >> reporter: at one point yesterday more than 75 homes were evacuated, and no electricity, no gas, gas crews will remain on the scene trying to restore services to everyone in this area. we are hoping to get an update the from the gas company, very soon but in the meantime we are live, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we want to give you an idea of the devastation from that explosion. this is satellite view of that house on oak avenue this house right here that is before the blast. normal looking house, right. now here, do you see that, that is what is left the from the explosion. only the foundation of that

home barely visible there and just so much ruble and debris around that area. before and after there, ukee. now new this morning freezing temperatures are sure to turn part of this northeast philadelphia roadway into an ice rink following a water main break in rhawnhurst. main ruptured underneath the sidewalk along 2,000 block of glendale avenue. this happened around 10:00 o'clock last night. water rush in the treats for hours but we're told it is not impacting any residents service. also from overnight water department crews will to have deal with another break this one is in fox chase water poured from a crack in the street at intersection of al dean and no homes or businesses were affected. erika? ukee, a delaware mother and little girl are expect to head home today. the amber alert canceled after that three-year old was found safe with her father. the the intense search spanned out across multiple states. yesterday she was located hundreds of miles away in

spencer, massachusetts. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from new castle delaware with the latest on this story justin good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. the that is right, elinor trotta and her mother by now are already back together. they are set to return to their new castle home at some point today. her mother a says this is a happy end to go what has been a gut wrenching experience. take a listen. >> prayed all day to god that i would get her back and he gave me the best birthday present ever. i broke down. i got to talk to her on the phone. she's shaken but she's ready to be back with me. >> reporter: at a press conference yesterday, we heard that story, elinor was taken a monday night by her father, michael trotta after assaulting elinor's mother dawn barkus. an amber alert was issued and multi state issues were on on

the case. both the mother and the father and the daughter in spencer, massachusetts on 300 miles from new castle will delaware and one hour from boston. at this point , officials say that this is a multi agency example of what happens when you have many agencies working together in this case. we're also told by source that he is a facebook tip is what led authorities to trotta and his daughter in spencer massachusetts. we are live from new castle delaware, justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". officials say ramp from route nine onto route 130 will remain closed for a few more days following monday's tanker fire in pennsauken. tanker with 8,000 gallons of fuel over board overturn and burst into flames. tanker driver and fire fighter suffer minor injuries. we now know what led to this wild scene, on the main line a jeep flying through the the air landing on top of other vehicles. it happened yesterday morning inard a more. police say driver mistakenly

hit the gas instead of the brake. jeep then hit a guardrail went up a snow bank and landed on cars at piazza acura. the driver of the jeep was taken to the hospital. a former marine now faces life without parole after being convicted in the so call american snipper trial. >> late last night a texas jury found eddie way out guilty of gunning down chris kyle and chad littlefield. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us with the very latest on this, good morning. >> reporter: the film american snipper making it big at the box office as the real story played out in court. as you can imagine a lot of interests surrounding this capital murder case and also the verdict which send the former marine for prison for life without parole. after deliberating less than three hours a jury in texas convicted routh of capital murder for shooting chris kyle and chad littlefield at an outdoor shooting range two years ago. two men had taken routh out shooting after his mother asked kyle to help him saying he suffered from post

traumatic stress disorder after serving in iraq n a tearful testimony kyle's wife described the last time that she saw her husband a live. >> we kissed and hugged as we always did and i left and when i left he was in the driveway still trying to get the more stuff in there and gone. >> while they did not seek the death penalty the prosecution painted routh as a trouble drug user who knew right from wrong despite his insanity defense. now upon hearing that verdict he showed no reaction in court even when family members of the chad little field addressed him. coming up at 6:00 we will hear from chad's mother who says they finally got justice but just a heart breaking story. >> no doubt good nicole, thank you. right now 5:10. still ahead on "eyewitness news" it was first full squad practice for the phillies yesterday, how the team is looking ahead of the season. get ready for some warmer temperatures today as we look

live at center city courtesy of the sky cam three we may get above freezing. how about that. come on. >> balmy practically. >> katie has a check of the forecast when we come back good

i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] 5:13. let's get traffic and weather together. the katie we might get above freezing today. >> my mean what are we talking about here. we were normally be easily in the mid 40's on this particular day of the year we may actually see some seasonal air come our way here, into next week, but there is another arctic cold front on the horizon. we will get stuck right back in the 20's by tomorrow. in the meantime though upper 30's is the general expectation. we have a fast flow in the atmosphere. i want to explain it and show it the to you with visuals and storm scan three is a good place to start with that. as you can see over our area

not too much happening here we did have a disturbance bypassing us generally speaking but still retreating from southeastern most new england but next cold front on the map, indicated basically by these couple little scattered round of snow showers. it doesn't have a ton of moisture but it is going to kick the breeze in for us and we will eventually start to see some colder air moving back in. here is the storm we are talking about bringing in some snow by tomorrow already. it is very far away. that tells you that it is moving quickly right? it will be sipping right out across southeastern u.s. and then just clipping our area. here is the track looking at the time early tomorrow morning you can see it moving in and moves out to sea. generally through southeastern portion of our area we have the best shot to see, a coat to go an inch or two. we have a winter weather advisory in effect late tonight for sussex county delaware. everyone else we see a quick coating out of the the snow shower or two and that is it.

looking forward to the forecast, 20's, they are back in the outlook for thursday and friday. friday brightening up for you here saturday looks nice, just cold, and then come sunday another frontal boundary waits in the wings bringing a light wintry mix it looks like but primarily sunday night into monday. vittoria, over to you. thanks so much katie. good morning everyone. i feel like i'm humming along here because majors look great. there is nothing to talk b5:15. beautiful ride out there. heading out and about and maybe jump on i-95 in the next 40 minutes or so i say it will be a different story but as of right the now 95 is beautiful. it is not just around broad but as you make your way in delaware county and in the northeast section of philadelphia, and beyond, it is fantastic. forty-two freeway also reflecting some good news here. the it does seem to be am i looking at a few headlights here. we have headlights on the northbound side of 42 at creek road. we may have a disable vehicle not causing too much problem

but i saw something out there. also traveling north bound on the 42 freeway that is what that was, excuse me, some construction. we are not too far from 295. they could be moving on the north bound side of the 42 between 55 and 295 watch out for lane blockages erika. two people remain in critical condition after yesterday's gas explosion in ocean county. a police dash cam from stafford township police caught the explosion on camera. just incredible. that leveled that house and sent at least 15 people to hospital. crews are replacing that gas main today. >> elinor trotta three-year old subject of the yesterday's amber alert has been found safe in massachusetts. her father michael trotta took her from her home yesterday, trotta is in custody and awaiting extradition to delaware. jury convicts eddie lee routh in the shooting death the of the american snipper author chris kyle and another man. routh was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

still ahead on "eyewitness news" president obama stops the keystone pipeline xl bill with the veto. republicans are responding and whether they have enough vote to override it, we will be right

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republicans say they are in the giving up the fight over keystone xl oil pipeline. president obama a vetoed a bill that would have approved construction of the pipe line to transport oil from canada to the gulf of mexico. supporters say that pipeline will create jobs. opponents say there are too many environmental risks. it is the the the president's third veto in six years. time to check your philadelphia jobs market report and here's cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. >> it is america saves week an annual opportunity for individual to assess their savings status. the task of saving for the future is more difficult now due to the combination of the the recession a a more

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5:23. lets get traffic and weather together. getting warmer but will it stay warmer. >> it is so crazy, warmer is 38 degrees today. it is still cold but just not as harsh. so still make sure you are bundling up you will still require a heavier coat it is just not as bad, that is what we're reduced to at this point. storm san three generally quiet at this hour. we are tracking the passage of the arctic cold front and that will american anything bring the the breeze in for you but we have a winter weather advisory that takes effect to sus second county delaware and points south for a storm that will clip our area. early tomorrow morning we could see a quick couple snow showers through philadelphia but you will want to head down to the southeastern shore points in new jersey and delaware looking for accumulation. that is where we will find a coat to go an inch or two in

most spots. look at these temperatures stuck in the 20's thursday and friday, we will brighten up with sunshine but still cold and then looking a head to sunday a new front is already moving on in, vittoria, over to you. thanks very much katie. hi everyone traveling out and about we are still waiting in the wings of that rush, usually doesn't come into play until 6:00 o'clock. lets see how you are doing. traveling i-95 southbound traffic is headlights you see right around girard avenue. in major problems in either direction. headlights are scattered jumping along to the schuylkill expressway not too far from girard avenue. it is a clear, clean commute. in major problems on any major speed centers, excuse me are high up in the 50's. traffic in lansdale we have construction closing main street at north wales road, we have utility repairs being done there. your best alternate is hancock street. in delays for mass transit ukee. thanks vittoria n sports

sixers face milwaukee bucks on the road former sixer michael carter williams says he expects to make his debut tonight. he has been out with the toe injury since before the trade. to the ice flyers in raleigh-durham to play the hurricane. they broke a one to one tayoun jeff skinner's 15th goal of the the season. carolina cruised to a four-one win. the flyers remain four points behind boston for last playoff spot in the eastern conference. flares in toronto, tomorrow night. well phillies full squad is in clearwater and the the baseball season is six weeks away now. big piece was part of the procession, out to the practice field yesterday, at brighthouse field. phillies will after lot of new faces this year and some young players are looking forward to a chance at the big league level. but darren ruf has had a few chances already and he is optimistic. >> you know, we still have high expectations for ourselves. we have a lot of talent. we are just going to have to work from team chemistry

building cohesiveness. hopefully that tight team connection chemistry will lead to a few more wins. >> all right, my man, lets do this. dom brownies expect to be phils right fielder after a couple years in left. brown hit .235 with ten home runs and 63 runs batted in. villanova wildcats celebrate senior night at the pavilion. the last home game for seniors darren hillard and jeff on pinkston. both players responded against providence big time. hillard had 24 points, pinkston 16, to go with eight rebound and the wildcats beat up the fryars89-61. it was nova's 26th straight win and they clinched at least a tie for the big east title. wildcats against xavier in cincinnati saturday afternoon as conference tournaments are right around the corner, congratulations, are is. still ahead on "eyewitness news" crews are working to restore gas to the residents surrounding a home explosion in stafford township, several people were injured and why

neighbors are so upset with police. also keith olbermann in hot water over a twitter feud with penn state students, find out what the espn and are on said and how the network responded. finally a little warmer weather today vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together on the i guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. my dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded

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a terrifying, scene caught on tape when that house in stafford township, new jersey blows up, after a huge natural gas explosion. now crews have been working throughout the night to get gas and electricity restored to 300 hems, where we're live with the clean up effort. >> good morning. espn's keith olbermann is in hot water after twitter he said regarding penn state

students. what olbermann said and how the network responded. but first lets check object traffic and weather together. good morning. >> it be will be a quiet day all things considered because we have a fast flow in the atmosphere. we are tracking a arctic cold front. we are tracking another new storm tomorrow. another front to the weekend. the chillies still stuck here for the next couple of days. lots to discuss but at least for now all is calm. how about for you, vittoria. >> all is calm katie sure is, very calm, very serene. we have a pretty shot of the ben franklin bridge, no delays in either direction. we are looking good all over travel in pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey it is fantastic. we are waiting for a rush hour and things will definitely change. would i say 6:15 or so we will see that change. traveling on the roosevelt boulevard no major delays. everything is still very calm serene, all is good and well h in major