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although at this point we have been checking with our eyewitness weather watcher network and folks living down south and southern most counties and we are not finding too many snow reports. let us know what you see, either via a twit error in our network we'd love to hear from you. this is expectation as to how much we will find by the time it is all said and done. mess of the snow falling this morning. we expect to see a quick coating, perhaps, up to an inch around philadelphia but you do have winter weather advisories posted for locations picking up one to 3 inches and winter storm warning in sussex county delaware specifically. thursday travel in philadelphia specifically, this is specific to the city snow showers slick travel this morning so we will call it a red light for you. afternoon not terrible. as we go into the the evening as temperatures have a chance to decline there may be icy spot so we will give you a caution light there. as the day goes on regional we expect temperatures in the upper 20's but in philadelphia we can shoot by 28 degrees.
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temperatures are somewhat steady with time here but really the worst of the story here, happens right now, in through the rest of the morning drive with the snow that will be falling, and the problems that i'm sure it will be creating vittoria over to you. thanks katie. leaving early might be the best eye tea. good morning everybody. if you are traveling out and about on the majors maybe leaving early right now you will notice we are in the dealing with any major delays or problems. taking a look at 476, hard to see because it is still tark. we usually don't see a rush until 6:00 o'clock or so but if you are traveling on the northbound side of the blue route around ridge pike we are dealing with the disabled vehicle on the right shoulder not really affecting any traffic. we are in the seeing rush hour and two, it is on the shoulder so it is not blocking any lanes here. traveling in this area you may see that off to the right. the that is a remine tore check your fluid even as we still experience the cold temperatures, because we see disabled vehicles all the time
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and that is probably the main cause i would imagine. as we look at our speed sensors, they are great, they are happening in the 50's in pennsylvania delaware traveling in new jersey in delays on our majors. if you are traveling in eagleville we have an accident closing ridge pike between smith road and eagle willville road is there down poles and wires with that. germantown pike or visitation road is your best bet. the mass transit you are in the clear. more on our breaking "news 3" people are dead and another victim is wounded in an explosion of gun violence overnight in philadelphia "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is gathering details and she joins us from police headquarters jan. >> a very violent overnight in philadelphia a, as you mentioned, four people, shot and three different locations, three of these people are dead this morning. take a look at the very latest. most recent shooting is a double homicide that happened just after 2:00 a.m. two men were shot on the 2700
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block of la tona street in grays ferry. would than man than wases show the in the head other shot in both legs. both have died. police found nine shell casings the at the scene and they have recovered a gun that was found on one of the victims at the hospital. >> so, we know there are two weapons involve. one that left the spent shell casing is on the street and a second weapon is the one that we found on our 23 year-old victim was shot in the head. it is unknown until we examine that revolver, it is unknown whether or not that revolume will versace was fired. >> reporter: both of those victims at the that scene are 23 year-old men. meantime first shooting actually happened after # 1:30 last night in west more land street in fair hill. police found a 34 year-old woman shot in the driver's seat of the car before that car stopped it run into three other park cars on that block month. man was transported to temple where she was pronounced dead. police say 11 shots were fired
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at the scene no suspect description or motive a the this is time but police found surveillance cameras in the the area then just before 2:00 this morning, two men walked in the 12th district police headquarters in southwest philadelphia, one was shot in the head, just a grazed wound though that victim tells police he was approached by two men at sixth seventh and guyer avenue and told to give up his car. he says he was shot trying to drive away. he is expected to survive. police do not believe that any of these shootings are related but this is under investigation at the this time. anyone with any information is asked to call police. we are reporting live outside philadelphia police headquarters jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a crack in the gas main is being blamed for this explosion that blew a house to pieces in stafford township new jersey. investigators found the crack in the 2-inch main that runs under oak avenue. they say gas travels into the homes basement on tuesday morning, and then an open flames in the utility room, yes, sparked that explosion.
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two gas work hours were most seriously hurt are still in the hospital. the parents of the trayvon martin say that they are disappointed but not surprised of the decision by the department of justice not to charge george zimmerman with a hate crime in their son's death. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us now with that story nicole. >> they are disappointed but not shocked after justice department found insufficient evident to prove that i am iser man killed trayvon martin as a result. it is a de his parents say they were prepared for but will never accept. trayvon's mother sabrina fulton believe zimmerman got away with murdering her son when he was acquitted of second degree murder. she reacted to the decision a announced by the department on tuesday. >> it disappointed us greatly but as i said it didn't surprise us at all. we have. we here in the united states are under a crisis when our young people cannot walk the the street, cannot play their music, cannot stand in front
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of a store or go to the store, without being threatened without being followed, chased persued, profiled or murdered. >> zimmerman's attorney says his client is relieved that the case is now closed. he maintains he shot the unarmed teen in self-defense three years ago after confronting him as a neighborhood watch men. ukee. our time is 5:36. in business news this morning how google can help you getaway on vacation. >> however they can help. >> yes. >> how one investment company wants to help your nest egg. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the the new york stock exchange. she has that and more good morning. >> reporter: good morning. fidelity investment wants your ira business and they are willing to show you the money. the company will now pay customers to move at least $10,000 into a retirement account with them and it will also continue to match up to 10 percent of at digsal contributions. fidelity says this is similar
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to companies like that companies that encourage work tours put money in a 401k account by matching it. here on wall street the the dow jonessed at a new record finishing 15 points higher. nasdaq is down slightly, only about one point but it dozened, ten straight days of gains. workers at tj max, marshals and home goods are getting a raise. the parent company tjs says it will increase worker pay to at least $9 an hour beginning in june. that is higher then federal minimum wage. wal-mart ikea and gap of have raised employee pay. google is taking on expedia and travelocity with its own travel service google swipe. you plug in your destination and travel days and flights give you best prices and dates to fly. there is another cool future a interactive map for inn decease i have. google says 60 percent of people who wanting to a away don't know where they wanting to, so it will list flights, across the the globe.
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ukee and erika. >> i had no idea there were that many. >> how about that take me away somewhere. >> somewhere warm right. >> reporter: somewhere warm. i'm with you. >> thanks, jill. still ahead a major drug bust in montgomery county to tell but with ties to columbia. we will tell but the the unique way police were able to catch the suspects. more problems for robin thick's hit song blurred lines but this time it is not over the contend. we will explain coming up. ♪ ♪
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a womanas shot and killed a along west more land street in west philadelphia. two men were shot ape killed in grays ferry. another man was wounded by gunfire in southwest philadelphia a. also investigators are looking for the cause of the huge fire at the a bucks county landscaping business. chopper three over hume villas night, there were no injuries. three men are in custody rested for allegedly plot to go join isis in syria and wage war on the united states. two of the men have ties to this a area. investigators say one ran a kiosk at a shopping mall, the other suspect worked there. police say 32 people are behind bars this morning but their involvement in a drug ring. it happened in montgomery county. police seized crystal meth cocaine, guns, cars, cash. a a family member of the drug addict helped crack the case. he contacted montgomery county district attorney risa vetri
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furhman desperate to get help for his sister a meth addict. >> the call to me was just a last ditch random hope that something could happen. >> authorities say that the suspect's trafficked primarily around norristown. police are warning people near the penn and drexel campuses to be alert, they are investigating a series of robberies around that area. there have been six robberies since the beginning of the month. latest robbery was caught on surveillance video. three armed men followed a female student into her apartment stealing cash and her cell phone. >> i was surprised, i guess, and it the just made me more aware of walking around philadelphia because i'm 25, and a lot of them are graduate students. i'm a graduate student here. >> the students we spoke with say the incidents are not going to keep them from their daily routine. time for traffic and weather together but katie, i understand we are seeing snow in the shore area. >> indeed, we are as we take
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you out to ocean city and sky cam three. you have to look closely. tough to make it out. there is shaking indicating we have a hint of wind but flakes are flying and as we check with our eyewitness weather watcher network we are starting to get snow reports as well. let me take you to the report of snow that we have. this is from william powell, a newby so he has yet to update his profile picture.úhe is in woodbine. he is reporting 31 degrees and light the snow falling. when we take you over to delaware when it looks like you have snow falling down it is not. a at least according to the weather watchers. we have light snow icon from john dowell, 31 degrees. we will go up to 27 degrees sent from ron russell, also now, starting to see light snow. so we are seeing it verify. that is good. we had been checking with the weather watchers and up until 15 or ten minutes ago there wasn't a lot on radar. glad to see it is verifying.
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you can see how it is overtaking region. i have been calling it a slow creep as this moisture moves from south to north. further north you go you may get gipped folks. you may not end up with nothing more than a flurry in the poconos. skiers not craze bye that. stray snow showers in the the lehigh valley. steady light the snow for city and immediate vicinity and suburbs but then you want accumulation you will go to delaware and southern new jersey where it is one to 3 inches by the time it is all said and done but sussex county you could see 5 inches. upper 20's the the spectation for today friday, sat the day but i'm optimistic that down the road we will ebb and flow but these next three days may be coldest we see for a while are you with me on that one vittoria. >> i'm hanging on by a thread, katie. >> please, please. >> good morning everyone. right now as we wait for that precipitation in the traffic cameras we are looking good so far. looking at the blue right around mid county toll place,
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in delays in either direction. the katie was saying further south on i-95 so more in delaware and traveling in new jersey as well, southern new jersey but right new we are not seeing any major problems indicating any traffic delays associated with weather so far but things can change. we don't usually see a rush until 6:00 o'clock or 6:15. traveling ben franklin bridge and rest of the bridges it is beautiful in, delays in either direction. we have an accident in eagle willville closing ridge pike between smith road and eagleville road there are a down pole and wires as well and police are also directing traffic. your best alternate here would be to take germantown pike or visitation road. and things like this happen every single will day, you know that, don't forget when on the road you can get updated information about traffic backups with the the new cbs philly traffic app and you can down load it on itunes or google will play.
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sir paul mccart my will be there in june. this festival ace macing. love tonight dover when this thing comes around, all the time. mccartney had been rumored as the headliner but was absent just a few weeks ago. kings of leon and killers will also be performing among many others at this fantastic festival that they have in the state capitol of delaware. >> that is an incredible line up. >> unbelievable. folks keep coming out year after year. >> so true you. >> marvin gaye's family filed a federal lawsuit against robin thick. gaye family called blurred line a rip off of his 1977 hit, got to give it up. >> have a listen, compare the 21st. but first marvin gaye.
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>> ♪ >> um-hmm. >> that is all i'm saying. um-hmm. >> i used to play that in my high school band back in the day and i'm telling you it is the same song. come on. >> thick testified in the trial over the tunes, and it is expect to last two weeks. >> that is madonna taking a tumble on stage at last night's award in london. you can blame the blunder on a wardrobe malfunction. one of her dancers yanked the cape that she was wearing but instead coming off like it was supposed to she was pulled backward down three stairs. the queen of pop didn't miss a beat though she carried on with the the show, the show must go on. >> true professional there. >> um-hmm. >> from the runway to the beach, vittoria secret angels are heating things upright the here on cbs-3. for the first time on network television we will get a glimpse in the victoria's sex
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i swim shot of the year. follow them as they hit the beach in puerto rico to shoot the victoria secret campaign this year. >> how about that good do not miss the swim special, tonight at ten, right here on cbs-3. but first though i mean you are already watching so stay with us, coming up, i will talk with some models about some of the fear they had to overcome for this shoot. it wasn't just posing. they had adventures. >> we will stay tuned for that. still ahead before you head out the door katie has your snow we just saw some down the shore will ate affect you, we have traffic and weather together on the three's. also. >> ♪ >> yeah, the the little fellow's rap went viral and now the young man has some slick new rhyme about a different sport, we will check it out. my man, caleb. but first here's is what coming up during evening prime time viewing on cbs-3.
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we have some snow falling down the shore, we will see a few flakes on the way down to ocean city and, we will get updated forecast in just a minute and, we will do traffic and weather together. that is coming up. you know how nice it feels to go into your home when it is this cold and nasty outside. many outdoor creatures like it as well n angie's list report jim donovan has advice to keep those critters from getting too cozy in your house. >> reporter: kathy got a big surprise after noticing a pillow out of place in her living room. >> i decided would i go over and straighten it. when i lifted up the pillow i
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could see a squirrel, a asleep underneath the pillow and i thought i was going to have a heart attack. >> wild animals in your house are funny unless they happen to you. the years ago i had a member story where she was getting in the shower and there was a leaf in my shower. it was a bat. these animals can be dangerous and destructive so knowing what to do in case of that problem is important. >> reporter: if you end up with a critter in your home you could call animal control expert to remove it or try to capture it yourself but getting rid of them is only part of the solution. you have to figure out how they got inside. >> common entry points we do see as the roof line, of the house, where the animal can tear the wood back and enter the the attic. also crawl space vents. any weak place on the structure that they can enter. >> reporter: you may want to protect your home well before
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they get a chance to invade it. >> animal proofing is like buying insurance. you are risk is going down that you will have animal entry. once animals get in, they are going to make a mess and it cost a lot to clean up. so, in the long run buy an insurance for your home pays. >> reporter: for more advice on hiring a pest removal expert visits cbs philly.com/angie's list. i'm jim donovan. i can't imagine finding a squirrel on your sofa. >> look out. we are dealing with more snow but we're thinking spring. the philadelphia flower show opens up to the public saturday morning. tomorrow morning on "eyewitness news" our nicole brewer will take you behind the scenes at the convention center for an inside look at the country's largest, longest running indoor flower show starting 59:00 tomorrow morning right here on cbs-3. i believe the the theme this year is from celebrating the movies with disney and disney
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pixar. you can expect some fun tomorrow morning. we need some fun after this snow we are getting to day, katie 5:53 good morning. >> we are trying to think spring but in the on days like this when we're stuck in the 20's and more snow but thankfully we are not dealing with anything of the crippling nature here when it comes to the storm system's impact. it will slow you down through the the south and southern half of our area. true half and half forecast. even though snow showers will extend into portions of say north and western most suburbs, lehigh valley, and poconos, we will see flurries it will be from philly south east thaw will see biggest impact. in philadelphia it is mainly a coating, perhaps up to an inch but heading further south and east it is one to three. sussex county delaware most specifically you could pick up to 5 inches. general timing here it is a morning storm after we hit noon hour, we will start to see skies clear vittoria. good morning everyone. we are looking at i-95 we are
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not seeing rush hour develop just yet but i feel like we are waiting in the wings. we are not that far away. usually around 6:15 it starts to get busy this shot right here we are starting to see a few more southbound vehicles but it is not awful. all of our majors look like 309 around pennsylvania turnpike. speed sensors nice and high but things will change stay
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rolls. and blasted crust rolls. local wet are lobbies out checking local conditions for you. another storm just in time to make a mess of the morning rush, a little trick any some spots. >> we are track ago this snow on storm scan three. the system is coming up from the south and it is set to leave much of a mark on philadelphia a dusting to up an inch. >> possibly. >> possibly. >> lets find out. she's joining us now.
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>> it is all about infliction. make sure you get my point. >> maybe. >> the window of opportunity in philadelphia may be slim for us to pick up to an inch but i like to allow for the chance because we all know mother nature can do whatever the heck that she want sometimes and against our best judgment with the guidance that we have. lets go out to the wider zoom on storm scan three. we have snow falling from virginia, straight up in our area, we will zero in on this and it is truly a half and half forecast, looking for snow, head south, you will fine flurries or snow showers as you can see toward our berks county and even into the poconos and lehigh valley but it will not have have a chance to accumulate. we have to zero in on the southern half of the new jersey and state of delaware as far as we are concern for any kind have of real accumulation potential.ú- so if you fall in the counties shaded in purple one to 3 inches is the spectation, generally falling over next few hours and this morning.
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