ghted in white and lavender color and sleet and freezing rain, that has taken over a lot of the large part of the region. you can see right here all this filling in anergia long i-95 baltimore and washington. we have a long way to go. where you see dark purple that is actually sleet that light pinkies freezing rain and that has made it all the way up through philadelphia it made tonight to mercer county and right now, places like lawrenceville, princeton, some accidents being reported on twitter, keep those reports coming. even in montgomery county reports of sleet and freezing rape. so it will take a while tonight. we're expecting icy conditions, and that will be prolong, right through the evening period. so as we take a look at temperatures you can see everyone, with the exception of wildwood below freezing. so it will take sometime. we have warmer air in the upper levels of the atmosphere but when it hits surface that temperatures below freezing and it freezes on contact and that is of course freezing rain. winter weather advisory continues through early tomorrow morning for the entire region for icy conditions. you can see all of this pink,

by 7:00 p.m., that is, sleet and freezing rain and to the south you can see rain moving in. that warm air eventually wins out even through lehigh valley by 10:00 o'clock, still a little bit of freezing rain in the poconos and then precipitation begins to move out during early morning hours. now, future weather, fast forwarding to the next part of the storm and it is front pushes through the region, an area of low pressure develops along this front complicating matters by late tomorrow night. it will ride along the front changing rain over to snow and then this could be a heavy a accumulation to philadelphia and a it suburbs. that is why the national weather service has issued a winter storm watch, late wednesday night, through thursday evening for significant accumulations over most of the region. and this is something we will be talking about in detail, over the course of the next hour and a half. the in the meantime, we're talking about icy rods roads, cross the delaware valley. justin drabick is live with freezing rain and sleet and

area roads and he is trying through west chester chester county. looked on storm scan three, justin and it looked like were you in that icy mix. is that true. >> reporter: yes, exactly, kathy. we have a temperature coming in right around 30 degrees. we are at the intersection of baltimore pike and route one and pretty good sleet coming down right now. this is route one baltimore pike heavily traveled road and you can see that sleet accumulation and it is coming down good a lot of sound on the car. we had freezing rain at this point as well but it is colder where we are in concord township and we had change over to sleet. we will see that freezing rain, moving in before the plane rain. this will be slowing things down, traffic moving slowly on route one right now. lets go and talk about the roads this evening as we go to the weather graphic. through evening hours we will have period of, sleet and freezing rain, so this will drop visibility down, and temperature will be at or below freezing in many spots

so, expect wet road where we have plane rain but there will be slick spots where we are seeing right the now. actually a plow came through in front salting and cleaning up some of the sleet. so caution and, expect that slow travel through the evening howard, back here with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab, traffic is flowing on the baltimore pike but you can see it is sleet covered so certainly, allow extra drive time eventually we will get change over. that is latest here from the cbs-3 mobile weather lab where we have 30 degrees. we will have more updates later in the show. back to you in the studio good be careful justin, thanks very much. road crews are out and about around the the region preparing for more winter weather. so far this year penndot has used 143,000 tons of salt, that is the second largest an amount in a season in 23 years. make that 33,000. pat ciarrocchi is live in norristown with more on penndot's big operation pat. >> reporter: chris, i have to tell you this is a night that is not meant foreman nor

beast. i'm at the the intersection of johnson highway and swede road a busy intersection. road surface is wet the in some places but today as you can see there is accumulating slush and icy stuff that is starting to build. this is the 20th storm since january. this penndot front end loader has been busiest in norristown. tons and tons of salt have been moved and loaded and it becomes a dividing line between safety and difficult aster. >> there is no sign that winter is over yet. >> reporter: penndot spokesmen gene blum took us to the epi center of district six. >> there is something northbound coming off of 30. >> reporter: he has been hoping for snow. >> we want it to start as snow, apply the salt traffic will grind the salt in the pavement and spread it so we get that salt solution established so when change over occurs to freezing rain or sleet, that will be hitting the salt solution and dissolving. >> reporter: but snowy start could be wish full thinking.

this mix is icy, liquid. all storms are machine toward from here in king of prussia. two dozen storms instant is the start of the winter season. you three. >> this will be our 20th event instant january 3rd that we have been responding to it is almost like it comes out to 3a week. so they are coming from are short time frames and not giving us a lot of precipitation but enough that it makes driving and traveling difficult. >> reporter: so driving and travel difficult and that is what we are expecting, especially over the next few hours. you cane the surface of the roadway, it is really slushy and getting very icy. that is why salties so important. 143,000 tons of salt used this winter season and that is flirting with an all time record which was set, last year. in norristown, pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much, pat. you can track this weekendes wild weather by down

loading the cbs philly weather app. the it is free of charge. you can find it on itunes and google play. parents are on edge in berks county police are investigating a series of attempted child lurings. most recent incident happened in reading. >> there have been other reports. eyewitness news reporter steve paterson is in reading with the search for a suspect, steve. >> reporter: that is right, since january children have reported more than a dozens incidents of a attempted luring in this area. obviously parents administrators here are worried but the children say they are simply too smart for their predators. the tone in berks county is a a parent before you hear in allentown. >> i can't not ever recall in my time here the level and the number of incidents that are being reported so it is extremely concerning. >> reporter: you can hear the concern in reading assistant superintendent chris sellmers voice a man who says late

thely he feels lucky at the end of every day. >> we feel fortunate at this point that nothing worse has happened. >> reporter: since late january, children in communities a across berks county, have reported more than a dozen incidents of attempted child luring and predatory behavior. generally the reports come from young children approached while walking to or from school. monday police say a man asked a student walking home on north 12th and red to go get in his van. the student ran home. >> if there is perpetrators out there there is definitely more than one. >> reporter: berks county district attorney john adams says authorities are getting tips and sightings every day. they have released two police sketches fitting descriptions and certain sightings but nothing solid. >> we need help from the public. >> is what awesome is people are not stupid enough to fall for these things anymore. >> reporter: this three-year old says his peers have been listening to warnings from parents and teachers and they are being smart. >> we all know what is going on and we are vigilant.

>> reporter: well, tomorrow on wednesday, law enforcement officials from nearly half dozen municipalities, here in berks county will meet once again with the district attorney he will be pulling descriptions, surveillance video, anything that will help them track and identify a suspect in these cases. we're reporting live from berks county i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thanks very much. pennsylvania governor tom wolf delivers his first budget address today outlining a nearly $30 billion spending plan that includes tax increases to support public education and cuts to property taxes. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is in harrisburg. >> the governor is entering the the hall of the house. >> reporter: facing a $2.3 billion budget deficit pennsylvania governor tom wolf is seeking property tax cuts of up to 50 percent. >> overall my budget will reduce property taxes by 50 percent putting more than $1,000 each year into their

pocket. >> reporter: another big ticket at number his 34 billion-dollar budget, schools bidding a 5 percent gas drilling tax wolf says a billion dollars will be generated annually that will go directly to schools to restore previous budget cuts. that money would be spent through a new funding formula being worked on. >> the gap between spending between rich and poor districts has as a result exploded. >> reporter: wolf's budget calls for increasing the personal income tax from 3.07 to 3.7 percent sales tax from six to 6.6 percent, increasing the state minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and putting a freeze on state college tuitions. but getting his budget through republican controlled legislature will be a tough fight. republican leaders are calling it a bad plan a mirage that increasing spending by 16 percent it his $.5 billion tax increase and 2 billion over next two year. we don't have have votes for that. >> reporter: republicans want to hear more on pension reforms.

>> we need to dress pensions. the that is the number one cost driver. difficult not the hear anything from the governor on pension is today. >> reporter: coming up today at 6:00 i spoke with mayor michael nut ber what this budget means for philadelphia answer. we will take a close look at how it could decrease the the city wage tax while also increasing funding for city schools. in harrisburg, todd quinones cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a federal immigration agent is accused of stealing, from deportees. thirty-one year-old justin ford stole money from illegal immigrants in the process of being deported from the country. investigators say ford was caught during a sting operation involving an under cover philadelphia police officer. he is charged with theft, receiving stolen property conspiracy and other related charges. we now know the cause of death for a five month-old girl who died at the wyndmoor learning center in wyndmoor in january. police tell us that child died of sudden infant death syndrome. state officials shut down the day care center after an

inspection revealed more than a dozen violations. well, still to come here on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 fire tears through a historic church in burlington county. we will hear from the pastor and his family who managed to escape this raging inferno. thousands flee including tourist when a volcano erupts, lava shooting 3,000 feet in the air and into neighboring communities. what is your biggest consumer complaint, is it the the phone company, banks credit card, well you are not alone whatever it may be, three on your side's jim donovan will take a look at the better business bureau's top complaints of 2

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he went after the iran nuclear talks and the potential deal in the works. >> cbs news reporter craig boswell tells us the white house wasted no time reacting to the prime minister's message. >> israeli prime minister benjamin net the net sharply criticized u.s. led negotiation toss stop iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. >> it doesn't block iran's path to the bomb, it paves iran's path to the bomb. >> reporter: israeli leader says only alternative is a better deal. >> a better deal that doesn't leave iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure and such a short break out time. a better deal that keeps restrictions on iran's nuclear program in place until iran's aggression end. >> reporter: president obama did not watch the the speech but said he read the transcript.

>> the prime minister didn't offer any viable alternatives. >> reporter: president obama a says congress should continue to show support for israel and wait until there is actual deal on the table before evaluating what is in it. house speaker beyond boehner invited netanyahu to speak just two weeks before electionness israel and without consulting the white house or democrats. some of them labeled it a stunt. >> indeed it was political theater, worthy of an oscar. >> reporter: republicans had a different take. >> i wish that the obama administration and the white house was critical of our enemies as they are of our friend such as benjamin netanyahu. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry is in switzerland right now negotiating with the iranian negotiation. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the deadline to reach an agreement is the end of the month. good evening everyone, quite a busy day traffic wise because anywhere that you usually have have rush hour traffic due to the wintry weather mix we are experiencing it is even worse out there.

we are taking you now however to a live look at westbound side of the pa turnpike, on ramp from veil forge where it is difficult to see hear but we have an overturn tractor trailer. emergency teams are on the scene that have have been out there quite sometime but traveling in and around this area will want to be mindful of delays and whether that said, due to overturns and disable vehicles that we frequently see due to this weather, it is a good reminder to take it easy out: we are moving to the mid county toll place, blue route, traveling both northbound and southbound, we have delays around mid county area, also around the schuylkill and i-95 and traveling on the northeast extension, southbound just be on the land dale we have an accident there. take a look both side of the extension, experiencing slow downs. speaking of slow downs let take it easy on a few of our bridges. traveling ben franklin bridge we have speed restrictions of 35 miles an hour, as well as delaware, betsy ross and walt whitman. just give yourself more time practice extra caution, do not take this weather lightly

chris. >> we won't. thanks very much, vittoria. still to come, the the presidential portrait is getting a cold shoulder because of the hidden message. we will tell you why an artist from our area says his painting of president clinton is being kept from public view. and then some good news for coffee drinkers, how much researchers say you should keep to keep your arteries clear we will be right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy caramel and cookies

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look at that bright orange lava flowing from the volcano in sanity teeing owe chile. lava surgeon down the mountain and officials feared melting snow could trigger landslide so thousands of people, including tourist evacuated. that eruption is winding down now so some people have entity sided to go back home despite not knowing if the volcano will erupt again. mother nature, so powerful, and so many different ways. >> yes. >> for us, we're talking about snow and ice. >> and rain. >> we're talking about everything. >> well, this will be the most active period of weather that we have had this entire winter season. because remember we had cold wind chills and ice. but this is every other day. >> and it is pretty impact full right. we had unday we had ice in machine we had a break. today we have ice. tomorrow we have rain. then we have heavy snow on thursday.

enough already. it is march. remember daylight savings time actually begins this weekend but you would never know it. take a will where we have reduced visibility in the poconos jack frost big boulder where we are seeing light snow down the shore visibility reduced as well looking on the board in atlantic city. visibility reduced in many locations, but the one place it seems, like it is impact the most is in the poconos down to a half mile there. lets take a look at our weather headlines, first tonight, slippery and slow. if you do in the to have go out stay inside because road will be slippery, especially untreated. then we have rain, mild weather for your wednesday and a winter storm watch goes into effect late wednesday night into thursday afternoon. first thing first, slow, slippery this evening with some snow, some sleet, and some freezing rain, as we zoom in on philadelphia we have sleet and freezing rain, glenside in the icy mess same in marple chester. justin drabick is on route 202 in west chester.

he is seeing sleet and freezing rain. variability of icing conditions through this evening until that warm air moves n lets look at future weather. we have added on the temperatures to see the changeover. we will be seeing conditions changing by 9:00 o'clock along i-95 corridor warmer air mixing in expect something rain through lehigh valley and some ice and we will push the warmth further north but even in allentown and poconos you could even up as a little freezing rain and precipitation moves out. by tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., philadelphia sits at 40 degrees. forty-eight in wildwood and poconos you're at 36. everything will be melting. wednesday a little bit of the rainy day. so for this evening, freezing rain changing over to rain later tonight. the roads will be icy especially untreated surfaces. steady temperatures near freezing and rising overnight. it will be very slow. so use caution. then we will see snow moving in on thursday, significant accumulation, is expect thursday morning into thursday

evening. and a broad area have of four to 8 inches of snow over philadelphia, lehigh valley even heading down the the shore. overnight tonight, temperatures rising from a low of 33, during the day tomorrow just period of rain. on the exclusive eyewitness weather three day forecast big focus will be thursday for the snowstorm, friday brighter days but colder with a temperature of 28. kate will have better news for weekend weather next half an hour with the seven day forecast, for now, we

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reporter jim donovan has details. >> reporter: only car ashley grimes ever owned turnout to be a lemon. >> i had a leak in my steering wheel fluid and my line i had to replace the whole line. >> reporter: ashley spent $1,500 on the car but had to cough up 5,000 honorary pairs. >> i junked it. >> reporter: she's not alone. bbb it's with the annual list of consumer complaints, among top offenders, cell phone cable companies and auto dealers. >> high pressure sales tactics, misleading advertising, or just consumers not understanding what they are reading. >> reporter: bbb field 1 million consume are complaints a year n2014, complaints were actually down 5 percent but inquiries about businesses jumped 20 percent which means more people investigated companies before doing business with them. >> which is great news because it means to us that consumers are asking questions, they are doing their homework. >> reporter: in fact doing your homework in advance can avoid problems later.

when buying a used car that includes getting it inspected before you buy and when you make any sort of a purchase from the cell even if to switching television providers be sure to read fine print in any offer. i can't imagine how many people contact three on your side and they this is the issue. what does paperwork say. it is right there in the paperwork. >> sometimes you have to look at that little print good all about the fine print. >> um-hmm. jim, thanks very much. still to come in the next half an hour historic church goes up in flames. the pastor captured this video, just after he and his family got out. we will hear from them next. winter weather moving through right the now the cbs-3 mobile weather lobbies live on route 202 in chester county, slick road could make for a messy evening commute. our team weather coverage continues, in just a few minutes. then new at 6:00... >> well, that was, definitely

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luringness berks county most recent had happened in reading on north 12th street on monday. and police have released a couple of sketches of the suspects the suspect rather they are looking for you can see that man right here. pennsylvania governor tom wolf unveils a $30 billion budget plan, he wants continue on crease personal income and sales taxes all to help fun public education but he also wants to give property taxpayers a break. and we have an eye on the storm today a wintry mix and rain, taking aim on the areas tonight, but there is also a chance for some significant accumulating snow moving forward, kate. >> that is right chris. thinks a a long duration system starting now and may not end until thursday afternoon. kind of a winter weather sandwich starting to day as a little snow in spots but changed over quickly to sleet and then freezing rain. that is what we are seeing right now freezing rain indicated by pink here but as we zoom in this breaks it down further. darker purple is mainly sleet over chester county and berks

county we are seeing freezing rain in the city and points south, brighter pink you see over south jersey and delaware. this will eventually change over to rain over the next two to three hours really from south to north and that means traveling conditions will improve during the overnight hours abe into tomorrow. but we are tracking threat for heavy at accumulating snow, early on thursday, coming up latest numbers and timing on that part of the system. the now lets check it outside with meteorologist justin drabick tracking road conditions with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab on route 202 in chester county, justin. >> reporter: good evening, kate. that is right we're south of west chester right now heading north on 202 and traffic is moving slow. the here's y it is a a no brainer here. we have accumulating sleet on the roadways right now a temperature is 29 degrees. would i say mixture of sleet and freezing rain. watch out with icy conditions with those temperatures below freezing. bit of the slow go, here we are at rush hour it is just bad timing the combination will slow things down.

so just pack your patients heading out over the next hour or two. lets talk about the commute really will over the next couple of days so this evening we will give it a red light for that sleet freezing rain and that does change to rain, wednesday a little bit better. we will be dealing with plane rain at times. that may slow things down a bit work some fog there lower visibility and of course thursday morning as we see that rain change back over to some snow. that will slow things again for the thursday morning commute. a lot of issues to deal with over the next 12 or 36 hours or so. back here with the mobile weather lab you can see sleet covered roadways and starting to accumulate on the wind chill with the wipers. little bit of the mess this evening. that is very latest from the cbs-3 mobil weather lab more update coming up. but for now back to you in the studio. the investigation continues into the cause of this fire that burned a historic church in burlington county. pastor of the easton bible church in hainesport shot that cell phone video moments after

he and his family escape. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch has more from the scene. >> reporter: thinks cell phone century meeting house consumed by fire and smoke at easton bible church earlier this morning. >> it just seems like a shame, it is an old building historic building. >> reporter: pastor steve johann son shot the video. he lives just a few feet away with his wife son and three pets. their house adjoins the burning building. just before 3:30 a.m. he was tipped off by a smokey smell and went to check it out. >> i looked out and saw a across the way our house is here and across the way, you could see that door was on fire. >> reporter: johann son and another pastor's family of three escaped before the the fire rose to two a alarms, but johann son's home is left with traces of smoke and water damage. fire fighters from six townships spent house dousing hot spots sparing only the shell of the meeting house which serves as office space. the easton church building was not seriously damaged.

you can see right now a heavy ice event on the ground there, fire fighters battled that this morning as they are knocking down this fire but it appears at this time there are no injuries to report of any fire fighters and all that were living here on the campus of the church have made it out safely. mid week activities the at easton are canceled but church plans to welcome hundreds of worshipers as normal on sunday. in hainesport township justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". chopper three over aftermath of the big fire in montgomery county. this is all that is left of the trico metal products plant in upper more land this was the scene last night from chopper 3a five alarm fire tore through the building. the cause of that fire is now under investigation. no one was injured. justice department investigation has found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the police department in ferguson, in missouri. the report says that officers routinely discriminate against blacks by using excessive force, issuing petty citations

and making baseless traffic stops. justice department began the investigation following the august killing of 18 year-old michael brown. his shooting by a police officer set off weeks of violent protests. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey says he plans to implement some findings by the task force on 21st century policing. ramsey, hoist co chair of the task force met with president obama a at the white house yesterday. this report calls for increased oversight of local police following deaths of the unarmed black men in missouri and new york. >> any use of force resulting in death any officer involved shooting involving juror death, or any in custody deaths. the investigation would be handled separately from the department multi agency task force is what is recommended. >> reporter: the report also recommend better community relations, to strengthen trust. well hillary clinton is

under fire for using a personal e-mail account to do her job as secretary of state. the new york times says that clinton aid failed to routinely preserve and turn over her e-mails for collection which may violate federal record laws. e-mails by government officials are considered to be part of the public record. now a spokesmen for clinton says that she followed the letter and spirit of the rules and expected that her e-mails would be retained. former cia director general david petraeus pleaded guilt think afternoon to sharing classified fur with his biographer and former mistress. petraeus admitted to giving eight binders of classified material from afghanistan to paula broadwell while she was writing a book. the retired yen led wars in iraq and afghanistan, those binders reportedly included notes about his conversations with the president. petraeus must pay a $40,000 fine and he will serve no jail

time. good evening everyone. the it is one of those days where it is smh, shaking my head, every traffic camera i see it is jam slow and it is a foggy sight. we have a wintry mix all over the delaware valley. it will be slower than usual. what we are looking at here pace turnpike westbound on ramp from valley forge. we have been dealing with the overturn tractor trailer for quite sometime, teams have been working on it but still very slow in and around that area. even on the pennsylvania turnpike itself. let me head back for a second and give you an idea of i-95 jammed entirely northbound and southbound in and out of the penns landing, all the way through to the the northeast. we will have breaks but not the for long. lets continue over to a few majors like the schuylkill, vine, pennsylvania turnpike, extension, 202, 42 two we have speed restrictions of 45 miles an hour and that goes as well with some of our area bridges of 35 miles an hour. the best thing to do in weather like this is give yourself more time. take a look at the red are.

it is just doing all of the talking for me. traveling our regional rail you are doing okay, some trolleys, however experiencing up to 15 minute delays, jessica. >> all right. rough go, vittoria, thanks very much. some of philadelphia's brightest students are showcasing their creativity. temple university hosted 36th annual george washington carver science fair today. "eyewitness news" in north philadelphia where these students used their science math computer and engineering skills to compete in more than a dozen categories. this is philadelphia's largest science fair for seventh through 12th graders. a white house scandal darkens a presidential portrait, still to come tonight hear from the bucks county artist explains how a infamous blue dress made its way in to this painting of president clinton. carry under woodies officially a mom, find out what the country crowner named her first child, kate. we are dealing with the sleet icy mess out there all over the delaware valley, south jersey, delaware,

everybody getting in on the the icing, we will tell you when rain lifts in and when snow returns and it could be our biggest snow storm of the the season here in philadelphia, we will have all of the details coming

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it is time now to check your philadelphia job market report. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with more. >> reporter: the national association of social workers is marking its 60th anniversary this month. the government has some good news for the the occasion. employment for qualified social workers will grow by 19 percent from 2012 to 2022. faster than the average for all occupations. social workers must have compassion, and empathy and fine tune listening skills to help people cope with their problems. for entry level positions a bachelor degree is the most common requirement. some employers may hire workers who have degrees in a related field such as psychology or sociology. clinical social workers who diagnosis and treat mental, behavior, and emotional issues, must have a master's degree as well as two years of post master experience in a supervised clinical setting. they also must be licensed in

the state in which they practice. a great resource for social workers or in would i interested in the field pace chapter of the national association of social workers. i'm jill schlesinger for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

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as "eyewitness news" marks 50 years we're looking back at incredible moments we have witnessed right along with all of you. today is the feast day of saint katherine drexel... it was in 2,000 when the philadelphia native was canonized a saint in the roman catholic church, several hundred people from our region watched as pope john paul, ii elevated her to sainthood at the vatican. "eyewitness news" anchor pat ciarrocchi was there covering the ceremony. saint katherine drexel used her for tune to create schools for poor in the south and credited with two local miracles. she beast came the area's second saint joining saint john neuman. well, we continue to have our eye on the long duration storm impacting the the area from this afternoon all the waste, through thursday. now in the middle tomorrow it is main liz rain but today we

have this neo pol tan ice cream cone of messy winter weather, snow to the north, sleet and freezing rain in the pink area and we have rain to the south. although, the rain is taking its time getting in here and will take a while for these temperatures to rise above freezing at the surface so icy conditions will continue. you can see mainly sleet in the the north and western suburbs from folks in chester county, northern montgomery county that they are seeing sleet. in south jersey and delaware mainly rain, freezing on cars any untreated surfaces will be very, very slippery. sidewalks, front porches driveways, parking lots, even roades specially back road if they have any time to let that ice pile up you'll see problem for slippery conditions out there tonight. be safe fuzz are walking or driving. lets see what our weather watchers are saying, you can see the problem here. all these temperatures are right below freezing. we are at 31 degrees said ed connor in chesterfield, new jersey. thirty-one report something precipitation. then now rainy and freezing

upon contact with walks and drives. that is where you have to watch it, sidewalks and driveways that may not have been treated with salt or brine. twenty-eight in blue bell where we will fine jerry aubrey reporting a mix of sleet and rain. he says an eighth of an inch of frozen something on on streets ape walkways. that would be freezing rain. even down in delaware we are seeing temperatures below freezing. greg mccoy in mash shallton delaware reporting a threat for sleet and freezing rain. steady freezing rain, building up on untreated surfaces. even out walking the dog the back deck, front porch these areas will be very slick through the remainder of this evening until those temperatures are able to rise. lets look outside and see what we are dealing with in the city. we have low visibility. we have rain, fog, we have low cloud, and very slick conditions on area roadways this evening. as vittoria has been telling us traffic in the looking great. we will need extra time to get anywhere you need to go through tonight. storm scan three shows this is

a far reaching system. we will take you down into portion s of texas where that front extend and it is tapping in month moisture. that will set the stage for our next major snowstorm. what could be, the biggest snow storm we have had all year. currently 4.8 is our biggest storm. it looks like we may wheat that on thursday in philadelphia a in the near term freezing rain change to go rain. watch force icy untreated surfaces. temperatures steady near freezing. very slow travel. use caution out there in those temperatures on our local maps now, right back up to freezing in philadelphia that is good news. thirty-two in millville. hopefully we can get in the mid 30's. winter storm watch in effect late tomorrow night and continues into thursday. it is mainly rain throughout the day tomorrow. the here's 11:00 p.m. still rain. then the the snow breaks out on the northern flange of an area of low pressure moving along that stalled boundary and will snow right through thursday morning and thursday afternoon. we expect general four to 8 inches of snow all across

the region and that could lead to major travel problems, heavier rain early thursday morning into late thursday morning and then tapering off during mid afternoon hours. overnight tonight icy mix will give way to rain as we get to 33. tomorrow cloudy and milder with period of rain on and off, rain fog could cause slow go tomorrow but tonight and then thursday morning will be the the worst of it. snowstorm thursday. high only 30. friday is cold at 28 but then we will start melting, as we get in the weekend we will set those clocks back on sunday. date light savings time begins 7:00 o'clock forward and temperatures in the mid 40's by sunday. now back to you in the desk. well, there is a new study from the british medical journal that says coffee can help your heart this study conclude that had those who beginning between three and five cups each day of less calcium build up around their arteries which thus reduces risk of blood clots. don't go over board though according to the new information people who drink

more than five cups a day actually have the highest levels of calcium build up. well, a lot of people talking about that study on social media today. we'd love to hear your thoughts. connect with us on facebook and twitter and make sure to use the hash tag cbs-3 chat when you join the on line conversation. also on the healthwatch today breast cancer research gets a big boost from pennsylvania tax refund. >> money will go toward finding new and better treatments. pennsylvania breast cancer coalition presented a check for hundred thousand dollars to researchers, at drexel university college of medicine. they are work on new target for advanced breast cancer to eventually develop drugs that can contain and kill cancer cells. >> our faculty has developed a new understanding of how premalignant cells converge to invasive breast cancer cells. their ground breaking research may lead to the day when breast cancer used to take lives. >> this is lab where work is being done at drexel new

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shot across the administration. >> clinton's had no idea it was part of the paintings. national portrait gallery has not asked to have that portrait least moved. carry under wood ape her hockey player hockey player mike fischer welcomed a baby boy in the world. >> she shared the news telling fans the bundle of joy is isaiah michael fischer. isaiah was born on february 27th, under wood announced her pregnancy via last september instagram and updated fans through social media posts. they were married in 2010. as bobbi kristina brown continues her stay in the hospital there are reports tonight that her family members are shooting a reality show. tmz says that bobby brown's two sisters and their kids are shooting a show about their lives, and part of it will chronicle bobbi kristina's health crisis. bobby brown's lawyer says his client will not appear on that

show. it is a prank kanye west might not too happy about, url loser.com redirect's to the rapper wikipedia page. some speculate that the domain owner might be becks. loser is title of the beck's break out single. he interrupted beck when he won grammy for album of the year. what do you think. who is doing this to kanye. connect with us on facebook and twitter. use hash tag cbs-3 chat. >> i do not want to be that guy. >> you don't want kanye mad at you. >> no. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 another round of messy weather has road crews on the job and drivers on edge, kathy. most areas seeing sleet and freezing rain and some spots half inch of ice pellets. it will change over to rain and then our eyes turn to the potential major winter storm for us, biggest snow fall of the season could come on thursday. details coming up. pennsylvania governor tom wolf wants to raise the taxes while cutting others.

what will it mean for us. we will break down governor's first budget address. former phillies pitcher curt schilling takes action after cyber bullies target his daughter, what he did that got at least one person fired. this is a week have of wild winter weather round one is around way a messy mix, targeting this area right now; you can see the colors, our biggest concern is the pink. that is sleet. it has terrible timing and arriving right here during the evening commute. there are cancellation this is evening, find those at bottom of the screen. good evening, i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. we have live team three coverage. we will start with meteorologist kathy orr in the weather center with her eye on all of it, kathy. >> we're talking about sleet ice and freezing rain. we would rather have snow at this point because it the is so slick and hard to handle.

the most of the region is seeing purple and bright pink. that purple color through philadelphia is sleet or ice pellets. it goes right off your shoulder or coat. where you see light pink color through eastwick, 76, i-95, that is freezing rain. the it turns everything into a glaze of ice. you can see, right along i-95 and cheltenham that is where we have freezing rain. nicetown, some sleet ice pellets in mere beyond, upper darby right the now mixing sleet and freezing rain. so these icing conditions are going to continue right through the evening. philadelphia, right at 32. so freezing rain mixing in with that rain. also right the now in allentown in reading seeing a wintry mix, some snow and sleet there, temperatures are below freezing. a winter weather advisory will continue until early tomorrow morning, by about 7:00 o'clock we will see that warm air working through south jersey. it will be through philadelphia a by about 9:00. by 10:00 o'clock working its way toward lehigh