from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good morning, and saying good-bye to the warm weather, cotter temperatures are officially back. katie has a check on just how cold it will be coming up. >> also, 11 people have died in a rash of tornados across north texas. more on the damage caused by those storms. and the phillies are responding to al jazeer documentary that alleges ryan howard used hgh, what they had to say about these accusations. good morning, it is december 28th, i'm erika von tiehl. a check on traffic and weather, which is a shock us to, so nice recently. >> yes, it seems like we blinked you guys christmas is now over, we're back to it monday, roadways are looking good, nice and dry. i walked out this morning, and

it is cold. am i just becoming spoiled or what is that? >> probably, but it is actually colder, yes. this is definitely not minnesota cold we're dealing with, but a will the chillier than it has been, the running theme for the next couple every days, looking toward the new year, still see couple every days that do tend to be above average, however, they're colder by comparison. so recent warmth that we've experienced, let's start things off outside, storm scan3 first, at the moment, actually quite quiet. tracking the next big thing, which is a significant storm system, which owe roo touching on here throughout the morning responsible already for a loft severe weather. you can however see little glimmer of some lake enhancement here, little bit every very light snow falling down wind of lake ontario at this point, most that far just not going to survive as it tries to migrate south. what you will find however it is going to be chillier day, and yep, folks, we've got our first winter weather advisory of the season that goes into effect tonight courtesy of the

approaching large stormy just talk b so it is berks, lehigh valley region, then the poconos that are included here, philadelphia proper, surrounding immediate suburbs, no worries with winter weather out of the storm many we'll see substantial rain. forty-three the current temperature at the airport, long already since the daytime high did top off in the 50's, as we were turning over into the early morning hours, but these temperatures are generally speaking going to stay somewhat steady through the day, but it is a lot chillier. check it out in the poconos. if you are only topping off this afternoon at 33 degrees, then you have colder night coming up, yep, that will be decent shot to see some wintery weather. we will be discuss that throughout the morning. meantime, the daylight hours, strictly cloud cover overhead, chill in the air, how much, so grab the heavier winter coat. finally starting to feel like the season. meisha, over taigled mine this morning, thanks for that, katie. good morning, happen mine day, welcome back to another work week. things looking good on your roadways. still early, still in the 4:00 hour. kind whatever we can expect on

monday morning with that being said we do know that mondays, usually monday through wednesdays busiest travel days. today will be busy, looking at the schuylkill, moving in the eastbound direction at spring garden, and already, quite a few early travelers out there on the schuylkill, basically in any camera i look at right now. vine looking nice and quiet because still closed both eastbound and westbound directions because that far overnight construction between the schuylkill and the broad, so make note of. that will i'll let you know when it does lift. should be somewhere right around 5:00. right now still closed. 422 eastbound at oaks looking very nice, quiet there, also some construction here, 95 north, ramp to route 896 closed and this is closed until january. soap, just remember this, give yourself couple every extra minutes if you have to take this area and plan accordingly. construction still on the roadways, route 130 closed south of 620, use alternate such as 295. >> thank you. the death toll likely to rise after deadly tornado sweeps through the dallas area.

eleven people were killed, dozens injured, and hundreds of homes just leveled. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins just our satellite center with the latest on this. >> erika, good morning, tremendous storm system spanning the dallas metro area over christmas weekends. this morning, officials count at least 11 dead and dozens injured. storm trackers count as many as nine tornados touchdown saturday. the national weather service calls at least one an ef4 tornado, that twister hit north of dallas in garland, packing winds of at least 200 miles an hour. at least eight are dead from the garland area. the weekends storm stretches some 40 miles, local officials continue to count the damage some 1500 homes leveled, and hundreds of structures damaged. both counts are on track to rise. meantime, the clean up begins, and survivors won't soon forget this storm nor the damage it left behind. >> we ran inside the bathroom, went down, next thing you

heard was crashing glass. >> compared to our neighbors, i mean, i think we got pretty lucky. the house is still standing. the walls are standing. just material stuff. the neighbors behind us, i would like to think we were pretty luck. >> i so far disaster has been declared in four dallas area counties, officials have warned the death toll, erika; likely to rise. back over to you. >> justin finch for us, thank you. meanwhile, extreme weather around the country caused big problems for many philadelphia travelers trying to fly home for the holidays. here is the scene at philadelphia international airport sunday afternoon, domino effect of channels lakes cents, delays, dominated the day. travelers in the middle of the blizzard regions were the hardest hit. >> this thing is my pillow. i put my suit jacket to cushion it. and just slept on the gown, you know. >> forms of transportation saw a boost this holiday season thanks to low fuel could

cents, triple a estimates the year ends travelers will top 100 million for the first time on record. new this morning philadelphia police are investigating a shooting near the intersection of 51st and haverford in west philadelphia. it happened shortly after 12:30 this morning. the man was taken to presbyterian, where he is in stable condition. police have no suspect or motive at this time. >> a marine who has been missing since last week in new jersey has been found dead. sergeant tristin clinic err has been missing since december 20th from the fort dix military base. the leader of the search effort tells "eyewitness news" that the 28 year old father was found saturday. there is no other comment on where he was found or any other details. authorities are still investigating. mayor rahm emanuel facing intense scrutiny following a police related soting. an officer accidentally shot and killed 55 year old betty jones early saturday while responding to a domestic disturbance call.

nineteen year old college student was allegedly armed with a baseball bat. he was shot several times and died at the hospital. the nfl and major league baseball will launch investigations after an al jazeer report pointed to players, one of the phillies, slugger ryan howard, reports paint picture every underground marketplace where athletes could easily obtain ped's including human growth hormone. howard's attorney calls the report come plealy myfoxdc.com and threatens to take al jazeer to court. phillies released a statement saying they'll cooperate with the mlb investigation. al jazeer also claimed peyton manning had hgh shipped to his home back in 2011. yesterday manning was asked whether there was any truth to the story. >> absolutely not. absolutely snot snot. discusting. makes me want to, you know, just -- can't say it on tv,

but makes me sick. makes me nauseous. >> the main source of al-jazeera's report has already recanted his statement saying he made the whole thing to up quote test the reporter. >> still ahead this morning here on "eyewitness news", mum remembers putting the final touches on the float's, cost tuesday, performances for friday's parade. how one group is getting ready for the big day. and say good-bye to those warm temperatures. cooler weather returning. katie has a check on the forecast. we could see rain moving in tonight. she has the details.

>> flume ers are putting the finish touches for friday's big parade, among them, the 64-member woodlands string bands. it has been months in the making. costumes and larger than life dinosaurs are all part of the fun when the band mars down broad street to ring in the new year. for some the tradition passes from father to son. >> it means everything. you know, the older you get, the more you tends to kind of move away from your parent and

you start to build your own path in life. this remains the one thing that we have together that we can really share. it made us stronger not just father and son but as friends. >> love hearing that. this year the mummers will become more differs, too, including two hispanic organizations and an african-american drill team. >> speaking of new years eve, preparations also underway in new york city. check it out. yesterday workers installed 288 waterford crystals on the times square new years eve ball. hundreds of thousands are expected to gather to watch the ball drop at midnight. and finley, feeling katie like it is christmas and new years eve because finally you wake up in a little cool out there. >> yes, actually need winter coat for a change. >> i've been breaking out the fall and spring coat for so long now, i had to think before i left the house when i was pulling the one out of the clause threat morning. it is crazy. but we are dealing with a new storm system, same one we were talking becomes brought damaging weather across the plane states, that's what's headed our way. actually bridges us our first

shot for wintery wetter. >> hold on. >> i am talking potential for little snow, some sleet, maybe freezing rain specific however to the northern most counties, philadelphia, you're not included this time around. you will have to go pretty far north. berks county, lehigh valley or the poconos, or any point further inland or north of that for any shot of any casino of wintery wet they are time around. it is strictly rain for the rest of you. maybe heavy rain. this will have an impact. take a look. this storm system is massive, very well defined, really nice organization on it, but so often that can definitely lead to very, very damaging weather. still have severe weather currently errupting across portions of the louisianna, basically lower mississippi valley, this end there you have it, a lot more snow, a lot of pretty colors on storm scan, but can lead to very nasty storm system or nasty wet their comes out of these storm systems. snow expanding off to the north here. indicating you have enough cold air in place for. that will we think we'll have that very same potential here. currently your temperatures at 31 degrees in mount pocono, technically it will be warmfront that lift in here.

but off to chillier start at this point. temperatures today should stay pretty level with where they are right now. in other words, we will hover right around the low mid 40's throughout the day in philadelphia. a lot colder on the back side of this large storm system, though. soap this will be sort of the first chance we get for an impulse of enough cold to lead to this. some icing across the area. now, what you will find, we started at midnight tomorrow. okay, so not until early morning tomorrow we start to see this take grip. obviously this is not a concern for philly on south. but the further north you go, could you ends up with a .10 of more of ice. if you get to up .3 plus inch of ice in mount pocono, i worry about tree limbs coming down, certainly worry maybe even about couple of power outages. so that's going to be something that we have to keep a very close watch on. meantime all of the daylight hours feature nothing more than clouds, it is cooler at best, though, talking 46 this afternoon, but we have already hit our daytime high since long before the sun came up. not up yet obviously. periods of rain do move in

through the overnight, some will be heavy we think, winds starts to kick in, as well. rain really with us through the morning tomorrow. so you will be slowed down. i have a feeling the morning drive will be impacted by this. and also, again, the wintery precipitation further north, it is a cooler forecast for sure. but the majority of these days, erika, are still above average. >> we'll take it, thanks, katie. talking sports, the flyers are on holiday road trip to the west coast. it did not get off to a great start. the flyers and the ducks fought it out in anaheim last night there. were 40 minutes of penalties called in the first period alone. at one point, check it out, were five flyers in the penalty box. the ducks broke a two-two tie in the third period, and went onto win four-two, flyers in san jose wednesday night. >> the eagles wrap up their season this sunday afternoon against the giants in north jersey. the birds of course lost saturday night to washington, ending their playoff hopes. washington quarterback, kirk cousins, through for 36 a yards and four touchdowns.

the birds lost 38-24. now, after this weekend's game the eagles head off into an uncertain off season. >> you take 100% responsibility, do you worry at all? >> no. not good enough, not good enough. but i'll continue to work as hard as i can and show up early in the morning, stay hat at night, continue to work. no one in my situation will tell you if they are worried about getting fired then they probably should have already been fired. >> all right, another story from saturday night hear sources say eagles offensive lineman jason peters removed himself from the game in the fourth quarter to avoid further injury while playing for a non-playoff team. peters injured his elbow early in the first quarter, then returned, and then left again. peters is the pro bowl they are season despite battling injuries all season. >> still ahead this morning, "eyewitness news", christmas baby -- may be over, retailers hope you still keep shopping. first, here's what's coming up tonight on cbs-3.

>> here is a look at your headlines this morning, national weather service says strong weekends storms prepare deuce dollars at least nine tornados across north texas killing 11 people. as many as 600 homes were damaged. also, a marine who last been missing since last week in new jersey has been found dead. sergeant tristin clinicer has been missing since december 20th from the fort dix military base. leader of the search effort tells "eyewitness news" the 28 year old father was found saturday. >> and, the nfl and major league baseball will launch investigations after an al-jazeera report links several players, including phillies player ryan howard to performance enhancing drugs. main source of the al-jazeera source has also recanted the statement saying he made the whole thing up to quote test the reporter. >> 4:48. time for check on your

business news, money watch's jill wagner joins us up in new york, just because christmas is over doesn't mean you should stop shopping? that's what retail remembers telling us. we hear great discount right now? >> in fact, erika there is might be the best week for discounts of the year. potentially up to 60% off maybe more. specially when it comes to winter geese gear, that's because unusually warm november and december has few people in the mood to buy the heavy sweaters and jackets, though, discounts should be plenty this week. >> get that christmas present that you didn't get from santa this year. of course a lot of people on vacation this week, today, but doesn't mean they're completely unplugged from the office. a lot of people can't quite put down that e-mail? >> that's right. usa today study found more americans work while on vacation, especially, with smart phones, laptops, just make it too easy to check e-mail while people are away. workers say they do feel pressure, never to power down, and a different survey fawn more than four in ten americans had left three vacation days on the table

last year. erika? >> i am need to meet those people. i don't know about you but i use every single one, jill. >> yes, what are they thinking? those are three days at the beach. >> i'm with you. see you later this morning, jill. 4:50, and the record breaking continues for star wars the force awakens. with more than 153 million this weekend star wars reached the billion dollar mark globally and that's the fastest time any film has gotten there beating jurassic wormed. will ferrell, daddy's home, with nearly 39 million, and in third, joy, with more than 17 million. sisters comes in fourth with nearly 14 million, and in fifth, alvin and the chipmunks, came in with about $13 million. coming up after the braining, a check on your traffic and weather together this cool monday

right now it is 4:52, festival of families for checking on your forecast, finally see some wintery weather today, katy? >> not today, tonight, specific to the northern most counties. yes, time something everything, right? we want to make sure we're very specific when this will happen and who is going to get it. philly, you're just not included this time. for the wintery werth, for

rain, absolutely, this storm system, is definitely a heavy, heavy hitter. already, a deadly system unfortunately, and across the deep south, still finding potential for severe weather, off of obviously still finding a loft snow falling across portions even of north central texas, through oak home, a all the way up, to, say, central iowa. so this is very expansive, very widespread storm system, than is what's headed our way. at the moment, however, nothing to worry b here overhead, all you've got are handful every clouds. pretty easy go for you, no visibility problems, no fog issues, like we've had so often as of late. but again, there are winter weather advisories that would go into effect tonight. look at your time stap p here, 7:00 p.m. tonight, when they take effect. we really don't think the rain will start moving in until few hours beyond that point. but berks, lehigh county as well as the northampton county area and the poconos, are the only ones included there. let me wack you through future weather here, guys. today just clouds. late tonight, again, notice your time stamp, midnight

tonight, things do start to get a little bit more active. and once we really get the moisture in here, yes, you can see some pink showing up on storm scan, indicating it is icing that you are dealing with, maybe little snow mixes in, but could be very slick drive early tomorrow morning, also, some very heavy rain through the rest of this area. soap, we will easily see ponding on our roadways, that casino of thing. and you'll have to slow it down. jump forward to the eyewitness weather seven day forecast, temperatures are few days at least above average, but it is a much cooler prognosis from here on out. ringing in the new year friday, with a far more, get this, meisha, seasonable outlook. sunshine a high of 44. what's happening? >> i never thought you were going to say. that will i thought winter was finally here. thanks, spoiled for a very long time. good morning, everyone, happy monday to you. taking a look at the roadways this morning, so far so good. ninety-five moving in the southbound direction at girard, one area i will be keeping my eye on, right now it is looking good. although i will bring your attention, look how many headlights are already out

there. not even in the 5:00 hour yet. already plenty of early risers out there in new jersey as well, 42 freeway northbound, creek road, all the way north as you approach 295, this is what you are looking at. so seeing some headlights there, out there, most definitely. we know this will pick up in the 5:00 hour for sure. the vine is now open. both westbound and eastbound for those every you just holding out that was now open, now open. both directions between the schuylkill and the broad. us1 southbound at rising sun avenue, one line block, reports that are police on are on the scene here, sews use burr best dis discretion, drive carefully. good news we have dry roadways. that's going to help us as we navigate around this morning. girard avenue ramp to 95 north closed until june. so you want to use this alternate castor avenue onramp. we will get very used to that in the coming days and months, erika, back to you. >> now for check on some of the stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 is following. philadelphia city i council begins new session next week,

when it does, likely new leadership team. also, new jersey e-zpass customers you have until midnight tonight to enroll in that bridge commuter discount, yes, get little money back this year. and the new year bridges tax break for voters in new jersey at least one look to go buy a new vote. check in two, three, four times a day kyww -- "kyw news radio" on your a.m. dial. coming up: live in texas where people are picking up the pieces after deadly tornados. also, talk about a heroic dog. how delaware family's pet is being credited for keeping them safe. and, a father risks his life to save his daughter on a playground. see how you pretended that little -- protect that little girl from a falling tree. back at the top of the hour. good morning.

>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good morning, devestation down south. people are still trying to clean up from the damage of deadly tornados and that's not the only dangerous weather they're dealing with today in texas. here in our area, though, it is a winter come-back. that is chilly start to your morning after several days of record highs. now, some wintery weather could hit parts of our area later on tonight. >> and phillies slugger ryan howard is fighting back after he's accused of using performance enhancing drugs, and he is not the only star athlete on the defense they have morning. >> good morning to you. it is monday, december 28th, i'm erika von tiehl. absolutely starting to feel more like winter today. you want to grab that heavy winter coat. probably in the back of the closet, meisha, a katie.

gout to dig it out this morning, good morning. >> you said it, you absolutely did. i actually have my winter jacket on this morning, and i was thinking i was going to be warm walking outside, but it was quite chilly. definitely starting to feel winter for sure. starting to feel a lot more like it should this time of year. but with that does also come the potential for our first rounds of wintery weather, precipitation wise, anyway. it actually comes from the very same storm system that unfortunately has been bringing so much damaging severe weather across the deep south. when we go first and for most to storm and three, to center the radar on the storm responsible for that it is still chugging away very not just expansive storm system but very, very well defined and organized and strong, as a result, and right around the dallas area where we've already seen numerous tornados reports. now they've got some snow starting to brew across that area. now, we are expecting to see this storm move through as well. the main storm center will bypass us through the great lakes region, but we get in on