from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 "eyewitness news" right now on "eyewitness news", the philadelphia police department takes new steps to protect it's officers as they investigate a potential threat related to the ambush shooting of one of their own. i'm natasha brown, thank you for joining us. police received an anonymous tip that the man who allegedly shot officer jesse hartnett may have ties to a radical group. greg argos has the latest. >> reporter: natasha, good evening, sources say the tip came in yesterday. the alleged shooter in this is part of a larger group and warning philadelphia police officers they need to be extra careful. an anonymous tip has philadelphia police and the fbi on high alert. >> it's being investigated and taken credible. >> reporter: sources tell cbs3 "eyewitness news" a woman approached an officer saturday

near 60th and wall. she told the cop 30-year-old edward archer the 30-year-old is part of a group that consists of three others. archer is not the most radical of the four and the threat to police is not over. >> he was the least radical. he was an urban terrorist. whether it was islam, isis, whether it was just, he's in this group, whatever the hell it is, this guy needs to be, these other three need to be looked at if it is credible taken off the street and investigated. >> reporter: he's in police custody charged with attempted murder charge thursday evening. the five-year police department veteran is still recovering from three three bullet wounds to the left arm. >> today groggy, scheduled to go into surgery tomorrow. right now, he's, he's lucky to be alive. >> reporter: the fbi in philadelphia police confirm they're both actively very

welling this new claim, which also alleging the four men were radicaled at a west philadelphia mosque. >> our mosque is open to the general public. if he had had had come here on occasion, that's a possibility. we're not aware of that. we've been extremely vocal about regardless and >> reporter: philadelphia police officers are taking extra precautions. we're told after this attack, officers now have to work in pairs. reporting live here at philadelphia police headquarters. greg argos. cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you so much also an 18th district police officer standing guard for officer hartnett had a scar of his own thursday at penn presbyterian medical center. he shows that officer in scuffle with a man who tried to take a gun out of his holster.

he was able to subdue with the help of hospital security. the officer was not hurt and he actually had given that suspect five earlier in the day when the man told him he needed money for food. gofundme page set up has already reached it's goal and more. the page was created friday with a $15,000 goal and at last check before we went on the air, the total stood at more than $20,000. of course, stay with "eyewitness news" for very latest on the officer ambush. we'll have new information as it develops both on air and website, cbsphilly.com after a day of record warmth, temperatures are about to take a plunge this time tomorrow. going to feel a lot more like winter around here. let's get over to meteorologist lauren casey in the cbs3 weather center. >> atypical winter day. thunderstorms, a record warmth and hail multiple with

thunderstorm activity. west bradford township, hail being reported. collegeville riverside, that equates to about pea size hail. we did have that record warmth today. kind of fueling that thunderstorm activity. stormscan 3 much quieter right now. low clouds me place, what a difference scene from earlier today. storms gone and now snow up wind moving to parts of central pennsylvania. temperatures are dropping off dramatically after our 65 degree high in philadelphia today. we're down to 42 degrees. that hardy westerly breeze around 21 miles per hour. making it feel closer to 33. we're in the 40's down the shore, these temperatures are going to continue to plummet. we'll talk about how we'll be feeling as we wake up tomorrow. we'll talk about that plus first chance of snow showers in the city. >> thanks we'll see you soon check out they video sent in

by a viewer. eyewitness cam capture a huge rainbow over philadelphia. shot from i95. the driver may have wanted to keep driving to see if there was a store selling power ball tickets at the end of that rainbow. the jackpot reached a staggering 1.3 billion dollars, no one had the winning numbers for last night. the jackpot is so large, this sign in buffalo new york is maxed out at 999 million. no one planned for the possibility of a billion dollar jackpot as cherri gregg from wrsh news radio tell us area residents are playing the odds at places known to win. >> reporter: this sunoco on cottman avenue is believed to have theed my dis touch. >> i wouldn't five hundred dollars on one time. >> somebody one $400. >> reporter: december 30th it sold million dollars power ball ticket. with wednesday, shattering

records, they're hoping to get lucky again. >> what would it mean to you to sell that billion dollar ticket. >> it would be awesome. just be like, wow. >> reporter: he's one of the owners of at his family run operation, they've experienced a few strokes of lottery over the years. >> one year, one $5 gives 100,000 to somebody. >> the word is out. ted won 45 bucks in yesterday and plans to reinvest his winnings to go for the big win fall. >> i'll come back take my 1.3 billion later. >> this sunoco location sold an estimated 15,000 pound ticket for power ball drawing and expect to sell more as the power ball frenzy continues. even i had to throw my hat in the ring. but with only a one in 292 million chance to win, odds are

slim. >> 1.3 billion going to be nice. >> reporter: we can still dream about the billion dollar pot of gold. >> good luck. good luck. >> reporter: northeast philadelphia, cherri gregg, kyw news radio, cbs3 "eyewitness news" fire crews in called meantime have their handful battling blaze in an abandoned building in camden this afternoon. "eyewitness news" on the 17th and federal streets area as firefighters tried to douse those flames, call

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value. >> are they roommates too? >> getting a little lonely, i guess. >> earlier and boy was it a shock. >> if you're out earlier and this evening, what a transition. quick transition, strong cold front getting it done like that. it was another day of record warmth, 65 in philadelphia. big transition to what was happening in minneapolis. for the football game today. the third coldest nfl game ever taking place. the temperatures six below in minneapolis at kickoff. and that ties kansas city at six below. that took place back in 1996. lambeau field in greenbay wisconsin back in 1967 but the windchill in the bengals game back in '82, the windchill was 59 below zero. i did see a picture today. someone posted there was a viking. there were people with no shirt on. of course. at the game.

you know, you can't break the spirit. even in sub zero temperatures. what transition to our weather, 65 degrees the high temperature today. incredible warmth for january 10th, previous record 63 degrees set back in 1950, but the record they're coming to a close, but we did break a record today in allentown, we tied a record in atlantic city with a high temperature of 63 degrees. today with this record warmth came the rain and the thunderstorm activity. mount pocono breaking a daily rainfall record nearly two and a half inches of rainfall through this event. picking up well over an inch and a half. inch in doylestown close to an inch in haddonfield. half inch at for awhile for awhile. dry conditions on stormscan 3 quite different than earlier today when we had that you remembers moving through, snow showers moving parts of central pennsylvania, sflerz could steve keeley sneak into the poconos in the next couple of hours, the

temperature change over the last 24 hour, down about eight in philadelphia, double digits in millville, temperature cooling has been dramatic over the last several hour, 42 in philadelphia, 38 in allentown. 41 right now in atlantic city and worry at 40 in millville. your to hers are going to get even colder as we get into overnight. we are getting a taste of this arctic air in store and arctic high pressure system going to be building in. we'll bring us nice sunshine tomorrow. it's not going to feel so great. we're going to be dealing with these winds through the day tomorrow. windy current wind speeds around 15, 20 be 25 miles per hour, that's not even the gust, gusting to 40 miles per hour over the last hour in philadelphia, gusting 35 in mount pocono. you know what that means, brutal windchill temperatures as our low will fall to 31, overnight. wind still up there around 20 miles per hour, higher gusts of windchills early in the teens,

prepare for the wind chills in the 20's, high 36, sunny, windy and quite cold and future weather going to show us a quiet day tomorrow. lot of bright sunshine not going to help warm us up, dry conditions as we start out on tuesday, increasing clouds and scattered snow showers tuesday. clearing out quickly. not worrying too much about accumulation, tomorrow is going to be the cold, wind a little bit of sunshine mixed in as well. first flakes of the season likely fly by tuesday evening in the city. wednesday, partly sunny conditions, windy, bitter cold, 31 the high temperature. a cold start thursday morning, 20 degrees. breezy still cold, 36 and warm up to 40's, which is seasonal for us by friday. looks like we'll deal with pour precipitation as we head into next weekend. >> a mere 30 degree drop? thanks lauren predict it the big guy was in town. big guy, labron james in town, sixers looking at stop cleveland

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have a good night. ♪ ♪ this is the nissan sports zone on cbs3. >> you get an interview. you get an interview. everyone gets an interview as eagles continue their search for a new headcoach. >> what a weekend of football this was. we're talking nfl playoffs on a wild card sunday. >> with that we say welcome to the nissan sports zone, don bell hanging out with lesley van arsdale and we are talking football. >> still looking. we still don't have a headcoach.

jeffery lurie and company were in kansas city to interview dug petersonch he was the eagles quarterback from 2011 to 12. he joined the staff as a quality control coach in 2009. quarterback in 1999 and followed andy reid over to kansas city in 2013. >> peterson is one of five interviews that the eagles have confirmed via press release. he was first person interviewed. the birds also confirmed an interview with pat shurmur. they also spoke with adam gates about the job. >> he's gone, he took dolphins. the youngest head headcoach in the nfl highly talented as the offensive coordinator for the broncos and most recently the chicago bears. >> what's this guy up to? chip kelly. reportedly met with the 49er on thursday. executive also met with bengals of