. good morning, winter lovers, it is finally here, a chance of flurries later today. that is snow that you're seeing on storm scan3. when is the last time you saw that, right? katie has more on what to expect coming up. >> also, month after three year old brandon createo's body was found, police arrest the boy's father, we have the latest on the investigation. and president obama giving his final state of the union address tonight. the special guest from pennsylvania, that will be in attendance. good morning, it is tuesday, january 12th, i'm erika von tiehl. we want to get check with katie and meisha on the roads. snow-free for now, but later today finally see some snowflakes, ladies, what do you think? >> good thing is, it will not

affect our morning commute too much. that's great news. right now still very quiet. roadways are dry, construction, so katie, felt little chilly this morning. >> absolutely very cold start to the morning for us, but i have to tell you, i don't think even though we will see snow later in the day that it will even have major impact on your p.m. drive either, guys. yet these will be the first snowflakes we finally see this season, however, they're not going to be expected to amount to very much. if anything at all on the actual ground. but, that said, you're finally going to get the wintery atmosphere so many of have you been looking forward tonight so we start things off, live look on "skycam 3", quick peak at center city overlooking the ben franklin bridge, and all completely clear right now, few clouds beginning to bill owe in, but not going to find any visibility problems here today, certainly any clouds that are out there are nice and high in the atmosphere. storm scan, going there next, looking at the radar here in the tri-state sweep, to problems yet, again, put things into motion, i zoom out one more time, little more snow on the map here rolling

just south of i80, in toward those central pennsylvania mountains, so into the allegheny's, you're finding some of the snow. i was just looking at snowfall intensity rates, one of the bark is worse than the bite kinds of issues, where we're looking at couple hundreds of an inch per hour coming down right now, really isn't amounting to much. this front coming along, yes, definitely will reinforce the cold, temperatures after all are all below freezing, teens, 20's, cold enough to produce snow once precipitation actually gets here, certainly is out toward happy valley and pittsburgh, as well. but, there is not a lot of moisture to work with. it looks like by the time this actually gets here our temperatures should be into the low 40's, probably even find few raindrops out there, as women. further inland, far northwest that you travel, it will likely be strictly snow. but we're not talking about a lot. you might end up with a tent of an inch or so at most out of this. but that's really it. in the meantime, low 40's, the expectation for daytime highs, wind starts to kick in, as

well, so headlights, season's first snowflakes on the way, arctic chill will be settling in for us, as we head into the middle part of the week, reinforcing shot of cold after all, and as we head toward the weekend, we thankfully can report that the worse of that chill will start to ease up. talk about what it actually means for the thermometer readings later in the show. >> i'm happy it is kind of moving out of our way this weekend because cold is cold. and i forgot my gloves this morning, and coy feel it immediately, so, pack those gloves in your carp, you might need them. thanks so much, good morning, everyone, happy tuesday to you. we are taking first look outside. this is where we had some construction, 59 north between broad street, walt whitman bridge, right lane blocked due to the construction, that's now kind of moving on out of the way, not causing -- not that it would be causing any slow downs, but we certainly know the construction if not out of our way certainly can. >> here is a look at the schuylkill past montgomery, their got quite busy, looking

good, nice and quiet, as you can see, roadways this morning that you are waking to up are nice and dry, exactly what we want to see for the morning commute. vine open. westbound and eastbound directions both, again, still very quiet out there. construction on 295 south, ramp to 42 closed, until 5:00 a.m. also, take a lock at this, 295 south from 42 to route 168, too lanes block, until 6:00 a.m. of course i'll let you know it lift, back to you. >> camden county father accused of murdering his three year old son awaits his arraignment today. prosecutors have charged gj createo with first degree murder in the death of his son brendan. his farther reported him missing from haddon township home on october 13th. searches found brandon's body few hours later in cooper river park. create owe's attorney said his client is innocent. >> the thing that strikes me the most, he is

do-err. as who are i have being as it gets. >> the autopsy and toxicology reports on brandon creato were inconclusive. >> lawyers for bill cosby want to have the criminal charges in his montgomery county case thrown out. cosby's accused of sexually assaulting a former temple university employee in his cheltenham township home more than a decade ago. cosby's lawyers say the criminal charges he now faces violate a prosecutor's pledge that he would never be charged over the 2004 encounter. not sure if what's set next month will be delayed new to new legal filings. >> 4:35 right now. happening today, president obama gives his final state of the union address. and the pennsylvania state trooper charged in a deadly ambush will be a guest. senator pat toomey invited alex douglas to attend. douglas ambushed by shooting suspect eric frein outside the blooming grove barracks in

2014. another trooper corporal brian decks on -- dixon, was killed. captured after a 48-day manhunt. >> of course you can see the president's state of the union address right here on cbs-3. that's tonight at 9:00 p.m. >> meanwhile, new jersey governor, chris christie, will also deliver his state-of-the-state address today. that speech will be christy's first since officially becoming a presidential candidate. according to the governor's offers, christie plans to propose new initiatives on education, healthcare, and drug treatment. but, expert say, that christie's presidential run means he won't be able to be around advocating for any proposals he might introduce. >> tomorrow's $1.4 billion powerball drawing is now the largest ever in the history of the game. and while no one hit saturday's jackpot, someone in philadelphia was still a winner. listen to. >> this one lucky person purchased a ticket worth $1 million at wilson's check cashing in fishtown.

so if you bought your ticket there, you might want to check those numbers one more time. the store gets a $5,000 bonus for selling that winning ticket. >> there is much more to come here on "eyewitness news". a bill that would increase the smoking age in new jersey packed a major hurdle. where it heads next, and what the law would actually affect. and, it hasn't felt much like went they are season, right? that's all about to change. more on the chances for some winter weather in our area later on today. katie has the details in your forecast, and if it will affect your commute. we'll be right back.

a new jersey bill to raise the smoking age from 19 to 21 heads to the governor's desk. the assembly voted yesterday to approve the measure t now heads once again to governor christie's desk. he's not say whether or not he'll sign t that bill would fine retailers for selling it to anyone under 21, however, listen to this, it would not punish under age smokers. if signed, new jersey would be the second state behind wine

to raise the smoking age to 21. a government task force has finally recommendations on mammograms, saying that they do the most good later in life. the us preventive service task force says women should get mammogram to check for breast cancer every other year starting at age 50. the task force says, women between ages 40 and 49, don't get as much benefit from screenings as older women. those between 40 and 49, are urged to make a decision for themselves after weighing the pros and cons. well, have you ever found yourself reaching for your cell phone thinking it was ringing or vibrating only to find false alarm, nothing happened? then you may be fredricksburg what's called phantom vibration syndrome. a survey of student at the georgia institute of technology found 90% of them said they felt the phantom phone sensations. psychology cents say the condition is not serious, nothing to worry about, folks, unless it keeps people from interacting with other people.

then you know you got a problem. all right, 4:40 right now, delaware woman takes creative approach to searching for a kidney. and it may save her father's life. melissa father's kidney gain to fail her. when she learned she could not donate one of her own kidneys, decided to write a message on her car hoping strangers might reach out. >> so i'm just at the point i'm just ready to give up. then my daughter just keeps coming one these things, you know, and, you know, and that keeps me going. >> said i don't know what you it, but we're getting calls non-stop. >> that's great. melissa said she has gotten at least 30 calls from people seeing her car, and hoping to give their kidney. some of them are now undergoing testing to see if they're a match and if they can help. how about that? just pure love right there from the daughter of hey you know what, we're not on the list but put it out there on your call, and 30 people. >> so much loving coming from

strangers. >> winter lovers, at least it will be prep, right, snow coming now. >> absolutely, finally get some flakes out there to i guess curb the appetite. >> it has been a warm winter. >> has been a warm winter. even though quite a few systems went through, all been rain. all been what we've seen. at least we'll start to see the tides turn so to speak here, finally get some snow, it won't amount to very much. so evening commute should be okay? >> i think so, yes. you know, this is one of the situations, look at storm scan, looks like it is pounding down snow across western pa. but it is really falling lightly right now. the rainfall -- no, snowfall, so used to saying rain, i know, snowfall intensity here is for the most part not much more than couple of hundreds after inch, that tells you something it, real say bark worse than the bite situation here, but all part of larger effect on our atmosphere, and weather pattern being that the cold air reinforcements are many coming along. so that's really what this is

all b yes, you'll see some snow. probably our big headliner just because we haven't seen any snow here in philadelphia yet this season. but the cold that comes in its wake, that's going to be more lasting, you know, phenomenon we end up with here. so let's time this thing out, shall we? really up toward the poconos, might start to see some flakes as early as after lunchtime or so, but give it until the time the kids are getting out of school, 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., for any other rain or snow showers, yes, could be some rain that starts this off. you can even see that giving you a hint in the future weather model, eventually temperatures start to drop off, sun goes down, will see it turn over to snow. not talking about much. it probably is only going to be tent of an inch or so, perhaps you accumulate up to an inch max in the poconos, and that's it. then we see this scoot out of here, and the cold air just settles back in little lake enhanced snow coming along with that, as well, per the future wet model, see high pressure regain control for little while thursday leading into friday. temperature changes as of this

same time yesterday anywhere basically between ten to 15 degrees, even colder than it was this same time yesterday. yesterday morning pretty coal. don't have as much wind yet, not the front starts to nudge back n as it reflect on the thermometer, calm breeze, mid and low 20's, it is cold. jump to the seven day here, give you sense of what's coming up. notice we go to the mid 40's, and then all the way back down to below freezing tomorrow. with the blustery wind expected in the wake of this cold shot, guys, make sure you bundle up. erika, it will be awfully chilly tomorrow. back over to you. >> thank you, katie. turning to sports now, eagles have taken another step in their coaching search. they've talked to 69 year old tom coughlin, the two-time superbowl winner and former coach of the giants. coughlin was the oldest head coach in the ffl in 2015 and he's one of the most intense eagles fans, perhaps, remembering coughlin really giving it to his punter after desean jackson's game winning punt return in 2010. some say coughlin is just too

old, including, paul of the philadelphia daily news on cbs-3's sports zone. >> i respect tom a lot. he would be a good coach if he were 61 right now, i would say this would be a terrific hire. >> won two superbowls. >> yes. all i can figure if they have an idea of an offensive coordinator that they want to bring in under him, maybe have tom be the coach for two, three years, than guy would be his successor, you know, they can't count on ben backdo coming in here, he might end up getting the giants job. >> meanwhile, bengals linebacker, suspended for the first three games of next season for hit on steelers antonio brown saturday night. that will hit extended rally and led to game winning field goal. the suspension will also cost him a half million dollars in salary. >> college football, to the national championship game. and a gutsy fourth quarter call, that leads crimson tie to victory. coach nick called for on

sidekick after alabama just tied the clemson tigers and recover. moments later alabama takes the lead for good on 51-yard touchdown pass, alabama wins it fourth national championship in seven years, 45 to 40. >> six 6ers meanwhile retire the number of basketball hall of famer dock shea later this month, one player will still wear number four for now. noel is wearing it these days, the team says he will continue to wear number four, and 12-time all-star, named one of the 50 greatest players, in nba history. dove shays died last month at the age of 87. >> carli lloyd named fifa soccer player of the year. lloyd scored three goals in 16 minutes in the women's world cup final against japan. she also scored game winning goals in both the quarter cup, rather, the world cup quarter finals and semi finals.

congratulations to carly, so proud, you're from our area. still ahead on "eyewitness news", a lot of people share netflix, but turns out it is completely allowed. why the companies don't mind. that's coming up in your money watch report. first they will, here's what's ahead tonight on cbs-3.

camden county father, prosecutors charged dj creato with first degree murder in the death of his son, brendan. he went missing from his haddon township home on october 13th. searches found brendan's body a few hours later in cooper river park. meanwhile, president obama gives his final state of the union address tonight. the commander in chief is expected to layout what he wants to get accomplished

during his final year in office. you can watch an entire address right here on cbs-3, starting at 9:00 p.m. tonight. and, a new jersey bill to raise the smoking age from 19 to 21 heads to the governor's desk. the assembly voted yesterday to approve that measure, it now heads to governor christie's desk, he's not said whether or not i'll sign it. >> 4:50 right now. time for check on your business news, money watch's jill wagner joins us at the new york stock exchange, wall street focused on the problems every chinese economy, affecting us so far this year. meanwhile, hearing some chinese company is making big purchase. what's going on? >> reporter: that's right, china's wanda group buying the hollywood film company legendary entertainment for $3.5 billion. legendary behind block buster films like jurassic world, the hang over, batman triligy. this is the first time that a movie studio known for these big budget films has come under chinese ownership. erika? >> jill, thanks. also a lot of people share passwords foresights like pbo

go, netflix, you think being little shady giving it to your friends, but turns out those company don't mind? >> no need to feel guilty about it. so this is casino after gray area. technically allowed, though. ceo of netflix, he says that sharing an account is okay. told the crowd consumer electronics show that he actually looks at it as a positive, and share someone netflix account usually do become paying customers down the line. so it gives you a chance to become addicted to all of those shows, and then you want in. erika? >> just when you think you're out, they keep pulling you back in, jill, thanks so much. >> see you later this morning, jill. coming up after the break, a check on traffic and weather together, and chance of snow later on, we'll be right back.

>> big word today, finally

snowflakes. >> first snowfall of the season but it is not going to be amounting to very much here in the delaware valley, simply, because moisture starved frontal boundary, doesn't stick around for very long, and the grounds is a little too warm, believe it or not, for that snow to really have a chance to stick. one place it is stick something clearly up here in the poconos, at jack frost big boulder, still pumping out the man-made snow. who could blame them? the chill is back. they've been waiting, very patiently, i might add, for there to be enough cold to actually produce the snow, and have it stick. so, finally, looking and feeling like winter out on storm scan3, clouds starting to nudge in, but we are going to be waiting few more hours here before any flakes start to fly. meantime, temperatures actually have chance to climb all the way to the 40's, some of you probably start off with raindrops before it turns over to snowflakes. how much snow are we actually talking? well, not heck of a lot, guys a look at four of the main computer models, even they're only picking up tent after inch of snow in philadelphia. because it has hard time even sticking don't expect this to amount to very much. forty-four should be our

expected high in the meantime here, by tomorrow, though, the cold air reinforcements are here, and we struggle to even hit freezing tomorrow. it will be pretty brutal day tomorrow, meisha. >> and it felt cold this morning, too. thanks so much, good morning, everyone, happy tuesday. taking a look outside, looking pretty good. here is a look at the ben franklin bridge. for those every you moving westbound, looking nice and quiet. again like katie pointed out nice and dry. but, cold, it is cold, i forgot my gloves this morning, trust me, i paid for t boulevard at fox street, looking good again nice and quiet, although seeing some headlight start to trickle out on the roadways now, thinking about leaving home any time soon, still in good company. we'll see the change ago we progress into the morning, we know tuesdays tends to be busier. blue route moving in the northbound direction, at mid-county moving in the northbound and southbound direction. southbound what i have my eye on right now. you can see around the area looking pretty good. we know specially moving in the southbound direction it will heat up as we push toward that 6:00 hour. also, we've got some flooding to tell but that coming up in about ten minute. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank youment checking stories our sister

station "kyw news radio" 1060 is following for you today. special state senate committee is scheduled to hold a hearing today on the future on embattled attorney general, kathleen kane, she's trying to make a point by not attending. >> also, democrats in the pennsylvania state house have blocked bills that would approve funding for state related university. and, a head of president obama's state of the union address, white house set up official blackjack account. check -- snap chat account. check on "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. >> overnight learned of major change cing to philadelphia newspaper, tell you what happened. also, ahead, this symbol dating back to the 1800s, causing controversy in new york. we'll tell you about the vote residents took on whether or not to keep that deal. and, montgomery county lawmakers, josh shapiro, makes announcement about his

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>> good morning, major changes coming to the philadelphia media. we'll tell you about the announcement coming later this morning, about the inquirer, the daily news and philly.com. also, a south jersey parent charged with the unthinkable. police arrest a father, of brandon creato, and charge him with the three year old's murder, more on the investigation. >> and we're tracking the first flakes of the season, can you believe it, check this out, live look at storm scan3 shows the large system moving this way, katie joins with us what we can expect in just a mere moment. good morning, it is tuesday, january 12th, i'm erika von tiehl. katie is out on the chilly skydeck, meisha inside in the traffic center. we've got her checking and

tracking it for you. >> good morning, guys. weird to think it is weird that snow is coming. isn't it? it is just the weird factor. katie i thought about it this morning. it was so cold i was actually surprised snow wasn't on the ground. >> definitely cold outside. like you said, we haven't had any systems that have had enough cold air with them, to produce the snow. and that is exactly what we were trying to outline in our winter forecast when we made it a couple of months ago, the fact that we need the told air to be here, if we're going to get any casino of not just snow, but any kind of big snow. but here is a interesting statistic. it gets little word i. so pay attention, guys. >> this season so far we know this much. we haven't had any snow at all, not even trace. this thus far is tied for the tent latest first measurable snow. make sense? in other words, any season that's actually had snowfall through the course of the season because we've had seasons that haven't had any snow at all, tide for tent for the first measurable