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 snow, and

the latest first measurable snow came on february 3rd of 1995. now, we aren't going to make that, because it does look like we'll measure something here, you can see on storm scan, signs of life across central pa, but how does it bode for travel? guys, i don't think too, too terrible. we gave you the yellow light for safety and caution for this afternoon and tonight, but any rain or snow showers that do move in are going to be very lackluster, not going to have chance to accumulate much if anything at all, a, the grounds is little too warm, and b, meisha, a just doesn't look like the really cold grounds is there for this to have a chance to stick and accumulate. not this time. >> great news for the commuters, thanks, so much, katie. good morning, everyone, taking a look outside in the king of prussia area. the headlights are moving in the southbound direction at 202 and the schuylkill. you can see, it is looking nice and quiet still as we push into the 5:00 hour. this is fairly typical. we love course see this change, mondays and tuesdays tends to be very busy as we move into the 5:00 and specially 6:00 hour. here is a look at 95 southbound at academy again, looking good, nice and quiet.

the good thing about waking up early. if you get out on the roadways, in your very good company, especially this morning, new jersey, 42 freeway northbound at creek road, heating up ever so slightly as you take this all the way to 295, it is looking a lot like. >> this but you can see volume levels on 42 freeway looking a little bit thicker, little heavier than what we saw on 202 and 95. so, this is where we have water main break this morning, causing some flooding in malvern. cedar hollow road closed between vanguard boulevard, still boulevard, so have to use alternate right now, and i would suggest north valley road. so again water main break causing some flooding in this area of malvern, erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. man charged with murdering his toddler son await his arraignment in a camden county courtroom this afternoon. his lauen cysts the father didn't do it. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt spoke to the attorney. >> dj creato said nothing as he left haddon township police department about an hour after he was arrested and charged

with killing his three year old son. >> did dj creato kill his son? >> absolutely not. >> richard, dj's attorney, and tells "eyewitness news" his client is cooperating with authorities. but says detectives have the wrong person behind bars. >> when this first happened i called it a parent's worse nightmare. i thought nothing could be worse. and i think this actually is to not only lose a son, but now, to be the one accused of killing him. >> the three year old's body discovered not even half mile from his dad's haddon township apartment. at about 9:00 in the morning, on october 13th, 3 hours before dj creato was on the phone with police. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> i just woke up, my three year old is missing. >> you didn't hear anything, see anything, nothing like that. >> no. i just woke up and he wasn't in my apartment. i don't know if he wandered out or what happened. i don't know where he was. the door was unlock. i guess he unlocked it and left. >> neighbors waiting for month for some kind of answer.

>> suspicious about the whole situation, you know, sad to see a little kid like that three years old. >> i know people that went to the funeral because they know the grandfather, it is just sad, like i feel bad for the family, you know. >> what caused even more confusion, little brendan's autopsy and toxicology reports came back inconclusive. the lawyer admit the case is a mysterious one, but he says dj creato is a innocent man. >> still no transparency, still no answers, haven't reached out for me or dj for more questions, really peculiar. >> dj spent the night behind bars inside the camden county jail. he'll have arraignment later this afternoon at 1:30, of course, "eyewitness news" will be there. reporting in camden county, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and we have some breaking news overseas. this is just in to us there is new individual woe was just broadcast from turkey where explosion has rocked a popular tourist spot in east tam bull. government officials say at

least ten people are dead, more than dozen others are hurt. while they say it is still too soon to noah cause, investigators believe this may be the work of a suicide bomber. we will stay on top of the story and update you as soon as we get more information. some big news this morning, concerning the philadelphia inquirer, the philadelphia daily news, and philly.com. in a surprise move, their owner has donated them to a non-profit. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joining us with more on. >> this a surprise on the move. >> interesting move. jerry holding press conference later this morning to explain his decision, now, else the owner of the philadelphia media network, which includes the inquirer, daily news, and philly.com. he says he's making this donation to preserve and develop public service journalism and investigative reporting. so, what he has done donated the wiper, daily news, philly.com, to newly created tax exempt organization known as the institute for journalism in new media. he says he will crib

$20 million to it newly established endowment. it is a new organizational structure, will allow the institute to receive donations from individuals, foundations, corporations, and other entities for the mission of continuing journalism. and this will all be tax deductible through the philadelphia foundation. but, this move really goes beyond funding journalism. says the newly created institute will draw on the research of universities, non-profits, and support the education of young journalists who are now coming into an ever-changing field. so, big news, and we should learn more at a press conference scheduled at 11:00 today at the constitution center. >> unprecedented move, but i'm sure if you're watching at home, okay, will this fit my paper over hopping on philly.com. what's it mean to them. >> philly.com says it will not impact subscribers, readers, won't see anything different there. >> that's a re laugh. jan, thanks so much. 5:60. new jersey governor chris christie will take short break from the campaign trail to give his annual state-of-the-state address today. the speech comes at a time

when his public support at home is at all time low, while gaining ground in new hampshire, which holds the nation's first primary on february 9th. >> and governor christie yesterday joined other lawmakers in trenton an announce a deal that would expands casino gambling beyond atlantic city. christy says the measure would guarantee a billion dollar minimum investment in any casino in north jersey. the bill would also require that new casinos be owned by companies that already own atlantic city casino. the bill needs to be passed by a three/five majority in the new session, that starts today. >> meanwhile, law makers in new jersey have also approved a bill to raise the smoking age from 19 to 21. that bill would fine retailers up to a thousand dollars if they sell to anyone 20 years old or younger. new jersey would be the second state besides hawaii to raise the smoking age to 21. that bill now goes to governor christie's desk. he's not said whether or not he's going to sign it. a special state senate panel wants to hear from

pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, at their final hearing today, she will not be there. the hearing is part of a process that could ends in his re -- in her removal from office. kane says the senate cannot remove her on their own, also asking for the reinstatement of her law license. it is under suspension right now, while kane is facing criminal charges related to the alleged leak of secret grand jury material. kane plans to seek re-election later on this year, and when she does plan to run, will face opposition from several democrats. the latest to run is montgomery county commissioner, chairman, josh shapiro. he'll make the announcement later on today. governor tom wolf also appointed shapiro to the pennsylvania commission on crime and delinquency. army sergeant bo berg doll due in military court today in fort bragg california. facing charges including desertion. he did i a periods from his military post in afghanistan back in 2009 and was then kidnapped and held hostage by the taliban. he was released as part of

prisoner exchange in 2014. bergdahl remains and maintains that he left his post to draw attention to problems in his unit. lawyers for bill cosby want the criminal charges against him in montgomery county thrown out. cosby's accused of sexually assaulting former temple university employee in his cheltenham township home more than decade ago. his lawyers argue the criminal charges he now faces violate a prosecutor's pledge, that he would never be charged over the 2004 encounter. he remains unclear if cosby's preliminary hearing set for next month will be delayed due to these new legal filings. still ahead this morning, reaction to rocker david bowie's death continues to pour in. now word comes the music that his music is once again topping the charts. we'll tell you about that, also, emotional interview, with vice president biden. >> he's going to be mad at me saying this, he said i'll give you the money. >> the vice president opens up

about his relationship with president obama include that offer to lend him money. plus, the promise president obama made biden keep. then, controversy on a new york town over this seal. check this out. some says it shows a native american being beaten. others say the symbol is from the 1800s, just a hug, we'll tell you what residents think whether we come back. >> ♪ >> waking up on chilly tuesday morning. if you don't bundle up your toast, your nose, will all be numb. could be seeing snowflakes later on today. katie tells you when we come back. >> ♪

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just in time for the afternoon rush hour. forecasters say at 1.6 inches every snow fell in one hour. wow. and the guys wearing shorts? common. all right, north carolina sugar mountain lived up to its name, except its proud is her 6 feet deep. two weeks ago it was so warm there, the hillside was bear, you can see grass. but colder temperatures, and some snowfall has helped give skiers a chance to hit the slopes. and skiers, snow bunnies, snow boarders, everyone who enjoys winter weather at home getting pup. , finally, first flakes of the season, flight. >> absolutely. the problem is it won't amount to very much. not talking 6 inches in a hour here unfortunately if that's something you have been craving. i know kids are let's bring on the snow, we want snow days. not going to happen it time, folksment and actually, looks as though even though we are going to see more complex storm system by the weekends, even that is likely to be primarily a rain producer. but, let's walk you through this, we start things off with our handy dandiacal end darr graphic, give you sense where the temperature read have

been. if you recall december had not one day that was even average, let alone, below average, but now we've got cup of those here to sort of under our belts. generally speaking above average, but by 3.5 degrees as opposed to ten, 11, 12 degrees, so starting to level off little bit here in the atmosphere, because of some of the chill it means, yes, finally ends one snow out there, that said, with any kind of large complex storm, you will need enough cold air in place to get any good snow something. this particular set up, it is just a reinforcing cold front, guys there is isn't what we would call major storm. what you do see, how much, looks a lot worse than it actually really is. the snowfall intensity rates are couple every hundreds after inch per hour, at this point, across even your darkest purple shaded areas. so, you're not really seeing this amount to very much. and that's definately going to be the case here, as women. soap, can you of let's walk you through the future weather forecast, generally clear skies, clouds starting to

build, in give it until lunchtime, shortly thereafter, any of the region to start to see any snow at all, pretty far north. poconos likely where we see this begin, does move in from west to east, so berks county, chester county, likely see the first snowflakes, perhaps few raindrops at the onset, since temperatures hit the mid 40's, technically this afternoon before they start to fall back off. and then we start to see it turn over to snow. but will not amount to much. there is a shot, guys, some of you don't app see one flake out of. >> this this isn't widespread swat of snow. you will see radar light up at least little bit with some of the snow by tonight. and at most, you'll be talking tent of an inch or so, though that will have hard time even accumulating. now here is a good synopsis of everything we are talking about, p.m., really the store irks p.m., afternoon, into tonight, rain or snow showers, generally the window four to 10:00 p.m., but little or know accumulation out that far. your area temperatures right now standing into the teens, the 20's, it is a cold start to the day. i do want to jump you to the seven day, give you sense what's yet to come. i mentioned larger storm

brewing right now though looks like it is a rain producer with temperatures once again little too mild for anything but the raindrops. >> yes, sounds that way. all right, well, thanks, katie. good morning, everyone, happy tuesday to you. we are looking outside, what you are looking at right now, schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction. this is approaching the conshohocken curve looking good here both directions right now i would say are like slowly starting to heat up. we will see this progress, on tuesday morning, no doubt about it, pushing toward that 6:00 hour. so for those every you in and around this area, just note that's what we're dealing with right now. also do, have flooding, i'll touch base on that in about 15 minutes, blue route another area that i've been keeping my eye on this morning, approaching route one, that's another area that usually builds up fairly quickly, not quite sure, but this morning, no different. ninety-five south at cottman, the east and westbound symbols you're seeing right here will not get off my screen. but i will let you know that 95 southbound at cottman coming around the s curve slowly starting to build, right now. you can see this right here,

moving in the southbound direction, looking good, coming around the s curve, one area i'll keep my eye on all morning long. yesterday what we saw monday morning, certainly, heating up fairly quickly, and also, this is where we do have the water main break, like i said, i'll touch base on this coming up in a little bit, in malvern, should be cleared by 6:00 a.m. back to you. >> meisha, thank you. house explosion in a cleveland suburb has killed three people and child unaccounted for. neighbors say the explosion shook other homes. emergency responders saw flames shooting from the home when they arrived last night. it is unclear what caused that explosion. with just three weeks before the iowa caucuses, democratic candidates came face-to-face. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley, took part in the brown and black forum, it is aimed at young and minority voters in des moines. clinton told the audience she opposed government immigration raids, but added, that each deportation case should be determined individually. sanders called clinton an

establishment candidate. o'malley prom i dollars immigration reform. donald trump, cruz's legal standing for president. birth in canada to an american mother leaves town but added gop vote ers will render the final verdict. cruz has dismissed trump's suggestion, he says, he's always been an u.s. citizen. his mother was born in wilmington. vice president joe biden is offering a rare glimpse of his close friendship with president obama. in a interview with cnn he shared a personal story of how the president stepped up to help during his son bo's illness, and then, again, after his death. >> i was having lunch with the president. he was the only guy of my family i can confide going on with bo, because i felt the response tonight do that so he knew where i was, my thinking. and i said, you know, my concern is, i said, if bo resigns, he has no -- there is

no -- nothing to fall back on, his salary, and i said but i worked it out, i said, but joe annually -- jill and i will sell the house. he got up and he said don't sell the house, promise me you won't sell the house. he's going to be mad at me saying this, he said i'll give you the money, whatever you need, i'll give you the money. >> biden says he still is working on his plans for after the vice presidency. 5:20 right now. still ahead powerball fever hits group of new york moms. wait until you hear what they're doing to try to win the record jackpot. >> also, it was lottery particular that's brought an among to local gas station. but it was that man, right there, who caused him to run out fighting. we'll show you more of this incredible video when we come right back.

>> back on "eyewitness news", surveillance video, here from south philly now getting national attention, what you just saw right there was aboud i can among trying to fight off a robber. the suspect there, snatched a

fist full of cash from the victim on sunday, as the among was buying lottery tickets. this happened at the sunoco at broad and catherine streets. as you can see right there, the victim and the suspect briefly struggled, before the crooks took off in a silver mustang. $1.4 billion, that's the largest jackpot in powerball history. while no one hit saturday's jackpot, someone in philadelphia woke up an instant million air. ticket worth $1 million, was sold at wilson's check cashing, in fishtown. the store gets a $5,000 bonus for selling that winning ticket. well done. and hey, here are your odds every increase ago winning. a big lottery pole forming in plane view, new york, more than thousand people lined up at a park for the chance to join that pool. the idea gannon facebook with a group of moms, who want the the community to cash in on the jackpot, paying $10 apiece, they brief their odds are greater more tickets. >> i did it at work, at home, and in the community. i should win somehow.

>> maybe buy million tickets and guaranteed to win. >> if the pool wins, the $1.4 billion jackpot, each person could get $720,000, that's with the lump sum pay-out. but before taxes. so keep keep that in mind. >> controversial decision now in central new york. voters in wiseborough vote today keep this village seal t appears to some to be white man choke ago native american man. but, historians say the seal used within the community since the 18 80s actually depicts a friendly wrestling match between the village founder and native american chief. >> critisisms we have area -- we're receiving are from outside of the area, so something that's been talked about for decades, decades, decades, but the first time it has ever been brought to our residents. >> a spoke man for the owe need an indian nation every central new york said that perception makes it an

inapropriate symbol to represent the community. 5:25 right now. david bowie's parting gift to his fans is heading to the top of the charts. the rock-and-roll hall of famer died from chancier sunday, two days after his new albumn, black star, was released on bowie's 69th birthday. black star has sold 43,000 copies since then. streaming giant, spotify, says streams of bowie's music are up more than 2000%. and, listen to this, a baby penguin at the cincinnati zoo shares bowie's birthday and there is the little guy. zoo keepers sabo i named at birth last friday before the singer's death. the little one there was weighing in at less than 2 ounces at the time. officials aren't yet sure if that's a baby girl penguin or baby boy penguin, but bowie regardless will make a public debut sometime this spring. nice tribute. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", a 200 year old castle destroyed by flames overnight. we're live in chaddsford with the details.

also, this: >> president obama will deliver his final state of the union address tonight. i'm weijia jiang in washington with what he's expected to say coming up. >> then authorities announce lama arrowed em will not face criminal charges in connection with drug overdose. but wait until you hear from the owner of that brothel where it happened. what has to say is interesting, katy? >> and erika, we are certainly looking ahead to an interesting day weather wise. the first snow of the season is headed our way today. we're going to talk about the impact, how much, when does it get here, all of that good stuff, and also cold that comes in its wake. an even bigger deal. details straight ahead. >> as katie mentioned, roads dry for now, could be seeing snow showers in time for the evening drive home. meisha has the latest on the roads when we come right back. good morning.

>> time state of the union address later on tonight. good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. we'll tell you about the local guest heading to the state of the union tonight. also, this. >> i didn't say nothing to her