good morning, a bitter blast, in the region overnight, blustery wind brought down these wires in horsham montgomery county and that is cause something traffic problems this morning. county line road is blocked between henry avenue and meeting house road. crews are on that scene but that road will be block for quite sometime right now. meisha will have detours in a little bit. good morning it is wednesday january 13th i'm erika von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer. we are getting your day started with weather and traffic with katie and meisha, good morning. >> good morning. happy hump day. it is cold, katie. people will be talking about their cars getting them started but roadways are still dry but because of that wind we have down poles.

what is in store for us. >> it looks like wet weather is out of here at this point but be cautious of black ice, today guys because yes, precipitation is gone, anything left behind in the form of the damp road has now had a chance to reice over. so any untreated reds where you did end up with wintry precipitation yesterday you will have seen that black ice settle in. keep that in mind. if it the looks wet it is icy. absolutely it is ice think morning. let me show you what is going on up here in bethlehem, pa in northampton county where we lah there hotel bethlehem. reason why is the flags in the foreground. wind is still pumping in the lehigh rally and every where else as well which we will talk b let's go to storm scan three which has cleared out completely. it is devoid of cloud at this point but it is certainly there. while you cannot see wind on the radar and satellite you can take values with the observations. we are in a straight up, westerly wind flow as high as,

15 to 20 we will satisfaction miles per hour through this morning. but much higher gusts. i have seen gusts as high as 35, 40 miles an hour in the last 15 minutes. it is still cranking. boy does it make it feel cold. your air temperatures in the the teens and 20's from northwest to south east. this is what it feels like. the these are values you want to go bias a gauge for how you want to dress. my add rise is thaw hit the road with heavy winter weather gear despite full sunshine return that wind will crank in the wake of the clipper system. a classic system in terms of the characteristic but it does mean it will feel colder. at best we will hit low 30's and it doesn't even feel better than teens. it is brutal out there. >> cold is one thing but when you add wind it can be dangerous. good morning everyone. happy wednesday to you. this is where we have an accident. let me back out of the way. you can see this in the the distance. this is in the north wales area. is there reports oven trap. here county line road and

southbound upper state road that right lane is blocked right now. until they get this cleared out this will pose some issues. the got news right now because it is so early and it is so, early, volleys down because it is so dark that is why it can cause issues for you. schuylkill at spring garden is looking good, looking nice and dry, but like katie pointed out there might be some spots where we have to look out for black ice. take it easy when it is this coal. here's the vine all good here westbound, eastbound all cleared, all opened for those that sometimes wait for that morning construction to clear out. it looks like that is all good at the vine. thinks where we have weather elements in play, county line road is closed between meeting house and, henry avenue. you will to have use an alternate in this area. use moreland avenue. i will have more, in a bit. erika, back to you. president obama outlined his vision for america in the final state of the the union address. >> he says he wants to work with lawmakers on bipartisan

priorities, criminal justice reform and prescription drug abuse. the president also told a joint session of congress that the country must not allow, fear and division to put economic and security progress at the risk. >> i told you earlier all of the talk of america's economic decline is political hot air. well, so is all of the rhetoric you hear about our enemies getting stronger and america getting weaker. i mean let me tell youing something, the united states of america is the most powerful nation on earth, period. >> south carolina governor nicki haley delivered the republican response, and while criticizing the president she wash g.o.p. candidates and their supporters a against a hard line stand on immigration. >> during anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the the siren call, of the most angry voices. we must resist that temptation. no one who is willing to work

hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcomed in this country. >> tomorrow the the president travels to omaha and baton rouge, both are first time visit during his presidency and seen unemployment rates drop in recent years. wounded pennsylvania state trooper alex douglas was senator toomey's guest at the the state of the union. authorities say douglass was ambush by shooting suspect eric frein outside blooming grove barracks in 2014. another trooper, corporal brian dickson was kill. twelve year old brayden mannering was among first lady michelle obama's guests. he started a a non-profit organization to provide food to homeless and low income people. he took action after attending a white house event to encourage children to improve their community. international incident that disrupted the president's preparation for his address, apparently is resolve. american officials expect iran to release group of u.s. sailors and small boats boats

later today. two boats boats were in route from kuwait to bahrain but ended up in the persian gulf. they believe the boats and ten sailors were pick up after they suffered a mechanical break down and drifted in iranian territorial waters. the iran's foreign minister has a assured john kerry that the sailors will be able to continue on in their journey. the crew says it is fine. at president obama begins its final year in office a new cbs news poll shows how americans are divided overall job rating. 46 percent approve of the president's performance while 47 percent disapprove. the president has similar numbers while most of his second term. new jersey governor chris christie is back on the campaign trail today hosting town hall meetings in manchester and bedford, new hampshire. yesterday christie state of the garden state. >> on our watch, new jersey has pulled back from the economic brink. we've brought discipline back

to our public finances as well. we've now achieved six consecutive balanced budget with no new taxes on the people of new jersey. >> the the governor pointed his economic record in the spotlight and expressed disapproval at democrats for wanting a constitutionally mandate state pension payments. governor said president obama has failed us. the democrats were less than thrilled with the speech. >> we've got a speech that i really don't think was geared to new jersey, and what i think was most unprofessional thing was the the comment about the president. >> talk in new hampshire for the governor who ranks fifth a among g.o.p. presidential candidates in the latest polls. new hampshire primary is february 9th. still no cause of a fire in wilmington that claim the lives of two children. chopper three over the 400 block of north monroe street, a three-year old and a three month-old, died in that fire, that broke out in a row home around 4:00 p.m.

woman and a child were taken to the hospital where that woman is now in critical but stable condition. eyewitnesses described the chaotic scene. >> we seen a lady just jump out the door. next thing she jumped on the ground and she was burning. you could see flames coming from outside the front door. >> reporter: adjoining homes were also damaged. prosecutors say that three-year old brendan creato's father killed the the boy, to appease a teenage girl he was dating. shackled dj creato was in court tuesday as authorities detailed their case against him. they say dj was dating a girl who didn't like brendan and felt he was getting in the way of their relationship. brendan's body was found partially submerged in water at cooper river park. prosecutor admits it is circumstantial evidence that shows body was placed there. >> it is muddy down there and it is damp down there. brendan's socks were perfectly clean so we know with absolute certainty he did not get the to that location under his own power.

>> as you heard me say in open court, it is a weak circumstantial case. >> authorities say the 17 year-old is now not cooperating with police, dj creato is behind bars on $750,000 bail. the brendan's biological mother samantha left proceedings too upset to speak. 4:39 right now. update on the condition of the police officer, the the philadelphia police officer ambushed and shot in the line of duty. police commissioner richard ross visited our cbs-3 studios last night. he attended a meeting of the fill will a association of black journalist. commissioner ross says officer jesse hartnett continues to recover. >> i don't want people to lose sight of officer hartnett and his condition because i think somewhere along the the way some folks are thinking he was shot the in the arm and that is not a an issue. his arm was virtually desteroid. so for him he has a long road to go physically.

>> suspect edward archer is charged with attempted murder. believe it or not the the $1.5 billion power ball lottery jackpot could grow bigger by tonight's drawing. buying frenzy continues and there is work pools and co-workers trying to increase their chances of winning by pulling together their money but, experts say it is important to lay ground rules to avoid conflict and have the the buyer send picture of the ticket to the entire pool so they have numbers handy and choose a person or attorney that you will have represent you as a group if you do win. i could see some issues arising, if not dealt with properly good problems you have to you just won the lottery. work it out. >> very true. still ahead this morning, snow around here. so first flakes of the season, yesterday, oh, i love that. coming up, the the areas that saw the the most accumulation. as the the world continues to mourn david bowie we hear about special requests from the lake rock legend.

we will be back in two minu

the reality of winter, it is starting to it in around our region. >> snow fell fast and hard from allentown to lancaster county during yesterday's evening rush. poor visibility along the pennsylvania turnpike, made driving pretty slow. >> i was waiting for it to come. i'm kind of mad that it is here. >> i hate the snow. >> well, penndot says, it the is all ready for whatever mother nature has in store this winter. >> to each his own, right. >> lets look at this eyewitness cam video from berks county in reading here. enough snow fell to cover this entire parking lot. you can see tire marks, swerving through the the freshly fallen snow there. first time we're seeing it this is season. >> absolutely, it seemed where ever you were living depend on how much you got the there. >> it always does, doesn't it? >> we ended up with snow squalls, straight up squalls.

>> yes. >> i saw one coming through delaware county. >> yes, exactly. i don't feel like i got a flake in my place. >> it is just depend where you were and it always tend to but this is a situation where we said that, somebody might not even see a flake out of this and somebody might get a inch of snow. lets go on a short list and show you how much snow we ended up with around the region as a whole. mount pocono won the battle here 1.4 inches is what you had up that way. again, we called. that it was one of the those situations where we had enough moisture just enough for it to stick and accumulate just above the nature. phoenixville just shy of an inch fell, .8 inches. furlong half inch, royersford had a half inch itself. you get the idea. the it wasn't a lot but it makes the headlines because a, it was first time we saw it and b, because, again, it is winter. we have not seen it so far this season. it is pretty late for us to be seeing our first snow. in addition the the cold that

comes in the wake of this clipper system is drastic. storm scan may be quiet. we do still have lake enhancement coming down lake erie, ontario. the light snow falling up that way as well. however, we are for the most parting go to see things ease up in terms of our thermometer reading in time here. the let's jump forward here we have a impulse that will basically pass us buy into thursday, some models heading through the portion of the poconos with that modest light snowfall out of that but we will stay dry. we will see another warm front, here, as we have a complex storm get its act together. lots of moisture being drawn in the carolinas late friday night and that will arrive here on saturday in the form of the rain. let me walk you through everything, blustery, very cold. thirty-one. cold enough. feels in better than teens. the tonight dropping down to 23 degrees, brisk and very cold there as well and then we will ease up with those thermometer readings watching for rain saturday morning in philly but you might the see

snow heading further north and west, guys, back to you. here's a question for you, or you, would you split a hotel room with the stranger. >> no. >> me either. >> coming up next we will tell but a new trend in traveling. first, coming up on cbs-3.

welcome back. president obama used his final state of the union address to counter what he calls election year hot air that wrongly down plays the economy and suggest america is weaker then its enemies. g.o.p. response south carolina response, nicki haley says the u.s. is under a great threat of terrorism. u.s. officials say iran assured them it will release ten navy sailors held by

tehran. sailors and two small boats similar to this one drifted in iran waters after experiencing mechanical problems. and america's biggest jackpot just keeps getting bigger, tonight power ball jackpot is at $1.5 billion. >> wow. >> it might grow from there. >> you can take a lump sum of 930 million-dollar before taxes or take full amount in annual payment over 29 years. you forget, you know, uncle sam gets his cut. >> decisions, decisions, um, um, um. 4:49. time for a check of business news. >> jill wagner joins us from the the the new york stock exchange. >> better week on wall street. it may be harder to see worse than last week but prices are way down, what do you think. >> reporter: good morning, erika and nicole. crude fell below $30 a barrel for first time since 2003. it all comes down to supply and demand. is there plenty of oil from producers here in the united states and demand is down in

places like china. so this is bad news for energy companies but, of course, great news for gas prices. triple a says national average is $1.95 a gallon. analyst think parts of the country could see 1 dollar a gallon gas can you even imagine. >> wow. >> throw back thursday or what. jill, we're seeing the travel industry and hearing bay new service that makes traveling less expensive. >> all right. >> reporter: well, that is right, if you split a hotel room with a total stranger. a big if. there is a new app called winston club designed to help solo travelers save money on hotel. winston club said it will screen all users and match people based on age, gender preference. this is available, in vegas, portland, seattle, l.a. or san francisco. so erika and nicole, would you split a hotel room with a stranger. >> that is a resounding no. >> no. >> we have talk about this,

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least things will be unharsh for you 506789 by friday under some sunshine. by week end a complex storm system is expected to bring us wet weather expecting rain specifically on saturday morning but might even see snow milk in far enough northwest of philadelphia. >> it the is cold out there indeed, thanks, katie. talking about that black ice just drive slow out there give yourself a couple extra minutes. we are seeing plenty of activity already on the roadways. we have an accident traveling in north wales, county line road southbound at upper state road that right lane is block for those in that area we have a disable vehicle here, it looks like car trouble. it looks like they were trying to start their engine schuylkill eastbound at spring garden pulled off to the right shoulder but you can see vehicles start to go by. we have an accident here route 202 is closed in both directions, between bristol road and limekiln pike, use this alternate lower state road right now. also a down pole, this is county line road is closed between henry avenue and

meeting house road. you will to have use another alternate moreland avenue. busy morning indeed. take your time out there nicole, back over to you. lets check our stories that our sister station kyw news radio 1060 is following. former governor ed rendell tells a senate the committee they are going down the wrong road with the attorney general. plus the family once found living in love park has gotten a lawyer to challenge charity that has rescinded it offer to help. and you think you may have the winning power ball ticket? we can all dream, right. if you win it may not be all you bargain for, check in, two, three, four times a day kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. >> it is still millions of dollars. >> yes. music fans mourn the loss of david bowie we are learning about a local connection legendary rock star had to the area. >> chris depinto crafted a custom guitar a couple years ago. he made a guitar for earl slick and the guitar caught

bowie's eye. >> it would get a lot of attention. people were pointing at it. david bowie was getting upset that it was grabbing a a lot of attention from him. he was listening to it and i was freaking out. i could not believe it what a story. >> depinto said he rushed to complete that job and etching bowie initials and end ising it to the rocker in new york but not before snapping a picture for his scrap book. to get your own deluxe, that depinto's it will run you a thousand dollars but i'm guessing bowie's was free. >> good advertising. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we have the latest on the damage caused by strong wind overnight. also power ball problems, see the priceless reaction when some new jersey workers thought they hit the big jackpot, yes. >> thought. >> sad. >> this looks like a movie stunt but it is not, we will tell you why that car was doing

good morning. we are waking up to some whipping wind and frigid temperatures this morning we are taking a lot at damage caused by this wintry weather. and also, developing right now a group of american soldiers held by iran are due to be released anytime now. hear their explanation for the international incident. and dare to dream, right? tonight is the the tonight someone becomes a instant billion air with the massive power ball drawing? we will find out. good morning it is wednesday january 13th, i'm erika von tiehl. i'm nicole brewer. we will have the latest on the big drawing, of course and see what happens when new jersey workers thought they hit the the jackpot. >> rough.

>> yes, tough one. >> but cold, windy start. we will talk about that. katie on the sky deck, meisha checking on the roads but definitely feels like winter. >> yes, absolutely does. >> very cold. i can let you know right new we have plenty of activity on the roadways, already. katie, a sure sign and i can see your hair whipping around, of how it can be almost dangerous. how is it out there. >> it the is freezing. really cold. bundle up adequate thely hitting the road. best hair spray in the world isn't going to help this, guys. it vice chilly. the wind is whipping. the it is brutal out there lets talk about the temperature trend and where we have been and where we are going. we hit a record of 65 this past sunday. far, far cry from to that here today. right now it is very chilly. you see the temperature here in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, techniquecally thermometer read in the 30's. the it does not feel like it. it feels reall