good morning, another blustery start to your day but the the big talker is that first real storm of the season and it looks like it could be a monster. the katie has new information on just how much snow we could see. also ahead fire fighters battle will intense flames for hours to get this fire under control, in the end, two fire fighters are hurt and several people were forced out in the cold. we are live as officials investigate. i just sanity my god, my god, he didn't have to do a thing. >> and real live hollywood heroics, we hear from jamie fox after pulling a man the from the fiery fire crash outside his home. it is wednesday, john 20th i'm

erika von tiehl. lets check with meisha and katie for latest on the road and the forecast on the road. all right. the road are looking good. we have construction. they are still will dry, but wow another cold day it felt like this morning. >> another cold day and that is helping set stage for here what we expect to be a little bit of light snow here by tonight. nothing compared to what we expect by week's end as pieces of puzzle start to come together we are starting to have more confidence that this could end up being a substantial storm, where we end up with at a minimum 6 inches of snow. that is at minimum. now what you are finding out over kentucky, and indiana a that is not the the storm, that is affecting us later in the week. this is just a simple system that will come through and eventually it does bring us a snow shower or flurry. bulk of the moisture off to the south and much wider zoom. it the is tough to make it out but look toward idaho, western montana that is big piece of

the puzzle that will block and develop into a cut off low pressure system which turns into what will end up being a very significant storm for us. we have since updated our percentage expectations here these are chance that he is we expect for what we call extreme snow where we pick up at least a foot. i think we have a good shot at that, guys as it pans out right now. looking for a coating you will to have look far for that, i would say because at this point it does appear as though the pretty much is going to get measurable snow out of this. in terms of pinpoint hog gets what that is still a question mark which we will get to with time but for now it is cold, it is not as windy but breezy enough that you notice it. just make sure you are bundling up adequately. we have sunshine today. we are buying our time right now but it doesn't mean you can't go without the hat, scarves and gloves right now. >> some people are just so excite that had snow is coming. the others, not so much.

>> yep, it is cold this morning. happy wednesday to you. this is a look where we have got the some construction i-95 north between girard and allegheny two left lanes are compromised right now. you can see flashing lights. this is moving in the north bound direction. the it is southbound direction you may keep my eye on in terms of the traffic flow but northbound is where we are seeing construction. another point of construction is not exactly here, i9 a south at cottman. the this is a busy run of the morning. but there is construction make note 95 north from bridge street to cottman. again that is moving in the northbound direction. vine street has it heading in the eastbound direction looking good, nice and quiet, and we will see as we move toward 5:00 o'clock and construction here northeast extension northbound from the pennsylvania turnpike to lansdale that right lane the fact that i will let you know, but make sure you know in the northeast extension that whole strip right there right lane is block, erika, back over to you. new this morning one man is dead following a fast

moving fire in new castle county, delaware. that call came in around 10:30 to a house on the 2600 block of abington road, in tallyville dartmouth wood neighborhood. fire fighters found a man's body inside that home. there is no word what caused that fire. this morning, several families are waking up homeless, their apartments destroyed in this center city blaze. two fire fighters were also hurt. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at the that scene where fire i been investigators are expect to return to look for a cause, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the that is only a part of this morning's story, fire crews are still dealing with a number of issues on the scene this morning. you can see behind me that the fire is under control will but from time to time we have seen crews dousing this apartment building with water just to make sure this fire doesn't start backup. as you mentioned later this morning the the investigation in the the cause will get underway and all this work as you well know by now has been

done in below freezing temperatures. so fire fighters most certainly had their handful for quite sometime now. this four alarm fire started in the 2100 block of locust street around 5:30 yesterday as folks were coming home from work, chopper three over the scene as a smoke and flames toured over this four story apartment building in rittenhouse square. twenty-one unit were evacuated and so were two neighboring homes. fortunately in resident were injured. two fire fighters did suffer minor injuries but they are expected to be okay. the it took crews just about two hours to get this fire under control and they are still working on hot spots this morning. meantime about two dozen people have been displaced and red cross is helping seven families with a place to stay as fire crews justin to work. >> everything that they have in the world is gone, it is awful. it is so coal, and there is so many people and dogs and babies, it is just really terrible.

>> it will be a long night because we cannot get inside to see the fire. we will put host on the fire once its knocked down and then we will have l and i come tout make sure the building is safe. once inside we will determine the origin and cause. >> reporter: that work is still to be done today, fire investigators expect back out here on the scene to get into this building to see what happened here. we are told by the commissioner he believes the fire started in the the basement and then worked its way up. we just don't know if the whole building is a complete loss but it certainly looks like that might be the case just seeing all those flames and smoke last night. so we will remain on the scene to bring you any update but just for a traffic reminder, the locust between 21st and between the second is block off and we have salt trucks on the scene as well to make sure that the ice does not build in this area keep that in mind heading throughout the area this morning. we are live in rittenhouse square, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

>> so many people affected there jan, thank you. a tough night the for philly's most brave, they battled more flames and intense cold in north philadelphia. "eyewitness news" on the 1600 block of westerly high avenue. the fire department place that had fire under control before 10:00 last night, two people suffered minor injuries. we're waiting to hear students at allen lock elementary will have school will this morning. they were dismissed early yesterday when heat, their heat went out in the west philadelphia school. we are told, it will be made up throughout the year. the u.s. coastguard is suspending its active search for 12 marines missing off the coast of hawaii. this were on board to helicopters that crashed last week. the various agencies, searched more than 40,000, nautical miles of ocean for five days. they found life rafts but no survivors. two of the missing marines are from pennsylvania. we're hearing from the the woman who survived a frightening attack in a west philadelphia septa station.

lauren lickman suffered a broken clavicle and other injuries. on sunday she was pushed off the platform on the el tracks at 40th street station by this man suspect kenneth grimes. moments later we're told he pulled a knife and threatened her. he then fled and she managed to get the herself back on to the the platform. >> in one really did anything, the the train pulled up and everyone got on to go about their day. >> one of the scariest things ever because it was so random. there was no reason behind it. >> after the attack grimes was arrested at 30th street station. academy award winning actor jamie fox saves a man's life after a forry car crash right in front of his home. fox and brad kyle, victim's father there return to the scene of monday night's wreck. three two-year old brett tile, and fox pulled him to safety just before the the truck exploded. >> pulled him out and as we

pulled him out, and within five seconds later the truckings up. >> he was here for my son as far as i'm concern he saved his life. >> the the the police say kyle who had punctured lung and broken bones was speeding and driving under the influence. he is expected to make a full recovery. still ahead this morning, tragedy on the campaign trail, why republican presidential candidate ben carson is suspending his events. also, ahead, stumping for trump, the republican front runner gets what some people are calling his biggest endorsement yet. less than three weeks until our half time show at the super bowl and there are rumors swirling about beyonce after she's spot covering up. details when we come back.

new jersey governor chris christie has decided not to act on the bill that would have raised new jersey smoking age to 21. the the age to buy products in the garden state will stay at

19. the bill calls for finding retailers up to $1,000 if they sold cigarettes, e cigarettes, or other tobacco products to any within 20 or younger. ben carson is putting his presidential campaign on hold after a crash killed one of his volunteers. brayden joslin died and three others were hurt after a van they were in hit a icy patch on i80, crossed median and then was hit by a truck. carson tweeted this picture, as he went to omaha, nebraska to be with joslin's family. sarah palin will campaign with donald trump at two events today. last night 209 on eight vice-presidential nominee endorsed business mogul at a rally in aimes, iowa. the endorsement the comes less than two weeks before the critical iowa caucus n backing trump palin called him a president who won't back down. >> our troops deserve the the best, you deserve the best. he is from the private sector,

not a politician. in iowa trump is lock in the dead heat with texas senator ted cruz, they have been escalating attacks as of february 1st caucus nears less than two weeks away. back here we have an eye directly on the big storm. now we can track it. >> i think where single model run you get more and more confidence. now that we have something that has moved on shore, and we can see where it is starting to track, and it is a huge help. you can say okay, something is coming, something is coming but when you are trying to pinpoint something in the the delaware valley, it can tricky when you have entire united states have of america in terms of where it is going. lets go out to that nationwide map and take a look at the the piece of energy that will really help this storm, take shape. now it is not the what your eye gets drawn to it is not bulk of moisture off to the south. this will trigger a stray sure or snow flurry or tonight.

don't worry about that that is a far cry from what we are looking ahead to. on radar it looks lackluster this will streak south and down over lower mississippi valley, developing into something much more substantial. that will happen tomorrow and then it appears as though it will cut itself off from the main flow. that is why we expect this to be a substantial storm. when you have a cut off low and all of the pieces of puts will will in place with high pressure blocking the storm and also intensification that will take place over relatively warmer ocean water, you can get something snow out of this. it is looking more like that will be what happen. in addition to snow we are talking major traffic delays, gusty wind, power outages and i would say at this point it is fair to say, that we have an very decent shot of picking up at least half foot but even better likelihood that this end up being annex stream snow event where we have a foot on the ground. you look at the the light to

heavy range here we may fall in the center of that here, but philadelphia is essentially in the cross hair with the bull's eye back toward appalachian mountains. seven day serve case it is not as harsh today or thomas what we have seen in recent days here but snow is what we are looking ahead to. friday, p.m. time frame is when it arrives and it will stick around through at least saturday. erika, back to you. new era have of eagles football is upon us as bird introduce doug pederson as their new head coach, pederson met media at novacare center with owner jeffery lurie, he went two-seven as eagles quarterback in 1999. told our don bell, he knows and respects the the philly fans. >> i just think you have to be consistent, you have to be transparent, honest with the fans. you have to show them thaw are willing to work and roll up your sleeves and that is what this town is all about. >> pederson work with andy reid as defensive coordinator in kansas city for last three

seasons. chiefs made playoffs two of those years. still ahead on "eyewitness news" surveillance video captured suspects accused of planting a skimming device at a local atm, we will tell you where. but first here's is what coming up tonight on cbs-3.

philadelphia police need public's help finding three suspects accused of planting a skimming device on the atm. we will have that surveillance right here, atm at beneficial savings bank on city avenue in overbrook from back in the december. one suspect is here, installed the skimmer on the machine. police say he then return with two other suspects to retrieve the skimmer which record the the accounts and pin numbers. if you know who these people are, you are asked to call philadelphia police. police in cherry hill got a tip of skim even the at a 7-eleven store in chapel avenue. that device did not have

capacity to transmit information so police believe there have been no victims in that particular case. the revel in atlantic city will reopen as a smaller casino. the that is word from new owner glenn straub. he gave no timetable for the the opening though of the casino, but straub says, construction of a water park at the revel could start in may, and hotel rooms could be back opened by june. revel shut down in 2014 after filing for bankruptcy, twice. right now it is 4:49. time for your business news. money watch's henna daniels joins us live. we're hearing that philly has earned a rang nothing a new survey about the future ready cities, where do we stand. >> that is right, good morning. dell released list of the highest ranking future ready cities and san jose, san francisco, washington d.c. and boston rounding out top 25 are columbus, ohio and philadelphia. economist looked at capitol, commerce and infrastructure in 34 cities to come up with this

list, erika. >> all right. and also, of course, we have been watching chipotle and we have this new food safety program with a new change, what do they do. >> this is interesting, chip pot thely is expected to announce they will offer paid sick leave to its employees during a company wide meeting next month. employees don't to have come to work it will accuse chance of customers getting sick. this comes after several out breaks last year that sickened dozens in many of those burrito chains across the the country. >> see fit the gets customers back in there, thanks so much, henna. 4:50. it is tax season. u.s. is launching a new campaign to fight back against multi million-dollar irs scams. the treasury department issued a public surface announcement warning taxpayers about phone scammers who claim to be irs agents. the scammers say if you don't pay them immediately, you'll go to jail. irs says it it would never, make a call like that. if you do get one of those calls the irs says you should

just hang up. we will be right back.

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feel it yourself! amope pedi perfect. good morning, everyone. we are expect to go see a winter storm system impact the delaware valley towards week's end but for now we are buying our time with quiet weather overall. lets check sky cam three remaining nice and clear at this point. >> you will see that last through better part of the the day even they is there a disturbance we are tracking late tonight. 23 degrees is your current temperature. the it could be worse. our air temperatures are down to what it feels like and it felt that much worse with the wind. still a tad breezy and that means that you will to have knock ten to 15-degree amount off of that temperature for what it feels like. that should be diminishing with time. storm scan quiet for now. we expect some sun today but i do want to give you a sense of what will happen by this weekend. we are expecting what looks like a large very substantial winter storm but at the coast you will will's have your own set of impact.

the coastal flooding could take place courtesy of the strong is your and wind. maybe beach erosion out of that as well. the that is friday p.m., into the saturday. good portion of saturday, and some models are trying to keep this even as late as sunday morning. it is a long, prolonged system that we will be dealing with and that means we will have ample opportunity to pile up some plowable snow, meisha. >> people were praying for that believe it or not, they want that snow. i will never understand it. good morning, happy wednesday, this is where we have construction i-95 north between girard anal dwayne i. construction looking good. we do have, looking over here police activity, this is i-95 southbound at girard. we have that police activity with the flashing lights, in the causing too much slow downs just yet but it certainly could as we push toward this 5c o'clock hour. i-95 approaching cottman looking good construction cleared i-95 north, headlights moving in northbound

direction. this is overnight construction. vine street expressway looking g both west and eastbound and we have that apartment fire in center city a few blocks from rittenhouse square 21st and locust, 21st is confirmed closed, i would avoid the area all together if you can as plenty of activity will go on around that area. back over to you. checking now the the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 is following. governor wolf's first anniversary is mark by an ongoing budget battle, and no regrets. thirty minutes for $30. how a hyper loop dream could play a role in the transportation of the future. love this a name goes up to be a big time movie writer and oscar nominee. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060. as beyonce is preparing for her big super bowl half time show many are wondering if she's pregnant. the the singer was seen wearing a bulky jacket as she bent to rehearsals over the weekend. for now we will wait and see

if she reveals big news during her performance. reminder it is in the long now you can watch super bowl 50 on february 7th right here on cbs-3. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we have the latest the late night fire that killed a man. also keep an eye on the skies this morning we will tell you about the rare sight you cab see before the sun comes up today. and hey, hold the ketchup unusual topping being offered at some fast food joints, to go on top of fries, details when we come back at the top of the hour, good morning.

good morning, intense flames, ripped through a house in delaware, killing a man, we have a latest on victim in this deadly fire. also, it is quiet outside right now but that will change in the next few days, katie has some new information about the first major snowstorm of the season, including just how much snow you might to have shovel this weekend. also. >> great city, great fans, great opportunity. >> new eagles coach doug pederson saying all of the right things so far, hear why he thinks he can be successful in his first head coaching job in the nfl. good morning it is wednesday, january 20th i'm erika von tiehl. another brutally cold start to your day or toy report, katie

and meisha keeping an eye on things. the at least it is dry. >> yes, we have that going for us. >> whenever we see nice dry roadways that is silver lining always. happy wednesday, you guys. it is cold, we know that snow is coming. so anything for today. >> well, no, not watching for any snow to arrive here today but there will be a disturbance tonight that could trigger a couple flakes. we will discuss that. we just want to know, okay, what is going on this weekend. right now we are starting to build our confidence, folks. we will get out to the pacific satellite and i want to you focus on that streak of orange, green, building right now over rocky mountains. the that is piece of energy that will dive south, get cut off from the jet stream and that turns into a very sluggish system and one that will gather up moisture and eventually produce very substantial snow as well. it does look like we are going to be right in the cross hairs of that. so storm scan three locally, in