wintertime is about to, have a lot of folks gearing up. the big question is when will this storm arrive and what will it the bring? good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. meteorologist kate bilo has her eye on things. she has been watching this for days. she is in the cbs-3 weather center with the very latest. >> thanks, jessica and ukee. i want to start with the near term a system moving through bringing a little bit of snow. this is not the storm we are talking about later in the week but few snow shower moving through maryland and those coming in the philadelphia area later tonight. you may see flakes fly. we are not expecting any accumulation maybe dusting off to the south. temperatures in the lower 30's and upper 20's. so now, of course, moving to our major winter storm, certainly biggest one of the year so far. the first major storm of the year so far. we have got snow starting to push in during the day friday but good news timing is little bit later. it looks like it is a saturday storm, friday commutes should not really be affect. now these storms sometimes

like to sneak in earlier, i wouldn't be surprised if it comes in earlier then what this model is saying but it does not start until, we're under cover of darkness here friday night. 7:00 p.m. still seeing snow off to the south. more starts to creep in by about 11:00 o'clock on friday night. then our winter storm watch goes into effect friday evening right the through sunday morning. the that is for the entire area poconos in the included for now. significant accumulation expected with this storm. it is also a nor'easter battering wind along the the coast, coastal flooding, coastal flood watch for portions of ocean county all the way down through sussex county delaware and mouth of the delaware bay overnight as well with this system. your storm time line after 9:00 o'clock friday is when snow begins, begins south to north, throughout the day saturday, heavy snow and strong gusty wind. the snow will taper generally after 9:00 o'clock saturday night. coming up i will after accumulation map and have some concerns, we're looking at and also more the on the timing of that storm in, just a few minutes. jessica and ukee, back over to you.

across the region people are preparing some, expecting the worst. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has more on how people are getting ready at rittenhouse hardware at 20th and pine tonight, greg. >> just because it has been a popular section of the rittenhouse hardware, where they are selling snow shovels, snow picks here. in preparation for this possible massive winter storm. of course, down the stairs and other areas of the puzzle, thinks the ice melt. the interest of snow, the inch or so of snow that came down on sunday may pale in comparison to what is heading our way this weekend. >> you have been preparing for the storm, aren't you. >> yeah. >> reporter: john duffy, in search of his new shovel. >> i lost my last one. >> reporter: one of the steady stream of people in and out of the rittenhouse hardware preparing for the storm. >> these are life savers. >> i have been using these for years. you open it up and feel this, it turns into a warm thing. you get toe ones and it last

seven or eight hours. >> reporter: ice melter is a popular item. the trust me, is there plenty of it. last winter hardware stores sold out of ice melter but take a look, pallet after pallet here at this store, over stocked, after a very mild start to this winter. >> we are just waiting, you know, hoping for something. >> we are trying to think, up to two weeks ago, what will we do with this all because we have to make room for soil we had to buy in bulk. >> reporter: heavy snow is expect come friday, so folks are who not prepared. >> we bought salt in the beginning of the season. >> you you are ready. >> my wife is disgustingly organized. >> reporter: they are stocking up now. >> someone is watching my dog so we will have to shovel my sidewalk and put this down for me. >> reporter: really show how mild this winter has been, until about right now, take a look, the the juxtaposition. thinks all of the soil, up until a few weeks ago this is what this hardware store was

selling potting soil for potting plants, of course, and now it is transitioning to the the snow removal equipment, winter finally here, guys. we are live, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that it is, my friend. tonight peco energy is on full alert. crews are preparing to do whatever it takes to keep power flowing during the winter storm. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is at a peco facility in south philadelphia with that part of the story. walt, walt, please. >> reporter: yes, the trucks behind me at this south philadelphia facility, trucks at all peco facilities getting prepared along with crews, peco telling me today that the utility is fully ready to face whatever power problems this storm might cause. remember how glad you were to see those hard working crews restoring power to your neighborhood? when the february 2014 storm brought trees and wires crashing down? well, if the the upcoming

storm causes any similar problems, peco now promises that you could well see them again. >> we have all available service personnel ready to respond, both in the field and back off in the office. >> reporter: days before the the first flakes fall peco is now on full alert activating all of its resources. >> we have have also secured additional personnel from our sister utility in chicago commonwealth edison. >> reporter: while in one anticipates resembling record 2014 winter mess, peco says it is keeping close watch, not just on how much snow we will get, but the type of snow. a mix of rain and snow, potentially causing the most problems. >> heavier wet snow could accumulate on trees and cause some issues and power outages for customers. >> reporter: checking more than 38,000 poles and lines annually a along with trimming trees, peco says it is busy every day trying to keep your

power flowing and the utility advises while their crews are gearing up, there are things that you should be doing as well. >> make sure you have bottled water, make sure you also have new batteries in your flashlights. >> reporter: peco says if you want to stay informed on any power problems, you can go to their web site at peco.com/alerts. let them know if you want a even if call, text or e-mail about any power problems. finally, since we have not had snow for a while peco says it is worth reminding you if you see a wire down never touch it, call the utility. live from the peco facility here on christian street in south philadelphia i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 eye witt the necessary news. >> walt, our apologies, thank you. stay with "eyewitness news" as we track this major winter storm. we will keep you informed as storm develops, and very latest here on tell will vision and our web site at cbs philly.com. winter clean up will be harder for a local hospital after two men stole their snow blower. take a look at this

surveillance video captured on the 2,000 block of waterloo street at kensington hospital storage garage. in addition to that snow blower they also took a gas generator, power washer and leaf blower. if you have any information call the the police. crews are now demolishing parts of the apartment building destroyed by fire in center city. l and i says the building is at risk of collapsing after last night's fire at 21st and locust. we are told heavier damage was to the elevator shaft inside. the red cross is helping ten displaced families. we have talk to a man who lost more than just a place to stay. >> we came back this morning around 6:00a in to look at the building in the day light and it hit me then that we have nothing. no home, no clothes. not even a tooth brush. >> the the cause of that fire is under investigation. crews are also working to determine the cause of a fire in lower moreland. the roselyn fire company

captured this footage of that fire at welsh road and packard avenue. the home caught fire this afternoon, chopper three over that scene, everyone got out safely but 1e ms worker was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. state of the pennsylvania has reached a $450,000 settlement with cvs, settlement follows allegation that is cvs violated a 2010 agreement in which it a agreed to address concerns over the sale of expired over the counter drugs, infant formula, and dairy products. agent with the attorney general's office conn duck a compliance check and found expired products at five have of 6:00 v. stores they have visited. with hoverboard injuries mounting new legislation will be introduced at philadelphia city council tomorrow requiring children to wear protective gear. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has the exclusive story of one local victim who was seriously injured. >> at 40 mike is learning to walk again with the help of the kane as his brain slowly

recovers. >> help had to cut a hole in my head. >> reporter: mike who lives with his wife and daughters had a blood clot in his brain and another just swelling after falling off a friend's hoverboard, the day after christmas. >> my two daughters are almost, you know, fatherless, my wife is almost husbandless, my mom and dad almost lost a son. it is very, very difficult for me. >> reporter: motorized skateboards were a popular holiday gift but there have been a growing number of problems with some board catching fire but mostly related to people falling off, even former boxer mike tyson took a nasty fall off a hoverboard. >> these injuries are flying off the shelves with the hoverboards. they are dangerous devices. >> reporter: doctor kevin judy a neurosurgeon at kevin, who operated on mike said he is lucky. >> morning of surgery he looked like he was going south on us and i had to call the operating room and took him immediately. >> he wouldn't wake up from anesthesia. >> reporter: sharon and his

family held a three week vigil where mike came back to life having go to relearn everything. it was tough and it was hard just to see him, not talk, not sit up. >> reporter: he doesn't remember much but is reminded reading all of the card that poured in. >> we can't wait to see you wake up. >> reporter: now facing three month recovery mike is on a mission to warn others he is especially worried about kid on hoverboards without hell in mets. >> as long as i can touch one person, one parent, to have their kid realize it is not a game. it can affect you. almost destroyed your whole life. >> they are so dangerous. >> mike and sharon were happy to hear that the new hoverboard legislation is being proposed in philadelphia that woman date helmets and other protective gear for children under the age of 12. adult care take hours don't enforce that would face fines up to $300. that is still a proposal.

boy, is mike lucky and what a great family he has. >> look a at that video. >> you can see how dangerous they are. >> he said, in seconds your life changes. >> i'm sure. >> something to think about stephanie. as we continue tonight another slide on wall street, still to come, on "eyewitness news" latest drop in stocks. how far they fell today. important training about how to find exclusive devices, law enforce. will be testing out some serious scenarios, kate. a major winter storm heading our way, winter storm watch in effect, coastal flood watch in effect across the the area for the weekend, coming up i'll tell you how much to expect in your neck of the woods, don. eagles appear to have an offensive coordinator and if you missed chip kelly then this is the the show for you, chip introduced to the media in san francisco. so what went wrong in philadelphia? he will talk bit and you'll hear bit in sports like like

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>> philadelphia has highest rate of drug overdoses in the state, in 2014 alone, there were 655 overdose deaths, about 56 percent of those who overdose had prescription drugs in their system. and improvised explosive devices, known as ied or homemade bombs this were used in the november par ace tax. >> ied's in the form of pressure cooker bombs were used in the boston marathon bombing. they are a scary potential problem for law enforce; one that officials in montgomery county are not taking likely. this that means law enforcement the officer could have just tripped a bomb. luckily this is just a booby trapped crime scene house used for classes at arcadia university. law enforce. officials are using it to teach local first responders what to look for when serving warrants or approaching unknown residents or buildings. >> this little bit of extra training just to keep us on our toes to make sure everybody goes home which is ultimately the end goal for

us, end of any day. >> reporter: about 70 law enforcement officers will take part in the training this week. the those running the program says they devices are unusual in our area but they hope that this helps local officers stay ahead, of the curve. good to see. >> kate bilo is joining us now. you have been very busy. you and the whole team monitoring this storm. >> we are. it is heading our way. there have been no changes. we are not calling it off. the it is coming. >> my contacted talk to his sister in virginia they are expecting snow tomorrow. >> it is coming from the south. probably get some snow, i would say friday, more so than tomorrow. they may get a little bit tonight, there is snow falling in virginia and d.c. right now. a precursor to this event. then a lull. then friday the main event starts to move in from south to north pennsylvania today. there is a mess this weekend. the good news it hits on the weekend if you school age kid you may be sad but if you are out commuting trying to get to work or get home from work

remember that storm that started a couple years ago right in the middle of the day and grid lock as everyone tried to get home. we should not have that problem on a saturday. stay indoors and ride out the storm. would i recommend that. take a look is what happening right now. we have a precursor in virginia, down toward d.c. they are seeing flakes flying, little clipper system moving through at the moment. not much more than a dusting in spots off to our south through dell marv a we will see flakes here in philadelphia but again not a big deal, through tonight. we will just see a little bit of the hint of is what to come but certainly like the the main event well off to the west. it is here in the country's midsection and digging south where this will redevelop a couple times before it moves off the coast when it phases into a major nor'easter. we will see very heavy snow as that storm strengthen, off the coast, late friday, and into saturday. temperatures right now, very chilly, another cold day. not quite as brutal as yesterday because wind were not as strong but it is 26 in kenneth square. thirty in ardmore at lower merion high school.

thirty at snyder high school in bensalem. hainesport 31 degrees at the moment. take a look at winter alerts. the most of these go in effect late friday and continue into sunday. you can see winter storm watches from portions of kentucky, west virginia, into new jersey. here's your blizzard warning for baltimore, washington d.c. that is very scary stuff over that area. blizzard watch in effect meaning blizzard conditions could occurred. blizzard has nothing to do butch snowfalls but sustained period of strong wind and low visibility. it can happen just blowing snow around can happen if you have snow on the ground had gets blown around. but could be white out conditions in that area this weekend. temperatures across the rest of the region right around freezing at the moment. that is where they will stay through the the end of the week. fresh injection of arctic air and that is one thing you want to watch. we have warm ocean water temperatures. here's the mix line. it looks to stay off shore until saturday afternoon but this is mainly snow and heavy snow, friday night into saturday morning. look at these wind over

40 miles an hour throughout the day on saturday. over a foot in spots, as far as snow is concern, wind gusting to 40 to 50 miles an hour. we have a coastal flood watch for that coastal flooding. here is our relevant i estimates 12 to 16 inches cross the the i-95 corridor, lesser amounts down the shore thanks to the mixing. much higher amounts in the the d.c. area where some spots could see up to 2 feet of snow. overnight the snow shower, 25 degrees. you're witness weather seven day forecast had major storm is mainly sat the day. worst of it midnight to midnight but may end earlier then midnight but it will be a long duration of heavy snow and we will start to see improvement into next week and even warm up next week. so we will see everything start to melt. >> it is interesting too is no school closing toss worry b. >> it is weekend. >> parents don't have to have worry about their kid. >> no fun for kids but helps with the weekend. >> for sure. >> thanks, kate. >> we will be right

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>> yes, got to put the coaching team together and that is what doug pederson is trying to do he sewed of making the band, doug pederson is the lead singer and he needs a few good men to back him up. eagles head coach have reportedly add add offensive coordinator to the ensemble. the bird have hired frank reich, he was fired by the the chargers this season, after the team finished 17th in scoring. the meanwhile, chip kelly is california dreaming, today, he was introduced as head coach of the 49ers. so three weeks after he was canned in philly, he lands by the bay. right now he is in the the process of evaluating what went wrong with the eagles. >> we self scout what we did well, poorly, how can we improve as a team. i was in the the process of that. i don't think it was a self scout to me because i got fired, i looked at it more as an autopsy. so, i'm in the middle of the autopsy right now. >> yes, and the autopsy

continues. we are still trying to figure out what went wrong too, chip if case you are wondering. sixers visiting magic tonight, they are lucky for two reasons. one, magic lost seven out of eight. two, it is 61 degrees in orlando and about 30 here. highlights tonight at 11:00. jessica, how does that make you feel. >> jell just not the great. flyers back to work in south jersey following that heart breaking last second lost to the mapel leafs last night. no time to gel on that one though, with the trip to, pittsburgh to face hated penguins. the flyers still only three points, out of the final wild card spot and the pens are just one with point ahead in the standings. you guys, interesting thing about chip kelly, as he said, you know, he is still trying to figure out what went wrong, right? if you are the 49ers, don't you want to know what went wrong before you hired him. they said he was a strong leader of men. listening to the eagles and sources, they would argue otherwise. >> big time, major arguments.

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thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we are back the at ten on the cw philly. we are back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, the the "cbs evening news". tonight detroit teachers and parents hit the pavement in protest over dilapidated school conditions and find out why michigan's governor is telling teachers to start harming students. from the new york here now is scott pelley. take care family, we will see you tonight.

>> pelley: misery in michigan. detroit teachers stage a massive walkout, and lead poisoning flint. we have the governor. is the water in flint safe today? and the president. >> that shouldn't happen anywhere. >> pelley: also tonight, this weather system threatens to turn into a monster storm. palin stumps for trump. >> he is perfectly positioned to make america great again. >> pelley: stocks take a dive in an ocean of cheap oil. and the reviews are in on jamie foxx's turn as a real-life hero. >> the idea that someone would do that is so much more than i can fathom. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.