good morning, the forgotten land. frustration growing for many who are still waiting for a plow to come down their street. >> now there is means that kids in philadelphia have another day off from school. nice long weekend for you. all public and arch die send schools are closed again today. they're also a number of closings and delays elsewhere. check the bottom of your screen or go to cbsphilly.com for more information. the aftermath of the storm at the new jersey shore, now three new jersey lawmakers plan to see it for themselves. good morning, it is tuesday, january 26, i'm erika von tiehl. we want to check in with katie and meisha a at least getting to the 40's today. >> utley, good morning. >> that sounds like great news after this weekend, even

yesterday, katie, because as we know, it was cold but also a lot of ice on the roads, which released and then refroze over the night. so what we're seeing this morning, do have little black ice out there still, looks like things are getting better. >> with every passing day it will progressively get better and better start to see the snow melt away entire lip, still a lot of times you do tend to have the snow coverage specially after the casino of storm we just saw, you'll have a smoke pack around for quite a while. pretty tranquil, all things considered through really the rest of the week. now as we take things outside first and for most, yes, you see the tell tell sheen on the road surface outside hotel women help. main street, beautiful downtown section here right by moravian college. what you will fine, anything, meisha is right, anything that had a chance to melt away yesterday afternoon, since it did warm up little bit, has had a chance to refreeze, we go to temperatures, you will

understand. that will "skycam 3" brinking it back here to the city, actually a view from campbell's field across the river, all nice and clear for you guys. we are going to certainly again have to deal with those minor issues that are left over from the storm in the wake of the storm, you ends up with the refreezing, so storm scan remains empty at this point. we are however tracking minor disturbance, we look here at the satellite picture, see behind the wording storm scan3, little blue circle there, little hint of moisture starting to creep our way. i don't think we have zero to worry about any weather until this afternoon at the earliest, here you go, temperatures below freezing, casino of mild morning all things considered in ac we are actually going to be moderating up from here into the mid 40's, at the height of the day. but there will be more clouds as opposed to what we saw yesterday. you will likely see few showers around later today. but thankfully, because we're in the 40's, they will be strictly rain showers this time around, meisha, a over to you. >> a loft stuff will be

melting, great news. love the picture shot. katie is rightment you can still see the sheen, especially residential roads and side street. seeing a lot of black ice still out there. so again today, take it ice. now this is why we have overturned vehicle, blue route southbound before the schuylkill, one lane open. you can see how they're kind of condense intoed far left lane, making the single file lane moving around this. what else always little dangerous, slippery road conditions, still cold out there this early time in the morning, 4:30 in the morning, we have people out in their vehicles walking around trying to get this management, trying to take care of everyone involved. that, too, especially people driving by, it is slippery out there. never know what's going to happen. be very, very careful in this area. blue route southbound before the schuylkill. one lane open there. snow removal still going on, 202 northbound, valley forge road, right lane compromised, push it off to the shoulder, right lane having no problems in terms of traffic volume. we just wouldn't this early tuesday morning, which by the way a lot of schools still

closed today. here is a look at 95 at cottman, cottman looking pretty good this morning when i took it in, thinking it will be okay today. we know it got very busy yesterday. ben franklin bridge looking good. for those of you moving westbound from jersey looking all good there. northeast extension southbound from lansdale turnpike right lane block for snow removal. so it is still continues, erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. days after the storm and big part of the region still burried in snow. crews are working around the clock to clear the roads but they still have days of work ahead. throughout philadelphia, small streets remain covered with mounds of snow. cars are trapped in parking spots and the streets are impassable. residents tell "eyewitness news", they're fed up. >> city always forgets about us, just the way it has always been in south fill. >> i streets are terrible, even walking today to a doctors appointment, it was terrible, streets are terrible. >> the mayor encourages residents to be patient, plow trucks clearing main roads and

secondary street up next. jan carabeo will have live report for you from south philly coming up in about 30 minutes, see how things look this morning. do you ever wonder where the city puts all of that snow in looking live right now at broad and washington in south filet big dumping ground essentially, seen trucks coming of coming and going dumping loads and loads of snow there. meantime some important information for you trash and recycling collection will resume today. it was canceled yesterday. so today got to drabbing those bins out. also, philadelphia parking authority will not enforce meter and kiosk parking violations again today. well, hopefully today's warmer wet letter melt some of the snow. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch taking things out for just northeast philadelphia, glad to see the street looks clear behind you, justin, how is it looking? >> good morning, on frankford and tutor here in mayfair. just behind me, you see the work that got to this blacktop surface you are seeing now. tractors are become g up those mounds of snow along the sides of the road, and dumping those

into the trucks to car at this off. another truck comes in right behind it. this has been the operation for several hours now several days, these trucks working around the clock to get our main arteries clear, working their way over to our side streets. we will pan over to tutor street. the intersection here. take a look all the way down there. you kind of see what the neighborhoods are up against if you live on these smaller at the shower streets. they're just absolutely packed with snow and ice. that ice melt over again. and the glaze of just very smooth and rough surface, lots of potholes, other kind of spots. over here, you casino of see the efforts that are underway, and how severe they are. this trash can is mashed up inbetween all of this snow here there is packed snow. shows you just how hard the crews are working out here, we understand there is some 25, 75, 2,075 miles of streets

here in philadelphia, some 1800 miles have been cleared, they're still work to do of course f your street is one that's not this clear, that needs clearing, you are asked to call 311. also reach out to philly 311 through social media, on facebook, or twitter. they expect this clean to up take several days. they ask you to be patient and report your street. if you are seeing an issue, of course, slowly but surely the streets are getting back to normal. it will take a long time before all of the street here are clear. we are live in mayfair, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", erika? >> going to take a while but they're hard at work, justin, thank up. allentown continues to dig out as well. city got nearly 32-inch of snow, that's a record breaking amount. road crews are trying to get rid that far snow as fast as they can. secondary roads like that, they are still burried. allentown mayor ed pal/ski urging contractors who want to help to contact the city, also making parking available and

several streets to clear streets for plows. over to new jersey now 2us senators, robert menendez, cory booker, will join congressman lob and and dough, cape may county coastal communities not only dealing with snow, but also flooding and beach errosion. several shore towns report record flood levels. crews in north wildwood rescued an estimated 150 people from their homes. for some, it was like re-living hurricane sandy. >> we got hit in sandy a little bit. and we just got hit a little hard they are time. so the rugs that were new and the floors that were new are coming back up. >> just day have a zoo, you do it, you get it back together, and no one anticipate that it would be this bad. so heart breaking. >> the department of environmental pro tech shore, toured several beach towns assess the damage. meantime governor chris christie who resumed his presidential campaign in new

hampshire was asked why he didn't stick around in the aftermath of the storm. >> there has been one county that is flooded in the state, one couldn't, cape may county, one, so i don't know from where over the state since we have 21 counties where that's happened. second, i don't know what you expect me to do. do you want me to go down there with a mop? >> a recent fairly dickinson pole shows christy's approval rating at just p 1%. >> there is much to cover here on "eyewitness news", another clean up, this one has nothing to do with snow. how did oil spill into the schuylkill expressway? we'll tell you. also, the final two minutes make the big difference between victory and defeat for the flyers. highlights when "eyewitness news" continues.

>> democratic presidential canned dance back on the campaign trail, a periods on the same stage last night at iowa drake university for town

hail style event. as kim hutch inch running sorts, questions pick by the voters themselves. >> at cnn's democratic town hall in des moines, voters took center stage, presenting their questions to the candidates seeking the democratic presidential nomination. hillary clinton, who has a six-point lead in iowa according to the latest pole, failed voters last. she took a philosophical approach responding to tax leveled against her. >> look, i've been around time. people have thrown all things at me. i just keep going forwards. they fall by the wayside. they come up with these outlandish things. they make these charges. i just keep going forward because there is nothing to it. they throw all this stuff at me and i'm still standing. >> clinton also reminded voters she has been working on healthcare for a very long time. >> when i work on healthcare back in 93 and 94, and i don't know if you were born then, i can't quite tell, but if you had been around, and had been able to pay attention, i was

trying to get us universal healthcare coverage working with my husband. >> and she talked up her government experience in foreign policy credential. martin o'malley was sandwiched inbetween clinton and sanders. he had a message for his supporters. >> hold strong at your caucus, because america is looking for a new leader, america is scanning the horizon, we cannot be this fed up with our gridlock dysfunctional national politics, and think that a resort to old idol gist, old names, will move us forward. >> bernie saunders kicked off the debate, many questions about his healthcare plans and viability as a candidate. >> the ideas that i am talking about are not radical ideas. we may raise taxes, but we are also going to eliminate private health insurance premiums for individuals and for business. >> on february 1st, iowa caucus goers will choose a candidate that best represents their interest. i'm kim hutchinson reporting. >> it is going to be few days

to fully clean up the oil spill in the schuylkill river in center city philadelphia. chopper three over the scene near market street. authorities say more than 4,000 gallons of oil leaked from a generator near 24th and market. about 250 gallons actually made it into the river. look at the oil slick there. the icy water did help contain some that far spill, which did not affect drinking water. but that spill did shutdown a portion of the schuylkill river trail. so hey the cold weather, the snow helping out soaking up some oil. >> amaze that that happened as all. incredible. >> forty-four today. >> looks terrific, kate. >> not bad. watching little disturbance roll through. i'll watch you through future weather. doesn't bring more than couple of rain showers. and i say you can probably lever the umbrella home too. it doesn't look that impress a. we start things off by going outside. live look from "skycam 3", looking lovely, lovely sky across the board here. we are certainly dealing with some clouds in the atmosphere starting to build in more than anything because we're

starting to see the disturb and creep ever closer. next to live neighborhood network shot, at this point, serious halo effect going on around the street lights here on the boardwalk. but still, a lot of sand lining that boardwalk right now. and that's just because of course the coastal flood being and the errosion that took place shoving all of that water from the weekend storm out on to the board. here's the disturbance i was talking becomes i don't want you too concerned about the fact that there is some pink on the leading edge of this. in other words, that's little hint every icing coming through central pennsylvania right now. coy see the poconos perhaps picking up little bit of that, maybe in the next couple of hours, but this isn't going to get here, even though it is awfully close, moving slowly t won't get here until the temperatures have had a chance to rebound, in fact, right now, many of you are already well above freezing, so don't worry yourselves too much this will cause any kind of wintery precipitation. rather, a couple of stray showers here and there, so we walk you through future weather. it shows it pretty well. okay, carbon monroe county maybe northern most lehigh county picks up quick blip on

the radar, indicating sleet, freezing rain, woman for that, too, exacerbating the icing that may be out there. then it is so scattered, many of you probably don't even pick up drop of rainout of this. perhaps a little more robust, little pocket that moves through this evening, into later tonight. but that's really all we have to deal with. then skies start to gradually clear. quick check on the seven day forecast, mild for even the standard here today. we will see little bit after modest drop off over the next few days, coldest day of the pack actually come thursday. we do get sunshine. and that big storm that you may have been hearing rumors about, i don't want you to worry about it, right now many i am calling for flurry maybe snow shower that would be the worse of our worries at this point. erika, back to you. >> after last weekends we can hands al flu. >> i no kidding. >> seventy-six go for their seventh win of the sees won they tip-off against the phoenix suns at the well. coach mike de antonio coached the suns for four seasons including two trips to the western conference finals. >> flyers and bruins last night, in south philadelphia.

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>> here's a look at your headlines this morning, crews in philadelphia are continuing to clean up after the weekend storm that dumped about 2 feet of snow in the city. many small streets are still snow covered. trash and recycling in the sitly resume today. >> meanwhile, senators robert menendez around cory book

letter visit sea isle city and atlantic city to seek damage from the weekend storm. frank man frank low bee and dough will join them. state officials say they're moving forward to replentish the roads and beaches. >> snow removal crews in allentown still trying to clear about 32 inches of snow. the city's making parking available to several schools, to get the cars off the streets and clear roads for plows. right now, it is 4:50, time for check on business news, money watch's jill wagner joins us at the new york stock exchange, couldn't last that long. what are investors watching here at home? >> well, that's right. good morning, erika, here we go again. china shanghai composite dropped 6%, it is now to 14 month low. here in the us, falling price of oil once again pushed markets lower yesterday. opek now calling for cooperation among oil producers, to address the over supply that is is a catch 22, the lower oil prices, lower the prices go, the more that companies will need to sell in order to turn a profit.

so again the silver lining to all of this, low gas prices, good for drivers, erika? >> at least we have. that will we are hearing mcdonald's got breakfast all day plan seems to finally be working financially speaking. how so? >> yes, that's right. so, all egg mcmuffin's are brinking in big bucks for mcdonald's the company's turn around plan finally starting to pay off. sales in the united state jumped nearly 6% last year, mcdonald's started serving all day breakfast at the end of the year and also simplifying its menu. people want, you know, their eggs for dinner. what can you say? >> nothing like an egg mcmuffin at 3:00 in the afternoon. jill, thanks so much. coming up a check on your traffic and weathe

tracking disturbance, pretty weak one overall as it pertains to our area, will trigger our next shop for precipitation.

that will said, that precipitation we will find today generally just couple of rain showers, so as for that major storm system, the wintery wet their we ended up dealing, with i don't want to you worry too much about today's system, guys. really doesn't have ton of moisture to begin w and the timing on our side. but that side problem, guys, of icy travel, is going to be with us. even though we're going to be well above freezing today, and any precipitation we see is strictly rain showers, you will have a lot of melting take place from all of the snow we've received saturday throughout the day. that will will refreeze we think for the next cup ill of night, just because we have so much snow to get rid of. that's going to be running theme, i would say, generally through the rest of this week. so please be cautious of that. meantime few late day rain showers across the region, it will be somewhat spotty in nature, then by thursday back into some sunshine, friday it, does look like there will be a storm system nearby. but it should scoot out to sea, that's the current prognosis, hopefully stays that way, if anything changes or at earls there will absolutely let you know. and then actually looking

ahead to what seems ton pretty decent weekend at this point. meisha, a over to you. >> so great seeing the sun yesterday and seeing everything melt. see the drip, drip, drip. like yes. good morning, everyone, thanks for all of that information, katie. this we have overturned vehicle, we had one, now since cleared, the blue route southbound before the schuylkill. one lane was open. now, it is all open. looking good there. but i will advise you that we still have some slick spots out there. even though a lot of it did melt yesterday, it then refroze overnight, still seeing that little bit this morning, this is where we have snow removal, 202 northbound valley forge road, right lane block there. in new jersey, just giving you a quick peak here, 42 freeway northbound creek road looking good but already university and volume levels build at this early hour a lot of people maybe didn't go to work today will be jumping on the roadways today. world of mass transit, say this, better safe to be sorry. check your schedules on line, looks like some delays in septa regional rails, septa buses mostly restored, new jersey transit still cross honoring yesterday as well.

patco speed line back to normal, again to be safe check your schedules. amtrak also restoring right now, dart running with some exceptions. so again the overall theme will be as they start to get things bang together, back to normal, check your schedules. paoli thorndale delay, no service between malvern, thorndale, norristown high-speed line running on time, no service between bryn mawr and norristown. again, check your schedules on line, all morning long, erika, back to you. >> thank you, coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", the big dig. we are live in some of the neighborhoods still snowed this this morning. also, you really have to see this here. police officer survives a brush with death when a truck runs over him. now he's talking about his miraculous survival story. >> and, facebook fakes, how many of your facebook friends really matter. the number might surprise you. we're back at the top of the hour. good morning.

>> good morning, three days after the storm, streets still look like this, snowed in. when they hope to clear those streets and what they're doing with all of that snow. also, the damage down the shore isn't just keeping new jersey governor chris christie off the campaign trail. now he is facing a flood of criticism for his response to the storm. >> and do be careful when you head out this morning. there could still be some icy spots on the roads after all of the melting snow from yesterday refroze again overnight. got to be careful on the sidewalks, too. good morning, it is tuesday, january 26, i'm erika von tiehl. and another snow day for a lot of student out there. there are more than 450 school closings, and delays this morning. that includes philadelphia public and archdiocesan

schools. all of those closings are at the bottom of the screen and on cbs philly. com we have live team coverage for you of the lingering mess and the clean up from that storm, however, we want to get to katie inside and she has the forecast. we have the whole team covering it for us. katie, good snow day? what do you think? >> absolutely, unless unfortunately you have one of those folks who hasn't been dugout yet, waiting to go anywhere, but had a lot of real estate covered by this very large, call it, monsterous storm system that came through here. so we know the crews are trying their best. but in the meantime, i know you are starting to go a little stir crazy, getting little cabin fever. we understand. that said we will start to see temperatures moderating up, pretty nicely today. you can see how the clouds are starting to lift, in moving in from west to east, courtesy of new disturbance starting to head our way. little pink starting to show up as well indicating very light either freezing rain and/or sleet up and down portions of say the allegheny's and in toward the state college for example, out toward williamsport next, and