>> snow and ice causing major problems, sending deep freeze across the country. guess what, it is headed our way. get ready for the colds he is temperatures of the season. and now we won't see much in the way of snow here, but there is going to be a big change in temperatures. good afternoon, jim's off. i'm joe holden. >> i'm rahel solomon. right to lauren casey with the bone chilling forecast. >> guys, already starting to

feel the chill across the delaware valley with arctic air on route. tonight we'll have the coldest air of the season arrive, chilly right now, 44 degrees in philadelphia, 42 allentown, still hanging on to the freezing mark in mount pocono, and winds are now starting to pick up around ten to 15 miles per hour. as we head into the second half of the your afternoon, those wind will stay elevated, so feels like temperatures, down into the 30's right now, in philly. twenty's in the poconos. feeling more like 38 degrees, with that breeze right now in wildwood. as i mention, we hang on to the breeze evening into the evening hours, by the 9:00 hour temperatures falling back to the 30's, so windchills will take a big dive. clear sky conditions, not worried about precipitation, in combination with these cold temperatures tonight, we fall back into the 20's, for the first time this season, in philadelphia. 28 degrees, down at 26 in the lehigh vale, we lit the freezing mark down the shore, and in some cases even colder than that. 21 degrees your overnight low in the pong no, sir. arctic blast, continues, into the upcoming weekend, with

temperatures running about 10 degrees below average, especially for tomorrow, those winds speeds up around 15 to 20 miles per hour. so prepare for morning windchills tomorrow, in the teens, and windchills in the 20's, all throughout the day. and tomorrow, won't even be the coldest day, details on that fun in your forecast coming up in just a fin. >> all right, thank you. more now on the snow falling across parts of the region affecting parts of the country, i should say, not the region, affecting millions of people in colorado near white out conditions causing many accidents. >> in north dakota, snow drift the big concern there. omar villafranca reports from bismarck. >> heavy snow and bitter cold pummeled denver, colorado wednesday night. drivers with ice covered windshield struggled to get on the road where near white-out conditions led to crashes. to the north, snow caused parts of north dakota to look like a frozen tundra.

on interstate 29, north of fargo, a semi truck lost control on the icy roads. slamming into a pick-up truck. snow drift, several feet high, burried bismarck resident, wayne's home, trapping him for days. >> we get dumped on a lot. but not like this. this is unusual, even for us. >> have you been able to leave your house? >> not for three days. >> do you have some supplies in there? >> yes, we do. we're okay. >> in north dakota there is woman scaled the wall of snow when she opened her door. her friend filmed her as she tried to make the brutal trek to the front yard, but then had second thoughts. >> okay. i'm scared. i'm stuck. >> the frigid weather hasn't iced over the midwest spirit. eric fury got struck trying to drive to work before a good samaritan worked to free him. >> it is pretty harsh. i mean, coming down here, it hasn't been plowed yet. >> the high tomorrow in bismarck, north dakota expected to be sub-zero,

negative four, so people are trying to clear as much snow as they can right now because there is more snow in the forecast. omar villafranca, cbs news, bismarck, north dakota. >> america's top health official are telling our young ones not to e-vape that significant rid. says e-cigarettes are not harmless, and teenagers should not be using them. >> this is a vape pen. this is a disposable e-cigarette. >> in the first of its kinds comprehensive report is out by the surgeon general, warning e-cigarettes are dangerously addictive. >> e-cigarettes went from being rare in 2010, to now being the most common tobacco product used by our nation's youth. >> what's behind a surge in use? government and medical experts zero in on widespread advertising, easy access, and state clean air laws that have yet to catch up. the report shows decades of education about the dangers of nicotine addiction are quickly

being erroded by e-cigarettes miss under standing. >> this represents staggering development, in relatively short period of time. and it also threatens 50 years of hard fought progress that we've made cushing tobacco use. >> i started using e-cigarettes three years ago when i was high school freshman. >> darren, 16 year old from new mexico, said she was first drawn to e-cigarettes believing they were safe alternative to cigarette smoking. >> we loved trying flavors that remind dollars us of ice cream and smoothies. >> the report finds nearly half of all high school students have admitted to trying e-cigarette. that's a truck statistic for health officials. >> you see where it has the potential to addicted next generation. >> well the surgeon general is calling on parents, teachers, healthcare providers and others to make it clear to children e-cigarettes contain harmful and addictive chemicals. well there was a moment of silence on the house floor today honoring the 36 victims

who perished in the oakland warehouse fire. prior to the silence, california congressman, barbara lee fought back tears as she took time to honor the victims as well as first responders. in the meantime, investigators plan to examine that building's electrical system as they try to pinpoint the cause of the fire. according to investigators, the fire started on the ground floor and smoke quickly spread to the second floor trapping victims. their only way out through the flames. officials confirmed there were no fire alarms or sprinklers inside. the investigation is expected to continue for several more weeks. >> president-elect donald trump bridges his so-called thank you tour to pennsylvania, a week from today. he'll be in hershey next thursday. today, however, correspondent kennel craig shows us the president-elect facing questions about his deal to keep jobs in indianna and more questions about one of his newest nominees. >> president-elect donald

trump slammed union leader on twitter, mr. trump announced a deal last week of the plan that would save jobs from being out sourced to mexico. >> actually the numbers over 1100 people which is so great, which is so great. >> but chuck jones, the head of the union at the plant, says 550 jobs are still being sent to mexico. and 350 of the jobs weren't saved because they were never at risk. >> if you're dealing with people's livelihoods, you sure ought to know what the numbers are. >> trump responded saying jones has done horrible job representing workers and if the union was any good, they would have saved those jobs. the twitter messages may be over shadowing the announcement of the president-elect pick to head the environmental protection agency. the president-elect picked oklahoma attorney general, scott pry it, pry it helped lead the charge against president obama's climate change policy. and he describes himself on linked in as a leading advocate against the epa's activist agenda.

greatest impediment we have in the country today as far as economic growth is not tax policy, it is regulatory policy. >> sierra club opposing his nomination saying having pruitt charge is like putting arsonist in charge of fighting fires. kenneth craig, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". a 59 year old plan in critical condition after a drive-by shooting in west philadelphia. the shooting happened around midnight at 52nd and haverford, that's one of the areas busiest intersections. eyewitnesses say a dark colored nissan got away north on 52nd street. police are now looking at security video from some of the nearby shops in their search for the shooters. authorities hope $25,000 reward will help them catch this suspect, in a post office holdup. investigators say he held a gun in one hands, an umbrella in the other when he robbed a post office on edgemont avenue last wednesday. if you recognize the suspect, notify police or the us postal inspection service. >> mayhem on the runway. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> police chase of a different

kind takes place on the tarmac where it all happened and how it all ended next. >> and shocking video of violent school encounter and what police had to do to stop this student had "eyewitness news" at noon continues.

welcome back, take a look now at the highlight video of the man in the gray shirt watch looks like a game of tag is actually a police chase. they say they got call about a manna peering to be under the influence while waiting for his flight. the man took off running, hopped security barriers, ran through traffic, then ended up there on the tarmac.

did he eventually give up, laid on the ground and was arrested. new this noon, the defense attorneys motion for mistrial, and dillon root's death penalty case has been denied by a federal j according to the motion filed by the defense, testimony from survivor which included calling root evil multiple times had no place in the courtroom. the judge however ruled that the witnesses remarks were misinterpreted by the defense, on trial for the shooting death of nine black church members attending bible study class in charleston, south carolina. >> high school in reno, nevada will reopen today after disturb disturbing and violent scene played out on camera yesterday. so shot came from the gun after school officer at tug high school. after police say a 14 year old student dangerously waived around knives, in the school yard, following a fight, with another student. moments later the school officer shot the student, the boy now in critical condition. nobody else was hurt.

in the classroom, like i didn't feel safe. >> we just hear gunshot go off. and, you know, we didn't think much of it until we saw students running away. >> police are asking student who shot cell phone video of the incident to share it with them. grief counselors are available at school. >> the insurance institute for highway safety has released it list of the safest cars. correspondent craig boswell puts the spotlight on the institute's newest requirement. >> crash test on the front, and side, are major factor in determining the safety of a vehicle. but this year, the insurance institute for highway safety says better headlight are also necessary to make its annual top safety list. >> we've raised the bar for our auto manufacturers, you've got to have headlights that do a good job or acceptable job of lighting up the road in front every you at night. >> adrian lund says light help prevent a crash.

here is a view from high rated headlight where potential on stalls are visible, compared to vehicle that received four headlight rating of some 200 vehicles tested, 38 received the top honor of safety pick plus, toyota lexus had the most models, followed by honda and attack your a division. our cars safer now more than ever before. >> absolutely. >> automatic emergency breaking is part of the reason why. it is now standard in more than 20 models. motor trend's chris says two years ago, when the iihs made braking part of the criteria, car companies quickly added it, and he believes they'll do the same with improved headlights. when consume remembers asked what their priorities or when shopping for a car, safety is always one of the top three items that they mention. >> and you don't have to brake the bank to buy safety. >> iihs found top performing cars in almost every vehicle class. craig boswell, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". well, this is no way to celebrate the season. still ahead on "eyewitness

news". >> the danger and destruction one man encountered simply decorating his house for the holidays. the identity of the suspect behind this may surprise you. lauren? >> and as we head into the upcoming weekend, some indoor christmas decorating might be in your future. because we have cold weekends ahead in the poconos to kick off the weekends. few flurries passing by 28 degrees the high temperature even in the city our coldest day of the season by far. sunshine but high only of 39 degrees. few more clouds roll in as we head into sunday, and down the shore much of the same, upper 30s for highs saturday. the middle 40's, by sunday. we'll be right back.

>> of course this is the time of year to deck the halts, not to try and deck your ex. >> or maybe it was like a scene straight out of a movie for one pittsburgh man when a woman he hadn't spoken to in about five years cause the quite the commotionment take a look. all of these tire tracks, well, outside putting up christmas decorations when police say his exgirlfriends yelled merry christmas and tried to hit him with her car. they say mary jo smith did information her path, even above grounds pool, and the exboyfriend says he doesn't know what sparked the rampage? >> mary jo. in keeping with holiday spirit, for real. the southwest leadership academy charter school in philadelphia began the kwanzaa season this morning. the seven day event celebrates african heritage. student learned about kwanzaa's principal, history, cultural importance, and took part in traditional african music and dance routines. set up table display, connect

the to the holiday school believes it is important for the children to understand their roots. >> very nice. >> hello, lauren? hello, guys. feeling like the holiday season pretty soon, i hear? >> absolutely. you know, in the throws of december now, i think we've gotten quite a reprieve. that will reprieve goes away, very quickly headed into tonight, coal he is air of the season, first time in the philly metro, little breeze to contends with, as well, chilly conditions right now, as we get live look on our neighborhood network at margate. i wonder why no one's on the beach right now? >> beautiful day. >> it is, we have low clouds in place, ocean still looks nice, but we are still dealing with some of the low level cloud cover. as we get live look at center city philadelphia, had 4 degrees, winds starting to pick up now, southwesterly at around 10-mile per hour, so feeling more like 39 degrees, at this hour, and temperatures chilly all across the region,

still at the freezing mark in the poconos, 42 berks county, same case in the lehigh valley and down the shore, chilly as well, low 40's, some of the cold arctic air is starting to fill into the south. atlanta at 47 degrees right now, their average highs mid to upper 50's, and by tomorrow even colder highs only near 40 degrees, compliments of canada. see the air entrenched in parts of the northern planes with temperature right now only three above in bismarck, north dakota we'll get taste of this arctic air, but for today, as we head into the rest of the afternoon, temperatures settling in to the middle who's. decreasing clouds, breezy conditions, we hold on to the breeze, un for the lip, for tonight. 28 degrees, mostly clear conditions, so those windchills as we wake up on a friday morning, are going to be quite fridge it. and even as we head into this evening, if you have plans out on the town on a thursday evening windchills into the 20's along the 7:00 hour along the i95 corridor, waking up tomorrow windchills in the

teens in the lehigh valley, single digits in the poconos, boards erring on teens and across parts of south jersey even by lunchtime headed taught grab the sandwich, windchill temperatures still in the 20's, and that holds true all throughout the day tomorrow. storm scan3, showing us still have clouds in place starting to see clearing trend now off to the north and west, and not seeing any observed precipitation right now head off to the north, see quieter conditions what we saw the beginning of the show with all of the snow, but lake effect snow machine is definitely going right now quiet conditions, as we head into tomorrow morning, no precipitation concerns, all throughout our friday, just few patchy clouds, and even into saturday, high pressure in control, that's going to give us the cold air. we will keep things very quiet precipitation wise until we head into sunday. clouds around, then system to watch as we head sunday night and into monday. measurable snow looking likely in the poconos, could see some measurable snow potentially by

midday monday, in the lehigh valley. we have to watch the snow threat for the northwest suburbs, and rain-snow mix potentially in philadelphia. so forecast highs for tomorrow are really going to struggle generally in the mid to upper three's, windy conditions, with those cold windchills, as we head into saturday 39 degrees the high temperature, system to watch guys as we head sunday night into monday. >> lauren, thank you. tis the season for cold weather antis the season for some colorful candy. our very own pat gallen was at the quality sweets in clementon, new jersey, to witness how candycanes are made. labor intensive process, involving a lot of stretching, rolling, slicing, and wrapping of the popular christmas candy. will produce over 40,000 candycanes for the christmas season, so you can get the classic pepper minute, or this year's special flavor is chocolate and peanut but ther. >> they were delicious, too. how about the cbs-3 candy cane? >> so sweet.

well, royal event or just an ugly holiday sweater contest. >> the answer when we come

>> developing news on the west coast, 6.5 off the coast of northern california, thursday morning, according to the u.s. gee logical survey. now that quake struck 6:50 pacific time, had a depth of 6.2 miles. it hit about 110 miles off the coast of eureka, oregon,

250 miles, excuse me, california, north of san francisco. officials say there is no tsunami threat and no meade rat reports of damage or injuries. >> well, visitors at wax museum in london are seeing more casual side to britain's royal family. >> for the first time the royal like know cents are dressed for the festive holiday season, the queen is featured in a sweater with her beloved dog on the front, and william and kate are wearing a lovely couple sweater. in britain the sweaters are called jumpers, and worn to raise awareness for good cause, on the front the fundraiser, gave the royal nod. >> also we think and give, might call this an ugly sweater contest here on christmas, the olds, what do you think? >> yes. >> i'm not into that. >> well that's "eyewitness news" at noon, i'm joe holden. >> i'm rahel solomon, for lauren all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. always on line

>> jack: what the hell? >> billy: that's what i'm saying, what the hell. where's the frittata? >> jack: get out of my house! >> billy: oh, no, jack. our house, okay? you don't get to be the arbiter of who's an abbott and who's not. we all have the same father here. >> traci: can we just calm down? >> jack: you don't want to be a real part of this family. you've already proven that. >> billy: no, see, dad didn't think you were any better than me, and he proved that by the way he dished out the inheritance. like a frittata. is it in the kitchen? >> traci: okay, this is ridiculous. ashley, say something. >> ashley: stop it. >> jack: you are not welcome here! >> ashley: jack, stop it! >> billy: you think changing the locks is gonna keep me out? >> ashley: that was an oversight. we can have you another key made just like that. >> billy: he knew exactly what he was doing. it goes directly against our father's last wishes, because he left this place to me, too. it's just as much my house as it is yours. >> traci: yes, honey. of course it is. >> jack: it was. until you walked out not looking back. >> billy: you want me to move back in? legally i could go pick out a room right now. >> ashley: okay, you're really gonna start talking about legal things right now, billy? >> jack: is that what you want to do? try it! you will lose.