though you knew it was comingment temperatures right now, somebody freezing, really at all of the reporting sites across the area, 31 degrees right now in philadelphia. marking our coldest morning, of the season so far. twenty's in reading, same case lancaster, down to 29 degrees in ac. wind speeds up around 15 to 20 miles per hour, so we have the cold temperatures, and then we have those bitter winds on top of that. having big impact on the feels-like temperature right now, feeling like teens in the lehigh valley, same case berks county, teens down the shore, feeling like 21 degrees at this early hour in philadelphia. and it is really not going to get much better. we head through the day today for the 9:00 hour, 34 degrees, still bitter cold. windchills, even for your lunch hour, if you are stepping out, grab that sandwich. you're going to have to bundle up. all of the winter weather accessories feeling like 20's, air temperature up at 39 degrees, into the 5:00 hour, no impact precipitation wise, so the commute will be smooth, but the heat will be cranking, pat, in the car. 37 degrees, still blustery winds. >> cranking the heat?

i'm putting the windows down. come on. i love this weather. thank you, lauren. taking a look at the vine street expressway to start off this morning, they've just reopened westbound, so if you're headed from broad street to the schuylkill expressway, that has reopened. looks like eastbound, letting people on from the onramp, good thing, vine st. is now clearing. schuylkill, right here, schuylkill at the boulevard, no delays, if you're head in the this direction, nice, quiet, clean, comfortable morning here, on a friday. you have got to love. that will not so much here on the pennsylvania turnpike, looking eastbound, past downingtown, the right lane block there. due to some construction, also westbound, between delaware valley and willow grove. the right lane is blocked there. but it is not slowing anyone down as of right now. some things to look forward to on septa. some bussing, shuttle bussing, saturday and sunday, from 4:00 a.m. until 4:30 a.m. due to construction at jenkintown. keep an eye overall on the regional rail schedule. new one goes into effect sunday, so go to septa.org for more, guys, back over to you.

>> pat, thank you. well, if you haven't done so already, you may want to break out those winter coats for today. >> that's right. bitter colds winds will be in full force. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh, live from center sit which more on the season's first arctic blast. and i see your scarf on. i don't see gloves, anita. >> yes, greg, and jan, well, i am i probably should get them on. i got the fun assignment this morning, right? definitely biting chill in the air. seeing tons of people wrapped up in their scarfs, gloves, hats, and they're saying, you know, it was a relatively mild fall this past fall. but that is all changing now. take a look at some of the video we shot earlier this morning, of people walking around, they're definitely prepared for this colder weather. some we spoke to say they're actually ready for snow. which i'm not. i can veto that right now. but others say they're not so happy about the drop in temperatures. >> i got like a 15 minute walk. it is not that bad. but you're in the brisk cold

like 20 degrees weather, it is pretty bad. so, ya, i'm not looking forward to that. >> still cool. just try to, you know, basically stay up out -- staying in the house today. once i go home, after work, house, that's it. >> i'm in the exact same boat. many say they'll be layering up today. officials say remember to bring your pets and plants inside as the temperatures continue to drop. one thing i will say, though, finally now that it is getting cold, it feels like christmas. you can see the beautiful christmas tree here at dilworth park behind me. so we're already for that. that is the one good part about the drop in temperatures, live in center city, anita oh, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", back to you guys in the very warm studio, i'm sure. >> all part of the season, right? >> thank you, and eat a now, if you are searching for the latest forecast, when we're not on the air just check out the cbs philly weather app, available tore your apple or android device, just search

for cbs philly in the app store. >> police need your help identify ago driver who hit 12 year old boy in new castle, delaware, then sped off. police say the car you see in this surveillance video is red 2004 to 2010 chrysler 300, believed to be the one that hit the child on monday. police say the driver side mirror is missing. the passenger side mirror has yellow tinted glass, with chrome back, and if you have any information call the new castle county police. >> and in bucks county, police charge a man with murder after his mother's lifeless body is found inside her lower make feel home. an investigation is underway after police found 52 year old rebecca coke dead yesterday afternoon. police say it all began with a 911 call for a suspicious person wandering through the neighborhood. officers arrived and found 30 year old zachary coke, partially dressed, and appeared to have been in some sort of fight. >> police officers track him back down to 23 lower hilltop road where the police enter the home and they find his

mother dead in the kitchen floor. >> police say the disheveled man confessed to killing his own mother, and is being charged with murder. hundreds gathered for candlelight vigil last night to remember a new jersey straight trooper killed in a head-on crash. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt was there, as family and friends paid tribute to trooper franky williams. >> ♪ >> on a night dipping into the low 30's, trooper franky williams was the only thing on the mind of hundreds who came out. >> my son was a hero for the day since on the force, born february the 14th, he was my heart from that day. >> the late trooper's mother, victoria williams, thanked the crowd. the 31 year old was killed in a head-on crash earlier this week. >> i taught him the most important thing, is to love and share, but love everybody, and do your best.

>> williams was responding to call of erratic driver on five an in cumberland county. police say that driver later identified as 61 year old lloyd ruddily crossed the median, killing williams, and himself. >> that trooper is in heaven looking down upon us and saying don't worry, i'm okay. >> williams grew up in florida, but later called new jersey home. >> just absolutely senseless and terrible. >> ruth ann fox and her husband didn't know trooper williams, but felt compelled to come out and learn more about him. after hearing about the tragedy. >> i think it is a lot of questions that got to be answered. and why this, you know, this fellow crossed over the median strip, and what was going none his head. >> we may never know that answer. but, those who came out thursday night, are focused on honoring trooper franky williams, and the important impact he made in just 31 years. >> i love you and i love the

way he cares. i appreciate what you have done for me ... >> trooper williams was a newlywed. he leaves behind a widow. next month would mark one year on the state police force. reporting from millville, cumberland county, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and funeral plans for trooper williams have been scheduled. there is a viewing at boardwalk hall in atlantic city from 8:00 until noon monday, the first two hours are for friend and family, the second two hours are for law enforcement, then his funeral will begin at noon at boardwalk hall. >> supporters of convicted murderer, mumia abu-jamal, will hold rallies and mars today. the 35th anniversary of his arrest for the murder of philadelphia police officer, daniel faulkner. abu-jamal has been in prison since 1981. activists plan a day of action with a march from thomas payne plaza to the offices of pennsylvania governor tom wolf on south broad street. they want freedom for

abu-jamal who they say was unjustly convicted. they also claim abu-jamal is being denied medical treatment. >> 5:08. president-elect donald trump traveled travels to grand rapids michigan, fourth stop of his battle ground state thank you tour. thursday he made some appointments to his cabinet, president-elect tapped fast-food, ceo andrew puts err to serve as his labor secretary. and his rally at des moines iowa, mr. trump touted his selection of kerry brand stadias us ambassador to china. >> china who has been so tough, and so competitive, and, frankly, dealing with people that didn't get it. but i'll tell you what, we'll have mutual respect, mutual respect, and china will benefit and we're going to benefit anterly lead the way. >> the president-elect will bring his thank you tour to hershey, pennsylvania next thursday. today a federal judge in philadelphia will hear joe stein's -- jill stein's argument for recounting election ballot in

pennsylvania. will ask the judge to dismiss the recount, this on the grounds that it won't change the presidential election's outcome. meanwhile in chester county officials say they'll be required by law to fulfill the green party's request for recounts, they'll be reviewing 190,000 presidential election ballots. >> this is is not exactly the speech of the capitol. i hoped to be giving after the election. but after a two weeks of taking selfies in the woods, i thought it would be a good idea to come out. >> secretary hillary clinton making those jokes as she made her return visit to capitol hill yesterday. for the first time since the election, she was therefore the unveiling every senator harry reid's portrait in the senate. at least having little bit of fun there, right? >> absolutely. still ahead right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", a tragedy captured on facebook, absolutely broadcast her own fatal car crash. >> and this traffic nightmare,

where cars were backed up for miles last night. we'll also have this. >> heavy snow, freezing temperatures, will stretch from coast-to-coast this weekend. i'm hena daniels in new york. more on the blinding snowstorms, and the deadly pile-ups they've already left

>> wow, take a look at that traffic back up in california. that was reporter from our

sister station kcds in los angeles, all start wad accident with a big rig and turned into a traffic nightmare, with cars back up for miles last night. and imagine sitting in that? wow. >> like the schuylkill sometimes? >> times ten though. >> exactly. >> yikes. >> deadly crash in mount pocono kills two teens and police say it steeped live on facebook. >> the 18 and 19 year old friends from the scranton area died on tuesday. police say they were hit from behind by a tractor-trailer on interstate 380. the live video has since been taken off line, apparently showed the impact from inside the teen's car. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. the early blast of winter is already started making a mess across the state. this was the scene outside erie, where at least 13 vehicles got tangled up in a chain reaction crash, on a snowy stretch of i90. at least 15 people there were taken to the hospital. >> incredible. >> so wintery weather continues to hit much of the country this morning, with heavy snow, white-out

conditions, and sub zero temperatures. >> two separate storm systems triggered blinding snowstorms that led to deadly pileups in several states, hena daniels with the rest from new york. >> reporter: as snow plows got to work in up-state new york crews in ohio worked through the night, towing vehicles involved in a major pile up along interstate 90. >> pretty aggravated about it, i'm trying to get home. >> the chain reaction crash that injured more than a dozen people was one of many triggered thursday by lake effect snowstorm. that broad white-out conditions to the midwest. in michigan, cars and semi's were seen smashed together in a deadly pile-up along i96, involving 40 vehicles. >> there are three confirmed fatalities with this accident, we've not yet identified those victims, 11 other victims were transported from the scene. >> the moving storm system dumped more than foot of snow, an hour north of syracuse, new york yesterday. and caused more crashes.

>> we want you to get to school. we want you to get to your job safely. so please take your time in the snowy conditions. >> another system out west coated mountains in california, with snow, and oregon with ice. at least one motorist was killed in benton count nay head-on collision. >> there is a lot of people planning on shopping and going stuff for the christmas season. but right now it is not worth it. >> not even the deep south is out of the woods. >> by saturday morning, we will see some 20's across north florida, 20's across north georgia, mississippi, south carolina. >> winter doesn't officially begin for another 12 days. hena daniels, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". that last line right there, winter does not officially begin for another what 12 days. >> tell that to them. >> i know, incredible. >> feeling like winter for us outside. >> absolutely, getting little preview, courtesy of old man went they are morning, at least it is friday, so we have that going for us.

because when you encounter this air mass, early, this morning, it is not going to feel so great. temperatures right now, pretty cold, and we are off to our coldest start the season so far in philadelphia. 31 degrees, 20's in wilmington, same case in millville, down into the 20's, at the atlantic city airport. yep, arctic air mass has got the whole country in it grips. check out current conditions. twenty's in dallas, texas, 38 degrees, in houston. new orleans, we're at 42 degrees. and 27 in birmingham, alabama. and for today, yes, we are dealing with that arctic air mass, mix every sunday, clouds, 40 degrees the high temperature, but with the blustery conditions, winds out of the northwest at around 15 to 20 miles per hour, it will feel like 20's all throughout the day. then, watch, drop to the 20's overnight tonight. still little breezy at times, 27 degrees. so feeling like teens, as we wake up on saturday morning. storm scan3, showing us, fairly quiet conditions across the delaware vale. lake effect snow definitely going off to the north and west. few of the snow showers are

sneaking their way into the poconos right now. could see few flurries passing through carbon, monroe counties as we head throughout the day today. system to watch as woe head into sunday night and monday could bring us measurable snow likely in the poconos, possible accumulation in the lehigh valley, even period of light snow possible, and some of the northwestern suburbs, likely to see rain-snow mix sunday night and early monday, even in the part of south jersey, as women, so one model showing us what the potential could be as we head into early monday morning. we could see some light accumulation, even in center city philadelphia, especially point to the north then light accumulation up toward the lehigh vale, more significant totals in the poconos. stay tuned to that evolving forecast as we head into the next couple of days. as we head into the upcoming weekends, chilly one, high temperatures upper three's, for both saturday, sunday, watching the system as we head into sunday night, and early monday, but thankfully as we head into the second half of monday, pat, temperatures warming up to the 40's.

any of the snow will change over to rain. >> looks good, little later on, here, friday morning, the commute, well, it has started. this is accident not good one either. this is girard avenue, the off ramp here on the schuylkill expressway, there is an accident, one lane just sneaking by, this just happened within the last couple every minute. so it is going to be a slow commute. if you are taking the schuylkill expressway, give yourselves a lot of extra time, moving through this area. so again, schuylkill eastbound at girard avenue, there is a fresh accident right there. looking at the 42 freeway, get rid of that, headed toward 295, headed towards the city of philadelphia, no delays right here in new jersey, as every right now, but there is a delay right here. this is us130 southbound approaching 551, the left lane is blocked, until 6:00 a.m. this is in brooklawn. and they're doing a gas line repair there. so about the next 45 minutes or so in brooklawn. also, the garden state parkway southbound between the atlantic city expressway and north field margate. right lane blocked there until 6:00 a.m. and one more thing to look at.

the regional rails, you're going to want to take a look at septa.offering. they're changing the regional rail schedules, starting sunday. greg, jan? >> reporter: now for a look at the newspaper headlines from across our region. >> on the front page of the intelligence err, future pension costs on the rides, will the pennsylvania school retirement system, next year, 32.5%. that's 8.5% increase. >> and the burlington county times residents are fuming over redevelopment traffic plans. standing room only crowd packed the latest township council meet to go complain about the impact, amazon's new distribution center has had on the area near florence-columbus road. some say the traffic has caused accident, others complains of the noise. >> and in the bucks county courier times, a live nativity is drawing crowds it new life christian church in newtown township. neighbors say it captures the true spirit of the season. >> and that's a look at some

of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> sports is next on "eyewitness news", a couple of big wins from our local teams. >> yes, that's right. local mom gets a call that sends her scream withing joy. and she's not the only one. we will tell but it. that's ahead in our next half hour.

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>> how festive. welcome bark, thanks for waking up with us right here on "eyewitness news" this morning. >> mr. pat gallen joining us with a little look at sports. >> traffic not enough. doing sports this morning. we are busy with traffic, but also, with teams winning in the city. it is crazy. the flyers, they're on bill rowing going for win number seven in a row last night, at

a rocking wells fargo center. to the third period of a wild hockey game, and in front captain claude giroux, this ties things up at five. later minute and a half left in regulation, and michael wins it. the flyers score three in the second, and three in the third. and win six-five, their longest winning streak since 2011. they put it on the line tomorrow afternoon against the stars. coach likes the effort. >> guys kept battling hard and, you know, just went out, played the next shift. that situation, where you have to battle back couple of times, but that was the case tonight. and, you know, now just real good team effort all the way through, guys stuck with it, and we made plays at the right time. specially in the third period, when we needed to. >> and hang on, guys, the flyers and sixers won, it is true, last night in new orleans, pelicans by two. anthony davis, and embiid

going head-to-head. davis made the jumper there. but, the sixers will pull away, for three, the sixers, they win on the road for the first time this season. let's clap for them. ninety-nine-88, they're in detroit, on sunday. >> and it is a great day in sport tomorrow here on cbs-3, first up, notre dame against number one villanova in the never forget tribute game. that tips off at noon. from the prudential center in newark, new jersey, at 3:00 right here on cbs-3 it is the army navy game from baltimore, maryland, navy has won the last 14. this year both teams are coming in with a winning record. >> don't forget there is some football on sunday, as well in south fill. eagles take on washington with a few of their weapons back in the nest. wide receiver jordan matthews is expected to play. he practiced with the team for the last two days. running back, brian matthews, also expected to be back in the rotation, he's been out for the past two weeks in a mcl injury. matthews said he's ready to

get back on the field. >> yes, i'm good enough to practice, and go, and, you know, just getting back in the rhythm. you know, it is kind of hard. so just trying to get back in the groove of thing. >> guys, can you believe it? two teams winning on the same night in the city. >> the flyers good luck over to the eagles. >> ya, i don't know that that's possible right now, they need to win. no doubt. >> thank you, pat. >> and coming up in our next half hour right here on "eyewitness news", anita oh, is out there in the cold. we're sorry, anita. >> reporter: i'm sorry, too. well, after relatively mild fall, the colder weather is headed our way. i'm anita oh, in center city, next, how philadelphians are preparing and reacting. >> yes the cold air has officially arrived, will stick with us all throughout the upcoming weekends, looking wintery in the poconos,

scattered snow showers both saturday and sunday, pair of 30 degrees for both days. not even making it to freezing. and the sitly see some sunshine, will you it will be frigid saturday, 39 degrees, few more clouds as we head into sunday, and down the shore, sunshine to start, upper 30's, few more clouds by sunday, 43 degrees on high temperature, but sunday night, a system to watch that could bring measurable snowfall to parts of the area. i'll have more details on that in your full forecast coming up in just a couple of minute

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>> dig out the hats, scarfs, gloves, but the unpure coat, cold air is approaching our region. >> lauren back to tell us more about this chilly forecast. all i can say, at least it isn't snow. >> that's true, although we may see some snow, in part of the area, as we head into the upcoming area. quite the tease, yes, this morning, dealing with dry conditions, couple of flurries up in higher elevations but quiet precipitation wise, do have the cold temperatures, 31 degrees right now in philadelphia.