we begin with breaking news, this noon, chopper three is live over winslow township elementary cool in camden county new jersey where there are reports of the two unconscious children. right now there is no word on what caused those children to pass out, or their condition,

but we are told, by officials that they say the air quality is normal. stay with "eyewitness news" we will bring you very latest, as more information is available. day two of the arctic blast, and is there more wintry weather on the way, storm scan three says it all, warm front is on the way but it will be bringing us some wintry mix of snow, ice, and rain setting up for a messy start to the weekend. that wintry mix could delay your plans if you are thinking of getting an early start on your holiday hopping tomorrow, good afternoon i'm jim donovan i'm jan carabao. meteorologist katie fehlinger is in the the cbs-3 weather center with more on the timing of the snow and ice and where it will be falling, katie. >> in short guys, i do think everybody gets hit with this through the course of the weekend. we have a winter weather advisory scheduled to take effect, for now things are very quiet. at the local level we are still dealing with sunshine and some loud, overhead. but the chill, it is the other big story. lets get right to it very quickly check ago this localized level of storm can

three. already at least, a little streak of snow headaching its the way toward state capitol of harrisburg but not until late tonight we will see any of that. more in a second. feels like values are important to talk about. the currently feels like it is only in the teens, at most locations, here on this observation map, not quite as harsh in philadelphia, a lot closer to what the thermometer read but it is strictly windy pen event. we do have that wind easing up , here for rest of the day. here's winter weather advisory at 10:00 o'clock tonight it takes effect and it lasts at least until tomorrow morning but for many it won't go out of effect until p.m. hours. here's a look at what we can expect though. the sat date after 1:00 in the morning snow will be arriving, light accumulations for you. more details on who gets what later in the broadcast but is there a change over to tea place here with sleet, freezing rain and then eventually by plane old range. it is a sloppy mess of the storm system that is coming through here and we will walk you through more of the timing , just a little bit

later on. the guys, back over to you. track cold and this weekend's wintry weather at your fingertips just down load free cbs philly weather app available on i thetunes and google will play. one person is dead, after an early morning fire in the cobbs creek section of the city. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh was on the scene where fire fighters were not only battling the fire but also the ice and wind. >> it is just a shame, a shame >> incredible job by our folks on this very coal, windy night and unfortunately it looks like despite their best efforts it wasn't enough to save this young man. >> it vice coal. we're fighting ice right thousand. our crews were trying to make it up to the second floor and fire did a flash over which essentially involves the entire building to be on fire. >> it is a shame. >> reporter: broken hearts for neighbors and fire fighters react to go a fire that tore through the 1200 block of south millick street around 4c friday morning killing a young

boy in the second floor back bedroom. >> it is just terrible. it the is terrible. i am thinking what the heck is going on. >> reporter: cynthia jones lived across the street for 48 years but said she has never seen anything like this. thirteen response units and 75 fire fighters and medics rushing to help. >> stairs were almost completely burned away, upstairs is completely burn. just a really tough fire fight our folks are just distressed, thinks a tragic outcome. >> reporter: commissioner adam tiehl says they rushed the 39 year-old man who made need treatment at the bush center at penn presbyterian medical center. >> fire officials say icy conditions complicated fire fighting efforts and it took an hour to get the blaze under control. wind also, played a factor, spreading the fire to three homes, displacing at least nine neighbors. while red cross helps families who can somehow rebuild, is there a feeling of loss for fire fighters who tried to save the young boy's life.

>> they are heart broken. we all have kid. they're all heart broken that they could not do more. >> reporter: in cobbs creek, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". philadelphia police officers were shot at while chasing down a group of robbery suspects this morning. it all happened around 1:30 at lawn dale and luzerne streets in philadelphia's feltonville section. police say that three teens robbed a man at gunpoint and then ran off, but police chased them, they opened fire. no one was hurt and all three suspects are in custody. suspect in the june shooting of a folcroft police officer is due in court this afternoon for a preliminary hearing. the prosecutors say that three three-year old dahntay brooks island fired seven shots at officer christopher dorman. dorman was response to go a call of the drug deal. island is charged with two counts of attempted murder and other charges. meanwhile in philadelphia police believe this suspect stole an elderly woman's purse and her groceries. the robbery happen last friday in the 2300 block of riply street. police say that the will beer

grabbed a pocketbook and two bags of groceries from an 87 year-old women, and then got in the white vehicle and then fled. police say that this video shows the suspect attempting to use the victim's debit card anyone if any information is asked to call the police. happening today, president obama will hold his final news conference of the year, and he is expected to get a lot of questions about suspected russian hacking, the enthusiasms conference is scheduled for 2:15. a spokesmen for russian president vladamire putin call the hacking accusations base less, however, the president says russia sought to under mine american democracy, cbs-3 will bring you the cbs news conference live this afternoon. president accused trump campaign of those about russian hacking as kenneth craig reports, the president-elect, strongly denies it. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump took to twitter this morning and mock the russian hacking controversy that he has repeatedly questioned. he tweeted are we talking about the the same cyber attack where it was rereal that the head of dnc illegally

gave hillary the questions to the debate? u.s. intelligence sources tells cbs news that the russianss intensified their attacks on government, military and political organizations, after the first detect hacked to the democratic e-mail systems in july. one source said the russians are hacking the hell out of us and we are not doing anything about it. but in an interview with npr, president obama said retaliation is coming. >> we need to take action and we will, at a time and place of our own choosing. some of it may be explicit, and publicized, somalia of it may not be. >> reporter: mr. trump was in hershey, pennsylvania last night for another rally. he took aim at white house press secretary josh ernest, who said that mr. trump not only knew about russian medicineling in the election but encouraged it. >> this foolish guy josh ernest, i don't know if he is talking to president obama. >> reporter: president-elect hits the road again heading to orlando, that, latest stop on

his thank you tour. yesterday, mr. trump pick new york bankruptcy lawyer david friedman as his nominee for ambassador to israel. kenneth craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up on cbs-3 eyewitness news putting drive-in food drives. >> happening right now load of food will be heading to thousands of families around the delaware valley, a live report on the people behind this holiday tradition. and when it comes to tipping at this time of the year i'll have advice on who gets a bonus for their services throughout th

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welcome back everyone. for the tenth straight year toyota has team up with philabundance to provide a massive food donation to our local communities. >> chopper three over convoy of 75 toyota tundras heading to citizens bank park carrying more than 300,000-pound of food. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live at citizens bank park in south philadelphia where massive effort is now underway, greg? >> reporter: good afternoon, that is exactly right. you said it, 330,000 pounds, think about that for a second, look at these toyota tundras being unloaded. they are about 6,000-pound. amount of food dough that ited is equivalent of 55 of these trucks, and there is 75 of them, coming by and delivering all of this food, these donations really an incredible thing. it is a cold afternoon here but of course a great cause. i'm join by paul, with toyota,

you started this project ten years ago. explain how it transitioned over this past decade. >> yeah, ten years ago we had five trucks, and came up with 30,000-pound of food. and this year we have 75 tundras in the convey, and we're over 330,000-pound of food. >> reporter: incredible thing. you know, working with philabundance here a great organization in our community. talk about just the need for coming together and doing this there is a year long need for those who are hungry. >> oh, absolutely. part of the idea have of this is they see 90,000 people, a week, 90,000 people a week, that is 330,000-pound of todd will just about cover, one weeks worth of groceries for these folks. so, there is another 51 weeks a year people are not just hungry during the holiday season they are hungry all year. one of things we wanted to make sure people understand is

they have a web site philabundance.org that you can go on there, you can donate and quite frankly people that are in need can go on there and see how you can be helped by philadelphia philabundance. they do a wonderful job. we are thrilled to be able to help them. >> reporter: thank you of, paul muhler here with toy yet a coming back here i want to show you what is happening here. you can see all these folks unloaded donations. the these are all volunteers giving their time on this very cold, friday afternoon, to unload them, all going to these tractor trailers right here and then going back to philabundance where it the helps out community. incredible thing: once again 330,000-pound being donated this afternoon. we are live from south philadelphia, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> great effort, get someone to get paul a hat, too cold to be standing out there like that. >> reporter: i'll let him know >> take care of him. >> thanks, greg. we want you to know as well that our joy of sharing

toy fest is underway, pick up a toy for a child in need and drop it off at one of the toy fest locations, the list is on cbs philly.com/toy fest and the on the cbs local app. >> you can also tropical off toys here at our cbs-3 studios next tuesday it will be our big, drop off day, i'll be outside collection runs from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. >> you got the to get out there for a worthy cause. tipping is something we do year round but during holidays it can get more. >> to tip or not the to tip and who gets what. here are guidelines from the emily post institute to help you out this holiday. hair salon the cost of the normal visit would be a nice tip for a stylist that you see on a regular basis. baby-sitter one evening's pay plus a small gift from the kid a baby-sitter will appreciate it and kid will feel that they are involve too. a dog walker up to one weeks pay or a gift. live or work in the city and park in the garage? a tip of ten dollars to $30 or

a small gift is recommended. newspaper carrier, ten to $30 unless you tip through the year and that case a few extra dollars is sufficient. if you have a housekeeper or cleaning person the cost of one visit. personal trainer, the cost of one obsession cash isn't really appropriate for child's teacher but you can give them a gift card. some workers aren't allowed to receive monetary gift by law, postal carriers for instance can accept gifts worth up to $20 but they are not allowed to accept cash. to avoid getting caught empty handy if you forgot someone that provides great service year round i like to keep things small wrapped items like cookies, can also, bottles of wine in a pinch. i have posted a list of tipping guidelines on cb. philly.com or follow me on facebook and twitter. >> star bucks gift card. >> you want, send that my way, i will appreciate that. thanks, jan. preparing for a messy start weekend weather-wise, till ahead on "eyewitness news".

>> wintry weather head ago cross the country is creating a tangled mess on the the pennsylvania highway when it arrives here, katie. and, it does, guys arrive in time for the weekend this weekend watch it the is all about the terms moving in, it actually comes with the the trade off of a nice, big warm up and when i say big, i mean big, but we do have snow, ice, as well as rain to deal with on saturday and more rain on sunday and coming upright after the break, we will give you, much more specific detail on who gets what, and when, stick around, this is a lot of inportant details, you'll want to hear.

back on "eyewitness news" blast of winter weather is blame for dents all across the country and in pennsylvania. >> this was mess yesterday on interstate 80 near pittsburgh, 59 cars, and trucks, got tangled up in a crash on the snowy highway.

three people were taken to the hospital, fortunately with just minor injuries. thank goodness nothing like that here. >> yes. >> not just yet. >> yes. >> icy weather is on the way. now we will not be stuck with, you know inches worth of snow on the ground but tomorrow morning, especially, looking pretty, dicey. i like that word. especially slick. we will deal were on ice as well. there is a lot of details to get to and it is dependent upon where you are what you will end up finding. we will get a heck of a lot more specific here but lets start off by taking you outside to talk about the temperatures. the lets keep it in perspective, guys. the it could be worse. let me show you why. twenty-two currently in philadelphia. feeling like 22 because thankfully the wind has started to ease up on us. we will take it. out in chicago you're currently at 16. ten this minneapolis. it is a whooping four, in mar fargo north dakota and interest that the falls we are not even above zero right now.

that does put tonight perspective, right? still colder than average. i get it. you need to be bundled up adequately. here's the storm in the entirety. you have to zoom out on storm scan. bulk of the energy is up around rockies but streaks of snow have begun to move in. not just midwest but southwestern, pennsylvania. but we're not going to get in on any of this until overnight tonight. evening drive, usually, busy anyway but won't have any wetter, wintry weather, to deal with through that. let's check in at 1:00 a.m., beginnings of the snow flakes start to move in. even they this is a warm front lifting in, you've got too much cold air in place. we will have several hours, of snow, before the warm air, really catches up to us from south to north and can force that change over, from snow to ice, and then to eventually rain. owe, further north we go more likely to see a couple inches of accumulation but by six or seven or 8:00 in the morning you wille it turn over to ice in the city, more so 9:00 a.m.

in the lehigh valley and pushing out of the bucks county and by 11:00an this is all rain and it is all gone thankfully come later that afternoon. catch a break tomorrow night before the cold front comes through on sunday and delivers a fresh round of rain. let me put tonight more bullet point format the for you. pick your region and this is what you are facing. there will be ice briefly in between snow and rain, especially for central sliver of our area. philadelphia, you have to worry about freezing rain or sleet, in between, that inch or less of snow changing over to rain, okay. especially early in the morning that looks like the slick time. i have seen a lot of those road crews getting us prepped with the brine and salt outside on the roadways. we're not talking about a lot of ice. you know how this goes a thin glaze is all you need to cause major headaches. even through an hour or two worth of just modest icing there could be a tenth of an inch of ice to really slick things up. so again that is tomorrow morning. i would give you red caution

light here, anytime, leading up until 7:00 in the morning as to how roads will be. trying to get this that last minute holiday shopping please be careful. wait it out. afternoon time, just rain, and then catch a break. look at how bushkill falls we see this all start to ice up. it is that cold outside. quickly convicting our live neighborhood network just gray skies outside cape may courthouse but looking at the seven day forecast check out warm up. i think we will flirt with 60 by sunday but we have to deal with the chill until then. back over to you. >> all right, thanks, katie. >> will romance has caught up. >> i have been waiting for this fortes. >> i know you have. >> exactly. >> we have been finally seeing first pictures, very first, of prince harry and his girlfriend american actress megan markel, together, lets take a look. yep, this is it. the sundays they were on their way to see a play in london's west end, the two were apparently holding hand but you can't tell by this picture

this is after prince harry warn the press not to harass markel, last month. they are kind of incognito with those hats on. >> you you can barely tell. >> it is a exclusive. >> yes. up next celebrating an ugly tradition, it is national ugly sweater day

well, there is nothing like a real christmas tree but you need to be careful coming up today on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 how to make sure your tree doesn't catch fire or have other issues, before, or

after you set it up. if to you have a ugly christmas sweater in your closet, to take is the day to wear it. >> get it out, jim, national ugly christmas sweater day, yes, that is a thing and it is now an international event. the holiday started back in 2011 partially as a way to lighten out holiday season with a stitch of absurdity. event now, is on the third friday of december. jim, we have to get you one. you are too dapper. >> you know what i don't wear sweater after year or two i give to it goodwill or salvation army. i have had some bad ones in the past. just on pictures. >> eagles suit could double up as one. >> again, offensive eagles suits. that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jim donovan. i'm jan carabao. for katie and all of us here thanks for watching. >> we are always on line cbs philly.com. >> i can't get a break. young and restless is next, stay warm, everyone.

>> nick: [ sighs ] trivia tuesday.