a horrific discovery a woman walks in her boyfriend's home to find he had been shot to death, we will tell you about the other clues officers are looking at in the house, to try to figure out what happened. and, burning for hours, fire fighters are still on the scene of a three alarm fire in lehigh county. we will tell you what is fueling these huge flames. obama care showdown current president and the future vice-president, are holding, dueling meetings to talk about the future of health care law, next move both side are planning. today is wednesday, january 4th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. for the first time this year gang is all back together again. we have weather with katie. >> and traffic with meisha.

>> back from the tundra. >> i have to tell you i left all of my winter gear back in minnesota. i'm going to say i missed you guys. i did not miss early a alarm but difficult miss all of you. >> that is worst part about this shift, right. >> yes. >> it is looking like weather-wise things will be pretty cooperative for your first take back as we ease back in here. that is some good news. possibly i little hint of fog still out there, and moisture, a little bit of that residual moisture that hung from the rain yesterday. two straight days of that isty rain. it was pretty disgusting. welcome back to some sunshine, my friend. we will see cloud eventually break for that sun, once it the climbs over the horizon. but for now we are not finding visability all that, you know, ideal, let's put it that way. we are at or under a mile in some locations, here at least under 2 miles in some locations here, so, you know, cloud deck is low. it is skewing the view of the center city sky line at

minimum here. so, again you may have especially traveling some area bridges or water bed some poor visibility, to contend with. forty-four is current temperature though. we're above what typical daytime high would be at this early hour. your wind flow is still generally out of the southwest and in time, we have another cold front that will cross through and then instead of being milder then average temperatures packing. we are still going to have to contend with wind throughout the day but would i say that this is most please apartment day we will fine. if you are in the i fan of the coal, as we look ahead because we are about to see some minnesota-like temperature make their arrival here. i feel like you brought that arctic air with you. >> i was hoping to come back to just straight sunshine and 70's but i for got, it is winter here too, indeed. all right, katie, thank you so much. good morning. good to say happy hump day. looking outside, the vine street expressway is closed. they are moving in the west and east bound direction we

have flashing lights letting us know our crews are still out there. we were just chit-chatting about it road are wet from overnight precipitation but overall it looks like, as katie said, a pretty good drive overall. this is where we have construction, schuylkill, moving in the westbound direction between vare avenue and university avenue. the traffic flow look like right now they are looking good as they should. they are going to change in the 5:00 o'clock hour because we have wet roadways. that will slow us down a bit. one in a row 95 southbound between 322 on the left shoulder, not the slowing you down a little bit. at 5:00 o'clock you might get a gaper delay but just a lot of construction, rahel, back over to you. right now, intense flames continue to burn at this greenhouse in lower milford township lehigh county. eyewitness sent us this video last night. fire broke out 8:30 at dan shanks farm, and greenhouse. tire reached three alarms. it is contained but not completely under control. no reports of think yours or word on a cause. developing right now philadelphia police are

investigating shooting death the of the man in the cities holmesberg section. at 10:00 o'clock last night a 37 year-old hand was fun dead inside of his home on the 8,000 block of erdick street. the his girlfriend found him on the floor, shot in the head >> in addition to the victim's body, there was another bedroom in the apartment, that appeared to have been ransacked. there were some dresser drawers that were pulled out. there was also some fresh damage to a closet door. >> reporter: there is no weapon at the scene and police say there was no forced entry in the home but the man may have unlock the door waiting for his girlfriend to get home friend who shed up later are being questioned. court appearance for murder suspect who evaded police for two weeks. jeremiah mon el l was arrested in the wooded area of folsom. he has been on the run since his wife was found urderd in her commercial township home last month. meanwhile a judge drops murder charges against former

pro wrestler jimmy snuka. lehigh county judge said one time wwe star is not competent to stand trial, in the death of his girl friend, nancy argentino. her body was found in the white the hall township hotel room in 1983. last month snuka's attorney said his client has dementia and is in hospice care. author and investigators reporter irving mushkin has been following argentino's death for more than 30 years. >> justice delayed is justice denied and unfortunately the family of nancy argentino did not get the closure that they deserve. >> there is no question in my mind from the interviews we have conducted, and the investigation that we did, there is absolutely zero, zero doubt in my mind that this was an unfortunate accident. >> spokesperson for the the lehigh county district attorney's office says it is weighing, it options. meanwhile a former radnor official will be in court tomorrow for charges of an indecent assault on a 100 and

three-year old woman. william spangler is being accused of inappropriately touching the elderly woman at a nursing home in wayne. witnesses reported it happened three times, on three separate occasions. he is, the former radnor township commissioner and he is out on bail. authorities say they have in other evidence that they want the district attorney to review and more charges could becoming. friend and family will begin saying good bye to a pennsylvania state troop are kill in the line of duty last week. a visitation will be held for land than weaver today in altoona filled by funeral services tomorrow. the the 23 year-old was shot and killed friday while, responding to a domestic complaint in huntingdon county state police shot and killed the suspect in weaver's death after a manhunt. camden county police hope you can help them identify eye robbery suspect. it happened just after 9:00 a.m. on december 30th. the police say he was armed with the handgun which you can e when he stole medication bottles. if you know anything about this suspect, please give

camden county police a call. a public meeting is taking place to talk about a proposed new middle school in montgomery county. it would be built in upper hanover township on montgomery avenue, that is near upper perkiomen high school. this is a drawing of the proposed schools. district leaders are looking for a community input on the the proposal. they say they need the school because of overcrowding. construction would start in the summer of this year, and finish in 2019. the meetings at 6:30 at cool district educational center. well, happening today the atlantic city mayor don guardian delivers his unofficial state of the city address. it will be his first since state take over of the resort town. the last year, governor chris christie appointed an overseer as part of the take over that can seized most of the the asset and most of the decision making power. current owners of the former trump taj mahal says casino is not for sale, however, billion air investor karl eye can says he is ready to give up his casino license so future operators can use it as a casino, so easily.

icon closed it october 10th after a three and a half month strike with the union which represents atlantic city casino workers. the president-elect trump has chosen icon as a special advisor on regulation and reform. if confirmed, vice-president biden is heading to the university of pennsylvania. he accidentally said so, while in an opened mike was nearby. the vice-president made the comment to a guest during a mock swearing in ceremony for senators yesterday, the u.s. capitol. he will continue to work on foreign policy issues at penn and continue his cancer moon shot research initiative to an organization called the biden trust. well, president obama head to capitol hill to meet with congressional democrats, over the affordable care act. the president, and democrats are trying to device a plan to keep obama care intact, despite efforts by republicans , to repeal it. republicans have already filed a budget resolution, targeting the legislation, and democrats want a highlight the benefits of the health care law. >> the president's motivation is rooted in looking out for

interest of the the 22 american million whose health care would be taken away. >> reporter: president-elect trump wants the program repealed, and replaced. vice-president elect mike pence meanwhile meets this morning with house republicans , to discuss their plans to repeal the law. the same time the american medical association wants to know how republicans, would replace the affordable care act, if their efforts to repeal it are successful. it is expect to take months or years to approve replacement legislation. well, president-elect says he is having a press conference next week, donald trump tweeted yesterday that it the will take place in one week in new york city. you will recall he would have one last in to talk about possible cop flicks of interest but he postpone it. protest president-elect trump's many in minute knee for attorney general end with six arrests including the president of the naacp. >> we here. >> reporter: cornell williams brooke and several other members of the civil rights

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authorities have recovered the wreckage from a remote area have of air zone, family was in route from scottsdale, to colorado for an annual vacation. according to the faa the pilot was in the communicating with air traffic cop troll at the time of the crash. victims were identified as 44 year-old man, his 31 year-old wife and two daughters, age 14 and 12. rescuers were able to find wreckage by a cell phone.

cause of the crash is under investigation. well, icy road and speed don't normally mix and trucker may learn that the hard way. take a look, driver lost control of his big rig last night smashing right into his home in the town of farming ton. according to reports truck driver who is there florida was going fast around a curve when he lost control. roads were beginning to ice over at the time. driver and passenger were taken to the hospital but no one in the home was hurt. all of that rain, yesterday, and that rain may be moving out. >> thankfully, we do have another system that will be working its way in, and don't worry about wet weather from it. this is virtual reality style, isn't it. we are taking you out to mobile three here as our wonderful photographer is driving around here giving us a shot of what is a very quiet beginning to the morning here. thankfully any wet weather from yesterday has dried out, south on broad street, south of city hall and traffic is certainly out there but it is

not all that heavy at the moment. he is able to speed up here. good stuff. thankfully not expecting any wet weather out of the next system either. but cold air that makes up for it, that is going to be noticeable. we will see the wind pick up with time here too. you can see how first disturbance is pulling away, front number two coming right now and that is what will bring about a transition. now, we've got the two separate disturbances and chances for light snow, at the shore, come friday and saturday. so this is specific to the coastal communities of new jersey, as well as delaware. there are two separate disturbance that is moves through one on friday, one on saturday, storms are mainly off shore but because they brushed the coast there is a possibility of a couple of days, you are down near area beaches there could be a couple inches of snow but further inland, north and west , you travel, your chances start to go down and ill will say throughout the morning give you more specific and detail where that line will be drawn but in the meantime to take it is mile, windy, we will hit 54 degrees.

wind pick up, midday, and we could see gusts in the 20's if not 30 miles an hour. then it the gets cold, 25 tonight, take a look at the seven day. again, i'm convinced more than brought the cold with her. it is three days in a row that do not even hit freezing but we can expect some sunshine over the course of the weekend in most spots. >> you know what, i brought the cold, it is lucky, right. >> good morning. happy wednesday, to you, and, happy hump day. it is still close moving in the westbound, eastbound direction. hopefully around 15 minutes or so crews move out, right at 5:00 o'clock hour, and for those taking vine for right now, just necessity west and eastbound side we are still closed. we have some construction schuylkill taillights moving in the westbound direction between vare avenue and university avenue. construction now has been cleared but you can see now, i don't know if you were with us ten minutes ago tuning in right the new levels are picking up a little bit.

plus we have wet roadways. it will be a good day all together but with wet roadways that will slow us down for our morning commute. debris in the roadway 295 southbound before route 322, that is pulled off to the left shoulder, head up on that. it will in the slow you down right the now but will give us gaper delay later. also construction in delaware 495 northbound near route 13, du pont highway, two right lanes are block, will that slow you down? you bet it will. head up for those in that area jim and rahel, back over to you. just it is you started your new years diet girl scout cookie fans, listen to this, there are new flavors coming. >> big reveal in the money watch

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yesterday, but the first day of trading for the year. today the federal reserve will release minutes from december meetings when governors decided to raise interest rates for only the second time instant is the financial crisis. fed indicated that it will raise rates the three times, next year, not two as previously thought. so investors will be going overall of those notes, jim and rahel. aim a traditional person, i don't like change. so it is girl scout cookie time. what is coming up this year. they are always springing something new on me. >> reporter: it is 100 year girl scouts have been selling cookies so certainly, that is a good tradition but in this year there are two types of s mores cookies, don't worry, you can still get thin mints, and samoas, the money scouts earn from these cookie sales will go toward a good cause, educational community projects and you can buy some boxes if you want and donate them to the troops. and our girl scouts will send them overseas.

>> i do enjoy a good thin mint >> yell. >> that is change i can get behind. >> you are human, right. >> yes, yes. >> okay. we will check in next hour, thanks, jill. well, some good news today is looking better than yesterday, wet ther wise. >> we have a mild day on tap but apparently we shouldn't get too used to it. >> we have got one day, guys, to enjoy a well above average warmth and then bottom will be literally ripped out from underneath us, and our temperatures will go on a huge nose dive, we will not hit freezing mark, at best, for a couple of taste, i will let you know chilliest day in the seven day right

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recognize this section of the city, market, right on the ball. >> yes. >> lovely. >> it the looks like all of one car, beside our photographer out there, he is making good time as he makes his round around the city here and slightest hint of the sheen on the roadway, all left over from the rain we had yesterday, what a dreary, gross day that was. now, we are all going to see cloud break for some sunshine here today but you know there is always a trade off and to take's trade off is fact that there is another cold front rolling through here. bulk of the energy in terms of the precipitation well off to the north, we don't to have worry about precipitation but are we go to go see is wind picking up and then eventually turning direction, too. at the moment, it is not too bad, it is only at worst in the teens up in the mountains right now at 10 miles an hour out of the southwest in philadelphia, international airport, but we will see it pick up with time. got to quickly talk future snow taking you to friday, early morning when a disturbance crosses through

and at the this point our model projections are trying to pick up at least an inch of accumulating snow specific to philadelphia on south and east the chances lesson up into the lehigh valley, or outlining suburbs surrounding philadelphia to the north and west. for now though, yeah, one of these numbers is not like the other and that is the high. by the time we hit tomorrow we cannot break out of the the 30 's for rest of the seven day , coldest time frame though is this weekend, when meisha, we will not even hit treeing hashing. very chilly era weights us. >> if you are not used to it, coming from where i just came from, katie, you know, it is in the so bad. i will in the talk about it. you will get mad at me. ninety-five south before girard we are heating up this morning. it is a busy wednesday morning , just about to crack in the 5:00 o'clock hour. we know this area will be busy it is a slowly starting right now. new jersey four to freeway northbound at creek road we are looking at just as you should. for one of our first glance ness to new jersey. the this is what we are looking at for those hopping

on 42, and some construction we have it out there pennsylvania turnpike westbound between fort washington and valley forge. that right lane is block here, plus, we have a traffic light malfunction, take a look in franklin, new jersey route 47 northbound at route 40 just head up on that. might slow you down, if you are out there more deeper in the 5:00 he clock hour. and then we have debris in the roadway at 295 southbound, before route 322. that is pulled off to the left shoulder so really will in the slow you down too much just make note it is there. in delaware construction 495 north bound near route three and du pont highway, two right lanes are blocked and that will slow you down this morning. jim, over to you. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we are live with the latest on the investigation into a deadly shooting in holmesberg. also ahead convicted mass murderer charles manson reportedly out of jail and in the hospital, we will tell what you prison officials are saying this morning. on a lighter note we will show you hot new wearable technology, making its debut in this weeks consumer electronics show, we will be ri

woman discovers her boyfriend shot to death inside of their home, we're live with the latest on the investigation in the murder in the city's holmesberg section, including what officials found in the couple's bedroom. and a three alarm fire continues to burn in the lehigh valley, we will tell you what is making this fire especially intense. and a legal victory for former pro wrestler jimmy snuka, why a judge ordered murder charges against the one time, star to be dropped. it is wednesday january 4th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. aim rahel solomon. katie, meisha, everybody is back this morning, and you're wearing special socks, for for the occasion. >> you have to because they are so cute.

>> i don't know if cuties the right word. >> they are definitely interesting. >> my face will tell everyone. >> katie think i brought cold weather, which i did, she's right, but i didn't bring negative 20 wind chill or the ice on the roads or the snow. >> it the is good we do not have any of that. >> we are however looking ahead to possibility of some snow for some of you here come weeks end, not today. today is quote unquote mild day but there is also some other weather related issues we are contending with namely the wind and it is at least milder then average but that wind can counter balance that. we will look at storm scan we have had a lot of wet weather the last couple of days, i'm this is saying we don't need it but nice to see clouds break for some sunshine today, but with that we are tracking a cold front passage and that will allow these kind of temperatures, to basically be about 20 degrees colder this same time tomorrow. so, much, much child year air is about ready to invite. we are at 44 degrees at philly