hacking. i'm hena daniels and we will have more what is happening on capitol hill coming up. it is thursday, january 5th, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things and getting us out the door. >> good morning, happy gate the way, so far, so good, we did start with an accident. those are clearing out of the way. lots of construction. main thing thighs dry roadways but we know it might change. >> that will change later tonight this same time tomorrow we will talk about snow removal, and, getting out the brushes for windshield and all that good stuff. >> aren't you so excited. >> yes. >> meisha is like what did you do. >> we cannot blame meisha or people for the arrival of snow so that goes for me too. don't blame me either. luckily we're only talking about a modest coat to go 2 inches and frankly we're due snowfall this season has tallied .3 of an inch. average to date is over 4

inches. so we have gotten off to a slow start in that regard. storm scan at the localized level as meisha mentioned totally quiet. nice and dry. we will get out the door without a hitch but you will crank that heater i think since temperatures have really taken a hit here. this morning, as of yesterday we were in the the 40's. now we are below freezing every where. at least according to observation down as far as teens up in the mountains. as the day goes on, expect sun will shine, but yes, heck of a lot colder. we're talking 36. coming up we will deal will with some snow, much more detail on timing, how much and who gets the most on the other end of that all coming up, meisha. >> yes, pay attention for those commuting tomorrow morning it will be a different story, but for now what we are looking at is looking good. nice and try. i'm hoping today will be a day of relief. good news is tomorrow when snow is falling this time tomorrow morning, the good news it is one of the lesser traveled take. that is only silver lining i can give you.

so, take warning tomorrow morning. for now enjoy open roadways. west and eastbound side is opened, 95 looking good. headlights in the southbound treks near betsy ross bridge and new jersey 42 freeway north bound at creek road approaching 295 is what you are looking at there we have an accident on the smaller road in stowe, at coalbrooke tail road. hopefully that clears out. it is a side street. also some construction north broad street at roosevelt boulevard, lanes are blocked, this is at 9:00 a.m. little bit past our morning rush 9:00ah to 3:00 p.m. this will be you the there through late january. jim, over to you. in this morning homicide detectives are witnesses of a fatal shooting in strawberry mansion. on the 2900 block of oakdale street. police say after 1:00 a.m. they found a 26 year-old hand lying face down with one shot in his head. he later died. police are also trying to access nearby surveillance cameras for more evidence. well, a man is fighting for his life after being shot in the head in the cities fair hill section.

>> police are trying to figure out if he was caught the two cross fire or the intended target. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do picks this story up at police headquarters. trang, what do we know this morning. >> reporter: at last check man remains in critical condition at temple university hospital, and because the man was shot at such a great distance police are not the sure if he was intended target or if he was hit by a stray bullet the but they to believe there could be as many as two shooters as they found two different caliber shell casing s at the scene. lets look at video of the scene last night, this shooting happened just before 9:00 p.m. on east indiana avenue knew here in fair hill, officers arrived to find a 45 year-old man with the gunshot wound to the head, and they rushed him to temple hospital, police say man and female relative were sitting on the front porch of a relative's house when shots rang out. they both duck for cover but the man was hit. now police did find, two, 16 shell casings from one large semiautomatic weapons and at hope park which is across the

street from this home. >> due to the the fact that the ballistics evidence is about 200 feet away from the trent porch where the victim was when he was shot, we don't know whether or not this victim was an intended target or just an innocent bystander struck by stray gunfire. >> reporter: right now police do the not have clear descriptions of the suspect but there are several cameras around that park and nearby homes and businesses, that they are working to access. but for now we are live from police headquarters i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" back to you. also new this morning, no one appears to have been injured after a fire at this home in philadelphia's frankford section. fire fighters came here to the 1,000 block of wakeling street just after midnight, and they had to climb cherry pick tours get to the second floor to assess damage which does appear to be minor from the video. fire was placed under control before 1:00 this morning. happening today, funeral

services for pennsylvania state trooper kill in the line of duty. city officials, and fellow officers paid their respect yesterday for the officer in blair county convention center funeral services for land than weaver start at 11:00 o'clock at the convention center. the 239 year-old was shot and killed friday responding to a domestic disturbance in huntingdon county. state police later shot and killed the suspect. a former commissioner for radnor township will appear in court on indecent assault charges. william spangler is accused of inappropriately touching a 100 inn three-year old woman at a nursing home in wayne. according to police witnesses report it happened not once, not twice, but three times on three separate occasions. he could face more charges after the district attorney reviews shore evidence. eight year-old sailor writers sudden death is under investigation. girl was found, unresponse any of her family's strat forward home sunday afternoon. she later died at the hospital several family members were at home at the time but police

have not yet revealed how she died. intelligence officials have headed to capitol hill to brief congress on cyber threats including russia's interference in the recent presidential election. >> as hena daniels report the hearing comes a hid news that president-elect trump is planning to overhaul a major intelligent agency. sources tell cbs the news that president-elect donald trump is considering, a restructuring of the office of the director of national intelligence. the agency created in the wake of 9/11 to strengthen intelligence gathering. the the potential revamp comes as will trump continues to cast doubt on u.s. intelligence findings, that russia hacked the democratic party's e-mails in an effort to influence the election. just yesterday trump focused his attacks the dnc writing on twitter why did they not have hacking defense, and why have they not respond to the terrible things that they did or said like giving question to the hillary clinton. >> this is not just about one

political party, one candidate , it is a common mode they have been using for years and it is an assault on democracy. >> they have 51. >> reporter: fifteen days before trump takes office, congressional republicans have already mounted their path to dismantle obama care, despite lacking a viable plan to relays it. >> the american people have sent new leadership here because obama care has failed. >> reporter: this a last ditch effort president obama huddled with democratic leaders on capitol hill to discuss ways to save his signature health care law. >> the republican plan to cut health care wouldn't make america great again, it will make america sick again. >> reporter: roughly 20 hill americans rely on the affordable care actor their health care, trump transition team says president-elect is working on a series of executive order to unwind it. hena daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a federal jury is still deciding whether dylann roof gets life or death for his

deadly church shooting rampage in south carolina roof spoke publicly for the first time since murdering nine church go ers. he told the jury there was nothing wrong with him psychologically. he is representing himself this is death penalty case. overseas trans will hold a remembrance ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the charlie ebb dough terror attacks. twelve people were killed at headquarters of the satyrical magazine in 2015. the actual anniversary is saturday. well, former pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kaine wants her per injury i and obstruction convictions overturn because of what her attorneys call trial errors. the 50 year-old kane is free, during her appeal, her lawyers object to the use of the session prosecutor to investigate the leak of grand jury material. a jury found that kane leaked material to embarras a rival. her attorneys also claim kane should have been permitted to introduce evidence about pornography, in the state e-mail accounts. well, obama's are throwing one last party before the president's term end.

>> the private event at the white house friday night have have been hush/hush. president told people magazine it would be a grown up celebration. rumor to attend include oprah winfrey, samuel l jackson and bradley cooper. is there a expected performance then none other than jay-z and beyonce. should be a good party. vice-president joe biden is overheard discussing his post white house plans, an aid for mr. biden said he will partner with the the university of delaware on domestic and economic policy issues. but on tuesday, open mike, caught the vice-president, saying he will also partner with the university of pennsylvania, to work on foreign policy issues while also continuing his cancer moon shot research initiative through the biden trust. up next we will tell you why pennsylvania state police are raiding local pawn shops. also ahead video is tough to watch. police say a hand special need was tortured, the whole assault broadcast live on facebook. plus rescuers rushed to save two teens from icy, frozen waters, we will hear

from first responders about the ordeal. ♪ the janet? >> well, you hear temptations, time to get ready, this time tomorrow we might actually be seeing snow. katie and timing it all out for us and on the dramatic drop in temperatures when we come right back.

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♪ four people under arrest in chicago in connection with an alleged brutal assault streamed live on facebook. the video shows the suspect kicking punching and yelling at a mentally challenge man, while holding him his stage, inside of an apartment building. several people can be seen laughing and eating during the attack, victim is not the a chicago resident, is currently recovering from the incident. pennsylvania state police investigators are checking items seized from two pawn shops to see if they were stolen. troopers raided two locations of capitol cash exchange in berks and montgomery counties yesterday. they say they were looking for products in the original packaging which they say was stolen from stores like home

depot, lowes and target. police say shop's owner is in custody. well, bensalem police caught a hit and run driver with help from eye "eyewitness news" viewer who seriously injured a bicyclist new years day. only "eyewitness news" was there when james hatcher turn himself in to police yesterday authorities say he was behind the wheel of the red chevy pickup truck n this surveillance video that hit, 56 year-old lenny golden. his family could not believe how quickly the driver had been caught. >> i... >> wrong video there i believe well, he has a long road to recovery as his leg was broken in multiple places. hatcher is facing charges of misdemeanor careless driving and failing to render aid. two teenage boys are in the hospital this morning after they were pulled from an icy lake in washington. the rescue teams needed specialized equipment, and wet suits to reach one of the the boys who fell through the ice on lake serene yesterday afternoon. another boy, made it to the shore on his own.

rescuers say that a to more minutes could have made the results very different. we are having tech thick california problems in the the control room. >> but one of the rescuers did get in the water but he was able to get out, both the boy in the the water and rescuer are okay. >> good news there. >> rock slide forced a major highway to shut down along california's central coast. police block off highway one, south of big sir on wednesday. drivers had to turnaround and miss scenic view the road has to offer. mountain peaks have seen at least 9 inches of rain recently. that is a lot. resorts didn't report any significant problems, but more rain is expected, this weekend meanwhile snow is piling up in medford, oregon. the most that area has seen in a 24 hour period in almost a 100 years. >> medford airport reported 8.3 inches of snow in just one day and that is rare. medford averaged over last ten years 3.5 inches of snowfall for the entire season.

that is really putting that in perspective here. we're talking about snow in our area but hopefully nothing like that. >> definitely not, yes. i will say that we are overdue , at this point, for some snow, by the time we hit early weeks of january, we should have a couple of inches of snow, that are pretty much under our belt here for the season as a whole. we have not had much. we have had a couple of a tenth of an inch, .3 of an inch to be exact in philadelphia that will change. the looking ahead to tomorrow. we are not talking about anything major. it will be a coat to go 2 inches or so. we will talk about that and time things out. i love the head line on this one, i will say, major kudos to our weather row dueser steve for coming you the there , thrilling to chilling, i just like that for some reason. fifty-seven is what we hit, 57 y yesterday. yeah, pretty mild. today expected high, about 20 degrees colder then that. is across the board here. so very, very substantial difference. noticeable difference. that will stick with us, right through the forecast, pretty

much. here's the next point of concern. it is a little disturbance streaking east and speeding up , i might add, so we are taking you all the way up to or early as i should say at 8:00 o'clock tonight and may even be here already. we will get your typical late day, early evening commute in and with just clouds but if this is moving as swiftly as it appears it will be likely here think where from eight to nine or 10:00 o'clock tonight. as late as 11:00 to go far enough east and with us through rest of the overnight in scattered tags but it the looks like there will be something that takes place for an hour or two across southeastern most new jersey and portions of delaware. by this time tomorrow it the could very well be long gone and we will be left with the slick spots in its wake. but here's what we're expect ing with our exclusive eyewitness weather snow fail map, coat to go 2 inches is the spectation, generally speaking but higher end of that will likely fall through delaware, and southern east most new jersey. one to 2 inches of something that we can absolutely contend with here but you will need extra time. set the alarm ten or five minutes extra early here

tonight. that will help you out because you will wake up to this it is not going to be starting as you hit the road. outside to whitefield elementary school where things are still nice and dry but on the chilly side, look at the that temperature 24 degrees. a dose of reality for sure and you will keep the 30's at best through the rest of this forecast, and look at sunday, only 29 degrees. we factor in blustery wind, that will be a frigid day, meisha. >> bundle those little kid up, for school, all right, katie, thank you very much. it the is a chilly morning, indeed, the good news is for our commute this morning the red ways are nice and dry. yesterday they were very wet. it really caused problems for us. i don't think that will be the case today. it looks good. schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction near king of prussia both are moving in the eastbound and westbound directions, and we're looking all right. i would say eastbound what aim trying to draw there, eastbound is starting to heat up, westbound side still looking good. schuylkill is getting busy. we will give ourselves couple extra minutes. fifty-nine north at 452, taking this up to the airport. this is what you are looking

at, nice and quiet. with that being said, anytime i mention airport especially in the winter make sure to check these flight status on line, i cannot tell you how many times they have been delayed on me, already this winter. 422 headlights moving in the eastbound direction past oaks is what you are looking at right there. pretty typical. i will say that today is going to run a little typical, tomorrow, however, as katie pointed out we will get that snow, that will affect our morning commute so give yourself extra time, tomorrow morning, tune in with us early and i'll tell you bit. an accident has cleared first and only accident of the morning, it talking about construction coming up in the next ten to 15, jim and rahel, back to you. for a look at newspaper headlines in the region. >> on the cover of the trenton on he has been out of office and sitting in a federal prison but tony mack is still causing taxpayers a boat load of money. city council will vote to settle a civil rights lawsuit for $195,000, tiled by a trenton park ranger. michael morris was laid off twice by the mack

administration, and claims the mayor had used racial slurs. and new castle county police are investigating a home invasion at village at fox point apartments. officers were called to the 1300 block of the street this wilmington around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. victim said three men income on the trent door. he fled to the bedroom and was able to escape the apartment. from the bucks county courier times hospital er departments, doctor offices, and urgent care centers are overflowed this week. health departments say it was a triple threat that was to blame, a stomach buck, respiratory infections combined with widespread flu, we necessity about it in our news room. half of the crew is out. >> doesn't sound good. >> that is a look at newspaper headlines around our delaware valley. still ahead, both side of philadelphia's sugary training tax weighing in. >> see the program that began this week with money from that initiative. also villanova's winning streak is on the line, pat gallen has highlights from last night's game, that is coming up next in

villanova's you been defeated streak was on the line. >> flyers met rangers at home. here's pat gallen with your morning sports. >> the flyers, could really use a win after dropping four straight, orange and black hosting the new york rangers. henrik lung quiz is one of the best for a reason because of saves like these. he makes two ridiculous stops on brayden schenn. he was awesome all night. chris cryer, he slips it past steve mason. rangers up two to nothing. jake voracek did his best, he had two goals in the third but rangers had too much, flyers fall five-two. last night top ranked villanova on the road, tasting butler, trying to hold on to that 20 game winning streak. jay wright fired up early, he says sir, i respectfully disagree and i would like to discuss it with you in a cordial matter. he hit with a technical. here's jaylen brownson game

tied he had 23, the cats needed a little bit more. josh hart doing his best with the jump shot there. on the sea saw, nova up one but butler with more bite then bark tonight as savage with the lay up. and that end nova's 20 game winning streak snapped for first time since last march, they have fallen 66-58. that is all for sorts, i'm pat gallen, have a great day. speaking of sports offer years we have seen globetrotters make all kind of crazy basketball shots. >> but this one is one to remember, this is bucket blake at the shot from the roof of a arena get this, it is 100 feet down and 100 feet out, but it still makes the bucket. globe trot's peer this month in oakland. they come back to philadelphia in march. coming up next on "eyewitness news" how a young

girl racked up a bill on line shopping, you don't want to miss this story. we are following more developments in this altercation captured or camera , now powerful city leaders are responding to the video, and what a philadelphia police officer did, striking the teen. we will have more on macy 's decision to shut down dozens of stores including four in our area, katie. weekend is ever closer and still expected to be a very, very cold one, we are generally, expected to see, sunshine, regional wide but net is we will not even hit 30 come sunday here in philadelphia, you go close enough to the shore there is still a possibility that the coastal communities will get a quick hit of some snow, on saturday, but we're all in for some snow, come tomorrow, and we will talk much more about this timing and how much we're expecting right after the

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cold, and snowy, this time tomorrow morning, we will be seeing slick, streets across the area katie's here to tell us how long bitter blast will hang around. and good morning i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a minute but first here's what you need to know to start your day in our morning minute. well, man is shot in the head sitting on the front porch in the city's fair hill neighborhood. >> right new police are not the sure if the man was intended target or innocent bystander. >> happening today family and friend will say good bye to the pennsylvania state trooper

kill in the line of duty. retail giant macy's is shutting down 68 stores across the country. among them, four in our area. authorities in chicago are arrested four people in connected to an alleged brutal assault streamed live on taste book. the victim is currently recovering there the incident. over the weekend a choir member resigned because she didn't want to perform for trump. now, the choir needs to fill that empty spot with a mormon, who has free time, and can sing. >> who let the dogs out, who, who. >> oh, no. >> i love stephen colbert. >> political stuff continues. >> and the religious stuff, my goodness. >> katie, it looks like the white stuff will be coming down pretty soon. >> it is, and that will start actually sooner then we had