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

originally anticipated. this is a disturbance that has legs and sipping right along at home. we will get through the entire take without any worries but as early as late evening we could start to see first flakes flying, out there, and that means we will wake up tomorrow with the mess left over. thankfully though at least it wouldn't retuesday your visibility because it does look lick this will be moving out of here as we are's live on the air were you coming this same time tomorrow. we have no worries, completely clear, storm scan is empty. clouds will thicken but we will call it, sunny, to partly sunny day, with time here. current temperature readings, heck of a lot colder then yesterday. this high friend is a dose of reality. this is where we should be, it could be worse. take a look at great lakes, minneapolis, it the is three below zero. that is actual air temperature in the the twin cities, 20 in cleveland. not much better in chicago, 6 degrees. but we will keep this cold around for the next couple days. make sure those kid are bundled up adequately at the

bus stop. by lunchtime i wouldn't be shocked if they stay inside on a day like this but make sure they have heavy coat, hat, scarves if they spend time outside at recess on burn off that energy. but as we look ahead to tonight and tomorrow morning light snow begins. we are looking for upward of 2 s go to the south east corridor which will get to later in the broadcast, we will add your exclusive snowfall map to show you but slick sots are receipt i much a given, even though those dot crews do such an excellent job this weather is always most certainly going to slow you down. so, again i want to not only show you this specific on who gets how much, meisha but time things out more specifically later too. >> yeah, katie, behind us three in minneapolis. i feel like i won the lottery, in the the 30's in january. good morning, everyone. take a lot a the vine in 95. this is what we're working with. beautiful bird eye view. you can see early risers out there already. this will be i wouldn't say as busy as yesterday but we will shape up to be busier as we

push into that 6:00 and 7:00 o'clock hour. right thousand we are holding steady and looking okay. this is our second accident of the morning, take a look at this, this accident is blue route northbound past broomall upper darby. we are laying them town right thousand torsing everyone to move over to the left. little while ago looking at this camera shot, courtesy of penndot the we were looking at the tractor trailer pulled off to the right and then cross over bridge and underneath that bridge we could not see what it was but we do have flashing lights. we know there is advertise tans between two vehicles involve. head up, we are looking to slow you town as we can see brake lights going off and they are forsing everyone off to the left. as we row gress through five and 6:00 o'clock hour it will cause some backups, just as we did see yesterday, good news, today we are dealing with more try roadways, yesterday they were wet, that is what caused our problems. we are in the dealing with that. we will be dealing with our normal morning hiccups. overall it will slow down here that is blue route northbound past broomall, upper darby and

then in new jersey, 42 tree way northbound on creek road, to 295, this is what we're looking at. that is fairly typical. rahel and jim, back over to you. a war of word erupts between two of the most powerful leaders in philadelphia law enforcement. >> as david spunt reports it is over a response between a fight between teenager and police officer captured on video. >> reporter: it the began with the fight captured posted to social media, involving a 16 year-old teen girl and a police of hisser. authorities say that the 16 year-old girl admitted to slapping the female police officer in the the face but that teen was not charged. >> we were all shocked given the circumstances. >> reporter: fraternal order of police officer john challenge man necessary bye was out of state but we spoke about the letter which didn't hold back. once again the district attorney of philadelphia has chosen to disregard his responsibility and look the other way when a police officer is assaulted. john mcnesby wrote.

>> he actually gave a statement that night that she hade physical california with the officer. >> reporter: this video didn't capture reported slap but showed officer holding the teen on the ground. we spoke to the teen hours after she avoided charges, by the d.a.'s office. >> what she could have did was at least tell me to backup first what she did was put her hand on me and told me to backup, and it went there there. >> reporter: mcnesby went on about williams. first there was there was mccoy debacle in which williams turned against police and now this mcnesby wrote. he is referring to former eagle lesean mccoy accused of assaulting two police officers but never charged. >> it left a bitter taste in our mouth. anytime something like that will go on we will defend our officers. >> reporter: mcnesby ended it has been very disappointing over past seven years watching a once promising district attorney degenerate in the morally ethically challenge side line playboy. philadelphia sittens and philadelphia police, definitely deserve better.

that philadelphia police officer is off the street, pending an internal review. i want to read a statement from d.a. seth williams office district attorney williams will never apologize, for relying on high investigative and prosectorial standard, before decide to go take away someone's freedom. it is stunning that anyone much less a member of the law enforcement would ever believe anything else. reporting from police headquarters i'm david spunt, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> a lot more to come there. man is fighting for his life this morning after he is gun down sitting on his own porch in philadelphia's fair hill section. shooting happened just before 9:00 p.m. on east indiana avenue knew. police tell us hat victim may have been a innocent bystander caught in the cross fire. officers rush the 45 year-old man to the hospital where he is in extremely critical condition. investigators found multiple shell casings at a park across the street. >> these shell casings were in close proximity to each other so it appears that the shooter or shooters were standing next

to each other when they fired the shots. >> at this point police do not have any clear descriptions of any suspects but they are checking surveillance cameras in the area. well, time right now is 5:37, in business news this morning interest rates could be on the way up. >> and new way to keep your pet in great shape, that is interesting to me, money watch 's jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, jim and rahel. futures are pointing to a lower open right now, retail stocks are taking a hit after many reported a difficulties a interest 30ing who will take season. dow jones opened less than hundred points from the 20,000 hashing, rumped 60 points yesterday, nasdaq rose 48. interest rates could be going up more quickly then we thought. minutes from the most recent fed heating show policy makers think trump administration could bring faster economic growth and that could lead them to raise rates, this also , they also netted there there is considerable uncertainty about the new administration's policy, and amazon is developing its own line of work out clothes like

yoga pants and running tights, that is accord together web site recode. it is the ninth private clothing brand. this is perfect because it lets companies like amazon under cut competitors. they could sell similar quality items and they don't need to spend honey on hashing wearable technology has gone to the dogs, company behind a how short collar says it can sense changes in a dog 's hood, and it measures their eating, drinking, sleeping, and who and crunches the numbers to figure out if the doggies stressed or sick. will collar cost $200, it hasn't launched but will on kick starter later this month. >> like a fit bit for fido. >> that sound so great. >> i have two dogs, within of which is a puppy. i'm wondering how he is feeling? is he happy, is he stressed? very interesting. >> well, rahel, this is for you. >> yes, i agree, i get frustrated, i want my dog to talk. this is as close as we will get to it. >> it will be a while coming there, thanks jill.

hazy's is closing 68 stores nationwide, this wille limb that it 10,000 jobs, retailer sites a disappointing holiday season. hazy's has seen slow sales growth as department stores face competition from on line and off priced rivals. the company says it is hoping grow its on line presence. now four stores in our area will close, putting nearly 350 people out of work. in pennsylvania, the macy's at neshaminy mall and plymouth meeting mall are shutting down , in new jersey the stores at voorhees town center and moorestown hall are closing. philadelphia's preschool sanction program has begun with the help of the new soda tax. thousands of children started school yesterday as part of the phl prek initiative. cities sugary training tax which will help send over 2,000 kid to school went into effect new years day and many local businesses say they are not happy bit. one soda retailer says it may reconsider opening another store in philadelphia. >> we were going to go somewhere in the rittenhouse area possibly university city but most likely we will get

outside, bucks county or somewhere else. >> it is just my brother and i we are a small business. you know, we are not a large company, it is definitely going to a tech us, in doubt about it. >> and, in the past, it is a cents and a half for every ounce of a sugary drink which raises price of the 3-liter soda bottle by $1.50. another business that is upset with the drink tax, but this sign on the refrigerators say because of the tax it will no longer sell sewed a restaurant calls the tax blatant robbery of hard working philadelphia taxpayer 's money. coming up we have seen videos and reported the lawsuit surrounding e the cigarettes, explode nothing peoples pockets. now we will tell you what the f.d.a. is doing about it. also ahead researchers are working on developing a new apple and it has nothing to do with its taste, we will explain why it could help keep the doctor away. little girls big order, find out how this six year-old girl was able to get 4-pound of cookies sent to her and

that is in the all. we will be right back.

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doctor rob was here wow back us up completely. >> i'm just afraid she will slide off away in the middle of the commercial break. >> moisturize. >> yes. >> that is the important part. >> yes. >> well, we are going to have to shovel away a little snow tomorrow too, guys. so make sure you are highly moisturized under these cold temperatures when you go outside tomorrow. lets take a look here, and looking at the disturbance heading our way. we don't have any winter weather advisories, nothing like that. will will be a lackluster system in terms of the how much snow we will see but, sheer fact that it is biggest amount we have had so far, and we're overdue for some, it makes it a bigger weather head line and also the fact that a, it is speeding up a bit more and it will affect your friday morning drive. so lets go ahead and take a look at the eyewitness weather watchers, speed things up and talk pot fact that it is so much colder then it was this same time yesterday. in fact, looking at the format of this to give you a better sense, easier to process this.

jenny, is out in cherry hill at 27 degrees. dave is in essington, also at 27, and this clementon, david reports 29 degrees, but this is kind of the theme here. your upper 20's, mid to lower 20's, coldest spot right now, as barbara in willow grove at 21 degrees. list goes on. it is a very cold beginning to the morning, and certainly by comparison to yesterday, this same time, and, it is lot closer to where we should be. helen, is at 26 for one more there. let's switch back to the the satellite and radar and then we will move things forward, give you a sense of the timing again, this has sped up quite a good bit. the as early as 8:00 o'clock tonight, you will go home maybe late from the office you can start to see light snow developing there west to east. so this will be up this will 11:00 o'clock as things get underway here tonight. but up until 5:00 a.m. around this same time tomorrow, it is light to moderate snow that will continue to fall, as we see after this same time tomorrow it is tapering off to flurries. general story is this, at

least you will not have to worry about retuesdayed visibility traveling for majority anyway of the morning rush but we will have coat to go 2-inch toes contend with. that is going to slick up the roadways, your driveway, front porch, all of that. be extra careful. i set the alarm an extra ten or 15 minutes early, wiping off a coat to go 2 inches by the time we wake up this same time tomorrow. moving forward don't expect a major warm up here, guys, next week, that is the case but for now we will go through entire weekend and even monday, not even hitting the freezing mark , meisha. katie, thank you so much. right the now, we're looking good but we have this accident that is still out there. blue route northbound past broomall upper darby you can see flags on the roadway pushing everyone to that far left. this is actually an area that is starting to slow down. you can see backups starting to form here. for those in and around this area i would say if you can wait a little bit longer, i would. if not if you have to push out of the door right now give

yourself an extra i don't know at minimum an extra half hour at this point. so heads up, accident has not yet been cleared and it the is still on the roadway, lot of brake lights here. boulevard pushing in the southbound direction toward schuylkill we are not looking that bad once you jump on the schuylkill westbound around city avenue looking similar. we are starting to build our levels. we can expect as we are cracking toward the 6:00 o'clock hour but things are looking good. would i say they are looking typical. typical in the world of travel is not necessarily i bad thing construction here north broad street at roosevelt boulevard lanes are block, those are block between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. through late january the head up on that. another reminder schuylkill river while repairs and trying this bound is closed between sweet briar and art museum, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. overnight 7:00 p.m. until 5:00 n you through january 20th. just a reminder on that. i will remind you, i don't know, this morning, tomorrow but it will be lingering out there a little bit. jim, back over to you. on the cbs-3 healthwatch

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isn't that a beautiful shot. those roads were wet yesterday , now they are try. tennessee highway, and neither sheriff or deputy can capture it they have to call for backup. >> it is happening this henry county in a rural part of the western tennessee. calf just wouldn't get off the highway so they called in a friend who happened to be a farmer.

he rode on the cruiser's hood and got the calf. >> what are you going to do. you will get on the hood of my car. i said you are crazy. i pulled him up next and he made a perfect rope. i said okay, just don't miss. >> you are crazy. >> calf and another cow became lose when trailer door slid open, both were captured and return to their owner. >> that was a really cool shot , interesting. in other cow news a new start up, cow fitness. her dog outside of ten versace is making a company, leader says are likely tit bit for cows they track steps and animal's health and wellness f they are sick, cows actually hide this will ranchers save information there device can be very valuable. >> um-hmm. >> yes. >> well, now on to more stories about animals where they don't belong. >> a llama got lose in roamed the street of georgia for a few hours yesterday.

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well, bitter cold has arrived, we're waking up to temperatures in the 20's, this time tomorrow morning it will be, snowing. >> um-hmm. >> katie is tracking how much we will get. and bullets fly in philadelphia's fair hill neighborhood and a man sitting on a porch is shot in the head we are live with the look at evidence at the scene. plus this. it the is not uncommon, for a crime to occur in this particular area. but: >> good morning it is thursday january 5th i'm jim donovan.

i'm rahel solomon. it seems like the year is going by so quickly. >> flying by, we're having so much fun. >> katie, meisha keeping an eye on things this morning. >> 360 days left. >> yes. >> i hope that was sincere. >> good morning, everyone. yep, it is gateway to the weekend. we are starting off okay, but we have an accident on the the blue route but overall nice and dry roadways. we know that will change. >> that absolutely will. we will have snow to contend with as early as later it this and it will effect everyone, but we don't have any advisory for this. very light snow, but i also don't want that to let you to get too confident about this. we will talk about that. let me back it up. we will talk about the temperature. that is the immediate difference you will net is walking out the door. we went there 54 yesterday, to at best right now, mid 30's today. that will be the theme in the weekend. it will get colder. look at sunday we will in the break 20's, folks.