florida, much more coming ahead on the cbs evening news roughly an hour and half time. you are looking up side the fort lauderdale hollywood airport back age claim when a gunfire opened fires. five people were killed eight wounded, ate tack sent panic passengers running in all directions and law enforcement descended on the scene. now we're told gunman who is now in custody was carrying a military id, though and unclear fit is indeed his. good evening i'm nicole brewer in for jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. the gun man said nothing as he opened fire. >> shots fired. and, downstairs. >> reporter: police ran to the scene after reports of shots fired, at florida's fort lauderdale airport. and planes were evacuated, leaving crowd huddled on the tarmac, clutching their

belonging, and five people were killed, and eight were injured, a suspect is in custody. >> we have a subject with gunshot to the head. >> reporter: airport tweeted it occurred at baggage claim in terminal two which includes delta and air canada. florida's senator bill nelson was briefed in washington. >> it happened in the area where people, bunch up, and in the baggage claim area. >> reporter: law enforcement source identified shooter to cbs news as esteban santiago ruiz, he has a concealed weapons permit and a minor criminal history. authorities say he is now in custody. eyewitness mark lee saw the gun man opened fire. >> he was not targeting, he was just randomly shooting. he was just like he was, like walking through woods, just picking out things like target practice. >> reporter: hour later passengers were streaming back inside when another panic broke out from a different direction. people ran across the tarmac from airport garage after reports of more gunfire. groups took shelter behind cars, while police searched the garage, roof.

officials would confirm that terminal two was the only shooting location. in the meantime, entire airport, was closed to traffic authority have given no detail on a possible motive for the shooting. woman from south jersey was hunkered down in the airport as shooting unfolded. she was on her way home to atlantic city when chaos began she did not want to be identified but did share these frightening moments with us via text message. got to turn off even if for battery but clearly not under control. we were it is nothing terminal four when they said solo gunman was in custody. not long after that, people from the terminal next to us started running. and tsa personnel, airport personnel, and hundreds of scared people, started stampeding toward us screaming to run. i saw people outside and started running toward the gate that was letting people on to the tarmac. never ran so fast in my life. people were being tram manied, now we're outside hiding. >> airports around the nation, have beefed up security, as a

precaution, "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at philadelphia international airport with what is happened right there, david? >> reporter: well, nicole, ukee, you can imagine everybody is talking about this a flight from fort lauderdale just landed at philadelphia international 40 minutes ago. some of those folks still getting their baggage, i had a chance to speak with them. airport officials are very much aware of what ising on in fort lauderdale and security here in philadelphia, it is certainly, top of mind for many people. passengers from fort lauderdale found out about the shooting the moment that their plane touched the ground in philadelphia. >> it happened, just after we left, i would imagine that we were last flight out of there. >> reporter: michael katz lives in philadelphia but with his wife pamela visiting family in south florida. they turned on their phones when they landed in philadelphia to find frantic voice mails and text messages. >> it is a frightening, frightening world, and we have to live that way, and look behind your back and be afraid all the time.

>> reporter: authorities took the shoot inner custody but witnesses on the ground say that the gunman, later identified as esteban santiago , came in and started shooting randomly. another chilling detail, for passengers we interviewed. >> there is no security in the baggage claim unfortunately. you never know what will happen. so they will have to probably change methods oven baggage claim at this point because people can come in and start shooting. >> reporter: these were folks that actually were in the eras shooting happen. they believed they were last flight out of fort lauderdale before this shooting happened. just to be clear there is security in the baggage claim, tonight i noticed several armed officers walking around with k-9's in the area were you there is no kind of gator any kind of metal detector. that is a concern. these folks tell me it is something they hoped to see change. reporting live, david spunt, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. we will keep you updated throughout this newscast, and there will be much more on the deadly airport shooting

tonight, on the "cbs evening news", at 6:30 right here on cbs-3, right after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. now back in our area, we saw some know all over the region, snow on cars and road but that light, fluffy coating , may only beginning of more snow we are tracking. we have team coverage of the storm watch tonight. alexandria movies live in cape may county, new jersey where shore points are getting ready for another dose, but we will begin with a look at the system, with kate. >> thanks, ukee. usually when we talk about a winter storm we are saying north and western suburbs will see most, north and west, north and west this one is upside down, south and east, the further south and east from philadelphia tomorrow, the more snow you will see, and this system will track up and down the eastern seaboard. here's storm scan three right now. you can see this storm producing heavy rain over carolinas, georgia, anal bam a , dangerous icing, for mississippi, anal bam a and heavier snow started to break out in central mississippi right the now and also across the carolinas. you can see north of raleigh-durham we were seeing

heavy snow there. that will be moving off the coast, tonight, so even a little bit of light snow possibly getting in this evening for portions of delaware but the real main event with this system, does not the begin until the storm moves off the coast, and starts to track up the eastern seaboard. that will happen early tomorrow morning. so here's what it looks like timing wise. this is what we just saw, hand ling it well, we have snow breaking out over carolinas and portions of mississippi. set this into motion. here's 11:00 o'clock tonight. this is what we are looking at when you join us at cbs-3 at the 11:00. we will see snow poised to move into maryland and delaware but it doesn't over spread our region until early tomorrow morning, right around 5:00 a.m., we will see snow, beginning, across sussex county and cape may county. the those areas will see the most snow from this system as it will be prolonged throughout the first half of the day, saturday. and here we go as we zoom in 9:00 a.m., you can see light snow back to the city but this is when snow picks up, banding around back edge of that low, for portions of the shore and delaware beaches, and that continues to and through 11:00 .

lightens up but still snowing at 1:00 p.m. then gradually tapering off in the afternoon as this storm shifts, up toward new england. we've got watches and warnings all across the entire united states, with this, but in our area winter storm warning for all of our coastal counties, from ocean, southern, burlington, atlantic down through cape may, southern delaware as well. the winter weather advisory. areas just south and east of philadelphia, across northern delaware and interior south jersey. philadelphia, surrounding suburbs, no much wases, warnings or advisory was this system. but that doesn't mean we will not get snow. snow will move in the early morning. steady through late morning and early afternoon. highest accumulations will be along the immediate coast and tight gradient as you move inland. wind will be blowing it around as well, which means rough travel especially in the garden state washing way, atlantic city expressway and like. that coming up i'll show you how much to expect and very different amounts depending on where you are, we will take you through snow map and nail

down more timing on this system, for your saturday. for now, nicole, back over to you. and crews are working hard to keep cape may walkable as the storm threatens to dump snow on the shore points. right now road salt measuring in the tons, is being laid out to help keeping everything moving. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria movies live in cape may county where, snow prep is underway, alex. >> reporter: well, nicole we saw some of the preps on our drive down here from salt trucks, on the move, signs of warning that snow is on the way. >> it is hours. >> reporter: after many seasons keeping cape may walk able he was laying out the salt. at the same time, tim donahue roads department supervisor say a portion of the county's 3200 tons of salties already being laid out. >> we had sort of the dry run last night which is dusting of snow but enough to get our trucks out and salt our bridges and road. >> reporter: in terms of the major roadways like parkway he says that the state handles that using a brine first to

pretreat before ongoing layers of salt, with snowfall that may exceed 6 inches and temperatures that are in the likely to break out of the 20 's he adds that crews will be out in force to make some space. >> it will be a saturday. get your milk, bread, catch up on your netflix, leave road opened for to us be effective and keep our drivers safe. >> reporter: and as kate mentioned some of that major snow tall will likely begin down here in the early overnight hours, and accompanied by gusty winds, making for dangerous driving conditions. reporting live from cape hey i'm alexandria hoff, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> remember, you can get latest weather updates on the cbs-3 philly mobile weather app, get the severe weather warnings, when they happen and share your moments with us, down load to it day in the apple, or google play store. local woman says her purse got stolen during a shopping trip and then she found the thief, rummage go through her car. reportedly happened thursday night at the wal-mart in

burlington township. that victim tells "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh what stopped the thief in her tracks. >> so, this is our cyst tech here. >> reporter: surveillance video shows her clearly 30 year-old patricia buckly after she allegedly wiped a cuss her 's purse inside a new jersey wal-mart. >> inside the wristless is my bank card, credit card, my driver's license, high cash, and my car keys. >> reporter: suspect thief who burlington township police say has a prior record didn't stop there. >> see your suspect walk across the screen and hitting the keys. >> reporter: to find, unlock abe enter the victim's car outside. >> i was shaking from head to toe. >> reporter: victim who did not want to be identified tells "eyewitness news" she always straps it to the cart while she shops but when she realize that had her purse was gone, she rush straight to her car. >> the doors, opened, at wal-mart and here she is in my car. i said what are you doing in my car. she said, um, um, um, then she broke out of grip and started

to run. that is when i started screaming, help. >> reporter: that is when good samaritans stepped in making sure buckly could not getaway before police arrived. they left without giving her names, and now officers want to find them to thank them for their effort. they are hoping to commend this man in particular seen on your screen running after the thief. >> i opened up my purse and my money was gone. i looked at good samaritan and said my money is gone. he said give her back her money. >> she handed me the money, and i want to thank him from the bottom of my heart then he took the time to help me. >> reporter: she described him as a tall black man in his 40 's with the goat tea wearing dark clothing. >> we like to recognize citizens for good deeds, without him intervening, very good chance that this victim wouldn't have gotten her rot back. >> reporter: this burlington, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we are continuing to follow the developments out of fort lauderdale, florida. also, still to come on "eyewitness news" a close call for the queen just released to

day says queen elizabeth was nearly shock, the confusion that nearly caused a dangerous situation. they could not bear to let even one dog be put down, how two women came to the rescue of tossens of shelter dogs. michelle obama gives a early farewell in her final public appearance as first lady her message is coming back. lets give you a live picture from fort lauderdale where five people were killed, eight others injured in the shooting at the airport. we are monitoring the situation where we will bring you any new developments as they happen our sister station there wfor is providing live wall to wall coverage in south florida, our coverage continues after

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updating on the shooting at fort lauderdale hollywood airport. here's what we know right now. five people are dead, eight are injured, and the suspected gunman is in custody. his name is esteban santiago ruiz. he reportedly has a permit to carry a weapon and has a minor criminal history. >> federal sources tell cbs news that santiago walk in the fbi office in anchorage, alaska two months ago and said government was forcing him to watch isis videos. governmental officials took him to a mental hospital. that is all we know about that

, at the moment but of course stay with cbs one ape cbs philly.com as we monitor this situation. well, day after actress carrie fisher's memorial her mother debbie reynolds is laid to rest today. >> insider's louie ageare joins us with the very latest. >> the stars, continue to say their good bye to a hollywood dynasty. at los angeles forest lawn cemetery in the plot near liberache and great betty davis, debbie reynolds was buried with her daughter carrie's ashes. todd fisher appearing on gm a, revealing how a special sign guided him and carrie's daughter billy lord to choosing their final resting lays. >> as i'm standing there humming bird come, and to where we were standing and i knew that was the right spot. for her and carrie. i called billy, and i said, told her what i just observed and he said, done. >> reporter: yesterday a large amount of security was present at carrie's beverly hills

estate as billy hosted a celebrity filled memorial for her beloved mom that turned into a lively hollywood dinner party. >> someone is staring the at you, in personal growth. >> reporter: guest list included meg ryan, gwyneth paltrow, star wars creator george lucas, jamie lee cortez , courtney love and francisco bain and merrill streep, who led the guest in the sing along of one of carrie's favorite tunes, happy taste are here again. >> ♪ happy days are here again. >> reporter: we will have so much more on the insider, ukee and nicole, back to you in the studio. two women in oak air called heroes after helping an an hall shelter make it through 2016 without having to out nice a single dog. >> these two ladies teamed up and created a facebook page for the team. fighting safe layses for all 27 dogs. by doing so they saved city more than $6,000 in euthanasia

tease. >> very nice. you know, if you liked the snow, today was a pretty good day. >> today was not a bad day at all. today was like my perfect kind of snow. you woke up. roads were already cleared. snow was out. everything looked pretty, light, powdery. >> yes. >> and here comes round two. it will be interesting, what i'm interested to see over/ under on philadelphia we got 1.9 this morning. will we get more or less with this second round? because we are in the coat to go 2-inch range.d? let me say that this storm is a whole lot more tricky to information cast then last one the last one weak disturbance that moved through, straightforward forecast this one it is not our storm. the it is a south east storm and could be a coastal new england storm but we are getting back edge as it brushes the coast. what we have to watch out for is how close it the gets, what is the exact track of the storm as it moves up the coast and whether banding will develop over new jersey which could lead to enhanced snowfall rates in that band. very tricky forecast, lets look at what we have going on right now. we will start off down the

shore where things are quiet. calm before the storm. didn't get too much, we had a few dry spots form over south injuries which this morning's storm, and so a little bit of light snow on the ground but not too bad. ocean city will definitely sees a different picture at this time tomorrow. and here's another spot that will, the boardwalk plaza camera in rehoboth beach not showing much, just a little snow on the sidelines there on the dune but this is one spot that could see a upward of a half foot the of snow before the storm is finished with us. so big changes on the the way, in both of these spots. storm scan one lets get you out there, not much happening, friday night is quiet, calm before the storm, maybe a few light flurries moving in tonight but that is bit. nothing to worry b here comes the actual system. you can see it is streaking up through portions of the south east, and all of this energy transfers off shore and then it moves up the coast, and then early tomorrow morning, into midday tomorrow, and then eventually making it to new england by later tomorrow evening. you can see some of that light snow over portions of virginia , but we're starting to see heavier stuff break out north of raleigh-durham north

carolina this is very dangerous situation for the south because they don't have the kind of snow removal infrastructure that we have up north and we get several inches like this especially in the deep south it can cause major, major travel problems. temperatures definitely cold enough for snow, again, 27 in allentown 367891 here in philadelphia. thirty in millville. thirty-one in dover. lets talk burr on snow time line. snow will move in from south east to northwest, between four and 8:00 a.m. i don't expect to see it the in the city until eight or even nine. between 8:00 and to is when steady yes, sir snow will fall off to the east. it will stay light in the city after 2:00 o'clock on saturday a gradual tapering from northwest to south east. you can see temperatures how cold it is as snow moves in. it is in 209's. very cold air, also means light, fluffy snow. get that light fluffy snow it piles up faster. that means you can get higher amounts with that higher ratio of snowfall. 9:00 a.m. steady snow, band ago long the coast that continues through about 11:00 a.m. still temperatures in the

lower 20's. 2:00 p.m. it is still snowing but we will see it start to move out. how much are we talking here? coat to go 2 inches, philadelphia, surrounding suburbs, north and west, not much if anything. as you head down to the coast, four to 6 inches for most of the shore points. is there a chance if we get six plus, cape may county, sussex county delaware. coming up next we will zoom in and take you through regions and we will take a closer look at those numbers and what each spot could get but again we're looking at a very, very tight gradient, four to six, even six plus along the coast and not much more than a coat to go an inch or two, in the the city of philadelphia, north and woes is our big winners with the higher elevations. we will not see much, if anything, at all look at how cold it is. only in the 20's, sunday and monday, the wind making it feel like the teens and single digits. >> all right, kate, thanks very much for that. wfor is covering this situation down in florida. that is governor rich scott of flashings let's listen in.

>> never get in our great state. i will answer any questions that anybody has. >> i flew into executive airport. >> unaudible. >> i believe so. >> i came in here as quickly as i could, stay informed, make sure that whatever resources that the state needs to provide, i made sure that the sheriff knew that, airport knew that but on top of that i to that information airports and sheriff's department across the state. talking to our national guard to make sure they were ready. >> reporter: what information do you have on the gunman. >> this is an ongoing investigation. all that information will be released, through the sheriff 's department at the pope eighth time. >> reporter: unaudible. >> we don't have details right now but that will be released, at the rope eighth time. right now biggest thing to do is to pray for them. we went through, pulse, the

biggest thing is, you know, pray for those individuals, that end up in the hospital, and pray that everyone of them serve ice. >> unaudible. >> i know president obama has not reached out to me but i have talk to vice-president pence and president-elect trump, and just to keep them informed. >> reporter: did you reach out to obama. >> i have not. >> unaudible. >> look, this is an ongoing investigation. service department will release information, as quickly as they can. >> eight people injured, five people killed in the baggage claim area of terminal two in fort lauderdale-hollywood airport. governor rick scott briefing reporters on the very latest situation right now. we, of course, will continue our coverage, throughout the day and at 6:30 on the "cbs evening news". we will be right

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talking a little eagles, and good news for a change. >> yes. >> pretty much negative for a while so a little positive news. rough year for the philadelphia eagles but one player is singled out for his excellence on defense. brandon graham, who finished with five and a half sachs was named a second team all pro by the associated press today. pro football focus actually named him the best 4/1 defensive end in football this year for his relentless pursuit of the quarterback. carson wentz could be adding some hardware this off season as well, after tossing an nfl rookie record 379 completions, wentz was named one of the five finalist for rookie of the year. he will be competing with ezekiel elliott and dak prescott of the dallas cowboys among others and one more note , ben simmons was seen in practice today with the sixers , ramping up that rehab, they play celtics at 7:30. >> thanks, pat. coming up next, half an hour why this flu season could

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as we continue at 5:30 with the latest on the deadly airport shooting in fort lauderdale, an arriving passenger opened fire at baggage claim killing five people and wounding eight others. he was immediately taken into custody. the shooting sent panicked passengers running out of the terminal and on to the tarmac. all describe chaos, this way. >> we were just minding our own business waiting foreground transportation, and the shooting started in this building. immediately a man came and people were running by. it was hard to tell what exactly was happening. man ran down escalate or with the sheriff, police. >> reporter: the suspect has been identified as 26 year-old esteban santiago ruiz, law enforcement officials tell cbs news he had active duty military id on him. we will continue to follow the latest developments throughout our broadcast. and we are also tracking another snowstorm, tonight, good evening, i'm ukee

washington. i'm nicole brewer in for jessica dean tonight. you might call this a coastal curve ball because jersey shore could get hit the hardest. meteorologist kate bilo is at the weather center with a look at the forecast, kate. >> we are coming off last night's storm which brought an inch or two to most of the area, was out by this morning. road were fine. we have another round of snow and for some spots down the shore especially this could be a lot shore then the first round, we're seeing it really develop over carolinas, virginia, we can see heavy snow breaking out right here over north carolina this transfers this energy off shore, starts to lift up the coast overnight and tomorrow morning and first half of the day tomorrow is when we will see this system have have its most drastic impact on our area especially for shore points. you can see coming into tomorrow morning is when snow over wents area from south east to northwest, very sharp cut off, very light snow, little to no accumulation this is northern and western suburbs. look at how much it is falling

here with the dark purple shading, storm climbs up the coast, four to six this much's long the coast of new jersey and delaware, a few local spots could see six lust up to eight or the 9 inches cannot be ruled out and that head up to new england. we will take you region by region break town snowfall amounts, time it out and tell you about a frigid blast of air that will follow this system once it tea parts. nicole, back over to you. president-elect donald trump is meeting with top u.s. intelligence officials over alleged russian cyber hacking in the 2016 presidential election. new tea classified report says that russia president vladamire putin ordered the interference. the head of the nation's intelligence agencies, delivered a classified report on russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election , to president-elect donald trump this new york. cbs news has learned that the report includes information that shows russian actors or go betweens delivered stolen tell i can e-mails to wikileaks and its founder

julian assange, in recent weeks, trump vested doubt about the findings. >> i just want them to be sure it is pretty serious charge. i want them to be sure. >> reporter: mr. trump is laying out a you this proposal how to pay for building a wall along u.s./mexico border. trump aid say taxpayers will flip bill and get reimbursed by mexico. >> congress is taking it on themselves to explore different options to pay for wall but from our perspective nothing has change report report this morning mr. trump tweeted the dishonest media cost not report any honey spent on building the great wall will be paid by mexico later. president-elect trump says this new approach is for the sake of speed. >> president-elect trump wants congress, to investigate top secret intelligence, shared with the media outlet require to him seeing it. and it is official today congress tallied electoral college votes and donald trump has been elect president. vice-president joe biden led vote count, mr. trump finished

with 304 votes and democrat hillary clinton got 227. there were seven protest vote for other candidates. it takes 270 electoral college votes to win the presidency. donald trump will be inaugurated on january 20th. meanwhile trump is slamming arnold schwartsenager 's hosting performance on the new celebrity apprentice. on twitter, trip seven called out california's storm are governor for failing to match trump's own ratings as host of the show. trump says schwartsenager got swamped, by comparison to the ratings machine that djt. schwartsenager responded he said president-elect should work as hard to represent all of the americans as he did for tv ratings. emotional farewell from the current first lady michelle obama as she fights back tears touring her final public speech in washington today. looks obama spoke at the white house for event honoring school counselor of year. president started it two years ago to highlight counselors with great leadership and

promote higher education. first lady reminded the crowd of the power of hope, and got emotional as she said good bye >> so i want to close the day by simply saying thank. thank you for everything that you do for our kid and our country. being your first lady has been the greatest honor of your life and i hope i have made you road. >> president obama's term end on january 20th, at noon. chicago judge denied bail for facebook live torture suspects. two men and two women facing hate crimes made their first court appearance to take. they are accused of kidnapping a teenager with special need, torturing him and sharing live video of the attack on facebook. the prosecutors say that the victim knew one of the suspects. the 18 year-old suffers there schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder. >> this should they ever have happened. we're overwhelmed and surprised. we're happy that everyone is

concerned. >> reporter: hate crime charges resulted from the suspect's use of on racial slurs and their references to the victim's disability. early morning walk around buckingham palace almost ended with queen elizabeth being shot, by one of her security guard. ninety year-old british monarch likes to take walks when she can't sleep. during one walk at 3:00 a.m. a security guard reportedly saw a figure in the darkness. he called out to see who was there and the queen replied. he informed the queen that he almost shot her. she said, next time, she would let him know she was going for a walk. >> wow. >> i'm telling you. >> it is a sign of the winter season, still to come tonight on "eyewitness news" flu season is ramping up, why doctors say this could be a tough one, and, what you can do next, to protect yourself. and get your star bucks fix and healthy option for breakfast what coffee shop chain is adding to the menu. live picture from fort lauderdale where five people were killed, eight others where you had in the shooting

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and around the country, and it is expected to keep increasing over the coming weeks. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with that update >> reporter: it is that time of the year. it seems like people are sick, every where, including in our news room. cdc officials say through numbers appear to be in line with previous season's so far, and it is not just flu, local hospitals are seeing people sick with all sorts of viruses the emergency department at abington happies extra bus which flu cases and a variety of other illnesses, in the last 11 days more than 3200 patients were treated in the emergency department. >> she's having stomach problems for last three or four days. >> reporter: maurice austin brought his mom to the hospital to get check out, illnesses spike after the holidays and when kid are back in school, germs spread easily when people are in close contact. influenza across pennsylvania is now widespread, with more than 4500 cases, now confirmed nationwide cdc officials say they expect flu activity to

keep increasing across the country over the next several weeks. this year, so tar most common treated influenza circulating is influenza a. >> reporter: that strain is known to cause more severe illnesses specially in young children and people 65 and older. ctc, says so far this years flu shot seems to be well matched to the strains out there influenza vaccine can protect awe begins influenza illness but protect you present hospitalization. >> reporter: doctors say it is not the too late to get a flu shot. influenza activity in new jersey is being called, moderate with just under a thousand cases, delaware has 130. this is time of the year when doctors say, flu cases, start to spike. so, i keep this handy, and walk around with it every where. you need to, you know, use hand sanitizer, wash your hand because there are sick people every where. this is best ways to guard against getting sick. >> can i take a hit.

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>> hi, hi. >> and they struggled for years until the quadruplets came along. they are nicknamed, the quad squad. >> oh, wow. >> she has got her handful. i do not blame her for a second. >> how about that. >> yes. >> when you are in the bathroom, getting ready and you just see hands. >> you are like get out. >> high son just lets himself right in. there is no expectation of privacy. >> we're sharing the love. >> there is something going around in this build to go? let's all stay healthy, enjoy some nice picturesque snow tomorrow. depending where you are, might be picturesque, pretty, nuisance system. this is more than a nuisance down the shore. but again this is a tricky forecast because this system is not straightforward. it is tracking up the coast. we have to watch back edge of it. it depend on the exact track of that low, if it is several more miles out to sea, it changes everything. and we could see banding set up. we have talk about that with winter storms f a band of snow

sits over one region, for an extended period of time it can lead to enhanced snowfall rates where ever that sets up which could end up being further inland then we had predict. something to keep an eye on. we have to now cast it throughout the day tomorrow. so, lets take a look at and help you do the best with what we have. here's our forecast. we will start off with right the now which is looking pretty quiet over center city. out and about on your try night no worries on the road f there is any left over puddles or moisture from this morning 's system they could re freeze as temperatures drop down below freezing. we are down to 3 degrees right now, at the cbs broadcast center. so that means it is watch out for slick spots. everything dried out pretty well today. storm scan three looks clear, a few light flurries over eastern maryland. that is it for now but we will zumoff to the south and you cane, something is brewing, it is a pretty major storm especially for south east. look at this heavy snow, over central mississippi, moving into alabama, this is not the something that they see very often this far south. certainly don't have the kind of snow removal equipment and frame structure that we have in the north east.

so that could be a major every problems on those road. lots of ice happening as well in mississippi anal bam a we are seeing heavy snow over portions of the carolinas and virginia, and thinks first batch that will impact us, but this will be a long duration system. so even if we just see outer edge on have that storm along the coast it could be for hours and hours of steady snow , through the entire first half of the day tomorrow and very, very cold. so that means the snow is high ratio snow, which means it is light, fluffy stuff and piles up very quickly. when it is wet, heavy snow it tend to compact. you do not the get as much. light fluffy powder piles up and you get the higher amounts in that type of the snow situation. so, future weather, it shows the first little batch moving into the the shore points by 5:00 a.m. that is why the shore will see the most as it just keeps coming through the day. don't think we will see much in if ale until about 9:00 a.m. the steady yes, sir will be until about the first part of the afternoon. so from 9:00 to 1:00 we can expect snow in the city but notice heavier stuff coming down along the coast at 11:00 a.m. that continues through 1:00

o'clock. it gradually tapers from west to east by 4:00 p.m. lets the talk about snowfall amounts, we will start off in the city and nearby suburbs. coat to go 2-inch's long i-95 corridor, philadelphia, surrounding suburbs, we will head up to the north and west, little or nothing there t second to four for interior south jersey, camden, gloucester counties and cumberland county. millville up along the coast that is your four to six range and kent, sussex counties in delaware f we get higher then six, best chance cape may and sussex counties right along the coast. some spots, could possibly, end up with eight or 9 inches of snow. down short that winter storm warning is in effect. storms hug the coast, four to 6 inches for most, six plus in spots, tapers saturday evening watch for slow travel. interestingly enough, this is copping in on the anniversary of our biggest storm ever in philadelphia, over 30 inches, with the blizzard of 96, that was 21 years ago and it started on this day, mess have the snow fell on the seventh. then our polar plunge comes in for rest of the weekend.

we are talking about wind chills early sunday morning, sub zero in the poconos and lehigh valley. single digits in the city. the it will feel no better than five to 10 degrees sunday morning down the shore with the fresh snow pack. snow will in the go anywhere for quite sometime. cloudy, very cold, 20 degrees, tomorrow cloud, light the snow , heavy snow to the east and then sunday and monday are frigid but sunny and look at the this swing, we will go from 20's to mid 50's, by wednesday, with the chance for rain, we will send it back to you guys. >> kate, thanks very much. still ahead on "eyewitness news". >> we will go behind the scenes of the weekend's new

afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me.

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race in hidden figures and li am neeson voices a monster who helped a young boy cope with tragedy in a monster call . >> cool. for a monster. >> in a monster call knees son voices the monster called upon by a young boy facing a difficult road when his mother becomes ill. it is a tough role for a young actor and kneeson had nothing but praise for his co-star, lewis mcdougal. >> he is real, absolutely real the scenes i had to do with him, his emotional levels were high and they were unbelievably, believable, and i said how does that kidman age that, you know, without appearing to act. >> of course, you air frayed but you will make it through. >> we are just on our way to work at nasa. >> i had no idea they hired. >> quite a few women, working in the space program. >> and in hidden figures taraji p henson, act dave use

spencer and janet monell stars three life math experts who launch earliest missions for nasa despite facing racism and sexism in the early 60's. >> there is no roth call for women attending. >> and for the cast, bringing the previously untold story to the big screen was an honor. >> this is why it is our responsibility to bring these stories, to life, because there are so many people, that contributed to our society and our world, and that is why we're all, excited to be part of this movie because we didn't know these stories and there is so many more to be told. >> yes, yes, they have woman doing nasa, now. >> because we wear glasses. >> for entertainment tonight i'm kevin frazier, back to you in the studio. two excellent choices. >> yes. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> right now at 6:00 tragedy in florida, five people, dead, eight injured, and then

tonight we're learning more about the the suspect shooter now in custody. also we are over at philadelphia international air poverty where shocked pass eveningers from fort lauderdale reacted to the news kate? and, we just got the over our last storm, from last night, and now we've got another one to watch, we have an eye on the storm tonight as a system makes its way up the eastern seaboard and this could mean significant accumulations for parts of the area i'll break town how much will fall and when it will begin. and getting ready down the shore, road crews hard at work to make sure south jersey, coastal town, up there are prepared for the next storm he was just randomly shooting. he was just like he was, he was like walking through the wood. he was picking off things like target practice. panic at fort lauderdale hollywood airport. gunfire send travelers scrambling for safety. tonight five are ted, eight

are injured and we are learning more about the the suspect who is in custody. good evening, everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean has the evening off. gunman opened fire in the terminal two baggage claim. >> he is identified as 26 year-old esteban santiago re ease, his brother says he had been received, psychological treatment while living in alaska. and we have also learned that in the past, he was investigated for child porn. santiago ruiz was immediately taken in custody after opening fire. about an hour later passengers were streaming back inside the airport when another panic broke out. people ran after reports of more gunfire which turned out to be tals. everybody started running out, of the terminal one, out out of the railcar place. so some lady was yelling for help down in the garage. i just ran, here i am. >> reporter: fort lauderdale airport remains closed, tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is at philadelphia international airport with what is happening