i'm rahel solomon. let's check weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> i i cannot help but think about what will happen tomorrow. >> just one day at a time. >> just one day at a time. >> so walking out the door this morning i will say i had high coat opened, i was taking off my clothes, walking outside the building. with you i will say road are very wet. it the will slow us down, and we have one accident out there >> thankfully it doesn't look like much more than a quick shower out there in a couple sots but it is a very mild take and very much like april to take but before we see just a completely opposite turnaround, take place here. we have showed you that system starting to develop across nebraska, iowa that will be making its arrival here and intensifying coming our way. in the meantime i want to get you out the door on this hit. the police stick with us for much more on the storm for thomas we go through the rest of the broadcast here but for now clouds will begin to clearly very well detine back edge to the cloud cover.

they will thin out with time here. let's talk about this storm system. that is moving out. the don't worry about that one say for lingering shower. look at intensification that takes lays out of this. we will just be in the the wheat spot to see heavy snow tall into tomorrow morning, starting as early assay hid night, that is when winter storm warning will take effect the there is significant accumulation expect out of this. stick with me for more on this throughout the rest of the broadcast but for now, total opposite, record time warmth, mid 60's, cool breeze out of the midwest but we will see a ton of people out doing kelly drive marathon when you get outside for first time when it the is super mild and take a run. i'm sure rahel will be out there too. that storm does develop. yeah, she's giving me a look, hard thon training. >> yes. >> we will look forward to the rest of the afternoon, beautiful take all things considered. notice breeze, and then later tonight, well, let's put the it this way all heck breaks lose, meisha.

>> it sure is going to. >> before you say that because we are expecting the storm to i am ago us during morning rush we are going on extra early tomorrow so join us at 4:00aah for very latest traffic and school closings and delays and i have a dealing we will see some more good i would venture a bet that we are as well. thank you so much. it is one of the things we say energy to take while we have it, tomorrow, tar cry what we will be dealing with this morning. what we are dealing with right now is, first of all we are in the 60's but we have wet roadways and that is going to slow us down a little bit but nothing like what we are dealing with tomorrow with all that snow. we are looking at a split screen, vine headlights moving in the westbound direction near schuylkill and i-95 headlights moving southbound past betsy ross. the these are letting you know what kind of wet this is we are dealing with on the roadways. you can see on the vine you can most definitely see sheen kicking up there behind you. ninety-five is looking slightly more try than the vine but this will slow us

down this morning. we have an accident out there, still lingering in willow grove. winddot road at easton road for those in and around that area might slow you down but overall not too concerned about that and will get cleared out fairly quickly. it hads been out there a little bit. we have construction on the pennsylvania turnpike between bensalem and willow grove. two lanes block there still. jim and rahel, back over to you. philadelphia police are trying to track down suspects in the series of brazen robberies. >> over the last couple of weeks five stores have been targeted, "eyewitness news" report are trang do is live at police headquarters with surveillance video showing one business owner, fighting back, good morning, trang. >> reporter: robbers didn't realize natalie the business owner had a gun. he was able to shoot, injure one of the suspects in police custody. other man police say is spots ible for five robberies, throughout west, and southwest philadelphia. >> i know it is a robbery. >> reporter: in 30 years of business in cobbs creek john had never been rob. the that is until january 29th

, when two armed has beinged men entered the eagles corner chinese take out at 62nd and spruce through a rear door. surveillance video shows one of the men holding him at gunpoint. >> i feel someone very close to me. >> reporter: after grabbing cash from the register the men ran off but in the before he was able to fire a few shots with his own weapon hitting one of them. >> i grabbed the gun, you know , i tried to protect the family, you know, i have gave a shot. >> reporter: office's rested suspect after he sought medical treatment at a local hospital, but lieutenant john walker says natalie crime spree didn't end right there. >> even after his co-defendant was shot one taste later he find another male to do robberies with. >> reporter: another man went on to rob two more stores with his new accomplice even as several customers shopped inside tiny vine street deli on north simpson street. >> we have had a shoot-out occur, and, which is dangerous you can see them entering these businesses and they have

guns out. people are in the the store shopping. most of these owners now do carry guns in their businesses it can getting youly real quick. >> reporter: investigators believe man they are looking for is from the the area of 65th and haverford. if you recognize him or another man in the surveillance video you are asked to contact southwest detectives. but for now we are outside police headquarters i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" jim and rahel, back to you. >> thank you. in other news this morning , some newlyweds in our area missing wedding gifts after a center sit the eye bridal registry, mysteriously closes. >> victoria lynch registered with manor home and gifts in rittenhouse square but after returning from her honeymoon she saw the store was closed. lynn much says she has not gotten her gifts yet and she's not the only one. >> i mean i have been in contact with other brides and grooms about this topic, and what i have heard so far, from some 18 couples that we're talking to that there is a range there anywhere from like two or $3,000 up to $12,000 of people, that they are adding

on their registry right now. >> and "eyewitness news" has contacted the store, multiple times, but so far have not received a response. the shop does appear to be fully stocked and its web site is still accepting purchases so we will keep you up to date president trump's immigration and travel ban remains in limbo this morning as a federal appeals court in san francisco considers whether or not to reinstate it now, after hearing arguments there both sides, hena daniels tells us natalie court is working to get a decision out quickly. >> reporter: hour long hearing , conduct by phone, in a san francisco appeals court, is the most significant legal battle yet over president trump's travel ban. >> president's determination that a 90 day pause was needed was constitutional. >> reporter: three judge panel peppered the attorney with department of justice with questions as he pressed to have order barring refugees and citizens, of seven majority muslim countries reinstated, at one point the judges asked for more evidence >> there have been a number of people from somalia connected

to al-shabob who have been convicted in the united states >> is that in the record can you point us to where in the record you're referring? >> it is no the in the record. >> reporter: having already argued the case before, attorneys representing the states, fighting the ban were at an advantage. >> because, students and faculty at our state universities were stranded overseas, we have families that were separated, we had, we had long time residents who could not travel overseas to visit their families without knowing that they would be able to come back. >> reporter: last week this family fleeing syria and living in the turkish refugee camp was denied entry into the u.s. but were allowed in on monday due to the halt of the executive order. >> this is the country of streams and this is where, this is where they will rebuild their lives. >> reporter: president trump has suggested he is willing to take the legal fight all the way to the supreme court, hena daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". and while the battle over the president's immigration order continues, another battle is being for the on the senate floor. lets go live, democrats are staging a marathon debate for second night in a row this time against attorney general nominee jeff sessions. last night senator elizabeth warren was temporarily barred from speaking on the floor after delivering a highly critical speech of senator sessions. her comments included reading a letter by coretta scott king , the late wife of the of course martin luther king, junior. there is in rain storm we will tell you what caused this wall of water, up next. plus we are also following the latest on new orleans where a state of emergency has been declared following a tornado out break. here one woman's incredible story on have survival. mother nature's unstop pable force caught on camera. see more of this video showing a mud slide, demolishing a california home. >> ♪

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take a look at that heavy rain across bay area in california are creating scenes like this, this was concrete dan dam, in napa county. when the lake overflows water is released this is dam, the reservoir is at 100 percent capacity. take a look at this incredible video out of california where a mud slide destroyed a home, a roaring wall of mud was just too much for two story house to bear. good news, home owner says everyone got out safely, two neighboring houses have been deemed unsafe. >> incredible. state of emergency declared in lieu san. tornadoes touched town this is southeastern part of the state tuesday. look at this video from instagram showing tornado sweeping through the ninth

ward of new orleans, same area that took a direct hit from katrina in 2005. yesterday's twisters left more than a dozen people hurt. one survivor said she hid in her bathtub when she heard the powerful wind. >> the train, wind going so fast and i realized i better go in the bathtub. so, as soon as i got in, looked down, the roof came off , and thing went flying. i covered myself, raid, don't let's get her and here we are. >> she is just one of the many destroyed by tornadoes. national weather service will be in mobile, alabama to see if the tornado caused damage there severe weather brought lots of rain, lightening, one lightening strike is responsible for a barn fire, and on tuesday afternoon. take a look at this view from space showing just how large the storm system was that moved across the southeastern states, yesterday tough images all across the board from california to the south.

>> whole country is out of control. >> we have some weather coming our way, too, quite the system apparently, katie. >> right now it is only dumping light moderate snow at worst across central plains but by the time it reaches us it will be tapping in the atlantic moisture really drawing upon that as it rapidly intensifies, basically right over our area so we sort of end up hitting the jackpot, sweet spot with this storm system as a result but not everyone will get in on that jackpot per se. let me show you here. we will start off with a wide zoom on storm scan three and the first storm system that brought in the rain yesterday that continues to tea part. then we have this guy back over again nebraska, iowa, now into western most illinois, that is the system that will streak across, eventually reach us later on tonight, under cover of the darkness and with plumetting temperatures it all just lines up, the stars are aligning with this storm system and will end up with decent snowfall as a result. he really like the way future

snowfall is redicking this. we will put this in motion. things don't get underway until overnight. we're expecting anywhere from four to 8 inches of snow to fall through southeastern, pennsylvania and traveling into north central, new jersey but further south you go this actually start as a mix or just plane rain. you will be limited more than anything due to timing to actually end up with accumulation. more like kent, sussex county, cape may county, coat to go 2 inches and then this sliver of the heed yum blue shade more like two to 4 inches. so four to 8 inches for rest of you. here's how it times out. as early as midnight but two to 5:00ah things get underway here tomorrow morning. heaviest of that snow will be thumping perfect timing right during the morning rush from five to ten. i have a feeling we will see quite a foot if in the the delays a lot of school cancellations, ten to two thursday is when that they will be tapering there west to east but damage will have been done, in the meantime, who

feels like a little mid-april to take? 20 degrees milder then it was this same time yesterday as that translates to the thermometer in philadelphia you are already this is 60's, and the sun has obviously not yet come up. so we are doing well. we will in the see a ton of read out on the thermometer here to take but 63 to tie the tally record is what we are pegging that high. would i suggest doing a before and after picture here to take it is extreme opposite tomorrow this aim time with snow and much colder air working its way in. four to 8 inches expect, meisha. >> sixty-three to 38, katie, unreal. well, good morning, happy hump day looking outside ben franklin bridge, so, we're looking as we typically do in terms of the congestion at the this point cracking in the the 5:00 o'clock hour. i want to call your attention to the sheen on the roadways. as we walk outside the door, despite the the fact it is 60 degrees it is still wet out there wet roadways will slow us down a bit. if i were you, major interstate and highways give yourself couple extra minutes.

ben franklin bridge looking good as you should. schuylkill taillights moving in the westbound treks, at boulevard we are looking good there as well. looking over eastbound side same story over there we are looking as we should but we are building levels ever so slightly on a wednesday in the 5:00 o'clock hour we can expect that. ninety-five south at cottman this is what we are looking at there around the s curve but when the lights shine on the roadway you can see the sheen on the roadway. it the will dry up. it is 60 degrees outside. this morning would i say in the 6:00 o'clock hour just a head up give me self extra time if i was coming in. pennsylvania turnpike ben sale he will and willow grove we have construction out there, two lanes are still block. rahel and jim, back over to you. all right, meisha, thank you. nor for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> charter schools advocate betsy devos won confirmation on tuesday as u.s. secretary of education. vice-president mike pence cast tie breaking vote, first time a vice-president had to break a 50/50 tie, on a cabinet

nomination. in the intelligencer her judges may be added to the bench in bucks and montgomery counties pennsylvania is that the bill 222 will add two more court of common pleas judges to the bucks county courthouse in doylestown and one more to montgomery county been inch norristown. press of atlantic city, new jersey state troop hours helped deliver baby at fort norris station parking lot last month got a chance to meet the little girl under less stress fall conditions. she trove to the trooper station on january 19th and gave birth to little caniya williams when she didn't think she would make it to the hospital. >> very sweet. >> that is a look at newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. up next patrick's here with sports. >> good morning, guys. not a good morning for flyers they get bad news regarding a rookie. plus villanova looking for their fourth straight win at the pavilion last night at the georgetown.

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well, welcome back. glad you are waking up with us here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> pat's here with sports. >> ready for sixers tonight. they are back from a long road trip, four game road trip, that saw sixers lose by an average of over 18-point per game. they will return tonight, and that is not necessarily a good thing they get spurs who had best second best record excuse me in the league at 39-12. plus, availability of joel embiid still unknown, after being, forced to sit as a healthy scratch, the previous two games travis konecny got back on the ice monday night in st. louis. he is out four to six weeks. konecny smashed in the board in the second period and out

with a lower body injury. the flyers will take on islanders tomorrow night. you can be just like villanova head coach jay wright you won't have national championship like jay but you can look like him. that is what fans did last night during trust like coach wright night at the pennsylvaniaville beyond. jay, dapper as always ready to take on georgetown, late first half, chris jenkins misses three but daunte devincentso with the put back cats up by 17 in the first half. nova has done this recently they let teams come back in the second half as rodney pry or cutting lead to two but cats regain control, josh hart for three, that is three of his 25. number two know of beats hoyas by 11, 48 straight wins at the pavilion. before they got the to villanova hoyas bus was in the accident with an suv. it happened on i-95 outside of baltimore. the bus, parentally rear ended a vehicle, members of the team

got out and helping and victims taken to the hospital to get check out. separate bus was brought into take the team to villanova. we told you yesterday morning that john kruk is back in town and this morning we are hearing from the phillies wall of famer. john kruk, joins phillies broadcast team after some work with fox and espn, 300 career batting average and exactly 1100 home runs over his ten year career with the padres, phillies, white socks. kruk knows phillies are rebuilding. >> it could be difficult this year but i think, you know, future looks really good because they will be able to get what they need, hopefully, but they need to get young pitching up to where they can throw 180, 200 innings, and if they get that, you know, we can try to convince someone to come here and play, right is this. >> john kruk says he hates ties. >> till is crew packed their bags yesterday at citizens bank park, truck will be load

today and off we go to clearwater, phillies pitchers and catchers report to syringe training monday, position players can show up on thursday, and coming up at 6:00, i will be live at the stadium showing you the preparations for the big day, boxes, stacked high they are getting ready for tractor trailer. i will there been shortly. >> iowa there is yesterday, doing a story but so exciting to see suitcases, equipment, and syringe is coming. >> would i like to stowe away, before the storm tomorrow. >> seventy-seven today in clearwater. >> nice, thanks, patrick. coming up next on "eyewitness news" music to match your hood, we will tell you about a new feature coming to one popular app. a brawl at a charity basketball game and it is all captured on tape. we will tell what you led to the fight. we are watching the latest as senators hold another around the clock marathon debate this time about president trump's attorney general nominee jeff sessions. katie? well, jim as we get ever

closer to the upcoming weekend we will see ups and downs leading up to it but a warming trend is on tap for the weekend, should see something saturday at least partially but would i say we are expecting some rain on sunday even december site the to being that temperatures are warming, wet weather to dodge, in the meantime we have a snow storm working its way our way we will walk you through what that means for the area, impacts af ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it isn't just about vision, it's about care. nobody cares for eyes more than pearle.

from the 60's to snow live look at center city this will be a different picture tomorrow morning, katie's tracking snow, but first we are looking at the very mild temperatures today. good morning i'm rahel solomon i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be here this just a minute but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> during an eight take period this heal struck four times. >> a dangerous, crime spree police are on the the hunt for suspects wanted in a brazen robbery vee targeting business ness southwest philadelphia investigators believe the man they are looking for is from the 55th and haverford. state of emergency declared in louisiana after multiple tornadoes touched down. >> we just got the to move

toward. >> and democrats stage another marathon floor debate, as attorney general nominee jeff sessions. >> i'm surprised natalie word of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate. >> reporter: massachusetts senator elizabeth warren was asked to take her seat for delivering a see much about the alabama senator. senate confirmed education secretary betsy devos, and republicans clearly nothing is shore important then getting the right leader for the department of education, which to take, they introduced a bill to eliminate. >> congratulations, betsy you are the new pilot of the hindenburg you got a light. he does it again, 5:30. lets get out to katie. >> hey, guys we are, of course , tracking a you this batch of snow for the area and may end up being one of the most significant snowfalls we will get for the entire season how much are we talking? well, lets get you out the