well, look at all that snow, snow is coming down, across the area winter storm warning is in effect. >> and if you have a -- if you november the scene rain just yet in your area be patient, it is coming, or as jim donovan is saying it is coming , and promises to headache the best of the morning commute. >> that was meisha saying that >> it is thursday, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. also all philadelphia public and archdiocese schools are closed, hundreds of other closures. see those at bottom of the screen. also on cbs philly to the come >> very busy morning for katie and meisha. they will get our day started. >> it feels like such an under statement even toss than the it feel so busy, katie. >> incredibly busy. >> i will just say give yourself an extra 30 to 40. you want to go more in the

hour and hour and a half range as you move toward six or 7:00 we have speed restriction this is place all over not to hemmings accidents. >> would i say you can work there home, take the day, even joy the home, just one of those days. look at this. we have got rain snow line still, setting up here just south east of i-95. rain is pounding down. we have seen a lot of reports as well down near shore points of lightening, take a look couple recent strikes off shore there rehoboth, ocean pines area, but regardless the rain, thunderstorms are the problem near the shore, initially but we have snow overtaking the region. we have been getting tweet is here, lauren casey and i and we are, and still this chestnut hill, and, forget woman's nim in fox chase it is turning over to snow that way. you have multiple hours snow

of snow, lehighton and toby hanna these are some of the current totals right thousand, at least 2 inches if not three plus have fallen in these areas. this is very short lived. winter storm warnings as you height imagine still in lays, they will last through the afternoon in the purple, we have got winter weather advisory but regardless everyone gets in on the snow in some way shape or storm but it will be heaviest southeastern pennsylvania and northern counties. factor in the heavy wet the snow, win driven it will reduce your visibility, big time, 1.5 whiles visibility reported in reading, less than a mile this allentown and barely see your hand in front of face this hunt pocono. quite variety when it comes to that. other impacts to consider, obviously one that shacks you in the forehead is snowfall, very significant issue here today. it will slow you down, just physically. you won't be able to drive through multiple inches also this it is plowed away. the win also picking up in intensity we will talk about that later in the broadcast.

locally icing is a concern and certainly meisha this lead into you the commute is going to be drastically impacted. >> it already is. >> it already is, yep. started in the 4:00 o'clock hour and trickling down to 6:00. we will see it all morning long. good morning everyone. we will move right into it. we have a lot to cover. two accidents 309, taillights moving this is northbound treks and southbound direction as well blocking the right lane. it is north bound side blocking shoulder, right lane, right side of the roadblocking the right lane and southbound side and this is before pennsylvania turnpike, on 309, we have three stents for a while now down to two it is very, very slow not to hemmings very slippery there as well. looking at king of prussia, 202, headlights moving this is northbound treks at schuylkill snow is coming down visibility is now laying a major factor. a lot of headlights out there we are seeing brake lights go off letting you know we are in longer traveling at posted speed. speed restrictions at lay, 45 miles an hour restrictions

on hose highways on most of them but i will tell you under line most 25 miles an hurry distributions on the betsy ross, walt whitman bridge. traveling 45 or 25 already is being slow you know how long it will take to you get there point a to point b. factor in extra time they are your commute this morning. we have an accident here germantown pike westbound near gaining avenue, heads up on this, we are seeing stents pop up. also in the world of has transit, septa, subway rights are your best option. patco running special scheduled between 5:00 a.m. and two. new jersey transit cross honoring rail service delayed 15 minutes and major cancellations at the airport, i will tweet this all out for you coming up, jim and rahel, back over to you. our live weather coverage takes to us lehigh county where snow has been falling for a few hours thousand. >> trang do is live where plow s are working hard to keep up with the snow, trang, still smiling. >> reporter: rahel this snow is hitting he right in the face.

three hours now, and the snow is not letting up here in the lehigh rally. joining he out here is rob, who has had a busy morning. >> yes, very busy, and roads are very, very horrible, if you can stay home, stay home. we're out here trying to to our job and people are sliding around, stuck on the hills. the roads are horrible. even the main roads are down to one lane. >> rob, you were telling me down the hill here you saw a bunch of accidents, yeah, they are stuck on the hill trying to get up out of the city. >> thanks, rob. be careful, will you. thanks very much. >> he has got it exactly right , so many snowplow is here every couple minutes coming through, conditions are really not great for driving. it is slushy, wet snow that does have potential to retrees so just good advice to stay off the roads as we have been telling you all morning but now back to you in the studio.

>> good advice, thanks. lets check with "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden live in montgomery county. >> joe, you were there as rain quickly turned to snow about an hour ago, what are things looking like now this blue bell. >> reporter: when that change over happened we were questioning how could the snow just accumulate on such, you know, wet surfacees, factor in that temperature drop and we have an this much and a half of snow here in blue bell. what is interesting to notice the speed limits on dekalb pike here, pen to the has reduced them with a whole string of other highways but it appears that traffic is moving along at just a regular pace. we have seen lots of suv's out there but car going by right there, easy guess that car has to be going 30 miles an hour. we saw pen to the go by, in plows down just yet they are in salt mode. they were salting route 202 here to give you an idea saint helen's this way and

montgomery county community college is over my right shoulder here. it appears that most people are undaunted with what remains in the forecast we have talk about snowfall at heavy rate and visibility. i'm not sure if you can tell but using lights and everything, it is tough to see at times. so, that is latest here from blue bell now back to you guys >> joe, thank you. snowstorm will cause air travel trouble for folks. philadelphia international airport's twitter feed is urging travel tours check status of their flights before heading out. >> airport officials a cancellation and delays are expect throughout the morning. >> we will try to keep at least one of our two main runways opened, all day long but there will be many cancellations, unfortunately and those flights that are flying probably will be delayed. >> be sure to check philly international's web site, you can do that through ours, cbs philly to the come. >> we want to see your pictures post them with the # cbs-3 snow, we can show them

on the air. >> hopefully we will good ones >> we will this is be dealing with the situation like this, cars sliding all over the place find out where road are turning into an ice rink, pat. rahel, it is cold, that is ty out here this northeast philadelphia we are by philadelphia mills. we will update you on the conditions in this area just a couple minutes. we will need patients on the road today, take it slow, if you do not need to go out don't. we will be right back.

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welcome back to cbs-3 "eyewitness news" and our coverage of the winter storm. >> you want to be careful out there as snow, slippery conditions, culled make travel trick toy day. our pat gallen is live in the far northeast with the situation near philadelphia mills or as path the path would say franklin mills mall. hi there, pat. >> yeah, come on everyone knows it as franklin mills mall it is not philadelphia mills. we are right across the street from there woodhaven and knights road and i'll be honest with you people you see right the here are going at a slow rate which is good but we have seen people threw here, and that is not good because there is a, it is almost like crystal icing here with the sleet thousand finally turning over to snow here this

northeast philadelphia but just walking out here this is untreated surface on the sidewalks is a little treacherous so you can imagine roadways which penndot says they did in the treat because of the rain previously this morning. so that means there will be slick conditions, so, right here where we are standing it is slick as well. so far, not pad, the changeover is happening, and i'm kind of upset. i got shortened of the stick, we have got snow north and west of the city, joe holden is seeing accumulating snow this blue bell we are not seeing that quite yet here. we will move around here in northeast philadelphia check the conditions as they start to change over but not fun. i have my sled ready, i had high shovel ready. i was ready for some football in the snow. i was going to start to find friend. i can't find that. we have a dunkin' donuts thereby but this isn't fun snowstorm i thought i was going to get, trang got it but it will start to happen in northeast philadelphia we will update you on conditions in

this area as morning progress es you know how we say trust the process. i trust katie. >> thanks, jim. >> i trust katie. >> i'm this is so sure you do, pat. >> i will to have wait. >> all i can say pat knows i go to bat for the guy because he gets made fun of a lot, and i always support him. i'm just asking for the same, my trend. i love that jim, trust the process because i understand, we came off of warmth like this, yesterday, we hit the 70 's in atlantic city, wilmington, fresh record for the books here. thousand we are seeing substantial difference on the thermometer, you are seeing a 24-degree dip set there this same time yesterday, and as a result you're down into flirting with the freezing mark territory here in philadelphia at least where pat is located i did get numerous tweets from folks, keep them coming, and #cbs-3 snow, from people like phil in

chestnut hill where it has turned over in the last 15 minutes to a heavy snow and continue to see that heavy snow falling tar off to the north. heaviest banding right now right over philadelphia. i think it is just minutes at this point, pat before you will start to see this turn over. it is still heavy rain, notice lightening strikes em embedded here. line of thunderstorms at shore points but every where we will see that rain/snow line dropping through with time as we put it into motion. you coon see rotation in the back edge of this, drawing the cold air in, drawing moisture in and we are still expecting a pretty good swab of snow which lauren casey will get to just right after my hit here. so stick around for that. in the meantime, other things to consider here even though road initially where you have not quite seen that really heavy snow accumulate responding well to this, you have got the to keep in mind it is a heavy wet snow that is out there. so it will cling to branches,

power lines and then we will get wind going and that could potentially lead to power outages and piling up of that snow once it gets underway a. we have had 1 inch per hour band reported, possibly still lauren, still up to 2 inches in spots. so yeah it looks like this forecast will verify pretty well, wouldn't you say. >> i would say so because it is officially snowing in center city philadelphia. we have huge flakes. still sleet mixed in right now very wet snow but we have slush accumulation already on the cbs-3 sky deck. as we head throughout the day we will see that accumulation. we will see wind that are going to start to whip add to go that misery, wind advisory for philadelphia county and points south and east extending down the shore. we will have have wind gusts possible of 50 miles an hour, wind advisory from noon this will 6:00 p.m. future wind gusts as early as 8:00 o'clock hour, with gusting to 40 miles an hour long the coast and then those wind whipping to near 50 miles an hour at shore points.

gusting to possibly 40 to 45 miles an hour along i-95 corridor. for your commute home, yeah, hopefully you can just stay at home and don't have to be outside on the roads because wind will be whipping in the 5:00 o'clock hour and still gusting wind along shore points, into the late evening. it will be brutal. heavier snow. snow covered roadways, windy conditions, ice, snow covered road for your p.m. commute and then travel troubles all across the northeast not just for us so if you have had travel lance, we will have tough sots especially up toward new york city and boston. the blizzard warning in effect for parts of the long island where they are expecting over a foot of snow. >> yikes, lauren. this is one of the mornings where we immediately say just don't go out there and go outside. anything we look at will be a mess. i will pull your attention to camera shots, where we have 309 taillights moving in the northbound treks, accident pulled off to the shoulder.

we have a second accident blocking right lane before the pennsylvania turnpike. what is odd and even somewhat erie about this when we were looking at this 20 minutes ago it was bumper to bumper. it almost seems like it is lessened congestion levels a little bit. it is because they are getting word. we say go home, take a day off , stay home if at all possible. you will want to. you will sit in your car for a long time. 309, two accidents out there but we are looking okay in terms of the congestion levels we have another accident here involving injuries eagleville, germantown pike westbound near g therange avenue head up. we have another accident, this one is the tire is vehicle will fire e ms on the scene, this is in souderton schoolhouse road at forman road. use an alternate. allentown road is your best bet. you will absolutely slow down in that area. also, speed restriction this is lay 45 miles an hour in hose highways and bridges down to 25 miles an hour here, absolutely give yourself more

time lots more to discuss in mass trans tonight 10. jim, over to you. hope there i we don't see this happen later today, icy road caused this car to slip and slide down a hill in massachusetts. >> cameras were rolling as car skidded backward down the road , crashed into two other cars, fortunately no injuries report reported. >> keep checking bottom of the screen where we will get full list on cw philly.com. >> staff shoveling, heavy snow , serious health risk we have tips to prevent yourself from getting hurt when we come back.

weekend is just around the corner, things will look a lot tive rent then what they look like right now with heavy snow in center city

philadelphia but as we head toward up coming weekend we have a warming trend still chilly saturday with high temperatures generally in the the 40's but we will warm up to 50's by sunday, quite the difference and that will bring us a chance of rainfall, precipitation as we head into the end of the weekend, guys and not snowfall. all right, lauren, thank you. now for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> on the cover of the delaware county daily times four whose have after he was charge, delaware county emergency services director he had ward and he won, the charges were dismissed. from the times, proclaiming, stan yard harling the third take. twelve year-old boy died last february trying to save his father from their burning home and in the burlington county times willingboro township council has approved building of a you this 10 million-dollar firehouse, on charleston road, the 34,000 square foot structure will house fire department, and,

emergency services. >> that is look at newspaper headlines, around the delaware valley. not always guarantied. >> you will only see this on cbs-3. when two friend got word of the dog in trouble a world away new life unfolded for this young pup. when they met they were amaze that had despite her ordeal she was still so trusting. >> we watched news, and it looks so bad, and something that is so horrible when it turns into something so loving , it is a good story. it is a good story. >> you cannot change the world by saving one dog but you can change that dog's world. >> he seems to be making great stride already. >> well, it this at is 11:00 heat the dog thrown 10,000 miles for safety and women and vet that just might be the ultimate animal rescue story. see my special report on "eyewitness news". >> looking forward to it. do you love pizza? had about fried chicken.

>> yes and yes. >> you will love this. kfc's new creation called the cheesea, tried chicken filet topped with pizza sauce and we say, gravy sauce, and kfc, maybe it is bet their way. >> i'll pass. our storm watch continues after the break. >> we have crews all across the the area, hi, trang. >> hey, snow continuing to fall here in the lehigh county , i'm trang do with a look at conditions. >> reporter: latest on road conditions there montgomery county, it has been snowing for an hour and a half. see you back here from blue bell. and joe, as you know we have got snow, sleet, ice and if that does president get you out this door early today i don't know what will. we have an accident speed restrictions changes to mass transit and flight cancellations all those updates coming up but first we will take a quick break don't

go anywhere cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will welcome to your health with joan lunden presented by the centers for disease control and prevention. hi. i'm joan lunden. diabetes is a major health issue in the united states. i am joined by stephanie creel, associate director of communications for cdc's division of diabetes translation to talk about the national pre-diabetes communication campaign. it's good to have you here. >> thank you. >> i think people will be really surprised when you talk about these numbers. how pervasive is pre-diabetes and diabetes in our country? >> the numbers are very surprising. 86 million american adults have prediabetes and 90% of them don't even know they have it.

that's on top of the 29 million americans who already have diabetes and one in four of those people don't know they have it. >> those numbers are kind of startling but i think what is more startling is the fact that so many people don't know they're at risk. what's the cdc doing to try to combat this? >> we are trying to help get the information to the people who need it most. in january 2016 we launched the first ever pre-diabetes awareness campaign with partners at the american medical association, american diabetes association, ad council to get the information in people's hands about how they can find out their risk. >> has it been working? how effective. >> we have had impressive engagement. we use humor, have he relate able. people are going on line to take the risk test to find out if they have prediabetes. >> that's a simple test. everybody has the time to do it. >> that's right. >> if the numbers are high on the test, then you get a blood

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good morning everyone. we are on storm watch. it is 6:30. the here's what you need to know in your morning minute. >> this is the snapshot of the current situation, take a look , snow is coming down very heavily right thousand. >> i just met will, he is wearing shorts. will, what is up with that. >> it is still pennsylvania so they breed a little bit of the heartier stock out here. >> that guy has to come where i am, trang do has post cards, i have a miserable, wet, rain. >> i know you are from delaware county just like he are you not part of the heart ier stock?

>> reporter: hearty stock is here. >> we have seen some people flying through here and that is not good because there is a , it is almost like crystal icing with the sleet and thousand finally turning over to snow this northeast philadelphia. >> ♪ >> sometimes you have to get that morning run in these folks in west chester. hey, what snowstorm, right? have you seen that that i am, i think it is from chicago where the two runners are running and they to a live report and they run and they are like this is great and they keep going. >> yes, i have seen that. >> i use any excuse not to run >> this is why invented treadmills. >> i don't want to run. >> you are running in a marathon. >> slow and steady. >> we are all on your side, this is what we do, we are on your side, am i right jim.

>> yes, inn keyed. >> you will be on the the treadmill later for 12 miles, how about that. >> yes. >> i'm not training for a marathon i can sit back here and run on adrenaline with the snowstorm. lets look at snowfall totals we have seen so tar, i actually got a new report, we didn't have time to refresh the graphic but in east nant heel, and over an hour they have had one and a half inches fall. so snowfall rates are, intense when we see these dark shade of purple showing up yeah, that is pounding down. central new jersey especially northern ocean county, monmouth counties you are getting slammed here with really heavy snow tall. some thunderstorms. looking at snapshot of the radar looking across eastern edge of ocean county where we have best uplift, we will see heaviest rain and snow coming down. lightening strikes looking closely out there just moving off shore. lets go hour by hour, future radar and temperature we are

right around freezing hashing in the next hour in philadelphia. so i have heard from you on twitter, thank you for reports , it helps on days like this eyewitness weather watchers in the the next 15we will talk to you too. send in your reports. we will see that change overtake place in philadelphia it already has in much of the city. we will continue to see that happen, there northwest to south east with every asking hour. by the time we hit eight or 9:00 most of the region will be in the middle of snow but see back edge already moving out, nine or 10:00 a.m. by lunchtime we are done with this in fail or time flakes will be falling. so we have a chance then for temperature to drop off more so and then also anything that gets plowed away to refreeze. in the meantime let me throw this at you too we have a wind advisory for northwest wind as high as 30 miles an hour sustained at higher gusts to 50, including philadelphia county and points south east of that, starts at noon time for down branches and wires and possibility of scattered power outages. meisha, the impacts are just

widespread, in that regard with a lot the to get to today >> there sure is, thank very much. and a lot of snow, coming down here, visibility issues and because of that we have seen quite a bit of accidents here this morning. one area where we had one, an accident involving tractor trailer and two vehicles. schuylkill westbound at south street was blocked and now block, it the is still wet, not only wet but the snow is starting to come down and in most areas and camera frames we are seeing and it will add so much extra time in your commute. moving in the west and eastbound direction of the schuylkill you can see how slow and we had backup shot for you, it is the backup shot not looking that bad. we will go to mass transit. this is what you need to though. subways are your best options, patco is running a special schedule between 5:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. new jersey transit system wide cross honoring right now rail services delayed, 15 minutes,

also, airport has been tweet ing out all morning long, a lot of cancellations this morning so just make sure to check your schedules on line. not to hemmings, we have speed restriction this is play so 45 whiles an hour, what you will be dealing with on most major highways and interstates. 25 miles an hour on the betsy ross and walt whitman bridge. when you add those speed restrictions on the roads that are already slow, to begin with because of congestion the snow coming town and now you add restrictions i would say, moving toward the 7:00 o'clock hour would i give yourself at least, at minimum an extra hour as you walk outside the door. we are looking at market frankford line, so again, normal operations, yes, shuttle bus services are cancelled. no a/b service. we are running normal schedule but still expect delays because of the train shortages , jim and rahel back to you. thanks, meisha. heavy snow accumulating quickly in lehigh county. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live, and you win the prize if you want to call

it a rice so far for most snow , good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. this snow is not the letting up here in the least high valley, here. take a look it is very fine icy snow but it is accumulating as you mentioned. we will grab this yard -- well , not yardstick but measuring stick. what we are seeing here just about 3 inches out here in just outside allen town but as we have been out here for hours temperatures dropping, significantly, i have a ton of layers here but this gentlemen i met earlier this morning did not. this man will from allentown, he had shorts on. i had to talk to him about that. he is talking about hearty stock here in pennsylvania. take a listen to him. >> it is not bothersome if you are around the area quite a

bit, but it can be expected living in this area we have to deal with snow every once in a while. we have had it nice already this winter. it is about time we got some snowy think. >> reporter: i guess he is right. i'm not a big snow fan. take a look here, now that we have been out here things are starting to accumulate on top of our truck here. before we let you go i want to give one final plug, #cbs-3 snow. send us pictures, videos and we might share it on the air but now back to you in the studio. >> sharing photos. we are doing that. thanks, very much trang. stay warm. we saw joe holden standing in the rain earlier and now turned to snow in blue bell. >> the question we still continue to ask you is your stock hearty? >> reporter: very, very hearty here. it is holding up to the wind here snow and wind. i want to point out what the wind is doing to the snow to

give you some visual says if you will. take a look at the gas pump at wawa in blue bell. there is a 10-foot over hang that sits under. so the snow is being whipped up and pushed under that awning there and you can see gas pump is entirely covered by snow. this stop sign is rocking in the wind. first sign of daylight here. it has been snowing for two hours. been a very steady clip. we have talk about visibility being very poor, and i spoke to a gentlemen who is out in his jeep and tells me natalie road conditions are quote horrible. we will give you an idea what people are tasting, essential employees, who have to be on the road, he is driving to take. we saw a september bus go by. everybody is on a, modified schedule because there are hundreds of school districts cancelled and we are seeing

just why. that is very latest from blue bell i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe makes an interesting point that there are some people who have to be on the roads so joe, thanks for that. if you have not already down load cbs philly weather app, you'll fine katie's full forecast as snow moves in, it is available for apple and android devices, just search cbs fill it in the app store. in other news police say man this custody for a frightening rittenhouse square taxi cab theft was under the influence. cab tore around the square and ultimately crashed monday afternoon, eye witt thesees held 51 year-old jonathan gay for police. investigators say gay pulled a with man out of 20th and locust from a cab and when cabdriver intervened man jumped in and took off. cab driver and that woman were fortunate thely okay. 227 million-dollar settlement the has been handed down in the deadly 2013 building collapse. that crushed salvation army thrift store at 22nd and market street. money will be paid to 19

victims including the loved ones of the seven people who died. the settlement which is largest in state history is between the families, building owner richard basciano and salvation army. senator jeff sessions hand been sworn if with president trump presiding over the shown i. alabama senator was confirmed yesterday despite fierce democratic opposition over his civil rights record, senator sessions will oversee defense of the president's controversial immigration and travel ban. meantime, congressman tom price is one step closer to becoming next secretary of the health and human services to take senate will vote on his confirmation after republicans prevented democratic delaying tactics against him last night the rise will lead trump administration's effort to reshape the affordable care act, medicare and head cade. coming up katie continues to update your forecast, she's coming up with timing on everything and we will check out some expected snow totals. >> a lot going on this morning lust have you ever wondered why so many people have heart attacks while shoveling?

health reporter stephanie stahl talks about why it is so dangerous and tells us right way to shovel. we will have that coming up in the healthwatch. >> ♪ live mobile one taking it to the streets to she you conditions on the roads, we will check with meisha when we come right back.

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pose a health risk. >> this is sort of the wet, heavy snow to put a strain on your back, and heart. health reporter stephanie stahl has more on safe shoveling. >> reporter: heavy wet snow is potentially most dangerous time to shovel. >> and cold weather, all of those things add to the stress >> eric stander an emergency physician at hand hand hospital says most serious threat from snow shoveling is increased risk for heart attacks. >> it is unfortunate we tend to see one or two during a big snowstorm. >> reporter: shoveling triggered heart events are more likely to happen to the elderly and people out of shape. >> your hearties working extra hard to keep you warm and pumping. >> reporter: other danger with shoveling heavy wet snow is muscle strain, especially in the back. >> most people will bend and lift. our back is a weak point a lot of torque at level of the back when you bend over. >> reporter: better to let knees do bending keep your back straight when shoveling.

>> find a shovel and scraper for car. >> reporter: with people gearing up for first big snow of the season shovel selection is an important consideration. >> ergonomic shovel is often best because it cannery leave some pressure from your back and then type you can push, are very own. >> reporter: doctors say it is best to take your time shoveling and if you are a heart patient or have other health problems let someone else to shoveling for you. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs one "eyewitness news". what i think is interesting so far live shots that we have seen, it is a very different picture from what we have seen with pat's shot from what we have seen with joe's shot. very different. >> it is, in all of the area when this things end it will be heavy and wet. >> so lauren, katie have been telling bus that all morning long and we will go out to lauren at this point out on the sky deck, things switched over to probably about a half an hour ago outside here in center city philadelphia, and trang has been dealing witt for past few hours.

but first meisha first for a look at traffic, meisha. >> yes, good morning you guys. i have to tell you, it is looking very busy and the snow , all the rain we saw earlier is turning into snow and causing visibility issues. before we get into accidents and what that is causing i want to show you 95 south at girard. we are looking at i-95, one of the area that will get busy. that being said, i want to say that i think a lot of people have heated warnings and stayed at home because congestion levels, as bad as they are they could be worse. we are actually looking he kay on i-95 pushing in the southbound direction. i want to show you that. we have just a string of accidents out there. but first talking about mass transit, septa subways are going to be your best option, patco, special scheduled between 5:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. new jersey transit system wide cross honoring, rail service delayed 15 minutes. major cancellations at airport , head up on that, and then see if i can go here, speed restrictions first.

45 miles an hour speed restrictions on most highways, 25 miles an hour on the betsy ross and walt whitman. we have restrictionness place. you know it will be very busy. also, just a reminders market frankford line we have a train shortage, but you are running normal schedules because of the weather. normal operations, shuttle bus services cancelled, no a and b service, head up on that and also, here's a couple accidents ac expressway eastbound pass hammington two lanes blocked there. route 55 northbound for vineland vehicle spun out and pulled off to the shoulder. those are two accidents but we have more. route 42 northbound before 676 that left lane blocked here and also, we have a accident, i-95 south before scotch road, blocking left lane and also i think there is one more for you, if it the pulls up, that might have just been since cleared which would be a good thing. i think that to clear. the just a heads up make sure to leave your homes early if you have to get out there, katie, i will let you take

tritt here, busy morning. >> absolutely. you have such a variety going on right thousand, meisha. those heavy soaking rain and thunderstorm down near shore and heavy pounding snow across the southeastern pennsylvania, most of you this castle county and we are seeing that rain snow line begin to really show shore signs of icing at this point across southern new castle county and right across the bay in central new jersey, gloucester camden, be careful, guys, even if you are just seeing rain it is pouring town so there will be slick travel regardless in one way shape or form there what is going on, snapshot of the current radar shows again, coldest air worked its way in philadelphia , it has turned over to snow. it is starting to accumulate across center city and just east of philadelphia county where we have darker shade of purple. heavy rainfall just south of this. eventually that cold will just rotate around the storm and really help rain that is out

there turn over to snow at times. maybe not as much in the way of accumulation but quite a bit of that accumulation. we will get to that in a second. the lets talk about what happens after the snow end which will happen from 10:00 a.m. to as late as 2:00 on the eastern shoreline. that is when temperatures will be staling staying or below the treeing mark. additionally we will have strong wind. that could lead to power outages because that is that heavy wet snow that could not only cling to the power lines and tree limbs but with the wind whipping that around bring them down. one more time here's our snowfall happen four to 8 inches the spectation there i-95 south east of that and then points north could be higher totals this is lehigh val which in problem but until we get that rain to turn over to snow we are not seeking much more than a coat to go 2 inches down near shore points. it is snowing. it is starting to stick tour coat how does it feel. >> it teams much colder, what

a difference and scene out here on the cbs-3 sky deck. i was out here 20 minutes ago. new there is snow every where, coating cars, coating roadways , coating the trees, visibility is extremely low. i cannot even see buildings in center city behind he because of the the retuesdayed visibility. snow coming down heavily at this time and it is starting to accumulate and temperatures , yeah, they are right around that freezing mark. 33 degrees in philadelphia sub freezing to the north and west and in the 20's in the poconos , starting to drop and portions of south jersey and updated snowfall totals, martin's creek this northampton county up to 4 inches. east nantmeal township two and a half 2467es. west rock hill in 2 inches. that fell in two hours time. so your total really higher then our last report there. reeders, monroe county 2 inches of snowfall this your seven day forecast, it will be a cold day. our high temperature we have likely already achieved it. as we head throughout the day temperatures will stay sub

freezing. in i go that falls will re trees, into an icy, slippery , mess as we head in the second half of the day, also dealing with some whipping wind and then tomorrow, temperatures are going to be pretty arctic, guys not even making it to the treeing mark, burr. >> thanks, lauren. >> winter storm is making morning commute trickier then usual. >> joining us on the phonies charlie metzger from penndot to let us though what is going on the road. charlie, good morning thanks for joining us. it has already been a bus you morning with meisha, katie, what is it looking like for you. >> we have had our 361 trucks out on patrol. they have been salting, plowing immediately as soon as the snow started falling. we were not able to pretreat roadways because of the rain that preceded the storm and we are going to be able to plow and push back snow as the snow

continues to come down at several inches an hour. we are hoping people that stay home can stay home, schools are staying, you know, calling off class. we are going to be out this force all day to take and into the afternoon hours when the storm pushes off into the noon time hour. we will stay on through the evening and evening rush. >> charlie, will that help because this storm is supposed to be out by 1:00 as far as evening rush is concern because you have a few hours to get ahead of it. >> you know, it started morning rush, you know, start of the storm was terrible for us because it is morning rush the storm pushes off we will work throughout the day to take and we will work through and push the snow back as much

as we can. >> we appreciate it, charlie metzger of penndot keeping us safe. you are doing a great job on the roads. we appreciate it. >> thanks, guys. >> we are keeping an eye on the situation all around our area this morning. >> lets check out far northeast next where our pat gallen is braving elements, near grant avenue and academy road. it does look like it is starting to stick now. >> yes, starting to stick right to my face, this morning wonderful out here. i know maybe i drew ire of the one katie fehlinger when i said just sleet and rain is this it has since turned to snow completely and it is coming down. it is dumping here. problem is when we talk about the rush hour kid are off school but people are still out on the roadways. if you look behind me to grant and academy the intersection you can see it is filled with cars. they are out on the roadways. the problem is aspen dot

mentioned they did not salt. so what we are looking at here is below the snow is a slick where peer we are getting sleet, freezing rain, and now sticking to the surface. it is slippery. i'm sliding around. these aren't high best dance move. same holds true on the roadway people make fun of the reporters for coming out in this weather. now i know why because it is whipping in our face. hopefully you saw in the 5:00 o'clock hour this morning on cbs-3 we did a special pat verse tori which part one aired in the 5:30 half an hour , and it is pat verse tori , and it is a sauce verse gravy making battle, our moms were involved, louisea and tor i's mom, i was my mom tie an. you can see part two tonight at 11:00 special taste with to

ri tonight at 11:00 and we will see hot champion is. now in november, we did a pat verse tori a pie making contest, tori and her ham got victory there. i'm hoping fingers crossed we will get a victory. we have great judges from south philadelphia. we were at villa d er oma, great people helping us out and so hopefully everybody is out there warm and if not get yourself some sauce and gravy and check it out tonight at 11:00. >> you brought this upon your self, before you were fine with the rain but you had to encourage her and taunt her and she played with her magic, you though, wand over there in the weather center and brought on the snow. >> thanks, pat. >> my own fault. >> a heads up at 7:00 stay with "eyewitness news" as we continue to cover this morning 's snowstorm. we will switch over to the cw philly and find it on these channels. >> we will be right back.

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our coverage of the winter storm continues, it will be a messy morning all over the area. >> lets take a live look mobile three is it is all over tri-state area, photo journalist jim spearing behind the wheels, roads are slick so you want to be careful. >> we will take a look around the region if you want to watch cbs this morning continue to watch that here on cbs-3. >> meantime to watch our "eyewitness news" storm coverage tune into the cw

philly we will continue broadcasting there right now. good morning. it is thursday, february 9th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." a massive winter storm is battering the northeast right now affecting 50 million americans. more than a foot of snow threatens to paralyze travel. we're in hard-hit areas where schools and offices are already closed. supreme court nominee neil gorsuch says it was disheartening and demoralizing. patients were yi