contrast between today and tomorrow will be so, so noticeable. temperatures right now are still in the 60's. sixty-five in newark and swede bureau. sixty-four in cherry hill. philadelphia sits at 65 degrees still. sixty-one chalfont. up toward lehigh valley and poconos area that may get hit with the heaviest snow is still near 60 degrees. cold will come in quickly and snow will come down heavily enough to overcome milder temperatures at surface leading to the threat for accumulations especially in far north and western suburbs. few light showers breaking out mostly not reaching ground on storm scan three. main push comes in overnight and into the early morning hours tomorrow where it will gain strength and snow could come down at a pretty good clip here for several hours. see it right along pennsylvania/new york state border right now. it doesn't look impressive but will tomorrow morning. future weather shows us through tonight, it is quiet. 2:00 a.m. we will see snow break out to the north and spread southward. by 6:00 a.m. heavy snow in philadelphia and surrounding

suburbs. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for much region montgomery and bucks counties and all spots northward from late tonight into the first half of your friday. coming up i'll tell you how much snow to expect where you live and then brutal cold that will follow and potentially another snow threat next week, lots to talk about nicole. >> kate, thanks. our morning team will have latest tomorrow morning's snow fall starting early at 4:00 a.m. katie will track snow and meisha will let you know about problems on the road on "eyewitness news" this morning beginning at 4:00 o'clock. we first told you last night about a nationwide outage that prevented at&t wireless customers from calling 911. now we know scope of the outage affected people in more than a dozen states, including pennsylvania, and our area at&t customers in bucks, chester, delaware, montgomery counties were unable to call 911. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves has more. >> reporter: millions of at&t customers in 14 states and washington d.c. went for hours

last night without the ability to call 911. here in pennsylvania that included hundreds of thousands of people losing the vital life line in chester, bucks, montgomery and delaware counties. >> police, fire, ambulance. >> reporter: dispatchers at delaware county's 911 communication center was one of the first in the country to net is issue. >> by 7:45 we recognize aid significant emergency. >> reporter: director of emergency services in delaware county timothy boyce said at&t were getting bus signal or line just kept ringing. at&t was able to fix issue by 10:30 last night but not before potentially costing one person their life. >> a person was in urgent need of medical care, personal that was with them tried for 10 to 15 minutes to call out on their cell phone. that 10 or 15 minutes were critical amount of time. >> reporter: emergency management now says this is why people should know the non-emergency numbers in their counties that number was the

work around during the at&t, 911 outage. >> we're encouraging people to use this experience to learn. >> reporter: having non- emergency number in your county is extremely important but emergency management says a what is more important is having a general backup plan in case you lose power or cell phone service, all together. >> last thing we want is anybody to be delayed getting help, so if you cannot get through either service get a neighbor, get a friend to make them aware. >> reporter: at&t has not said what caused massive 911 outage to millions around the country , the ftc is now investigating. in delaware county alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". if you are unsure of the non-emergency number for your county head to cbs philly.com for more information. we are following breaking news tonight which will affect thousands of commuters. officialness pennsylvania and new jersey make a big announcement regarding the delaware river connector bridge closed since january 20th. lets get you over to "eyewitness news" reporter

greg argos in bristol who has been on this story about the bridge for a while now, greg, what is very latest. >> reporter: that is latest there, ukee, pennsylvania and new jersey turnpike commissions announced they will reopen this connector bridge at 10:30 tonight. this is weeks ahead of schedule. this announcement happening in just the pennsylvania 45 minutes or so, of course, this is a huge relief to some 42,000 drivers who use this each and every day, forced to find a detour when commissions closed the bridge january 20th a cracked beam toys blame for the closure. nor pennsylvania seven weeks crews work to make rye pairs. before those repairs could could be made engineers constructed eight, 80-foot towers which supported the 1.5-s completed. a spokesperson says that two missed drilled holes each about 1 inch across and filled with welding material were the primary factors which led to this crack but turnpike commission says an exact cause will likely never be

determined. once again delaware river connector bridge reopening tonight at 10:30 which means a much easier commute for thousands tomorrow morning. we are live here in bristol pennsylvania i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. historical experts are combing through a construction site in olde city philadelphia after discovery of human remains and coffins. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live on arch street where construction has now ground to a halt, anita. >> reporter: nicole, contractor first discovered these remains back in november , this is future home of the 116 unit apartment complex but today construction stopped as crews dug up at lee 30 remains that are century's old, we have learn that this used to be a burial ground for first baptist church of philadelphia. in an apartment complex project is now in a brief hold after construction crews found dozens of coffins in this former parking lot near second and arch street in olde city

on thursday. >> we are finding some intact coffins and we are finding remains, coffin is a loft them are in poor condition and deteriorating. >> reporter: archaeologists thought all remains, those of both children and adults have been moved to mount mariah cemetery in southwest philadelphia in 1860 but on thursday crews discovered even more. >> we really want to keep integrity of these individual coffins and it is a challenge when they are falling apart. >> reporter: lenny ryan works across the street from the construction site and given fail's history this is not surprising. >> i'm sure if they excavate add lot of this city they would find a lot more. >> reporter: after analysis is complete the plan toys reinter those remains at mount mariah cemetery in southwest philadelphia pnb property group say they will pick up those cost. i'm joined by "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. you spent the day following up on the history of the site, what have you learned. >> reporter: remarkable history, the property behind

me, i spoke to some top historianness philadelphia and they tell me this cities yielding all new sorts of the information. after crews dug up coffins nearly 300 years old, you can bet the true history buffs rushed to the scene. >> just one of the layers of history in olde city philadelphia. >> reporter: ed major is noted advertise tore yan on philadelphia in the 1700's. he watched scene unfold with fascination, a treasure trove of new information. >> it is just wonderful when we reclaim part of our great pennsylvania in this area. one of the oldest parts of the city settled. >> reporter: first baptist church burial ground was established in 1707 the year ben franklin celebrated his first birthday. at the time arch street was mulberry street. experts believe graves are from the 1750's and were supposed to be moved before 1860 when a new building was konstantinov struck. this is an at last from 1862, an indication of the presence

that new building. the bodies were still below, a secret just uncovered century 's latest. doctor lee air held in is with the historical society of pennsylvania. >> when i saw what the coffins looked like i said those are dracula coffin and that is coffins in the old horror movies where they are that odd shape because people crossed their hand to work themselves against the devil. >> reporter: historians say they are relieved that officials will treat these remains with such care. coming up at 11:00 we will look at significance of this discovery even more and tell you why authorities believe that these graves were so far below the ground. we will have that story, coming up tonight. live from olde city, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jewish federation of the greater philadelphia is looking for more volunteers to catalogue damage done by vandals at mount carmel jewish cemetery. the volunteers have already begun that process. information gathered will go in the database, vandals

damaged more than 100 grave stones. the reward for any information is now at $74,000. manhunt is on for a robbery sus medic in northern liberties. surveillance video shows a man walking in family dollar store on the 100 block of girard avenue. police say he pulled a knife on a employee when she tried to stop him from stealing deodorant last monday. the video shows suspect shoving would the man into a shelf, and then, taking off. call police if you recognize this suspect. all right. well, some big changes today for the bird. >> that is for sure, nfl free agency kicks off a few hours ago and eagles are already making a splash, sports director don bell joins us now with the new additions. >> yes, that is right. >> i love this time of the year. so much to talk b happy new year, 2017 is officially underway for the nfl. new league year opened up at 4:00 p.m. which means team can spend their hearts out. less than a couple hours ago eagles made a big splash. now they have signed former bird wide out, bears i should

say, bears wide out alshon jeffery to one year, 14 million-dollar deal. kind of target that could make life easier for carson wentz. he is big, strong, and he is a presence down the field. as it turns out jeffery was second wide out that they signed earlier in the day, the eagles added torey smith, former 49er gets a three-year deal worth 15 million. his numbers have been on the decline since 2014. now in order forbidder to make these moves, they had to dump salary. that is why they cut veteran linebacker connor barwin. move saved the team 8 million but big loss because barwin was one of the most liked people on this team and he was huge, in the community, you you company would see him out and about but he noise longer a member of the midnight green eagles signed guard chance war mack, to a one year deal. so very busy day, for the bird and it may continue into the night, of course, we have you covered. >> all right. >> you're saying there is a chance. >> there is a chance.

>> there is a chance. >> yes. >> thanks, buddy. >> happy new year. >> thanks, so much, don. eagles fans, barwin leaves a billing impact off the field he was frequently seen around town raising money for make the world better foundation. over last three years barwin and his foundation raised $685,000 to renovate parks, all across the city. barwin posted a thank you note to fans on instagram and promised the foundation will continue, its work here. >> class act. >> all right. well here's a reason to look forward to flying. >> where philadelphia ranks among best airport food in the country, and, what makes it so appealing. also history restored on boat house row extensive renovations to reopen a once condemned boat house. don't be fooled by today's warm weather we are tracking dramatic changes on storm scan three as snow head our way. kate will time out return of the wintry weather, and the impact it could have on

tomorrow's commute we will be right

is what oldies new gannon boat house row, temple university rowing teams officially have a place on the schuylkill river and new that their historic both bet house is finally, back to its former glory. >> five, four, three, two, one ... >> the building that was once a crumbling and condemned site along the schuylkill river is now, the pride and joy of temple university's rowing team. following two years of construction, fences ate park canoe house on boat house row are down. >> it is more comfortable on race day when windy, cold, and anytime recruits come down to

see boat house they will be mow exciting for them to want to come here. >> reporter: designate aid fairmount park historic site in the 1990's the building has been standing on the banks of the river since 1914 but in 2008 it fill in disrepair forcing rowing team at temple out and into tents nearby. >> biggest struggle were being in the tents was just, i think exposure, really. i remember one time it flooded , it was up to our way way. >> reporter: now thanks in part to millions in funding from the city of philadelphia and millions more from philanthropists jerry lenfest. >> i cannot tell you how pleased i am to join with this group that made it possible. >> reporter: temple's ors are hanging proudly on the walls, next to equipment that will be used by the philadelphia police department, marine unit >> now to have a home, and just a really great feeling and we feel like we can really succeed now. >> reporter: it is truly a temple made story.

temple's rowing team began using historic canoe house in 1969. congrats. well, next time you fly out of philadelphia you may want to grab a bite to eat at the airport. airport was name the fourth best airport for food. travel web site reward expert .com looked at restaurant reviews from the 20 busiest airports in the country. airport has almost 80 different dining options for flyers and reviewers say philadelphia has lee expensive food as well. speaking of food, coming up at 11:00 vittoria woodill find best food in our air eighth local diner. starting with breakfast waffles, pancakes, moving on to lunch, and fries and dinner platters and even a night cab, i guess, tori spent the whole day there, day and night, why this restaurant is dream come true for an immigrant who began as a dishwasher. it is tonight's take with tori on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >> remind me what this was. >> yes. >> remind me to ask her that

tonight. >> yes. >> i'll find out. kate has her forecast and here we come, here we go. >> winter's return. >> crazy. >> we are welcome bank winter for next week or so. tomorrow through next wednesday or thursday temperatures below average, several chances for snow and one potential for major snow and that would be next tuesday but still that is pretty far away. lets get through tomorrow first. tomorrow noise picnic either. tomorrow we could see pretty heavy snowfall rates in the lehigh valley and poconos where snow could come down heavy enough to overcome any warm temperatures on the ground and coiled pile up quickly and slick road in that part of the area likely to melt on the road as it falls here in philadelphia but mother nature will give a buy to the ski resorts tomorrow morning and they have had snow on the slopes. cold enough or it was this pennsylvania weekend to -- past week toned make some snow and likely to get at least another three to possibly as 6 f the poconos tomorrow morning. here's storm scan three showing that system that does not look that impressive but

will tomorrow morning as it starts to gain some strength as that energy transfers off shore, and we are starting to see snow again streaking out through southern great lakes, and right into southern new jersey and northwestern, pennsylvania. so, lets get into the timing of this breaking it down on future weather model here we will go into tomorrow morning 4:00 a.m. already seeing pretty steady snow, allentown mount pocono, reading over toward new york city. likely still quiet in philadelphia when we go on the air early tomorrow morning at 4:00 but by 5:00 a.m. that snow moves to the south. may start briefly as rain but it looks like it will be cold enough aloft that this will be mostly snow for the majority of our area, maybe a mix at outset with rain and sleet. then it pushes south. heaviest snow between six and 9:00 a.m. for city of philadelphia getting toward the shore by 9:00 o'clock. could mix with some rain down that way and then starting to taper off after 11:00 o'clock. men to the afternoon note business cold air coming in behind this low, scattered snow showers, and those

blinding snow squals will pop up through afternoon tomorrow so that could slow down the second part of your commute tomorrow. morning commute will be the war but afternoon commute likely no picnic either. how much snow are we talking here? philadelphia we have got you basically right on the 1 inch line, it is likely a coat to go a slushy inch or two on the grass, coat to go possibly an inch on the grass across south jersey and delaware. up in the lehigh valley we are looking at 3 inches, put that as over under around allentown bethlehem area five or six in the highest elevations of the poconos. after this storm it will feel brutally cold, wake up saturday morning feeling like single digits. saturday afternoon does not feel better than teens. next week another snow threat as this system races up coast still a lot of uncertainty but we have to alert you to the potential for snow on tuesday and we could be talking about significant accumulations depend connector bridge how that forms. but we have to get through this one first, and see how atmosphere respond after this storm moves out. we will have a better handle

as we head toward weekend on that potential for tuesday. tomorrow snow, weekend is brutally cold. monies cold and then another threat for snow next week. we are below average every day on the seven day forecast so enjoy that near 70 today. >> bye-bye. >> dear phil: i'm sorry for everything i said to you. thanks, kate. >> don joins us now. >> lets talk about the bird. there was desean, and then there was lesean and now we have alshon. up next how eagles hauled in one of the top offensive players on the market, sports up

recapping our top story, one of our top stories, nfl free agency started at 4:00 p.m. eagles cut fan favorite connor barwin to save 8 million and then signed former 49er wide receiver torey smith to

three-year deal worth 15 million. and then, came big splash, they added former bears wide out alshon jeffery the top flight play make their fans have been begging for. now circumstances in which he arrives, a little weird. for example he had to settle for one year, 14 million-dollar deal because he could not hall in a more lucrative long term contract, elsewhere. last year he was missing four games after testing positive for a banned substance. now, we will switch gears. championship week in college hoops. villanova taking on st. johns in the bige quarter finals at the garden, madison square garden. love that place. nova dominating early josh h art, good. nova with a 21-point lead. second half showing no mercy, chris jenkins, big, move. three-point shot at top of the key. nova rolling all over saint john's 108-67, and they will take on seton hall, in tomorrow's, semi finals. a-10 quarter finals from pittsburgh lasalle, hooking up

with davidson, jordan price, leading explorers he had a team high 20 points. second half here comes xavier. payton aldridge, payton, and we love payton. >> yes, throwing it down, hard hitting payton. lasalle, season comes to an end falling 82-73. temple ande carolina in the first round of the american conference tournament , owls down seven at the half when austin, junior see you cuts the deficit to one. but pirates with a spark off the bench and it comes from elijah hughes who had 17 off the pine, temple, their season comes to an end with a 80-69l. meanwhile our camera at penn practice today on saturday, they will play princeton in the semi finals of the first ever ivy league conference tournament, two more wins and penn is into the big dance. >> of course we will get you ready for all madness join us

next wednesday right here on cbs-3 at 7:30 it is march to phoenix, we will have latest on wildcats and their chase for another title. >> great time of the year. >> background music, it is on, i know that. >> thanks, don. up next making a big splash where you can see this famous water skiing squirrel, perform here in our area. >> oh,

look at this, the water skiing girl was showing off her moves at greater philadelphia boat show this weekend. it runs from friday through sunday at expo center in oaks, montgomery county. that might be, twig i the 17. he has been around a long time >> how do you get a squirrel to do that. >> way back. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 "eyewitness news" returns at 10:00 o'clock on wpsg the c

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