eye on things this morning, good morning, ladies? well, good morning, you nailed t you know how many people will be talking about that bridge opening? thousands and thousands of people affected, opened up early, so talking about all every those details coming up in a little bit. a lot of people asking about that. >> don't blame me. i'm just the messenger. yip, the forecast still on track. weather person is happy. maybe everyone else, not so happy, ya, that snow is moving in across the area. winter weather advisory is in effect for large portion of the delaware valley, has been extended and expanded by the national weathe weather is advie includes philadelphia county, burlington county, new jersey, that will run until 2:00, as we head into this afternoon. storm scan3, showing us, what is happening, things are getting going. we have been dealing with snow coming down in the poconos over the last several hours. now, snow spreading into the lehigh valleyment same case berks county, starting to see some returns now picking up south and west of the city. green returns, so starting off

as a little bit of light rain, wintery mix, wish i was expecting along the i-95 corridor, will quickly change over to all snow, all snow what we are dealing with right now far north and west of the city in and around lehigh, down into allentown, mount pocono. flakes coming down berks county might be contend withing light wintery mix it, will soon change over to all snow for you as well. then again, starting to see some returns, even over the last about 30 minute or so. new castle county, up into delaware county. that will start to spread up into your area, as we head into the next hour. so it could start off as light rain, then we have all of the snow that's going to continue to move it way eastbound, that's going to be the weather story for today. nine the hour, 37 degrees, snow coming down heavy at times, as we head into lunchtime. snow showers, winds start to pick up as we head into the second half of the day, just as the uniform snowfall starts to taper off by early afternoon, meisha, we are going to see some scattered snow squawls to develop for the second half of the day. that's going to pose a problem for our evening commute. >> yes, certainly going to have to take it easy today.

lever your homes little early. all of that. we will be talking about that snow coming in. but dow absolutely want to make sure everyone at home waking up with us this morning gets this information. so, this is grounds video that was taken earlier this morning, delaware river bridge reopened last night at around 10:30 p.m. it wasn't scheduled to reopen until early april, mid-april. so it opened up earlier, because everyone came together and made that happen. this is going to make thousands of people across delaware valley very, very happy. so if you were taking those alternates, those three bridges, very congested basically ever since the delaware river bridge was shut down, no longer the story. delaware river bridge, then we also had an accident here in jersey, 295 south around route one, you're now open, looking good there. tractor-trailer accident from earlier with downed pole and wires, heads up, this is what's going on right now, route one baltimore pike closed parkers ville road and brynton bridge road.

926, street road, will be your best bet. only traveling around 35 miles per hour in that area. so you are traveling less than posted speeds. this is actually where they are directing traffic, 202 at route one. you can see some vehicles going by here. not really busy there right now. but it will as the morning progresses clearly. also, we've got downed tree, north brooke road, broad run road, alternate, glenn hill road will be your best bet. jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, meisha. could slow morning commute depending where you are. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do on the hunt for snow. i think in quakertown earlier, you're life now in allentown, trang, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: i am. breaking news rahel, jim, i've found snowflakes in allentown. take a look. here, they're just absolutely massive. here in allentown. but, yes, see? only snowflakes we're seeing right now. but they are on the way we're told. earlier when was just off the northeast extension around

quakertown, and outside of allentown, we did see some very very light fine snowflakes, not even seeing that at this point. this is a look at seventh street here in downtown allentown, so, i mean, nobody's out just yet. but very easy commute for these super early morning commuters. you that you on the turnpike, seeing that here in the city. so so far so good here. only thing i'm really noticing the temperatures has dropped. about few degrees, seeing that gradually throughout the morning, really ramp up those conditions for potential snowfall. but as of right now, here in the city of allentown, not seeing much. so jim, rahel, where should i go next? >> you're going to be in canada before this show is over with! they did great job plowing that street behind you, i mean, with those snowflakes that large, boy, they have some equipment out there, trang. >> trang, we like what you did there. >> (laughing). >> never before seen. >> yep, we're getting punchy,

and only on the air for an hour. >> thanks, trang. >> that trang, so clever. and everything you need to know about the snow is also available on our website. cbsphilly.com. you can check lauren's updated forecast, track it with meisha, and school closings or delays, you can also watch our live coverage on line. >> now switching to other news this morning, the pennsylvania mother accused in the gruesome murder of her teenage daughter will appear in a bucks county courtroom today. forty-one year old sarah pack is her facing a slew of charges after investigators say that she and her boyfriend, 44 year old jacob sullivan, conspired and killed her 14 year old daughter grace packer back in july. officials describe the disturbing murder as a sick fantasy thought up by the two. if convicted both could face the death penalty. >> meanwhile jury selection continues in the eric frein murder trial. he appeared in a chester county court yesterday. frein accused every killing one pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another at the bloom inning grove barracks in

pike county knack 2014. due to all of the media coverage, the case received, just or are being picked from chester county but the trial expected to last more than a month. >> two people are recovering this morning, after a rash of paint ball attacks in northwest philadelphia. spanned 24 hour period, tuesday into wednesday, four people were shot in roxborough, another in germantown, teen boy shot in the stomach and one man needed to have six stitches to the eye, i "eyewitness news" spoke with some resident concerned about the attacks. >> gigantic bruce on you shall specially if you get hit in the eye or the face. go to a paint ball camp or do it there, don't -- >> people neighbors, in your community. >> victims told police the male that aimed at them look between 15 to 20 years old, police need the public's help in identifying this white dodge chrysler, in your screen there, tinted windows. if you recognize this vehicle, please call philadelphia police. >> and police are asking for your help in finding a knife wielding robbery suspect in northern liberties. take a look at this,

surveillance video shows the man walking into family dollar store 100 block of girard avenue last monday. police say he pulled a knife on an employee, which tried to stop them from stealing deodorant. video shows the suspect shoving the woman into a shelf before taking off. >> well, construction project in old city philadelphia stops temporarily, while archeologists recover remains burried hundreds every years ago. forensic crews have been digging and preserving the remains on arch street between second and third street. crews working on an apartment complex there found more than 100 graves and coffins, dating back to the 18th and 19th century under what used to be a parking lot. before that, it was the burial grounds for the first baptist church that was established in 1707. the graves were supposed to have been moved to another cemetery, by 1806. >> we want to keep the integrity of each of these individual cover inches. and it can be very challenge whg basically just falling apart in your hand. >> now the company building the apartments tmc property

group is paying to make sure the remains are burried in mount mariah cemetery. crews also hope to find any living descendents. president trump meeting with key house committee chairs today to discuss healthcare. yesterday the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable healthcare act, cleared two committees, but conservatives are slow to back it and democrat oppose it. the full house expected to vote in the week of march 20th. >> wikileaks founder julian assange said he's offering to give tech companies details on what called hacked cia materials. he said it will allow the companies secure -- to fix security problems. wikileaks released cia documents on computer hacking and spying. they reportedly show the agency is hacking into phones and televisions, to spy on people. the cia will not confirm if the hacking documents are authentic. >> us defense department has opened an investigation into on line sites where service members share nude photographs of women including their

colleagues. investigators say the images range from pornographic to simple snapshots and some include sexually violent comment. says the activity is criminal, may discourage young women from serving in the around forces. >> developing now, constitutional crisis in south korea upheld the removal of the country's president sparking protests for and against the decision. ruling could lead to criminal proceedings against president park guen-hey. south korea now has 60 days to elect new president. >> winter weather advisory until 2:00 this afternoon, lauren has more, coming up. also this morning, two major development in this week's deadly crash between a freight train and casino tour bus watch may have led to that arrest. >> and look at all of these alligators. yes, alligators. oh, my. we will tell you why they're all gathering in this spot in florida just ahead.

>> from mack noll ya to much more, going behind the scenes of the flower show. >> coming up in about 20 minutes. stay with us. we will be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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>> high atop the hotel bethlehem, part under the winter weather advisory, makes its way through, lauren's forecast coming up in just about one minute. families of the victims of tuesday's deadly train and tour bus crash in mississippi have gun filing lawsuits. news of the lawsuits comes as federal officials say the texas tour bus was not supposed to be on the road where it got stuck in plane crossing. ntsb officials say the to may have been following gps, not directions provided by the tour company. three people were killed in that accident. >> check out these alligators soaking up the florida sun. apparently one of the best gator watching spots in the state and it is not hard to

see why. 134 feet deep sinkhole, the geathers are drawn to the area because it is the only deep water left during the dry season also good source of food. park officials say you can see up to 200 geathers on typical day, if that's apparently what you're into. >> they run fast. >> yes, i've seen. >> i don't want to experience that first-hand. nasa released new photos showing the unusual shape of one the saturday eastern's many moons. >> up close image of the moon pan captured by the nasa spacecraft tuesday. little more than 15,000 miles away, the closest images ever taken of the moon. pan is just one of 53 confirmed moons surrounding saturn. >> and closer to home, we've got a beautiful picture here in our studio. no, not jim donovan. look at those flowers. pretty, right? all morning long we are celebrating the philadelphia flower show, kick off, jan carabeo will give us peak peak in about 30 minute.

okay, lauren, what have you got for us? >> just give it to us. >> i walked out of my house this morning at 1:30, okay, this is like summer out here. >> so mild. >> extremely mild yesterday, really my day, little windy, we had all of the sunshine, but temperatures, they've been dropping throughout the overnight periods, and will continue to drop through the day today. so temperatures we have now, they're the warmest you'll feel all day long. currently in the four's right now, in philadelphia, 43 degrees, but we've been dropping like a rock, at 38 in the lehigh valley, 38 reading, down into the 20's in the poconos. storm scan3, showing us, precipitation, starting to pick up now. we've been dealing with snow coming down in the poconos, over the last several hours. that is spreading into the lehigh valley right now with even some heavy snow coming down in and around lehigh, berks county, that area of precipitation, over spreading through you, as well, seeing light wintery mix right now it, will transition over to all snow, also, some returns, picking up right now, new castle county delaware, might be seeing light rainfall.

this event could start in center city, as light rain, but it will quickly change over to all snow. you see, all of that moisture off to the west, that's going to be building into our backyard. so, as we look at future weather that's going to show us into the 7:00 hour, that swat of snowfall, moving in, to center city philadelphia, that will overtake south jersey, as we head into the second half of the day, into the morning hours, or second half of the day into the afternoon hours as well, but into the 9:00 hour seeing the snow, in and along the i95 corridor coming down heavy at times, the 11:00 hour snow coming down her any nature at our shore points, even into midday, the snow encompassing much of the delaware valley. things will start to quiet down head into early afternoon. then as we head into the afternoon hours, and early evening, see scattered snow squawls redeveloping will pose threat to our evening commute. then after sunset things will start to wind down. morning snow, then turning over to snow squawls. 46 degrees, little deceiving,

already hit that, temperatures already falling and we will be in the three's through much of the day today. tonight get ready for cold friday night. mostly clear, windy, frigid falling back to 23 degrees. arctic air stomps in, as we head into the upcoming weekend, high temperatures only in the three's, for both saturday, sunday, spring forward and check it out. thirty's, all the way through mid week next week. more snow next tuesday. >> i guess little bit of dose of reality, i don't know, semi nice winter. very mild. ninety-five south at cottman, what we are looking around coming around the s curve headed into center city, push in the southbound direction, easy piece i, looking just as we should, hopefully keep you there until the 6:00 hour on a friday, i usually k42 freeway in new jersey one area that we usually heat up quickly move northbound toward 295-6789 what you are looking a there, we can expect them at this point. but usually this is another area that cannot hold steady

6:30, with the snow coming down it will slow us down little bit more. you will want to obviously factor in extra time into your morning commute. schuylkill near spring garden, eastbound and westbound direction, doesn't matter where you are moving. see early neighbors out, there overall, the schuylkill looking okay. and the delaware river bridge. this is the biggest news of the morning in the world of travel anyway. that has reopened t reopened last night around 10:30, thousands of people have been affected by the closure of this bridge. it has reopened so those alternates that we've been using for the past seven weeks or so, no more. great news. looking at newspaper headlines across our region. >> from the delaware county daily times, non-violent offends he is picked up from minor crimes, being given second chance through pie light free trial program. aimed at getting them

treatment. common pleas court judge john says that the optimum time for intervening in a attempted stem the addiction cycle is immediately after the first arrest. and the burlington county times, there have been nine unsolved homicides in burlington county since june 2015. authority are now ramming up their efforts to find the suspect. prosecutors offers offering total of $45,000 for information about the murders. a reward of $5,000 each has been posted for the homicide. from reading eagle even as ringling brothers and barnum bailey shuts down, smaller group sees a future, visit the hamburg steel house this week performing in the circus production. >> and that's a look from the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. and up next: pat's here with sport. good morning, pat. >> hey, good morning, guys. yes, big day for the eagles, they made some big moves in free agency. and the sixers made some moves out in portland. could be enough to score a win? all of that and m

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> and welcome back. we are glad you're waking up with hughes err on cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> pat's here with the morning sports. lots of eagles news. first the sixers went into the we hours of the morning. >> yes, did you catch it when you woke up this morning? >> i never went to sleep. >> i've been up since yesterday. >> it means a lot. >> certainly does. the 6ers started their west coast wing by going even later into the evening, against the high scoring strahle blazers. sixers and blazers in portland last night. rookie of the year. candidate dario, crafty move. he has career high 28. final second. sixers down two, and robert covington hits the put-back at

the buzzer. just too much. he finished with 28 points and 20 rebounds. the sixers lose their third straight, 114-108. they'll take on the clippers in l.a. tomorrow. 3:30 is the tip-off. flyers trying to keep pace with the wild-card, getting little help, wayne simmons, one-nothing flyers. too much toronto. first william knee lander ties t then tyler bozak puts the leafs up for good, flyers come up short four-two, in boston 1:00 face-off saturday afternoon. >> eagles main off season priority was to surround carson wentz's weapon, after literally dropping the ball last year, huge up great. former bears white out al sean jefferies to one year, $14 million deal. he has two, 1,000-yard seasons on his resume, and figures to help make life easier for

went, also massive target, six-four, 230 pounds. >> birds hauling in cory smith on three year deal. two years ago, smith led the nfl in over 20 yards per catch. so the 28 year old will hopefully be the vertical threat the birds have been lacking. so what's the story this morning, tori? >> very excited. great young quarterback. had the opportunity to, you know, be around that, and i think the team's headed in the right direction. so, glad to be a part of that, especially al sean will be there. so it will be fun. >> carson wentz is helping the outside now, will have some protection, as well. guard coming on one year contract. tent overall pick out of alabama, leaves the titans after 28 career starts. eagles had to let go of a fan favorite yesterday. they cut veteran linebacker connor barwin, it saves the team nearly $8 million. after 31 and a half sacks in

philly, it is a lost on the field, but also in the community where barwin has done some of his best work. >> villanova will face seton hall today. don't forget about that one. 6:30 in the biggies semifinal, watch sunday this weekend, i know you're a seton hall grad. >> it is fares i went to saint john's. >> they lost by 41, to november, a so nova looking to go to the east championships yet again. >> i hope -- >> me too. >> coming up in the next half hour of eye within news, we will tell you why the cost of oil is going down. plus, the cheerio's bee disappearing, we'll tell you why in a live report. >> say it ain't so, jim, say it ain't so. of course also following the lathes on our winter weather advisory, trang will have a live report in the next half hour. lauren? >> all right, well, we are dealing with of course snowfall today. so hopefully you are able to soak up some of the sunshine, and this weekend, bitter cold

one, sub freezing, high temperatures as we head into tomorrow. of course it is daylight saving time. so we lose that hour of sleep. but we did gain sunshine sunday evening, but it is going to be a cold start to our sunday, bitter cold temperatures, windchill temperatures likely down in the single digits. that's in the sit. but of course the main focus, the snowfall that's over spreading the area, and i'll have the latest on storm scan3

>> under a winter weather advisory for much of the day, storm scan3 showing us the system expected to bring a coating or two in philadelphia. as we look live at the lehigh valley they can see up to 3 inches. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. lauren and meisha will be along in just a moment. first here's what you need to start your day in the morning minute. >> things are getting going on storm scan3, i don't know if i'm getting delerious because of the morning show hours, but i swear we're seeing few little snowflakes coming down. >> philadelphia police investigating string of paint ball, some hurt, some seriously in roxborough and germantown. protesters clash with police inul