"eyewitness news" caught early risers on the avenue of the arts, bundle up, against bitter blast, katie is here to tell us how long temperatures are below normal. >> we are following breaking news deadly hit and run in northeast philadelphia this is aftermath crash so violent it sent one person flying from their vehicle we are live with the description of the suspect whom police say ran from the scene. for first time in 25 years alabama voters elect a democrat to the senate, i'm laura podesta in washington d.c. with the response from both side.

today is wednesday december 13th, good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. it is dangerously cold. lets look at the temperatures. how long is this sticking around. >> really, war chillies happening right now as we speak. just cold out there. we will get feels like values in the second but predominant ly a issue with the wind that makes it feel so harsh but we have much colder air in place, in the wake of the front that crossed through storm scan is clear and will stay that way, not the case later tonight, we will talk about that later in the show. wind speed are noticeable but not windy would say that will cause damage that could send trash can flying. i saw debris, just leave, such , a flew out of the garbage can here in center city on my drive n expect you may run into that but no major problems when it comes to the wind, it just makes it feel so much harsher, single digits at best in most spots and even

worse then that if you are waking up in the mountains this morning. now a look ahead shows more sunshine then anything throughout rest of the day but still windy and daytime high hit 31. it remains very cold all day licensing and later on tonight , we will see a little snow, we will tell what you that will bring, later on. >> the snow, cold, not good, good news, even though it is so cold out, our roadways, they are dry, so ben franklin bridge looking nice, although we are seeing levels build a little bit quicker coming westbound from new jersey into center city, faster then what we typically see. we are at 5:02 and we see it pick up. just a head up. one of the good things is construction crews, i will say it again they will move out quicker. who wouldn't, right. construction here schuylkille between vine south street one westbound lane closed and that has also been cleared, schuylkill east between gladwynn and city avenue.

we have an accident in lansdale west main street at susquehanna avenue just a head up, heading outside the door now factor in a couple extra minutes. we have a vehicle fire in gilbertsville. we will talk about that a bit. heading outside don't want to forgetful cold weather even kemp. >> coat, hat, gloves, all a good idea on a bitter blast wednesday morning. we saw folks bundled up this morning as katie said temperatures dropped overnight and we woke up to a bitter blast with single digit wind chills. so be prepared for that heading outside the door. this morning we are following breaking news a man is dead and several others injured after a violent hit and run in tacony overnight. >> lets get outside to alycia nieves live at the crash scene with the very latest, good morning, alycia. >> reporter: good morning. police are looking foreman and woman who so how managed to run from the scene of the early morning fatal writ and run crash this crash was

causing one car to go off the roadways through a fence and into the front yard of the home. that car right now being towed away and that carries the car that had a passenger who was killed in this early morning crash. fatal hit and run crash at corner of the torresdale avenue and disston street in the tacony section of philadelphia it happened around 12:30 a.m. involved two cars both toyota and both remain on the scene. dark gray toyota as the striking vehicle had driver and female passenger in it got out after the car crash and ran away. witnesses say, they fled down a nearby alley even though female passenger appeared to be bleeding from her head, dark ready to yet a had three people injured, including one man, seriously and ultimately fatally injured. police say he was eject from the back seat thrown about 30 feet from the car and died an hour after being transported to a nearby hospital. authorities are unclear, and,

and so intent. and one car was sent through the fence of the home. >> we do have witnesses that are being interviewed, and accident investigation officers, at this time, there is also, many businesses, at the intersection that do have exterior cameras, so accident investigators, are trying to retrieve, those recordings. and police say they were able to run the license plate of the other vehicle involved, in the car crash, they got an address for owner on have that vehicle and they are working on tracking down that own tore find out, who was driving that dark gray toyota and hopefully find out hot men and with men are who ran from this early morning faith an hit and run crash. reporting live, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, in other news a 21 year-old man is dead following a shooting in north philadelphia, this happened just after 11:30 at american

and west west moreland street. police arrived to find victim suffering from the gun shot wound to the head. investigators are hoping that surveillance will help them learn more information. in franklinville two armed men break in the home and tie up the home owner this happened on the 3600 block of north third street overnight, the suspects used sip ties to restrain victim. you can sigh the tayoun that victim's wrist. investigators say nothing was taken no one was hurt and police are looking for two men and motive. alabama elects doug jones the state's first democrat to the senate in 25 years but g.o.p. senator roy moore is not ready to concede. >> election that everyone is talking about and outcome has huge implications for balance of power in washington. laura podesta is live in washington. >> good morning. >> good morning. well, jones victory comes as a result of a huge turnout among democrats and african americans, as well as solid support from women and younger

voters. that is the sound of doug jones, supporters, and pulled off the. and first democrat to senate seat in alabama in two decade. we have been at a cross road in the past and unfortunately, we have taken the wrong course tonight, ladies and gentlemen you took the right road. statistical dead heat for much of the night as the votes were counted. when all of the districts were in jones just barely toppled embattled, republican roy moore. moore has so far refused to concede, hinting to his crowd that the race is close enough, to warrant a recount. >> that is what we've got to do is wait on god, and let this process play out. thank you for coming tonight. it is not over. it will take sometime. >> reporter: while jones

victory is a blow to president trump and g.o.p. republican still maintain control of both houses of congress. their majority in the senate shrinks to 51-49. >> wasn't that republicans crossed over and voted for a democrat, it that is they stayed home. there was a portion of their base that didn't like either candidate including their own. >> reporter: president trum hospital threw his support tweeted a congratulations to jones and added in part the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. it ever never end. jones hold the seat through 202. now alabama's secretary of state says that a recount can be done, but moore will to have pay for it. live from washington d.c. i'm laura podesta, jim and rahel. well, there will be more coverage of doug jones victory in alabama coming up on cbs this morning. manual is in montgomery, alabama and nancy courtes has

reaction from washington d.c. that is coming up at 7:00 o'clock right here after "eyewitness news" on cbs-3. suspect in the new york city subway attack faces a court hearing today. the 27 year-old immigrant from bangladesh is charged with five federal counts of terrorism. since he remains in the hospital, authorities are trying to determine whether it will take place in person or through closed circuit video. suspect reportedly told investigators he was inspired and wanted to cause carnage with his home made pipe bomb f convicted he faces life in prison. still ahead we are hearing from eagles quarterback nick foles as he steps up to lead the bird. we have an update from the wild fires in california, as authorities made progress in the thomas fire now they have a new wild fire to deal with, we will explain. and then a van crashes in the car wash but this is no accident we will tell what you thieves managed to make off with coming up next.

once inside police say they settle a atm machine. police responded to a scene for security alarm and noticed a huge hole in the building. they are hoping this video will help them catch, those suspects. fire fighters in southern california are making progress battling one of the biggest fires in that state's history. thomas fire is about 25 percent contained, is one of wild fires rage nothing southern california. we are dealing with a cold, single digit wind chill.

>> yes, very frigid start to the morning and it that is wind that makes it so bad. i feel if it weren't windy we can handle the cold we are dealing w it is not intolerable but you have to be smart about how you dress for the day if you have to be outside. if you collect trash, postal worker, if you are a contractor, and you have to work in this, please make sure you are bundling up, those hand warmers you can put in your gloves are a life safer. let me show you what is going on out there, right now skies are quiet. we have cloud. there it goes. this is a camera, that it is mounted well, but any kind of harsh wind can really extend this particular camera shaking on top of the whitefield elementary school. we will see it going here. it is 19 degrees. doesn't feel more like single digits here. there is a wind advisory that has been posted and will last until 10 for southern most branch of new jersey and southern delaware. you can see gusts as high as 50 miles an hour that could

cause minor damage. further north, inland it shouldn't be as harsh but still very noticeable. meanwhile we have a new clip per system working its way , and, and later on tonight but it is a clipper and if you know anything about clipper they don't tend to have moisture and they move through quickly. they don't have much time to du accumulation. this is one model interpretation gfs model of what will take place here, this is a dusting along i-95. enough in the early morning drive that could cause minor problems. if we are looking for anything of significance lehigh valley, poconos to have the chance to see an inch or two of quick accumulation out of the clip per. these are record you have to hit to have a high on christmas. with the kind of cold we have been experiencing you think we don't have a prayer. i don't think we have a prayer to get anything colder then this for christmas but we do start to, see some rebound take place, by the weekend. go from the 30's saturday to the mid 40's on sunday and we ca

rain shower on sunday. as we are flirting with 50 on monday. there is some, easing up here but it will take a couple days >> little bit of everything, wind chill, 50's, and then rain. >> thanks very much. good morning. hopefully, all of our vehicles here working to day you will need it. looking outside, 42 freeway north bound at creek road, toward 295, 42 looking great, really good. it is, but would i say at this hour it starts to look like it is holding steady out there we are looking nice at 42. the vine, quick peak here, moving in the westbound side and eastbound side looking good here as well. eastbound side picking up quicker then westbound side but we are looking nice on the vine. blue route near mid county pushing in the southbound direction taillights moving in the southbound direction looking good. blue route is looking darn quiet. we are good there. we have an accident out there, been out there in lansdale,

west main street at susquehanna avenue, you are just heading out in this area right new factor in a couple extra minutes. same thing here, with this vehicle fire in gilbertsville, 73, philadelphia avenue at williams way at route 100 this area is what you want to give yourself a couple extra minutes, depending on how much flashing lights are out there we will keep you posted when this gets cleared but right now it is still out there, rahel and jim back to you. now for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> delaware county daily times walling forward elementary school in netter providence is dealing with the resignation of the principal amid concerns over inappropriate conduct. josh peterkin stepped away on december 5th, now it is important to point out that the claim of the alleged inappropriate action in in way endangered or involved children. mercury limerick man faces a decade in prison after he admitted to sexually assaulting two pottstown girls david andrew boyd was

sentenced to 24 years in the state correctional facility in connection with his contact with two girls age 15 and 17 during summer of 2016. >> trentonton, governor chris christie is giving capitol district another parting gift, state house commission approved proposal from christie to build a new and two new juvenile detention centers in woodbridge and winslow township. the cost an estimated 170 million-dollar. >> that is a look at newspaper headlines from around a delaware valley. pat's here with morning sports. >> good morning. >> who feels like a winner today? i do. sixers do the flyers do we will tell you what is in store for the eagles if they win too

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welcome back, we're glad you are with us. >> pat's here with sports and sixers wrapping up a road trip in minute so the. over last 10 days sixers hit a rough patch going in to last night's game in the timber wolves they have who four straight and it will take extra effort to snap that losing streak, sixers in minneapolis, joel embiid power ed it on, 7 feet 2 inches tall, a lay in, sixers clawing back, and embiid showing off vision right here, by ben simmons on the back door they helped to overtime and intra sem seven in overtime, 28 overall with 12 rebounds and eight assists, the sixers win a huge road test 118-112, thunder come to town on friday night. sixers snap a losing streak while flyers look to keep their winning streak alive on the road in toronto last night they won three who 10

consecutive games in november and early december. flyers/leafs, claude giroux t 's it upbeats fredrick anderson with the one timer. one to nothing flyers. third period flyers trailing, can you find the puck here? in there somewhere. that is travis konecny finding the net right there, tied game under three to play sean couturier gets loose and scoring game winner, his 15th of the season, four-two is the final. flyers won four in a row. they face saber rr >> i think, first, last two games before this one we had lead and we found a way, everybody bought into keep the lead and now we had a different test, we were down a goal and guys just the feeling in the room that we were going to come back and it is a good feeling right now. >> that game is back home at

wells fargo center starting at 7:00. we will there been collecting toys as part of our joy of sharing toy fest, we hope you can join in on the fun and bring a new unwrapped toy for a child in need. if you cannot make it the two flyers game you can drop off a toy to our studios at 1555 hamilton street in philadelphia or visit cbs philly.com/toy fest for a complete list of toy drop off locations and upcoming toy fest events around the area. while eagles have who their starting quarterback for the season the green baycke migr healthy at just the right time , quarterback aaron rodgers, and, sunday, and since october with a broken collar bone. rodgers hit up instagram with this powe saying quote it has been a long road from that day to this but i'm happy to say i have been medically cleared to return. thanks for all of the love, support, prayers, well wishes over past eight weeks. big thank to you doctor mckenzie and our incredible

training staff, packers are a game out of the nfc wild card picture with three to play. as for eagles they can wrap up home field advantage with a win over giants and sunday and vikings loss to the bengals. of course, they will just to have do it with nick foles instead of the carson wentz, and this will be foles first game as a start tyseason but oft forget that exciting run as eagles quarterback a few seasons ago. that year he threw for 26 touchdowns and two interceptions and led eagles to the playoff, last playoff appearance, the eagles owe even if will not change much with foles under center and nicky's ready. >> carson's such a huge part of this organization, and will be a long time and he has done so much for his team, you know , on the field and in the locker room and big part of coming here, if you are supporting him my job toys step in that huddle and keep this thing rolling. >> eagles fans are sending their best wishes to injured

quarterback carson wentz, fans lined up to sign cbs-3 get well banner at chickie and pete's in south philadelphia, of course, we start that had at dilworth park early yesterday on cbs-3 this morning. it looks like it is filling up nicely. special honor for eagles safety malcolm jenkins for his work off the field, councilman jones and derek green presented jenkins with the resolution for his dedication to making social change, jenkins is one of the several who protested national anthem to bring attention to criminal justice and social reform issues, he was recently nominated for nfl man of the year award so doing great things, on the field, aeagles, . good for malcolm jenkins. >> philadelphia, been to the capitol talking to lawmakers. he is out there. >> i don't know how he finds the time to do it. >> he is every where. >> thanks, guys. coming up next half an hour of "eyewitness news" time running outlooking to ship presents before christmas. we will tell but important

deadlines we need to know, plus this. it was all a lie, made up. >> senior citizen speaks out after she's scammed and robbed , how they were able to talk their way in to her home. live look outside on this bitterly cold morning wind chills in the single digits out there they are making snow in the poconos, katie tells us when our next chance of seeing real snow here will come when we come right

good morning i'm rahel solomon. i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment but first here's what you need know to start your day in today's morning minute, wednesday, december 13th. bundle up for a bitter blast. w it is so cold, feels like single digits. a deadly hit and run in tacony. >> police are looking for a man and woman who somehow managed to run from the scene of this fatal hit and