to tell us just how low this temperature will go, lauren. >> this is just the beginning, terrible news, it is awful out here and it will only get more awful, frigid conditions, right now, with this arctic air settling in across the delaware valley. we are at 31 degrees in philadelphia 25 in allentown. teens in mount pocono. and once temperature fall back in the 20's they will in the escape the 20's, for a series of days, getting a live look right new from new jersey, over the river at center city philadelphia. a bought full sky, in progress right now, but yeah you will want to look at it through a window. feels like temperature with this bitter breeze 22 in philadelphia teens in the lehigh valley and berks county , feels like temperature in mount pocono, two above and yes, in your weather headlines , we are going to be dealing with continuing sub freezing temperatures, as we head into the rest of the week , and the upcoming weekend and, potentially into 2018.

wind chills in the area of 0- degree mark as we head tomorrow night into early thursday, including in the city and we could have our coldest new years day in philadelphia in over, 40 years , and i'll have all of the awesome, warm news, in your full eyewitness forecast in a few. >> all right, now get inside, lauren. >> thanks very much. >> this bitter blast has also cause sod damage underground, "eyewitness news" report's leash a nieves is live in northeast philadelphia with the clean up and damage from a water main break there, alycia >> reporter: jessica, crews just wrapped up with repairs to the main here but you can still see the damage and the mess, left behind from this main, and break this break is one of the two in the region today but it is also one of the many caused by bitter cold recently. if you are out and about today you already know. >> it is cold, and windy, yes. >> are you a fan of it.

>> yeah, i don't like it. >> reporter: lynn miller of norristown seems to feel the same about the cold weather today. not a fan of it. >> not at all. >> reporter: dip in the temperature having to bundle up and feel cold is dam evening the day for some in the reason it did some damage. early this morning the freezing temperatures led to two water main breaks, one in montgomery count a long germantown pike and another in northeast philadelphia, along willits road. both breaks causing an icy mess, and had crews out all day in the cold for repair. >> we have seen an up tic in water main breaks in the winter, early december, water temperatures drop and get through our systems. >> reporter: in the past two weeks there has been a half dozen main breaks in philadelphia including two in rittenhouse square and cities water department says that this month there have actually been more than 80 water main breaks because of the colder temperatures. >> we do know that we will see more, certainly from december to about march.

>> reporter: you heard cities water department spokesperson there saying that if this bitter blast of cold sticks around we could expect more of these water main breaks. reporting live from northeast philadelphia, leash a nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". peco customers are still feeling the effects of yesterday's wicked wind, right now the company is trying to fix 21 outages that impacted 84 customers. at its peak yesterday, more than 7,000 people were without power, and peco is hoping to have most of the outages fixed by later tonight or early tomorrow morning. bundle up holiday travelers are making their way to and from 30th street station in philadelphia. this afternoon lines there pretty long as people wait todd depart the city, others wheeled those suitcases to the station eager ton home after a busy holiday weekend. meantime jet blue airways flight slid off an icy taxiway at boston's logan airport today. the plane had just arrived from savanna when it hit that

patch and started to skid. plane came to the stop in the snow between two taxiways, no one was seriously hurt. erie, pennsylvania received 53 inches of snow in 30 hours shattering record. that is a snow that began 8:00 d continued throughout christmas day. the snowfall is the largest ever two day snow total in pennsylvania. residents of erie who are snow stranger to big snow falls say the digging process is going to take sometime. there are some snow chance s in our future that could impact any travel plans you may have, during this holiday week. lauren will have her travel forecast in just about 10 minutes. a police pursuit end was an officer shooting a robbery suspect in west philadelphia this morning. police say suspect who was wanted for two robberies crashed into another car at forty-ninth and walnut. an officer shot the man in the chest after he allegedly tried to pull what appeared to be a weapon from his waist band, the officer was not injured.

>> also had to protect himself and other people present and armed with knowledge of being a gunpoint robbery and person refuses commands you do have a duty to protect yourself. >> officer involved had been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. the suspect remains in critical condition. baby girl attacked by a racoon in north philadelphia is now out of the hospital. four month-old journey black was attacked by the racoon last week in the apartment where she lives with her mother in the 2100 block of north 22nd street. journey's mother said she spot that had racoon earlier in the day before the attack and called the landlord to have it removed. our david spunt, talked with the little girl's mother and he will have more on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. chopper three is over a house fire in abington, montgomery county. this is at 401 susquehanna road this particular fire reached two alarms, but there are in reports of any injuries , and the cause remains under investigation.

fire fighters in south jersey are working to place a barn fire under control, chopper three over 100 block of bordentown owe i-georgetown road in chesterfield township burlington county. we are told that fire has been burned for about an hour no injuries have been reported. high winds fanned blames that destroyed two homes and damaged three others on christmas night in slaughter beach, delaware. fire fighters were called to the 300 block of bay avenue just after 7:00 last night, officials say a propane tank may have caused this fire. at lee one elderly resident was hurt when she tried to run back into the home and then fell, the cause remains under investigation. well, the road to the super bowl runs right here through philadelphia after the eagles clinched home field advantage last night and sports director don bellies here with the bird plans for the season final think sunday. >> it will be interesting to go see how they play it.

a lot of different ways they can go. eagles don't have much to play for this sunday against dallas and nfc east, champs. home field advantage, check. they have accomplished all of their regular sees than goals but there is still a lot of work left to do. last night they beat raiders but nick foles struggled filling in for carson wentz. he threw a touchdown, interception and only finished with 163-yard passing. so when the teams playoff fate already set will doug pederson give foles the customary rest on sunday. >> i got to get him as many re ps as we can and be smart bit. obviously we have a lot of football left, our season is really just, beginning, quite honestly, but you know, we will be smart. we will make good decisions there as a coaching staff, talk to the coordinators about , you know, play time and all that and we will have a good plan later in the week. >> pederson added he would like to get backup quarterback nate sudfield playing time as

well. nate has never played in a regular sees than game. meanwhile fans are filled with cautious optimism, after the bird clinched the number one seed, many said that the shaky performance last night leaves them a we bit nervous, however home field advantage should make this team hard to beat. >> definitely playing a game, they will be okay but the linc is really scary. >> home field throughout, that is what you need, you know, they come to our house. this city gets loud. so it won't be easy for whoever comes into our house. >> of course, fans know that guess what nick foles is the guy, better get behind him and they better do it if they want to see this team keep winning. coming up in about 15 minutes ill will take you inside the locker room for the post game celebration, after the eagles clinched home field advantage. last night. we are getting used to those powe game celebrations in the locker room. >> i'm guessing it was just a small one. >> you have to celebrate all over. >> little happy.

>> celebrate the good stuff. >> don, thanks. a lot of fans probably received eagles items as presents yesterday and area malls were packed on this day after christmas for deals and returns. chante. holiday shoppers filled cherry hill mall i'm chante lens and i will have details coming up on gift returns, coming up. also ahead a mom's mission to take a photo of the royal couple end with the snapshot that could pay her her royal daughter's college and tweet that went viral. also hurricanes, wild fires, eclipse and sexual harassment scandals this has been a year to remember, we will take a look back at the biggest stories of 2017 when "eyewitness news" at 5:00 returns. chan take lens.

well, the rush to return, it is on to day is considered one of the biggest days of the

year for gift returns. our chante lens is live in cherry hill mall in chester count which are the crowd are picking up. >> reporter: crowded started off slow as many people here are hoping to cash in on those gift card while others are looking to return and change those holiday gifts. it was day after christmas shoppers filled the halls at cherry hill mall. >> 75 percent off. >> reporter: nice. >> yeah, better deal then black friday. >> reporter: many are looking for deep discounted deals, but for others, likely toia king- scott it is all about the gift returns. >> we will be here for christmas. you know, one size bigger for me and see if they can exchange it out. >> reporter: potential problem is that le toy bought her husband's gift than line at macy's.com. his jacket was shipped to their home. they went into macy's to try

to save time and money from gift return mailing and shipping cost. >> we came to the store. they were very friendly, nice. they asked me the correct size for my husband. he tried it on. the exchange was easy. >> reporter: that wasn't the case after she said she ordered a dress on line for herself which wasn't a considered a gift purchase with another department store two months ago. >> difficult go to jc penny and got a nice white dress. i tried to exchange the dress same we did for a different size and it was more so find your own dress, you have to pay for the dress again, and then we will reimburse you or ship the dress back out to us and do it that way. i need that had dress that night. >> reporter: that is a tough situation. there is still plenty of time to shop at cherry hill mall. doors stay opened tonight half an hour later until 10:00 p.m. live from cherry hill, chantee lens for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

>> thanks very much. a few strategic tips if you plan to make a return avoid opening the box if you can, some stores charge you restocking fee on certain items. also make sure you have your gift receipt, id handy, and check the company's return policy, including its deadline for returns. some retailers are generous but others have very limited time thaw can return, for example most major stores, well only how you 90 days to return an item but some as little as 30 days or 15 days. >> and, if you can avoid in store returns today or tomorrow, do it, you can beat the crowd that way, according to a report of technology software company, 40 percent of people did their post holiday returns on the 26th, and the 27th so maybe do it this weekend. >> wow. >> fit that in. >> yes. >> look who is inside now and much warmer. >> i feel so much better. that is a gift in itself being warm. >> it is so cold. >> this is cold for this time

of the year. >> absolutely dealing with a typical cold that is going to be lasting. we need to hunker down and prepare, temperatures are so cold, outside, we know that 31 k at center city philadelphia beautiful includedless sky ongoing right now, westerly wind at 12 miles an hour, blustery again today so that feels like temperature down to 22 and the night has just begun, our high temperature today only 33 degrees, we start off in the 20's. our normal high 42 degrees so 10 degrees shy of that. we're at 14 in mount pocono. twenty-nine in wilmington. thirty-one in allentown. as we pan out is there any relief anywhere? nep. eighteen in state college. eight above in buffalo. thirty-six in washington. arctic air has over taken the entire region, and near hour by hour forecast, we are dropping back down in the middle 20's by midnight. we will see increasing included that will slow the cooling a little bit but we

will be at 23 degrees by 2:00 he clock hour and down to 20 by early tomorrow morning. as we head into january, climate wise we are not looking much better on average , our coldest month of the year with a average high in philadelphia at 40 degrees. typically our second most snowy with 6.6 half inches of snow. february is our most snow moy. the coldest days of the year on average january 15th through the january 20th, so we have more cold in store. storm scan three showing us quiet conditions. lake effect snow machines turning off in and around erie , pennsylvania area giving those folks a break but as we head into your travel conditions we will be dealing with the cold, conditions as we head into tomorrow, so looking good, hitting the road or taking to the sky thursday as good as well but bitter sunshine and watching for a chance of snow as we head into friday. we have several snow chances but models in disagreement as we head into new years. scattered snow showers on friday with some light

accumulation, dusting to an inch is what it looks like right now, possibly some snow as indicated by european model but not gfs model however, gfs model is indicating we could see measurable snow as we head into new years day. hopefully we will see more alignment heading in the next couple days so stay tune to that evolving forecast. overnight tonight mostly cloudy and frigid, down to 19 degrees. for our wednesday cloudy conditions in the morning turning sunny but that will not help us on the in the temperature department. high of only 28 degrees, in the quite as breezy but still breezy at times so that wind chill temperature again tomorrow is going to be on the brutal side and this will be a long hall with arctic air, in command. you can see cold air, polar air entrenched across northeast, reenforcing shot as we head into friday for upcoming weekend high temperatures likely still in the 20's, and as we head into new years day on monday, 25 degrees, would make for the

coldest new years day in 41 years in philadelphia since 1977, on tuesday, we are potentially still in the 20's. so you have all that new winter weather gear from sanity, you know, you will make out pretty goody guess. >> now is time to wear it. >> you were saying yesterday janice typically cold most is that right. >> that is right. >> for us. so more fun to come. >> hopefully we will stay on that average and it gets a little less fridge fred here. >> lauren, thanks very much. one of the top ferris wheels in the country now calls new jersey home, still ahead on "eyewitness news" where you can ride this giant observation wheel starting to day, don. it wasn't pretty but mission accomplish, we will go inside the locker room for doug pederson's powe game speech we are talking bird after the

2004 was last time eagles clinch top spot until last night. bird will being up number one seed with the 19-10 win over raiders as they now need two wins at home to reach the super bowl. here's head coach doug pederson in the locker room after the game. >> every team we face from here on out has to come through this stadium and play you guys. >> yeah. hey, hey, congratulations,

coaches, players. i don't care about pretty. i don't care bit. fact is bottom line is you found a way to win the game. found a way to win the game. defense held the job in the second half keeping that owe even if in the game. owe even if, we have to go to work, right now, clean it up. we have to clean it up. we have another opportunity next week even. hey, great job. >> doug doesn't care about pretty. you have to clean it up though >> true, true. >> you know, powe season play it does start to counterfeit is pretty or not. >> you just want a w, survive until your next, that is it. >> well, let's make that our mantra. don, thanks very much. playing video games too often will be recognized as a mental health disorder, we will tell what you symptoms to watch out for in the next half an hour. headaches for millions of travelers, headaches thanks to i bad combination of snowstorm , and bitter cold. we will tell you where hundreds of flights were cancelled.

and, one mom with a cell phone takes a royal photograph that has new gone viral, and could pay for her daughter's college education, you're watching cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at

they were dealing with below normal temperatures. rocky mountain to maine, temperatures are 10 to 20 degrees, below normal right now and traveling is proving treacherous in many places. demarco morgan has more from newark license liberty international airport in new jersey. >> i was than the wishing for it but we got it. >> reporter: whether they wanted it or not people from washington to maine woke up to a white christmas. >> i was, you know, happy with no snow, no shoveling. >> reporter: in new england snow fell in some areas at a rate up to 5 inches per hour

heavy snow with strong wind, led to 20,000 outages in massachusetts. wrapped snowfall caused dangerous conditions on the road. >> pretty much white out conditions. >> reporter: and in the sky. boston's logan airport one flight skidded off runway whale landing monday night, and earlier in the day blizzard conditions briefly shut down airport and caused 240 delays. bitter cold envelopes midwest, minnesota had wind gusts as much as 35 below 0n washington , washington and oregon saw one to 2 inches of snow. slick road led to dozens of crashes and delays. >> i don't want to drive anymore but i know i'm stuck in the middle, so i cannot go anywhere. >> reporter: parts of the new york and michigan could get 5 inches of snow before the week is out and then that weather system is attempting to head south east bringing

sleet, snow, ice and rain. demarco morgan for cbs news, newark, new jersey. and expect bitter cold down the shore this week and all across the region. if you have travel plans over the holidays meteorologist lauren casey has her travel forecast in just about 15 minutes, she will tell you also about some chances, plural, for some snow. atlantic city is new attraction, 227-foot tall wheel opened up for the first time on steel pier. chopper three caught this glimpse have the ride earlier today. wheel offers 40 temperature controlled gondolas that holds six passenger each and they ride less than 15 minutes. at night 13 you this lights will shine brightly over the ocean. it is now opened for holiday week until december 31st, starting at noon, but that is only if temperatures stay above 40 degrees. with so many children playing video games this week parents should ab wear of is what called gaming disorder. the disorder is being added to the official list of the

diseases by the world health organization next year. that officials say symptoms include in a ability to control wind and how often how to play those video games, adding gaming disorder to the list means it will be recognized by doctors and insurance companies. the cities of philadelphia , new york, san francisco have filed a federal lawsuit begins the department of defense over gun background checks. the lawsuit claims that the pentagon failed to report many convicted service members who were disqualified from owning guns. lawsuit seeks an injunction and judicial oversight to assure military complies with its obligation toss submit those record. one day after christmas president trump says he is back to work and focused on important agenda items for 2018. video from cnn shows president getting in a round of golf at his rifle golf course in west palm beach florida, this morning. yesterday he spent christmas with his family at his mar-a-lago resort. president says some issues he wants to tackle next year

includes national security, infrastructure and health care 2017 was year we won't soon forget from the sexual harassment scandals to the bill cosby mistrial to some of the war natural disasters in history, kennett craig has a look back at the year that was >> reporter: 2017 was the most costly hurricane season on record, hurricane harvey made land fall twice bringing record flood to go parts of the texas and louisiana. then hurricane irma slammed into florida causing widespread destruction and power outages. >> i asked for america's pray ers. >> reporter: hurricane maria ravage puerto rico and u.s. virgin islands, the storms cost $200 billion in the u.s. alone. out west, wild fires, killed at lee 40 people, and wiped out entire communities, in northern california, several wineries n december wild fires burned southern california's hill side, destroying hundreds of homes, and buildings.

>> we have an active shooter. >> reporter: deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history happened october 1st in las vegas. stephen paddock opened fire on a music festival from his suite at mandalay bay hotel, 58 people were killed before paddock took his own life. twenty-six adults and children were killed inside of the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. police believe devin kelly was tarring his in-laws. suspect serial killer howell donaldson was arrested in tampa, florida. he was charged were four counts of the first degree murder ending a weeks long manhunt n charlottesville, a group of white national list clashed with counter demonstrators during a rally. witnesses say james field junior a suspect white national list drove his car in a crowd killing heather hire. that sparked calls to remove all confederate monuments. some of the 1500 confederate statue is a cross the country were taken down while others

were cord up. allegations of sexual misconduct caused major figures in entertainment to lose their jobs. film producer harvey weinstein stepped down from his production company, and studios parted ways, with actor kevin spacey and comedian lewis ck. tv anchors bill o'reilly, charlie rose and matt lauer also lost their job. a pennsylvania judge declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case against comedian bill cosby. his accuser andrea constand testified that cosby gave her pills, and assaulted her. dozens of nfl players were chastised for taking a knee during the national anthem. the players wanted to bring attention to the racial injustice in the african-american community. >> thank you. >> reporter: o.j. simpson was released from prison after serving nine years forearmed robbery. and, darkness descended in the middle of the day in august and all eyes looked toward the sky for total eclipse of the sun. it won't happen here again

until 2024. kennett craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". they celebrate just like us still to come how your favorite celebrities spent the holidays. and crews at pennsylvania convention certainty are spending this holiday week gearing up for a colorful spectacle how they are preparing for an invasion of mummers on new years day. plus an unexpect christmas gift, why the birth of this baby got every within by surprise on christmas day, lauren. well, it will be last weekend of 2017 and temperatures will still be cold, likely, sub freezing with high in the upper 20's on both saturday and sunday. some models projecting a chance of snow on saturday so stay tuned for that evolving forecast and as we head into sunday night new years eve we could ring in the new year with temperatures in the teens , we will be right back.

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mummers are moving into the pennsylvania convention center for some traditional theater shows on new years day kyw news radio reporter john mcdevitt shows us the setup. >> reporter: well, fancy brigade clubs are truck nothing large sets and props and other equipment for 21st fancy brigade finally. they have each club performing four and a half minute style broadway style production january 1st. bill berk is vice-president of the philadelphia association. >> it is all about the trophy and bragging rights. we are mummers. we are world famous mummers.

it is our super bowl. the trophy means everything to us. >> reporter: south philadelphia vikings are club to beat they won last year, pete is the captain. >> thinks the only time that we prepared everything for 11 and a half months, now it all starts coming together. so everything that we can prepare and you want it done you start to see it coming together and then there is always things that you didn't realize were going to happen and you have to adjust. this is fun time to get it all to work for that last minute. >> reporter: there are rules to set up, come tomorrow night at 10:00 o'clock, these things come down. when those gates are closed, anything else, has to come through doors these size. broncho of the club is the youngest performance captain at the age of 16. >> thank you very much. >> it is my second year performing captain, my father has been captain for 20 some years now, my grandfather for 20 some years and my uncle for five years. it is a family tradition. >> reporter: there will be two

shows, ticket still available, more information at cbs philly .com. john mcdevitt for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". netflix is hoping to help parents get their young won to bed at a decent time. for the fourth year in a row they are offering kid theme count downs to make anytime, feel like midnight. parents can log on and find featuring animated characters celebrating last 102nd of the year. according to netflix the peak viewing area for count down in the past two years was 8:00 p.m. on new years eve. pretty good. stay with "eyewitness news" we will be right

back/"eyewitness news" with what some are calling a christmas miracle. two men in ohio best friends for 60 years just found out they are actually brothers. walter mcfarland never knew his father, anal even robinson was adopted. curiosity about their family, lynn age led them to ancestry .com and it turns out that the life long friends shared the same birth mother. the two revealed discovery to friends and family on christmas eve. minnesota couple got an un expect christmas gift this

year and quite the story to go with it. hanna and her husband taylor were enjoying christmas with their family yesterday when hanna began having contractions. the pair got in their car, tried to get to the hospital but, the baby intervened again they stopped on the side of the road, and taylor helped deliver their baby girl. >> it didn't occur to me until i was calling 911 that this might not take place where it is supposed to take place. you are in the doing a whole lot of thinking but following directions and doing what need to be done. >> baby poppy was in the due for another 27 days but she just could not wait, mom and baby are doing well. we continue with the holiday babies, checking in on somehow children of celebrities spent their christmas day. john legend and his daughter luna spent family time in the decemberer. kevin hart made some snow at the beach for his kid. bex from today's 96.5 has those stories and more in the hot minute. >> thanks, guess contact we are keeping holiday spirit going recapping how our

favorite celebrities spent their weekend, starting off with john legend whose shirt matched his settings, the university of pennsylvania grad, celebrated christmas in the desert with his wife, christie teigen and his daughter, luna, the last time as a family of three. since the couple is expecting, and here's something you would not expect, snow in malibu, kevin hart's kid were bundled up, they were in the getting a white christmas as they generally spend tonight aspen. philadelphia native went into dad mode and made it possible. kevin sharing this video writing anything for my kid. new on to kate hudson who need to relieve a christmas album we have heard her sing before about who knew she was this good. >> ♪ >> actress spent christmas with her family and friend and that was david foster who was playing piano the piano.

while kate nailed every net and word will smith might need a littal assistance, the philadelphia star spent christmas on a sleigh ride with jade and kid who gave the song 12 days of christmas their best shot. >> twelve... 12. >> come on. >> twelve twins twerking. >> that is your hot minute i'm bex from today's 96.5. >> that is quite the ren decks , thanks. today marks start of the kwanzaa cultural holiday that honors african heritage and culture. please touch museum kick off week licensing holiday while hosting workshops that feature african-american heritage. today children participated in dance performances, map weaving, candle making and other activities highlighting kwanzaa's seven principals. the city of philadelphia is marking start of kwanzaa in a special way. "eyewitness news" is live in center city as officials host

the first ever kwanzaa celebration right there on boat house row. we are there as part of the holiday fest -- we will join in. >> when we light can also we are lifting up the light that lasts. we want the unity to last. this is where the part where we light up this light that last and make a commitment to practice unity to reflect unity, and to increase unity and got that comes from it. we are lifting up the unity lights and we said we want this unity right to last. >> again we are listening right new as city officials hoe first ever kwanzaa celebration right there on both bet house row, and the iconic row of homes will be illuminated in kwanzaa colors that is set to happen in a few minutes, that ceremony got underway a short time ago with drum line procession to the fish ladder. remarks from mayor jim kenney

and members of the kwanzaa cooperative are also part of the festivities. lauren casey joining us now, notice everyone has many layers on out there. >> yes. >> like digging your closet for all of your gloves, all of your hats and that is your trend. over accessory, is that a word yes, that is what we will be doing over next several days with high temperatures that are sub freezing for a extended period of time and getting a live look at center city philadelphia, it is, cold skies mostly clear right now. we will see included deck increasing, in precipitation in the forecast but this cold certainly is, as arctic air has spilled in across the delaware valley. it will remain as we head in the upcoming weekend but checking in with our weather watchers they are calling in with their reports and they are cold, as well, but we do have great pictures, we will check in 29 degrees in new jersey at lynn's house she has clear sky conditions in cherry

hill, she says, that wind chill temperature 26, and dropping fast, we think this winter definitely feeling like winter, winter plus out there and she also has a great picture of the kid from christmas, this is a great way to spend a cold outside, indoors, on christmas, as a set up, tree there, kid with the present, smiles on their face looks like santa brought them some great gifts but we have other pictures to show you, we will check in with other conditions, across parts of the area right now. we will head back across the river to phil's house 26 degrees right new reporting clear sky conditions in philadelphia and he has great pictures as well. he was out at morris arboretum today and he took pictures of the swann, he doesn't look happy. he is like i'm cold out here. can i go in somewhere. maybe i should just fly on south. we wish we could all fly south with these cold temperatures that will be sticking around for the future.

in your travel forecast heading home from grand mom's house after the christmas holiday you should not run into air travel problems as far as weather is concerned across the portions of the northe, it will be cold, sunshine, 24 degrees in the big apple, 20 in boston, 23 degrees the high in d.c. heading southbound we could run into delays in atlanta with showers around, same case in new orleans and houston as well, a cold day in texas with high temperatures only in the 40's and talk about the cold, heading back to minneapolis, be ready for 6 degrees when you arrive tomorrow, sunny skies and bitter cold day in the windy city. sunshine. that is g high temperature only 12 degrees. could run into slow downs around seattle, showers in the forecast a nice winter day and denver sunshine and 50 degrees , and if you are heading back or to l.a. you are a lucky duck, 78 degrees and sunshine, for the forecast for tomorrow, just continues

to be cold and chance have snow showers as we head into the end of the week, highs in the 20's, starting tomorrow and see that extended stretch, overnight lows dropping in the teens as well. that will be an extended stretch and then we have chance for scattered snow showers as we head into friday but all quiet right now looking live at center city philadelphia, 31 degrees. westerly breeze at 12 miles an hour. feeling more like 22. overnight tonight we will fall back in the teens, mostly cloudy, eventually and frigid with a temperature falling back down to 19. cloudy morning for our wednesday and then turning sunny with the sunshine not helping us out with a high temperature only at 28. still breezy at times with that north westerly win at 10 to 15 miles an hour. our future feels like temperatures will be just brutal as we head in the day tomorrow and in the teens all throughout the day. we don't make it to zero, in the poconos as far as feels like temperatures and check that out that is thursday

morning, prepare for that near zero wind chill temperatures including in the city, south jersey and down the shore we could potentially see a wind chill factor in atlantic city at four above. snow showers in the forecast for friday, potentially more snow into saturday, and cold continues into new years, jessica, high of only 25, on new years day. >> layer up indeed, lauren, thanks very much. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight an innocent cell phone picture of megan markle goes viral. >> a british mum captured perfect christmas picture of megan markle and prince harry, i'm ben lou is in london where amateur photographers efforts to hit the front pages.

photo of the new royal couple is popping up and it wasn't taken by a professional photographer but rather an doing fan on her cell phone. man lewis has the story. >> reporter: which royals went to church every photographer was scrambling to get the perfect shot of william, kate, harry and megan together. only one did and she's an amateur. >> just a really lucky shot that capture the moment, and i was really grateful, it is perfect, i loved it. >> reporter: karen murdock who lives near the queen's estate capture this remarkable frame on her iphone and posted it to twitter where it got 13,000 likes, her previous record was just five. >> it is bunkers, isn't it, waiting, just mad.

>> crazy. >> reporter: her tip to getting royals smile she and her daughter screamed and shouted at them. >> we were fans, of william and harry. we said look at this way. it would be so embarrassing. >> karen's photograph made front page of every major newspaper in the uk acknowledgment that official photographers that they have out done by a member of the public with a cell phone. if you get a call from kensington palace and megan markle says i love a photo can i have a copy for myself would you give it to her for free. >> would i freak out, would i absolutely delighted if they want my photo. >> reporter: with prince harry and megan's wedding a few months away she may get a chance to show off her camera skills. in london ben lewis for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". she has an agent an plans to put the sales from those photos toward her daughter's education. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00.

now at 6:00 battling bitter blast by bundling up. people forced to brave the temperatures are breaking out big parkas and snow hats, and then they better get used to it, lauren. >> reporter: it is freezing, literally and this isn't even the coldest air yet i'm meteorologist lauren casey. i will let you know how many days we will spend in the 20's and details on potentially coldest new years day in over 40 years. the rush to return we are live as people pack in the local malls to take back those unwanted gifts or maybe get a few more. plus a eagles win comes with a little bit of war what i cuts coach doug pederson has to say about a sloppy win at the linc . feeling the chill, the region in the grips of the bitter blast from work tours walkers the trip outside is requiring some extra layers,

tonight. good evening, i'm jessica dean ukee washington is off tonight people are battling that bitter cold by bundling up, just like our own meteorologist lauren casey, on a very chilly cbs-3 sky deck, lauren. >> absolutely cold temperatures. you can feel it as soon as you get near the door let alone go outside the door. temperatures on the decline over the last several days where we are in the middle 40 's on sunday. yesterday our christmas holiday 40-degree high temperature. today we barely made it into the lower 30's. a high temperature at 33 degrees in philadelphia about 10 degrees shy of our normal high temperature of 42. starting day off in the 20's. now temperatures have fallen south of freezing in philadelphia and we are going to have numerous days, where temperatures do not surpass that freezing mark once again. we are at 23 in allentown. twelve in mount pocono. we have fallen back in the 20 's in atlantic city. no, sir as blustery today as yesterday when w