right now at noon it is so cold, it hurts, and it is only going to get worse, hats, gloves, scarves, it doesn't matter how much protection you put on there is no escaping the conditions we have seen in a long time. a cooper river park the bone chilling temperatures did not scare away these joggers but exercising outside, may be even more difficult, come tomorrow, when our wintry weather delivers a 1/2 punch, bitter cold and snow. take a look penndot crews out getting ready for snow,

chopper three over route 413 just one of the roadways getting pretreated with a light layer of brine. >> our holiday weekend is shaping up to be a bitter one. i'm rahel solomon. >> aim he jan carabao. jim donovan is off today. we could experience coldest winter kay in american 100 years. >> katie fehlinger is tracking snow and cold, in the weather center. what is the very latest. >> that snow will be relatively light but it is a system that will really serve one main purpose and that is, to make it feel that much colder, reenforce is what already out there in terms of that really, really chilly air , and that means new years day especially will be incredibly cold. let me just get you out the door right now. i continue to show you, the feels like values as opposed to the actual air temperatures very good reason for. that simply because thinks the better gauge that you want to use when dressing in order to be appropriately layered up here, to be outside in the kind of cold that we're

experiencing right now. it only feels as, it feels at best up to mid teens here in the city of philadelphia we have not broken out of the single digit territory throughout the course of the morning. now into the afternoon up at mount pocono it is clearly at the coldest level, there, you do have at lee some sun break go through right now. whitefield elementary school. it looks like light snow showers rolling through parts of the poconos, however, the batch of snow, that is, more widespread, come through tomorrow and it is already here, always visible on storm scan but you do have to zoom it out to the midwest, iowa, illinois getting in on that snow. we're quickly tracking where this is headed. we are taking you into the evening with no problems, just , some cloud, building up overtime. come tomorrow early to late morning is when snow starts to move in and it is moving through relatively quickly. even by 4:00 p.m. it is basically done. how much are we talking ? we will have that information, for you later in the show and in the meantime, it is all about the cold, for now, with the reenforcements from the arctic, guys, marching our way

, as we speak, jan. >> katie, thank you. to strut or not to strut this bitter blast we're experiencing, could freeze out philadelphia's mummers parade on new years day. right now the show is scheduled to go on as planned but not everyone thinks that is the best idea. >> i mean we're in a code blue right now where we're taking people off of the street, and if that is still the situation , come new years day, put a bunch of people on the street, i don't think that is a real good call. that is just my opinion. >> city says it will continue to monitor the weather and decide sometime on saturday whether to postpone the parade to next weekend. and the snow that fell in erie, pennsylvania is causing potential problems for homeowners. look at all of that snow, 65 inches in fact, fell over the last few days. residents say they are worried that the heavy snow could cause roof toss collapse or cause water leaks inside their homes when the snow starts to melt. local hardware stores have run out of supplies for clearing the snow. more than half of the

country is caught in the grip of this dangerously cold weather. in chicago, illinois at least two deaths have being blamed on the freezing temperatures. at the city's midway airport it ties cold to fly. more than 80 flights were cancelled yesterday, and nearly 250 were delayed. >> it was like really hectic and a whole lot of people here >> it remains a serious, potentially life threatening event. >> in new hampshire, boiling water inntently froze due to a record temperature of negative 34 degrees, and just like here , in philadelphia, water fountains in new york city are now ice. breaking news now, chopper three is live over a two alarm house fire in west philadelphia. this is happening on the 4900 block of chestnut street, where fire fighters were called to the scene just about 30 minutes ago now, and as you can see they continue to work in these very cold conditions, to get that fire under control , and no injuries have been reported at this time.

well, this noon we are hearing radio calls between first responders as they arrived on the scene of the deadly apartment fire in the bronx, last night. >> people trapped, we have a baby in there. also, apartment six people trapped. >> twelve people were killed in the fire including four children, and investigators say they know how the blaze started and why it spread so quickly. correspondent laura podesta is in the bronx with the very latest. investigators believe a child paying with a stove caused the fast moving fire that broke out just before 7:00 thursday night killing 12 people and sending four others to the hospital in critical condition. >> a young boy three and a half years old playing with the burners on the stove, the fire got started, the mother was not aware of it, was alerted by the young man screaming. she exited her apartment with these, her two-year old and three-year old and left the door opened. >> reporter: fire crew is a arrived on the scene three minutes after the first 911

call. this building residents say relied on his faith while he waited on his third floor fire es scape. >> unaudible. >> reporter: fire officials say building had at least six opened building code violations including a broken smoke detector on the first floor where the fire started. survivors were forced in the bitter cold with no warning. >> it was like freezing, so it was worse for people who weren't ready and dress add pope eighthly with no shoes or any of that. >> reporter: red cross respond ed with blankets and moved survivors to a their by school. the marries calling the fire the war fire tragedy the city has scene in at lee a quarter century. the laura podesta for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back here at home now four people, including a fire fighter are recovering from minor injuries, after a two alarm house fire in south jersey overnight.

"eyewitness news" reporter trang do has more on how, crew s rescued family members from their burning home. two people climbed out of windows on to rooftops after their delanco township home caught fire, just after 1:00 a.m. police, fire, neighbor joined forces to get them down. >> we used round ladders, and they were luckily able to get off, they were still coherent and everything else. >> reporter: third person made it out of the house on the 600 block of union avenue. paramedics took all three residents a father, mother and adult daughter to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. delanco fire chief todd johnson says that the fire was fast moving and very difficult to fight. >> it took almost two hours to get it under control. it is construction which means there is no firewalls in between so it took us a while. we were chasing the fire in the walls. >> reporter: making matters worse was bitter cold. temperatures in the teens quickly froze, water on the ground, and making for icy,

dangerous conditions. a fire fighter suffered a knee injury and was also taken to the hospital. >> ice, isis our biggest challenge, ice. and the cold, extreme weather for everybody who is dealing with water, water, and cold weather don't mix. >> reporter: looking at the home, neighbor mike johnson is just grateful that the family wasn't seriously hurt. >> material things can be replaced, it is really a shame they are really good people. >> reporter: fire officials say three dogs and one cat died in the fire, another cat remains missing, still no word on the cause of the fire. from delanco township burlington county i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". to some lighter news this noon this sunday is eagles final regular game of the season. they will take on their rival the cowboys at the linc. eagles don't to have win, they have already clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs but at a news conference this morning head coach doug pederson says sunday's game is still

important. >> i have to be smart witt obviously. i'm not putting anybody on a pitch count on number of plays , i just want to see execution by our guys going in to the powe season. >> coach pederson says he wants all of the start tours play on sunday. if the eke dolls win they will set a franchise report of 14- two. and playoff tickets forbidder first playoff game again on sale in a week they hoe a game january 13th or 14th. tickets will be available at 10:00 a.m. next thursday. you can only buy them through ticket master. ticket praises range from 105 to $185. standing room only tickets cost $80 each. coming up on "eyewitness news", do not disturbing is in loaning an option at certain disney resorts. >> why disney world is giving workers more access to guest rooms and which resorts are impacted by the change. plus, an apology from apple, why they say, older devices were slowed down and what they are doing to try to make it right, that is up n

apple is apologizing to customers for slowing down older i phones. company says they will refund offers of slowed i phone six mod tolls extend battery life and avoid unexpect shut downs. some customers though accused the tech giant of trying continue on crease demand for newer i phone models. in a statement apple says it would intentionally shorten a life of the product to drive customer upgrade. >> that is why i always get a new one and i never knew this

was happening. i always thought, it is just a new phone better. it is kind of shady that they didn't tell the public whether they were doing but i'm glad it has been found out and that they are remedying it. >> apple says replacement batteries will help fix down the slow down problem. they are cutting cost of the new battery for iphone six or later models from $79 to $29 starting in late january. broadway and tv icon rose marie has passed away. caretaker found actress dead inside of her l.a. home yesterday, rose marie was best men for her role as sally rodgers on the dick van dyke show in the 1960's. her career span nine decade. she started as a three-year old singing sensation on the radio. she was never seen without her signature black hair bow, rose marie was 94 years old. you can forget those do not disturb signs at certain disney resorts in the future. new policy gives workers right to enter any room. right now only resorts closest to the magic kingdom and

disney world air expected by the policy change. they are polynesian, grand floridaian, contemporary and bay lake resorts. the new rules will help with security at the hotel and inside the park. >> disney's on the right course here because that is one of the do outs that came out of the las vegas shooting, is he had too much access to that room and nobody knew what was going on. >> traditional do not disturb signs room occupants will have a sign that indicates they are inside. jedi's beware the force is now with this five-year eld star wars fan, jacob received the custom made prosthetic storm trooper hand for christmas. arizona boy was born with just a thumb and partial fingers on his right-hand but thanks to a local non-profit foundation jacob can battle it out like he has never battled before. cute. >> very cute. still ahead on "eyewitness news" the cold is here for the holiday weekend. >> take a look at this live shot snow is being cranked out in the poconos this is view at jack frost and big boulder

where powder is thick but we are looking at real snow this weekend. >> indeed we are, fresh powder to get added on to the pretty nice bases that they have got up in the area ski resorts, only half have that ski forecast have that for you but we will talk about how much snow you can expect in any given location, this really will look very bitter by sunday as that cold gets re enforced low to mid 20's at best, and these temperatures are running theme well through seven day much more on that

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temperatures. hear his daughter bursting into laughter as she filmed him taking a tumble from the surprise. joke's on him. definitely. check this one out this winter wonderland is what niagara falls looks like when temperature drops, the same park was covered in frost and all of the mix from the falls turned to snow. low temperatures record were brand cross the border from niagara's in canada's ontario province. the fountain at franklin square keeps freezing. "eyewitness news" was there as workers were chipping away at the ice again to keep the water flowing but with the forecast being what it is, it is a endless battle wouldn't you say, katie. >> probably good week before that will ghetto owe maybe they will get it under control but it will keep freezing again. they have to keep it running so it doesn't, continue to freeze, for that, so that is tough. >> yes. >> yeah. >> you want to just go see

that, yes. if you do decide you go out bundle up adequately, we will talk about how cold it is, how cold it will be by new years eve and day and that is where it is mess brutal here locally but let me show you the snow on the way, heading our way, streak ago cross midwest, and right now into south day coat straight out toward western indiana. moving licensing at a decent clip but this is in the expected to reach us until tomorrow morning at the earliest and generally fall, bring about accumulation through midday. lets talk about travel though every single day every single newscast we will be providing a travel forecast for you and at local level today it was even seeing stray flurries and snow showers far north but you have been given green light for mess part in terms of the weather impact on your travel today just make sure you are warming up your contact before you hit the road. tomorrow's light snow give you caution light for sure, it is more of a minor nuisance type of the snow and penndot and

other dot crews are preparing roadways pretty well right now still bitter on sunday but brightens up so back the two green light there. how much snow are we talking about here? generally looking at coating to 2 inches, we can handle that. this snow is light, fluffy and accumulates easily because it is so light and fluffy. we have snow ratio, more pronounced as a result, stack up more quickly. you could see up to 3 inches as far north as poconos and lehigh north hampton county but you are pushing into pocono territory if you see that kind of a accumulation. but the ski resorts are loving this, i mean even since last time i updated this graphic about a week ago, so many more trails are open. jack from his big boulder, 17 trails opened specifically at jack frost, 32 new at blue hundred tane and we have a good several foot worth of a base of snow pack right now at these resorts. i always i'm in the a skier

personally but colder it is better ski conditions tend to be. we will look out over another part of the peck necessary in wayne county overlooking homes dale in the letter valley you can see flurries flying around. not going to actually end up with any accumulation out of these very light snow flakes but certainly is adding to the wintry atmosphere. traveling northeast extension to get up to do those skiing this weekend you better have that ski mask ready because it will be frigid especially sunday and with that light snow coming down tomorrow. lets talk about new years and put this in perspective. when we are ringing in the new year at midnight it will be around 11 degrees give or take i have a feeling that value may be adjusted but went veer too far from it. wind chill from zero to as low as five below zero. you really need to have a plan for how you will prior to be out in this watching fire works or do anything outside or just doing a puw crawl with

your buddies. bitter breeze, nothing to mess around w not to twist the proverbial knife on this one but a lot of us trying to think warm thoughts but we are still very far away. remember, winter only began about a whooping nine days ago we are still very far off from daylight savings time to begin let len actual season of spring to begin. at lee 80 days there. we are going to be stick in these temperatures, for a while, 20's across the board but we will look forward, yeah , monday that holiday ushering in the new year on a brutal note, high only gets to 19. last time it was that cold on new years day was 1899. >> way back. >> 120 years. >> wow. >> crazy. >> feeling like it, katie. >> thank you. >> indeed. good idea based on that forecast, bitterly cold weather forcing new jersey officials to cancel annual events. >> ocean city, vent are in, brigantine and margate have called off their annual polar bear plunge.

it will be too cold for swim tours jump in. katie has been saying that all week. monday high is 20 degrees and water temperature will be in the mid 40's. >> officials have said if they will reschedule plunges right now, it is still on in atlantic city. i have a feeling that might be goning down too. >> we will watch that one

join us as holiday if he wraps up in winterthur in delaware. it is all dressed up for

holiday season. vittoria woodill will be there to look at decorations and more after the game on "eyewitness news" tonight at 7:00. finally a new born polar bear is late's digs to the berlin zoo in germany. >> can't wait to see him. he was born at this zoo december 7th, and could be seen snuggling close to her mother, and, so tiny. three weeks old little cub is learning how to hear and starting to get familiar with her surroundings. >> welcome to the world, that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jan carabao. aim rahel solomon. for katie and all of us here thanks for watching. another always on line cbs philly.com. coming up best of brotherly love. at 1:00 keep it right here for n ncaa bass kill ball in the hyundai fun bowl between, north carolina stain ate carolina state: after the game stay with us for "eyewitness news". have a good afternoon and very , very happy weekend.

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