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good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden. katie and pat will be along in just an employment. first, what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. today, january 2nd, 2018. >> the holidays are over, but the bitter cold is not. >> i'm a pro at this by now. several layers on, you guys, my rule every thumb, usually two complete outfits. >> and it could get worse before it get better. >> if you thought yesterday was cold, that's not even the coldest it is going to be. not to mention, a large storm system, we are watching a nor'easter. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> whether it comes to the cold, everyone who is out here , along this parade route, in it together, in a way almost added to the comradery. >> we got on our buses, warm
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up the horns, came out, and we rock. >> with the new year comes some dangerously low temperatures. >> these are firefighters in massachusetts,. >> (cheers). >> what a way to start the year off. >> very, very cold. >> i can't feel my skin. >> today's morning minute, sponsored by pen medicine's abramson cancer center, the number one cancer center in the region. >> so, we were looking at the polar plunge from atlantic city, and like we said earlier , freezing cold, but still pausing to do some tv interviews. >> yes, very brave souls out there, like they said, all about a good cause. so katie, we don't have to jump noop an icy ocean to know it is cold. apparently, not going anywhere either. >> i know. it is not. you know, this is actually a bitter blast, that's going to be reinforced, in the days ahead, and if you thought yesterday was cold, it certainly was only hitting 20
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degrees, by the time it was all said and done officially, you know, actually will only be in the teens at best, by week's ends with a fresh shot of cold being ushered in here. and as we mention in the morning minute, to top it all off, little cherry on the sunday if you will. so we take a look here, at what's happening on storm scan we've got just totally clear sky. don't worry about any kind of wet weather throughout the day nothing but sunshine, but very deceptive waking up in a nice warm cozy apartment or home. and as the day goes on, we only reach the mid 20's, technically right now into the teens pretty much everywhere, does feel colder. pretty much everywhere the cold has funneled in. jacksonville florida actually below freezing right now. to them, it is like the end of the world. so cold to those folks down there. we're praying for it to even just get close to freezing at this point, right? so interesting, what perception can be like in any given part of the country. but it really is harsh, across good portion of the united state. so not alone in this. if that's any comfort
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whatsoever. mid 20's, in the sunshine, throughout the course of the day. at least from the shore to the city. but up in the mountains, you're not going to break out of the teens, and just quickly mentioned seaning that storm, winter storm watch will take effect on wednesday evening, specific to the southern delmarva peninsula. rest of the region has yet to be include in the any kind of advisory or watch or warning at this point. that gives you an idea of what kind of impact we will find. but pat, dow think we've got the opportunity to see some snow in the days ahead. so i'll walk you through more of the scenario that we are currently tracking with the nor'easter a little later. >> i saw matt peterson back there tweet interesting was winds windchill every minus four in sioux city, iowa. >> no thanks. >> no, that's really bad. bad enough here. i don't need to deal with that either. here we are on the boulevard toward the schuylkill expressway. have disable vehicle out there it is right between the off ramp to ridge avenue, and the roadway, but not causing any delays, starting to see, again , more cars out there end the roadway head he had past 5:30 a.m. no delays here, schuylkill at city avenue.
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still, moving, at a nice clip through here, but we do have some construction overnight between the schuylkill and vine st. expressway, so sorry on the schuylkill, between the vine street expressway and south street. that's overnight, 11:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m. that's through thursday night and overnight into friday. just something to think about if do you travel during those times. water main break, trang do out here at this one, minden road at medford road, 25 homes are involved in this one, another one, ashton road at grant road in the northeast. watch out for icy conditions, pat. >> good advice, thank you. this morning learning more about the ten americans who died in a new years eve plane crash in costa rica. >> university of pennsylvania, and family originally from montgomery county, were among the victims. here is news correspondent andrew spencer. >> reporter: amanda went on trip to costa rica acting ago travel guy, 33 year old among 12 people who died in a plane
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crash on new years eve. her family issued a statement saying in part: amanda's love for the outdoors, setting goals and crushing them, and adoration for her family and friends, are like none other. if amanda could leave us all with one thing it, would be right down -- write down whatever it is i want to do and make it happen. outside a home in bellaire, florida, flowers for four other victims. same plane crash, leslie and mitchell wise were both doctors. they work together at the same hospital. >> two of them like like they were newlyweds, really cared for each other a great deal. it was an awesome thing to see >> the couple and their children, area and hand a, on the same plane as the stein ben family, bruce and irene and their three sons. zachary, william, and matthew. olga helped take care of the boys for the last 14 years, she talked to them just before they left. >> yes, i say bye bye, good luck, i love you. see you next year.
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>> the steinberg's, the wise's , guys letter, and two costa rica pilot died after their plane crashed just afternoon sunday. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. andrew spencer, cbs-3, " eyewitness news". student answer staff are finally headed back to whitehall elementary school in monroe township gloucester county, billing shut done back in october due to mold infestation, student hen been attending classes in a section of the middle school while clean up was underway. another school shutdown because every mold remains closed. >> time now 5:36. in business news this morning, the markets are getting ready for their first day of trading this new year. >> money watch's hena doba joins us from the new york torque stock exchange with a preview. good morning, hena. >> good morning, guys. that's right. stocks do begin their first day every trading for the new year, hoping for more of what happened last year. the dow rose 5,000-point, in a year, for the first time ever. and in the last week of 2017,
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trading, the dow gained 92-point, adding 25%. the s&p 500 ended up where it started but it finished 19 and a half% higher for the year, nasdaq lost 31-point last week , but added 28% in 2017. bit coin starting the new year with it first decline since 2015. according to data collected by bloomberg, the versatile coin fell monday in new york down 4 % 8% from friday. 2017, bit coins soared, gained more than 1300% for the year. the price of oil rose significantly, last year, ended the year with a 17% increase. and thanks to strong demand, shrinking global inventory, us crude rose 12%, trading 60.25 a barrel. complaint about robo calls were worse than ever in 2017. and have quinn it up he'd since 20 the. that's according to recent sec report. the report says the agency
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received over 375,000 complaints per month about automated robo calls. that was last year alone. also a total of 4.5 million robo calls complaints, plus additional 2.5 million, about live telemarketing calls. back to you guys. >> millions, millions. >> i'm glad to have this valenzuela days, because i thought it was just me getting more of the robo calls. i thought i was going crazy. >> you know, i'm not get that many. i don't know why. what about you, joe, are you getting a lot of calls? >> and i make it a game. i go and block the caller all the time. and they try to mimic your number any more. >> they do. >> which is very strange. >> yes. all right, hena, thank you. >> the cost going up thanks in part to hurricane irma. the storm impacted florida's crop and now there is a shortage nationwide, agriculture expert say a shipment from mexico will arrive later this month, helping to lower the cost. until then, some restaurant in the sunshine state say they'll
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temporarily stop serving tomatoes. >> president trump back at the white house after his holiday break-in sunny palm beach florida the president spent the vacation playing golf and celebrated new years over at private party in mar-a-lago. today scheduled toll have hundred watch advice peck mispens as the white house sets its legislative a jen did a. today last day on the job for senator al franken, announced to resign last month a mid of string every sexual miss connecticut duct allegations. former saturday night comedian , served eight years in the senate, successor to tina smith will be sworn in tomorrow, in minneapolis. colorado man who police say shot and killed a deputy just outside of denver spent hours recording himself leading up to the shooting. >> i know, it is new years, happy new year. still knocking. you have warrant? >> well, it was on sunday, authority say, matthew real
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rambled about his domestic partner, who claimed he as is all the dollars him. he called police but when they showed up real opened fire through a door killing 29 year old deputy zach parish and wounding three other deputies. real later died in a shoot-out with swat officers. the family, friends, fellow officers of the deputy who was killed gathered for vigil yesterday. deputies zach parish and his wife gracie parish asked for anyone who knew her husband to share their memories of him. her call was answered as people lined up sharing stories after story about the deputy. his own young daughter, comforted her now widowed mom, loved ones spoke mily of deputy parish. >> i want to hear about him. and i want to soak it in. >> one of the best decisions i ever made was hiring zach. >> ann can't tell you how many
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times he bailed me out. >> would always tell me things will be good, brother. and i would take his words, and i knew things would be good. >> deputy parish and his family says the member rest will give them more to hole onto during this difficult time. >> closer to home, the monmouth county teen accused every killing several of his own family members is due in court today. >> investigators say the 16 year old shot both parent, his sister and his grandfather's girlfriends, in a new years eve party in long branch. police say the teen used semiautomatic rifle, legally owned by another family member neighbors and relatives say the suspect's behavior never raised any red flags. >> always smiling, you know, not a violent kid or anything like that. >> the suspect's brother and grandfather were inside the home during the shooting but were able to escape unharmed. a monmouth county prosecutor says the suspect will be
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charged with four counts of murder, and one count of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. >> well the search is on for the cause after house fire in glennside montgomery county. three people were able to escape these intense flames, when the fire broke out 2200 block every pleasant avenue yesterday afternoon. the video comes from a member of the rosalynn fire company, brian sullivan, who was with firefighters had they reached the scene there. were no injuries. up next. how some of the industry's biggest actresses are coming together to fight sexual harrass. >> then it is back to miss america for gretchen carlson, we will tell you about her new role with the organization. >> also, caught on camera, fireworks explode in the trunk after car. hear from the vehicle's owner about the incident when we come back.
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calls. times up. the plan includes legislation to penalize companies that tolerate systemic sexual harrassment. >> i have to tell you, jessica alba kicks off 2018 with a bigger family, actress, welcomed her third child, a son, on new years eve. she posted picture own stand game called little haze alba warren the best gift to ring in 2018. she and her husband cash warren already parents to two daughtersment congratulations. >> carrie underwood now revealing more details about a nasty fall she took last november, a blog position, the country star said she suffered a broken wrist, but now also saying that she received 40 to 50 stitches in her face, she says, it is so bad that she warned her fans she may not look the same when they see her again. yes, all of that said, underwood plans to hit the studio next week. >> most anticipated move, avengers, movie ticket service announced movie goer survey, most anticipated movies as
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pitched, flick, black panther came in second, universal jurassic worlds round out the top three. >> now, i just have to say, i went to the movies over the weekends with some friends, sue jet black, jumanji like everything. >> really? >> it was such a funny movie. jet black, kevin hart, the rock, such a great movie. so if you need something to see, i rec that one. >> good review, rahel. >> and i'm laughing at this weather. nothing laugh at. >> unless you're going to sort of see the funny side of this, i don't know. >> yes, weaver to get through the next six days, really harsh cold. right now you take a look live outside boardwalk plaza, i show you this, actually a spot likely to see some snow. at least some of the higher end totals. snow likely to see here
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locally from developing nor'easter, that's actually not even developing, just yet, it will be a rapid intensification of storm system primarily out to sea, but at the moment, rehoboth totally quiet. we do certainly have some very cold air in place here, and everywhere else, but really that's the only weather headline that we've got to tell but here for yet another day that harsh cold. and a lot of single digit asomugha result. 10 degrees from john carol in mullica hip. 11 degrees, out in clementon. he's got more of 9-mile per hour wind flow out of the northwest, that means, feeling colder. it is not going to take much for it to feel a lot harsh than the thermometer reads. one below zero is windchill right now, so, really harsh stuff for his area. meanwhile, everywhere else again, you've got single digit values on the actual thermometer, that's bad enough but dress in the layers. if you were out at all in the last 24 hours, you've gone through it already. you know what it is like, so
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make sure you bundle up just as adequately today. storm scan very, very quiet. even at this near nationwide level, but we are going to see that area of low pressure, the nor'easter, develop just off the southeast coastline. then it will jet northeast. so, we get delta glancing blow as a result. the track is absolutely critical here. >> the interpretation whatever will happen. dow think we have real good shot to see some snow, couple inches at that at the shore specially, down to the delmarva peninsula. this is wednesday night, into thursday, majority of the day, in fact, with accumulating snow and very windy conditions but once more, it is important that we just keep close watch on that model, and where this track is eventually going to go. because that is everything. now, the future snow amount, this is the european models interpretation of events, but again, the bulk of the snow and even just model he is couple of inches likely to
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full in the southeast most corner of the region. looking forward, i mean, this stands out like real sore thumb. doesn't it? at best in the teens, on friday and saturday, pat. that could actually be some of the coldest air we will get for the entire year. >> did i see a 40 on there. >> eventually. next week. >> sounds good. blue route at ridge avenue. you see leak involving vehicle , tow truck off to the side. disable car. tow truck offer to the side. right past ridge pike. in the way of volume, not much here in this area. we are starting to see the levels build, minor delays, 59 southbound at allegheny avenue headed toward center city. then boulevard, at the schuylkill expressway, still seeing those blinking lights out there. that disable car off to the shoulder now for about 30, 40 minutes. but it is not causing any delays if you are headed toward the schuylkill expressway. but we do have these water main breaks, that have been out there, all morning, and from yesterday, as well,
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ashton road near grant road. we have that one. then this major one, little bit further north, in northeast philadelphia, this one,minden road, should be hearing from trang do for that one. >> thank you so much. have a a look at your screen right now, members the coast guard, rescuing a 89 year old man who was trapped inside his sinking car, in florida. officials say the man drove off the road, and crashed into the water. rescue crews spotted his car in the marina and rushed to save and rescuers broke the car's windows and got him out of there. >> well, a bizarre fireworks explosion inside the trunk every texas man's car is caught on camera. >> yep, the car owner says the fireworks landed in his trunk while he was celebrating on new years eve. that ignited 600 more fireworks already inside his trunk. his dodge charger caught fire with smoke quickly filling it, the car owner's girlfriend was in the car at the time but was
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able to get out unharmed. he says he won't let the incident dampen his new year. >> i would would go to the fireworks again, but make sure my trunk is closed next time. i'm not worried about it, it is just stay positive. >> what are the odds? well, despite how bad it looks , he says, the car can be repaired. i don't believe it. >> okay, overseas now, frozen river is doubles as a race course in northeast china. about thousand bundled up runners participated in a ice that monday as part of the country new years celebration. runners braved sub zero temperatures, officials say, they're now planning even more frozen marathons if they can convince run tears do it, and that's a marathon that i will not be doing. >> also, even though the english channel wasn't frozen, it was still plenty cold for an annual polar plunge, from the french side. between 400, hundred hundred swimmers dressed in their costumes, to dash to the 9 degrees water.
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>> welcome back, is he hello to camden county baby deck land, he is the first of the new year, virtua voorhees, labor and delivery nurses helped him, his mom, make that deliver him just 54 seconds after midnight on new years morning, we're told both mom, baby, happy and healthy to start 2018. >> and speaking every babies, newborn twins in california have different birthdays. >> yes, not only were they born on different days, they were also born in different years. little joaquin was born at 1158, two minute before the new year, but how about this? his twin sister, atonea a arrived 18 minute after her brother but in the new year obviously. >> i feel really happy, because i just had my two babies.
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>> one baby in 2017. one baby in 2018. >> well the staff who helped delivers the twins documented the rare occurrence, awe, they say joaquin was the last baby delivered in the hospital in 2017. and atonea first baby to be delivered in 2018. >> very nice. >> yes. >> well, breaking news, coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 " eyewitness news," a water main break sends water gushing into homes in northeast philadelphia. we're live at the scene to show you the impact in that neighborhood. >> also, recreational marijuana shops are now open for business in california. why some expert think will make it legal. >> making new years resolution for healthier lifestyle is one thing sticking to it is yes another. how to make sure it is one resolution you don't break. we're back at the top of the hour. stay with us, please.
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