good morning, family. if you are getting ready to head out a bitter blast, a awaits you. we could be seeing record breaking cold, today. it is wednesday, november 19th i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. we will start off with traffic and weather together on this cold, cold morning katie and vittoria keeping an eye on things for us, good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> we can expect to see bright blue skies here today, vittoria but this is another cold one much like what we saw yesterday. thermometer readings will in the break above freezing in a lot of spots. we should just exceed it in philly but storm scan three is nice and quiet, nice and empty and it will stay that way today but there is still that wind to contend with. this is what it does here, the feels like rally with yous, where it currently feels like

at minimum to 0 degrees in mount pocono, more like 10 degrees up through wilmington, philadelphia and trenton area 95 corridor feels like 10 degrees right now. the here's where we stan. notice, it is cold obviously lower 20's from philadelphia down toward the shore but in the mount pocono area in the lower teens right now. that wind, however is starting to turn down to the shore, a little more southeasterly. now that doesn't mean it is a warm wind but it does help easing up at least of the worst of the wind chill. i don't want to minimize the message. it is not as harsh but still pretty brutal. we will hit 33 at best and then factor in a more modest wind and we are talking about wind chill values in better than the 20's. it is still cold obviously. it is just not as bad as yesterday, vittoria. >> thanks, very much katie. well, traffic is not, yeah, it is kind of.

traffic is a little bit bad out there traveling on i-95 southbound we have delays at the betsy ross bridge down through the vine street expressway. that has to do with rush hour traffic but also because of the construction zones. traveling on the schuylkill expressway we have some delays as well. seventy-six commuting east and westbound within your western suburbs. we will get to that in a second. lets talk about the new jersey turnpike north bound beyond hightstown truck lanes are closed. best alternate toys use route 130. we have a very serious three tractor trailer crash that was three of those tractor trailers were in flames with fire as well. they have been working on that all morning as well as throughout the night as well. as we take a look at the the vine street expressway we have remnant of the earlier situation westbound approaching the area of the schuylkill but not causing a problem. heavier delay will be as you make your way at 76, those ramps, from the vine. 422, eastbound 422 delayed out of the area of oaks down to 202, that usual eastbound traffic. manayunk norristown line is

still experiencing 15 minute delays. they are having wire problems there. good news, new jersey transit back to normal, they were doing busing around 30th street station to head out toward cherry hill. taking a look at our wide, 11 is your average on 95, 23 on the schuylkill, we had an earlier accident on 76 right around the area of 476, and then move to the shoulder. and also traveling on 476 we will drop down to 24 miles an hour, ukee. people in the philadelphia area are used to bitter cold but not in mid-november. now they are bundling up blanket in mid-january. i have to find out how commuters are dealing with our frigid temperatures. hi jan, good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. we are trying our best with our gloves, scarves, heavy coats. it is so cold out here this morning that the city of philadelphia, montgomery county and burlington county in new jersey issued code blue alerts to remine people to bundle up heading out the

door. we are coming to you live from the 69th street terminal in upper darby a and people are husseling to and from trying on get out of the cold and into some warmth and buses and on to the trains. that is same site all across the delaware valley this morning, person after person bunled up with puffy coats, gloves, scarves trying to keep every piece of skin covered. here in upper darby according to my cbs philly weather app we are around 20 degrees but feels worse than that. about 10 degrees colder when we factor in the wind chill. these are numbers many people just don't want to hear this early not season especially like many of these folks catching several buses and trains to work and school. it is a brutal morning to be standing and waiting for a ride. >> i just waiting in my dad's car but he dropped me early. i'm waiting. i don't have that long maybe five more minutes left so it is not that bad. >> reporter: long five in minutes though right. >> yes, it is cold out here.

>> reporter: a lot of people are trying to find silver lining. they have a smile on their face and they say it isn't buffalo. they can handle the cold as long as we are's in the dealing with the snow. reporting live at 69th street terminal in upper darby jan carabao for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> all right, jan thank you so much. >> developing right new four deaths are blamed for a paralyzing snow system that has blanketed parts of the western new york and they are still getting hammered this morning. as don champion reports more than 4 feet of snow has fallen in the buffalo area. >> overnight only the the heavier machinery can get around buffalo new york. >> plows can no longer plow the snow. there is so much snow it is lying plowing a brick wall. >> reporter: paralyzing storm has already dumped more than fourth feet of snow in the area. time lapse video from tuesday shows that the massive lake effect snowstorm moving on shore. four people have been killed

in storm related incidents. >> we are stress to go people do not drive unless you abs a lieutenantly have to. >> reporter: too often people who have ventured out of gotten stuck. more than 140 vehicles are stranded on the new york state through way, a 132-mile stretch of the highway is now shut down. overnight niagara university women's basketball team was rescued after being stuck on your bus for more than a day. >> we were just filling our gator aid water bottles that we use during games up with snow so that could melt and we could have water in the morning. >> reporter: even emergency crews are having trouble getting around. every night fire fighters were forced to carry a patient to several feet of snow to a hospital blocks away. >> if someone calls 911 and there is 6 feet of snow on that street, that ambulance will have problems getting there. >> reporter: the snow is expect to ease up today but another lake effect snow storm is expected on thursday. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you know as vittoria

mentioned earlier problems continue this morning on the new jersey turnpike following a fiery crash last night. all outer truck lanes remain closed just north of exit number eight in cranberry township, cell phone video, showing fiery crash involving three tractor trailer. it happened around 9:00 o'clock last night. we have learn one person was killed in the crash. state police continue their investigation. we have some brand new video just in of burlington county of a land mark there damaged by a massive four alarm blaze. you can see utter destruction there as chopper three is hovering above. yesterday's fire broke out in building number four at columbus farmers market in springfield township. produce row which just opened up moments ago under the parts of the market were spared thanks to firewalls they started to install in the 1970's. no one was hurt. officials are still investigating what may have spark that fire. new this morning, warrington police in bucks county need help finding a missing teenager who has autism. here's the boy, who they are looking for right here 13

year-old steven seder last seen at greens worth south monday afternoon wearing a black jacket and jeans. if you have seen steven you are asked to give warrington police a call. well, happening today two more candidates for mayor of philadelphia will join the crowded field. former philadelphia district attorney lynn abraham will officially launch her campaign today at noon time. abraham was the city's first female d.a. and longest serving district attorney of all. she has been in private practice since not running for reelection in 2009. a few hours after abraham's announcement state senator anthony williams will declare his candidacy. so far three other candidates have started to campaign to replace mayor michael nutter next year. primary is in may of 2015. we're learning more about this investigation in the death of cooper health ceo and his wife. >> courier post reports that john sheridan junior and his wife, joyce, were attack in their own home before a fire

on september 28th. tom wilson a family spokesmen for the sheridan's son released this statement. from the beginning we have said that in one wants answers about our parent's deaths more than us. real answers will only come have after a full and thorough investigation. we do not conn down releasing information in a peaceful fashion, because of frustration with the process. it is not helpful to getting to the truth about what happened to our parents. we are committed to getting to the truth and that means we will not comment while the investigation is ongoing. jewish worshipers return to the synagogue in jerusalem where five people were killed in an attack. authorities say that two palestinian men armed with a gun and butcher knife targeted dozens of worshipers yesterday as they gathered for morning prayers. police killed those two suspects in a shoot-out. among victims was rabbi mush a twersky who had family in lakewood township, new jersey. >> the world has lost a gentle scholar and who never hurt a

person in his life. he had wished well to everyone, and he was, taken from frustrates while he was talking to god. >> israel has vowed harsh retaliation, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has already ordered the attackers homes be demolish. stunning new allegations for pennsylvania state attorney general kathleen kane, new details she's release nothing a pornography scandal that rock the capitol. a brazen thief caught on cameras police in one local community are searching for this man who stole a box of toys while carrying a baby in his arms. also new fall out for bill cosby more explosive abuse allegations are leveled against the comedian by a

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season camera captured this thief walking up on a upper cash i porch and finding baggagees left by a delivery man. police say the ups delivery man was following homeowners instructions. we spoke exclusively with the home owner and we have the story. >> when i first saw it, i was angry. >> reporter: this camera was watching when a crook stole a box of toys off lewis simons porch minutes after a ups delivery but what is more disturbing than a holiday package snapper. >> he used baby as a cover to steel. >> reporter: simon installed cameras around her home last year after someone tried to break in. when she a arrived home last monday night and saw her gate opened and package missing, she went right to the footage. >> this is actually gate in the front that you saw was left opened. >> just the way it is right now is how it was when i came home. this one was opened and the other one down below was opened. i have asked the ups man to leave the package to the right of the front door.

>> reporter: you see ups driver follow the instructions, he dropped the package in view of the camera and then leaves. minutes later a man walks from the porch carrying a child. he stands there until the cozies clear and then makes off with the box full of toys. a panning age meant for lewis simons system. >> that has got to make you man mad that someone you don't know stealing from you and standing on your front porch. >> pretending that they live here. >> yeah, i have a problem with that. >> if i don't stop him and others like him from doing this they will continue to do it to other people. >> reporter: police are now trying to identify the crook and lewis simon is taking precautions of her own. she left a note on her mailbox and door for drivers not to leave packages if no one is home. >> you know, with the holidays, christmas, no one wants their stuff stolen. >> reporter: ups say rather than leaving packages on their front porch you been attended you can change delivery dates and times or even addresses, to a place where someone will be there, to receive it. in south philadelphia, i'm diana rocco for "eyewitness

news" on the cw philly. we have learned that netflix is postponing their launch of bill cosby's new stand up comedy special bill cosby: seventy-seven. that follows a growing number of allegations that the famed entertainer sexually assaulted woman. janice dickinson now claims that she was one of his victims. the former super model told "eyewitness news" -- or entertainment tonight, cosby drugged and raped her in 198 two. dickinson is most high profile accuser in the series of sexual assault claims against the comedian. cost bit's lawyer has previously said they will not comment about these allegations. new accusations from pennsylvania attorney general kathleen cain about the e-mail scandal that brought down several top state officials. she said state workers exchange pornographic e-mails that included children and violent acts against women. but she claims she's not allowed to investigate them. >> i am being stopped from performing my duties as attorney general, my office is being stopped from certain

investigations, and we are being stopped even from telling why. >> reporter: kane says four staffers have been fired and a state supreme court justice resigned after an earlier batch of e-mails was released. our time is 7:16. lets get traffic and weather about our cold. here's katie. >> that is really the story of the day for us and story for the rest of the week for our area in fact. but we want to focus on is what going on portions of the rest of the north east. it is all of the lake effect snow. the winds we have been feeling in parties what you are finding up here to kick that late effect snow machine in high gear. you can see heavy band. i want to zero in on the buffalo area and specifically due east here by about 7 miles where we have seen some incredibly heavy snow. at this hour if you notice how that, band was north, we are seeing precipitation rates of 3.2 inches per hour. as you translate that from the rain to snowfall amounts, doing that ten to one ratio in your head.

they are picking up still extensive snow. lets look at this picture that we found on facebook here. a friend of the friend was commenting on this here. christine hazard, somewhat of an appropriate last name here look at this, this is her doorway. snow busted through paynes of the glass and outer rims of the doorway. unbelievable the amount of snow this region has been seeing. as i mentioned though the wind that we felt was in part what helped cause some of that lake effect snow. is there other factors that go in to it obviously but now we're starting to see that wind ease up a little bit. we will go outside to a live look back here at home at outside middletown ship high school. beautiful view. nothing more than a few little puffy clouds here but it is coal. we have a modest breeze but it is still 23 degrees. 23 degrees. you still have to be bundling up for. that meanwhile in philadelphia a we expect to climb on the thermometer back up to 33 degrees at best here, still obviously very cold, and it is looking forward to tomorrow, this little modest rebound on that thermometer, that is still about ten below the average but we will take what

we can get at this point and we will keep the sun. problem is there is another little cold front that is sweeping through and nothing more than just clouds but it noxious right back in the 30's then by friday and i do think that wind will kickback in. so there is a break in the site down the road but you for now the rest of this week is way colder than average. >> our doors are not getting busted down by snow. >> it could be so much worse. >> that is truth. >> good morning, vittoria. >> good morning everyone. unfortunately i do not have better news to follow-up with that. in just a moment we will show you video of a very serious crash that we had throughout the overnight into this early morning. we are still dealing with the remnants of that crash on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike. as we look at video from chopper three on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, just beyond hightstown the truck lanes are still closed as a result of the earlier accident. three tractor trailers involved. one fatality. as a result of this accident

three of those tractor trailers were engulfed in flames. they have been investigating this situation all morning long. they have extinguish the fires but still the truck lanes are still closed, on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, if you are traveling beyond heights crime. so if you are using car lanes, we are not seeing a problem. moving beyond the incident scene before we get there we are seeing delays. keep that in mind f you want to use ab alternate best alternate is to take route 130 in the meantime. as we look at ben franklin bridge you'll notice it is not awful out there we are seeing a touch of, slowing at eighth and vine traveling on the westbound side of the ben but all bridges are moving at a nice pace. cannot say the same for the majors. traveling northbound side of i-95 # approaching 322, we are definitely seeing delays there southbound on the of the northeast down through vine street expressway is another slow point. as it usually is. we are experiencing 15 minute delays, for the manayunk norristown regional rail lines. they are having some wire problems. expecting the usual on 76 and

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imagine loving your numbers. ask your doctor about invokana®. you know we are close to record low temperatures today and areas all around the tri-state area. >> um-hmm it is second straight day that temperatures won't reach much higher than the freezing mark and with

windy conditions temps will feel even colder. >> over in upstate insuring that problem it is snow and lots of it. check that out. there are several feet have of snow on the ground right now and there could be more on the way. for four deaths in that area blamed on the snowstorm. truck lanes of the north bound new jersey turnpike remain closed for the investigation and clean up after a deadly accident. one person was killed in the fiery crash of three tractor trailer traveling north of exit number eight in middlesex county. our time is 7:24. we have seen crazy music video over last few years like gotham style and what the fox says. >> so funny. now we have one that is even more weirder. >> um-hmm. >> ♪ >> i cannot quite tell what they are saying, chinese singer, and video is called chick, chick. you can see why. hey, chicken in the bikini. >> work it. >> not sure what the chicken there means but, the what the

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good morning, everyone. i'm ukee washington. we have dangerously cold temperatures in the region. here's katie in the the weather center this just in it is confirmed we have officially tied the record low this morning of 20 degrees at philly international. so that gives you a sense of how cold it really is outside. we will send you out to storm scan three which is not showing any signs of life here locally but rather we have beautiful blue skies, sunrise currently underway but thinks an example of a slew of observations in the live neighborhood network where we are in the lower 20's or teens at this hour. very, very cold obviously and we only expect thermometer to reach lower 30's today despite that sunshine but won't feel better than 20's even still with this wind in place here. over next four days no worries

with wet weather but by sunday nate next round of rain on the way here, vittoria. >> good morning everyone. we will show you first video of an accident on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, there is still an investigation happening right now. three tractor trailer crash and a vehicle fire to go witt. truck lanes are still closed, route 130 would be your best alternate. as far as rush hour 95, schuylkill and vine the usual, ukee good torey, thank you. lets do it again at 7:55. up next, this morning, prosecutors are using a new method to stop scammers in their tracks. for more local n news weather traffic ape thwarts we are on the cw philly on these

good morning. this blast of arctic air just a dress rehearsal for winter. >> how bit, wind are making it feel colder. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has been braving element at 69th street terminal to see how commuters

are surviving there as well, good morning. >> good morning. >> i heard her grab the microphone. >> yes, i did. >> reporter: hi erika and ukee. we're live here at 69th street terminal will in upper dash think morning. where folks are just trying to get in and out of those buses as quickly as possible to school and to work, trying to stay out of this cold. because it is so cold here philadelphia, montgomery county and burlington county in new jersey have all issued code blue alerts to remind people to bundle up before heading outside. little more pep in the step for septa ride's cross the delaware valley wednesday morning as the mercury plunge to winter-like levels. >> i have been bundling up, putting on extra layers, long johns, thermals, in the house i blast my heat to 80. it has been a cold fall and it will not be winter yet. >> reporter: no, not even thanksgiving but with people

in the parkas, fury hats and scarves we are looking and feeling more like the new year. >> i have a thermal top on, a sweater, a hoodie, a coat. >> reporter: still cold. >> no i'm good. >> reporter: at least folks taking train and bus at 69th street terminal in upper dash write trying to stay positive. >> we see snow up in buffalo. no complaints here. >> reporter: that is easier said than done especially when you have a handfull have of transfers and left wondering when your ride and some warmth will arrive. >> i was trying to just wait in my dad's car until the bus came but apparently he dropped me off early so i'm waiting. i don't have that long maybe five more minutes left so it is not that bad. >> reporter: long five minutes though right. >> it is cold out here. >> i still got another ride to feasterville. it is little cold up there. >> reporter: we're back out here live at 69th street terminal in upper darby. everyone is bundled up, high

with their scarves up to their mouths trying to stay warm as people get to work and school. aren't they cute this morning. that is the best way to look when you head out the door trying to keep all that skin covered up as much as possible. we can handle this as long as we take a little bit of of precaution. people hearsay they are just happy not to be dealing with snow this morning. reporting live from upper darby, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" good how cute was that little girl. >> love that smile. if you need help staying warm gee to cbs philly.com, you'll find a cold weather survival guide and a includes links to emergency sites too. ways to winter ice your home and car. in case you have forgotten it has been a few months. if you have to work outdoors, we have advice, in this extreme cold like our brave, brave jan carabao right there. >> yes, indeed. lets check with katie. how could dough think we will get, katie. >> we have bottomed out. sunnies up and will help us rebound a little bit but just a little bit because we do

till of wind to contend with as well and you know it will take a lot for to us break out of this chill here. we need a few days in fact before it will even return to seasonal. we will take you outside live to skies cam three and view of yak frost big boulder where we have seen them making snow. guys in the ski resorts are digging this cold because it means they can make their own snow and get ready for the season ahead here. meanwhile, none of the nature made stuff is visible on storm scan three. we have a nice clear sky. totally empty here on our radar but it has allowed the the temperatures to just plumet. we did officially tie the the record at philly international at 20 degrees. we are starting to rebound somewhat. twenty-three is obviously your current, it is not necessarily all that much warmer just yet. so the sun can only do so much at this point,-right. mid 30's at best, down the shore, in philadelphia, up in the poconos, we're talking about 24 at best and we still have wind, although it is starting to change direction. we're out of the south and it is easing up a bit. that will get you. wind chill values are more

like the 20's as opposed to yesterday where they could not break out of the teens. it could be worth. vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning, everyone. we will start first with earlier footage of a very serious accident in new jersey on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, just beyond hightstown. as you will notice behind me here's mergecy crews were on the scene earlier this morning, to attend to a three vehicle crash. we have had one fatality, being reported and three of those tractor trailers, that were involved had engulfed into flames. so it was quite a sight earlier this morning, and there is still a closing of the truck lanes on the northbound side of the turnpike and what happened overnight. we have an alternate route 130. northbound new jersey turnpike beyond hightstown truck lanes still closed route 130 is your best bet. we are seeing delays even where car lane is as well. if you are traveling on i-95 in the northbound direction of washington avenue we're experiencing police activity which is blocking the left-hand lane. watch out for delays as you make your way in to center

city as well as on the south wide side as you make your way down through the vine. look at the schuylkill expressway, sun glare is a factor in your rush hour commute but westbound and eastbound on the cue kill expressway will not be fun within your western suburbs, ukee. let me show you brand new aerial video of the damage left behind after flames tore through the roof of the burlington county landmark. >> a four alarm fire destroyed a portion of the historic columbus farmers market. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us live from springfield touch ship where an untouched part of the market just reopened, nicole good morning. >> reporter: that is right, produce row as they call it opened around 7:00 o'clock this morning as scheduled but if you take a look at the extensive damage to building number four behind me you can see it will be a while before this portion of the complex is opened for business. right now you can see police are on the scene securing the location until the fire marshall arrives to begin the investigation. as smoke billowed out of

windows and flames shot from the roof the fate of the columbus farmer market in burlington county hung in the balance. >> also from the wawa, which is waiting to see what is going on. >> reporter: business owner's watched as they came under fire. all hopes their shops would be spared but those in building four got bad news. >> we don't know what will transpire from the fire or anything. they have outside where there will be able to open up out there or not because we have a location outside also. >> reporter: four alarm fire which required 150 fire fighters to keep contained, left heavy damage in only that one section of the market. fire officials say, fire won't help as weather hampered. >> cold weather and wind were a big issue on this, and give the fire a. >> and, this time of the year, fire officials are giving thanks ahead of the holiday,

that the market was closed, and no one was injured. >> it has been a busy thursday or a thursday of thanksgiving it would have been a tremendous amount have of people there. sheer chaos. report report pure chaos for sure. if you take a look at the difference between building four and five, you can see the firewall installed after a fire in the 1907's we're told helped to contain this fire which again will be investigated by the state fire marshall of burlington county fire marshall and by springfield township police. we are live from burlington county, nicole brewer, "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> thank you for that. 7:37. lets get a check of business. >> jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange. airports in our area are already crowded enough. you are hearing bay new report that could say it will get even worse. >> reporter: yeah, by the end of the decade as many as 25 u.s. airports could experience that thanksgiving like

congestion, at least a week. u.s. travel association looks at one are 100 of the top u.s. airports and airports are not keeping up in terms of the infrastructure with the increasing number of travelers. newark airport no surprise, well, it is speak he can to see that type of congestion next year and the report found that by 2022, so in less than a decade, every single day, it will feel like the wednesday before thanksgiving which is traditionally the busiest day of the year. >> thanksgiving, 2022 should be just crazy. >> i can only imagine. >> my goodness. >> holidays right around the corner and we hear there is a gift for would the man who has everything. what might that be. >> reporter: yeah, that is right. shoe designer christian lobatan has created a high end nail polish. it cost $675: it comes in the brand's signature red shade.

the bottle has 1500 hand a applied crystals. yes, if you are keeping score that nail polish is more expensive than some of the lobatans shoes. i'll take the shoes. >> oh, my. >> you already have other nail polish that is 50 bucks i want to say which seems insane to me. >> that is crazy. >> reporter: i'm with you. >> appreciate it. this morning the push continues to raise philadelphia's minimum wage. activist have scheduled a rally today to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. it is at 4:00 at 15th and market. back in may, mayor michael nutter signed an executive order increasing the minimum wage to $12 an hour for most city contract workers. casino union workers will march and rally to protecter plans to close the taj mahal in atlantic city. they will seized operations december 12th unless local 54

gives up an appeal of the court ordered cost saving package. the company wants to cancel the union's health care and pension plans. that closure will put 3,000 people out of work. it is 7:40 in the morning. local police set up a sting operation to retrieve a missing cell phone. we will tell you how it allll went down. also ahead the federal government is calling for a nationwide recall, why they want millions more cars off of the roads, and into the shop. we will have the details.

air bag recall could be expanding if the national traffic highway safety administration gets their way. they want takata corporation to recall more air bags to cover the entire country. as cbs news correspondent danielle nottingham shows us that could mean 20 million more vehicles could ab affect. >> reporter: the government now wants a nationwide recall

of vehicles with front driver's side takata air bags. the devices can explode with too much force and potentially sending shrapnel in the vehicle. defect has been linked to five fatalities and dozens of injuries. >> every day when i look in the mirror i can still feel that piece inside. i have no idea, how i kept my eye. it was a miracle. >> reporter: initial recall was limited to cars in high humidity areas like the gulf coast but recent incident in north carolina prompted the call for an expansion. the national recall was covering vehicles with takata air bags made before 2008 by ford, honda, chrysler, mazda and bmw. acting head of the national highway transportation safety board says takata has indicated it will not comply. >> takata's initial response was an unwillingness to move forward and that is one of the reason why we're talking to all of you today because i

believe that everyone needs to understand that takata needs to act. >> reporter: takata is already struggling to make replacement parts for the smaller regional recalls. company promised to add two production lines by the start of next year to make more inflaters. daniel noting a ham for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. a philadelphia woman has her stolen phone bank this morning thanks to the sting operation by septa police. victim was riding the market frankford el when a thief snatched that phone from her hand and then took off. detectives later called the phone, and the man who answered offered to he will is the phone back. officials a a that man a 20 year-old from west philadelphia showed up at the meeting place with the phone and then was arrested. >> he ended up not being the person who stole the phone but was aware that the phone was stolen, and offered it for sale to us for $80. so now he is looking at receiving stolen property. >> police say the one seller

was also carrying 20 bags of marijuana detectives are working to track down the person who actually stole that phone. i want to get traffic and weather together on the cold morning. >> it is very chilly outside. we cannot minimize this message. even though the wind is tapering off a little bit out there, it is still very cold outside. let me go outside to our eyewitness weather watcher network and take a lot a i a couple of observations. we will start off in delaware county where sketch wilson says even his plants are shivering. it is so chilly. and you know we have got generally lower 20's or teens represented here, across the map. lets go down the the shore where tim mitchell is saying 23 degrees despite full sunshine. he said wind is starting to turnout of the southwest, so that is going to help us out a little bit here but, he says he will take the cool any day. i'm a little bit surprised by. that frankly, i wouldn't. we will look at the north here. we will quo where kyle higgins is reporting 18 degrees in hatboro. full sunshine. a couple of puffy clouds. nothing more than that.

it is a beautiful looking start to the day but you need to be ready as we have been talking all morning long with the heavier layers, ready to go. now, let switch gears and talk about is what going on down the road here. we will look at storm scan three and a nice wide zoom for you here. take a look the at lake effect snow that continues to fall here, down wind of both lake erie and ontario, especially. we're very typical banding areas. south of buffalo, north of syracuse, up toward the water town area for example, you have just been seeing, this is just a three hour loop, just the same leakses getting struck over and over and over again. there has not been too much easing up here. that is strictly courtesy of the way the the wind flow is right here moving in here. so as it turns more southerly as tim noted in his eyewitness weather watcher report, we are going to start to he zoo the worst of that snow taper off. but look at these totals. thinks just, so far, in gardenerville, west send contact, 68 to 57 inches of snow, already and we're still adding on to these totals. average for places like larger

cities of syracuse, buffalo, rochester you are seeing 92 inches for the winter as a whole. so the the fact that just in the last few days we have picked up more than half of that in these spots that is a big deal. currently we are expecting at least, at the local area to pick up temperatures that are no better than 309's here. it is only going to feel like 209's, however, here when we factor in this wind, looking forward to tomorrow. modest bump on the thermometer. and courtesy of the approach of our next system. it will help us beef up the temperatures a little bit. and then that front comes through, dry, thankfully, nothing more than just a few clouds and it will knock us back in the 30's here for friday and then with that said, adding insult is the rush of that wind which will make it feel that much more colder. vittoria, back over to you. thank you so much, katie. good morning everyone. we will give you an update on the accident that occurred during the overnight hours, on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, it was a multiple vehicle crash, it was three tractor trailers involved, and those three tractor trailers were engulfed

in flames. everything has been extinguish but they are still investigating there was a fatality with that accident. this occurred on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, just beyond the hightstown area. it was a very serious situation, still in the active investigation seen. the truck lanes closed on the northbound side of the turnpike beyond hightstown. traveling in that area your best alternate is route 130. as we talk about the schuylkill expressway, traveling on 76 in the eastbound direction making your way beyond the area of south street we are dealing with the crash blocking the left-hand lane only adding insult to injure for anyone traveling on the eastbound side of 76, trying to get into center city. we have westbound delays in that same area as well and both sides of the schuylkill within your western suburbs are not great on top of. that lets take a look at 422. eastbound jammed approaching the area of oaks down to 202. we have 15 minute delays foreman i young norristown regional rail lines. they have been having some wire problems. and just briefly look at these speed sensors. fourteen on i-95 in and out of the center city and throughout

the northeast. southbound so far the worst. seventeen on 476, give yourself some more time. ukee. vittoria, thank you. in sports the flyers will try to break their two game losing streak tonight in new york against the rangers. but they will to have do it without claude giroux. the captain recordly was hit in the foot with a puck at monday's practice. that has got to hurt. gm ron hextall say injuries flared up later and he skipped a meet and greet monday night with season ticket holders. he will miss tonight's game and thursday's game with the minnesota wild at the wild in south philadelphia a. the sixers whim try to get their first win of the season tonight against the boston celtics in south philadelphia. the sixers are zero and ten to start the year so far. boston is also struggling. they have lost three straight. got to get a win for historic rivalry over those boston celtics. well, honoring one bon jovi we will look at last night's marion anderson awards in a bit. we will also tell how has been named the sexiest man

alive. >> they just pulled out to both of us also this. >> i'm susan marquez on the set of the young and restless, soap opera ledgend celebrates a milestone, we will have much more coming up in eye on entertainment. >> i shouldn't here. i want my life back. >> this woman says she's being held against her will and she blames this woman, she has admitted to stealing millions from others so the iteam tracked her down. how do you sleep at night? is this woman another victim and how many more are out there. i'm investigative reporter charlotte huffman with an exclusive iteam investigation tonight on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 11:00.

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major milestone. >> i love the way you saw that. >> piano man's special day in washington. susan marquez has the details. >> are you chris hemsworth. >> yes. >> chris hemsworthies people magazine's sexiest man alive. cover was revealed last night on jimmy kimmel live. the 31 year-old australian actor says he is flattered. >> thank you very much. i'm really excited. >> reporter: hems worthies tor in the a renningers age of old time due out next year. people magazines sexiest man a alive issue hits news stand this friday. billy joel was guest of honor at library of congress. the piano man was presented with the american flag the day before he is to receive the prize for popular song. >> it means a lot to me thank you very much. >> reporter: it honors musicians for entertaining audiences and inspiring new generations.

she's bringing her star pur to the battle against aids. oscar winner appeared with united nations pan until los angeles. they announced a plan to end the spread of aids in the next 15 years. here on the set of the young and restless a toast to a legend/daytime tv. cast of the tv soap opera celebrated peter bergmann's 21st anniversary starring as jack abbott. he points out his co stars were not even born when he took the role. that is your eye on entertainment, susan marquez for cbs news, los angeles. >> twenty-five years. >> he looks amazing. >> new jersey boy and rocker jon bon jovi was honored for his music and charity work. >> he was presented with the marion anderson award at a shown lays night this was the scene at the kimmel center in center city. bon jovi a's charity work through his soul foundation has help homeless in philadelphia and camden. >> when i'm asked what led to lend my voice to the issue of homelessness and hunger, the answer has always been simple.

we didn't need a scientist toss find a cure. >> he said he was inspired to take up work in this field ten years ago when he witnessed a homeless man shivering in the coal outside of a philadelphia hotel and it speaks to his character that he saw that but then he took action and has taken action for the last decade. >> he does amazing work on and off the the stage. no doubt bit. we will take a short break. you're watching "eyewitness news" at cw philly. we are back in a moment. good morning.

good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. i want to get right over to kate toy get your forecast on a cold morning, katie. >> yeah, another chilly day for us here erika almost the exact same thing that happened yesterday but few minor tweaks to this in that it is colder this morning then it was yesterday and we also have just a little bit less of a wind to contend with but it is still cold no matter how you slice it here. lets go to storm scan three. we have nothing but bright blue skies out there. we have a few puffy white clouds as the day goes on but you only hit 33 for a high and that is 20 plus below average. in philadelphia a on this day we should be up to 55. you do the math. tonight it is still frigid as we drop to 29 but thankfully wind is not only shifting southerly but easing up. tomorrow, moderating on the

thermometer but still below average. we are not going to hit a average temperature until at least sunday. vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning everyone. to give you an idea what happened overnight early this morning we are giving you a look at chopper three over the scene of the very serious crash. this happened on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike at hightstown, and, it is an active scene because of an investigation, three tractor trailers involved, one fatalities. truck lanes are closed, best alternate is route 130 and expect usual rush hour delays, erika. >> next update 8:25. next up on cbs this morning the future of small unmanned drones up in t the air. your local news weather and traffic continues on the cw philly ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people.

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door to door, out of 52 targeted suspects, the sheriff's office says nine are in custody. all taken, without incident. our other top stories on everyone's mine teeth chattering weather. >> record cold is blasting its way in the philadelphia region and just a reminder it is not winter yet. >> it is still autumn. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at 69th street terminal to see how commuters are dealing with the deep freeze, jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. i feel like it is warmer out here because sunnies up. but i don't know if that is psychological or not. i'm seeing breath in front of my face this morning. coming to you live from the 69th street terminal in upper darby everyone bundled up trying to rush to and from to get out of the coal weather. it is so-called philadelphia, montgomery county and burlington county of all issued a code blue alert to remind people to bundle up as they helped out