stick to sansom or spruce. in west philadelphia, you have a closure here, too, due to a water main break. 63rd is closed between haverford avenue and master street. girl avenue is closed between 62nd and 64th street. of course you have water and the sub freezing temperatures. you'll have icy conditions. stick to landsdown avenue as the alternate. burlington bristol bridge finished its bridge opening here, expect the tacony-palmyra to open in 15 minutes. >>> people in the tri-state area are bracing for the record cold to hit this weekend. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live at the frankford transportation center not a fun morning to with a lot for the bus or the subway, good morning. >> reporter: it's a cold one, this morning, tam, the temperature are plunging, but it's the wind that really makes the difference this morning here at the frankford twption center you can see people are waiting for the bus.

they fled that store and were seen heading east on sansom street. if you have any information about who those folks are you're asked to call philadelphia police. >>> well, we're getting ready for the weekend and katie has good news about the weather but also mother nature throwing us a curve ball possibly. we'll check in with katie on that sky deck. don't like the sound of a curve ball, katie. >> never does sound good, does it erika. with that said we are watching the tail end of a peck pesky front boundary trying to cross through here. at the moment all we've got is a mix of clouds little bit bit sunshine filtered through here on the sky deck. we start things by taking out to corm scan three. take look here. some of the purple trying to creep ever closer now i got to put it out the bark a far worse than the bite on this one. i do think you could see a stray snow or maybe sleet shower of some kind here midday. the bulk of the moisture is across the pa state border and up toward upstate new york. you see that darker shaved purple. so that's what we'r

> long-time july will he jeffrey bar ski scene the surveillance video of thieves burglarizing his sansom street store and sickens him. >> it's an invasion of -- just takes your soul and shakes it up and, you know, it's a terrible thing to be rob. >> reporter: nearly week after the heist, bar ski is also ang angry. this is the result of not giving the police what they need to bring back 24 hour protection. >> reporter: these thieves calm walk down sansom 3:30 saturday morning with no one else in sight. they hot wired the outer security gate, repaired after november 2014 burglary here. then made their way through the front door and methodically stole diamond rings and earrings worth some $400,000. a tripped security alarm sent police racing to the scene but too late. bar ski says a decade or more ago, police staffed this stretch full time even in the late night at wee hours of the morning. now he says late nights are a crap shoot. >> the word is out. it's easy picking time. there's no police down here. >> reporter: how does that make you feel as a business owner? >> it upsets me because we

walnut is shut down between 19th and 22nd use sansom or spruce streets as the alternates. >>> let usontinue with the water main break in southwest philadelphia, katherine scott just arrived on the scene and joins us live. >> reporter: the water main break is causing problems as people head out to work. the intersection is blocked off caution tape stretched across master street. you can see the police positioned at 63rd and haverford. where the water main break happened in west philadelphia early this morning. looks like they have thrown down rock salt in the area. they are trying to take care of the icing that happened after the water brain break this morning. the main broke and the water swirling out is freezing and iced up the street here. obviously with the frigid, below-freezing temperatures that could calls problems and icy conditions on the roads. the authorities have marked off the intersection at master, again, you can't get through here, 63rd and haverford. septa service has been disrupted because the street is so icy there's no route 13 trolley service from 60 to 63rd stree

the crooks smashed and grabbed their way to $400,000 in merchandise on sansom street. police released the video yesterday and hopes someone will recognize the chris. >>> new this morning, the university of scranton has suspended the men and swimming swim programs amid allegations of hazing. spokesperson are looking into the allegation that teen members violated sexual misconduct and harassment and alcohol. scanlt police said they have -- scranton police said they have not received a complaint to investigate this. >>> bradley doylely died thursday, he was not a member of the fraternity, but the school suspended the frat as police investigate his death. an allegation of hazing at an off campus locations. coaches and players say he was a leader and full of energy. >>> he was like a son, it's like losing a family member. i don't believe it was his time to go, he was one of the nicest guys that i knew. >>> investigators are waiting on an autopsy to determine a cause of death. >>> in south jersey, the city of moorestown shut down the only working well after a chemical was fo

stick to sansom or spruce street. we'll keep on top of that with walnut remaining blocked. east falls, the falls bridge is closed until april 1. as well as the on going construction closing monument road near ford and belmont. we have 63rd street closed between haverford and master street due to an water main break. it could be slick in the area, stick to landsdown in that area. >>> three teenagers in north jersey rushed to the aid of their school bus driver who was having a medical emergency. the driver started losing control of the bus, and then they jumped into action. >>> the bus driver kept swerving it was a continuous swerve. he kept trying to calm himself. >>> the students managed to push the bus into park mr. it could crash. then they got the other students off the bus, it is not clear what happened to the driver, but everyone is safe thanks to the students quick thinking. >>> new on "action news," everybody jokes about it, and hopes it doesn't happen. traffic video from ohio shows an emergency roadside delivery, a baby born on i-75. dispatchers coached the family t

they followed a trail of blood to broad and sansom, found the 38 year old bleeding heavily, tape taken to hahnemann hospital in critical condition. >> apparently the bullet struck him in the right arm, struck an artery because he lost a lot of blood. >> central detectives spent the morning processing the scene. they found one spent shell casing, from a semiautomatic weapon. they're now also searching for surveillance video, at this time unknown what the suspect got away with, but the victim is expected to survive, but they say this easily could have ended much differently. >> any time someone approaches you, with a gun, or a knife, who are any weapon best thing do, just cooperate. it is not worth getting shot or stabbed or hurt over money, or safe phone or any of your possessions. >> jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> two people to the hospital, firefighters were called down to the 3,000 block of north water street just before 8:00 this morning, we're told the victims man and woman suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns. three homes in all were damaged. no one else was hurt.

reporter: barsky is not sure his city loves him back these crooks calmly walked down the 700 block of sansom street 3:30 saturday morning with no one else insight. they hot wired the medal security gate. then made their way inside. calmly scooping up diamond rings and earrings worth some $400,000. a tripped security alarm sent police racing to the scene but not fast enough to catch the crooks or recover the stolen loot. jewelers row of 10 or 15 years ago says barsky. >> -- this would have never ever happened we used to have 24-hour police protection. we used to have our own detective down here. we would have minimum four to six police during the course of a day and into the evening. >> reporter: now he says late nights into the wee hours of the morning these stores filled with hundreds of millions of dollars in merchandise are protected only by cameras and alarms that help catch crooks after they strike. barsky doesn't blame the police. >> their hands are tied. they can't do their job because they don't have enough people. they don't have the resources. they don't have the funds. >> reporter

shows the thieves, smashing and grabbing their way to $400,000 in merchandise, from barski diamond on sansom street at 3:30 saturday morning. police released video today hoping that someone will recognize the thieves. >>> and these are particularly insidious crimes, law men call them virtual kidnappings and there has been an epidemic of them in camden over the past month but there is nothing virtual about the ransoms. "action news" reporter dann cuellar explains how it all works. >> reporter: fake kidnapping start with the frantic call from an unfamiliar person, saying someone you know has been kidnaped and is in danger unless you pay a ransom. the that is exactly what happened with one woman we spoke with. >> he just kept calling me and threatening my doubt ther what he would to to her if i didn't follow instructions. >> reporter: no worry for her safety this woman asked we conceal her identity. caller told her he kidnaped his daughter and wanted a thousand dollars for her safe return. >> he convinced me to follow his instructions, and, do exactly what he said, or he will blow my daughter's

they crashed and grabbed their way to $400,000 from sansom street. police released video yesterday and hope someone will recognize the chris. >>> the time 6:34. flue this morning, the university of scranton has suspended men and women's swimming programs because of the reports of hazing. the police chief said the department has not received a complaint to investigate this. >>> police in new york are investigating a possible hazing death there. bradley doyley died thursday. he was a member of the basketball team. allegations of hazing at an off campus location. he was a member of the school basketball team. coaches an players say he was a leader and full of energy. >>> i treated my players like a son. it's like losing a family member. >>> i don't believe it was the time to go, he feels one of the nicest guys i knew. investigators are awaiting on an autopsy to determine the cause of death. >>> in south jersey, the city of moorestown has shut down the only working well after a chemical was found in the water supply. jeff chirico has details on what the

we started at el vez at 13th and sansom. >> we have to start with the gold standard. >> good morning. >> good morning car. >>> good morning tim. >> good morning. >> here's what we have to say. i have been on facebook and i asked people a little bit. mike, alex, car, people have been commenting. check this out, denise cooper likes it on the rocks with extra salt. kathy says definitely frozen, definitely salt, and add a little resort and beach. >> we can give them resort but we can give them everything else. >> yes. >> what is number one most requested margarita. >> this one. >> what is in there. >> to kiehl, lime juice and fresh water and puree and mess requested with salt. >> why do they love that so much. >> it is the saltsweet tang, it is frozen. people love frozen drinks. >> turf say i might have had a couple of those, on a friday night. you do get salty with the sweet. this is another one that people love, the pink cadillac. >> pink cadillac, tequilla, lime juice, cranberry juice and fresh squeeze of orange juice. >> you say sometimes you have staff meetings and they come up with

looking at surveillance video as the crook smashed and grabbed their way to $400,000 in diamonds on sansom street. police hope someone will recognize the chris. >>> new this morning, the university of scranton has suspended both the men and swimming programs amid allegation hazing. a spokesperson said they are looking into the allegations that team members violated a sexual misconduct and sexual harassment and alcohol policy. no other details were given. we know that the scranton police chief said the department has not received a complaint to investigate it. >>> police in buffalo, new york are investigating a possible hazing death. bradley doyly died on thursday, he was not a member of the fraternity, but the school has suspended that frat as police investigate his death and allegation of hazing at an off campus location. he was a member of the school basketball team and coaches and player say he was a leading and full of energy. >>> i treat my players like a son. it's just like losing a family member. >>> i don't believe it was his time to go, he was one of the nicest guys that i knew. >

store on sansom street in center city around 3:30 a.m. it appears one of the suspects forgot to cover his face as he walked near the store and cameras captured this image that could reveal his identity and lead to an arrest. >> we have many cameras, infra ray, the neighborhood has cameras. they were very bold and they knew exactly what they were doing. >> reporter: the store's owner jeffrey barsky says there was phone call he dreaded, crooks broke into his store and got away with $400,000 worth of merchandise mostly wedding bands and earrings. >> been here over a hundred years so it hurt us. doesn't kill us. >> reporter: the criminals somehow manipulated the remote security gate popped the lock to the door and made their way inside. police say they were on a mission and knew exactly which cases they wanted to break into. police are not ruling out an inside job. >> nothing is ruled out completely. that's something that central investigators will look into to see if there's possibly some connection but again we clearly can see that these in

in the video you can see two men one without a mask calmy walking down sansom street around 3:30 a.m. last saturday. once inside the store store owners say thieves targeted most expensive cases holding wedding band and diamond earrings. worst parties it could have been prevented. he said police used to patrol 24 hours a day and that the stores here should receive extra protection because of the the high value of merchandise and dollars they shell out in business taxes. >> this is business privilege tax we have here for what? we have no protection. we get robbed. what is the privilege. this is the problem. we don't have police protection. customers don't feel safe. >> reporter: as a result barski says, business is down. he said solution to curbing crime and creating a culture that supports businesses in philadelphia will to have start at city hall. >> we have the finest police department anywhere but their hand are tied. you need people in the politics of this city, to spend the money where it need to be spent. >> reporter: back here live, we actually have not seen any police patrollin