moving the traffic cam here to the ben franklin bridge mid-span, the ben franklin is in good shape. as well as the other area bridges. and if you are taking the ben franklin bridge to the atlantic city expressway westbound, we had accident right at the international airport there. but since cleared. and we're good to go. moving the traffic cam one more time, this is mid-county tolls of the pa turnpike, headed to the poconos, take advantage of the man-made snow up there, and the colder temperatures, you shouldn't have any delays so far on the pa turnpike or the northeast extension. and that is the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center. i'm ann evans, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, ann. kit never san jose california is recovering after a horrible case of animal abuse. it had been dyed a rather strange color, as john ramos tells us, that wasn't the worse of the cat's problems. >> reporter: nine lives foundation health nerve redwood city cares foray buys dollars and neglected cats, like blue abandoned with a broken leg. but it is the latest patient here that has everyone seeing red. o

this i mentioned, he says, for the the sake of other parents. >> the odds are if ben franklin had given his son that vaccine, his life would have been saved. >> reporter: and millions have been because of franklin's pleas to the work of those since. the founders focused on health was at center of the 310th birthday celebration. he helped establish pennsylvania hospital, during a free stint as a vegetarian he brought tofu to america and lived to a once unheard of age of 84. >> he never must trusted the institutional church, but i would like to say we got him in the end. >> reporter: franklin's jovial spirit is woven in the city, firing stairs by children and halloween costumes for a certain news reporter and her friend. never forgetting the lie racials that he was so proud to even eye. ben franklin had this worth, and whims i about him unshared by many of his peers. so to that we say... >> happy birthday, ben. >> 310 years and counting. >> reporter: reporting from olde city, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> today ises the day doctor martin lieutenant are king, junior was

but just so you know that foot walk on the ben franklin bridge closed right now. ft. washington 309 the headlight moving in the northbound direction at the turnpike there is area looking pretty good. just starting to develop more and more headlights and tail light out on the roadways, a while ago, this camera switched around, see under the bridge deck. could you see some of the black ice there. so it is therefore those of you side streets, sidewalks, it is to all can car that i black ice, so be careful. talcony palmyra bridge moment ago coming back down, should be open no, ma'am end tar lip, water main break still active in mat vern, swedesford road closed between church road and phoenixville pike. use the alternate. back to you. >> we are honoring the live and legacy of doctor marts martin league junior today. for many not day off but rather day of service. jan carabeo joining us now at the historic girard college in north philly thousands of volunteers are expected today. jan, good morning. >> erika, good morning, and you know what this martin luther king day of ser

and the ben franklin, ben franklin bridge moving in the westbound direction, this is one of the safetyly looking pretty good moving in the westbound direction, from jersey, eastbound, we don't even really look over, there because we know that knows not where the traffic s it will build moving in the westbound direction. right now ben franklin bridge looking good. for knows ever those of you on the blue route headed out to the blue route any time soon, headlights in the northbound direction past route one, looking good here, as well, so basically, overall where i am looking, roadways are dry, but start those cars early. let them warm up. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. historic cumberland county tavern now just pile of rubble after that fire tore through the billing yesterday. all it took was a few hours to destroy more than 230 years of history. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos spoke to some people hit specially hard by that fire. >> the hillcrest tavern stood on this very corner for more than 230 years. now this piece of american history is a pile of rubble. >> i w

ben franklin bridge looking live, we're looking fine, traffic is moving okay. be careful because the winds are so gusty, be careful with the high-profile vehicles when you're traveling over the ben. >> reporter: absolutely, karen, we have temperatures in the 20s across the region, windchills in time teens and single digits. if you're doing travel more of the same in new york and worse in washington. in pittsburgh 6 degrees, cold and winds everywhere. 9:00 a.m., 24. really struggling 26 by noon. 2:00 p.m., 27 degrees, high of 28 around 3:00 p.m. by 4:00 p.m. we're down to 26 degrees. if you're running errands maybe you can put them off for couple of days, because tomorrow will be similar with highs in the upper 20s and windchills in the teens. >>> not fun, thanks, david. >>> the reverend jesse jackson said the people of flint, michigan have been betrayed by the response of the drinking water crisis. jackson said the full effect of lead contamination in the tam water is not yet known and for that the city should be considered a crime scene. this happened after a s

thanks for waking up with us, taking a live look sky6 live hd over the ben franklin bridge. it's going to get up to 352 degrees, david murphy says it's a day to get out there and take a nice walk. >>> detective's in salem county new jersey are hoping you can help into their investigation into the death of a teenage girl. the body of the 19-year-old girl was found on monday. tree service workers made the discovery on monday. new jersey state police are hoping someone has information about her death and give them a call. >>> new this morning, a police officer from dauphin county who is credited with shooting an unarmed man has resign. the shooting was captured by camera attached to her stun gun. she was on unpaid suspension since her arrest. she will be paid $120,000 in severance as part of a settlement agreement. >>> 5:57 driving a hard bargain, the white house complains why it wants to steer billions of dollars into driverless cars. >>> chipotle making a bold move to help improve food safety, but it requires closing all of its stores. details coming up. you can't breathed. t

the ben franklin bridge is dry, no complaints here. continue the bridge check there's construction on the commodor barry bridge chester in the gloucester county one lane getting by 35 miles per hour the max, i have a feeling you might not be going that quickly as the morning progression. patco midday schedule 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. trains look good. >> reporter: we're freezing this morning, 15 in pottstown, 19 in saint david ascertain mid to low -- and mid to low 20s in south jersey and delaware. if you're running outside to get the errands done you might want to wait until later in the morning, because things will warm up a bit and climb above freezing quickly. 31 degrees by 9:00. 11:00. 37 the high will be the 42-degree reading we'll slot that in at 3:00 and spend most of the afternoon in the 40s, winds are light and fair amount of sunshine. >>> when we're off the air get the seven-day forecast and take a look at storm tracker 6 live radar/weather. >>> new this morning, duke university has suspended most sorority activities on their

ben franklin high school is placed on lockdown. police say that someone found a shell casing in the stairwell at the school. there is no evidence of a shooting only a bullet casing that was found. the school is on lockdown as they investigate that. >>> and some are seeing snow said and some seeing it right now. looking live on sky 6 hd from our temple university camera. meteorologist, melissa magee, is live now with the accuweather forecast. >> yes, we are tracking it's snow showers moving through this afternoon, not a whole lot to stick on the roads and some of the none paved surfaces watch out. we'll show you stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see the snow is really scattered across the delaware and lehigh valley, a pocket in reading and berks county and mercer county there in trenton and we good in tighter on street level to stormtracker 6 live double scan, and a lot of that snow is moving eastward in interior portions of new jersey. wrightstown, brownsville and southward into glassboro, that continues into 2:00 or 3:00 thi

chopper 6 hd over the ben franklin bridge tonight where a westbound patco train became disabled while crossing the bridge, about 100 passengers were on the train when the train some now became disabled and the brakes did not disengage and the passengers were off loaded and they are checking the scene and you see the patco workers checking the train right now trying to see exactly what the problem is, we are of course continuing to keep an eye on the situation, again a westbound patco train disabled on the ben franklin bridge at this hour. >>> time to check the rest of the "action news" traffic report right now, pat pellman is here with the latest tonight. >> with the patco problems we see 5 to 10 minutes delays, because they are using a single track, the train is blocking the tracks on the north side of the ben franklin bridge but on the roads, three spots you definitely don't want to venture into. 95 southbound because it looks like this, for nine miles this way from academy road knee girard avenue, travel time an hour and six minutes, the crash at girard is gone but it's still takin

awakens stirring, the wind whipping flags along the ben franklin parkway, and possibly taking your breath away as you head outdoors this morning. >> it is really cold, especially with the wind, the wind like draws tears out of your eyes specially on broad street. >> but not everyone seems to hate the idea that we're finley settling into winter. more than handful of people warming up, by taking few laps around the dilworth park ice rink. >> it is cold but i'm enjoying it, right now, and i'm enjoying it. >> i grew up in iowa. this is nothing. >> nice change from the warm weather specially on christmas. >> but with temperatures in the teens this morning, and 30-mile per hour wind gusts expected later today, we'll see how long that cents will cents. >> i don't want no more snow. we had ours yesterday. i'm done with it. >> overdue for some for sure. it will be cold, i hope we have some snow at least. >> still bit of split decision when it comes to snow. i have a feeling we will be dealing with that sooner than later of course katie is keeping an eye on that forecast. but as far as the cold goe

after police descent own ben franklin high school. >> he was scared, he didn't understand. they have metal detector at the front door how you they got in with the gun. >> reporter: she says 11th grader was crouched under his lunch table while the school was on lock down and police searched for a gunman. security guard called 911 just before noon time after a shot was her. a shell casing to a 45 caliber was found inside of a third floor stairwell. >> allegedly at this point there was a group of kid involved in the fight. right now we're told that another individual fired a shot. we don't know if that is true or not about we do know that the shot was confirmed by a security officer on location. >> reporter: police took five students out of the school in handcuffs and the four hour lock down was lifted. after a handgun was

the ben franklin bridge and sunset.he way the sun is setting a little bit later and later each day. >> it is beautiful out there but meteorologist adam joseph he's coming up with that exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast and there is talk of some snow. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> all right, meteorologist adam joseph standing by with an accuweather forecast that includes. >> right. >> we're calling them the first flakes of 2016. >> snow showers to go through here. found happen at some point during the winter. some could say this could be the snowless winter but not going to be the case. >> all right. >> as we get in the next 24 hours. yesterday though we had that record warmth and those rain showers came through with some hail and even rainbows. got a lot of photos yesterday on facebook and twitter. this sent in by nick from can kennett square. you can always follow him on twitter. he's at at nick underscore poseidon. notice that very bright primary rainbow we call it. that is very noticeable and then to the north of there just above i

taking a live look here out across the ben franklin bridge.old morning but not as cold as yesterday. 27 degrees out there right now. we'll get up to 35 as the day goes on. right now it is 5:56. >>> philadelphia police are looking for the man who went into a torresdale wawa with a huge knife. look at that in his hand. he robbed the store on the 10,000 block of knights road last month. surveillance video shows the man walking in with a knife and demanding money. an employee put cash in a bag handed it over and the suspect then took off. police want anyone with information to give them a call. >>> new jersey governor chris christie has rejected several bills on his desk. one of them would have ensured that grade schoolers got 20 minutes of recess every day. christie also vetoed a financial assistance package for atlantic city so this could now lead a state takeover of the city. christie also rejected a bill that would have raised the age for buying tobacco products from 19 to 21 and rejected a measure that would have prevented people convicted of

ben franklin bridge still looking good and nice and quiet. anywhere i look we are traveling at posted speed. water main break in norristown powell street, and also some construction, through bellmawr, new jersey route 130 northbound 76 to market street left lane is closed until 6:00 . we have 30 minutes there back over to you. >>> well, something that people worked this early in the morning already know we are not getting that much sleep. jan carabao is telling us about a new sleep study and how much we really need. that is the big question. >> this does hit close to home. we know all about it too well. new study shows how important it is for adults to get seven hours of sleep a night. of course that is easier said then done for particular groups of people. jackie cohen is, busy she's an entrepreneur and single mom of a two-year old. >> i never get seven hours of sleep in a night. i'm going to say, ever. >> reporter: so cbs news asked cohen to chronicle a typical night of sleep. >> it is now 1:30 in the morning and i have not gone to sleep. s

fox 29 cameras were at ben franklin high school in spring garden, this afternoon, right after authority quit that building on look down. police had to go classroom by classroom looking for weapons and making sure students, teachers, everybody, staff, were safe. >> well, tonight we are happy to report no one was hurt, but of course, the details of this story are deeply truck. good evening everyone, thanks for joining us at a i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timoney, police say they have some young feel right now already in custody. let's get right out to shawnette wilson live at the school with the latest on this one, good evening, shawnette. >> karen, chris, we have blurred the faces in our story of the kids taken into custody. we just learned that five students are in custody, it is unclear what their involvement is, if any, and we do know no charges have been filed at this hour, meantime, we just learned moments ago that police have since also recovered a gun from inside the school. >> family members of student at ben franklin high school were who are horrified to hear someone may hav

. >>> welcome back, taking a live look out across penns landing and the ben franklin bridge. calm now, getting up to 34 degrees today, we've got our eye on the coming winter storm making its way induce sometime tomorrow night. >>> did you notice the brine on the roads this morning? >> reporter: i saw at least the tracks, that the penndot crew came through and put down the brine solution. it is good idea to leave 6 car lengths between you and the penndot trucks, you don't want the brine all over your car not good for the paint. 422 looking good close to the oaks interchange. during midday today we're expecting construction in both directions, westbound doing pavement patching, eastbound doing sign repairs, along 422 wowfort for -- watch out for the midday work and the delays that will follow. work on the pennsylvania turnpike a long stretch eastbound between norristown and bensalem roving taking out a lane. in west chester near downingtown taking out the right lane. kennett pike expect work from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. they will do this each day through early next week. we had

. >>> three students taken into police custody outside philadelphia's ben franklin high school today after a gun was fired in a stairwell. police said a fight had broken out shortly before that shot was fired and now they're trying to figure out just how someone managed to get a gun inside that school in the first place. "action news" reporter gray hall following that investigation. he'll have much more tonight at 6 o'clock. >> now to developing news on the political front. the state department is withholding more than 20 e-mails sent from ill hillary clinton's private server because they have been deemed top-secret. clinton's campaign is now questioning the secrecy of messages saying the e-mails originated and remained the state department's unclassified system. they're demanding the e-mails be released calling overt classification run amok. >>> that news could throw a wrench into clinton's plans three days and countering until this year's iowa caucuses. >> today presidential candidates rallied for last minute support. rick williams live with all of the day's developments many hi, r

looking live on the ben franklin bridge no problems, 25-mile speed restrictions there. northeast philadelphia, woodhaven road at thornton road. things are passable not too many issues. on the ramps you want to watch for slick spots. you would be surprised what a great job this did going around. 22 degrees in philadelphia. 7 in millville. 12 in allentown. anything that looks wet is icy, tam. >>> the heavy snow caused a roof to collapse in quakertown. chopper 6 was over north hellertown avenue yesterday. no injuries were reported. officials from bucks county have not shared details 0 on the extent of the damage. >>> a mother and son died from carbon monoxide poison in pasaic new jersey, a man put his family in the car to keep warm while he dug out saturday night. a tail pipe was covered with snow and carbon monoxide didn't go out and filled the car. the mother and one-year-old son and three-year-old daughter were overcome with fumes, neighborhood tried to revive the children until police arrived. >>> [ no audio in audible. >>> doctors pronounced the mother and 1-year-old

at least seeing the clear skies over the region, nice and quiet, look telling ben franklin bridge.inds starting to calm down. that's great news. so may be little bit of left over blowing, drifting this morning, but the winds really have dropped off. so, that's good news, the exception will be down toward the shore, still running at another high tide potential for some flooding there. at least off shore winds are developing. let's check out what's happening as far as the headlines go today. sunshine out here, slow melting process over the next several days. no big storms to talk b maybe little rain on tuesday. but not enough to cause flooding, and again, that's just chance for maybe couple of showers. we will talk about that in just a bit. but check it out. allentown coming in 31.9 inches every snow, that sets all time record. look at that, their normal season snowfall 32.9 inches. almost at that. just with this single storm. here in philadelphia, officially 22.4. that makes it the fourth largest snowstorm on record. all right, there is the storm. it is moving off shore. left over s

the ben franklin here, again, volume building on the ben franklin, further up, in delays on 676, admiralson boulevard, 42, 55, ac expressway, garden state parkway all look okay if you are heading to the shore this morning. as you are taking mass transit, honor close to schedule. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans now rahel, back to you. >>> well, running late happens to all of us whether it is bad traffic or hitting that snooze button too many times. does that? as jimmy ukiss, reports, some people come up with pretty creative excuses. >> can i ask you a question real quick. >> reporter: it seems like we are all running around. >> i'm running real late. >> three out of five days. >> reporter: some excuses are plausible. >> my baby pooped. >> i was like throwing up sick, so that is why i was late when i really just over slept. >> reporter: did they buy it. >> yeah. >> reporter: others are even more creative. >> someone from my family died. >> i didn't think it was a workday. it was a holiday. >> reporter: how did that fly. >> not so much. >> reporter: think that is

looking at the ben franklin bridge, we have clouds in place, but they will break up. we'll transition to a decent amount of sunshine today. the temperature is chilly this morning, but not as bad as the last couple of mornings. 28 degrees, winds running at 7 miles per hour. the windchill 21. not much of a factor. there are clouds breaking up a bit and we're looking at the return of sunshine and hanging with a decent amount of sunshine most of the day. 34 by noon. high of 38 degrees at 3:00 p.m. winds light to moderate side. high temperature in allentown 35. 36 in trenton and reading. 36 in millville. 37 in cape may. and then comes the low pressure center through the southern states by 2:00 p.m. it will be out to the west of us, but already throwing a snow shield to the south and west. as we roll friday night into saturday, the low develops into nor'easter and gives us the strong windy. it will be a snow producer, too. looks like we'll hold this off until after the evening rush hour on friday, so we can get all our drives home out of the way. the low comes out of the so

but things will start to get better, here's a live look, gorgeous on the ben franklin parkway. we've got some mild weather to look forward to. let's get over to your chief meteorologist, scott williams. >> it is blustery stepping outdoors right now, but milder air it is in that seven day forecast, but not this evening, if you are stepping out for your friday evening plans. grab a jacket, 38 degrees right now. the high made it up to 42 degrees, right now, we have sustained winds, out of the west northwest, 20 miles per hour, still, with gusts up to 30 miles per hour. earlier, in the day, ultimate doppler was tracking some rain, even some snow showers moving through the area, it really didn't amount to much. and most of the region right now, dry, quiet. still some flurries out toward the central part of the state. but, look at those wind, gusting still to 26 miles per hour in philadelphia. gusting to 28 miles per hour out of the north and west, in millville. so, take a look at the air temperatures right now. 33 degrees pottstown, 25 right now in the pocono mountains, we have mid

this is a live look from the ben franklin parkway. the snow is already pile up. >> heavy snow is also falling down the shore. this is a live look at the atlantic city boardwalk. coastal towns are bracing for flooding. >> take a look at this. stormscan 3 shows it all. snow blanketing the tri-state region, most area a under a blizzard warning. many closures coming into the newsroom, they will be scrolling at the bottom. i'm ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean. we have been talking about this for days. now it's here. we have live team coverage of our first major storm of the season and we begin with meteorologist kate bilo. kate, walk us through what's a happening right now. >> what's happening right now is that this storm is continuing to strengthen and it's continuing to throw lots of moisture back toward the eastern sea board and heaviest of the banding not even moved into philadelphia yet. you can see what's happening with the storm. notice how it's starting to pivot. this way, an indication as the storm moves offshore and strengthen

. >> i'm not connected but i'm just saying, do you want to see somebody that looks like ben franklin really dancing around up there. he is disgusting, take out your hundred dollar bicialg a fat bloated balding white guy. i want to see the guy from the bronx. i like it i don't think you want to see these disgusting-- . >> larry: i ain't mad at a fat ben franklin. >> i think the difference is too, these people aren't in white face or black face. they're just the characters. >> right. >> it is. >> would you be mad if samuel jackson got in full white face and played like j edgar hoover. >> i would like it-- . >> larry: what's wrong with that by the way. >> jackson was the best acker we could find. >> why can't we have it so he can't be in makeup. why can't he just play the role. it's t vnchts it's fake. like who cares. >> larry: but they kind of look like him. >> i think it's about emotional connection the. right now we are emotionally kectd. we are he notionally connected to aaliyah right now because she say recent singer. if you were to do a movie about her she has to be played by a bl

outside on our saturday evening we will show you picture outside, right on the ben franklin parkway,orgeous shot, we have got mostly sunny skies with a few high thin, sirius clouds blowing in the wind there. it the is calm this evening. we will stay that way throughout the rest of tonight. the high today in philadelphia not bad, 41 degrees. we should be for this time of the year. normal is 41. the low is 26, and of course, that will be average as well tonight. thirty-eight, currently in philadelphia. thirty in the poconos. thirty-seven allentown, lehigh valley. thirty-five out to the west. thirty-eight in sea isle city. not much wind chill to factor in because we have wind coming from the southerly or southeasterly direction for the rest of the evening hours. that will pump in milder air, as early as sunday. here is satellite six with action radar dry, quiet across the eastern half of the u.s. disturbed weather out across northern plains and will be tracking the storm system approaching that region as we get into late sunday an early next week. in between that time, however, check yo

after police descent own ben franklin high school. >> he was scared, he didn't understand. they have metal detector at the front door how you they got in with the gun. >> reporter: she says 11th grader was crouched under his lunch table while the school was on lock down and police searched for a gunman. security guard called 911 just before noon time after a shot was her. a shell casing to a 45 caliber was found inside of a third floor stairwell. >> allegedly at this point there was a group of kid involved in the fight. right now we're told that another individual fired a shot. we don't know if that is true or not about we do know that the shot was confirmed by a security officer on location. >> reporter: police took five students out of the school in handcuffs and the four hour lock down was lifted. after a handgun was recovered. concerned parents were outside waiting for their kids to be dismissed. >> she is okay. >> reporter: police say it is possible that a secondhand gun was also involved, here. no one was injured today, and it is not yet clear if charges will be filed

here is a look at the ben franklin bridge. for those every you moving westbound, looking nice and quiet. again like katie pointed out nice and dry. but, cold, it is cold, i forgot my gloves this morning, trust me, i paid for t boulevard at fox street, looking good again nice and quiet, although seeing some headlight start to trickle out on the roadways now, thinking about leaving home any time soon, still in good company. we'll see the change ago we progress into the morning, we know tuesdays tends to be busier. blue route moving in the northbound direction, at mid-county moving in the northbound and southbound direction. southbound what i have my eye on right now. you can see around the area looking pretty good. we know specially moving in the southbound direction it will heat up as we push toward that 6:00 hour. also, we've got some flooding to tell but that coming up in about ten minute. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank youment checking stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 is following for you today. sp

and franklin long regretted not getting his son vac nayed for that disease. >> the odds are if ben franklinad given his son that vaccine, his life would have been saved. >> franklin helped establish pennsylvania hospital. he also brought tofu to america during a brief string as a vegetarian and lived to an unheard age of 84. >> tennessee couple comes forward to claim their share of the powerball jock pot. lottery officials presented john and lisa robinson with a check for $528.8 million. the couple only plays the lottery when the jackpot gets big. john says he purchased the tickets on the way home from work just hours before the drawing. >> i have four people in my immediate family so i buy four separate tickets. that's just the way i do it. >> it was the third one that was -- >> the one. >> the couple says they will choose the lump sum amount which will be $328 million. >>> meanwhile a powerball prank called on camera celebrations erupted inside a nursing home a nurse thought she won the big one point sick billion dollars jackpot her own son call her saying she wouldn't then teched a pictu

are in police custody. >> i heard boom and everybody started running. >> reporter: students at ben franklin high school reacting after there were reports that someone fired a gun inside the school. >> i was scared though. >> i didn't know what was going on. they didn't tell us nothingly they like the school on lockdown. >> reporter: the school does have a metal detector and students are puzzled how anyone can manage to get a gun inside. >> there's a metal detected at every doorly they suspended me for five days for a lighter that was this big. >> reporter: police say there was a fight and reports of a shot fired. officers confirm they found a shell casing inside the school from a 45 caliber handgun. cameras were rolling as officers escorted three students out of the school in the spring garden section of philadelphia. hours later two more students were hauled off in cuffs their involve. in the incident is noter. >> we do know that the shot was confirmed by a security officer on location so we are searching this building its a very large building. nothing going on right now. everybody's safe

you can barely see the ben franklin bridge. on the area bridges we have 25-mile an hour speed restrictions on the area bridges. visibility down to a quarter mile in some areas. this is mcphilly safely taking a picture from the window i like that i hope drinking hot chocolate. looking at the snow-covered streets outside his house. stay at home if you can. >>> we've broad somebody new to the party we're going over to delaware county to "action news" reporter, gray hall live in wane. >> reporter: good morning, tam, you've heard the story, if you can stay inside, if you don't have to be outside, it is wet and cold it is windy it is snowing it is miserable. pretty to look at from inside not outside. take a look at the streets, empty now, that was not the case earlier. we've seen people get stuck and we saw a snow mobile coming down the streets. we've seen plenty of plows, i want to take you to my handy dandy yardstick. the reading right now under 18 inches, of course the wind is blowing and packing the snow up, so the totals may cha

and franklin long regretted not getting his son vac nayed for that disease. >> the odds are if ben franklin given his son that vaccine, his life would have been saved. >> franklin helped establish pennsylvania hospital. he also brought tofu to america during a brief string as a vegetarian and lived to an unheard age of 84. >> tennessee couple comes forward to claim their share of the powerball jock pot. lottery officials presented john and lisa robinson with a check for $528.8 million. the couple only plays the lottery when the jackpot gets big. john says he purchased the tickets on the way home from work just hours before the drawing. >> i have four people in my immediate family so i buy four separate tickets. that's just the way i do it. >> it was the third one that was -- >> the one. >> the couple says they will choose the lump sum amount which will be $328 million. >>> meanwhile a powerball prank called on camera celebrations erupted inside a nursing home a nurse thought she won the big one point sick billion dollars jackpot her own son call her saying she wouldn't then teched a picture

ben franklin bridge, beautiful shot, coming westbound from jersey looking great here, looking nice and quiet as it should. all of those lights, bright and lit, again, that dark sky, still very dark outside obviously, vine looking good, looks like the westbound side might just be trying to open, eastbound usually follows, but just note the vine right now for the most part we're getting reports it is still closed until usually around 5:00 a.m. construction 295 south the ramp to 42, ramp closed until 5:00 a.m. same area, southbound leading to the ramp between route 30 and route 42 and northbound 295 between route 42 and route 168, one lane in both directions is closed until 6:00 a.m. nicole, back over to you. significance of. >> suspect amend officer 60th and spruce streets while officer was in his police cruiser. justin finch is live for us at penn presbyterian medical center, doctors are treat that officer. how is he doing this morning, justin? >> we are told he has long road ahead. commissioner richard ross and mayor jim kenney gave briefing overnight calling officer jesse heart net br

that reporting live from the ben franklin parkway, now back in the studio. >> justin, thanks very much. >>> you can get latest on this arctic blast and winter weather information on our web site the at cbs philly.com. >>> gusty bitter cold makes things tougher for fire fighters battling a fire at a historic site in cumberland county. investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire that wiped out the hill crest towers. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in bridgeton with more tonight, greg. >> reporter: the weather did play a big part in fighting this fire, detrimental part in fact, those heavy wind, high wind and it took fire fighters two hours to put out the flames here. the the tavern is a total loss. many in this community tonight here very upset. hill crest tavern stood on this very corner for more than 230 years. now piece of american history is a pile of ruble. >> i was the chef here for 15 years and just left three years ago. >> reporter: lucas mccormack like so many others that kind, drink and work at hill crest tavern stopped by downtown bridgeton new jer

now, "skycam 3", nice and calm, collected here over the ben franklin bridge, no problems right now at face value, meisha, obviously, will have all of the trouble spots. they are still out there. again, the aftermath trickle down effect that takes place, when you have so much of the snow, the heaping ♪ to get rid of. you can have the problems left behind. now, allentown, you guys did well on this storm system. your normal seasonal snowfall is 32.9 inches. and out of this one system you pick up 1 inch shy of that. it was an all time record event for you, at 31.9 inches. and allentown's mild stomping grounds, i can tell you, i was getting pictures left and right from my family members showing me what's going on up there. just unbelievable, the amount of bands that came into the area in general, through the course of the storm. but now, it is all gone. storm scan, nice and quiet. you have got couple of clouds up across, say, southeastern pa, even central pa, but i don't want you to worry about any weather-related hazards today except the re icing. so with everybody under freezing right no

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taking a look outside we have sky6 and we are looking at the ben franklin bridge.ar skies above, lots of stars out right now. plenty of sunshine on the way but still cold to start out this morning. take a look at those current numbers. 21 trees in philadelphia. just 13 trees right now in allentown. 13 in reading. 14 in trenton. just 7 degrees in millville and 24 degrees in cape may. so, starting out very cold. that's a little bit of an anomaly in millville and that may be a bad reading. in any event we're looking at another cold start. one difference this morning, the winds aren't as bad and of course we've got plenty of sunshine along the way so if you are traveling our highways and by ways a little later on after sunrise you will need the shades. as we take a look at the day, up in the lehigh valley it's still going to be on the cold side with a high of 38 but not as bad as the last couple of days. mostly sunny up in the lehigh valley. down the shore lots of sun on the beach 43 trees as you are strolling the boardwalk. in case there's anybody out there who wants

anyone thinking about hopping on the ben franklin bridge right now, it is looking nice, looking quiet. also, 95, tail light moving in the southbound direction approaching academy, looking good here, we are slowly starting to see volume levels pick up now, that's to be expected as we push through the 5:00 hour. holding steady, everyone, obviously, traveling still at posted speeds. we have accident 422 eastbound near royersford, south trap road under pass, now, this is moved all the way to the shoulder. not causing too many slow downs right now, but i still want you to know that there is an accident there. also, downed pole, connestoga road closed because of earlier accident. that accident has been cleared out of the way. the downed pole however is still there between bacton hill road and spring valley road. also 42, 681, left lane block, blocked until 5:00 a.m. should be lifting any tune soon. water main repair in delaware, 202 northbound past naman's road, left lane is blocked right now. so busy morning already, erika, back over to you. >> meisha, a thank up. state of pennsylvania is

we will see that change little bit into the 6:00 hour, but right now, ben franklin bridge, all bridges, for that matter, are looking pretty nice right now. we do have water main break in malvern causing some flooding, should clear, right around 6:00 a.m. but make note of this. cedar hollow road closed between vanguard boulevard and industrial boulevard. so you are going to have to use an alternate. alternate i would suggest is north valley road. snow is still in play. this might affect some of you. and also, just remember, chestnut hill west running new weekday schedule. air transportation center has some construction going on, because of that, there is some bus route that are detoured, and i'll be tweet that information, as well. erika, back over to you. >> checking sport news right now, eagles coach search continues with former giants coach, tom coughlin in town to talk with the birds top brass. the 69 year old coughlin was the nfl's oldest coach last season, and his intensity well known. scolded his own punter on the field after the eagles beat the giants on punt return in 2010. cou

ben franklin bridge has looked great.ll of the bridges have all week long as i have looked at those. vine street expressway all opened. for those hopping on the vine east and westbound all clear. so head on out there. that is good thing about waking up early, nicole, back over to you. >>> vice-president joe biden now regrets his decision in the the to run for president, in october, he said time had run out to make a decision that he wouldn't run. weighed heavily on his decision was the death of his son beau from brain cancer last may. biden said he made the right call for himself and his family and pledged to stay deeply involved in this years campaign. >>> president obama is working on his final state of the union address. white house released a video of the president previewing his speech. the president painted an optimistic picture for this year. >> since i took office seven years ago in the middle of crisis i don't think i have ever been more optimistic about a year ahead then i am right now. >> senior obama administr

ben franklin bridge looks okay, all of the area bridges in good shape.ccident, on the atlantic city expressway, westbound lanes, right at the international airport. the left lane is block, in that area. and there are delays, the garden state parkway looks okay. and a note from septa, custom letters not be able to use the gallery access between eighth street and jefferson stations, customers who normally use this access can utilize market, the market frank forwards line service between eighth and 11th streets. the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center. i'm ann evans, now back to you. >> thanks a lot. nearly 200 muslim workers have been fired from a meat packing plant in colorado. cbs news correspondent jericka duncan reports, they were fired for walking out after a dispute over prayer breaks. break five times a day a must for many muslims. tony said missing even one of those prayers over break time dispute caused him and many others to walk away from his job at this meat packing plant in colorado. >> it don't matter if i don't have a job, my religion more

take a look at the ben franklin bridge.or those of you coming from new jersey. 42 freeway in jersey looking busy. ben franklin bridge still traveling at posted speeds. looking good as pour travelers start to head out on the ben franklin bridge. the burlington bristol bridge, that is now back down, lifted around 6:15. that's back down now. mass transit looking good, the broad street line, bridge spur is delayed because the equipment problems. patco is running a new schedule. we do have an accident in route 1 and another one in doylestown. reports of downed wires. root 202 north swamp road. for those of you in and around this area, use side streets. >>> delaware county authorities are investigating skeletal remains found at a park, they believe the remains of a woman missing more than a year now. 25 yard amanda was last seen in 2014 leaving her drexel hill home. police say the mother of two has a history of addiction and believes she is no longer alive. over the weekend, a hiker found skeletal remains at ridley creek state pa

lets go to the next camera live lot ben franklin bridge looking good.epta gave meehan alert saying some of the busier regional recall lines like doylestown line, west trenton and warminster line will be running with fewer cars. so to that will cause overcrowding. make sure you wear your deodorant, and yesterday, i played a joke, on my 14 years old. you saw video we showed of everybody jumping in the snow. but i said lets do it, noah. >> yes. >> we took our shirts off. ready. >> you faker. >> now we will do it again, that is our deck, okay. >> that is up to your knees. i said, one, two, three, go. >> he was a good sport. >> he is not the happy. >> i have to watch my back now because there is pay back time. >> your kids are good with the prank. >> so i have had a security guard at my bedroom door all night long just making sure, i'm glad my car was not keyed or my tires were not flat. out in the snow though, my legs red, freezing from that snow, in that short little period of time. >> you have to be careful. >> did you not belly flop. >> former eagles qua

in delays or problems on the ben franklin, it is in fine shape.e the other port authority bridges no delays on 42 or 55. that is very latest from cbs traffic center i'm ann evans new rahel back to you. >>> you might expect a nine year-old to have a melt down over a boy band or a movie star but tears of joy over a presidential candidate? jeanie moos reports on the the donald's biggest little fan. >> it was a reaction best described as trump fantastic. >> guess what we will do monday. >> what? >> we are going to see donald trump in person in new hampshire. >> are you serious. >> yeah. >> oh my god. >> reporter: just seeing the donald left nine year-old a va lovely in tears. donald trump has given rides in his chop are and they sing him diddis. >> a kid asked a good question. >> he is going to build the wall, what is it going to be made out of. >> reporter: trump brought him on stage, far from the stable when they can vote. >> why are you up set. >> unaudible. >> what are they doing to her brain, wrote one commenter. but a va drives her parents to th

on our good buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge, all opened this morning except those pedestrian foot . they are shut down. otherwise traffic though and the vehicle on the ben is moving okay and we still have a water main break and some icy conditions, too, i believe in hamilton township mercer county blocking a lane on 130 southbound past 195. matt. >> thank you, matt. >>> "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in a south philadelphia neighborhood that really would love to hear those plows coming. annie. >> reporter: they would love to hear the sound of a front loader coming through here on daily street. it's a narrow street. they would probably need one of the small are bobcats to come through. residents really going nowhere fast because the road is still piled up with snow. so even if they dug their cars out they still can't drive out on the street. now, all this morning we have seen plows in and around this area of south philadelphia. residents like the ones at 18th and daily are hoping to get plowed out soon. city plows working early this morning on south philadelphia's st

mid span, out the of the ben franklin bridge and area bridges are in good shape, however, taking ben cherry hill township, 70 westbound on cuthbert boulevard there are delays there right lane is block due to low hanging wires. everything else, 42, 55, ac expressway, garden state parkway, everything else looks okay this morning. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic enter, i'm ann evans. the here's leslie with sports. >> cozies clear for eagles to sign chiefs coordinator doug pederson as their new head coach. kansas city season is over thanks to tom brady and new england patriots. doug and the chiefs came in the with the 11 game winning streak and they gave patriots all they could handle but tom brady had a full compliment of the wide receiver. tom threw for 302-yard and two touchdowns to beat the chiefs 27-20. now eagles to have finalize that contract with pederson and that could happen in a couple of days. >>> no rest for flyers, they are back in action tonight in detroit, yesterday the orange and black four game winning streak came to an end against the rangers. houston defensive e

. >> probably ben franklin it has been a while. there is a different perception and i profiled a few people thomas, edison, richard burton a famous explorer with his bouncing around and what not. >> ben franklin never held one job more than three years in reinvented himself over 30 times to complete the changes profession moved all over the world. easily bored. i think a dd with a person of a zero iq but franklin was a genius it can be a useful combination i think it canfor everybody. >> was eac real entrepreneur? >> definitely. yes. inventor writer and publisher he helped to create united states of america. >> host: but about jefferson? >> i wrote that book because i kept encountering revisionist history pitcher trivia about jefferson there was a resurgence largely after 9/11 but there were a couple of historians who were suggesting that he was a bible thumping christian said there were several well organized groups and the number of other myths that i thought were important to knock down and tell the story of what he did and what

here's a live look towards the ben franklin bridge. that temperatures hovering around the freezing mark and it's going to be cool so make sure to wear layers and bundle up. >>> police are investigating the death of a mayor in central mexico this morning, and she was killed less than a day after taking office. gunmen open fire at her home. police arrested three alleged attackers following a chase and killed two others. she had promised to end corruption. officials are contributing her killing to organized crime. >>> now to decision 2016. republican presidential hopeful donald trump appears to be new face of terror. recent comments calling for muslims being banned from entering the u.s. showed up in a video that portrays america as a racist and anti-muslim society and mixes in clips of trump after the attack in san bernardino. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> political opponents warned it would be used by many. >>> coming up on "meet the press," did the donald go too far by labe