we will move the traffic cam to the ben franklin bridge ben franklin bridge along with all of the delaware river port authority bridges are hut down because of very icy conditions. ben franklin is shut down burlington bristol, betsy ross bridge we have word is shut down, along the the tacony palmyra bridge and commodore barry bridge. again, all delaware river port authority bridges are shut down, due to icing conditions. good day to just stay home and not venture out identify for a while. that is very latest from the traffic center i'm ann evans new nicole, back to you. >> we do appreciate that update. >>> we have an eye on the wet they are morning. we will look at storm scan three here we have lots of rain moving across our area, again, icy conditions involved in all of this we are seeing that play out as a dangerous situation on the roads, carol. >> it really is. what freezing rain is regular rain that comes down on a frozen surface. we have temperatures that are below freezing mark and that is the problem. these temperatures will warm up, this will transition to rain this morning but un

ben franklin bridge, walt whitman bridge, burlington bristol. tacony-palmyra is open, but speeds are restricted to 25 miles per hour. patco will honor nj rail passes between philadelphia and camden. penndot is trying to get the roads under control. septa is reporting that buses trains trolleys and ctc services are operating with delays due to the icy conditions. septa is causing everyone to use extra caution while walking to and from stations and while the platform. we're seeing moderate to freezing rain. that's the international airport, major delays at philadelphia international. we're seeing a thin glaze under the underneath the water that's starting to pile up. national weather service i should the freezing weather advisorile at 7:00 a.m. it includes gloucester, camden and burlington and southeastern pennsylvania and new castle county in delaware. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing a lot of colors on the maps this morning. the yellows and the greens that's representing the very heavy rain that's coming down in parts of the area. where

and back out here live taking a look the at traffic heading over ben franklin bridge, the the drpa had four of their bridges closed for part of the morning burlington county commission tacony palmyra and burlington bristol also closed for a portion, all of those bridges are now opened and they are asking drivers on the ben franklin bridge to drive at 35 miles per hour. the as for septa there are some trolley services that are having issues because of high water. they are telling to you check schedules before you head out. reporting live from the base of the ben franklin bridge, annie mccormack for channel six "action news" good been quite a day, thank you. >>> in the garden state state police handled more than 400 crashes and for a time new jersey transit suspended all bus services. situation was worse in central and northern new jersey, as compared to south jersey, but still commuters all across the state were forced to navigate highways littered with damaged vehicles from spin outs and crashes. the new jersey turnpike and parkway were among the highway shut down. passaic this fire tr

she is live in camden near the ben franklin bridge. monique, tell us what's happening with the bridges in our area this morning. >> reporter: rosemary right now the bridges are being desalted and deiced. as you can see, the ben franklin bridge is closed. police from the drpa remain onguard, making sure that no one tries to come across the bridge at this point. but let me show you the traffic, including the a new jersey transit bus. traffic is backed up for miles. westbound on 30 heading towards the bridge. one thing i want to reemphasize is, it has been pouring here now for more than an hour. do not be deceived by the rain. the ice is spotty. a few moments ago police from the drpa came over and put some deicing down on the sidewalk. because in some parts, clear, but in other parts, it is very very slippery. about an hour ago, drpa tweeted out, they were shutting down all the bridges so that deicing procedures could get underway. we're going to staytay here monitor the situation, and have another live report for you in the next half hour

but as we continue, we're going to move you now to the ben franklin bridge. the ben franklin bridge as well as betsy ross bridge, traveling with 25-mile per hour speed restrictions, as well as they should be, bridges and off-ramps usually the first to freeze. so far the majors are generally moving well. carol was traveling in burlington county, new jersey. in new jersey traveling on the new jersey turnpike, also the garden state parkway, they are operate withing speed restrictions of 45 miles per hour. so note that. let's talk about mass transit. that will be the biggie today. mass transit and the airport we have a lot of notes. if you're traveling septa many of their bus routes will be on detour. so definitely good idea to double check our twitter feed as well as septa to get the latest on that. in regard to regional rail lines, they will be operating on saturday schedule, cynwyd line has been suspended. new jersey transit suspended the patco line running on modified schedule, and dart is reporting possible delays, as a result of the weather and there were ov

she has been live at the base of the ben franklin bridge watching the situation there. monique, update us on what's happening. >> reporter: all lanes here at the ben franklin bridge have been reopened but we've been following the delaware river port authority on twitter, and they're telling us that only two lanes of the commodore barry bridge have reopened. speed restrictions there, still at 15 miles an hour. i've also been following new jersey transit authority on twitter. three things to tell you. number one, they are cross-honoring the rail and bus passes. but if you're lucky enough to get on one and heading north to bergen, pa sake somerset counties, service has been suspended there. and the access links on the new jersey transit they are suspended until 12:00. we're going to continue to monitor the situation, but for now, traffic here approaching from the westbound side the ben franklin bridge all lanes are open heading westbound and eastbound. salt trucks are taking a break right now. it appears the situation here is definitely improving. but we're going to stay on

this is ben franklin bridge. everything looks perfect. remember on sunday this bridge an all of the other dell will wear river crossing bridgees were shut down because not only ice in the river but ice on that bridges. this is a huge change this morning. the it should be a good sense of relief for everybody as they start out their day to see that they can get from here to there. we are in the seeing any precipitation coming down early this morning. a couple of flurries out there but right now this is just a dry start to the day, from almost the the ground up and on the ground and a lot of spots it is dry. these roads have dried out but you do find many areas where we will be dealing with conditions, off the main roads that you will be looking for some of these side streets continuing with the ice until the sun can get and start to work on that. then we will wait saturday and maybe another round of wet weather you don't want to drive in. it looks fine as we cross over ben franklin bridge heading in the philadelphia a area. vittoria this is

we'll go outside and check out we'll go outside and check out ben franklin bridge. you can see right here in the westbound lane headed from new jersey currently no problems and all lanes open. everybody moving in fine. no lanes taken out on the eastbound lanes. about like 5, 6:00 in the morning usually we lose one lane due to ongoing construction. you can see everything moving great from the philly side to new jersey as well. now, over on 95 everything looking great here. you can see shiny roadways here a little bit. we wanted to make sure you definitely pay attention for black ice and slippery conditions. if it doesn't look slippery that doesn't mean it won't be. southbound lanes moving along fine. ponding on the side of the road there headed northbound also looking fine. it's not a lot of volume really. over in wilmington, delaware, philadelphia pike closed due to an accident at harvey road that is out there until approximately 6 a.m. with police activity on the scene. you want to take alternate. take governor prince boulevard or 495 to get by for the time being.

this is the ben franklin bridge right now we see the ben is moving fine. westbound traffic coming into the city, eastbound is okay. the bridges and overpasses use a special caution but for the most part things are looking good right now. penndot has been fairing all night and all morning to prepare for the wintry mix. >> katherine scott is live along the line that the wintry mix is going to ride along. it could be a tricky commute. >> reporter: right now we're seeing a light rain in bensalem. it's been cold lately, the ground has been cold. there's the conditions for slippery conditions. there are not many cars out here the road surface is wet but the cars we have seen are moving along so far. salt truck also are out for the commute. penndot is loading up for the storm. 182 state trucks are on the road but penndot expects to add contractor trucks and expect to see crews across the philadelphia region and west anticipate south jersey. along with crews in delaware they will be treating roads along with any ice problems throughout the morning. >> i'll bring u

that ramp is blocked on the sixth street ramp to the eastbound ben franklin bridge, just one lane gettingt approach but for people trying to get into new jersey via that ben franklin bridge things are clogged and congested because of that overturned truck and debris spill. so those delays spilling back here onto the vine. vine delays spilling back onto the schuylkill. it's domino effect. this is the eastbound traffic on 76. very heavy coming away from the boulevard on into 676. westbound side backing up from university on out to the vine street expressway. on the big picture, 95 northbound speeds a little bit higher than normal. still in the 20's but not in the teens because people are stuck back on the vine and the schuylkill so taking them a little longer to get over to 95 to head home this afternoon. in nockamixon bucks county a crash along 611 at tower road by the cvs and in limerick montgomery county watch out for a crash along ridge pike near royersford road. let's do the commuter report on this monday afternoon with waze app. friends talking about the foggy less than ideal weather

drpa issued speed restrictions on area bridges. 35 miles per hour is what we are seeing on the ben franklin bridge and betsy ross. 25 on the walt whitman bridge. the 25 miles per hour on the commodore barry bridge. >>> thank you. now our photographers found several slick spots overnight. and then this accident as well on vine street in center city. the accident happened around 1:00 this morning. luckily, no one was hurt. also in the home circle section of philadelphia crews loaded up to start laying salt down. the ice threat has prompted a handful of closings this

now you're looking at the ben franklin bridge. s closed and the walt whitman bridge closed. >> we're hearing that the burlington bristol bridge is closed. >> reporter: it's not just the philadelphia area, western portions of south jersey, interior sections gloucester, camden county are reporting a lot of heavy freezing rain. the problem was yesterday we never got above freezing. it's been cold over the last several days, even though temperatures are above the freezing mark, the ground is frozen. the rain is freezing on contact with the ground. you look out the window it looms it is raining in reality it's freezing on contact. that's part of the problem right now. that's what freezing rain is. let's go over to storm tracker 6 live double scan. we'll start with the freezing rain advisory. we've got double scan you up that's where we'll start. the blue represents freezing rain and the greens is plain rain. i'll draw a line, everybody north of this line, still under the gun for that freezing rain. temperatures are still at 32 degrees o

we start things off out on the ben franklin bridge. we know bridges tends to freeze and become little more slippery just before most of the majors do. you can see already on the ben franklin bridge, actually really damp roadways here. see ponding g over to the showed, from the philly side. so headed westbound on into the city, all lanes open fortunately. moving just little bit slower than normal. we like to see. that will now out on 422 right around trooper road, everything moving along great here as well. see ongoing construction in the area. but the eastbound lanes headed toward the king of prussia area moving great, there as well. out in trenton, new jersey, water main break at pennington road southbound at olden avenue blocking out the right-hand lane. and an accident out in plymouth holman avenue and pastel lane. out in south philly still the water main break there 19th street at federal street with several homes affected due. that will currently no problems for mass transit. that's great alternate today. septa, dart, new jersey tr

. >> sky6 live hd looking live at the ben franklin bridge. it's hard to see out there. the icing conditions forced the delaware port authority to close all the bridges. the ben franklin bridge has reopened in both directions, speeds are post the at 25 miles per hour. the commodor barry bridge has also reopened. two lanes are opened in each direction. speeds at posted at 15 miles per hour. betsy ross bridge open to new jersey only, westbound is closed at this time. >>> let's go outside to chad perdelli who is following two deadly crashes chad. >> reporter: conditions are improving on the schuylkill expressway no real icing at this point, that's about that way for several hours. you can see the cars are moving along really well at this section of the highway. the westbound lanes are shut down off the gulph mills exit. one lane is reopened on the eastbound lane, some traffic is making its way through there. a nasty wreck at the mills exit, 56 vehicles involved, 30 people injured. so many people were injured state police have to bring in septa buses to get the injured to hos

we will move the traffic cam to the ben franklin bridge ben franklin bridge along with all of the delawarecy conditions. ben franklin is shut down burlington bristol, betsy ross bridge we have word is shut down, along the the tacony palmyra bridge and commodore barry bridge. again, all delaware river port authority bridges are shut down, due to icing conditions. good day to just stay home and not venture out identify for a while. that is very latest from the traffic center i'm ann evans ne

a as we take you to our ben franklin bridge camera it is 35 miles an hour speed restriction on area bridges. usually they are first thing to freeze. that and on and off ramp. good thing they are doing that. we are not seeing any volume yet. 35 miles an hour is perfect speed to be traveling anywhere right now because even though speed sensors are high up in the 50's it may be slick in parts and be mine full of the secondary roadways where you are still seeing some snow in the neighborhood so just take it easy. traveling in middletown not too far from the levittown area we have a disable train atwood born road and butternut lane. it is blocking the roadway there. flowers mill road is your best alternate. we could be worse. beer in the clear for right now but not in the clear because there is more snow on the way, katie. >> yes, not the just one chance vittoria. >> yes. >> i know. >> there are people that have been dying for this. they really have been looking forward to snow and at least across a good part of the area it has in the been a snow winter so far. so, you know, this is actually goo

if you want to avoid this the ben franklin bridge is your best bet. skyforce 10 just got to the scene. as i step out of the way and skyforce moves a bit, you can see the backup already forming on the walt whitman bridge. a big delay starting to build out in the area. definitely a good idea to avoid this again. stick to the ben franklin bridge if that's what you're going to do this morning. we'll take you back out to the maps because we are still dealing with another big accident on the new jersey turnpike. still out there right near exit 3, which is route 168. we have one lane of traffic getting by in both directions with the accident involving a tractor-trailer. the tractor trailer hit the overpass. when that happened, the tractor-trailer split. we have debris scattered all over the highway. so a big cleanup happening there. 76 looks like this accident finally cleared just a couple minutes ago. it was westbound past montgomery drive and was taking out the two lanes in this area. but this really did a number out here as far as delays go. this is 76 wes

looking at the ben franklin bridge traffic be very nicely, we have no issues on the area bridges not to say you can't look for a slick spot or two we're not seeing any problems on roads. we have a problem in bucks county middleton township, wood burn road butter road we have a disabled train blocking the railroad crossings, watch for that dave. >> reporter: karen a couple of snow showers coming through delaware and the eastern shore of maryland, mainly. some of these may clip parts of chester county, as well. an additional slight coating is possible out of these or freezing drizzle is an issue up until # a.m. temperatures in the northern and western suburbs are looking at the 20s. it is below freezing everywhere, if you have something that fell yesterday and didn't get cleaned up it's still frozen on the roads out there. south jersey is where you have the snow accumulation, general 2 to # -- 3 inches. if you're catching the el or the bus, it will be improving as the day goes on. 42 is the high today and the wind light to moderate. >>> we have information on the new jersey turnpike cr

the here's ben franklin bridge. watch out for bridges and ramps, on and off ramps the first to freeze. because of that there are speed restrictions on our bridges of 35 miles an hour. best thing you can do is give yourself more time and take it easy ukee. >>> we have some breaking news from montgomery county to tell you about. a man has reportedly barricaded himself inside a home in upper moreland township. a swat team is near a home at abbyville avenue and davisville road. police are telling resident to shelter in place right now. we will keep you up to date as soon as we get more information on this situation. >>> as we have been saying all morning long bundle up, before you head out. get layers out. we are dealing with bitterly cold temperatures, brave souls in center city some not wearing gloves. there is a a code blue in effect. if you see someone who needs help in the cold you are canned to contact authorities and let them know where that person is. >>> cold temperatures impacted new britain township bucks coun

eastbound toward the king of prussia area see most of the volume over on the ben franklin bridge, alles open, that's good thing but we know the bridges tend to become little more slippery, first, before the major roadways, but you can see headed westbound, into the city, everything moving just fine. no problems headed into new jersey as well. speed restrictions down, right around 95. ukee, back over to you. >> in sports, taking on the pell cons, six letters try to break five game losing streak, the pelicans have won, three in a row. >>> six eagles saw action in yesterday's pro bowl game in arizona but it was darren sproles that turned a lot of heads, foles finished with 42 yards on just eight carries, and 86 yards on seven pass receptions, nice all around game. penn charter's matt ryan through the winning touchdown pass team irvin beat team carter 32 to 28. >> yesterday's nll all-star game in columbus, flyers captain claude giroux had nice goal, and jake voracek really showed off, he had a hat trick, and few assists to tie penguins hall of famer mario lemieux for most points in a all-

speaking of fog conditions ben franklin bridge case in .25 miles an hour speed restriction in effect between admiral wilson boulevard and the entire length of the bridge. that is just for ben franklin. walt whitman is moving okay but watch out for foggy conditions that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans new back to you. >>> 7:20. carol answers your pet questions in this weeks ask the the vet. >>> your doggies doing what rocky is doing pant ago lot what does that mean? we will check it without doctor webuyanycar.com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. we make selling your car truck or suv fast, safe and fair with three simple steps: one -- get your free online valuation. two -- drive to your local car-buying center. three -- walk out with a check in as little as thirty minutes. buying cars is all we do. all makes and models and no dealership pressure we'll even settle your loan or lease. so, don't wait. get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar.com. >>> rocky is back, by popular demand along with doct

i know there were some problems on 95 and the ben franklin bridge. let's get the latest from matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi matt. >> how did you know you a starting with those stories. >> i have a fifth sense. >> we're on the same wave length clearly. good evening to you rick and monica. hope you had a nice weekend. yes, the good news is our broken down vehicle on 95 northbound side by girard has cleared out. delays have not. you still see the lingering delays here on the vine street expressway. eastbound from the schuylkill out to 95, joining up with those northbound 95 delays. but also clear are overturned truck on the approach to the ben franklin bridge. things returning to normal there. we're just trying to recover with the delays here. but speaking of trucks we're now hearing that this one is disabled it's city avenue northbound side by bala avenue north of the mickey d's so coming north of saint joe's just the left lane is getting by headed toward the schuylkill expressway. crash in horsham along county line road at meeting

let's switch the cameras to the ben franklin bridge. currently we're looking good, 9:30 to 2:00 two lanes open in each direction. that will cause a little bit of a problem. not until 9:30. mass transit is on time. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live is showing we have light snow showers they are affecting the roads. most of the temperatures are above freezing, i don't know that this is adhering all that well or will be there much longer. 30 in pottstown, 30 in saints david and over 30 in chester and philadelphia. down to the south milder as you head toward the shore and southern delaware. as we look at the errand running today, not a bad day today it. you want to get your errands done in the morning that's when we're ranging 34 to 38. this afternoon the winds will pick up and temperatures will plunge, matt and tam. >>> prime time tonight on 6abc it's an all new shark tank. pa -- parisians offer sharks a taste of their grandmother water recipe. and cousins from utah pitch their i.d. for sanitizing germ-ridden cell phones. catch it tonight

now, over on the ben franklin bridge, you can see tiny bit of reduced visibility here, headed on intoy all lanes open, westbound reports of the burlington bristol bridge scheduled for opening in the next 15 minute or so, expect residual delays around the area accident germantown, over to the shoulder currently some delays and concellations of the philadelphia international airport so you definitely want to check with our lines to see if you are affected by that. great alternate so far for the morning, as the patco speed line, new jersey transit and dart and everything joining on time with no reported delays, ukee, back over to you. >> jess, thank you. between today and tomorrow, as you know we're in for big snowstorm. >> tough couple every days for penndot. joined on the phone by penndot charlie metzger to talk more about the work they've already done, heard such great things from the crews on the road, charlie, roads really are ready. good morning. >> morning, how are you? >> doing well. so what exactly has penndot done up until this point to make sure that the roads are clear for al

now over on the ben franklin bridge fortunately all lanes are open. you can see the bridges are little shine limit we know bridges tend to freeze little bit sooner than the major roadways. so if you are headed out on the ben franklin bridge, give yourself extra time. careful coming aroundment westbound on into the city everything moving great though. ninety-five not doing too hot southbound side heavy. that will take but two minute and 13 minutes out in new jersey on route 55 from 322 into the 42 freeway if you are headed northbound, erika ukee back over to you. >> roads causing some delays, you can see them as we mention at the top of the show, at the bottom of your screen. >> at the say time something everything right? and the timing for this wintery mix just couldn't be worse for your morning commute. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now in conshohocken with the conditions there. we saw some rain earlier january, good morning. >> erika ukee, good morning yes, a thin, very fine mist of rain coming down right now coating untreated road

the lets check ben franklin bridge right now and it looks like traffic is moving along but look at how slowly folks are going on the ben franklin bridge afraid of the icy spots. they are out there, believe me. we have an accident in claymont delaware philadelphia pike at harvey road, that accident has closed the road and it looks like your alternate is governor prince boulevard or get on 495 but take your time, in newark delaware main street westbound at a academy there is a water main break with the left lane block. there is sure to be a lot of ice there with temperatures at or below freezing. finally on all major bridges we have speed restrictions because of the icy road conditions. you saw the folks kind of crawling across the bend been while those restrictions 25 miles an hour on the walt and 35 miles an hour on the ben franklin and betsy ross bridge. so another reason to take your time this morning, lauren? >> all right sue. american snipper scores big with fans at the box office this weekend the film which earned '60's car nominations this weekender more than 93 million-dollar in

bridges are in great shape for the most part this is ben franklin bridge, burlington bristol bridge they are anticipating an opening for burlington bristol about 5:30 or so. we're in the clear for a little bit. if you are heading there and watching us right new by the time you get there you could run into that. traffic in new jersey, 295 northbound we have disable truck in the off ramp at 168 and nothing major for mass transit, ukee. >>> vittoria, thank you. lets update our breaking news right now. fire fighters rescued an elderly man from this smokey house fire in ogontz but victim died a short time later at the hospital. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer is at the scene, one of the two blazes city fire fighters had to battle in this dangerous cold. nicole, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee. that victim marks the the first fire fatality in the city of philadelphia the just a very sad scene out here in the ogontz section of the city. you can see the the row home right here behind me, and in the 800 block of roselyn street. the it all happened here earlier this morning

this is the ben franklin bridge 35 miles per hour speed restrictions and 35 on the turnpike and the garden state parkway. this is chester county we are still dealing with an accident bethel church road, that area in particular you need to be care. but most of your main highways are looking better. >>> lets switch to "action news" reporter, david henry he is at 5th and market. >> reporter: good afternoon rick we have a mixed bag for drivers and pedestrians here in center city, some sidewalks have been cleared and others have not some streets are salted and most have not. this was south broad street around 9:30 this morning, this major thoroughfare was snow and ice covered, not a salt truck in sight. the street department says they started putting down brine as early as monday and the salt crews started at 7:30 this morning but then there was a good coating on the ground and the crews were slowed down by rush hour traffic, and they will continue through the day. most people told us they were not having a lot of trouble getting around. >> i'm walking and i'm ready if it's not powder i have my

if you are traveling right now on the ben franklin bridge, and the rest of the bridges looking great no matter headed into philadelphia, headed into new jersey, just real nice ride, no matter how you cut t take a look at the schuylkill expressway, this shot far from the vine, looking awesome. no delays for mass transit. all of the speed censors pretty high you have in the 50's, lots to to be thankful for today. >> we're awaiting word on a rainment, the manna cured in the frightening sexual as all in spring garden. woman attack in parking garage near 17th and callowhill gist before 11:00 yesterday morning, in broad daylight. police have made an arrest, the victim we're told is in stable condition at hahnemann. >> we should learn more from health officials later this afternoon, about two new cases of hepatitis-a in mercer county. both victims ate at rosa's restaurant and catering in hamilton township. a kitchen work their had the virus in november. >> and no injuries in this fire along the 4,000 block of lancaster avenue in west philadelphia. firefighters are back on the scene right no

coming up on 83 we go check out how things are going on the ben franklin bridge. cloudy here too.ed visibility see the roadways definitely wet. you can see the headlights really shining on them there. not doing too bad from the toll plaza, up into the mid-way span of the bridge where you start to see some back up, headed on into the vine street expressway. that light right just beyond the bridge is where you will see most that far back up. now over on the schuylkill expressway around girard, pretty much the sam story both sides east and westbound, in or out the city what you will be facing there. currently, the cynwyd regional rail line having switching problems. back to you. >> another update at 8: 55 up next on cbs this morning senator mark rubio and details from his new book. we're on the "cw philly" on thes i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really

shot here westbound at city eve just beautiful, wide open for you the ben franklin bridge, rest of the bridges moving really well. maneuvering through the neighborhoods where it gets little tricky. we still have patches of ice and snow around. so just take it easy. speed censors however in pa, in jersey, in delaware, are reflect ago loft good news. we do, however have water main break in delaware. wilmington murphy road westbound, just before up hit 202, careful that far mass transit looks great. and it is going to be a frosty one again today katie. >> yes another one. and actually more than anything because of the winds issue out there vittoria, good morning everybody, that said, we do have to address this elephant in the room. check this out. storm scan3 looks like it is snowing really hard right now across chester montgomery, upper bucks counties, but i have to tell you we're right on the outer fray of this clipper system, wider zoom, and it obviously doesn't have ton of moisture, casino of scattered about, but it is kicking the winds in, and it will be reinforcing the chill. right

you have clouds here, over campbell's field and the ben franklin bridge, looking on "skycam 3", facing the city. but we do still have some snow out there. so if it is not falling for you right now doesn't mean it is not everywhere, but let's go back in time here, to storm scan3, what we do, take you all the way to 4:30 a.m. yesterday. about this same time. actually we go all the way back, so let's go back to yesterday afternoon 5:00, 5:45 or so. take a look what happens with time. do you see how things start to dry out? so it is not the storm pulling away, it is dry air getting slotted into our region. and, as a result, anything that was trying to hit the ground just simply evaporate dollars. that was part of the problem. could you see that very same thing within the last three hours, starting to fill in little bit here, but that's why we're not going to end up with the bigger snowfall totals. so yes, it was a busted forecast. we won't lie for our area. but some of are you still going to find some real good snow out of this. what happened, at least meteorology speak inverted trough set

sky 6 behind me showing a beautiful view of the ben franklin bridge the skies are finally brighteningay. now we are halfway through the month and taking a check of how january is going we started off on the warm side, the days in red are the above average days and the first five days we were above average. then since the 5th temperatures are below average, january so far 3.5 degrees below normal and i'm not tracking any big warm-up on the way and i'm not tracking any big cool down, temperatures feel better than yesterday we were stuck at 32 degrees and philadelphia 35 degrees and allentown and trenton 34 and millville 36 degrees, we have a little bit of a breeze creating a small windchill factor feeling like 28 degrees, but compared to the deep freeze last week and earlier this week it feels pretty nice. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the morning clouds and now sunshine filtering through. if you look across the great lakes, you see the snow showers associated with a cold front that is pressing in tomorrow the temperatures are up a notch but the winds are a huge factor. 7:

we go outside, see how things are doing out on the ben franklin bridge. we know bridges tend to be little more slippery than the average roadway here. you can see on the ben franklin bridge, roadways are nice and shiny. would he know they are wet. un for the lip right now with it being so early, there is not a lot of volume really. we still want you to give yourself extra time, still be careful coming around any curves from the jersey side from the toll plaid plaza. apparent lip no problems doing so. over out on 202 right around the schuylkill expressway, everything moving great here as well. southbound or northbound lanes. out in trenton we do have water main break, pennington road southbound at olden avenue. out in south philly that water main break at 19th and federal currently no delays at the philadelphia international airport. we'll definately keep you updated stay there cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right >> it could be a messy commute for you, rain, freezing rain, messy day waiting for you. looking right now at chilly rainfall, here in center cit

starting things off on the ben franklin bridge, headlights westbound into the city. all lanes are open. we'll check in with couple every incidents, starting to pop up in a accident outside. i'll tell you where it is all outside, jessica? >> happening today the trial begins for the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombing. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev faces 30 federal count including four murders, using weapons of mass destruction, his older brother died after a police fire fight. don champion joins us now shall near the courthouse in boston where security is very tight. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning ukee and erika. even when a jersey seated, this is expected to be a lengthy trial it will go on for several month proof of that, can be seen, in the potential witness list, which is about 700 names long. >> twelve jurors, and six alternate, will soon be chosen to determine the fate of the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombing. the process of choosing jurors from a pole of more than a thousand people could take weeks. the trial that will follow wi

. >> let's take a look at the ben franklin bridge here. we're looking live from camden.here. no problems between the tolls and eighth and vine. the pedestrian walkway is also reopened so things are looking better for you right now on the ben franklin bridge. mass transit back to normal today. we had all kinds of problems yesterday but new jersey transit still cross honoring tickets. i think that's because of the extreme cold, dave. >> yeah, speaking of extreme cold the temperatures in the neighborhood of 20 degrees right now across most of the region with wind chills in the single digits just about everywhere. so if you're dressing the kids bundle them up with extra gear. noon it's going to be cold wind chills may improve to the low to mid-20's. you're still going to want that extra stuff. if you're running errands get the heater running in the car. today's high is going to be 32 and that will be about two and 3 o'clock this afternoon. lots of sunshine but windy and definitely staying on the cold side today matt. >> okay, thanks, david. >>> the man accused of luring a ge

as we take a look outside we have sky 6 and there you go the ben franklin bridge.r amount of clouds out there but some breaks in the clouds. overall we expect a mix of clouds and sun. got some snow yesterday of course. philadelphia totaled an inch and half, perkasie over an inch almost two and south allentown north wilmington clocks in at 2.4 so a couple spots like millville and wilmington actually went above the one to 2-inch projection but this was a light snow event which is basically what we were preparing you for. 23 degrees in philadelphia right now, 18 in wilmington, 14 in allentown. the winds have picked up a little bit over the last hour so the wind chill is actually somewhere in the mid teens across philadelphia and a little lower nan in some other spots. future tracker 6 shows it's a mix of clouds and sun today. during the afternoon there's the chance of a couple real spotty snow showers popping. there was a lot of you aren't going see these and those that do they'll be quick and probably not put down any additional accumulation. by 9 o'clock tonight loo

we will look at ben franklin bridge right now and there are not a lot of traffic on the ben franklin bridge. turnpike eastbound between willow grove and bensalem construction has the the right lane block. finally we will go out to 422, between eastbound between stowe and route 100 construction there is only letting one lane get by hopefully they will pick it up later on in the morning. so chris over to you good sue, thank you. lets get to breaking news. the fire officials investigating multiple car fires within a single block. >> for latest we will go to fox 29's steve keeley live from the tacony section of philadelphia, steve, what is going on. >> reporter: this might be a case of teenage vandalism but sometimes vandalism can get serious real fast. around 2:00 this morning somebody noticed in the back alley here in the tacony section by the big street you are seeing here is robbins street which is bus which traffic. the alley is the back of ditman street here in the tacony section and that is where you will see the official vehicles brake light parked and investigators here in the da

there's the ben franklin bridge and of course roads dry and ready for the tires across the region. 29ht now in philadelphia. it is chilly to start out. 28 in wilmington, 23 in allentown, 32 in sea isle city. and ahead of the snow we will see those temperatures rise a little bit above freezing in all likelihood. future tracker 6 though, shows us that that snow does start come in from the west as we go through the morning and into the afternoon. and it looks like most of us probably hold off until about one, 2, 3 o'clock before we start to have to worry about this. then you see some scattered snow showers popping threw up until 6 o'clock. during the evening rush hour it's possible that the most active snow is down over south jersey and delaware, although we can't rule out some snow falling in the more immediate region and then we go into the evening hours and more of that snow starts to work its way up through the northern suburbs. looks lie about 10:30 or 11 o'clock tonight most of it is getting out of here. after midnight we're done with the snow. what are we looking at in terms of pr

schuylkill, and the schuylkill looks fine through philadelphia, and its suburbs this is right at the ben franklin bridgelays or problems on i-95, this morning, the ben franklin bridge also in good shape. and 95, looks good through philadelphia around it suburbs, no major delays. on to the walt whitman bridge taking the walt whitman bridge, light volume so far. moving along fine, further up, no problems on the 42 freeway or 55, 295 looks good, as well. if you are headed to the shore, the a.c. expressway, the garden state parkway both look okay at this point. mass transit on or close to schedule with no reported delays patco amtrak, and that's the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm inch avenue, now, nicole, back to you. >> 7:49. cowboys and packers getting ready for the playoffs. we now know which teams the winner every today's game will face. plus: two flyers players have been named to the all-star team. doing sports coming up next. first though, here's a look at what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. >> well the nfl playoffs continue today, with the nfc playoffs starting at 1:00 with dallas at greenb

ice has also closed the walt whitman and ben franklin bridges. he rain and those icy conditions we've got clouds out there. a viewer tweeted us a short time ago, telling us that the bridge is like a parking lot and it's iced over. let's get right to the weather now, with first alert meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle? >> it's a mess out there. it doesn't take thick ice to cause these problems and that's what we're seeing. we're seeing fog. a live look outside,wear looking at fog and those icing conditions where we see the pink. we'll continue to track those for you when we come back at 9:00. be careful when you head out this morning. >> michelle and i will see you back here at k9:00 for a full hour of news. be kaufrl. webuyanycar.com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. we make selling your car truck or suv fast, safe and fair with three simple steps: one -- get your free online valuation. two -- drive to your local car-buying center. three -- walk out with a check in as little as th

and now we're looking at the ben franklin bridge and we are seeing 35 miles an hour speed restrictionsremain in effect on all the area bridges but you can see the surface of the bridge mostly just wet, dave and not a big deal. >> yeah, we've had a real change in the forecast of this storm as it did shift to the east and develop a little bit late in the game so the heavier snow has been over the north jersey coast and up in new york and long island and points north but in and around philadelphia we've only just within the last few hours managed to get some of the active nor'easter snow building down and you can see a little band in chester county. some of this in bucks and montgomery county. the farther east you go in bucks you're getting more significant snowfall right now. it's really over in ocean county and parts of burlington county and mercer where the heavy stuff is and in philadelphia that's fairly light and this is fairly light down south as well. it does not look as though we're going to be dealing with the kind of snowfall totals that we were expecting. 26 degrees in philadel

. >>> weather may to be blame for this crash on the ben franklin bridge today. a truck overturn right at entrance of the bridge, leaving philadelphia. that is the race street ramp. it had to be closed down for a few hours while work crews cleared the wreckage but all lanes are reopened. there are no reports of any injuries there. >>> crews in south philadelphia are working to get the water back on for residents in point breeze. earl will they are morning a 12-inch water main break at 19th and federal streets. the it is unclear if weather was to blame for the mess. we are told that the water hasn't gotten into any nearby homes or businesses. we're still waiting on a timetable for those repairs from the city's water department. >>> remember check out the forecast anytime, you just can down load on the cbs weather app available on itunes and google play. >>> developing tonight a sign's tack on the u.s. military. senior defense officials confirmed that the u.s. central command a's twitter and you tuba accounts have been hacked and those behind it claim to be in supp

you can even pick up some ben franklin bridge area it is also raining out there as well. we seem to have it all. 36 degrees the temperature right new in reading where you pick up a tiny bit of snow out of that system. the weather is absolutely crazy and it will be getting even more crazy a as we go through the the rest of the week. as far as what we can expect at this point we are looking currently at temperatures that are so much more mild then yesterday. yesterday well in the 20's. now we're in the 40's. we have some temperatures in the 50's this morning and we're not going to stop here either. the these temperatures will go in the lower 60's and all of these will go in the the lower 60's through lehigh valley and reading and middle 50's but it is a big warm upcoming today. along with those showers speaking of which, we are seeing some of these showers out there ride now and we will be finding them especially through the the philadelphia area right now notice all of the yellow spots here. also notice a few areas where there aren't any showers at this point. that will fi

over on the ben franklin bridge, all lanes are completely opened. we have reduced speeds to 35 miles an hour but it is not really affecting anyone because they cannot the go anywhere because you can see westbound in the city a complete stand still from the toll plaza in new jersey, up into the city. currently heading in to new jersey just doing a little bit better a digsly 35 miles an hurry duesed speeds on the betsy ross bridge as well. but out in delaware there is a chemical spill in new castle on 295 northbound at the delaware memorial bridge, two lanes are block there and an accident in schuylkill township on route 23 paulings road and lafayette circle. expect delays around the area as well n fairmount park mlk drive and green lane drive is there an accident there as well. with the rest of the travel times 95 not the too who had from 92 into 495 southbound a 18 minute trip and 422, as we would expect from 202 into oaks westbound about a 19 minute trip for you. pretty heavy. chris and jessica back over to you. >>> move over elsa is there a new di

the cbs-3 traffic center good morning, ann. >> good evening month, diane a we are looking at ben franklin bridgen speed restrictions but it is moving. we have speed reductions on the commodore barry bridge and betsy ross bridge. both at 35 miles april hour this morning. watch out for ice on the secondary and those neighborhood roadways. other than that traffic doesn't look too bad through the area i'm crossing my fingers when i say that. that is latest from the traffic center i'm ann evans now diana, back to you. >>> it middle of the winter but boat shows are sailing in the cities. boat sales sun k during the recession but they are make a big come back and this year shoppers might be willing to buy a boat the because of how much they are saving than gas and in their cars. allison harmlen has the the story. >> reporter: new york boat show offers boats of all sizees from jet skis to grand yachts. >> ck, dvd player and more. >> yes. >> reporter: multi billion dollar boating industry is seeing a resurgence have after sailing through some choppy waters because of the recession. power boat sales hit $

ben franklin bridge looking just terrific.grees, out at the airport in philadelphia, seven in wilmington, could you add any number in front that far seven, and you would probably like t but there you go. you could add a nine in front of that, and it still wouldn't be that bad. we have 15 in trenton, 16 allentown, 5 degrees in millville this morning. it is cold out there. but fortunately it is not all that winnie. so the temperatures are not made to feel any colder than they actually are. by noon, we should be freezing by noon, and then by 3:00 p.m. above the freezing mark, at 37 degrees. storm scan3, and i put this into motion, and you can see that there are a few little clouds out there but generally we should be looking at some sunshine today. the other thing that i want to call your attention to, that's the area shade in the blue, which is just about everybody except southern delaware, and the coastal areas. and that's because we have a winter weather advisory that goes into effect at 1:00 a.m. for all of those areas and th

but we do see some problems out on the ben franklin bridge.ly this is from the philly side, so headed eastbound into new jersey where you will see most of the problem right now but that is because we have ongoing construction, so losing out one of the right hand lanes. so everybody's casino of forced off into two lanes, you can see just string of brake light-headed almost the entire span of the bridge. westbound lanes headed into the city, doing just a little bit better but still some volume from the toll plaza up on over. should many bussing penrose due to disable vehicle, blocking the tracks, you might want to see if you're affected by. that will overturned tractor-trailer situation out in east nottingham closing route 272, that's between route one and route 222. you want to take conowingo road to get by that incident for the time being. out in new jersey accident over no shoulder 295 southbound just past route 644. ukee, back over to you. >> man behind bars this morning, charged with sexual assault after police say he used social media to l

we are looking at a very is had i foggy shot of the ben franklin bridge. if you are traveling on the ben you will notice headlights trying to make their way from new jersey in toward philadelphia so you are crowded. heading down toward eighth and vine. if you are traveling our area bridges earlier we had 35 miles an hour speed restrictions, and i would still advise you to will travel at that moderate speed because the bridges as well as on and off ramps are first to freeze. in weather like this you cap not be too careful. taking a look at the 30 bypass eastbound right around area of 340, it is hazy, we are also seeing sprinkles out and about. notice roadways are wet, wet slick, be mindful of black ice, so you have those weather, items to worry about on top of rush hour traffic. giving yourself some more time and in and out of the neighborhood where you still solve snow on the ground. take it easy. we have this incident on 295 southbound, this is in greenwich township at paulsboro. it is a three vehicle crash involving an overturn salt truck and jackknife t

bridge. the ben is doing -- ben franklin bridge. the ben is doing fine. we had an accident that ran into the barrier. we had a tow truck on the vine street expressway eastbound past the schuylkill that has cleared. the ben is looking good and the vine is better. we had a terrible accident on i-95 that has cleared if you need to use it in the morning unlike yesterday it's okay. we have icy conditions, watch for slick spots with the temperatures so cold. this is bethel road at skippack pike. >>> bill cosby is planning to perform in colorado despite protests over sexual assault allegations. he released a statement he thanks his quote courageous fans ready to perform tonight and tomorrow. he is facing sex assault allegations from 15 women with the claims going back decades. cosby denied the allegations through his lawyer, he has never been charged. >>> a man who robbed a convenience store had a change of heart when he walked inside. the masked suspect entered the business ready to commit a crime. he stopped in his tracks when he recognized the clerk. he said