. >> erika ukee, good morning. the suspect beat up his exgirlfriend and took off with their little girl. they're searching for the 3-year-old believed to be you in imminent danger. look at their pictures. new castle county and new jersey state police both issued an amber alert in this case. last night before 7:00 police say 39-year-old michael trotta went to his exgirlfriend's home he assaulted the woman and bled with their daughter elinor with their daughter elinor trotta. he fled the scene in a vehicle like this 199 gray mazda 626 with delaware registration 247457 police also now say he could' ebbly be traveling with unknown woman in gray ford mustang on older model red ford explorer. take a look at their pictures please. trotta is 5' 8" and his daughter was wearing a purple puffy coat, frozen sneakers from the proofy and the suspect is possibly traveling through new jersey to new york city. anyone with information about these two people is asked to call 911. reporting live in newcastle this morning. jeannette by

erika? >> ukee, right now boston's trying to dig out from record breaking snowfall.he city just got slammed with another foot of snow, look at all of that. now, the last seven days, mother nature has dumped more than 34 inches on boston, setting a new record for the city oh, my goodness. now, there is so much snow, the city postponed the new england patriots parade from today until tomorrow. >> and as you saw right there it is tough to get around in the snow, and an atv. you just ask those guys. they spun out on snow covered road outside of boston and slammed into that parked suv. both men quickly hopped back up and sped off. leaving behind some damage to that suv's bumper berks they got them on tape. i'm sure they'll finds those giles. but katie such stark difference than what they're seeing and what we're seeing today. >> it is so true, you know, when you compare it even just to last winter, out to this point, how much we actually had on the grounds versus what we ended up with thus far in terms of snowfall, huge difference. we did get off pretty easily here for at

. >> erika ukee, good morning there's amber alert in three states delaware, new jersey and ohio naming the suspect as armed and dangerous. police say he took his 3-year-old little girl last evening when went top exgirlfriend's house and assaulted her. again, take a look at these pictures. police need your help in locating this 3-year-old little girl. newcastle county police and new jersey state police both issued amber alerts in this case. ohio issued one this morning. last night just before 7:00, police say this 43-year-old michael trotta went to his exgirlfriend's home in the school side apartments east basin road. police say trotta assaulted the woman and fled with their daughter 3-year-old elinor trotta. at first the police thought the is suspect fled in gray mazda. that was found this morning in apartment complex parking lot. police say trotta could be traveling with an unknown woman in a gray ford mustang or an older model red ford explorer. trotta is 5' 8" 160 pounds last seen wearing black clothes and elinor was seen wearing purple puffy coat, pink pants, frozen sneakers the mo

good morning jill. >> good morning ukee and erika. up investigators are watching on capitol hill today and will look for cues when the fed might raids interesting rates or record low levels. yes yesterday the do you packed off and that's zach up 5. >> mobile payment war between apple pay and google wallet heating up. google at&t and verizon wireless will preload the app on the phones sold by carrier this year. smart owners have to download the service and install themself. apple pay comes up bedded in apple mobile sovts ware. >> target is cutting on-line purchase price needed for free shipping from 50 to 25. this takes aim as competitors walmart and amazon. both higher minimum for standard purchases. >> if you have a sweet tooth head to krispy kreme and hurry. they're give ago way one glazed donut for first 1,000 customers in all participating locations. 1,000 shop by the way is located in kansas city. uric he, erika. >> i heard free donut that's what i took away. >> they look good. >> when they come out of the machine it was -- >> ou

good morning ukee, erika. national highway safety traffic administration says automakers issued 803 recalls last year. that's that totals almost 64 million vehicles. and it is more than double the old record that was set a decade ago. gm had the most recalls about 84, which affect about 27 million vehicles and faulty airbags caused the most recalls of any auto part. ukee erika? >> and jill, valentine day is the day for sweethearts. that's coming up. now some companies are cashing in on all those folks who are anti-the holiday. >> anti-valentine. >> what do you know? >> apparent lip there are a lot of bitter and heart broken people out there. companies are cashing in for valentine's day. for people who are lonely, cuddle up to me, offers professional snuggle sessions for a dollar a minute. if you're feeling little more bitter the san francisco zoo will let you adopt a madagascar hissing cockroach. you can dedicate it to an ex if you so choose. one company dirty rotten flowers lets you sends bouquet of dead rose

. >>> it is monday, february 16 president's day good morning i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. as we deal with the bone chilling temperatures, look like some snow is on the way as well. right over to katie fehlinger with your forecast, good morning. >> good morning, we go from frigid today to more snow to more frigid air later this week. so okay, punxsutawney phil, we can see you win or it looks as though winter is still here and will hang on for awhile. quiet for now but because of the clear sky and still bit of winds out, there we continue to feel that really harsh chill. now, off to the west, we mention that possibility of snow. well, there it is, new storm system we new would be on the map. for awhile it really look like it would pass us by. not going to happen this time around. does look like as though the ingredients are ripe. first get drawn into our area get clipped by the northern fringe of it, which means we will also get clipped by the potential for some snow. we'll buck it through the morning. let's talk about the here and now. windchill advisories posted until 11:

jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika ukee, good morning. that's right lincoln drive has reopened, did so right around 4:00 this morning. police had said they wanted to get the road reopened before the morning rush. they have sends done that. city trucks were just out here putting down yet another layer of salt in hopes that this fixes this icing problem in this area once and for all. if you take a look at the video being you can get better look at the conditions down there, just short time ago. a lot of water a lot of ice those conditions at this location have been problematic since yesterday. road crews had to close lincoln drive last evening due to ice. police say the sure couldn't handle the run trough yesterday's snow rain, so water back up on to the road. lincoln drive did reopen for a short period last night but closed again after ice once again formed. with the temperatures so cold this morning, any water still standing causes this problem yesterday on sproles road radnor township a man was killed when wind and ice pulled a tree down

>> reporter: erika ukee, good morning, we are now just couple of hundred yards from the scene of this activity, mike's gun shop here off levittown parkway. that is where police believe at least one man is holdup on the roof of the gun shop. and he could possibly be armed. that's why that shelter in place has been ordered. this all began as a burglary call at about 2:00 a.m. that call went into tullytown police, and they responded finding signs of a break-in, primarily through the roof area, results perhaps the suspect here got in from the roof of the gun shop here. we talked to just few moments ago the police chief here in tullytown. here's what he has to say about the investigation so far. take a listen. >> reporter: you have possible way to contact him. do you have an idea of who he is? >> no, not at this point. we're working on that. like i said, you know, we're hailing him through a pa system at this point for him to casino every try and communicate with us, maybe we can throw a bag thrown to up him so we can communicate. but he's not responding. >> reporter: just for in the area,

. >> erika ukee, good morning, this suspect should be considered armed and daenk russ. he went to his exgirlfriend's house, beat her up and took off with their little girl. they believe she's in imminent daiching they are morning and they need help locating bop of them. take a look at this picture. this are amber alerts in delaware, new jersey, ohio they all listed them in this case and as you mptioned erika is assisting as well. last night before 7:00, 43-year-old michael trotta wept to his exgirlfriend's home in school side apartments east basin road. he fled with their daughter 3-year-old elinor trotta. at first they thought he fled in gray mazda. he could be traveling with unknown woman in older model bright red ford. suv. possibly explorer. and they add his last known whereabouts are in mount laurel, new jersey, trotta is 5' 8", 150 pounds. his daughter eleanor is last seen wearing purple puffy coat. pink pants and froze ep, the movie, shoes. reporting live in delaware this morning. jane. >> firefighters battle a fire in south jersey overnight at 'roma around 11:30

>> yes, that's right, good morning, ukee, erika. according to triple a, price haves climbed for 27 straight days. that's the longest streak of increases in over a year. so the national average for gallon of regular is about 2.29. triple a says it is normal to see prices increase this time of year because of refinery maintenance. things are little bit worse this year because work remembers staging the largest oil refinery strike in more than 30 years. started on february 1st, now one-fifth of us production capacity. ukee, err dismay. >> jill, word is target is double down on its push to go green? >> reporter: yes, the retailer will double its organic and sustainable products this year from about 100 products, to more than 200. last year, target debuted items like bleach, free diapers and non-aerosol air freshness some of the new products include nash usual children's soap, veggie pouches, with a full serving of spinach. i guess the challenge now get the kids to eat them. ukee err dismay. >> hey. >> got to eat your spinach. >> thanks,

ukee erika?jill, i don't know if you know but we have snack table friday here at cbbs3, junk food friday, we may have to add a new flavor of or yost to the table? >> exactly, first, it was all about the special edition red velvet oreo for valentine day. now, we hear, oreo is rolling out a smors flavor. >> wow. >> apparently in the sample phase it features gram cracker flavored cookie, a layer of marsh melone and layer of chocolate. now, oreo won't confirm or deny the report. cookie experts expect, yes very serious stuff here, cookie experts expect it will hit store shelves this summer just in time for camping season, i guess will it be called oreo smorsio? >> also, how does one become a being i -- cookie expert? >> i would like to get on that panel. >> oh, it sounds delicious. >> i may have coined it actually. >> oh, okay, all right. it is all good. >> it would probably and great job. >> and i might need to come up for that friday cookie table. >> you're always welcome. >> indeed, if there is any

your ticket could make you the the winner of that 327 million-dollar, and ukee and erika, i'm looking around and i'm feeling good because i got no competition in this 7-eleven to buy a ticket to compete against mine. >> check this out. >> for now. do you have your numbers or do you let the machine peck your numbers, how to you work. >> reporter: i have a few numbers that i like to go with each time but i think my big one is with the machine. i will take a million. maybe just four. >> we're not being greet i hear. >> what would you buy first what would be the first thing would you buy. >> reporter: funny you should ask, i want three tezslas black, white and silver. >> depending on your outfit. >> to coordinate with? we will get back to you my man, thank very much. >> okay. it is 5:33. no excuses not to get your power ball ticket weather is looking good. >> this will be a chilly day but a very decent toews all things consider. we will have more sun then anything. it is not terribly windy but you have to bundle up. it is cold outside. i was just check in with our network frost alert too

. >> good morning ukee, erika. comcast, at&t and other internet provide remembers expected to sue after the ftc approved those historic neutrality rules. it prevent broad band providers from favoring certain content or charging companies like netflix for faster express lanes for their content. president obama lobbied for these new controls, industry insiders though say it is a government over reach. and it will site full innovation, also create new taxes. so the bottom line this fight is far from over. >> that's right. hey, jill, we hear that the countdown is officially on for apple's new watch. what do you know? what's the latest? >> yes apple sent the media invitations to an event on march 9th. it is in san francisco. and it is called spring forward, reference of course to time, apple's expected to show off the watch some of its new features, also give information on pricing. alluminum sports model starts at $150. other than that the company has stayed quiet. >> this will be apple's first new product since the ip

. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. we're having some technical difficulties out here but if you can hear me, again we have gotten confirmed that there is one fatality involved in this overnight fire, three or people taken to the hospital just for minor injuries and that includes a fire fighter. fire fighters have a lot of work to do on the scene this morning and they have a lot of work to do. dozens of fire fighters remain on the scene now. we're toll that the fire is under control but fire is not out on the back side of the building. it is hard to see from our vantage point but fire fighters are working to put out hot spots. i see that throwing water on to the building as we speak but if you take a look at the fire you can see how big and intense it was early in the morning. the this is around 1:00 when fire call came in on the 600 block of sweet street here in norristown. this apartment building is call the norris. it has 30 units inside. fire units a had to work to get everybody out they went through this building m

>> erika ukee, good morning.rip here, wasn't too bad. the highways are just really wet, some ponding issues, yes but doesn't look like the back roads and the side streets that's where you will see the most problems. we're coming to you live, just outside the exton square mall area. you can see, the street is slush-covered. that's because whatever snow fell overnight is now saturated with all of the rain that's now falling. if you take a look at the video, see the private employers out here earlier in the morning clearing offer the parking lot. they told me they were surprised they had to be called in to this area, it was just enough to give them toking do. meantime penndot crews are also ready also prepared, also out on the roads. this is the 11th time more than 300 trucks have been called in to deal with this storm. they've been pre-treating the roads ever since last week actually when those snow squawls moved through. they put down the salt, the brine, that's helping out in preparation for this storm. i was abl

>> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. the gas crews have been working around the clock here trying to get that service restore to that area we are being kept far from the scene this morning. you can see oak avenue just down there with those police lights. the they are keeping us off of that street, right now as gas employees continue to work. i was just able to talk to a police office shore says yes there are crew is still down there and crews hope to have gas restored in this area over the next hour. now the mayor of stafford township tells us that the the explosion yesterday was caused by a a 34 year-old main gas line here under oak avenue, 15 people as you mentioned were injured, two critically in the explosion but thankfully all are expected to recover and that is amazing when you look at this explosion this same video was captured around 10:30 tuesday morning on the police officer's dash cam. you see the the the fireball and then all of the debris. just about an hour and a half earlier several homes had been evacuate

what are you seeing out there. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. the fortunately for early risers and follow thanks get out before the sunrisees, right now roads look fantastic. that is because there are no flakes falling just yet. we are coming to you live from i476 in coopersberg this morning in route to allentown and you can see the road are bone dry right now. smooth sailing in this a area. we have seen trucks out here, salting and brining the road so road are prepared forstrom we will up up to date throughout the morning. wear live in coopersberg, jan carabao for cbs-3 eyewitness news. >>> developing right now a massive data breach in one of the country's largest health insurers. hackers have stolen personal information from tens of millions of anthem customers this includes names birthdays, social security numbers street addresses a and employment information. anthem the second largest health provider says there is in evidence that credit card or medical information was compromised, the company is offering free credit monitoring and identity

ukee erika? >> good strategy. i know a loft people who read in-style. >> yc penny indeed. all right thanks, jill. >> ukee likes making it french, thanks jill. >> right now 5:37. and pope francis' latest comments have people talking. it has reopened the debate on spanking. during his speech about the roll of fathers and families, pope francis said it is acceptable, in certain situations. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us now to put this all into context nick snow. >> erika, the pontiff certainly has plenty of people talking this morning after saying it is okay for parents to spanning their children. now there is rawle happened during his weekly remarks from the vatican. pope francis said the form of punishment is acceptable, just so long as dignity is maintained. in other words he's not condoning a smack in the face. now, during the remarks which were devoted by the way to the role of father's in the family the pope outlined the traits of a good father. saying he's one who forgives, but is able to correct with firm necessary while not discouraging the child.

erika? >> ukee, the 57th annual grammy awards had it all last night. energetic performances, humor some jaw dropping moments. british newcomber sam smith dominated winning the most grammys. beyonce became the second most honor woman after wing three trophies. danielle nottingham has all of the details for us from los angeles. >> rocker beck pulled off major upset at the grammys beating out beyonce and a sam smith for albumn of the year. brutish newcomber sam smith mumble winner, taking home song of the yards, records of the year, and best new artist? i want to thank the man who this record is about who i have been in love with last year, thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me 5-gram us. >> also performed break out song stay with me with mary jay blige. >> ♪ ♪ stay with me ♪ ♪ >> and beyonce won best r&b albumn. >> this has been such an incredible year. ♪ ♪ >> miranda lambert won best country albumn. >> amazing kneels surreal. >> the grammys try to make sure the performances include something for everyone representing every jen ray a

it is friday, february 20th good morning i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. all delaware public schools are closed today. there are even more closings for you at the bottom of our screen. you can check your child's school at cbsphilly.com. >> we have team three coverage of this dangerous cold, january car bay know south jersey where people are braving the bitter blast. katie, you start us off, good morning. >> good morning, guys, this will ends up being one of the coldest days we've had not just in a long time but certainly we may have ever seen. so it will be one of those really really just type of day that can actually be dangerous to be out in. it is understandable that some of the schools are already closing down because of the cold. but, that said, at least skies are quiet, don't have to worry about any stormy weather for now, moving forward, that's also going to be changing. so let's talk about it, let's get you on out there. storm scan3, all clear for now, seeing the tri-state sweep being made. just couple of clear skies for you at this point. as we mo

erika, ukee, back to you. >> thanks so much. man who walks 21 miles a day to and from work, is getting a whole lot of help this morning. >> yes, 56 year olds james robertson takes the bus part of the way. but he still winds up treking 7 miles to the factory and nearby rochester hills and he walks about 14 miles home. robertson though says he doesn't minds the commute. as he puts it, if someone wants to get something, they have to go through something. >> i can't imagine not working. you know? i didn't want to end up, you know ends up doing nothing. you know, did you know how long it took me to find this job? >> what an impressive person. robertson's story caught the attention of local college suit end, ever and lead i he started go fund me campaign to get robertson a car as of this morning raised more than $130,000. >> how about that? share the love. great job. >> he can get a great car. >> coming up this morning controversy at bryn sso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding well it's

>> erika ukee, good morning slight improvement.wing quite as hard as it once was but roads though, don't look like they're improving at all. here to talk a little bit about the morning commute, my friends, erik johnson he said hello to me. i said, you know, you say hello to the reporters on tv you'll be on live tv. how are you doing this morning? >> doing fine. >> how do the roads lock? >> little trouble at this moment. little salt on the road, but not as much, we need more salt on the road right now. >> we did see group of plow trucks come through about half hour ago or so. but obviously with the snow still falling, still pretty tough watch was it like driving steering wise? >> turn the corners, still casino of in a zig-zag mode. but other than that, still tough out here right now. >> so if you didn't have to drive, obviously you're going to work, would you rec other people come in delay it a little bit so the trucks get back out here? what would you recommend? >> i recommend delays right now. >> do you like the snow? >> i love th

. >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. it doesens of fire fighters remain on the scene in norristown battling the films at this apartment fire. you can see just how many people are here. they have the the bulk of this fire under control will but they are looking out for those hot spots. the latest one was around the back side of the building the flames were showing through the roof but right now we can see smoke. fire fighters are going in and outlooking through this building as this investigation, continues. the the the efforts here on the scene continue. if you look at the video you can see how big and intense this fire was early this morning. details are still limited on exactly how this fire started but we're told the call came in around 1:00 this morning. dozens of fire fighters responded as this fire quickly grew to four alarms and fire fighters had had to work to evacuate this entire building. this is a 23 unit apartment building call the north on the 600 block of swede street in norristown. there were dramatic resc

erika, ukee, back to you. >> more on breaking news, police say irradic driver was actually shooting victim fleeing gunfire in southwest philadelphia overnight. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now from outside the 12th district police headquarters, where the victim stopped for help. justin, good morning. >> congress the scene active at 556 and wood laugh see the police station and the silver chevy mal boo right there in front. that's the victim's car perhaps you will see the bullet holes in the windows there, that is the car the victim rolled, looking for help. and he. >> about 1:30 this morning that driver arrived to the station here he was driving irradically with its headlights off. a sergeant going into work noticed him and told the victim rather the victim told him that he had been shot. we know the victim is just 22 years old and he says he was driving on the six a hundred block of paschall nearby when he heard gunshots, and realized that he had also been shot and then he rushed here, to the station looking for help. well, that sergeant got him into a police cruise

. >> good morning ukee, erika but the s&p and the dow will open at new record highs. news of greek debt feel sent stocks higher friday. dow jumped 154 points, the nasdaq was up 31. >> operations at west coast sports are getting back to normal. dock workers and shippers finally reached the labor deal on friday night. still the backlog may not be cleared for another eight weeks. and it really is costing businesses honda said the strike cost them about 25,000 cars. it is going to cost more to visit mickey mouse disney's raised ticket prices at its theme park, one-day ticket for disneyland jumped $3 to $99 prices are up $6 at disney world, to 105 bucks. this is the first time ever that tickets have cost more than a hundred dollars. >>> and if you are looking for more leg room on your next flight, you might want to book jet blue. seat guru compared coast seats on major airlines, most about 34 inches every room, followed by southwest and virgin america, delta, america and united fell in the middle, spirit offered the lease space, about 28 inches. thing could be changing at

erika? >> ukee, thank you. still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news", we have live team coverage of today's dangerously cold temperatures, and katie is tracking some snow this weekend too. and, whitney houston's daughter still fight to go survive. now we're learning about more trouble for her just days before she was found face-down in a tub. we'll be right back. in a race, it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. so he talked to me about xarelto®. >>xarelto® is the first oral prescription blood thinner proven to treat and help prevent dvt and pe that doesn't require regular blood monitoring or changes to your diet. for a prior dvt i took warfarin, which required routine blood testing and dietary restrictions. not this time. while i was taking xarelto®, i still had to stop racing, but i didn't have to deal with that blood moni

>> good morning, ukee, good morning, erika. what's so great about the grammys is that it is not subtle. of course at the oscars, everybody's trying to be perfect, trying to be a ten at the grammys you're trying to be remembered. and i guarantee, you will not be disappointed once you see the highlights. from madonna burlesque garb, de baltz hat thigh high boots, to an outfit that looks lake that came straight from the recycling bin something for everybody on the red carpet. >> this is all oscars. >> pharrell williams look happy on a hot day showing some leg. and without his trademark cast. charlie proved tuxedos aren't just for the guys. brianna looked pretty and puffy in pink. >> i feel like hollywood princess. i feel beautiful. >> beyonce and miley cyrus went for basic black with some he will bell i shallments like strategic cut outs, while taylor swift iggy, rick ross and host, ll cool jay, didn't sing the blues but rock them instead. there were obvious fashion hits and misses, but as they say, beauty is in the eye of the bee

it is tuesday february 10th good morning i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. right to ever meteorologist katie fehlinger. she has your forecast for today. >> it is the leftovers awe cents look over on storm scan three you can see things have gun to winds down for most of us southern tear of the area continues to find some lingering even snow along i-95, but little bit of very light freezing drizzle most of this is very, very light to precipitation, but it is still out there. and it is just marking the retreat now of the very same disturbance. it wasn't necessarily major system for us, but man did it cause some headaches for us out there. and it will continue to do so this morning even though it is retreating. so there are still winter weather advisories posted across the board further north and west go, everything done for you up in the poconos, as long as roads are treated, berks lancaster county, but near toward the city where things starting to a bit more a rye. depending on location winter weather advisory may stay in effect until 8:00, 10:00 a.m. keep an

ukee erika? >> vittoria, thanks so much. time 5:35n business news this morning, do you eat dessert after dinner. >> little bit of dark chocolate, all right. also, what could apple have up its sleeve? money watch's jill wagner joins us now from the new york stock exchange, those stories and more, good morning. >> good morning ukee, erika. the countdown is on for apple's new watch. apple spent media the invitation to an event on march 9th, in san francisco and it is called spring for the, reference to time. apple's expected to show off the watch its features, give information on pricing. the news sent apple stocks higher overall though, mixed day on wall street, energy stocks took a dive which sent the dow ten-point lower the nasdaq finished 20 points higher which means, it is now in striking distance, of the 5,000 mark. >> friday's the new tuesday. at least when it comes to music. starting this summer friday will be the official release date for new songs anal bums. industry insiders say that having an unified release day red

good morning. >> hey, young lady. >> good morning ukee, erika. has been fun doing the red carpet, the after parties tough job but somebody's got to do it. >> but look behind me. these are other folks who have been up probably all day all night white tarps for eight elton john's beautiful party. now they're brinking it down, and drizzling little bit out here. it was raining on and off all day, so really, the people who are the toughest are the people who make it look beautiful. beautiful part, shall we? >> full display if he governor's ball, the official oscars after party. >> best actor and actress winners, showed off their coveted golden statues. >> more husband predicted heroin, for still alice after seeing the film for the first time. we walked out of there he said you'll win an oscar i was like common. >> she got her oscar personalized at the balls and engraving station. >> singer hosed auction jammed with nile rogers to benefit aids research. >> elton john's annual oscar party here in west hollywood attract many celebrities for a good cause.

ukee and erika. >> okay. jill, lots of couples who are about to get married register for things like china, silverware but now an electronics store wants a piece of the action. >> reporter: if you are getting married and more interested in flat screens then dish wear you can register at best buy. the nation's largest consumer electronics chain has launch its first wedding registry. best buy wants to because sales and make itself more relevant to younger shoppers in their 20's and 30's. i say brilliant. >> i was just going to say this day and age i can see that. >> how many days do you break out the the the nice china. >> let's watch the game. >> or silverware, who needs it. >>>> thanks, jill. >>> coming up a after a short break, traffic and weather together on the >>> let's get our traffic and weather together. good morning vittoria. >> good morning everyone. the just great news on the roads. really nothing to talk about. the it makes my job easier and your commute better. a as we look at 476, blue route arou

. >> erika ukee, good morning.ct beat up his exgirlfriend and took off with their little girl. they're searching for the 3-year-old believed to be you in imminent danger. look at their pictures. new castle county and new jersey state police both issued an amber alert in this case. last night before 7:00 police say 39-year-old

>> reporter: erika and ukee two victims in this case, both men, 129, 127 that 29 year-old has died the 27 year-old is fighting for his life, both were stabbed here outside of the shea bar and grill here. this is on stenton avenue near johnson street right here. they are both shot in the torso several times authorities say right outside the front door. let's take you from video from earlier this morning. the police say an argument began inside between those two men and a suspect here. that argument spilled outside and turned violent. that is when both of those men were stabbed in their torso several times, by this suspect, a man we are told had the full beard, and was thin and last seen wearing a gray black jacket. now those witnesses rather got the in to action and took those men to einstein medical center. einstein staff called police and arrived here to investigate. witnesses say this all seem as if perhaps they knew their attacker, we are told meantime police have their account and also some help video evidence from the area, take a listen. >> there are city, police real time crime

. >> reporter: erika ukee, good morning, right now the clean up now underway. take a look behind me. you will see to my left here, that's the unit that was badly crashed into just hours ago and to my right is the replacement. these are brought in when these units here, can no longer be used so here's what happened. just before 2:00 a.m. this morning, the chief here tells me a car, an acura tl, on harbison somehow hopped the curb, lost control and crashed into this garage, which was closed at the time. we had video that far car to show you now in pretty bad shape. there was only one person in that car just the driver, he was able to self-extricate himself. that is, he was able to climb from the front seat, driver seat, through the back, out the back door, to be assisted by the firefighters who were working here of course they heard the crash, and sprung right into action. this guy crashed right into not only this medic unit here, but also, oxygen tanks. had to drop special material to stop the potential explosion or worse at the fire station, that man is now at

>>> erika, ukee, good morning the both lanes open about few minutes ago, i would say we were here, just minutes ago when we saw the southbound lanes reopened. they car i had that tractor-trailer away. the only visible evidence of that crash now see the rail between the north and southbound lanes still damaged, lots of skidmarks in the street. we know one driver injured, taken to the hospital, but let's take you on video from earlier this morning, you will see massive response, 495 at 12 street, del dot here, state police were here, as well as other first responders, also, getting the tractor portion and the dump portion safely away from this area. we are told that driver was heading southbound here on 495, somehow was involved in single vehicle crash. the truck portion went on one side, the dump on the other. and they spent some time, some hours actually clearing that scene, getting it open now for traffic. we had traffic diverted off of this area, onto nearby ramps to kind of ease the investigation going on here on the ground, but back out live as you can see we did avoid a big rush ho

down load the the app on itunes as well as google will play erika. >> ukee, thank you. >>> more on breaking news right now a busy night for philadelphia police. they are investigating three separate shootings that have killed three people. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from police headquarters as investigators sort out exactly what happened here jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning,er contact a very violent overnight here in philadelphia, four people shot at three different locations and three of those people are dead this morning. take a look at the video, most recent shooting is a double homicide, that happened just after 2:00 a.m. two men were shot on the 2700 block of latona street in grays ferry. one man was shot in the head other shot in legs and both have died. police found nine shell casings at the scene and they have recovered two guns. one of those guns was found on one of the victims at the hospital. police say it is unclear if the victims were actually shooting at each other, take a listen. >> based on ballistics evidence on the scene we know that at lea

ukee and erika. >> how about that. >> all right, jill, thanks. we will get back to you. >>> coming up traffic and weather together. we will do it the on the >>> 4:53 right now. let get traffic and weather together. good morning vittoria. >> good morning, everyone. so far a great start to your morning no delays, no problems, it is serene, calm and all good. the it is 4:53. ben franklin bridge is beautiful heading up in to new jersey or down into philadelphia, in delays in either direction. all of our bridges are moving well and so are our majors. looking at schuylkill expressway 76 is a breeze not only around here, montgomery drive, girard avenue area, but traveling around center city and walt whitman bridge in south philadelphia. maybe heading throughout your western suburbs it looks fantastic. as we look at our speed sensors, high up in the 50's all over the map. it is in the just in pennsylvania, it is jersey it is delaware it is all over. traveling in downingtown we have an accident involving an overturn tractor trailer. this incident is closi

erika? >> ukee, this is incredible video here, a fireball erupts in the sky. this is after a train caring more than a hundred tankers of crude oil it derails in west virginia, this all happened yesterday afternoon in the town of boomer. at least 14 cars ignited triggering multiple explosions and that forced families nearby from their homes. authorities say they plan to let the tankers burn out on their own before an investigation can begin. the train company csx only one person treated foreign halation issues. >> before you head out the door, we are keeping our eye on the storm system. the roads are not pretty right now, so stay home a little longer if you k we'll check all of the conditions across the region, as the snow continues to fall. be right back. jim: standardized testing has gone from a nuisance to a concern to a crisis. michael: we have this finite amount of time, and yet we're spending so much of it on this unproven standardized test when we really should be using that time in a better way focusing individually on our students. dave: education is s

. >> reporter: erika, ukee good morning, it is smoke steadily here, in clementon camden county this morning. you can see on the grounds it is very light, fluffy snow. we have about couple of inches on the grounds right now, and whole lot of snow on the roads, as well, coming to you live, just off of 400 block of south white horse pike here in clementon. where you can see the roads are looking snow covered, i tell you, they are in as bad shape as they were five minutes ago and that's because half dozen snow plows just came through here and took off that top layer. but side streets back streets, highways, looking pretty much the same right now. snow covered getting from philadelphia to south jersey, not a treat this morning, a lot of cars without the four wheel drive having tough time going up some inclines. they had their flashers on, the good news of course is that we've seen lot of plow trucks out this morning, a lot of state truck in the echelon formation where they are one behind the other all the way across the highway to get all of the snow off in one fell swoop. also seen again this r

. >> ukee and erika. >> you never necessity what you will get. >> that was good. thanks jill. >> i expect it to be from ukee good no, my partner this time. >> mixing it up. >> 5:39. watch what you tweet keith olbermann is learning that the hard way after comments about penn state student leads to a suspension by espn. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us with more on this controversy good morning. >> yes, that controversy started monday after ol ber man responded about thon that raises millions of dollars for pediatric cancer. this is the tweet. let me show it to you sent to olbermann which simply says we are ape it included a link about the fun raising efforts. start of the popular psu chant we are. olbermann responded with one word. pitiful. the backlash began prompting the host to follow you will with the host saying would i like to thank students and alumni of penn state for proving my point about the mediocrity of their education and ethics. it wasn't until tuesday that keith olbermann tweeted this, i apologize for psu tweets. i was stupid, childi

>> ukee, erika good morning that's right. on the loose now those three men and thousands of dollars in jewelry and valuables including rolex and three gold chains. the talk here is that the victim in this case may have unwittingly exposed himself by posting those items on instagram. video to the scene in summer ton. where about 2:30, sunday night, three men kicked their way into a dorm, an apartment they were armed we are told, and announced very quickly they wanted jewelry and cash. that will rolex and three gold chains they saw on instagram, they did make off with those items. there were four other teens in the apartment at the brookshire terrace ants, and one was able to call for help. those crooks did escape through back window as police arrived. now, not too far from the residence, authorities did finds three cell phones, and backed out live no surprise, they suspect that perhaps this was a set up, that the victim in this case may have known those men that came in and stole those items. police are now looking for those t

. >> reporter: ukee, erika, good morning, i'm trying to keep a smile on pie face, but it is painful out here. you stand out here for just a short period every time, you lose fingers you lose feeling in your mouth, your fingers and your toes. it is brutally cold out here this morning, and i really don't envy anyone working outside for prolonged periods of time. i actually spoke to someone working out front after storefront this morning, they say, they're working extra quick to get inside, even wait to go get to work here, the 69th street terminal, this morning, the pain, the wait no doubt, will feel twice as long. old-man-winter's frigid grip, heightens on the delaware valley today the thermometer flashed 14 degrees in center city overnight the windchill though, makes it feel more like zero or below. even a fur lined hood or full fur coat for four electric friends does little to help. >> bundle up layers, scarfs, got have a scar. >> but for joe out for early morning walk, at least he has a positive attitude to warm him up. >> don't bother me too much. you know i'm very adaptable but it i

ukee erika? >> okay, take advantage of the market. >> thanks, jill. >>> other news this morning philadelphia police are combing through surveillance video in hopes it captured a glimpse of the person who attack a woman at a septa train station. now, it happened yesterday afternoon, at jefferson station at tenth and filbert. sources tell us, the woman willingly went with a man to a secluded area of the platform. when she resurfaced she appeared to have been beaten and flagged down a passenger for help. >> a burglary spree on the main line is keeping some residents thereon edge. police say that three homes in the garrett hill section of radnor township were hit just hours apart. according to investigators it, appears the suspect or suspects stayed on the first floor of those homes. police say only small items were taken like purses, cell phones, and laptops. but the scariest part here is the families. they were all sleeping upstairs while it happened. >>> certainly would not want someone to be in m

nice and carefully ukee and erika you might be a millionaire. >> calling a million-dollar a smaller ticket but it the is true you. >> it is true. >> i'll take a million-dollar. >> pocket change. >> walking around money. i didn't even get a four power ball. >> can't win every time. >> that is true. >> still ahead this morning a crime alert on the main line, simple c crime thieves are using to fake their way in to homes. >> we are used to seeing police chases even with the crash but confrontation after the arrest thaw will be talking about today. >> and here comes the the cold katie is tracking the sum blink temperatures and we will do traffic and weather together on the three's. you don't want to necessity how cold it will be, she we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. when i post my slow jams, i'm a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as do

good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. violent night and early morning indeed. four people were shot the in three different locations and three of those people are now dead this morning. take a look at the video, most recent shooting is a double homicide that happened just after 2:00 a.m. two men shot on the 2700 block of atona street in grays ferry. one man was hot the in the he helped others shot in lotion, and both have now died. >> we know that there is two weapons involve, one that left the spent shell casings on the street and a second weapon is the one we have found on our 23 year-old victim shot in the head. it is unknown local until we examine that revolver it is unknown whether or not that revolver was fired. >> reporter: now the first shooting was actually just after 11:30 last night the in the 200 block of west more land street in fair hill. police found a 34 year-old woman shot in the driver seat of the car, before that car stop police say it add had run into three other park cars on that block month. man was transportedded to temple where she was p

. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika. big box stores going small. target will open up eight new express stores this year. they will be smaller and kate tore local demographic, they can go up against drugstores like cvs and wal-mart. while there are in definite plans in the works target is exploring the option of opening up an express store in philadelphia. >>> general motors is trying to put its recall problems in the rear-view mirror. so far so good. auto maker turned nearly $3 billion profit last year, even after spending billions on recall costs. drivers flocked to gm's newly redesign pickup trucks and large suv's as gas prices fell. >>> well, sprint's cut your bill in half promotion too good to be true? consumer reports says it is complicated. the promotion requires a credit check. if you are late on the payment you are out. plus once you upgrade your phone sprint will bounce you up to the higher regular rates. >>> star bucks is going tropical, at least for this milk. starting february 17th the coffee chain will be offering coconut milk for an e

i do believe we have jan carabao standing by right now. >> good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee,ood morning. we're having some technical difficulties out here but if you can hear me, again we have gotten confirmed that there is one fatality involved in this overnight fire, three or people taken to the hospital just for minor injuries and that includes a fire fighter. fire fighters have a lot of work to do on the scene this morning and they have a lot of work to do. dozens of fire fighters remain on the scene now. we're toll that the fire is under control but fire is not out on the back side of the building. it is hard to see from our vantage point but fire fighters are working to put out hot spots. i see that thro

just such a loss chris. >> reporter: ukee and erika good morning. it is a loss and virginia sad day in the broadcast center. i wanted to share some stuff you probably don't know about bob simon. we know he was a fearless report her took our viewers in the heart of the conflict and did stories at the aim time that touched our hearts but some interesting things about bob the bulk of his reporting was done overseas. his voice mail said i'm out of the office and may be for months. he was the type of reporter when there was a story, he got the on the plane and went. one interesting thing he spent a long time in the middle east. he and his wife would play doubles ten business itsock ra thebin and he found when he left prime minister wynn back at his house, and he was getting information for a story, out of lose ago this tennis match. the key there was to lose so ultimately he could win just one of the many, many store we are sharing today about bob simon. >> i'm bob simon. >> reporter: it doesn't seem right a reporter who survived close calls in war zones

. >> reporter: ukee and erika, good morning. as you can imagine this ice building has become quite at tracks here in west philadelphia, even gaining national attention but now as you mentioned l and i has deemed it dangerous. the ice weighing so heavily on the structure that it may collapse. police are still securing the scene as l and i works with the own tore try to get this building demolish. since monday folks in philadelphia have been stopping by 52nd and locust streets to take pictures of the building. the it is eriely beautiful but the building was encased in ice as fire fight's tacked a huge fire on monday. the flames took more than two hours to contain and crews remained on the scene for the remainder of the day putting out hot spots. they continued to pour thousands of gallons of water on this building in single digit temperatures bringing to us this point. now neighbors are concerned that this building might fall down before it is demolish. >> i know that weight of that ice, that can take that building down. >> is the

it is cold out here, ukee, erika, back to you. >> wow. i agree with todd, todd summed it up all up, it has been a pain in the next. >> for you too don in boston, new york, due for maui assignment i think? >> i know, maybe miami or the bahamas or something? >> there you go. we'll try and hook that up. >> i know some people, man i'll make a call. buddy, we appreciate all you do for us. >> sixty-three here's kate. >> i all of our reporters that have been battling this cold to tell us what it is like outside, so grateful to you. we know it is hard workment storm scan3, quiet for now storm looming on the horizon that will move if later on tonight, but there are already winder storm warnings, and winter weather advisory posted across basically the entire mid-atlantic then back to the mid mississippi valley. we included in that. how much are we talking? later on tonight, three to 6 inches in philadelphia. the further north you go, those totals are basically cut in half. you can easily pick up half foot here. notice through atlantic, cape may, po