"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now to see what they are doing. they have a taste of the snow behind you, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the that is right. several communities will be waking up to snow to take. we have pass aid few locations on the atlantic city expressway as we made our way here to ocean city. look at this, what a beautiful boardwalk, so quiet, peaceful and covered with the dusting of snow. after a weak system moved through this a area has moved out overnight. now nj dot is ready for whatever comes next. the department has 450 trucks to plow snow and spread salt. they have power to call in 2300 contractors, asbell, and nj dot has added to its application fleet this season and increased salt and brine storage capacity. preparations are underway in south jersey. big concern of snow but bigger concern for shore points, of course is coastal flooding. video you have been looking at is in north jersey those shore points, bulldozers busy building bermness bellmawr and bradley beach this will play a big role in the defense

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has more on the ambitious plan. >> for the the families, that we can still save, let's make america the the country that cures cancer once and for all what do you say, joe. >> reporter: vice-president joe biden is tasked with leading a nationwide initiative to end cancer. the it is a a very personal mission. the vice-president, lost his own son, 46 year-old beau biden, to brain cancer last may but today the vice-president says that science is ready and doctors at the university of pennsylvania's abramson cancer center would agree. >> we're going to recognize at this time, when we look back, a area and time when things change. our expectations treating cancer from treating to it curing it. >> reporter: biden kicks off initiative with the round table discussion. he has met with 200 of the world's top cancer physicians and researchers. >> we have develop drugs, and here, and many other places across the the country that are beginning to show the way how we can accurate immune system in a safe way and very powerful way, a achieving what appears to b

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from fishtown, and peoples patients wearing thin, jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. we will take a look at one of those forgotten streets in just a moment but i want to show you what the the main loads are looking like. we are coming to you live from fishtown from west girard avenue and you can see main road here are looking darn good, completely clear. you might see moisture because of the overnight rain but not bad at all. that is not the causing the problem. the what is is the side streets like this this is palethorpe street here in fishtown where with you can see mound of snow still, a little bit of ice as well, these chunks that are finally starting to melt. i saw a car having to drive-in to that bank parking lot just to get around all of this mess. as you you head out the the door this morning do realize that the main reads and mess of the side streets are looking much better but you might find something like this as well. we have block streets in fairmount and south philadelphia overnight. the that is just to na

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at the that scene where fire i been investigators are expect to return to look for a cause, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the that is only a part of this morning's story, fire crews are still dealing with a number of issues on the scene this morning. you can see behind me that the fire is under control will but from time to time we have seen crews dousing this apartment building with water just to make sure this fire doesn't start backup. as you mentioned later this morning the the investigation in the the cause will get underway and all this work as you well know by now has been done in below freezing temperatures. so fire fighters most certainly had their handful for quite sometime now. this four alarm fire started in the 2100 block of locust street around 5:30 yesterday as folks were coming home from work, chopper three over the scene as a smoke and flames toured over this four story apartment building in rittenhouse square. twenty-one unit were evacuated and so were two neighboring homes. fortunately in resident were injur

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at the that scene with the very latest information, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. still a lot of work left on the scene on locust street this morning. when we first arrived to the scene there were fire fighters still out the here dousing the apartments with water as they monitor hot spots. now those have left. later today fire investigators will take on the task of figuring out what started the blaze, this is as two dozen residents are left wondering what is next flames and thick black smoke filled this rittenhouse square neighborhood tuesday night, chopper three over the 2100 block of locust street as the the fire grew from one alarm to four. >> it is pretty scary. you don't know which way wind will blow or spread. >> reporter: twenty-one apartment here and two neighboring homes were evacuated as fire fighters work for more than two hours to get flames under control. below freezing temperatures and a nasty wind chill made it a tough fight and even tougher. >> make sure members don't slip and fall on the ice but then if you

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from ocean city preparations they have made there and already snow on the boardwalk, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that is right, quite a few areas in south jersey will wake up to snow this morning. we found quite a few spots on the atlantic city expressway making our way to ocean city and take a look the the at boardwalk. what a pretty dusting of snow after a weak system moved through this area now nj dot is ready for whatever comes next. the department has 450 trucks to plow snow and spread salt. they have power to call in 2300 contractors, as well, and ny dot also has added to its application fleet this season and increased its salt and brine storage capacity. preparations are underway in south jersey, snow is one concern but big concern along the shore as well is coastal flooding. take a look at this video. this is what crews are doing at shore points in north jersey. bulldozers are busy building bermness bellmawr and bradley beach this will play a big role in the defense of coastal flooding on saturday. leaders there say

we will keep you up to date but for now we are live outside police headquarters, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> still thinking about officer hartnett ape his day today recovery. jan, thank you. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay up to date with the officer's condition and the case against the gun man. follow us on air and on line at cbs philly.com. >>> new this morning two police officers are in stable condition following a violent crash in north philadelphia. it happened, late last night, at b and west moreland streets. police say that the officers in the unmarked car were responding to a report of the shooting at the time of the crash. the the driver in the other car jumped out and then tried to runaway. he didn't get very far only about four blocks. the that is when other officers caught up to him. police say the 20 year-old man was under the influence of alcohol and had a suspended driver's license. >>> 5:37. in business news, how some companies plan to celebrate valentines day. talking about valentines day already. >>> international events are impacting the a

high profile meetings happening today, in philadelphia, concerning that officer ambush case, i'm jan carabaong live, we will take a look straight ahead. >>> thanks, jan. >>> we have an accident i-95 south at cottman and we have changes to mass transit schedule, we will have updates coming up but first take a quick break stay right where you are, garbage. that's the budget passed by the republican legislature in harrisburg. it's unfunded, unbalanced and unconscionable. it'll balloon the deficit. and cuts education by $95 million dollars. causing governments to raise property taxes. all while protecting the gas industry by refusing to make them pay their fair share. call your legislator. tell them to fund education, stop the deficit from ballooning out of control, and build a better future for pennsylvania. >>> pandemonium at a 7-eleven in chino hills, california where someone bought one of the three winning power ball tickets. the other two are in florida and tennessee, the jackpot, of course, grew to $1.6 billion. a lot of people talking about this before last night's drawing but we have the

. >> jan carabao has a look at preparations there, jan. >> good afternoon. south jersey war business snow here on the jersey shore main concern is coastal flooding. high win gusts are a concern too. for now, everything is calm. we have businesses opened up on the boardwalk but this can change in a matter of hours. >> some roads over the new jersey shore friday morning, ocean city, public works crews were already busy moving along the beach, for days now, they have reenforced the shore as the winter storm barrels up the coast. >> we have public works crews on the beaches, and pushing from sand in front of the dune openings, and, we're fortunate in that two army core of engineers projects just finish this year so all of the beaches are fairly healthy a as well as the dunes. >> reporter: meantime on the boardwalk residents took one last stroll, and one last look to surf that is relatively calm right now. >> it is calm before the storm. >> good day for a run. >> cold doesn't bother you. >> not at all. >> blocks away businesses are taking no chances. crews piled

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live outside a wawa in northeast philadelphia. i have a feeling it will be very busy today, hi jan. >> i do too nicole. this is power ball's fourth largest jackpot ever, and nearing half billion dollars, that is billion with a b. there is so much good you could do with this money and you can have fun at the same time. this jackpot could grow as more people buy in but take a a look at the video, jackpot is estimated at 450 million-dollar, that means cash option is 275 million. that is a a whole lot of dough. in the fall you may remember, pur ball change it drawing just a bit to make these jackpots even bigger. tickets now cost $2, there are more white balls at 69 and fewer red balls at 26. change is supposed to mean more overall winners. the chance of winning any power ball prize is one in 25 but chance of hitting it big vice slim, odd of winning grand prize jackpot get this, it is just one in 292 million but that does not stop people from dreaming big. >> 450 million i will keep working, just pretend that my life is going just the

in northeast philadelphia, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> coming up for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 5:00 caught on camera pedestrians buried in seconds when huge chunks of snow and ice fall off a roof. >>> plus this. >>> a south jersey school told to stop saying god bless america after reciting a a pledge. i'm cleve bryan what will happen to students and staff if they keep saying it. >>> a a unique treatment protocol is just unveiled to prevent concussionness youth sports, health reporter stephanie stahl has information parents will really need to hear, up next. avalanche of snow shocks people walking on a crowded street in turkey as it slid off the roof of the mosque. that snow buried two women and surveillance video shows people using their bear hand to dig them out the from that snow. women were taken to the hospital and are expect to be owe a. >>> freezing rain, causes united airline jet to slide off an icy taxiway. it happened around 6:00 a.m. in spokane, washington. plane was getting ready to take off for denver when front wheels slid off that taxiway. there were 166

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from fishtown and what are residents there saying, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thermos obviously frustrated, after all, this is day four of the snow clean up, if they have not seen a plow by now you they are wondering when it will come and why it the is taking so long. we will show you one of the worst streets in this area in a second but i do want to show you what main street looks like. we are coming to you live from fishtown right off west girard avenue. the streets here are pretty darn clear, no problems there. there is a a little bit of moisture on the road but that is not the issue. is what the issue is the secondary streets like this. this is pale thorpe street here in fishtown. there is a lot of snow still on the road here. they have these big snow and ice chunks right now because it is still chilly in this area i have seen a cargo around in the bank parking lot to get around this mess. some areas, some secondary streets will look like this today but there is a lot of progress. look at the video, we have seen sim

. >> that weilly jan carabao. >> i'm anxious to hear the plan coming up next. >> stay with us as we allgree this wednesday morning. i to the acidity in any foods.ht never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. he told me to use pronamel. it's going to help protect the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drink my coffee, and it was a real easy switch to make. >>> welcome back. heads up, beware of the slick spots on the roadway when you head out the door this morning. the icy conditions are being blamed for this trash truck, rolling over, it is on route 202 in warrington. meisha will have details and the detours coming up in a few minutes but just take it slow out there. >> all it took was a little bit of snow to make those roads a mess out there first snow fall of the season fell fast, hard from allentown to lancaster county. also during yesterday's evening rush. poor timing. poor visibility along the pennsylvania turnpike made driving pretty slow. >> we have been waiting for them to come, i'm mad that they

so a lot of people are dreaming big, that includes "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao, she's live outside a north east philadelphia wawa. what would you do with that money, jan, what do you think. >> reporter: nicole, the question is what wouldn't i do with all that money, right. buy a couple houses, maybe one down the the shore, multi million-dollar gorgeous houses right on the atlantic ocean, maybe a town home, what wouldn't i do, travel the world maybe. there is so much you can do were 450 million-dollar. it is the game's fourth largest jackpot in the history. that could grow as people buy in today and you can get ticket until 10:00 p.m. tonight. jackpot is 450 million-dollar, so that means that the cash option, you get, right around 275 million-dollar, not too shape shabby, right. chances of winning any prize is one in 25 the chance of hitting it biggies very slim. the odd of winning grand prize jackpot is one in 292 million-dollar. but that doesn't stop people from dreaming big this morning. we have asked folks from all over philadelphia, for their mess outrageous purchase sh

i'm jan carabao reporting from ocean city where we have a bit of snow on the boardwalk. p we will look at all of the storm preparations. >> jan, thanks. >>> also when snow starts piling up you could lose electricity. what power companies are doing to prepare for this major winter storm which i know you are tracking, katie. >>> now we are fine tuning those details. while we knew storm watts coming all week long we can give you more specific information about who gets what, when it all gets here and when it is leaving, and how much clean up we will >>> good morning. are you ready for the first major snowstorm of the season? we have a little time before it comes. we found penndot crews brining major highways before that snow. >>> salt yard in south philadelphia is bus think morning as they get ready for first real test of this winter. >>> we will also show you how they are bracing for historic flooding down the shore but roads are looking okay right now. >> we're looking good. >> katie, you are still busy in the weather center. >> yes, we had so many time. >> guys, this is w

i'm jan carabao reporting live outside philadelphia police headquarters, this morning, straight aheadrun down. >>> plus michelle will obama stole the spotlight at the state of the union with her stunning, dress. if you want to get your hand on that dress you have to wait a while, katie. >>> we are looking ahead here to a pretty quiet thursday forecast, but things do get more active in the weather as we head towards the the weekend, in short, there is a new storm brewing. we will tell you what it means >>> a case of terrorism, that is how fbi is treating the ambush of the philadelphia police officer. now we expect to learn new information today about that investigation. we will let you know about several big meetings happening today and the the latest on how the injured officer is doing. >> we are talk about the the forecast. cold morning in the poconos. check i

jan carabao is telling us about a new sleep study and how much we really need. that is the big question. >> this does hit close to home. we know all about it too well. new study shows how important it is for adults to get seven hours of sleep a night. of course that is easier said then done for particular groups of people. jackie cohen is, busy she's an entrepreneur and single mom of a two-year old. >> i never get seven hours of sleep in a night. i'm going to say, ever. >> reporter: so cbs news asked cohen to chronicle a typical night of sleep. >> it is now 1:30 in the morning and i have not gone to sleep. so i'm a bit more tired. >> reporter: forty-four year-old is not a alone, a a report by national center for health statistics finds nearly a third of adults don't get recommended seven hours of sleep daily, single moms have had greatest difficulty, 40 percent get less than one hours compared to 31 percent of married woman. cbs news correspondent doctor john lepuke sat down with doctor daniel barone a neurologist at new york presbyterian center for sleep medici

the "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live from trevose bucks county. i know you bought your ticket yesterday, right. >> reporter: that is right, erika and nicole i got one ticket. i don't know if i feel lucky because i have lost so many times. i haven't even gotten one number right the in the previous drawing but i'm still hopeful, why not. thinks a record breaking jackpot now at $1.5 billion, with a b, single winner could take away 903 million-dollar, an unbelievable, amount of cash, and it should have people lining up at places like this later today to get in on that action. few dollars, and this is now the the biggest jackpot in u.s. history. >> this is first one ever over a billion. so you have to buy a couple tickets. somebody will win might as well be me. >> reporter: power ball excitement ram pink up ahead of wednesday night's drawing, retailers expecting long lines and hopeful to strike it rich with the unprecedented $1.5 billion prize. >> i will pay my house off, by new daughter a a house for her and her kids. probably pay all my bills off, ev

ooh, as the city burns ♪ ooh, ooh ooh ooh ♪ as the city burns ♪ ooh, ooh >>> good morning, i'm jan carabaoillion-dollar ticket in philadelphia for the last drawing, so maybe philly is lucky. >>> now over to eyewitness weather forecast with meet the role goodies justin drabick, good morning, justin. >> if you are a fan of winter weather you will like this forecast coming up next several days. we are back to typical january conditions, a lot of sunshine so no threat of any big storms coming at us anytime soon. live look from the palmyra cove nature park in new jersey, 35 degrees. you can see the the sky line there nice and clear with the sunshine out, 35 in the airport. thirty-three in allentown. now we're in the lower 30's in south jersey coming off morning low in the mid 20's in interior south jersey, highs where they should be this time of the year, lower 40's for philadelphia, mid 40's at the shore, 30's in the the poconos and then cold for monday and tuesday highs in the 30's. jan. >> justin, thanks. that does it for "eyewitness news" this morning but you can always follow us on our web

we're live, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> our heart goes out to those families, thank you. >>> coastguard suspend its search for 12 marines missing off coast of hawaii, they were on board two helicopters that crashed last week. agencies search around the park for nearly five days, and they found all four life rafts but in survivors. two of the missing marines are from pennsylvania. >>> a blood bath at a pakistani university has ended with nearly two dozen teachers and students dead. the the pakistani taliban just claimed responsibility for the attack at kahn university, about 20 miles outside of peshawar. the gun fire began as the start of the class these morning. the authorities say that the attackers have also been killed. >>> mexico is taking unprecedented steps to ensure that reputed drug lord nicknamed el chapo stays behind bars. the hundreds of cameras are watching, joachim guzman at all times. guard are constantly transferring him to different high security cells. guzman's escape last year ended with his capture two weeks ago. mexican and u.s. authorities are workin

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