we have live team three coverage, for you our walt hunter is live at police headquarters and rahel solomon is a at the hospital where officer jesse hartnet is recovering. let's start with walk. >> an attempted assassination of the philadelphia police officer, fortunately that officer, three three-year old jesse hartnet survived, with three bullet wound in his arm, sources, however tell cbs-3 that the man accused of attempting to kill hartnet has made an allege confession in which he allegedly said he did the attack in the name of islam. this is the video, the picture from the video, showing the actual attack, you can see the the suspect, who police identify as 30 year-old edward archer of yeadon actually firing into the the police car, there were 13 shots fired, in all, a according to sources, the the wounded police officer told investigators that archer walk up to the car, a appeared to be asking for directions when he pulled a 9-millimeter and opened up with 13 shots. the officer was hit, fired back, the suspect also wounded, but not in the life threatening way. he is allegedly made a co

reporting live, rahel solomon, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, rahel. meant ago lot of the plow operators, especially the independent ones, where they make their money. a lot of them are landscapers during the summertime, at least -- >> yes, plenty of work. >> exactly. >> rahel allude dollars that, i think all of our report verse seen that this morning. >> indeed looking at cbs-3 mobile weather lab headed east on the schuylkill expressway. not very quickly obviously. schuylkill, i95, turnpike, blue route, and the vine street expressway, don't drive anywhere, stay with you are. >> that's the bottom line. we laugh, time to have fun, but it is bigger dangers out there. >> good thing it is saturday. stay home, folks. should see the stash of your stuff. not healthy snack. whatever. >> couple of days. a chan to warm up, dry off. >> angry weather watchers. >> your welcome. >> no, it is all good. this done happen maybe once, twice if you are luck nay decade, all out blizzard like this classic nor'easter, giving us real time updates what's update. cold, maybe up

let's get right out to "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon live at the scene of that shooting inest philadelphia. rahel. >> reporter:. >> reporter: natasha, this afternoon that suspect edward archer was formally arraigned and charged. he's facing a long list of charges including attempted murder aggravated assault and assault on a law enforcement officer this as we continue to dig deeper into his background including speaking with his former lawyer. >> he was very abrasive. he was very arrogant. he was very -- someone who wanted to get things done his way right away. >> reporter: criminal defense attorney doug saltzman tells "eyewitness news" he represented edward archer in the spring of 2013 for an aggravated assault firearms charge from 2012. he tells me this was after archer allegedly traveled to egypt. he says archer did state he was muslim but it wasn't discussed beyond that. he did, however, say archer was extremely demanding and abrasive. >> very demanding, very abrasive, very in your face, very -- just somebody who wanted what he -- when he wanted something he wanted it t

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon is live in center city with more details on that, rahel. >> reporter: nicole, good evening. a local organizer with the the group black lives matter, tells me about 150 protesters showed up today, for the the mummers parade. protest was peaceful, however, two people, were arrest to ted. >> this is where everybody is. this is where our awareness is. >> reporter: at philadelphia, descended upon center city for annual mummers parade, so too did protesters. >> i've got smiles, and i've got the someone yelling you go away. they are just more interested in attacking then in listening. so there is not a lot of comprehension, in general. >> reporter: philadelphia police say two people had to be arrested during a parade, near broad and spruce, one for disorderly conduct, other for disrupting the parade. protesters we spoke to said they showed up friday to bring awareness to a host of issues. some working to draw attention to the death of tamer rice a 12 year-old boy when police mistook a pellet gun for a real gun. >> it is just unconsciousnable. it abso

as "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon tells us tonight would the man could not close her doors permanently despite the hard figure crime. >> not many people care about me know. >> reporter: these days traffic is steady at best cake kosher bakery in the overbrook park section of philadelphia. >> how are you doing. >> reporter: it is not just sweets that bring them in. many times just a check on zika georgewitch who friend call v iv a. >> reopened business in the neighborhood that she loves obviously to help the community out there, it is truly remarkable. >> reporter: she's now trying to get back to normal, preaugust, that is when two armed males broke into the backry making off with maybe a couple hundred dollars, but not before shooting her in the neck. >> my god i said you have to get up and get some help. >> reporter: she somehow managed to pulled herself off the the floor to call police. she went to the hospital. she said she never felt alone. >> all of the friend, sporty am survivor yes and i'm glad i'm back to work. >> reporter: while she recovers she thought about never

reporting from south broad street rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> ballet is difficult. very difficult. >> it is. >> indeed. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" giving back to a local hospital who gave her the the gift of life. how children's hospital of philadelphia was rewarded by a former patient. >>> do you have a ticket? jackpot has jumped again? how much a winning hit could earn you in the next power ball drawing, kate? >>> and another frigid night on the way as temperatures head to the teens but a gradual warming as we head through rest of the week and relief from the extreme chill on the way but we may need umbrellas by week even, i will your seven day forecast coming up, don. >>> we're talking about game, not the game but practice. with kelly gone players are climbing in on his three-year regime. don't miss what one guy is saying about chip's practice routine, that player in sports. >>> lottery trend continues a at power ball sore toss 450 million-dollar, that makes it the the fourth largest power ball jackpot in the history, and a whole lot of people want a

rahel solomon is live at the hospital to continue our team coverage, rahel. >> reporter: jessica, police say of course this officer was just sitting in his car when he was ambushed and shot several times. he was on duty, when we learned today it is a job he always wanted to do. >> he continued right on into the academy. >> reporter: robert heart necessary says his son grew up wanting to be a police officer. thursday night the five-year veteran of the philadelphia police department faced every officer's worst fear. >> shots fire, shots fired. i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily. >> reporter: driving through 60th and spruce in west philadelphia police say he was ambush, shot at more than a dozen times and then struck three times in the arm. >> again the whole culmination of things, and everything involved in this, it is just both confounding and astonishing that he was able to escape it like this. >> reporter: before joining philadelphia police hartnett served on the east lansdowne police force for a year. the police chief there tells me he was a great officer, well like in the community and co

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon monday joins us at city hall with more tilts, rahel good evening. >> reporter: we're just now starting to see the snow falling at city hall. it's coming down lightly but very heavily and quickly. i'd say, meantime, take a look behind me. you can see a very thin lawyer of snow starting to accumulate, and taking a look the a that he is roads, already getting were the and of course, we know, this is just the beginning. the city of philadelphia is as good as closed. >> as a result of the snow emergency, all librarys and recreation centers will be closed this weekend. also, hearings scheduled for parking tickets and citations are also cancelled. >> reporter: ahead of this weekend's snow storm, philadelphia declared a snow emergency, much of septa's lines won't be running, 311 hours are extended and trash pickup is rescheduled to next week, as trash vehicles are converted to snow plows >> the plowing operations for the impending storm will require full deployment, over 400 plows and 600 personnel will be on the street as we announced yesterday. we ask th

rahel solomon was there and joins us now live, rahel, good afternoon. >> reporter: nicole, good evening. i'm told this was a open call type of an event so there were different causes for different protesters but when i asked why target mummers event a event set to be a celebration i was told this is where all of the people were. their causes were varied. >> black lives matter and then that is your other problems, like mass incarceration, economic problems, education problems. the it all comes together. >> reporter: their intended purpose singular. >> start off the new year for justice. >> reporter: an organizer with the local black lives matter group tells "eyewitness news" that about 150 protesters showed up, friday at the annual mummers take parade, an opportunity, they say, to raise awareness in front of the thousands. but some appeared to take issue were being here. >> i think all lives matter, it doesn't matter how are, we all count. >> reporter: spokeswoman for black lives matter say why the protest was non-violent, parade go's parentally hurled racial insults, and spat and threw

i'm rahel solomon. nicole brewer is off today. right now it is about 6:00 and in center city philadelphia here's meteorologist, justin drabick with eyewitness weather. good morning, justin. >> good morning, noir a lot of people waiting for the cold weather for the holidays, it is coming at us late but for the work week, it is here, it is january, so do you have expect it at some point. talking temperatures coldest air of the winter season, not record breaking cold, but, you know, in the 30's, that's big difference from what we were dealing with, that really comes in tomorrow. enjoy today. it is cold start. check it out. freezing at the airport, 24, up in allentown, and reading, 27 in millville, this hour, suburbs kind of the same deal. get outside the city temperatures really drop down. lower 20's this hour in quakertown, so there will be a lot of frost out there with the light wind. so scraping your car if it was outside through the overnight. winds, there you go, less than 10 miles per hour, at least we don't have nasty windchil

. >>> today it is january 30th, sat the day, good morning i'm rahel solomon. meteorologist justin drabick is here with eyewitness weather. justin what a difference a week makes. last week we were talking about snow this week much different. >> i necessity kid they like the the snow but it stays nice and quiet for weekend to get out and get the their things done. >> warm up a little bit. >> chill out. we are where we should be, for late january. we have a high of 40 degrees. that is close to average. the next week we will bring in warmer a air. already february crazy how time flies in this winter season so far. storm scan three nice and quiet, there you go maybe a few cloud up toward lehigh valley and that is it. quiet saturday. this entire weekend does stay quiet. temperatures are cold. mid 20's in a allentown. twenty-three in reading. twenty-seven in philadelphia a. here we go again, we have that melting process there during the the day and everything refreezes at night. watch out for untreated surfaces, the driveways, parking lot, could be icy and that will

eye witt the necessary news reporter, rahel solomon joins us live outside the high school alma matter, rahel solomon is in drexel hill to tell us more. >> reporter: monsignor bonner and prendergast is a small tight tonight community so when word spread about what happened to jesse hartnett as we heard in the story, it is especially hard. they help in the best way that they know how. >> it is like family when you have been here so long. >> reporter: after 27 years of working at a high will school, you might think that the names and faces of students start to blur but in the for miss rocco. >> very mannerly, always coming into say hello. >> reporter: philadelphia a police officer jesse hartnett a 2001 graduate of monsignor boner high school has recently become known to many aren't around the country after what police call this targeted ambush. >> i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily. >> reporter: officer hartnett was shot three times, since the shooting at least twice a day his alma matter prays for his recovery. >> as we pray this afternoon we ask everyone to continue to keep in your prayers

i'm rahel solomon. meteorologist justin drabick is outside on the the sky deck with eyewitness weather and a chillier forecast. >> that is right, get ready for another blast of artist air coming at us in the next 24 hours. today in the so cold. typical mid-january day. wind are calm outside. little chilly with temperatures generally holding in the low to mid 30's. officially, 36 degrees, sitting at freezing in wilmington, millville, 28 in mount pocono. we may drop another degree or two but these temperatures leveling off because there is clouds that will be rolling in from the south and west from the storm system that is developing off shore, there you go, suburbs, colder in quakertown, 27 degrees, 33 in willow grove. wind 10 miles an hour or calm, in some spots, it depend where you are, storm scan three it is quiet, we do have some areas of clear skies over the city and parts of the south central, new jersey. those included should thicken up in the morning and afternoon. generally mostly cloudy day and

it is sunday january 17th, i'm rahel solomon.eorologist justin drabick is out on the cbs-3 sky deck with eyewitness weather. justin, good morning to you. yesterday was so warm, i saw people walking outside without a coat, different this week, just a little. >> typical mid-january stuff. yesterday we were dealing with the heavier rains, this morning nice and dry but here comes the cloud and that is the rule today cloudy skies with cooler temperatures close to average upper 30's to 40's. wind are calm. no harsh wind chills this morning. thirty-five is official at the airport. thirty in millville and atlantic city. twenty-eight in mount pocono. coldest spots are some of the suburbs in the upper 20's. that is not terrible for this time of the year. late tonight when we will bring in colder air. wind from calm to six, 7 miles per hour out of the north west, that is about it. you know call it somewhat comfortable out here this morning. storm scan three is quiet, a few peaks of some sunshine throughout the morning hours otherwise genera

good morning, thanks for being with us, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm erika von tiehl.d quite a mess, we want to check in with justin drabick, good day for shoveling, what do you think? >> shoveling, who wants to shovel 2 feet of snow? >> never a good day for that. >> but will be a good day, sun will be out, don't expect whole lot of melting. temperatures struggle to get to freeing, still icy conditions out on the roads, that's the issue really now and for the next couple of days. trends will be for some miler air, and maybe hitting the four's, on tuesday, and no big rapid warm up. that's good thing, you doesn't want rapid warm ups, or a loft rain, then you talk about flooding potential. that won't happen this week. pretty quiet weather pattern checking out. nothing left of the storm, last of the snow showers moving off shore. skies clearing out nicely, again we go mostly sunny, especially, in the morning hours. check out some of these snowfall amounts. again, allentown is the g new all time record, 31.9 inches. malvern, 28.2, broomall, coming in at almost 2 feet at 22

today is sunday, january 31st, i'm rahel solomon.logist justin drabick is here joining us with the forecast and justina lot of people probably very happen bye this warm up. >> i think a nice welcomed break. you know it wasn't terribly cold but still chilly, you are looking at me like i'm crazy. i'm a a guy that goes outside without a jacket. we have spring-like temperatures this week so 50's, even 60's on the way especially on wednesday. we will deal with a little bit of rain. good news is we had a slow melting process over the last week. so not a huge flood threat but still could go to think about. but we lost that snow pack so far. check it out, times of the warming trend underway, anywhere from five to 18 degrees warmer. that is the trend over the next few days. highs running in the ten, 20 degrees above average. at freezing at the airport. south jersey, delaware you guys air above freezing, the exception is wilmington. many in the lehigh valley, north western suburbs still below freezing. watch out for patches of black ice, still

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon joins us live at county courthouse in media with details on this, rahel. >> reporter: well, jessica, prosecutors say that condition trucks fraud unfortunately is nothing new but what they say they have never seen before is how this suspect, met his alleged victim. >> this tile was cracked, this tile was crack here. >> reporter: right there on his kitchen floor constant remind are of what jack says was a real life nightmare. >> it has affect my health, it has affected my relationship with my family, it has affected me financially. i got up in the middle of the night angry. >> reporter: in need of home renovations he reached out to 39 year-old contractor vincent cantrail. he claims that the work that came at the a price of hundred thousand dollars, was shoddy. >> the wok man ship is despicable. >> reporter: investigators say he made out better than others, according to the arrest affidavit the owners of to this home paid more than $50,000 to have a two story addition added. but who they were paying isn't who they were thought they were paying. >>

." >>> good morning i'm rahel solomon. pedestrian is struck and killed on i-95 in bucks county, shutting down all lanes this morning. the accident happened around 5:00 a.m. in the southbound lanes, near the street road exit in cornwells heights. the the victim are deceased. in details why the pedestrian was walking a along i-95, the the accident this morning is under investigation. >>> and new lets turn to weather, meteorologist justin drabick in the weather center with a warm up. >> that is right, rahel, cold right now many areas down in the low to mid 20's. there could be a few icing spots left over but over next few days we have pretty good substantial warm up feeling like spring by next week. outside right now nice clear skies, we had a nice sunrise looking over at philadelphia sky line from the palmyra cove nature park, 27 degrees, wind are much calmer. storm scan three is quiet we will have have a few clouds rolling through but typical late january day high temperature up around 40 for philadelphia, lower 40's at the

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon is live in south philadelphia with more on a veggie creation, rahel. >> reporter: jessica, to this is something new pat's is trying every few weeks or so they will invite a chef down here and that person will then make a cheese stake of their choosing with all proceeding to go charity. the now folks here at the pennsylvania path's tell me they figure why not start the new year and with a healthy alternative to the cheese stake. with new years resolutions still fresh on our mind, pat's steaks is also trying something new. >> anything you want. >> reporter: 2016 spin on the age old philadelphia favorite. have the the cheese stake. >> it is an healthy alternative. >> reporter: inside is saute broccoli robb, avocado, red onion, mango, lime juice, egg and cheese. >> it looks great. >> reporter: those who wanted one were only asked to donate what they'd like. proceeds for the sandwich goes towards ovarian cancer research a cause chosen by the creator of the sandwich. >> my sister passed away from ovarian cancer nine years ago and this was a cause ver

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon is in university city with how people are fairing there tonight, rahel. >> reporter: well, jessica, west philadelphia streets got quite the beating up as well, now those main streets, they offer the most part passable and clear and what we have been seeing are smaller road. they are still snow covered, leaving neighbors wondering when their streets will be cleared of snow. days after philadelphia's fourth largest snowstorm, blanketed the city in white, this crippling effect is still plane to see. >> bunch of cars backup, stuck, even people left them. i would have never left my car and came back. >> reporter: while main roads were largely passable on monday, many two-way streets have been coverted to a inning will lane. this street in south philadelphia appeared to be completely untouched and perhaps unrecognizable. >> they have to come out and plow the the streets. they are plowing everybody else's street. >> reporter: commissioners of the streets department tells "eyewitness news" about 10,000 d this this weekend, and it is still all hand on deck

reporting live, rahel solomon, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> a lot of people are shaking their head. >> rahel, thank you. >>> let's break it down if you do really win what do you take home? he well, the government takes 25 percent so if you take 500 million-dollar a a annuity the government gets 125 million-dollar, and that means you are taking home 375 million-dollar. if you take the the 306 million-dollar one time pay out, it is 76 and a half million in taxes and your take, it is 229.5 million-dollar. don't forget that half there. >> are you going to play? >> i don't know, i should have done it this morning. >> i'm not. it ties big. too much fanfare. too much fanfare, balloons, big check. >> i will take the the 20 million, get my money and run. i will wait until it goes down. coming up tonight the at 11:00 o you if you become rich? vittoria woodill will break it down with the financial expert. >> it would be fun to see, somebody in the a area win. it may not be 500 million but one lucky gambler hit the biggest a atlantic city jackpot in three years on a penny slot. we will have that s

eye witt the necessary news reporter rahel solomon is live at police headquarters with the are latest on the investigation, rahel? >> reporter: well, jessica, police tell me this actually started with an incident saturday morning. they say the suspect showed up at this homeless shelter apparently after curfew, and was intoxicated. he was escorted out but sunday morning he return, apparently very upset and armed with a gun. >> from what the doctor told us there was no centimeters of him losing his life and it is heart. >> reporter: le mant barnham's dad said he never thought this vice place his 26 year-old son's would love would be the place he would almost lose his life. >> he loved it. every time i would turnaround he was there. >> reporter: at station house homeless shelter a at 2601 north broad, he and fell will owe employees a four three-year old edward barksdale were forced to escort john brook out. it was after curfew and brook was intoxicated. authorities say enraged, three two-year old brook snuck in sunday with delivery workers arm with a gun and equipped with a plan. >> he a

the reporting live, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rahel, thank you for that. >>> newlylect montgomery county d.a. is responding to a motion by bill cosby to have the criminal charges against him thrown out. cosby's accused of sexually assaulting a former temple university employee in the cheltenham township home, more than a decade ago. his lawyers argued that the criminal charge he now faces, violate a former d.a.'s pledge that he would never be charged over 2004 ebb counter. they accused new d.a. kevin steel of playing politics with a case to win an election. >>> in a statement steel says we are not surprised by this filing, which has, no merit. my office does not try any case the in the court of public opinion, we try them in the the court of law. we will be filing a response to their motion, and we will let our legal response to their motion speak for itself. >>> rolling stone magazine has released the full 17 minute video of the joachim guzman el chapo answering questions written by actor sean penn. this is just hours after the the mexican government showed video o

. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. a check on weather justin drabick, justin, it is chill forecast. >> yes, it is, actually enjoyed today. probably the warmest day of the week for the most part. talking about some true winter air coming at us, true arctic air, first of the season. so you got. that will newspaper set of skills, snow board for christmas, you will get your shot to use it for the next several days. because prime snow making conditions should be good conditions eventually up in the resort. but check it out outside right now. we take to you berks county, where it is 22 degrees, see the clear skies, getting ready for the sunrise, at in about 20 minute or so. west wind, 1 mile per hour, that's it, so calm morning, there will be frost out there, so you will be doing some scraping. freezing at the airport, 24 in allentown, 28 degrees in trenton, millville the mid 20's, quakertown, 23 degrees. 27 degrees in palmyra, new jersey. winds pretty much light. less than 10 miles per hour, so, no brutal windchills this mo

now "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon has more about this controversial case, from a local expert. more like hit documentary, making a murderer, the netflix series now making headlines, involves a wisconsin man steven avery as he is quick of raping and assaulting a woman. he spent 18 years in prison until another crime. the just years later he is accused of a brutal murder of another woman. do prosecutors have wrong guy again? many fascinated around the world seem to think so, jurors did not. >> there thinks kind of horrendous crime, it is difficult for them to say okay, we will let it go. someone has to be punish. >> reporter: philadelphia defense attorney nino tenari that many captivated by the series, he found the state's case to be a problematic. very agency involve in the initial rape and assault investigation, played a large role in the murder investigation. >> the best way that incurred, and, without any kind of controversy, was to exclude the other counties, and they didn't do that. >> reporter: critics say the series left out incriminating evidence and in a interview with

good morning, i'm rahel solomon in for nicole brewer.ustin dray brick out on the skydeck with eyewitness weather, justin, chilly work week forecast? >> that's right. it is cold outside right now, get used to it, it will be colder the next few days, winter weather lovers you will love this forecast coming up specially on monday and tuesday. now, here we are waking up sunshine right now, but temperatures cold, just agree above freezing at the airport, but, all the suburbs below freeze this hour. just outside the city 24, up in allentown, reading, 27 in wilmington, 29 in trenton. and, palmyra new jersey still at 30 degrees, 26 in doylestown, a lot of frost as well, you will be scraping this morning. winds pretty much calm to about 5 miles per hour out of the weeing southwest. this winds direction actually key today. talking highs, fifth greeks, before the cool down late tonight into tomorrow. storm scan3 quiet. mostly sunny conditions throughout your sunday. so big travel day, this morning, cold, 20's, 30's, responds nicely to the sun, afte

. >> i'm rahel solomon. let's get your sunday morning started with the latest from weather and traffic together. justin, meisha here with the conditions as everyone is waking up, guys, so excited about the sun today. even just little sun. >> we'll take it. >> right on. >> yes, like justin said earlier it, won't heat us up too much, so probably not going to melt all of the ice and snow that we're seeing, and really, right now, it is still very slip rip out there. in fact, we just saw live spin out not too long ago, happened on the 42 freeway, so dangerous conditions still, although we do have the sun, so just fin, that's our silver lining i suppose. >> we'll take it. >> we will take that. even tomorrow, even potentially tuesday morning, still, there will be icy spots. because we will get slow melt. we will get up to freezing today. areas in the sun, do melt, but then just all refreeze z again tonight. so do you have watch out for the untreated surfaces over the next day or two. but the storm is gone, long gon

. >>> today is sunday january 31st, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. meteorologist justin drabick is here with eyewitness weather. the justin, it is end of the january but feels like spring already. >> last sunday everybody was digging out to day we can enjoy it. >> we deserve it. >> yes, we do. >> you were out getting blasted in montgomery county. i was in the weather lab. do you know what your anchors were doing, donovan and nicole brewer. >> they were eating. >> because they didn't clean up their mess, yes. >> very nice, nicole and jim. >> yes. >> there is butter in here too. >> look at that. >> that is in the cool, but hey, everybody relax this weekend, enjoy, good day to wash your car with the sunshine, temperatures up around 50 degrees. check it out right now. we are at 34 at the airport. a few areas below freezing. in allentown, reading, upper 20's. a few areas of icy conditions, that will quickly melt, this morning. wrapped change in temperatures, check it out, compared to this time yesterday we were four to 18 degrees warmer. that is the warm

>>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon.ustin drabick joining us now with a forecast and justin, can you believe it is already the end of january. where did the winter go it has president felt bad. >> we are coming off our coldest time of the year in the mid-january. we are in the heart of the winter. february is actually our most snowy month. >> we don't need to put any of that energy out there people who like spring like temperatures will really like the next several days because we will start that warming trend to daze up around 50. each day gets warmer through the the the first half of the upcoming weekend. we will peak in the lower 60's on wednesday, it comes with a little bit of rain as well. there you go, warming trend has begun, three to 16 degrees warmer compare to 24 hours ago. it is still cold right now, and a lot of numbers are below freezing, even here in the city, or at least at the the airport 31 degrees. allentown and reading at 26. watch out for untreated surfaces, they could be slick this morning with the b

january 30th, good morning i'm rahel solomon. meteorologist justin drabick with eyewitness weather and justin, we have been saying it all morning but what a difference since last week it was cold, snowing. >> yeah, i was running around like a mad man in here n and out. i'm's bored. i don't know what to do today. >> we have all these changes. >> that too but nice quiet weekend, that is what i'm talking about. the it will warm up. we have a couple shots for rain, let's put it that way. shower chances monday, and then better chance of steadier rain coming in on wednesday. so, here we go, we have temperatures this morning, it is cold. we saw melting yesterday, we're refreezing a as well, so 26 in philadelphia, 23 in allentown. watch out for icy conditions on those untreated road, bridges, overpasses, possibly, some of the driveways. twenty-three in doylestown. that is one of the cold spots. we have a super weekend, we have a refreeze. high temperatures above freezing, yesterday, and we saw 20's right now. we will get it again tonight

. >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon.this morning with an on-going barricade situation in the walnut hill neighborhood of philadelphia. it happened around 6:00 this morning when police responded to call for a man barricaded in a building. this is taking place in the 4900 block of chestnut street. no word yet on what caused the situation but of course we will continue to follow the story and bring you the latest throughout the day. turn now to weather justin drabick joining us now in the weather center. justin a sober overnight but supposed to be nice day in store. >> turning out to be decent day rahel, that's right. temperatures actually going to be above average today. most of the rain has now exited the region. check it out. outside take to you the shore we're seeing a little sunshine. not bad start to the morning. few people out on the ocean city boardwalk. little bit cooler temperatures in the 40s but at least steady rain well to the north and east around new york city right now. so we'll generally clear thing oulittl

good morning, i'm rahel solomon.g us on the "eyewitness weather" center, justin, certainly a wet start to the week but thing are changing. >> right. it got a little bit rough last night. heavy rain rolling through. >> overnight. >> yeah. good news for the weekend people have plans outside looking okay. actually temperatures really not that bad for mid january. >> very mild. >> get up to around 50. don't get used it to. bring that colder air back. you know it will happen once again talking about another shot of arctic air coming in our forecast but today, here's what's happening right now. the last of the rain really rolling through from the city off to the north and east. the heaviest rain up towards the lehigh valley again give it a 15 minutes or half an hour most areas will begin to dry out you may get a stray sprinkle lingering that's about it. so hold off heading outside for another half hour most areas should be okay. little bit cool this morning. 43 at the airport. we are in the 30s to the far north and west le

. >> i'm rahel solomon. justin, meisha, a keeping ion things this morning, we just heard justin might see some sun. hoping for it. >> we will see some sun. >> there it is. >> there is our silver lining. that's what we've been waiting to talk b we do no still teens, 20's, temperatures, still keep the roads nice and frozen for our computers today. >> got that right. really the trends, probably for another 24 hours or so, because we will get the melting going on, slow process, but then it all refreeze z again each night. still talking about some teens, coming at us for low temperatures, so it will be a slow clean up process. today not bad day to get outside, fire up the snow blower, break out the shovels. get the work outgoing n check out storm scan3, there you go, the snow is ending, just exiting cape cod right now, that's the last of the storm system. left with just some clear skies, nothing happening across the midwest. so that's going to be the trend. nice quiet weather pattern shaping up for the next 24 ho

reporting from police headquarters, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> stay with "eyewitness news" for very latest on the officer a ambush, we will have have new information on the air and on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> switching gears, talking sports, eagles coaching search has taken an unexpected turn, reports surfacing that the bird are set the to interview former giants head coach, tom coughlin on monday. coughlin resigned as giant's head coach last monday and he had been with the giants for 12 season and put together 102 wins which includes two super bowls. shortly after that reports surfaced that the 69 year-old would consider coaching again, if the situation was right. coughlin has within year left on his contract so the eagles had to ask the giants permission to talk with him. now we spoke with some eagles fans to see what they thought have of coughlin as a candidate for the eagles. >> you can't really a argue with tom coughlin. his resume ace is macing. >> i think tom is a little old but he does bring two super bowls to the table. i'm a little excited about t

good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm erika von tiehl.he snow, at least not falling any more, but oh, so much to clean up. right now we're hoping it moment sometime soon. we want to check in with justin in the weather center. what a storm. >> top four. >> winter came all at once. >> it did. >> it can go away now. >> typical, el nino systems, pretty much large like 2010, that winter we three big once. >> yes. >> back in the sunshine today, clean up, big dig out. hopefully get melting down, slow process, get the melting during the day, but so cold at night. a lot of refreezing going on this week. no big storms to talk about this week, that's great news. temperatures, each day, actually get little warmer, talk about some 40's, coming up as well. here is the latest on storm scan3, that snow moving off shore, so everybody's now dry, the snow has ended, clouds continuing to push east, so clear over philadelphia. eventually, we see the clear skies over southern new jersey. so, look at some of the snowfall amounts, allentown sets new record for t

rahel solomon joins us from south philadelphia she has been talking with hopefuls and looking at what all that money, could buy, rahel, good evening. >> good evening, ukee. well, odds, of course are very slim but somebody has to win, right. so today we went to some spots in our area that are used to offering the best of the best, and learn what previous winners, spent most of their money on. >> i don't play a lot but i play when it is a lot of money. >> reporter: as you are thinking ahead to all that money and fabulous things, 500 million-dollar can buy, how about what people who won before have bought. >> stone cluster vannear throughout the dash. >> when it comes to choosing a car one does not cut it. >> they bought one of each. they did buy a lamborghini and rolls royce. >> reporter: with 500 million why choose, and for another winner one trip to the jewel willry store also wasn't enough. >> at first it was a shock. then still very good customers. >> reporter: looking for a new place to lay your head at night? this beautiful home in rittenhouse is on the market. it is also one of t

. >>> today is saturday, january 16th, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. right now, it is about 42 degrees. 6:00 o'clock in center city philadelphia this morning. and meteorologist justin drabick joining us now. that rain overnight was so hea heavy. i could hear it from inside of my house. >> really no one wants it to rain the weekend. it will be out of here pretty fast-moving system. that's what we like. you can digit umbrella in most areas already this morning. as we've seen that drier weather return in from the southwest to northeast maybe a few lingering showers up towards northern lehigh valley northampton county near trenton right now, still some light rain, even in the poconos but that is ending really in the next few minutes. most areas stay dry through the rest of this morning and we should see a little bit of sunshine late this morning into the afternoon. not full sun. we'll just call it partly sunny. temperatures for mid january it's not bad in the morning. low to mid 40s from the city on south and east. it does get colder in some of the suburb

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon live for just king of prussia. what's it like out that way? >> reporter: well, you know, jim, nicole, good morning, not much better than everything else we've been hearing, you can see sort of in our shot how heavily the snow is coming down, when you couple that with the strong winds, it is just absolutely awful out here. take a look right now, you can see some of the right now route 202 and henderson in king of prussia where also the snow coming down quite heavily, quite forcefully, and these winds are just not making it easier. if we can take a look up now to the american flag, just the side where we're standing, and as this winds starts to pick up, you can see just how forceful these winds are, how it is whipping the flag back and forth, so just not making it an easy commute for anyone who has to be out on those roads. this morning we took the schuylkill on our way in, those roads, snow covered, not many cars out there, we did see quite a few snow plows, montgomery county officials morning telling me they have t

reporting live rahel solomon, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you.igh school basketball coach scene here allegedly head bu butting a referee has returned to his teaching job. jerry devine on administrative leave from neshaminy high school since the incident on januar january 5th. at that time, he was indefinitely suspended from his head coaching position. that suspension does remain in effect. the school district will not comment further on devine's status. >>> arraignment scheduled this afternoon for a new jersey father accused of murdering his toddler son. dj creato charged with first degree murder in the death of his three-year-old son brendan. cree yacht tow reported him missing from his haddon township home on october 13th. brendan's body was found in cooper river park few hours later. his attorney maintains his client's innocence. >> when this first happened, i called it a parent's worst nightmare. i thought nothing could be worse, and i think this actually is. to not only lose son but now to be the one accused of killing him. >> autopsy and to

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon shows us the ballet's response that is generate ago lot of buzz>> ♪ >> reporter: dancers at pennsylvania ballet the are a accustomed to a applause for their performances but lately they are getting a lot of support for facebook posts. >> i guess the one that probably did push a couple of my buttons that they played like they were in t utu's as a derogatory comment. >> reporter: ballet a's reaction to that comment has since gone viral writing in part, with all due respect to the eagles, let's take aminate what our t utu wearing woman have done this month. adding they have no second string to come in when they need a break and ending with if the eagles had played like they were wearing t utu we would all be looking forward to the playoffs, ouch. >> it is not easy, it is very athletic. every day vice athletic. >> reporter: for folks who say ballet dancing isn't a sport, people here at pennsylvania ballet may say thaw are right, that is because it is like multiple sports. >> versatility and moves like a basketball player, the coordination of the hocke

. >>> today is saturday, i'm rahel solomon justin drabick is here with eyewitness weather.e at the end of january and on a warm note. >> part of the winter we are coming out of normally the coldest time period of the ca

. >>> today is sunday, january 17th good morning, i'm rahel solomon.in the eyewitness weather center. good morning. a chillier forecast this week. yesterday we had temperatures in the 50's. >> beautiful. >> different story coming out of this week. today is a transition

to that and officer is being treated at penn presbyterian medical center, our rahel solomon is live, and continues our team coverage, rahel. >> reporter: well, jessica all day we have seen philadelphia a police officer coming in and out of penn presbyterian. many people, that i spoke to some of the officers briefly saying that, of course, they are disturbed by what happened but also a lot of people tonight just in shock and relieved that somehow he survived this shooting and now a appears to be on his way to recovery. >> i'm very proud of him. he is a wonderful person. >> reporter: holding back tears robert hartnett shares word he said to his wounded son officer jesse hartnett. police say the the three three-year old was shot three times late thursday night in an ambush. >> shots fired, shots fired. i'm bleeding heavily. >> all cars stand by we have an officer shot. >> reporter: crews rush hartnett to penn presbyterian where he is listed in stable condition. philadelphia police say he will likely have to undergo more surgery. >> it will be a long day, as i said, i will go back, get th

i'm rahel solomon. nicole brewer is off today. and in center city philadelphia here's meteorologist, justin drabick with eyewitness weather. good morning, justin. >> good morning, noir a lot of people

restaurant, and, lancaster avenue in west philadelphia that is where "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon joins us live with details, rahel. >>> for the most part, and, one of those business, and, located, just next door to a vacant property. they fell victim to this crime. >> he is obviously a very craft i, >>> and, and, >>> and, and, intended goals. and, restaurant, realized, able, first, noticing the misplaced cash register. and, the suspect. >> and, our suffering at this point. so it is a big loss, and, a lot of money. it is a huge loss. >> and, in case you are wondering philadelphia police say the suspect, left the restaurant the same way he came in apparently through that hole in the wall. they do however believe that he is a local person so they are hoping that someone sees this surveillance video, possibly recognizes the suspect, and gives them a call. reporting live from west philadelphia, rahel sol machine for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you, rahel. >>> garbage truck explodes on the neigh had street and it is recorded on camera. this video captures by new jersey advanced,

the city is now under a snow emergency, and "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon is live at city hall with more preparations, rahel. >> reporter: jessica, good evening. we just heard from cleve and alex that they are starting to see snow. here in center city, in the quite yet. still nothing on the ground. it is looking relatively normal for a friday evening. we are seeing a lot of people still at work. some people getting their jog in. as we know in a few hours this will feel, and look, a lot dip rent. whether you're staying at home, and entertaining. >> i got people coming over this weekend and i don't know, where they will park. >> reporter: or forced to brave the road for work. >> it is in the really that far but just trying to get down here, you know, still a short distance but still may be a problem. >> reporter: this weekend's storm is bringing with it headaches of all kinds. city leaders strongly encourage everyone to stay home, and if you do, you'll need to keep trash close too. >> folks that normally have friday trash and recycling services will not have those services, t

stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a family, now one alleged victim is speaking out, i'm rahel solomon, coming up, the warning for homeowners. >>> it is 6:00 o'clock. we're feeling the chill of yet again a bitter blast that is hanging around but we have also got our eye on some potential, winter weather. we have a shot at seeing some snow but big question is how much? good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. meteorologist kate bilo is on the cb36789 sky deck where she's keeping a close eye on things, hi kate. >> this is going to be a significant winter storm for many up and down the eastern seaboard, not only in the form of snow but major coastal impacts as well. we cannot overlook that. snow is more fun to talk about but we will talk about very strong wind, coastal flooding and beach erosion as this major system moves up the coast. that would be friday into saturday. more on those impacts in a moment. let start off with how it feels outside. it is pretty coal n fact another frigid night on deck. it is 27 in philadelphia. twenty-five in allentown. eighteen in mount poco

we head out to "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon. h, liver in king of prussia hey, rahel? >> actually seems like the snow has light ends a bit, maybe the winds light ends up, eased up a bit. so for now, being just a tad more tolerable than earlier we mover across from the kop mall, parking lot, as you can see out here, crews hard at work trying to clear this parking lot as much as they can. penndot tweeting this morning, say, they're out there, doing the best they k but simply said, you shouldn't expect clear roads, with conditions being what they are, the snow coming down, quite heavily. the winds, being something really difficult for them to deal with. the roads are just simply not going to be clear, certainly, doing the best that they can. but these conditions, just really not making it easy for crews this morning, and now as we move locations, we want to sort of see what the roads were looking like, as the storm progressed, as the snow continues to fall, as those winds picked up. not looking much better, since this morning, maybe

. >>> a facebook user slams philadelphia eagles and another institution in just one post, i'm rahel solomon fighting back and what does ballet have have to do witt. >>> you might want to get closer. you need any kind of warmth you can find, if you are out and about. the coldest air of the season is upon us, however, there is good news ahead. that wind chill that made the wind so ice cold is getting out of here. hi everybody good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. a code blue is back in effect for camden county and that means it can be dangerously cold. we will get our first look at the forecast with meteorologist kate bilo live on the sky deck, kate. >> dangerous cold indeed ukee and guess contact when you talk about temperatures in the teens that can be dangerous for those who may not have a place to get warm through the overnight hours. got news is the wind not as biting as it was at this time last night and that means those nasty wind chills we felt feeling like sub zero for a time last night in philadelphia a that is not something we will have to contend with tonight. th

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon has very latest. >> he was very abrasive, very arrogant. >> reporter: lawyer doug says he was dumbfounded when he realized suspect shooter edward archer was a previous client. >> someone wanted to get things done his way right away. >> reporter: that was several years ago through an aggravate add all the and firearms charge. >>> shot fired, i'm's bleeding heavily. >> hartnett was shot three times in the arm. and he did it in the name of islam. that powe lease ate contrary to the quran. law enforcement will in the say if archer was connected to the larger terrorist organization. meantime, dolphin suspected the alleged acts could be a lone wolf attack. >> in 2013 it was muslim. >> upper's mother reportedly told the philadelphia inquirer her son had been hearing voices and needed hell help. but people appear to be home saturday, no one answered the door a at archer's home address. a neighbor however did have this to say. >> it is kind of shocking. you know somebody could be living that close and something in your neighborhood. >> adding that whil