good morning i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan and katie and meeshia will be here in a minute. here's what you need to start your day in the morning minute. >> a bar manager is dead after a security guard pulls a gun on boss in east germantown. >> 4-year-old bar manager was conscious and talk when police arrived and later died at the hospital. investigators are questioning the security guard. the wife of orlando night club shooter is appearing in court today. she was arrested yesterday in san francisco and accused of aiding and abetting terrorism. >> and the number of lawmakers planning to boycott don bell's presidential inauguration is now 42 including four from our region. >> and i think it's a great thing. >> new laws giving more options to beer drinkers in pennsylvania starting today. beer disstrushtors can sell any capacity. >> i thought it was huge. i probably should have been a little more afraid that i was. i was just so inspired by seeing this amazing creature. >> well, that video lit up social media yesterday. >> yeah, people who visited wild life reserve at lakeland

. >> i'm rahel solomon and katie and meeshia joining us keeping an eye on things. >> good morning. >> the roads so far looking okay. we have a house fire in con hocken and we'll look at that. a lot of construction out there as well. i think the overall real story is freezing rain. we're going going to see it. >> it's a minor problem and localized problem but it's a problem. it's something we have to talk about. let's back it up and talk stat ikdz really quickly. and you know, after seeing somewhat of a drought in recent months here it's interesting to report that we've actually had measurable rain and nine out of the last 17 days. so, through the month entirely of january so far more than half the time we had rain to actually measure. at philly international. so it didn't amount to a heck of a lot only shy of 1.4" here and regardless i found that to be interesting statistic that we're starting to see more and more rounds of precip coming on in here most of which has in fact been rain and not snow. meanwhile looking at storm scan at the more localizeed zoom how there's one pocket outsi

. >> aim rahel solomon, a a new way to by beer in pennsylvania starting today first the forecast. >> you got me 4:30 in the morning. >> early here. >> this is like our happy hou hour, right? >> that is true. happy hour at 4:00 in the morning that is true, jim, welcome back and good morning, everyone, happy tuesday, roads are looking good and they're nice and dry. >> already, trart starting to see activity on the radar. we'll get to that right away. some has the possibility to freeze on contact. that is not true everywhere. we have a freezing rain advisory to tell you about. at the moment storm scan the norp half of our region not looking bad. you go to delaware, southern new jersey, and showers are starting to work their way n we put things into motion. this is a three hour loop. look closely a hypothetical of pink showing up. it's not necessarily immediate concern. but with time this morning and up to ten this morning freezing rain advisory is going to be worthwhile to have in place in berks, lehigh, north am top county,s points west into the poconos. you could have rain freezing on

good morning, i'm rahel solomon, so lets get your day, your week, your year, started with a forecast. justin drabick joins us now. >> yes. >> i have to rock glasses again for this hit. you guys are with me. i like clear ones better. >> you cannot have them. >> but, weather looks quiet. it looks like the week is all over the place. >> yes, it is january, we will get no real snow shots though. we will get rain in here. today all is quiet. great news for outdoor activity. can't take you serious. >> i know. >> 50 degrees on our way up to this afternoon from philadelphia there we go. pretty cool, thanks, to our floor director. having some fun here this morning. it will be a fun day outside heading to the mummers parade. weather cooperating. clear skies, we're in the sunshine. live look at center city. 40 degrees at the airport. dropped a degree. the southeasterly wind keeping temperatures on the milder side. bringing wind chills down. we will need gloves, heavier

i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha of course keeping an eye on things this morning, busy morning for you both. >> oh, yes. it will be very busy. i know katie you're feeling my pain, as well. waking up already because of some of the weather elements with downed trees and all of that, but really the bridge, find that fracture in one of the beams that we will be talking about all morning long, that could be very dangerous. >> huge, huge story for people taking the turnpike for sure. you said it, the rain, the wind. >> the wind. i look like don king walking in here this morning, my hair was blowing around. >> well, i don't know what you did, but it looks fantastic. >> pick up and fly away. >> i'll say it right now, thank you producers for not putting me on the second, i would be like mary poppins and blow away. storm scan, not all that active yet. yes, there are some mist, some drizzle, already certainly some activity on the roadways, when it comes to, you know, the spray from the vehicles. however, the bu

be sur >> and good morning i'm rahel solomon.ecting a record turnout for today's doctor martin luther king day of service and record of volunteers is expected for the second annual great philadelphia day of service it honors dr. king's legacy by transforming national holiday to a day of citizen action philadelphia hosts the largest in the country. let's check the forecast with katie and katie and for some they may be outside for the projects. >> the weather will be cooperative for all those plans you may v even if are you waiting for the bus here today the weather will cooperate. sun glare is an issue. it's bright and very you know bright blue sky and sunny out there right now. i definitely would have winter coat ready to go and sun glasses to battle sun glare. the clouds beginning to lift in from southwest this is beginning of warm front lifting come tomorrow and as early as tonight with a spotty shower. mainly tomorrow that will be when main activity take place. still light winds and rain amounts upwards of quarter of inch and

. >> i'm rahel solomon. live where the demonstration is underway. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, of course, this is a highly visible time for mars, protests and demonstrations. at the moment, right now, they are assembled across the street just outside of city hall they specked about 300 to participation according to the organizers of this march. we're also told that there are some fusses en route -- buses en route to add to the crowd that's growing right now. i would estimate about 75 to 100 here on the north side of city hall. now, the march is expected to leave city hall any moment right now. what is going to happen, they'll go up franklin parkway, this is the junior from friends select school. their mission to bring awareness to ' qual rights for women and their position is that an equal rights amendment should be passed now it is important to note all of this was planned well in advance of tomorrow's ceremonies, in washington dc. >> we're going to march from city hall down to eakin's oval and at eakin's oval there will be a rally where we h

. >> airport surveillance video obtained by "tmz", good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. we told you -- told you about a millville man killed in the attack, now learned a second victim is from delaware. >> reporter: florida officials have now identified 69 year old marie louise, as one killed during the shooting at the hollywood international airport, the second victim with ties to the delaware valley. police say esteban santiago killed five and wounded six either in the airport's baggage claim area, and now a sheriff's deputy in florida is suspended following the leak of what appears to be surveillance video showing the shooter in action that day. broward sheriff scotties ray he will recently spoke about the case. >> who ever is this, as despicable -- >> deputy michael singman, veteran assigned to the airport for several years, could be responsible for leaking the video to gossip site "tmz". he's now suspended with pay. and under investigation for disclosure or use of confidential criminal justice information discretion and conduct on becoming an employee. broward mayor

i'm rahel solomon.eyewitness news" reporter joe hold den on temple's campus. he joins us live from north philadelphia with more on the incident. joe, what do you know? >> reporter: rahel, jim g afternoon. at this point, police have determined that that suspicious device a belt with wires contained no trace of explosives. i spoke to two maintenance workers who actually made the discovery. they said from the appearance of that heavy duty belt with wires protruding from it they were absolutely compelled to call police. that call went out to 911 just after 9:00 o'clock this morning. now as a result, temple school of engineering building at 12th and norris was evacuated, and about a dozen classes were halted. police shut down the area while they investigated to determine exactly what they were dealing with. the bomb squad did detonate that belt and ran tests that determined no trace of explosi explosives. >> it's a thick, very thick belt of commercial grade possibly military style had some wires coming out o

. >> i'm rahel solomon. the families behind the lawsuit were sent back to their countries of origin. joining within the hour for an update on those families. were detained turned away within landing, and they say their loved ones deserve justice. >> this is extremely unfair and inhuman to stop a mother from seeing her daughters after years, and treating her like a criminal. >> it was a shock to hear that they were sent back the way they were. to send -- not to give them a phonecall or translator or an attorney, to give them the option, how they sends them back so quickly was just heart breaking. >> and mayor kenney again criticized the travel ban and president trump. we will have much more on the lawsuit and the stories every these local families coming up on "eyewitness news" starting at 5:00. >> meantime several airlines are promising full refunds to those travelers caught in president trump's travel ban. american united and delta airlines say they're complying with the president's order, but they're also

. >> heim rahel solomon. cleve bryan is live in the northern part of ocean city where the flooding is still making travel tricky. cleve, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, jim and rahel. you're right. things are getting back to normal but getting back to normal takes little while. even though it's low tide now, you can see there's still flooding here at third and west avenue in ocean city. about 6-inch to a foot of water still on third street here. the wind advisory is over the wind has died down it takes will for all this to drain back into the bay because the bay has got to drain out to the ocean, and it's all delayed on the tides. let's take look at the video from earlier when there was a high tide here in ocean city. many of the roads impassible because of that street flooding, and we talked to the ocean city office of emergency management. they said that they didn't have any major safety issues although they did have to rescue several people from their homes at certain points for medical reasons

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. president-elect donald trump will take oath of office on friday and troopers will be helping to keep inauguration ceremony safe. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us live from the state police moorestown station with more, good afternoon, cleve. >> reporter: good afternoon, rahel. it doesens of state troopers wearing their casual clothing as they got ready to take a three hour bus ride, down to washington d.c., to become part of history. with the profession and personal gear for four days, new jersey state troopers pack up for a special mission to washington tc but they will be helping to provide security at president-elect trump's inauguration. >> we don't have our specific assignment yet, we will be given that upon our arrival in d.c. >> reporter: at least 25 groups after replied to the national park service for permits, and security forces expect a record number of protest groups. experts redick more than a million people will be at nation's capitol and more than a third

no one was injured but students are getting a day off, good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan, live to bryn mawr, delaware county where "eyewitness news" reporter jim holding is gathering some information for us, good afternoon, joe. >> jim, rahel, good afternoon. what we've learn so far according to the archdioces of philadelphia, school officials here at saint coleman john newman entered the building way early this morning and noticed that something wasn't right with, and from that, they realized there was a smell of natural gas, some windows blown out into the rear of the school building. blown out window at saint coleman john newman parish school, that's the damage left behind after explosion happened in the boiler room according to a spokesman for the archdioces of philadelphia. from chopper three, you can see firefighters moving through the first floor of the catholic grade school in bryn mawr. investigators haven't determined what caused the explosion. we're told it happened hours before the school day was set to begin. the sixth graders were concerned to hear th

good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. the question: how long will that wet weather stick around? meteorologist, katie fehlinger, timing it all out in the cbs-3 weather center. hi, kate. >> i hey guys, this is what started off as a somewhat innocent beginning to the day, early this morning, it was granted little bit of poor visibility, some fog issues, little bit of fine mist, but now you have got this mess over my shoulder, let's take that full screen in a second. i do want to show you just a very tell-tail camera, the raindrops on the camera lens in center city philadelphia, very poor visibility kind of day f we were behind a windshield in a car we would be flicking the windshields wipers as i'm sure the traffic there at spring garden and broad street intersection there, all doing the same, because the rain continues to fall. there it is, on storm scan. this is three hour loop we're looking at, been with us now for many hours, and we've already seen several tents of an inch. we will talk more about some of the rainfall totals so far little later in the show. but this rain contin

. >> i'm rahel solomon. >> promising basket of snow, sleet, freezing rain. katie fehlinger in the weather center, what could be a messy commute. >> the case here guys, we wait for warmfront to pass through. so might sounds little like an oxy-moron here, dealing with warmfront, why are we going to see wintery weather just too cold at the onset when the front starts to cross through so worry about icing. more localized level, looks like good bands every snow, right. >> having difficulty reaching the ground, so while you might see some snowflakes, don't bank on any real accumulation out of this, sort of just more than anything a passing batch of very light snow, if that for most of us. and then it is later on into the evening that we really have to get our guard up here what promises to be tricky evening drive for us. so, anywhere from western montgomery, upper bucks county, all point north, where you see winter weather advisory take effect tonight. it expires little later for some of up, but does start at 6:00 p.m. for everyone. so, of course, perfectly bad ti

good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. more on the fire in prospect park coming up. first, here's what you need to start your day and of course our morning minute. >> ♪ >>> crazy people came and shooting everything. >> delaware county man hurt in the shooting. says had i his cell phone saved his life. >> i'm just happy. >> jake raak recovering in a istanbul hospital. >> intense flames ripped through home in delaware county. >> the fire heavily damaged this home as well as neighboring home. >> freezing rain that's going on out there right now. advisory posted for good portion of the area. >>> penn state playing in the rolls bowl for the first time since 2009. >> we're season ticket holders. we wouldn't miss this for the world. and just something we've been looking forward to for years, now it is a culmination. >> the annual mummers parade started down broad street yesterday. >> i love how it just everyone just in a good spirit on the holiday. really fun to be here. >> another reason people are in a good spirit, is because the eagles won. >> and i've got katie spoiled

. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> i pray to god that someone comes forward. >> a mother praying for justice after her son, a solder is brutally beaten after the mummers parade. reward is thousand being offered. >>> developing right now former president george hw bush is hospitalized in houston this morning where we're told he is in stable condition. >>> president obama holds his final news conference. >> in doubt he will be asked about his decision to commute sentence of chelsea manning former army intelligence analyst serving time for leaking u.s. secrets. >>> here's what trump said to the london times, he said one of the first order i will sign , day one, which i will consider to be monday as opposed to friday or saturday, right, i heene my day one is going to be monday because i don't want to be signing and get it mixed up with lots of celebration. how to you mix up signing with celebra

. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. right out to katie right now, check on the forecast. so katie i didn't see anything outside when i was getting into my car this morning. >> yes, looked like the roads were just wet. >> yes, even right now, i am not seeing a single flake out here on the cbs-3 skydeck. certainly we are finding it in some locations, but behind me, yes, there is virtually nothing. even if we do see couple of flakes, it will be pretty few and far between in the city specifically. but go far enough south, even south of i-95, see totally different story unfold here. take a look at storm scan3. that really telling that story pretty well right now. as you can see, right there, across southern new jersey, central southern delaware, we do still have some pretty decent snow currently falling. let me zoom it out one time. see this in its entirety. yes, pretty wimpy looking system. it does again have very light to moderate snow with it, and with that said, as had mentioned, we do have winter weather advisory to tel

. >> i'm rahel solomon. lauren casey tracking the storm in the cbs-3 weather center. what a morning, what's the latest now? >> we continue to deal with conditions that we have been dealing with over the last several hours throughout the morning. winds continuing to whip strong wind gusts, check out some of the wind gusts already, as we look down the shore, right now, you can see, the winds driving that rain, driving the ocean water as we get live look at ocean city. cape may county, new jersey, the most rough conditions being had along the coast where winds gust of 63 miles per hour in cape may. 52 miles per hour in ocean city. you think about tropical storm force, that starts criteria at around 39 miles per hour. we're at 47-mile per hour winds in reading and in northeast philly, winds gusting to 45 already. and we have had some storm report traffic light down in atlantic city, power outages in lumberton, home in lewes, delaware, unfortunately, likely to see more of these type reports, as we head into the afternoon. high winds warning in effect for philadelphia surro

. >> i'm rahel solomon. people in south jersey, delaware, waking to up some snow this morning. live look now from vineland, you might have to deal with slick roads because of the snow, plus, it won't last all day. >> so for more on how long the snow will stick around let's turn to katie over in the weather center. >> primarily morning issue, pretty modest one-3 inches absolutely max. we showed you storm scan. you see it over my shoulders. full screen one more time. i want to show you what's going on with this. we do actually have rain mixing in here, cold enough, the timing just right well enough on our side that you'll find snow sticking and accumulating primarily through the southeastern portion of our area. little tighter look here, probably finding couple of flakes son i-95, but i'll need to send to you cumberland county, kent, sussex, winter weather advisory posted until noon today, periods of snow, primarily delaware, southern new jersey, allentown looking for it, sorry, you get gipped this time. north of bucks county, montgomery county, don't expect anything out of this,

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good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon.can find the school closings at the bottom of our screen or on our website cbsphilly.com. now a check with weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> good morning, everyone, happy monday to you. very cold, icy conditions, and we have a lot going on on the roadways, not to mention water main break of course now ice. so busy in the traffic department. >> anything that even was just the tiniest little puddle of standing water absolutely frozen at this point. what i will say on my own drive in, man, crews did great job, the side streets, though, and meisha will have lot of field cameras throughout the morning, side streets even just side walks and the edge of highway. maybe not completely cleared out. so stay in your lane really that's the storiment storm scan p three, nice and clear, throwing to the satellite model over top it, really is clear sky for most every us. few high clouds starting to build in through the western suburbs, generally, clear sky, temperature had a chance to botto

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. good morning, ladies. >> still coming in we will have a wet commute, i would say it is something we are starting to see problems with already. i know we need rain. the grass needs rain. >> yes. >> yes. >> they all need rain. i want them to have it. but i don't want it the for our morning commute. >> yes. >> exactly. >> but, thankfully at least there is not too much more left. >> good. >> at this point. the va from the vehicles will still get you even if it is not the actually raining but looking at storm scan three it is starting to empty out. i want to put things in motion here what you'll notice here, pretty tease event batch of rain that rolls throughout of ocean and monmouth county in the last few hours as well as burlington, ocean, this was just in philadelphia county. things will begin to empty out here. while we will not see a lot of sunshine rain itself will stop and be left with the va from the vehicles and damp start to the day. with that said, notice temperature in mount po

. >> i'm rahel solomon. all that plus disturbing finds at pennsylvania school. first, let's check the forecast with katie and the roads with meisha. >> the roads are looking dry for all intents and purposes, no accidents out there, just missing manhole cover, random stuff. >> missing manhole cover? >> it is exciting in the traffic center. just never know what you will get. >> we do potentially have another squawl like came through last night. i have nice coating on my own front lawn. careful out there. if it looks wet, expect it will have frozen over, hopefully not as big after deal. you said it, dry right now, in terms of what storm scan has up its sleeve. taking a look at it right now, anything that tried to build in has in factises recalled in the last say two and a half hours here. but there isn't a larger clipper system that's moving in. and clipper by its very nature tends to bring very little moisture. yep, we will see some snow. i don't think we see it here accumulate in the city. the only accumulation you will have to go north specifically up toward the

. >> i'm i'm rahel solomon. >> like what day of the week? >> it is early, it is a new years, and here is katie fehlinger. >> we always remember our name at least. see, holidays, mondays, throw you off. >> most people are off today, too. >> lucky them. certainly if you can stay inside right now, not have to go anywhere, i really want you to do that, leads into the weather story. mentioned there is freezing rain going on out there right now, advisory posted for good portion of the area. not everyone is in it. actually, even delco, philadelphia county, were in the freezing rain advisory, thankfully the temperature has since climbed you have enough, they were able to cans tell for those two counties. it will still be slick, but not dealing with ice necessarily, from philadelphia county through delco down through all of delaware even coastal new jersey, fine. but central, southern interior new jersey, and the rest of the delaware valley, you got to worry about t now the further north go, not actually finding any frozen precipitation, let alone an

. >> i'm rahel solomon. authorities trying to figure out where that 50-pound weight came from. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden live at crozer chester medical center in upland where the injured driver was air lifted for treatment. joe, good afternoon. >> reporter: rahel, jim, good afternoon, there are so many questions surrounding this incident. new jersey state police are actively investigating our assignment desk just spoke with them few moments ago, and they are still trying to find out and piece together how all of this did come together. now, here is what we know. take a look at the smashed out win shield of the black suv on the streets. trooper say the driver lost control new jersey turnpike, came to rest crashing into those wooded areas there, after police say a dumbbell smashed right through the win shield. we're told the driver, 757 year old man, was hit by the dumbbell, 50 pounds in weight, and was seriously hurt. a female passenger was in the suv at the time and was not injured. the incident happened in old man township salem county around mile marker 6.6 in thi

good morning i'm rahel solomon >>> i'm jim donovan. lauren and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in our morning minute. >>> breaking news overseas search for survivors after one of iran's oldest high rise buildings, collapsed following a huge fire. >>> and in central italy an avalanche buried a three story ski lodge. rescuers continue to dig through snow and at least 22 guests and several staff members remain missing. >>> and we're not used to that >> tied up and terrorized, armed robbers targeted a high end consignment shop in manayunk getting a way with thousands of have dollars worth of merchandise. >>> former president george hw bush and his wife barbara remain hospitalized in houston the former president is battling pneumonia, former first lady is in the hospital as a precaution. >>> first lady michelle obama taking one last walk through white house with dog beau and sunny. >> i love how beau and sunny run past her. i have two dogs. that is how it is. once you feed them

i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in a few minutes but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >>> authorities are trying to figure out what caused this vehicle to lose control and crash in the pole on the boulevard, southbound outer lanes remain closed. >>> president-elect trump is expect to tea tail plans to sever his business ties when he holds a news conference this morning. >> it comes amid new reports that rush gathered compromising information on mr. trump as part of their plan to interfere in the 2016 election. >>> president obama is back in washington d.c. and he arrived overnight after delivering his farewell address. >> it has been the honor of my life to serve. i won't stop. >> reporter: while noting accomplishments he used speech to encourage support tours engage in the political process. >>> now trump needs to hire a lot of people because unlike previous transitions trump is getting rid of all obama hires immediately, he is even getting r

. >>> good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. we will get to kate any just an employment. first, developing story out of north philadelphia. >> man dead after shot several times this morning, it happened just after 8:30, on the 2800 block of north park avenue in north philadelphia. just off north broad street. twenty-three year old victim was shot four times including once to the neck and chest. short time later died at temple hospital. so far no arrests have been made, also no word on motive. turning now to the conditions outside, if you woke up in the last couple of hours, chances are you probably slept through some ugly wetter. >> rain drenched roads made the commute difficult some areas even saw freezing rain. let's check in with katie. still looking little rough outside. >> it is, and even in some spots, guys, actually still have the potential for some of this rain to still freeze on contact, hour, that's specific to the poconos, most of the rest of us have had the chance to actually warm to up well above freezing. so even w

. >> i'm rahel solomon. plus president trump's schedule this week. >> and meisha has a look at the roads. >> we are already starting off with major news, rahel, you just touched on this, big major bridge is closed because they did finds a fracture in the beams. more on that to come. stay tuned for that. >> on top of that, massive coastal storm headed our way on top of t the one key ingredient that's missing, though, cold. just rain. for most every us. we going to see some snow. we will talk a lot more about that for the poconos specifically. but out the door here across the rest of the region. right now look at this. you have basically nothing but rain lifting into the region. and it is going to be a heavy rain, as the day progresses, still working it way toward us. so obviously not here yet. some signs of life. we had some drizzle, some fog already. starting to see advisories and warnings go knee week expect. got winds advisory posted essentially region wide, at the shore specifically. you could see some spo

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things and getting us out the door. >> good morning, happy gate the way, so far, so good, we did start with an accident. those are clearing out of the way. lots of construction. main thing thighs dry roadways but we know it might change. >> that will change later tonight this same time tomorrow we will talk about snow removal, and, getting out the brushes for windshield and all that good stuff. >> aren't you so excited. >> yes. >> meisha is like what did you do. >> we cannot blame meisha or people for the arrival of snow so that goes for me too. don't blame me either. luckily we're only talking about a modest coat to go 2 inches and frankly we're due snowfall this season has tallied .3 of an inch. average to date is over 4 inches. so we have gotten off to a slow start in that regard. storm scan at the localized level as meisha mentioned totally quiet. nice and dry. we will get out the door without a hitch but you will crank that heater i think since

katie, meisha will have up a date. >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. to katie right now, check on the forecast. so katie i didn't see anything outside when i was getting into my car this morning. >> yes, looked like the roads were just wet. >> yes, even right now, i am not seeing a single flake out here on the cbs-3 skydeck. certainly we are finding it in some locations, but behind me, yes, there is virtually nothing. even if we do see

. >> i'm rahel solomon. the airport glitch that caused chaos on one of the busiest travel days of the year. first, we check with your travel forecast with katie fehlinger. >> a lot of clouds and some fog issues out there. not quite as rainy as it will be later on. here's my vision, take the umbrella with you. two days in a row. today actually looks like we will see the sog yes, sir conditions. generally late morning, early afternoon specially, but storm scan, yes, doesn't look all that bad. do you have a loft cloud cover out there. again, some foggy concerns, across the region this morning, so, you know, especially traveling across the area bridges, when you're higher up and above the water beds there, can lead to poor visibility. mainly into the midday, that we will end up with sog yes, sir conditions here. what can you expect? there will be drizzle around early on, steadiest rain comes late morning, generally at the typical morning rush, winding down, which is good, since so many of us are going back to wo

good morning i'm rahel solomon >>> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment. but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> reporter: barricades are up around center city loews hotel , all eyes are on the venue behind me where trump will meet with republicans tomorrow. >>> demonstrations erupted in several cities yesterday after the president signed executive orders advancing the controversial dakota and keystone pipeline. >>> a stunning fall from grace , what powerful congressman today chaka fattah will report to prison where he will serve ten years sentence for racketeering. >>> a violent carjacking in southwest philadelphia, police say a man was shot for his silver pontiac, victim is in stable condition. >>> let these kid say these word. >> a heated debate over a high school musical. parents, students from cherry hill east make a passion that it plea to allow musical rag time, to hit the stage, without censorship. >>> and a dramatic horse rescue in florida, horse slipped an

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. for the first time this year gang is all back together again. we have weather with katie. >> and traffic with meisha. >> back from the tundra. >> i have to tell you i left all of my winter gear back in minnesota. i'm going to say i missed you guys. i did not miss early a alarm but difficult miss all of you. >> that is worst part about this shift, right. >> yes. >> it is looking like weather-wise things will be pretty cooperative for your first take back as we ease back in here. that is some good news. possibly i little hint of fog still out there, and moisture, a little bit of that residual moisture that hung from the rain yesterday. two straight days of that isty rain. it was pretty disgusting. welcome back to some sunshine, my friend. we will see cloud eventually break for that sun, once it the climbs over the horizon. but for now we are not finding visability all that, you know, ideal, let's put it that way. we are at or under a mile in some locations, here at least under 2 miles in some locations here, so, you know, cloud deck is low. it is

good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a minute. here's what you need to start your day in our morning minute. >>> this is what it is. >> you get used to it after awhile. >> folks down the shore are bracing for high tied this morning hoping it won't add more damage to the already flooded beach town. >> can't believe these guys got killed. >> storm proved deadly sign fell on a man at an used car lot in philadelphia's hunting park section. >> new this morning, a fast moving fire damages a restaurant in philadelphia's wynnefield heights section. no word on what sparked the blaze. >>> a health square for minnesota governor mark dayton. >> get him to the ground, please. >> he collapsed while delivering his state-of-the-state speech yesterday. >> fawn alive, three puppies pulled from an italian hotel burried by avalanch, giving rescuers hope of finding more survivors. >> we're told that the puppies parent escaped the avalanch and that were found in the valley. that's good. puppies and their

. >> i'm rahel solomon. first, katie fehlinger with the chilly morning forecast, and blocking the roads? >> good morning, another week. this monday, i can tell you, yesterday, very slip rip out there. we have an overturned septa bus. more on woodhaven road. all lanes are blocked. a lot going on and water main break, as well. >> absolute i, does freeze immediately. temperatures aren't even close to the freezing mark, won't even reach that here today. i'll say most of the main roads driving in were good. all it takes is the one little political, one little left over puddle, you know, if it is snow that maybe didn't get removed on side street, keep in mind, if you see anything like that, left over from the snow of the last weekends, and friday, it will have slicked over, it is ice at this point. it is going to trip you up. so, keep that in mind. storm scan is quiet at the local level, thankfully the winds, big problem yesterday, when we were dealing with the left over blowing snow for one thing, but also, of co

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. all that and plus a trip back in time but first your forecast with katie and check of the roads with meisha, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. happy hump day. we're pushing out toward our friday. the road are looking good, feeling dryer then earlier this week. that is the thing we're finally getting some sun today >> wow. >> i know. >> can i get the a halleluiah. >> halleluiah. >> yes, finally that nor'easter is gone, leaving, we still have a hint of the breeze left over there it but skies are clearing, we will see sunshine, and it will be a good day. on top of all of that i expect it will be milder then last couple of days too. sunnies part of that but more than anything else, we're just allowing some warmth to build in here. high pressure in place right now for at least one take. there is another coal front that waits in the the wings so even eye this while you have it. that would be my advice. we're already above average, normal high about 40, 42 at philly international and

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. lets check weather and traffic with lauren casey and meisha, good morning, lauren. >> welcome. >> yes, it is a gateway to our weekend are you excited for friday. >> you know it is true, i know you are laughing. >> looking outside right now the road are looking really nice, looking really comfortable. please stay that way. lauren, will it stay dry. >> rain day on tuesday, cloudy yesterday, we will see on sunshine. >> we're due for that. >> pack your shade we will need those hitting the roads after sunrise later this morning. temperatures right now also in the too chilly, 45 degrees, our current temperature is actually above our average high temperature for the day at this early hour in philadelphia, winds fairly calm west northwest at 6 miles an hour. chillier down the shore at 39 degrees and not doing too bad for january morning in the poconos, 34 degrees with the feels like temperature at 28. storm scan three is showing us patchy cloud around the area but generally quiet conditions w

. >>> aim rahel solomon. plus response from the president-elect. and then a check of the forecast with katie and traffic conditions with meisha >> good morning, i had a pet rat. >> i know. >> i love this thing. >> i love to this thing. i got the to say we have rape coming down making for slick conditions. we have an accident out there, maybe, a premonition of more things to come. katie how long will it linger. >> hopefully not terribly long it is not being every where. but don't bump your head you might get hit by that low ceiling here. you cannote sky scrapers overlooking center city. sky scan three, in the foreground it is easier to see the tops of the construction but liberty place, comcast building they are all back there but you cannot see them. the it looks like they will be with us here. wind is very light, that is part of what you need for those low clouds to settle in. the temperature for the january and it starts here at the 43 degrees. here's storm scan. i'm thinking ac expressway, parts of the parkway those could be impacted by rain sti

good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a minute. first what you need to know to get your day started in the morning minute. >> a powerful coastal storm is heading our way, bringing heavy rain, and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. >> part of the south are cleaning up after a weekend of unrelenting deadly storms. more severe weather is possible. >> right in the heart of center city, a gunman sticks up a wine bar, wearing a mask and gloves. police say he got a which with $200 cash. >> we heard that he was a shady charger. >> sophisticated jewelry ring busted. court documents show bee jewels err on philadelphia jewelers row and other were a front for the jewelry ring. >> delaware county bridge is closed until further notice. the bridge closed friday due to significant fracture found in one every it beams. >>> don't worry. he is not allowed to touch you. >> what blew away the box office expectations by earning $40.2 million this weekend. >> our own ukee washington is in in the film play

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. all that plus news, and then a check of the forecast with katie fehlinger and traffic with meisha, good morning, you guys. >> happy hump day. looking outside right thousand wet roadways. we know it will cause issues. jim, i heard you said rain, in one area, and dry in one area. >> yes, right. >> all right. it is having problem. we have three accidents. we will get to those in a moment. >> would i like to you do a facebook live to tell us the story as you told us to us. >> we will talk about it in 59:00 o'clock hour. we have to calm down, right now. >> yes, jim can tell a good story. he feel like i was there. we were laughing at poor jim's expense here but take a look, what jim was walking out the door that was rolling through. rahel, you were walking your dogs. my goodness. what a helps. it is clearing out. the that is helpful. we have wet road to contend with at this point but the line of rain, has essentially been departed and we are just left with skies that will eventually clear.

. >> and i'm rahel solomon. let's get you right out the door with weather and traffic with of course katie fehlinger our meteorologist, and meisha johnson. >> good morning, everyone. >> how are you doing with your coffee? still off the coffee? >> no, i can't even tell you, i'm on day four, and it is tough without coffee this early in the morning,. >> i'll do it. >> our producer, i know you will, steve brought in dunkin' donuts yesterday. i can smell it from a mile away. >> we tried to hide it in the weather offers from you. >> i'm sure you did. >> we're talking about construction, one accident, overall look ago lot better than it did yesterday. definitely. still couple of left over icy patches, but so few and far between, but again, you know, one of those just keep an eye out. be smart about it, you will be just fine, if you see any of what looks like maybe left over puddle, it is still ice. and it is still cold. already though folks, we are looking ahead to the next system, winter weather advisory takes effect

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. we are talking about the closure of four major department stores in our area but first lets get a check of weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> good morning, happy gateway to the weekend. yesterday we were waking up to wet roadways and started to slow us down, it was really busy. now they are dry but we have accidents out there. it could shape up to be another busy morning. >> cold start as well. >> exactly, yes. >> there is something about that tail wind you brought with you. >> yes. >> it will be a lot cold tore day. we're ten to 15 to 20 degrees colder. so yeah, this same time yesterday. the get you out there and show you first and foremost what is happening on storm scan which isn't a lot locally but the possibility of snow is coming in for us, come tonight. looking at storm scan three at local zoom and all clear right now. we are expect to go see, eventually though this disturbance move its way from the west. look at the temperature difference. that is the immediate weat

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. let's get started with weather and traffic of course with katie and meisha. >> it is gateway to our weekend. >> yes. >> so excited. >> it makes me excited too. >> but we have wet roadways, katie and, it is slowing us down we have a water main break and a accident that will slow us down in the morning. >> it feels like groundhog day in that regard, right. it is a same sit asian but not because it is a lot milder. it is good. i don't think we will have any icing issues the not at this point with the temperatures where they stan. at the moment head up you might find a hint of wet weather here, and that is true at the moment in berks, lancaster county, left over sprinkles, and allow for residual shower here, because we have warm, moisture rich air and system still trying to make its full departure here but more than anything else, cloud at on set, eventually yielding to some sunshine. these are your actual air temperatures, folks, it is so much milder. we will not flirt with the freezing

. >> it is sunday january 8th, good morning i'm rahel solomon the lets send it over to just continue drabick with eyewitness weather. snow has moved out but cold is sticking around. >> right. >> this is coldest it has been since last valentines day. i remember you abe i talking about that, it was so coal. >> not quite as cold, high of 20, we are going to reach 25 but coldest day since that and coldest night tonight, but we will battle brutal wind chills . >> cover up exposed skin. >> it will in the help things much, black ice to deal with throughout the day and tomorrow morning as well because we will get a little melting in the snow, in expos ed areas but once sun goes down temperatures will tropical like a rock. we will stay below freezing until at least the afternoon hours, on tuesday, so extended period, of some cold air to the delaware valley. >> thighs sunrise this morning we have clear skies, typical behind the storm system, fresh snow on the ground, temperatures really dropping but clear conditions, 16 at the airport right now, west wind at four, feeling like two on exposed s

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. >>> and it is sunday january 22nd, good morning i'm rahel solomon. let's start off with a check of weather with meteorologist justin drabick in the eyewitness weather center and it is foggy out there. >> kind of the repeat of yesterday. we have a dense fog advisory in effect and will stay dreary for 72 hours. the it will go downhill late tonight, tomorrow, wind driven rain and strong storms and system will impact us. >> good to know. >> rough next 24 hearst but for the most part we will be dry through at least half of the take today, exception down at the shore seeing some rain, but bulk should hold off until late tonight and will be around through the damon. the let check out the fog right now. tough to see buildings as fog as worse then yesterday morning. reduced visibility in center city. current air temperature is 45. it is mild. no freezing fog to deal with as january thaw theme, continues once again, for next several days. dense fog advisories for the area with the exception extreme southern eastern new jersey and central and other than delawar