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. >> i'm rahel solomon. meisha live in minneapolis, we'll check in with her soon, first a check of the forecast with katie. talking about a wintery mix could affect the morning commute. >> i think it will be a caution light as opposed to real slow drive weather-related anyway. because we have seen some wet weather through the overnight, started at rain, turned over eventually to snow. at the shore point, still do have some very light snow falling. and if you look real closely at some of the field cameras at the shore, it is starting to stick modestly on the boardwalk, at least, so, i'm sure we're seeing that on the grass, on your windshield, you know, unpaved surfaces starting to pick up at least little accumulation. this is not a major snow event actually, there is two separate systems that we're tracking, we're just in squeeze play mode here, one still making its exit, the other still approaching, so at this point, it is this little sliver smack dab through the middle of our map that's still dry. it is dam

i'm rahel solomon. >> get more information at cbs philly.com.even palm trees are being battered by snow this morning. here's a look from ocean city, maryland, where blizzard conditions are slamming the beach. let it snow, let it snow is not what they're saying this morning. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. the monster snowstorm pummeling tens of millions of americans has shut down offices in three states. officials in massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut are telling nonemergency government employees to stay home today. federal offices in washington will be opened after a two-hour delay. >>> president trump plans to meet with senate republicans today to discuss daca, the children brought into the u.s. illegally as children. it's part of a budget deal to fund the government. gop leaders insist on dealing with immigration issues separately. congress must pass a spending bill by january 19th to avoid a government shutdown. >>> and tobacco giant phillip morris says its new year's resoluti

. >> i'm rahel solomon. snow still falling across the area we're on storm watch this noon. >> live team three coverage, but we begin with meteorologist, katie fehlinger tracking this powerful nor'easter for us, katie, when exactly will this snow bego taper >> that's the thing stuck with it and specially of delaware, you are hitting a seriouss out of this. we start things right offight on out to the maps where you're currently still finding intense snowfall banding right monmouth county specially, so while it is a very light snow, if it is even falling at all at this point, farthest western suburbs still getting hit very hard. snapshot of the current radar slowing across eastern new jersey let's zero in little more in detail. around the toms river barnegat light for example that dark shaded purple area. that's moving through. is intense band of snow, with rates as high as two to 3 inches per hour. total it u in what you are seeing with the precipitation rate that's the liquid equivalent. we look at snowfall t

good morning i'm rahel solomon. >> kailty and meisha will be along in a moment. you need to know in the morning xhipt. tuesday, january 16. >> it looks like it is knocking on the door now righ right? here in philadelphia. we expect about one to three

i'm rahel solomon, good morning. ♪ >>> a beautiful sunrise on this friday. day. "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. you may start seeing more money in your paycheck next month. the internal revenue service published new income tax withholding tables to conform to the just passed tax overhaul law. businesses must adopt the changes by february 15th. treasury secretary steve mnuchin says that should mean more take-home pay for 90% of workers. >> the fbiren cough and cold medicine with codeine or hydroco down. the agency is encouraging drugmakers to change labels to make it clear sirn under 18 should not use these products. the fda is encouraging manufacturers to add additional safety warnings for adults. three major records broke highs on wall street yesterday. the industrial average his 25,574. the s&p 500 closed at 2,767. and the nasdaq rose to rising oil prices and optimism about the upcoming corporate earnings season contributed to the search. >>> a rising number of celebrities are joining the course against gender inequality

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. >> i'm rahel solomon. keeping an an eye on things this morning and keeping it out the door and the city is on high average the weekend. >> exhaustive high. >> there's no doubt about it. yes. happy holiday and happy mlk day toy everybody. because of that roadways are looking quiet. a couple areas heating up and we had a couple accident out here. we'll talk about that coming up. >> sometimes these activities take place outside. the weather for exact important and it's a cold day. s it's a quiet day. we have clouds out there and sun along the way too. we take a welcome at storm scan and region wide there are clouds. what you notice too back across ohio this a little hint of ak toughty starting to pop up on the ray doctor and there's a system that is headed our way which is going to eventually bring in snow. though at the moment it's looking look a modest snowfall amount. for now, though, don't expect any of that. for now you got clouds and chill that settled in. and temperatures tell the story right. you're s

good afternoon i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jim donovan. authorities a press conference about how they plan to keep everyone safe. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in senter witty with the details. >>> there will be a large police presence, women's march tomorrow, eagles game on sunday. i will get to the with men's march in a moment. why am i standing in front of the wawa? reason in 2008 after world series champion ship this was robbins son luggage and people threw rocks, bricks in the windows smashed those windows and became a problem. authorities were not prepared for this problem, today deputy commissioner dennis wilson who oversees special operations and home land security. he held this news conference, to the media, to let them know that police officers will be out, and ready. now authorities, with the fill police department, they are very well aware of the celebrations that have gone on for decade, at cottman and frankford but they were, taken back by what happened in 2008, here on south broad street. this is what he had

. >> serious competition to beat good afternoon, i can ' rahel solomon. >> our joe holden live in center city where officials are discussing the development in a news conference, joe? >> jim, rahel as we speak they are discussing that. they're holding a news conference right now over my right shoulder. the commerce director for the city make that explaining what this means for philadelphia, as it now finds itself on a list of the top 20 finalists for amazon, hq2. now, that news came out 9:00 sharp this morning, from amazon seattle headquarters. let me show you the list of top 20 contenders. with philadelphia we find many of the usual suspects, there is boston, new york, atlanta, two locations in the washington dc metro pittsburgh rally north carolina chicago toronto and the list goes on. la is the loan west coast city as you can imagine the competition is stiff. philadelphia submitted it 100 page pitch to amazon in late october. supreme courts of businesses and educational leaders along with public officials encourage amazon to consider philly's prime geographic location, it is rail and

. >> and that rain could be heavy at times good afternoon i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. how much long letter we need our umbrellas? lauren casey live in the cbs-3 weather center tracking the rain. good afternoon lawyer glenn afternoon, you need the umbrella certainly needed it this morning but things are starting to now wrap up, but woe still do have some heavy rain and a thin band of heavy rain and in a few embedded thunder results many traversing the area at this time. but, right now, we have the mobile weather watcher cruising the streets checking out those wet streets ponding on the roadways, now cruising right now in pitman, and gloucester county new jersey. tommy g taking to the roads using windshield wipers be sure to keep the headlight on but for our evening commute we are not going to be dealing with this rain. it is going to move out very quickly and we might even be dealing with sunny skies by late day commute. little ominous looking at center city philadelphia. low clouds, in the scene there just had heavier band of rain, move through center city philadelphia

. >> good afternoon i'm rahel solomon. >>> aim jan carabao. jim donovan is off today. nor'easter that battered thee coast yesterday has moved up and out but frigid temperatures are hanging around, all weekend. >> we have team coverage of the bitter winter blast we will begin with meteorologist katie fehlinger in the weather center. is what very latest now. >> we never got above zero this morning and we are not going to do it at the height of the afternoon, guys, so really, really bitterly cold outside. we will start off by giving you a visual of this, looking outside in the live neighborhood network there was just a, foreground that may have moved around on the playground here but you can see the shaking, cameras here, that tells the story, it is a wind flow that has been predominantly out of the west, but this one at 19 miles an hour. your actual air temperature is 12. imagine what that is doing tour feels like. here it is, it is making it feel like it is below zero every where, this isn't just confined to those outlining suburbs or higher terrain in the poconos, guys

>>> good morning i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jan carabao in for jim donovan. here's what you need to know to start your day to day thursday, january 4th, 2018. >> being out here you can tell we are under a blizzard warning. >> the wind is just blowing all of the snow around, and. >> the snow stopped and then it is going but wind is making it feel so cold. >> chantee you should know everybody in the studio is very impressed with your goggles, shout out to kyle hall. >> reporter: thank you. >> we are live on broad street in south philadelphia they are starting to ticket people and that means, your car will be towed if you are along that snow emergency route. >> this is our expectation up to 10 inches now essentially doubling the total we had this same time yesterday, the tracks did move west ward. >> it will be very difficult to keep the road clear. >> are you concerned about the morning commute tomorrow. >> absolutely, yes. >> i won't be driving in it. >> pennsylvania man turns his lawn mower in the snow plow with a empty tv >>> that is certainly one way to do

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. we will check with kate any a moment but first meisha's live where we are getting ready for the super bowl, meisha, good morning. >> we sure are, good morning, you guys, we are one day closer and of course i'm standing outside in the heart of the downtown minneapolis on nicolet mall super bell live where everything is happening and all morning long i'm bringing you latest, greatest, what is happening here around town and buzz going on with the players as well. back inside to you guys. >>> adorable little puff on your head there i like. that storm scan three is quiet you will want to break out your cute winter hat as well. it is very chilly here locally where we have nice clear sky, actually a moon lit sky with that blue blood moon but we will see more sun then anything. problem is temperatures can drop off readily. so yesterday we will stay steady in the 30's. currently we are from 14 to 18 y comparison from one day to the next, so as that relates to the thermometer in philadelphia, i

>>> i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jim conn van. katie and meisha will be long to start your day in the morning minute, thursday, january 18th. >>> city's getting ready with stepped up security for sunday 's nfc championship game >> some of these measures fans will be able to see but others police are keeping close to their chest. >>> i just thought we were going to live this tragedy for the rest of our lives. >>> this morning we will hear from the parents of the university of pennsylvania student blaze bernstein, after a former high school classmate is arrested for his murder. >>> lawmakers are running out of time to pass the spending bill and prevent a governmental shut down. >>> key sticking points for immigration. >> reporter: stock market off to a big start in the new year dow jones closed above 26,000 for the first time ever. >> ♪ >>> new jersey's own bon jovi said he would come back to the late show for the concert and did he just that performing that classic song. >> let's send it out to katie. we are talking about a winter

good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan.he prosecutor's office has joined the investigation into how that fire started. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo has the latest. >> reporter: no breakfast town in berlin thursday morning. instead investigators filled the parking lot searching for what sparked a big fire. >> pretty my flames. >> reporter: the berlin volunteer fire department arrived just before midnight and made quick work of the flames. but the damage was done. fire tour a hole through the roof right above the kitchen. more than a dozen employees are now out of a job. kelly read's daughter was a waitress here. >> she loves it. the customers are great. she loves coming to work every day and she's going to be really upset over this. >> reporter: thomas giannis bought the last mother's day changing the name from the white horse diner to country town diner. >> we were struggling. a lot of changes in the diner. and it's our bread and but. >> reporter: fortunately no one was injured. the business was closed at the time

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. we have school closings and delays, all philadelphia public and archdiocese schools are closed because of the storm. lets get to katie for latest on the forecast. there was a bit of change of the forecast. the track has shifted west. that would up the ant any a huge way. that is exactly what happened. it shifted a handful of miles but that is all it took for weather service having to issue blizzard warnings along the shoreline, now winter storm warnings, even for philadelphia and you had an advisory yesterday in philadelphia those extend all the way into the north and western suburbs and out toward lehigh valley and poconos. just a modest shift in this track made an actually busting our initial forecast thinking because you have to essentially double expectation for snowfall. we do still have snow coming down. it is coming down every where, locally at this point. hint of dry air trying to move in here so maybe things stalled in places likely high county but heaviest snow, certainly at

. >> i'm rahel solomon. man forced at gunpoint back inside his philadelphia home where he was robbed. anita live northwest detective where you spoke with the victim. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, rahel, jim. that homeowner tells me that he's angry, not because his life was threaten, but because the suspect reportedly threatened the life of his nine month old son. luckily there is surveillance video as you can see, that shows four suspect at different times. the first man is dressed as a postal worker, he pulls out gun and forces the victim back into his home. police do believe that the suspect targeted this man on the 5400 block of north second . this all happened yesterday around 3:15 in the afternoon when the victim was placing his child in the back seat of his car. police say the suspect sipped tide, duct taped the victim while also hitting him in the face with a handgun. the suspect did get away with $5,000 in cash and iphone seven. and the victim's house and car keys. >> by the time i put,

>>> good morning i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in a moment, but here's what you need to know to start your day on this wednesday, january . >> let's come together, put politics aside and finally get the job done. >>> from the economy, to immigration, call for unity in president trump's first state of the union address. >>> we are one day closer to the big game. of course, we will check out u.s. bank stadium where you can only imagine crews are in there working hard getting all of this put together. >>> philadelphia police have a game plan for keeping fans safe on sunday night. >> and i'm at intersection of frankford and cottman avenue police are expect something 30,000 fans. >>> i think about this experience and everything when i get home, and i... >> quarterback nick foles fights back tears talking about his daughter. >> i get to see her. >> here we go for cbs-3. i'm going to have to work on that. >>> obviously pat gallen having some fun at the super bowl experience in minnesota. >> katie, we heard

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. donning her best green. >> yes, i have s g tricky working in front of the green screen, in general but that is tricky. >> yes, but i managed to make it work, a little tidbit if you find darker the green better chance it will work out >>ee. >> yes, so far. >> we're rooting for you. >> we have an active pattern. we are catching a break, any snow that did fall yesterday, you may run into some minor on my personal drive-in i encountered nothing of note on the roadways. but, there was one puddle that was left behind right outside at cbs broadcast sent their had completely iced over. for pedestrians walking to the train, walking to the bus or walking to work or school or period you may encounter t opedd all we are in the clear and it will stay that way throughout the day today. but it is colder then this same time yesterday, down in the the 30's, so it is noticeably colder start to the morning, 13 p grove 14, chilly start for sure, but today is at least qui, easing up we are seeing more sun

no one cares. >>> i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jim conn van.katie and meisha will be long to start your day in the morning minute, thursday, january 18th. >>> city's getting ready with stepped up security for sunday 's nfc championship game >> some of these measures fans will be able to see but others police are keeping close to their chest. >>> i just thought we were going to live this tragedy for the rest of our lives. >>> this morning we will hear from the parents of the university of pennsylvania student blaze bernstein, after a former high school classmate is arrested for his

happy new year, i'm rahel solomon, katie is here with your first forecast cast of the near yu. >> very cold one, not ideal. this is one of the coldest starts to the new year that we've had in a century. i mean, it has been a while. you expect it to be cold in january, obviously, but this, yes, pretty harsh. windchill advisory posted right now, you still need to go by the windchill values as opposed to the actual air temperature, and i say this the morning in the headline there, because there are some different expiration times, in the poconos windchill advisory will last until 11:00 a.m. everywhere else primarily until 10:00 this morning, but it is still, you know, cold enough through the better part of the morning, that this needs to stay in effect region -wide. so, here are the numbers for you right now. it feels like it is sub zero, almost everywhere. ten, a whopping ten, is the current feels-like value at dover. actually i want to double check that. we are feeling sub-zero everywhere else, more like six below in trenton, wilmington, sandwich inbetween i-95, more like four below zer

. >> good afternoon i'm rahel solomon. katie joining us now. katie, i wanted to get some coffee this morning and i couldn't believe how cold it is. i know it's january. >> it's so much about one day to the next. how did it feel yesterday versus how does it feel today? and it is a colder afternoon and certainly was a colder morning. so yesterday we were generally level with temperatures. we stayed in the low to mid 30s throughout the day thin concluded the early morning as the snow rolled through that leveled the playing field we conrey bound too far. now, we had that clear sky that allowed the temperatures to drop off really easily this morning. plus wind chill so it was quite brutal by comparison. we start things off by taking a quick peek outside, however. we do have generally just bright clear blue skies and a couple of clouds starting to roll in. this is outside our own station headquarters facing east from broad and spring garden streets here. it's very tranquil. chilly granted but it's an okay day. you still need to be bundling up adequat

good afternoon i'm rahel solomon, jim's off this noon.alling rain marks solemn occasion as family, friends and community come together to remember life of the fallen hero. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live outside services in center city with more now, greg. >>> rahel, good afternoon hundreds of fire fighters from across the united states, even canada are gathered inside here the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul, they are paying their last respect to lieutenant matthew latourneau. the four two-year old died this past saturday giving his life, while battling a house fire in north philadelphia. now, his casket placed atop engine 45, the very fire truck that he would ride while heroically doing his job, latourneau worked for philadelphia fire department for 11 years, surrounded by his brothers and sisters this morning, the procession, inched down market street, making a left on 18th street toward basilica cathedral. glummy rainy day perhaps fitting for this very solemn occasion, at 10:30 the remarks of remembrance bega

. >> i'm rahel solomon. we're pack with coverage from the monumental eagles victory, first, katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. good morning, things are looking really good. what a game last night. and the eagles deserved it, they came out to win, and win they did. so we're all -- >> we apologize to your minnesota vikings. >> hey, minnesota vikings if you didn't show to up play you deserve it, you deserve to lose. looking outside, outside things are looking good. no accidents to speak of, we're looking good. >> we will probably see few damp roads along the way here today. but this isn't the kind of day that requires an umbrella per say. it is just a little sprinkles outside. just enough activity on the radar for some eagles pride. here is a few little speckles evergreen showing up out there again it is not enough that it would require an umbrella today. tomorrow though you'll have to dust it off. but then the way the radar may look at any given point for today. all warmfront related, moisture building

happy new year, i'm rahel solomon.sed it is coal. >> very coal. about a century since you've seen temperatures quite this low, as what we are calling for here today, really harsh stuff. and specially, for the mummers , i mean, i am a marching bands a lull, i know what can happen to the brass and wood wind instruments as it gets colds like, that so my heart goes out to them. i know they'll do fan that is inch job. but if you are either part of the parade or going to be headed out there to watch the fancy brigade from the side lines, really got to be smart about how you adequately prepare, to be bundled up for this. because, keep in mind, with the windchills, that we are are expecting this morning, it could in fact where a frostbite could set in in a matter of half hour as the wind chills drop and drop. please be careful, cover everything that is expos

. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and pat keeping an eye on things on this very frigid tuesday. >> good morning. >> happy new year, guys. >> not many people out on the roadways, but we do obviously this happens account cold, couple of water main breaks to tell you about. >> it doesn't seem any time it gets this cold out there, but we are stuck in the chill. it looks like for the next, really, better part of the seven day actually. >> oh, boy. >> yes. it is not ending unfortunately , any time soon. but there is at least light at the end of the proverbial tunnel in the seven day. stay tuned for. that will but let me get you out the door right now. storm scan, quiet for one more day, you go see more sun than anything throughout the course of the day, if you can't bank on that to help warm you up at all, at least it is quiet, promised beautiful sunrise, also some sun glare, as a result of that. but for now things are nice and clear. and tranquil. say for the chill. that continues to be the main headline in the weath

>>> 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 know today, wednesday, january 24th. >> getting field ready for super bowl lii. this is our first look inside u.s. bank stadium. >> apparently the nfl bow go to pressure after an offensive philadelphia social media campaign. 100 percent of the profit from its shirts would now go to philadelphia schools. >> a barrage of bullets, four people are shot, two of them teens. >> police are still searching for a motive. >> they say it appears that a passenger was shooting out of the dark colored car. >> we all started running. >> the shooting in rural kentucky started in the crowded school atrium. >> i saw there was a lot of blood every where. >> county attorney will ask for teen suspect to be tried as an adult. >> oh, my goodness. >> frightening videos of the out of control school bus in massachusetts. >> oh, my god. >> oh, no. >>> scary moments when that school bus but good news in within was hurt. >> icy conditions there but nothing like that here, right lauren

. >>> good afternoon i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jan carabeo. jim is off today. how much snowfalls depend on the track of this storm. and our meteorologist are very watching it very carefully. we have live team three coverage with katie fehlinger and chelsea ingram. let's talk about the latest track. >> that is that linchpin, that is the catalyst it is the crux, that is exactly what we need to focus on to see exactly what will happen here because of decides it will shift little bit to the east or west, it changes the game. now we do still have our -- our thinking in place ferrier on today. right now when we look at the current conditions over the southeast, the storm really starting to intensify. you got very heavy snow currently coming down as far south as even florida and georgia right now. and this will continue to move northeast in time. so we have since upped the expectation for it starts to move in 7:00 p.m. they begin to fall in the southern most counties sussex cape may and then the bulk of heavier snow likely to fall first half of tomorrow. you in in fac

>>> good morning aim rahel solomon. >>> aim jiovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment but first here's what you need to know to start your day on wednesday , january 10th, 2018. >> i have never seen anything like this. look at the road. >> more than a dozen people are dead after a powerful storm hits southern california >>> and literally a carpet of mud, and debris, every where. >> this video shot by oprah winfrey as thick mud swamped her own backyard. >> another night, another water main break, manayunk neighbors post this picture of the steady stream running down their street. >> the daca program will go on , as president trump and lawmakers try to come to an agreement on immigration and border security. >> have you seen the shape of water, in the film, sally play s a woman who falls in love with an creature, this sort of thing is a species actually happens all the time. >> today's morning minis sponsored by roberts pro ton therapy center at penn medicine's abramson cancer center. >> when your cat fish is a fish, james

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. kate up and meisha are keeping an eye on things on yet another brutally cold morning. >> by the way, happy new year. >> happy new year. i haven't seen you in a year. >> yes, we are looking outside right now and we are talking about the cold and we are seeing water main break, again , after water main break. we will talk about that coming up in a bit. >> it is not as harsh as it has been but it is so persistent. it is not as harsh as yesterday, it is still below freezing, again today and that will continue to be the theme through the weekend, so, hopefully this isn't going to be, a continuing thing with these water main breaks every single day but that is the deal, storm scan, wide zoom, once more to show you the storm that is starting to finally take shape. yesterday we had nothing to show you, nothing that started to form, now it is, and because of the cold had plunged so far south, you have got icing in florida. and snow that is trying to come down right now. this will rapidly inten

good afternoon everyone i'm jim donovan good i'm rahel solomon from subfreezing so spring. meteorologist katie fehlinger is track our winter warmup. quite difference out there. >> very much so. today the seasonal day we'll find the next several too guys. we're warming up into the mid and lower fours the next couple of days that's actually where we should be. but it is interes interesting wr perspective can be like when you've come off days that barely broke out of the teens. so very very cold air is obvious until our past and now we're starting to get a chance to see a lot of this snow melt away. certainly the icing issues from earlier on those are now not as much of a concern. when we take a look at storm scan there's not really much to see here. we have a hint of a breeze that has been picking up out there. a couple of clouds. putt but for the most part you'll see sunshine for the rest of the afternoon and also with that daytime highs into the low and mid 40s we're colonelly in the 40s pretty much across the board. for the poconos we're where we're still only the at 32 de

i'm rahel solomon. jim is off today.ummers have planned and practiced all year for today's big show. it was almost postponed because of the bitter cold. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live along the parade route on broad street where fans are braving the cold for a front row seat to all the action. hi, alycia. >> reporter: rahel, it is cold out here. we see people out here drinking their hot cocoa, drinking their coffee trying to stay warm. some even doing things like putting hand warmers in their gloves. others just o jogging in place all for this and it seems to be well worth it. 120 year administration unique to philadelphia is under way right now. >> happy new year to the delaware valley from your mummers. >> reporter: bands and performers dancing down broad street for the mummers parade entertaining a sprinkling of fans standing on the sidelines most of whom clearly decided not to let the subzero temperatures stop them from experiencing the one of a kind annual show. >> it didn't stop us. but it's reall

. >> i'm rahel solomon.eisha is live in minnesota kicking off super bowl week. >> hey, good morning, guys, yes, i'm here in my hometown, playing host with the most bringing you guys all here as the players landed yesterday, and i got to tell you, it is really coal. we will talk about that, what it is like, feeling like in minneapolis. but really the story is nicolet mall. not a mall per say. this is actually six blocks of entertainment. coming up: i'll tell you what people are doing, where you want to go, what you want to see, especially if you planned your trip out here. that's coming up in just a little bit. katie, over to you. >> yes, and meisha, you know, certainly chilly here as well but no where near the frigid air that will be in place out in minnesota when we are absolutely, too, going to be talking about that, simply because so many of us are headed and hitting the air and getting out that way. we'll get to that, but to get you out the door here, 32 gross at the boardwalk plaza, chilly but still not

. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things and getting us out the door. >> it is very wet. not so much slick or slippery. we are not dealing with ice. but we have a few accidents out there and, ready to put bumper to bumper conditions out there as well. >> that is a bummer. >> we are finding no icing today. way too warm for that. a lot of the snow is starting to melt so you will in the ruin your favorite pair of shoes walking outside on the sidewalk at this point. things are drying out nicely. it is not completely gone that snow melt or that snow pack rather but with the temperatures climbing as they will continue to do, you will see a lot of it melt away, almost entirely which is good. i say good rid of it because we have a large storm system looming by tomorrow and that will bring in heavy rain, so any snow still left and there will be some down near southeastern, new jersey when we got hit with the last snow storm we will have the possibility of flooding as a result. storm scan

a digs of "eyewitness news" this morning extended coverage of our first snowstorm of 2018 i'm rahel solomon. >>> i'm jan carabao. jim donovan's off today. we have dozens of school closings and delays scrolling at bottom of the screen right now. all philadelphia public and archdiocese schools are closed to day, because of this storm. we are gearing up for a very busy day ahead on cbs-3 so lets start with katie and meisha with traffic and weather. >> good morning, guys, bright and early for good reason. it is not all of the snow just yet it was the icy, very, very slick conditions out there. we are seeing some road that are already salted but you have a lot of speed restrictionness play and so katie, what will happen this morning. >> we still have just snow, i definitely had snow covered road. coming through neighborhood and haven't been treated you will be battling through that. got to take it slow that is all is there to it. hopefully you are waking up with us because you set the alarm earlier if you must get out in this. i'm sure we will see a lot of scrolling districts that don't have sch

. >> i'm rahel solomon. wait until you see the big surprise that happened after the game ended. first a check on today's forecast with katie and the roads with meisha. >> alabama won another championship. what a shocker. gee. >> good to be back. >> welcome. >> freezing cold. minneapolis, fridge dollars cold, i have to same, coming back from minneapolis, this actually feels really nice, and of course jim in singapore >> my goodness, yes, i was thinking about you, because it was so freezing cold. even not just the last couple of days but the last week, brutal stuff. now thawing out. but here is the problem. take a lock at the current temperature, just shot outside one of the many neighborhood network cameras, things are little icy, anything that fell yesterday, have had a chance to just slick end up. so tough to tell at this hour of the morning when the sun's not up. but look off in the distance, just to the right of the temperature reading there, that road surface looks like there is a smidge after sheen to it, anything that looks like it may just be damp, you have got to expect

. >> i'm rahel solomon. we have lots of school delays, you can see them scrolling at the bottom of your screen, and meantime, katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning getting us out the door. >> hey tuesday, guys, yes, doesn't surprise me, weaver all of the school closings just because of how slippery it is out there. i know, in my commute in, i was kind of whipping it around little bit. i have all wheel drive. winter tires on the whole bit. even i was cents slipping around. seeing some issues already out there. >> yes, and it is really just the next couple every hours, i think flip side from yesterday , where yesterday was the pm drive. today it is the am drive. temperatures get enough above freezing, so it will be probably as late as 10:30, 11:00 a.m., before we are far enough above freezing, that you're safe, good to go, so, up until that time, careful. obviously that includes our entire typical morning rush. but at least storm scan is quiet. we have that working for us, but justice turn and

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. katie's off and lauren casey has weather and meisha has traffic. >> lauren, so good to see you. welcome to the dark and early. >> bring my level up a little bit. >> we're looking outside everything is looking good. overnight construction overturn tractor trailer from yesterday and another accident we will get to that coming up. >>> well, it is colder, might be jarring as you open up the door. yesterday was so mild with temperatures in the upper 60's , we had rain, dry this morning but much more chillier temperature in philadelphia 43 . forty-one allentown. freezing mark in mount pocono. in the 30's in millville. we have a bit of the breeze kicking upright now as well. wind speed are up around 10 to 15 miles an hour, across much of the area. 26 miles an hour in lancaster right now, winds whipping in mount pocono as well, so that is impacting our feels like temperature when you step outside on this wednesday morning feeling like mid 30's in philadelphia, same case in roading, upper 30's

. >> i'm rahel solomon. the birds are flying to the superbowl, now less than two weeks, a great playoff game yesterday. the eagles survived early viking touchdown, then turned it on. quarterback nick foles through three touchdown passes, and the running game scored another, and the defense even scored on an interception return. at the end the eagles raised the nfl trophy, and odds now on even greater prize. >> and that greater prize is a superbowl win on february 4th, in minneapolis. >> eagles coach doug pederson meeting the coach right now. >> we did help him from time to time. but there were also times when he had to be on an island. >> block defensive end who had heck of a year. and, had a lot of confidence, and these are obviously the things we've seen of him, his maturity, his growth as a left tackle. and played extremely well last night. >> doug, how much this weekend , so many distractions? >> yes, i think it is important you keep this week normal again a lot of preparation for the game. we can get a

. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and pat are keeping an eye on things this morning, good morning. >> good morning. >> problems at those water main breaks all over the place , to catch you up in a couple every minutes. >> along with, that we do have more wet weather, more wintery weather will be moving n but it is not going to be straight up snow this time. it is still cold enough that if it were to come right now it, wouldn't be just snow. but comes later today when we finally get past freezing. so it is like an insult to injury here. yes, you know, we're finally going to climb above 32 degrees, but then it comes with its on trade off of problems when the next system gets here. already you can see all of the mixing that's going on back in the buckeye state for example. a lot of pink indicating ice across that area, whether it is freezing rain or sleet, doesn't matter, it is still ice. but specially freezing rain is an issue as we head toward the pm hours. we are going to see mixing just depending on your locati

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are getting us out the door. good morning, guys. >> happy hump day we are looking outside, everything is looking okay, slick, we were talking about this all morning , it was on my commute and we have an accident out there. it is, a few minutes ago, half an hour ago, we have had no accident. i jinked it again. >> yeah, yeah. you just to have worry about that refreeze that take place from yesterday it felt down right balmy outside would i say by comparison to what we have been facing as ovulate but we will have it basically the exact same story taking place here where we will eventually hit the 40's, which is going to help, to continue that, thaw, that will take place, but for now, overnight, we will lose the heat from the having the chance to build up from the day before, it goes right up to the atmosphere under generally clear sky and that means temperatures will respond to that. it will drop below freezing. anything that had chance to melt away, if it didn't totally dry up, it has since refrozen, so would i just

>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. first what you need to know to start your day in our morning minute, today is tuesday, january 9th. >> icy concerns for the morning commute. >> i'm going to show you the sidewalk. i've been able to find a little dry patch here. but, take a look at this. just a layer of ice on the sidewalk. >> open rap's speech sparks rumors of a run for the white house. >> long time partner. >> added fuel to the fire. telling the la times that winfrey would absolutely run for president. >> a pole last year found that winfrey's approval rating was well above donald trump. calling on president trump. special council robert mueller may be looking to talk to mr. trump over russian election meddling. >> are you in anyway surprised by the slash this book has made? >> of course. i mean -- >> i am surprised. >> you describe the president as mentally unstable. >> why wouldn't that cause a flash? >> because i thought we new this. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ today's morning minute ...

. >> today is friday, january 5th, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jan carabeo. jim donovan is off today. school closings and delays are scrolling at the bottom of our screen right now, and there are a lot of them this morning all philadelphia public schools and archdioces schools are closed again today. >> now a check of today's forecast with katie and meisha >> good morning, ladies, happy friday. so on my way in this morning, i saw some spun out vehicles, and it is still very, very slick on the on and offer ramps. like we were talking about the side streets, as well, stowe will be another long morning. >> i won't be shocked by that at all. i wouldn't be shocked that a lot of schools are closing today. so much clean up needs to be done, then just too harsh for the kids. you don't want them out waiting for the bus in this kind of harsh cold. but at least the storm is gone , yes. first things first. i'm realist, we are seeing the end of this storm system, it is out of here at this point, the storm itself is actually still spinning away and churning across atlantic

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. there are several school delays, that information at bottom of the screen. lets get your day started with a check with wetter and katie with traffic and weather. >> hey, good morning. >> it is early. snowflakes are falling right now, on my particular commute in it was just very wet but our camera shots we are seeing snow, coming down, little bit of everything and we have some accidents out there, katie. >> this is the kind of system that make us just go, ugh because they are not going to dumb april lot but they still mess with you in a pretty significant way. it makes sense we are on early here this morning to give you we when you get outside the door here, rain head up to the weather watchers you are already up and watching. we will show you your reports at 4:45 or so. get them n i want to know what you are seeing. we have a mix touring going on cold air still catching up in the last few hours. it was wet on my drive too, just very cold rain but now getting cold enough it is turning over to snow, still just rain in new jersey, you might get gipped out of th

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. lets check forecast with katie and traffic with meisha. >> katie, welcome back. >> welcome back, everything is looking really good, however, we have one accident, but dry roadways, hopefully staying that way. >> we have a couple snowflakes that should not cause any issues but we will see on storm scan very light, not causing any problems but it is out there. we have a northwest wind flow and getting reports of our own news room of folks that have seen a few flakes the drive-in this is, i don't think it will impact you but it is out there so it is worth mention not a sign necessarily of anything bigger yet to come. 30 degrees at the airport. cold start to the morning, down in the 20's and teens in a handful of spots here, north of philadelphia, but, yeah, you know, again still january, still typical, around the rest of the region here outlining suburbs to the north and east, 26 pottstown, 24 doyletown and palmyra in the 20's as the rest of the slew of observations. we will not rebound

. >>> i'm rahel solomon. katie's off, lauren and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> happy hump day, lauren, welcome. >> thank you, pleasure to be here. >> we are looking outside right now we have an overturn tractor trailer from yesterday evening that is still out there, construction, and things to talk about coming up >> i am on my 17th cup of coffee this morning. >> good for you. >> temperatures chilly. that will wake you up. we had mild conditions yesterday morning, little different, we need to break out that winter coat. 43 degrees in philadelphia. forty-one allentown. freezing mark in mount pocono. chilly start in wildwood at 40 . then we have a breeze to contend with as well up around eight, 13, 18, 24 miles an hour, so that is add to go that wind chill impact right now feeling like teens in the poconos. feeling like 34 in allentown. feeling like 36 in philadelphia. thirty-four in millville. in your hour by hour forecast we are seeing sunshine, in precipitation to worry about but we wi

. >> i'm rahel solomon. out the door with a check on the forecast. >> hey, guys, happy friday, tg if. looking outside, things actually looking pretty good. lot of construction it, have an accident, as well, we get to all of that coming up. >> quiet on my side. i'm telling you, this is nice stretch of weather. today is actually going to end up a pretty seasonable day. but it is clear, and it stays that way through the day, so very, very quiet day coming up the the winds are nice and light. temperatures starting to rise. it looks good. if you have outdoor plans, certainly in the clear here. storm scan is also very clear. the tri-state sweep not picking up on anything, so nothing to see out here. let's move along where the temperatures are definitely still chilly. you still need to be wearing your winter coats for sure. the daytime high eventually rebounds back to the mid 40's, for now, still stuck in the teens and even lower teens, as go into the lehigh valley, for example, but here in the sit, 25, probably dr

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. >> i'm rahel solomon. it will still be chill toy day but this warm up is in store for weekend lets check the forecast with katie and meisha >> yeah, happy thursday. it felt cold today. i had my scarf, mittens so glad i d we have a couple accidents out there and construction, of course but man is it cold. >> very chilly. that is the story for new but then temperatures warm up. it is very quiet in the weather center. storm scan, clear finally and will stay that way for the long hall. we are all clear, there is a pretty, nippy wind out there right now, guys that will make it feel chilly. your current temperatures are bad enough, you're only at seven, up in mount pocono here in the city. only in the teens. only at 20 in atlantic city and that wind, well, is there a couple of things work ago begins you here. a, a noticeable breeze, well in the teens and then out of the northwest and that means it is coming from the cold place. we have had a cold front yesterday. so, that does mean that it is feels like value ne