. >> i'll let samantha phillips do that, we don't want to frighten people unnecessarily to the point where they have to be in. people for some reason or another they think the money is over, it's easier for everyone involved to be as normal as possible commerce and business and people until it gets to the point where we need to get indoors and be safe. >> all right we have been listening to mayor kenney and other officials providing an update on the city of philadelphia's plans to handle the storm. not the least of which is a snow money imposed tonight at 9:00. the mayor is urging residents to move all vehicles off snow emergency routes, or they will be moved for you. we'll recap everything beginning on "action news" at 4:00 this afternoon. we'll take a quick break. i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® is also proven to reduce the risk of st

including emergency director samantha phillips. >> really rapid response from all of those other partnersicenses and inspections, the water department, peco, pgw initial actions real dollar help minimize the disruption to the community at large. >> reporter: fire commissioner derek saw we are told oy witness news he believes the fire likely started in the basement and work its way up. >> it will be a long night because we can't get inside to get to the seat of the fire. we'll put hose strings on the fire until we got it knock down. once it's save l and i will come out to make sure the building is safe. once it's safe we'll try to get inside to determine the origin and cause. >> crews will go in early tomorrow monk see if they can find cause. people lived there and call this building their home. my colleague diana rocco standing by with that part of the story right now obviously a tough night fourths folks. diana. >> reporter: david, while it's been a long night for firefighters it has also been a very long and difficult night for the residents living here. many who stood on the street wat

. >> reporter: samantha phillips is the direct of emergency management for philadelphia and says herepartment has extra money and resources because of the record setting warm december. >> we really can't complain about this winter because it's really been easy one to manage and so i have to say there's kind of small element of excitement as we approach this weekend to really get into action and do what we liked to here. >> reporter: penndot is in similar situation. and so are the folk at peco. who are already in snow mode. they're ready to hit the streets as soon as outages are reported. heavier wet snow could accumulate on trees and cause some issues and cause power outages for customers. >> we got the question, are you rusty. you haven't dealt with this for awhile. we're in good shape and ready to go for this weekend. >> reporter: ready for whatever happens this weekend. i've check a lot of events are being canceled this weekend. interesting to note the sat's college entrance scam that will not be canceled that's a national date schedule for this saturday obviously folks will need

likely have another press briefing tomorrow, to get us started off with our report i'll call on samantha phillipse director of the office of emergency management who will talk about the status of our coordinating efforts and how we will move those efforts forward over the next couple of days. sam? >> good afternoon thank you. again i'm sam phillips director of emergency management for the city. to start with the forecast, the national weather service has been great about sharing information with us, and that is the official forecast we use for our decision making, we are in a blizzard watch, that begins friday evening and extends through sunday morning, we are forecasted for the most probable snowfall accumulation of 12 to 18 inches, certainly there could be anomalies there, the upper range could be close toward 20 and the lower is in the single digit inches. with this storm there are high winds and we are focused on the potential for power out ables and downed trees and we are doing coordination with the parks department. i want to go to the coordination at this point, we have not made official

so to get us started off with our report i'm going to call on samantha phillips who is the director of office of emergency management who will talk about the status of our coordinating efforts and how we will move those efforts forward over the next couple of days. sam? >> thank you. good afternoon, thank you. again i'm sam phillips director of emergency management for the city. just to start off with the forecast the national weather service has been great about sharing information with us and that's the official forecast that we use for our decision making. we are in a blizzard watch that begins friday evening and extends through sunday morning. we're forecasted for the most probable snowfall accumulation of 12 to 18-inches. certainly there could be some anomalies there the upper range could be closer to 20 and then of course the lower is in the single digit inches. with this storm, there's going to be high winds so we're really focused on the potential for power outages and downed trees so we're doing some close coordination with our utility partners and also our parks and recreatio

so to get us started off with our report, i'm going to call on samantha phillips, who is the director of the office of emergency management, who will talk about the status of our coordinating efforts and how we will move those efforts forward over the next couple days. sam? >> good afternoon, thank you. again, i'm sam phillips, director of emergency management for the city. just to start off with, the forecast, the national weather service has been great about sharing information with us, and that's the official forecast that we use for our decision making. we are in a blizzard watch that begins friday evening and extends through sunday morning. we're forecasted for the most probable snowfall accumulation of 12 to 18 inches. certainly, there could be some anomalies there. the upper range could be closer to 20 and then, of course, the lower is in the single digit inches. with this storm there's going to be some high winds, so we're really focused on the potential for power outages and downed trees, so we're doing some close coordination with our utility partners and also our parks and

so to get us started off, with our report, i'm going to call on samantha phillips who is the director of the office of emergency management who will talk about the the status of our coordinating efforts and how we will move those efforts forward over the next couple of days, sam? >> good afternoon, thank you i'm sam phillips director of emergency management for the the city. just to start off with the the the forecast, the national weather service has been great about sharing information with us and that is the official forecast that we use for our decision making. we are in the blizzard watch, that begins friday evening and extend through sunday morning. we're forecasted for the the the most probable snowfall a accumulation of 12 to 18 inches. certainly there could ab normallies there the upper range could be closer to 20 and then, of course, the the lower is a single digit and inches. with this storm there is going to be high winds. so we're really focused on the powe to tension for power outages, and down trees. we're doing some close coordination with our utility partners and also

. >> samantha phillips, i should introduce you properly. >> sam. >> our new streets commissioner is here, you have been commissioner how many days. >> since january 4th. >> so let's jump right in. >> yes gulf been with the streets department of philadelphia for how long. >> i have been with the streets department for 23 years. >> you know what you are doing. >> deputy commissioner for past four years and i received for four years before that. >> lets get this done. >> when governor tom wolf says we are in the state of emergency what does that mean for us. >> for local yours dixon it is just additional resource support if needed. it is in the to be confused with our city snow emergency which is only about parking on snow emergency routes. it can free up resources if we need it. >> have you decided what we are supposed to do with our cars. >> we will make decision today and a announced at a news press conference. >> today at noon. >> i think i necessity is what coming. if we do put them in, remind us all because it has been a few years since we have had a really huge storm. >> right, when

. >>> we have samantha phillips with us. the philadelphia emergency management department and she's joining us live on the show. thank you so much. we appreciate you being here as well. what can you tell us about this situation particularly on the pennsylvania turnpike? >> actually, i'm here to talk about local philadelphia. i know there have been inner street restrictions here. here in philadelphia, we got close to 15 inches of snow overnight. we have a lull happening right now but more snow is coming later today with the winds picking up. so, you know, our focus is really trying to get those on the roadways throughout the extent of today, the cleanup will certainly occur well into tomorrow. and just really monitoring the potential for power outages with the mind. >> mrs. phillips, has there been a lot of interruption in power? is it still snowing there right now? i'm wondering if there's a sheet of ice underneath that snow as there is in sorry areas. >> yeah, so, as of now, the snow has lessened a bit so there's a second w

holly phillips is in our toyota green room with a first of its kindme >> samantha: we take a live look over downtown cleveland right now. you're looking out towards csu, and it's 28 degrees but it's breezy out there. it feels more like it's in the upper teens. it will be breezy throughout the day. very early this morning we had some lake-effect snowshowers out to the east. that moved out, and some of us out to the west are seeing a highs today around 31. we tonight move much temperature-wise. a few flurries are possib "cbs this morning" sponsored by prudential. prudential. bring your challenges! continuing series "note to self" features chelsea handler and includes pretty blunt each out to drinking! yourself stop doing it, but stop! >> good advice! called drunk and dialing. >> or don't send e-mails late at night. >> that's right! >> very revealing conversation you're watching "cbs this morning." (text tone) excuse me. (phone tone) again? back. always running to the bathroom because your bladder is calling the shots? (text tone) you may have oab. enough of this. the doctor. take charge