. >> reporter: so penndot will mix salt with calcium chloride to make it work in the colder temperatures. >> it works down to 5 degrees. >> reporter: calcium chloride is your best bet. >> it works minus 5 degrees. >> reporter: people are looking for calcium chloride and wiped out the shelves at this store in king of prussia. it's going to be cold, don't rush and drive at a lower speed. in university city, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." code blue is across the region because of the dangerous bitter cold, if you see a home ltz person call 215 232-1984. >>> just because animals are covered in fur doesn't mean they are not in danger from the cold. if you see an animal chained call (267)385-3000. the pet's owner will be fined. >>> southwest officials felt the bitter cold putting out a blaze of a house fire. the house had no heat and the man staying there was using that heater to keep warm. >> what we want to do, stress if you use kerosene heaters fill them outside and remember space heaters are safe. >> they are not releasing the name or age of the victim. this is the 5 city's 5th fire

so penndot is prepared the take extra steps if they have to. and tonight there's concern about those whiteout snow squalls that are being forecast which could make for hazardous driving conditions. >> there's going to be periods of time when a squall may come through the region that could reduce visibility and drop heavier snow for a short period of time. >> reporter: another concern is about those bitterly cold temperatures that are being forecast. they can salt the roadways all they want but when it gets too cold the normal salt application doesn't work very well. >> once you get temperatures down to the 20-degree range and into the teens salt normal application of salt does not work as effectively. >> reporter: so they're prepared to mix calcium chloride with the salt if they have to which dramatically lowers the temperature at which water freezes. today we saw a problem on dellly drive near fountain green where water was coming down a slope and turned to ice and snow making for hazardous driving conditions. they had to shut down the northbo

. >> so penndot is prescribed to mix swalt calcium chloride which dramatically lowers temperatures that freezes. this is true for what homeowners use to melt ice and snow. rock salt works to a certain point. >> that works down to minus 5 degrees. >> although it's a lot more expensive he says calcium chloride is best bet. >> it's 25 minus. >> 25 minus degrees. >> calcium chloride. >> yes. >> people were scambleing to find stuff for the ice and snow wiping out this king of prussia home depot of everything. >> sold like hot cakes. >> wow. >> it's gone. >> gone. >> and of course it's valentine's day tomorrow. there likely will be a lot of people out and about. be careful on the roadways. take time. don't rush. drive at a lower speed. we're live in university city, dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> thank you dann as you said the warning about the cold is not just about comfort. these temperatures it's dangerous. with wind chills to minus 15 sunday morning frost bite can snet on exposed skin 15 to 30 minutes. >> it might include numbness, tingling, change in color of skin and pain as w

crews in massachusetts have been working around the clock so penndot and two other districts from theeystone state sending emergency crews and 25 trucks to help out. >> going to be spending the better part of a week back loading up dump trucks and moving snow to designateed areas. they've had unprecedented snowfall in the last three weeks, four weeks. they received over 6 feet of snow, and they're going to be getting a foot and a half over the next couple of days. >> scott tells us 80-inches so far. penndot says there are plenty of crews and salt trucks here in case we get some bad weather ourselves. >>> here's some good news. sign of spring. right now, the phillies equipment truck is on its way to florida for spring training. there it is. 18 wheeler loaded with all the team's gear. listen to this. 2400 baseballs 1200 bats, 600 pairs of pants 140 batting helmets. players like chase utley and ryan howard they have their own endorsement deals. they bring their own equipment to spring training. even the rookies or guys fighting to make the big leagues will be equipped. >> over the years,

so penndot has about 50 trucks out right now salting and responding to any left over icy areas. and here in philadelphia, the city has more than two dozen trucks out as well. for crews and drivers i've spoke win here this morning, tell me streets in philadelphia are looking pretty good. take a listen. >> you know, actually, the roads are pretty good. couple side streets icy, but the main roads pretty clear. no ice. i haven't seen any. i haven't felt any. feels good. >> of course, ice varies from spot to spot. yesterday on sproles road radnor township a man was killed when wind and ice pulled a tree down on his car and then caused a head-on crash. so ice this morning will depend on your location. with temperatures this low we always want to say just be on the look-out for any slick spots. reporting live in east falls this morning, jan carabeo cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> jan we'll get back to you shortly, thank you. >>> well, happening today organizers are rallying in bridgeton over a fatal police shooting. two officers shot and killed jerome reid december 3rd. this is dash cam v

and that's where the ice developed, where the accident first hit us this morning, so penndot dispatched salt crews, but until then, they have all northbound lanes closed. so, from the schuylkill expressway, folks are need to go use the roosevelt boulevard up to wissahickon avenue. here is a live look, here comes some sun glare, coming around the belmont curve but again, it is just slowing us down, not warming us up any at least not yet. east and west on the schuylkill expressway see the normal volume. ninety-five northbound, heavy from the commodore barry, up in toward the airport area. and new jersey transit, they're running with ten minute delays system-wide this morning, because of the weather conditions. and we have those detours that remain with us in norristown, around the early morning four alarm fire, and the four main septa bus routes through norristown, are also, on a detourment mike, alex, back over to you. >> 8:04. let's get to the story, one person is dead, following an apartment fire, in norristown. this wasn't any apartment, it was in the historic area of norristown, the

reporter: back in sellersville the north main street bridge is on penndot's radar, but like so many bridgese state's report on this bridge says there's not enough money to fix it. >> penndot is throwing nearly $1 billion at the problem, but we found that only fixes about 600 of the more than 4500 bridges in need. for the investigators, i'm mitch blocker, nbc ten news. >> mitch went to harrisburg and the secretary of transportation to see if the bridge is big enough for our area. >>> this robbery at a sunoco gas station, the thief points the gun at the clerk and she hands over the money. if there is anything remarkable about the robber is that he had pink shoelaces. if you know who this is you're asked to call philadelphia police. >>> new jersey halts a new standardized test. lawmakers passed two bills that address the partnership for assess employ readiness for college and career tests. one bill puts a three-year moratorium on the test and the other bars it from being administered to students in kindergarten through second grade. all public school students in third through 11th grade would

so penndot is mixing salt with calcium chloride. bruise wagner at the king of prussia home depot said it's the best bet for homeowners in these temperatures. >> calcium chloride is safer for the environment and animals and everything, it works up to 25 minus. >> 25 minus degrees calcium chloride. >> yes. >> it's valentine's day there will be many people out and about, take your time on the roads and drive at a lower speed when you're dealing with weather. >>> code blue alerts are in effect across the region because of the bitter and dangerous cold. if you see a homeless person outside you're under to call the hot line (215)232-1984. this is a good time to check on any elderly neighbors to make sure they are warm, as well. >>> and just because animals are covered in fur doesn't mean they are not in danger from the cold. if you see an animal chained outside call the animal control team >>> a kerosene heater is blamed for a fire on kingsessing avenue after 10:30. the house did not heat, they think the man was using the heater to keep w

so penndot trucks are on the move putting down salt in those areas and trying to prevent any potential refreeze. the storm moved in and out and left standing water behind sonny some on roads some on sidewalks. as the temperature dropped that water could refreeze causing problems for anyone out and about this evening. penndot trucks made the rounds throughout the afternoon trying to hit any areas on the roads still wet. >> you're not going to salt the whole highway 'cause there's no snow or icy conditions right now but we just gonna' make sure that there's no wet areas left, any area that is wet we're going salt it. >> reporter: with rush hour, penndot will pull its salt trucks offer the roads. the traffic actually helps to dry the pavement. through the night they'll hit any problem spots that arise as temperatures tumble. motorists said they'll just try to keep an eye out. a patch of what looks like water might actually be ice. >> i'll just take my time, you know try to be safe. >> reporter: again, it seems to me you'll be just fine on the majors this evening. the schuylkill expressway

with that said winds will pick up so penndot expects those wind to actually help dry off the the road before they have a chance to freeze and make their job easier. we're in center city, man matt rivers for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> for the the fourth time in less than a month a major storm is expected to dump as much as 2 feet of snow in parts of the new england. whipping wind are expected to create white out conditions there. that area has seen as much as 6 feet of snow this winter. we will have a report from boston coming up later in our newscast. >>> right now at 6:05 and developing right now, police in cope hage even denmark said they killed a gunman believed to be behind two shoot initial their city. investigators say a man was killed and two officers injured in the shooting outside a copenhagen synagogue early saturday morning. that shooting came six hours after a gunman fired at least 30 shots through a window at a copenhagen cafe killing a 40 year-old man and injuring three police officers. the swedish cartoon is lars was speaking a at that cafe. he received death threats

so penndot has about 50 trucks out here right now salting and responding to any left over icy areas. and here in philadelphia, the city has more than two dozen trucks out as well. but, crews and drivers i've spoke win this morning here, tell me at least in philadelphia, roads are looking pretty good. >> you know, actually, the roads are pretty good. couple of side streets icy but the main roads are pretty clear. there is no ice. i haven't seen any. haven't felt any. feels good. >> but of course ice varies spot to spot. yesterday on sprawl road radnor township a man was killed when wind and ice pulled a tree down on his car and then caused a crash. so the ice this morning is going to be hit or miss, but with temperatures this cold, with all of the moisture we saw yesterday, it is always worth the remind their could you run into some slick spots so just keep that in mind as you head out the door. live in east falls this morning, jan carabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness news" jan good heads up, thank you. >>> bridgeton residents plan a rally today after fatal police shooting. two officers shot and

so the roads are wet, penndot they put down all of that salt brine solution last night, so ready to go, but south jersey you're dry as a bone, no wipers here, just headlight coming in toward philly so again, depending upon where you begin and end your trip as you travel through the morning, road conditions will change, headed north no delays at all, roads dry here, across the bridges, and we'll see how close that clipper get to that i-95 corridor. right now though i-95 schuylkill, 23 minute trip coming into philly, just under half hour on the clock, coming out of northeast philly, on i-95, no problems on 295, in south jersey, accident here, church and hawthorn, mass transit, septa says again in the areas where the regional rail lines are seeing some of the precipitation, the platforms could be slippery, so just use some caution there, mike, alex, back over to you. >> thank you, bob kelly. 7:00 # five, police say there have been several pick pockets in an area familiar to you. >> steve covering the story over in mt. laurel, new jersey, hey, steve. >> it seems the same two police departm

so i know we have penndot coming up in a couple minutes.t is the big question, where are the four to 500 trucks that they told us were going to be out with a full call out here yesterday. here's a live lot a the neighborhood torresdale and rhawn, northeast philadelphia, your secondary roads, side streets, that is understandable but make sure you get all that snow, off of your vehicle before you step outside the front door. lets go down to delaware where again, south delaware, south jersey getting hit harder this time around, you see these upside down storms with the further south we are watching, the heavier snow, where we are hitting you, but snow covered roadways, around route one in delaware. here's a live look the at 295 in south jersey again, if you can delay your trip by a couple of hours i think that would be the best, the philadelphia schools are doing their thing with the two her delay. southbound on the freeway multi vehicle accident right here near route 55. septa has 30 to 40 buses on the detour. they have suspended the 35 but t

if you'll be out and about tonight, so will penndot.y'll be working northbound lanes of 95 right at cottman avenue down to only two lanes. keep that in mind if you're waiting for someone to come home from the sixers game and then heads up for tomorrow. we'll be drain cleaning. cleaning out the drains on the schuylkill expressway. expect delays in and out of the city between 9:30 and 2:00 from city line into downtown. you'll want to head for the kelly drive as an alternate. another cold night another cold morning tomorrow. sue and i will have the details when we see you ♪ >>> this is one lucky lamb braider. she fell through a sheet of ice in were betsy lake in michigan not far from coast guard station station. guardsman saw the dog in the icy waters sprung into action as you see right there. the lab is recovering tonight at an animal shelter. taught little thing. if no one comes forward claiming her by next week she'll go up for adoption. you know who is in line to give her a new home. the guard man who rescued her. he has name in mind b

penndot telling us because it will be so cold tomorrow they'll be mixing in gravel and other debris in order to help people move on the roads. they also say when you wake up tomorrow and you look out, you may see snow on the streets. you'll think the streets haven't been treated. they say, in fact, they sl-l have been treated but it will be so cold the salt won't make the snow turn into water. they want you to take as much time as possible when you hit the roads because you'll see snowpacked roads and icy spots no matter how much salt they put out there. deanna durante, "nbc10 news." >>> here's a live look from our cape may camera. parts of the juricy shore could see the most snow from this storm. ted greenberg shows us how people there are getting ready. >> reporter: sheets of ice floating in the ocean. the unforgettable and frigid scene today in cape may. >> i really had to go up to the water's edge to look at it and say, that's ice. those are -- yeah ice slabs floating around. >> reporter: the highly unusual sight drew patrice and bob king onto the beach despite a temperature of 10

. >> so cold penndot salt has frozen. fixing the problem i annie mccormick with mini mouse and mickey mouse. we have a big announcement from children's hospital of philadelphia. more on that story coming up. >> now for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan sharrie williams monica malpass the entire "action news" team. i'm christa quinn williams. have a nice evening. good night. >> good night. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> breaking news tonight. it happened late today in new castle delaware, somebody burst into the rose hill community center and opened fire. one person has been killed. the gunman is still at large. monday night the big story on "action news" tonight is breaking news from new castle. police converged on 19lamson with reports of gunfire in a building where teenagers and preteens were involved in activity. dann cuellar is live on the scene. what is the latest. >> reporter: new castle police remain on the

be patient says penndot. it's so bad it can't be patched it must be milled and resurfaced resurfaced. that can't happen till the weather gets warmer. temperatures around 40 degrees or higher. until then, drivers are urged to slow down, avoid this stretch entirely or pay the price in damage to their vehicles. >> what kind of money will it set you book get your car worked on? >> about $600. that's the parts. not the labor. >> reporter: just because of that stretch? >> just because of that right there. >> reporter: just a couple minutes ago updateed information. more specific information from penndot. they now tell me it will likely be mid march at the earliest before they will be able to come out and repair this half mile stretch of city avenue between haverford road and the delaware county line. again, it's all weather perming and temperature perming. they expect the repair work to last about week. in the meantime if you see potholes or road damage, that's of concern to you give them a call. easy number to remember on

. >>> in pennsylvania, the cold temperatures making things really really tough for penndot. >> so they say salt becomes lessee effective the lower the temperatures go. >> the biggest challenge is with the salt itself. salt becomes lessee effective at the lower temperatures. so what you'll see is as we are's plowing and we will start putting salt down before the monday morning rush hour it will not turn tonight to a wet watery conditions. >> penndot says hundreds of salt trucks and a number of plows will be out all morning, and don't forget they need room to properly treat the roads. if you are driving leave a good distance between your vehicle and those trucks. do what sue serio did this morning, follow behind a snowplow, or a salt truck all morning long. >> speaking of salt trucks and being outside on the road right now let's head out there right now. >> fox 29's jennifer joyce recently got out of the car. real quickly on twitter chris cure even wants to know are you cold. >> reporter: i'm actually hanging in there right now. thank you so much for your concern. i'm wearing four or fiv

so all of the penndot crews are kind of waiting in the wings. i passed crews on 202 a couple a along the way on the schuylkill expressway. so they are all in place and ready to go and right here even coming into the sit on it schuylkill expressway when you see that curve be ready to slow it down because again i hate to say it but i got a flash back a couple weeks ago that early saturday morning and we had wet road and low temperatures and it caused fatal accidents on the blue route and that massive pile up on the schuylkill expressway. we have getting word of an accident north on i-95 between 452 and commodore barry bridge. speedometer readings right in the 50's here. so again folks keeping it slow are than normal this morning. double five's coming out of downingtown no problems coming off of i-95 through the construction zone. philadelphia international will be rolling the dice this morning. it is quiet at the airport. we will keep an eye on the arrivals and departures throughout the morning and mass transit is running with no delays, chris and

this is the 11th winter event that penndot has had to deal with so far this year. ey've used over 50,000 tons of salt on area streets and highways. but they do have 80,000 more on hand ready to go. penndot tells us they did send crews out thursday and friday brining and salting area roadways so they do believe that they are prepared for this storm. still, they are warning drivers to be careful out on the streets tonight and tomorrow morning. today super bowl sunday we encourage motorists to exercise extreme caution and tolerance as they make their way home from their super bowl parties or wherever they're watching the game. conditions will be deteriorating while it's snowing and it switches over to the freezing rain. in addition various municipalities will be holding dui checks along with the state police and there willy will be patrols. >> reporter: good advice there. you heard it. stay safe out there tonight when you're leaving any of those parties that you may be at and that's because they will be ready for whatever weather comes our way. we're live in norristown

. >> okay, brad rudolph from penndot thanks so much.nks to your men and women out there with the snowplows and stuff,, too because they're doing some work so that we can be safe. >>> let's go to karen rogers for a look at the roads right now. good morning, karen. >> you heard brad say give it some more time, if you can for your morning commute. this isn't a day to head out early even though we have light volume out there. conditions are worse right now and as we watch the morning progress by the late hours in your commute hours we'll be looking a little bit better so now we're looking live on the boulevard approaching ridge avenue. that southbound traffic right there and you can see we've got an accident, the left lane blocked as well as the right shoulder so difficult there on the boulevard southbound approaching ridge avenue. this has been out here a little bit. still seeing emergency workers out there right now. we do have more accidents coming in to us through the area here. this is before we get a lot of volume on the roads. so, he

. >> all right charlie metzger for us, penndot thank so much for your help. >> right, thanks guys. >>es of the wintery weather in your neighborhood. keep the pictures coming. sends them to us on facebook, twitter, and instagram using the hashtag cbs-3 snow. katie, let's update the forecast. >> if you look at the bottom second from the left there yep, yardstick, i know that guy. we did ally bit of our own cbs-3 weather watching this morning, so we decided to go out on the skydeck took our official yardstick with the weather watcher program took a measure. it looks as though we've got generally being finicky as jeff put it, two and a half to three and a half inches. we can say general swat about three, 4 inches has already fall never philadelphia, at least where we are in center city. but at least we take you out to the nice full screen graph of storm scan3, there is discontinuing back edge to this. it will take some time. it is moving along but will take probably the rest of the typical morning rush to completely see this retreat. that said, yes still getting pretty decent small fallin

going to be out and about tomorrow so will the roving penndot crews. day long they'll be working on i-95 cleaning out the drains between center city all the way up through cottman avenue. they'll be working in the northeast here right in front of nazareth hospital, holme avenue will have lane restrictions tomorrow. and another roving penndot crew they'll set up shop on the schuylkill all day tomorrow between 26th street and city line avenue. another cold night which means some more black ice tomorrow morning. sue and i will see you bright and early at 4:00 a.m. ♪ >>> 17 years old police say drunk and they added driving off in the middle of the night that adds up to big trouble after almost side swiping a patrol car police say the girl took off hitting 60 miles an hour at times. she swerved into oncoming traffic. then drove on to a curb and through a snow bank and then after all of that just amazing the snow flys here the only damage was to a mailbox. police did catch up to her and arrested her and they say her alcohol level was about four times the leg

penndot says its vendors didn't include the image so some places might not accept your i.d. the defective licenses will still work at the airport, though. penndot says the problem started with licenses issued in november. the department doesn't know how many drivers are affected but it will mail them free replacement licenses. >>> several workers at philadelphia's sugar house casino accuse management of spying on them according to our partners at the philadelphia business journal. the workers are starting a union at sugar house and may file a document saying the casino is using surveillance cameras to spy on them. the casino denies the charge. >>> tracking some light snow showers in the area. they will be here to start with this morning. and we could see a dusting in parts of the area in bucks county montgomery county chester county seeing some light snow that's moving into delaware. and delaware county and delaware as well. and you can see scattered light showers in new jersey. very light stuff. the hour-by-hour forecast is calling for clouds to thin out later this morning a

penndot says they are ready so far this year they have only used about 88,000 tons of salt compared to last year they were already at the 140 by this time. that is the very latest from norristown, i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thanks for the the update. stay one step ahead with the winter storm with the the cbs philly weather app. it is absolutely freeze and it is available now on itunes and google will play. >>> we are following breaking news out of delaware tonight where there has been a deadly shooting at a community center. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is on the scene live with details tonight. david report rorrer frightening scene here in new castle delaware. this is the rose hill community center this happened after 3:00 in the afternoon. we want to show you chopper three video where someone with a gun a suspect walked in, opened fire, shot and killed a male inside. we're not the exactly sure how hurt that male is. police are saying the victim is's male and he is dead and thinks inside happening in the basement. jessica and chris, there are several di

now, penndot put down the brine last night so we will keep our fingers crossed there. pottstown not something we're look being forward to this morning but spruce and master, final some detours, downed tree in lower merion williamson road at youngford road, traffic diverted onto old gulph road. live look at 202 coming up through the construction zone, no problems or delays at all no flakes in the cameras here, along 202 but again penndot did brine this stretch of 202 and hopefully that clipper system won't clip us this close to the city. it will stay up in the northern and western suburbs but i-95, starting to see some volume southbound, in toward the city. and even the 42 freeway pretty much doubled up in the volume in the last 15 minutes as folks heading in toward the city. mass transit and the airport looking good with no delays. chris, lauren, back to you. >> bob chris is very busy went straight to the source. urban dictionary. com. there is a new billboard campaign with a slang word that is unique to philly. but not everybody knows what it means. >> of all reporter

. >> reporter: the problem says penndot is the road damage here is so severe it can't be patched likeothole. it's due for complete overhaul. a process in which the road is deeply middle and then resurfaced. and that says penndot can't be done until warmer weather. when temperatures routinely hit 40 degrees. and so for now it's hang on to your wheel. and your wallet. >> last week i lost a tire and rim, it crack. >> reporter: is that right? >> yes. >> reporter: on that stretch. >> exact same locate. >> reporter: wow! how much did that set you back. >> about 1500 some. >> reporter: penndot now specifically says it will be mid march at the earliest before weather conditions permit them to come out and resurface this half mile stretch of city avenue between haverford road and the delaware county line. the work is expected to last about a week. meantime if you see potholes or road damage that's of concern to you, give penndot a call easy number to remember one-800-fix- one-800-fix-road. on the pothole patrol on city avenue bruce gordon fox 29 news news. >>> and we want to help got the potho

penndot says it is ready for any trouble we get from tonight's winter weather. the agency says it has been treating roads spreading salt since thursday. so 337 salt trucks are hitting the road tonight, through tomorrow morning's rush, and even though our last winter storm is pretty much, well, pretty much a bus around here, penndot says better safe than sorry. >> winter weather is unpredictable. we try to make the roads clear, passable, we always try to make sure that we have enough material, manpower, in place, so when storms happen, the predictions, you know we got to bring the guys in got to be ready. we can't be, you know, laying down on the job. go to have the guys out and on the roadway even if the forecast not what they say. >> there go. if you're keeping track penndot says it has used 55,000 tons of salt so far this winter. this time last year it already used tens of thousands of tons more. >> we're following breaking news in philadelphia tonight. police have made arrest in the murder of a woman who was gunned down while waiting for a bus near the temple university cam pulls. fox 29's jennifer joyce is live in the news room tonig

. >> reporter: the problem says penndot is the road damage here is so severe it can't be patched like a pothole. it's due for a complete overhaul overhaul. a process in which the road is deeply middle and then resurfaced. and that says penndot can't be done until warmer weather. when temperatures routinely hit 40 degrees and so for now it's hang on to your wheel. and your wallet. >> lot of a tire and rim. it's crack. >> reporter: is that right? >> on that stretch? exactly same location. >> reporter: wow. how much did that set you back? >> about 1500 some. >> reporter: 1500 some odd dollars. don't go looking to your local municipality for help with the repair bill on that pothole damaged car. the law doesn't work that way. penndot wants to hear from you. if you see big potholes or badly damaged roads give them a call the number very easy to remember. one-800-fix-roads. dawn? >> ease is he to remember, bruce. we want to help get the potholes and road issues in your neighborhood on the radar let us know about them by going to myfoxphilly.com and clicking the red envelope at the top of th

so that's something to let you know. minor delay out there, but still a bigger delay is what we're seeing on route 22. penndot is moving this camera all around to see the activity going on. so for drivers in the lehigh valley, route 22 eastbound is still closed at 15th street with a gaper delay westbound. the closure on the eastbound side. coming up at 6:30 i'll give you an alternate route or two to give you options if you need to get around the closure. for now we'll take you to a live look outside. a closer look here of philadelphia with clear skies out there, but bill it's cold cold, cold. >>> and the winds are not helping. the strong gusty winds brought the cold air in in a hurry, but the wind is still with us. it's not as strong as yesterday when peaking at 41 miles an hour. just enough to bring us the cold air and to make it feel colder. an 8-mile-an-hour in philadelphia. wilmington has a 16-mile-an-hour wind. look at the temperatures 16 for coatsville. 13 in doylestown. wrightstown, 16 degrees. roxborough 17 degrees. northeast philadelphia, 19. 20 degrees on 5th and wharton along the delaware trail, bu

had about half dozen spots that were reported about an hour ago and the city, and penndot dispatching the salt trucks. soy're out there. fifty-second street still closed locust to spruce in west philly as a result of the monday morning fire. so the 52 bus is on a detour. and let's go outside. good morning to moorestown, new jersey, live look at main street left, right turning lanes, just watch your tires pick up piece of the ice that's kind of laying off to the left or right side of the roadway. could sends us a spinning, light volume so far coming in on 422 leaving royersford, and mass transit running with no delays. chris, lauren, back over to you. >> bob, thanks so much. president obama talking counter terrorism during summit at the white howls the president joining leaders from 660 nations for the three-day event. focused on stopping violence, and the growth of terrorist groups around the world obama says muslims have a responsibility to fight a miss convention that terror groups speak for them. the president adding america is not at war with islam instead with the people who have pervert philadelphi

. >> reporter: problem says penndot is road damage here is so severe it cannot be patched like a pothole. it is due for a complete overhaul a process which the road is milled and re-surfaced and that says penndot cannot be done until warmer weather when temperatures routinely hit 40 degrees. for now it is hang on to your wheel and your wallet. >> it cracked. >> reporter: is that right. >> on that stretch. >> on this exact same location. >> reporter: how much did that set you back. >> about $1,500. >> reporter: wow. penndot now specifically says it will be mid-march at the earliest before weather conditions permit them to come out and resurface this half mile stretch between haverford road and delaware county line. the work is expect to last about a week. in the meantime if you see pot homes or road damage that is of concern to you, give penndot a call, easy number to remember, 800 fix-road. on the pothole patrol on city avenue i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> coming up, the eagles make a big change to their roster in the off season. a long time player that has just been released. >>> go

so calcium chloride and potassium chloride are the safest. >> reporter: in philadelphia drivers were gassing up and getting ready for what's sure to be a messy morning. penndot says they already for tomorrow morning's commute. they're warning drivers to take it slow, keep safe distance behind those plow trucks and interesting fact they say so far this season they've already used 88,000 tons of salt by tomorrow morning that number is only expected to rise. we're live in the nicetown section of the city tonight i'm diana rocco cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> diana, thank you. speaking of commute septa and new jersey transit say they will run a normal weekday schedule tomorrow. patco will run a snow schedule trains will be operating at slower speeds. amtrak will run a modified schedule on the northeast core don if you're traveling by plane, some flights have been canceled so you're advised to check with eighty four airline for more detailed information check out cbsphilly.com. >>> and we are getting an early start tomorrow morning to make sure you get out the door and do it safely. ukee erika and katie will start our eye on the storm coverage at a special early time

really light flurries, at this point , penndot crews don't have a lot to do but we're told they will be driving around all night overnight looking for that precipitation so that they can treat roadways as soon as they can. salt trucks, loaded up penndot's norristown salt yard sunday afternoon when penndot and additional contractors more than 300 trucks including salt, plow and anti icing trucks will be on district six's highways and byways covering five counties. >> we were able to brine major highways and get that taken care of as our first line of defense. as forecast started to change we were able to make adaptions, we were able to bring in crews this afternoon. >> reporter: crews got a head start friday afternoon's brief snow squall laying down salt the that will help precipitation too. the timing of this wintry mix is concerning, between monday morning commuters and people leaving super bowl parties tonight. drivers tell us they are factoring weather into their plans. >> i'll probably stick because i have a decent car for it but, you know, i might head out early if it gets bad. >> take it the slow get out of the road out of the way of the plows and

notice penndot and police are on the scene, vehicle here having hazard lights on. folks slowing ever so slightly to take a peak. than though we are not seeing volume problems, black ice could be a problem on the majors and we are seeing rush hour pick up southbound around girard and cottman at construction zones. also traveling through the tacony section of northeast philadelphia still be mindful of this activity that you will fine at torresdale and levick. this was an earlier house fire, a bar fire and they are still dealing with the closure of levick. devereaux would be your best bet. no major delays for mass transit, ukee. >>> updating our breaking news police are searching for person responsible for deadly stab nothing mt. airy. one man was killed and another injured in front of the bar near stenton avenue and johnson street. >>> one person is in the hospital after a fire in tacony. flames tore through an apartment above a bar near levick street and torresdale avenue and then spread to the bar. it is in the clear what sparked that fire. >>> officials say a building covered in ice co

seeing some people not listening, not going at the lower speeds, rates that penndot is suggesting of course on those signs so to still take it slow because icy patches could still pop up. for now reporting live from mobile6, annie mccormick channel6 "action news" isn't annie thank. >>> yet another winter storm has left new england buried in snow. this is a look at -- actually that's a look at philadelphia international airport. not so bad for us but up in manchester, new hampshire they've got a snow emergency in effect this morning. the highway crews say they're actually -- there's the look. they're running out of places to push and put the snow they've had so much of it. this steady run of winter has already sucked up more than 70 percent of new hampshire's winter maintenance budget. >>> and our coverage of the icy conditions continues on 6abc.com/weather. we have storm tracker 6 radar and your accuweather forecast to keep you prepared for whatever winter will be throwing your way. >> in other news and breaking this morning a u.s. airways plane from philadelphia was forced to make an emergency landing in ho

so, lets get to this. because brad with penndot, bob kelly, kind of been calling you out. we have been saying where are the plows. >> yeah, i understand bob's point but the snow has been accumulating because of the cold temperature. you guys mentioned boston and sending crews up to massachusetts. those crews were replaced. we have a full compliment out this morning. they take sometime they take two to three hours on these major interstates and given the temperatures the accumulation we're seeing we're seeing it buying up this morning. the roads are passable and there are speed restrictionness place on the major highways and interstates. 45 miles an hour on these roads. and maybe even delay their plans if necessary. >> we knew it was coming. when did you go out and start plowing the the roads. >> well, they start plowing when they have a inch inch and a half. but cold temperatures, that salt takes a while to work, it takes a little longer in the freezing temperatures, and now that the traffic has picked up, that will help, work the salt into the the snow and then developing

so we're giving you a very early heads-up on that. >>> and penndot is hoping a drone will help them fix the roads. how about that? the removed control aircraft will help crews build and fwix highways more efficiently. this takes bird's eye view pictures to help officials stay ahead of landslides and other potentially dangerous situations. drones everywhere. >>> well, a legal battle is brewing in new jersey over parenting rights. we'll tell you how a group of dads are fighting for time with their kids. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself you say avocado old el paso says... zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand 'n stuff tortillas . (record scratch) you say stand n' stuff tortillas old el paso says... start somewhere fresh >>> new jersey's governor chris christie is looking at two bills to buy american products. some lawmakers call christie's decision a lost opportunity to create jobs and help dome

penndot says it has responded to about 20% fewer pothole complaints so far this season come parped to the same time last year but for every pothole there's the potential headache for drivers. >> this is my fourth tire change just mine. >> fourth tire change right here in this stretch? >> yes, you can see from this parking lot. >> that bumpy part of city avenue plaguing drivers is directly next to a stretch that was resurfaced last year. penndot says it will resurface that bumpy part some time this year. >>> to another problem now caused by the weather, the streets department in philadelphia is behind on trash pickup and says the delays will continue this week. the department believes the backlog of last week's storm is to blame. crews may not be able to pick up your trash on time and if they don't they will come back the next morning. >>> another nfl team is facing scandal this morning. another new problem involving fake fans. >>> plus a new investigation shows your herbal supplements may not contain what they say they do. the results getting a lot of attention this morning. >>> and i

penndot earmarked $20 million for the first floor of the project, but city officials still need more money to pay for it soe trying to secure several grants as the project will create much needed tax revenue. >>> and emergency repairs are finished on a bridge in montgomery county. you can see the crews working underneath the easton bridge in sheltonham yesterday. a portion of church road was closed for several hours to make the repairs. all the roads in the area have since reopened. >>> you have heard the warnings time and time again, but the philadelphia fire chief says people are still making mistakes that can be potentially deadly. the three things he says to never use to heat your home. >>> a live look outside on this frigid morning. it is 19 degrees but feels colder. don't forget those sunglasses either. we'll get an update on the forecast that bill henley says includes more snow. >>> and the red cross is partnering up to make sure you stay safe this winter. officials say when it gets cold outside, many people use oven space heaters and handles to keep their homes heated but that often leads to disast

is as the snow continues to fall, it is going have to stop really before penndot can get out there and completely clear it away. so while they're doing their best to keep up with it, it may not necessarily be ideal for you. we really want you to slow down out there. please, just be smart about this. take it easy. we know you got places to be, but you might just have to be late today. again, thankfully, back edge, evident on radar here on storm scan3, but this is going to slow you down, with light to moderate snow continuing for the next few hours reduced visibility there is will be tapering from west to east with time. so really the closer you are to the area shore points, for one thing more likely it is you'll end one pretty significant snow by comparison to your neighbors further inland. but also see it wrap up, the latest so, by this afternoon we're all in the clear actually even probably see little clearing take place where we get bit of sunshine, but at that point the clean up effort will certainly be underway. and we are shooting for 28 degrees. tomorrow up to 30, fresh arctic cold comes on in for us to wrap

so we're looking live on the schuylkill. westbound at the conshohocken curve you see the flashing lights even at this early hour. a disabled vehicle off to the shoulder. penndoton the scene assist wind gust that. we've got another disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. this is in northeast extension northbound approaching quakertown so expect slowing in this area as well. matt and tam. >> okay, thank you karen. >>> we've got breaking new developments in a search for a young girl taken from her home in delaware. police have just gotten a key clue. so let's go right over to "action news" reporter annie mccormick. she's live in new castle. what do you know annie? >> reporter: yeah, and tam at this point police do believe this little girl is in imminent danger. we just got this video in moments ago. take a look. this is the vehicle that police originally believed that the little girl's father was driving. they just towed this vehicle. they believe michael trotta was driving this gray mazda. they discovered it less than four city blocks from the little girl's home in the stockton neighborhood on stockton drive. it has now been towed to here where we are at new

penndot. >>> and as the salt is less effective with the colder temperatures, it's so cold that it makes for very light fluffy snowfall. but that makes for some slippery conditions. virtually no wind with this storm. and it is going to stay light during the day. so blowing snow is not an issue either. though a wlingtd wouldlight wind would likely blow the snow. look at the temperatures in mount pocano 5 degrees. 13 in trenton and wilmington. the cold temperatures are making for that very light, slippery snow. it's really tapering off some in the pocano mountains. not much left in the storm for the mountains or portions of the lehigh valley. but other areas will see accumulations continuing into about sunrise for philadelphia northeast philly. look at the temperatures p 10 degrees rights now in coatesville. roxborough 13 degrees. very slippery in northeast philadelphia with steady snow. at times, heavier snowfall. teens for south philly. that's not going to change much in the morning, but we'll see some sunshine. and the first to see it will be the pocano mountains where they saw very light s

. >> penndot says parts of the city avenue are so damaged that they can't be repaired. it need a complete overhaul. that can't be done until it is warmer. they did a lot of repairs there repaving really of city avenue last year after that horrible winter. in the meantime drivers will to have just hold on. >>> coming up, john boehner blowing kisses, why he was making this face, did you see that right there to reporters. they call that duck lips. >>> it is dry outside right now you cane win playing with the american flag at sixth and market. however flurries possible, sue's full forecast straight >>> hello darkness my old friend... . i know. >> chris, i don't know is what wrong with you. >> simon and garfunkel. >>> if you are not heading to the airport here's something for to you do here in philly. attend closing weekend of the blue cross river rink winter fest. there will be a lot of visitors coming by the delaware river front corporation says this is the best winter season to date. >> everything has a corporate rain, blue cross river rink. is this the thing over at a pe

so we don't get hard pack on the roads. >> reporter: even after it puts down this salt penndot says most likely roads will not be snow free but they will be passable but right now the challenge and the job of crews, they've got to break up this frozen snow clumps, load them up in the trucks and get the trucks out in about two hours. reporting live, kenneth moton channel6 "action news." >> we want to show you a live picture of an extraordinary scene in west philadelphia. fire hit a building here and the building is now encrusted by ice. the fact is there are still a number of firefighters on the scene trying to mop up some hot spots if you can believe that. "action news" reporter john rawlins has the full story. >> reporter: eric white busy this afternoon doing this. describe what you're doing. >> making parts so it won't be frozen. he was reclaiming his eyes encrusted jeep. the overspray from firefighters encased in more than a half inch of ice. ditto for this traffic signal. and the entire site of the fire the three story locust medical center. this is wait looked like are before sun up, flames shooting through the roof

so contagious. >>> the ramp from the schuylkill expressway westbound to 202 southbound we see the accident we've got ambulance penndot on the scene with the accident. traffic is getting by on the ramp, but be careful as you make that turn you're ready for the accident off to the right. in gloucester county, an accident 641. exit 48 that's 55 southbound. we're hearing one person is entrapped in one of the vehicles. >> reporter: this is one of the most uncomfortable mornings we've had all winter long, we've very cold temperatures and strong windchills. if you're dressing the kids impress on them, the fact they should not be outside for all that long. if they to wait in the bus stop cover up. here's why strong blustery winds out of the northwest driving the windchills below zero. pretty much across everywhere from north to south wild has a windchill of zero. frostbite can develop in conditions like this. 9:00 12 degrees. the high is 23 degrees i by then we have windchills in the teens not comfortable, but better. tam? >> going on, charges filed against hersh starred into the wild accused of aggravated assault. according