Lie. I have called the cops a few times to try to get that woman out of my house but they never did anything. She kept abusing. She kept abusing her. Reporter so you hear there very serious allegations that the abuse by nephew, and i spoke with the granddaughter of the victim. She said that she believes her grandmother was just too scared of her room made to report any of the abuse, again, this has not been confirmed by police but simply but investigation is still underway. Were live, Nicole Brewer, Eyewitness News at cw filly thank you, nicole. Also breaking news, five people forced out in the cold have after flames ripped through three southWest Philadelphia homes. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao has been live all morning long. She joins us live from king zesting with more information, jan, good morning. I was able to speak to the man who owns the home, in the abandoned home where this fire started but that home is a trouble spot where people go to do drugs and he hoped someone would fix this before Something Like this, would happen. Now this morning two homes are destroyed, a third is damage by fire, and five people are displaced, looking for another place to stay right now. Definitely a cold morning to be put out in the night air. This fire broke out just after 2 00 in the morning in the 5400 block of florence avenue in king sessing, when crew as arrived they found an unoccupied row home on fire. Those fire crews got the flames under control in 30 minutes but fire had already spread to neighboring homes. Five people displaced including three adults and two teenagers. Would hand who lives next to the abandoned home where this fire started she awoke because she had to use a rest room. She noticed smoke and got out. She ran across the street where her brother lives. Her brother also owns this home. Family is shaken up this morning and they are also angry. Take a listen. They should have tore that house a long time ago. Someone was shot and killed in the house. But yet that house is still standing. Now i lost my house. Reporter they have loss everything this morning, and, and, was injured, and lynn and i has been on the scene and the ones that are completely destroyed as unsafe this morning. Fire investigators have been on the scene looking to determine the cause of the fire. We are continuing to follow this story. As soon as we get more we will bring it straight to you. Live from king sessing, jan carabao for Eyewitness News at cw philly. Thank you. 8 03. Lets get traffic and weather together. Good morning,er contact this much is true it is colder then yesterday was. But i want to put things in perspective. I was just talking on twitter with our sister station morning meteorologists out in denver. She says it feels better than yesterday. Feeling more like it is minus 6 degrees. Im like my gosh that puts it in perspective for us. Lets get me outside, beautiful view, spanning over ben franklin bridge there center city. It looks good. No issues seeing it this morning. We dont have any fog problems. Lets take a look here at storm scan three. We are not necessarily tracking a full blown form system but you can see clouds and lake effect snow picking up here off to the north and west. That is one piece of the larger puzzle, new you disturbance will develop and bring us some rain, and, rain, and, later on into tonight. Currently in the live Neighborhood Network, we have, and a shock to your system. Ill give thaw. It could be so much more worse. Meanwhile, we will take you through, today, expecting and, it will not get there. We will have to dodge some showers, towards the afternoon at the earliest especially north and west of the city and more so toward evening and beyond into philadelphia, but further north and west we will go colder it will be and more likely it is that youll see wet snow flakes milk in. If we see any accumulation it is confined well north and west of philadelphia, and at worse were talking a coating mainly just on nonpaved surfaces, vittoria, over to you. Good morning, lets start with the vine street expressway, we have been starting here for quite sometime and we will get to that in a second. Lets talk to the vine. Once you make it to the vine street expressway, westbound, and, we are dealing with an accident compromising the righthand lane. It is far righthand lane. And, center and left lane getting by. Thinks delaying things, and, delaying things further on the ben franklin bridge. Give yourself some more time. Heres i95. There was a look at i95. Ninetyfive out of the northeast, out of the vine street expressway. Still quiet with rush hour delays. You are the heaviest throughout the construction zones at cottman avenue and girard. A as we look at ben franklin bridge into philadelphia, we have left lanes being block as a result of the overturn truck that lost its load of lumber. You are delayed on the entire ben franklin bridge still affecting 676 and traveling in new jersey on the 42 freeway is not easy trying to get to 676, because we are dealing with the northbound accident, 295 blocking lefthand lane and also affecting 295 and 55, also watch out for delays for mass transit, ukee. Vittoria, thank you you. Developing right now offduty septa bus driver is critically injured after getting caught in the cross fire of a gun battle in south philadelphia. Officers responded to sixth and winton street just before 8 00 last night. Eyewitness says 56 yearold bus driver visits neighborhood often to check on his mom, a 35 yearold man was also shot, and died in the hospital. No arrests have have been made. Investigators say driver of this car, dragged a Philadelphia Police officer several feet in north philadelphia last night. It happened during a car stop near 21st and oxford. The officer fired at least one shot at the car before it got away. Police located the empty koran north lambert street just a short time later and authorities identified a man who turned up at Jefferson Hospital with a gunshot wound to his arm as the driver. The officer only suffered minor bumps and bruises. New this morning, fire tears through a Philadelphia Restaurant and bar. Fire fighters responded to the call, in the 600 block of north front street just after 2 00 this morning. It was under control in less than a half an hour there are no reports of injuries. Also morning commute on the septas Regional Rail was not disrupted after a minor Train Derailment in north philadelphia. Police say an oversized load caused a conrail Freight Train to get under a overpass derailing two cars this happened just before 10 00 on fifth street between allegheny and clear field in the citys fair hill neighborhood. No injuries were reported. Outraged neighbors head to a Community Meeting in south philadelphia after rumors spread of a new casino going up in that area. Hundreds spoke out against the proposed plans to build a casino at packer avenue and darren street. It is just one of four proposed locations for a second casino in the city but the location is also closed to a school which prompts concern for many parents. In my hand i have over a hundred parents in our schools that are opposed to this casino, being opened near our schools. Pennsylvania gaming control board will hold a public meeting, on november 18th. That is when a official decision on location and developer is expect to be made. Happening today a Philadelphia CityCouncil Committee dont future of the gas works. Council never even voted on mayor michael nutters plan to sell pgw to a private company for 2 billion. This is first meeting since council shot down that plan. Another meeting is the subject for tomorrow. Well, there is a public hearing later on tonight on the subject attracting a lot of attention violence in the city of camden new jersey. City was recently named most dangerous city in the united states. Four people have been shot in the last week and unrelated violence. Tonights meeting is at Rutgers UniversityCampus Center beginning at 6 00 oclock. President obamas latest stop on his asian trip is myanmar. He is visiting as to whether its government will follow through on the promised political and economic reforms. Critics say u. S. Made too many overtures to the long eye lated country too soon rewarding promises rather than results. So, do you see it. A little bit. Katie is tracking chilly changes in the forecast and is there a chance we could have snowfall in some areas. We will expect to learn more about the spacecraft that landed on a comet yesterday. We will have the latest for you. He dumped his exwifes cover receipt in the Delaware River. Now he is giving his side of the story as he t turns himself into police. We will be ri it is like a poison, it just sits inside of you and just rots every part of your soul. I didnt want to live anymore because whats the point . But hearing his voice saying, you are worthy, you are my daughter, and everything in your past has been forgiven, there is no other freedom. Nothing can give you freedom like yes, incredible that this happened. Land ago loan was his tournament as don champion reports Scientists Say it was a bumpy ride for the lander. Reporter thinks first image beamed back to earth from a robotic spacecraft that landed on a comet more than 300 miles away from earth. The photo shows rocky terrain where the crash landed. There were cheers as the European SpaceAgency Mission control wednesday after the the probe named phil ae landed. It was not perfect though. Mission leaders now confirmed that the dishwasher sized lander bounced at least two times after harpoons and booster rocket system failed. The big system now is, is it stable on the surface. They have gotten science from most of the instruments so it is working. Reporter it is an important question because comet has weak gravity. Even if functions are limited or lost the mission is not over. Most of the date ace expected to come from roseta unman mother ship. Scientists are studying the icy, dusty comet hoping it can unluck questions about the origin of our solar system. Asteroids and comets are only places where we can go where we fine that the information remains intact, and pristine from that early history of time. Reporter comet is about the size of new yorks central park, it philae stays on it, it will carry out 64 hours worth of scientific observations. Don champion for Eyewitness News at cw philly. Incredible. We love seeing derek pits in there. Absolutely. Franklin institute shout out, cbs3 Weather Department is the weather weather station of the franklin institute. I had to throw that one in there. You know. Storm scan three lets start off here, we have lake effect snow brewing here across great lakes region. That will not survive rolling our way. Rather what you will fine happening here today goes on, nothing has formed just yet but is there moisture that will get drawn in and a we will see low pressure get to develop and come in here from the southwest. It will be quick to develop, quick to move in and quick to retreat too that combined with the fact that we have colder air to work w i have to show you future snow amounts. I dont want to you panic. What you will find here at most on the model no more than a couple tenth have of an inch of snow. That said ground is still too warm in most spots for this to have a chance to stick and accumulate. Absolute worst, i think youre talking a coating out there through the the overnight, a across your windshield, grassy surfaces and far north and west of philadelphia we are however going to be looking at rain showers as early as sunset around the region and once sun goes down, temperatures drop. We will see that mixing taking place a lot colder then yesterday, 41 degrees at the airport, 30 in mount pocono, 39 in atlantic city. As we go forward in the next couple days High Pressure will regain control into tonight and very early tomorrow that we will have that quick system sipping through, otherwise, some sunshine to kick start your weekend but chilly, hey guys, do you know a kid who loves weather, well, we want to see them at cbs3 kid caster auditions where they can show off their skills and do that at Plymouth Meeting mall between noon and three this saturday. They might see themselves right here on Eyewitness News, put everything you need to know on cbs philly. Com kid caster. Over to you. Good morning, to update you on the ben franklin bridge we are experiencing high volume and big time delays because on the westbound side trying to make your way in to philadelphia at the base at eighth and vine we are still dealing with two right lanes blocked because of an overturn tractor trailer. This is not only cause also problems on the ben itself but any buses traveling, new Jersey Transit buses to and from philadelphia, are experiencing up to 30 minute delays to try to get through this mess. We have not cleared that overturned out of the way. Roosevelt boulevard is rush hour southbound commuting from broad street down to the schuylkill expressway is jammed northbound however youre moving just fine 36789 lanes block on the ben franklin bridge heading in to philadelphia that volume will affect 676, it is also affecting 42 freeway. Fortytwo northbound is still jammed from 55 all the way down through to 676. Moving our way in northeast philadelphia we have an accident southbound on the boulevard just beyond comly, keep that in mind, and also very serious accident in delaware, overturn vehicle in greenville at route 141 at route one hundred. Your best alternate is to take buck road if you can. Traveling elsewhere in new jersey, route one northbound at quakerbridge road we are dealing with an accident blocking to center lane and cynwyd line is suspended because they are having some equipment problems, ukee. Well, man accused of dumping a corvette in the Delaware River in the divorce dispute is scheduled to go on trial next month. John crammer appeared for his arraignment very early this morning. He admitted to driving a red corvette in the delaware earlier this week. He wanted his minivan from his estrange wife and was frustrated with a threeyear divorce process. I didnt realize i did anything wrong. I didnt know anybody would go in and try to get the car. I didnt want anybody to see me do it. Reporter charges include harassment and contempt for violating an order. A ferguson grand juries is expected to hear testimony from a private forensic expert who performed Michael Browns autopsy. The grand jury could make a decision this month whether to indict Darren Wilson in the august 2014 shooting of the unarmed teen. Meantime many businessness and around ferguson are boarding up in anticipation of any unrest spark by that decision. Officials have urged people to remain calm. I have every faith and confidence in the system of justice that our government has in place. Main reason we are here is to tell everybody to take a deep breath, stand back and calm down. There are two federal investigations underway in ferguson one for shooting and another one into wider policing practices. Our time 8 18. Bugs in berks. Insects are causing concerns in part of our region what agricultural officials are doing to stop the spread of this pest. But first heres what is coming up tonight on the cw philly. I invasive buggies taking over several counties in our area. Officials want homeowners and businessness bucks county to make sure that they are in the moving bug covered objects into new area. Our Carol Erickson has details on this bad bug. Somewhere in the woods or the silo or the firewood or the car, or the Christmas Tree a beautiful but deadly hitchhiker hides in berks county, killers mug shot, good looking but that doesnt mean good. The spotted lantern fly is new attempt to be an agricultural and financial terrorist. It could have a huge impact if we cannot sent out trees. Reporter mary young farm ships a thousand Christmas Trees but this just discovered presence of the asian import in berks county puts that into question. Im waiting on inspectors to get back so i can be certified. Sugar loving spotted lantern fly loves grapevine and they have been spotted in one berks county vineyard. When it is not damaging vegetation it is putting eggs in mud covered nurseries. All this bug need is a vertical surface and it loves 25 different kind of trees found in pennsylvania, including the invasive, tree of heaven. Check your phone for a picture of tree lath tern fly likes best but not exclusively and for moss picture with the ease of this plant jumping insect moves around by itself or on objects, pennsylvania demands a no sim path a approach to adults or eggs. Dont let any specimen leave your property alive. It should be pickled first with alcohol. Reporter wanted dead, all of the spotted lantern flies and egg masses, until then check what you move in berks county, before it spreads. Carol erickson for Eyewitness News at cw philly. How about that. 8 23. Holiday season is fast approaching. In many ways it might already been here soon. Eyewitness news at gallery at market ease as jim donovan helped spread Holiday Cheer and served soup to hungry guests. The christmas kettle cook off event launched annual Salvation Army red kettle drive whiz runs through christmas eve. Also Citizens Bank park was scene for yesterdays special event for the Ronald Mcdonalds house charity. The phone bank benefiting those charities in march of next year. Last night at the ballpark we soluted corporate sponsors of our 2014 phone bank w your help and help of those sponsors we have raised more than a million. Yes, sir contact and chris there. Stephanie stahl. Very nice. Great to see. Well represented. Thank you for what you to. We appreciate it. Yes you cannot have a Party Without ronald. You now ronald is in the house. We are watching Eyewitness News at cw philly. Good morning family. We will see you in a bit. Good morning, we have some breaking news to tell about, reports two Police Officers have been shot in Trenton New Jersey area but we are told both are reportedly in stable condition, the information on this situation is just coming into us but we do know at alleged suspect is in Critical Condition. Much more coming up when we return to the cw fill in a few moments. Let get your forecast with katie in the weather center. Good morning. Big story for us was that the temperatures had a chance to drop off and bottom out here with our colder air mass, making its a approach and finally settling in. But no sooner do you blink we are tracking potential now for little bit of snow because of the cold air moving on in. Heres storm scan three. You can see cloud starting to surround our region. So with time beautiful blue sky that is currently out there in the live Neighborhood Network will be skewed by in the just more cloud cover but at minimum chilly rain showers leading toward sunset especially and then in may as the sun goes down trigger a mix to go take place. At worst if we saw any accumulation you have to go far north and west outside of philadelphia and we are only looking at a coating at absolute most on the unpaved surfaces. All out of here by tomorrow we will break for more sunshine and High Pressure and keep you in the mid 40s right through sunday afternoon before another storm system starts to advance. Vittoria. Thank very much, katie. We have another accident to talk about we have been talking about the ben franklin bridge all morning we are still working on than that westbound on the ben heading in to philadelphia, an overturn truck is blocking two left lanes and still causing a problem, two right lanes rather excuse me. This is i95 not too far from the ben, i95 northbound approaching vine street expressway. An accident moved to the shoulder, but still causing a delay in the northbound direction of i95 heading out of penns landing. Cynwyd line is still suspended, ukee. Next update 8 55. Up next this Morning Music ledgend bob seager. For more local news weather traffic and sports we are at cw Merry Christmas thanks but this gift, its kind of halffast. Whats wrong . We still have cable internet, so our uploads are half the speed of our downloads. So ill be halffast when i share my photos. And ill do a halffast job updating my blog. Wait, is everything under this tree halffast . Who wants eggnog . Dont settle for halffast cable internet. Only verizon fios comes with speed match. Uploads as fast as downloads. Why have a halffast holiday, when you can get more guaranteed with speedmatchonly from verizon fios. 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Now to breaking news we have a woman found naked, dead and bruised in her West Philadelphia apartment overnight. Eyewitness News ReporterNicole Brewer is at the scene on north 53rd to tell you more bit, nick coal. Reporter ukee and contact, it happened here on the north 53rd street in West Philadelphia inside this row home you see behind me. That is where a six twoyear old woman whose family called sandra barley, was found naked, bruised, and basically police say her death is being treated as suspicious. Now they claim their aunt, sandra barley once again was abused by her roommate a would hand man known as robin. This is same woman who told police that three men in masks and hoods broke in the home struggled with her and then targeted her roommate. Upon arrival again authorities found a six twoyear old dead inside her first floor bedroom but with no signs of the break in. That roommate was taken to the hospital of the university of pennsylvania with minor bruising and now being interviewed by police but again with no signs of forced entry and in ransacking, inside the home, police admit the 57 yearold breaking story is a bit questionable. They are talking to family members and neighbors who say deceased suffered a abuse at the hand of her roommate. We are having trouble get to go that sound with the family so back here live this is Surveillance Video police were able to obtain, that will help them, determine whether or not, the three men, roommate, spoke about the mask men who attempted to enter the home, whether or not that story can be confirmed. Live from West Philadelphia, Nicole BrewerEyewitness News at cw philly. Five people to have find a place to stay after a fire ripped through their homes this morning. Investigators looking for a cause. Ukee and erika good morning. Fortunately no one was injured here but, a whole lot of damage left behind. We are coming live from florence avenue where you can see that damage now that it is bright this morning. Fire started on that corner abandoned home, on florence street and spread to neighboring row home here and now five people have been displaced. Certainly frightening morning but frustrating morning for neighbors here who have complained about this vacant home before. Neighbors broke out, and, 5400 block of florence avenue. Im in shock because it is just like happening so far. Reporter sean kirklands sister came running across the street, frantic after smelling smoke at 2 00 in the morning. She lives right next door to where the fire started. You know, we got our stuff out, and she will be fine. Reporter it took fire crews 30 minutes to extinguish the flames but in that time, two hems including kirklands were destroyed and a third damaged. Yes. Reporter Rick Kirkland said the abandoned home is a trouble spot the where people go to do drugs and he said he and his neighbors called l and i about it many times in the past. L and i should have tore that house down long time ago. L and i had been called a long time about that house. People kept going in and out of house. This is the reason why. Reporter l and i has been on the scene this morning. They have posted, the two destroyed homes as unsafe this morning. Fire investigators have been on the scene and they are looking to determine the the cause of the fire. Reporting live from king sessing, jane carabao for Eyewitness News at cw philly. Right now, 8 33. Lets get traffic and weather together. Katie, that cold weather is here. It is, this is day one of the prolonged stretch of below average temperatures for our area we will see a couple disturbances move in with that here and first actually comes as early as late this afternoon and into tonight. It is something that has yet to form on radar. Let me walk you through there, out there, first and foremost right now it is a beautiful start. Bright sun line. Blue skies. This is our very own rooftop view and we have 41 degrees both at the the airport and were in the lower 40s as well at our own station where we have our own set of observations that we take. A north wind checking in at 9 miles an hour and lower humidity. We will not have any signs of fog out there today but storm scan three if you will notice, it is clear we have cloud cover starting to essentially surround us here. It comes from two separate pieces of energy. Lake effect snow off across northwestern pa and great lakes and another slug of moisture that will join up with that here later on in towards this evening. The clouds are building in the meantime but eventually as we approach the evening time frame there will be this quick hitting, very weak system that moves in. It is likely to produce not just chilly rain showers but potentially some wet snow flakes that will mix in. Later in the show we will talk more about what are we talking about here. Any accumulation, how much, where all of those details and much more detail later on. Vittoria, over to you for now. Good morning everyone. Another incident has just occurred and it is affecting 676. 676 is getting smacked around today. As we take a lot at the vine you are experiencing this disable vehicle which is blocking the lefthand lane. Approaching the area of the schuylkill expressway. You are slow westbound on the vine making your way between 95 and broad street. Trying to make your way from the ben franklin bridge on to the vine street expressway, if you are traveling in the westbound direction we are still experiencing two right lane being block as a result of the overturn tractor trailer and that tractor trailer has a flatbed situation that spilled lumber on the roadway. They are still trying to clear things up there. If you are trying to take another bridge, walt whitman, tacony, betsy ross all good options right now. Roosevelt boulevard southbound at cottman if you had an earlier accident that has been cleared out of the way. Youre slow maneuvering in that area cynwyd Regional Rail lines has been suspended due to equipment problems but they are shuttle busing, note that and we are experiencing delays up and over the bridge for new Jersey Transit buses, because of the ben franklin bridge situation involving that overturned. Ukee. Remains were found in the north jersey recycling plant. State police are hoping to identify the childs mother. An employee moving trash, and recommunity recycling in Farmingdale BoroMonmouth County made the grim discovery on tuesday. Please take a look at these two photos released by police. These articles of clothing were found near the the least mains and could provide a clue to connect police to the mother. Anyone with any information is urged to contact the 911. Police are investigating the drowning deaths of the 15 monthold boy, at a Day Care Center in millville, cumberland county. Owner of the day care on cher lane told police on tuesday that she notice that had boy in missing after she finished tending to another child. She found him in the pond and called 911. That day carries now closed. We have some new information, now in the deaths of a threeyear old in Chester County allegedly beaten to death by his mother and her boyfriend. A prosecutor now says that staff at an Elementary School in coatsville School District went to an outdated address trying to checkup on the brother of scottie mcmilan. He died november 4th at a trailer in west caln. His six yearold brother missed kindergarten for two weeks before scotties death, the School District says it made multiple attempts to contact the parents and find out whereabouts of scotties brother. Well, happening today an honor for heroes who saved a Philadelphia Police officer from this burning cruiser. City council will give joe chambers and Daunte Johnson special citations for pulling officer mark kimsee to safety. Last weekend the cruiser burst into flames after a crash at 28th and tasker in grays ferry. Officer kimsee is recovering now. Two acme supermarkets are going out of business. Grocery stores on east street road in warminster and west butler avenue in chalfont are shutting down for good today. Acme blames the the closings on poor sales but it plans to move some 130 workers to other stores. Well, a scare in the air for one of rocks biggest act. We will tell you about a close call to one owe. From the movie to yourselfe we will tell but a plan to bring these sweeping beauty shots to your social life. Then a live look at the poconos where we could see snow flakes soon. Katie is tracking changes and kathy orr has your forecast for the rest of the winter, stay with us family we will be right back. Major scare in the air, the dor door for bonos plane were told fell right off in in mid flight. The u2 front man was on board the learjet were four friend when rear hatch blew off plumetting 50,000 feet to the ground. This happened during a flight from dublin to berlin. The plane landed, safely and everyone is okay but i cannot think of anything much more frightening happening on the plane. Yes. Door blowing off. That is scarry lets get traffic and weather together and check with katie, good morning. We will check with our Eyewitness Weather Watcher Network area good morning everybody. We will start off with the map and brand new observation that is have come in. It is colder then yesterday but still, bright and sun any tuckerton, new jersey tim mitchell sent this in. He is good for a new picture every morning. He sent this in over last 22 minutes, beautiful, bright blue skies and certainly plenty of sunshine at least initially. We will go across the Delaware River here. We are picking up on 39 degrees. Tania sent this in. Bright blue skies with full sunshine. She said it is a crisp fall morning. Despite the fact that it is feeling more like december more than anything. Even a bit inland we will go, out towards reading and douglassville specifically 40 degrees sent in from mike april taubbman. Bring on the snow he says. We have potential for it, as we look a head in the forecast. Lets break down what is going on here, guys, all right. We have lake effect already beginning to fall, generally just down wind of the great lakes as you you technically tend to find. Very classic pattern. What we will do is zoom it out and there is a system that will very quickly develop and very quickly hit us and then go right out as we look to tomorrow. It has yet to actually show up here as a system on radar but weve got on moisture still up here across the gulf states region. Then we have some light snow that has been falling all morning long. One of those two pieces converge though what it will mean for us is we will end up with chilly rain showers out there i want to show you what the future snow amounts look like. Dont get too nerve bus this. It does look like any snow we would see would have a very hard time accumulating at worst, coating on the nonpaved surfaces, far northwest of philadelphia. But yes we have that chance of snow in the forecast tonight and you are probably wondering what does this mean for the winter . Meteorologist kathy orr is here with a look at what to expect in her annual winter forecast. Many of us have bad memories of last winter. It was the second most snowy ever, and the cold. I dont like extreme cold anywhere anytime. My bones were so much chilly could barely move. Those bone chilling temperatures courtesy of the polar vortex. Does that concern you. Yes, i have heard that for months and im dreading it and im not ready for it. Last year polar vortex put us in the deep freeze. It happens when wind around the north pole weaken and allow air to move south and it could happen again. Cold, cold, cold. Reporter tony is with the National Weather service. We discussed the polar vortex and other Global Conditions affecting us this winter like the extensive snow coverage in europe and asia and warmer waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean also known as el nino. Pretty much as of today indicating that it will be a colder and more snowy winter. I agree. The winter will be likely colder than normal but not right away. In december we will be right around the average inly high of 45 degrees. I expect at least a few cold shots but you they wont last that long. January will be below the normal average of 40 degrees and february will be cold as well. With the mercury averaging below the normal high of 44. When it comes to snow, each month will be a above average, a white christmas, well, there is a 30 percent chance, better then it usually is. We will get hit in january and february. That is when i expect at least two major east coast snowstorms. Overall im forecasting a range of 35 to 40 inches of snow in philadelphia Lehigh Valley will be colder, more snow, 38 to 44 inches. The shore, a little bit less, 30 to 36 inches of snow. In fill at average snowfall is over 22 inches. But at least it is less than last year that was over, 67 inches of snow. Im cbs3 meteorologist kathy orr. And when that snow starts to fall we want to know what it is like in your neighborhood, you can sign up on that eyewitness weather watcher and see observations up on the board. Sign up now at cbs philly. Com watchers. Vittoria, over to you. And good morning everyone, first lets check in with 202, 202 southbound at swedesford road, disabled vehicle, compromising the lane here as you will notice causing a delay. We wanted to show thaw because it pops up in the camera ever so recently. Lets talk about i95. It is a slow go out of the north east all the way down to the vine street expressway. You can barely see the sky line in the back there but southbound it is totally jam. We have incidents that occurred on the vine street expressway. We have had this incident on the ben franklin bridge for quite sometime and it is all related and the construction zones is not helping on i95 either. Three left lanes are blocked into philadelphia, as a result, that westbound overturned, that lost its load, overturn truck that lost lumber on the roadway. We are still tryingto figure out and clear it out of the way. If you are trying to head into philadelphia, i would advise not to use the bend been, wait it out, take the walt, betsy or the tacony palmyra. We are moving to avondale where we are dealing with the closure of he will will yot road between pennsylvania avenue and cooper road. Penn green is your best alternate there we are dealing with delays for broad street line, they are having on signal problems, in addition, to that, if you are traveling the river line we have 15 minute delays due to communication problems and new Jersey Transit buses are delayed because of everything going on in the ben up to 30 minutes, ukee. We have breaking news to report once again. There are reports two Police Officers in trenton were the targets of gunshots this morning along Wilson Street near calhoun street. It is in the clear if the officers were actually hit. They are in stable condition, we under tan. Suspect is shot and in Critical Condition. A suspect may have also been hit by gunfire and is now in Critical Condition, and we will follow this story and have very latest coming up. Our time 8 47. As we continue now, on Eyewitness News in more breaking news from king sessing where three adults and two teens were forced from their homes on florence avenue by fire. Two homes destroyed and another damaged just after 2 00 this morning. Breaking news in west Philadelphia Police are investigating the discovery of a womans body near 52nd and market. That womans body was badly bruised and roommate suffered some bruises that woman claims it was a Home Invasion but neighbors dispute that claim. A developing story the search is on for gunman who shot and killed one man in south philly last night. Another man was critically wounded. It happened around 8 30 near sixth and winston streets. 8 48. It is more of a sign of the current fascination with selfies and drones. With the warrant knickse, it snagged a 500,000 make it wearable challenge. Whenever you want to take an amazing shot they unfold and then flies to turn around, and take a photo or video of you and it comes right back to you. How about that. Boomer rang with the camera. Steady cams from the movies. That is crazy. I know. I know. We will be right back. Wait until you see their success in landing a robot on the comet. Jeanie moos has the comet side of making history on a comet. If you were landing something the size of a washing machine on a speeding comet your face would look like this too. That is the flight director, with his hand on his mouth, wiping his forehead. How audacious, how exciting, to care to land on a comet. Like the movie arm article. Or deep impact minus astronauts. Instead of coming to destroy the comet, the Lander Philae came to study one. Science fiction on has been science fact. Bullet hitting a bullet. What we have done is caught a comet. Reporter thinks how it looked the moment European SpaceAgency Scientists learn they caught it. Wow. Reporter for a second they became too giddy to go on. Were live, i guess so we cannot be a that happy. Reporter so giddy they dropped the mike. The flier director didnt just drop a lander on the comet but an f bomb in italian. Even captain kirk sent good wishes. I am so excited. And the lander itself tweeted its arrival, touchdown, my new address, 67p, that is the comets designating on a team tshirt. These europeans know how to throw a watch party. You dont hear nasa talking about a robot media comet like this one. We are moving in for the kiss. Comet needs it. Reporter that is because you comet stinks from mixtures of for instance a ammonia and hydrogen soul filed. Do i hear singing . That is what the scientists called noises from the comet that they are instruments picked up. A special Google Doodle celebrated this successful landing. Wait a minute, this just in, were hearing that they have chosen their next mission and this requires landing in unbelievably difficult terrain. Forget the tail of a comet, inspired by newly released photos of this, other worldly object, the agency will attempt to touchdown on the tail of kim kardashian, talk about a selection bod i jeanie moos. How audacious. New york. How about it. Traffic and weather together before we go. I so appreciate the enthusiasm, so, so cool, what a feat. We have a new disturbance. Couple things to mention here, quick hitting, quick to evolve and quick to move out of here. Not have a ton of moisture. We might see a coating on unpaved surfaces later tonight throughout the the poconos and extreme far western portions of the region. Otherwise a chilly rain that could ice over tomorrow morning. Vittoria. Im jealous you got to go first because i could have segwayed into backups from that. Hey now. Anyway, big old backup on the ben franklin bridge, traveling from new jersey into philadelphia, we are dealing with still two lanes being block as a result of an overturn tractor trailer that lost its load and watch out for this accident in the north east, clouds southbound at roosevelt boulevard. Quick reminder for all who wake up early with us each morning we go on the air at 4 30 a. M. On our sister station cbs3. Many are up so we are bringing you news weather traffic and sports and we are bringing it to you extra early. Thanks for watching Eyewitness News at cw philly. For more local news, weather traffic and sports we are always on at cbs philly. Com. Talk philly coming up at noon on cbs3. We are back with one more check of your traffic and weather together. Have a good day. Good morning, im erika von tiehl. We are updating a story that was breaking within this last hour. Report of two Police Officers in trenton were fired upon this morning. Sources tell us they encountered a home upvation suspect near wilson and calhoun streets. Were told that suspect opened fire on the officers squad car and the officers then return fire, hitting that suspect, were told they are reportedly in Critical Condition, sources tell us that the officers were not hit by gunfire but may have suffered from cuts from chattered glass. We have a crew to the scene. We have an update on the scene as soon as possible. E eyewitness weather. We are watching this cold front. It is moving in cold air has begun to settle in, too erika. No sooner does cold air get here that we have a system that could bring us a wintry in mix or some snowfall as we head into tonight. Just as cold era arrives, right. Lets go out to storm scan three where more than anything we are just seeing clouds start to build up at this point. If you have not already seen them begin to move in that bright blue skies might get skewed as we go forward in time. Showers are only approaching towards this afternoon but earliest that you have seen them anywhere would be towards Late Afternoon after kids are gone from school. 49 degrees for that day time high and any chilly rain showers could mix with a few wet snow flakes up north and west of philadelphia later on tonight as we dropping down to 34 degrees. Possibly a light coating on that on unpaved surfaces. By tomorrow it is all gone and stuck in the chill through the weekend, vittoria. Well, while you are stuck in the mess that is the bend franklin bridge this morning, westbound on the ben approaching the area have obviate and vine were still dealing with two lanes being block, as a result of the overturned tractor trail their lost its load. We are told it was a flatbed that lost a load of lumber even on the roadway. Avoid ben franklin bridge at all toss. Take tacony, betsy or walt. Traveling on 202 northbound right around frazier slow go there due to construction and an earlier disable vehicle. Watch out for suspension of the cynwyd line. They are having equipment problems, erika. Thanks, variety tore y that is Eyewitness News for now, talk philly is i saw a commercial that said you can save 500 by switching to progressive. That was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, that was me, mom. [ laughter ] i want it all i want it all i want it all and i want it now i want it all i want it all i want it all and i want it now your new toys want more. They need more. So get more guaranteed from verizon fios. Get all your Favorite Movie channels included. Blazing fast internet with speedmatch. And get more for you, 400 back. All for just 79. 99 a month online, guaranteed for 2 full years with a 2year agreement. The more toys you have, the more speed they need and only fios powers them with americas fastest, most reliable internet with speedmatch. 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