>> it is freezing out there. >> roadways in the too bad as that accident we had overnight that we will talk about in a couple minutes. >> i don't think weather will cause any additional issues unless you hit road and haven't allowed your car to warm up. we have no precipitation, in the terribly windy but any light breeze will make you feel colder, it is way it sets up in this scenario where when we look at these feels like values they are 10 degrees colder generally speaking then what the thermometer officially read right now. bottom line, bundle up for certainly some freezing but more like the teens, across our area. even in some spots, even trenton feels like only 9 degrees, six below zero in mount pocono but 12 isn't much better here in philadelphia. now, when we look at storm scan there is not much to track, there is a i few little band of light snow coming through mostly not impacting, verifying, if you saw snowflakes i will give you that but you're just going to see included and they will continue to thin, with time for more and more sunshine and as that happens, granted, we will see that sun, but this is a time time have the year where sun angle is so slow it does squat to warm things up. your highs are still held back in the 20's, upper 20's in the city. twenty-nine in philly. but that is below freezing. that is story region wide. wind is lighter but still even a hint of it, noticeable and making it feel colder. could there be snow on saturday, yes, that is the question mark there because pattern has yet to completely evolve we are still track ago this possibility. there is in warm up anytime soon, with the cold air to support snow if it were to take place. we will talk about scenarios as to whether we will see any or not later on. >> hey, it can snow because it is weekend. i'm off. i don't to have worry about snow coverage. good more me. bring it. thanks, katie. we will take a look at the boulevard right here near schuylkill expressway, in delays here but overnight we had crazy accident overturned truck that burst into flames. man had to be saved. we will tell but that. you can disregard this flashing lights are off the roadway so in delays here, on the boulevard, at the schuylkill. in delays here either as we showed you 95 at cottman. weak get further south, i-95 at girard, everyone is taking off, volleys not picking up like it normally did his at 6:00 in the morning. we will go further south, vine street expressway seeing these brake lights here in this area heading the two schuylkill expressway but again in the much in the way of volume overall on the major roadways across the region. now septa and new jersey transit, back out of the way they have a modified schedule buses, trolleys modified, regional rails are normal but get to the web site and check these out. we have construction on the boulevard, it is boulevard north bound past comly one lane blocked starting at 9:00 a.m., rahel, back over to you. police are on the hunt for a hit/run driver who killed a man in the cities wynfield section. it happened at 54th and city avenue around 10. office's arrived to find victim lying in the road. medics rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. investigators are checking out surveillance camera and they believe they are looking for new model red lexus. new this morning back to what pat was talking about a dramatic rescue on the roosevelt boulevard, a driver pulled a man from the car. jan carabao is live at lanning new hospital where the driver was taken. good morning, any updates new. >> reporter: rahel, good morning. that driver is now in stable condition, here at lankenau medical center. that is the good news this morning. that is thanks in part to the good samaritan who saw what happened decided to pull over and put his own life on the line. "eyewitness news" was there as emergency crews respond todd a fiery crash on the roosevelt expressway wednesday morning, the driver of this overturn minivan was trapped, and the flames, were growing. >> i was scared for his life and whoever was in the car because i have five children myself so who is to know that was just a family, you know, with kid in the car, you never know, i just wanted to help. >> tow truck driver john was in the area for work, he was driving south on the expressway around 2:00 a.m. when he saw crash unfold in the northbound lanes near ridge avenue, he knew he had little time to help so he turn his truck around and jumped into action. >> as soon as i pulled up, consider was in flames, there was within guy in the car, he was not responsive at the time so i tried to wake him up and literally seen that the gas tank was right next the two fire going on so my first reaction was to get him out of the car. i literally yelled to two other guys standing there on the side of the highway and had him quickly come over and he quickly pulled the gentlemen out of the car and pulled to the side of the highway and literally like 502nd later the car blew up. >> he says the driver was bang ed up but in the burn. the accident shut down expressway in bet directions for a time as crew cleaned up. it is not clear what caused the driver to lose control but he could have been killed had this good samaritan decided to keep driving. >> hopefully he survives and recovers. >> reporter: he is in stable condition at this morning, but as you just heard, pretty bang ed up. he does have a red to recovery in the meantime all of the lanes on the expressway reopened to traffic. reporting live outside lankenau medical center, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back inside to you. red cross heading back to the scene of the massive condo fire in delaware county helping residents displaced from the 18 unit building. flames broke out inside hill top condominium on the 5200 block of hill top drive just before 6:00. fire fighters arrived to find a family trapped on the third floor balcony, they used a lad tore bring them 35 feet down to safety. one resident said he was in shock. >> my first thoughts were oops , there goes everything. i have nothing. >> officials say frigid weather conditions made their fire fight more difficult, still crews got the fire under control in about a hour and a half after it started. officials are trying to figure out what sparked massive flames. in people or pets were hurt. robbery suspect is in critical condition after he was shot, by a police offer after a pursuit in west philadelphia the suspect wanted for two robberies crashed in another car at fourth ninth and walnut street yesterday. officer shot nan chest after allegedly tried to pull what appeared to be a weapon from his waste way band. the officer was not hurt. >> officer had to protect himself and other people president. when you are armed with a gunpoint robbery and person rear fusing command you have a duty to protect yourself and other people present. >> officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative duty pending outcome of the investigation. authorities are investigating a deadly shooting of the teenage inner philadelphia's germantown neighborhood. chopper three was over the scene of the crime on green street yesterday, a a 18 year-old male was shot once in the stomach and twice in the neck. he was transported to temple university hospital where he was pronounced dead. police have not made any arrests. baby girl is now home from the hospital after she was mauled by a racoon in north philadelphia last week. four month-old journey was home yesterday after being attack inside an opt on north 22nd street. journey's family rushed her to the hospital where she received 65 stitches and multiple rabies shots. neighbors told us that rodents are a serious problem in the area journey's mother said the attack happened just a few days after she moved in. >> she was laying on the floor , blood on her face across the floor. she's real strong. a you will she wanted to do after was get to sleep. >> philadelphia licenses and inspections say owner of the home does not have a license to rent property, officials are investigating, journey and her family are staying at a local hotel while they look for a more permanent place to stay. looks like a very happy baby. it is not just our region dealing with birth cold, much of the country is in the deep freeze, also, coming up next, more on the record breaking snow, we will take to you hardest hit areas which just happens to be not that far away. also ahead model christie teigen on a flight diverted why the plane had to turnaround and what the super model was live tweeting as it was happening, we will be right mii'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. welcome back, time is 6:12 people in northwestern pennsylvania are used to snow but maybe in the this much snow. officials are issuing a disaster emergency after erie was hit with american 4 feet have snow in less than 36 hours. many people plowed their driveways, dug out their cars yesterday. officials say snowplows might in the get the two side streets until main road are clear which may not be until sometime later today. crews have been out 24/7 but they say they are star far behind. >> highest we were given initially was 36 inches which even that usually in erie terms doesn't happen, so 53 inches is certainly record breaker and something that you know, wasn't even on the horizon to be honest with you. >> officials say many side road are dangerous, impassable they are urging people to stay inside as crews worked to clear these side streets n word how long the area will be in the state of emergency. now to something you probably don't see every day, a man wore his brand new trex costume to dig his way in mill berg new hampshire. he could in the wait to try out the costume. white christmas, pretty typical for the town but this man dressed up in the dinosaur costume using a snow blower in the so typical. >> i feel like these costumes, it doesn't matter what the person in it is doing, is hilarious. >> yes. >> you could be doing anything >> yes. >> hilarious. >> trex doing that is hilarious in itself, how does he reach the pence ill, do you know what i mean. >> my goodness. >> i love that. you know, we are in the seeing any snow here, locally but definitely cold enough to support that and poor erie, pennsylvania finally getting the chance to just clear out that snow. can you imagine, toddlers would get covered in the amount of snow getting covered it ended up being a statewide record just unreal. but it was so much, driven by that lake enhancement out there and depending on which way windy side it will get, that has obviously a critical, impact on who gets snow and how much. but now it has turned north westerly and lighter too. erie is quiet for now, another ly quiet no less but things are nice and clear. we will see included out there currently break for more sunshine but this arctic air mass is really, in command and keeping control and in the one day of our seven day even hits freezing. so let len breaks out of the 20's. so cold for next few days that last right through very final days of the 2017 and even beyond that pint where we are still stuck in the 20's. very quiet view outside palmyra cove nature park delaware river we are in the seeing too much out there, wind again has eased up. off in the distance center city sky line is visible, any cloud are nice and high up in the sky. lets turn over here to the northern counties of carbon, monroe and rest of the poconos we will be in a wind chill advisory for wind chill values for it hurt just looking at this as low as 10 to 20 below zero is how it feels especially tomorrow morning. if you must get out in that you have to take care. new looking forward the temperatures again as i mentioned will not even hit 30 let alone freezing but looks like coldest day especially testimony because of that wind chill but even early days of 2018, pat, we do not even hit mid 20's. it is just brutal. saturday is our chance to see any snow. >> it doesn't bother me because i park in the garage but my poor wife has to walk to the train. she hates this weather. i just snicker. >> you are so compassionate i'm sure she loves you for it. >> sorry, honey. >> good morning, everyone, this is a look at schuylkill expressway we have a disable vehicle in the westbound lanes , here, it is in the causing too much of a slow down, it just looks like volume levels have pick up in this area, as it normally does around 6:15 a.m. also we will get to the schuylkill at spring garden, starting to see those taillights, and brake lights being pumped as we head toward center city philadelphia in delays to speak of but volume again is building, in delays here ben franklin bridge, beautiful shot heading in to the city of philadelphia from camden. we have an accident in north philadelphia, broad street at master street but in the causing many delays here on broad street that there wouldn't already been, mass transit, september, is on a modified schedule with buses, trolleys, regional rails normal, new jersey transit also on the same modified schedule so just get to their websites and check them out. rahel, back over to you. well, plane heading from l.a. to tokyo was turned around because unauthorized person was on board but also on that tonight super model christie teigen. as rachel kim from our sister station in los angeles report teigen kept her fans updated via twit eras the drama unfolded. >> thank you so much for taking me on this awesome vacation, babe. >> reporter: model christie teigen posted this video with her husband singer john legend on the toke yes bound plane that flew out of lax but as they helped back after misstep caused flight crew to believe an unthird person was on game. lax police say they were told to be ready for a.m. flight 175 to return before it was discovered there was a mix up that was ultimately straightened out. although police have not said exactly what the mix up was, teigen tweeted unauthorized person had a united ticket, they were on ana. so she questioned how he was able to get on the plane. police were interviewing all of the people seated around the mystery person once they got off the plane. while all this was going on the model wasn't the only one on the plane who took to twit ter this guy named rapi posted my first tweet cannot be more epic then this, just survived eight hours lax to lax flight with christie teigen and john legend. christie and john are having r aman and making most out of their time. >> okay. >> that was rachel kim reporting, that flight to tokyo was rescheduled to take off later today. an hour ago christie posted to twitter that she and john were taking off. we will see what happens with this one. still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" from president trump's inauguration to a new justice on the supreme court we will look back at political stories of 2017. and in our next half an hour finding stuff around the news room see how pat gallen got to jam out with the cast of stump, we will be back in a moment. now for a look at newspaper headlines cross our region, the times herald reports a fundraiser planned for a montgomery county family who who two sons in fire. valley forge casino will hose night to the lukens family, their gel to raise $200,000. tickets can be purchased at montgomery county hero fun.com reading eagle police in berks county learned from a former law enforcement officer , tips to stay mentally fit. retired indianapolis police captain brian, reiterated importance of dealing with the stresses of the job before they cause problems. and, a front page of the trenton paper rorrer on plans to plant a mile of oyster reeve off the shore of monday monday county. they suffered 50 million-dollar worth of damage from hurricane sandy. hope to now oyster reeve will buffer strong driven waves. that lights a newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. gunman opened fire at bay ball practice at congressional republicans and more than a year after the death of antonin scalia a replacement was sworn nmoa leaning are lenghi has top political stories of 2017. >> you do solemnly swear. >> conservative neil gorsuch became a supreme court justice following a bitter senate battle. republicans used the so-called nuclear option, they change the rules so that the senate needed only a simple majority for confirmation. g.o.p. battle to repeal, replace obama care died on the senate floor in july. >> this is a disappointment. >> arizona's john mccain would reveal he had a brain tumor earl their month was one of the republicans who thumbs down, sank the bill. another effort in september, also failed. republican scored a win on taxes, passing a $1.5 trillion tax overall package that president trump signed into law, and congress managed to avoid a government shut down with a temporary spending measure that pushes mess contentious issues into the new year. president trump's decision to end daca in september triggered protests across the country, action puts the futures of undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children into doubt. >> year that began with marches around the country to protest donald trump's presidency ended with woman coming forward with sexual harassment allegations against alabama senate candidate roy moore who went on to lose close race to democrat doug jones. >> thank you. >> reporter: sexual harassment accusations forced democratic senator al franken and democratic congressman john conyors, among others to step down. republican senators jeff flake of arizona and bob corker of tennessee both became harsh critics of the president after announcing they won't seek re election. >> the president has great difficulty with the truth. house majority whip steve scalise made a triumphant return to the capitol in september. >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here, at work in the peoples house. >> reporter: louisiana congressman was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a republican baseball practice in june reigniting the fight over gun control. moa lenghi for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". president trump is spending holiday week in florida but not taking a vacation from tweeting hear what he has to say about the most polarizing issues facing capitol hill. also ahead just in the nick of time a driver 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today's morning minis response ordinary by penn medicine's abramson cancer center, the number one cancer center in the region. >> right new is there only one team with berth odd then eagles and it is the new england patriots. who would have guessed. turning to the forecast we are dealing with new england style cold today and look at the rest of this week. entire seven day even into 2018 we will not even hit freezing mark let len flirt with it, so it really is looking very, very brutal in terms of the temperatures in the next couple days and when we factor in the wind on top of it all, it is rough stuff. lets look at storm scan there is in the much to track. we have a couple included here and there but these will continue to thin, break evening sky and sunshine. right new though it does tell the story, your wind flow is for the most part out of the north/northwest throughout the day, 22 current temperature at airport, 9-mile an hour wind but that is just making it feel that much colder. twenty-two in atlantic city and five at mount pocono. here's value i need to you get by your feels like temperature find your spot and get by that nine in trenton is how it feels. eight in reading. twelve in the much better at the airport but around 10 to 15 degrees is best you can hope for for a feels like temperature walking out the door this morning. sun will shine but it is early in the winter season. sun angle is low. we just came off solstice so it will take sometime for that to help warm things up. we are just stuck in this holding pattern of very cold air in the just for today but right through seven day and possibility along the way too we will see snow on saturday which we will discuss a little later on, pat. it looks like a chilly forecast coming up hitting the red ways before the sun has listen. this is schuylkill expressway. there was a disabled vehicle that has been since clear. we are seeing volume levels rise as we do on the schuylkill expressway at 6:30 in the morning. vine street expressway still lag good at this time of the day as you are heading from 95 to the city of philadelphia. so again with all these people off, people staying off roadways with their vacation time lower volume in the philadelphia area. forty-two always this way heading toward 295 volume levels starting to pick up here minor delays as you head toward philadelphia we will head to northeast philadelphia in the action forward circle section of the city, there is an accident, two lanes block, i believe this just cleared out, that is still out there, that one still out here. that one still there. multiple injuries are reported , with this one, and staying in northeast philadelphia there will be construction on the boulevard north bound past comly road, one lane will be blocked, starting at 9:00 a.m. rahel, back over to you. dramatic scene on the roosevelt expressway this morning that pat has been talking about all morning. overturned minivan burst into flames just second after a good samaritan pull the driver from the wreckage. it happened around 2:00 in the northbound lanes of ridge avenue. traffic cameras caught the flames shooting from the car, "eyewitness news" caught up with the man who rescued the driver because he saw crash did in the think twice about jumping into action, listen. >> scared for his life and-was in the car because i have five children myself so who is to know that was just the family, you know, getting in the car, you never necessity. >> the driver of the minivan is in stable condition no word on what caused the crash. red cross will be helping dozens of residents, hit by massive fire that ripped through a condo building in brookhaven delaware county. flames broke out in the 5200 block of hill top drive just before 6:00 last night. fire fighters arrived to find a family trapped on the third floor balcony. crews used a lad tore bring them 35 feet down to safety. officials are still trying to figure out what sparked those flames. a 16 year-old accuse in the murders of two other teens faces a j brandon oliveri is charged as an adult in the murder of two, 16 year-old in south nil has fall. caleer miller and saul dinubile were shot and killed outside due knew bile's home, on october 28th. dinubile was a st. joes prep, miller a junior at mastery charter school. well, now a story out of the bethlehem township. gunman in the deadly standoff last week was in the permitted to own a gun this was the scene friday in the 1500 block of dennis street. authorities say that 36 year-old justin keptheart fired more than 100 rounds at police who initially showed up to investigate a woman's body in the front yard. that woman was the suspect's mother. authorities say he shot her 11 time using firearms that likely belonged to his father. >> it is just another example of an individual that was not able to legally possess a firearm but he had a number of them, killing his matter, and trying to kill police officers and others at the scene that day. >> the standoff ended when suspect was found dead from a self inflict gunshot wound. philadelphia now joins insuring and san francisco in filing a federal lawsuit begins the department of defense over gun background checks. the lawsuit claims that the penitentiary gone failed to report many convicted service members who are disqualified from owning guns. the lawsuit seeks an injunction and judicial oversight, to assure that the military complies with its obligation to submit those record. president trump spent mess of the day golfing at his club in west palm beach, florida but correspondent john shoema shows us he fired off tweets over those fiercely debated top knicks washington. president trump took aim on twitter tuesday at most polarizing issues facing capitol hill. on the russia investigation he cited a "fox news" report that investigators cannot verify claims made in the paper circulated over summer compiled by former british intelligence officers it contains allegations of mr. trump's ties to months co. the president called it a quote, crooked hillary pile of garbage. >> that is become such a hyper partisan issue they are trying to discredit the findings before they come out by pointing to flaws in the process. >> reporter: president trump went after obama care writing in part very unfair, unpopular individual mandate has been terminated as part of our tax cut bill which essentially repeals overtime, obama care. evidence suggest though that public support for it is far exceeding expectations. >> i would like to see a commitment to this program, so that there is stability. >> reporter: in the obama care enrollment period that ended december 15th there was a drop of just 4.4 percent from last year in the 39 states that participate in the federal health care dot gov marketplace. according to one nationwide analysis, republicans states are signing up faster then democratic won, 62 percent of the people who enrolled in obama care this year live in red states, that voted for president trump in 2016. john shoema, cbs news. today national park service is expect to remove a substantial part of the jackson magnolia at the white house. specialist at national arboretum say tree has been compromised offer years and cabling system is in longer able to dot job. tree has been on the south lawn since the 1800s. still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", holiday decorations stolen, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" unique way a texts man got revenge on the grin hotch stole christmas. stealing holiday decoration whose would do that but first, hi there, pat. >> hey. can i take ordinary objects around the office and make sweet, beautiful music? unlikely. but i necessity some people who can, the cast of stump stops by cbs-3 to show me how it is done, i will work on that i will, up next. >> ♪ did katie in the predict that people would be out working out today, i'm primes sed, we are all impressed, people getting a gi work out in. it looks like they are, dress add prep eighthly for the weather. in a couple days we may be dancing like it is 1999 when we bring in the new year, it might feel like 19 when ball drops, katie's back with the breaking frigid forecast up next. city of philadelphia is celebrating kwanzaa i buy illuminating both bet house row with colors. it honors african-american history and culture. they took part in the ceremony last night. kwanzaa i lights will be up until january 1st. boat house row featured christmas lights earlier this month and blue and white lights to mark hanukkah. mummers are moving in the pennsylvania convention center for traditional theater shows this new years day, so fancy brigades are truck nothing large sets and props for 21st annual fancy brigades finally. she includes each club performing a four and a half minute broadway style production, big part of the new years day in philadelphia. >> we have prepared everything for 11 and a half months and now it all starts coming together. >> it is all about bragging rights. we are best of the best. world famous mummers and it is our super bowl. it means everything to us. >> and you can see fruits of their labor on new years day tickets still available. you can get more fur on cbs philly.com. out west now annual volunteer extravaganza is underway in southern california, today, to get ready for monday's 129 rose parade. hundreds of volunteers are scrambling to prepare the parade's famous floats. they have to do it fast because all of the floats and rose parade are decorated with real flowers, materials, rest bell parade steps off machine morning from pasadena. i have a sneaking suspicion, katie, that probably a lot warmer these days in california. >> then it is around here. >> it is probably about if i'm remembering their high is somewhere in the 70's so easily it will be about 50 degrees warm are. >> i can't believe i even said that. >> and this is something that whether you want it or in the, it is sticking around for licensing hall and that is, the cold. we will have ample cold, to expert possibility of some snow. we will get to that possibility in a second. but first eyewitness weather watchers off to a cold start here 19 from marty in chalfont clear skies for him but there are places where we have starting off with some cloud and that is going to be with a picture that came in from ed connor who had cloud. if you look closely but saying that the sun and light of day beginning to show. you can tell there is a clearing taking place at his place in chesterfield, new jersey. otherwise, you know, certainly very cold outside and i like this shot to illustrate it. this is along wissohickon at valley green. phil chapline sent this from yesterday. with the cold yesterday it gets cold tore day but isis starting to penetrate part of the river right here and ducks are hanging out lake penguins on the side here so pretty interesting stuff. new lets talk about the reason we will not have any help from the sun. it is all about sun angle this time of the year we are so really early into the winter season that even you this january that angle will just stay really le. it is in the until we hit about march when we would just be turning into the next season that sun becomes a little bit more direct and at its peak in the summer obviously but we need that time before we can have any help from solar stand pint to add to any additional warmth that you would hope for. you need warmer air to get moved in the region. for new we don't have that. arctic high pressure is our story, is there wet weather in the form of rain, ice, snow. atlanta could be facing issues traveling out of that hub perhaps in the next couple of hours, but it really is about the chill. these blue warnings and watches are just actually wind chill advisories and warnings that are posted, in a good portion of the northern half of the country. we sit in the area as well come night in the peck necessary specifically but that really is the main theme here, the cold, and we are definitely not alone. in terms have the snow chances i would be shock to see flakes on friday maybe straight up snow shower far north and west of philadelphia but saturday is day if it will happen we will see i had widespread but a lot still need to evolve there a storm will develop but where and when is key as to whether it will impacts whatsoever. it is just cold for now, pat. >> i will take a little snow this weekend because i necessity i will not be working so don't call me in. you can hear management. >> you are setting yourself up >> good morning, everybody. this is schuylkill expressway at city avenue. we are starting to see volume levels rise in this area as it does before 7:00 o'clock but in true delays to speak of, same here on i-95 at girard, just starting to pick up ever so slightly but in delays on i-95 throughout. we have this accident right here, this is in hepp well township, new jersey all lanes are block at route 31, you got to use alternate which is route one over in new jersey right by trenton mercer airport, so keep an eye on that. also, we have got a northeast philadelphia accident to speak of castor avenue at kare in street two lanes blocked right there and that is still out there and there are some injuries that have been reported. so we will get from noise in the road, to is in in the theater but i promise this is good news. >> i hope so. >> you have heard of stump. >> yes. >> underway is a performance unlike any other. stump's in town but before they started the fun they stopped by to say hi. i made a little noise myself. how do you think i did. >> i don't know. >> check it out. >> stumping, floor thumping, trash can thumping broadway spectacle is in philadelphia right now, it is stump after reaching 10,000 shows, the iconic nine member troop is performing at miracle theater. >> we started in 1994 in new york and it has never stopped. most shows close, not stump. >> reporter: what will you see when you take in a show. >> we use brooms, hammer handles to drum with, we play on pots, pans. >> reporter: there is a lot of chorography involved and props involved so it is in the just guys banging on the can there is a lot of what you don't expect. >> yes. >> my favorite object is we use shopping carts on the show , trolleys and we are all over the place. you wouldn't necessity how many rhythms you can get out of this one object. >> reporter: that means stomp crew is used to grabbing whatever and making it work when this did in the cbs-3 news room. >> that is cool. now we have to get something out of here. >> that is cool. i helped fine some instrument of my own. >> these will work. and then they went to >> but think didn't leave bring got in on the >> ♪ >> wow. >> all right. >> thank you. >> what do you think, um. >> so that is where that water cooler went, okay. >> yeah. >> they are better at it then i am. so go see stomp here until december 31st. >> that is cool you can make beautiful music out of anything. >> pretty much anything. >> but stomp cast. >> so please don't start making all this kind of noise, enough sitting next to you in the news room without you making noise, patrick. >> just you wait. >> atlantic city's new attraction is giving folks a reason to head down the shore, chopper three the new attraction the wheel which officially opened yesterday. 227-foot tall ferris wheel offers 40 temperature controlled very important gondolas that hold six passengers each. it last 15 minutes. it is now opened for holiday week until december 31st starting at noon but only if temperatures stay above 4 degrees. again, katie says it will be a very cold snap so not quite sure if that will happen. a man in san an tone yes texas is taking matters in his own hand after a grinch stole $400 worth of christmas decorations off his front lawn he was able to capture person stealing decorations on surveillance video. when he printed off pictures of the allege thief and came up with this clever idea. >> we printed up some posters, mounted them up on some board and wanted to keep in the third of things so we make it like a christmas decorations. >> home owner says he hopes he learned a valuable lesson do not take things that do not blank to you. san antonio police are investigating. public shaping there. time 6:51. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning, the hosts now join us with a preview, good morning. >> packed show, good morning to you. coming up ahead cia insider michael morel says russian sign's tax on social meade yah are being used to weaken the country. he will join with us what he thinks the u.s. need to do to stop it. plus some hotels are tack ing on extra charges that can mislead but the price of the room, investigation into resort fees and why efforts to crackdown on them became more difficult this year. our favorite store of the morning kennedy center honorary lionel richie how he turn the plan to meet girls into a legendary career that has had us dancing on the ceiling ever since. all that plus eye opener, your world in 902nd. rahel, we will see you at 7:00 >> we will be watching, thanks , guys. interesting plot twist there. we will be right back with three to go. time for three to go, red credits heading back to the scene of the huge conn owe fire this morning. dozens of families were forced from their homes in brookhaven delaware county and several people rescued by fire fighters. teen charged as an adult faces a hearing this morning 16 year-old brandon oliveri is accused in the other two teens in south philadelphia last october. and make sure to dress warmly when you head outside today, our high temperatures today won't even reach the freezing mark, all week long, that is three to go. two men in hawaii were a lot warmer. best friend are 60 years just found on it their connection runs deeper. walter mcfarland and al robert son found out that they are actually brothers. walter never knew his father. alan was adopted. curiosity about their family led them to ancestry.com. it turns out that the life licensing friends, they shared a same birth mother. >> definitely a shock but, when you thought about it, you know, here we are, it was an overwhelming experience and it is still overwhelming. i don't know how long it will take for me to get rid of the feeling. >> they looked a lot alike. family and friend where is excited when walter anal an broke the news over the holiday. now that the shock set in new found brothers say they plan to enjoy and travel together and enjoy retirement. brothers, friends, love it. lets check weather and traffic new. >> welshing still cold, like you said, it will be a running theme after all it is only 10 at pleasant valley middle and high school. but i she you this for a reason. sunnies break go through even they it is not up yet, light of the day is popping up and we will see more and more sun as day goes on but take this in. this is rough stuff. this is what it feels like. this isn't your actual air temperature but what you need to go by because it is almost 10 degrees colder then term ter read so use those values as a guide walking out here today but in the within day hits the freezing mark let len 30 degrees and if we see any snow at all it will happen middle part of the forecast possibly a few flakes on friday but would i say if we see a system develop on sat day that would be better chance for something more appreciable but it is still just a chance, it is important to note, pat. on the roadways we have an accident, 295 northbound and it is closed, thinks at route one, so lets get all lanes blocked, see backup there, there is a map to show you exactly where it is, lawrence township near quakerbridge mall, some major backups here use route one or even 206 in new jersey to get around this accident. also, look at the y we don't have any problem spots this morning a lot have green except for roosevelt boulevard but around at year major roadways looking good just a couple minor accidents spread throughout the city. get on the roadways now while you still can. >> thanks, pat. next up on cbs this morning winter storm burying parts of the pennsylvania under a record amount of snow. impact it is having as more snow is expected to fall. join us each weekday morning on cbs-3 starting dark and early at 4:30 a.m. have a great day. stay warm. captioning funded by cbs good morning. it's wednesday, december 27th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." millions across the country are blanketed in a dangerous arctic blachlt we're in pennsylvania where a state of emergency is declared after four feet of snow drops in just 30 hours. >> a flight from los angeles to japan makes an unplanned u-turn four hours into the trim. model chrissy teigen gave a real-life account on twitter. why 47 states want more transparency in price. and singer/songwriter lionel