No snow yet. Save that for tomorrow. Right now though actually looking good. We do have one accident out there. And the car fire as well. At least it is the calm before the storm. Do have quite a long window of time to prepare before it gets here, but we jump right into it. Winter storm alerts, dont take effect until 8 00 tonight. But yes, pretty much the entire region save for southern most new jersey and delaware, either a winter storm warning or yes even a blizzard warning. Now, thats specific to east Central New Jersey here, ocean monmouth counties, long island, to up new york city f youre a new york city commuter heads up. Again, tomorrow looks like we very rough commute. You may not even make it with blizzard warning up that way. But in the city winter storm alert, no joke. Here is a wide zoom, storm scan3, one piece of the puzzle, actually two separate areas of low pressure that will be impacting us to create this large coastal storm system. As the noreaster barrels into the region here, come late tonight, especially tomorrow morning, this same time, things will be getting underway. So now is a time to prepare, folksment make sure that because of the winds thats going to be picking up, secure looks objects. For now all clear, precipitation type were talking here either snow, mick of snow and sleet, or snow and rain. Coming up just a little later on, we all want to know about the snowfall map. Ill give it to you just a bit later on. Things we need to know about, but dont want to know about it. Thank you so much. Great to have you back with us, good morning, everyone, just waking up with us right now it is early and dark. So the vine, overnight construction, you can see, it is open both moving in the westbound and eastbound direction, looking good, looking quiet, looking just a we should. The calm before all of the storm for today. Hopefully, and looking good through the entire commute. Gorgeous shot here, dark and quiet, no problems there. We do have this accident in abington, vehicle versus a pole, woodland road, heads up on that, also, a vehicle fire here in hammonton, new jersey, route 33, at fleming pike. Off ramp to route 73, right now, closed. Heads up. Also, construction in abington, routes 611 southbound between hamilton avenue and jericho road. Right lane blocked. Jim, rahel, back to you. Thank you, meisha. Folks are getting ready for what could be our big snowstorm of the season . Eyewitness News Reporter trang do live in nicetown where penndot is loading up the salt. Trang, good morning, i think this is dejavu, werent you doing this friday . Reporter yes, here we go again, rahel, jim. Penndot began retreat the roads last night, that work will continue this morning, but take a look here, plenty of salt as we mentioned on friday. After very mild winter, we havent seen whole lot in terms of the snowfall this winter, meanwhile people across our region are preparing for a snow day. And over the weekends, shopping frenzy kicked off at the acme in bala cynwyd. Lots of people buying up milk, bread and eggs as expected. Many stores like acme had to restock items, like salt, shovels, because they packed it all away for next winter. With forecasters predicting as much as a foot of snow for the philly region overnight monday into all day tuesday, all of the products had to come back out on the floor. We actually put the rock salt and snow shovel out of the sales force last thursday. So we just welcomed them back, selling milk, eggs, juice, soda, what they are buick the most right now. Interestingly, the the last march snowstorm dumped as much as a foot in our area happened in 1993. It was right around this time of the month. Forecasters say this storm looks a lot like that one, but for now live in nicetown, trang do, cbs3, Eyewitness News, rahel, jim, back to you. Trang gets so excite, lofts this type of thing. Thanks, trang. Dont forget you can always check the cbs philly weather app for the latest on the pending storm. In other news this morning, authorities are investigating gunfire in southwest philadelphia, that left one man dead. Police say the victim shot in the head on south 61 street near region street, steps from the cemetery. Happened after 8 00 p. M. Last night. Did not have any identification on him. So far no arrest haves been made. And a teenage boy with autism is recovering this morning after police say he was found bound and bruised in the citys mantua section. Police say the 16 year old boy was found outside in the freezing colds, 800 block of north 42 street. Investigators tell us he was bound, had bruises around his wrists. He was taken to the hospital and at last check was in stable condition. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has ordered flags in the state to be flown at half staff in honor of a fire official who died while responding to faith fire. Believe hoverboard caused the fire that claimed a toddlers life, and led to the death of the responding fire officials. Fire happened friday night, three year old desean tai hughes died from injuries in the blaze. My granddaughter. Cant replace her. The pain, so deep. Fire was ruled an accident caused by a recharging hoverboard on the first floor. Harrisburg fire lieutenant dennis died after being involved in a accident while en route to the fire. He was a 21 year old veteran of the department. Two other victims were critically injured in the blaze. Republicans are looking to sure up the board for their healthcare proposal. House Intelligence Committee is asking the Justice Department for any evidence they may have reporting the claim add of the administration wiretapped. More from new york. One day after nationwide protests against the gop healthcare proposal. More free freedom. House speaker paul ryan, the plan to repeal and replace obamacare on cbs fails the nation. How many people are going to lose . I cant answer that question. Democrats say theyre waiting for the nonpartisan congressional budget offers to release results monday. Detailing coverage, cost, how the plan will be funded. Throwing five to 10 Million People off of the Health Insurance they currently have. The plan is also facing opposition from republicans to say it doesnt go far enough. Thats obamacare. We doesnt want that. Those who argue it could make healthcare work. As it is written today there is bill, the house of representatives, cannot pass the senate, and i believe it would have adverse consequences for millions of americans. Also on sunday, speaker ryan said he hasnt seen any proof former president Obama Wiretapped trump tower during the 2016 campaign. Have you seen anything to suggest there are wiretaps . No. But answers may come soon. The house Intelligence Committee has asked the Justice Department to turn over any evidence by monday. Theyre one of two possibility here, either the president quite deliberately for some reason made up this charge or perhaps more disturbing the president really believes this. The committees first public hearing on the investigation is set for march. Roxanna, cbs3, Eyewitness News. California man who admitted to jumping the white house fence is due in court today. Twentysix year old Jonathan Tran took off running toward the South Entrance of the white house friday night. Secret Service Agent stepped in, stopping tran, in his tracks. The man claims he had an appointment with the president saying they were friends. Authorities searched him and found two case every mans. Charged with entering restricted grounds while caring a dangerous weapon. It is march madness time. March madness time. Now we know where and when villanova wildcats begin their defense of their national championship. Reaction from the campus, as the wildcats are named numb bun one seed. Thursday night theyll play either mount st. Mary or new orleans in buffalo, new york, right here on cbs3. It is a great accomplishment. I want the guys to enjoy it tonight. And then tomorrow we just want y tougher, in fact, tough, time to prepare. Weve done this once before. And we got monmouth. And got beat. I think we might have been a one seed. Am i right . Almost got beat. Now the team is shuffling off to buffalo today to avoid the expected snowstorm. It is to has been ten years since the team won backtoback titles. See the wildcats chase history thursday night. 7 00 p. M. Right here on cbs3. So much anticipation, theyre red hot. And now the field of 68 is set, it is time to fill out your bracket, cbsphilly. Co cbsphilly. Com bracket challenge, to win. Were not eligible, but ill still fill out the bracket, see what happens. Well, chilly day for a parade yesterday. But it didnt stop people from celebrating the luck of the irish. More from yesterdays Saint Patricks day parade up next. Also ahead, former Vice President joe biden and his wife, make appearance at the southwest festival. What he has to say about the project. Of course our storm watch coverage continues this morning, katie is tracking the latest on the system bringing snow here. We will be right back. Just to see their faces in the morning when i wake them up. The first thing you think about is your wife and your kids and your family. So i had surgery locally, and it came back after my follow up that i needed a second surgery. And thats when i said i need a second opinion. 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The only bipartisan thing left in america is the fight against cancer. Of course biden lost his son beau biden brain cancer two years ago, today he will head to the university of delaware to launch the biden domestic. Another Saint Patricks day parade, over the weekend weekends,. I found a bag pipe. The sounds every bagpipes filled the air on Market Street yesterday afternoon. High School Marching Bands and traditional irish step dancers also performed in the parade. People came as far as the Sunshine State to experience. Im snow birding, in easthampton new jersey, so im celebrating Saint Patricks day here in philadelphia. Invigorating. Feels good. Everybodys happy. Great day. Great music. Prior to the parade, priest frost throughout the arch diocese held a mass in center city. The time 4 43, katie here with another check of the forecast, arent you so glad youre back from vacation . Yes, you know, one of these years im going to take a vacation, and im actually going to be able to hunker down at home and watch the snow come in. This is what we meteorologists live for, what we weather geeks just thrive on. We really geek out at this kind of stuff. This will be a big one, folks, does come with poor timing too, about this same time tomorrow well see two pieces of a much larger puzzle come together, a classic noreaster setting up for us, heavy snow, but a lot of other side issues that come with that and other caveats, as well. So, heres the first piece of the puzzle, most obvious, snow currently falling across the midwest. See the sneaks every rain across the northern gulf. These two pieces come together. Thats whats going to turn into this much larger storm system. Then later on tonight, the snowflakes will begin to fall. So im jumping you to 10 00 p. M. Guys. I dont think we start to see the flakes start until the earliest at that point. 11 00 at night or so. But it will spread in from southwest to northeast. So over those couple every house notice, see the rainsnow line right over our area. So that said, right along i95, it is make or break, as to where this ends up. But you will see in our snowfall maps coming up here that there is a very sharp cutoff. So, three, 4 00, 5 00, 6 00, 7 00 in the morning the snow will be pounding down specially northern suburbs, find the heaviest snow out of this. But the rainsnow line means that youre really going to limit the totals across southern new jersey and delaware, very likely see sleet mixed in in the city to limit our totals in philly. So, the bulls eye for our area, really go to, well, say ocean, monmouth counties, then back into northern most suburbs, Lehigh Valley pocono region. Then it starts to rotate away, the storm system. So we will see all of it winds down through the afternoon, and with that said, tonight and through tomorrow, specially, this is still what were pegging for our most uptodate Snowfall Forecast map. I expect athlete a foot from northern most chester county, bucks county, in the city up to a foot. Six to 12. And then you drastically cut the totals down as you go into southern new jersey and delaware. Coastal Flood Warning also worth a mention. Takes effect for very strong wind, also high wind warning down the shore, and just coastal new jersey and delaware in general. It does wind down for us into wednesday, but even still, meisha, lingering snow showers will remain. That can be dangerous. So many people pulling off those sports car early, rear wheel drive, any of that tomorrow, do not use those vehicles. It can be very, very dangerous in the snow without snow tires or what have you. So, looking outside right now, staying focused on this morning before all of the snow starts to come in tomorrow, looking good. Ben franklin bridge moving in the westbound direction, into center city, what you are looking at, lacking dark, quiet out there, no problems whatsoever. Ninetyfive taillights moving in the southbound direction, this is at academy, you can see, looking good, of course looking so much different tomorrow morning at this exact same time. However, we are not incident free completely. Vehicle versus a pole, thompson road, woodland road, heads up for those every in you that neck of the woods, also, we also have vehicle fire, route 73, fleming pike, all lanes blocked, you will have to use alternate, a. C. Expressway your best bet, just heads up, because of that, off ramp to route 73 right now is closed, jim, over to you. Thank you, meisha. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, it is more than just sleep. Find out the impact Daylight Savings has on the economy. Plus Community Comes together after hundreds of stones at a Jewish Cemetery are vandalized, the message they hope to send when we come if youre headed out the day stay updated on sister station kyw news radio 1060. Also, find out about some expected delays at Plymouth Meeting midcounty toll plaza later this week. Septa un vague their expanded high tech payment Collection System this morning. And find out about a planned to help eliminate traffic debt. Check in 1006 on your a. M. Dial. Resident in the city wissinoming city gather after the recent desecration at mount carmel cemetery. Dozens participate in the candlelight walk around Wissinoming Park last night. Hundreds of headstones were toppled last month as weve been telling you, event organizers say their goal was to come together as a community to to unify against hate. I think it is important for people in this local community to show that they wont stand for hate, they wont stand for disruption, and desecration. And there is currently 74,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction. Well, the time right now 4 50. Time for a check on business news. Jill wagner joins us live from the new york torque stock exchanges, good morning, jill. So the fed meet tomorrow. What are economists expecting . Reporter well, get ready for another Interest Rate hike. Janet yellen, central bank would like to raise rates this week barring un any for seen, well the february jobs report was released friday. It was a good one. That pretty much seals the deal for another rate hike, and up to three additional rate increases this year. Jim, rahel. Jill, we turn back our clocks this weekend. What impact dollars Daylight Saving time have on the economy . Well, that extra hour of sunlight is nice for some people. But studies show that Daylight Saving time actually leads to more car crashes, fewer sales in stores, and less productivity from workers. Stud fry Jp Morgan Chase shoppers spend more in the month after the spring change, but 3. 5 after the fall time change. So when you combine it, it is a lost. Jill i have to ask did you buy the bread and eggs for the blizzards, to make french toast for the blizzard. Are you hunkering down . You. Know what, i have to be here, so i will probably have to stay in a hotel tomorrow after work. I brought stuff in were doing waffles here on the show. Ann brought the powdered sugar. Thats why i need to come to philadelphia. Well send awe uber and send you down here for the day. I like the sounds of that. Well check in with you in the next hour. Thank you, jill. Well, katie is tracking a major snowstorm. Heading our way. We will get another check on weather and traffic next. Welcome back, yes, the proverbial calm before the storm is happening right now. Light winds. Still quite cold. Nice clear skies. Youll start things off with a beautiful sunrise here today. It is only 12 degrees right now folks outside pleasant middle and high school, that cold air setting the stage for this noreaster to bring pretty good swat of heavy snow. Up at product heads ville expect at least a foot, more like six to 12 inches along the i95 corridor as we likely see sleet mixed in. That rainsnow line is critical to the final snowfall totals. Here is the time line for you. After 10 00 tonight we see the snowflakes begin to fall. They move in from southwest to northeast. But the heavy snow will start up until lunchtime tomorrow. So we are going to be full force for you, i think here, come this same time tomorrow, meisha. A lot going on. Oh, it will be it can be very dangerous. All right, katie, thank you so much for that. Good thing is this morning well have a good commute hopefully so far so good. New jersey, 42 freeway, what youre dealing with, still dealing, but overall congestion levels anywhere we look maybe building ever so slightly but really everything looking good. Route one at fox street, same story here, looking very quiet. Although we do have first accident of the morning in abington, so those of in you this neck of the woods, vehicle versus a pole here, thompson road at woodland road, also a vehicle fire still out there. So, this is where we have the hammonton new jersey route 73 at fleming pike. All lanes blocked. Your alternate egg had a harbor road is your best bet. Heads up, if you expect westbound offramps closed at route 73, jim, over to you. Thank you shall meishament coming up in the next hour of cbs3, Eyewitness News, live with penndot as they prepare for the snowstorm headed our way. Snow already falling in part of midwest. Look at this video from minnesota. Hopefully thats not all coming here. More on the snow impact nationwide. 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The evolution of cancer care is here. Learn more about our Treatment Options at cancercenter. Com lung. Appointments available now. Live from the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia. This is cbs3 Eyewitness News this morning. Well forget basketball. This is the real march madness, were on the storm watch this morning. Most of us are under a winter warning, beginning tonight, katie is back from vacation with the latest expected snow totals. Are you going to talk like that every time i will. And the snow already falling in the midwest, this is video from south dakota where heavy snow caused white out conditions on highways. And seems like that has people in our area headed to the store. Theyre stock l willing g up on shovels and salt and milk and eggs for that french toast. Were live with more on the snow preparations already underway. Today is monday march 13th, good morning, everyone, im jim donovan. I just want to apologize in advance for anything that happens today and tomorrow. Im rahel solomon. Get ready. The snow, we need little pizzazz. Our theme is when in doubt oh, thats right. Good morning, everyone, happy monday. Yep, i think were all bracing for what is to come right now, roadways looking okay, couple every accidents, some construction, really all eyes on you, all about the prep, right . We do still have ample time. Thats the thing. So now is the time to get ready for t make sure you have all of the ingredients you need for your french toast. I have my waffle stuff. Oh, we will be making waffles, making waffles in the studio, thats the plan. Stay tuned. Exactly. But we do want to make sure you know what to expect out of this, right . So here g now the winter storm warning has long yet to take effect here. Dont go into effect until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. But here is a update for you. What has been winter storm watch across southeast new jersey and parts of dele