She was in her kitchen and heard allowed bang. Then saw the flames and then she ran to her neighbors house to get the family out. Meantime, another neighbors barking dog woke her and her husband up. So they went to their neighbors house as well. And it is a good thing these neighbors sprung into action. The family who lives here including a eight year old little girl were asleep inside. This car fire was happening right under a bedroom. Now, everyone was able to get out safely. When fire crews arrived they got the fire out in just about 20 minutes. The family car is torched neighboring minivan and deck were burned a little as well. That was the main concern here with this neighborhood, that this could have spread very quickly down the block. I worked on an ambulance for several years. So, you know, it was just i dont know if it was maybe mom instinct emt instinct, but just trying to get everybody you know, to safety. And the fire marshall is investigating not only this fire, but another car fire at torresdale and robbins as well, which is just about two blocks away. Fire investigators were using the arson sniffing dogs, that can detect accelerants. So thats three cars damaged at two different locations just within an hour this morning. This is an ongoing investigation, and back out here live on scene fortunately, again no injuries here. And no damage inside of these home, but you can see how close that burned out car was to the overhang, where there is a bedroom inside. Were reporting live in talcony, january car barrow. Meanwhile, Philadelphia Police continue their manhunt for the suspect who viciously attacked a High School Student on septa trolley. Cell phone video caught the beating wednesday morning. Seventeen year old shea, were not revealing her last name, she got into the trolley at broad and girard. The attack happened after she says she accidentally bumped a man with her back pack. Im from the emergency room, i see it every day but the last thing i opportunity see is see it on my child. Estimated 100,000 student are in philadelphia riding septa to and from school. The Transit Agency deploys 100 extra officers to ensure their safety. Delaware state police are looking for several drivers who hit and killed a man on i495 last night. And then took off. Were told that man was trying to cross the northbound lanes of the highway in edgemore when someone hit him and knocked him over. Then several other cars also hit him while he was still on the grounds. Police do not have any descriptions of the cars theyre looking for. Right now 5 03. Want to talk about this storm headed our way. Katie, good morning. Not just one but two separate systems that we will be dealing with here through the course of the weekends, one coming later on tonight the other one right at the end of sunday night into monday. So it is sort of like were sandwiching the weekends around the system. We are right now at least in the clear. It looks like it will definitely stay that way for sure through the morning drive and for sure i would say through at least the first half of your evening rush. But we do start to see, you know, toward the tail end of the evening especially through the overnight our next storm system moving on in. We can zoom it out one more time. Here is the leading edge of the precipitation, still too warm for anything but plane old rain through kentucky or rather i should say tennessee over into North Carolina but this will eventually run into colder air that weve got currently in place. So Winter Weather advisories take effect tonight they last us until midday tomorrow, across the board. So everybodys getting in on the snow this time. It is not just going to be snow. Also well see rain, very likely the mixing of the ice inbetween with sleet and some of the rain freezing on contact. But for now, quiet. We start with sun we will see some clouds, those clouds will continue to thicken i want to gave you a time line. Talking 9 00 p. M. Tonight into midnight saturday. That snow begins to move from south to north. Steadiest of the accumulating snow happens up until 5 00 a. M. So youll be waking up to the white stuff. Change over to rain. Key point with that 5 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. Range also start to see the sleet and freezing rain potential. If you are one of the folks that has to go to work on a saturday morning, that may be your biggest issue. But you will be dodge ago big wintery mess across the board here looks like saturday. Vittoria . Thank you so much katie. Good morning everyone, with weather like this, we always have to be mindful to just take it a little extra easy out there. Because accidents do happen, as you know, and if you are traveling not only right now but also throughout the weekends again just be extra safe out there. However, we will table a look at an accident situation that happened not too long ago. This is kelly drive. Overturned vehicle situation on kelly drive at lemon hill drive. Notice whats interesting in the shot here is that the tow truck is actually dragging the vehicle that is overturned on the top of the car instead of flipping it upright putting on the flatbed. Interesting situation there. Again, this is kim i drive earlier look at the earlier accident at lemon hill. It has been cleared out of the way, which is good news, and the bad news is that it even happened. But with that new cleared out of the way your free and clear to be commuting on kelly drive. As we continue we take you elsewhere to 95 where 95 is great. No delays in either direction. This shot here around cottman avenue. If you are head in the and out of the northeast, in and out of center city, delaware, all looking good out there and no delays no problems, and not only pa it is jersey and delaware, as well. Ukee . Vittoria, thank you. Developing right now we could soon learn the fate of two japanese hostages captured by isis millitant. This video released tuesday the millitant threaten to kill the men within 72 hours unless they receive 200 million. The deadline for that ultimatum is believed to have passed just before 1 00 a. M. Our time. Japan has vowed to secure the hostages release. Well, huge crowd is expected today at saudi arabia burries the countrys king who died yesterday. King abdullah was 90, had been in poor health. Vice President Joe Biden . Lead a delegation to saudi arabia in the next few days, the king joined washington in the fight against al quaida and south to modernize the moderate muslim kingdom. His half brother takes over now as king. Happening today, a judge will decide whether to unseal Surveillance Video in the eric frein case. Ambush at the Pennsylvania State Police Barracks Blooming Grove barracks rather was evidence at freins preliminary hearing. Prosecutors want it sealed. Frein charged with killing corporate brian dixon on september 12th. Trooper alex douglas was critically hurt. Reverend al sharpton joining the course of people calling for a state investigation into this Deadly Police shooting in bridgeton Cumberland County. An officer killed jerome read last month after a traffic stop. Reid was shot white getting out of the car with his hands up after police found a gun in the car. Right now the Cumberland County prosecutors offers is handling the investigation. Well, prominent bucks county family facing allegations they used a massive Insurance Fraud scheme to fund their hlavac lifestyle. Mate tree arc claries oldie has been charged with defrauding Insurance Companies of more than 20 million. Investigators say her husband, daughter, son daughter in law, and two others, were all in on it. The familys accused of setting fires at their buckingham mansion then filing false claims. 5 08 right now. A new jersey apartment complex destroyed by fire. Massive one. Now were learning what sparked the fire and why it took so long for those to call for help. Also this. Tom braid a cheater . I dont believe so. Deflate denials. Tom brady and his coach way in on the scandal thats over shadowing the superbowl. Were hearing from former ball boy about just how easy it is to mess with those footballs. And, this could be one of the most unusual president ial interviews ever. A woman with green lipstick asking president obama some questions. See the offer that even caught the president off guard. This got to be good. Also, it is quiet outside right now but katie says snow is on the way. She would like to know just when it arrives and what we can expect when we do traffic and weather together on the 3s. Well be right back. Morning, everyone, new England Patriots are pushing back on deflation gate. Coaches and staff de anything any involvement in donating footballs during their game last sunday. Don champion bridges you uptodate. Reporter at a time when all of the new England Patriots should be talking about a superbowl, the team finds itself on the defense offering up denial after denial. I was shocked to learn of the news report about the footballs, you know, i didnt alter the ball in anyway. The team is under investigation for donating footballs used in their victory over the colts sunday. Quarterback tom brady admitted he picked out the game balls but doesnt know what happened after that. Im very comfortable saying that nobody did it, as far as i know, i dont know everything. I also understanded that i you know, was in the lockerroom preparing for a game. I dont know what happened over the course of the process with the footballs. Nfl regulations mandate that game balls be inflated to between 12 and a half and 13 and a half pounds of pressure per square inch. Officials checked the balls two hours before the game, but when later inspected they were reportedly 2 pounds low which made them easier to grasp. Seattle seahawks players Kevin Williams will face the patriots in the superbowl. I mean, you still got to tackle. You still got to cover. You still got to rush the quarterback t dont matter how much air in the ball . If the team cheated the patriots could face 25,000 fine and potentially lose the draft pick. Don champion, cbs3 eyewitness news. And now we are hearing from someone who has been on the side lines. Former eagles ball boy Brendon Armstrong oversaw guam balls before and after inspections back in the day. He says he never noticed any dramatic difference in the inflation of footballs. You could feel a softer ball, you know what i mean, if you wanted to, if you were looking at it, but i could also see in the heat of the moment that that game being played where just casino of hey this is a ball were just playing with, theyre not even thinking. Now armstrong also said when he was with the birds he never would have thought of doing anything with or to the footballs without consent of the Coaching Staff or players. It is 5 13, here is your traffic and weather together on the 3s. Good morning ukee. Weve got not one but two separate storms basically picking backing our weekend one starts to moves in as early as late tonight then we see another one coming in by sunday night. Now, storm scan3 as we start things off here, well, there is the leading edge of precipitation, guys, all rain right now little too warm across the southeastern united state for anything but plane old rain. Save on the back side of the storm back toward say the ozark and the missouri border there. But this storm will eventually start to move in for us. It is pack ago punch of moisture also look at the squawl line setting up here over the gulf of mexico. So also having to worry potentially about some nasty thunderstorms down that far south. But for us, it is a whole mixed bag of wintery precipitation. Now i also need to talk about the ice threat, obviously huge last week. We want to address t now notice by 2 00 a. M. Saturday, there is no ice to spot out there. Youre going to have snow to create slick spots. But you do not need much ice for there to be a problem. Lets move things forward. As we look ahead to the morning, thats when some milder air will move, in the sun comes up, we are going to start to see the change over from snow to rain. Thats why were worried that you might see a few hundred or even. 10 of inch of ice thats all you need for major problems. So if you can swing it, just try to limit any casino of travel here on saturday. Meanwhile, how much snow are we talking . Because it will start to turn over to rain in philadelphia, the limit the totals to one to three, maybe no more than coating to inch, absolute max to the southeast but because you keep the cold air long enough up toward the Lehigh Valley even western chester and to up upper bucks counties and Mercer County no less, you may pick up little swat, little bulls eye there three6 inches. So keep an eye on. That will meanwhile again tomorrow is messy day sunday, through the day sunday, into sunday night next clipper already here. Dont miss you might mills the breakin between, but generally expecting light snow out of the monday system. Now is the time guys. Make sure to have the cbs philly weather app on your phone to get your latest forecast and track radar. Track it on and it is free, vet tore crashes over to you. Here ray. Good morning right now traveling out and about for the most part majors fantastic. How much, the second overturned vehicle weve had this morning. As were taking a look now at the schuylkill expressway, Notice Police activity toward that lefthand side of your screen. Again, this is an over turn vehicle, that just occurred, i would say moments ago because when we were looking at the shot earlier my producer as well, we didnt even have police on scene just yet. But this would be the eastbound side of the schuylkill. As you approach the area of gulph mills notice, the vehicle sort of slanted on the embankment here. Police officers monitoring this is the ramp from gulph mills on toward the eastbound side of 76. But if you are head in the this area, do you want to be mindful this is out there. If i could just point out take look at the roads still going to have slick spots on the roads travel out and b be extra careful. Well continue to keep you updated on. This really arent any major delays on any other majors right now. Err dismay. Vittoria, thank youment breaking news now from talcony. Arson investigators on the scene of two car fires in the same neighborhood. This is the 6300 block of ditman street in talcony where one car fire spread to another car and to a home. There was another car fire at torresdale and robbins. A vicious attack on a High School Student on septa trolley is under investigation. The attack was caught on camera. A 17 Year Old Girl suffered a broken broken nose and other injuries. And police in New Castle County are searching for clues in the deadly hitandrun there. An unidentified man was hit by several cars while trying to cross i495 in edgemore last night. Still ahead this morning philadelphia neighborhood was just named one of the hottest areas in the country and chances are you havent even heard of t well tell you where it is. And it is tough being a rookie. Just ask the sixer who owns this foiled covered suv. See his reaction after his teammates pulled off the prank. Well be back. Pretty you may not have heard of it but a lot of buzz about a small philadelphia neighborhood, just named dickinson second hottest neighborhood for real estate. It is tucked between south philly right between pens port and east passyunk. The website says that neighborhood offers affordable housing, popular restaurants and you can find spare parking and garages there. The median price after home in dickenson narrows is 192,000. Right now, it is time to check your philadelphia job market. Report. Heres cbs News Business analyst, jill schlessinger. If you are working in a fulltime career and dont have the time or lifestyle that would accommodate returning to graduate school, you might want to consider a Certificate Program that would boost your skills and potentially your earning powers. The appeal of these programs is catching on. Between 2,005 and 2011 the number of graduate certificate awarded has increased an average every nearly 19 per year. According to a survey by the council of graduate schools. There are various Certificate Programs, in fields like human resources, business, and education. Check with your employer, colleagues, or trade publications, to determine which would be most valuable in your career. The Certificate Programs offer online or evening classes that are easy to fit into your busy schedulement and because theyre targeted to your specific job and professional development, Many Employers may partially or fully cover your costs including fees, and books. You should also check the pennsylvania Work Force Development website for information on the Occupational Training programs that are eligible for funding through the Work Force Investment act. Time spent earning a certificate in your area will likely pay dividends. In many cases thousands of dollars a year, in salary increases. Im jill schlessinger, cbs3 eyewitness news. Katie, watching two systems this morning . The second one hasnt even formed on the radar but we really want to focus i would say more so on the one currently on way. It is packing serious punch of moisture right now across portions of alabama now into the panhandle of florida and it will eventually make that left hand hook, and head up the coastline and start to bring us some snow by later on tonight. So for now, storm scan3 nice and quiet. Will stay that way throughout the day but then later tonight it starts to move in. We expect generally to start off with snow, everywhere, but enough mild air will eventually move in to help it turn over to a mix of sleet and probably freezing rain, by tomorrow morning. Across that pink shaded area, then eventually turn over to plane old rain, so we may have similar situation as far as slick travel john indication here for philadelphia, is that were looking at one to 3inch swat for philly. Just because youre going to see the change overtake place. If your going up into the northwest suburbs could pick up double that amount just because youll have some colder air in place. Good morning everyone, so even though not seeing any precipitation right now roads still slick out there. This is the second overturned vehicle, situation, that weve had just this morning. This is a look at the schuylkill expressway, 76 eastbound, at the gulph mills onramp. Travel in the area, notice some activity off towards the right hands shoulder, this is the shrek involved, slanted up on the embankment. Not dealing with any volume, not even 5 30 just yet not real a concern. But, my concern is that the potential that this could happen to someone else. So if you are traveling out and about access eastbound side, but it is out there. Rest of the majors and bridges are great shot of the ben franklin, in the clear speed censors look beautiful no delays for mass transit. Things at the airport just fine ukee . Toronto tops, and sixers trying to break three game losing streak. Sixers welcome samson in fine style yesterday. Teammates wrapped his car in continue foil. And were there, also, when the former saint johns star showed to up see it. Prank ago rocky is time honored right of passage in the nba. And other sports, as well there is one took some work. But were told, erika that jaggar took it well. Harmless. Wont really damage your car i hope . Hope not. Frustrating pulling that all off. Pull it off carefully. Thats funny. 5 26. Were continuing to follow several breaking stories. First, a suspicious, several suspicious fires overnight. Live at the scene will you hundreds of people lose information this massive Apartment Fire in new jersey, now were learning who accidentally spark that fire, and why it took so long to call for help. Vittoria and katie including the latest on this weekend snow. How it might impact your plans, were back in just two minute. We are following breaking news a fire bug on the lose right now in talcony after several cars are torched overnight. The smoking shells of the cars are left behind. Now, this is just one of three car fires all in the same northeast philadelphia neighborhood overnight. The incident have now spark an arson investigation. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabeo joins us at one of the scenes if talcony where the flames spread to a home. Fortunate this big car fire didnt spread to the inside of any of the neighboring homes bulk of the damage is to this vehicle, and home behind me here in the 6300 block of ditman street, in talcony. This family as suv as you can see is totaled and the flames fortunately just damaged the outside of their home. That second story overhang is burned, just slightly. But this is what the fire looked like, karen guffed in flames. Now there is photo taken by neighbor who are who called 911 just after 2 00 this morning in her kitchen, heard loud bang, heard the flames, ran to neighbors house to get the family out. Meantime another neighbors barking dog woke her and her husband up. It is a good thing these neighbors sprung into action family who lives here
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