Because of cold air and we will continue with it as we head into the new year, we will get a little break as we head into wednesday but then right back in the thick of the cold. Let me take you to a live look at kutztown area with the temperature in at 9 degrees, sunrising over yesterdays fresh coating of snow on the soccer fields there, 15 degrees in philadelphia, 14 in wilmington. Sixteen in millville. Forget about these numbers because it feels much colder then that. When we factor in the wind. It feels more like 1 degree to bear skin one we low in wilmington, 4b low in reading, two below in lancaster. Feels like 17 below in the poconos. Heading throughout the daytoday, across the region you can look for highs in the 20s in philadelphia, and down the shore, and in the poconos though a High Temperature around around 9 degrees with partly sunny skies, so today across the entire region temperatures will be in the teens and 20s, but, that is going to come with single digit wind chill, a few afternoon cloud and bone chilling cold arrives tonight, were talking sub zero wind chills and, of course, we will have details in the full forecast coming up, jan. Thank you. 7 02 with this bitter blast of cold weather expect to continue into the new year, the city of philadelphia has opened up a new code blue warming center. The center opened late yesterday at the ceone Recreational Center through tuesday at 2 00 p. M. People that need shelter can find shelter and get hot drinks, blankets, personal items and if you see a home less person on the street, city officials want to you call the Homeless Outreach hot line at 215 2321984. New this morning a fire in philadelphias overbrook neighborhood has sent a fire fighter and another person to the hospital, and Fire Fighters rushed to this Burning House near 62nd street in lansdowne avenue around 3 30 this morning. The fire fighter there suffered minor injuries, in word yet on the injuries the other man suffered. Philadelphia Fire Fighters rushed to a Burning House in kensington, this call came in around 3 00 this morning to the a fire at c street. One person was rushed to the hospital in this fire in, word yet on how serious those injuries are or how this fire started. Meantime a car has flipped over on a Burlington County road killing the driver there. The crash happened on morton landing road in moorestown near salem road, just before 1 00 this morning. The cause of this crash is under investigation. Well, it is a go for mummers parade, string bands will march dunn broad street on new years day despite the forecast of sub freezing temperatures, Eyewitness News reporter chantee lans is live at city hall this morning where the judges will watch the parade, good morning, shan take. Reporter good morning, jan , that is right tomorrow is a big day, it is pretty empty but tomorrow it will be packed major change is that there will be a warming bus following the mummers along their routes. The mummers are pumped and ready to go. Happy new year. Reporter a celebration was underway at avalon string bandon two street at tasker after hearing word saturday from a vote among five divisions that the parade will go on. They were cheerful you wanting to new years day. It is not the same when they cancel it and you have it week later. Reporter philadelphias new years day tradition will be met with sub freezing temperatures and biting wind. The String Band Association voted against marching on monday, but was defeated in the threetwo vote. Kelly cook plays the saxophone it is tough. Reporter he war business it locking up in the freezing cold. Biggest challenge is, you have to keep yourself warm, keep your fingers warm because you are holding basically a brass metal instrument. Reporter parade route is lined with barricade, the city will set up heating tents and warm buss licensing the route for the mummers. The city will allow to us keep our buses with the band, so if we need to get warm jump on the bus for a period of time. If you are planning to come down here, gloves, hat, scarves, layers, layers, layers, layers that is very latest live from center city, chantee lans, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Maybe grab those hand and feet warmers, they helped me out when im out there. Thanks, we will check back in 30 minutes. Philadelphia police par trolling mummers parade route with a drone this year as part of their security plan as cities rings in the new year. Philadelphia will also increase the number of uniformed and plane clothes officers in and around the city, they are placing barricade all around broad street as well. Right new there is no credible threat to the city. Three, two, one. Split goes, new seal land is first to ring in 2018, this was the celebration, in auk land where the clock struck 12 at 6 00 a. M. Eastern time. Fire works over the sky tower there. Up next sidney australia will welcome new year at 8 00 a. M. Eastern time. Now the bitter cold weather extends all across the u. S. This new years eve. It is so cold some have been forced to cancel their festivities. Laura podesta has more from new york where the ball will drop in less than 24 hours now reporter dangerously cold temperatures will continue across parts of the u. S. Into the new year. Officials in omaha, nebraska postponed the new years eve fire works show, the yearly lobster dip in Old Orchard Beach in maine has been rescheduled for first time in 30 years. She made me wear like four layers and i cannot really move but im warm. Bet their than being cold. Reporter in times square forecast for ball drop is 11 degrees with the wind chill around zero. City officials are advising people to cover all exposed skin and to wear hat, scarves, gloves, Drinking Alcohol is discouraged, because it causes the body to lose heat faster. Extra emergency workers will be in times square to provide medical support, and National WeatherService Meteorologist will be monitoring chilly weather conditions which this new yorker says he is excited about. It is fantastic. Im not a big hot personally like cold. Reporter organizsaan handle extreme weather and on saturday two, one. Happy new year. Happy newop was tested successfully. Laura podesta cbs3 Eyewitness News. You may be wondering coldesw square came in 1917, it was just 1 degree at years 11degree balmy forecast f second with 1962. Back here at home now just created a treacherous commute on the highway yester pile up sn lanes of the schuylkill expressway on saturday morningnd critically iking o up traffic fr miles. A couple and their dog were at n Eyewitness News caught up with them. How long have you been sitting probably 30 minutes. Yeah, 30 minutes. Thirty minutes, yep. That wasnt even very licensing, when you think bit, west bun lanes were shut down for three hours, it prompted many motorist to retreat choosing to get off the schuylkill anyway that they could. Is there no winner for big jackpot in last nights power ball drawing, that means wednesdays drawing will be worth at lee 440 milliondollar, folks. Here are last nights winning numbers in case you bought your ticket and see if you matched any of those numbers. They are 28, 36, 41, 51, 58 and power ball number is 24. You dont to have wait until wednesday to become a multi millionaire, next Mega Millions drawing is tuesday, and that jackpot is worth 343 milliondollar. Well, President Trump is wrapping up his vacation in florida, and, soon he will be back to work at the white house. The three big legislative priorities he is expected to focus on as the new year gets underway, we will take a look. People in chicago, are dealing with sub freezing temperatures as well, we will introduce to you some people who are braving that cold to make sure that the home less have a place to stay warm we will be right collinswood Police Responded to reports of the stabbing, at 100 block ofe narberth terrace saturday evening. They found two women there stabbed to death third woman survived, and Camden CountyProsecutors Office is not saying much except that this investigation is in its early stages. One of the victims thursday fire in the bronx was Army National guard member who was trying to save people inside that burning building. Loved won and neighbors gathered near that Apartment Building for a vigil yesterday lighting candles and saying prayers for the 12 people died in the flames. One of them whats manual, who rescued a number of people, that went back in the burning building and then died of smoke inhalation. A toddler accidentally started that fire. President trump is wiping down hisvation and i has a full schedule but as busy as he may be the russia Investigation Continues to loom over his investigation. He has been bearing his name, out of the seven out of the pennsylvania eight days. But he will return to the grind in washington and next weekend counsel Robert Muellers investigation, over russian interference in the 2016 election. And the possible involvement of the Trump Campaign, which the president has repeatedly, denied. There is absolutely no collusion. Reporter report today by New York Times says that in may 2016, former Trump Campaign aid george pop dab lust told a australian diplomate that russia had political dirt on hillary clinton. Cbs news has confirmed from a former u. S. Official that information provided by australia was key to u. S. Investigators in helping to form the picture that started the fbi investigation, into russian meddling in the u. S. Election. Pop dab lust has pled guilty to lying to the fbi and is now a cooperating witness in the special counsel investigation. We asked the president s attorney tycobb to the response to the New York Times story and he sent us a statement that read out of respect for special counsel and his process we are not commenting on matters such as this. We are continuing to fully cooperate with the special counsel in order to help complete their inquiry, expeditiously. Chip reid, cbs news, west palm beach, florida. Back here at home, this bitter cold people heading out for travel today. Yes, lot of people are traveling this weekend for the new year, to ring in the new year tonight, green light today, totally different story from yesterday, with the snow, and just be mindful those secondary road an inside streets could still have slick spots on them this morning but main road looking just fine. Green light on new years day as well when traveling home, a lot of us traveling back to work, as we head into tuesday, we are looking just fine there as well, as far as the airport , we, we have no problems as far as departure delays, they are 15 minutes or less, cold, just a few included at philadelphia international. I am keeping track of fog in seattle as well as l. A. But right now departure as cross the board all 15 minutes or less but ill keep an eye on those cities for you. 15 degrees in philadelphia, feels more like 1 degree, when you factor in the winds, coming in out of the northwest at around 14 miles per hour. And 14, right new in wilmington. Eleven in reading, lancaster. Twelve in allentown. 2 degrees in the poconos. Single digits up there. In the teens down the shore. Shes those wind from his 10 to 15 miles an hour out of the north and west, helping to filter in more and more chilly cold air, so that is making it feel pretty much like Single Digits and below zero for all of us across the delaware and lehigh valleys. Feels more like two in allentown. 17 degrees below zero is what it feels like in the poconos and that is where we have a advisory in effect. Wind chill advisory in effect for rest of us as we head in the 9 00 oclock hour and we will talk more about that. As we head throughout the day High Temperature make it in the teens and 20s with the exception of the poconos, only , making it in the Single Digits or not getting out of the Single Digits i should say 23 degrees is forecast high in philadelphia, 20 in wilmington twentyone in millville. Low to mid 20s as we head in the afternoon down the shore but it is going to feel, much, much colder when we factor in that wind. Feeling like Single Digits all day long, you are head together bird game, prepare for that, dress accordingly, bundle up, 8 degrees by 3 00 is what it will feel like when we factor in the wind. Feeling like 3 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 feeling like a 1 degree out there and then at 9 00 when we have a wind chill advice rid for everybody, wind chills will be from 5 degrees above zero to about 10 degrees below zero. And as the clock strikes 12, it strikes midnight we will ring in the new year we will have a wind chill around 5 degrees below zero here in philadelphia wow. And then tomorrow, High Temperature only around 19 degrees, but coldest, on record, the coldest new years day on record was 16 degrees. So we will be 3 degrees shy of that as we head into tomorrow, so yes, that will make the mummers parade, the coldest, in about 100 years, in philadelphia, and 9 00 oclock right around 11 00 degrees, 12 00 oclock 16 attend ago this you have to bundle up for that as well. Youre witness weather seven day forecast, 26 degrees into tuesday, frigid degrees. We will get a little break. And then thursday were right back in the thick of the cold, 22 on friday, 21 on saturday, jan. 7 18. Time to see how traffic is moving out there heres Amanda Mueller in the cbs3 Traffic Center, good morning, amanda. Looking good for the most part but we have one incident we are taking a live look at 76 westbound just before the belmont exit, unfortunately there is an accident here, good news off to the shoulder you can see there on your screen a bit toward the right here further down the exit crews are on the scene but doesnt look like it is causing any tie ups right now. We have an update on the Traffic Alert for folks in new jersey traveling through maple shade we had a malfunctioning traffic light on 73 in bet directions at fox meadow drive , we mentioned this last hour, not causing too many problems but we have good news for drivers that is now cleared just in time for regular morning volume to pick up. And finally if you are planning on using mass transit today bet septa and new Jersey Transit will have modified scheduled that is good news for new years travelers because while septa will operate on a normal sunday schedule special late night trains will be added. In the cbs3 Traffic Center im Amanda Mueller, jan, back to you. Sticking on the road right new get ready to pay more when you drive on the pennsylvania turnpike come the new year. Starting january 7th, tolls will go up 6 percent. The most common tolls will increase, from 1. 23 to 1. 30. If you pay cash tolls will increase from 1. 95 to 2. 10. Turnpike Commission Said it need it for improvement. While most people are trying avoid the cold by staying indoors some people are going outside to help people with in where to go. Lauren victory reports. Reporter Staff Members at franciscan outreach are outlook out for homeless people, they canvas park walks , around harrison, in california, multiple times a day every day but todays extreme cold and snow make this a possible life or death search. Especially now this is very crucial for us to assure anyone outside in the cold, so that they went get hypotheria, or frostbite. We have seen definitely a lot of our guests who lost many limbs due to the cold. Reporter is that this year too. This year, last year and year before that. Reporter shelter does not normally function as 24 Hour Warming Center but has been doing that since tuesday, american 400 people, enjoyed warm bed, hot food each night since then and that is over capacity. Come in get a hot meal, come on. Reporter Program DirectorCynthia Northington expect more people with this weekend s forecast with negative wind chills. We are prepared to take anyone in that comes to ring that door belfor the next three nights. Reporter another issue likely to last during the deep freeze, icy walkways. Road and signs block off entrance to Michigan Avenue knew from the chicago river, snow falling from the apple stores roof worsened, the wintry situation. That was correspondent laura victory reporting. Deputies and complete strangers come together to save an animals life. Come together to help, you know, it is an animal. See how they were able to rescue a horse left badly hurt after a it all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complementary first months payment. Thanks to strangers that made it a safe and sound resting comfortably. Correspondent andrea lucy has the touching story. Reporter lying on her side on this busy dallas highway the horse summoned her strength, and struggled to stand. Time and time again she fell. They will shoot the horse. Reporter todd was one of the first to jump in and help after the horse collapsed, following an accident, involving her trailer. We were still so afraid that will she just out of know , have a heart attack or just, die there. Reporter recently rescued old mayor named noel was on her way to retirement in dent on when her happy future seemed unlikely. Trying to prepare for worse whe