Yes, so i will get to this morning in a moment but it is so hard to sleep last night being off for so long. And, my gosh, would i look at the clock at 11 30 and say how in the world is it possible that i have to get up in two hours. Great to be back. Great to see you ladies. It is water main break after water main break after water main back. Yes. Every single day it seems like there is, a water main breaks and it is not, and, heres your lates alerts. We have advisory, winter storm watches and warnings now posted from southeast new jersey to Sussex County delaware forewarnings. You know it will happen here. Further inland, not quite, as big of a threat but it certainly is, still a pretty substantial storm that is at least producing a glancing blow to our area we will get much more on how much we will get, as to the timing as well just a little later in the show. If you are watching us this hour just trying to get out the door this is what you will face. Not a lot, it is still very cold, outside but today is a proverbial calm before the storm. We have quiet weather, just a few cloud, current temperatures are absolutely still very cold but they are not as harsh as they have been in recent mornings. Here were flirting with 20 in a couple of spots which has been really hard to do in recent days. We are down to the Single Digits in these most outlining , suburbs. As day progresses we expect to see some additional cloud because again there is a noreaster that will be developing. Now that snow will move in later on tonight especially, and we will time this out and much more detail and talk snowfall amounts as well so stay tune for sure, meisha. Absolutely, thanks very much for that. Were talking about water main breaks it will be an issue this morning. We have video of the water main break that happened at cherry hill around 2 40 a. M. Route 70 eastbound pennsylvania route 41, kings highway left lane block there. Good news roads are completely closed down. I would say avoid it if you can. If you cannot left lane is block there. Look at this two more water main breaks here. Coventry avenue at cheltenham avenue in cheltenham and wood land avenue at old solders road. Head up on. That would i say, if you can, if you cannot, the road is opened. And a quick peak at the vine looking goodies bound starting to heat up a little bit, quicker then the westbound side but overall westbound side is looking nice and clear we will keep an eye on the vine this morning. Rahel, and jan, back to you. We are bracing for a noreaster. Eyewitness News Reporter trang do is live along the schuylkill expressway with more on how the road crews are gearing up for our first snowstorm of 2018, good morning, trang do. Reporter well, good morning, right now this storm doesnt appear to be a major threat for city and surrounding suburbs, noreasters can be unpredictable so officials across our region are bracing for the worst while preparing for the best when it comes to our roadways, like 76, right here and to prepare for that, penndot has more than 180 trucks and 35 stockpiles of salt across our five county philadelphia region which includes bucks, chester, montgomery and delaware counties. The Department Also has some 250 contractors, trucks on stand by. In new jersey Camden County stock up on 500 tons of salt and has 100 trucks on hand so right now jersey shore forecast ted to be impact most with three to 6 inches of snow , other areas are not taking that threat lightly. The department will be ready. We have over a hundred thousand tons of salt on the ground we will be ready to handle the storm. It is a major event then we will have a full call out, we will have all of the available equipment. We are monitoring everything on a powerly basis and making sure we are treating our road, ahead of time, so by pretreating our road ahead of time at least we will know before the freeze comes, before the snow comes, or even, sleet, whatever the combination that we will be trying to do our best to be prepared. Reporter this noreaster comes in the middle of the deep freeze, for our region. This is Schuylkill River just frozen over, and biggest concerns about this storm is what happens after this storm, where we are expecting to have temperatures that are even colder then they are right now if you guys can imagine that. But for now were live, im trang do, cbs3 eyewitness news. Jan and rahel back to you. It is hard to process, jan, thank you. More frustration for hundreds of the home owners to day still waiting for service to be fully restored following a big water main break in montgomery county. The 30inch break opened up in West Conshohocken early yesterday morning that left more than a thousand residents there with low water pressure across several counties. Since then crews have been working around the clock to repair that main. Affect residents should see normal water pressure throughout the daytoday but taking a shower this morning may prove to be difficult, Officials Say water, however is safe to drink. And eyewitness sent us video from another water main break in montgomery county, police say this happened in cheltenham township just after 11 00 last night. Water gush out of the sidewalk there and partially flooded intersection of coventry and cheltenham avenues. The intersection is still opened no word whether the break has affect any homes in the area. Crews have restored water to american 100 homes in the park wood section of northeast philadelphia we showed you this live picture yesterday morning, as an 8inch main broke near minden and medford road. The break sent water flooding over sidewalks and into some homes. We asked pennsylvania for how to keep pipes from bursting in your homes. Make sure your basement or crawl space is heated so pipes dont freeze. Seal up any basement windows. If you suspect your pipes are frozen use a hair dryer to heat the pipes and get water flowing. Stay with eyewitness news, we will be closely monitoring bitter blast and tracking the impending noreaster. Police are investigating a crash in south philadelphia that sent three people to the hospital, crash happened at fortysixth street and wood land avenue just after midnight, medics rushed two Housing Authority officers and one other person to the hospital we are told all three were treated for just minor injuries at last check, in word on what caused that accident. President trump is warning North Korean Kim jong u. N. That the u. S. Has Bigger Nuclear button than, north korea latest threat came from twitter. He declared his button is bigger and more powerful then kims and u. S. Button actually works. Kim jong u. N. Claim button town lock his weapons arsenal was always on hisorth and southa considered having talks to ease military north korea canh anyone that they want but u. S. R acknowledge it until they agree to ban the nuclear have. U. S. Officials say north korea has resumedo be in the early stage of another launch. Meanwhilert f. S protesters demonstrating against iranian sho gov of the calling for a regime change. Trump adminat u. N. Security council and team of meetings. Iranian protest were sparked by the countrys0 people have been killed and hundreds have been arrested. Hance to win big and i mean really big, thed 858 milliondollar is up for grabs between the power ball ann hit the Mega Millions jackpot last night which means it is now up to 418 milliondollar. That is the fourth largest jackpot in the games history. Next drawing will be friday night, at 11 00 oclock. You still have time to get a ticket before tonights power ball drawing, that jackpot is up to 440 milliondollar, and Officials Say that this is only the second time both the power ball and Mega Millions have jackpots larger then 300 milliondollar, at the same time. Carson wentz respond to criticism after a social media post gets a lot of attention. Also caught on cam yacht brawl that broke out at a local bar and what led to the fists flying during the holiday season. A 75 car pile up, highway hazard as bitter cold continues this grip on the nation. Nation. War back in twoyeeeeaaaahhh uh oh. A painful sore throat . Not now. Take cepacol instamax. Look unlike regular cough drops it contains 2 max strength pain relievers and cools in seconds. Bye bye sore throat. Take cepacol instamax. Back now with the bar brawl caught on camera in bucks county. Bensalem police say it started with one of the men here got in the argument with the bartender at big head baron street road last month and then threw a punch. When employees tried to get that group to leave Police Say One of the men swung a bottle at an employees head cutting him. Four men took off in two older model four door gray vehicles. Search continues this morning, for the cause of the fire at this car dealership in montgomery county. Chopper three over bryner chevrolet on the fair way in jenkintown overnight. Fire fighters arrived to the smoke in the showroom. Fire reached three alarms before it was finally placed under control, no one was injured. Meanwhile in Monmouth County dozens braved frigid cold last night to attend vigil for family killed at new years eve party. A 16 yearold opened fire on his family killing his parents , sister, family friend suspect is due in court today and faces murder and weapons charges. This bitter blast is creating dangerous Road Conditions all across the country and in buffalo a busy highway was shut down by a huge pile up, lets take a look wow, look at that truck. One driver was in awe as we just heard there as he passed 75 vehicles tangled up, during blizzardlike conditions. Within driver died and a dozen other people were hurt. Police officer in texas is okay after this close call, take a look, he was responding to a crash on the icy road near fort worth when another car lost control just barely missing the officer by inches. He pulled his hand away in the nick of time. Police department showed this to remind people to drive carefully this winter. Glad he was okay. It doesnt take much at all to cause road to be slick. We could be dealing with that tomorrow morning. Sweet spot for the snow will come our way currently just starting to develop off to our south, it is definitely the shore, as it is a coastal storm and bulk of it as it bypasses midatlantic will stay out to sea. We have ice, snow in florida. That tells you just how far south that cold has plunge, and, they have got a lot of closed district down this far south. They just dont have the dot crews like we are accustomed too since we are used to snow up this way. It is no surprise we like to poke fun at our neighbors down here they will shut down a city for a little bit of ice and snow and there is a reason they just dont have crews to take care of it. That storm will continue to blossom throughout the course of the day and start to jet up in the northeast. For now we have cold air setting stage for this to be strictly snow, and it will move in as later as early on tonight. Down in jacksonville we are at 36 degrees. Yeah, ice will be a issue with temperatures as far down on the thermometer as that, as far south as that. And charleston you are only at 27. You know, it is even cold inner little rock then it is here, currently. Really cold there and harsh stuff. Let me show aa. Not until 10 or 11 00 oclock tonight do we see signs have ra. We will track this as it moves north throughout the course of the day. Is one model interpretation of this. Are getting close to going on the air tomorrow morning snow will be building and 70 a. M. It is making bypassther inland pass. Couple counties. You may getberks, lehigh, gipped. You may get absolutely nothing that iso we are not expect ago lot as you go far inland. There will srp cut off. Three to 6 inches at shoreline , one tn tho city. Comes in the wake of this. Of i actually think that will be thet how frigid, in the wake of the storm. Dangerous. Thanks very much. Speaking of we have crews out there this morning because we have multiple water main breaks. We will talk about that this morning. We are looking at a water main break around 2 40 a. M. In cherry hill. This is video. Where is it . Route zero seven eastbound pennsylvania route 41 kings highway. Just left lane is blocked right now but i will say if you can avoid the area you will want to. If you cannot left lane is blocked and we will get gaper delays as well. Other two in cheltenham, coventry avenue at old soldiers road. Again, road is opened but avoid the area if you can. If you just cant, get through and crews are still out there 95 south at cottman looking good around that s curve in center city. We will see that heat up pushing more toward 5 00 oclock hour, and then we do have construction crews this morning as well, in new jersey 76 ease, between route 130 and 295, one to two lanes blocked there. Rahel, back over to you. Eagles quarterback carson wentz is responding to criticism over a picture he posted on twitter. It read happy fifth birthday to momma hendley, we have been through a lot in five years, best dog hunting buddy i could ask for. Twitter user responded to wentz saying people could take offence saying geese in the picture. Wentz expended appreciate that but offensive and controversial . Two of the main thing i tweet about are jesus and hunting. And that will not ever change. But, love something you talked about it. Dont worry what others think. Time is come, you cannery cycle your Christmas Tree in philadelphia, you can take the tree, to several streets department, Sanitation Convenience Centers all across the city. You have until next saturday to do so. City will accept trees at 23 other location this is saturday and next saturday, we put all of the drop off locations at cbs philly. Com. Still ahead on eyewitness news, mcdonalds is testing a burger with fresh beef. Make that distinction. Yes. Dangerous mix up how an un expect oil delivery has forced a family out of their new year new mcdonalds, mcdonalds is testing a new fresh beef burger in the to be confused with theberg their use frozen patties. They are calling it the arch burger. As of right now fresh beef burger is only available in seven restaurants in tulsa, oklahoma. Mcdonalds plans to swap frozen patties in the fresh meat in quarter pounders nationwide later this year. It is 4 50. Time for a check of business news. Dianne king hall joins us from the insuring stock exchange, lot of people are tallying up the numbers on how much they have spent over holidays and how long it will take to pay off, good morning to you, good to see you, what is the damage. Reporter it is good to talk to you, rahel and jan, happy new year, i havent had a chance to say that yet. Many americans busted their budgets, personal finance magazine Magnify Money says 50 d up a thousand dollars in holiday debt on average, half expect to repay it over the next few months, almost a third say it will take more than five months to pay off those christmas and holiday bills, rahel and jan. By that point you have to start getting ready for next christmas. Maybe cut back a little. Reporter i thought the same thing. Three days in the new year here how are these resolutions sticking. Reporter all right. January 1st, 40 percent of americans make resolution toss get to the gym, create a budget or mood shift, there. 44 percent of us keep up with those new years new me goals after six months, so six months seems to be a theme here. So for those who throw in the proverbial towel earlier there is an unofficial holiday ditch new years eve resolution day, it is january 17th, rahel and jan. True. Maybe move away from holiday resolutions. Make it a whole month. Maybe we should move way from calling them resolutions and call them goals because you can always recreate goals, february, march, just start off over. This is true. Never end. Thanks, dianne. See you next hour. All right. Back here at Home Oil Delivery mix up in delaware county, forces a woman out in the cold after badly damaging her home in yeadon this could not come at a worse time. Janel parker says it happened just before christmas, a driver for oil depot accidentally pumped heating oil into her house instead of her nextdoor neighbors. It seeped into her basement walls and soak her carpet because her oil line was no longer used, it was sawed off. She told us she wants people to learn from what happened to her. If your house used to have oil in the pennsylvania just make sure that if there is a pipe still on the side of your house make sure it is cap, cemented all the way through. And oil depot representative says that the company is still trying to figure out how this mix up happened, but Company Plans to pay for all of the repairs to parkers house. That is good. As they should. Yes. Still ahead we are still talking about that noreaster. Katies back with the latest timing on the snow and how much to expect in your neighborhood, coming up welcome back everyone, a very quiet scene up here as 1l one vehicles rolls down main street outside Hotel Bethlehem and you can make out the mountains and lights twinkling on the hill top there, very tranquil and wind has thankfully eased up for the most part. It will in the stay that way, for long as we have a noreaster that is really getting its act together in the next couple hours and jet ting to the north. We will look at winter alerts in effect, it tells a story but this is i split forecast, if you go far enough north and west in the poconos area or lehigh valley, you have anything, not even a Winter Weather advisory posted here this evening. That tells you that only aio hit any kind of a jackpot with this and depends jackpot but heres storms down across sond showing signs of life, icing taking place as far sou everyonk in this really bitter chill, today was day wo at lee flirt wh freezing, we dont request quite getpeed high late tonight between 10 00 p. M. Or midnight or show. Ur region near the shore of, southern most counties and with usor especially dumping one to 3 inches alongasany as ae bitter behindhe shore, meisha it. Icing in florida. You just crazy. Yes. Thank you so much, katie. Looking outsidee gorgeous shot looking good traveling westbound over bridge from new jersey still quiet. Not even in the 5 00 oclock hour. Close but not yet. Schuylkill, Spring Garden same story here and slight go to heat up. Same story in new jersey. Fortytwo freeway, north bound take that toward 295 that is what you are looking at. We have a water main break at 2 40 a. M. , route zero seven eastbound pass kings highway that left lane is compromised and we have two other won in cheltenham. Coventry avenue at cheltenham avenue and wood land avenue, at old soldiers road. So all three of these water main breaks, cherry hill, cheltenham, the road are opened but if you can you will want to do so. More coming up in a bit, jan, back over to you. Coming up in the next half hour of cbs3 eyewitness news, latest on the growing Nuclear Tensions between u. S. And north cover re. Dramatic video shows three people being rescued from the car in icy water. We will have more on the extreme cold and how it is impacting people all across the country. Wait until you hear the reasons why passengers on this plane had to hurry off before hitting the skies. We are back at the top of the hour, stay with us. Something to get salty about but we are expecting several inches have snow soon. Area agencies are getting ready for what could be a tricky commute this time tomorrow morning. Katie fehlinger is here to tell us how much snow to expect. And storm scan is showing parts of the system that will come together to bring us a noreaster but after the snow it will get even colder. Whatever that means. Brace yourself for wicked wind chills. And pushing buttons, the President Trump fires off a tweet about his access to Nuclear Weapons as north korea dictator brags about his country ease arsenal. Latestes lacing in their war of word. Today is wednesday,
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