we are following some two brking news stories including a burglary suspect on the run. he ditches his car and goods after an overnight chase and crash. we're live with the search for the suspect, still on, this morning. also, breaking news right new a deadly fire in delaware county. three people safely escaped the flames of this home in yeadon but one woman died on the porch. the deadly fire broke out overnight in the 1800 block of providence road. >> investigators are trying to figure out what spark the fire. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer is on the scene with the details nicole. >> ukee and erika just a difficult morning for this family. we spoke with a nephew who identified victim as 76 year-old marilyn crammer. he tells us that she was staying with his parents at the time. he believes she was spoking on the front porch when flames broke out early this morning. in yeadon delaware county an elderly woman was found dead on her front porch victim of the the fatal fire on providence road. >> crew is a arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the front porch area, when they did their size up, they entered the building to find fire, regular in the small porch area. >> reporter: with heavy smoke making its wait to the the second and third floors and fire damage through the roof fire officials say it took 20 minutes to get the the flames under control freezing temperatures made it a tough job all the more difficult for these volunteer fire fighters. >> we have encountered a lot of ice and crews are walking gingerly as you can see on the

ice. we were able to get salt down right away, but we're waiting for the major salt trucks to get here. >> reporter: smoke alarms alerted occupants of the home to the fire allowing victims three elderly relatives to get out safely. now they are staying with family as fire fighter finish the job and investigators work to find a cause. back here live once again a tough job for those fire fighters but also a tough loss for this family. fire still being investigated at this hour and causes not yet known. that is latest live, nicole brewer, "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >> nicole, thank you. coming up at 8:03. katie is on the sky deck. not as bad as yesterday with the wind. >> definitely not but we have a fair share of problems off to the south of philadelphia. off in the distance you can tell how gray the sky is and as we faced south down to the south here in philadelphia, we have had some problems going on. lets start off by taking new to mobile three which currently is traveling along beach avenue in cape may. that is rough stuff. look at how quickly that snow came down. this is a very quick hitting storm, quick to develop, quick to hit us and it will be quick to retreat. you can see flashing lights there off in the distance indicate ago this you need to slow down if you are traveling around this area but elsewhere as well. let me take you next to another camera if we can. i want to show you in the live neighborhood network where snow accumulated outside beach patrol outside margate. if you have been with us for a while we will show you a camera half an hour ago

nothing on the ground. all right snow covered. as we go next to storm scan three what kiehl find here is snow is coming through in a couple of locations, generally at this point cumberland atlantic county, cape may county and across the bay through southern kent and sussex counties and that is general liz where we have a winter weather advisories posted. look the a the moisture with this though. the with the system so close to the opened waters of the atlantic we will get a lot of moisture built in with this. that is why we're seeing the the snow dump as quickly as it is but as quickly as it comes it retreats. even though we have seen it hit hard and bringing down a coat to go an inch plus in these locations, it is not too long before you will see this winding down. slick spots, you bet you, slow it down out there. some may have to do some minimal shoveling out of this too. in philadelphia you might see a flurry out of this. i think generally speaking we are in the clear with just clouds. high no better than freezing mark, as we are still stuck in some cold air. with that said, location is huge here. further south we are the more likely it is that you might solve slick roads to traverse, vittoria. >> thanks, katie. good morning. we have a a lot going on and katie mentioned depending on where you are, location is everything. same thing here with traffic, if you are traffic on i-95 northbound we have a disable vehicle compromising the right-hand lane traffic is swerving around it, it is right around cottman avenue but northbound delays is close. in either direction south or northbound on i-95 it is a no fun zone between northeast

philadelphia and center city. give yourself more time. southbound delay stemming back toward woodhaven. not too far from woodhaven, lets head out to neshaminy area traveling on route one in bucks county we have a disable vehicle southbound just before neshaminy. moving to the shoulder we will have delays a as a result of this. traveling northbound on route one, you have major volume as well trying to get into trenton. so again give yourself some more time. we have an accident on i195 westbound in new jersey, just beyond the new jersey turnpike that is blocking the the left-hand lane. also in new jersey, 55 southbound, beyond route 40 an accident, and icy patches on the vine street expressway ramps, westbound to the ben franklin parkway and also the top half of 22nd street. traveling mass transit watch out for delays for lansdale doylestown line, erika. we have some breaking news into "eyewitness news" right now, chopper three is live over collindale police county where a police pursuit ended. this is chester pike and cherry street. authorities tell "eyewitness news" police were attempting to pull over a vehicle when the driver took off. the pursuit ended with the suspect in custody after he struck a police officer, or rather a police cruiser and attempted to flee on foot. there were no injuries and police say that they recovered a gun in the suspect as car. police in bensalem bucks county continue their search for a burglary suspect after a brief pursuit. the authority say they apprehended one suspect but a second is still on the loose after they crashed their car in the ditch. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is a at the the scene with the police department

with breaking details what do you know. >> i spoke with officials here in the bensalem police department and they say they are still looking for that second burglary suspect this morning. they crashed their getaway car into the ditch and ran away from the scene. the the search then ensued for these suspects including k-9 units and heat seeking equipment. hard to believe anyone could runaway from the crash like this, a car, up ended in the bensalem ditch at state road and tennis avenue. the front end was torn off and smashed in. two burglary suspects did make it out and ran off in the woods. they spark a police chase 1:30, wednesday morning, after the crash, authorities searched the woods and apprehended one of the suspects. the the other they say is still on the loose. at this point it remains unclear where this burglary call originated but apparently the suspects were after electronics, a large device spotted nearly falling out of the back of the car police search the area including an area near grand view apartment complex. still searching this morning. i will talk with officialness just a few minutes and have a full update, coming up in the next half an hour. outside bensalem police department. jane carabao "eyewitness news" at cw philly. we will see you then, thank you. developing right now yemen's top al qaeda leader is claiming responsibility for last weeks terror attack in paris that left 17 people dead including staff members from the controversial french newspaper charlie member bow. their latest edition hit news

stand overnight selling out in minutes. andrew spencer has that story. >> reporter: at several kiosks, the magazine was sold out before it was's veilable. early copies already reserved. charlie hebdo typically print 60,000 copies, it now expects to print as many as 5 million of the latest issue. the satyrical magazine returns for the first time since the terror attacks in paris left 17 people dead including 12 in and out of the offices of the charlie hebdo. it reads suis charlie held by depicts of the prophet mohammed and all is forgiven. editorial read for one week now, charlie the the a theyes magazine has been performing more miracle than all of the saints and prophets combined the one of which we are most proud is you have in your hand the same magazine we have already published. whatever message yet another controversial cover says it has been mixed. >> i know they are publishing this to send a message to terrorist and to say that look hey we will not be intimidated. that is fine. at the the same time it would be nice if they had shown sensitive, you know be more sensitive to muslims. >> reporter: many of whom marched in the rallies denouncing the a attacks and one of whom a police officer is dead as a result of them. andrew spencer for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. a navy ship from singapore found fuel age of the crashed air asia plane in the java sea. these are new pictures of the fuel age that is still under water. many of the 162 victims are believed to be in the main

section of the plane. earlier this week recovery crews retrieved the plane two black boxes, flight data recorder and cockpit flight recorder erika. we have breaking news right now. part of the international the space station has been evacuated. two american astronauts and one italian collogue left their quarter because of the ammonia leak. two americans and one italian astronaut are safe but they have moved to the russian side of the iss and u.s. side has been sealed off. crew dealt with a previous ammonia leak back in may of 2013. we will he keep you up to date as we learn more about this breaking news. meanwhile new this morning, classes are canceled at nazareth academy grade school in northeast philadelphia school officials say a a number of students were out sick monday and tuesday, and as a precaution the school is closed to day so cleaning crews can disinfect the the building. the classes are expect to resume tomorrow. well central bucks school board votes to fire a guidance counselor who allegedly posted a threatening message on facebook. the board voted nearly all in favor with one opposed to terminate mary kate blankenburg, who has been on leave, with pay, since december 8th after this facebook post appeared on her profile. it read if my child cannot get to the eagles game due to protesters, i will personally shoot everyone of them. you have been warned idiots. >> the not only was the post troubling, inappropriate and threatening, but the in manner in which she responded to my conversation was her about her decision where is deeply

problematic. >> she's a huge loss to the community and she made one big mistake for which i think she has paid a price. >> because blankenburg lives in montgomery county the district attorney's office this reviewed the facebook post and determined no criminal charges were warranted. right now it is 8:11 ambush at the bus stop. a woman is killed in broad daylight but what police know about the gunman they are lolooking for right now. we have much see video when a police officer just bear liz dodgees an out of control car hear what the officers said about his very close call when we come back. south jersey catholic school girl prayers may have been answered, i'm syma chowdhry and how the school raised 200 you this dollars in six weeks just to keep their doors opened. >> ♪ >> well, they timed this perfectly. we are talking about the weather and traffic coming up. kate and vittoria have so much to say with snow falling in cape may. that even rimes. that is coming up we will be right back. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself you say avocado old el paso says... zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand 'n stuff tortillas . (record scratch) you say stand n' stuff tortillas old el paso says... start

somewhere fresh we're following breaking news still in collindale delaware county. chopper three is live over the the scene where a police chase just ended. now this is intersection of the chester pike and cherry street. authorities tell "eyewitness news" that police were attempting to pull over a vehicle when the driver took off. he then hit a police cruiser and tried to runaway before officers arrested him. you can see the bar there right in the fence. in one was hurt and police say that they found a gun in that suspect's car, another banged up vehicle there, we will keep on top and bring you new information as we get it. >> let get traffic and weather together with katie good morning. >> good morning everybody. storm scan three is showing the regional zoom the storm at hand. you can see how dark colors, those radar 101 where we have dark color and red and even those darker greens and yellow, they are all pulling out to sea right now. we've sentencely seen what this system that is had to offer. the word for this system is just quick, it quickly developed, quickly hit us hard and now it is quickly quick at least to retreat. it is not done just yet but we i think we have at this point seen the worst of what we will find here. so we have been following this all morning. there was not much to see when we went on the air 4:30 our sister station cbs-3 but we have seen heavy moisture and lingering round of the light snow and enough to hit you quickly and hard.

in the wake the in the a heck of a lot going on. we will see high pressure take control. in the grand scene of things it is in the a large system but we will even up with high pressure regaining control and bringing back pleasant weather. i have been checking in with the rehoboth beach camera here, all morning long because it is interesting to see transformation. we came in with light coating of snow in the last few hours to now easily left at least an inch on the ground on the board and on the beach too. chilly out there but very modest win. even at the shore, no wind that usually doesn't happen. how much are we talking here generally coat to go an inch. some spots locally more than that mainly through and and, sorry, you don't get any snow at this time, but perhaps a flurry, but wet weather is and combined to the south. help heading south watch out for slow travel. you will get slowed down out there by tomorrow, the sunnies back. >> well, we have that to look forward to right new we are in the looking forward to a little rush hour on the roadways. if you are traveling on the ben franklin bridge take a look every single lane is slow and pack and it is heavy from new jersey all the way down in toward eighth and vine. give yourself more time using ben. once you get to philadelphia expect delays on the vine going to and from the area of the schuylkill, antis pace delays at 76 itself, westbound from montgomery drive, and out toward 476, we have had an earlier westbound accident that one point was blocking all lanes. not too far from gulph mills. they have cleared that out over to the shoulder but we

are dealing with the residual delays on top of rush hour traffic and that is just, um, um um not good. moving over towards another area in philadelphia we have a house fire at grover's avenue between 67th and 68th just a avoid that if you can. we have a house fire on 15th street between girard avenue and poplar. girard being your best alternate. we have a down pole closing still durham road, between smith and pineville. pineville being your best alternate. watch out for delays on i-95 and schuylkill. mass transit is okay. rush is on to save a south jersey school from closing. >> odds seemed long but "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry explains they are very close to reaching their goals. >> going wonderfully. >> reporter: william robbins faced the challenge, restoring $250,000 by this week or close st. paul school by the the end of this year. >> who would have thought we could get to $250,000. the just amazing. >> reporter: school officials had less than two months to raise a years worth of fund. some were calling it a christmas miracle. parents rallied using social media and hosting fund raising events. >> we just said we were going to do it. don't stop believing. >> we had are nice corporate donors. we did have a a in must 25 you this dollars check that was given to us. >> reporter: students are thrilled they will get to stay. >> all of these bad thoughts are gone all happy thoughts now. >> i like all of the teachers, my friend really nice here. >> reporter: the burlington school is only a few thousand dollars short but they are getting that money from

another private school in town. >> it just made sense to try to be of help to st. paul because we have been there. >> reporter: down academy faced close another in 1999 but managed to thrive ever since. >> i just felt it could not afford to lose an educational alternative like st. paul's offers. >> reporter: next challenge will be keeping registration numbers up which means attracting more students to the classroom. >> the money that we have collect is predicated on the population that we have this year. >> reporter: k through eighth grade school has more than 140 students. they need to maintain that number to stay opened. >> we want to make sure we are here for one year and many years after. >> reporter: which means the the community will continue to rally together to keep the school opened. in burlington, syma chowdhry for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. 8:00 # to tax time, right around the corner but may have to wait longer for your refund this year. we will let you know what delaying your check from the irs. see the very chosen counter for some whale watchers that they will not forget anytime soon. that is coming up but first here's a look what is coming up tonight on the cw philly.

two police officers were nearly killed when a car lost control on an icy michigan highway. police say a jeep going way too fast for conditions plowed right into a cruiser blocking traffic. one of the officers said that he didn't realize how close a call it was, until he saw the dash cam video. >> both myself and partner ran up to the car, i didn't even think of myself, until ten or 15 minutes later when my brother says you almost died you know when he started to think about things. >> the the officer says video was an important reminder for drivers to slow down. well, whale watching trip sure looked like mobby dick over the weekend. check this out. >> oh, my god. >> this is so awesome. >> wow. a 50-foot female whale just rammed that tour boat off hot hawaii coast. one official says he thinks it is because the boat came too close to the whale's pod and the calves in the whales pod. whatever it was the whale wass good morning i'm ukee washington. we are following breaking news a police chase in delaware county chopper three over the scene within the the last half an hour at chester pike in collindale. police say driver took off when officers tried to pull over and the suspect's car was involved in at least one collision. suspect then tried to run after that crash but then officers took him in custody. police say they also found a gun in that car. also a deadly fire in yeadon delaware county. three people safely escape the

flames of this home but an elderly woman died on the porch. it happened in the 1800 block of providence road. now they are trying to figure out how that fire started. katie has forecast from the weather center good morning. >> good morning, this storm system was quick to develop and hit us and it will be just as quick to retreat. we will go full screen. we are looking at the system in the entirety. it has pulled in a lot of atlantic moisture and we have seen any snow that has fallen so far this morning come down and accumulate very quickly. with that said it is over last two hours. it is already starting to shift out to sea. there is more of a back edge to this. this will be a system that just rotate as way, so we are looking at light snow and probably a little mix of sleet as well. we are seeing pink shade through sussex county delaware right now and then, around mid to late afternoon, this is all out of here. it is a quick hitter but it will slow you down. winter weather advisory to north caroline, we are just on the northern fringe kent sussex counties in delaware into cape may county and right on the outskirts of those winter weather authorities will you find the precipitation. it is just clouds for everybody else. that includes philadelphia so with that said once the system clears out we will dot same. we will see skies clear tonight and then we are in for a slow climb. we will hit 40's by the weekend. new coastal system could develop. even if it did happen it looks too warm for anything but plane old rain that is

better news. vittoria, over to you. good morning everyone. we have rush hour delays sprinkled all over the map. we are looking first at roosevelt boulevard at traveling southbound, we will notice traffic, towards the schuylkill expressway. once you get to 76 you are delayed there too. traveling westbound approaching montgomery drive out to just beyond gladwynn, if you are traveling around the conshohocken curve expect delays there as well. eastbound expect some volume right in the western suburbs and approaching vine street expressway. look at i-95, only word i can describe this is egh. traveling in either direction it is in the the good between northeast philadelphia and center city north and south wound is jammed packed and nothing incident related but just slow. we are also dealing with some westbound volume on the pennsylvania turnpike between bensalem and valley forge, not completely accurate because between fort washington and mid county we are dealing with a heavy slow down. be mindful of that. traveling east bun on the schuylkill, 30 minutes between blue route and vine, give or take another five or ten minutes to be safe. eastbound 422 expect delays between oaks and 202 rounding about 15 minutes or so. moving our way toward new jersey on the westbound side of i195 we have an accident beyond new jersey turnpike and blocking left-hand lane in major delays for mass transit. back to the desk, ukee. next update 8:55. up next this morning creating love from the laboratory a new study says science can help turn strangers in to soul mates find out how. for more local news weather traffic and sports you can find us on the cw philly on these channels.

i'm ukee washingngton have a good morning family see new a bit. i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] nicole brewer is there the with the details, nicole, good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: we spoke with the victim's nephew. he got the call 3:00 this morning that his parents home had caught fire fortunately they made it the out okay. unfortunately same cannot be said for his aunt. she was stuck on the front porch there and unfortunately has succumb to her injuries inside this home. we're told that investigators and fire officials made it out here at 3:00 this morning.

they got this fire under control in 20 minutes. they say smoke and fire spread to the second and third floors and believe it originated on the front porch there inside of that home. we spoke with deputy chief michael, who tells us that the freezing temperatures made it a difficult job and all of the more trying since water was freezing just as soon as it hit the ground. >> we have encountered a lot of ice and crews are walking gingerly as you can see on the ice. we were able to get salt down right away but we're waiting for major salt trucks to get here to help us out. >> reporter: investigation is still underway so official causes still unknown but we are told by that nephew keith jackson that he believes his aunt was smoking and fell asleep on the front porch when this fire broke out. that is latest live from yeadon delaware county nicole brewer for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. also lets update the our other breaking news, a second burglary suspect is still on the lose following a police chase and crash in bensalem bucks county. jan carabao joinses from the police department where authorities have one suspect in custody, jan good morning. >> good morning, i was able to speak with bensalem police and they say they have one person in custody but still looking for this second burglary suspect, very busy morning for bensalem police as well as other local police departments. looking at the video you can see the suspects car but we have new information about the the man who was arrested. he is a 28 year-old man from

philadelphia alfonso payton arrested after crashing this getaway car after he and one of his accomplishes tried to steel a big screen tv from a their by warehouse in bensalem. police say he and another man were spotted trying to steel that tv from a wear house on station avenue when an officer noticed. by the time he turned that vehicle around to pursue the suspect had already crashed a mile away at intersection of state road and tennis avenue. once the two suspects crashed that car authorities say they ran in the woods. authorities called in a k-9 unit, heat seeking equipment in that search but payton was located nearby in a residential neighborhood apprehended taken in custody ape will face arraignment this morning. again his accomplish is still at large believed to be a man as well. if you have any information about that person you are asked to give police a call. they do believe these suspects only got away with this one tv, however if not for this keen eye fast acting police officer they could have gotten away with a a lot more. they do believe that they will have this second person this second burglary suspect under arrest either today or tomorrow, but they could still use your help. if you have any information give bensalem police a call. we are live this morning jane carabao for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. right now just past 8:33. we will get traffic and weather together. good morning. >> good morning. storm system very quick to develop and hit us and now quick to begin its retreat. it is still out there. you are still experiencing actual precipitation falling to the ground.

lets go out to the live picture, to show you from mobile three wildwood signs not looking like a beach day. we have good snow out there on the ground. the it came through quickly in the wildwoods and really up and down jersey shore points here as well as across delaware bay into especially southern delaware but now as we start to see the end of this little batch of snow pulling away we should end up with clouds through the midday. live look at wildwood. i do want to show you what is going on the radar and radar and the satellite side of things on storm scan three. notice this is just radar 101. when you are looking at dark shade of red yellow green and purple that indicates the most intense of your precipitation rates. notice that is pulling out to sea. while you will still have presip it may be very light from this point forward and winter weather advisories still in effect for counties in the purple here. it is just southern most three until 1:00 p.m. today. you will see a few flakes flying north of that but not enough to warrant advisory criteria. 22 degrees at the airport. nice cold ground to support that snow and it a accumulated quickly. you have to slow travel down in these area shore points. in philadelphia it is just cloud at this point. you might see a flurry but that is few and far between. bulk happens south and east of the city. that means in the poconos you may see sunshine before it is all said and done. vittoria, back over to you. traveling out and about you will find that it is go to be slow out there. garden state parkway looking

good. i a saw you that shot of wildwood that katie was showing us a a few moments ago. garden state parkway, new jersey turnpike we are not seeing major delays. atlantic city expressway in the awful. forty-two, 295 and a 55 we are seeing general volume and that is around the same area. all of the roadways filtering toward the 42 freeway is where we are seeing delays because 42 looks like this. well, that was inconvenient wasn't it. forty-two northbound we are seeing delays from 55 down toward 295. it is affecting those majors as well. over in toward pennsylvania 95 is not looking great at all between vine street expressway and cottman in either direction. you will find you are barely moving. that delay is extending i wouldn't be surprised if you were feeling that around woodhaven. give yourself some more time. we have a fire location not too far from phoenixville, longford lanes between dana drive and thornhill drive. green tree road is your best alternate. traveling elsewhere we have a vehicle will fire in the too far from lansdale at valley forge road at allen tail road. expect delays on the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike and traveling on the schuylkill throughout western suburbs and vine street expressway ukee. woman is murdered in broad daylight waiting for a bus in north philadelphia this morning the gun man is still on the loose. shooting happened at 12th and jefferson. investigators tell us 56 year-old kim jones was on the way to work when gunman walk up and shot her in the back of the head. her family wants justice. >> one person who never had any enemies and as i said, you

know, born and raised around here, everybody knew who she was. she caught the bus every morning to work. so who would. >> investigators do not know why jones was targeted, they are looking at nearby surveillance video to help solve this murder. your time 8:38. you might notice something new on your facebook feed big change for safety reasons. >> also pork pulled from the menu in chipotle restaurant. why they suspended pork sales. taylor swift is in the giving mood. we will tell you about the generous gift the she just sent to one of her fans. >> ♪ big gig for ed sheeran hoist perform at the grammys next month. we will let you know other big stars performing as well singing on music's biggest night coming up. >> i like this tune. [ female announcer ] knows her way around a miniskirt. can run in high heels. must be a supermodel, right? you don't know "aarp." because aarp is making finding the career you love no matter what your age, a real possibility. go to aarp.org/possibilities to check out life reimagined for tools, support, and connections. if you don't think "i've still got it" when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp." find more surprising possibilities and get to know us at aarp.org/possibilities. >> does god still heal today? >> i knew that something

miraculous had happened to me. >> i was born deaf and then my ears got healed. >> i've never seen anybody recover so quickly and so profoundly. >> when they took that second scan and it came back completely negative, like, just gone. >> discover how god still heals today. on "the 700 club," all week. police chase end with this crash. suspect took off when officers tried to pull him over and at least one vehicle during his attempt to get away. after the crash the suspect tried to run but he was apprehended a short distance away and police say they found a gun in his car. also breaking news right now a fire in delaware county has claim the life of an elderly woman. they a say that fire may have been started by smoking. three other people escape the blaze. a developing story, the news press run of -- new press run rather of charlie member bow is 50 times its usual run. first addition since deadly attack on the paris office comes out on the same day al qaeda in yemen claimed responsibility for that attack. facebook is rolling out a new feature that will help police fine missing children. amber alerts will be sent out to people in specific search areas. the the a alerts will include pictures and other inportant details, right on the users news feed. authorities say it is a good way to access some of the 180 million americans currently using that social media platform. all right. coming up at 8:43. lets check with katie good

morning. >> we will check with our network and starting off in the center of the map here outside philadelphia we're at 23 degrees in merchantville, new jersey just across the river. are limited sunshine for her, and really for everybody else too. lets look at what she has got, a dusting of ice where she's located, as of 8:30 this morning. we will show you storm scan in a second here but an indication of you might be seeing very light and modest precipitation, even if you are not in the brunt of what this little miniature storm system has up its sleeve. lets go further south here. 23 degrees from walter and he sent that in the last hour from newark. he is just seeing clouds at this point. but you know no precipitation where he is at the least. further are north you don't have to worry about precipitation but lets take a hyper local zoom of storm scan three and show you where brunt is right now and what we are seeing in terms of the mixing taking place. better part of the morning it was all purple all snow across our area. but now we are seeing that little edge where things are turning over perhaps turning into sleet and that mixing taking place. so slick travel is basically a given. if you have any of this presip falling down but philly is not included here. up on the heels of this we have a nice big wide open space of high pressure ready to take the lead here. as soon as this very whimpy little guy, when you look at it at the the wider zoom. once this is out of here by midday we are free and clear. we have to talk about what is happening in the next couple of hours. we are looking for rain or

snow or sleet showers, jebly southern new jersey and delaware in terms of the snow amounts. we have already i think basically seen what you will fine. coating up to an inch maybe locally higher then that but no matter what precipitation type if you have seen it all be careful. it can be slick. variety the tore use will be touching on. that moving for in the eyewitness weather three day forecast. it is a slow climb. we will get you to the upper 30's by friday. sunnies coming back as early as tonight. we will clear out nicely. yielding for sunshine tomorrow, friday and saturday for that matter but you know, we will take what we can get. it is a slow climb on the thermometer but definitely milder then today will be. over to you. >> i like what you tried to do this put a bright spot in there. >> i like that. >> yeah. >> i don't have too much positives news, traffic wise lets look at the schuylkill expressway. we are dealing with a septa bus accident, if you are traveling on the westbound side of 76 at belmont avenue you will notice the septa bus right at the off ramp to belmont. so, it is going to make this a little bit of the squeeze for you, police are on the scene. notice one police vehicle is flip in the opposite direction. westbound on 76 we are already seeing delays. we will see gaper traffic on top of your rush hour delay. so westbound 76 is basically shot from montgomery drive making your way out to 476. we will keep you updated on. that very deceiving shot of the ben franklin bridge. because from the mid span down toward eighth and vine we are still jammed on the westbound side of the ben. good thing they have loosened up some of that traffic right out of the gate of new jersey.

it is basically right over, the mid span toward philadelphia, where we are seeing heavier traffic. and if you are traveling at chester pike, we have had a closure between hook road and macdade. and, and, police activity, at chester pike and cherry streets. they are not far from one another but if you are traveling in that area you will want to give yourself time or try to avoid it. we have an accident situation at twenty-sixth south at 295, left lane is blocked. since we're on this map watch out for delays on 295, in the only southbound but northbound and on the 42 northbound a approaching 295 you're jammed packed but when i'm not the around you can always get updated information about traffic backups with the new your drive app inn down load that app from iphone and android by going to cbs philly.com/your drive. ukee. don't be surprised if it takes longer time to get your tax refund this year. if you file a paper europe it could take a week or more. that is because of budget cuts at the tax agency. there are fewer workers who will be able to answer any questions about your returns. if you are in the market to buy a car or refinance your home this year is there some important information you really need to know b as the federal reserve looks into whether it should raise interest rates for the first time since 2006. consumer reporter jim donovan takes a look at how it could impact your wallet. >> reporter: with all signs pointing to the federal reserve raising interest rates in 2015, there is going to be a trickle down effect from home and car lens to credit card and bank accounts.

>> the prospect of rates going up has consumers i think unsettled. >> reporter: but bank rate.com greg mcbride says even with a few modest increases we will still be in the the low rate environment. mortgage rates are expected to creep higher beginning in the second quarter of this year. >> i do expect mortgage rate to remain below 5 percent mark. if you are in the market for new or used car. >> we will see rates trending higher in the second half of the year, following any interest rates move by the fed, however impact that this has on affordability is little to none. >> reporter: interest you will get on savings accounts money markets and cd's will see modest improvements but don't expect it will make you rich. >> not in 015. >> reporter: as cash investments will still be earning less than the rate of inflation. now credit card rate will most likely move up too. so as i have mentioned recently if you have your eye on one of those 0 percent balance transfer offers that cannulas 18 months jump on that sooner then later. reporting for three on your side i'm jim donovan. right now it is 8:48. mexican food chain chipotle takes pork off the menu. the the popular restaurant stop serving pork after suspending a supplier that violated its standard. chipotle demand its flyers raise pigs in humane conditions with access to the outdoors rather than in cramped pens. no word when they will return to the menu. chipotle is trying to find another supplier. is there plenty of gluten free food out there but how about flew ton free beers.

miller coorses rolling one out called coors peak. they are market testing it in portland and seattle. they will brew coors peak from the other beer varieties to make sure it stays completely gluten free. so yeah, if you are looking for a beer, great news for you. >> down the hatch. >> we will take a short break we will be right back good ♪ >> well, the word is check apparently it takes to be a fan of pop star taylor swift. >> grammy winner recently shared her fortune with a devoted fan. >> you have 1989 closer to paying for this student loan. >> how wonderful is that swift gave her a check for $1,989 saying you know, closer to paying off those student loans as she said. you may remember 1989 is the the title of swift's latest chart topping album. great to see somebody who doesn't have to worry about student loans isn't a war. >> so emotional very good. first round of performers are announced for the 57th annual gram a award. pop icon madonna will take the stage for the fifth time. she will share it with two time nominee ariana grande making her debut. grammys air on our sister station cbs-3 february 8th. latest transformer movie may very well clean up at this years, golden raspberry award. transformers age of stinks is nominated for the the most award. action sequel starring mark wahlberg and robots led all films in nominations including worst picture, worst sequel,

worst screen play and worst screen combination. >> aren't they laughing all the way to the bank. >> yes good didn't that do well. >> if the check clears, cares. >> good morning, guys. lets go once more out to what is happening on storm scan three and we have been continuing to find a southern branch of our area affected by this quick hitting system. you know we're on the fringe of it here. we are continuing to see this, starting to pull away but it is still bringing in light snow and some might see sleet mixed in out there. in philadelphia you might see a flurry but that is it. here's a quick hitting storm. temperatures on a uphill climb, not necessarily today because we are flirting with freezing at best for daytime high but as we can wraps up here we will look to the weekend, nice sunny finish. along with warmer air and some sunshine, definitely something to look forward to, bright spot in the forecast vittoria. >> i can dig that, katie. what i'm not into is one rush hour traffic and two any sort of incident turf report but that comes with the job. traveling on the schuylkill expressway westbound we have an accident involving a septa bus, no laughing matter here. traveling on the westbound side of the schuylkill at belmont compromising the off ramp to belmont avenue we have this incident and really rush hour delay sprinkled all over the place. give yourself some more time. be careful. well, a seal is turning head down under. >> we have a new seal land first seal sunning him stuff on the steps of the sidney opera house right there. there was another seal on the steps last fall so-called seal expert, thinks this may be the

same fellow back for a return engagement. >> ahh are that is how i feel about right now. >> australian authorities are making sure that the opera fan is okay. >> within more time. >> play by play, two steps to go, over to the leleft and done. >> notice how that was so nice. >> that was pretty good. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at cw philly. for more local news weather traffic and sports and a few seals we are always on cbs philly.com. >> check out talk philly at noon on cbs-3. we will be back within more time with one more check of your traffic and weather together. have a great day. good morning i'm erika von tiehl. we have an update on our breaking news right now, police chase in collindale delaware county. that chase ended at chester pike and cherry street a little after 7:00 this morning. pursuit started when officers tried to pull over a suspect and that driver sped away. suspect hit at least one car and tried to run over, tried to runaway rather once the the chase ended. that suspect is in custody. police say they found a gun in his car. this is just in bensalem police say this man is one of two burglary suspects who led them on a car chase overnight. the authorities arrested 28 year-old alfonso payton of philadelphia. they say he and another suspect crashed their car in the ditch on state road and tennis avenue and then ran away. the the the second suspect is still on the run this morning.

lets check with katie right now and see how our forecast is going. we have a lot to talk about. >> absolutely, mainly down toward shore points southern new jersey and delaware where we are finding the problems here this morning in terms of the weather impacting any travel plans that you do have. when we start off by taking you out to mobile three right now garden state parkway is still looking slick. know has begun to stick here. but that is not the just golden state parkway it is basically anywhere around those cher point that this storm has had an impact. even they you can see is there i back edge to it, brunt of the moisture has since moved out to sea. i really don't think philadelphia will to have worry about any precipitation this time around. damage has been done here. once we total it all up we are looking at a coat to go an inch, maybe locally little bit more than that across southern tear of our area. so if you are traveling perhaps, on, northeast extension or any of those northern highways, in worries, just cloud out there. that is something that we have got going for us here. further south that is rule of thumb where we will find precipitation. 23 degrees at the airport. thirty-one ac. thirty-two wildwood. any between those points where we say mobile three travel you are close enough to freezing that may be slick. keep that in mind out and about this morning. temperatures in philadelphia really aren't going to get a chance to go past freezing mark but as we said it doesn't look like it will have a chance to reach us here in the city. by tomorrow high pressure has taken back the lead we are in the the clear and will

maryland rate up on the thermometer and we will flirt with 50 by sunday although the trade off there is there may be a new coastal storm developing at that point but if it that is mild it will likely just be a a rain producer. we will keep an eye on that, vittoria. >> good morning, everyone. as we keep an eye on the roads as katie was talking about traveling in the new jersey on the new jersey turnpike as well as the area surrounding shore points you do want to be mindful of those slick spots and snow but we are not seeing too much volume. if i can give you a bright spot that is all i can give i you. take it easy. take it ease the schuylkill expressway west bun a septa bus accident at belmont avenue off ramp. traveling on the schuylkill westbound you will fine delays approaching montgomery drive, out the through to just about the stretch of 476 and even some volume approaching vine street expressway. you will have eastbound volume as well. over to the 42 freeway north bound side starting to lighten up but around 295, still anticipate delays. the also anticipate close another of chester pike between hook road and macdade boulevard. also police activity at chester pike and cherry streets as erika was talking about a few minutes ago. a as we look at our travel times rush hour mass transit may be your best bet but i-95 schuylkill and 422 all slow erika. >> that is "eyewitness news" for now talk philly coming up at noon on cbs-3. i'm >> gordon: welcome to "the 700 club." al-qaeda in yemen is

claiming responsibility for last week's deadly attack on a news magazine in paris. their top commander praised the terrorists as brave men and heros saying they acted in revenge for the prophet. >> terry: the al-qaeda leader also issued a warning to the west: more tragedies and terror are still to come. charlene aaron has that story. >> reporter: the hunt is on for other members of the terror cell responsible for last week's deadly attacks in france. 14 victims were killed in the attacks, along with the three gunmen. the magazine, "charlie hebdo", had drawn ire for repeatedly depicting muhammad. >> the terrorists who