, part of chester county, four to 6 inches. then move into bucks county, lehigh valley, the poconos, that's where we will likely see over 6 inches. i think the double digit totals will likely come into play around places like the poconos. take a look at several of the computer models that we're watching, the nam model, gfs, euro, panning from five to five and a half inches. that looks pretty solid for the philadelphia forecast, so looks like we will see between say five to 6 inches in philadelphia before all is said and done. so the poconos, here's your planner. heavy snowfall. it has already gun. temperatures will be stuck in the 20's to up foot of snowfall there. for the lehigh valley, it is snowing already, moderate to heavy snow, highs around freezing, six to 10 inches. for the wilmington area, we're looking at the rain changing to sleet then to snow, high temperatures in the 30's, about four to 6 inches there. and down the shore, not anticipating a whole lot of accumulation, up to an inch, from atlantic city, point south, then as we move north of atlantic city, one to 4 inches

are now looking for the others involved in that dog fight. >>> chester's mayor is pleading for help in the face of sky rocketing homicide rate and too many unsolved killings. >> you know one of the problems here is that witnesses just won't come forward to tell cops what they know. our bruce gordon joins us in studio with some staggering numbers. bruce. >> reporter: it's really unbelievable. chester pa a city of 34,000 people, more or less, how many murders last year? how about 27. let's put that number into context now f we talked about those kind of murder numbers in the city of philadelphia with its million and a half people, we'd be talking about nearly 1200 killings. it's out of control. so what can be done? chester's main business district isn't exactly a beehive of activity even during the daylight hours. but when the sun goes down the stores close and it becomes a dangerous ghost town. crime statistics show chester to be one of the most violent cities in america. long-time residents have watched the decline. >> people don't really care about folks any more. and then i worry

>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. >>> chester, delaware county people just want the violence to stop. federal officials already considering it one of the most violent cities in the country. good evening, welcome to the 11:00 o'clock show. i'm lucy noland. >>> so far this year, things are already worse than before. people came together tonight to try to stop the crime that is killing their community. fox 29's bruce gordon is in chester where it was an emotional night. bruce? >> reporter: it sure was. you've heard the expression, preaching to the choir. well, meet the choir. lots of folks from chester who tracked to city hall on this bitter cold night to say this deadly violence must end. >> in the midst of the noise and nervousness of chester residents searching for answers to an out of control wave of violence, we found the taylor family. joy and terrence and eight month old terrence, jr. joy is concerned about her baby's future. >> he's a young black mail. young black males have targets on their backs and it's important for me to make sure i'm l

just around stuart. make a left on chester pike. once you get to fair view road. make a letter there. age success blue route on northbound side that way. best bet for alternate. not going to take you that much longer to get around. just different this morning. keep you update when it becomes clear. have alternates for you the rest of the morning. back in ten. >>> new from overnight. philadelphia police have one man in custody, looking to talk to two others who ran away from accident scene in center city. authorities say the suv they were in slammed into another car. 13th and vine. two people were in the car that was hit. they are in the hospital list instead stable condition. now if you look closely at this exclusive video see the accident and then the driver shows people getting out of his vehicle and running away. officers caught him nearby and now expected to face several charges. president trump could be up against two new battles this morning. >> one for supreme court pick and the other over a new move involving controversial pipeline. last night nominated conservative appeals c

visited a university in chester county to check out their efforts to help students in need. >> reporter: this is west chester university, it is located in one of the pennsylvania's wealthiest counties. yet, it has this place for the many students who are struggling. >> so all this is donation. >> so all this is donations on this side. >> reporter: the resource center opened up this fall to provide free personal products , school supplies, clothing, and lots of food. to any student, who needs it. >> we have a lot of food, tuna , water, students seem to like that. >> reporter: this study released in october released 3700 students in 12 states and found that 20 percent of students at four year institutions and 25 percent at two year colleges, lack reliable access to affordable food. so this place, came right on time. west chester university is not only four year college, stepping up to deal with student food needs, rutgers new brunswick and cab rena university opened panaries and rowan university has one coming next year. >> number of students who self identify as missing a meal, was anoth

anything that happens here. i am a part of the community. >> residents living in chester delaware county are fed up. federal officials already consider it one of the most violent cities in the country and so far this year things are worse than before. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. community members came together to try to stop the violence that is killing their friends, their family and their neighbors. our bruce gordon is live in chester. bruce, what an a emotion packed evening. >> reporter: yeah, it sure was. look, seven weeks into the new year and already seven homicides in a steve 34,000 people. to night as you say some of those people came here to city hall to say they've had enough. you've heard the expression, preaching to the choir? well, meet the choir. more than 100 chester residents who care enough about their community to come out on a bitter cold night to search for solutions to an out of control crime problem. in the middle of the chaos, there's the taylor family. joy and terrence and eight month old terrence, jr. >> i'm highly con

secretary of veterans affairs. >> chester's mayor pleading for help in the face of sky rocketing homicide rate and too many unsolved killings. one of the problems, witnesses who will not come forward to tell police what they know. our bruce gordon has more on the staggering numbers. >> reporter: chester's main business district isn't exactly a beehive of activity even during the daylight hours. but when the sun goes down, the stores close and it becomes a dangerous ghost town. crime statistics show chester to be one of the most violent cities in america. long tie time residents have watch the decline. >> like people don't really care about folks any more. and then i worry about our young people, you know so many of them are getting guns like they buy candy. and then they're shooting people. bullets don't have eyes. so innocent people are kill. >> reporter: on monday mayor thaddeus kirkland announced chester will double its current standing off of $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a city homicide. in a year's time, no one, no one, came forward to

release a 30-foot wall of water downstream. >>> seeking justice, city of chester announced renewed push to fight crime. >> it includes more reward money and extra patrols for high crime neighborhoods. nbc 10s correspondent spoke to the family of chester's first murder victim of the year. his loved ones are praying the plan will work. >> i do not wish this on anybody. >> eric became delaware county's first murder victim of 2017. shot at close range in the city of chester. >> why? that tea our main question, why? >> we got so close about everything. and i i want to have my friend back. i don't have him. >> william's death one of seven homicides in chester less than two months into the new year. there were 27 in all of last year. and now, chester's mayor and police force are launching what they call a city wide, spiritual state of emergency. >> we need you to be involved. family, communities, connected officials, the media, law enforcement, everyone. >> the city is add skpg tra patrols and high crime neighborhoods and increasing the reward from $5,000 to $10,000 for information that leads

entire area. moving into the westchester area, moving down through montgomery and bucks county, chester, seeing rain to the north and snow to the south. but that's temporary, as the morning goes on, the colder air takes hold and this changes to accumulating snow. this is why we're getting rain in delaware, philadelphia, south jersey, it's just too warm. but the temperatures are falling rapidly. 35 degrees and rain coming down. it's switched over from the lehigh valley. some of these locations have dropped five degrees in the last hour. just below freezing now. and 32. that's the air temperature. ground, it was so warm, springlike, the ground is so warm. at first you won't see a lot of accumulation, so we will see accommodation first in the grass and on the road, and that's going to lead to slipping and sliding from now to 6:00 that snow line, the snow will sweep to the south. from 6:00 to 8:00, the snow intensifies. this is going to be periods of heavier snow in philadelphia, 1 to 2 inches an hour. and it changes to all snow in south jersey between 7:00 and 9:00, and it will taper off a

died. at this point, no arrests have been made. >> chester police are looking for the gunman and the motive behind shooting at convenience store, man shot at the chester shop and save near ninth and central around 8:00 last night. now, it is un near this happened inside or outside the store. the victim was returned to crozer-chester medical sent war gunshot wound to his abdomen. >> president trump marks one month in office, looking to cross off the items on his agenda. >> planning to unveil his revised immigration and travel ban while is her clinic for new national security advisor, don champion report, thousands of protesters plan to take to the streets on this president's day, against the president's policy. >> president trump said sunday at his so-called winter white house interviewing several candidates to replace this ousted national security advisor michael flynn. advice admiral harwood turned down the president's job offer last week reportedly after staffing dispute with the white house. the new director can do whatever he or she want to do with the staffing at the -- >> the w

brown goes on a journey with more than 2000 students faculty and staff at west chester. they got a closer look at roots. ♪ . >>> our region is filled with a me sake of faces. languages about. differences are often pronounced with professors at west chester university trying to start a different conversation. >> one identified as black and one white. >> reporter: diversity becomes more of a topic. >> i identity as black and white >> i shannon and i'm african-american. >> reporter: on campus we met up with a group of curious students looking to delve into ancestry. >> the project started ten years ago when there was a grant from the multi-cultural faculty commission to look at diversity in a nontraditional way. >> reporter: a decade later and the afford ability has expanded mission with students jumping at the chance to explore >> to get people to talk about race in a positive way. this is sort of humbling in that you start with yourself and the diversity. >> reporter: students already gone through the process. >> informative for myself and my family to say with confidence where so

crime stricken chester delaware county. what the city is now offering that it hopes can put criminals behind bars. >>> and -- >>> it's hank. what happens when 50 to 60 miles an hour gusts meet recycling day in northern anybody liberties? take one look. what can you do about it? hank's take coming up. >>> the first born in the family might have something else to hang over their sib siblings heads. apparently there's now scientific proof that they're the smart test kid in the group. what? >> i don't agree with that. but then again i'm a middle kid. studies show the oldest child scores higher on iw tests than their younger sibling. researchers say pampering from mom and dad might have something to do with it. researchers say that the oldest child usually gets more mental stimulation and breast feeding from their mom and that mothers were less likely to take risks such as smoking or drinking during their first pregnancy. apparently the rest of them, eh, who >> testing. >> testing. >> ment. >> testing. >> testing. >>> in olney a man stormed into a metro pcs store waived a gun at

from burns at crozer-chester medical center. officials believe the fire start at her unit and will learn once they are able to speak with her. live are vineland i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> just moments ago a group of new jersey officials cast their vote on a controversial pipeline, new jersey pine land mission, approved the construction of the hotly contested that are gas pipeline. the vote was slit nine to five , one person did not the vote. as you can see here this video is attracting quite a large crowd. row postal by south jersey industries calls for a 22 hyle that are gas pipeline. it would run from commercial township to the bl england power plant in beasley's point it is part of the plan to convert the plant from oil and coal to cleaner burning natural gases. groups who oppose site environmental concerns but it does however have support of governor christie and some business groups. >>> this week is ending with another day of way above average temperatures, but a coal front is moving in it will bring changes over weekend. this is day to enjoy syringe like w

morning. reporting liven in allentown, pamela osborne. >>> we take you to chester county now, nbc10's katy zachry is live in westchester. katy, what's it like there? >> reporter: tracy, we don't have snow right now like pam does but we have sleet here in westchester. we're in the city limits just off route 3. you can tell from the situation here, very few cars on the road. a lot of people, they've already had work called off. we're waiting to hear if westchester schools have been called off, but they haven't reported to our system. basically people are staying inside. the vehicles that we're seeing are fuelling up at nearby gas stations. a lot of plows as pam was saying, pickup trucks with plows on the front because they know they'll be extremely busy. temperatures hovering in the midst to higher 30s. it is rapidly dropping and we can feel it as evidenced by the sleet. we had rain, it's now sleet, and maybe we'll have snow. reporting live in westchester, katy zachry, nbc10 news. >> we also have you covered across the area. nbc10's matt delucia is heading to berks county. tim furlong i

: we'll take you to exton, chester county, check roads out there, coming up. music continues ] when toinuse... trulia knows the lf of it. and with 34 mapgr s, a. you can find the right house. trulia. the e is only half of it. atlantic city, sky6 live hd, the camera is nodding yes. i can only imagine what it's like on top of one of the vehicles staring out to the sea with the winds sike they are. >> karen you were sayingaring . be careful as you're traveling, we have a handful of cases of downed trees, thiss chester county route 100 at commerce drive, no problems coming in from phoenixville or chester springs. you want to watch for debris on the roadway. we had a downed tree new had anover township, just cleared, big red road is reopened. we have a downed tree affecting port indian road stick to trooper road if you're in this area of montgomery county. vine street expressway, camera shaking in the winds, but no overnight construction, traffic moving j fine. on the commuter traffic report, we have debris on the roadlue route. 37 degrees in philadelphia. let's check the wind gusts, 41

" a lasting leg ace any chester county. >> it is just so surreal to me to think that she did it here. >> living reminders of the beloved horse but these foals didn't come in the world the old tags way. our stephanie stahl explains their remarkable story and medical technology behind it. >>> plus the doodle that is drawing praise from google we will show you young new jersey artist behind it and how it can be a life changing piece of art, kate. >>> we have enjoyed 70's across the area today coming up i'll tell you which spots broke record today and we will also track storms for weekend when they could impact your weekend plans and when we go back to a dose of february reality coming up when we come back. >>> well, a special kind of fertility intervention is keeping alive the legacy of a chester county horse and took a team of local veterinarians joining up with experts across the country in texas. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here now with details on a medical procedure that they are calling incredible. >> i love this story wait until you see it. this is similar to in vitro f

county now it's starting to push into bucks and montgomery and half of chester county is beginning to see the changeover to snow. in wayne as recently as a half-hour ago, a twitter follower let me know there was sleet on the windows of the house along with rain. we're obviously in the transition and it is on its way. the back edge of the storm is east of pittsburgh, looks like the snow might wind up sooner than what we were thinking yesterday. could be by lunch time the snow is over in philadelphia. that's something we'll keep watching. we're down to 40 degrees in philadelphia. we were at 42 an hour ago. close to the freezing mark in the northern and western suburbs. keep in mind there are points between the reporting stations that are probably colder and again there's the chance of that freeze up on the roads. we're expecting the temperatures to drop, trenton is down to 34. wilmington down in the 30s, again that changeover to snow coming fairly quickly this morning, karen will be along in a second with more on that. winter storm warning in effect probably expires this afternoon. i

brown goes on a journey with more than 2000 students faculty and staff at west chester. they got a closer look at roots. ♪ . >>> our region is filled with a me sake of faces. languages about. differences are often pronounced with professors at west chester university trying to start a different conversation. >> one identified as black and one white. >> reporter: diversity becomes more of a topic. >> i identity as black and white >> i shannon and i'm african-american. >> reporter: on campus we met up with a group of curious students looking to delve into ancestry. >> the project started ten years ago when there was a grant from the multi-cultural faculty commission to look at diversity in a nontraditional way. >> reporter: a decade later and the afford ability has expanded mission with students jumping at the chance to explore >> to get people to talk about race in a positive way. this is sort of humbling in that you start with yourself and the diversity. >> reporter: students already gone through the process. >> informative for myself and my family to say with confidence where so

elderly chester county woman survived. >> and police are now trying to peace together clues to find out who did that. fox 29's dave kinchen has the story from east brandywine township. this woman has lived in the east brandywine area for ten years and finds herself keeping an extra eye on her surroundings after learning a 72-year-old woman was viciously beaten and kept in closet for four days at this creek road house a short distance away. >> i have to say i don't know how this could happen, because the police do patrol this area. >> reporter: police met a relative of the victim at the the house as they inspected the property tuesday afternoon while the victim continues to recover in the hospital. investigators say the elderly woman was badly dehydrated after being found by her daughter-in-law during a welfare check sunday morning. the attack happening sometime last wednesday. >> you live out in the country you don't expect it to happen as much as you do in the cities. but it will happen wherever you are. she's out living in this area probably lived here her whole life probably been

conditions today in port chester. >>> the steady snow and this driving wind has been non-stop. you can see it's covered secondary roads here. the plow crews have been up, out, but they just can't keep up with this weather. and that's making for a very tricky commute with all the snow and ice out on the roads. >> it's not just the snow, of course. from the winter storm that we've been dealing with, take a look at what this crew experienced on the coast of massachusetts. >> good afternoon from marshfield. a splash over from -- >> whoa. how they recovered from the surprise splash. that's next at 5:00. >>> wind and blowing snow. that was a rough combination as people tried to get around this morning. nbc 10 at broad and olney in philadelphia. if you were force today walk through it you had to keep your head down and keep moving. not much snow to clean up today in parts of west chester. the wind and cold temperatures could cause a lot of the sidewalks to freeze over. >> the snow is heavy and wet in bucks county. great for making snowballs. at least four and a half inches of snow fell there. and

at all in those northern suburbs, chester, bucks, montgomery countys that we showed you on the future radars. we're still talking about rain showers for the lehigh valley and even some at the jersey shore. just about everybody should get some rain tomorrow. we got the f. word in the forecast. a lot of places are going to see some snow and we'll tell you about that in a few minutes. >> police in bucks county say it is one of the worst cases of child abuse they have ever seen. a former handy man sexually assaulted children for decades before police put him behind bars. dd is live in false township. police now need help identifying those victims. >> reporter: police say they were not prepared for what they found inside this trailer here. this is where they say william thomas lived since 2006. you see it says private there on the deck. residents say they knew thomas, they knew he worked in the area. they also knew no one was allowed inside this trailer. >> used to call him our willie. >> willie was only one of his neighboring names. he was also known at bill and billy. police say h

likely saved his life. >>> we have quiet volume we'll take you to exton, chester county and check out route 100 and i-95 coming up. >> 5:13 a.m., good morning, it is monday, time to start a brand new workweek. the live picture from philadelphia city hall taking a gaze down the benjamin franklin parkway. >> looks clear as you head out, does it look that ease to go around the region? >> reporter: also clear here, that's two, that's good. looking live in exton, chester county. route 1 at commerce drive you're coming in from noon nicksville, chester springs, roads are clear and dry, no big accidents we have a couple of early morning problems everything else is cleared right now. now we have no issues looking at route 100. lower chichester we have construction on morton avenue between market and green street. it's closed from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and that's until friday while they do work on drains in the area. stick to ridge avenue. they will be shutting down morton avenue all week. southbound traffic heading toward cottman i-95, no problems. we did find a good friend who is up early, i

community. >> residents living in chester , delaware county are fed up, federal officials are already considering it one of the most violent cities in the country. our bruce gordon was there as community members came together to try to stop the violence, that is killing their friend, their family and their neighbors. >> you have heard the investigation preaching to the choir? well, meet the choir. more than 100 chester residents who care enough about their community to come out of the bitter cold night to search for solutions, to an out of control crime problem. in the middle of the chaos there is the taylor family joy , terence and eight month-old terence junior. >> i'm highly concerned. i live here. i'm not, you know, immune to anything that happened here. i am a part of the community. i have a child that i'm raising here. he have is a young black males young black males have targets on their back a it is important that i'm aware of what is going on. >> reporter: chester's murder raid in 2016 was roughly four times higher then that in philadelphia, this year city is on pace to doubl

in chester county need your help finding a man accused of tying up a 72-year-old woman and putting her in the closet during a home invasion. >> her family didn't find her until several days later. nbc 10's tim furlong has the story. >> reporter: it happened here at this small home in east brandywine township. a woman attacked by a man dressed all in black as she got out of her car. the attacker put her in a closet. her daughter-in-law found her there sunday four days after the attack. police are following up on a couple leads. they don't seem to think this is connected to a number of nearby home invasions in the last few months. the swrim is recovering here apaoli hospital. she's doing okay. that's the good news. we reached out to family members. we have not yet heard back from them. the attacker did take off in the silver fiat 500. if you have more information on this case you're asked to call brandywine police. >>> philadelphia state representative kevin boyle is pushing a new plan that would extend hate crime protections to philadelphia's -- or to pennsylvania's lgbt community.

happens here, i am a part of the community. >> residents living in chester delaware county are fed up, federal officials are ready to consider it one of the most violent cities in the country. our bruce gordon was there as community members came together to try to stop violence that is killing a friend's family and their neighbors. you have heard the investigation preaching to the choir, well, meet the choir, more than 100 chester residents who care enough about their community to come out on a bitter cold night to search for solutions to an out of control crime problem. in the middle of the chaos there is taylor family joy, terence and eight month-old terence junior. >> i'm heyly concerned. i live here. i'm not, you know, immune, to anything that happens here i'm part of the community i have a child that i'm raising here. young black males have targets on their back and it is important that know that i'm listening and aware what is going on. >> reporter: chester's murder raid was roughly four times as high as philadelphia, this year city pace is on pace to double last years carnage.

, chester county, it was a familiar scene throughout much of the area as s the snow fell. >> and we continue to keep track of the road conditions, with meisha johnson, and meteorologist, lauren casey and katie fehlinger. tracking what comes next that the storm is moving on. the weather sent war close look at the storm, where does can things stand now, in. >> the storm is very swiftly pulling away. so, it is primarily at this point in a new england issue, when we start things off by looking very quickly here at storm scan3, what you will find is the back edge already moved out. so, it did move through quickly than originally anticipated with the back edge of the snow, but we will take that. as a result of the fact that rain really lasted up until 6:00 a.m. this morning, in the city, that really ended up helping to limit our snowfall totals here in philadelphia. so to the north, did you pretty well. we will get snowfall totals bit later on. here is all that's left of our winter alert. winter storm warnings still posted for good portion of the garden state right through this afternoon,

happening. snow in allentown and reading, getting snow falling in bucks county and chester county. westchester, we were seeing rain, and now sleet. those are snowflakes falling in westchester. katy zachry is there. and she is getting the snow. once it changes to snow, it's not rain or sleet. it's all snow. at first it's going to have a tough time accumulating. some of these temperatures are still on the warm side. just above freezing in some of the suburbs but the temperatures are coming down, 33 degrees in euclid township. exton is down to 33. right now, 34 degrees and milford township to the north is 31. the cold air to the north is going to sweep through and bring all of the locations below freezing. at first, you might see snow without accumulation, but as the air cools down and the ground, too, it's warm from yesterday from that springlike day, we'll see the snow accumulate. the heavier snow, we're still on track for it between 6:00 and 8:00, especially in the suburbs but also reaping into the philadelphia, during the 6:00 to 8:00 hour. snow rates, 2 inches an hour. and storm

the hospital specifically crozer-chester medical center, that guest had smoke inhalation. that was the guest in the room where the fire did begin. i want you to take a look behind me to give you an idea of what the aftermath looks like right here. you can see there's this portion of the are a in addition did -- ramada inn is pretty much destroyed. firefighters arrived to this. the fire broke out around 2:00 a.m. heavy flames shooting through the roof. they say they believe it began in the second floor unit and the fire traveled above in the attic space and through the hallways. the fire chief gave us an update this is the fire chief from the vineland fire department and told us about the rescues they were able to make when they arrived. >> they were hanging out the window, throwing their belongings out the window, we went to the second floor window and helped them over and down to the ground. >> reporter: and this is more video from the scene, all guests and staff at the ramada inn was accountanted for. one guest visiting from -- accounted for, one guest visiting from ireland land

to ems with smoke inhalation and burn injuries. and they were transported to chester crozier burn center in pennsylvania. >> as you said, the hotel is open and operating and they plan to have a wedding this weekend. the fire occurred in the wing of a hotel that contains smoking rooms at this point it's not clear if that say factor in all of this. they want to talk to the occupant of room 248 first before they make a determination into the cause of the fire than could take several days given her condition. >> thank you. >>> in other news, no students were on board the school bus that crashed this morning in lower merion. chopper 6 hd was over saint asa's road. there were injuries but did not appear to be serious. >>> police in burlington county are searching for a man that they say performed a sex ac in front of women. officials believe the same man has done this at least six times before. police in evesham township were called to the area of kings grant drive and wood lake drive before 5:00 p.m. they saw the man hide first degree bushes while in the act. and other witnesses saw hi

work at the plant will be minimal. >> in chester county today, pen dot activate soern pennsylvania first flashing yellow arrow traffic signal located on route 52 and west creek road. it's a new type of left turn signal that helps drivers make suffer turns. >> delaware county will open a new 52 bed detox unit to help people recover from drug addictions and overdoses. officials have a ribbon cutting for the first step treatment center at crozer-chester medical center. >>> in camden county, new option for parents with young children. board of education had approved a preschool for three and four-year-olds. weekday morning and afternoon sessions. tuition is $200 a month and starts september. new mom in alem county reunited with a teen who helped deliver her baby in the back of a minivan. >>> at the police barracks for the reunion yesterday. on her way to the hospital last month. she knew she wouldn't make it. that's when three new jersey state troopers stepped in and helped deliver the baby in the back of the van. >> for them, i don't even if know that she would be here. i'm thankful.

until the end of march you'll be dealing with that new construction. also happening here in chester county, we've got street road which is 926 and my clicker just died, they run out of batteries, thank you, matt back there. 926 street road closed between pou pocopson and creek roads. stick to 52 which is lenape road or baltimore pike instead to get around that. let's take a look at the temperatures now through the area. 29 degrees, it's even colder than yesterday. so you have to bundle up a little bit out there. in the lehigh valley just in the mid-20's. 21 in millville. when you factor in just a touch of a wind it feels like lope 20's as you head out right now, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. new this morning, a crane came crashing down on a construction site in israel. security cameras recorded that collapse. four people were hurt including the operator as well as a man who was in a car that was crushed by the equipment. the ministry of labor is investigating whether the crane was being operated without proper permits. >> a smoky fire at disneyland's main parking structure burned

minutes fit has not happened already. some of you who have seen the exchangeover in chester county -- change over in chester, bucks and montgomery counties. we have thunderstorms in the picture that's what we've got this morning, the snow line getting closer to city. philadelphia, developed to 36 degrees, 90 minutes ago we were at 42. we talked about how the numbers were going to crash. we're seeing that, by 6:15 you'll be in the freezing mark in philadelphia with the change-over occurring. 33 in allentown. a little bit above freezing in allentown. most of the area is below freezing we're seeing the roads compromised especially where you have the heavy bands coming through. still in the 40s in south jersey. you will see the temperatures drop and the snow will come through. we have snow line across philadelphia a lot of mixing down to the south. we move into 9:00 and 10:00, everybody has the snow. the deep shade of purple is the heaviest snow, too. even as late as 9:30 or 10:00 a.m. you might be looking at accumulating snow. the change in the forecast is how quickly this will move o

of the question. this is now all snow for allentown and reading into chester and montgomery county and bucks county and it's spreading from germantown. also by the radar screen. indeed, it is snow that's coming into the area. and that is starting to spread in northern new jersey castle. in delaware, it's steady and heavier rainfall for much of the morning. so far in wilmington, that is about to change. so, the rain is going to be ending, the snow is going to be accumulating. right now, the snow line is dropping south, during the 6:00 to 8:00 hour, that's where we see the snow intensify from heavy snowfall, 1 to 2 inches an hour. eventually, 7:00 to 9:00, it will change from snow across all the south jersey and exiting the area later this morning. it's going to make for a traffic mess in the area. jessica boyington's department, she's got the latest from the "first alert" traffic center. >> we look at one changeover spot from rain to snow. on the schuylkill expressway, route 202. you see on the road, a little bit on the grassy areas and shoulder. but in the center of the roads where

my friend back. >> the memorial said violent crime in chester can only be reduced in citizens, law enforcement, elected officials and the media all get involved. >>> it's 4:35. family and friends of a little girl who was killed in a hit and run will make their case of a new law. >>> also petition denied. tell you why the fight of philadelphia's sugary drink tax will not head to high court. at least for now. >>> cold start this morning. 29 degrees at 4:35. there's some colder neighbors, but we've got a nice day ahead for valentine's day. your neighborhood forecast just ahead. if youin a palace of ice,winter there's only one place to go. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ you can find it all, only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your winter getaway at iloveny.com >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with a check on the roads. watching the schuylkill freeway now. right around montgomery drive is what the camera is looking live here. 13 minutes eastbound. moving towards center city. still a good drive. speeds also

parts of chester county, delaware county, south philly, center city getting some moderate to heavy rain right now. now, this is not going to last all night, but as you can see it's moving straight west to east. and so the same areas are getting hit by the heaviest rain over and over again. so you're going to be getting a good bit of rain in philadelphia and much of delaware. in the lehigh valley, you're getting nothing. back to the west, you can see there's more rain coming in ohio. maybe the lehigh valley will get a little bit of that later on tonight. as we go through the night tonight, you can see the future weather computer showing the heaviest rain in central and southern delaware. extreme south jersey. but it also is moving out of here around midnight or shortly after midnight. and so we're not talking about anything lasting all night. temperatures are extremely mild for this time of the year. we tied some records during the day today. we'll break some records tomorrow along with the greater threat for severe storms. we'll get the timing on that in the neighborhoods coming up in j

brandywine township but there have been several home invasions in chester county within the last few months, including in uwchlan and upper uwchlan township. police don't believe this latest crime is linked but nerves are rattled until these suspects are caught. >> making sure that the door's locked and being observe ant when you go out. >> it is just dread full. we have to remember that statistically this area is a very safe, low crime area, to live in, but statistics aren't much comfort when something like this happens. >> reporter: as he we did mention suspect did steel victim's car a 2013 silver fi at 500 with pennsylvania registration jtj-0600. elderly woman does remain in the hospital. she was just released from the intensive care unit but she has more recovering to do, we understand, meantime police are still searching for her attacker that the hour. live from east brandywine township police department, natasha brown, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> an army of volunteers comes together to right a wrong at a local jewish cemetery as bart of the two day effort to fixed damage d

can see heavy snow rates coming in across chester county, portions of western montgomery upper bucks and cold air continues to funnel in right now. it is math other time before the changeover takes place and certainly in new jersey but delaware and with time you will start to see that snow piling up if it hasn't begun to already in the northern counties. we will check with trang do to see some of that. looking at some of the alerts that we have got winter storm warning in that purple traded area, this is confined to berks, bucks, chester, montgomery county that is that entire zone shaded in the purple. millions of people impact by this. we do still anticipate four to 8 inches of that heavier wet snow some fall across a good portion of the region. natalie does include philadelphia. between hours of five and 10 is when heaviest snow will tall. we have good stuff coming down right now but, it falls regional wide through that time frame and quick tapering takes lays starting at 10, lasting absolutely as of two but by lunchtime it is done in philadelphia. and then we will come in the next

medical center. >> chester police are investigating a shooting at convenience store, it is unclear if the shooting happened outside or inside the chester shop and save near ninth and central. happened about 8:00 last night, man rushed to crozer-chester medical sent war gunshot wound to the abdomen. there is no word on his condition. >>> we're still wait to go finds out if charges will be filed after car struck three pedestrians on city avenue. this happened shortly before 10:00 last night, right near monument road in wynnefield height. the car's windshield was smashed during the impact. police directed traffic around the vehicles as they investigated. no word yet on the condition of the victim. >> a car crashes knolled being in north philadelphia sending three people to the hospital this happened on the 1600 block of bouvier street right near oxford street. car smashed into the property's front railing just before 10:00 last night. no word yet on how the victims are doing. >> and firefighters continue to battle a forest fire in ocean county new jersey. the fire scorched more than 100

hearing on invasion of the privacy and related charges. >>> chester county neighborhood is on high alert after a violent home invasion that injured an elderly resident. the seven two-year old victim told police that a man wearing all black attacked her, as she got out of her car last wednesday, and the beaten woman was found by relatives, four days later, locked inside of a closet of her creek road home in east brandywine. news of thins dent, has left neighbors we spoke with shaken up. >> statistically this area is a very, very safe, low crime area, to live in, but such statistics are not much comfort when something like this happens. >> police are searching for suspect who did getaway with the victim's car, a 2013 silver fiat 500 with a pa license plate at jtj-0600. >>> police are also looking for suspect who robbed a hunting park gross rid store on monday. as seen in this surveillance video suspect forced an employee of groceries object pike into an office where he threw a lottery machine to the ground. the victim told police he felt a handgun on his back. that suspect made off w

crozer chester burn unit. >>> police in south jersey are looking for the man who has exposed himself to women on at least seven occasions. evesham police have released this sketch of the suspect. investigators say the man hid in that bushes while committing lewd acts. the most recent incident happened late yesterday afternoon near kings grant and wood lake drives. police have increased patrols as the search for the suspect continues. >>> a 13-year-old boy survived after being hit by a car, dragged and pinned under the vehicle. the incident happened at 7:15 this morning near devereaux and rising sun in the lawncrest section of philadelphia. authorities say two vehicles crashed. one of those vehicles went onto the sidewalk where the boy was walking. several people were hurt including the boy who was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> the new jersey pinelands are getting a natural gas pipeline. it is obviously a controversial issue but the pinelands commission today approved the pipeline project that will run 22 miles between maurice river township in cumberlan

, waking up chester county dark and quiet here on 30 bypass this problems as you work your way in to king of prussia we're back in business ready to go live look at vine street expressway. last time around i showed thaw disabled on the background we have a penndot arrow truck up behind that guy before he gets smacked. we are good to go. we are opened for business here coming in and out of philadelphia on the vine expressway, multi alarm fire that steve has been covering ramada inn in vineland located at landis avenue at the route 55. it is exit 32 of route 55. fifty-five is opened, to problems up or town north or southbound but landis avenue is one of the very few roads that actually go under route 55. so, cut fire fighters a break and usual mopped road this morning to avoid any delays. throughout the weekend septa kicks in a new schedule for city and suburban transit lines i have put a list of the changes on facebook and twit ter, to click on that and be good to go. path hole crew coming through 322 as you roll will through tell co. >> all right bob, thank you. >>> we are talking ab

now we'll send it over to you. >> thank you very much. >>> happening right now the city of chester looking for the answers in the face of sky rocketing violence. chester is one of the most violent cities in america. >> now things are getting even worse shorthanded police department just cannot get the assistance it needs. our bruce gordon joins us now in studio with some sobering numbers much bruce. >> reporter: guys, let's put some of these numbers into context. 27 murders in the city of chester last year. that is in a city of about 34,000 people. now, what does that mean? well it's a small city. so let's put it in perspective of philadelphia with a city population of a million and a half people. had this the city of philadelphia had this kind of murder rate, we'd be talking about nearly 1200 murders in the city of philadelphia last year. of course, there were in fact fewer than 300 and that's nothing to brag about. these numbers are out of control. so what do we do? >> enter the lobby of police headquarters in this impoverished city you'll see a sign with tempting offer a $5,000

county, chester, delaware county, starting at midnight until 6:00 p.m., everybody here in this light brown. we also have a high wind warning issue starting at midnight until 6:00 p.m. on monday. this includes all of new jersey and all of delaware. the deal is we had that cold front and we also have that intensifying low, so what happens is we to want kind of achieve some kind of balance in the atmosphere so those winds kick up in order to do so. we're going to start off hour by hour, wind gusts starting at midnight when the wind advisory take into effect. we're seeing an increase here of certainly lower for redding, potstown, allentown, and philadelphia. stronger wind gusts for atlantic city, millville and dover as we get this going, pause at 3:00 a.m., the wind gusts will start to pick up a little bit of a westerly push here. and then by early tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m., you're seeing wind gusts ranging anywhere between 40 and 45 miles per hour, but, denise, they are going to get stronger than this. coming up, i do have your most accurate forecast that we're going to talk about t

2,000 student, faculty and staff at west chester university. they all got a closer look at their roots. >> our region is filled with the mosaic every faces, differs looks, and ethnicity, lounges a bound. our different also often pronounce the, but professors at west chester university are trying to start a different conversation. >> or diversity becomes more of a topic every finding similarities. >> my name is -- i identify as a white female. >> my name is bryce and i identify as black and white. >> hi, aim shannon henry african-american. >> here on campus we met up with a group of serious students looking to delve into their ancestory. >> i'm irish. >> they found an outlet in professor anita's diversity project. >> the project started ten years ago, when there was a grant from the multi culturing faculty commission to look at diversity in a non-traditional way. >> decade later, valet. and affordability of and zesty dna test has expanded her mission. >> the way that we have used it, to get people to talk about race in a positive way. >> and this project is sort of tumbling, you s

, chester's mayor says fighting crime in inner cities is a war and should be treated the same way cities are fighting the opioid epidemic. more than a dozen city and state lawmakers and law enforcement officers are brainstorming, strategizing on ways to fight inner city crime. another meeting is being held tonight at 6:00 inside city hall's community room so you can weigh in if you wish. earlier this week the mayor announced extra patrols in high crime neighborhoods and $10,000 rewards for information that leads to conviction. there have been seven homicide in chester this year. >>> this is a new video of a pair of burglars driving through the front of a south philadelphia business on south 7th street two weeks ago. look, they grab whatever they can and then they took off running. there's a third man waiting for them in that get away car there down the street. call philadelphia police if you know anything about this crime. >>> wilmington tonight, city council might change the way it prays before meeting again. last month city council voted and approved to change the prayer to a excellesilent

, downtown west chester, campus of west chester university just after five, two were running in the snow and by all accounts they seemed to be enjoying it, they are not slowing down at all. >>> we are keeping an eye on the winter weather. >> our pat gallen is live from the far northeast with the scene there, good morning, is it still raining? it looks rain. >> it has changed over from rain, to sleet, and really pelting us. taking a look down here this isn't my best dance move, it is a slick sidewalk, that i assume natalie roads are the same way because they were not treated overnight the because of the rain and it has changed over. it seems like change over is happening. when it is cold like this you want something hearty. you want a good meal. a good heel is what we have cooked with our moms, myself and vittoria woodill in a special taste with tori, we did sauce verse gravy. here is part one of that battle. back in november tori took home crown in the thanksgiving pie off. >> winner winner chick up dinner. >> time for another path the path verse tori, diana is back , mom, we lost,

yesterday. it's going to last until march. it's in upper oxford township chester county eatontown road shut it down between saw mill road and hawkins road. stick to newark road as your alternate while they do some bridge retear. storm tracker6 live double scan showing we had showers that moved up the coast of the most of the area is dry. near trenton you have some showers, quakertown and pottstown just a sprinkle and allentown a sprinkle. it's up in northampton county and mount pocono where we have that freezing rain advisory. everywhere else it's mild. you can see that area of blue that's up north of flemington so out of our region right now. 41 degrees in philadelphia right now and we are going to be mild today. how does 60 sound? not bad. >> great. >> we're going to get wet, cloudy mild and periods of rain likely after the morning commute, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> new this morning, a north carolina mother says a fellow day care worker really crossed the line breastfeeding the woman's child despite being told not to do it. pre-k teacher kaycee oxendine and the woman worked

. >> welcome back pretty as a postcard. the action cam arrived in phoenixville chester county, this is bridge street and gay street. you can see the snow coming down at a faster rate. there's wind blowing it at an angle there. it's nice that people are staying in, they are not heading out unless they have to. we see a car in the distance making its way down the roadway. it's gorgeous. >> yeah it is. this is just in, the media courthouse delaware county, closed today. >> reporter: we are getting some reports from the weather service within the last 30 minutes or so chester county, bucks county getting an inch, more than that up north where it's been snowing for a couple of hours. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you the snow is getting closer to philadelphia, parts of the city is seeing the changeover. northern and western suburbs have had it for a while allentown, all morning. phoenixville closer to philadelphia are starting to see the snow coverage. i'll take a closer look at this in a second. for now let's step outside, we have mobile 6, we are continuing our treck up the jerse