s. or i.s.i.l but saw himself as a sympathizer with them. at one point in the criminal complaint that was filed, the f.b.i. agent who arrested him said he he said "we've already got a thumbs up from our brothers over there and anwar al-awlaki from his martyr dom and many others. he made it clear the attacks he contemplated were to be conducted in alines with i.s.i.l by writing i believe we should meet up and make own own alliance within the islamic state. only this man has been fingered by the government. whether this goes beyond that we'll feigned out as the investigation proceeds. more on this on your local news on our 24 hour digital news and on all devices on

good afternoon, to you we will continue to follow breaking news here on "eyewitness news", as cbs news has just reported tonight u.s. officials have arrested a man in connection with an alleged plot to attack a u.s. capitol. according to reports the plot involved guns and bombs and was in the early stages of planning. cbs news reporting tonight that the suspect is christopher cornell he was being watched by the fbi, and again, bob schieffer just describing the man as an isis sympathizer. again, man has been arrested for plotting to attack the u.s. capitol, we will stay on top of this and bring you new details as soon as they come in. also breaking news suspicious activity at two military bases in our area, security levels have been

increased at delaware air national guard base, near new castle. drivers asking for directions prompted that increase in security. good afternoon i'm's chris may. i'm jessica dean. officials say no specific threat has been identified, the national guard basis a at the new castle county airport and "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is their life for us now david. >> reporter: jessica, base officials are not saying much but road behind me is where everything happened on monday and tuesday. apparently some people drove in, asked for directions. others drove in starred at guard and backed away. that was enough for base officials to raise the security threat. soldiers carrying guns watched closely at delaware national guard checkpoint. base officials increased security by one level after concerns earlier in the week. >> we're going to be on the safe side and treat everything as if it has potential to be a threat. >> reporter: lieutenant terry says concern came on monday, and several cars drove up this road. some drivers asked for

directions, and others, turned around. >> four or five times we had this happen. that raised red flag to us. that plus suspicious activity that we are talking about. >> reporter: this is same base where vice-president joe biden land when he visits the the area. according to his public schedule biden's plane was not on base manor tuesday. >> we have lived near the the a air base all our lives. we have lived here since the 50's. >> reporter: beverly collier says she necessaries and outs from living across the street from the air base. she tells "eyewitness news" that the upgraded threat is a concern. >> it does scare me. >> reporter: but she says it is not out of the ordinary. >> it is something we have lived with all our lives. >> reporter: pentagon and fbi are involved. base officials said they did the right thing by sounding the alarm. >> we find out if it was a coincidence or if it was indeed us fish us activity. >> reporter: just a live look right now at one of those checkpoints. i'm told by official as a lot of id checking going in to the the base and coming out of the base. now there are actually video

cameras, not far from where i'm standing where people drive-in and out. that video is under review right the now by the fbi and pentagon. we are reporting live from new castle county david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". also breaking a us fish us package forced an evacuation at joint base maguire dixon lakehurst. that was found in the commissary exchange complex, the area was evacuated but, all clear has been given. officials are investigating. northeast philadelphia he will in meantry school had to be closed to day after dozens of students stayed home from school monday and tuesday due to illness. our matt rivers is live at the nazareth academy with more, matt. >> reporter: chris, school officials tell "eyewitness news" that on monday, 55 kids were held home because of sickness and on tuesday that number jumped up 20 to 75 kid, being held home because of being sick. so today school officials tell us that the decision to close was easy.

>> seeing thees lacing from one day to the next we decide that had we had to do it. >> reporter: sister mary ellen, principal of the nazareth academy grade school said calls started flooding in monday morning, parents reporting kid sick in bed, their flu like symptoms more or less the same. >> fever, headache sneezing, coughing. >> reporter: tuesday it only got worse. of the 204 students here at first through eighth grade school 75 of them stayed home. one math class only had one kid in the desk. so wednesday there was no school at all, called off due to illness. >> they are not running around. they are sick in bed. so whatever this is it is nasty. >> reporter: state representative mike driscoll has three kids in the the school, two of whom are sick. he says they support the closure and believes other do too. >> they are nervous like any parent is but at the same time we all believe in this administration. >> reporter: wednesday quiet

hallway smelled like bleach as crews wiped down every surface in the school from computer keyboard and december took cafeteria tables and stairwell doors. they opened windows to air out the building. >> we are just trying to keep everyone healthy happy and able to study. >> reporter: school officials are not sure exactly how many kid actually have the flu or have just some other type of virus but area doctors say they would not be surprised at either one. coming up at 6:00 hear from one's mergecy room physician we spoke to who said that this year in regards to illness this winter is worse than last year. this school set to reopen tomorrow morning. live from northeast philadelphia tonight matt rivers cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> matt, thanks very much. if you are concerned about the flu we have plenty of information for you on cbs philly.com. just go to the health section and you will will's find our seasonal flu resource guide. breaking news right now a school bus crash in north carolina. this happened in gasting county west of charlotte.

officials say about 40 people on the bus at the time of the crash, many had to be taken to the hospital. exactly why the bus ended up on its side is unclear. caught on video a cool bus on fire this happened just before 7:00 in the morning in toms river. the bus driver and aid were driving along old freehold road and dog an lane when the driver smelled something burning. they pulled over they got off the bus and that is when it burst into flames. thankfully no student were on board and no one was injured. some in our area startedded their day with snow the the beach was white this morning in cape may this video coming from mobile three. the sand and streets there covered in white that is not something we see very often. but for most of us no snow today, just cold out there. "eyewitness news" at city hall as people bundled up against the chill. meteorologist kathy orr is live on the sky deck to tell us if we can expect a warm up the kathy. >> we will, yes, sir contact but it will be slow to warm. another cold night across the delaware valley. there is not much wind but we

are still experiencing the wind chill. right now cloudy skies a across the region, a few sprinkles through extreme south jersey but otherwise a quiet night across the delaware valley. take a look at storm scan three and we are not looking the much with the clouds. you can see that precipitation through parts of cumberland county, through areas of atlantic county, cape may county but nothing more than a sprinkle or a flurry at this point. we are looking at a cold night after a chilly day. high in philadelphia only 32. fifth day this month at or below freezing. we will go above freezing tomorrow. right now we are at our high of 32. twenty-three in the poconos. normal high this time of the year for city of philadelphia is 40 degrees. not much wind but still wind chills in the 20's across the the delaware valley. temperatures will be falling through the 30's into the 20's with mostly cloudy skies. we will be seeing the sun make a come back. it will be warming soon in the seven day and then more rain coming our way, we will talk more about that later in the

broadcast for now back inside to you. thanks very much. police in tinicum township wind up in a chase after they try to pull over a man who they say was driving erratically. chopper three over collindale where that chase came to an end at chester pike and cherry street. that suspect hit at least two vehicles and took off on foot with tinicum township officers, in pursuit. police say that the suspect's car also had hit aid house and that driver was arrested and one person received some minor injuries. suspect's name has in the been released. well, another police chase this one in bensalem bucks county. this one ended in a ditch. an office shore was on routine patrol spotted two men stealing a tv from a warehouse on station avenue early this morning. the the officer then followed those suspects. they crashed their car at state road and tennis avenue. twenty-eight year old alfonso payton was arrested and another suspect ran from the

scene. >> old fashion police work, no technology can help you there. officer on patrol having his eyes on. something didn't seem right. we got one bad guy in custody. >> police are searching for that second person, fortunately no one was injured. new addition of the provocative french newspaper charlie hebdo sold out before dawn. this just one week after gunman stormed the company's paris office killing 12 people. al qaeda leader is now claiming responsibility cbs news cover responsibility event tina krause has latest from london. >> reporter: newspaper vendors in paris told some people to come back tomorrow when they will have more copies of the survivor's addition of charlie hebdo. publishers are printing 5 million copies of the satyrical magazine, 2 million more than planned to honor 12 people killed one week ago when islamic militants storm the news room. >> they told me they are publishing day by day but they want everyone to have one, who

will have one. >> reporter: this weeks cover is already drawing criticism from conservative muslims. it shows a cartoon as a prophet mohammad crying saying i am charlie. this man says that as a muslim you can say what you want but you don't touch the prop het. top commander of al qaeda in yemen claimed responsibility for last wednesday's massacre calling it revenge for the prophet. he said al qaeda's chief leader al-zawahiri ordered the attack and financed the operation. the authorities have ordered a crackdown on hate speech anti sematism and glorifying terrorism in a country still on edge after three days of terror that left 17 people dead. tina krause for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" drama on the high seas when a man on the cruise ship goes over board. see rescue after he spent five

hours in the water. also a scare aboard the international space station, why several astronauts had to be evacuated. and new stroke therapy that is now available in our area health reporter stephanie stahl shows us device helping patients had make remarkable progress even better than traditional stroke exercises. the that is next.

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earlier incident on the overpass may have contributed to the prison bus losing control. now you to an amazing rescue at sea, man who fell off of one cruise ship is rescued by another. man went over board on a royal caribbean cruise ship right off the coast of cozumel mexico. passengers who were on board a nearby disney cruise ship spotted the man in the the water and then threw him and life ring. disney crew members lowered a life boat and saved that man's life. royal caribbean says the man was alone when he fell so there is no word on how it happen. a couple of climbers are about to make history and hoping to be the the first in the world to use just their hand and feet to share to scale a sheer granite face. this one in california yesemite national park. after 17 days they have almost reached the top. sketch jordanson and tommy cold well are expected to arrive at the summit of el captain cliff sometime

tonight. on the healthwatch new help for hundreds of thousands of patients trying to recover and regain movement after a stroke. tonight health reporter stephanie stahl has more on new f.d.a. technology helping stroke patients get their lives back faster. >> reporter: stroke survivor janet johnson is remarkably able to use scissors now after years of traditional hand therapy that i didn't work she found a high tech glove. >> i could not write very well i could not type, i was super fast typier before. >> reporter: new stroke therapy is called music glove. >> musical game where we have notes coming at you demanding you to keep moving every few second. >> reporter: it tracks a user's hand movement copying pincher and pincher grips. they are key to regain function in the hand after a stroke. >> you want to practice doing the things that are like the things that you want to be able to do in your daily life. >> reporter: researchers say patients using the glove made more progress then those who did traditional stroke

exercises and gained 20 to 30 percent more motor function. users regain the ability to open doors, wash dishes and use silverware. janet saw results after two weeks testing the glove. >> it is not tedious, it is not boring it is fun. >> reporter: 700,000 people have strokes each year and approximately 23rd survive and require rehabilitation. researchers say repetitious is one of the mess important factors for regaining happened function and music is repetitive. that is why the music glove can be so effective for stroke patients. interesting idea. we have more information on this cbs philly.com, click health and we will post it on facebook and twitter. >> it looks like a video game. a lot of fun. >> thanks, stephanie, appreciate it. what if you never had to fold laundry again? wouldn't that be great. >> deal. >> still ahead how new technology could soon be doing the work for you. >> he is only three but already he is fighting crime, we will tell you how this little will boy who found

himself in the middle of the carjacking helped police track down a stolen car. leslie? all right, eagles fans let the speculation begin marcus mariota has declared for the the nfl draft and three three-year old rocky rob zep gets his start, who does he thank for his recent

it was something to see the beach covered in white in south jersey. >> and no where else but the beach. >> yes. >> it is weird upside down kind of a storm. >> but cold every where else. >> it is cold cloudy but things will change transition day is tomorrow. the sun will return, and all will be good. lets take a look outside where we do have conditions that are pretty cold. it is only freezing in the city. colder in the suburbs. look at the guns going at jack frost big boulder making snow like crazy, we will be warming up every where by the time weekend rolls around. our live neighborhood network takes us to another beach this is boardwalk plaza in rehoboth beach delaware. is there another boardwalk and beach covered with snow. we will take you through morning hours and you can see footprints and then a little bit of sun, warmer temperatures and then that boardwalk, snow melted. that was night fall and temperature freeze agent 32 degrees. no wind. that makes it comfortable.

another picture from one of our eyewitness weather watchers tracie bartlett in cape may took this picture this morning. this is from her back porch looking toward the the beach. is there the beach. they cannot see witt poor visibility this morning with the snow. thank you tracie for that picture. as far as snow amounts are concerned, we will talk bit yesterday. it wasn't much but enough to slow things down and make it slick through south jersey, central and southern delaware. millions bureau we will pick up 1.4 inches, cape may .6, milford delaware .4 wildwood .3 of an inch and in dover .2 of an inch of snow and some mixing in with sleet. cloud a cross the delaware val which a few sprinkles and flurries still lingering through cape may and atlantic county. be a aware as everything will refreeze overnight tonight. in philadelphia we are at freezing. millville the same. allentown 27 wildwood, above freezing at 34 and atlantic city sitting in at 33. cold to the west in state college, only 19.

nineteen in buffalo new york. here we go again as those skies clear the temperatures will be falling another cold night the across the dell will wear valley. as our storm system pull as way from the mainland u.s. increasing sun will be the rule early thursday morning and it will be chill which temperatures still in the 30's. then we will watch low pressure, moving north reenforcing the wind and then by friday we are talking about 30's again heading toward 40 degrees but not a serious warm up until we make it the to the weekend. thirty's for saturday but then milder air comes in by sunday. it will be, held off a little bit but we will get there. overnight the tonight mainly cloudy, clearing toward dawn, low of 5 degrees in the city cooler in the suburbs. for your thursday, sunny seasonal and chilly. high of 36 degrees. not much win. that is good news. on the exclusive three day forecast thursday we will go 36 friday the wind kick up and temperatures will be heading toward 40 degrees. saturday we will bum back down to 37 and milder era head on

sunday. next half an hour kate will tell you more about that and we will have good news in that seven day, in the meantime we will take a short break and be back with leslie and sports after this.

new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. flyers home tonight. the three three-year old rookie goalie has won both starts, after playing in the europe and pioneers, rob is making the most of the opportunity to play in the nhl. >> it is a combination of a lot of different factors. you have to be self motivated. i'm surroundedded by a great support of my family from mize wife to my parents, her family brothers, sisters,

goalie coaches i mean the list goes on and on. >> sixers in toronto taking on the raptors last night. eastern conference atlanta hawks put an end to the two game winning streak. they had their first career triple double as hawks took care of the sixers 105-87. okay eagles fans time to get your hopes up. marcus mariota has announced he will for go his senior season and enter the nfl draft. for most of the 2014 season the the heisman trophy winner was considered to be a lock of the top draft pick if entered so here's hoping. >> i know somebody who may be interested. >> anything is possible, in the nfl. >> anything. >> all right leslie, thank you. we know taylor swift is full of surprises these days coming up, we will tell you how she's helping out a super fan from berks county, a scare in space, why astronauts were forced to flee the american side of the international space station. smoke alarms saved lives

of three people, when fire breaks out inside their home but one woman doesn't make it out alive, we will have the latest on delaware county's first fire fatality of this year. then new at 6:00 a new jersey woman is suing six flags great adventure, she claims the the the park refused to let her ride a popular roller coaster we will look at both side

as we begin at 5:30, the first involves a u.s. capitol

building a man has been arrested in yes with connection to an alleged plot to attack that building. legal document showed that the plot involved guns bombs and was in the early stages of planning. now the the suspect's name is christopher cornell, from ohio, and we're told he was being watched by the fbi and with the help of the confidential informant. cornell reportedly indicated that he considered members of the congress as enemies. man arrested for plotting to attack the u.s. capitol these document have just come in and we are looking through them tonight we will have a full report on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. also tonight suspicious package forced evacuation of the joint base maguire dixon lakehurst, package was found in the commissary exchange complex there but all clear was just given, for the the base. and security has been increased in the delaware air national guard base in new castle, all because several cars, drove up, on monday and tuesday, some had drivers who had asked for directions,

others, turned around, without any explanation. delaware county experienced its first fire death of the year after one person was killed this morning in yeadon. the as "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer explains investigators are trying to determine that cause. in yeadon delaware county smoke alarms saved three people living inside this home but could not help an elderly woman trapped inside. >> i was on my way to work when i got a phone call. it was like devastating, you know. >> reporter: keith jackson says his aunt identified by family as 76 year-old marilyn crammer was staying with his parents. he believed that she fell asleep smoking on the enclosed front porch of their home. >> i had that selfish feeling thank god it was my not parents but my aunt perish in this. the just devastated the whole family. >> reporter: fire which erupted around 3:00 wednesday morning took 20 minutes to get under control. fire officials tell us it started on the first floor

with smoke extending to the second and third floors. freezing temperatures didn't help volunteer fire fighters trying to get the upper hand. >> we 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. >> reporter: as investigators worked to find an official cause a family is left to deal with the home heavily damage by fire and loss of the relative who didn't make it out. you can see restoration crews have been on the scene and boarded up this home where investigators will return to try to determine the cause of the county's first fatal fire of 2015. in yeadon, delaware county, nicole brewer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the search is on for a masked gunman caught on tape holding up a philadelphia mini mart. surveillance video shows the suspect pointing a weapon at the clerk and demanding money. this robbery happened yesterday on the 4600 block of north 11th street the in logan. police are also looking for gunman's accomplice who was

hiding in the alley behind that store. police are also looking for a suspect who slipped on the snow during a robbery attempt in west mt. airy. detectives said suspect followed a woman to the home on clive den street last wednesday, tried to kick down that door to gain entry. well, after several failed attempts that suspect then ran away from the home. nasa tonight is trying to figure out what triggered an alarm on board the inn national space station that indicated a possible leak of ammonia. two american a astronauts and italian collogue had to evacuate to another part of the iss. omar villa afranca tells us what happened. >> reporter: astronauts on board the international the space stationary opened the hatch to the u.s. side hours after a possible ammonia leak forced them to evacuate to the russian section. astronauts wearing masks went into sample air and then took them off when no a ammonia was detect. ammonia a toxic chemical is used to cool electrical labs on board the station. >> getting a ammonia in the

atmosphere of the the station would be a very dangerous situation if that happened. you cannot just oprah winfrey owes and air the the place out. >> reporter: nasa expects a faulty computer sensor triggered the alarms. the astronauts were not the in any danger. the with the incident behind them station crew members are moving forward with their operations. in dallas, omar villafranca for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". they continue to investigate what triggered the alarm. there are six people on board the international space station, three russian, italian and two americans. search crews have found the fuselage of air asia flight 8501, under water camera snapped these photos showing main body of the plane. one of the wings remained attached. of course this plane crashed in the java sea back on december 28th with 162 people on board. it doesens of bodies have been found it is believed many passengers and crew remain inside that plane. bartender from ohio is under going a mental evaluation after being charged

with trying to poison house speaker john boehner. authorities say michael hoyt discussed poisoning boehner who is a member of the country club where hoyt work. hoyt called police after being fired from that country club and blamed boehner for his problems. >> a search of mr. hoyt's residents after his arrest revealed he had several weapons including a hand gun and his mother had removed an assault rifle from his residence because she was increasingly concerned about how agitated he was becoming. >> hoy t also told police speaker boehner was responsible for the ebola virus. is there growing speculation that new jersey governor chris christie may soon launch a bid for the white house. today governor christie was in south carolina among the swearing in of nickie haley. christie campaigned last fall and in south carolina will be first southern state to vote during the 2016 republican presidential primary. utah boy is safe with his mother, after a a wild ride in the family's stolen car.

police say that elizabeth barios walked out of the day care only to find someone driving off with her son aidan in the back seat. she left her cell phone in that car. police later call the phone her three-year old answered and when he did the the thief abandoned the car, police then asked aidan to honk the horn on the car so they could track him down. >> can you tell them what you did, did you honk the horn? you did. >> be very careful even if you don't think it will happen to you, it can, it can. >> yes, it can. mom says that she always left her car running when she dropped aidan's younger brother off at day care but she says that will not ever happen again. we have problems already getting into philadelphia. as you can see right here on the ben franklin bridge our cameras from the philly side westbound lanes, three lanes all opened and getting by. completely stack the entire length of the bridge coming

from new jersey. still no problems. we can see brake lights heading in to new jersey but otherwise doing just fine. over on i-95, slow a approaching betsy ross bridge. we have a disable tractor trailer in the left hand shoulder blocking out part of the that left-hand lane. police activity on the scene. small lane restrictions there. you can go north bound lanes southbound doing bit poorly there as we see brake lights up there as well. more problems elsewhere on i-95 northbound approaching allegheny a avenue with the accident involving several vehicles blocking out right-hand lane. we have a house fire pretty serious now with road closures there. davis road is close. take colwyn lane to take the the lane. we have pennington road northbound at bolton avenue. and in princeton another water in main brain allison road at elm road. back over to you. university city is celebrating a topping out of a new high rise apartment building. construction crews have placed the last beam atop 3737

chestnut street. that building is 25 stories tall and will include nearly 300 apartments, catering to graduates students and professionals. the 110 million-dollar project also included a separate three story office building. bring on the royal selfies, coming up, find out who you can now start following on twitter. robot revolution, three on your side jim donovan tells us how soon a robot could be doing the housework for you. also a lone passenger, how this man ended up being the only people on board a delta airlines flight. >> kate? we're entering a stretch of sunny dry weather in to the the start of the weekend but chill will stick around, we will warm up on sunday but we're tracking chance for some rain. i'll have details in the seven day forecast when we come

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in this letter from may 27th of 1912, lady lucy duck gordon tells a friend she was treated horribly after being rescued. she and her husband escaped on a life boat that transported 12 passengers off titanic despite having capacity for 40. there were allegation that is cosmo bribed the crew to keep them from rescuing others. well, if you were in south jersey or southern delaware today was a snowy day, in fact we had a little bit of snow in those areas at the moment. rest of just spared from this coastal system but it was cloudy, cold day and temperatures already dropping. a as we check in with our weather watchers we are seeing numbers down in the 20's. lou in eagleville, 25 degrees, right now with cloudy skies. we are seeing a temperature of 31 as we head east into

philadelphia chestnut hill with phil, he is reporting clouds and 31 degrees. we are seeing 31 over new jersey, shawn kelly is in marlton reporting mostly cloudy conditions and again, 31 degrees. down into delaware where walter is reporting 29 degrees with a cloudy sky, he is in newark and he says dew points of 20 degrees there at the moment. well, it has been a cloudy, merky day but down the shore is where you saw rain and snow. look at atlantic city. we cannot see much of the ground there but it was a windy, unsettled day, up and down the new jersey and delaware coastline. in fact take a look at our time lapse video from our live neighborhood network site. this is middletown ship high school in cape may courthouse. light dusting fell earlier in the daze. as we continue this time lapse you can see snow melted a as day went on but another round of light snow is moving through portions of southern new jersey. right now it is 31 degrees there. take a look at storm scan three you can see this last bit of snow developed here over portions of cape may, atlantic counties lining up

concisely here with the garden state parkway. if you are heading down that way into the cape may, cape may point area, cape may courthouse we are seeing a lit built of light snow this evening and it does extend right back down into lewis delaware we did see a coating of snow in rehoboth beach earlier today as well. how much snow did we get? this is very localized southern delaware and southern new jersey, laurel at .8. sea isle city at .7. harrington .4. lewis .4. atlantic city a trace of snow. all of thesements under an inch but still unsettled day and stayed cloudy and chilly. even in the philadelphia area thanks to the northeasterly wind around northern flange of the departing coastal storm. the right the now 32 at the the airport. twenty-seven in allentown. twenty-seven in reading. twenty-three in mount pocono. it is 32 down in millville right now. our average high is around 40. didn't get there today, probably won't get there tomorrow but tomorrow is not a bad day all things considered. temperatures climb to the mid to upper 30's and it will be dry and generally calm as well. the wind pick backup on

friday, strong gusts friday will make our high whiz will get near 40 feel a whole lot colder then that and saturday mostly sun which highs in the 30's. real warm up on sunday. only one day. it will feature chance for some rain. so again a very gradual warm up. we will take a dip back on saturday and in the 40's we will go on sunday. for overnight hours it is mainly cloudy, chilly, 25 degrees. for your thursday sunny skies, seasonal chill. wind are light. into the bad. thirty-six is the high for thursday. friday is warmer but it is windy that will knock the feels like temperature down a few notches. saturday mostly sunny still slightly below average. turning back that warm up a bit. unday 46. watch for rain sunday evening or sunday night and cooler formatter inn luther king junior day on monday. keeping it chilly tuesday with a chance for flurries on wednesday. all and all a seasonal january week. back towel at the desk. are you tired of doing housework? what if a robot could do it for you.

>> a recent report says robots will be much more common in the next few years. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan says we can expect to find them both in the work place and at home. >> i can help you find things in the store. >> reporter: a at this california hardware store the future is now. >> sure, follow me. >> reporter: oshb ot helps customer find what they are looking for. >> i think i'm's here. >> unique items something like this ise deal. >> reporter: its part of the robot revolution from the cruise ship bartender to all seen security guard or a hotel butler robots are increasingly joining the work fork have the hospitals are using them to disinfect exam rooms and amazon using an army of robots to fill order. in the not so distance future people will be buying their own personal robot assistant. at columbia university school of engineering a team is trying to teach this robot to think for itself as it figures out how to fold clothes. if you can do that you can do

food preparation. >> reporter: robots need to better understand how people communicate and adapt to changing situations. scientists are so close to perfecting this technology that personal robots could be the reality in the next ten years. i necessity chris may is already placing his order. >> yeah, sure. >> i would give you ten minutes with an oshb ot before you shut it off in frustration. >> i can clean my own house i don't neat a robot the to do that. >> folding laundry. >> did you see how slow. >> my gosh. >> a load of laundry would take him a week. >> i need that shirt. >> exactly right. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" an 80's pop star takes the stand. taylor swift is at it again, wait until you see how she surprised a super fan in berks county, up next.

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rick springfield is back on trial for allegedly injuring a woman during a concert. woman claims springfield felon her during a show in the new york state fair in 2004 causing on going medical problems. springfield testified yesterday that he became emotional, he cried to the stand, a mistrial was declared last year after a new witness came forward saying she was also injured during the same concert. another reason to love reading's own taylor swift. she surprise aid berks county woman by helping pay her student loan. rebecca, voiced her concerns on tumbler and taylor sent rebecca a box of gifts including artwork and a check for $1,989, of course, that matches the title will of taylor's new album 1989. >> certainly a nice thing to do that. now to the bitter bottle

over money and lots of it. oklahoma oil magnet and helps innings we have are going through a nasty divorce. >> ex-wife is going after more money even though she's cashing a check for 975 million-dollar. insider's thea andrews has the store friday hollywood. >> reporter: chris and jessica their high price split is making international headlines because it could be a billion dollars divorce. so, who is the guy writing that settlement check? it could be the the most costly divorce in u.s. history. in november, a judge ordered multi billion air harold ham to pay his ex-wife, sue ann are until 1 billion in cash and properties including this 17 million-dollar ran inch carmel california. which had us asking, who the heck is harold ham and how did he get all of this money? >> he is 13th child of the oklahoma share croppers who went from cleaning out tanks to owning a trucking company, to drilling his own well. fox business network's cheryl.

>> he made his fortune in oil and gas industry, shale oil to be more specific. >> reporter: he is now chairman an ceo of continental resource west a network of $8.4 billion. now back to the divorce. when ham wrote that check in the exact amount of $974,790,317.77, sue ann initially held off on cashing it. but eventually, sanity prevailed and sue ann took the the money but still holding out the for more. >> she will have a tough time in the court system with the a a appeal because she cashed the check. >> reporter: so here's the real take away from hour's story. even when you have billions of dollars you still don't want to give half to your ex-wife chris and jessica back to you. >> okay. still worse problems to have then they do, right. thank you very much. check out the insider weeknights at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> at 6:00 we are following breaking news a ohio man under

arrest accused of plot to go attack the u.s. capitol. we've got new details just coming in the news room. plus denied the chance to ride a new jersey woman says that a local amusement park refused to let her ride a row roller coaster but she's suing, the message that she wants everyone to hear kathy. the the skies will be clearing and temperatures will be plunging but good news there is not much wind so wind chill will not be a factor. then temperatures are on the the rise in the seven day. we will take a look at that coming up. plus a philadelphia cabby gets a surprise of a life time, a nearly $1,000 tip. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. "eyewitness news" begins with a terror plot foiled, an ohio man is a arrested and accused of plotting to attack the u.s. capitol and kill governmental officials. >> "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live from the cbs-3 sat center with breaking

details, diana. >> reporter: chris and jessica according to federal documents just obtain by "eyewitness news" this plot includes guns and bombs but it was stopped in the early stages. the target was the the u.s. capitol, its employees and the the united states congress. the defendant is christopher cornell who used alias ra him, who is from cincinnati, ohio, and as recently as yesterday, cornell purchased two semiautomatic weapons and 600 round of ammunition with the intent to travel to washington d.c. and kill employees and members of the congress the at the capitol building. then set off bombs in and near the capitol. according to federal documents cornell was sympathetic to i isil and supported his belief over hacks over twitter using alias. this plot began over the summer. cornell met the with the confidential inform apartment he thought to be an accomplice to begin staging this plot. he this talked about traveling to d.c.