from the cab of that truck. he did die, as a result of this accident. you can see contents spilled in the median. if we can go further south down i-95, more toward the woodhaven road exit you cane the the other vehicles involved, in this situation. one other tractor trailer and from what we can see four other vehicles along the the the road there. now because we have not had a great view from where we are right hugh let's show you video we took earlier from chopper 3hd of this scene. we do know that several other people have been injured as a result of this crash. officials are still trying to determine what caused this crash but as chris and jessica, as you mentioned, the traffic has been backup along i-95 north for hours now we can expect it to be that way for some time to come a as the clean up effort really just starting to get underway. before we come back live here along the highway we have would be more piece of video to show you. we took this from our cell phones on the way up here and

at some point drivers were being forced on to woodhaven road. they continued to be exiting ton woodhaven road. some drivers started to drive around trucks forcing them off the highway. the those drivers made their way all the way up to the accident scene where they were promptly turned back around by police, because what you see is there cars driving southbound on i-95 northbound. if it sound confusing, it is. it was a confusing scene back here live on i-95 south the southbound lanes are opened, and there are major delays though rubbernecking delays as drivers look at this scene just behind me. but we can expect problems to continue, well into the evening tonight we can confirm that one person has died as a result of this crash. we will be out here for a while seeing how all this turns out for now live from bensalem township matt rivers, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will check back with you, thanks very much. also breaking at this hour chopper three over a deadly crash in hockessin delaware. this happened on lancaster

pike, just between brakingvillain yorkland roads there. a pick up collided with a tractor trailer which lost its load and its back wheels. the police are investigating this crash and there is no word yet on the cause. water a has stopped gushing, crews finally got control over a water main break in northeast philadelphia that sent water shooting in to the air. it caused severe flooding and one worker had to be hospitalized this break happened on blue grass road near grant avenue. justin finch is live there tonight, justin. >> reporter: jessica, that water was waist deep and parts over that hill behind us here. the as you can see layers of ice are melting, we are told that break was caused by days of cold weather, and at more than 12 hours it was not a quick nor an easy fix. from chopper three this wintry cities anotherly beautiful, on the ground it was a beast of a repair job for cities the water department. broken pipe is not for residential water but for

emergency use specifically fires. and although difficult, crews knew how to fix it. >> remove broken section of service line cut it cap it, and then reload the mains in the a area to get service back to the hydrants. >> reporter: fire hydrants that survey next door fire center. they are back on line now but for hours they were shut off so workers could get closer to stopping this pipe break turned geyser. >> getting access to the immediate area was proving more and more difficult as water continued to come out. >> reporter: freezing flow iced this lot off blue grass road and grant avenue forcing crew toss back down from fixing the break wednesday evening soon after it was reported. >> water was getting deep back there. so we were no longer able to maintain a presence close to the site. >> reporter: the the geyser kept spouting for more than 12 hours overnight the combination of cold and fast freezing ice made for a dangerous work site. one worker was injured and hospitalized. by thursday morning the water department was back and by noon had stopped water

flow and then capped the break. as you are taking a look at that mess now it will be frozen for some time now. another complicating factor for city workers is this is private land and that was a private line going underneath there so they where the knot very aware of the scheme mate i can of that layout. owner of the property had has been notified in, word if he will foot the bill for all this work back here and as for that worker we are told he is expected to recover. we are live in north philadelphia, i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you very much. new at 5:00 o'clock a sudden time out is call in the trial of the former sportscaster don tollefson. tollefson was taken from the courthouse to a hospital today. recess was called after tollefson, who is diabetic, said that his blood sugar was too high. tollefson is charged with fraud, he is accused of collecting money for bogus travel packages to sporting events. before the recess today he had called members of the philadelphia eagles front office, to testify. fire destroyed a trailer

at the willow wood mobile home park in west deptford, burlington county. two others were damaged there. "eyewitness news" has learned that the at least one person suffered serious burns and was taken to the hospital. there is no word on what cause that had fire. and this is eyewitness cam video showing swat and ordinance disposal teams searching a home in radnor dell will wear county. authorities say they went to investigate the vacant house on county line road after being told that a former resident may have left explosive devices or weapons there radnor police called the investigation precautionary and they say nothing suspicious was found. developing right now police, took in two suspects during an anti terror operation in belgium today. officials say the group targeted in the raid may have had links with isis and about to carry out a major terror attack in that country. one suspect was arrested during a shoot-out, belgium has since raised its national security level. police in paris say a car

ran into a police woman guarding the french presidential palace, slightly injuring her, as that country remains on high alert. officials say that the hit and run had no link to last weeks terror attacks there meanwhile hundreds gathered for four separate funerals in france for victims of last weeks attacks. there also was a public ceremony to honor slain cartoonist bernard berlack who drew under a sir name. now to another body blow to the gaming entertainment caesars entertainment is filing for bankruptcy. despite the this bad news mayor of ac says outlook for the resort is turning brighter. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is in atlantic city now with more cleve. >> reporter: chris, caesars entertainment has three properties in atlantic city. they say a as of right now no plans to close any of them but we don't know what the future holds with filing for bankruptcy. now the two properties that filed under the division that filed for bankruptcy are caesars on the boardwalk and

bally's at the very least this isodose flighting news in the year that is supposed to be a rebound for atlantic city: eighteen and a half billion dollars in debt caesars entertainment operating company a division of caesars has filed for bankruptcy. in a prepared video statement ceo gary loveman told workers and customers not to worry. >> reservations are in place and there are no changes to gaming are entertainment to pricing, payment method total reward loyal test program or any other suspects of our guest visits. >> reporter: ironically caesars news comes on the same day their ballroom hosted mayor don guardian state of the city address. >> they do not see a direct impact in atlantic city right now, so we will see what happens. but we have to roll role with what is going on. we've got to be prepared for the the future. if we will have one less casino then we have to figure out how to replace that. >> reporter: atlantic city's gaming industry has shrunk in half over eight years and four of the 12 casinos closed last year. guardian says moving forward

the city need to cut tens of millions of dollars from local government and work with state lawmakers on a plan to pay off debt. they are bringing in developers for several housing, shopping and dining projects, all of which guardian says are geared to creating jobs and lowering sky-high property taxes. >> 2015 had has got to be better than 2014. 2014 sucked. >> what i'm trying to grow a city is into the great urban environment it can be, for people living and working here. >> reporter: mayor guardian says if all goes as planned changes in ownership at former revel, show boat and atlantic club mean they could reopen in some fashion by this summer and restore possibly thousands of jobs. in atlantic city i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". number of flu deaths in the state of delaware this season has now climbed to 13. there were two new deaths this week. all but one of the deceased is

over the age of 70, and all 13 did have underlying conditions. to date this season there have been 1526 lab confirmed flu cases in delaware. taking a look at the weather the cloud finally gave way to sun but it is still cold out there "eyewitness news" cameras on independence mall where people tried to stay warm with the heavy coats, hood and scarves. even the the little ones bundled up today. meteorologist cat i orr is live on the the sky deck with the first look at the forecast the kathy. >> that sun can be very deceiving, guess contact cloud this morning gave way to a brilliant avenue and it is still cold and wind will be picking up. even though temperatures will get back to normal in the near future beware of the winter wind. right now we are still seeing clear skies it is looking nice. temperatures are beginning to fall. we will see cloud to the northwest with the weak system bringing the wind and some clouds to the the south, and, cold front but that will return later this weekend in

the form of the weekend storm. first thing first it is dry at 33 in the the city. thirty-one al-zawahiri even town. twenty-five in the poconos. get ready for a cool down stepping out this evening temperatures falling through 309's in the 20's with mainly clear skies, and coming up we will talk about temperatures getting back down to normal. only briefly. it is dry for now but get ready for a weekend storm. more on that and the the scenarios it poses coming up with the seven day forecast kate will have latest very that as willie later in the broadcast, he see you then. >> good looking sunset out there, thank you. undocumented immigrant who moved in the north philadelphia church to fight deportation has won her case. angela navarro was granted stay of removal from the immigration and customs enforcement office. the hon door an national has spent two months at west kensington ministry church. her husband and children are u.s. citizens. navarro can apply to have removal order canceled and apply for a green card. the u.s. attorney jennies on independent mall today

leading a discussion on improving relations between law enforcement and the community. eric holder says that the issue of trust need to be confronted on both sides. >> people want to be safe. people want have to have a sense that they are being treated fairly. and, that is not only people in the community it is people in law enforcement the as well. >> the couple dozen people showed up to protest police brutality outside of holder's office there. we will have much more on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 o'clock. still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 5:00 the the two men who made history of scaling yesemite's el captain, is sharing their story, they tell us what the more than two week journey was like for them. also we will tell you how the affordable care act could affect your tax return this year, is there a big change in the tax rules and it could affect how much money you do or don't get back from you can will sam. plus, i got a woman and a

kid, 20-yard out, moving toward the convoy. >> get ready for your next round of must see films oscar nominations are out and we will have a live report from

we're breaking down these nominations, the on the cars nomination where is announced. michael keaton bird man, grand budapest hotel for most nominations. >> great films right there michael yo from the insider breaks it down for us and he joins us live from hollywood. a big day out there michael. >> reporter: oh, yeah chris and jessica, there are oh's ah's when chosen ones were revealed. >> best picture nominees. >> boyhood. >> not a lock that boyhood is going to win best picture.

at the end of the day boyhood is about the audacity, of the pulling off this movie and filming it over 12 years. bird man is the technically, more going to appeal to academy voters. >> reporter: best picture nominations, many of which you never have seen before, our film insider fandango terry mcnamara explain why these films make the cut. >> these small films were seen at home with screeners and that hurt selma. paramount chose not to send it out. best original song and best picture. >> marion cotillard in two days one night. >> big surprise nomination of previous best actress marion cotillard playing a french woman suffering from severe depression and fighting for a job in two days and one night might be main reason jennifer aniston got shut out this morning. >> she's amazing in it but what happened is she knock jennifer aniston off the list. >> you wish to have the

cursory versedded. >> reporter: oscars without merrill streep, without her best supporting actress nomination into the wood that makes 19 nominations for oscars. she's most oscar nominated actress of all time. >> pure as gold. >> reporter: so happy for merrill but i'm's so he bummed for my girl jennifer aniston. she didn't get a many in nation and she was phenomenal in cake and definitely deserved one. i got a chance to catch up with her at l.a. premiere last night, and we played a little game. first word that pops in your head. >> golden globes. >> dresses. >> selena gomez. >> adorable. >> oscars. >> wild. >> i got the to say, i demand a recount chris and jessica who were you surprise by that got snubbed. >> michael, i was all in for jennifer aniston. i watched cake this weekend. she was incredible. i thought this was it for her. what if amy adams got the to do to win an oscar. >> my goodness, yes, i

100 percent agree with you he is great in everything but i loved rain fines in the grand budapest hotel. the lego movie got shut out. >> the lego movie. >> i forgot about the lego movie. >> so much to talk about. it will be a great academy award season. michael yo accounts thanks for being with us. you can see michael and the insider crew tonight and every week need at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. after 19 days and 3,000 feet jordanson and tommy cold well had something to celebrate last night. they reached the summit. they celebrated with friend and family after climbing the famous el captain in california's yesemite national park they were the first ever to scale the granite wall only using their hand feet, and safety rope. >> i think this prank i can was a happy way for us to prepare for those 19 days, and the moment you get to the top, and you feel much lighter, and. >> good for them.

duo had to sleep in hanging tents on this climb and get this, they set alarms to wake up every four hours to apply cream to their fingers. >> very impressive. still to come here on "eyewitness news" is there new hope for those who have trouble losing weight. f.d.a. has approved a pacemaker for the the stomach. we will tell you how it tricks the body in to thinking you're full. and talk about a hungry, hungry hippo caught on camera a raging beast chases down a street boat in the middle of the safari tour. we will have the the

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nice to see the sun today. >> yes. >> i kind of looked up and say what is that. >> yes, a pleasant visitor yeah. the sun came out this afternoon that means a clear sky tonight. it will be cold again but guess what, temperatures will get back on track. back to normal if we remember what that was but only problem is winter wind will make a come back this weekend as well. i want to show you video i shot the on the way to the station. look at this brilliant sky as i was on 76, the schuylkill expressway. >> you shot that. >> i actually shot this. >> in a very safe manner i want to add. you can see brilliant sky, deep blue sky, obviously the the humidity is low and that cold air is going to be sneaking in. >> look out.

>> no, be careful. watch the turn. lets talk about the day. today, we were below average in temperature and that continues the trend of january. temperatures, three and a half degrees below normal for the month. we're officially halfway through the month. snow yes. inch and a half. remember that january 6th it it was a real small, snowfall that was a cribber. high temperature of 58. the lowest temperature nine. next chance of really seeing any snow accumulation will be at the end of the month but better chance in february. the right now it is 33 in philadelphia 31 allentown. twenty-five in the poconos. they can make the the snow. coal is every where. eastern u.s. looking at chilly temperatures birmingham at 38. thirty-nine in nashville. little will rock seeing a warm up. our temperatures will be up and down over the next couple of days. on storm scan three you have our next weather maker our wind maker to the north and west a clipper that is not bringing us moisture but will pick up wind tomorrow and clear skies over us and

another dying frontal boundary to the south. a little messy map as far as cloud cover. no clear cut high pressure systems that are sprawling. we will sees this front moving through kicking out wind tomorrow. wind chills will be a factor. saturday cold in the wake of the front and then sunday we are still eyeing a developing snowstorm. we have a area of low pressure providing cold but our eye is on the coastal low that will bring rain and it looks like it will end up as rain. we thought maybe there could be a wintry mix in the end but right now it looks like rain developing sunday afternoon with gusty wind, part of the north and west perhaps a few areas of wet snow at the tail end of that but more likely for the rest of us it will be rain. rain amounts as we look at two of our predictable models around an inch with that event on sunday. overnight cold, low of 27. during the daze tomorrow chilly wind but a high temperature a seasonal 40 degrees. on the three day forecast you'll see we are up and down up friday, down saturday, up sunday but we have wind and rain. that is a look at 39 day

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your tax these year. >> a prayer can walk you through ask you questions thaw need to know. >> reporter: if you are still holding out on getting health coverage for this year the penalties go up. anyone without coverage as of february 15th will face a penalty of $325 per person or 2 percent of your income, whichever is more. and then you'll to have deal with that in next years returns. >> wow. >> listen up. >> get your taxes done early if you can because between this and mess of the irs it is not a fun tax season. >> get some help, is there plenty of out there and we necessity you will be talking bit closer to filing day right around the corner. >> thanks, jim very much. still to come, scandal for an nfl playoff team as a player has been charged with rape. >> robbers target a long standing olde city pub we will tell what you they got away with. and it is going to be easier for americans to visit cuba starting tomorrow, we will tell you what you need to know about the new regulations. and then new at 6:00 a

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bensalem bucks county. several vehicles are involved including an overturn tractor trailer and thinks all happening just south of street road. all north bound lanes remain closed. water main break in northeast philadelphia goes on for more than 12 hours that led to severe flooding and one worker was hospitalized. that break happened on blue grass road near grant avenue. former sportscaster don tollefson was taken from the court house to the hospital today. recess was called in his fraud trial after tollefson a diabetic, says his blood sugar was too high, kate. we have finally saw the sun coming out this have afternoon after a cloudy glummy start to the day. it will be a quiet chilly even to the week, breezy friday. then rain arrives on sunday. a along with milder temperatures. we are talking about rain and not snow even though it is mid-january. it is coiled windy formatter inn luther king day on monday. we will talk about next week and if we have any storm snow chance necessary our future in the seven day forecast, chris. we will see you then

thank you. more details are emerging tonight about the ohio man who allegedly wanted to pipe bomb the u.s. capitol and wage jihad in america. cbs news reporter craig boswell is in the nation a's capitol with more. >> reporter: twenty year-old christopher lee cornell is scheduled to appear at a federal courthouse in cincinnati on friday. the fbi says he plot todd attack the u.s. capitol building and kill as many people as possible in the name of the islamic terrorist group is is. his parents say their sonnies a good person and home body. >> he was a big kid, his best friend is his cat mike i. >> reporter: fbi's joint terrorism task force arrested cornell wednesday after he purchased two, semiautomatic rifles and approximately 600 round of ammunition at the point blank firing range and gun shop. >> there wasn't really anything that would have suggested he was involved in something like this. >> reporter: court documents show cornell reportedly researched how to build pike bombs, was planning to travel

to washington, detonate bombs at u.s. capitol and kill as many employees and officials as possible. agents first learned about cornell from an informant who tell them cornell was posting pro isis comment on twitter under this name, and in august cornell told the informant in the instant message we should wage jihad under our own order and plan attacks. authorities say cornell was in the final stages of preparation, and nearly ready to execute his plan. on capitol hill craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". indianapolis colts player has been charged with rape after an incident in december. linebacker josh mcnary was taken in custody last night. here's mcnary in court today. he is facing one count of rape criminal confinement and battery. he denied all of the accusation as begins him. mcnary will not play for the colts this weekend. they will compete in the afc championship. search is on for burglars caught on tape stealing an atm machine from an olde city bar.

philadelphia police say the suspects spent about an hour inside patty's baron race street in olde city early monday morning. we are looking at the surveillance video. you can see the men taking an atm machine and two flat screen tv. if you have any information, call the police. he we have an update on the effort to keep st. paul's school in burlington county from closing. the catholic school has reached its goal and fund raising, and it will stay open. parents and supporters have officially reached the goal of $250,000 raised to keep classes going next year and all of that money was gathered in less than two months. the school's principal now says it is focusing on registering students during catholic schools week which comes at the end of the month. president obama signed a presidential memorandum on thursday to direct agencies to allow federal work tours take six weeks of advanced pay sick leave. that will allow federal workers to leave and care for a new child honor ill family members. the the president spoke about this today.

>> they've got kids or they've got an ailing parent, juggling both doing right by their families and making a living can be tough. >> the president today also called on the congress to pass what is called the the healthy families act. it would grant all americans seven days a year of paid sick time. beginning tomorrow it will be easier for americans to will travel and to send money to cuba. as promised the obama administration will ease decade old restrictions. among the changes travelers will be able to use credit card and there is no limit on how much money you can spend while in cuba. visitors can bring home about $100 worth of alcohol or tobacco. and we have a lot of problems out on i-95 that have been out here since about 1:00 this afternoon. out in bensalem on i-95 just approaching street road. we are backing out of the shop so you can see a overturn

tractor trailer involving several other vehicles. you can see tons of police activity on the scene and northbound lanes just approaching street road creating quite a big backup. even on the other side gaper delay there and police activity on the opposite side. now, just beyond this thinks woodhaven road exit to get on to woodhaven road westbound, thinks where they are diverting the traffic from that accident scene on to about three exits behind that, creating a 3-mile back up from woodhaven road all the way up to academy. now we will take you out the to the maps to show you woodhaven road eastbound also that ramp to get on to i-95 northbound is completely close there had as well due to the i-95 accident. we will use caution it will be a lot of delays and backups all around 95. currently on ben franklin bridge not too much problems all lanes opened, so from the philadelphia side heading westbound in the city everything looking just fine there, so chris, back over to you. thanks very much. kimmel center commemorated doctor martin luther king's birthday today.

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no rest for flyers who host vancouver at the the center. ray emery in goal for flyers. last night against capitols rod zepp got his third start. it was his best performance stopping 25 shots but flyers could not get puck past braydon holt who made 21 saves and flyers shut out for fifth time this season one to nothing. >> you never not happy when you don't win, you always want the two points but overall i thought i had a solid game. it is something more to build on. >> he kept us in the game. he made some really big saves for us to keep it one to nothing and he did his job. >> meanwhile scott will in the play. he took this clean hit and went down pretty hard. >> oh, man. >> he did get up. he went in the locker room. did in the return to the game.

flyers say he a has an upper body injury. cardell jones says he will return to school and not enter the nfl draft. jones started final three games of the buckeyes leading them to the national championship. he will compete for the starting job next season. a lot of people surprised by that. >> yeah, little bit of the surprise, but he was on a roll but come back and do it again maybe. >> all right. >> leslie, thank you. well, it took a while for to us break out of the cloud cover but once we did it turned out to be a decent january avenue. temperatures pretty seasonal this time of the year. let check with our eyewitness weather watchers. we will start off with john o'donnell reporting 29 degrees, clear skies. nice but cold day but large area of cloud from the west. we will see cloud increase in the overnight hours, thanks, john. lets check in new jersey with an eyewitness weather watcher currently reporting a temperature of 33 degrees. we will move up north. doug is in southampton, new

jersey reporting second 32 degrees at the moment. we will check with one other weather watcher heading down in the state of delaware and we are looking at temperatures in the mid 30's around the wilmington area further south 32 says gary in milton delaware reporting clear skies and rare to have an average weather day is what gary has to say. that is true. it is either really cold, warm rainy snowy, we have had everything this month but not a whole lot of average, sunny dry days. if you are interested in being a weather watcher sign up at cbs philly.com/watchers. we'd love to have you on our team especially this time of the year when observations conditions can vary so much all across our region. the lets take a look at how things are shaping up on storm scan three. we will take you outside and not seeing a whole lot of anything at the moment. skies are generally clear but some cloud there, cloud that john o'donnell mentioned moving from the west. we will keep it the partly to mostly cloudy throughout the overnight hours. there are showers off to the south, as system moves through

portions of virginia and north carolina those will mainly stay away showers staying suppressed to the south as we go through tonight. you can see snow showers across the great lakes indicative of the front moving through as we get in the day tomorrow. that will kick up a gusty win. even though our friday temperature wise is close to average it will feel colder then it looks. 35 degrees at the airport. thirty-four in wilmington. thirty-one in reading. in allentown our average high is 40. we fell just short today but look at what happens as we move in the weekend. we will see high pressure building in through the day friday but it will be overhead friday a and saturday. saturday wind dies down. but it is chilly. watch our next storm moving up the coast. what i want to draw your attention to is two storms. one over great lakes and one off the coast. early indications looking at this storm was that these two systems might phase. that means arctic low transfers its energy to the coastal low and that intensify it. it looks like these two systems will not phase.

what does that mean. snow will stay to the north. we will see rain along the coast and that moves out before the storm can really ramp up and intensify off the coast. we will keep a close eye throughout the weekend but generally speaking if the two systems do not face taste that with lead to a weaker system and perhaps less rain for us. we will time it out sunday a at 8:00 a.m. it start off generally dry. get these plans in quickly. by ten you can see that rain moving into new jersey and it will keep going all the day long. far west of philadelphia, you may in the see too much with this storm along the coast that is where heavier rain will be and it goes all day, on sunday. watch with the jet stream as well. here we go for saturday one dip bringing that cold air southward, warms up sunday and here comes another blast of cold on monday formatter inn luther king day. we will in maryland rate into next week. watch the end of the movement we will open up flood gates and here's january 26th the entire country is enveloped in another round of frigid air. so winter is certainly in the

done yet. we have more cold to come. overnight partly cloudy and chilly a at 27 degrees for the overnight low. friday, mostly sunny, breezy at 40 it will feel colder with northwest wind at ten to 20. your seven day forecast cold again saturday. is there wind and rain sunday along the coast monday it is windy but you seasonal, we are dry tuesday and wednesday some sun as well on thursday. we will send it back to you at the desk. gray hair could be attributed to something other than genetics. researchers with the american academy of dermatology suggest obesity and smoking are significantly associated with those stubborn grays. it is called an oxidant stress, they say it can create a chemical imbalance to damage cells that protect and repair your hair. f.d.a. has approved a implantable device for people with severe obesity. >> this device suppresses the appetite the by zapping nerves that connect the stomach to the brain. here's mar lee hall with more.

>> reporter: this device will give doctors a new way to treat obesity the the system uses wires and electrodes implanted in the stomach. electrical pulses stimulate the vegas nerves which tells the brain if the stomach is full or empty. device's proved for severely obese adults that have one health-related issues. patients need to have tried and failed other doctor supervised weight loss programs. >> new device is exciting. with that said would i love to tell you there is a quick fix for obesity. that idea that is entice go to all of us. unfortunately is there not. >> reporter: some patient who tested the device reported side effects including pain at the implant site vomiting, heartburn, and trouble swallowing. >> the rate of severe side effect was mean something that will put you in the hospital or keep you in the hospital longer than expect after the procedure. now that risk was very low. >> reporter: the the company is now required to conduct a five-year study following at

least 100 patients. to get more information on the safety and effectiveness of the device. in new york marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a group of tourist gets an up close look at within of the the most dangerous animals on earth. this video fridays a tourist on the speed boat on a river in national park in the african nation coast. very speedy very dangerous, hippo pot must. look the at how big that thing is. it was a scary situation for those on the boat and that being said hippos are mostly plant eaters but when those giant teeth, look at just its head, if that was coming at you. >> oh, yeah. >> they are very deadly in that part of the world. you want have to have a fast boat if one of those is in the water and on your tail. >> yes. still ahead on "eyewitness news" the pope continues his trip to asia a arriving to excited crowd in the philippines. we have that

pope francis arrived to the philippines. a you normal us crowd cheered

the holy father. the faithful weighed in on the paris terror attacks saying there are limits to freedom of expression especially when it insults someone's faith officials expect 8 million people to attend a papal mass this sunday. here at home the archbishop charles chaput made a rare visit to a philadelphia prison today. >> he presided over a special mass just for inmates and prison staff. reporter dan winning of our sister station kyw news radio 1060 was there. >> reporter: mass inside correctional facility is not all that uncommon one over seen by archbishop is during the the mass, chaput . ed out inmates hold a special place in the heart of the pope francis. the pope will be visiting the the city later this year during world meeting of families and the archbishop made it a point to let them know they will be welcome with your arms. >> to this life god comes to you in the word of script tour and tells you that he loves you, he desires to make you clean, which means he desires your restoration to the

community. >> reporter: after wrapping up mass chaput interacted with some inmates offering one last word of hope, a message many took to heart. >> it is all a blessing. it is a privilege. >> it means the world to get off the block and celebrate our religion together. >> reporter: prison officials tell chaput to let the pope know they would be happy to host him as well during their visit. dean winning kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> at 6:00 we will stay on top of breaking news there has been a fatal crash involving tractor trailers on i-95 still serious problems for the evening rush hour, and we are live as crews work to clean up that mess. >> i don't know if she's telling the truth or not right now. >> reporter: family and friend are desperate for answers in the search for a mount laurel mother. tonight "eyewitness news" speaks exclusively to a man who knew erika crippen well.

how he is coping with her disappearance, kathy. >> it is cold on the skies deck. get ready for temperatures to plunge under clear skies and the whipping winter wind return for tomorrow. it is all next with the seven day forecast. a magazine ranks philadelphia one of the best shopping places in the world i'm syma chowdhry what this positive attention could mean for the city. breaking news right now a serious, multi vehicle crash on i-95, leaves one person dead, and more than four hours later a span of the northbound lanes, remain closed. that crash has caused some major rush hour delays, good evening, i'm yes, sir contact dean. i'm chris may. right the now interstate 95 north boundary mains closed between woodhaven and street roads, in bensalem, bucks county. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live near the scene with the breaking details now, matt. >> reporter: chris and jessica we are coming live from just south of the street road exit here on i-95 and that crash as

you mentioned has tied up traffic for hours along this very busy highway. now because it is dark right now we will show you some ground video that we took from this spot just a short time ago. in that video you can see from our vantage point what this all looks like, one of two tractor trailers on its side involved in this crash. we arrived here on the scene shortly before fire crews took the body of the driver of that truck out of the cab, we did confirm that driver died as a result of that crash. also involved in this crash one other tractor trailer, the the front of that cab smashed up, as well as four other vehicles on the road. you can get some perspective from chopper three hd that was overhead shortly after this crash happened. it did close the northbound lanes of i-95 for mess of the afternoon those lanes remain closed right now. new before we bring it back live here along i-95 southbound we'd like to show so cell phone video we took on