change. well, good evening i'm chris may. i'm natasha brown in for guess contact thousands oz have people hit the the pavement lining broad street today, "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter was in the middle of this march, and he joins us live from center city walt? >> reporter: protest was peaceful and passionate. 3,000 people making their way ultimately here to independent mall after winding through center city streets. they wanted action on a variety of social actions, and social problems that they carry very close to their hearts. >> with their chants. >> ♪ >> reporter: their songs, and their words. >> there is still a in power like the the power of the people. >> reporter: more than 3,000 peaceful protesters made their way through center city streets, escortedded by police making a call for

action on a wide range of issues. >> philadelphia has unfinished business with this residents. >> reporter: sea of signs, told of their goals better schools, higher minimum wage, and tighter independent monitoring of police. >> today is just icing on the cake, a start of the movement but not the end of one. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ >> reporter: after first gathering outside school district headquarters the the protesters concluded their demonstration with the rally on independent mall, in the shadow of the liberty bell on the day honoring doctor king the hope that changes will come. >> i want everybody to live peacefully and respectfully and treat others the way they deserve to be treated instead of based on the color of our skin. >> reporter: now while protest was scheduled on the king

holiday the protesters and their organize are say that they want to make one point clear, this was not intended as a one day event it was intended as a signal that the days of business as usual, are over. live on independent mall i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thanks so much, walt. so many faces in the crowd, but we did catch up with one woman with an incredible story. she started a civil rights type group in 1968 and "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has more on her life's work to spread peace and equality. >> reporter: for most in monday's march martin luther king represents a movement, legacy, a dream very few actual a live to hear him speak. >> it is still alive and that we have a long way to go. >> reporter: retired school counselor marilyn hill is marching with the sisters of swing five swing. formed in 1969 the group was

the black power response to established greek sororities, he was in college during the civil rights movement. >> fifty plus years since selma, we're still fighting for justice for freedom, for equality. >> reporter: half century later marilyn says that the country is a lot better but recent struggles make it clear that the fight must continue. today she says that it has to start from within. >> we need to build up our kid. we're constantly complaining about what is going on in our schools but as parents we need to start at home. >> reporter: advice for creating positive change from a woman who was there to see it happen. in center city, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". students at university of pennsylvania gathered on campus echoing social message justice changes. they were put together sold and in defense of black buddies. they marched calling for an

end to police brutality and increase in the minimum wage and equal funding for schools they joined the largest march in center city. >> and the self less rather than selfish. thousands gathered at girard college, one of the biggest service sites the in the country, working on project to bet per the the community. organizers say it is important for today's young people to understand the legacy of doctor king. >> doctor king says anyone can do great. >> it is making a difference now and it is good we may as well give them back to the community one day every year. >> they decorated voting booths marking the 50th anniversary that doctor king for the so hard for. >> rowan university hosted its 29th annual martin luther king scholarship breakfast. proceed will go toward scholarships for students struggling financially.

this years key net speaker was michael eric dyson a best selling author and critic. christian street ymca, 75 young men participated in a daze of service. the new owe mega chapter of omega sci-fi hosted that annual event. they participatedded in group discussions on several topics ranging from cyber bullying, authority figures and conflict. the basketball icon bo kimbell who went to dobbins tech and played in the nba was that keynote speaker. well, certainly a mild monday, but will it last? we're tracking some more wintry weather on the way meteorologist kathy orr joins us from the cbs-3 sky deck, kathy, say it ain't so i'm getting my snow boots ready. >> i saw that on twitter, in a cash a we are looking at conditions downhill but not too fast. tonight we have the clouds and we have some cool temperatures tomorrow, and a

bit of the break, before a clipper makes a come back. take a look at the temperatures, around here little breezy, 41 in philadelphia, 38 in allentown and reading. in the poconos it is 30 degrees. our normal high is around 40. this evening with the cloud, temperatures will be slow to plunge 9:00 o'clock we will be at 39 degrees and as skies are partly cloudy a at 11:00 we will be at 37. we are watching a clipper system that will quickly move to our south. we could see another low developing off the coast to enhance the the moisture but right now it looks like we will see this snow from philadelphia, north and west and a bit of the mix to the south and east. so coming up we will talk about one more quiet the day, before we see that snow, moving in. we will talk about the snow accumulations and arctic end to the month of january, in that seven day forecast when i join you inside. for now, back to you. local officials, meantime were on hand for ceremonial ringing of the bell in honor of the doctor martin luther

king junior. it wasn't so much of a ring as a tap of the liberty bell, twister chubby checker was among two given honor of wearing the white glove. mayor michael nutter was there with former governor ed rendell, senator casey and other dignitaries. our own sports director beasley reese was a among the speakers at the today's event. vice-president joe biden observed mlk day right here in our area today. he made a stop at 31st annual minorities women's doctor martin luther king junior day breakfast in wilmington. curing this event he spoke about ways to a achieve peace in our communities and he also talk about a drive by shooting at his house on saturday night, neither he or mrs. by were even home, at the time but it did drive home his message. >> when your child walks out that door you have enough to fear, you have enough to contend with the possibility that they may be in the

accident, an automobile accident, they may fall victim, to an active crime or hit with a stay bullet, from a drive by shooting. >> the gun man from that shooting is still on the lose at this hour, the incident does remain under investigation by the secret service and fbi. president obama honored doctor king by participating in the community service project. the first family helped out at boys and girls club of greater washington today, the president, colored with markers on construction paper, as he talk with kid at the a table this group was making literacy changes helping children with reading and writing skills. president obama said that the u.s. has made undeniable progress since doctor king pushed for justice and equality for all americans. well the president is preparing his state of the union address tonight, you can watch it live, tomorrow night at 9:00 o'clock, right here on cbs-3. well, on this mlk day sylvia burr well from the

u.s. department of health and human services made a stop in philadelphia she was at kline with theness center for an event hosted by project home which helps local homeless people. burwell spoke about enrolling for health care before the upcoming deadline, on february the 15th. well, in new jersey governor chris christie tweeted about doctor king today, saying in party ask all in new jersey to observe doctor king's life, mission, of peacefully working towards freedom, through act of of service within our own community. he went onto say doctor king's legacy remains one of try um over adversity and racial injustice to bring the spirit of piece to our country. just a day a ahead of the inauguration pennsylvania governor elect tom wolf takes part in a king day of service event in harrisburg. speaking at the downey school the democrat says that martin luther king day should be more than symbolic, it should be part have the collective movement to a better society. he says best way to honor

doctor king toys serve others. of course tom wolf will be sworn in as forty-seventh governor of pennsylvania, tomorrow at noon, watch inauguration live on our web site on our web site at cbs philly.com. there is still much more to come at 6:00 o'clock tonight including a heinous crime in a burlington county town. a mother, in pemberton is accuse odd killing her new born. tonight we will speak to official about options for new mothers who feel that they cannot care for a child. and a gaping hole, in a home after a car slams into this house how police are saying this all happened. kathy? and weather, all eyes are on storm scan three, as we watch a fast moving clipper delivers accumulating snow to the delaware valley, we will time it the out and show you what to expect in the seven day forecast beasley. flyers and sixers, both in action this afternoon, plus the patriots deflated the colts, super bowl hopes in the afc championship game did

they also deflate the game balls, the gain an edge deflate gate, story coming up in sports.

vehicle in a hit and run is forced to stop when it hits

a home. officialness pottstown say that this ready to yet a camry, travel for about a mile, at a high rate of speed before hit ago this home in the 400 block of hanover street. you can see that curtain swaying in the breeze where a window once stood. police were investigating just afternoon time and there were reports of injuries in that crash. a vigil is planned wednesday for a baby, set on fire, on the the side of the south jersey home. that baby was pronounced dead at the the hospital. the story was very disturbing, details, "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan has more now from pemberton where social are struggling to try to comprehend how something like this could have have ever happened. >> having trouble sleeping. >> reporter: dave joseph and his wife are haunted by sight out front of their pemberton township home friday night, they saw fire in the street and when they went outside with the flashlight, 22-year old hyphernkemberly dorvilier came walking toward them. >> are you the the owner of

the land. i said what are you doing here. >> well, my dog, pooped and i'm burning poop. >> reporter: joseph's walk over to make sure she cleaned up the mess and when water hit the flames, they saw what was really burning. >> my wife, she screamed. it is a baby dave it is a baby. that is when all hell break loose. >> reporter: joseph restrained dorvilier until police arrived. infant had been doused in a flammable substance and pronounced dead at the hospital. dorvilier is on jail on murder charges. her family won't talk and neighbors say they don't know her. joseph thinks how the baby's future could have been different. >> and, teaching these kid in school what to do. >> reporter: in new jersey moth hers don't want or feel they can take care of their new born babies have a right to drop them off, at any hospital emergency rooms or nearby police stations, and not face any criminal consequences, it is called the safe haven infant protection act. >> take the child to the

emergency room take the child to the police station, pick up the phone, i know my police officers would be more than glad to pick up the child at somebody's residents. >> reporter: dorvilier's case is under investigation and she's expect to make her first court appearance tuesday. in pemberton township, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meantime one person is dead after a fire broke out inside of the montgomery county apartment complex. that fire startedded around noon time at 4:30, investigators later found body inside the unit the at linwood garden apartment in chelten ham township. >> wonderful safe place to live, and i was so or toy hear that someone per ish in the fire. >> fire crews work for most of the morning, extinguishing smoldering debris around that building, the identity of the victim has in the yet been released and cause of the fire is under investigation. police in upper merion township have charged two brotters with stealing storm grates from parking lots, 36 year-old brian, and 38

year-old john, junior, are accused of stealing 13 iron storm sewer grates from upper merion township. police say they confessed to similar thefts in urn ising counties and police say the receipts show that over 1,000 grates were sold for about $9,000. it will cost $500,000 to get all of those grates replaced. skies are mostly cloud a cross the delaware valley and our eyewitness weather watchers are saying temperatures are fairly comfortable tonight, different than was the case last night at this time. lots of 40's in south jersey. shawn is saying in evesham township temperature is 41 degrees, pressure rising. wind west at eight. right to the north and ago a ton, 37 degrees. barometric pressure is righting there as well. in the northern and western suburbs 35 degrees, a cool spot in downingtown, and, of

course, john saying we have had some cloud relative humidity sitting at 76 per event is. i want to show you a beautiful sunset sent to us by jason just a few moments ago. this is a lot at sunset in delaware. look at that, beautiful colors as the the clouds, you can see are back lit by those beautiful orange and yellows. we are looking at a pretty start to the day tomorrow as well, as we see sunshine mixing with those cloud. take a look the a these cloud we are looking at conditions that are fairly nice and comfortable at jack frost big boulder, yes, even yesterday's rain did not discourage the snow borders, and the skiers looking good through skies cam three. cloud are holding tough. we have breaks in the cloud moving toward the north and east. you can see in washington, baltimore clearing out somewhat but still seeing clouds in philadelphia. late tonight we will see breaks in those clouds. temperatures still comfortable in the 30's and 40's. philadelphia 41. poconos at 30. reading 39.

dover 39. even millville sitting at 39. during the day tomorrow we will be seeing those wind diminish and sunshine on the increase and temperatures comfortable in the 40's with high pressure to the south but that will give way to approaching area have of low pressure, a clipper, fast moving low pressure system originate nothing canada not a lot of moisture, we will type dive down to the the south. there are signs that this could be redeveloping off the coast, enhancing the moisture but i think it may be too late for philadelphia possibly bringing some heavier snow through new england. as far as what to expect we expect a quiet day during the day on tuesday, but by wednesday morning, no issues. by the noon time hour, seeing some snow potential in the lehigh valley and poconos and berks county and lancaster county and rain through delaware county. after the lunch hour looking for snow to spread in and you can see there will be a fine line that pinkies a little bit of the mix between the snow to the north and some rain the two south. during the evening rush we will be seeing some snow maybe sleet and rain to the south and then moves through

the region during the evening period. as far as main impact it will be afternoon on wednesday and of course the evening commute on wednesday. couple inches of snow possible in philadelphia, north and west coating to an inch south and east where we anticipate some mixing with some sleet and even some rain. overnight partly cloudy, seasonably coal. low of 30. not much wind to talk b for your tuesday sun and clouds. it will be pleasant. high of 44 above average for this time of the year. the on the eyewitness weather solute i have forecast, wednesday is the the day light snow and rain moving in the afternoon. thursday will be mostly sunny, same goes for friday quiet, saturday backup to seasonal levels as sunday and then by machine we will look at colder temperatures, chance of the snow shower and temperature of 36 degrees. there are indications that after monday another arctic blast will move in and ending the month of january with a bang so to speak. >> yikes, as good as those 40's look it might not last.

>> yes. >> kathy, thanks very much. >> thank you. good evening every within. so if you are traveling out and about on our majors we are getting a little better in areas and then we have some formations of a rush hour well, really just the the schuylkill expressway. we will get to that in a second. ben franklin bridge, bridges running great. tacony palmyra bridge was up and put bank down to normal. you can still find residual delays on 73 itself. looking wide our speed sensors are looking great. ninety-five not awful. you a may get caught up northbound at cottman avenue but still bad. we went from red to yellow, now the schuylkill expressway eastbound around the curve. that is an improvement. we have traffic traveling on the pennsylvania turnpike around fort washington and mass transit running on modified schedule so just stay with us, we will b

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"eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 11:00. >> pelley: tonight an invisible pillar. ice on roadways is blamed for hundreds of accidents and at least nine deaths since the weekend. >> i was shaken up. it easily could have been me. >> pelley: jericka duncan has the latest. if you didn't have enough to worry about, dr. jon lapook has a link between prolonged sitting and a higher risk of serious illness. >> how do we get people off their duffs and do physical activity? >> pelley: did the patriots cheat their way into the super bowl? dean reynolds reports the nfl is investigating possible football tampering. and from anna werner just hours before his death, dr. martin luther king tapped bernard lafayette for a special mission.