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snow and rain across the region. the let look at storm scan three. closer look you cane it moving close to washington d.c. at this point. the it is not there just yet but will be within the next hour falling in the form of rain and icy mix in the higher elevations there. for us it is getting closer and we just to have give it a few hours and it will be in delaware working its way toward philadelphia a little bit later tonight. the right the now it is 38 in the city. thirty-six in dover. wilmington 36. million willville 35. thirty-five in allentown, with this milder eras it works up the eastern see game it will be dragging more warmth with it and raleigh-durham it is 38 and raining. charleston it is 58. this is what we're looking for mostly snow through poconos. snow and maybe ice in the lehigh valley. we will have a quick hit of snow in philadelphia changing over to rain limiting our accumulation in the city and mainly rain through south jersey and rain down the shore and mainly rain in the central and southern parts of the delaware. this is what we expect, late tonight and tomorrow, snow and ice, through lehigh valley and
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reading, berks county. higher accumulations there. over 3 inches of snow possible. one to 3 inches, changing over to rain in the northern and western suburbs and that change over to rain will be by tomorrow morning, and snow to rain in the philadelphia area in south jersey suburbs but just coating to an inch. as we will see snow later on tonight and then by about two or 3:00 a.m. we will change over to rain and then in south jersey, of course looking at rain with wind gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour. now coming up we will talk more about the timing of this i do anticipate precipitation, in philadelphia, as a little bit of a wintry mix by ten or 11:00 o'clock tonight. more details coming up later on in the broadcast, and of course, is there always monday when a clipper brings some snow to the area we will see you later on. >> kathy, thank you very much. our team will be up early covering the the storm for you, we have live team three coverage from 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. and then an extra hour of coverage from 9:00 until will 10:00 a.m. that is tomorrow right here on cb.
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36789. also track weather in your neighborhood by down loading the cbs-3 philly weather app, get latest forecast from our team have of meteorologist and check live radar anytime, down load the app now on google will play and itunes. so are you changing your weekend plans because of the approaching storm? connect with us on our facebook page or you can tweet us using hash tag, cbs-3 storm. shocking charges a against a former volume will tear fire fighter accused of sexually a assaulting more than a dozen children. tonight, he is facing 161 criminal counts. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinoneses live in glenn olden with more on the investigation and how police say that us peck lured his victims, todd. >> reporter: jessica investigators say john cork ran allegedly sexually abused many victims here at his home in glenn olden at the local y and also at the swedish cabin that is in upper darby township. the 20 year-old allegedly groom the children ranging from eight to 14 years old,
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over a four year period, corkran is a former role tear fire fighter and facing 161 counts of sexual abuse. investigators alleged corkran raped and sodomized three boys and sexually assaulted the others. the mess of his boost victims prosecutors say were boys but some girls were assaulted as well. >> this individual, john corkoran is a a very dangerous, child predator. he would use ploys and tricks, coercion in order to lure these children. wow promise them toys money, and other things in order to get them to do sexual acts. >> we have a lot of kid on this street and i had nieces that come over, we have our neighbor across the the street who had children. i mean this is a very family oriented street. i'm glad they put him a away. >> reporter: police tell us there are more than a dozen victims in this case.
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the 20 year-old was arrested today and envies gators believe there could be more victims out there reporting live from glenn olden delaware county, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> todd, thanks very much. a horrific attack by family pets leaves an infant's scared for life. not one but three ferrets escaped their enclosure, the little girl's father expect to "eyewitness news" reporter steve pather on and we do want to warn you the details are extremely difficult to hear. >> reporter: police pushing for charges, pushing the prosecutor, a after they say there were clear signs of neglect in this case when that one month-old child attack by those ferrets and severely injured. when we spoke to be person that would be facing those charges the child's father and he says he did nothing wrong. >> it is not the our fault we didn't do anything. >> reporter: the animals did it the but you guys you left that child. >> we left the child, we left the child unattended which we take full responsibility of
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it. >> reporter: forty-two year-old bernie frame admits to "eyewitness news" he and his fiance left their one month-old daughter una attended but shouldn't face criminal charges for damage his pets cause. >> for damage that a mistake happened. i wish it never did happen but it happened. >> reporter: that little mistake put his infant child in the hospital, police say, thursday, at his home in darby, frank's fiance jessica left their one month-old daughter strapped to the car seat on the floor whale she went upstairs where bernie was sleeping. she came back down to the sound of screaming. the the couple's three pet ferrets had escaped and attack their baby her nose, upper lip and part of the cheek severely damage. how bad was it bernie. >> the the baby looked like it didn't have a face. >> this is most horrific thing i have seen happen to a child in 45 years in this town. >> reporter: darby boro police chief robert schmidt said the couple should ab arrested and children placed in foster care immediately. >> they cannot care for these
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five children. >> reporter: all five children have special need he says that the family has been working with the children and youth division before this happened. police say that the home was not fit for children. >> we take full responsibility, you know we cannot deny it or hide from it. >> tonight that one month-old little girl is in the hospital in, stable condition but police say she may be facing a life time full of surgeries. meanwhile those ferrets tested for rabies, and destroyed as well tonight. we're hearing more about charges, haven't heard if they are coming yet but we will continue to follow this story. reporting live from darby, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right steve, thank you. philadelphia police released new video in the search foreman who attacked a high school student on a septa a trolley. take a look it shows a clear, view of that suspect attack the the 17 year-old girl on the the route 15 trolley. this happened wednesday morning, the teenager said she bumped the man with her
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backpack and he responded by punching her in the face. so far the the suspect has in the been identified but if you recognize him, you are asked to call police. breaking news right now at 5:00 new calls for peace as the investigation continues into a deadly police hoot nothing bridgeton cumberland county. we will go now to "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan live in bridgeton with the details cleve. >> reporter: a meeting is breaking upright now in bridgeton, council chambers. mayor called together all of the representatives with the city and from religious leaders to call for peace as the investigation continues into the death of jerome reid. the people in this city know exactly what happened in ferguson missouri where there was a police involved shooting and they don't want things here to spiral out of control. >> taking a look at video police dash cam video of jerome reid's death is interpreted in a number of different ways. some say officers were justified using deadly force but because there was a gun during a traffic stomach and
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reid disobeyed the commands not to move. since reid appeared to have his hand up when he got out of the car that the officer should have used more restraint. today a mayor and representative from the new jersey conference of the naacp addressed the bridgeton community. >> i will leave it up to you to judge but i ask you, as a mayor of the the great city of bridgeton, that we walk united, we may not always a agree but we walk united a as a community as we move forward. >> bridgeton, you have set the the example of how to pursue justice without rioting burning, looting but peacefully expressing your pain, your concerns and your desizer. >> is there the mayor right there leaving the meeting as it wrapped up. the the investigation continues, with the cumberland county prosecutor's office, there have been groups that called for the state attorney general to step in and take over the investigation but they say they will not do that right now. but they will review the
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results of the investigation as they find any problems, they will make changes, and they say that they have not determined yet if it will in fact go to the grand jury, it all depend on what they fine. live i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". an 11 year-old girl is killed when two cars collided in east oak lane, question now is what caused her mother's car to cross in opposing traffic. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live at einstein medical center where both drivers are being treated, matt. >> reporter: natasha as of last check the the two remaining surviving victims from this crash remain in serious but stable condition but it was a bit earlier this morning here at einstein medical center that the youngest victim 11 year-old girl, was pronounced dead from her injuries. as a result we have unfortunately one, four year-old-- no, 111 year-old girl killed. >> reporter: blunt word friday morning near intersection of cheltenham avenue and old york road. it was just before 8:00 a a.m. when that black mustang was
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traveling westbound on cheltenham. >> somehow loses control crosses in the opposite lane and a windstar coming up the opposite lane and they hit and collided. >> reporter: investigators are not sure why that mustang drifted over the the median in the eastbound lanes but the damage from the crash was severe. the 11 year-old child in the front passenger seat was killed her 35 year-old mother and driver of the minivan were all taken to einstein medical center. the mother and other driver will survive but the 11 year-old girl did not pronounced dead at 9:00 a.m. at the hospital. now investigators will determine why. >> we will determine what may have caused the the crash like we always do, was it speed distraction, as if at this point we don't see any impairment issues or any alcohol, drug issues, we are looking at what caused this horrific crash that kill the the 11 year-old girl. >> reporter: it is in the yet clear if anyone involved in this crash will be facing any charges, so far police have not released the identity of anyone involved. we are live in olney tonight
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matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a frightening scene to wake up to families escaped their homes a after two suspicious car fires in one local neighborhood. >> new hope for patients lowering their blood. health reporter stephanie stahl is on your side with new tea vice that is showing promising results. they will show a blind woman given sight and first thing she sees is her new born baby. we will have her reaction more when we
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health reporter stephanie stahl has more on this new research. >> reporter: six two-year old peter hunt says life in helps english village is more enjoyable that he found a way to keep his high blood pressure under control. >> just stuff that you just don't feel good why is it up again. >> reporter: here in the you had nearly 40 million people are like peter and cannot get their high blood pressure under control. it is called resistant hypertension, when several drugs don't work a leading cause of cardiovascular disease. now researchers a across the pond are working on this tiny device implanted in the upper that i that diverts blood to a nearby vein where leaving the train on the artery and reducing the heart's work load. >> the patients are repeating back that they have substantial blood pressure lowering and we are asking for their medicine to be reduced. >> reporter: patients with a coupler had fewer complications. peter says only side effect he has had is some swelling in his leg. now, there were 80 patientness that london research and mess in their late 50's and taking
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at least five blood pressure medications. u.s. trials on the coupler are expect to begin later this year, and if there is research that pans out it could be available to patientness a couple of years. an important option for people who cannot get it under control a lot of times it is really hard. >> thanks very much, steph. >> yes. still ahead on "eyewitness news" what you need to know about a giant asteroid passing by earth next week. and mixing arts and craft with cocktails it is all of the rage right now so what does alcohol bring to the mix that we were missing before. three on your side jim donovan takes a close rear, leslie? it is a scandaled over shadows the super bowl, patriots and deflate gate we have a statement just released from the league. the plus we will hear the player who started t
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well, everybody has got their eye on tomorrow kathy orr is here. >> get ready tonight. >> tonight too. we will get over this hurdle will and then worry about sunday into monday. >> what about monday. >> i am most concerned. >> yes. for tonight though we are looking at precipitation in moving in very quickly, and it is warm out there. it is impacting, the storm right now. now lets take a look outside. we will take you to the north to jack frost big boulder where skiers are loving cold and snow. this is one of the place that he is will get most of the
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snow because it will stay cold enough in the poconos and lehigh valley where you can see over three or four or maybe even more than that. on storm scan three we are watching this carefully. clouds have moved in. in baltimore and washington we are seeing precipitation moving in. right the new in washington we're reporting in the at dulles some snow but you cane in the city itself, we are seeing a little rain. it is starting to make its way up the i-95 corridor as snow and rain. i think that is the way it will be moving into our region. on storm scan three you can see a lot of moisture with this, the low still to the south, over georgia and thinks all going to be moving into our region. as it does we will be seeing conditions getting cold everrer overnight. as we put the temperature profile over the precipitation map you can see it is warm and getting warmer. rally with i durham at 38. charleston warming up. right now, you are at 58 degrees, it is dry with warm air witt. temperatures are going to stay on the mild side at least through this evening and then
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turn colder overnight. here is our start times n delaware and south injuries i between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. you'll see precipitation moving in as some mix. the in the city and suburbs between 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. we will be seeing rain and snow. then we will be seeing that snow begin to accumulate by the midnight 1:00 a a.m. hour. part of the the north and westerly high valley snow moves in between 11 and 12:00 a.m. and poconos a little bit later because you're farther north, we will see snow moving in between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and it will begin a as snow weather shows is there nothing right now but it will not be long before we see green moving up on our screen. first we will see it in the southern part of the delaware and then we will see it progressing up towards philadelphia you can see by 9:00 o'clock into wilmington, some showers likely there and then by the time we make it a little bit later toward 11:00 o'clock in philadelphia possibly starting as a mix mixing with snow snow accumulates but by 2:00 a.m.
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in philadelphia we are seeing a mix with rain to the south and snow to the north. then we will see that change over, change over to rain by 8:00 a.m. and then it is just raining, still snow, to the north of the least high valley. so poconos seeing the most snow and then this finally moves out between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. it exits from the western part of our area to the east and we will see drying conditions. snow amounts three to 5 inches in the poconos, part of the least high valley, one to three to the northwest where we could be seeing an icing. the coat to go an inch in philadelphia, south jersey and northern delaware before a change over to rain. you won't even see that snow and then mainly snow through south jersey and also through delaware. so we are looking at conditions that will be a little icy as well through the least high valley with a possibility of a glaze of ice there future ice amount are showing possibly about a .1 of an inch of ice in that location, so be careful through pottstown quakertown, allentown and reading. after that our models are saying a inch of rain. instead of seeing snow this is
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where all that precipitation is going to be going into mainly rain in philadelphia overnight the low temperature of 31. we will see that rain and snow moving n rain ice and snow tomorrow clearing during the the late afternoon, 38. on the exclusive eyewitness weather three day forecast you can see sunday looking bet. monday, morning snow that could begin late sunday. kate will have more on that next half an hour but for now we will
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well, the nfl is responding to deflate gate, and the controversy over under inflated footballs that were used during the first half of the afc championship game. today the league announced in a statement that we expect to conduct numerous additional interviews, examine video and other forensic evidence while the evident thus far supports the conclusion that the footballs that were under inflated were used by patriots in the first half, the footballs were properly
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inflated for second half and confirmed at the conclusion of the game to have remained properly inflated. the the man that made the interception that started the fire storm jackson, spoke out today. >> all i was doing was doing my job, you know i made a great play on a great player and i wanted to keep it as a souvenir. i handed it off. next thing y'all know i'm in the middle of deflate gate. i don't know how that happened. i was just doing my job. i seem to be in the middle of of everything. phillies closer jonathan papelbon could be on the move, yahoo sports that the brewers talk to papelbon and in need of a closer. this trade will not be easy the reliever is still owed 13 million this year and has a investigating option for 2016, if he finishing 48 games this year. so, we will see. >> in where near done. >> yeah. >> and now is there deflate gate a apparently still going strong. >> oh, yeah good thanks leslie. well as three suspicious car fires in one local
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charges against a former volunteer fire fight inner delaware county. john corkoran is accused of sexually assaulting more than a dozen children and tonight he is facing 161 criminal counts. a one month-old girl will have to have reconstructive surgery on her face after being a attack by three ferrets. the girl's father says the the family pet escaped their enclosure while her mother was upstairs in the bathroom. we're watching back to back winter storms the first is moving in tonight and crews have been out all day brining the road kate. >> that is good news. we could be seeing snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain all four winter precipitations types coming in this with storm. you can see rain moving in northern virginia and mixing with snow. heavier banning is back across portions of kentucky and lifting north and east. we have to really see it will be a now cast situation as we see temperature hovering in the 30's right now as rain and snow moved in will it change to snow quickly in the city it will for western suburbs. that is where we expect
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heavier a accumulations. we will have our late's accumulation map and timing and information on the monday storm coming up in a bit, natasha. >> thanks, kate. several cars are set on fire in the northeast, dangerously close to homes and sources tell cbs-3 "eyewitness news" the fires were intentionally set. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has more on this arson investigation. >> reporter: family suv unrecognizable friday morning its shell, still smoldering in the 6300 block of ditman street. fortunately this car fire didn't spread to the inside to any of the neighboring homes in tacony but threat was high. >> we all have kid here and my kids and a other houses catching on fire as well. >> reporter: this neighbor didn't want to be identified but she snapped this photo just after 2:00 a.m. she was in her kitchen when she heard a how bang and saw these flames. after calling 911 would the man ran to get neighbors you the. >> i just tried to get neighbors out. >> reporter: that family including an eight year-old
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girl was asleep inside. have one got out safely. when fire crews got the out, they extinguish the the fire in 20 minutes but not before this suv was totaled and neighbor's ran damage. that family was able to get to safety after their dog woke them up. in the meantime two blocks away at torresdale and robbins fire marshall is investigating other car fire from overnight arson sniffing dogs will be used to determine if accelerants were used at either location. >> i feel bad that their car you know, is totaled but i'm glad that the family is safe. >> reporter: in tacony, j a an carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a seven alarm fire tears through a block of businesses outside of pittsburgh. fire fighters were able to escape just moments before one of five buildings collapsed. officials are saying that many were new tenants intent honorary vying the business district in homestead, pennsylvania investigators remain on the scene searching for the cause. surrounding streets remain closed ought of concern that
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other structures may indeed collapse. a car pulled from a canal in south florida is connected to a cold case dating back to 1978. police pulled a dodge corenet from a canal in broward county. a worker doing routine maintenance found that car in the water when his equipment got caught on it. the it is the car dana knoll knoll and weighed hutchinson were last seen in back in 1978. their families have been waiting for answers. >> it has been 36 years, not having answers certainly this is not the the answer that they were hoping to get but at least they have something. they know what happened to their loved ones. >> knoll and hutchinson were last seen october 7th of 1978. they got into an airing assume after going to a a for inner concert. dramatic video of the coastguard plucking five fisherman from their boat off the the coast of scotland as it goes under water. irish fishing vessel sent out
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a distress signal tuesday asking for help because it was taking on water. wye the time rescuers arrived they discover the pump would not be enough, all five are being treated for mild hypotheria. u.s. and cuba ends two days of talks to normal ice relations there was some progress but there are challenge is a head as well a cysttent u.s. second of state roberta jacobsen gave encouragement. she hosted a breakfast for them, following ground breaking talks with cuban diplomates. jake on son says talks to reopen negotiations were productive. >> we also address continuing areas of deep disagreements between the united states and cuba. this includes our concern about progress in the area of freedom of expression and human rights. >> cuban government wants the u.s. to drop much of its support for the the dissidents on the island. saudi arabia's newly crowned king salmon led pray's
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head of the burial of his predecessor and promised to continue his policies. the shrouded body of king abdullah was carried in the mosque where many people and prominent world leaders were gather. king abdullah died early friday after two decade in power. he was 90 years old. vice-president joe by up will lead a delegation to saudi arabia in the next few days or so. the already large field of republicans who might make a bid for the white house in 2016 is expanding. marco rubio's camp confirms that the senator from florida is taking steps to run for president. mark albert looks at the crowded field of cap dates. >> reporter: cbs the news has learned freshman senator marco rubio fired a new fundraiser and will go to california to raise money. the last sunday he talk about a possible run on face the nation. >> i believe we need to turn the page and fully embrace all of the opportunities and confront the challenges of a new century. >> reporter: nathan gonzales of the the rothenburg and gonzales political report says
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rubio the's white house decision will impact the the 2016 race for his senate seat. >> if he doesn't run for reelection, republicans have to find another quality candidate in florida to try to hold a very competitive state. >> reporter: in a recent poll cbs news asked republicans who they would like to see run. mitt romney and jeb bush led the field with rubio in the middle of the pack. >> everybody thinks that they can win and it will take american a pole to get them out. >> reporter: several presidential hopefuls will be in way at a gathering of conservatives, wisconsin governor scott walk are describes what he thinks republicans need. >> people want someone knew, someone fresh with big, bold ideas from outside of washington. >> reporter: jeb bush and mitt romney will not be in iowa but they met privately on thursday. bush was spotted at the airport. >> unaudible. >> reporter: bush spokeswoman says that the two men enjoyed the visit. mark albert for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".
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another potential candidate can soon enter the field, former new york governor george pot tacky says he has formed a super pack to explore a presidential bit. democrats set their date for 2016 national convention. dnc says convention will take place week of july 25th, that is one week after the republican convention, in cleveland. philadelphia is competing with new york city and columbus ohio, to host the the convention. president obama will be in philadelphia next week. on thursday the president will address democrats who are holding their policy retreat in society hill. vice-president joe biden will address the the same group on friday. and, we have a busy friday, commute here on the schuylkill expressway. right around the blue route, these are the eastbound lanes here where an accident involving another vehicle and a tractor trailer are taking out the left hand shoulder part of the left hand lane. i will backup a bit so you can see police activity on the scene as everybody is squeezing by through middle
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lane and pushing over into the right-hand shoulder. over on the vine street expressway we are in the doing better here but this is basically just volume. headed westbound toward the the schuylkill you can see a string of break lights there eastbound toward i-95 also having some delays. now, problems out in new jersey we have a water main break in audubon park, black horse pike at ken hence dell boulevard. a few accidents in collinswood first one on haddon avenue knew at night night avenue and another on the white horse pike at mcgill avenue pushed over the to the shield elder there. in mount holly new jersey and wood land lane an accident, pushes you in the shoulder there rest of the majors here 95 from the vine street expressway to woodhaven road about 30 minute trip. problems on the blue route and 422 westbound very slow from 202 into oaks jessica and a natasha, back to you. jessica, thank you. an as steroid the size of the mountain will sue fly by earth. coming up what you need to know about the the, chosen counter. legally blind mother could not see her new born son, that is until she got high tech help, her reactions coming up.
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get those creative juices flowing, three on your side jim donovan takes a closer look at a new trend that makes a do it yourself craft with cocktails, kate? we've got an eye on the storm as rain and snow pushes in the area, we will also see ice in a few spots and sleet, a little bit of everything overnight, we will time it out and have latest details. we will check with our weather
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well, welcome back everyone. the there is a reason why it is so hard for rent tours save for a home of their own. real estate firm zillow says inly rental prices climbed 3.3 percent in the last year. rent checks have skyrocketed up 52 percent since 2,000 although incomes have listen 25 percent. a special set of glass's allows a blind woman to see her son for the very first time. when kathy by the saw her son, it was the first time she had ever seen a baby. she had a disease and blind spot takes up most of her vision but she will never forget the first time that she saw her son. >> i remember his little mouth, and his little will gums and tiny tongue when wow cry. i would have had to imagine what he looked like and i am
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used to do that but it is heart breaking having to do that for your own baby. >> so glad she gets to see his face. the glass's allows by the to not only see people but read small print on labels. e sight glasses were developed by a canadian company and they have been on the market for about a year. we will be i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ]
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nasa a released this image of the projected pass of the asteroid that they say, will be flying by earth on monday. this asteroid is a third of a mile wide, experts say there is a a chance we will be able to see witt a telescope or even a strong pair of binoculars. it will pass by 745,000 miles from our planet and it posts no threat, that is a good thing. the the next time an asteroid this big will pass by earth is sometime in 2027. well, we continue to have our eye on a massive storm lifting up the the eastern seaboard. you can see it producing heavy snow all the waste back into portions of kentucky and portions of southern indiana as well as lifting into our region. the it is lifting in as rain but we are seeing a snow event
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happening or milking over to snow north of the d.c. area north and west of d.c. we will see that continue to push in as we go into the overnight hours and we will begin here by later this evening. lets check with our eyewitness weather watchers who are reporting temperatures that are significantly above freezing. you don't need surface temperatures to be above freezing. we need temperatures higher in the a atmosphere to be slight the liz below freezing. right new we are seeing mid to upper 30's. thirty-five in willow grove says barbara lane, reporting a mainly cloudy sky there. forty into portions of new jersey. these are areas that will mainly see rain with this system. snow on the front even. 40 degrees said david dutch in clementon. heading down into delaware seeing 30's there as well. john dell is in glass go reporting 37 and mainly cloudy skies. if you'd like to be one of our weather watchers it is easy to sign up. we love getting observations in the middle of the storm. we will check in overnight. again, tomorrow morning to sees what they are reporting as far as snow and rain and conditions outside, it really helps us pinpoint our
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forecast. another look at storm scan three as this large storm lifts up the coast. we will zoom in. see what we are seeing right now. lit built of snow starting to form, north of d.c. they were reporting west of d.c. here at dulles international the airport. the this is lift nothing as mainly rain heading toward delaware. should get in within the next couple of hours. we will expect start time between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. in delaware and eight a and 10:00 p.m. here in philadelphia and this may start as a brief thump of snow heavy snow on the front end of the storm before the changeover to rain. you can see what is happening. notice where line is this is at midnight. i think this line may move down further south. this will start a as snow here but quickly change over to heavy rain. where ever you are precipitation will be heavy. notice dark purple shading chance for a band to set up there over berks county, upper bucks, montgomery county and lehigh valley. keep your eye on the the lehigh valley and berks county. look the at how heavy precipitation gets at 2:00a in m. that is heavy snow coming down. you will see heavy snow there
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then it starts to mix depending where you are. still snow here in the poconos at 4:00 a.m. stays snow north of allentown into 7:00 a.m. rest of the region dealing with heavy, steady rain. this may even up as a brief blast of snow on the back edge, this wrap around snow and mix over here by mid afternoon on saturday before it gets out of the picture by later sat the day afternoon. so we will be dealing with this into the the first half of the day sat the day at least and we could be dealing with some steady snow especially in our far northern and western suburbs. then we will watch our next system creeping n i will show thaw in a minute. as far as what we will see accumulation wise, mainly rain south jersey and delaware. coating to an inch before the the changeover in philadelphia. and then as we head up in to the lehigh valley and portions of the poconos that is where we coulde between three and 5 inches of heavy, wet snow, also the threat for icing. we could see a tenth of an inch or quarter inch of ice in a couple of spots here. the it will fall on top of the snow, and weight could lead to down tree branches in area. it is not a sheet of ice on
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the road like last sunday because snow comes down first and that will make the snow crunchy and icy out there what to expect three to 5 inches. snow ice, maybe rain in the lehigh valley around 3 inches. in philadelphia nearby suburbs a coat to go an inch. i could see two, up toward main line and up further north, mainly all rain to the south. quick look at sunday night here comes our next storm a clipper, latest guidance takes it south of philadelphia, but we are going to he see at least some light accumulations that could interrupt the monday morning commute. so snow to rain overnight then some ice, morning snow far north and west rain in the city and suburbs saturday may end as a brief period of snow midday and then we're dry sunday. sunday night into machine we will see a round of snow look at how cold it gets, 20's machine right through next wednesday. new back to you at the desk. well, you know, do it yourself crafts are all of the rage and now this trendies mixing up with the glue gun, bead, and other art supplies with cocktails, beers and more
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dult beverages. >> three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan find it is more than arts and craft to bars and crafts. >> reporter: she likes to unwind with a cocktail, appetizer and a little arts and craft after a stressful day at work. it is all on a menu at a local brew pub. >> you let yourself go hang out, maybe catch up with some people you have not seen in a while. >> reporter: alex can always craft at home but admits multi tasking in an adult setting makes it easier to one. >> i'm comfortable in crafting. it is meeting or people that are in the my strong suit. >> reporter: melissa organizes events like these and says in one need to be a creative genius to enjoy the experience. >> you probably did crafts all the time and you want to bring that feeling back. the it is a nice therapeutic thing. >> reporter: erin cummings host something similar at her beading business where she offers a weekly wine night. >> new people that might be shy, kind of opens up their conversation and inspires a little more creativity asking for advisor even inputting
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advice. >> reporter: with many of us doing less socializing and creative together off line these events can change that. now men are welcome at the event too but organizers tell us that unless the craft is something geared toward a more masculine hobby they are being brought to the the event by a girlfriend, wife or fiance. >> everybody need a friend. >> that looks much better than it actually is. thinking your masterpiece there. >> yes, looks a lot better. >> thanks, jim. fans of the hit cbs day tame drama bold and beautiful turnout at parx casino in bucks county. there was a ruling party to celebrate the show's 7,000th episode which aired today right here on cbs-3. bill spencer met with friends, and fans. >> this never gets old. i mean without these people we're not on the air. so i so appreciate coming out and seeing everybody and the enthusiast many is just off
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the charge. >> the bold and beautiful premiered march 23rd, 1987 and it is set in los angeles and centers a among forrester family and their creations. still ahead on "eyewitness news" johnny dep and j lo back on the big korean this weekend. >> i'm kevin frazier. coming up jennifer lopez explores the boy next door and johnny dep and all-star cast race through a cover of
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jennifer lopez has a steam a fair with the wrong neighbor and johnny dep leads a cast chasing a painting and each other. >> kevin frasier from entertainment tonight has what is new this weekend. >> i'm mortikay. >> do you know help with your bags. >> i do not need help with my bags, i have a bloody man servant. >> reporter: johnny dep is lord charlie mortikay an unconventional, art dealer, hired to retrieve a missing painting sought by the government ape criminals alike. >> those are americans, to bring a painting back. >> reporter: change chase is all-star cast including jeff gold bloom, and gwyneth paltrow as charlie's no nonsense wife.
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>> i have to put my foot down, darling. >> sorry. >> with your permission of course. >> all these characters, sort of, you know it is like everything is coming together where they will eventually collide. >> i don't like it. >> and a you are. >> i'm staying next door to my uncle. >> reporter: in the boy next door jennifer lopez had has a night of passion with a younger man. >> unaudible. >> but fashion quickly turns into obsession. >> it really is that moment that defines the whole movie because it that is movie that he cannot forget and here you have this young boy in love with this older woman and just can't, you know just womanhood for him. i have to have her report report ryan guzman plays not so friendly neighbor and he could not believe it when he got the call.
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>> jennifer wants you for a table read. i aid get out of here, jennifer lopez doesn't what he me. it was a surreal moments. dent screw up your lines. just have fun and make them realize you can play this role because you want to work with her. >> stay away from me. >> i can't do that, claire, i live next door. >> reporter: for entertainment tonight, i'm kevin frasier new back to you in the studio. when you want to know is what happening in hollywood you can always watch entertainment tonight every week night right here on cbs-3. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. at 6:00 we are bracing for back to back storms. we have an eye on two systems that have road crews gearing up kathy. >> one of those storms moving up the eastern seaboard with snow freezing rain, and rain. what you get is determined by where you live. we will talk about how much snow will fall and when it will be moving in. >> i was shock, i never knew that type of animals did that. i never knew ferrets were that angry and violent. >> a neighborhood stun police
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chief calling it the worst thing he has seen happen to a child in more than four decade on the job. and tonight we will hear from the father of a would month-old baby girl attacked by ferrets. plus a local man is accused of sexually assaulting 14 children and delaware county police say there could be more victims. here we go again road crews hitting the highways as we gear up for not one but two more winter storms, the question is, how much snow is heading our way. take a live look at storm scan three. you can see round one of the winter weather is inching its way toward the delaware valley tonight. good evening i'm jessica dean. i'm natasha brown in for chris may. schools are already canceling, testing for thomas sat testing. the you can see a list at the bottom have of your screen there and also at cbs philly.com as well. >> we will begin with meteorologist kathy orr on the skies deck keeping her eye on both blasts of winter weather kathy.
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>> we are focused on the system moving in tonight, jessica, it is moving in as rain, through delaware changing over to snow as it gets colder overnight. take a look at storm scan three we saw the storm winding up to the south, through georgia and moving off shore and as it does it will bring in milder air. we have cloud in philadelphia in washington and baltimore we are having reports of snow, and rain there, and it is knocking at our doorstep. within the next couple hours it will be in delaware and make its way toward philadelphia. by later on this evening. the winter wet are advisory posted for the entire region for some snow icing toward the lehigh valley. that is until tomorrow morning. here's a lot a the start times. delaware and south jersey between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. n philadelphia between 9:00 and 11:00. north and west and lehigh valley between # 1:00 and midnight. in the poconos later between midnight and 1:00 a.m. it starts from the south and works its way north have the lehigh valley and poconos accounts mainly snow with a mix, i
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