>> ♪ >> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> right now on "eyewitness news" a very welcome winter warmup around the region. we're enjoying a mild weekend but wet weather is just around the corner for us. good evening, i'm natasha

brown. we're talking about the warmth before the storm. meteorologist justin drabick is tracking this for us from the cbs3 weather center and he joins us now with his first forecast. hey, justin. >> good evening, natasha. temperatures a few degrees above average in many spots across the delaware valley. check out dover delaware, the high today 49 degrees so we're getting close to that 50-degree mark. chilly up in mount pocono at 33 but we can't complain about mid 40's across most locations today. here's where we are right now. still not bad outside. 42 degrees in philadelphia, 37 millville and atlantic city, 30 in mount pocono. we have some clouds over the region. those clouds will help keep our temperatures up a little bit tonight so certainly not as cold as it's been. mid 30's quakertown and doylestown this evening. here we go. storm scan3 part to mostly cloudy skies tonight. you can see snow breaking out across the southern tier of new york state. that's the cold front that we'll wait to sag southward. that's our next storm and it's going to bring some wintry precipitation to parts of the area especially lehigh valley and the poconos later sunday night into monday.

so a winter storm watch will go into effect late sunday evening through monday night for carbon and monroe county. these locations best slot to see a mix of snow, sleet freezing rain with a light to moderate snow accumulation depending on how cold the temperatures get. even wintry weather is expected south of the mountains. tomorrow no threat of any wintry precipitation. 48 degrees for a high for philadelphia at the shore, mid 40's we'll see some rain arriving late in the day for the poconos before we see the changeover. now coming up in that full forecast we'll talk about the milder temperatures tomorrow then monday's storm who sees snow, ice and how much and when. that's all coming up in a few more minutes. natasha. >> thank you so much, justin. stay one step ahead of the weekend forecast with our cbsphilly weather app. you can track live radar and a lot more its all free for you. it's available now on google play and itunes. developing now the fate of american humanitarian worker kayla mueller is still unknown. isis claims mueller was killed in the jordanian air strike in syria but the u.s. says there

is no evidence to support that claim. cbs news correspondent wendy gillette has more. >> reporter: friends and family of 26-year-old kayla mueller still don't know if she's alive. isis claims a jordanian air strike hit this building and the aid worker from arizona is buried beneath. jordan has launched a number of airstrikes against isis in its strong hold of raca after the group released a video sh showed militants burning to death a captured jordanian pilot but isis offered no further proof mueller is dead and also said no militants were killed in the bombing. jordan says the claim is proper began today. the u.s. defense department said saturday that the target was a known weapons storage compound and there's no indication hostages were held there. mueller is the only known american hostage still being held by isis. >> i am in solidarity with the syrian people. >> reporter: she came to syria to help in the

humanitarian crisis and was taken hostage in 2013. >> one of those folks that looks for the good in everything. >> reporter: mueller's parents say they're hopeful she's still alive. meanwhile the attacks against isis continued. coalition aircraft conducted 11 airstrikes in syria and 15 in iraq friday and saturday. wendy gillette for cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> the investigation continues into the cause of a fast moving fire in philadelphia's frankford neighborhood. chopper three was overhead as flames ripped through a one-story building on the 1600 block of foulkrod street friday night. investigators say the building was not occupied at the time and there were no injuries. also authorities charge a driver with d. i in connection with a crash on the roosevelt boulevard. at least three cars collided near fox street in nicetown just before 3 o'clock this morning. philadelphia police tell "eyewitness news" the driver who was charged with dui also suffered a broken leg in this

crash. and another candidate joins the democratic race for mayor of philadelphia. doug oliver announced his candidacy in germantown today. >> to make all the difference in the world so when i look at the city of philadelphia i think it's time for a fresh set of eyes. a different point of view. if we as a city want something other than what we've already gotten then we need to do something other than what we've always done. >> reporter: oliver is a former aide to mayor michael nutter. oliver will be running against former city councilman jim kenny, former d.a. lynn abraham, state senator anthony hardy williams and former judge nelson diaz in the may 19th democratic primary. delaware has a new class of heroes ready to help to keep our community safe. today 19 new recruits officially graduated to -- the 38th fire academy. some of the department's top brass were also there to say a few words and to thank them

for their service. and some special recognition for hundreds of local scouts. the archdiocese of philadelphia held the annual scout mass this morning for those who have earned their religious emblem over the past year. bishop michael fitzgerald was the principal celebrant and homilist for the mass. afterwards a ceremony was held presenting each with their new medals. happening right now, just one win away, so very close. philadelphia university's legendary coach herb mcgee is getting another chance at career win number 1,000. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is in east falls tonight with some exciting details. matt. >> reporter: natasha, i have good news to report to you. coach herb mcgee just won his 1,000th game as head coach here at philadelphia university. the game went final within the last 20 minutes or so, final score rams 80 over the team from post university with 60. we have some video to show

from you inside that gym and as you might imagine it was a rocking place to be. the rams took on the team as we mentioned from post university in what can truly be described as an historic game for coach herb mcgee after only what can be described as a legendary career. it began as a player back at the school in the early 60's and then in 1967 mcgee became the head coach here and has never looked back. along the way mcgee has become a legend wrapping up 31 20 plus wins and by winning 80 straight home games between 1990 and 1995. he's even helped numerous nba stars improve their jump shots over the years enough so to earn him the nickname the shot doc and back here live outside of the jim, it is quiet out here but certainly it was a fun place to be as you can hear that gentleman right to my right. the students even rushed the court at the end there. the coach actually was inducted into the naismith

become hall of fame in 2011. now another mark of a fantastic career. for now we're live outside philadelphia university, matt rivers, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> congratulations are in order. thank you so much matt. we appreciate that. you know, it was certainly a well deserved surprise at least for one local high school basketball player. today becca brown, a junior at kingsway regional high school got the chance to start for her varsity team in its annual coaches versus. she's won her battle to get back on the court. >> the whole experience taught me to like not take anything for granted and just be thankful for those that you have. it feels great just to know that i -- they were the ones that helped me and that we're playing for the people who can't. that's what this game is for. >> after months of radiation treatments she was officially cancer free.

>> ♪ >> stay with us everyone. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight, some of the biggest stars in entertainment are getting ready for music's biggest night. well we're going head to los angeles where final preparations are under way for the grammy awards. plus, it's been a long, long time since we've talked about a huge powerball jackpot and tonight you could end up $380 million richer. justin. >> and we have milder temperatures along with dry conditions for the start of the weekend but another storm heads our way for the work week. details coming up. >> and straight ahead in sports the temple owls with a huge comeback in memphis. lesley van arsdale

>> got a story you would like us to investigate. e-mail your ideas to i-team at cbs3.com. >> nbc news anchorman brian williams says he's temporarily stepping away from his nightly newscast ad amid questions about his credibility. williams recently apologized for falsely saying on the air that a he was in a helicopter hit by a rocket propelled grenade while in iraq in 2003. in a message sent to staff williams says it has become painfully apparent to him that his actions have made him too much part of the news. and new details in the bone christina brown case. celebrity news web site tmz is reporting police in atlanta have launched a criminal investigation s the only child of the late whitney houston remains in a coma. the target of the investigation is said to be brown's boyfriend nick gordon.

last saturday brown was found unresponsive in a tub in her home. los angeles county sheriff's office says former olympian bruce jenner was in one of the cars involvedly in a three vehicle crash that left one person dead. jenner was not hurt. the crash happened on the pacific coast highway in malibu. another powerball rollover has a lot of people here in the delaware valley dreaming of hitting it big. the jackpot is now up to $380 million for tonight's drawing. that's the highest it's been in more than a year. people have been flocking to stores all over the place to buy their tickets. the odds of matching all six numbers in the multi state lottery are about one in a hundred 75 million. now we will have the winning powerball numbers for you tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 so stay tuned and have your tickets handy. a lost excitement leading up to their grammys tomorrow night and with this year's list of nominees it's sure to be a night music fans will not soon forget. cbs news correspondent susan marquez gives us the closer

look at what we can expect. >> ♪ >> reporter: grammy nominees iggy azalea and jennifer hudson are stirring up trouble at clive davis' pregrammy party. >> ♪ >> reporter: azalea says she would be honored to win any of her four nominations. >> i don't care if i get a grammy for best artwork. a grammy is a grammy, baby. >> ♪ >> reporter: singer song writer brandy clark is taking the grammy stage with dwight yoakum. clark is nominated for best new artist and best country album. >> i'm definitely the underdog in my category. that's okay. i'd rather bely underdog and surprise a few people than be expected and not. >> ♪ >> reporter: clark's competition includes superstar miranda lambert. >> i love being here representing country music. >> reporter: the world will be watching the grammy stage sunday night an stellar performance can make a career. last year sam smith was seated

in the way back just watching the show. now he's tied for the most nominations. >> it's been unhuman experience. i can't put it into words. i just feel really overwhelmed and i'm just trying to concentrate on not tripping on stage. >> reporter: to top it off smith will perform live with mary j blige. sues says marquez cbs news los angeles. >> so, who will walk away with one of the coveted golden grammys? you can find out live tomorrow night at 8 o'clock on cbs3. also share your thoughts with us while you're watching by using the #cbs3 check. >> we had a nice break from the cold temperatures today, highs back into the mid and even some upper 40's. our average high this time of year for philadelphia is 42. we officially made to it 44 degrees. really not too bad outside rider now with some clouds around kind of acting as a blanket keeping our temperatures up. we're looking at mid 30's in the coldest spots still some low 40's. look at some of these high

temperatures we had today reportd from our weather watchers. hal in collingswood new jersey coming in at 45 degrees, john in glasgow delaware 47. out in lawrenceville new jersey peter checked in with 46 degrees today. jason in middletown delaware coming in at 49 degrees. in philadelphia 49 degrees temperature. james in ocean city at 48 degrees and aj in moorestown 45. now, we are talking about our next storm system coming in sunday night into monday. that's going to meet up with some cold air with some wintry weather returning. it's looking like winter up in there poconos right now. some decent conditions. live look at big boulder rider now. temperatures not too cold, not a bad night for some skiing and riding. looks like we'll see some fresh snow coming up from our next storm system. but compare the temperatures to this time yesterday we're about six to 14 degrees warmer so that's that warmer air that has moved in this weekend. it's to set nell for another 24 hours and we'll see the change again.

from the current temperature in philadelphia, 39 in reading but just to the north there's that arctic air trying to push southward, 27 in albany, 34 in scranton. there's a cold front up here an arctic cold front that's going to slowly sag southward and bring some moisture in here later sunday night into monday. there it is. still hanging outer across new york state tonight so we're going to keep it dry with just a few clouds all the snow remains confined over new york state. parter to mostly cloudy skies for the delaware valley. later tomorrow night the front will start to sag southward and we'll get some precipitation in here. so, here's the setup. again tomorrow mainly dry just some clouds, another mild day, highs in the mid to maybe even upper 40's. the front will come southward later sunday night into monday. we'll see a mixture of some rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow basically from the lehigh valley to the poconos for philadelphia, mainly rain but it is possible that it does end as a little bit of light snow coming in later on monday as the storm moves off shore. again, this whole storm system will bring light precipitation to the region but still north of the city there could be some icy spots. so, let's break it down for

you. late sunday night rain showers arrive from north to south. and then on monday mainly rain for the city but you go north and west to the lehigh valley poconos, you'll see a mixture of freezing rain and some sleet and then that moisture could end as a little bit of slight snow later on monday afternoon into monday evening. not expecting any accumulation here for the city. could be a coating or so up into the lehigh valley with a few inches in the poconos. so here's what's happening. let's time it out. sunday afternoon just clouds, it's dry another mild day. here we go 10 o'clock sunday night. notice some pink showing up in the poconos. that could be a mixture of some sleet, freezing rain and then rain as that moves southward. again not a lot of coverage with this precipitation. it's going to be light. off and on showers at times. monday morning there could be some icy spots, lehigh valley poconos. there you go later in the day there could be a brief changeover to some light snow before the storm is gone later monday evening. so let's talk about that ice potential. again north and west of the city could be a couple hundredths of an inch of ice. there could be slick spots for

both the morning and evening commute north and west of the city on monday but overnight partly cloudy, not as cold, we drop to about freezing for center city. tomorrow another mild day mostly cloudy, 48 degrees for the high temperature. and here we go with the extended forecast that rain comes in here on monday. could see a light wintry mix to the north. high temperature near 40 degrees. then we cool it back down again for the end of the week. 38 on tuesday, clearing skies it's windy. wednesday 40. could be a few flurries thursday with highs in the upper 30's. then look at that shot of arctic air by the end of the week. friday saturday 20's for the high temperature. it will be windy. at least it will be sunny but it's cold. >> oh, boy. >> all over the place with this. >> at least it will be a little bit of a break. >> enjoy it for another day. >> thank you justin. appreciate. that lesley. >> we told you earlier in the newscast philadelphia university's herb mcgee making history today joining the 1,000 win club. this game a convincing win for the rams they defeated post 80 to 60. the hall of famer has has been head coach at philadelphia

university since 1967. congrats to coach mcgee. temple making a push towards the ncaa tournament. they have won't four in a row coming into today's contest with conference rival memphis. the owls struggled in the first half but had a monster second half. good defense here. temple with numbers. jessie morgan makes a basket. that ties it up at 54. the game winding down. memphis with the big basket right here by johnson lays it in memphis will have the one point lead. back down the floor comes temple. josh brown for the jumper which is g now memphis will have one last chance but with a miss temple with the big win 61 to 60. villanova getting another shot at georgetown after losing to them last month. let's go to the game. georgetown on the miss. pass by j'vonne pinkston looks like a quarterback on this one. josh hart makes the basket. nova up by 12.

darren hilliard with the steal goes coast to coast and lays it in. he had 15 points on the day. more great defense by nova and more great play by hilliard. another steal, goes coast to coast yet again. this time he makes a tough basket and is fouled. georgetown no match for nova today. 69-53 the final. the sixers back home tonight where they've won three in a row hosting the charlotte hornets at the wells fargo center. last night they were on the road in boston. it was the first nba game for penn state product tim frazier. he had a great game gets the assist here on the mccaths dunk. five points and 11 assists for frazier. sixers had no answer for jared sellinger. the sixers lose 107 to 96. they've now lost 98 a row on the road. okay. winter weather got you down? check out this view from tories pines at the farmers insurance open.

beautiful view. this is a beautiful shot. on the third hole chad campbell, this is the shot of the day. it is a hole in one. tournament will wrap up tomorrow right here on cbs3.

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>> well, that is "eyewitness news" for now. i'm natasha brown. for lesley, justin, all of us here, thank you so much for joining us. we're always on cbsphilly.com. the evening news is up next. we're back at 10:00 on the cw philly and back here for you at 11::on cbs3. have a good night. >> ♪

>> axelrod: tonight severe weather on both coasts. the northwest braces for another wave of heavy rain and damaging winds. northeast digs in for a third straight week of heavy snow. eric fisher and carter evans have the coasts covered. isis claims u.s. hostage kayla mueller is dead, but with no evidence, her parents try to stay hopeful. reports from charlie d'agata and juliana goldman. eyes on the streets-- vinita nair on the growing number of businesses sharing their surveillance cameras with police. ♪ how many roads much a man walk down ♪ >> axelrod: and bob dylan's school of rock is in session. at his star-studded salute he provides a lesson in shutting down his critics. >> critics say i can't sing, i croak, sound like a frog.