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nbc and he is suspended after admit inning a war story he told was in the true. that a is not the only big shake up for the the news. but first lets check traffic and weather together and start with katie, good morning. >> good morning, hi everyone. this end up being a decent day overall, we can expect to see sunshine. it will be chilly. i'll give thaw. it is nothing compared to the chill that is going to be settling in for us. we have a little snow to talk b we will will do that in the next few, vittoria. >> good morning, everyone. traveling out and about right new we are still waiting in the wings of rush hour commuting. 5:30. things are quiet. however northbound on i-95 we have an incident around academy. we will have more details on that coming up, in just a little bit but lets send it back to ukee and erika. there will be long lines today at convenient stores selling those power ball tickets. >> many would be multi millionaire are hoping to claim jackpot which has soared to 485 million-dollar right now. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is living a dream
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in cherry hill. >> almost living the dream. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. there is no one here yet. word has not gotten out you could be a millionaire very easily tonight. as you mentioned 485 million-dollar up for grabs up from 450 million-dollar just a few days ago. the cash take home would be 327 million-dollar. i, of course, would take that. that is grand prize. at this point your chances though of getting that those five numbers plus power ball to get that number one in 175 million. odd are not so much in your favor on that one. now your odd of getting a million-dollar would be one in 5 million, your best option today so far your highest chances of getting any money back, how about $4, one in 55 of getting that. your competition very steep 44 states, meeting including washington d.c. u.s. virgin island as well as puerto rico.
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in the last power ball, rather, 11 people became millionaires. if you are wondering about tonight, the drawing happens at the 10:59 tonight. your ticket could make you the the winner of that 327 million-dollar, and ukee and erika, i'm looking around and i'm feeling good because i got no competition in this 7-eleven to buy a ticket to compete against mine. >> check this out. >> for now. do you have your numbers or do you let the machine peck your numbers, how to you work. >> reporter: i have a few numbers that i like to go with each time but i think my big one is with the machine. i will take a million. maybe just four. >> we're not being greet i hear. >> what would you buy first what would be the first thing would you buy. >> reporter: funny you should ask, i want three tezslas black, white and silver. >> depending on your outfit. >> to coordinate with? we will get back to you my
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man, thank very much. >> okay. it is 5:33. no excuses not to get your power ball ticket weather is looking good. >> this will be a chilly day but a very decent toews all things consider. we will have more sun then anything. it is not terribly windy but you have to bundle up. it is cold outside. i was just check in with our network frost alert too if you don't have benefit the of the garage perhaps you may need extra time to thaw out the the windshield but with that said storm scan three is totally quiet. storm scan is empty, couple cloud here and there. we will have a few clouds as the the day progresses but in signs of precipitation at least not until tomorrow. meanwhile outside from the live neighborhood network pleasant valley middle and high school campus in broadheadville, it is cold out there. 11 degrees. very modest breeze. what you see is what you get on the thermometer but everyone below freezing. so much like yesterday. you have to bundle up. twenty-eight at the airport. twenty-eight in wildwood.
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list goes on in the mid 20's. as the day progresses we will get you in the upper 30's by tacking on ten or so degrees to the daytime high but it is a pretty quiet the day. what is interesting is what is down the road. two separate clippers coming along one thursday, one saturday valentines day to bring in additional rounds of snow and more than filling in, the bigger store which that yes, snow makes for a good weather head line. bigger story is the cold that will be the real critical factor that you notice when you walk out the door in the days coming up. vittoria. thanks very much katie, good morning everyone traveling out and about on the majors it is still looking nice. i would say overall it the is still very quiet. however traveling on i-95 we are dealing with an incident, notice vehicle turned in the horizontal position. i'm walking over to the wall here so i can point this out to you. take a look at north bound i-95 around academy. we have a gaper delay to go with this incident.
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there is vehicle on the median. police the scene and a few flares, not causing a southbound delay but incidents like this even though we are in the seeing just a dry day, still you have to watch out for ice patches. i still don't trust road in any case. and that is why we have incident like. that i don't know exactly what happened there but i'm just saying use some extra caution regardless because we have been seeing incidents like that occur because of slick spots. we will update you on. that with regard to the bridges they are moving well. this is ben franklin bridge n delays in either direction. all of the bridge lease that nice. speed sensors in the 50's and 60's however traveling in downingtown be mindful of an overturn tractor trailer accident closing westbound side of route 30 between 340 and reeseville, tow truck is on the scene but an alternate would be business route 30. philadelphia police are searching foreman wanted in a brutal attack at a center city septa station. take a look at this surveillance photo please. police say this is the man
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responsible. victim says she was beaten and sexually assaulted by the the suspect monday inside the jefferson station at tenth and filbert. sources tell us that the woman went with him to a secluded area when she re-surfaced she appeared to have been beaten and flagged down a passenger for help. new jersey's head of transportation wants a review of the state's turnpike winter weather plan in the wake of the deadly 40 vehicle will pile up. former turnpike maintenance chief says there were not enough crews salting the road. crash happened near exit 8a in cranberry township monday night. darryl williams of bordentown died. his stepson tells "eyewitness news" that williams was just induct in the boarden tone hall of fame on saturday. >> darryl was my mom's best friend and she loved him dearly. it is just really heavy right now. >> state the police say icy conditions on the turnpike were likely a factor in the deadly crash. 5:36 right now. in business news this morning
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how to quit your job. >> with high tech company is now higher then any other. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us in the new york stock exchange to tell us all about that, hi jill. >> reporter: good morning. apple made history, stock climb two percent yesterday making it the first u.s. company to be valued at more than $700 billion, that is double the value of microsoft. apple just reported record profits thanks to the the sales of the new i phones. you can now use apple pay in the air. jet blue has become first airline to accept apple's new payment system for passengers making in flight purchases of food drink, and even upgrades. strong earnings from companies like cvs health and coca cola pushed stocks higher on tuesday. dow jones jumped 140 points, the nasdaq gained about 62. number of job opening in the u.s. has hit the highest level in 14 years signaling that strong hiring that we saw
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last year could continue this year. labor department says more than people are also quitting their jobs and getting laid off, that is a good sign. if you are quitting your job be careful how you do it. nine and ten hiring managers surveyed by office team say that the way employees quit affect their future careers. they gave examples of the most unusual stories. one worker threw a brick through the window with the word i quit. another person sent an e-mail blast to the entire staff and another left a post-it note. best advice give two weeks notice and help train your replacement. that is more mature way to go. >> brick through a window. >> wow, i'm in the thinking about that. i'm going out kicking and screaming. >> i'm staying right here. >> your time 5:38. major shake up for two news anchors one real and one fake. nbc suspended knightley news anchor brian williams for six months without pay for lying
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about his experience in iraq. williams apologized last week for falsely claiming he was in a helicopter hit by a grenade in 2003. nbc is still looking into other statements made by williams. this came as a complete surprise jon stewart says he is leaving the daily show. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins with us more on that. he really surprised a lot of folks, nicole. >> it did. fans of the daily show were in for quite a surprise yesterday and in the exactly the kind they may have hoped for. after 16 years jon stewart a announced he will retire before the even of the year. >> in my hearty know it is time for someone else to have that opportunity. not right away, it is going to be we're still working out details. i'm up in september. it might be around then. we're still working out the details. >> so you heard it there. stewart broke the the news to
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his audience taping his news program on comedy central tuesday. word spread to social media where the the network confirmed it. you can see the tweet behind me simply saying thank you, jon. from there the tweets came pouring in including this one which i thought was interesting from massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. washington is ready for the big guys and no guys has more consistently called them out then job john stewart. we want to know your reaction to john john stewart's departure. tweet us and use the harn tag cbs-3. a lot of people nominating themselves for the next role for stewart's big shoes to fill. by the the way no replacement has been name. ukee and erika. >> ninety-nine boy, it has been a long time. cheating allegations at the little league world series to tell with you. chicago team that knock out philadelphia's tape dragons is being investigate. jackie robinson west is accused of bringing in suburban players from outside the teams geographical area
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chris james, the the coach for another chicago team, first logged the allegations, months ago. >> little league has residency requirements. they have rules pertaining to what the leagues boundaries should look like. if a team is outside those rules they should be held accountable. >> a final decision on their findings should be reached sometime this week. taney's head coach has yet to comment on the situation. the chicago team lost to south korea in the championship game this summer. still ahead, clothing company known for controversy is back at it, see the the latest design that is upsetting some people. also are eggs on the menu for breakfast this morning? everything we thought we knew about eggs and cholesterol is getting, shall we say scrambled up now. >> it is no yoke. >> no, you didn't. >> oh, difficult. >> what do you do when you are buried by feet have of snow we will show you how they are getting rid of the massive piles ha
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we will have traffic and weather together in a moment but first what do you do after you have been buried by american 5 feet of snow in a matter have weeks? in boston they are melting it. construction trucks are dumping ton of ton of snow as they dig out there record breaking snowfalls. boston schools are closed
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again, today and they are expecting a little bit more snow there tomorrow. but for us, it is a nice quiet wednesday. >> we are, thankfully but we will even up with our own round of snow coming in but first lets check with the eyewitness weather watchers giving us updated reports. frank send nothing clear skies. twenty-three there. he had a frost alert, i said leave the time to scrape your windshield with the lighter win. that is settling in. twenty-four from bill. he is in upper darby. pretty modest breeze for him with the the nice clear sky. he said good morning. so nice. clear and cold. your car will need that time to warm up. if you don't have benefit of a garage. twenty-seven from lynn. she has got clear skies. that is generally the story across the board. we have show thaw video from boston. how about a comparison sake graphic for you. in philadelphia we have pick up just for the entire season owe far 5 inches and change of snowfall. 78 inches though is what they
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currently have in total, and it is only going to get added on to here in the days ahead for boston. we really have been scraping by without an issue here. here's the first in line of the series of clippers coming our way. this is generally going to be bypassing us. say that five times fast. off a to the north. it will clip us far enough south to bring in a quick round of light snow accumulation. i would say generally arriving midday tomorrow and we are talking about a quick coating up to an inch. cold air comes in friday. saturday valentines day we will flirt with the freezing mark but fresh round of snow showers comes in from another clipper and that is what will send these temperatures on a significant tumble. coldest day we have forecasted this season comes sunday with a high of 19. vittoria, it may not even feel better then sub zero for mess of the the day. that is brutal stuff coming our way. >> and isn't scraping windshield the worst. >> i hate it. >> umbrellas don't work as
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windshield scrapers. >> what are you off too. >> learned that the heart way not too long ago. when you are in a rush you will use anything. >> it is true. >> good morning work that said in a rush this morning once you leave the house, just take that moment to calm yourself down a little bit because you will fine maybe a patch or so of maybe a little bit of ice or frost on the majors, because not only on the majors but even in the neighborhood as well. we do have have incidents as a result. what we are looking at here as you can barely see this is a vehicle flip in the horizon at position and looks like an accident north bound i-95 at academy. still very dangerous conditions on the roads. traveling roosevelt boulevard as well as rest of the majors they are still sleeping. we are not seeing any major rush hour delays at this time. that is good news for us. we have a very serious accident in downingtown overturn tractor trailer on route 30 westbound between 340 and reeseville road right lane is block. your best alternate toys take
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business route 30. for instance, forest incidents like this we have something for important you. you can always update your latest traffic information about back ups in your area, any area with the new your drive app. you can down load that app for i the phone and android by going to cbs philly.com/your drive. developing story right new police in north jersey are searching for three two-year old new jersey father christopher dohm. it the is not an amber alert. authorities say he took his young sons across state lines and that is a violation of his custody agreement. he could be diving a nissan path finder with jersey plates. president obama's request to use military force begins isis could go to congress. plan could open up the door to use u.s. ground troops but will prohibit a lengthy offensive. power ball jackpot for tonight's drawing stand at 485 million-dollar, so if you have not gotten a particular, why not. power ball tickets are sold in
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pennsylvania, new jersey delaware and 41 other state, ukee. urban outfitters is receiving criticism from the anti defamation league. group says these tapesries sold by the the company resemble uniforms that prisoners were forced to wear at nazi concentration camps. fabric features gray and white stripes with pink triangles. during the holocaust they made homosexual men and women wear pink triangles for identification purposes. right new 5:48. on the cbs-3 healthwatch good news for egg lovers, everything you know about cholesterol could soon change. government advisory panel found that a higher level of cholesterol in the foods you eat does not necessarily translate into higher cholesterol in your blood. right now, current guide lanes say people should consume less than 300 milligrams of cholesterol a day, one egg has about 200 milligrams, 23rd of the dale a lot.
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300-milligram number is expect to change when new guidelines come out this year. a power nap a day could keep a doctor away. french researchers say a 30 minute nap can reverse harmonal impact of poor sleep, reduce stress and boost the immune system. u.s. survey shows about three in ten adults sleep six hours or less a night. although it was a formal study scientists and morning news workers hope findings will help shift workers and those suffering from insomnia. >> thirty minutes did they say. >> thirty minutes. >> my nap is like four hours. >> i know. >> get your nap on no doubt bit. >> before you walk out the the door we will get traffic and weather together on the three's. katie is tracacking a big dip in temperatures. but first here's is what coming up during evening prime time viewing on cbs-3.
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music's odd couple will sing their jazz hits like this cheek to cheek at borgata on july 24th, tickets go on sale one week from friday. i think i need a ticket to that show. >> fun show. >> such an unusual combination. tony bennet lady gaga they sound great together. >> you will see all kind of folks there. >> i love it. 5:53. katie, nice wednesday. >> not bad for mid-february standard. it will be chilly but we will get the more sun. tad breezy. storm scan three nice and empty for you and it will stay that way throughout the day and night. here is our area temperatures. they are chilly below freezing, you do need to bundle up. take a look across central canadian prairie where we are at or below zero right now. some of that cold yep, is heading our way. heading in to friday we're in the arctic plunge, before that on thursday a few light snow showers. the vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning everyone. if you are traveling on the majors we are still looking
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okay out there as we approach 6:00 o'clock. we are still waiting in the wings of the rush hour however the schuylkill expressway is moving well around the area of 202 and anywhere. traveling on i-95 we are feeling heat, around cottman avenue and girard. that traffic is building. but this is an incident that we are dealing with the north bound side of i-95 at academy invovolving a vehicle in the horizon at position. we will have more on this and in a race, it's about getting to
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developing right now in new jersey a manhunt is in sussex county, police say that this father had taken his two young sons and fled the state. police had not issued an amber alert, however authorities say that christher doh in m has violated a custody agreement. police say he took off in a gray nissan path finder with license plate f17-ck z. anyone with any information is asked to call new jersey state the police. good morning. thanks for joining us. if you take public transportation septa wants to you know your safety is a priority. >> so they are stepping up patrols and educating riders on the best practice to stay
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safe. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from the somerset station in kensington with more on that good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. septa is focused on distracted commuting this morning. if you find yourself engrossed in your cell phone, texting, e-mails, you may have a conversation with a septa office tore day who wants to let you no he about the importance of staying aware of your surroundings. in london, the the phrase is mind the gap, here in philadelphia today you may hear septa remind to you stay back from the edge. the it is septa's recent safety blitz aimed at riders who get distracted and fine themselves too close to the yellow line. >> let's go, guys. >> reporter: this campaign comes as septa steps up police patrol due to recent violence. during peak hours after school when students flood the system septa doubled the number of officers hoping to prevent brawls like this one recently caught on cell phone

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