est practice to stay 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 video involving teenagers.

>> kid being kid but we want to keep them going. because you let three or four stay, three or four turn into zero or 20. >> reporter: recently a 17 year-old female student was punched by a man on the trolley and police are still on the look out for this man. investigators suspect him in the physical assault of a woman at septa's jefferson station monday afternoon. >> we have about an extra hundred officers on duty throughout our system in various locations. usually where we have a a lot of schools, feeding into the system, that is where those officers will be. >> reporter: overall septa wants you to be more aware whether that keeps you from falling off a platform or otherwise, this campaign is happening today between 6:30 and 9:30 here at somerset station but it is a good reminder for everyone who used septa's buses, trains and trolleys. reporting live from kensington this morning jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". accused killer christopher murray has a pretrial

conference scheduled for this morning. he is charged with murdering his wife connie last august. police say she was running in penny pack park when they got in an argument. investigators say connie murray was strangled. also expect delays traveling along roosevelt boulevard in bustleton. utility crews will finish making repairs on this water main that rupture yesterday morning. starting at 9:30, two northbound lanes and one southbound lane on the boulevard near blue grass road will be closed. repairs are expect to wrap up in time for the evening rush. coming up at 6:03. here's traffic and weather together katie. >> good morning, ukee this will be a quiet the day for us overall. the just ahead of the breeze chilly outside, we have some sunshine but that is kind of the story, really the bigger weather story is what is town the road here folks. we can sit relax, enjoy this day before we have to deal with more snow and even more cold. here's how it feels right now. like i said it is no picnic. you cannot be walking around

in shorts and t-shirt but it is still quiet and it is feeling more like the teens very, very modest breeze and that is where that is coming from generally speaking. we are finding temperatures in the 20's. however, you've got a nice clear sky. so it is allowed to drop readily here on the thermometer under that clear sky since yesterday. we expect more sun then anything as the the day progresses upper 30's expect. it is headlines that come down the road lead nothing to valentines day weekend that really are the headliners for us. we have a few shots for snow, thursday and saturday and then just reenforcing cold. that is coming in straight from the depths of the arctic. we will see how that translates to the thermometer later on in the show. vittoria. >> thanks, katie good morning everyone. we are finally starting to feel that rush hour and it is primarily on i-95. that is where it usually starts every morning. lets get outside and give you a better idea because if you are traveling on i-95 a lot of this gaper traffic on top of rush hour is as a result of the incident thaw are looking at right at the center of your screen. that is actually the median.

this incident occurred on the the north bound side of i-95 which are these headlights here right around academy. vehicle flipped in the horizontal position and because we have penndot now on the scene on the shoulder, in the southbound side and generally speaking just any activity, folks are going to slow down. if you are traveling southbound on i-95 out of the far northeast philadelphia moving our way down the vine street expressway we are feeling rush hour and it is heavier around that area as a result of the incident. we will continue to keep you updated on that. north bound side is not awful. ben franklin bridge as well as the rest of the bridges are not awful. speed sensors are still high up and same thing for our majority of the majors. would i say i-95 is our biggest slow point at that on time but traveling in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware we're in good shape and no major delays from mass transit. >> vittoria, thank you. etan patz murder trial continues and tuesday jury members were shown a video tape confession from suspected killer pedro hernandez. "eyewitness news" reporter

nicole brewer joins us from the news center with more details, good morning. >> reporter: that is right, he is missing child whose face was first featured on a note card. now decade later etan patz accused killer is confess to go that crime n a videotaped confession pedro hernandez admits to murdering the six year-old boy in may of 1979. that child went missing from his lower manhattan neighborhood while walking to his bus stop for the very first time alone. yesterday, that jury heard the confession, straight from hernandez. >> he grabbed him by the the neck. i was nervous. i wanted to let go but i just couldn't let go. it was like something just took over me. unyou audible. >> chilling details there.

hernandez's attorney had since refuted his client's statement calling the confession inconsistent with the facts. he also points out that hernandez was interviewed for hours, before investigators turned on the camera. trial by the way resumes february 19th. live from the news center nicole brewer for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a pennsylvania pennsylvania state the police corporal is charged with misdemeanor, and the family of the victim is pushing for justice. richard schroder was charged with five counts of reckless endangerment in the september 30th shooting. the authorities say schroder failed to make sure that his gun was unloaded during a trigger demonstration at the a training facility. the gun discharged striking 26 year-old trooper david kedra, four other troopers were also in the room. >> to not charge with involuntary manslaughter if he was a civilian like you or me i'm sure we would be facing involuntary manslaughter charges right

now. >> corporal schroder's attorney released this statement that read in part corporal schroder is racked with remorse over the loss of a fellow trooper. he regrets that his actions unintentionally caused trooper kedra's death. an investigation is underway into a fatal accident in bucks county. it happened around 8:00 o'clock at 309 near rich hill road in richland township. one person was kill. the accident involve at least two vehicles, as soon as we get more information, of course, we will update this story, erika (. right now it is 6:07. power ball fever is in full swing. people are rushing out to buy their ticket for tonight's massive power ball drawing, and let's she you why. here's what you need to know. tonight's jackpot stands at 485 million-dollar, all that money, that is all thanks to strong sales. now if you are the winner, your cash pay out if you want it in one lump sum is about 327 million-dollar, before taxes though. so, at would be somewhat less.

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revealed, his efforts were made last year to rescue kayla muhler and other americans held by the terror group. he stood by u.s. policy banning payments for hostages. >> once we start diagnosis that in the only are we financing their slaughter of innocent people and strengthening their organization but we are making americans even greater targets for future kidnapping. >> reporter: relatives and friend in kayla's home town of prescott arizona continued to mourn her death. >> the world grieves with us, the world mourns with us and the world wants to be more like kayla. >> reporter: the white house is reviewing ways to improve communication with families of the americans captured abroad. susan man guinness for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". let's get traffic and weather together. good morning, katie. >> it is cool calm and collect. storm scan three showing that really well. we can see beginning of the

next clip are train rolling in here. so we have some snow with that. we will get clipped by it. in fact, tomorrow. that is what is waiting in the wings here. i get the question all the time about what is a clipper. what does that mean. we call them alberta clippers because they org national in alberta cap inadequacies a they are known for sipping across the the u.s. and what they will do is lack moisture and reenforce cold. so as they sweep through they don't have a lot of time to dump very much snow but they don't have have a lot of moisture with them. but they tend to bring in very cold air. we've got two of them waiting in the wings the next couple have days. first one tomorrow coat to go an inch max for that and starts midday. friday here you go, dropping off significantly on the thermometer. come saturday there will be another clipper on valentines day bringing additional light snow and we are stuck behind a better than teens. guys you can always stay up to dayton all things weather by texting cbs philly weather to

84816 and that will sign you up for eyewitness weather text alerts. >> that sound horrible. stuck in the freezer. >> wow. >> not fun for anyone. >> good morning, everyone i can't get over that. good morning. traveling this rush hour the the road are giving you the cold shoulder. traveling on i-95, i know heading out of the northeast down through vine street expressway. we have a incident now, this vehicle being towed out of the way. incident occurred on the north bound side of i-95, and it is off in the median here and finally being towed out of the way. southbound i-95 gaper delay on top of rush hour. it is slow out of the area of farrah northeast philadelphia and then take a look around cottman flowing here around the bend been and vine street expressway. you are in for the licensing hall on i-95. this is only building. it is only 6:14. if you are traveling in lawyers for we have an accident at second avenue and trying to avoid that if you

can. we have a another just overturn tractor trailer accident on 30 westbound in downingtown between 340 and reeseville roadblocking right lane so business route 30 is your best alternate. in major delays for mass transit, ukee. we are following a developing story, a father in north jersey is accused of violating his custody agreement. christopher do hm took his two young sons across state line. this is not an amber alert. dohm could be driving a gray nissan pathfinder. septa says it has increased patrols to guard against assaults on the system. there are double the number of officers on the jobs. jackpot for tonight's power ball is now 485 million-dollar, get your ticket and all ofof the states in our tri-state area and 41 other states as well, if you play good luck. we will take a short

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next stop on the flyers road trip columbus this friday night looking to come back from a tough loss. math in math read gave flyers a within to nothing lead on the canadiens right away last night in montreal. first minute of the game ray emery standing on his head between the pipes, made it stand up until third period when canadiens tied the game. emery had 39 saves, but, they would lose, flyers lose in overtime final score was two-one in favor of montreal. emery turned in a great game and will be seeing action for a while new that steve mason is on the shelf. reports say number one goalie

mason has a knee scope, he had his knee scoped yesterday. flyers call it a lower body injury. mason left sunday's game with the capitols and had ton helped there to the locker room. >> it is a shame. >> wish him well. man shopping in the north carolina shift shop. >> he can turn a profit if he decides to sell this find. it is a west point football sweater from the 40's or early 50's. a man bought it for 58 cents in a goodwill in ashville. it has been authenticated as once owned by famous football coach vince lombardi. experts say that sweater could fetch about $20,000, at auction. >> isn't that something. >> i'm wondering who put two and two together who had that photograph and that sweater. >> it worked out. >> that is great to see. >> incredible. >> we don't need this sweater. >> lombardi trophy in the nfl. up next mortgage scam targeting many people in our area. social media still buzzing

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coming up at 6:23 here's traffic and weather together. we have a mild wednesday. >> well, mild, in terms of the

pattern, yeah, it is still chilly. we will be below average, in fact with our temperatures out there but quiet on storm scan, that is how we like it it will in the stay that way. we have fresh round of snow showers coming in that includes a poconos region getting in on. that we will have a coat to go an inch locally up to two in the mountains. look at plunge friday, that is your high, that is not a typo, 9 degrees for a high on friday. that is just the beginning guys. like sunday it is even colder. that is reason why. we have upper 30's, sunshine today. tomorrow upper 30's but we have a next round of snow showers coming in. it looks like it will be ending up with a quick coating out to an inch. friday the arctic chill start to move in, vittoria. >> good morning, everyone. to the rush hour it is starting to move right in. take a look at 42 freeway, traveling northbound this shot approaching the area have of creek road we have a slow down. southbound 42 is in the the clear as we continue and take you elsewhere we are moving to

422 where east bound side is revving up that rush out of the area of oaks all the way down toward 202. traveling westbound no problems, and usually at the this time there never is. if you are traveling on the schuylkill i-95 anticipate rush hour traffic, no doubt about that. we have an overturn tractor trailer in downingtown route 30 westbound between 340 and reeseville. it is blocking right-hand lane. best alternate toysake business route 30. be mindful of the accident in lawyers for second avenue and as we move to mass transit overall, mass transit looks great. there are in major delays reported. however, traveling new city frontier and victory division schedules, they have been revised. so, just be mindful of those revisions. we will update things on twitter, of course, erika. >> thank you. man suspected of shooting a san diego sportscaster is behind bars. fifty-four year-old mike montana gave himself up early this morning after an hours long standoff with police.

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police say that man is want for assaulting a woman inside a center city septa station. it happened monday afternoon at jefferson station at tenth and filbert street. sources say the vick till

willingly went with the man but when she re-surfaced she had physical injuries. in the wake of the attacks and trouble on the tracks the transit agency is increasing their presence in order to keep riders safe. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from the somerset station in kensington where septa safety blitz is underway jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning. septa is trying to keep its riders safe so they are stepping up to what is called a safety blitz. that means office are will be having conversation was riders reminding riders not to be so engrossed in music, reading, social media, cell phones and that they cross the yellow line and step on to the tracks. thinks called stay back from the edge. police officers and safety officers will be out here at the somerset station which serves septa's market frankford line reminding folks to be aware of their surroundings. septa police have stepped up patrols in light of the recent violence thaw are speaking of during peak hours during

school with students, flood the system. septa doubled number of officers on patrol hoping to prevent brawls like this one involving teens recently caught on cell phone video. on any given day septa transports a million commuters, and that includes the the hundred thousand public and parochial students. >> we have an extra 100 officers on duty, throughout our system and various locations, usually where we have a lot of schools feeding into the system that is where those office are will be. >> reporter: and police are also still searching for this man, they say he sexually and physically assaulted a woman on septa's jefferson station monday afternoon. anyone with any information about him is asked to call police. as for this safety blitz it started right about now and runs 6:30 to 9:30 this morning but it is a good reminder for everyone who uses the septa transit bus trolleys and trains, so they keep aware of their surroundings.

reporting live jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. new jersey's head of transportation want a review of the state's turnpike winter weather plan in the wake of the deadly 40 vehicle pile up. a former turnpike maintenance chief says there weren't enough crews salting the road. the 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 bordentown's athletic hall of fame on saturday. >> darryl is my mom's best friend. she loved him dearly. it is just really heavy right now. >> state police say icy conditions on the turnpike were a likely factor in that deadly crash. we want to get traffic and weather together. good morning, katie. >> good morning. hi everyone. quiet day overall. chilly granted but we are expecting to see full sunshine and this is first sunrise that has been before 7:00 in the morning since the the season

began. that is some fun news right. we can expect to see a beautiful sunrise. i will bring thaw video. storm scan three clear as a bell. we will see a couple cloud, nice and clear for that sun to bring us colors on the east horizon. i'll bring that to you. 23 degrees both at trenton and wilmington. only in the teens in allentown and mount pocono area. so it is still cold but we are still ending up with a nice break between systems here as we climb in the upper 30's. looking a head notice time stamp jumping to friday. cold air invade in the the wake of the clipper number one. number two comes along saturday you can see white and pennsylvania magentas starting to move in. by sunday we will end up with the coldest weather we have seen so far this season. i will talk more about that later in the show about what that will translate to on the thermometer but i'm telling you brace yourself really cold air coming our way. in addition to additional chances for some snow. so winter is making a come

back it seems, vittoria. >> it doesn't seem that bad with the new color pink you are so funny. >> so pretty. >> i'm looking to the end of the tunnel here. it is rush hour. we anticipate that heading out there this morning. this is i-95 right around academy. it doesn't look awful here but on the right side of your screen is southbound side of i-95. we are seeing a bit of the delay out of the far northeast down to the vine but further southbound you head where it gets more saturated with traffic. the north bound i-95 is not terrible. traveling 309 around the the area of the pennsylvania turnpike notice here at fort washington, traveling in either direction is good. once you get to the the turnpike it looks great. generally speaking we're not seeing too much traffic except if you are traveling on the schuylkill and i9 five even 42 freeway in new jersey those are rush hour target points if you will. we have an accident in downingtown still out there overturn tractor trailer 30 westbound between 340 and reeseville blocking the right

lane. best alternate toys use business route 30. also traveling in new garden at newark road at gap new port pike we have an accident here unfortunately we have word it is involving a pedestrian so another incident/area to avoid as well. we have an accident at royersford second avenue and have ner road, no major delays for mass transit, ukee. cheating allegations at little league world series. chicago team that income out philadelphia's tape dragons is being investigated. jackie robinson west is accused of bringing in suburban players who come from outside the team's geographic area chris james, coach for another chicago team, first lodged the allegations months ago. >> little league has residency requirements, they have rules pertaining to the boundaries. if a team is outside those rules they should be held accountable. >> a final decision on their findings should be reached this week. taney's head coach has yet to comment. chicago team lost to south

korea in the championship game. ukee a 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 about his experience in iraq. williams apologizedded last week for falsely claiming he was in a helicopter hit by a grenade in 2003. nbc is looking into other statement made by williams. this one just came out of no where jon stewart says he is leaving the daily show. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins with us more on that. it stunned a lot of folks. >> lots of people shocked and saddened erika just before brian williams announced hits six month suspension john john stewart told his audience that after 16 years as anchor of the daily show, he is ready to retire. >> in my hearty know it is time for someone else to have that opportunity. not right away it is going to be, you know, we're still

working out details. i'm up in september. might be around there might be december, might be july. we are still working out details. >> stewart broke the news to his audience while taping his satyrical news program on comedy central on tuesday. of course word spread to social media and network confirmed it. you can see the tweet from comedy central thanking jon. it was just tip of the iceberg from there. lots of users weighing in including one from massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. she said washington is rigged for big guys. no person has more consistently called them out for it than beyond john stewart. good luck, john john. the another one daily show with tina fey and amy poehler is the only thing that could solve my sadness a lieutenant of folks a agree with that. from our shameless plug here jon feel free to reach out to us at careers at arby's.com. a job offer and quite a few nominations for who should

fill his shoes, big shoes, indeed ukee ander contact since taking over in 1999, show has won 19 m.a. award and averages a million viewers each night. a replacement the has yet to be announced. >> very popular guy. >> i have no idea who will replace him. >> it will be tough. >> thanks, nicole. 6:38. pennsylvanians want joe paterno's statue back on penn state campus. >> that is according to a new pole. we shot this video in july 2012 as the statue was removed outside beaver stadium six months after the coach's death. paterno resign as head coach following the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. now according to the quinnipiac university poll 59 percent of the people want the statue return. similar margin report settlement between penn state and ncaa restoring paterno's wins and making him the winningest football coach in college football. have have you seen the new sixers mascot just yet? he is here and will be joining us in our studios after a

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tonight, grenade and training camps and other potentially dangerous items hidden inside bags found for the belly of the plane. >> i'm so happy that the tsa has taken steps necessary to assure our safety. >> now get a rare look at sophisticated security system used to find these things. keeping you safe in the sky i'm chris may tonight in an "eyewitness news" exclusive we will go behind the scenes here at philadelphia international airport, the people technology keeping threats off of planes. if you didn't get a good night sleep new research suggest a power nap can off set damage resulting from that lack of of z's. >> yeah, french researchers conduct a small study on 11 healthy men. they found that two, 30 minute naps, two, helped undue negative effects caused by a sleepless night. they got a boost to their immune systems. >> can i take them two back to

back. >> great plan. >> nap 9:30. i'm so in. on that one. guys, we will talk about our eyewitness weather watcher network. we have a picture from spike favorite profile pictures. bordentown, clear cold nice and clear. we will have a beautiful sunrise. temperatures where he is 25 degrees and clear skies in bordentown. 22 degrees sent from tracie fox. the nice clear sky for you there. it is going to be a chilly day. hopefully stays sunny, and i can bank on that. it is looking like a decent day. there is a new clipper system bringing in snow cornelia cross northern great lakes. this will move east ape just barely clip us. i mean it is a clipper. it will barely clip us. as it does so it will reenforce the the cold. this is first of two separate clippers. we are looking at a quick coating up to an inch out of that tomorrow around midday and another clipper that comes along saturday valentines day

mainly later in the the day. as it pertains to are eyewitness weather seven day forecast, the the snowfall an arctic chillies the biggest story look at how cold it gets on friday 22 degrees. so by sunday we will have a hard time breaking out of the teens. what that means for us here is it will be absolutely brutal outside. i have a feeling it may in the feel better than sub zero territory on sunday. that will be kind of cold that can be dangerous. keep that in mind if you have any plans to be outside on sunday. vittoria. good morning. traveling the majors we will notice rush hour is out there. heat is picking up on i-95 schuylkill expressway, parts of the vine street expressway and ben franklin bridge. looking at the bend been making your commute from new jersey down toward philadelphia and eighth and vine it is slow go. and this is only going to continue to build as we approach 7:00 a a.m. we are taking you now down through schuylkill expressway westbound 76. look at those brake lights hit eastbound you are not moving

great either but westbound is the heaviest delay we are seeing right now. west bun we are seeing slow down approaching vine, take a break and then run into some more problems approaching city avenue through the the area of gladwynn. taking a look at the the water main break from yesterday. that really wreak havoc on your commute yesterday. they will do repairs on the roosevelt boulevard at that point, of the water main break, not too far from conwell, grant red lion all in the inner drive. so north bound two inner lanes will be closed at 9:30 a.m. the southbound side one lane will be closed in this area. so if you are traveling in and around this area it will be closed at 9:30 a.m. this will be on going and they are hoping, that it will be cleared out of the way by the time the rush hour hits, ukee. >> vittoria, thank you. hey, new sixers mascot makes his debut a how me to introduce to you franklin the blue fury dog who made a

dramatic entrance at franklin institute in philadelphia a yesterday. he just made within here in our studio. we are excited to have franklin join us live. he is joined by tim mcdor met the chief marketing and innovation officer. gentlemen, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> sixers haven't had a mascot sips what 2011. >> that is right. >> tell us about franklin. >> whole process has been simple, for kid, by kid. we went to a thousand kid and said tell us what you want. how big how tall what color, should he dunk, describe will. this is deiron for them good fantastic. will he do all that during the game. >> he is pretty good. >> he has some skills. >> dance skills good couple big dunks at the his debut. he is pretty good. >> i'm thinking he looks like a -- is what up, dog my man. between big shot and hip-hop all together, don't you think. >> you know what i'll tell what you we had a chief design

team of six kids. they spearheaded this effort for us. this is what they came up with good when can we see him. >> the day buy he will be at the all-star game this weekend and home debut is february 20th. >> you have give away. >> we have a give away good real quick. >> all kids here we go all kids 12 and under will get a franklin jersey here. other one is march 6th all kid free at sixers game. >> even big kid like me. >> twelve and under. >> in the quite you. >> all right appreciate it. >> franklin, welcome to town. >> good to have you looking good. >> my man. >> positively stunning. >> thank you. >> they call it america's game and now every american is trying to get his or her hand in the winning ticket in tonight's power ball drawing. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from a cherry hill convenient store where those perspective millionaires are starting to trickle in.

>> reporter: i'm out here meeting my competition. grand prize 485 million-dollar. that breaks down to 327 million-dollar or so, cash prize. i but the odd of doing that are actually fairly high, one in a 175 million, if you get all five numbers, once that pur ball, your chances are greater for winning a million-dollar. that is still very hard. that is one in 5 million. your best betties winning just four bucks. that is one in 55. there are 44 states new competing for the fifth largest cash prize that includes washington d.c., the u.s. virgin island and as well as puerto rico. last big power ball jackpot made 11 people millionaires and here at 7-eleven people are willing to pay a high amount to join them. >> three years ago when the jackpot went up to 300 some million-dollar, i had a customer came in and bought like five hundred dollars.

>> now unfortunately that person did not win anything, however, six years ago pick six winner won 7.6 million-dollar, in this 7-eleven on kings highway. even better about being a future millionaire. we are live from cherry hill i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will see if per shows up for work tomorrow. >> appreciate it. 7:49. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> gayle king has a preview. >> i'm ready, hello ukeelee ander contact major garrett is new at the white house with a american women killed in the hand of ice is. we have a cardiologist in studio 57 with what major changes in cholesterol recommendations could mean for your diet? well bet not. we will go inside two big tv announcement, including john john stewart leaving the daily show. say it ain't so. news is back in the morning. we will see you guys in about ten minutes from now.

>> lots of news. >> i said it is if so but in the for a while. >> thanks, gayle. >> i know. >> take care. in today's story of brotherly love a scrabble coach is teaching children that hard work can pay off. >> i sat down with them to talk about his mission. >> the camp down there right. >> reporter: john green is a man of letters. >> this is a regular work. >> he guide games of scrabble at julia ward howell elementary school in philadelphia. >> it is pretty mind boggling because you you never know what kind of letters you will get. >> reporter: john said he got started in a place he never wants his student to be: prison. >> when i was younger, i didn't hang with the good boys. i went with the bad boys. >> reporter: robbery burglary, john served 24 years. inside he learned the game to pass a the time and got good inspiring him to do good. >> i was like wow i can do

something different with my life. >> reporter: when john got out, he got a job, started competing in tournaments and volunteered to coach student scrabble clubs. >> when you spell word you spell word you never knew before. >> reporter: john says this game exercises the brain harder than a video game. >> you have to dot work that we used to do 30 years ago for yourself, in the just push your button wow great game. >> you are using word and numbers and adding it up together, so it helps new reading and math. >> it teaches the children to work together and to disagree like adults. >> when you want to challenge something, take your time. >> reporter: in his scrabble life john has racked up impressive word. >> 389 points for quickcentury. >> have you ever used it in a sentence. >> just now, when you asked me that was the only time. >> we looked it up and it means, a wild visionary idea,

spell out your story of brotherly love reach us at cbs philly.com and search for brotherly love. >> how great that. >> great program, great guy. >> we will be right back. >> but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3. back in a bit.

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take a look at the smiling face, smiling down on planetter from the a galaxy far, far away. the hubbell telescope caught this the the other day and it is getting second looks from all over. >> you wonder what makes the the galaxy look like this. experts say it is work of gravity and relativity. well, they are the experts. >> that is right okay. >> well, it looks ne. >> pretty cool. >> katie. >> good morning, guys. we are watching the the sun coming up just a little sooner then it has in recent days and it is first day of at least since the the year began we seen the sun coming up before 7:00 a.m. 6:59 is when it arrives for philadelphia you can see the the light of the the day west in kutztown starting to arrive over the horizon. currently 11. storm scan is quiet and will stay that way all day to day. three day forecast featuring temperatures that take a big plumet, on friday, we are already there.

22 degrees. sun returning. in between here on our thursday we will have light snow showers, just a quick coating out of that vittoria. >> good morning everyone. we are taking a live look at chopper three over the scene of the incident traveling no door far from the downingtown area this is the 30 by pass. you will notice a tractor trailer overturn into the the median here. if you are traveling in this area we will notice one lane gets by, this is between 340 and reeseville. so again right lane being compromised, if you are traveling in and around this area i would say business route 30 is your best bet. traveling throughout some of our rush hour points like 95 and schuylkill you'll find rush hour when you get there. no major delays for mass transit. today is last day to get pyt big burger deal on groupon. burger and fries a day for a year for $144. >> such a deal. the fine print after some people bought it. here it is, it is now only good for dine in not for take

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good morning. it is february 11th 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." new details of a failed rescue attempt to piquet la mueller from isis. a massive media shakeup. jon stewart decides he's leaving "the daily show," and nbc decides brian williams is leaving "nightly news" for six months. >> plus, a powerball jackpot worth nearly half a billion dollar is up for grabs. better buy a ticket. but why some states are losing big time. >> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i deployed operations and probably missed them by a day or