prohibits enduring ground combat operations. >> it is not the authorization of another ground war. like afghanistan or iraq. >> reporter: white house has left opened the possibility that ground troops may be necessary. >> giving up the flexibility we need for unforeseen circumstances. >> reporter: their strong support on cap tolly hill for congress to pass nothing but details of the white house row postal have spark a heated debate. >> the president's point is he wants to dismantle and destroy isis. i have not seen a strategy yet that will accomplish that. >> reporter: some lawmakers from both side of the the aisle say they are opposed to the authorization request and as it is currently written. >> ground troop language is a concern. i'm concerned about its breath and vagueness, but that is exactly what the process is for. >> reporter: while the debate to formal willly authorize military force is just beginning the u.s. continues to strike isis target in iraq and syria. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now this new authorization, would repeal the one that president george

w. bush used to go to war in iraq but it would maintain the war authorization against al qaeda that has been in place since 9/11. there are new developments tonight on kayla muhler the american hostage who has reportedly been killed by isis. intelligence officials now believe that muhler was given as a bride to an isis fighter, during her captivity. the president has also revealed that muhler was among hostages that u.s. special forces tried to rescue during a failed covert operation in syria back in july. title stripped, little league organizers say the chicago team that eliminated philadelphia's taney dragons from the world series cheated. today jackie robinson west was forced to vacate u.s. title for using players from outside its boundaries. reverend jesse jackson believe punishment against all black team to win the championship nice pope eighth. >> outside the boundaries, used by player, from taiwan to mexico, it is just about

boundary or race. >> today little league officials gave the u.s. title to the runner up, las vegas. the revelation mo'ne dave ace behind her teammates were cheated comes as a shot to our community. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live in lower southampton bucks county with that part of the story matt. >> reporter: e lease baseball academies like d1 baseball academy in lower southampton are popping autopsy cross the you had, just an example of how far parents are willing to go to make their athletes better. with that said good parenting is a fine line, the team from chicago, a apparently is the latest example of just going too far. they were the squad of summer, two little will league teams from chicago and philadelphia, when they squared off at little league world series thousands watched a tight fame as chicago would go object to win the u.s. championship. >> come on, chicago. >> reporter: in what they called a heart breaking

decision, they have vacated chicago's wins. the players must come from inside the team's geographic boundaries and chicago team allegedly had players from beyond its legal borders. >> you feel bad for those kid because, they a had no idea. >> reporter: stewart runs the d1 baseball academy and has coached for 15 years. he says pressure to field great teams and to win has never been higher. >> it is absolutely a fine line. some parents just go way over board and some are just go have have fun and go play. >> reporter: parents we spoke with at the contacted my agreed. >> i think the values and the morals, goat put aside for the competition. >> reporter: in the end here's what it means. a team of smiling kid who spent their summer playing a game that they loved, hailed as heroes by their own city and their president, now deal with the mistake, that they didn't commit. >> we were given a set of rules, play by them. if the kids are really that good, to get to that level,

they will. >> reporter: late this afternoon, the the taney youth baseball association released a statement saying of the players for the the chicago team, quote on the field, they competed with disciplined and class, and played the game the right way. off the the field they carried themselves as gentlemen and represented their city and families well. they should be proud of their accomplishment. as for the manager of the chicago baseball team, as well as the director of their youth baseball association both have have been suspended, from little league activity. we're live from roar southampton, had matt rivers for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> little league drama, math the math, thanks very much. man whom police say beat and tried to rape a woman at a septa station in center city is behind bars. his arrest comes a day after police released surveillance pictures of their suspect. eye witt the necessary news reporter walt hunter has very latest. >> reporter: passengers at busy jefferson station monday afternoon had no idea, that beyond the platform, in a

darkened stretch along the the track, reginald green was about to allegedly attack and sexually assault a woman he had just met outside of the station, and who had agreed to accompany him, into the isolated area. >> not a spontaneous attack, this was not precipitated after some period of time that the two individuals were together. >> reporter: police say after green and the 27 year-old victim had spent half an hour together she entered an elevate the or with him to the platform level. then slipped away with him into the darkness, where a short time later she was viciously attacked. >> she suffered some pretty severe injuries to her face, to her eye, to her mouth, and other bodily injuries. the individual, the offender, attempted to sexually assault our victim. >> reporter: police say the the area where the attack occurred is off the far end of the platform here at the jefferson station, away from where any riders or anyone

else in the station might be. police declined to say what green, whom sources say made a full confession to the crime and his alleged victim, were planning to do inside of the tunnel. but, police say septa cameras captured the suspect on video and septa officers quickly recognized him, as a suspect that they had stopped or cited 28 times over the past five years. >> he has got 11 prior arrests including an indecent assault, at least one indecent assault. >> reporter: police say they have now taken green's dna to determine if he was involved in other assaults. at jefferson station walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". septa meanwhile has increased the number of officers it has patrolling the transit system. "eyewitness news" at somerset station in kensington this morning. more safety officers were on hand reminding riders to be vigilant while waiting for public transportation. they called this campaign stay back from the edge and septa

is concerned that too often riders were distracted and come dangerously close to falling off the train platform. school bus collide sending within person to the hospital in delaware county. that crash happened at second and lloyd streets in chester. in word yet on the the severity of the injuries but the man's driver, who was trapped and had to be rescued police say there were no students on the bus. the the cause of the crash is under investigation. well, power ball jackpot continues to sore, it is now at 500 million-dollar, the fifth largest prize in u.s. history. the odd of a win are quite long, but that is not stopping ticket sales. our pat ciarrocchi has a case of power ball fever and she is trying to quench that thirst in wynnewood, montgomery county pat how is it looking out there. >> it truly is amazing. we have been here since 2:00 this afternoon and business has been extremely brisk. ten people come in, ten people go out, ten more people come in.

as you can see we have a line here and everyone who has a ticket in their hand tonight is hoping to be the winner. millions of dreams are launched into the universe at this counter in wynnewood. >> i hope to win the lottery and get my dream house. >> your theme door. i go back to places i was at in the military and take my daughter. >> reporter: usually coffee and snack, but today power ball tickets. 11:00 p.m. drawing for 500 million-dollar jackpot. the cash annuity is 337 million. mohammad al-fayed is going on ten hours at the lottery register. people come from west philadelphia and north philly too because there a plus mini martis lucky. >> last year somebody hit here a million-dollar and last week somebody hit $80,000, for a

scratch out. we are the lucky place. >> reporter: statewide power ball tickets were selling at a rate of 4500 ticket a minute. >> power ball ticket police report report she gave her husband his order to do the power ball buying. >> i gave to it my husband and he better have plate. brian wilson is doing the job himself if he its. >> reporter: what would you do with the money. >> i would buy my mom and house and buy me a brand new car. >> reporter: oh, yeah, buy a brand new car and million other dreams for each individual who is buying a ticket, now the deadline to buy ticket is 9:58 tonight the drawing is at 11:00 o'clock. i have mine, chris may. >> if you play, good luck. reporting live from wynnewood pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news"y just knew it, good luck, pat i hope you are the winner. conversation continues on line, connect with us on facebook, and twitter, make

sure you use that hash tag cbs-3 chat and we just may use your comment right here on tv. could be the winner. >> never know. >> can't win if you don't play. >> that is right. >> coming up on "eyewitness news" an emotional first day of testimony in the high profile trial of the man accused of killing chris kyle navy seal, depict in the oscar nominated movie american snipper. today's kyle's widow took the stand. also ahead an "eyewitness news" exclusive my one on one conversation with pennsylvania's new governor tom wolf what he says about putting more skies in your hand. and what you need to know before you get your taxes prepared kathy. we have a clipper on the way that will bring snow showers but the bigger story will be the the air, the arctic air, that will drive wind chills below zero again and more snow for your valentine next

well, pennsylvania governor tom wolf was in our area today promoting his plan for a new tax on natural gas companies that he would use to help fund education. governor tour caln elementary from thorndale chester county as a kick off to his schools that teach tour, where he outline his plan. the governor is proposing a 5 percent severance tax on natural gas drilling companies, which he says could lead to as much as $1 billion each year in revenues for the state and specifically the school system. well, after he made that announcement to day governor wolf sat down with "eyewitness news". he joined me for an exclusive one on one to cover a range

of topics, first up here commonwealth's $2.3 billion budget gap and how it effects the governor's promise to revive public schools. do the realities of what you found in harrisburg make it less likely that money is going to flow as quickly or as freely to schools as you may have hoped as a candidate. >> well, no, it is a false economy to decide we're not going to invest in something that could produce real return for us. and the reverse is also true. if we don't invest adequately in education we will have a economy that continues to decline. >> so you don't feel you have to prioritized deficit reduction over education spending. >> i have to do both. neither one is elect i have, i have to deal with the deficit. i have to deal with education funding. >> reporter: the governor believes today's proposal of a 5 percent severance tax on natural gas drilling will will go a long way toward meeting the the needs of public

schools generating as much as a billion dollars a year. he a says he know it will be a challenge to pass legislature but the current political climate demand it. >> i believe people believe we're in a crisis. we have a big structural budget deficit over $2 billion. we are under inn resting in public goods like transportation, education. that is just not going to work for a long time. we may be republicans democrats, senators representatives and governor but we are all pennsylvanians and that one thing we share in common i think will make us do things differently in this session then we have otherwise done. >> how soon districts like the district in philadelphia expect some of these promises that were made during the campaign to starting realized, things like smaller class size. >> keep in mind i was elect governor, not dictator. we will all put together something that end up a as ultimate budget i hope by june 30th and i will reveal the answer to that question

with some certainty. i'm working as fast as i can to lay out the proposals that would allow that to happen quickly. >> he is doing by reaching out to republicans in harrisburg, building relationships building trust trying to find common ground in divided government. >> the question is how we will get there. i understand that is where the the disagreement is but if we start to remember and understanding that we are trying to get to the same place that changes the dynamics of the conversation. >> conversation continues tonight at 6:00, governor speaks candidly about the possibility of the break through when it comes to privatizing state liquor stores. he talks about philadelphia's chances of landing the democratic convention in 2016. and, we're dealing with residual delays on 95 due to an earlier accident right past the vine street expressway. this is actually our cameras though at tasker and read and these are north bound lanes of i-95 a approaching that accident scene you can see quite a bit of delay.

earlier today we had an accident there involving a vehicle and tanker truck a additionally it is still coming from that truck. so clean up and crews they have just cleaned out of the way perhaps five minutes ago but you can see the delay from that scene for the time being. give yourself extra time, this schuylkill expressway also dealing with eastbound delays right around montgomery and headed towards the westbound lanes as of of right now. we have a few accidents, one in quakertown and route 309 at west end boulevard from bauersville road, and another one, west pottsgrove at high street at groves town road, jessica and chris back to you. still ahead new street signs targeting facebookers. what should happen with the statue of joe paterno at penn state? it is a story that has a lot of people talking tonight? we will bring you results of the the new pole beasley. phillies report to spring training next week so i sat down with the man leading the way to rehab our baseball team exclusive one on one with ruben amaro, junior he

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. just a delightful, winter's day. >> yes. >> sunny. >> it was great. >> sunny mild. i'll sign up for another 60 of these and go right back to spring.

>> a friend of my text me today. she's in florida. she said it was so cold today it was 60. >> i feel so sorry for her. >> yeah, right in a break even more. it will be freezing in florida for next couple days and we will be talking about frigid conditions. wind chills below zero but it always could be worse somewhere. right? lets look outside where it is a beautiful afternoon. the great day for skiing. slopes have been busy these afternoons. jack frost big boulder taking in a great ski day n center city philadelphia it looks pretty as well, sun gets ready to set. down the shore i'll tell you these sunsets don't get much better then this. take a look in a atlantic city just a beautiful end to a gorgeous day down the shore. our live neighborhood network takes to us boardwalk plaza rehoboth beach, delaware where it is looking pretty as well a as we near sunset across the delaware valley. we're talking about some dry conditions tonight, we have a clipper that is fast approaching from the north and west. you can see snow moving into

buffalo, new york, erie pennsylvania and this is going to be riding mainly to our north with the chance of a rain or wet snow shower tomorrow afternoon but not a lot of moisture with this at all. for us a typical clipper. right now in philadelphia 37 degrees after a high of 39. freezing in allentown. twenty-nine in the poconos. 33 degrees in reading. out of the pages on have that book it could be worse. look at this, minneapolis is 15. international falls better known as nation's ice box only three, and winnipeg zero. look at wind chills 22 below in winnipeg. seventeen below in international falls. this is the air that is moving toward the delaware valley. we will be feeling that by sunday. in the meantime it is going to be a gradual progression to the cold. one clipper moving through tomorrow with a few afternoon snow showers, the wind will be the big deal behind this. and at noon in the so windy by 3:00 gusts to 22, by 6:00, gusts to 32. by 9:00 p.m. tomorrow evening gusts to 37 miles an hour, and it will feel obviously much

colder with the wind chill. not a big deal for the morning but once that clipper moves through look at 7:00 wind chills in the teens and single numbers and by friday morning wind chills below zero pretty much every where with the exception of the shore and poconos going for 20 below. then our next clip's lives on saturday, this influences the arctic air and we are talking about that freeze line going down to florida. temperatures in the 30's there. for us it will be coldest yet. sunday wind advisories will go into effect, wind chill advisories as well high temperature will only be 19, the coldest since last winter. overnight high clouds move in, low temple tour 23. tomorrow's high 40. scattered afternoon showers. wind gusting to 30, 35 miles an hour in the afternoon. on the three day frigid for friday, wind chills below zero, light snow moves in saturday. kate will talk more about that valentines snow next half an hour. we will take a

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well, phillies report to clearwater for spring training, next week, the usual buzz is missing but general manager reuben amaro junior is excited about the teams plans. i sat down with the gm and he is a stand up guy. we covered enough ground that i will air segments of the exclusive one on one right up until pitchers and catchers on thursday. let's start with when fans can expect a contender. >> i cannot give you a year but hopefully i mean i think it is imperative for our organization in 2017, 18 that we put ourselves in the position to play very meaningful games in september which is the goal. >> flyers continue their road trip, friday night in columbus

against blue jackets. last night in montreal ray emery got the start for the injured steve mason and turned back 39 shots. flyers could not hold the one goal lead and lost in overtime two-one. we were right there. they scored and they tied it up. we lose tonight overtime. but, i think we came out with a lot of energy. >> good luck with the the flyers. ruben is a stan up guy. we were calling him a genius four years ago. he didn't get stupid all of a sudden. he is trying hard. i believe they will try to two or three years turn it around. >> looking forward to this conversation being broken out over next few days. beasley, thanks very much. the the joe paterno statue debate is raging, pennsylvanians weigh in on what should happen to it. e in motion al-zawahiri testimony on the first day in the trial of the man accused of killing american snipper chris kyle. find out what happened inside of the courtroom.

three students are murdered in cold blood, police say it was all over a parking dispute, new family of the accused shooter is speaking out. and then new at 6:00 health officialness south jersey are warning residents after two racoons tested positive for rabies. what you need to look out for to keep your family safe.

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i'm chris may. we're back at 5:30 with breaking news tonight. president obama has delivered his official request to use military force against isis. now it is up to congress to debate and pass the authorization. the the request calls for a three-year military operation, and it would limit any potential deployment of ground troops. chicago baseball team that eliminated taney dragons from the little league world series was stripped of its u.s. tight toll day. jackie robinson west was punished for using players from outside its boundaries. the runner up las vegas team is the the new u.s. champion. this man reginald green is under arrest in connection with monday's assault at septa's jefferson station. authorities say septa officers recognized green from prior contacts. kate? good evening chris. hello everyone. we have had a pretty decent day to day but everything is about to change.

unfortunately we have rain and snow showers to talk about tomorrow but the cold really invades on friday, another snow chance, perhaps a slightly better chance for snow comes the saturday night and then sunday will be the coldest day of winter so far. temperature were not bad enough wind chills will be brutal. we will have those numbers in a few minutes, jessica? >> kate, thank you. new 59:30 the murder trial of the man accused of killing real life american snipper, chris kyle, is now underway. kyle's widow took the stand during an emotional will day in court. cbs news correspondent omar villafranca has the details. >> reporter: twenty-seven year-old eddie ray ralph entered the courtroom where he is on trial for murdering american snipper chris kyle and chad little field. both sides agree the victims were trying to help the trouble veteran when he shot them at a texas gun range in 2017. >> chris kyle shot five times. >> reporter: defense argued that he has a long history

of mental illness and was in the psychotic a state at the time. >> not only did he not know that his conduct was wrong, he thought he had to take their lives. >> kyle is former navy seal depict in the blockbuster oscar nominated film american snipper. >> hold on, i got a woman and a kid 20-yard out. >> reporter: woman and best seller it was based on has made chris kyle a national hero to many americans. at home in texas he was men for helping fellow veterans in need. his widow was the first witness, the judge order that had no audio of her testimony be broadcast but she cried several times, when talking about her husband, and recounting the day that he was killed. in texas, omar villa franca for cbs-3 eyewitness news. meantime it was a park spot in north carolina that led to the shooting deaths of

three people. tonight we are hearing from the family of the suspects. forty-six year-old craig hicks appeared in court today. he is accused of three counts of first degree murder for the the shooting deaths of three muslim students at a condo near unc chapel hill. police say that hicks gunned down a husband and wife and the woman's sister. hicks ex-wife says that he was not motivated by race. >> i cannot say it was my belief that this incident has nothing to do... but in fact was related to the long standing dispute that my husband had with the neighbors. >> this is new video of one of the murdered students, he created this video to help raise money for syrian refugees who need dental care. philadelphia police are looking for, two suspects in the robbery and shooting in olney. police say two men pulled handguns on a man near second street and ol will any avenue last friday. when the man ran the suspects

shot him in the back. if you have any information on them, please cat the police. well future of atlantic city's former revel casino is uncertain once again. deal to buy revel fell a court in federal bankruptcy court today. reporter david madden from our sister station kyw news radio had has more from camden. >> reporter: florida developer glenn straub wanted more time about a month to see how appeals filed by revel's power provider and operators of the hq nightclub played out. revel's attorney maintained he has zero confidence that straub will close on the deal in the short term. >> there was no additional time to close. they had to close by monday. they had every opportunity to do so. they didn't. >> reporter: all of the other parties sided with revel, bankruptcy judge gloria burns asked straub point blank if he would close in a day or two. he said no. the judge ruled against an extension. >> the case law is that unless these words are in the contract there is no urgency in closing.

because you have got to take it to due diligence. by they are setting 30 days doesn't change what it is. >> reporter: what is next? >> we need to get a buyer who has got money who will close. >> why would somebody bid now, under these circumstances that didn't bid before? >> reporter: if they get the a bid at all i don't see that bid a approaching 95.4, god bless them if they can do it. >> reporter: hearing is set next week that could close the the door and he could lose his ten million-dollar deposit but he would also be eligible to take part in the third round of bidding for the revel. in camden david madden for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". pennsylvanians want joe paterno's stat the you back on penn state's cam puts. that is according to a new poll just released. this is how it used to look outside beaver stadium in july 2012 when the statue was removed. paterno was removed as head coach following the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal and now, a according to the

quinnipiac university poll, 59 percent of people want that statue returned. a similar march in also supports the settlement between penn state and ncaa restoring paterno's wins. what do you think about the possibility of returning that statue to campus? big talker. connect with us on facebook, twitter and also at cbs philly do.com. everybody is anxiously awaiting tonight's power ball drawing with the jack the pot over 500 million-dollar but the odds of winning are very long, one in a 175 million to be exact. to demonstrate exactly how long those odds are lets take a look at a few things that are more likely to happen. you are more likely to be struck by lightening, the odds of this are one in one 36,000. the odds have being eaten by a shark, one in just over 3.7 million. let's be happy about that. you have a better chance of being hit by a asteroid while on this planet. they say odds of that happening is one in

74.8 million. it is more likely that a vending machine will topple over on you, the odd of that are one in 112 million. finally one for sports fans here how about an amateur golfer getting a hole in 11 in 12,500. not bad. but getting a hole in one on consecutive par three's, one in 156 million. still, better odds of that then winning the power ball. we want to know what you think about all this connect with us on both facebook and twitter and we will have the the winning numbers for you tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. so you are saying there is a chance. still to come on "eyewitness news" why smart phone facts are plumetting be careful who you prior to choose your taxes. three on your side jim donovan has a warning and advice for avoiding tax-related scams. some call it a sign of the times, how some unusual street signs are getting people to slow down and pay attention kate? we have some rain and snow

showers to talk about tomorrow and then big changes in arctic invasion as temperatures plumet starting friday and we have a couple more blasts of cold beyond that, get ready for winter's big chill coming back into the forecast i'll have it when we come

target will pay four million-dollar to settle a lawsuit for allegedly over charging it customers. a according to that suit target would leave on sale price tags on items, even not the sale had come to an end. the retailers now required to have employees walk every aisle in the store at the least once a week in order to look for expired signs. we have talk bit a lot smart phones used to be big target for thieves but not so much anymore. that is thanks to apple's kill switch. that allows to you remote thely lock your phone fit is lost or stolen, and since apple introduced it number of iphone thefts have gone down significantly. many people do keep their personal data on their phones like medical information or bank accounts. the kill switch a allows users to erase that information as well. some unusual street signs are turning head in heyward california. one signs says that 35 is a

speed limit not a suggestion. another says heads up, cross the street and then update facebook. most drivers don't pay attention to street signs so any reaction positive or negative, is a victory. trend to go day a delayed flight, isn't so bad when it includes a free concert. >> ♪ >> i like that baby in the back that is watching and enjoying it as well. that is string group from the seattle symphony. while the plane was sitting in the gate in seattle they broke out their instruments, played for other passengers. they had a good week that group, they just won their first grammy on sunday. >> wow. >> congratulations to them. if i just won a grammy, would i break out my instruments as well. >> how about those passengers they didn't get a band playing they got a grammy award winning ban. >> that is right. >> we will be right back.

as "eyewitness news" celebrates 50 years, we're taking a look back at some of the event that have shaped our world. it was 25 years ago today in history when long time ant a part tied leader nelson mandela was released from prison after 27 years. mandela, of course, would be

south africa's first black president. he also won a noble peace prize. in 1993, you were an eyewitness to hometown history as nelson mandela was awarded the liberty medal right here in philadelphia mandela a died in 2013 at the age of 95. it has been a relatively quiet the day across the delaware valley, last quiet day in the forecast, actually because for next several days we have either brutal cold or a little snow to deal with n some cases a little bit of both. lets check with our weather watchers and, start off in new jersey, chilly temperatures right now in pleasantville reporting 30 degrees right the now. he has a picture for us. lot this lovely shot from bill in pleasantville a soul segal at lake bay a beautiful summer day if if you can trick yourself into not feeling the chill. moving toward the the city we have 37 degrees thanks to paul boy inner havertown and reporting clear skies just a

few clouds here and there. no big deal. 39 degrees just across the river allie temple in merchantville, new jersey. she has a comment. the partly cloudy skies, light wind and beautiful sunset. thebe been today. look at the pictures she sent us from merchantville showing that sunset in action. thanks to allie and all of our eyewitness weather watchers. lets look at what else we have going on outside. because full sunset shot taking a look at skies cam three from the ben franklin bridge or campbell's field from ben franklin field. just a few cloud outside. it is a gorgeous evening. all across the board. but change is in the air, and unfortunate thely it will be a cold change. a as brutal wind from the north and west blast in starting as early as tomorrow afternoon. you can see this clipper moving through great lakes. not a whole lot with it right now but light snow showers and maybe even rain showers will get in here tomorrow afternoon. but in the could be worse file a friend of mine in massachusetts sent me this photo. norwood, massachusetts. look at her fence line. snow is up to the fence.

she doesn't think her kid will get on the the swings again until june. the it may be cold this weekend but at least we don't have four and a half feet with snow with more on the the way. there are always things to be thankful for. lets take a look at what this clipper will do as we get in the day tomorrow. a few light snow showers, maybe a few rain showers in the afternoon. then this is out of here. then the wind pick up the pace, friday morning it is frigid, friday afternoon not much better. our next system starts to half move in as we get toward the the day on saturday and during date, it is generally dry but then later saturday evening these snow showers will start to creep in and we could see steady snow overnight saturday night. so, that cold starts to move in on friday, and then we will see another blast. here it comes on sunday. then things moderate into next week but another blast of cold air could wait in the wings by tomorrow or i should say next week by the middle of the next week wednesday into thursday. when is the worst of the cold? first we have he got friday morning. the wind chills around five below zero, even worse in some spots, that is early friday morning. then sunday all day sunday feels like single digits at

best because wind will gust to 40 miles an hour during the day. coldest day of winter temperature wise but wind chill will be down right brutal. worst of it monday morning, some of the coldest wind chills of the year. we could be talking about wind chills in the double digit the below zero range ten minus 12 what it may feel like in some spots into monday morning. that will be the worst of it. we will be below freezing from saturday at 6:00 p.m. all the way through to tuesday at noon. that is 66 hours below freezing with this latest arctic out break. so doesn't sound too good does it the for valentines day unfortunately. up creasing clouds overnight. seasonably cold. tomorrow watch for those scattered rain and snow showers, high of around 40 degrees. you're witness weather seven day forecast, got something every day, rain snow showers thursday, frigid friday. watch for light snow saturday evening and then sunday and monday worse of it. look at monday morning 5 degrees and feels sub sure owe have where. we will send it back to you at the desk. kate thank you. on the federal filing deadline

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well circus in town and clowns dancers are helping area students stay fit. >> "eyewitness news" at philadelphia performing arts charter school for circus fit. student, very excited, look at that, you can see members of the wrinkling brothers barn um and bailey take part as an exercise routine. circus extreme runs from today through the 16th at the wells fargo center. in today's story of brot arely love a scrabble coach who is teaching kid that hard work can pay off. >> "eyewitness news" anchor ukee washington sat down with him. >> reporter: coach told me scrabble led him out of the life of going down a wrong path. >> camp down there. >> reporter: john green is a man of letters. >> all right. regular word. >> reporter: he guides games of scrabble at julia ward howell elementary school in philadelphia. >> it is pretty mind boggling because you never know what kind of letters you will get. >> reporter: john told me he got started with scrabble in a place he never want his students to be: the prison.

>> when i was younger, i didn't hang with the good boys. i hung with the bad boys. >> reporter: robbery burglary john served 24 years inside he learn the game to pass the time and got good. inspiring him to do good. >> i was like wow i can really do something different with my life. >> reporter: when john got out, got a job, joined local scrabble clubs started competing in tournaments and volunteered to coach student scrabble clubs. >> when you spell word you get to spell word you never knew before. >> reporter: john says this game exercises the brain harder than a video game. >> you get to do the work that we used to do 30 years ago for yourself, in the just push a button wow, great game. >> you are using word and numbers for the words and we are adding it up together so it helps new reading and math. >> reporter: it also teaches the children to work together and to disagree like adults. >> when you want to challenge someone, take your time. >> reporter: in his scrabble life john has racked up some

impressive words. >> 389 points for this word. >> have you ever used it in a septemberens. >> just now when you asked me whats the highest word that was the only time. >> for the word that word means a wild visionary idea, have one of your own? reach us at cbs philly.com/brotherly love. i'll see new a morning. i'm ukee washington, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> who doesn't know that. >> those kid so smart. >> they are. well, that is "eyewitness news" 59c. >> now the at 6:00 authorities in montgomery county are looking for two imposter delivery drivers. they reportedly tried to get in the home of the montgomery county moth they are morning and tonight the victim talks exclusively to "eyewitness news". >> kathy. >> light snow coming our way plus bitter cold how you cold challenging records and also going back some 20 years to see this type of brutal weather. we will look at those numbers coming up. plus power ball fever

sweeps the delaware valley, right now jackpot is growing as are the odds of winning "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. they had ski masks over their face. >> right now a at 6:00 o'clock an "eyewitness news" exclusive. a the mother recounts a frightening ordeal as two men pretending to be delivery drivers confront her at her main line home. tonight police are warning the community as the search for those men continues. good evening i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. victim tells "eyewitness news" that the men were pretending to be fedex drivers. police were called to the home on east dartmouth road in bala cynwyd this morning. "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren is live outside lower merion township police with the exclusive details noel. >> reporter: well, jessica and chris, police tell us they

have not been able to find these imposter delivery men anywhere in the area but neighbors tell us that they hope that getting the the word out will at least keep them safe. when she her the door bell ring around 7:00 this morning her first reaction was that of frustration. she thought her older daughter had missed her school bus. >> i was angry that she's coming bank, missed the bus, i just opened up the door, and then this terrible thing happened. >> reporter: when she opened up her door she said two masked men were starring back at her n an exclusive interview with "eyewitness news" she said they were dressed as fedex delivery men carrying packages but she wasn't expecting a delivery. >> they had ski masks over their face and most of them they were in black. they didn't show any identification. >> reporter: she dismissed the mystery men. she said they tried to force open her lock storm door. >> tried to get inside. and he came inside. i was shaken up because i didn't expect