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♪ "eyewitness news" begins at 11:00 o'clock with breaking news tonight a car crash has claimed the life of the long-time 60 minutes correspond bob simon. his career with cbs news spanned five decades taking him around the world and earning him countless awards. good evening, i'm chris pay. >> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live in our sat center with more on the crash and simon's expansive career. todd. >> reporter: jessica reporter bob simon was killed tonight in a car crash in manhattan when

the liver row car he was in crashed no another vehicle. the 73-year-old was riding in the back seat. according to police the driver of the lincoln town karzai mon was in hit another car that was stopped at a red light. simon was found unconscious and unresponsive by emergency personnel just before 7:00 tonight with injuries to his head and torso. he was taken to st. luke's roosevelt hospital where he was pronounced dead. the broadcaster covered some of the biggest events over the past 50 years. in 1991 simon and his crew were released by iraqi government after being held captive for almost six weeks. they were taken hostage during their coverage of the gulf war. simon and his crew suffered through hard ships including beatings and threats. >> the bridge honors the grand dragon. kkk. >> simon as a correspondent for 60 minutes reported on the movie selma. he also covered the vietnam nem war during his storied career. >> and late tonight the exec

tough producer for 60 minutes released this statement which says it's a terrible loss for all of us at cbs news. such a tragedy made worse loss because we lost nim a car accident. a man who escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times. there is no one else like bob soy mon ". >> simon won several awards during his career. he's survived by his wife and their daughter who also a producer for 60 minutes. the investigation into tonight's deadly car crash is just beginning. no one else was killed. reporting live tonight in the sat center todd quinones cbs3 oy witness news. >> what a loss, todd. all right. thanks so much. simon covered syrian the war on isis for cbs news and today president obama took action calling on congress to give him formal authorization for the use of military force against the group. this evening david spunt spoke to local peacekeeping couple who were eyewitnesses to the islamic state's campaign of terror. >> this resolution reflects our

core objective to destroy isol. report roar president obama made it clear. he wants congress to wage war against isis. >> the islamic state nodes to be defeated. >> reporter: bucks county native jim fine and his wife debra shutter every time they hear the word isis. the couple spent four years in iraq returning last august. they personal vol seen the effects of isis and news of a war with the islamic state brings back strong emotions. >> memories of the people that we left behind. >> debra fine says she's constantly thinking of the thousands of refugees forced to leave their homes after isis invaded. many came to where she and her husband were on that you are peacekeeping mix with the mennonite central community. >> in 48 hours the population of that community nearly doubled. >> reporter: fines are paying close attention to president obama's plan formally asking congress to wage war on isis. >> it is not the authorization of another ground war. >> reporter: but the president's plan calls for three years of military force and

targets isis and groups fighting with isis. >> our coalition is on the offensive. isol is on the defensive and isol is going to loses. >> reporter: the president's plan does give the military flexibility to possibly send troops to the area if circumstances change. congress will vote up or down on the president's proposal and already members of congress are fighting over the issue. david spunt cbs3 eyewitness news news. concerns about terrorism abroad mean heightened security at home and since the attacks of 9/11 nowhere is that more apparent than at the nation's airports. we have all been through passenger screenings but what about the suitcase that is fly with us in the belly of the plane. are they searched? are they safe? tonight in an "eyewitness news" television exclusive we go behind the scenes at philadelphia international airport to show you how the tsa keeps us safe in the skies. grenades blocks of inert c4

explosives this training kit foreclose seive devices was found in a checked back in hay hame shocking items that have been packed in luggage across the country. but at philadelphia international airport's terminal a, they're spotted by an in line auto mated system. >> how safe should passengers feel on their planes as a result of having this system? >> they should foal very safe. state of the art equipment report roar tsa mike mccarthy took "eyewitness news" where no other philadelphia station has gone behind the scenes of the security structure that keeps us safe. >> step one, the conveyor belt. our camera shows i was bag's journey from the ticket counter to the runway about a quarter mile long. >> it does that in 10 to 15 minutes. if there are no alarms. about the same amount of time it takes a passenger to get through screening. >> step two potential harms. conveyor bell carries each bag through an explosive detention system which generates an image of wants inside like ones taken of carry on bags but high tech and 3d like a cat scan.

so secret we're in the allowed to show them to you. then using a sophisticated algorithm it looks for potential threats. if the finds one that bag is diverted from the main conveyor belt. so human eyes can take a closer look. this is the tsa control room where there's a camera on every bag that moves through the system. if there's a threat, this is where it's found. these highly trained tsa experts evaluate the images. if they decide the bag's contents are safe it moves along. but if they're not convinced it's on to step three. the inspection room. this is where bags are searched by hand by tsa agents like jonathan emery. >> you rely on the machine to actually, you know, make certain things but you also rely on your experts to look around and check the bag. >> this time jonathan finds no threat. after placing a notice of inspection in the bag, he returns it to the conveyor belt where it's handed off to the airlines.

one out of every four bags that enters this system at terminal a is given this extra scrutiny. few pose actual threats. but the tsa federal security director derek starks says his team stays alert. >> we evolve as the threat see evolve and we put in protocol to match the threat so we adapt. >> for travelers in philadelphia, it means piece of mind and a safer on time trip. >> i feel more comfortable with our choice of how they're screening the bags. >> as frequent flyer, i'm so happy that the tsa is taking the steps necessary to ensure our safety so you know, makes me feel very safe. terminals d and e at philadelphia international airport are installing their own auto mated explosive detection systems. they hope to have those up and running by the fall. just really interesting stuff to see it from that perspective you just know when you drop it off. you got to think they've got to be able to process so many bags. >> a lot of bags. between 500 an thousand per hour

so really not only does it keep us safer in the skies it also makes things more efficient overall and keeps planes running on time. >> all of these are good things. >> indeed. chris, thanks so much. drama police chase you'll see only on "eyewitness news" as suspect speeding away from officers at chester and montgomery county all caught on tape. watch here. you can see the jeep swerve on to ridge pike in limerick forcing a man in car into oncoming traffic. the driver of that car spoke with eyewitness nouse about the frightening moments. >> all i saw was his truck coming out. his suv and when i saw his suv my inn tints took over and i swerve the wheel. if i hadn't swerved he'd hit me and i probably would have hit somebody dead on. >> very scare cree there. the chase started after rob bro at the coventry mall and that suss spec was not caught. a frightening home invasion in medford tonight the search is on for two suspects who told the victim if he called police

they'd come back and kill him. take look at these sketches of the suspects. police say this duo burst into a home on chief mass soy road sunday night attacking 6484 old man. they duct taped gnome chair repeatedly hitting him with pipe or something similar. the suspect stole money and his car. but they did leave behind these two bicycles at the scene. and police want the public to be on guard. >> victim was surprised. he actually asked the suspects if they were in the wrong home. because he believed the way they were asking about the money that they had just pick the wrong home. >> the vick testimony was taken to the hospital for treatment and releaseed. well now only on "eyewitness news". police are warning mainline they ares after two mask men pre 10ing tubifex ex drivers terrified a mother at her bala cynwyd home. officers are searching for these men tonight. they showed up at her home on

dartmouth road carrying packages diss morning. she says the doorbell rang. she answered and those two men tried to force their way through her glass storm door. >> tried to get inside. i just lock my main door and came inside and i was quite shaken up because i didn't expect that. i thought maybe i'm ovary acting check them to see if there's a fed ex vehicle outside or anything like that. i couldn't see it on my street or even further down. >> she raced to call 911 and those men took off. fed he can says they are cooperating with police and the company points out that all fed he can drivers are required to wear official id badges. >> now to powerball fever. $564 million up for grabs tonight and a lottery drawing that's createed long lines of hopefuls across the nation. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live in cherry hill tonight with many people are checking those tickets. diana. >> reporter: myself includeded jess casm that's a lot of money

and it seems to be growing by the minute. it certainly kept stores busy all day today as everyone is hoping for peace of that jackpot jackpot. powerball mania is sweeping the tri-state. >> we always become this one because won a lot of scratch offs here. >> this is your lucky spot. >> technically. >> this south philly beer distributor that sold the winning $131 million jackpot over a year ago did near record sales selling more than a thousand tickets wednesday. >> just come and get the quick picks. i might as well put a little extra touch on it this time. >> ed washington plays one in awhile with college tuitions to pay for this time he's going all in. at this cherry hill 7eleven lines have been long. there was a late night push just before sales stopped. in pennsylvania tickets are selling at 4500 per minute. all helping to bolster wednesday's jackpot to half a billion dollars. >> it might be the guy that plays once in awhile. hopefully i'll be that guy that only plays once in awhile that

wins. >> reporter: i hope that he is. but for more on those numbers let's go back to you jessica. >> good luck diana. here are the winning numbers tonight. 11 13, 25, 39, 54 and the powerball 19. if you're playing good luck. if you win let us know. >> looks like i'll be at work tomorrow. >> no winning for you. >> so it goes maybe next time. >> good luck out there. >> if you're looking at your phone to check those winning numbers you're certainly not alone out there. but did you know that spending hours with your head down looking and texting could be tough on your body. there's a alarming neuro search out about what the effects may be and what you can do to stop what's being called text neck. that's coming up. >> kathy? >> that's what that is. coming up we're tracking light snow on storm scan3. behind this an even bigger story, dangerous cold. possibly the coldest area that we have seen in nearly two

decades. we'll have those numbers coming up. >> and tearful testimony from the widow of american sniper chris kyle as his murder trial gets underway. find out what the defense is saying about the killing when "eyewitness news" returns in just 60 seconds.

the murder trial for the man accuse evidence killing real life american sniper chris kyle began today in texas. kyle is the former navy seal depicted in the oscar nominated film. 27-year-old eddie ray routh charged with killing kyle and his friend chad littlefield at a north tech text gun range in 2013. kyle's widow tai was the first witness and she was i meg at on the stand. the defense is arguing that routh had a long history of mental illness and in a psychotic state at the time of the killing. >> a parking dispute in north carolina leads to the shooting death of three muslim students. 46-year-old craig hicks appeared

in court to face murder charges today. police say hicks gunned down a husband and wife as well as the woman's sister at a condo newer u inform c chapel hill. hicks ex-wife says the shooting had nothing to do with race rory live john john. >> there is more proof tonight philadelphia's taken know dragons were a great baseball team. today the chicago team that eliminateed taney from the little league world series was stripped of their national title for cheating. officials say that they took the title from chicago's jackie robinson west because they used players from outside their boundaries. chicago did win the us championship but they went on to lose to south korea in the world series. today little league officials awarded that us championship to the runner up las vegas in a statement the taney dragons said the team from chicago competed with diss discipline and class. pennsylvania governor wolf wants to make natural gas companies pay their fare share. the governor officially produced 5% severance tax on natural gas

drillers during a tour of cowan elementary school in that thorndale. the governor says if it's approved the tax will generate a billion dollars in revenue that would be used to improve pa's public schools. camden county health officials confirm that a second raccoon there is been found with rabe bows. officials say that a dog killed what turned out to be a rabid raccoon in haddon township yard last tuesday. then a second was killed by a family dog in the city of camden on february 1st. officials say that residents should make sure to keep their rabies vac nations up to date for their pets. are you like most people, spending hours on the phone? yes. that sounds familiar. it can cause something called text neck. it's a growing problem. health reporter stephanie stahl has details on new research that cal could you lates the risk. >> reporter: look anywhere and you'll see it. people heads down on smart phone. >> if i'm not working i'm constantly on my phone. >> i'm on my phone a lot.

>> how much? >> all the time. even when i'm watching tv i'm on my phone. >> reporter: and there's all the laptops and tablets. staying connected has caused an epidemic of text neck. too much pressure on the spine. >> posture is a problem. >> reporter: it's a problem spinal surgeon ken started thinking about after talking to a patient with neck pain. >> he toll me that he was playing angry birds four hours day on hissism pad heads down. head all the way down. >> he work with engineers to determine a weight value for putting long term stress on a person's neck here's what they found. the human head weighs between 10 to 12 pounds. when it's tipped 15 degrees pressure jumps to 27 pounds. and when the head is bent forward 60 degrees like it is for many people when they text, the weight on your neck is a significant 60 pounds. >> my kindle i'm looking down when i read. >> debbie feeney spent seven hours a day looking down read after year with neck pain the

doctor had some simple advice. >> stop reading in bed. >> this is normal position of the head. so when you're texting, you're turning your whole spine forward g neurologist jerry brower says neck pain associated with electronic devices is common. >> if you hold your head in a cocked position it causes muscle strain, muscle fatigue, and when you point it out to people it become very easily understood, and people will adjust their lifestyle to correct for it. >> reporter: the solution instead of always looking down at your phone is to bring it up to eye level. doctors say this takes the pressure off your neck and is healthier for your spine. i'm stephanie stahl cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> 60 pounds when you're leaning in like this. jeez. >> we all need to work on our technique i think. >> and our children, too. they play games. ism pads, angry birds. >> yeah. >> you're a fan of that. >> hey, we are about to go into a deep freeze it looks like g super cold. this is amazing.

>> it will be gradual but the full impact is over the weekend. take look outside where temperatures are falling. not so bad just yet but it will be in center city philadelphia we're looking at temperatures that are falling into the 30s and eventually into the 20s. this is the view from campbell's field, of course, of the bridge. we have high clouds rolling in on storm scan3 we have a few flurries. they are few and far between. as the clipper approaches the delaware valley just mainly cloud cover across the region right now but it is going to be much more than that over the course of the weekend. so we see some clouds rolling in. a few flurries especially to the north. and some colder air and that will set the stage for a brutally cold weekend. our "eyewitness weather" watchers are saying the barometric pressure is falling. that means the storm system is approaching. temperatures are falling in some spots as well. right now frank is reporting a temperature of 25 degrees in richboro. the skies partly cloudy at this point. not much wind until that clipper passes tomorrow. greg says in marshaltown

delaware 30 degrees with some clouds. a faint breeze. the calm before the clipper arrives mostly cloudy skies in his neck of the woods. go to the north and west, where we have a temperature of only 25 degrees. eileen is saying light winds in gilbertville and right now the pressure is instead deem elsewhere across the delaware valley temperatures are mainly in the 20s. 29 in philadelphia. allentown 28. pound pocono 24. this is seasonably cold. look what's coming. this core of cold air in minneapolis and even international falls these are temperatures five to close to five below but add that wind that's gusting to about 30, 40 miles an hour and it feels like 24 below in international falls winnipeg it feels like 28 below and eventually that will be moving our way. that with clipper that you be two. tonight we'll watch this clipper approach and it moves through tomorrow afternoon. behind this, some very cold arctic air and that could create few localized squalls that could reduce visible late in the afternoon but they will be few

and far between. then friday we see very cold conditions. saturday this is more poe 10 storm. a better chance of light snow for your valentine. but behind this we're talking about polar air and that means wind chills will go well below zero. for friday for the first round zero to 10 below for the morning wind chill. by sunday five to 15 below in the morning and then monday 10 to 20 degrees below zero with wind chills this is dangerously cold. this is what's going to happen you see a peace of that polar vortex coming south again. the core of the cold air does make it over our region. so sunday into monday the coldest air since the mid 90's. so nearly 20 years. this is what we're talking about about. monday morning the morning slow is five. the record low two set back in 1888. that's how far back you have to go for that record. the morning wind chill 15 degrees below zero. so it is going to be very cold around here. clouds increase overnight with our clipper arriving.

the low temperature 23. once that core of cold air moves through, we'll see some scattered snow showers in the afternoon. winds get gusty and that temperature will be falling toward the evening. on the exclusive "eyewitness weather" seven day forecast friday is very cold once again wind chills below zero in the morning. saturday temperatures bump up for your valentine's. late snow with the next clipper once again the air behind that is what's going to get us. sunday we could be seeing winds gusting to 25, 30 miles an hour in the morning. by the afternoon gusting to 50. >> that means trim limbs and power lines could go down on sunday. on monday the core of the cold air and we warm it up next week. katie will have all the new information for you the team starts at 4:30 on cbs3 and then continues on the cw beginning at 7:00. >> wow! >> if you plan to vacation for this comeing week -- >> you're a genius. >> good job. get out of here. >> go south. >> go somewhere warm. >> beasley is here watch great night to stay in and watch

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big stretch for villanova basketball. they lead the big east by half game over butler. they played butler saturday making to night's game against providence a dangerous matchup. how did they do? second half ball goes unside to hilliard who make the jumper. later ryan will hit nba distance three pointer the wildcats beat

the friars taking care of business 74-68. more college hoops lasalle on the road facing vcu. big game from the explorers jordan price. he scored 13 points and 18 rebound. explorers upset the rams 74-69 in double overtime. over on hawk hill st. joe's hosted rhode island. the ball goes to deanne dray bembry who drives the baseline. make the layup. he scored 19 points. nine rebounds and four assists. st. joe's beat rhode island 65- 65-64. pitchers and catchers on thursday in clearwater. normally an exciteing date on the sports calendar this year not so much. the team facing a rebuilding program run in part by ruben amaro, jr. he's listening to offers for the team's biggest name ryan howard is a star stuck in limbo. ruben addressed ryan's situation. >> he went through a great deal of personal issues this off

season so -- this past season and i think he's over those now. hopefully those things are behind him. but i'm sure that that had some effect on his performance. but i think he's feeling healthy and i think he's prepared for the season. >> tiger woods says his play and scores are not acceptable for tournament golf. he will not return to the pga tour until his game is ready. woods withdrew from the phoenix open last week with back pain. we'll be right back.

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