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issue and just a few hours that measure is expect to win support while all the of the city is watching with support from the city council and the mayor. day care center owner fatima hasan sees what happens to kid when their working parent are not allowed sick time. >> i would have parents bring their child in the tell you they are sick and leave them and find out in the middle of the day and not feeling well and then they have a fever and you have to call the parent and say come pick them up. >> reporter: for years she said she offered her staff sick time en at the expense of her bottom line. >> it seems like something that should have been automatic. >> reporter: by days even small business sick leave supporters like hasan expect city council to pass the bill and mayor nut the tore sign it not to law. small business was at least ten workers would allow staff to earn one hour sick leave for every 40 hours on the clock, up to a max of five days per year. >> it is root thing to do, makes sense, fair to
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everybody, and long overdue. >> reporter: bill greenly said work first began on the legislation back in 2008. it gained support on the council, it was vetoed twice by mayor nutter and now citing a city wide economic boom nutter is supportive. >> mayor nutter believes the the the time for paid sick leave has come. >> reporter: those against the measure ago airing a you that sick leave schedules should be left to each business. >> it should be an individual company decision not the a city mandate to adopt a more lenient sick pol willcy. >> reporter: the the hotel ape restaurant industries have more perhaps the cost of sick leave could be passed on to customers resulting in fewer tourist here in the city and press conference is set for 9:45 at city hall. we are live at city hall i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". search is on for two men wanted in a horrifying home invasion in burlington county. we have some sketches here of the men broke into a home on
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cheese massasoit road in medford sunday night. police say that pair duct taped a a 64 year-old man to the chair and hit him over the head again and again with the pipe. they threatened to kill him if he called police. >> it is an unusual area for two people to pick out. smaller homes. not really certain at this point in time why they chose that victim. >> the men stole some money and a car but they left behind these two bicycles. if you recognize those bikes or the men you are asked to give medford township police a call. all right. right now we're coming up on 5:33 with our traffic and weather together and it will get cold. >> very cold. it is february. we expect it to be cold anyway, right but this is some below average like really really below average cold kind of cold that will be dangerous to be out in, in the just yet. we have time before that deep freeze sets in but we will start off with a look outside as storm scan three which
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remains quiet for now. you cane signs of life off to the west here beginning the first of the two clip tours reenforce this chill. while we are calling for snow it is talking flurries and snow showers that could leave a dusting behind and that is it. 28 degrees the current temperature outside pleasant valley campus at broadheadvillain not much wind. what you see is what you get on the thermometer. that will change as the breeze picks up, snow showers, maybe a couple spotty rain showers too moves through it will bring in that win and start to bring in the colder wind chills. so how will it feel tomorrow? this is just beginning of the taste of what is to come here foulke, sub seer zero for lehigh valley, poconos, it the i and suburbs it may drop to below zero wind chill values here tomorrow but this is just the beginning. that is what is so off putting when you look at this down the road really cold air coming our way. again, the kind of cold that will be dangerous to be out in for very long.
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thankfully at least we know a lot of people are off sundays and presidents day too and that is when the the core of the cold is settling in. but vittoria, it is coming when like it or not. >> not pumped bit katie. >> i don't like it either. >> i will in the lie i got jealous of your graphic and all i have on the traffic department side is a shaft on the ben franklin bridge and it is slightly pink. that is all i have for you. there you go. that is best valentines day e shot that we have got going on. >> exactly good but hey i mean hey thinks a great shot to indicate that this morning's commute is a breeze so far. we are waiting in the wings of rush hour but we have a bought full pink shot of the ben franklin bridge that will give thaw warm, fuzzy feeling. all of the majors are fantastic. speed sensors in the 50's. schuylkill is a breeze in matter heading toward center city, out your western suburbs, it is fantastic in matter how you cut it, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware all good. we have an accident on the
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westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike in norristown blocking left hand lane. in delays for mass transit erika. only on "eyewitness news" we want to show you dramatic rid ohio from a police chase. officers sped through streets of chester montgomery counties yesterday trying to catch a man wanted for a robbery at coventry mall. at within point the driver in the red jeep forced the man in on coming traffic on ridge pike in limerick. sources tell eyewitness naus that suspect was in the caught. a driver involved in a high speed police chase in dallas is behind bars this morning after police say he pick the wrong mini ran to crash into it. art alexander is accused of plowing a stolen dodge challenger into two cars sitting at a red light. when he tried to get out runaway a mother and boyfriend confronted him and roughed him up until police arrived. >> well, weirdest thing i have ever seen in my life my mom taking down a high speed chase down in the middle of the
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street. >> all i could think about is my kidneys here. this is a place you are supposed to go a certain speed limit because of kids. >> do not mess with that mom. >> in good suspect faces robbery and evading challenges. >> my mom taking down a high speed chase guy, wow. 5:36. in business news how united airlines is react to go a wrong price on the the prime airfare. >> where everybody is getting their valentines gift this year. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange hi jill. >> good morning ukee ander contact oil prices keep falling dragging down energy stocks. dow jones fell seven points yesterday, nasdaq was up about 14. home prices are going up according to the national association of realtors, median sale price of an existing home was $208,000 last quarter, that is up 6 percent from a year earlier. prices are climbing at a faster rate, then last year. facebook is changing its pol willcy when it comes to
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users who pass away. the social media site will let people pick a legacy contact a someone that can post on your behalf or respond tour friend request and update photos and profiles. facebook said it made change in response to thousands of requests. this valentines day people are shopping for their sweet hard, the old fashion way at the store the international council of shopping centers says vast majority of people buy their chocolate flowers and jewelry in person not on line. united says it will not honor tickets of thousands oz have people who snagged first class airfare yesterday from newark to europe for about $70, even less. the airline says it did not make the mistake it was made by a convenient or who applied an i am correct currency exchange rate. i think they should honor it. i know it is not me paying for it, but i don't know. >> that is a big mess. >> can you imagine that, we
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will just take next week off 70 bucks. >> that is something. >> we have not heard the last of that. i appreciate it, wow. we have is break news to tell but right now ukraine and russia have reached a tenuous cease-fire agreement. the tiehl was brokered after marathon talks between the two countries along with the leaders of germany and france. this is video from eastern ukraine where four people were just killed in an attack on a bus station. ukraine's president claims that the new agreement will mean no autonomy for eastern accepttition and kiev will take back the border of russia by end of the year. the the deal is set to take effect on sunday. erika? president obama formally asks congress for authorization to use military action against isis anywhere in the world. >> groups like this there is only one option with our allies and partners we will degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group good the president's proposal calls for three years of military force and would only require ground
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troops, if special circumstances arise. house committee will hold a hearing on the plan later on this morning. a bucks county family a has first hand experience of the islamic state's reign on terror. jim and debbie fine spent four years in iraq on a humanitarian commission with the mennonite central committee. they aided thousands of refugees who poured into camp as isis fighters destroyed villages. they say the couple needs to take a multi faceted approach. >> i think our colleagues in iraq gree there needs to be a military dementia begins the campaign and islamic state but they would say if that is all you can do you will just make the situation worse. you need to dress the things that are driving people apart there. >> the president's action requires congress -- sets congress on a path to its first war powers vote since 2002. investigating a hate if played a role in the three young shootings in muslims in
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carolina they believe they had to do with the neighbor's anger over parking and noise. craig hicks appeared in court to face murder charges. police say hicks gun down a husband, wife along with the women's sister at a condo near unc chapel hill. sister of one of the victims said she was aware of a dispute. >> to my knowledge yes there had been issues of some disrespect and harassment from the neighbors. >> ex-wife of hicks says the shooting had nothing to do with race or religion. 5:40. stilll ahead this morning take already swift burying the hatchet. we have word of the former faux she's getting ready to work with. also, talk about an unbreakable one the great lengths that dog went to, just to find her owner, nicole. >> reporter: ukee, steamy book turn movie that with make most adult blush coming up why middle will school students in pennsylvania were solving word search puzzles based on 50
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web letter remembering bob simon this morning. simon was kill in the new york city car accident last night. joined cbs news in 1967. bob simon was 73. and, winning tickets for last night's 564 million-dollar power ball jackpot were purchased in north caroline, texas and puerto rico. but cheer up family you may have won a smaller prize check those tickets anyway. right now, some video just heart stopping it shows services of a rock slide in peru... >> passengers in a mini bus run to safety. moments later a woman you can see right here still sitting inside hand her baby to a strange are hoping that she can shield that child from the still falling rock. 5:43, lets check with katie and weather watchers. it business to if the really cold. >> not terrible on the temperature read as cross the board just yet here but you
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are right we will see that chill settling in. we will take you further north here, we will head up toward poconos here to 25 degrees sent in from keith. he got a couple cloud up near sailorsberg area but it is in the too cold just yet he said, yet. these temperatures are in the 20's a right around freezing mark 30 degrees sent in from john dowell and in glass co and fining cloud at this point. i want to show you a nice view. we have a clipper system first in the train here. short train. we are dealing with two. the beginnings are up here across central canada anal berta where we will see them form. those are two piece that he is come to reenforce this chill. machine morning is probably coldest time frame that we will see out of all this. morning low is projected to hit 5 degrees. that is coldest february weather since 1996. i looked it up. mariah carry and boys to men
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were topping the day with one sweet day. doesn't that take you back, put it in perspective or what. we will will see a couple snow or rain showers. quick dusting. nothing more. cold then settles in. get reenforced. i would say saturday we have a shot to pick up one to 3 inches out of this next clipper but more than anything, it is all about the chill. not about the the base this time vittoria, chill over to you. >> i'm still recommendation are is inning, katie, i'm still in one sweet day. >> it takes you back. >> yes. >> that is how long it has been since it has been that cold. >> we have to play that. >> can we play that somehow. >> maybe behind traffic because traffic is very like mellow, low key. >> just throwing it out there. >> i think they may be hate ago this as well. but good morning everybody. traveling out and about no major delays. roosevelt boulevard free and clear. this is 309 around the pennsylvania turnpike. good to go on the expressway, turnpike. good to go on the northeast
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extension, except if you are traveling westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike right around norristown. we have left lane being blocked as a result of the accident causing too much trouble because there is in volume to speak of on the majors but definitely something out there that we have to let you know about. traveling in new jersey we have construction on route 168, nichol will son road and collins avenue until 6:00 a.m. in delays for mass transit. erika. the book was american just a best seller but became a phenomenon. now 50 shade of gray hits the big screen. >> it made world premiere in germany yesterday as part of the berlin film festival. jamie darnan plays christian gray and dakota johnson is his love anastasia. even the author, el james walk the red carpet. fifty shade of gray opens up nationwide tomorrow just in time for valentines day. many adults turn red just at the thought of the racey material in that book. >> a lot of people blush and as book covers were swapped
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out reading by the cool. new imagine reaction when a pennsylvania school kid were given a work sheet inspired by the series, nicole has a seer ace head and has everyone talking about this. >> you just can't make this stuff up. sensuality spanking submissive, few word middle school students say they were asked to find in a ward search and those are ones we can say on tv. of course this happened in west more land county, students say they were given a word search puts will inspired by steamy book turned movie 50 shade of fray. ward spread prompting pennsylvania parents to issue complaints at tuesday's board meeting. >> we learned of this issue just yesterday and an investigation will occur. >> reporter: some say this was a big misunderstanding claiming a few students came a across it during an in school suspension and then posted it on social media. for now the superintendent of the district is calling it a personnel issue and assures
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parents the students are safe. school officials wouldn't say whether any staff members involved in the incident have been disciplined but ukee and erika, it is enough to make the adult version of me blush, i cannot imagine my eighth grade stuff encountering this stuff. >> for being the parent that find it in the binder? what is this. >> come here young man. >> we will see what happens. >> nicole, thank you. hey, kanye west is trying to make nice with take already swift and talking about collaborating with new music. you will remember his freak out in 2009 after he stormed the stage after she won best female video at mtv music video award in the an award that he thought beyonce deserved. kanye said they talk at sunday's grammys about recording an album to go, but people have in the issued any comment. she can get over that, good for her. >> can't we all get along. >> i know. >> he did it again this past
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i'm jim donovan. 5:52. a dog in iowa, such a great story, missed her owner so much she decided to take matters in her own paws. >> nancy frank's dog sissy walked 20 blocks to the hospital and then walk right in. here's the surveillance camera footage, sissy just goes right to the hospital right to her owner's room. needless to say frank was surprised to see her. >> i was surprised to see her, she was wiggling excited, i said sir, did you smug they will dog in. she said in, she brought herself in. so, it was surprising to see that she could getaway from home and walk all the way down. >> that is absolutely amazing. >> follow her right the to her room. >> sissy was only in the hospital a few minutes before being taken back home. frank had been hospitalized for complication from his a previous surgery. >> it just shows that bond. >> sissy knew. >> poor dog walks all that way
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gets a fall minutes before being shipped back home. >> put a cot the in the room. >> visiting hours are over puppy, get out of here. that is so sweety love that story. welshing folks this will be very chilly weather that we have coming up on us here. storm scan three is quiet. you can see signs of life out of our viewing area, very light snow. keyword light snow coming into leave behind at most a quick coating. tomorrow the chill sets in. that is a bigger store which two disturbances moving in. saturday we stand a better chance of one to 3 inches of snow. arctic blast that is the worst with gust that is can peak as high as 50 miles an hour and wind chills we will take a look. that is brutal stuff. vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. still very quiet on the road, we are looking at the schuylkill expressway in delays in center city, western suburbs, even traveling in new jersey. on the north bound side a few more headlights but not much, stay with us we are waiting in the wings of rush hour and i'm sure things will change when
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weekend's cold send a shiver down your spine. >> winter chillies absolutely making a come back and it will bring in wintry weather with the form of precipitation as well. yes, very light snow is heading our way but even for today and even into the second clip are coming on saturday. the snow isn't the big story rather, the chill that comes in the wake. for now we are seeing a few cloud billowing out there but clearly there are light snow showers falling through central a pennsylvania all heading our way. is there also a wind chill advisory that takes effect currently only expect to take effect for poconos. i will not be surprised in the days head we will see wind chills every lex in the delaware valley because we are going to get that cold every where. meanwhile 31 degrees is current temperature at the airport. we're at 26 in mount pocono. wind chill advisories take effect in the he can. waning hours are upon us of when we will start to see win kick nothing here snow rolling through colder air taking grip and up in the
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