matt? >> with today's announcement philadelphia will be the center of the political universe, for at least a few days, in the summer of 2016. a big reason we're told for that decision that fill beat out cities like new york city and columbus, ohio is how close restaurant, the hotel rooms, and the shops in center city are, to where most of the convention will be happen here at the wells fargo center. >> i'm thrilled to nuns that the dnc will host its 2016 democratic national convention in the city of brotherly love, wonderful city of philadelphia. >> wow. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter led cheers surrounding by the team that led philadelphia's bid to host 20916 democratic national convention. >> we literally put our heart and soul into this. >> reporter: in the end of the years behind the scenes efforts by bid organizers, plans were made and pitches were honed culminating in a two day philadelphia visit the by party officials back in the summer. they were given a tour with

the distinct focus. >> we just focus had on the three things that the chair woman always said that were important. security, logistics, and fund raising. >> reporter: strong police force means tight security, and easy access to thousands of hotel rooms means good hospitality but you what about fund raising? who pays for it all? officials estimate 70 to 80 million-dollar will need to be raised to host this convention, but the nutter administration says taxpayers won't be hit with the bill. city council session overshaded by the news. >> we have presented a good argument for being here in philadelphia people were clearly understanding that the city of philadelphia can put on big events. >> i think it is great for the city of brotherly love and great for the people of the city of philadelphia. >> one official we spoke to said celebrations will continue only through the rest of the day today come

tomorrow morning the planning for this convention really starts in full. the impact of this convention will, of course, be enormous in philadelphia but what about philadelphia's surrounding suburbs. coming up at 6:00 we will look at what all this means both for the the suburbs and for national politics. and in south philadelphia, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will look forward to that matt thanks very much. philadelphia is no stranger to hosting big political events. the city hosted the g.o.p. convention back in 2,000. well, mayor nutter, mentionedded that philadelphia had promised the democrats a safe convention, the the police department, and it law enforcement partners plan to deliver, what is one of the largest security effort in the cities history. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live with that part of the team coverage, walt. >> reporter: well, chris based on the lessons that they learn from the huge crowds that gathered every fourth of july here along the parkway for welcome america, and based on what they expect to learn

from the upcoming papal vice tonight president is, the police and fire commissioners told me that they have every confident that security and protection for the dnc will be at top levels and there is no need for any concern. >> it is an opportunity for this city to shine and certainly this department to shine and we will. >> reporter: police commissioner ramsey spoke with enthusiasm and confident, about providing protection for those who will gather at the the wells fargo center for the dnc. some of his top planners he point out police veterans, who will draw on their experience from the 2,000 rnc held here. >> we have to be careful, we have to plan accordingly and so forth but people should come down enjoy themselves. this is a great day for the city. >> i think one thing that will help us is the pope coming this year so that will help us with the planning stage. >> reporter: fire commissioner derek sawyer says his department's experience with providing medical care like the annual welcome america

festival has left members well prepared for issues, such as getting through large crowd to where they are needed. >> we have segways, we have gators and things like that to get us through crowd. >> reporter: from traffic snarls near convention site to keeping top dignitaries security the commissioner gave assurance his department will be ready. >> we will take advantage of any opportunity that we have to deal with any issues that may come up in terms of crowd and things of that nature but again, we're more than prepared to deal with something like this. >> reporter: one more bit of good news about the security it won't cost the city a penny, the mayor says, there will be a large federal security grant and beyond that the cost of overtime and other personnel issues, well be provided by public funding, contributions that are expected to be raised in upcoming months. coming up at 6:00 the economic wind fall that the dnc brings to the city, wait until you

hear some of those dollar figures. we will see you at 6:00. live from the parkway i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". charlotte, north carolina shined in the democratic week long spotlight four years ago. hosting the convention brought that city 164 million-dollar. philadelphia officials are estimating the convention will will bring in between 170 and 250 million-dollar. joining us now is the dnc chair congress woman debbie wasserman schultz. >> you are welcome great to be with you. >> a lot of excitement if philadelphia today upon hearing this news. were you here. you walk around. what drew the dnc to philadelphia. >> well, the philadelphia team that put forward their bid, the host committee did a absolute thely phenomenal job and demonstrating that they were in the strongest positions to be able to put on a successful convention that will help the democratic party nominate what we believe will

be the forty-fifth president of the you had of america. >> let's talk about that announcement. there is a lot of buzz about the cheese stake refrigerator and magnet. >> i have an incredible team at dnc who conceived how we would a announce the philadelphia as the choice but it was nothing more fun then pulling out that cheese stake and slapping the refrigerator magneton our refrigerator in the dnc headquarters kitchen. >> debbie wasserman schultz, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> keep it the right the here on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the 2016 democratic national convention. coming up at 5:30 resident who live near the wells fargo center weigh in on philadelphia's selection as convention host. well, there is sad news out of west philadelphia this afternoon and it is breaking news a two-year old child there has been hit and killed by a trolley. >> this happened early this afternoon at corner of 51st and lancaster avenue. our pat ciarrocchi is there right new to tell us more, path pat.

>> well, tonight, sadness in this neighborhood is palpable, we have confirmed from septa that the child who was killed was a little girl. witnesses tell thaws she just ran out in front of the trolley and the operator could not just stop in time. cries of anguish came from a woman on the sidewalk along lancaster avenue at 51st street. i two-year old girl had been struck by a septa trolley. she was a passenger. >> i don't know a two-year old ran in front of the trolley and got ran over. her body was between both the trolleys. wheels in the front. >> reporter: child was trapped underneath septa tells thaws she had been in the company of a female guardian. >> i don't know how, you got away from them. i don't know. her body was lifeless in between them two wheels. >> reporter: fire department and paramedics responded

within minutes of the 1:00 p.m. call. >> as you can get with the trolley and weight of those trucks underneath the fire fighters have to be very careful how they approach it and it has to be a delicate operation because you have a human being beneath. >> reporter: authorities say it quickly became a recovery operation. septa a transit police chief thomas nestel says there is nothing worse then coming to an accident scene that is silent. >> you come to these and it breaks your heart, a two-year old gets killed by trolley. this is sad. >> well, investigators tell us that they are reviewing video from the trolley, from nearby businesses, and they are talking to witnesses. sad reality tonight is that a two-year old girl is dead in a tragic accident. reporting live from west philadelphia, pat ciarrocchi cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, we will move to a cbs-3 exclusive there was a

dramatic police chase caught on cameras police chasing a male robbery suspect from chester and montgomery count business that driver weaving and out of traffic. today cbs-3 spoke with the driver who was forced to swerve head on into on coming traffic. >> all i saw was this truck coming out, of the suv. i saw it the my instinct took over and i just took the wheel. if i hadn't of swerved he would have hit me and i probably would have hit somebody dead on. >> driver who was running from police was a suspect in the robbery at a coventry mall and he eventually escaped. new information tonight, on the death of long time 60 minutes correspondent bob simon. investigators now say that he was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash in manhattan that took his life. we have also learned the driver of the lincoln town car that he was in has been convicted of two moving violations over the past year and was cleared of nine suspensions for previous

violations. as more details continues to surface many of us here are remembering the storieded career within the cbs family. >> we saw a jeep in the distance and it was an iraqi army jeep and they took us away. >> the news has shocked many of of those who knew him best including executive producer jeff fagger who work with him on hundreds of stories through his 19 seasons on 60 minutes. >> he stood out that way. he a always did. his observation what he noticed, what he pick up on and his ability to articulate it in a story was really special. >> bob was a reporter's reporter, a breed of foreign correspondent really unlike anything that you see today. >> simon's final story will air this sunday on 60 minutes. he work on it with his daughter a cbs news producer. he is survived by his wife, daughter and grandson. bob simon was 73.

tremendous loss all the way around. >> absolutely. still to come here on "eyewitness news" big victory for hundreds of thousands of workers in philadelphia as mayor michael nutter signs into law a bill requiring paid sick days. we will have more. some lucky lottery ticket holders woke up rich this morning, check those numbers because a million-dollar ticket was sold in our area, we will tell you where. we know book 50 shade of gray inspired a movie and more but it was a steamy assignment in a pennsylvania school that had some parents outraged. kathy? the bitter blast is moving into the delaware valley, some polar air returns, and we are talking about dangerously cold air coming our way with advisories already posted for dangerous wind chills, details coming up with the forecast after this

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>> they still buying the power ball too. that is what they are saying. >> were you ever discouraged. >> no, just everybody buys some and yesterday, we will take a chance on it, you know. >> reporter: owner of the appletree food mart found out he sold a winning ticket with the swarm of cameras greeted him in the parking lot when showed up to work this morning. reporters told him he is also a winner. >> a million-dollar, that is a good news my wife will be happy, yes, you know, that is good. >> store owner hopes ticket holder is one of his regulars. two other winning ticket were sold in north carolina and puerto rico, first winner outside u.s. mainland. three ticket holders will split massive 564 million-dollar jackpot. in princeton, texas omar villafranca for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". no one in the delaware valley hit the big jackpot there are some pretty sizable

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dairy kay it wasn't frigid today. >> no, especially when lou at what is to come, today was kind of nice to get out and enjoy it today was transition day, scattered snow showers, cold air is seeping in, if you go out this evening you will notice the the wind. >> oh, boy. >> first sign of changes upon us. we are looking at much colder temperatures moving our way tonight and wind chills well below zero tomorrow with advisories in place. take a look where we saw snow today at yak frost big boulder there enjoying it but we have a wind chill warning in effect for you, for wind chills that will get dangerously low, overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. our live neighborhood network takes us to whitefield elementary school and i want to take you back in time throughout the the afternoon where we saw snow showers and the sun popping backup and now sun gets lower in the sky it is just a pleasant night. but remember with very cold temperatures anything wet will

freeze up within the evening hours and into the overnight. on storm scan three we have lingering flower that is will be moving through but otherwise, the the snow, really firing up to the south and to the north, and we will be relatively dry but cold. eyewitness cam takes to us plymouth meeting eyewitness weather watches dave jackson sent this in. you can see snow gathering here next to the sidewalk and actually next to the house along the driveway but other than that no issues today with this clipper. the big story is the cold coming. wind chill warnings in effect through you 4:00 tomorrow afternoon for poconos, we will talk about 15 to 25 below. we have wind chill advisory north and west of the city for wind chills ten to 15 below and that is through noon time tomorrow. fifteen to 25 below in the poconos, tomorrow morning and lehigh valley and northern and western suburbs, ten to 15 below at the bus stop. for philadelphia's suburbs we are talking about zero to ten below. still brutal even in the city come tomorrow morning and then down the shore through southern delaware zero to five

above for those feels like readings. a piece of that arctic air is moving through friday, we will feel the chill saturday we will catch a break as far as the temperature but here comes the the snow with another clipper. the light accumulation expected and right now it looks like late saturday into saturday evening it comes through like a line of snow. so between 4:00 abe 6:00 p.m. there's the the snow. little bit of the burst, poor visibility going out for valentines day and sweeps through, clears coast by eight or 9:00 o'clock valentines night. dangerous wind chimes in the wake of that. sunday in the city, five to 15 below, monday in the city look at that morning, zero to 20 below from the wind chill. and, overnight low 12. tomorrow morning wind chills below zero. friday's high only 21 with gusty wind. your three day forecast saturday you see afternoon evening snow and then by sunday we're talking about brutal cold. the kate will have more on the record for monday morning coming up next half an hour. we will be back with beasley

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we will begin at 5:30 with our continuing coverage of today's historic announcement. >> the the city of philadelphia chosen to host the democratic national convention of 2016. >> wow. >> philadelphia's mayor michael nutter and city leaders cheered that a announcement by dnc at city hall today, democratic party

will many in nate candidate for president the week of july 25th and 2016 mayor nutter says the sit works very hard to win this bid. >> we knew it was long, complicated but we also knew that we had the right team great partners the amenities and the enthusiasm necessary to put together a compelling bid. we have put our heart and soul into this. >> the dnc released a video featuring debbie wasserman schultz and cheese stake to announce philadelphia beat out insuring and columbus, ohio. it looked like a whiz witt, i saw onions, it looked g those who live near the the the wells fargo center where

the heart of convention will be are weighing in on philadelphia's selection as the host city. "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren has that team coverage from philadelphia. >> reporter: host next democratic national convention in 2016 in their neighborhood, why not? that is the reaction most people live near the wells fargo center had when we broke the news to them. >> great, should bring a lot of jobs. >> a that would be good. more money for the city. >> for the city anything that brings us money is not a bad thing. >> reporter: not only have they hosted republican national convention in 2,000 but keep in mind these resident are used to fans flooding their neighborhoods for every phillies, eagles sixers and flyers game. increased traffic due to pack events at the sporting complex is just a way of life. >> we have never had an issue i have license here for 20 some years and never had an issue. >> we just adjust. we have a lot of traffic all the time, it doesn't matter. if it brings money to the city, people working, that is a good thing. >> reporter: we spoke to 20 or 30 neighbors live near wells

fargo center and not one person had anything bad to say about the dnc coming to the area they say that traffic and crowds is just part living near the the sports complex. we're at the the wells fargo center noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". city of philadelphia last hosted democratic national convention in 1948. democrats nominated harry truman for a full term at the old convention hall. dnc will come less than a year after philadelphia host another major event the the 2015 world meeting of families, and a visit by pope francis. be sure to stay with cbs-3 and cbs philly.com as we follow the 2016 democratic national convention coming to philadelphia. when we are not on tv you can always find us at cbs philly.com. it is now official philadelphia is the 17th city in the nation to adopt a mandatory sick leave policy. supporters say that new law helps workers not only care for themselves and their families but keeps customers

safe a. "eyewitness news" reporter justin fin much is at city hall. >> reporter: cheers in the chamber as council members approved a city wide paid sick leave policy. >> this bill is really about the businesses whether or not doing the the right thing at the moment. we are not doing something one size fits all but we are asking not to have size zero when it comes to paid sick days. >> reporter: soon philadelphia businesses, and staff of ten or more will allow work tours earn up to five paid sick days per year, smaller businesses will allow job protections for workers to take five unpaid sick days. after a two passed vetoes mayor nutter sign the measure into law. >> we organize, stick together and the workers will a always win, the people will win. >> reporter: vote came just after philadelphia was selected to host 2016 democratic national convention, a bill sponsor councilman bill greenlee found that fit ting. >> i'm glad to see thinks happening on the same day because remember, president obama talked about this in his state of the union how

important paid sick levies, so we're showing in the city that it will host the next president of the united states, that we that we do things the right way here. >> reporter: a as for how many people this measure will impact supporters say 200,000 that number they say does in the the include their loved ones or families who also stand to benefit. at city hall i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". philadelphia police need your help identifying a armed robbery suspect that robbery happened yesterday at a grocery store on the 400 block of west chelten avenue in germantown. that suspects armed with the gun demanded money from the store clerk, she told the suspect the money was in her car. police say robber demanded keys and then took off in that car. it is called a life saving move lower makefield police department has become first department in bucks county to equip officers with narcan a drug designed to reverse heroin overdosees. they are first to arrive on the scene and having narcannon

them will give them greatest chance of reversing overdose and saving i have life. even at 74 years have of age this next good samaritan proves he is not to be messed with. last weekend charlie burton was at a mall just north of pittsburgh when he saw an officer struggling with the shoplifter. just when it seemed like a would be thief with getaway burton sprung into action and helped bring him down. >> officer tripped him a first and i gave him a flip and put him down and he kept falling and hurting more. i said you better quit fussing around and fighting or i'll just break it. >> wow charlie. charlie is trained in karate, and he once taught marshall arts. as for that suspect he is now behind bars in the washington county jail. at 5:35 we have a couple problems to talk about, first we will start here out here on the blue route from the off ramp into norristown from thd

blue route southbound, this is heading also to ridge pike, westbound, where we had an earlier accident here with an overturn truck. this happened at 4:15 this a afternoon. that clean up is still there gathered up and out of the way you can see block ago this right-hand shoulder and one lane gets by for that off ramp. otherwise out in chester we can see a serious situation on i-95 approaching highland in the southbound lanes and an accident right up behind these signs right here if you cannot see exactly what is going on but see massive delay behind it all lanes completely at a stan still and crawling, now not getting by. we have a few problems out in new jersey as well overturn car, out on ac expressway, westbound just past route nine, that is taking over the right-hand lane with clean up crews on the scene there as well. this burlington county a set of down wires on route 130 between campus drive and van skyver parkway with fire and police directing traffic around the the incident for the time being. we have a road hazard a on

i-95 northbound with a pothole causing a ton of flat tires around the area. use caution driving through and slow down when heading by that area schuylkill expressway something we are used to by now eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway really heavy, a 29 minute trip and 28 minutes from veil forge to bensalem on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound. 422 from 202 into oaks westbound pretty slow still for this time with about 14 minutes. good news is we have no problems for mass transit september, path the co speed line, dart amtrak everything on time in delays and no delays in the philadelphia international airport. we will keep you updated on. that chris and jessica back to you. still to come on "eyewitness news" 50 shades of gray, we know about that but what about 50 shades of red why middle school students in pennsylvania were solving word search puzzles based on the steamy novel. you can save money on valentines day flowers, three on your side with how you to navigate the last minute rush, beasley. pitchers and catchers report to clearwater on

wednesday, so we will continue our exclusive conversation with phillies general manager ruben amaro junior, ruben tells us about cliff lee coming up in sports, kate. we're entering a very nasty period of weather dangerous cold through the weekend, couple chances for snow and may last into next week as we track threat for more snow and more cold we will have details in the seven day forecast when we come

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pretty good day on wall street there facebook is changing its policy when it comes to users who pass away. the site says it will now you allow people to pick a legacy contact, someone who could post one final time after death. the legacy contact will also be able to respond to new friend requests and update cover and profile photos. facebook says that it made the changes due to the thousands of user requests. it is time to check your philadelphia job market report. >> here's cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger, jill. >> reporter: an environmental focus is popping up every where, if you are interested in a green job there are a variety of options to choose

from. you could work at not profit organizations, solar wind technology companies, environmental science center, think tanks, water resource agencies, government agencies and conservation organizations. the so-called clean economy employs some 2.7 millworkers and salaries in the clean economy exceed those in the rest of the economy by roughly 13 percent. typical clean economy job pays a median wage of nearly $44,000, a according to pay scale highest paying green jobs including environmental engineering manager, sustain ability director and construction project manager. don't let those loft i careers scare you off you can bring your skill as a bookkeeper administrative assistant or marketing professional to a green focus employee. to find green jobs in philadelphia check out philadelphia eco city.com. i'm jill schlesinger for

phillies pitchers and catchers report to clear water on wednesday, we continue our conversation with reuben amaro junior with his thoughts on cliff lee when healthy, he is one of the best with ace level stuff and bull dog's attitude in my exclusive chat with the general manager he says the

elbow issues are a non-issue. >> cliff has no issues right now. he is feeling very good. he has been off the mound several times. he hasn't any setbacks. we fully expect at least right now unless there is a setback during spring training he should be ready to go for opening day again that is tricky because he did have have two bought with it last year with his elbow but we think that those issues are behind him, hopefully they are. >> we will switch topics to the other ace, in sports at 6:00 ruben's thoughts on what it will take for him, a team to talk him out of cole hamels, coming up at 6:00. it is nba all-star weekend in new york. michael carter williams will in the play in rising stars game or a saturday's chills challenge because of the foot injury. robert covington will play in mcw's place. something to watch. >> good for him. >> and mcw need to get

healthy. >> yes, get ready for his real job. >> that is what matters most. >> yes. >> thanks very much. with the record breaking snow fall in massachusetts crews from penndot are mobilizing to to help their counterparts up next. chopper three over trevose stock yard in bensalem this morning as trucks set off on a five hour trip. they plan to stay up there for next week helping to clear roads and officials in massachusetts will reportedly pay for the cost. well doesn't look like we will need those trucks for next few days but middle of next week is something to watch. we may want to call our trucks back if things continue to develop. it looks like chance of snow will be in the forecast tuesday and wednesday but we are getting a head of ourselves. we have to watch how that developed. lets talk about the near term. this will be a brutal stretch starting tonight and continuing at least into the president's damon where we're talking about extreme cold and we have chance for little bit of snow on saturday evening. lets check with our weather watchers and a show you

photos. dip between earl are and this afternoon. we will start off in sailorsberg, keith sent thus picture earlier showing us the road covered. they had light dusting as a few snow showers moved through today. we didn't get that in the city. we had a few rain showers. the afternoon turnout beautiful. tanya went on a run of kelly drive and took this beautiful shot of the statues with the blue skies in the background. always thanks to our weather watchers for these beautiful shots. we are still not feeling bad 34 said frank, in richboro, reporting windy conditions there. thirty-five near tabernacle, new jersey, john sanman reporting 35 degrees and partly cloudy sky. his comment says a nice day did turnout to be nice despite those rain and snow showers that came through. we do want to show you couple win report, we are seeing win report, even though temperatures are in the 30's weather watcher reporting wind chills in the teens, gary reporting 18 at his house in say lettersberg, keith reporting 20 and don in coopersberg reporting a feels like temperature of just third

24 degrees. wind are picking up and temperatures are dropping. the lets take a look outside and see how evening is shaping up. in the city a beautiful sunset once again we have cleared out rain, snow showers and everything looking nice from sky cam three. looking out from campbell's feel toward ben franklin bridge. rain and snow showers moved off shore looking at storm an three they have intensified in the big batch of rain and snow. some moving through portions of the norfolk hampton road area of virginia. for us a couple flurries could still pass through this evening but most of us are dry for remainder of tonight but wind that are picking up now bringing in that arctic air that we will be feeling tomorrow and then again sunday and monday. temperatures on their way down, 30 in lancaster. still holding on to 37 at the a airport and 37 in millville. eighteen in state college. six in buffalo. fourteen in pittsburgh. all that cold air is heading our way. once we get stuck it will take a while to break out. at 6:00 o'clock tonight it will feel like 22. cold but not awful.

by 9:00 it feels like single digit, sub zero to the north and west. by 7:00 tomorrow morning it will feel like double digits below zero in many locations feeling like nine below in the city. wind chill advisory goes into effect late tonight and continue until noon tomorrow for far northern and western suburbs, up are montgomery and bucks counties and lehigh valley for wind chills minus ten to minus 15, wind chill warning for poconos. the lets talk about future weather. we will zoom on saturday light snow friday night saturday dry but out and about through valentines day watch how snow comes in by noon still in the here but just in time for dinner on valentines day rain, snow showers moving through, up to an inch if the snow intensifies in part of the region and then moves out but what happens with that storm it rapidly intensifies over new england. i want to show what you we look at with forecasting wind. lets start off with overnight. notice how lines of color are perpendicular aligned with

these lines. these are isobars lines of constant pressure. when you zoo he that perpendicular alignment those are strong wind. that is what we are feeling tonight. tomorrow the wind slacking up in the evening and continue into saturday until the storm comes through and watch what happens as this storm intensifies off the coast of new england. we will get that perpendicular spacing and wind accelerate once again. we will get back edge wind as this storm blows up once again off the coast of new england. in fact poor boston has once again a blizzard warning in effect for saturday into sunday. lets talk about the coldest part and know that is monday morning, morning low of 3 degrees. record is two from 1888, it will feel like 15 below zero on monday morning so tonight's low of 12 is very brutal. monday will be the worst of it monday morning tonight we will feel sub zero with those strong wind. tomorrow's high just 21 and notice brutal forecast not as cold at day watch for that evening snow sunday killedes day of winter. monday morning is frigid gets

better and then watch for snow late tuesday into wednesday. we will send is it back to you at the desk. well, it is within of the busiest stretches of the year for florist and with the valentines day falling on a saturday many anticipate brisk business to wrap up the week. >> three on your side reporter jim donovan has advice on how to navigate this last minute rush. >> reporter: it is like february's answer to santa's workshop, back room of the florist shop during run up to valentines day retailers estimate that americans will spend $2.1 billion on valentines day flowers the most popular purchase roses. >> we have to actually order our roses a month in advance. i have to go through last years order, our customers requested, and then kind of figure that out. >> reporter: valentines day demand transportation, and labor drive the price higher on the holiday but there are or options. >> orchid, lilies, tulips a

symbol of love. some people don't like pink and red they recommend orange and yellow and maybe sunflowers, but is there lots of different flowers out there. >> reporter: picking up an order can save money and give the opportunity to present a sweet hard a's flowers in person. >> if you do want flowers delivered do i suggest you order from a local florist directly a and in the over the phone or on line through one of the 800 service. many charge 15 about bucks to take the order and that is all they do to call in the shop in your area save money, do it yourself, and you know what i'm a big advocate of plants, floral, you know, florist shops do great plants and they last longer. flowers that is my own personal don't be writing my any letters that is what i do. >> he is just saying. >> he is putting it out for you. >> good eye idea. >> happy valentines day. >> enjoy. >> still ahead why one law maker wants to make it illegal to wear yoga pants. >> we will tell what you that is all about next.

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converse assayings we invite to you connect with us on facebook twitter, use the hash tag cbs-3 chat. >> what are you going to wear? >> i mean you wear yoga a pants so often but my point is for a lot of people that is what they are comfortable working out in good they are comfortable, i understand they look great, what is the problem. >> well, parentally. >> that is why we don't live in montana i suppose. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00 thanks for being with us. >> now at 6:00 the winning bid philadelphia will take center stage during the 2016 presidential election. has been chosen to host the democratic national convention. >> reporter: no matter which candidates get chosen at dnc, philadelphia is the huge economic winner wait until you you hear the numbers coming up. well, we will have more on tonight's developing story a tragic scene in west philadelphia, a two-year old is hit and killed by a septa trolley there. kathy? arctic air will be ushered

in with gusty wind tonight but that is just the beginning of a cold week end that turns dangerous. we will talk the record that could be broke inn and how low those wind chills will go coming up. do you need a reason to celebrate in a winning power ball ticket sold right here in the region. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. literally put our heart and a soul into this. >> right now at 6:00 o'clock a huge day for philadelphia, our city, once again, claims the national spotlight with the winning bid to host the democratic national convention in the summer of 2016. the city made an aggressive pitch to the dnc and tonight it has paid off. good evening i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. we have a team of reporters covering every angle of the major a announcement. we will begin with "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers

live outside wells fargo center where the a actual convention will be held, matt. >> reporter: chris and jessica, mess of the convention's activities will be held here at the wells fargo center, with that said the impact of the convention will not only felt here within city boundaries but across southeastern pennsylvania. >> the dnc will host its 2016 democratic national convention in the city of brotherly love, wonderful city of philadelphia. >> wow. >> reporter: thursday with the victory lap of sorts after what mayor nutter described as years of hard work. >> we're ready to make history again for 2016 democratic national convention. >> reporter: dnc officials called philly a thriving city and chose it over new york city and columbus, ohio, for three reasons. the easy access to hotels room in center city, tight security and the ability to raise money. mayor nutter says 70 to 80 million-dollar will have to be raise todd pay for this convention all through private