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ke out here right now. we have very gusting wind across the delaware valley. wind gusting to 30 miles an hour in philadelphia last hour gusting to 40. right now wilmington gusting to 35 miles an hour. that is making it feel like one in the city, three below in wilmington. 14 degrees below zero in the poconos. wind chill advisory will go in effect this evening through tomorrow morning through 11:00 a a.m. look at those numbers for ten to 25 degrees below zero. at that temperature it is dangerous for the kid to wait for the bus stop and to be outside walking to school. these are the record to beat, there in yep difficult tomorrow morning. allentown record is two below. we can make it below zero in the lehigh valley tomorrow morning. atlantic city zero. philadelphia one. wilmington five. trenton seven. we will tie or go below those numbers in the morning. coming up we will talk more about the cold and a weekend storm, it is taking shape, we have more information, and we will share that with you later in the broadcast when i join
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you inside. and, in our next half an hour at 5:30 kate bilo braves the frozen waters of the delaware today for a ride with the coastguard. see her trip on the coastguard cutter capstand as it breaks ice along the delaware, that is coming up at 5:30. frozen pipes are a real threat in this weather, and some who have homes down the shore are learning that lesson, the hard way. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in vent are in with more cleve. >> reporter: extremely low wind chills at the shore are contributing to the the situations, like this, it is the second home that has burst pipes underneath and thinks also happening at some empty homes, some of them empty since sandy just here in ventnor they have had 80 calls for burst pipes. the the stream of water flowing in the dorset avenue was coming from under alex's
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house, culprit a burst pipe. >> there is no way. >> reporter: he rushed down from bucks county after getting a call from hib neighbor. he had some heat on but not enough to encounter sub zero wind chills. >> i kept it between 58 and 60. keeping the inside warm but not enough radiant heat to get the to the pipes in the crawl space. >> reporter: in the last few days ventnor fire and public works crews have been answering none in stop calls for burst pipes. thanks to snow maybe hard to find shut off valves and owners are not around to help. >> there is a a lot of empty homes we are going to right new that were abandon, bank owned and a lot of homes that people went in philadelphia. >> reporter: uncontrolled water leaks near electrical outlets are serious fire hazard. >> our main concern toys get out there, evaluate the structure ande if we can gain control of the utilities, hut them down. >> reporter: officials have seen millions of dollars worth of damage including this home that have several burst pipes on the third floor. employees in the home health
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service on the bottom floor discover the leak. >> just, walked in a day from the chandelier, you know, in the foyer, it was a whole any gar fall of water. >> fortunately my house inside is dry. i'm a fortunate one. just a a matter on have getting the pipes fixed after this. >> reporter: you can sea water on the walk it quickly turns to ice where i am, you need to watch your step as you are walking around. best thing to do if you have a second home down the shore and you still have water turned on, call a plumber. live from september nor city, i'm's cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you can track weather in your neighborhood by down loading cbs philly weather app, get latest forecast from our team of meteorologists, down load that on google play an itunes. well, it is time for our health report now. a philadelphia hospital had the the same kind of deadly super bug, that we're talking about tonight an out break last year link to endoscopes
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is being investigated at a los angeles hospital. >> health reporter stephanie stahl, explains. >> reporter: a philadelphia health department document obtained by cbs-3 reveals a series of cre super bug out breaks in the city, one at an unname philadelphia hospital last year where eight people were infect, two with underlying conditions, died. >> you think this is a widespread problem. >> this problem is across the country. >> reporter: lawrence, a philadelphia basin next us based disease consultant says problem business a certain kind of end owe scope with er cp used for procedures on the pancreas and liver. even when properly clean, between patients, the scope still a appears to be transmitting the dangerous infection. >> never before has a reusable instrument like this ever been linked across the country to so many out breaks and so many let's call mortality morbidity, so many injured patients and so many deaths. >> reporter: latest out break at ucla medical center, 200 patients who had er cp end
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owe scope procedures may have been exposed to the super bug. and there are five confirmed infections so far, two deaths. >> it is a concern, no antibiotics to treat it some cre are resistant to all antibiotics. it is a super bug allowed to mutate. >> reporter: cre super buggies in the same family ase coal i according to the cdc. it can kill up to 50 percent of infect patients. now today f.d.a. issued an advisory on proper cleaning protocols for all hospitals that used instruments linked to the super bug infections. now, these endoscopes are not the ones used for colonoscopies or procedures on the throat or stomach. this is only related to certain specialized kind of procedures with endoscopes. we are told patients who have any concerns should talk to their doctors. coming up at 6:00 we will have more including why the the philadelphia health department is not naming the hospital at issue here. >> wow. >> that might concern some people for sure.
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we will see you then. stephanie, thank you. a man is shot and killed inside a philadelphia laundromat and tonight search is on for his killer. that shooting happened this morning, at south 53rd and springfield avenue in southwest philadelphia. police say that the 25 year-old man was shot three times. they are looking at surveillance video tonight, and police do believe that the victim was the intended target. a philadelphia police captain is recovering after a hit and run accident in port richmond today. chopper three over the the scene on north bound i-95 near allegheny avenue. the the captain suffered some minor injuries in this crash. the accident is under investigation. well investigators now believe that a prank led to yesterday's deadly work place stabbing at the jbs meat packing plant in franconia. peter tim is charged with the murder of danny vasquez tonight. prosecutors say that on tuesday, vasquez tried to pull a chair out from under atem
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who said he would get you for that. the next morning an eyewitness said the two men started fighting and atem stabbed vasquez. police say they found atem hiding in the shed with stab wound. authorities are investigating the cause of this house fire in cumberland county. chopper three over the scene on g street in millville. that fire reached three alarms, fire fighters had to battle the dangerous cold while working to put out the flames but we're told no one was injured. chopper three over another fire this one on burton lane in sharon hill delaware county. fire fighters battled this fire from the roof. that causals under investigation and in one was injured. well, manhunt continues for suspect who stabbed two men connect to the rapper nicki minaj's tour. the the man on the left of this picture, devon picket was stabbed to death yesterday morning outside of the baron stenton avenue in east mt. airy. a 27 year-old friend was critically wounded. on social media nicki minaj said a boat men were in philadelphia for her tour
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rehearsals. well startling admission from the the so-called black madam as her murder trial begins in philadelphia. page winslow is accused of killing a woman during a procedure to increase the size of her buttocks with silicone injections. reporter tony hanson from kyw news laid ohio was in court today. >> claudia add recommendation i traveled to london to philadelphia for butt enhancement, sealed in with crazy glue. the friend say aderotimi became ill within minutes, struggled to breathe had chest pains, aderotimi was dead within hours. the winslow has pleaded not guilty and says that she will testify during this trial. the she's already provided remarkable testimony during a motions hearing. just minutes before the jury came into the courtroom. the winslow has admitted she did the black market injections. she said she had many satisfied customers. she told the judge everybody told her the michael angelo of
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with the tucks injections. her attorney says there was no evil in her heart. she thought it was safe. the strongest proof of that he says she inject herself. reporting from the criminal justice center tony hanson for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a hearing to determine the fate of atlantic city's revel casino is now underway. bankruptcy judge is expect to decide if she will let revel terminate a deal to he will is the building for 95 million-dollar to a florida developer. the casino owners say glenn straub missed the deadline to close the deal, but straub says he is still negotiating with revel to sell the owe salvage the deal. late breaking sports news tonight, now reporting that the philadelphia 76ers have traded point guard michael carter williams to the milwaukee bucks as part of the multi deal. carter williams was nba rookie of the year from last season. this year he has suffered through injuries. still he was the teams second
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leading scorer. so the 76er rebuild continues. this ace parentally for what could be a pretty high draft choice. >> yes. >> picture of the 76ers this might be a little bit more palatable in terms of what they are looking for. leslie van arsdal will have more on 5:30 today. we are live in clearwater as pitchers and catchers get started with their work outs. what about those remarks by cole hamels. we will have reaction to that coming up. caught on camera a man goes on a rampage at a little caesars attacking a worker, and trashing the pizza shop. the plus... >> it was ten years ago today that richard petrone and danielle imbo disappeared off this block. i'm matt rivers on south street and coming up we will have latest on how investigators are putting
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philadelphia police need your help identifying a man who trashed a little caesars in north philadelphia the chaos and destruction was caught on surveillance camera on valentines night. that man, hoist 25 years old, was with beard and a mustache takes an swing at a clerk and then pushes things off the counter a and damages computer equipment and anything else he can get his hand on there. if you have any information call the police. well, now to one of philadelphia's more notable cold cases. a a local couple vanished a after leaving a south street bar, ten years ago today. now the fbi says it is taking another look at the case after coming across some leads. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live outside the fbi office in center city
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with more, matt. >> reporter: chris, remains of $50,000 reward for anyone with any information that lead to an arrest in the case of the disappearance of danielle imbo and richard petrone. information that officials told us earlier today that they could really use. an entire decade gone by, and the emotion is still fresh. >> no word can describe what it is like not knowing what happened to your child. >> reporter: but those trying to figure out what happened announced a renewed effort a joint local state and federal task force brought fresh attention to the cold case and said we have made progress. >> we have in fact developed some promising lead particularly over the last two years. >> reporter: it has been ten years since richard petrone and danielle imbo vanish leaving this south street bar, a massive search soon began as richard's family pleaded for answers. >> anybody who has any information about my dad, please i just need him back. >> reporter: but year after year went by and nothing, no
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announcement of a suspect, no arrest or trial. but no one has given up. fresh eyes have been assigned to the case follow-up interviews will be done and no suspect has been ruled out. officials wouldn't give much detail but would say that the crime was well thought out. >> we feel that this was an orchestrated act, again, 3,000-pound truck and two people do not simply go missing. >> reporter: for petrone's family there still lies some hope within their pain, a thought that someone knows something. >> we're hoping loyalties have changed, friendships, you know and maybe just somebody has this burden on them so long and they just want to let it go now. >> reporter: we're toll the family of danielle imbo was invited to today's press conference but could not attend for other reasons. also to reenforce anyone with any information is urged to contact the authorities. we are live from center city philadelphia, in matt rivers, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right man matt thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" what happens to our on
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line accounts after we die. facebook recently addressed this issue but what about everything else. three on your side jim donovan has important information for preparing your digital after life leslie. >> reporter: it is first official work out for phillies pitchers and catchers clear in clearwater and in a shocking move the sixers have traded michael carter williams, we will tell you all about the huge deal, that came down to the trade deadline.
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well okay, we have had no shortage of cold wet they are winter but this is dangerous cold that we're talking about kathy over the next 24 to 48 hours. >> it will be dangerous to be outside tomorrow morning. i think about the students walking to school or waiting for the the bus and it is a are dangerous situation. you have to bundle up. the wind chill will be brutal. let take a look outside where we will have a wind chill warning overnight for the poconos for wind chills as low as 35 below zero. >> wow. >> have you ever felt 35 below zero. >> i don't want to. >> it is looking good at jack frost big boulder. the lets go down the shore where it will be still brutally cold tomorrow morning. we are looking at a very pretty even to the take in ocean city, cape may county. on storm scan three we have a few flurries, lake enhanced because of the cold, whipping wind, and they will be diminishing during the late
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night hours. right now in philadelphia the with the wind gusting to 30 or even 40 miles an hour it feels like one below in atlantic city at the airport . two below in allentown. fourteen below in the poconos. the jet stream taking a huge dive, as far south as florida, and everyone, will be feeling the chill. take a look at the future temperatures throughout the whole eastern half of the nation. by tomorrow morning, we're going to be talking about a temperature in philadelphia a of one that would tie the record setback in 1979. ten in charlotte. seven below in cincinnati. look at tam pennsylvania below freezing and wind chills will be even colder, these are the wind chills a along the the eastern half of the nation tomorrow morning. seventeen below in philadelphia norfolk 4b low. in tampa it will feel like 24. the same in clearwater at spring training. it will be very icy come tomorrow morning. wind chill advisories and warnings as far south as miami, come tomorrow morning. like a 1500-mile stretch here and everyone will be feeling
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the arctic blast. wind chills tomorrow morning i mentioned is cold. thirty-five below in the poconos and lehigh valley, including philadelphia a, our north and western suburbs, it is as cold as 25 below and you can see interior south jersey, it is cold, 20 below. shore points in delaware as cold as 10 degrees below zero. good news, this than the is going to last that long. we have seen intense wind overnight and early tomorrow morning. high pressure builds in tomorrow afternoon. still very coal. temperatures will begin to warm on saturday but here is our next storm bringing snow after the noon hour on saturday and then during the evening that pink is an icy mix and then we will transition over to rain every where by sunday morning but there will be accumulating snow saturday afternoon and into saturday evening. the this is what we expect for the weekend storm. precipitation starts as snow one to 3 inches possible. changes to a icy mix and rain by saturday night in philadelphia a end as rain every where sunday morning but in the evening there will be some dangerous travel.
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we do have have have cold coming overnight, forecast low is one. it would be coldest morning, in over 20 years. so overnight, going to tie that record of one, setback in 1979 and tomorrow oops i slid right back that three day forecast steve. tomorrow we will see a high temperature only in the teens and then temperatures will be warming up as we do get to see that storm that will be saturday, into sunday. we will warm it up on sunday to 45. we will be back with more
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new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. more testimony in the american snipper trial, plus vanilla ice arrested and saying good bye to cbs news man bob simon a lot of news
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coming out of hollywood. insider's michael yo joins us with those stories and much more from the insider studios. >> is what up, guys. chris and jessica, we will start with the american snipper trial, eddie ray ralph bizzarre behavior was described in details. here's the insider in 60 seconds. big blow in the american snipper trial. defense lost their key expert witness psychologist charles overstreet. >> in the defense, overstreet was prepared to state that he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the shuling. a point integral to the defense effort to establish ralph as not reason by reason of insanity. also trending vanilla ice arrested. >> misunderstanding, blown out of proportion. >> reporter: yesterday robert van winkle, aka vanilla ice was on suspicion of stealing numerous items including furniture and pool heater from a foreclosed house he is renovating for his dyi network reality show. finally, cbs honors bob
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simon. >> bob had an ability to look at the situation and look for the telling detail. >> reporter: sixty minutes is paying tribute to the life of simon with a 90 minute special on sunday. bob spent 47 years reporting news stories, often putting himself in real life and death situations. i know that will be a heartfelt 60 minutes. now back to you guys in philly. >> i am guessing 90 minutes won't be enough to contain the great work that bob simon did over his career. >> not at all. >> michael yo in l.a. always good to see you, a thanks for being with us. >> good to sigh you too. you can see insider tonight and every week night at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. coming up in the next half an hour, on this cold weather the coast gar has a big job to do. >> i'm's meteorologist kate bilo we will have more with the cutter ship, and we will show you why it is so important break up the ice along the delaware river. we will take you for a ride. also a heart stopping scene, and one lucky escape as two planes collide at an air
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health officials, including the cdc, are now closely monitoring a super bug out break that has been linked to two deaths in los angeles. nearly 200 others may have been exposed. this same deadly super bug was found at a philadelphia hospital last year. well, a bankruptcy judge has just announced a deal to sell atlantic city's revel casino is officially dead. she granted revel's request to terminate the sale to the florida developer glenn straub, because he missed the deadline to purchase the casino. and another day of dangerous liz cold weather, and more headaches for homeowners. "eyewitness news" in ventnor where there were a lot of calls to shore homes where plumbers were dealing with frozen pipes today. kate? and chris, worst of our cold out break is yet to come. it will be overnight into tomorrow morning when temperatures will dip down to record lows in many locations in fact, take a look what we are dealing with a across the east coast, wind chills and advisories have been posted even into the southern most tip of florida. we are seeing wind chills
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there in the 20's and 30's. for us we will talk about sub zero wind chills into tomorrow morning. with these freezing temperatures and more near record temperatures, really in the forecast as we head into tomorrow and weekend delaware river and schuylkill river are completely frozen over. so coastguard crews are out in their cutters break ago part the ice and today they let me go along for the ride take a look. >> right now we are heading north, doing a reconnaissance mission. >> reporter: brute strength was on display on the delaware river as coastguard cutter captain, plows through sheets of ice. the parts of the river look other worldly as previously broken ice refreeze necessary layers. for the past several weeks the capstan and her crew have been making six plus hour round trip journal friday philadelphia to trenton and back again nearly every day, using the steel hull, to break apart the ice and keep the water was passable. today they let us ride along.
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>> we are breaking the the ice for maintaining waterways for the free commerce. we drive north on the river and any ice we will see we break it up and then we will make sure that there is no ice jams or other specimens that cannot get past. >> reporter: while breaking up the ice keeps waterway clear and vessels safe it could impact your family and your wallet. >> a lot of the heating oil that people used in their houses is brought in by fuel barge. >> brought in by barges or other vessels not designed to be operating in the ice. help can easily get stuck and we would have to go get them. >> reporter: while some braved frigid waters for some fishing the main job of the cap-stan's crew is to make sure no vessels get in trouble. that steel hull has to plow through ice as much as 2 feet thick. with near record lows in the forecast, the river will freeze all over again. so tomorrow the capstan will be back out on the water doing what she does best, smashing the ice into piece, somebody
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the the the senior chief stoffer does not mind at all. >> it is fun, we wait all year for this. >> reporter: they were so enthusiastic about being on this mission and they love breaking the ice. being on the ship was very satisfying to see these huge chunks of ice complete thely breaking up. you know, they have to do it every day this time of the year. it must feel like working toward a goal that never quite gets completed. they do great work out there kudos and thanks to the coastguard for letting me ride along today. chris and jessica back to you. >> you made it back warm and everything. two planes collide during an air show in india. take a look the the planes from the team grazed each other with one plane hitting the wing of another. this happened at air india show on the outside of bangalure city. the both planes landed safely and in one was hurt. authority are investigating racial graffiti on the campus of lincoln university in chester county some one spray painted a a
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sign, public safety officers discovered that graffiti overnight at an entrance to campus. it has been since remove. lincoln university is nation's first historically black college that was founded in 1854. well, white house is wrapping up its three day summit on countering violent streamism, the president today addressed foreign ministers and dignitaries in washington. he said that to stop the flow of new terror recruits the international community, and prominent muslims must challenge how isis, al qaeda and other militant groups are using islam to justify their violence. delaware senator chris coons is sounding the alarm saying the home land security department could run out of money next friday. the senator tells cbs-3 a battle over halting deportations of undocumented immigrants is holding up that funding. >> people in federal law enforcement would be compelled to work without pay and i don't think that is fair. we would also see state and local law enforcement, fire services emergency preparedness agencies deprived of the chance to get federal
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grants. >> senator coons is supporting the the bill that would fun the home land security department without conditions. the six democratic candidate for mayor of philadelphia participated in their first public forum. "eyewitness news" at the philadelphia business and technology center on parkside avenue. candidates jim kenny, lynn abraham, anthony williams nelson diaz, doug oliver and milton street all talk issues at the invitation of the business association of west park side. the candidates have three months to win voters before the democratic primary, on may 19th. philadelphia's mayor michael nutter delivers a keynote address at temple university this afternoon. the mayor spoke about efforts in the city to give youth the training and skills needed in the work force the at the youth violence prevention collaborative. he emphasized early invention to help young people make good decisions. >> when they reach that fork in the road, insuring that every single will child has an opportunity to break the cycle
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of poverty, crime and violence. >> last summer philadelphia invested over seven million-dollar to provide summer job experiences for young people all a across the city. well, the philadelphia phillies starting to prepare for 2015 season today in clearwater, florida. expectations unfortunately for this year are pretty low. >> our leslie van arsdal joins us from spring training where the the weather is a bit chilly for florida standard but leslie, it is warmer then here. >> reporter: i know don't let these palm trees fool you it is pretty chilly when phillies held their first official work out here for pitchers and catchers. we will get to that in just a moment. we've got to talk about the sixers. the trade deadline today to say they were busy would be a major under statement. we will tart with the biggest move that shocked everybody, sam hinkie trading away michael carter williams the reigning rookie of the year to milwaukee for the lakers first round draft pick this year mcw, the team's second leading
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scorer, and almost two years he has five triple doubles and many thought team would be built around him. in mcw tweeted this following the trade, i cannot lie, i'm shocked. i loved this city. thank you for everything. i cannonsly say i gave it all. i wish philly nothing but the best. sam hinkie was not done yet, he sent ky mcdaniels to houston for eye kay a cannon and a second round pick. sixers got center javeil magee from denver with oklahoma city's number one pick this season. this is just a huge, huge day for the sixers. now lets talk about the phillies. as i mentioned before it was the first official practice for pitchers and catchers. we got to talk to cliff lee today and he brought along a prop to help him through the the tough questions. >> concentrate and ask again. >> reporter: it may not be a
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crystal ball but for cliff lee a magic eight ball, close enough. when asked whether the the team can contend. >> hold on a second. >> most likely. >> what about if he want to be traded. >> let me see another tough one. >> i don't know if i want to answer that. >> very doubt full. >> but seriously. >> if you can tell me right now, yeah, you have an opportunity to play the on the world series championship team absolutely i want to do that. i do. every player should want to do that. i'm a philly right now. that is where i will try to do that. this is where i'm at i want phillies to win the world series this year. >> cole hamels has made it very clear he wants to be traded and we sat down with gm ruben amaro to talk about the hamels drama and i will have that at 6:00. back to you chris and jessica. >> leslie, thanks very much.
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we have some small problems out on the roosevelt boulevard just past ninth street, in the northbound lanes, taking out part of the inner drive you can see police activity on the scene due to an accident. it creates a real problem when lights turn green because is there a huge backup with the three lanes trying to merge together inning will will file and get on by that accident scene for time being. on i-95 not too bad at this time. these are southbound lanes approaching girard southbound into the city you can see brake lights up there northbound lanes moving just a little bit better n southwest philadelphia we have an accident on eighth second street and part ram avenue that is right here near island avenue. use caution traveling through that area another crash in white marsh at ridge pike and church road and we are wanting to you use caution on fifth second street that is still closed between locust and spruce due to structural damage from a building fire that happened on monday morning. the route 52 bus from septa is
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being detoured around that scene for the the time being. the chris and jessica, back to you. >> okay jessica, back to you. facebook recently made steps toward managing a profile after death but what about the rest of your digital assets? three on your side jim donovan has important information on everything from domain names to on line bank accounts. after 12 years and more than 250 episode, two and a half men says farewell. some think that charlie sheen just might make an appearance we will have the the story coming up, kate. we will start our friday with brutal cold and wind chills dangerous cold, we will tell you how low those temperatures will go and we will track system for week end that may feature a little bit of everything snow sleet freezing rain and rain we will have details when we come
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welcome back. now it is time to check your philadelphia job market report. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with more. >> reporter: if you are thinking of whether or not to continue your education, beyond an under grad degree consider this the the national unemployment rate stood at 5.6 percent through the end of 2014. but those who completed a bachelor's degree or higher were in better shape with an unemployment rate obvious 2.9 percent. the those with master's degree had an unemployment rate of 2.2 percent.
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those with the doctorate had had a 1 percent unemployment rate. but not all advanced degrees are created equal. pay scale.com ranked mid career salaries and project employment growth, topping the list was physician assistant studies with a median salary of $97,500 a 38 percent project job growth over the next decade. those with engineering degrees earn well over hundred thousand dollars by mid career and advanced degree in political science can be worth $94,000 by mid career in the field that is likely to grow by 21 percent. census bureau says 10.2 percent of pennsylvania residents hold advanced degrees. now the big question, are you ready to write that thesis in i'm jill schlesinger for
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well, we have been feeling the brutal chill in the air all day long. our eyewitness weather watchers have, as well. the lets check with these numbers not looking great. this is mid to late february. we should be in the in mid 40's a. today temperatures stayed in the teens in many of the weather watcher locations. will we will start off north of the city with jim reporting 18 degrees there. not sure why that is showing up all blue but we will check with one more weather watcher thinks cat any wynonna, new jersey at 15 degrees.
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weather watchers reporting this brutal chill in the air and it will get worse through the overnight hours and as we head into the day tomorrow. lets look the at wind from the weather watchers. notice wind, 25 to 30 miles an hour, ocean city james reporting a a 32-mile an hour wind at the moment. jason in middletown, delaware at 25 miles an hour. it is windy. that wind making those teens feel a whole lot worse. lets take a look outside and you can see it is still light out now, 5:48 p.m. we are looking at ben franklin bridge and a few cloud nice color in the sky there as we have moved past sunset. not looking too bad but stepping outside you know it feels pretty nasty. another shot from one of our live neighborhood network cameras showing us sunset from the palmyra cove nature park in new jersey showing that frozen delaware where i was today with that cut werth coast gar. you can see the city in the background. its only 14 degrees outside right now. even though it looks nice it does not feel that great. light flurries coming through. you can see line up of these cloud and flurries as well
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coming from the west/northwest. that is where our wind are coming from. that is why it is just so cold. it is a plunge of arctic air from the north and west. we have been feeling it all day. we will continue to feel ate weeze head through the the day tomorrow. and then things change but for the better or for worse? we are talking about not as cold for the weekend but we have threat for some rain, and some snow. temperatures outside right now 17 at the the airport. fourteen in allentown. 5 degrees in mount pocono. 15 degrees in millville. it feels right around zero in many locations at the moment but we did mention there is light in the sky. we want to talk about some good news. unset the times 5:41. by march 1st, 5:52. look at this daylight savings time with the sunset of march 8th at 7:00 o'clock p.m. that is not too far away the that the days will stay lighter, longer gaining two minutes each day. there is some good news. now we will move to the rest of the forecast. how it will feel friday morning, look the at poconos minus 25 to minus 35, that is what it feels like. lehigh valley, 15 below to 25 below. in the the city and suburbs
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probably around 15 below what it will feel like outside tomorrow morning, even sub zero in southeastern delaware and coastal new jersey. these are dangerous, dangerously cold wind chill values. you don't want kid standing out the in the bus stop for too long, drive them to school or heading out to work get out early and heat up the car, very cold but bright friday. then heading in the day sat the day our next system approaches coming from the south, cold enough at on set, this will start as snow, here's 4:00 sat the day evening, maybe decent thump of snow, at the on set of this storm and then warm air starts to work its way in. 8:00 p.m. we'll change over, some sleet and freezing rain and then overnight saturday night in fact by 11:00 mainly rain in the city, then changing over to all rain, every where. i want to mention as that warm air starts to work its way in we will have patches of dense, fog, saturday night, so you will be dealing with rain sleet, freezing rain maybe some snow on the road and then, of course threat for some dense fog. so saturday afternoon it moves in. then changes over saturday evening. most of the models reporting an inch or two in the city of
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philadelphia not much. rain will wash most of ate way but be safe on the road saturday night. warmer over the weekend but we are dealing with snow ice and rain and cold again early next week highs in the 20's monday and tuesday. new back to you in the desk. well, no one likes to face the idea of their mortality, but last week facebook made users do just that when they gave us the new option of choosing someone to maintain our profiles after we die. >> the question of what happens to our virtual presence after death is becoming more of a real life concern and three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan takes a look at what to consider about your digital after life. >> reporter: some described it as creepy but others had asked for it for a long time. last week facebook started giving the option to select a friend or family member as a legacy context who can post information to a page, respond to a friend request and update a profile photo in the event of a user's death. it is a good prompt to get millions of users thinking about what happens to our
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digital assets, after we're gone. >> such a large part of our lives are lived on line and we think, we think that we will be able to manifest them forever. we can and it does make sense for people to be pro active. >> reporter: a good starting point toys make a list of every account and every pass word especially things like domain names that could have value. just like items in a will. >> take an inventory keep track of what you have stored and where it is stored, and on which device, you have actually stored it, as well as whether it is all in the cloud. >> reporter: it is all still an evolving space in the legal world. each on line services provider has a terms of service agreement and many right now say account are not transferable and pass word should not be shared. so when tech companies make it easy to navigate the process like facebook or google's inactive account manager tools take rang of it. other companies will likely to have follow suit. >> it is probably an evolution of things, start with
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facebook google. >> i got all of my stuff listed, when i kick the bucket, i have to open up the envelope, everything is there. >> you will not open it up. >> some than else will. >> i will be honored to be executor of your on line after life. >> yeah. >> work that out. still ahead on "eyewitness news", it is a big night here on cbs three after 12 years two and a half men says farewell. >> hard to believe but we will take you behind the scenes of the big series finally when we come right back.
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the great two and a half men wraps up it's a macing run on cbs tonight. >> the smash hit sitcom saw highs and lows during its 12 seasons, susan marquez reports from los angeles. >> two and a half men is throwing out all of the rules for the series finally. >> we're really deciding like why go out with dignity we never had any why start now. >> reporter: john cryer and ashton kutcher said they would love to reveal tonight's surprises but even they are in the sure what is going to happen. >> everybody only knows the part of it that they necessity, and the rest of it
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is. >> it is like the united states government. >> yes. >> checks and balances and this group doesn't know what that group is doing. >> exactly. >> which one of you is the mommy. >> great question. >> reporter: cbs sitcom is wrapping up after 12 seasons. >> i'm's a good husband. >> reporter: hit comedy series starred cryer and charlie sheen as are different brothers but then sheen had a very public melt down he was fired, and kutcher replace him for final four seasons. >> we all had the most amazing four years of just pure joy, every single day coming to work, and i'm most sorry that he didn't get to experience that. >> reporter: series also had to weather disparaging comment and tones made about the the show he grew up on, but still the laughs kept coming. >> the show was always just about being funny. >> reporter: show wrapped up dozens of emmy nominations during its run including two wins for cryer. susan marquez for cbs news,
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los angeles. well, don't miss the hour long season finally series finally of two and a half men that airs tonight at 9:00 right here on cbs-3. tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 ukee washington has more revealing interview with john cryer and ashton kutcher. they open up but charlie sheen. that is all coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 11:00. there are some people who think charlie sheen might make an appearance on tonight's show? do you think so? we'd love to hear from you. connect with us using hash tag cbs-3 chat and of course, we will be watching to see who is right about that. >> can't wait. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 stuck in the deep freeze and it will only get colder out there meteorologist kathy orr will have our record low temperatures right around the corner. >> from the tires, to the the battery, what a tough week on cars, and drivers. we will have that story coming up. plus developing right now a healthwatch investigation, "eyewitness news" obtains
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health department document revealing a super bug out break in philadelphia, health reporter stephanie stahl has important new details every patient need to know. and a truly out of this world experience for a group of local high schoolers, we will tell you how they were able to have conversation was astronauts in space "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. right now at 6:00 dealing with the dangerous cold. we are heading into record low temperatures and territory tonight. it will be so cold out there some schools in the region are already canceling classes for tomorrow. several more districts in delaware are closed tomorrow and more could follow. good evening i'm jessica dean. i'm chris may. tonight "eyewitness news" has learn that this cold has turn deadly. there have been eight deaths reported in our area in just the past few weeks. five in montgomery county, two in lehigh county and berks county is reporting one death.
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officials say it is very important to check for those most vulnerable during extremely cold weather like this. lets get outside to "eyewitness news" meteorologist kathy orr on the sky deck with the very latest on the bitter coal, kathy. >> chris, that wind chill advisory begins in an hour but it already feels brutal out here. sun has gone down. we have been feeling chill as temperatures plunge and wind gust. wind gusting to 30 to 40 miles an hour across the delaware valley. gusting to 36 in the city. twenty-eight in wilmington. thirty-three in reading. those gusts will continue in the late night hours. it feels like two below on the sky deck. feels like two below in allentown. it feels like 15 degrees below in the poconos. that wind chill advisory initial to effect at 7:00 o'clock and we will be feeling wind whipping and those wind chills or feels like numbers, down to ten, as much as 25 degrees below zero come tomorrow morning. it will be dangerous to be
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