el lucky to be alive. in of them were home at the time. heather taiter was home this morning. the just two doors down. >> within two minutes of that, the walls shook, all my pictures came off, blind came off the wall stuff came out of the cabinets and it was chaos from there. >> reporter: even employees at a dentist office a third of a mile away heard and felt the blast. >> all of a sudden that door opened and then shut and then there was a about big bang. >> reporter: jack johnson was one of the first responders and trying to locate the source of the leak when the explosion happened. >> i describe it, it happened so quickly the explosion we had debris all around us coming from no where. >> reporter: blast damage dozens of homes on oak avenue including one house where the windows were blown out n all 75 homes were evacuated but he says she was never alerted. >> i felt like we weren't really kept informed as much as we should have been, considering it was only three housees from where we were.

>> reporter: now, 300 homes are without gas and electricity, and power employees as you can see are working to restore it the right now. they tell me it is unlikely that everybody will have lights and heat by the time the day is over. the that is why they have opened up a shelter, as well as established a hot line for customers, affected by this explosion. we have got all that information on our web site at cbs philly.com. live from stafford township ocean county i'm charlotte huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". absolutely incredible scene there. lets look closely at where all this happened, with the miracle of google earth we are able to show you the the house itself in happier times. this is the home, a small modest, brown home at 59 oak avenue in stafford township. then as we go to our map we're able to show you the exact area where all this happened. here is the home itself. here is the home that had the shed destroyed. you can see the shed in this picture on our map. lets take a look at the devastation from today, this is the scene from the the air.

this is the lot where the home once stood. here is the shed that was destroyed next door. just an absolutely incredible scene today in new jersey. well, in this explosion, comes almost a year after a deadly gas explosion in ewing township, mercer county. linda cerritelli was killed on crocket lane back in march. fifty-five homes were damaged or destroyed that day the explosion was blamed on a damage gas main. a crazy crash in ardmore, take a look as this video of an suv on top of some parked cars our's contact von tiehl tells us just how it all happened. >> reporter: you cannot blame black ice or slick streets for this unusual crash at piazza acura have of ardmore. >> my assistant looked over and said there is something going on over there. i said i think is there a koran top of a car. >> reporter: it started as a driver was pulling out from the car wash behind the deal are ship. >> shortly after 9:00 a.m. a female driver of this car,

launch herself up off the snow bed and ended up on top of three vehicles. she was trapped inside. >> reporter: ardmore fire fighters were at the scene moment later, within 45 minutes they stabilized the vehicle, taken passenger door off and safely removed the driver. handicapped plates were found on the white jeep and a walker was within the car. now challenge becomes how to remove the jeep. >> we don't want to roll role that thing off and jeopardize the compromise the gas tank or anything like that on it. >> reporter: investigators will speak with the driver of the car to the hospital to figure out exactly how the crash happened. >> that white jeep has been carefully removed and now you can see damage left behind to the the other vehicles, that was including that black suv and a bit of bad luck that car was supposed to be driven out to the new owner, today now that the dealership is searching nearby for a replacement vehicle. in ardmore erika von tiehl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". right now investigators are looking for the cause of this inferno in west

kensington. flames here shut down septa's market frankford line and fire fighters face sod really bitterly cold conditions fighting this fire this morning. we're going to get to "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter in just a moment but first we want to take to you new castle county where officials are holding a press conference on the the recovery of that missing girl, let's listen in. >> warrants remain on file stemming from the a assault on february 15th as well as warrant issued on monday which includes reckless endangering of the child, and the carjacking. michael will also be charged with endangering the welfare of child as he is awaiting extradition back to delaware. a as soon as possible, child's mother dawn will be flying to massachusetts with law enforcement officials to be reunited with her daughter. the assistance of the federal bureau of investigation, i cannot say that enough, they were a key component in bringing this little girl back home safely. the u.s. attorney's office, the attorney general's office,

and through many of the local and state agencies a assisted including massachusetts state police and spencer police department in massachusetts. at this time i'd like to ask jack web of the fbi to come backup and make some comments and again, we are ever grateful to you. >> thank you colonel, same. >> i would just like to say that this is an example of when state, local, law enforcement, multi jurisdictions work together rapidly to achieve a victory. it is a good day. a little girl get to come home... >> no audio. >> we're having technical difficulties with the news conference. got news is that three-year

old eleanore trotta taken from her mother's house in new castle delaware last night allegedly by her father has been found safe this afternoon, somewhere in massachusetts. we're working on gathering the the details. we did hear something about the father being charged in addition with abducting the little girl with a carjacking as well. we don't know exactly where that happened but we are working on these developing details. got news and the important news at this point that is this little girl is safe. >> we will listen to eleanore's mom. >> i'm going to go get my elinor back, thank you. >> how did this all happen. >> they called me in and they told me. >> reporter: when you got that news. >> i broke down. i got to talk to her on the phone. she's shaken but she's ready to be back with me. >> reporter: and you are going to be flown up there now. >> yes. >> reporter: you expect to be reunited shortly.

>> i'm's not sure yet, but shortly. >> reporter: as soon as possible. >> yes. >> reporter: was she aware of what was going on? >> i'm sure she was. she has never been away for me that long. never been out of her routine. i'm sure she was traumatized. >> reporter: was she able to tell you what happened. >> no, she's three. no. >> reporter: do you think he treated her okay. >> i think so, yes. >> reporter: is what the first thing you will will say to her, when you see her. >> nothing, i will squeeze her, hug her and kiss her. >> reporter: it looks like you had a bumpy relationship in the last few weeks, is this the end of the story. >> it will be me and her and we will be happy. that is it. >> thank you, congratulations. >> okay. that is a very overjoyed you might imagine, dawn trotta, the mother of this little girl, who has again, been

found safe after being subject of the amber alert overnight. she has been found safe in massachusetts, a along with her father who has been taken in custody. we are continuing to work this story and we will have details throughout the night on "eyewitness news". meantime investigators are trying to determine the cause of the inferno in west kensington. again, we know flames shut down septa's market frankford line and it was a tough fire fight for fire fighters in the bitter cold today. our walt hunter is standing by live with more on the fire that reached three alarms, walt. >> reporter: chris, those fire fighters behind me just wrapping up this bitter battle after nearly 12 hours, cbs-3 has learned that federal agents have joined the search for the cause of this fire, agents from the bureau of tobacco and firearms meanwhile for these fire fighters it was a a tookly sad sense of deja vu nearly three years ago to the day april 9th, 2012, at the very spot where i'm standing right now you across the street from this fire, they for the a five

alarmer in which two of their fellow fire fighters died. flames tore through a commercial building a at front and york streets, the three alarmer stopping rush hour service on the market frankford el, water instantly turning to ice as fire fighters battled for more than three hours to bring it under control. >> it was a commercial building and you have fire and we have clothing and stuff inside. it will be difficult to actually get the total fire out. >> reporter: among challenging facing fire crews in this bitter weather some hydrants frozen and useless. >> we switched to another hydrant. the water department did a great job coming out. >> reporter: watching flames that heavily damaged several stores on front street owners worried when or if they would be able to reopen their businesses. >> what are you thinking as you are standing here. >> i don't know, we need help from god.

>> reporter: before merchant can get the all clear city officials must decide if the gutted building, now coated with tons of ice, will have to be fully or partially demolish meanwhile, investigators from the philadelphia fire marshalls office has been joined by agents from the federal bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms looking into how the fire started. coming up at 6:00 we will have more on that investigation and more on the impact of this three alarmer on local business people here. unfortunately fire is no stranger to this neighborhood. live from west kensington i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". walt, thanks very much. ramps between route nine on and route 130 in pennsauken camden count do i remain closed at this hour and will be for a couple days now. chopper three over that scene earlier where crews were out checking for structural damage following this scene yesterday. a tanker, carrying fuel overturned and explode there had causing this enormous

fire. the tanker driver, and a fire fighter did suffer some minor injuries. philadelphia a police have now in made an arrest in connection with the stabbing death of rap star nicki minaj's tour manager. detectives arrested 31 year-old pierce boykin yesterday. they say that he stabbed eric parker and devon picket during an argument in a bar in east mt. airy last week. picket died, parker suffered serious injuries. boykin faces charges of attempted murder assault and other crimes. still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", parts of the texas encased in ice freeze turning road in death traps as cars and trucks are sent flying. train jumps tracks after colliding with a tractor trailer, more than 50 people are injured. check your phone bill you may have mysterious fees that have not been authorized but how do you get rid of them? three on your side jim donovan explains why it

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commuter train derail injuring dozens of people in southern california h that train hit a truck on the tracks. investigators say the the driver prein mature right turn causing the truck to get stuck, three train cars derailed and the truck caught on fire. we're told 28 people suffered injuries in this crash, police say truck driver fled the scene but was arrested a short time later. one day after a judge's ruling threw new jersey in the the fiscal crisis governor chris christie unveils his latest budget. he laid out a road map for reform over the next fiscal year. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live in

trenton for us today todd. >> reporter: chris, governor chris christie's $33.8 billion budget will not raise taxes. before he stepped foot in the state house tuesday a shadow was cast over governor chris christie on monday a superior court judge ruled that christie administration must restore $1.6 billion to the state pension program that was money that was held back due to a lack of revenue today governor focused on pension reform and taughted more is needed to avoid derailing spending on future education and raising taxes. >> is there anybody in this room who thinks our citizens deserve and can afford a 29 percent income tax increase on every hard working taxpayer in new jersey. >> reporter: however democrats pounded charging christie's budget a address lacked details for new revenue sources, and was based on

christie's own pension reform in 2011. >> yep, you cannot have have it both ways. when you just had courts say you owe $1.6 billion, you actually need more money. >> reporter: the governor also said he reached a unprecedented accord with the teachers union and their pension funding. >> road map calls for existing pension plan to be frozen, replaced by a new plan. both existing plan and new plan would be transferred from state ownership to a trust over seen by the njea. >> there is more work to be done and a lot more specifics to be nailed down and certainly there is a a lot of language to cover in it. >> reporter: governor christie says he is appealing the judge's decision, in the meantime starting tomorrow he will kick off a town hall tour in moorestown, to sell his plan to the voters. reporting live tonight from trenton new jersey, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" good todd thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness

news" an unusual rescue mission with 20 manatees becoming lodged in the drainage pipe. we will show you how they pulled them out one by one. the plus. first full work out here in clearwater florida lots of young guys out here trying to make an impression, we will hear from them coming up in sports.

this was a record breaker, kathy. >> it certainly was and month will be historic as well. we have our weather crawl we want to introduce to our weather watchers. you'll see it showing the current temperatures across the the delaware valley. the these temperatures are going to stay, inside the freezer. >> burr. >> we're talking about temperatures well below average. we are running 20 degrees below normal for daily highs and that will continue through the end of the month. take a look outside and we will show you where it was coldest this morning. >> wow. >> the the poconos. >> the poconos. >> can you guess how cold it was. >> it is minus, jessica? >> five. >> maybe right now but the record, 15 below. >> wow. >> yes, in the poconos. jack frost big boulder still quite cold but that is not stopping skiers and snow borders. we will take you down the the shore where it is a beautiful end in atlantic city. you can see cloud rolling in. no record in ac but it was in the single digits this morning. the let look at those official numbers, this morning the old

record in the poconos 14, the new record 15 degrees below zero. that was actual air temperature. allentown old record four eight below, that was a shocker, so 12 degrees colder. in reading three, minus three, so that was a big change. in wilmington we have tied record of six. no big deal there. georgetown delaware the record was 13 got down to 11 degrees, but poconos really takes a shocking number this morning. you can see on storm scan three we have had cloud in the region but snow is staying to the south. high pressure keeping it at bay but i'm watching this slowly creep up from the south and probably in sussex county, delaware we could have flurries later on before that storm moves off shore. carolinas getting hit now and later in the week. right now in philadelphia 23. twenty-two in allentown. 14 degrees in the poconos that is a a far cry from 15 below. it feels like zero. in philadelphia feels like 14. reading feels like nine.

high pressure controls our weather tomorrow. temperatures will be in the 30's. it will be comfortable. but here is our next weather maker a strong fast moving area of low pressure. our high pressure system is moving away allowing this to skirt up the eastern seaboard and give us a chance of light snow showers. we do not bear brunt of this by any stretch. we're mainly spectators. we will see heavier snow focused in the mid-atlantic where they are not prepared, norfolk, greenville, north caroline seeing four to 8 inches, two to four closer to the north. even in d.c. an inch or two but you can see through south jersey a and delaware we're seeing a coat to go an inch and a few flurries in philadelphia but this storm is going to be focused to the south and that is on thursday. overnight mostly cloudy, cold low of 17. tomorrow high of 38. little bit of breeze but this is going to feel great especially when we have the sunshine. on the three day forecast looking ahead to the nice day on wednesday thursday a

chance of morning snow showers especially south and east with that southern storm and by friday bitter again, the high temperature is 26 degrees. that is your three day kate will be back with the seven day next half an

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well, all of the phillies arrived prepping for 2015 season. manager ryne sandberg hoping some younger players will be in the position to step up this year. >> leslie van arsdal tells us which players could make a difference there season. >> it is first full squad work out in clearwater. lots of unknowns and for the younger guys on the team it is time to make an impression. >> i tried improving myself every day carry myself with

the confidence, that i know i can get the job done. >> reporter: darren ruf compete for one, dominic brown has something to prove. >> i have had some struggles. you know, i think i ended the season on a decent note. i have had some struggles in may that put me on a downward spiral there but i picked my head up and that is part of the game. >> unlike last season he will make sure everyone is on the same page. >> playing hard, running balls out, taking the extra base, you know, i wasn't doing those little things last year and i want to make sure everybody is on the same page. >> reporter: ben reveer returns to center field and he will do his part to win. >> everybody is down on us right now but i know veterans guys will come out here and young guys will come out here and bust their tails. i will do my part report rorrer after trading jimmy rollins freddie galvis has some pretty big shoes to fill. >> i feel ready to go. i have been just trying to work and trying to do my best.

>> reporter: it is spring training so everyone right now is describing to the power of positive thinking and, who knows, if this team could surprise a lot of people. reporting from clearwater leslie van arsdal, "eyewitness sports". coming up, a developing story, court decision is made in the trayvon martin case and one his parents are not happy about. also how do 19 manatees get stuck in the storm drain and more importantly, how do they get out? we will have more on this wild rescue coming up. and new at 6:00 concussions and sports, a wwe champion shares his store which hundreds of local students in an effort to help keep them safe, our stephanie stahl was there and we will share that story a

i'm chris may, we will continue to follow breaking news at 5:30 an amber alert has been canceled for three-year old elinor trotta a of delaware. authorities say they found that little girl safe and sound along with her fat inner massachusetts. her mother spoke at a news conference just a few minutes ago today is my birthday and i prayed all day to god i would get her back and he gave me the best birthday present ever. >> barkus is planning to fly to massachusetts to reunite with her daughter. her father, took her from her mother's home last night

is awaiting extradition to delaware. authorities investigate cause of the natural gas explosion, that leveled a home in stafford township and, 15 gas workers and first responders were injured were injured in a that blast on oak avenue, kate. good evening everyone, another cold day here in philadelphia. it has been cold all month long. we are tracking a chance of snow. this is thursday morning mainly south and east of the city. we will take a closer look at that in a moment. temperatures remain below average through the end of february making it potentially a top five coldest february, first time that has happened in 36 years. we will have more on the cold and chance for snow coming up, jessica. >> kate, thanks. incredible road in the dallas area refroze last night ape that is the result right there. cars, trucks sliding in all directions, things were especially bad on overpasses. crews are laying down salt and deicing chemicals ahead of another big freeze expect tonight. another accident in dallas

to show you now, look at this tractor trailer hanging off a bridge, on the interstate. this was on i45 south of downtown dallas. now driver was not injured but the crews are still working to remove the mess. and the winter weather in texas delayed the snow, so-called american snipper trial. the the jury could begin deliberationing later today in the case of the former marina accused of murdering chris kyle, he is man whose autobiography was turn in the blockbuster film american snipper. an dry an a diaz has more from stevenville, texas. >> reporter: a prosecution witness says chris kyle was taken by surprise and quote absolutely never saw it coming when he was shot at least six times by eddie way routh at a texas firing range in 203. rout h's murder trial resume tuesday after icy conditions postponed it on monday. the 27 year-old ex-marine is accused of fatally shooting former navy seal, chris kyle, and kyle's friend chad littlefield.

then taking off in kyle's truck. new jersey forensic crime scene expert howard ryan testified that kyle was immediately incapacitated after the the first two shots. routh's attorney don't dispute that their client shot kyle in little field but they say he is not guilty by reason of insanity. they claim routh is paranoid schizophrenic and was having a delusional episode when he killed the victims. prosecutors contend routh knew exactly what he was doing and knew right from wrong when he opened fire. if quick, routh will spend the rest of his life in, prison without parole. jury of ten women and two men will hear closing arguments and then begin deliberations. the trial has brought new attention to kyle whose memoirs was turned in the film american snipper. kyle is credited with having the most confirmed kills of any u.s. military snipper. adrian a diaz for cbs news. well, federal government says that there is insufficient evidence to pursue civil rights charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin. cbs news correspondent marley

hall has more from new york. >> reporter: department of justice officials told the parents of the florida teenager trayvon martin that the government is not filing federal civil rights charges against the man who killed their unarmed son. martin was shot dead in a confrontation with neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman in february of 2012. zimmerman claims self-defense under florida's controversial stand your ground law. >> we the jury find george zimmerman in the guilty. >> reporter: zimmerman was acquitted on state level charges of murder and manslaughter in 2013. tuesday the department of justice released a statement saying through a comprehensive investigation found that the high standard for a federal hate crime prosecution cannot be met under the circumstances, here, this young man's premature death necessitates that we continue the dialogue and be una afraid of confronting the issues and tensions, his passing brought to the is your face.

the case sparked a national outcry, and ongoing conversation about race in america. martin's parents say that they are disappointed in the outcome of the legal process but continue their work a against senseless violence. this thursday marks the third anniversary of their son's death. marley hall for cbs news. funding will run out for the department of home land security if congress cannot work out a deal by friday. house bill linking funding to blocking president obama's action to protect undocumented workers a has fail in the senate and now mitch mcconnell says he will allow a vote on home land security funning bill without the any immigration provisions attached. >> as long as democrats continue to prevent us from even debating that bill, i'm ready to try a another way. >> there are a lot of issues we would like to debate. it is something full of great amendment but we will not the do that until the department of home land security is funded. >> reporter: if copping is not approved funding some 30,000

employees will be furloughed and essential workers will to have work, without pay. secretary of veterans affairs now says he is sorry for misrepresenting his military record. >> do you happen to be a veteran, sir. >> really, army, navy. >> army. >> what unit. >> special forces. >> what years. >> i was in special forces. >> reporter: that was robert mcdonald talking to a homeless veteran during a segment on the "cbs evening news" last month. mcdonald is a army veteran but he never served with the special forces. mcdonald apologized for the false comment yesterday. the president reportedly says he doesn't expect the slip up to affect mcdonald's work cleaning up the scandal flag va. unusual rescue mission in florida, saves lives of 19 manatees. crews in satellite beach used heavy equipment to pull them out of the storm drain. this he were apparently trying to reach warm water when they got stuck.

all were in good condition and released back in the nearby lah goon onlookers cheered that rescue. >> it was awesome. the the whole community out here, all of the various agencies working together and have the final outcome it was awesome. >> florida manatees are listed as an endangered species by u.s. fish and wild life service. good evening everyone. it is a very busy rush hour today. i-95 schuylkill expressway, vine street expressway blue route we are seeing usual delays all over the map but there are a few incident that are causing even bigger problems for our rush hour delays. like if you are traveling on i-95 i-95 northbound approaching betsy ross bridge we are seeing a big time hold up. earlier accident that was, at the one point, taking out left-hand lane but now even though it is push to the shoulder as much as possible we have emergency teams compromise ago this left-hand lane. north bound and southbound i-95 you will find delays in and out of the center city and

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we have brand new video of the natural gas explosion in ocean county. what an incredible look at what happened today. that the is police dash cam video of the blast that leveled a home on oak avenue in stafford township. the authorities are investigating exactly what cause that had that to happen. we know 15 gas workers and first responders were injured in this. one more look, right here, and there goes that home. we will have more on this story coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. spring is only a few weeks away we promise. you wouldn't know it walking outside. the bitter blast is certainly back and i experienced it for myself today. the pretty cold good back in the big way, record it ising way in some places. meteorologist justin drabick joins us live from the cbs-3

mobile weather lab on kelly drive talking about this record cold justin. >> good afternoon chris. it looks like february will finish off as one of the coldest we have seen in 36 years. you have to go back to 1979 we could be in the top five coldest february is here in fill and top two in some other locations in the fifth but if you were outside this morning you know it was cold. temperatures in the single digits d not break a record here in philadelphia but we are building ice. that is the schuylkill river behind me. we are at kelly drive. i have an ice chunk in my hand. i will throw it out there. and, you can see it just a across and slide. that is something i had ice but thin layer. do not walk on that ice. there are some thick spots where it is darker so don't even attempt to walk on this river. it has in the been cold enough, long enough to get solid ice but no doubt, it is cold. lets talk about the the potential record. the lets go to the weather graphic here. if you take forecast through the rest of the month a

project forecast, this is what we would end up... >> we seem to have lost justin's audio there but i will show you those stats coming up because we have been pretty incredible. it could be a top five coldest february ever. thank you just continue for that icy report. lets look at our eyewitness weather watchers already reporting temperatures dropping in the teens in some spots as we take a look at one, 18-degree report from steve johnson in west chester. reporting sunshine but a wild ride from 29 to 2 degrees, back to 18, all below freezing. be careful folks. a lot of ice out there. 25 degrees in new jersey and checking in with doug in southampton at 25 degrees again right now. the a as we move down in delaware also seeing mid 20's. keep in mind end of february temperatures should be in the mid 40's. this is is well below average. that february sun helps just a little bit either that or we are used to this cold. jason this delaware says feels like 10 degrees with the wind

chill factor a few icy spots on the road. let's head off to the west and check in with one more weather watcher john owe done until downingtown reporting 20 degrees and a few peaks of sunshine. john says still cold on the tundra, come on spring, it does feel like the tundra outside. we are heading toward march. soon we will start daylight savings time on march 8th get those days nice and long. as we look at our campbell's field cameras things are looking bright and a few clouds out there but it really makes a difference that these days are longer and by march 8th we will talk about those longer days, those sunset times, in the 7:00 o'clock hour h that goes a long way toward making it feel like start of spring. ben franklin bridge looking okay for now. the lets look at our live neighborhood network sites boardwalk plaza in rehoboth beach, light snow on the boardwalk there. you can see cloud have taken over as system passes by to the south. i showed you rehoboth. you can see this ban of snow is moving up along the delaware border, but this is

producing steady snow over north carolina and they will get another round of it, another storm back to the west, we have circled it here over portions of the four corners region. we will go across deep south and then in the day tomorrow and produce heavy snow. six to 10-inch's cross north carolina and this could clip south and earn zones on a thursday morning. temperatures still below average. twenty-three at the airport. twenty-one reading. fourteen in mount pocono. twenty-one in atlantic city and wildwood. it feels like 14 in philadelphia. single will digits in lancaster and reading. the mount pocono feels like zero. that is nothing compared to this cold. this is incredible cold. feels like minus ten at international falls and minus 13 in winnipeg, man tobe a we have only had three days this month that have have been above average the fourth, just barely, we're even on one day and remember sunday in the wake of the storm, nice warm air melt that had snow but notice projection for rest of the week we will be below

average every day right through end of february making it the coldest, fifth coldest february on record, something that has not happened since 1979. future weather tomorrow afternoon shows nothing going on. you can see cloud creep in offer night tomorrow night. this is thursday morning. 9:00 a.m. notice brush of snow along the coast this model want to bring snow to sussex county delaware, cape may county new jersey and push it out midday on thursday. some spots could see accumulating snow there up to an inch or so and snow shower possible in philadelphia watch how heavier snow lines up to the the south less than a inch but perhaps close in rehoboth beach. we will keep an eye on. that still cold. 17 degrees. tomorrow mostly sunny and not as harsh high of 38, that will feel almost like springtime flip flop weather compared to the mid 20's. thursday back to 26 degrees a as that morning snow south and east, cold friday and saturday. we will start march on sunday and like cold air shuts off back to 40 but we have the chance for rain, early next week. we will send it back to you at the desk.

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when she took to the sprint's message board to join others complaining about the the same unauthorized charges, it seemed that sprint didn't like what they were saying. >> they delete our post. >> reporter: look out security company behind her unauthorized charges, say we take the customer experience very seriously and are currently working diligently to get to the bottom of this issue. >> both companies are required to get authorization of the consumers. >> reporter: ftc kenneth abby says it is sprint that is ultimately responsible for unauthorized charges that appears on its bills. >> the consumer has to know what they are sying up for. >> reporter: they contend they never signed up for anything and they want sprint to make charges stop. the the federal trade commission sued both at&t and t mobile over similar cramming charges but cannot comment on whether sprint is next. the good thing is she looked at her bill. >> that is right. >> people don't look at her bill and this is what happens. >> sometimes you look it is 1.89 and you think do i have it, do i not but you have to ask the question.

>> question every month. >> reporter: it adds up. >> it is maddening. >> infuriating. >> thanks, jim. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. breaking news at 6:00 search for elinor is over little delaware girl abduct by her father last night is found alive in new england and we are live. incredible video just into "eyewitness news" that shows a moment that a house exploded in ocean county today injuring 15 people. we're live. kathy? temperatures still running, 20 degrees below normal. plus a touch of snow in the seven day. i will have that coming up. and a crazy crash, at a montgomery county car dealership how one vehicle ended up on top of several others. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. i'm just going to squeeze her, hug her and kiss her. >> happy even to go a mother's terrifying ordeal. the little girl abducted from

her delaware home last night has been found safe. elinor trotta was found late this afternoon with her fat inner massachusetts. good evening, to you i'm jessica dean. i'm's chris may. law enforcement officials including fbi worked aggressively to find this little girl. her terrifying ordeal began last night after a report of the domestic assault in new castle delaware. she was found safe today in spencer, massachusetts and her father is now in custody. eye witt the necessary news reporter, steve paterson joins us live from new castle county police headquarters with more steve. police crediting relationship between local and federal law enforcement officers for this capture, in less than 24 hours, now a mother being reunited with her daughters. the it is the very best gift dawn barkus says that she will ever receive. >> today is my birthday and i prayed to god that i would get her back and she gave me the

best present ever. >> reporter: new castle police and fbi announced it is over. >> amber leather for elinor has been canceled at this time. >> reporter: police say around 2:30, less than 24 hours, after she went missing, the the fbi located three-year old elinor trotta unharmed with her father michael trotta. fbi spokes agent jack web said they tracked trotta to a apartment complex in spencer massachusetts and made an arrest without resistance. >> this is an example when state local law enforcement worked together rapidly to achieve a victory. >> reporter: police say four three-year old michael trotta abducted elinor monday night from new castle after attacks his ex-girlfriend dawn. by tuesday afternoon, dawn was planning her reunion. >> i will squeeze her, hug her, kiss her. >> reporter: and as we speak dawn is getting ready to board a plane with law enforcement to head to massachusetts for