smart phone, good evening, i'm jessica dean. >> i'm chris may. investigators believe it may have been link to several other robberies in the just the past few weeks. to take's attack was 18th and north in spring garden. "eyewitness news" investigative reporter walt hunter is live outside central detective with more walt. detectives believe that thinks the sixth in a series of attacks, this after a noon, that woman knock to the ground and sprayed in the face with mace and robbed in mid afternoon in broad daylight. medics cared for this victim whose identity we're concealing, helping her get to the hospital shortly after she was sprayed in the face with mace, robbed, and then knock to the ground here in the 1800 block of north street at mid afternoon. >> i'm shocked. on this block i'm shocked. >> reporter: this attack police say is the the sixth in spring garden since february 9th, all believed to have been committed by the same group of suspects .

>> it is the same neighborhood. we all, i feel very safe walking around here most of the time. i think it is unusual. >> reporter: police say this surveillance video he shows four persons of interest wanted for a february 20th beating and robbery of the 13 year-old boy near 22nd and fairmount. in every robbery police say a group of between two and four suspects, steals iphones and other items from victims. >> i do understand that at least one of the instant tenth the kids slashed some type of a weapon yeah, and the possibility of an incident, accident occurring. >> reporter: now detective here at central are intensifying their search, hoping they can come up with surveillance video of this latest attack around 2:30 this afternoon. meanwhile they say because five of these six attacks have happened in broad daylight in the afternoon they are urging neighbors to use extra caution be aware of your surroundings

until these suspects are caught. live from central detective division i'm walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you. we have new information tonight about one of the three men charged yesterday with trying to join isis. "eyewitness news" has learned that abror habibov was in dover, delaware in 2014. authorities say he owned a kiosk at dover mall, and several others in philadelphia area. well, it was a day of clean up down the shore following today's storm. today "eyewitness news" in ventnor atlantic county where shovels, plows worked overtime today. parts of the shore and delaware received several inches of snow. the the storm has moved out. the the. the cold not so much. meteorologist kathy orr is outside on the cbs-3 sky deck, kathy. >> right now it is just cold out here chris with temperatures in the 20's and 30's across the delaware valley but it business to get even colder. take a look at storm scan three we will take you back in time when the storm moved through earlier this morning with the heavier snow where it was expect, through south

jersey and delaware now we're just seeing the cloud. the heaviest accumulations through places like cape may dover, and even in through smyrna. sell byeville the highest at 6 inches. right now, temperatures in the 30's in philadelphia and wilmington. the in the the 20's elsewhere. the coldest temperatures in the poconos at 18. atlantic city mild side, 31 but well below the average of 47. this evening, temperatures will be falling through the 20's with a mostly cloudy sky and we are about to see things change again. bitter even to the month of february, no surprise there, and lane and snow in the forecast, over the weekend and then better news for march. it will be milder, you knew it had to come soon are or later. i will be back with those details coming up with the seven day forecast. >> yes, we did kathy thanks very much. stay a step ahead of the forecast if you down load the cbs philly weather app, it has live radar, weather alerts and a whole lot more it is absolutely, free and you can find it on both itunes and google play. the the so-called black

madam takes the stand, she testified in her own defense, during her murder trial late today, prosecutors say that she performed a buttocks enhancement procedure that caused the death of a tourist. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers was in the courtroom live in center city with the details matt? >> reporter: jessica, short of being rare it is certainly not common for defendants to take the stand in their own defense but that is exactly what page victoria winslow did as she and her lawyer mounted their defense against a third degree murder charge. the 45 year-old winslow is charged for her role in the 2011 death of a 20 year-old british dancer, claudia aderotimi. the young woman had traveled here to get silicone butt injections, something winslow said she had performed thousands of times despite not having a medical licenses. aderotimi died of complications from the injection and winslow was subsequently charged in the death. thursday she took the stand in her own defense arguing that she never intended to do harm

and thought the procedures that she was performing was safe. she told the court that she received training from a doctor in thailand and he assured her it was safe. she said that she feels great remorse over the death but argued she should not be held criminally liable. the on the stand she said quote my motto was i want to help people. it wasn't about the money. i made money but i just wanted to help people. she went on to say that when i heard that claudia died it was the worst day of my life. claudia was a great girl. i never meant for anything pad to happen to her. now prosecutors alleged that winslow actually falsely presented herself as a nurse practitioner to her clients and that she was full a wear of the dangers involve in these procedures. if she's convicted, winslow faces up to 40 years, in prison. we are live from center city, matt rivers for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". septa's regional rail in montgomery county has resumed operations, hours after down wires brought the the train to

a halt. this happened shortly after 8:00 this morning on the warminster line in roselyn. the train was on its way to center city when power lines came crashing down. the the railcar lost power leaving about 500 passengers stuck. >> it felt like we ran over something, so hopefully everybody was okay, that was the most important thing. once we found out and alerted by septa engineers that everything was good, it was okay. >> stranded passengers got on another train and arrived in center city more than two hours behind schedule. what caused those wires to come down remains under investigation. it was a violent night in the city of philadelphia, police busy at multiple crime scenes. let's begin in grays ferry where two men were shot multiple times and killed in the 2700 block of latona street around 2:00 a a.m. police recovered a gun on one of the victims but was not used in that shooting. they continue their investigation. another homicide was reported shortly after 11:30 last night, this happened on 2900 block of west west more

land street when police arrived there they found a woman, unconscious in the driver's seat of the car. they say that 11 shots were fired from a large semiautomatic weapon. that investigation is also ongoing. well, health officials say the the flu toys blame for three new deaths in delaware. total number of flu-related deaths there is now at 26. all but three of those who died were over the age of 65, the others though were in their 50's. residents are being remind todd wash their hand frequently in order to prevent the spread of the flu. new at 6:00 new upgrades to the ben franklin bridge as "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren shows us they are designed to benefit those on foot or on two wheels. >> reporter: with one way on and one way off some called walking or riding a bike across ben franklin bridge braving it. beth runs across the the bridge regularly and she said that she has had several close calls. >> it was someone who was

verbally abusive and i called 911. >> reporter: with philadelphia's new mission with as many people walking and running through the the city, including their bike share program to be introduced in april the delaware river port authority thought it was time for an upgrade. they have added ten new emergency call boxes and upgraded their surveillance standard replacing old camera with 25 brand new ones. drpa c. eo john hanson told "eyewitness news" that the the call boxes a and state of the art cameras will provide our customers and local community with additional safe guard. the port authority says they evenly distributed these new call boxes and security cameras across ben franklin bridge half on one side the other half on the other. representatives with the philadelphia bike coalition say that the upgrades including a new ramp on the new jersey side are beyond appreciated. they have been asking for them for a while. >> if you install these kind of safety measures that helps

as a deterrent and prevent incidents biopsying nal that this is an area that is being carefully, closely machine toward by security. >> reporter: pedestrians say they could not agree more. >> i really like the the bike. i feel more safe with that. >> reporter: on the ben franklin bridge noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". kids show off their skills in the kitchen. >> they all have the same goal to create the winning recipe. still ahead at 6:00 our stephanie stahl will take us to the competition that is cooking up american just good food. plus a vice from it across the pond we will tell you why the first minister was in philadelphia kathy. the cold hangs around the delaware valley, a at least through the end of the month some better news for month of the march and back to the seven day when we will come back beasley. reports say eagles are parting ways with the fixture on the offensive line since 2005. todd herremans is the oldest tenured player on the team along with trent cole why

might todd be out of the picture just ahead in sports.

well, on the cbs-3 healthwatch today philadelphia

students competing to create a winning recipe for the the best healthy breakfast. our health reporter stephanie stahl takes us to the cook off. >> reporter: cheer leader from randolph high school pump up about a burrito. >> it is a a burrito. >> reporter: thinks entry from the randolph raptors a apple and cheddar breakfast burrito. >> it comes with a balance between sweet and salty. >> reporter: thinks culinary competition sponsored by the health department's get healthy philly campaign. >> they are all awesome. >> reporter: mark vetri a among the judges tasting healthy breakfast creation from his three schools. >> we all necessity that school breakfast is really important for health and nutrition and students healthy are better learners. what better way to figure out what students would want to eat to engage student. >> reporter: the winner is randolph's burrito. >> it was good. i really liked the apple. >> reporter: tenth grader wing robert was on the winning

randolph team. >> it is a healthy option because it has a lean meat and it has apples and it is tied together with cheese on a wheat wrap. >> reporter: how important is healthy foods in school. >> really important because the the kid be bright and it makes them learn faster and easier. >> reporter: randolph's winning burrito will be a among breakfast options served in all full service philadelphia public schools. i'm stephanie stahl for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". makes you hungry. new at 6:00 training tomorrow's musical masters. >> ♪ >> "eyewitness news" at the scottish wright theater in collinswood where symphony performed today for students. it is a professional training orchestra providing performance training and development services for musicians pursuing an orchestra career. the british american business council of greater philadelphia had a special guest today good they welcome honorable carwin jones the

first minister of wales. this is his fire visit to the area the first minister met with mayor michael nutter and other area business lead tore highlight historic relationship between wales and pennsylvania and the current industry sector development. >> the objective is to make sure that people heard of wales that they understand wales is a nation just like scotland, just likening land and ireland, and of course continue to build on the business that we already have with companies here in a pennsylvania. >> indeed, pennsylvania maintains the highest number of welsh american residents anywhere in the the country. well, all right, we know february got off to a cold start, and it looks like it is going to end the same way. >> so it goes. meteorologist kathy orr is tracking the chill kathy. >> at least it is consistent. >> there is that, yes. i have to say something good about it. at least it is a short month perhaps. on storm scan three we are seeing just cloudy skies and over state college, a few scattered flurries, if they make it into the philadelphia

area. otherwise we're talking about cold temperatures, over the next couple of days, we will seal the deal with the month have of february put in a record books and then really look a he had hot to the month of march. eyewitness weather watchers say in the a bad day we missed out on the snow in philadelphia but we had some to the south and east. johnnies reporting a temperature of 27 degrees in warminster with breaks in the clouds today and in south jersey temperatures consisted in the 20's. margot has a temperature of 27 degrees. no win. she's in buena vista township. the it was a snowy mini blizzard start that she says with the sunny afternoon and it is now calm cold, just like the way we like it. a as far as the snow is concern here's a look at the few of the snow totals from our eyewitness weather watchers. we are looking where margot is 3.7 inches of snow. john in delaware half inch. greg in paler mow, new jersey he says 5 inches of snow. here are spectacular pictures i want to show you of cape may county, some really great stuff that we have got from

them late this have afternoon. we are looking at conditions, that are much different then this. a little bit further north and west. in cape may, look at the promenade. the thinks courtesy of cape may magazine. anybody for skee ball. this is where you get ice cream, arcade, it looks very different after you pick up four and a half inches of snow. another great picture you can see beach after a new with our historic houses down the shore. it is not sand in the sea grass but it is snow. of course, your favorite place to shop in cape may washington square mall pretty quiet today with two shoppers going down the walkway. we want to thank our friend at cape may magazine for these great pictures sharing that snowy scene with us. right now in in philadelphia the temperature 30. poconos 19. twenty-nine in reading. little bit milder to the south but not much. raleigh-durham at 34. they have a good dose of snow, about six to 8 inches there nashville 36. birmingham 38, our weather is going to becoming from the northwest and you can see the cold minneapolis nine, omaha

ten and bismarck only 9 degrees. on storm scan three you saw a few flurries. other than that during the day tomorrow it will be very sunny, very quiet with temperatures in the the 20's. staying cold for saturday, is that bitter high pressure system builds in and then our next weather system comes from the the south the west in the form of the warm front. we will be seeing a wintry mix, sunday night into monday. this area of low pressure tracks toward the north and east. could see a little bit of rain mixing with some snow. we will update you on that situation, coming up over the next couple of days as we get closer. overnight cloud and a few flurries, it will be cold with a low of 18 degrees, during the day tomorrow uneventful take partly sunny, a high of 29. now, by saturday morning it is a different story. we are looking at near record cold again information case continuing a low of ten. record nine setback in 1976. morning wind chill will only sit at one and that is the end of the month of february.

the saturday's high 27. march moves in on sunday, that you go out a little bit. late at night we will see rain and wet snow. morning showers monday as we warm up to 44. close to normal. not there yet. and then tuesday night into wednesday we will see a wintry mix. wednesday's high near 50. >> that is more like it. >> and thursday look for clearing skies and a temperature of 44 degrees. the the average high is 47. >> wow. >> we have in the been anywhere close. >> in. >> you think we will turn acorn inner march. >> right. >> we will turning a long turn good as long as we don't do a u turn. >> that is right. >> thanks, kathy. we are having a busy commute now out of the schuylkill expressway, jammed end to end here right around conshohocken where our cameras are right now heading westbound into the king of prussia area just a string of brake lights and in the doing too much better just jammed

eastbound up into the the center city area out in new jersey doing better there, north bound lanes, heading toward 295 and surrounding bridges no problems and the trouble spot at this time of commute heading southbound into the deptford area or ac expressway currently no problems there. in pennsauken, new jersey though due to that machine afternoon tanker fire route nine on eastbound at route 130 north bound on and off ramps are closed in that area route 73 admiral wilson boulevard is your way to get around there. in east norriton is there an accident at germantown pike at dekalb pike. the disable car north bound taking out left and center lane. penndot crews on the scene as well right around wissohickon avenue, just use some caution. >> take it the slow, thanks very much. "cbs evening news" is just a couple minutes away. >> scott pelley joins with us a look ahead, scott. >> here's the the "cbs evening news" tonight, isis executioner is unmasked, we will tell you who has been behind the beheading of

americans. republicans are fuming over pot now legal in washington. and we have to do it, llamas on the lamb, the round up, tonight on the "cbs evening news".

reports say that the eagles will part ways with offensive lineman todd herremans. todd was the longest tenured eagles player with trent cole they came in the nfl together drafted in 2005 by the eagles. sometimes it is a money issue. bird will save 2.8 million for 2015 but they could take a cap hit of 2.4 million. it is not the money. often the team decide that the player is in decline. whatever the reason todd was a solid personal player, for many years, thank you for your services. flyers in toronto tonight just four points behind boston in the race for that playoff

spot. the last time out they had a bad loss to carolina. that is a bad team. tonight they face another weak team. kimmo timonen says he is ready to play saturday against the rangers. thirty-nine years old defenseman been out all season with blood clots. his possible return would be a boost to the line up, of course. panthers are about to get a shot in the arm they got jaromir yagr from the trade from the devils for two draft picks. florida is two points ahead of the flyers and two-point behind bruins for the final playoff spot, five team scoring champ will help them down the stretch. sixers with the night off back home tomorrow against wizard. last night michael carter williams made his home debut with the bucks going against the sixers. he scored seven points and handed out eight a assists and milwaukee handed the sixers their 11th straight road loss 104-88 was the final. annual grade bird debate was held at chickie and pete's in philadelphia one time each year that the famous radio

personalities gather to argue the future of the team. they will spend the next couple days will be i go for your votes so they can crown a champion and a good time was had by all. a lot of opinions t there. >> yes. >> you have done that in the past. >> i have, i have done it for many years. >> you always get my vote that is all i know. >> it is too much, my nerves are just too bad, too much airing all. >> yeah. >> that is what they do.

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>> pelley: the man behind the mask. now we know the identity of the terrorist in the beheading videos. also tonight the latest winter storm makes the old south look more like new england. an answer to that age-ole question: what are they smoking in washington? >> it feels great. it feels like freedom. >> pelley: and freedom is all they wanted but the sheriff was on their tales. >> it's a llama drama unfolding. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today we learned the identity of one of the most despicable men on the face of the earth, the masked terrorist that we have all seen too many times in the past year in videos of the execution of hostages held by isis,