well, it seems like it just can't drive anywhere without hitting a rim rattling potholes. we are on the pothole patrol this morning. we will let you know where crews are working to day and how you can get help fixing some of the worst road out there and, of course thanks to the warm up and snow going a away, i'll take the warm up. let check with kate to get latest on our forecast and it will be warm, right. >> it will be nice and warm,er contact it the is warm right now. we will step out of the house with temperatures generally in the 40's even to start the day, compared that to last friday, just last friday we started morning n'synx will digits the in most of the area and high got up to 26 degrees. now our morning low is more than 20 degrees warmer then friday's high.

big swings in the weather department here. look at center city and ben franklin bridge from campbell's field and you can still see low visibility. everything looks damp. we have fog out there but steady fog or thickest of the foggy should say is mainly north and west at the moment. couple showers moving through. you can see light showers gearing up around washington d.c. the these could come through south jersey and delaware within the next couple hours. notice how warm it is. we have a good jumping off point. we don't have a a lot of really real estate between where we are now and where we will get this afternoon in the 60's if we were starting our morning in the 20's it would be a much more daunting task. temps looking good. forty-five at the airport. forty-nine in atlantic city. cooler in allentown, reading, lancaster there we are under a dense fog advisory. it has been canceled for shore points now and just was canceled for north and west suburbs as well. still pockets of low visibility there dense fog, rain visibility, quarter mile or less. slow down across that fog. it does come up quickly. you have eyewitness weather

day planner we do see a warm up 48 degrees at 9:00 a.m. breaks of sun by noon and 3:00 p.m. 61 and some sunshine. we are dealing with road spray. lets check with justin drabick on traffic, good morning, just continue. >> that is right road spray and dodging potholes are the main issues out here this morning. traffic looking good so far early this morning at 422 westbound at troop are road. we are moving pretty good. we will send you back to the city at i-95 at cottman both directions, still the road is damp from the rain we were dealing with through the overnight. check out area speed, pretty good around the city coming in the city, 55 miles an hour both directions on schuylkill expressway. fifty-four on i-95 coming down out of the northeast and north bound new jersey in problems 65 miles an hour, new jersey turnpike and route 295. el kton maryland good morning cecil county. we have flooding closed down delaware avenue between howard street and creswell avenue

north of route who. alternate is 213. that is recent rain we have dealt with overnight and with that snow melt low lying area in this region. pennsauken, new jersey route 30 westbound closed at airport circle due to traffic light malfunction, alternate at federal street. up in hilltown, hilltown pike a motorist struck a deer. we are dealing with an accident there at swartly road. an accident at west norriton at main street and at center avenue. the mass transit looking g report nothing delays. the that is a check of your ride. now back over to erika. >> road crews are back on the job potholes. crews filled an estimated 9,000 potholes since the start of this year. in new jersey crews are working around the clock to fill 300 potholes a day on county roads. now if you see a pothole tell us bit. post a picture or video on cbs philly facebook page or tweet us at cbs philly. we will get answer about when they will be repaired.

a warning for parents in the bucks county community northampton township police are investigating reports of an attempted luring. two girls say a man in the white car with tinted windows approached them near the watergate drive monday afternoon. they told detectives that the man repeatedly tried to get them into his car. they ran away he drove off. this philadelphia father is accused of abandoning his son so he could go gamble. bensalem police say three two-year old brian bolds left his son in the parking lot a at parx casino for almost three hours yesterday while he played blackjack. someone in the parking lot called for help when they heard the boy crying. bolds is in jail this morning because he could not post bail. our time is now 5:34. >> i want to check on our business news with wendy gilette who joins us from the new york stock exchange. good morning. the what is happening up there. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika. wall street is looking to rebound have after sharp losses tuesday, wiped out this years gains for the the dow jones and s and p.

dow jones fell 333 points or 2 percent marking its worst day of the year. nasdaq composite lost 82 points. investors are concerned that the federal reserve will raise interest rates, owner then expect. a change in the u.s. job market, more people are quitting their jobs. the labor department says 2.8 million people quit their jobs from december to january. the most in more than six years. the trendies most visible in the restaurant and retail industries. when people quit it opens up more jobs for the unemployment and usually means higher pay uber says it will create 1 million jobs for females around the world as part of the new global partner ship with the united nations aimed at advancing gender equality. a bed and breakfast in maine could be yours if you have a knack for word and $125. the the current inn keeper of the central level inn in western maine is retiring.

the she's holding an essay contest for $125 entrance fee. the the lucky winner gets the establishment with all of its furnishing and restaurant. the owner hopes to get over 7500 entries so she makes up the value of the inn. the winner must eloquently answer why i with like to own an operate a country inn for $125, you can, ukee and erika, it can be yours. >> when was last time we had an essay contest, eighth grade. >> eloquently. >> yes. >> thanks, wendy, appreciate it. other story everyone is talking about this morning is the huge eagles trade, i mean not long ago chip kelly was given full control of the personnel moves and foles is joining lesean mccoy leaving town in a blockbuster trade. >> the bird sent foles to st. louis for quarterback sam bradford. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from 94 wip with more from eagles nation, jan. >> reporter: ukee and erika good morning. i was able to speak quickly

with host angelo cataldi here at sports radio 94 wip before he helpedded in the booth. he thank me for wearing black because he says this is a dark day. he is shocked by this move. owe are a whole lot of fans. again lets take a look at the deal what this does. eagles have announced a trade that sends nick fels to the rams in exchange for sam bradford. eagles will also get rams fifth round pick in 2015, however, the eagles every sending a fourth round pick in 2015 and a second round pick in 2016 to st. louis. of course this move comes on the heels of trading star running back lesean mccoy for kiko alonzo. these are all moves that have eagles fans guessing about chip kelly's master plan, lets less inn. >> i'm in the sure what the heck is going on with them, i have month clue. i don't know what they are thinking. i fell lake they are throwing everything away. >> we have to all believe in chip but what will you do it is nick foles. he set railroaded. young quarterback coming in

for the eagles. what are you going to do, get rid of lesean mccoy is a big mistake but we all believe in chip. >> reporter: as soon as angelo has a second to tell step out of the booth we will get his views on the big deal a lot of fans difficulties a appointed with this and a lot of people are losing faith. for now we are live on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now back to you in the studio. >> thanks very much. philadelphia police need help finding a man wanted for a vicious attack in hunting park. take a look at this video. that man suddenly started punching a stranger inside golden city chinese take out on northbound last friday. even after he knocked the victim down the brutal attack continued as he kick him several times. the attacker grabbed a bag of food before walking out the do have. jury find eric torres in the guilty, in the shooting that injured a philadelphia police officer. edward davies was shot and seriously wounded as he

struckled with torres during a traffic stop in 2013. jury did fine him guilty of aggravate add assault and weapons and drug offenses. officer davies spoke to "eyewitness news" about the the verdict. >> i don't want to get too much into it. i am a little drained right now, hurting, i just wanting to home and relax with the family. i have no idea. i still got a couple of things going on, procedures, surgeries, and figure it out after that. >> torres faces 40 years in prison for the the assault conviction. right now it is 5:39. hillary clinton is defending her use of the personal e-mail account to conduct government business while she was secretary of state. clinton took questions while at a u.n. event in new york. she is under fire for using her private server and domain to send out e-mails instead of the government controlled system. the clinton says that she opted for convenience. >> i opted for convenience to use my personal e-mail account which was allowed by the state

department, because i thought it would be easier to carry one device for my work and for my personal e-mails instead of two. looking back it the would have been better if i had simply used a second e-mail account and carried a second phone. >> clinton has turned over 55,000 pages of e-mails from her private server to the state department for their review. we have new information about the the derailment of the train heading to philadelphia, how a simple phone call could have prevented the crash. also do you think you have seen a lot of snow? think again. jaw dropping amount of snow one town got in less than 24 hours, nicole. and erika, us girls are under represented in the tech industry but that could soon change. coming up two local groups come up to encourage girls to pursue them. and fog is starting to clear on the roads, now it is shaping up to be a warm wednesday, we will check traffic ape weather, we will do it the together on the other side. good morning family see new a

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updating breaking news from pensacola, florida, 11 american troops are missing after an army helicopter crash. they were taking part in the night training exercise last night when helicopter was reported missing. search and rescue crews found debris earlier this morning but the troops again are still

missing at this hour. we will keep checking in on this and bring you updates when we get them ukee. supreme court hears oral argument over perjury charges recollect are mended against kathleen kane. they stem from accusation that is kane released grand jury materials to a newspaper. also this morning a former fraternity member seen on tape taking part in the racist chant has a apologized and withdrawn from the university of oklahoma. two other student have been expelled and the national headquarters has since closed uo's chapter of the significant in man alpha epsilon. >> all it took was a phone call to prevent this amtrak train from derailing on the way to philadelphia train slammed in the truck that got stuck on the tracks in north carolina on monday afternoon. it turns out that the truck had a police escort because it was too big for the high wait. the train was stuck there for at least five minutes before the train came but no one bothered to call for help and warn amtrak. fifty-five people were hurt in that crash.

5:43. lets get traffic and weather together on the three's. here's kate. >> good morning. lets start with eyewitness weather watchers keeping tabs on a foggy, glummy start to the day but nice and warm already. let look the a these numbers. we are looking at 44 degrees from phil in philadelphia reporting a cloudy sky but 44 degrees at this time in the morning sound good to me. it is 49 at david dutch's house in clementon, new jersey and reporting a mainly cloudy sky. let look at these temperatures, sort them from high to low. you can see temperatures in the mid to upper 40's still this morning. william powell 's house 49 degrees. dave mid clementon at 49. robert stewart also in clementon you can see temperature variation there just across neighborhoods really. forty-six in clementon, and chats worth mark reporting 47. lynn in cherry hill 45. chesterfield new jersey, ed connor at 44 degrees. nice and mild start all a across the region. we will show you our live neighborhood network cameras coming up in a couple minutes. not sure why that is up there right now. but let's head over to

something else here. heading back to the eyewitness weather watchers and take you into a few more observation from his your weather watchers. we are at 41 as we check with the north here john jenkins in perkasie at the 41 degrees. reporting cloudy skies there what we are dog with is clouds and fog. couple sprinkles across the the a area this morning. again, temperatures generally mild for the time of the year. we will see temps actually rise in the 60's as we go in the course of the afternoon and well lets take a a look what is going on out here. here are graphics from before. sometimes computers are a asleep in the morning. 61 degrees today. that will be the highest temperature we have had, since december, 25th, and it is going to be a nice warm day. sixty's today. fifty's tomorrow. tomorrow is a beautiful looking day. sunshine, highs in the 50's all across the area but then we have our next threat for rain this comes in friday night and continues through the day on saturday. it looks like a very soggy start to the weekend with rain all day long, on sat the day the good news, it will clear out by sunday. the bad news it will not help

muddy ground we have got out there more rain on top of melted snow and rain we had today will stay soggy around here. today some clearing, nice and mild at 61 degrees. tonight mainly clear and colder at 36. you're witness weather seven day forecast, well, it looks good for next couple of days. today will be nice and warm. tomorrow sunny and beautiful at 51. then here comes the the rain friday night into saturday. we clear it out sun bye-bye st. patrick's parade. we will check on the road with justin good morning. >> good morning everyone. it looks like a heat wave you can ditch the jacket coming in the afternoon. the this is a live lot 576 eastbound at vare avenue. eastbound headlights coming our way looking good this morning. still a few areas of some damp roads to deal with but most of that rain has ended. still seeing areas of fog to deal withes specially north of the city. forty-two freeway, both directions looking good volume picking up a little bit but still, we're flowing freely at this hour. you can see area speed across the region looking good on the roosevelt boulevard, 17 miles an hour, in surrounding city.

fifty-four on i-95. still looking good on the new jersey turnpike and 295, and speed up to 65 miles an hour. we do have some flood to go talk about in cecil county, maryland in el kton, delaware avenue all lanes closed due to flooding with that recent rain and snow melt. thinks between howard street and creswell avenue. alternate is 213. still dealing with that traffic light malfunctioning lights out in pennsauken at route 30 westbound closed at airport circle. the alternate will be federal street and up in hilltown hilltown pike an accident at swartly road, yeah vehicles did hit a deer cause something problems there. that is a check of the roadways. now back over to ukee. >> j.d., thank you. you won't be able to use feeling sad emoji on facebook. they removed it after after people complain it made fun of people who feel overweight. nearly 17,000 people signed a petition on change.org to get facebook to remove it. facebook has dozens of emojis to choose from ranging from

emotions like love to feeling drunk. well recent reports show there are less woman pursuing education in science, technology engineering and math fields then men. >> we are also under represented in the technology sector but perhaps not for long. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer has more on this neat partnership between drexel university and tech girls and it the aims to change all. that nicole, great program. >> it really is. here's the thing. research shows girls are as interested in technology as boys are, up until high school but by the time they helped off to college they have decided to pursue other fields. once they enter the working world they turn away from technology. a as two mentioned two local groups are taking steps to reverse that trend. >> at drexel university this may look like your typical computer class but come closer and you will see these girls are gaming, test launching a game designed curriculum for schools, students nationwide. >> our goal it is to have more and more young girls and young women get interested

going in the tech industry n my case gaming industry. >> reporter: digital media professor doctor frankly teamed up with tech girls a program that gives middle and high school age students hand on experience with technology. >> there is gaming programming, using robotics, and so many other pieces of technology that are happening today, it is an important part of future careers and the economy. so we need to encourage more girls to be participants. >> reporter: in this group it was an easy sell. >> because we can do it too and it is really fun. >> boys should president be the only one programming and making video games. >> i mean it is great that they are boys but we're girls and we want to do this stuff too. >> reporter: on this stuff they tested out program and provided feed back for these teams. >> the girls are actually helping us on it and creating new curriculum around two part gaming design program and what we are trying to do is to see if what we have put together

actually works. >> reporter: from there the materials will be made available on line so girls across the the country will have the opportunity to learn game designed principals how to code and most importantly that they can do it. well this partnership may be new but tech girls has been providing these opportunity to middle ape high school age students for last five years. so far 400 girls have benefited from the non-profit organization, and its programs and i just like that one little within said it is great that they are boys but we can do it too. >> i loved that. >> fabulous. >> open that door sometimes make it fun and that is all you need. >> encourage them. >> that is right to start early. >> great story, thanks very much. your watching "eyewitness news" on cbs-3 will we will be right back in a bit.

traffic and weather together on the the three's in just a bit but first if you think boston has got a lot of snow this winter it is nothing compared to a village in italy. they got 100 inches in, one day. 100 inches of snow? a day. that is more than 8 feet of snow. we're still waiting for meteorologist to confirm that total 100 inches which would shatter one day snowfall record which was set in colorado but in one day. >> my lord. >> have you ever seen anything like that. >> i'm trying to dot math a head and 24 hours in a day, you have to have snowfall rates of 4 inches per hour all day long. generally when we talking about heavy snowfall in band, maybe an inch or two an an hour and that is heaviest we will get. i cannot imagine a hundred inches in one day. that is insane.

great pictures coming out of there. i will be interested to see when they confirm that total. lets look in our area no snow. certainly not hundred inches of snow. we have a quarter of that all winter long. storm scan three does show a couple showers moving through. in southern delaware around dover a couple light the showers right there. temperatures nice and mild. in mid 40's right now. philadelphia trenton, millville, atlantic city near 50. cooler in the far north and western suburbs. here's how day will shake out. we will have cloud and then we will see sunshine this afternoon. now back over to justin. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. we are looking okay. volume picking up. still early in the game here. still dampness outside on the road but this is vine street expressway westbound at 24th street. westbound in the taillights flowing pretty good this morning. we will send you to the ben franklin bridge where you can see that volume picking up a little bit, both in and out of the city. if we can advance over there. and inbound in the city we will see slowing down just a little bit. fog has dissipated as well. more news after this.

jim: it's a bad idea to assess children this way. it takes away the joy of learning in a classroom, which was one of the reasons we all became teachers - to see the bright look on their face when you finally got them. ros: it's those years where we had that teacher who gave us a little extra, who spent a little bit more time with us, who made us stay after school, who kept calling our parent. a standardized test is one of the weakest ways to assess student learning and student knowledge. jim: it's detrimental.

standardized testing is sucking the air out of classrooms.

coming up next on "eyewitness news" we have a live report from the pentagon to update our breaking news, seven had marines and four soldiers missing after a military helicopter crash in florida. also it is talk of the town this morning eagles trade nick foles and fans are wondering what is going on in the bird nest. we are live with reactions when we come back good

good morning family. thanks for waking up with us, if you are thinking of buying an eagles jersey, you better hold off for right now revolving door high profile exits, sees nick foles, trade todd st. louis for quarterback sam bradford.

>> jan carabao joins us from our sister station 94 wip with more on how fans are reacting jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. to say that the discussion here at sports radio 94 wip this morning is heated, well, that would be an under statement. the the fans are livid this morning and it the is only 6:00 o'clock the hosts say. this is only expect to get worse. they are in on it and said they have lost faith in coach chip kelly. the the hit keep coming for eagles fans. toss one more jersey out of the closet. quarterback switch is sending nick foles to the rams in exchange for sam bradford. >> i'm in the sure what the heck is going on with them, i have month clue. i don't know what they are thinking. i feel like they are throwing everything away. >> we all have to believe in chip but what will you do, nick foles, he set a record, young quarterback for eagles. getting rid of lesean mccoy was a big mistake but we believe in chip.