usy place midday. mark messler a freshman had just left. police were converging. >> security at corner and turned around and lights on. my friend came out and said someone yelled 911, he has been stab. >> reporter: victim identified as a male in his 30's and vendor with the jack and jill ice cream company who went in the rest room to wash his hand when the stabbing occurred. >> he got taken out on the stretcher. he didn't look bad. it looked like up are right shoulder or arm. it did not look like he didn't seem particularly rushed though, but ambulance left here about five minutes with police car and lights trailing him to the hospital. >> reporter: had sal communications tells us that the injuries are non-life threatening, the victim is being treated at einstein hospital. mark and and helps friend dan, said text alerts came out quickly. >> i text my friend at 2:00 what happened. 2:06 i got at alert from lasalle from shelter in place. they let us know what was going object really fast. >> reporter: that order lasted for about 45 minutes. everything else was considered

secure here on campus. the once again let me review with you the description of the suspect, a white male, in mid 20's, medium build 5 feet nine, wearing a red jacket and a blue lasalle hoodie. there is surveillance video it is now being reviewed by the philadelphia police. reporting live from the campus of lasalle university, pat ciarrocchi cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> pat, thank you. two philadelphia fire fighters were injured today when their ladder came in contact with live power lines. this happened on the 2400 block of west norris street the in north philadelphia "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at temple hospital with the latest walt. >> reporter: very anxious moments here at temple's emergency room just after ten this morning. the members of the lad core 14, top fire commanders relieved to know that the two injuries fire fighters did not suffer life threatening injuries after their metal ladder came in contact with an electrical wire. the protective gear of one injured philadelphia fire fighter, lay on the sidewalk

moments after he and a fellow member were jolted and burn by electricity. the as a lad their they were lowering after extinguishing a minor bedroom blaze touched an electrical line. >> it went from hold ago this lad tore drop down to the side of the body, and he just passed right out. >> reporter: most seriously injured of the two fire fighters both assigned to ladder company number 14, suffered third degree burns to his feet. >> they carried them across the street and laid them out and unputting on his uniform and all that and they started working on him vigorously. >> very frightening close call. i talk to both members and they said the same thing. >> reporter: as peco crews inspect wires after the incident, fire officials who rushed to the hospital a that it was fortunate, the extension ladder after touching the wire, did not stay in contact. but fell back against the house. because they say that wire carried a lot of electricity.

>> somewhere around 7500 volts. so this could have been a much worse incident when you think bit. so those members are blessed. >> reporter: even more or a blessing when you realize in february of 1978 a philadelphia fire fighter died after a ladder that he was carrying, hit an electrical wire for another very minor fire near fifth and york streets in north philadelphia. fortunate thely one of the fire fighters, the less seriously injured, one is expect to be released shortly and other is expected to be released tomorrow after being overnight held for observation. we will have more when we join you at 6:00. live from temple hospital, i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". stay with cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for very latest on the fire fighters conditions. get the the latest anytime at cbs philly.com. some developing news tonight investigators in south jersey have arrested the mother of a murder suspect they alleged that she helped

him try to hide murder of his wife erika crippen. david spunt is live in sicklerville with new information for us now david. >> reporter: police raided kyle crosby's parent's home here in january. tonight they say kyle's mother, joe crosby helped kyle conceal erika's body after he allegedly killed her. >> every day i wake up and i'm just like wondering where my sister is at. every day. >> reporter: hates been almost three months since she saw her older sister and best friend, erika. >> i want my family to finally rest so i can bury my sister and this can be over. i'm tired of it. >> reporter: family members said they last heard from erika on december 30th before she went out to dinner with her husband kyle crosby. she has been missing since and he has been behind bars, charged with killing her. police still cannot find a body and now kyle's 67 year-old mother is accused of tampering with evidence by destroying record. >> we always knew, we already knew, she had something to to with it.

>> reporter: burlington county detectives arrested jo crosby around 6:30 at her home in sicklerville. detectives transported her to a woman's prison in pemberton but she bailed out late this have afternoon. we stopped by this house and found this no trusting sign on the front door. >> i know we will find her. i know we are. the just because it has been too long. i don't think god can hurt us anymore. >> reporter: burlington county prosecutor's office would not elaborate on the kind of record jo cosby is accused of destroying. source with the prosecutor's office told me this is still a very active investigation. they are actively seeking tips on information leading to find out what happened to erika crippen. we are live in sicklerville david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". lets go to chopper three over the scene of the shooting in the brewerytown section of philadelphia today. this is 25900 block of inkster sol street, there were two people taking to temple hospital and another to hospital.

all are said to be in stable condition. you saw that gun on the ground. the the investigation into that shooting continues tonight. a gloucester county teacher faces charges tonight accused of photo graphing what prosecutors called student private areas while in school. police arrested 37 year-old adam may or of washington township on friday. he teaches english a at the gloucester county institute of technology and is behind bars right now on $300,000 bail. police are in the process of identifying all possible victims and contacting their families. an upper darby man is recovering from a gunshot wound after a neighbor shot him. no details on what started the sunday night dispute. police say victim was shot once in the arm. sus he can was arrested after a brief standoff with police and delco spot team members. temperatures are climbing outside but don't be fooled. the warm up will be brief. we might even see some snow later in the week. the just a messenger. >> thanks, chris.

>> here's meteorologist kathy orr hoist the true messenger outside on the eye deck with the first look the at the forecast. kathy, thinks hard to believe. we thought it was over. >> it ace nation, chris, we will see a surge of warmth before we see wind and then much colder temperatures that could set us up for rain and even some snow. the it is true. take a look at storm scan three we have some high clouds streaming by but temperatures are still warming up, during this late afternoon hour. we just jumped to 55, the normal high in philadelphia during this day is 52 degrees. fifty-three right now in trenton. it is 50 in allentown. fifty-five in wilmington. this evening we have high cloud through about 7c p.m. with a temperature of 51. falling in the 40's by 9:00 o'clock hour with the light wind and it will be mostly cloudy by 11:00 p.m. coming up we will talk about a warm windy period to our weather especially for st. patrick's day before we go back to blustery, right in time for the beginning of

spring. the that is coming up with the seven day forecast when kate inn a join you with that later in the broadcast. i'll see you then. >> kathy, thank you. death toll is rising and vanaatu that devastated the island nation. governmental officials confirm 11 people were killed. cyclone pam with wind up to 168 miles an hour swept through the south pacific country over the the weekend causing massive destruction. vanu theatu's president was in japan attending a conference when that cyclone hit. he is leaving for home to deal with this emergency. >> the damage is quite devastating. more than 90 percent of the build initial the capitol itself has been either destroyed or completely wiped out. >> new seal land australia and france are providing disaster relief and rescue assistance. well, march madness is now in full swing, especially on the campus of villanova

university. the wildcats pick up a number one seed in the ncaa tournament last night. as "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao shows us, students and fans cannot wait for this tornment to get started. >> i'm struggling right now. >> reporter: tough decisions for nova nation today as fans gear up for what they hope is a week's long run to the national championship that started with villanova nabbing the number one seed in the east. >> i jumped around the house and scrambled. >> it was crazy everybody was jumping up and down screaming. you could not hear broadcasters on tv. >> reporter: that excitement is driving students and parents in droves to the campus book store and web site. >> after a weekend we come into a certain number of order, anywhere between 75 and a hundred this morning with obviously clinching the big east tournament and them being seeded number one we had triple that amount. >> reporter: one of the shirts in demand nova nation, this is the shirt that the team was wearing on selection sunday. meantime monday morning head coach, jay wright speaking at

coaches versus cancer breakfast at u penn remained focused against the lafayette leopard of easton. >> they are rated seventh best offensive team in the country. they have a coach in fran who knows everything about us. so we have a tough one. that is what the ncaa tournament is all about. >> wildcats were last selected in 05/06 reaching the elite eight. fans are hoping this is nova's year. >> i have always been a fan. i'm hoping to see this in my lifetime at least. >> reporter: they are making a bold prediction. >> wildcats will meet the the wildcats in the final and i do think that we will win. >> reporter: it all starts thursday night. inville know of, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now it is time for you bracket experts to match wits with the cbs-3 staff and other vip's. win a $5,000 gift card in the cbs bracket challenge, all you have to do is go to cbs philly.com/sports. sign up. good luck to you. we know you are filling out

brackets anyway. >> why not cash in. >> have a chance. >> if you can, sure. coming up on "eyewitness news" he is an excentric millionaire from one of the richest families and subject of the tv documentary. now robert durst is charged with murder and today he faced a judge. find out what happened in court. >> an obstacle course every time drivers get behind the wheel, i'm meteorologist justin drabick on pothole patrol. coming up how weather toys blame for a bumpy ride. >> two of the world's most acclaimed fashion designers are accused of being out of style, the comment about family that have dolce and gabbana on the defensive when

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it its finally starting to warp up. i will forget about this possibility of snow for a minute. finally starting to warm up after a win the their was at many times just bitterly cold. >> down side of that warm up of course, potholes. we have been talking about them for a while. there are bad ones out there. we are back on the pothole patrol tonight in the cbs-3 mobile weather lab. that is our justin drabick a meteorologist in, south philadelphia justin, are you managing to avoid those big potholes. >> reporter: we're trying, chris. i will take new to a good stretch that is causing problems. we're in the lab but it is no the raining/snowing but weather toys blame for these potholes. we got off of island avenue on to the merge on i-95 south and this is getting on by the airport and this is just a mess. i mean check this out. potholes in every lane, during the lane dividers. when you try to merge over.

that is what people do coming off the platt bridge you have to dodge these potholes everybody is jockeying for position. they are slowing down. i mean these are huge. this will mess up your suspension. you have to go slow and hopefully things can get repaired pretty soon. but again in, rain now but it was really last week even. so you can blame the warm, wet weather. dodging potholes, and road crews filling them it is a familiar obstacle these days. the this is city line avenue on philadelphia montgomery county line. portions of route one are completely least surfaced this week. crews have been fixing potholes for weeks and make gooding progress. and so just back over the weekend thanks to the rain. >> a lot of the potholes that have been fix following this snowstorm of march 5th, you know the cold patch material which is material that is used on hot asphalt and is available. it doesn't hold very well in the rain. with all of the heavy rain that came down saturday many hold that had been fix

basically to have remember done more holes, broke out. >> reporter: and yeah, we just saw a little bit of everything, on friday, temperatures got below freezing and then we have over an inch of rain. that caused a problem and, that water seeps in the ground. changing of the temperatures, below freezing, back a above freezing loosens up the asphalt from the car and drives over and just kicks up the road again. you have to be patient. that is it. penndot has 30 crews tout day across the 5k. and getting through these holes as quickly as possible but it will be a little bit hard until we get sustained warm weather. spring does officially arrive on friday. hopefully that is something to look forward to this warmer weather and we don't to have dodge these potholes until next winter. we are live from the cbs-3 mobile weather lab on pothole patrol on 95 back to you guys. join the cbs-3 the pothole patrol. send us photos and videos of the potholes thaw see. share them with us on facebook twitter, instagram

just use hash tag cbs-3 pothole patrol and we will get you answer about when repairs will begin. we nose they are not hard to find out there. >> right the. >> still to come on "eyewitness news" we will tell you why not everyone will be getting a routine cardiac stress test. an icon of philadelphia film history is back at the place where it all began, sylvester stallone filming at art museum steps and "eyewitness news" cameras were there, beasley. we're talking march madness and plus an update on cliff lee. that is not good. plus more buzz around the birds tim tebow spent his monday right here in philadelphia, that news is ahead in sports.

icon of philadelphia's cinema history is back where it all began, "eyewitness news" at the the the art museum where we caught sly stallone filming the new rock are i movie called creed. it is set to be released, of course in november. by november, we will already have been through this wonderful summer and spring, just around the corner. >> that is right. >> let's take our time. >> i've got something interesting to add about rocky. >> sly. >> yeah. >> at the parade, st. patrick's day parade somebody came up to me and said meeting chris may was better than meeting rocky.

>> wow. >> okay. >> i'm just saying. >> let me just say this that is ridiculous. >> that is what i thought but i'm just kidding. >> no. >> it was a great time at the parade. we will rebroadcast that tomorrow on cbs-3 at 9:00 a.m. you know we love you, chris, where we have had a gorgeous day. we want to take you to the ballpark. it is not going to be licensing until we go out to the ballpark. this is the citizens bank park and phillies take the field for opening day. take a look not much time. only 20 days left, until opening day and phillies will take on the red sox monday april 6th. and it is going to be a beautiful day aim's sure. temperatures around the region are mild right now. our eye witness weather watchers reporting from across the delaware valley you will see their observations the at the bottom of the screen. in philadelphia we jumped to 55. forty-five in the poconos. 54 degrees in reading. 55 degrees in wilmington. the to the south look the at these numbers what a jump from

last week nearly 80 degrees in raleigh-durham. eighty-two in atlanta we had a close to that warm air. we will go up a few degrees during the day tomorrow but nothing like what they are seeing toward the south. we will warm it up to the 60's, during the morning, by about 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon we will see this front approaching the wind are going to be picking up, gusting to about 30 miles an hour during the afternoon. temperatures will be falling. you will feel the change between noon and 5:00 p.m. when it is chilly. wednesday temperatures will be in the 40's. blustery day more win. we will settle it down for thursday with high temperatures in the the 40's. but all eyes on the southern system, an area of low pressure that is going to be moving off the mid-atlantic with rain and cold air to the north that will be creating some snow. we will watch this develop into a coastal low and there are many questions associated with friday but right now we have a chance of rain and snow, in the forecast. so as we look will ahead

overnight tonight, the lose temperature is 46 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. westerly wind will be switching around, we will see some warmth and then some cooler air for your st. patrick's day parade. high temperature coming early in the afternoon around 62 degrees with some sun it will be late with an isolated shower possible. the here's some st. patrick's day facts. the warmest st. patrick's day 86 degrees in 1945. the coldest in 1885, that was 10 degrees. most rainy was 1993 over an inch of rain. st. patrick's day was last year 4.7 inches of snow. by that time i remember everyone was really tired of the snow. so, for your st. patrick's day we will have a early high of 62. temperatures falling in the afternoon. wednesday, 42. and then by thursday 46. we will talk more about that potential snow and spring begins on friday, next half an hour with kate for now we will take a short break and be back

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just when you thought the bird off season could not become anymore interesting espn's amistad thefter reported that, chip kelly worked out tim tebow. he followed up that news with this quote tweet, tim tebow has come and gone from philadelphia, team has not been planning to sign him at this time. we will see if anything changes. tebow has work as an analyst since he was released by patriots in 2013. bad news for phillies they have placed cliff lee on the 60 day disable list. his left forearm strain is still bothering him the same one that shut him down last summer. surgery would effectively end his season so phillies and lee after greed to try to rehab the the injury without going under the knife. march madness number one

seed villanova a opens up with lafayette, the leopards in pittsburgh, tip off time 6:50 p.m. on thursday night on tbs, 32 wins and two losses for wildcats this year. they won big east regular season and the tournament. >> temple fans snubbed on selection sunday. the owls are not going to the big dance, fran dunphy's team is a one seed in the nit tournament, they will open up wednesday night at home begins bucknell. get that couch ready for basketball viewing here's thursday scheduled for cb. three, notre dame and northeastern start it off at noon and butler verse texas at 2:30, cincinnati goes against purdue at 7:30. then at 9:30 unbeaten kentucky verse winner of hampton and manhattan. we will get you ready for march madness on wednesday night at 7:30 for our march to indianapolis special i'll host panel of experts and leslie van arsdal will be in pittsburgh, with villanova

tomorrow morning i'll switch over to radio filling in for angelo cataldi on the morning show there at 6:00 to 10:00 a.m., so please drive to work with me. >> lots to talk about. >> there is lots to talk about. >> no shortage of things to cover tomorrow on the radio. >> thanks, beasley. still to come in our next half an hour an excentric millionaire featured in a documentary has been arrested for murder. we have new developments as robert durst heads to court. large number of parents show up a at a new jersey assembly hearing to talk about vaccinations, coming up, why they are fight to go keep in place new jersey's religious exemptions. designer dolce and gabbana air in the hot seat following controversial comments, why their views on family have elton john demanding for a boycott. >> ♪ >> and shaking it off in the cutest possible way, young patients at children's hospital of philadelphia, star in a new viral videos new at

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i'm jessica dean with breaking news at 5:30. a man has been stabbed in the bathroom at lasalle university in philadelphia this happened

just before 2:00 this afternoon. he has been hospitalized and is now in stable condition. but the attacker remains on the loose. two fire fighters are in stable condition after their ladder hit power lines this happened after a fire in north philadelphia. both been identified as robert taylor a eugene colter from ladder company 14. they were shocked and suffered burns. and police in south jersey rest a mother of the murder suspect, and they say joe jo crosby helped try to high the murder of erika crippen, kate. and jessica, clouds have really tried to hang on. we have got hazy filtered sunshine out there this evening. it is nice and mild. we have a nice start to st. patrick's day tomorrow. nice and warm, day at least until noon and then everything comes down. it will be a chilly windy finish to the holiday. helped us on the after work bundle up, big difference there much colder pattern takes hold wednesday into friday. we will talk about that chance for snow in the forecast

coming up, chris. new at 5:30 things get heated at a meeting over a vaccine bill in trenton. the assembly health ape senior services committee met to discuss legislation that with make it harder for parents to get religious exemption. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has more. >> you guide written a new constitution that we are not aware of. >> reporter: passionate pleas and out right demand as new jersey law make are consider a bill requiring parents to say a bona fide religious reason to give their kid religious exemption from his required school vaccination. >> no one has a right to ask me to quantify or qualify the nature have my relationship with my creator. that is between me and god. >> reporter: in 2008, new jersey made it easier for obtaining exemptions and some lawmakers believe it is being abused by people who fear or morally object to vaccines. last year 9,000 new jersey students received the religious exceptions and health experts worry about the increased risk of a

preventable out break. >> you must get your children immunized. it isn't your right to put them at risk. >> reporter: as a em is thably health committee vote sod hundred or so in opposition became indignant. >> nine committee members in favor of the stricter requirements, one opposed and two abstain. >> the bill is reported. >> thank you. >> seeing that the majority of the members of the health committee are not on their side defenders of the exemptions for vaccinations say they will turn their attention to governor christie. >> we have to give him political cover. we have to show him that we vote and we will support him, if he supports us. >> reporter: christie supports vaccinations and had his kids vaccinated but made reference toss parents having a measure of choice. >> are we willing to fight? >> yes. >> reporter: next up full assembly and senate will vote n trenton aim cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

robert durst a millionaire turn murder suspect, made a court appearance this morning after authorities arrested him in new orleans over the weekend. the police instituted a warrant on durst after he appeared to admit guilt during a documentary taping. correspondent danielle nottingham has the latest. >> reporter: handcuffed robert durst waved extradition in new orleans. infamous millionaire agreed to go to los angeles to face murder charges for the the death of his friend susan ber man 15 years ago. >> bob durst didn't kill susan berman. he is ready to end all of the rumor and speculation and have a trial. >> reporter: the the 71 year-old's arrest came a day before hbo aired the final up set of the jinks a documentary, about his wife, still wearing a microphone cursings in the microphone and makes a admission. >> i killed them all, of course. >> reporter: director andrew, said on cbs this morning, that he didn't realize what they

recorded until the editing process. >> obviously for us a shock because it was many months since we had sat down with him. >> reporter: durst heir to a new york city real estate fortune has been long suspect in the unsolved 1982 disappearance of his first wife kathleen in new york. as investigators prepared to question berman about kathleen's difficulties a appearance, she was shot to death at her beverly hills home. the durst was also tried for the the 2001 murder of a neighbor in texas but claims self-defense and was acquitted. experts the say that bail is unlikely, since durst has a history of fleeing. in los angeles danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well boston marathon bombing trial entered its third week, with a field trip today. jurors went to look at the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev was found hiding. the boat was riddled with 100 bullet holes, a window was shot out but jurors seemed most interested in seeing a

note that tsarnaev had scrolled on the inside of the boat denouncing the u.s. for its wars in muslim countries. local lawmakers joined members of the divine nine today in philadelphia, protesting racism. they gathered in love park at noon speaking out against video that emerged last week of oklahoma university fraternity members chanting racial slurs this event dubbed show us your true colors was organized by council would man brown. they are a select group of international fraternities and core -- sororities. good evening, everyone. the quite a busy day for i-95 commuters but today it is worse. we have a double bubble. i-95 northbound we have two accident situations one is 95 northbound not too tar from bridge street and harbison avenue. notice it was a multiple vehicle crash. police are still on the scene. one of those vehicles has jumped back into traffic but with that being on the shoulder you have a gaper delay on top of rush hour traffic, and heading further

north, you have another incident situation to worry about this is northbound i-95 approaching cottman avenue where you will notice a disable tractor trailer block right-hand lane. if you can avoid northbound i-95 boy suggest do you that because you're delayed from columbus boulevard heading toward the area of cottman avenue w that right in the the construction zone it is just bad news bears. so, 25 is your average right now on i-95. same thing traffic on the the roosevelt boulevard, northbound making your way through the schuylkill out toward broad. twenty-three on the schuylkill. big time volume i-95 southbound making your way out of the airport and heading in to delaware county. traveling in delaware we have a water main break in wilmington and, van buren street and west 27th. all lanes are block. so, chris and jessica. vittoria, thanks very much. still to come new guidelines when it comes to cardiac stress tests. three is on your side with what you should ask your doctors. and philadelphia is now a step closer to getting an

elevated park, comparable to the manhattan high line. we will tell you when the the first phase of this project is set to get underway, kate. our st. patrick's day will be a transition day warm to start and then wind of change, blow in and we're talking about a late week cool down and chance to see snow flakes by friday, we will have all of the details we will check with our weather watcher

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well, there is now time for the philadelphia job market report. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with more. >> reporter: we have all heard the phrase there is an app for. that no truer word have ever been spoken. the global mobile applications market is expect to be worth $5 billion this year. when facebook purchased what's that for billions of dollars last year people all over the globe will then say why can't i be a app developer. app developers here in the philadelphia area earn a median annual wage of $96,520. so how can you capitalized on the boom? start the by learning the lay of the land. there are over million apps but consumers are now demanding more polished and sophisticated versions.

if you are starting from scratch, you'll need a serious crash course on programming. there are certifications programs that many institutions, that look for a curriculum that prepares to you design develop and implement mobile apps for apple and android platforms. remember, even if you don't strike it rich, app development is a great skill to acquire and could open lots of doors. i'm jill schlesinger for cbs-3

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a big announcement to day's millions of dollars will be spent on new parks in philadelphia. >> as sharrie greg from our sister station kyw news radio tells us tonight transforming these areas could make philadelphia a real model for urban renewal. >> reporter: the initiative is called reimaging public spaces and will transform green space, like the the old reading railroad, via duct into this lush vibrant park. >> the the ultimate goal to create a civic investments that have beast come community assets for these neighborhoods. >> reporter: william penn foundation provided half of today's 11 million-dollar investment, which will transform areas near bartram gardens, strawberry mansion and mt. airy to help bridge gap between lower income and more affluent communities. >> make our under certain

communities and they will create regional destinations where places where folks might in the normally visit. >> reporter: this area of west fairmount park is known as centennial commons. thanks to six million-dollar from today's grant this area will be transform into an outdoor play space for the children of the parkside community. imagine natural play areas cafe seating and a ice skating trail. >> you improve a park you will improve the community that earned the park. >> reporter: hopefully saying bye-bye to the clap days and hello green space will transform neighborhoods in all of philadelphia, not just those in center city. in fairmount park sharrie greg kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and you know weather is nice out there finally this evening for relax nothing our parks across the city in existence at the moment. the lets check with our eyewitness weather watchers. it is getting there temperatures cracked 50 mark

by 2:00 this have afternoon. ed conners house in chesterfield, new jersey. the it is 60. four days to spring have the the it feels like it. beautiful outside. we will check with another weather watcher reporting 56 degrees. the this is phil in philadelphia 56. he is seeing sunshine. the it is dependent on how much sun you saw. david dutch in clementon, new jersey at 59 with some sun. as we look outside we are seeing filtered sunshine over ben franklin bridge in center city again, cloud held strong with the chilly start to the day but improvement this afternoon. this is as many friend off to the south and west are enjoying the 70's today. that warm air not getting here just yet, you have to be patient. eventually it will. but not unfortunately anytime in our seven day forecast. lets look at storm scan three. not showing a whole lot for us. there are hours in western pennsylvania as warm front is draped in that region. cold front still back here pushing through minneapolis. very warming across the heart land today with temperatures in the 70's and 80's. for us we could not break out of the cloud quickly enough to

crack the 60's. so temperatures holding in the in mid 50's. fifty-five at the airport. pair of five's in wilmington as well. chilly breezy, 48 in atlantic city and 45 degrees in wildwood. as we move ahead into tomorrow this front will eventually move our direction, and could touch off an isolated shower in the morning. the most of us won't see too much, but don't be shocked if you need to flip windshield wipers a couple times. the in the afternoon much colder air arrives and gusty wind, that will last through the day wednesday. high pressure moves away. here's the next system that we will watch coming in on friday with rain and even the the chance for snow. i want to show you this because this is a temperature and wind direction pared with it. notice overnight we will see southeasterly wind, temperatures staying very mild in the mid 40's during the overnight the hours. tomorrow morning there is that west/southwest wind and that will warm up quickly with the mid 50's by 9:00 a.m. watch what happens by 11:00a in m we will see west wind. notice that cold air starting to push in and watch by afternoon, it is a northwesterly wind ape temperatures drop like a rock

from 62 at noon to 48 degrees by 6:00 p.m. thirty-four by 11:00 o'clock at night. heading out and about after work for st. patrick's day make sure you've got the coat with you. then cold settles in for wednesday, thursday and here again is a look at this just one model not to be taken verbatim but is there a chance for snow to be milk with rain on friday. we are looking at limiting factors. it is late in march. we can get snow in late in march but it is a a strong march sun angle that makes it difficult for snow to accumulate. temperatures have been warm. ground is warm. we don't have a core of arctic air to work w this system gets in friday afternoon. the the warmest point of the day. surface temperatures in the upper 30's at the very least. we have to keep an eye on that storm track and intensity. if the snowfalls heavily enough it can accumulate but it is still a lot of moving factors. keep an eye on friday. tomorrow 62. that is misleading. it will be much colder by afternoon. cold wednesday. windy as well. thursday 46. rain and snow chance on friday, before a little bit better wet's lives on

saturday. now we're right back to the cold unfortunate thely by sunday and monday. jessica, over to you. thanks kate. on the cbs-3 healthwatch hundreds of thousands office people get stress tested to check for heart disease but new research just released is questioning when and how they should be used. hilt reporter stephanie stahl has detation on this study. >> eky'se owe they say that they are probably not really necessary if you air the the lose risk for heart disease. >> the tests are unlikely to tell us the truth about their heart, and they are safe but they are expensive and there is no value in their use. >> reporter: resting ekg's use pads on the chest to test the heart's electrical activity. stress tests are done while a patient exercises. doctors say that the test can expose patient toss radiation trigger a bad reaction, or problems during exercise. >> funny looking findings might lead to more procedures.

>> reporter: american college of physicians is encouraging doctors to focus on risk factors, a patient can change, including, smoking diabetes and obesity. and doctors say that high risk patients do generally benefit from stress testing this new report does not apply to patients who have had symptoms or to athletes who need screenings. and also, if we have any questions or concerns, people are told to ask their doctors. >> always good advice. >> great stephanie thanks very much. still ahead on "eyewitness news", reports are growing for elton john's campaign to boycott fashion house dolce and gabbana. >> we will toll you what the designers said about inn sleet

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well, fashion icon dolce and gabbana face a backlash and boycott tonight after a designer's comment about traditional families. >> the former couple, says that they opposed same sex adoptions and they describe babies born through artificial insemination as synthetic. cbs news correspondent vladamire is here with more on the celebrities who criticized the duo for being out of

style. >> reporter: for decades fashion designer dough minute co dolce and gabbana enjoyed a close relationship with celebrities and with each other, continuing to work together after evening their romantic relationship ten years ago. but now former fans are turning against them. in an interview with the italian magazine panorama dolce says that the only family is a traditional one, and i'm not convinced by those i call the children of chemicals, synthetic children, wombs for rent sperm chose friend a catalogue. added gabbana the family is not a fad. >> if you are working in the fashion business, which is heavily gay and female business, this is not a are smart thing to come out and say. >> reporter: elton john, who is married to david furnish and has two children by in vitro fertilization responded via instagram. how dare you refer to my beautiful children as synthetic. you are thinking is out of step with the times. the just like your fashions.

i shall never wear dolce gabbana ever again. he added a hash tag boycott dolce gabbana. >> ♪ >> reporter: ricky martin also a gay father echoed elton's statements. your voicees are too powerful to be spreading so much hate. wake up, 2015. love yourselves, guys. pair responded with an olive branch of sorts. from dolce i was talking about my personal view without judging other peoples choices and decisions. from gabbana it was never our intention to judge other peoples choices. we do believe in freedom and love. >> they have made several apologies now, but we know that these are their views. and, it is possible that they have done a great damage to their brands. >> reporter: pair were interviewed two years ago by telegraph and they were asked if they ever getting married. they responded no, they did not believe in same sex marriage. this story is generating buzz on social media we'd love to hear what you have to say. connect with us on facebook and twitter.

just use hash tag cbs-3 chat. tonight the insider will look closer at the possible financial toll on the dolce and gabbana a brand and they will see what led to the comment. watch the insider tonight at 7:30 on cbs-3. that is "eyewitness news" at the 5:00. >> developing at 6:00 a mother-in-law arrested in connection with the murder we're live with the new twist in the case of a missing new jersey woman erika crippen. also two local fire fighters rush to the hospital after they are shock when their ladder hits power lines. the kathy? temperatures will sore in the 60's, before blustery wind take over, and set us up for snow in the seven day yes, it could even accumulate. details coming up in the broadcast. ♪ meet the new viral video sensation, the children of chop, starring in their own music video.

"eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. well, developing tonight a new twist in the case of a missing new jersey woman whom police believe was murdered. police have arrested erika crippen's mother-in-law and investigators believe she tried to help hide the crime. good evening, i'm jessica dean. i'm chris may. of course erika crippen has been missing since december, police have yet to find her body. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in sicklerville with these new developments david. >> reporter: chris and jessica her mother in law jo crosby posted bail earlier this afternoon. she's back home in sicklerville not far from where i'm standing. i spoke to erika crippen's sister who says while there is some movement in the case they are still desperate for more answers. >> i really want to find my sister. >> reporter: what happened to 26 year-old erika crippen, a

question that has add fey almost/on pins and needles for almost three months. >> every day i wake up and wondering where my sister is at, every day. >> reporter: kyle crosby is behind bars right now charged with killing crippen but police have have yet to find her body. mrs. griffin told "eyewitness news" police arrested kyle's mother yo crosby. >> we already knew she had something to do with it. >> reporter: burlington county detectives arrested crosby around 6:30 at her home in sicklerville. they transported her to the woman's prison in pemberton but she bailed out late this afternoon. we stopped by her house and found this now trespassing sound on the front door. >> we know y'all you have something to do witt now. y'all don't care about the family or erika is missing. don't try to help with the searches or anything. >> reporter: no one from the prosecutor's office in burlington county wanted to speak on contact yam about the investigation but robert bernard i released a. stay accusing jo crosby of he