escape. another fire, here in center city leaves dozens of people home less this morning. several people were hurt, including two fire fighters. and we're live with the very latest on the investigation into how that fire started. off the top it business this monster winter storm heading our way. katie has some new information when it all will hit. good morning it is wednesday january 20th i'm erika von tiehl. that cold weather is forcing closure of the west philadelphia will school this happened yesterday. students at allen locke elementary school were dismissed because the building lost heat. we are working to find out the if the classes will resume today because you need that heat on in your home, car every where you go. lets check with katie on the sky deck which is not heated, i'm sorry katie. good morning, ladies. >> happy wednesday. roadways are looking good, for those just tuning in they are nice and dry this morning but it is cold out. another cold day. katie, what is the storm for us. >> another cold day. we had expected to see some sunshine as we are bying our

time awaiting the arrival of what looks to be a pretty substantial storm system for our area. lets start off by taking you out to show you a nice wide zoom. your eyes gets drawn to the the the ohio river valley, mississippi valley, that is not the storm we are dealing with by week's end. the this is a disturbance that will bring a snow shower or flurry. focus on idaho, you see energy starting to develop out that way. that is what will eventually turn into a very large storm system what we will call a major east coast snowstorm. the timing right now is friday into saturday. what else do we necessity about this. heaviest snow out of this storm will be measured in feet, the the question is who gets it. because until we really see this take shape over mississippi valley we cannot pinpoint who gets what but i do think safe to say we are looking at least 6 inches out of this in most locations, probably a foot or more. it is definitely possible. major coastal impacts, too

wind, flooding, erosion those things thaw tend to get possibly nearing blizzard conditions. it depend on how long wind last but a large storm regardless. 24 degrees is your area temperature at the airport. twenty-seven in allentown. it is not as harsh as yesterday but still cold. normal will high 40. we will hit 35 at shore points and here in philadelphia. but at least meisha it is quiet for now. i have a feeling supermarket aren't so quiet, people stocking up before it gets here. >> you can say that. people will. i can see that. it is going to be cold, all week long and nice thing about snow, love it or hate it, it is beautiful to watch it coming down. we have not had a lot of it. fort washington. 309, taillights moving in the north bound direction, turnpike looking good. this is looking good for not breaking in the 6:00 o'clock hour it is quiet, tempered which is what we want to see on the roadways. schuylkill taillights moving in the westbound direction looking good here as well but this is an area starting to

heat up. still traveling at posted speed but, as we start to slow town in the next half an hour. forty-two freeway north bound at creek road in new jersey for those traveling northbound 295 looking good. we are heating up here as well. good news for those in new jersey you you are still traveling at posted speed there. i-95 southbound at girard looking very well. slowing down ever so slight thely. erika, over to you. huge flames fire fighters in tallyville delaware had to deal with overnight. "eyewitness news" confirms one man died in the blaze in the 2600 block of abington road. there is still no ward on that victim's identity or how the fire started. battling fire and ice in center city these flames giving fire fighters in philadelphia all they could handle last night. aerial shot from chopper three showing intensity of the fire on rittenhouse square just incredible. now two dozen people are home less. "eyewitness news" reporter january yan carabao joins us at that scene where investigators will return and look for the the cause, jan,

good morning. >> reporter: good morning. still a lot of work to be done here on locust street today, when we first arrived on the scene early this morning fire crews were still here and remain here overnight working on hot spots. those engines are gone. but later today fire investigators will work to figure out what started this fire. this is as two does ebb residents have anything left. flames able smoke filled this rittenhouse square neighborhood tuesday night. chopper three over the the 2100 block of locust street as the the fire grew from one alarm to four. >> it is pretty scary. you don't know which way wind will blow or spread. >> reporter: twenty-one apartments here and two neighboring home were evacuated as fire fighters work for two hours to get the flames under control. and, nasty wind chill, made it tough fight even tougher. >> yes, and then if you don't keep water flowing your hose lines can freeze up as well.

>> reporter: meantime red cross kept about two dozen displaced resident warm bay transforming nearby trinity church into a shelter. it is so cold, so many people and like dogs, babies, and just really terrible. >> really sad that this happened. i'm glad to hear they got everybody out. >> reporter: no residents were hurt but two fire fighters did suffer minor injuries and they are expect to be okay. investigators believe that the fire started in the basement and work its way up causing the building to partially collapse. >> once it is safe we will have l and i coming out, once it is safe we can get inside to determine what the origin and causes. >> reporter: fire commissioner says this fire was contained to that one apartment building, however scope is unclear this morning. fire investigators will return to the scene to conduct that cause investigation, later today. it doesens of people displaced and red credits helping seven families who didn't have anywhere to go. you can see behind me that locust street between 21st and

22nd is still closed and could being slick because of the water and frigid temperatures. there were salt trucks out here earlier today to put down the salt but you want to keep that in mind in case you are moving through. we're live, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> our heart goes out to those families, thank you. coastguard suspend its search for 12 marines missing off coast of hawaii, they were on board two helicopters that crashed last week. agencies search around the park for nearly five days, and they found all four life rafts but in survivors. two of the missing marines are from pennsylvania. a blood bath at a pakistani university has ended with nearly two dozen teachers and students dead. the the pakistani taliban just claimed responsibility for the attack at kahn university, about 20 miles outside of peshawar. the gun fire began as the start of the class these morning. the authorities say that the attackers have also been killed. mexico is taking unprecedented steps to ensure

that reputed drug lord nicknamed el chapo stays behind bars. the hundreds of cameras are watching, joachim guzman at all times. guard are constantly transferring him to different high security cells. guzman's escape last year ended with his capture two weeks ago. mexican and u.s. authorities are working on a deal that could extradite guzman to u.s. for prosecution. right now it is 6:07. still ahead hollywood heroics but not on the big screen. oscar winner jamie fox is a real life hero. >> i don't look at it as heroic with you just i just had to respond. >> he may be humble but surveillance cameras tell the real story here. see how foxx saved a man from the burning truck. also or calling it donald trump's biggest endorsement just yet hear what sarah palin said when she announced her support for him.

starting this morning five planets are available, astronomer derrick pits from the franklin institute is here to show us what to look for if you can look outside we will tell you what to look for.

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back on "eyewitness news" with an out of this world sight in the sky. if you look outside you just may be able to see, five planets, at once. that is what brings me out here to the cbs-3 sky deck joined by franklin institute chief astronomer derrick pits. so great to see you. >> nice to be here, thank you. >> so neat to see not tars but planet.

this is first time in a decade for this. >> we are in the great place to see great planets. this morning we can easily see four planets in the morning sky. right here, from the sky deck, are you ready right here from the the sky deck. the this is jupiter right up here. >> jupiter. >> right over here that red one that is mars right there. and then saturn is over here to the east. you can see venous next to the philadelphia inquirer building. >> say you want to step outside and catch a grams what is best way to start picking out planets. >> just turn yourself to where you see sunrise in the morning in your neighborhood you know where the sunrisees. turn to that side of the sky you will see a white object that would be venous. coming back to the right, next bright object in the sky is jupiter and you are all set. if you got a really lovely astronomy app for christmas present for your phone, all you have to do now is turn it on and start using it and that will help you find it. >> i see we are looking at crescent moon here on the

scene right now will that pop up to to. >> crescent moon will come later this month, toward the end have the what will happies crescent moon will slide by each one of the planets and last days of january and first few days of february, so that will be the perfect way to identify each one because the moon will seem to stop by each one of them. >> just so cool. >> when we are looking up at mars, the red one. >> the reddish t int, is that real hard to spot fit is cloudy, what kind of conditions should lou for to see the planets. >> just like this morning, clear sky conditions, will let you see these planets without much difficulty. here's a trick. >> how do you tell different between stars and planets. >> i have no idea. >> stars twinkle, planets do not. >> i love that. >> learning something new every time we see the the sky. >> so five planets first time in the decade. what will happen next do we know. >> we will be able to see a number of these planets, four of them next year as well but the problem is they are not as

high in the sky as they are right now. this is morning skew vei but wait until summer because this summer they will be in the evening sky also. >> for what you is this like? is this like the super bowl. >> this is always really exciting because looking at planets for me is like looking at friend i have been following for a very long time. so my friend, jupiter, mars, venous and saturn. >> not waving back unfortunately. >> great to see you thanks for having me. >> so neat to see this beautiful clear morning to look at the stars. you are tracking snow and not planets, sorry. >> exactly. i like to dip in the astronomy side of things too once any a wheel but we have to bring it back to what is going on, on the planetary level here on earth because we are tracking potential for snow. this isn't the system you have been hearing rumors about. the this is a separate disturbance which does look menacing but don't worry about it here, bulk of the energy, bulk of the moisture is off to the south. this will bring us just a

light snow shower or a flurry tonight n problems today. here's the energy that granted doesn't look all that impressive but this will move out of the mountains, drop south, carve out cold air of its own, grab moisture and cut itself off. that is where problems start to come into play here, guys. looking ahead it is friday as early as afternoon but especially friday night into saturday we will be on the northwest side of this storm system. track is still something that will be fine tuned with time but it looks like heavy snow is the the majority, kind of precipitation we will get out of this with strong wind as well. now, lets talk as well about what kind of impact are we looking at? how much snow? we don't have a snowfall map. the it is still soon but it is a safe bet we will see over a foot in some area out of this win gusts as high as 50 miles an hour depending on how long, a lot of blowing and drifting could lead to blizzard watches and warnings. not yet. the coastal flooding is very

likely because of the strong wind. we might the see power outages. this is a major storm. i do, would i say frankly timing could be a heck of a lot worse if this doesn't get here as early as friday afternoon you will have time to prepare right now, you will to have break shovels out this time around for sure. this will link inner to saturday and some models want to keep it around for part of the sunday but at this point it does look like things will be clearing out and long gone, just in time to head back to work ape school on monday. >> do you think people will be able to use their throttle pants to get that snowmobile out. >> you might to have give me a tutorial on that. >> i will. >> good morning, happy wednesday. looking at vine westbound before the schuykill. we are looking g we are seeing pressure start build here on the vine. all morning long for a busy wednesday, wednesday is typically busy, it is looking darn good here. still traveling posted speed. 422 headlights moving in the eastbound direction at turnpike. this is where you are slowing

down, quite considerably and i have to tell you there is something going on here that is just popping up, we can see the the truck in place. it almost looked like he was stalled but he is not. he is moving. this is looking awfully slow. if it us just traffic you are traveling less than posted speed or is there activity there i will check on that in a moment. ben franklin bridge coming westbound looking good, ben franklin bridge all morning long, beside stunning view has looked really good. you are all clear. i-95 north at airport another area you you're looking good. no delays at the airport. that could change with the snow. we will wait to see what happens. also construction in new jersey route 38 between margo rot and route 2061 lane block until 3:30 p.m. that is it for now. stay right there we will be right back.

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jamie foxx played his biggest role this week, life safer. fox and another man sprang into action rescuing a driver from the burning truck. brittany hopper spoke with fox, and victim's grateful father. >> reporter: emotional father walks down driveway with actor jamie foxx after thanking foxx for saving his son's life. >> he was here when he needed to be here. he was here for my son. as far as i'm concern he saved my life. >> he said you were able to -- >> we pulled him out. we pulled him out. he is in -- he has serious

burns. >> reporter: truck lost control rolled several times and then burst into flames outside jamie foxx house monday night. it was foxx who helped pull the young man to safety. >> when you see it he extend out of the cabin and we pulled him out, and as we pulled him out, within five seconds later the truckings up. >> reporter: foxx posted this instagram picture of him hugging the man's father writing god had his arms wrapped around all of us, photos show truck flip over and completely charred as fire fighters put on the the rest of the flames. police say the driver was 30 year-old brett kyle. >> he didn't have to do anything and like i said earlier, i think we all hoped that we could do something when the time is there but the question is, do we? do we act. >> reporter: foxx is known for playing many rolls including hero in his blockbuster

movies. yet he still does in the consider saving a man's life heroic. >> i don't look at it as heroic but i just look at earth as you have to do something. it all just work out. >> reporter: police say the driver, suffered from some burns, and was sent to the hospital, but he was also, arrested, for driving under the influence. for cbs news i'm brittany hospital inner west lake village, california. 6:21 right now. still ahead this morning restaurant meals are tipping the scales wait until you hear calories that they are packing. also flying with your petties about to get more difficult, some airlines are changing the the rules. we will go over how it will impact travelers. katie, i know you have been busy tracking this major winter storm, new information too. >> we are starting to hone in on exactly what will happen here in the delaware valley and we will have all of the details on what we know with this storm system right now timing it, how much are we talking in we will give you latest estimates and tell what

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good morning. and now that we have to tell you but it is cold outside right now. very, very cold. all eyes are to the west where katie is tracking this monster winter storm heading our way, we will let you know that a will school is opened for students at allen locke elementary that had to close because of the heating issues. but they were home.

today heating issues taken care of. today, school for them. i know you are watching this storm. everyone has their eye on it. >> at this point real main entry has yet to form but it is finally moving on shore and we were waiting on before we started to give any real specific details but things start to come together with every model run and as time passes and now we can tell you specifically what will happen here. storm scan three lets start back here, we like to do that if you are about ready to hit the road, you know, safely and the way you need to. right now things are looking tranquil. we have high pressure on our side for one more day. nice wide zoom showing disturbance off to the west. don't worry about it, bark far worse than the bite. i a stray snow shower or flurry and not until tonight. with that said let's yum seven ahead, friday p.m. time frame as early as afternoon heavy snow over spread from south to north, gusty wind, blowing and drifting, coastal flooding

very likely with this and you bet as traveling will be a issue out there. that is general synopsis. i think we're pretty safe at this point it is easily going to be a 6-inch or more snowstorm and many of us might end up with a foot if in the more. again that all requires fine tuning which we will do with time but right now it is cold. that cold air will hoe us set the stage. it feels like the and single digits. it is not as harsh as yesterday but still cold. still all of the same rules as last few days. heavy winter coat and extra winter weather accessories are required but just not as harsh. we will get up to 35 degrees this afternoon with the handful of clouds but as we mentioned as we head into tonight that next disturbance for snow shower or flurry, far cry, far, far cry from what we are going to be facing coming friday and saturday. i will break down those details as the the show goes on, meisha, back over to you. >> even though it is cold we will have the sun, thanks,

katie. happy wednesday to you, if you are just waking up with us, and, here's schuylkill, abe you are certainly heating up around city avenue both directions, east and westbound. you are still traveling posted speeds here. we have got a real hot spot as we push toward 7:00 o'clock. you are just starting to heat up there. i-95 south at cottman we are looking very slow for a moment there in fact, southbound that is something going on but there is not. it is just very busy. i-95 south you can see break lights coming around that s curve. that is letting you know you are slowing down less than posted speed and that will persist through our rush hour. vine at i-95 you can see plenty of vehicles on the roadway. this is one of my favorite shots. i just love it. but you can see getting very busy as you move in all directions at the vine at i-95. 422 headlights moving in the eastbound direction at the turnpike. this is another area i'm keeping my eye on. it was looking busy a moment ago. we are looking okay.

construction route 38 both directions, one lane is block until 3:30 p.m. today. erika, back over to you. former vice-president nominee sarah page campaigns with donald trum in both iowa and oklahoma today. at don champion reports palin's endorsement the is shaking things up on the campaign trail less than two weeks before the the iowa caucus. >> we will give them hell. >> reporter: donald trump is touting his biggest endorsement the yet from former vice-presidential nominee sarah palin. >> he is perfectly positioned to let you make america great again. >> wow. >> are you ready to are that, iowa. no more pussy footing around, our troops deserve the best, you deserve the best. >> from day one i said if i ever do this i have to get her support. >> reporter: favorite of tea party conservatives, palin's endorsement the is seen as a major victory over trump's rival ted cruz. they are in the virtual dead

heat in iowa. >> listen i love sarah palin. she's fantastic. without her friendship and sporty wouldn't be in the senate today. >> reporter: lagging in the poles, jeb bush was left diplomatic in the "fox news". >> i don't think donald trump has the judgment or the ideas to keep us safe. >> reporter: on the democratic side, hillary clinton picked up key endorsement of the human rights campaign, nation's largest lgbt rights group. rival bernie sanders had his own come back. >> we are the the only candidate on the democratic side not to have a super pac. >> reporter: clinton still holds a strong lead over sanders nationally but recent polls show sanders beating her two to one in new hampshire. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". another g.o.p. presidential hopeful, doctor ben carson is putting his campaign on hold, after a crash killed one of his volunteers. brayden judges lynn was a pass evening inner this van that hit a patch of ice on

interstate 80. that van then crossed the median and was broadsided by a pickup truck. the the driver and two other student volunteers suffered minor injuries. >> i saw rid yes of him last night, you know, making signs. he was so energetic. it was just amazing what he was doing. >> doctor carson tweeted this photo of himself and joslin with the message rest in peace brayden joslin our thoughts and prayers are with his family. sarah palin's oldest sonnies facing domestic violence charges. court documents say 26 year-old track palin allegedly punched his girlfriend in the face. police say it happened at sarah palin's home in alaska where her son also lives. track palin is charged with assault. interfering with a report of a domestic violence crime and possessing a weapon while intoxicated. 6:35 right now. as the the latest on the water crisis in flynt, michigan's governor will release e-mails

relating to the crisis in an effort to encourage transparency. the as cbs news correspondent omar villafranca reports, governor rick snyder addressed the controversy last night. >> reporter: michigan governor rick snyder has apologized to flynt resident about their poisoned water. >> i'm sorry, and i will fix it. >> reporter: snyder says he will will release his e-mails to the public on wednesday. >> you deserve accountability. >> reporter: flynt's water troubles started in april of 2014 when the the city left the detroit water system and drew water from the flynt river to save money. despite assurance is it was safe resident complained about the water's smell, taste and appearance. in september of 20 15a group of doctors found dangerously high levels of lead in flynt children's blood. the city switched back to detroit water in october but the the flynt pediatrician who first sounded the alarm says that the damage is irreversible. >> there is no safe level of lead in a child, none. >> reporter: governor is asking lawmakers for nearly 30

million-dollar to replace plumbing and schools, day cares, and hospitals. he says that the state will pay for medical and behavioral treatment for affect children. he will deploy additional national guard troops to distribute bottled water and filters to every flynt resident. concerned parents were anxious to hear the governor's plan. >> something need to be done, you poison a whole community full of kids you really affect their future. >> reporter: corrosive river water ruin flynt's water pipes, even today lead particles flow through the taps. omar villa franca for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we are getting to know new eagles head coach, doug pederson era starts right now. eagles owner jeffery lurie introduced him at a press conference yesterday. this is pederson's first pro head coaching john. he says experience as offensive coordinator under andy reid in kansas city will help him. he told our don bell he thinks the eagles can be a playoff team. >> i think so, i think so.

the there is no promises, there is in guaranties. this is a game of injury. this is a game of turn over. you just to have one day at a time mentality. we thought we were out of it at one-five in kansas city but team struggled to, battled and then we are in the post season so anything is possible. >> pederson you may recall was a quarterback in 1999. he went two-seven as a starter. new plans are announce todd reopen the revel in atlantic city. new owner green straub says a smaller casino is plan about half as big as it was before revel shut down into 20th 14. construction on the the new water park at the resort could start in may and hotel rooms could open up by june. at this point straub doesn't know when the casino would be ready. he is working on a new name for the the resort. still a head on "eyewitness news" if you fly with your pet we have some information that you need to hear, find out why airlines are changing their rules and how that could mean your fury

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this may be the craziest video you will see today. we will show you one lucky man. dash cam video from brazil showing a moment pickup truck loses control and goes tumbling. wait until you see this a passenger is sent flying 65 feet in the air. that truck just keeps rolling nearly landing on that man. victim is in stable condition and the the driver is also okay, and cited for driving under the influence. it has been cold for several days and humans are not only once suffering. the pets need to stay warm too. sweaters and coats are a nice fashion statement for dogs around center city but it is fur that keeps them toasty warm. dogs with the thick fur they do better in conditions like this. but head vet at spca wellness clinic says be smart when it comes to your pets. >> using a little common sense can get a licensing way. when it is cold stick to short leash walks only and in the leave your dog outside unsupervised for long period of time. you want to be careful with

deicing products, in alarming amounts, when ingested they can be toxic to your dog. small enough to call gi upset and disturbance. >> you have to take care of our fury friend. sophia donned her winter coat, yesterday, looking fabulous. >> our pets look so darn cute when you put them in those sweaters. it is easy to remember these common sense guidelines, and make sure you practice them. we all need to stay warm as you said, erika. lets go to the eyewitness weather watcher network. we will start with here and now. cold air setting stage. it is in place. we will fine these temperatures staying less than yesterday but certainly cold enough, that when this next storm system gets here one we are looking ahead to their will be enough cold air in place to produce to be heavy snow. the lets go around the map. we will start off by going outside of the city here. 19 degrees from dawn with nice clear sky from downingtown. clear skies with great visibility. so, that is right you can see

five planets outside in the early morning sky right now, sun has yet to come up, just before hand. good time to check that out. meanwhile we will go further inland or toward the city, 22 from christopher. he is in saint david, at 22 degrees, cold start he says but again, echoing same word, better than yesterday, but still regardless you will want to bundle up. lets go to the nationwide map. what is this set up with this approaching storm? this isn't the storm. you might have your eye immediately get drawn to this, this is not the storm bringing us heavy snow amounts that we're expecting by friday. this is just a separate disturbance that is at worse likely to bring us a quick stray flurry or snow shower later into tonight. this is energy to focus on back on idaho, western monday tan a that will eventually drop south, start to gather moisture, cut it you have self off from the main jet stream and that is when trouble begins. watch what happens, here's wednesday, your disturbance, i just showed you get out of here. put tonight motion.

do you see. that then things blossom tomorrow early morning. then this really grabs moisture, it gets itself moving and it will drift north as that counterclockwise circulation around the the low and that clock wise circulation around the high bringing it north. because we are on the north edge of it, snowfall, folks. it start as early as afternoon hours on friday but friday night into saturday. now your range here might be tough to see but light, to heavy, in the middle here would be pretty decent snow amounts, bull's eye likely setting up at this point true d.c., baltimore but we will be in the cross hair of the heaviest right here in the delaware valley. we could pick up 6 inches. we have a shot of picking up a foot the if in the more. waiting on the final timing. i want to pinpoint more before we get too specific on how much, but it is a substantial snow. starts as early as friday and lingering into the weekend, meisha. >> some might say katie, it business time. others are like no, snow go

away. either way it is coming. kid will have something to do all weekend go play in the snow. blue route at mid county looking g both directions still traveling at posted speed there. vine at i-95 love this bird's eye shot, gorgeous but also, snow, it is busy. travel less than posted speeds there. in new jersey 42 freeway at creek road you can see we are slowing down now as we push toward our rush hour the 7:00 o'clock hour. ninety-five south past cottman, yikes you can see how busy here. you are in long are traveling at posted speeds here. we have an accident in north wales, limekiln pike at county line road one lane block here not causing too many slow downs just make note that it is there. and back over to you. hundreds of thousands of pets each year take to the sky and when they are too big to ride in the plane's cabin they need to be checked. but as cbs news correspondent chris van cleve reports one major airline is looking to change its rules.

>> we are checking our pets. >> reporter: for peter harold and his wife jan, shanty is part of the family which means they fly their adorable golden doodle does too. shanty is too big for cabin so she has to be check. >> it is not easiest thing it takes a long time arc lot of paperwork. >> reporter: starting in march dell to will in long's how larger pets to be check. instead they will be handled as freight. pet will have to arrive three hours before a flight, be dropped off and pick up at airline cargo facility which may be in a different location then passenger check in. the pooch could fly on a separate flight that may arrive at a different time. delta's change follows united when transports larger dogs. sue nelson runs the airline's pet safe program. >> we really have a better equipped facility at car get and we can properly keep the animals in the safe environment and professional staff that can look after them when they have a connection or lay over rather then just

leaving them out the on the tarmac. >> reporter: out west and jet blue won't let you check a pet. americans still does but only on certain aircraft and in the when it is too hot or too cold. service animals are allowed on all flights, however travel experts say that rule is likely to be abused if the airlines make it harder to check your pets. chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> got to keep those fury friend safe. 6:49. time to see is what coming up on cbs this morning. gayle king joins us from new york with the preview. gayle, good morning. >> i have it right here in my hot little hand, hello erika, good to see you today. we are covering donald trump's endorsement from sarah palin. is there growing outrage in flynt, michigan and growing outrage there we will talk to doctor david from the world's economic forum in switzerland. he met with vice-president biden about finding a cure for cancer. also we will look into why passengers are still paying high prices despite airlines

reporting paying record profits? why is that? and then we will introduce you to a company renting plus sized close for every day use. the the news is back in the morning. we will see new ten minutes and counting, erika, back to you. >> a lot of interesting stories, gayle thanks very much. a montgomery county commute shore regularly passed by homeless people decide that had she wanted to help personally, so now she stops to deliver clothing and supplies to people almost every day. now she's encouraging other people to do the the same. cbs-3 anchor ukee washington has this weeks story of brotherly love. >> reporter: she started a facebook page to get the other people involved, hard to believe that the project started only about two weeks ago once you see how much is already been collected. sweat pant are very popular. >> reporter: every item of clothing in this roomies going to a home less person. kimberly macintosh got the idea commuting through suburban station. >> it bothered me passing these people by, cold with the

coat on and i had said there has to be something to do. >> reporter: she started to carry as many clothes as she could and giving them away to the needy face-to-face. >> the first woman i gave it to she had the biggest smile on her face and i was trembling and so happy. i was nervous, excited and didn't necessity how things would go and then i was hook. >> when i first got out here in the street i had a lot of stuff stolen. she has been helpful for people out here. >> reporter: few weeks ago kimberly started a facebook group asking others to do the same as donate through the the cause at a variety of drop off locations. boy, have people delivered. coats, hats, gloves, and more, to hand out to the homeless. she calls it, help the homeless people winter project for every day people. >> they don't -- she will make them smile and feel more warmer for to this winter and help them stay healthy. >> reporter: volunteers such as john mall are driving

donations to homeless shelter. >> it is very rewarding to be able to get that stuff out there. >> reporter: woman kim didn't even know carolyn anastasia offered to store them in her home. >> it is a worth i cause and keep responses coming, because there is people that we will still in the be able to reach. >> reporter: that is not discouraging kim and other volunteers from trying to reach as many as they can one person at a time. one of their biggest needs is under which are, kim and other volunteers are hosting a distribution day saturday, weather permitting, snow day february 30th. they love volunteers to sort. we have a link to the facebook group at cbs philly.com, i'll see you tonight. i'm ukee washington. cb is. three "eyewitness news". quite a difference she's making. in entertainment the news rumors are running rampant about pop superstar beyonce after she was spotted leaving her practice there. she left rehearsals for her super bowl half time show wearing that puffy coat. fan posted this video on instagram and now, some people

are wand fairing she's trying go to cover up a pregnancy. we are told temperatures were the 2346 on's but maybe she was chilly. we will all find out together. for now we will wait and see ife reveals any big news duration the the performance. super bowl 50 february 7th right here on cbs-3. pearl jam is bringing its tore to the well fargo center in april. the bandies set to play two shows on the 28th and 29th. last time pearl jam was here was back in october of 2013, tickets go on sale january 25th, eddie vetter and pearl jam. peter gabriel will play each other songs whether they tour together this um iser. they are calling it rock, papacies ars. they plan to play all of the side, right. and sting and peter gabriel tours, it will come will through camden june 26th, tickets go on sale this coming monday. we will be right back.

here's your head lines on cbs-3. the the cause of the deadly fire in delaware is under investigation today, as it happened late last night on the 2600 block of abington road in tallyville. fire fighters found a man's body inside of that home. also, fire investigators in philadelphia are expect to return to the scene of this center city apartment fire. the four alarm fire broke out last night at 21st and locust. two fire fighters were hurt, in of the residents though were injured. and the sarah palin is scheduled to campaign with

donald trump today, 2008 vice-presidential nominee endorsed the billion air at a rally yesterday. the endorsement comes less than two weeks before the the critical iowa caucus. but your star bucks, now you you can do more than just pay for your morning joe, a lot of people do that on their way. they are partnering with spotify. the customers can use it to identify a song playing in the song and increase their own play list. it is available at more than 7500 star bucks locations nationwide. fast food is getting fancy in japan. have you got this yet? try mcdonald's latest creation, chocolate covered fries. >> wow. >> the salty spud are covered with milk and white chocolate. it is paring that the company calls harmonious. chocolate covered fries will be available for a limited time in japan. i would try it, it sound good right. >> yes. >> okay. >> you are getting your hershey syrup. >> or as i said, dip it in that chocolate shake, it is so

good. >> all kind of options. >> yes. >> yes, virginia philadelphia, chocolate. >> yes, anything to get you through. >> yes. >> i would love to know who will be hunkering down with a good movie and fire side cocoa. take a look, folks we are expecting a major snowstorm. no snowfall map but we think is there a good shot to see a extreme amount of snow out of this. in other word at least a foot in some spot. some will get more or less than others but yep, it is look a biggie, meisha. >> it sure is, thanks, katie. we have an accident left lane i-95 north near girard, it is gust i around this area, and, i-95 south, we are no longer traveling at posted speeds. schuylkill eastbound at city avenue another area to make note of right now. >> thanks, meisha. >> you are welcome. next up, we are looking in the future of new fashion see stars that rent every day clothes, and red fancy dresses but now every day clothing. also reminder to join us bright and early we kick off

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