archdiocese schools but there are still about 60 school closings and delays this morning. we have them for you at bottom of the screen and at cbs philly.com. mom and dad, bundling the kid at the the bus stop. lets get a a check of the roads and the forecast good morning, ladies. >> it is in surprise some schools are still out. the there is still so much snow pushed off to the side streets so obviously being heard by that a little bit. i saw some water but we are seeing slick spots, it is looking like a little bit of both. >> we have a little hint of wet weather which we will discuss in a second but you cannot fool me you are one of those folks excited to go back to school. >> yeah, maybe. >> i know, i know. >> nerd alert. >> right here. >> let's get right back to it. i want to start off by showing you current snow cover. i'm just teasing, you know that. you tease someone you love. lets look at current snow cover. what is interesting to me about this is we still have a bull's eye of snow back over our area of d.c. but look off

to the midwest. we have more snow on the ground here and in d.c. then we have in des moines, iowa, minneapolis, in chicago, so it is fascinating what one storm can do, we essentially saw an entire season's worth of snow basically out of that one system. so, obviously we've got some pretty decent snow cover as a result of. that several feet worth in fact in many of these areas. so, yeah, you still do have the day off here today to try to clean that all up. at the moment what we are finding is a hint of rain, just some light rain showers, a little bit of pink moves in here. we have colder era cross new castle county heading in to maryland but we will generally find rain drops out there. look at the this, the temperature has ramped up since yesterday. 16 degrees warmer then this time yesterday in philadelphia, 24 degrees warmer in allentown. you will will see more melting taking place here as temperatures are at freezing mark in mount pocono. wet weather is gone.

you might still have refreezing from anything that melted yesterday but do watch out for again maybe the concern up that way but letter 40's from philadelphia down to ac. it is too warm for any of that rain that is currently falling to freeze, on contact. that is some good news. as we level off through the the course of the day we are shooting for 40, very seasonal here this afternoon in philadelphia and along the the shore points and these clouds, necessarily wet weather that will get out of here and we're in for sunshine with time, meisha, back over to you. >> it did feel warmer. i thought it felt nice. call me crazy you are crazy. >> good morning, everybody, happy wednesday, thinks where we have an accident, i-95 north, a car spun off the road and went in the ditch and they are still blocking that far left lane. with that being said just a heads up it still might be slippery even though difficult see rain drops. the roads to me on my way in looked more wet then they did slick. that being said, we're going to have slick spots. the it is just best to keep it

a little bit less than posted speeds or right at posted speeds. would i in the go outside today hot rodding by any stretch of the imagination. ram 202 outbound that ramp is still partially blocked. i will let you know when that lifts. not causing too many slow downs but we are seeing brake lights around that area when they pass by. this an update on mass transit. the look at this, buses 94 and 95 are still suspended. septa a regional rails there are delays. the especially car shortages and overcrowding on these two, doylestown lansdale, west trenton and trenton and also norristown high speed line is back to normal. restored bryn mawr, and, it is running a special schedule 9:00 a.m. to 2:32. i will tweet that out as well. erika, back over to you. a student is in custody accused of an on line threat begins several schools in delaware county. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at the the chester police station with the very latest on this so somebody has been arrested justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, that is

right, a threat like this requires all hand on deck investigation. it also let school officials weighing whether or not to close school today and overnight we have learn that the 17 year-old girl has landed herself in custody. lets take you any to that post and made its way on the social media site instagram and threatening shooting at chester up land district schools. the chester community charter as well as chichester high school this threat made its way on line just before 7:00 o'clock p.m. yesterday, and the post also includes emoji images of guns, casket, knife and horn faces and closing with the phrase all blacks must die. of course, students across several campuses got wind of the post and officials as well, leaving them to consider closing school for another day, after two snow days, fbi joined chester and chichester authorities and nearby police in this investigation. on line up land boro police did indicate they were part of

the investigation, as that ip addresses like dna,ing ising a official where is able to track the the device using the device rather used to make that post. lets take you back out live here to mayor thaddeus kirkland said all chester up land schools will opened today n word on the staff of chichester high school and no word on that 17 year-old girl, and charges she may face or if others are involved in the investigation. erika, back over to you. justin finch, thank you. new this morning, the neshaminy high school basketball coach who knocked down a referee is out of a job. you have probably seen this video by now, jerry divine, parentally hitting a referee during a game earlier this movement he was suspended from coaching and then last night, the school board voted to officially dismiss divine. it is in the clear if he resigned or was just out right fired. divine has been charged with harassment that could send him to jail for 90 days if convicted. frustration is growing among residents who have have

yet to see a snow plow on their street. people from fishtown to fairmount, they are still digging out the from the weekend storm. city officials say 80 percent of the streets have been cleared but parking authority is chipping n they are asking residents to be patient and keep calling 311 to get their street plowed. >> 22 inches of snow is heck of a lot of snow. i have seen plows out the and b i'm sure little side streets like this just take time. >> reporter: we will have much more on the the clean up effort coming up in a live report at 5:30. one home owner is dealing with an unexpected effect of the the weekend's storm. this is after the weight of know cause add a roof collapse. crews responded to the 1900 block of off street in frankford just before 11:00 last night. snow on the home's awning caused parts of the roof to collapse, and we're told that home is still in stack structurally and nobody was injured. new jersey governor chris christie is a apologizing after a flood of criticism over remarks he made about

flooding from his last weekend's storm. but as "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us not everyone at the new jersey shore is ready to forgive him. >> i got carried away last night at a town hall meeting. it is not first time i got carried away and said something i late's pol guyed for. >> reporter: governor chris christie said he made a mistake in how he responded to a question about why he wasn't at the shore for the flood clean up. >> i don't know what you expect me to do do you want me to go down there with the the mop. >> reporter: christie made a comment on the campaign trail on monday night. he called north wildwood mayor patrick rosenello crazy for insinuating that the weekend storm was worse than super storm sandy. >> i had a night to sleep on it and i didn't feel good about what i said about him. i called and apologized to him. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" caught up with marrows until owe after he heard from the governor a lot of elect officials don't typically apologize. the appreciate the fact that he did that. i have been saying for days we just need to get work down here. >> reporter: those who call wildwood home want governor

christie to come in person. outside this bike shop one person even set up this mop bucket with a sign reserved for governor christie. >> it is bullying. the it is just very offensive. you know, no one is expecting him to pick up a mop. no within down here is. >> reporter: robert menendez and corry booker were on hand helping with the clean up efforts. residents just want to see the same from the governor. >> i was a little upset, because a mop will not take care of that. >> reporter: christie says members of his team has been on the ground helping since the storm and they will continue to do so. he is just upset residents and elected officials continue to call this storm worse than sandy. >> there was not a thing about what happened on friday and saturday that even resembled sandy. >> reporter: i asked governor christie if he had any plans to go in person to the shore to meet with flood victims? he told me, no but did say several times members of his staff are in constant contact with people living on the

shore. reporting from the sat center, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the leaders of an armed group who took over a federal wild life refuge in oregon are now in custody. bundy and several others were arrested following a traffic stop. shots were fired, but it is unclear who fired first. authorities say that at least one person died. published reports identify him as le voy. in seattle two people dead and three others injured after a shooting. it the happened last night the at the a homeless camp known as the jungles. investigators believe the shooting was targeted and they do not think that other homeless people are at risk. they are looking for two persons of interest. 5:09. coming up donald trump shaking up the republican presidential race, yet again, why he is pulling out of tomorrow night's debate. the new challenge he is now facing. also... it is pretty hard to talk right the now. >> a principal is being remembered this morning as a

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kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. donald trump will skip tomorrow night's debate hosted by "fox news". in the past he has complained about the cable channel's coverage of his campaign, as don champion reports the decision comes with just a few days to go before the iowa caucus. >> latestes lacing in tensions came after "fox news" released this press release on tuesday, saying in part we learn from a secret back channel that the eye toll a and putin both intend to treat donald trump unfairly when they meet with him, the statement sent the republican presidential front runner off a. >> when they sent out wise guy press release done by some pr person with roger alees, i said, bye-bye. >> you call would man man you don't like fat pigs.

>> trump has been angry at host megan kelly for questioning him unfairly. just yesterday, the billion air candidate took to instagram, asking his followers if he should participate in yet another debate moderated by her. >> trump is not used to not controlling things, but, the the truth is, he doesn't get to control the media. >> reporter: in a statement network says trump is still welcomed at thursday night's event and will be treated fairly. >> this is all about his not being willing to defend his record. >> reporter: locked in the tight battle will for first place, ted cruz is offering to debate trump one on one. >> ninety minutes you and me, mano, mano, lincoln douglass style, if that scares you, then we can do annie was town hall. >> reporter: with trump's seven g.o.p. contenders will take part in tomorrow night's prime time g.o.p. debate, the seventh of the campaign season. >> don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

5:14. we have latest on the the forecast, katie, i know you have have to bundle up, it is warmer today, right. >> it is in the the as though you will be hugging the winter coat that much tighter. it is a day where it is close tore cecil nal. we are expect to go level off in the letter 40's this afternoon but we are still watching a frontal passage take place right now over the delaware valley. some might walk out the the door and see on is rain drops outs there in fact, we will show them to you first. i am clearly in the using an umbrella the on the die deck but we did have have some rain. there is a little bit of the sheen here on the the sky deck surface. so there was some rain that did cross through over our center city studios and it is still out there over central and southern new jersey, through delmarva and back in toward maryland and portions of virginia. at this point this cold front is starting to move east, move out to sea, but i will show you this wide zoom too. look at is what happening over florida. that is the beginning of a large storm system which will move northeast. but it is not going to affect us.

if you have rumors of a big storm and just hearing our forecast for the first time about this, well, i don't think you have to worry bit, folks, it will get swept out to sea, no harm, no foul. here's where we are temperature wise. mount pocono at freezing mark. you are done for now. granted you might have slick spots in the the coldest suburbs, i will keep an eye on that car thermometer for good reason but with temperatures right now in the 40's, from i-95 on south east, anything that is falling from the sky right now should not freeze on contact. that is some good news. but, still take it easy with so much clean up left to do in these spots. today would be a decent ski day, folks. we will level off in the 40's in the mountains. you have a nice 5-foot base in blue mountain. so 35 trails are opened up at that particular resort. big boulder, jack frost has 16 to 20. your ski forecast in the looking bad at all if you are a ski buddy and head out for next couple days. we have decent weather to enjoy here. watching for a flurry or snow

shower on friday. not from an organized storm but just cold air moving in. that is a breezy day as a result but this is a nice forecast, as we head back to the philadelphia temperature profile for next several days. the saturday and sunday are looking fantastic with partly sunny skies and temperatures that sees the average in the low to mid to upper 40's. is there a 50-degree temperature on the seven day too, meisha, what more could you want. >> that is great news, thanks, katie. good morning. great news to wake up to. talking about 50's after the the weekend that we had, i'm all bit. happy wednesday, good morning. thinks where we have an overturn truck 422 eastbound ramp to 202 south. ramp is partially blocked. when i see vehicles drive toward or this overturn truck is we are starting to see brake lights go off. when we see that we know this is one of those areas that can cause major slow downs if that doesn't get cleaned out of our way sometime quickly. also an accident i-95 north before business route one has been moved to the shoulder. anywhere you see on this area

is looking good but it spun out and went in the ditch. whenever we see something, especially early hours like this after a lot of the more rain and moisture falls, on the roadways that tells me that a refreeze overnight and it can still be very slippery. in this area moving in both directions starting to heat up a little bit but overall looking good now that has been moved over to the shoulder. so both directions looking good there on i-95 north. also another area i want to call your attention to blue route southbound at mid county. take a look at this we were talking about my goodness, look at how much snow, the snow is up like this now, look the at how much it has melted. so this is great news letting us know that ice and snow is starting to dissipate on our roadways making for an easier drive but there are still some slick places, to make sure to drive slow, erika, drive slow. a beloved elementary school principal sacrifices her own leave to save the lives of several young children from an out of control school bus. susan jordan was walking students to the bus outside,

this elementary school near indianapolis yesterday. suddenly one of those buses moved forward jumping a curb. "eyewitness news" say jordan push several children to safety before being run over. >> we looked a great educator today. we just ask that everyone in this community and beyond to please pray for our students and our great leader. >> in addition to jordan, two, ten years old were hospitalized in serious condition. twenty-five students were on board the bus at the time. the the bus driver said she does not know what caused the bus to move. as is procedure the driver was given a blood test. we have video here that you have to see a new jersey neighborhood rocked when a trash truck explodes. cindy, reported this blast in her ham ill will ton township neighborhood yesterday after afternoon. investigators say that fire started in the truck's battery compartment and thread to the gas tank. several homes were damaged by flying debris, amazingly, no one was hurt.

new york city police officers deal with an unexpected rush hour incident when a with man goes in the the a labor on the side of the road. several officers rush to help that woman who was stopped on the northbound shoulder of a major road and the healthy baby was born right there detective michael sharp was first to arrive. >> i was a little surprised when i opened up the passenger door and head was out, baby came out, immediately, and the dad helped catch the child, wrapped it in a bunch of blankets and towels to make sure it was kept warm. >> we're happy to report that the little boy name nikola was healthy, 7 pounds and 6 ounces. what a story to share. good for you mom, made it through, um. are you still sleepy waking up this morning. why social media could be to blame for your sleepless nights. and back from the dead? unlikely spot the this lizard was found and how he became a new jersey school's class pet, a unique story is coming up.

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on the healthwatch the the cdc is using a expanded warning for travel's mid growing concerns over a mosquito born virus. correspondent danielle nottingham reports, that is serious for pregnant woman. >> reporter: world health officials warning travelers especially pregnant with man that the zika virus is spreading through latin america and the caribbean. >> it has been found in 20 countries, brazil, has more than a million cases. zika virus us spread by a very specific species of mosquito has has not yet been seen in the united states. only one in five people who get it will be sick and symptoms are mild. >> fever, rash, muscle, joint pain, eye pain and eye swelling and in some cases headaches and muscle fatigue. >> reporter: for pregnant woman zika has been linked to babies been with an ab

normally small head in the under developed brain at birth. there is in treatment or vaccine so health officials say best way to avoid zika is to prevent mosquito by the. >> cover it, use insect repellant and stay in a help tell, stay in the location with firm windows and probably even air conditioning. >> reporter: cdc is recommending pregnant woman avoid traveling to countries where virus is active. some airlines and cruise companies are granting refund or waving change fees. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we have some good news if you are joining us as a coffee in hand this morning. new study find consuming caffeine every day does not lead to extra heartbeats. challenge widely held belief that caffeine is bad for your heart. in fact, calorie searchers say is there more evidence that common caffeinated products like coffee and check late may have cardiovascular benefits. so go ahead have that extra cup. social media may be causing you sleepless nights.

new study from the university of pittsburgh find young adults who spend time on social media during the day, they are more likely to suffer sleep disturbances. 30 percent of the study participant who reported frequently checking social media throughout the day said they have high levels of sleep disturbances. great story here, new jersey elementary school students have a new class pet after the the animal was saved from of all things, a salad. this ace three i inch long lizard that is new star of riverside elementary school in princeton. a kindergarten student found that lizard in some greens in her refrigerator. the the lizard was cold and lifeless after spie spending several days in the fridge but after warming up, came back to life. the students named him green fruit loop, great name, right and now teacher has been posted pictures of the class pet. check that bag twice. coming up in the next half an hour of eyewitness nice we will show you security preparations for next weekend's super bowl, jan. >> reporter: it the is day

four of snow clean up and philadelphia school children are heading back to to class so how dot road look as they wake up and head out the the door. i'm yan january carabao live from fishtown. we will she you straight ahead. we are learning new details about the the deadly amtrak derailment, new they are bye what cause that had crash, katie. erika, we are looking at generally speaking a a pretty tame forecast for the rest on have this week, a little bit of wet weather out there which we will track for you but i think you'll like what the seven day has up its sleep. it is all pretty nice. erika, back to you good we will take i the. roads could be still witt from overnight rain, meisha has latest on your wednesday morning commute coming up next, we will be right

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good morning, you can call these the forgotten streets. four days after the snowstorm, many philadelphia streets are still covered in snow, as people's patients is wearing short. they want to know where are the the plows? we are live in one of those neighborhoods with the plan to clear everyone's snow out. this is great a very cute moment in the crib. you have to see what that toddler is caught doing when she should have been sleeping, this will warm every little part of your heart, coming up later. big news, kid are going ba