year. >> "eyewitness sports" reporter pat gallon spoke with people who knew, the the now ffl stars before they became super bowl combatants. >> reporter: two sundays from now two philadelphia area native will play a role in who wins, super bowl 506789 brendan mcmahon us starred at temple but prior to that he played under deck beck at north penn in lansdale. beck says he a saw this talent years ago. >> the senior year, the first game of his season he played liberty and we kick off five times. four of the balls went out of the back of the end zone. then he kick a 41 yarder in that game, that i don't think they still have in the found the ball. >> reporter: panthers wide receiver corry brown widely known as philly, was a stand out at cardinal o'hara in springfield. and mush rush was one of brown's teacher. >> owe was late if you turn your head then corry would be in his seat the with that big smile. he had a couple times he miss add lot of the classrooms, i asked him for some words of wisdom. he used to make jokes about it

when he would come to the class because that is the kind of guy he was. >> reporter: mcmahon us has been a stan outing seven for seven against field goals begins steelers and patriots to help broncos in the the super bowl. >> if he is not one of the top three or four kickers in the nfl i want to see other ones ahead of them. playoff game where he made five field goals, that is 52 yarder at the end of the half, might have been one of the greatest kicks in playoff history. >> reporter: as panthers crush the arizona cardinals in the nfc title game on sunday, brown who played here at cardinal o'hara was front and center, catching 86-yard touchdown pass, from cam newton but mushrush hopes brown follows through on a promise. >> i have to remind him when he sees this with all of my efforts, he told me that when he made it big wow make sure that i was included, so i'm waiting to have corry come through. >> reporter: i'm path the path gallon for cbs-3 "eyewitness sports". you are pulling for brown, or mcmahon us, panthers or broncos you can see super bowl

50 right here on cbs-3 sunday february 7th. >> great game. another mild day, which goodies news as we try to melt down from this weekend's storm. meteorologist kate bilo outside on the the skies deck, kate. >> i tweeted out a pictures of the snow pile out here on the the skies deck. maybe 4 inches, in diameter. a very small, reminder, of what was once, 18-inch drifts out here on the sky deck. we had 18 inches. even higher then that in the corners as things were drifting. things definitely melting as we go through the week. with milder weather to come through weekend and next week all of the snow cover will melt. those piles will stick around for a little bit longer but we are in the freeze and refreeze cycle. what does that mean. the highs have been above freezing every day this week. the especially next couple nights, overnight lows will be well below freezing. so the the snow will continue to melt during the the day. refreeze each night and whale we are not expecting to see widespread black ice issues out there on the road, there will be a few, and those icy spots are hard to see. almost more dangerous on your

front walkway, front steps, driveway, because sometimes you get that run off zone and then freezes up. if you step tonight, slip and fall, that can be very dangerous. watch where you are stepping for your thursday morning. temperatures right now dropping rapidly after the sun has gone down. we have got a clear sky and a light wind, set up for cold. thirty-four right now in lancaster. thirty-five in allentown. forty-one in philadelphia a you can see 30's all a across the rest of the area what to expect as we move through overnight hours? clear skies, light wind, and temperatures, will fall, like a rock and for your thursday those icy spots around in the morning but in the afternoon tomorrow it is pretty quiet winter day with temperatures right around 409-degree mark. the as we head in the weekend some changes to tell but. temperatures will start to rise and we are tracking another system for next week. will it be rain or snow in i'll details when i join new sign. for new back over to you. delaware police are trying to track down woman whom they say stole cash and credit cards from an elderly woman. she was reportedly pretending to offer the victim help, and

shoveling her driveway. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco joins us from claymont with more details, diana a. >> reporter: ukee, it all happened inside this claymont delaware neighborhood shortly after the storm ended on sunday. that 76 year-old woman is recovering tonight, and police are looking for this suspect, who is said to be a woman in her late 20's, or early 30's. police say that she pushed into that elderly woman's home sunday morning on the 2700 block of madison, the woman was asking the elderly woman if she needed her walk shoveled. but she didn't have a shovel on her. and the victim had also recognized her as the same woman who came to her door the day before offering the same services, and so the elderly victim grew suspicious and refused. that is when the female suspect pushed her way in to the elderly woman's apartment and got away with a debit card and cash. here's what police had to say. >> our victim i told her numerous times you need to leave, get out of my house, et cetera, et cetera.

so during the course of the investigation the the officer learned that the the victims credit card was taken, and used at a local convenience store. >> reporter: victim's card was used just a a short time after robbery, according to police at the a nearby wawa. police are looking for this woman, said to be in her late 20's, or early 30's, on a side note police office shore responded to the elderly victim's call did end up shoveling out, her walk. anyone with any information on this suspect is now asked to contact the police. we are live from claymont delaware, i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the the awning on a home in philadelphia's frankford neighborhood collapsed under the weight of last weekend's snow this happened on the 1900 block of off street. authorities say that the partial collapse did not affect structural inn telling grit of the home. concerns are growing about the local impact. a lot of businesses closed including the italian market in south philadelphia a that

means loss in business. it also means employees taking a hit in lost wages. >> there is a multiplier on this because those people, those businesses don't get profits. the workers don't get salaries. they are not spending that money. >> reporter: local bars faired well in the storm, royal tavern in bell a vista was one of the many bars pack throughout the busy weekend. right now police are searching for a couple accused of attempting to lure children in the vehicle in south jersey and parents are on high alert. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live in evesham township burlington county with details on this, walt report report lots of concern here in the sanctuary development after this attempted luring back on january 16th. a car pulling down the the street, behind me in an attempt to lure, according to police a ten and 11 year-old boy inside. fortunately they showed quick thinking but neighbors here, nevertheless, remained, very much on alert. >> it is just not right, like kids need to be left alone.

thinks our neighborhood. we should feel safe. >> reporter: john rand and other neighbors in the sanctuary development are keeping an extra close watch, after police say that this car pulled on to a street in the development, on january the 16th, and the couple inside the car police say tried to abduct ten and 11 year-old brothers, playing outside a home. >> we cannot trust our own neighborhood where we feel safe, which is kind of unfair. >> he pull is very close and male says out the window to the kid do you want some candy. the one child, the the 11 year-old has a cell phone in his pocket. he pulled his cell phone out, pretends that he will make a phone call, and says i will call police. at that time the vehicle leaves. >> reporter: lieutenant joseph freel, credits the young brothers, with scarring off the suspects described as a man in his 60's and a woman in her 20's. >> they realized something wasn't right here and enough that they wanted to act like

they were calling police. >> reporter: as police searched for the couple believed to have attempted to lure other children into their car in nearby oaklynn in the second incident an hour later, neighbors here are on full alert. >> i'm kind of nervous for the the kid that live here, it shouldn't be done, you know what i mean? there is too many kid here. >> reporter: now police say this happened at exactly 4:58 p.m. on january the 16th, and again, an hour later in oak lynn, if you recognize the the car, if you have any information, please call and contact the police immediately. live from evesham i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you. a local teenager is taken into custody after police say she made on line threats targeting students at chester area schools. the 17 year-old reportedly made a post on instagram on tuesday night, sources say she had confessed to the threat during a sleep over at a friend a's house. the message threatened shootings the at the school

specifically targeting black students. she herself is black. officials eventually decided that the schools would be opened today. >> really just kept seeing it and stuff and then when the page was private i knew it was fake. >> reporter: what bothered you the the most. >> the signs and faces on there and stuff, got the me scared. >> police tracked an ip address to the home and made at rest. the the teen says that she was just joking. the high school basketball coach who apparently head butted a referee is stripped of his coaching duties but will keep his teaching job. neshaminy's jerry divine was recorded relevanter. originally he was suspended from coaching but allowed to continue his teaching job at the school. last night school board voted to officially remove him as head coach. he is charged with harassment which could send him to jail for 90 days, if quick. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 borgata's big plans we will tell you on the 50 million-dollar upgrade that is getting underway at the atlantic city casino.

if you look closely, not much to see here but wait until you see the huge response, to bring this feline safely to the ground, kate. and quiet winter wet they are a afternoon, and again tomorrow but this system, brewing up here down through portions of florida, may just miss us off the coast but indirect impact on friday and then a warm up to talk about? lots going on in the seven day forecast i'll have when you come back, don. sixty minutes stand between flyers and five day vacation, well, that is what the fly guys are saying in the match up against the capitols in d.c., coming up later in sports.

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affairs as a professor in urban policy. his daughter graduates next year from columbia college, the university's under graduate arts and a science school. last week nutter was appointed to serve as a member of the federal home land security council. doctor martin luther king junior associate visits philadelphia for conversation about the legacy of the civil rights icon. "eyewitness news" at the jefferson alumni hall in center city. ambassador andrew young shared the stage with the ceo of jefferson university and jefferson health, and they discussed doctor king's value of compassion, inclusion and services, and the importance of diversity in health care. some members of the new york city police department came to philadelphia to visit officer jesse hartnett. they presented hartnett released from the hospital on friday with a plaque. he was shot earlier this month and in his squad car in west philadelphia by a suspect who says he did it in the name of islam. tonight, a miracle cat is safe and sound after fire

fighters rescued it during the winter storm. >> as snow fell, the cat climbed 60 feet up a tree in the the county but this wasn't a simple rescue. the town was buried under 30 inches of snow and bucket truck could not reach the cat. so authorities called in a ladder truck. aftercarefully positioning it, a fire fighter was able to climb up, and grab the cat and then a neighbor adopted it. nicely done. nicely done. well, lot of that snow will be long gone, kate. >> it is, long gone, now. every single day it is less difficult. big piles of snow you just can't get where you need to go. good news things are melting rapidly. although by next week most of the actual snow cover should be gone but some of the big dirty piles of snow they will in the go anywhere for a while. they will get smaller and dirtier, as time goes on. the that is worst part. i wish snow would just disappear. >> wouldn't that be nice. >> because it is a gross clean up process dealing with these big piles of snow.

we're not experiencing a a wrapped snow melt. that is what people have been asking. you get the one or two days and it surges up in the 50's and 60's really close to the even of the storm and you get a wrapped snow melt and that water seeps in the ground and well, you get threat for flooding, peoples base also leaking. it has been slow. yesterday was on the warm side. hopefully everybody dealt with it the okay, sump pumps are in good working order. check them though as we head in the rest of winter. the lets look at outside right now. we will go to the poconos where people are enjoying the snow on the slopes. they have got decent snow in the poconos. not as much as areas off to the south but it has been cold enough in the evenings, to continue to make that manmade snow on top of the mother nature's contributions. people enjoying it at jack frost big bold they are week. you can see some coming down the slopes to the left and snow board training area as this guy may been to do a trick or something here. here he goes, let's watch, going up on the half pipe. he stayed up. more than i could do i would

never strap both my feet to the snow board. but skiing has never been my forte. these people look great outside and enjoying every bit of what winter has to offer on the slopes. great place to do it there at jack frost big boulder. would i rather sit in the lodge with hot check late until everybody comes in off the slopes just so i don't hurt myself. storm scan three looking clear. as we zoom out still not a whole lot going on. front that moves through last night is off the coast, and this storm you see developing here will track along that boundary. it is a close call. do you see this system to the north. swinging a trough through region to drive that storm out to sea but with these storms around it will get very windy as we head in the day on friday and that is why it will feel cold tore end the week then it has over past few days. temperatures right now still right about where we should be, average high 41. we are at 41 in the city. thirty-six in wilmington. thirty-five in allentown. below freezing in mount pocono. temperatures dropping rapidly. just heard from phil, one of our weather watchers on twitter and he told me temperatures dropped

3 degrees. now that the sun has gone down we have light wind, clear sky, very crisp. in the 20's tonight. tomorrow morning we're seeing teens in the lehigh valley, berks county, lancaster county, 20's in the city of philadelphia and even sub freezing down the the shore. anything that is left on the roads any run off from the snow melt is all going to freeze up and we will have icy spots into tomorrow morning. watch where you step out the the door and in your driveway if you have low lying areas where that snow melt likes to run off, expect it would be icy. tomorrow mostly sunny, upper 30's, brisk here on friday. the saturday we will start a warm up high pressure slips to the east. we will get a return flow, southwest flow, sunday into monday and temperatures surged next week. the here's an interesting thing on look at. the thursday and friday, thursday is colder then friday, friday, the high around 40. thursday your feels like temperature at the height of the afternoon is 37. take a look at friday, it feels like 27 degrees. that is why you cannot get seven day on your phone because it is just misleading. would you need exact coat

thursday into friday. whole different are is win. tomorrow afternoon wind are very light, negligible, friday, gusty, strong wind, these are sustain at 20, gusts over 30, and that will make it feel so much colder through the day friday. after that cold air works its way out. watch what happens. jet stream surges to the north and we will get big push of mild air on wednesday as our next system approaches. taking you through tonight we are down to 23, watch for ice, clear, cold, for your thursday, mostly sunny, chilly at 39 degrees. friday feels even colder, and that will feel like the coldest day of the week but that strong gusty win, saturday wind backs off a bit. then sunday looking beautiful, monday not bad either. tuesday not bad either and then wednesday is warm but it is also rainy. a lot of rain with this one. doesn't look like any snow but it will wash away any of the lingering little piles of snow. >> wow. >> looks good. >> kate, thanks. "cbs evening news" is a few mains way. >> scott pelley joins with us a look ahead, scott. >> hi ukee and jessica great

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don joins us now. big night for flyers fans. >> big night for flyers, big night for sixers, big night overall. it is lake friday before a long weekend, the last day of school, before summer vacation. the flyers and capitols tonight, it is final game

before the all-star break. hopefully they can stay focused for 60 minutes before they skate off to a sunny island somewhere. the fly guys, are on a three game losing streak after falling to boston on monday. now, they visit washington. the the capitols are the best team in hockey with a 35-eight-three record. michael neuvirth will get the the start in goal. >> it is obviously a huge game but, you know, i know what i have to do. you know, i like playing under pressure and i like playing big games. i am just going to do what i do and give it my best. >> the sixers are in motown tonight, team looking for back to back wins for the first time this season. jahlil okafor will in the play because of an illness, however he will lays them up on all-star weekend in toronto. okafor an nerlens noel will play in the rising stars challenge. as for the team last night they won without okafor in the line up and complete add a two

game sweep of the phoenix suns. ish smith was at it again, 20 points, nine a assist ises. sixers won three out of five. coach brown was happy to see them rebound after a 20-point loss to boston. >> i was embarrassed the other night with the celtics. i thought that was one of the poorer performances we have had at home. we have had a few of those. we wanted to respond differently, and we did. i thought the confidence our guys showed where we reminded ourself of what is most important, try to give a performance that is energy and effort based to the fans of the city of philadelphia. of course, there is this, as we talk about football, the big game right around the corner, carolina panthers a and denver broncos. you can see super bowl 50 right here on cbs-3, sunday february the seventh. >> of course, there is that, hello. >> and then there is that. >> when we started this segment were you like big night, big night. >> have i ever said, guys, in the a big night. >> really small night. >> don't pay attention.

>> when you have a a small night you just let us know. >> can you you get ish smith here in the studio. >> would i love to meet you.

thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on the cw philly and we're back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news", tonight zika virus is on the way to the u.s. but when will it hit our area and what dangers wait 4 million pregnant woman in the country. doctor john le puke reports from new york here now is scott pelley, take care family, we will see you tonight.

>> they can't toy with me like they toy with everybody else. >> pelley: trump pulls out of the debate, but will he change his mind? >> i've got a $20 bet he'll show up. >> pelley: also tonight, more of our investigation exposing questionable spending by the largest veterans' charity. new cases of zika virus in the united states. and two men, two generations. >> opposite ends of the spectrum. >> pelley: and only one can win. >> it's going to be awesome. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. we open with a bid of one, no trump. the political play of the day by the republican front-runner pulling out of the next presidential debate tomorrow night. if it is a publicity stunt, it's working. but it could also be