good morning, we have a serious warning for parents in south jersey, coming up we're live with the latest on the search for us pecks after two separate attempts to lure children. the last g.o.p. the debate, before the iowa caucus is tonight, i am will's marry hall in des moines, iowa and i will tell what you one candidate will be doing instead of taking the stage. waking up with chilly temperatures and concern for ice on the road once again but we have good news another warm up is on the road today. good morning, it is thursday january 28th i'm erika von tiehl. let's check with your forecast, lauren casey in for katie and we have good news coming up with the warm up. >> warm up in store as we head in the second half of the weekend.

nice quiet conditions after we have had busy weather late thely. we are calming things down today. temperatures are chilly to start. as erika said watching out for icy patches on the roadways that is a a concern. you'll need that winter coat, hat, as well as temperatures in the 20's across the a area. reporting 26 degrees right now in philadelphia a wind are calm. the not too much wind chill impact down the shore we are at the 21 degrees and chilly start in the poconos starting off at 17 degrees. all is quiet a and tranquil on storm scan three. mainly clear conditions, a a few cloud down to the the south, otherwise we will keep sunshine around once that sun does come up this morning. in your day planner looking very nice, a lot of unshine to start the day, bright the but chilly, 26 degrees in the 9:00 . middle 30's on your lunch hour to grab a sandwich. 5:00 a.m. three, o'clock near 40 degrees. still keeping around mostly sunny skies but we have a warm up with some 50's in your seven day forecast and we will talk about that coming up in just a couple of minutes.

fifty's, sound good, thank you. do you want to take a look at norristown on route 202 southbound a at beyond son highway. you cane snow removal process is in progress. the there is a better view. zooming out a bit. over to camera two i want to show you i-76 at montgomery drive, roads are looking good but as lauren mentioned there are icy spots. the there is construction on the commodore barry bridge only one eastbound lane is opened and there is a 35-mile per hour speed restriction in place, that is running a special schedule today and tomorrow so check those times before you head out the door. all right. police in south jersey are urging parents to talk to their kid about stranger danger. this advice as they inn rest gate a possible luring a tenth. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from evesham township police department with the the details. the parent want to hear more about this, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that is right evesham police are on alert looking for a couple who may have tried to use candy to laura way two boys.

the lets take you now to video, this is the the dark sedan that the couple was seen riding back on january 16th. surveillance video shows that sedan driving through sanctuary development just before 5:00 p.m. back on that saturday. now, nearby there were two boys age ten and 11, playing near a home and evesham police say the couple approached those boys asking if they wanted to have some candy. the 11 year-old pulled out a cell phone and pretend todd call police and the couple drove off. eve ham police were called into carry out a search but did not find the the couple and no surprise, this incident has left that sanctuary a area on high alert. >> it is just not right. kid need to be left a alone. this is our neighborhood. we should feel safe where we are. we cannot trust our own neighborhood where we feel safe, which is kind of unfair. >> reporter: now in this case police are looking for a couple, a man and a woman, the man said to be an older white

man possibly in his 60's or 07's with gray hair. the the the woman a younger blonde, possibly in her teens or 20's with long hair. this case kind of sound like another reported nearby in oaklynn. also, involving a couple but both were described as being older but both were seen in a dark sedan in that case, police say that a couple tried to approach three young people. erika, back over to you. justin finch, thanks very much. right now we have new video to show from you burlington county where fire tears through a home overnight injuring one person. "eyewitness news" in willingboro where flames broke out 11:30 on budd hallow lane. the victim was treated for smoke inhalation. a thief in delaware used our weekend snowstorm to take advantage of the 76 year-old woman. carol need lives alone with her dog in claymont. when a with man offered to shovel her driveway she paid her $30 and didn't think much of it. the next day that woman showed up without a shovel, push her way in and stole need's debit

card and then cash. >> she just push her way in to that door. nearly knocked me over. she went all a over the house, and everything. she was back in the back bedroom. i said, she said can you rent me this bedroom. i said no, that is for my family. >> suspect used need's card at wawa down the street, police were able to grab this image, that surveillance photo. they are looking for the suspect. new castle county officers eventually shoveled her driveway no charge. local rescue group is calling it the worst case of animal abuse for years. the horses, other farm animals found malnourished and ill. more than a dozen fire fighters helped seven year-old claire to the feet. she's bad condition with multiple health problems. the she's one of the dozens animals rescued from a local farm and brought the to last

chance ran inch quakertown. >> sixteen horses, she's a goat. five dogs, a pig and a cow were seized from this property and dying of starvation. >> pennsylvania state the police are investigating, right now there is in word on any arrests. 4:36. "fox news" is going on with tonight's republican presidential debate without donald trump. he says that the cable network isn't treating him fairly. marley hall reports trump has now made other plans. >> reporter: with the debate just hours away donald trump is still refusing to attend. >> a point he made clear wednesday night, in an appearance on "fox news". >> will you just consider, i want you to consider, all right, think about it. >> bill, this is much tougher being with you because frankly you are smarter, this is much tougher then doing the the debate with megyn kelly. i got an unfair question from

somebody bye we don't talk about that. >> reporter: trump continues to take aim at the "fox news" host moderating the event. while in des moines chief rival ted cruz once again challenge him one on one. >> i will propose a venue, western iowa tech, sat the day night, we already have it reserved. >> reporter: while his republican counterparts are on the the debate stage trump will be here on the campus of the drake university, even people who do not support the the candidate are excited about what they are calling the anti debate event. >> you know, as an american citizen, he is unable to stand up to one particular reporter or one moderator, i was going to attempt to make america great again. >> reporter: trump a's camp said he will hold a fundraiser for veterans on the campus of drake university tonight. at least one veterans group the iraq and afghanistan veterans of the america announced they will decline donations from the the event.

marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". michael nutter has a new job helping shape young mind. philly's former marries joining columbia university's cool of international the public affairs as a professor in urban policy. his daughter olivia graduates next year from colombia. last week nut are became a member of the federal home land security council. a sign of unity in support of the philadelphia police officer wounded in the line of duty gets some visitors. the members of the nypd presented officer jesse hartnett with the plaque, man who says he acted in the name of islam shot office are hartnett the in his police cruiser earlier this month. the officer hartnett left the hospital last week. great to see that. all right. coming up here on "eyewitness news" a lot of businesses took a big financial hit with all that snow but some actual difficult quite well. we will tell you how. community support for one local couple have after the storm, the note that sparked kindness in a north east

neighborhood. a bizarre story how this exotic animal gave one woman quite the scare in the middle of the night, we are back in two minutes, good

welcome back. weekend snowstorm impact the bottom line of many in the form of the lost business or wages. many businesses around the region had to close, including at tall yan market in south philadelphia a. snow customers were opening up their wallets and employees in turn taking a hit in the paychecks. a university of pennsylvania professor we spoke with said the storm which hit the northeast will be reflected in upcoming economic numbers. >> i will say why not, have a heart. >> we had a neighbor we don't necessity where he lives knocked on the door saying next time it snows that he would love to shovel us out. >> it was a different result for local bars, that faired well in the storm, royal tavern in bell a vista was among many bars, throughout most of the weekend.

now a story of neighborly love, emerged from this weekend's know storm. this community kindness could not come at a better time. the this is as a local family deals with the difficult situation. our natasha brown has their story from northeast philadelphia. >> reporter: cruising around the streets of rhawnhurst in northeast philadelphia, snow weary resident have marked their spots. >> and i would just have to admit. >> reporter: saving shoveled out parking spaces using chairs, garbage cans and cones. >> this is our cone. >> reporter: for jerry gilbert this coneys different. her handwritten note, taped to it comes from a heart wrenching place this spot was shoveled by a cancer patients for himself and his pregnant wife, kindly dig out your own spot, thank you. >> reporter: terry's husband mike was diagnosed with stage four head and neck cancer in november. he shoveled that car out of nearly 2 feet of snow during this pass weekend's storm despite his illness. >> i cannot shovel for you. you have to shovel another spot. the coneys going out.

>> reporter: terry did something she has never done before something philadelphia police are a aggressively trying to prevent, saving, shoveled out parking spaces. she said she dit because her husband's life saving treatment depend on it. >> he starts his radiation an monday which was the reason why we put the the cone. we need to go down to jefferson five days a week. >> i will comply, she's pregnant, he's i can is, why not, have a heart. >> reporter: terry says heartfelt gestures have been pouring in. >> we had a neighbor i don't know where he lives knock on the door and left a note saying next time it snows wow love to shovel us out, which has been really awesome. >> reporter: for now, terry is hoping neighbors and police will understand this open act of defying, and open their hearts, at least until the the snow melts. there are still mound of snow piling up here in northeast philadelphia, but with warmer temperatures the snow is melting and terry says next few days or so she's hoping cone won't be a a factor. in northeast philadelphia,

natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". helping people out with the the snow, it is so tough for some. i can see those piles shrink which is terrific. >> they have had shrunk dramatically. you don't even see any evidence anymore just snow piles left. 50 degrees on tuesday. >> yes. >> so we are getting cool tore day but as we head in the upcoming weekend we will warm things up. so say good bye to the last bit of our snowstorm. >> see you. see you later. >> it is cold this morning. there are icing concerns. we have had melting yesterday, icy patches on the roads and sidewalks. 26 degrees right the now your current temperature as we get a live look at center city philadelphia but wind are calm. so, no wind chill impact, that is nice factor. we have dropped off significantly temperature wise from yesterday morning. we are down about 18 degrees in philadelphia, down 26 degrees this morning in allentown. we have chilly temperature in the the lee high valley in the middle teens. even down the shore temperatures cool to start in

the middle 20's but as i mentioned our saving grace, calm to light wind and nearly all of our reporting sites. no wind chill impact to combine with those chillier temperatures. wind will stay late today. temperatures will be cool, 40 degrees but a a lot of sunshine with these mostly sunny skies. a as we head into tonight, dropping below freezing. we have some concerns again for some ice patches, partly cloudy conditions, our sunset 5:15 as we head in the evening hours. storm scan three quiet conditions, just a few showers well off shore down to the south, otherwise, clear skies up a and down i-95 cover death. you may have heard whispers earlier in the the week of the potential storm. this is the storm, models have it tracking off shore. that is exactly what it does. the it will in the bother us. we could see moisture wrap around amidst tour, on the back side as it the exits off to the north east. could bring us a few flurries, passing snow shower through the the day on friday but as we head in the upcoming

weekend high pressure building in, we will clear out our sky and give us a a nice quiet weekend featuring sunshine for both the saturday and sunday. your seven day forecast is cool for next several days, particularly on friday, our temperatures only a high of 39 h windy conditions especially in the afternoon. the it will feel cool but check out upcoming weekend. by sunday we are at 48. on monday a high of 52 degrees. for the groundhog we are at 53 s by next wednesday. >> let's keep ago thissing, lauren, thank you. a 99 year-old miami woman had something to get off of her chest. she woke up to find an animal sleeping on ton of her. not a dog or cat but this exotic creature which is part of the racoon family is native of central and south america. this is a female named about a nan a her owner explains how she got away. >> i had to move her to my brother's house and she

figured out how to open it up. she has really good hand. >> kingajou's are harmless, sweet little animals but they could bite and injure somebody if corner. banana scampered off and into her attic and then was lured out. banana and her napping companion are doing fine as you saw she's back home now with her owner. still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news", some of the most bizarre excuses for being late to work, see if any of your excuses made that list coming up. but first here's what is ahead tonight on cbs-3.

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trump is skipping the debate because he says he is not being treated fairly by the network. be on the look out for this car right there, police in evesham township burlington county say an older man and young woman in that car tried to lure two young boys january . that couple, may have attempted to lure children from in nearby oaklynn as well. and some video just new to "eyewitness news" here a house fire in willingboro send one person to the hospital with smoke inhalation. fire fighters controlled that fire in a short time, and in word right now on a cause. atlantic city's borgata casino are jumping in the deepened of the pool with this new development project. it plans to replace festival park outdoor concert venue with a new whimming pool complex. this is part of the 50 million-dollar investment in property enhancements. the swimming pool complex will include cabanas and entertainment stage and expect to open later this year. 4:50. time for a check on business news, money wagner's jill

wagner joins us. market plunging but face back stock is doing well. what is behind that, jill. >> reporter: facebook said it made nearly $6 billion in the last quarter which is 52 percent than the year before and mostly because facebook has figured out how to make money from mobile advertisements. facebook says nearly a a billion people check facebook on their smart phone every single day. i believe it, erika. >> glad to hear they are making money off those annoying ads, jill. >> someone is benefiting. >> at least somebody is. >> we have been to work at some point or another but is there a new survey of bizarre excuses. i enjoy these, jill, please share them with us. >> reporter: some of the more bizarre courtesy of a survey from career builder. someone a said a vaseline truck overturn on the highway which caused a car to slip. a bear, this is my favorite, a bear was taking a nap in my

car. >> a bear was sleeping. >> exactly. >> they are hibernating, we could not be at work for six months. a lizard needed emergency surgery, so one out of four admit they are late to work once a month and one in ten say they are late once a week. we are never late, of course. >> we have in excuse, with traffic this early in the morning. i love the lizard needing surgery. >> we do to have make coffee. >> there you go. >> that will slow us down good thanks, we will see you later this morning. ming up after this break we will check your weather and traffic. we will be right back.

we're off to a cold start with temperatures down in the 20's across the area but nice part don't have the wind, calm wind in all of our reporting sites but it is chilly, 26 degrees right now in philadelphia, 21 down the shore and in the teens in the poconos, storm scan three quiet conditions, just a few clouds off shore, we will have

another nice round of some sunshine, today, what to expect for our thursday. clear skies light wind but watching out for icy spots especially on the sidewalks, and corner of the roadways. this afternoon a nice quiet winter day mostly sunny skies, wind stay light throughout the day, cool one, erika but warming up to some 50's in your forecast, we will have more coming up in just a few. >> love 509's, thanks, lauren. looking at road right now looking outside at i476 near area of the mid county tolls, you can see those big piles of snow on the side of the road. meisha has been pointing them out as they keep shrinking as we warm things up. live look at intersection of the route 202 and johnson highway, number of smaller roads still covered with snow and ice. do use caution there. to our maps, we have a reminder for those using mass transit, bus routes 94 and 95 are back to normal, the tart route eight bus has been restore. if you use path the co they are running a special midday

schedule today and tomorrow. reminder there is construction on the commodore barry bridge only one eastbound lanes is opened, there is also a 35-mile per hour speed restriction in place right now. today, nasa observes a day of remembrance on the 30th anniversary of the challenger disaster. in 1986 the space shuttle exploded over the the atlantic ocean less than two minutes after take off killing all seven crew members on board. nasa will pay tribute to the crews of a apollo one and space shuttle columbia. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we have new information about a man arrested for threatening some local police officers. also, going dry? why the water could stop flowing at iconic niagara falls. when it comes to appearances it is in the just woman that want to look good i'm karena mitchell and i'll tell you why if you are a guy look good

good morning, if you can take a a good look at this car right here. police wants to talk to the driver and parents are on alert after two boys were nearly kidnaped. we will tell you how they scared off suspects. also donald trump stand his ground and still sitting out tonight's debate after his fight with "fox news", what he plans to do instead of the facing off against his opponents. just a horrible case of animal abuse several horses found starving in the a local farm, we will show you how they are being nursed back to health. it is thursday, january 28th, i'm erika von tiehl. off to a cool start. the lauren casey in for kate, she has your thursday forecast and a we have a warm up to

look forward to we have several days of 50's in the extended forecast after a mild coupled of days but colder air settling in behind a cold front that came late day on tuesday and it is bringing us a chilly start to our thursday down in the 20's right now, live look at center sit the eye philadelphia, quiet conditions but we have 25 degrees, we will have you reaching for that winter coat the but wind are calm but temperature drop off over last 24 hours significant. about 15 to 25 degrees cooler a at this time this morning then yesterday morning. temperatures are down into the teens, well down in the teens in allentown, 12 degrees right now, even chilly down the shore waking up to 21 degrees right the now in ac. getting you out on this thursday morning, it is so close to the weekend, clear sky conditions, watching out for those ice patches once again with those temperatures in the 20's, but for the 8:00 o'clock hour bright sunshine but still chilly light wind a temperature of 25 o have a nice warm up in store and it starts as we