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 head in the second half of the

weekend. i will have details on your weekend forecast coming up in a couple minutes. >> looking forward to that, lauren, thank you. we will take you outside looking at an accident, zooming in, lets see if we can find it, an accident on the ramp to i476 north bound to i-76 westbound. that ramp is still opened but use caution in that area with that curve. to our other camera live look at norristown intersection of route 202 and johnson highway. smaller roadways covered with snow and ice. reminder in case you use mass transit septa bus route 94, 95 are back to normal. dart route eight has been restored and patco is running a special midday schedule today and tomorrow. if you use commodore barry bridge, you will necessity what i will say already only one eastbound lane is opened and is there a 35-mile an hour speed restriction in place. in other news, developing right now, a delaware county man is in custody accused of making on line threats against chester police officers.

twenty-three year-old david milbourne of media is accused of posting these threats on facebook and instagram. the authorities say milbourne was acting in retaliation for yesterday's arrest of the 17 year-old female student who allegedly posted threats about students in chester up land school district. the it remains unclear what exact connection there is between milbourne and that student who was arrested yesterday. meanwhile parents in south jersey are on high alert after a possible luring attempt. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from evesham township police department with the very latest on the search for those suspects, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we know police are looking for a couple and there is cause for concern after a similar case was called in in the far from evesham township. at this morning, we do have more on the couple police are after as well as surveillance video. lets go to that video we are looking at a dark sedan that couple was seen back in january 16th just before

5:00 p.m. that sedan was seen driving through the sanctuary development. nearby there were two boys age ten and 11 playing near a home. evesham police say couple a approached the brothers asking if they wanted some candy, evesham police were called in and carried out a search but they did not find that couple. lieutenant joseph freel says that or rather tells us how the incident unfolded. >> vehicle pulls chose and male says out the window to the kids do you want some candy. the bone child has a cell phone in his pocket. he pulls his cell phone out. pretend he will make a phone call and saying he will call the police. >> a very smart move, by that boy, pretending to call police in that case, we do know that police are looking for a couple, a man and a woman that man said to be in his 60's or 70's with gray hair, woman said to be younger perhaps in her teens and 20's with long belong hair. about a half an hour earlier

that same day in nearby oaklynn police say that there a couple in the dark sedan approached three children with a similar mo but in that case police say the the couple were both described as being older, however, if you have any tips in either case you are urged to call police. erika, back over to you. just continue, good heads up there, thank you. a lot of damage but in serious injuries when flames break out you the in this burlington county home overnight. fire started around 11:30 on budd hallow lane in willingboro. fire fighters work quickly and had flames under control in about an hour. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. happening today the the community is invited to a public safety meet to go discuss last weeks fire at 21st and locust. numerous city agencies including the fire department and office of emergency management, they will address safety concerns following the blaze that destroyed that four story brick building. meeting will take place at st. patrick's church at 7:00 o'clock tonight.

5:04. donald trum april parentally means it when he says he will boycott tonight's republican debate. "fox news" channel airs the face off in des moines just days before the the iowa caucus. trump has been critical of megan kelly which another presidential candidate ted cruz find amusing. >> you know donald is a fragile soul. she might ask a mean question and who knows what could happen, his hair could stand on his head. >> cruz is offering to debate cruz one on one the saturday night. trump referring to cruz birthplace tweeted back, can we do it the in canada. all right. pennsylvania state police are investigating just a horrific case of animal abuse, dozens of farm animals, including horses are being cared for at a rescue center in quakertown. the owner tells "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt this is worst case of animal abuse she has seen in years. >> one, two three, pull.

>> reporter: after repeated tries, three fire department and about 20 bucks county volunteers brought seven year-old claire is a to her feet, she's in bad conditions, starving with multiple health problems. >> i was a little kid that used to rescue all of the animals in the the world. >> reporter: laurie runs last chance ranch and rescued her from a local farm this week. 1,000-pound horse is one of several animals rescued. >> sixteen horses, 20 sheep and goats, five dogs, a pig and a cow. >> reporter: otto and trixy are facing health problems but claire is the the worst. she was down all day before help arrived. >> i have asked for a couple guys and i got the entire fire department. it was awesome. >> we can sure them up. >> reporter: fire chief calvin, brought his entire department to help out. >> we don't think twice bit. we're all volunteer. we all work during the day and

we come and do this. >> reporter: joining richland town were haycock and richland township department. now she she is's up on her feet, claire will survive but next 48 hours are important. >> at this faith in mankind and then i see all these people coming around and i get, my faith back. >> reporter: pennsylvania state police detectives are investigating, those, they are not saying if there will be any arrests or where all of the animals came from. i am told though by a source, it is local. reporting from quakertown, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still ahead this morning, scammed by a shoveler, hear from an elderly woman victimized during the snowstorm. also adding up the cost of the huge snowfall, from the clean up to the loss business, the huge impact it has haddon many people, and why. keep an eye on the sky why you may see more drones flying flying in philadelphia and who will launch them.

all the of woods soon with all that snow on the ground, laurie is talking about another warm up to melt all of that snow, can't wait to hear about this when we come back.

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shoveling snow can be difficult for older resident as many tails have of kindness are emerging after this weekend's storm. but police in delaware are telling a different story. they say a suspect used shoveling as a cover to steel from a 76 year-old woman. our diana rocco spoke to that victim. >> i wanted her out of the house, period. >> seventy-six year-old carol niece lives along so during the storm when this woman came to her door offering to shovel her walk she agreed. a decision that she soon came to regret. >> i was on the phone when she came to the door, that door wasn't locked because of the snow and she push her way in. >> reporter: carol paid her $30 and allowed would the man to use her bathroom and take to second drinks from her fridge but the the next day she return. this time without a shovel. >> she just pushed her way in that door and nearly knocked

me over. she went all over the the house, and everything. she was back in the back bedroom. i said to her, she said can you rent me this bedroom. i said no, that is for my family. >> our victim told her numerous times you need to leave, get out of my house. >> reporter: are when the woman left carol said her debit card was missing with money from her wallet and $50 from the bedroom. within minutes police were able to trace charges to this wawa down the street and grabbed these surveillance photos. then new castle county officers finished the job, the the suspect had started. >> i heard somebody shoveling out front. i thought that she came back. i went out and it was the policeman shoveling my sidewalk. >> when you saw that how did you feel. >> i cried. >> reporter: carol's neighbors have offered to pitch in and shovel her walk and drive was every time it snowed. police are still looking for would the man in these surveillance photos, they are

asking anyone with any information to give them a call. in claymont delaware i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". instead of shoveling money out of their wallets most people were stuck shoveling out of their homes and that equals loss of revenue for many local businesses. around the region shops had to close including vendors of the the italian market in south philadelphia. despite many coming out before the the storm to stock up the the loss of business, hurt. >> you will never make up what you will lose no matter how busy you are, you do not make up for its loss. >> snow never really helps. as much as i loved it a as a kid and prayed that my school would be closed now i say oh, god don't let it snow. it can affect business. >> well, different story for local bars, they faired well in the storm. the royal tavern is in bella vista and was among many bars packed throughout most of the weekend. lauren casey now joins us outside on that sky deck and we are hoping that the left over snow will hopefully melt

sometime soon. how are we looking right now. >> last night i was outside on the die deck and there was a foot and a half of snow, and now no trace of it, all gone after a couple of mild winter days over the last few days. now we are feeling chilly air, cold front late on tuesday and that cold air settling in across the delaware valley a and waking up to some teens in the lehigh valley, 25 degrees, little will chilly in philadelphia, 20 right now in millville, but nice, calm, winds. so no wind chills this time this morning but still need that winter coat, gloves, scarves, the whole thing and as you get out the door this morning, clear sky conditions, temperatures holding steady in the middle 20's, with to calm wind and light wind taking us through the the day and also quiet on storm scan three just a few clouds off shore, nothing to worry about and we will get a nice dose of sunshine throughout our thursday, so yeah, the kids are getting on the bus and heading to school. no snow day to day. b plus looking forecast. 25 degrees. chilly waiting for the bus heading home from school

today. still cool but in the too bad, 40 degrees for the 39:00 o'clock hour combined with the light wind and bright sunshine, won't feel too bad for you. future weather showing you throughout the day-to-day not much to talk about but clouds increasing as we head in the evening hours and we will see a system sneak by and will stay well off shore but wrap around moisture throughout the the day tomorrow could bring us a few passing snow showers and a couple of flurries we're not worried about accumulation. as we head into friday evening we will quickly start to clear back out and set us up for a nice mostly sunny weekend. we will fast forward to saturday and sunday. still cool on saturday, in the middle 20's ending up near 40 degrees but sunday a high of 48 degrees, we will kick off a nice warming trend and we will have several days with high temperatures, erika in the 50's and we will talk about that in the extended forecast in a few minutes. >> i like the sound of that lauren, thank you. lets head off tout roads an accident on the ramp of i476 north bound to westbound

on the right-hand part of the screen. the ramp is partially blocked. also lets take you out to i-95 near girard avenue. road are quiet but that will change once the rush hour kicks in so if you get out on the roads now, good idea. to markly street in norristown was recently closed between airy street and main street due to snow removal and icy conditions. that has since cleared and the road is reopened. another remind their patco speed lines are returning to a special midday schedule, today, and tomorrow. right now new developments in it or gone standoff. the fbi says that several vehicles have left the occupied federal refuge. federal authorities set up checkpoints around the wild life center. they took eight people in custody as they left the the area, five were released. don champion joins us live from new york with the latest on the situation, don, good morning. >> good morning,er contact it is not clear how many militia members are held up at wild life refuge but there are reports some were seen sitting around a campfire last night.

federal authorities tried to deescalate the the the situation the the leader of the the militia is urging occupiers to get home. three more occupiers of the federal wild life refuge in oregon have been arrested. it is not known how many more remain inside. wednesday a day after militia leader evans bundy and seven followers were arrested they faced a federal why foreseeing the refuge. after the hearing bundy a's attorney read a statement from his client urging remaining occupiers to leave. >> to those remaining at refuge, i love you. let us take this fight from here. please stand down. >> reporter: the judge considers bundy and his followers a flight risk and ordered them to remain in custody until friday they were a arrested on tuesday when fbi agents and police, intercepted them on a oregon highway. bundy's brother ryan was shot and militia spokesmen, five

five-year old le invoice had been killed. >> these individual threatened and intimidated the america they profess to love. >> reporter: protesters have occupied the nationality wild life refuge in burnes, oregon since january 2nd to oppose federal land policies, many in the area want bundy a's group to leave. >> i have been ready for them to leave for several weeks report report federal agent set up red blocks and had the refuge surrounded. now, this morning there are questions about the death of sinicum, during the traffic stop, some members of the militia claim agents were not justified in shooting him. so far the the fbi has not release mid details about the encounter,er contact. don champion for us, thank you very much. even handcuffs could in the stop a man from stealing a police officer's car in oak a watch this right here. a guy slipped his handcuffs from his back from jumping in the driver's seat and then just taking off.

police just arrested him after finding marijuana in the trunk of his car. his joy ride ended a few minutes later when he crash in the fence. he managed to runaway but police officers caught up with him an hour later. officials are debating the use of drones in philadelphia, not for recreation but rather for public safety. city controller alan butkovitz is recommending drones be used by l and i, police fire and other departments for public safety purposes. they have recently been tested in hunting park, west, south philadelphia and point breeze. a drone sent video back from inside run down buildings keeping inspectors out of harms way. but, some resident are concerned about the the the risks that drones could pose. >> this thing could explode into something really invasion of our privacy. it can really getting youly. >> we're not interested in looking into peoples windows. >> i have a privacy issue but i would rather know that i'm

going to be safe. >> one drone cost about $500 plus added cost of the camera. so far the department has not agreed to use drones. still ahead do you need someone to root for in the super bowl trying to pick a team. >> we will introduce to you two local players competing for nfl title and look at their roots right here coming up. also... the feeling thaw cannot really express in word, you thank god that he was here. we can call this three legged dog a real hero, he saves his family when a intruder broke into his house and it is not his first brush with danger, his story coming up.

eagles fans don't have much to root for next sunday but there are two players with local ties who could play a big role in the game. "eyewitness sports" reporter pat gallen spoke to some people who knew those budding nfl stars before they made it

big. >> reporter: two sundays from now two philadelphia area natives will play a central role in who wins super bowl 50. denver broncos kicker brendon mcmahon us starred at temple but prior to that he played at north pen with dick beck in lansdale. beck saw this talent years ago. >> first game of the season we played bethlehem liberty and we kick off five times. four of the balls went out of the back of the end zone and then kick a 42 yarder in that game, that i don't think they still have not found the ball. >> reporter: panthers wide receiver corry brown, widely men as philly, was a stand out at cardinal o'hara in springfield. ann mushrush was one of brown's teacher. >> you turn your head and corry was sitting in the seat with that big smile. he has come back a couple times. he visits a a lot of the classrooms. i asked him for word of wisdom. he used to make jokes when he came in the class because that is the kind of guy he was. >> reporter: mcmahon us has been a stand outing seven for seven on field gola begins the steelers and patriots to help

the broncos to the super bowl. >> if he is not one of the top three or four kickers in the nfl then i want to see other ones ahead of him. would i say first playoff game where he made five field goals, that 52 yarder at the end of the half might have been one of the greatest kicks in playoff history. >> reporter: as panthers crushed the arizona a cardinals in the nfc title game on sunday, brown who played here the at cardinal o'hara was front and center catching a 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 when he made it big wow make sure that i was included. i'm waiting for cover toy come through. >> reporter: i'm pat gallen for cbs-3 "eyewitness sports". he certainly made it big. players aren't only ones getting ready for that big games, workers at a factory in minnesota they are busy cranking out officially licensed merchandise for the super bowl. we're talking about pennants, decals to the the official steel towels for the winning

team. the company specializes in sports memorabilia, they have been working with the nfl since the 60's so they know how to do it. excitement is building for super bowl 50. carolina panthers take on the dep versace broncos next sunday february 7th. you can see it the right here on cbs-3. well, awesome start to the super bowl are bus wider horses and those memorable commercials. i love them. now the family has a new member, check him out right there, that is max, anheuser-busch say the the foal was born earlier this week at a ranch in missouri. mack will live there and learn ins and outs of the being a clydesdale, and so cute. maybe we will see him in a commercial perhaps next year. coming up next on eye witt the necessary news putting your best face forward why some men are paying much more attention to their look, we will have that story. also a community's kind act after a snowstorm they don't care about a neighbor breaking rules by saving a parking spot, why they are actually supporting this

family. the the last g.o.p. debate before the iowa caucus is tonight, i'm marley hall in des moines iowa and i'll tell you what one candidate will be doing instead of taking the stage. and a chance of the snow shower and big warm up on the way i'll have details in your extended forecast coming up stay with us.

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good morning, we all know parking is at a premium after a snowstorm but one community has no problem with the neighbor saving a spot with the cone. just a great story of neighbors really looking out for each other. we will show you message on the cone and also how it is leading to even more kind gestures, love that. luckily we will in the see any significant snowfall, lauren, you have been talking about a warm up, 50's next week. i know you will talk about it today but focusing on the 50's sound so nice. >> 50 degrees on tuesday, a a lot of our snow, 45 degrees yesterday, really just a couple snow piles left and over the next couple days they will be out of here. we have a chance of a snow shower maybe a flurry tomorrow. >> lets not get