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second chance. >> thank you. >> their story started in 2013 when heather's 7-month-old son lucas died suddenly. >> so outgoing he was a little ham. >> in her moment of grief heather made the decision to donate lucas's organs she friends what she thought. >> there is another family feel what i'm feeling and i have the chance to make them not go through what i'm good to go through. >> in arizona it's exactly what easter gonzalez was going through at the time. her 18-month-old daughter jordan was fighting for her life because of congenital heart defect after surgeries and seizures she need aid new heart to survive and that's exactly what she got. lucas's heart was a match.s but because the donation was made anonymously the families had not met. until this past friday. >> kiss on the cheek, here, please. >> the mom's found each other online and their bond was instant and then came a gift. >> have this for you. >> thank you. >> a teddy bear. >> that's my heartbeat. >> that played the beat of lucas's donated heart and heather got listen for herself. >> she would be so selfless to be able to think of another family while she's going through her grief. >> a family brought together by tragedy. >> it's so strong. >> but now bound by triumph. don champion. cbs3 eyewitness news. >> awe you can feel the
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mother's first grief but then their happiness and how they'll be united now forever because of that. >> and a brave decision when going through that personal tragedy 7-month-old baby to make that decision to save another life. >> i have a hard time believings the next half hour of eyewitness news a scam alert for you a grocery chain warping for shoppers also. >> a republican upset in iowa and the democratic race is a draw. i'm marley in des moines with the caucus results coming up. >> and it may be a dry day today but things are going to be changing in the long term as we track a large storm system headed this way. we'll have all the details for headed this way. we'll have all the details for you on it 7p >> also major developments in campaign 2016 after a neck and neck race hillary clinton declared victory in iowa and it's ton new hampshire after the first in the nation caucuss in iowa and for the democrats gr live in des moines with more on the outcome what it means on to new hampshire. good morning. . >> good morning, erika. hillary clinton's campaign says it was not a tie on the democratic side. the former secretary of state has declared herself the whip under a very tight race. the democratic contest in iowa remains unrelated with bernie sanders and hillary clinton in a draw. both addressed supporters as numbers were being counted. >> i will stand up for you. i will keep fighting for you. >> we are going to create an economy that works for working families, not just the billionaire class. >> virtual tie means both candidates will leave iowa with roughly same number of delegates and the results don't vote well for sanders. >> this is must-win night for bernie and he didn't turn.
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>> republican turnout in iowa shattered records as voters handed victory for ted cruz over donald trump. >> tonight is a victory for courageous conservative as cross iowa. we finished second and i want to tell you something. i'm just honored. i'm really honored. >> all eyes are on marco rubio who pulled away with third place finish last night trai trailing trump by 1%. >> the big target is on marco rubio's back. it won't be just cruz and trump and it will be bush, and christie and kasich. >> it now sthoyvrts new hampshire which holds first in nation prime areay next week. >> iowa caucuses mark end of road for two presidential candidates. mark o'maley and mike huckabee said they will suspend their presidential bid. >> clinton and sanders really
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close tie there. the method might surprise some viewers. >> that's right. it's a coin toss. it's a long-standing but rare practice used to break ties. it happens when a precinct is evenly split and they have odd number of delegates to reward. that happened in three precincts at least three in iowa and all three case as cor cording to reports, hillary clinton lucked out and won them all. erika. >> interesting to explain there. thank you, in des moines. >> our cover ramming of 2016 and iowa caucuses continues online and check out cbs philly.com for updated results and latest video from the campaign trails. >> there will be a change in the conald trump campaign after adele is letting it known she is not interested in american politics. ♪ . >> you've probably heard adele rolling into the deep playing
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at trump event. not anymore. the british singer spokesperson says she has not given permission for her music to be used. trump is big adele fan but perhaps the feeling not mutual. meanwhile, punxsutawney phil, going to make his annual prediction. >> so cute. >> according to our legend his fate is in his paws. if he sees his shadow six more weeks of winter. don't worry if he sees it he's right 39% of the time. >> not very high odds. >> i'm root are for him to see it because he's probably wrong. >> the result will be in around 7:30. it's so fun to see everybody jazzed out there with phil and counting down to 7:30. >> i'm in agreement with you too. it's an event to go camp out in punxsutawney and have nice, warm cocoa and perhaps peppered with other drinks of your chooseing. adult beverage. >> and hold phil.
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>> i think that's only special handlers. >> i would do everything i could to pet him. >> i bet they would let you hold him i bet they would. >> i would like to try. >> you should totally do that. that would be amazing. >> it is going to be a spring like today. >> yes the temperatures will reflect that. temperatures to hit 50 here today. more sunshine as well. it will end up being a nice day in the wake of a dreary day and rain rolls through yesterday. that's not long gone. we have proverbial calm before the storm and the next one is bigger hair we'll say than it's predecessor. let's show what you is up on storm scan. not a lot locally we have a storm to track and at this point any hypothetical of wet weather from yesterday is gone. you may have a couple puddles out there because of the fact we had melting take place yesterday that process of snow melt continues to go on. we have snow cover here. here's the next storm. currently out over central plains and in fact blizzard warnings fwheent effect in iowa
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for caucuses and that said that storm will be our next system and as it develops look at this, this will be a serious looking storm system. not just a lot of snow. notice it's off to the north ear here. also a line of severe weather through the dep south. by the time it reaches us it's primarily a rain producer through the midday tomorrow prompting flood watches through central sliver of delaware valley. for now it's calm and collecte collected. 38 the tell tour philly international and eventually shooting for upper 40s at the shore point with more sunshine in philadelphia and high expected to reach 50. so again it's above average. that will help that snow continue its thaw. meisha, over to you. >> breaking records all over the place. thanks, katie. good morning everyone, happy tuesday. >> happy you're here. >> blue route southbound mid country keeping eye on southbound direction look going still. you can see we have hauling bed right here pulled off to the median. not causing slow downs now but
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as we push to 6:00 hour and certainly to 7:00 hour if that doesn't move out of the way it could. things looking good right now on the blue route this is accident cleared schuylkill headlights moving in west direction towards spring garden. it is cleared out of the way and not causing slow downs. plenty of headlights and taillights on the schuylkill at this point. ben franklin good nice and quiet for those of you coming from new jersey. cherry hill, route 70 eastbound cuspboard avenue blocked until 3 p.m.. another point of construction reminder falls bridge is closed until friday, april 1. right now if this is just new news to you right now use the boulevard or city avenue bridge to maneuver around. that's in place until april 1. erika, back to you. >> meisha, thank you. 5:37 and business news this morning free snacks back where they belong. like that. and also new month taking it easy on wall street. joe wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange.
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i like the sound of both stories, jill, good morning. >> good morning, well calmer start to february. nasdaq up 6. if you googld most valuable dids you find google parent at the top of list alphabet worth $571 billion at end of trading yesterday more than $33 billion over apple. apple's iphone sales are slowing down. yahoo could be making drastic cuts. "wall street journal"reports the company is laying off 15% of workforce closing several business units. fate. ceo still unclear. she took over 2012 promising to grow the business and yahoo had a hard time competing with google and facebook. and airlines making record profits that means free snacks back. american will give coach passengers cookie orr's pretzels and uned serving waffles, carmel cookies, delta
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never stopped offering free snacks. >> it beats nothing. >> what is what you usually get in the air now. why not? >> better than water right something i'll take that. >> warm water. thanks, appreciate it. take care. >> a heads up for you if you shop at weing maps don't fall for latest online scam. you may have seen a facebook post claiming the grocery store is give ago way a free $200 coupon. unfortunately it's a hoax. don't click on the link or share or provide any personal information. now to a hot button issue that got hotter last night. temple university students and community members railroad fired up during a meeting about proposed stadium on campus. awe lot of shouting from students and residents during the meeting with the college's president. they say their opinion is not being heard. they're demanding board of trustees reject the $35,000 seat arena and there was mix of
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opinion some saying it's a good idea. >> i want to make sure that this is done in a way that is revenue neutral and doesn't increase tuition. >> i think as school itself i think we're on the rise. and i think this is the logical next step in what temple is trying to achieve. >> discussion was cut short after dozens of students were escorted out of the meeting and the president says he plans to meet with community members in the next few weeks. >> still ahead updating this morning's tom stories including key appearances for bill cosby and bizarre break in the up likely spot police has bee i inked this burglary suspect an he has a famous relative, too. >> and talk about overcoming ob steklees, now a boston marathon bombing survivor is on a mission to inspire others. her story coming up
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>> welcome back. attorneys for bill cosby will ask a montgomery country judge top throw out charges against the comedian today. former district attorney bruce castor could testify for the defense which claims cosby had a non prosecution deal with castor. >> and hillary clinton is claiming victory in iowa and though her opponent bernie sanders say it's rather a virtual tie in the democratic caucus. ted cruz beat donald trump who finished second. the shift is to new hampshire and their primary is one week away. >> null are you released video
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shows the moments before amtrak crash last may. ntsb released video and testimony from the train's engineer as part of preliminary report. >> the world health organization declares birth defects linked to zika virus a public health emergency. it paves the way for more money and coordinated global responsech the virus has been linked to babies with incomplete brain development. family physician rob danker will tell us more about the virus and what recautions we should take. thousands are training to run the boston marathon in april including a woman that left part of her leg in boston marathon bombing. paul burton reports she's not just running the race for herself. >> for boston marathon survivor adrian haslet each small step she takes is remadeer how far she's come and wants to inspire
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others to do the same. >> this is a way to give back not only to physically run the marathon but giant thank you to everybody and also to remember those who are sitting on the couch who don't have legs because of insurance coverage. >> adrian lost part of her left leg in boston marathon bombing and now three years later she will be the first survivor amputee to run the entire 26.2 miles. she's running help raise money for limbs for life organization that provides limbs for am pew peas that cannot afford it. >> this gives them the chance to dream big and run and dance and do whatever it is they want to do because you feel so hop hopeless and you don't have a leg. >> she's been a dancer most her life and never agreed of running boston morethon. she's not out for her own accomplishment she's running for those that can. >> you give hope and life to somebody. >> how proud will you be when you cross the finish line. >> it's hard to tell. >> extraordinarily proud for every amputee watching that is dreaming a big dream i'll be
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really proud. >> awe well done. >> search a great attitude. life when people do not let a setback hold them back and they continue to go. this is like we'll push forward and make something amazing out of it and look she has a big story to tell other people it becomes their mission. >> absolutely not just doing it for herself but for others who can't afford that instrument. >> that was paul burton repor reporting. katie with the forecast you never know it was february. >> no kidding. >> nice surgeon the thermometer in the days ahead. the roller coaster comes down that hill later in the week. it's classic with storms set up this way. but the next storm that comes our way, guys, is strictly rain producer and in the meantime we check in with eyewitness weather watchers and we've been talking about it all morning if you have temperature marginal freezing and it's freezing for fran now under a clear sky. you could end up with icing and that's what he's saying.
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black isa lert for him in chester county the driveway is slick in spots and a salt truck wept through. keep a close watch on car thermometer if you travel through the neighborhoods. that's where you may end up request coldest air. i'll show you a kick picture here. this came from phil weapon the last 15 minutes. temperatures marginal here. this is in and out chestnut hill section of philadelphia for phil. 30 on the thermometer i have to say if it looks wet it could have slikd over. just be careful out there and be smart about it and generally speaking guys temperatures in the mid 30s or into 20s it's colder depend on location and outlying suburbs had report of teens. so keep an eye on that. in the meantime here we go. record warmth all the way. we're shooting for 64 degrees tomorrow. 64 degrees. in february. not bad. i'll take it. that would actually be record setback in 2006 by two solid
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degrees. we'll see how we do. in the meantime warming up out of advance of the sky. this looks like a monster. this continues to develop and blossom with time as it rolls our way. coldest air off northeast we don't get in on that however we get in on heavy rain that prompt the flood watch to thursday time frame. we'll have soaking rain to contend with here. again through mid take towards evening tomorrow generally what it looks like foyer timing that may ebb and flow a bit so we'll keep you posted there. it's generally a wednesday event and we cool down as promised, meisha. >> so katie, you think the morning commute will be okay tomorrow morning hopefully. >> it will start to get hairy i would say. >> sound that way. >> okay. good. we have the heads up today. however this morning looking good. we look outside the schuylkill taillights in the eastbound direction conshohocken curve is looking good. i whim say everything we've been looking at has slowly about f been heating up.
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even 4:00 hour. it's a busy tuesday and busy monday it was yesterday. aramingo looking good and you see all the headlights and taillights looking good. literally in both directions heating up now. collegeville, 42 headlights in eastbound direction past 29 steady stream of vehicles there as well and construction in cherry hill route 70 eastbound at cuspboard boulevard. hopefully it won't disrupt your evening commute. make note it's out there. hockey plans flyers play can aid yaps 7 p.m. at the wells fargo center. go flyers, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. a violent robbery is caught on surveillance and philadelphia police need your help catching suspectsch the victim was leaving chinese takeout in logan when forced inside by three men. one of the suspects was armed with a knife. the suspects stabbed and punched the victim before taking off with watch and belt.
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the victim remains in critical condition. if you recognize these suspect suspects, you're asked to call police. >> a u.s. military veteran puts training to good use as he confront an armed robber near or land owe florida. the armed robber demand money and clerk has other idea here. clerk gets better of this figh fight. he disarm the robber and eventually chases him out the door. there's some evidence left behind and they're now after that suspect. >> a surprise for police officers responding to burglary in pittsburgh. an intruder that broke that a marketing company was a little lazy with crime. he found leftover pizza from the office party and helped hi himself h he was not immune to post pizza foot coma. >> he dumped stuff out and took pizza out and there's trails of pizza leading to back room he was sleeping look a baby on a pile of pillows. >> 26-year-old korey mc
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guinness former professional baseball player, has been charged with burglary. his uncle, by the way is actor tim allen. the police report says mc guinness had pizza sauce on his shoulder when they found him. still ahead this morning. will have at first sight. where a couple tide the knot second after seeing each other for the first time. >> a pennsylvania school girl project gets attention of police police and not in a good way it is actually a
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so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. ♪ sgv good morning campers, it's groundhog day. there's still no sich phil murry in punch tawny this morning. there's a crowd waiting for his rediction. we'll tell what you he thinks about the prediction of weather around 7:30 this morning. crowds are gathering. >> what start as a school project landed an 8-year-old girl face to face with the police chief of her town. she wrote a letter to the police department thanking the force for protecting her and the whole usa from bad people.
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the chief said he was floored when he read sabrina's heart felt letter. >> it means so much to us to see something like this and i think this let ser not just for our police department. it's for every police department out there. >> normally they don't get a thank you note every day from people that like they do stuff for. >> well said. the chief presented her with a pair of patches the department wears on uniforms there they are. look at her smile. she's now thinking about a career in law enforcement and a kid that writes a thank you note to begin with well done sabrina. >> two people who met over instagram get insta married moments after they meet for the first time ever. erika harris met artery van over social media you may say love at first click but they lived on opposite side of country he bought a one way
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ticket and two he lopd minute after he landd you don't drag your feet with real love you leap like there's no tomorrow. >> don't listen to thoughts and to your head follow your heart and soul. that's what they did there. the couple wants their story to give others hope and they say fairy tails can happen to anyone and apparently can happen on instagram. there you go. and met for the first time at airport. big hug and oh, there's a smooth. oh, yeah first kiss to married in 30 seconds. >> it can happenen but that's risky it's not something i would tell my daughters do ever, ever. >> if you're listening mama bear said no. >> there's a finger again i do not think it's a great idea. it can happen. >> good luck to them though. >> percentages are small. >> if you're happy we're happy. >> test the waters first. >> you're not buying. >> no. >> coming up in the next hour of eyewitness news we'll talk about this, this morning it's a
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