good morning, it is the decision day in montgomery county where in just a few hours a judge will rule on whether or not bill cosby will face section a saul charges and we are live with the details. also surveillance video shows moment of the impact and this is terrible, this hit and run driver heartlessly plows in the the mother a a inn her two young children and keeps going. police have been searching all night long for that suspect and we will have the latest. live look right now at the center city where rain will make for a wet wednesday but that is not all, katie says we could reach record warmth with the good comes the bad. it is wednesday, february 3rd i'm erika von tiehl. katie and meisha are joining us. you can wet rain will be causing travel issues on the

road but it will be warm. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> good morning, happy wednesday. that is the big question will that rainy affect our morning commuters. >> i think it might. we are seeing moisture already moving in but it looks like p.m. drive gets up into the the most impact out of this particular storm simply because timing isn't really on our side in the morning. we will just start to see beginning is here on storm scan with this system moving in but it is a huge storm, and it brings with it a a lot of juice. we will see a lot of rain, no snow or ice. the these temperatures are entirely too warm for anything but plane on rolled but we could end up with a rumble of thunder along the way. a at the moment as we tour around our area cameras we will look at sky cam three here in from station headquarters the the cloud are starting to build in. they are in the dropping low. you will not have any major visibility issues and with that said temperatures as you can see in the lower right-hand corner of the screen is pretty mile. they are in the low to mid

40's. that means you won't to have deal necessarily with the kind of issues we had yesterday, in the way of black ice. the just in the cold enough for that. outside we will go to ocean city next and on the boardwalk looking not so slick either. you actually see most of your snowfall melt away at the this point in a a lot of locations and here in ocean city that is the the the story. over we will go to bethlehem and taking a live look shot from hotel bethlehem and all is very calm, quiet right now. that will be changing with time, however as that storm system we just showed you starts to move n another look at the the city, temperature as we cross over delaware from palmyra cove nature park at 39 . the up in this remote area it is still to warm for anything to freeze back over, that had a chance to melt from yesterday and at this point we are starting to see a good bit of the snow pack go away. the so, along with the snow melt comes the heavy rain. we have flood issues as a result of that later today and we will talk about that as the the show goes on, meisha, back over to you.

>> it is not going to freeze. just don't let it turn into black icement good morning. happy hump day, it is wednesday. we are plowing through this weekment things are looking darn good on the roadways in the 4:00 he clock hour. nice and quiet. this is a i look the at the schuylkill taillights moving in the eastbound direction. a area that does heat up in the 6:00 o'clock hour. right now things quiet. forty-two freeway north bound at creek road plenty of headlights. it looks like this in the 4:00 h in the 5:00 o'clock hour. boulevard headlights moving in the the southbound direction a approaching the schuylkill looking good here. just a few early travelers out there. we have construction still route one north bound past route 252 that right lane is block right now and also, route 42 northbound past 681 that will be block until will 5:00 a.m. and i will let you know he when that lifts. the just a reminder patco running a special daytime schedule running through friday. so for those taking mass transit just make note of that, erika, back over to you.

bill cosby and his defense teams are heading back to court this morning. they hope the the judge will drop sexual assault charges against the philadelphia born comedian. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at montgomery county courthouse where that judge is supposed to make a decision later today, big day, good morning. >> reporter: that is right that judge is set to decide if this case begins cosby can move forward or not. now site ago this verballal deal, cosby's defense teams says this case should be thrown out. however, the prosecution a say that deal has no weight. lets go to video to cosby a arriving to court yesterday with a assistant at his site with the clammer of media and onlookers tuesday. inside four montgomery county d.a. bruce castor was on the witness stand for some six hours explaining a so-called verbal deal he made with cosby's former defense team in 2005. now castor says in exchange for cosby's deposition testimony, in the andrea constand civil suit castor would not press charge's

allowing constand to proceed with that civil suit. last summer a federal judge unvealed portions of that deposition in which cosby details giving woman drugs for sexual encounters. that revamped the montco investigation in the the constand case and cosby's criminal charges were file. now former temple university staffer andrea constand accused cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her and at his cheltenham home in 2004. they did settle out of court. castor revealed did he not think constand could make a strong case. having made cast in that year between the a counter and alerting authorities and that constand reached out to the civil lawyer before police. looking live at this norristown courtroom that again, will be filled with press and onlookers outside, castor is expected again to retake the the stand and cots bye again, faces charges of aggravated indecent assault which carries a a ten year prison sentence and also a

$25,000 fine. we will be here throughout the morning as this case develops and bring you update on line and on air. erika, back over to you. justin, thanks for that update. stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay up to date on the cosby hearing. we will have latest on tv and on line at cbs philly.com. philadelphia a police, are looking for a female driver who plowed through a red light hitting a mother a and two children and then just kept going. the this happened in the point breeze neighborhood. surveillance video shows the the impact and people running to help. the 309 year-old mother was crossing dickinson street at broad street yesterday afternoon when she was hit by an older model red honda accord. eyewitnesses hope the driver turns themselves into police. >> your conscious will bother you have day. you almost kill three people. you almost took three lives. >> mother is being treated forehead injuries, those children are being treated at st. christopher's hospital for children. police say the honda a should have damage, a side mirror was left at the scene.

anyone with information is asked to contact police. happening today, a preliminary hearing for david roam owes accused of killing and robbing brian kelly last thanksgiving. the the 21 year-old was found shot in the chest in the 3500 block offal machine street in port richmond. police say ramos confessed to that crime. cnn is hosting a town hall meeting in new hampshire tonight with democratic hopefuls hillary clinton and bernie sanders taking part. the last night clinton rallied supporters in hampton. it took iowa party officials until yesterday afternoon to declare her the win's begins sanders by a raise on thin margin. meanwhile, republican ted cruz, greeted supporters in wyndham, and he is looking for a second win. polls show sanders and donald trump lead nothing new hampshire. they will hold their primary next tuesday. president obama is scheduled to meet the with the islamic society of baltimore today. trip will include his first visit to an american mosque as president. the president will meet with community members for a round table discussion before

delivering remarks on the importance of religious freedom to our way of life. there is some new information this morning about the zika virus it can spread sexually. texas health officials confirmed their first case of zika being spread through sexual contact case involves a patient who had sex with someone who caught the virus in venezuela. >> human services has received information of the zika case associated with a acquiring locally. zika can be spread by mosquitoes. we have received i had spread through sexual activity. >> mosquito born virus linked to birth defects is spread rapidly across latin america. world health organization estimates up to 4 million people across the americas will be infected with zika in the next year. the the water crisis in flint, michigan is getting the a attention of capitol hill. house oversight committee plans to question state and local officials about the cities lead contaminated

water. it was contaminated when state switched the source, to save money. later today michigan governor rick snyder is expect to propose that the state provide 30 million-dollar to help flint residents pay their water bills. health officials say they are recovering the remains of the some of the 12 remains kill in the helicopter crash off of hawaii last month. about 80 military personnel and specialized salvage ship are scouring the pacific ocean for wreckage. two shoppers collided overnight on january 14th. among the victims captain brian kennedy from malvern, chester county. still ahead this morning, lady gaga hoping to hear applause at the super bowl. we will tell you what she's scheduled to perform this sunday. then a hydro plane loses propeller mid flight. see the the emergency water landing caught on camera. a live look outside cbs-3 where it will be a soggy start tour day, showers are moving in but it is really this afternoon's rush where we could see that heavy rain. katie has your forecast when

we come back, good morning.

a high tro plane makes a dramatic landing grade to go safety without front propeller and landing gear. it was all caught on camera too. keep watching here. this is the scene in honolulu yesterday. there is the landing for you. we are told the 68 year-old pilot was the only one on board and was not the hurt. emergency crew where is quick to respond, rescuing that man, as soon as he landed. residents are cleaning up in the the south after tornado touches down this one caught on camera in aliceville alabama. officials say it the first touched down in mississippi before crossing in the state. a tornado watch in that area has just expired. there were reports of minor injuries including two people, briefly trapped inside of their homes. and i want to show you damage left behind here in some areas. you can see peoples belongings scattered all about. it looks like something you might the see normally in

spring storm, but not something in february. that same storm system is responsible for blizzard conditions, in minnesota. and in kansas the the snow is so bad these trucks are stuck on the interstate. emergency officials in the the town of heyes, say that they have never seen anything like this the city is running buses to get drivers off the road and into hotels to get warm but interstate 70 is shut down until at least 8:00 o'clock this morning. so many of those truckers spent the night the in their cabs and you hope they planned and brought blankets just in case because it is just freezing out there and being stuck in the cab overnight. >> that is you really feel for them. >> will that system affect to us day. >> yes, very same system. you sometimes see these kind of storms where you have such cold air the on the northern fringe and just warm on the southern fringe you get severe weather, soaking, flooding rain and blizzard conditions to boot. that is exactly what this storm is bringing witt. but for us i would say more of a glancing blow. we will be dealing with our

fair share of a big old headache out of this storm system today but it will not be anything near we showed you picture of. we might see flooding. the lets go to storm scan three, forgive us with a blip on the radar, just a little bit of the data loss but you can see how the rain is starting to advance and especially through western and central pennsylvania we are seeing it over spread the region. snow though way off to our north. you'd to have drive a come hours to get close to get temperatures for the the snowment even upstate new york seeing straight up rain out of this buff we might see thunder along the way. at the moment things are starting to get underway in the western most suburbs, mainly just outside of our viewing area where you'll fine the rain actually falling to the ground and becoming a nuisance. flood watch taking effect this afternoon, they will last through tomorrow afternoon and they will basically coming up to the central viewing area here. further north you will be dealing with the rain as well but don't have flood watch, through southern most new jersey or delaware.

here's just a good checklist of what we will find out there today. times of heavy rain, steady and most widespread coverage comes this afternoon toward evening. the that is why i say p.m. commuters will end up with the brunt of this. record temperatures though in the meantime, that is going to go lead to snow melt, whatever is left, so street flooding and pond ago this combination of all of these things is leaving us to keep a close watch on streams, riverbed and never want to drive through any flooded waters. if you see ponding on the road, void it. just avoid it. the that is bottom line. 43 degrees at the the a airport. not a bad start. even well above freezing in mount pocono. i don't think it is as much of a concern today. meantime it is a warm day. 64 degrees. that will break the record last set in 2006 but temperatures do take a hit by tomorrow, but technically 52 degrees, still above is 11 degrees above the average. we will take it, erika. >> absolutely. >> time for super bowl 50. it is fast approaching. the the biggest football game of the year thinks sunday in

california just four days and change to go and unless you forget the game is right here on cbs-3. two very different quarterbacks will be playing for apartmenters and broncos when the game kicks off in the evening. the panthers quarterback and mvp favorite cam newton is known for his bold stool in both fashion and football. he is also playing in his first super bowl. on the other side payton manning of the denver broncos plays a more traditional style of quarterback, manning is in his fourth super bowl and he is won one of those. the both players say they respect each other. >> he is just off to a incredible start to his young nfl career. >> a lot of things that payton has done is doing, that i wish i could mimic but i can't do it like payton. >> and in case you are wondering manning says newton should be named the nfl mvp this season. everyone is pumped for the super bowl including

seamstresses. rebecca has a lot of goats on our town in colorado and she's expecting 150 baby goats. so rebecca has made everyone their own denver broncos sweaterment goats will be able be stylish, warm, supporting their local team. way to go. we now know who will perform the national anthem at the super bowl, and it will be lady gaga. we will see the star's performance live on cb have the three before the the carolina panthers and denver broncos kick off. lady gaga will be joined by marley math the lynn who will be signing the national anthem. lady gaga is also quite business i she's performing a david bowie tribute at next week grammys and booked at the oscars too quite a packed schedule. sports director don bell is in california, check in tonight at 11:00 for first of don's reports on "eyewitness news". the game kicks off at 6:30 on sunday right here on cbs-3. all right. still ahead this morning, the the asian markets are taking a dive this morning, we will

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visit... sex assault charges against bill cosby should be thrown out. former montgomery county d.a. bruce castor took the stand tuesday and testified that there was not enough evidence to prosecute cosby a decade ago. also police are looking for the driver of the red older model honda accord after a hit and run injuries two children and their mother. this happened on dickinson street in point breeze yesterday. surveillance video right there captured the car going through the red light hitting that family as they were crossing the street. and a new worry about the zika virus, health officials in dallas are investigating what could be the the first case in the u.s. of the patient contracting the virus through sex. the patient was infected after having sex with the person who returned from venezuela where zika is present. right now it his 50:00. time for a check of your

business news. jill wagner has joined us from wall street. a rough day on wall street. what is happening. >> reporter: asian markets, took a dive this morning, following wall street's lead, yesterday. the sell off yesterday was sparked once again by falling oil prices. this time exxon mobile and bp, both said that their profits at the end of last year plunged, and that, of course, proves even the biggest oil companies are not immune to the falling oil prices. >> erika. >> we know super bowl sunday is coming up soon. big day for food, pizza and wings but now taco bellies trying to get a piece of the action, what are they doing? >> reporter: all right. the mystery meat is on the menu a the attack owe bell. fast food chain will be unveiling a meat mash up in a super bowl ad on sunday and even nba player james harden is in the commercial and does in the know what it is, allegedly. the mystery meat is available for preorder right now, taco

bell will only say it is a blend of two different food. they are calling it their biggest creation, yet. i don't know if i'm a fan of mystery meat i want to know what i'm eating but taco bell says they will not be disappointed. >> mystery meat does not appealing in middle school cafeteria i don't think they think it will work now as grown ups. >> we will see. >> thank you. two south jersey high schools come together to make beautiful music. >> ♪ >> lovely voices. "eyewitness news" at trinity presbyterian church in cherry hill last night, vocal groups from cherry hill east and west high schools took part in the concert and that is 143 young people. shades on too getting cool there. portion of the the proceeds go to the school's music program. we will be right back.

well, good morning, everyone. we are watching a storm system making its advance over my shoulder. the rain is starting to move into at least central, pennsylvania and now at this point southwest most chester county and lancaster counties as well. depending on your location you might be seeing rain drops and this is where i'm calling on our eyewitness weather watcher network to submit your reports. we'd love to hear what you are finding out in your neighborhood here. this is a ducey, this thing extend down in the gulf of mexico off in the canada, so it is a punch for millions of people, frankly for us it is a glancing blow. the granted significant rain amounts expect. we expect a half inch up to about an inch but most current model expectations pegging this to pick up more than an inch. we will see how we will do. heavy rain the story, flood watch take effect this afternoon and central sliver of the area and 54 degrees --

64 degrees, meisha, a record. >> sixty-four but we will get rain. it is always that toss up. good morning, everyone. we will just to have deal witt. the right now road are looking nice and dry. hopefully you can hang on for better part of the rush. ninety-five south looking good with headlights out there already this morning and early on moving toward 5:00 o'clock. ben franklin bridge, in new jersey moving westbound looking good. tacony palmyra bridge is expected to open up at 5:10ment back over to you. coming up on "eyewitness news" in the next hour we are live with the search for driver who ran down a mother and her two children. also, how does this for some unique jewelry, wait until you see what a woman uses to make one of the kind charms. ♪ >> and it is a super road trip when chris martin hitches a ride to the super bowl.

good morning. if you are outside right new look at storm scan three though. get ready for a wet wednesday. rain is coming to our area later today and we will be under a flood watch in a few hours. katie has details. that same storm already spark tornadoes and turra apart neighborhoods down south. taking a look at the damage right here left behind by that severe weather tracking the rain. it is back to court for bill cosby, key decision we are waiting to hear from the judge later on. and, just a heartless crime here a driver speeds away after running down a mother and her two young children right in the middle of the road. we are live with the clues, police have about that car and

driver they are still looking for this morning. good morning, it is wednesday, february 3rd i'm erika von tiehl. as you said your morning commute should be nice and dry but that ride home different story. lets check with katie, meisha keeping an eye on things. we like dry roads right now. >> good morning. >> i'm partial to our morning commuters. i'm always happy to hear this. >> as you should be. >> yes, right. so anyway, good morning everyone. katie, that is the the word. is it going to be dry all morning long. >> i don't think that everyone will get in on that completely dry, morning drive but it is absolutely better of the two commutes. we are only seeing beginning of the storm system advancing and by the the time we see heavier rain move in we're in flood watch and we will be dealing with the flood watch. so flood watch go into effect but also in tandem with that heavy rain. it will make it that much worse and exacerbate the issue. looking back in time. forgive us here a little bit of lost data, heavy rain moving our way,e