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, severe

weather, is responsible for he severe weather off to the deep south south but we might see rumble of thunder otherwise it the is a rain producer and when it does move in it will soak us. you can see one particular pocket moving in southern most chester county a and lancaster county we are soak in that small little section of the county there but rest of us are still dry. however flood watch takes effect at noon time today for central sliver of our region. much more people will be getting in on this threat throughout the course of the day here and thinks sort of the just a short lived, what you need to know about this with the melting snow and heavy rain poor drainage flooding will take effect here so rising streams, rivers. i don't think we are talking about major flooding but there could be flash flooding and there will be ponding on roads and leading to minor flooding. fur roads flood out, it will happen here today with this scenario. in short, never, ever, drive through a flooded roadway. we harp on that all the time and with good reason. meanwhile the temperatures as they stand now they are not

bad. mount pocono at 34 degrees. the that is coldest spot on the pack at least initially here. we are in the upper 30's at worst even throughout lining suburbs surrounding philadelphia black ice should not be a a major concern but the the the trade off here is, that you'll have to deal with heavy rain. umbrellas required on a day like this but it will feel like a spring storm system. mid 60's by height of the afternoon. >> mid 60's rain or not that just makes me so happy, good morning, everyone, happy wednesday, 64 degrees. i can't believe it. so great. ninety-five south at girard, plenty of headlights as we break in the the 5:00 o'clock hour. we will see that increase as morning goes on. ben franklin bridge, quick look, lights on from new jersey looking really good. just a beautiful shot of the ben franklin bridge. roadways dry. nice and quiet. tacony palmyra bridge scheduled to open up at 5:10. forty-two northbound past 681 left lane block until 5:00 a a.m. another point of construction route one northbound, the left

lane will be blocked there until 5:00 a.m. dart route 17 is detoured until friday make note for those taking mass transit, erika, back over to you. we should know later today whether a judge will throw out sexual assault charges against bill cosbyment his lawyers questioned a former montgomery county d.a. about an unwritten promise of immunity from prosecution. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at the the county courthouse in norristown where we are watching what a judge has to say accounts good morning. within hours we should know if the criminal case begins bill cosby will move ahead or if it will be thrown out. important yesterday, we did learn this all centers around a verbal deal made between prosecutors and cosby's defense team. now that deal is at issue. the lets go to video from yesterday, flanged by security at his side, cosby's court a appearance was followed by mob of media and onlookers but focus was on someone else in court. for some six hours former montco d.a. bruce castor was

on the witness stand for some six hours, going through a so-called verbal deal he made with cosby's former defense team in 2005. 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 her civil suit. current d.a. kevin steel argues with no record of that deal, it cannot be said to be binding despite castor's promises. last summer a federal judge unsealed portions of that deposition in which cosby details giving woman drugs for sexual encounters. the 78 year-old's account revamped the montco investigation in the constand case, and in view of the cosby's current criminal charges. former temple university staffer andrea constand a accuses cosby of drugging and sexually her home in cheltenham in 2004. they settled out of the court. constand may have had a weaken case citing her contact with cosby within the year and

reaching out to a civil attorney before police. here in norristown, however, locals are getting used to hosting such a high profile case. >> i think there is a lot of strong feelings about this case. i think i expect that this would happen and that was kind of expect for most people, living in norristown. >> reporter: lots of interest in this case outside and inside, however, inside, that question will be revisited. will castor's verbal agreement with cosby's former defense team be bind nothing this case? that will be up for a judge to decide. cosby facing charges of aggravated indecent a assault which carries a ten year prison sentence as well and a $25,000 fine. erika, back over to you. >> justin, thanks for the update. cosby meanwhile appears to have one fewer civil case to worry about. chloe goining dropped the federal lawsuit which accused

the comedian of drugging and sexually assaulting her at the the playboy mansion in 2008. she gave month reason. the last month prosecutors decided not to file criminal charges after details could not be verified. her attorney did not return an e-mail, seeking comment. cosby, however still faces a handful of other civil lawsuit. stay with "eyewitness news" as the companies bye hearing enters its second day, we will keep you up to dayton air and on line at cbs philly.com. police need help tracking down a hit and run driver in south philadelphia. the innocent victim a mother and her two young children. surveillance video captures the frightening moments here you can watch as woman and her children are crossing the street when a red honda accord hits them and then just keeps on going. this happened, yesterday afternoon at broad and dickinson in the point breeze neighborhood. eyewitnesses jumped into help. >> coming down the street and heard boom. when i heard boom i seen the woman. the little girl was on the

hood. >> the the mother is in critical condition, we're told one child suffered a broken leg, and the other scrapes, bruces. police say that the honda should have some front end damage, and a side mirror was left at the scene. the car would be miss ago this as well. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao will be live in 30 minutes are the latest on the investigation. a dangerous situation for philadelphia police officers when a man points a gun at them in west philadelphia. this happened yesterday, near 56th and arch streets. investigators say officers chase that had suspect and even fired a shot at him. they eventually caught him and took him into custody. police were called to the scene for reports of a person with the gun. powerful weather in the the nation's midsection this morning, and all of this damage caused by what is believed to be a strong tornado that swept through parts of the alabama. as cbs the news correspondent don champion shows you there is a major snowstorm stretching from colorado to business conn sin.

>> reporter: moments in the overnight hours people in parts of the south cleared and assessed the damage after a line of severe weather plowed through. amateur video shows one of at least nine tornadoes reported in mississippi anal bam a. >> in aliceville alabama this man rode out the storm in the closet. at cross his town a tornado tore apart mobile homes and knocked down power. not far away in lauderdale county, mississippi another tornado threw debris around. mike dairy and his neighbors are thankful it was not worse. >> the fact is we only lost material things. it makes you feel real blessed there is nothing here that can't be replaced. >> reporter: just outside the state's capitol heavy downpours caused extensive, flooding and eight people caught off guard had to be rescued. >> it was best part of it, i mean using him was like seeing daylight. >> reporter: to the north and stretching in the rockies the same storm system dumped ape

foot of snow in wisconsin nebraska, and colorado. the snowfall was so intense, blizzard conditions stranded some drivers, and shut down major interstates. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still ahead this morning, it is a first for president obama, we will let you know about the historic visit he is make to go day. also is donald trump having second thoughts? mistakes the the one time front runner thinks he made in iowa. also it the is new york or bust that man is hitchhiking his way across the country and he just stopped in philadelphia. hear what inspired him to take that strip. ♪ and chris martin can do much more than just sing see the cold play front man's hilarious impression of another musician, that is coming up, when he is in car

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obama makes his first ever trip to the muslim house of worship in the u.s. when he visits a months income suburban, baltimore. the president will hold a round table discussion was leaders of the islamic society in baltimore. president's visit comes as public sentiment against muslims seems to be growing by fears of terrorist acts by extremist groups. 5:13. focus on campaign 2016 now shift to go new hampshire. the the two democratic candidates will a attend a town hall meeting that will air tonight on cnn. the first in the nation primary now less than a week away. this is a as we gentleman jiang reports the candidates are doing their best to win over undecided voters. >> reporter: donald trump took to the campaign trail in new hampshire tuesday rushing off his second place standing in iowa and down playing marco rubio's third place finish. >> he comes in third he comes in second. trump, no good, rubio, unbelievable night. unbelievable victory.

unbelievable. >> rubio out performed expectations in the hawk eye state finishing one percentage point behind trump the new hampshire favorite. >> we have to convince more people that conservism is the the right approach for america. i have done that. i will do that. >> reporter: the florida senator is positioning himself as alternative to trump and first place iowa finisher ted cruz. with the first in the nation primary here in new hampshire less than a week away candidates on both sides are flooding the state in an effort to sway voters. while some have already made up their mind. >> everything that ted cruz believes in, he acts on, he believes in the best things for america. >> reporter: others remain undecided. >> i am going to be going to go to a a lot of town halls and looking at candidates, face-to-face, talk to them, face-to-face. >> reporter: after beating bernie sanders in iowa by a razor thin margin hillary clinton has come to the granite state as the under

dog, trailing sanders by 18 points. >> i hope you will choose with both your heart ape your mind. >> we're going to go to state after state after state after state. >> reporter: both candidates could face each other in the possible debate here tomorrow. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". 5:15. some folks may see rain this morning but we're all getting it this afternoon. >> pretty much. it will come through as a solid line. i would say some spots that you got a a long time of a dry weather opportunity, to enjoy here before the rain gets here and others it is already starting. it depend where you are what you'll fine. we will take you on a tour. >> let's take that tour, katie. >> we will make it a minute and 45 seconds, how does that sound. so storm scan three, on a regional zoom heavy pocket of rain falling across lancaster and chester counties, even it is clipping new castle as well but this is a beginning of the yet to come.

we will zoom things out more yeah, you have a pretty menacing system here but thankfully we will get a big nuisance out of this more than anything i would say. as long as you are smart about it, this is not a major concern for us but a flood watch will go into effect for our area because we have very warm air and straight up rain, and then also a lot of snow melt that will continue to go on. that exacerbates the flood threat and a flood watch takes effect at noon time today. for now all is calm and collect for most of us, save for those spots just a second ago. this is your feature weather forecast bringing in the the showers information the typical end of the morning rush for many of but new jersey and southern delaware may not see a drop until at least toward the the afternoon and then this will solid line comes through. you whim find the heavier rain there. it may be more of a burst crossing through but when it pound down it comes in time for evening rush. timing is less than idea there. then shore towns get soak later today. we will start to clear things out regional wide.

as we look at these temperatures and how that play ace role if you you were with us yesterday at this same time you will recall we were close to freezing or just under it in spots. we will since climb on the thermometer in most of these spots by five, ten, 15 degrees. that means when you put it on a thermometer we will be well above freezing here in most locations. i don't think black isis a concern today, we will see these wind pick up as well so frost, likely not a concern at all, and in the meantime we are shooting for a record high of 64 degrees. the it comes with the price of the soaking rain as well but by tomorrow, even despite the fact that it is a cooler day that is still above average 567892 degrees with skies clearing for some sunshine, meisha, over to you. >> 64 degrees gives me spring fever. it will be so warm, even though we are going to get rain there is always that trade off. good morning. happy wednesday to you. this is a look at a the tacony palmyra bridge. it is bank down and all good for traffic. it is back down, cars are going through nice and that is exactly what we will see as we progress through the

59:00 o'clock hour. we are seeing volume levels building slightly. when i look around as blue route, southbound at mid county it is looking good as well. let me show thaw if i can. let me get that line out of here. it doesn't look like it will budge. well, blue route southbound at mid county is looking good. 422 taillights moving in the eastbound direction. it is another area i have had my eye on all morning long. looking good there. looking at the blue route, look at this, all of this snow should be melted. it is not melted, it is still there. i can assure you after 64 degrees today that will probably be melted. we have construction route one north bound past route 681 and that left lane is still block, erika, back over to you. imagine traveling the country without any money, a german man is doing just that relying totally on the help of strangers. he is getting ready to wrap up his trip today. john mcdevitt from kyw news radio caught up with him as he passed through philadelphia. >> reporter: day 31 on his

hitchhiking adventure and paul jonas of cologne, germany is on track by making his way here to the city of brotherly love, he he started a off in vancouver where he was studying a and made his way west to san francisco and across the u.s. he is heading to new york city. >> very first day i learned to trust people, i was sleeping at a place i was than the sure if i could trust the people where i left my belongings. if i pull this trip off i need to trust people. so i trusted them. >> reporter: paul said it could be done at the no expense to him but by generosity of others. >> no money at all, not even for food. i cannot take money. only food. >> reporter: paul's hitchhiking trip is going on without a hitch unlike another high pre file rich hike shore made his way through olde city last summer. you may remember hitchbot the the robot whose journey around the world abruptly ended in olde city when vandals destroyed him. >> here we are, scene of the crime. how do you feel. >> kind of sad, we all share the same story. we came from canada a hitchbot

is from germany. i'm from germany. this is human. >> reporter: this human plans to end his trip in new york city where he already has a place to stay a yacht along the hudson river. john mcdevitt for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". not a bad way to end his journey going from hitchhiking to i'll stay on a yacht. >> yes. >> i'm the the new hitchbot. well, you are not made of tin. you are in the flesh. >> better end than hitchbot. >> a absolutely. >> 5:20. a mom found a new use for breast milk. she turned tonight to treasures for mothers with new loved ones. also... >> ♪ >> this is a sneak peopling at cold play's super bowl half time show, see the hilarious trip when chris martin hitched

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wood will auction them off at about half the price. >> the consumers assume when they returned it, it is put back on the shelf at the the store which isn't the case. >> reporter: his business has just 1,000 percent in the past four years and on line shopping is a big reason why. americans returned $260 billion worth of items in 2015. tobin moore, ceo of otoreo.com helps stores process those returns. he says restocking items can be expensive for retailers. >> so often retailers liquidate them for pennies on the dollar or in some cases throwing them away in landfills because it is more cost effective. >> reporter: items end up at discount retailers and they are sold on line. >> this is what i'm looking for. >> reporter: dave came to shore wood's showroom and found a toy truck for his grandson, at a deep discount. >> what is wrong for one is right for somebody else. >> reporter: a returned item rebought. >> it looks brand new.

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your conscious will bother you have day. you almost killed three people. you almost took three lives. >> run down, in the crosswalks, hit and run driver takes off after slamming into a mother and her two young children. police have been busy looking for that driver since that crash yesterday afternoon, we are live with the clues that police have about that car. first though we could see record high temperature today but bigger weather story is what you are looking at right there all that rain heading our way on storm scan three and that is leading to serious flooding fears as well. morning commute should be okay. it is one of the real estate type situations, location, location, location. >> you might