darkness falls we're on paoli pike down from route 202. most of the road with the temperature above freezing, everything is moving well. road surface is wet the but it will take you longer time to get where you are going even though most of the day was, pretty much, very light snow, in this area. as flakes, fell intermittently throughout the day, instead of roaring wind, there was the sound of resident, breathing sighs of relief, after worrying that they might get slammed by yet another major snowstorm. >> luckily it didn't really stick, so you know, you are all knotted up thinking my god. >> not like two weeks ago. that was bad. >> reporter: huge piles of snow still melting from the race winter blast got only a thin coating of white, from this one. >> i would much rather have it like this. yeah. and bet their we don't have the snow. >> reporter: road surfaces throughout chester county mostly just wet with no major accident, mass transit or travel problems, reported.

>> just a few flakes. >> reporter: not much. >> not much, i'm from atlanta this is what we get in at the plant a. >> reporter: hope maybe this glancing blow from mother nature signals that winter might be heading for the exits, early. >> i hope the groundhog was right, he said it will be an early spring. i'm in his corn are. >> reporter: we're all in his corner look at our partially construct snow man here. the that is an indication that the flakes that are falling are very heavy, and very wet, and again, the good news, as we look back over here, at paoli pike, and like most arteries. and so far however, temperatures are falling, and we're on the border of freezing. we're live from west goshen i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". some parts remain under a winter storm warning right

now. meteorologist kate bilo is here with more on what you can expect tonight, kate. >> ukee, this storm is behaving much like we anticipated, it has always been a disorganized system and, the snow showers have been, scattered through the course of today. we have had breaks in the action, steady of the snow, actually, coming down right now as we told you the evening would be the focus of the heavier snow but we have milder air working in. that means for much of the delaware and south injuries think has been more rain then snow. you can see it is starting to change over a little bit and may get snow across south jersey and delaware but winter weather advisory has been canceled for this area the further are north we have these steady band, starting to set upright now, you can see the dark purple shading here lining up over portions of montgomery county, northern chester county and heading in the city of philadelphia. that as walt mentioned could lead to those big fat flakes coming down could lead to low visibility on the road, even though temperatures generally warm enough pavement temperatures that the road should stay generally wet through the next several hours.

recapping snow amounts we had 3 inches, 2.9 in chester county. 1.2 in hockessin delaware. the pennsville an inch, and, .4 at the airport and that number may climb a bit what to expect on the road? snow at times this evening, as walt mentioned not a great evening to be out and b mainly low visibility, and, and, they will develop. snow showers and slick spots overnight, and, and, we don't have any school delays, and, and, secondary or untreated surfaces tomorrow, and, and we will have more coming up. ukee, back over to you. tracking snow and your forecast anytime down load free cbs philly weather app on itunes and google will play. "eyewitness news" attains more video of the nightclub brawl that police say involved former eagle lesean mccoy. he's under investigation after authorities say two philadelphia police officers were assaulted in the mala.

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in olde city with the the new video and latest on that investigation, greg. >> reporter: jessica, we can tell you the the entire investigation, entire case, everything is in the hand of the district attorney's office right now. they are reviewing it and they are charging unit will deciding whether or not to issue arrest warrants new cell phone video shows the the all out brawl apparently involving two off-duty philadelphia cops and former eagles running back running back lesean shady mccoy. and right now central detectives say that they have handed the case over to the district attorney's office whose decision it is whether or not to charge the nfl star with aggravated assault. >> this wasn't just a regular pushing, shoving match. this was an all out brawl. >> reporter: according to incident reports and police sources the fight began around 2:45 sunday morning at the recess lounge in olde city. lesean mccoy and three friend began arguing with the off-duty cops over a bottle of

champagne. when one of the officers fell to the ground. police reports say mccoy and his three friend then punched, kicked and hit that officer. another off-duty cop there was also injured in the the mala. >> i believe that they are both out, both home recovering, serious injuries, not scratches and contusions, talking broken bones, broken eye socket, possible broken jaw, fractured skull. >> reporter: tuesday we have learned mccoy main retained jack mcmahon who said his client has nod been interviewed by police and no charges have been file. >> we're looking forward to seeing the outcome of the investigation to see where it lead and hopefully it will lead to the arrest of these four guys. >> reporter: as for a time line on possible charges, the d.a.'s office say they do not have one but if an arrest warrant is to be issued for mccoy and his three friend they could possibly come down, tomorrow morning. we're live here in olde city, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you.

"eyewitness news" has just learned a woman in delaware and two pennsylvania residents, have the zika virus. delaware and pennsylvania divisions of public health are expect to provide more information at press conferences, later today and also, tomorrow. the mosquito born illness is generally mild but it can cause birth defects when an insect is pregnant women. we will have more on the confirmed cases in our area coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. campaign 016, takes to us new hampshire for primary day, people in the granite state of been lining up all day to cast their votes for president. "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon joins us from manchester where cold could not put a chill on the turnout, rahel, good evening. >> reporter: hi there, ukee, good evening from new hampshire. less than two hours until polls close and take a look behind me where we're starting to see the lines stretch outside of this polling

location, and as folks here in new hampshire leave work at four or 5:00 we are expect to go see a lot more of that as folks try to get their vote in. >> in a state already known for high primary participation. >> new hampshire does have a reputation of being a hyperactive political state because there is an election every year. >> reporter: state officials say turnout tuesday could be a record set ther. eighty-four year-old ivan wheeler says she has been voting in the primary every four years, since she has been allowed to vote. >> i want to live in the country i'm voting for and if i don't vote, i have no right to say something about them. >> reporter: for 18 and 20 year-old friend these two friend, this was their first time. what made you decide to come out. >> my mom told me i have to vote. >> my friend on social media, my friends, texting me telling me to go out, go vote, go make a difference. >> reporter: in the country's

first primary voters may further narrow the field helping decide which candidates should represent each party, on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders from neighboring vermont is expected to come out on top. >> i voted for bernie sanders. >> reporter: republican businessman donald trump has been leading in the granite state for months. wheeler tells me she voted for doctor ben carson but says no math shore ultimately wins the nomination she's just glad that people, young and old, are making their voices heard. >> this is their country. this their heritage people are fooling with and that is not the right. they have to have a vote. if they don't, sorry for them. >> reporter: and we spoke to a lot of vote tours day, asking who they voted for but also, why, what issues were important to them. we will have that part of the story coming up new at 6:00. reporting live from manchester, rahel sol machine for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will see you at 6:00,

thanks very much. the presidential candidates are out making their last minute push to snag all of those undecided voters and as rahel said, donald trump holds a comfortable lead in the g.o.p. race. latest poll shows g.o.p. hopeful john kasich, marco rubio and ted cruz and jeb bush in the virtual tie. the chris christie spent the day greeting volunteers and supporters. a win tonight would boost his standing in the highly competitive race. >> looking at democratic side hillary clinton is hoping voters will help her pull a upset. bernie sanners is leading in the polls and weilly expect to win. the clinton won new hampshire in a surprise come back in 2008. be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the campaign 2016, and the new hampshire primary, when we're not here on tv, you can always fine us on cbs philly.com. deadly hit and run investigation is underway in chester delaware county. woman's body was found near west ninth and heyes street around 7:30.

police believe someone in the black nissan central hit the victim and then kept going. it was located a few blocks away with heavy front end damage. police identified victim as 24 year-old woman from boothwyn. an update on the search for missing man from pottstown now, police have found car of that man nine three-year old laureled leaster in the schuylkill river in north coventry chester county. "eyewitness news" has learned a body was found inside of that submerged car that man has been missing since last wednesday. >> an investigation is, ongoing. still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 5:00 new development in a nightmare at sea. what we're learning about the royal caribbean cruise ship that ran into rought seas in the atlantic ocean. then are you interested in an extra edge in the work place, there are pills that claim to make you smarter. health reporter stephanie stahl takes a closer look at the smart drugs, if they really work and if they are safe. and big easy kicks off biggest party of the year we will take you to the bourbon

street. plus... i'm pat gallen from the wells fargo center, and on this day back in 1966, the philadelphia flares were awarded a franchise, in the nhl. we will look back 50 years with some fun facts, that is coming up.

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delaware, two in pennsylvania, pennsylvania health department, just told us that they will have a press briefing on the phone for us at 5:30. so at 6:00 we will have all have of the information we will need. >> we will see new a bit, stephanie, thanks. actor hugh jackman is going public with his skin cancer diagnosis and giving an important warning to his fans. he posted this selfie on social media showing his bandaged nose. the 47 year-old wrote cancer is basil cell and that this is an example of what happens if you don't use sun screen. the australian actor has been treated at least three times now you for skin cancer. weeknights at 11:00 you ask and nicole brewer asks your good questions. >> tonight we're thinking about snow, and driving in it. we want to know what is better, all wheel drive or four-wheel drive. your car has four wheels, so, wouldn't you think four-wheel drive and all wheel drive are the same. nicole gets the answer at 11:00. you have a question, log on to cbs philly.com/good

question and just tweet us, hashtag cbs-3 good question. >> nothing like that video we just saw more of a nuisance snow in most places. >> this storm has been a nuisance from start to finish. nuisance to information cast and nuisance to be out in today. >> no doubt. >> mainly wet road, light snow and that is continuing tonight. it is starting to intensify at least in a couple spots out there tonight. we are seeing a few of those steady band pop up off to the west, that is where heavier snow has been, lancaster county, chester county but there will be low visibility on the roadways, outside tonight. take it slow out there, and get ready to crank the heat this weekend and bundle up. we have a major blast of arctic air on the way. lets show what you is happening with storm scan three, here's that bull's eye of snow we were talking b i don't think it will accumulate much more as we head through this evening and in the on the roads still just wet and, of course, all that friction on of the cars on the rush hour will keep things wet on area roadways but we are seeing significant snow showers, pushing through montgomery

county at the moment. you can see that dark blue purple shading here montgomery county and chester county starting to see rain change over to a little bit of snow across south jersey and philadelphia getting in the steady snow showers at the moment. more grass a accumulations, brush off your car if you are planning to go out tonight. you can see how this bandies lining up from montgomery county into the city of philadelphia at the moment the steady snow we have seen in a couple hours. a few other intense snow showers, really moving through northern delaware right along 202, 295 and i-95 slow go because we're talking big fat flakes of snow that can reduce visibility. wint's leather in effect until tomorrow morning. the winter weather advisory in the purple for majority of the area. it has been canceled for south jersey and central and southern delaware. pink shade ago this winter storm warning, that is in effect through the overnight hours but we do expect this wind down. band still in place the 6:00 p.m., by nine or 10:00 it is out and does start to clear

out into tomorrow, just a few flurries tomorrow morning. intermittent light snow mixing through rain in the south and untreated roads, back roads could be slick, use caution, up to an additional inch is possible, highest amounts will even up to the south and west. we have a coastal flood advisory until midnight, a few coastal flood warnings well off to the north and high tides this evening, generally speaking rehoboth beach at 8:25 and in the seven or 8:00 o'clock hour up and down the companies 8:05 in at atlantic city, 8:36 in strathmere and 80:23:48 wildwood. temperatures still above freezing. snow is having trouble sticking all day. we have a high sun angle here in mid-february, so again, this has not been a major snow storm for us, as we told you it was not going to be but we have slick spots, to expect this evening. tonight and into tomorrow. so again as we head into your forecast for tomorrow, snow in the morning. couple of flurries, that is bit. morning flurries for your wednesday, 38 degrees. thursday, 30's, windy, cold.

on friday, look at that temperature of 28 degrees on a friday, the low of 18, and that is warmest of the three days throughout the weekend. just wait until you see what i have next week even. >> we have been warned. >> yes, we have. >> get yourself warm and toasty. >> thanks, kada appreciate it. still ahead on "eyewitness news" charges are filed after someone throws an alligator into a fast food drive through window. then the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection gets a big distinction and major love from the largest travel book publisher in the world. >> leslie. we have a couple of birthdays in the philadelphia sports world, former eagles vince papale and former philly john kruk and 50 years ago today the flyers were born, ill will's have more on their golden anniversary next up in

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tens of thousands of people turned out for a parade to celebrate, the broncos, big win over the carolina panthers. the fans, lined the parade route to get the a glimpse of the vince lombardi trophy and there was a free concert featuring the players. >> wow. >> super bowl, super bowl mvp von miller will be a special guest on the late, late the show with james corden tonight after the late the show with stephen colbert. keep your eye open for that. you can watch it right here on cbs-3. >> flyers are on the the ice in a special day in their history. >> leslie van arsdal, joins us right now, big day in franchise history. >> hard to believe but 50 years ago today the flyers were born. nhl awarded franchise to ed snyder and his ownership group, they were one of six teams coming in the league. pat gallen has more. >> reporter: in 1966, the dow jones was at a robust, 950 points. gas was about 35 cents. and the population of the u.s., was half of what it is today. the population of the nhl, however would double that

year, on this day, back in 1966, the the philadelphia a flyers were one of six franchises to be included into the nhl the following season. the flyers legend bob the hound kelly wasn't on the expansion club but spent the early years here in philadelphia. >> when you read how the history of it came about, kudos to mr. snyder for hanging in there and believing in his belief and an opportunity to live in philadelphia. >> reporter: obviously players on the current roster weren't even a thought back in 1966 but could they answer some 50 year-old question. how much do you think a gallon of gas was, 50 years ago. >> that is a question, because in my area we have euro. >> i would like to say 30 cents. >> 20 cents. >> would i say 40 cents. >> reporter: who was the president back in 66. >> that is a good one, who was it reagan. >> can you name other team that came in with the flyers? >> i don't even know.

it is bad but. >> reporter: st. louis, pittsburgh. pittsburgh. >> was it one. >> no. >> no idea. >> it would be oakland, los angeles, pittsburgh, after that i'm done. >> reporter: good enough. from the wells fargo center, pat gallen for "eyewitness sports". >> so the gas thing would i give him the pass. >> they are from canada. >> some are from russia. so, okay. >> i thought the logo was a hockey puck but it is a p. >> yes, i never knew that. it was still cool. >> so clever. >> leslie, thank you. coming up in the next half an hour a cruise ship damaged at sea is heading back to port in new jersey but passengers may have to weight to disembark. we will have the latest on the call for an investigation. dramatic video shows gas station roof collapsing with two maintenance workers on top of it, remarkably, they have

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and we have our eye on a storm system we are tracking snow moving across the region. take a look at this video from chester county where the snow was really coming down. now look at storm scan three. the winter storm warnings are in effect for parts of our area. "eyewitness news" continues now at 5:30, good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. we will go over to kate bilo in the weather center with the latest on this storm, kate. >> jessica and ukee, we have steady snow coming down at the moment. we will show you kutztown area middle school camera completely snowed over here. look at this time lapse from the west vincent elementary school in chester county. you can see flakes coming down all day long. parking lot gets brief liz covered. the it is covered at the

moment the with the band of snow that just moved through. untreated surfaces like parking lots at a school will be covered as we go through the overnight hours or at least through this evening. we should clear out overnight. you can see band starting to push to the north but they are one of those bands we talk about yesterday, a convective band of snow fall over portions of montgomery county and even in the city of fill and portions of south jersey. i want to zoom in, deborah on twitter told me in jeffersonville they are getting hammered with snow at the moment. you can see why. notice intensification in this one band here from collegeville toward east norriton, lower providence right around that area down toward oaks, jeffersonville area we are seeing heavy snow at the moment. main roads should be okay but this could pile up, an additional inch as we go through the evening, before it finally does push out overnight. we will remain in a winter weather advisory and that continues until 6:00 tomorrow morning. snow is not done just yet, even though road are generally warm and we expect no major travel, accumulations on the

roadways just be safe tonight. we are seeing steady snow at times, untreated surfaces like that parking lot i showed you will continue to be slick and reduced visibility in the heavier band of snow. that will slow down travel this evening into tonight, and then we will clear snow out but we will talk about that lack of cold air, we will have much more coming up in just a few minutes. for now, back over to you. authorities are arresting a chester county teacher and charged him with child pornography. brandon mitchell was a chemistry teacher at downingtown west high school. investigators say mitchell traded sexually explicit text messages and photos with one of his students. he was suspended in april and has been since resigned. a cruise ship damage in the dangerous winter storm is on its the way back to new jersey and should arrive sometime tomorrow. royal caribbean's anthem of the seas faced massive waves and winds topping 100 miles an hour, all 4500 passengers on board. the tonight there are calls for an investigation.

>> oh, my god. >> reporter: 30-foot waves battered royal caribbean's anthem of the seas. and wood chairs off its deck, pictures taken aboard the the massive ship reveal ceiling damage, overturned furniture and destroyed kitchen. >> the fact that i was on a part taking in water from the rain. >> reporter: passengers george says that more than 4500 passengers on board were ordered to ride out the storm in their state rooms on sunday. >> you could hear the waves crashing against the hull, metal, bang, all night long. it was scary. >> reporter: nearly 200,000-ton liner which launched last year is one of the largest vessels of its kind. the in the statement royal caribbean says win speed, the ship endured were higher then what was forecasted. >> when the storm is brewing you don't go out of port. >> reporter: on monday florida senator bill nelson criticized royal caribbean's decision to go forward with the trip despite weather conditions. they called on the ntsb to investigate the incident.

>> it was forecast for days, so why in the world would a cruise ship with thousands of passengers, go sailing right into it? >> royal caribbean says it will offer passengers a full refund on the trip and 50 percent off of their next cruise. coming up at 6:00 reporter alexandria hoff talks to two people from our area, still on the ship about their dangerous voyage at sea, plus, find out why passengers may not be able to disembark as quickly as they hoped coming up at 6:00. an apparent malfunction with the automatic safety system is blamed for failing to prevent a deadly train collision in germany two. commuter cranes crashed head on killing at least ten people and injuring 80 others. authorities say that the automatic safety system was designed to apply the brakes in the event two trains ended up on the same track. black boxes from both trains have been recovered, and investigators hope data will verify what went wrong.

caught on camera the roof over the pumps collapses at a southern california gas station. take a look for yourself, two workers on the roof when they noticed cracks, they scrambled to get to safety just moments were that collapse. >> you know, these two guys were up there. i didn't know if one of them had been crushed under the roof or it fell with the roof. >> one of the workers suffered a few scratches. two cars were underneath the roof and one did get crushed. its driver was inside the convenient store when the roof came down. a florida man is under arrest accused of using an alligator as a deadly weapon. twenty-three year-old josh james, allegedly tossed three and a half foot long reptile in the wendy's drive through window. now the incident happened back in october but james wasn't taken in custody until this week. the his parents are calling the arrest, one big misunderstanding. >> when somebody at wendy's, they were pranking, because he is a prankster he does stuff

like this because he thinks it is funny. >> james was charged with assault and unlawful possession and transportation of an alligator, if you are wondering what happened to the animal florida wild life officials released it back into a canal. that is all you can say, um, a prankster. >> yeah, right. beware, the fitness cliff, coming up why today is the day that new years fitness resolutions start falling by the way side. you can call it panda perseverance, the bay bay panda club tried repeat thely climb the tree and of course we will watch video of it. the plus this. last day of mardi gras and neighbor and parade are in full swing, i'm omar villafranca in new orleans with that story coming up. light snow ending through overnight hours but then temperatures will take a hit as we head in the weekend. coming up i'll tell you how low we will go in our next chance to see some snow coming up when we come right back.

president obama delivered the final budget of his presidency to coming. the it contains $4.1 trillion in spending. some initiatives include a new war on cancer, fighting global warming and threats from isis. the president the is also calling for reducing the deficit the by nearly $3 trillion over ten years. planning gives philadelphia a big shout out, travel company ranked philadelphia as the number one place to vice it this year in the u.s. the company noted our city hosted pope francis in

september and will welcome democratic national convention this summer. it recognized philadelphia's byob scene, and our unique mosaics, just this past november philadelphia was name the country's first world heritage city. to that i say, absolutely. >> let get your clap on. >> number one city every year to come visit, indeed. so glad to hear that we will welcome all of the new visitors this year. >> glad to have you. >> coming up, mardi gras madness, we will take to you new orleans whe no place has more world class culture. is my home. come winter, i can't wait to visit our must-see collections of art and superb photography and film. new york has beautifully restored theaters, that are now important centers for the performing arts. and museums that preserve the glories of the past.

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new orleans is one big party time on this final day of mardi gras. >> the outrageous scene on bourbon street is a big tourist attraction but as omar villafranca reports many locals do their own thing. >> reporter: thousands of mardi gras revellers line streets of new orleans french quarter to zip alcohol, catch beads and watch parade. but for many big easy residents, fat tuesday is not a expect taiter sport. jimmies part of the crew of saint ann's a neighborhood

party society that for the past 47 years has been dressing up and marching to their own tunes. >> nobody watches this parade, everybody participates. they are coming out of their houses under bunk head and sidewalk, waiting for to us join in. >> reporter: the crew spend months, hand making, gluing, painting costumes, from the masks and head dresses to the ornate wear. costumes are not the exception. they are required. >> if you show up in the same costume two years in a row, we will throw you out. >> reporter: what started out as a small group of marchers, is now you a band of hundreds, and even people who recently passed away are brought along in honor for one more good time. >> this year i'm carrying my buddy, mike, who is destined for his spot back in the river at the end of the day. >> reporter: saint ann's crew is just one of the dozens of neighborhood social pleasure clubs letting the good times

role across new orleans on the final day of mardi gras, omar villafranca for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". it is also fastnacht day today, a german tradition that falls on the day before ash wednesday. >> "eyewitness news" was at this bakery in mayfair before dawn where business was brisk. each fastnacht is hand rolled and cut as part of the family recipe that has not change for years. many stopped in before the sun was up to pick up the sweet treats. >> i have been coming here for over 40 years and i have to actually buy some and freeze them for a friend on friday night but they don't make them only this day. >> bakery doesn't have a total of the number of sales today other than to say it is a lot. >> yes. >> you can imagine that. >> that looks pretty delicious, just to stay inside, each some of those, baked goods this weekend. >> i could go for a fastnacht, i haven't had one. >> i could take a couple. >> i could go for half dozen why in the bring it on.

>> it is a comfort food kind of a day. >> it sure is. >> it is a miserable, cloudy, snowy day, on and off snow showers all day long but as we told you yesterday heaviest coming in the evening and that is what we have right now i few band setting up but some spots this ties little too late, band are pushing to the north and east but we have accumulating snow still happening, at the moment, and slow travel as well. lets look at wet ther wise, we will go out to the rooftop camera. it is snowing in center city philadelphia snowing so hard right the now you cannot see tops of the building. we have got very low visibility, the road mainly just wet, especially with the cars on them, tire friction on and pavement temperatures generally warm. yesterday was in the 40's, today above freezing for most of the day. but still note that is reductionness visibility. that will be a problem through remained are of this evening at least until these band of snow showers start to move out. lets check with our weather watchers and first see if they have i snow reports. the lets see if anybody check with a decent amount have of

snow. paul callahan in glenn more 4.1 inches there. lou, in robessonia, landenberg, 2 inches of snow. wayne hunter a quarter inch less than that at 1.75. in newark, delaware walter at three-quarters of an inch. saint david not much at all from christopher. so, very widely separated snow totals but some spots, it looks like it was pretty big, fat flakes of snow, drifting down and it was like lazy snow, at times where it looked like snow flakes are taking their time falling through the sky. just a beautiful sight. this is in delaware fluffy snow flower fridays greg mccoy and this one in the bushes and trees getting covered again, mainly grass accumulation with this one. take a look at this one from heavy band of snow covering bushes. not sure where this is from but notice how steady that is, heavy snow there at least an inch or two coming down in that area. again it has been a scattered event, on and off, we have beautiful sites here and roads

mainly wet which means it is a good kind of storm. lets look at it right now on storm scan three and you you can see that band that has set up. we were talking about this yesterday. we talk about these band of snow, you cannot forecast ahead of time where they will set up but the best conditions for it over philadelphia, points north and west and men to south jersey, this is band ban i'm talking about. dark purple extending from northern burks county through montgomery county, northeast philadelphia at the moment and pushing into burlington county, new jersey. another band could develop here. this is rain at the moment but could change over to snow as it lifts to the north. we may have another enhanced band of snowfall to get through before the evening is out, and underneath that bandit is snowing good here. right here through north east philadelphia in the bensalem area thinks heading your way. northern liberties, fishtown, over toward mount laurel we are seeing steady snow at the moment. temperatures are dropping. the especially off to the north. we are seeing temperatures near freezing, reading, allentown. thirty-four in philadelphia this will pile up grassy or

untreated surfaces. main road looking okay, and still above freezing down the shore, so any snow that does push in will mix with rain at the very least. thinks a future simulated radar products this will be snow but this is forecasting that band to push out of here as we get towards 7:00 p.m. this ban in place by 8:00 and all starts to fizzle after ten or 11:00 tonight. overnight, snow showers will come to's. watch for a few slick spots on the roads. thirty-one is your overnight low. tomorrow morning, flurries, turning windy, 38 degrees. win gusts to 30 miles an hour. here comes the cold, arctic air really returns as we head friday into the weekend and that is two pushes of cold air, main arctic front comes through friday night and then temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below average from thursday all the way through weekend. the saturday's high of 23 degrees, is 20 degrees below average and coldest high since february 20th of last year. you're witness weather seven day forecast take a look at these numbers 28 on friday, 23

on saturday. overnight low saturday night in many spots in the single digits and then we have another chance for snow and rain as we head in the early part of next week. ukee and jessica, back to you. well, officials creatively break ground on a new apartment complex for a low income artist in west powellton. there were no shovels or ribbons but a giant pile of marshmallow on the table with toy bulldozers. "eyewitness news" at 40th and haverford after dedication of the 40, 50 apartments, the public will invite to grab a marshmallow and roast the treats on a fire. >> we have heard from resident having a home, that is diverse, thriving community means having many different people who contribute many different ways and artists are one of these groups. the three story 20, unit apartment complex will have work space for artists, and it is expect to be completed by the end of the year. well, your new years resolution to stay fit and health i if so to daze could be a very important turning point. according to research by gold's gym february 9th is

when many people fall off the fitness cliff. they say today is when people who committed themselves to gym going in january, slack off and stop going, regularly. experts say, stay focused on your goal and try to make fitness part of your daily routine. >> stay focused, got that right. now to some very cute video. >> smithsonian panda goes on a adventure. bay bay got his first tait of climbing on monday. he got help from his mom after several attempts, the climbing on his own. bay bay also made a good effort to come back down but again, mom stepped in, and give him a hand. mom always has your back. >> i know a lot of moms have done that exact same thing, with their little ones. the monkey bars or up and down the play ground. >> sure. >> easy does it the now, slow and steady wins the race. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" beyonce new song formation is doing more than racking up viral views on

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so much so we mentioned the beer band twice. >> and that sent the internet buzzing with people wondering how much he got paid for the bug. anheuser-busch said they didn't pay payton at all to mention, what he would be drinking after the game but there is a endorsement that is said to be worth millions in free, advertising. it is being called the beyonce bounce, red lobster sales, soared this weekend after beyonce released her new song formation. the restaurant chain is feature in the lyrics.

workers already started to renaming menu items after beyonce liketive rent items. >> they can name them anything. >> there you go. well, admit it, you cannot stop watching that creepy puppy monkey baby super bowl commercial? well, it turns out you are not the loan. >> according to you tube most people watch in the days after the big game. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan looks at what so far are the most watched ads. >> hello, i'm helen. >> reporter: if you think people see this budweiser super bowl spot once, think again. according to you tube, people went to the streaming site, during the game to watch the commercials. just to put tonight perspective the amount of views super bowl commercials got on you tube during the game, adds up to about three hup thousand hours of commercial watching. kind of make that price of up to five million-dollar for a 302nd spot, worth it. but it is not just while football is being played that ad watchers tune in, but it is

after. you tube says more people watch, rewatch and share the super bowl commercials in the the days after the game. the as of monday, the commercial with the most you tube views the chase from hyundai. >> i'll just eat around it. >> reporter: followed by pokemon. >> you can do that. >> many spots round out the top three. >> this car doesn't care what you call it. >> reporter: google says before, and after the game, the super bowl commercials have been watched, for more than 4 million hours. there is more opportunities for an ad to go viral as more brand release their commercials early, which may or may not be a good thing if you cannot get a certain scene out of your head. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. >> kevin hart had me laughing though. >> yes, he is funny that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 another dose of winter weather, more snow in our region ain't could hang around for a while, kate. tracking a few steady band of snow moving go through the

area right now and may in the move out until overnight. will we will see if it sticks to the ground it could be with us for some time as much colder air moves in later this week. we will tell how low the temperatures will go. developing right the now, zika cases confirmed in our area stephanie stahl joins with us more on where the virus has turned up and if you can be concerned. also this. it is primary day in new hampshire and voters are coming out possibly in record numbers. i'm rahel solomon coming up we are traveling around the granite state and speaking to these voters, coming up, we will tell you what they have to say. and now at 6:00 o'clock snow flakes are flying once again our area is dealing with more wintry weather, not much accumulation so far but it is really coming down in some spots. a live look at storm scan three where you can see, that system slowly pushing through but how long will it last? much more in our winter

weather in a moment but first the zika virus confirmed in our area good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. health reporter stephanie stahl joins us with the very latest numbers and i know you have had developments in the last few minutes. >> reporter: just off the phone as we speak, 39 new liz confirmed zika cases, one in delaware, two in pennsylvania are all travel related. virus was not contracted in the united states. health officials emphasize there is no public threat here. now we don't have any information on the patient's identities or where they live. pennsylvania health officials, in a phone briefing moment ago said one cases here in women were very mild and they have recovered. the zika virus is spread by mosquitoes and widespread in central and south america and caribbean. world health organization has declared it a global healthy mergecy. zika can cause flu-like symptoms but most people don't realize they are infected. big concern is for pregnant woman. it can cause birth