live from feasterville, cleve? >> reporter: the tree removal process just got going in the last hour, this giant crane arrived and it is picking up big chunks of the tree and actually lifting it over the house. they have a portion right now of the tree, it is a really, really, big tree, probably comparable to the one you see to the the right of your screen. the ground here is absolutely saturated, between the rain and the snow melt, and when wind whipped up early this afternoon it was a recipe for near disaster. >> just smash everything out. >> reporter: back of the raymond engel's home is on the verge of collapse after high wind and soggy soil caused a large tree to crash down like a clever and basically corner the house. >> i watched the tree, i looked at it, checking it, started to go over and i said to myself here it goes. and i was probably ten, 15 feet a away from where it actually hit.

>> reporter: fit fell in a slightly different angle. >> i would have where buried with tree limbs or whatever else and probably part of the house as it came down. >> reporter: witnesses say sudden wind episode happened around noon. it a appears concentrated on a several block area of feasterville near wood land road. merrill through off the roof of the tire business and, sections of the shingle were ripped off he will see mcdonough a's roof. >> we have a section of our roof that was torn off and the tree going down and it was a little scary. >> reporter: lower southampton township bub works were a able to remove the down tree that fell from mcdonough's yard across the side street. ngel's situation can take several weeks and longer and despite near death experience he seems to be taking it all in stride. >> you are very calm about this. >> what can i do? it is done. there is nothing i can do i just hope everything gets cleared out, quickly and, efficiently i hope so, anyway.

>> reporter: looking at the size of this chunk of tree that is just coming down, now. the crane just lifted it, over the roof, from the backyard. we had to clear out of the way because it was swinging quite a bitten though the wind has died down. mr. engel says he and his son will stay in the hotel tonight and try to stay with his daughter. reporting live from feasterville, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" good cleve, thanks very much. more storm damage in philadelphia's fairmount neighborhood. authorities say that the strong wind blew down scaffolding there this afternoon. the web of steel pipes crashed on to a parked car at 25th and parish. crews had erect scaffolding on the side of an apartment building, and police tell news one was injured. it has been a wild, 24 hours, wet ther wise, here with more on what we have already experienced and what comes next is meteorologist kate bilo, kate. >> thanks, guess contact since this weekend and we have had temperatures in the single digits, teens and we went to severe weather within 24 to 48 hours. the that is almost unheard of. this has been a massive storm

that has impact us for two straight days. a as you can see it the is pushing off the coast and we're seeing some sun try to peak out just in time for sunset tonight as the system moves a a away. i want to take you back to storm scan three. i want to show you loop of the storms that came through this came through mainly through the midday hours, thinks loop moving through and you can see again those strong storms, really moving quickly across the region. they blew through philadelphia a is there that squall line and this one caused most damage right here. you can see that boeing shape it took on moving over camden, gloucester counties, south jersey, up through bucks county and then that moved out but left a lot of damage in its wake. the lets recap these wyndam age reports. we showed you earlier gloucester city high school scoreboard blown down wind over 50 miles an hour in that area reports of the shingles blown off a roof in northeast philadelphia, devon township new jersey, power outages near pittsgrove township new jersey, wind were reported in the 65-mile per hour range and down trees and wires in bellmawr. we are still under a flood advisory it has been put back,

this includes much of new jersey and up toward pocono region. minor flooding still occurring in the wake of the snow melt and heavy rain from today. be safe on the road. we have some run off and some ponding, and that will continue. we have a few creeks and streams to tell but coming up in just a few minutes. for now we will send it back over to you. tonight dozens of stranded passengers want answers from frontier airlines, they had to spend the night, at the airport after sitting on the tarmac for hours. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter talk to angry passengers. >> unaudible. >> reporter: cell phone video shows passengers from flight 1017 demanding answers about why they sat for more than three hours aboard a frontier airlines plane like this one that was supposed to be taking them to tampa. before being told, to head back into the terminal. >> we had crowd yelling at the guy at the gate. it was crazy. >> we were here for hours and

hours and we're trapped in a plane literally on the runway for four. >> reporter: passenger says plane after waiting for deicing then developed mechanical problems, that kept the ventilation systems from working properly. >> it was hot, no air, no nothing, and it was like, it took a while to get some water. >> it was crazy to think we were there for three hours and it takes three hours to fly to tampa. >> reporter: christie connolly and her six year-old daughter ill startled to find out that apparently no one in the terminal even realized that they had been stranded on the runway. >> we get off and they didn't even no, we were it ising there for three hours. we had no idea you guys were sitting there. >> reporter: connolly said while many gave up sleeping at the airport she was given a voucher for a hotel, but like the airline trip itself, that didn't end well. >> the hotel they sent me too was completely full, they had in rooms and they said we can sleep in the lobby if you want. >> reporter: you wound up sleeping at the couch in the lobby of the hotel, with a

sick child. >> yes, with bright lights. >> reporter: now, spokesperson for frontier airlines tells cbs-3 that we are calling all of the passengers, that were on the flight, and we built an extra section, like a charter flight, we apologize for inconvenience and we just want to do right by them. that spokesperson also pointed out that, front tear's record is improving in terms of the on time performance and routinely in the top three airlines when it comes to the lowest number of canceled flights. live from the sat center i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thanks very much. police are trying to track down, the masked gunman who shot a man in the busy part of the center city. police say around 1:00 a.m. two men walking near 15th and location just approached by the suspect who tried to rob them. when the men tried to runaway the suspect shot one of the victims in the arm. it is unknown what the suspect got away with, if anything. >> the bullet struck him in the right arm, struck an

artery because he lost a lot of blood, at 15th and locust, broad and locust, it is known for businesses, known for theaters, it is a very safe area. this type of thing is very rare, something to get shot. >> the 38 year-old victim is now in critical condition and police are hoping eyewitnesses and nearby security cameras can help them find the suspect. new jersey governor chris christie made his first public appearance since dropping out of the republican race for president, last week. the governor unveiled his $34.8 billion budge tote law makers in trenton. proposed spending bill does not contain any new taxes but ear marks $1.9 billion for state's distressed pension system and includes about 94 million-dollar in state aid for schools. the governor also thanked new jersey residents for allowing him to run for president. >> it was not what i had hoped for, maybe some of you too, the experience had made me a better governor, it has made

me a better american and made me a better person. we have a a lot more work to do here in our state. i look forward to working together with all of you to get it done. >> a democratic lawmakers say while they are encouraged by governor's calls for bipartisanship they are disappointed he did not layout the a plan to address the state's trouble transportation trust fund. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane will in the run for a second term n a news conference in her hometown of scranton kane says her decision was motivated by her two teenage sons. she has been battling mounting pressure to step down while she a awaits trial on criminal perjury charges. kane narrowly survived a senate vote last week to remove her from office and still faces house impeachment proceedings. it is hard to believe especially when you looked out the window today but spring training is here. phillies pitcher and catcher hold their first work out on thursday. >> and while we are dealing with damaging storms here in the philadelphia area sports director don bell, look at this. >> look at him.

>> he is in lovely, sunny clearwater, on the beach, toes in the sand. >> unbelievable. >> short sleeves, go ahead, take it, man, take it. >> yeah, yeah it is true, struggle could not be more real, guys. we have our feet in the sand here in clearwater, beach and what 5 miles away from here pitchers and catchers for phillies will report at bright house field. you know what whole expression about hopes spring eternal it is true with the fightin phillies. a season ago guys they lost 99 games this were in dead last. they were 27 games behind the the mets, and they were the worst team in baseball. so hope does spring eternal because right now for fightin phillies is there only one way to go, and guys, that is up. >> hey look frank avalon, what are the big story lines you will be looking out for this year. >> you know, there is so many because there is so many new faces with the phillies. so many of these guys are

young. ryan howard is 36. last four seasons have been really in the good-bye any standard, by any stretch of the imagination. he is looking at a platoon situation at first base, interesting to see how they handle. that meanwhile the administration for phillies is all new they have a new general manager. they have a new team president, of course, a new manager as well as pete mackanin who is now the permanent by. we have a lot of things to get ready for tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. but before the sunsets i figured we might as well have a good time before we have to study, guys. let me go check out and see what these beach goers are doing. do you mind if we play football with you. >> that is cool. >> we're live in philadelphia, is that good. >> awesome. >> who is this guy. >> ready, set, go. >> lets see if he has an arm. looking for his receivers. >> he is going deep. >> not bad. >> from clearwater beach we're

throwing touchdowns and getting ready for spring training we will see you tomorrow 59:00 and 6:00. for my teammates i am will's don bell. >> all right. >> eagles aren't sure what they will do with sam bradford. >> he is clearly miserable there. >> how bit. >> not having any fun. >> we push on. >> still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight, the supreme court how soon will the president nominate a replacement for justice antonin scalia. we have new developments unfolding right now. then dozens of people across the country say the popular snack is so bad it is nauseating. one woman says it tastes like poison. health reporter stephanie stahl has more on what is cause ago this chemical smell, plus... there will be people along the way who will try to under cut your success. >> taylor swift tane on kanye west to dell's audio issues. entertain itment in kevin frazier joins to us talk about last night's biggest a and most talk about grammy

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welcome back everyone. president obama is holding a news conference at this hour after meeting with southeast asia leaders in california. >> just a few minutes ago he took questions from report hours immediately asked about the constitutionality of his supreme court justice nomination. >> i'm amused when i hear

people who claim to be strict interpreters of the constitution, suddenly reading into it, a whole series of provisions that are not there. there is more than enough time for the senate to consider in a thoughtful way the record of a nominee that i present and to make a decision. >> much more on this this throughout the evening. the president has said he will nominate a replacement when the time is right. going back to last night you saw it all here on cbs-3, music's big night, 58th annual grammy a award. >> et's kevin frazier joins us from los angeles with more on taylor swift's speech and what really happened during adele's performance. deaf, is what up. >> reporter: what is going on. taylor swift like class act, kanye west over that controversial lyric that he made her famous. just take a listen. >> there are going to be people along the way who will try to under cut your success

or take for your accomplishments or your fame. some day when you get where you are going you will will's look around and you will know it was you and the people who love you, who put you there, and that will be the greatest feeling in the world. >> reporter: clearly we know she was talking to kanye west letting him know how she felt. you also mentioned a adele. adele explained that it was a microphone inside of the piano that actually fell inside the piano that made those weird sound and then her microphone actually dropped out during her performance. it was a very weird moment, she powered through and afterward she tweeted for all of the trouble i will get an in and out burger. that is what i'm talking about. she let it happen and then let it go. we have so much other stuff to get to kendrick lah mar, spectacular, lady gaga mixed reviews, wait until you hear what david bowie's son said about her performance.

do you have any idea where lauren hill is? >> no where is she. >> no idea. >> the weekend was looking for her but she didn't show up. >> okay. >> that and rihanna's absence too. so many other great moments on et. >> i wanted to see more lionel richie. >> i know you did. >> i really did. >> he was into that. >> can i tell you this, guys, was demi lovato, she sang hello. where did that come from, girl. >> i love it. >> she threw it down. >> thanks, buddy, take care. new at 6:00 taylor's local ties, we headed to berks county a and spoke to people who knew her before she became a music icon. look at that shot. weeknights at 11:00 we ask and nicole brewer answers your good question. >> the convention was just in town and tonight we want to know why do people get tattoos. or big, some are small, some cover large parts of the body. what inspires people to get ink. >> beautiful.

it is a statement. >> i pick things i won't regret, basically. >> a tattoo gives anybody swag. >> they would think i was annex conn, marine or a biker. >> what are you, what do you do. >> do you want to know what i do? i work in a bank. >> why do people get tattoos? we sent nicole brewer to get someas she went right to the ph.d., that is a good question. join us tonight at 11:00. do you have a good question? log on to cbs philly.com/good question. tweet us just make sure you use the the hashtag cbs-3 good question. time to get our forecast with call it bilo. i was home last night as anybody knows who was out last night, so foggy, so icy.

that flame in the sky we have not seen much in the past couple of days. it will be a beautiful sunset. if you get a chance to check it out with that system off the coast we have reflection going on, beautiful sunset a alert, for the entire area tonight. take a quick look the at time lapse, just from the palmyra cove nature park through today. you can see squall line blast through the the area this afternoon. cloudy, damp start to the day and we will see almost complete, white out, or should we say rain out conditions, rain was coming down so heavily the at times you could

not see even a foot in front of you at times on the road. i heard from folks on twitter conditions on the walt whitman bridge were horrendous as that squall line came through and we dried it out and pretty quiet evening, all across the region. storm scan three shows our storm departing producing nasty weather over portions of boston area, eastern, massachusetts and up into maine at the moment. wrap around snow into new york state, that is missing us, and we have got quiet conditions headed through next couple of days. temperatures up and down. we will show you this photo from peter plantmeant, this is 5:00 p.m. yet. the road complete thely snow covered, the ice out there, by 5:00 this morning, it is completely gone. take a look at this morning, same shot, but with the temperatures surge go through the overnight hours, that provided all that melting. but it has been a crazy 24 hours. in the past 24 hours we have had 5 inches of snow in seaford, delaware. quarter inch of ice in forks township. 65 miles an hour win gust in salem county a and 1.22 inches on have rain in quakertown a

little bit of everything with this storm. temperatures today did hit the 60 mark in philadelphia, now we will drop back down to 49, which is still above average for this time of the year and that on the heels of the extreme cold this weekend. so yesterday at this time it was 28, today, 49, 21 degrees, warmer then this time yesterday but still with the rain and melting snow we have threat for poor drainage flooding, smaller drains and creeks still flood warn in a few spots just a reminder do not drive through those flooded roads. tomorrow is a quiet day, seasonal for this time of the year. we will see sun, breezy, and temperatures are up and down back to the 30's on thursday, back to the 40's on friday, and then wait until you see what the weekend has in store, i think you may like it. >> yes. >> that is more coming up. >> promising it is promising. >> it feels good, thanks kada appreciate it. still ahead on "eyewitness news" it is day two of the west minister kennel club dog show and judges are narrowing the field of top dog contenders. we will take you backstage with the front runners.

plus this this. >> villanova and temple are considered the cream of the crop in college basketball here in philadelphia, but 21-four st. joes are flying under the radar i'm pat gallen from hawk hill with more

selection sunday is less than a month away, i know you are excited. villanova will get their name called as they are the number one team in the country. >> while all of the attention has been focused on the wildcats another local school is flying under the radar. the hawk will never die, st. joes hawks. pat gallen went to hawk hill to check them out. >> assaying goes at st. joes the hawk will never die. and the hawks have been flying high, all year, sprint to go a 21-four record. this mighting their strongest team since 2003/2004 season when jameer nelson and diluent i west carried them to elite eight. st. joes seems to be flying under the radar in our town as basketball headlines have been dominated bynum one villanova a and lesser extent temple. two teams that square off

tomorrow. but st. joes is turning head thanks to the two headed monster of deandre bembry and isaiah miles. miles has had a coming out party averaging over 17 points per game. >> every senior's game, every senior wants to finish out on top and to the best of our ability i feel like i'm doing that. hopefully i can keep it up. >> last year wasn't so much of a big year, they are having this year but it is a break out year and i'm happy because he has work so hard. >> reporter: he has been spectacular. one of the two players in the nation averaging 16 points, eight board and four a assist as along with likely number one pick ben simmons. >> everybody sees the versatile skills on the floor but off the floor his leadership, he is relentless in trying to make sure that his team is successful. >> reporter: head coach phil martelli says they are not worried about getting the same amount of attention as nova's and temple's of the world. >> we don't want for more, we don't need more, because when the ball goes in the air tomorrow night, the love that

you have or the national attention that you have doesn't mean anything. >> reporter: if they can get the by dayton tomorrow their 22nd win could mean much deserved attention from st. joes, pat gallen, "eyewitness sports". >> coach martelli has a nice squad. good luck with that, indeed. coming up in the next half an hour dozens of people across the country are complaining about a chemical smell in a popular snack. >> it smells like a construction product. >> smells like mildew, sawdust. >> it smells like my uncle's basement. >> reporter: health reporter stephanie stahl takes a closer look at this smelly controversy that i has its own twitter page. republicans are vowing to block president obama a's supreme court nomination no matter who it is but some say that plan could backfire. we will tell you why on the other side. new at 6:00 hitting the gym but in the just to look good, health reporter stephanie stahl shows just these miss new jersey contestants are working for more

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digging in for a showdown, the unexpect vacant see on the u.s. supreme court is in the center on have the political war. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30. hi everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm ukee washington. just a short time ago president obama said he will nominate a candidate undisputably qualified for the seat following the death of justice antonin scalia but as we gentleman jiang reports several republicans are vowing to block anyone that the president nominates. >> reporter: justice antonin scalia supreme court chair and bench are covered in black, somber signs of his unexpect death over the weekend. scalia will lie in repose inside the court on friday. president obama says that he will nominate a replacement, in due time.

>> constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now. when is there a vacancy on the supreme court, the president of the united states is to nominate someone and the senate is to consider that nomination. >> obama nomination has now become a major talking point on the presidential campaign trail. >> this selection is not just eerie lex. it isn't. we are reminded of that on saturday with the passing of justice scalia. >> reporter: senate republicans led by mitch mcconnell are insisting they will block any nomination, because they say that the next president should be the one who decide. hillary clinton slammed g.o.p. senators on twitter saying i have news for republicans who would put politics over the constitution. refusing to do your duty isn't righteous, it is disgraceful. >> senate republicans don't to have do anything. >> reporter: chris he had will sonnies a constitutional color and professor at american university.

he said returns are within their rights but it could backfire politically. >> it could seem that republicans as this isn't the first time this has happened. government shut down. one condition servetive agreed and he said his collogues are falling in the democrats obstruction trap. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". just contact scalia's body is at the a funeral home. so far details on the funeral services have not been release. new polls show donald trump running farrah head in south carolina, ahead of saturday's republican presidential primary there. trump is back on the campaign trail throwing jabs at a number of g.o.p. rivals including ted cruz, who is running second. today, cruise outlined his proposal to expand the military. jeb bush was back campaigning, solo after appearing with his brother, former president, george w. bush yesterday, polls continue to show bush running far behind. >> i want to win, i'm's not in

this to lose. i mean, winning is, a chance to govern to serve to change the course of the country. >> on the democratic side hillary clinton met with civil rights leaders in insuring today, meanwhile eric garner's daughter introduced bernie sanders at an event in south carolina garner a's death at the hand of the new york city police sparked outrage nationwide two years ago. pennsylvania governor tom wolf signs a bill into law allowing ex-offend tours keep minor crimes, off of the public record. >> it is an effort to give second chance to pennsylvanians who have a minor truly minor criminal offense or charge on their records. >> reporter: the bill will allow those who stayed out of trouble for seven to ten years after a conviction for those second and third degree misdemeanor to then of record of their crime, sealed. that would officially remove convictions from employer's background check. pope francis continues his tour of mexico in the heart of the nation's drug trafficking problem. the pontiff celebrated mass

and urging young priest toss fightin justice. he also drew attention to the wrapped killings and kidnapping that is hit the country. pope francis will rap up his five day trip tomorrow, in across the boarder from el paso, texas. he is expect to visit a prison and hold a mass that focuses on the polite of the immigrants. on the healthwatch there are complaints all over the internet about popular crackers that tastes, and smell, really bad. people venting on twitter hashtag stinky crackers. >> stephanie he stall is here on whether or not they could be dangerous. >> reporter: you got to be kidding me hashtag stinky crackers. we have to check this out for you guys. these complaints, and a report and strong odor similar to paint fumes. some use rans id to describe the taste and smell. a a few people say they felt sick after eating the crackers. gram cracker ace a stable in most kitchens cross the

country but there are concerns about a nasty odor. >> yeah, it smells like paint. >> reporter: vanessa brown was worried when her daughter took a bite of the cracker and felt sick. >> she said taste was horrible and smelled like chemicals. >> i'm thinking my god are they poisonous. >> reporter: nabisco says the problem with the crackers was they were opened, ten months past their best used by date, adding manufacturers put those dates on products to indicate to consumers, that the time period in which they can ensure an optimal product experience. >> pretty bad. >> reporter: but stanford said he bought his box several months before the best used by date. >> definitely think there is a problem with the product. >> reporter: there are complaints from all over the country on line, nabisco customers have descriptions like hideous smell, tasted like poison, hurt my mouth and smelled of chemicals. there is even a twitter page dedicated to the issue called stinky crackers. >> very strong. it actual choke me.

>> reporter: john tested the crackers. many like virginia necessary air interested in the results. >> you are concerned. what is going into their system and their body. >> reporter: test results showed a high level of a chemical will that is found in foods that have gone ransid. one expert say the smell would probably keep people from consuming enough to be harmful and, company that owns nabisco say crackers have been reformulated and products resulting in the complaints they say is no longer on the market. but, the complaint all over on line. i just talked to the folks a at nabisco. they say anybody with the trouble give them a buzz we have their number on cbs philly.com, click on health. click on the web ate love them crackers too. >> you know if we can smell, because it is going to tell you. >> it the detects you of the problem. >> smell's bad don't eat it. >> got that right. >> thanks, to stephanie. >> appreciate it. still to come on

"eyewitness news" he has been in and out of the hospitals dozens of times but a smiling second grader is still on the mission to help other sick children. he is today's cbs philly game changer. his inspirational story is coming up. and judges are nearly 3,000 dogs at the west minister kennel club dog show, only one can be crowned best in show, tonight, coming up, meet top dogs including a german shepherd favorite to win, kate? and in height of the today's severe storms temperatures plunge again but then we have a spring-like warm up for weekend. we will have numbers with the seven day forecast coming up

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in recognition of the black history month we are honoring game changers who are making a positive impact on communities of color. >> reporter cherri gregg of our sister station kyw news radio traveled to montgomery county, where she spoke with a seven year-old would who is inspiring others when it comes to i can will cell a anemia. >> reporter: meet isaiah hoff, the second grader loves sponge bob, swing sets. >> higher. >> reporter: and smiling. >> higher. >> reporter: but his favorite past time is giving. >> i like to go around and

help people. >> reporter: that is because isaiah knows what sick really feels like. diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a baby he has seen inside of hospitals dozens of times in his seven years, but he was seeing other sick kid who moved isaiah to action. >> i think i want to make the kids in the hospital happy. i want to give them stuff. >> reporter: with his mom's assist tense he started a club called isaiah inspires. he delivers bags filled with donated books, toys to hospitals. and blood drives and sickle cell and lobbied law make tours raise awareness. his hard work got name sickle cell poster child of the year. >> i still don't know what it means but i keep thinking that i want a poster. >> reporter: it is clear that this future actor is a star. >> please, please, plea. >> everybody that he comes in contact with just love him. >> reporter: with the light sobriety it affected me too.

>> i got it right here. >> thank you. >> reporter: changing game by giving and inspiring others, to do the same. cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we will hear a lot from him. >> no doubt about it. >> isaiah holler right back at you. keep doing your thing, man. the that is wonderful. >> kate bilo joins us now with your forecast. >> it has been a crazy couple days. >> it has. >> we have seen temperatures fluctuating from single digits sunday morning at 8:00 degrees. today we hit 60. talk about a roller coaster, just temperatures and precipitation wise. everything from snow, ice, sleet, rain, thunderstorms, wind damage, crazy couple of days. we're due for a nice long stretch of quiet weather. i'm happy to report that is what we have heading our way. you can see things are calming down, we have blue skies, visible in the wake of the storms, nice looking sunset

outside. just seeing the sun at all makes it a nice sunset we have not seen it since the cold this weekend. it has been two days of dealing with that major systems. started with the warm front on monday, brought snow and then, of course, today all those severe storms along the cold front. we have had so much warm air and those storms just drew that warm air in a and caused the strong wind in the upper atmosphere and you saw wind gusts over 60 miles an hour in a few spots in new jersey. good news that is a all over with right now. temperatures still on the mild side as we check with our eyewitness weather watchers. 50 degrees, ed connor in chesterfield, new jersey. for as hard as it was storming this afternoon it is nice now. he sent us a a photo looking good. blue skies in chesterfield, new jersey after the storms that came through. that doesn't want to pull up. blue skies in the north. looks good. patchy clouds out there for he had need chesterfield. lets look at a couple weather watchers looking at 40's right now heading north of the city. phil chapline in philadelphia chestnut hill 44 degrees with a mainly clear sky there we

are at 51 down there checking with kathy in wynonna. and mainly cloudy. she said i came in, ten minutes and was gone. strong wind hit 15 miles an hour at the her gauge. we did have a lot of rain recorded, for our weather watchers who pick up over an inch of rain. 1.7 from kathy in wynonna. the center square, allen davis pick up 1.69. in saint david christopher had 1.61. total rainfall. the freezing rain from last night and rain that came down today as well. it was torrential in some spots. as we showed you a beautiful sunset and days getting longer. the lets talk about that quickly. tonight's unset 5:38. february went ninth, end of the month, 5:52. then we will start talking about daylight savings time, march 13th, 7:06 p.m. when we will springford and days will get much longer. already feeling great out there we are gaining two and a half minutes of daylight each and every day, and got the sun back just in time, to see a beautiful sunset f this had been a month or two ago sun

would be set by the time skies cleared. this is something to look forward to the beautiful evening out there little breeze a this is storm departs. wind on the back edge are still strong but we will need that wind to dry out ground in the wake of the storms. we have a lot of rain. we don't want to it refreeze. the these wind are really helping. wind are not that strong right now but take a look, worst of it from the state on south jersey. 47 miles an hour wind gust reported to day. 47 miles an hour recorded in dover. we had a few skat nerd throughout here over 50 miles an hour and even one, up to 65 . we have got a flood warning across portions of chester, montgomery and berks county for small are creeks, streams, and the east branch of the brandywine, west branch of the brandywine near honey brook, crumb creek near newtown square, minor flooding forecast until 7:15 tonight. temperatures right now still on the mild sigh. we have 48 in philadelphia a48 in millville. not too bad. today we hit 60. tomorrow we will drop back to more seasonal february temperatures. average is 44. very close to that.

thursday is chilly, as we head in the weekend, we will start to surge in the 50's and that system to the south misses us tomorrow and things do stay quiet through the next several days, just up and down temperatures. tonight, 34. tomorrow 46. not too bad. thursday chilly and then there is that weekend i was promising you sat day and sunday highs in the the 50's, and to near 60 and they will feel great. new back to you, jessica. >> that is promising kate, thanks very much. local students are learning about air nautical engineering and they are having fun doing it. >> they could be building planes of the future. reporter john mcdevitt of our sister station kyw news radio has details from bryn mawr elementary school. >> reporter: using things like paper, paper clips, tape, pennies for cargo, 80 students from saint coleman john neuman school in bryn mawr were given has took design, build and test a glider. they were given tips from a structural analysis engineer matt palmer works on real planes for boeing. >> you have your wings, your center of gravity, weight

distribution, you have your air flow over your wings, and a simple glider is a great demonstration of real life airplane. >> reporter: he says that activities like this helped put what they learn in the the classroom into practice. >> how far objects can go, even if they are like heavier, or lighter, even with like paper, and it could still go like further, because it has a load in it. >> so when i was a kid, i just get in trouble for throwing airplanes back in the classroom. you guys are getting points, that is pretty cool. many kid were finding it a bit tricky, distributing the weight of the cargo or penny and making their glider fly a good distance. >> we feel that stem is very important and giving children the opportunity to see a career that are out there and what they can as expire to. >> reporter: john mcdevitt for kyw news radio for cbs-3

"eyewitness news". >> sometimes seeing it and living it makes it more exciting. >> future looks bright, that is wonderful. almost 200 breeds but only one can be named best in show. >> who will be the top dog, still ahead on "eyewitness news", we will take you behind the scenes of the west minister dog show, we will be right back.

one. well, tonight is the night which dog will be the k-9 in charge and win best in show.

>> thousands of dogs from all over the world are competing a at west minister dog show in new york city. correspondent jamie yukiss introduces us to the top contenders. >> reporter: it the is all about pruning as personality. >> she's really kind, but crazy at the same time. >> reporter: tonight's final round in the west minister kennel club's annual show, it is lucy, a dog from the hound group. and at shih tzu from the toy group and ana a bell from the non-sporting group. hearding group winners this shepherd named rumor and many people think she's a favorite to win it all from west minister. top sporting, working and terriers take the rink today ahead of the big show tonight. >> it is the cream of the cream of the dog show. >> reporter: west minister invited seven new dogs to be part of this years festivities, bringing the total number of breeds to a 199. the variety is what has brought these sisters from quad mall a to west minister

for the last five years. >> they are just dog lovers. >> yes. >> we love dogs. >> reporter: wire fox terrier hold record for most best in she wins with 14. today, monte chriso. >> he is the best dog i have haded in my career. >> reporter: if he makes it to the next round he and six others will go on to compete for tonight a's top prize. jamie yukiss for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the cream of the cream. >> don't you love looking at those different dogs. >> i have never covered that event, i would love to get up there. >> maybe next year. >> all right. >> we will keep that in mine. >> that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 delaware fire fighters jump in to action after a car plunges into icy water. we will hear from the hero's about their life saving actions. and they rolled through quickly but packed a punch, damaging storms sweep across our area and leave their mark, kate. damaging storms, tail end of the system that has been impacting us for two days, we will go from arctic cold to

snow and ice and now flooding concerns through tonight, i will have latest in the full seven day forecast coming up at 6:00. a big night at grammys forte lor swift means a big night for her elementary school here in montgomery county. coming up what they thought of her acceptance speech and that possible dig at kanye west. it has been a wild, ride, weather-wise, these past 24 hours. this afternoon powerful and damaging storms, strong enough to bring down trees, and scattered debris all across the area. we will have much more on that just a moment. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. first tonight region woke up to an icy mess, left over from yesterday's snow and wintry mix. officials say that those conditions, may have caused a car to crash into a creek. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in new

castle county delaware where that accident led to a dramatic rescue and tonight we are hearing from the heros, greg. >> reporter: that is right there, guess contact we are hearing from the fire fight hours rescued a 18 year-old woman from hockessin, delaware. the she's lucky to be alive. the car she was driving in skid off a icy road, and slipped into what was an icy creek this morning. this morning the creek mostly frozen and creek road very slick. >> the call came in 7:30 for a vehicle off the roadway in the creek. >> reporter: inn identify 18 year-old emily earnes from hockessin, delaware buckled into her seat, upside down and gasping for air. >> she was still belt ed in the vehicle. everything was cover with water except about neck level. she was holding herself out of the water with the seat belt. >> reporter: hockessin fire fighters were first on the scene. >> first reaction was to get in the water and try to get the individual out. >> reporter: coupled with the fact her car couldp