hear how their lives have been impact. here at home time to clean up after yesterday's storm, left quite a bit of damage behind. roofs torn off of buildings, trees were down but today's weather is i drastic improvement. we will take it. good morning. it is wednesday, february 17th i'm erika von tiehl. a little bit cooler but not bad. these storms, we can handle but it is chillier. >> i like this trade off. >> me too. >> same here. >> the roadways i can tell you are looking great. such a welcomed break. katie, i see some sunshine. >> now i don't want to get too excited here, this is just a background graphic but we will see sunshine throughout the day. i promise you you. lets start off by taking you out to that graphic and talk about the temperatures here. we are dealing with, well, we did deal with a very significant rebound on the thermometer from sunday where we are only topped off at 20, to tuesday where we topped off at 60 degrees. huge, december parity there.

very strong storm. temperatures surged yesterday. we have seen them get scaled back. this is your temperature difference from this same time yesterday. you have dropped from ten to 15 to 20 plus degrees in these spots or you have leveled off. it depend on your location. regardless the story is, we're back to reality, folks. we will look at storm scan, wider zoom you can see that shield of clouds moving away. that is what is left of the storm system a and we are in the clearly sentencely. don't worry about that pocket of snow you see over the lakes region that will not impact us. with that said it is a cooler day. we are back where we should be, where we're in about 44 degrees on this day of the year, here in philadelphia we expect to hit 46. not terrible. we do expect that sun as well, but we will call it partly sunny, still a tad breezy in the wake of the storm as high pressure takes its the place but not a bad forecast and thinks a great break meisha that will last us quite a while. >> love the sound of that thank you, katie. bringing us great news on this wednesday. good morning everyone. if you are just waking up with us we're so glad you are here.

take a look at i-95 south at the girard looking good but busy. we're still traveling at posted speed, yes but we will start to see that slow down as we have been push further in the 6:00 o'clock. looking busy on interstate 95 and we can expect that, usually more toward the beginning of the week, minus monday. and the schuylkill, taillights moving in the eastbound direction approaching gulph mills, looking good here but this is another area of the schuylkill during 4:00 o'clock and ebb early 5c he clock hour which is looking g we are heating up. twenty to headlights moving in the northbound direction approaching route 29 looking g thinks looking really good compared to the schuylkill at i-95. around 6:10 the burlington bristol bridge is scheduled to open. i will, of course, let you know when it does open, and opened for traffic abe a accident, new jersey, black horse pike southbound, and because of the down pole. erika, back over to you. dangers of being a a police officer once again apparent when a local officer is gun down serving a warrant. it happened while that allentown officer,

investigates a murder investigation. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at lehigh valley hospital with more on that conditions, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. allentown police tell us that officer is in good condition and it is now, stable. now they also say that the man accused of shooting that officer is now being hospitalized, as well, and lets take to you video from last night, the wounded officer, has in the yet been named but we know he was part of an emergency response team, serving an arrest warrant, on a male suspect. now this happened as a apartment building on the 600 block of north godfrey street about 9:45 p.m., became reports of an officer being shot by a man inside that apartment. law enforcement did fire back here, striking the suspect, police have not said where he was hit or released his condition. initial reports were that male officer was shot in his left arm, and he was brought to lehigh valley hospital, and then back out to the scene a swat style investigation was underway. neighbors were evacuated and

bystanders report hearing a flash bang go off as authorities closed in on that apartment building. someone the on the scene also say a robot was dispatched to the apartment where the suspect was held up. before, being followed in with a stretcher, a and that brought that suspect shooter to the hospital for treatment at 1:00 a.m. >> at the time of the incident there was an exchange of gunfire, the individual was inside, did receive more news from the exchange of gunfire and after a brief standoff we were able to secure him inside the apartment and transport him for treatment as well. >> reporter: now more details on this case are due out later this morning. that officer and suspect both recovering at this hour. police say this warrant is tied to the death of a woman who was found dead, on sunday, and recycling container. they do in the know much about her at the this point. they say that she's of asian dissent between 18 and 30 years old, 5 feet tall and 119-.

that why is that arrest warrant was being served last night. again, all this case is coming up, later today, we will have more on line and, of course, on on air. erika, back to you. justin, thank you. an overnight fire at a holmesberg row home is raising suspicions when a gas can is found on the porch. the flames were reported just after midnight the in the 4500 block of teasdale street n1 was hurt but there was some damage to that home. the fire marshall is investigating. in other news, a fast moving storm packed quite a punch, leaving behind a big mess in our area strong wind, blew the roof off this dare i have farm in richboro, bucks county, leaving hundreds of cows in the path the of danger. no cows or people were injured, a miracle according to owner lenny tanner. the farm has been in his family for many years. >> it is hard to believe that as much damage could be done in a short period of time. >> we just to have move forward and we will look at

everything, tomorrow, and then we will start to rebuild. >> the wind took down this tree in nearby feasterville causing major damage to that house. residents of the flint michigan tell their perfect or stories of contaminated water to the u.s. surgeon general. now he will work on the solution. meanwhile as we report, the price is putting a state agency under investigation. >> reporter: flint residents lined up to tell the u.s. surgeon general how the city a's poison water, has affect them. >> i have lost two unborn babies, i was pregnant with twins and i lost them, back in july of 2015 due to the lead. >> reporter: doctor marci has been investigating lead contamination in flint's water supply. >> we have to do a lot more to get flint back to a place where the water is safe for everyone to drink. >> reporter: hundreds of people showed up for a separate meeting about class action lawsuits, so many that some were turned away.

more horror stories were recounted there. >> unaudible. >> reporter: governor rick snyder admitted michigan's health department is under review for failing to alert public about legionnaires out break but snyder blamed at least part of the problem on the federal government. >> they failed to do a lot of things in this process and i will not spend time on their issue. i they will that will come out as time passes. they have not fully acknowledged all of their issues. >> reporter: national study released tuesday found that even though flint residents will be poisoned by their own water, they still paid some of the highest water rates in the nation. kim hutchinson, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". bill cosby's sexual assault case is heading to trial. a montgomery county judge refused to dismiss the case, has denied cosby's appeal. the comedian is accused of drugging and assaulting a former temple university employee at his home in 2004. cosby, next scheduled court

appearance is a priest limb nature i hearing on march 8th. still ahead it is kind of freak accident that really makes your jaw drop, watch as a 14 year-old basketball player goes flying and then is impaled by a floor board. coming up how this could happen and an update on how she's doing this morning. >> thinks called a game changer for families with special needs. see how this new shopping cart is making it easier for parents to runner rand. and it the is a beauty pageant work out these women are hitting the gym in their quest to be crowned the miss new jersey but this is not the just about looking good in the swimsuit competition a new incentive for contestants is coming up. >> ♪ >> looking down at the shore right the now, and it is still dark out, 6:08, sun coming up, today, katie has details on your forecast when we come right back, good morning.

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a bizarre accident on a basketball court and one we have never seen before school video shows the girl went flying across the floor and could not get up. that floor board had split, and then 4 inches of it stuck in the player. now, fortunately she was not seriously injured but the gym was evacuated and girl was rush to the hospital. >> like a strike of lightening. you just don't think that will happen. complete fluke. i think sometimes strange things happen and there is no explanation. doctors say she will be on

the court very soon. there were two tornadoes that did this damage in southern florida and it is not even tornado season. powerful wind snapped trees, overturned an 18 wheeler slowing traffic to a crawl on i-95 yesterday morning. the storms also knocked down power lines, sparking several fires including this shed near miami. weather service says damage was caused by ef1 tornadoes with wind of 86 to 110 miles an hour. hopefully a quieter day for them in miami. we are happy for this quiet day for us, tranquil, right. >> storm system clearing out for them was same one that affected us yesterday with damaging storms as well but thankfully you can see shield of cloud pushing well out to sea for everyone. a much better looking forecast a across the eastern third of the you had. disturbance crossing over great lakes. it will not have any impact. just it will bring a couple cloud. a breeze, nothing more. back to reality folks, mid 40's today.

we will top off at about 44 degrees or so. forty-six behind philadelphia a. right where we should be, right. coldest day of our forecast comes tomorrow with high pressure just centered overhead, we're talking upper 30's, flirting with 40 and you will have full sunshine. it will be a nice winter day. more included building then come friday as we see return flow around high pressure rebound on the thermometer too but another disturbance heading our way. tracking through canada but we will warm up as that passes us by, basically to the north. so saturday a a little dose ovulate march, are going to keep that theme in the second half of the weekend too. the at the moment a few left over mounds of snow outside pleasant valley middle and high school here in broad headville but we are starting to feel that spring fever a little bit here. the here's the count down. still, five taste away until the amount of days today light savings, actual beginning of the spring march 20th and 47 days until average high of 6o we will have 60 degrees

yesterday. it could happen earlier then average, obviously. we do expect to see these temperatures rebound nicely as i mentioned flirting with 60 on saturday. not a bad weekend at all, couple cloud but sunshine, mid to upper 50's the expectation, and just some good stuff but i do caution you, you cannot get used to it because by next mid week we will track yet another storm. >> oh, in. >> yes. >> last weekend though, yes, absolutely good we will have to just deal. >> take your lumps. >> and just talking spring, katie, even mere mention of it coming up. >> absolutely. >> good morning, everyone. happy wednesday. things are looking good on the roadway. far cry from earlier this week. they are looking nice and dry w that said we are seeing certain accidents. this is live chopper three over one involving a possible entrapment, new jersey turnpike westbound at james even ifimore cooper service area that off ramp is block. a tractor trailer and tow truck are involved here. they are trying to get this cleared out of your way. if you are anywhere in and around this area, certainly at

this time especially moving into the 6:00 o'clock hour when things are getting busy we will maneuver your way around this again we will still have reports that it is block right here, so again, new jersey turnpike westbound at james even ifimore cooper service area that off ramp is block. i-95 south at girard look at how busy it is, we are still traveling at posted speeds but in the for long. brake lights here. schuylkill getting very busy, taillights moving in the eastbound direction approaching gulph mills. we have another accident a at new jersey, black horse pike, i'll have those updates the in a little bit but first we will will take a quick break so stay where you are, cw. three "eyewitness news" will be right back.

retailer target will soon offer shopping carts designed for families with special needs. it is called, caroline's cart, inspired by a child with tourette's syndrome. many kid with special need can step in on their own and those to use a wheelchair can ride safely without their parents being forced to maneuver a cart and a wheelchair. >> these carts are changing everything for us. she's enjoying it. she likes to be inside of the view of everything. i can finally bring bella with me anywhere. she likes to be out. she doesn't want to stay home all the time. this is a great way to include families with special needs.

>> great idea. >> caroline's cart hold 250 panels and it is not just made for children. this will be in all target stores, nationwide, by march 19th. on your cbs-3 healthwatch, a different kind of competition for some young ladies competing to be the next miss new jersey, health reporter stephanie stahl tells us about the new scholarship with a focus on fitness. >> ♪ >> they are climbing, and crawling their way to fitness. no beauty keep back stabbing here but instead it is new jersey contestant are hopping on each others backs. and pushing their way to ultimate health. >> it is so much more than just walking on stage in the swimsuit. >> reporter: they are judged in bathing suits but this year for the first time there is a new scholarship called the move, look, feel award. >> it is more than just what people look like but it is actually how they are.

>> reporter: this owner of training aspects of voorhees will testing contestants on a variety of fitness measures. everything from strength, endurance, to cardio. >> wow. >> thirty seconds. >> reporter: contestant will have fitness tested every week until the end of may and winner gets a $1,250 scholarship. they are enabling us to learn how to be healthy by giving us this challenge. >> reporter: twenty year-old sandra hill lost 30-pound with diet the and exercise, before entering the pageant. >> here i was at my heaviest, i was 155. >> reporter: for this competition they don't focus on weight but all about improving fitness levels. >> it is in the just about looking good but feeling strong for me. >> reporter: bren a a west was runner up last year, for her looking good in the bathing suit means being in the best shape ever. >> miss america organization empowers women, it makes us route for each other. >> reporter: like so many, bren a a wants to be a broadcast journalist.

>> she wants my john. >> sound good to me. >> reporter: but for now she will punch and kick her way to what she hopes will be the pageant crown. >> they say that this isn't a temporary fitness fix, but a lifestyle exchange, and that will last even after the winner is crowned in june. i'm stephanie stahl for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". great idea. survivor returns for a 32nd sees on tonight and two of the contestants are from our area we will introduce you to them coming up next. plus philadelphia school that is harder to get into than harvard, our jan carabao takes us inside high tech classrooms to see why parents are lining up to enroll their children. and katie, great news weather-wise, finally a normal day, right. >> it is quiet and calm, we will see a nice little warming trend take effect but in major storms in sight just yet but we will walk you through good news coming up on the other

survivor returns for a 32nd season tonight right here on cbs-3 and one of those cast a aways is a philadelphia native. joseph dell campo grew up in oxford circle. the seven two-year old is a a retired fbi agent and formal naval officer. dell campo looks fit. seventy-two, looking g competes for that cool million-dollar. >> you know, we're given one body so i want to keep that body a as long as i can. way back when i was an agent,

i wanted to impress upon people if they only met one fbi agent in their life i with come across as pretty fit and an all american boy. so i kept that up throughout year. i wanted to be in good physical shape. >> long time host jeep probes say dell campo has a good chance to out witt, out play, out last as long as other castaways can see around his age. >> finding somebody in their 07's who has been through what joe has been through in his life and looks the way he looks, that is a gem, and i'm hoping that joe does not the get lumped in the old guy category. >> just give me a chance. just don't judge me because you think i'm old he could win it all. is there another local cast a away, debbie, who is a chemist from reading berks county. meet the rest of the castaways when survivor brains verse brown verse beauty premiers tonight, it is a

special extra long 90 minute episode at 8:00 o'clock writ here on cbs-3. coming up next on "eyewitness news" a scare for shoppers when a group of men wearing ski masks storms a philadelphia store, details coming up, jan. erika, it is widely considered one of the best charter schools in all of philadelphia, this morning, we will take you inside mast community charter school in northeast philadelphia to show you why and what is new you this year. >> very good, thanks. also jeb bush post a picture on twitter and sparks a social media uproar, see image that is making waves with voters, meisha. we have live chopper three over an accident on the new jersey turnpike westbound plus a second accident in new jersey, black horse pike ill will's have those updates coming up. but first we will take a quick break so stay where you are,

good wednesday morning after that, dose of winter weather and some spring-like weather in one week we are finally to for a calm, forecast. we're hoping the temperatures cooperates but isn't right now. not too bad. not as warm as yesterday. >> sure. >> but no massive amounts of rain so we will take it. >> quite a trade off there. this is normal for mid-february, what we will face out there today and we are chipping away at snow cover out there too. >> yes. >> most of it is, wiped completely out across better part of the delaware valley. that is what this map is. we will go full screen and zoom it into the delaware valley where things have started to clear out for most of the garden state and most of the first state and most of the southeastern pennsylvania. we have a little bit of snow cover but handfull of inches, back to the lehigh valley, berks, lancaster counties and that said as we have a nice quiet pattern settling in it is looking quiet and tranquil next couple days. that will give us a few additional opportunities for snow to melt away too.

storm scan three quiet as can be, high pressure taking back control. it will be a tad breezy, at the moment northwest wind is confined to this set of the observations to the mount pocono area but most will see that generally westerly wind flow turning a bit more northwesterly with time here today. even though temperatures are marginal, it is worth a mention that mess of the wet weather that came through yesterday because we had so much wind had a chance to dry out. you won't even count are ice issues which is great to hear but with that said it is tranquil. 46 degrees in the city. 2 degrees above typical high. we will take it. sun and cloud, breezy down at the shore towns and then up in the poconos, mid 30's, colder by comparison but that is obviously very typical as well when up in the higher terrain, meisha, over to you. >> spring is in the air, katie, thank you so much for that. happy wednesday to you. happy hump day. we are moving to this workweek and things are looking good but i want to call your attention to this. live chopper three over an accident, new jersey turnpike north bound at james even

ifimore cooper services area this is off ramp that is still block, tractor trailer verse a tow truck involving possible entrapment, it sound like the driver of that tow truck hats been brought to the hospital. so no word on his condition right now but i can let you know this is what the scene looks like. if you can avoid this area will want to do so. you can see crews are still out there trying to get this cleared out of your way. anyway around the new jersey turnpike moving in the northbound direction around here james even ifimore cooper service area that off ramp right now is still blocked for those in that area, and now a live shot outside i-95 south a approaching cottman now right around 6:30 when everyone starts to hit roadways and this is what you're looking at. no longer traveling at posted speed we are dropping at speeds for interest state i-95 and schuylkill and conshohocken curve is heating up. this is moving in both directions east and westbound. it is looking pretty busy as we are moving in the westbound direction, taillights moving in the westbound direction

there burlington bristol bridge is back down. an accident in new jersey's black horse pike southbound near nicholson road two lanes still blocked there, erika, back over to you. allentown police officer is expect to recover after he is shot on duty. it happened on the 600 block of north godfrey street two blocks from where body of the woman was found in the recycling container on sunday. police say the officer was serving a search warrant related to that woman's death when someone shot him in the left arm. that suspect was also wounded. the blooming dale's at liberty place in center city is hit the by brazen shoplifters. nine men wearing ski masks stole 20 to 30 pairs of jeans from that store just as it was about to close last night. the value of all of those jeans, about $2,000. the suspect's fled going east on chestnut street. 6:33. we now know that there will be three new charter schools in the city of philadelphia a when the next school year comes around. the crowd at last night school reform commission cheered as panel made the announcement,

as russell byers academy and kipp north philadelphia those are all new schools. they will open this come september. others were reject. several families will send their children to one of of the most sought after charter steals in the city. last night mast community charter school in northeast philadelphia held its admissions lottery. there were only 99 slots opened, for more than 8,000 applicants. win or lose their parents say they just want their children in the goodwill school. >> coming up here for past three years trying to get my son in. he will be in third grade next year but i have been coming up here since kindergarten. my sister and my brother graduated from here. it is the best school. >> we will be excited if she's accepted but if not, i have three or four more years to deciding whether i will be move outside the city or not you might wonder what makes the mast charter school so popular. we are told it has a unique

approach to education. our jan carabao heard about this great school and technology. and we sent you back to the classroom. a lot of people want to know is what so special. >> plane and simple, this class, this school, all of the learning here is just fun, right. >> that kind of learning. >> reporter: that is how you engage students. mast is focusing odd streaming learning. but now that they have working philadelphia charter school is mix nug technology in the curriculum that makes work seem much more like play. >> i think we should have off on monday. >> reporter: from composing to the letter with the principal the with the ipad. >> to traveling the world with your classmates, by way of floor projection and google maps. >> now on the the pyramid. >> reporter: lessons at mast charter school in north philadelphia look far different then those in the past. >> it makes us more interested in learning. >> reporter: and now building on that momentum, new to mast this year is building center,

where classic legos are transformed. first in, to colorful familiar shapes. >> mathematics and reading in the lego center. >> reporter: and then with lessons engineering and computer programming. >> hit the stop button first. >> reporter: transformed again inanimated robots. >> i made it, a motion sensor so i put something in and it closing its mouth. i really want to be an engineer. >> reporter: goal teachers at mast are happy to hear from female students as well. >> i'm interested in sciences and technology aspects of the career. >> reporter: bridgette and nicole call this their baby. they named him noodle after wires that make the elephant move. the name a nod to their trouble shooting too. the those wires, were installed backward at first. >> this is my favorite area because it is hand on. >> reporter: over past five years mast student and parents have fun raised money to create new and engaging spaces like this last years project the maker space features three

printers. >> not many other schools in our area have technology like this. >> reporter: product design off the computer and into students hand. at mast science and technology not just textbook but brought to life. now more than 1300 students, currently attend mast and is there a sizable wait list, however, a second mast community charter school is in the works and that school is set to open in september of this year. first in lawncrest at a temporary space and permanently in tacony. so how funnies all of that. >> you see why parents want to get their kid involved. one said they want to be an engineer to grow up. >> at that age young ladies wanting to go in the science. it is good way tone gauge students and keep them entertained while learning. >> making learning play, you don't realize you are learning when you are doing it. >> reporter: that is right. >> jan, thanks very much. interesting trend right here from the new quinnipiac university poll out within the

hour. democratic voters nationwide, are dead lock. the pole pull shows a statistical dead heat between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. the clinton has a two-point lead. among republicans, nationwide, donald trump has a 20-point lead over his closest rival marco rubio. ted cruz is third and john kasich a distant fourth at 6 percent. a tweet is coming back to haunt presidential hopeful jeb bush. he tweeted a picture of a handgun with his name engraved on it. tweet red america. bush said it was ad in to his appearance at a south carolina gun factory. he got thousands of likes and retweets, others though thought it wases in poor taste. edward snowden suggest that bush delete his twitter account. 6:38. new film national parks adventure opens up in imax 3-d at the franklin institute this weekend. we have a sneak peak. coming up meet a legendary climb shore does things mess people could not even imagine doing. also, thousands compete

but there can only be one dog named best in show, see this years winner from the west minister kennel club competition. this weeks story of brotherly love a school library resurrected by volunteers, they want to help others, do the same thing. that is coming up. ♪ >> well, loving our throw back here, pretty cool, following grammys tribute to lionel rich are i, spotify streams of his music spiked 146 percent the you forget how many great songs he has. we will be right back with katie's forecast, coming up, good morning.

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northeast philadelphia now that roof was only put on last year after the club spent five years, fund raising, to pay for that work. the fortunately though no one was injured. more storm damage right here in philadelphia's fairmount neighborhood high wind blew down scaffolding, the steel crashed down on the park car at 21st and parish. no one was hurt here. i know you have been seeing examples of the damage from the storm system. >> we will take you through a short list of the crazy weather rolling through our area the in the last couple days. we had reports of, 5 inches of snow. that happened in seaford, delaware. quarter inch of ice in forks township. 65 miles an hour was reported in salem county. over an inch of rain in quakertown where franklin we ended up with heavy rain yesterday in most locations, as that line rolled through. it was a very heavy swath of precipitation. as we go out to the eyewitness weather watcher network we had good pictures to came in the height of the storm when that rain came through. this is sent from phil, a shot

from yesterday, time stamp it the 12:44 in the afternoon right about the time that really, heavy, drenching squall line came through, and yes, this is height of the storm, you could barely made out the roadway taken out in chestnut hill. i will show you temperature list where we stand right now. andy has 33 degrees. mid 30's from dawn in downingtown, atglenn where ed is, chesterfield where other ed is, he has 30 degrees and in the the mid 30's both in philadelphia, eagleville, lawrenceville, and 34 and the list goes on. that is generally the normal, we will have not quite as much variety as we had yesterday where we had 30's, 40's, 50's, and just as the warmth started to surge in our area. that was more uniform. storm scan three showing is what up, not too much, high pressure in control this little pocket of snow showers do not want to you worry about that. it will trigger digsal cloud, maybe a hint of the breeze but nothing more. high pressure is ruling the area for the next couple days. tomorrow bright and sunny,

upper 30's, coldest day in the pack. we will warm things up again here and toward weekend we are talking mid to upper 50's once more, little dose ovulate march, and some sunshine as well. the it is looking good for next five days, meisha. >> yes, we are loving that, katie, thank you, such great the news to wake up to on this beautiful wednesday morning, roadways are looking nice and dry, no problems there just getting busy as we push toward our rush hour up to 7:00 o'clock. this is i-95 south before cottman. i'm keeping my eye on this no longer traveling at posted speed there hitting the breaks, schuylkill at spring garden, beautiful shot with the city in the background, looking good, you are still traveling at posted speeds but as you make your way in to center city, we can expect that right before 7:00 o'clock. new jersey 42 freeway north bound at creek road look at how bus that i is looking. take that to 295. this is what you're looking at traveling slightly less than posted speeds at this point. give yourself a couple extra minutes just leaving. accident in new jersey black horse pike southbound near

nicholson road two lanes are still, blocked. so now that we are getting so many vehicles on the roadways pushing toward 7:00 we can expect that to slow you down, quite a bit, erika, back to you. philadelphia public schools is struggling to keep their libraries opened so a team of former educators and will volunteers stepped up to get the books back in the hand of the children. ukee washington has this weeks story of brotherly love. >> reporter: volunteers not only, opened the library but they teach the children almost every day and we caught up with them in german town. >> you are going to go back and meet. >> reporter: bernice sherman is a gentle traffic cop guiding five and six years old to story time at kelly elementary. that is john davis, a retired educator and musician went to philly public schools back when libraries were standard. >> that opened up the world to me. i was able to go places, to things, find out things that i wouldn't have had i not had

the experience of reading. >> reporter: kelly elementary has had a librarian for two years when retired principal, peggy found out she and other volunteers found out and got it backup and running. >> it a has become a dumping ground. there were boxes all around, and just a lot of dusty books. >> reporter: but lots of those books were great for kid and in good condition. they got rid of outdated books, cleaned up the good ones and got them laminated, free thanks to a friendly staples manager. they added signs to the shelves and posted colorful artwork on the walls. >> they did such a great job in organizing the books in various ge nres, grade levels, interest. >> reporter: they stock around every weekday volunteers held library classes. >> they come, read a allowed and read allowed, and finish and then they get to choose a book for the next week. >> that is cute.

>> actually watching the excitement of kids as they encounter books and hear stories it the is a phenomenal thing to sianni be part of. >> reporter: they hope to inspire more volunteer run school libraries and get books back where they belong. inspired to help? find out how? at cbs philly.com/brotherly. we have contact information for the volunteers. i'll see you tonight, i'm ukee washington for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the national park service is celebrating its 100 anniversary this year. and beauty, of the park is getting featured in a big way too. the the film's national parks adventure opening up in imax 3-d at franklin institute the this weekend but we are getting a sneak peak of that for you here this morning. legendary climber conrad anchor stars in the film and he joins us now, in the studio, connor, great to see you, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, erika. >> let's talk about this film. which parks are we talking about. >> there are over 400 park units, so, getting 400 parks into a 40 minute film is a bit of a challenge.

we have 40 of them. and then five or six that i go visit, and we have climbing in them. >> fantastic. i know robert redford is narrating this and that is terrific. we are looking at pictures. can you walk us through what we are seeing. >> we are climbing on devil's tower and devil's tower is a monument in south dakota. it is the beautiful place and this is calmer of the salt. we will go ice climbing in the national lake shore. we go skiing there we have wintertime activity the and summer activity. >> now you are such a legendary climber. what sit like seeing this movie and seeing your experience? is it anything close. >> this is something i can do to give back to the national parks. i'm a professional climber. everything i do is basically on public land. so there is no stadiums for climbing. you go outdoors. you go to the poconos, you go the mountains in new york.

there is always these wonderful connection toss national parks. so it is i way to give something back to them. >> have you always been a climber? when did you start. >> i started by age two we were horse packing and by 14 i was with ropes, and sort of getting after it. >> my gosh. >> what sit like to be able to give back and get some younger fans interested in just appreciating nature and getting outside. >> the national parks has been referred to as america's best idea and this year for centennial is there free park admission for all fourth graders. if you have a fourth grader in your family thinks a year to plan a trip to the park. >> it is highlighted, towards that age group too, the length, what it talks about. >> yes, that is large part why it is at franklin science center because kid go there, they are curious they want to do things. it talks about how the parks were created with theodore roosevelt with john muir having this great idea and some of the nature and it is not just humans there that we

have places for animals to live and be happy and there is a couple really cute scenes in there with prairie dogs and brown bears. >> you had me at prairie dogs. >> you have climbed legendary mountains. was there anyone in particular that you think back and say wow, that was an adventure in 2011 we made it to the summit of maru a peak in india. it took me three years and three spedtition toss finally get success on it. these expeditions as a five week long journey. >> you have a great understanding here. >> we have a good team. >> just tremendous. i love imax experience you can have in 3-d. what is that like to see the film and have an experience it of it yourself. >> seeing tonight 3-d is no substitute to getting out in the parks. you have to get out there and experience them and get a blister and get cold hands. the get some wind, and leaves in your hair but this is a

great introduction to the national parks. if you see them, and out there and like okay, i kind of knew something like that was out there but now i know it is there and we're going to go there. >> can't wait to see this thank you so much. we want to see pictures. i believe we have a couple if you can pull up. here we get where is this right here. is this the frozen water wall. >> this is on the upper peninsula of michigan, completely unexpect. we had hoped to shake out west on ice climbs which is what i to, dry winter. last year was a cold winter. lake superior was frozen over. >> is this what. >> this is a small cave that goes in there and so still that these feathers of the ice grow, so it is a really beautiful place to be. >> last but not least doing some climbing in wyoming. >> is that you. >> yep. >> you are brave. >> we climb up, the little crack. if you have a handle that is the size of the coffee mug put yourself on it.

>> well, my hat is off to you. i can't wait to see this film at franklin institute. thanks so much for your time. >> conn rat. >> thank you, erika. >> we will be right back.

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allentown police officer is recovering after being shot in the arm, while serving a warrant. it happened late last night.

that suspect, spent part of the night held up inside an apartment but was apprehended after a exchange of gunfire. also to die bill cosby loses another, legal battle when a judge refused to dismiss sexual assault charges against the comedian. his preliminary hearing takes place march 8th. and, the calmer day is expect today after damaging storms brought heavy rain and high wind to the area. several roofs were even, blown off. we want to get one more check of the forecast and we are due for this nice calm, weather. >> in kidding, we deserve it. come on. >> it could be a very typical february day for us too, just clouds at the moment here outside kutztown area middle school. that snow has since melted a away. we will look ahead to your weekend, this is good stuff. we have a frontal boundary passing nearby but you we're talking upper 50's on saturday. dose of the late march and sunshine to go witt. sunday not bad either, granted a couple cloud, mid 50's, upper 50's and some sunshine,

i'll take it, what do you think, meisha. >> i will take it as well. i'm into that. good morning. we are looking at the blue route taillights moving in the northbound direction a approaching the schuylkill looking good traveling up at posted speeds. by the way have you ever wondered why it is called the blue route? i asked my question all the time. our nicole brewer answer that is good question tonight the at 11:00. if you have a good question, we want to hear it. just go to cbs philly.com/good question and submit your question or tweet us, using hashtag cbs-3, good question. >> thanks, meisha. hey, wrinkling brothers circus in philadelphia tonight. this is last time you good it to see elephants in the show though. after this tour they will move to their new permanent home at the wrinkling brothers center for elephant conservation in florida. >> um-hmm, and tomorrow morning i will be at the circus to show you just why it is the greatest show on earth. make sure you join us tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. >> looking forward to that. >> pack your peanuts. >> yes. >> hey, a new doggies named best in show at west minister

kennel club in new york city. cj the german pointer has taken top honors beating out nearly 3,000 other k-9's in the nation's most prestigious dog pettition. cj will go on a whirlwind media tour, by the way, cj's grandmother won best in show in 2005. something to love this. >> so cute. >> and then, the lovely dog, you know, we just love cj. >> yes. >> look at that. >> beautiful. >> next up on cbs this morning here's a question can driverless cars make wrong decisions. we will get behind the wheel to see for yourself. >> yes. and that and more and your forecast coming up in 25 minutes, we will keep an eye on it. have a great day.

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