♪ right now at 11:00, privacy versus protection. why the fbi wants apple to hack its own customer and why the tech giant refuses to cooperate. tonight a cyber security expert weighs in on the battle. it's a cold night and a chilly thursday on the way but temperatures surging by the weekend. we could be chasing 60. i'll tell which you weekend day is better to get outside. >> it's one of the busiest stretches of the road in the philadelphia region, and it has

a colorful nickname. why it's a stretch of interstate 476 called the blue route. it's a good question. our nicole brewer is take it to the streets to fine out. good evening everyone i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. and tonight, the battle lines of privacy are drawn. the fbi says it needs access to phone belonging to one of the shooters in the san bernardino massacre. even got a court order but apple is refusing to butch. "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown breaks down the battle between privacy and protect. isn't we saw this coming. it was a fight that was ultimately going to happen. >> reporter: the war on terror and the right to privacy have collided in a way cyber security experts say they knew would one day be inevitable. the fbi got a court order requiring apple to hack the iphone of one of the terrorists behind the san bernardino, california massacre. but the head of apple is refusing the order. rob dividio an sort professor of the criminology and justice studies at drexel university. >> apple is essentially saying

the concerns of privacy or maintaining privacy and integrity of data out weigh the concerns that the justice department is presenting. >> reporter: win hours of ruling apple ceo tim cook called the demands chilling and said it could lead to the tech giant being forced to build surveillance software tinder accept your messages or even access your phone's microphone or camera without your knowledge. farook and his wife malik killed 14 people on december shooting rampage. since the attack the fbi has been definitelying into the couple's internet and electronic history. they have discover that the couple sympathized with isis and islamic radicals. in court documents fbi says farook's iphone could provide key clues to his contacts and whereabouts. >> that's what the government needs to further these investigations to get the evidence they need to prevent future attacks. >> the concern the ripple effect, right? this is just a slippery slope.

today it's a request coming for national security terrorist investigation. tomorrow it's a request for a child porn investigation. >> reporter: iphone users see a very gray area in a case that could have far-reaching implication. >> national security and apple being able to give away, you know, my private records i mean that's really scary to me as a person that owns an iphone but then again the whole world is really scared of everything that's going on, terrorism, i mean, it's huge right now. >> i agree with apple. i wouldn't do it. >> reporter: well apple says it has been cooperating with the fbi by providing information. the couple backed up online. meantime apple does intend to file an appeal as early as next week. that's the very latest for now live in the sat center. natasha brown, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you natasha. other news tonight bill cosby now suing andrea couldn't stan the woman who's rape allegations have fueled a criminal proceeding against him in montgomery counsel teen.

cosby suit names her lawyer, her mother and the pub lib cher of the national inquirer. the suit alleges breach of contract because the parties are subject to confidentiality clauses. couldn't stand filed suit against cosby and the inquirer in 2005 and those cases were settled. a philadelphia police detective facing assault charges surrenders to authorities. 43-year-old adam o'donnell accused of of assault on february 3rd. authorities say o'donnell was he is coring a suspect out of the special victims unit when he kick him in the knee injuring the man. authorities say o'donnell then put the suspect no an unmarked police car, drove him to hunting park and dropped him off on a random street. >> hiding drugs in car parts. that's what police say montgomery county man did. david of east norriton behind bars after being arraigned and drug on conspiracy charges for his role in heroin trafficking ring authorities say when they arrested him last week he was carrying more than sick pounds of heroin disguised in car batteries. more than 200 community

leaders are calling on authorities to reopen the investigation into the deaths avenue well-known new jersey couple. cooper health system ceo john sheridan and his wife joyce were found dead in their somerset county home in september 2014. the prosecutor's office ruled sheridan stabbed his wife then stabbed himself and set the bedroom on fire. the murder weapon was never found. three former new jersey governors are among the leaders asking for that case to be reopen. >> tonight a warning about thieves using a dating app to steal more than just hearts. mt. laurel police say a man sent another man this photo through the app jack'ed on februar february 10th. they met up in seclude area on route 73. it ended up with the suspect running off with the victim's i phone. two hours police got a call from another man but that man managed to hold on to his phone. >> it's an app everybody runs the risk. there's an element of trust you have to have with that person.

if they're sending off signals and red flags are going off in your head you should get out of the situation. >> police are concerned there could be more victims. they ask anyone with information about the suspect to come forward. right now pope francis is on his way back to italy after a five-day visit to mexico. the pope waived goodbye to the crowd at the airport tonight. earlier he celebrated mass the there. and prayed for the thousand of migrants who died trying to reach the united states. holy father appealed for governments to open their hearts if not their borders. and fake a look at this frightening moment for pope francis while in mexico. someone pulled on his vestments knocking him on to child in a wheelchair. the pope quickly scolded those responsible for their behavior. >> there is word tonight president obama is expected to visit cuba next month. this as the u.s. and cuba continue to normalize relations after a half century of cold war

opposition. the administration is eager to build trade and diplomatic ties with cuba before the president leaves office. they signed a deal yesterday restoring commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades. campaign 16 senator marco rube woe captures south carolina prime endorse many. nicky haley through her support behind rubio and told voters every day will be a great day in america if he's elected. rubio ben carson and ted cruz participated in a town hall in greenville tonight. they're trying to catch front runner trump who has a 20-point lead. rubio expressed his feelings about the endorsement. >> i feel great about it. we feel a lot of energy. people coming to our rallies are getting better. people signing up. saturday are going to vote. we've got a good message and i know i'm running and i feel good about what that will translate to. we'll see. >> person knee sanders and hillary clinton are gearing up for saturday's nevada caucuses.

new poll has the presidential candidates in a statistical tie. here in the philly area we have some nicknames for some of the most heavily traveled routes. >> there's the schuylkill for i-76, the boulevard for route 1 and then the stretch of 476 known the blue route. why the colorful name. >> good question. nicole brewer hit the road to find out. >> i certainly did. probably got stuck in traffic. you can't find this on the maps and as you make your way up and down the inter state there are certainly no signs that say it. so why is part of 476 known as the blue route? it's a question submitted by quite a few of you and it's really good question. so let's find out. ♪ >> ever take 476. >> yes. >> what do you call it? >> the blue route sometimes. >> the world's largest parking lot. >> why do we call it the blue route. >> thought alignment that was selected for this highway. blue alignment. >> gene blum is spokesperson for penndot the need for an expressway running north through

south throughout delaware and montgomery county arose in 1929 but they didn't choose an alignment 1961. >> the four finalists were given a color designation, red, yellow blue and green. >> the green route was ran further west. less effective in improving traffic flow. >> they went with the blue rou route. still don't know why. >> blum says it provide add more direct connection between i-95 and the turnpike and had less impact on urban areas back then the newly named blue route had some seeing re. including folks in the swarthmore area when insisted four lanes instead of six north of route 33. >> i don't know if that was weiss or not. >> i'm sure they wish they went with six lanes back then. >> they would delay the building process more than 20 years. with that note yi are the came its name sake. >> that's being generated at that time by this highway which was very controversial. newspaper, tv stories. and it became just a part of our

local lexicon. >> nod mid-county express, interstate 476 or veterans memorial highway. just the blue route. 25-year-old highway some say needs new blueprints. >> how about the red, the yellow and the green route, take all four? >> whatever would make traffic to philadelphia easier i'll take it. >> now when construction started back in 1967 the estimated cost to build the blue route was about $50 million by the time it opened to traffic on decembe december 19th, 1991, the total spent was, wait for it, $500 million. >> wow! >> that's a little more than they planned for. >> the blue route cost a lot of green. >> a lot of green. i gotcha. she's here all week. >> thank you nick. appreciate it. >> all righty much what's your good question? log on to cbsphilly.com/good question to submit your question or tweet us using the hash tag cbs3 good question. >> and nicole will be here every night with the answer on cbs3 "eyewitness news" at 11:00. can't wait to hear from you.

from the highway to the raceway we found dare devils with the need for speed. >> and that includes our vittoria woodill she'll show where you you can act like a race car driver and enjoy friendly competition tame. >> plus you saw it right here on cbs3. the season premier of survivor and one of the contestants debbie comes from berks county. we caught up with her tonight. what she says was the one thing she wishes she can have had on the island. and in the past few days we've had temperatures ranging from eight to 60 and that roller coaster continues the it's cold tonight. changes for the weeke weekend. i'll tell when you that to expect warmer weather comin com. that's see what's happening in clearwater florida with don bell. >> reporter: if you don't know who the 2016 phillies are you're not alone. neither do they why these guys have whole lot of work to do to get reacclimated with each other. that's later in sports. ♪

>> this is cbs3 "eyewitness news" with ukee washington, jessica dean, kate bilo and don bell. ♪ highly anticipated event tonight on the university of pennsylvania campus. students lined up to hear from caitlyn jenner. that event was sold out. jenner appeared on campus along with buzz bissinger. he's a pulitzer prize winning writer of the vanity fair story chronic link jenner's transiti transition. >> i thought it would be really interesting to see caitlyn. >> i think she's really important figure in the media right now. i think she's pretty controversial to be honest but i'm want to be here because i want to be able to hear what she has to say. >> jenner was originally scheduled to speak at penn in the fall but due to her transition and all the publicity she requested the event be

reschedule. many of you watch the season premier of survive here on cbs3 tonight an local woman is among the cast aways competing in cambodia. debbie weiner of reading berk county watching herself outwit, out last with family friends during a party tonight. this seasons theme is brain versus braun versus beauty. the 49-year-old chemist is on the brain team. she tells us about one item she wishes she had on the island. >> we all work on each other's nerves. one of the thing i didn't have i wanted was duck tape. there were some people i just wanted to duck tape their faces could you just shut up for five freaking minutes, please? (laughter). >> we are all rooting for debbie as the battle unfolds between these three tribes. you can watch survivor every wednesday night at 8:00 o'clock right here on cbs3. >> if you like adventure, how about a real thrill ride. >> if you've never been behind the wheel of a go cart our vittoria woodill shows you why

you're missing out and where you can go in our area to get in on the fun. >> reporter: do you have a need for speed? >> we put in you 3d video game. >> reporter: head this way if you're ready to take on the twists and turns of the track at speed raceway in horsham. >> speed raceway is 100 to us square feet indoor electric go cart racing. >> brandon says it's a place for fun for the whole crew. >> friends and family fun for all ages type place where you can come, you know, kind of let your hair down and enjoy yourself. >> and here you're judged on how about rubber you burn during your lap time. top of the line electric race cars. >> these cars they're electric. they're made in italy. they're kind of state of the art. you're sitting an inch off the ground feels like you're flying. >> but before you fly, you've got to register and pick your racing name. looking at me what comes to mi mind? >> hmm. >> i'm pretty fierce. >> you fierce? >> i feel like i intimidate so

some. >> inn tim nader. >> i like that. >> head over to the track to get a solid safety seminar by the pitt crew. >> you'll sit in like so. on the right you have your gas pedal. on the left you have your brake. tighten your waist all the way and tighten your shoulders just like this. this should be around your waist the whole time. >> any questions? no. >> then suit up. >> let's ride. wait a minute. >> i'm sorry. there you go, ma'am. >> please sit back down. let's try that again. >> get back in. i guess two out of two ain't bad. maybe the intimidator isn't so intimidating. >> i really thought i was going faster than how it look on television.

my time was not great at all. but if you will like take your turn at tackling the track, speed raceway has locations horsham and cinnaminson where they are open at noon every day. they have special hours on sunday, though. if you have a true passion for this sport they also have speed racing leagues you can join and compete with other speed racers. >> well -- i'm going need some more practice. i was terrible. >> no. >> no really like i was not good at all. >> did you all right. >> you look good. >> they said i had trust issues because you have to trust the vehicle. you have to trust the track. >> you have to become one. >> right. apparently i have front of issues. >> be the car. >> i'll work on that. >> thank you. kate bilo joins you with forecast you are looking at 60 down the road possibly. >> possibly close to 60 this weekend. i'm not going to promise but we'll make a run for it we say. we hit 60 yesterday it wasn't the kind of 60 you can gel outside and enjoy because it was raining.

we had wind damage. severe weather. finally the sun came out just in time for it to set this weekend we're not talking rain or snow. we're talking a nice stretch and temperatures on the rise. the first we got to get through cold night. let's take a look outside. dropping blow freezing to night and most areas have dried out but if do you still have some flooding some of the puddling from the melted snow certainly yesterday or any of the rain that came through just watch out for some icy spots. spot on my driveway that gets run off day or two after it rains. watch where you walk. most of the region fine tonight skycam3 over center city not bad at all. corm scan three is quite as we well. lake effect snow showers you can see drifting down from portions of new york state and western pennsylvania. those are staying away for the most part maybe a stray flu rehear or there. those have fizzle as they've moved toward the philadelphia area and the greater united states very very quite. nothing brewing in the midwest or the central part of the country. we are quiet at least until this time next week. tuesday night really into next wednesday is when we're tracking

the chance for another east coast storm. get to that all in good time. let's start with what's happening now. 29 in allentown. 31 in reading. 37 in philadelphia. but as i mentioned on sunday it was 8 degrees. so we can deal with these kind of numbers. 31 in millville and it's 32 at the atlantic city airport. roller coaster temperatures continue. so tomorrow we're only in the 30s. now, again, nothing compared to last weekend but it is a chilly day. we've got a full day of sun but cool breeze from the north and west will make it feel even that much cooler through the day definitely need the winter coat. the kids need the gloves and the hats when you send them off to the bus stop. friday is actually a lot like today. kind of a copy and paste sort of day. warm front draped over the area. bring us a few more clouds highs in the fours a lot like today. a few peeks of sunshine here and there. that's about it. more sun for the week and. we get in a zonal flow kind of a direct west to east know across the country which is good news it will keep up generally mild we like to warm up in philly on west win that's what we'll do on saturday. nice and warm and in fact that was the week and with the jet stream just off to the north

that nice westerly flow temperatures will average 10 to 15 degrees above normal both saturday and sunday. now, saturday will be a windy day. winds could gust to about 30 miles an hour at times that's the only downside of it but still 57 degrees near 60 feeling great for saturday. sunday, less wind but also just a few degrees cooler at 54. then we start to talk about that next storm threat this is next tuesday night into wednesday. our two main medium range models we look the gfs takes the track inn lapped a rain track for us this time of the year or at least a rain to snow. the european model takes it off the coast for now. that's a colder track that would mean more snow for us. too soon to tell we're still a full week out of this storm. what we do know east coast storm is likely next tuesday and wednesday. the track of the storm will be very crucial when determining precipitation type. still a great deal of uncertainty. it's amazing that we can even say a week out that we know and have pretty high confidence a storm will be happening but what we can't pinpoint are specifics is it going to rain, snow, rain

to snow or snow to rain? these are all possibilities at this time and of course i will keep you posted but tomorrow looks quiet, friday quiet. the weekend looks great. 50's with sunshine both days. getting that time frame next week tuesday night into wednesday. >> much better idea on that warm weekend with that storm system. >> absolutely by the weekend we'll have a good handle on it. >> thanks, kate. >> lesley what's coming you next in sports. >> well, if you look at the phillies you might wonder who are these guys? phillies pitchers and catchers reporting to clearwater today. so many new faces including the gm. so what will the team look like this year? and villanova freshman whose dad was a star at temple gets the bragging rights in the family tonight. highlights from a big five showdown on n

we had big five basketball at it's best. temple taking on rivalville notify valve number one item in the country and the owls are trying to take them down. look who was there temple grad and super bowl champion brandon mcmanus giving a huge staning oh

vague. villanova led the game at half by 12. daniel with the layup. 16 points fort game. temple down as much as 21 poin points. it is big five game they're not going anywhere. freshman guard tray low check him out with three pointer a career high 21 points. but it was another freshman with temple advertise that led the way for villanova. jail lynn brunson whose dad rick was a star at temple was just amazing tonight. he had 25 points. villanova wins this one, 83-67. here's coach jay wright. >> there's nothing like playing a road game in the big five. you know, it's -- we play all those games early purposely because they'll prepare us for the big east a road game in the big five is tough as any big east game on the road sometimes tougher. so, um, this one we wanted to play at the epp of the year for the same tron get us prepared for post season and it really did. >> big game in town taking on

st. joe's. bembry with the dunk. two of his 16 points. the finishing touch right here. came from james, huge slam. two of his 12. st. joe's pulling off the upset on hawk hill 79-70 the final. the boys of summer are back in act down in clearwater sports director don bell tells us there are plenty of fresh faces in camp. >> reporter: thank you lesley. day one of spring training officially in the books. pitchers and catchers reporting here today. but it the felt more like a meet and greet. who is this guy? what about him? or him? >> you guys walking in the locker room i recognize some names. but, you know, it's a whole new team. >> reporter: even new general manager matt klentak is trying to figure who who is who and he constructioned the team. >> i'm new. there's foam so many new players but even for people that have been with phillies for long time there's a new faces for them as well.

walking through the clubhouse just, you know, yesterday and this morning, i'm stopping to introduce myself to everybody. >> this is a look of your 2016 phillies. a bunch of fresh faces with light resumes looking to prove they belong. >> a lot of new guys. it will be a challenge and push each other in spring training and i think it will be pretty fun. >> day one light for pitchers and catchers. day two will be a lot more strenuous. it's all part of the six-week process that we call spring training. that is the story from clearwater. i'm don bell for "eyewitness sports". >> all right. spring has sprung. >> good thing. >> thanks lesley. >> still ahead amazing site off the coast of florida. >> shark and lots of them. why they like to hang out near the sunshine state this time of year when we come back.

just a breath taking site off the coast of eastern florida and it's all caught on video. >> thousands of black tipped sharks are making annual my

graying to the waters off the sunshine state. this video was captured by drones and this time of year the sharks feed on fish and bask in the warm coastal waters. it sounds nice. while it might like menacing experts these sharks have very little interest in people. >> um-hmm. yeah. >> okay. >> i don't know if i'd jump in there but yeah, we'll be right back. >> okay. ♪

that's going to do it for us. our morning team is back tomorrow from 4:30 until 7:00 a.m. for kate, lesley, don in clearwater florida, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. our late show with stephen colbert is neck with kate hudson and republican presidential candidate john cusack. thanks for watching. >> good night familiar and sleep well. >> good night familiar and sleep well. ♪ >> announcer: the following is a paid advertisement for armando montelongo live events. you are about to meet a man that can change your future now. he is america's top real-estate investing expert, he has been featured on the number-one real-estate hit reality show "flip this house," and is a best-selling author. he is the most sought-out real-estate expert in the world and has changed thousands of people's financial futures. you now have the opportunity tope