and the target, and he was ambushed. >> a man is shot and killed this morning just after parking his car. we will tell you how technology is helping police track the killer. also, the tech world rallies around apple a as they push back on the government ruling to help investigators break in the suspect's iphone. local expert tells us why that issue could impact all of us. major happies hack by high tech thieves crippling their communication why executives key side todd pay a random and how much it cost them. good morning it is february 18th. i'm erika von tiehl. katie has your forecast and meisha is down in the circus

and we will check with her in a little bit. the let's check with katie with how it is looking. >> nice calm day. a a lot more unshine then we had yesterday. we had peaks of it the but there were clouds as well. now we can bank on nice bright sunshine but a chill in the air. high pressure to thank for that or at least, you know, attribute to that but what we are going to see here in the next couple daises a nice little warming trend. as we start things off with sky scan three overlooking center sit friday our cbs-3 studios, you got no visibility problems. the nice and tranquil. storm scan three will reflect that as well. as we go to the tri-state sweep, nothing getting pick up, even when we throw satellite coverage on top what we have is thinning clouds, you can tell the movement of the wind right now, coming in from the north west. even though wind is light, it is still going to sort of add that extra chill to the air. 33 degrees the current temperature, in at 31, both in

trenton and wilmington along i-95. chillier by comparison in the mountains but as we go through the day here we are basically talking chilly every where. you are only at best in the the lower 30's in the poconos, upper 30's at the shore and here in philadelphia. but nice little will trade off that we have full sunshine to expect all day long, erika, back to you. let's go to meisha. >> hi meisha. >> well, look the at you, you ran off and join the circus on us. >> i did, there was no way i was coming to the studio this morning. happy thursday. yes we are at wells fargo center for wrinkling brothers circus. i cannot tell you how excited i am to be here but first we have to bring, we have to bring our attention to a very serious accident here involving an overturn vehicle, so listen up, we have video in delaware county, new jersey, route 130 northbound is blocked all lanes are block at new albany road. if you are, listening to this and just heading out the door in and around this a area you

will to have use an alternate. alternate right now is route 38. taking a look at the video it is a very serious accident involving an overturn vehicle will in delaware township, new jersey. i will, repeat this and missed it route 130 is blocked at new albany road. use your alternate route 38. good news about this morning's drive is that the commute, number one is nice and quiet. number two road are dry. that is what we want to see which is shaping up to be a busy thursday. construction i-95 south between route one and business route one that left lane is block and i'll have another update in 15 minutes. back to you. thank you. a deadly ambush has police in west philadelphia searching for a cold blooded killer this morning. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from police headquarters with the details, good morning. >> reporter: erika, police have help of well trained eyes this morning from witnesses, that they have leads on how this possibly happened and from surveillance cameras, a

likely at the who did this. it appears that this individual was the intended target, and he was ambushed. >> reporter: philadelphia police say this ambush took place at 11:00 o'clock, wednesday night, victim unidentified manage 31 shot and left for dead lying face down by his parked suv on the 300 block of south 52nd street in the cobbs creek section. >> he had been shot multiple times, in his legs, and his back. >> reporter: just feet the from where that man fell six spent shell casings, marked by crime scene investigators. offer night the details began coming together. >> our shooter, walked up on the victim, this 31 year-old rick tim had just parked his suv, the victim, exited the driver door and when he walk on to the curb, the the shooter walk up within feet and fired at least six shots. >> reporter: eighteenth district police responded to

911 calls of a man shot, officers found the man unresponsive, and got him to penn presbyterian where he was pronounced dead at 11:19 p.m. back at the scene police know city real time crime cameras and other private surveillance cameras are staged throughout the shooting scene and authorities already have footage of a suspect. >> the shooter then ran north on 52nd street and then ran west on the 5200 block of delancey street. >> reporter: what police have not the released this morning is a description of the this suspect. also, no word yet on a motive and to make this worse, erika, police say this man died just blocks away from his home. back over to you. >> terrible to hear, justin, thank you. now it is a battle between private thecy and protection. the fbi says it needs access to a phone belong to go one of the shooters in the san bernardino massacre and it even has a court order but apple says that it plans to

fight that order. federal investigators say said farouk and tashfeen malik killed 14 people back in december but the couple's people she spoke to remains a mystery. >> that is what the government need to get the evidence that they need to prevent future attacks. >> it is a ripple effect, right. and it is a slippery slope. today it is a request coming for a national security, terrorist investigation, tomorrow it is a request for a child porn investigation. >> apple says they are cooperating by providing information that the couple backup on line, and it intend to file an appeal as early as next week. los angeles hospital says that they paid a ransom to hackers who took control over their computer network. hollywood presbyterian medical center handed over about 17 you this dollars worth of bit coins, a form of internet currency.

mal wear accessed a earn systems and was preventing electronic communications. the hospital's chief executive says paying ransom was quickest way to solve the problem. the fbi is now investigating. one day after losing a ruling in court bill cosby files suit against his accuser andrea constand, that suit names constand's lawyer, her mother, and a publisher of the national inquirer. the cosby is alleging breach of contract because of parties subject to confidentiality clauses. constand filed suit against cosby and inquirerrer back in 2005. those casees were settled. more than 200 community leaders are calling on authorities to reopen investigation in the deaths of cooper health system ceo john sheridan and his wife, joyce. the prominent new jersey couple was found dead at their somerset county home in september of 2014. the prosecutor's office ruled sheridan's stabbed his wife and then himself before setting the bedroom on fire. murder weapon was never found.

three former new jersey governors are among leaders asking for this case to be reopened. another round of town hall meetings in campaign 2016, tonight donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will appear before crowds, and cnn audience in greenville, south carolina a governor nicki haley is backing marco rubio. she says his passion makes him ideal for the the job. the last night rubio, ben carson and ted cruz took part in the the town hall in greenville. they are trying to catch up with trump in the latest quinnipiac poll. rubio spoke about haley's endorsement. >> we feel a lot have of energy. people signing up. saturday we will find out. people will vote. all i can do is our best. we have a good message. i feel good about what that will translate to. owe we'll see. >> democrats bernie sanders and hill willry clinton are campaigning ahead of saturday's nevada caucus. the various polls put them in the dead heat.

white house is expect to announce a historic move by president obama today, a trip to cuba next month. visit comes as u.s. and cuba work to normalized relations after a half century of coal war opposition. trip has been criticized by two g.o.p. presidential contenders, marco rubio and ted cruz. earlier this week, the two countries signed a deal restoring commercial air traffic, for the first time in five decades. pope francis is somewhere over the the atlantic right now after leaving mexico last night. he wrapped up a five day visit the by celebrating mass in the border town of suarez. he prayed for thousands of migrants who have died trying to reach the u.s. holy father a appealed for government to open up their hearts if not their borders. he is expected to land in rome at 9:15. 4:39. in sunny flight feels like the first day of school instead of the first day of spring training. >> i'm new. but even for people who have been with the phillies for a

long time there is still lieutenant of new faces for them as well. >> is there so many new faces they have a chart going, that is just one kay the clubhouse is dealing with those changes. also this... >> hard to watch a dog struggling to free herself from an icy upon, but don't worry about has a happy evening, we will show you the moment angel was rescued from the ice, we will be right back.

back live at the wells fargo center, you know is what happening there, the circus is in town. our more than ace checking it out and she will have a a look the at roads in just a few minutes. meanwhile fire fighters in virginia helped save a man's best friend who fallen through a icy lake. fire fighters arrived to find angel struggle telling get out. crews quickly put on specialize rescue suits and they pulled that 75-pound dog to safety. luckily she was only in there

for about ten minutes. here's the rescue. medics on the scene check angel out and we're told that she was returned to her are fanning full owner a and she will be just fine. she was struggling to get out, she's okay. i'm grateful for this tranquil forecast. >> isn't it nice to just relax with this weather, and eventually another storm will come along but we're in february. really anytime of the the year it is fair game, let's be honest but it does appear we will get majority of the forecast in before we even up having to deal with any new storm system. for now high pressure is our best friend that will keep things quiet here at home and across the entire new england area, mid-atlantic, we are all enjoying a break say for a few speckles of the purple, and white that start to show up on storm scan indicating wind driven lake enhanced snowfall but nothing that is certainly not messing with us but up in the poconos a few minor

flurries flying out there. high pressure is ruling the show as it will continue to do so. quiet midsection of the country. nothing brewing just yet. very beneficial rain in portions of california and we will see a new storm system begin to develop but before that happens, we will warm up nicely. what will happies the jet stream, it separates warmth from the killed where we will see storms track and as a result of the jet stream lifting effort to north we will see ten to 15 degrees, for the weekend specifically. today in the necessarily very warm. it will be below average when it comes today time highs. but other trade off is we have bright sunshine. it is brightest day of this forecast. 39 degrees. modest north west wind at ten to 15 miles an hour and you will want testify unglasses since it the will be shining all day. clear and cold tonight we will dip it dunn to 24 degrees. we will see those temperatures

rebound nicely here. warmest day of the pack for next few is saturday at 57 degrees, come sunday, perhaps a shower late in the day 54 the the high and start to cool things back down by mid week when that next storm system will be brewing, erika. >> storms have you down don't worry calendar says spring is here at the least in florida. phillies pitchers and catchers begin spring training work outs in clearwater. the players are just getting ready to know each other. there are changes to the roster thanks to off season wheeling and dealing by matt klentak. he says even he is getting to know his team. >> you know, stopping to introduce myself to everybody and like nice to meet you, we have been talking about you all winter. >> we are looking forward to a whole new team, whole new organization, whole new league, it will be fun to experience. >> the phillies first training training game ace begins the university of tampa spartans a week from sunday.

cameron rupp will join us live from clearwater. we will check in with cameron to see is what going on today and we will see what he thinks we can expect from our fightin phillies this season. still ahead facebook ceo mike zuckerberg's motivational young message to a young girl is going viral. why he told her to be a nerd. but first here's is what coming up tonight on cbs-3.

overnight violence in west philadelphia tops your head lines this morning, a 31 year-old man is ambushed and killed getting out of his car in the 300 block of south fifth second street. thirty lease are searching for shoot shore used a semiautomatic weapons. also today apple is refusing to comply with the court order to unlock i phone of farouk. the government is demanding apple create software that will disable iphone auto erase

feature. apple intend to file an appeal of the ruling as early as next week. we are expect to go learn more about president obama's historic trip to cuba today. visit could happen as early as next month. this march the first time the iting u.s. president has visited cuba in nine decade. it comes after cuba and u.s. move to reopen diplomatic relations 15 months ago. right now you 4:49. time for a check of your business news with jill wagner at insuring stock exchange. my favorite is investors can make this four in a row. i'm loving this big rally, what is behind this. >> finally, right. u.s. stock market staged their first three day rally of the year. so what is behind this? new economic data about factory production which suggestion that the u.s. economy is doing better than some had thought. the mostly though oil prices are rebounding and it comes as world's major oil producing countries are close to reaching a deal that could possibly limit oil production,

which would prop up prices, erika. jill, i love this, we hear facebook has a new mantra, what are they telling people. >> reporter: they say, be the nerd, this is motivational message getting posted throughout the company's headquarters. ceo mark zuckerberg's response to a woman who told him that she wants her granddaughter to date the nerd in school, instead, zuckerberg, on facebook encouraged that girl to be the nerd and to create her own success in life. >> love it. the a absolutely from a fellow nerdy love this message so jill, thank you for that. >> reporter: i'm with you. >> see you later this morning. happening today we will learn more about the mummers mardi gras manayunk parade. seventeen mummers string band took part in the first ever parade down main street last year. this years parade is scheduled to take place saturday. you may recall it was postponed last year because of what had weather.

good morning, we're expecting a very quiet day here in the delaware valley when it comes to the weather, it is a pattern that will stay that way initially here but a nice little warming trend coming this weekend. storm scan quiet as can be, a handful of cloud, nothing more. we expect more sun then anything as high pressure will a anchor over our area today. the not terribly breezy either. it will be a decent day, as you head up to the mountain range if you are lucky enough to have the day off enjoying a nice long weekend. we have lots of trails to operate with here. blue mountaineerly 40 trails are currently opened, nice solid paid of several feet through jack frost, big boulder and other ski resort as well no excuses not to. it is just cold out there. despite sunshine we only flirt even in philadelphia with 40 degrees at best here. up in the mountains we are in better than 30 in most spots.

notice nice little warm up, couple days'sly in the the 50's but by next mid week, another storm system is likely to be brewing here in the delaware valley. well, we have sent meisha outside to the wells fargo center at the the circus with all of the traffic and fun there as well, meisha. >> yes, we have to mix work with pleasure. we are here at wells fargo center for circus in town. we will begin that in just a moment. let me show you video here of a very serious accident involving an overturn suv, lots of crews are on the scene, this is in delran, township, new jersey, route 130 north bounties block, all lanes right now are block, at new albany road. you will to have use an alternate, route 38 right now. the as you can see in the looking good there. we have construction on i-95 southbound between route one and business route one, that left lane is blocked because of that construction. another accident this morning i want you to be aware of

involving a car that went in the building, at 29th street. all lanes are currently block here as well at ridge avenue. your alternate in this area is sedgley avenue which is strawberry mansion area. make note you cannot get through this area all lanes are block. also, bring your attention to one other very serious accident this morning, a car fire, on route 55, northbound, near little mill road in new jersey. all lanes are block here as well, with entrapment being involved. you will to have use an alternate such as route 47, there is another serious accident there. i will get the to that in just a moment. switching gears being that i am here at the circus a and there will be fun things coming up, mixed in with your morning traffic such as, let me look at that all of these costumes, hello, we will be dressed wye our friend, our clowns, our acrobats and we

have motor circles, we have the whole game thought morning. i will have another traffic update the in ten minutes. back to you. >> meisha, thank you. as you head out the door a remine for tune into our cyster station kyw news radio 1060. katie will have the the latest forecast there. a vote is scheduled in washington that could lead to big changes in how you watch tv. a a legislator in new jersey is bringing attention to the gender wage gap. review of michael moore's latest film where to invade next. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 an your am dial. coming up next trapped in his truck a neighborhood nuisance that kept a mail carrier from doing his job in a new jersey neighborhood. also, give your brain a boost this morning, the best kind of exercise you can do to improve your memory. >> unexpect ingredient that could end up in a cheese when you sprinkle it on your food.

good morning, killed in a hail of gunfire a man is murder at point blank range just blocks from this home. what the victim was doing just before that deadly ambush. also, bill cosby, on the the offensive, the reason he is now suing would the man in the center of his legal wows. and president obama about to announce a historic trip today, where he is going that in president has visited in more than 80 years, and why that trip is so important. good morning, today is thursday, february 18th, i'm erika von tiehl. katie has a check of your forecast and meisha is down at the circus in the wells fargo center. fun morning, ladies. >> yes, good morning, happy thursday, you guys, it will be

an action packed morning here at the wells fargo center being here at the circus but i can tell you there is a lot going on in traffic. roadways are dry. the katie, what is in store in terms of the weather. >> i don't think weather will have an impact on your travel here today say for when sun comes up and then we have sun glare issues to deal with, but with that said this is a tranquil forecast we are looking ahead to here starting with today. chilliest day of the forecast, don't get me wrong but nice, bright, sunny, we can thank high pressure for. that let go show you what is happening on storm scan three and not too much at the moment because we have high pressure on our side, so typically that will bring fair weather to your area, but that is what we're finding. we have a hint of what had been lake enhanced snow flurries but that is not verifying at the frown level. we see skies clearing nicely. temperatures are chilly as a result here at the freezing mark, airport and already dropping down in the 20's in wilmington, lancaster, reading. chilly