getting ready to r work or school, we check in with katie and moo a -- meisha. >> roads are looking great, katie, just look at this weekends forecast and it just makes me so happy. so for friday right now commute is looking great. weather department, not bad. >> things are looking pretty decent, overall, quiet. high pressure still on our side here today. we look ahead to the weekends, around the flow that far hi, starting to see nice little warming trend take effect here. let's start it off by looking at the here and now, no snooze button for you, for example, waking up with us, about ready to hit the road. storm scan3, is quiet at least. you have actually got really crystal clear sky out there. so that's going to hook us up here with bright sunshine at least initially. sun glare becomes the problem. meanwhile, 8 degrees is our current temperature at the pocomoke region here, and it is a lot colder this morning, than it was this same time yesterday. in a lot of locations, simply because we don't have the

blanket of cloud cover lining we had yesterday morning. so that allows any warmth you may have had a chance to build up yesterday to go oops, right up to the atmosphere. as a result, of course it, can be a will the chillier. we even still have more after northerly wind flow. it is a light win, but that's the wind flow coming in from the north today to keep things on chilly side. granted typical high on this day of the year is about 44 degrees, so we're at least close to. that will yesterday we couldn't crack out of the 30's in the sit. we that at least today. but skies will eventually turn a little bit more cloudy with time. because more moisture starts to build, in around that high pressure cell that we just talk about. and as we see the return flow around that hi, build in, it also means temperatures have a chance to climb. so we are expecting at least one day in the 50's, the weekend overall looking really decent though. so we'll have have that weekend forecast for you, and again the reason you want to enjoy it while you have got it, because some big changes are eventually down the pike for us, meisha, a over to you.

>> thanks for the great news, just waking up with us, so happy you're here. yes, it is coffee time. we are waking up, it is still early, if you are just planning on hitting the roadways. in your great company. take a look at the ben franklin bridge, looking nice and quiet move in the westbound direction from jersey, i love that shot. one of my favorite shots, 995 tail light moving in the southbound direction, past cottman, also another area that i am keeping my eye on even on a friday, even though, friday's tends to be little more quiet than our typical work week. right now 95 already some early risers out there looking good, everyone clearly anywhere that i look this morning, so far. traveling at posted speeds. vine also looking good, eastbound, where i am keeping my eye, looking good there. construction two-point every construction, 295 northbound olden avenue. two left lanes are block, should be lifting right now. hasn't done so yet. i will let you know as soon as it does, garden state parkway northbound the ram top route 40, ramp close also here until 5:00 a.m. that's not yet lifted as well. delaware construction, we have been talking about this for awhile. ninety-five south the ramp delaware avenue just reminder it is closed until

february 24th, erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. they doesn't resort to violence but rather distraction method to steel. now, a multi state search is on for three men involved in a organized theft ring. the men were recently spot in the our area, at the plymouth meeting mall, and that's where we find "eyewitness news" reporter justin fin: surveillance video that police want you to see, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, talking about a trio that tactically shakes down cell phone stores along the east coast. they were recently here as you mention, two guys work the room, one goes to the back where the big, and police now know who they are looking for thanks to cameras. 6:30 p.m., january 19th, the plymouth meeting mall, surveillance cams are rolling, as three men start a smart device snatching spree at the mall sprint store. spotting high ends electronics from cell phone stores. >> after reviewing surveillance tape, police have identified anthony davis, age

22, as the man seen taking an iphone 6s valued at $699. 7:14 that same january evening, surveillance cameras see the same trio pull off a boulder smart device heist at an at&t store on the 1500 block of valley forge road. >> again, police id davis going for the grab. bypassing customers for a back room, for which he made off with apple devices worth more than five grand. >> they took six cell phones into ipads. >> upper gwenned police, and plymouth township police have, compared note, noticing in each case that three men enter the store separately, and that's not all. >> we put informational bulletins out to the stores in our area, fairly certain that the stores within their change, and their respective businesses share the information. >> link the men to organized retail theft ring spanning from new jersey, to north carolina. davis is from the washington

dc maryland area and local police want him caught and back in phen-fen to face the law. >> warrant has been issued by district justice, with full extradition. >> now matter of time rather for as soon as they can get davis back to our area, he's facing several charges of retail related theft charges, that have several counts of felonies as well. more wants forthcoming in the case. back to you. >> thanks for the update. >> thieves pull off expensive clothing highs in center city. someone smashed the windows yesterday morning, at the century 21 store on market street. they got away with about $2,000 worth of clothes, accessories, and handbags. you may recall on tuesday, thieves also stole thousands of dollars worth of jeans from the bloomingdale's outlet at liberty place. detective are now trying to figure out if those cases are connected. firefighters in

downingtown had these images, rv fire in the parking lot of cracker barrel on lancaster pike. picture nozzel nut photography and video from ralph m hunter show the emergency response. crews prevented, fortunately, no injuries. and the cause is under vehicles. search for cause, northeast philadelphia. bright orange flames there and thick smoke consumed the building 7700 block of edmond street in holmesburg. warehouse sits next to septa tracks t caused delays on the trenton regional rail line for some time. the good news, though, schedules are back to normal this morning. so better for your commute. >> 5:00 right now. south carolina republicans pick their choices for a presidential nominee tomorrow. fresh on their minds, the back and forth between donald trump and pope francis over immigration. the pope said trump is not christian for backing a wall on the us border mexico.

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us how trump responded. >> the pope is being told that donald trump is not a nice person. okay? donald trump is a very nice person. >> on his way back from mexico, pope francis answer the a reporter's question about donald trump and his stands on immigration. the pope responded in part, quote, a person who thinks only about building walls, where ever they may be, and not building bridges, is not a christian. that is not in the gospel. end quote. a few hours later, trump fired back. >> for religious leader to question a person's fate is disgraceful. i'm proud to be a christian, and as president, i will not allow christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened unlike what is happening now with our current president. >> trump went ton say the mexican government continues to feed prophaganda to the pope, charge the vatican denies. on wednesday, pope francis celebrated mass with thousands, on the us border,

perhaps, sparking the debate. he recently tweeted about ten cruz, asking, how the texas senator can be an ivan gel can chris that is when he lies except and is so dishonest, end quote. white house declined to comment on the the trump pope usual but josh ernest did have this to say about trump's previous attacks on president obama's fate. >> and not use this opportunity to call into question the kind of private personal conversations he's having with this god. >> comment about pope francis' remarks, i was told, there would be no specific comment on this issue. reporting from the sat center this morning, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". hour after the story made headlines, trump appeared at south carolina town hall

meeting and appeared to soften his comment. >> i think he was very much misinterpreted and i also think he was given false information. know would have heard our side, the side from people that live in the united state. >> would you like to meet with him and talk with him? >> i'll do it any time he wants. >> also appearing, john kasich and jeb bush, the former florida governor who is catholic was reluctant to question trump's fate. >> he knows what his fate is. if he has a relationship with the lords, if he doesn't ... >> all they do is value walls in washington. >> the latest cbs news poll shows trump 22 points ahead of his closest rival, ted cruz, in south carolina. >> meanwhile, hillary clinton, and bernie sanders, also held separate town hall meeting in nevada where democrats caucus tomorrow. they, too, spoke about immigration. both candidates are hoping to gain support from minority

voters, they promise to make immigration reform a top priority, should they win the presidency. >> it is a major priority when you have 11 million people living in the shadows. i think we owe it to them to move as expeditiously as we can. >> if i'm fortunate enough to get the democratic nomination, ill immediately begin working on the priority legislation that i want the congress to deal with right away, and i am graduation reform will be among those issues. >> nationwide, the latest cbs news poll shows clinton with a eight-point lead over sanders, in nevada, they're dead-locked. >> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of tomorrow's public and primary in south carolina and democratic cake you go cents in nef add a we'll have the results on tv and on line at cbsphilly.com. paying respects to antonin scalia. the tributes planned today for the supreme court justice, and the partisan battle over shadowing his funeral. >> also, a terrifying ride when a train nearly swurves

into that school bus. hear the drivers excuse for not moving out of the speeding train's path. >> it was an overwhelming feeling of joy, i was just happy that we could provide him with another chance. brock back to life. a police officer helps save a baby boy who stopped breathing. the lucky brave that helped save that boy's life. >> ♪ >> seems lie everyone is piling on kanye west after he complained about his money problems on twitter. now you can add philadelphia police to that list. see their solution to bailout the rapper. we'll be right back.

(caught on camera, a train narrowly miss as packed school bus in houston, texas. caught the terrifying scene as the train nearly slammed into the back of a school bus and high school student. the school says the bus driver did not follow proper protocol. the bus driver says the student were so loud, the bus couldn't be driven safely. but, students dispute that store. >> i telling her to move forward. and everyone was just really

freaking out, and really terrified. >> a couple of feet away, so just come that close would be like life changing for me, just to have that experience. >> the district says, the driver was fired over that close call. fortunately, there were no injuries. katie outside with p the weekends warm up and then the possibility after storm on the horizon? >> you got to take the good and the bad, battle weather works sometimes. live in a tempered climate, see a the love ups and downs over the course of the next seven days, but initially, hey, no precipitation, it is clear as a bell out here. but that is where you are going to get some of the coldest air from here this morning, because, we don't have basically the blanket that you would normally like to have of cloud cover it keep the temperatures bit more at bay, just don't have it this time. let's look at storm scan though, that remains quiet and tranquil at this point. see few cloud building offer off from the west.

off to the north, but let's talk about this warm up. today's not a bad day. you will start off with sun, eventually see clouds build, crack into the low 40's, where we frankly should be. however, that high retreats, what ends up happening, you start to get the warmth from the south. through the day tomorrow notice there is a cold front crossing through. but it is a wimpy little guy. it doesn't have much up it sleeve. don't expect that to do much. look ahead to sunday however that front actually stalls off to the south, little area of low pressure builds in across, and that's going to potentially lead to shower sunday night, leading into monday, but meantime, all we do is warm up. now i will show you exactly how warm it gets in the seven day, but for now, it is still cold. so, let's not, you know, minutes words here. do you have chill in the air this morning. do you need to make sure you bundle up adequately, down at cross the northern communities you have temperatures still stuck in the teens. cold day for sure. b plus, on the chim i side, 41 is our expected high though. we should be around that, that spot, by the time we hit three

p.m. and the kid getting out of schoolment check it out. flirting with 60, guys. and with full sunshine tomorrow, my personal favorite of the seven day, let me jump you all the way to tuesday, wednesday, that is where things get interesting. ' coast storm system still looks like it will happen. it is still far away. there are question marks that do remain, what we know this far, is that we're definitely going to see a storm system evolve. and at this point, our best gut instinct is that it will likely be a mixture every rain and snow. but timing on that may change. certainly the track may, as well, so something that you want to stick with us on, that's for sure, meisha, a we send it into you. >> thanks, flirting with 60 for tomorrow. not bad. >> rain, keep it flirting at six tomorrow. amazing, boulevard moving in the southbound direction, looking good, right now, this is typically on monday or tuesday where we don't normally see it start heat upment looking pretty good

holding fairly steady, you can see, just note early risers kind of making their way southbound, probably the busiest stretch right there. but overall still traveling at posted speeds, still early looking good there. blue route, tail light moving in the northbound direction, approaching the schuylkill. as you can see, looking good here, as well. southbound, traveling at expected speeds, we can expect that on early friday morning, especially when we have dry roadways to work with, great news, for a loft us. 202, headlights moving in the northbound direction at route 29. again looking good, looking so quiet, looking dark, we do have some early risers out there, overall, not many. this construction here garden state parkway northbound the ram top route 40. that's all been re cleared. looking good there. and the other 1295 northbound olden avenue two left lanes blocked that's all cleared as well. so your morning construction all good to go. back to you. >> meisha, thank you. late justice antonin scalia will lie in re pose in the great hall of the supreme court. president obama will pace his

respects today, but will not be attending tomorrow's funeral. cbs's don champion explains why that decision is now raising questions. >> today thousands pay respect to supreme court justice antonin scalia. president obama and the first laidly remember the justice as his body lies in repose in the great hall of the supreme court. criticized for not planning to attend scalia's funeral tomorrow. >> whether the president thinks is appropriate is respectfully paying tribute to high profile patriots i can american citizens even whether you don't agree on all of the issues. >> the 79 year old died of natural causes over the weaken. republican presidential candidate ted cruz plans to a ten the funeral, and criticized the president. >> going to cube, a but somehow obama kind find time to go to justice scalia's funeral.

>> his memory social security overshadowed by bitter partisan debate whether president obama should nominate his success over. >> the president has the right, and obligation, under the constitution, to send for a nominee. >> at a town hall meeting in south caroline arc jeb bush broke with his fellow republicans who want to leave it to the next president to decide. >> we should be respectful of the constitution, but whatever powers are afforded the presidency, the president ought to use them. >> senate minority leader harry reid expect the president to announce his nomination in just over two weeks. don champion, cbs news, washington. vice president joe biden, and doctor jill biden, will attend scalia's funeral in place of president obama. all right, it is breakfast with a southern flare, the sweet and savory meal that could end up on fast-food menus. >> and, bail out kanye west, mean the man behind the philadelphia police department's clever solution, for the rapper's financial woes. and the response he hopes to get from that viral tweet.

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>> rapper kanye west has not been shy about talking about his financial problems. he says he's $53 million in debt. now "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter shows how police are using west's fame to for recruiting. >> kanye west, a philadelphia police officer? well, no, it is just his face. photo shopped onto a philadelphia police department recruiting poster, along with west's nickname, for a name tag. the cyber handy work, of sergeant eric grip. whose working hard to get more people to join the department. >> just having little bit of fun, and hopefully getting some good -- >> said he got the idea after kenya began tweeting about his terrible financial problems, millions of dollars in the hole. >> he is spending $53 million, i did the math real quick, and

with our starting salary, of $47,920, only 1,106 years, kanye could pay off that debt. >> so sergeant grip tweeted west, we are hiring, starting salary, 47,920. you could be debt free by the year 3122. >> i'm hoping kanye responds, when he does, he responds in kind. >> so far no response from kanye west. but lots of reaction from the twitter sphere. more than 2,000 hit in the if i two hours. the reaction decidedly mixed. >> we have seen a lot of folks saying we would be glad to have kanye here, you know, woe make a great police officer. and there is also another contingent of folks which are saying at all costs please keep can ya out of philadelphia. >> grip is hoping all of the publicity in the twitter storm surrounding the star who was short on money

>> it is all about getting the message throughout with more than a million views after the tweet first went out here in first eight hours, the department is already considering this recruiting effort a success. the department is hoping to get 300 new officers, and if you want information, you can go to philly police. com/carreers. at police headquarters, walt hunter, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". what a great way to get more people talking becomes you know, becoming a police officer here. >> i agree. i think it is kind of cute that they did. that will i think it is cute have some fun. now, i a lot of times, when it comes to kanye west a lot of times, but i have to say that's really cute to see that picture. >> nice look nag uniform. just saying. >> by the i want to know how much kanye west gives back, i want to know. >> 5:26. coming up: terrifying turn to a vacation in paradise. jan? >> erika, stunning eyewitness video of helicopter crash. an update on the condition on those aboard, and just how

close this chopper came to crashing into a popular tourist attraction. >> jan, thanks. are you tired of waking up sleepy? who isn't? how setting a second alarm can actually help you get a better night's sleep. katy? >> erika, looking ahead to nice warming trend for the upcoming weekend, but all good things eventually have to yield to storm systems, right? we've got one on the way, folks, we'll take a look at all of the sce

stunning when this helicopter docks like a rock t looks like a movie stunt, but it is not. the remarkable rescue story and the popular tourist attraction that helicopter nearly hit. first though, get ready for a weekend warm up. love the sound of that. going to feel like spring, very soon, but don't get used to it, it is still february. but i like the idea of warming up this weekend? >> looks like nice stretch the weekends. >> awesome. >> love it. flirting with 60? >> yes, when i heard you say that, katie, i was all ears.