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this is really horrendous. >> gruesome discovery, several dogs found dead in a neighborhood. previous trouble at the same spot, and what office ers want to see happen at that house. we're still cold and windy start, getting ready for nice weekend warm up. it will feel went near spring. if you are waking up, walking the dog, getting the paper thinking man this is cold. good news coming your way. you feel when you walk outside. >> certainly do. i felt that right away. good news, the roadways are nice and dry, great for the morning commuters. but 60s, i just can't stop thinking about that. >> on the way to nice spring like warmth for sure. got to get through today, though. today will be the cold day. so really coldest, expecting the temperatures to not only stay below average, in terms of technically what they read on the they are mom term, but it will feel so much colder any time the wind blows, too,
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that's what you have to keep in the back of your head, we will talk feels like values in a second here to use that as a gauge for when you walk out the door. that's how you will need to sort of think about the forecast today. meanwhile, looking at storm scan, it is pretty quiet. do you have couple of light little flurries trying to survive as they cross over the allegheny's here but not going to have chance to make it here. we end up with more than anything just few clouds out there in the morning, we will see more sunshine than what we were able to get in through the day yesterday. here's what it feels like, folks, so only feeling like the 20's at best, in any given location even at the shore points where you have the moderating influence off the open ocean water. that's said, make sure that you have got the nice heavy coat, scarf, hat, gloves, all of the extra winter weather accessories, definitely feeling like true wintertime out there. feeling more like seven, though, up at mount pocono, pretty cold start up in the mountains. that's why we only gave you the most average of all grades, a c, because we do get some sunshine, but the blustery conditions, chill in the air, that's going to definitely sort of have to bring that curve down little
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bit here. meanwhile, as we look forward in this forecast here your headlines are as such. windchills no better than the 20's today, there is, how much, going to be a weekend day coming up here. that , that we call sunsational, because not only is it brinking in sunshine, but also going to be nice mild one. we will tell you what, which day that is, and just of does march come in like a lion or lamb? we'll answer that question for you coming up a little later in the show. meisha, over to you. >> thanks, katie. good morning, everyone, happy friday to you. if you are just waking up with us, we're happy you are here, it is about 5:30, looking at construction bucks county since cleared. ninety-five south between route one, like i said, all clear, that right lane block, not worried about it whatsoever, 95 actually looking really good. boulevard taillights moving in the southbound direction at wissahickon, looking well, do have early risers starting to see more and more of you start to hit the roadways now as we progress, overall things looking good. anywhere you go traveling at posted spree. so if you are thinking about
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getting early jump start to the day, it is a good time to do it, in great company. 202, taillights moving in the northbound direction at the schuylkill looking good here, looking nice, looking just nice and quiet. talking mass transit for just a moment. >> this applies to saturday, sunday, media elwyn and chestnut hill east running special schedules, airport line also, inbound bussing between 4:00 a.m., 30:00, between glennside, make sure to check schedules on line. another update on patco speed line coming up in just about 15 minute, erika, back to you. >> thank you, pennsylvania spca needs your help tracking down suspect in a alleged dog fighting ring in germantown. working off a tip, animal welfare officers searched around the 400 block of east rittenhouse street. the officers found six dead puppies, about two weeks old, in a trash can in the backyard. another dog was found dead inside a home. officials say that location where the dogs were found has a long history of animal fighting. >> the whole neighborhood here
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is just wrought with pitbull dogs they use for breeding and fighting. in 2014, we hit the same location with a search warrant. and arrested individual for animal fighting and removed quite a few dogs at that time. >> officers also found three dead pitbulls in nearby vacant lot. two dogs were fawn alive. they are in fair condition we're told at the pspca headquarters. >> a local hospital issues warning to hundreds of patients who are possibly exposed to hiv and help tight. arlene is one of more than 200 people who received a letter from shore medical center in somers point, new jersey, the hospital said she may have been exposed to the viruses by former employee, that employee former hospital pharmacist, frederick, is accused of replacing morphine with saline solution in vials administered to patient. >> well, i was up all night, thursday night, friday morning, i'm screaming, i'm at the testing site screaming at
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these guys. >> tested negative. warnings applies to patients who received intravenous more phone or hydro morphine medication frost june 2013 to september 2014. fired from the hospital and faces long list of charges including drug tampering and theft. >> well, happen little have a friend when it goes to the court with the fbi. google makes the android for most smart phones. apple formerly laid out its defense against court order to unlock the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters. it calls the order unconstitutional and unprecedented, other companies planning to back apple are facebook, microsoft, and twitter. >> time right now 5:35. and in business news this morning, who inspired car sharing service zipcar to make big changes? also, what sparked a surge in the stock market, we like the sound of. that will we check in with jill wagner up at the stock exchange, good morning. >> good morning, erika.
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yep, see if the markets could close out this week in positive territory, rising oil prices, better than expected manufacturing data sent stocks higher yesterday. dow jumped 212 points. the nasdaq was up 39. ham abutter on cutting 5,000 more jobs, about 8% of it work force, says oil prices forcing its hands, they've plunged about 70% from their high in 2014. finance leaders from around the world are converging in china for the big g20 meeting today, investors are hoping they can agree to some type of stimulus program that would stop a global slow-down. >> and the car sharing service zipcar is making some changes in response to customer complaints. drivers will no longer have to return cars to the same location where they pick them up. they can make one way trips and extend reservations indefinately. game changer, i got to say. >> absolutely, got to stay current. got to keep those customers happy. jill, thanks so much. a historical political
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rivalry is brought back to life on the anniversary of key date in american history. reenactors playing alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson help celebrate the 225th anniversary of the charter of the first bank of the united states yesterday at city tavern in old city. to mark the occasion, hamilton and jefferson debated the merit of establishing the national bank. >> i think it is quite necessary. as with my system, accumulation of all of the debt, into a single source. quite necessary. >> and yes, it is unconstitutional. that's the problem. the constitution doesn't give the federal government to do all of these things mr. hamilton wants the federal government to do. >> way to bring history back to life there, guys. hamilton ultimately won that debate in the bank became predecessor to the federal re sever. after the debate tour of the first bank building focusing on its architecture, it is stunning over there in old sit. >> all right, it is being called the save of the year. have you seen this yet? you have to see the incredible end to the flyers game that did in the just win that game
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it, may have also saved their season, too. also: >> reporter: collection box for needy children goes missing at an open house. wait until you hear what student and parents did next, that will warm your heart. i'm diana rocco with that story coming up. >> also may look asleep, but that uni corn sure knows how to causal kind of problems. the reason police had to track her down.
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strict attorney says he will not allow -- almost three weeks now since investigators say mccoy assaulted two off duty police officers inside an old city night club. critics are frustrated with the pace of the investigation. da seth williams says he still has no time line on possible charges. >> only timetable we have is justice. getting it right. for those that are impatient or want to bully my offers into doing something, we won't do that. >> now, earlier this week, mccoy and his attorneys met with detectives and prosecutors. the flyers continue their home stand tomorrow afternoon, when they face the coyotes at the wells fargo center. last night though what a night. home stand got off to a great start, thanks to that great save. then, watch this. with just seconds left, in the game, flyers goalie, michael, absolutely robs the minnesota wild of the tying goal. you see that right there? the wild thought it went in. calls that one of his best saves he's ever made.
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another view of it right there. it preserved the flyers to win and might just keep them in the playoffs. well done. we showed you some monster waves earlier this week from hawaii, just in time for the quick silver eddie big wave invitational. competition is only run when the waves are 30 feet high, this time around some 606 feet high, winner was john john, that guy, he took home $57,000. congratulations. here is a sign that syringes' around the corner, this is your last weekends, your last chance, to go ice skating at the ring al dim worth park outside city hall. rang open from noon until 11:00 p.m. today. it is open again from 11:00 a.m. saturday and sunday, before it closes for the season. so if you keep putting off, oh, i will ' do it next weekend there is has to be the weekend for you. katie hoping for good skating weather. how is it doing today? >> it might depend on the person you think is good skating weather if you like it cold we have that for you. if you like it warm we have that for you.
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>> everyone happen. >> i exactly, before the park closes officially for the season. so we get dose of winter, get dose of spring, starting off, though, with the cold. so let's go ahead, check in with the eyewitness weather watcher network, finally generally speaking temperatures into the #'s most of the watch they are morning, coldest spot of the pack up near the poconos where keith is reporting 27 degrees, and he's up in sailors berg, seeing handful of clouds at this point, noticing the winds is definitely a noticeable issue for you out there this morning. so, advising everyone to stay warm, and i would echo that sentiment. you know, it will be a cold day, certainly colder by comparison to recent days we've experienced so might hurt a little bit more when you walk out the door and experience the kind of chill that we're dealing with here. few clouds still out there for jason, in middletown, delaware, 35 degrees, but saying it basically feels 10 degrees colder than that when you have to factor in that wind flow. it is coming basically right out of the northwest at this point. thirty-six comes in from sandra, and she is in burlington with handful of clouds, brisk winds, as well. so, you know, no one excluded
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here. everyone gets in on the winds today. it lasts us pretty much any time too. dealing with gusts peaking as high as 30 miles per hour any time today. the one real awesome thing, if our fan every milder wet their we have with every passing day this time of year, you add time to the amount of daylight that you get. sunset tonight at 5:49. it comes up at 6:39 this morning, so, with every passing day, we are gaining about two and a half minute every daylight. as we go through this second half of the year. or second half of the season i should say. meanwhile, storm scan3, showing, at this point, some signs of life, more region wide zoom. few again northwesterly wind driven lake enhanced snow showers at this point, not going to survive as they creep ever closer, but will keep us in a handful of clouds this morning, do expect however that you'll see some sunshine. looking forwards to the future wind speeds, not so much the numbers, you are talking 15 to maybe 25-mile per hour winds, but the direction that arrow continues to point from the northwest, through the afternoon, through the evening, although, thankfully,
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you are going see by the time we hit 10:00 or so the worse of the winds tapering off a little bit. brisk tomorrow, frankly a lot more seasonable, 44 degrees, feels a lot closer to 44, sunday, my own personal just favorite. sixty sunny, you can't beat t monday not terrible, though, other than sprinkle and few clouds, still flirting with 60 degrees. and we keep the mid 50's headed into the middle part of next week as well. sunday, meisha, a the gold star day for sure. >> oh, awesome forecast, katie. thank you for that. katie, thank you mother nature, something to look forward tonight little cold today, windy, certainly we've seen some cameras kinds of blowing around, so make note of that, for those of you headed out the doorway, disable vehicle 95 southbound, before bartrum near the airport. pulled off to the shoulder, let me back out of the way, see if i can see it in my shotment make note that far for those of in you and around the area. if you are catching a flight, not hearing anything, any delays, any concellations, but we know from previously in the week, it is because of all of the weather elements that certainly can play a factor, probably not but check your
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schedules on line for sure. ben franklin bridge, coming from jersey in the westbound direction looking great. beautiful shot. i love this shot. i say this every morning, i absolutely love this. who i even love it more when see traffic levels like. >> this everyone still traveling at posted speeds even as we push toward that 6:00 ben franklin bridge looking good. now we do have very serious accident in new jersey overturned vehicle involving injuries. so pay close attention, route nine is right now blocked at mathistown road. garden state parkway will be your best bet. if you are anywhere around this area make sure you make note of. that will you will like i said have to use that alternate. patco speed line special schedule all day, saturday westbound, sunday eastbound, and also in the world of mass transit saturday and sunday media elwyn, airport line you can see right here, inbound trains bussing 4:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. glennside to fernrock, buses depart 16 minutes earlier. always make sure to check your schedules on line. >> police are looking for a
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would-be thief in the city's elmwood section, check out the surveillance video right here 4:00 a.m. this past sunday morning. that thief through rock through the drive-thru window of the checkers restaurant on island avenue. then he climbed through that window armed with a handgun. two workers were inside at the time. they were not hurt. after a short time, we're told, that thief got away empty-handed. a blessing in disguise for bucks county catholic school. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco tells us why it took losing money to make money at a morrisville school. >> we turned lemons into lemonade. >> holy trinity catholic school has something to celebrate. but it started with a theft of a collection box, for needy children. >> very upsetting because the kids here, they donate their spare change. >> the grades k through eighth were collecting the money during their book fair and open house in the school library to buy box for underprivileged children in other countries. >> this is for children who
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are in undeveloped nations, and they might put the change from their book fair in or some of them, their own piggy bank monday. >> i every time donation is made, a name goes on this wall. but sometime during the open house, the money disappeared. the principal quickly called police and word of the theft started to spread. >> people started calling, parents were calling saying we want to bring monday any. it like just took off. and strangers stopped, my teacher was taking her children to jim class, one man said i'm not in your par shall, i'm not catholic, but your kids go to school and they're so pleasant. and we want to help and gave us a check. >> a chain reaction, one kid sees another kid, they say oh, i would that's kids doing, that ill de that. after two weeks of random donation, outpouring of support, the stolen $50 has turned into more than 800. the school has doubled their donation to the needy children, and will now buy
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books for their own classrooms. >> i've always put the children that there is more goodness in the world than there is bad necessary, but this was great example of it. >> while it is not yet clear who took the money the school did catch someone inside on video surveillance no one seems to recognize at the time of the theft. police are now investigating. in morrisville, bucks county, diana rocco, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". way to turn things around there. beg he is night in hollywood at the oscars, win or lose, start won't go home empty-handed. see the expensive gifts they'll receive, why that swag is causing so much controversy.
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♪ i got the discounts that you need ♪ ♪ safe driver ♪ accident-free ♪ everybody put your flaps in the air for me ♪ little warm up, which weekends day is the best to get out and enjoy it? >> hands full of hollywood stars will take home oscars, but the other nominees won't leave empty-handed. this year many of them are getting the most expensive gift bag ever. and, cbs news correspondent chris martinez reports, all of the pricy swag is stirring up some controversy. >> win or lose, the laverne
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gift many oscar nominees will take home this weekend from lifetime supply of skin cream, to cleanser of a more personal nature. >> this is skin care system for your bottom. this whole system, it is close to a thousand dollars. >> this unofficial oscar gift bag includes 50 items, services, trips, including a ten day vacation to israel. the combined value, tops $200,000. assembled the presents for 14 years and says it is all about product placement. >> to have these celebrities wearing your jewelry, or wearing your t-shirt, or showing up at your resort, it is worth far more than any price a product they're giving away. >> but this year the academy filed a lawsuit over the big bundle of goodies claiming they use the oscar name to promote bag. even though it is not affiliate in the statement the academy says all reports of official oscar gift bag are untrue. >> we asked ferry about the lawsuit. >> i'm happy to say we've been having very positive pro-active observations, very
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close reaching amicable agreement. >> as for all of that swag, it turns out, it is not entirely free. the bags are considered a business gift. so recipients will have to pay taxes on those extravagant goodies. chris martinez, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". or just don't take the bag home. give it back. right now it is 5:54, and the award for odd he is couple for the oscars goes to vice president joe biden and lady gaga. the vice president is introducing gaga at the oscars. she's nominated for best original song. biden will use this opportunity to raise awareness every session all as salt. looks at sex assaults on college cam pass cents, doctor jill biden will be joining them, as well. and this is interesting. here is some oscar by the numbers for you from the financial website. six, that's the amount of career nominations for leonardo did i rap rio, though zero wins, perhaps this is his year, could change sunday. thirty-nine years, that's the time between sylvester
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stallone's two oscar nominations for playing rocky balboa. 452nd, the amount of time which acceptance speeches has been cut down by this year. produce remembers hoping to short ten even more, they're going scroll individual shout out on the screen. this is the most surprising one to me. fifteen minutes, the length of the first i wards show in 1929. compared that to 220 minutes or three hours and 40 minutes, that is the lent of last year's show. i'm sure they have much shorter speeches that first year. >> drivers and police in california town really scratching their heads when they saw this is the knit million dollars of the road, unicorn. right out of a fairy tell. officers captured the unicorn on the lewes. jewel he eat actually little white pony dressed up, hired for child's birthday party in mad ear, a she got loose, darted out to busy roadways, hand some scary moments with cars. she okay there. were no accidents.
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few near misses, though, police did rounds her up and return her. no one was hurt. but rather confusing for drivers out there, i'm sure. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", lots of people will be dealing with storm clean up this weekend. but if you have a tree down in your yard, do you know what you should do? it can be confusing. our jim donovan breaks down when you should file that insurance claim. >> almost time to change the clocks and spring ahead. one state there is a push to ends daylight saving time. that story and so much more straight ahead. we'll be right back.
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justin finch live on the scene as investigators try to determine what sparked that huge inferno. also, he was one of them, until he turned on them. this morning, we are learning more about the gunman who opened fire at work, and how he treated his co-workers before the deadly rampage. >> first response was i should below your f ' g head off. >> two police officers threaten on the job, now they're being praised for their split second decision.
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good morning, it is friday, february 26. i'm erika von tiehl. i don't need to tell katie this. it will be windy and cold today. looking forward to a winning weekend, katie out on the skydeck, meisha checking on the roads. >> tgif. roadways looking good. construction out there. roadways nice and dry. like we were talking becomes it is just windy out there, katie. >> windy and cold. factor the wind in, it feels that much colder. so real taste of winter making a come back for us, thankfully it is a brief visit to the delaware valley because eventually, nice warming trends is set to take effect. >> do you feel like we may have gotten whimpy? warm weather overall, doesn't take much for us to start complaining about the cold, i know, i'm the first one to do it, it is chilly out here, guys, make sure you're ready for it with the heavier garb to go. heavier coat with all of the extra winter accessories you may need. we do have some clouds overhead, that said, we taka
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