teenager confessed to selling laced brownies, where he is accused of selling the drugs, how he wasn't the only one dropping them off. >> rain, wet weather headed our way. katie will let you know just when it arrives, meisha i know, thousand will affect your commute. now, walk outside, the paper, walk the dog, doesn't feel too awful out there. >> feels good actually. >> could be a lot worse. >> yes, take that for march 1st, flight. >> anything that bleeds from yesterday, today, is a good thing. yesterday was absolutely stunning. i went for jog, you guys, i'm so sore. >> i know you are feeling it today. >> so sore. >> get the girl some eye ibuprofen. >> really looking dollars government we expect you put your sneakers on and get right back out there, miss meisha a but nice day unfolding here,

nice clear sky outside. beautiful moonlit sky in fact. so, that's helping to sort of brighten things up here at the grounds level. but, that said, we are tracking a new system that comes from the wings, coming our way later tonight. dow want to take you back in time, talk about warmth that meisha enjoyed yesterday. we did end up getting 64 degrees, so, that makes it 22 degrees thus far this winter that we ended up with days at 06 degrees or higher. so technically through the astronomical calendar, still in the midst every winter but today, march 1st, marks the beginning of meteorological spring, which we use more so, because of the climate trends, when it comes to our actual weather patterns. now, storm scan locally totally quiet. quiet as can be. virtually quiet skies everywhere. going forwards in the forecast, see few clouds with time, hire in the atmosphere, though, mid 50's, so not as warm as yesterday. but not as breezy as yesterday. we're still well above average here. now, that said, storm system on the move. starts to bring in some showers, as early as later on tonight. that does bring us bit of

soggy mid week. as we had mentioned, one commute in particular, really going to be impacted by this mid-week storm system, then later in the week, yep, the s word, popping back into the forecast here, we are watching the potential for some snowfall. we will tell you when that is expected to arrive, and right now what our expectations are as far as how much. meisha, over to you. >> oh, that hurts. that hurts! katie, thank you. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, things are looking good, roadways looking nice and dry. it will be another gorgeous day. taking a look outside, blue route, taillights, before route one, looking good. but i would say when you look at the headlight, moving in the southbound direction, this is before route one, see it is starting to -- levels starting to built overall things looking good on the blue route basically anywhere i look. disable vehicle, the schuylkill westbound, see if i can see, yep, there it is, right there, kind of blends in into that shoulder because it is so dark right there. coming around this curve. now, not going to cause too many problems right now, not the volume activity that would

do so, but as it continues to build, volume levels, that hidden gem right there could cause us problems, make note of. that will also, disable vehicle here the schuylkill westbound near the conshohocken curve make note of that, again, pulled all the way off to the shoulder many take a peak being how busy this is getting again, right around the conshohocken curve many construction princeton new jersey route 206 closed between lovers lane and hutchinson drive. i like that lovers lane. just sound nice. you're going to have to use alternate. mercer road will be it. ramp closure delaware route 13 northbound the ramp to 295 that's also closed, erika, back to you. >> meisha, thank youment bucks county teenager behind bars this morning, charged with selling pot brownies, to middle school student. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has more on how authorities caught their suspects. bensalem police arrested 18 year old jacob francisco monday. after detectives say he sold pot-laced brownies to a middle school student at shaeffer middle school. authority tell "eyewitness news", that student then sold the brownies to several other middle schoolers.

but police say, it all started with jacob francisco. >> we did find marijuana, and all the cooking mixes, for brownies, so this kid was baking them, and distributing them, within the school district here in bensalem. >> fred is the public safety director for bensalem township. >> in this day and age, the marijuana is not the same marijuana as it was in the 80s and 90s. >> he said he worried the brown coast have contained things in addition to marijuana. in this case, he said the student who bought the brownies were aware they were laced. luckily, no one was hurt. and he commends the non-brownie buying student for telling authorities. >> sometimes these kids, you know, don't ask, don't tell, they don't want to get involved. but these kids new that something was wrong and they got involved immediately and did the right thing. >> says jacob francisco has sold pot brownies before to student. he is making sure won't happen again. >> we were able to track it down to the dealer today and got him out of the school and in jail where he belongs. and his betty crocker days are

over. >> authority are not releasing the name of the seventh grader they say re-sold the brownies to other seventh graders, meanwhile, jacob francisco is facing several charges this morning. reporting in bensalem, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". philadelphia police say they are cracking down on kids causing trouble starting fights in center city after school. police point to video right here from last december, as evidence of the trouble. it shows a teen being chased and then beaten. now, police have a special detail of bike officers, who are working to stop those attacks that have been breaking out over the past few months. septa police are also joining in on the effort. >> we'll make arrests down here. we've made somewhere between 15 to 20 arrests, for kids coming down here, for fighting. >> these student are actually assaulting each other, so badly, it is actually an appauling. >> police say the most effective way to head off incidents is for parents to tell their children to head

right home after school, not to go into center city. >> apple wins a case against the feds. new york judge says the justice department cannot force the company to provide the fbi with access to lost iphone data. this ruling deals with a brooklyn drug case. the ruling gives support to apple's position in it fight against the order to hack into the iphone, belong to go one of the san bernardino attackers. >> 5:36 right now. in business news this morning, making sure subways foot longs are real a foot long. also, march is a new start for the markets. money watch's jig wagner has those stories and much more for us on the new york stock exchanges, finally, somebody cracking down on subway, jill, good morning. >> reporter: yes, the important issue of the day. good morning, erika. investors begin this new trading month after a down day yesterday. the dow fell 123 points, the nasdaq dropped 32, overall, the dow finished february, though, in positive territory. not the same story for the nasdaq, it dropped 1.2%. >> oil prices, have surged 30%

in just two weeks, now trading well above $30 a barrel. it is a bit too soon to tell if prices have bottomed out. fundamentals are really the same, meaning there is still too much oil, the us isn't cutting production, and demands is down, on the bright side, americans are enjoying the lowest gas prices in years. here's a sweet deal for the sweet 16. warren buffet says he'll give a million dollars a year to any of his employees who can correctly predict the teams that will reach the sweet 16 during this year's march madness basketball tournament. >> and subway, want to make sure, their foot long subs are real a foot long this comes after class action lawsuit, teen posted picture every sands whim only 11 inches long, so as part of the settlement subway says it will institute measures to make sure its spread is a full 12 inches. erika? >> yes, ruler, easier way. come on, every store get a ruler, jill, come on.

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life. that's it. >> in america you have a lot of opportunities. take this opportunity. because i didn't have a chance. >> he also offered apology to the people he lied to. he also faces sex assault charges, for allegedly having contact with a female student. >> virginia eighth grade is her accused of threatening her school on social media account and using emojis to do so. police say the 12 year old girl posted a message on instagram using images of a gun, a bomb, and a knife. the girls mother said her daughter did it in response to being bullied. police say their investigation is not over. the case could mean judges will have to sort out exactly what emojis mean. >> astronaut scott kelly mark, hads final hours in orbit after spending nearly a year in space. kelly's already handed over control of the international space station, saying his good-byes there. he has been living in space since last march studying the effect of orbit on the human

body. he hopes this mission will eventually help nasa send astronaunts to mars. kelly and cosmonaut mikhail, will lands in the dessert tonight, expected back home in texas tomorrow. what an adventure. >> all right, we want to check in with katie. i know you're looking at the weather watchers with what we're seeing this morning, and in like a lamb for march, right? >> indeed. not necessarily for very long. because, we do start to see what i've been saying, sort of like the lamb is going to be putting on lion's costume or something later tonight. but, that's just because we've got new storm system on the move here. that eventually bridges in the next rounds of precipitation. but the eyewitness weather watchers definitely reporting very tranquil conditions this morning. we start things off back in chester county fran at 38 degrees, nice clear sky, moonlit sky out there this morning, folks, see a lot of stars out before the sun comes up. and let's see here, we have just about 45 minutes or so before the sun will shine over the horizon. but fran is asking if the groundhog was right, after all, because we are looking

ahead to some wintery, not just precipitation, but wintery temperatures, later down the pike here. so stay tuned for that news. 36 degrees comes into us from peter. he has nothing more than few high clouds right now, lawrenceville, 36 degrees there. we go to one more, take it down to one of the other gold star eyewitness weather watchers, jason, also, seeing nice clear sky in delaware this morning. and, that is going to last you at least through the rest of the day here. and he's calling for nice one. he's absolutely right. beautiful beginning to the morning, chilly granted, but a nice start. where might these storm scan be? i don't know. march madness is not what i was hoping to find. well, there are clouds in it. >> madness to go along with this forecast. we'll explain for you, in short, we've got storm system on the way. we tried to remedy this situation here. i don't know if we can go full screen on storm scan? but, in short, showers arrive, yes, there it is, the showers move in later on tonight, we will see this come through as a steady rain then, especially

tomorrow morning, and then, friday, we will also see the potential for some light snow showers. now, we are likely to see couple of thunderstorms with this, bulk of any severe weather would be confined far off to the south and west, we quickly jump ahead here, do get sense of what will happen for the seven day for you here. we see mid 50's this afternoon, nice day, showers overnight, and then heavier rain tomorrow morning, with some thunderstorms, cooling down, behind that, and light know showers minimal accumulation, as we look ahead to friday. meisha, over to you. >> thanks so much, katie. good morning, everyone, happy tuesday. things looking good. looking really good. looking nice and quiet right now. although we are seeing levels start to build on certain areas, i'll let you know where those r422, taillights, valley forge, you can see, that it is certainly starting to build, we move in the eastbound direction, but everyone still traveling at posted speeds, as we push toward the 6:00 hour, which is great news for typically busy tuesday. now, this is where we're certainly starting to heat up. also, disable vehicle, schuylkill westbound past spring garden. you can see it right there looking very dark, kind of

tucked in there hidden in the shoulder which can cause some problems if you are sipping around, not really paying attention, so make note it is there moving in the westbound direction at spring garden on the schuylkill, starting to heat up, as well as right here, the schuylkill westbound, near the conshohocken curve pulled all the way off to the shoulder, another disable vehicle, not causing so many slow downs per say, although starting to see some brake lights go off. accident in hatfield, bethlehem pike at unionville pike. make note of that for those every you in and around the area, also, construction, excuse me, ramp closed in delaware, route 13 northbound ramp to 295, that ramp is closed so a lot of the stuff going on this morning, but over holding stead any terms of volume speeds, erika, back over to you. >> cell phone video shows small passenger busterring into flames, at a san francisco gas station. authorities say the driver pulled over when his engine began overheating. that fire caused some major damage, you can see it right there, taking out four fuel pumps. firefighter suffered minor injuries, but agree this could have been so much worse. >> also, one of the cars in

google's fleet of self-driving vehicles, has been involved in a crash, which appears to be the very first of it kinds. police say the google car is at fault so to speak. the car hit a bus near google headquarters. the lexus was outfitted when censors like that, and cameras, and the car's test drivers in the passenger seat, says did he not take over the controls, because he thought the bus would yield. >> all right, 5:49 right now. and the girl scouts get scammed on big purchase. how strangers are turning that wrong into a right. also: >> the awards season isn't over yet. that's right. we're celebrating the best of philadelphia sports. i'm pat gallen. finds out who takes home the hardware in the inaugural pat gal end awards.

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>> it doesn't get much lower than stealing from the girl scouts, right? >> lana archer selling girl scout cook which is her mom outside a supermarket in costa mess a california. man landed them 500-dollar bill. later after handing the man his cookies and then $75 in change, her mother realized the 100-dollar bill was a fake. >> my gut said don't take it, but then my other side of me said but we're the girl scouts. who would do that?

>> the girl told fuss we were still selling girl scout cookies. and we told her the story, toll her what happened. so she went back home and gave us a hundred dollars. >> isn't that great? well done. something positive coming out that far story at least. by the way the good samaritan did not want any cookies saying she just did not want that theft to put a dam perron their experience. good people out there. >> well it, has been rough few years for philadelphia sport fans. none of our local teams have made the playoffs since 2014. and it could be a while before they see the post-season again. but we are trying to look on the bright side this morning. in the spirit of the oscars, pat gallen handed out own awards honoring the best the city has to offer. >> welcome to the 2016 gallen we sell celebrate the best of philadelphia sport. landscape on the up and up, soon enough, we'll have a winner, just like leo dicaprio thought 20 years ago.

anyway, we are here to find out who is the guess in each category pertaining to philly sports. let's begin. our first award goes to the individual who exhibit an understanding of how to lead a team of men or women, as far as their talent will allow them. who will be this year's best director? one person rose above the rest over the last year. the award, for best director, goes to ... j. wright. head coach of the villanova wildcats. >> about as good as it get. >> best costume is awarded to the organization, that stands out most, due to their vibrant colors and beautiful designs. the winner of this year's gallens award for best costume goes to the philadelphia 76ers. excepting this year's award on behalf of the team, sixers dancers, gamelan jessica. hi, ladies. >> high! >> here you go. here is your gallens award for 2016. >> thank, pat. >> your welcome. >> our next award is for best score. tan goes to the athlete that makes it look easy on the

field court or ice. a young talent that scores with more grace and finesse, than the rest. and this year the gallens for best score goes to shane, the philadelphia flyers. he has scored four over time game winners for the flyers this year. >> the fun thing out there. >> and the final gallens of the year goes to someone in a lead role, plays beyond day in, day off, oftentimes i am moveable only. this year's best, fletcher cox of the philadelphia eagles. >> i was pretty surprised. >> i'm pat gal end, this has been the 2016 gallens. >> pretty surprised. looks like the sixers will have to settle for their gallon award this year, because they were officially eliminate from the playoff contention when they lost last night. well done, pat. dancer with the pennsylvania ballet busy performing their performance, before opening night on thursday. for the lead dancer, though,

the love story on the stage isn't much of a stretch. because they have a real life love story that runs much deeper. >> we look in each other's eyes, and it is very comfortable. >> and we smile before we go to stage. we wish good luck. >> oh, tomorrow on "eyewitness news", i love there is the couple takes you behind the scenes of the show, and also, you'll hear how dance brought them together in a unlikely way. coming up in the next hour here on "eyewitness news", did you know your posh tour impacts your health? we'll show you the right way to sit, there is one, and how to stand, to stay healthy. also watch right here this woman frantically tries to get inside the build to go escape tornado. but that door is locked. what she did next to survive. we're back at the top of the hour. good morning.

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