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tredyffrin and tells us how the large group was ultimately captured, diana. >> reporter: jessica, six people are now being questioned at the tredyffrin police department, one is in the hospital, and, police say that he they believe these seven men were getting ready to commit the a crime when they intercepted it and they believe that they are all well known members of a crime gang. gang rather. chopper three was over the scene earlier today around 1:30 this afternoon where a police chase ended after fire fighters having lunch in tredyffrin, noticed that suspicious activity in the parking lot. they said seven men were standing around a car trying to conceal a license plate when they called police. they said three of the men fled on foot and four took off in a car leading police on a chase, ramming a tredyffrin cruiser and also a state police vehicle, that got involved in the chase, which was ultimately ending the at 202 and 76. that is when four men got out on foot and started running
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with police in pursuit, here's what police had to say. >> strong reason to believe these are members of the felony gang and they had a number of items in the car, mostly dealing with various thefts and identity thefts, drivers licenses and things like that. there is a larger vehicle, larger black suv that fled the parking lot, as the officers were arriving. impacted one of our vehicles that was coming in the lot attempting to block them. that proceeded on to 202 north bound. >> reporter: so, no officers were hurt during this pursuit, police believe that these men are members of the felony gang. they are now questioning all of them. no charges have been filed but i'm told they do believe that a weapon was discarded, somewhere, in the pursuit of these men, this afternoon. that is very latest from tredyffrin tonight i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, just a beautiful day, feels like april, doesn't
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it but it will in the last. rain is on the way. meteorologist kate bilo is timing when heavier rain will arrive. she's outside on the sky deck, kate. >> what a difference an hour makes. the skies were clear, beautiful, now clouds have rolled in, looking a little glummy and that is bringing in the arrival of the next storm system which will bring some rain through the overnight hours. quick look at our highs, it was another spring-like day 64 the high in philadelphia a. sixty in millville. cooler down the shore but still upper 50's well above average. then another breezy day, wind still strong, ten to 15 miles an hour and they are out of the south and east. look at what is heading our way. we have rain, thunder over ohio valley moving quickly into west virginia and that gets here overnight. coming up i will tell you fit impacts your morning commute and we have got snow in the forecast. i will tell you when and fit sticks coming up. >> kate, thank you. federal lawsuit filed against penn state by jay paterno, son of the late football coach joe paterno has been dismissed. jay paterno and another former
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assistant billikene sued in 2015. they claimed dismiss them as coaches in 2012. they also alleged they were unfairly linked to the jerry sandusky child molestation scandal. local coach ace rested on charges of inappropriate sexual contact with a 13 year-old girl. this is the suspect five two-year old sinclaire caesar. has been involved with coaching sports for several years. he was arrested saturday. record show in 2006 he was charged with forced sexual assault and spent more than 400 days in jail, later pleading guilty to the lesser charge of endangering welfare of the child. >> it is pretty disturbing that the more thorough background check wasn't done being that he had a prior arrest. >> caesar is behind bars tonight and they could have more victims. it is the biggest day of the 2016 primary season,
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voters in a dozen states are making their choice for president, this super tuesday, and with big wins hillary clinton could take a major step toward becoming democratic nominee during convention here in philadelphia and donald trump the republican nominee. the presidential race comes to the delaware valley with pennsylvania and delaware hold their primaries, april 26th. new jersey will hold its primary june 7th. so how much of it do we actually have? "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live in election central with more on that, alex. >> jessica up for grabs today but one half of all of the delegates needed for republican nomination, about a third needed for democrats. so how much does that leave for voters in our area? well, we found out. it is less super then it is a standard tuesday. still the big names can be heard. >> hillary clinton, of course. >> donald trump. >> feeling the bern. >> reporter: in franklin and marshall latest poll of pennsylvania voters hillary
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clinton showed 48-27 percent lead over senator bernie sanders ahead of the super tuesday. donald trump earned 22 percent, followed by senator marco rubio at 6 percent, and governor kasich and senator cruz at the 15 and 12 percent. >> ted cruz has a lot on the line. he has the state of texas. he wants to win that state desperately because that will put him back into contention. >> reporter: kasich and carson are looking for contention on the national level. local polls do stray somewhat from the 13 states and one territory participating in super tuesday, so there is a question. >> will it still matter when our vote is cast here in the primary. >> it may not. >> reporter: pennsylvania and delaware will in the hold primaries until april 26th, new jersey not until june 7th. for some waiting doesn't seem worth it. >> it is already over, clinton will win, so why would i wake up, spend time voting. >> have one super tuesday nationally but then that is not what the election is for. >> reporter: but there is
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still power to be had by local vote's head of november. so long as the races remain tight. >> if the candidates are real close then new jersey or pennsylvania can get to deal that income out the blow at the end. >> reporter: but for some still undecided voters there is some simplicity that comes with other states having the first say. >> wait until they decide and then pick a third party. >> reporter: many experts believe we will get a better idea what the balance odd will look like once it reaches our area, only after voters in ohio and florida have been polled in two weeks. reporting live from election central i'm alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> good explanation, thanks very much. field of the presidential candidates could shrink after tonight. keep it on cbs-3 for continuing coverage all night including latest from the campaign trail, on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley, that is right after this newscast. super tuesday means dozens of delegates up for grabs and voters cast their ballots and candidates receive delegates based on how much votes they
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get. >> that is what happens with delegates what about super delegates? what is a super delegate? it is tonight's good question. nicole brewer will have the answer for you tonight the at 11:00. with one zika virus case in philadelphia we are learning about another location that is raising the zika threat to our area eye witt the necessary news reporter greg argos joins us from penn medicine pearl man center and we are leaning it can become more common in the u.s., um. >> reporter: that is right, ukee. in fact if unchecked cdc estimates as many as one in five people living in puerto rico could come down with the zika virus. if that were to happen experts say the spread here to the continental u.s. would be inevitable. you may not realize it but nearly 120 naturally born citizens of the united states have already contracted the zika virus. new report from the centers for disease control confirms 117 cases in puerto rico and concern is zika can infect one in five living in that u.s.
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territory. >> for the continental u.s. the potential that it could spread here. >> reporter: penn medicine infectious disease doctor steven gluckman who specializes in travel medicine say it is entirely possible for virus to easily spread in puerto rico. >> very similar viruses, carried by the same mosquito, spread rapidly in puerto rico. there is no reason to think zika went dot exact same thing. >> reporter: with both, carrier mosquito already living in the u.s. >> we have the mosquito that is vector for this virus at least in the southern united states. >> reporter: easy access to and from the continental states from puerto rico gluckman says it is not a stretch to start seeing cases originate in the 50 states. tuesday after afternoon, many arriving from san juan, didn't seem too concerned about that possibility. >> actually, i was down there, i didn't see anything wrong down there. >> they don't necessity or something going on but no one seems to be worried.
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>> reporter: this man arriving to philadelphia for first time since he is trying to limit his exposure back home. >> i haven't heard of anything. i'm using mosquito repellant and getting rid of any standing water. >> reporter: right new there are once again only 117 confirmed cases in puerto rico but even so the u.s. government, congress, setting aside a quarter billion dollars to help battle the spread there. we are live from university city, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. as we continue tonight from junkyard to jobs, multi million-dollar development project finally getting off the ground. we will tell you how many jobs are coming to a neighborhood with one of the highest unemployment rates in philadelphia. i can take a lp record and identify the piece of music how about that. >> this man says he is only person in the world who has this super power. others include a human magnet and blind man who can see like a bat, it the is our own super
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heroes but we will show you why they are real people who all have the same disability, kate? it has been a quiet, mild stretch but things are changing this system will will bring us rain, i will time that out and we are tracking snow, i will tell you how much could fall if it the will stick and which commute it may impact coming up, don. sammy b is staying, in philly, eagles and bradford agreed to a new deal but for how long and how much will the man get paid, details coming your way later in sports.
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oh, yeah, funky foot work is most popular class at this school of dance and you don't to have sign up, ahead of time. why the tans is so in demand and where you can, just drop in for a class, that was inspired, by the street. vittoria woodill will take it to the street, tonight at 11:00 o'clock. under served north philadelphia a community is getting a much needed shopping center. the city leaders, including the mayor jim kenney were underway for plaza allegheny ground breaking. the development project at third and allegheny will include a supermarket, fitness center and auto repair shop.
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it is expect to bring more than 100 permanent jobs. great news for music lovers in our area. the philly pops announced its new concert season in a musical fashion. >> ♪ >> it is 2016/17 season, they will play music from elvis, louie armstrong, ela fitzgerald, fleet wood mack and even beatles. that announcement made at cleft club on south broad street. of course, we are proud media sponsors of the pops and cannot wait for the new season to begin. >> they are so good. >> um-hmm. on the cbs-3 healthwatch ordinary people with super powers, some could be compared to super heroes we see in the movies. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has the story of very gifted including people. >> this is very cool. these people really do have some remarkable abilities, that often come with a disability, that almost defies explanation. from super man to spider man
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who hasn't looked at these characters to wonder what it will be like to have. >> super human strength. >> reporter: but there are a a very few real gifted people in this world. >> i can take an lp record, look at the grooves and by looking at the grooves, i can identify the piece of music. >> reporter: arthur doesn't only listen to vinyl record he knows what songs are on a record just by looking at it. >> and this is 1812 overture. >> amazingly, lynch's musical background is limited to the few piano lessons he took as a child. daniel kish has biked all over the world. >> i got the my first bike at age of six. >> reporter: while biking globe may not seem like an accomplishment, he is now 50 and he is completely blind. he says he sees the same way, bats do using a kind of sonar called echo location similar to the super hero dare devil. then steven will shire.
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>> his memory, just like batman is so precise he can draw an exact landscape after seeing it, just once. >> each of us, is endowed with a certain potential. >> reporter: but for those with these seemingly super powers, neurologist doctor danielle says their brain is different. >> some circuits of the the brain may not have developed fully, this may allow other circuits to be hyperactive. >> and that hyper activity the doctor says creates over compensation that can result in a super human ability. another super power, people with auto by graph california memories, those are folks that can remember things that happen on a certain day going back year and years. mary lou henner remember our store which her. arthur lives here locally, he has all these records and by looking at it, he could tell you the song. >> i have a an old album i will take to him. see if he knows them, isaac
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brothers tunes. that is a nation. >> that is neat. >> thanks, stephanie. let get our forecast with kate. i took my dogs out today, we were having fun. then i remembered you were talking about snow soon. >> i know, i hate to be the bearer of snowy news to the forecast because it is just so beautiful past couple days and wish it could stay like this through spring but march, early march is a volatile time around here. we have that battle between spring and winter, both seasons want to win out. spring has been making an early showing the past few days but it will not last. we have a little more winter weather to talk about before possibly another warm up next week. you can see taking a live look at center city, cloud have rolled on in what a beautiful day it was, little windy out there, tried have to have a picnic with my son in the back yard. everything blew away. it was still nice and warm. wind have been an issue, wind will continue to be an issue you tomorrow but then we will start to talk about the the threat for some snow, unfortunately that comes in on friday. let break it down again quiet
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night outside, we don't expect rain to get in until around 11:00 off to the west, closer to midnight in the city. this is mainly going to be an overnight event this system moving very rapidly, already starting to push into western pennsylvania and any snow with this one is relegate todd areas well to the north, way, way too warm to talk about snow but behind this storm we will be ushering in a blast of cold air, and that cold will establish itself enough that the next storm that cuts by to our south will have enough cold to draw from to produce snow. right now 54 degrees in philadelphia a, 54 in allentown. fifty-five in reading. cooler down the shore thanks to the wind off the ocean. ocean water temperature just 42. see why it the is just 49 in a atlantic city at the moment. lets start with the first system this gets in around midnight tonight. steady rain showers through lehigh valley a and poconos at midnight. squall line across the area between one a and 3:00 a.m. we could have rumble of thunder. don't be surprised if you wake up to steady rain, thunder and lightening.
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by five or 6:00 a a.m. this is clearing out. it could impact first part of the morning commute but that is bit. the just wet roads for most of us. rain arrives around midnight. heaviest between two and 5:00. slow start to the wednesday morning commute but rain should end by 7:00 a.m. we are looking at a quarter to half inch. quick blast of steady rain, behind this cold air starts to rotate in, you can see thursday into friday. next week you can see another warm up lurking in the seven day forecast. we will show you that in a moment. enough cold behind this first system that here is second system. watch what happens with this track of the low takes it off to the south, thursday night we will see a snow develop, this continues into friday morning. here is 4:00 a.m. that then moves off coast. it does not look like it will develop in the major coastal storm with you does have enough moisture witt that we could be looking at light snow thursday night into midday friday, generally grass accumulation of coat to go 2 inches possible. slow travel, slick spots friday morning. it is cold enough this could stick to untreated surfaces. the not a huge event.
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we have seep worse here in philadelphia but it is coming on the heels of the big warm up, people may not be looking forward to some snow and could be slick friday morning. keep that in mine. weekend looks quiet saturday night a stray rain or snow shower but then next week we are back to 60 on tuesday and middle of next week it the may get even warmer, and some spots could be pushing 07 by next week, big warm up in the future. >> big light at the end of that tunnel. >> we will go down and then we will go up. >> thanks, kate. "cbs evening news" is just a few minutes away. >> scott pelley joins with us a a look ahead, scott. >> hi ukee and jessica, great to be with you in philadelphia it is super tuesday, of course, millions of americans have cast votes in the 12 primary and caucus. question tonight is can donald trump be caught? can hillary clinton break away? we will sort it all out from the very latest exit poll data for what is a at stake for each of the candidates. all that just ahead on the "cbs
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eagles don't love sam bradford but they do like them. they don't want to get married but keep dating two. sides agreed to a two year contract today the quarterback gets i 36 million-dollar deal with 26 of it guarantied. length of the deal, may have been a indication that the market for bradford wasn't as strong as some have previously thought. bird are giving the 28 year-old, 18 million per, and that is pretty good. >> the fact is, that he, himself, put himself in the leader ship role toward the end of the season proves to me he can handle going forward, you know, this role, and the opportunity to start. >> honestly we get bored showing you video of the phillies stretching at spring training practice. so finally we have real video of them playing games, to show you. it is game one of the their grapefruit league schedule. phillies hosting blue jays, pete mackanin, send gonzales to the mound. the first inning bases loaded
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for jays. barney with the line drive to right center, knocking in two runs. he had five rbi's. second inning, carlos ruiz, 37 years old, now oldest player on the team, two run knock in the middle. we are tied. fourth inning we will go, phillies down four-two, jp, playing against his former club, a solo shot. phillies lose the grapefruit league opener five-three your final score. third rang villanova hosting depaul tonight, we will cats can wrap up big east regular season title with the win. final home game of the season and final home game, for ryan archie arcidiacono, senior guard has been captain on the team since his freshman year. leslie van arsdal asked him about his emotions heading in the game. >> cold blooded, i'm just like cold hearted, i don't know, i think it will be a very awesome experience and it will be something i will think about and think about for life but at that time it will be just we need to get out and
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play harder then them and win. >> ryan archie arcidiacono. >> i bet his teammates don't necessity how to spell his name good how about that. >> archie arcidiacono. >> captain from his freshman year. >> yes. >> that is saying something, on the court and off. >> yep. >> we will be right back. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo.
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thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on our sister station the cw philly and we are back here on cbs-3 at 11:00 o'clock. we hope you will join us. up next "cbs evening news", super tuesday, millions cast their vote and exit polling data is out, and that plus what is at stake for all of the candidate, next on the
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"cbs evening news", we will see you >> pelley: can trump be caught? >> super tuesday is the single best opportunity. >> pelley: he's already looking ahead to another opponent. >> hillary clinton does not have the strength or the stamina to become president, i'll telling you. >> pelley: also tonight, the president argues his case for a supreme court nomination, and gets his answer. >> this vacancy will not be filled this year. >> pelley: erin andrews testifies in her multi-million-dollar stalk case. and there's another sanders. meet bernie's bro. >> reporter: he's been called cool. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: norah o'donnell, john dickerson, and i are coming to you tonight from cbs news election
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