good morning, a horrifying scene right here unfolding on a major highway. eyewitness cam shows video of the aftermath of crash in the the lehigh val that i left five people, dead. we have an update on efforts to reopen that roadway, and figure out what led to that fiery recollect. astronaut scott kelly is back in america, gift waiting for him in houston and why he is taller then his twin brother, mark. and live look right the now at a chilly center city, katie is tracking snow in time for your morning commute tomorrow. we will have timing and when we will see a major warm up. more in one minute. it is thursday march 3rd i'm erika von tiehl. we will check to see what

mayor kenney's first budget proposal for the city. first lets check with katie and meisha. it is calm for now. >> indeed. >> i have have to be honest in the traffic center already only 4:30 in the morning and we have a few accidents. i know it is cold. let talk about the weather and then we will get over to track and let you know what is going on. >> we have that proverbial calm before any snow comes into play here. i don't think that will impact the morning drive here, say for maybe some sun glare once the sun does come up. how about that wind. we will start off by getting out there and showing you what we saw with the peak wind gustness newtown square as well as dear lake, 50 miles an hour gust where is reported, cochranville 49. the list goes on here. the blustery day to say the least. storm scan is calm and collect. the nice and tranquil. wind has subsided and it will, stay that way throughout the daylight hours. we will put things into motion and see even with satellite thrown on top it is basically a completely clear sky.

that in part with the story is that we start to see these temperatures get knocked back significantly. as we look ahead, winter wet ther advisory will take effect for essentially the southern two thirds of the delaware valley. so 10:00 tonight you will see that go in effect. philadelphia included there as well as immediate vicinity to the north and west, chester county, dell will co, lower bucks as well as eastern, montgomery county you will get included with that and that will last until tomorrow afternoon. so for now, you have cold but wind has tapered off. do bundle up since you are below freeze ago cross the board here and that is looking forward in the eyewitness weather planner for the day, at the shore, here in philadelphia, low 40's, expectation. that is colder then average by at least five or six or 7 degrees and we're only at best at freezing mark in the poconos. the eventually some snow on the the way there is enough cold a air to support that and coming up, meisha we will tell you how much you can expect and more importantly, time it the out, we will that have straight ahead. >> perfect, thanks very much,

katie, good morning, happy thursday. if you are just waking up, it is busy in the traffic center, already. it is only 4:30 in the morning. this is video of the accident, overturn truck right side up, boulevard southbound at grant avenue, all inner lanes were blocked for a period of time. the good news is it the is still early but i want to make note the of this, it is just getting cleared out of the way. there will be debris in the roadways as the clean up continues to take part but just know, serious accident here involving a pickup truck that was overturned and you will have have some glass, probably, whatever else debris is on the roadway that is getting cleaned upright now. so not going to cause too much slow downs right now but for as long as they are out there it certainly can. then we have another accident here i-95 northbound for the commodore barry bridge, and already some volume levels starting to i would say build ever so slightly here but certainly passing on their breaks as they pass by this. we will get mixture of volume build as well as a gaper delay

there. then we have an accident here street road, eastbound, all lanes are block between reading road and old lincoln highway, make note of this because this will certainly slow you down and coming up in 15 minutes i will give you best alternate around this so just make note eastbound lanes are all block, erika, back over to you. now just a horrific fiery crash in the lehigh valley leaving five people dead. eyewitness cam video of the smoke, flames, billowing in the air from the tractor trailer. the it flipped on its side after colliding head on with the a koran route 222 in upper macungie township. that crash happened just before 4:00 near route 100 yesterday. a all five people in the car were pronounced dead a at that scene. that section of the route 222 was shut down for hours, while police investigated. >> the passenger car was traveling north and for unknown reasons across the center divide era cross the center path and hit the

tractor trailer causing a severe impact and explosion. >> police have not released the names of the five victims. we are expect to go learn more after autopsies are conducted today. the tractor trailer driver was not injured. astronaut scott kelly is back on u.s. soil. we have new video just in of kelly landing in houston two hours ago. he a arrived, to hugs from his family and friends, including his identical twin brother, mark kelly. doctor jill biden was there to greet him. she brought a beer and a apple will pie. how much more american can you get. kelly touched down in kazakhstan tuesday after spending more time in space then any other american. welcome home. mayor jim kenney has taken wraps off his budget, philadelphia city council meets this morning. the part of the spending plan calls for 1.1 million-dollar for body cameras for 800 police officers. there is already a pilot program. the mayor calls the cameras an important step forward in improving relations between police and residents. now part of the kenney's

$4.1 billion budget does include a soda tax. the most of have that monday would i go to expanding prek programs and community schools, other items in the budget including investing 600 million-dollar in parks and recreation, and retro fitting city buildings to make them more energy efficient. happening today preliminary hearing for a man charged with attacking a cab driver in philadelphia a driver showed "eyewitness news" his bandaged hand after the attack in queen village last month. police say the suspect, renal do, held a cab at fourth and south. once inside's tacked that driver with the knife before taking off with $70. donald trump will join several other candidates the at tonight's presidential debate on "fox news". even though he had a very public beef with one of the moderators. ben carson, however, will not be there, the retired neurosurgeon says he does not see a political path forward for his campaign, he is scheduled to make an

announcement tomorrow. carson has not done well in the primary and caucus. former massachusetts governor mitt romney will be make going remarks about the the state of the presidential race. g.o.p. a's 2012 candidate will speak from the hinkley institute of politics in salt lake city. romney has been openly critical of the current front runner donald trump. on the democratic side vermont senator bernie sanders is campaigning in michigan. 10,000 supporters pack michigan state university last night ahead of the the state's march 8th primaries. the sanders is calling for the republican governor to resign over his handling of the flint water crisis. he pointed out differences between his and hillary clinton's trade policies. ♪ >> elton john was among stars performing at a hillary clinton fund raise inner new york city. rihanna also took the stage. that benefit at radio city music hall was among the former secretary of state's stops, no word on how much was

raised but we do know clinton campaign took in nearly 30 million-dollar in february. former clinton staffer who helped set up her private e-mail server accepted a immunity offer from the justice department. ryan will give an interview to investigators who want to know if the information on clinton's private server constitute a crime. the clinton spokesmen says that the campaign is pleased pagleono is cooperating. investigators are working to figure out if debris is washing up, belongs to the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. blaine gibson an american who went searching for remnant of the the plane a says his heart was pounding when he saw what appears to be a tail section of the boeing triple 77. it disappeared two years ago with 239 people on board. it is believed to have crashed somewhere in the indian ocean off of the western coast of australia. well, he calls himself doctor love but investigators in soccer say he is no doctor.

eighteen year-old mal die robinson ace accused of selling a woman phony vitamins and stealing $30,000 from her. judge ordered robinson to undergo a mental evaluation. his attorneys called the teen a entrepreneur who could be memberedded for his creativity. still ahead this morning, traffic jams are nothing new in times square but rush hour disruption yesterday was a horse of the different color. what caused an nypd mounted june to it bolt away. also this. >> i don't think he realizes magnitude of what he just experienced. >> a swimming pool surprise, that is a 9-foot al-ghaith are right there in the deepened. what they thought was in there was dead. you might call it a bit miraculous where these tie could be bas

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now it looks like a scene from the wild west but this happened in new york's time square a horse tosses an nypk officer from the back and bolts down the street during evening rush hour. authorities say a loud noise spooked the horse. the it appeared to have in where to go. that horse gallup to the parking garage where mounted unit hang out when they are on break. the officer was not the hurt, three cars, however were damage during the horse's wild run. and, unwelcomed house guest making headlines across the nation. check it out, a 9-foot alligator found in the swimming pool in florida. home owner says he saw buckles in the pool and thought maybe a stray golf ball flew in. when he investigated he found a 300-pound gator submerged in the deepened. >> usually somebody is out there on the island, we have just ones recently we have seen him over here in the fair way so it seemed like he had been trying to relocate to another pond or something. >> it is mating season so he was outlooking for something.

>> now, a trapper, was called in, took him about an hour to remove the gate the or to get him out of the pool but thank goodness the guy didn't just dive into get a golf ball. >> that was not the a time for a cannon ball, my goodness. >> no kidding. >> i'm sure it is a calm stretch before the snow. >> and window of opportunity to be outside when it is still dry is dwindling quickly once the sun goes down, especially but for now things are nice and quiet and morning drive will not be impact by any rain. we don't to have track that anymore. things are tranquil even wind has tapered off almost completely at the this point. the it is that as we say proverbial calm before the storm but you have a storm starting to brew off to our west. the this will be more of a heavy hitter a a across the mid-atlantic. for us we sit the on the north fringe and because cold air has now since moved in it will mean that we are basically looking at a snow producer out of this we have severe wet's cross the deep south the here, that is not an impact for us but snow is on the way.

so, lets go ahead and track this. we are jumping all the way to 7:00 p.m. tonight, typical evening rush without any hitch, no huge deal, as it typically is winding down here. we won't see any flakes. it looks like we will start to see first flakes flying closer to ten or 11:00 o'clock at night and it is light and scattered initially too but once it is here it is over spreads essentially the whole region and might be a few breaks where we don't have much going on in kent may county or kent or sussex light snow regional wide as we are on the air this same time tomorrow and it lingering through the typical morning drive and then it tapers off and pull is a way. it may linger later in the afternoon across southeastern, new jersey and parts of the delaware. that is where we have enough mild air to see go on too but with that said even though it is, a good solid say seven or eight hour window of potential for snow we are only expecting up to 2 inches, essentially

regional wide. the winter weather an ad risery cutting my line, on south, so, delco, chester to, and then into philadelphia counties, that is where we have winter weather advisory going in to effect tonight. today tranquil, start with sun and clouds rebuild and then snow moves in later on tonight, lingers for first half of tomorrow and then check out this warm up. look ahead, rub your eyes, i know, meisha is loving this, 65 on tuesday, we're shooting for 70, erika or wednesday. not bad, hey. >> snow? what snow. >> we can handle this. >> thanks very much. >> we're finding out hot real winners are here. judges could dismiss or up hold patriots quarterback tom brady suspension over his involvement in ball tampering. if brady is reinstated he will be the second biggest winner in deflate gate. big winners are lawyers, the

nfl, players association and patriots, listen to this, collectively will spend almost 20 million-dollar in legal fees by the time the case is settled. we expect to hear from eagles quarterback sam bradford this afternoon. the first meeting, first time meeting with the media since signing his new contract. it is a a two year deal worth 22 million in guarantied money. twenty-eight year-old former heisman trophy winner started 14 games forbidder last season. bradford could talk about his role in new coach doug pederson's west coast offence. we will find out. lucky find collectors are calling mere will california us. the it shows up in a paper bag in the dilapidated home of the great grandfather after more than a 100 years. the seven card are baseball hall of famer ty cobb, between 1909 and 1911. the front shows ty cobb and back says ty cobb, king of the smoking world. all seven are in great shape considering. person who find them remains a

anonymous and officials will say they were found in the south. they don't want to give away the location. the experts say those cards could be worth more than a million-dollar, wow. still ahead this morning, it is one of the worse things that can happen to us so why is the government hoping to get hack. we will explain. but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

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autopsies will be conducted for all five people killed in a head on collision of the car and tractor trailer yesterday. it happened on route 222 in upper macungie township lehigh county. victims have in the been identified, the road is opened this morning. republican presidential candidate ben carson will not take part in tonight's g.o.p. debate in michigan. in fact he could be out of the campaign. front runner donald trump will be there despite foods with the host network.

also 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney says he will hold a news conference today on the state of campaign 2016. astronaut scott kelly is back on u.s. soil and reunited with his family after almost a year in space. the it was the longest day ever stay by an american. kelly looking fit the but he will undergo medical tests for weeks, if not months. 4:50. time for a check on your business news, jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange and another win or wall street for investors, i like the sound of this. >> reporter: good morning. oil prices rebound and that sent energy stocks higher. dow jones jumped 34 points edging backup to the 17,000 mark. the nasdaq jumped higher and on another note, a lot of focus here about jobs, we do have the big government jobs report tomorrow and yesterday adp, the private payroll processor, says that hiring did pick up last month. so investors watching to that.

>> very good. >> also, we have been hearing about apple, google will pay, mobile payment systems but now one company is taking it the a step further. what are they doing? >> reporter: well, that is right, google actually wants to make it so you can pay without taking your smart phone out of your pocket. you could down load an app and put your payment system in there and when you a approach the counter they would use some type of wifi and they would be able to figure out you will use that payment system. cashier would look to make sure it is there, photo id thaw down load. it is all getting very high tech. >> are we too lays toy get our phone out of the pocket, sad day, jill? >> reporter: it is a a little too easy to buy stuff, i hear you. >> we will see you later this morning, thank you very much. the pentagon is, hoping to get hacked, in fact they are willing to reward you for doing so. the defense department wants to to test military network's vulnerabilities. hackers will be vetted first and then they will hack

limited access to the the network. the pentagon's most sensitive information will not be part of the program which does offer an unspecified reward to participants. well, this time tomorrow morning we will be seeing snow, katie's timing it out for you, and also a major warm up when we come right back.

good morning, we're waiting on our next disturbance. i call it calm before the storm and indeed it is, we will start off with some sunshine out there today. eventually the clouds will rebuild and chillies here. with that cold air setting the stage for what eventually gets the here and that is this guy, coming through, primarily as just some snow, but the bulk of moisture contend with this content is combined to the south. we are expecting snow but it will be a light variety of snow and because ground is relatively warmer, it will primarily be a grass accumulation, on paved surface, windshield that kind of a thing to coat to go

2 inches. the not terrible. i expect because it comes into midday friday that friday morning drive will not be ideal here, folks. set your alarm early tomorrow. you know he how these minor quote unquote disturbances can be they can be nasty because i think we tend to get too confident when it is light snow coming through so please expect that. in the meantime next week huge warm up, something for everyone. >> i could not help it the my eyes glazed over. thanks, katie. good morning everyone. happy thursday. the it is gateway to our weekend, and right now we are looking at an area we did have an accident that has been since cleared and let me back out of the way. ninety-five northbound that accident was blocking that right lane abe that has been cleared. we are looking good there on i-95 moving in the north bound direction. schuylkill taillights moving in the eastbound direction looking good, both directions looking good, nice, quiet, maybe slowly building up ever so slight thely but nothing to worry about. ninety-five south at girard looking good. looking quiet for 915 moving in the southbound direction

but levels are slowly starting to build on this thursday, erika, back over to you. stay updated on the weather on the go, katie updates her forecast all morning long on our sister station kyw news radio 1060. new discovery scientists made connecting stress to memory loss. also, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the care package, something philadelphia played a big part in organizing. and review of the the new film, triple nine, check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. coming up next on "eyewitness news" philadelphia's mayor unveils his first budge tote day, the impact it will have on your wallet. also, do not mess with this clerk, she stared down barrel of that gun and survived, what she told the robber during this violent confrontation. listen to this a little will girl blows her nose and solves a mystery. you won't believe what was stuck in her nose for six months. we are back at the i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by

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horror on the highway, with five people killed in a fiery crash. they came, and we are learning today about this deadly wreck. also happening today fill mayor jim kenney unveils his first budget. hear his idea for spending the cities money and how some proposals could cost you money. also... >> it is not my achievement, it is nasa's achievement and our country's achievement. >> a lot of hugs in houston overnight astronaut scott kelly just landed a couple hours ago after his year in space. the gifts he received from the president and big change to his body while he was gone. good morning it is thursday, march 3rd i'm erika von tiehl, quiet outside right

new but we are bracing for some snow overnight and tomorrow, katie and meisha a keeping a eye on things for us. we will focus on the calm for now, good morning. >> we started off in the traffic center with a bang and now we are slowing down a little bit. let's tune our sites to what is in store here for us katie. >> as we have been saying snow is on the horizon. i can see my breath in front of my face telling me it is definitely cold enough and chill has settled in well enough that when this next disturbance gets here it will be a snow producer. you will get through the entire day without a hitch. it will be tranquil but it is the calm before the system that moves n the lets start off by taking a quick peak at storm scan three which is totally empty. right now things are tranquil but eventually, we will see this pattern go downhill. the winter weather advisory takes effect tonight at 10:00 o'clock for counties shaded in the purple there. so basically the southern half but it does include philadelphia and it does include all of those major roadways, that lead into the city and because ofh