into tomorrow. katie is on the skies deck. meisha has your morning traffic. you have a calm morning drive, right guys. >> indeed we do. >> roads are looking g we started off with a bang but now slowing dunn. katie, what is in store for us. >> we will get throughout bolt commutes today, the morning and evening rush without any major hitch. is it not until any snow begins to fall and accumulate. for now it is cold. worst of the wind has tapered off. that was wicked sun yesterday. but now we are waiting, for that next system to get here. we showed you a a moment ago on storm scan. at a local level there is nothing happening, folks. we have clear skies and with the clear sky, we have been noticing a contrast above us here at cbs-3 headquarters in spring garden. you can actually see looking closely back toward williamsport do you see clouds and lake enhanced snow showers pushing through. notice how they fizzled.

that tells me the wind has tapered off. at this point we are just calm, eventually though, that winter weather advisory we mentioned as well, southern half of the region, winter weather a ad vicary beginning at 10:00 tonight. clearly another morning commute will be within that time frame and it does appear it could mess with us tomorrow morning. for now, chillies here, it sets the stage for things to come, entry when that next disturbance gets here it will be a snow producer but we are not expecting major accumulation. we will break down more details on that and tell you how much to expect in any given location when the worst of it comes, all of that coming up but for now starting off with sunshine. chilly afternoon in the lower 40's for daytime highs. >> morning commuters take note. katie just said tomorrow morning it will affect you. good morning. gateway to our weekend, happy thursday, so happy you are with us. we are looking at a car fire in tinicum township delaware county. i-95 north off ramp to bartram

avenue, it is slow moving, and we were seeing them put fire out 20 minutes ago. we know that is out but clean up crews are out there, law enforcement still out there. what you are seeing is they are stopped on that exit. they are trying to make this the off ramp so just make note for those even at home, thinking about going here, you can see penndot whipping that camera around taking a look at that. notice significant backups. this will slow you down just make note. 422 headlights in the eastbound direction looking okay, nice and quiet there. schuylkill taillight moving in the eastbound direction at belmont looking good here. we are starting to see levels start to heat up in that sunrise just coming up. jackknife tractor trail are new jersey turnpike north bound before hightstown, all outer lanes blocked. erika, back to you. fiery crash kills five people in lehigh county. this is eyewitness cam video of the smoke and flames florida. all five victims were in one car that crossed over route

222 and then collided head on with a tractor trailer. it happened in upper macungie township just before 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon. the road reopened overnight. the names of the victims have not been released. we are expect to go learn more about the autopsies, being conducted today. tractor trailer driver was not injured. happening today philadelphia mayor jim kenney is bringing his first budge tote city council. it looks like the priorities he outlined during his campaign. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us a at city hall where mayor will unveil that plan in a few hours, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. investments in education, public safety and infrastructure are among the key highlights of mayor kenney's first ever budget now as mayor but what everyone is talking about how he plans to raise a chunk of this 4 billion-dollar budget which toys raise a tax on sodas and sugary drinks. that next sip of sweet drink could cost you more in philadelphia. >> as long as i know it is

going to a good cause. >> reporter: cost to raise 400 million-dollar by adding 3 cents per ounce tax on sugar drinks, more than half of the money raise i had will go to universal prek and communities serving schools. both were mayor jim kenney's causes resurrected in the 4 billion-dollar budget proposal but recall his predecessor ex-mayor michael nutter also pitched a so-called soda tax, twice, in 2010 and 2011, both fell flat. then councilman kenney voted both down we asked why. >> because there was no associated efforts with the money. it was give us money and we will plug a hole in it. this is something we cannot get paid for any other way. >> reporter: police body cams are in the kenney budget with reported request of 800 cameras. one million-dollar cost is supposed to be paid with the mix of city and private fund. north philadelphia's 22nd district is currently testing body cameras and police commissioner richard ross reports officers are seeing success. the expanded police camera

budget joins kenney's 30 million-dollar proposal to invest in the city infrastructure which includes police improvements to build goes. and city council is set to convene this morning at 10:00 a.m. the also look for mayor kenney to focus on investing in libraries, public space an rec centers and for council to have questions, number one about the borrowing for this budget, and two that soda tax which again, has died here twice before. we are live from city hall, justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will talk about that soda tax and see what will happen. justin, thank you. former republican presidential candidates, squaring off tonight. as don champion reports donald trump is fending off attacks from mitt romney and other reprievals who believees tarnishing the parties brand. >> reporter: republican presidential front runner donald trump is locked in another battle, this time against mitt romney who is expect to blast the billion air during his speech on the state of the g.o.p. race

today. >> i want universal coverage. >> reporter: trump posted this video to his face book page wednesday night questioning romney's conservative credentials. romney has attacked trump over his refusal to release tax returns and failure to immediately disa a vow kkk leader david duke n an open letters more than 50 prominent republicans also challenged trump, but it could backfire. >> there is no guarantee, attacks from the establishment could very well make trump stronger. >> that is only part of the plan is the lies. >> reporter: in tonight's debate, marco rubio is expected to step up attacks on trump especially over his newly released health care plan that includes repealing obama a care if we choose donald trump as our nominee we will lose in november. >> reporter: coming off two wins, in super tuesday ted cruz urged other candidates to drop out of the race. >> if you have been supporting ben carson, john kasich, marco rubio, all good honorable men,

we welcome you on our team. >> reporter: carson withdrew from tonight a's debate, following the result of super tuesday, the retired neurosurgeon says he sees no path forward to the nomination. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meanwhile governor chris christie's support of donald trump is making him less popular in new jersey. a new fairly dickinson university poll shows the governor's approval rating has dropped six points since backing the billion air developer. it is now at 27 percent. earlier this week christie defended backing trump as the best candidate to defeat hillary clinton. the democrats are focusing on a handful of weekend primaries and caucuses. 10,000 supporters pack michigan state university to see bernie sand's head of next monday's primary. sanders is calling on governor rick snyder, a republican, to resign over his handling of the flint water crisis.

>> ♪ >> elton john was among performers at an all-star fundraiser for hillary clinton. rihanna headlines the event. the democratic presidential candidate and former president bill clinton, attended benefit at radio city music hall in new york. no word just how much the clinton campaign raised in that evening. >> 6:08 right now. astronaut scott kelly is back on u.s. soil. we have video of kelly landing in houston just after 2:00 a.m. this morning. 's arrived to hugs from family and friend, including his identical twin brother, mark kelly. doctor jill bier was also there to greet him. she brought beer and a apple pie. kelly touched down in kazakhstan tuesday night after spending more time in space then any other american. still ahead this morning, parking you have all seen this and been there. so infuriating when you get a parking ticket but this woman took it too far. see what she did that has police looking for her this

morning. analyst tracking data in real time, nothing new there but i'm rahel solomon how what they are doggies helping struggling students. exciting day for some students at a local school see what happens that has them, smiling ear to ear, they are pumped we will tell you what happened. katie has so much to say about the forecast, she will tell you how much snow arrives, and how much we are getting and is what coming up next. we will have a lot to cover. we will be right back.

this year the national park service expects cherry blossoms to peak from march 31st to april 3rd. washington d.c. national cherry blossom festival will run from march 20th through april 17th, always a great time out there. festival commemorates gift of the cherry trees from japan in 1912. i love that. you don't to have wait until the end of the month to get your flower fixed, philadelphia a flower show kicking off this weekend. workers busy putting finishing touches on those dazzling displays but before the doors open up at the convention center saturday morning we are taking you behind the scenes, tomorrow morning, right here, on "eyewitness news", starting at 5:00 a.m. they are celebrating national park service, 100th anniversary. it will be just beautiful. despite seeing those spring flowers, you have to remember it is still winter, tracking some snow. >> i am, indeed but this is a forecast, that has something for everyone. some people are thrilled with the prospect of more snow, right. >> yes. >> but there are a lot of people that are like no, no, no thank you, bring on spring,

please. that is in the forecast. wait until you see the seven day. i have to show you this gorgeous shot the this is bar none one of my absolute favorite neighborhood network cameras i have because the perfect east facing view that we get and gorgeous sunrise that we can see. look at the contrast moving through the shot right there. 20 degrees, at the moment, that is cold, in kutztown and it is cold every where else. that cold air is heading here, setting the stage for this to come through tracking straight from west to east and stay on the colder side of it. ering owe we will have some snow. how much are we talking, folks. starts late tonight last through first start of the tomorrow. a very general coat to go to second inches is expectation right now. primarily thinks on unpaved surfaces. >> you should generally okay. my concern is, it is the minor disturbances that brings the biggest traffic headaches because we get too confident when it is nothing. when you don't have a foot of snow in front visually it may

in the look as bad. watch for slick travel, set the alarm ten extra minutes early. snow ending by lunchtime, and you want to use caution but i would say roads will be fine. we will look forward in the eyewitness seven day, check this out. thirty, 40, 50's, 60's and yep, a 70, we're going for it, 70's by wednesday, but only, 30's tomorrow. so, this is what march does. you see so many extremes this time of the year, it is a transition movement you will have snow again tomorrow. coat to go 2 inches max on the grass, and then, 70's by wednesday. >> oh, man. the thought of it is enough to get you through snow. >> katie, thank. >> definitely pay off. >> for those that don't get a spring break this year. >> yes. >> the one spring break. >> i agree with you. >> good morning everyone. happy thursday, gateway to the weekend. things are looking g i will say we will start off with a bang in the traffic center. i would say we have a couple of accidents, jackknife tractor trailer, we have another one out the there and

a car fire. so both sides thinks where car fire is, tinicum township in delaware county. i-95 north bound at bartram avenue. traffic is getting by here but it is very, very slow moving. would i say 15 minutes ago, penndot whipped this camera around and what we were seeing is significant slow downs backing all the way up. good news is, where this car fire is right now we are starting to get buy. we saw crews putting out that fire, quite a bit ago, actually. they are still working on the clean up causing some gaper delay and the volume levels are starting to pick up a little bit. that is why we're still seeing slow downs but thinks looking better then it was, would i say 15 minutes ago. make note of that. ninety-five north off ramp to bartram avenue. delaware county we are slowly starting to get that sunrise, and in fact, we heard you might get some sun up, slow downs, make note of that, pack your sunglasses but looking good i-95 north at 452 there. slow here at i-95 south at cottman. we can expect this in the 6:00 n the 7:00. this is where we have jackknife tractor trailer. new jersey turnpike before

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rahel solomon explains innovative idea and benefit it brings to the students. >> reporter: typically it is student pouring over numbers and building graphs and classrooms but at laguardia academy. >> it is air traffic control center. >> reporter: they call this room mission control. this is where a small group of and educators, want to trust his progress of 205 students, and, ago tellcally. >> schools have a hard time, informing students, parents about how, they do algebra until 45 days until after the school day start. >> reporter: as students complete on line assignments, teachers can see how each student is progressing and if they are not on target it is time to intervene with more one on one instruction from the teacher. >> this particular student did very well with high frequency words, word recognition and fun i cans. where they are struggling is with spelling and reading comprehension. >> reporter: one teacher says since using the program the things he has noticed most is

confidence level of the students, soaring. >> i have kids that are way far behind and in math, so eighth grade are on sixth grade level. we are hoping to get him back on the eighth grade level by end of the year. and we are halfway through the year and he is progressed farther then we thought so far. we are looking to go above and beyond by end of the year. >> reporter: like all things in education parents have to be included. so they often have skype, video calls with members of the team who hope to have an entire mission control center school, in september. >> we are looking to compliment the program in the school, not to say that teacher is not doing the job well but just to help them with the population of the student who for whatever reason has some type of difficulty in the learning experience. >> reporter: in center city remarks hell solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". students get a a sweet treat for passing their reading goals in west chester. the students at chesterbrook academy elementary turned their principal and teachers into human sundays.

looks like fun. "eyewitness news" was there as they piled on the ice cream, syrup and everything they can think of. all of the fun was rewards for reading for hundred thousand minutes in one month. having sprinkles in your ears and knows for weeks to come is most difficult part. >> absolute best parties no matter how many weeks and months i have syrup in my hair and spring unless my ears that the students read and they had fun reading and we raise add lot of money for ronald mcdonald house and in the end that makes it all worth it tremendous. >> this is ninth year in the row they had to meet that challenge. way to go, guys. >> coming up, where you can get free breakfast today, i like the sound of. that. parking ticket race caught on camera wait until you see what this woman did after getting a parking ticket. katie, you are tracking some snow. >> indeed, it is not here yet we will get through the entire take without a hitch but later tonight flakes start to fly,

how long does this stay here? when does it get out? how much we will get more importantly and with all of the answers on the other

police are searching for a woman who loses it big time when she gets a parking ticket. the woman talking on her cell phone with the baby in a stroller, nearby when meet's tenant puts a ticket on her vehicle. woman first tears up the ticket, with her teeth, and then keys an obscenity in the hood of the attendant's

vehicle. then to top things off she makes sure that the attendant makes sure she dit. she taps on the window and points to what she wrote. wow. >> 6:25. so-called deflate gate scandal is costing more than just a four game suspension for patriots quarterback tom brady. happening today a panel of judges hear arguments on whether brady should serve that suspension for his role in ball tampering. hearing comes as espn estimates that deflate gate scandal has cost patriots, players association and the nfl, about 20 million-dollar in legal fees. also, happening today, eagles quarterback sam bradford meets with the media for first time since signing his new contract. that two year deal, it is worth we're told about 30 million-dollar, and 22 million of that is guarantied. bradford could talk about new coach doug pederson'se fence i have plans, pederson says bradford could lead eagles to a post season appearance, we have our fingers crossed, please do so. coming up next on

"eyewitness news" why the pentagon is asking, for a cyber attack. also mitt romney will deliver a speech on the presidential race and he is on the attack. we have excerpts that have just been revealed, that is coming up next. jan. safe and sound, nasa astronaut scott kelly is back home this morning stepping foot on u.s. soil for the first time in nearly a year. coming up what his trip means for future missions and special treat he is getting from the president, meisha. an accident, jackknife tractor trailer and a car fire clean up all that slowing you down, all of the places to avoid coming up but first we will take a quick break we will take to you cbs-3

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look at your sky right there, beautiful shot, gorgeous sunrise. it is chilly out there. wind are holding on. the katie is tracking snow that will make it tough this time tomorrow for your morning commute. up joy the sunrise courtesy of mother nature. >> i will also take credit. >> kate says you're welcome. >> you know, i always say this is one of my favorite parts of the being up, at these god awful hours that we wake up that we enjoy sunrise every single day. the it is beautiful this doesn't last forever. >> we're tracking snow. >> that moves in later tonight. >> storm scan three i quiet as can be. we are not picking up on anything right now. that bill change, our latest storm system will creep everrer. you get the whole will day without any problems, morning drive, obviously and into the p.m. commute, in problems say for maybe sun glare here but that light snow will develop

around 10:00 o'clock. that is when we see first flakes falling. it could be sooner or later depending on your location but that is general window. the winter weather advisory takes effect. friday morning drive from 5:00 e expecting light snow to fall that whole time and into the afternoon it is tapering off quickly from west to east. the at the moment cold air setting stage, worst of the win has tapered off here 28 degrees at the airport with modest breeze. the it feels like what the thermometer reads for a change but with that said don't expect too much on that thermometer. lower 40's. that is below average. it is chill that sets stage for things to come, snow on the way for that area, later on tonight and first half of tomorrow, meisha. we will tell you how much to expect coming up. >> that would be just snow, thanks very much, katie. good morning. happy thursday to you. you are just waking up with us we are glad you are here. and car fire that has to be put out.

tinicum township, i-95 north, to bartram avenue. traffic is getting by here right now but you can see, man, we have been trying to get this cleared out of the way, still some significant slow downs here. we will see traffic, starting and going and then stopping and starting and going again. if you can avoid this area, right now you want to do so because right now, it is not moving again. another accident here at the 422 eastbound near 202 you can see flashing lights where this is all happening. we have pedestrian pedestrians out of the vehicles and, law enforcement is on site here forcing everyone to the far left, trying to wig alloway but take a look at how far back those delays are. that will cause you some delays and another thing that might sun up, slow down, schuylkill eastbound past 202 beautiful sunrise but when we're driving in the eastbound direction that can slow up down. new jersey turnpike, north before highs town. outer lanes block.

erika, back over to you. thanks very much. over last ten minutes a huge political battle will has been brewing. the associated press released excerpt from his former massachusetts governor mitt romney's speech about the state of the presidential race. later today g.o.p.'s 2012 candidate will speak from the hinkley institute of politics in salt lake city. romney has been openly critical of current front runner donald trump and his remarks go further. listen to. we're told donald trump is phony, a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. he is playing the american public for suckers. romney goes on to say he gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hat. it took minutes to trum top respond to the attack. trump tweeted failed candidate mitt romney who ran one of the worst race necessary presidential history, is working with the establishment to bury a big r win. this is just the beginning of

the war of word. it will get usually, we will wait for that full statement later today. 6:34. the astronaut scott kelly is back on u.s. soil after spending a year in space. it must feel great to be back home at his own bed. jan carabao joining us now. he is getting hugs from his family. >> he looks strong. >> absolutely. healthy. >> reporter: we saw him getting carried out but now he walk down the steps. when he landed in houston this morning. during his time in orbit scott kelly carried out experiments on the long effects of long duration trip in space. over the coming weeks nasa doctors will examine him to see what the impact is, that this mission haddon his health. kelly ace work now paving way towards an eventual mission to mars. back at home... early thursday morning, astronaut scott kelly stepped foot on american soil for the first time in nearly a year. after a long awaited hugs from his twin brother, his father,

his daughters, and his friend in houston at 2:30 in the morning kelly joked he would have like to be back home sooner. >> i'm using to going 17,500 miles an hour but this airplane doesn't do quite. that it took south time. >> reporter: kelly spent 340 days in space, the longest stay by any american. >> they talk about my year in space, it is not my achievement but nasa's achievement and our country's achievement. >> reporter: kelly returned to earl this week landing first in kazakhstan. he will undergo testing that could last a year or longer. touring his time on the interest math space station kelly orbited the earth 5,440 times. that is about 143 million miles, or roughly same distance as a trip to mars. this mission, a dry run by nasa a, for an eventual trip to the red planet. >> this mission is latest achievement in our country's space program but it is not the last. there will be more. it is in our dna of our

country to explore and we must never stop doing this. >> reporter: but first, some welcome home treats courtesy of doctor jill biden. >> good luck. i brought you beer and apple pie. nothing is more american than that. >> reporter: as she said the beer is from the president, the pie fridays all americans. the nasa doctors will also analyze change toss kelly's genetic structure by comparing him to a identical twin brother mark hoist also a former astronaut. >> this is so surprising, they undergo a physical change but he is 2 inches taller since he got back to space. >> reporter: apparently space elongates the spine, however, doctors say it the is only temporary. >> todd bad, if he wanted a little growth spurt. thanks very much. 6:36. have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in space like scott kelly. a new movie will take you on that journey called a beautiful planet. it focuses on the international the space station, what it is like for astronaut living up there for months at a time and how they are perspective looking down

on earth changes how they feel and what they think about the planet. it reaches imax theater on 29th. hey, hoping to get hack, believe that pentagon is willing to reward people for exploiting, their computer network. it is part of the defense department program to test military's vulnerability. hackers will be vetted first, and then they will have limited access to the network. the pentagon's most sensitive information will not be part of the program, which does offer an unspecified rebarred for participants. got to keep it safe. tomorrow, the labor department will release the february jobs report that more and more americans leave their current jobs for new ones. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger say many are making this big time classic retirement mistake. so what do we need to know before we leave our old jobs. >> reporter: too many departing workers just cash out of their retirement plan assets and many of them will pay a tax penalty. they do that instead of the rolling over fund into another

retirement account. you know, in addition to federal, state income tax, which is due immediately, investors who are younger than 59 and a half to have pay a 10 w penalty. the result is, lets say you have 50 grand in your 401k if you just cash out you might just have have $35,000, left. of course, retirement safer of any age who withdraw their plan assets will no longer enjoy that compounded growth that the savings would have seen, if you just left the money in the account. >> i love compound interest, jill. so question is it ever advicable to take money out of your 401k, put a down payment on a house or pay down some debt. >> i think this is interesting because a a lot of people when they are leaving jobs these are questions that they have, certainly the irs and many plans allow for something called a hardship withdraw, so there is certain instances, some of those include big medical expenses, cost

relating to the purchase of a principal residence, tuition, education expenses, sometimes burial and funeral expenses are just a few of them but here's your big caveat. financial planners say tapping your retirement accounts should be your last resort. a lot of workers who are over 59 and a half when they leave, they say i will just use my retirement plan assets the to pay down my mortgage and i will be mortgage free. sound great but you know there is a wrist income doing this. you may deplete your liquid assets to eliminate a debt on a non-liquid one. this is really important heading in to retirement. for more retirement mistakes to avoid including how to prevent yourself from owning too much company stock you should go to jill on money.com. >> great advice, thanks very much. all right this sound good. do you want free breakfast? participating chick-fil-a restaurants are giving away a breakfast event ray today and every thursday in march. mark your calendar. if you stay off your phone

while you eat you can get a free ice cream. it is available at 150 locally owned chick-fil-a location as cross the country. the company says the goal, it the toys reduce distractions, put doing thawn cell phone during meal time. still ahead this morning why it familiar is ididrod sled dog race is cut short. these are not your typical cheerleaders, meet a squad shattering stereotypes and building confidence. story that will absolutely start your day off with a smile. also this. from robotic arms to perpetual flight, we are here inside what is known as the olympics of science. so what is in it for middle and high school their take home top prize. i'm alexandria hoff and i'll explain, coming up. >> ♪ >> ah, beautiful sunrise out there on a chilly but calm thursday morning. katie is tracking, some snow, that will affect your commute tomorrow. details on that when we come

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they are loading railroad cars with snow near fairbanks, alaska and shipping to it anchorage. anchorage is short of snow and they didn't cut the ceremonial opening run from 11 miles to 3 . thousand mile race starts this weekend. katie, we are happy to send them our snow that we are getting. you are mentioning thinks el nino effect it is so warm for them. >> absolutely, i would not be surprised because yeah, that is definitely what you end up having with a el nino winter like what we have, where it is monster el nino, it has been so mild here, and certainly been mild in other places too. our eyewitness weather watchers reported and pick up on beautiful shots this morning. i have to show a couple of these to you. we showed you this earlier in the broadcast, sunrise, live broadcast sunrise here but

yellow sky, coming in from ed connor. the just beautiful, colors being spewed across the sky here. a little will bit of the red with the contrast and moon out there. as we saw this from ed as well earlier this morning. you can see that trail. conntrails of this this morning this came in from ed. look at the this moon shot. the this is earlier this morning before the sun came up but it is a beautiful view from williamstown, new jersey. i retweeted this, peter sent that in. hade to she it to you one more time. let's take you out of the pictures here and take a look at a the lift format of our format and temperatures. the it is cold, folks. wind has tapered off. these values feel the way they read on the thermometer. we're in the the 20's in most locations. kyle reports 20 in the hatboro. teens in gilbertsville where eileen is and mid to upper 20's is generally the store a cross the eyewitness weather watcher network. do keep that in mind. even in our most urban centers, still only feeling like, at mid 20 ease as we

speak. is there a storm system brewing off to the west, this is just going to go right from west to east, a lot of times we will see curve in the track. not happening this time. when it gets here, late tonight into tomorrow morning, we do start to see light snow picking up, i say it is a ten, we will start to sees first snow flakes falling and by the time we hit this same time tomorrow, within a 6:00 o'clock hour it may be an inch of snow on the ground, totaling up to no more than 2 inches primarily on unpaved surfaces too. roads are treated, it will be mainly wet roads, but you will get slowed down, it always happens no matter what. huge warming trend down pike here 65 on tuesday. we are shooting for 70 on wednesday. >> not bad. >> yes. >> thank you, katie. i'm serious. that makes my day. good morning, happy thursday, gateway to the weekend now and it is a busy morning in the world of traffic. 422 eastbound near 202 you can see this accident, two center lanes are blocked and just

take a look at the delays. i don't need to say much. you can see it looks more like a parking lot but if you can avoid this area will want to. if you have to go out just give yourself extra time because that is not yet cleared and that is causing some significant delays. also, another accident, upper southeast town pike at west pound pike you can see it, beyond the brush here. intersection is partially block. make note of. that and, we have a tinicum township delaware county 95 north off ramp to bartram avenue is block. we have a jackknife tractor trailer, new jersey turnpike northbound before highstown two outer left lanes are blocked. thinks a current picture to let you know what it looks like if you can a void it if you can. over to you. next generation of scientists are going for their own version of the gold. they brought their inventions to the science olympics to delaware county as part of the national competition. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff shows us some of the new ideas from young mines. >> science can seem

overwhelmingly complicated, and or deceptively simple. >> i have a pliers made out of wood. >> reporter: raul is a strat haven middle will schooler who has been working on this precise design since october. he with hundreds of others are facing off in a series of different challenges at this years regional science olympic. this is where students qualify to compete at the state level. >> it is a rocket and we attach it to a plastic tube and then it justice a ping-pong balls just like this is. >> reporter: while categories range from astronomy, cell biology, all the way to electric cars, a fan favorite is definitely the robotic arm. >> can i try it. >> yes. >> all right, let me see. >> this one was design by students at conestoga high school controlled by a parallel hand lever. they warned it could be sporadic. >> will it punch me in the

face. >> it might. >> no promises. >> and, it was time for that nighter to take flight. >> they have that one time, to watch it and it will work or not. >> the from the ground it looked awesome, but. >> probably not. >> a design infraction on lost them valuable points. >> it is more frustrating, we work so hard on it. >> reporter: back to the drawing board for next year because lesson of science always seem to be that there is always room for improvement. in delaware county, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". i'm so impressed. 6:49. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning, charlie rose joins us from new york, he has that preview for us, charlie, good morning. >> good morning,er contact we're in detroit where donald trump will go face-to-face with megan kelly at tonight's republican debate. plus we will talk to one of the conservative foreign policy experts who wrote an

open letter condemning donald trump. we will take you inside new landmark across from the 9/11 memorial in new york why critics are calling the massive transportation hub a boone dogle, that and news is back in the morning. >> charlie, thanks. we will seal you then. now a story of young athletes who are shattering stereotypes with extreme confidence. reporter jennifer lynngreen shows us a north texas cheer squad thaw will want to cheer for. >> ♪ >> reporter: uniforms are sparkling, the bows thick, the music loud. but the world of competitive cheer, and its huge in north texas is more than a well choreographed show. it is really truly, a lot of skills and life lessons. >> reporter: at melissa a and walter merry wet's gym in south lake.

>> they are training to compete. >> reporter: multi levels team that make up the spirit extreme are named after character traits. >> trust, honor, passion, strength, rejoyce. >> reporter: this is rejoyce. jordan and ben, an addianne grace and ten other kids out on the the matt just like everybody else. >> just started to compete. >> yes. >> reporter: learning, building. >> yes. >> reporter: week after week. >> they are just like any other team here. everybody rallies around them. >> the merry weather's added rejoyce to the line up after one of the long time athletes found families were interested. >> i never dreamed in my wildest dreams i would be a cheer dad. >> reporter: eleven year-old ben is one of the original members of the squad. >> very nice. >> this gives them a chance to be a part of something that is, completely doable for them. >> and be part of the team and that is wonderful. >> reporter: simply put it hat

shattered greg's expectations. >> we will cheer tomorrow, right. >> yes. >> good. let's do it man. >> yes. >> team rejoyce. >> in any competition hard work can yield a reward that place in the spotlight is a place of belonging. >> her sister watches with pride. but the heart. >> i'm so happy. >> that is the reason to rejoyce. >> i cry every time because i'm so happy that they have this thing that they can do together. >> and dads too, everyone, what a great idea. so inclusive and they are all part of the team. >> absolutely. >> i love that they get boys

involved in this as well. >> fantastic. >> absolutely. >> one guy never thought he would be a cheer dad but wait until you see, inspiration. >> that is right. >> we will be right

happening today, philadelphia mayor jim kenney is ready to show his first budget, in city council. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joining us at city hall. lawmakers see it for the first time later today good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. this is a 4 billion-dollar budget, 10 percent is proposed to be fund by a so-called soda tax proposed by mayor kenney. this will be a 3 cents per ounce tax on sugary beverages. the lets take you to video, first time that the mayor has requested this, mayor nutter back in 2010 called for a soda tax and then again in 2011, both efforts were voted down by city council. also part of the vote down was then councilman jim kenney, he at that point said there was no ear mark for that funding. he said in his budget he wants to put that cash towards schools, education and infrastructure upgrades. he is calling for 800 body cameras for police, at the a cost of a billion dollars. that and more will be on the board today at 10:00 o'clock at city council. erika, back over to you. >> thanks, justin. all right. before we go we will check on traffic and weather. calm for now. >> absolutely. calm. >> beautiful sunrise too underway. let me give you, a, snapshot,

a winter weather advisory takes effect tonight. 10:00 p.m. specifically southern half of the area it will last into midday friday. everyone can expect a grassy generally on paved surfaces, of a coat to go 2 inches. it will slow you down for morning commute but look at this, thinks where i leave with you 24 degrees with full sunshine, beautiful blue sky. you cannot beat this. it will mess with sun glare traveling east bound. sunglasses are a requirement today, meisha. >> they sure are, we have a busy, busy day in the world of traffic. the accident 422 eastbound near 202, two lanes are blocked there and also, another accident we have in king of prussia, 202 southbound, henderson road, and a third would be here, lets see if i can get it, new jersey turnpike northbound, before highstown make net of that one left outer lanes are currently blocked. now, let's switch gears, beautiful day tomorrow morning, and a taste of the future, a third generation candy maker and look behind

the scenes to see how chocolate covered eggs are made and where you can get them. i'll also make a new friend, lets take a look. >> look at this little darling: >> yes. >> and there were many, many more animals to meet as well, dream come true and it is only a dream drive away. join me thomas they say right here on cbs-3 and i will tell you exactly where to go. >> beautiful little rabbit there. >> look at that. >> did you see the size on have that thing. >> yes. >> so cute. >> all right. can't wait for that. thank you. next up, on cbs this morning, surprising way video games can help kid lose weight, and gain confidence. parents out there say put down video game will want to see this coming up on cbs this morning. have a great day.

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