we're live with who detective are questioning. >> breathe, breathe, breathe. you can do it. >> when they're done with the yoga can i answer a question? >> i really hope you don't see yoga on this stage. >> very flexible, never know. >> the republican presidential candidates get down and dirty, and the latest debate. but they were all on the same page when it came to one thing. >> good morning, today is friday, march the fourth, i'm rahel solomon. those roads are still little wet. so you should still allow for some extra time on your commute. katie on the skydeck and meisha has her eye on the roads. good morning, ladies? yes, good morning, tgif to everyone, yes, roadways looking wet, damp, started out kind of busy just because after accident. now, it is just wetness, and it is getting busy out there. so katie how long will this last? >> looks like at least through the rest of the typical morning rush, meisha a that's something you will have to deal with at least for the next couple of hours. but this snow is very light. yes, i have the umbrella out here, that's because i have hair spray in my hair.

i don't want to get it messed up. meanwhile, dealing with very modest accumulations out of this. we are, however, seeing, you know little over a chiefment going on across sussex county delawarement looking at the system-wide err zoom at the moment you can see we are are completely stuck in the snow side of this storm system. just because there is plenty of cold air available, but the grounds is still relatively warmer by comparison. notice, radar 101 here, darker the shade of purple the heavier snowfall intensity, very much deteriorating across our north and west most suburbs, certainly even over chester, delco, montgomery bucks counties here, but still finding decent snow banding coming through delaware and southern new jersey. >> millville, a.c. airport, keep in mind those visibility levels could sort of drop at a hat like drop like a hat for you here, so just watch for that to be issue through the course of the morning, that said, morning drive is the worse. lunchtime, still give you caution light, but 5:00 p.m.

rush not bad at all. drying out completely, and in the meantime, we know those dot crews do such a a great job to prep for systems, but still have a headache when you hit the roads. >> no doubt about it, you said it, they do great job. we have slick roadways, even though out there, it is going to be slick on your morning commute this morning. so looking at right now is residential area northeast philly state road at linden avenue. you can see it is looking wet, the frozen camera, but there you go, no, it is not. what you can see, we have the wet surfaces, yes, that in some areas might be actually more slick than either. then you can also see the snow accumulating on the more non-treated areas, such as the grass. nevertheless there is will cause you some slow downs. it just will. specially as we push further into the 6:00 hour. and certainly, our main rush hour. the 7:00 hour. we have a disable vehicle here, the schuylkill eastbound, approaching the conshohocken curve pulled all the way out to the shoulder. i wouldn't say it is causing too many slow downs right now but certainly will, we progress through the 6:00 if it doesn't get out of our way.

accident also here, new road, route 70, one lane, block there. rahel, back to you. >> meisha, thank you. someone has killed a cook at a south philadelphia restaurant, and now police are going through the evidence looking for the killer and the motive. justin, what can you tell us. >> reporter: good morning, police found ransacked and bloody kitchen sure signs they say this cook fought for her life. >> vietnamese restaurant was open for business, there were about four employees and about five customers, inside the property. >> the victim age 54, a cook, who police say, fought with all her might to fend off her killer. >> based on crime scene evidence appears the 54 year old female was involved in a

violent struggle, not only did she have the deep cut to her neck, she also had some bruising to her face. >> police say parts of the basement level kitchen were blood soaked, that items were overturned, and the victim was found with a piece of equipment atop her body, when third district officers arrived, just after 9:00 thursday night. medics pronounced her dead minutes later. >> homicides detective want to know what they noticed, but that hinges on where they were. the kitchen is in the basement, and there is take-out service on the first floor and the dining area on the second floor. >> at this point we don't know exactly what employees or customers did here. they were immediately transported to homicide. >> and as you heard there, customers spent their night speak to go homicide detective, detective will be back out here at some point to look for surveillance video where they may find the suspect coming or going from

this restaurant. live here in south philadelphia, i'm justin finch cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. >> man shot and killed mayland street. investigators say it happened so quickly he died still holding a balancing of food this his hands. thirty-nine year old cell phone and walt wallet left at the scene. detective are working right now to see if surveillance cameras captured the suspect. another rounds of nasty attack highlight the latest republican debate. john kasich pointed out he was playing the adult, ted cruz and marco rubio, went after donald trump. rubio questioned trump's leadership skills, cruz accused trump of flip flopping, and questioned whether voters would elect him. >> when you nominate a candidate, who literally has been on every side of every issue, and in the course of this debate, may be on two other sides before we're done, that is not how you win, and the steaks are too high. >> all right. let mr. trump -- i'm going to

let you responds to that, mr. trump then go to you governor, you're up next. >> beating hillary clinton and very, very easily. >> okay. >> now, the candidates manage to agree on one thing, all four said they would support the eventual republican nominee. new jersey governor chris christie says he will continue to campaign for donald trump. became a target on social media after standing behind the republican presidential hopeful at a news conference on tuesday night. the governor said there is no need to speculate, he was listening to trump, and was not upset. >> i am here today to answer everyone of your questions, all the ones that have been pent up inside that you have just been eating you alive. no, i wasn't being held hostage. no, i wasn't is the g up there thinking oh, my god what have i done. i was standing there listening to him. you know, all of these like. like arm chair psychiatrists should give it a break. >> and several new jersey newspapers are calling on

christie to step down. the governor says he will stay until his term ends, in january 2018. well, this morning, transformation is taking place inside the pennsylvania convention center. it will have you thinking about spring. we are talking about of course the annual philadelphia flower show. the show kicks off this weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo is live at the convention sent war sneak peak, and maybe some highlight. good morning, jan. >> reporter: rahel, good point, i have the treat this morning. coming to you live from the 2016 philadelphia flower show. this is the redwood exhibit. and you can see why it is called the chandelier tree, inside, such beautiful display of red chandeliers, inside a redwood tree, this year's flower show celebrates the 100 years of the national park service. it celebrates the culture, the beauty, and the history that we see in these parks all over the country. and you can just see all of the colors, and all of the texture, and all of the great art that you have inside the convention center over the next week and a day.

now, this officially opens to the public, come tomorrow, at 11:00 a.m. but we are taking you inside this morning, for a sneak peak. coming up in our next half hour, actually going to take a look at arcadia national park in philadelphia. definitely don't want to miss that. rahel, back to you. >> not at all. thanks, jan. one airline in philadelphia want to be the first to fly you direct to unlikely get away. find out where next. >> plus, a group of thieves burst through a window at a high end store in britain -- rittenhouse square, make off with thousands of dollars worth of clothing. this is not the first brazen burglary in the area. >> find out what police are doing to stop it from happening again. >> i seen stars. i have had to shake it off. >> she is a soccer legend. best known for scoring the goals to win the world cup in 1999. but now, brandy is 47 years old, and thinking about all of the head injuries she had during her career. coming up the bold move she is

making to help concussion research.

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portions of southeastern pa, still going down pretty well across portions of the delmarva, southern new jersey, right now, however, and so, we're at least for another couple of hours going to be stuck with this, nice wide zoom though showing our next disturbance. this is so, so weak by comparison. but it is going to be the next thing that crosses through, probably, trigger quick sprinkle on sunday morning, but for now, of course, here and now, what we want to focus on. look at some of the area snow amount, over achieving in a couple of spots here, laurel at 4 inches even, millville does have 2 inches on the grounds, at their observation site, medford in at one, and philadelphia international airport, still can't muster up more than .3 of an inch. ewing, not much better at this point either. so the further northwest you go, the more likely it is that you will have very, very puddle amounts of snow out of this, but, because we have the heavier banding coming through, those southern most counties, in southeast, i should say, most counties, what you will find here is potential for up to 4 inches. so since bumped up the snowfall expectations for that area, but still mooing more than quick coating to up 2 inches max, primarily still

on anything unpaved. >> really the rule every thumb, that's where you will get any casino of accumulation today. meanwhile when does it actually get out of here? that at this point is the big question. really within the next fewer hours, guys, up until 7:00 a.m., the poconos for the next say half hour or so you will be dealing with it sit and suburbs probably no later than going off the air from cbs this morning on the network southeast delaware, coastal new jersey just little later for you. very quickly, we have to look at the seven day. this is where good stuff comes up. huge surge on the thermometer next week, by the time we hit monday already flirting with 6o just keeps climbing, expediently here. >> keep it going. >> absolutely. >> wednesday, where we likely peak. so all good. >> spring is coming. spring is in the air. >> thanks, kate. >> i good morning, you guys. they are looking okayment looking very wet.

whenever we have wet roadways, even though fridays tends to be lighter in the world of traffic, busy even in the 4:00 hour started to build. that's what we're seeing right now, couple of accidents, most of those have cleared, disable vehicles, but first, we have a live mobile three outside. driving around, center city, like party animals. looks great out there. it just looks wet. but take a look how quai at the time looks. it almost seems, dairy say, tranquil in center city right now. it is quietment it is just wet. you can see the droplet on our camera lenses, and of course seeing the wet roadways kicking up on the win shield, windshield wipers going. whenever we see those driving conditions, doesn't matter, we know it will slow you down just little bit. levels outside building as you can see here, the schuylkill eastbound approaching the conshohocken curve, and we do have some snow that has accumulated. so snot so much on the road surfaces, more on the un surfaces, the road, grass, excuse me, grassy surfaces where it is accumulating. roads are just going to be very very wetment doesn't seem

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>> bad behavior caught on tape. thieves targeting another center city store. early saturday, two men, one woman shall smashed the window at the store at 17th and walnut. and they stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, from the store, within the past month. century 21 on market street, fell victim to overnight thieves who shattered a store window to get inside. and nine mask suspect recently stormed into the bloomingdale's outlet in liberty place getting away with thousands of dollars worth of jeans. >> burglary stole holly -- lolipops meant for children. at fifth and tai bore, then about 15 minute later, two blocks away, he stole cash from the register at little

explorers day care, and in that case police believe he was after diapers and formula. >> high school wrestler in california says he's thinking of his fellow wrestlers, wants weekends tournament called off. >> he said he was infected with herpes from a dirty matt at another competition last month. now, blake's afraid he may have spread the infection to other wrestlers during practices and they could even infect more people. he says tournament organizers should wait until the herpes incubation period ends. >> they need to be stopped from wrestling or postponed, so just trying to prevent this disease from get to go other em people. >> california sports officials say they'll go ahead with the tournament, but the doctors will be on hand, also, as standards before all matches, wrestlers will have to pass a skin inspection before they're allowed to square off. still ahead, meisha is taking us on another dream drive. and this one will get new the

easter holiday spirit. plus, brandy is best known for scoring the winning goal in the 1999 world cup. but, now, she has a different goal. find out why she is donating her brain to science. >> and katie, you're talking snow, and sun? >> indeed. yes. so once we get past today, this is sort of the front loaded part of the forecast, you will love this spring-like weather that's on the way. wait until you see this seven day. i swear, you'll be rushing your eyes and doing double takes on it, just wait to see how warm it gets. full details on the other

>> world cup champion plans to continue to the world of soccer, and other contact sport, long after her death. brandy opens up to cbs correspondent ben tracey about her decision to donate her brain to science. >> when the us women's soccer team won the world cup, in 1999, this became the defining image. a victorious 30 year old brandy ripping off her jersey, after scoring the winning goal. >> i would really like to leave something beyond that. >> now, 47, brandy has a new goal. she plans to donate her brain to science. >> how much head trauma do you think you suffered in your career? >> i know two specific incidents, when i was in college, that would today definitely be considered a

concussion. with a we used to call had my bell running, or i seen stars, and i've had to shake it off. >> her brain will eventually be examined by researchers checking for cte, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, degenerative brain disease believe to be caused by repeated blows to the head. boston university researchers have examined 307 brains of mostly male athletes. just seven were from women. >> nfl players have dominated the discussion overhead injuries. founder of the concussion legacy foundation, which will eventually study her brain. >> with women not playing football, we don't have a generation of former female athletes with a loft exposure in their 60s, 70s, 80s, like we do with men. >> brandy now helps coach soccer at santa clara university, and is fierce advocate for not allowing youth soccer players to head the ball until they are 14. her contribution to science

will out last even the most memorable of games. >> ben tracey, cbs news, santa clara california. >> wow, katie, you saved it, such a selfless act. >> it real i and they mentioned the fact, so few women can perhaps crib to this type of reserve: again, selfless of her to do this and important for the research down the road. >> even still, you always hear about this with football, but you don't think other sports. >> certainly. soccer is not football obviously, but well, not american football, but obviously, yes. >> for sure. well, still ahead this morning, academy award winning actor robert deniro comes to delaware county. find out where you can meet him later today. jan? >> reporter: we are coming to you live from yellowstone national park this morning. just kidding. this is the convention center for this year's philadelphia flower show. but it is just one of the many national parks you can visit this weekend here at the flower show. we're headed next. let's go.

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>> we are waking up to some wet roads, and remaining snow showers, but for the most part, the snow is moving out. and the warm up begins. welcome back. and katie, when we say warm up, this is real warm up? >> such huge deal for spring lovers. i mean, yes, it is never fun to wake up and try to travel through the mess on storm scan3, like we have right now, but yes, really significant trade off. that's going to be coming our way, so stick with me through this, guys. we want to get you out the door here on, you know, safe note. and safely traveling to where you are headed. thankfully, a lot of this having real hard time

accumulating on the road surfaces, guys, but we do have some steadier snow bands coming through specially delaware, southern most new jersey, so it is casino every like two part forecast, further north you are, northwest i should say, more starting to see it deteriorate on the radar, flurries, do still have straight up snow falling right now. across those southern communities, that's why the winter weather advisory in part is going to be held in effect until 1:00 this afternoon, especially toward the coastal areas. only another two hours and change for the rest every you inland, this storm will be relatively quickly just winding down and pulling away. in general, talking, coating to 2 inches max. but the further south and east you travel, again, that's where you might do little better in fact we already do have higher snowfall totals, it's been that range in coastal new jersey as well as delaware. accumulation as we mentioned, unpaved, that's where you will find t your car windshield, might have to brush that off before you hit the road. certainly, you will find that on the gratz, as well.

temperatures, still hovering below freezing most locations, meisha, a so it does mean bridges, over passes, could be little slick. these dot crews do such a good job, now, we just got to get through the system and then it is fine. >> sure do. we've been seeing them through the cameras shots all morning long, thank you to penndot. and also to our drivers, i got to say, you're doing great job. we've had a couple every incidents, but i can tell you for a friday morning that's been busy and because we have had accidents out there, you are doing great. however, with that being said, it is busy out there. ninety-five southbound at cottman, see pulled all the way off to the right shoulder, what you are looking at is disable vehicle, not slowing you down so much. but what we get when we get flashing light, vehicles on the roadways, we do get the gaper delay. even if you know it might just be disable, even just construction crew, this alone can slow you down and we are seeing that on 95 south at cottman. now, 95 south at academy, ramp from academy onto 95 south, we have an accident there pulled all the way out.

so you're still getting by on the ramp. make note. take a look. doesn't look like it is slowing many people down. opposite side southbound slowing down for sure. blue route moving in the southbound direction at mid-county looking pretty goodment looks dreary, looks dreary, looks wet, looks snowy. just stay focused on next week. because we're getting 70s. katie will tell you about that coming up. we just got to get through this weekend, 30's, 40 he is, and and the snow. but it is friday and we can't complain. accident vincentown, new road, route 71. also, downed pole that's also been cleared in horsham. good news for those of in you that area. rahel, back to you. another battle on another debate stage. three of the four republican presidential hopefuls spent most of their time going after each other, and as weijia jiang reports, one candidate thinks there may not be a winner until after the convention. >> senators ted cruz and marco rubio paid little attention to each other, and while insults

at donald trump during thursday's fox news channel debate. >> donald has a tenuous relationship with the truth. >> anyone who ever deserved to be attacked that way it has been donald trump. >> trump fired back. >> the real con artsies senator marco rubio. >> you are the lying guy up here. >> things went from personal to vulgar. >> he referred to my hands as small, something else must be small, i guarantee you there is no problem. >> kasich by all traditional sense hads a good night. but as we know this is un traditional year. >> here in detroit, rubio, cruz and kasich all said they would support trump, as he wins the republican nomination. >> frankly if i win ohio, we are probably going to end up in a convention, brokered convention. >> trump also saidel support the gop nominee if another candidate gets the nod. weijia jiang, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". well, will ben carson officially drop out of the race today? he is slate today speak at the

annual conservative political action conference near washington. two days ago carson announced he was skipping the debate saying he saw, quote, no past forward to the nomination. >> on the democratic side, the tax policy center scheduled to release an analysis of bernie sanders tax plan today. non-partisan group has already look at hillary clinton's tax plan. it says her proposals would raise $1 trillion for mostly wealthy taxpayers. >> well, philly will be in full bloom this weekend. hundreds cents of beautiful floral a rangments will be on display at this year's flower show. the theme, our national parks. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at the pennsylvania convention center where crews are getting ready for opening weekend. good morning. >> reporter: rahel, good morning. crews just put the finishing touches on all of the exhibit they've been working overnight, and here we are in the beautiful convention center this morning, taking you from yellowstone national park to acadia, celebrates the 100 years for the national

park service, and it is one of the highlights of the show. so what was the inspiration for this year? >> first, for most, it was chosen because my wife wants to go there in the worse way. so, cut out the ten-hour trim north. bring her to philadelphia. >> you're bringing her and philadelphia the national park here, gorgeous absolutely. highlight add lot of the plant material that can be found in acadia national park. pallet is 98% true to the park. and then we took some lib earth which is other things, because this is the philadelphia flower show. and we need to have some color, brightness, and it is snowing outside right now. >> right. >> it is spring in here. >> it is beautiful. you mention it is the backdrop. why the flower garden in front? it is casino after mix, i understand there in maine? >> once again, acadia is very rugged natural landscape. and that is beautiful in and

of itself. to provide the flower, color, the spring atmosphere. >> and it is phone for it beautiful sunrises, i understand, as well. you have work that into your show a little bit. explain that we will create on the hour a sunrise, acadia known to be the first place in the continental united states that the sun hits on cat lack mountain. late summer, early fall, we'll try to bring that to the garden. >> judging begins today there is morning. are you ready for it? do you feel confident? i understand you didn't run into any problems this year.

>> this is probably the one we're most proud of. i don't want to say the easiest, but the pretty east. >> i you've been planning it for months now since may? >> sin may. it is a long, long process. a lot of details people don't get. but we've gone over this with a fine tooth comb. preparation, preparation, preparation. >> what's it like to be part of the philadelphia flower show you mention for years now? what's it like to see it come together? >> pretty amazing, taken pictures throughout the entire process. >> literally a people of stone and trees, and now beautiful garden that people coming through are already pointing out they love it. >> must be inch yesterday tonight see the whole convention center flour transform over the last week. >> again, that's something i wish they were able to film

people just don't under stands it goes from tractor-trailers of sawdust to these beautiful amazing gardens. last night the place was filled with dust. >> i've seen people coming through to look at the exhibit. they say wow looks so great this mourn, finished, reading for judging, ready for the public, ready for a good time. >> now is the time. bring on the judges. >> all right, thanks so much. good luck. >> thank you. >> you can see, so many different, 50 huge exhibit in here, so many more hundreds smaller exhibit, of course this opens to the public tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. and it is a site to see, rahel, back to you thank, jan. it opens to the public tomorrow, the show runs until sunday march 13th, at the pennsylvania convention center. for hours and ticket information, go to our website cbsphilly.com. hollywood comes to delaware county today. legendary actor, robert

deniro, will be at the grand opening, of the new fine wine and good spirits store in glen mills. fifteen randomly selected people will get to meet the two-time academy award winner for more information you can head to the website cbsphilly.com. and the philadelphia union kicks off their season this weekend. coming up: team captain, maurice, joins us live in our studios to talk about the season ahead. >> plus, meisha gets behind the wheel for another dream drive. and this time it is all about easter. find out where you can get these fabulous chocolate eggs, made by a third generation candy maker. >> and meet the penguin, just wait until you see what the tiny internet star does when he sees his friend. coming up. >> ♪ >> got little snow overnight.

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>> all of the snow is moving out of here, then forming up in a very big way. katie will let you know when we see 07 agree temperatures in just a minute. first, a check on the roads with meisha. >> the will's do, that rahel. good morning to you, as well. happy friday. tgif everyone, waking up with us, so glad you're here, maybe grabbing your first cup of coffee. roadways started offer hot. 4:00 in the morning, already, weaver problems, why? because we had snow, and slick roadway conditions out there. what we are seeing right now, take a look at this, disable truck, right smack in the

middle. ninety-five south before girard. this is not what we want moving right or left to get around him. i saw him out walking around the truck. whenever we have pedestrians out of the vehicle, you want to be extra careful. that's 95 south before girard. then this accident, 95 south, ramp from academy onto 95. but doesn't lock lick it is causing too many slow downs, make note it is there. vine, eastbound direction, eighth street. looking actually good. it just looks really dark and kind of crumby out there. but we have our eye set construction university city 34th street closed between walnut and spruce. the u penn campus, your alternate 38th street. so more of that coming up in a little bit. but first, we go right over to katie. let's talk about that forecast next week. i hear something is brewing. >> yes, definitely going to start to see that weather change up as we move forward

in the forecast, so again, here is storm storm scan for you still dealing with wintery weather, nice and cold here outside with temperatures generally just below freezing. how much, this is starting to rotate away already. already, however, seen some decent snowfall totals primarily on unpaved surfaces through this, you have darker shades of purple, heavier bands, in other words, of snow coming down. it is starting to really fizzle though. the further northwest you go. so just seeing some flurries say in berks, lehigh county, that's why. but, the snow is going to be tapering off from northeast, northwest i should say, to southeast, with every passing hour here. not here any later, and then down through southern most delaware, so just matter of time folks. take a quick peak at eyewitness weather watcher network observations we're finding, seeing about an inch right now, sally sent this in from wilmington. not a lot. mostly unpaved surfaces so i call this big fat headache more than anything, you're at havening philadelphia, comes in to us from john, margo

buena vista township got .9 inches so far, merchantville, where rally is located only quarter of an inch. just isn't a lot. lynn sent the picture, in basically what you will come across when you walk out the door. not on the roads, anything unpaved. seeing that accumulation take place here, and that came into us from lynn, she is out in cherry hill. countdown on, to spring, officially daylight saving time gets underway in nine days from now, spring, and the philadelphia union home opener just 16 days away so just shy of two weeks from now, home opener underway in chester, then average high up to 60 in just 31 short days. looking ahead to the eyewitness weather seven day forecast, okay, here we go. you want a taste of spring? here you have it. check it out. we go from seeing the issue with the snow now to temperatures that are spiking all the way to 70 degrees next week, so, does it get better than that? i mean, at lows nice little trade off for you. you guys all know how big after union fan i am.

so the excitement obviously starting to build for soccer fans, myself included and this sunday is when philadelphia union actually is kicking off season home opener or season open nerve dallas, and maurice, mid fielder for our union, and captain, here to give us insides into how the team is preparing for the big game. thanks so much for waking up early. i saw you tweeting in the we hours of the morning so thanks forgetting up. >> thanks, so anxious to be here. >> eager and anxious perhaps. let's talk about the excitement for you and the team as we are getting so close to the beginning of the season here? >> yes, big time for us i think. a chance to casino of have a fresh start for the club. >> new, new leadership on both sides of the page, whether in the business side, then also the playing side. casino every like we finally have a home base. the addition of the bethlehem field, the view, the new team, joining our family, like feeder club in some ways, gives chance for the academy team to transition into the first team. so we've kind of established the foundation for this club.

and now it is about going out there on the pitch and doing business there. >> unfortunately we know you are injured and won't be on the pitch this weekend, but we know you are obviously a leader just being captain period, but also head coach jim curtain that he has seen you all the time, wrapping arm around a younger player, got very young squad this year. talk about how your leadership place a role in rallying the troops with the young squad. >> for me i just try to do the things that guys did to me when was a younger kid. unfortunately getting older. >> oh, stop. still younger than me, buddy. >> but that experience in some ways has helped me, still going into that role. but i just try to, you know, guide guys, help people along the way. just pason any kind of information i can, obviously not playing right now, but you can still be a vocal point and help the guys around the pitch. >> yes. and we did miss the playoffs the last year. how do we get there this year? >> i think we've done a lot in the off season. added good pieces to the team, rookies come in done very well for themselves, not just making them numbers, look to go start to compete.

i feel like we have a lot more depth this year. and i that i will go a long way with injuries, suspensions, things like that, and that last stretch, zero toward the end of the season, depth, and just having able people to play will go a long way for us. >> real quickly, mls major league soccer still gaining steam in the united state. how do you keep it moving forward in the momentum to gather more, your support for the sport? >> i think doing all of the right things. we've developed fan base that is are passionate. you see rivalry between different fan bases and it goes a long way, a tracking more and more i guess would you say non-soccer fans, which is key for us. then i think the success that our national team as well, goes a long way, america is a country that lovers winners. so national team doing well, there will be more and more people attracted to the game. >> always a spike it seems around world cup time, right? there always s hey, led's right the momentum. speaking every bigger fan base, i'm obviously very, very big fan as women. i came actually to my last

home match. see the picture here there is was august, i want to say, 16th, it was exactly ten days before my girls came. so i was clearly moving very slowly. but now, mow, you have two of the youngest fans that are going to be coming to the home match coming up in a couple of weeks. >> look at them. >> i was here, so bumm i missed, but you came in when i was out on leave and gave us these adorable philadelphia union once cyst for the girl, now they're big enough to fit in them. >> oh, get them to a game asap. >> so baby in tow at the home opener for sure with them. thank you again so much for being here, let's go union, right, guys? awesome. we send it back to you. >> i think you enjoyed that. >> oh, those babies. eat them. thank you so much. >> and in this morning's blast every winter will be just a memory this weekend, the weather start warming up. perfect weather perhaps to take the dream drive. >> i think that sounds perfect in a dream drive it is. >> this week, i got behind the wheel and found easter candy but not only that, easter

animals, as well. take a look. >> we are starting in media. ending in wilmington for easter theme drive. >> there is never a bad time for candy. so right now, we are stopping at a family-owned candy shop on east baltimore pike, that's supposed to be really good. >> dozens -- has been here for three generations, randy, took me behind the scenes. >> so, what's this? >> these are coconut cream eggs we make about 2,000 of them for easter. >> this is just how we get top to bottom. once they get through there, the whole up. >> this is big waterfall. >> and they're drenched in chocolate. >> course there are chocolate bunnies for easter, which, inspired us, to see if we could find the real thing. >> at the brandywine zoo in wilmington, visitors can say hi to eagles, ducks, otters,

and goats. >> i'm certainly in goat heaven. but there are plenty more animals friends to meet. so we go inside and meet some of them. >> ya, i have a week spot for reptiles. >> my goodness, look at your face. >> i met my first tail skink. >> overload cute. >> so this is blood python. his name is borris. >> this isn't really happening. i feel like is not really. it is so awesome. and it is heavy. >> he is about 16 pounds that we're holding. >> just wait until you see what i am looking at. >> these are north american pork pines. getting onto ten month now. and she does have quills along her back, right by her tail. but she can't shoot them out like some of our cartoons may have seen. >> yes? >> you don't realize how beautiful their faces are. >> i just fell in love completely. like i literally just felt my heart start to fall in love. >> a great horned owl. >> those eyes, they don't even look real. >> yes. so our eyes are the size after owl's eyeballs our eyes would

be the size of softballs in our skulls. >> isn't that crazy? >> actually our nine armed armadillo. about to be four later this year, and she was out acting like a four year other. >> right now getting witness to this. >> she is looking for any bug right now. we will take her out and maybe get to feed her? >> yes, we have like a crunchy caterpillar. >> you feel that tongue little bit? >> oh, yes. oh. i think she got them. >> oh, you got them, you little pig let. >> me met the star of the season. >> look at this little darlin'. >> oh. >> this is sunni. she our giant rabbit. >> look at her big ears, little one. >> these guys bread over in europe. actually how they got so big. >> there are a lot of work. if you are looking for rabbit or bunny as a pet, make sure you do your research. >> oh, my gosh. you guys, i'm such a sucker

for animals, primarily, but chocolate, as well. so thank you to bev inches of media, thank you to all of the animal ambassadors at the brandywine zoo. if you need some things to do, eat chocolate, go look at the animals. >> who needs a dog? you can get a rabbit, bunny, porkupine. >> they're a lot of work. that pork ooh pine thought i was his mother. weird. >> we'll be right back.

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>> now, last check on weather and traffic. >> yes, definitely looking here, at some, you know, certainly some troublesome travel out there, as we take a look here, from our cameras, south philadelphia, this is washington avenue. you can see, there are flakes flying. if you look closely enough here in the camera so definitely finding slow downs, obviously folks using headlights, definitely good advice for you. visibility aren't hot. thankfully these are primarily wet roads. you're contending with. quickly we check on storm scan3, where the brunt of any snow still primarily southeastern half of our area. but, it is a matter of time, guys, few more hours, meisha, this will be winding down. >> great news for those every you driving right now, though, we have this disable truck, 95 south at girard, certainly causing some slow downs. and also, another disable vehicle, here, pulled all the way out to the left. ninety-five south, past the betsy ross bridge. and you can see, just little

bit south of where that disable is, that's all of the back up residuals from that is actually girard that disable truck, so bus. >> i let's ends on cute note. it is a black and white cookie, but no, this is no oreo. meet cookie the -- friends at the cincinnati zoo recorded him waddling around his bird house, before getting his little socks changed. suddenly, cookie thought his handler, chris, rushes over to get at it, and look! >> oh, my gosh. >> what can only be described as a laugh as he's tickled. >> oh, my gosh. >> perfect way to end the weekend. >> my gosh. >> oh, my gosh. and he looks a little blue. >> he is sweet. >> oh, if birds could cuddle. that was a cud. >> very cute. cbs this morning is next. we leave this morning with a live picture inside the philadelphia flower show. this year's theme is a tribute to the national park. stores open to the public tomorrow. have a great day and a good weekend.

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