from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". it is a big day in the race for the white house. voters in five delegate rich states head to the polls today and the steaks are higher than ever. >> good afternoon, i'm erika von tiehl. the results. primary contest could karch out a clearer picture every just who might claim their party's nomination. voters are casting their ballots in florida, ohio,

missouri, north carolina and illinois. correspondent don champion tells us which candidates are battling to stay in the race. >> the face of the republican presidential race could change today, as voters cast ballots on primary day in florida, ohio, illinois, north carolina, and missouri. >> your governor is totally overrated. >> gop frontrunner donald trump leads the polls in every state except ohio, where he is in a virtual tie with the state's popular governor john kasich. he voted this morning and said he feels proud of his campaign. >> by continuing to run the race, the positive campaign is now started to shine through. >> here in florida, marco rubio political future is on the line at polling places like this. the senator predicted a win in his home state, but is way behind in the polls. >> this state will elect 999 delegates for one person. i want it to be me and i need you to help it be me.

>> cruz may has his bet shot at winning in illinois where the latest cbs battle ground tracker has the senator within striking distance of trump. meanwhile on the democratic side, bernie sanders trying to pull off another midwest upset against hillary clinton, the vermont senator is making a run for missouri, ohio and illinois, where he has campaigned heavily in chicago. >> in the states coming down the pike, we have great opportunities to win many of them. so we're feeling really good. >> but clinton has a big lead in florida, a winner take allstate with 214 delegates up for grabs. in miami, don champion, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". now the deadline to register to vote in local primaries is fast approaching. voters in pennsylvania, have until march 28th, the last day to register in delaware is april 2nd, and in urge new jersey, it is may 17th. primary day in pennsylvania and delaware is the same day april 26th. and new jersey holds its primary on june 7th. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of campaign 2016.

you can find the very latest on tv and on our website cbsphilly.com. popular delaware county dine is her in ruins this noon. our jan carabeo zones us where that fire not only damaged a restaurant, but also, forced dozen every people to evacuate hotel rooms on a rainy morning. >> the doors may be open for now. but this chester dine is her close to business. after an early morning fire cards everything from the counter to the roof. >> it is going to be a while before they get this thick up and running again. >> workman used to work at the restaurant when it was called the sewn rise diner, recently renamed the grape leaves diner he stopped by with a group of current employees tuesday morning to check out what's left. >> looking like i'm going to have to find a new job. this is not looking good. >> the fire started here at 13th and edgemont just before 3:00 a.m. fire crews arrived to smoke and flames. >> we knocked that down, made entry into the restaurant area, and we had fire up in

the roof area of the restaurant. >> meantime heavy smoke forced guests at the attached days inn from their bed, some from the fire alarms others by firefighters banking on doors. >> we just heard the alarm go on and off. then i just got out. >> i felt like somebody was coming through my door they was banking so hard. but we got out, as long as i got my baby out, i don't care about nothing else. >> the smoke was ventilated from the hotel, and guests were allowed back inside early this morning, the concern now get that smokey smell out of dozens of rooms, and of course cleaning up the mess here at the diner. employees are now wondering how long they'll be out of work. >> even though it is damaged right now, lives saved, nobody judder, that's the main thing, nobody was hurt. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. in chester, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". tredyffrin township police hope that you can help them identify the person behind a hollow wean mask who tied up, threatened and then robbed a homeowner early saturday morning.

we have a grainy photo right here on the right. it was taken at a wells fargo bank atm on the 700 block of west lancaster avenue. police believe the photo on the left right there is the type of latex mask with a baseball cap attached that the suspect wore from the robbery scene on crestline road to the devon square shopping center. now, police are also hoping you can help them track down the suspect who rubedo robbed then threat toned burn down building in fishtown. >> this happened sunday morning, that suspect right there used baseball bat to break the door at a philadelphia brotherhood mission on east girard avenue, and then chased the witnesses. another hit, a man who with a cane, then lit a plastic bag on fire and through it at him. that suspect allegedly shouted he would be back to burn the building down. if you know anything about this, you are asked to call police right away. the search is on for three suspects who burglarized tropicana bar in brewerytown last tuesday. police say the men broke in by

bussing a hole in the wall from vacant building next-door. they got away with a juke box, change machine, cash register, also, an atm. if you recognize those suspect, you are asked to call 911. >> well, gray start to the day but looks to be clearing up, making way for bit of roller coaster ride on the thermometer. we check in with katie fehlinger in the weather center. something to look forward to? >> actually we ends one temperatures well above average, looks like, in the next day and a half or so. but again, go on the evan flow, looks like, when it comes to thermometer readings, nan addition to that we will continue to track what looks like relatively active pattern. not guaranteeing you will be seek any wash out necessarily here in the next couple of days, but you will have a chance for some wet weather, for a lot of the next couple of days here. so let's take a look, we start things off by taking you outside to storm scan3, where the tri-state sweep is picking up on hands full of showers here and there, bark is worse than the bite, a lot is lightly, probably lead you to have to flick the windshield

wipers number of times along i95. track weather briefly here the next couple of hours, again, still feature shower here and there, not widespread, but where you have it, you could, again, get impacted by needing the umbrella briefly. then later today there you, skies are starting to try to clear, and later these days, after daylight saving time it does mean that you are going to have a chance to see few peaks of sun before the day is ton, and try to clear out little more later tonight. where we stand currently at 50 degrees here at the airport, 40's in a lot of other locations, a degrees in allentown, but as the day progresses again we expect these skies gradually, key word, gradually beginning to clear down the shore points, also going to still finds lingering shower here early this afternoon, and lingering clouds beyond that point. fifty's the expectation up in the mountains, but again, despite the dreary, i promise, erika, breaks of sun along the way. >> katie, thank you. coming up on "eyewitness news", she dedicated her life to helping the poor. now learning when mother teresa will receive the

ultimate praise for her sacrifices cents cents. pope francis sets the date for her to become a saint. also, if you are a loved one wants to quit smoking there is new proof regarding the best way to do it. there is new proof regarding the best way to do it. we'll have that for you nex

>> we are following breaking news, pennsylvania supreme court justice michael evening sin stepping down in a widening scandal over explicit and offensive emails.

the 67 year old is the seconds member of the state's high court to quit over the e-mail scandal. eakin's resignation is the latest fall-out since state attorney general kathleen kane began releasing emails to the media annette innings watchdog agencies. mother teresa will become a saint this fall. pope francis set a date of september 4th, the over of the anniversary of mother teresa's death. pope francis approved a second miracle to her inner session last december. mother teresa ' missionaries of charities runs 600 orphans, more than 100 homes word wide, to care for what she called the poor he is of the poor. she won the nobel prize in 1979 she died in 1997 at age 87. >> kick the cigarette habit cold turkey may be the best option. according to the american cancer society, people who quit smoking all at once are more likely to be successful than those who cut down on cigarettes gradually.

re circumstance chest assigned almost 700 smoke tears quit cold turkey or gradually. after four weeks, 39% of the gradual quitters had stayed off tobacco, compare that to 49%, 10% more, of the cold turkey group. there you have it. all right, still ahead this noon, the fonz is here, he just walked in, henry winkler now writing children's books. we'll tell you how his personal story inspired the way they were written. katy? >> erika, we certainly looking ahead to nice little warming trends. it doesn't last forever, but there is a day in the seven day that we expect to at least flirt with or actually hit 07 degrees, your full forecast, on this roller coaster ride of the weather pattern is coming up.

>> let's look back to winter. >> it has been a bizarre winter, extreme warmth, had certainly some pretty heavy snow come through here, as well. >> yes. >> so we'll take you through highlights if you will of winter. really, you know, we've had, again, a lot going on. now, we're into a month where you typically would find that. march is a transition month, trying get into officially the season every spring here, so a loft times you see some serious warming trends, some big cool-downs, and everything inbetween whether it comes to precipitation. out to the graphics, show you what's going on here. winter highlights what we titled this. not expecting any snow in the near future here, folks, it is more than anything just to add some flare to our graphic here. but, december, that was a warm month. we ended up with temperatures 13.7 degrees above the average, making it the warmest december we've ever reported, january the fourth biggest

snowstorm by comparison, 22.4 inches if you recall from that storms february little more modest, ended up above average, however with few inches every snow on the ground, so far in march few inches at the airport, but within a week that far we ended up spiking to 82 degrees. so there you have it, the casino of extremes that can go on when you have got. >> storm scan, still finding couple of showers, wider zoom shows this relatively disorganized area of low pressure starting to pull away. i do think that you're going to see at least little bit of sunshine before the day is all said and done. however, more clouds than anything, the rest of the day. it does make it feel little chillier out there when you don't have the warmth. sun to hook you up. that low will retreat, next front already here, so late in the day specially toward night fall, shower or sprinkle may trigger, be trying fred that, and we do expect to at least flirt with 70 degrees tomorrow. shower around, as well, actually, several likely on saint patrick's day, as we spike to 60 degrees at that

point. fifty's where we currently stand at philadelphia international airport. pretty modest breeze now. what you see is what you get on the thermometer. meanwhile outside we go to one of the field cameras, cape may courthouse, yes, chilly just because it is dreary outside, but at least the wind again is very light. now, here is a nice happy festive graphic. officially we get into the season of spring at 12:30 on the nose, that morning, sunday when the vernal equinox will take place, so 12 hours ten minutes exactly of daylight, unfortunately you won't necessarily see as much sunshine tracking potential for sam rain. here you have it. one and only guaranteed dry day at this point of the next five is saturday. that's whether we expect high pressure to nudge in it, keeps us on the cool side here, though, high pressure in place. warm expected to continue for

the next couple of days, we send it over to you. >> thank you, for years he made us smile as the lovable fonz on happy days, now, actor henry winkler is inspiring kids of his best selling children's series, here's the latest edition you can't drink a meatball through a straw. out right now. and henry joining us in the studio to tell us more about it, thank you for joining us. >> i'm so happy to be here. >> talented actor director blue what made you want to start writing children's books? >> i never naught about it, someone made the suggestion, then said i'll introduce to you lynn oliver. we met over lunch. we hatched hank's, and this is our 32nd novel. >> congratulations. >> wow. >> what inspired hang? tell me about hang, who is handk? >> short for henry, zipper, lived on the fourth floor of my apartment building. i thought it was a zippy name, and he's every kid who has got a challenge of the. >> right. >> too big, too small, too

tall, too short, acne, not good at sports, not good socially, there is more than one way to get where you want to go and hank figures that out. >> we have illustrations toss show from the book. what's in store for hank this time? >> so he is visited by a very naughty cousin who is 12. she is a chef. you know, she part of a junior chef contest. the winner gets to be on television. they get to the contest and there is an empty space, one of the contestants is sick, they ask hank to take over. he said i don't know anything about cooking but i want to be on tv. so i'm going trip. he doesn't know what to do. he figures it out. >> he thinks on his feet. >> he thinks on his feet. >> now, one thing i real a door about there is on the first line of the book, the type of thought you use. >> yes. >> there is a reason you use that font. can you explain it to me? >> the greatest thing, our

publisher found this font developed by a dad in holland. it makes, can you see it? it makes children, it makes your eye very friendly with the page. >> good word for it, because as somebody who is dyslexic, i know hank is, it makes it easier to read. >> absolutely. and the words used to swim across the page. when i was a little boy. did i not read a book until i was in my 30's. >> really? >> i was so intimidated by reading. so this, what is great about these books, what i love, kids find them funny, and then they say how do you know me so well? because we don't talk down to the kids. the emotion is what i lived when i was growing up. when i'm walking around lynn's offers and talking about hank i can become a very emotional how good it was this school. >> absolutely, dow want to share, i had the pleasure of reading this this morning, i know you have a pass ankle for our viewers, little taste of it.

>> you never outgrow your need to be red to. >> i love it. >> okay, so, i told you hank is there, there is an empty space at the competition, he wants ton on tv. so he said, i've never been on tv before. and he calls miss smiley who is the head of competition, miss smelly because he can't read her tag. and she says: don't worry, young man, there is already food at station number six. hank says okay, all right, i'm going to go to station number six, it is really quite simple, young man, there are art choke stuffed with crab legs and capers. no problem, i said. okay, now, here is the truth time. i have no idea what an art choke s i never heard the words capers. and frog legs? and crab legs? i hope they don't pinch me. are you ready to participate? you bet i am. that's what my face and my mouth said. inside i was going hank, how do you get yourself out of this. okay, one good way i can get

myself out of this mess, i could put on big floppy clown shoes, do a crazy clown dance, wait a minute, i forgot my clown shoes at home. wait a minute, i don't have clown shoes. never did. two, coy run outside and get into attack i and say to the driver take me to the north pole. wait a minute. i don't have any money. wait a minute. i have a nickel stuck to a gummy bear at the bottom of my back pack. >> oh, he has all of these great ideas, turns out, i love the last one at the end of the book, too, just tremendous, henry such a pleasure. >> thanks for letting me read it. >> thanks for coming on our show. >> what a pleasure to be here, hello. >> great book out right now. henge are you winkler, we'll be right back.

>> today at 5:00 with stephanie stahl. first, new action comedy is rushing in to cbs prime time line up. rush hour, based on the popular feature film franchise, pairs two unlikely partners. >> we don't have time to look after a chain east cop. >> but you do. >> yes, i'm going to stop you. >> because it almost sounds like you're asking me to babysit. >> i hope you hate it. >> oh, detective carter played by justin hires, wild unconventional cop here with

detective lee, by the book detective from hong kong, i had the chance to talk with him earlier this morning live on the morning show. >> this is an action comedy on television, there are no action comedies on television, i mean, so it blends, martial arts, action, comedy, i mean, we get to have so much fun on this show. and i thank people get to see. that will you know what? this world of diversity, television, if you don't see diversity from this i don't know what to tell you. >> there go. rush hour premiers march 31:10 p.m. right here on cbs-3. such a great guy. >> absolutely, and hilarious. so friendly. >> very much. >> stands up comedian on top of t you're come back any time. >> agreed. >> that's "eyewitness news" at noon, for katie, all of us here thanks for watching. >> we're always on line for you at cbsphilly.com. the young and the restless is coming up next. hope you have gradated great day.

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