good morning, and happy st. patrick's day, live look at bethlehem where katie says we could see pop up showers today, timing of that rain and also when temperatures are expected to tumble. also, a driver crashes into several park cars in the northeast overnight, what police discovered when they arrived to help. and president obama fills in his march madness back the it, team he is picking to go go all the way, coming up, it is thursday, march 17th. i'm erika von tiehl. i want to check in with katie, justin. >> it is my day. >> i'm here. when is it okay to have a guinness. >> i feel like it happens awfully earlier. >> we're on a different

schedule. >> we're eating lunch at 7:00 in the morning. >> that is true. >> okay. >> well, good morning. >> good morning. >> let's get to the shoptalk when it comes to the weather pattern, there is not an easy transition after that. what we're dealing with folks is fog, starting things off on sky scan 3a similar look to what we saw yesterday at this same time. or that lower cloud deck is settling in. the things are dry around the delaware valley but you might run into a poor visibility. storm scan three all quiet at the moment. save for i low lying cloud cover settling in. you will see green lighting up the area radar as it the starts to celebrate, st. patrick's day later on radar but that said at the moment current conditions are really all about the fog starting to settle in. the at or under a half mile in wilmington, millville, ac airport. add a mile for philly international. it is not too bad but i

suspect much like yesterday this may get worse before better because we have a little bit more time to kill before the sun comes up. here we stand at 49 degrees at philly internationalment modest breeze, currently. thirty-nine in atlantic city. we're at 37 degrees under a calm win up toward mount pocono. here you have it, st. patrick's day forecast not looking too bad with our leprechaun doing his dance. p.m. showers are expect. they should be scattered. we will track that as the show progresses here. in the meantime it is still looking mile. mid 60's, that is going to change though, pat as we move forward in the forecast and my advice is enjoy it while you got it. >> mid 60's today but for weekend, that is no fun, or i. >> wait for it. >> this is my day so i get a a away with as much a as i can. this is i-95 north bound ramp seven at cottman avenue. the closed until 5:00 a.m. earlier this week it the seems like different times when they have been opening that up. it could be earlier, later but

suppose to be around 5:00 a.m. the closed all week 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a a.m. so overnight construction on that ramp. i the 95 south, approaching 413 a at bristol there is construction mulling around, they said it had just cleared, there are some vehicles still in that a area. on 42 we will look at the a the freeway toward 295, everything looking good right here, so far but there is stuff just out of our picture and we will look at the map with that. route 42 southbound between the 25 and creek road, two right lanes blocked until 6:00 . also on 295 southbound at 42 freeway the right lane is blocked until 6:00 a.m. we will look at mass transit schedule, cynwyd line all day yesterday suspended back to normal will today, erika, back over to you. a driver slams into several parked cars in philadelphia's holmesberg section. when police arrived they discovered this was not an ordinary accident. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at that scene, justin, good morning. >> erika, good morning.

victim a 25 year-old man is a at aria torresdale at last check in critical condition and recovering at this time from a gunshot wound to the head and a suspect, a teenager is now in custody and in the meantime the investigation, continues. lets take you to video from overnight, philadelphia police say that calls of a car crash came into them around 9:30 last night on the 4700 block of meridian street in holmesberg. fifteenth district police and fire fighters arrived to find a mercury sedan having struck one pontiac sedan and a chevy sedan. now this is on meridian between torresdale avenue and edmond street. the police say that 25 year-old driver was behind the wheel when he was shot, responders here on the scene realized he had been shot on the left side of his head, police say suspect's fired at least one shot, that traveled through a rear window, with that bullet landing on the front dashboard. the victim was pulled from that car and taken to aria torresdale and back at the scene police were able to

track down a key at witness. >> i witness witnessed the shooting and saw shooter run into the rear of a property, within block away, in the 4700 block of lansing street. the witness notified police, of what he saw, and police apprehended a 17 year-old male. witness, positively identified the 17 year-old male as the shooter so that 17 year-old was taken into custody and transported to the 15th district headquarters. >> reporter: at this time police do not have a motive, northeast detectives is investigating and due to soon search that home where that teen suspect was held up. erika, back over to you. >> justin finch, thanks for the update. friend, plan to honor drexel university graduate and killed in the plane crash almost a year ago. emily and her mother ivan were among 150 people on board germanwings flight 9225.

investigators say the co pilot who had a history of depression and mental illness deliberate thely crash that jet liner in the french alps march 24th of last year. there were no survivors. two of emily's friend will hold a music festival in their friend's honor. one of them saw her just days before the crash. >> just genuine, happy, skipping down streets of, and, closest friend and her mom, and ivan, treated me, like a second daughter, during that week. >> most nice, genuine, person i have ever met in my life, just very keeply cared about all of her friends and she always let you know. >> the music festival honoring emily selke is saturday at world cafe live. all proceed will go to pay for drexel music students to travel aboard. we are looking learning more about the police shoot-out in maryland that killed an under cover officer

with ties to our area authorities say the shot that killed jacai colson was deliberately aim at him by another officer who did not recognize him and saw he was a armed threat. three brothers have been charge. police say oldest brother planned a rampage and expected to die while his two brothers filmed the gun fight. police are not identifying the officer. "fox news" is canceling a republican debate canceled for next monday in salt lake city, the reason, lack of interest. donald trump says he was out telling network i think we have had enough debates. john kasich also canceled saying that he won't take the stage, without trump. 4:37 right now. day is finally here, march madness basketball tournament tips off across the country at noon today. three teams from our area are in place, st. joes, plays in spokane washington, they play tomorrow night. villanova and temple left for brooklyn yesterday. wildcats play unc/ashville and owls play iowament both of

those games are tomorrow afternoon. here's a look at today's game on cbs-3. unc wilmington and duke kicks off first round at 12:15 followed by yale against butler. chattanuga goes for upset against indiana at 7:10 tonight. late game is stony brook and kentucky. after the game end, stay tuned for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". if you haven't filled out your bracket, you want to get busy. the the president is getting in on the fun. president obama has villanova making it to the elite eight before losing to kansas. he has temple and st. joes oust after one round. his final four, kansas, north carolina, texas a and m and michigan state. the president picked kansas to win it all. he had has been right once before when he pick north carolina to to win in 2008. we'll if he is right this time. >> still ahead, a pennsylvania governor, tom wolf is discussing his cancer battle. we will tell you treatments he is under going. then meet the local team receiving a national honor.

the accomplishment she just had and also it the is getting her even more recognition. and now an unbelievable story of survival where that lost dog was just found, and surprising thing that kept her alive. we will be right back.

pennsylvania governor tom wolf is offering more details on his cancer battle. the 67 year-old said he will have radioactive seeds implanted in his prostate to combat the illness. the last month the governor shared his diagnosis with what he says is a treatable form of cancer. it was detect during a routine checkup. wolf has previously said the illness and treatment will not impair his a bills as governor. meantime governor is applauding the pennsylvania house's vote to legalize medical marijuana the proposal was pass by a comfortable margin yesterday and allows patient toss take the drug in pill, oil or liquid form. they will not be able to obtain marijuana they could

smoke though. bill needs final approval in the senate which passed a a similar measure last year. parts of the pennsylvania turnpike are about to get faster, how about that, the turnpike commission has approved raising the speed limit in some areas from 65 to 70 miles an hour. change happens later this spring. sections of the the highway limited to 55 miles an hour will stay that way but great news if you are up, you don't have that early commute. >> looking forward to that. >> five extra miles for every hour. >> maybe an extra minute to work. >> that matters. >> absolutely. >> it really does. >> it is st. patrick's day. a a lot of folks heading out for lunch. how is it looking. >> later in the day you will get more we will see at least a little green on the radar but anything we see will be pretty spotty. initial problem right now is fog, exactly what we saw yesterday. i feel liken they it is a different reason we will see wet wet they are forecast is awfully similar to yesterday where we start off with fog, we will see sun and then

beyond that point see a couple of showers and thunderstorms rolling through our area. fog is the main concern. you's find it coming through patches and already a little sign of life with a few showers popping up across western pennsylvania. all courtesy of a strong area of low pressure, warm front lifting off to the north here, and, cold front is what will get through later today. that said, we are still looking at a head here to the weekend where we kick off spring season and track the potential for snow. the it is looking increasingly likely at this point that this storm is generally going to be bypass go to our south, however we are close enough to get in on the moisture witt. because we are on the cold side it may easily pro tuesday wet snow flakes. when we talk about spring snow it is not most unheard of thingment biggest spring snow we saw back in 1915, 19 inches fell april 3rd. we are not looking at anything like that. latest date with an inch or

more april 19th of 1983. latest date we have ever reported any snow actually on the way in the month of may. it can happen late in the season and late in the year but that said i don't think we're talking about those major snow, any kind of a accumulation out of. that lets talk about the seven day, patchy fog, late day shower or thunderstorms, 66 degrees with sun in between sandwich in between there. clearing skies, tonight dropping down to 43. temperatures, begin to decline. that shows us what will set us up for a very chilly rain we think on sunday but it is still possible that we will see wet snow mix in as the day goes later and that cold air wraps in. we will keep you posted, erika. >> thank you. local teen shows hard work and determination really do pay off. meet 17 year-old madeline merlino, a a senior at morrisville high school. she has a 4.0, grade point, volunteers in her community, even creating a veteran job

expo. the senior is also chosen to attend the air force academy. >> i applied to the naval academy, coastguard, west point and air force and i was honored to get in all four academies. >> she's a shining example of how if you embrace hard work, grit, determination and you start early and you find a path you can do anything in this country. >> absolutely, well done. madeline and her family will travel to washington d.c. next in where she will receive 2016 air force child of the year award, given to an outstanding military child from each branch of the military, congratulations. nave comes to the rescue of the dog, believed to be dead, it is an incredible story of survival here. eighteen month-old luna went over board one night from a fishing both one night five weeks ago. they searched by air and sea he but with no luck. the it turns out the german shepherd in the only survived

her swim but she has been living on the san clemente island in the the pacific which is owned by the navy. she had been living there since wednesday. >> we're driving up main road, spotted her, opened the car door and whistled and in she jumped. >> from luna, and her owner nick and for myself and everyone that knows this dog, i mean i have more gratitude for them. >> luna will be reunited with her family today. believe it or not el nino contributed to her survival. there is no standing water on el clemente island but storms created puddles, for loon, incredible. still ahead, on "eyewitness news" for get about velcro and layses, we will tell but nike a's plans for a self tying shoe. but first here's tonight on cbs-3.

recapping our headlines a 25

year-old man is in critical condition after being shot in the head driving in holmesberg. the man's car smashed into two parked cars and police had to pull the victim from the wreckage. a 17 year-old is in custody. "fox news" is forced to cancel a debate after republican candidates donald trump said he wasn't interested in doing another debate. candidates john kasich says he is not taking part if trump is not there. debate was scheduled for monday in salt lake city. the villanova wildcats, temple owls and st. joes hawks, they are ready for their first round games in the march madness basketball tournament. all three play tomorrow but round one tips off today at the 12:15ment you can see those games on cbs-3, tbs and tru tv and get the the full schedule on cbs philly.com. he shared a name and musical gift with his father, frank senate the that junior has passed away. >> ♪. >> his family says singer died

unexpectly wednesday from cardiac arrest. he was in florida for a concert. sinatra was famously kidnaped and held ransom when he was 19 years old. he went on to become his father's musical director and conductor. frank sinatra junior was 72 years old. 4:50. time for a check of your business news. hena daniels joins us from the new york stock exchange. we know feds have been meeting for two days now. any big a announcements just yet. >> reporter: good morning,er contact federal reservists leaving a key interest rate where it is. in a statement following its latest policy meeting the fed said global economy still posts a risk to the u.s. economy. officials expect to raise rates at the a slower rate then they originally visioned. the fed holds its the next policy meeting in april. >> hena, also nike is going back to the future with the the new sneaker, i cannot believe it, tell us more. >> reporter: i love this because i was justing watching the movie yesterday not

knowing about this announcement. remember these self tying shoes from back to the future? well, future is here, nike introduced the hyper adapt 1.0. actually the sneaker doesn't have have laces at all. the shoe automatically tightens just as dit when marty mcfly put them on in the time travel blockbuster. the hype's adapt will be available this local holiday season but first only to members of the nike's club. >> a little premonition, you knew it was coming hena. >> reporter: i was watching it yesterday, now it is all over. i want to be a nike plus member. >> tell us how they are. >> see you later this morning. this is neat, fire breathing dragons take to the street of center city. check this out at 13th and market as part of the 3-d animated projection known as dragons, one of the several events to promote the dvd release. dragons are gone now and they are heading to san francisco,

this afternoon. and, time for st. patric

we're starting off on a very similar note to what we saw yesterday, some fog on this st. patrick's day morning, that will break, much like yesterday, it turns mild and we will track a shower or thunderstorm out there but i do want to talk about what is down the pike here. by sunday we're officially entering in the spring season and we might be looking at snow. out over the northern mountains across idaho, montana, do you see those little speckles of snow starting to show up? it looks innocent, doesn't it. the once it drops out it will gather strength, moisture and we may end up with snow here. we will talk about that in the seven day. i have st. pat path's statistics here, warmest st. patrick's day we ever reported hit 86 in 1945 and just a couple years ago, we ended up with nearly 5 inches of snow on st. patrick's day on 2014.

who could forget thatment most rain was 1993. the coldest, yeah, it could be worse, folks, we hit 10 degrees in 1885. that is how far back record go. it is not looking bad today, again very similar forecast to yesterday, fog, then some sun, warming it up, 66. late day shower or thunderstorm pat could be worse. >> two years ago i was over in dublin on st. patrick's day, raw, windy, i will take 66 over 45 and windy, in doubt about that. this is 95 southbound on the cottman ramp. is there roving vehicles right here, they have got the right lane closed as they reopen this ramp right here which is closed overnight all week. it is 8:00 to 5:00 a.m.ish, so it looks like they are right on schedule with this one. i-95 north bound at cottman. this is i-95 southbound at route 413, construction sort of clearing its way out, still some lights out there, so coming through here be

cautious of that. forty-two over in new jersey, everything cleared as you head into philadelphia, there has been construction in that area that is has just cleared, though, erika, back over to you. just heading out, get katie's updated forecast on our sister station kyw news radio 1060. a controversial application to mark a historic site the in philadelphia. >> a preview of the popular science festival. plus review of the new movie knight of cops. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. why some police officers are being punished for violence at a donald trump rally. also talk about a nightmare vacation just a few pills of cold medicine lands a man in jail. lesson he wants you to learn from his mistake. and making cars safer the emergency feature that will be standard on every car. we are back at the top of the

good morning, several cars are all smashed up after a driver crashes in to them what police say happened just moments before he lost control. also, violence at campaign rallies, just an awful familiar sight, why deputies are the ones being disciplined for that sucker punched. don't be surprised if you see green on the radar for st. patrick's day kate times out rain and lets you know when you just might need that rain gear. good morning it the is thursday, march 17th, foggy start to your st. patrick's day. i'm erika von tiehl. kate outside on the sky deck. pat in for meisha celebrating his special day st. patrick's day. good morning, guys. >> top of the morning to you ladies, how are you.

>> i have been working on that one for a little while. >> it shows. >> it does show. terrible move, katie, over to you, sorry, i screwed you up. >> these difficult transitions, pat, it is not fair. >> i know, it is awful. >> we are off to a foggy start here this morning. we have a low cloud deck. we are basically looking at essential hi exact same forecast but just a different reason. we have a little fog, eventually sunshine and mild afternoon and then eventually a shower, thunderstorm dotting regional radar. for now things are track will all things considered on storm scan three. one zoom out shows a hint of moisture, starting to show in the radar in western pennsylvania. that is what we will fine later on today. the it does look like it is scattered, i could see a thunder storm popping up and shower as well. this morning as far as dense fog goes, we are seeing it the more widespread. visibility under a hour mile in a lot of spots. you may get sled down. e