no ordinary accident. we are live with what police say happened to that driver right before he crash. march madness gets underway, cbs crews have been working to get you ready. we will take you behind the scenes. good morning happy st. patrick's day. i'm erika von tiehl. i want to get with katie on the forecast and, pat on the roads. >> hello, i know it is my day at st. patrick's day but might be looking more forward to the ncaa tournament, my favorite time of the year. >> this is right up your alley, right. it is all about you here today, pat but from the weather department it feels like groundhog day to me because our forecast is essentially a carbon copy of yesterday, but it is coming for a different reason. let's start off. we talk about the fog a moment ago. we are starting off with patchy fog around the region which we will not find on the satellite but higher clouds across portions of

northeastern, pennsylvania. as well as upstate new york. you can see a few showers off to the west. that is a a sign of things to come. here's the visibility, at or under a half mile in millville, a ac airport, in lancaster as well. pretty spotty, the scattered in nature with this fog, where you have it, you have it lying in thick. so please expect. that meanwhile we will walk you through hour by hour forecast or handfull of the hours that the day will pre dues here and we will get you to 66 degrees here, guys. later this afternoon much like what we saw yesterday and toward evening a scattered sure or thunderstorm is likely to get and cross through our area as we track our next system. so, we will again, start with fog, and eventually get sun and eventually some wet weather and down the road, pat, big drop on the thermometer and chance for snow. we will talk about that as the show goes on. >> please, come on, really. >> how about those thunderstorms yesterday. >> yeah, you said it. >> pretty nasty. my parent's house almost struck by lightening, my mom called me freaking out it was

nuts. ninety-five at 452 there was a road back there somewhere i swear i do not even see taillight, fog, completely just cleaning out this camera angle right here. the fog is thick. dense as katie said and affecting some travel as well. this is schuylkill expressway at conshohocken curve, fog here as well, not as thick as that last camera angle. this one is taillights heading eastbound. so not too bad but traffic is starting to pick up in this area. this is 422 at trooper road, fog in this a area as well, and commute starting to pick up here. i-95 southbound you know this is a trouble spot basically every morning. this is heading toward the city, brake lights are picking up in this area from four lanes to three. tightens up in this construction zone. it will be slow here anyway and cynwyd line services restored after a bad day yesterday. erika, back over to you. a driver slams into a few park cars in philadelphia's a holmesberg section. when police arrived they found

the driver was shot in the head. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch at that scene with more on the investigation, good morning. >> reporter: erika, police say that driver is expected to survive, despite being found shot in his head, at last check he was at aria torresdale in critical condition police have a suspect in custody thanks to a watchful witness who helped them crack the case. three cars left crashed and mash on the 4700 block of meridian street last night. a scene, 15th district police and fire fighters fund to be no ordinary wreck. >> they realized that the 25 year-old driver had been shot, within time in the left side of his head. they get the driver out, from the passenger side, since they could not open up the driver door, medics took him to aria torresdale hospital. >> reporter: keys to that man's mercury sedan still in the ignition. investigators remind you was driving eastbound on meridian

between torresdale avenue and edmond street. then he struck a park pontiac sedan and chevy sedan after a bullet traveled through his driver side rear window and hit him causing him to lose control. >> that bullet struck driver in the left side of his head and bullet actually ended up on the dashboard right in front of the steering wheel. >> reporter: an alert witt the necessary helped police put early pieces of this case together. >> a witness witnessed the shooting and saw the shooter, run into the rear of the property, one block away, in the 4700 block of lansing street. the the witness notified police, of what he saw and police were able to apprehend a 17 year-old male. >> reporter: once teen was caught that witness was able to identify him. back out here live, in word just yet on a motive in this case so far. northeast detectives are set to search that lansing street home, once they get a search warrant. we are live, in holmesberg, justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

police in maryland say that the shot the that killed an under cover officer was deliberately aim at him, by another officer. boothwyn native jacai colson died when that fellow officer died during a shoot-out with the suspect. three brothers have been charge. police say oldest brother planned rampage and expected to die while his two brothers filmed the gun fight. the officer, who was not being identified said he did in the recognize colson since he was not in uniform. texas police officer ken johnson was out ol bail arrested wednesday charged with the death of the 16 year-old jose cruz. police say that beyond son was off-duty on sunday night when he spotted the teen and a friend break nothing to his car. he allegedly chased them down and shot at them. the police chief says all of those events go against police procedures. we have policies that deal with off-duty enforcement, that we all follow. >> only explanation i can think office they are doing this because my client is a

black police officer. >> johnson attorney maintains that his client feared for his life and questions why the case didn't go before a grand jury. johnson remains on administrative leave. a bill to legalize medical marijuana in pennsylvania is now one step closer to becoming law. the house passed a proposal by a comfortable margin. will allow patient toss take the drug in pill, oil or liquid form but they would not be able to obtain mar yawn a to smoke. bill still need final approval in the senate which passed a similar measure last year. 6:06. donald trump is calling shots when it comes to facing off with his two remaining opponents. he canceled an appearance at an update coming debate. a second candidate called off his plans after trump said he would be a no show. >> don't take in for an answer. >> reporter: fresh off a big win in his home state, ohio governor john kasich continues stumping in pennsylvania yesterday drawing contrast with g.o.p. front runner donald trump.

>> i will not take the low road to the highest office in the country. >> reporter: candidates won't be fighting on stage anytime soon. kasich pulled out of monies g.o.p. debate after trump a announced he is skipping it. >> i'm doing a major speech in front of the very important group of people. eight or 9,000 people. that night. it was scheduled a while ago. >> reporter: trump widened his lead tuesday night and will add missouri to his wins but political experts say it still won't be easy for him to wrap up the nomination. >> not really capturing majorities for the most part, so question is can a minority candidate really unite a party. >> reporter: democrat hillary clinton is likely winner in missouri a and that with give her a clean sweep but bernie sanders is determined to stay in the race. >> you do not have to except the status quo. >> reporter: clinton is already eyeing the general election. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party many in nation.

>> reporter: trump thinks she's the one to beat too. on wednesday he launched an on line ad with clinton barking like a dog suggesting that she's unfit to be president. weijia jiang for cbs-3 eyewitness muse. how speaker paul ryan has rule out accepting a republican nomination if there is in winner in the first ballot. earlier former house speaker john boehner said he would support ryan if republicans cannot nominate within at the convention but ryan spokeswoman says the speaker is not interested. still ahead this morning a new political battle, president obama introduced his people court nominee and republicans immediately respond. why the g.o.p. says he will never make the bench. one type of of surgery that has seen 50 percent of increase in appointments this month. what people are scheduling to get done and why right now, ahead. >> ♪ we are celebrating st.

patrick's day, the band jamison and dancers from the coil school of irish dance are here, so glad to have you live in the studio. look at them go. we will talk with them later, good morning.

if you look carefully you can see white house is getting in the st. patrick's day spirit. fountain on the south line was dyed green in honor of the irish holiday. first lady michelle obama started this tradition in 2009. the obama's brought it in from chicago where the city dyes the river green every year. so, katie, any luck of the irish in our forecast what do you think. >> it depend, you know, radar

celebrating st. patrick's day with green, it can't help itself. >> it just can't help itself. exactly. we have a frontal boundary bringing with it a sure or thunderstorm late in the day. this is exactly same forecast that happened yesterday. we had patchy fog breaking for some sunshine, mid to few up are 60's and then cold front crosses through bringing a shower or then are storm. i show you nationwide map for a reason the. it does then look innocent. light pocket of snow falling across nor mountains of idaho, monday tan a this will drop south as one piece of the puzzle, gather strength, evolve in the larger system and then we may have a coastal storm system on our hand. it does look like chances are increasingly likely that we will end up with some wet weather out of this sunday is day, ironically first day of spring, but what we will be dealing with here is a track that throws moisture back on shore and we will be seeing a cold side of the storm. we will start off with a chilly rain that mixes with

and turns over to a wet snow. closer to the coast more likely you will end up with some nasty weather. so pat, this is your day, this is your day, happy saint the path trick's day, everybody. look at our little leprechaun, isn't he the cutest thing. >> i'm totally creeped out by that. >> hey, we had to do something for you, buddy. 66 degrees. watch for sure late in the day. >> handsome leprechaun there. >> again, sunday is your the bye daigle with the question mark on the storm. we will keep you posted as we get closer. the isn't it ironic it the is coldest and ugliest day of the forecast, the the first day of spring. >> yes, exactly. hats off to our weather producer steve. >> thanks, steve. >> well conn. >> so beautifully done. >> i would like to celebrate a little later today but for now we have to do traffic and there is some fog out there as katie mentioned so far this morning. the lets look at the cameras, out there, this is an ugly,

camera angle right here. one of the many camera angles clouded by fog. this is the blue route, at the schuylkill expressway, blue you route with the headlights going north bound right here, fog in this area, and there has been fog all over the place so slow down if you are heading through it. the boulevard, at the schuylkill expressway, this is actually boulevard at the schuylkill, the tail -- headlights southbound on this one, fog dissipate nothing this area but traffic is going to start to pick up. this is new jersey, 42 freeway, heading towards 295 and toward city of philadelphia a, this one here, it is some fog this this area, earlier but it is cruising right now but as the morning gets later and later you know this will pick up as far as volleys concern. the here's 202, schuylkill past 202 headlights eastbound fog in this area, it looks like it is burning off, accident northeast extension at pennsylvania turnpike off to the shoulder, erika.

thanks, very much, pat. wisconsin doctor says his clinic is seeing a huge up tic in vasectomy ahead of the ncaa basketball tournament. number of procedures scheduled in his practice increases dramatically right before march madness begins. vasectomy is a fairly minor procedures and patients are in and out in an hour or two. then they are given strict instruction toss take it easy and avoid extra movement. doctors say patients interested in the tournament have no problems, following those order. >> some of them admit it, some will kind of ask them if that had any part in their thought process and they say no, but you can see the twinkle in their eye. >> understandable. >> a according to doctors, thursday and friday are particularly busy days. 6:15. more march madness ahead but this time we are talking about what happens on the court and we are giving you the scenes look as cb. gets ready to broadcast the

game. this story you will talk about later today that dog right there fell over board on a fishing trip that was lost at the sea for more than a month. she survived. how she beat those odds coming up.

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first round games. st. joes is playing senate any spokane, washington tomorrow night, big trip for them. villanova takes on unc/ashville and temple owls will play iowa, both of those games are in brooklyn tomorrow afternoon. coaches say their teams are ready to play and to advance. >> pretty good. they are excited about going to insuring and playing in this game but knowing how tough the challenge will be. >> we are playing the best sporting event i think in our country. it is awesome. we are thrilled to be part of it. >> you have to take the time to realize you are in this, and you you are in it to win, you you are not in it to say man, this is really great. this is a licensing trip. awful lot of support to play 40 minutes. >> so excited for you. meanwhile cbs sports technicians are making sure you don't miss a minute of the madness. crews have been running in cable ape plug nothing technology for several days at several venue is a head of the opening tip off. team says it is organize chaos behind the scenes and we

necessity how that goes but it looks great on tv, well done, guys. here's todayes games on cbs-3: unc wilmington and duke, they tip off for first round at 12:15. i have i league champ yale a against butler bulldogs. chattanuga goes for the upset begins indiana at 7:10 tonight. late game on, game one is stony brook against kentucky. after the game end, stick around for "eyewitness news" right here on cbs-3. if you are finishing up your bracket, you can compare yours to president obama's. the basketball fan in chief filled out his bracket yesterday. he thinks villanova will make it to the elite eight but then temple and st. joes are just one and done. the president's final four, kansas, texas a and m, michigan state and north carolina his big winner to take it all home, kansas. you still have time to make your picks for the bracket challenge at cbs philly.com. grand prize is $5,000 american express gift card and there

are prizes for winners of each round. don't forget make your picks right now at cbs philly.com. 6:21. time for spring cleaning and that includes your finances. coming up document you should go a ahead and shred and they away. also a facebook post lands one man, a traffic ticket, but can police do that? could it happen to you. see what he did that got him in trouble with the the law. katie, not the best day for weather for st. patrick's but not the worst. >> one of the happy mediums but we are looking at potential for springtime snowfall, as well, we will walk you through scenarios of that and also, of course, take you through rest of the the day if you are hitting the road. full for

the metro rail services is running again in washington d.c. i'm sure they are grateful for. that this follows a day long shut down of the subway system. touring the the 29 hour closure workers inspected the system's 603rd rail, power cables. all they metro says mess of the issues have been fixed, officials don't understand why the problems occurred. the quite the mess yesterday. authorities in colorado did not go far to find crime in this case. it was posted on the facebook news feed. michael dalton up loaded himself driving showing off a short cut in his neighborhood. the problem though colorado

springs man posted it on a neighbor's facebook page and it appears to show him driving through a stop sign. so, police showed up at his house. >> you see stuff on facebook before that has led to different things but first time i'm aware we have given a ticket for it. >> is this where we're at? can they use videos from facebook to give me traffic violations and can they do everything. >> you have a first amendment right to post whatever you want and you can but if you break the law and in our jurisdiction, yes. >> there you go. ticketed for reckless driving, and for running a stop sign. so maybe when you are doing something illegal don't post it on facebook. >> i feel like everything is up for grabs if you put it on line. >> people will literally post anything on social media. >> anything. >> it is almost a slippery slope and very gray area when it comes, to it the because there isn't much written on this subject. >> when in doubt stick to what you know what you know.

>> yes. >> you ran a stop sign it happens, fair game. >> yes. >> sorry pal we're in the with you. coming up next on "eyewitness news" zika virus is a global emergency but there is something in your kitchen to help stop the out break. also ane motional home coming for servicemen a and women returning to south jersey, i love these, don't you? >> yes. >> we will hear from the families and their plans for the future. happy st. patty's day, great band jamison and coyle school of irish dance, we are going in the studio with them coming up. look the at them go, happy st. patty's.

good morning, and happy st. patrick's day what a beautiful sight right there a sure sign that spring is around the corner, trees are blooming along martin lieutenant are king junior drive-in philadelphia a, looking just lovely, this morning though, unfortunately we're dealing with some fog, more rain, feeling a bit like a carbon copy of yesterday. >> exactly. if you are an apple user it would be command, copy control. >> yes. >> we are very specific. >> appreciate that. >> yes, and a little green there on the map. >> a little bit coming courtesy of the cold front crossing through here. it is all about the fog. no war business wet weather. later in the day we wet weather will strike. for new storm scan is empty. nothing more right now. we are typically not going to see fog on satellite, it is out there and leg in thick

where you are finding it. so patchy, as dense, those are the one descriptions for us here this morning. the visibility as a result of this is under a mile in a lot of spots. you have to slow down. that will naturally slow you down. it is like we are basically looking at an exact copy of what we had from yesterday, lift out of hear by 9:00 a.m. once sun comes up in a half an hour or so you will start to see this begin to thin out and get scoured away. forty-six is current temperature meanwhile will with a very calm wind, one of the key ingredients for fog to form, virtually no wind. in the mountains at 43. mount pocono specifically but as day progresses we are going to see more sunshine here initially, pair of sixes a. we will get you in the lower 60's down the shorement later on today cold front expect to credits through and that will bring us our shot for a shower and or thunderstorm with the passage of that next cold front. it is a cold front that will live up to its name, it starts to send temperatures on a

downward spiral, which we will discuss as the the show goes than. >> for today 66 not bad. right around noon start the ncaa tournament game, have yourself a guinness on st. patrick's day. nothing wrong with. that the in the a bad plan. heed my advice here. and also as we take a look, in the bad at all, as we look at traffic this morning as katie talk about the fog, some camera angles have been obstruct by that fog, this here is the schuylkill expressway, westbound at conshohocken ramp. is there a disable vehicle right here off to the side, so this isn't causing so many problems on the roadway as of right the how but as you know on the schuylkill it will start to jam up, and you can see volume starting to build here with fog in this a area, i-95 at girard getting thick with the volume as it is heading towards the city right here as it is around 6:30, 6:32 in the morning. same hold true 95 at cottman we are basically at the a stand still and it is that kind of morning, that is basically what happens every morning right here in this

region. ninety-five north bound though at the new washing toll plaza, the two center lanes are blocked because of an earlier accident there. now repairing, whatever happened in that area. so take it the slow coming through the toll plaza a here. there is an accident northeast extension southbound a at pennsylvania turnpike, as well, that is off to the shoulder, and mass transit, couple things right here new jersey river line is 15 minute delays because of signal problems and cynwyd lynn has been restored after a bad day yesterday, erika. >> off to a good start then, thank you. >> president obama a's nominee to the supreme court is meeting with senate democrats this morning. in the rose garden, president obama announced his pick, merrick gar land. he is the chief justice on -- rather judge the on the u.s. court of appeals in washington d.c. and regarded as a moderate. garland, is 63, was born in chicago and went to harvard law. >> this is the greatest honor of my life, other than my wife agreeing to marry me 28 years

ago. >> fidelity to the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. if the senate confirms me to the position for which i have been nominate todd day i promise to continue on that course. >> now before bee coming a judge garland spent much of his life in public service. while at justice department he supervised prosecution of the 1995 oklahoma city bombings. senate republican leaders say garland will not be invited for confirmation hearings, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell informed garland by telephone that he won't get a traditional meet and greet. mcconnell says the next president should pick the nominee. a special welcome home in cherry hill, members office national guard, back from their assignment a at guantanamo got a long awaited home coming. "eyewitness news", new jersey report are cleve bryan was there as the men and women in uniform reunited with their loved ones. >> reporter: welcome commit i rolled into the national guard

armory in cherry hill wednesday to greet more than 120 soldiers. the 320th military police company just completed a nearly year long mobilization to guantanamo bay, cuba. as the 320 why it assembled to receive honors for providing security at one of the world's most net tore just prisons, families anxiously await forward that sweet last order, dismissed. the frenzy, pur full hugs and long awaited kisses made long journey worth it. >> it feels great. one of the hardest things we can do. >> very home sick but it is okay, difficult what i had to do and now i'm's home. >> reporter: some soldiers are getting to know children been during their deployment. >> it is surreal to be home and get back into the groove of everything, right, buddy. >> reporter: while members of the unit are overjoyed to be back home in the u.s. many don't have a break, they will

get right back into our community making the rest of us safe. many of the military police officers returned to full-time law enforcement including these six camden county officers. patrolman jeff on plaza hopes to take what he learned in guantanamo bay and make him a better policeman. >> you see a bunch of things on the news or on tv, and when you actually get there, it is a whole different world basically. >> reporter: you're looking forward to getting back on the streets of camden. >> i can't wait. >> reporter: for these citizens soldiers deployment end, services never stop n cherry hill, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you for your service. most anticipate beginning of the spring comes at the heart of the tax season which makes now hey an ideal time for spring cleaning your money. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us now from new york. i love this time of the year. clean out those files, just how long should you hang on to the tax stuff. >> reporter: a a lot of people have been saying three years but i looked this up, the irs

has seven years to audit your returns if the agency suspects you made a mistake, six years if you under reported your gross income by 25 percent or more. so i think to be safe, hold on to your returns and all of the supporting documents, for seven years i'm sorry. if you work with the tax preparer ask for a copy of everything on cd, save some space in your cabinets. while you are reorganizing your files and channeling your inner felix unger you only need to keep bank statements for a year unless you think you you may ab flying for medicaid. hold on to those records related to your taxes, business expenses, home improvements, mortgage payments and any major purchase. hang on to those as long as you need them or have those items you mentioned home improvement, spring, big time for honey do list, what project should we focus on what do you think. >> make sure your home owner's insurance is up to date. then you want to start making

a list of maintenance items that you need to a trust especially those that may have occurred a as a result of winter conditions. if you are ready to tackle some larger projects, prioritized them by choosing those that add the most value to your home. you might be surprised, simple, lower cost projects can actually give your a big bang for your buck. according to remodeling magazine replacement, doors, windows, sliders, they generate a higher return then many larger remodeling projects. for more spring cleaning for your money, go to jill, on money,.com. >> fantastic, thanks very much, happy st. patrick's day. >> to you as well. >> thank you. right now 6:38. we have good financial news, for philadelphia's please touch museum, it is out of bankruptcy. museum filed for bankruptcy last september after drowning in almost 60 million-dollar in debt. six months later they have raised about eight million-dollar to settle that debt. please touch, of course, one of the top attractions for children.

the they will celebrate their fourth yet birthday later this year. on your cbs-3 healthwatch, researchers in new mexico are using a pleasant smelling herb to fight the spread of the zik a a virus. study has been linked to a serious birth defect that leaves new borns with ab normally small heads and newer logical issues. scientists at the university of new mexico are mixing lemon grass oil with sugar, yeast, and then heating to it create a microscopic doughnut you might call it, it is apparently your resistible to mosquito larvae. researchers say oil shuts down nervous, digest testify and respiratory systems killing the hungry larvae in three to five days. >> we are trying to package it so we can get to it where we want it to go and not pollute the whole environment. in six to 12 months with the right partner we could have this out there for use. >> doctor ravi, also goes on to say that the oil is a safe for people and the environment

unlike pesticide used to kill mosquitoes in countries like brazil. they hope to attach those doughnuts out the in mosquito breeding pools in south america later this year. still ahead this morning severe weather hits the south hard, flood waters are even sending this family to higher ground. their roof. find out why they were refusing to leave. jan. incredible survival story, a dog falls over board and five weeks later she's found alive, coming up, where pup turned up, and how she kept herself going. >> ♪ >> and we are celebrating st. patrick's day this morning, the great band jamison and band through the coyle school of irish dance are in our studio. we will talk to them after the break good morning.

just an incredible story of survival, a dog lost at sea for five weeks is how makes to it shore and is found alive. jan carabao is here with the story of luna and i cannot imagine how much her owners will wrap her arms around her. >> they have been itching to give her a hug and a treat. the dog's owner was out of state working when pup was found so man and his best friend are expected to reunite tonight. it has been a incredible month and week for this german shepard. she fell off board and was presumed dead, that is when the u.s. navy stepped in. if only luna could talk, she would have a tail to tell, one and a half user old questionnaire man shepherd lost at the sea for five weeks is now back in the arms of her dad's friend. >> never thought in the wildest dreams this would be a possibility, i would ever see her again. >> reporter: it was february 10th, about 2 miles off the coast of the san

clemente island naval facility, luna and her dad, nick heyworth were aboard the fishing boat elizabeth h, he was working, pulling in lobster straps. one minute luna was there, the next she was gone. heyworth searched waters for two days. he notified navy personnel and they search the island for a week. >> we did the not find her and i think she was just down on the beach, and that coloring blend in perfectly. >> reporter: five weeks later blue eyed pup was spotted sitting on the main road. >> she's thin but note me eighthed. whether he we got her she was not even that dehydrated. >> reporter: she was flown to the hungary air base but was healthy, and a gift from the navy, with a dog tag with the lesson they have learn, keep the faith. >> i didn't expect this when i signed up to be a a seal, i never thought this would had happen but this was a good story. >> reporter: you saw that luna went home with a friend. her dad nicky's coming back today to get her. he says he is overwhelmed, grateful and thrilled.

the just a miracle dog could survive that long out there. how did it the do that. >> reporter: listen to the menu that she had: rodents, dead bird, dead fish and el nino played a role with the storms moving through creating puddles and water for her to drink. >> otherwise, no water,. >> no standing water on that island. so that was key. >> we will talk all day long. the cant wait, thanks, jan. 6:46. check this out one texas family is coping with their flooded home by doing this, living on their roof. how about this, check it the out, they converted attic to the small kitchen, bathroom, bedroom area inn a essentials are there too, washer, dryer, microwave and they even managed to set up satellite television. if you look closely do you see that guy on the ride, one member of the family is sleeping, keeping tidy, of course. family decided to stay put to protect their belongings from potential luther. way to make the best of the situation. they can even watch the ncaa

games. >> the lengths people will get to get their march madness fix. we are not dealing with any kind of heavy rain down the road here but we will end up with a spotty sure or thunderstorm courtesy of the the next cold front. current issue is just patchy fog. we he will get the scoop here. 4 degrees is temperature from dawn, she's really seeing what we will call a partly cloudy start to the morning here in downingtown. we have an observation that came in as well, just close to the delaware river here, john is in yardley where he has got more cloud overhead and we will go to one more further south the here this delaware where 44 is temperature from andy segal but he is reporting a soupy mess in the form of the fog. that is out there. so, actually give you an example here. we have brightening skies at the moment outside cape may courthouse. beautiful start the two the day here. by comparison you can barely even tell if it weren't for the headline, banner reading kutztown you would never know where were you this live neighborhood network shotment

so foggy. it is very localized, but where you you got it, it is a a very dense foggy mess. slow it down and watch for that the rest of the morning. now that the sunnies coming up over the horizon it will scour it out with time. lets draw your tension to thisment just a couple spotty snow showers that will dive down south, gather moisture redevelop into a larger storm system ape then start to move this way. where does storm go? right now increasing confidence that it will ride up the north east coastline and that means, friend we could end up with some snow. when we talk about spring snow not the most a-typical thing we ever happen. we had 19 inches on april 3rd of 1915ment we are not the talking about a share yes like that but it can happen. latest day we had snow was a trace on may eighth of 1947. so, again, not unheard of that we would be tracking snow but just buzz kill when it is first day of spring and you have to use another s word snow on sunday. now, that will be coldest day of the pack here. we are watching for a chilly

rain, wet snow, turns over to wet snow as this snow rotates around our region. track is a absolutely critical with this one. the it is still will a question mark as to where it the decides it wants to go. so stick with us, in the meantime, pat, fog is the immediate concern on this st. patrick's day. >> i like that word buzz kill, perfect word for wet they are weekend and this roadway right here which is i-95 southbound approaching cottman avenue. you can see disable truck not only a problem spot anyway because of the construction where it is from four lanes to three but they are moving that out of the way. get that right lane reopened right there as they push that disabled truck out of there southbound before cottman. this is schuylkill expressway westbound at conshohocken at the curve. there is a disable vehicle off on the off ramp so traffic is months okay in that area on the other side you can see definitely not. 422, the taillights are going eastbound. you don't even see taillights with this fog. taillights ease bun at route

29 and collegeville. little fog in the collegeville area here's a map have of pennsville, new jersey, an accident, dunlap avenue closed between cedar and hook but hook road between king street and sunset is a thoroughfare that heads toward the new jersey turnpike right there. also, 95 northbound at the new washing toll plaza the two center lanes are blocked in this area due to repairs, from that earlier accident. the lets look at the wide map, you know i-95 is a problem, schuylkill a problem. vine street moving decently right now, erika, now throw it over to you. all day long we have been celebrating pat's special holiday st. patrick's day and enjoying so much, jamison, tremendous irish band, thanks very much. coyle school of irish dance. we will sianni hear from you. great day to talk about st. patrick's day. how do you celebrate. what is your day looking like today. >> honestly everybody wants to be irish on st. patrick's day. we get to be irish all day long. we have a busy day. we have been here since

6:00 a.m. late ter take we will be at pad i whack's and delaware county at mcmurphy's from 9:00 . >> i love band of all kind but how did you pick to be a irish band. >> we grew up in an irish community. we tend to mix traditionallal will irish muse wick everything else that we grew up w pop music, rock music, country music and all that kind of stuff. we grew up listening to the the clancy brothers and, beastti boys as well. >> who do we have here. >> we have john callahan playing guitar. >> cj mills, our fiddle player, awesome. >> we can't wait to hear you play. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> all right, monica over here with the coyle school of irish dance. how did you get into dance. how did this come together for you. >> half my family is irish. tradition to start dancing and it just went from there. >> i heard you guys got this big award at sunday's st. patrick's day parade, tell me. >> we recently won an award, big honor to have it, and to

represent coyle school for the entire philadelphia area. >> this qualifies you for a big competition too what is that. >> to the world championshipness scotland this upcoming week. >> and is there a name of the dance we are about to do. >> we will do real. >> very good. >> i know you want to listen to them and see them dance. thanks very much. lets get to break, guys. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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here's one more check of the headlines this morning a 25 year-old man is recovering

from a shooting and car crash in holmesberg. the victim was driving when he was shot in the head. he crashed into two parked cars but managed to survive. a 17 year-old is in custody. also pennsylvania, house votes to legalize medical marijuana patients can take the drug in pill, oil or liquid forms but cannot smoke it. bill is expect to pass final approval in the senate. and the first round of the march madness starts today at 12:15, villanova, temple and st. joes all three take the court tomorrow. full schedule of the game is on web site at cbs philly.com. why to us add to the fun of today also st. patrick's day. well done dancing, pat. you looked great back there. >> absolutely. >> heading out for st. pat i a's what to expect. >> we have fog initially here and how can we not show this a adorable graphic what's more, very own and favorite patrick of the hour, st. patrick's day, happy st. patrick's day. fog, sun and then late sure or storm. >> we are not without problems on the red ways either,

schuylkill westbound is backup because of an accident on the 34th street. ramp is back 76, through the trees there. >> that is it. >> so this is one of the fun stories of the morning. the on the way from nike this holiday season they have coming up with self tying sneakers just like ones in back to the future part twoment remember that. >> um-hmm. >> nike unveiled them complete with sensors in the the heels. they tighten ought thecally and they have buttons on the side to adjust. they will be a available only to the nike plus app n word on the price tag. >> i would rock these things. >> yes. >> i don't like that. >> cbs this morning is coming up next. we will live you next with the stylish sound of jamison and dancers from the coyle school of irish dance. happy st. patrick's day. >> ♪ >> ♪

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