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fire ripped through homes in the city of chester and one person is injured. coming up why dozens of fire fighters had to be called out to the scene. and also this morning, celebrating palm sunday day, that is a at the the vatican and around the world the faithful usher in the holiest week on the christian calendar. and, ushering in a new season with a a little bit of snow, winter weather to contend with today just in time for beginning of the spring. today is sun take march 20th, good morning to you i'm rahel solomon. well, it is officialry first day of spring but did not feel like it this morning. let's send it over to justin drabick. the justin, a cool way to start the the season. >> winter is putting up a battle.
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the not just today but even tomorrow we will be dealing with cold temperatures and little bit of snow coming later today most likely tonight. the not a big deal. >> no. >> exactly, keyword more of a nuisance type deal. not too bad this morning. cloud breaking up, i saw moon coming into work this morning. we will have a little bit of clearing and clouds thicken up again as we have part two of the storm system that is a developing le pressure system that will track off mid-atlantic coast and head north east. rain developing across del marva peninsula moving to south jersey this morning. off and on rain especially for, extreme southern new jersey and delaware. shore points are wet day to day. around philadelphia we will see showers in here probably during the afternoon hours and then tonight as cold air returns, we will see change over to light the snow. chilly this morning, near freezing up in the lehigh valley, 38 at the airport in philadelphia and wilmington. thirty-six in mount holly. new jersey is freezing right now and doylestown. wind kicking up out of the northeast at ten to 15 miles an hour. the that is adding a chill in
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the eras well. high temperatures, are a above freezing, that is why we will see mainly rain, developing this afternoon in the the low to mid 40's. good 10 degrees below average. then later tonight as that cold air, returns we will see light snow. so, developing in the afternoon light rain at times. steady south and east of the city. it will end up as snow just after midnight. we could see light accumulation on the grass. we will let you know who sees best chance for that accumulation and time it the out in the full forecast in a few minutes, rahel, back to you. >> justin, thank you. overnight fire in delaware county send within person to the hospital. two alarm fire which brought dozens of fire fighters to the the scene started just after 1:00 this morning, on fifth and barclay in chester. authorities say the building which was divided in to multiple apartments was not fully occupied. victim's condition is not yet known this morning, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. a shooting at a local high school is under investigation this morning. it happened last night at
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archbishop ryan on academy road in northeast philadelphia. police say a male juvenile was shot the in the thigh and taken to torresdale hospital. he is in stable condition, this morning. the shooting took place in a field behind the school near the wood. the it is unclear, however if the victim attend archbishop ryan an no arrests have been made. a two car accident send six people to the hospital, it happened on blackwood clementon road and lindenwald yesterday afternoon. the road was blocked as authorities investigated, two people were taken to or air lifted and four people were taken in the ambulances. nearly 20 pets are seized from a northeast philadelphia a home a after authorities say they were living in filth y conditions. "eyewitness news" reporter, alexandria hoff has more on what prompted police to check the house. >> reporter: it was sound of the dogs barking overnight without any sign of an owner that neighbors said led to the
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police being called to check in the home in the 7900 block of marsden street in the holmesberg section. >> we all have dogs and i mean there was never a problem, you know, we didn't know if she had that many. >> it is a real shame. >> reporter: following that welfare check, police officers a alerted the pennsylvania spca to what they have have found inside. >> today, the spca officers executed a search warrant to investigate possible violations of the animal cruelty code. we found filthy conditions and we were able to remove 15 animals, 15 dogs and two cats at this time that was like her kid. she did in the have any kid. the animals were her kids. he did everything for them report the report animals made up mostly of small dogs none of which appeared to be injured or malnourished were removed and then taken in the care of the spca where their health will be monitored. neighbors like this woman who did not want to be shown said she feels the owner was left negligent but overwhelmed. >> out back they would bark
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but they came in and she took care of them. it the is just sad. >> reporter: those who know the owner said she did not return to the home but has spoken to officials. >> she would come from work, go in, be in there until next morning and go back out for work. that was her life. being in her house with those animals mailed her happy. >> reporter: according to philadelphia accompanied in more than a dozen animals can be inside a inning will will residents at one time. in this case there were 17. no formal charges have been filed. they will have to come following a full investigation of the home and animals. reporting from spca headquarters, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". five people are dead after a gruesome suicide bombing in is tan bull. turkish officials say the the attack happened yesterday on the city's pedestrian shopping street. among the dead were two israeli americans and one eye rain an citizen. several others were wounded. no terrorist group has claimed responsibility so far. this is the sixth suicide
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bombing in turkey in the past year. authorities are beginning to investigate what led to a deaf to stating passenger jet crash. it happened in southern russia saturday morning, the crash killed everyone on board and among the victims, four children. cbs correspondent chris van cleve has the the very latest. the. >> reporter: russian security camera captured final moments of the fly dunnai981, all 62 people, including 55 passengers, four children and seven crew members died in the violent crash. >> everyone in our company is indeed in shock. >> reporter: while impact pulverized the five-year old boeing 737, investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. the deadly crash happened two hours after the flight from duba ai was set to arrive in russia, 600 miles outside moscow. based on flight path data a it appears that the plane made an unsuccessful chance to land before making a second
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attempt. mayor of the region told russian reporters that the plane ended up 800 feet short of the runway in bad weather, that included rain and strong wind gusts. an american team from the national transportation safety board and boeing are joining the investigation. chris van cleve, channel three "eyewitness news". thursday will mark a year since the germanwings plane crash that killed 150 people, including a drexel will graduate. on saturday, friend and family honored her memory. >> ♪ >> "eyewitness news" at world cafe in university city for the third planet festival, it was held in honor of emily selke and her mother yvonne who also died in the crash. emily studied music at drexel will and all of the pro eat went to the event started after her death, which will provide financial assistant to drexel music students looking to study abroad. germanwings flight 9525 crash in the french alps in
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march 2015. investigators say a co pilot with the history of meantal illness intentionally crash the plane. well, for catholics around the world today marks beginning have of the holy week known as palm sunday day. lets look live at st. peters square, where it appears that pope francis may be giving a papal blessing. and thousands are gathered in the square to hear the pope's message. many there will take home a small olive or palm branch, that are seen as symbols of peace. palm sunday day marks sixth sunday of lent and last sunday before easter. and, still to come this morning, 50 years of history comes down in ten seconds, the the implosion that brought down two buildings and why some are sad to see them go and what will be now put in their place. also ahead it is a new type of pen that can change the way millions of people read, it claims to help students do better in school. health reporter stephanie
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stahl will show you how it works. and celebrating first day of spring with the sweet treats, where they are giving away free water ice, even when we're talking about some snow, right. >> we will have ice falling from the sky later today, i will let you know when and who could see most snow from this storm system when we check
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at saturday. with more than 200-pound of dynamite the philadelphia housing authority imploded two high rises. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh tell us why the buildings were taken down and what will now take their place. >> three, two, one... >> wow. >> reporter: just like that, the norman bloomberg apartments in north philadelphia which stood for nearly 50 years... turned to ruble saturday morning. >> that was the power. >> reporter: many who watched high rise crumble are part of the generations that grew up in them. >> it is really hurting me here. >> families were here. they raised their children here. legacies, and memories, and experiencing out of here. my personal dreams and as preparations were from these buildings. >> reporter: implosion is part of the transformation, dig out the decay. >> killing, drug dealing,
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fights. >> reporter: to make room for renewal. >> there is a revolution here and could not have come any sooner. >> reporter: once the dust settled, the philadelphia housing authority plans to build 1200 new units, mix of both affordable housing and market rate properties. the it will be a process while the two towers are no more in this neighborhood the neighborhood is writled were blighted buildings and shuttered schools but the hope business this plan in place all of that will change. for neighbors in this community the impression and road map for rebirth are symbolic. >> so, it took two more seconds but i liked that right now. i liked that right here. >> reporter: the housing authority expects to complete the project in five to eight years which they say will create an economic impact of $1 billion. in sharswood, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". as you step outside it may be hard to believe but today is first day of spring, that
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is as the tradition goes, rita's water ice will be celebrating with free water ice. today 600 rita locations will hand out about a million free water ice, that is a lot of what the are ice, rain or shine or snow in this case, this is the 24th straight year, rita's has celebrated the first day of spring with free water ice: you have to get free water ice. >> crazy lines for that stuff. >> yes. >> right, right. >> yeah. >> it will be a cold day. >> little will chilly. good news is most of the rain holds off until afternoon and then we will see snow, most likely tonight. a little bit of snow. maybe minor accumulation on the the grass, not a big deal. the lets take you outside right now quiet in center city. we have dry conditions. that is a good thing. next several hours in problems. partly cloudy skies, cloud breaking up you'll see stars, moon this morning and then thicken cloud cover again, as round two of our weekend storm system will impact the region. our headlines is a chilly
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start to spring. temperatures still running 10 degrees below a average today and even tomorrow, with a little bit of spring rain, snow coming the at us today. we will bring back spring-like temperatures by middle of the week and feeling more like may with 70-degree temperatures. spring arrived this morning, 12:30, we will get 12 hours, ten minutes of daylight. we have cloud cover but we won't enjoy sunshine as sun does set, after 7:00 o'clock now that we are in daylight savings time but in the feeling like spring, cold this morning, mid 30's. pemberton 37, but we are above freezing in most locations near 40 in dover delaware. you have to deal with rain over next few hours. thirty-six in palmyra, 35 in chalfont. further north and west better chance you'll deal with try conditions today and up toward northwest suburbs, bucks, montgomery county, lehigh valley, you might not see any rain or snow at all. it is low pressure developing just off mid-atlantic coastline and then intensify
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and track north east but far enough northwest to keep us from seeing heavy precipitation. exception the coastline where we will have steady rain developing this afternoon and potentially see most snow from the system. i will will show you snowfall accumulationness a bit. the is there that low energize nothing the northeast. intensifying too late. it does brush new england with steady snow, cape cod, just east of boston into coastal maine as well. so by tomorrow we are back to some sunshine but it will be windy, and chilly as that storm will bring in cold air. but by tuesday and wednesday we will feel difference with the milder conditions. let's time it the out, still early a afternoon, we are dry from the city on north and west. we will see pockets of rain at times across interior south jersey, shore and central and southern delaware. as we head in the evening hours that change over to some snow will occur because we will deal with colder air once sunsets. this will be light snow but could be steadier snow developing along the immediate shoreline into southern
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delaware, after midnight as that storm begins to intensify by tomorrow morning. it is gone and we are back to mixture of sun and cloud. snowfall amounts not much of anything north and west of the city. maybe a coating on the the grass around the city, trenton, wilmington, coat to go 1 inch on grassy surfaces. the then we will get in interior south jersey near the shore a band of one to two possibly up to 3 inches of snow out toward ocean county before this storm is out of here. temperatures well above freezing this afternoon, in the 40's. tonight close to freezing but we will be above freezing. that is why it will be tough to get accumulation. snow has to come down hard. we're also in march. so that sun will warm the ground up good today. afternoon light rain highs in the mid 40's. the tonight that light rain will end up as light snow, temperatures close to freezing. then tomorrow still breezy and cool at 48 degrees. by middle of the week look at that 70 degrees. the let me guess rahel, your day off is wednesday. >> it is like three in a a row. >> it is, you know what
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justin, it is wednesday and thursday, so boom. >> thank you. on the cbs-3 healthwatch, dyslexia, millions of the people have the reading disability but now you a new invention might help. health reporter stephanie stahl tells us about that and about the actor with the message of hope for children who were struggling with the problem this one is you you cannot drink a met meet ball through a straw. >> reporter: i love that title. the fonz on book tour with the latest in his series with, learning to live with challenges. henry winkler from happy days was diagnosed with dyslexia asiana adult. a learning disability that makes it hard to read, write, spell and pronounce word. >> my mission toys leverage a child. i was told i would never achieve. i am a having a good life. >> reporter: jamie miller suffers from dyslexia, along with her husband they invented a pen to help people with the disability. >> it came to her from a childhood experience.
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she would read a pain and then her mom would read a page and then she would follow along. >> reporter: it helps people with dyslexia by reading text out loud through a small blue teeth ear pizzas pen scroll is a long. >> there is a lot of things that can read digital text but not a whole lieutenant of stuff available to help people read printed text already. >> reporter: jamie saying a pen as a child would have made all of the difference. >> the world in books are something as a dyslexic, i would have definitely been a whole library of backs if i had it. >> reporter: jamie a and her husband are in the final stages of getting that pen on the market and winkler's book is available now. it is not known what causes dyslexia. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". scrabble enthusiast put their skills to the test this weekend. "eyewitness news" at the parkway central library on 19th and vine for spring into scrabble. the friendly competition, for kid and adults complete with
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trophies and scrabble theme prizes. there was a professional scrabble player there to give tips and tricks of the word theme game. and still ahead on "eyewitness news" she's known a cross the world for her work with the poor and now mother teresa will receive ultimate honor for her sacrifice. just in time for easter, great news that mother teresa will be saint teresa. i'm's cleve bryan. coming up we will get reaction from the faithful from the church that she visited right the here in trenton. and then a head in the next half an hour a woman's cell phone gives her a shock of her life and all in mid flight. why she feared it it would crash the plane into the ocean, we will be right back.
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that's a fact. but this whole "blondes have more fun" thing... ♪ standing by for fun. ♪ welcome back. let's go to another live look at st. peters square, on this palm sunday day. today marks start of the holy week on the christian calendar, and earlier this morning the pope celebrated mass in the square. it consisted of the blessing of the palms, procession at holy mass, many who attended pope francis mass took home small olive ape palm branches which are symbols of peace. and pope has also been very busy, elsewhere, he gave 1 million followers and just under 12 hours that has to be a record. pope's instagram handle is francis,us, first photo shows him kneeling in prayer. it is separate from the official vatican account but will be maintained by members of the the vatican.
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and this past week, came news from pope francis that mother teresa a of calcutta will be made a saint, that will happen on september 4th. the as "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, tells us, and. >> as catholic is a tended noon mass st. mary's cathedral in trenton, prayers and skip tour focused on the coming celebration of easter, but gospel or good news added a new page. the a announcement from rome that mother teresa famously visited st. mary's 20 years ago will be saint therese. halleluiah, another saint, powerful saint to pray for the poor. >> beautiful thing. the image of charity. >> reporter: after confirming in december that mother teresa meets requirements by performing two miracles, pope francis formalized plans for her canonization by setting the date of september 4th. it is eve of the 19th
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anniversary of her death. for those who are the trenton visit from the 1995, news of the sainthood had special meaning. >> for me it is something very special and important. >> reporter: monsignor leonard troyano had three days notice to organize mother teresa's visit. she said she showed some sp unk when it came to having security by her side. >> she said i don't think so. that was her response. i said, but mother, i think it is important, to just for your own safety. >> reporter: lewis rodgers was also there to see mother teresa and inspired her brother to paint the portrayed. >> the whole cathedral was surrounded by people who want a glimpse of her, and, she was just, very moving when they spoke. >> it is much too soon to have any plans to have a special mother teresa celebration but plans could be in the works as it gets closer to september. in trenton cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". planning a vacation, you can head over to the travel
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and adventure show, coming up next, there is something for everyone, a at the pennsylvania convention center, and we will also have this. cube ace experiencing a major surge into your wrist many and that includes more business from americans and it could be the beginning of the many changes of the island, i am will's chris mar teen necessary havana with that story coming up. say good bye to atm card new get cash with your smart phone i'm kenneth craig with a look at new technology coming up.
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black silk, from folgers. good morning, i'm rahel solomon. the calendar says spring but we will to have wait a few days to feel like it. the meteorologist justin drabick is outside on the sky deck with eyewitness weather. justin, we will to have wait until what wednesday, or thursday to see warm weather. >> wednesday will start to feel nice. nothing like a little bit of snow, not like we have not seen it before. even around last year we had a few inches of snow. maybe a coating in some spots, that would happen tonight but nice, quiet this morning. chilly out here, throw the extra heavier coat on this morning, temperatures in the 20's in the coldest spots and 30's every where else. up in the poconos, 23 degrees right the now, mount pocono. thirty-eight at the airport in philadelphia.
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upper 30's the atlantic city a airport. the most locations are above freezing. that is a good thing. that is the trend today. the as this moisture starts to return we will see primarily rain during the day-to-day, starting this afternoon but later on tonight with cold air it does return and that rain should change over to light snow. it is a developing storm system part two, yesterday we had had part one with some rain coming across the region. now the actual coastal storm developing today tracking north east. we will see light rain across southern delaware and maybe clipping extreme southern new jersey. that rain will continue to push further north throughout the morning. it is not until a afternoon, until we have a chance to see some rain in philadelphia and then later tonight that change over to some snow but temperatures this morning in the 30's, by the afternoon, we will be in the lower to mid 40's. that is 10 degrees below average for this time of the year and then as we see that snow coming in later tonight, temperatures still above freezing, that is a good thing. it will take heavy snow to get
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to accumulation. it doesn't look like it will happen, maybe coating up to an inch or so in the grass. temperatures in the mid 40's. better chance for steady rain at times along the shore and then again, tonight, we will see light snow, best chance for accumulation south and east of the city and mostly on the grass. we will let you know how much when we check out that full forecast in a minute. >> we will check with you then, thank you. in campaign 2016 candidates are hitting the campaign trail as voters in arizona, utah and idaho get ready to head to the polls tuesday. it is proving to be a wild west as yet another campaign event turned violent. correspondent brooks silverbraga reports. >> reporter: donald trump held another protest filled rally in arizona on at saturday night. >> get them out of here. >> reporter: demonstrators with mock kkk paraphernalia were escorted out a trump supporter punched and repeatedly kicked one of them. trump campaign manager, who
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was involved in another altercation, in which a protester was grabbed by the color. trump campaign insist it was man next to him that did it. all of the while trump went ahead with his tough on board are control message. >> illegal immigration will stop, it is dangerous, it is terrible. >> reporter: earlier in the the day protesters blocked the road heading to a trump event in air zone, and marched between trump owned build initial new york denouncing the g.o.p. front runner. meanwhile ted cruz and john kasich battled over who has the best chance to stop trump. >> a vote for john kasich is a vote for donald trump. >> i'm about to change things and fight for people who don't have a voice and help don't like it. >> reporter: back in arizona democratic candidate bernie sanders went to the mexican border with the prom toys expand executive order protecting undocumented order. >> i will end the the deportation regime, which is
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providing so many families. >> reporter: sanders expressed disappointment for not doing better in last week's ohio primary and trails hillary clinton by more than 500 delegates. brooks silverbraga, cbs news. delaware county chapter for national congress of the black woman hosted, doctor delores tucker award lunch in boothwyn this weekend. american 350 people attended the event, which honored seven county residents and outstanding trailblazers for their dedication to the community, our very own natasha brown looking good in blue you there was this years mistress of ceremonies. the award was presented as the highest honor for person who exemplifies the spirit and values of the former civil rights leader. president obama and the first family are getting ready to leave this a afternoon for a historic visit to cuba. it is expected to usher in a new era of openness between
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u.s. and communist country. already cuban and american companies are preparing for what could be the most dramatic changes to cuban life in generations. cbs's chris martinez is in havana with the story. >> walk around havana and change is hard to miss from the renovation of hotels to the opening of new restaurants, cuba seems poised to begin a new era of tourism, one with americans on the guest list. >> enough of this embargo between cuba and the united states. >> reporter: tour groups are every where, many from the u. is, havana's biggest port, once pollution plaqued has been largely cleaned up and welcomes luxury cruise ship weekly. as u.s. airlines wait for green light to begin services to cuba charter flights in demand. honey moss runs a travel company in miami. >> people want to go someplace different. they have heard about cuba a. they all want to go because of the food and the music. >> reporter: since the start of the year cuban officials
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say 1 million tourist have visited the island about a third of what they saw in all of 2015. enrique nunez owns this restaurant in havana and says business has doubled in recent months. many customers are americans, like these college students from new orleans. he believes more tourist from the u.s. could help reignite the cuban economy. >> it is perfect for your country and for the future of our country. >> reporter: still a number of cunanans are not sure if the island's infrastructure is ready for a bigger tourism surge if it comes at all. >> i'm just kind of waiting, you know, for the advantages that this may bring to our country. >> reporter: a wait many on the island hope will end soon. in havana, chris martinez for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and if you have got wonder lust and need inspiration for your next adventure do not miss this weekend's philadelphia travel and
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adventure show. chere greg from our sister station kyw news radio is at the pennsylvania convention center with a special look at the exhibit. >> reporter: good morning, rahel. i'm here at philadelphia travel and adventure show at the pennsylvania convention center where we get to walk around the world and experience travel all right here in a day and i'm here with jonathan, one of the managers of the show. jonathan, why do people come here and what can they do. >> people come from to walk around the world in one day. we have tremendous destinations, tour operators, travel suppliers, we save the best place. you come here, walk around the entire world under one roof in one day. great day yesterday. second day of the show, 11 to 4:00, ticket at the door $16, buy tickets on line at $12, discounted price and you can come here and experience everything that there is to do about traveling. >> reporter: lets a's talk
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about that because the way the show is set up, you you can check out, new york, you can go to africa, i mean right here there is photos, safaris, what it is like to go on a a safari. give meehan example of what is here thaw you can check out and learn more about. >> everything from booking station. the liberty travel is our main sponsor. we have people leaving philadelphia a tonight with a trip from liberty travel, get down there today, be in a caribbean destination tomorrow. we have africa, portugal, europe, italy, all sorts of the domestic destinations, tour operators, everything you need to to do to make your inexperience great is right here. >> reporter: wonderful. one of the places thaw can go is portugal, is that right. >> that is right. >> reporter: i'm's here now and will introduce marco fernandes. marco, you work with a tour operator that can help create a great experience for folks, tell me about what you guys do and what you offer people who wanting to to portugal.
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>> sure, good morning. we are very excited. my wife and i own the business, and we have a lot of tour programs in portugal, portugal is a small but vibrant country with wine tours, we do personalized, tours, of the a source which is beautiful nature, and mainland portugal which is a romantic city in portugal. we do customized personalized tour programs. >> this is all going on here. and, marco is just one of the many exhibitors that will be here between 11 and 4:00 today at pennsylvania convention center where you can experience travel with all of your senses, taste it, hear rhythm, enjoy yourself and 11 to 4:00 today and we will be here later today to check out the beat, we will tell you about cammal ride and all different things going on at the convention center. chere greg for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".
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and frightening moments for a girl when her ieven if burst into flames but it is where it happened that is the most alarming details. ana says her i thephone six caught fire while on the plane flying over the pacific. she was on her way to hawaii but still 90 minutes from the destination. >> i was like, turning around and i flipped around on the ground and the flames were just getting higher. bunch have of people stood up. >> the airline alaska air says its crews are trained for this type of situation and fire was quickly put out. apple and faa have reached out to ana. speaking of smart phones more integrated in to our every day lives and now several banks will soon allow smart fence to replace our atm card. kenneth craig explains. >> reporter: this may look like every other atm but with this one customers can use their phone and leave their
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debit card at home. >> no fumbling to get your wallet out of your purse or trying to find your credit card. >> reporter: bank of america's michelle moore says atm's are equipped with the reader thattenses a atm card stored in your smart phone. >> they will hold the phone over the reader. you can see there it has work. is there check mark. enter my pin just like the debit card. withdraw cash, $20 from my checking account and we are all done good that is that. >> here comes the money. >> reporter: or banks including chase and wells fargo plan to introduce cardless atm's this year. >> it is only natural, greg mcbride of bank rate.com believes the plastic card will go by way side. >> you will see phones playing a bigger role in terms of the routine transactions. >> reporter: experts say the phonies safer than a plastic card because a thief would neat need to unlock a stolen phone and know the victim's pin number. it could also solve problem of skimming where contradict nal rig the atm slot with the tiny
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read their can steel card information. >> with all new technology it takes time get used to it but once you realize how easy it is. >> reporter: handful of atm's have the technology right the new but bank of america plans to have tonight 3,000 machines, by the end of the year. chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". customers will still be able to use their plastic card in the new a atm's. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning a special boy with an amazing outlook on life, we will introduce to you gidyan and his battle and how ronald mcdonald house is helping in the fight. it is first official day of spring but clearly someone forgot the to tell mother nature because it is chilly out there justin is even talking about a little snow, when you can expect it and when temperatures will really feel more like spring when we come right back.
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on tuesday you can help families with sick children by donate to go our ronald mcdonald house charities tell a thon. for one family in kentucky, the camden house has been their home base for years. "eyewitness news" anchor jessica dean has a story of nine year-old gideon getting much needed treatment when he he learn how to walk. >> that is the office. that is the staircase.
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>> reporter: gide theon egan knows his way around the ronald mcdonald house in camden. >> giving me a comfortable bed and they are all good people to come here to volunteer, and, help me. >> reporter: adopted from china at age three, he is being treated for art low grip osis. >> i cannot walk so i cannot strengthen my walk. >> reporter: he was born with the condition and some doctors say he would never walk. but his parents found a specialist, at shriner's hospital who said that he could walk. the since 2011 he a and his mom traveled to camden from kentucky several times a year for surgery and treatment, almost every time, they stayed at the ronald mcdonald house in camden. >> it the just makes it so much easier because you don't have to worry about where your meals will come from, you don't have to worry about the huge expense of a hotel room. >> reporter: that means gideon and his family can focus on healing and working toward the ultimate goal, walking.
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>> i get the a cast on but i think in a month and then i start physical therapy so i can really start like being able to stand and then walk and then crutches and just step by step. >> reporter: a little boy with a big dream that will be, a reality. the ronald mcdonald house is also home to gide theon's younger sister receiving treatment for her eyes. talk about a coincidence? the specialist who could help her, just happened to be in the same place as gideon's doctors and that means they could all stay at the ronald mcdonald house. jessica dean, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". gide theon is a favorite around here. you can help children just like him, join us for our ronald mcdonald house charities tell-a-thon tuesday from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. it the is a very special day here at cbs-3. we hope you can be part of it. justin is joining us now. justin, you are talking about snow on the first day of
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spring. what gives. >> it is a trend, right around this time last year too we were dealing with snow. winter puts up a good fight. good news is temperatures above freezing, 40 degrees in middletown ship high school, cape may courthouse overcast skies, a few breaks in the skies. we may see a few peaks of sun but interior south jersey later tonight you might see a period of steady snow and because of that, winter weather advisory will will go in effect at 7:00 to 6:00 a a.m. monday morning, for atlantic, southern burlington and ocean counties. so this area here just off the coast could see one or up to 3 n how strong this coastal storm gets as it passes by to the east tonight. the not unheard of to get snow this late in the season. our biggest march storm ever was, the blizzard of 1993, march super storm that dropped a foot in philadelphia. higher amounts to the north and west. our latest measurable snow which is impressive, april 19th and 20th, 1983, we had almost 2 inches of snow.
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even may eighth we had a trace in 1947. temperatures 33 in a allentown. thirty-eight in philadelphia. there is still a lot of cold era cross the upper midwest. look at that in michigan, 15 degrees. thirty-three in chicago. that cold air sits over us for the next 24 hours and that helps set stage for a little bit of wintry weather. we have a coastal storm developing right the now just off the coast of the carolinas and then starts to track northeast today, initially bringing light rain in here during the afternoon, steady rain delaware, new jersey but later tonight once sunsets we will get cold air and you should see a change over to some light snow. so this morning, generally just mostly cloudy skies, into the afternoon we will see light rain at times south and east in the city and then tonight, say after 7:00 or 8:00 light snow ending after midnight. there we go just in off the shore points interior south jersey, one to 3 inches of snow, that is area under winter an ad with philadelphia maybe a coat to go an inch. not much of anything in the north and west of city.
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mostly on grass areas as temperatures stay above freezing and we just had recent warm temperatures so ground is warm. today we're up to 44. cloud this morning. little bit of light rain this afternoon. tonight, light rain and snow end after midnight, low close to freezing, for the city and surrounding suburbs. here's that extended forecast, still cool tomorrow, 48 degrees. the breezy. there is a chill in the air. back to average tuesday, mid 50's, wednesday, thursday looks great, highs in the lower 70's with sunshine and then we will see rain on friday cooling us back down in the the 50's for the weekend, rahel, back to you. >> thanks, justin. right now 6:49. time to check on the road. let's go to meg in for ann evans in the cbs traffic center. hi there, meg. >> good morning. starting off here with light volume, on the schuylkill expressway. we have the schuylkill expressway at girard avenue as we can see not a lot of cars out there this morning. off the to the left of the screen keep in mind martin luther king drive is shut
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down for recreational activity. moving on here, this is i-95, at the i-95 at walt whitman bridge, also an easy ride, clear on i-95 and walt whitman bridge running with no problems this morning as you make your way in and out of new jersey. that is latest from the cbs-3 after a big win in the ncaa tournament, st. joes hawks take time to see sights before their next game. coming up next on "eyewitness news" see what happens when the guys hit the streets of spokane. college students very much but still very much big kid at heart when "eyewitness news" continues.
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♪ safe driver ♪ accident-free ♪ everybody put your flaps in the air for me ♪ >> a big game at center flyers taking on the penguins, orange and black one point behind detroit for that final playoff spot. jay voracek back, good to see him. the game all tied up in the second, but when the turnover penguins taking advantage. they have the slap shot that beats steve mason and pittsburgh will take the lead. still in the second, chris kunis with the shot that bounces off the boards and off of mason into the net. pens win four-one. detroit won. now flyers are three points out of the playoff spot. now to college hoops, villanova wildcats face iowa in brooklyn today. the cats are looking to finally advance to the sweet 16 for first time since 2009. pat gallen was with the cast at the barclay center. >> after friday's 86-56 win over unc/ashville, wildcats
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will take on seventh seeded iowa. hard to complain about a 30-point win but team said they can be better. >> we are committed to what we were defending and rebounding. we were able to do that, and we built a 14-point lead. but starting the game better, that is what we need to do. >> now attention must turn to way team who held off temple on friday but stopped a owls/wild cat second half match up. >> very good team playing good basketball. they beat a very good temple team in overtime. i think our guys are very aware of how good this team is. >> reporter: as they prepare, wildcats won't be looking back and rehashing, previous tournament let downs. >> obviously we will go there and play villanova basketball for 40 minutes. if that is good enough for to us win, we will accept that. if that there is no failure in. that we will go out with pride knowing that we went out our way. >> reporter: sunday at 12:10 p.m., villanova wildcats will look to exercise their
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tournament deem ons. if they do they will make it to the second weekend and sweet 16 for the first time since 2009. from the barclay center in brooklyn, pat gallen, "eyewitness sports". >> heading to brooklyn for the big game. you can see wildcats and yuck eyes for battling a spot in the sweet 16 today at noon right here on cbs-3. st. joes hawks escaped with a two-point winfrey against cincinnati after the referee disallowed a basket by octavius ellis after the buzzer sounded. now they will face top seeded oregon tonight. >> they play a wonderful brand of basketball, almost an nba style of isolation basketball and they play match up zone. this surprised me first time all year where we will play back to back games against zone defense. >> reporter: before the hawks hit the practice floor they had time to kill. aaron brown and his teammates decided to see sights of spokane and our photo the owe journalist tommy gardener tagged along.
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>> oh, no we have to cut through the park or something. >> it is a green light. >> that is why i told you to wait for people to walk by on the green light. >> they are crazy. >> thank you, thank you. >> you want to go down that slide. all right. there it is. you ain't going to fit through the little thing. >> i didn't think you were going to fit. >> oh, no. >> thank you guys so much. >> there you you go.
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>> we're about to get on this gondola. i'm getting in the bunker with the scary guys because i'm rocking it. gondola, baby. >> hey. >> you are sitting on this side. >> yes. >> it is not really that high right now and we're >> wow. >> look at that. >> man. >> it was a great time seeing falls but now we have business to take care of. >> in the the women a's tournament penn lost to washington 65-53. the that is all for sport
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