testing. a shooting last night a at ryan high school. we will tell what you they are saying about the investigation. and one last gasp of winter, hopefully, just in time for the beginning of the spring, right now on "eyewitness news" what to expect out of this round of winter weather. it is sunday march 20th, good morning i'm ra hell solomon. it is here old man winter is holding on tight we will turn it over to meteorologist justin drabick with weather a and if nothing else it is officially spring. that means something. >> yes, it is, exactly. something to look forward to. we have warm temperatures. winter is on steroids. >> it is so bizarre. >> hanging on. >> it is cold tomorrow when it warms out of here but we will warm up by middle of the week. >> yes. >> it is little something for everybody. still winter wet ther fans maybe see a few wet snow flakes later on tonight to get

your shot. outside right now we are quiet on this sunday morning, palm sunday day, 38 degrees in philadelphia, northeast breeze kicking up a bit. there is a chill in the air, feels like 30 when you factor in the wind. most location is above freezing, at freezing up in allentown, 24 in mount pocono but south jersey upper 30's to lower 40's. still 32 in quakertown and doylestown. generally overcast skies a few peaks of sun early this morning we do see light rain across southern delaware, that will move into new jersey through the morning and in the afternoon and eventually up toward philadelphia later this afternoon, and then we will see change over to snow later tonight as cold air returns. winter weather advisory in effect for eastern new jersey, atlantic, southern burlington ocean county that kicks off at 7:00 o'clock tonight. those locations have best shot to see accumulating snow on the the grass as well. temperatures still above freezing. mid 40's around philadelphia lower 40 a's at the shore. poconos stay drying in the 30's. the light rain at times this

afternoon. it will end up as snow, light accumulations on the grass, talking about how much you get to sianni who see most and when, when we check forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, justin. overnight fire delaware county send within person to the hospital. the two alarm fire which brought dozens of fire fighters to the scene started just after 1:00 on fifth and barclay in chester. authorities say that the building which was turned into multiple apartments was in the fully occupied. victim's condition is in the yet known. the the cause of the fire remains under investigation. a shooting at a local high school was under investigation this morning. it happened last night at archbishop ryan on academy road in northeast philadelphia police say a male juvenile was shot in the thigh and taken to torresdale hospital. he is in stable condition this morning. shooting took place in the field just behind the school near the wood, and in the exactly clear if the victim attend archbishop ryan, no arrests have been made.

two car accident send six people to the hospital, and it happened on blackwood clementon road in lindenwald yesterday afternoon. the road was blocked as authority investigated. two people were air lifted and four were taken in ambulances. nearly 20 pets are seized from a northeast philadelphia home after a authorities say they were living in filthy the conditions. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff has more on what prompted police to check the house. >> reporter: it was a sound of dogs barking, overnight without any sign of an owner, but neighbors say led to police being called to check the home in the 7900 block of marsden street the in the holmesberg section. >> we all have dogs. there was never a problem. we didn't necessity that she had that many. >> it is a real shame. >> reporter: following that welfare check police officers alerted the pennsylvania spca to what they found inside. >> today 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 her kid. she did not have any kid. animals were her kid. he did everything for them. >> reporter: animals made up of small dogs in of which appeared to be injured or mal nourish were removed from the property and taken in the care of the spca where their health will be machine toward. neighbors like this woman who did not want to be shown says she feels owner was left negligent but overwhelmed. >> out back they with bark but they came in. she took care of them. it is just sad. >> reporter: those who know the owner said she has in the return to the home but has spoken to official. >> she would come from work, go in, be in there, until the next morning to go back out for work. that was her life. being in the house with her animals mailed her happy. >> reporter: according to philadelphia code no more than a dozen animals can be inside a single residents at within

time, and in this case there were 17. in formal charges have been filed. they will come following a full investigation in the condition of the home, and of the animals. reporting from spca headquarters, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". five people are dead after a gruesome suicide bombing in istanbull. turkish officials say the attack happened yesterday on the cities pedestrian shopping street. the turkish interior minister identifies the bomber as a militant with links to the islamic state group. among dead were two israeli americans and one iranian citizen. several others were wounded. this is sixth suicide bombing in turkey in the past year. authorities are beginning to investigate what led to a devastating passenger jet crash that happened in southern russia on at day morning. the crash killed everyone on board and among the victims four children. cbs correspondent chris van cleve has the very latest. >> reporter: russian security camera captured final moment of the the fly dubai flight

981, all 62 people, including 55 passengers, four of them children and seven crew members died in the violent crash. >> everyone in our company is indeed in shock. >> reporter: while impact pulverized the boeing 737, investigators recovered cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. deadly crash happened two hours from the flight from dubai was set to arrive in russia, 600 miles outside moscow. the based on flight path data it appears the plane made an unsuccessful attempt to land and circled for a considerable period of time before making a second attempt. mayor 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 for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thursday will mark a year since the germanwings plane crash that killed 150 people

including a drexel graduate. on saturday, friend, 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. all of the proceed from the event went to a fun started after her death which provides financial assistance, to drexel music students looking to study abroad. germanwings flight 95, crash in the french a alps in march 2015, and investigators say a co pilot with a history of mental illness intentionally crash the plane. well, with the big boom and cloud of dust that took over part of the north philadelphia a on saturday. more than 200-pound of dynamite were used by philadelphia housing authority to implode two high rises. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh tells us why building

were taken down and what will take their place. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: just like that, the are in man bloomberg apartment in north philadelphia a, which stood for nearly 50 years, turned to ruble saturday morning. many who watched the high rise crumble are part of the generation that is grew up there. >> i'm hoping, because it is hurting me here. >> families were here. they raised their children here. leg a ace i as and memories and experiencing were here. my personal dreams before born right from these buildings. >> reporter: the implosion is part of the transformation plan, dig out decay. >> shooting, drug dealing, fights. >> reporter: to make room for renewal. >> there is a revolution here and could in the have come any sooner. >> reporter: once the dust settled, philadelphia housing authority plans to build 1200

new units, mix of both affordable housing and market rate properties. it will be ape process. while two towers are no more this neighborhood is riddled with the blighted buildings and shuttered schools. the hope is whether this plan is in place all that will change. for neighbors in this community, the the implosion and road map to rebirth are symbolic. >> it took two more seconds but i liked that right there. i like that right there too. >> reporter: the housing authority expects to complete the project in five to eight years that will create a economic impact of $1 billion. in sharswood anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". there is no tennis involved in this match day and emotions run high. coming up next after years of studding and exams, medical students across the nation find out the fate of their careers. celebrating the first day of spring with the sweet treat, where they are giving

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back on "eyewitness news". fight against heart disease turns into a special event for students in one south jersey elementary school health report are stephanie stahl was in deptford for an assembly that included lots of duct tape. >> let's get ready to duct tape. >> this was in ordinary assembly yes, he said duct tape and that is principal in the cap. the she's going to get taped to a wall but first let me

tell you why. >> because your hearties the most important muscle in your body and it can just go, every single day. >> reporter: for school project shady lane put together heart healthy activity and raised money for the heart association in honor of two teachers both lost their father's suddenly to heart disease. >> it was quite a nice surprise for both of us. >> reporter: goal was to raise $5,000. >> i really like to help raise money to save hearts. >> reporter: isaac, tell me how much money you raised. >> $310. >> teachers had to be good people, had to be giving people. >> reporter: the principal jackie got choke up when she thinks about her teachers and students. >> a lot of kid here don't have a whole lot and they give, give, all they can. >> reporter: students learned to be at the assembly they doubled their goal and ended up raising 10,000 you dollars. the students who raised the most money, got the duct tape

principal to the wall. yes, it was fun for a good cause and also educational. >> what did you learn about your heart. >> i learn that we have to make sure to keep it healthy every day. >> the kid are young, and them learning this important lesson now, helps them have a healthy lifestyle. >> reporter: the heart association will get a $10,000 contributions from shady lane, and where students now know, all about being heart healthy. i'm stephanie stahl for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and as you step outside this morning it may be hard to believe but yesterday is the first day of spring. the as tradition goes, rita's water ice will be celebrating with free water ice. today 600 rita locations will hand out a million free water ices, rain or shine, or yes, even snow. this is 24th straight year rita's celebrated first day of spring with free water ice.

>> yeah good water ice, italian ice. >> i say italian ice, water ice. >> nothing like water ice or italian ice in the sum are. >> correct. >> or in the spring. >> those lines will be crazy long today, anything goodies free is good that is a good thing. >> oh, yeah. >> ice will be flying tonight, some spots. >> some later, you can still go to receipt's. >> most of the day should be dry around the city, rain to the south and east we will talk about it but all quite it this morning. live look bethlehem from the hotel bethlehem at main street, quiet palm sunday day morning, up into northampton county. you can see cloud breaking up, we have a few peaks of sunshine this morning. you will be on the northern edge of the storm system so it is possible you do not see any rain or snow at all later today from the storm as it passes by to the south and east. first day of spring, snow, it is not uncommon, it is a trend. we will go to march 20th last year that was also first day of spring of 2015. we had 3.9 inches of snow and

we averaged 2.9 for month of march. i don't know what is going on here but we have a warming trend coming at us later this week. forty's today, 40's tomorrow. we will be back to average tuesday mid 50's where we should be, we might be at or above it. seventy on wednesday and in the lower 07's on thursday. the nice stretch of mild weather, coming at us, feeling more like may by middle of the week. the freezing in allentown, 34 in reading where we have some clear skies allowing temperatures to drop off. there is cold air to the north and east and up are midwest, 18 in michigan analpena, 30 in chicago. so that cold air sticks around for another 24 hours. high temperatures running ten to 15 degrees colder then average as we head into the spring season. quiet on storm scan three but we have a developing storm system in the carolinas tracking off the coast close enough to bring moisture in here toward south jersey, delaware later today and tonight and enough cold air should change rain to snow tonight. here's how things shape up.

this is round two of the weekend storm. we have first batch of rain coming through our area yesterday south of the city. low pressure intensifies tonight, wraps in the cold air, we will see light snow breaking out interior south jersey, into delaware and philadelphia should see light snow before this storm system is out by tomorrow morning and back to sunshine for monday. windy and noticeably cold. high pressure build back in for middle of the week which will warm us up. so through the afternoon rain starts to move in at times from the south, tries to get in the city and then by seven or 8:00 once we lose daytime heating we will see change over to snow. we will a sharp cut off here. tough to get in the lehigh valley. most of you you guys will be dry well north of the city. then that steady snow overnight south jersey a and delaware and out of here by monday morning. offer all snowfall amounts, high amount, one to 3 inches a long the coast, interior south jersey where winter weather

advisory is and it will be on the grass. temperatures just to warm. around the city coating to an inch and coating or so to the north and west of the city, close, toward the lehigh valley. forty's today. mild. just plane rain. even tonight with the snow falling we are at or slightly above freezing. the it will accumulate to the roads, it would be tough. road will be wet. tomorrow temperatures stay in the 40's. afternoon light rain, 44 for the high. tonight that rain will change over to some snow, near freezing for low temperature. the breezy tomorrow with some sun, 48 degrees, mid 50's on tuesday. seventy wednesday. seventy-two on thursday. then friday cooler with some showers, back to average by next weekend, rahel back to you. >> thursday would be good day for water ice. >> and your day off, too i wonder how that happened. >> wonder what i will be doing. just continue, thank you. 8:18. time to check road. lets go to meg noveli in the cbs-3 traffic center. hi meg. >> good morning, thank you. it is a quiet morning this morning around the art museum.

ben franklin parkway cleared in the art museum circle there. we have closures in and out of the city, martin luther king drive both directions shut down from the ben franklin parkway to the falls bridge for recreational activity and should reopened around 5:00 but we have kelly drive closed fountain green to strawberry mansion not a delay right now but as traffic picks up we will see quite a bit of volume on the kelly drive. this is foreman i flick regatta and scheduled to reopened around 6:00 later this evening. here is schuylkill expressway, right at the vine street expressway, right of your screen, eastbound traffic. we have an accident there in the left lane and traffic is backup to girard. eastbound schuylkill slowing down just girard in the vine expressway. stay to the right past that accident scene. that is latest from the cbs traffic center i'm meg inveli. >> for medical students across the kent theory this past friday was match day. years of hard work all came down to one moment when they

found out where they would be completing their residency. i happened to be at drexel university's college of medicine experiencing that russia long side the future doctors. there is nothing like match day. >> it is crazy. you wait the for four years and everything just comes down to this would be school on a paper. >> reporter: the cheers, and there were lots of tears. they are ones of joy at drexel university college of medicine. after years of studying, and exams, these graduating medical students are learning where they will complete the next phase of their career. their residency. >> i'm going to new york presbyterian, so i wanted to stay close to home. the it is an amazing program. i'm's so happy right the now. >> i'm going to staton island to practice emergency medicine. >> today cross medical community is known as match day. >> they apply, they go on interviews and then it is all done by computers. they put their preferences in

and rest is history, the program put their preferenceness as well and by match of a computer, they get matched. >> match day determines where you will go and train, you you will learn from. medicine is apprentice ship and all of the people to learn from. it is what kind of field you will go into. >> reporter: that future starts now, celebration, of course, shared by all those encourage it. >> my grandfather started me on this path. >> reporter: and supported these soon to be doctors along the way. >> lots of excitement if that room. drexel officials told me, 96 percent of their graduating class matched, higher than national average. they have 49 percent. as for those students who did not immediately match the school says they are work to go find them placement. still ahead on "eyewitness news" singer gwenn stephani on musics,

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well, rock star gwenn stephani is picking up pieces of her life. it was a hurtful time as she tells cbs lee cohen. here's a preview of the interview you will see later on cbs this sunday morning. >> i was down all day, like that is you don't go down lower than. that it was rough. i was so embarrassed. i was like wow, i have to turn this into something, like i just can't get down like this. if i can do music, everything will be okay. >> ♪ >> but music hadn't come easily for stephani late all frustrating bought of writers block has left her musical confidence shaken. >> what was you the like going in the studio for the first time. >> when i walk in there and said i don't care about a

charts, hits, style of music. i just want to tell the truth. i am just happy to get this out, whatever it is and i want to write and i want it to come from me. >> her misery turnout to be her news, within weeks she written more lyrics then she knew what to do with. >> it was just idea sitting at piano and letting my feelings come out and it fell so good. this is all i needed to be doing right now. nothing else feels good but this good let the flood gates open. >> the confidence just came to me. i felt like the right thing to be doing. it was pro active as opposed to getting deeper into a hole. >> singer gwenn stephani on the rebound and steve martin and broadway. that is this sunday morning right here on cbs-3 at

9:00 a.m. coming up next on "eyewitness news", donald trump with another protest filled rally. plus largest winner take all contest left for the g.o.p. field. we will also have this. cube ace experiencing a a major surge into your wrist many and that includes more business from americans and it could be the beginning of the many changes for the island. i'm chris martinez, with that story coming up. and to start this official first day of spring, just continue is back to tell us when some snow could arrive today, we will be right back.

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good morning, i'm rahel solomon. today is officially the first day of spring, but it does in the feel like it the outside. lets head outside to meteorologist justin drabick on the sky deck and justin, i know you never get cold but for most people you need to bundle up, at least a coat. >> for this time of the year it is still chilly. we are talking about temperatures in the 30's. if you don't like the cold wait a few days. we will have highs in the 70's. the it is your day off. something you're looking forward to. we are freezing up now in the lehigh valley and allentown. 38 degrees in philadelphia a we have cloudy skies but eventually we will see some rain developing later this afternoon. the eventually turning over to snow, tonight. we have just nuisance accumulations here across the region just enough to remind us that hey it is early spring we can still get snow. we have had snow up to early may, one year in 1947 we had a trace. go figure. there you go, quiet, storm scan three, cloudy, rain showers well to the south.

we have a developing storm system bringing rain in south injuries think a afternoon and delaware. then tonight we will see that change over to some snow and winter weather advisory for far earn, new jersey, atlantic, burlington, southern burlington and ocean counties at 7:00 o'clock. the those locations have the best chance to see accumulation and period of heavier snow as storm intensifies. we are dry, chilly, temperatures in the 30's. this afternoon light lane, changes over to late in the day. it is going to be snowing from the sit to south and east. wet accumulations. anything that does hit the ground jut accumulates on the ground. temperatures stay at or above freezing even while it is snowing. i will talk about who could see most accumulation, we will time it out and i'll let you know when we warm up again when we check the full forecast. rahel, back to you. candidates are hitting the campaign trail, as voters in air zone, utah and idaho get ready to head to the poles

tuesday. it is proving to be something of the wild, wild west as yet another campaign event turns violent. correspondent brooks silverbraga reports. >> reporter: donald trump held another protest filled rally in arizona saturday night. >> get them out of here. >> reporter: demonstrators with mock kkk paraphernalia why escorted out, a trump supporters punched and repeatedly kick one of them. trump campaign manager, was also involved in another altercation in, which, and by the color. trump campaign insist it was the man next to him that did it. all the while trump went ahead with his tough on board are control message. >> illegal immigration is dangerous, it is terrible. >> reporter: earlier in the day protesters block the road, heading to the trump event in arizona and marched between trump owned buildings in 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 a promise to span executive order protecting undocumented immigrants. >> i will end the deportation regime, which is providing so many families. >> reporter: sanders expressed disappointment not doing better in last weeks ohio primary, trailed hillary clinton by more than 500 delegates. brooks silverbraga for cbs news. arizona's primary is largest winner take all contest left for g.o.p. delaware county chapter of the national chapter for black woman hosted c delores tucker award in boothwyn this weekend more than 350 people attended

the event, which honors seven county residents and outstanding leaders for their dedication, to the community, and our natasha brown was this years mistress of ceremony. the c delores tucker award was presented as highest honor for people who exemplifies the spirit and values of the former civil rights leader. >> president obama and first family are getting ready to leave for a historic visit to cuba it is expect to usher in a new era of openness between the u.s., a community is in country. cuban american companies are already prepared for what could be the most dramatic change in cuban life in a generation. cbs's chris martinez is in havana with the story. >> reporter: walk around havana a and change is hard to miss from the renovation of the hotels to the opening of the new restaurants cuba seems poised to begin new era of tourism one with americans on the guest list. >> enough of this problem between cuba and the united

states. >> reporter: tour groups are every where, many from the u.s., havana a's biggest port, once full of pollution, has been largely cleaned up and now welcomes luxury cruise ships weekly. as u.s. airlines await green throughout begin service to cuba charter flights are in demand. honey moss runs a travel company in miami. >> people want to go someplace different. they have heard about cuba, and they all wanting to because of the food and the music. >> reporter: since the start of the year cuban officials say 1 million tourist have visited the island, that is 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. >> your country and perfect for the future of our country. >> reporter: still a a number

of cubans are sure the island's infrastructure is ready for a big 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 hope that will end real soon. in havana, cuba, chris martinez for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". today is palm sunday take, the beginning of the most solemn week on the roman catholic church calendar. earlier this morning pope francis celebrated mass outside the vatican. the holy father blessed palm and olive branches before tens of thousands of people. today commemorates jesus entrance into jerusalem, the week before he was crucified. after mass pope francis waved to the crowd as he left a very crowded saint peter's square, palm sunday day marks sixth sunday of lent and last before easter. is there still much more to come on "eyewitness news" this morning, coming up next we will check with face the

nation john dickerson for a look ahead at today's broadcast.

cbs face the nation is coming your way later this morning at 10:30 right the here on cbs-3. joining us live from washington is moderator and cbs news political director john dickerson. john, good morning. >> good morning, rahel. today we will talk about the front runners in the democratic and republican race, can anything be done to stop them. first on the republican side, donald trump is moving toward the exits and john kasich of ohio is only one to beat him last week but is that enough? we will talk to the ohio governor about how he will try to sell his candidacy to the republican party and then we will also talk to senator lindsey graham who was once a candidate and now he is backing senator ted cruz, which is a little amazing since he said pretty rough things about senator cruz but

gives you a sense of how desperate those who want to stop donald trump are. we will talk to senator graham about what can be done to stop donald trump. will we will talk to him about that controversy over president obama's nominee to the supreme court. on the democratic side we will talk to bernie sand hours has fallen behind hillary clinton in the race for delegates. how will he catch up? if he isn't, what will he do with this campaign that he has built. then we will talk to frank, who did a folks group for news florida for vote hours would think what it will look like in the fall if donald trump ran against hillary clinton and they do not like those two choices. we will wrap it up with the political panel to talk about last weeks news but also give us a sense what is coming up ahead. those focus groups are so interesting, thank you, looking forward to it. >> this one will be. and we are gearing up for a big day on tuesday, our seventh annual ronald mcdonald house charities tell-a-thon. behind each one of the ronald mcdonald homes in our region are volunteers.

the as our erika von tiehl shows us, there are the muscles and heartbeat of the operation and they do it all on their own time. >> it doesn't matter if you are rich or important or if you are black or white or latino or asian. when you have a sick child, you have need. >> reporter: for those need, there are volunteers, who lend a helping hand. for barbara ducart a volunteer at the delaware house it is all very familiar. >> the ronald mcdonald houses are part of our dna. >> reporter: her father-in-law opened up the first mcdonald's in delaware in 1960. >> the support network that the ronald mcdonald house provides, is crucial, to healing. >> reporter: sometime that support is helping with the every day activity. >> good morning. >> good morning, how are you. good. >> reporter: lawrence smith has been volunteering in the southern new jersey house for six years. >> it is called ronald mcdonald house. when you think about house you think of a home. you do whatever is necessary

to make anyone who comes into your home comfortable. >> reporter: lawrence started driving the patients to the hospital but his responsibilities keep growing. >> we prepare breakfast for them, in the mornings, we paint the rooms, we spot clean. >> reporter: it is patients that keep him going. >> i get courage from them. they inspire me. >> she taught to us always give back to people that were not less fortunate but could use a hand. >> reporter: for 90 year-old cya and her grandson chris it is a family affair in the philadelphia house. >> out of the whole charity we are first family of the three generations volunteering at the house. >> reporter: chris's mother works at front desk his mother driving pace is his to the hospital and he works in the kitchen. their whole family doing task that may be difficult for families with sick children. >> it is nice to see they have everything provided so it becomes the children the most important thing. their child. >> the months rewarding is

being able to come in and put a smile on someone's face. >> reporter: and philosophy that guides her every day. >> a hundred years from now it won't matter how much money i made what my bank account is or what kind of a house i lived in or what kind of a carry drove but the world may be different because i was important to a child. >> reporter: erika von tiehl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". join us on tuesday for our ronald mcdonald house charities tell-a-thon, from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and your donations help provide a place to stay for families with sick children. where you can go today to get expert advice in our area, up next.

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next adventure do not miss this weekend philadelphia travel and adventure show. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio is at the pennsylvania convention center with the special guest this morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel i'm here at philadelphia will travel and adventure show where you can literally travel the world, here under one roof at the pennsylvania convention center. and one of the featured speakers today is our very own peter greenburg. he is the travel editor for cbs news. you will be speaking to day telling people about everything that in one talks about. >> well, brave new world of travel in 2016. this year 1.2 billion people will cross a border. here's how they will do it, will they be abused or have a good time. i will talk about all of the different things you you can do to not ab boosted so you you can have a good time once you you get there. >> i know you are not going to go into all of the things but give us some tips. you have traveled, over 100

countries you have been to. what have you learned, give us some tips for folks who may not be as experienced as you are. >> one thing i have learn is to be a traveler. off season is a myth. the don't go when people tell you in the the to do. do go when people tell you not to go. this is within year u.s. dollar is so strong begins all of the other foreign currencies, it is a bargain. argentina, south africa, tie land, now is time to go because for the first time in 40 years the u.s. dollar is king. >> wow, so you can save a lot of money that you wouldn't have been able to save previously. are there any safety concerns that people should think about. >> nothing more than basic common sense. only four places in the world i wouldn't go, think about that, it is not what you think, that is what i will talk about to take. >> he is good a at teasing. cbs news is good to have you you. anything else you want to share thaw think people should pay attention to when they are trying to decide where to go. >> i will talk about the mistakes people make when they make reservations. questions they don't ask or when they do ask why would you

always go on the internet. the internet is in the necessarily your friend and i will prove to it day good peter will be speaking today at the 2:30. there are dozens of exhibitors, that will a how to you experience everything from going to new york, to traveling to have a africa, the to the caribbean, all of the different places and peter will talk about how to stay safe, what else. >> i will talk about camden, new jersey. snow, i'm kidding. but the places you didn't know about that you need to necessity about. >> peter, speaking at 2:30. the travel and adventure show here from 11 to 4:00 p.m. check it out. we will have details at cbs philly.com. back to you, rahel. >> cherri, shank you. if her piece has you thinking about vacation and warm weather on the brain you will need to go somewhere else today. >> good day to check out that exhibit there, that convention center because temperatures still staying well below average. we are talking about highs in the the 40's. later on tonight, it happened last year first day of spring.

almost had 4 inches of snow. we will not see that much but a coating in some locations. more nuisance. coldest morning down and around the lower 30's in the outer suburbs. we will go all the way up to robesona where lou has 32 degrees. he has sunshine. it depend where you are. you may see the sun. up toward sanity towing a michael riley 35 degrees. partly cloudy skies will we will go into new jersey at cherry hill, lynn has 37 degrees with some sunshine, as a message here, and you can see expects of blue skies and horizons and i want snow. she wants it. one last hooray. you have a good shot of seeing it especially in new jersey. further are south and east from the city, you will see snow later tonight. not a bad sunrise. depend on where when you are able to get outside and catch it. phil chapline in philadelphia has nice clearing, nice shot of the sun. the cloud have been all over the place, out in chesterfield, new jersey. ed connor he is at overcast skies earlier and now a few

peaks of sun. not a bad start to the sunday. that storm will approach bringing more cloud and rain and snow later today. let's break it down. one spot the is up in the poconos. we are looking at big boulder where they are opened up at 10:00 o'clock today. last minute late skiing, going on this weekend. spring conditions. few bear patches out there but enough snow, so to still have some trails opened. we will check out is what happening as far as headlines go. cool start to the spring season. we will run ten to 15 degrees below average. we have rain and snow coming at us tonight. we will bring back 70-degree temperatures. not record but feel more like may coming up later in the week. the here's storm scan three quiet. we have steadier rain just off the coast of the del marva peninsula to the south where the storm is, it is developing, coastal low and that is main storm. it will track off shore tonight and then intensify toward new england but close enough to bring back moisture later today this morning mostly cloudy skies, for the most part, quiet start to our

sunday, palm sunday day and afternoon light rain starts to develop from the south to north and then we will see that changing over to light snow. how far north does precipitation get? that is just the question. it depend how close this low tracks to the coast. the later we are too warm. mainly rain. colder air wraps in. we will see change over to snow through overnight hours. out of here by tomorrow morning. back to to some sunshine but still on the chilly side. finally on tuesday it will feel like spring and certainly wednesday and thursday. band of the stud year snow may develop interior south jersey and coastline, one to 3 inches possible later tonight. the around the city a coat to go maybe up to an inch and coating or so just to the north and west of the city. i don't know if that gets up in the lehigh valley. it will be a close call. any accumulation mainly on the grassy surfaces because temperatures just too warm today. cold pocket of air in the jet stream still over us tomorrow. we will have this chilly start to the spring season. then start to lift out by middle of the week, nice ridge in the jet stream.

that is what you want with warm temperatures. that starts to arrive wednesday and thursday and then we will cool it back dunn to average by the end of the week. so for today, mostly cloudy skies, light rain this afternoon, up to 44 for the high temperature. tonight that rain will switch over to snow, at six or seven or 8:00 o'clock. thirty-two for the low. we will be at or slightly above freezing. tomorrow breezy, sub shine, 48 . mid 50's on tuesday. that will feel good. close to average. seventy on wednesday, partly sunny skies, couple of degrees more on thursday in the the lower 07's. showers return for friday. that cools us back down in the 50's on saturday. rahel, back to you. thanks, justin. 8:51. time to check on the road. lets go to meg noveli in the cbs-3 traffic center. good morning, meg. >> good morning. here we have the schuylkill expressway at vine street expressway, the right of your screen, eastbound traffic where you can see the top off to the side. this was the scene of an relevanter accident that has

been cleared from the expressway and traffic back to normal running along here just fine. ben franklin bridge also looking good this morning not a lot of cars making their way in or out of new jersey. heading into new jersey this morning you're looking good and coming into philadelphia, also an easy ride this morning. if you are continuing on to i-95 both directions light volume or continuing on to the vine expressway you can expect an easy ride there. overall quiet on your majors. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm meg noveli. >> meg, thank you. coming up next we are getting ready for round two of march madness on cbs-3. we will be right

pat gallen is with the cats at the barclay center. >> after friday's 86-56 win over unc ashville the

villanova wildcats will take on seventh seeded iowa, hard to complain about a 30-point lead but team said they can be berth. >> they are committed to what we do in defending and rebounding. we were able to do that in the last two minutes of the first half which gave us a 14-point lead. we are starting to play better and do what we do. >> attention must turn to the iowa team that held off temple on friday but, stopped a owls/wildcats second round make up. >> they are very good team playing good basketball. beat a very good temple team yesterday in overtime. i think our guys are ready. we are very aware of how good this team is. >> as they prepare wildcats won't be looking back and rehashing previous tournament the let downs. >> hopefully we can get out there, play villanova basketball for 40 minutes. if that is good enough to win, then we will september that. if not, there is no failure in that. we will go out with pride knowing that we went out our way. >> sunday at the 12:10 p.m. against hawk eyes, villanova wildcats will look to exercise their tournament demons.

if they do they will make it to the second weekend and sweet 16 for first time since 2009. from the barclay center in brooklyn, pat gallen, "eyewitness sports". pat in brooklyn for the big game. you can see wildcats and hawk eyes battle for a spot the in the sweet 16 today at noon right here on cbs-3. the st. joes hawks escaped with a two-point win on friday against cincinnati, after the refs disallowed a basket by octavius he willes as 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. so this surprised me first time all year where we will play back to back days or back to back games against zone tea fence. >> women's tournament penn lost to washington 65-53. that is all for sports. i'm leslie van arsdal have a great day. >> if you didn't have have enough snow this winter because we didn't get a lot.

>> no, we did not. >> small chance tonight. >> good thing about march snows they don't last long. it will be wet snow. tough to accumulate. the most on the grass. best chance to see accumulation far eastern new jersey, winter weather advisory goes into effect tonight. around the city coating to an inch on a grass depending on how heavy it falls. still chilly tomorrow, 40's, 70's, wednesday and thursday. >> what a winning. >> yes. >> that is march for you. >> yes. >> all right. that is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for now. we may be signing off a on tv but we are always on line, sunday morning is next. have a great day. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com.

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