president-elect donald trump lashes out at media during his first news conference in six months. what he says about allegations of russian hacking. and senate was at work while you were at sleep to clear first hurdle in repealing president obama's health care law, find out what it means for millions of americans who lost insurance. it is thursday, january 12th, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning. >> we will feel a big difference walking out the door, katie has more on that. not that i want to be bearer of bad news but we are waking up with wet roadways. whenever we have them we have issues and right thousand accident after accident after accident, all right. >> we will get to that in a little bit. >> what is helpful is ice, it is in the a concern today but we keep going back to this whole thing. there was a couple showers, and they are very spotty but you cannot be overly confident we had decent rain that soak us last night, we will have ponding on the roadways, and hasn't had a chance to drain

but lease slow it down out there, guys. we will flip windshield wipers from va off vehicles but there are a couple of spotty showers that are currently out there working their way at this point in chester and new castle county. look at these temperatures, same that comes with included and couple morning showers it is this, her like syringe showers, april showers, really as we warm all the way up from the mid 50's, to the lower 60 's later to take, yeah it might as well be mid-april here. i will not be shocked to see kids outside at recess here today, ride to school, not much worse after this actually , it is in the low to mid 50's generally regional wide to kick start morning. the light jacket certainly a good eye tea but you need heavy coat and heavy gloves, absolutely not, today meisha. >> kid will love it but they will be dirty. all right. thanks so much, katie. good morning everyone. it will be a gorgeous take up in the 60's, but starting off,

not on a rough note but busy note because our roadways are wet. give yourself extra time leaving like you did yesterday this is 95 before girard. i would say this is looking okay, looking busy but looking okay for a thursday. thursday and friday tend to taper off a little bit in terms of the congestion level. we are looking okay but you can still see looking very busy and we just crack in the 6:00 o'clock hour. we will talk about these accidents. our third accident of the morning has been since cleared in lower moreland red lion road at philmont avenue. we will sip back there because it is cleared. route 47, that one is still out there. we will have another one more another just accident here involving some serious injuries, old baltimore pike is closed old salem church road. pulaski highway or route his your best bet. take it easy and give yourself some extra time. >> president-elect trump is keeping up his war of word with the media over unverified reports that russia had compromising information on

him. as henna daniels report revelation dominated mr. trump 's first post election news conference. >> i'm not giving you a question. you are fake news. >> hours after clashing with the cnn reporter at his first post election news conference, president-elect donald trump took to twitter, writing quote a couple of fake news organizations were there, but the people truly get what is going on. mr. trump was allude to go unverified reports that russia had compromising information on him, first reported by cnn and buzzfeed two days ago. >> i think it was disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out. >> reporter: lake yesterday the outing director of national intelligence james clapper, assured the president-elect by phone that the intelligence community was not behind the revelation, and called the leaks quote extremely corrosive and damaging to our that the security. for the first time mr. trump

admitted he accepted intelligent that russia was behind several election related cyber attacks. >> hacking is bad and it shouldn't be done but look at the things that were hacked that hillary clinton got the questions to the debate and didn't report it is this that is a horrible thing. >> trump's nominee for secretary have of state rex tillerson faced tough questions about russia during his is that the confirmation hearing. vladamire putin a war criminal >> i would not use that term. >> i find it discouraging your inability to cite that. >> defense secretary nominee retired general james mattis is among trump's nominee is appearing before senate the lawmakers today. henna daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". mr. trump continued his attack on twitter, he said we had i great news conference at trump tower today. couple of fake news organizations were there but people truly get what is going on. you can watch the president-elect news conference in its entirety visit our web site at cbs

philly.com. senate passed a measure to take first step in dismantling president obama's health care law after a hard thon debate. measure pass add long party lines after 1:30 this morning. the house could vote on the legislation tomorrow. move could ease way for repeal legislation coming to a vote next in. debate last night lasted seven hours. >> of the 30 million americans will lose their health care, with many thousands, dying as a result. >> obama care bridge, collaps ing and we are send nothing a rescue team. we will build new bridges to better health care. >> scrapping obama carries a top priority for republicans, president-elect trump promised a relays. for health care act but that could take years. president obama will appear at his last presidential interview on network television this sunday right here on cbs-3. president sits down with steve croft of 60 minutes and two term legacy and president-elect donald trump. see the interview this sunday at 7:00 p.m. we have learn another of

the fort lauderdale shooting victims fridays our area. officials have just identified 69 year-old marry louise ams bell as one of the victims of the friday's shooting. we are told she was from dover , delaware and esteban santiago ace accused of killing five people and wounding six others this is airport's baggage claim area another victim is terry andres who grew up in millville. our jan carabao will have more coming up at 6:30 including how the person suspect of leaking their surveillance video is now, facing charges. police are looking for person responsible for execution style shooting death of the man in east mt. airy. the it happened on the 7800 block of baldwin street just after 5:30 yesterday afternoon eyewitnesses told police that the 26 year-old victim was doing work on his car when a man walk up up to him and shot him at least four times. >> there were several witnesses with the victim, and they all said that the shooter walk right up on the victim and then shot him. it appears that at this point, based on witness accounts, and the ballistics evidence that

this was a execution style homicide, shooter, clearly fired at this individual, from very close distance. >> police hope surveillance cameras in the area will help them identify a suspect. police want to you take a look at these surveillance videos, it shows a suspect who viciously assaulted a deli worker in southwest philadelphia. and after escorting the 16 year-old woman the with the drink, one of the suspects is seen beating her up. this was over a price of the cheese stake. if you have any information about this or recognize these suspect contact the police right away. wild scene in overbrook on wednesday, a suspect was shot after a crash, and two attempted carjackings. this happened at 63rd and woodbine when police say the suspect ran a red light and crashed into another car. police then, say he tried to carjack a driver of the white sedan. when that didn't work suspect tried to carjack a driver of the septa utility truck but the driver of the white sedan had a gun, and ended up shooting the suspect as he tried to get the away with the septa truck.

"eyewitness news" spoke with the septa driver. >> what did he say to you? >> he pulled me out of the truck is all i can say. >> does he grab you. >> pulled me out. >> that story gets craze year, also involved in the mix two brothers who just finished taking midterms at st. joes prep, they helped tackle the suspect and get this they happened to be rugby players. police are in the sure why the suspect did what he did, they say the car that he crashed wasn't stolen and he does not have a record. >> jim, you know, rugbias a tough sport. >> taking them down. >> still tough. >> we will enjoy temperatures in the 60's, toll accounts out west are enjoying severe winter storm. where people are buried under a foot of snow. plus they looked like ordinary boots but tooth prints that they leave behind are leading to a recall, we will show you why the souls of these shoes are causing some controversy. >> ♪

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people are coping with the dangerous weather. >> reporter: this farming town south of san help say, california turned into one giant swamp have a a nearby creek overflowed. emergency crews responded to calls overnight, from dozens of panic residents trapped inside of their homes. by day break, ranchers were leading to dry land. kevin o'neill is county emergency services manager. >> the theme here last night was challenging at times. it was dark. a lot of these houses did suffer damage. >> reporter: in sonoma river the rushing river rose 38 feet , about 6 feet above flood levels. fire fighters were out in swift boats saving homeowners and stranded drivers from the unrelents waters. now, she had to leave her home >> it is our home, it is only one we have got, we're losing our home it last lick right new. >> reporter: sierra nevada storms have dumped 10 feet of snow, toppling trees, downing

power lines and collapsing, a huge chunk of this mountain road. but for some, this extreme weather is provided opportunities for extreme adventure, even storm cloud, can have a silver lining. john blackstone, cbs news, california. well, that is pretty. >> i'm not complaining about today's forecast, that is for sure. >> there is a silver lining. >> it actually feels like it will feel like shore mid after across our area, you cannot get used to that but very quickly touching what is going on out west you can see this storm system working its way in to will california. that will become our next snow potential here as early as the weekend. so, we're going to see, we came from a dramatic climb to a very dramatic drop to day where we peak with that warmth they since we're sitting in the warm sector of the storm system currently working through. leading edge of the coal front working through indiana, south east of lake erie right the now and we will be very likely have a couple spotty showers

to contend with, this morning. the let's show you saturday, okay, once that cold front crosses we will see cold air settle in. of course, the timing is just going to set upright for us to end up with additional snow on saturday. i think at this point midday, to the mid to late afternoon is when this will be falling. i wouldn't worry about the morning but one to three at the absolute hacks, it is possible. we will tell you this much current model is suggesting the lower end of that range but that can change. we will keep you posted. stick with us. in the meantime temperatures in the zero's on saturday. we will have slick travel to contend with. keep it in mind. cloud and sun in the meantime. it might as well be april. sixty-two that day time height noticeable breeze, we will drop down to 45 it this under the cloud and taking it forward here, yeah, we will start to cool down starting tomorrow, actually. 50 degrees as home show kicks off and we are back to 36 at best on saturday with some snow and then another rebound, into next week. lots of ups and downs, my

friend. >> yes, back to reality with the snow coming. all right, thank you so much. it is gateway to our weekend, if morning, happy thursday, to you, and we are looking at the schuylkill around the boulevard, keeping an eye on that, we are looking okay. levels are building now in the 6:00 o'clock hour. this is typically when we see he them. plus contending with wet roadways that will be drying off eventually but they have caused some problems for us already, this morning. we have one accident route 55 southbound before route 47, and we also have another one in norristown, main street, at gay street heads up in that area we have another one, more serious one involving some more serious injuries here. this is, in delaware, old baltimore pike closed at salem church road and still you have to use that alternate, it is still closed. pulaski highway or route four is your best bet. we have a water main break. head up on this, in wilmington delaware foulke road closed between wilson road and long acre road. your alternate is route 202. we will be right back. but first we will take a quick

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now for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> from the mercury a tax assessment settlement will cost pottsgrove school district more than $200,000. the school board has approved refund for three years worth of taxes on three properties, including a strip mall and supermarket.

district will also lose around $70,000 a year in future revenues going forward. in the times herald number of inmates at chester county prison is at a 15 year low. as of yesterday daily head count at the facility stood at 746. that number was once over a thousand. authorities credit that drop to row active efforts by county probation and prison officials to get inmates out of prison and on a path to leading law abiding lives. on the cover of the hamburg area item about 300 high school students from 16 schools competed in science based events, from robot arm to invasive species, in berks county science olympics. fleet wood won first place with exiter claiming second place, and they go to the region nal science olympics at kutztown university in mid-march. >> wonderful. >> that is a look at some newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. a california company is recalling its boots after a public outcry. >> yeah this all started after a picture of boot print went

viral. the boots, leaves boot prints that look like swastika. they posted picture on redit. it has been viewed more than 2 million times and in response to it was swift. >> that would be unacceptable. >> when you design them, you look at it, it remind you of something. >> we test out everything on the a shoe, so i'm sure that they knew there were swastikas >> well, polar fox insist they were not aware of the questionable design until they saw the story and pictures on social media. well, still ahead on "eyewitness news" montgomery county teen hopes to spread a little kindness, her way. it should be a movement. >> find out what inspired her and big things that she hopes can happen in the way of one little word. it is our storm irv brotherly love when

welcome to your health with joan lunden presented by the centers for disease control and prevention. >> hi. i'm joan lunden. diabetes is an epidemic sweeping our nation. there are 29 million americans that have diabetes and 25% of them don't even know it. even more alarming, another 86 million american adults have pre-diabetes and 90% of them are unaware of their condition. if left untreated, pre-diabetes can lead to type 2 diabetes and other serious complications like heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, amputation, even death. type 2 diabetes can be difficult to handle alone. in order to properly manage the disease, it takes help from family and friends as well as the the medical community. to best support a friend or loved one living with diabetes, it is important to understand what they're dealing with and what kind of support they want

and need. but living well with diabetes starts with good nutrition. this means more fruits and vegetables, less salt and sugar. exercise is also vital, at least 30 minutes a day five days a week is best. and of course taking all medication as prescribed and checking blood sugar often. these are critical. add all this up to encourage a healthier way of life for the people we love. cdc has developed another way to help people prevent type 2 diabetes with the national diabetes prevention program. it provides trained lifestyle coaches and support groups to encourage healthy eating and more physical activity as well as emotional support and stress management in a community setting. this is where you all come in. we all know it is easier to exercise when we have a friend or family member join us. and it's easier to eat healthy when all those around us do

too. know someone with pre-diabetes? tell them about the national diabetes prevention program and urge them to visit cdc.gov/diabetestv. these are just some of the ways that we can be supportive for those that we love. thanks for watching. i'm joan lunden. >> sponsored by naccd with support from the centers welcome back everyone. ever closer to that upcoming weekend. even though we will see april- like conditions to take we will back to a dose of reality in just a few days and a bit of light they comes our way on saturday. we are only expecting a modest inch or two max but it will be colder, and again, dose of reality, guys. thanks, katie. in today's story of brotherly

love a high school senior this montgomery county says she has seen too much bullying in the world today. >> she decided to do something bit. ukee washington sat down with her. >> this young woman remembered an idea that she had back in the eighth grade to spread three simple word. she showed me, how she's doing it. >> yeah these are the shirts. >> reporter: ana of elkins park hope these colorful t-shirts can make the world happier. you want to start a revolution , a movement, tell me about that. >> it should be a movement, it is, easy, just be kind. >> reporter: those three word are now em blaze end on t-shirts that she design. ana a senior at abington friend said she was inspired to do it in of this. >> i started to see a lot of hate around. >> reporter: she with help from her parents got the project rolling. twenty dollars each. she plans to give fund to anti bullying organizations. like the tyler clemente

foundation and it gets better organization. >> i believe that if people get this eye tea in the back of their mind like i will be kind to take. then, it will, spread, and those people that they were kind to in the morning are then going to be kind later this is day. >> reporter: with every t-shirt comes a card asking people to went love and peace and to make a difference. her parent larry and debbie are very road. >> it is very special to you. >> well, she works really hard at everything that he toss. >> i'm happy that she has taken such a cause, under heroing and running with it. >> reporter: ana plans to study computer engineering in cleaning and he plans to pack her kindness help she goes. >> i really hope that this project continues into my college and beyond. >> reporter: ana's just getting started he sold a few dozen t-shirts and hopes idea went big time. we have a link to cbs philly .com/brotherly. i'll see you tonight. i'm ukee washington for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up next, jan has

new developments in last weeks deadly airport shooting, jan. >> reporter: jim, another victim with local ties has been identified, coming up where she's from and why a florida sheriff's deputy could face arrests for what he may have done, after the shooting. plus, many millennials will this is retire when they reach 65 years old. find out what they are spend ing their money on instead of saving for retirement, meisha. it will be 62 degrees today, something to celebrate. we have wet roadways out there and that is causing a few problems. we have a few accidents, i'll tell you where but first we will take a quick break, stay

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good morning everyone i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. 6:30. here's what you need to

necessity to start your day in the morning minute. i'm not giving you a question. you are fake news. >> just week into inauguration day president-elect donald trump is keeping up his war of word with the media over unverified reports that russia has compromising information on him. police say that the driver of this red car was under the influence when it smashed into a police car overnight as officer was not injured. police released identities of all five people killed in last weeks airport shooting in fort lauderdale. >> we know a 69 year-old woman from our area was also kill, authorities say she lived in dover, delaware. and two suspects entered southwest philadelphia daylight deli and one of the men punches a 60 year-old emily right in the face. police say this all started over a cost of the sandwich. biggest in the game for three, air ball, and then lose ball taken by henderson. sixers don't call a time out. here's mcconnell.

can he get it off, yes. the sixers win it. what a finish, that was tj mcconn em's first buzzer beater. >> sixers win 98-97, and fans starting to trust the process. >> yes. >> i think so. >> we trust katie. >> we trust our katie. katie's telling us it is warm and you can feel that, it feels amazing. >> very balmy and little breeze. it really does feel syringe- like. as we hit peak of the afternoon when we're expecting lower 60's it may as well be mid-april. here's in our area that is how warm it will be in terms of the what is normal for our area, on this particular day of the year. we have a breeze, we have a hint of activity on storm scan two, we are in the warm sector on the system. it will lead to a couple stray showers here and there, very spotty, on storm scan and stay that way. any showers will be primarily confined to this morning. we are still again waiting a cold trent passage until that crosses through we will have

some clouds and then left over showers to deal with. temperatures though are anywhere from 15 to 20 plus degrees above seasonal average for the day here. it is very warm afternoon that we're expecting with that breeze out of the southwest as high as 20 miles an hour. we are at 54 degrees currently you won't have to tiehl with icing, that is a plus, but keep in mind road are still wet. meisha has her on that. as we look at our hourly forecast, across the rest of the day, peeking at six two around the height of the afternoon, you will again, notice the breeze out there, to not get used to this, my friend, paw we do have much colder air that cost wait in the wings and it is a quick turn around. we're already expecting snow as early as this weekend, much more on that in just a few, meisha. >> thanks very much. >> you nailed it. wet red ways and it the is causing problems for us right now. schuylkill west at south street where we have one of the accident, pulled off to the right but at a time like this on a busy thursday morning as we head toward

morning rush hour at 7:00, this will start to slow you down right now. head up jumping out on the schuylkill westbound around south street. give yourself extra time until this gets cleared. if you cannot at least add some commute time. you will need it. probably around an extra i would say 20 to 30 minutes at this point. then we have another accident, in delaware, more serious with injuries, old baltimore pike is closed still at salem church road. use this alternate pulaski highway, or route four is your best bet and another accident here in norristown injuries reported with this accident as well main street at the gay street for those in this neck of the wood, give yourself some extra time as well. then look at mass transit, we have broad street, north bound line, switch problems, because of that northbound service terminates at olney. check your schedules on line. more when we come back in a little bit. rahel, back over to you. police say driver of the red car was under the influence when it hash in the police car this morning. this happened on the boulevard , near tyson. the officer was not injured but the driver did try to take

off, police eventually caught up to a car a couple blocks away and took driver into custody this morning that driver is facing dui charges. police have released identity of the fifth person killed in last week's airport shooting in fort lauderdale. >> we're learning victim has ties to our region. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live from the cbs-3 news center with more, good morning, jan. >> reporter: sad news for the delaware valley today, authorities say that victim is a 69 year-old woman from dover , delaware. florida officials have now identified 69 year-old mary louise amsabell from dover, delaware as one of the five people killed during friday's shooting at fort lauderdale hollywood international airport. she's the second victim with ties to the delaware valley. police say that esteban santiago killed five and wounded six others in the airport's baggage claim air -- area and now sheriff's deputy is suspended following leak of what appears to be surveillance video showing the shoot inner action that day. broward sheriff scotties rail

recently spoke about the case. >> whoever did this is repulsive, and it was difficulties peckable. it could possibly be illegal. >> reporter: deputy michael dingman a 21 year veteran assigned to the airport for several years could be responsible for leaking video to gossip site tmz. he is suspended with pay and under investigation for disclose another of use of confidential criminal justice information discretion and conduct unbecoming an employee broward mayor barbara chere say investigators enhanced to see if the reflection shows person who used a cell phone to capture video off a computer screen. >> we want to make sure that people understand that when they have a security clearance of that level, to view sensitive information, that they hold that close to heart and they know what that means for the general public. >> reporter: investigation is ongoing, and this isn't the first time dingman has been in trouble, according to documents released by sheriff

's office dingman was disciplined in 2012 for searching a law enforcement database for personal information on a florida highway patrol troop shore pulled over a speeding miami police officer. back to the victim's now along with mary louise amss dell, terry andres was kill. he grew up in millville, new jersey. rahel and jim, back to you. >> thanks for that update. a home invasion last week could be connect to similar home invasions last year. >> mass suspects ransack a home dehanding cash and electronics. last weeks home invasion happened in uwchlan township aster lane. men barge in and threaten homeowners and two children. detectives say that the crime has, striking similarities to home invasion and robberies in october and november. just about two hours, u.s. coastguard will return to the scene in the diesel oil spill in delaware river. chopper three was over the anchor's marina in tinicum township delaware county last night. coastguard has yet to determine just how much oil has been spilled.

well, switching gears now it is early enough in the another to make and add new retirement land resolutions for 2017. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us live from new york with some suggestions, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. >> so jill, besides putting more money when you will tell to us put in our 401k, irs and rot account what should we be doing. >> i check out statistics that creeps me out. bureau of labor statistics say average worker who is actually holding a job right now will have, ten different positions, the age before the age of 40, ten. millennials will have 12 or 15 different jobs. so one consequence of all this job hopping is workers have lots of different, scattered, retirement accounts. so that is why you should resolve to consolidate those orphaned accounts, roll those accounts into an ira, rot ira or you this employer's plan. now what if you need money

, from one of those old accounts, what should you do. >> your next resolution, please avoid cashing out old retirement plan assets, unless you are under extreme financial distress, did i emphasize that enough, extreme center for retirement research at boston college has found that when we cash out plans or hardship withdraws or loans all these things are perfectly legitimate but this can reduce your asset base by 25 percent, in retirement. so i also want to give you a reminder loans have been considered the most prudent way to accessory timer fund before you retire, but, so many people during the recession found that hard way if you lose your job before that loan is repaired you either have to repay it in full or it is considered a withdraw, subject to taxes and potentially penalties. so, try in the the to touch those assets. if you can bear it. >> a lot of people took big hits, thank you so much, jill,

always great advice. >> yes, take care. >> well, attention coffee drinkers and yes, meisha johnson this includes you, this next story is for you. >> your morning fix could cost you more cash, jam, smuck letter company that makes package coffee is pricing prices 6 percent. meisha just passed out over there. dunkin' donuts and among the brand. could leader says rising cost of raw coffee is the reason. i find this interesting. company's k cup pods will in the be affect though. >> you like k cups, right. >> yes. >> listen up, millennials, according to a new survey, half of 18 to 23 years old, 18 to 23 year-old, spent more on coffee then investing for retirement. >> that is not good. >> 41 percent of older millennials between 24 and 35, are worried though that they won't be able to, financially retire, until after 65. here's my thing, jim, we were talking about this. eighteen to 23 you are still

technically in college. >> you are still in college. >> i can see 25 to 30 but whoever did that needs to revamp numbers. >> that is misleading. >> that is my opinion only not views of cbs-3 "eyewitness news". dreaded stomach virus is wreaking havoc on families across the nation. coming up how to tell if you are contagious. and doctor jen will also have some simple remedies to help you battle the stomach bug. >> um-hmm. >> plus, a drone crashes in to the space need until seattle, we will tell you about the moment of impact, hi there, pat. >> good morning, guys, we are here at blue mountain, and in the 5:00 he clock hour i learn , well, not learned because i knew how to ski but now i'm learning how to snow board. my first time with joe. he will teach us all we need to know because january, it is national learn to ski and they board month. so why not try it.

well, welcome back everyone. hitting slopes is one activity many people look forward to during the winter season. >> it is also a great time to start because january, national the learn to ski and they board month. we saw pat's skills skiing this morning and thousand he is trying his hand at snow boarding. the lets see if he is any better at that. hi there, pat. >> good morning, guys. witt being january, national learn to ski and snow board month, we got skiing out of the way at the 5:00 o'clock h that one i was not too worried about. we were here at blue mountain. i might as well learn how to snow board as well. this is my second time. my first time was about 15 years ago. joe forte from blue mountain, it didn't go so well. here i am getting the proper, technique, i guess you would say. >> yes. >> we will talk about that in a minute. it is january, so it is national learn to ski and though board month. what do you have going on at blue. >> we have a couple great

promotions, one of the cool ones is bring a friend ram where, it is a from friend, they can come and you bring them and get half rise on your lift tickets. we have $49 learn to ski package, everything included for $49, lift, lesson and rental. in addition our best package is our buy three, go for three take three lessons and get a season pass for the low price of $199. you become a skier or snow border for $199. >> how long have you been snow boarding for. >> i have been snow boarding for about 25 years. >> how long have you been teaching. >> for 18. >> i started here at blue mountain. >> so when we were inside because i had to learn basic off before i got on the board, joe, you are an awesome teacher. >> thank you. >> very calm. i'm a pain this is butt to deal with sometimes. before we got on the board we learned basics. we got on the board and still learning basics. with me being a beginner, what would you, what will you tell

me, the first thing you do before you strap on. >> well, one of the huge advantages we have at blue mountain resort is we start the lesson indoors with the instructor to fit your boots like i did with you, check your equipment, make sure you get to the right place, in the locked, resort experience is big intimidating experience. we start inn doors. i taught you basic movements. the once you got out here on snow you didn't fall once. >> i did not. >> no. >> we did it once or twice before we went live to make sure i wouldn't fall on my face even though i'm sure everyone at home would love to see that. that being said i do feel good i feel like i'm balanced on there. are we ready to go. >> yes, i think no fall philosophy goes a long way. >> yes. >> let's test it the out. >> i will be honest, talking while i do this helps because i'm not focusing on looking down at the snow or anywhere else. i'm focusinged on the tum things that come out of my mouth. as we say that, let's do it. >> yes. >> we will turn it sideways,

look where we wanting to. put a big smile on our face. step on the board. bend our knees. >> yes. >> and bend our knees. >> all right. >> wow. >> nice. >> nice. >> awesome. >> there is a hill. >> yes. >> thank goodness he has a helmet on. >> pivot, pivot the. >> yes, looks good. >> look at that. >> nice job. >> yes. >> i love it. >> yes. >> thank you. >> he doesn't have a lot of excess padding on him there. >> yes. >> i'm just saying. >> now, the board probably weighs more than he did. >> that was for show. >> he is a wirery guy. >> are we going to have some good weather this weekend. >> you say wirey, i say slim. >> yes, lean. >> yes. nicer way of putting it there. >> i got you, don't worry but we will have a lot of poconos

cameras out in blue mountain and i was trying to find pat and i cannot find him anywhere , but it is something we can play big brother on him but we couldn't this time. we have haze settling in over blue mountain, and much of the rest of the poconos, quick ski report for you, even despite the this warming trend we are in the middle of at blue hundred tane we have several feet of snow and 27 trails opened, and there he is, there is pat coming town slopes here on his board here, almost a skateboard on his snow board. lets go back to the eyewitness weather watchers too. they have included some rain from last night. warm front that lifted this ended upbringing in several tents of an inch. john in perkasie had half inch very quickly look at the temperatures, you got the 50's almost essentially regional wide, one odd ball out near the coastline where, we are reporting 49 degrees. that is a cool spot. forty-nine is still heads above where we would normally top off at this day of the the year. going back to the graphic, we

will move things forward here take a look at storm scan wide zoom. we are in the warm sector of this system that will lead to additional showers this morning. once cold front though that is trailing behind this crosses through, the rain, cloud, will clear out, we will end up with skies clearing as well, but temperatures dropping. the here's next storm then that will track eastbound, eventually arriving here come saturday generally after morning i would say midday is when we expect to it arrive but could bring us a modest amount of snow. we will go from the 60's to snow in two days. it doesn't look like much. these are two reliable models picking up that we get close to an inch, possibly a bit more but odds are it is a modest accumulation but does come by saturday. it is also a heck of a lot colder by that point. >> it looks like it, all right , thanks very much. good morning, everyone. welcome to the gateway to the weekend. what we are looking at is an accident at schuylkill west wound at university avenue blocking two right lanes, squeezed all the way to the far left lane and yes, that is

absolutely, slowing you down, quite significantly. at this point. also another accident here, serious one involving injuries , all baltimore pike still closed at salem church road. use pulaski highway and route four in that area. another accident in norristown , also involving injuries, main street at gay street in and around that neck of the wood. plus, mass transit, broad street line is running about ten minute delays both directions due to earlier switch problems. so check those schedules on line. the plus water main break foulke road closed between wilson road and longacre road. use an alternate here. route 202 will be your best bet, and also, yikes, protect these vehicles, open manhole cover germantown pike at hanna avenue. give you a heads up there in the the next ten minutes. jim and rahel back over to you but, this video may look funny. this video fridays a drone. the drone is crashing in the seattle's famous space needle. >> what isn't so fun that i could have injured workers

installing fire works on the space needle new years eve. security guard found the owner standing at bottom of the space needle holding the controller. we may be in the mid of flu season but patients visiting doctor's office are complaining of stomach illness >> families know stomach virus is contagious but how do you best battle will the bug? jen cuddle is here this morning with that advice. doctor jen, you know, we expect to hear about flu but this stomach thing. it was bad a few days ago. it was going around news room. >> yes, different parts of the country has had lots of cases of the stomach virus. we call it gastroenteritis, that means an inflammation of the lining of the stomach and it can happen, virus, bacteria , viruses are most common. running rampant in some parts of the country. >> jim mentioned at one point it was running around news room, i had a couple collogues , is it contagious and if you had to stay home from school or work, what should you do. >> it is actually, highly contagious to be honest with

you, and -- >> you know me, mr. paranoid. >> you know me, these are probably hallmarks symptoms of gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhea but you can get, abdominal cramps, fever, nausea and headaches and it can be very contagious. you have to make sure that you are healthy before you get back to work, school so you don't have a fever, not vomiting and don't have diary a so important. >> people were coming back. i was walking around in a hazmat suit. >> i believe that you have the the whole mask. >> yes. >> is there antibiotics, are they good to combat that or is it the completely through and then -- >> that is a good question. quite honestly most causes of gastroenteritis that we see are caused by virus and they cannot be treated with antibiotics. as a physician if you come in and i think you have a viral gastroenteritis which is what most people have, cause of the nausea, vomiting, diarrhea i am not giving you antibiotics. it is just waiting to get it died down and it takes three

or four days. couple days you should start feeling better and get better from there on. >> you will test our knowledge on this, right. we have fancy machinery. >> we have a game. >> fact or fiction. >> yes. >> i'm incredibly competitive. >> rahel says she will win. >> question number one. >> fact or fiction the stomach flu is a type of flu virus, is that fact or is that fiction. >> you are upside down. >> it is fiction. >> so, we call it stomach flu it is no the really the flu. it is just sort of the stomach bug. the it is in the the flu but we often call that it. >> different question. >> you can get a stomach virus many times in your lifetime. >> fact. >> that is fact. >> you guys are doing awesome. >> yes. >> i should be a doctor. >> yes. >> he said that. >> yes, you can get as many times, throughout your lifetime because it can be many different virus that can

come back and tort, that is very true. >> last statement, true or false, fact or fiction you can be infect with the stomach virus at the anytime of the year, is that true or false. >> fact. >> yes, see i'm telling you, i should be enrolled in medical school. >> yes you are right. >> so it can happen anytime of the year, it can happen because many different viruses , main thing and we should talk about it too, what do you do if you get this. biggest thing because we usually don't give antibiotics , you got to sit, wait and make yourself comfortable. make sure you drink plenty have fluids. you can get dehydrated from vomiting and diarrhea. especially hard on kid, elderly people. fluid is a main stay. make sure you eat a bland diet , about nan as, rice, apple sauce and toast. take it easy. make sure you are resting and stay home until you get better that is really important. >> good advice and great stuff to talk about during breakfast

thanks, doctor jen. we will be right back.

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