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new jersey because of down power lines. and, we have live team three coverage for you of the storm, we will take you live down the shore in a moment but we will start with meteorologist kate bilo, and to explain more about what is happening right now. the kate? >> reporter: jessica, ukee this system has been impacting us all day long. heaviest rain we have even so far for parts of the area, falling, right now, it is starting to wind down, a bit, for new jersey shore and delaware, some more rain could come through tonight still but heaviest has just shifted north, that plume of rain starting to pivot around i am agoing new york city, long island and certainly impacting central new jersey and the philadelphia area. you cane this big massive yellow right here moving through camden, gloucester counties now over lower bucks, northeast philadelphia, seeing soaking rain long i-95 corridor, are slow travel, conditions, you can see the yellow and orange, embedded, in this, and, you can see it is very heavy, it does include center city, including burlington, new jersey, trenton new jersey in herser
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county and portions of lower bucks and montgomery counties, as we speak. the throughout the rest of tonight the we can expect pockets of heavier rain through next couple of hours moving through south jersey, moving through our thort and western suburbs. we have already had reports of freezing rain in the poconos and that will continue through tonight, we will eventually see rain change over to snow, sleet, ice, leading to very hazardous travel conditions from the poconos down into portions of the extreme northern and lehigh valley we could see ice and sleet and snow. by midnight we will see showers tapering off and tomorrow morning this will begin to move out. here's a little piece of good news. high win warning still in effect but we are seeing wind dying down slightly at this hour. a few hours ago we had gusts over 50 miles an her, down the shore we are gusts in the 35 to 45 miles an hour range. the that is still strong enough to bring down trees and power lines and lead to power outages but we are seeing worse of the win shift further north, and over portions of ocean county right now gusts at the airport of 33 miles an hour.
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coming up we will have more timing on when this really pushes out when wind die down and also we will talk more about the coastal flood threat , down the shore this evening, and even into tomorrow morning. for now back to you at the desk. kate, thank. we are to go breaking news we have learn that the storm have become deadly in philadelphia. high wind could be to blame for blowing down a sign at an ought motive sales lot. it fell off the wall hitting an emily as police a that employee was pronounced dead at the scene this happened before 1:00 the 4300 york road , location in the cities hunting park section. our natasha brown will have more coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. in delaware county high wind sent a tree crashing down on a home this happened on beatrice lane in aston. quite a bit of damage to that home. fortunately no one was injured now we go to the new jersey shore one of the areas taking the worst hit in all of thinks wildwood, "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live there with more on the conditions, greg.
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>> reporter: jessica, you can tell it is very windy right here. we are here in wildwood as you mentioned this is wildwood boardwalk normally enduring winter months, you'll notice person or two taking a jog or walk. we have not seen a inning is will person outside here on this boardwalk all afternoon. that is because this heavy, rain, this heavy wind really keeping everyone inn doors. >> right now we have a major nor'easter. >> reporter: with the wind, rain, minor flooding slamming beach towns down the shore emergency response officials are closely monitoring what this wicked weather is doing. >> it is a very dangerous storm because of the high wind >> reporter: marty is trek or of emergency helping. for cape may county. he says his biggest concern for this weather system is the win. >> looking at keeping an eye on the power outages this time of the year it is dangerous for any pre long power outages we may have to open up shelters. >> reporter: for those living in avalon, stone harbor, wildwood full-time he isn't too worried. >> people on the barrier island this time of the year
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are year round rest tenth, majority of them and they know what to do. >> reporter: most road were clear, quiet, few people running errand. >> i'm used to it the now. >> reporter: live dave duncan swinging by post office. greg grillo a carpenter has day off. >> usually we will have some inside work but we're starting a new house building there the ground up, so we're outside right now so we have lost a day and lost a day's pay. >> reporter: he is used to these winter storms, even so, he is hoping for just, one thing. >> it doesn't went. >> reporter: these concerns are about the flooding and that main concern is wind and possible power outage is a the last check electric company which serveses this entire region only say five homes without power and there is a crew, servicing that great news tonight, of course, these wind could change things at any second. coming up tonight at 6:00 we will hear from some folks that worked during this winter wicked weather and what they are doing to prepare for all
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of it, that is coming up in just about one hour. for now we are live from wildwood i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". see you then. >> meteorologist lauren case a i joins us from atlantic city with a look at conditions there we saw you at 4:00. any better, any worse? >> there are element that are better, and the wind though is relentless, it is really not think better, just trying against my back right now here alonge heed eighth kes line where thorn edge of atlantic city on after plant i can avenue and corner of new hampshire avenue and strong northeasterly wind is pushing these huge waves, they are crashing and continuing to crash against the sea wall. upward of 20 plus feet as we have been here over last hour watching the waves pounding atlantic city and dumping buckets of water here on the atlantic avenue. flooding has i am loved a bit, high tide in atlantic city was half an hour ago.
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we can see debris on the roadway, brought in by the water that is now left as it has receded a little bit, you can still see the road is here , on the shoulders, significant flooding where you have jets of 1 foot and it only takes 1 foot of water to flow, vehicles, 6 inches of the water will likely stall out and make you lose control, and also we're driving in and saw street flooding just due to rainfall amounts, atlantic city police department is saying route 40 is closed this both treks this is western atlantic city, we will continue to deal with these trying wind but conditions, flooding has improved, winds have certainly, not improved. for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" i'm meteorologist lauren casey , live in atlantic city back to you. track this nor'easter and forecast anytime, down load the free cbs philly weather app available on itunes and google lay. commuters scrambled to find alternate route after the turnpike connection bridge is shut down between new jersey
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and pennsylvania. as expect, drivers dealt with traffic jams while searching for other ways to cross the delaware river. officials say the bridge will remain close indefinite thely as crews fix a 14-inch crack on the pennsylvania side. and an average of 42,000 drivers cross that bridge daily. twenty-nine year-old man is facing murder charges tonight the for allegedly stabbing his grandmother to death, during an argument. this is the suspect derek dab any of 7900 block of caesars plates. he stabbed his grandmother joan mccoy, saturday evening. police say mccoy was found by her daughter who was the suspect's mother. she says that she saw her son, leaving the scene. philadelphia police have located the stolen getaway car used in the violent chestnut hill home invasion. it happened on east chestnut hill avenue early saturday morning. police say that an armed man entered the home through an unlock door before making his way to the bedroom. suspect then forced a male victim to stay in the the room
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while he sexually assaulted a female in another room. hand then stole wallets, cell phones and keys before getting a way, in their 2017 hyundai e lantra police are still searching for the suspect. police are investigating a murder in south philadelphia that has a connection to west philadelphia. officers responded to a call around 2:00 in the morning on the 2600 block of emily street there they found a 35 year-old victim this is back seat of a car with a gunshot wound to his chest. police believe it may be connected to an altercation, again, that began in the west fill bar at forty-sixth and walnut about a half an hour, before that. if you have any information, on that deadly shooting, call the police. police are also checking surveillance video in the search for gunman who robbed a vintage wine bar in center city early this morning. that bar is on the the 100 block of south 13th street, investigators say a masked armed man broke in the bar just before 1:30 and got away with $200 in cash, that came from under investigation.
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authorities captured two murder suspect after a jewelry heist inside a san antonio shopping mall. police say this man jason matthew creato shot and killed 42 year-old good samaritan named jonathan murphy, and then wounded two other customers. the other suspect was captured after crashing into a concrete culvert. creato is facing capitol murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. city of philadelphia order gayborhood bars and social services agency to undergo bias training. >> it is part of the list of recommendations designed to combat racism in the lb gt community. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio has more on the hand dated training. >> reporter: racism in the lb gt community is a issue. >> reporter: mayor and philadelphia commission on human relations released this licensing awaited report acknowledging decade of racism and discrimination in the cities lb gt community. >> lbtqq people of color,
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women and transgender people feel unwelcomed and unsafe in these spaces. >> reporter: reports suck rises testimony from a first of its kind hearing where dozens of trans and lb gt people of color told stories of poor services, obstacles to admission and unfair employment race at bars. >> we heard you, thank you, and time for change is right now. >> reporter: commission is requiring gayborhood bars and lbgt non-profits to undergo training until fair practices ordinance as well as implicit bias, they also want more board and leadership opportunities for diverse groups. as well as a loss of city funding for bars and non- profits, that don't complies. roll out begins in 30 days. >> we have a lot of work to do but this is groundwork now. >> reporter: activist spent months protesting racism in the gaybohrrod they are cry got traction last fall when video went viral. >> now that they have released public reports, the solidarity
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with the community will be present every step of the the way and that is a promise. >> reporter: but reports offer hope. >> there is a light and we need to move forward on that light. >> reporter: that the city will turn corner on discrimination, so healing can begin. at city hall, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and still to come on "eyewitness news" our storms, are nasty but down south, they have been pummeled. sitting at home and laughing with the grandchildren, and if i can just say it was just taken away. >> so much taken away, in deadly storms, we will take you to one town, dealing with tornado damage just weeks after another twister hit. important health news for women as researchers say, deaths the from a certain cancer may be higher then reeve justly thought. and unbelievable rescue caught on police officer's body camera, we will show you moment when the flames were threatening to trap a woman in the car where fire fighter came to the
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minutes. president george hw bush is suffering from pneumonia but today we have learn he is well enough to leave intensive care unit. nine two-year old was struggling to breathe when admitted january 14th. last week he was breathing with the aid of his ventilator in the icu but doctors removed that breathing tube on friday and say he could return home, very soon. >> friday discharge height be a little bit optimistic, but, friday or over the weekend, literal willly it is a bit of the moving target. it is fluid in terms of the left over residual inflammation in his bronchial tunes and his lungs and that will influence his oxygen, his coughing. >> reporter: president bush's wife barbara who was also admitted to the same hospital has been released after completing treatment for bronchitis. on the healthwatch tonight , advising new numbers are on cervical cancer, deaths
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from cervical cancer may be higher then previously thought doctors at johns-hopkins found black women are dying at a 77 percent higher rate compared to white woman compared to 47 percent. researchers say they no longer included woman who had wrist heck mys, since removing cervix eliminates risk of cervical cancer. do you clinch or grind your teeth is this it could lead to tooth loss if not careful. experts say it is not uncommon but because it happens while most people are sleeping, many people do in the know they are doing damage. mouth guard designed by a dentist candy sign a conn stan grinder. grinders should avoid caffeine , and cut back on alcohol. new data suggest women should be checking their heart health, at an earlier age. american heart association got women should be screened, for heart disease as early as 20. a recent survey found 60 percent of women thought they should begin heart screenings at the 30. we are seeing first images from a new weather satellite
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released to day. check out shot of the moon hovering above the earth there , at four times the image resolution of existing spacecraft, this is like seeing space in high definition. satellite lifted off from cape canaveral, and should help forecasters better understand and predict weather patterns. >> satellite zoomed in on us it would be a mess, absolute mess. >> yes, it has been a mess from start to finish, things blowing all over, we have major power outages down the shore and really has not let up, as we check with lauren and greg still seeing flooding and gusty wind. the it is starting to let up just slightly and especially down the shore and portions of delaware where heaviest rain has shifted to the thort. we are seeing very beginning of the end, so to speak, you will see through next several hours we will deal with the risk for heavy rain and strong gusty wind but not as dropping as they were mid afternoon. the as we talk about yesterday mid take early afternoon is worse of it, gradual diminishing of these
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conditions overnight. the here's a look at outside in the shore campaign you can see right around high tide, you can see ocean city, waves heading up toward dunes and boardwalk, very high tide, beach erosion, moderate coastal flooding, expect and many shore communities, overnight, and even tomorrow morning, high tide could experience moderate coastal flooding. another shot down the shore on our neighborhood network from the beach patrol in margate, usually we will see a lot of beach here, in the the today, we are seeing waves almost up to where camera is located at that beach patrol headquarters and beach erosion, in evidence , on that camera. storm scan three again shows where heaviest rain is, there is that plume as that system continues to rotate through northeast it this, and we are seeing snow break out on the north and western edge. can i just say temperatures were five to 10 degrees colder this would be an entirely different storm come on the one year anniversary of our major storm last year, that brought 2 feet of snow. but this for the vast majority of us will be just rain.
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here this is north and western suburbs, we may see sleet mix in through this evening. get ahead up in the poconos to the extreme northern lehigh valley and northern berks county to see any threat for ice or accumulation. rest of us just seeing rain. you can see how worst is pushing north. right now we are seeing bucks county, mercer county and portions of montgomery county as well under heaviest rain. philadelphia still raining steadily but as you head down toward airport raining her likely then it is at northeast philadelphia airport as heaviest band of precipitation continues to push north. through your coastal impact lets talk about the flooding here this evening into tomorrow morning moderate flooding expect. high tides happening right thousand. high tide five to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, surge up to 4 feet and roadway impact. we have coastal looked warning extended for entire coastal region including the mouth of the delaware bay, that continues until 11:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. wind alerts until 7:00 o'clock in philadelphia under a high wind warning, that goes until hid night down the shore, 65,
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still possible, although those wind died town, a bit and we will continue to do so through tonight by 11:00, wind gusting to 35 to 45 miles an hour range and even into tomorrow morning. so, winds die down, below advisory level but still windy enough to cause isolated power outages. overnight rain, wind, rain could be heavier at times but starting to shift to the thort tomorrow, some showers, mainly in the morning, still windy, we may clear it the out in the afternoon. when i say windy tomorrow is in where near scope of today, wind gusting to, and much better conditions, and wind out of the northwest as that cooler air moves in. wednesday is the day that hotter nature throws us a bone , so to speak. 55 degrees on wednesday with sunshine, finally some sun, and that is day to look forward to, because cold front comes through thursday, and that will bring in colder weather which i'll show you in the seven day next half an hour. >> we will see you then, a rebater it. title of the new star wars film is revealed and it has fans debating what it means?
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we first brought you this story last night and now new developments in the investigation in the multi million-dollar jewelry theft ring, the nba player we're now learning was a victim and just how widespread this crime spree reached, that is tonight at 6:00 o'clock. >> that is a crazy story. we will get to that later but don bell joining us now with a look at sports. >> yeah, local guy making it happen. >> yes, yes. >> broadway joe, monsters of the midway, the purple people eaters a lot of great nicknames in nfl history but one of the best belongs to matt ryan. local kid just living a dream. leslie van arsdal has more.
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>> play our game, all right. play hard. but stay poised. >> reporter: matt ryan's run to super bowl 51 cull mated against a incredible win with the packers but his story began at penn charter, the coach, brian said he knew he was special from the very beginning. >> would i say, i learned real early was, that his aptitude and intellect for the game. he understood defenses and he could die them. >> reporter: his nickname matt y ice was given to him by his team hates. >> at some point they were observing how he was playing and said he is really cool, matty emerged. >> reporter: atlanta has been matt's home, for nine years he has never forgotten where he came there. >> dell sandra's, and chevy's were right down the street from where i went to high school. >> reporter: he knew matt would be a good quarterback in college. could not guess he would develop into a nfl star and
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thousand here he is playing in the biggest game of his life. >> to be laying, you know, in the super bowl, pinnacle of what every nfl football player strives for it is just amazing >> reporter: leslie van arsdal , "eyewitness sports". >> matty ice, cool, calm, collected. taking on tom brady. >> i wonder how many tickets matty ice will to have get for the game. >> i'm sure his cell phonies going off right the now. >> thanks, don, a rebater it. coming up after a weekend of headlines the new white house press secretary comes out for his first, full on daily briefing. i think he has a healthy respect for the first amendment. >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer addressed woman's march and other hot topic and tried to mend fences with the the media. wild weather here but worse down south we will hear from people who lost everything in the deadly
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i'm meteorologist kate bilo. here is latest storm watch update on the powerful nor'easter that has been impacting our weather all day long. heaviest rain has started to shift to the north, from philadelphia on southward right now the rain hazlet up a good deal which is if news for travelers but still seeing heavy rainfall over bucks, montgomery counties, lehigh county right down through ocean county and burlington county, new jersey. this will continue through the next several hours while rest of these areas does move into a lull, don't expect to see much in the way of this heavy precipitation hoff back in the region it this but take a look at our peak wind gusts there earlier today we have widespread power outages in coastal new jersey wind gusting to briefly over 15th 50 miles an hour with a few reports of 60 plus. more tea tails on this storm coming up, jessica, back to you. that same storm system spawned tornadoes to the south , at least 20 people
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killed, tossens her crushed, whole neighborhood were wiped out. this has always been home to he, now it just doesn't seem the same. >> reporter: national weather service says 39 possible tornadoes were reported in south over weekend and rescuers are still combing through tea brings looking for survivors, the news continues at 5:30. hi everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm ukee washington. one of the tornadoes hit a community still recovering from another twister. cbs correspondent done ton champion reports from albany, georgia. >> reporter: sergio rios, struggled with his emotions as he dug through what is left of his mobile home. his neighborhood is now littered with debris, one of the several in albany, georgia destroyed by a powerful tornado. >> i could not recognize. >> and search and rescue operation continuing as death toll could rise, 16 count ace cross the state are under a state of emergency.
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>> it came in three phases, each phase was stronger than the prior phase, the last one had a tornado that was on the ground for over an hour. >> reporter: power of the tornadoes shocked neighbors in this community, here you can see wind threw a mobile home on top of another. al bonnie albany is dealing with the another tornado that hit three weeks ago, county officials say federal assistance has been impossible to secure and they are frustrated. >> you get caught up in the bureaucratic red tape, at a time of this amount of hugh hand suffering, it is disgraceful. >> reporter: tornado in albany is one of the 30 confirmed in the south east over the weekend, most of them, in georgia. done ton champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a high school this palm beach gardens, florida was badly damaged by storms. the investigators believe tornado slammed into dryer high school. tea brings scattered all
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around the campus. the classes were cans told day powerful storms are calling southern california dumping rorrer setting rain, wrapped rising water is catching drivers off guard. take a look, fire tighters pulled a family of four from this stranded pickup truck after it was washed off the roadway yesterday. it took about 20 minutes to get everyone on to dry land. this one was hurt during this rescue. good news out of of italy, after rescuers pulled a few puppies buried in snow after last week's have avalanche. now three puppies survived being trapped for five taste under the italian hotel. advertise coverry is raising hepp for more than 20 people, still believed, to be buried under a wall of snow. search teams are working around the clock. president trump launched this to a busy first week in the white house. it began with meeting with some of the country's hose powerful ceo and signing executive order that will undo you a long proposed trade agreement. >> we have been talking with this a long time. >> reporter: president trump started his first full week in office by striking a blow to
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the obama administration's signature trade deals, as promised on the campaign trail mr. trump signed an executive order pulling the u.s. out of the transpacific partnership. >> great thing for the american worker, what we crust did. >> reporter: mr. trump met business leaders including tesla ceoe lon musk and ford executive mark fields, they discussed ideas for bringing manufacturing jobs back to the u.s. >> what the people wanted is one of the reasons i'm sitting here instead of someone else sitting here and it is something i'm good at. >> reporter: sean spicer faced reporters for first time since accusing them of distorting the crowd size at friday's inauguration. he added tv and on line viewers it was the most watched in history. >> i don't think there is any question that it was largest watched inauguration ever. >> reporter: president also ordered a hiring freeze in the federal work tors, except for military, he vowed to slash both taxes and regulations on u.s. companies. as we mentioned the white
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house press secretary sean sizer faced the press to dress various women's how muches that happened this d.c. and all over the country this weekend. spicer says the president respects the rights of americans to protest. >> i think he has a healthy respect for the first a moment he, you know, this is what makes our country so beautiful one take you can inaugurate a president and next day people can occupy the same space to row test something. >> more than 2 million people protested over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of those were in washington. president trump's pick to lead cia is expected to win senate confirmation to take. full senate is voting on congressman michael pompeo's nomination. kansas republican faced opposition from some democratic senators, including ron white, of oregon, a starch privacy advocate. senate foreign relations committee will vote on whether to move rex tillerson's nomination for secretary have the state on to the full senate, tillerson, former ceo
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of exxon mobile has won over some reluctant republicans such as senators john mccain and lindsey graham. mark rubio also announced he will not hold back tiller on. name of the new star wars movie has been revealed. we will have it for you, let the speculation begin. samsung officials say they know what happened to cause samsung note seven phones to catch fire. where they are pointing fingers, up next. unbelievable rescue caught on a police officer's body camera, we will show you moments when flames were threatening to trap a woman in a car, when the fire fighter came to the
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in some cases burst into flames. >> three on your side jim donovan has details on what the investigation revealed. >> reporter: a samsung executive apologized monday as he detailed results of the company's investigation into what caused its galaxy note seven smart phones to over heat and catch fire. samsung says that since it began recall last september, 700 researchers work to replicate problems using 200,000 devices and 30,000 batteries. they concluded that the original issue was a design flaw. >> it caused the two parts of the battery to come into contact with each other and short out and that caused overheating. >> reporter: replacement phones had a problem with how batteries were welded together and that led to an internal short circuit. >> they went to great pains to point out it all of their testing they didn't fine any flaws with the actual design and build of the phone hardware or software in it. they pull all of the blame on the batteries and manufacturer
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of those path the wrist. >> reporter: source tells cbs news that the first battery was supplied by samsung company, and second was out sourced and row deduction problem, there was linked to a wrapped increase in production to replace all have the of the phones from the initial recall in the u.s. samsung received 13 reports of the burns and 47 reports of property damage, associated with note seven phones and a total of 96 reports of overheating batteries. u.s. consumer products safety commission has yet to release results of their investigation in the overheating problems. samsung has announced an eight-point safety check on all phones from here on out which it says will exceed industry standard. reporting for three on your side i'm jim donovan. social media is abuzz now that the name of the new star wars movie has been revealed. >> we will tell you what it
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rain, maybe more dangerous high winds. our weather team is watching this storm, kate will have an update for you this about one minute. dramatic rescues captured on a police officer's body camera this washington state this happened in spokane on friday. woman called 911 to say she was trapped in her burning car she tried to kick out windows but could not do it. officer arrived and used his baton to break a hole in one window and then was able to pull her out. she was treated and released. a tanker truck fire outside of columbus, ohio closed several interstates earlier today. police say a tractor trailer lost control on the northbound ramp of interstate 270 and then crash. police say driver of the vehicle was kill, truck was carrying 8,000 gallons of fuel , which spilled out and burned other areas of the roadways. boy, that was something. that was something. >> incredible all that smoke. >> um-hmm. >> if you looked outside today or if you had to go outside today you were like, ugh.
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>> exactly. >> double ugh. >> a rough day to day from start to finish. we had wind blowing everything all over my yard today, i don't know about you but i had basketball hoop that was weighed down by rocks. that thing got blown clear across. you can imagine down the shore where wind were 20 miles an hour stronger then they were in the suburbs, that damage that kind of wind can do. we are still dealing witt outside tonight. >> how long before do you think... >> winding town a little bit right now. that is good news. we have another four or five hours of some serious rain. we are not see wind shut off, turn off wind machine and see wind go from 40 or 50 miles an hour town to nothing. we will deal with gusts, like lit in the 30 to 40 miles an hour range all night long, gusts possibly as high as 25 or 30, even tomorrow, so still dealing with the wind. good news we are starting to see as i said at 5:15 the beginning of the even. see what i mean when i show you storm scan three.
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lets start off with the roof cam, out identify and good news i just looked outside on the sky deck and it looks better eag better visibility then we to midday, worst of the storm, brunt of the storm for us here in philadelphia was really through mid take hearst between noon and 3:00 p.m., now we're starting to see everything gradually winding town as rain pushes a little further north. the center city still dealing with light rain, still dealing with gusty wind but see on storm scan three heaviest rain pushed off to the north and moving through portions of northern new jersey and around new york city area right now. one thing i want to draw your attention to is snow and also sleet and ice, and that is pink, purple shading off to the north and west. it is breaking out across central pennsylvania as well and there is a lot of cold air in place. temperatures in the upper 30's all day long, if it were 5 degrees colder we would be talking about at love on of ice, snow and sleet here in philadelphia luckily it is not colder then it is but
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overnight hours if you are in the lehigh valley, in berks county, possibly seeing sleet hicksing in and poconos certainly you will see a that isty mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain all night long and tomorrow morning. just to recap storm damage from all take everything traffic lights down near atlantic city, loues delaware with the roof damage, uprooted trees in aston, delaware county. we had a report at 2:15 from salem, new jersey a roof damaged there and street flooding in stone harbor that is ongoing right now as we have another high tide in progress down the shore, back bay flooding, road flooded out throughout the shore communities so please be safe traveling down there tonight. again you can see how chilly, marginal temperatures this is mid 30's north and west. so possibility to see sleet mixing in. no accumulation until you head up toward poconos that is where we see that this isty mix, freezing rain, sleet, snow starting at 9:00 in ernest here. heavy rain around new york city at that time but heaviest rain tapering off for most of
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us, cold air wraps in around back edge and we have rain and snow showers, even through the overnight hours. here's good news tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. we will see it lift out, some showers possibly tomorrow morning and then we will start to clear it the out tomorrow evening. tomorrow we are under influence of this low, kind of the back edge, so everything starting to move out, and transition day and then much nicer weather returns by wednesday. winter weather advisory at 11:00 tomorrow morning for pocono counties two to inches of snow and sleet. road very slick in that area keep that in mind heading north as well. we will still see rain, win. some pockets of heavy rain but we have crest has just shifted to the thort, wind overnight still gusting to 35 miles an hour. tomorrow, little bit of rain in the morning, still windy, nothing is as bad as to take. we will get beautiful weather here on wednesday. thursday a cold front comes through with sprinkles it will be a breezy day and that will knock temperatures back down to more typical january temperatures, friday and into the weekend but good news is
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friday, we will see that sun return for at least a few days in a row, ukee and jessica back to you. >> here comes the sun. cbs hit comedy kevin can wait returns tonight. show averaging more than 8 million viewers a night. >> insider's michael yo scored a guest on the and joins us from los angeles with more on that, michael. >> reporter: ukee and jessica tonight i play a local morning show co host. it is, what i learned, i shouldn't quit the my day job. >> okay, if i start messing up do you have a look you will give me. >> wait. >> you will know. >> action. >> welcome back to wake up long island. we have got a very special in studio guest today a local fire fighter, and cat catching super hero, kyle gable. >> we brought new here because we know, you bring the goods. so we better see it. >> no pressure. >> i will throw some stuff if you drop your lines.
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>> here. >> kevin has given me pointers behind the scenes. the lets just say my choking scene took a couple of takes. >> later, 14 tries. >> is what the line. >> later, 14 ducks at a local zoo all six. >> is your goose next. >> that is it, i bombed when they air it, you know. >> kevin and his big brother gary valentine fighting over who gets to save me. >> he is choking. >> who is tougher growing up. >> kevin was tougher, yeah. >> he was tougher. >> you look like macho guy here. >> it is all in the shirt i have shoulder pads on. >> much more tonight on the insider, ukee and jessica, back to you in the studio. >> michael, thanks. you can see kevin can wait at 8:00 right here on bs3. >> lets go to the movie and split snatches number one spot at weekend box office. >> the thriller has movie go
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ers on the edge of their seats the. >> don't worry, he is not allowed to touch you. >> the film shed light on a rare psychological disorder multiple personalities and it pulled in 40.2 million-dollar and hey, our man ukee is in it that is why it is number one. get out there and see it. vin diesel's thriller, the return of xander cage is second with 40 million-dollar, hidden figures still strong at third with 16 million and sing and lala land round it out. >> i owe you for saying that. >> zero dollars. >> just a president of the fan club. >> today star wars fans learn the that i am of episode eight , the last jedi next chapter was written by ryan johnson who previously trek the movie blooper and episode of the hit television series breaking bad. it is scheduled for release december 15th, later this year , that will come around just like that.
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and, that includes, walking your dog. >> vittoria woodill caught up with some who has no choice but to grin and bear it. >> reporter: with gusting wind and rain that would put a damper on anyone's day do some walkers have it just as rough. >> this is buddy. we love him. he has been with us a very long time. he is a champ out here in the rain. >> reporter: dogs have not a bone to pick with the weather. >> some water loving dogs like labs and like to swim they step out and they are like all right, let's go. >> reporter: czar blake operations manager of a duke walking service in philadelphia said these rainy days don't put a paws on the usual routine.
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>> it is business as usual for us no matter weather. we will make it happen. >> reporter: what about the wind. >> wind is fine, we don't mind it, makes it difficult to blank will an umbrella and dog at the same time. >> reporter: there are any perks walking in the pouring rain foreman's best friend. >> it is better than summer. safer for them in the to be out in the awful heat. but, you know, weather is terrible whether it is really hot, pouring rain, blizzard, we limit their out door time as much as we can to, run them out, poddy, run them back in and spend time in inside pay time with the pubs. we try to keep the dogs as dry as we can. adorable little rain coats that they wear out in the rain , no hatter weather we love our dogs. and it is great out here. i wouldn't have it any other way. >> reporter: not like some sunshine, maybe walking on some beautiful sand. >> yeah, but dog walker at a beach would be more of a dream but really this is best job that there is. >> she loves her job.
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sarah had a few other tips if you plan to walk your dog, some may seem obvious like avoiding huge puddles and grassy muddy spots but also stick to go high roads, and less busy streets for more safe walk but what i learned is that, if you to what you love you'll they ever have a problem with mondays even if they look like this. >> how about that. >> that is true. >> she was very positive about the whole thing. >> she loves what she's doingy expect to be out there inn a say this is miserable but not so much. >> special people, special people. >> thanks, indeed. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 the grips of the nor'easter, greg. >> reporter: the wind is whipping here in wildwood i'm greg argos down the shore with how those living and working here are dealing with this weather. and we will have latest on the storm on storm scan three heaviest rain starting to shift to the north but we are still dealing with strong wind and some spots, seeing snow, ice tonight i'll have latest on watches and warnings still
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in effect for our area. frightening video, four armed men stormed into a bucks county convenient store, guns drawn, and exactly where it happened and how police think you can help. multi million-dollar jewelry theft ring tonight, tonight how far reaching these crimes were and the nba star who fell victim. 6:00 o'clock here's what is happening whipping wind and rising waters, from coastal flooding, down the shore, to gusts, strong enough to down trees, and in delaware county. parts of the building in philadelphia crumbled, power lines, toppled in chester county even causing sparks to go flying on route 322. in west bradford. some parts are being spared by this nor'easter tonight good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. we have team three coverage for you. we will start down the shore with meteorologist lauren casey, hoist live tonight in
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atlantic city, lauren. we're getting a break from the heavy, win driven rain. we were down here two hours ago getting pelted in the face the rain hurt when it hit you in the back of the legs. but we are still dealing with the whipping wind, of course, very intense wind. you need to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground or you will topple over and, of course, that very strong on shore flow has caused widespread coastal flooding this and around atlantic city. we have been trying around a bit and flooding, again, is widespread in nature and significant in some areas. right new we are at grammarcy place just about a block from the beach and you can see just how much flooding has over taken the road, yet high tide came at 4:24, 4:30 we are beyond that but still dealing with the residual impact from the flooding. we have seen some improvement as far as water levels are concerned but very dangerous travel conditions in and around atlantic city.
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