evening. >> reporter: good evening, ukee. wind has died down a bit since yesterday and it is a beautiful unset to the south here, but when you look in that direction you will also see damage to the down here, it took a pounding over past few days. this is price you pay for protecting the island. wave after wave the nor'easter took a heavy toll on north wildwood's beach. >> it is a shame, hopefully they will fix it up and we come down here and stay over there. >> reporter: these dunes were leveled a year ago in the winter storm that built up to protect road and homes and they are nearly gone gone. city officials will to have start over. >> it is not so much here about a beach about protecting our infrastructure. we are mobilizing, under an emergency contract, a crew will be here in the next couple days with heavy off road equipment, starting to hoff sand in wildwood and fill in here again. >> reporter: it could cost

$200,000, similar accounts of severe erosions reported in several shore towns, and, it is also the street flooding. these two men were working to move their friend's reek will after a flood nearby in wildwood. >> he was driving in here last night and i guess flood waters not seeking how deep they were she's stressed out, it is our own form of transportation and she uses it, all day long, so, for her to be without a car that is why we're out here desperately trying to get it started. >> reporter: in ocean city part of the third street was still under a food of water at low tide around noon but that was vast i am o compared to the predawn high tide when many streets were impassable. >> you know, it was in the middle of my wheels. >> reporter: were you concerned your car would flood >> i was concerned, yes. >> reporter: so the tide is rolling in again but from what we understand from the national weather service there is not expected to be that same tidal surge there was for

a.m. high tide, so for people coming home there work or get to drive around tonight around shore it will be better, then this morning. reporting live from north wildwood i'm cleve bryan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". what a picture behind you there, thank you. clean up from yesterday's damaging nor'easter is underway further inland. greg argos joins us from haddonfield where homeowners are picking up the pieces, greg. >> reporter: take a look at the this scene at this home in haddonfield, the strong wind last night blowing over a tree , a huge tree, which has been since removed and end is ago this tree crashing into this home. home owner says it happened around 7:00 last night as wind gust ted at more than 60 miles per hour. incredibly the home owner, who only want to go by his first name and his wife, were inside very room the tree destroyed. their bedroom when they heard cracking and snapping, and new something was about to hit. they ran in, and they ran out.

>> we ran out of the bedroom, we saw the tree shark this is bedroom condo, got to the hallway entire roof caved in and we got to the edge of the stairs, the rest of the roof started caving in behind us and we ran down the stairs. >> reporter: really incredible story back here live, we are not seeing a lot of damage this severe but there are homeowners in other areas who are also dealing with the big clean up tonight, officially here there those toll accounts where else this damaged, the damage happened, for this nor'easter. for now we are live from haddonfield, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will see new an hour, thank you. wind blew a huge sign from the building on the campus of community college of philadelphia this morning. "eyewitness news" near 16th and syringe garden where the sign was a nuisance for students on their way to class no one was hurt but one student says he was completely , wrapped up inside it. >> i walk up this there and it went blowing and wind stopped and just covered me up.

it is like a big blanket. draped overtop of me or whatever but it was fine, i didn't get hurt or anything. >> crews took charge and rolled sign up no word if or when it will be backup. nor'easter may be out of here but system is still battering parts of the new england, giant waves, churned up by the storm, crashed over a sea wall, in massachusetts. a man recording the video had to get out of the way as powerful wall of water came raining down. >> wow. well, northeast deals with rain and wind resident in florida are cleaning up after a tornado ripped through their community and it was caught on surveillance video. the rain and whipping wind was so strong in miami springs it moved the car there on the left and then you'lle camera just goes white. homeowners says trees older then community itself were ripped there their roots. down power lines left hundreds in the dark. there are still some lingering showers back here in our area, but for the most part this storm is moving out. meteorologist kate bilo is in

the weather center with more what we can expect now after the storm, kate. >> yeah, thanks jessica. most of it is out of here and we have improving weather on the way through the week but as you can see new england taking the brunt of that storm , still seeing strong gusty wind and a mess over maine with a wintry mix, snow to the north, heavy rain along the the coast and whipping wind as well in the canadian maritime province. as far as we're concern scattered showers around back edge of that low. we did see sun trying to break out in a couple sots west of the city earlier today but now showers have reloaded and we do actually have some snow and freezing rain still up through poconos but you can see showers on and off throughout the day with the heaviest over ocean county here this evening , and every place else you may need flip windshield wipers if you are out and about tonight. that is it. recapping our rainfall amounts from the storm, manasquan came in with 2.31. lakewood, new jersey 2.06. chats worth 1.94. atlantic city almost 2 inches. this was a big rain maker in

portions of new jersey. wind gusts today not as bad as yesterday. yesterday we had 50's at the map. today wind gusting to 32 to 35 . here's good news for coast, we are in the northwest wind and that is pushing what the's bay from the coast that is why we no longer have flood warnings and advisories that we did yesterday. temperatures right now on the cool side but still pretty seasonal, 43 degrees in philadelphia, 40 in reading. forty-one in wilmington with the wind it feels colder out there but we do have a mild, sunny day to look forward to. what to expect tonight, still a shower early and then clears out, finally sunny day tomorrow, and then cold front passage on thursday and that will knock down temperatures quite considerably with the seven take. i will tell you how warm it will get tomorrow and what to expect for upcoming weekend, jessica. >> see you then, kate. man shot and killed by wilmington police last night has been identified, investigators say 60 year-old bruce was armed and behaving erratically inside home on the 1700 block of west 13th street

officers say that they tried to calm him town but alton burger pointed a gun at him and that is when one of the officers fired. he died at the hospital. officer who fired a weapon is now on administrative tooth i while the investigation continues. authorities have a person of interest in police custody in connection with the violent home invasion in the philadelphia's chestnut hill section. stolen hyundai ellantra had been located in detectives with the early morning weekend break in. police say an armed man entered on chestnut hill avenue on saturday, through an unlock door before finding his way in the bedroom. intruder then ordered a male victim to stay in bed while sexually a all thing a female victim in another room. person of interest has in the yet been charged. police need public's help identifying man in this surveillance video whom they say robbed a rite aide on the 7400 block of ogontz avenue last saturday night. police say suspect in the hat who appears to be armed, forced an employee in the

office, and forced workers to fill up backpacks with cash. that sus he can then took off, anyone with any information is asked to contact the police. a lieutenant with the philadelphia sheriff's office is finally going home from rehab. he was severely injured in a elevator accident at criminal justice center months ago. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden spoke with the sheriff lieutenant and is live in center city, joe? >> reporter: jessica, good evening. it was lieutenant paulaens is a fighter after spending six months in rehab he is home tonight, all they questions persist about this freak incident at the cjc, that left him, in in this condition. it was a happy scene though early this morning inside of magee rehab, lieutenant owens was surrounded by his wife and his children, for now though, he is in a wheelchair. when asked about his prognosis his doctors say the sky is the limit, owens was in an elevator inside criminal just advertise center when something went terribly wrong, the car he was riding in, shot

upward, crashed through the shaft, roof and owens was critically hurt. >> i'm just trying to get back to regular life. it is hard but, you know, it is just part of the process. i have a long way to go but i just got this far. i'm just happy to be going home today. >> those elevators were not safe and that is why the incident happened. >> reporter: cbs-3 has also been loving what was went and today attorneys for lieutenant owens sued the management firm that runs the cjc, and other contractors including municipal authority for the city of philadelphia. we have also been independently reviewing, what may have led to this, coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 the local response, we are getting from elect leaders and officials and the companies involved, i will see you in an hour. reporting live outside cjc in center city, i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

>> see you then. thanks, joe. inauguration party punches there are reports that president trump advisor kelly ann conway tried to break up a fight and ended up getting a few swings in herself. car break ins that you cannot stop from happening, how criminals are using technology to get into your car and tell police. you heard of people hiding honey under mattress millions of dollars, in a box spring, why it was there and who it belongs to, coming up at

improvements in technology , have help reduce the number of stolen cars, over the last 20 years, but technology is also making it easier for thieves to steel your car as well. in a way, you cannot stop. three on your identify jim donovan slain. >> reporter: authorities are seeing an increasing number of break ins like this one, two men get into two cars with ease, holding throwing but a

small box in their hand. two years ago michael chin captured this footage of a man opening up his car holding a backpack, no brake in tools needed. chin says he always lock it. >> it is just a little thing that they can walk into my car without any recourse and without noticing. >> reporter: it wasn't clear how this was happening but insurance investigators believe criminals are taking advantage of who had earn key fabs that allow owners to unlock their car and start it with the push of the button. >> you cannot stop this kind of theft right the now. >> reporter: roger morris with the national insurance crime b oro say two devices like this can be used to him i can a key tab, this shows a man getting out of his car and using fab to lock it. horace in the blue jacket using a relay box to intercept the fab's code. the code is then immediately sent to a second man with a small box, that now acts as the reek will's fab allowing him to unlock the car, open up the door, start the car and

then drive away. >> we have tested 35 vehicles, 18 were able to start with the device as well and drive off. >> reporter: these boxes came from a company that works with law enforcement but lawrence believes that professional criminals have figure out how to headache their own. they can be used to take a reek will headily or crooks can save the code and steel the car later on. >> in today's car it is basically a computer on wheels and if they can hack into that system and defeat it, they will continue to try to to that all the time. >> reporter: these devices may explain a recent increase this car thefts and law enforcement have yet to figure out how to stop it. national insurance crime lab says drivers who owned vehicles with this technology should be careful when they lock their vehicles and look for think one near them acting suspiciously or carrying a strange device. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. a new space discovery has star wars fans saying it was them of the death star, nasa say, it is a moon orbiting saturn and experts say giant circle in the middle is a

create their gives the moon its death star-like qualities. this photograph was taken by nasa's casini spacecraft that passed through the moon in this have. this time lapse video released by nasa allows humans to travel 3 billion miles to pluto from the comfort of the planet earth. i was taken by new horizon spacecraft in the summer of 2015 and shows trip to the dwarf planet using more than 100 aim ages. the it took that spacecraft nearly ten years to make the trip. >> that is something. >> long time in the making. >> that is awesome. >> kate joins us with the forecast and we are in the calm after the storm. >> yes, getting there. that is what we're looking at tomorrow finally that unis i, try take we have been waiting for. i saw sun today. it came out five minutes at the my house. i was on the couch basking on it. >> did it wave. >> cloud went back. well, good bye time. see you tomorrow. >> good bye. >> just that few minutes was nice to see. it has been a gray stretch.

it has been a wet stretch as well. we have had tons of rain yesterday. today we are still dealing with scattered showers in the wake of that nor'easter but everything is starting to slow willly move out, we have got decent weather to look forward to here's what is going on right now. we will go out to our brand new cameras. lets go out to our new camera at parkway central will library and this gives us a great shot of the center city, we're panning area looking for sunset in the sky but they are winning out on that front today but this will be a great one to show you sunset, logan circle, franklin institute whole 9-yard thank you to the parkway central library for that camera mounted on the roof and traffic lots of taillights heading out right now looking west. look up to the poconos where we have got lots of cloud cover in burnville, this is, berks county, junior/senior school berks county right in the pocono region. we have had scattered showers today. temperatures in bernville 37 degrees. still warm enough we are in the dealing with snow or ice there but heading up in the higher elevations of the

poconos we do still have scattered snow showers to deal with. notice this system just toss this is want to let go, it looks like it moved out and seeing showers building around back edge of the low finally getting this thing out of here tonight and we have nicer weather to look forward to. out and about nothing like yesterday but a few scattered showers here and there this evening into tonight. winter weather advisory in effect for poconos and that is because there is snow and freezing rain. temperatures near freezing mark, very light precipitation this will 6:00 but watch out for slick travel up that way. what to expect moving forward? finally overnight that system clears the area. 8:00 o'clock we may start to see clearing. tomorrow a beautiful day. we're between systems. first system exits. we are awaiting the cold front to the west but in the meantime we will get sun to peak out hey be a few cloud here in the morning but 6:00 p.m. we will have a beautiful sunset to show you tomorrow night and then watching this cold front approach. it looks like showers may move off to our south this is morning and then scattered

syringe also in the afternoon as cold air comes in. you can see from the lake effect snow which way wind are coming from behind that front out of the north and west bringing colder canadian air in the region. the tonight overnight still breezy, wind gusting to 30 miles an hour overnight. tomorrow wind die town, five to ten gusts to 15. tomorrow a great day. thursday afternoon the wind pick right backup and that front blasts through, wind gusting to 30 miles an hour on thursday afternoon, and that will bring cold back in the region. bundle of cold that trips town from canada we're talking about seasonal coal. but we have been used to temperatures in the 50's and upper 40's. the it will will feel chilly toward the weekend. tonight 34, wind gusting to 30 tomorrow looks like a beautiful day. mostly sunny, about 13 degrees above average with the light wind from the west, and you're witness weather three day forecast looks great tomorrow, thursday is still mild but still deceiving that front comes through, the wind kicks up, thursday won't feel as warm as tomorrow even though,

it is slightly warmer temperature wise and then friday cools down and it will get colder in the weekend. i'll tell you how chilly next hour. >> i like your shoulder going up like that. >> thanks, kate, appreciate it movie la la land may be based in los angeles but we have philly routes. >> we will look at local connections to the oscar nominated film and other films up for hollywood's big's ward in the next half an hour, leslie. roadless traveled james testify lynn's amazing journey there boyer town high school to the you this england patriots, i'm leslie van arsdal with that

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cause for alarm? concern from health officials about the high tech baby monitors that track your child 's vital signs. coming up tonight at 6:00 the reason they might be leading to unnecessary concerns for moms and dads. >> um-hmm. >> don's here thousand and we have another reason to root for another team in the super bowl. >> yesterday we were rooting for falcons for matty ice and

now we're rooting for the patriots. >> yes. >> it is cool. >> the fullback position in the nfl, like a vcr dial up internet, rotary phone, however, there is still very few good ones left, and guys who break mold. one of them is james devlin, looking guy about to play in the super bowl with the new england patriots. leslie van arsdal has more. >> once again boyer town high school grad james devlin will be taking the biggest football stage this is world, with the new england patriots. his parents, jim and donna, could not be more proud. >> obviously he has gone to this big stage, for second time, in three years and it is just incredible. >> reporter: his journey was never easy, after graduating from boyer town high school and brown university he played for four different pro teams, three different leagues and two different positions, all leading to this moment. >> he always puts never quit, okay, so, you know,

determination, you know you know, never believing the daughters. always believing in himself. a lot of times he was only one believing that. >> before every game when he calls us, i tell him to always play with his heart, and that is what he does. this is what he loves. he plays with his heart. that has got him unbelievable layses including the super bowl and for love of the game that is exactly what it is, playing with his heart. >> leslie van arsdal "eyewitness sports". >> leslie, thank you perseverance pays. >> parents are so supportive, and including. >> heck of a good player, all pro in 2016 already a super bowl champion looking to to it again. >> twice. >> it will be a great game. >> great, one for each parent. coming up next half an hour kelly ann conway does not mints word but she apparently throws punches. the what the president's

senior counselor was spotted doing at one of the inaugural balls. lust one day after tainting touring his state of the state address minnesota governor mark dayton reveals what he thinks, caused him to collapse. >> you're watching "eyewitness news" at

be ready to clean up the mess. house. the kids have fun, but it's pretty gross. (doorbell) what's that? it's a swiffer wetjet. i can just grab this and just go right to the mess. that comes from my floor? now that's disgusting. i want friends over! you want friends over?

executive actions with a stroke of the pen president donald trump sets off a battle with environmental activist. "eyewitness news" continues at the 5:30. hi everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. keystone xl and dakota pipelines may be back under construction soon. today president trump signed executive order reversing decisions made by the obama administration. president trump signed executive order to move forward with building two oil pipelines in the u.s., the

proposed keystone xl and un finish dakota access. >> we will see if we can get the pipeline built, a lot of jobs. >> reporter: movies a blow to the the obama administration which block both projects amid environmental concerns and protests. president trump signed three more order requiring materials for the pipeline to be made in the u.s., to retuesday regulations for manufacturers, and to expedite environmental reviews. in an earlier meeting with auto executives the president promised it would be easier to get manufacturing permits. >> i am to a large extent an environmentallist, i believe in it but it is out of control and we will make it a short process. >> reporter: as mr. trump moves forward he is still talking about the presidential election results telling lawmakers he lost popular vote because three to 5 million immigrants living this is the country cast illegal ballots. so far there is no evidence to support that claim. >> it is a belief he has maintain, a concern he has about voter fraud.

>> reporter: house speaker paul ryan responded to the allegations of voter fraud. >> i have seen no evidence to that effect. i have made that very clear. >> reporter: late tuesday afternoon president trump plans to host top senators at the white house to talk about the supreme court seat left vacant by death of justin antonin scalia. president announced he plans to nominate a replacement next week. also today president trump accepted house speaker paul ryan's invitation to address a joint session of congress february 28th. this see much will not serve as a state of the union address, that happens at beginning of next year, instead this is an address to the nation about president trump's vision for the country meanwhile on capitol hill democratic senators spared with some of president trump's cabinet nominees, senators grilled health and human services secretary nominee tom price about his personal finances. the congressman denied he was involved in insider trading. critics accused price of pushing legislation that increased the value of several stocks, shortly after, he

bought them. >> yes or no, doesn't this show bad judgment. >> no. everything i did was ethical, above board, legal, transparent, the reason that you though about these things is because we have made that information available in real time, as required by the house ethics committee. >> senators also grilled congressman price about his belief that states should administer the medicate ram not the federal government. senators also questioned small business administrators nominee linda mcmahon co found er of the wwe. she told story of how she helped grow wwe from a small business into a $1.5 billion publicly traded company. mcmahon said she plans to increase opportunities for minority businesses, and beef up the sba's disaster recovery program. meanwhile nominee who head office of helping. and budget was in the hot seat congressman nick muscle veney apologized for not paying more

than $15,000 in payroll taxes for household employee. he hired a than toy help his wife with their you this born triplets, he says in his behind the woman was a baby-sitter. today president trump asked fbi director james comey to stay on the job and he agreed. this is video of the president meeting with comey and law enforcement officials on sunday. comey is in a fourth year of generally a ten year term. the his role in the contentious presidential campaign made him a target of the critics. many democrats believe comey cost hillary clinton the white house. there are reports that kelly ann conway allegedly threw punches at an inaugural gala on friday night. south jersey native and former campaign helping for president trump reportedly stepped between two men after they got in the scuffle at the invite only liberty ball. two men wouldn't stop fighting and that is when conway allegedly punched one in the face three times. so far no official word on that incident. in other news tonight

helicopter slams in the hound tane side in central italy killing all six people a game. chopper was taking an injured skier off slopes when he crash some aboard the doomed chopper had been helping from the recent deadly avalanche this is region. visibility was low at the time of that crash. minnesota governor mark dayton announced he has prostate cancer just one day after collapsing during his state of the state address. governor was delivering his speech yesterday, when he began to slur his word before falling and striking his head on a podium. dayton said in a press conference he is currently under going tests at mayo clinic rochester to term why he fainted. governor says he lance to continuish the final two years of his term. do you throw away those jury summons when they arrive in the mail? city of philadelphia hopes you don't. the city announced a task force to improve juror participation and remind citizens it is a civic duty. >> it is something that is very important for peoples

civil liberties, lives, property are all in the mix when it comes to a issue before the court. >> one goal will be to i am roof outlook of the serving on a jury. paul robsson house in west philadelphia was on the brink of closure after its founder passed away. >> now historic landmark is getting a second chance as cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio reports it comes thanks to a passionate friend. >> so this was actually his piano. >> yes. >> reporter: meet veronica michael. >> he was valedictorian of his high school class. >> reporter: she's passionate about paul robson. >> our families were more than friend. our families were family. >> reporter: michael grew up on this block and knew her uncle paul well, he was a pro football player, lawyer, actor , singer, with friend, on the level of albert einstein. >> i call him the quiessential father of civil rights. >> reporter: robson's activism got him black listed during

mccarthey another, lost his passport, income and health, spending his final days in his west philadelphia home. >> i just started working on things that she didn't have, the strength to work on. >> reporter: once a boxing promoter and owner of the fam ed blue horizon michael began working at robeson house with founder frances austin but when austin passed away in 2015, michael stepped up. >> it is found me i didn't find it. >> reporter: she launched a you this exhibit this week, membership drives and outreach >> high family. >> reporter: joyce mostly is robeson's cousin, michael convinced her to join in. >> i want to make sure that paul's history and his legacy continues. >> reporter: michael has plans to to just that, starting right here, at his house. >> this developed into my passion and i love it, and so i'm trying to get other people to become passionate about the paul robeson house.

>> well, they have you, i think it will happen. >> reporter: in west philadelphia, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs one "eyewitness news". >> for sure, she continues to make a difference. there is guy news in the fight against -- good news in the fight begins cancer, why doctors think the death rate has had a significant decline and what they say still need to be done in many communities to continue the trend. incredible discovery by police in massachusetts, 20 million-dollar inside of a mattress box spring. >> crazy crime is being tied to that is next. kate? well, may be only tuesday but weekend is in sight and it looks like it is a seasonal weekend as we transition from january, into february, the last weekend of the month, looking right about how it should feel for this time of the year, good news it will look brighter then last few taste have been certainly then last weekend we will see sunshine and break from any major storms, everything looks quiet for saturday and sunday, just make sure you break out

winter gear once again it will be

cooper university health carries splitting one year of providing paramedic services to residents this camden. governor christie was there for first year service, announcement to day, he taught ed it as a success. hoppenot work took control of the e ms service from virtua last year that led to the legal fight that went all the way up to the state supreme court. well, federal make a 20 million-dollar discovery in westboro massachusetts. >> federal agents raided an apartment earlier this month and they found all of the cold hard cash hidden inside a box spring, a brazilian national was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit money laundering in connection with the the pyramid scheme. another suspect, fled country,

a third man is awaiting sent sensing. twenty million-dollar. >> i found a buck next to my mattress one time. >> yesterday i was looking for a quarter for the meter. >> 20 million is not in my box spring at my house. >> tell me about it. the waterfall end up creating a bridge made entirely of ice. >> it is video to see to

on the healthwatch tonight , cancer death rate have declined over the past 34 years, according to a sweeping new study but it also found that americans in certain struggling parts of the country are dying there cancer at increasing rates. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with details on this new research. >> mixed bag of research here. this was county by county analysis of deadly cancer dating back to 1980, more than 19 million people have died from cancer, since then. this study showed that survival depend on where you live and is related to social and economic factors. better cancer screenings and treatments are credited with saving lives, and new study says natalie overall death rate there cancer went down about 20 percent, since 1980.

>> we find cancers earlier we prevent cancers. we have far more effective therapy. >> reporter: new study shows not all americans benefited from medical advanceness cancer care, in parts of the country that are relatively poor and have higher rates of obesity and smoking, cancer death rates rose nearly 50 percent. well, wealthier pockets of the the country saw death rates fall, by nearly half. >> really striking differences and whether that is environmental factors, height be leading to increased cancer , decreased access to care. >> reporter: eastern kentucky had 45 percent increase in cancer deaths the while colorado ski country has fewest. smoking, obesity, physical activity and income slain many of the disparities. >> big picture is we truly have have a long way to go to actually not only rove access to care but quality care to everyone. >> reporter: this report didn't have have any specific information, about the philadelphia region but overall, surviving cancer tea

pended largely on early detection and treatment. and, interesting colorado was the healthiest lays the lowest rates of cancer. so, they are doing something right there. >> maybe clean air. >> maybe. >> could be. >> thanks, stephanie. horse had to be rescued for slipping into a ditch. officials say horse fell after slipping this is glass and that hole was so keep, you could not see the horse. miami dade fire rescue used ropes and sling to get the horse out of there and amazingly it only suffered a few scratches. >> good to hear. >> ice bridge formed along river and looking a have any of sent site the for tourist. >> water and ice flow have accumulated town stream from the tame us hookah waterfall. locals say bridge is like a dragon lined between two valleys along the river. the bridge runs for almost 3 miles. wish you could see three of us just stretching our necks. >> incredible.

>> wow. >> it really toss look like a dragon tail. >> it toss. >> dragon spikes. >> i wouldn't be taking a walk across that bridge, no, no, to >> well, kate's here to talk about the weather. calmer day to day then yesterday. >> yes, today better than yesterday. today we're still in the transition as storm moves away we're still under the influence but not a great day but definitely better. >> better. >> improving and tomorrow is day to get outside and enjoy some sunshine. >> finally. >> finally vitamin d in our future thomas sun returns to philadelphia, it has been a while since we have seen it. it has been a wet, gray january so far, we will recap that in a moment but lets start off with is what happening right now. we will take you out to bethlehem looking live at main street the from our camera mount add top hotel bethlehem. everything is looking quiet out there. very interesting the way this storm set up, worked out because it did not have cold air. so it is strange to talk about a nor'easter in january and even lehigh valley, didn't really get any snow, we saw

sleet mixing in here and there but as you can see grass is still green, no snow on the ground in bethlehem as we near the end of the month of january. lets look at our eye eyewitness weather watcher reports on this tuesday evening. we have temperatures in the the lower 40's which is where we should this be time of the year. ed connor this chesterfield, new jersey reporting rain, 41 degrees. good day to be inside he says. not best day to be outside, you can see pond nothing chesterfield, this is in the backyard from all of the rain that came down and ed in chesterfield, one of the hardest hit sots as far as rainfall is concern in northern and central new jersey. 40 degrees with barbara lane in willow grove, to .32, pretty close to the temperature in the lower 40's. still well saturated out there pick up a couple scattered showers here this evening, phil in north wales reporting 41 degrees, included cover there as well, you can see i like this shot from phil, this is what it looked like trying to drive around, windshield and camera lens just

completely, rain swept with that rain coming down, all day long, and tonight was better wayne hunter sent this shot with good tsunami set colors where he lives not too bad in landingberg, beautiful sunset tonight he says. so what to expect as we move forward? we have sunshine returning to the area, still cloud out there tonight as we look to our neighborhood network camera. palmyra cove nature park looking toward lights of the city. definitely better night to be outside on the road because everything is quieter. you can see system is a relative that comes and over stays their welcome for an extra long visit this system does not want to get out of here. push it out to sea. the just stalled over portions of new england and canadian mar times and enough moisture around back edge that we are still getting showers, snow showers and ice out identify tonight. wind are still strong as well, and completely different direction then yesterday, which is good news for coastal areas because these wind are pushing water back off shore but we have got wind right now , these are sustained at 16 to 20 miles an hour, and wind

gusting still to 25 or 30 through tonight so wind have not shut off quite yet. even though temperatures are in the lower 40's here's what it feels like. feeling like 34 in the city. around freezing in allentown. feels like the teens right now in mount pocono. but tomorrow much better news. take a look at your yan precipitation, look at all these we put on the calendar, more rain than not in the month of january including today's rain 3.03 inches so far in january. good news it looks like most of the next few days as we head through even of the month will be rain free. high pressure built in tomorrow, we have sunshine, pleasant day, this next front approaches on thursday, could touch off stray syringe will and that will usher in the cooler air, by end of the weekend getting some tonight. tonight temperatures in the the 30's, chilly, gradually clearing things out, tomorrow wind dies town, mostly sunny, mild, beautiful, and high 53. now thursday is warmer, temperature wise not feeling warmer thanks to the wind, and here comes the cold air but notice a stretch of sunshine

through the weekend and into early next week. ukee and jessica back on you. new baby makes nine for actor and director mel gibson, 61 year-old star and his girl friend rose lynn ross welcomed a baby boy named lars girard, over the weekend. this is their first child together. gibson has seven children with his ex-wife, he also shares a seven year-old daughter with a former girlfriend. academy award nominations are out with a few advises and snubs, more on that a little later but we now know who will host prime time m.a. ward. >> stephen colbert will do the honors, first time nine time emmy award winner will host a major award show. nominations will be out in july and he is planning ahead you can just watch 69th annual prime time m.a. ward on september 17th right here on cbs-3. back to the oscars for a second there are several philadelphia connections, there always are in the the list of nominees. >> find out who is making the

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nominations air nunsed for the oscars and la la land lead oscar race with the record tying 13 nominations that means the musical may be about hollywood but as our vittoria woodill tells us it has many ties to the delaware veil. >> ♪ >> reporter: la la land has been a oscar favorite from the start tapping the in the that titions of hollywood's golden age, movie may play homage to hollywood but it has many ties to our area, including director damien chazelle who spent his early years in haverford before the family moved to princeton, ukee talk to him about his dream of becoming a director. >> have movie out in l.a., i moved to l.a. wanting to make movies there.

i had big dreams, when i moved there. no idea if they would work out i wanted to capture that dealing. young people in the city with big dreams, and ups and downs of that journey. >> reporter: chazelle is nominated for best director, ardmore's benjamin paysick got double nod in the best original song category, two of the songs he wrote for lala hand earned a nomination. members have ties to the delaware valley, mark platt went to penn, so did executive producer and co-star, john legend. fellow producing partners mike jackson and ty hail from wynnewood. now to the other contenders for best motion picture. it is diverse field, arrival, fences, hacksaw ridge which also scored a director nominations for mel gibson. hell or high water, hidden figures, lion, manchester by the sea and moon light. >> okay. >> nominees for best actress are isabel hub earth, loose negga, natalie portman, emma

stone and meryl streep. and amy adams was left off the list for arrival, and although film got eight nominations, overall. best actor nods went todays i affleck, andrew garfield, ryan gosling, viggo mortensen and ukee's denzel denzel washington. >> but why do you think that is. >> why do you think that is, because he is good. >> he is so good you are family. >> come on now. >> can you call him. >> wait, do your thing i'll get him. >> come on, guys. >> you might want to know is what so cool though most diverse field of nomination ness over a decade. so really amazing list of nominees there. should be exciting to watch oscars and the award will be held february 26th. >> okay. >> it will be fun. >> thanks, good stuff. >> i will give him a call. >> he's on it. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 south jersey family escapes disaster, just

in the nick of time, their tail after a tree crashed into their bedroom. and, now, tonight down the shore. kate? and our system finally moving out, produce ago i few showers and maybe they showers around the back edge but we have much nicer weather to look forward to, and return to winter temperatures, on the the way. well, heading home months after a freak accident, in a philadelphia elevator, tonight a sheriff's department lieutenant opens up about his recovery, and we will get looking for answers as to what went wrong. down the stairs and all of the firemen were saying get out, get out, get out. >> reporter: chose call in camden county haddonfield homeowners burst out of their bedrooms moments before a tree topples down, smashing into their home.

family fleeing just in the nick of time and tonight we are hearing about their escape good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in haddonfield with their story and a look at damage around the area, greg. >> reporter: it really is incredible. right now there is silver lining in all of this, take a look, you can see, the extensive damage, fortunate thing, that all of this home has most damage in our entire region despite that severe weather. second floor you can see just basically gone and the family is inside, saying that they have escaped alive. the storm is gone but sure left its fingerprints behind. this queen village crews removing this tree which damaged two cars. >> all of a sudden we have to figure out how to get to work. >> reporter: at community college of philadelphia, this welcome sign turned into an unwelcome hassle. wind ripping it from its perch >> walk in, and see the thing, wind blowing it, and then wind