morning i'm jim donovan. i'm jan carabao. it is a very busy morning. the lets get started with traffic and weather with meisha and katie. >> i'm so excited, i love toys , so we have a brand new real time traffic system that i'm playing with over there but what i love even more is that it benefits you, because everything is in real time and it looks so cool. we can zoom into center city with 3-d graphic. i will save that for another coffee take chat. but it will be busy because traffic is coming into town, lot of road closures. how is the weather. >> right the now, not bad. later this morning, sorry. it is a collective sigh, come on. remember, i'm messenger, all right. here's what is going on. we are not talking about heavy rain or win speed. here's a beautiful shot of the crystal clear view overlooking center city loews hotel is back there, 43 degrees is our current temperature. feels like 43 for a change. west wind out, west, very,

very calm. we will eventually see wind pick up with time. and there is in rain, just yet but as we take a peak is there storm scan you are starting to see moisture picking up on storm scan three. most of this isn't hitting the ground but you can see off to the west. let me zoom it out here one time and that line of showers working east. this is a lackluster cold front with moisture content we will see some showers, maybe a little bit of steady rain, especially but just morning drive that will get impact by this. not even more than a caution light, i would say about seven or 8:00 when worst is moving through unfortunately. checking your school lander kid are up making lunch, ride to go cool looks damp but rest of the day looks mild in the 50's with sunshine, meisha. >> at least we will have the 50's, all right, katie, thanks very much. good morning. what are we looking at right now in what are we talking about? well, take a look, republican congressional caucus and presidential visit is coming to philadelphia today. trump will be in town.

we have road closures this lay they will start at 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. but we are going to get busy in and around those areas before then. thirteenth street from chestnut to market. market there 11th to juniper and 12th street from chestnut to arch. heads up. what do you think of our new 3-d graphics overlooking center city. looking good center city. also, in talking about trump coming into town parking and pedestrian restrictions are starting at six l.a. m. what to i mean when i say pedestrian restrictions? sidewalks will be closed around loews hotel, demonstration is scheduled to be around 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. there will be multiple demonstrations throughout the city. head up on that. biggest one will be scheduled between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. very busy area indeed. market frank forward line is add just ted, city trolleys, no service at 13th street, bus detours. so hence make sure to check those scheduled on line. jan, back over to you. welshes hundreds of

protesters are expected to pack streets as president donald trump arrives in philadelphia. >> the president is attending the republican congressional retreat in center city. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live outside loews hotel where police are on stand by, good morning, trang. >> reporter: yes, people can expect lots of congestion here , outside of the loews hotel, throughout the day, and take a look as you mentioned, police officers are on stand by. we have seen so many walking about, with k-9's, the barricades are in place, from yesterday, but a lot of dignitaries expect here today as we mentioned president donald trump will be here and british rhyme minister teresa may and likely thousands of protesters out here on the streets. protests kick off last night on the first day of the republican congressional cautious. members of the lb gt q community organized an opposition dance party. it all happened on market street outside of the hotel rooms of hundreds of republican lawmakers, in town

for this annual policy retreat with president trump in town today, demonstrations are expect throughout the day. police commissioner richard ross says his officers are well prepared. >> people have a general idea of how we deploy in terms of the bike officers and foot patrols and you will see a number of folks out there. again, we will there been to make sure that people are safe , to protect, the dignitaries, and people walking about center city as well as some protesters and very hopeful that people demonstrating will do so peacefully. >> reporter: in addition to road closures secret service is limiting pedestrian traffic around loews hotel, 1100, 1200 blocks of mark streit, 12th between chestnut and filbert and 13th between chestnut and market will all be closed off to pedestrian traffic. >> if you are driving around the city around midday, it is going to be very, very difficult to do that. you might want to take public transportation. >> reporter: if you are planning to take public

transportation, again, 13th street is closed, so you have to get off at 11th or 15th street. president trump is scheduled to appear at noon here at the loews hotel and, you guys, i don't know if you can hear but people are starting to gather outside hotel here. for now we are live, i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" early morning wake up call screaming outside to wake folks up, thanks, trang. after president trump signed an executive order to build a wall on the u.s./ mexican border the. president enrique penanieto is considering canceling his visit to washington next week. president trump said construction could start just months from now. he plans to use federal money to pay for it and have mexico reimburse the u.s. >> a nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today the united states of america gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders.

>> president trump also signed an order to strip funding from sanctuary cities, here's what philadelphia mayor jim kenney had to say about that. >> there are methods that we have our congressional foulke, we have courts, we have lots of protections. this is not a dictator ship, this is a democracy. as far as i know, it is. we will take avail of every opportunity we have to protect our citizens. >> philadelphia is one of the 300 sanctuary cities all across the country. in these cities undocumented immigrants arrested for non- violent crimes are not reported to federal officials, several other u.s. mayors are openly opposing president trump's order. in other news officials are trying to figure out what sparked an overnight fire in montgomery county home. multiple fire tenths responded to the 600 block of orland mills road in orland around 1:00 this morning. fire fighters tell us the rear sustained most of the tam age. everyone inside the home, including a family dog made it out safely. well, neighbors living near that giant sinkhole in glenside are told to boil

their water as a precaution. this is a live picture, you can see the sinkhole opened up yesterday, between those two homes on the 700 block of brooke road, and that was early yesterday morning, the good news, no one was hurt but one home had to be evacuated, other nearby home was already vacant. sinkhole swallowed up sidewalks, trent yards and large tree. crews saved that white truck as it dangled close to the edge. brooke road remains closed between argyle and shellfield road until further notice. man who suffered serious injuries when dumbbell crashed through windshield of his suv has died. seven five-year old jack day car low passed away tuesday evening driving along new jersey turnpike in salem county earlier this month when the 50-pound weight hit him in the head. police are still trying to figure out where the object came there. a 96 year-old woman is tighting for perfect life this morning after she was mauled by a pair of pit bulls in germantown. this happened yesterday, afternoon, on the 5800 block of brush road, and the would hand is in critical condition,

with dog by the to her head, face, arms, they say woman's husband used a broom to shoe the dogs away. two pit bulls are in police custody right the now. we are hearing what it was like inside the home of the grace packer there three of her mother's former foster children. the 39 former foster children lived with sarah and david packer years before the death of 14 year-old grace last summer they say sarah was mentally, physically abusive toward grace and favored her adoptive brother. sarah packer ace former northampton adoption supervisor, packer and her boyfriend jacob slaverer face several charges in the death. pennsylvania governor tom wolf gets a clean bill of health after being treated for ross state cancer. the 68 year-old leader of the commonwealth got news from his doctor last week, wolf was diagnosed, last year, after routine checkup. he managed to keep a pretty busy schedule while he received that cancer treatment new jersey governor chris christie has declined to endorse lieutenant governor chris guadagno to succeed him

touring a radio interview, christie said she would do a good job of being governor but unsure whether she can handle the governor's race. after years of supporting the governor's policy guadagno recently broke with him on his plan to raise the gas tax while increasing infrastructure sending and cutting other taxes. well, this morning we're remembering a tv legend one of my all time favorites, actress mary tyler moore tied on wednesday surrounded by family and trend. her biggest fans are working to keep her inspirational memory alive. >> moore cemented her place in the role with the dick van dike show and her star shined brightest during mary tyler moore show. the ram is credited with opening up the door for professional women, every where, and roxana saberi reports from new york. >> in minneapolis home on the mary tyler moore sitcom fans paid tribute to the stars they say entertained and inspired them. >> the notion of the single professional woman making her way in the world is a great thing to remember.

>> reporter: similar tributes were made in new york where actress was born 80 years ago. >> she seemed like she was always in charge of perfect own ballgame. >> reporter: this hollywood where she shot to fame. >> she was the kind of woman i wanted to be. >> oh, all right. >> reporter: kind of woman moore portrayed on the dick van dike show in the early 60 's chipping away at stereotype of the traditional stay at home mom. >> ♪ you can turn the world on with your smile. >> reporter: in the zero seven 's when she played a journalist living on her own. >> originally they wanted to have me divorced from somebody , and cbs said no, no you cannot to that they will think you are divorced from dick van dike. that was bad. >> reporter: avenues of her death on wednesday, celebrities responded on twit erdick van like wrote there are no word, she was the best, we always said we changed each others lives for the better. others remembered moore as a role model for woman. oprah tweeted this picture of the two together and wrote in part even now looking at this picture, i want to cry. we will love her forever. roxana saberi for cbs news,

new york. well, chairman and ceo of cbs corporation leslie moonves release had statement on moore 's death. he said mary tyler moore was once in a generation talent. she will long be remembered as a gifted actress, television pioneer and a role model to so many. cbs has lost one of the very best to ever grace our air waves, and our industry, has lost a true legend and friend. tune in tonight for a one hour cbs news special, honoring the life and legacy of mary tyler moore. gayle king will host mary tyler moore: love is all around right here at 9:00 p.m. on cbs-3. we will have more on the the passing coming up at 5:30. in other news we are getting a bet ther view of the damage left behind from this weeks nor'easter. we will show some more coming up just ahead. also ahead fire fighters spend much of this overnight battling a massive fire, we will tell you what is burning and have an update on the injuries. and a ice storm crippling a town, where more than

130,000 customers were left without power. >> ♪ the >> you'll be able to see bruno mars soon. >> that is right. >> we will tell you where, and when, later in got to tell you >> looking forward to. >> stay with us.

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♪ welcome back. huge flames has fire fighters remain on the scene of the three alarm blaze in washington. 15 miles north of seattle. the red cross is now sheltering residents from two neighboring buildings that were evacuated due to heat exposure. two fire fighters were hurt. fortunately those injuries are not life threatening. crews have been working to put out that fire since 10:00 o'clock last night. it was a new apartment complex undercover trucks, so it was vacant when the fire began. and meantime officials in the the canadian province of the new brunswick says it could take days for some people get their power back due to a nasty ice storm. more than 130,000 people lost power yesterday, after the storm hit that region. many schools were also closed.

more than 100 utility crews are working to restore power but officials say it won't happen overnight. this weeks nor'easter took a toll of the beach of atlantic city. what once looked like a place to pull up a chair looks more like a construction zone. beach in front of the former revel casino what's roaded so badly steel pier handicapped ramp nearly fell over but they will get a face lift before the season begins with zero seven million-dollar beach replenishment project. and atlantic city was not the only shore point hit hard, check out what the storm surge did in north wildwood, drop off is more than 10 feet. in ortly beach walkway look like sky ways n ventnor the dune system took a real beating. >> yeah, that storm took a toll on our local beaches. it it is a shame too. so many just replenished their beaches. now they have to do it all over again. >> you have to go through this at least once a year, right. but at least i don't have any major storms down the pipeline right now, guys. what that means for snow lovers is that i don't forsee any kind of snow in the next

seven days, but it also means for all of you not fans of that, it is i a pretty quiet forecast generally speaking. we have, again, another front willal boundary to track here to take. we will get outside and take a live look at our live neighborhood network outside whitefield elementary school. you can see very light traffic one single car here and there, rolling through, the streets, but it is a quiet beginning to the day. 42 degrees, already, even though that wind is still technically out of the north/ north east very light, clearly but still out of the north. again, you know, a chilly start to the day but not as harsh as we typically find this particular day of the year. the here's frontal boundary we were talking about, that moisture beginning to fill in across maryland, virginia. i do think natalie shore points southern most delaware will likely see steady rain as that moisture contend builds in the next couple of hours, but this line of light showers is pretty much all you have to deal with every where else and does hit with poor timing. generally seven or 8:00 o'clock or so in the rest of the morning and then clears

out of here but it is light. here's that wind elsewhere, it is really calm, anywhere from philadelphia to wilmington you will barely notice it. it is haphazard either out of the south, north or west but regardless it looks like that wind picks up and more out of the west as day goes on, it could peak as high as 20 miles an hour with higher gusts up to 30. this is once showers really clear out, however natalie wind picks up. so morning showers, afternoon wind, and clearing out. artily cloudy, colder tonight too. bottom gets pulled out from underneath us here as we tropical to 33 degrees. over the course of the next six days beyond this point the coolest spot is definitely monday but more sun, then anything and bit of the win, granted but we will take a quiet pattern. we tea serve it, right. >> guess what i'm playing with over here. >> what do you got. >> your real time brand new traffic system that we're debuting today. i have to tell you, this is all about the viewers in mind. this is why we have this. so, take a look at this i love bringing this to you. we have a 2d map behind us if

you i can show you two cameras at ones and we are looking at boulevard approaching schuylkill. headlights moving this is northbound direction and you can see we're starting to heat up a little bit a the lot of people will heed warning and yum seven on the roadways earlier today because president trump is coming to town. we will talk about that coming up in a bit. we have road closures out there. ninety-five south at cottman is what we are looking at here pushing town in the southbound direction here. i would a fairly typical. when i say typical in the world of travel that is not a bad thing. looking good here. then we will get to new jersey , first live look here, showing all green on the sensors. we are looking good at the 42 tree way north bound at creek road. i will say it is heating up a little bit on 42 as well a approaching 295. so, for those maybe waiting until kid jump on the school bus just a heads up, this thursday will probably be busy then we have got some construction in new jersey as well. 676 southbound at route the 42 , left lane block. that will linger on you the there until 6:00 a.m. these two off ramps we were talking about on 295 and 42, they will be both been cleared

jim and jan, back over to you. now, for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the reading eagle new contract between exiter township and its police department is raise something eyebrows because it runs, 15 years. negotiations on wages and health benefits will reopen every five years, but other terms are lock in for the year 2032. >> um. bucks county courier times northampton's board of supervisors got an update on the navy's investigation into well contamination. navy officials say 54 private wells have been tested in northampton so far and three of been found to contain chemicals at levels greater than what is accepted by epa. burlington county times, new jersey board of the public utilities is considering a land to add another three digit the area code within the existing 609 territory which covers burlington county and other parts of the south and central new jersey. the plan would a iron the new area code to newly activated phones orlandlines, rather than true new geographic boundaries.

that is a look at some newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. still ahead right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" new research discovers a link between depression and deadly disease. we will have details in the healthwatch. sixers are on the the road looking for their tenth win in 13 games, we will have highlights with their match ups with the bucks next up

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welcome back. thanks for being with us this morning. well, sixers are becoming a must watch team, jim. >> trust the process. don bell has highlights from last night's game in milwaukee in your morning sports. >> we will find out if joel embiid made nba all-star as a reserve. we will have that news tonight at 11:00. in the meantime sixers in milwaukee last night looking for their tenth win in 13 games. sergio rodriguez, pass to holmes, is what up, sixers lead 23-22. second quarter one point game now nerlens noel, grabs board and puts it home and sixers

led by 14. at the half. fourth quarter, bucks, on a roll, greg monroe makes lay up sixers trailed by three. but after a couple of noel free throws, nerlens with the jumper, he is clutch. the sixers win again, 114-109, and once again ten wins out of their last one. on to the ice madison square garden is known as world's most famous arena. flyers know it as a house of horrors. their players trying to win a regular season there for just the second time in their last 13 trips. so the third period, there is no score but flyers power tripping wayne simmonds all-star lighting the lamp. one to nothing, fly guys. later in the third jay voracek , comes up huge. flyers hold on for a two to nothing win. they snap a five game losing streak, to the rangers. once again, speaking of the fly guys they are home tonight, they will face off against the mapel leafs.

that is all for sports. i'm don bell. have a great day. well, coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news" 75 percent of holiday shoppers had one thing in common? we will tell you what it was. looking forward to that. plus we are live with the details on president trump's visit to philadelphia, trang? >> reporter: well, jan, security preparations well underway ahead of the president trump's visit, i'm trang do live with what commuters need to know. and, a record on wall street, we're live with what to expect today after dow jones finished above 20,000. we will be right

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morning showers, give way to sunny thursday as we, take a live look at lehigh valley, as cold air returns. good morning i'm jan carabao. i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be here in a minute. but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. the protesters are ready, so are police, philadelphia is gearing up for president trump 's visit. >> people can expect lots of congestion here around the loews hotel here today.

it is best to avoid this area. this is not a dictatorship , this is a tellcy >> mayor jim kenney says he is ready to battle g.o.p. over cities immigration policies, his fighting words come after president trump signed an executive order stripping federal grants there sanctuary cities like philadelphia. a history making day on wall street, dow jones opens up today above 20,000 points for the first time ever. ♪ >> hollywood morning loss of the to tv icon mary tyler moore best known for mary tyler moore show, the actress used comedy to bring working women to the small screen in the 1960's and 70's. >> there is nothing so reward ing as laughter, when you have been responsible for it. and, she will certainly be missed. coming up later how hol