this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". right now at noon, class are canceled at delaware county school after explosion that blew the windows right out of the building. no one was injured but students are getting a day off, good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan, live to bryn mawr, delaware county where "eyewitness news" reporter jim holding is gathering some information for us, good afternoon, joe. >> jim, rahel, good afternoon. what we've learn so far according to the archdioces of philadelphia, school officials here at saint coleman john newman entered the building

way early this morning and noticed that something wasn't right with, and from that, they realized there was a smell of natural gas, some windows blown out into the rear of the school building. blown out window at saint coleman john newman parish school, that's the damage left behind after explosion happened in the boiler room according to a spokesman for the archdioces of philadelphia. from chopper three, you can see firefighters moving through the first floor of the catholic grade school in bryn mawr. investigators haven't determined what caused the explosion. we're told it happened hours before the school day was set to begin. the sixth graders were concerned to hear the reason behind their sudden day off from school. >> little scary to hear, because usually don't have anything like that. >> in a prepared statement the archdioces wrote, quoting officials from peco, have been on site this morning, and the school also has an insurance adjuster present. a structural engineer will be

be brought into examine the area where the explosion took place and look for any additional issues it may have caused. nobody was hurt in this explosion. the question remains how did it happen. there are crews on site repairing the damage to the school building. there were also and structural engineer out here, and of course the ongoing question is will they be classes tomorrow? we are working on getting those questions answered. live in bryn mawr, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> thanks so much, joe. meanwhile, in other news, president trump is defending executive order that bans people traveling to us from several muslim majority countries, move prompted weekend protests at the airport across the country including right here in philadelphia. correspondent weijia january explanation lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are now speaking out on the issue. >> tens of thousands of protesters are demanding president trump lift the ban on people traveling to the u.s. from predominantly muslim countries. (cheers).

>> mr. trump's executive border impacts citizens from seven countries, that the white house says harbor terrorists. >> it only makes sense, when you are establishing new vetting procedures, that you try to minimum the burden by reducing migration from the most dangerous areas identified by the administration until it better screening system put into place. >> people were denied flights to america, at least 109 people have been detained at us airports. some were later released. >> when i was nervous and i was waiting what happened, what's going on, i mean, i was nervous. >> president trump tweeted there is nothing nice to searching for terrorists before they could enter our country. >> this was a big part of my campaign. study the word. the white house says travel ban is needed to keep the us safe. but some national security experts say it bowlers terrorists propaganda that america is waging a war against islam. >> it is going to be a recruitment boom for isis. >> democrats say they will introduce new legislation to

counteract the travel ban. >> this executive order was mean spirited and un-american. >> some republicans have spoken out as well. calling the order not lawful, saying it entirely misses the mark and that could imperil lives and differ identify families. weijia jiang, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and lawyers are working with local allentown family after their syrian family members were turned away at philadelphia international airport. the asali family syrian christians and us citizens, their parents, and the, awning else, caring visas when turned away at the airport. lawyers for the family said their family would like to return to the u.s. as quickly as they can. >> a lot more to come here. stay with cbs-3 as we continue to follow developments on the travel ban. of course you can get the latest any time on line at cbsphilly.com. president trump also making dramatic changes to the national security council, adding chief strategist steve

ban ton to the panel. chairman of the joint chief of staff and the national intelligence director will only attend meeting when their expertise and responsibilities are relevant. >> and president trump tweeted that he will announce his supreme court takes live tomorrow night 8:00 p.m. demonstration officials tell c. in. in that the president has narrowed it down to four candidates. federal circuit court injuries william pryor, diane sykes. in eilgorsuch, and judge thomas hardiman. >> delta airline still struggling to get flights back on schedule today after nationwide systems melt down. operations resumed late sunday after the outage forced to ground domestic flights, so far today the airline canceled more than 100 flights. delta urge willing travelers to check the status of their flights at delta.come. good info there. some of you had brush with snow this morning and another chance of snow is coming soon. meteorologist, katie fehlinger in the cbs-3 weather center tracking what it will arrive.

>> guys, looking ahead here to another little disturbance that moves in for tomorrow. but for now, at this point, i would say really the only thing do you have worry about is the possibility we may see quick snow shower, snowball before the day is said and done. take you back if time, show you what happened earlier this morning. couple of snow totals coming in, really did end up verifying the one to 3-inch swab we had expected close up to 4 inches. so as you head toward the immediate shore, video from earlier today, not live video, don't worry, the sun actually now come out in ocean city, and a lot of the snow actually had chance to melt away. see it pulling away in the last three hour loop. but take a look what's off to the west here. out over harrisburg, route 81, for example, the pa turnpike, there is a squawl that's currently moving its way into the lower susquehanna valley, may survive as it rolls our way. i want you to be careful with this. start to see flakes flying out, there wind driven snow squawls, potentially, limiting your visibility. that's a concern for the rest of the day. our temperatures are flirting with 40 right now, up and down

i-95, pretty slow season l, normal high 416789 we think we'll get another degrees packed on for. that will for the rest of the day mainly sunny. but you will likely see these know showers or squawls popping up across the radar, again briefly reduce visibility, please slow down if you run into one of those, with highs remaining near average, normal high is 41, i think we'll get to up about 40 or zero so before it is all said and done. >> two armed robbery suspect are under arrest after west philly restaurant owner pulled his own gun and opened fire. philadelphia police say the mask men got into a back door at chinese take out restaurant at 62nd and spruce. this is just before 10:00 last night. the robbers grabbed money, then the 49 year old business owner pulled his own gun and shot twice hitting one suspect in the lower back. even so, the robbers kept ongoing. >> most every these robbers fled the scene while police were investigating the crime scene, we were notified that a shooting victim had arrived at mercy hospital. twenty-six year old male shot

one time in the lower back. when police went to mercy hospital, they noticed that the shooting victim fit the description of one of the robbers. >> now, police also discovered that one suspect drove his injured accomplice to the hospital in a stolen vehicle. meantime, chopper three over deadly crash, lawrence township, meshes err county, happened before 7:30 this morning, on the 3500 block of princeton pike. police have not released the victim's name or age. the cause of the crash is under investigation. and canada's prime minister calling deadly shooting at quebec city mask an act of terrorism. gunfire errupted during prayers at the question back islamic cultural center, they say six people died, 17 others hurt, including five, two in critical condition. arrested two sus peng shortly after the shooting and say either had a record. >> member of the elite seal team six died during counter terrorism raid in yemen. three other service members were wounded. officials say the raids

targeted the headquarters of yemen's al quaida branch believed to contain vital intelligence information. at least 14 suspected jihad is cents were killed in the exchange every gunfire. a military helicopter brought into evacuate the crash landed and had to be abandoned and destroyed. well, coming up on "eyewitness news", every year thousands of babies die from sleep-related incidents, often involving blanket or toys that block the flow of oxygen. >> coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", how new jersey is hoping to lower that number by using the simple cardboard box. >> and creating tastier tomato. we will show you how scientists trying to put old-fashioned flavors back into one of our favorite garden items. stay

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welcome back, every year about 3500 babies of the us die due to sleep related accidents, often related to blanket or toys, that block their oxygen flow. >> yes, say new crib design made of cardboard may lower infant mortality. more now from camden new jersey. >> cheers crowds in camden, new jersey, dolores peterson became one of the first people in the state to pick up a free box for her baby. >> she likes it. >> she admits it felt a little strange putting five week old arabella in a crib inside cardboard box, but it has fitted sheets and the kind of

clean, uncluttered environment that doctors rec. >> nothing professional, but somewhere for her to sleep, where she won't get hurt. because you can have her in your bed and just roll over, and that's it. >> sids is sudden infant death syndrome, major reason why the united states is way behind other countries in infant mortality. ranking 26 in the most recent study. at the top of the list is finland, country that's been giving out baby boxes for nearly 08 years. >> i read the same article that millions of people did around the worlds, called why do babies slope in boxes. >> co-founder of the baby box company, launched in los angeles in 2013. she sells the basic box on line for about $70. >> not one parent receive one of my baby boxes without safety education. >> with money from the cdc and corporate donors, more than million mothers nationwide will have access to a baby box this year, they say. but new jersey's effort is by

far the most ambitious, providing every mother a box, plus supplies worth about $150. >> catherine chair of the new jersey child fatality and near fatality review board which runs the program. >> we have to change everyone's behavior so that no child is left at risk. >> the fact her baby box peterson is already resting easier. >> really good for her. i want add box. >> to get one parents have to watch short series of video take a quiz on line and the very first day of the program about 3800 parents did so. cbs news, camden, new jersey. researchers at the university of florida say they have found a way to make tomatoes, yes, tomatoes, like the once from brand ma's garden, what determines the flavor, and nearly 400 varieties of tomatoes think

say not jen attic mod any case, it is a natural process, and could be on store shelves in about three creeks. >> looking forward to it. >> you like tomatoes, jim? >> i do. >> again, but those who can are helping their young friends beat a rare condition. presented four year old luke martin with a check. student grew beards through the month of manuary, for hypoventilation syndrome. it is a disease that targets the nervous system. luke is one of only about 13,000 people dealing with this world-wide. >> well, still ahead on "eyewitness news", funny guy steve harvey got another shot at hosting the miss universe pageant last night. >> the question is did he announce the correct winner this time around? finds out next. hey, katie? >> rahel, never, ever too early to be looking ahead to the upcoming weekends, at this point, expecting a quiet all be it very cold saturday. not quite as much sunday, but the question mark here. could we see a storm moving in

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>> katie, still on snowflake patrol? >> not any more, do have couple of squawls working their way toward us from the west. so the stuff we saw earlier on, we kept saying on snowflake patrol on the

skydeck, couldn't find a snowflake anywhere across philadelphia earlier on this morning, in fact, we had nothing at all in southeastern pennsylvania, it was all southeast of i95. but regardless, at this point, we are done with that first disturbance. now sort of waiting on the negligence one. taking a look at snow totals, short list, but we verified pretty darn well if i do say so myself. north cape may, ends up one of the amounts here, 3.8 inches fell there. out in harrington you had 1.6, he can actually inch fell in newark, delaware, both atlantic city and medford recording just a trace of light snow. again there is other spot that add into it. even outside cape may courthouse, there was blanket of snow on the baseball field here, earlier on, even just within the last hour and a half or so. but his is live picture. a lot had a chance to melt away see look closely off on some of the treats, still little snow, even on the roofs looks like it melted away. officially an inch did fall in this location, now the sun is out. however, look off to the west, you can see, the combination of the snow squawls just talked about all winds driven.

so across specially chester county right now, lancaster county, lower schuylkill river valley, that's where we are finding sorry, zest can you hand a river valley finding squawls beginning to pop up. and some that far will very likely survive as it rolls our way. so we keep an eye on that for you. we are going to see this first disturbance leave, then the next one, already moving in. clipper system and clippers by their very nature tends to zip across the us, and this is certainly not going to be an exception. so, why do we call them alberta clippers province of alberta up here in canada. so, that's where they originate from very typically, how they get their name. but what are the characteristics of these little guys? because originate in western canada, given alberta clipper, but move so quickly not only they clip right past you, do they have a chance to help reinforce the chill since coming from the very cold place, but they also tend to bring very little moisture with them, because they're not able, don't have enough time, to gather more ties, say, from the gulf of mexico for

example. what we are going to find out of the next clipper system pretty much true to form clipper system, maybe little bit of rain mixing in, see it in future weather, early tomorrow morning, couple of light snow showers may survive as far south maybe as philadelphia county. but it will be short lived. so we have to keep an eye on that, maybe snow flares through the early morning drive. all sort of lift north. lehigh valley pocono region best chance for accumulation, first half of the day. then we see couple of rain showers lifting in here through the second half of the day toward the evening rush. so sort of these off and on rain and snow showers across the philly area, and immediate vicinity, best chance for accumulation goes to the lehigh valley and poconos, if you are far enough south in delaware, jersey, where you have the snow today you get nothing basically tomorrow here. so, here are the bullet points, based on location, one to 3 inches again light snow, through lehigh valley and poconos it time, the city and the suburbs, light rain, snow showers, very little or no accumulation at all, mainly dry southern new jersey and delaware forecast. we look at the area winds

speeds, most part coming out of the west northwest right now. and they are pretty light. you have got couple of renegade teens out there. we move forward in the forecast, take a look what happens. reinforcing shot of colds, yep, you bet. take a look. mid upper 30s at best for us, starting on groundhog day. remember, if you need a refresher course on how groundhog day works, of course prognosticating groundhog, if he sees his shadow it means six more weeks every winter despite sunshine. but if he doesn't that means we will have early spring. so time will tell. so ask yourself -- >> i would say stick about me. >> i won't steer you wrong. >> groundhog you can't trust. >> i brought my boots in today. better be prepared. >> absolutely. >> oh, well, bring them home today. thank you, kate. >> i well, there is now a new raining miss universe. iris, from france, was crouds last night in manila philippines. she was born in northern france. iris is pursuing a degree in dental surgery. she hopes to advocate for dental and oral care around the world, host steve harvey

joked on the show he got the winner right this year, after last year's snafu of announcing the wrong name. >> now you actually judged? >> yes. >> i've never made the mistake of announcing a wrong name. >> steve harvey is no jim donovan. >> exactly. and he wore big glasses this year. >> similar to big lenses in. >> no, my glasses are little. he had mr. magee glasses. >> reading to see the only surviving triplets? we'll show them to you

>> coming up on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 thinking of filing your taxes soon? what you need before you turn over your information. how to find a trust trustworthyx preparers. >> world's only surviving giant panda triplets have new home in china. >> two and a half year old siblings learning how to live independently without their mother. they arrived at the safari park days ago, zoo workers say the triplets are already adapting to their new habitat. >> you know, my high school mascot were panda. every time we do a panda story -- >> i feel like i've never heard that before. >> that's "eyewitness news" at noon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. for katie, thank you for joining us. >> always on line at cbsphilly.com. >> of course the young and the restless is up next. fios is not cable. we're wired differently.

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