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closely define what we're looking for. >> president trump announced his pick for supreme court justice in prime time, hear there him and find out how he could make history if confirmed. cold start to february, temperatures drop and there is another chance of snow to talk about. today is wednesday, february 1st, good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha getting us out the door, ladies, good morning. >> good morning. road are looking good, nice, and try but we are still dealing with the overturn tractor trailer we have been dealing with for a couple of hours, still out there. take a while for those things to get picked up. >> at least weather is cooperating for the most part. i don't have any wet weather say for passing snow shower here in the mountains but it will feel chilly. here's a live look at sky scan three overlooking center city from our very own station headquarters, all is clear, it looks like a quiet start to the take. this is a camera that is very well situated on the roof, so we have some field cameras
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that tend to shake and we have been finding that, that wind may in the be terribly strong but it the is making it feel colder. actual air temperature is 41 degrees, makes it tiehl more like mid 30's. bundle up but our ten first forecast is above average. storm scan is quiet. take a look what the take has up its sleeve, gusts could peak as high as 30 miles an hour and even west/southwest wind flow that is a chilly breeze for february, right? even though it is milder then average we have a high of 48 and wind will ease tonight make sure you account for that wind, bundle up, adequately but we are seeking thermometer will be hitting these values over course of the afternoon and early evening, mid to upper 40's generally through mid take but factor in the wind that will make it feel chillier. >> yes, it will, katie, thanks very much. looking at roadways this morning what is main picture is this main thing is one right now still traveling at
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posted seeds but what we have been talking about all morning is this overturned tractor trailer. i-95 south to the north bound blue route that ramp is still closed. it will start to slow down if nothing else we will get delays because of gaper delay. you will tap on your brakes, you can see bunch going past this and that ramp still closed. it will cause slow downs moving around there, just a head up because more vehicles we will get more it the will slow you down. look at our speed sensor, still talking about 55 miles april hour still traveling at posted seed but won't be for much longer through the morning. schuylkill at city avenue keep moving in the west and eastbound direction both side, equally starting to heat up now, and another, area where i would say i would head out earlier, starting to see deeper in the 6:00 o'clock hour i would tack on an extra ten. we have ten minutes early. schuylkill at city avenue. we have a building fire this blue bell, pennsylvania township line road at jolly road alternate germantown pike and skippack pike, no injuries
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reported here, more coming up in the next 15, jim, over to you. a man is in custody following abduction of the woman in port rich hand but police are still looking for more suspects. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live from police headquarters. police are saying a tip led them to the women's rescue. >> yes, rahel police received detail information, so officers were able to be in the right lays at the right time, they saw the entire abduction unfold. they were able to rescue this woman after a short chase. look at the this video where police recovered woman's car, they received that tip just after 8:00 p.m. natalie would hand would be abduct as she left work on the 2400 block of aramingo avenue. under cover officers went to that business and saw two mentoring the 25 year-old woman in the back of her own car. the officers then chased the car for four blocks until driver lost control on the 2600 block of emery street. officers arrested one of them.
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chief inspector scott the small says the woman was most definitely targeted. >> when they grabbed this female they obviously knew who she was because they threatened her, saying that they had her children. the reason that she was targeted is because she related to or know people that were involved in other serious crimes in the area. that is the initial information that we're getting >> reporter: small says this group of people may be responsible for several home invasions in the area, again police are looking for anywhere between three to four people inside a red jeep, believed to be involved in the abduction, and now police do know identity of those people but they are just looking for them. at this point they do have that red jeep but in one was inside at the time but for now we are live outside police headquarters i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, police investigate
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the a shooting in frankford that leaves one man dead, chopper three over the scene of the shooting on the 4800 block of tackawanna street the last night. victim was shot several times in the chest, neck and head. that was just about 9:00 o'clock in the evening. he died 30 minutes later. victim has this is been identified but we know he was in his 20's, so far no arrests have been made. president trump announced 49 year-old appellate judge neil gorsuch of colorado as his nominee for supreme court tuesday night. it the is a pick expect to spark a fight with democrats. david spunt was the only local reporter inside the white house for the announce. >> today i will keep another promise to the american people , by nominating judge neil gorsuch of the united states supreme court to be of the united states supreme court. >> in his first rhyme time address to the nation president trump announced what many considered to be one of the most important decisions he will ever make. >> the qualifications of judge gorsuch are beyond dispute.
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>> reporter: neil gorsuch sits on the tenth circuit court of appeals, harvard law graduate and former classmate of the president barack obama. >> standing here in the house of history, and acutely aware of my own imperfections i have pledged if i'm confirmed i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great country. >> reporter: gorsuch and his wife join president trump, one of his case that is caught national eye when he tame us ually sided with hobby lobby that em lawyers should not be required to rove contraception for women under obama care. >> it is role of the uses to a lie not alter work of the peoples representatives. a judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge. stretching for results he refers, rather than those the law tea hands. >> the president is hoping for a smooth confirmation. >> i only hope that both democrats and republicans can come together for once for the
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good of the country. >> moments after the president announced his pick senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york announced he would not be supporting judge gorsuch, he said judge was in favor of the corporations over the american people. reporting from the white the house this morning, i'm david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". democrats are delaying the confirmations of three of the president's cabinet nominees health and human services secretary nominee tom price, treasury secretary nominee steven mnuchin and attorney general nominee senator jeff sessions. the senate judiciary committee is expected to vote on sessions to take. a search continues for four suspects caught on surveillance video attacking a man in south philadelphia. take a look, this happened january 10th around 8:00 a night in the 1200 block of south broad street. police say suspects came up there behind the victim, knock him to the ground and then began punching and kicking him they tried to take victim's cell tone but ran out without
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getting it. neighbors we spoke with said they are unnerved by the attack but says violence like this is in the happening as often. >> i saw it coming from the bottom to where it is right now, neighborhood has changed, tremendously. >> reporter: for the better? >> way better. way better. >> septa riders frequently walk through that area to access broad street line, the attack happened just a block from the ellsworth federal station. jury says a local charity is partially responsible for market street building collapse in june 2013, deadly collapsed killed six people and injured 13 when a wall from demolition project next door collapsed on to a small store. after five month long civil trial the jury decided on tuesday natalie the salvation army, owner of the building being demolish, architect and contractors were to blame. now an update to the break ing news we have yesterday morning a nine two-year old woman has died after this house fire in bensalem, bucks county julia
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pachucky was trapped in the bedroom but later died at temple university hospital. man who escaped the home is in critical condition. fire fighters say home was cluttered with belongings and that complicated their efforts to put out flames. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, thin mints up in flames. family escapes a devastating house fire but their supply of girl scout cookies was destroyed, the staggering number of boxes lost and what they cost, coming up. jim, who is this right here? his name is jayden mcfee from delsea regional middle school and he is ready to take my job , ready. >> you bet are be ready we will talk to him when we come back. >> ♪ >> if you have been dreaming have doing broad street run today is your chance to have the lottery opened to register but not everyone will be accepted. story next.
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kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. welcome back everyone a california house fire burn nearly perkins home to the ground taking with it a thousand boxes of girl scout cookies. >> nobody was hurt in the the fire nearly everything was destroyed including the thin hint, and other girl scout cookies favorite. perkins is a troop leader and three of the daughters in the middle of the annual sales. >> over a thousand boxes of cookies. they ranged from five to six dollars per box so that is a
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significant amount of money lost this is fire. that is not my property. but fire fighters will bring stuff out of the garage. quite a scene we had one piece of the thin mints, kind of on fire and box that was un touched of thin mints, so yeah, buy thin mints. >> thin mints on fire. >> wow. >> how about this all told cookies alone could have cost perkins tamly nearly $5,000, but local troop is relaying the cookies telling cookie mom not to worry about the loss. >> good. >> today is day registration for 38th annual broad street run is officially opened. >> this year race license capped at 40,000 people for safety reasons. so that means 85 percent of those who sign up will get to run. hopefully that includes he. long 10-mile course runners will be entertained by high school band, cheer leading squad and more. if you are running on may seventh you have in february 13th to enter the race lottery and you can do so by using the cbs mobile app.
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>> i will gladly refrain there applying in the lottery so someone can take my spot. >> we will all be there. >> we will be there with our bagels and coffee, cheering rahel on. >> go, go. >> did you see that guy very interesting in the shot. >> that will be you the whole 10 miles. >> i will be happy to cross finish line. >> you've got this. we have totally got your support. >> support from our whole team to rahel. you know. that we will go back in time here and looking at snow totals, from yesterday. they were not impressive. you have to go far north to find anything. we have 2 inches of snow, in kidder township to even just a trace in mount holly and sicklerville where our regional national weather service headquarters is located. how are we doing with that snowfall this season. it has been kind of a slow start here, and given fact that we're into february we could do well and we could end up being, due here for some snow down the road that measures up. but right now half foot has
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fallen. seasonal average is 2 feet and ended up last year with 27 this muches from that within late january snowstorm if you will recall. looking at nationwide happen not too much going on, maybe passing snow shower lake enhanced but otherwise we have smooth sailing, for the hose part. there will be a chill that settles in the next couple of taste but very noticeable breeze coming with it. looking at future win gusts we will jump to 3:00 p.m. where we have gust that is peak flirting with 30 miles an hour that is noticeable. the it will make it feel colder even though to take is milder then average day. to take tonight we see wind ease up and does pick backup. wind is a theme that lasts us through try before easing up on sat take. we will get to sunday where light snow is scheduled to headache its arrival and it will be just that very light, but we start off try for brunch plans and heading out to church and that kind of thing, meisha. >> little a thinking. thanks very much.
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we have been talking about on this wednesday, everybody traveling around posted seed but this is still out here. we have a overturn tractor trailer i-95 south, that ramp is still closed and yes, it is starting to slow down just a little bit past that ramp we will see brake lights letting you know we have gaper delay around here. we will drop lower than 55 miles an hour, that will be happening sometime shortly. so just head up on that. we have an accident vine westbound near schuylkill that right lane compromised pulled out blocking right shoulder and right lane and we are slowing down because of it as these cars go by they are putting on brakes. that gaper delay ill knock you down to 40 miles an hour. it will continue to add from there. then we have another accident route 100 or hanover street at temple road, head up for those in this area, it is pulled off at route 100 but we have an accident there and that will trip you up this morning. then, patco take a look running a special schedule east and westbound from 11:36
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to 12:56 p.m. precise thumbs make sure to check those schedules on line, rahel, back over to you. fifteen years may seem like an intern but never bad eye tea to look that far down the road. >> students to just that and this is process one struck up a friendship with our own pat gallen. >> that is right. >> who wants to be friend with pat gallen. >> everyone. >> just kidding. few months ago a student reached out about being amen for for his class project which looked out in the future that project has students raring for the real world because like it or not it comes has. where will you be in 15 years? we all tried to imagine what our future hold. >> my 2031 life. >> reporter: but delsea regional middle school students took part in the project that projections their future. >> having kids look out 15 years. >> i went to the university of purdue. >> into the real world. >> they are coming back to their ten year high school reunion, who have you what have you been done.
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>> reporter: what which jayden be up to? he wants to be a sports broadcaster. he reached out to me to become his mentor for the project. >> i like watching news. i have seen you on the the news before. that kind of had an effect on why i reached out. >> reporter: as part of the project jayden and classmate were task with mapping out their future university, their , even their family life, all as a way to show them what the world looks like. >> 2031 project, basically about us kind of thinking ahead to what we want to do for our career. i think i learned shore about not only myself ape what i wanted to to but more about money, finances, how, and what everything means. >> reporter: part of the future includes giving back by starting a foundation for his sister briel le who has a rare genetic advertise order but in front of the camera jayten wants to induce biggest name in sports. on then day he had to settle for he butes looks ready.
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>> growing up what sports did you play as a kid. is there so many fields of broadcasting. what basically led to doing sports broadcasting? who did you look up to with watching sports center. >> kathy says in 2031 she looks forward to seeing what jayden has to offer. >> the fact that he is so opened to every experience the way he has engulfed this project and just make it a hazing i see him doing that through life. >> this is my 2031 life. >> so joining me on the set the to prepare for that 2031 life is jayden mcseed, good morning. >> how are you feeling good. >> ready to get your first taste of tv. >> yes, i am we will go back to last night's flyers game, lets walk over here to the desk, get you in the sports anchor chair. dapper tie. he is all ready. looking good. all right, jayden, flyers last night against hurricanes, look right there, are you ready. >> yes. >> lets do it. >> flyers recent three game winning streak is history,
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and so is the carolina hurricanes losing streak. last night this north carolina flyers fell behind early and never seemed to catch up. hurricane got a hat trick from 19 year-old sebastian aho, brayden schenn scored the flyers only goal. it was goal number one in schenn's nhl career. flyers lost lost five-one. they lay montreal tomorrow night. >> boom. >> yes. >> i make shore mistakes, i make none, boy, you can have my job. >> impressive. >> well on your way. >> 2031, i will be retired you can sit in my seat. >> you have a job waiting for you. >> congratulations. >> can you read this next line for us. >> do you see jayden. >> don't go anywhere we will be right back. >> okay, all right. >> yes.
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welcome back weekend is ever closer and we are starting to see things coming into more focus. the it looks like saturday will stay rain, snow free, bright sunshine, but by sun take afternoon a very light round of snow is scheduled to hoff this and don't expect accumulation out of it but daytime highs are stuck in the 30's. so cold air will be in place, guys. >> katie, thank you. now for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> on the cover of the delaware county daily times sunoco logistics announced it will adding 20 new jobs at marcus hook industrial complex jobs range from entry level to higher level positions such as utility operators and instrument and mechanical technicians. the jobs will pay $80,000 annually with benefits and overtime. and in the news journal 104 year-old hotel du pont has been sole to the wilmington based developer. they say they will continue to
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operate the 217 room italian renaissance building as a hospitality rot. burlington county times new jersey republican state senator dianne allen says she won't seek reelection in november citing health concerns. allen has represented the seventh district since 1996 and has served as is that the deputy my north leader since 2006. prior to politics she was a television anchor including here at kyw-tv in the mid 70's >> that is some of the newspaper headlines in the delaware valley. >> coming up next on "eyewitness news" we have to in the studio, don't miss this preview of an exciting new exhibit opening up this weekend. >> no one told me about that. plus president trump an "s" pick for supreme court justice yes says he is the man for the job, jan. and we are putting plug in hybrids and electric cars to the test, which ones are the most safe, i'm jan carabao reporting live, coming up the results and two top brand that didn't get the top marks. going to be good, to know,
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get ready, get set, go register for 38th annual broad street run. lottery style registration opens up today. >> ♪ >> ♪ i want to eat at that restaurant james corden and st ing trying to out due each other. good feud not so good music. it looks like a relatively mild day, relatively. >> that is what you have to remember, yeah i am glad you used that word, rahel because even though it is above average we will only talk upper 40's which isn't extreme warmth, certainly and we also
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have a breeze that will make it feel that much colder anytime it blows. sort of the leveled off the laying field if you will. today is the take to devoid of any systems. that is a nice change of pace for recent days here. we will start off with the very quick look at live neighborhood network and outside we will go to a view where it is clear enough you can see light of the day already at this hour. the outside pleasant valley middle and high school in broad headsville if you look closely in the the information ground under the streetlights you can see, a little bit of the light round of snow that came in yesterday from that clipper system. at the moment clipper is long gone. we are left with generally clear skies, some clouds here and there. that is what we will find, a variety of clouds, sunshine and overall quiet weather. here's where we currently stan , lower 40's in the city. normal high on february 1st is 41 degrees. little colder through the suburbs, certainly but since we are coming off from relatively milder lays, we will have a chance to rebound here to above average standard 48 degrees is the expected high in the city. forty-seven at the shore with some sun in both directions.
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you may see a passing shower, of snow, in the poconos, but that is wind driven, from down wind of the lake erie, but it won't amount to much of anything. meanwhile, the rest of the week is actually looking like it is a quiet, overall, a quiet pattern with generally dry conditions, we will get some sun, each day for the rest of this week and then, the x factor, meisha, will be that wind. it will keep things feeling chilly for the next, few days. >> that wind makes all of the difference, thanks very much. good morning, everyone. happy wednesday to you. so, the theme of the morning commute has been this overturn tractor trailer on i-95 south, ramp to northbound blue route. ramp is closed. it has been closed all morning long. penndot has zoomed in closer, was overturned tractor trailer was complete thely flipped on to its side with debris every where. it looks like crews are out there trying to get this remedied. they are starting to get this cleaned up, but in the process that ramp just a heads up, it the is still closed and it is starting to cause gaper delay, traveling past i-95 this is
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southbound direction. heads up on that. we have an accident vine westbound near schuylkill, it is pull off to the right shoulder, as awe approach the schuylkill and it is causing backups there as well. it is block ago this right lane, heads up on this, thinks an area that gets very busy as we are pushing through our main hour of rush hour. this will slow you down, also. then we have a disable vehicle i-95 south before aramingo avenue disabled vehicle at this time can slow you down, and another accident, at route 100 hanover street at temple road, lot going on at 60:00 in the morning. would i say give yourself extra time, jim, over to you. well, president trump's supreme court nominee neil gorsuch meets with lawmakers on capitol hill as part of the outreach effort to secure his confirmation. the president officially tapped the 49 year-old to fill the late antonin scalia's seat last night. if confirmed he will be youngest supreme court nominee in 25 years. currently judge gorsuch sits on the tenth circuit court of appeals in colorado. >> practicing as a trial work
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trenches of the law i saw when we judges don our robes it doesn't headache us any smarter, but it serves as a reminder of is what expect of us. impartiality, independence, collegety, and courage. >> reporter: president is hoping for a smooth confirmation but as his pick was announced row testers gathered outside demonstrate ago begins his choice. democrats have vowed to block the pick. president trump celebrated his pick on twitter following the announcement saying hope you like my nomination of the judge neil gorsuch for united states supreme court, he is a good, brilliant man respected by all. pennsylvania senator patrick toomey is tasting backlash there his constituent s for not connecting with the people. people rallied outside his offices around the state yesterday including dozens at his hairsberg office dehanding natalie senator pick up the phone. protesters are dehanding answering regarding president trump's immigration order, toomey's office say they have spoken to the protesters on
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multiple occasions and continue to offer to meet with people this is office. well, she may not be u.s. attorney general any longer but sally yates is being honored. yates has been nominated for john f. kennedy profile in courage award which celebrates official whose choose the public interest over partisan ship. yates was fired by president trump monday night for refusing to deeven if his recent executive order on immigration, at ward will be presented to the winner in may well, the results of the latest crash test of four electric and hybrid vehicles hey advise you. >> the plug in hybrid came out on top, two other brand had some shortcomings. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao live near schuylkill expressway with the closer look, good morning, jan. >> reporter: rahel and jim, good morning. interestingly enough two luxury brand missed the top hashing and now insurance institute for highway safety tested four vehicles made by toyota, chevy, bmw and tesla. here's how they faired. the four vehicles crash tested by the insurance institute for
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highway safety, all got the high marks but only toyota prius rhyme and chevy volt earned 2017 top safety pick plus award, both cars are plug in hybrids with front crash prevention systems with the prius standard on every car. >> nice thing about toyota prius rhyme you can got top safety pick performance without having who choose any options. >> reporter: all electric tesla model s raised some concerns in a front crash test >> dummy moved too far forward in the air bag and his head hit against the steering wheel through the air bag. >> reporter: experts did not test it for front crash prevention because tesla is upgrading its software. bmw's i3 fell short of the top award because it seats and head restraints got a lower ranking. >> one of the consequences of front rear crashes, it is, injury, that people commonly refer to as whip rash and we're trying to headache sure seats and red restraints can prevent those injuries.
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>> reporter: insurance institute for highway safety says tesla and bmw air wear of the problems, and they are fixing them. they also say that experts have yet to find any safety problems, specific to electric or hybrid cars, and they can be just as safe as any other vehicles on the road. and tesla goes on to say that model s owners can expect to have that crash prevention, software, upgrade in their cars computer in a couple weeks. we are reporting live, from university city, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", rahel and jim, back to you. >> thanks, jan. a develop shore wants to reopen former revel casino says he does not need a casino license. >> but casino control commission disagrees. glenn straub says he does not need a license because a different company will be running the renovated revel. he will fight the issue in court. for now he says he is ready to open it up as a hotel february . there was a time when fast food was revolutionary. >> now there is a revolution in fast food, and mcdonald's is showing off their very
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first burgers dispensing machine, kind of like an atm. hundreds of customers line up to order a big mac, grand mack , or mack junior, from a touch screen and customers were, loving it. >> it is good. it taste just like a regular big mac. it the is good. i always enjoyed, yeah, delicious. >> we do our fries always fresh right the here, we put them this is machine and less than five minutes we have an opportunity to choose a great burger and have the fun to do it the in a different way. >> if your fans tell you vending machine was one off single day event, mcdonald's says they will just spot the lighting new big mac varieties >> waiting in line for a big mac, okay. bobcat is still on the loose this washington tc, coming up how schools in the area are taking precautions. plus this... >> we are getting a spectacular first look at icy rings around the planet saturn i'm hena daniels in new york and i'll have more on the mission and why they say the best is yet to come. we have a bunch of frogs,
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well, welcome back. we have breaking news to tell but crews are on the scene of the fire right now, this ace i live look near 100 block of east willard street in philadelphia's kensington section. they have been there since 6:15 this morning. we do not know if anyone has been hurt, when this fire broke out, stay with "eyewitness news" on air and on line for updates as we learn more. meanwhile washington d.c. area schools are on high alert
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as search continues for ollie the bobcat who escape from the national zoo. >> zoo keepers say they are this is known to be aggressive to humans but as a precaution local schools are holding all activities, indoors. ollie was last seen by zoo keepers around 7:30 monday morning, officials believe she may return to the zoo on her own for food and shelter. today in minnesota a sled dog marathon is set to finish. >> thirty-third john bear marathon started on sunday and in the town of two harbors. here we can see competitors resting at a checkpoint probably well deserved with their k-9 companion. they travel almost 400 miles and just four case to day they will even the race. these frozen trees may look pretty bye sign of the drug for people of new brunswick, canada after a severe ice storm hit the province last week, 20,000 people lost their power. now, 200 canadian soldiers are helping local authorities and residents recover from the effects of the harsh winter. we have talked about
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dangers of ice earlier in the the newscast. katie joining us now you, checking in with the weather watchers, i cannot imagine any ice out there right now. >> it is interesting you mention that had because a watcher i wanted to show you said he saw icing on the overpass so that is where we can turn our focus, we will start there. looking very quickly at temperatures in the lower 40's , upper 30's, we will zero in on these and hopefully zero in on the right one here. 39 degrees, greg mccoy's observation from marshallton where we have nice clear skies notice it is just above freezing here but did find slippery spots on the overpass , so keep that in mind , it is basically every where if it looks like it is wet it is probably slick. be careful out there lets go to a couple shore sots here i want to take you north of town who are 39 degrees that comes from phil chapline this morning. he has a nice clear sky but a very light wind. he did send thus picture from his neighborhood where it is just, beautiful, light of the the day, starts to pop on the horizon, absolutely stunning start to the day here.
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little breezy, granted as day goes on but it is quiet. the that is helpful, right. lets see we will go to one more where shall we head next across river 41 this morning from kenneth martin, one of the milder spots here with that southwest wind flow at 9 miles an hour and plenty of cloud overhead. switching over to the maps we will find at this point a passing snow shower, up through poconos, all lake enhanced, you can see that wind driven snow, involving the great lakes. it is not much, however and then we are looking at quiet at earn, generally speaking, across the whole u.s. no major storm systems getting their act together and that is a plus here. quiet weather for us in the next couple of taste. lets get you through this today looks like an okay, day. couple of caveats, granted, 48 is milder then what is average and certainly milder then yesterday, but, you have to factor in the wind. even though it is coming from the west or southwest it headaches it feel cold this time of the year. later on tonight handful of cloud, chilly night dropping
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down to 30 degrees, and, seven day, we will look at temperatures drop off with time here, coldest stretch with try through sunday and p.m. hours, on sun take, meisha are when we expect to see light round of snow. i don't expect accumulation at this on it. >> good thing coming on a un day so we will have a bulk of our morning commute. good morning. happy wednesday. couple things are going on right now. this has been out there all morning long. we have an overturn tractor trailer to the ramp to north bound blue route. that ramp is closed. we are looking at tractor trailer completely flipped on its side. debris every where. crews have been clearing this up for you. that ramp is still closed. we are starting to see some backups because of it a lot of gaper delays as you go past that ramp. by the way this is tractor trailer right there hard to see, complete hi smashed, on this side. then we have another accident, vine westbound near schuylkill , pulled off to this right lane, it is blocking and then we are starting to jump less than posted speed as we head in the westbound direction. just a heads up there starting
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to see brake lights there. we have another extent 95 south, disabled vehicle, 95 south before betsy ross aramingo that right lane blocked there. also starting to cause you some slow downs, and an accident route 413 near rock view drive, heads up, we have another extent also, see to it has cleared? it has not cleared. route 100 hanover street at temple road this accident is out there as well. it is anywhere surrounding this area we are traveling around posted speeds, 55 drops to 52, in big deal but hang out the door this morning give yourself some extra time, jim and rahel back to you. in entertainment news weeks after johnny dep sued his former managers for miss managing his finances they decided to sue him right back. >> managers alleged that it is actor's lavish lifestyle that reportedly cost two million-dollar a month, and other expenses include 75 million-dollar on 14 different residents, and 18 held yacht and $30,000 a month on wine.
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singer/song writer ferrell williams family has quickly green from three to six. he and his wife welcomed triplets. they join his eight year-old son named rocket, williams is pre meeting his work on the sound track for oscar nominated film hidden figures. >> aim he some excited about this. oprah winfrey making her return to network television joining cbs family as a special contributor to 60 minutes. the winfrey is proud to begin work on the show she had admired for decade. the executive produce your jeff fagger called her a perfect fit for the hit news broadcast. she will remain chair and ceo of her table network own. her first report is scheduled to air this fall. cannot wait. 6:49. there is a lot coming up this morning. >> norah o'donnell joins us live from new york with the preview, good morning, nora ah >> good morning, rahel and jim reaction to president trump's supreme court justice nominee, we have guests who will tell us what gorsuch will mean for the court. big airlines are offering bargain tickets but overhead
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bins will be off limits. we will look at whether the new basic economy fairs are worth the discounts. and atlanta falcons owner has a lot to celebrate, but before arthur blank takes his entire staff to super bowl 51, guess where he will be, right here, in the studio 57. see you at seven. >> best place to be. thanks. nasa has released you this stunning photos of the icy rings around the land it saturn, casino spacecraft is in its the ring grazing face. >> cbs correspondent, has more on the final mission, before scientists send it on a course to crash and burn. >> reporter: nast's sat the light beaming these spectacular photos of saturn's rings back from space. this is closest view of the icy disks around the planet, ever seen. spacecraft is helping scientists observe and understand the second largest land it, hoping to get the more insight into how saturn and our solar system was form.
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it first launched in 1997. >> four years for this this moment. >> reporter: to reach saturn in 2004. now nasa says land it's rings are 30 teeth thick and made almost completely of billions, maybe even trillions of the chunks of water ice, dust, and rocks. it has also been studying the dozens of moon that orbit near edges providing these first tea tail images of small moon, pandora. in april, it will embark on its time mission, lunging between the rings before disappearing and burning in the planet's atmosphere. nasa scientists second best images of saturn are yet to come. hena daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, tiny visitors will be hopping over to the academy of natural sciences of drexel university this weekend. the exhibit frogs, of course, colors opened up saturday and aims to teach guests fascinating facts about frogs.
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>> mike is assistant manager of outreach programs at academy of the natural science es at drexel university and joins us with the preview. good morning, mike. >> good morning. >> we think of frogs in puddles, around streams and stuff like that, are there a lot oftive rent types of frogs >> there are tremendous number of frogs. is there over 4500 different species, they are found on every continent except antarctica. they are all over the place. locally we have a toss even and a half species just locally you can find as well. >> is there a difference between towards and frogs. >> so towards are a type of frog. towards fall under that category of frogs. we call the ones warty the spend more time on land and they have poison gland behind their eyes. we call them toads. >> you have brought frogs. none of them are poisonous. >> a couple of them are. >> yes. >> who to we have here, hike. >> first one here, it is a very cool one. this is an african bull toking
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, and they are sometimes referred to as, pixie frogs. >> yes. >> yes. >> so these are found in africa. slide your hand over my hand, grab it around the hipps. and your other hand right underneath her hipps. >> there you go. >> my goodness. >> now these frogs, they will eat just about anything they can fit the in to their mouth. you can see they are quite big there is a lot they can fit in that mouth as far as food goes a defense this they get scared they will urinate. we have to be careful, on the back end there. >> yes. >> that height be a issue. >> this one has teeth. >> it does have, good amount of teeth in there and strong bite, so that is why. >> you have to watch them there is a you this exhibit. >> absolutely, starting
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saturday we will have frogs, of colors put on, at drexel and we are very excited to have it at the academy, 15 different species of frogs there and entire month of frog february, we will have special activities on the weekend. >> what do we have in here. >> thinks a waxy monkey frog. >> okay. >> change gloves just to make sure we are safe here. >> we are getting a rap. >> so we will leave him inside >> jim had a hard enough time. >> so waxy honk i frogs, we spend a lot of time out of water, and he has a waxy coating on their skin. their skin if they get real scared, defense see create opioid ten times stronger than who are feign. >> these are milk frogs from south america and also, poison theme hear they get their name because they see create a white substance out of their skin. >> yes okay. well this looks a hazing. people need to just come to
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the exhibit just to see this. >> yeah, this is small sample, it is gorgeous. the frogs we have, it is definitely something to check out. >> when and where. >> academy of natural sciences at drexel university, we are on 19th and race and we will be opened until the middle of may starting this saturday and every weekend in frog february all sort of the special programming for kids and tamly >> looking forward to it. we will be right back with three to go. see create.
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