guard, it is thursday, february 2nd, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. the lets get you out the door with the check of weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> so all morning long, all of a sudden we have a few accidents out there, overturned tractor trailer, multiple accidents. i don't know what is going on. we have dry roadways. hopefully it stays that way. >> yeah, it will stay that way we are expecting more sun then anything on this groundhog day and wind very light right now but won't stay that way, that is something that will be picking up with time and what's more we will have gusts that could peak as high as 30 miles an hour out there. you will notice on storm scan, turn your focus to the poconos couple very light snow showers working their way through east of i81, but you may see it happening snow shower, lake driven, more than anything up that way today, otherwise we are in for some sunshine and that will go regional wide here. why you might be starting off with cloud in sots it should brighten up. actual air temperature in the mid to upper 30's up and down

i-95, 31 this atlantic city and cold 25 in mount pocono. as day regresses, it will be a chilly one certainly but it is early february. it isn't horrible. 45 degrees with sunshine and that wind which will bring in i would say gusts to 30 miles an hour. down the shore lower 40's and don't even hit freezing mark here today in the poconos but again nothing thaw are not used to, all they there is a big temperature drop heading our way, tomorrow, so i'll let you know coming up how much drop we're talking about here and also outline next shot for snow which toss come, meisha this weekend. >> like it or not, it is coming. >> yes. >> all right, katie. >> thank you so much. good morning. happy gate the way. we are talking about some accidents out there, first accident 95 headlights moving this is northbound treks hard to see, in fact i'm hoping it may have cleared approaching route one a van went off road, tow truck on the scene, and it looks like maybe that has been since cleared. hard to see from this camera shot but it is gone, that height be a good thing.

then we have another accident route 45 at lincoln road tractor trailer verse a car here we are still showing posted speed. that is a good reminder that it is still early and tark but as we row gress these accidents even if they are pulled off on to the side streets, that will let you know that can slow you down right now, however it is not in that area. we have another accident this warminster still out there for quite sometime county line road at madison avenue for those in that neck of the the wood. damage polled in that area we have a overturn tractor trailer new jersey turnpike on ramp to route 206 that ramp is partially block and we have construction to talk about yeah in the next 15, jim, over to you. thanks, meisha. latest on the breaking news, hostage standoff at vaughn correctional center in smyrna new castle county. >> largest mens prison in the state of delaware. we are told negotiations continued for release of two staff members held hostage since yesterday morning. at least one staff member was injured, he has been treated for non-life threatening injuries. authorities have been in radio

contact with the inmates and inmates have contacted wilmington newspaper. >> we have team three coverage of the prison standoff, "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is in the cbs-3 news center with new audio of the the hostage negotiations. >> but lets begin with trang do live in smyrna where there were new developments overnight, trang, good morning >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. again, those two prison staff members remain under the inmates hostage rather and at this point they have released two corrections officers overnight but we are told overnight what happened was 14 inn hates were allowed to leave and they are being held in ative rent secure facility here, it is not clear whether the 82 inmates still with the hostages in building c are staying there voluntarily or being held begins their will. lets look at video of chopper three above the scene. this started just after 10:30a h when inmates took four prison staff members his stage at building c at james vaughn correctional center in smyrna.

two corrections officers were released and treated for non- life threatening injuries. governor john car carney was here last night and state the police negotiators have been in contact via radio. in phone calls to the local paper, the news journal, they blame it overdone old trump and recent actions and hade number of tea hand. here's a clip there one of those very intense phone calls >> it is what is going on is first up with the co's how co 's treat the inmates. the co's treat the inmates. it has to change. education, we want education first and foremost. we want rehabilitation programs that works for everybody. we want money to be allocated so we can know what is going on this is prison, the budget, for the budget. keep on playing games. >> reporter: delaware secretary of home land security said in a news conference yesterday that officials are not making any promises to these inmates

until hostages are released. meanwhile we are learning that a number of groups plan to rally here for inmates and their dehand. that will happen at 10:00 a.m. outside prison but for now i'm live from smyrna, delaware trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you. now vaughn correctional center is an enormous facility , largest for men in delaware, 2500 inmates are being held there right now, it houses inmates from minimum to maximum security along with state's death row. this standoff is this its first in 2004 an inn hate was killed after he raped a counselor and held her his stage for seven hours. recorded phone calls outline moments police spent negotiating with the wristers in inside. >> during calls inmates reveal there are injuries inside. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live from the news center with a closer look at those calls, good morning, jan >> reporter: you'll hear very tense moments here as part of the conversation had yesterday between negotiators and

prisoners in smyrna. this is radio transmission obtained by "eyewitness news" and these clips captured a delicate time during negotiations just before, and during the release of some of the hostages. >> everything has a ross zest but good part about it, it the is this, i am your bridge to the higher ups. are in a very good position right now but we also have something to offer you. >> reporter: voice of the hostage negotiators, speaking to a prisoner inside james t vaughn correctional center in smyrna, delaware. negotiators acknowledges that talks have been ongoing for some time and asks what hostages including a injured corrections employee will be released. >> i thought you were going to send them out for me man what happened. >> y'all rushed us, we have to regroup, man. >> reporter: negotiators say official did his not understand terms of the release, prisoner responds. >> everybody on this side of the fence, nobody in the yard, nobody. they are going to come out in the middle of the yard and

handcuffs or tied or whatever. once they are in the yard they will get down like you asked them and when they get the in the yard they will all come out. >> that sound like a land, let's do this hand, let's do this. >> come out man, you need medical attention man so have the stretcher right there for him. >> the prisoner was talking about a injured corrections employee. that emily was taken to the hospital non-life threatening injuries. two of the four employees being held hostage have thousand been released. so have dozens of inmates, there in building c. rahel and jim, back inside to you. >> thanks, jan. well, you can keep it right here for "eyewitness news" for the latest on the prisoner standoff in smyrna. we will have crews on location in delaware as the response, there continues. and, you can follow the developments, anytime, on cbs philly.com. in other news after a night of violent protests at the university of california/ berkley students will head back to class today. some demonstrators threw fire works and rocks at police and smashed the windows of the the student center, as they were

all there protesting the planned speech by milo yiannopoulos, editor of the right wing the news site bright part. the university cancelled the event over safety concerns. >> sad irony is free speech is what is what we are talking about here and tonight's someone's free speech was shut down. it was hateful speech, to this campus but still his right to speak. >> things are scary right the now. this might not be the exact right approach but idea behind it is correct. >> and the night time violence told several peaceful protests earlier in the day, abe the university is blaming 150 agitators for the violence. it has been a busy week for trump administration and still more on the agenda secretary of state rex tillerson will be on capitol hill where he will likely address fall out from the travel ban. and this comes just a day after his swearing this. also, yesterday, the trump administration put iran on quote, notice, following a ballistics missle test. the president also took to twitter to bash an obama administration refugee deal with australia, amid reports

of a contentious phone call, with the nation's prime minister. meantime republicans are gearing up for a fight against democrats in their bid to confirm supreme court nominee neil gorsuch, on wednesday, president trump suggested lawmakers use what is often referred to as the nuclear option, it is a way they can push nomination through. for a second day in a row senate democrats boycotted committee votes for several of the president's cabinet nominees. well, president trump have been just inaugurated but he is planning for 2020 run. >> all right. federal election commission reports natalie president has 7.6 million-dollar in the bank at the end of 2016, and inauguration souvenirs and donation request, will only increase that number when candidates reach 5,000 threshold they are required to file an official statement of candidacy. coming up in our next half an hour, how president trump's immigration order will impact the u.s. economy. but first, where is melania? the first lady has not been seen in public since the day after the inauguration? plus this.

i'm pat gallen at morris animal refuge and they are taking part in the puppy bowl and 2017 morning show bowl, we will tell you about it when we come right back. >> ♪ >> it is groundhog day, you're looking live, at punxsutawney, pennsylvania where people are already gathered to see if phil sees his shadow or not. if he sees it, it means six more weeks of winter, we will be right back.

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♪ >> who can forget this scene from the classic movie groundhog day bill murray wakes up to the same day, over and over again, this is like the story of my life except the clock says 1:30. >> you are thrilled every morning to wake up. >> look at this live picture now they are getting crazy out there. that is gobbler's knob where his character could be covering punxsutawney phil this year. we will wait and see. >> thousands has turned out to wit these phil's redixon which is expected at 7:30 or so, so

more than an hour. we have learned that phil has seen his shadow more than a hundred times since 1887 and if his redixies right only 39 percent of the time, and phil is never wrong. >> i will tell you, i trust katie's forecast and in the the that groundhog. >> i very much appreciate that but to continue this theme here, little bit more details about that prognosticating groundhog, there he is, yes, he is, burring a way or trying to. he has as you mentioned made 119 predictions of which he saw his shadow 102 times. lots of -- six shore weeks of winter predictions out of phil he didn't see it 18 to take. will he or won't he is the big question. sun does not rise until 7:25. as we mentioned closer to 7:30 he will come out, and we will see, whether he actually sees his shadow or not. meanwhile out toward punxsutawney and pittsburgh

area light lake enhanced snow showers, and we have a snow shower rolling east of 81 in our own neck of the woods in the poconos. rest of us will end up seeing sunshine here today and even though we have cloud they should thin out with time. nationwide look at the map here shows a few blips on the the radar and over arkansas, and in toward tennessee, but then another storm system starting to work its way in the golden state and california getting hit with the heavy rain right you this but all and all it is quiet looking happen, it won't necessarily stay that way for us, things to eventually have to change and we will start to see snow moving by the weekend for now sunny skies, turning blustery, not all that windy but we will see gusting wind of 30 miles an hour with time making high of five feel colder. it is colder tonight dropping down to 24 degrees. looking forward we will see a tropical on the thermometer come tomorrow. about 10 degrees. but sun will continue to shine right through sunday morning and then snow showers work their way in by say afternoon and then in towards evening sleet or rain mixes in.

it could be slick out there on sunday afternoon. >> it looks to be that way. if thing at least we will have some sunshine. that is a good thing, what do you think is this i'm happy with that. ninety-five south at cottman building up, we can see brake lights but overall look at this, traveling at posted seed you won't be pushing toward more like 6:30 but right now we are still tapping on those brakes and then halving down to center city. head up. slowing down a bit now, schuylkill taillights or headlights moving past belmont this is still traveling at posted speed. looking at our map below this vine street, 54, schuylkill, 44, blue route showing 55 miles an hour. you are exactly where i want you to be as we head toward 6:30 in the morning. the just know more vehicles are outside on the roadway. talking about this accident right here, woodstown, new jersey, route 40 right the now is closed, side street to hoff around this, and at route 45 a tractor trailer verse a vehicle here, you will start to slow town and then that

accident in warminster still out there county line road at had son avenue we have a tam aged pole in that area. rahel, back over to you. many people have been wondering where is the new first lady. melania trump has not seen in public in 12 days. >> mrs. trump's last public appearance was january 21st when she went to the post inauguration multi faith pray er service. while she flew back to new york next day white house staff says first lady will be in new york until barron trump 's school career is over and then expect to move in the white house. this sunday millions will be huddled around their tv to see the next champion crowned this sports. >> will it be a beagle, bull dog or another kind of pup. pat gallen is here to tell us about dogs taking part in the puppy bowl. >> i wish we had puppies every where around here. i'm sorry i could not bring them in this morning. >> they are asleep. >> on sunday puppy bowl kicks off and it will feature three pups from the region. i got the to hang out with two of them and they also helped

us with a little game of our own, lets check it out. on super bowl sunday patriots and falcons will battle to be the top dog in the nfl. but before the game the best of the best dogs in the country are battling to become puppy bowl 13 champs and two dogs there our area are in the game. >> we have max, and chewchy, he is a pit bull and a chihuahua. they join team. we sent them some pictures. we want to have them. they were competitors from the the start. >> reporter: max is six month-old pup taken in by kayla and shelby, they could this is believe max was select to be a puppy bowl player. >> we were so excited, it was so hard to keep tonight and not tell anyone. you cannot tell anyone yet until it the is shown off. >> so we tell him all the time >> we let him know he is celebrity. >> reporter: while not same size in stature 4-pound chihuahua isn't afraid to get in the game. his owner eduardo works at morris animal refuge and took him in only to see him select

for puppy bowl. refuge has been in this position before. >> last time was first time we were in the puppy bowl, we had lea, rottweiler, a mvp last year. the once you breed champions and having champions they want to you come back. >> reporter: with such impressive animals we have asked for their help. we will be picking the 2017 morning show champion. so we have put the a treat on each of the head shots, and max, our puppy bowl dog will pick winner. so lets find a winner. >> go ahead, max, go get the treat. >> here we go. >> all right, let's eat. >> who will it be. >> it is katie, it is katie fehlinger and i came this second, i guess. >> while katie is our champion of the morning show check in on sunday to see who wins puppy bowl 13. >> congratulations, katie fehlinger, the 2017 morning show champion. you can see the game sunday on animal planet. find out if max is a star like lea was a year ago.

another doggies in the game i was unable to meet wilma, she was born with hydrocephalies and her prognosis was quite grim but fine people at new life animal rescue to pull through and once she was well you have this she was pick for puppy bowl and has been adopted. you can adopt other dogs like max, chew and wilma at both new life and morris animal refuge. >> so sweet. >> she was like get out of my way. >> that is right. >> i want to put on the record katie cheated. she has been known to cheat in competitions. >> that is not true, she did not cheat. valentines day is less than two weeks away. we will look at how much people plan to spend this year >> just in time for new 50 shade of gray movie to hit theaters, author of the popular book series has something new for fans, coming

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welcome back everyone, we are looking ahead to the weekend of a chill in the air. saturday features sunshine we will see very light snow moving this and second half of your sunday should not accumulate much if anything but could get slick out there if you are traveling, guys. and now for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> reading eagle berks county couple faces charges in the november death of their two-year old daughter. authorities say that ela grace foster died when her parents failed to seek medical treatment when the child was battling pneumonia. the fosters are member of the faith tabernacle congregation a religious sector that does not believe in medical treatment of think kind. from the press of atlantic city two drivers suffered head injuries after a vehicle ran a red light and crashed in another car yesterday morning in egg harbor township. the collision push one car, into a utility pole with the other lodged underneath. in the intelligencer dozens of quakertown residents on west broad street are facing big repair bills after their sewer lines failed inspection. the lines date back to the

1920's, and it could cost homeowners $8,000 or more to make repairs. boro could offer $500 toward that cost. that is a look at news pip headlines around the delaware valley. do you have a sweetheart you plan on spoiling this valentines day? it could land you this debt if you are not careful. >> according to the national retail federation americans are expected to spend an average of $136.50, down about ten bucks from last year, at the top of the big spender's list, jewelry, which will cost customers a combined 4.3 billion, with a b, dollars >> chump change. meantime el james author of the 50 shade thrilling have just treated fans to the ultimate valentines day gift. in an interview she writer at a possibility of the fourth book. she did not however give a time line, we do have something to hold us to wait, the new installment 50 shade darker hits theaters next friday just in time for

valentines day. coming up how president trump's travel ban could hurt the u.s. economy. and update the on the prison standoff this delaware, trang? >> reporter: two held hostage, two released i'm trang do live outside a delaware prison where a hostage situation is ongoing. even though we have a nice try roadways we have problems out there four accidents, overturn tractor trailer to be exact but where? i'll let you know when we come back. but first we will take a quick brea welcome to your health with joan lunden presented by the centers for disease control and prevention. hi, i'm joan lunden. diabetes is an epidemic that is sweeping our country and sadly it is not just affecting adults. it's also affecting our children. we are pleased to be joined by dr. ann albright director of the cdc's division of diabetes translation who is here to shed

some light on this really alarming subject. how serious is this? >> type 1 diabetes is still the most common form in youth but we are seeing alarming growth in the number of kids with type 2 diabetes. it's certainly related to the rise in obesity. unfortunately, many parents are unaware of this so their children are unaware. >> what are the other factors contributing? >> type 2 diabetes runs in families. so does unhealthy eating habits and other lifestyle habits. >> as a mom of seven, this is just so concerning. what can we do to try to stop this? >> a great place to start is to develop a plan as a whole family. you certainly want to work on increasing water intake. you might have to work on that with your kids. eat more fruits and vegetables. certainly find ways to make favorite foods healthier. then really make physical activity more fun. >> get out there and bicycle with them or play tag with

them. get them off the sofa. >> that's it. >> that's so difficult but so important. are children who have parents with type 2 diabetes more likely to also develop it? >> certainly these things do run in families. but it also is important to know that if you establish these habits together, they're much more likely to be sustained. set a new norm as a family. >> i love that. set a new norm. a lot of us need to work on that. thank you so much. it's really wonderful though that families have this resource to turn to because it is so important to the future of our youth to stop the diabetes epidemic from becoming even more prevalent. it really needs though to be addressed as a family affair. for more information visit cdc.gov/diabetestv. thanks for watching. i'm joan lunden. >> sponsored by naccd with support from the centers

good morning everyone i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. it is 6:30. here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. very inn tones here as inmates still have two prison staff members hostage. >> i want money to be allocated so we can know what is going on in the prison.

they keep laying games. >> you all are in a very good position right now, but we also have something to offer you. >> violent protests at the university of california/ berkley forced cancellation of the speech, by controversial breitbart editor president trump's secretary of state delivers remarks at the state department. >> ♪ >> you are looking live, at the crowd there at gobbler's k nob the most tame us groundhog in pennsylvania will be making his grand appearance >> hold on to your lemonade, because queen bay says we have been blessed two times over, that means twins, ladies and gentlemen. >> all of the double babies, all of the double babies. put your hand up. >> stephen colbert getting in the act after beyonce announced she and jay z are having twins.

>> we know someone who knows about having double babies, hi there, katie. >> yes, queen b if you need any advice i can absolutely help with you that. i will direct message my personal line later. so, what we will be dealing without there today, guys is overall quiet pattern beginning today. with more sun then thinking. the just a chill in the air. we are looking to see temperatures rebound in the mid 40's but you'll have to factor in the wind which is at the moment on the sky deck isn't blowing all that strongly but it will tart to pick up with time here to take we are looking at storm scan three, it looks like it is still cloudy. i look above me and there is a thin veil of cloud cover. we have nice clear skies in philadelphia and starting to clear out, now up toward northeastern pennsylvania and pocono mountains we have a quick snow shower, lake enhanced with that but you might the see a passing snow shower at the some point today overall, it is just a try day for everyone with sunshine, and a chill in the air, current temperature of 37 at philly international. we are in the lower 30's from

millville to atlantic city and mid 30's from lancaster to reading. here's the bullet points for you. again, sunshine. the blustery conditions, picking up, gusts could peak as high as 30 miles an hour. wind chill as a result are stuck in the 30's. they will likely be up are 30 's at the height of the day and do i expect, a closer to seasonal daytime high here. mid 40's is what we're expecting here, meisha. eventually another temperature drop. chill toy take, it will get colder, coming up. >> yes, it will get colder. so that means we have to live in the moment and love on, today because we will see sunshine. good morning, everyone, happy gate the way to the weekend. we are looking at schuylkill around king of prussia area and you can see how busy it is we have dry roadways to take, it is, it is not looking too great. what do i mean by that? we have a few accidents. lets talk about some of those. first time i will pull your attention to one that will start to slow you down overturned vehicle here lincoln drive at walnut lane. for those heading out here to lincoln drive, these backups are going to come, fast and furious and it is going to get very slow around this area head up on this lust we have

another accident in mount laurel, new jersey, 295 southbound at route 73 left lane is block, speed sensors are showing still traveling around posted seeds but we will start to slow down a little bit here as we look right behind this sign we are seeing yellow letting you they we are putting on our brakes and it will get backed up as well. then a third accident that we have out there is woodstown, new jersey route 40 is closed right now at route 45, you will to have use those smaller roads, around there to maneuver around this, so heads up on that. that will slow you down a little bit. accident in warminster has been since cleared but we have an overturn tractor trailer on the new jersey turnpike northbound the on ramp from route 206, that is still partially block, jim, over to you. thanks, meisha. we are covering breaking news this morning. the standoff at largest mens prison in the state of delaware, here's what we know right now. two corrections em lease of been released but two more workers are still being held, hostage this morning. negotiations continue, toward their release. one worker release was injured but they are non-life

threatening. situation is taking place inside building c at correctional center. all delaware prisons are on lock down which is standard operating procedure when a incident like this happened. >> negotiation toss gain release of those two staffers held by inn hates continues right now. >> trang do is live in smyrna with the very latest developments and what do we know right now. >> reporter: rahel and jim we are waiting for the latest update from authorities but overnight the situation remain , mostly unchange, we did learn that just about 15 inmates were allowed to leave building c to go to another part of the prison. meanwhile inmates have continued their communications with authorities as well as local media. building c at james t vaughn correctional center remains under inmate control going in the second day of tense negotiations, with delaware state police. >> we have put all of the resource that is we have to bear to get our employees out. >> reporter: this started just after 10:30 a.m. wednesday

when inmates took four prison staff members his stage at minimum to maximum security mens prison in smyrna. hearst later two correctional officers were released and treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. as of thursday morning, two hostages remain. >> i have talk to their families. as you can imagine, it has been very difficult for them as well. >> reporter: state police negotiators have been in radio contact with the inmates. inmates made their demand known in the series of phone calls to delaware paper the news journal. >> first and foremost, i want rehabilitation for our rams, that works for everybody. we want the money to be allocated so we can know exactly what is going on with the prison, the budget. >> reporter: robert coupe, delaware secretary of home land security, say officials are not making any promises until hostages are released. >> once to this matter is resolved, safely then that will be the time to talk, inn hates want to talk about conditions, privileges, these

types of things, yes, that dialogue can take place but none of that starts until we have the safe return of our staff. >> reporter: chopper three overhead right the now over the scene where thinks unfolding, since yesterday around 10:30ah, again we are hearing reports that a number of people are planning to come here, to the wrist on to rally and in support of the inmate and their tea hand, that is the goal, at 10:00 a.m. we will bring you very latest updates there authorities once we hear there them this morning. for now we are live this smyrna, delaware i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new back to you. and for the latest on the prisoner standoff in smyrna keep it turned to "eyewitness news". we will have crews covering latest developments in delaware. find developments anytime on line at cbs philly to the come decade of sexual boost allegations have come to light following a grand jury report on solebury school in bucks county. the report revealed that staff were not disciplined for having known sexual relations,

with their students for generations. the report alleged that at least seven students were sexually assaulted by faculty at new hope school from from the 1950's through 2005. oldest victim known is 77 years old. >> it was culturally accepted at this school that if you were employed there, it was okay, if you wanted to have sexual relations with your students. there were this lines of authority. >> according to school administrators it was school that ordered grand jury investigation, only one allegation has not exceeded statute of the limitation and that victim decline to prosecute citing natalie home wrist are too painful to re live. shaping up to be another busy week on capitol hill. the just a day after his swearing in secretary of state rex tillerson will deliver remarks at the state tenth today. at the top of the agenda smoothing over fall out from the travel ban, also following a ballistics missiles test trump administration put iran

on quote notice and that same day president took to twit tore cut down a refugee deal struck between the obama administration and australia amid reports of the heated phone call with the nation's prime minister. >> after president trump's executive order on i amgation ceo of major hearn companies like netflix, google, ge and ford voiced condemnation on the ground of the human rights and due to economic. >> here to explain economic impact of immigration, cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us live there new york, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. >> what is economics case for immigration. >> reporter: so this is by the numbers. everyone relax and take a deep breath as we get through it. research has found that immigration leads to innovation, as well as a better educated work force. think bit, tech giant apple, e bay oracle were founded by immigrant or children of immigrants and in most cases from countries that are part of the trump order. many american companies rely

on educated immigrants to staff their operations, so a ban could cause, talented people to go elsewhere maybe canada where they are more welcomed. in addition to stricter immigration corporate america is worried that trump's agenda on trade could cut off u.s. from the world, and frankly isolationism is in the good for a multi national global business, even u.s. based manufacturers have come to rely on a seemless supply chain that has been established through nafta that is why experts worn costs could go up for many goods if trump were to implement the tariff with mexico. that could impact american workers 6 million u.s. jobs depend on trade with mexico alone and that is according to the chamber of commerce. >> but jill, on the other side , critics say that many americans have lost ground because of open borders and free trade. >> reporter: there are definitely losers in this. lets he go through that. that same research shows that if you are in native born u.s. citizen you will bear

significant costs especially in the education system if your town or your municipality sees a big influx of less educated low income immigrants however, various numbers of studies have have shown that there is no evidence that immigration alone leads to lower wage growth for americans. now remember advent of automation and technology that difficulties laced workers, that trend has accelerated this is last 20 years or so, with the.com economy. it is fair to say that jobs were lost to trade and globalization but real culprit is technology that hase limb hated more jobs then any other dynamic. the economists tell me those millions of manufacturing jobs aren't coming back to the u.s. as promised but if they do the factory floor will be largely manned by robots. >> thanks, jill. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning cost of heating repairs. you really need to shop around so you don't get ripped off.

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welcome back. a live picture from gobbler's knob where pennsylvania's most famous groundhog is snug inside his bureau, punxsutawney phil makes his prediction on winter around 7:30 this morning. some people think punxsutawney party is a little bit crazy.

>> web site national to take .com asked a cross section of americans what they thought 30 percent view the day as just a pointless holiday and 24 percent have never seen a real groundhog. 13 percent, 13 percent spend groundhog day watching groundhog day, 12 percent think it is all about punxsutawney phil, only 8 percent think his predictions are accurate. >> katie, what about you. >> katie's predictions are pretty accurate. >> i will in the go by prognosticating groundhog, personally, i can rely on high own? computers. >> guidance and what we learned this school for that stuff. but, stick with me, i will hook you up, don't worry. we will go outside to the eyewitness weather watchers. they are hooking us up here, a lot of mid 30's and upper 20's to report here. we can see some more tea tails , observations here. lets take a look at some wind speeds. right now, they are very light

, don't think on them staying that way. haphazard wind flow based on being very short lived but anywhere from two to 5 miles an hour does not sound like a lot. it is a light wind. the it will pick up with time. let me show you one example of the pictures coming. jeanine sent us as the light of the day popping up over the horizon, in west chester, pennsylvania, right thousand. and as we take a look at another camera shot here, this is a live look, in our neighborhood network, middletown ship high school, certainly some cloud cover, but we have some sunshine here , for you too and that is going to be more of what you see today then anything. so while you may start off with cloud they should continue to thin with time. looking at storm scan 3a wider zoom you can see lake enhanced snow showers and flurries flying as the reason we had cloud cover but we are going to see that tape's whuff time and cloud have a chance to break and we will see sunshine , more readily. i will take you to the second half of the weekend when next round of the activity starts to pick up on the radar.

that comes in the form of the very weak disturbance. mainly talking afternoon, evening, so p.m. timetable, snow, rain showers picking up, further north just some snow showers but i don't think we're talking much accumulation at all out of this. it is not a major event but second half of the sunday when it gets here. look at this, meisha, warm up nicely by mid week. >> i love it when i see 57 in february, katie, thank you for that. what are we looking at is this i can tell you we have nice try roadways but doesn't look that great. we have more serious or conflicting accidents that will slow you down. lincoln drive northbound is closed between gypsy lane and rittenhouse street. your alternate walnut lane or schoolhouse lane, head up on this, this will get very busy and slow you down. we have an accident in mount laurel, new jersey 295 southbound at route 37 left lane is blocked. we were showing all green, now we are down to 20 miles an hour. we have another accident out there, route 40 is closed at route 45 we were talking about

this head up this woodstown, new jersey tractor trailer verse vehicle. we are showing slowing down to 37 miles an hour, probably even slower then that right now. the head up on than that. we have an overturn tractor trailer on you the there as well, new jersey turnpike northbound on ramp to route 206 partially block, turning out to be a pretty busy commute after all, jim, over to you. update on our breaking news we are looking live at a picture of the james t vaughn correctional sent they are smyrna, new castle county. the toss even of inmates are lying face down in the yard while others led away by guard >> standoff began as that facility yesterday afternoon and until now two hostages and more than 80 inmates the were still held up in one of the prison blocks there. right now we are working to confirm if that standoff is officially over, but once again as we can see from chopper three several prisoners are on the ground and authorities are in the yard with them. moving on to other news a west philadelphia barber is getting a lot of attention for novel way he is helping the homeless. >> ukee washington got a

chance to meet good samaritan the scissors. >> reporter: report chance meeting natalie entire project started and then it the went viral: his barber shop is on the street. >> every chance i get, every day i'm out here. >> reporter: today william whiteys his customer on the sidewalk in chester. >> today i'm getting a shave, and any eyebrows down. >> reporter: william is homeless and brendan is view ing up his beard for free, he calls it the haircuts for the homeless, offering barbering to people who cannot afford it. >> i enjoy it out here. it is my personal way to give back. >> reporter: brand an was a barber for ten years in chester but had to quit due to the strain on his body which included standing long hours and using his hand. he wondered what his next step would be until he met the a home less man. >> that is when i came up with maybe i can go out and start cutting their hair. >> reporter: he went word on taste book and raised more than a you this dollars for

supplies and car battery that powers his razor. he started small, earlier this month cutting for a few men in center city. right away his project went viral. people started sharing videos and the before and after photos, and in only a to weeks his first facebook video reached 2 million views and his fiance natasha royal took to the video. >> i thought it was awesome. >> it was unbelievable. people from nigeria have seen my video on you tube. >> oh, man. >> reporter: in only half an hour william feels like a good hand. >> excellent job. >> reporter: report brendan wants to cut hair in as many cities as he he can and a inspire others to dot same thing. >> how far do you go. >> or how far can you go, put it natalie way. >> sky is limit. >> reporter: brandon was offered a new job but it is on hold so he can follow his heart and mission. they are working on a app to share with other stylist to connect them with the homeless

to find out more about haircuts the for the homeless go to cbs philly.com/brotherly. i'll see you tonight. i'm ukee washington for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> what a story. >> great story well, as temperatures drop, the last thing you want to have happened is home heating system to break down. >> getting it fix is easier said then done. this morning we're joined by kevin, executive editor for delaware valley consumer checkbook to stay comfortable while also not the getting ripped off, thanks for joining us, kevin. >> good to see you. >> when it comes to hiring a heating service you say you really need to shop around. >> yes, you can get at least three prices is what we recommend because we found some companies charge as much as twice as much as their competitors for the exact same work for example, one job our shoppers looked at replacing a blower motor we found rises from $400 to more than $800 for exact same work and installation jobs if you need a new furnace or air conditioning you will save more. we're talking about thousands of dollars, from difference

from company to company. >> what if you don't know. >> it is hard to shop around if you don't know what you need. at minimum, still call several companies ask them what they will charge to you show up, minimum service charge is. >> yes. >> just to get started. then ask what their hurley rate is after that. more companies you talk to the more description you can get of what problem you are having , more likely they can narrow it town or over the tone before they show up say i know what the problem is, what should toy before and i have my contact what should i make sure the contract includes. >> get everything in writing. this is most important thing, really you get in writing exactly what they will do and charge you to do it. >> um-hmm. >> how do you know that they are doing what they say they are doing. >> getting it in writing is a very important step. be around, don't get in their way while they are doing work but let them necessity you are around. if they are doing a repair to ask for parts that they have relayed. you may not know a heat exchanger for anything else but they don't know that. >> it makes sense.

>> it makes sense to let me see natalie parts you have relayed. >> because i pay a lot does that mean i will get great service. >> no, this is the thing. really good companies, companies rated highly by customers that we surveyed they are just as likely to charge low prices as lousy companies, if a company quote you a low rise it doesn't heene you will get lousy work, it is just saying you get what you pay for, that does not hold true when it comes to home services. >> how do you feel about service contracts. >> companies like to push them one reason why is they like to keep their employees busy during the season when there is not a lot of repair work. the unless you have a really old system and prone to break down over the years, these things really are in the the these. it is no the as if the service contract will pay for your all of your repairs over the course of the year. they are coming in they are doing maintenance tasks, and mess important maintenance task is something you can do is regularly change your air filters every couple whose change that filter. >> thanks very much. great advice.

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moments ago as inmates are led away from vaughn correctional center in delaware. we are working to confirm natalie standoff is officially over. secretary of state rex tillerson will be on capitol hill one day after trump administration warned iran on a notice, after a ballistics missle test. and mayor jim kenney will reflect on his first year in office. he is speaking at philadelphia chamber of commerce's annual mayoral lunch. that is three to go. meisha. >> you know how much i love coffee? tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. i will go/a coffee break and i'm bringing it the to you. >> those beans, much like, you know, wine grates, they have inherent characteristics. >> yes. >> owe why i. how beans go there green to great, you can see it for yourself, you know where to go on tomorrow's dream drive right here at 6:00 a.m. on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> yes. cbs this morning is next. >> for now we will leave you now with the picture from gobbler's knob, punxsutawney phil will be coming out in 30 minutes.

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