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west, and a few could pass through tonight the but a lot will taper and fizzle out before they get here. the right the now radar is pretty quiet just a few scattered sprinkles and crowd and watch for some fog in spots, if you are out and about this evening. take a look at the temperatures because you can see hoy warm it is and see during the wind bars, you can see where that warm front is right here. wind are to the the south, south of that boundary and then north east wind to the north of that boundary is giving us a huge temperature gradient 38 in allentown, meanwhile 64 in dover, that is as that front continues to push north temperatures will gradually rise this evening, and into tonight. our next storm, it doesn't look like much. you have head out here toward rock toys fine on it. little bit of snow pushing in the northern plains. but this is really going to develop, and bomb out as we head into wednesday night and thursday and here is your winter storm watch. philadelphia not included but areas north and west, including all of the bucks, montgomery, chester counties, lehigh valley, berks county and poconos and mercer county
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new jersey in that winter storm watch that goes there late wednesday night, into thursday, afternoon, and coming up i'll tell you how much snow we're seeking for these areas. we will time it out hour by hour but thursday morning's commute that is help you have to be careful on those road, ukee. >> it could be a rough one, kate. "eyewitness news" will be here every step of the way, we will get started, he'll get are started earl a the 4:00 a.m. with weather traffic and cool delays or closings. ter tying weather strikes new orleans a tornado was caught on tape, in the eastern part of the city causing significant damage today. several people were injured and thousands of homes are without power. storms flipped over cars, tore roofs off of homes and knock power poles over. surveillance video shows, tornado hitting i gas station and even, knocking over a tractor trailer. betsy devos is the next secretary of the education. she was narrowly confirmed for the job earlier today but it didn't come without a fight. the close vote forced vice-president mike pence to fulfill his constitutional
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tooth i, when senate lawmakers could in the come to a consensus. it took the help of the vice-president mike pence to confirm betsy devos as the next secretary of education. this is first time natalie, vice-president has been needed to break the tie in the the cabinet confirmation vote. >> senate being equally divided, the vice-president votes, in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed. >> reporter: senate democrats debated devos nomination throughout the night in hopes of the getting another republican, to vote against devos. >> this is so close. we are within just one vote. >> reporter: republicans lead a, and susan collins joined their democratic collogues in opposing devos. >> no. >> reporter: president trump took to twit tore slam debate saying senate democrats protest to keep failed status quo, betsy devos is a reformer and she will be a great education secretary for our kids. senators say their offices have been inundated with e-mails and phone calls from
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parents, concerned about mrs. devos nomination. >> millions and millions of calls, almost unprecedented on a cabinet nomination, have poured into this capitol. >> reporter: many are opposed because she has no personal or professional experience in public education. but her supporters say that the education system needs an outsider. >> mrs. devos will shake things up a little bit, but more importantly, she is going to be part of the effort to return power to parents and teachers. >> reporter: devos has spent three decade using her personal wealth to advocate for public school alternatives devos is expect to be sworn in at 5:30 tonight, pennsylvania senator patrick toomey was among republican lawmakers to vote in favor of the devos, demonstrators made their voice s heard out identify of his philadelphia office today, calling on the senator to oppose another cabinet nominee , andy pudsnor. >> raise your hand if you want a labor secretary to believe
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in workers and in the robots. >> reporter: the first with toomey gathered outside senator's center city office this afternoon. organizers say appointment of the labor secretary would be bad for pennsylvania workers and fight for an increase in minimum wage. in less than an hour, an appeals court in san francisco will deciding whether to reinstate president trump's travel ban. on friday federal judge temporarily suspended the president's executive order on immigration. temporarily halted immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly muslim countries from coming into the united states, so natalie president can establish new screening measures to prevent terrorist from entering the country. today the president says he is ready for a long, legal fight. >> we will see what happens. we have a big court case, where we're well represented. we will see what happens. >> is it a supreme court case? >> we will see. >> hopefully it toss than the have to. it is common sense. some things are law and i'm all in favor of that. some things are common sense.
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this is common sense. >> reporter: a new quinnipiac university poll shows majority of the americans oppose the travel ban. and today president double down on a claim natalie media is under reporting the number of recent terror attacks. white house released a list of 78 terror attacks most of them reported by cbs news. today during a house hearing the home land security secretary, struck a different tone. >> i think the press gets, does the best job, responsible press, do the best job that they can to get the facts straight but, of course, they will go with the story it is what they do. it is their job. they will go with a story and best information that they have. >> now one of of the alleged under reported attacks on the president's list happened in our area. our joe holden goes through the "eyewitness news" archives to fact check the president's claim, that is coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. iran's supreme leader says natalie travel ban shows what he calls the true face of the u.s. when it comes to human rights. iranian news agency says that
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the supreme leader made the comments to a group of iran's air force commanders. u.s. and iranian leaders have spent past several days exchanging fiery rhetoric centered on u.s. travel ban and missle testing by iran. president trump met with county sheriffs from the national sheriff is a so, at the white house today. among them chester county sheriff carolyn welsh. >> i just want to thank you for during the campaign, and since the campaign being such a strong courageous supporter of law enforcement, on the national, on the federal level with the border patrol, on the state level, in the counties, municipalities, boros and particularly with the elect sherry -- sheriffs of the county. we are the the sheriffs. weaver the peoples representative and we're electric by the people and we greatly appreciate your strong and continue support. >> thank you, carolyn. there is a new sheriff in town i hear this so much. >> that meeting focused on
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issues including the opioid epidemic. pennsylvania governor tom wolf joined state lawmakers on the floor of the house in harrisburg today for his biggest policy speech of the year. he announced his 2017/18 budget proposal which includes big plans for education. >> proposing 125 million more for k through 12 classrooms, 75 million-dollar to expand high quality and early childhood education, and eight ... thank you. and 8.9 million-dollar in the additional money for our state system of higher education. >> the governor also promised to make quick work of the state's 500 million-dollar budget deficit the by streamlining state government sending and leaving vacant positions, unfilled. for the second day in a row commuters are still dealing with the modified septa schedule on the market frankford line, nearly 100 railcars were put out of service over weekend after
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inspectors found cracks. trains are running a few cars short and with longer wait times. septa has provided some stations with shuttle buses to prevent overcrowding. so far there is no time line, when the trains will be running at full capacity. delaware governor john carney has started an independent review of the hostage standoff at james vaughn correctional center in smyrna, delaware last week that led to the death of corrections officer lieutenant steven floyd. meantime "eyewitness news" was at the baptist church in new castle today. tell will wear coalition of the prison reform and justice as well as others, assembled there demanding a federal investigation to the standoff at the prison. >> we do not feel, that the state can investigate itself. it is important that we have independent investigation, that is urgent, serious for the purposes of the transparency. >> the delaware coalition for prison reform says that problems at vaughn correctional center have existed for years, and have
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only gotten worse. philadelphia police are investigating a suspicious death in kensington. "eyewitness news" outside danny's philly ink tattoo shop on kensington avenue. woman was found dead under a sleeping bag in the room on the third floor there, there is no word on women's identity or, and no cause of death labeled yesterday. fast moving house fire claims lives of two dogs and leaves seven people homeless in philadelphia's neighborhood this viewer video shows the intensity of the fire, on the 3500 block of chaddsford. fire fighters were called there around 1:00 this morning authorities say the home owner and family of six next door escaped without injuries. neighbors were stunned by the size of the flames. >> i never seen anything like that in my life. unaudible. >> the red cross is assisting the displaced families, the cause of the fire is under investigation, but authorities say it does not appear
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suspicious. well, coming up on "eyewitness news" a basketball game turns into basketbrawl. it happened at a charity event , and now police are searching for suspects, what they did to a victim while he was getting treated for injuries. plus this... >> all i felt was good. >> reporter: controversial street drugs being tested as a form of therapy, why some say this could be a medical break through. it is safer internet day we will tell you about a movement to educate young children about protecting themselves while they are on line and what you should tell your children about being safe and lets take a live look from our camera at bethlehem, pennsylvania, the scene could look a little bit different come thursday morning, kate is tracking snow, she will have your updated forecast coming up after the
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the new england patriots win over the atlanta falcons in the super bowl. video taken after the game shows brady looking for his jersey and mentioned it to team owner bob confidentraft. brady down played the incident >> what can you do? i'll take the ring, and that is good enough for me. >> in a statement lieutenant governor of texas dan patrick called wouldn't texas rangers to help find missing jersey saying in part it is important that history toss not record that it was stolen in texas. applause. >> playing that record again. the wintry conditions didn't stop the new england patriots from taking their victory lap back home to the boston area, mvp tom brady held up newest lombardi trophy above the crowd as the team paraded through the crowds there on duck boats. this is patriots fifth super bowl championship parade. it is safer internet day and internet companies and
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advocates for children and families gathered at natalie constitution center where they shared ideas on how to stop cyber bullying, and on line predators. three on your side's jim donovan takes a look at how devastating cyber bullying can be and what experts are doing right now to try to stop it. >> eighteen year-old brandy bella was tormented on line by kid in her texas city school for a year and a half. her parents, police tried to help her but she took her own life before thanksgiving. >> i really want to see these people get lock up. i hope that they get what they deserve because i didn't deserve this. >> reporter: studies show one in three kids say they have been cyber bullied, 40 percent of bullying cases involving instant messenger services, 30 l networking sites and 20 percent while playing on line games. >> we want to make sure kid are staying safe while on line >> reporter: officials from the national center for missing and exploited children say that smart phones have contributed to an increase in cyber bullying.
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>> parents used to keep computer in the living room but now computer is in the child's pocket. it is in their bedroom, and every where they are going. it is tougher for parents to monitor what their kids are doing when they are on it 24/7 >> reporter: walsh's brother adam was kidnaped and murdered in 1981. since then john walsh has dedicated to helping kid stay safe. >> they are finding expressive images by different means, hacking an account, and black mail the child for further explicit images. >> reporter: center has created an animated safety seer toys teach young kid how to protect their privacy early >> we try to teach kid and empower them to make those smart decisions on their own. >> reporter: experts say children who are being bullied should not respond and should instead tell a trusted adult to save any evidence, and then block the bully. in some cases cyber bullying can be considered a crime. now walsh says parents should have frequent discussion was their children about on-line safety and set ground rules
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about which sites are okay to visit. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. kate bilo joins us now with our forecast and i was telling katie had a friend in heartly delaware who sent me a message and said natalie temperature was 66. >> that is wild. >> yes. >> it just depend where you are, 40's in allentown. sixty's in delaware. big spread but all that warmth is heading our way, tonight into tomorrow and we couldrmth break or tying a record tomorrow, and then we could be talking about accumulating snow and significant accumulation as well, coming up, late tomorrow night into thursday morning. lets get into it. we have a lot to talk b we will start off with our roof cam, it looks like starting to brighten up. we had a few breaks of sun but cloud still currently in place , warm front through the city right now and you can see on storm an three most of the rain moving through has departed just a few scattered showers outside for this evening. we could pick up another shower or two overnight as actual trent comes through. tomorrow is a bonus day in
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between systems as temperatures rise in the 50's and we'll some sun but this right here, this little, batch of snow, that is moving in the northern plains, that is what you'll want to watch. this will skate across the country during the day tomorrow and then move off the coast and then just explode, late tomorrow night, into thursday morning and it will coincide with a push of very cold air from the north and west and that storm is really going to be a major northeast snowstorm. right now in margate you can see it is still cloudy, milder down the shore then here but only 51 in atlantic city. sixty's in delaware. sixty-four this dover. fifty-one in philadelphia. is there warm front look at how cold in allentown only 38 but all that warm air moving in overnight and temperatures will stay steady, while gradually rising a very mild night with lows in the 50's. of course everyone wants to know about the snow. here's what we can expect during the day tomorrow we expect to see some sunshine out there during the course of the day mix of sun, cloud looking nice. it is late tomorrow night and
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thursday morning that this system approaches, here we go by 1:00 a.m. we will see snow creeping in the west. it is little later which is good if you like snow because it will hold off until colder air moves in and then heaviest snow comes through touring morning hours on thursday. so breaking it downtime wise between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00ah is when we expect precipitation to arrive thursday morning. could start as snow north and western suburbs and stay snow for duration, probably starting briefly as rain, sleet in the city and then changing over to snow and will stay rain for little bit longer down the shore. heaviest part of the storm 6:00 a.m. to 11:00ah when we expect heaviest snow and that change over to the south and east down the shore change over there rain to some steady snow, and then between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. thursday the snow will taper off, west to east and it should be out of here by midday but here's what we can expect depending on where you are. from the city north and west, four to 8 inches of snow. philadelphia we're close to that 4-inch line, two to four
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in south jersey and delaware, coat to go 2 inches down the shore. the best chances for six lust is in the north and western suburbs where winter storm watch is in effect, and snow is going to pile up very, very rapidly. so as we head into the overnight hours very warm, 52 degrees. temperatures steady or gradual ly rising. tomorrow, record tying warmth, 63 the high for your wednesday , and then bottom false out only in the 30's on thursday and we will hit that high early, gets colder, windy through the day, snow comes down heaviest in the morning and then it will stick around through friday as it is coal, brisk we will talk about what kind of snow and impact on the roads in the next half an hour >> sixty's and then snow. >> wow. >> quite a swing. >> nearly 40 years after she appeared in sports illustrated swimsuit issue a super model is back for this years addition. we will show you coming up in the next half an hour. a young boy falls through the ice, good samaritan comes to the rescue and then, falls in as well, how this storm ended up next, don.
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y28f8y y12fy saving eye sight new technology is toms to go give back vision to people suffering from an an incurable eye disease. coming up tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 health reporter stephanie stahl shows us high tech treatment here in our area that is giving hope to many people. now don bell joins with us sports and our guy jay wright is not only coach but an author. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> can't wait to read it. basketball lifer, sharp dresser, national champion, and published author. villanova head coach jay wright has enjoyed ride of the lifetime and now you can too from behind the scenes. leslie van arsdal has more. >> one, two, three, attitude. >> reporter: they say it, live it, attitude is a way of life forville know of basketball
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and title of jay wright's new book out february 28th. >> villanova attitude is about your commitment to the next opportunity that you have in life. you know, learning from your his take, and then taking wouldn't next day in your life with a positive approach. >> reporter: it that is attitude that helped him win the national championship. >> championship, yes. >> reporter: busiest year of jay's life so how did he have have time to write a book? his right-hand man and man behind the manuscript is mike sheridan nova basketball director of media direction. >> we sat in train stations in hotels, and mike had his microphone. it was a great learning lesson would i definitely take sometime if we ever do it the again, before doing one again. >> reporter: book is behind the scenes look at the making of a champion, and the attitude that got them there. >> it is a story of the kind of the culture of our program and what makes up, you know,
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the attitude of our program, how everyone from managers, to student assistants, everyone has their role and how that played out through this season it is pretty cool. we didn't want to just do the story of the season and we didn't want to say we won a national championship now we have all of the answers. we don't. just how we lived through it, and what our culture is, what our attitude is and what we have learned from it. >> three seconds to go in the game. >> reporter: what we have yet to learn is how this chapter of villanova basketball will even. leslie van arsdal, for "eyewitness sports". look at that cover. >> leslie, thank you. >> february 28th it comes out. that is two weeks before the madness begins. >> yes. >> we will have some reading to do before they defend their title and figure out where they will be in the brackets. >> repeat, thanks, buddy, appreciate it. coming up next a charity event gone bad, basketball game turns into, basketbrawl.
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captured on camera a fight the at the a charity basketball game. tonight philadelphia police are searching for suspects who threw punches at a man who was sitting on the bench. the victim was knocked unconscious. the news continues at 5:30. hello everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live at police headquarters with more on the investigation, greg. >> reporter: police are searching for two suspects, instead of shooting hoops,
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investigators say one of those suspects punched the victim in the face, the second shoved him to the ground, knocking him unconscious. this was all during a charity basketball game to help raise money for missionaries. >> it is about 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon charity basketball game taking place at the location. >> reporter: that game is here at international christian high school on east tabor road in olney, january 28th the when lieutenant john stanford says a fight breaks out. >> during the game at some point, there is an argument. >> reporter: you see this man in the white shirt punch another player sitting on the bench. that victim is helped up but not before a second man shoves him to the ground a few seconds later. victim knocked unconscious. >> it is something that shouldn't be taking place at a basketball game or any event but certainly not at a charity basketball game. >> reporter: international the christian high school says purpose was to raise money for a past student now to go mission work in qualm. it was opened to the community and both victim and two suspects are not affiliated with this school.
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>> to turn something positive into something negative is something that doesn't make sense at the all. >> reporter: once again police are searching for two men you just saw in that video. right now no arrests have been made. meanwhile principal at that high school tells me his gym is now off limits after school hours because of this incident we are live at police headquarters i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much, greg. the war of word continues between president trump and his successor on the apprentice arnold schwartsenager. governor fired latest shot in the interview with mens journal, schwartsenager says following president trump's first tweet storm criticizing his low ratings he wanted to smash the president's face in the table. the last week at national pray er breakfast president trump asked everyone there to pray for schwartsenager and his ratings. vice-president joe biden isn't taking much break between jobs. he is now involved with two local universities. former vice-president is now officially been named ben franklin presidential practice
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professor at the university of pennsylvania. he will focus on diplomacy, foreign policy and national security, and he will also bring the same expertise to the university of delaware. the university launched the biden domestic policy institute today. a dramatic rescue in connecticut when young boy falls through ice but then a good samaritan risked his own life to save a child. >> he was walking his talk sunday when he heard a cry for help. the six two-year old crawled across frozen pond to rescue the ten year-old before falling into the water himself he was able to lift the boy out of the water and to safety then local police officers were able to pull him back to shore. >> poor boy, he was frightened he was screaming, i'm going to tie, and i saw it in his eyes. i'm in more of a hero then i think anybody else who would have done the same thing. >> mr. o'rourke and boy are to go all okay. horrifying crash and power
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pole explosion, are caught on camera in michigan. >> a opportunity was driving down the road when the crash happened about 200 feet in front of him. he says before the impact the man was seeding, going 71 miles an hour. that is nearly 40 miles an hour over the posted speed limit. amazingly the man driving the car was not electrocuted by the falling wires. police arrested him a short time later and charged that man with dui. on the healthwatch tonight , psychodelic drugs of been illegal for decade but now they are being tested for treatment have of the certain conditions. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to explain new research. >> reporter: this idea of tripping might be back. >> that is right. >> reporter: we are talking about things like lsd, some doctors and patients are exploring psychodelics as a therapeutic agent for a range of hell conditions, and psychological traumas. psychodelics are showing great promise as a therapeutic tool. >> it opens you up to yourself >> very pleasantly advised help all i felt was, good.
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>> this is like a miracle. >> reporter: with permission from the f.d.a. researchers are studying psychodelics in patient was life threatening conditions like cancer. >> patients with cancer particularly advanced cancer, have significant levels of anxiety, deregulars. >> reporter: psychiatrist charles grove headed up the trial and says while the drug wears off in a few hours the benefit lasted up to six months. >> the positive effects sustain. >> reporter: psychodelics include so-called magic mushrooms or lsd. these brain scans from healthy volunteers may shed some light on how they work. here's one brain on a sugar pill. here's the same brain on a common dose of lsd. with lsd scientists believe different regions of the brain communicate with each other when they normally do not. psychodelics may in fact free the mine. >> if anyone in the world will have a bad trip, it will be me i can have a bad trip, like in a pillates class.
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>> reporter: annette walled man has a mood disorder and fell in the depression when her prescription medication stopped working. out of desperation for one month only she took tiny doses of lsd. >> it is possible that when i experienced was sort of the mother of all placebos effects i had a very good month. >> reporter: final f.d.a. studies will begin soon if the drugs are approved, they could become available for in patient therapy use as early as 2021. i have a feeling we will be hearing more about that. >> how about that. >> it is really interesting. >> okay. >> thanks, a rebater it. a fast food with potentially dangerous ingredient what was found in the popular talk food that killed at least one animal. that is after a short break. and president other bam a seems to be enjoying being retired, for now, we will tell you where he was vacationing, and with whom, that is up next , john. i'm john mcdevitt coming up we will tell you what it is and why free lessons are being held
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sharing bonuses of $12,000. former president obama seems to be enjoying water sports now that he is out of office. >> former president showed off his kite boarding skills while enjoying his post presidency getaway, on richard branson's island. dude has an island. according to branson former president studied for two days before heading out on the waves. it looks like he is having a great time. >> yes. >> that is right. >> that is a great shot right there. well, still to come another honor for my older, much older, second cousin denzel. >> hear what he decided once he turned 60, that is coming up. >> my much
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you're looking live from the camera at parkway central library. this is calm before the storm heading our way. we're heading to the 60's but bottom does drop out we will see some snow. we will check in with the experts, kate bilo, that is coming up in two minutes. employees trumark financial credit union took
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time out to help others at company's annual meeting in valley forge. trumark partnered up with odd icy teams incorporated for a team building event. they used parts to construct prosthetic hand needed by thousands of amputees all around the world who simply cannot afford the life changing devices. >> there will be 69 pairs offhanded that will be sent to a country, and, you know, people that, will make a difference and it will make a big difference in their lives. >> employees also, included messages and word of encourage for recipients. local students laced up their tansing shoes for a unique lesson at the kimmel center to take. >> john mcdevitt from our sister station kyw news radio shows you what they have learned and the meaning behind the moves. >> ♪ >> reporter: they were feeling the music at kimmel center students from creative and performing arts high school were doing a form of dance
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that combines music, gymnastics, and the language of portuguese. it dates back to the 16th century, used by enslaved africans as a exercise. it is an necessary event dance but can pack a deadly kick as we hear from today's instructor of philadelphia's based, project capa weara. >> you know, it is not just dance, we hide this is kicks, into the dance, it is really hearings arts. >> reporter: students challenged, if you rewarding. >> when we're doing this, we move our body around, it is very hard, and incorporate the movement. >> this was something totally, completely you this. i had they ever experienced anything like this but it was so amazing. it felt good doing it. >> reporter: the lessons, the upcoming performance, of brazil yan premore dance troops performing for one
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night only in philadelphia, february 2nd. >> a carnivale celebration will start here at the kimmel center at 6:30 before the show starts at 8:00 o'clock at miracle theater. john mcdevitt the for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> great to see. >> yes. >> great to see. >> we will see precipitation here shortly though. >> this has been a interesting storm. this storm has got more and more intense over the past several hours, as we have been seeing new guidance and it looks like this will be a major east coast snowstorm, traditional i-95 snowstorm on the way. >> significant accumulation. >> over 6 inches in some spots , and it has already been issued, that is in effect for areas north and west of philadelphia city not included in that watch as of yet. as we head within 24 hours of the storm, we will see if they issue a warning or put out an advisory at least we will be an advisory if not a warning ourselves here in philadelphia by the time we get into tomorrow. we will have a bet are idea of exactly how things will pan
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out. expect thursday morning, to be a gigantic mess with significant accumulations of snow, on the heels of a record warm day tomorrow. here's a look outside, we will start off town the shore where it is foggy this evening. clouds are in place. not nicest looking day. we have had a few breaks of sun, sun trying to peak out. it wasn't a total wash out but we had heavy rain from the city on north earlier this morning, mid to late morning came through on schedule and then moving out. storm scan three shows not much going on, scattered showers and that is it. could pick up another to showers thort and west tonight here's the front producing dangerous tornadoes across the south east to take. the those are staying off to the south and most of the rain will fizzle before it gets here as well. possibly stray shower tonight. this is next system to watch. this moves across the country. cold air on the back edge of this low and this storm will take that cold, and capitaliz ed on it and moving off the coast late tomorrow night and thursday morning and then really, explode, tossing
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moisture back toward north east and with the cold air in lays, cold air coming in just at the right moment we will see that snow develop. see how glummy it is tonight in the poconos. look at how chilly, that is bern villain temperatures in the upper 30's there. we have been in the 60's in delaware and south jersey. let's time this out. stray shower overnight tomorrow we will see some sun. late tomorrow night into thursday morning natalie he precipitation arrives and hey start as snow for thorn and western suburbs. may start as snow. it the is later. it looked like we will start around hid night tomorrow night and now shore early thursday morning. 5:00 a.m. we will see heavy wet snow getting going in the city of philadelphia. then over wents the region mixing at coast initially but snow could went right down to the coast by seven or 8:00 a.m. and we are seeing heavy snow across the region at 7:00ah in time for that morning commute. thursday if you can headache it work there home take hey be a good idea expect delays or cancellations for kids as well because buses will not be traveling in this.
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it starts to taper off but still snowing steadily at coast at 11:00ah. we will move this out. snowfall rates could be a inch per hour. if it snows for five or six hours you can see how quickly this will pile up. the lets talk about impact timing heavy wet snow early thursday morning right in the first part of the afternoon tapering off after one or 2:00 e freeze, cold air comes in thursday afternoon into try and then anything that is icy on the roads will refreeze, we are dropping town in the teens thursday night, and wind pick up as well and major travel slow towns through the duration of the storm but thursday morning in the early afternoon. here's what the storm looks like. the here's where we have to watch. notice how it capitalizes on that cold and throws back moisture from philadelphia up to boston. the track of the storm is very important. that will determine the jackpot zone if it goes further south and east heavier snow could develop across new jersey. little will west, heavier know in the northern and western suburbs. here's a fact, heavy wet snow.
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clings to branches and pur lines that could cause power outages. road initially son well melting at first but these intense snowfall rates will cause to it pile up and wind will pick up in the afternoon which could lead to the threat for additional power outages because of the heavy wet nature of the snow. when wind pick up everything starts to fall down. wouldn't be surprised to see branches town here as we head into our thursday. you're witness weather seven day forecast, cold coming in that snow thursday, sticks around through try, and then we will warm backup back to the 50's over weekend but snow will be melting. back to you. thanks very much. valentines day just a week away. have you decided what you will get your someone special. >> join us for "eyewitness news" at 11:00 for tonight's top three tuesday, three on your side jim donovan talks to the experts about how you can get the best blooms for your buck. >> you can get great work, great arrangements and still pay less money. >> reporter: also advice on what you should avoid along
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with information on how to find best florist for the job in tonight's top three tuesday at 11:00 o'clock. still ahead, almost 40 years later a super model is back in the pages of sports illustrated's swimsuit issue. and you won't believe how amazing she looks and who she is posing with. another honor for tense he will washington the award and his word of wisdom for the audience when we come right
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last night. event recognized the achievements of professionals over age 50 in the entertainment industry and films with a grown upstate of mind. fences were among big winners. denzel washington received best actor award for fences. >> when i turned 60 i looked in the mirror and said denzel, this is not trust rehearsal, this is life. so, it is not a hatter of how much you have, the question is what are you going to do with what you have. we all have different talent and we all havetive rent gifts i knew in my heart at 60, i'm 62 right now, that i wanted to serve others. >> and he has so well. minister again freeman won career achievement award, 79 year-old said he is most proud of his children. well, she's over 60 years old and christie brinkly is making a splashy return to sports illustrated swimsuit issue. she's not alone either.
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>> insider's louis aguirre is shore on the splash i cover, louie. >> reporter: no, she's not ukee and jessica. her two daughters made it a family affair but being daughters of the super model has not been easy for them, as we will go inside brinkly beauty as, past struggles and present redemption. >> this is a real, full circle moment for me. and, i can get very emotional about this. i really can. >> reporter: moved to tears as christie came home to the magazine which made her an international icon, 38 years ago. this time, the six three-year old timeless model shares frame with her two beautiful daughters, 31 year-old alexa and 18 year-old saylor. >> i was them, in secure and hoping that, you know, i would be good enough, you know, for the magazine. so, to see my daughters now actually be there on the job,
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like definitely a big moment. >> reporter: while all three appear in ease showing off their frames in bikinis on the the shores, the journey to un unconditional self acceptance has not been without hired also. saylor said quote i grew up in the loving how i looked. sure, i had baby fat and definitely went through a plethora of awkward phases but recently i have been liberated i am healthy. i treat the myself well. for that i'm happy. we will have so much more tonight on the insider, ukee and jessica, back to you in the studio. >> louie, thanks. get all of your hollywood news tonight and every week night at 7:30 watch insider right here on cbs-3. >> that will do it on "eyewitness news" a at 5:00. not enough coverage is allegation of the white house about media treatment of the terror attacks the at broad and at home including one here in philadelphia. our joe holden, fact checks that claim. also a potential break in the case, what police want you to see as they searched for
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suspects who stole souvenirs, of local legend kobe bryant. plus saving eye sight with new high tech treatments, and it is all done in our area. stephanie stahl shows us how it works and benefits for those suffering from an incurable eye disease, kate. it feels like spring outside today and will tomorrow as well, as we head toward record highs, followed quickly by a significant snowstorm, i will have latest on the accumulation map and let you know how much you can expect where you live, "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. i think it under mines the understanding of the threat that we face around the country. >> standing behind the terror attack list, president trump's press secretary once again defending white house claims that many terror attacks are under reported. seventy-eight incidents were on the list, one of them happening right here in philadelphia. good evening, i'm ukee
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washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden did dig to go see how much coverage that particular attack received, joe what did you find out. >> reporter: we did a fact check and pulled number of our coverage. shooting of jesse hartnett was among biggest stories of 2016. now i spoke to officer hartnett about this last night and he said that he wasn't aware of the list, he said he could not comment because it is case that is still pending trial. the radio calls go out, a philadelphia police officer is down. officer jesse hartnett is shot three times in the front seat of his squad car. and the act prosecutors say was committed by edward archer in the name of islam. it was labeled terrorism. >> new tea tails about the gun man. >> reporter: headlines, and banners flashed across the news. "cbs evening news" ran story of the officer ambush. >> police say shooter confessed to the crime. >> reporter: coverage here at cbs-3 dominated news cycles for days a
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