katie's got a great forecast for you. >> oh, you're so whitt i. >> oh, ya. >> so clever. >> good morning, and happy valentine day. i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. happy valentine day indeed. kate and misch will be along in just a minute. first, what you need to know to start your day in our morning minute. >> this the sandusky family making headlines again. >> it is very sad and horrifying. >> sandusky's son jeffrey arrested on child sex abuse charges. retired general general petraeus may be contender to replace national security advisor michael flynn. >> flynn resigned last night, following reports that he misled white house officials, about his contact with rush. >> ♪ >> ♪ i just called to say i love you ♪ >> it is valentine day; there a better place to snap a self

we your sweety than the love sign? >> kim jong un from north korea conducted one of their balistic miss aisle tests. this will be tough for donald trump to figure out his response. specially because can he only use 140 characters. we actually have photo of kim jong un celebrating the miss aisle launch. sorry, no. that's -- no. >> and james cord on still ride that grammy high on late late show last night. we will never forget that seelo outfit. still canned understand that outfit. >> i don't know. katie, let's get out to katie. katie hopefully has more clearer news for us. >> the weather should be nice today? >> yes, always say forecasting is an inch act science. i do have very strong feeling, that we will verify the forecast here today with more sun than anything, you may see few clouds, initially, but overall this is mostly sunny forecast, and thankfully heck

of a lot calmer winds. quick peak storm scan3, again, couple of clouds overhead, but even as i look above me, i'm still having an easy time seeing the monday light, the stars, not too cloudy overhead at the moment. meanwhile look at the wind speeds. isn't that a site for sore eyes? actually calm for a change in allentown, only modest 7-mile per hour breeze right now to the west in philadelphia, and couple of other spot around our live neighborhood network, cape may, nice gooing egg, 33 degrees, and chill in the air certainly, but mid february after all. >> sunny, sunny for your sweetheart, i think rahel will like that one, bright for beach baes, and delightful nor your darling in the poconos. sunny skies, we are going to eventually be tracking couple of disturbances by tomorrow.

>> they do bring side effect issues, which we will discuss, let you know those side impacts just a little later on in the broadcast, meisha? some sun and some love today. thanks so much, katie. i don't think anyone will be complaining about that. not complaining about our roads this morning, actually looking good 309 north pa turnpike what you are looking at. looking quiet. basically everywhere we look right now looking fairly on the quai he sired. boulevard heating up maybe just ever so slightly, still traveling at posted speeds, no worries here. pushing southbound direction toward the schuylkill, what you are looking at, there looking good. i would say, looking typical. just as it should. market frankford line, we have update, 21 trains, now available, for if you have miss that it was 16 now making progression at 216789 that's a good sign. also construction out, there as well, garden state parkway between the a.c. expressway and route 40, left lane block until around 6:00 a.m., rahel,

over to you. >> month after his inauguration, president trump looking for new national security advisor. late last night michael flynn resigned following report that he misled white house officials on his contact with russia. hena daniels picks up the story. >> president trump national security advisor michael flynn steps down monday night. dogged by questions about his conversations with russia. transcript obtained by the us intelligence community, given to the white house, shows flynn repeatedly discussed obama era sanctions, against rush, with the russian ambassador to the u.s. shortly before the president took offers. >> just revealed justice department warned the white house late last month, lynn was potentially vulnerable to russian blackmail, because of the calls. >> senior white house advisor kellyanne conway took to the airwaves in support of flynn. the president dodged questions about him during press conference with canadian prime

minister, justin trudeau, by the end of the day the retired lieutenant army general would issues his resignation letter, admitting he had inadvertent willingly briefed the president-elect and others with incomplete information regarding phonecall with the russian ambassador. white house quickly named retired lieutenant general keith kellogg as his interim replacement. flynn's resignation is doing little to satisfy some democrats. representative elijah comings of maryland now calling for a full briefing from the justice department fbi and other relevant agencies. in a statement, wrote we in need to know who else within the white house is a current and ongoing risk to our national security. hena daniels, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news." in other news, pedifile jerry sandusky under arrest on child sexual charges. jeffrey sandusky is accused of attempt to go entice two teenage girls in sexual act. he's charged with 14 counts,

including criminal solicitation, and corruption of minors. child advocacy groups like mission kids hope cases cents like this will bring more child sex abuse victims out of the shadows, to report the crime. >> the more this is spoken about, the more comes out of the closet, the more people won't be afraid to report child abuse, won't be afraid to talk about it, it won't be staying advertised. >> jeffrey sandusky defense lawyer combined comment. judge set the bail at $200,000, preliminary hearing scheduled for next wednesday. >> the time now 5:36. in business news this morning. some puppy love this valentine day. >> what analysts expect from the federal reserve chair. jill wagner, joins us liver from the new york stock exchange, good morning again, jill. >> reporter: good morning, futures pointing to lower open the markets though in record high territory. the dow jumped 142-point, monday, to new record level. the nasdaq also rose 29, which means it set new record high.

fed chair janet yellen testifies on capitol hill. law make letters want her take on the trump administration economic policies. and also a timetable for interest rate hikes. most analysts suspect two, three more rate hikes this year. surging news for safe drivers, new report found some drivers are seeing car insurance premiums spike, by as much as $400 after they've been in a accident, even if they didn't do anything wrong. consumer federation of america analyzed posted ten cities for drivers involved in those no fault accidents. this valentine day, how about some puppy love? uber teamed up with the spca in dallas, users open the uber app, if they're teamed one puppy equipped driver they get to spend 15 minutes with the very cute puppy. there is a 30-dollar delivery fee. the idea of course gets the pups adopted, and raises shelter awareness, i'm very upset this is not in new york or fill. >> i but at least it is somewhere, so hopefully this

will, you know, spur comings elsewhere. >> true jill, question, we were talking about this in the green room earlier. is it sad, pathetic, that meisha and i are spending our valentine day she with her cat, me with my dog? >> you actually cut out. that's how you're spending your valentine day? >> yes, meisha with her cat, me with my dog? >> not pathetic. animals, unconditional love. >> puppy love. >> glad to know that, i'm by myself. not even any pet. thank you, jill, we will check in with you tomorrow after we jump off a bridge. >> or clearly a sought after group. >> all right, well, speaking of the ends, paying your final respects has gotten assisi as trip it the drive-thru at least at one memphis funeral home. >> you got to hear this. mourners can now say good-bye from their cars. ryan bernard says his goal to make it more convenient for families already dealing with

losing a loved one, the service free for customers with a cost of funeral. so sort of like a drive-thru. >> i like that idea. moving people along. >> good to see you. scary moments inside disneyland parking garage. fire breaks out on the second level, leaving seven people injured, and charring eight cars. >> this happened after 4:30 yesterday afternoon, the structure was immediately evacuated, and firefighters were able to douse the flames in about an hour. officials are estimating the damage at around $180,000. no word yet on what sparked that fire. >> prince william doing his part to fight homelessness in the uk. he spent some time manning the phones at charity, therefore the launch of charity's young and homeless help line yesterday. the service for people 16 to 25 years of age, who are homeless, spoke to staff, volunteers, also did practice call. >> i saw this coming, james carden carpool karaoke getting its owner is east. >> but first, pat?

>> good morning, guys. it is valentine day, we are getting ready for the rush here at stein florist in northeast philadelphia, you can see, sea of flowers behind me. i wore my best red. when we come back we will put some stuff together and ship it on out. we got some surprises coming for you guys too.

>> first glimpse at james carden karaoke series. >> make me feel so good. how good is this going to be? new spin off series from apple muse sick based on the late late show viral sensation, and you can expect to see plenty of big celebrities in the car. meantime the grammys certainly didn't disappoint, divas going head-to-head, the promise of political protest helped the star studded award show grab more eyeballs. over 26 million people tuned into the show here on cbs three meanings ratings were higher than 2015 or 2016. nice. julian roberts latest movie has been bumped back, that's good thing. wonder based on best selling book was supposed to hit theatres in april. after test screenings went so well, moved it to prime release date, just before thanksgiving. jacob, from room, starts as boy with facial de storm at this who deals with bullies at

school. >> i have always liked her movies. >> i have always loved julia robert? she is a list. >> speaking of a lit, good morning, kate. >> i oh, well done. yes, trying to say. >> i've been giving jim a lot of 20's for that compliment. >> oh, and thanks so much. >> you're kidding. >> so kidding. what i do have to tell you is my take back to you, a great forecast. >> wonderful. >> that wind has eased up thank goodness. it was insane yesterday. even jim's hair was affected by it. >> it was, it moved! >> i know, this does not happen, folks. at least we know the wind has eased up. take a look, the camera does shake any time there is wind, with you currently you have goose egg, love that, nice 0-mile per hour wind, currently being reported out here. you can see, there is still little bit of left over snow, around the street lamps but generally a lot whatever had been has had a chance to melt away. 22 degrees, check in with the eyewitness weather watchers,

hands full of other observations right now, vast majority, most of the folks into the 20's, but talking wind speeds, shall we? let's look at some of them. such a delight at the point. for the most part coming out of either the west or the southwest. in philadelphia, coming in a little more northwest, generally will turn more southwest with time here today. but stay very light. we had couple of other cool pictures that came in for us this morning, jenny sent this one in, looks like huge tree fell over outside her house here. huge, huge tree. she sent this multiple pictures, but looks like really large, large tree that fell down in her yard. meanwhile, ed sent this one in of the moon, sort of in and out of the clouds all morning long here. we should see the clouds break for some sun, i had to show one, too, especially coming off the talk about sending valentine day with our pups. this came in from fran. his puppies are named hagred and sukie. i love it. both huge fans.

you have to see this. little pillow says you make my tail wag. >> oh, precious. can't stand it. so thanks for sends that in, i love it. all right, back we go. let's move forward into the graphics here. i want to show you the wide zoom on storm can. two separate disturbances, the first very evident down across the deep south into specially texas, very heavy rain currently falling. another one that will be coming in from the northwest. the two would make you think that they're going to connect tomorrow. but they won't do that until they hit new england. we get glancing blows from the two of them. for now just sunshine, very tranquil forecast for valentine day. forty-seven in the sunshine. drop down to 34 here tonight few clouds, very quickly checking the eyewitness weather seven day, tomorrow, system bypass to the north, system bypass to the south. maybe the poconos, see few flakes, maybe the shore see couple every raindrops, generally partly sunny for most every us. wind picks up on the heals of the system thursday. and we've got warming trends this weekend, meisha? >> loving that. all right, katie, thank you so much. and a big happy valentine day to all of you, just waking up

with us. looking at the blue route, taillights northbound direction at the schuylkill, what we are looking at both directions looked good. quiet. what i want to seement hoping most of the camera shots will continue to show roads like this. nice and open for some of our early birds just jumping out there right now. we do have this water main break in south philly. heads up on this. twentieth street at oregon avenue, police have barricades set up around the region, but you can get by. it might just slow you down little bit. might have little bit of gaper delay in the area. overall looking good here, just heads up water main break out there, and the police out there, as well. then, in the world of septa, you guys, take a look at this, service running a new route. it is actually splitting into two. so route 310 horsham breeze splits into two monday february 27th, and take a look at this, it will be route 310 and route 311, the horsham breeze and shore sham breeze red, i'll be tweeting out in the next few weeks. jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, business will be

blooming for flower shops across the philadelphia area this valentine day. >> "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live at stein your florist company on frankford avenue this morning. and pat, i hear you say you have treats? >> reporter: yes, we will have treats for you guys in the 6:00 hour. but let's not get ahead of ourselves, rahel. we have to build these things before we get them to you. that's what we do here at stein your florist, patrick kelly is the owner here, good morning, my friend. they are running around with chickens with their heads cut off. that time of year. >> that time. >> what goes on today? >> today about 13 trucks over in our stores, trying get out hundreds of deliveries, anticipate ago lot of people coming into the shop. keeping us running around. >> how many deliveries from from this shop alone? >> three to 400. >> i didn't expect to to you say three to 400. >> yes. >> so yesterday was big day? >> big. a lot of people want their deliveries out early because they're concerned about the girls getting them on time. >> of course. >> we were out there. >> so you guys have been rocking and rolling here for

the entire week basically? today a big day also? >> today is great day. actually takes bus a month to get ready for this. >> month. >> a lot of work. >> how about this place in particular? because you guys are are a staple northeast philadelphia, been here for long long time. talk about the history of this place? >> this is actually our 130th year here at stein's, originally founded by the stein family, original location down in center city philadelphia. if has been open, open every day, of the year, never to have closed until a fire. >> and i know for a fact that you guys don't close because last year when we had our huge snow day back in january, i was driving around northeast philadelphia, and one of the only places that was open was stein's. >> we saw you out there playing in the snow. >> i was playing in the snow, you guys were hanging out with me. so let's put something together here. >> we don't have a lot of time because you got to go quickly here. >> that doesn't look right,

does it? >> no. start with this fern, cut it with your knife. grab your knife. >> this is a fern here? >> that's right. called a baker fern, so baker fern. how about i cut it like this? does that work? >> okay. >> or you can try it like this. holds it here. >> is that enough? >> that works. you got to put five, six pieces in a circle. >> okay. >> i'm not very good at this obviously. i'm learning. >> okay? >> that's right. >> how is it going there? >> i think all right. >> okay. so far so good. >> baby breath? >> that's right. now we will put another fern in there. >> more fern? >> just little more. make a little circle. >> my first time using a knife. they usually don't let me near them. >> like cutting vegtables. >> try cutting a rose like this, hold a knife in your hand, you want the nice long angle cut, in order for the rose -- >> i don't know that i'm quite ready for that part. >> dot best gluck you're doing

good, looks good. she'll really enjoy those. >> yes, she will. >> then we start by putting them until the vase. >> all right? >> stands them up in the center i'll let you finish, you do this every day, and i don't. and look how beautiful it looks here at stein florist. >> shouldn't be giving you a knife, pat. >> little suggestion to folks, when get being your flowers, keep that water nice and fresh. >> okay, fresh water. >> what do they put inside the flowers. >> and not already arranged for them, do you have give them news clean cut before they go in the vase. >> what do you put in the water to keep them fresh? >> there are preservatives a lot of shops offer. the situation there, sometimes, too little hurt them, too much can hurt them. i suggest clear cool water. >> clear cool water. >> so pat, quick question. how much is a bouquet of roses. >> might use little warm wate water. >> oh, how much is a bouquet of roses cents today? >> we have roses of different lent, different prices anywhere from $40 to dozen all the way up to $80 a dozen.

>> pat, all right. >> happy valentine day. >> i did the calculation for you. >> one for me, one for meisha, one for katie, one for your wife. so, 160. >> boy you'll re i presumptuous there. >> 160 bucks? >> ya, okay. ya, ya, sure. >> pat, get out of this alive. oops, sorry, his signal is breaking up. pat, see you a little later on. >> don't come back without our rose. >> speaking of valentine day gift, bakery in greenbay wisconsin has treat for those people who aren't fans of the holiday. some of the cookies have messages like love stinks, netflix is my love, and go away. the bakery's owner says they want to make sure people who don't enjoy valentine day do not feel excluded well today is day two of the westminster kennel club dog show in new york. >> we will show you some of the pups from yesterday's competition when we come

>> ♪ >> single on valentine day? you're not alone. >> five valentine ideas for those who are single. some options include participating in a cooking class, or taking in a movie.

>> actually all very happy. check out the list at cbsphilly.com. well the famous best in show will be selected tonight at the westminster dog show. >> some of the classifications announce their winners last night. rumored the german shepherd narrowly missed winning it all last year, back this year, winner of the herding group. miniature poodle, norwegian out bound, awe, also won their group's last night. they and the winners of three more groups face-off for the top prize tonight at madison square garden. >> one of the special dogs competing tonight at the garden, orion, remember him, he joined us on "eyewitness news" this morning last week. well, orion's owner roxanne, sat with pat gallen and showed off the great dane. the two and a half year old won several titles last year, orion's group will be judged in about 12:30 this afternoon. >> and orion was an amazing well natured dog. that will dog was beautiful dog. coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news," the philadelphia union hiring but not for a soccer player.

>> the unique position the team is looking to fill. we will be right back. >> stay with us.

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accusations against convicted child molester jerry sandusky's son. >> also, big shake up at the white house, michael flynn resigns as national security advisor, tell you about the controversy surrounding why he's leaving, and who can replace him. >> and happy valentine day, or as i like to refer to it as singles awareness day, katie is working on lovely forecast, everyone. enjoy. well today is tuesday, february the 14th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i like that, single awareness day. >> katie, meisha, keeping an eye on things this morning, i just want to make it clear, we were actually happy people up here. >> yes. >> jump out of our chairs, by the way, i have to ask, what is one thing you guys love about working operate the morning show? >> i can't say it is the alarm clock going move. >> no, i would say the group. >> i would say the people. >> i would say the people, too, because i'm a copycat, but within walking