vice news conference this afternoon. hello, i'm ukee washington i'm jessica keen. as seen here live on cbs-3 president trump took what he calls the troops to the american people. he touted his progress and issued a series of complaints. president trump tried to to damage control at an afternoon news conference, in the the wake of the staff shake ups and sag ago rolfe thumbs. >> this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> reporter: president recited a list of his administration's accomplishments. >> we have withdrawn from the job killing disaster, known as transpacific partnership. we have direct thee limb nation of regulations, and imposed a hiring treason non- essential federal workers. we have stood up for men and women of law enforcement and now in the process of beginning to build a promised wall. >> reporter: mr. trump blame his predecessor. >> i inherited a mess, it is a

mess. >> reporter: and the media. >> i have never seen more dishonest media then frankly the political media. >> reporter: president singled out news networks by name calling some good and other bad and repeat thely interrupted reporters. he said i'm having a good time mr. trump defended ousted national security advisor michael flynn who was forced to resign after misleading vice-president pence, over his dealings with russia. the president called it fake news. >> the leaks are absolutely real. the news is fake. >> reporter: president did announce a new nominee for labor secretary, alexandria a costa and expect a new order next week to replace the suspended travel ban. president trump gave no indication of what a white house response, might be to recent provocations by the the russians. so here's some of our viewers are saying about president trump's press conference on social media. the following the president's comment, natalie reasonsly is out of control, hugh sweeney said yes, the truth is out of control because of the press. you know how trump despisees

truth. but lisa agrees with president trump, tweeting simply, so true. following president trump's comment about inn her death a government mess from president obama ginger lynn said you can only inherit is what meant for you, which this job isn't. on the topic of former national security advisor michael flynn's resignation president trump explained flynn was just doing his job. marco myers he's correct. he was doing what he was told. meantime pennsylvania senator bob casey met the with the supreme court nominee neil gorsuch today, president trump picked the high court is making round on capitol hill, senator casey says that he vested his concerns about gorsuch's judicial record on civil rights, and confirmation hearings for gorsuch will begin how much the 20th. some local businesses closed up shop today in solidarity with the nationwide day without immigrants protests. grass roots effort highlighted economic and cultural contributions of immigrant in the u.s.

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden joins us from ninth street in south philadelphia with more on the impact and message behind the strike, joe , good evening. >> reporter: good evening. there is certainly impact dozens of businesses, restaurants, establishments across philadelphia are closed to take, just have a look down south ninth street here and you can see all of the shutters are down and there are signs on a lot of the doors, explaining why, of course, this stretch of sidewalk and this street will normally be bustling with activity. not the today. we found people advised by the move caught off guard when they tried to do a little shopping. we also spoke with business owners, putting all of that together for "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we also stopped by a water small gathering on thomas payn e plaza in center city where two students from maste ry charter school from south philadelphia's campus said they stayed home from school today. their parents are immigrant from cambodia.

>> i said a lot of people forget that we came to america , to find opportunity. >> as a country we need to unite, and fight, because i believe immigrants hade this country. >> reporter: and, now bottom line is some of these businesses, they did take a hit. answer to the question of how they are dealing with that, by advise you. i'll see you at 6:00 in an hour. reporting live, i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> demonstrations took place in cities all across the country. hundreds marched to the white house in response to president trump's immigration policies. demonstrators wanted to show how important their community is, to the american economy, and, american culture. >> we are not that people. we want to work. we don't want to be separated. we just want to have a chance at the american dream. >> i think we're very strong part of the economy, and the community and we just want to be heard and not treated like

second class citizens. >> reporter: business that is closed their doors for today's protest said they will be back opened tomorrow. >> no fear immigrants are welcomed here. >> reporter: dozens of demonstrators gathered in north carolina they hade their voices heard in support of the day without immigrant protest. well, dress codes for the rahm are nothing new but the way one local high school is screening their formal wear is concerning some parents and students. >> some are calling archbishop ryan's prom dress policy, sex is t. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in northeast philadelphia outside the high school with shore, anita? >> reporter: ukee and jessica parents say the most concerning part about this is for a rolfe their daughters sent full body photos this their gowns front and back to an e-mail account monitored by some members of the administration. now as of today spokesmen for archdiocese says 150 dresses have been approved, 11 approved pending slight who

had cases and eight have not been approved. many student say they followed rules all their lives but this may be taking things just too far. >> i approve catholic school but this is not right. >> reporter: night to remember is turning into a nightmare according to students and parents at archbishop ryan high school. due to the dress code policy for junior/senior promised which reportedly requires students and their dates to get the a tire approved by the administration before they can buy a ticket. >> it is not acceptable for my daughter why do i need somebody else telling me yes or to it is not. >> reporter: several student sent us these example office dresses denied by administration. school officials told one student this dress would be accepted when she sewed up the neck line. that is why senior nick paulin i wrote a letter raising student's concerns. so far, at least 650 students have also signed a petition objecting to the fee hail dress code, calling it degrading, arbitrary and unfair. >> i do think natalie rahm dress code should be, maybe

changed but i don't think a petition was the best way to go about it. >> reporter: others like, this woman said they are concerned natalie photos must be sent to a specified e-mail account for approval. >> what happens to it after the fact? who has access to this. >> reporter: in response the spokesmen for archdiocese told "eyewitness news" the photos are reviewed by two female administrators and one male and deleted after prom to make sure natalie students show up in the a profit dress. the statement says as their high schools are catholic they seek to have holistic christian formation of the young men and women spiritual ly academically and socially. intention of the policies is to ensure modcy and dress at this social function which is school sponsored. now school officials say that they reminded students and parents of the dress code policy, back in october, well, head of the prom trust shopping season. still many upset students have contacted me, and today all of them backed out of interviews out of fear of expulsion or fear of other repercussions.

for now live from northeast philadelphia, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we wanted to know what you thought about the prom dress photo policy. we have polled our viewers on the cbs philly facebook page. we asked would you be comfortable sending a photo of your child to the school administrators for prom dress approval? overwhelming majority of those polled said no. 86 percent, in fact say no, 14 u can still vote by finding us on facebook and a way? another windy day but hold on this roller coaster weather is headed the other direction. we are in for a taste of spring very soon. kate bilo outside on the sky deck with the first look at those temperatures, kate. >> it definitely feels more like winter out here but that is going to change as we head in the weekend. we have had a pretty easy go, comparatively speaking and winter so far and this weekend may be the easier ride we have had just yet but still blustery and chilly outside right now but it is a beautiful sunset just getting underway in philadelphia here's storm scan three

showing a few patchy clouds across the area this evening, clouds are starting to diminish often when you get this cold air aloft moving from the north and west clouds like to form with the colder air aloft as warmer era rises. any sun you will see can be self-destructive variety and that is what we saw today. no snow or rain on the way, this fact it is a very quiet sunny stretch ahead and these wind will eventually die down. wind gusts right now still in the 30 to 35 miles an hour range and look at how that is making it feel no better than 20's. temperatures in the upper 30's but feels like 26 in philadelphia right now, feels like nine in mount pocono and feels like 22 in lancaster. heading out this evening you will want the gloves, hat, coat, whole 9 yards a very, very chilly blustery night. wind die down tomorrow and warm up begins saturday. i'll tell you how long that warm stretch will last whether we will see it through the entirety of the presidents day weekend and which day will be warmest. for now, back inside to you. fire officialness delaware county were busy fighting

flames in yeadon earlier today "eyewitness news" at will hundred block of cyril avenue where authorities say that a kitchen fire broke out shortly before is 11:30 this morning. as fire fighters battled the flames they shut down the run dale avenue for safety precautions no one was hurt. fast moving fire in the grace fell i section send five people to the hospital, including three children. the fire broke out just after 5:00 o'clock this morning on the 1500 block of south eding street. the people who lived in the house were able to escape but at least one man suffered burns, three children who live in the neighborhood were then to children's hospital due to smoke that will lacing. the cause of the fire is not yet known. driver in cape may new jersey loses control and plows into a house, injuring a little boy inside. this is viewer video of the aftermath. the crash happened around 8:30 this morning on the 2600 block of bay shore road. the eyewitness on the scene says an 11 year-old boy was struck by the car who came flying through the wall. birth we're told lost a tooth

and was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. well, moms, dads, care takers please take no hundreds of thousands of strollers are being recalled, we have information that you need next get your wawa fix and more , area wawa shut down and has reopened in a big way. we will take you there for the ribbon cutting. wait until you see is what being offered inside. are you planning to do shopping over the long presidents day weekend? well, many stores will be having sales and jim donovan will show you some of the best deals you can find after a short break, leslie? well, ukee, it noise secret phillies struggled on offense last season so they went out and hired former philly matt stairs to be their hitting coach and today he took on the ultimate challenge : me. >> and here's a live look from our camera atop hotel bethlehem. the sunsetting on the center of town in another chilly, windy day, we have leslie, jim donovan, cherri gregg and more

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well, nearly 700,000 strollers are being recalled, because they pose a fall risk. britext is recalling its strollers, mouths could fail causing car seat portion to fail. twenty-six children have been injured. for more forgo to cbs philly .com. do you have any shopping plan over the long presidents day weekend? if you to three on your side jim donovan has a look at what you can expect from the sales this year, and, what the best deals will be. >> reporter: when it comes to sales, presidents day offers some of the biggest shopping discounts early, in a new year >> presidents day is a great holiday for stores to make some sales. what it is otherwise a very quiet shopping season. so shoppers can take advantage of that. >> ben glazer with deal news .com say some sales are already underway. >> we're already seeing, best

buy sales, starting earlier this week. that is most upon lar we will see all season. >> reporter: at best buy and other retailers expect big discounts on tech products like lap tops and tv's. big box stores like target, cost co, wall heart you'll fine deals on sketch ever wear and small appliances same goes for specialty retailers like williamsonoma look out format trust sales too presidents day is second only to memorial will day, for snagging a math the trust deal. and also, now is the time to stock up on winter clothing, especially outer wear. >> the second year in a row, that a mild winter, has hit retailers, and really hard, with leaving them with a glut of winter clothing, so they are really desperate to off load that stuff. >> reporter: now you would think that following valentines daze retailers would be discounting prices on jewelry and long way too but deal news say that often isn't the case n fact, many stores take a break from aggressive bargains that were for weeks, aimed at romantic shoppers. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan.

they look kind of lonely on that rack. >> they did. >> yes, i mean, as evidenced by what you where to talk about. >> yes. >> exactly. >> in the middle of february. >> yes. people may see the forecast for the coming weekend and week beyond and say i don't need to buy a jacket. i will get the through today, tonight and tomorrow, you will not need it for quite sometime we have a very noticeable and very rare stretch of warm weather heading our way through the weekend and right into next week. lets get right into it. i want to to show you first of all a beautiful sunset out there tonight, it is a chilly day but look at that sun as we widen out from our parkway central library camera looking , of course, west toward the setting sun and it has been kind of an on and off day with a lot of cloud cover here and there but the cloud have broken just in time to give us a beautiful finish, to our thursday. and temperature wise, we're heading upward, as well, so if you are not the a fan of the cold you'll like the news we have for the upcoming weekend. now storm scan three shows us a clouds, just starting to diminish a little bit, a few flurries popping up here and

there across the area this afternoon. that is what that cold air moving from the north and west you can see across most of the region everything is quiet, just a few scattered flurries, and snow showers as that cold air is coming in. but there is a big change, lurking just off to the the south and west, and that is nice evening for a walk on the beach. beach patrol headquarters in margate looks like a nice sunset. it the is on the other side but still looking good as we get the reflection here looking out over the horizon, tonight, and then temperatures right now 37 degrees, in philadelphia, it is 37 in wilmington. thirty-three in reading. twenty-two in mount pocono. it feels like 10 to 12 degrees colder then these numbers but look at what happens when we widen out. we have a line, dividing the winter, from the spring, so to speak, it is 71 in st. louis. fifty-nine in nashville. fifty-nine in atlantic. thirty-eight in columbus a weise head to the weekend all of that warmth will erode cold and we are talking about temperatures like this right here in philadelphia when you wake up tomorrow morning though none of that warmth will be in evidence. it will be 26 degrees in the

city. twenty-two in millville. thirty-one in wildwood. it will feel like the teens thank to the blustery wind whiz will continue into tomorrow morning. tomorrow a frigid feeling start. feeling like the teens when we wake up. bright sunshine throughout the day. seasonal chill and a brisk wind, pretty typical february day tomorrow. and then anything but typical as we head into the weekend. a you will of that warm airy just showed you begins to invade saturday, and it sticks around for sunday and then any disturbance looks like it will stay off to the north, even into next week. maybe a lit built of the back door kiehl front will knock temperatures down slightly, keeping them well above the average. overnight mainly clear, breezy , cold at 26 degrees, tomorrow, 44 which is right about where we should be tomorrow is a perfectly normal average february day. but nothing average about your three day forecast, we're up to 61 degrees with sunshine on saturday. sixty-four on sunday, as we approach a record, abe it looks like the warmth is going to continue, so while this is great news for people getting out this weekend, we're also seeing a few down sides,

winter warmth, i'll talk about that next half an hour. all right, cake. >> actress drew barry more has a close call on the set of her new show, why she said she almost died. he is a hot felon but no longer posing for mug shots. find out how his jailhouse photo led him to bigger and better things. new phillies hitting coach matt stairs has a tough job and he may have met his match. a live report from

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and, at it again governor chris christie sets his sights on the philadelphia fan base, once more, coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 who governor is targeting this time and the harsh word he is using. that is tonight at 6:00. come on, i don't even know what this story is, doesn't he have better things to do like i have to wait until 6:00. >> i'm not giving it away. >> we will go from the booth to the batters cage.

>> let's talk about it. in case of danger use stairs. that phrase became popular with matt stairs hit an epic home run during phillies 2008 championship run. team hopes he can deliver, again. we will go to leslie van arsdal who is with the team in clearwater, florida. leslie? >> and that is right, don. the last season phillies were last in the league when it came to runs so i guess they brought in matt stairs to be their hitting coach. thought maybe he could help me because if you can teach me how to hit, you can teach anybody. >> we will start with the basics because i want to you get in your batting stance, okay. >> good. >> you look good. >> biggest thing holding on to the baseball bat, we don't want to do it this way. put a good swing on that ball right there. from there, you put that barrel in my hand. >> that is receipt the eye

good. >> see that swing. so you made a liar out of me i thought she was going to swing and miss. >> sign me up. >> you are just a great teacher. >> last one. >> you are fantastic. thank you so much. >> i enjoyed it. >> well, he is a very, very patient hand. position players arrived today and there is a lot of competition out here, coming up at 6:00 we will hear from some of them coming up, now back to you. >> looking forward to seeing you bat clean up, leslie. can't wait. >> yes, put her in the line up >> yeah, right. >> yes, indeed. >> make contact. >> yes. >> thanks, buddy, appreciate it. coming up next half an hour if you grew up in this area know what was is a stapel but there is a new type in

town. it is not your average convenient store we will show you why or flock to go delaware county to check it all out. also ahead... >> make sure children don't lose their youth. >> a man loses art and theater to change game for young people, his hope is to show them real life issues and how to cope, that is coming up

wawa, reimagined, pull up a chair and you are of age, crack open a beer. is there a new wawa this town, and everyone is flock to go delaware county to check it out. wawa store in chadds ford is now opened and it is not like any other wawa store you have seen in pennsylvania. the news continues at 5:30. hi everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. patrons can grab a hoagie, snack on a pretzel and crack opened a cold one.

>> the wawa you knew is being reimagined, seven and the doors to the new one of a kind concord township store are now opened. renovations to the property began in january, to introduce a whole new concept to patrons who just got to have a wawa. >> today is our first day of selling beer in pennsylvania and new wawa. >> reporter: store on naamans creek road in chadds ford is selling single serve and six packs of locally brought beer. >> we do sell beer in virginia , all of our stores, all of our florida stores. if you are a wawa fan you know that in other states we sell beer. here to take it is unusual in pennsylvania. >> reporter: people we spoke with say it is just another reason to love wawa. >> that is what people want. people want to be able to come to more layses and be able to get what they are looking for. >> i'm he so excited, i i can buy beer in pennsylvania in wawa. it is wonderful. >> reporter: it is not the only change, new space also offers restaurant style seating for up to 30 people inviting customers to dine in and have a drink. >> come in, have a pretzel,

beer or something, and it the will be a great experience. >> reporter: if you are planning a visit do not forget your id, ceo of wawa says it does not matter if you are 221 or 121 you will be card are for any beer sales. attorney general of pennsylvania announced major narcotics investigation that led to an arrest in philadelphia's juniata section attorney general josh shapiro says authority seized more than 120 grams of heroin, that could have possibly been sold across the city. he also talk about the importance of getting those drugs off of the street. >> i want to put what is on this table in some perspective for you. it represents, it is 125 grams of heroin and to put that in perspective 125 grams of heroin would have yielded 4,166 doses of heroin. >> the suspect arrested in the bust faces drug trafficking and other related charges. for the second time in three days, pennsylvania

customs and border patrol agents have seized an illegal substance from kanye. last wednesday authorities discovered nearly 97-pound of cot near the philadelphia air port. the drugs were on their way to georgia, concealed inside a bag of hair product. it had an estimated street value of $25,000. crews are working to lower the water in lake oroville where a damaged dam caused the evacuation of the 200,000 people. with rain in the forecast, the california spillway is pushing water and debris, into an adjacent river. a eroded concrete span flooded a nearby hill side earlier this week raising concerns natalie most people have returned to their homes, but officials say that this is still an emergency and urged residents to stay vigilant. in recognition of the black history month we are honoring game changers who are making a positive impact on communities of color in our area reporter cherri gregg of our sister station kyw news radio explains how one local non-profit is using the stage to impact youth.

>> don't you ever... mock me ever. don't you ever put your hand on my baby. >> reporter: this scene is fiction but what happens here is a real life. >> they ever let what happened to you happen to anyone else, ever again. >> it is going on with young people, we're talking about it >> reporter: heyes is co founder of the childhood lost foundation their mission create art with a purpose. over the past five years they have produced a dozen stage plays, tackling abuse, teen sex, relationships, and more. >> we want the young people to see that the scenarios before they actually have to go through them. >> reporter: these on stage scenarios. >> no, you stop it. >> you stop it. >> reporter: come from heyes personal experience, he and brother steven lost their childhood, to the streets. >> we saw our best friend get killed in front of us when we were, i might have been 12 or

13. i sold drugs on one of the worst blocks in south philadelphia. >> reporter: at 14 heyes became a father and by 18 he was sentenced to five years in prison. help he got out he and steve team up with a writer to use the stage to change lives. why are you so passionate about this. >> we got to do something. you know, if we're not the doing anything then, we see what happens. >> reporter: foundation donates a third of their seats to youth and mentors young actors, they even hold, chess chats in the heart of the west philadelphia showing kid that these streets are not the way. >> is there a beacon of light in the dark chase. >> reporter: changing the gang one scene at a time n west philadelphia, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> using the stage to change lives. nation's oldest black newspaper is honoring game change tours day. >> the philadelphia tribune celebrated local african-american history makers during a lunch at the union league this years

honoraries are common priest court judge fredricka jackson, william moore of baptist church and dianne turner curator of temple university's charles l watson after rick american collection. still to come on "eyewitness news", hot political climate may make your head feel like it is spin ning sometimes. >> protests, political posts on social media, all of it effects our brain. stephanie stahl has a fascinating look in 10 minutes did you hear one of the monopoly tokens ising ago way, which one got voted out of the board game, that is up next, kate? what a beautiful presidents day weekend we have got on the way, temperatures well above average and we have got sunshine pretty much all weekend long. now poconos we will see temperatures right around 50- degree mark in the city we will get to the 60's on saturday and then mid 60's on sunday with a few cloud around in the morning. temperatures near 60 degrees both sat the day and sunday, it is a weekend to get outside

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be worth about 80 million-dollar, worldwide. >> um, um. big changes for a classic board game. >> after more than 80 years on the board, one of the most recognizable pieces in monopoly will disappear, hasbro, maker of monopoly say thimble has been voted off, i loved the thimble. company has started a worldwide contest in search of what will be a new generation of monopoly pieces, the new monopoly hits shelves, this summer but the thimble. >> ahh. >> out of here. >> i was than the too happen bye that wheel barrel, battleshipy like the tap hot. >> lets get to that wheel barrel. >> i will show you what need to get out, nope, right there. >> where is the wheel barrel. >> that is gone. >> yes, i know. >> top hat. >> okay good there it is. >> there it is. >> out. >> he owe well, there you go. are you tired of social media post about the election and new administration. >> no matter what side of the issues you're on it seems like your brain has had a strong reaction to other views, stephanie stahl looks at the science of your brain and

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and united in overwhelming emotion. >> great timing for right now. >> reporter: max henning is part of the research project at brain and creativity institute. he is going into an mri machine so researchers can study how his brain changes when his political beliefs are challenge. >> okay, max we are ready to get started. >> reporter: researchers scanned 40 liberal participants watching a brain chemistry as a team tried to sway their political positions the parts of the the brain triggered controlled deep emotional thoughts about personal identity. >> when people activate these emotional structures of the brain more when they are challenge they are less likely to change their mind. >> reporter: researchers found when people were emotionally threatened their brains went into defensive mode shutting town any willingness to accept , counter arguments. >> people don't often realize how automatic, it can be to purpose back on information thaw disagree with, even if you identify as a person that is opened to new eye december.

>> reporter: so if a by logically wired to block opposing political views is there anyway to have less political divisiveness? researchers say a few brains did show a very slight ability to change. >> maybe that is, a sign of hope, a crack this is door there a little bit but i do think it is very difficult to change our mind about these things, that are so important to us and that define us. >> reporter: next researchers will study brains of the conservatives to see if they too stand firm in their convictions. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". here at "eyewitness news" we are so proud to tell you, about the incredible achievement earned by my wonderful partner right here ukee washington. he is going down in the history books as philadelphia 's living legend. living legend. >> what is this. >> city council recognized ukee this morning for his contributions in the news media, he was one of the three local broadcasters chosen for this honor. and he accepted the recognition by paying homage to some of his news heroes.

>> watching television there back this is take and seeing people who look like me, motivated my story. people like trudy haines, sonny hill, the late jack jones, the late malcolm poindexter true african-american pioneers who spoke to me as a child without saying a word but i heard them loud and clear, so loud and clear on so many levels. i stand this front of you today, while maintaining high balance on their shoulders and so many like them. >> beautiful today's ceremony was part of the cities black history month celebration, we are all so proud of you, and it is so well deserved and i think i speak for every single person in the building when i say that. >> legend, five years, legend. >> so young. >> thank you, everybody. >> beautiful sentiment, and we're so proud. >> much love to city council for the amazing honor to you

at home at cbs-3 and kyw news radio. i love working for you. i had great teammates now and over the years, my entire family at home, thanks to you as well. >> we're proud of you. >> congratulations. >> we will get some amazing wet they are weekend. >> amazing wet they are weekend. >> bring it. >> you guys are looking to get outside and just bask in the sunshine, it will be a perfect weekend. >> looking forward to it. >> just that. >> good news if it is good news if you are a snow lover it is not good news but local trails are pretty much clear. we don't have snow, ice, things like that out there maybe go for a bike ride. take kid out for a walk, get outside into nature and enjoy sunshine and mild temperatures , this coming weekend. let start off with tonight though there is nothing mild about tonight, great the night to be up in the poconos and you can see we have got a lot of people on the slopes. here they come down the slopes in jack frost big boulder, definitely cold enough to be making some snow up there. it feels like about 9 degrees right now, in the poconos, so definitely a cold, night outside, and then bundle up,

great night to hit the slopes, it looks like pretty fast conditions out there, in carbon county. checking in with our eyewitness weather watchers and they are always reporting exactly what they are seeing out there weather windows. temperatures in the mid 30's. the it is chilly. david dutch in clementon, new jersey sitting at 36 degrees. we're at 33 as we head further south into new jersey and check with michael baylor in vineland, new jersey. he says blustery and cold, keep warm, until the weekend and then we can end we will be keeping warm. as we head through the reading area we will check with dave, in reading, 36 degrees, he says dew .12.6, chilly but nice outside. we want to show you a couple of photos. one photo that struck me from wayne hunter this is the european starring he says, a bird until they get hit by light and then wow. what an amazing coloring on the tired bird. thanks for sharing. that our eyewitness weather watchers sharing love and photos this one i thought was beautiful from phil, chilly looking schuylkill river this

afternoon. you can see light break go through clouds there, and so our weather watchers always sending us these great shots. i want to show you one more, we had a photo of a true starting to budd, and here it is right now this one from john, up in bucks county, he said my tree is starting to budd, spring, not so fast, coming up in a moment, we will talk about the problems with these tired i buds but first lets take a quick peak is what happening outside on storm scan three. not a whole lot going on right now. there are a few the scattered flurries across the north east , storm system bringing snow to the canadian maritime province but that is winding down. as that storm moves away we will start to see that pressure gradient slack even and you can see spin of cloud and see where those wind are coming down directly from the north and west. as storm moves away pressure gradient weakens and our wind does as well. in broad headville we have cloud cover right now, it is chilly, 30 degrees in broad headsville. chilly afternoon. the wind across the area. peak wind gusts in the 35 to 40 miles an hour range for most of us.

so wind not as severe as it it was on monday but still, very blustery, and it made it feel colder, then the thermometer indicated but here's your weekend warm up, tomorrow we will transition, seasonal day, wind dies down, saturday warmth moves in and continues to build, sunday, monday, even into tuesday and wednesday, and this looks like a extended warm stretch. i have to give a shout out to one of our "eyewitness news" viewers, who sent me a e-mail saying is there down side to the winter warmth. he works in farming and one thing to look out for these plant and shrubs if they budd too early and then go back to cold and killing frost? we can kill crops. that is not great news for farmers. the it means insects, mosquitoes, and nat could proliferate earlier leading to a longer season and bigger threat over summertime and animals and amphibians at risk if you get out, think of spring and then cold comes back that can put them at risk there are down sides to the winter warmth and how extended it will be heading through next week and even into the week after that.

for your friday, tomorrow it is seasonal, nothing too warm bit. check out this seven day forecast. we jump to the 60's on saturday and then it stays warmth, well a have above average, 10 to 5 degrees above average. saturday right through thursday, it looks like sun will be with us through tuesday and then perhaps the chance for rain by the end of this next week, ukee and jessica, back over to you. kate, thanks. south jersey letter carrier joins an elite group of postal service employees. >> applause. >> steve marino works at maple shade post office on east main street. "eyewitness news" was there as he was honored for driving more than 1 million accident free miles over his 40 year career. he joins 9500 other postal service employees who have achieved the safe driving distinction and congratulations. wonderful. new modeling sensation is a face you may have seen before. >> remember this guy? it is jeremy meets, whose mug shot had people calling him hot felon is this now the three three-year oldies out of

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country. and feeling the big chill tonight, thanks to a brisk northwest wind, it feels like the teens overnight and into your friday morning but that is all about to change, and i'll tell but a big swing in the other direction, and when we could be, nearing perhaps record high temperatures, and it is all right now at 6:00. they said they are going to make an impression today and with that we will support it. >> closed for a cause. philadelphia workers and employees across the country walk off the job, for the nationwide movement, known as, the day without immigrants. we first told you yesterday about how it is meant to prove a point about the importance of immigrants to the u.s. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is in south philadelphia where some businesses shut their door. normally a bustling, busy

block, 1100 south ninth street was anotherly quiet no lunchtime crowd, no haircuts, no baked goods. what were you here for. >> cake. i buy my cake here. they sell cake. >> reporter: dozens of businesses closed on thursday, owners locked their doors for is what being called a day without immigrants. >> i'm an american citizen but i'm originally from mexico. >> reporter: ben fuentes tattoo shop, among those that are closed. >> i guess it was a spur of the moment decision, you know, just to support everybody. i didn't even know this was happening until yesterday. >> reporter: movement went rapidly across social media, many used the day to spotlight their concerns, but with president trump's budding policies on immigration. restaurants from south philadelphia to center city like is a bean owe's wine, bar , pizzeria were shuttered for the strike. ben miller, owner of the the restaurant on south ninth thought little of the money he would be losing. >> not at all, didn't think twice about it. we are supporting the co