willing up and will feel like april. well, tgif. it is february 17th, good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> thanks so much for being with us this morning, so start to get you out the door. letting us know how the weather andment traffic roads are looking. >> world of travel right now, a lot of messes out, there i don't know waist going on, because we have nice dry roadways, accidents after accident after accident. and a big one on the turnpike we will be get to go in just a moment, and one involving a motorcycle. >> oh, like you said, meisha, at least it is dry. we will just alert the viewers, we've been having some technical difficulties, bear with us through this little circus weaver got going on from a technical stant point, regardless still here for you, still want to get you out the door even glitches along the way, get you in, so taking a look at storm scan, quiet as can be, still hint of breeze, just enough it is making it feel more, but off

to cold spot currently 24 degrees here, just next-door to reading in west lawn, pa. couple of cars rolling down the street. here is the actual air temperature region wide. into again the mid 20's, for the most part. two outline ers like at the shore up at mount pocono, again, with this very moderate breeze feels that much chillier. bundle up adequately. i do promise we mentioned a moment ago a very substantial warming trend that will take place looking forward >> by this point warmfront will begin to lift in. that's what's going to send us on the uphill climb in the days ahead. so expecting mid had's both today, rather today as well as from philly down toward the shore point. and sunny, still little breezy up in the mountains 33 degrees, but with the sunshine, you want the shades, and also again with the chill in the air want the heavy winter coat as you walk out the door.

but by later this weekend, meisha, going to see a lot of people just out in short and t-shirts. >> i will be one of them, katie, that i promise you, thank you so much. switching gears, talking about a lot of busy stuff going on in the world of travel right now. one of which we have live chopper three over more serious accident in mt. laurel involving injuries. take a look at this. a lot of activity, very slow moving as we go new jersey turnpike, southbound, before route 73, two lanes, all lanes blocked, for a moment there. then two lanes open. and now we're back down to one driveable lane, and already saying that you probably want to use an alternate even though you have one driveable lane. so your alternates, 295, route 130, going to be your best bet. but take a look at this. if you have to head out, this is what you are sitting in in all three lanes condensed now into one driveable lane, and it is very slow moving, even slower as you drive past it, because putting on your brake lights. taking a peak what's going on, getting gaper delay, again, those alternates 295, route is 30, new jersey turnpike

southbound before route 73, only one driveable lane because of this more serious accident. switching gears, we also have motorcycle accident out there, summit square near newtown bypass, heads up for the cyclists, get the warmer weather, biker friends get out on the roadways, heads up for them. also another accident here, willow grove. 611 old york near welsh rd., accident he, still traveling at posted speeds, but yet another accident out there, as women, that's just now been cleared. roosevelt boulevard northbound c street. get thumbs up. heads up. seeing a lot of activity this morning, so take it easy, jim, rahel, back to you. >> developing now, close call for a philadelphia police officer. he pulled over a car to have a driver drag him 500 feet. live at the 35th district as the search this morning continues for the driver. good morning, jan. >> rahel, jim, good morning, i just stepped inside the 35th police district to get an update. they tell us that police are

still looking for the suspect the vehicle, and the driver, however, this morning, that officer is fortunately recovering. they tell me he is a 28 year old. take look at the video. chopper three over the scene late last night, so was police helicopter looking for the suspected vehicle. car actually registered to person known to police with arrests in the past. how much, again, police still looking for that car and the driver this morning. now, this frightening scenario unfolded at 20th and spencer streets, east germantown, around 10:30 last night. two uniform officers with the 35th police district pulled over a car for irradic driving, as the driver rolled down the window police say they smelled and saul what -- saw what appeared to be marijuana. they ordered the driver to turnoff the vehicle, take out his keys, police say the suspect refused. when the officer reached inside to take the keys the driver took off dragging the officer again 500 feet to the intersection of 20th and godfrey. >> while dragging the police offers here was hanging onto

the open door window of the vehicle, the suspect started swerving the vehicle, left and right, in order to shake the officer off of the vehicle. >> again, police are still searching for that car this morning, pennsylvania license plate jlx-9786. the car is registered to a home 2 miles away from where this all happened, when the driver is caught, he'll face number of serious charges including aggravated assault, resisting arrest, wreckless endangerment as to the officer again,'s 28 years old, three year veteran, suffered scrapes and bruce toss his face, his hands, and his knees this morning, he's recovering, fortunately, anyone with information is asked to call police. we are reporting live outside the 35th police district, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back into

you. >> jan, thank you. >> meanwhile new this morning, family in mourning after two brothers are shot dead in east mt. airy. it happened on the 300 block of east up sill street just after 10:30 last night. >> brothers both in their early 20's, found lying on the grounds outside their family driveway, they believe the brothers were shot due to ongoing neighborhood dispute. >> philadelphia police say robbery was motive in fatal shooting overnight inside north philadelphia bar. investigators say a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt walked into the bar at 23rd and indianna this morning. and shot the manager during a struggle. now bar manager died few minutes later. police say the gunman then took about $175 from the bar, along with the victim's wallet, and car keys >> reporting democrats held another all night session to block the vote, spelling more trouble for the trump administration.

>> they're unqualified to lead the environmental protection agency. >> senate democrats argued all night once again opposing scott pruitt. president trump choice to lead the environmental protection agency. >> going to freak out about this one very simple, clean air, and clean water >> why won't they give the american people the ability to find out what is inside of these emails before there is a vote here on the senate floor. >> but republicans disagree. >> scott pruitt is the right person to run the agency, and we need to confirm him. >> nominate for secretary the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. >> marathon session came on the same day the president held a combative news

conference. during which he named his pick to replace andy pose eras nominee, after he withdrew his name for consideration. mr. trump also defended his former national security vest or, who stepped down this week. >> mike flynn is a fine person and i ask for his resignation, he respectfully gave it. >> in another shake up thursday presidentrump latest choice to replace flynn bought out. retired advise airal robert hearward turned down, siting disagreements about staffing. hena daniels, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> well, a warning from police in bucks county. they are looking for two people who tried to lure a young girl into a car. this is the car they're searching for, gold sedan miss ago rear hubcap with kentucky plates. >> said the man asked her to get in the court wednesday. she was on her way home from wrightstown elementary school. girl walked away and toll her parent.

>> ruled did not adequately show that cosby had defamed her, when the comedian denied claims he had raped her in a detroit hotel room in 1974. cosby still faces criminal charges in montgomery county, and accused of assaulting former temple university employee. >> greatest show on earth coming to an end. ringling brothers circus saying good-bye to philadelphia forever. ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus kick off final philly tour last night. animal activists held up signs outside the wells fargo center, voiced opposition to the show, and say they're happy to see it coming to ends. >> you know, educating people. >> any animal should never be used for entertainment. it is not necessary. not in today's world. >> and the circus has entertained about 10 million people each year. the philly tour will continue through monday, but the circus as a whole will close for good in may.

well, small business owners in bristol borough are in the running for prize worth half million dollars. >> voting last night for condition test to help revitalize main street for one small town in america. bristol borough one of five finalists nationwide. the winner will be featured in a weber east called small business revolution main street. >> initiative sponsored by delux corporation in minnesota, and they offer $500,000 to the one small main street that they think they can do the most good in revitalizing for what the hole nation should be doing for their main street. >> at least 750,000 votes have been cast for bristol borough. let's keep our fingers crossed, winner will be announced on february 22. >> well, still ahead: a terror plot spoiled. one man's elaborate plans to plant bombs at target stores along the east coast. >> plus a terrifying ride to work for one man, when the road collapsed under his car. we will tell you what common household item he credits for saving his life. >> and one local high school's dress code for the prom is

sparking controversy. find out why student and parent are calling the policy sexist. whether we come back. stay with us.

>> federal authorities have un foiled a plot to target target stores along the east coast. >> man named mark barkiest, that man tipped authorities off, instead.

agent believe barnett wanted the company's stocks to tumble, and then he would buy it after it dropped, and then cash in when the price went back up. >> i think his motive was financial. the fact that he wanted to go to that extreme, raised our attention. using those devices in that manner could have potentially been very catostrophic. >> crazy. if convicted barnett could get ten years in prison. >> damaged damn in northern california. a massive crater was found in the main spillway at lake orville. discovery triggered evacuation of nearly 200,000 people this we, water was diverted toward the hillside next to the spillway, which caused a portion of the concrete structure to collapse. >> anarchs driver in washington state survives after this section of rd collapses beneath him as he's driving on the road. richard was driving to work in pitch black yesterday morning when he hit that section of the road, it collapsed, sending his truck into the

water. now he climbed to safety through the driver side window. and he said it was his flashlight that saved his life. road collapse was caused by heavy rains, will not be fixed for three to four weeks. talk about -- >> can you imagine? i mean, that's not like a pothole. the entire thing just goes out from under you? >> that's what i call a bad day, kate. >> i why do i feel like you transitioned on that line on purpose? >> we're not having bad day, but i feel like if they played the circus theme, it would feel very apropos for this day, yes. but i also saw jim tweet out, bucket up, it will be a bumpy ride. i would just invoke betty davis and say buckle up, buckle your safety belt. it will be a bumpy morning. all right, so, that's my betty davis impression. terrible. let's take you outside. show you what's going on here. actually we start things off for the folks that really aren't going to necessarily see much snow any time soon. this is with your ski report. up at jack frost, big boulder, magic of man-made snow

machines, you can have 40-inch base, spring like warmth coming basically all trains open. only couple that are still closed, camelback, couple of feet, blue mountain, plenty of trails open for your pleasure, certainly really looks good out there right now. you can see that everything is certainly all powdered, fresh, see also here on this shot from the pocon up at camelback, little hint of shaky camera movement going on. still hint of breeze out there to report. storm scan, quiet, high pressure building in place at this point. still again little breezy out there. that's going to be tame withing time. as the day progresses, daytime high of 44. that's where we should be this day of the year, back in the sunshine. meanwhile tonight, we drop it back down to 33 degrees, just couple of patchy clouds, very quickly got to take a look at the seven day forecast because by tomorrow seeing substantial warm up that lasts us the weekends, cooler, still above average into early next week. meisha? >> all of that sunshine, katie, thank you so much.

and what we are talking about this morning right now very serious accident, live chopper three over an accident mt. laurel with injuries. good news is it is slowly starting to get pushed out of your way. new jersey turnpike southbound before route 73, that being said, only one driveable lane still. so i would highly recommend using a couple of alternates, 29 at or route 130. if you don't use an alternate, waist going to happen you'll be sitting in this long line of a back up. not to mention all into one lane. then once you drive past the accident, you're tapping your brakes, you have lot of gaper delay. take a look if he backups. they're pretty substantial. heads up on this. avoid the area again. your alternates, 295, or route 130. now going live outside, also another accident. ninety-five north near girard, a lot of flashing lights here. one, driveable lane. again, very, very slow movement around here, the a north near girard, if i were you i would avoid the area altogether. back to you. >> thank you, meisha. whether short on time, short on calendar or like to have

the late he he is gadgets, may consider a new add toyings your kitchen. robotic chef preparing dishes in glands and similar version could be on the market soon. >> robotic master chef is whipping up a meal. >> the future is here. with robotic kitchen. >> the only human involvement is the prep. you measure and prepare the ingredients, the robot adds them, mixes them, even controls the temperature. it mimicks movements of the original chef, and has a library of more than 100 recipes with touch of abut on you can download a recipe and the robot produces it he can actually as the master chef would have cooked it. the company is taking this model, and making it smaller to fit in homes. it could be available in 2018 but it won't be cheap costing as much as $100,000.

>> until then the rest every lust have to keep cooking and serving ourselves. >> katie just said she needs this in her life. once the robotic kitchen is install you're not stuck using it all of the time. all of the appliances also workmanly this way you're free to do some of the cooking yourself. if you feel like it. well, some students and parent at archbishop ryan high school in northeast philly aren't happy with address code policy saying it is, quote, sexist. >> in order to buy a ticket for the junior or senior prom, student and their dates must get their attire approved by the administration, sending in pictures of the front and back of dresses chosen for the prom, at least 6650 student event signed a petition adapting female dress code calling it degrading, arbitrary, unfair. >> why do i need somebody else trying to tell me yes it is, no it is not? >> a spokesman for the archdioces told "eyewitness news" the photos are reviewed

by female administrators, one male, the photos saved until the prom to make sure students show up in the approved dresses and told the photos are deleted after the prom. >> hum. >> i can understand how me people are saying i would want to wear. i wore white tux to my prom. >> oh, that's so fun. >> i yes. so i feel you should be able to wear whatever you want to wear within good taste. >> clearly when you're younger you will have some boundaries put in place for what you can and can't wear. but with your best judgement, you should be able to wear -- >> i definitely understand what that par sent saying. i'll say i went to high school in the archdioces, there is address code, code of honor. i remember junior and senior year, my friends and bring pretty upset, you know, you have to keep that in mind. >> okay. >> ya. >> no comment. well, don't go anywhere. meisha will be back with another dream drive coming up a bit later. >> but first, what is this woman doing? the model who went to great heights for the perfect photo shoot. >> do you that, meisha.

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>> up for discussion the possible disclosure of audubon elementary or arrow head elementary school. it will be held at arcola intermediate school. >> commissioners approved ordinance at the zoning map, requested rezoning due to charges in the real estate market. >> from the cover of the mercury, west pottsgrove township commissioners say they won't oppose proposal to construct 100,000 square foot indoor medical marijuana growing facility, the stanley plant in stowe. company calle hollis i can farms seeking one of two state licenses, that will be issued for the 11 county southeast

pennsylvania region. and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> get a load of this. crazy stunt by russian super model is going viral. >> yes, this gives new meaning to the concept of hanging out. the russian model dicky o posed for, well, not it obviously, but there it is, stunt off 1,000-foot tower. perfect instagram shot. >> okay? authorities say the trends called roofing is seriously dangerous. and i would like to add do not try this at home or in dubai. >> are you hearing this, meisha johnson? do not dangle off a building. >> there are limits to perfect selfie. >> you know she would do it. >> i know, i do know. >> well, coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," president trump makes the cover of time magazine for the second time this year. but he may not like this cover photo. >> and tragedy strikes one philadelphia family overnight.

trang? >> reporter: two brother shot to death outside of their family's home, i'm trang do, live in east mt. airy with a possible motive. >> plus, new jersey governor chs christie lashes out at philadelphia sports fans. again. why he says it is not safe for people to even go to the philly games. >> why does he do this? that's coming up next.

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>> good morning, it is 6:30, and here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> two men found shot dead in mt. airy and police say they're brothers. >> developing now, a close call for a philadelphia police officer he pulled over a car only to have a the car drag him about 500 feet. >> i just stepped inside the 35th police district to get an

update. they tell us police are still looking for the suspected vehicle and the driver. >> ringling brothers back in town, sadly, the last time they'll be in town, guys. sorry. >> are you any good at this boxing? >> yes. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> there you have it, impromptu beat box with matt damian, on the late late show with james cord on last night. >> oh, little hidden talent there, didn't realize. woman of many hidden talent, katie fehlinger. do you have any beat boxing skills? >> not good. >> i can probably try to do a little something, but i feel like my time would be wasted. let's take a lk what's happening out there, though,

folks. we are spec to go see some sunshine out there today, basically nothing but sun, other than couple of patchy clouds along the way, high pressure or story, still hint after breeze out, there as well, making it feel little chillier, even though the thermometer makes it reads, making it feel more like the teens, for example, outside cut town area middle school. but that westerly wd flow, yes, only 8 miles per hour chilly breeze even if it is light. hey, now starting to see the light of day pop over the horizon, what promises to be stellar sunrise, 28 the current temperature at the airport, 19 up at mount pocono, still windy up that way. and, again, even though that wind is the temperature in the city, 28 degrees, modest breeze, especially northwest, still going to make it feel little colder. looking forward in the eyewitness weather forecast here for today 40's, 44 is the dead-on with where we normally would be on this particular day of the year. so very typical day. >> still again little breezy

as the day progresses up that way. so talking all week about this warming trend going town fowl. i'll let you know, a, when it starts, and b, meisha, of course, how warm are we talking? >> that's what i want to know. katie, thank you so much. looking outside to serious accident, live chopper three over one in mt. laurel, new jersey turnpike southbound before route 73, only one driveable lane is open right now, crews are out there trying to get this cleared out of your way, but until they do so i can tell you that the backups are substantial. you have to use an alternate, i would highly advise even though we have one driveable lane, getting onto 29 at or route 130, that will be your best bet. also, crews looking at mt. laurel road overpass over the new jersey turnpike it, so heads up on that, a well. a lot going on in this area use alternate, 295, route is 30, that's new jersey turnpike southbound for route 73. what a mess. jim, rahel, over to you.

>> thank you. philadelphia police continue to investigate a shooting overnight that killed two brothers in the city's northwest section. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in east mount air which more on the story and the police investigation. good morning, trang. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. police are looking for four men who witnesses describe as being the shooters. they all ran away from the scene. meantime the family is in mourning, and let's look at individual yes we shot over the scene from chopper three last night. police received several 911 calls about shots fired just after 10:30 p.m. on the 300 block of uphill street. they arrived to find two brother ages 23 and 24, lying in the rear driveway, multiple gunshot wound to the chest and torso. officers and medics transported them to einstein hospital where they both died short time later. now, police say the brother had only started recently living at this particular home with their families. police are investigating a possible motive. >> we're getting preliminary

information that this shooting stemmed from ongoing dispute and argument between these two victims. and others in the neighborhood. so we believe that is the motive for the shooting. >> police say this type of violence is highly unusual for this section of east mt. airy. they're hoping witnesses have private surveillance cameras can help them piece this altogether. live in east mt. airy, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you. >> trang, thank you. >> in other news, uber driver is facing burglary charges in delaware. bethany beach police say that saddam of frankford took passengers to these hot spots, after dropping them off he headed back and burglarized their home. police say more victims may be out there. he was arrested in tennessee after six month investigation. well, police are searching for pair of suspects who took two laptop computers from upper darby or the doesn't i can officer.

surveillance shows two suspect caught in the act. the burglary happened at rich dental, valentine day morning. if you recognize the suspect, please contact police. >> well, another all nighter continues at the capitol. let's see if we can go live inside the senate chamber where democrats are protesting, president trump's choice of stop to the epa -- opponent claim the oklahoma attorney general are in contrast with the mission of the epa to protect human health and the environment. justice department says president trump will re sends and replace the travel ban, order which was only in effect for a week banned refugees and people mostly from seven muslim names action from entering the us. refuse to reinstate the ban last week after it was a temporarily halted by a washington judge. >> taking a page from president trump time magazine, animated version of its cover, the cover story deals with chaos inside the trump white

house during the first month in office. it says nothing to see here, and it shows president caught in the middle of a storm. >> well, we all know that new jersey governor chris christie doesn't like the eagles. >> now christie is going after our fighting phils. >> (laughing). >> let's just start with that, okay? they're an awful team. they're an angry bitter fan base. and it is not safe for civilized people to go to citizens bank park if you want to root for the other team. you got to believe what? you got to believe we're awful people. that's what you got to believe. >> tell us how you really feel. the governor a fan of the met, and the phils responded with a nice tweet back at christie, you might say they red christie. tweeted: we love our fans and appreciate their un waivering support as we bridge to the right future. reference little dig about the governor areas ongoing problems with the bridgegate

scandal. >> christie goes low, phillies go high. >> that's what you call, read it and weep. all right, phils. >> coming up, nasa needs your help finding another planet? and meisha has another dream drive. >> then they go in this container action zero, opening it right now, he's doing it. >> meisha giving us a sneak peak inside philadelphia's newest butterfly pavilion. in this extreme drive. let us know when it opens to the pun. hey, pat? >> we're here at the wells fargo center, ringling brothers are in town getting ready for weekend full every fun. what are you guys doing here? >> oh, ice, i get it, i get it. >> that's gros

kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >> is a member of our cbs-3 family. >> talking ukee washington of course and those of us who know ukee not surprised but they recognized as his

contributions in the news media during a special ceremony. he was one of three local broadcasters chosen for the honor. ukee accepted the recognition by paying homage to some of his news heroes. >> it was here that the seeds of my career choice were formed of the where the seed was planted, and so they grow. i was inspired and motivated by watching television, way back in the day on my family's black and white television with the vice grips because the knob fell off. >> special event was part of philadelphia's black history month celebration. you can watch ukee's entire speech on our website cbsphilly.com. congratulations from all of us. >> indeed congrats, ukee, family let's turn it over to katie fehlinger now. >> couldn't resist. >> katie, pretty nice forecast, though? >> i would absolutely say that, yes. looking ahead to very pleasant weather here coming up into the upcoming weekend specially

if you have outdoor plans, make the most of that, maybe lucky enough to see one of the folks with the three day weekend coming up here, we are expecting sunny skies for the vast majority of the next seven days, even. but certainly at least through the weekend. and the reason for it high pressure, so at the moment here on storm scan, few clouds still billowing in as storm continues to make it full departure, high pressure making its full arrival. but, there is still a hint after breeze, just enough, that you notice it out there. east of the mississippi though other than couple of clouds, really is completely storm free. with high pressure building in place, keeping control, sunshine, and then eventually warming trend is also on our side. now, there are folks that actually see some negative signs the fact we have this winter warm, ski loving, the greatest news in the world, but with that said, especially folks like farmers, for example, this can actually cause a pretty significant problem for if you it lasts long enough. the return to the cold that we ma end up seeing before the winter ends could kill crops.

plants and shrubs already budding little too early, some folks already seeing the buds of their tulips trying to pop through the soil already. and insect, proliferation can happy early as well, some animals, amphibians, at risk, so the idea of climate change very well represented here, even though weather short-term, climate changes long-term it, does give you sense of the kind of impact of the climate can definitely have on us. meanwhile, outside we go to some of our weather watch earth reports, and you have done a lot of chill in the air, that said, it is a cold start to february morning, still modest breeze out there making these values from peter in lawrenceville, ken net willingboro, ruth in eagles ville, eileen in gilbertsville, chilly beginning, with that said of course also have the season of polar plunges coming up here, one in sea isle this weekend, lots of sunshine and mild conditions for mid-february, 51 at 2:00 p.m. in sea isle city, that water is awfully cold however. you won't see me jumping in there. but certainly on dry land,

51 degrees, sunshine, pretty darn nice at the shore. next couple of dares in the city low mid 60s, gorgeous, if you are a fan of this, if this is for you, then great weather forecast coming up. fifty-six on monday, still with sunshine. and we will keep that theme going at least through tuesday. meisha? >> we need that warmth and sunshine, all right, katie, thank you so much. looking outside right now, 95 is actually where we had an accident. pretty serious accident, moving in the northbound direction around girard. that will accident has now since cleared. looking now we switch in the uthbound direction on 95, looking pretty busy. it will take you from the vine to woodhaven, about 40 minute. you want to certainly if you are just headed out the door right now pack on little bit of extra time. really where you need to pack on extra time where we have this serious accident, new jersey turnpike southbound before route 73, one driveable lane is open. and i would say i would still use this alternate. it is very, very slow moving around there. 295 or route 130 is going to be your best bet. and take a look at all of this red that we are seeing, new jersey turnpike from the pa

turnpike to route 168 is going to take you well over an hour at this point. and, once you get out to the accident, try to navigate past that accident, you have a lot of gaper delay. again your alternate, 295, route 130, highly, highly recommend using those alternates right now. then we also have motorcycle accident. newtown, summit square, the bypass, jim, rahel, i can tell you right now on this friday morning, it is looking very, very busy. specially on all of the majors, i would say the major, 95, the vine, 42, and jersey, also northbound creek road looking very busy there. but i think more than anything else we've just had a string every accidents over the past hour. >> yes. >> here is a question for you. if you need a break from the cold weather, well, meisha got a sneak peak at a very warm spot. >> who doesn't need a little warmth in their life, especially the cooler month? well, new butterfly pavilion opening this month in philadelphia. and it is an exclusive first look inside.

>> this is the butterfly pavilion, right up here, northeast philadelphia. and this is the largest butterfly pavilion to have ever been built in philadelphia. >> doctor john cambridge our butterfly whisperer. ceo, oversaw the multi-million dollar renovation. >> it is like a rainorest, so what's the temperature in here? >> temperature we keep it between 75 to 80 degrees. >> how many different species are in here and how many butterflies in general? >> at any given time about 100 species, some natives, some tropicals. >> will eventually fill with about 8,000 butterflies. hundreds are being born, right now. >> this is the chamber where people get an opportunity to actually see these guys emerge, like you can see that one just starting to emerge.

>> and then they go and in this container. my gosh, opening it right now. >> then we bring them out of the chamber so people can actually watch these things emerge here. >> this is so cool. so what's this? >> this is our moth tub. >> i are these christmas lights? what's this? >> no, little tiny led's. >> incredible, staff ready to let you hold these critters. >> if you want to attract a butterfly john knows the secret. >> wear bright red, bright pink, blue. >> that attract them? >> they think you're flour. >> take a look at this, guys, my buddy just hanging out. has been g out since i walked in this place. i must see. >> our motto science is art.

so everything is beautiful but everything educational. >> oh, i love that. >> so cool. one, i can tell if you, been to a lot of places here one of the coolest places i've visited. new butterfly museum opens to the public in one week, next friday, february 24, and thank you so much for my friend john originally giving us sneak peak at this place that's truely out of this world. if you want another look check the video section, cbsphilly.com/video. a place you guys have to check out. >> how warm. >> very warm, 80 degrees plus we were all sweating in the camera lens fogging up but i will tell you in the dead of february who doesn't want to go 70s, eight old's? i'm there. >> looks leak you made a couple of friends, john and butterfly? >> as i was walking out the door, bye, guys, jim, our photographer, see you guys later, butterflies, get back in here, you have all of our

friends. so cute. >> now that pluto is out, nasa says citizen scientist cost help them find our solar system ninth planet. guess what? they have an app for that. >> i bet they do. check out nasa sky scan, backyard world stop org, moving objects, one of those could be the next. >> well, we've been telling you all morning the circus in town, ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus will be doing it final farewell here in philadelphia. this weekend. >> "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen live with a preview of the floor. hello, pat. >> sadly guys final farewell. but you can still come down, have a good time over the weekend at the wells fargo center ringling brothers barnum and bailey. this is the clown. hi, what's up, philly? >> oh, man i'm feeling great this morning. how are you? >> i'm well. >> are you feeling as well as these guys behind us? what's going on here? >> well, they are on fire this

morning. acrobat i can troops, doing amazing ice skating acrobatics today, this morning, for us bright and early and one of the amazing, amazing act you'll see in the greatest show on earth this year. >> i've never done it but pretty good at t and actually you can see these male skaters, create a line and go between their leagues, they do hoop driving as you're about to see, will go on some trampolines on ice, we have it all, greatest show on earth, on ice this year. >> i like t little different then. >> beyond these guys, what else can you see if he comes down here? >> the extra, if you have to come to the early act, every day, even seeing the skaters get warm up, exclusively out

of this world. you can see before the show, meet the performers download the app and get back stage behind the curtain sneak peak for the greatest show on earth. >> little taste of what from our skaters, a little bit later this week, we have shows all the way through monday. >> yes. >> through monday, you have got couple each day, though, as well. >> oh, man, we have two today, two tomorrow, three saturday, three sunday and two shows around out good old monday, and if you want to find out when those shows are, what time, ticket prices all of that, it is on the internet. wringling. com. >> i feel like -- >> absolutely, absolutely, we had fun time. >> oh, absolutely. >> in orders to truely fit in

you need costume, face paint, you have eight minute left in the show. make that happen? >> everybody knows all of the stuff now. >> i can't hear them on the ear piece, so -- >> this is getting very un comfortable. >> we're not clear yet but if you can hear me come to the show. we have these shows through monday, guys, you can come to the greatest show on earth. >> hijacking past live shots. >> also, thanks, pat. >> i don't think he can hear me. i don't think he would wear the face paint anyway. >> well the podium up staging the cast of saturday night live is a work after local company, base in the montgomery count. >> i monkey boy productions out of wynnecote created motorized podium driven by melissa mccarthy she appears on s&l, as secretary spir. in first rehearsal, mccarthy's driving with a little pen tip.

>> s&l first suggested wrecking a segway, that was deemed too dangerous, so instead what they did they put motorize the wheelchair, removed the seat and built podium on it made out of foam and wood. and mccarthy was controlling it with a joy stick. i was trying to figure out how they were doing that. >> quite expertly. >> great job there. well, we will be right back with three to go. ♪ trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes !

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morning, behind the scenes of the hit tv drama captioning fund good morning. it is friday, february 17th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." in an extraordinary news conference, president trump comes out swinging, attacking his critics and defending his first month. he said he inherited a mess and his white house is running like a fine-tuned machine. scott pelley and john dickerson explain it all. more than 15 well accuse a former coach of sexual abuse. and high-security app that makes messages vanish is gaining new fans in washington. we'll show you how it work