several cases authorities say. >> it was common knowledge, in solebury school, and no one at the school did anything to help this young woman. >> reporter: jordan mercy is on the case and says his client, known by the initials mb, suffered physical and mental abusal solebury school. he says that a former athletic director sexually abused his client when she was under age in high school from 2003 through 2005. >> for many, many years she was confined to her home and her bed frankly because she was severely derested. >> reporter: bucks county district attorney matthew wine taubb says students as young as 14 were sexually abused by instructors. authorities blamed the relaxed environment of the school and attorney marci hamilton read a statement from the victim in this case. >> by the school not taking responsibility, each victim will carry guilt and weight of

these crimes. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" reached out to the solebury school district who would not comment on this specific litigation but did say in part , quote, we strive to move forward with openness and integrity for victims of abuse for our entire community, and for this institution, that we care for so deeply. almost all of the alleged incident are outside of the statute of limitations, arrests are unlikely but this specific case lies within the statute of the limitations. district attorney winetaubb in bucks county and sole write police consider this an open investigation if you know a victim call police. live from the the sat center david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". breaking news to tell but right the new grid lock in center city. chopper three is live over a large demonstration protesters are marching on broad street, now the protesters are calling for reforms to the criminal justice system. they want mayor jim kenney to end police department's stop and frisk policy. protesters are also, concerned about how president trump will

fight crime. police tell us that the demonstration is as you can see here, peaceful. police are searching for the the thieves who went to extreme measures to burglarized a popular south philadelphia sandwich shop overnight. owner of john's roast pork says burglars broke into his snider avenue business through exhaust system on the have roof. he told "eyewitness news" he took thousands of dollars of cash and money ear mark for charity. >> they took $1,500 that was ear mark for the foundation, where we raise money for that because that is where we got marrow for my bone marrow transplant. >> reporter: frank oliveri, the owner of pat's cheese steaks heard what happened and dropped off a check to replace stolen money intended for charity. it is still chilly outside but a taste of spring awaits us this weekend. tonight we will have team three coverage. we will check with kate bilo in a moment but we will start with cleve bryan live in sea isle city and a big weekend down the shore. >> reporter: jessica, whether you like to jump in the

freezing ocean, or you want to walk alongside children with special need, polar bear weekend in sea isle city, it is the place to be. party tenth, check. chilly ocean, check. polar bear plungers, you know it. >> the place will be packed. we will love it. >> reporter: organizers say sea isle city's 23rd annual polar bear weekend will be biggest ever. >> it is mardi gras in sea isle city. >> reporter: more than 50,000 people are expected to revel in the polar plunge on saturday and the run/walk for autism on sunday. >> it will be just incredible. the just a great daze to raise money for children with autism >> reporter: walk sponsor mike , of the mike's seafood has two autistic children. the customer connie has a nephew with autism. they bond at polar bear weekend. >> we're seeing him thrive in life. it is very evident that these kind of things have to go on in order to be able to support families with disabilities and children who really want to have a great shot at life. >> reporter: whether for the plunge, the walk, or both,

50,000 people need a place to stay. >> so important for polar bear we start doing around september, october starting to get calls. >> reporter: realtors like long and foster sea isle city say rentals for weekend are book. >> it brings a lot of people into town, positive attention, with the autism run/walk. i think it shows a little bit different side of a seashore town during the winter time. >> reporter: right there something you don't see very often, in february, a line of cars, spilling into a new jersey shore town, again, it is the polar bear weekend and you can still come down and sign up for both of the events we're live from sea isle city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". exactly when will that warm weather move? how long will it last? meteorologist kate bilo is on the the skies deck with a look at that, kate. >> well, i can tell you tonight now natalie sun has gone down with the clear sky and light wind, temperatures

are dropping quickly, it feels colder out here right the now then it did about an hour ago, you still need coat if you are out tonight, you can ditch it this weekend and for some as cleve just told us they will ditch tonight favor of the bathing suit. not much going on we have got clear skies, still the last bit of a beautiful sunset visible as we look west here over center city to another beautiful moon tonight. it looks gorgeous last night. be on the the look out for that again tonight. storm scan three shows clouds across new york state. that is a warm front. as that lifts north it will open up flood gates to warm air lurking just to the southwest. you can see how close that warm air is. temperatures in the 30's and lower 40's in the area. but as we widen out the look the at that line of green. it is up to 58 in raleigh-durham. sixty-three in columbus, ohio. sixty-nine in charleston. all of that warm air invading and will be welcomed as we head in the weekend. tonight it is still clear and chilly, quiet overnight the with light wind, seasonably chilly, maybe above average

overnight the but then tomorrow though, 15 to 20 degrees above average and we just talk to cleve about polar bear weekend. for polar plunge at 2:00 you can see buoy, changing back and forth between 39 and 40 degrees on that ocean water temperature, that is still very cold. air temperature will be in the 50's so it could be a whole lot worse for polar lungers heading down to sea isle. we will tell you how long this will last once it gets in and it could take us through the seven day forecast, more on that in just a bit. back inside to you. >> thank you, kate. two chester county woman are accused of operating an insurance fraud ring that pulled in thousands of dollar. mary gara and deputy are a charged with felonies. they are charged with filing bogus insurance claims and signing up, unsuspecting people for homeowners and renters policy. they have say gara and deputy collected $07,000 by falsely claiming lightening struck dozens of properties. february is career and technical education month in the philadelphia school

district. "eyewitness news" at district headquarters today. mayor kenney joined superintendent doctor william hite for event spotlighting the career of technical education opportunities. today's event featured students from high schools all throughout the city. for family and friend of deployed soldiers, home coming celebrations can never shall overdone. >> that is why today's reception to welcome home a local army sergeant at philadelphia international airport was big, loud, and full of american pride. american airlines flight 4631 touched down at philadelphia international airport, where a welcoming committee was waiting. >> we are waiting anxiously, like you said, it has been a long night. >> reporter: until finally. >> here it comes. >> reporter: twenty-seven year-old army sergeant timothy lorenzo was home. >> pretty excited to have him coming home, it would be nice to have a role model coming back into your life to lanning out with and call your best friend. >> reporter: waving american flags and crying tears of joy,

home coming was all about family. mom and dad got the first embrace, even saving the most tiny family member, waiting her turn getting kiss from her uncle. >> it is his first deployment, and really tough going through the holidays without him. >> reporter: coatsville pennsylvania native was deployed to iraq in 2016 and now after nearly a year, sergeant lorenzo is ready for a one month break. waiting in baggage claim, outside airport terminal the family was joined by members of the warriors watch motorcycle group a team of riders dedicated to giving soldiers a proper welcome home >> it has always been about family in our house and kid understand that too. so to have him back home, have all three kids home, you know, just celebrating everything, it is everything. >> i'm sure it is. after a month at home sergeant lorenzo will return to active

duty as member of the 101st airborne second brigade combat team in fort campbell on the companies/tennessee border. welcome home, sergeant. >> well come back. new place to hone their craft, a philly distillery's newtition, when we come back we will get a sneak peak of the new on the. we will show you when public will get a chance to try it out. fighting back mayor jim kenney respond to governor chris christie's chris is cyst of the philadelphia fan base. did not want to miss what he had to say. >> leslie. phillies manager pete mackanin has a unique coaching style find out why it seems to be working from some of the players coming up

mayor jim kenney is defending his city i have governor chris christie's jab at philly fans. >> governor christie called phillies faithful bitter and said it wasn't safe to go to citizens bank parkas an opposing fan. this morning mayor kenney spoke to angelo cataldi on sports radio 94 wip and here's a portion of what he had to say. >> you know, you will think this is strange for me to say this but i kind of feel sorry for the guy. he has the biggest l on his forehead. i don't think we are bitter at all. it is a great atmosphere. phillies are a great organization. very involved in the community our fans are good people from around the region. i don't know where this guy comes there. >> mayor kenney and governor christie have had their sports differences before over christie's dallas cowboys,

allegiance. a small new malaysia restaurant in east passyunk avenue is up for big honor, best new restaurant in america >> it is the restaurant that made james beard foundation list for semi finalist for 2017 award. byob is one of the 27 candidates, 11 other philadelphia restaurants are also semi finalist in other categories. finalist are chosen how much 15th and winner will be announced may 1st, in chicago. that is like the oscars of the food world. >> yes, it is. >> good luck. >> fantastic. >> philadelphia craft spirit scene continues to grow in popularity, first distillery in pennsylvania since prohibition is toast go to a new phase in the decades old business. >> john mcdevitt with our sister station kyw news radio reports there is a new fishtown facility where visitors can soon take tours and take in all of the fun. >> reporter: philadelphia distillery home to blue coat james and other premium spirits traded in their old facility in northeast philadelphia for a new one in

fishtown, it is three times larger, 15,000 square footwear house, and this is the head distiller who has a biochemistry background. he says building flavors is an art but science is definitely involve. >> making sure natalie spirit comes off the same each too i am, making sure runs go in the timely hander and that everything work the way it should is science. >> reporter: and this is the president and co founder of philadelphia distillery. he said popularity of the craft spirits has been growing since he started a decade ago and there is no indication of it slowing down. >> first distilling license in pennsylvania since pre hib business, we were really road of that. it has given us the ability to really expand our business over the years but we have lots of competition now. other great distillers around the state, over 50 distiller iness pennsylvania. >> reporter: new fishtown distillery has 3,000 square food craft cocktail bar and lounge where this is our bartender shaking and stirring signature cocktail drinks.

he teaches he how to headache pence wood with blue coat american try gin. shaking technique all part of the lookings or, dance. the public is inn trieded to join in the fun starting this sunday and monday 1:00 p.m. to 9:30. tours start off on thursday. for more information at cbs philly.com. john mcdevitt for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> have fun, john. >> yes. >> i thought he would hurt himself there for a minute. >> cheers to the weekend weather. >> wow. >> all right. >> cheers indeed. >> it will be a beautiful weekend but if you are going out on your friday night it is chilly outside. it is a lot colder at 6:00 then it was at 5:00 now natalie sun has gone down. chilly tonight. chilly is not the in our vocabulary. we are achieving quite a bit this weekend talking about highs in the 60's and once we open up the flood gates to this warm air we will stick around for a little while. is there not a fluke warm up but temperatures will average above normal right into next

weekend at least. so we will take a little early spring and it will be a long taste of early spring. here's a look outside though, beautiful evening. still capturing last bit of light in the sky, gorgeous shot from our parkway central library, camera you can see that orange horizon. sun has gone down. chilly as temperatures drop in the 30's in many spots but it will stay mild through weekend and thomas you will see much warmer then tonight. storm scan three is clear. we have clear skies, staying that way overnight. any cloud off to the north, denoting where your warm front lies. here it is, right south of the warm trent is what i showed you at top of the show where warm temperatures are lurking, green there down across west virginia and into virginia proper down into the carolinas as well. as this lifts north all of the warm air floods in and then once it get here it is sticking around for a while. temperatures dropping, we are down to 35 in millville. thirty-nine in atlantic city. thirty-nine in wilmington as well. heading out the for your try night plans if you need jacket

, warm up is not here just yet, but, it is getting here very shortly. overnight our low temperatures dropping in the mid 30's. we will see upper 20's in the suburbs. a few cloud, quiet night, light breeze, 5 miles an hour. tomorrow mostly sunny and we will jump straight from february into april. high of 61. that is 15 degrees above average. and here's what it looks like, tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. we will see couple spots the in the 20's. we will be in the lower 30's in philadelphia at 7:00 a.m. watch how quickly these temperatures jump. by saturday afternoon we have temperatures in the lower 60's in the region. fifty's to the north. it is a full day of sunshine. now cloud are going to move in overnight saturday night, but with the cloud cover in place, saturday night into sunday, temperatures at night don't even drop well below the 50- degree mark, so very mild sunday myself, and we will start off on a good foot sunday morning. we will start off in the 40's and 50's making it's years for temperatures to climb in the mid 60's with sunshine

returning sunday afternoon. so what to expect for tomorrow , mostly sunny feels like april, 15 to 20 degrees, included could role in just in time for sunset but most of the day is dry and sunny. and then sunday even warmer, forecast ted high 65 degrees record is 68, and that was setback in 1948 we will be within 3 degrees, of that number and just cooler for president damon, still very nice, almost 10 degrees above average but more east wind will mean temperatures in the the 50's instead of the 60's. can't complain too much about that. >> your seven day forecast this weekend and again next week, tuesday is coldest day of the seven day tore cast, it is still mid-february, guys. fifty on tuesday, and that is coldest, and then we will rebound back to the 60's by even of the next week, chance for rain on friday, possibly into saturday. we will keep an eye on that. this does not look like a february 7 day forecast at all is there not one day on there that looks like a february day >> no. >> this is very rare warmth for this time of the year.

>> bring it on. >> yes, it does, like syringe. >> is what up next, don. >> talking hoops, process is not happy, joel embiid speaks in the big east i. he can hit you with a iron fist or embrace you with the warm fuzzy hug we will examine the managerial style of pete mackanin in

you have to they when to yell and whisper, necessity when to push and fall back. phillies manager pete mackanin did a nice job last season. now he is looking for better results in year two. leslie van arsdal has more from clearwater. >> phillies manager pete mackanin has a unique coaching style and mixes humor with sarcasm and refers to himself as the bend nevel length dictator. >> it is not a democracy this is benevolent dictator ship. is there more mono logs going on then dialogues, the at certain times. so you have to let players know and somebody has to ask me what my opening day see

much was b i told them what i like and don't like. i like this, i like that. to this, to that. i don't like this and i don't like that. it is a simple as. that. >> that is what you want from a manager. >> reporter: brad lidge now an assistant with the team agrees >> i loved pete. when he was bench coast when i was here and now that he is manager, i think he does a great job of keeping a loose clubhouse. >> he will say things when he needs to say them, this doubt but in general he keeps guys feeling loose, comfortable. >> reporter: so far benevolent dictator ship seems to be working. leslie van arsdal for eyewitness sorts. moving on, so far flyers are zero for can inadequacies, they lost their second game of a three game road trip last night north of the border six- three the beat down in edmonton. they visit vancouver on sunday nba all-star weekend is official way, rising stars game is tonight, dario saric will play for world team, jahlil okafor a run with the

americans. joel embiid made trip to new orleans but he is out with the tear. frustration is real. >> i want to play. i want to show what i can do. this is just frustrating. but i have to take my time, touring the years i have missed i have learned about patients and trust the process so i'm trusting the process. >> very good. >> trust the process. >> he will have plenty of all-star weekend no doubt about it. >> when he is playing. >> there we go. >> thanks, buddy. >> "cbs evening news" is just a few minutes away. >> scott pelley joins with us a look ahead, scott. >> great to be with you in philadelphia here's the "cbs evening news", tonight. president's new pick for national security advisor has turned him down. we will look into the intelligence community's growing chill with mr. trump. a powerful deluge has hit the west coast, and she told the truth about girl scout cookies, and now sales are booming.

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philadelphia's birthplace of the american flag and just in time for george washington 's birthday betsy ross house on arch street is debuting a new exhibit.

>> visitors will see how old glory came to be and how flag making industry still thrives today. they are still hand embroidered flags used at white house. this is being zone for mike pence, historic threads exhibit runs through january of 2018. how about that. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we are back at 10 on our sister station wpsg the cw philly and we are back here on cws3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news", tonight one girl scout 's dealings as an honest broker has business, booming, and steve hartman meets her on the road, from new york here is scott pelley. take care family we will see you tonight.

>> pelley: a pledge from the president. >> we love america, and we are going to protect america. >> pelley: but four weeks into his administration, there are still holes in his national security team. >> this administration is in disarray, and they've got a lot of work to do. >> pelley: also tonight, the president's supporters. >> he's actually keeping his promises, and the media just doesn't like to report that because they don't really like what he stands for. i think everybody's got to really get on board the trump train. >> pelley: the west coast is battered by a new round of storms. and steve hartman with one tough cookie. >> we tried dunking it in tea. we tried dunking it in hot chocolate. it was just gross.