>> it was so nice out this weaken, we shattered records, but this morning we are cooling off a bit. and hit nerd records, today is monday, february 20th, happy president's day, i'm jim donovan. >> good morning, still covering the overturned tractor-trailer causing a lot of problems out, there plus couple of mover accidents, so slow moving. >> sound that way, yes. >> even for a holiday, interesting. at least the weather will cooperate for us, once the sun does come up, you will be facing quite a bit of sun glare, traveling eastbound, because we generally have nice clear sky. but yes, speaking of the warmth, we just mentioned those records, 70 was yesterday's high, that did

break the record last september in 1948 by two solid degrees in the city, so, hopefully you had a chance to get out and enjoy it, and you know, even though we are going to see little bit of cool down in the days ahead, even as early as today, it is still above average through the seven day. couple of systems going to work their way through, get you out the door, storm storm, nice and clear, virtually no cowed cover. eventually do have warmfront lifting in here. by tomorrow night. leading into wednesday. that doesn't look like it will have ton every moisture with it, but it is the next chance for some rain showers. meantime temperatures as they stand yes, gotten little cooler in the early morning hours, usually right around this time, pre-dawn, final minute leading up to the sunrise, at their coolest and this is about where we're problem bring going to bottom off here today. forty-four at philadelphia international airport, mid 30's most outlying suburbs, even near the shore point, day goes on i expect the day to still be above average. reminder though 57 is still about 12 degrees above where we normally would top off. fifty-six at the shore.

in the sunshine in the poconos as well, your high, 45 there, but coming up like i mention, this is one of the cooler days of the pack, meisha. i'll let you know when we expect to break the next record coming up. >> thank you so much. and right now you can see, we have live chopper three, there you go, over the overturned tractor-trailer i was just mentioning up teddiesing in mt. laurel. the driver was injured. transported to the hospital by the way this truck was caring a bunch of produce, hard to kind of see, getting some in and out here. but if you will, hang with us, because when you look at this overturned tractor-trailer it does not look good. it looks like mess around this situation. so where is it? new jersey turnpike northbound past route 73, all lanes are blocked. that alternate is going to be 295. we do have reports that you're just kind of squeezing by on the shoulder. i would take that amount that the 295-6789 then another accident here, allentown road right now closed between camp rock hill road and butter creek road. alternate for this area will be route 309. and then we have a third

accident, out there, in westville. 295 southbound before route 130. you are dropping just little bit less than posted speeds, so avenue all take it easy today, jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. now on developing story this morning, philadelphia police are looking for clues that would lead them to two men wanted for a home invasion. >> the victim was found gagged and tide two days after men broke into his home, "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in juniata park to tell us more about this, good morning, trang. >> reporter: well, good morning, rahel, jim, the man's neighbor describes him as nice guy always helping people fixing, baffled as to why his neighbor was terrorized like there is take look, all happened right here in this garage, and in this home, above the garage. and basically the police are telling us that they're not sure if anything was take friend either of the locations just yet. but they do believe that this man was targeted. he's currently at aria-torresdale hospital in stable condition. and police say he had serious injuries to his face, as well as his arms and legs after being tied up for two days.

and this happened around 11:00 y the 50 year old man was working in his open garage, on the 4200 block of neilson street, when two mask men entered with a gun. they forced him into his home and up to second floor bedroom, but police say he was bound with electrical tape, gagged with a rag, and pistol pl whipped. the victim was not found until almost 48 hours later. around 5:00 p.m. sunday that's when the man concerned brother broke into the home looking for him, and found him still tied up. >> we don't know if anything has been taken here. we have yet to determine that. we do know that he was assaulted, and it does appear that some sort of planned attack, this crime was planned out. >> and investigators say the garage here has both interior annex tear year cameras, they captured a lot of this crime on camera. they also found another clue inside the home, and air soft gun covered in gun believed to

be used in this beating but for now, live in juniata park, i'm trang do, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we're still waiting to hear on the conditions every three pedestrians, after a car struck them, on city avenue. now, this happened shortly before 10:00 last night, near monument road in wynnefield heights. the car's windshield was smashed during the impact. police directed traffic around the vehicle as they investigated. no word yet if charges will be filed. meanwhile, three other people are recovering in the hospital this morning, after a car crashes into a building in north philadelphia. this happened on the 1600 block of bouvier street, right near oxford street. the car smashed into the property's front railing, just before 10:00 last night. police are trying to figure out what caused that crash. >> philadelphia police are trying to catch a killer who

shot a man yesterday, in the city kingsessing section. "eyewitness news" on the 1300 block of 53rd street, where 27 year old plan was shot once in the head shortly before 6:00 saturday evening. victim rushed to the hospital where he later died. so far no arrests. chester police are investigating a shooting at convenience store, it is unclear right now if the shooting happened outside or inside the chester shop and save near ninth and central. this happened around 8:00 last night. man was returned to crozer-chester medical sent war gunshot wounds to his abdomen. >> president trump marks one month in office today looking to refocus his administration and cross off key items on his agenda. among them replacing the affordable care act unveiling revised immigration and travel ban, and finding a new national security advisor. don champion picks up the story. >> president trump said sunday at his sole called winter white house, interviewing several candidates to replace ousted national security advisor michael flynn. harwood turned down the offer

last week reportedly after a staffing dispute with the white house. the new director can do whatever that he or she want to do with the staffing at the - >> the white house is running so smoothly. >> over the weekends the president held a campaign rally in florida for his 2020 re-election during which he falsely suggested experience major terror i tax as a result of taking in refugees. >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden, they're having problems like they never thought possible. >> after major backlash, mr. trump sought to clarify the remark yesterday, tweeting the statement was quote in reference to story that was broadcast on fox news. meanwhile, members of his own party raised concerns about the president's recent tweet calling the press the enemy of the american people. >> that is how dictators get started. and i'm not saying that that's, that president trump is trying to be a dictator, just saying we need to learn

the lessons every history. >> angry over what they view as president trump chaotic first month in offers, hundreds of the demonstrators took part in weekend rallies in chicago and new york, many blasting the president's short-lived travel ban. >> i'm here to protest everything that 45 stands for. >> thousands more are expected to take part in not my president's day rally, today, in cities across the country. >> gave a hat with the slogan mate somalia great again. one of the seven countries president trump plays dollars under travel and i am graduation ban, and president himself sought asylum while working for the somalia embasy washington, d.c. >> week after philadelphia

district attorney seth williams announced he won't seek re-election his former assistant d.a. will launch campaign to replace him, shabaz, assistant district attorney from 1988 to 1993. he returned last august at first assistant d.a. and deputy foreign investigations. >> well, up next in the health watch: possible progress against the zika virus. >> plus, flood fears in northern california people brace for another major storm, weather even forced hundreds of college students to evacuate their homes, we'll show you how people are preparing. >> well, if you are hoping to remodel your home, we have tips what to do before you hire a contractor coming up next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> i don't know if this weather is quite a wild dream, but it has been very nice there is weather very nice, a lot of people out on kelly drive, getting a good run in, good work out in, and katie says we may not be done with the warm weather just yet.

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the area is supposed to see bet he weather fortunately today. >> uncertainty at california university. >> hundreds of student event been forced out of their dorms due to collapsing hillside. 275 freshmen at call holly state university were forced out of their homes saturday because of an eroding hillside. no word on when student will be able to return, those who live nearby went home while others are staying in temporary housing. >> meanwhile, in nearby orville, california authorities are warning residents to be prepared to evacuate their homes for the second time in a week. officials at the oroville dam say lake levels are low, but water levels will fluctuate during the storm. last week nearly 200,000 resident were evacuated after massive damage was found on the damn's emergency spillway. >> and time now 6:14. katie back at home nice to see the sun this weekend, we had some warmth, it was glorious. >> beautiful afternoon it was yesterday. our entire neighborhood was

out. it was awesome. everybody sort of, you know, beating the cabin fever. throwing the windows open, we actually turned the heat off at my house for the afternoon, which was so nice, we are towelly expecting this trend to continue and for mid to late february, keeping in mine, there are some minor problems that come along with this kind of warmth too soon. we don't have any snow pack. that could post down the road for crops, regardless might a well make the most of it while we have it. nor warmth on the way. meanwhile we talked about the san antonio storms, very heavy thunderstorms rolling their way through specially eastern texas right now, this is our next storm system, though it, will lift warmfront into the area by tomorrow. that bridges with it of course another warming trend. meanwhile, outside, i have to show this shot, absolutely stellar start to the day. light of day now popping over the kutztown area middle school horizon with the silo off in the distance, love this shot, 35 degrees, barely noticeable breeze out there. and i can't believe it is already time to start breaking out our health report here, so mild, heat index is not a

concern whatsoever. uv index is moderate. we take a look at the pollen levels, those are still nice and low for you out there. air quality particularly for small particle solution is also moderate here today. so, things like smoke, you ma notice little more, but really only puts problem for people very sensitive to. that will talk about the winter warmth. highlight of the forecast coming up here, will common thursday when the record to beat is 69. we think we're at least going to hit 71. there is chance we have to up this value as it may even get warmer than this. but we will stick to what we had said from yesterday. 71 degrees, your president's day also looking real nice even though it is cooler, 57 still substantially above average. coolest day of the pack, tomorrow, and still above the norm. meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone, hammy monday. we looking at live chopper three over overturned tractor trailer in mt. laurel. past route 73, sounds like all lanes still blocked. kind of squeezing by this this kind of far right area.

i will let you know right now i would still use the alternate. 295 will be your best bet. driver was transported to the hospital. and it looks lick this truck was caring a bunch of produce. which is obviously clearly still kind of filtered all over the road here, clean up crews are out there trying it get this cleaned up for you. back outside, we say around the area, getting gaper delays driving by t they are starting to mount up behind this area. so if i were you, again, i would use that alternate 295 will be your best bet. it will be slow moving as you pass by this area. it will get slow just regardless. then we had another accident here, now since cleared, allentown road, closed completely but again that's now since cleared. another one cleared 295 south before route 130, jim, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. happening today, group in doylestown bucks county will be handing out message of acceptance and included. last week the group showing up for racial justice came together to create special heart shaped flyers. this is all in response to the distribution of kkk recruitment flyers in the

neighborhood. later today members will take to the streets to pass out the new signs which promotes positivity. local businesses ren courage today put the flyers on display, jim? >> are you thinking of doing some home renovations in the near future? this week's angry list report we take a look at some of the things you need to know so you can avoid a home improvement horror store. >> i before you rush to remodel, be aware, the home improvement and construction industry ranked second highest in consumer complaints. that is according to a 2016 survey of consumer protection agencies. >> home improvement horror stories are unfortunately real thing. but you can find great contractors, you just need to be sure that you watch out for red flags, such as price that is are too good to be true. >> whether you're spending several thousand dollars or tens of thus cents, research is the best way to make sure your money is well spent. >> if you're going to tackle a remodeling project this year, the first thing you want to do research your contractor important decision, and want to make it a good one.

>> you can start your research on line, but good idea to get three written estimates for your project, so you can compare prices. also, don't discount the importance of being comfortable with the contractor you choose, and make it a point to communicate early, and often. >> my three best tips for hiring home improvement contract to, overall payment. make sure payments are staggered over the course of the projector, do zero don't pay 100% up front, only pull back 10% until l job done to your satisfaction. >> good advice, also make sure your contract lays out everything that will be done and includes completion date for more advice from hiring a contractor you can check in with angie on cbsphilly.com/angie's list. >> and your health watch this morning, researchers may be one step closer to irradicate g the vehicle a virus, in st. louis researchers say developers have successfully designed vaccine that protect lab mice against the zika virus. that vaccine currently being tested on humans, closely watched phase which began in december. >> the benefit of exercise we

hear about it all the time but certainly kind of work out can cause a life threatening illness. >> it happened to a delaware county newlywed. health reporter stephanie stahl has preview of her special report which you will see tonight at 11:00. >> wedding that almost didn't happen. because the bride was side lined by a mysterious illness that strikes people who work out. >> i've never thought that something like that would happen to me. >> we see it in people after usually -- >> i'm health reporter stephanie stahl. what triggers this exercise syndrome. how to avoid t tonight at 11:00. >> well, put a stop to frizzy hair. coming up, the dad who invent add product while trying to help his daughter battle the friz east. >> okay, plus it is downward dog, find out where you can do yoga with puppies and help a great cause. >> right up my alley

>> again overage for saturday by the time we hit sunday we should be back to season be, will come courtesy every passing storm system which likely bridges in some wet weather for saturday. we will talk about another record, that we expect to hit, that's just a bill later on, guys. >> looking good, thanks, katie. >> and now for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the mercury berks county woman died this weekend after asthma attack caused her to crash an s.u.v. into a tree at a cemetery. the woman's death comes just over a week, after the death of her husband. >> and from the press of atlantic city, one of the trump signs from the taj mahal casino resort is showing up on ebay. so far $7,100 from 11 bidders, and while the trump component of the sign is being auctioned off, the actual taj mahal component remains affixed to the property. >> bucks county courier times, washington crossing historic

part through birthday party for general george washington yesterday. in advance of the founding fathers birthday the first president of the united states was born 28 a years ago this wednesday. and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> old city fitness club attracting a happy clientele. >> they're combining yoga and pup ills. the cutest work out ever. at least in my opinion. north third street, puppy yoga class bridges together stretches with stress relieving pup ills. the class cost $20, 100% of the proceeds help homeless, abandoned, unwanted pets. >> and i think i will ' sign up for some classes. looks like fun. >> i could just look at the dogs all day long. very relaxing. blood pressure goes down. >> that's what they say. dogs and puppies and animals. >> oh, look at those two. >> well, coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," small plane crashes into a neighborhood, narrowly avoiding disaster. finds out where part of the plane landed.

>> plus, new from overnight, deadly explosion in columbia leaves dozen of people injured including officers. trang? >> reporter: juniata park mechanic beaten and left for dead. i'm trang do, live with how the victim is doing this morning. >> trang, weaver a busy morning on this president's day, overturned tractor-trailer on the new jersey turnpike, couple are clearing, and a lot of construction, all of the updates coming up. first we'll take a quick break,

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>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. well good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. it is 65:30, here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. developing now, a mechanic is gagged and bound in his house. >> his brother found him two

days later. >> we spoke to the victim's brother just a short time ago. he tells us he's in pretty bad shape. >> president trump marks one month in office. this weakest's expected to unveil his revised immigration ban. meanwhile, more than a thousand people of various faiths rallied in times square in support of muslim americans. another rally is planned for today. >> it is the cutest work out ever. >> add some puppies into the mix and people are really excited. >> a puppy yoga class at sweat fitness in old city. while the proceeds benefit abandoned and unwanted pets in the philadelphia region. >> takes a look, the shot, they rebound, they score. >> a shot, and they rebound. scores. the swat. scores. simmons was there, schenn fired the power play goal. and the flyers now lead. >> and the flyers beat the

canucks three to two. >> fly guys now two-point back from the final playoff spot. >> all right, 63:00; let's get out to katie. a lot of people waking up this morning wondering if we'll have more of the same from this weekend? >> looks like eventually yes. that is the case, guys, but for now, what you will find is just a little bit after cooler day on tap. it is still above average. our president's day actually looks real nice for late february standards, if you were outside perhaps in short and t-shirt yesterday, you won't be today. i would recommend at least a light jacket. and then certainly some longer pant, as opposed to the shorter ones, but still going to end up nice, bright and sunny out, there avenue feeling we will see a lot of people out with extra long dog walks on the minds and also maybe some extra running in for good measure here. 44 degrees the current temperature at the airport, upper 30s for millville to ac to at wildwood as well. so it is definitely a cool start to the day. by comparison to yesterday, this same time, we are almost i would say from ten, 15, even locally as high as upward of

20 degrees cooler by comparison to this same time. but, as the day progresses we expect to rebound nicely here, right now, pretty much hitting the lowest point we will throughout the early morning, and now that the sun's about ready to rise, we should climb with no problems to the mid and up ear's from philly down to the shore points, up in the mountains, 45 degrees, at best. now, meanwhile, in the what happens with our very minor roller coaster that's going to take place, every single day, even tomorrow, as the coolest, is going to remain above average. normal high is 45 degrees. but again, with the warmth that was in place through the weekend, you will need some serious cold to knock that back. so it looks like chance for that at some point in the seven day. i'll let you know when a little later on. >> thank you, katie, and thank you for the sunshine. good morning, everyone, happy monday, happy president's day to you. outside the taillights near girard, looking at the schuylkill right now. this is kind of good look what the congestion levels look like basically anywhere you lookment kind of like.

>> this everyone for the most part driving around, traveling around at posted speeds. which is goodment maybe a lot of people taking the day off today. helping out little bit. ninety-five south at cottman, push toward center city, no problems whatsoever. in fact, traffic levels right there are looking very light. casino of the same story here at the vine, vine was not closed to overnight construction, you can see both moving in the westbound and eastbound direction, looking really good. maybe couple every break lights as you jump to the schuylkill. overall that's what we would want to see specially on holiday. then we have been dealing with this overturned tractor trailer in mt. laurel. new jersey turnpike northbound past route 73, that right lane now is open. i would still recommend quite possibly using the alternate 295 as it is getting very busy around there, slow with gaper delay as you drive by that tractor-trailer as well. driver was injured, transported to the hospital. like i said, all lanes were closed now one lane is block. but that alternate is still an option for you. plus we had some construction, morrisville bridge southbound one toll lane blocked. that's going to be blocked until 2:00 p.m.

jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. developing right now, philadelphia police are on manhunt for two men who broke into a home and tied up the home owner. >> investigators tis not a random act of violence, "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in juniata park to bring us to up date this morning, actually loose like we just lost trang, hopefully we can get back to her. >> bill of technical problem. moving on here. >> we will go to the next story. >> a pilot is in stable condition this morning after a frightening plane crash in bayonne, new jersey there is happened yesterday morning outside of new york city. plane crashed a few cars before landing upside down. a piece of the plane landed at nearby gas station just near gas pumps. rest of the plane nearly grazed the gas station's cannon. >> i rahel, the faa also investigating another small care be this one in montgomery county. cessna 180 aircraft lost control during take off. made a hard landing at butter valley golf port in east hanover township. the force of the crash cracked the plane in two. amazingly the pilot and three other on boardwalk away

unhurt. >> two dozen police officers and two civilians are injured after a homemade bomb explodes in columbia. the explosive device went off near bullpen yesterday. it happened just a few hours before a schedule bullfight. police in riot gear lined the streets ahead of the demonstration by animal activist group. authorities are still trying to figure out a motive. six of the total 26 people hurt were in critical condition at last check. well, president trump returns to washington today after a working weekend at in florida as of today on the job for month. this week the president plans to unveil his revised immigration travel ban, still considering who to hire as national security advisor, on sunday he interviewed. >> president trump plans for visit to great britain, some proposing he should not speak before parliament. yesterday the house of par lamont in hon done became the backdrop, as you can see here, say no to trump. justice now director nick

shear dan, says it is extraordinary the president take a visit. >> he is an enormous threat to world peace, the fight against climate change, to building a more just and equal world. >> and global justice now is part of the stop trump coalition, the group's campaigns for social justice. >> philadelphia is among the cities where president's day is no holiday for protesters, local organizers plan a noon rally at the thomas payne plaza. opposing president trump's executive orders including the travel ban that a federal court has put on hold. stock markets and schools are closed for the federal holiday. >> a trip to the u.s. mexico border. among them also house speaker paul ryan, the plan is to get an idea how the area looks as they plan the construction of a border wall. that wall was one of president trump's big campaign promises, early estimate the cost of a project like this more than 20 billion, b with a b, dollars. some republicans are demanding spending cuts to pay for. that will now back to the

developing story, a man found bound and gagged after a home invasion. >> investigators say it is not a random act of violence, "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in juniata park to bring us to up date. good morning, trang. >> well, good morning, rahel, and jim. the man's neighbor describes him as very nice guy, who was always helping people fix things out every his garage here. he said he he's baffled why his neighbor was terrorize in the this way. take a look. >> this happened right here inside this garage and newspaper the man's home. investigators aren't sure if the suspect took anything, but say it appears this victim was targeted. happened 11:00 p.m. friday. the 50 year old man was work in his open garage the 4200 block of neilson street, two mask men entered with a gun, forced him into his home and up to second floor bedroom, where police say he was bound with electrical tape. gagged with a rag. beaten and then pistol whipped. the men left after 15 minutes, but the victim was not found until almost 48 hours later. around 5:00 p.m. sunday the man's concerned brother broke

into the home, looking for him, and found his brother still tied up. >> we don't know if anything has been taken here. we have yet to determine that. we do know that he was assaulted, it does appear that some sort of planned attack, this crime was planned out. >> and investigators say the garage here has both interior annex tear year cameras, so a lot of this horrific crime was captured on camera. meanwhile, i was able to talk to the victim's brother. he said his name is paul. he's in pretty bad shape. police tell me the victim is at aria-torresdale hospital in stable condition, with some very serious injuries to his face, arms, and legs. but for now, liver in juniata park, i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you. >> hopefully the video will help in that investigation, thanks, trang. >> in other news, still searching for plans on this president's day. >> well the national constitution center welcoming visitors for free false.

can learn about the roles of president and see first manned what it takes to be commander in chief. from 9:00 positive until noon there will be presidential costume contest, guests can come dressed as their favorite president or first lady. and a kids town hall will feature some very important guests, thomas jefferson, ache hamlin con, theodur roosevelt. >> wonder if we will see any jackie "o's"? >> never know. coming up: no one won powerball. finds out where the jackpot now stands. >> and the struggle is very real for a lot of people battling frizzy hair. >> every morning we would have to brush it through. and it was a pain. >> yes, i understand this. dad took matters into his own hands, the great lengths he went to to invent a de-frazier that apparently works. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> rahel nearly bouncing out of her chair right now. >> you have no idea why we are playing motown philly except

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nine, 31, 33, and the powerball was 20. >> now, right now, the total for wednesday night's powerball drawing is around $403 million. katie is doing little dance step over there. >> get your ticket and probably going to go higher than this. jackpot, if you don't play, i know i'm going to be in multiple pools. >> and still be here -- >> , no i won't. i'm if the one of those people. i'll give my two weeks notice, but bye bye, see me in the caribbean. >> yesterday's warm weather brightened up this fundraiser. >> so many participant for the annual polar bear run for autism it, broke a record. >> thousands showed up in sea isle city new jersey, runners and walkers every all ages, took over the boardwalk yesterday. this year's run broke the records for both attendance and the amount of money raised. organizers and runners say the weather played a big part. >> my gosh, what a beautiful day. big difference from last year.

i want to come back. weather supposed to be decent. want to defined my title from last year, run for a great cause. >> estimated 5,000 people were there raising over $100,000, the proceeds benefit special services schools, families, of special needs children, and organizations like autism speaks. >> what a great weekend to be out there, and doing polar plunge. i've never done one, but katie i would assume if you have to do one, good weekend to have it? >> exactly. now granted of course the water won't heat up as readily as the actual land will. you know it is casino every like a slow boil on a pot on the stove. right? takes a lot longer for water to actually heat up than it would for just the land mass. but regardless, yes, you can -- couldn't pick a better weekend if you tried. now what beautiful sunrise, just few towns away here in cape may courthouse, sea isle city currently at 42 degrees, northwest breeze out, there barely noticeable, that sun obviously beautiful, it will be with us, back to the eyewitness weather watchers,

give you sense what they're finding, we do have a little bit of variety, into the mid three's, some of the more outlying suburbs, mid three's down in order middletown delaware where jays son reporting but a lot of mid 40's to tell b just up the list format, see the variety pack, megan 43 degrees, cart inning ton, 41 degrees, and egg harbor township near the shore as well, 35. a lot of mid four's, to report, on the map here this morning. so, even though i wouldn't call this necessarily shorts and t-shirts weather definitely milder than average, and also, with nice light wind, just looking ahead to nice beautiful day here. this picture came in of old glory. very calm wind out there. so not waiving in the breeze necessarily. but, for this president's day, apropos picture. go back, move things forward from the live picture at cap may. storm scan3 nice and empty, courtesy of high pressure in place at the moment. do have storm system bringing very heavy thunder storms across eastern texas, this will be the form is that lift a warmfront into the region

with tomorrow's forecast, but not really going to see too much wet weather from it, more than anything this forecast remains about the thermometer. what this graphic shows you is the furthest south extent of anything that hits 32 degrees or lower. and notice, other than tomorrow morning, we actually are going to see the line well above not just our area, but the canadian border even for much of the week. no sooner do we hit the weekend though than colder air finally going to return. you'll definitely she reflected in the seven day. take a look of the another record breaking day expected thursday, very warm the rest of the we week, but by sunday should be getting back to closer to dose of reality. >> all right, katie, thank you so much. we are still looking at this overturned tractor-trailer. just waking up with us good morning, we've been covering this overturned tractor-trailer on the new jersey turnpike northbound past route 73, and we do have live chopper three over this, you can see, what a mess this is. clean up crews out there for quite some time now. but the good news all lanes were block, looks like one

driveable lane is open now. but it is still slow moving as you drive past this. the driver by the way was injured. transported to the hospital. and again, one lane open, causing a lot of slow downs were all of the gaper delay, this camera pulls away from this shot. how extensive and slow it is, so your alternate if you want to bypass it altogether will be 295-6789 that's actually what i would recommend. then also just heads up, schuylkill westbound past montgomery we have a vehicle pulled off to the right shoulder. changing a tire. that has now since been moved on. looks like we still have crew truck out there. we do have more construction to talk about coming up in a little bit. jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, meisha. take a look at this, car plows into a store nearly crushing a man. incredible crash was caught on surveillance camera at mini mart in the bronx we're told first responders arrived within minutes of the crash, the customer managed to walk the ambulance. the cause of the crash is unknown at this time. >> one scientist created break through product to help de-friz hair. >> the best part is it all start wad father's love for

his daughter. now, contending with the south louisianna humidity is not easy, 13 year old aldan clark said she tried almost every product but nothing seeped to tame her frizzy hair. that's when her single dad, doctor clark, stepped in. >> i work for corporate america, you work project, you go decades, you never may see fruition. and making something now and having clients stop me on the street, i use your product, my hair was insane, i was spending two hours every morning to do my hair, now i spent eight minutes is very fulfilling. >> okay, well, doctor clark has a ph.d. in your air yum bio geo chemistry, decided to teach himself about hair to help his daughter, his company now puts out 1500 booth as day with orders from all across the us. >> keeping away the frizzy, 6:49. a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> gale king joins us live from new york with a preview. good morning, gale. >> hello, jim, rahel. good to see you guys.

ahead president trump struggles to fill posts, national security advisor job. we'll talk with michael morrell. plus one month after the inauguration, we go beyond the polls to explore american hopes and fears under trump administration. it is second installment of our we the people series, that's where we travel the country to hear from people of different political backgrounds unbelievers. and why the future space exploration could mean going back to the moon. we will see you 7:00 on the dot. >> thank you, gale, we will be watching. >> well the nittany lions are celebrating this morning, student at penn state raised over $10 million for kids with cancer. over 16,000 student volunteers hosed the annual 46 hours, no sitting, no sleeping, dance marathon. student participation by fundraising building relationship with their thon families. over the last 40 years, thon has raised over $136 million, with its partner for diamond. good job.

>> well, today the ad ventura car yum giving guests learning more about their resident, hippo's, general i i and button. >> and this morning getting chance it hang out with the hippos, hungry hungry hippos. pat gallen live at the aquarium being helping with the animals morning training session. good morning, pat. >> pat justice appeared. >> hopefully the hungry hippos haven't got tone him. >> maybe they've taken him for a walk? we showed you last week our fighting phils starting spring training in clear water. >> looks like a lot of fun down there, now another team gearing up for another start to the phillies season. >> phillies now excepting applications for this year's ball girls, and i even got on the field and gave myself a run to try out, about 60 women apply each year for around 20 spots. now in addition to being athletic you also have to be outgoing and enjoy community service and and team player. >> we are a team. we classify the ball girls as

a team, all therefore each other. we do play the sport softball. so really we do look at each other like a team and like a family. >> and tomorrow we will tell you how to apply, the deadline, and also we will see if i measure up, and if i can make it to the phillies ball girl. >> i'm sure you did. >> i'm pretty at let glike okay. >> i'll put that out there. >> we will be right back with pat and. >> three to go. >> stay with us.

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>> i understands pat and the hippos have ended their coffee break. >> live at the aquarium helping with the morning training session. we thought were you hiding from us. >> no, i got so excited about the hippos that i kicked the plug right out of the wall. yes, here at adventure aquarium hanging out with these big ladies right here, hanging out with mark. good morning. >> how are you doing. >> doing well. so tell us about two hippos you have here? >> we have button and jenny. buttons is the older of the two, she 19. then we have jenny out there, cruising around somewhere, she is about 16. we're doing quick training session here, give us a hands with. this is something that we will be doing here today at adventure aquarium for our hippo awareness weekend. >> these hippos are like maybe three, 400 pounds, am i close? >> no, way off. >> how far off? >> about 3,004 how pounds.

>> impressive. >> yes, very big animals. >> eating broccoli right now. >> believe it or not, vegetarians. >> how much food per day? >> these guys eat about 40 pounds per day. >> 40-pound of veggies per day? >> yes. >> impressive. i'm around 20 myself. but i'm on a diet. so the enrichment program features what? >> today doing training session right now where they are actually coming up here target the window. we also will be giving them some watermelons, everyone lovers to see them get their water -- watermelons, give them a host, they love to drink, ice blocks, lots of exciting things for the hippos today. >> big weaken here? >> in our final stretch here, last day of hippo awareness weaken where we raise money to help hippos out in the wilds, the hippo truck, and very cool, weaver some prizes down there, weaver some painting these guys did, and we have a bunch of stuff going on today. >> if you want to jump in and give it a try. >> so just target up here?

>> tap the window, she will move over. >> i know kind of in the mitt -- in the middle of something right here. come touch it. common. >> still time to digest. throw three, 3,000 pounds, the other about four? >> about four how. >> pretty impressive stuff. all right, that's the button. still eating. come on, button. we can do it. we can do it on live tv. all right, she's still eating. i kind of get it. she is awesome. adventure aquarium is awesome. you can show us the smile at least. that's cool. all right, we will take a smile before we leave. mark, we appreciate it, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank everyone here at adventure aquarium. here i'll gave you a kiss. i can't even get a kiss today. >> good stuff. thank you, pat. >> as we wrap up, here is

three to go. >> demonstrate letters spend their president's day protesting against the president, taking place at noon, at thomas payne plaza, one of several places across the country. >> distributing heart shaped flyers today in response to the discovery of kkk recruitment flyers in the neighborhood. >> and there are president day festivities around town, today, the national constitution center, ben franklin museum national museum of american jewish had i trist all offering free admission. >> that's three to go, last check on traffic and weather. >> looks like stellar day, not the warmth of yesterday, but you can see, barely cloud out there. in fact i don't think you'll see much cloud cover. temperatures back to the upper 50's, ' opposed to the 07 degrees bee saw yesterday. >> tac-pal bridge going up around now. heads up on. that will over turn tractor trailer in mt. laurel still out there on the new jersey turnpike past 73, thanks, meisha. cbs this morning is next. >> remember to join us each weekday morning here on cbs-3 starting at 4:30, have a great day.

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