behind controls of that el train when it slammed in the back of another train. in the meantime the investigation presses forward, into how all of this happened, the rails have been cleared behind me, of the damaged cars and then thousand officials are seeking an answer as to why. sources tell cbs-3 a septa el car 57 made it in the loop, behind the 69th street terminal during tuesday morning's rush hour, veteran operator george mink was forced to activate the train's emergency hoed. last resort, sources say, in an attempt to avoid a collision. mink, a 30 year septa employee was chris thecally injured after his train plowed in the rear of train 67, and then sideswiped a third train. three other people were also hurt, their injuries were described, to be minor. investigators with the national transportation safety board were on the ground by tuesday evening, and examining the trains, tracks and trying to term what went wrong. a spokesmen out of washington

d.c. says that nobody from the agency was available for an on camera interview. septa confirmed this section of the track has technology, known as automatic train control, and which under ideal conditions should have made a collision next to impossible. and only adding to the mystery sources say the fact operator george mink was able to activate that emergency status , suggested that he didn't have a medical emergency, or lose conscious ness prior to the collision. regular el riders tell cbs-3 that no way to pass judgment on safety. >> everything is a fail safe, you though, nothing is 100 percent, just like anything else. is has to work. it takes time, nothing is perfect. >> reporter: sources tell thaws george mink is hospitalized at lankanol hospital. they say he is in a hellly induced comb a we did check with lankanol hospital, they would not the release his current conditions, although as of yesterday he was reported to be in critical

condition. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 more on the technology that exists on these tracks, and how that plays a role, for possibly laid a role otherwise , in what happened here, i'll see new an hour. reporting live from upper darby township joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> see you then. septa riders encountered more train trouble during morning rush, person was struck at the station at the broad street line around 7:00 o'clock this morning. that forced transit agency to suspend services between the walnut locust and at&t stations for about three hours while police investigated. service has been since resume. computer issues caused long lines and delays for hearn airlines passengers flying out of philadelphia international airport this morning. hundreds of the passengers were left waiting in line at terminal c for hours, airline spokesperson says that problem , stems there an overnight upgrade that did not bring computers back on line at 4:00 a.m. as land. the the outage grounded lanes

and left some flyers, concerned about the vulnerability of the on line system. >> it is scary, we just have technology but it is a great thing but when it goes down we're in trouble. more we rely on it, worse it will get. something to think about in the future. >> reporter: report agents manually check in passengers until issue was resolved a few hours later. it is still dead of winter but certainly does not feel like it, and it will only get warmer. lets get outside with the forecast with kate, she's on the sky deck, kate, tell us more. >> reporter: another day above average coming to than a end now here in philadelphia. coming up i'll show you calendar which will she you how far a have above average we have been all month long, and if you can believe it, it is actually getting warmer from here. tomorrow, we will be 10 to as much as 15 degrees warmer in some spots across the area it is a pretty nice even to the evening. we had sun returning, you can see storm scan not much here , we have a batch of showers skating by to our south, mainly impacting portions of virginia and couple showers along the pennsylvania, new york state

border but most of us will be dry through the overnight hours. the it felt a little bit on the cool side now that the sunnies about to set. we are dropping back down to the 50's so right than that line when need jacket or not. by 6:00 i will break the jacket out here. we can see how warm to the south, 60's and 70's and that is heading back in our direction. over the next couple of days. so with the the advance of the warmer air we will watch out for some fog developing through the overnight hours, be on the look out for that out and about and also, thursday morning, we will see some sun for your thursday, very, very warm, coming up i'll tell you how warm it will get and how close to the record we will be and i'll tell but a descrepancy in the record for tomorrow as well. that is coming up when i join you inside, back over to you. >> kate, thank you. there is fears of layoffs growing in the wake of the philadelphia's sugary drink tax. in the first month, philadelphia officials are projecting 2.3 million-dollar in revenue. the that is only 30 percent of what is the taxis expect to generate. so some supermarkets and distributors are reportedly considering layoffs due to the

decline in sales. hear what the city says about the the tax and why the numbers are lower then expect, that is tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. a church youth group leader facing sexual assault charges appeared in a bucks county courtroom. michael, is accused of attacking a 13 year-old girl and 15 year-old girl on separate occasions last year. the alleged instant tenth took place at oxford valley chap until middletown township. he is out, on bail and due back in court on march 24th. police released surveillance video of two mask ed gunman wanted in connection with a home invasion in juniata park this video was taken inside victim 's garage on neilson street friday night. one of the suspects is wearing a camouflage jacket, victim was working on the garage door opener when the suspects walked in. police say they assaulted victim and tied him up. he was found two days later. call police if you recognize the suspect. president trump is preparing to roll roll out his first federal budget as command inner chief.

today at the white house the president described the current budget as out of control, and pledged to clean it up. meanwhile the administration will revoke federal guidelines telling public schools to let transgendered use bathrooms matching their chosen gender identity. it would be a reversal of a president obama directive. administration is putting final touches on its revised travel ban, executive order on immigration is expect to be released this week. day after announcing guidelines on how the you had will deal with immigrants who are in the country illegally, president trump is senting secretary of state rex tillerson to mexico to deliver his new immigration strategy firsthand. this comes as some current and former department officials, are raising concerns. secretary of state rex tillerson has largely been silent during his three weeks on the job. he hasn't held a news conference and many meetings, and calls are not publicly disclosed. they are also has this is been any daily briefings which for decade had been main channel

for department to get its message out. that means foreign governments are often publicly describing hearn policy, rather than the u.s. itself. wraps more serious for u.s. diplomates state department officials were completely shut out of president trump's key meeting with israeli rhyme minister netanyahu last week, while mr. trump's son in law jared kushner who has no screens in foreign affairs sat in. but state department officials insist tillerson is in close contact with the the president , and they will meet today and often speak by phone while the process of selecting his top policy makers is slow, officials say that tillerson is careful and deliberate, he is trying to translate president trump's rhetoric into policy while flying under radar of a high row file administration that is facing no shortage of diplomatic crisis. home land security secretary john kelly is traveling, with the tillerson to meet with the mexican president. mexico is threatening to take fight over illegal immigration to the u.n.

there is new renewt interest in herbert mcmaster's book dereliction of duty now that he is now that the security advisor. first published back in 1997, the philadelphia native book was number one on amazon.com, and as of wednesday morning. the publisher has ordered a new interesting of 25,000 copies. tickets went on sale today for brand new philadelphia museum that doesn't opened for another two whose. museum of the american revolution in olde city, opens to the public on april 19th but tickets for the new attraction were on sale today. those who purchased their tickets in person got a sneak peak of the first floor of the building, the museum, puts the spotlight on the word independence and philadelphia 's role in the revolution. well, bow/bow has hade it to china we will she you up next. amazing video, everyone is okay but see what happened when an even tire car goes off the highway and on to a

sidewalk. >> wow. >> frantic moments, in hawaii as waves toppled a young boy nearly sweeping him out to sea but this story has a happy ending. have you ever heard of a hot dog salad? that was on the menu during a cook off at reading terminal market. did tori's team win? find out when "eyewitness news" continues. beau.

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heavy rain in san jose, california toys blame for a serious flooding there. at least 14,000 people have been evacuated and officials were forced to shut down part of the route 101, and last night authorities went door to door ordering thousands toss seek higher ground, and at least 225,000 -- 225 residents were taken to dryer land. in major injuries have been reported. a protest even camp near the dakota access pipeline construction is officially

closed but protesters say they are not leaving. army core of engineer ordered to it close by 3:00 this afternoon. is there concern a nearby river could flood the area, anyone who does not leave could face arrests or fines. for the fourth day vandals targeted washington d.c. monuments, this time, someone scrolled graffiti on the d.c. war memorial with permanent marker. the lincoln memorial, world war two and washington monument were also hit. that the park service says it the is likely the same person, responsible for each case, of vandalism. baobao the giant panda, born in washington d.c. is landing safely at her new home in china this is video of baobao arriving by plane. she was born in washington d.c.'s national sue in 201 and as part of the program with china panda's born the at national zoo must look for a new chinese home by age four. baobao will be quarantined for 30 days. a man is lucky to be alive after a freak accident in

brazil. after seeing the disturbing video you will find it hard to believe that he will be okay. take a look, man and his wife just walking down the street when suddenly a runaway tire, yeah, from a nearby highway slammed into him knocking him on the concrete. he has head and chest injuries but again miraculous will be okay. >> that is amazing. hotter is thanking strangers who rescued her young boy. a grandmother recorded video of her grandson playing in the water on sunday when the eight year-old was pulled out by a wave, that his mother waited nearby. life guard had already left, but then a group of bystanders came to the rescue. i started screaming, we're not heroes, we saw what needed to be done and we went and we got him out. that is all that matters. >> afterward boys mother took a picture of her son's

rescuers so she would always, always remember them. how about that. >> kate bilo joining us now with a look at a very interesting forecast, for the middle of february. >> yes, wait until you see the seven day forecast. it is surreal that i'm showing you these numbers in february. the just a couple weeks ago i was thinking wouldn't it be nice if we get one day of 60- degree temperatures. the right now we're talking 70 's in february. >> how about it. >> maybe i made it happen. wish full thinking, right. >> you got it.e it happen. >> lets look at is what going on outside. pretty nice evening. milky sunshine to finish out the day. mid afternoon cloud are rolling back in tonight. we will to have watch for fog as that warmer air comes back in but pretty nice evening outside. here's a live look down the shore where we see blue skies, but day comes to a close, it it was a little cool down the shore past couple days thanks to the wind off the water. i should say cool by this february standard not by regular february standard but to take wind has switched and that has brought warmer air

back in the region not a bad evening, to take a stroll on the boardwalk there in ocean city. storm scan three shows us quiet conditions. is there a chance that a couple showers you see off to the west could impact portions of southern delaware through the overnight hours, mostly rain free tonight, and you can see cloud are starting to roll back in. there is a bank of cloud there off to the north and west and we will watch for another chance of showers, as this little boundary comes through tomorrow afternoon but mainly tomorrow evening, much of tomorrow is a dry take, and that is when we will see temperatures start to ramp up. a live look right now at white field elementary school camera in reading, 61 degrees there right now. the kid are outlaying soccer, baseball on the fields there enjoying the day to be out without a heavy coat, in february. usually we will get one or two days like that if we're lucky. we have had five or six days just in the past week or so. temperatures right now, again, notice where wind bars are coming from a southeasterly flow, a lot different from the east flow bringing in cooler air off 42-degree ocean.

we are seeing temperatures in the upper 50's. sixty's right now this reading and allentown. temperatures will continue to rise with the southeasterly flow for next couple of days. mild all across the northeast. state college 63. pittsburgh at 65 right now. 59 degrees in the the nation's capitol. recap of february so far take a look, we only have five days this month that we are cooler then average. look at these departures 24 degrees above normal saturday and sunday and for next three days we may be seeing double digit departures again. today about 12 degrees above normal with the high of 58 degrees thus far. future weather does show cloud redeveloping overnight, watch for patchy fog tomorrow morning. much like today cloud thin in the afternoon. we will get more sun, unlike today though tomorrow does have a better chance with just a few spotty showers, maybe a thunder shower, mainly around eight or 9:00 tomorrow evening the that is something to watch out for. the as far as overnight hours are concerned, it is quiet, watch out for some fog, 46 degrees is our overnight low. for your thursday, morning fog

, sun breaks out, very warm day, 71 degrees, and then in the eyewitness weather three day forecast is this what i wanted to show you guys, 70's for the next three days, that is surreal, and full descrepancy about the record for tomorrow at the airport it is 69 but for philadelphia area it dates back to 1874 before record were kept, and 75. go by higher number it does not look like a record breaker but still close to a record. >> seventy's. >> might to have break out my platform shoes to celebrate. thanks, kate. >> i like it. here's a fun video for you a dad helping his son dance like the king of pop. adam ballard and young miles there titled their video, the moon walk. >> yes. >> adam says miles was fussing and dancing calmed him down. he seemed to be enjoying it. you are probably seen this on facebook over last few days.

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>> talking eagles. >> good job. >> synergy. >> bringing it all together. >> talking bg, 6-foot 2270- pound he is built like a refrigerator but as rough and tumble as he is on gym day he is equally as warm and dairy say cuddly at home. leslie van arsdal has more. >> reporter: brandon graham on the field is someone to be feared but off the field you see real brandon graham, softer side, here it business being a father to his one year-old daughter, em son. >> each and every day, each and every second. >> he is very involved, even on his busy days after the game. >> reporter: the big question is does he change diapers. >> in the beginning he needed a little ra but now he is really good. >> it is just when the the fire start flying around and it is just like now, this is for real, and you got to kicking at best. >> reporter: being there for his family is most important.

>> i grew up in a single parent home. i said when i get an opportunity i will do it right , and, you know, have the mother and a dad, in the household, rating the child. >> reporter: brandon met his wife in high school and you this that she was the one but just took a little while. >> he we ended up not happening until i got to college. >> he he was keeping tabs. >> for my proposal i told her we were doing a documentary. i walk her over to the ledge and proposed to her. i really didn't get through everything that i was going to say but seeing that everything happened. >> reporter: one thing you can tell brandon is embracing his you this role as a father. >> it is a challenge but end of the day if it is not a challenge, it wouldn't be worth it, you know, so i appreciate each and every day being with them. life is too short. you have to enjoy it. >> reporter: leslie van arsdal for "eyewitness sports". >> leslie, thank you. >> that proposal though.

>> yes. >> i see what you to there bg, you got on some game. a moment, to honor former hockey layer did not the go quite as planned. they retired, the thumb 91 before saturday's game against the team he now chosees but it was, unveiled upside down. >> yes. >> it went upside down too. >> hanging from the ceiling. >> the banner was turn the right way, during the first period, intermission but they rolled witt, they kept it going. >> sorry. >> my bad. >> he had one job. >> it is an out of this world discovery nasa has found but not the one but seven earth sized land et cetera. >> still ahead how this stellar discovery could one day answer the question, are we alone? cleve? 403 million reasons to play the power ball i am will 's cleve bryan coming up two things most people say they would do with the the

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their wall of fame. >> yes. so i want to be one of those people. >> reporter: 403 million is jackpot if you take annuity, if you take cash which hose people do, 244 million. in winslow township cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" new images show harrison ford's questionable lane landing at a california airport last week. this is airport surveillance footage and you can see ford's plane barely miss a commercial plane sitting on the runway there. faa is currently investigating , and this isn't ford's first flight incident. he has two other close calls in 2015, and in 1999. well, nasa makes an out of this world discovery astronomers found seven earth sized land et cetera orbiting a star. cluster of planets is 40 light years away this is constellation aquarius. the dwarf star called trappist 1. they say thinks ground break ing, three planets are in the zone where water and possibly light height exist.

>> until we have just a signal will of intelligence or a picture, or a visit, it will be a long time before we know whether or not there is light there. >> last year scientists reported finding three planets around the dwarf star, and now counties up to seven. it could be more. the apollo 11 command module which traveled 950,000 miles to take americans to the moon and back is going on a road trip. as we gentleman jiang reports it is leaving smithsonian for the first time in more than four decade. >> reporter: after astros in all neil armstrong walk on the moon in 1969, this command module columbia brought him home. it was the only portion of the apollo 11 space mission that survived a fiery reentry in the earth's atmosphere. >> now 47 years later, it is launching on a four city tour that will give millions of americans a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the artifacts of history's

greatest at venture. >> reporter: columbia has been on display at smithsonian air and space museum since it opened this 1976. now, crews are preparing to take it on a two year tour, through science museums in houston, st. louis, pittsburgh and seattle. >> it is cultural and lit california significance. >> reporter: senior cure rate the oral an widell says it is important to share artifact across america, because apollo 11 symbolizes a critical chapter for the country. >> in 1969 we were at war in vietnam. there was a lot of division in the country. it served a very important unifying mission. >> reporter: transporting, any 13,000-pound object is tricky but when it is defining piece of american history there is a lot of extra planning involved >> it is irreplaceable. >> reporter: miriam was in charge of the moving the exhibition and her team has been planning for more than two years. >> documenting, identify tying

the exact condition of every square millimeter of the object. so that over the course of the tour, nothing moves, nothing shifts, throwing can be damaged report report she's confident that columbia will survive a road trip, after all , it has been to the moon and back. we gentleman jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". fairmount. it is national engineer's week one company is celebrating with some healthy competition and whole lot of duct tape. today lock heed heart inn hosted fly on the wall duct tape competition at moorestown new jersey facility. eleven teams of employees used the tape to stick a co-worker to the wall. team that last longest on that wall without it sticking, wins >> the teams have five minutes to take the tape to the wall using a single roll of duct tape and we have a maximum hang time of 30 minutes just because you have to get a little old there for a while and right now it is boring stage but i think i heard

something tear away a little bit. >> reporter: is there your winning team right there, they presented them with a trophy for their efforts. "eyewitness news" in south philadelphia for 17th district blue ribbon award. several officers received their award for officer of the month. each were called up individually, all of the recipients were nominate by their supervisor. congratulations. new cbs show taught is back for another episode later tonight. legal drama stars an ensemble cast with twins, and turns, in and out of the courtroom. >> we will put on a good case. we have evidence. gunshot case, and arrow this is back. >> five minutes later, sitting in that car. >> but he was. >> i hate realty. >> we talk to two of the shows stars about the new series. >> so, we have got a chance to meet characters, heat different people making up this world of taught. >> it is true, and thousand we

get into what this world is, what is daily life of these, group of gladiators, freedom fighters that we have come to meet in the first episode. >> great show. catch second episode of doubt tonight at 10:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3 followed by "eyewitness news" at 11:00. she will always be a fashion icon. >> still to come an "eyewitness news" a you this exhibit featuring princess diana's dresses we will show you her most iconic outfits, tori. it was a sandwich square off at reading terminal and i went head to head to see if i can impress one judge, mayor kenney? was it a winner

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story. it is opened until the end of the year. yeah, she did really push envelope a lot. >> yes, new for all to see. yeah, beautiful. there is peanut butter sandwich, grilled cheese, even blt. >> see how sandwich scramble is taking sandwich toes a

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new wireless technology is helping patients with heart failure. on the cbs one healthwatch keeping up the pace with a new kind of pacemaker. >> health reporter stephanie stahl joins us how it works. >> you know that saying about big things in little packages. >> yes. >> reporter: wait until you see this. this is an electrode that is 9 e of the tip of the pen. it is designed to help 0 percent of people with pacemakers hoff trouble with their devices. seventy year-old frances rodgers has heart failure, she used to get winded just

walking up a short flight have of stairs. >> would i stall, take a few breaths, and then go on a bit. >> reporter: her pace headach ier was part of the problem, she had three surgeries to replace leads, wires attached to her 16 year-old device but her body kept rejecting them. standard pacemakers use three lead seen in yellow to send electrical impulses to pace the heart but for many, those lead can break, decay or cause infection. doctors in london offered tran zest a new wireless technology called wise instead of the lead. the wise uses a tiny electrode laced trekly inside the heart 's left ventricle, bat theory, transmitter are i am planted in the chest wall. they all work together with the the pacemaker to regulate the heart. >> you will activate the heart in a more normal fashion. usually it is activated from the inside to the outside. >> it will go in the heart. >> reporter: surgeons use a

catheter to insert it in the heart. it only takes about an hour. it has been almost six months since frances had her wireless pacemaker i am planted. >> i feel so much better. >> reporter: wow. thousand right now that wireless technology is only available in europe but testing in the you had is expected to begin, later this year. >> wow. >> reporter: very cool technology to help a lot of people. >> it is little tiny. >> seeking of tiny, here's something else that is very tiny. researchers found several new things in india and many of them are only about the the size of the thick will. the seven new species were discovered after five years of searching in a hundred tane range, this southwestern india the frogs measure only about two to 15 millimeters, long. >> wow. >> if you kiss one you can turn into a little rinse. >> hey, a prince. >> my son has been asking for a reptile of some sort and my answer has been a hard no.

>> watch your step. >> i would consider that tiny toking, on my finger but don't hold me to that. >> yes. >> and anyway, what a beautiful take. >> weather. >> it has been amazing. i asked on twitter and facebook if people are loving it or hating it. i know we have winter lovers out there but most people said they love it. it is just not a has toll get yourself bundled up, worry about scraping off the car in the morning and war big ice on your walkway, it has been feeling like a little spring fling and i'll tell you there is not a whole lot of cold in the foreseeable future. there will be a few brush west some will cooler eras we head into possibly early march but the rest of february looks on average, above the normal. lets take a look outside right thousand beautiful end to what has been a pretty nice day. we have been in and out of the cloud, we have talked about this earlier in the week we would have some cloudy weather the it wasn't beautiful sunny 60's over weekend but you cannot complain with temperatures near 60 in february and in philadelphia and we're heading to the 70's.

the nice looking shot from our parkway central library camera showing color in the sky, sun has just dropped below buildings there, just set, but these taste are longer and longer and only a few weeks away from the start of the daylight savings time. checking with our eyewitness weather watchers we have temperatures in the mid to upper 50's in many spots. sixty-one here, but warm spot on the map, in where are we here, sewell new jersey with gary at 61 degrees. he has sun. another unusually hield february take with hazy sunshine, with sun really coming out tool force mid afternoon in a few spots and then cloud won battle in the evening. more cloud then sun in hatfield but 60 degrees at jeff moore's house. heading up north of the city we are looking at 58 degrees and we check with william in levittown, and some flowers blooming. we are seeing that across the area, our eyewitness weather watcher sending us photos of early, blooms here. this is from phil, daffodils peeking through already. you can see there, wayne

hunter sent us shots of flowers blooming already. we have talk at length about this the past week or so. this is a problem. if we get another killing frost or freeze all these flowers hey dianne it is especially worrisome for farmers who could lose crops if temperatures do swing back below average. lets look outside right now on storm scan three not a whole lot to concern outside. if you are heading out and about this evening or tomorrow we could see a shower, overnight, especially in southern delaware, few more showers over portions of virginia but these should stay to the north and just looking at some clouds out there through the overnight time frame. better chance for showers, thunder showers come thomas this next boundary will slip through. doesn't look like a huge deal but mainly after the dinner hour so if you are out the in the afternoon things looking okay for you on your thursday. again, this is light left in the sky here as we check with palmyra cove nature park across the river. our official high so far is 58 . that puts us 12 above average on the high and our low of 41,

closer to the normal high, then the actual highway. about 10 degrees off record to take we will be close to the record again tomorrow. future weather shows tomorrow, cloud, fog in the morning, by mid take we will see sun peeking out and here we go around eight or 9:00 few scattered showers or thunderstorms but spring like stretch will continue, jet stream stays way to the north as we head in the weekend, it is saturday afternoon that a front comes through with chance for showers and storms. sunday we are back to average but heading in to next week jet stream rises again and as you will see here this is seven day we will go back to the 60's, overnight, cloudy mild watch for fog, 46 degrees , tomorrow morning fog and then some sun, watch for late the day shower or thunder shower but then very warm, 71 degrees our daytime high. our eyewitness necessary weather seven day forecast brings us two days in the zero seven's, back to quote unquote normal on sunday but we don't stay that way very long. the in the 50's monday and tuesday. we could head back to the 60's with rain possible by wednesday. ukee and jessica back over to

you. >> kate, thank you. there was a big sandwich making competition at reading terminal market today. >> who better to come up with unique culinary creation then vittoria woodill. >> elbows up, it is time for a sandwich scramble, two teams had to create three sandwiches , one breakfast, one lunch, one dessert using reading terminal market ingredients. as you know i was game. >> ready, set, go. >> reporter: representative dwight evans is on my team and on breakfast. >> important to have breakfast that gives you energy. >> reporter: we rely on scrapple though. >> yes, no question. >> reporter: my other teammate kyw news radio dawn good man was planning her run watch inside info. >> you are planning for brisket. >> i just spoke with the mayor he is judge. he is not a big fan. >> kill brisket. >> reporter: mayor kenney will be judging this sandwich showdown and he looks hungry so here we go. >> eight, seven, six. >> reporter: with 30 seconds, i will go dessert, with fun,

nutela on a philly pretzel. with banana and coconut flakes >> dwight, should i wrap it in a crepe. >> why not. >> reporter: this is a competition. as it heated up, dwight had his sandwich with scrapple locked and loaded. >> it is ready. >> reporter: finishing a hot dog salad with avocados and mine is now ready to plate. >> thirty seconds. >> wow. >> i don't know, but this is it. mayor kenney tasted each late. >> not bad. >> reporter: but one final point that does a team with a sandwich sweet. >> yeah. >> hey. >> go ahead. >> congratulations. >> yes.

>> congratulations. >> we had a great team, you are working with the best ingredients ever at reading terminal but all this was to bring awareness to the event that they are to go this weekend which is party at market where all of those proceeds go into making the market what it is, year after year. but hey look, you know. >> you know what. >> writing it home. >> when you got it, you got it good to see patty jackson from wdas. >> yes, nice to see. >> thanks, tori. >> salvation army after school program is teaching some students how to cook, they are cooking healthier options. "eyewitness news" at core community center in, northeast philadelphia where a few fourth graders prepared a healthy snack this afternoon, on their menu, chicken fat heat as. still ahead, on "eyewitness news" packing up love for philadelphia. >> my favorite parties definitely take have of and seeing reactions of the people that were helping. >> chester county woman hope to get 75 chances to help people how they will do it and why they could use some extra

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for third year two chester county woman are making special deliveries on the streets of philadelphia it all happens later this month and you can help, we caught up with them in spring city, chester county. >> toothpaste, tooth brush. >> reporter: one by one melissa kirkpatrick and julie buck inner are packing things we take for granted. >> when i heard about random acts of kindness week three weeks ago that inspired me to do a bunch of different random acts of kindness and this was one of them. >> reporter: julie started blessing bags project. >> we have non-perishable foods, some socks. >> reporter: she and friend started to collect essential items for the homeless, everything from hand warmers to snacks, they packed them all in sip locked bags but they wanted homeless to be able to carry more so they put out the word, they needed bags , and people came through.

>> we have purses for ladies when we hand them out and also just different bags for gentlemen as well. >> reporter: then they hit streets of philadelphia handing out blessing bags personally taking snapshots along the way. >> it feels so good. >> my favorite parties definitely day of and seeing reactions to people that were helping because it seems like out of to where act of generosity. >> reporter: business in the the royersford area agreed to put out bins so their customers can donate the to the project. this year julie hopes to collect enough supplies for 75 full bags, before march 4th, and that is 75 people, can get, a little blessing. and julie has two drop off locations they are in lansdale and all in athletics on south third avenue in royersford. we have more information at cbs philly dot om/brotherly including how to get in touch by e-mail to add to the blessing bags project. what a blessing they are. >> lucky to have them in our area. >> no taught. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 debate is

bubbling backup, some now say philadelphia's drink taxis costing jobs, and the new criticism and mayor's response and how to it happen? our joe holden looks into the safe guard in place to prevent collision, as investigation into the septa train extent continues. cleve. >> reporter: perched above the atlantic city expressway and close to several houses aim cleve bryan coming up what it is like having bald eagles for neighbors. our stretch of spring in february continues, in fact we have a stretch of zero seven's to look forward to, we will tell you how long you can expect highs in the zero seven 's and when it comes crashing back down with thunderstorms. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. what are you going to do tax toilet paper next, hershey bars. >> it is 6:00 o'clock and frustration has not fizzled over philadelphia's drink tax. business owners say it the is hurting bottom lines and

claims it is costing people their jobs. but tonight mayor jim kenney is standing by it and responding to criticism. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live at city hall with both side of the debate. anita? >> reporter: ukee and jessica, city leaders expect this tax has pulled in 2.3 million-dollar, in the first month, but businesses say it the is costing them, shop rite says it had to cut 6,000 employee hours and soda sales in the city are down about 50 percent. similar story for others we have spoke to across the city to day. >> it is a bad tax. >> reporter: about two months in philadelphia's 1.5 cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks isn't so sweet for some business owners and customers. >> i hate it. >> reporter: vicky landers say she's an avid coke drinker but refused to buy soda in the city limits since tax's implementation on january 1st instead getting it from new jersey where her