Skip to main content

tv   Eyewitness News at 12PM  CBS  February 23, 2017 12:00pm-12:31pm EST

12:00 pm
refinancing is right for you, ask me. sincerely, robert kennedy, fellow grad and fellow citizen. citizens bank education refinance loan. call... to see how much you could save now. >> live in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." "eyewitness news" at noon begins with the arrest of delaware county school aid. the woman is accused of showing ann prepare re at pictures and videos of herself, to her students. police are concerned there may be other alleged victims, afternoon, i'm jim donovanment. >> aim rahel solomon, liver with the radnor police department with details from news conference that just wrapped up minutes ago, joe, good afternoon, what are police saying? >> rahel, jim, good afternoon,
12:01 pm
police are telling us there are through juvenile victims and one adult victim in this case. let's get right to the video and show you that the defendant arriving to her arraignment, identified as mia de nay johnson of philadelphia. cbs-3 was there, as officers led her in. johnson we're told is aid and counselor at radnor's the village school. >> purposely showing pictures of herself to students while the midst in the sex act, it was purposeful and graphic, now, johnson also accused of flashing students at the school, at different points in time. police tell us the village school conducted a thorough investigation, and contacted investigators, as they're required to do so under pennsylvania law, mia johnson, they say, had contact with children at other schools and that concerns them. >> also was employed at five different, call them, schools or places where she could have
12:02 pm
contact with children. so, we will be following up with those places, as well, also, notifying children and youth services that far situation, to make sure that nobody else has come in contact with her, and she's behaving in this manner showing obviously videos, still pictures, and actually physically displaying her personal body to students. >> now, this comes already on the heals of bad news for the village school. it was earlier this month whether teacher nina scott was arrested and charged with repeated sexual assault of a student, nina scott is facing more than 70 charges, she denies those allegations, school has also released a statement to cbs-3 pledging its full cooperation with this ongoing police investigation. of course, there is a lot to unravel with this story, count on the latest on "eyewitness news" starting at 5:00. we're live in radnor township, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> thank you, joe, looking forwards to that report. meanwhile it was a foggy start to the day today. this was the view over center
12:03 pm
city just couple of hours ago, the top of the city skyscrapers covered up in invisible in the low clouds, visibility improving, but we're in for some showers later today. meteorologist, katie fehlinger live on the cbs-3 skydeck with a view of the city skyline right now. katie? >> yes, jim, finally has, in fact, brighten up. i went out for quick coffee run between the morning show and the noon, and starting to worry a little bit, okay, these clouds need to start breaking it we're going to actually end up into the 70's. now actually already got at least 70 degrees, depending where you are, not in philly, but down near the shore, where things really bright ends up quickly. so now that we've brightened up, all we can do is warm up from here in the city. but we did get little bit of late start. so chance we don't actually hit zero seven. i think good shot to the upper 60s, though, with that said, let's get you on outside to some of the maps. at this moment nothing to report but assange ores mentioned there is a chance we ends up with shower or thunderstorm toward evening specially in southeastern pa.
12:04 pm
so even here in philly, later this evening, there may be a shower if not rumble every thunder. look how warm it is by comparison to yesterday. specifically in delaware, and new jersey, from 24 hours ago. you really have gun to warm up in those spots, especially because it brightened up sooner for you. meanwhile, your area at 59 currently at the airport. i will say that standing out here with dark jacket on it does feel warmer than that. with the sun beating down on my back here, so feels pretty comfortable, that said, but notice, atlantic city already at 07 degrees at the ac international airport. so definitely milder, by comparison, and it will end up being a direct product here, for daytime highs, result of how early it brighten up, still very mild even though we may ends up with little bit of a broad range of daytime highs skies brighten for everyone, and also, how long this stretch of potential or actual
12:05 pm
07 degrees plus heat will last us. >> breaking news right now. the sixers are reportedly making moves before a 3:00 p.m. deadline in this one was a little un expectedment multiple sources are reporting the 76ers are saying new orleans noel to dallas, for andrew, and protected first round pick. the sixers have a log jam of big men, and were expected to move at least one of them before the deadline. we will continue to follow the moves and we'll have more on "eyewitness news" later today at 5:00. and in other news this afternoon, members of the trump administration are speaking today at the annual conservative political conference in marylandment counselors to the president, kellyanne conway, while chief strategist steve ban on speaks this afternoon, tonight around 7:30, vice president mike pence will take the stage. president trump expected to address the convention tomorrow, plan to discuss how to address the president's nationwide. >> only 39% approve of trump's
12:06 pm
job performance while 51% disapprove. >> say the most important issues for the trump administration to address are immigration and the economy. craig boswell at the white house with more. >> reporter: president trump continued his focus on jobs thursday morning, during a meeting with manufacturers at the white house. >> we will return significant manufacturing jobs to our country, everything is going to be based on bringing our jobs back, good jobs, the real jobs. they've left. >> the latest cbs news poll shows most americans are feeling good about the economy. republicans, in particular, approve with 61%, that's a 30-point boost since december. >> people say they've never happened so much in 30 days of a presidency, we've done a lot. >> president trump and his administration talk with nasa trading partners, canada and mexico today. president trump will have a phone conversation with canadian prime minister justin trued owe, while rex tillerson
12:07 pm
meets with mexican president. >> the united state lost one third of our manufacturing jobs since nafta. >> there are attentions with mexico, over new immigration memo that authorizes the deportation of anyone living in the u.s. illegally. >> you have to understand that we are not going out and doing mass deportations. >> 39% of americans and the cbs news poll approve of president trump's handling of immigration, 55% disapprove. craig boswell, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news." philadelphia officials have revealed the amount of money that sweetened beverage tax raked in. officials say it raised $5.7 million in january, city leaders hopeful that the number will increase, as tax compliance improves. they expect the tax will bring in about $90 million each year. mayor jim kenney strong words this morning, for critics of the sweetened beverage tax.
12:08 pm
>> those guys who own the soda companies, american beverage association are billionaires, have been advertising in poor communities for generations giving people, making people obese and giving them the diabetes, and all we ask for is a little bit of money to save back in the community to educate kids in pre k. they're whining little babies? some super markets say they're considering layoffs to make up for a lost in sales, the beverage tax revenue is supposed to support pre k, community schools, and recreation centers. more than two dozen medical workers have quit their jobs in the aftermath of the deadly inmate uprising. delaware vaughn correctional center, steven floyd killed after being taken at the hostage at the prison february 9 nurses, nurse practitioners, medical and dental assistants and technicians have all quit their jobs. correctional officers have quit, eight more filed for retirement. >> coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news," lock your doors. >> after a rash of vehicle thefts, that's the message to one local community, why
12:09 pm
police say the thieves aren't just taking any car. >> and hello bao-bao. after 16 hour flight the american board panda arrives in her new country. the latest on her long trip home when "eyewitness news"
12:10 pm
fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 150 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, and jan can upload 180 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month for the first year. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. this race is consequential. it's all about being able to look your kid in the eye... and say, honey, it's gonna be okay.
12:11 pm
and this woman understands it in her gut. she gets it. stephanie hansen understands what people need. this election is very, very important to middle class people to live the life they deserve. don't ask yourself the morning after the election "why didn't i vote?" >> spring of high end vehicle thefts, police say the thieves strike in the evening and overnight hours. some vehicles that were stolen were left unlocked, in driveways, with keys inside. in other cases cents, the criminals would break into the home, steel the keys, and then the car.
12:12 pm
>> they're taking a lot of time to pick out high-end vehicles, such as arrange-rover, high end mercedes, some very high performance jeeps, these individuals are getting a lot of money for these high ends cars. >> now, police encourage residents to use alarms, keep their vehicle locked inside a garage, and to keep interior doors to their home locked, as well. >> good advice, following a 16 hour fedex flight, bao-bae, the second panda to be born at the smithsonian national zoo in washington dc. also the 11th panda born overseas to return to china, all of the pandas do have to be returned before they turn four years old. bao-bao will remain in quarantine for a month to get used to her new home. >> there is a powerball winner this noon. >> not yet. >> not you? >> no. >> the single winning ticket sold in indianna. no, we don't have family
12:13 pm
there, either. the lucky winner winds estimated $435 million, and have the numbers ten-13-28-52-61 and the powerball two. we do have some good news locally. there was ticket sold in new jersey, that matched five numbers to win $2 million. so, check your tickets. >> any family in new jersey? >> i do, but still haven't won even that. maybe next time. still ahead on "eyewitness news," 250-mile high delivery today. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news." space x makes good on space station delivery. a daylight. why the astronaunts receiving a shipment right away. >> perishables in there? >> half and half forecast here. very much like spring on saturday. with some afternoon showers, and even thunderstorms. and also, some pretty decent warmth out there. but a cold front crosses through, bridges back the sunshine for sunday. that also bridges with it a dose of february reality. i'll tell you exactly what we expect on the thermometer
12:14 pm
right after the break. at ikea, we believe that everything, from your lamp to your couch, should work as hard as you do. that green living is something everyone can afford. that you can sacrifice everything but a good night sleep. and we believe your furniture should last happily ever after. make the dream yours with ikea.
12:15 pm
12:16 pm
>> important delivery, finally made in outer space, take a look, images from the space x dragon, a cargo ship, full of materials delivered to astronaut, at the international space station. space x completed 250-mile high delivery early thursday, 250 miles. arrive a day late, astronaunts had to open up the capsule in a hurry because 40 mice were inside. i guess that about perishable, part of stud.
12:17 pm
>> i i thought it was food? >> (laughing). >> ya, not quite. but, in some societies? >> let's not go there. >> where are you going? >> let's not go there. >> scientific experiment. >> there you go. indeed. well, how do you feel about may like warmth here? >> yes. >> really a direct result of how early the sky brightened up for you is what we end up with today for highs here. we saw the fog hang on for awhile. >> right. >> right? dense fog advisory, it ended up getting extended until 11:00 a.m. finally the sun has come through. however, because it took such a long time for that fog to lift over the city, we may at best only get into the upper 60s, i still check the hyatt 71, since we're just going to go with it, we had it early this morning, so see how we do, but, at this point, i'm thinking there is a chance we may not actually hit that. although in the city granted may not hit 71. but elsewhere already even in atlantic city at 70s we speak. speaking of the shore, let's take you on out there. beautiful afternoon unfolding, people taking advantage, check
12:18 pm
it out. i haven't seen this many people sitting on the beach in a while. so people making the most of it, certainly outside in cape may county, ocean city, bright blue skies, beautiful ocean waves, lapping up on the shore line granted the ocean water only about 42 degrees right now, but regardless, if this were the middle of july, it would be so, so beautiful outside. meanwhile, let's take you next to a time lance version of our neighborhood network. starting just before the sun came up. see actually outside kutztown area middle school that you can, in fact, let me jump back here, can in fact see light of day. as i put things into motion, six hour loop. look how that fog settles back in, then it left, now at this point, you have got bright blue skies, sunshine even there, so really was again one of those mornings that could ends up making or breaking a our forecast was. looking at storm scan, storm system beginning to get its act together across the central planes, becomes our next story, meantime look at the current snow cover. it is almost across the canadian border, almost everywhere, across, basically for the eastern two thirds of
12:19 pm
the united states, so very, very small amount of snow pack, say for the rockies and point west of that, meantime, however, you know, even the poconos, barely have inch on the ground, not man-made. so just crazy that at the end of february, we have virtually no snow coverage across pennsylvania, let alone the rest of the area. now, let's talk about what happens tonight. there is going to be a couple of showers, thunderstorms that fire up here, maybe as early as 7:00 or so. but generally 8:00, 9:00 what we're thinking here, could be heavy thunderstorms within here, meanwhile, look ahead to tomorrow, another round of fog that very much. something we have to keep an eye on. jump top saturday now for the next storm system we just showed you actually moving in. we may see few early morning showers, but more than anything, it is this line that has the biggest headache for our area. second half of the day, afternoon, evening, some showers, gusty thunderstorms will fire up. right now i don't anticipate any severe weather, we'll let you know if that will change, regardless good gusts out of the storms, definitely a quick drenching out of it, as well.
12:20 pm
we need the rain. we will take t by sunday, all long gone. dose of reality comes our way. we are back to the 40's, for what's been a very warm month thus far. i mean obviously the vast majority well above average with some of the values. currently stand 69, hottering between 69 to 70 degrees, atlantic city, at 59, here in philadelphia, but we are going to continue that trend up on the thermometer. and again, even though we may not hit 71 in the city, already flirting with it, and in dwight a few locations, 71 tomorrow, zero seven saturday, bottom gets pulled from underneath us sunday. >> still not bad. it is winter. >> exactly. >> i don't think anybody is complaining. >> get ready to feel the aloha in ardmore. >> that's right. and tonight with tori peeping hawaiian specialty, raw fresh, on the menu, island treat that celebrates the sea and the hidden treasures beneath the water surface. >> originate in the hawaii. fishermen would go out on
12:21 pm
their boats and whatever they would catch, they would cut up as a snack. >> it is a treasure chest, it is a tropical treasure chest in here. >> so, what is in those bowls in find out how it made its way to lancaster avenue, how they're lagering their hawaiian flavors, tonight with tori, "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >> community in bucks county celebrating. >> yesterday they found out they won the town did half million dollars. (cheers). >> cheers errupted at the bristol riverside theater as as the crowds learned bristol borough the winner of the small business revolution contest. the contest was sponsors by delux corporation, one bristol resident breaks down how much the win means for the tyne community. >> what we get for it is a lot of pride. that's the most important thing to me, a lot of feeling of we're going in the right direction again in bristol borough. but we also get $500,000 of service, grants, for our business district.
12:22 pm
>> sounds great. well this morning the town held a rally celebrating yesterday's big win. the $500,000 will go toward revitalization efforts. >> we've been following that for quite some time in the morning. >> i voted. got my vote in. >> congratulations, awesome. >> one big play day in center sit. >> i and of course if you or your kids, or your grand kids, like leggos, stay
12:23 pm
12:24 pm
12:25 pm
>> some might say it is a lost art, how to conduct yourself in public without being attached to your phone and social media. i'll show you the run of etiquette classes, have some tips on how to look polished in public. >> i'll be watching. that will then at 6:00 lasting legacy. health reporter stephanie stahl, how her memory lives on in chester county, and the reason vets are calling it incredible. >> earlier this morning, new center city building was unveiled. >> but it was a little bit, different than the skyscrapers we're used tonight mayor kenney and the executives of leggo lands, showed off newest replica of the liberty building, cool, right? nine builders spent more than 930 hours to build the logo building. grand opening to the leggo lands discovery center in plymouth meeting set for april . >> looking good. >> now to very special part of this show. so i always talk on me being from here, from delaware county, west philly, as a kiddie went to saint francis
12:26 pm
desales, so i have my sisters with me, sister jennette on the right, sister constance on the left. say hello, guys. how amazing is this? sister jennette and sister con stills were therefore 31 years. >> that's fantastic. >> love that. >> absolutely, 31 years of their life there. now in the northeast, doing the same thing therefore lot of deserving children there, now at saint matthew, and so funny story, i always talk about this, sister jennette taught math, love her to death, but if you did something wrong, she was right there, so don't do anything wrong, but love you. >> sisters i have to have a prove word after the show i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. >> and thank you, "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. always on line at cbsphilly.com. the young and the restless is next. have a great day everyone. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪
12:27 pm
12:28 pm
12:29 pm
what's more magical than with top prizes of $50,000? the answer's winning... on the spot. oh, yes!! play pot of gold, the new game from the pennsylvania lottery. and you could win... on the spot. keep on scratchin'!
12:30 pm
>> colin: token of my affection. >> jill: these things are as dead as our marriage. >> colin: well, they just, uh, maybe need a bit of water. they'll blossom again. >> jill: hmm. >> colin: just like our love. >> jill: yeah. actually, they do remind me of our relationship. like something you dug out of a dumpster. >> colin: that was an expensive bouquet. >> jill: you bought them with my money? >> colin: [ sighs ] look. i realize that i've messed things up. >> jill: hmm. >> colin: but, well, we can start again with a clean slate. >> jill: you mean an empty bank account. >> colin: i can nurse you and your finances back to health.

105 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on