sexually assaulting six children among them, his own daughters. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter, >> reporter: a new twist this case, thomas was, to an end, and, discovered in mobile homes, where he was supposed to do work. those messages contained rampant, details, of alleged child sex abuse, and, two women, say they were his victims, coming forward to tell their story. this is jay s. >> hello. >> at just four years old a familiar face, a family friend , molested her, repeatedly. >> if you, yourself, are a victim of william, i encourage you to come forward and to stand up for yourself. >> reporter: is william charles thomas, prosecutors a

rested him last month on more than 50 child sex abuse charges. six accusers have come forward , monk them these two women. today they are identified as only by their initials. >> i was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. >> reporter: this is jn, she said william thomas or willie as known to the children around the midway village trailer park in falls township first sexually assaulted her when she was seven. in her words willie wore mask of a trusted confident, and the mobile home park handy man who never raised suspicions with her parents. >> a man who prayed upon young , innocent helpless children, and doing things to us that we had no idea were wrong at the time. >> reporter: as we first told you last month court papers filed in the case show a wealth of evidence against thomas, including, a bedroom shrine he allegedly kept of child pornography and children 's clothing. workers with the network of victims assistance, point out the calling card of a pedophile is well established.

>> those who engage in abusive children are tricky they are manipulative. >> no one should ab shamed, embarrassed or difficulties couraged. i have been there. i for the the depression, anxiety, and you can too. >> reporter: now, perhaps not surprising, to veteran investigators they believe that there could be more victims out there, falls township police, is on this case and they want to hear from anybody who may have information, relating to this entire case, and the network of victims also wants to hear from folks, we have placed all of this information, contact numbers, for anybody, who may be able to contribute to the case, on our web site that is at cbs philly.com. reporting live from falls township i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. on this balmy first day of

march, position along the boardwalk in ocean city. side darkened rain came down in a hurry, now temperatures remain unseasonably warm out there but changes are on the way, meteorologist kate bilo joining us now with more on what we can expect, tonight, kate. >> jessica, today was a busy daze all across the area with temperatures rise to go record levels, in a few spots. you see storms in north carolina where severe dynamics are better down there and they have to be on the look out for severe wind gusts and tornadoes this evening. but for us storms have moved off the coast. we have a few lingering showers, that is bit, we did have a report of the tree down in cape may county. reports of winds gusting to 40 or 50 miles an hour but threat has ended. we dueled pick up a stray shower or rumble of thunder through this evening not

expecting much more in the way of severe wet here. winds pick up overnight and skies clear, and then tomorrow , blustery and much colder, i'll tell you how much colder and which parts of the area may see some snowflakes, before the week comes to an end. for now, jessica back to you. >> kate, thank you. track forecast anytime at your fingertips down load free cbs philly weather app available on itunes and google play. new tonight police arrested two teenagers they say are responsible for beating and robbing a six three-year old man in upper darby. we first told you about the crime last week. now authorities tell "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves that man's assault and robbery was just the beginning, of a week long

crime spree. >> upper darby police believe that they have put an end to a week long crime spree, at their community. >> this was really, really violent, crime activity. this was not a joke. >> reporter: superintendent michael chitwood says a 15 year-old from upper darby and 17 year-old from west philadelphia have been arrested for badly, this six three-year old man, last year. and going on a spring of strong armed robberies all around upper darby. >> and, and they would, again. >> sixty year-old frank said one of the five people, in the by the teens. and his robbed along fair dale avenue. >> a that was my last, one, and my husband needed it, the last

four months. >> they committed real crimes, they deserve real time. not a slap on the wrist like juvenile justice system would be. >> reporter: police have charged the teens with robbery , juveniles, hoping to charge them as an adult saying they heinously targeted easy pray, elderly people and people who can barely speak english. up inner darby alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". volunteers returned once again to a local jewish cemetery damaged by vandals, as reward for information, continues to grow. volunteers spent the day, cleaning up grounds of mount carmel cemetery in philadelphia's wissonoming neighborhood. as we first reported over weekend a visitor to the cemetery found vandals toppled more than 100 grave stones, and the reward now stands at $69,000 for any information reading to the arrest of those responsible for that damage. pepsi is blaming philadelphia's sugary drink tax for plans to layoff nearly a quarter of its work force in philadelphia. the company, says that it will

eliminate 80 to 100 jobs over the next few months, pepsi currently has 420 workers in the city. soda giant says it recorded a 40 percent drop in sales, since the 1.5 cents per ounce tax on sweetened drinks went into effect january 1st. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00; and, the next person weigh in on the issue. philadelphia naacp is once again calling on the district attorney's office to grant a new trial to the contractor, convicted in the deadly salvation army building collapse. griffin campbell is currently serving a 15 to 30 year prison sentence for his role in the june 2013 disaster. but a jury in the civil trial only found campbell liable for 1 percent of the damages. naacp believes campbell's case believes a second look because of that civil verdict. >> we're calling not only on district attorney set will yams to have the full review of the convictions, review

unit on this case to look at a recommendation for the reduction of sentence, or to exonerate griffin campbell all together. >> the naacp is also calling for district attorney candidates to reveal where they stand, on the matter. president trump is enjoying favorable reviews for his prime time address to the joint session of the congress and today he tweeted just two words: thank you. in a cbs news poll 76 percent of viewers approved of the president's speech. president trump called for unity last night but democrats are skeptical. president trump sat down for a strategy session with republican lawmakers he is counting on to push his agenda >> it begins as of now. we think we will have success. >> reporter: in his first major speech to congress he left behind his divisive rhetoric to pitch a positive vision for the future. >> i am asking all members of the congress to join me in dreaming big, and bold, and

daring things for our country. >> reporter: the white house was expected to roll roll out a revised executive order on president trump's travel ban today but will wait at least another day, trump administration is considering, lifting iraq from the list of the seven muslim majority countries where people are ban ned from traveling to the u.s., although, new nations could be added. >> obama carries collapsing. >> reporter: mr. trump is challenging both sides to replace president obama's signature health care law. >> i think the key to getting this done is focus on area to bring us together. i believe we are going to get it done. failure is not an option. >> reporter: democrats who want to keep it expressed concern that the president's words don't match his actions. >> he is favoring the very powerful special interests, making their lives easier and putting more burdens on the backs of the middle class and people trying to get to the middle class. >> reporter: democrats are interested in working with the president on a 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill but some republicans are not quite on

board because of budget concerns. there were 94 rounds of applause during president trump's first address, most sustained ovation came as he honored fallen navy seal william ryan owens. wall street is cheering the president's speech with new record highs, dow jones soared above 21,000 gaining 303 points, nasdaq jumped 78 points as it approaches 6,000, s and p climbed 32 points. coming up on "eyewitness news" we can consider ourselves lucky, the stars have moved through our area today, weren't so mild in the midwest, the destruction and the long clean up ahead, in a full report coming up from illinois at 5:30. pat gallen sits down with one of the greatest athletes in the world, carli lloyd, she talks about the she believes cup and most crazy thing she has ever been asked to autograph. plus this... philadelphia has a world class orchestra and the man at the helm wants to you come see

them play, what this dynamic conductor is doing to make the orchestra available for everyone, my interview, is up next. ♪ if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer

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>> it has been five years now. i'm in for at least 10 more years which is really unusual in the orchestra world. >> reporter: world locally that has dealt with key issues while striking a sour note. faced with boosting attendance after drop offs in recent year the maestro believes bringing people back and introducing orchestra to new fans centers around musical inclusion, through a wide repertoire of opportunities. >> it is not something for the educated in music. it is not something for the wealthy. it is something for everyone. increasingly, we have some shorter concerts sometimes, and we change the time of our concert, later ones, earlier ones to accommodate the different lifestyles. cocktails, date nights for the younger ones, so that the concert is part of a more social event, and with at its center piece, of course, orchestra things. >> reporter: more performances will be announced 24 hours to the baton being raised

featuring a variety of musical groups, they are called pop up concerts and they are very popular. this though albeit brief, was not. music stops last october, musicians protested a contract offer that they said did in the do enough to restore the pay and benefits lost, during the orchestra's bankruptcy period, that ended just over four years ago. but return trip to the bargaining table with the mediator resulted in a new three-year contract, with pay raises. >> i do believe, and i hope, that this was a signal that these incredible musicians and this treasure in our city still wants to be able to deliver to our community the best that it can. >> reporter: one man dedicated and determined to deliver with exceptional and talented musicians helping him to add even more texture and vibrant to the eclectic sound of philadelphia. >> they give more than 100 percent of themselves at each second, every note, and it helps me, it carries

>> ♪ >> bravo. >> what a round of applause. >> i know. >> i have been involved with the orchestra since day of eugene orman and i highly recommend it. >> just beautiful music. he is clearly so into it. >> no doubt about it. >> a lot of energy. >> um-hmm. >> okay, kate bilo. >> speaking of energy we have a lot of storms rumbling through the area but we got off really easy with these storms. these have been going since yesterday, we have had multiple tornado out breaks in the midwest, mid south and now eastern seaboard but not exactly our part of the eastern seaboard and big wild card was how much sun would we get, how long would we have to warm up in the atmosphere to destabilize for those storms to drop off energy. answer was not enough time which is good news if you don't want severe weather storms were suppressed and very severe off to the south

which is what we do not want to see. lets look at is what happening , outside we will start off down the shore, this is one area that did get hit with very strong storms. they had more time before the storms came in south jersey and delaware for sun to come out, temperatures to warm. when you get sun and warming temperatures that case an unstable atmosphere. more sunshine you get and more warmth you have, the more de stabilization you have and better chance for severe storms to form. ocean city still seeing dark clouds, although rain has moved off shore. you can see storm scan three there is not a whole lot more to talk about. there thinks line of showers and storms back to the west, that ace long actual cold front so most of these severe storms were a prefrontal line, we are seeing actual front itself start to push through portions of ohio and western pennsylvania. scattered showers maybe a rumble of thunder tonight but as we head south we will see where worst of it is. look at this line of storms. we have a tornado watch, severe thunderstorm watch. see these boxes, a tornado warning over portions of north

carolina a few severe thunderstorm warnings in south carolina, georgia, alabama. thinks where severe weather threat really exists through the remainder on have this evening and tonight. we just have scattered showers now and perhaps another round later on. clouds are in place but still very mild, mild, steamy day, and speaking of mild now that it is march 1st we can look back at february, the warmest february, ever, in philadelphia, and it is not close. 44.2 was our average temperature. previous, record, was 1925, 42.2 degrees, average temperature we broke that by two full degrees. this warmest february will stick around for quite sometime. how many days did we drop below freezing in february? this month only 13 days dropped below 32 degrees at all look at 2014/15, 2013, more than 20 days below freezing mark this was definitely an abnormally warm, february, and abnormally warm start to march. tonight we will still have winds out of the south in the 60's at 9:00 buzz watch what happens as that front comes

through we will get winds to switch. out of the west by tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 30's and 40's and even in the afternoon not much better than 50 degrees and with winds gusting over 30 miles an hour it will feel even colder, we even have a wind advisory for lehigh valley and poconos, goes in effect until 10:00 o'clock tonight and 1:00 o'clocw afternoon i should say with gusts to 45 miles an hour. so, stray shower overnight, clouds, windy, tomorrow mostly sunny but windy, colder, 51 is our high but with gusts to 35 or 45 miles an hour it will feel like 30's all day. friday 42 with some snow showers, here and there. saturday, cold but sunny, then we will warm up again. it will be some swings over the first week of march. >> we're ready. >> we're swinging. >> thanks, kate. it may be march but in a week flowers will be in full bloom in philadelphia. >> philadelphia flower show is here, coming up a trip toll flower farm where workers are forcing those flowers to bloom just in time for the show, don

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yes, it is some. >> one of the world's greatest athletes takes certainty stage tonight in her own backyard. and carli lloyd, perhaps greatest female soccer player in the world will suit up for team u.s.a. in a she believes cup tonight in chester. our pat gallen sat down with lloyd ahead of tonight's game against germany and asked her first and foremost about the importance of connecting with those, who look up to her. >> it is important, you know, every time, i step out on the field or in my training environment, being a good role model is something that i pride myself in. >> if i can help, by telling them maybe to either that vegetables or to go out and train a little bit harder,

hopefully they can listen to that. >> vegetable thing, we will see. >> yes. >> she believes cup is tomorrow in chester. how cool is it to play in this game. >> really near and dear to my heart to play in philly. anytime i come back and playing in new jersey or in philadelphia, you know, it is special. >> it has got a lot of friends and family coming out, and great atmosphere and we have a great crowd, and we're nearly sold out, so it is great. >> reporter: heading to manchester city, to play for a new jersey girl and new playing in england, are you looking forward to that. >> i wanted to play abroad but just a matter of where, when, out of all of those pieces to all go together. it started with an e-mail from my management team from the head coach. they are in the champion group quarter finals so that is a big thing for them. >> if you played another sport beside soccer what would it be >> basketball. >> weirdest thing you have ever been asked. >> probably to sign somebody's

belly. >> really. >> did you do it. >> i dit, but i felt a little weird. >> coolest moment of your career. >> hard not to say 2015 world cup. nothing really else to say after that. >> reporter: pat gallen, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, thanks, pat. >> role model for so many. >> no question. >> signing someone's belly. >> yes. >> kind of awkward question right there. >> yes. >> that is nice, appreciate it storm system that moved through our area just a short time ago devastated parts of the midwest, drone video from illinois, shows the destruction. we will hear from someone who lost just about everything. you just watched doctor phil talk to david cassidy former teen heart throb is battling form of dementia, but here we will show you ground breaking work to be done to diagnosis dementia earlier, and find

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a widespread, path of destruction, deadly storms, spawned tornadoes in the midwest and threat is not over just yet. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30 i'm jessica dean. aim ukee washington. tornado killed three people and destroyed more than 100 homes. cbs news correspondent michelle miller is in hard hit illinois. >> reporter: tornado was spotted wednesday morning in brickwood tennessee outside of nashville as powerful storms tore through the area. it is the same system that left a trail of destruction across the central united states. >> it is undescribable. unbelievable. >> reporter: perryville missouri homes are reduced to piles of debris after a twister touched down tuesday night. >> it is very emotional. i mean there is a lot of, everything, everything it is grandmother's house so photos,

anything to do with the family was in this house. >> reporter: one person dead and more than 100 homes destroyed, it is a similar scene in ottawa, illinois where residents started to clean up damage. >> how are you doing. >> reporter: illinois governor bruce roner toured the aftermath in neighboring counties. >> how are you doing. >> it was like a freight train >> right through basement, basement windows. >> blew out. >> yeah. >> and we were covered. >> reporter: illinois emergency officials are concerned about more severe weather. >> recovery efforts, can become even more dangerous with drop in temperatures, potential for additional rain and some parts of the illinois turning into snow. >> reporter: officials say utility companies are working hard to get power, and gas, restored. michelle miller for cbs news, naply, illinois. there are new developments tonight in it or land owe nightclub massacre. a federal judge in california has agreed to release shooter 's wife on bail. nora salmon the wife of omar

mateen is facing charges she aided his attack. judge decided she's not a flight risk ordaining tore public safety. mateen shot and killed 49 people at pulse nightclub in orlando in june. dementia striking younger people. on the healthwatch tonight actor/singer david cosby made a appearance on doctor phil today. he talked about his memory loss that started in his early 60's. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with ground breaking new research being done in dementia right here in fail. >> reporter: some exciting stuff they are doing. neurologists at penn are finding ways to treat various forms of dementia earlier. david cassidy said he wasn't surprised when doctors told him he has brain disorder because it runs in his family. >> when friends of yours or family members begin to say to you, do you remember i just told you this. >> reporter: sixty-six year-old former teenage heart throb from the portridge family tv show said he decided to go public when he forgot words for songs he has been

singing for decades. >> that is when i began to be very concerned. >> reporter: cassidy is not loan, dementia, alzheimer's effects millions of families. >> this is showing as high burden of alzheimer's disease. >> reporter: doctor david ir win with the frontal temporal dimension center said pet scans shows abnormalities can pinpoint different kinds of dimension, alzheimer's or frontal temporal dementia or louie body disease. >> we like to differentiate these types of disorders and also be able to diagnosis them early. >> reporter: with no cure early diagnosis and treatment can sometimes help slow progression of dementia which is identified with certain proteins in the brain. >> it is just trying to detect accumulation of these proteins before patients have symptoms so they can get the specific treatment that would target them. >> this is a brain of the patient with alzheimer's disease. >> reporter: brains of deceased patients are only way to diagnosis alzheimer's for sure that part of the brain is the memory part of the brain and specialized in making new memories and most patient was

alzheimer's disease we have seen lost of tissue which corresponds with their memory symptoms. >> reporter: research sent things backwards brain samples are compared to imaging spinal fluid taken before the patient dies, all aimed at finding better treatments. now it is not known exactly what causes dementia which can strike anyone but usually associated with aging. there is a genetic link and can be related to a brain injury. we have more information for you on dementia at cbs philly .com/click on health. penn has research underway and looking for volunteers. we put up those links also on our web site, this effects so many people and families. >> you bet. >> amazing research. thanks, stephanie. more than 100 fathers volunteered to read to students at mastery charter school in philadelphia today in honor of read across america week. program called men of fredrick douglass aims to promote positive relationship with male role models. read across america day is tomorrow march 2nd. that is also doctor seuss's

113th birthday. today some christians around the world mark beginning of the lent with ash wednesday services. >> "eyewitness news" at cathedral of the east mack late conception in camden, new jersey for the noon mass. mass included distribution of the ashes, ashes on the forehead in the sign of the cross remind christians to rep ent fast and pray during the 40 day lent period. pope francis marked members of the clergy with ashes at the vatican. pope told support tours welcome beginning of the season with hope. those who observed lent are encouraged to give up something during the 40 day period. as we continue tonight so many dogs and cats are waiting in shelters for their forever home. >> if you are looking for a specific type of dog, breed, size, finding the perfect match can be tricky and that is where technology comes in. new ways to find man's best friend that is up next. >> sure, you want to try, go ahead. >> a book club for big people and little people.

in today's story of brotherly love the dramatic change of these students. kate? looking towards the weekend our weekend watch looks generally quiet but it will start on a cold night wintry and blustery on saturday highs barely hitting 4 degrees. it will feel colder then. that sunday a temperature surge back in the 50's and will keep going up in to next week. quiet weekend with good deal of sun, saturday right through sunday a few clouds rolling in sunday night into monday

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tears family after they found him on all paws.com. a site that connects people to rescued pets in their region. >> i thought that he looked so cute. >> this isn't family's first snoozer, last year they lost 12 year-old titan to cancer. recently decided to get a similar dog. on all paws users can pick everything from the breed to the color and even the age range. this picture grabbed their attention. not only did it look like all dogs but he had the same name, titan. >> it was amazing it was same exact name as our former dog. we thought it was a sign. >> reporter: there are several websites, apps that work in a similar way, one paws like me offers a quiz to help you find right animal match. questions include how long animals would be home alone, if you like one that wants to snug he will or one that doesn't require a lot of pet ting. site then gives you suggestions on the type of animal to adopt. murray was found on the streets as a kitten and emily

bloomenthal discovered him on all paws.com too. all paws doesn't charge anything although local rescue or shelter often has an adoption fee to cover medical costs. laura tears says that it is well worth it. >> i think there is a misconception out there that rescue dogs are damaged goods but he fits in fine with our family and we really love him. >> reporter: i posted a link with more information on these pet matching websites and apps on cbs philly.com and facebook and twitter feeds. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. >> i want murray. >> i know you do. >> murray. >> that is the thing, you have so many sweet little faces looking at you. >> we have three dogs, four cats, murray would fit in just fine. i'll keep you posted. ultrasound you have to sees to believe. >> you cannot tell if it is boy or girl but you can tell what kind of music this baby likes. what kind of music this baby likes. what kind of music this baby can a filet, or a new york strip ever be topped?

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impressive invention that is wasn't professional scientists , showcasing their creative genius in delaware county today. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 meet makers of these gadgets and see why they were all gathered in one place, coming up at 6:00. every friday at a school in aston, students sit down to wrap up a week with the book. >> their reading partners on fellow students but instead, senior citizens who volunteer their time and school says it is not only fun but valuable. >> sure do you want to try to read it? go ahead. >> reporter: every friday you'll find abby rolly on the floor traveling from swarthmore to read to some of the smallest students at chester charter school for the arts. >> they seem to light up when we come in. it is a joy to see. >> reporter: volunteer elsa, is reading one of the classics , frog and toads together. >> i love read to go kids. i love this school. >> reporter: it is not always easy for senior citizens to travel to volunteer. kendell crossland community a

retirement community in chester county is helping out, other seniors to connect with the school. >> i think, residents get the satisfaction knowing they are helping next generation. >> reporter: come fridays there are more than 40 volunteers, most of them senior citizens to help the 50 kindergarteners. program has a nickname, the reading club. >> i love energy, happiness of the children and the engagement of their pictures. >> reporter: school's ceo says club makes a difference in test scores. >> now, we go to a place where we see them move to first grade where 85 percent are on grade level and reading. >> reporter: and ready for the next book. >> so, so good to see. if you have a story of brotherly love share it with us at cbs philly.com/brotherly. >> so sweet. >> kate joins us now with a look at the forecast, and it was, rather breezy, kind of mild when i came in this afternoon. >> it has been a warm day. philadelphia didn't break a record but a lot of spots did,

allentown, atlantic city, wilmington tied a record. they got to 75 there. seventy-nine in georgetown, delaware today. big changes are on the way. march starting off nice and warm but unfortunately it will not last. we are in that battle between winter and spring, and while february may have felt like spring had already sprung the first week or so of march will really, kind of, personify that battle we have talked about the least on verse the lamb winter verse spring, cold verse warmth and it looks like cold will win the next couple of days. lets take a look, nothing cold about right now. it feels great outside as we look live from our center city camera at parkway central library. everything is looking quiet. traffic is moving along as usual, this time of the night but luckily it looks like at one point as of yet our squall line of thunderstorms would come through between four and 7:00. really disrupting rush hour. now things are quiet. clouds are still in place but we don't have to worry about these storms they came through sooner. storm scan three shows threat

for severe weather is largely over in our area. we are seeing a couple showers and thunderstorms moving out of the area right now but i'll she thaw in just a moment as we take a closer look at what we can expect the rest of tonight. weather watchers are sending us things to look at. they have got temperatures in the 60's, upper 60's to near 70. that is one little seven here, that his 70 degrees, phil in bensalem at steve schwartz weather station at his house. 70 degrees, happy hump day. lets keep warm weather going. it doesn't look like that will happen for now because big chill to talk about over next several days. sandor in newark, delaware at 65. he says this afternoon led to heavy thunderstorms with lightening. the cool is coming. i want to show you this one photo from wayne hunter my favorite is how he refers to this little guy in his yard. one of my 4-footed birds having breakfast in the fog, squirrels like bird seed as well and thank you for send ago this in. you can see overcast afternoon

here at allentown but good news here most of the storms moved on out. now another look at storm scan three which shows most of the threat is off shore at the moment. we have a few showers, thunderstorms off to the south and that is where severe threat remains this evening, especially across north carolina and into the deep south where dynamics are better and temperatures are warmer and where there has been more moisture in the atmosphere to get those storms going. we have to watch later this evening into tonight this line of showers and storms along the cold front moving into western pennsylvania now and there could be hey stray shower or storm. severe thunderstorm watch has been cancelled for the entire area and it looks like our severe threat has come to an end. off to the south we have a number of severe thunderstorm watches, warnings, tornado watch in effect for portions of georgia, alabama. pretty quiet looking to the west 64 degrees in reading at whitefield elementary school and notice how light it is still. we are heading towards daylight savings time. only a week and a half until that begins, and sunset time

will be after 7:00 o'clock. but watch the difference as we head from today into tomorrow, day one of march into daze two of march. today's high got up to 80 in d.c. eighty-two in norfolk, virginia, 72 here in philadelphia heading in to tomorrow that front comes through tonight and look at the difference tomorrow we will go from 80 to 47 in d.c. forty-eight in salisbury. fifty-one here in philadelphia tomorrow. only 45 degrees in new york. boston will not make it out of the 30's as colder air moves in. then we have to watch a clip per, coming our way on friday. so, tomorrow generally a quiet daze. we will see sunshine. blustery with winds gusting to 35 or 45 miles an hour. watch this system here on friday. it starts to move through this particular model keeps it off to the south. several other models have this batch of precipitation further north. that is still uncertain, does look like we could start our friday with scattered snow showers, so here's what to expect chance of snow showers mainly during morning hour, expecting little or no

accumulation because ground is so warm but that storm track is uncertain, we have to get better handle as we head in the day tomorrow. we will keep you posted. not a lock but we could see it tomorrow mostly sunny, windy colder at 51. your seven day forecast keeps it cold in the weekend and we will start to warm up next week but then another cool down on the way, later this next week. question is, what is going to win, winter or spring? what do we have in store. well, march slam us like february did not? i have crunched numbers. i have my march outlook tonight at 11:00. tune in and see what to expect overcoming weeks. ukee and jessica. >> number crunching going on, thanks, kate. a baby makes a revelation touring an ultrasound but we are not talking about whether it is a boy or girl. >> but little ones love of rock and roll. you can see babe showing rock sign. baby kick for first time while lit evening to music. do you see it. a musical prodigy waiting to

be born there. >> how about that. that is great. >> sure sign of spring. >> philadelphia flower show opens in just over a week, so the last minute preparations are underway, how bit, tori. that is right we are a few days away from the flower show and these blooms are a few days away from blooming see where they are blooming and where local and international designers go to to get their flowers. that is coming up

we are a little more than a week away from, opening day of the philadelphia flower show. >> and even though it may feel like spring outside the flowers still need an extra boost to get them blooming in,

time for the big event. >> vittoria woodill joins us from jenkintown with behind the scenes look at the preparations, tori. >> reporter: that is right, we are live, from meadow brooke farm and look at how gorgeous their greenhouses are. most amazing thing that i found out today was one, i went to high school in the area at saint basil academy. this is my first time here. when you enter the driveway you are smacked by gorgeous smell of flowers but what i learned was that international designers, placed their order is here, to get their flowers all for the flower show, take a look. tucked away off washington lane is a gem of a garden center, meadow brooke farm where treasured flowers, inspired by holland like these tulips are growing for the philadelphia flower show. >> holland is only the country that most people know as the place that actually produces, so many different kinds of flowers, agriculture, that is shared with nation's around

the world. >> many of the diviners in holland, netherlands are now using very natural approaches to how they create the designs and landscapes. >> reporter: local, international floral designers relay their creativity to meadow brooke farm guarders in and then they bring the flowers and their plans to life, before the show. how do you like this, yes. >> the special designers are doing quite challenging things >> in this little pot, it looks like, three of the blender, and the white one coming out here and little fluffy leaves and then the ground seed is on top. >> reporter: process to wake up these works of mother nature and trick them to bloom at at the perfect time. >> each day we will go through greenhouses where we're looking at the stage of the plant and seeing if it is in bloom or about to bloom, take for instance a toll up, you really want to hold those tulips when they have a really

tight budd on them, so that type stage is perfect for putting back into the cooler and holding it until show. >> reporter: what i thought was so cool was that they actually had to trick the flowers into thinking what time it is so they wait to bloom before the show. as much as this mild weather has been awesome for us, for gardeners here it has been a little temperamental to make sure that the flowers bloom at the perfect time but this is only a fraction on of the flowers that they had here at meadow brooke farm. they have greenhouses all outside with flowers getting ready for flower show. it will be an amazing event with lots to see, and lots of different things, that you can take away from some of the exhibits like that one flowering plant that i showed you, it had flowers that grass growing within it. lots of interesting things you will see here at the flower show. check it out. biggest fundraiser. so no excuse not to go, jessica and ukee.

always a great time, thanks very much. catch all of the beautiful blooms during the philadelphia flower show that opens to the public march 11th at the pennsylvania convention center for hours and ticket information, go to cbs philly .com. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 "eyewitness news" returns reports regarding relationship within the joe biden family. pepsis pointing fingers at the city of philadelphia, the soft drink giant announced job cuts but they say blame falls on philadelphia's policy. the way mayor kenney is firing back tonight. and nobody deserves something like this. >> breaking their silence, two women assaulted wye an accused child predator share their painful stories, why they felt compelled to come forward, kate? the storm threat has largely moved out of the area but tonight, winds are picking up, part of the area under a wind advisory and i'll tell butt cold and potential for snow that we will face through

end of the week. i'm cleve bryan the atlantic city international boat show. coming up i'll show you interesting, impressive products on display and show you how boating is making a rebound in new jersey. it is 6:00 o'clock. here's is what happening. pepsi cutting jobs and pointing fingers. soft drink giant is blaming cities drink tax, and the marries firing back. the company announce today they will be forced to layoff workers due to the tax. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at city hall with the response from both sides, david? >> reporter: hi jessica and ukee. tensions have been rising for months, it seems today they came to a full boil when it was announced people would be losing their jobs but mayor's office and city hall fired back and said people will be actually going back to work.