>> we could see no showers today, the bigger story is the frigid temperatures this weekend. good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along here in a moment. here's what you need to know to get your day started in the morning minute. >> four people are shot overnight in philadelphia's mt. airy section. >> the group of about 20 people was just behind miata bar and restaurant, listening to music. a fight broke out. then someone pulled out a gun. >> i have recused myself. >> attorney general, jeff sessions, said he will not take part in any investigations into the trump presidential campaign. which revealed sessions met with russia's ambassador to the u.s. twice. >> speaking of donald trump, and while his attorney general was going up in flames, trump was down in virginia, addressing the military in newport news, or as he calls it, new pork news.

>> a crazy car chase overnight in the san fernando valley california. >> oh, oh, popped out. >> the driver ditched the vehicle under an overpass. >> that is the suspect right there. >> later seen jumping fences. >> very crazy ends. thank goodness nobody was injured. >> we're told the chase began when the license plate didn't match the car. >> good thing no one was hurt. all right, let's get out to katie. talking about potentially some snow showers today. but maybe even more importantly, it is very cold out there. >> i would say yes, i'm glad you said that, i would say these snow showers may sound like the main headline, but really is just how cold it is outside at the moment. at best, we will top off around who degrees here today, that's below average. so quickly looking at storm scan3, already, you can see, few signs of life across maryland, chesapeake bay area, now crossing over into kent county. may begin to see couple of snows flakes there, i'll be relying on my weather watchers

to let us know what you're finding out there. most of you are finding very light breeze at this point, and a clear sky. but when we zoom it out one time, see the clipper system in a little more intensity or little more widespread coverage. it doesn't have a lot of moisture, but will bring in as we mention scattered snow showers primarily through midday. low 30's where we under currently top off wilmington and philly, up i95 toward trenton, too, kind of rule of thumb around most of the board here, you're within that freezing mark by couple every degrees, or just above it. outside the city, into some of the more outlying more remote suburbs, like pottstown, 26. so, yes, it is cold, guys. winter has made its come back. it will hang out for couple every days here. but snow showers, the key here, guys, it will be scattered for one thing, very light coverage, i don't think if anything at all you'll see much accumulation out of this, at worse meisha maybe dusting but that would be very, very, again, much the exception than the norm. >> even dusting seems like a lot now that we're in march,

we don't want any of t thanks, katie, good morning, everyone, looking outside. 422 moving in the eastbound direction, looking good, quiet here. not the same story everywhere we look however on 95, i know starting to heat up little bit. also heating up little bit here. the blue route, tail light moving in the southbound direction at ridge pike, i would say so far this morning, it has been busy. had a lot going on. this is one incident we've had. water main break, actually happened about 3:30, egg harbor city. main street philadelphia avenue you want to use the alternate. heads up on that. also, we're getting some tweets in this morning from our friends, eagles, saying hey good morning there is an accident or something is going on at huntingdon pike abington, what's that? the answer to that actually manhole cover that came off and leaking water. so right here, huntingdon pike at cedar road, you want to use alternate. shady lane or fox chase road to get around that, probably going to be your best bet this morning, jim, rahel, over to you. >> good to know, meisha, thank you. it has been talked now for five years. five years. the philadelphia's waterfront

make over now looking more like reality. >> and i am looking forward to it. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at penn's landing with more on the city's plans for it new park. good morning, trang. >> good morning, you mentioned five short years ago there is was proposal on paper. but thanks to major infusion this week there is area you see here will be dramatically trans forward in just a matter of years. >> penn's landing is getting a $225 million overhaul that will connect the riverfront to the rest of the city. >> this project, we believe, will be truely transformed. >> the delaware river waterfront is planning the 11-acre park, which president corker and will extend over i95 and columbus boulevard, between chestnut and walnut. >> i think it will be an amazing place, public space, that will be 4-acre cap over the highway, that will have all times of activities, and then 7-acre beautifully landscaped park down to the

river. >> will also change with the season. skating rink in the winter, and more green space in the summer. people who live in the area like jena epstein are thrilled. >> i'm excited. i think it look good for the city, for the community, kids being families, give them something to do. >> earlier this week mayor jim kenney pledged $9 million for the park. penndot is contributing 115 million, and thursday, the william penn foundation announced a $50 million contribution leaving 10 million unfunded. initial investment is expected to pay off in hundreds of millions in economic impact for years to come. >> always great to have more things like this, get people out, engaged in the city, bring in more revenue in the sit, people spending money and enjoying, you know, building up the community. >> and construction on this park is expected to take five years, and we're also told that construction should start as early as the ends of this year. for now live in penn's landing, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." jim, rahel, back to you.

>> thank you, trang. meisha and i are already planning, because we live down in that area, all set and rahel's going to join us, we'll have like picnic on bench somewhere. you can join us, please. >> just five more years. for more information on the upcoming penn's landing park, to see more rendering, meisha, jim, check out the website cbsphilly.com. >> headed there right now. time 5:36. in business news this morning, we now know what led to a huge outage in amazon's cloud. >> also money watch's jill wagner joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchange, where jill, ipo was major success, good morning. >> yes, good morning, jim, rahel. right now futures are flying little lower open. stocks pulled back yesterday from their record highs, the dow fell 112 points, but it does still open today, above 21,000. the nasdaq dropped 42. wild success, fares jumped 40% on the first day of trading, that bridges snap's market value to about $33 billion. is more than macy's, could

encourage companies like uber, air bnb to go public. >> janell yellen giving a speech today in chicago, waiting for clues when the fed could raise interest rate. there are high expectations that the fed could vote to raise rates at its next meeting in march. >> and mystery solved. amazon says the cloud computing outage tuesday was caused by mere typo. amazon says worker was doing routine fix of the company's billing system, and incorrectly typed a command, amazon says make sure that does not happen again. a type/. >> typo? who knew, systems were so sensitive. >> i've been there. >> boy i can blame things dow wrong on my computer. >> ya, i'm glad that the typos that we make do not cause huge computer outages, right? >> just mass confusion, jill. >> thanks so much, jill. have a great weekend. well, in serious news this morning, hundreds every people will soon be out after job

after announcing closing dozens of stores. >> including # 12 in our area. see them on this map. distribution center in philadelphia will also close, and we've learned that the appliance electronic chain will close total of 88 fors across the country. those closures are expected to happen by the middle of april. >> attorney general, jeff sessions, is recusing himself from fbi investigations into russian interferance in the presidential election, as senator and advisor to the trump campaign, sessions met twice with russia's ambassador to the u.s., but also acknowledged that during his confirmation hearing. president trump called sessions honest man who could have stated his response more accurately. >> while house press corps can thank tom hanks for their next cup of joe. third time in 13 years, actor donated an expresso machine to reporters covering the trump administration. a note from hangs said they should keep working for truth, justice and the american way. specially for the truth part. now, hunk donated first in 2004 when found out there was

no coffee machine in the press area. i believe meisha is now signed up to be part of the white house press corps. >> that's critical ingredient. >> specially on this shift. >> up next, some stars walk the red carpet for beauty and the beast. >> and we are going behind the scenes of logan, hugh jackman's latest fill until theatres today. pat? >> reporter: good morning, guys. we are live here at lasalle high school. in this school in about a half hour or so the swim team will be splashing around, and they're really good. how good? we will tell you coming up, of course.

>> one local's boy swim team has dominated philadelphia's catholic league. >> pat gallen live in winds more at lasalle college high school with a look at what it takes to be so successful. good morning, pat. >> reporter: yes, it takes hard work and dedication, as you can imagine, and they certainly have that here at lasalle high school. they have 29 straight philadelphia catholic league titles. they've done a lot of work this this pool. now, last week i got a chance to come out and check out practice. they go full speed. they go hard. and they have an exceptional team that's getting ready for

the state championship. we'll take a look. >> sports dynasties are as impressive as the lasalle boy's swim team. their run of catholic league titles have reached ridiculous 29 state years. >> i was a swimmer here as part of that, frank was our long time coach. and i've taken over for frank, and kind of continued the tradition that he had set for the. >> he was head coach through 25 of the championships before passing away in 2015 after battle with cancer. but extension of his legacy can be found in last season's state title their fifth straight, and the 2016 national swimming championship. this year the kids just hope to keep the fun going. >> we have a great team this year. and we lost couple of seniors last year, to bucknell, and i couldn't be more excited to finish off. >> and these swimmers aren't messing around. they're dedicated to keeping the championship streak alive. >> freshman year you come, in not used to doing the two a

day's, monday, tuesday, thursday, friday morning, and every afternoon, then saturday, too, but i mean, the more you do it, the more you get used to it. >> but the coach isn't worried about them being red. >> i there are some freshman, but with the young men we get coming to the school, the caliber of athletes that they are, student athletes, you get them in motion, and, you know, the rest takes care of it self. >> now i'm always so impressed by high school kids that do two a day's and these guys do it four days a week, and you heard them, that includes saturdays. so their schedule is incredible outside of the school work that they have to do. so coming up in two weekends, they'll be up at buck necessary university from march 15th until the 18th going for state title number six. and what's fun bye lasalle high school, there are just so many people have taken part in this championship streak of 29 straight years in the catholic league, i posted on social media yesterday that i would be here, and friend, and

friends every friends reached out, hirple, i was part of this team or went to that school, part of those 29 years. so really extends throughout the country of people all over the place that have been part of this. so coming up in about a half hour, as i said, the kids will be in the pool. we will talk to another captain from this team, his name is jake, and he's going to usc next year. so you know top notch talent here at lasalle high school. we'll talk to their coach to see what he says to the kids to get them prepared for the high school. here live at lasalle high school, should i jump in? i didn't bring my speedo. >> do it. pat, i was jug going to say, we're all very impressed by the student, but we would be really impressed if you bared it all, not all, but -- >> nearly it all. >> down to the speedo. >> i don't know. i don't know. >> is mom watching? >> we'll see. >> no. i like those swimsuits that cover from head to tow from the 1930's, you know those striped garments.

>> i can picture you in one. that's not what he'll bewaring. >> thank you, pat, check in with you in the next hour. well, good day to cover up. >> you won't be schwinn g outside shall that's for sure. >> no kidding. i can just picture with you like a jaunt i mustache, stripes head to tow, sweet part down the mid. >> happy walking down the boardwalk? >> we'll take that over the eagles suit. >> maybe. >> you know, i would, i would find that very, very enjoyable to look at. >> my eagles suit. >> that will never ends. >> you said it, though, really cold outside. obviously not outdoor swimming weather, but actually good skiing weather coming up here, guys, making fresh stuff up at jack frost, big boulder right now, they've been at it now since we've been on the air, probably earlier than that, too. yes, very cold air to work with, fresh powder will have no problem sticking, all looking good up there if you're a ski buff, good, mentioned, real good weekends coming to up hit the slopes here.

we do have some nature made snow that's coming along today. so, with that said, checking in with the eyewitness weather watchers, that's the time of morning we like to do that. we have a lot of folks up and reporting this morning, chill in the air though. boy, take a look. out in chester county we go, 29 degrees this morning from fred. doesn't have a.m. don't but has cloud cover. very light wind just 2 miles per hour for him. that's something that has substantially eased up since this same time yesterday. to another spot we go, across the river, well into new jersey, mark reporting nice clear skies actually outs in chats words. most finding clear sky, but clipper beginning to advance, helping to bring in some of the clouds little further off to the best. going outside of the city very briefly here, 30 degrees from bill this morning, does have clear sky, as well. also had a don't, we saw winter was over, ya, not so fast say old-man-winter. yes, you know there is weekend it will be a cold one for sure. and had cold front earlier in the week if you recall the storms rolled through couple of days ago, meanwhile storm

scan showing this latest clipper system, clipper system basically one big job, that's to reinforce the cold. they don't usually have moisture content with them. this one does not. it will bring in little bit of wet weather in the form of scattered snow showers for our area. on the horizon, there is generally just high pressure waiting in the wings. we will see more beautiful weather really than anything for the weekends, just cold outside. now, could you see any of these snow showers stick? perhaps. grassy coating here and there. but most of us are just going to see the flakes flying in the sky. that said still colder than average here today, still quite breeze breezy, not the winds of yesterday thank goodness. but it is still going to be noticeable, especially with temperatures that only hoffer near or hit 40 the next couple every days, you will need to keep that winter coat handy i think, meisha. >> yes, did you put it away yet? >> i already have, yes. because for me, it feels warm. so i kind of put it away right away. ya, that's, you nailed it. katie thank you so much. looking outside into new jersey, 42 freeway northbound creek road. what we are looking at right

now, and i got say just waking up with us good morning, by the way, tgif to you. busy in the world of travel. started in the 4:00 hour, friday, we tip he cannily don't see. that will i don't know if that's a foreshadow of things to come. might want to factor in extra time. forty-two freeway, we know it will get busy on friday. >> this looks busy for friday morning basically anywhere we look being so, what do we got going on here? a sinkhole, we were actually talking about this little earlier, port richmond, lanes are closed around this area. it was all lanes blocked. now it is lanes are closed. i would still use this alternate if i were you. east clearfield, frandford avenue, your alternate, lehigh, allegheny avenue, probably your best bet. you maneuver around. >> this then also water main break happened at 33:00, egg harbor city new jersey, main street at philadelphia avenue, your alternate. southbound still your best bet. rahel, jim, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. well, just two weeks until the rest of us get to see the beloved fairytale beauty and

the beast, last night the stars got sneak peak at the hollywood premiere. plenty of a listers filled the theater in l.a. this was transformed to look as regal, says it was a true honor for her to bring its main chargers to life. >> loved it. i mean, i didn't have to learn a single lyric, because i already new it by heart, which is pretty amazing when you start a project, it was incredible. >> and the live action film features several familiar scenes, characters and songs from the original. the highly anticipated film hits theatres nationwide. looks so good. so much fun. hugh jackman will make his final appearance as wolverine at the box office this weekend. entertainment tonight kevin frazier takes us behind the scenes of logan. this week hugh jackman hangs up his wolverine clause after 17 years in the action packed farewell chapter logan. >> not the same as it was.

they're gone in you. >> hiding out were ailing professor, played by patrick. but, things change when a young arrives with familiar set of powers, a lot of bad guys chasing her, sending logan into hero mode one last time. >> ♪ >> i'm not whatever it is you think i am. >> i think what wolf err reason, yes, he's one of the greatest warriors as a character in history, right, and people love. that will but what's the way, what's the cost that far? what's the weight of that? how do you live with that? >> for his final bow as the beloved character, hue wanted to make sure everything was just right. >> i couldn't have imagine, if i didn't make the decision within myself, that this is the last one, because somehow the statement of that, knowing this is it, makes you, i was a

pain to a lot of people. hum, not quite. hum, no. like i was that guy. because i was like this character, i love, i created? character, i've loved playing it. this is the last time. i'm not going to leave any stone un turned. >> for entertainment tonight, i'm kevin frazier, back to you in the studio. >> we'll show you brand new leopard cub, coming up next. >> plus, it is a mardi gras mystery, texas man comes home with something extra from the celebration. find out why he is trying to track down someone special.

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kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >> mardi gras, always surprises. >> all on fat tuesday. justin gathering up the beads, just an average party like any other, until he caught one particular strands. >> i was catching beads. whenever i caught turkey held them for second, all right, and i through it on becomes

that time i felt something on it. there was a ring on it. >> morgan has now spent two days trying to find the person who lost the ring, even posting it on facebook, and getting 16,000 shares. he hasn't found the owner yet. but if you know anybody who lost a ring at mardi gras, let us know. well, in nashville, researchers are celebrating scientific break through. >> but not at the hospital. it is at the zoo. this cloud of leopard was born wednesday at the national zoo. the very first ever born from frozen artificial insemination. zoo keepers say clouded leopards are very rare in the wild, and difficult to breed in captivity. they say they'll name the little trailblazer in about a month. >> cute. >> cute little thing. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news." >> california gold rush, what lies beneath damaged damn could make someone very rich. , and we will also have this. >> this begs the question. do you guys like dinosaurs. >> yes. >> meisha driving for dinosaurs, meet some powerful beasts this once made new

jersey their home. meisha shows you where to go in today's dream drive.

>> four people are shot. we're liver on the scene as police sort out the details.

also, new details about vice president mike pence of private e-mail account. >> and the new gang that's had these folks camping out all night in the cold. today is friday, march 3rd, good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. tgif. tgif. tgif. >> alleluhia. >> ya, we made it, might not be all there upstairs any more, but we made it. good morning, everyone, so in the traffic department, all morning long, it has been very busy for a friday. i have to say, very odd. we've had a string every accident, lots of construction out, there but also water main break, open sinkholes, bun of. of stuff. >> i don't think nature will post any issues, eventually snow showers to track, but not this morning. but, with that said, sun glare eventually does become a problem as it comes up earlier and earlier, up in about a half hour from now, already the light of day popping over the horizon here, cold though, look at this, 25 degrees outside kutztown area middle school right now. i just love this camera. probably my favorite. ju