>> good morning, happy wednesday, you guys, yesterday was busy right away in the 4:00 o'clock hour. seeing same thing today. very busy. we will have updates coming up >> we are dealing with a couple rain drops in the area and seeing a couple drops moving through center city philadelphia right now. leaving the house, i think you'll be all right. pass along a jacket because temperatures will be cooling as we head into the second half of the day and you do notice that temperature gradient across the delaware valley as cold front is dropping through the area, 46 degrees right now in reading, we are at 49 in allentown where that cooler air is just starting to settle in, 37 mount pocono but ahead of that boundary temperatures extremely mild at this early hour we are at 60 degrees in philadelphia, 61 in dover. we have shower activity making its way through the area extremely light in intensity but seeing this band of sprinkles and light showers working through i-95 corridor rain drops coming down center city philadelphia, germantown, west deptford, haddon and

haddonfield as well we are seeing sprinkle activity. for our day we will see sprinkles over next several hours, by 9:00 lingering cloud but clearing out as we head into lunchtime. sunshine, windy conditions, temperature of 60. we will cool back down in the 50's as we head in the second half of the day, meisha and chillier tonight. >> loving that 60 around noon, i may eat outside for lunch. good morning, everybody. looking outside we are talking about busy world of travel. accident i-95 north off ramp to walt whitman bridge, it is closed. i'll let you know when that lifts. heading out there right now it is starting to heat up ever so slightly. plus, jim mentioned this at the opening fox street is closed. we have that fire. peco substation yesterday. fox street is closed, it has been closed since then between roberts avenue and allegheny avenue. alternates around this will be henry or wissohickon avenue, head up on this we will update you all morning long but that is something you want to navigate around. we have an accident in swede bureau, new jersey with a down

pole, 322 eastbound is closed at route 551 or king's highway another alternate tomlin station road is your best bet there. again, we have a down pole there as well. we have got this accident investigation, accident actually happened at 2:00 a.m. this is investigation new jersey turnpike north bound at 1951 left lane opened, outer drive, if you do not want to deal with that use these alternates, 130, 295 or 206, that might help you out, a little bit, jim, over to you. thanks, meisha. peco has been working overnight to restore power to thousands still in the dark following yesterday's substation fire. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live in north philadelphia where outages are affecting some schools this morning, good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning. peco is making some progress, especially when you consider that at the height of the outages some 36,000 customers were left in the dark. as i mentioned more people getting back on line, that number is closer to 6,000

customers this morning but some local schools will be affected to day. peco substation on the 2600 block of west westmoreland street in west philadelphia is now a melted pile of metal as crews worked to get the system back on line philadelphia high school for girls and ew middle school is closed. the fire easily devoured the equipment, fire fighters were forced to wait three hours before all of the power was shut off before they could douse the flames. >> because wires was still energized the fire continued to flash. we will end up putting out fire old fashion way was water but we have to make sure that the power is shut down first. >> reporter: thick, black smoke caught evacuation of the nearby apartment complex. others were told to shelter in place. thousands, who power, including portions of temple university and its hospital. businesses were also left in the dark, as streetlights,

went out creating rush hour grid lock. nearby homes were damaged, fortunately, in one was hurt. >> peco crews are working around the clock and none in stop to get customers restored >> reporter: peco goes on to say they hope to have everyone 's power restored by noon. afternoon activities, will also be cancelled at girls high as well as that middle school. we're reporting live from north philadelphia, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks for that update. new this morning an eight day old baby is in the hospital after a violent home invasion in philadelphia's logan section. police say three masked men forced their way in the home in the 4500 block of north 18th street. this happened around 12:30. mother says she was sleeping when intruders point aid gun at her and threw her baby to the ground. robbers did getaway with $3,500 in cash, infant should be okay but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. serial child rapist is sentenced and put behind bars but authorities in delaware

county are not at eag believing there may be more victims out there 20 year-old hughes toss i can lux pled guilty last movement authorities say lux assaulted girls as young as 12 years old over a period of 18 months. >> we have evidence that he slipped her a date rape drug. toss i go lux. >> it is ridiculous that our kid to have deal with this, that they have to think about that. >> now lux was sentenced to 13 and a half years, to 27 years behind bars, if you know someone who may have been victimized, give media police a call. authorities have stepped up patrols in their search for suspect whom they say is kidnapping and assaulting woman in new castle county. police say same suspect kidnaped women at two different apartment complexions in wilmington last movement investigators say victims were sexually assaulted and forced to withdraw money from atm's. third attempt was forwarded monday at bluffs apartment in newark when victim ran to the

door of the former marine in her apartment building. suspect ran away. and the reward is now up to $74,000 for an information in the vandalism of the jewish cemetery in philadelphia last month vandals struck at mount carmel jewish cemetery knocking over hundreds of grave stones. anyone with any information is asked to call northeast detectives. women around the world will be taking part in today's day without a women protest, members of the philadelphia federation of teachers will join them as they fight for a fair contract. today's event was inspired by women's march on washington. more than 2 million people took to the streets of d.c. and cities across the country. this is video from the march here in philadelphia back in january. organizers say they have chose today for the strike in spirit of international women's day. well to day marks third anniversary of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. march 8th, 2014 that malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared from radar after taking off from kuala lumpur,

in route to beijing. only a few pieces of the boeing 777 wreckage has ever been found. 239 passengers and crew were on word that jet. the cause of the disappearance is still, a mystery. up next, what eyewitnesses say happens moments before a freight train collided with a casino tour bus. wild fires are burning in five states and they have turned deadly. we will tell you where they have forced closure of the busy highway. it is lights out, for lady liberty, we will see beacon of freedom in new york harbor goes dark. live look in center city. if you are heading out at 5:07 you may need to pack umbrella

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welcome back. mystery solved, officials believe that an unexplained blackout at statue of liberty last night was connected to work being done on a new emergency backup generator as part of the hurricane sandy recovery project. two hour blackout sparked conspiracy theories. it is recognized as a symbolic welcome of immigrants entering u.s. investigators will be in biloxi miss sip toy figure out what caused a freight train to collide with the charter bus killing four people. eyewitnesses say bus got stuck on the railroad tracks and passengers were in the process of getting off bus when the train slammed into it. thirty-five other people mostly senior citizens were injured, and the texas based charter bus was on its way to casino at the time of the crash. well, take a look at these flames, a huge wild fire is burning out of control in south florida. >> this is just one of the fires burning in at lee five states, correspondent kim hutchinson says some fires are so big they can be seen from

space. >> reporter: deadly wild fires burning in the midwest have consumed more than 1 million acres in colorado, oklahoma, kansas, and texas. there is so many fires, both out of control and prescribed burns, that they can be seen from space, in texas, some 325,000 acres have been consumed in the panhandle, in oklahoma, more than 400,000 acres burned. in eastern colorado, some 30,000 acres have gone up in smoke, and in kansas, 400,000, the wild fires have taken several lives and forced evacuations in the midwest. >> my family and i wanted to make sure we get out of the house. when we saw how big and fast it was coming at us. >> reporter: more evacuationness florida where fire fighters are battling a blaze that consumed 6,000 acres. parts of the i75 in collier county called alligator alley were closed down on tuesday. >> it is like something out of the science fiction on movie like everybody disappeared in the time warp. >> reporter: in many areas

neighbors are stepping up to help those who who everything. >> it breaks my heart for everybody involved and you know, like i said, someone hurt nothing this community we all hurt. >> reporter: fire conditions at lee in the midwest are suspected to endure for several more days. kim hutchinson, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". i'm not going to complain about the weather we're having you have to deal with fires, tornadoes, a little up and downey can manage. >> we are very mild. >> we can handle a couple rain drops and sprinkles moving across the area and temperatures are extremely mild to wake up to. don't need that winter coat just in philadelphia and pointseward but temperatures are dropping off to the north and west on the back side of the cold front making its way through. we are at 46 in reading, 49 in allentown, we have dropped off significantly, as some of that cooler air just over the last hour in philadelphia, we were up at 60 degrees now back at 55 degrees in fill because still hanging at 61 in dover.

storm scan three shows a line of showers, sprinkles, light showers making its way across i-95 corridor. we have a couple of flakes trying to mix in the poconos. we will see some returns of white briefly there sprinkle activity flakes mixed in the higher elevations but dealing with all rainfall across south jersey right now. shower worked through center city philadelphia rainfall starting to pick up a bit as well where we are seeing yellow returns from deptford, and mullica. break out that umbrella briefly but as we head in the second half of the morning that shower activity will taper off for most. we could see lingering showers ahead of the boundary at our shore points and mid-morning but then by midday sunshine overtaking delaware valley and we have a mostly sunny afternoon in store. temperatures will be slowly cooling as we head in the second half of the day so our high temperature is 63 degrees we were already near that. shower earlier and then sunshine and windy conditions with the westerly wind at 15 to 20 miles an hour. for tonight colder on the back side of the cold front but not

too chilly down to 42 degrees under mostly clear skies and things get more active past tomorrow. tomorrow 58, sunny and breezy but watching out for chance of rain and snow and snow, and we could see, windy conditions. 43 degrees. just because last week even wasn't cold enough, and, it is arriving, 35 degrees, on saturday, and system to watch as we head into sunday. and 30-degree drop. from today to saturday. >> no. looking outside it is our hump day. in the world of travel we are starting off with a little ban g. in the 4:00 he clock hour. still lingering out there we have an accident i-95 north to the off ramp to walt whitman bridge and still closed, clearly you can see activity out there people are still out there, they have been out there since 4:00 in the morning and doesn't even look like it is starting to shift, change. all that much. so again i-95 north to the off

ramp to walt whitman bridge is closed. avoid it all together. we will be stopped anyway. it will start to get busy. i will confirm, when that lifts. then into new jersey, my first peak into new jersey this morning 42 freeway north bound at creek road approaching 295 this is what you are working w it is getting bus there i as well. still traveling at posted speed but as we creep toward 6:00 o'clock hour we will drop a little bit. i will let you know when we do we have an accident i-95 south at before 95, this one is pulled off to the shoulder and slow you down there as well. accident with the down pole in swede bureau, new jersey. route 322 eastbound is closed at 551 or kings highway. your alternate tomlin station road is your best bet. lots going on, rahel and jim, back over to you. all right, meisha, thank you. now for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> from the cover of the trentonian a 39 year-old pennsylvania woman was hit and killed by a hit and run driver , early yesterday

morning on the 600 block of north olden avenue in trenton. police believe driver was in a silver saturn with black pinstripes and they expect car to have heavy front end damage intelligencer, student population in hatboro horsham is shrinking, poverty on the rise and school district is more diverse, those are highlights of the demographics report sent to the school board. one of the biggest changes is number of students who get free or reduced lunches that has trip told. chesapeake utilities will increase number of grants it offers to help customers who need assistance in paying their gas bill or repairing their gaza plainses. this year income eligible grants for as much as $750 are available to those in need. that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. up next, pat's here with sports. good morning. >> so much to get you caught up on in the world of sports including a dock making a round, villanova looking for

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and good morning everyone thanks for waking up with us here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> pat's here with your morning sports. >> normally, bearer of bad news but not to day. >> okay. >> good news today. flyers need wins right now. simple as that. they remain in the race for final wild card spot in thee but they have to climb several teams to get there as they hit the stretch run. in buffalo last night second period jake voracek's passings off the skates of jordan wheel and in and it counts and puts flyers up three-two. they would not look back.

michael del zotto with the shot, claude giroux with the rebound his first goal since february 2nd, 4-2. in the third del zotto another point blast and deflects off chris vandervelde i and flares would score four in a row and match their season high with six goals. they beat sabres six-three. tampering sound bad but in the nfl it is g legal tampering is when teams can begin looking at players. they cannot sign until thursday at 4:00 p.m. but games begun when it comes to the best players on the market eagles have over eight million-dollar to play with before they release anymore players, they need help in corner and they have interest in webster. he has been a backup and special teams player in denver but if they they can run, catch, tackle they like you. you will recall villanova wildcats who bige championship game last year to seton hall. the cats want revenge. yesterday number two team in

the nation prepares for the bige tournament which kicks off for them, thursday at noon , at madison square garden the bige regular season chapel also are number one seed in the tournament and play the winner, of the st. johns and georgetown. the dock is in, former philly and cy young winner roy halladay joined his team yesterday as a special instructor. halladay spent four seasons with the phillies, before shoulder troubles forced him to retire, as one of the best pitchers of his generation, he looks to share that knowledge with the phillies staff. >> it is just a great opportunity to get out here again and be around the guys especially with so many new young players, it is exciting for a guy like myself to come in and watch them and if i can share anything that will help them, that is awesome. >> we miss you. lots of action on the court between washington wizard and the phoenix suns, first, there was this skirmish

, in the second quarter, between former sixers jason smith and jared dudley. dudley eject. in the fourth, suns gorilla mascot makes a diving play on the court, he was retrieving a drum stick that somehow ended up there, no word how it got there but quality save by the gorilla right there, nice move wizard wynn 131-127. sixers off tomorrow night, and, and local youngsters. sixers replace traditional red carpet with blue, outside of the 23rd street armory last night, team, at sixers youth foundation gala and players robert covington and nick stauskus were on hand for party, youth foundation, engages the city, city youngsters through power of hoops. he saved the game with the clutch play in the union, season opener and now he is coming to the cbs-3 studio, philadelphia union star keegan rosenberry will be with us, he

is in our next hour, lancaster county native played four years at georgetown before bringing his talents to chester, and he was also selected through the mls all-star team and was runner up for rookie of the year. we will meet keegan rosenberry in the next hour. >> you know, katie's upset. >> katie is probably so bummed >> katie fehlinger is a huge union fan. >> sorry, katie. >> speaking of pat gallen, of course, we know bell b iv davo they did invite me to tour with them as their fourth member but i'm so dedicated to work. >> okay, keep on believing that. coming up next on "eyewitness news", how the stock market is react to go president trump's tweets. >> i get no love. plus we will show you a job designed for muslim female athletes ahead in the money watch, trang do. >> reporter: new born baby is in the hospital after a violent home invasion in logan i'm trang do with more on his

condition. lawmakers are expected to begin debate on the g.o.p. plan to replace obama care, meanwhile white house is defending president trump's wiretap claims, i'm hen hans a daniels in new york with more coming up. it is wednesday, which means weekend is fast approaching, weekend watch it looks like another cold weekend in store with arctic air arriving high temperature in the 30's for both saturday and sunday, of course, it is daylight saving time, springford, and we gained an extra hour of sun line, at the end of the day sunday and we do have a storm system to watch latest model shows that system could stay off to our south but if is there changes it could be seeing a little bit in the way of snowfall on sunday we will talk about that chance coming up.

a wet, windy, yeah, i like that, start as we look live in the parkway in center city. lauren says we could see some snow. >> oh, my. >> before the week is over. >> lauren and meisha will be along in just a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in our morning minute. a violent home invasion

lead a new born baby in the hospital. >> baby was brutally assaulted by one of the robbers but is expected to be okay. fire lead to chaos in the city. >> in power in the house. >> search is on for what sparked flames in the peco substation. serial child rapist is sentenced in killed wear county but authorities believe the case is not closed. >> we have really strong reason to believe that there are additional victims out there. oh, my god we're going, we got to go. >> reporter: families flee their homes in kansas as wild fire races toward them. republicans unveil their health care plan, democrats are unhappy because experts estimate this will cover 20 million fewer americans then obama care, 20 million fewer then obama that sound like trump's