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 inauguration.

his ratings are through the roof stephen colbert with lots to say about the new health care proposal. >> lots to say about weather. it looks like it is raining out there but pretty mild, already. >> temperatures are mild, in rain coming out in center city philadelphia cold front has moved through but wind have now picked up dramatically from the last time i was out here on the sky deck. we are dealing with shower activity and other portions of the delaware valley as frontal boundary continues to movie bound, rain picking up across portions of south jersey and more moderate pockets of the rainfall where we are seeing yellow returns, so portions of gloucester county, camden county seeing moderate rainfall intensity coming down as we look closer in as we see those, orange return right there closer to waterford, berlin that will continue to moviebound. other areas dealing with light showers, sprinkle activity moving toward our shore points , cape may county head up, we will see drip drops moving through but otherwise in center city philadelphia

our rain has come to an end, but those wind are now whipping, wind up around 30 miles an hour in philadelphia, up around 28 miles an hour in wilmington and windy conditions will take us through our day to day, temperatures are dropping off on the back side of the cold front we're in the 40's in berks county, lehigh valley, we're near 60 degrees an hour ago in fail new down at 53. rain cooled air and cold front making its way through allowing that colder air to spill in across the area for today and early morning shower , cloud clearing into midday, wind gusts to 30 miles an hour throughout the day, still mild with high temperatures in the lower 60's we will be chillier tonight. we will talk about that and some snow, chances. >> no. >> two of them, actually. >> great. just kick us while we're down, lauren, might as well. good morning. we are looking outside very busy in the world of travel, this is one that i'm keeping my eye on right now.

i-95 north to the off ramp to walt whitman bridge is closed. they have been out there quite sometime. they are not moving out of your way. again that is i-95 north off ramp to walt whitman bridge that is closed. we have another accident involving a box truck 95 south near delaware state lines pulled off to the left. that will start to slow you down as we push more toward 6:00 o'clock hour. head up pulled off to the left but might start to get a gaper delay around that area thinks where we have an accident with the down pole in swede bureau new jersey, 322 eastbound is closed at 551 or kings highway you have to use an alternate. thinks your best bet tomlin station road is your best bet or really only bet right now and it will start to slow down that is another one. more when we crack in the 6:00 u know if it clears before then. we have an accident investigation. accident happened at 2:00 a.m. new jersey turnpike north bound at 1951 left lane opened outer drive. if you do not want to chance it, don't mess with that use 130, 295 or 206, but one less

lane is opened for a while there it was all closed. one left lane is opened. you don't to have use those alternates. we have been discussing this as well, fire to peco substation yesterday and because of that fox street is closed and has been ever since that fire between roberts avenue and allegheny avenue. your alternate henry or wissohickon avenue is your best bet, head up on that. we have construction but we will get to that in the next 10 to 15 minutes, rahel and jim, back to you. a new born baby is recovering in the hospital this morning after a brutal home invasion in philadelphia 's logan section. >> "eyewitness news" reporter frank does live, with the very latest on the investigation, good morning, trang do. >> reporter: good morning jim and rahel. this baby was brutally attacked by one of the robbers but is expected to be okay. he was taken to abe stein to be check out. investigators are not sure why this young mother was targeted but somehow these robbers knew she had thousands of dollars inside of her home. take a look at this video overnight, police responded to

a home on the 4500 block of north 18th street in logan just before 12:30 a.m. twenty-four year-old mother told police she was sleeping on the second floor with her eight day old son when three armed masked men broke lock on her front door and forced their way inside home. men ordered women and two, 17 year-old girl visiting her in the basement. they made off with $3,500.02 cell phones but not before one of the robbers assaulted would the man's new born son. >> one of the perpetrators order heard to get up, point a gun, she said i'm holding my baby. that is when one forced the baby on to the floor by pushing the baby, on to the floor, which is pretty brutal, as far as we're concerned. >> the woman and those two teenage girls were not hurt, investigators are trying to use those two stolen cell phones to try to track down these robbers, at this point, they say that surveillance cameras, actually captured four men leaving the scene,

but three participated in the robbery. for now we are live from logan i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and rahel back to you. and new this morning search is on for suspects in the shooting that sent a five three-year old man to the hospital. it happened on the 6,000 block of somerdale avenue just after 1:00 this morning as three men were carrying exercise equipment in the home. two armed men announced a robbery and shot victim in the right leg. robbers got away were $450 in cash. 5:36. in business news new gear from nike. >> and how president is impacting the markets through twitter, money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, jim and rahel. futures pointing to a higher opened. yesterday was down day. dow jones fell 30 points, nasdaq fell 15. president trump tweets and markets reacts. shares of the pharmaceutical stocks are down after president tweeted that he is working on a new system to bring down drug prices.

bio tech co took biggest hit, many make complicated medications that can be expensive. snap sell off continues, shares fell 10 percent yesterday, to 21.44. on monday snap shares also fell by double digits. snap chat's parent having heavy hyped ipo on thursday and shares soaring. investors are concerned about long term profit process. and nike introducing a performance job for muslim female athletes. head cover will be available next year. nike got idea after muslim athletes complained about wearing a traditional head scarves during competition, and so, certainly, one way to help. today is international women's day women across the country are called on to take the day off, organizers with the day without a woman wanted to show what the absence of women in the work place means to the economy. women are being encouraged not to spend money. got it, rahel. >> i can deal with that.

>> if women didn't come to work here today i would be by myself with tim, our traffic producer. >> i told my tech matt, he may need to step in for me. women in media is making headway there for sure. >> they rule the world, thanks , jill. we will check with you tomorrow. >> thank you for noticing. >> i'm afraid of you. president trump meets with conservative leaders as house lawmakers begin to debate new republican led plan to overhaul obama care. >> republicans will need unanimous support to pass it but as cbs news correspondent hena daniels tells us some members remain spectacle. >> i think we will have a tremendous success. >> reporter: as president trump continues to sell long awaited republican plan to repeal and replace obama care to congress, opposition is mounting among democrats, worried about the cost. >> trumpcare means higher costs for less health care, plane and simple. >> reporter: even conservative

republicans, who blasted the plan's on tuesday as obama care light. >> we are united honorary peel but we are divided honorary placement. >> reporter: new proposal does keep popular elements of the obama care in place like allowing young adults to be covered by their parents until they are 26. supporters maintain it meets party goals by removing individual mandate and offering tax credits to help people with lower incomes buy insurance. >> we are doing a act of mers that i repealing this law. >> reporter: white house fielded tough questions from the press yesterday over mr. trump's wiretap claims. >> i think the smartest most deliberate way to address this is ask house and senate to look into this. >> reporter: as lawmakers grill president nominee for deputy attorney general rod rosen stein about russia. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign, communicated with the russian government, what will you do. >> if there is such

communication was violation of the federal law, would i ensure an appropriate investigation. >> reporter: if confirmed he could ultimately design to bring charges in to russian medicine link in the 2016 election. hena daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". manual noriega is in critical condition after an operation to remove a benign tumor from his brain. the eight three-year old lawyer says operation was success but noriega family would not comment on questions about a possible second operation. noriega is serving a prison sentence in panama on murdering, money laundering and drug charges. a florida couple is sharing their close call with a crew ship, we will show you video. also this morning on talking with survivor hoe jeff probes about their 500th episode and their new season premiere tonight on cbs-3. wait until you hear how much one family is offering to the person who find this missing cat, it may have you

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survivor returns with a special two hour season premiere, the show's 500th, episode, this season the theme , it is game changers and bring back 20 returning castaways. >> you have proven you are willing to make the kind of

moves that will change the game. some make bold moves. some of you make quiet moves. some of you have made moves that were so successful that they are legendary. others have made moves that were a disaster and got you voted out but that is the nature of the game in which there is only one winner. >> so, let the games begin, i recently spoke with the host jeff probes about this 34th season. >> when the show started 17 years ago did you think you would have this type of success. >> i imagined talking to you on this very day, it is so weird. no, i had no idea. i couldn't even begin to imagine i would still be doing survivor and still be as passionate bit. i still love it. i'm still fascinated by it. it is because of the people. is there a woman from your area, from reading, coming back to play a second time.

i'm fascinated by type of person who will leave their life behind, to come out and try to live because people forget that it is real and they get in the game play. they are still living in the jungle building a shelter, making fire, catching fish, eating hermit crabs, whatever they do, i'm fascinated by that. >> this is theme game changers , how and why do you feel castaways like debbie changed the game. >> well, idea was when you think of how survivor has evolved over 500 episode one of the element is the game play. it is more clever and more diabolical and more complicated, it is human poker so the idea was what if we took 20 people who were all the type that say give me the ball, i'm shoot, and they miss and they go give me the ball again. they are not afraid to fail in order to succeed. >> all right. catch special two hour season premiere of survivor game

changers tonight at 8:00 right here on cbs-3. i want to give a special shout out is there one conn kestent from reading, we want to wish her good luck. >> good luck to her. >> debbie. >> yes, all right. >> hi, lauren. >> you will notice when that front passes through your backyard because winds will kick straight up. >> i know. >> we will deal with windy conditions throughout the day. we are dealing with shower activity, looking a little gloss i, here in the scene there as we look live at bethlehem. we have been dealing with some rain shower activity, seeing isolated heavier pockets in some areas but mainly light, we will contend with the showers over the next several hours, and then dry things out as we head into midday. weather watchers are up early with us and boy, they are reporting current conditions that have differed over last several morning. monday morning they were reporting conditions in the teens and 20's. yesterday morning we were generally in the 40's.

this morning, we're in the 50 's and 60's in some areas but that cold front is incoming our temperatures down especially north and west of i-95 corridor. we will check in where it is still very mild but your temperature is just about to fall off at 60 degrees right now. shower activity coming down in chesterfield, new jersey as ed reports. he reports it took casey, that is his dog, good name out for a second walk but came back for his rain slicker. puppies might need their rain slick era cross south jersey as that cold front makes its way through. heading north and west right now where it is chillier, 48 degrees. we will check with our cbs-3 weather watcher lou in eagleville reporting mostly cloudy conditions and he says he has fancy weather terminology, fropa with sure, gusty and that means frontal passage. impressive meteorology knowledge there, lou. looking at storm scan three we are seeing shower activity making its way across the delaware valley. most light in intensity but

where we are seeing darker returns across south jersey and making its waye bound, seeing more in the way of the moderate rainfall there. also sprinkle activity on the back edge of the frontal boundary. huge drip drops around poconos with a snowflake mix nothing. for today today we will dry things out mid-morning. shower possible early and sunshine, windy conditions, high temperature 63 degrees. we have hit that temperature, generally in the 50's, throughout the afternoon and then for tonight mostly clear, colder down to 42 degrees. we have some snow chances, chance of rain, snow, mainly friday morning, model projections giving us either nothing or possibly up to 1 inch and then secondary system to watch as we head into sunday but temperatures will drop off significantly. meisha, tomorrow nice sunshine 58 degrees, not so nice friday 43 degrees, less nice on saturday with a high of passenger 35. >> sound like fun, lauren. no, no fun not at all. happy wednesday. happy hump day to you.

looking outside we have been talking about this accident still out there. for those waiting to give you the green light i cannot give it to you next. ninety-five north off ramp to walt whitman bridge is still closed and all these flashing lights and trucks not one has moved. they are all out there looking busy around that area we have an accident with the box truck that may be, is just starting to clear. we can see it out there accident with the box truck that was out there. i-95 south near delaware state line. that hopefully noise clearing. head up because it is getting busy. as you can see split is still very dark and early out there so they can sneak up on you these things. we have an accident with the down pole in swede bureau new jersey 322 eastbound is closed at route 551 or kings highway, your alternate tomlin station road is your best bet there. we have an accident investigation that has now been just cleared if you have been waiting on the green light for this area bam you got it. new jersey turnpike northbound 195 is cleared, and an earlier accident that happened at 2:00 .

then we have down wires to tell but route 213 bridge town pike at buck road, head up again we are talking bit being dark and early outside so some of that stuff can sneak up on you. we have been talking about this up at the desk and in the world of the travel as well, so, fire to peco substation yesterday, and ever since then fox street has been closed between roberts avenue and allegheny avenue. around this you will to have take an alternate your best bet henry or wissohickon avenue, we will be confirming this and talking about it all morning longest specially when it has cleared. it has not yet cleared. fox street is still closed in that area, jim and rahel, back over to you. california woman is pulling out all of the stops to find her precious pet six month-old bentley is an f2 savanna cat, same breed owned by circumstantial ben simmons. bentley has been missing for more than a week and his owner is offering a $20,000 reward. bentley's owner does not want to be on camera but neighbors say it is a desperate search.

>> pulling up and seeing search and rescue dogs for this cat like loaded in trucks >> gorgeous cat. it is an expensive cat. >> sure is. >> it is worth about $8,000, bentley's owner has hired a pet detective, and a team of bloodhound but so far no sign of the missing cat. >> i really got to give you props for reading that without cracking a smile or laughing at all this. >> well, her cats missing. >> $20,000. >> well, hopefully they find the cat, bentley is probably under a tree or up in the tree >> desperate search. >> traffic light, unlike anything you have seen here we will show it to you next you are a pet owner i'm not a pet owner. i'm more concerned. this video had a close call with the crew ship near their home we will be right

are you ready to go for international women's day which is today melbourne australia is making a change to straight life. >> city installed new traffic lights depicting female stick figures. they are on the busiest intersections and none in profit, electric company

teamed up to fund the change, non-profit says having only male figures discriminate is a begins women and melbourne should work to be one of the world's most equal cities. sometimes don't realize you are only seeing male figures. >> i wouldn't even have noticed. >> i never would have thought of that. >> i'm lucky i can tell between red and green. >> can you imagine if the whole thing was a women silhouette. >> well, speaking of, from down under to down south a couple with a waterfront home gets uncomfortable with how close their view of the boat came. >> this all happened in fort lauderdale, that is celebrity crew ship equinox just feet away from the couple's backyard. they were picking up garbage can from the street and that is when he noticed how close cruise ship had done. >> i was looking up at the bow of the boat. >> of the front yard. >> front yard. >> it was towering over the house, i knew something was wrong. >> i'll say. >> it can be seen churning water trying to slow it's a

approach. he was concerned that the ship ran a ground and may have damage the home's foundation but coastguard says it has to be reported and celebrity's parent company, royal caribbean never reported one. royal caribbean says the ship was navigating under guidance of local port height. >> did you notice there was a cat, i wonder if that is bentley the cat. >> $20,000 reward. >> yes. >> well, coming up next half an her of "eyewitness news". >> from home improvement scams to on line employment scams many people get ripped off every year, we will tell you about the most risky scams out there and mess likely to lose money on one. would you drink this water where the tap water is turning , bright pink, and why authorities say it is no big deal. >> yeah, um, that is coming up

two philadelphia schools are closed to day after this fire, we are live with the latest on the power outages and when thousands of people will get their service back. new from overnight a violent home invasion send a baby to the hospital and he is only eight days old. find out how he is doing and what the robbers got away with allow extra time we are waking up to wet road and windy conditions, lauren will

let us know when we will be drying out but she's also tracking a chance of snow. today is wednesday march 8th good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. lauren and meisha keeping an eye on things. that woman was really scurry ing across the street. >> she's race to go friday. we're so close. we are looking outside, ever since 4:00 o'clock hour it has been busy in the world of travel. i don't know what it is, it is dry roadways for the most part >> we do have showers working through the area, whipping wind, wind whipping out as soon as that cold front passes through your neck of the wood and wins wind kick up we will have gusty conditions today. storm scan three showing us some shower activity, light in intensity and most areas but seeing a heavier pocket of rainfall coming down right now across portions of cape may county, just about to move off shore but notice yellow, orange returns. little bit of the downpour right now across stone harbor, down into wildwood, a