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we're following a breaking news, three alarm fire in delaware where fire fighters are battling cold and flames to get this fire under control and dreams of success started right here in her home town of philadelphia, now sister sledge is mourning loss of one of their own, joan i sledge, has died at the age of 60. another day of bitter cold weather on tap that will usual inner a snowstorm later this week. today is sunday march 12th , good morning, everyone i'm jan carabao. lets get over to meteorologist justin drabick with the eyewitness weather forecast, this sunday morning, justin. old man winter hanging on tight on this last week of winter. >> we're in daylight savings so you start thinking about spring because it will stay lighter, later sunset after 7:00 with these temperatures not moving, with this cold pattern and it will meet up with the storm system monday into tuesday as nor'easter develops and good shot for heavy snow for the region. until then nice and quiet for rest of this weekend. just on the cold side, sun's

up and it will slowly go to work. it will struggle to get those temperatures back above freezing like yesterday, 24 at the airport northwest breeze at seven, so it does feel like 16 degrees, so wind chills are a little bit harsh this morning. 8 degrees actual temperature in the poconos, mid 20's along the coast in wildwood, in between, still a lit built of snow pack to the north of town , so temperatures in the mid teens, in quakertown and doyletown. those wind chill values fluctuating depending where they are. feels like minus five in mount pocono, 12 in reading and allentown. eighteen in wildwood. high cloud to the south right now, filtering out sunshine over southern new jersey and delaware. they will eventually thin out. decent amount of sunshine but my guess, we will struggle to get, to at or slight lay above freezing. our highs, good 15 degrees below average. mid 30's, philadelphia and shore. lower 20's in the poconos. winter storm watch in effect at 8:00 monday night for majority of the region so we can see easily six or more inches of snow in those spots,

and then we could be dealing with the sleet, rain mix along the coast but there is going to be aloft wind this system. coastal flooding is likely around times of hide tide. exact location of the heavier snow. is there uncertainty there as storm has not developed. more coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes, jan , back to you. we continue to follow breaking news out of wilmington this morning, crews have been on the scene of the three alarm fire for several hours now that fire is in the 5100 block of pike creek boulevard, it is in the a abandoned pike creek bowling center, the fire, went up to two alarms at 6:30 this morning, right now it is still burning, there are no reported injuries, at this point. stay with us for updates throughout the morning. several people have been forced out of their homes this morning after a fire in an apartment building in caln township chester county. fire broke out just before 12:30 in the 200 block of meadow lake drive. fire fighters say a neighbor

called maintenance to report a fire alarm, maintenance arrived to find smoke in an apartment and by the time fire crew as arrived the apartment was on fire. >> at the current time we have had seven apartments that have been impacted by this fire, the fire went to two alarms due to the nature of needing manpower to assist, while helping contain it. >> the property manager says that up to 12 people are impacted, they have been moved to a community center for the time being. a person is in the hospital this morning after being hit by a car in mount laurel overnight. the crash happened at 3:15 this morning near route 37 and fellowship road. pedestrian was taken to virtua hospital in marlton and that person's condition is unclear right now, the driver did stay on the scene, the crash is still under investigation. this morning, a teenager is also in the hospital recovering after being shot. the 13 year-old was shot at point blank range in philadelphia's nicetown section. "eyewitness news" reporter

alexandria hoff shows us surveillance pictures of the men police say are responsible >> reporter: friday, 10:30 p.m. police say a 13 year-old boy was grabbing food with friend inside of the new ly opened gold fish take out restaurant on the 2,000 block of west hunting park avenue in the nicetown section of the city. as teens took the seat, two males walk in photos taken from high quality surveillance footage mapped out violence that followed, investigators say immediately after taking part in the quick conversation with the boy, one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the young teen in the head at point blank range. the gun man and accomplish ran off, boy was found unresponsive by first responders and then rushed to temple hospital. no one else was injured. now opened for business owners of the restaurant kindly declined to comment on the horrifying experience. again police are still searching for those two men seen in the still photos,

anyone who might recognize them please contact the police reporting from the sat center alexandria hoff for cbs-3 eyewitness news. philadelphia detectives are investigating a suspicious death in hunting park some one discovered body of an unidentified person, along the railroad tracks there. "eyewitness news" near wissohickon and police responded to the scene around 4:00 in the afternoon. right now there is no word on how the person died or the circumstances, surrounding that death. we continue to follow developments out of olde city, fail where 20 more bodies were recovered at a construction site near the betsy ross house "eyewitness news" first told but discovery on thursday. dozens of coffins were unearth ed between second and third are third street researchers are analyzing remains including bodies discovered on saturday. at lee three dozen wooden coffins have been found at the site of the first baptist church burial ground. investigators are trying to pinpoint what cause aid

warehouse fire in west philadelphia at lee eight homes near 62nd and arch were evacuated and philadelphia fire fighters, what theled the flames. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, caught up with some displaced neighbors. >> reporter: thick smoke filled the streets at 62nd and arch as philadelphia fire fighters battled a fire inside a burning warehouse saturday morning. first crew arrived around quarter after 9:00 and within an hour, it became a three alarm fire. >> my daughter called my and said that the house was on fire. >> reporter: eight houses had to be evacuated as crews prevented fire spreading from the warehouse across thal toy a block of row homes. >> an explosion, in the back, and in the back, flames started to come around. >> reporter: wilson's house appeared to have the most damage. >> they had knocked windows out, and then it started in the corner. they had to tear walls up. they had to go on the porch to take the fire out. >> reporter: at lee 20 people were evacuated, some watched as fire fighters sprayed water from many angles.

the my quickly turning to ice. >> i'm just cold. >> reporter: since below freezing temperatures were hazardous to victims and fire fighters warming stations were provided. >> we brought in septa buses, that we can have a place to go and do all of our work and have a place where people can go, right now. >> reporter: fire officials declared fire under control by noon, they say home saving efforts were mostly successful and no one was injured, but still, residents were cold, and worried. >> everybody is very supportive on the block. we are all sticking together, it is like a family block anyway. we will get through it. >> reporter: cleve bryan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". sad news in the world of the music now one of the sisters in the group that recorded the 70's hit we are family has died. >> ♪ we are family >> joan i sledge, a founding member of the group, sister

sledge, passed away friday night, family confirmed the news, on the sister sledge facebook page, in a powe they wrote, we miss her and look for her presence, raid yens and sincerity in which she loved and embraced life. joan i sledge was 60 years old still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", if you are heading to the st. patrick's day parade today you might want to bundle up, we are back with a live report on the new route for one of the largest parades honoring the irish. plus it is a local diner that is serving up home cooking, morning, noon and night, why this restaurant is a dream come true for theners vs inspiring story, justin. good sunday morning everyone. still feeling like middle of winter but at lee it is dry that changes this week a nor'easter is on the way, we will talk about more snow in

welcome back. the annual st. patrick's day parade is today and it steps off in just a few hours from right now. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in old city this morning. organizers have picked a timely theme this year, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jan they have. the theme this year is st. patrick, guide and protect our police officers, as we know, independence hall is birthplace a lot of history but actually st. patrick's day celebrations began here in philadelphia, even before that this is a long standing tradition and we will see that in a few hours. take a look at video we shot from last years parade, just fun all the way around. while it is extremely cold outside right now, unless a blizzard hits, this parade

will continue on today. call can expect to see 20,000 participants including irish mummers, dancers, schools, band, this year organizers say they chose this theme to honor police officers, especially amid recent violence against officers here in philadelphia, and across the country. we spoke with the parade's president bill ivers who said they started to parade six months ago and there is a new parade route this year. listen to what he has to say. >> we're coming from 16th and jfk, around city hall, down market street, to the cradle of liberty here. what a great backdrop to have for the parade here in philadelphia. >> reporter: what a backdrop indeed. in previous parade for nearly pennsylvania 20 years it went from down the parkway but today we will begin at 16th and jfk, at noon, if would you like to attend, also just a fun fact national retail federation says that last year , consumers spent

$4.4 billion on celebrations, so just a fun event today, to expect as well. for now live in olde city, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> got to get your green gear on, thanks, anita. a lot of gear needed to day. it is so cold out. >> it is a lot of people are doing their bar crawls and they are all bundled up, temperatures, barely making the freezing mark. every year st. patrick's day parade windy, or cold. >> they are used to it. >> but arctic air in place for sure this week is noting ago way. we will talk about more snow in the forecast, and signs of spring, we're in daylight savings time sunsets after 7:00. we will talk about the beach, just a few months away but desserted beach in rehoboth. we have cloud cover right now work temperatures along the coast, very very cold in the mid 20's, this hour. so everybody, is feeling, the chill, even the coastal areas could see a little bit on snow as we head into monday night and tuesday morning. right now 8 degrees in mount pocono. twenty-four at the airport in philadelphia, 25 wildwood, and

in the capitol city of delaware. cold flow coming from the north right now, look at buffalo 12 degrees. seven in albany. that cold air is in place, sticking around, jet stream stays to the south, next storm system runs into that cold air , supports snow. nothing happening today though , more clear skies, out further north and then we are dealing with some cloud over central, southern delaware and new jersey. they will thin out in the morning and afternoon. overall quiet finish to the weekend. not bad if you have travel plans over the next 12 to 24 hours, cross mid-atlantic and northe, in problems, protected by high pressure. note thinks system coming off pacific ocean as we speak right now and it will continue to track in the northern plains over the next 12 hours. that is energy that will help fuel or form the coastal storm during the day on monday. thinks noon time monday, we will start to see storm develop off the carolina coastline, and it ramps up later monday night, tuesday morning, tracks up thee coast. we will see widespread snow, and potential for heavy snow especially from i-95 northward

, if that low will track further off shore we will bring heavier snow close to the coast. so still there could be some changes in the exact track as the storm has not develop yet. you have to remember these coastal storms form at last minute so they are very tough to information cast. that point monday night, looks like we will start to see that heavier snow, arriving, especially tuesday morning with the heaviest precipitation, wind gusting to 30 to 40 miles an hour over the day on thus tuesday, highest gust on the coastline. that will backup the water around times of high tide. potential for minor, moderate tidal flooding, on tuesday morning, possible power outage s with this strong wind, that will be more heavy wet snow with temperature a little bit on the milder side closer to freezing but still, it is going to be snowing hard, so those road will be covered even in the middle of the march. as of right now here are numbers, could easily change but changes in the track, generally about six to 10 inches over a lot of locations, farther south along the coast where there could be rain, sleet mixing in and that sweet line could get up to the city depending on how the

storm does track, and potential for maybe 10, to a foot of snow in parts of the region especially north of the city. wind, not a problem tomorrow, they will not be gusting, by tuesday morning, they will start to ramp upe/northe wind gusting to 40 to 50 miles an hour, along the coastline, the wind will be lighter, further inland we will go, until we get away from the center of the storm. but quite to it day, partly sunny skies, cold, 36 for the high temperature and then tonight, 22 for the low, mostly clear skies, tomorrow, still quiet, cloud will justin crease throughout the day, and then we will see that snow arriving late monday night, and wind driven snow especially tuesday morning, and temperatures holding in the 30's through most of the week. it looks like we will reach 40 's by next weekend, jan, back to you. it is now 8:17. time to check road. lets go over to amanda muhler in the cbs-3 traffic center, good morning, amanda. >> good morning. we are taking a live look at broad and pattison, if you are heading in the city, it does not look too bad. just know 16th and 20th street

are shut down for st. patrick 's day parade this morning. in delaware county we are hearing some reports of an overturned vehicle on the blue route at route one, but doesn't look like it is hitting too much traffic and it may be clearing out so just use caution coming up on than that section of the roadway there. taking a live look at the vine , your majors look good as well as mass transit, in the cbs-3 traffic center i'm amanda muhler now jan, back to you. well, check this out, wal-mart is making sure that everybody gets to celebrate a birthday, by declaring today everybody's birthday, retailer is planning to give out one free cup cake to each person who shows up at their super centers, from one to 4:00 today, you don't need a special coupon or special code or anything just show up, on time, wal-mart expects to give away 3 million cup cakes today talking about food it is always a good time to go to a diner and in bucks county 124 hour spot has more than just a few at toms get your taste budd soaring. vittoria woodill shows us endless options in this taste with tori.

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speech, and then, this happened. >> pop it out. >> and then this happened. >> it is never going to happen it is never going to happen. listen, listen to me. >> applause. >> well, at lee they let his kid getaway, but kevin hart wasn't the only one the hoe got a good dose of green. >> i'm jon cena but i have one more trick. >> yeah, that was www superstar, jon cena or as he called himself jon greena. and demi lovato got drenched in the good old fashion slime. switching gears now, singer chill -- cheryl crow has been a stand out but there is another struggle until her life she's more passionate b here's a preview of the interview you will see coming up later on cbs this sunday

morning. >> ♪ >> reporter: this is where we're used to seeing cheryl crowe. >> ♪ every day is a winding road ♪ >> reporter: on stage with the guitar in her hands. >> ♪ feeling fine >> reporter: but she says, that she is equally at home, here. >> come right this way. we will bring you into the exam room. >> reporter: demonstrating how she gets a annual mammogram or breast x-ray. >> we will do a top to bottom view and then turning the machine into a side-view. >> reporter: a subject that was once, only whispered about >> bring the machine up here. >> women just didn't speak about their breasts. it was so taboo. obviously we live in a different day and age. i'm in a rare position that i have a very large fan base of women and those women they have got teenage girls now that it is just great to at lee stay on top of your own health.

>> reporter: crowe has reason to understand the importance of early detection. in 2006 you discovered that you had breast cancer. how did you even learn that you had it. >> i had a routine mammogram, very in or tune drive right before the grammys. my personal life was in turmoil. last thing i wanted to do was have a mammogram. but i did. the result was coming back in six months that we have seen something that is suspect but lets keep an eye on gynecologist said you don't wait, you get a second opinion and get a needle biopsy. >> cheryl crowe's story and more on the special addition of sunday morning beyond cancer that is this sunday morning right here on cbs-3 at 9:00 a.m. still ahead in our next half an hour, cold is the story today but all eyes are on a nor'easter headed our way , justin's back with the latest track, that is still

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mid 20's near coast and suburbs in the mid teens at this hour with the sun up, quakertown checks in at 16. wind chills not quite as rough as yesterday but still cold feeling like 12 in allentown, reading. minus six in mount pocono. sixteen wind chill here in philadelphia cloud to our south, across coastal new jersey in delaware they will thin out in the morning and afternoon. we will stay dry, with the mixture of sun and cloud, high struggling to get to the above freezing. mid 30's. philadelphia and shore. low 20's in the poconos. winter storm watch in effect for monday night at 8:00 for majority of the region. exception is right along the coastline cape may county and central and southern delaware, expecting rain and sleet there precipitation arrives late machine night through tuesday. there is potential for over 6 inches in a lot of location as cross the region. we have mixing south ande of philadelphia it will be windy, along the coast. coastal flooding likely around times of the high tide and

exact track will determine the location of the heaviest snow. storm hasn't formed yet so easily changes can occur and amounts and totals we will talk about in a few moments. back to you. >> thanks, justin. we are following breaking news out of wilmington this morning. crews are on the scene of the three alarm fire in a abandoned bowling alley. this is eyewitness video from jar parise. this is at pike creek boulevard and pike creek bowling center. fire grew to three alarms just before 6:30 this morning. crews are making progress but building is still on fire right now. we will keep you up to dayton air and on line as we learn more. meantime a fire sent several people outside in the cold overnight in caln township chester county. the fire broke out in the 200 block of meadow lake drive-in an apartment building around 12:30 this morning. the fire grew to two alarms, about seven units were impacted, and people were moved to the community center nearby for time being and red

cross says it is assisting six families, fire fighters say there were working smoke alarms inside of those apartments. philadelphia fire investigators are trying to discover what caused this warehouse fire in west philadelphia. crews were responding to see flames at 62nd and arch street s and fire quickly grew to a three alarmer within an hour forcing evacuation of the 20 people from eight homes. fire was under control by noon time, no one was hurt, red cross is now providing shelter for some people who cannot yet return to their homes. harrisburg's fire department is in mourning today after a fellow fire fighter was killed while responding to a house fire. lieutenant dennis devos was on his way to a deadly fire friday night when witnesses said another driver went through a stop sign and crashed into his car. lieutenant devos was taken to the hospital, where he died last night, the suspect driver of the other car later showed up at a local hospital. officers say she told them she had been in the minor accident

and lied about where it all happened. >> he also determined that she was under the influence, we're not sure of what, at this point in time, and she was given a field sobriety test and she failed that test. >> people are here and it is like a death trap if you ask me. kanye kendelis charged with dui and driving without a license among other things. investigators say car that she was driving was also stolen, lieutenant devos had just returned from the funeral from another fire fight her died of cancer, devos was a 21 year veteran of the fire department fire fighters say a charging hoverboard toys blame for fatal fire he was responding to. man arrested after he jumped over the white house fence will face federal charges and be transferred to a federal court tomorrow. president trump talk about the incident at a working lunch with advisors while the vice-president, traveled to kentucky, to promote the g.o.p. plan to repeal and replace obama care. meg oliver, picks up the story

>> reporter: president trump is praising secret service for catching an intruder on the white house ground. >> secret service today did a fantastic job. it was a troubled person. >> reporter: twenty-six year-old jonathan tran of california appeared in court saturday. police report said he claimed to be a friend of the president and he had an appointment. he was carrying two cans of mace and admitted to jumping the fence secret service agents arrested tran at 11:38 friday night near south porti co entrance of the white house. the president was inside at the time. saturday mr. trump headed to his name sake golf club in virginia for a working lunch with his team. >> i think we're also talking about health care, which is coming along. >> reporter: vice-president mike pence went on the road, selling the g.o.p. plan to repeal and replace obama care to skeptical republicans. >> we will give states like kentucky, the freedom and

flexibility with medicaid to meet the need of your most vulnerable in the way that they work it here in kentucky. >> reporter: he met small business leaders in louisville alongside state's republican governor who has expressed concern about the proposal. while republicans are trying to smooth out their differences, democrats used their weekly address to argue it is a bad deal. >> it means less coverage, and higher costs for working families, for seniors, disabled and for children. >> reporter: house is expected to vote on the bill in the next two weeks. >> meg oliver, cbs news, new york. two dozen people protested repealing the affordable care act outside congressman pat meehan's springfield office. they called on the republican congressman to vote against the plan, and the protesters are concerned, that they could lose their health insurance, they say they will demonstrate until the plan is defeated. st. patrick's day is officially a few days away but crowd will be celebrating,

today, the annual st. patrick 's day parade is taking place in just a few hours right now. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in old sit a long part raid route, a night, this parade will look different then the won in years pennsylvania, good morning. >> reporter: that is right after 20 years going down the parkway the parade has a different route this year. we will start at 16th and jfk and make its way down to penns landing. look at the video there last years parade all around fun and, this years again, we will see 20,000 parade participants including mummers, dancers, band, and schools are already seeing crews preparing the risers and security going around and making their final checks. this is of course one of the country's oldest st. patrick's day parade and while it is extremely bitterly cold outside unless i blizzard hits , this parade will continue to march on. we spoke with the parade president bill iver and said

he started preparing six months ago. he explained what led organizers to choose this years theme, which is, st. patrick guide and protect our police officers. >> with everything going on around the country the police officers over last year or so we thought it was appropriate to honor police because of the shootings and things that happened and we thought it was best thing to do was to honor our police officers in the city of philadelphia. >> now back here live, you can see that we're already seeing quite a bit of a police presence, we just saw k-9 units going around the cars and trucks here making their check and this years parade will kick off at noon again and that starts at 16th and jfk. live, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> should be fun, just bundle up just like anita is. thanks, neat a. there is still so much more to come on cbs3 "eyewitness news" this sunday morning. coming up next we will check with face the nation's john dickerson for a look at today

face the nation will be coming your way later this morning at 10:30 right here on cbs-3. joining us with a preview live from washington is moderator and cbs news political director john dickerson. john, good morning. >> good morning, jan. we spoke yesterday with speaker of the house paul ryan we spoke about the affordable care act replacement that he has been shepherding and at center of the public conversation this pennsylvania week. he has critics on the left and right, several different band of critics in his own party, how is he holding that all together. does he think this will survive as a piece of legislation? we will talk with two critics, first a republican critic, kentucky senator rand paul, vice-president pence went to kentucky yesterday to make a push for the bill, and so what is rand paul think about the chances that this bill can be changed enough that he might vote for it? then, from the left we will talk to vermont senator bernie

sanders who has a series of critiques to make. yet one little place he may be able to work with the president, and what we can talk to about that and we also talked with speaker of the house paul ryan about the president's extraordinary claims that president obama wiretapped his trump tower during the campaign. he made this claim last week and fall out continues, in washington as people seek evidence for this claim. we talked to paul ryan about it because he is members of the gang of eight, those are top members in congress who get to see the most sensitive intelligence and so we talked to speaker ryan about whether there is any evidence for wiretapping claim that the president made. as always we will talk to our political reporters, around the round table here, and open up their notebooks, give us a reading on the health care bill, what is in it that is important that we should pay attention to what will happen next week and then also, a few other issues around the world that we will be talking about. >> a lot to cover as usual,

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welcome back. here's a st. patrick's day tradition, really cool. time lapse video of the chicago dying its river green. every year thousands gather in the windy city to watch boats

boats dye the river green for st. patrick's day. it dates back to 1961. official holiday is march 17th but in chicago, that festivities kick off one week earlier, how cool is that. how cool is that. >> pretty cool. >> justin st. patrick's day parade, today, we have to bundle up. >> arctic air in place. teens like yesterday. we will struggle to get a few degrees above freezing. we are running 15 degrees below average. cold air winter weather fans wanted to see in the middle of the winter but it is in place now. we have a storm system approaching later monday night into tuesday that will support snow with you teens to lower 20's right now. slow warm up today. we will check with our weather watchers. forty-two in philadelphia phil chapline's house. in willow grove barbara lane checking in at 20. sanatoga michael riley owe is also in the lower 20's. twenty-two in levittown. another cold spot is out in browns mills, maryann coming in at 15 degrees at this hour. wind still wind chill values

down in the single digits in some spots. excellent conditions for skiing and riding, once again, as they are able to crank out fresh snow over weekend, manmade snow, artist air in place. jack frost big boulder opened for business. late season skiing, it is excellent, and it will be like that over next week. here's set up, extended arctic blast. it is one or two days of cold air and then warms up. not so much so this week. every day we will deal with temperatures well below average. winter storm watch for tomorrow night, and for that, to force heavy snow for parts of the region monday into tuesday. hard to believe spring officially does arrive next monday, march 20th. vernal eke incomes when sun alliance with the equator we will get 12 hours and nine minutes of daylight. included to the south, will thin out in the morning and afternoon, weak disturbance off the coast today. disturbance is moving off the pacific ocean right now as we speak, that system will move in the midwest tomorrow and spawn coastal low during the day on monday and track up the

ease co. until then nice and quiet for 24 hours. lets talk about that system tomorrow afternoon, in the midwest we will get that le pressure moving in and then we will sea coastal low developing during the day and then track up thee coast. widespread heavy snow, from i-95, northward at leon tuesday morning. and then by tuesday afternoon snow tapers off. this storm will be strong as it energizees as it moves into new england possibly blizzard like conditions in new england later on tuesday. we have heavier snow threat here in the delaware valley. strong winds along the coast leading to some toesal flooding around times of high tide. we have tried to time things out. expect snow to arrive after 8:00 o'clock monday, moving from southwest to north east. heavier snow overnight monday into first half of tuesday, morning, and wind will kick up as well. later tuesday afternoon this snow begins to taper off this snow will come down heavy. we will have to deal with snow covered road on tuesday morning, so that will be a rough commute.

here are numbers at this point these can easily change, depending on the exact track as the storm has not formed just yet, but six plus inches maybe up to 10 north of the city, and of philadelphia, and then further south we have a chance for rain and sleet to mix in so the numbers can get cut down but if the storm would track further off shore we will bring higher snowfall levels south and then goes other way inland then we will lower the snowfall totals. we will wait and see. right now that is what it is looking like at this point. staying cold, jet stream, to our south, arctic air in place , that is what locks in that snow chance. another fresh shot of cold air moving in for tuesday with that storm, and then really for rest of the week, our temperatures struggled to get out of the 30's. finally by the weekend we will kick out that cold air, but still temperatures staying below average and may reach 40 's finally. today, 36, partly sunny skies and then tonight a very cold night once again with mostly clear with a low of 22 degrees sunset at 7:04 as we are in daylight savings time. thirty-eight tomorrow.

increasing cloud. it is that wind driven snow especially tuesday morning highs in the mid 30's. still snow showers wednesday, by next weekend mid 40, chance for rain shower on saturday. 8:49. time to check the road. lets go over to amanda muhler in the cbs-3 traffic center, hi there, manned a. >> reporter: we are taking a live look at ben franklin bridge right now. heading in or out of the city we are in good shape. but once in the city we will have road closures to contend with, for the st. patrick's day parade. sixteenth and 20th are closed for parade prep, other closures will include 15th and jfk and market street between city hall and penns landing. and taking a last live look at oregon avenue at front street is there not much to worry about on the roadways beside sun glare, in the traffic center i'm amanda muhler now jan, back to you. now for 225 years, that is , philadelphia has been a heavy metal town at lee at u.s. mint, meisha johnson went on a dream drive to a true

treasure trove. >> we are driving through this beautiful, historical olde city philadelphia, and we're going somewhere really cool. we will talk about a place and money. >> welcome to the united states mint at philadelphia. this is the largest mint in the world. we make more coins here then anyplace else on earth. >> reporter: visitors can watch all this action from above but thanks to tim grand we get an up close look at how coins are churned out every single day. let's back up to where it begins. the design. this is one of artist whose make two dimensional picture into a sculpture working with clay and plaster before touching up digitally. >> we are on the inside we get to sculp all of the coins and metals. >> that is amazing. this she's a artist too but his work is digital like this

presidential dollar. >> so my design is to recreate his two dimensional drawing with as much fidelity as possible in the three dimensional format. >> reporter: once it is perfect, it is off to the production line to make the design into dyes. what is going on behind us. >> we are, we are on the plant floor and right behind us we are cutting blanks out of long sheets of metal. each one of those coils weighs about 4 tons. >> reporter: it only takes one strike and the coins are complete. >> the hard working, dedicated men and women here at u.s. mint make about 35 million coins every single day and we ship them out to federal reserve banks around the country. >> reporter: thinks where decade of commemorative coins and medals come to life giving people history on their shelves, and in their pocket. meisha johnson for

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it was a big night for villanova wildcats. for second time in three years , villanova won the big east tournament title in a convincing 74-60 win over creighton. josh h art led the team with 29 points and big east mvp for second time in three years. today is selection sunday. we will find out where cats are seated and who they pair up with in the tournament. in the meantime our own pat gallen sat down with the man who knows everything that there is to know about bracket tology. if you have ever filled out a bracket during march madness and chances you are. you have this man to thank for brackettology. working diligently behind me is father of brackettology. st. joes color commentary is shifting researching getting ready for march madness. origin office brackettology is right here in philadelphia with the blue ribbon year book but how did he keep teams in order in the early days.

>> index card. >> okay. >> four sheets of paper. >> i like it. >> reporter: in preparing for that beek leonardi and few hoop head started a trend. now over 07 million people fill out a bracket before the tournament starts. and they can get help from leonardi hoist an ace at predicting who is in and out. >> in an average year, i miss a team. if you go back 20 years i think i have missed, 23 teams in 20 years. >> reporter: how is joey brackets so good? he has shown me inside erin faux. >> actual committee members, this is what they use. >> this is what north carolina has done, 50 to a hundred, et cetera. and this is what villanova has done, one seed, two seed, three seed, four seed, and in every result, comes in from every game that involved those teams, up's updating their record, their rpi, their schedule strength, their top 50, et cetera. >> reporter: leonardi may be an ace of picking a field of

68, but choosing a winner is tough to do. he routinely lose toes people and animals alike. >> oh, my gosh i lose to, well , pets, children, you know , the girl down the hall who likes so and so uniform, color or mascot. because that is what makes it great. if the brain yaks won all the time people wouldn't watch. >> reporter: many people think leonardi created bracket format that is not the case but the has made a living off selecting the field before anyone else. while i was with him, several division one coaches were text ing and calling wondering where they will be seated or if they will end up at all in the tournament. that is how in the know joeys. i'm pat gallen for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that is too funny. you can check out selection sunday special right here at 5:30 writ here on cbs-3. good day to stay in and watch that. it is cold. >> we have our march madness with the weather here in the delaware valley all over the

place pennsylvania few weeks, in the 70's. not this week, very cold stuff , quite to it day and tomorrow and we will watch that nor'easter develop late monday and tuesday. snow arrives late monday and tuesday. potential for 6 inches of snow >> we will be watching, thanks that is it for "eyewitness news" for knew we may be signing off on tv but we are always on line cbs philly.com. sunday morning is next, have a great sunday, everyone. giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy... kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever.

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