le now. flew this morning a man is shot and as his body lays there he's accidentally run over. live as police investigate this complicated crime scene. a danger from above for pedestrians and drivers. where police are watching for falling ice. wildcats continue the streak of number one defeating number 16. >> and after a slow start, villanova walks away with a win and advances in their quest for another national championship. well today is friday, march 17, happy saint patrick's day, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. it is friday. >> we made it through the door this morning and tgif!

and he's like yeah! >> amen, come on, already. >> it is friday, now, get here, now. looking forward to it. outside right now, katie, first time, looking better, not as much ice on our way in today. so cold. >> not quite as harsh as yesterday, still easing up here. i do think today will be good day for some melt to go allly take place. so certainly can still be some puddles out there as the day progresses, but very, very quiet day, very quiet weather, at least for the daylight hours, so enjoy your saint patrick's day festivities. meanwhile, nice and clear on the radar at the moment. and that of course is always going to allow your temperatures to drop off. if you recall easily into the 20's or teens at this same time yesterday. so, yes, it is cold. but the winds has eased up very nicely, we are at least from jumping off point will allow it to moderate up more readily here today. thirty-one palmyra, mt. holly, couple of examples,

quakertown, cold in doylestown, 22 degrees, but your friday, happy saint patrick's day as we said, looking sunny for the daylight hours. but there is a batch of rain, snow, already coming back tonight. now, what i will say, meisha, is that this is a very, very light round of precipitation, so we'll track it for you, give you what the expectations on little later on. >> that would be great, katie, thank you so much. as katie said, happy saint patria's day, good morning, and if you're irish, arr. i don't know why i did that. do they do that? i don't know. >> irish pirate? >> schuylkill expressway tail light eastbound direction, you can see, both moving in the eastbound and westbound side. looking just as it should at 4:30 a.m. this friday. and we're hoping that the levels feel like this as long as we can keep them there, typically do until the 6:00 hour mark on a friday. see what happens today. ninety-five south at cottman what you are looking at, looking again just as it should vine same story here,

although i will say moving in the westbound direction, seeing some brake lights, jump on the schuylkill. westbound side, might be slowing down little bit quicker than the eastbound side this morning. but overall, everyone is traveling at posted speeds. we do have some snow removal out there, pa turnpike norristown, we'll cover it when we come back in a little bit. >> new this morning, bizarre case unfolding in philadelphia's overbrook neighborhood. >> driver found a man who had already been shot under this mini-van. bizarre indeed. out to jan carabeo live near the scene. jan, what do you know so far? >> reporter: rahel, jim, good morning, this man tells police he was driving home when sinnedly he says he felt like his van was dragging something. so he pulled over in a driveway, right behind me here, got out, took a look, and saw a body underneath his vehicle. police and medics were called, turns out, the victim had been shot. he was pronounced dead on the scene. you can see her this morning that police are still on scene investigating exactly what happened. and we're now just told the

body has been removed from the scene for the investigation. the gruesome discovery was made just before midnight here in the 1,000 block of north 68th street. police actually responded for a report after pedestrian being hit by a car. when they got here, they found that victim lying in the driveway, but realized he had also been shot at least once in the head. medics again pronounced him dead here at the scene. now, during the investigation, police say, it appears that the victim was dragged about 100 feet before the driver pulled into the driveway and noticed the body. police are now calling this a homicide. detectives found number of spent shell casings here at the scene as they continue to investigate. they're now also conducting interviews. take a listen. >> driver of the mini-van remained on location. he is fully cooperating with police. he has been transported to homicide where he is being investigated and vint viewed by homicide detectives. >> now, at this point, police have not commented on a possible motive. they've also not talked about

any suspect. this is all still developing, as this investigation continues. and also, detective tell us, it is a bizarre scenario, a driver, just making his way home, comes to find out he was dragging a body, the victim had been shot in the head. we'll continue to follow this story. live in overbrook, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> horrible, thank you, jan. >> snowstorm may be over but falling ice continues to pose danger in center city. ice first scene falling from skyscrapers on market street on wednesday. since then, there have been more and more sitings. people walking in center city, reported close calls. >> what did you just see? >> about a 10-pound piece of ice fall about 6600 feet. >> i saw there was couple of pieces that dropped about a minute ago and it came down with a crash. >> the sidewalks are open on east market street, but we're told police will be back out today as temperatures warm up even more. >> march madness is underway and the villanova wildcats are

moving on. >> they started slow, but champions against mount saint marry, defending national champs led the 16 champs by single point at half time. but nova opened the second half with a 21 to six run, and control, dante, for the wildcats, now nova did win, 76 to 56. but they say they know they have to play better. >> leadership, me, just part of it, we're lucky to advance, lucky and i think we will put it behind us. i think we'll get ready, i mean. >> it was a big stage, my first time being in the ncaa tournament, but my mind is on our next game, our biggest game because it is our next game. >> wildcats, wisconsin badger, l four # to 74, yesterday. >> well, novanation was excited and relieved with wildcats win in the first round. >> after last year student have great expectations.

>> the first half seemed little if-ee. i knew we would come out with a win eventually. >> no matter how close it was in the beginning, i knew we were coming out with the win. >> we know they're a second half team. i was waiting for the second half. >> many gathered for the watch party at villanova's conally center. fans won repeat performance of last year when the wildcats won it all. >> and stay with cbs-3 and "eyewitness news" as march madness continues. we will be there when villanova takes on wisconsin tomorrow afternoon. that's at 3:40. >> in other news, authorities have charged lynnewood new jersey teacher with assaulting a student. teaches music at bell haven middle school. criminal complaint, pulling the child's chair backward, causing him to hit his head. the child is okay. suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. investigators trying to get stolen jewelry back to its rightful owners on the main line. prosecutors showed off 50,000

pieces they allege while inside stores on jewelers row, police arrested him in january. massive burglary ring that targets high-end homes. tells joe holden he's been in business for 20 years, and can proof that the jewelry is his. >> that would mean that police are wrong. >> i don't know, i'm not saying who is right, who is wrong, but i'm right. >> consistent with large jewelry fencing operation that included pillow case was stolen jewelry and silver. >> and police did set up a website for people to see if any of the stolen items belonged to them. check it out at cbsphilly.com. >> president trump hosting american he will at the white house today. they'll talk about effect on the european union, nato, russia increasing aggression, the president met with the prime minister of ireland last night ahead of saint patrick's day. earlier he unveiled his blueprint for his first budget.

the $1.15 trillion spending plan gives the military record 10% boost in funding, also money for down payment on a wall along the mexico border. and more funding for immigration detention facilities and programs. but 12 of the government's 15 cabinet agencies would see major cuts. meanwhile the white house standing by president trump's accusation that president obama wiretapped trump tower. press secretary sean spicer collided reporters for basing their assessment of wiring tapping claims on incomplete information. the senate intelligence committee released a statement declaring trump tower was not the subject of surveillance by the government. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news": massive fire in north carolina. >> we will tell you what was burning to force roars dent from their homes. plus this. >> she started her day like every other day, and then a senseless act of violence takes her life. >> and emt tragedy. emergency medical worker is killed when someone tries to

steel her ambulance. >> and just in the nick of time, man's truck in the midst of a mud slide. we're back in two minutes, stay with u

>> massive five alarm fire last night in downtown raleigh, north carolina fire broke out shortly before 10:00 . people who liver in the area were evacuated, by 1:00 a.m. the fire continued to burn but appeared to be under control. there are no reports of any injuries. new york sit emt is dead after being hit and then dragged by a stolen ambulance on thursday. >> investigators say, two emt stopped their ambulance in the bronx after being alert add man was riding on the back of it. according to officials, theyce o see what was going on, and the man went around the other side and hopped in the driver seat. at that point he they say the two emt's tried to stop the man from driving off. but he struck one of them and ran over the other.

>> we lost a good woman, 44 14- ar veteran of the ftny, mother of five children. >> police responded quickly to the incident and took 25 year old man in custody. the victim's name has notn released. >> man in peru escapes mud slide as heavy rains pounds the country. watch 18 miles east of lima, taken on wednesday. the man was in the red truck, when it got knocked over. he struggled up the embankment, onlookers gave him a hand. y- due to peru's rainy season which start in the december. incredible. time 4:43. >> katie here with another check of the forecast, katie, i had to take my puppy to the vet yesterday, so doing little walking, amazing how much warmer the feels, and it is not warm, but just feels so much warmer. >> perception is reality, right? so if it is not as harsh as the day before, it feels like

it might as well be summertime, right? you're right. still cold outside. certainly great example that far outside we go here to pleasant valley middle high school. off in the distance, not sure, i would assume it does look right now like they've had chance to clear the way here for the school buses to come on out. usually see them going into single file out of the campus here right around 7:00 a.m. but 23 degrees is the temperature here. obviously still snow on the ground. this is a spot up at product heads ville, carbon monaco county, see additional snow potentially here tonight that accumulates, and the reason for that is this little guy. now, i will say, technically it is a clipper coming in from the north and west, little more robust in it moisture content than what we would typically see. so we again could see very modest accumulation, out of the snow that this produces, but you notice, even back toward iowa, wisconsin, illinois, there is some rain that is breaking out with this, so there is some warmth trying to build back in. what it tends to lead to is mixing. so rain, snow, very likely a little bit of sleet comes our

way. now this doesn't get here until later tonight. like later on tonight. so, i think you're going to get your entire day without any hitches, but toward the time the sun going down clouds begin to build, then for the overnight, starting 2:00 a.m. but by get underway i mean far cry from what broke out tuesday. obviously. u 2 inches fall in the poconos, but that's small ticket compared to the nearly 2 feet ewbew days ago, possibly quick coating specially north and west suburbs, with that said, seven day forecast reflect i wouldn't call it major warm up but warming trend in the next couple of days. watch for the light wintery mix to build in here late tonight, into most of tomorrow, maybe a lingering snow shower sunday morning, then as we kick offspring officially, meisha, hey actually close to average for a change. >> yes, warming trends, we will take t thanks so much, and good morning. so looking great. now we have some problem spots

out there. this is one of them n norristown, 202 north at main street. you can see this vehicle veered right off the street. not quite sure of the back story here, but we are dealing with ice, not as much as what we've been seeing earlier this week, but currently still seeing ice on the roadways, especially pulled off to the shoulder, on the bridges, the bridges, sidewalks, side streets, smaller street. all of that. we will be seeing those icy patches. so just heads up. be careful, if the quite sure of this particular accident, but you can see it on the roadways, i want positive point it out. again norristown 202 north at main street. jersey, creek road, approach 295, looking there, looking pretty darenow removal still. pa turnpike virginia drive in norristown, then also have construction out there, as well, old york road at butler avenue, roads blocked there. all the way until 7:00 a.m. to the tip of our rush hour. >> thank you, and today we celebrate saint patrick's day. >> at the white house the water in the fountain has been

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meeting 10,000 people over the next ten years. check in two, three, four times a day on "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. >> if you are looking for work, wawa is putting out the help wanted sign. convenience store wants to hire more than 5,000 workers over the next three month, customer service and imagine andment positions to apply for the openings go to our website cbsphilly.com. 4:50, time for check on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchanges, good morning, jill, happy friday to you. huge deal for boeing. what can you tell us about that? >> well, boeing signed a $3.4 billion contract to make helicopters for the army. the armly get about 244 of the latest copters, the ah64e is an advanced multi role helicopter, it has censors, air on innings, improves night capability, and unnamed international customer will get 24 of those. jim, rahel? >> interesting. jill, i understand hostess is

cooking up something new? >> it is true. chocolate twinkies anyone? americans have been craving healthier foods, but hostess is betting that they still want to indulge everyone, every once in a while. for the sounds there sounds like you guys are on boards. stage i for 2017, innovation, putting twists on popular desserts, white fudge, covered dingdongs, peanut butter hoe hoe's, and chocolate cake twinkies. >> i'll go with the twinkies. >> twinkies, yes, sounds delicious, right? >> yum. >> what are they filled with, chocolate inside there, too? >> sign me up. >> chocolate on chocolate. >> oh, we'll check in with you next hour, thanks, jill. well kate something back with another check on your saint patrick's day forecast, coming up next. >> also, a special tribute to kevin hart. how philly is honoring the local legend when "eyewitness news" continues

>> looking ahead to very quiet saint patrick's day, for one thing you'll see sunshine, and temperatures easing up, also, experience less after windchill. but, a couple every saint patrick's day just tid-bits for you, the rain yes, sir saint patrick's day we ever experienced back in 93. the most snowy back in 2014. i remember being on the air with the snow falling, ended up with 5 inches of snow that day, the coldest all the way back in 1885. we do not have a prayer of hitting the warmest day as i'm sure you can imagine, when we got all the way into the 80s. not happening today. but at least it is less harsh than recent days. storm scan, nice and quiet, all clear, see sunshine throughout the daylight hours. overnight new little disturbance will zip right in here, bring with it very light wintery mix, lasts us into saturday, i don't think that we have to worry about much if any accumulation, especially south of the city. but you could see maybe quick coating in the northwest suburbs, of some light snow, maybe little sleet. >> yes, okay, great snow.

katie, thank you so much. right now, speaking of some snow, what we're dealing with outside, the elements this morning, you can see we saw ice on the roadways, not only that, that might pose some problems, accident northbound, 202 north at main street, vehicle went right off the road. if i'm not mistaken, very, very close to that pole. now, i will say because in the shot, heads up, a lot of ice still out there, not as bad as what we've seen all week, but still out there, especially pulled off to the shoulders on the side streets, the sidewalks, the bridges, that sort of thing. also, we have this going on. some snow removal. so clearly a lot of snow is still out there. seeing a lot of the crews out there, take it easy traveling by. pa turnpike between virginia driver and norristown, again for snow removal. also the construction crews out there, as well, so 611 old york road at butler avenue. lanes will be block there all the way until 7:00 a.m. so, it is the beginning of the heart of the rush on a friday morning, this is when this would just be ending, so for those every in you that neck of the woods, heads up. more to come in about ten

minutes, jim, rahel, back to you. >> kevin hart now has his very own day in philadelphia. >> the city council proved a resolution proving july 6 kevin hart day, also his before he became international superstar he grew up in north philadelphia and graduated from george washington high school. currently in town filming his latest movie. >> well, coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," live with more on efforts to keep residents safe from falling ice. >> also, this morning, we are hearing from eyewitnesses about this huge fire in north carolina. we first told you about earlier in the show. >> and today is the much anticipated release of disney live action beauty and the beast, we go behind the scenes with actress emma watson. we're back at the top of the hour. stay with

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well the grim discovery in the overbrook section, new this morning, find out if authorities located burger -- murder victim. >> this morning, president trump an investigation from his own party, both budget proposal and his claims that trump tower was wiretapped. i'm hena daniels in new york more on what's on the president's agenda today. >> and villanova wildcats, advance, beating mount saint mary in the first rounds every tournament. we're in buffalo with the team as they learn who they'll take on tomorrow. >> well, top of the morning to you, folks. today is friday march 17. saint patrick's day, and i'm jim donovan. >> only you can say that, jim. we'll let you have that. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha joining us with a ion things. >> happy saint patty's day. they awe are giving me a hard time because i went arr. >> that's a pirate, pirate.

>> eye, where are me lucky charles? here we go. well, you know, arr? whatever works. where is the parrot? we need a parrot in here. >> get me outta here! roadways looking real nice this morning, with that being said, don't think for a second that the ice, in fact, seeing action out there. >> still better but not completely eliminated but i'll say i went through a stop sign at 15th and callowhill, so it is definitely getting better, absolutely, yes. that's definitely something to smile upon here for sure. but looking at storm scan, all is calm, my friends, under the nice clear sky, temperatures going to just drop off a lot more eye fish endly. no where near as winnie. in fact the wind very, very light. nothing more than five, 10 miles per hour at this point. so, we've got that going for us. but with that said, actual air temperatures are either at or below freezing, still, across the board. that does mean that you're not going to see too much melting get underway at least not yet. i thinkod