minutes to go. >> grant: get it away. >> jim: make it a 12 point game as spalding was left alone ufrndneath. you can see the basket and smoke delivers. off of the hands of giga. march madness continues with eight more first round games in cbs and trutv. you decide the games you want to watch. we'll be on cbs with wichita state and dayton and followed by the fourth game. northern kentucky and kentucky. >> bill: niner. not much you can do with that. that is talent. he's solid all year long.

that is straight few wrinkles by louisville. but rick said they have to play more man. >> jim: edwards giga missed a short one. >> bill: second miss. that was a lay up, too. >> jim: that is 43's. under two minutes. and on the way to the match up between michigan and louisville. giga right back to the post. and mathiang and shot clock violation. tv's number one new comedy is is serving up the laughs for kevin james in a new episode of "kevin

can wait" monday 8:00 eastern. 7:00 eastern. >> bill: they took a couple of hits. that is starting in texas huh? >> jim: he played in the university of texas and transferred to kentucky wesly an. and that is a foul for tucker with a swipe across the face of adel. but you know, playing for abe -- he's one of the funniest guys to be involved in college basketball. he is a great coach, too. >> bill: he had a basketball show and they were losing and they had him in a casket. >> jim: not dead yet.

>> bill: not dead yet. what a classic. >> jim: by the way, to have a sitting president attend an ncaa tournament game. i don't know how far back you would go. i can only think of two occasions when you have the chance of having a president takeneding your are game. they are trying to figure out if that was a flagrant foul. i think of nolan richardson and arkansas and president clinton was there. sorry, your last college game. and the other coach to win a game before a sitting president, ray harper. and president obama was in dayton. we mentioned earlier, western kentucky win over the mississippi valley state. and brought david cameron.

here's mathiang for two more. >> bill: they ask for your autograph? >> jim: right? and president clinton went to the regional final when arkansas advanced and bet michigan. >> bill: he and nolan. >> grant: i was in a good mood until you brought that story up. >> bill: i am a arkansas traveller. and there's your guy. giga. >> jim: hitting the fifth three of he game. he can go back to say he gave 30 to the cardinals. i liked watching him. and nine rebounds and maybe be pick up a rebound and pick up a double- double in the closing secon seconds. snider.

78- 63. they have to be proud of the effort. no question. one more three- pointer and off of the mark. and mathiang send itself up court and louisville is heading to a sunday meeting with michigan. that will be a good one. that will be a dandy of a match up. absolutely. and the smooth operation by michigan. >> bill: it will be a lot of fun. >> jim: you get to the the second round are. i love looking ahead when the brackets come out. what are the second round match ups and we saw it in dc, we said it could be michigan and louisville and that would be special and that's what we got. tournament games continue on tbc

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just when you thought we may be thawing out the chance of more snow it's way for some areas, what you can expect a dusting this weekend and who could see accumulating snow. also at 5c fire rips through two large shore houses in south jersey, we will show you damage and where it happened down the shore. another disheartening story -- department stories closing why jc penny plans to lick dade some locations across the country including local stores here in pennsylvania and in new jersey all of those stories are straight ahead on "eyewitness news" bye first it may not be the heavy helping of snow that we had earlier this week but we are not in the clear just yet from this winter weather g afternoon, i'm jessica dean.

aim ukee washington some snow may be on the way tonight , and low temperatures are staying with us. meteorologist lauren casey is in for kate bilo in the weather center. actually she's outside on the sky deck. hi there lauren.utside on the >> you never know where i will pop up, right now it is on the sky deck. it is not too bad. i have my blazer, going without jacket. i will only be out here a couple minutes but temperatures some of the warmest of the week right now we had that sunshine as well, 44 degrees in philadelphia. forty-two in allentown. we are at 48 degrees in atlantic city. as we look at storm scan three though showing us nice clear skies, we had all throughout the day-to-day, quickly fade ago way and that cloud deck is decreasing behind me. you will notice some returns on the radar, just to our south and west, and that will be moving, our way, as we head into the overnight period. winter weather advisory has been issued north and west, 6:00 a.m. tomorrow to 6:00 a.m. sunday for berks county, lehigh valley and

poconos but we will have a chance of wintry type precipitation, across much of the area but for tonight, do watch out for areas of black ice, redeveloping, and we will talk more about the chance for some snowfall, coming up in your full forecast in just a few minutes, guys. >> lauren, we will see in a bit, thank you. two water front homes go up in flames and authorities are working to pinpoint what caused the fire. it happened this morning near corner of segal and pull again drive-in avalon. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has a look at the damage. >> it is just so sad. >> reporter: two bay front homes in avalon destroyed friday morning. >> palmyra, i had a body of fire between two buildings involved behind me here, and the occupants were all out of the one dwelling, the other dwelling was vacant. >> reporter: fire was reported just before 8:00 a.m. from six segal drive which is blue house, officials say at lee three people were at home but all got out safely.

avalon fire fighters started spraying water and foam, but quickly needed backup. almost a dozen departments from throughout cape may county worked together so crew s could get enough water on the fire. >> biggest reason being that we had lay the supply line from ocean drive which is almost a mile drop of hose. >> reporter: officials say wind was relatively calm and think close proximity is likely what caused fire to spread from the occupied house , to 47 pelican drive next door. which officials say is an unoccupied vacation home. >> all of a sudden there is smoke, everything coming out of the house. >> reporter: nancy, lives across the street, and she knows wine family that lives at six segal and feels heart broken for their loss. >> just have to tear down, just terrible. they have all of their memories who. i will cry. because that is too sensitive. i will say prayers for them. >> reporter: late in the afternoon crews were working to put out hot spots even though fire was brought under control by 9:00 a.m. officially the causes still under investigation.

in avalon i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". philadelphia police are investigating shooting death of a man whose body was later run over by an unsuspecting driver, victim was found just before midnight in an alley near 1,000 block of north 68th street in overbrook. the 51 year-old driver told police he felt something under his car and when he stopped to look he discovered body that man had been shot in the head, police say that driver is cooperating, victim's identity has not been released. a freight train crashes in to a car sitting on the tracks in north philadelphia, take a look at the scene from chopper three. that crash happened just after 7:00 near 3400 block of west west moreland street. fire officials say that the car was empty at the time of the crash and no one on the train was hurt. authorities are now trying to figure out why the car was left on the track. more than 100jc penny stores are closing or relocating and impacting 5,000 people who are employed by the company nationwide. four stores in our area are

included, the locations at king of prussia mall, willow grove park and philadelphia mills in philadelphia. and in new jersey, the location at rio grande plaza shopping center. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves joins us now with details on when the stores will lock their doors, alycia? >> reporter: well, ukee, jc penny plans to close 138 locations including one here at king of prussia mall by this june. the company even plans to start liquidation sale, liquidating all of the merchandise in the stores in just a few weeks. just hours ago jc penny became latest retailer to officially announce it is shuttering stores, closing 138 locations. news surprising to some local shoppers. >> jc pennys is another store where you could go in and get really great deals and good quality it seemed like. i was actually shocked. >> i'm a little shocked as much as in the store as much as they do on line. >> reporter: jc penny says

closures are part of the continuing effort to advance the sustainable growth and long term profitability, which for some shoppers, that is still translateness to brick and mortar department store struggling with on line competition. >> a lot of the deals you fine on the store you will fine better deals on line. so, you know i'm all for internet but it is tough for people losing jobs. >> reporter: 5,000 jobs are in jeopardy, jc penny says it will try to relocate some employees and offer early retirement to others. as for the actual retail stores though, like the one at king of prussia, it is a big question as to what, if anything, will fill the void, that they leave behind. >> i'm kind of thinking what will take its place, if anything, because then you just see big vacant areas in these malls and it just makes it feel like it is the start of a down fall, almost. >> reporter: we did reach out to king of prussia mall, official whose said they have no comment on what will fill the void that jc penny will leave behind and with the

closure. as for jc penny closing this location and other 137 locations will save the company about 200 million-dollar a year. reporting live from king of prussia, a leach a nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thank you. you may have noticed drones are gaining popularity in many industries, and popping up every where. >> right here on "eyewitness news" we are taking our coverage to new heights with the launch of the drone watch three, this is view outside our studios, and, drones are so popular there is even a drone film festival, third annual is this weekend in new york city. correspondent kenneth craig shows us how they can capture some breathtaking views. >> reporter: from the sky scrapers of new york, to the cliffs, drones are taking hobbies and film makers to new heights and capturing extreme athletes in ways, that have never been seen before. >> it can go anywhere you want and that is, you know, macing, as long as operator is good enough to put it there. >> reporter: director randy scotties gearing up for third

annual new york city drone film festival. a growing event that he started after seeing an emerging number of drone videos, without a proper outlet to showcase their work. >> drones are all over the place, you see them on every film set, you see them on every commercial set, you see them on tv all the time. >> reporter: it is not just pros, amateur film maker doug armconnect grew up in rural kansas and had these views of the harvest. >> we have views of the people of the world. >> reporter: beauty and bounty film takes viewers inside the bread basket of america. what were you able to do with the drone that you could not do with the normal camera. >> drone allows you to go high , go low, i mean you can get a really close shot but it is still from the air or go up high and see the whole field. >> reporter: thirty-two films are battling for pries in categories, including extreme sports, landscape and documentary. >> people are really starting to understand creative power

of drones and incorporate them >> reporter: and he predicts this years nominees are just a taste of what is to come. kenneth craig for cbs news, new york. >> wow. >> great shot. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" on this st. patrick's day so much for corned beef and cabbage. >> some people like green food , loaded with green dye but is it good for you? health reporter stephanie stahl takes a look. villanova starred booth may be out for the season but we still put him to mmmmm psst. yoplait custard's back. the family favorite...

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don, we have more tournament all afternoon and it will go on well into the night. >> as you know we will be here until 1:00 in the morning. >> how are things shaping up. >> well, we are talking nova hoops. the ncaa tournament is a series of six pop quizzes you ate and you win the title. villanova passed first one and now they have prepping for second. leslie van arsdal is with the cats in buffalo and she joins us live as they get ready for

round two, tomorrow begins wisconsin. leslie? >> reporter: well, don, i talked to a wounded cat, star gardasils booth was leading scorer in that national championship game an inside lined this season because of an injury but today, we put him to work. >> are you ready to go out, and hard hitting questions here. >> yes, i'm ready to do it. >> go for it. >> what do you think is the funniest dancer on the team. >> funniest what. >> the funniest person on the team. >> funniest person on the team >> there is a lot of those guys, darryl is funny, omare is hilarious. miguel is funny too. those three are top guys. >> you have a calm demeanor on the court. where do you get that from. it seems like you are cool but you are playing very hard. where do you get that from. >> my pop. my father always has that demeanor. you know, walk around, act like nothing is wrong.

not much excitement. always trying to be positive. >> appreciate that, thanks for having me on, man. >> so, what do you think it would be like, the war person to room with. >> the war person to room with >> word. >> why is that. >> we are not going to get into that but i'll just let you know that. >> thanks for your time, kris, glad to have you, appreciate you, man. >> now my take away from that i feel bad for tim delaney right now, coming up we will have more with chris jenkins. he has been struggling. so is what the problem? does he even think there is a problem. we will have more with chris at 6:00. back to you in the studio. >> wait so phil will note join us as well. >> nova and wisconsin by the kay tomorrow at 2:40 tip off on cbs-3.

>> all right, thanks, don. coming up next half an hour how people are celebrating this ncaa friday that just happens to be st. patrick's day. plus a just released study shows a possible break through treatment for stroke victims, and it helps people get back on their feet with less disability and more mobility. and the city of lights holds a dark path for prince william. today he goes back to the city where his mother died nearly 20 years ago. yes is there coming

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president trump is not backing down from his explosive wiretapping allegations. what he said to the german chancellor today that is adding more fuel to the scandal. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30, hi everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. president trump hosted angela merkel at the white house today their first, face-to-face meeting but the pair, they have quite a past. >> no handshake but plenty of smiles as president trump

welcomed german chancellor angela merkel to the white house on friday. >> take a good picture back to germany, make sure. >> reporter: they met in private before holding a joint press conference that addressed strengthening nato, trade agreements and fighting isis. >> our alliance is a symbol of strength, cooperation to the world, and it is the foundation of a very, very hopeful future. >> period leading up to this visit i have always said it is much, much better to talk to one another and not about one another and i think conversation proved this. >> reporter: cordial tone could signal reset of the once rocky reset what she has done in germany insane. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, mr. trump bashed merkel about her open borders immigration policy. >> she went off the reservation. i don't know what happened. >> reporter: immigration came up during press conference but it was domestic issue that dominated the event. german reporters asked the

president, about unsubstantiated claims that british intelligence helped former president obama wiretap trump tower during 2016 campaign. >> all we did was a quote a certain very talented, legal mind, who was the one responsible for saying that on television. >> reporter: president allude todd 2013 reports that the u.s. listened in on merkel's phone calls. >> at lee we have something in common perhaps. >> reporter: merkel did not respond to the comments. and, joining me now is host of the face the nation john dickerson. john, always great to see you on a friday. >> thanks, good to see to. >> you have big guests coming up for sunday's show, you have minority leader nancy pelosi and senator and former presidential candidate ted cruz. they both have strong opinions on the proposal to repeal and replace the affordable care ago, will you talk about that topic? what will you discuss with

them? >> reporter: we sure will. ted cruz is critic of the plan at the moment, american health care act but he is also trying to be a rescuer of that effort , talking to the white house, talking to members on the hill on the house side, and he is a senator so he is going over to the other side and try to convince them that they can put together a package that can get republican support in the house and senate, and then, become law. so we will talk to him about all of that and obviously nancy pelosi on the other side of things not just talking about health care with her but also, the latest, wiretapping information. she's a part of the gang of eight which is congressional leaders that get the most sensitive intelligence information and then obviously president put out a budge this week and nancy pelosi has thoughts about that. she's not a fan. >> yeah, i heard. on that note you will talk to nick muscle veney, director of office of management and budget, at center of this budget proposal which as you know seeks to cut millions in funding to some agencies and

give historic boosts to the military. so what new perspective do you hope to gain from him this weekend. >> that is right, we don't want to put on just a critic of nancy pelosi without giving administration its chance to speak to. what i'm most interested in om b director nick muscle vein hoy just came from congress is what is philosophy at center of the president's budget. budgets where numbers and philosophy. so what is he saying about what the federal government should do, and in a time of scarcity. there is a 20 trillion-dollar budget deficit, so obviously federal government cannot pay for everything. how does it choose what to pay for and what not to pay for. president is making big, big changes in what the federal government does. this is a historic shift. not just about numbers, but what a country decide to spend its money on and for whom, is really a big deal and the president had some big thoughts about that and we will go through all of that with nick muscle vein.

>> yes, these priorities. john, thanks. full slate for sunday. you can watch face the nation with john dickerson sunday morning at 10:30 right here on cbs-3. local young people are making their voices heard to bring youth issues to the forefront of the governmental issues. "eyewitness news" at city hall today where philadelphia youth commission announced its letters to the white house campaign. it is non-partisan effort to communicate with the trump administration with issues that impact philadelphia's youth. >> we want young people to feel free, to share their opinions, that they're elected officials and create a dialogue that present to them. this campaign, reenforced, the importance of young people in government and reminds young people that they are the future of america. >> commission also encouraging area youth to continue the conversation with state and local leaders, and within their own community. britain's prince william and his wife kate are in paris on the first official visit to the french capitol since princess diana died there 20

years ago. >> british royals began their two day visit to paris at a palace. prince william and his wife, medicine with frances holland as britain prepares to break from the european union. royal watchers are saying this visit is a charm offensive, william and kate will not visit tunnel where princess diana died in the car crash, people still stop to lay flowers and memorial above that crash site. well, for some celebrating st. patrick's day means green food, from beer to pastry, it is a day when many wear green and eating something green, but is that green, dye good for you. health reporter stephanie stahl has the answer. you can talk. >> of course, it is all he ever does. >> long awaited live action beauty and the beast is now in theaters and ukee talked to the cast and his preview in 15 minutes, lauren? this friday we made it to the weekend and we will still be below average as we head

into saturday and sunday with highs in the middle 40's. not as frigid as first half of the workweek. we will see light wintry mix early saturday morning, not expecting much in the way of accumulation and then changing over to rain and period of rain as we head into saturday afternoon. we could see snow showers early sunday morning and pick up a quick coat to go an inch in spots, best chance at snow on sunday will be south east of i-95.

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well, it is st. patrick's day and many will celebrate with irish festivities and lots of green, food and drink. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on safety concerns, about consuming items that contain green dye which is used a lot, yes. >> reporter: green stuff every where. there has been discussion about safety of artificial food coloring, it is regulated by f.d.a. and agency says that the food dye is safe but some groups disagree, and still most experts say that having a

little bit that you will consume on st. patrick's day should be just fine. green beer, a st. patrick's day tradition for many, all kind of green treats will be on the menu to celebrate irish pride, and many will be made with green dye, artificial food coloring that has been linked to cancer in animals and behavioral problems in children who have a sensitivity to the dyes but is there debate about the science on dyes and how much might be just too much. >> on st. patrick's day if you have a treat that has, some green food coloring in it you will not experience any negative healthy affects but keep it to a minimum. >> reporter: green food dye is found in things like breakfast cereals, cookies, cakes, doughnuts, dietitions says those types of food contain a lot of sugar and fat, healthier st. patrick's day celebrating will focus more on items that are naturally green >> i'm really trying to focus on those food that are naturally bright in colors that you get vitamin and

minerals. >> reporter: food like kail, leave lifey vegetables, broccoli, cucumbers and green peppers are a few healthy st. patty's choices. they are high in vitamins, nutrients and minerals and generally low in calories. they are traditional irish dishes that are also, healthy choices. >> colcannon a potato and kail dish or salmon, or a dark, stout beer, all colorful food half naturally a lot of nutrients. >> reporter: let's in the forget an all time favorite for many quacamole made by avocados, a nutrient rich healthy kind of good fat. dietitions say there is, all natural kind of food dye that doesn't contain potentially dangerous chemicals, can be found in artificial food coloring. so, green is the color of the day. >> i know, we failed on that miserablely. >> yes. >> only grown one here. >> i had green eggs and ham for breakfast. >> i technically cannot, green

screen. >> that is right, green wall. >> that is right. >> thanks, stephanie appreciate it. it is friday, lauren has our weekend forecast. >> yes, it is not terrible but it is not great either. a couple shots of snow as we head in the upcoming weekend but today we had a nice round of sunshine where cloud deck is increasing very quickly in advance of the next storm system and it will move, and through, pretty slowly and provide us an extended chance of precipitation but people right now, they are enjoying the conditions, high cloud on the scene there as we look live at jack frost big boulder , people cutting down the slopes, yes, shredding with i don't know people say that is shredding with their snow board. i don't know if that is snow board organize skiing. i'm trying to pretend that i'm cool. our weather watchers are very cool and they have current conditions right now and we will check in with them. temperatures in the 40's, even through the 50's on the board. so certainly a much more mild day then we had all this week so we will check in right now, in new jersey where it is 44

degrees at ken's house, cool shade on, mostly sunny conditions still in willingboro, new jersey and he says the snow is melting and that is a good thing. i think all of us think that. i saw two people stuck in the snow in the city and about two minutes time, two different people, so yeah, it is pretty rough, we want to get rid of the snow, so we will check in, head over, all to my man, david, david mitchell, you have -- they is, mostly sun any norristown. lets see what david those say. forty-one, mostly clear, have a pleasant weekend, y'all. thanks for the sentiments. i hope everyone has a pleasant weekend but we are contending with precipitation, storm scan three showing thaws cloud deck increasing west of the city but those cloud will over spread the entire delaware valley as the storm system makes an approach. moisture building in to our west, we can see it is green, white, pink so we will see some wintry type precipitation through this evening, winter weather advisory 6:00 a.m.

tomorrow to 6:00 a.m. sunday. best chance of precipitation across the area will be late saturday night and early sunday. lehigh valley, berks county, poconos under that advisory where can see the most accumulating snow but not significant for many. for upcoming weekend slow moving storm system starts as wintry mix in the city, late tonight, early tomorrow morning best chance will be late saturday night and we could see some accumulations, again most of those minor across the area, from the storm system but for this evening, big increase in cloud , cool, quiet with a temperature in the lower 40's. overnight tonight dropping down to that near freezing mark, wintry mix developing late but it will be well pennsylvania midnight. friday night plans we should be okay. for upcoming weekend we have had brief wintry mix changing over to rain, tomorrow's temperatures warm up to 46. sunday we could see lingering morning snow shower and as we head in the afternoon high temperatures high temperatures in the 40's. future weather showing us throughout the overnight here come the cloud and

precipitation starting to break out all snow north and west of the city, wintry mix i-95 south ande mainly rainfall and then transition to all rain across big portion of the area. south jersey, philadelphia, northwestern suburbs but that far north and west we will be dealing with snow showers and as we head into saturday night we could see transition back to snow showers in philadelphia and immediate new jersey suburbs. as we head into early sunday morning best chance of snow showers will be across the shore, the low system exits off shore, and really throws us moisture on the back side there but we will look at our projections as far as accumulations, and most in the poconos where we could see 4 inches, elsewhere maybe up to two or 3 inches in the lehigh valley, elsewhere across the delaware valley including in the city where we are likely to see coat to go an inch at best from this snow including the duration of the entire weekend monday sunshine the with the late day showers and tuesday, five are three.

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cruel prince turns into a beast. >> come to the light. >> every generation sees something new, in great fairy tails and dimension, characters bringing human qualities to these, and it was very exciting. >> reporter: as are new twists like learning more about the early life of bell's how she came to reject constant advances by an arrogant admirer. >> you are the most gorgeous thing i have ever seen. >> reporter: luke and josh watched the film with the local audience. >> people are responding to it in the same way that we first responded, to the classic. >> were you watching the people more. >> it is hard not to, because you want to see how they are racking and their faces and from the children and adults. >> reporter: faces of the actors were glowing while working. the set, amazing. >> we walk on and it was incredible. all of those candles. >> yes. >> all of those candles those are real flames, real flowers.

>> yes. >> from the top of the roof, to the top of their lungs, everybody sings from josh and luke hoff musical training to emma who did not. >> i was so excited and nerve to us hear her sing for the first time. >> i just have to get in my groove and once i was in my groove, i was okay. >> give me some. >> and that is your preview of >> ♪ beauty and the beast. >> i remember being little seeing that in the theater and all of the songs. >> you know what now there has been a lot of talk about a gay moment in the film, director and cast did not want to talk bit feeling it is subtle enough and barely recognizable >> some critics have said movie directed toward children shouldn't contain it at all, beauty and the beast is in theaters right now.

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tgif, but this isn't just any friday. >> there are plenty of reasons to celebrate on this particular day, our vittoria woodill was out and about to see what people are doing this weekend with a little bit more excitement then usual. >> reporter: good things come in three's and today is friday , st. patrick's day and march madness. month what is energy thaw are feeling. >> i'm biggest hoops fan and irish. call can net got better is this culmination of everything great day. >> it really is. all march madness, do it every year and proud of the irish. >> many celebrated with pride by the sound of tv at the field house. >> high energy, you know, lots of beer, high volume of shots going around. >> and a little basketball. >> just a small amount. >> including flower show folks , too. >> everybody is playing, pretty fun together, flower show people and sports fans. >> that is good news, others were celebrating the state of the irish at cathedral

basilica of saints peter and paul. >> we pray st. patrick's pray er. >> did you squeeze in mass before march madness. >> oh, yeah, we're going shopping first in new jersey. i have got some pictures i want to get developed, my son graduated from villanova. >> go wildcats. >> i'm still a notre dame fan. >> day where we can all feel lucky that we have so much to look forward to, and catholics even get added bonus. >> it is unique day that happens every few years when st. patrick's fee day falls in the friday in lent. our archbishop has given a dispensation for catholics in the archdiocese to partake of meat today. >> in that case. >> one of the best fridays ever, march madness st. patty's day and day you can eat meat. vittoria woodill for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> seriously.

>> seriously. >> well, catholics are allowed to eat meat because it is st. patrick's day but they are encouraged to do a good deed. now on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 history of the holiday , celebrating st. patrick's day in philadelphia has quite a history and we have evidence to prove it. a look at the artifacts that shows founding fathers they had the plans, back in the 1700s, lauren. after two days of sunshine we had two chances for yes, snow as we head in the upcoming weekend. i'm meteorologist lauren casey and i will let you know where winter weather advisory is in effect and where we can see accumulating snowfall coming up. just after president announced his 2018 federal budget, i'm greg argos at chester county food bank with how these federal cuts could affect food banks at the local level. plus, shore homes a blaze, fire rips through two waterfront houses, and reason fire fighters had a tough time , getting those flames out .

here's is what happening another chance of snow with some side streets, still snow covered, and we could be seeing some more winter weather this weekend. somebody need to tell mother nature it is st. patrick's day and we are ready for spring. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. meteorologist lauren casey in for kate bilo live on the sky deck and, lauren, say it ain't so. >> don't do it. >> mother nature is being so cruel, why? >> yes, i feel like we are all grounded. we will get two days of sunshine but over last hour it feels chillier out here on the sky deck because the skies are clouding over and we have who that sunshine, all this moisture building in advance of the next weather system that will be slow moving and bringing us a couple shots of snowfall but on a positive note we have our warmest temperatures we have felt in abt