>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. are you ready for some more snow? we could get a little bit this weekend. justin is tracking what it arrives. >> breaking news this morning, a paris airport evacuated after a man is shot by french police. >> and villanova's next talent. today's match up with the wisconsin badgers. a chance to advance to the sweet 16. >> today is saturday, march 18. good morning, i'm jan carabeo. rain and another chance to see snow possibly this weekend, so let's get right over to meteorologist, justin drabick with the eyewitness forecast this saturday morning, justin, still have snow on the grounds from the last storm, here we are talking about snow again. why not? >> it's been the pattern. full weekend every winter

here, so holding on strong it, won't and big deal. we may see wet snowflakes, maybe in the city but mainly north the lehigh valley, poconos, for the best shot of snow. won't cause a whole lot of problems. will be chance of snow all the way through the overnight hours into sunday morning, won't be snowing the whole time during the day. break it down, weak system passing by, clouds over the city, few light rain showers, even some drizzle from the city on southward, mix of some wet snowflakes, north right now. thirty-nine at the airport in philly. may drop another degree or so, that's about it, so we are staying above freezing, no real concern, many slick spots, light precipitation on storm scan3, not all even reaping the ground. going north of the city looks like north of the turnpike, northeast extension, as well, start to get maybe few pocket of light snow. but there are breaks. like i said, there will be times where we see nothing but clouds, and get a round of some light snow, rain. be there will a winter weather advisory that goes into

advisory at 8:00 for berks county, lehigh valley and poconos, until 6:00 a.m. for the off and on snow showers, maybe get light accumulation on non-paved surfaces, car tops, that's about it, look at the temperatures, 30's in the lehigh valley, 40 wilmington, but poconos, best shot for accumulation on the grounds. thirty quakertown, 28 doylestown. so the windchills values, not that bad. light breeze out there, bringing the temperatures down to the upper 20's washings it really feels like in the lehigh valley. today mid 40's for highs, off and on showers at times, poconos, light snow at times, temperatures right around freezing, we talk about drier finish to the weekends, will it ever warm up? the seven day in a few minutes. >> i hope so, thanks, justin following breaking news out of paris this morning. a man who grabbed soldier's gun at orally airport has been shot to death by police. french officials say security evacuate dollars the airport, avoid those to avoid while the police operation was underway there. passengers were not allowed to

leave their aircraft. back at home, new this morning, accident involving a truck in northeast philadelphia has sent two people to the hospital. police say the truck lost control at frankford avenue and stand wick street split ago utility pole knocking out power in that area. there is no word on how serious the injuries are. police are investigating how the crash happened. >> and pennsylvania state police are investigating a two car crash on the schuylkill schuylkill, this crash happened just after 1:00 this morning in the westbound lanes near the exit to girard avenue. investigators say the impact of the collision overturned one of the cars. one person is now in the hospital. >> well, food truck owners will now on high alert after a series of robberies. and now owners are taking caution to avoid becoming the next victim. anita oh, live at police headquarters this morning, to tell us more about it. >> high there, jan, food truck operators are heading home earlier than usual, after two armed robberies in west

philadelphia, the good news is, the suspects caught on surveillance videoment take a good look at this man, philadelphia police believe he is responsible two food truck robberies in west philadelphia just two hours, monday. >> the first incident happened 6:30 p.m. monday near 43rd and walnut streets, the second at 8:30 same night at 34th and lancaster avenue. >> right to the back door, not even paying attention, takes the money then leaves. >> so close, so pricing, because all of this area has change add lot in the last 20 years for the better. >> now weary food truck operators are taking measures to make sure this doesn't happen to them. >> i saw my dad, we should leave early, not at 9:00 or 10:00. because like it could happen

at any time. so me and him are leaving like right now. >> and in both instances police say a waiting car drove the suspect away. they believe these two people live in the area, how easily they were able to navigate. meantime, police say the suspect is described as black male, between five-six and five-eight. anyone with information is asked to call police. live at police headquarters, anita oh, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> all right, anita, thank you. a fire has damaged a house in south philadelphia, chopper three over the 2400 block of south franklin street where firefighters responded around 8:30 last night, there are no reports of any injuries. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a short time later firefighters rush to burning row home in north philadelphia. chopper three over the 2700 block of north crosskeys street, where the call came in just before 9:00 last night. no word on how this fire started, and no reports of injuries here. >> police are now looking for this man, who was accused of

exposing himself at the chester county library in exton. west whiteland township officers say a woman reported that the man performed allude act while inside the library on wednesday. officers say the man they're looking for was captured on this surveillance video as he was leaving. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run in montgomery county is now under arrest. twenty-eight year old adam simbareo charged with leaving the scene of an accident in a accident that called burnell, crossing schumaker road in pottstown, where his pick-up truck struck him. he was pronounced dead at the scene. a preliminary hearing for him is schedule for march 31. >> and former pennsylvania state trooper is now facing charges in the 2014 shooting death of his pregnant wife. thirty-six year old joseph miller was arraigned on two counts of involuntary manslaughter. investigators say miller

fatally shot his wife joanna in the family's east norriton home on march, in march of 2014. he and the baby both died after an emergency c-section. authority say miller told them his gun discharged as he was preparing to clean it. miller resigned from his job with the state police. >> president trump is spend being the weekend at his florida estate. but before he left washington, he tried to would conservative lawmakers with his healthcare plan, he deaned philadelphia his claim president obama spied on him. craig boswell has the latest. >> during a press conference with german chancellor angela merkel, president trump took his nearly two week old claim that the obama administration spied on him one step further. >> as far as wiretapping, i guess, you know, this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. >> he was apparently referring to obama surveillance of

american he will's cell phone by the national security agency. also elaborated on another unverified allegation that president obama used british intelligence to spy on him after a fox news analyst made the claim on tuesday. >> president obama went outside the chain of command. he didn't use the nsa. he didn't use the cia. he didn't use the fbi. he didn't use the department of justice. he used gch2. that's the initials for a british spying agency. >> i didn't make an opinion on it, and so you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to -- >> the gchq said friday morning the allegation is utley ridiculous and should be ignoredment the white house has acknowledged the concern but has not apologized. both the house and senate intelligence committees found no evidence of any surveillance on trump tower. mr. trump started his day in the oval office, offering concessions to conservative republicans who don't like his replacement for obamacare.

>> mostly no's yesterday, and now every single one is a yes. >> the house is scheduled to vote on the bill thursday. mr. trump is spending the weekend at his florida estate gearing up for another busy week. craig boswell, for cbs 3, "eyewitness news." meantime, the secret service is scrambling to find laptop stolen from an agent's car in brooklyn. officials say the laptop contained four plans, evacuation protocol for trump tower. also stolen were the agent's that gave access to security details, authorities say the information on that laptop is encrypted. well, for the first time since her presidential campaign, hillary clinton is back in pennsylvania. the former democratic presidential nominee was the keynote speaker last night at saint patrick's day event in scranton. she has family ties to the city. clinton told the crowd quote ready to come out of the woods, help americans finds

common ground. >> now, to march madness. villanova is getting ready for tough test today. the wildcats take on the wisconsin badgers in the second rounds of the ncaa tournament. wisconsin is the eighth seed in the east. they beat virginia tech by ten on thursday night. and they're the only team in the tournament that's made it to three straight sweet 16's. nova -- >> not only have great ties, but great depth. they can bring a lot of guys in off the bench. that's kind of our weakness, you know, so trouble for us is we didn't -- >> tough, defensive minded team, and we know that, we know that's how they play. we have got to be aggressive. we can't -- they can -- second guess ourselves, or ... >> catch villanova and wisconsin this afternoon at 2:40, right here on cbs-3.

there will be much more ahead in the match up in sports that's in our next half hour. well, saint patrick's day is technically over. but the party will go on throughout the weekend. pennsylvania is one of the top states to celebrate the holiday. straight ahead, three things you might not know about saint patty's day, and its rich history right here if philadelphia. plus maybe you'll drink a green beer or eat a green cookie this weekend. why they pose danger to your health. >> experimental treatment could mean new hope for stroke patients. i'm jamie yuccas in new york with

welcome back, people april cross the region mark saint patrick's day on friday. "eyewitness news" was at the annual saint patrick's day ceremony tow irish memorial on penn's landing. members of philadelphia's irish community, including mayor jim kenney, gather thereto celebrate their ancestory and commemorate those who left ireland during a time of hardship. irish dance there topped off the occasion. children danced to the crowd. >> of course saint patrick's day has a strong history in philadelphia, that's why it is not surprising our area is one of the best in the count troy celebrate the holiday. nicole brewer tells us some of the things you probably didn't know about this day. >> is r. >> reporter: from street music to good old-fashioned celebrating, we fly our irish flag proudly. >> fun, the city gets

together, we role. >> i have to celebrate my people. >> according to new report by offers. com, pennsylvania is one of the best places to do it. >> pennsylvania, we're fun. >> the study looked at google search data, irish data, found pennsylvania was second only to rhode island. followed by historic connecticut and neb rash did a. >> rhode island. >> deep rooted history here. >> history that pre-date america's founding, local historian mikhail a, who celebrates the irish experience in philly, says it was 1771, group of irish citizens presented ben franklin franklin with this invitation to celebrate at the city that far glenn friendly sons every st. patrick started at dinner basically kind of started the saint patrick's day parade and celebration in the united states. >> these days most of us honor the patron saint of ireland by wearing green, some more entheusiastic than others. most of us will shell out less than 25 sham rots to

celebrate, but more of the pot of gold will be spent at pubs on green beer. >> can't drink on an empty stomach. >> now the local history -- historian we spoke to says by 1850, more than million people migrate interesting ireland during the great famine, many of them landing right here in philadelphia, and other part of the state, because labor jobs, such as coal mines, on pennsylvania railroad, were plenty. nicole brewer, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> and this weekend you will likely see a lot of green beer and other green colored foods, but there are safety concerns about consume being items that contain green dye. artificial food coloring is regulated by the fd a and the agency does say that the dye is safe, but some researchers link the coloring to cancer in animals and behavioral problems in children. dietitions say consuming green colored foods once a year likely will not hurt you. and justin, likely a lot of people out and about celebrating this weekend.

>> a lot of craziness out, there not just the weather. >> all right. >> but yes, we will see some rain even parts little wet snow, march, hang on. >> i wish it would go away, though. >> we'll see what happens. overall cool pattern, next couple of weeks. so let's see what happens for the end of the month, but this morning, in the whole lot going on. looking live here at center city, the parkway, pretty good, little wet road to deal with, the snow melt, dollars good news temperatures are above freezing, little light drizzle, depend willing on where you are this morning, many go north of the city. my see some of the wet snowflakes, threat of precipitation near i sunday morning, so here are the headlines, little light lane and snow today, weak system that's passing by to the north, pretty slow mover. again precipitation will continue throughout the overnight. i think tonight is our best shot to see some snow even here in the city. spring officially arrives monday morning, but won't be

feeling like it. temperatures overall staying cool over the next seven days. we will talk about that in the extended forecast. there you go, current look at storm scan3, clouds, moving on in, casino every held the temperatures up in a lot of spots, hanging around 40 degrees, colds spots in the suburbs, light snow showing up on radar, done mean it is reaching the ground, but probably wet snowflakes mixed in, break to the west, precipitation across western pennsylvania, needs to come through. off and on rain and snow showers, depending where you are. during the day not expecting whole lot of accumulation, maybe light accumulation later tonight. specially in the poconos. possibly the lehigh valleyment poconos pretty much staying all snow throughout the day into nighttime hours. berks, lehigh valley, you guys under winter weather advisory starting 8:00 this morning, little light snow, change to go rain, then back to snow later tonight. philadelphia and surrounding suburbs, rain, ending as snow, overnight tonight, then the shore, delaware, south jersey, mainly rain, maybe get few sleet pellets, wet snowflakes, overnight tonight, really

doesn't amount to anything. temperatures upper three's, around 40 degrees, south jersey, delaware, at the shore low 40's, atlantic city wildwood, around philadelphia, surrounding suburbs, hanging out mid upper 30's, cold spot to the north and west, where you have the thicker snow pack, sitting at freezing in quakertown, doylestown, 28 degrees, 24 in mount pocono. poconos probably don't get above freezing today. so as we go through time, check out the model where that cold air is, north of the city, you get the lighter snow. berks, lehigh vale, where they issue the winter weather advisory, most accumulations probably on non-paved surfaces, going to be pretty much on the lighter side. then see rain, majority of the region into the afternoon, catch a break in the evening, and the storm starts to ram up as it moves off shore. so on the back side, we get the cooler air returning, so still some wet snowflakes flying in the lehigh valley, possible far south as city overnight, again, accumulations look pretty minimal, get anything mainly on the grassy areas. tomorrow afternoon looks good, see the sunshine returning,

model forecast you see best chance for the light accumulation, maybe coating to up an inch, lehigh valley, poconos could be two, 3 inches, good news, ski resorts, not much of anything, south of the city. today, well above freezing, mid 40's, tonight, colder again, drop below freezing, in some of the suburbs, few slick spots on untreated surfaces but so much on the grounds i think we're in good shape. tomorrow still running good 10 . shower at time today, snow showers to the north, high of 44 degrees, tonight gets cooler again, see the rain showers ending as snow showers. then the extended forecast, 50 for the high on the first day of spring, still below average. tuesday seasonably at 54, our warmest day, hanging out in the 40's for the next week. again looks like things quiet down, no big storms to talk about. >> that's good, thanks, justin. on the health watch now, new hope for stroke patients. jamie yuccas tells us about an experimental treatment that uses stem cells. >> christopher little woke up three years ago, and couldn't move his left side.

>> i know it happened between 10:00 at night and 4:30 in the morning when my phone oral large went off for work. and i couldn't get out every bed. >> turns out he suffered a stroke, by the time he got to the hospital it was too late for current treatment to work. doctors told him about an experimental option at the cleveland clinic using stem cells. >> the treatment called multi stem involves donor adult stem cells grown in the lab which are given to the patient through iv. >> stem cells, change, new response of the body to the stroke. and it will turn down the immune response. >> new study in the journal lancit neurology looked at 129 patients. half got the stem cells, half a placebo, researchers found those who received the cells within 36 hours had better recovery at one year including chris. >> we don't know fully, but we

like -- but i can say has done well. >> researchers hope with more study this approach could become an option for stroke patients who miss that critical treatment window. chris had to learn to walk again. >> i can use my hands and everything and you can walk without a walker or pain or anything. i think i've done real good. >> the 49 year old is grateful to be back to normal after his stroke. jamie yuccas, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news." the royal couple is in paris this weekend. still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news," the emotional day planned for william and kate during their visit to france. >> and you remember this video that went viral last week, right, who can forget there is the kid who interrupted their dag's live tv interview. hear from the family at the center of this internet sensation, whether "eyewitness news" continues.

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>> mayor john kelly's four year old has been watched 86 million times. it has turned her farther, robert, into a global internet sensation. >> we had to turnoff the phones, facebook, twitter ... >> the chaos unfolded friday during skype interview with the cbc. >> as professor kelly tried to keep marion at bay. in waddled nine month old, followed quickly by his mother, in a frantic bid to get the kids out of the shot. kelly later explained that marion had been in a hipity hopity mood after celebrating her birthday party. >> i thought to read a book for 30 seconds just to do the interview, but then the other in a little stroller, then there was nothing i could do.

>> the video instantly triggered tributes and copycats. like the one featuring press secretary sean spicer, president trump, ben carson and kellyanne conway. and it lit up the late night shows. >> this is why i love kids. no matter how seriously you take yourselves, kids will mess up your -- sure kids can say i'm going on the bbc, but the kids are like no, we're going on he will glenn kelly thought that cents was the end of his tv career, but it's been the opposite. kelly politely tweeted that he left in peace, and he's happy his family saga has brought laughter to so many. charlie d'agada, cbs news, london. >> so striking cute. so funny. and in the next half hour here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news," it is a new area for monopoly. wait until you see the new playing pieces that will come with the eye won i can --

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good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo, rain is on the way this weekend, and dairy say more. snow, meteorologist, justin

drabick, live on the cbs-3 skydeck this morning with eyewitness weather. justin, how is it feeling right snow. >> drop the s word again. >> i know, sorry. >> people are done with it. >> i know i am. may see few snowflakes here in the city specially later tonight. i think best chance for philadelphia. in the north, find wet snow flying on the light side. really won't and big deal, depending where you are. little light drizzle, if you're at the skydeck, nothing much impacting the roads, maybe a little damp. see light snow showing up on radar, north of the city, up through the poconos, and there are breaks through the day today. offer and on rain and snow showers, depending where you are. at 8:00 this morning, winter weather advisory does go into effect, berks county, lehigh valley and poconos, looks like the poconos has the best shot to see some light accumulation, anywhere else probably mainly on non-paved surfaces in the lehigh valley and berks county. temperatures for the most part above freezing. you know, you get to the lehigh valley, happening g out at 33 allentown, 44 mount

pocono. so we will struggle to get to freezing up in the mountains, no problem getting some accumulation there, everybody else eventually will climb above freezing, even though it is 28 right now in doylestown, 36 in mt. holly, new jersey, so today, see some showers around at times, around the city, snow showers to the north. this will ends as snow overnight, majority of the region, the exception will be south jersey and delaware, still, overall, little or no accumulation is expected for the system, high today, we climb to the mid four's, still running good 10 degrees below average, near freezing up in the poconos, second half of the weekends does look better, sunshine does return. i'll let you know how warm we get coming up in the seven day in a few minutes, jan, back to you. >> something to look forward to, thank you, justin. >> well the hug harrison glover house may have been demolished, now another fight is brewing, "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff explains those who work to save the home from demolition say they've now been wronged again. >> this photo taken the morning of march 2nd, summed

up the community heartache when camden county loan revolutionary era home suddenly leveled. dedicated in 1764 above the little timber creek in bellmawr, the now former glover house had a coveted location, but more recently that same location served its demise in the way of the massive 76, 295 realignment project, was torn down to make room for a sound barrier. >> they need to be held accountable for their actions. >> now preservationists blind sided by the demolition were hit again while on their way to pick up some artifact, salvaged from the home's rubble. >> we get a home from one of our elected officials got a call, well, we won't -- >> the new jersey department of transportation back out due to pending litigation. but the original question still remains: did the dot have cause to level the home? according to the camden county historical society, no, that's home once owned by william

harrison, jr., and played a significant role in the american revolution. but, an expensive historical survey outlined by the dot found no evidence that the heroic captain owned home prior to the early 1800s. the society still hopes the artifact can be turned over to them, and now looking into building a replica of the historic home. >> something has got to be done for the people of bellmawr to memorialize their historic site that the dot callously destroyed. and somebody's got to pay for that. and we're nominating the nydot. >> along with construct ago possible rep applicant, a the his who are dall society now also exploring ways that they can prevent other significant south jersey homes from meeting a similar fate. alexandria hoff, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." officials are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that destroyed two multi million dollar bay front homes down the shore.

chopper three over avalon friday morning. investigators say three people in one home on seagull drive safely escaped the fire. flames quickly spread to an unoccupied vacation home next-door. one neighbor said she heart broken for the homeowners. >> this one has to be teared down, terrible, they have all of their memories lost. i mean, i'll cry because i'm too sad -- i'm saying prayers for them. >> the fire was declared under control in just about an hour. >> getting around town on septa may soon cost you more. the agency is proposed several rate hikes starting on july 1st. a cash fair would increase by 25 cents. if you use the septa key would you have to pay 20 sent more per ride. septa will hold public hearings on the proposal next month, before the board votes on the rate hike. jc penny is closing 138 stores nationwide impacting about 5,000 workers. for local stores closing including three in pennsylvania, they're at the

king of prussia mall, willow grove park mall, as well as the philadelphia mills mall in new jersey the j.c. penney at the rio grand plaza shopping center is closing. j.c. penney says the liquidation process will begin as early as april 17th. the company says the store closures are part of its turn-around plan. it is the day for which medical student across the country countdown. held on the third friday of march each year, this year, it is the largest on record. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh, was at the penn museum as the university every pen med student learn where they will begin their carreers. inside a simple whiten develop open, on single sheet of paper their fate. >> the program that i dreampt of getting into. >> a culmination of four years, five years of really hard work, really, really happy right now. >> month of anticipation turned into overwhelming emotion for 169 medical student at the pearlman school

of med inch. >> at the stroke of noon eastern time friday student from 155 medical schools across the country, including here at the university of pennsylvania, ripped open envelopes to figure out where they'll spend the next several years of their medical training. in every corner of the pen museum another celebration. >> i'm going to stay here at penn for general surgery residency. >> alex, nyu school of medicine. >> i'm going to yale. >> relief and joy. or perhaps even greater for fourth year student, lauren, who married in september and hoped to land in the same city. >> our fate is tied together. we're super excited we will be in the same city, first choice, i'm going to bringing ham, and he's boston children's. >> meantime jason, president of student government, had a dream closer to home. >> and will soon begin cardiac surgery residency at his top choice, the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. >> my family dame here, from

korealy was ten, i could not think about entering a profession as humbling and as noble as medicine without thinking about the sacrifice that. >> in university city, anita oh, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> a big congrats to all of them. well, still ahead right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news," taking you behind the scenes of what's new in theatres this weekend. >> i'm nancy odel, coming up the classic tail as old as time, comes to the big screen, and the live action adaptation of disney's beauty and the beast. >> drones are changing the way we see the world. taking films, and tv news to new heights. and is that tori? hey, tori! we'll gave you a preview of the thirds annual drone film festival, show you more amazing footage. and rain and snow this weekend. justin is back to tell when you it could fall, and how much, too. we will be right back.

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>> welcome back, a tail as olds as time comes to the big screen. entertainment tonight nancy odel takes us behind the scenes of beauty and the beast. >> well this week a disney animated classic gets live action treatment with more action, more songs, and a tail as old as time, in beauty and the beast. >> emma watson stars asbelle in the live action beauty and

the beast, alongside all-star cast. the whole ensemble shows off their singing skills with songs from the original, but taking on the lead of iconic princess belle had emma a little nervous. >> took me about six months to get over, then finally about halfway through the movie i was finally like maybe i'm okay. people seem pretty convinced bye me. but took some conversations in me in the mirror, common! >> ♪ >> getting to listen, dancing, kept the experience a delight. you basically can't take yourself too seriously when you dance with a man in a muscle suit in like this weird situation. and you're like you're talking to a dancing candlestick. it carried me through really just the fact that this is

really surreal, and kind of amazing, and you just kind of go with it. >> ♪ >> beauty and the beast ♪ >> for entertainment tonight, i'm nancy odel. now, back to you in the studio. >> should and good one. you may have noticed drones are gaining popularity in many industries, and popping up everywhere. right here at cbs-3 "eyewitness news," we're taking our coverage to new heights, with the recent launch of drone watch three. this is a view taken outside of our studios, drones are so popular, there is even a drone film festival. the thirds annual is this weekend in new york city. correspondent kennel craig shows us how these short movies capture some breathtaking views. >> from the skyscrapers of new

york to the delivers, taking lobbiest and film makers to new height, and capturing extreme athletes in ways never seen before. >> you can go anywhere you want. and that's, you know, amazing. >> as long as the operator is good enough to put it there. >> director randy scott is gearing up for the third annual new york sit drone film festival. a growing event 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 s you see them on every commercial set. you see them on tv all the time. >> but not just for the pros. amateur film maker doug, grew up in rural kansas, scored these views every his family's sweetheart. >> here in kansas, food for the people of the worlds. >> nominated film, beauty and sound, takes viewers inside the bread basket of america. >> and when were you able to do with the drone that you couldn't do with a normal camera? >> the drone allows you to go hi, go low, i mean, you can go

get a roll close shot, but filmed from the air or you can go up high and see the whole filed. >> thirty-two films are battling for prizes, categories including extreme sports, landscapes and documentaries. >> people are really starting to under stands the creative power every drones. starting to incorporate them. >> and predict this year's nominees are just a taste of what's to come. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> some amazing footage there, justin. not so amazing, this weekend's forecast, unfortunately, right? >> no, final weaken of winter though. >> hey that's good. >> positive note, the winter season, spring around the corner monday morning 6:29 in the morning, spring officially arrives, the sun aligns itself with the equator, 12 hours, nine minutes, 15 seconds of daylight in philadelphia. forecast really not looking like spring. we'll have dom days close to average, mid 50's, where we should be this time of year. overall still the trend, below average numbers, at least for

the next week or so. here's what to expect this weekend, slow moving system running on through, not big strong storm. really doesn't intensify until it moves off the coast. but will bring slight rain, snow showers around at times really any time through the day today. let's get, snow will be north of philadelphia. here in philly see the chance for at least better chance of snow overnight tonight, as that storm moves off to our to, does intensify, wraps colder air around, little or no accumulation expected. temperatures are pretty much too warm today above freezing, a lot of salt on the ground, road conditions will be okay, just more after nuisance when driving, light snow showers north of the city right now, some drizzle, from philadelphia on southward, into central delaware. and new jersey, then we get break western pennsylvania, but there is the upper level for this storm over the great lakes. that's that still needs to get through. that comes through overnight. so i think that's what contains our best chance to see the colder air with chance for some snow showers in philly, just reminder, hey it

is still winter. >> thirty-nine at the airport, 33 al own town. there are some locations below freezing at this hour. nice breeze coming in off the ocean. ocean water temperature at 40. will keep the air temperatures in the who's today along the coastline, some of the miler air will push inland. still running good 10 degrees below average. storm system moves out of the great lakes, not very strong, still moves off shore, but by the time it energizes pretty far off shore. still wrap around moisture overnight tonight, will be out of here by sunrise tomorrow morning, sunshine returning. we set up to see nice first day of spring, little cool, but at least a shot of reaching 50 degrees next chance every rain will hold off until later on monday night into tuesday morning. so again, snowfall accumulation frost this model, this is through 9:00 tonight. maybe a coating to an inch. lehigh valley some of the non-paved surfaces up to 2 inches in the poconos, but overnight some of the snow showers could get down into chester county, maybe even parts of new castle county, delaware, again, little if anything expected as far as

accumulation. it would be on non-paved surfaces, temperatures running into the 40's later this morning, still 30's to the north, reporting some snow, lehigh valley i think guys see the change over to liquid rain by the afternoon, but then later tonight, colder again, some of the snow showers try to dive back down southward, i think the shore stays all rain, for this event. tomorrow's highs, similar to today, mid 40's, even with some sunshine. so about 10 degrees below average today. showers at times. wet snowflakes to the north. east wind 10 miles per hour. then tonight, rain, ending as snow showers, even around the city. temperature about 44. still above freezing, so that's a good thing, then the forecast, better finish to the weekends, clearing skies tomorrow, 46 the high. near 50 for the first day of spring, 54 tuesday, probably our warmest day out of the next p. stays nice and dry. another shot of colder air wednesday, back to the 40's. by next weekend, warm up maybe pushing to 60. >> do you think we'll be out of this by then? >> never say never. we will get some cool days

yet. >> thanks, justin. >> taking it to the kids. the public schools of cinnaminson are trying to solve our problems one invention at a time. cinnaminson township is celebrating it 32nd annual invention convention. and our vittoria woodill got to see some shrewd end solutions first-hand, it is today's einstein healthcare center science center report. >> the memorial school in cinnaminson was filled with 70 impressive invention displays made by kid inventors. >> from kinder guards tone eighth grade, they weren't just expected to invent, they were expected to innovate. and make problem solving a priority. >> they made their own -- first grader jamison peacock worked on saving from a sweat. >> i thought you wouldn't want to waste all of your energy going up and down the ladder,

sorry events this. >> he had a, made notes in your lunch box easier with a lcd writing pad. >> it is something that you can write on, that uses magnetic field to erase it, and has 3,000 lights. >> that go a tremendous process, researching, on the internet, going to stores, they come up with all of these amazing ideas, things for the house, safety ideas, and always unique. >> the ideas these kids were not only well thought out, but developed in detail. >> the problem that i want to solve is having too many t-shirts and being sad when you grow out of your t-shirts and your memories are just gone. so my invention is for t-shirt to come with fringe along the bottom or on the sides, so instead of buying a whole new t-shirt for every like vacation you go on, or an accomplishment you make, you can tie a ribbon, then tie a

ribbon on the fringe, so that you don't have too many t-shirts that your clause let never overflow. >> vittoria woodill, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> out with the olds and in with the news, earlier this year, we told you monopoly would be unveiling new game pieces, and fans around the world voted, and here they are. the new t recommendation rubber ducky and penguin pieces will replace the thimble, boots and wheel borough. the old tokens were voted out during the monopoly token madness vote back in january. fans from 100 countries picked the new tokens from a list. the other originals are sticking around, in fact, the dog and top hat are still some of the most popular pieces in the game. got to say, though, i kind of like the thimble. little disappointed. oh, well. next in sports, feeling confident. why one of villanova's best players isn't worried about his shooting struggles.

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>> nobody knows top advantage villanova like jay wright. they played that poorly in the first half against mount st. mary and didn't even recognize them. rounds two, need some help from one of their seniors. lesley van arsdall with more from buffalo. >> we all know chris jenkins account one that hit the shot to win the national championship, right now he seems to be struggling, but don't tell him that. and don't use the words slump. villanova beat st. mary thursday night, but that score is very deceiving. defending national champs only

up by one at the half. chris jenkins missed his first ten shots. >> i don't know t sometimes they don't. but we played defense, we rebound, so every chance to win. >> you know, with him, he is the shooter. that's what he is. so, you know, you're not going to tell him don't shoot this ball. don't shoot. you know, that's like you telling brett favre, don't throw the ball. >> i know a convention at al basketball person hey, two for 13, he's had some other games like. that will but in our program we would be more concerned about a guy that was afraid to take a shot than bee would a guy that keeps firing. we love it. >> well let's hope chris can find his shot later today against win cost sin, lesley van arsdall, eyewitness sports. >> catch nova this afternoon right here on cbs-3 our if first game is at noon, taking on wisconsin at 2:40,

tonight's, 5:15 northwestern facing off against gonzaga, st. mary against arizona on to the pros now, last night sixers hosed the mavs. that meant nor least noel making his return to philadelphia for the first time since being traded last month. they did a little video tribute for him, then proceed today greet him with birrage every buckets. nerlens coming in the first, big rounds every applause for him. nerlens, nine points, five boards. now, in the sixth quarter, sixers up a point. sean homes, nod a whole lot of time. embiid was hurt. nerlens gone. there he is, seven boards for him. third quarter 76, pulling away, robert cover inning ton. wide open. drills the three. sixers up by 30. later in the third, former mavs, justin anderson, going to the hole. he had 19 points.

sixers crushing the mavs. look at mark tube inch's face, they win by 42. they'll play the celtics tomorrow afternoon. that's all for sports, i'm don bell, have a great day. the philadelphia eagles cheerleaders are holding open auditions today, if you want to be on the side lines, cheering on your favorite team this fall, here is the chance to try out. registration begins at 10:00 a.m. at lincoln financial field. for more information you can always check out cbsphilly.com. and, in the next half hour, right here on cbs-3, "eyewitness news," rainy and snow think weekends. justin is back with who can see the accumulating snowfall. we will be right back.

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>> well, are you ready for some more snow? we could get a little bit more this weekend. justin is tracking whether it arrives. >> breaking news this morning. opinion i can and chaos at a paris airport. passengers are evacuated after man is shot by french police. and, concern for food truck owners here at home after several recent robberies. today is saturday, march 18th. good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo. well, spring is only a couple of days away now. but still, snow is in the forecast. let's get right over to meteorologist, justin drabick with the forecast, good