jessica, owner of the jewelry store was just in tears earl ter day when we spoke to her. this is second time that her store has been burglarized in the last three months, first time in january, the thief made out with just a few pieces of jewelry, this time, her store was wiped out. it is a jewelry heist that authorities are calling, a professional job. >> this is a coordinated, organized, plan. >> reporter: heist has reportedly netted burglars about a million-dollar, in jewelry. >> the safe was completely emptied, probably american one person there is no one person can do that and move that much hundred dollars out. >> reporter: authorities believe sometime after midnight burglars broke in this jewelry store in lawncrest, cutting wires to the store's alarm system. then, climbing up behind the jewelry store's building, cutting a hole into the roof, and then dropping down, to the connected shops. the well planned heist included burglars break go through the beauty shop wall in the actual jewelry store, and cracking opened the

concrete safe. >> i have no word to say. i do so. >> reporter: dianne long still frightened does not want to show her face but she owns the lawncrest jewelry store with her husband. >> i tried to call him now, you know, but turf stand outside here. >> reporter: she's devastated in part because thinks second time that she has been burglarized this year and also because her alarm company, did call her about a possible, situation, at her store last night. she sent her cuss continue on check in on it and instead of the police. >> two hours earlier my cousin come here and check everything is on, perfect. >> reporter: no problems. >> no problems. >> reporter: that owner said that she had owned this business for about 19 years and originally she had the store on adams avenue a few minutes from here will you they moved the location to this location because they thought that this was a safer place. in northeast philadelphia, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thank you. northeast philadelphia

jewelry heist was latest in the string of rooftop burglaries under investigation in our area february 17th thieves climbed down a fan to burglarized john's roast pork in south philadelphia and in montgomery county authorities say a burglar removed a vent cap to break into lansdale meats and deli february 15th. king of prussia costco was burglarized february 6th n that case suspect entered through a sky line. a teenage suspect is facing charges for allegedly body slamming a police officer in northeast philadelphia. authorities say that the violent confrontation unfolded just after 4:00 this morning on the 12,000 block of academy road. police say officer suffered a head injury but treated and released from the hospital. seventeen year-old boy is facing several charges including aggravated assault, and police say that teenager could be linked to a weekend armed robbery, in the neighborhood. and as "eyewitness news" first reported, at noon a teenager was rescued from the banks of the brandywine river, chopper three over the north market street bridge in

wilmington this morning. 911 caller alerted police to the, 13 year-old in a drainage tube. and, and, the drain, he was hoisted up by emergency crews and evaluated at ai du pont hospital for hypotheria and other injuries. jury selection began for trial of the former penn state , and, graham spanier, and, endangerment and other charges. prosecutors say his response to the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal put children at risk. two other former penn state officials have pleaded guilty in this case. they are expected to testify, during spanier's trial. he maintains his innocence. well, it is first day of spring and with the season, comes a lot of melting, you know that late season snow we had last week but will it warm up? will it stay warm out there. meteorologist kate bilo has alurate spring forecast, we're all crossing our fingers for better weather, kate. >> good news is i have one day in the seven day forecast that looks like it may get close to

70 degrees. bad news we have someone day that will feel not much better than freezing. march roller coaster continues , tone day was a full blue sky, couple of hours ago and now cloud have rolled in from the west, and cloud will be around through tonight and tomorrow, and then possibly even as a stray shower out there. so the beautiful start to spring is now looking a little gray. but lets look at temperatures and you can see it feeling decent outside right now. temperatures close where they should be for first day of spring, we are at 55 in millville. fifty-six atlantic city. back to the west where more cloud moved in, mow snow pack 45 in reading, 47 in allentown 46 degrees in lancaster on a cool, northwesterly wind. now you can see cloud starting to build into the west, these will be moving in through the night, just stay generally dry a stray shower overnight into tomorrow morning, so just a passing shower overnight, for your tuesday, it is mild work highs in the upper 50's, it will feel pretty nice but how much sun do we see? after that we will see a drop in the mercury at lee for a couple of days, mid week, just how cold it will get coming up now back inside to you.

>> kate, thank you. on capitol hill congress holds its first public hearing looking into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. lawmakers questioned fbi director james comey who confirmed there is an investigation in on possible links between russia and associates of the president trump. >> it is almost as if they didn't care that we knew, what they were doing or that they wanted to us see what they were doing. >> reporter: fbi director james comey confirmed monday that the bureau is investigating russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> that includes, investigating the nature of any links, between individual associated with the trump campaign, and the russian government. >> reporter: while director comey and nsa director mike rodgers would not reveal details of the investigation, democrats focused on president trump's campaign aid. >> and the people around the president, michael flynn, jeff sessions, carter page, paul manafort have an odd connection to rush, without exception the individual i have quoted has mislead, maybe

even lied about the nature of those connections. >> director comey refuted president trump's tweets claiming president barack obama wiretapped trump tower during the campaign. >> fbi and department of justice have no information, to support those tweets. >> reporter: republicans want to find out hoist leaking classified information to the press. >> is the investigation into the leak of classified information has it begun yet. >> i cannot say because i don't want to confirm that was classified information. >> reporter: director comey stood by conclusions that russian interference was meant to help president trump win. >> mr. putin would like people who like him. >> reporter: but he acknowledge there is no way to know if russia changed outcome of the election. the white house insists, that there is no evidence anyone with the trump campaign colluded with russian officials, during the campaign president trump's pick to be the next supreme court justice is settling in for several days of, his senate hearings on his nomination,

columbia, harvard and oxford graduate the 49 year-old has spent last decade on the denver based u.s. circuit court of appeals if judges were just secret legislators declaring not what the law is but what they would like it to be, the very idea of a government by the people, and for the people, would be at risk. >> the gorsuch hearings continue for three more days, with the committee vote in two weeks. president trump's approval rating has hit a new low, new gallup poles find it at 37 percent. new that is the lowest it has been since the president took office two months ago. 58 percent of those polled disapprove of the president's handling of the job. president trump met with iraq's prime minister at white house this afternoon, before leaving iraq yesterday, prime minister, said iraqi forces are close to ridding that nation of ice is. later this month, president trump will host a 68 nation nation meeting in washington geared toward advancing the fight against isis. less than a month museum

celebrating america's war for indies set to open in the heart of the philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in olde city with the behind the scenes look at how museum of the american revolution is coming together, david? >> reporter: hi, jessica and nicole. this is an exciting project, april 19th is opening date a lot of work going on behind me right now. that date is significant. that is start, anniversary of the start of the american revolution, 25,000 tickets, are already sold on presales, many more available to see this one of a kind new seem. this is national an actor, as real as he looks he is a solder played of plaster and find him and thousands of other treasures inside the museum of the american revolution in olde city. it is not opened quite yet. >> i think it will be like, new experience, that everyone has had ever. >> reporter: scott stevenson is vice-president of the collections and exhibitions, we started in this highly secured room underground, where rare artifacts,

practically overflow these boxes. thinks the british code of arms of king george the third, one of the few that survived. >> these symbols of the crown were literally pulled off of the walls, were paraded through towns were thrown on to bond fires as this kind of iconic destruction of the king >> reporter: upstairs, crews spent eight hours hanging this painting, it depicts washington near the end of the revolutionary war, michael quinn is museum president and ceo. >> the project is exactly on schedule and we are very solid in terms of meeting our opening deadlines. >> reporter: that deadline is april 19th, 242 years to the day of the start of the war. these images are the real face s of the revolutionary war , no paintings, no sculptures, they were taken in the early stage of photography when some of these soldiers were well over a century old. they will be prominently featured throughout the museum >> most people only see looks like that through paintings so they are sort of the sense of

distance there because we're totally seeing it through someone eyes and brush strokes >> reporter: some would say highlight general george washington's headquarters 10t, the 10t behind thick protective glass specially made in europe. this is time lapse footage provided by museum. >> really only truly private place that he had as the commander in chief. >> reporter: washington spent a lot of time in that 10t. i'm into history. i know other people are. there have been some people inside that have not been so much for history but when they saw that 10t and photographs of revolutionary war heroes that made them interested to come in here again. it opens april 19th at corner of third and chestnut. 25,000 tickets sold just about a month out, those tickets are on sale now. reporting live from olde city, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". david, thank you. tomorrow is founders day at academy of natural sciences >> the nation's oldest natural history museum marked the occasion today by offering pay what you wish admission. >> so visitors were able to

explore museum's many exhibits at any price that they chose. the academy of natural sciences was established on march 21st 1821, by 7 amateur naturalists. coming up on "eyewitness news", caught on camera disturbing video, taken from inside of a septa station, and now police need your help identifying some of the participants in an all out brawl. drowsy driving, it is something many of us have probably experienced, now startling new information about how many crashes may be caused by sleepy drivers and what transportation experts could help change that. sesame street introduces a new character who is unlike any other muppets but she's teaching kid that we're all the same. here's a live look at at contacted my of natural sciences from our parkway central library camera, a good looking first day of spring out there and kate say, the weather only gets better. we have her forecast for you after the

investigation continues into a brawl, at a septa subway station, that was caught on camera. >> unaudible. >> the event happened thursday at race/vine station that is believed to have started over a snowball fight. mother from south philadelphia took the video. she declined to be interviewed but she does say her daughter

was kicked in the head. septa police released photos of the people believed to have been involved in all this and that they say it is too early to label any of those pictured as a suspect but they do want to talk to them no one was seriously hurt. blue route drivers may be in for a slow ride over next few weeks, express e-z pass toll toll lanes are closed for upgrade at mid county interchange near exit 20 in montgomery county. drivers can still use traditional e-z pass lanes, so lanes that take e-z pass at 5 miles per hour. officials say that the closure is necessary to upgrade overhead electronic equipment, lanes are set to reopen april 10th. according to triple a1 in five fatal crashes, involved drowsy driving and now, governmental organization wants to see change toss help reduce those accidents. three on your side's jim donovan, explains. >> reporter: this dash cam video shows what can happen when a driver, doses off. six years ago kerry bar even who her son tyler in the crash

police say he fell asleep at the wheel. >> i remember screaming at the top of my lungs and sort of collapsing, you know, because that could not be true. >> reporter: new report from the national highway traffic safety administration estimates there are 1.2 million collisions every year, due to droughting driving killing up to 8,000 people. the agency says that steps need to be taken to prevent drowsy driving, including more signs, warning people of the dangers. the group's also calling for more states to make law that is punish drivers who fall asleep at the wheel. >> mercedes benz developed attention assist. >> reporter: technology may also help, several auto makers , including mercedes and ford have systems that read your steering habits and can detect when you are drowsy. >> people are reminded they need to pull over and rest, that is interesting. >> reporter: kelce mays from cars.com say people should not rely on their vehiclal loan to wake them up. >> it is important that you recognize your own drowsiness

before you get behind the wheel. >> reporter: doing so could mean the difference between life and death. something as simple as choosing the best time to drive can help you stay alert while driving. and triple a has a list of other things you can do to avoid driving drowsy, we have posted a link with that information on cbs philly.com. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. all right. kate joins us now with the first day of spring. >> yes, finally, right. >> yes. >> long time coming. >> it does. >> this month of march has been so chilly and so wintry so far. >> yes, certainly after last week with the snow. >> hopefully we can turn the corner in the first few days of spring but still up and down over the next few days. you will still want to keep that coat handy but still need it at lee for foreseeable future. we don't have any major warm ups to tell but but lets start off with is what happening right now. we have got a lot of cloud, moving in, all across the region right now. we will take you out todd shore campaign see sunshine down the shore, but as you head to the west that is where cloud have moved on, in, and

this afternoon. you can see that on storm scan three. sunshine still to the eastern part of the region but it is starting to turn overcast and the cloud will be with us as we head through the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning. that is as well. not a whole lot of rain with this. that goodies news with the week moving forward, no big weather events. we are not talking about a lot of rain, snow, just scattered showers here and there, very typical spring pattern and then temperatures, on the up and down swing a roller coaster effect through the next couple of days. you can see cloud with us overnight, stray shower, mainly off to the north and west, most of us don't see much of anything at all, wake up tomorrow morning to a gray sky, stray showers here and there, during the course of the afternoon we will see cloud thin out and by the time we will get toward sunset we will see some sun peeking out on your tuesday. it is a mild day. we will head into wednesday and tap in more northerly wind , wednesday, it is a trade off. we will get rid of the cloud but temperature drops dramatically wednesday into thursday. and we are right back to

feeling at lee a little bit more like winter then spring with the jet stream diving to the south on wednesday, all of this cold from the polar region pulled down to the south and we're talking about highs, 10 to 15 degrees below average, and then it is pretty typical so far this movement we have had a few days above the normal and those days above normal were pretty far above the normal but for the pennsylvania week plus we are all in the blue. it has been below average every single day, and it may take until weekend before we actually get back above average. so, december, january, february, we saw these departures from average, climbing, february the warmest on record, 8.5 degrees above normal but so far here in march we are 2.6 degrees below average, and if this month end below average it will be first time since last may, when really long streak of above average months. this evening, cloud, increasing light wind, 49 degrees this evening, and then for tonight mostly cloud which that stray shower and one or two spots. eyewitness weather three day forecast, well, cloudy day

tomorrow but generally dry. mild day with a high near 60. not bad at all. that is a couple degrees above average. we may get a red day on the calendar but then bottom falls out again, wednesday's high only 42, with the wind, it may feel no berth than 32, so it will feel like another winter- like day but we are chasing possibly a 70-degree, i'll tell you when coming up. >> that sound more like it, thanks, kate. we have some break news, to share with you. this is a live picture from overland park kansas in kansas city. authorities are battling a large fire at an apartment complex. story does not end there flames have spread to nearby homes, at lee three of them are now on fire as a result, no word on any injuries. all right. does your garage look like a disaster area? is it the catch all for stuff you do not have a place for? >> it is officially spring so that means spring cleaning times, vittoria woodill has ideas forgetting garage organized, fast, don.

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buy 8 participating products in one transaction and get a fandango movie ticket. up to $10 total value. only at my giant. all right. we have had a weekend full of basketball. >> yes. >> now it is time to see where all of those brackets look. >> how many back wreaths busted. >> during the break we were just comparing notes. >> um-hmm. >> whole lot to compare and talk about. >> yes. >> at macing race, big brother , survivor, all great reality shows but competitive sports serves up best reality tv you can see. exhibit a, march madness. let's do it. over the weekend villanova's great season came to an un expect end. they who to wisconsin and thus the most successful senior class in school history will never play together again. yes, i know it is sad, but it is reality. and that also means that brackets all around the

country, went up in smoke. go ahead, ball that thing up, toss it in the trash, get rid of it. out of all of the brackets on bleacher report, espn, cbs, "fox sports" and yahoo 10s of millions of brackets, nobody is perfect. so jessica, no sweat. the agony of defeat is felt every where, especially in evansson illinois. this kid watch him and mine northwestern wildcats lose to gone saga he had a national melt down. tears, snot, braces, rubber band, a glass case, of raw emotion. >> let it out. >> yes. >> let it out. >> and then there was action on the court works men's tournament, in over the head, three quarter shot at the buzz er, and, guess the name of the player? >> destine any slopes of course her name would be destiny. >> wow look at that that is one of the craziest shots you

have ever seen. >> you need destiny on your side to make that shot. >> they won the game as well. there is that. finally after all of the action is there the thrill of victory, this is just players really were dousing their coaches as they walk in the locker room. michigan coach john beeline had a different idea. he was prepared. he came in the super soaker and got all of his guys. best reality tv, there is. >> you get the high, high, and the low, low, the tears it is passion, it is why people watch. >> it is good. >> and that poor little boy. >> i know, i necessity. brackets, good bye. >> bye-bye. >> i know. >> all right. >> more basketball to come. >> yes. >> coming up next half an hour a super bowl mystery solved. tom brady's winning jersey was found but something else was found witt. somewhere, coming up. parents calling poison control dozens of times but

experts say maybe it is their own fault. what kid are getting sick from in their own homes coming up after the

keeping kid and teens away from prescription opioids. new study find parents are not safe guarding them from the dangers of the powerful drugs. doctors say is there a disconnect between what parents know what they should do and what they actually do. news continues at 5:30. aim jessica dean. it i'm nicole brewer. health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on the recommendations. >> reporter: study came out this afternoon which said poison control centers in the u.s. receive 32 calls a day about children, being exposed to prescription opioids, sales of the drugs are up dramatically, doctors say an unintended side effect is a sharp rise in the painkiller's being abused, and drugs

getting in the wrong hand. number of children exposed to prescription opioids has fallen since 20 on 89 but levels are still up, from 2,000. that has doctors concerned. >> lots of bad things can happen when children get into these medicines, children getting sleepy, even to the point of coma, and death, and children getting respiratory depression, where they decrease breathing or even stop breathing. >> reporter: study in the journal pediatrics found main groups at risk are curious youngsters under the age of five and teens looking to either get high or harm themselves. and while pediatric exposure to mess prescription painkillers has declined, exposure to, the drugs continue to climb. it is prescribed to people who previously been addicted to drugs. >> it is, the most safe for the addicts, turns out to be extremely dangerous to young children. >> reporter: group safe kid worldwide said each year 60,000 kid, or four bus load

wind up in emergency rooms because they got into the medicine. >> parents should keep medications stored up and away , out of sight, and out of reach, every time, after every single use. >> reporter: parents are also advised to keep medicine in the original packaging, start practicing safe storage as soon as your first child is born and save the poison help line phone number in your phone as well as posting it in the house. now the study says that nearly 12,000 children and teens mistakenly get some sort of opioid drug each year, many of them, are children under the age of five, who find the pills, by mistake. so doctors say, parents need to be more agrees any of keeping these drugs away from kid. >> for sure. >> strong drugs. >> yes, very scary, thanks. is there still month sign of a former tennessee teacher accused of convincing a female student to runaway with him. authorities say that tad cummings disappeared with 15 year-old elizabeth thomas last

monday. he was later suspended and fired after allegations of inappropriate behavior with that teen surfaced. family members of the cummings and thomas pleaded for him to bring the girl back home, and surrendered to police. >> please dot right thing and turn yourself into the police and bring back home. >> he can leave her somewhere safe and let police know where she is, you know, we have her, if he can just drop her off, and say hey, here she is. >> reporter: authorities have issued april berra alerts in tennessee, anal bam a the teen 's last known location but they say they have developed few lead on tracking down the pair. hundreds office residents near boulder, colorado have been given okay to return home as fire crews continue to make , improvements on the wild fire in that area they say crews have wild fire, and, contained, right now, and been burning about 07 acres just west of downtown boulder. officials believe fire may have been sparked by transient campers in the area. drexel school of education

is digging in its heels to get their student teachers inside of the classroom to help philadelphia schools fill their need for qualified math and science teaches. a grant worth more than a million-dollar is helping them achieve their goals. "eyewitness news" meteorologist lauren casey explains how in today's einstein health care science center. >> reporter: city of philadelphia is fighting qualified teachers, to fill nearly 1,000 open positions yearly, can be a challenge. >> asking for specialized teach tours tackle math and science courses are harder. >> we're seeing decreasing numbers of people going in the teaching profession. especially in pennsylvania and b this is a different teaching >> reporter: drexel university is stepping up, and the dragons teach middle years, program focuses on getting college students, access to middle school classrooms, from the very beginning. >> what is unique about the program is they basically put new a class, they say we will teach what you you need to know to be a teacher. we will put you in the classroom. we will let you teach lessons.

>> reporter: drexel university school of education received 1.2 million-dollar from philadelphia school partnership to make it happen. >> pennsylvania recently switched to with your need a specific certification for grades fourth through eight and not that many teachers have that certification. so many schools are struggling to find qualified middle schoolteachers in those three areas, math, science, special education. >> reporter: grand will go a long way to put together programs focused on training fie future educators how to teach in inner city schools. for students like asia this program is opening doors in the fields of math and science and helping her to stay in the community that she loves. >> it is so many different social economic status us here , so many children that face different challenges inn and outside of school. it is really important to have teachers within that atmosphere that can understand and can be there for the students. >> reporter: by the year 2020 the program aimed to graduate 20 middle schoolteachers. once the program is up and running at scale drexel hopes to graduate 40 certified

teachers every year. in the einstein health care science center i'm meteorologist lauren casey. and earlier today city and school district officials got together to launch a new initiative aimed at saving energy and cutting costs for philadelphia schools. >> "eyewitness news" at lankenau high school in roxborough where school superintendent, william hite, and several members of the city council board planned -- unveiled prance for pilot program. three schools will be selected to participate in the program, it kicks off in the fall. still to come on "eyewitness news" we will show you the largest pink diamond, in the whole world. and a tangled webb lead detectives to quarterback tom brady's stolen super bowl jersey. where it was found and what was found with it. and a new muppet on sesame street will help children learn about individual differences but also teach them that more of the same, hi there, katie. well, we are already thinking about the weekend, on

on monday the first week end of the spring. we will start off with temperatures in the 60's. we have to wait until the weekend but eventually we will get back there some spots near 70 on saturday and mainly dry but more cloud building in saturday and then rain chance by sunday, even though it is a mild spring weekend we will see springtime showers around. we will time them out as we head through the week.

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nfl said tomorrow brady's missing injuries friday super bowl 51 abe from super bowl 49 have been now found. >> brady netted super bowl 51 jersey missing after he put it in the bag in the locker room in houston after the big game last month. his jersey from the super bowl two seasons ago was apparently also stolen. authorities say that two super bowl jersey where is found in mexico, in the possession of a prudential member of the

international media. >> you know, it lies like he came to the wrong state you know what i'm saying. you don't come to texas, and you don't steel when the eyes of the world are upon our state. >> u.s. and mexican officials have yet to identify, the suspect. imagine a diamond so rare and so large that it could be worth up to 60 million-dollar? >> this stunning, 59 carat pink star diamond could sell for exactly that much at a southby's auction next movement it is largest stone, in the world, of this color accord together gem logical institute of america and now on, display in london. >> it will be safe. >> i mean, it is pretty fabulous. i'm not sure you can hold your hand up with that thing on. >> you would get a lot of attention. >> 60 million i think i'll take the money. >> yeah. >> still to come on "eyewitness news", sesame street introduces a new character. >> she's unlike other muppets

but teaching kid that we're all of the

sesame workshop introducing a new character to familiar friend who live on sesame street this new muppet is sure to resonate with aloft families out there. >> hi, julia. i am big bird, nice to meet you. >> and julia has autism but rather than being treated like an outsider, julia becomes part of the gang, it is a message of acceptance and inclusion. >> julia is an amazing little character. she's four year-old. she expresses herself in different ways. she loves to sing. she loves to play. she's a very friendly little girl. >> i have been preparing for julia for my whole life. >> i have a son to has high

functioning autism and i want to do my best to bring julia to the world in the best light possible. >> and that was julia's puppet tear stacy gordon, sesame workshop writers want to show that children with autism may face challenges with you have unique strengths. episode meet julia airs on pbs and hbo april 10th, and an additional julia episode will be available on line. >> beautiful. today in montgomery county students at north penn high school learned about a future career in meteorology. what berth teacher than our own kate bilo. kate talked to students about what it takes to create a weather forecast and, of course, all of the science that comes witt. north penn meteorology and journalism students took part in that event. you had a packed house there, kate. >> it was a great bunch. they had tons of questions. we kind of opened up the floor for questions. they had great stuff prepared asking for what are the strengths that people will look forward to and what should we work on.

these are high school students so cool to see that enthusiasm >> prepared. >> thanks for having me today. >> happy birthday to spring. >> came back from florida. now we have a sign of the warmth but today was a decent day. >> yes. >> sunshine. >> i'll take sun any day of the week now that the days are longer. >> yes. >> stretching into the 7:00 o'clock hour. sunset tonight not until 7:15 which is feeling nice. we will get longer daylight hours in the evening and that is what we are looking at right now. lets take a look outside to the north, bethlehem where we can see some snow on the ground. not a ton, snow is starting to melt in areas full sunshine, snow really starting to melt yesterday, heard that dripping all day long and more of that today, and we will feel more melting tomorrow, but on wednesday, may not melt too much, because we have another blast of cold air heading our way for a day or two this week still on the march temperature roller coaster.

as always there tracking things for us, and reporting temperatures in the lower 50's some spots in the upper 40's to the north and west, we will head far to the north and west in gilbertsville and eileen murray is at 48 degrees. most of the day beautiful, sunny as spring should be. now springtime cloud. it will feel like we're living all four seasons over the next seven days or so. not a ton of summer in our future but we will warm up. dave in reading at 48 degrees. dew point at 22 and a half. nice spring day looking forward to more of the same. say aren't we all. lets look at what ed connor sent in. areas in full sun. this is snow on his deck in the shady spot that doesn't get full sunshine. still a lot of snow. but in the sun that snow has all melt add way. it depend on that strong march sunshine. hey todd share this as well. ed heaton taking photo of the hot air balloon, beautiful sky in the background and gorgeous shot there aim not sure if ed was on the balloon or not but if not we will get pictures of what it looked like from up in the sky.

lets look at storm scan 36789 cloud are rolling in as eileen murray told us springtime cloud have moved in, still some sunshine down the shore this evening but if you are in the city, nearby suburbs it has turned a gray and that is how it will stay through first half of the day tomorrow. it is not a relatively, rainy pattern is what i'm trying to say. we don't have a ton of rain or snow in the future but we have some cloud issues over next couple of days. we have to cut temperatures. those cloud moved in. still a few breaks of blue sky there, 42 degrees, still a lot of snow on the ground as we head into tomorrow with temperatures surge go to 60 we will see more snow melt. tomorrow's mostly cloudy day we could see a straw shower in the morning but highs approaching 60 degrees which ace above average. fifty-four our normal. we will see late day clearing by four or 5:00 that sun will peak out just in time for perhaps some sun glare problems on the road. tomorrow afternoon temperatures feeling just about where they actually will be. feel like 53 at 6:00 tomorrow but watch what happens on wednesday, we will tap in the

cold northerly flow on wednesday, wake up wednesday morning and it feels like 20. it is 11 in allentown. sub zero in the poconos. by wednesday afternoon not feeling much better than mid to upper 20's all day long, it is another blast of winter and it starts to swing in tomorrow night into wednesday. we will continue into wednesday. by the weekend we will see moderation as milder air creeps back in, saturday into sunday. coming up at 6:00 we will talk about what this could mean for crops in our area this latest cold snap, for the mid of the week. overnight packing shower for your tuesday, morning shower and then late day clearing at 58 degrees. you're witness weather seven day forecast is there our cold day 42 on wednesday, feeling like 20's all day. thursday chilly but then we will warm up and back to the mid up toker 60's by saturday with rain returning, by sunday nicole and jessica, back over to you. entertainment news, doesn't rest over weekend and pointing stuff went down this weekend. >> including an award and an

admission from sicker katie perry. entertainment tonight's michelle turner has that and other stories that you may have missed. >> reporter: nicole and jessica new addition for back street boys, katie perry receives an award and adele did something that you would not expect, take a look. >> ♪ >> last night aj's life got a little larger's and his wife, welcomed his new baby. he pick the name because of his love of music. it was his turn after his wife named their four year-old daughter ava james. less than 24 hours earlier aj and rest of the back street boys showed love to a rival boy bander. >> ♪ >> reporter: n'synx lance bass was called up on stage for a sweet serenade. lance is second n'synxer to hit the stage, joey fattone had his own moment and shared a smooch with nick carter. we all know katie perry kissed a girl and she liked it.

>> but now the singer is revealing that is not all. >> truth be told, a, i did more than that. >> reporter: katie made that candid kissing convention at human rights campaign gala in l.a. over weekend while accepting the national equality award. >> i was curious and even then i knew sexuality wasn't as black and white as this dress. >> also not afraid to speak her mind a dell. she scolded a security guard in the middle of her concert last night in australia. well, we will have much more tonight on et, nicole and jessica, back to you. get all of your news tonight and every week night at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. it is first day of spring and that has many people thinking about spring cleaning >> about that time. so if your garage looks like a storage facility, get ready for ways to get organized, and

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spring cleaning. >> vittoria wild spoke to a organizing expert on how to keep your home all nice and tidy as we switch another from winter to spring. >> reporter: so we all have it and spring is time to get rid of it but clutter can make us feel like we're under attack. so how do we even begin to spring, into spring cleaning. professional organizer jennifer martin of jm home organizing hits the home of her clients and focuses on one room, that is best to assess what to keep and what to toss. >> garage is first point where you know it is going to actually leave the house. it is halfway between in and out. if you take something out of the home and put it less

personal you may feel less detached to it, is that right. >> it makes it easier to actually get rid of it. >> reporter: what is one thing that people do not want to give up. >> probably kitchen appliances , strange things like bread makers, something that they rarely use but they feel like i will keep it because some day i will make that great loaf of bread. >> reporter: what else? >> some paint, over here we even have some round up that need to go quickly. >> reporter: to box up your junk she suggested cardboard. >> if you put tonight a clear plastic contain their means we will keep it and store tonight your home. cardboard boxes to get out is better way to do it. >> reporter: what if i don't feel like removing all this myself. i'm exhausted looking at it? what do do i then. >> have a junk hauler like junk luggers, they come, they take it all away for you, they recycle it, and they will bring things to a thrift store

and they will give you a tax receipt. >> reporter: bring it all in, guys, right here. it is great that we have people like jennifer out there and like junk hungs to get out there and get dirty for it. if you are getting dirty yourself jennifer wanted to share a quote from designer william more that is will help you sort your stuff for spring he said have nothing in your house, that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. so, all things that are in our closet girls, stay. >> that is right. >> thanks, tori. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 a growing worry, joe? >> reporter: farmers in south jersey just a little bit concerned about what they are seeing in their fields. i'm joe holden. what they hope the forecast shows over the next few weeks. and it may be a seasonal start to spring now but we are tracking temperatures going down and then backup, i will tell you how low we will go

coming up. a jewelry store wiped out, up to a million-dollar in merchandise, wiped from the northeast philadelphia business, so ways that the burglars got in and reason the owner is crushed wye this crime. plus residents, riled up, in manayunk over plans to convert a church into an apartment complex. the reason some neighbors say it is a problem in that area. but we had an awful lot of cold weather. >> reporter: now at 6:00 a budding concern, the roller coaster weather ride we have been on has local farmers, worried about their growing season. and now they are hoping that the forecast over the next several week, can put their mind at ease. >> i'm jessica dean. aim nicole brewer in for ukee washington. we have team three coverage tonight of the crop concerns but lets start with joe holden live from the farm in mullica,

hi there, joe. >> reporter: hi there guys. this is apple crop here at heritages in gloucester county the budd on the trees, were out, in february, and when the weather got warm. so what saves them from trouble? well, they hope not to see any 20's for the rest of the season. over 100 years, maybe fourth generation. >> reporter: john has a factor studying his crops. >> that is green they should be okay f that is brown or black it is done. >> reporter: this south jersey farmer says weather has planted some seed of doubt in the success of this years fruit tree crop. >> it has been a roller coaster here last in. >> reporter: warm february brought out budd on the beach trees. those along with apple trees dot much of the 250 acres ed williams orchard. cbs-3 visited the farm in february, and many of the john 's concerns have come to fruition. >> so he is done there is nothing there, it has killed that one. >> reporter: now race against the clock. >> do you see that one there. >> rte