live in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> now at noon, a new electronics ban on certain flights into the united states is now in effect. now certain items are off limit, inside travelers carry on luggage. the government issued the new rules siting unspecified threats, good afternoon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. will impact non-stop flights to the u.s. from ten overseas airports, airlines operating out of the specific countries only have a few days to implement the rules. >> high ends security measures affect flights originating from eight middle eastern and

north african countries, today passengers on the flights check all electronics larger than cell phone, like i pads, laptops, cameras, preventing them from bringing them on to the main cabin. >> those flights are long, i mean, people want to use that time to be productive. >> flew back home to philadelphia from east africa, and said he had no problem. >> no rules went into effect overnight, have until friday to comply. >> phone, my camera's, my tablet, so, ya. not a single hurdle. not a single stop. >> according to statement from the department of homelands security the move is based on intelligence indicating terrorist groups continue to target commercial aviation to include smuggling explosive devices in various consumer items. >> they have good reason to believe that the possibility, not the probability, but the possibility, exists, of a potential terrorist threat. >> the ban impact non-foreign airlines, but does not apply

to any american carriers. >> more flights coming from the middle east to new york and la than any other airport. so we could see somewhere between three and 75 day there, if i understanded. >> news broke after royal jew dane yan airlines, informing travelers of the changes but later deleted it. flyers however are ready to comply. >> always changes in rules that have an impact on people. and whether that is taking your shoes off in a line or not being able to carry something else on, i don't make the rules, i'm just here to comply. and i'm more interested in getting from one place to another safely. >> cell phones and medical devices are excluded from the ban in 2014, intelligence led to the banning of certain electronics on flights from europe to the u.s. >> and turning now to weather, we woke to up rainy morning, but conditions are getting better by the hour. meteorologist, katie fehlinger liver on the cbs-3 skydeck with the afternoon outlook, also big change headed arugula eventually actually going to see a huge swing on the thermometer, rahel, whether it

be a big nosedive or really nice uphill climb. we have both of those features in this forecast, as the day progresses, but today just little above average. at the moment it is still on the cool side. still only in the 40's, many locations, and storm scan3, because, we have been tracking the exits departure that brought in the showers here, since early this morning. at this point there is still little moisture, won't finds any additional actual rain. residual clouds out there. and the skies will continue to actually clear with time. i mentioned we haven't even hit the ooh degrees mark in most spots, up and down i59 your magic number is 49 degrees. but with time, we will see the upper 50's, here across the region, so, normal high on this particular day is 54. we should exceed that by hands full of degrees. looking forward in the eyewitness weather regional forecast for the rest of the day, i mention 58 degrees, clouds continue to break, while it is still bit of gray sky at the moment, that will continue to change or improve with time. at least get brighter with

every passing hour, in the poconos, already, partly sunny for you, the daytime hikely will not break out of the mid 40's, now with that said, ya, that's a stark headline right there, right? january chill to april warmth. and we see that swing take place over the span of the next four, five days, it is actually pretty quiet work week, all things considered. the big headline will certainly be thermometer readings. but by the time we hit the weekends there is storm system to track. we will do just that for you, a little later on in your full forecast. guys? >> katie, see you soon, thank you. prosecute remembers set to present opening statements today in the trial of former penn state president graham spanier. prosecutors say spanier put children at risk by miss handling the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. child molestation charges to other penn state officials have already pleaded guilty in the case and could testify during spanier's trial. >> officers and volunteers hit the streets of camden this morning to raise awareness about drug overdoses. the group walks from the camden county police

department down to the broadway corridor. along the way handed out care packages with information on what to do in the event of a drug overdose. police department says their goal to spread information to save the lives of overdose victims. well it, won't be long before girls are dawning their gowns for the prom. >> and the police athletic league of philadelphia is making sure every young lady has what she needs for the big day. girls will have the opportunity to find the perfect dress for free, later this afternoon, this is video from last year's event. today they'll be able to pick from hundred cents every donatdonated dresses, shoes, accessories, at the prom boutique, held on springer garden, free event starts 4:30 until 7:30 tonight. in other news this noon, president trump's nominee for the supreme court returns to capitol hill for second day of confirmation hearings, kneel gorsuch answering questions from members of the state judiciary committee. in this opening statement yesterday, the colorado federal judge pledged to be independent and emphasize his

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>> technology may also help. several automakers, including mercedes and ford, have systems that read your steering habits, and can detect when you're drowsy. >> if people are reminds that they need to pull over, and rest, certainly -- >> kelsey from cars. com says people shouldn't rely on their vehicle alone to wake them up. >> it is important that you recognize the signs of your own drowsiness before you really get behind the wheel. >> doing so could mean the difference between lives and -- life and death. something as simple as choosing the best time to drive can help keep you alert while behind the wheel. triple a has list of other things you can do to avoid driving while drowsy. i posted a link with that information at cbsphilly.com. getting behind the controls afro booth. >> only matter of time before the iron man robot is reality, now finally here. tweeted a photo, looking good there. he put it on adam son

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republicans, confident the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare will pass. >> terrific people. they want a tremendous healthcare plan and that's what we have. >> gop leaders announce four changes to the bill including a freeze on medicaid expansion, a state option to require some medicaid recipients to work, tax credits to un insureds and low to mid income people, and prohibit the use for insurance plans that provide abortion services. >> this moved me. it moved some others. and hopefully it will get us over the line. >> but conservative congressmen, like raoul, from idaho, still aren't sold. >> president trump was blunt with republicans, warning, they will lose their seat in the 2018 elections if they don't follow through with the repeal of obamacare. >> the president was really clear. he laid it on the lines for everybody. we made a promise. now is our time to keep that promise. >> meanwhile, the trump administration is fighting back against fbi director

james comey's revelation that the bureau is looking into possible trump campaign connections with russia. cbs news has learned the fbi is investigating former nsa director michael flynn. campaign foreign policy advisor, carter page, former campaign chairman, paul manafort, and roger stone, long time friend of president trump. stone denied the allegations on cbs this morning. >> there has been no evidence of collusion with the russians. >> the white house is demanding an investigation into the leaks of classified materials. >> in washington, weijia jiang, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> let's get over to katie. rain think morning? >> i can't figure out what to wear any more whether i come into work. >> here's my advice, keep everything ready. because we are going to experience spring-like warmth, a january chill, and everything inbetween that. over the next couple of days, let's go back in time, guys, take a look at the march thus far. for the most part this has

been -- generally been below average, as of today, or yesterday, i should say, we're about 2.5 degrees below average for the month as a whole. when you average everything out. looking at storm scan3, nice wide zoom, yes, did have wet weather rolling through earlier on this morning, beginning to clear out for us at this point, high pressure will take the lead. but there is a cold front that's regardless going to be crossing through, knocking our temperatures back, and boy does it. we're talking ten to 15 degrees below average, come tomorrow, but that isn't even what you can go by. you have to go by a feels-like value, because the winds is going to be whipping pretty much all day, i would say gusts upward 35 miles per hour, throughout the day tomorrow. and that's going to make it feel not only like january, like the coldest days in january. so, all of those spring plants that you might have put out, you got specially wednesday night into thursday, keep in mind, that they need to be protected either bring in those potted plants or cover them with a clot. we're actually expect to go see a prolonged period of temperatures that won't break out of the 20's wednesday night into early thursday. and this shows us very well,

our featured temperature model 29 come say 8:00, 9:00 wednesday night t stays that cold up until at least 10:00 a.m. so again, a solid window of at least ten if not 12 plus hours of temperatures that are stuck in the 20's. so, that could easily damage your vegetation. keep that in mind. outside we go to view here at beach patrol headquarters in margate. we had a guy out with a metal detector moment ago. looks like left the shot. regardless even though it is still gray outside, very calm. not much winds to speak of at the moment. as we move forward in the eyewitness weather seven day, it is still quite chilly tomorrow, and even thursday, but at least you've got sunshine, going for you, throughout that span of time. look at what happens, though, by friday, warmfront is beginning to lift in. that will send our temperatures on an uphill climb. we hit 53 degrees, pretty close to average. but watch for shower along the way. saturday, well, that's one that spans out. 68 degrees the expected hi, dow expect that you'll see at least a little bit of sunshine

breaking through the clouds, but more clouds than sunshine, although, at this point, i expect it generally dry day. sunday is the day, and i know we have the love run going on, unfortunately looks like rain to track that day, we're not talking certainly snow or ice, too warm, but regardless, it will be a jammed sunday for us, although pretty typical at 55. lingering shower come monday, our daytime high about 53 degrees. so just recap, it will get awfully chilly out there, guys, make sure you have the winter coat ready to go. jim, rahel, back over to you. >> all right, good advice, katie, thank you. well as the day that tennis fans across our region have been waiting for, tickets for the philadelphia freedom's go on sale today. >> and joining us this noon, to tell us all about it, is the legendary tennis star, and philadelphia freedom's owner, billie jean king. welcome. >> good to see you guys. great to see you again, jim. >> wonderful to have you here. so let's set things up. there are 14 matches? >> seven home, seven away. now moved to a new home, st.

joseph university. it is on city line. now we will get the philadelphia people as well as the main line people. villanova before. but now at st. joseph's university. so everybody's watching, have to go to a different site. at the arena, totally excited. now we've been out there few times, and everyone's been so cooperative, and welcoming. so we're really excited about being there, and just perfect. i hear their basketball fans -- we want them to come out and cheer for us. it is real exciting. just had our draft. oh, last week. which is always nerve wracking if anyone lived through drafts, nfl, nba, same thing, trying to get placer. we really want to get zero get this new kid from barbados, really setting the world on fire now. king is his name. so it is just -- darian, darian king. i wanted to came him damian. i knew that wasn't right. i've been watching him.

so adorable. we need to get him first round. we got him. we got taylor townsend coming back, stevens, danny roddick, venus williams is visiting with the capitols, so we've got great names. but i just love our team. we have martin who played doubled last year, first if we have singles, doubles and mix, doubles is hugely important to us, he was rookie of the year, back with us, so that was good. we protected him. so we're really thrilled. addition to the big names, everybody so excited about, also new coach. >> yes, been a coach before, in fact, i think the last time we won in 2006 he was our head coach. so maybe he'll bring us good luck again, coach to many of the greatest players in the world like martina, linsey davenport, coach men, helped jack buck, he's really good coach. and he's also played on the tour before, when he was younger, so he understands the situation. >> ticket went on sale today

exactly at noon, just few minute ago. you know, this league has been around for 40 years. forty-second season coming up. i just saw the league, just sold the league, capitols, fred, defending champion to san diego. guess what that does for me? i get to concentrate more and more on the freedom's. >> good. >> so i'm really happen. >> i this is great. we're so excited you're here today. we tweeted out, facebook -- >> we're going to try kids day on the 26th. and i think that's in the afternoon, so, if you want to get home early and bring the kids to, say, you know, it is 9:00 we got to go home and take the kids, now so check it out, philadelphia freedoms. com. give you all of the scoop. >> for more information on how you can get your particular tote see worlds class tennis, and the philadelphia freedom, we've got you covered. it is all on. >> cbsphilly.com. >> we will be right back. stay with

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cbsphilly.com. and coming up a little later today on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 she looks like the well adjusted happy baby. but right now she is actually recovering from having major surgery. little domenique born with two extra legs and spine, unbelievable story the surgery and her prognosis, tonight at 5:00. well, rahel, some days you win, some days you lose. >> yes, this giant panda cub apparently having a losing day there is cub want so much to get up, try as she might, panda going the wrong way, frolicking at a research center in china finally does give up. >> oh, that's like my day sometimes. >> he doesn't look too upset about it sometimes. >> he doesn't. >> you know, i have the very same problem with my own kids, i say, you got to go around, cleanup, go down, you can't go up the slide. >> but try as she might. >> no kidding. recap what you can expect here, because we have ups and downs, out the with a zoo for lack of better phrase. that's a technical term. >> oh, okay, meteorological. >> i know, we take you out to

the view here very quickly of "skycam 3", you can actually see the sun trying to penetrate through. just reflecting off of liberty place right there. we throw the current conditions over top one more time. currently at 49 degrees. dow expect that we are still going to have the wear with all to get new the upper 50's today, so little bit above average. but, if you want above average, just wait until the seven day. cold air waits in the wings though, so before we can hit the upper 60s we've got to go through january like chill. that's specially true tomorrow, tomorrow night, into early thursday, looking very, very cold. so, get the winter coat red. >> i what i want is above average consistently. >> keep dreaming, kid. >> keep on hoping. that's "eyewitness news" at noon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon, for katie all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. always on line at cbsphilly.com. of course the young and the restless is next. have a great day everyone. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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>> jack: any calls? >> gloria: yeah, uh, jake from r&d called about the after-shave balm, needs yet another extension. blah, blah, blah. mrs. greer called. what a piece of work she is. >> jack: maybe with the running commentary? >> gloria: oh, yeah, and that tv gal you like so much -- she called. >> jack: hilary? >> gloria: how many tv gals do you know, mr. abbott? she wanted to thank you for the advice. >> jack: give me 10 minutes, and i'll return these calls. >> gloria: you know something, i am just a little bit curious. what golden nugget of wisdom did you throw at that little scamp? >> jack: none of your concern, gloria. >> gloria: want my advice? >> jack: not at all. >> gloria: do not trust that modern-day hedda hopper. >> jack: you should be thanking hilary rather than taking shots at her. that woman saved your hide when she stopped that interview, clarissa.