we will have much more on the breaking story on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. what a difference a few hours makes, this morning, we were scraping ice off our windshield and now, big melt down underway, temperatures in the 40's, almost so balmy compared to what we have experienced recently. by the end of the week it could feel like april, good afternoon everyone i'm jessica dean. aim ukee washington. we will go from a bitter blast to a blast of spring, meteorologist kate bilo is on the die deck with more on the winter warm up and kate, it feels so good. >> it feels great out here, guys. you almost don't need a coat or at least it feels that way and remarkable because our first time in the 40's we were talking about how cold it would be and now it feels like i blast of warm air, compared to what we have been dealing with, and we have even warmer weather on the way. lets take a look weather-wise, out to storm scan three not a whole lot happening far cry from the mixed bag of winter weather we had at this time last night, icy road outside and certainly ice on cars and

sidewalks, driveways but new skies have cleared, and temperatures have listen. look at these numbers at 44 degrees in philadelphia. 12 degrees warmer then this time yesterday when we were right around freezing, it is 45 in dover, 41 wilmington and 40 degrees in allentown but there is a problem, snow really did start to melt. i don't know if you saw it but drifting off my gutter pipes all day so there is a lot of water, puddles, wet spots so temperatures do drop below freezing again tonight. there is potential for re freeze as we head into tomorrow morning not a ton but if there is something that looks wet when you walk outside tomorrow morning watch out it could be ice once again we will continue to melt that snow. temperatures got back to normal and then we will climb higher by friday, 60 degrees and we said taste of april, 60 but also april is men for one or thing, april showers, i will tell you when rain returns to the forecast as well, coming up. so looking like weather won't be a problem saturday for battle of the bird at

lincoln financial field when eagles face falcons in the divisional playoff game. >> eagles ramped up their preparation today leslie van arsdal joins us now with more, leslie. >> these guys are pumped up for this game. eagles practice inside bubble first chance to start putting in the game plan for saturday, number one seed of the eagles are two and a half point under dogs with the falcons because nick foles is starting at quarterback last two games nick and owe even if struggled scoring 13 points and has a lot of pressure on this offense, and here's what doug pederson told foles and the team. >> we just, we had a great opportunity, let's go be nick, lets play, execute the offense , to the same same thing, great opportunity, backs against the wall coming out swinging and you know, see what happens. >> go out there and play and maybe i was than the doing that much, simple as that, is times hardest thing are simple things, basically get out of your own helped and play the game that you know thousand

play. >> he seemed confident. >> faith in foles. lets go team. >> thanks, leslie. philadelphia mar why the downtown in center city is drying out tonight. leaking pipe flooded the hotel 's lobby and basement and sent water in the street, it all happened around 5:00 this morning. fire officials say leaking external sand pipe was to blame, guest rooms not affected. residents of the fair view care center in glenside are awaiting word when they can return, all 108 residents had to evacuate facility after broken water pipe flooded parts of that building yesterday afternoon. residents were relocated to other nursing centers within the area. shortage of the iv supplies has many in the medical community concerned tonight, it has left them scrambling to get patients the drugs that they need. health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the worries that are greg with the increase of, flu cases. stephanie? >> do that now. >> reporter: this intensive care nurse is using date or

aid to prevent dehydration one way to conserve iv bags and iv solution that are now in short supply. the iv shortage was cause by hurricane maria in puerto rico that temporarily shut down pharmaceutical manufacturing plants that produce most of the u.s. supplies. it is impacting how, they get chemotherapy for brain cancer with nurses, shuffling, scars supplies. >> these nurses work hard. it worries me they don't have everything that they could need at their disposal. >> we need to understand there is a crisis brewing with this. >> reporter: doctor joseph with cooper university health care say quick action and planning here has kept the crisis under control. every single patient has gotten exactly the food and care they needed. >> reporter: this are pharmacy lab in cooper where iv bags and solutions are prepared, they have instituted a conservation program that includes things like switching patients to airal medications when possible and daily evaluation to make sure that the iv treatments are really,

necessary. >> none of our patients would notice any difference. >> reporter: but now with the flu season ram pink up there are growing concerns around the country about having enough iv treatments, because many influenza patients aren't able to keep down oral medications. >> yes, it is going to be more challenging but we are ready to meet the challenge. >> the f.d.a. expects the iv shortage will start to ease over the next few weeks, but stresses that the situation in puerto rico remains fragile and major medical hub. island produces $40 billion a year in, pharmaceuticals for the united states. i check with other hospitals in our area that say so far patient care has not been impacted so far. >> so far. >> thanks, stephanie. tributes are pouring in for fallen fill fire lieutenant matthew latourneau who died saturday while fighting a house fire in north philadelphia. the philadelphia police department honored the memory and service of lieutenant latourneau with this painting. they have posted it on their

twitter page earlier today this portrait was painted by officer johnny castro an artist in the police department's forensic unit. latourneau's funeral is set for friday. breaking news right now steve ban on has stepped down from leading breitbart news and return to the conservative web site over the summer after he was fired as president trump's chief strategies but ban on drew ire of the president trump last week when he was quoted criticizing the president's family in a new white house tell all book. president trump focusing on immigration reform during bipartisan meeting with law make tours day. he pledged to take the heat, if congress strikes a deal to keep dak a and obama area initiative that provided protection toss 800,000 young undocumented immigrants. >> this group, and others, from the senate, from the house, comes back with an agreement, i will sign it. i will be signing it. i will not say oh, gee i want this or that because i have a lot of confidence in the people in this room.

>> young immigrants will be deported beginning march 5th when the trump administration phases out dak a, dak ace also main sticking point holding up funding for a border wall. new jersey division of the drug enforcement agency has un veiled a new strategy to combat opioid abuse in south jersey. >> justin udo has more on the new approach which places strong emphasis on working the together. >> reporter: three years ago charlie maycough's doubt are monica nearly died from a heroin overdose. >> i got her on floor, started cpr and used narcan and then after a stroke and a heart attack and multiple organ failure, she is well today. >> reporter: for past three-year char lean has for the and participated in programs across the street and get help to those addicted to opioids. >> we will go to school and every place we can get to teach people. >> reporter: she welcomes drug enforcement administration announcement of the 360 strategy program to combat heroin and prescription opioid abuse. >> i think that is actually

the best way to go. >> reporter: 360 strategy is three prong approach to fighting abuse by having law enforcement, hospitals and community leaders work together by exchanging information and keeping open lines of communication, insuring resources. >> we will reach out to our educators, to our clergy, to all interested partners and bring them on board. everyone shares responsibility in this and more people we can bring to the table the better. >> reporter: drug enforcement officials say last year there were enough opioid overdose death to fill every seat at lincoln financial field. one of their goals with this new initiative is to make sure they use all resources possible, significantly cut that number. >> anytime we use community and more people involved to fight this epidemic we are saving lives. >> reporter: doctor jim beer says his partnership is properly fight opioid epidemic in south jersey. >> we have to have this collaboration so we can continue to do our jobs and treat people and they can get drugs off the street. >> reporter: char lean says program is not just a step but leap in the right direction. >> once everybody works together and there is a collaboration we're going to get somewhere.

>> reporter: as part of the 360 tragedy dea is hosting youth summit for new jersey students to educate them on drug misuse and abuse. justin udo for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still ahead on "eyewitness news" the president weighs in on the latest presidential rumors. >> president trump thinks about oprah winfrey and her possible run for office, hear what he has to say at 5:30, lauren. i'm meteorologist lauren casey live in the betsy ross house in olde city, chatting with trooper here, telling me all about the store that celebrates america's first meteorologist and we will tell you all bit, coming up next. 32 feet in the air, it is not just guys rocking out but girls too. coming up i'll tell you why women have the advantage and why falling is an art form. wow that was just shy

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well, most of us know philadelphia's historic past but there is some history that you may not ab wear of. >> that is why we took our mobile weather watcher to olde city where colonial pub crawl lets people take a step of history. meteorologist lauren casey's there learning more about the tour, lauren. >> i'm here at betsy ross house in olde city, philadelphia for ben franklin 's birthday, special addition, tipler's tour which takes place this friday and saturday and next. i'm here with historic philadelphia incorporated art ryan and tell us about what people will see, experience, and learn when they take this tour. >> sure, tipler's tourist a pu b crawl we offer in historic philadelphia at different times of the year. we finished up our holiday version but this weekend we are offering a special tour and next weekend that will start here at betsy ross house here each night at 5:00 to celebrate 312 birthday of ben

franklin. i can't think of the better way of doing that then with music, toasting, song, good food, good drinks, visit three different pubs here in philadelphia, and ending up at city tavern, and guests will have a chance to hear great songs, and great toast by this gentlemen right over here, and robert hair. >> all right. that sounds like a great birthday celebration to me. ben would like it. trooper hair, can you tell me what is a tipler. >> a tipler is a term given to someone in the 18th century from going to tavern to tavern learning topics of discussion, debate, and having a drink along the way. >> i googled it. to me it was just a inebriated person but i like your sophisticated version of that. >> there are many different types of version that are called, ni im topical, he hads been to the cellar he has seen two moons he makes a virginia fence and there are many terms that ben franklin has given to

one who has been, what did you say, noon breaked. >> yes, inebriated, has par taken in a few or maybe a few drinks. >> a few but learning history along the way and what better way to learn history from a brewer here in the city of philadelphia. >> absolutely. new people if they join the tour they will get a coffee of 200 names, right. >> he gives a lot of terms for these, should i say, terms of intoxication, it is, it is a light hearted way, and he doesn't necessarily believe it was himself in that case but what he has observed in many different taverns. >> ben franklin's birthday is 17th, very close to mine, both meteorologists so we should give a little toast. >> proper toast to ben franklin as we send it back to ukee and the studio. >> proper toast and term would be hip, hip. >> hooray. >> hooray. >> hasa. >> yes. >> here's to you, back to you

ukee. i'm think the word tipsy came from. >> could be. >> yes. >> she's still smiling. >> thanks, y'all. "eyewitness news" continues tonight icy waters in north carolina has alligators feeling chill. survival instincts when it gets this cold is to stick their snouts out of the water. park ranger noticed sight after a snowfall last year, that wasn't quite sure what he was looking at. >> they are doing this as a mechanism, so that if it freezes over they can still breeze but just an absolutely amazing, survival technique. >> ranger says that the park's 12 rescue gators lowered their body temperature and metabolism under water to survive, but pretty soon they will be able to say and i'm going there, see you later, alligator to cold temperatures won't be long. >> everybody is ready for just like, the deep freeze to come off. this has been extreme even for winter. >> yes, it has. >> this has been below average

for weeks, upon weeks, in fact , today was first day since christmas we have been at or above average, so it is just cold for a really long time. this is like minnesota cold not philadelphia cold. we can complain about that. >> today's normal. >> today is normal or above average today and we are getting higher by end of the week but for my money to day is nicest day of the seven day forecast it is sunniest day and quiet day we have rain coming in later in the week but lets start off with what is happening right now. we will take you out to a beautiful sunset as day winds down in cape may, see piles of snow there along the street and little bit of glistening there. so here's the problem temperatures will drop below freezing tonight, comfortable, seasonal night but below freezing. any melted snow from today could refreeze, and i don't expect extent of the ice we had this morning there will be icy spots and we will talk about that in a moment but beautiful sunset shot and looking at time lapse video from today in rehoboth beach,

looks good as well, you can see sun moving across water there people out trying to walk on the boardwalk it is still snow covered and a lot of snow down the shore and through delaware beaches but looking good right now with temperature at 43 degrees, in rehoboth beach. thirty-nine in wildwood. forty-four here in philadelphia 39 degrees in reading. forty up in allentown right now. so pretty comfortable evening all things considered since it was just in the teens a few days ago. temperature change over pennsylvania 24 hours you can see we have listen, 13 degrees from where we were at this time yesterday, 11 degrees warmer in trenton, 14 degrees warmer then yesterday in allentown. a big surge of warm air has moved in and feels nice outside. storm scan three again showing clear skies all across the region no problems outside this evening, and we don't really have anything to talk about weather-wise at lee until thursday night into friday when we could see another round of wet weather this time but this time it will in the bring ice. overnight watch for a few scattered slick spots left

over ice melt refreezing watch for patchy black ice not the extent that we saw tonight but icy spots on the sidewalk, porches, walkways, things like that and snow melt could re freeze as we drop down to 25 ded calm. tomorrow sunshine in the morning and then cloud increasing, seasonal at around 40 but by end of the week all this moisture starts to load up, warm front pushes through and we will have rain moving in thursday night, rain all day friday, heavier at times and then showers likely even into saturday morning, so a long duration rain system, starting late thursday night. here's good news look at how warm it is, 60 the high on friday, so anything that falls with this next system is just plane old rain and which is a whole lot easier to drive in the ice and snow. temperatures drop on saturday, chilly for eagles game and cold again sunday, monday, tuesday with highs around freezing but you know what, you cannot complain we have got back to normal and warm by end of the week.

>> thanks, kate. still ahead sometimes reporting the news can be a dangerous, crazy business. >> we will show you more of the report shore thought he was doing a nice story at the zoo, and kind of turned into more of that, leslie. sixers showing some brotherly love across the pond in london and if you think going to a champion ship game is easy, it is in the just ask brent celek, he has been waiting a long time, sports is up next.

surveillance video shows an alleged thief in the act. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 who officers say he was ripping off and quick thinking woman who helped lead police to the suspect tonight. meantime eagles are making sure philadelphia is wide awake for saturday's playoff game with the falcons. >> chris maraghost was up bright and early, got behind the counter to take over at dunkin' donuts near sixth and

market. swoop and cheer leaders were there getting people inside to the playoff spirit. lets go bird. it will be here soon, leslie. >> people are in to it, that is for sure. >> winning a championship is hard many great players and hall of famers never won that ultimate prize, eagles, practiced in pad they wanted tougher practices to get more game feeling. bird have a couple players that have won a super bowl malcolm jenkins, lagarrette blount, torey smith, and brent celek is still searching for his ring. he played in the 2008 nfc championship game. >> i mean after that game was over, i was upset, but i was, thinking, you know, this can happen three or four more times in my career, you know, nine years later, i'm still sitting here now in the divisional round and obviously everything can run through, philadelphia, you know, if we do what we're supposed to do. we have a great opportunity. but we have to take advantage of it. >> the sixers are in london thursday afternoon they will play celtics at sold out otwo

had reen a robert covington, dario saric, tj mcconnell and trever booker exchanged jersey with the crystal palace team. basketball is huge in europe. sixty-four europeans are on rosters and thursday will mark the anniversary game in london so nice to keep keith pompea from the philadelphia inquirer for that video. >> nba is a global game. >> thanks. >> no doubt bit. coming up incomes, bigger, brighter, smarter, television latest tv unveiled at this years consumer electronics show. also this. chris christie delivers his final state of the state address i'm he chelsea lance inside the new jersey state house with the hot button issues he touches on up next. and, the president and oprah what president trump had to say about the media mogul's possible presidential run, these stories and more when "eyewitness news"

mud slides, trapping several people. >> at least six people died and several homes have been who, as danielle nottingham reports this same area was ravage by wild fires just a short time ago. >> reporter: fire fighters rescued a 14 year-old girl, trapped in a home that slid off its foundation this morning. officials say that she was buried under massive mounds of debris for hours. search dogs are being used to look for more victims on the ground. from the air, the u.s. coastguard has been ventura county emergency crews pulled residents to safety. avalanche shut down 30 miles of highway 101 near the area. >> mud slide surrounded my car as i was driving 60 miles an hour and it pushed my car all the way to the left-hand side of the road. >> reporter: with the muddy mess, winter storm flooded

creeks, roadways from santa barbara to los angeles counties, trapping cars, and people. thousands of people were forced to evacuate again after surviving several recent wild fires. >> people whose homes survived thomas fire are now faced with this impassable roads, driveways, filled with mud. >> i thought, i just can't do it again. i didn't know it was going to be this bad. >> reporter: neighbors say furious storm, mud flow shook their homes as boulder crashed downhill side. >> it sounded like a freight train coming right by the house. >> reporter: officials are blaming a transformer explosion in monday seat owe on the weather causing several homes to catch fire. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a man and his dog are safe , thanks to the los angeles police department, rescue team arrived, at lake balboa to pick up the pair, now cell phone video was taken by a witness. it is unclear how man and his

dog got stranded. president trump is weighing in on oprah winfrey's possible run for the white house in 2020. president says he is up for challenge if she decides to enter the race. >> oprah would be a lot of fun i know her very well. i did one of her last show. she had donald trump, her last week, and she had donald trump and my family, it was very nice. i like open a i don't think she's going to run. >> oprah's rousing speech hit golden globes, renewed speculation she might launch a presidential campaign, her best friend cbs this morning co host gayle king is down playing any suggestion that could happen. >> i don't think there is a such a thing as a time line. i don't think i'm being cute or mysterious but it is very intriguing thing that she had never considered. people said she wrote that speech as a launching pad for what she wants to do? that is absolutely in the true >> sunday was a historic night for winfrey she bee he became first black woman to seal the

demill lifetime achievement award. gayle king and nora o'donnell have a new co hoe, face the nation john dick are son will join the woman as third co hoe on cbs this morning. that was made earlier today. dickerson takes over anchor chair left vacant bay charlie rose who was fired in november , amid sexual harassment allegations. dickerson begins his new role, tomorrow. >> having been with gayle and nora before at table i'm hoping to bring exactly what we had before which is enthusiastic conversation, curious, on the news, interested in what we think people care about and really digging in to things in a way that these who watch, can come away with a better understanding is what happening in the world. >> dickerson's successor on the face the nation will be named in the coming week and john has been i great friend to all of us here at cbs-3 and so exited to watch them. governor chris christie says farewell to new jersey in his final state of the state

address. he took the time to outline his accomplishment over past eight years. >> many tough decisions benefited camden, atlantic city and taxpayers across south jersey. >> "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans joins us from trenton with more on what the outing governor had to say, chantee, good evening. >> reporter: good evening ukee and guess contact governor highlighted many accomplishment but at same time he has within of the low 's travel ratings. >> we needed to careless about being loved, and more about being respected. that is why i ran for governor >> reporter: lots of cheers inside of the state house chambers for governor chris christie as he bid his final farewell in his last state of the state address. >> i'm proud here to tell you that the state of our state is very good, and without question, much, much better then it was eight years ago. >> reporter: two term governor touted his accomplishments tuesday like lowering state's unemployment rate and

revitalizing struggling cities like atlantic city and camden. >> 2017 was the lowest number of murders in camden, in more than 30 years. >> reporter: another accomplishment he highlighted holding property tax caps new jersey has highest in the nation. >> failure to renew this cap is a failure of leadership. >> reporter: governor christie secured a multi billion dollar transportation program which was financed by a higher gas tax, he also invested millions of dollars in fighting the opioid crisis a move that trenton residents, is grateful for. >> did he a lot of good things for recovering addicts in new jersey and a lot of recovery things that he has done. so it is kind of him to leave but at the same time, he did his fair due. >> reporter: governor leaves office next week with the low approval rating after a failed presidential bid and the controversial bridge gate scandal. >> not that impressed, and his

public, you know, his poll ratings reflect that. >> reporter: governor elect phil murphy, who is a democrat , will take office next tuesday. that is very latest live from trenton in, new jersey, chantee lans for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". chantee, thank you. annual consumer electronic s show is underway in las vegas and on display is a new crap of televisions. c-net.com sarah suboy tells us , the televisions are bigger , brighter, smarter thanks to virtual built in assistants. >> reporter: televisions at ce s are getting bigger, brighter and more bendable this year lg put all three qualities in one tv. >> so imagine a big 65-inch tv press button and it rolls down like a lamp shade into a box. >> reporter: thin as paper and rolable like a poster this used oled organic lied emit

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i'm c net sarah suboy for cbs news, las vegas. prince harry and megan markel's second official event as a couple. they made a visit to represent radio a forward thinking station geared toward london's youth. they were there to learn more about using music and radio for social change. the couple is set to get married may 19th. so can you guess hot richest person of all time is? we have got the answer for you next. these puppies are on the dating app, find out why when we find out, kate? well, after a very warm, finish to the workweek the weekend not quite as warm, rain showers to start the day on saturday and then we have got temperatures dropping, through the day we will start the day nice and warm and we will hit a high in the 50's and temperatures drop sharply and will be cold for eagles game and arctic air settles in once gannon sunday, highs once again not much better then

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yesterday ice and rain to take milder temperatures and in precipitation. more change's head in the forecast, kate has that for you coming up. now to viral video of the television reporter that is in a tough spot, bbc reporter alex dunlap was in the zoo when he got swarmed by a group of leamers. they would not leave him alone he was actually bitten several times. the reporter taped what he needed for his story, and then , quickly got the heck out of there as fast as he could. >> that could go bad quickly. >> yes, he could. >> ouch, ouch, ouch. >> they are kind of cute though. >> as promised kate is here with your updated forecast, things are changing out there. >> things are changing every day this week. we will go from the 30's, 40's , 50's and 60's and then right back down to the 30's.

weather roller coaster. we're climbing up, the hill,. >> hello. >> climbing up the hill, falling back down is when it gets dicey and that will happen over weekend. we have warmer temperatures on the way and will feel like april in both temperatures and with the threat of rain returning to the forecast. lets look at what is going on, starting off outside where people are enjoying this nice night at jack frost big boulder, not too cold out there on the slopes. they were still out there even in the teens and single digits , got some hard core skiers and snow borders up in the poconos but tonight feels great. you don't need heavy layers, base layers and the covering up of your face nice night to hit slopes and we got our snow board class going on the rails there at jack frost big boulder. our eyewitness weather watchers reporting much milder conditions then what we saw at this time yesterday and not as much in the way of ice. you can see mostly in the 40's right now. lets check in here at 39. we will check with our friend david dutch in clementon, new

jersey. david said temperatures near 40 are making it feel like summer, isn't that crazy, felt like summertime outside today even though it was only really seasonal, we are slightly above average for this time of the year. john carroll in mullica at 38 degrees. we have 40's to the north and west of the city, phil, chestnut hill at 36, colder there but 41 degrees as we check with our friend barbara lane in willow grove, 41 feeling in the too bad for this time of the year. you can see an icy start lynn sent this photo of the ice all over the snow making it look like frosting she said, beautiful shot there, great shot someplace very close where i grew up valley forge park covered bridge in the park looks great from lou ruh but there could still be ice out there tonight especially in area that didn't get direct sunlight outside, gun has been so cold that we are going to see a few spots of black ice, we will talk about that in just a moment. lets peak at what is going on temperature wise still well above freezing, it will take a

while until early hours of the morning, before temperatures drop down below freezing mark, and before we have to really watch for our ice to reform. 40 degrees, in allentown, it is below freezing in mount pocono, 30 degrees, in the bad at all, 39 in reading, 43 down in dover. as we head to the south you can see warm air starting to lift in back to the 60's after a stint of cold weather in atlanta 65 charleston. forty-nine nashville. not too bad across midsection of the country with 50's in wichita and 60 degrees in wrapped city. we will tap into that warmth over next several days. storm scan three looking fine we have clear skies and that will continue, through the overnight hours but further up in the afternoon commute wet road is still from all that melting snow and ice here today. tonight everything could re freeze once again once below freezing, patchy black ice that could impact your morning commute, we don't expect it to be as bad as today but will be below freezing and there will

be icy spots. so as we head through next couple of hours temperatures will drop, by tomorrow morning back to the mid 20's, mainly clear and calm though. tomorrow some sunshine early and increasing cloud in the afternoon and seasonal day, high right around 40. we will start tomorrow with some sunshine, cloud start to move in and then warm front lifts off to the north, notice thursday, cloudy mess of the day. mess of the day is dry but by thursday afternoon a couple of spotty showers will pop up and then we will start to bring rain in. ever night thursday night and on and off through much of the day friday, friday morning's commute will be wet, friday afternoon here's the lingering rain and we have to wait for that system to swing through, late friday into saturday before we start to clear things out. so even though it does warm up it will be rainy, thursday night, right through saturday morning. so, tomorrow not bad little cooler then today light win, thursday 51. friday is warmest, wetest day of the forecast and temperatures plumet through saturday and sunny but, cold

air, sunday and monday. we just can't get sun and warmth to meet us together. one of the other. we will take warm by even of the week, ukee and guess contact. -- guess contact. chopper three is live over this breaking news a water main break at washington lane and rodney street, in philadelphia's west oak lane neighborhood. that is a geyser right there. water is gushing. crews are on the scene, trying to shut that water off. they are right there. in word on whether homes or businesses are effected but as you can see folks are driving through it and causing problems. fortunately the temperature is upright now as opposed to where it has been in recent days but there is a crew member right there with that excavator. anymore updates we will have during our broadcast. that is non-stop. one hollywood couple separates and another gets engage. >> one why actress skipped golden globe parties and laundry life saver, bex from 96.5 has it all not to day's hot minute.

>> thanks, ukee and jessica. when one splits another gets engaged starting off with lena dunham and jack antoff calling it quits after five years of dating. two reportedly split back in december. on to love, recoupling, gwyneth paltrow confirmed her engagement to television producer brad, the couple releasing a statement saying we feel incredibly lucky to have come together. another pair that have come together, bff emma stone and jennifer lawrence, the two planning on attending a few golden globe after parties until emma changed her mind last minute, leaving jennifer, half done, i'll let her dot explaining. >> i was halfway through glam when you told me that you didn't want to go, you just wanted to come over to my house, so i sent may hair, make up team home. >> reporter: that is emma taping and jennifer owning it. as great friends as they are i

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are saying anybody can do it and the days that we have had, really why not try anything you can to have fun. but there is an advantage, someone has an advantage over the other, see who it is, check it out. while rock climbing can be rough foreign the toughest to cling to it seems women have the advantage. >> on day one what we find is, you know, females are better at technique on day one then their males hoff upper body strength to pull themselves but they burnout like that. so we have to sell t-shirts that say climb like a girl. >> reporter: director of sales and marketing for philadelphia rock gym, lauren, who is a skilled climber herself said it is not about defying heights but denying odd we have placed against ourself. >> when you walk in here there is something everyone can do people this have concept especially woman i'm not strong enough, it is too extreme, and it is not. anyone can come out here and get to the top of something that they never thought they could and it is cool, going in

to see that moment of like, oh , i can do this. >> reporter: that means getting over your fear of falling because you will, a few times but how to fall correctly on a mathis taught. >> take that vertical motion and land horizontally. it should just be a fall back. >> reporter: depending on your comfort level you could fall in a position. >> that was a big fall. >> and then it becomes mind over matter that these climbing sequences or problems , can, and will be figured out. >> that is a biggest problem, you cannot change it, you have to be the variable and solve it. >> reporter: for being so high it is very deep, very deep. >> reporter: they say it is all mental and i have to tell you watching these men and women and boys and girls climb their way trying to navigate through each of those rocks because you have to follow the colors each color thaw follow

the report being is it is different but watching them look back and smile, that sense of accomplishment is priceless. it doesn't matter when are doing vertical climbing or the boulder climbing back there what i did. the feeling is addicting and with the weather we have had this is one way where you can have a great time where it feels like you are outside but you are just missing the bird, trees, wind but it is still all good. you can just, give it a try. >> would i totally do it and no frozen fingers, vittoria. >> arthur won't let me do it. arthur wouldn't let me do it. >> arthritis, arthritis. >> your arms, ukee. >> i'm not going there, no. >> thanks, tori. >> picture of strength. >> it looks like a great work out. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 years after murder of the new jersey radio host police charged her husband in her death. the prosecutors say he is just one piece of the puzzle, the shocking charges announce

today. philadelphia's district attorney speaks out his response to what he called the resignation, of more than two dozen d.a. office employees, kate? we're heading for a winter warm up, temperatures finally got back closer to normal today after an icy start, we will tell you if you can see more ice overnight and which day temperature will hit 60 degrees. hours after philadelphia police released very ohio of the man stealing from a church he is caught here shopping at the mall, i'm alycia nieves with how a fellow shopper helped catch as a result of april kaufman's, desire to divorce james kaufman, he was intent to rather have her killed. >> shocking revelations nearly six years after the murder of a popular new jersey radio host, tonight, h