buy are for real. our families worst fears have come true and they have positively identified our son, blaze's body to day. >> heart broken family university of pennsylvania student missing since last week is found dead in california, tonight, police are trying to piece together exactly what happened. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. we know this is treated as a homicide investigation. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live on the university of pennsylvania's campus with the very latest on this still developing story, david? >> reporter: it is a terrible story, very sad and there are many more questions then answers in this case. his name, 19 year-old blaze bernstein, he was a sophomore here at u penn speaksed to be back in class today. today when classes started for

that second spring semester. he went home to visit his family in orange county, california over winter break. he went missing a week ago. authorities spent about a week looking for him at an orange county park, and they focused specifically on that park, they looked by air, they looked by ground to see what they could find and unfortunately they did find his body last night, they informed his family that they found his body, this morning, his family gave a new conference along with the authorities in orange county just about an hour and a half ago, lets take a listen. >> as thin investigation moves from search to rescue to a homicide investigation we ask for your continued support in providing tips, fur to the orange county sheriff's department. our family, send you all of our love and thanks for what you have done. >> if anybody has any information about any suspicious persons or anything that they saw in the park throughout the week or that night, sheriff's department is happy to take those tips and follow them up and follow

those lead. >> again, blaze bernstein a sophomore at university of pennsylvania, authorities, say that, they don't have a suspect or person of interest at this time but they do say they have interviewed somebody about that case, and, they are definitely, see as a homicide. several times today during that news conference and they believe that this was a homicide. report being live from the university of pennsylvania's campus david spunt, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> keep us updated, thank you. help to keep our streets safe in winter weather may in the that be great for our rivers and streams. new report shows road salt could be impacting the environment. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live tonight along the schuylkill river with the warning from experts, greg. >> reporter: ukee, good evening. all that road salt has to go somewhere, right. a new report shows that the schuylkill river is nearly 10 times more salty then it was in the 1950's and some experts say it is all due to road salt

run off. a drop of the melting snow is music to many philadelphians ears. >> i like it. we can walk outside. >> feels like summer again. >> summer again. >> yes. >> reporter: unless you air associate professor plant. >> it is detrimental at a point. >> reporter: he teaches bio geochemical at u penn and worried about amount of rock salt used by road crews to help melt ice and keep roadways safe. >> when snowfall we get ice melted and we might get that relatively quickly with the rainfall event and we get a huge spike of the salt coming through the system. >> reporter: plant says all of that salt goes in the sewer system and our rivers and streams eventually making its way in the water supply. >> and the salt then accumulates in the soil, making the soils saltier, making the soils potentially less productive. >> we used over 40 you this tons of salt. >> reporter: this winter season loan and penndot

spokesperson brad randolph says the department is always looking for different red treatment mixtures. >> more locally we're working with temple research on substance toss use or additives to use to add to our salt. >> reporter: other states mixed rock salt with beat juice but penndot has stuck with the original. >> this is typical rock salt very similar to what we eat every single day. >> reporter: research shows tends to be more effective there hasn't been a magic solution. always a balancing act between cost, and effectiveness. >> reporter: what is an easy fix? the professor says one easy way is to simply useless rock salt and lesson road. easy way to say too much was used after the snow melted you still see salt on the path offer roadways too much was being used in that circumstance. that is very latest live along the schuylkill, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". as we just heard region is

seeing warmer weather but for how long, meteorologist kate bilo is on the sky deck right new looking at those temperatures. >> it feels great to be out here, in january, without gloves and a hat and scarves because a week ago i could not have done. that not too bad today and temperatures on the way up for next two days but then dramatic drop, on saturday and just as we start to get used to milder weather we are right back in the arctic air. here's is what going on, some cloud have taken over, the region after sunshine for first half of the day, it is mostly included think evening and will stay that way as warm front lifts across the area it will usual inner warmer air but see cold front is still all the way back. you can see that, that is front coming through and it will drag moisture and rain in before the front clears. it will in the clear until early saturday. temperatures hanging right around the 40-degree mark right now but this is not going to be the warmest day that would be friday as temperatures surge to 60, saturday 57, likely around

midnight and then drastic drop through the day as we head into sunday temperatures plumet even more but that warm y steady rainfall and few rumble s of thunder. i will time out rain for thursday night and saturday morning and tell you which areas could see snowflakes on the back edge and tell you just how much rain will fall, also eagles forecast, stay with us, we will be right back to you. >> thanks, kate. philadelphia police need public's help to identify three people wanted in connection with the murder investigation in logan. police say this is surveillance footage from inside sunoco gas station at broad and lindley on december 11th. that is where 31 year-old man was shot to death that night. if you recognize either of the men or woman seen in this video police want to hear from you. region continues to remove fallen philadelphia fire fighter matthew latourneau. collogues all across philadelphia are let up in red in his honor. this morning recruit from the chester city fire department

placed a wreath on the memorial wall at philadelphia 's fireman's hall museum. we're told latourneau taught a class at philadelphia fire academy that included chester city fire recruits. latourneau died saturday fighting a house fire in north philadelphia, his funeral is set for friday. chopper three over a fire in maple shade burlington county this afternoon, those flames broke out in the home at 219 rockland avenue that fire reached two alarms. there nor reports of injuries, the causes under investigation . all right. you know it, count down is on now less than four days until battle of the bird in south philadelphia, the under dog eagles, hosting the atlanta falcons and bird focus on this divisional round showdown. >> i just cannot believe it, under dogs. >> i was just going to say that under dogs. >> that is all right we will show these so-called experts. >> number one seed four-point dog at home, never happened

before. >> good day at prime's sure. >> they d they are ready to get rolling. so are the fans in that regard i should tell you in the last her we ran a story warning fans about buying tickets on line, from the secondary market. plainly put be careful, you can get ripped off but, of course, some fans risk it against their better judgment. here's the thing, excitement for eagles is on another level when falcons come to town saturday, the eagles will hoe their first playoff game in four years. you can expect american 70,000 at the linc. the players believe fans can make a difference between winning and losing. >> they will show out, and it will be crazy, at the linc, and it is all about them giving us that, you know, little x factor being loud when defense is out there causing a commotion making it hard for other teams and just helping to bring us that

energy. >> it will be crazy because they have been waiting too, fans have been waiting on the opportunity to get back out there so they can yell, stream and talk stuff to these, atlanta falcons because that is in the way. >> jay ajayi has been there and done that, can he do it again? talk about that little later in the show but right new we want to remind you battle of the bird on saturday and we will get you ready for it. join me, leslie van arsdapat gallen and voice of the eagles merill reese, chevy sunday kick off but now chevy saturday kick off? catch it at 3:30 right here on cbs-3. >> whenever you want to have a chevy kick off. >> anytime. >> anytime. >> yes. >> indeed. >> thanks, buddy, appreciate it. as eagles hit the field for playoffs scam artists hit internet to rip off fans. >> "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is live at the linc with what you need to know before you buy tickets for the big game. >> reporter: i can tell you it is not just your wallet you

want to look out for, experts say you need to guard your identity now, too. >> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles. >> i'm full of confidence. i feel comfortable. >> reporter: as pumped philadelphia eagles fans get ready for saturday's nfc divisional round playoff game against atlanta falcons ticket vendors like ticket master and stub hub offering a warning. >> make sure if you are purchasing our physical tickets it fridays a legitimate source either from the team, venue or a site that has a guarantee and customer service number. >> reporter: i skype with stub hub spokesperson cameron tap and said first never buy your ticket outside the stadium or with cash. >> we recommend purchasing on line with the credit card where your transaction can be tracked. >> reporter: after you buy your ticket stub hub says be careful not to share it on social media. >> we know people after they purchase their ticket they share with their friends going to the game which is those tickets do have bar code

and they can be duplicated. >> reporter: which could lead to selling and buying bogus tickets, the most common problem andrew goode with the better business bureau of eastern pennsylvania sees. >> it is sad. it makes a difference. mess of the time they are anticipating doing something fun. >> reporter: aside from taking your money thieves can also steel your identity from entering your payment information on line but this eagles fans has a sure way to avoid getting scammed. >> sit in front of the tv. >> indeed. >> stub hub says it has about 5,000 tickets, left, lowest, starting at $150. average between 300, $350. the highest ticket sold thus far on that web site $3,500. ukee and jessica, back to you. >> i would say $3,500. >> say wow, okay. still to come an "eyewitness news", fighting opioid epidemic in pennsylvania, big step governor tom wolf took and how

he hopes it will help put an end to the drug crisis. also the flu in the first state, new numbers, show increased illnesses, in delaware. we will show you massive jump in cases. in just the past

tom wolf declared pennsylvania's opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency and signed order for 90 day disaster declaration. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to explain what that means. >> triggers a lot of stuff that will happen. this is about getting more help to fight addictions, seven other states declared drug emergencies and situation in pennsylvania is especially bad, with the fourth highest overdose rate, in the country, and it has killed more than 5200 people, last year. >> i'm declaring this a public health crisis a statewide disaster emergency. >> governor tom wolf signed a declaration of emergency for

heroin up demotic provide tools to help state respond better. a declaration usually reserved for natural disaster. >> this crisis has taken far too many lives, and it has broken far too many families, and it has decimated far too many communities and it has gone on far too long. >> reporter: declaration will establish opioid command center in harrisburg making it easier for addict toss get into trouble. narcan provided by medics can be left behind at overdose scenes, and it expands the state's prescription monitoring program. >> we cannot stand by, we cannot fail to act in the face of this crisis and we cannot allow more families to suffer the tragedies that they have suffered already. the numbers again are staggering, the impact is devastating. >> i have been in the field for 30 years and never seen a epidemic like this. >> reporter: tom kaine, the president of the treatment center, in media said emergency declaration should provide assistance in getting more people into treatment. >> whether they have means or

not to make sure that everybody that has a dependens in the state of pennsylvania can access, treatment in a timely fashion. i think it will save lives. >> reporter: marmount has a wall of valor, collection of badges for a program especially designed for emergency responders who have addiction issues and face traumatic events. now governor wolf's declaration is drawing, widespread praise including from the mayor of philadelphia and pennsylvania medical society. all agreeing on the need for more action to lower the rate of drug overdose in pennsylvania, and which is more than twice the national average. big problem, getting some big help now. >> yes. >> that is right. >> thanks, stephanie. stephanie health official ness delaware say number of concerned cases of flu in the first state has increased significantly, over last few weeks and they want those, to get a flu shot. >> weekending december 30th saw 142 confirmed cases, an increase of 48 percent over

previous week. delaware is one of the 46 states reporting widespread, flu activity, 46 out of 50. there have been 370 laboratory flu cases in delaware so far during 2017/18 flu season with 95 hospitalizations and two deaths. >> those numbers tell a story, wow. kate joins with us more on our forecast this wednesday as we head toward weekend. >> today was quiet, seasonal, day, and, no snow, no rain and it is where they should be but now we will go up and down, roller coaster on the way. we will start off on storm scan three because it will get to and it is all thanks to one storm, this system, i don't know if you can make it out in the center of the system is, i will point it out in a moment, center of the storm over great lakes is there a warm front extending out from the eastern flange and that is what you see here precipitation over canada and down into new york

state. warm in the warm sector, your low right here, this is between warm front and cold front right about here that warm sector of the storm and it is very warm. here's cold front on the back edge of that storm, snow break ing out over north day coat, all that cold air spilling right in. when we get clash of air masses like this we will get explosive weather. much of the region rain to the us to the north of the storm this could be heavier snow toward weekend. overnight for us mostly cloudy not as cold, 35 degrees is the overnight low. thursday mostly cloudy, mild, 51 degrees most of the day dry but we will start to get to be under the influence of the system. overnight cloud stay in place. showers off to the north. mild day for yourself thursday but not a lot of sunshine. rain should hold off most of the day unless out late, by midnight we will see showers creeping in, and you can see system back to the west. first batch of steady rain will start to move in friday morning, wet commute friday morning and then it just keeps

coming all day hof year rain right here over portions of north and western suburbs, little break in the action before another round of heavy rain picks up 10:00 o'clock friday night. it initial to saturday morning coming to an end in a few snowflakes in poconos but for most of us this is all rain and does look to dry to clear out as we head into your saturday afternoon. how much rain? our two main models between three-quarters of an inch and just over an inch of rain in philadelphia, some spots north and west, higher terrain, enhanced rainfall amounts could amount to as much as two or 3 inches, before all is said and done and then, on saturday, we will start saturday at midnight friday night into saturday morning at 57 degrees, but through the day, it is a wrapped drop in the mercury and midnight saturday night into sunday morning only 24, it it is a 33-. i have lowered the temperature for the game day forecast for eagles, 33 at kick off, and

dropping very quickly by end of the day into the 20's and it will be breezy. so again if you just look at the phone app and see 57 degrees you will be, dressed very, very poorly, for eagles game on saturday afternoon. it is going to feel very cold as arctic air starts to move in saturday afternoon, s 33. machine cold again and possibly chance for light tuesday. this warm up, it is in the lasting. >> no. >> let us enjoy it as well. >> let us. >> thanks, kate. >> this is why i don't use a phone app. >> i just say what should i wear. >> there you go. >> hit me up, let me know. >> human weather app right here. >> we are talking about, ben talks about balling in london. we will check with the sixers. for second time this year jay tries to find his way against the falcons, we will explain next up in

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two meetings when two hook up on saturday within player in particular will experience some deja vu, earlier this season before he was traded jay ajayi ran all over atlanta , he led dolphins with 26 carries for 130-yard. falcons lost that game and eventually went on a three game losing streak. jay is hoping for flash back at the linc. >> obviously it is good to know that is going to be falcons because you know, we have, i have seen it before, so a little bit, you know, familiar and then just watching the tape as well, that has been helpful, and i have been able to just use my experience of playing them earlier in the year to remember some of the things that worked, some things that we can fix, so that we have a little bit of good stuff happening. >> all right. switching gears a top match up on the main line, villanova hosting number 10 xavier, this is wildcats first game since

reclaiming top spot in the land. also, temple, st. joes, lasalle all on the road, a big night in the big five. the captain is an all-star , nhl named all-star and claude giroux is flyers lo ne representative. his move to the wing and being healthy allowed him to sit tied for second in the nhl in points. some flyers fans are upset that sean couturier and jay voracek did not make the cut. happy hour will start early tomorrow, sixers play boston celtics in london, tip off at 3:00 p.m. local. ben simmons is excited to play but he is a little worn out. >> i'm jet lagged, but it will be fun. a new place, new environment, so it will be exciting, to be playing in front of the different fans. >> six and a half her flight, five hour time difference. >> both teams will be a little weary. >> a little bit. >> yes. >> thanks, buddy. >> we will be right

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captioning sponsored by cbs >> oh, my god! >> glor: an onslaught of powerful and deadly rivers of mud here in southern california. >> in some cases the water is waist-deep and homes were washed right off their foundations. >> glor: tonight the destruction, dramatic rescues, and the search for victims. >> people are buried in there, and we're just doing anything we can. >> glor: also tonight, the president says it's in the likely he'll agree to be interviewed by the special counsel. >> hillary clinton had an interview where she wasn't sworn in. she wasn't given the oath. >> glor: a nationwide raid of 7-elevens in the hunt for undocumented immigrants. >> in 1,000 feet stay to the right. >> glor: and when the g.p.s. rerouted cars to local streets, a town fought back. >> recalculating.