>> ♪ >> breaking overnight, tragedy overseas, when a fire breaks out inside a hospital, this morning we're learning the dozens of people are dead. a major shake up to the political landscape. what pennsylvania congressman pat meehan just announced a mid his sexual harrassment allegations. we're in store for weekend warm up. live look from the parkway central library camera. we will tell you just how warm it will get, when you may need an umbrella today is friday, january 26, good morning, i'm jim donovan, rahel is off this morning. let's check on the forecast with katie and traffic with meisha. holding down the for the. >> indeed. >> we sure are, it will be a great day. it is friday. eagles are going to the super bowl. >> can't get any better than. >> guess, what you guys, i'll be in minneapolis next week bringing you guys all of the ice fishing and snowmobile.

the roadways looking real good little construction, overall looking nice and quiet? definitely tranquil on the weather desk as well, really quiet, nice clear skies for you. chilly outside certainly but we don't have much wind to speak of at all. so very quiet start to the day quiet day in general. quiet finish to the week. really does look pleasant outside. still need to be bundled up obviously, still winter certainly. so feel that chill outside. that's absolutely being reflected on the thermometer reading specially as go into some of the outer lying areas, like in millville, only 16 currently up in mount pocono, always tend to be the coldest spot obviously, at nine to 20 in l answer town, 26 here in fill. so you're essentially where you should be, again, late january. nothing atypical here. but thankfully don't have too much winds toll sak be able to e thermometer, yesterday doing all kinds, today you won't have to. 45 degrees the eventual high. beautiful day. sunny skies, wall-to-wall from the city out to the resort

towns. certainly a chill in the air, meisha, but tech neckly, 45 degrees is about 5 degrees above average. >> we'll take it. >> totally. bring on the sunshine, that's such a mood lifter even a little on the chilly side. thanks so much, happy friday. tgif. looking at some construction points, so, getting kind of used to this, talking about it almost all week long, the schuylkill eastbound, plus one westbound lane is also block. so just heads up on that, see the cones in the roadway there overall on friday the volume levels don't even start to heat up until much later so see what happens topped. ninety-five at girard, very hazy shot here, kind of switching on us. see some movement out there. ninety-five really one of the areas heated up all week long, and of course, our friend, the ben franklin bridge, gorgeous shot here. let me back out of the way, bassing in this, just absolutely stunning shot. volume levels no problems whatsoever. now, we do have accident out there involving tractor-trailer and a vehicle on the boulevard northbound at southampton road, traveling 24 , back over to you.

>> thank you, meisha. breaking overnight, 37 people are confirmed dead after a hospital catches fire in south korea, more than 100 others are hurt. that fire started in the first floor emergency room, it was put out nearly three hours later. the hospital and the nearby nursing home were evacuated around 200 patients were inside. still, no word on a cause. >> new york times is reporting the president trump back down from order that he made to fire special council robert mueller, but only after his white house attorney threatened to quit. minutes ago, the president called that report fake news. mueller is investigating allegations of russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. weijia jiang picks up the story. >> cord being to the new york times, president trump orders the justice department to fire special council, robert mueller last june. the president reportedly cited conflict every interest, including, that mule her been interviewed to return as fbi director, the day before he was appointed special council.

the new york times says president trump only backed off when white house council donald motorcycle began threatened to quit. the president cannot directly remove the special council, but can he do, how much, is order deputy attorney general general rosen stein to fire mueller. congress asked deputy attorney t this prospect several times. >> if you were ordered today to fire mou do? rulation,ined previously i if there were good cause, i would no practood cause so far? >> correct. >> the times says mueller learned. president's threat while pursuing obstruction of justice inquiry, before leaving for switzerland wednesday evening, president trump told reporters he's eager to speak with mueller under oath. >> i'm leaking forward to it, actually, i would love to do that. and i like to do it as soon as possible. >> lawyers for president trump are negotiating what tof any suh mueller would look like. the white house says, not times.

weijia jiang, for cbs-3, " eyewitness >> well the white house is offering an immigration deal, the frameworkncitizenship for 1n immigrants, brought to the united state illegally as children. in exchange, the white house wants $30 billion in border security funding, 25 billion r wall. the framework would scale back the visa lottery s limit legal immigration through close family ties, senators now working on their own immigration deal say they're encouraged. >> the present comment that we house, very encouraging for everybody, everybody excited, so i have to get backter sense f work that today, that's positive, first step. they're aiming for deal that includes dac a and border your at attracn the senate, and win the president's support. will notlvania congressman seek re-election a mid sexual

harrassment allegations. next year.plans to ret congressman meehan is accused of making unw on a young staff member, who he described as his soul mate. he's been under fire since we learned that he used taxpayer money to give her a secret settlement after she left the job. on tuesday, the congressman told "eyewitness news," the two went out for ice cream last spring, he also admitted to giving her the pay -out. >> she was talking about brand new relationship that she had. i opened the door to something , which i said that you're leaving me is going to hurt in one sense. i believe that to be a payment of a severance, because i wanted her not to walk out of the situation once it got engaged with attorneys, in a way that was just going to be harmful. >> congressman meehan still faces an ethics committee investigation and house speaker paul ryan told him to repay the taxpayer money.

well, a chaddsford priest is under arrest this morning, following an investigation into drug activity. the philadelphia archdioces says monsignor greg is facing drug possession, drug distribution and theft charges police began the investigation last may after envelope addressed to the monsignor came to saint corneilius parish, it contained what staff thought were inch lil ago drugs, he has been replaced. a robber posing as mailman point a gun at a father while he's holding his baby and is caught on camera. this happened wednesday on the 5400 block of north second street in olney. police say the bogus postal worker and three other suspect then forced the man into his home where they took his car, his iphone, and the keys to his car and house. the victim says he was afraid for the life of his nine month old son. >> by the time i put, like, i turned back, he's behind me really. >> did you think he was a mailman? >> no, he said he had a package for me.

>> now, fortunately the baby was not hurt. based on the timing, authorities think it may have been a targeted robbery. >> lawyers for bill cosby file motion to dismiss the sexual assault charges against the comedian. they say there is not enough evidence to prove the alleged encounter with andrea constand occurred within the statute of limitations. cosby's first trial ends in the june with a hung jury. his retrial is set to begin in april. >> well, more than two dozen philadelphia firefighters will receive promotions today, the fire department semi-annual promotions and awards ceremony will take place later this morning in north philadelphia. you'll looking at file from last year's ceremony. lieutenant matthew latourno who died battling house fire earlier this year will be promoted. the department will also honor several members and companies awards for heroism and letters of common days. well the clock is counting down to super bowl sunday with nine days and change left before the eagles take on the patriots in minnisota birds

quarterback nick foles were back on the nova care center yesterday, trying to stay focused on the most important game of their carreers, and complimenting quarterback tom brady. we know the paths have certain reputation, and asked coach doug pederson is he worried about new england cheating? >> my mind doesn't go there. my minds is on the patriots and focused on, you know, scheme, and trying to figure out how to beat them. you know, that's the bottom line. and how to get my team prepared to play, you know, the final game of the season. and that's where my mind is right now. >> well, coach peterson is very busy these days when you win the nfc championship game, you get to drop the puck at the flyers game. more on that, and the eagles, plus flyers highlights coming up a little later in sports. >> well, several eagles teammates took time out from practice long enough to meet fans at the oxford valley mall in bucks county. some fans waited for two hours

along the stretch of the second floor. teammate signed pictures, jerseys, helmets, at dynasty sports, meet and greet under lines the loyalty that eagles fans and players have with each other. a lot of fun, you know, the nfl, excite to go see them come out. >> awesome. it has been a lifetime dream for me and my buddies, 40 years, hopeful will he we finally get to the big, you know, big dream. >> well, there was similar scene at modell's sporting goods on cottman avenue in northeast philadelphia, lines stretched outside the store for eagle else defensive tackle fletcher cox. "eyewitness news" will be with the eagles every step of the way as they go for one more win, when we're not on tv you can always find the latest news leading up to the super bowl on cbsphilly.com. and of course on the cbs local app. >> well, rolling into town this weekend, the 2018 philadelphia auto show. for the 117th year, more than 700 concept classic luxury annex the i can cars will take

over the pennsylvania convention center. you're looking at file video from last year, in addition to the vehicles on display, there will cents also be ride and drive opportunities. tonight the philadelphia auto show will hold its tailgate. the show officially kicks off tomorrow, and runs until at 5:0n s beieo will have preview of featured in this year's show. coming up man target an unusual robbery. a tank salon. but that's not the most surprising thing about this crime. did after first ago clerk to empty the cash register. >> and a new jersey couple insis bathroom. we will tell you what went wrong during the wedding that se of venue.

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> hundreds of people met at a vigil in the town of fenton, not far from marshall county high school. a 15 year old boy is accused of opening fire at that school on tuesday morning killing two teenage classmate, and injuring 18 other, prosecutors want to charge him as an adult an armed robber with a sweet tooth is on the run in california. the robbery, at a tanning salon in walnut creek, caught on surveillance camera, shows the suspect flashing a box cutter demanding worker to empty out the cash register, money apparently wasn't enough suspect then held himself to candy before leaving the salon >> i got the feeling that this guy is just by the way he looks probably a drug addict, possibly homeless. >> salon own here happens to be retired sheriff deputy has been canvassing the neighborhood hoping to catch the suspect. >> new jersey couple gets married in a bathroom, after their wedding day takes a

bizarre turn. ryan and maria shultz were supposed to get marinade judge 's chambers at the monmouth county courthouse, but things took a turn when brian's mom suffered an asthma attack in the courthouse bathroom. well, instead of postponing the wedding the judge agreed marry the couple in the ladies room. the wedding went on without a hitch. and the groom's mother, fortunately, is doing fine. you know what, katie, i always think at least the acoustics are there, so if they had any muse take would have played out pretty well. >> yes indeed, i'm absolutely in agreement one. while you stay went off without a hitch, at leagues they did get hitched. >> (laughing). >> thank you for laughing. hopefully someone is laughing at home. man, i feel like any jokes i have lately are falling real flat. thank you foreign dull edge me , jim. storm scan3, very quiet right now all-in-all. do have high pressure on our side. one little sliver every showers crossing over the red river valley way off to the west. we eventually will see some

wet weather move in, though, as early as tomorrow night. so, high pressure is yelding to another frontal boundary, then as we look forward, eventually pretty decent dip in the jet stream here allowing very cold air to sing in, so this is getting into the first days of february, sort of just a look down the road here, now, you don't want to see the darker shades reach us, but starting to at least get into some of the darker blue territory, up toward the poconos, looking ahead to the first two days of the next month. so, there is some colder air wait being in the wings. but for now, it is actually a pretty nice day. all the way up to 45 degrees, you have virtually no wind, it is turning more southerly, that means, it is not going to feel quite so harsh, you still need a coat, pretty heavy one, but the high heads 45, minus the wind, looks like nice afternoon and nice finish to the week. it is clear, calm, colder tonight, down to 33 degrees, but even compared to where we currently stand, really not all that bad. now the weekends is the mildest. certainly. mid 50's for you both saturday , sunday, but there is

a front crossing through, that's why the temperatures drop off again into next week. but we also have a bit of wet weather to track, as well, so saturday night, especially, some showers move in from northwest to southeast. that will linger into sunday morning specially, but then that front does clear out as the day progresses cents, and by monday, your healed back to the mid 40's again, there could even be wintery mix, meisha. >> looking, the 30's come back , oh, little bit of everything. but, going to see the sun, that's what we're going to focus on this morning. looking outside, do have some construction, overnight construction project on the schuylkill, kind of out there every night this week except i think for monday the only night this week that it wasn't getting kinds of used to, that pain for some of you headed out the door early, if you can wait until it closes i'll let you know as soon as it lift. schuylkill eastbound between vine and south street, also one westbound lane is also closed. ninety-five, at cottman, what we're working with right there , volume levels still looking real nice. looking real mild. just as they should on friday. of course the beautiful it,

more vehicles from 15, 20 minutes ago, an accident involving tractor-trailer and vehicle, right lane is compromised there at southampton road, traveling at around 20-ish miles per hour, still very slow moving throughout that area. if you can avoid it i always say probably good to do so, jim, back over to you. >> thank you, facebook is removing a somewhat scandelous question it asked users after backlash. we'll tell you what the social media network wanted to know in this week's, or this morning's money watch report. that's coming up in just a few minutes. don't go

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>> 4:50, money watch's diane king hall joins us live interest morning from the new york took stock exchange, good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning, jim >> so, diane, stocks continue to gain steam. when will the party end? >> oh, man, it is hard to say. i mean, i could never call the direction this market has been going specially lately just

ratcheting higher and higher, dow today ultimately all time high. mixed finish for stocks yesterday, dow rallied 140 points, nasdaq almost four. southwest airlines says earnings are soaring. the company reported a quarter ly profit of nearly $1.9 billion, southwest credited the new tax law for the boost and said it expect higher earnings in 2018, as well. jim? >> i'm telling you the market is giving us all whiplash, diane. so i understand that facebook is removing a question that caught some users by surprise. what's this all about? >> reporter: all right, so, facebook has basically decided to minds its own business when it comes to who or what you sleep with. remove -- what i usually sleep with, dot dot dot, from the did you know feature after users complain it was knows i and just plane creepy. many users assume the social unit client wanted to know

there sexual activities in the bathroom. family inquiry more about people people's sleeping habit like if they slept with stuffed animals. >> people's minds sometimes go into the gutter sometimes, diane, that's the way it goes. thank you, and we'll check in with you in the next hour. >> looking like good week toned make outdoor plans. we'll tell you which day is looking better than the other. that's when "eyewitness news" this

>> overlooking main street in bethlehem, the lehigh campus, the neighborhoods, real tranquil beginning to the day here. very limited traffic obviously out there, all everyone loan car out there, driving, and we're looking ahead to some real nice weather here today. very, very quiet finish to the work week for us. this is the stuff we like to wrap up the work week with.

even though it is january, and temperatures aren't necessarily going to mean that you can walk out the door without a coat. at least it is more comfortablement storm scan quiet. high pressure to thank for. that will and it is that way, right through the rest of the day and night, and for the better part of tomorrow. so you'll see storm scan remain nice and quiet, but your whole weekend is not a wash here. most of tomorrow looks quite nice actually. any rain that would move in, starts to get here specially toward night fall, and specially far north and west. so, in short, philly has a shot to stay dry through most of the day and even the night, rain won't even start to move in in the overnight hours, but then, first half of sunday is where it looks the motion wet on sunday as all front frontal passage, as it cross through, just little damp, for your weekends, with locally higher amounts expected through south new jersey and delaware, with us, some ample might tour to work with, 26 the current

temperature at the airport, at 22, in atlantic city, cold start to the day with time, we do eventually rebound to almost 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. 45 degrees, in that sunshine. and even warmer this weekend, nearly another 10 degrees actually more than 10 degrees jump from one day to the next, so, mid 50's all weekend long, but again, it is cold front, it will live up to it name, temperatures take a hit come monday. and even colder by tuesday, at which point, meisha, we may see little snow mix in. >> i feel like we've been saying it a lot the, a little bit of everything. >> a lot of ups and downs. >> looking outside your commute actually looking good, quiet, just as is it should on a friday. quick peak at 42 freeway northbound at creek road. take it to 295, that's what you're working with, looking real great. hopefully, it stays this way for our friday morning commuters all the way through the 6:00. that's what i'm hoping for. see what happens. but right now, looking good, there looking very typical. look how quiet the boulevard at wissahickon looks, enjoy the open roadways if you have

to head out early this friday morning, because you're in great company. we have the overnight construction on the schuylkill eastbound between vine and south street. that has now since been completely cleared. you can see the cones have been removed out of the roadway, one westbound lane blocked, that's also moved out of the way. construction clues out there on 202 between washington street and laffayette street. lanes open, just heads up if this is your neck of the woods , then also going to be talking about two-point of construction in new jersey, 295 at 29. back in the next ten minute or so, jim, back over to you. >> coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," the latest on the eagles path to the super bowl. plus tell you where you can get free signs to cheer on the team. also, ahead, we are live with more on the big announcement from congressman pat meehan, planning to retire, and not run for re-election. and get your motor running. live with a preview of the auto show that's opening up this weekend, back at the top of the hour.

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>> congressman meehan will not seek re-election, new in the seventh congressional district , but he doesn't plan to leave just yet. we'll explain in a live report >> with fresh trouble brewing, president trump, from london with the world's economic forum. >> live look at the lehigh valley from high atop the hotel bethlehem. we're in for a weaken warm up. but there is cents a catch. today is friday, january the 26th, good morning, i'm jim donovan, rahel solomon is off. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things, this morning , holding down the