>> 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 fort

and shear she comes. thanks for joining us. >> hi, guys. what am i by myself already? >> oh! >> it is friday. >> yes, and i have to tell you , also, we have an overturned tractor trail their i've been talking about all morning long, by the way, it was a man in a tractor trail their fell asleep. so that's now clearing out of our way right now thank goodness, get that remedy for us. overall now that that's moving out of our way finally starting to look good on the road base. >> so dangerous. well, looking ahead to pretty quiet weather out there, here is today, nice clear sky for you right now, will stay that way with sunshine on tap throughout the day. light winds goes along with it , looking good on storm scan3, not going to find much of anything throughout the entire day today, tonight, and actually most of tomorrow. at least not locally. not until tomorrow night at the earliest, we start to see any wet weather moving in here so, let's take a look here at the temperatures, at the moment, mid low 20's, teens, and handful of spots, so it is cold outside. only at eight at mount pocono, very chilly start to the day.

nothing atypical about this, however, so still need the heavy winter coat. winds flow is beginning to turn a little bit more north, or rather southwesterly, will turn eventually completely southerly. not windy day. rather, this is discussing just where the wind is coming from, and the wind flow to help bring in the warmth that we eventually end up with here so normal high low 40's, we will exceed that by couple of degrees, 45 the eventual hi, sunny, seasonable, quiet winds , it really is a nice finish to the day here, nice finish to the work week in general. and it gets even mild they are weekend but there is a catch. we will explain coming up. meisha? >> kate, thank you. so, yesterday in the early part of the morning, talking about accident after accident after accident. this morning, couple moving out of the way, so now really the theme of the morning just a lot of construction out there, and we have it, but levels looking good, hold willing steady everywhere. this is quick peak at the boulevard at wissahickon, kind of looking around that area, right here, you can see, movement around this area, actually looking pretty good. also looking at the schuylkill

closure kind of getting used to, was not closed in n day but every day this week since then, excuse me it, has been closed so schuylkill eastbound between vine and south street for those every you just joining thus morning, that's now since been cleared. however, one westbound lane also was closed and that has now cleared out of the way, too, so looking really good on the schuylkill. speaking of construction in norristown, so route 202, between washington street and lafayette street, alternate lanes are open there is will be an area that will start to maybe hang us up in the 6:00 hour. not so much in the 5:00 hour. also, two-point of construction here new jersey, 295 north and south at route one, left lane will be compromised until they're guessing around 6:00 a.m. route 29 is closed right now between west upper ferry road and scenic drive. you will have to use an alternate, the only one where you have to use alternate around it, route 579 around this area, it will be your best bet. but i'll be reminding you this more as we progress in the 5:00 hour. back over to you. >> days after an explosive report of sexual misconduct, pennsylvania republican congressman pat meehan says he

will not seek re-election. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, live in the news center more on this story. good morning, trang. >> good morning, jim. in a sit down interview with cbs-3 on tuesday, congressman meehan said he would not resign and planned to run for a fifth term. but now just few days later appears public outcry is changed his mind. >> did you sexually harrass this former female staffer? >> no, i did not sexually harrass this former female staffer. >> earlier this week, seven district congressman pat meehan didn't shy away from answering questions about a settlement reached with a former staffer, over her allegations of sexual harrassment. >> i paid a severance because i cared about her and i didn't want her to be in a situation that was not going resolve itself for years. >> the woman filed a complaint after she says her boss became hostile toward her after learning she was in a relationship. so meehan called the decade younger woman a soul mate, he insists he kept the relationship purely professional. the settlement money ultimately paid to her came

from taxpayer funds. the move meehan's constituents , democrats and fellow republicans, have sharply and publicly criticized. >> thursday about two dozen protesters gathered outside of the congressman's springfield office to call on him to resign. >> i feel so sorry for this woman who had to live through that and to keep it quiet is outrageous in using taxpayer monday. >> i same day in the letter to his campaign chairman, meehan announced woe not be seeking a fifth term in congress, and will retire. writing, quote, unfortunately, recent events concerning my office and the settlement of certain harrassment allegation haves become a major distraction, i need to own it because it is my own conduct that fueled the matter. meehan will not disclose how much the settlement was, but says he will pay back the funds if asked by the ethics committee to do so. meanwhile the national

republican committee already looking for potential candidates it run for his seat live from the news center, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> thank you, trang, appreciate. that will well, president trump is calling the new york times report that he had ordered the firing of special council robert mueller fakes news, the story mack headlines as the president continues pushing his america first policy when he addresses cents the worlds economic forum in switzerland. reporting with more. >> reporter: during day two in davos for president trump, news from home over shadows his trip. according to the new york times, mr. trump wanted to fire special council robert mueller lasts summer but chose against it after white house council threatened to resign. said mueller investigating russian interferance in the 2016 election had conflict every interest. >> we have now a constitutional crisis looming, and that's the reason why we need to protect the special council with legislation.

>> another recent controversy, following the president's overseas, is alleged use of a profanity when referring to people from africa can nations cents. among mr. trump's meetings today, potentially awkward one with rwanda president. the incoming held of the african union. president trump wraps up his visit with a keynote speech where he is expected to taught his america first policy, a policy some leaders are hoping will soften. >> reporting america first, but if you could add on but not alone, or put america first, we need cooperation with the rest of the wormed or whatever, that could be night. to -- nice. >> central of globalization and free trade, president trump insists his message is being well received. >> there has been a lot of warmth, a lot of respect for our country, a lot of money, billions and billions of dollars is coming into the us. >> the president also made news thursday, by threatening to withhold aid money to the palestinians, and that they receive peace negotiations with israel. cbs news, london.

>> well, cbs news correspondent margaret brennan traveling with the president, look for live report coming up on cbs this morning right after "eyewitness news" this morning here on cbs-3, chad forward priest at the center after lengthy drug investigation is under arrest this morning. the philadelphia archdioces says that monsignor gregory parlane, facing drug and theft charges. an investigation last may after envelope address dollars to the monsignor came to saint corn kneel just parish, con contained staff thought were illegal drugs. monsignor parlante has been replaced, meanwhile, lawyers for bill cosby wants judge to dismiss the sexual assault charges against the comedian. filed a motion yesterday saying 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, disturbing moments caught on camera, a robbery

suspect posing as a mailman point a gun at a man who is holding his nine month old son this happened wednesday on the 5400 block of north second street in olney. investigators say, the bogus mailman and three other suspect then forced the man into his home. police say the thieves took his cash and iphone and keys to his house and car. the victim says he was afraid for his son's life. >> by the time i put, like, i didn't pay attention, but i turned back, he was behind me really, okay? >> he said he got a package for me. >> now, based on the timing authority say it may have been a targeted robbery. the child, fortunately, was not hurt. >> well, the eagles need just one more win to do what no eagles team has done before, win the super bowl. the squad now back on the practice field, nick foles and the squad ahead of the team trip to minnesota. trying to concentrate on the super bowl against tom brady, bill belichick and the new

england patriots week from sunday. now, we all know the patriots have reputation for cheat. so, we asked eagles coach doug pederson if that was on his mind. >> i don't really, my mind doesn't go there. my mind 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. >> and when you're in the nfc championship game, you get to drop the puck at the flyers game. no surprise. the south philly crowd went wild for the eagles coach. and while the coach had flyers fans cheering, other eagles fans packed a meet and greet at the oxford valley mall in bucks county. outside dynasty sport, the line stretched on the second floor with some fans waiting two hours. autograph seekers got the teammates to sign anything, pictures, jersey, hell melt, symbolizes the strong bond between the team and its fans.

>> a the love fun. we know the fans of the nfl, excited to see them come out. >> it is awesome. it has been a lifetime dream for me and my buddies, 40 years, hopefully we finally get to the big, you know, big dream. >> and mo del's sporting goods in northeast philadelphia, another line stretched outside the store as fans waited to get autographs from eagles defensive tackle fletcher cox. well, philadelphia's known for it super fans, but perhaps no one bleeds more green than walter russell. the 79 year old from haddon height, new jersey has been a season ticket holder since the nfl championship year of 1960. in fact, he may be the longest tenured season ticket holder in eagles franchise history. russell has been waiting his entire life for a super bowl win. and like a true eagles fan, he is cautiously optimistic about february 4th. >> i hate to admit it, but it is a guarded thing. this is going to be something that will last with me forever

>> russell has only missed two pre-season games, that was back in 1999. >> meantime, print shop here in philadelphia is using it press toss get eagles fans pumped up before the super bowl and free printing in northern liberties decided to do something special for birds fans. printing up these posters. they've been giving out a few hundred a day. >> and "eyewitness news" will be with the birds every step of the way as they go for one more win when we're not on tv you can always fine the latest new leading up to the super bowl on cbsphilly.com. well, coming up: we're following the latest development overseas where dozens every people are dead after a hospital fire. we'll have an update for you just ahead. also ahead, we showed this video yesterday. the wild end to police chase, well, this morning, in a bizarre jail house interview, we're hearing from the suspect , who took off running after the crash. >> then going to the birds. we will tell but thin credible showing by mother nature, and what's causing these sterling

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>> this video captured in southern israel. get a load of. >> this expert said birds do this confuse their would be attackers, we're told millions of sterns used to gather in israel, but the number has significantly dropped. over the past few years. >> and take a look at this selfie from the mars curiosity rover. nasa tweeted this picture out with a caption i'm back. did you miss me? the shot was part of the first batch of photos the spacecraft sent back after the government shutdown. curiosity landed on mars in 2012, and found evidence that ancient mars could have supported micro life of some sort. curiosity could be getting some company, soon, that is

cents a plans to launch insight slander in may. guess that's another wandering spacecraft, katie? >> yes. >> you're the science person here. >> you were going to say geek, weren't you? >> i paused. >> but a geek is good. >> yes. >> geeks run the world. >> they sure do. they sure do. all right, you know what, we do have some very quiet weather here locally, jim, and good portion of the eastern united states is also nice and quiet. there is some interesting changes taking place though in the overall all pattern in the days ahead though that bring about some interesting things in our own forecast, also, going to touch on what happens in minneapolis here in the days ahead, if you were one of the lucky once that scored ticket and headed through the way. while storm scan is quiet for now, little sliver of showers, working its way right now into eastern oak home, a northeastern texas, eventually we see cold front passage take place here, heading into the weekend, we will talk about that in the seven day, but coming up on february now. this tends to be the snowiest

month on average anyway, for philadelphia. where we typically end up with about 8.8 inches, throughout the span of the month. the average high temperature is just shy of 44 degrees, so by this point, starting to rebound, starting to pull out of the coldest time of year. but it is still cold. now, let's talk super bowl weekend. i want to jump you actually all the way to super bowl game day. so, overnight, in minneapolis, it will be down to the 20's, but see this purple starting to nudge in? now this only goes over the span of six hours, that's why you won't see too much of a change, until we hit few hours passage, but put it into motion, by the time they've kick off, you're in the sub zero territory. now thank goodness they have a dome. but anybody that's outside is going to have to be you have ally careful about being in that cold. meanwhile here in philly, low 30's, big deal, feels pretty comfortable. chilly 14 country outside pleasant valley middle and high school broads heads ville , pretty clear sky at the moment, virtually no wind to speak of either. so it is quiet. and even though it is still

cool, nice finish to the week here. mid week, or mid 50's, rather, for the upcoming weekend, cold front crossing through, tomorrow night specially into the first half of sunday some rain comes along with it, meisha. >> all right, katie, i got to say i'm pretty excited to see that big sunshine today. we are very well deserved at this point. looking at 95 south at allegheny. what we are working with right now, overall volume levels are have actually kept steady. they will hopefully on friday they typically do until little later. but all the way up to the sky we can see some flashers on, just heads up on, that but volume isn't going to slow you down, probably won't have any gaper delay, just heads up it is oust there. quick peak at the vine, see if my click letter work, jump on the westbound side of the schuylkill, see, vine westbound looking actually real good. eastbound side, heating up ever so slicely, overall still looking good on the vine. then blue route at the schuylkill, take a look, nice open roadways for anyone headed out there right now on the blue route. however, our construction crews are still out there this morning, 295, just cleared. that's good.

in new jersey. route 29 closed between west upper ferry road and scene inning driver, use this alternate, best bet route 579. i'll let you know and zoos as that clears. one area speaking of clearing construction in norristown, to two between washington and laffayette street all cleared. heads up, talking more about this coming up, but heavy equipment is going to be lift in the by helicopters in the center city, saturday, between five a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and these roads, some small roads around here, will be closed to not only vehicles, but pedestrians, as well. we will be talking more about this coming up in a little bit jim, back over to you. >> thanks, for that update, meisha. for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region, in the reading eagle, nearby resident said it was like 42nd every rumble, then a whole block was foiled with white smoke. this as part of the former reading outlet center chanced yesterday. the long vacant building on north ninth street was once the centerpiece of reading's once booming outlet shopping district, fortunately, no one was injured, even though

bricks were hurled across douglas street. in the front page of the trentonian, a new jersey man is found dead in a tanning bed twenty-seven year old nicholas was found by staff at crunch fitness gym in hamilton. police do not suspect foul play. >> from the spirit in delaware county chest per business association seeking to stop newly imposed storm water fee. association seeking injunctions against the storm water authority in an effort to challenge the fee which ranges from a few dollars a month to a few thousand a month depending on property size. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware vale. >> well, coming up next, bizarre story in western pennsylvania that's landed three teenagers in hot water. we will tell you what they did with pineapples, that has them facing felony charges. that story will we come back.

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>> deadly fire in south korea killing at least 37 people, injuring 100 more. that fire started around 7:30 a.m. localm. te it was put out nearly three hours later, the hospital and the nearby nursing home evacuated. around 200 patients were inside at the time of the blaze, the cause of the fire investigation. well, a felony over food and in western pennsylvania, three teenage girls are facing criminal charges, after an incident involving pineapples. now there is happened during lunchtime at butler intermediate high school on december 15, butlerhe girls deliberately exposed their classmates to pineapple, a fruit to which she is allergic. >> defendant put pineapple on her hands, then they conjured, coat philadelphia like a game, or, you know, the plan to expose her through high fiving her. >> this is bizarre, the teen with the at earl allergy is okay, butler immediate high school does not serve

pineapple in the cafeteria because of that student's allergy. we first showed this high speed chase yesterday, 60-mile pursuit near phoenix ended in a nasty head-on crash wednesday morning. now the man who was allegedly behind the wheel of that speeding suv is saying that did he nothing wrong. mitchell taibell spoke to reporters in jail, claiming he's innocent and had the right to fight back against police. >> no problem cause, the illegal to resist a rest with force to the extent of taking a officer's life if necessary. >> okay, if you say so. he says that federal law, which of course is not, he also says he plans to sue for what happened, and get this, he invited the woman who was in the suv that was hit to file joint suit with him. that woman suffered non-life threat threatening injuries. >> fallen firefighter lieutenant matthew latourno among two dozen philadelphia firefighters who will receive promotions today, the ceremony takes place this morning in north philadelphia, this is

file video from last year, latourno will be promoted to captain. he died battling a house fire earlier this month, the department will also honor several members and companies with awards for heroism, and letters of common days. >> welshing coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," we hear from eagle chris long who won the super bowl last year with the new england patriots, hear why he says it is important for his teammates to say no. also ahead, it is a happy marriage, and house divided. we'll tell you what the steaks are for this husband and wife on opposite sides of the super bowl. jan? >> and it is no mystery. we are coming to you live this morning, this is philadelphia auto show, now in its 217th year. coming up after the break we'll be live inside the pennsylvania convention center where i will show you some of the most famous cars in town.

>> good morning, i'm jim donovan, rahel off today. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment. first, what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute, today is friday, january 26. >> a major announcement shaking up the political landscape. >> did you sexually harrass this former female