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vandals caught after the eagles super bowl win, we are live with recently released video. >> unaudible. >> one climber is dead, six others are rescued after a massive fall in oregon's mount hood, we will tell what you made conditions especially dangerous. and love is in the air, and on the parkway, katie's here with your valentines day forecast, oh, no it also includes a chance of rain, what is this all about? it is wednesday, february 14th valentines day, good morning everyone i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon.
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katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. good morning. >> i'm overcome with love and joy. >> it is valentines day. you have to be filled with love. do you love valentines day. we're on the same page. >> we do, we do. >> i love it. >> love, love, love. >> we love you guys. >> we're looking good, katie, tell us, in rain. >> well, i cannot tell you that not until later on tonight but just step back and defend myself. today is my mom's birthday, happy birthday, mom that has been what february 14th is always about but my anniversary is 10 days away. >> very happy. >> so we have different reasons to say it is a drop in the bucket for me but let's take a look, through the overnight we have actually seen, a couple have light showers whether it is freezing rain or snow moving through here, poconos, specifically so if you are traveling up that
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way and worry about possibility of black ice, for the most part that has made its exit but you will have aftermath in those areas, so calling on our weather watchers we have a couple of them up there if you are seeing that let us know as we report it at 5:45 but rest of the region here primarily just find something cloud, overhead , wind flow looking to shift into southerly wind flow shift you will get a warm surge of air coming n we are not talking shirts and t-shirts it does get milder. thirty-five is the current temperature at the airport, still planning for the kid as cross most of the region looking dry here with sun break go through and it is a milder afternoon up to 51 degrees this afternoon. >> not too bad, we can take that, thanks very much, katie, looking outside for your morning commute, 42 this is what you are working with anytime soon. i will say 42 got very busy yesterday bumper to bumper conditions just a heads up as we crack in the 5:00 o'clock hour still looking good as it
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should, the vine, what we would typically expect westbound side looking good, eastbound side couple brake lights going off jumping on the schuylkill but that clearly is not due to volume. accident here where a vehicle hit a tractor trailer turnpike eastbound pass valley forge, pulled off to the shoulder but it is still dark out there heading out right now, i would just say, just be aware that it is out there, we will keep an eye on it and make sure volume levels do not build around that area building fire in graterford route 29 gravel pike closed is near trappe road you will to have use an alternate around this still out there perkiomen creek road is your best bet. construction in new jersey coming up in a little bit. jim, back to you. a crash involving a philadelphia police car this happened just before 12:30 at 23rd and woodstock in north philadelphia. you can see damage to the cruiser and to a silver chrysler the officer's fortunately were not hurt and two others had minor injuries and crash is under investigation. majority of the eagles
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fans who hit the streets after the super bowl win celebrated responsibly but for the few bad apples who did not, philadelphia police want you to know they are coming for you. >> "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is live at police headquarters with video police are using to track down the vandals. chantee, there is pretty clear video out there. >> reporter: yes, there is police arrested eight people and they are hoping that this new surveillance video will lead to many more. eagles parade celebrations, gone too far on juddson street and pennsylvania avenue after surveillance video captured vandals repeatedly jumping on and ruining someone's corvette a few days either after a super bowl win this group caused chaos inside sunoco gas station on south broad street, dozens ransacked the place and stole whatever they could. >> it is a big deal and we will find you. >> reporter: fill police say they wouldn't forget those who climbed on this awning, flipped over a car, and then broke windows out of this center city macy's. >> they are putting it in our
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face, the police officers but city of philadelphia. >> reporter: investigators released new video including this woman, pulling down a light pole. >> i'm stealing it. >> reporter: man carrying this traffic sign. >> whole city. >> reporter: has week mayor jim kenney called them knuckle heads. >> what i don't understand is how dumb people really can be, these days, everything is video taped and in the only is it videotaped and security camera but video taped by themselves and friends and they powe it on social media you put your own wanted poster for all to see. >> reporter: police have a message for vandals who may see this report. >> you looked at the camera when you bragged about the fact thaw damaged equipment or property. this will be a time for you to look at us and come on in. >> reporter: woman who owned that car said her car had serious damage to both the roof, and hood, if you recognize anyone in that video or any others you are asked to contact police. live outside fill maine lease headquarters, chantee lans for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and rahel. >> thanks, chantee.
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philadelphia police are questioning a person of interest in the death of the 68 year-old woman in burholme. she was fun last night in the bedroom in the home in the 7100 block of oxford avenue. person of interest is a male acquaintance of the victim. shirts say that the victim had head injury and stab, police recovered three knives at the scene. fire fighter in darby, delaware county had their hand s full, crews responded to a fire inside a two story home at brandford and concord road. it reached two alarms but no one was hurt. well, love is in the air, can you feel it. >> yes, i can. >> it is valentines day, busy kay at flower shops across the country, "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in in a fair where workers are busy filling all of those order, trang do, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, they are calling this is calm before the storm because this is their busiest day of the year and you can really understand y i will come offer here and talk to patrick kelly , the owner, poor patrick is working ton hours of sleep here. >> not much sleep. >> reporter: you are telling me about the trend this is
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year, roses are back. >> roses are back that has been our theme and that is what we are seeing the in year it has been other flowers and things but this year folks are roses, roses, and we have them for you, beautiful roses. >> reporter: talk about these arrangements here you were telling me earlier there is pretty much something for every single price point you can think of. >> we have a large clientele so we try to put things out every where from small, little arrangements for young guy trying to get something for his girlfriend to the guys trying to impress his lady, at the other end, but just beautiful, beautiful flowers. a lot of beautiful roses we have gone through here. >> reporter: one thing that is a big trend are the more exotic flowers, that is always popular. >> that is right looking at these like these, the guys love exotics, birds of paradise, protea with a nike mix, orchid for the more, customer that wants something a little bit different. >> reporter: one thing i need to point out they have things
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here for the gentlemen here, look at this neck pack. this is something would i want too. just a hint, hint out there to the universe. we will be here, with patrick all morning long, so busy here , unbelievable, it looks like, we are in this hallway but this place is huge and there are flowers every where. now back to you in the studio but we will hang out here, and seeing them work all morning long. >> pretty cool floral arrangements. >> count down has begun, thanks, trang do. >> reporter: oh, yeah. today is also ash wednesday, beginning of the christian season of lent, faithful will receive ashes on their foreheads reminding them to repent touring the period of sacrifice. lent includes 40 days of sacrifice and penance and fasting leading up to easter. ashes will be distributed at cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul and parish churches all across our area. well, a bearded bank robber on the loose in the suburbs, next images that authorities want to you see before he strikes again. also ahead a massive
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rescue effort on mount hood one climber has died others were stranded we will tell what you clinted to the dangerous conditions. and counting crows, officials in new jersey are working to get the bustling bird population, under control , we will show you their drastic efforts coming up. sweetness is your weakness don't worry a quarter ounce of dark chocolate can lower risk of heart attack or stroke. >> i knew it. i knew there was a benefit. >> in, you didn't, jim. >> enjoy those valentines day candice, thanks to cbs, photo journalist sean talent for the lovely picture of our love statue right where it belongs and parkway and art museum all of the things you love about philadelphia, we will be right
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welcome back at 5:12. check this out nasa solar dynamic observatory saw this total eclipse sunday. observatory has been looking at this for eight years now and through certain times of the year earth crosses view of the sun in a event called transit. they are wave lengths of extreme ultraviolet light invisible to us, it is in the color purple see we can see it very cool. scientists say sea levels are rising at an increasing rate. researchers analyzed data, obtained by national nasa inn a european satellites and they predict melting ice and greenland and antarctica will contribute to the 26-inch rise sea level by 2100. nasa will launch satellite mission that is focus on sea level projections. one of the seven climbers stranded honor gone's mount hood has died. authorities say unidentified climb der not survived a massive fall yesterday. rescuers say he was with one of two groups, stuck in an altitude of more than 10,000
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feet. other climbers managed to trek down with rescuers. >> at the same time anytime someone loses a life it is devastating. we are thankful, however that we are able to get these other folks down safely. >> warmer weather contributed to the snow and ice melt which led to falling debris and dangerous conditions. well, new jersey is fighting back, at the state capitol because it has been under siege for several months , that is a wild life official, firing a flare gun to scare off, crows. there have been thousands of them flying around trenton, the city has had a crow problem for about two years now but worsened in the past several months, biggest issue at hand is all of the bird poop. >> everything is waste covered , the car, the sidewalk , shoes, it is nasty, when you walk by, it is like, you know, you just hold your breath. >> um-hmm. >> i love her technical description. >> look at that like the movie
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, wild life officials say in the winter months birds tend to group together to stay warm, they are using other non-lethal ways to scare them away like laser spotlights and fire works. >> a scene out of the alfred hick coach movie. >> yes. >> they are love birds. >> oh, yeah. >> until they start pecking at your head. >> fly, my sweety, fly. >> turning to the forecast, katie, apparently it should be milder but we have chances for rain. >> yes, we do. i got to get down to the nitty-gritty here. i can come up with puns and references for days here but lets just break it down. we will get outside take a quick peak at our live neighborhood network shots where it looks okay. it is tough to tell under stet street lamps whether there has been precipitation that held through this shot at pleasant valley middle and high school at broad headsville, there is a little light rain of winter precipitation, couple snow showers, freezing drizzle that will came flaw in the last few
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hours. that has been gone now but temperature tell the story. we are right around freezing in that area and that can lead to minor problems with certainly some icing this morning. so watch out for. that we will take a look at future weather and jump to 8:00 p.m. tonight at that point we will see rain showers and temperatures will have warmed enough you do not have to worry about icing but around these north and western counties and through later tonight showers pick up and in the just more intensity but more widespread coverage here. 10:00 p.m., the cw, and probably will have plenty to track at that pint and then it is probably moving out of here as war back on the air, tomorrow, so, you know, mess of thursday is actually looking pretty good. it is a very warm day. you may have fog, dampness initially but weak see a hint of sunshine break through that cloud cover. in the meantime there are a few extra included today but milder, happy valentines day your high of 51. tonight dropping down to only 46, not much, when showers come in they are just rain
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showers but there could be drenching showers that come within that batch. now again tomorrow is warmest day of the entire seven day but we will start to drop off in the upcoming weekend. a sneaky disturbance looks like it is trying to move north that it impacts us saturday night into early sunday morning and it will be cold enough that we could see some snow but there are are question marks that remain with the track. stick with us we will update it as we get closer, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much. fifty-one on valentines day, in the bad, i can take that. good morning everyone. happy valentines day, boulevard pushing in the southbound direction, looking okay, we are starting to see more and more vehicles hit the red way on the boulevard. once you jump on schuylkill westbound at city avenue this is where we see slow downs happen in the 5:00 o'clock hour but just a head up volume levels looking okay there. volume levels at betsy ross another area to keep my eye on looking all right there too but this has been a very busy stretch all week long and you can see how many vehicles are
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out there blue route near route one is looking okay, hard to see from the shot that you can see blur of the headlights and we are looking good everyone clearly traveling around posted speed, vehicle and tractor trailer turnpike eastbound past valley forge is pulled off to that shoulder, however because it is still dark you will tap your breaks going by so take it easy heading out the door right now and cannot avoid the area just know it is out there building fire in greater forward is out there the two gravel pike is closed near trappe road your alternate perkiomen creek road is your best bet, rahel and jim, back to you. meisha, thank you. now for newspaper headlines across our region. >> in the mercury they were passed out in a running car with drugs, and a gun, in the front seat and a child in the back seat. thirty-one year-old akeel head on and 26 year-old kristin black, both of pottstown were arrested after police responded to a suspicious, vehicle in amonte township. from the trentonian a 76 year-old woman's finger was
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severed after a 50-pound metal object came crashing through her windshield. it came off of a dump truck thursday afternoon, on i295 north in hamilton township. times herald super bowl bets continue to be paid off, this time with a sheet cake and a kick. the baking company and pizzeria in boston delivered a sheet cake decked out in eagles green to college italiano bakery. business owners wagered on the super bowl. boston business wrote out a check for $500 to the school district of philadelphia. >> love to hear that. and also newspaper headlines from around the delaware and lehigh valleys. coming up next the flyers put their winning streak on the line, up next, pat's here with your morning sports, patrick? good morning, can you believe it, spring training gets underway, today, and hear from the new manager on what he is hoping to achieve this year. plus could the flyers keep the post super bowl winning streak alive? that is next in
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all night long is 5:23 and new orleans is still hopping. we are looking at bourbon street this morning, some folks are still out partying, dancing and we assume enjoying a few adult beverages. >> they showed a shot yesterday at this same time at bourbon street. that has been hopping for the last 24 hours. >> yes. >> that is what they do in mardi gras. >> i can tell you stories. in the meantime we are glad you are here this morning >> pat's here with sports and flyers goalie's out. >> despite having won four straight flyers got some bad news, goalie brian elliott underwent core muscle surgery and will miss next five to six weeks and backup michal neuvirth for foreseeable future. including last night against
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devils in south philadelphia. scott lawton puts flyers up two-one here in the second with his ninth gel of the season. later same period caps, continues his, scoring streak claude giroux's 19th. he has a goal in four straight but with less than two minutes left, flares up one, taylor hall beats neuvirth and they would head to overtime. after a, scoreless overtime, to a shoot-out, jake voracek last chance no good, devils win five-four. the flyers four game ring streak is over, they have the blue jackets, in columbus on friday night. this is new we normally to have wait weeks between end of the eagles season and beginning of the spring training but not this year, parade hang over is barely over and today it all begins in clearwater, phillies pitchers and catchers report but phillies work out complex is all ready buzzing with players. there is a new sense of optimism despite phillies not having made playoffs in five
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season. new manager gabe kapler wants his team to be bold just like the super bowl champions. >> we have talk like how we are talking in this conversation about being bold. those guys are nothing if not bold. the play calling, the relentlessness on the field, cross the board they have played with boldness. that was an inspiring game. >> two teams in the nfl are currently without an offensive coordinator so it is rare, but not unheard of. now will eagles could be a third team to leave the position vacant after frank reich moved on, that means they could give both duce staley and mike growe more game planning responsibility, with his departures. reich was introduced as the new head coach of the colts yesterday, he has been an assistant in the nfl for 10 seasons. he spent two years in philadelphia he takes over a colts team that has not made the playoffs since 2014. former eagles oc is excited to be back in indy. >> i really believe that we
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will work together to do something special this city, and for our organization, something that will be remembered for a long time. this is a great football city. i'm happy to be home to my coaching roots. this is where i got my start, my first coaching job. >> saint bonaventure at gola arena taking on lasalle, bonaventure senior guard matt mobley was unstoppable. he had 30 points, nine rebound s on the night, as they beat the explorers, 79-68, lasalle now 10-16 on the season. next up george mason at gola arena on saturday. villanova fell to number three they play on the road at providence, spring training underway, march madness right around the corner. >> no time to catch our breath >> we are just rolling. >> i love it, let's keep it going. >> here, here. coming up next half an hour of "eyewitness news" if you are planning to give up social media for lent you are not len we will talk bit when we check in with a live report from wall street. today marks the start of the season we will hear from
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good morning i'm rahel solomon. i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute on today, wednesday, february 14th. police say fans behaved badly after eagles big super bowl win. and what i don't understand is how dumb people can really be. these days everything is video taped. >> if you recognize anyone in any of those videos you are asked to contact the police. it is a big deal and we will find you. crows on and around new jersey's department of labor building in trenton. >> it is nasty. >> everything is waste covered >> usda officials are going to continue with their scar tactics. >> tragedy for a group of climbers, stranded honor gone 's mount
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