breaking news at noon a gun scare forced lock down of the philadelphia middle school principal called 911 after a student allegedly reported seeing a person armed with the gun, and police responded in full force. >> it comes just two days after that deadly florida school fighting. good afternoon i'm rahel solomon. i'm jim donovan this is unfolding in the cities west oak lane neighborhood. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt joins us from the scene. so what have you learn. >> reporter: i want back out of the way and show you we have a live look at police officers, swat members about 10 minutes ago, just walk out, and at this point police and

swatter here, they are doing an extensive second search of the building, including lockers, backpacks, all students i want to repeat are safe, according to police, authorities were on the scene just after 8:30 this morning when a student reported seeing a male, we don't know age of that person with the gun on campus. the school immediately went into lock down. dogs, swat they were soon on the scene. authorities had all of the students moved to the auditorium. they did one search which took about an hour and a half. they are on that second search inside of the school, nervous parents rushed to the scene, and have been pacing back and forth understandably waiting to hear very latest from police. >> it is sad, my daughter called me crying, somebody called said the school is on lock down. school gave me no information. and she's just really scared in there right now. >> they are in the building and the individuals too, so right new there is no evidence of a weapon and there is no injuries reported. >> but that being said police don't want to take any chances after what happened in florida , just a few days ago that tragedy there.

they are responding, in full force here, swat and everything, some of these parents turf say air floyd, they expressed frustration with the district because of r obo call went out after 8:30. that call didn't go out until 10:51 a.m., and some of the parents i asked a district spokesperson. he said priority in this case getting those students safe, and in a place where not in harms way before alerting parents. we will stay on this story reporting live, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thanks, david. funerals have begun for the 17 shooting victims in wednesday's, massacre, at marjory stoneman douglas who school in park land, florida. fourteen victims were killed, other three were adults. at least nine people injured in the shooting are still in the hospital. at alleged shooter nicholas cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. president trump announce aid trip to florida today where he will meet with those affect. cbs news correspondent kennett craig is outside the school in park land flashings with the

very latest. >> reporter: friends and family of alyssa, held a funeral for the 14 year-old old today, she's one of the 17 people, killed in a mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school on valentines day. yesterday her mother, charged president trump with making sure that it never happens again. >> president trump you say what can you do? you can stop the guns from getting into these children's hands. >> reporter: message was similar at last night's vigil where 8,000 people gathered. fred guttenberg who her daughter, jamie. >> i sent her to school yesterday, she was supposed to be safe. >> reporter: democratic senator bill nelson was at the high school today and wants assault weapons off of the street. >> maybe the students speaking out, so boldly as they have, on national tv, maybe this will be the turning point because in fact, enough is

enough. >> reporter: president trump is coming to mar-a-lago estate this weekend 40 miles north of here. he plans to meet with families whose families have been shattered. authorities say 19 year-old nicholas cruz confessed to the shooting using an ar15 which he bought legally. >> obviously he should not have had that weapon and should not be able to dot kind s of things did he. >> reporter: authorities say cruz was in the school for only six minutes shooting people on the first and second floors, on the third floor, he tried to shoot through a window as students fleeing but the safety glass did not shatter. kennett craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, democratic senator chris coons of delaware is speaking out about calls for gun control and how congress is responding. >> i will be blunt, power of the nra in the u.s. congress is very, very strong. we should do right by our children. i have three teenagers myself. it is just heart breaking, watching parents, talk about their dead children and challenging us in congress to take action.

we have filed bills, we have held hearings, yet the republican majority refuse toss move forward in any meaningful way on background checks, there are a few republicans who are willing to take action on background checks and bump stocks but the majority leader has not brought them to the floor and we have not been able to get a vote. >> on the republican side pennsylvania senator pat toomey tweeted yesterday i'm committed to improving our federal background check system, my staff and i will continue to reach out to senators on both side of the aisle to see where progress can be made. he says he believe gun safety legislation should focus on keeping guns away from those who shouldn't have them including mentally ill. among students kill in the shooting with nicholas, a competitive swimmer headed to the university of indianapolis , on athletic scholarship in the fall. >> swimming. he dreamed of making the olympic swimming team and going to the 2020 olympics in tokyo. >> those who know him said he was a young man who dreamed about his future among other

victims 17 year-old joaquin oliver, born in venezuela and became an american citizen last year. elaine petty was member of the jr ot c and described by her family as someone who loved to serve others. instead of running away, 15 year-old peter wang hell the door open for his classmates to help escape and when student start add cysttent football coach and security guard aaron feis, ran toward the gun shots. and candle light vigil in bucks county will be held this evening to remember the victims of the florida school shooting, it starts at 5:00 o'clock in front of the play ground at corner of mapel avenue and route 413 in langhorne. after the vigil the nearby peace central will host a discussion on gun violence. count on cbs-3 for continuing coverage of the florida shooting, we will have the very latest on tv and on line at our web site at cbs philly.com. back here at home and turning to the forecast, it is a damp dreary start to weekend the start of a real weather roller coaster.

meteorologist katie fehlinger is in the weather center with rain, snow and warmer temperatures. you have everything going on. >> yes, this is a wild ride for the next several days, and so buckle your seat belts it will be a bumpy seven day for us which we will get to later in the show but we are looking ahead to some weekend snow, let's back it up and talk about what is happening with the here and now because thinks an active day but for different reasons. cold front working its way across our area there is sluggishly making its full departure so it brought rain showers through the course of the morning and now in the afternoon, while we had a basic lull here in the last few hours, there are more showers, that are working their way east and we will zoom it out and see them approaching. for p.m. rush it is not looking good. additional rain showers, to impact you out there, and at lee even if the precipitation is starting to wrap up, column early this evening you will have ponding on the roads as well as just, spray from another vehicles, you know the drill how this goes, many times when he there is rain, even fit is not falling in the sky you will get slowed down this evening. currently it is mild, you've

got ago thissing for you, out there. fifty-eight the current value at the airport. we have not veered too far from the values on the thermometer all morning and even into the afternoon and this will remain, steady for the rest of the day too. we don't to have worry about icing or snow, just yet, tomorrow different story. for now here are your bullet points. lingering showers still out there rest of the day. temperatures stay steady in the upper 50's and a very light wind out of the west until this front gets out of here. but yes, your eyes do not deceive you, is there a winter storm watch scheduled to go into effect tomorrow evening, so, while we're sitting pretty here in the upper 50's, lower 60's currently about to see a pretty substantial temperature drop in the next day and a half here and that will set the stage for snow to fall, so later in the show we will talk about how much snow we're expecting and when everything will take place, the inportant details, coming up, jim? >> thanks, katie. well, in other news camden county police are investigating a crash that killed a little girl in camden chopper three over the scene on north fifth and state streets just before 4:30

yesterday afternoon, police said an 84 year-old man lost control of his suv, jumped the curve, and then hit the eight year-old while riding her bike a 40 year-old man was also struck, he is in stable condition, and police say that the community is devastated. >> unfortunately if you have these incidents, that happen, you know, the loss of any life , of course, is a poignant one, it is a looks to the community and when you have a child, who loses his life at such a young age it makes you think of the loss of a promise , the future for this city. >> the driver of the suv is in the hospital, with unspecified injuries, and no charges have been filed. well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", out in space. >> why astronauts took a stroll outside the international space station today and the critical piece of the station that needed a fix when

p9hz z5yz

y2p9hy y5yy "eyewitness news" at noon astronauts are on the move outside international space station, to the crew mates on bone verdict tune into space to reposition two robot armed mechanism, space walk is third over past four months to go to overhauling the arm critical to station operations, and space walk is also 208th devoted to station assembly and maintenance since 1998. we have an update to our breaking news that will be down of the philadelphia middle school. >> lets get to david spunt. what do you know. >> well, we found out that a toy gun was located behind a radiator here at wagner middle

school so a student was right, did see some sort of gun when the school was on lock down to day police and swat searched for a while. i want to do a live interview with cristina page, you said your son inside the school right now, certainly is a scary few hours for you, tell me exactly what happened. >> i woke up this morning, was fixing breakfast and i went in my room to turn the news on and the news was flying overtop of the school and i said my god, mom, something going on at school and we came down here this morning, and trying to figure out what was going on. have the kid at the floor until 9:00 since this morning and they are about to release the kid saying they found a toy gun and everything. >> are you happy without the police responding to this scene. >> i'm very happy and happen that i they released the kid. my sonnies with me so i can take them home with me. i don't know what i will do monday morning about sending him to school because i'm scared to send him to school now. i don't know what i will do. >> reporter: cristina page, thanks very much. i'm so glad your sonnies okay.

jim and rahel, lot of parents, concerned, and, robo ocall did go out to the parents and this happened after 8:30 this morning, and that robo call didn't go out until approximately, 10:51 this morning, so almost two and a half hours later, so a lot of parents concerned about that, no injuries, no real gun, no shots were fired but again a toy gun and authorities say that the gun appeared to look like a real gun so they can understand how that mix up happened. that is where we are at wagner middle school, reporting live, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. toy gun but prompting a very real police response, thank you. >> thanks, david. >> hollywood break up no one saw coming we will tell you who is calling it quits. radio tell-a-thon for a great cause we will tell thousand contribute uso programs next, katie. and rahel, big talker throughout the course of the week was this possibility of snow, and it is looking like we are going to get in on some accumulation out of this, specifically on saturday night , and i'll break down

totals by neighborhood for you little bit later on but it is going to be a saturday night event, and then that system is long gone, even before dawn on sunday so we will start to warm backup and sun returns. quite the half and half forecast, we will be right

well, i would say i didn't see this coming another a list hollywood couple it quits. jennifer as exton and justin trudeau made the announcement late thursday afternoon. >> two years in marriage and seven years as a couple they said decision was mutual and lovingly made at end of the last year. aniston and trudeau got married in three years ago. she was previously married to actor brad pitt for five years >> i just, you know, at least

they are nice to each other, right now. >> yes. >> speaking of nice philadelphia radio station 1210 wpht is holding a special radio-a-thon. >> it began at 6:00, the goal to raise fund to benefit local programs at liberty u.s. o at pennsylvania and southern new jersey. the station has suspended normal programming to raise as much money as possible, and the uso supports military families during their entire experience, in the services. >> from the moment that they take the oath, oven list. the uso is there throughout your career. if they dereply overseas is there u.s.o sent tours meet them and take care of them. we sent care package toss troops all around the globe. >> they do amazing work. liberty uso meets the need of, and, military personnel and their families, you can contribute today by going to our web site at cbs philly.com wonderful cause there. >> yes. >> let's talk about the weather, it is friday afternoon. >> yes. >> and we have a lot going on, not only on the weekend but also, looking ahead, talk

about a surge of warmth, that we're going to see, and, and, we have, so bananas, every where. so, let's start things off, and, storm scan the system that is bringing in the snow isn't the one that your eye will get drawn to here down through kentucky and west virginia but even flooding issues in place, like west virginia, but, that is where bulk of the rain is at today coming from. this, semi, innocent looking pocket of rain, and now, even a little bit of snow, and even ice, right now over new mexico , that is what actually blossoms, streaks northeast, hits us tomorrow night. it is about a 36 hour window, at this point before this gets in, to our area and in the meantime very dreary outside. it may be mild for february standard, 56 degrees at white field elementary school but it is damp outside on the play glun and there will be additional showers that rolled

through our area scattered in nature but future weather does tell the story very well. we start off with the here and now in the next few hours, you will see, more showers over spread at least the western half of the region and those continues will roll east over span of the afternoon. so, kid getting out, send them out the door with the umbrella , you will need them in most spots, and heading home from school in a few hours but then all this does, finally exit out to sea and then come seven or 8:00 o'clock the whole region in the clear. as sky clears this is a cold front passage the temperatures can drop off very readily. we do eventually bottom out to below freezing tonight. that sets the stage for tomorrow night, so the daylight hours of tomorrow are fine, but it is not until tomorrow night, overnight, that this takes place. so it is a mixed bag, you go far enough southe where rain/ snow line will set up. should be cold enough to pick up a slushy two to 4 inches of snow along i-95 and immediate vicinity. but in western chester, western montgomery, upper

bucks, all northwest of that three to 6 inches is the call right now. you could wake up to half foot , not the prettiest most pictures risk snowfall, it will be slushy, messy in, to sunday morning but this will all fall overnight. mainly rain though further south and east thaw travel. lets time this out saturday evening. i say about a up until about 7:00 p.m. when thinks all moving in from southwest to northeast. but overnight is when heaviest burst of snow will fall and then storm is out of here before the sun even comes out. it is a quick hitter but very robust system. so, moving it forward, lets take a look at what the rest of tonight has in store, again , we do clear out but cool down substantially and this little drop off on the thermometer is all it will take for it to, be cold enough to support the snowfall, but even by sunday, guys, i think that snow is starting to melt away anything that does manage to fall and accumulate it is melt ago way, but since well above freezing in full sunshine. then we will jump ahead to presidents day potential for

rain returning and that will continue into tuesday but then , look at these temperatures, you're at 40, even in the lower 70's, jim donovan. >> oh, my. >> cannot wait. >> spring is in the air. >> just like love. >> yes. >> thanks, katie. >> take a look at this the world's longest, zip line in the united arab emirates, it looks like they are flying, right? and, they loved this. you can reach speeds of 93 miles an hour. it runs theirry to second miles and no age restriction bus they have to weigh more than a hundred pounds. would you try it. >> i would. >> yes, i would have to change my underwear at the end of it but would i try it. >> love is in the air right now. >> there is a lot in the air right now. >> well, coming up next, new years celebrations, including -- are you all right >> we have time. >> philadelphia eagles we will meet him coming

well, embarrassing problem for millions of people, excessive sweating, but new is there a quick fix coming up on "eyewitness news", health reporter stephanie stahl will show you a painless procedure that can permanently reduce sweating, by up to 95 percent, that is new today at 5:00. and in today begins chinese new years or lunar new year and celebrations will be held all around our area. >> this morning we will celebrate here in our studios.

>> penn lions from the university of pennsylvania join us on "eyewitness news" this morning to perform the lion dance and that dance brings good luck, good fortune in the new year and lunar new year is known as the year of the dog, so check this out philadelphia eagles lane johnson is wishing everyone a happy chinese new years for wearing his under dogmas being year of the dog, coincidence, hash dag under dog. >> coincidence. >> final check of the weather with katie. >> we definitely have wet weather coming in here this afternoon we have showers but here's just talk about that snow, take a look at your location this is what you will get specifically saturday night, the highest totals will go to the northwestern counties here in the city, and 4 inches of snow this weekend, little bit of everything. >> that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jim donovan, for katie and all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we are always on line cbs philly.com. getting a cancer diagnosis is difficult.

getting an appointment with a specialist shouldn't be. at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, you can see a cancer specialist in as little as 24 hours. you'll meet with a physician who will discuss treatment options, answer your questions and recommend next steps for your personalized care plan. learn more about cancer treatment centers of america and schedule your appointment at cancercenter.com/appointment he wouldn'help me.itting us. i'm scared. it hurts. he told me not to tell. make the call. make the call

...before it's too late. suspect it? report it. make the call. 1-800-932-0313 paid for with pennsylvania taxpayer dollars. p9gz z5yz y2p9gy y5yy

>> previously on "the young and the restless"... >> hilary: the place where i chose my donor has an outstanding reputation. >> jordan: i'm sure it does. >> hilary: you are just trying to mess with my head. okay, there are regulations in place for that. >> jordan: well, some of them play by the rules, and some of them don't. >> devon: i'm not alone, actually. >> simone: ♪ a little closer now ♪ >> devon: simone and i came together. >> noah: i just came by to extend an invitation. top of the tower. uh, i just have an announcement that i want to make. i want to make sure the whole family's there at the same time. >> victor: if you pull another thing like that fake website, you'll be alone. you'll have lost everything. >> nick: i want to believe in this family just like you do. >> chelsea: is that a yes? will you marry me? >> nick: there you go. guess it's official. >> chelsea: not quite yet. >> nick: what are you talking about? i accepted your proposal.