history as possible in this block. right now city has ordered property owner of the business at center of your screen to demolish the fire, escape, to lesson the stress on the front of that building, but as you mentioned everything behind that fisod will to have come down, there has been a steady, steady stream of work here, all day, especially with workers trying to determine, how this fire started. stranded in olde city, a handful of people rush out of the best western on sunday morning as flames swept through neighbors building were still trying to sort things out, well into monday. >> we have no money, no keys, no way, it is very did to do anything. >> reporter: ben evans was in town for a wedding and still wait to go get his possessions from the suburbs of the pittsburgh and and helps gets began to smell smoke. >> they heard a pop, so they heard windows blow out, i guess and then we started to wake people up and get moving. >> reporter: little

information about the investigation was released on monday, buildings in the 200 block of chestnut were crawling with city and federal investigators. the 16 another owe people's vac waited from conn owes, apartments and hotel, the scene was described as organized kay uses. >> the alarm went off 3:30 in the morning. difficult smell smoke immediately. we just grabbed a couple things, came down here. >> reporter: johnson's from moorestown were eventually able to get their luggage out. >> reporter: do you have your stuff again. >> yes. >> reporter: are you heading home now. >> car keys, blood pressure medicine, and, we're good. >> reporter: keep an eye on him. >> i am. >> reporter: we're back live, it has been a licensing day for all involved, people who had to be evacuated and our city workers, fire department, l and i and others probing how this fire started. building at center have the screen will to have come down, build together right has significant damage although city tells news a statement they released at 3:00 this afternoon that they believed

they will be able to rehab, that building but it will take sometime. now coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 very latest on the unfolding investigation and who exactly owned, or who had, a tenantship in that building, we will see you in an hour for that side of the story. reporting live, i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". an early warning fire, rips through a south jersey ambulance company turning most of its fleet to scraps, fire fighters were called to the woodstown american legion ambulance association around 4:00 a.m. fast moving fire kept them busy for an hour and a half. and our alycia nieves is live tonight, this was an explosive fire. >> reporter: jessica this certainly was an explosive fire, fire fighters and witnesses both told us they heard at lee four different explosions in this, now gutted ambulance association as the fire ripped through here this morning. now fire marshals have been out here all day but they are still unable to determine what

caused this scary and damaging fire. fire 911 call came in around 4:00 in the morning a call for fire fighters to race to this south jersey ambulance association, the building was on fire. >> i heard an explosion, and then about two or three minutes later heard another explosion. >> reporter: according to fire fighters oxygen tanks in each ambulance exploded as fire moved to the right side of the building to the left and on the left was four members of the woodstown american legion ambulance association, and they were sleeping. >> one of them woke up, smelled smoke, and he was a fire fighter and checkup stairs in the attic didn't see anything and then went out in the ambulance bays, and then saw smoke on the ground and he got the other crew out. >> reporter: it took fire fighters over an hour to knock down the blaze, very little is left of this ambulance association, almost all of it's quip. , including six ambulances were destroyed. that is just one ambulance short of the association's

fleet. >> it is a shame, we were growing, doing well. >> reporter: at this time new jersey state fire marshalls are still trying to determine how the blaze here began while the association's members, are focusing honorary building. >> we're going to take sometime to recover, very hard emotionally but we just have support of everybody and we will have to move on. >> fire fighters, are still inside at so, right now, and fencing going up on the outside, to protect the area coming up at 6:00 we will tell you more about the future for this ambulance association and all of the support it is get ting from surrounding cities and counties to help start the process, of rebuilding. for now live, in woodtown alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will see you then, thank you. it is getting warmer and wetter this may be one for record books but first we have to get through latest round of rain.

meteorologist kate bilo is outside on the sky deck with the winter warm up. we had snow and now the rain's turn. >> that snow did not last very long at all. there are a few patches still but the warmth, started to come in yesterday and it is only going to get warmer over next two days. take a look out towards reading at whitefeel elementary school still snow but notice how foggy it is getting with the area of snow pack as warm air moves in over that cold ground. we will see fog forming through tonight and that is what we will be dealing with through tomorrow morning as well as that, warmth, that starts to lift in. it is a warm front activating across the northeast. it is over the northern tear of the state of pennsylvania, up into new england right now. not the ton of rain locally, as we zoom in we will see, showers clearing the city, and showers in the lehigh valley and central, and, and, there will be staying through remainder on this have evening as that warm front lifts to the north. temperatures right now it all

depends where you are. lower 40's in the lehigh valley. interior south jersey it is in the lower 50's and we are in the middle of 48 here in philadelphia but look at this bubble of warmth off to the south and west, 67 in columbus , right now, 73 in nashville all that warm air is lifting in, by tomorrow. so this evening will be cloudy with a stray shower, 47 degrees, and temperatures really stay put overnight, 49, we will see those temperatures start to rise, fog, developed, and then as we head into tomorrow that is when temperatures will go off to the races, once the sun comes out. i will time that out and tell you how many record we may break this week. for now, back inside to you. >> thank you, kate. philadelphia police are looking for young suspect who tried to enter a score armed with the handgun. suspect was captured on surveillance video outside fredrick douglas mastery charter school last thursday. he tried to get inside school but doors were locked. police believed that the suspect is between 13 and 16 years of age. if you recognize them please

contact the police. suspect in the deadly florida school shoot ago period in court today nikolas cruz said nothing before a judge in broward county circuit court. today's hearing was procedural it was about how legal paperwork will be handled in the case. in the meantime the couple who took in cruz after his mother died says he told them he was sorry after the shooting. we have also learned president trump says wow support legislation aimed at improving gun background checks, and that news comes at many nationwide call for action. >> students from the washington d.c. area staged a lion outside the white house. whitney bow an anal even organize the protest. >> neither believe that this comes down to politics. it comes down to children in classrooms being shot. >> reporter: their protest joined growing movement in the wake of the parkland florida school shooting that killed 17 people. students from marjory stoneman douglas high school said they want to be the face of change and they are planning a march

on washington next month. >> we want assault rivals off the market. >> automatic semiautomatic have in place in society. >> reporter: white house says president trump will hold a listening session with unspecified session on wednesday and meet with florida security officials on thursday, white house officials say president supports a narrow bipartisan bill to improve the federal background check system. >> unstable, dangerous people who law enforcement and their own family members are, it is the case here should never have access to a deadly weapon of that sort. >> reporter: some like eight three-year old republican donor al hoffman junior are turning up heat on lawmakers. >> i will in the write and check for anyone who does not oppose a ban on assault style weapons. >> reporter: recent years several attempt to revive a expired ban and pass a new one stalled in congress. florida state legislature is preparing a sweeping package of legislation that includes new age restrictions on gun purchases, a ban on bump

stocks and gun protection order allow policing to take guns from people believed to be threats. we are hearing more from students who were inside of the douglas high school when the shooting occurred, among them one with ties to our area >> i thought it was a drill. they had me, active shooter drills, almost every month, so i was like okay, maybe it is just a drill but then i got a texas message from one of my friends and she said it wasn't a drill. >> reporter: lila skinner was in the classroom with the lights off and she laid down on the floor with others to make it look like the classroom was empty. we will hear more from her and her aunt lives in wilmington delaware on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. pennsylvania supreme court imposed new congressional district maps of the state's 2018 elections and here it is, new boundary takee in effect for time for may 15th primary. republicans every challenging this map in federal court. fit stands the new boundary

will improve democrats chances of winning seats the pennsylvania supreme court will ruled last month that the district bound drizzle un constitutionally favored g.o.p. candidates. coming up on than "eyewitness news" a long time radio legend in philadelphia is facing a sexual harassment lawsuit. february is heart month, and we're learning some potentially life saving device s, used for women stephanie stahl will have more on the gender disparity up next. day off from school, and a day on the court, i'm anita oh at palestra dr. the police athletic league say thinks more than a basketball game for the 200 kids participating big old birthday bash in valley forge where there were sweets all over in honor of our first president and everyone turnout, now being colored red

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new research finds a discrepancy in the way male and female heart failure patients are treated. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has more now in the einstein health care science center. >> reporter: report interesting new study they found here scientistness this study focused on implantable devices things like pacemakers , they found woman received these devices less often then men even though they benefit just as much. implantable heart devices can be life savers for patient was heart failure or for those with an irregular heartbeat, study looked at outcome of more than a quarter million heart patient whose received an implantable device. researchers found woman were less than 30 percent likely to get an implantable device but their survival rates following crt therapy was 30 certificate sent better than that of men. >> men and women had identical , survival following this therapy and this is a first. for this therapy, women had a much better outcome following,

crt therapy. >> reporter: doctors say with an aging population they are seeing more heart failure patients then ever before, but the study shows that women are not getting the same level of care as men. some think there need to be a different set of guidelines when it comes to treating women with heart failure. >> there are related differences which are very important, to understand to identify, characterize and therefore, we can apply our defribillator therapy and other therapist more precisely to the patient that is need it most. >> reporter: doctors say it is important for female heart patient toss talk to their doctors and ask questions specifically bill plantable devices and when they might be appropriate. the study was published in the journal of the american heart association. >> you have to be your own advocate. >> thanks, stephanie. there are lots of work out videos on line but not so many star a nine three-year old. the internet is loving this video of helen miller's exercise regimen in pierre,

south dakota she cannot contain her laughter as she goes through the motions. instructor's daughter posted this clip on twitter and has hundreds of thousands office likes. helen's getting it done who but that. my mommies going through rehab right now and make sure seas this. >> you have to make it fun in matter what your age is. >> that is so true. >> look at helen, go ahead now >> yes. >> wow. >> that is great. >> kate joins us now with the forecast and as she said wow that snow, we have rain, fog. >> the snow is beautiful, came down, came in, came out and then was gone for most of us by yesterday evening, after that warm up and now anything that is left will be long gone >> we can say bubble of warmth is headed our way. >> yes, for the next two days in the 70's.r way. it will feel like may, even like june as temperatures surge in the mid 70's, a little february treat. it will likely not last. we will head back to normal by even of the week but enjoy it while it is here but it brings its own set of issues. we will start off with a look

outside right now. you can see it is getting foggy. this is a live look from place one apartments in plymouth meeting and we will see a sunset on this camera. not tonight, it is foggy outside. low cloud, fog, most of the showers have moved on out but we will deal with pockets of dense fog through tonight and into tomorrow morning, as i will show you. if you do have plans to head out the fog can come up on you quickly and be safe out there, take it slow, leave plenty of room between you and car in front of you, things are slow going. storm scan three shows the problem we have a warm front to the north, here's warm front right here, cold front extending back in the portions of the planes and that won't get here until late wednesday. in the meantime we're seeing all this warmth, surge from the south, got showers, moving off to the north and as the showers move out, we will be dealing with the warm air moving over the much colder ground and that causes, of course, threat for fog that is what we are seeing tonight. showers have largely, exited the area. we are seeing a few sprinkles over bucks county, mercer county new jersey and poconos. still cannot rule out a stray

through first part of tonight but steady rain has moved out and now we are dealing with the fog, temperatures are going to stay steady, right through overnight hours, possibly even rising, a few degrees as that warm air starts to lift in. this system serious warmth for february. still seeing showers over next couple of hours off to the north, 10:00 o'clock we are dealing with low cloud, fog and that will continue. we will see dark gray here indication overnight that the fog will be with us tomorrow morning as well, and slowly the fog will begin to mix out and possibly by 11 or noon we will see the sun coming out tomorrow, it does redevelop tomorrow night, so we will be dealing with fog again into your wednesday morning. this is what we're looking at tonight as we head in the overnight hours for a time visability may be near zero across the entire area. totally stocked in with fog and that is the case tomorrow morning. heading out to work at 9:00 a.m. visability near zero in a few spots. we will get better visability through afternoon only to see them drop again tomorrow night and wednesday morning. but it is a taste have may,

price we have to pay is morning fog we will take it because look at this jet stream biloing to the north all this warmth shooting from the south and temperatures over the next few days will be about 30 degrees, above the average, and we may break two records, forecasted high for tomorrow 71 degrees. record is 70. that is a close one setback in 1939. wednesday we will approach 75 degrees for the high, record is 72, from way back in 1930. it looks like both of those days we have a good chance of breaking a record here in philadelphia dense fog overnight slow warming and then again tomorrow 71, fog, cloud in the morning with little gray early but in the afternoon sun will inn reese record warmth at 71 degrees. your seven day forecast shows temperatures even right into the weekend above average for february. wednesday is warmest day, thursday we will stay to cool down showers likely friday is more seasonal and at 48 and then we will shoot right back to 63 on saturday. fifty-nine about some rain on

sunday, drying out monday and then we have to pay for two days in the 70's with a stretch of rain through even of the week and weekend and that is a trade off a lot of people will make. >> no big bottom out there in terms of the temperatures which is interesting we're not diving in the 20's. >> thanks, kate. >> sure. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" a long time radio host facing sexual harassment lawsuit. >> one group of young men who say they took their celebrate too far during eagles champion ship parade, don. he has traded in his mummers gear for a phillies jersey straight ahead jason kelce visits spring training, we will hear from the eagles center up next in sports.

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staff. eagles center jason kelce visited phillies to day in clearwater, florida, first day of full squad work outs, jason gave the guys a pep talk with a lot of colorful language. i'm sure you can imagine. unfortunately that video was not released but he did compare the fightins to the world champion birds. >> a lot of similarities, good , young team with talent, what everybody was talking about in philadelphia, before the season started, but not really anybody, usually projected to be like eight- eight before the season and then we went on to win the super bowl. >> can you just pause for a second and use your imagination to wonder what jason kelce, said to the guys. how he said, whatever he said. >> i have a feeling i can get some idea, get close. >> how raining before it gets out. >> just saying. >> thanks, buddy. action on the court might not be the biggest story coming out nba all-star game, it might be the national

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wow come back with break ing news walt whitman bridge westbound is shut down due to a car fire. this is a live look from our traffic camera. it is opened but slow eastbound. if you are traveling or know someone traveling, please let them necessity to expect delays. i'm sure they are in the middle of it right now. new at 5:30 long time philadelphia radio host john debell a has been sued for sexual harassment. >> allegations are from his long time partner jennifer neil alleged 30 incidents of

the harassment door her employment at wmgk-fm. she served as his side kick from 2010 to 2016 and began working at wmgk at 2002. police have released new video of parade day celebration that is resulted in destruction. this is surveillance footage showing several people causing a septa bus shelter to collapse on february the eighth. this is at corner of 15th and jfk boulevard. if you recognize anyone in this video police would like to hear from you. in other news police are looking for two suspects who held up a philadelphia pizza shop the gun point. this surveillance video from last thursday, shows, inside of the little caesars on the 3,000 block of aramingo avenue , one of them points a hand gun at an employee and demands cash while other suspect takes money from a safe, anyone with any information about the robbery should contact the police. from the classroom to the hardwood more than 200 local kid spent their day off playing basketball at penn's

historic palestra arena anita oh tells us how pal day helps inspire students to shoot for the stars. >> reporter: it is known as cathedral of basketball and on monday palestra on pen's campus became sanctuary for about 200 children. >> i love ball. >> reporter: so out of school for presidents day the youth spent the day inbound for annual pal day organized by police athletic league of philadelphia. >> the goal to give these, kid a safe season promoting development and reducing crime , and reducing, opportunities along the way. >> reporter: pal has 20 centers across the city each staffed with the dedicated police officer. >> we are starting to get closer and closer, because i go every day. >> reporter: naji reid said he goes to the strawberry mansion location almost every day after school and has bonded with his pal officer richardo mansion.

>> you goat see these kids transition from young men to men. >> reporter: beyond transition, transformation is happening, here, reid said this program has changed his perception of the police. >> i think they are good because they are saving lives, and, better, and youth. >> reporter: hard lessons learned on hardwood floors not only how to shoot hoops but shoot for the stars knowing if they fall is there a support system that will lift them up again. >> we have a one and i will be there for them. >> reporter: at the palestra, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> what a thrill. national constitution center welcomed visitors in for free today to take part in the special presidents day, event, it included educational programs, about all 45 presidents, as well as hands on activities for history buff s of all ages. guest were invited to take their presidential portrait, cast ballot for their favorite president and interact with presidential reenactors including george washington and thomas jefferson.

and in recognition have the black history month we are honoring game changers, individuals who are making a positive impact of communities of color in our region. >> cherri gregg from kyw news radio traveled to northeast a where a team of sisters is beating odd while helping others. >> i love it, our favorite thing they do is to shop. >> reporter: this is anita, sa kena. >> i like shopping and read a lomb. >> reporter: and kareematice they are sisters and they share quite a bit like clothes and feistiness. >> she's more like the boss i one. >> reporter: but they also share a diagnosis. have you ever heard oven tire families of sisters being diagnosed with the same disorder? >> no. >> reporter: anita has lupus free frights which causes kidney failure. >> one down, one up. >> reporter: she needs dialysis three times a week. sakena has systemic lupus, or

sle. >> the type of loop as that effects your joint, joint inflammation, skin, having a lot of seizures. >> reporter: while kareema has not been diagnosed, she has all of the symptoms. >> my feet get swollen to the point where i cannot walk. >> reporter: but the sisters have in the let lupus stop them along with mom, veronica, they founded ask lupus, to educate black women who are three times more likely to develop the auto immune disorder, and they are often miss diagnosed. >> loop as. >> i want us to be able to provide support to people all over the world. >> reporter: part of the effort is leading by example, sakena work as a lawyer, anita a drug counselor and kareema a college student despite their health challenges. how do you feel like you ladies are changing the game. >> we are just making lupus something to talk about and something people don't have to be a shame about. >> reporter: showing through

doing that life can be good, even with a disease like lupus cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> the sisterhood is strong and definitely changing the game. if you missed it, it is certainly going viral. fergie's rendition of the national anthem. >> ♪ >> social media has a lot to say about this so what did you think of her performance at the nba all-star game? black panter makes history at becomes office accolade are pouring in and we will tell you all bit in the hot minute, kate. all ready looking toward weekend even they we just finish last within and maybe still ongoing for some of you off on presidents day but as we head toward upcoming weekend we will be looking for mild temperatures on saturday but it is unsettled, clouds and chance of rain, possibly

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fifty years ago a iconic figure first appeared in our living room but since then many of us have lived in mr. rodgers neighborhood. >> ♪ it's a beautiful day in this neighborhood ♪ >> just hearing that calms everybody a little bit. fred rodgers back in the head lines 17 years after his show ended plaintiff rodgers stamp is coming this year and so is a bio pick starring tom hanks. >> can you say wonderful. >> um-hmm. >> i knew you could. fergie broken her silence amid storm of the criticism over her national anthem performance at nba all-star game in a statement to tmz she said her rendition did not strike intended tone and for that she's sorry. >> ♪ the flag was still there ♪

>> joel embiid, fergie, put on a jazz spin on the star spangled rendition but it didn't go over well last night in los angeles. at one point camera and over to some players and people in the crowd started laughing, dr aymond green, social media lit up, fergie national anthem is trending on twitter. christopher commented on the nba all-star game post by fergie by saying girl, nobody heard you rehearse and let you know that was in the a good idea? i know you can sing but... >> jt also posted on twitter fergie should have gotten a technical where were the refs for that, how did you they miss that. >> donna posted that the cheering at end was because everybody was glad it was over just some harsh comments on there for fergie. let us know what you think, facebook and twitter, yes, let us know. >> little uncomfortable. >> yes. >> people put their own spin.

>> it is not easy to perform in front of the people. >> marvin gaye did it in 83, wow. >> but it was classic like that the more spin you put on it, the war. >> sometimes, yeah. >> we will go from damp and dreer toy warm, and really warm, kate

looks like phil was wrong he called for six more weeks of winter but this week will be anything but winter like. >> come on, phil meteorologist lauren casey's live with the cbs-3 mobile weather watch's long schuylkill river trail with more on the winter warm up, lauren. thanks, guys, yeah, groundhog was wrong. big surprise. we all know how i feel about accuracy of the gun hog but anyway we are out here right by kelly drive, schuylkill river i'm out with the mobile weather watcher as my photographer mike said it is sneakily cold out here right now because as soon as you go outside not too bad, it is february, stand out here and it is chilly, a few people jogging, walking by, biking by but this time tomorrow there will be many, more people, out there because we have a record warmth on the way, and this time tomorrow, temperatures will be in the order of, 20

degrees warmer. we are heading up into the 70 's. it will be warmest air we have felt since first few days of november. we are heading up to 71 degrees tomorrow our forecast high, that will break record of 70 degrees setback in 1939. even warmer as we head into wednesday. forecast high temperature 75 degrees, and would kick that tail of that old record, 72 degrees, also setback well long ago and we are going to close out february and even start march, with above average high temperature as well. we have a high probability of above average high temperature up and down the eastern seaboard for last few days of february and first few days of march, but temperatures, right now you know, guys i wore my, rain jacket because i was preparing for showers. it is also because it is cute. i wish i had a winter coat but i feel much more confident about my outfit choice one because it is dry, so nice

outside so i feel more confident then the choice i have made today sadly as a meteorologist but feeling better about tomorrow. >> it is cute. >> it is cute. >> it is fair. >> thanks, lauren. >> appreciate it. >> yes. >> and, animosity for the groundhog, he may not have been right but our cbs-3 winter forecast we said early spring signs in mid-february and every once in a while we get a pattern. >> yes. >> yes,. >> professional who does things other than just climb out of the hole. >> but regardless. >> we have got a lot of warmth on the way, people will be out in droves tomorrow, enjoying temperatures in the 70's, in february. we don't get that very often, february 1 of the coldest months have the year, second coldest, second snow hees but not over next few days. we will go outside to bethlehem where it is in the looking too pretty outside. we have had some snow over weekend. a lot of that has melted already. yesterday's son and above

average temperatures, melt that snow quickly but you can see roads are wet, more showers lifting to the north so break out rain jacket in bethlehem we are good to go this evening and up in the poconos it is foggy, damp, glummy, ugly. tomorrow morning will look a lot like that but afternoon will get better and that is where warmth will come. eyewitness weather watchers checking in bringing us observations. start off here at 51. check with kennett martin in willingboro, cloudy but 51 not too bad. fifty as we head further south to allen's house in delran and i do to have show this we have to include our weather watchers live events, alan welcome yet another grand baby in the world. harper molly. she's beautiful, alan. he says just doesn't get better than this this picture says it all congratulations to alan on his new granddaughter. 45 degrees as we check with david michigan until norristown, cooler there just some clouds not a lot of rain and few more photos from our weather watchers.

i saw this across the area yesterday a few flowers trying to peak their heads up already through mulch and wonder how many flowers we will see, tuesday and wednesday, he took these photos at morris arboretum yesterday, already seeing some blooms with the above average warmth but today , not the best looking day. most of the day it looks like this photo from ed, just gray, glummy. i will show you quick shot because is there much to see here at junior/senior school in bern villain it is complete ly sock in with fog, you cannot see anything at all except for one light pole down in the corner, completely, fogged in, so that is what we are worried about tonight into tomorrow morning, if you coming up on fog like that outside on the road is it can be very dangerous. play it safe, leave yourself extra rhyme because if you are driving in something like that you will in the see taillights unless you are up on them. showers lifting to the north, mess of the rain done but you can see another batch off to the west around harrisburg who cannot rule out couple more

sprinkles. lauren may be fine. in the a bad choice. there air few more showers coming our way. our high was only 48 degrees. today was a normal day for time the year and as we check on our snow this season we have over an inch in philadelphia with the snow this weekend. leading us to 14.6 inches of snow. we have had 18 days with at least a trace have snow but no snow in the forecast for next few days, warm front lifts to the north we have a strong southeasterly flow over next few days to help temperatures escalate, well into the 70's this next front doesn't come through until wednesday evening so we will have a few scattered rain showers here tonight, warm front lifts through and record warmth on the way, tuesday, and wednesday, forecast highs for tomorrow across the area upper 60's to lower 70's pretty much every where 62 in mount pocono it will feel like a beautiful spring afternoon but again, morning will look glummy outside so don't be discouraged, dense fog slow warming, tomorrow morning fog

sun comes out may not get fully sunny until mid afternoon, so even at noon time, and, cloudy, and, 71, daytime high and break, and, warmest day of the week, and 75 degrees, and sometimes we just see bottom fall out but friday is back to normal. friday like today. showers thursday, friday. shower chance on saturday. more rain possible sunday. we will pay for warmth but not a lot of cold in this february forecast, back to you. well one of the faces behind m to end sexual misconduct looks a lot like her machines minee. >> and new super hero, on the competition at the box office this weekend, bex from today's 96.5 has those stories in the hot minute. >> thanks, ukee and jessica emma watson is putting her money where the mouth is. beauty and beast actress donated 1.4 million to equality fund, she joins

amelia clark, and nearly 200 others in the open letter calling for an toned sexual misconduct in the work place. star lit shared this video to instagram explaining where her passion stems from. >> my big passion in all of this has been to make sure that this is a global movement this is about women standing shoulder to shoulder women and men. >> reporter: emma stepping it up big time just like the film black panter which is having a record breaking opening weekend. in the nurse three days the film raked in 201 million and projected to hit 235 million in the fourth day. there is more blockbuster has highest opening for a february film in the largest presidents day weekend opening, and i'm in the done, it has become the fifth highest movie opening of all time, and rightfully so star studded film received a 97 percent certified fresh on rotten tomatoes, the best score for a live action super hero film out there. getting a ticket to this film hasn't been easy, i have tried

, and it has been sold out but maybe you think this tactic can work these fans tried getting a two for one deal on their movie tickets, on top of each other, they captioned the video that the manager wasn't having it. good attempt, that is your hot minute i'm bex from today's 96.5. >> creative. >> very creative. >> but sorry. on this presidents day a tribute to our first president george washington. >> that included kate with the recipe straight from is wife mart, very special topping when we come right back.

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♪ happy birthday to you. ♪ >> and general george washington. >> happy birthday. >> to you, the first president of the united states of america. >> the red white and blue. >> reporter: for you on your 200 eighty-sixth birthday, friends and distance cousins. >> martha washington was our cousin. >> reporter: martha washington is your cousin. >> yes. >> are you kidding me. >> no. >> reporter: made their way to the valley forge national historical park to party in your honor. >> did you have a birthday wish in mind. >> a birthday wish, is to see people united, to see people come together, in friendship, and in peace, yes.

>> there is nothing more that brings people together then cake. >> yes, indeed. >> reporter: for past five years the culinary institute of montgomery county community college has baked a birthday cake for this party for all to see using martha washington's great cake recipe. >> they were regular cup cakes >> not to day. >> reporter: with 40 eggs, 4- pounds of butter and more. >> it is not a normal cake, very much more like a bread. >> topping is icing and dates back to queen victoria's wedding cake and it is called royal icing. >> reporter: were there any nerves making martha washington's cake since she is here today. >> um, in because i have a lot of confidence in what we do. >> reporter: rightfully so, victory was seen on the faces of all. >> it is so, sweet with an instant spice, truly a presidential party. >> still licking my fingers. >> i bet. >> yes, royal icing.

>> i don't know if you heard in that story but there is a ninth cousins won removed. i said in way. would i believe a beautiful six year-old, right but i had questions. so i went to her mom and she said ancestry.com they found it out. how about that. >> wow. >> you never know. >> you never know who you are related to. >> trust me, i know. >> exactly. >> thanks, tori. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 imminent danger that is what officials are saying about the olde city building destroyed by a week entire we will have the latest from the scene as investigators try to uncover its cause. a survivor of the florida shooting has local ties here in delaware i'm chantee lans coming up, i will speak to the aunt who speaks about their coping and moving forward. and it is cloudy, chilly out here tonight still a couple of showers around but once this warm front lifts to the north temperatures are off to the races, we may break, two long standing record this is week i'll tell you just how warm this warm up will get.

also police are on the look out for suspect caught on surveillance what officers say this man did to a pregnant woman. first the flames, and now danger of collapse, following a week even blaze in a historic olde city building is posing a serious risk of crumbling. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. residents and business owners are learning that the building will eventually be torn down, joe holden's live in olde city where crews remain on the scene, joe. >> reporter: jessica and ukee late breaking developments happening at third and chestnut. will, my photographer will push in, the fire department, has responded to the scene, again, according to a fire official here, they were called back, to put out, more hot spots, remember, this fire

sparked at 3:00 o'clock in the morning on a sunday, and it is now 6:00 o'clock monday, well close to 30 some hours later and they are still, tend to go hot spots, as a result, the work we that showed you at 5:00 o'clock, to difficulties mant that will fire escape has halted, there is no telling, when that will resume. the fire investigation at 239 chestnut street is unfolding in plane view, inspectors are scouring every inch of the place, at least what they can access. lift was used to give atf agent and l and i personnel a closer view. access to upper floors is off limits because fifth floor has caved. stress cracks have form, city ordered property own tore remove a fire escape to decrease stress on the building. chris young, owns the little lion and was with us immediately after the city released word that 239 would have to be demolish. >> i don't really necessity how that w