katie and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute, wednesday, february 21st. protesters rally in center city for tighter gun laws. >> i'm tired of coming to vigils like this. if we have to go straight after the nra then we will do it because that is what we have to do. >> president trump will hold a listening session on school safety. >> we are still expecting a record breaking high today up to 75 degrees and make most of this because it does in the last. >> as morning has progressed we have seen plenty of runners , joggers, people making the most out of this brief glimpse of springtime. >> close call, dash cam video shows a sliding car barely missed a trooper. >> part of the job.

first time i have had to run in my career. >> all i have a summons to jury duty. >> i really think he would have done a great job. i would have worried about the content of what he was hearing . eleven year-old luke fox was summoned to jury duty if you can believe it, he said he wanted to serve. he wanted to do his civic duty >> i did it for two weeks, one and done, i know they will call me again but hopefully they don't pick me. have you ever done jury duty. >> i was released. >> what about you, katie. >> i have had to do it, and it was a very boring experience for me. >> mine was interesting because it was after two weeks i said okay. >> yeah. >> i have enough sitting in the room with no windows and ready to see the world. is there something to be said for children negative since between right aproning an

ability that they have and they are taught. interesting stuff. we mentioned this in the morning minute that you really want to make the mess of today , if you are a fan of the warmth and trying to get outside birds are doing it. if you listen... can you hear them chirping. they are cross the street in one of the trees, at philadelphia community college , but what we're finding out there, today is just exceptional warmth, regional wide. you may encounter some fog just like you did yesterday morning not as widespread, we do not have dense fog advisory this morning but that is helpful. this is projection. lets get right down to the facts here we are up to 75 degrees, 30 degrees above average. record to beat is 72. we don't expect to have any problem beat ago this value here today. we have a new record, by the way since yesterday when we ended up at 72 degrees. now storm scan looks very, very quiet. fog is pretty difficult to detect on the satellite, you may encounter the most fine mist but generally speaking this is a nice start to the

morning with you with just a bit of fog and eventual clearing that will be taking place for more sunshine, we're still in the 60's in trenton as well as in dover, lower 50 's here in philadelphia but i got to tell you it feels warm on the sky deck at this hour, for february, this really is very comfortable. new for the ride home for kids this afternoon, they will be wanting to run outside and play in the back yard. let them do it. again, we won't have an opportunity to enjoy this kind of warmth after today, not only are we go to go see thermometer drop off, meisha because rain in the forecast which we will track a little bit later. >> a nice little treat today, katie, thanks very much. good morning, everybody. a very happy hump day to you, looking outside 422 at route 29 headlights moving in the eastbound direction, taillights moving in the westbound direction you can see what we're working with. but, you are still traveling at posted speeds which we can keep through until 6:00 o'clock hour. gorgeous shot here of the ben franklin bridge looking good, in great company, heading on you the that way anytime soon, and then some construction on the blue route southbound ramp

to the schuylkill that has been since cleared. we're looking good there. we have an accident in pennsauken, new jersey, haddonfield road, at park avenue, we have had another accident in delaware, 95 south this one has injuries with it, that however, has now been since cleared, so we are looking good there. now we have some structural upgrade that is will be taking place on the ben franklin bridge, and because of that the south walkway is going to be closing, tomorrow, and it will be closing for 14 months. that is a long time, so this is obviously going to affect pedestrians on foot out there and on bikes, obviously very necessary to do that but i wanted to call it to your attention quickly and construction 95 north and south at route 29 ramp and lane closures until 6:00 a.m., rahel, back over to you. a teenager is in critical condition after a shooting in west philadelphia police say the 17 year-old was shot three times on the 5600 block of sansom street at 8:30 last night. police have no suspects and no motive for the violence. well, survivors of the last week's school shooting will hold a rally today at the florida state capitol trying

to pressure lawmakers to inact tougher gun laws. three buses with about 100 students on board, many coming straight from funerals for their fallen classmates, made this seven hour journey, today , the students will meet with lawmakers in tallahassee to push for tighter gun control to help prevent mass shootings like the one that claimed 17 lives at their school last week. >> we're going to keep talking , we will keep pushing, until something is done because people are dying, and this cannot happen anymore. >> law makers in washington are all ready hearing, their calls for change, president trump has discussed a ban on bump stocks, and will hold a listening session, today on school safety. press secretary sarah sanders says families and teachers from the parkland sandy hook and columbine communities will attend. and some schools in gloucester county are tightening security as well as reviewing safety measures in the aftermath of the florida shooting. washington township schools sent a letter home to parents monday reminding them of the safety plans already in place. two years ago district made

all high school students wear id badges, all schools are now secured with vestibules and there are security cameras life streamed directly to the police department. in addition there are two security drills per month. well, late night show host are reacting to the florida school shooting, the late, late show hose host james corden return to the air waves right here on cbs-3 after being off last week and he had this to say. >> we have done this too many times. i will be honest after the mass shootings in the past few years in merky felt exactly the same as you, i feel angry, confused, and frustrated, that nothing would be done but i still feel like something has change after the shooting in parkland because this time the children seem to be using their voices, these kids, they are saying you know what, we want something done. no more tweeting, no more thoughts and prayers followed by in action, they are saying

we demand change and until we get it, we will call you out on it. >> corden urged law make tours listen to america's children for a sensible change. oprah winfrey and film director stephen speilberg are taking a coup from actor george clooney, they have joined him in donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the march for our lives movement. survivors of the florida school shooting formed march for our lives, in the shooting s's aftermath. winfrey and speilberg say they will match clooney's 500 you this dollars donation, march for our lives is planning a rally in washington d.c. in march to call for stricter gun control laws. time right now 5:37. in business news a favorite is headed back to the golden arches. >> and why wal-mart says its stock price is dropping plus rest of the market news. money watch's dianne king hall joins us from the insuring stock exchange, good morning, dianne. >> reporter: good morning, the winning streak than wall street after shares of wal-mart, fell 250-point and

nasdaq who five-point. wall street, didn't take kindly as you can see to wal-mart's latest results. world's biggest retailers say quarterly profits fell below $2.2 billion as it struggled with sluggish on line sales. that sent fears about its inability to keep up with amazon causing stock to plunge to the double digits. it marks its biggest drop in, three decades. the maker of, is settling a lawsuit with the state of minnesota over chemical disposal. 3m greed to pay 850 million-dollar but not admitting it caused public health issue. minnesota accused 3m on. contaminating ground water in eastern suburbs of the st. paul. mcdonald's is also bringing back its beloved sauce, diners have been asking for more, since limited release back in october sparked lines at restaurant as cross the country, and outrage , when there was not enough sauce to go around. fast food giant launched a web site appropriately named we want the sauce.com, tomorrow, it will announce when, where

and how much, the sauce will return to stores, right now, on e bay you can buy two unopened packages of the sauce , for just under $6,000. jim and rahel. >> must be some good sauce. >> i must have miss that had one, i don't even remember that one coming by us. >> i kind of vaguely remember it, all right. >> we will check with you tomorrow. >> all right, thank you. south jersey community is outrage after some students in maple shade high school allegedly posted a racist video on social media allegations led to increased police presence at the school yesterday n a letter to parents school officials say that the post accused maple shade students of discriminate ago begins other races. some students and parents say the video also showed, several female students in black face make up with at lee one saying a racial slur. >> it is just, deplorable that people are just like prone to thinking that way, because, you know, i was brought up with the belief that everyone

is important, everyone is special. >> now in the letter to the school superintendent, he told parents quote you have my prom that is we are addressing all issues and creating a plan to make sure all students feel respected, appreciated and valued. updating a story we first told but on monday, a taco bell worker has been fired after using a racial slur on the receipt of the university of pennsylvania student. the worker used a slur to describe in young lee after he placed a order at restaurant on chestnut street in center city. taco bellies retraining staff there to make sure that this does not happen again. cinema mark chain of movie theaters is banning large bags it takes effect tomorrow. theater chain is making an exception for medical equipment bags and diaper bags , cinema mark says new rules are meant to keep movie goers and employees safe, company says it will not an area for people with check bags and reserves right to inspect all bags, packages that enter their theaters. some groups that sent care packages to troops overseas

are concerns a postal hike may keep volunteers from serving their mission, each year, operation, yellow ribbon in marlton packs up nearly 2,000 care packages and send them to servicemen and women overseas, they cost $30 a box in postage but this year number of packages sent to military personnel in the middle east will be cut in half. >> without our knowledge, without anyone communicating to us, they, doubled 100 percent increase to over six dollars per box. >> this is something that is impacting us, it is impacting moral. >> now in a statement the postal service says the hike is due to military mail processing locations, being quote, consolidated at our chicago based processing hubs, rather than multiple postal hubs on the east and west coast. still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning more record broken for marvel 's super hero movie. new hope for kids with peanut allergy, a simple treatment that can prevent a serious reaction.

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the pop star cancelled some upcoming, international tour dates, kesha said she tore her acl and new she has to undergo surgery but heart broke been having to cancel but hopes to be better in time for her summer tour. >> it is your time. >> marvel studios black panter is pounding on the box office, the movie broke yet another record over the holiday weekend, record after record now black panter is second highest four day domestic movie opening, it brought in $242 million is your passion star wars last jedi, the force

awakens to become highest machine gross of all time, with 40.2 million-dollar. >> will we see it again today? >> it is so funny, i was planning to see it yet again but i will postpone that. >> would i do it. >> and, encore presentation maybe tomorrow or this weekend because it is just so beautiful out. >> don't spend today sitting in the movie theater. it is just so pleasant, so you will see a lot of people out there with you, taking the dog for an extra long walk, jog, bike ride, anything like that, make, the mess of it today. >> do it outside. >> do whatever you have going on outside. for me it meant reading a book on the deck. >> that is so nice. i had a cup of coffee. it was such a nice afternoon. so yes, again, you have this two day opportunity to enjoy, you will have it again today. very similar outlook as to what we had yesterday, currently taking a look at our live neighborhood network we have low lying cloud cover here at pleasant valley middle and high school, we will run

into patchy if you go and keyword there is patchy, you will not see it as widespread as what we had yesterday, there are no dense fog advisories, so that is helpful too but clearly out there, so just again, expect thaw could encounter it on your travels this morning. meanwhile our weather watchers have gotten some serious warmth to report. you are in the lower 60's, cross central and south, well, west central, new jersey right now, mid 50's elsewhere. lets check in on our you couple of these, the ed connor has 61 degrees. he sent a picture of the wet windshield. it is pretty dam in his neighborhood but so, so warm out obviously. it is a small trade off to pay out here for such a nice start to the morning. let's go elsewhere, where did we want to go, i want to take you out here in gilbertsville where eileen is reporting cloud but he did say there was a quick shower that held through, so it is ample moisture to work with, thankfully, no frost on the windshield just too warm for

that. it is mourn knows observation we have from charles who was report something fog this morning, he is actually one and only weather watcher of this batch that has reported it. again a test to the idea this is a very patchy fog. looking at current visability they are in the great, in lancaster or a place like allentown where we are under half mile. you can barely see your hand in front of your face at that observation site. it is in thes bad almost every where else. so this is a very much, localized issue, but we do have a cold front that will move through and impact everybody that is already led to a lot of flooding concern, around the mid mississippi and parts of the yes river valley and this is heading our way, one of the several systems that comes through in the next couple days, so again as sky clears today we will hit record highs, enjoy, savior the warmth, by tonight, we will hit 58. we will hit that high of 58 very early around midnight and temperature only drops in the lower 40's rest of the day. note that is rain icon in the

forecast every day, through the weekend with multiple disturbances coming through. >> um-hmm, get out there and energy today. we cannot say that enough talking about 70's in february , it almost goes without saying, i will be out there, with you, in doubt bit. ninety-five south at cottman lots of headlights out there, still traveling at posted speeds, probably won't be as we dip in the 6:00 o'clock hour, and, montgomery drive headlights moving in the ease bun direction, looking good both directions still traveling at posted speeds, blue route, starting to heat up. look at how many headlights near route one, headlights moving in the north bound direction but really northbound and southbound still looking busy, accident in pennsauken, new jersey that has been since cleared that means both accidents we have this morning are both now cleared but take a look structural upgrade to the ben franklin bridge, this will affect pedestrians on foot and bike. south walkway will be closing tomorrow for 14 months, a long time plus construction crews out there this morning as well feeling nice, for them i'm sure. ninety-five north and south at

route 29, ramp and lane closures until 6:00 a.m. roads are still closed around olde city fire we had this past sunday so chestnut closed between fourth and second, your alternate is going to be market street, jim, back over to you. well, philadelphia zoo is mourning the death of their beloved, polar bear, coldy locks. she was euthanized due to a recent serious decline in her health. "eyewitness news" was there when she celebrated her 37th birthday in december. cold i blocks was the oldest in the country. she arrived at philadelphia zoo in 1981 and lived much longer then average polar bear which has a typical life span of about 23 years. possible break through in the bat of peanut allergies, california based company says it has developed a preventive treatment in the capsule, more than half of the children who took it were able to consume small amount of peanuts. the company, plans to file for f.d.a. approval by end of the year. well, you have heard saying throw it begins the wall to see what sticks.

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♪ >> look at that fog in ocean city. oh, boy. >> stuck in some fog in ocean city. speaking of stuck in. >> welcome back to "eyewitness news" this morning. if you ever wondered what it is like to be a fly on the wall we can help. >> the duck tape challenge takes place at will be heed martin's plant in moorestown. lockheed martin's engineers are celebrating national engineers week with this light hearted competition among staffers, also middle schoolers will be touring the facility today and high school ers will be demonstrating robots that they have built. >> there are some people would i like to stick to the wall and kind of keep hanging there >> not there. >> no, you can help me attach them. >> okay. women's figure skating one of the marquis events, did not disappoint in south korea cbs-3 correspondent dana jacobson, said two russians

shattered records and they are leading the away. >> reporter: the 15 year-old russian wrapped up a highest score ever posted, skate to go black swann, the young skater turn in a nearly flawless perform answer. another russian, is just behind her, the skater who many considered the favorite has set a new world record which only lasted about 15 minutes. >> i hate to say it but olympic athletes from russia are just killinger, they are so good. >> reporter: for americans the one to watch, after she became first american woman to land triple axle in the, winter olympics in the, competition she wore going in the short program she would not hold back. >> no, if i fall i will take the fall and get up and keep going. >> reporter: that is exactly what happened she fell attempt ago this triple axle, she recovered nicely and is in ninth place. >> it was heart broke to go watch but she got up, finish,

we're proud of her. >> twenty year-old brady was the first skater, u.s. champion fell during her opening jump. >> wow. >> shocking. >> a rare mistake for her which kept her scores lower then she had hopes. >> all three mesh, tenel, naga sue and chen will be back in the free skate even though a spot on the medals podium may be out of reach. dana jacobson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". she got right backup, right. >> yes. >> get right backup. >> you train for how many years your whole life. >> for this short moment. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" another reason why you should get the flu shot. it is known as divine sweet, to see how it es with relaxation and go to sleep. >> doesn't that sound good. >> i like that idea. >> sometimes. >> but that tough coaching is making these young people into dominators, the team who

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we could break another record but this warm up won't last forever. new this morning philadelphia police are searching for the driver who struck a young woman and then

took off, from the scene. >> we will keep talking and pushing, until something is done because people are dying, and this cannot happen any more. >> we have to show them how loud our voices can get because how will they ever listen to fuss we don't. >> survivors of the florida high school shooting rampage head to the state capitol to rally for gun control. it is wednesday, february 21st good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things, good morning , guys. >> happy wednesday, guys, turf say even though it is nice, driving conditions, it has been pretty busy. we have accident after accident after this point no rhyme or reason but just a very busy morning commute. there is some patchy if you go out there so you may even count their yet again in, dense fog advisory posted but here's a picture perfect example of it. there might be a rain drop on this camera lens. difficult hear reports from our weather watchers that we did have a bit of the fine mist, quick shower here and there, just such a moisture rich air mass and still so