i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment but first here's what you need to know to start your day, in today's morning minute, thursday, february 22nd. >> i'm pissed despite who we are not ever going to see again. >> how do we in the stop this after columbine, after sandy hook. >> never again. >> reporter: teens and parents take their message of gun violence straight to president trump, and asking politician toss take action. >> senator rubio, can you tell me right now that you will not accept a single donation from the nra. >> woman is shot and killed driving a van with five other people inside. >> reporter: police describe an absolutely wild scene that unfolded in fernrock last night. record setting highs for february, to a dramatic drop in temperatures today. >> you have to wear a completely different set of clothing here today for a

totally different season and new we're back to reality. the united states wins gold in pyeongchang. what a great win works men 's hockey in the olympics and u.s. beats canada in a suspense full overtime shoot-out. >> first time in 20 years. >> let's send it out to katie. big weather story thinks dramatic drop. yesterday warm and beautiful. today, in the so much. >> definitely in the. you will still walk outside the door and in many spots it is still dry and mild but you cannot get used to this, trust me, temperatures declining as opposed to sky rocketing like yesterday and here is an new update for you just in from the national weather service. there is now a winter weather advisory that goes into effect specific to the poconos. this does not effect anybody else but as temperatures drop and we have wet weather in the

forecast that rain could turn to ice, so that is from 4:00 p.m. until 11:00 o'clock tonight, specific again, to the poconos. now you will notice there is rain working its way through the pocono region even across berks, lehigh, northampton county, leading edge of the cold front we have been tracking and it will continue to drop in throughout the course of the day. notice some icing across the north and western most parts of the pennsylvania, that again as it drops south is only going to over spread into the rest of the northeastern pennsylvania and that will move far enough south where it is cold enough to bring about that change, from rain over to icing. now at the moment you still gotten a surplus on the thermometer in wildwoods, atlantic city, even here in philadelphia it is a degree milder but obviously there is changing on in the rest of the southeastern pennsylvania as we see thermometer readings drop. as that translates to the thermometer we are still in the 50's here in the city but now held in the 30's in mount pocono. so all of these ways that we

candy peck, the whole story here, the fact that these temperatures drop off, the numbers we are looking at are representative ovulater on today, so it is milder now but only gets chillier and would i advice you walk out with the umbrella, it may be dry on the sky deck and most other spots right now but that will change over the span of the next couple hours, meisha. >> time to bring back the umbrella, unfortunately, good morning, everybody, it is a almost there friday within reach looking outside schuylkill near spring garden looking good taillights moving in the eastbound direction toward center city. we are picking up volume levels a little bit on the westbound side. we are looking good, period. so far, so good on this thursday morning, boulevard same story wissohickon avenue both directions looking just as they should. we see how things change as we crack in the 6:00 o'clock hour but big thumbs up every where, look at delaware county, it looks like be in out there 95 north at 452 taking this up to the airport looking just perfect, we did have a disable bus in new jersey, new jersey turnpike northbound that has

been since cleared so already, boom, out of our way. construction three places of construction in new jersey here route 135 is closed route 29, and 95 at route 29, we have ramp and lane closures there route 29 is closed between west upper ferry road and scenic drive. we have more construction in new jersey that we will get to coming up in the next 10 minutes or so, jim and rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. one week after fatal school shooting in florida gun control was debated at the white house and town hall meeting. >> students and parents shared their own stories and expressed their own views on the issue. correspondent john lawrence has more. >> reporter: white house is listening session for gun safety started with a prayer. after that, the debate, because again in ernest. >> how many children to have get shot, it stops here with this administration and me. >> i was born into a world where i never got to experience safety and peace.

there need to be significant change in this country. >> reporter: president trump did promise change and suggested that the idea of potentially arming teachers. he also expressed support for stronger background checks and regulating bump stocks. >> it will in the be, as it has done in the past. >> reporter: on wednesday night in florida emotions ran high at times. >> enough talk is what your action. >> reporter: some called for gun control, others want weapon bans. >> they should be out loud forever, automatic rifles should be out loud for ever. >> reporter: dana lash expressed sympathy for victims but stressed a person's mental status is a major factor. >> none of us supports people who are crazy, danger to themselves, danger to others, getting their hands on a firearm. >> reporter: although opinions differed at times everyone agreed they didn't want to experience another rampage like the one in park land. john lawrence, cbs news.

well, 5:35. in business news this morning the shamrock shake well, it is back. plus trouble for toys-r-us and morning market, dianne king hall joins us from the insuring stock exchange. good morning, dianne. >> reporter: good morning. minutes from the federal reserve january meeting found policy makers believed that the outlook for u.s. and global economy is positive that raises expectations for more interest rates hikes which rattled wall street. dow jones lost 167 points, nasdaq finished 16 points lower. toys-r-us will reportly close another 200 stores following a disappointing holiday season. toy retailer will layoff significant persian of the corporate staff according to the wall street journal. toys-r-us announced they were closing 180 stores affecting 4500 workers. journal reports that the company has walk back promise to offer severance to all affect employees. amazon launched new line of over the counter drugs under brand name basic care, private label allow e commerce

giant to compete with other retail rivals and national drugstore chains. don't call it a come back but shamrock shake is back, mcdonald's bringing back drink for diners to enjoy, through st. patrick's day unlike last year it is in the bringing back its chocolate counterparts. >> listen, i don't know about you but my mother told me never eat anything green unless it is a vegetable. >> and you barely eat those. >> yes, i barely eat those, yes. >> i like a piss cash yes milk shake. i haven't had shamrock but pistachio which was green and it was delicious. you need to revisit. >> all right. >> start eating your vegetables. >> yes. >> you do have to eat your broccoli, gym. >> what is going on here. >> between the two of us, we will get him to eat helps vegetables. >> piling on. >> guilt, guilt. >> see you tomorrow. >> for your next uber ride you may have to uber walk, ride hailing service is debuting a future called express pool in

some silt is including philadelphia it operates like a shuttle service, pools riders in the same area plan to travel to similar destinations. once connected riders would have to walk to a common pick up stop and then be dropped off the same way, the uber says that it is their most affordable option. people are remembering one of the most well men christian evangelist of our time reverend billy graham. he died inside his north cara line home yesterday at age of 99. graham reached millions around the world, graham's body will lie in repose for two days at his library any charlotte. he will be laid to rest next to his wife during a private funeral march 2nd. and new technology is helping more and more drivers avoid those fender benders that are all too common in parking lots and driveways. >> correspondent kennett craig shows us report card after consumer advocates tested rear crash prevention systems. >> reporter: when this subaru backs in the parked car, the damage tops $1,100.

with auto brake crisis averted low speed backup crashes happen in parking lots and driveways, these poles show the cars in this test damage came to to over $3,400. technology to prevent backup crashes including cameras, and cross traffic alerts but insurance institute for highway safety says that the best results are when those features are pared with automatic breaking. >> if you combine sensors with rear cameras you get a 40 percent reduction in backing up crashes and combine sensors with cameras and auto break you get 78 percent reductions. >> reporter: in the test of six different models the cat lack xt5 and subaru out back earned superior ratings, other four got advanced ratings but were not successful in as many scenarios. rear auto braking is only available in 5 percent of 2018 models but iihs says it is worth pursuing. >> our data suggest that

people have trouble backing up and crashes occur under those circumstances so we would recommend people seek out this technology. >> reporter: breaking systems are designed to sense only hard objects like poles or cars but the auto makers are working on systems that detect humans in a car's path, kennett craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". up next, new trendies taking over national retailer and why its employees are not happy about it. patrick, i understand you are celebrating a local landmark today. >> reporter: that is correct, special day for a special place, you know reading terminal market. they turn 125 years old today, so they are having a big time celebration, later on this morning, so we are inside i'm looking for food you know me we will talk to someone here a long time when we come right back. yeah, pat that means we are looking for food for you when you get back the two news room later on so put that bug in your ear, buddy. well, we have a very substantial pattern change that is currently getting

underway and winter weather advisory that just went into effect, things are changing and they are changing fast, we will talk about that transition but first here's your cure auto insurance travel forecast.

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star studded affairs, chris pratt made an appearance on the red carpet in london, music's biggest stars, wore white roseness support of the times up movement. justin timberlake, performed his new song say something with chris stapelton and foo fighters won for best international group. and, more celebrities have been added to the list of presenters at the academy award, and mark hamill, and wand wore man and marco robbie is up for best actress in her role i tanya. and, daytime talk show hoe

wendy williams is taking time off from work, five three-year old said her doctor told her to focus and take time, and focus on her graves disease and hypothyroidism. it is an auto immune disorder that causes over stimulation of the thyroid, reruns will air in her absence. we wish her and her family the best. >> absolutely. back here at home, weather story is not quite as nice as yesterday at all and we are in for a streak of it. >> the change, coming whether you like it are not, you better get the train, enjoy it >> or get off. >> or just, i guess. >> what is the alternative. >> make indoor plans, we will have breaks along the way but we have a lot of wet weather, in the to mention temperature drop off. we were all the way up to 77 degrees yesterday. it was absolutely unbelievably warm but we are starting to see wet weather, moving in, cold front passage we have been tracking new for so long and this sluggish in nature, big system but it is taking its time anyway, so that means

that you know we will end up with essentially a days worth of some rain out of it, even they it may not be raining in the city, it is going to do that here. we have sheen on the road surface in bethlehem on main street, this is a shopping taken from hotel bethlehem facing south, so in time we will see that pick up, at the moment, mess of the weather watchers in the network are still dry, we will move into and zero on a handfull of these, get to the north first they we are at 47 at john jenkins house, he too is still dry at this point but already at 47 degrees, and change is clearly getting underway for him with the temperature beginning to drop off. to the south we will get to southwestern most new jersey where michael's reporting more winds then anything but still at 54 degrees, that is other thing wind flow is shifting more northwesterly to north allowing, thankfully no fog to form and so that should not be an issue. there is rain to the north that could impact your travels this morning and only drops south as the day goes on.

now let's just, save your what we saw yesterday for a brief second if we could, actual high in philadelphia was 77 degrees, but we have a couple all time february record that is were smash let alone a hit yesterday, look at reading, 82 was your high, 81 in allentown, even trenton has a all time february record at 78 degrees, it is just incredible. but gone are these days at this point with the front dropping in. you can see icing far north and west, posing a problem through i80 interchange on the northeast extension. watch for that just rain but temperature will continue to decline and this rain starts to over spread rest of the region just from not one but several systems that will be working their way through. we will quickly give you a sense in future weather what will take place. in the next couple hours rain over spreading our area all the way to 4:00 p.m. just walk out with the umbrella and thank yourself later but note that is edge of icing dropping far enough

south to prompt winter weather in the poconos at 4:00 p.m. probably a break in the action tonight, early tomorrow, additional showers as day progresses and more the docket for saturday and into sunday too. there is in real end in sight until, monday, just in time to head back to work, meisha high of 55 and sunshine. >> of course, it is, weekend, and then machine beautiful, of course. katie, thank you so much. pack that umbrella as katie said all morning licensing, looking at vine at i-95 moving in the eastbound direction a cool shot herere starting to see volume levels shift as we typically would right around this time as we push towards the 6:00 o'clock hour. we are seeing that shift a lit built here but still looking good, everybody clearly traveling around posted speed. ninety-five at academy road everybody traveling just as they should but we are seeing levels shift and 42 has actually looked like one area that looked busy all morning long. head up, still traveling at posted speed is here but i

dent think you will for much longer. we are starting to make a push here 42 freeway northbound approaching 295 we are looking busy, my friends. outside here we have construction three placeness new jersey, 175 closed between route 29 and west upper ferry road and 95 at route 29 ramp and lane closures there and route 29 closed between west ferry road and scenic drive. that is not it, new jersey has construction going on they usually do. route 29 northbound near route 129 that right lane is compromised there then we are talking about ben franklin bridge and south walkway is closing, jim, back over to you very big birthday for very famous philadelphia institution, reading terminal market is celebrating 125 years today. >> as news reporter pat gallen is live at the renowned market with the preview of how they will mark this milestone, hi there, pat. >> reporter: hi guys who does not love reading terminal market. if you are from here you have been here, you have eaten somewhere in here even if in

the from philadelphia, if you come to the city, you know this place, you love it. this morning we are getting ready for 125th birthday for reading terminal market, i'm getting hungry but we have to start off with fresh fruit and pre dues this morning. this is guy that will help us out, vinny, good morning. >> good morning, how are you. >> doing well. >> first off tell us about the celebrations happening here today. >> so today they have figured out that the market never had a grand opening so today is our actual first grand opening 125 years old, 1893 day so we're, going to have, organ grinders, barber shot quartet, the big bikes, guys running that, they even have a horse drawn cart made in 1893, trying to talk mayor and governor to come ride in on but they are in the too sure they want to come in that way. >> what time does everything kick off.

>> 10:30 everything starts, 11:00 o'clock, they have the actual celebration, whatever you want to call it. >> ribbon cutting. >> yes. >> and then noon, walk in the market, it is going to be hearing bells from 12 to 6:00 you will able to be that lucky customer ring that bell you will get 1893 pricing. fun day. >> way i hear it from you, you say you have been here since 1893. >> not that long. >> but been a long time. >> i have been here about 29 years now. >> twenty-nine years. >> what has it been like for to you see this place evolve over the years. >> you know what it still feels the same to me. i always tell my kid you do what you love you never work a day in your life. that is what i feel like. hey, meet you here 5:30. it noise big deal. it is what i do. this place is all about family is there so many generations of families here. i'm youngest out of 10 and there are some days there are 17 of us working in this building. >> i was going to ask you this

is a big family and you guys have taking over. >> we are in the taking over. but, you know, it is all about family. we're just one story that there is that many of us compared to how many in the market the same way. everybody just loves this place. you kind of just fall in love. >> i have fallen in love with this place many times over. vinny, congratulations, have a great day. he mentioned bass's ice cream in the 6:00 o'clock hour doesn't like to start their day with a little ice cream. we will get over there and i will get fed. >> see you then. >> bring back something for us hopefully. >> hit are miss with him. >> you never necessity. >> we will be right back. thanks,

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we are taking a ride on the weather roller coaster katie's talking about a drop in temperature and rain, lots of rain in the forecast. we're following a developing story gunman opened fire on a van killing driver and sending several passengers , including children to the hospital. i was born into a world where i never got to experience safety. and peace. we need significant change in this country. >> and i'm pissed despite who i am not going to see again.

>> fighting for change grieving parent, students survive shooting rampage in florida join forces to send their message to lawmakers and bring an toned violence. it is thursday, february 22nd i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. our morning commute is looking g we have had a couple accidents out there, construction out there but not too bad we are looking g we are heating upright now. >> the war of the weather isn't in fill but that will in the slow you down just yet. i will still walk outside with the umbrella is there rain heading our way. that will drop south as morning and afternoon progress you can see what sort of buckles up in lancaster county , couple pockets of very light rain working their way in to that county so just matter of time and you may be two hour window, absolute max elsewhere before rain showers over spread. we are looking at this much wider zoom, you can see snow, ice on the back edge of the cold front so with colder