>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> we are hoping for some answers, on how this happened. >> family, friends, demanding answers after shocking accident on the pennsylvania turnpike, we'll tell you what we're learning about the man who lost his life in the lehigh tunnel. >> today teachers and staff return to the florida school where gunman killed 17 people, and now learning armed school resource officer charged with pro ticking those students and staff stayed outside the school during the attack. >> and two new jersey state troop remembers being honored, we'll tell you the brave actions they took during terror attack at seaside park that they're now being recognized for. today is friday, february 23rd , i'm jim donovan

>> it is friday. s, looking good, quiet, one accident left, constrtiamp out there for sure, definitely lot chillier this morning than we were this same time yay cool down began yesterday, still at this point in the morning in the 50's in a lot of got, wet weather moving through, now that the chill has gun to settle in, totally ser still just warm enough, that it is strictly finding but however go far enough north, dry at the moment, if any enough north there could east be freezing in the poconos, still winter weather advisoryp n into berks county. look at the difference, though , you have now substantially ine places where the cold air had alst 20 degrees cold nerveame millville. definitely notice that it feels much more like winter, wae

door this morning, so you have got 40's, 30's, 20's to the regl yourself waking up but still have showers could ends up with some minor icing. and i did not like it. good morning, everybody, hand i friday. so looking outside to some construction, so schuylkill westbound between south street and the vine, right lane compromised see the cones in the roadway there, slick, looking hazy there out there okay in terms of volume, we can expect it not only 4:30 in the morning, past cottman, quick peak here, we do have accident here in camera. woodhaven eastbound at knights road, two lanes compromised use the far left lane, the flashing lights, going to slow you down little bit travel on by. so, we'll see what happens, in the 5:00 hour.

earlier accident, ford road closed between newportville road and frost road, and new falls roads is your best bet. >> freak accident inside tunnel on the pennsylvania turnpike leaves a 70 year old mickelton new jersey man dead. now, authorities and his family members are looking for answers. the accident happened wednesday night inside the lehigh tunnel on the northeast extension, sexton was killedal e tunnel crashed through his windshield of his truck. sexton, okay truck driver for ray moran flan recall riding his normal every day family members say he was just months away from retiring. >> just loved w he did. and, you know, this>> the lehigl inspected every two years septef

2016. the next inspection is schedule for this fall. >> this morning teachers and staffni the first time since gunman killed 17 people. followshe armed officers err on campus never went into the build to go stop a gunman, scott resignee was suspended without pay securo >> devastated, sick to my a no words. >> went in, addressed the kille. >> sheriff placed two other deputies on leave dung previous calls to the suspect's house. >> president trump pushing background checks for gunfires he held another listening session on g house. this time with state and local officials. other solutions thesi incase in mental health services and raising the age to buyro18 to 2. he also said army teachers is

a. >> not everyone has an aptitude, a a gun, but concealed permit for letting teachers andplin the building with guns special association agrees with teachers,pierre confronted actin maryland. >> it should not be easier for a mad man to shoot up a school than a bank or a jewelry store or some hollywood gala. schools must be the most hardened target in this country. >> the nra meantime does not support the president's suggestion to raise the age limit for buying assault rivals. >> and back here at home, new jersey largest teachers union does not think its members should carry guns in schools. the education says turning schools into arsenals increases the risk of turning children and staff into potential victims every gun violence. >> right now philadelphia police are looking for two

suspects in a shooting that killed a woman in the fernrock section of the city. >> this surveillance video was taken on old york road on wednesday night. the victim, 23 year old tie osha timmons, was driving when she she was shot. she lost control and shot into a building. investigators do not believe the shooting was road rage. they think the victim simply may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. right now they are looking for two men wearing gray hoodies who fled the scene. a chester county father is being held without bail this morning, in connection with a death of his five month old daughter. prosecutors say 18 year old zion shock i took his anger out over a video game on the baby. shockly admitted to shaking and dropping the child inside a coatesville home two weeks ago, investigators also say the infant showed signs of long-term abuse. shockly is charged with first degree murder. police in upper darby investigating two church burglaries, authorities say someone stole money from the church poor boxes at saint laurence catholic church on west chester pike wednesday

night. same night police think the same thief forced thieves and broke into the california vary press by teen ya church on wayne ave. nothing reported stolen from there. >> when you break into the poor box to steel money that is given by parishioners or church goers for the poor, and then some scumbag walks away with the change, i mean, give me a break. so hopefully with the public's help we can get some direction as to who is responsible. >> police say saint lawyer sense equipped with cameras, anal large, but neither was working at the time. >> there are new charges filed in the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election, the 32 count indictment against former truck campaign officials, paul manafort and rick gates including tax and fraud charges, allege fraudulent loans from the ukraine lobbying business, last year the pair pleaded not guilty to

money laundering. >> new calls for the governor of missouri to step down after grand jury, the charges related to eric with a wambach in 2015. elected governor in 2016. the indictment claims took a compromising photo of the woman without her knowledge, or consent, and then threatened to use it as blackmail if she ever spoke about the affair. bryson's admits to the affair but denies resort to go blackmail. >> i've never seen anything like this in my life. the charges against the governor are baseless and unfounded. he's absolute innocent of these charges. >> house speaker said he is for the g committee to investigate the governor. >> well two, new jersey state troopers being honored for their bravery. sergeant and detective are the 2017 troopers of the year. they were table deactivate two

improvised explosive devices after pipe bomb had already exploded. this all happened along the route after charity race in 2016. earlier this month a judge sentenced the man convicted in the attack ahmad rahami to multiple life sentences. >> more than 24 hours after a thrilling victory by the us women's ice hockey team at the winter games the sport world, well, it is still beaming. >> usa, usa! >> yesterday's historic win is now inspiring young female hockey players in our area. lady patriots of warminster says it is a remind their they , too, can reach greatness , they hope the same winning spirit that guided team usa will propel more women to hit the ice. >> so inspiring for women watching and they can be aspire to be like these girls, that's what i want to do. >> even feel really proud to say i'm ice hockey player. >> here here, keep up the hard work, ladies. >> welcoming up: chaotic

scene unfolds when a car crashes into a hospital emergency room. >> yes, about that was not the ends of it, we will tell you about the bizarre thing the driver did next. >> massive fire destroys apartment complex in california. we will hear from a man who tried to alert his neighbors before saving his own life.

>> around 300 people looking for new place toss live after this massive fire in california. started yesterday afternoon inside of a billing in peco riviera quickly reached three alarms, the flames and black smoke could be seen for miles. at least 100 firefighters responded, and some of them remain on scene this morning, monitoring the hot spots. knob or said he went door-to-door trying to get people out. >> wasn't much we could do, knock at the door, make sure everybody was out. people responding. there was this one door, you could hear the dogs, ya, but, you know, i'm so small, i couldn't even try to knock

down that door. >> three people including a firefighter were treated for heat exhaustion or smoke inhalation, the cause of the fire is under investigation. some reese dents say the billing was undergoing some kind of construction including pipe cleaning. >> police in connecticut are trying to figure out what prom apartment man to crash his car into a hospital er then light himself on fire. the crash happened in middle town park, 27 year old steven was make when the car crashed, jumped out, then doused himself with gasoline, he was burned over 09% of his body, and eyewitness described the chaos. >> all of the flames, and then off over this side i see a guy running out screaming. he was screaming. i go that guy is on fire. >> eyewitnesses say the man was shout being politics, and also a new world order as he doused himself with the gasoline. >> out west now this morning highways in denver are back open after snow caused several crashes. the snowfall during the evening commute, more than 30

cars were involved in crashes on several highways all around denver. one of them involved sheriff's deputy cruiser, and moles of the highways were back open after 7:00 last night. >> i'm not going to complain about our weather then. it is 4:44. >> katie here with another check of the forecast, rain, but nothing like that around here, no snow like that. >> definitely not. we've had our fair share of swings on the thermometer, with the pattern change and everything else, but we at the pattern here.initely stuck in where we are actually eventually going to see miler air nudge in here. but today is the day that's very seasonable, and we're only at best in the mid 40's through the afternoon, along with the fact that you've got some showers moving through. now it is just mild enough, it is strictly rain showers, at this hour, anywhere from 76 on south. but you're also going to have to deal with potential anyway for some icing very far north which we'll get to. next couple of hours primarily here for future weather, looks like the bulk of precipitation will stay to the southern half

of our area. the further we get into the day here eventually another round does come in. and that's when things get tricky. see some pink beginning to show up, yes, a mold, doesn't necessarily guarantee there will be something over berks county at noontime, but it is a good guide. basically because you've got enough cold air in place up this way, there could be some icing whether it is freezing rain, or even some sleet that tries to mix in, as the temperature begins to drop off so we'll need to keep an eye on, that there is a winter weather advisory posted up this far in the poconos for, well, the rest of the morning, up until 1:00 p.m. today. in fact, for the poconos, and also north, if maybe you are doing weekend get away to go skiing, watch that there could be some issues there. now, at least for now, in the city, it is chillier, granted, but very dreary outside. lots of clouds, off and on rounds of showers, i would keep your umbrella on stand by the nice news, not a fan of the chim, temperature actually begins to rise as the overnight progresses here, looks like the wet weather actually going to wrap up too, at least briefly. so most of saturday daylight hours generallyt mild.

all the way to 60 degrees. but with time, more rain moves in, it looks like o it, saturdat into sunday, meisha. >> katie i'm one of those, dow you so much for all of that, very good morning to all of you. waking to u accidents. woodhaven road eastbound at academy road. two lanes are blocked r goodness isn't little later when we have a ton of volume out there right now youable drive by this, tapping the brakes, might get gaper delay heads up, because if this lingers out there too much longer specially in start to see some problems out there. accident, schuylkill eastbound , the ramp t pulled off to the shoulder. you can see drivers kind of staying all the way off to the farig space, get this remedy for you , very smart, very wise. constru construction schuylkill westbound between south street and the vine, right lane start to see backups like this around the construction it is because we start to see some backups

formed, then pushed out of the wa will alleve ate , able to drive by with no problems, see what happens there. downed pole from ear newportvild road closed, alternate, new fallsd, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank pla for new mul to honor,hat would have been his 179 birthday. "eyewitness news" first look at how the mural will look when sits on the wall at the universal institute charter school in south philadelphia located near 15th and catherine, just blocks from where he lived, was assassinate in the 1871. the mural expect the to be finished this summer. >> coming up: local fashion design is her getting a lot of attention. >> her work shown on one of the biggest stages of a super bowl commercial. hear how she reacted when she saw card

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up this weekends, mounts airy designer receiving a lot of attention after her work appeared in a super bowl commercial. headlined a fashion show at the century 21 store in center city, her expressive clothing line is laced with bold messages of girl power. well, rapper cardib wore one of her designs in amazon alexa commercial during the big game honor said it was a great moment. >> i was like oh, my god. the commercial, i was like i don't know, real quiet, just real oak, like i can't wait, that's me design. i'm real proud. i'm real laid back, so i don't like showing my emotions but inside i was like going crazy, and i went home, did a little cheer, i can't believe that i did that. >> good for iris. singer marry j blige also recently wore. and fashion week runs through saturday. >> my girlfriend her twins walked in the fashion show last night. >> you're kidding? good for them. time 4:50, time for check on business news.

>> diane king hall joins us from the new york took stock exchange, good morning, diane. one bank apparently pushing back on the nra. and let's talk the numbers. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. the dow gained 164 points but the nasdaq lost l. more federal watch, semi-annual monetary policy report to congress is out today. in the wake of florida school shooting possible push back against the national rifle association, the first national bank of omaha the nation's largest privately held bang will stop producing the nra visa cards, first national says in response to customer feedback. rahel, jim until. >> so diane, i understands a celebrity tweet has reaked havoc. what happened snap. >> that's right. in one tweet kylie jenner wiped out more than $1 billion off the market value of snap, snap chat slumped as much as 7.2, ended down 6% after the

member of the kardashian jenner class tweeted, what she said, does anyone else not open snap chat any more? anyway, so the negative review magnifies, good card ash january -- >> ya, ya. >> all right. it has been a rookie period though for the social media app. users have had three designs it, magnifies the problem. >> do you have snap chat, diane? >> i stopped using -- i mean, i was kind of ghost on it before. >> i did one snap chat. month ago. then i was like this is stupid i put it away. >> right. i don't theus. >> just too much social media. ya. >> i'm more instagram nowadays >> me too. but maybe we're proving kylie jenner's point, is anybody opening in the chap these days >> we'll check in with you in the next half hour. thanks, diane. >> all right. >> well the rainy weather is going to continue today. >> yes, we will check in with kate when we come back and when the rain will clear out. gentlemen, when

>> welcome back everyone, weaver a cloudy view overlooking here, live look from ha look at main street. and, you know, throughout the ndsrse of the day, we will be r every rain showers, at the moment, nothing is falling here here in northampton county, but we do, regardless, need to just walk out the door with umbrellas here today, because when the showers come through, they're light to moderate in intensity, they'll hit and miss fashion, but out there for the majority of the day. now, let's just take a second here to review what's going on so far this month t has been incredibly mild. as you well know. the last five days have not only exceeded what's average, but you've been at least for the a couple of the days specially the 20th and 21st, just exceptionally warm, with brand new records for the books, hitting both of those

days there. and then on the 11th we also had an incredibly above average day. so this will certainly end up an above average month for our area as we wrap it up into next week. we take a look here at storm scan, part of the reason is that we've had warmfront after warmfront, batch of warm air after batch of warm air, another one coming just not yet. meantime in holding pattern, now, seasonable afternoon currently with round of showers working its way across the maryland and pa border, shawls will be moving in really anywhere throughout the rest of the day, could even be some icing in the poconos. our high just 46. that's actually average for a change. it does not last though even as early as tonight the temperature begins to climb, should catch rounds every reign through tomorrow, more rain saturday into sunday. just keep the umbrella close through the weekends. >> looks that way, thank you. i definitely felt that switch. it felt very cold this morning , good morning shall everybody. looking outside, well, also waking up to couple every accident out there. we do have this one, woodhaven road eastbound at academy road

two lanes block, kind of condensed all the way out to the far left, squeezing on by, but don't have the volume clearly at this point to sustain backups, accidents, schuylkill eastbound, nice shot here, you can see the flashing light, so schuylkill eastbound ramp to northbound boulevard, it is pulled out to the shoulder kind of tapping your brakes traveling on by. construction, over night construction, schuylkill west between south street and the vine, right lane compromised. pick up the cones, moving out of the way. downed pole from earlier dent? newportville, so ford road closed between newportville road and frost road, your alternate few falls road will be your best bet, jim, back over to you. >> thank you, coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," live with more on freak accident inside the lehigh tunnel that's left a man dead. >> also ahead, home surrounded by ice and water, we've got the latest on the rising flood waters in the midwest. >> behind the scenes of game night, which opens in theatres this weekend. we're back at the top of the hour.

>> address the killer. killed the killer. >> a stunning new development in the deadly florida school shooting. authority say armed officer was outside the school but did not engage the suspect. we'll hear more from the broward county sheriff. >> shows the moment a gunshot victim crashes her van into a billing. we will show you more of the chaotic moments after the accident as police continue to search for the gunman. >> and a live look now at center city from our studios where we're in for another overcast day. katie is tracking rain at part of our weekend. >> today is friday, thank goodness, friday, february 23rd, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning,