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>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a no, ma'am. first what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. today is friday, february 23rd devastated. sick to my stomach. >> a stunning revelation. a deputy on duty at the stoneman douglas high school never confronted the killer. he is now out after job. >> i'm the biggest believer of the second amendment. >> president trump is backing a proposal to arm educators across the country. >> we're hoping for some answers cents on how this could happen. >> a freak accident kills a man driving through the lehigh tunnel. >> eagles center jason kelce showing off little known talent. >> before i was, you know, a philadelphia eagle, super bowl champ, i played in a jazz
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bands in a ensemble. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> the gold metal. >> today's morning minute made possible by penn medicine. >> well the russians take the golds and silver in women's olympic figure skating. >> disappointing finish for the americans who placed ninth , tenth, and 11th. >> i'm telling you, the russian woman have dominated this sport for the past few years. >> we send it over to katie. disappointing weekend forecast >> i would say so, do have wet weather. even though it will get mild all over again, you will want some indoor plans. so specially on sunday. you're going need to make those. let's take a look even currently, wet weather moving in across specially southern tear of our area. some of this rain is falling moderately. i definitely advise that you walk out the door with a umbrella even if it is not raining right now, where you are, which it is not obviously
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, in the lehigh valley for example, poconos, with time there will be fresh rounds every rain that move through. off and on round of rain, type of variety that we'll see here we take a look at the live neighborhood network, you can tell, that there is some dampness, the atmosphere here, very hazy, we are currently at 37 degrees, so it is warm enough that it is just rain showers. but it is a raw chilly rain. and throughout the day, that's just what you're stuck w so currently in the upper three's in most spot, little milder, little colder depending on location, but the winds flow is predominantly out of the northeast at the moment it, will keep the clouds in place as well with time as we mention, we are going to see additional rounds of rain showers move in here. up to only 46 for for for a high. that's exactly where we should be, meisha, just we've been incredibly spoiled as of late. so be ready with a winter coat and your umbrella here today. >> exactly what happens. all the sudden everything feels freezing. thank you so muchment and happy friday to all of you,
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looking outside at 42 right now, so headlights out there, two north at creek road, toward 295, the levels you are working with, you can see, little damp out there. it will delay us little bit more, even on a friday, even though friday will be one of our lesser traveled days, so accident here, schuylkill eastbound, ramp to northbound boulevard. and the ramp was blocked, for awhile there, one lane open, then block, now it look like there is one, no, doesn't look like the ramp is still completely shutdown. it doesn't look like this is actually getting better. actually looks like there is more activity starting to happen around this, so just heads up. if you can avoid the area you certainly want, to as you're squeezing by this ramp. you can see, how slow moving it is going, little bit of gaper delay. tac-pal bridge up right now. just a heads up. downed pole from earlier accident in newportville. ford road closed, alternate new falls road will be your best bet. rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. some breaking news now, classes are canceled at park lands school district in the lehigh valley balls after fire
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at their bus depo false dozens every bus haves been damaged all classes in park land are canceled today because of that fire at the bus depo. >> and authorities are investigating after a truck driver is killed in a freak accident along the pennsylvania turnpike. >> this happened wednesday inside the heavily traveled lehigh tunnel, northeast extension, trang do learning more about the victim from his family. live from the cbs-3 news center. good morning, trang. >> good morning, howard sexton killed just doing his job like he had poor the past year years with the ray moran flanagan furniture store. said he was wonderful husband and had planned to retire this summer. >> every night that's what he did, this same run. and, you know there is was his last. >> debbie elliot is in shock and disbelief, over the freak accident that killed her uncle wednesday, the evening rush hour, and howard sexton, a truck driver for ray moran flanagan, was traveling south in the lehigh tunnel on the northeast extension when a metal pipe protecting
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electrical wiring fell, became crashing through his windshield. the 70 year old mick middleton new jersey man was killed when the pipe struck him in the head. >> i got this at work that he was killed. it was very difficult because my uncle has always been a lot to me. >> the tractor-trailer was filled with furniture, and continue for another mile before coming to rest on the shoulder of the highway. pa turnpike engineers are now investigating what caused the heavy piping to fall. records show that the tunnel was up to date on routine inspections, most recently in september 2016, with the next one scheduled for this september. even before the accident, plans to replace the lighting systems in both lehigh tunnels were underway. >> now, we're hoping for some answers on how this could happen. how this freak accident actually happened. >> while they wait for answers , sexton's family is remembering him, as a family man who loved his job.
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>> always smiling. always laughing. just fun loving, good natured. >> his autopsy will be performed later today. next month, turnpike commission expected to approve a bid to replace that tunnel lighting including the section that fell down and caused this tragic accident. for now live from the news center, trang do, cbs-3, eyewitness news. >> all right, trang, thank you time is 5:36. in business news this morning, something new on the menu at olive guard glenn plus the latest on the morning markets. money watch's diane king hall joins us live from the new york torque stock exchange, good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. fed watch again, the federal reserve offers semi-annual policy report to congress today. here on wall street, the dow jumped 164 points, the nasdaq lost eight yesterday. the fcc took another step toward the repeal of net neutrality. now, net neutrality, internet providers should be neutral allowing equal access to all legal content. fcc vote today repeal net
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neutrality rules, yesterday the agency formally published the rules that it impose today take the place every old r rules, that opens the door for owe pope don't refile formal lawsuit, critics have about two months to try and prevent the new rules from going into effect. want to be your own boss? not alone. new report shows the number of self-employed workers is expected to triple by 2020, 42 million, the survey also found 97% of people who are already working for themselves have no desire to return to a traditional office. >> and olive guard send making it difficult to keep your new year diet goals with the release of its meatball pizza bowls. filled with meatballs. three times a season meet sauce, the same herbs and spices cents used on their famed bread sticks, will be used on the crust of the bowls , making it something you will probably cruel over. right here. >> look at that! >> are you okay. >> i'm starving this morning, and looking at that, i'm like are you kidding me?
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>> i love jim's reaction. >> i know. >> when i heard about that i was like this is too much. but then i saw it i was like oh, it looks delicious. jim, i've been doing the same thing as you, green drinks, veggies, so i'm wanting this. price 6.99. kin is her two bucks more. >> you can't beat that. that has to be -- >> yes, a cheap meal. >> thanks, diane. have a great weaken, see you monday. >> you too, thank you. >> well, teachers and staff are going back to stoneman douglas cents high school? park land florida. >> the first time returning to class, since a gunman killed 17 people. last night investigators revealed that the armed officer on campus never went into the building to stop the gunman. scott peterson resigned after the broward county sus penned dollars him without pay after reviewing security individual yes. >> devestated, sick to my stomach, there are no words. went in. addressed the killer, killed
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the killer, what he should have done. >> placed two other deputies on leave, investigating their actions during prover just calls to the suspect's home. >> well, in other news, public health expert finds that more than half of american gun owners do not properly store their weapons in their home. a survey out of johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health finds 54% every gun owners don't store all of their guns locked away in a secure manner. the survey defines safe storage as a locked gun safe, cabinet, or case. the study co-author says self-defense one reason why many owners don't safely store their firearms. >> they want to be able to easily access a loaded gun that they could fire rather quickly, like the weapons in one safe, ammo in another safe , and actually all other equipment, magazines, third safe. >> researchers found that taking a gun safety course led to greater use of safe storage practices cents in the home.
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>> 2018 winter olympics come to a close in pyeongchang this weekend. >> past two weeks filled with em memorable moments, some on and off the ice. dana jacobson takes a look back. >> from unique modes every transportation, shown off by the by brazen uniforms, the olympics have had their fair share of vie al images, a storybook moment, even something to keep you warm. >> don't be shy. >> the team from finland brought back the knit many needles, so they could wine down. >> when i see athlete knitting i laugh. i'm not actually thinking about my run that much, yes. i don't mind being laughed at. >> the laughter to cheer. the north koreans get a nod for olympic cheerleading. but it is one of america's own personal squads which stands above the rest. this led, white and blue clad
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trio to christmas sore, girlfriend, along with sister sarah and kate. >> super crazy sport. so fans have to be just as craze. >> i their patriotic sport brass are olympic throw back of sort, despite the sub freezing temps on the luge course. >> they had done it in vancouver, and asked me if i wanted to do it here, yes, of course, sounds awesome. and then like disrobing at the game, you guys are nut. >> taking off, you know, our jacket, i was lick this is a bad idea. then all the sudden adrenyline kicked in, ya, i'm pumped. >> made history here. the first us man to win olympic medal in single luge. >> as for snapshot image of the game, you may have to share that with his patriotic crew. dana jacobson, for cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> a lot of good moments. well, up next go behind the scenes of the new movie game night. >> then wait until you hear just how much this margarita costs cents, we'll tell you what to expect to shell out for it and where the money is going. katie?
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>> new comedy, here's entertainment tonight henry mathieson with game nights. >> hey, game night goes terribly wrong for rachael mcadams, and their new comedy. >> tonight, we're taking game night up a notch. >> we don't need a board. we do not neice pieces cents. >> i played annie, who is married to max, played by the lovely and amazing jason bateman. very competitive couple. we fell in love over trivia night. >> what's the name of the
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purple telly tub. >> i continuing i wing. >> i you're both correct. >> kyle chandler max's brother and he invites them to murder mystery party. >> someone in this room is goes to be taken, who ever find the victim wins the grand prize. the keys to this thing, right. >> just the keys? >> no, ryan, the whole car. >> oh, yes. >> things go south fast, and they quickly realize it is not a game any more. >> oh! >> are you like are you a game night person in real life? >> i am. big personal project for me. >> they couldn't help cracking each other up. >> look right into the camera. >> off camera when doing a comedy is really pretty light. you know, you can finish a text message still after the slate has already been hit and as the director is saying action, you can put your phone in your pocket, and do a comedy.
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>> ready, set, go. >> from fighting, to car chasing, to packed with action scenes, and jason said he was always prepared. >> a lot a lot of stretching and a lot of tapping your stunt double on the shoulder and you're up. >> so crazy. >> you're going to crash the car -- take three? >> ahh. >> oh, you missed it. >> thanks. >> for entertainment tonight, i'm back to you. >> does look like a good move. >> i it does. >> love that cast. so, i know jim, you're a game night type of guy. what's the game? what's your go to? >> cards, big on cards. cards against humanity. >> a lot of people would agree with you. >> you learn a lot. >> about your friends. sure do. catch phrase over here. oh, that's such a funny game. so so much fun. >> i'm probably more after sherades person. >> oh, nice. >> yes. >> we need, i've been saying this for years, finally just schedule a game night. >> game night as in like 3:00
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in the afternoon? >> exactly. >> 7:00 a.m.? >> all right, guys, well, let 's talk about it, we do have wet weather out there, actually not the worse idea to have some weekends activities inside, rain will be an issue for us for the next couple of days, and very wet outside already. so this is outside from central parkway library, obvious sheen on the roadway around logan square there, you will encounter spray from vehicles, damp roads, even if the rain is not technically falling at any given point. but there is at least a zone where the bulk of the rain is currently falling. and anyone is really fair game to see it for the rest of the dai-ichi. let's check in with eyewitness weather watch ers, reporting much chillier air, even now, it is still technically above what is average. but it is a lot chillier than yesterday. might take you just outside the city, in toward delco, where bill is reporting a little bit after light rain here in card inning ton, at 37 m enough, that it is just a raw
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chilly rain, no icing, the different story though when we zoom it out, take you little further off to the north here, we go up toward the poconos, where basically our resident pocono expert lives, this is keith, in saylorsburg, where there is no wet weather at the moment. but he did say that, yes, it is coal enough for aisles. and that echos exactly what the national weather service is calling for, winter weather advisory here today for possibility of rain that does eventually fall to freeze on contact. so again, there is a zone here , southern tear of our area primarily where we are finding the rain falling right now, so nothing up toward the i80 interchange, but with time see another round move in here and as it is cents cold enough to support that there could be some freezing rain in the poconos, hence, winter weather advisory. for everyone else though, you know, i would still walk out the door with your rain gear today. even though the rain is off and on, it is light to moderate at worse in intensity , this will be pretty soggy stretch for the area, so today, off and on, rain showers, primarily, but then again, saturday night into sunday, especially, another
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batch of rain comes in, and the heaviest does look like it will be falling on sunday morning, we will see the highest totals though through the entire span of this stretch fall in the north and west most counties where there could be few inches every rain before it is said and done. finally clear back out. in time to head back to work and school on monday. meisha? >> yes. hi, rain, but mother nature, looking outside right now, tgi f to you. the vine. actually looking okay. we have brake light going off on the schuylkill, eastbound side starting to heat up little bit. overall the vine looking pretty good. not problem spot for this area then an accident schuylkill eastbound ramp to northbound boulevard, the ramp was block, now since been cleared. so looking good there. talcony palmyra bridge was up and now it is back down. and we have a downed pole from earlier accident in newportville. ford road closed between newportville road and frost road, your alternate new falls road will be your best bet. in the world of masses transit mannyunk norristown has some construction, so shuttle bussing this weekend, between
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elm street north transportation center, board out bound platforms, suburban transit running new schedules, starting sunday and monday, so make sure to check the schedules on line. three-point every construction in new jersey see it here route 130 -- 175 closed between route 29 and west upper february i rode and 195 at route 29 ramp and lane closures. >> back to you. bar in new york city caring national margarita day into the weekend. by serving what it calls the most expensive margarita in america. the restaurant serving up these 2,500-dollar marguerite 's. yes, you heard it correctly, $2,500. it is made with tequila that cost over $1,500, garnish with a lime and jalapino ya. this drink isn't just about feeling good, though. they're also doing some good. >> all of the proceeds from the 2,500-dollar margarita's that we sell will go to the
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charities in florida. >> okay. that's good. the drinks will also be served with carviar tacos, available through the weekends. >> all right. drinks on jim. >> why do i keep having to treat everybody? >> because we know you got it like that. >> up next: chances are you've heard her voice. >> welcome to shanghai international airport. >> that robot, meet the woman whose voice is heard around the world when we come back. >> oh, i am waiting for
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she said it is a special calling. >> the voice for hospital, er, >> there is a voice. >> her voice i used houston airport. s that have her her does voice in airport all over the world. >> apparently very there. >> amazing. glad to find that out. coming up in the next hour cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for the first time ever us curling team is headed to the gold cada. pat gallen has their shocking>>, diagnosing serious medical simple test crying. next.
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♪ when seeds we sow ♪ to hands below ♪ the chance to grow >> there are no words. >> a stunning new development in the florida school shooting , authorities say bullet flew for four minute, while an armed dispute did i nothing to stop the shooter. >> caught on camera, the exact moment a woman crashes her van into a building, after being shot, police say, she was caught in the crossfire, and they're searching for her killer. >> and grab the umbrella and keep it handy all weekends,
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katie tracking a loft rain. >> well, today is friday, february 23rd, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things. >> friday, looking outside right now, everything in the worlds of travel looking good kind of as it should. couple every accident earlier on, since been cleared, but looking okay. >> all typical, good. wet weather moving n you'll see sheen on the roads, almost everywhere, rain still currently falling, across primarily the southern tear of our area so right along the maryland state border north of delaware, southernerybody is fah as you get in on the point, bee hoof to you walk out the door with the umbrella even though it comes through in still light if moth moderate if you've got to wait on train platform or wait for extended pd of time. looking at temperatures though , too, make sure you haveterou coat handy. this time down in the three's currently in most
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