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news this morning. right now on cbs p " eyewitness news" this victim, young woman struck with a stray bullet during a triple shnge have to go on this morning. >> he wasn't a brave guy. under he choked. >> president trump calls out a florida deputy who failed to enter the high s where 17 people were gunned down two weeks ago. nationalist philadelphia feel just landed on recognizing its. well, today is tuesday, february 27th, good morning, i'm jim donovan rahel solomon. let's check out the roads with meisha. >>el hard-working this morning, on this tuesday. looking outside, our constructionorsure, because we a upon camera shot of just
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>> everywhere. >> and with good reason, yep, quiet wet r fain, c no snow, no, no issues. >> well done. >> so while the rest of the city is working i'll just relax. storm scan p is empty.n. we don't have anything. nice clear sky. for a lot more ease of also cooling this morning, the temperature can drop aknow downy we're in the 40's across moles of the board this time yesterday, nowchillier. so, it is the kind of morning once more does require your heavier winter coat, with timeey efficiently today. thanks to the sunlight that we're going to didn't get ton of it yesterday did what was expected, barley po progresses today in for plenty of sunshine. so these temperatures currently into the 20's, easilyt sunshine to 58 degrees. while it may ends up being a kdn
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for sure, it is still breitbart, sunny, really nice excuse to get outside and make the most of it. >> beautiful. finally we need that, katie. and i know that we're all kind of at the end of our seats waiting to see what's going to happen in terms every weather because we had taste of the 70s. >> wissinoming torresdale avenue was closed between robbins street and lever i can street. looks like they have just now reopened that, actually looking pretty good in that area now. some construction out here right now. schuylkill westbound between south street and the vine. right lane compromised, kind of get used to the area in the morning. also construction on the v betwt and broad street. that right lane is compromise mice dollars. see the flashing lights. that will will be an area certainly certainly will slow down earlier. ninety-five northbound between bridge and cottman avenue. this is where we have construction, that's actually now clearing out of the way right now. and then we also have some construction crews up the northeast extension between mid-county and lansdale, right
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lane compromised there, jim, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, gun violence outside of convenience store? fairhill sends three people to the hospital. >> one victim was innocent woman standing a block away. "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans outside temple hospital where all three victims are now being treated. good morning, chantee. >> good morning, rahel, jim, all three of the victims like you mentioned are here, two in stable condition, but the third is in very critical condition after she was shot in the head. >> two male victims, ages 24 and 34, they just walked out of the corner store in the 600 block of west clearfield when the shooter walks up to them, point blank range, and fires at least five shots. >> five shots struck three people in the fairhill section of north philadelphia. just before 6:30 in the evening monday. police say cameras captured mask gunmen as he approached and shot two men. >> clearly you see the shooter point blank range fire multiple shots, striking the 24 year old in the arm twice,
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striking the 34 year old in the head. that 34 year old collapsed immediately. and that's when private vehicles took the two male victims to temple hospital. >> a third victim, a woman, struck in her back by a stray bullet, about a half block away. >> upon police arrival, they found the 23 year old female suffering from a gunshot wounds to her back. police rush her to temple hospital where she is in stable condition. >> reporter: no weapon was ever recovered. the motive is unclear. police are hoping witness interviews, as well as that video footage, will help lead them to the shooter. emple university hospital, chantee lans, cbs-3, "eyewitness news ," jim, >> chantee, thank you. new this morning, man in critical condition after being stacked in sou responded to the0 block of south hutch inch ton streetey found the victim with a several cuts to his throat. police have reasoning actually d
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at another location. and are nowrump plans to meet tomorrow with bipartisan group of law makers to find vio, yesterday at a meeting with the nation's governor the president criticized and ntorme broward county sheriff deputy scott peterson for not enteri to confront the gunman who killed 17 people. the president suggested he would have spp unarmed. >> i really believe i would run into even if i didn't thinke in this room women have done that, too. attoey says the first call his client received was report of firecrackers, not gunfire. whuallyeard shots he believed they were coming from so he took up tact full position between two buildings >> back here home, student at fels high school in north philadelphia facing charges after allegedly bringing district officials say school police saw the back pack of 16 year old
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boy when he put through edsehen 12 rounds. the student had recently been in a fight. authorities say he admd's car. >> parents and students at eastern regional high school in voorhees want to know more about the school's safety protocol, after students reported class made 18 year old jacob threatened to shoot up the school just days before the park land florida massacre police arrested him back on february 15th. last night the school district held a school safety forum to answer questions and address concerns. >> i definitely still have safety concerns. i just think that it was beneficial that they heard us. voorhees, in particular, they have been on the front line being prepared and, you know, training their staff, and that's really a comforting thing. and it sounds like eastern is getting on board, as well. >> now the high school still says its brain storming on how to increase their security
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protocols that are already in place. philadelphia police are investigating the discovery of two bodies inside a port richmond home. one of the bodies was cents an off-duty philadelphia police officer. that female officer and a man were found dead inside after home on the 2900 block of mercer street. there is no word right now on their identities, or a cause of death. >> this here deadly flu season one for the record books in delaware. state health officials say they've confirmed more than 5700 cases every flu this season, that shatters record of almost 4600 cases set last year. so far 23 people in delaware have died from the flu this season, the the state began keeping records 14 years ago. >> philly apparently one of the hardest working cities in america. >> i did know that. by personal finance website wallet hub we're number 14 on the list. san francisco, california took the number one spot, freemont, california came in second, other cities cities in the top five, jersey city, washington dc and new york city.
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the study looked at the 116 most populated cities and evaluated them based on nine metrics. some of them were average work week employment rates and commute times. >> we already new that. >> i know, but how did we get jersey city? >> all of the people from new york. >> oh, yes. much more to cover on cbs-3 " eyewitness news" this morning >> including from clueless to congress. the position a former 90s tv star is now vying for in california. >> and a block buster donation has disney using money from black pant tow help children in philadelphia. we're back in two minutes.
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>> welcome back everyone, 20 says are suing the federal government in a attempt to end obamacare. the suit claims the affordable care act is no longer constitutional following the repeal of the mandate of acquired people have health insurance or pay a fine. the requirement ended when president trump signed the new tax law in december. so far no comment from the
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justice department. >> and nine's tv star hoping to make a dash to dc. former clueless commontator stacey dash has filed paperwork to run for congress in california's 44th district, it does have a long history of electing democrats. dash re emerges as controversial anything 2016 when she called the oscars ludacrous. said there was no need for black history month. >> okay, stacey. time now, 4:41, katie here with another check of the forecast, looks like we are about to get a lot nicer. >> today is a real nice looking day. today is one of the days you make the most while do you have it, storm system eventually works its way toward us, tail end of the week, and march starts off the tail end of the week, so couple of things take place here, not only are you getting obvious lay lot closer to the official start of spring, but it does mark the beginning of meteorological spring, when the temperatures starting to rebounds little bit more climb tow logically, starting to see the spring like
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characteristics show up in the forecast, let's be honest, february showed a lot of spring like territory. by the time we hit march 11, we do hit daylight saving. remember, that means you have got to turn the clock forward, an hour, so we will see that start at 2:00 a.m. lose effectively the extra hour of sleep. but spring officially begins the 20th of the equinox, astronomically speaking booker he mid-month in the low 50's as normal. high pressure, oh, i love you, it is finally in place, going to linger at least for two days before the next storm system gets here. it is all clear up and down the eastern seaboard, certainly back here the midwest too. but today is just one every this is days that you save or while you have got it. high hits 58 degrees. that's still cool. still need sweatshirt, absolutely at the height of the day. but with full sunshine, sunglasses, too, be aware of the sun glare. haven't had to deal with that on the morning drive in quite a while. you will have that to deal with this morning. all clear tonight, again, dropping down to 37. but with time, tomorrow, the clouds are starting to build, but still looks like pretty decent day. thursday, friday, those are
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the days that promise to bring in some pretty soggy weather, especially pm hours of thursday, as the rain intense ties into friday. it will get foggy out there ushering in new month, and raw windchill to go along with this, so while just rain, meisha, it will be kind of miserable to wrap up the week. >> yes, casino every looks that way, good news, today, katie, i don't think anyone will be complaining about those sun up, slow down, when we see the sun, just off the sunglasses. looking outside, schuylkill westbound between south street and the vine, that's back, first time we're seeing it, this week we didn't actually see it later on last week in the later part of the last week either. so it is back again that schuylkill westbound between south street and the vine, right lane compromised, see the cones in the roadway there vine eastbound between 23rd street and broad street, this is where we had some construction crews out, there as well, blogging right lane. they've now also moved out of the way. some construction here 95 north between bridge and cottman avenue. that's in the process of clearing. it is probably cleared now. so that area is actually looking pretty good. however, we do still have
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crews out there on the northeast extension, so northeast extension northbound between mid-county and lansdale, talking about this yesterday. last week, talk about it again this morning, hopefully this clears out of the way by later on in the 5:00 hour i think kind whatever we were looking at. crews still out there. new spring septa schedules still in effect, suburban schedules started sunday, monday, so check the schedules on line. back to you. >> we all know black panther has been huge success at the box office, well, now, disney has announced giving a cut of the profits to children. the owner of marvel studios is donating $1 million to the boys and girls clubs of america. the donation will support the organizations's youth stem programs, stem stands for science technology engineering and math. the money will be used to establish new stem centers in multiple locations including new york, washington, and right here in philadelphia. >> awesome. >> great news. >> well, the largest bird in the world is close to extinction, but there is hope.
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>> bay area project could save the african ostrich, only eight breeding of the 9-foot tall ostrich left on earth, conservation experts built high tech mobbles touch egg hatchery. plans to pant port it to the birds' natural habitat, and they want more ostrich eggs to survive. >> the incubation hatching process they are trying to achieve requires very controlled temperature and humidity, in order to achieve the high success rate, they have to have very controlled climate. >> work on the hatchery completely by private donation if it works the hatchery could be used to save other threatened species. >> well, still ahead on " eyewitness news" this morning , how do pancakes sounds? we'll tell you where you can score a free stack today. >> fedex is delivering some controversy? what the company will town do for members of the nra, by pressure, to cut ties when we come back.
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>> welcome back, first of its kind robot barista serving drinks with a personality in cam call. dousing us to robin the robot barista. >> robot barista robin is gearing up for the first day on the job and the pressure is on. it is the first robotic coffee bar in the world serving nitrogen infused brew, second generation machine serves up cough coffee with a shot of charm. >> we teamed up with the design firm. we really wanted to add tricks to it so we added couple of more features, the voila -- >> spoke with cafe customers who loved the dramatic robot. >> it is just adding, you know , a certain level of theatrics to, you know, what's normally among the hyundai process. >> i was little skeptical of
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the process at first, i thought it was just going to be like a keurig, but it actually produces much better coffee than i expected. >> cafe xc. o says human staff remembers very important in the robotic coffee boar experience, employees work at coffee and operations specialists, two product specialists are also always on hand to help you pick your perfect drink. if you were to go in there, be really prim he is -- i am pressed with the coffee, know the different coffee note, the origin of the beans, but usually barista's are too busy making drinks, so we're able to deliver that experience recording in downtown san francisco, mayor eli. >> all right, we know what goes well with a cup of coffee , pancakes. >> well, today is national pancake day at i hop, breakfast chain serving up stacks for free. from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., guests can enjoy short stack every butter milk pancakes on
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the house in exchange, i hop is asking cuffing tomorrow ers to make donation to local children hospitals or the children's miracle network. i hop is hoping to raise $5 million. time 4:45, time for check on business news. >> diane king hall joins us live from the new york torque stock exchange, diane, good morning. so there is some political blow back after delta distanced itself from the nra, and different approach. tell us more. >> good morning, rahel, jim, that's right, some georgia politicians say they'll retaliate against delta airlines after it ended its discount program with the national rifle association, delta one of several companies distancing itself from the nra in the wake of the florida school shootings. republican lieutenant governor says he'll use his position to kill a proposed failed tax break on jet fuel. meanwhile delivery giant says it will continue the nra discount, fedex opposes the sale of assault rivals into statement fedex said it has never changed rates for any of our millions of customers
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around the worlds, in response to their politics, beliefs, or positions on issues. rahel, jim. >> a lot of talk about corporate social responsibility, die inch. >> for sure, talking about corporations i under end one war car maker says it will be difficult to lose your smart phone than your keys, what's this all about, die explain. >> that's right. bmw wants to turn your smart phone into your car keys. the vehicle manufacturers just unveiled the bmw digital key which will lock and unlock your start your vehicles. features scheduled to be available in july, for now, it will work only with samsung smart phones, jim, rahel. >> i do like that idea. i lose my car keys and my glasses, so could they figure out a way to put the glasses into the phone, too. >> exactly, right? >> thank you, diane, we'll check in with you in the next hour. >> speak egg of the sign of the future, soon see driver less cars, california lawmakers just passed legislation could make it possible. until now human back up drivers were required to be in all driver less cars in cases
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of emergency. manufacturing ers can apply. new regulations also create framework under which consumers could eventually buy driver less cars. >> apple ear phones are a success, could be working on over the ear style headphones. say the new style would be feature the same convenience as air pods, but with better sounds and quality. sources say new headphones could be ready for shipping in time for the holiday season. likely cost more than $150. well, coming up: one last look at the forecast, and roads with katie and meisha. >> and we're back in two
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we take live look from "skycam 3", i've been reading a lot of good night moon to my children lately. oh, my goodness, i think i know that book by heart. but any parent throughout can probably also a test to that, we know good night moon like the back of our hand. all right, well, we do have nice clear sky out there with high pressure, high pressure in place right now, as we look at very, very wide zoom on storm scan, rumors about very substantial storm system coming our way toward the tail end of the week, expected to be rain, but there is nothing to find just yet. give it time. will eventually in the central southern planes then work its way toward us toward the ends of the week. for now, sit back, enjoy this, this is looking good, lots every sunday shine across the board today. it is mild, as well, temperatures about ten or so degrees above average, at 58 degrees, so, february certainly mild. but all a want sweatshirt for sure walking out the door, taking the kids to the park, whatever it may be. thirty-seven for tonight's low
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nice, night, all-in-all, all clear overhead. the clouds begin to build tomorrow. but it is looking like any wet weather will hold off until at least thursday afternoon, but specially that night. so, up to 60 come tomorrow. thursday, still milder than average, but by this point, you've got rain on the way, and for the pm hour specially need umbrella, friday is looking raw, windy, rainy, very gross finish to the week. let's be honest. but by the time we hit the weekends, low 50's, really right where we should be, and also see the sun return yet again, meisha. >> very gross friday, eww, but at least it is friday. looking outside, actually looking pretty good, pretty quiet. construction crews, 42 freeway northbound at creek road. take it toward 295. that's what you will be working with, not too bad at all. boulevard same story here, boulevard at wissahickon avenue, looking really good both directions looking quiet. hopefully keep you there in the 5:00 hour. now schuylkill, this is where we have some construction, so the schuylkill westbound between south street and the
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vine, right lane compromised, but what we typically see around the area start to get the residual backups it, gets back up, then once the crews actually clear out of the way, things start to free up little bit more. so looks can be a little deceiving. this is really heavy right now but over the next 15, 20 minute, that will calm down little bit. then actually build back to normal levels into the 6:00 hour. so that's a quick peak at the schuylkill. construction northeast extension northbound between mid-county and lansdale, right lane compromised there, guys, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," see the vehicle police say struck a eight year old girl and kept going. this morning, authorities are hoping you can help them find their suspect. >> also ahead: courting the king. liver at the wells fargo center more on the effort to bring labron james here to philly. >> and only on cbs-3 " eyewitness news," we speak to the atf about the devastating old city fire. we'll have an update at 5:00.
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>> a mask gunman and a hail of bullets, three people are shot and after the chaos clears there is no sign of a suspect. we're live with more on the conditions of the victims including one who authorities say was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> safety concerns at a south jersey school. we're hearing from students and parents upset over what they say was cents a threat to their campus. >> a live look look at center city from our cbs-3 studios. get ready for a terrific tuesday, in for sunny and mile day. today is tuesday, february 27th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning, and katie, i'm have much looking forward to that. you nailed when

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