the calendar flips from february in, to march, and tracking a return of rain, and wind, possibly even some snow, we will break it all down, coming up, right now at 6:00. it is 6:00 o'clock here's is what happening montgomery county husband and father learns his fate after admit to go unthinkable abuse of his wife and children. health owe, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. beatings were so brutal the judge lashed out at man responsible, "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden was in the courtroom for sentencing in norristown today, joe. >> reporter: yeah, jessica and ukee joseph myre pleaded guilty, judge sentenced him to 20 to 40 years in i state prison. now, this is the man whom police say initially tortured, and beat his wife and children in fact forcing his children to sleep in wooden boxes. well, when it was his time to a will guys to the court, it

was a flat, emotionless apology, in fact his wife got up and left. joseph myre was about as emotionless in court tuesday morning as he was back in may when this video was taken after his arrest. stone cold husband and fatter from collegeville pleaded guilty to dozens of charges of aggravated assault, strangulation, and child endangerment, police say he beat his wife and two children with pvc pipes and sticks that he shoved needles under their fingernails and used a shock collar on them. >> we're talking about torturing them for years using shock collars, to stick needles under their nails, strangling them to the point where they would pass out. >> reporter: the abuse came to light after myre's wife showed up with a skull fracture. she said blow to her head came just shy of killing her. she said that she prayed for, our own deaths in order to escape referring to her children. she said it was 21 years of

utter destruction. mhyre said he had pre found sorrow for his actions, after all, told the court he had three years of graduate studies under his belt, for of all things, children and family therapy. >> it is certainly ironic and i would imagine that he may have even used some of his knowledge and use that as a tool to be able to control them. >> reporter: in his wife, addressed to the court she also said that to the judge don't feel sorry for us, we got out of this, we survived, the others are not so lucky. reporting live outside the courthouse in norristown i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. cherry hill east high school students sent a strong peaceful message to the district today. they walk out of class this morning to support a teacher who was reportedly placed on administrative leave for voic ing concerns over school safety. "eyewitness news" reporter

cleve bryan is live at the school where the student led effort, it is gaining some traction, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, the students walked around the school and then hung outside for about a hour and a half and then went back in and had an assembly. we are hearing from the school district tonight that they won't be punish in anyway for their actions but there is no indication they will get what they want which is their teacher back in the classroom. from their seats, to the streets, hundreds of students walked out of cherry hill east high school on tuesday morning , these students are speaking up for a teacher they say was punished for sounding an alarm for improving school safety. history teacher tim locke's reportedly out on administrative leave for allegedly talking about the parkland massacre and how he felt their school is vulnerable to a similar attack >> i used to work for this district and i'm embarrassed they are working this way. >> reporter: lisa boyle said she's terrified of the school shooting ever happening here. >> every day, every day i worry, worry, worry, a i don't think any parent or kid should

worry about that at all. this should be a safe place, school always should be a place where you don't think about violence like that. >> reporter: cherry hill schools say they will answer questions about tim locke because they do not comment on personnel matters. officials say there was an assembly for students to voice their concerns and that the principal sent out a letter retracting a previous threat to keep those who disrupted school from participating in activities like prom and activity. tuesday afternoon cherry hill township's mayor and council called on the school district to take immediate action on security, stable read although board of education ultimately makes the final decisions on school security cherry hill police chief william manahan has recommended that the board utilized armed police officers as part of any plan that is implemented. >> it is a terrible thing that happened, you know, god forbid it should happen here but this is very serious. >> reporter: those students and parents will continue to raise their voice, in fact, tonight is there a school board meeting where many people are planning to attend. live from cherry hill, cleve

bryan, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up tonight at 11:00 t lines of the conversation about school shootings. >> i, myself, have thought about this because we run drills. i'm sure some of my collogues, we all run drills. >> we run drills. >> we practice what to do. >> i spent sometime with eight local teachers to talk about what they think can be done to prevent another mass shooting. do they want to be armed? how do we begin to solve this issue? you will hear their answers tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. search is on for two gunman wanted for a shooting caught on camera in hunting park. surveillance shows one of the suspects wearing a white hooded sweat shirt opening fire in the chinese restaurant bullet struck a 16 year-old boy in the arm. we are told he is okay. shooting happened near broad and girard friday night, both suspects ran away from the scene. call police if you have any information. worker manager toes scare off three gunman who tried to rob this pizza hut in germantown last week. surveillance video shows the

dangerous encounter police say three suspects entered west chelten avenue restaurant and demanded cash. that is when worker got in the struggle with one of them and at one point he threw pizza boxes at a robbers. the suspects fled empty handed , the workwears not hurt , if you recognize the suspects cat police. authorities are investigating the cause of the deadly fire in philadelphia's strawberry mansion neighborhood, that fire broke out this morning, at a home in the 2500 block of north new kirk street. fire fighters arriving on the scene found both heavy smoke and flames, and 71 year-old claire allen was killed. two others hospitalized. warm um in the weather meant a terrific tuesday in the region where it was mostly sunny and mild. kate's outside on the sky deck on this beautiful evening out there it still looks nice. will weather be hanging around for us a while. >> tomorrow is not bad not as nice as today. hey todd put it on the jacket but the breeze has been picking up enough that the sunnies going down, and, the

skies clear, still. temperatures dropping rapidly. you will still need a coat heading outside today. tonight i should say. it is in the quite as warm as its was last week but still a beautiful evening. our high climbed to 56 degrees the low 33. we were about 10 degrees above average but still pretty far from the record of 74. so a really pleasant day, 52 degrees, still in philadelphia 50 in allentown. fifty-one in reading. temperatures dropping 3 degrees in the past hour. temperatures, leveling off rapidly this evening and we will end up in the 30's overnight. skies are clear right now but that will change, here comes our next system you can see lifting to the southwest and that is going to get here by the even of the week and that means march will come in like a lion this storm moves in late thursday, deepens off shore, friday, and will bring rain, gusty wins and maybe even a period have snow for parts of the area. we will break out the timing on this system and i'll tell what you to expect as far as the wind is concerns as we head in the weekend as well. for now, we're back inside to

you. >> thank you, kate. in honor of black history month the philadelphia fire department is taking time to recognize men and women who became pioneers for change. >> kyw news radio reporter justin udo tells us more about the city's first african-american fire fighter. >> ♪ >> reporter: first african-american fire fighters in philadelphia had to fight more than just fires. they fought exclusion, racism, threats, segregation and smear campaigns n honor of black history month fire department is recognizing those fights like the won isaac jake on and stephen went through as first black fire fighters in the department. >> we are taking time to really celebrate the accomplishments and importance and continued contributions of the african-american fire fighters in the philadelphia fire department. >> reporter: accomplishments by engine 11 firehouse where all black fire fighters were stationed and strides black women made in the department took center stage. >> for a long time i never thought i would see the numbers that we have today, but once they started coming, on and staying, and it became

exciting. >> reporter: ceremony not only recognizes black fire fighters from the past but took time to honor black fire fighters still making history. crystal yates is first black woman assistant deputy commissioner in the department she would not be in her ground breaking position if not for people before her and she hopes to keep paving the way for people coming after her. >> i hope that high school girls will get in and say i can do that too. >> reporter: deputy commissioner yates said she's happy to see progress blacks made in the department. >> when i first came on the job in 1998, i knew every african-american person on the job. i'm proud to say that is no longer true. so we must have grown significantly and i hope that we have grown some more. >> reporter: fire commissioner tiehl said it is important to have a fire department that reflects diversity of the city >> as we learn from the past we still have a lot of work to do we know those contributions will continue. >> ♪ >> reporter: justin udo for kyw news radio for cbs-3

"eyewitness news". standing on the shoulders of others, thank you. remember you can see this story and much more on black history month on our web site at cbs philly.com. and still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight a community fixture shuts down. >> the chas tell restaurant has been a stape until middletown delaware for nearly four decade and now it has suddenly closed. i'm greg argos here in new castle county and i will tell you why doors are shut and many people it is affecting. and fines were given the way some drivers in fill can get out of their tickets but there is a catch. >> there is always a catch. musical fielders, gabe kapler's unique strategy in the outfield and honoring the doctor, how phillies plan to celebrate his leg ace

sit parking amnesty program will open for enrollment tomorrow. individual was parking tickets issued prior to 2013 that are unpaid were partially unpaid,

will have those fines forgiven the amnesty program also a place to those with towing and storage fees, prior to 2015. now to take part in all this drivers must first pay off, all tickets, acquired, after 2013, or pay a 50-dollar fee if a driver hasn't received a ticket since 2013. >> it is about time to help our fellow people and we are happy to here to finally say we made a dent and life's better in philadelphia when it comes to the parking authority >> a state audit fines philadelphia parking third has failed to collect more than 580 million-dollar in outstanding tickets, since 1990. new at 6:00, customers stunned well men delaware diner shuts down with little warning. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos traveled to middletown to get reaction to the stunning close another and what is up next. >> it has been a stapel in the

community for as long as i can remember. >> whenever you went through could find someone you knew there. >> as long as we can remember it has been there. >> reporter: for 38 years chas dell diner sat watch over route 13 in middletown, delaware, four decade of serving everything from french toast to shrimp and grits. >> i liked their breakfast, omelets, chicken and dumpl ham ming where is my favorite. >> reporter: this facebook post mentioning broken water heater. >> plan to fix it and reopen on tuesday. but when monday rolled around, another message. it read in part, it has been i great pleasure serving our community, but with tremendous emotion and anguish we announce our closures. the chas dell restaurant closed so suddenly. owner so upset she did not want to speak on camera. many wondering why this restaurant closed, some are speculating these new traffic patterns sent fewer cars into this parking lot.

>> i'm sure they took a hit just like anybody else. >> reporter: so did their loyal customers, the volunteer fire fighters have here who liked to grab breakfast before their shift. >> can you believe it, chas dell closed. i said that is end of an era. >> reporter: rotary club members who met weekly here over coffee. >> we met last week. nobody said anything. someone said see you next week >> reporter: there are plenty of others as well, more than 500 people typing messages about their favorite local spot, and sunday breakfast will never be the same writes kathy, another piece of delaware history gone said another. >> all we have lefties wawa, that is all we have left in our immediate area not that is a bad thing but some kind of variety was nice. >> reporter: middletown delaware, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i have been by a few times over years just a wonderful place. it was like a meeting place. >> meet you there. that is something else. >> wow. >> okay, kate bilo taking a look at our forecast and what

a pretty day. wasn't it nice to sit mountain sunshine. >> it was so pretty just let it soak in. >> yes, i have to get outside. i don't care what i do whether it is a walk or just sit outside you had to be outside. it drew you outside to day may not want to be outside by end of the week. we have another system to track. another rain maker which could end up as brief period of snow for the area just in time for the start of the brand new month. lets take a look outside right now though the date finishing on a pretty note just a few which ispy sir us cloud there as we look toward center city on our camera sky scan three at parkway central library. beautiful sunset tonight. it was a gorgeous deep blue sky all day. tomorrow's really nothing to sneeze at. not quite as beautiful to look at, then today but may be a couple degrees warmer and does look dry right now which goodies news. we have another pretty sunset tomorrow as well this time. storm scan three not showing a

whole lot just high cloud, starting to drift in here to the west and as we zoom out here though our next system is already waiting in the wings, moving through portions of the lower mississippi valley here tonight, and this will get here starting on thursday and continue into friday, it is a long duration system which will developed into a full blown nor'easter that deepens off the coast late friday. in the meantime it is quiet outside tonight. mainly clear, chilly, our low is 36 degrees. winds southeasterly light at 5 . tomorrow sunshine, clouds, more sun in the afternoon, back and forth between sun and cloud tomorrow but it is mild again, but high of 60 which is more than 10 degrees above the average. wins southeasterly at five to 10 miles an hour. the february is finish. on a nice note but as we head toward end of the week we have got some problems to tell but let's time this out. here's tomorrow at 1:00 still seeing mixture of cloud and sun, dry day, showers tomorrow night, mainly lifting area north of here, there could be

a stray one. but for most tomorrow is dry. by thursday afternoon rain moves in, continues through thursday night and then this storm intensifies off the coast, rain off the back edge, it may end up as a brief period of snow in our far, north and western zones. timing we have nailed that down thursday into friday with the greatest impact, likely thursday night strengthening off shore, coastal impact likely and that brief change to know european models that we depend on does have a brief period of wet snow, it is especially for poconos not much in the way of accumulation here in the city but a few wet flakes on the back edge of that storm friday midday. colder air starts to move in with that system as well. win will stay strong. weekend looks better then it will be here, i think highs near 50's, some sun, but that system is lurking off the coast and it will be windy, 49 will feel like 35, maybe at times. >> yes. >> don't get too excited.

that is all i'm saying. >> i really appreciate it that >> psyched. >> okay, kate. >> don's up next with sports. what do you got. >> pretty busy day, the flyers are on top we will break down their hot play anding out on a high net a long time eagles calls it quits, sports up next

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traded to philly from detroit. what do you say, picks i dust. it is all over. sean couturier nailed game winner in the sixth round of the shoot-out, flyers won six in a row and now they are in third place in the metro pol tan division, they hoe carolina thursday night in south philadelphia. donnie long ball, he is calling it quits. eagles punter donnie jones is retiring after 14 seasons in the nfl. he is teams all time leader in punting average. jones, leaves the game as a super bowl champion. roy halladay made his mark on the phillies and now he will be a permanent fixture at the bank. team will induct former ace in the wall of fame in august. halladay died in a plane crash back in november. former gm pat gillick will be inducted, he he was architect of the 2008 world series team. spring training baseball in clearwater, phillies and tigers. things are different this year we should get used to it.

second inning tommy joseph, they is, playing outfield for first time ever, he starts in left field but then gabe kapler switches him to right during a pitching change. kapler said he wants best fielder where a guy is most likely to hit the ball. pinto gets strike outs, outfielders switch backup, and have you ever seen this were. this is something we may see during the regular season. he is, in the end phillies lose 11-six. sixers on the road tonight taking on d wade and heat in miami. sixers coming off their first loss since the super bowl, against the wizards, last time these two teams met was on valentines day when sixers beat that team without joel embiid this he were down by 24 points in that game. nets and chicago bulls chicago bulls last night, jared allen wearing the white, right there

dunking on maury, like never a nasty dunk. >> like bro. >> yes. >> i will pick that up down the shore, on a poster. >> by the kay, he pick up an 600 followers on instagram following that dunk. we want to follow this guy. >> welcome to the league, rookie. >> my goodness. just call them sly heard, orange and black organization, that is held strictly for women. >> we will show you what

cool and gang said it years ago yes, it is ladies night. wells fargo certainty fill flyers helps continuing a special event with female fans in mine. >> it is called hockey fever brings female flyers fans together for a evening including panel discussions and behind the scenes, tour are of the venue there. the event was celebrating the nhl's hockey is for everyone, month. >> that is good. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on our sister station cw philly and we are back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. remember we are always on cbs philly.com. up next, "cbs evening news". tonight 50th anniversary of the beatles sergeant pepper's fast approaching mark phillips remembers the album that revolutionized music and pop culture. from new york here now is jeff glor. take care family we will see you tonight.

captioning sponsored by cbs >> glor: the carnage could have been far worse. new details of what the parkland gunman was planning as students prepare for an emotional return to school. also tonight... >> jared's done an outstanding job. >> glor: ...but the security clearance for the president's son-in-law has been downgraded. the n.s.a. says the u.s. is not doing enough to stop russian meddling. >> putin has clearly come to the conclusion there's little price to pay here. >> glor: we have the only american network news team in syria for a require rair look inside the civil war. how israel protects school kids ♪ it was 20 years ago today >> glor: and the sergeant was decorated with a agreement half a century ago.