thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home >> right now at 11, preparing for a powerful storm a nor'easter is threatening the jersey shore. tonight owners and residents are bracing for the worst. >> it's not just the coast in the path of this storm. heavy rain and strong winds are expected to batter the city and suburbs as well and there could be snow before it's all over. >> storm scan shows just how large of a system it is. flooding and power outages are the top concerns with this

storm. good evening, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. this storm is expected to pack quite a punch. we have live team coverage tonight. david spunt at the shore and alexandria hoff has more on how penndot and peco are preparing and we start with lauren casey who is tracking timing of the storm where it all starts, lauren. >> reporter: thanks so much, jessie, we're seeing rain over spreading the area and it picks up in intensity rapidly. we were sokd in with the moisture all over the delaware valley. we'll have returns of yellow colors and orange colors and reds colors indicating it is heavier in chester to montgomery and upper bucks. lehigh valley, sent iser of this low is still well off in western pennsylvania. but during the early shows center of low was over ohio. so it is rapidly moving eastbound and it will continue to do so and merge with energy of another area of low pressure south and west and as it moves offshore we will

rapidly intensify. bombing out or dropping by 24 milibars and less than 24 hours. rapid intensification as we head to the day tomorrow. impact already seeing it tonight and through the day tomorrow and particularly on the coast into saturday as well. seeing this rain threat. heavy at times and we have is potential for significant snow in parts of the area. and also that strong wind threat areawide. talking about the possibility of 50 and even 60 miles an hour wind gusts persistent through the day tomorrow. so we'll talk more about the powerful storm. one of the strongest winds will arrive and if we can see snowfall in the city and that's in the full forecast in a few, >> lauren, thanks, emergency management crews up and down the jerz write shore are preparing for the storm. flooding and high winds are a big concern. eyewitness news david spunt is live in brigantine with the latest there, david. >> reporter: hi, i'm standing in brigantine and the rain started to pick up about 15 or 20 minutes ago.

other than that a quiet night here in brigantine. and crews are preparing for whatever happens tomorrow. in the dark of night, crews in brigantine were on the beach putting finishes touches on a plan to protect the city from potential flooding. >> fire department has personnel going and public works is going. >> chief bennett with brigantine says his department and city are ready for friday's storm and he's head of emergency management here and he's planning for mostly high wind and rising waters. >> this is not going to be a jonas or sandy level event even if we get major flooding it will not be to the level of either storms. >> residents including chief don't want to take any chance chances. up and down the shore including here in stone harbor we found people with sandbags and other block kids to keep water out. >> we ask customers to prepare for possibility of outages.

>> crews are atlantic city electric are being as proactive as possible because they expect friday to be a busy one. >> we he have crews on standby and we have 24 hour coverage starting tomorrow morning throughout the weekend. >> here in brigantine crews pumped sand to make more of a beach to keep that water away from streets and homes. i spoke to officials in other shore towns. they have crews out tonight ready for tomorrow and into the weekend. reporting live in brigantine at the sea wall, david spunt, cbs3, eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. this storm is proving to be picky for penndot and rain is falling before any snow and high winds are expected. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hoff is overlooking the schuylkill expressway with more on preparations by penndot. alex. >> reporter: significant rainfall has been here over the past few hours philadelphia and westward. combined with high wind and possibility for snow accumulation you're dealing

with pretty dangerous recipe on the road. >> there is no getting a round or fast forwarding it. >> if you are from the area march has a surprise for us. >> march kicks off with wet and blustery start and with that penndot crews are on standby to remedy road conditions where they can. >> high winds affects visibility. conditions could be pretty bad out there and with whole day of rain and precipitation i expect driving to be rather slow. >> unlike other snowfalls we've seen this season, preceding wet conditions will not allow penndot to pretreat roads. wheel they're treating that as possible snow event the focus will be on rainfall. >> each county manager own state highway system knows they're flood-prone areas and what to check out. >> if we get a late-season snow event down the road no problem. their salt reserve is at hefty 0 tons. i also spoke with peco this

evening and they told me they would be working hard to try to keep the lights on for their customers during this weather event and speaking of that high wind if you have not brought in or secured your trash cans yet now might be a good time. ukee, we'll send it back to you. >> alex, thank you. before you go out the door tomorrow morning tune into eyewitness news. they'll have the latest on the storm and traffic conditions tomorrow from 4:30 to 7 a.m. >> allentown mayor ed powloski must leave office after a jury convicted in in federal corruption trial. found guilty on 47 of 5 4 counts. he was accused of rigging contracts for campaigns of u.s. senate and governor. >> each count carries 20 years up to in prison and he remains free on bail tonight. sentencing date was set. >> supreme court over turned convention of 17-year-old girl in school bathroom fight that left 16-year-old classmate amy

joiner francis dead. the fight happened howard high school in wilmington in 2016 and autopsy found joiner francis had a heart condition and died of cardiac arrest. justices ruled it was unjust to blame the 17-year-old because it was unfor seeable the fight would lead to a young teenager dying of cardiac arrest. >> and a 10-year-old boy is facing charges for threatening e mailings that forced three school district in gloucester country to cancel classes. they tracked theet emails to a franklin township home and referenced two shootings at franklin township schools. he admitted sending messages and did not have access toss guns. classes at franklin, elk and delsy will resume tomorrow. >> a former philadelphia police officer allegedly caught on video slamming a handcuffed manen to the ground last summer was charged with assault. and james yeager was fired from the department last august after video was released and in this video,

yeager is allegedly seen grabbing a handcuffed man and slamming him to the ground and into above-ground pool. fraternal order of police says that video does not tell the whole story. >> mayor kenney makes annual budget address to city council asking it. pairs to shell out for public schools. in the budget the mayor wanted city council to increase property taxes 6% and he also wants to slow the rate of the plan tax reduction and increase the real estate transfer tax. we're told the changes could bring estimated 980 million for the school district over the next five years. philadelphia school district faces nearly 1 billion deficit over the next five years. >> some fear a trade war following announcement by president trump. administration is presenting tariff on school imports and 10% on aluminum. president trump made that announcement during a listening session with executives from steel and aluminum companies.

the president says he is stop what he calls decade of unfair trade policies that decimated the industry. >> a worker's wish list of all the perks a company can offer. there's one people value the most. >> straight ahead tonight what employees say is key to keeping morale high in and out of the workplace. plus dining with a vurks taste with tori heads to bucks county eatery that puts everything on serve. >> and dumbing rain across the region and strong rains and heavier rain and snow are still on the way. lauren will breakdown the still on the way. lauren will breakdown the timing after a short break the late show with stephen the late show with stephen colbert is coming at 11:35 after eyewitness news. colbert is coming at 11:35

>> and a pretty big coastal storm starting to make its mark on the tri-state region. live look at ocean city shows rain is falling and worst of the storm is yet to come meteorologist lauren casey will have the complete forecast coming up in five minutes. >> and perks and work what makes employees the happiest does not involve money. >> nicole brewer joins us now with what workers value the most. >> when it comes to employee

he perks this research found it's all about making employee feel valued interpret contributing to qualify of life and encouraging strong paperwork life balance. >> with much of the day occupied by the job it's hard to like what you do. >> every pronl account i i work on it different and i like that. >> being with children and doing what i love. >> i like to go to lots of different places and see how things are made. >> different career panels and one common goal. job satisfaction. a recent poll by research firm clutch say flexible hours top the work list. >> having independence or control over your job. >> if you have kids i can see that being a big deal. >> according to research it was especially true for women. >> that's because we have children and want to take okay them. >> second in line was professional development. >> it's a way for employer to give back to you. whether you like where you're

at or not where you're going may be more important. >> health and fitness benefits are were as important as free food. >> you need the snacks and need to work it off, too. >> free food you cannot pete that. >> yeah, no matter what profession. >> at the end ever the workday if about employees feel like people. >> you spend more time doing your sglob it's value and more than just lane or and hours. >> coorporations cannot suck profit up they need to address needs of employees too. >> workers who set their own hours were happier at work and less likely to burn out and less likely to experience stress. >> that makes sense. >> you called it with flexible hours. >> ghooing this story it has to be flexibility. >> big for a lot of people. >> free food myself. >> and new tonight honoring coventry buings of women to film and television in our region.

"eyewitness news" in south philadelphia where organizations philadelphia and fwhem film and television hosted inaugural gala for the award. the executive direct to have greater philadelphia film office was recognized for efforts to promote local film and movie making as well as example she sets for other women. our own stephanie stall was also there at the event tonight as well. >> tonight, "taste with tori" travels to a bucks county hot spot where the view is just as amazing as the food. >> and vittoria woodill found out it's a place you can sit back, relax and safer every bite. >> design your happy place porter house number laska. >> people joke it's cheerest bart of the area it's like second home. >> and always hopping with great food and especially dress in their mug club.

>> every year the mug is different, different color, different saying. >> a lot of people have a collection of mugs. >> yes. >> it's a home for lahaskins and stopping by this part of country looking for come nort fare and views of bucks koumentsy farm lands. >> in the spring, summer, fall, even wintertime it's spectacular. >> and always deer out there always deer and one albino that hangs out. it's a fun game to watch. it's like staring in a fish tank it's relavrming and you never know what you see. >> don't stare too long or you'll missment delmonico steak. >> i turned the corn to say hello. >> what a getting. >> with garlic butter, frizzl frizzled onions and mashed. . >> bouncing back at me. >> there's only so much i can do to describe this male. you have to come here and get this you must. you got to. this is no joke. let's try chicken here.

i don't want to you feel second fiddle. >> spicy begin ger chicken with bleu cheese and coleslaw. >> you're not getting that fry around the chicken it's normaler subtle and you got this. >> tossed in bleu cheese and coleslaw. that's brilliant. >> to you barry. >> i love that guy. by the way the steak was $28. how do you top that? i guess they have ways around here. >> like homemade bread pudding and carmel and cinnamon ice cream. >> i wish you were here. >> wow. >> you are special parting is such sweet sorrow. >> you know that she's liking it when she's talking to the food. >> when she's talking to food. >> you're highly involved.

>> cool as you have been in the weather center. we have stuff going on tomorrow. >> not sweet treats in the weather department. tracking a strong area of low pressure that moves offshore and rapidly intensifies keeping moisture around and bringing strong, intense winds through the day tomorrow and rain coming down now. let's get a live look at center city philadelphia and sky line obscured by low clouds and falling rain. 44 degrees. chilly rain at that winds in check as of now. and out of the east around 7 miles an hour. and those winds will start to whip as early as tomorrow morning. temperatures right now supportive of rainfall. generally in 40s across the area and there's cold are air behind the system and not frigid but cold enough to support a transition to snowfall as we head into the day tomorrow. storm scan 3 showing us all rainfall at present but rainfall intensity is picking up especially over the last hour. so primarily through the evening down the shore light rain fall picking autopsyen moderate in intensity and heavier pockets of rain fall

and heavy pockets of rain in the lehigh valley and rain in the poconos how ina that transitions to all snow late tonight and winter storm warning in effect carbon and monroe county and 4 a.m. is it a and significant snow event is looking very likely for you in the poconos and snowfall potentially one to two" per hour and 50 mile an hour wind gusts expecting near blazeard conditions and near zero visibility at times and snowfall of wet snow 6 to 12" by late tomorrow night. and that will yield a power outage potential that will be elevated in the poconos because of heavy snow. and strong winds on top of those powder lines and on top of tree branches and high risk of power outages down the shore closer to area of low pressure and scattered power outages area wide because we have an area wide high wind warning in effect. philadelphia surrounding suburbs and down the shore and delaware, 11 a.m. tomorrow until 6 a.m. on saturday because we could see wind

gusts of 40, 50rbgs even 60 miles an hour for prolonged periods starting tomorrow morning. and then pushing into tomorrow evening. those peak wind gusts come during the evening and you unfortunately in the commute could be a tough go and potential of downed trees and wires and power outages and streetlights as well could be an issue in the city. along the coast winds and reign and i costsal interested interested inning on top of that. coastal flood warning in effects for the jersey shore lien and delaware beaches until 2 a.m. sunday and this threat will continue as we head into upcoming weekend and high tide tomorrow morning right around 7, at 8:00 in the morning at shore points we could see moderate flooding and maybe even locally major flooding especially for cape may county as we head into the next couple of high tide cycles and overnight in the sit by dr. steady rain some is heavy at times. 43 and for tomorrow very windy conditions and norm westerly at 25 to 35 miles an hour and strong gusts on top of that.

and rain and snow with high temperature only at 44 degree degrees. future weather showing us all rainfall tonight and question he is tomorrow we start off with rain in the morning and maybe even a break in precipitation. but, our latest model runs and some of our models not all of them are saying we will see a period of all snowfall across philadelphia. south jersey and the shore. as we head into the afternoon and evening hours tomorrow before all of this starts to wrap up. and that in fact would yield higher snowfall rates in and around these areas tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening so for how long will we see that period of all snow? if it doesn't happen low end, zero, nada, no snowfall potentially 4 to 5" and latest model runs are picking up totals in and around philadelphia and shore as well. inch an a half in atlantic city and 2 and a half inchs in philadelphia and poconos 13.6 renrengted in that particular model. stay tuned to evolving forecast especially if you

focused in on the snowfall potential in and around the city, south scrzy and down the shore tomorrow afternoon. we're still windy into saturday and things finally start to quiet down as we head into sunday. 47, mix of sun and cloud. much more preferable than tomorrow. >> thanks a lot. >> don surprise next with sports. >> fun night tonight big one hottest neem hockey nraiz south philadelphia and see if flyers could make it 7 in a row and jojo goes toe to toe with i king and

>> did lebron james scout area high schools during the all star break for his case. the answer is no. the king denied it. called speculation disgusting. that doesn't mean joel didn't try to recruit him to philly anyway. sixers visiting cavs. jojo and bronbron having all

the laughs. 1st quarter we he go watch lebron. so nice we have to show you twice. behind the bang and in between his teammate's legs and he scores and the foul. 30 points, we need more billboards please 4th quarter of game is a close one. sixers showing talent. that's ben simmons 18-9-8 and watch jojo with game and bounce fading away and shades it and hakeem 17 points and 14 boards and sixers would add taunt right there show you what he did. is sixers win 108-97. >> flyers back in action and looking for their 7th straight win. orange and plaque hosting carolina. south philadelphia we go. painful momentty start. blocked with his knee. ouch. you feel it will for him. did play 20 minute in the game though. former flier justin williams picks up twelfth of season and

second of game. it's 3 love carolina and shawn to travis and connect me and he connects. flyers make it 3-1. carolina clamping down on defense and going right down the ice to score again. that's sebastian's 23rd. flyers lose 4-1 six game winning street is next. >> philly have a couple of tricks up their sleeve. insider john paul merosi said phils had contact with two of the top remaining free agents on the markets and both are pitcherss. they may have contacted jake arrieta and lance lynn. they enter spring training with lowest payroll commitment this season. spring training baseball phils hooking up with the yanks and they call them brown bombers for no reason and in the second, third, fifth, sixth

and seven innings filtion lose 6-4 and they're one i

some outstanding philadelphia school districts principals were honored in new york cityy. >> each honorees gee job well done. lauren. >> and clouds around and staying wnldy saturday and breezy as we head to sunday. surpriseable high temperatures generally upper 40s. we'l

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