like, "donovan is gay. don't talk to donovan." >> reporter: what did they say that pushed you to the edge? >> the same guy that posted on facebook, he just straight up said, "donovan, why don't you just go kill yourself tonight? it would be better for everybody." >> reporter: you've never considered anything like that. >> a few times i have, but i've never gotten so close to the edge where i wasn't able to return. >> reporter: donovan applied to little baby face, hoping the group's doctors would fix his small chin. now surgery is dramatic. why do you want to take such a dramatic step? >> i believe if it's not there, people won't talk about it. >> reporter: it would stop. >> it would just be like normal. >> reporter: really? >> i know there will be, like, backlash. like oh, he's like the one that lost. but i think i would be the one that won because i did something about it to make it stop. >> reporter: donovan's parents and brother supported his pursuit of surgery. >> a long term goal will soon be achieved.

donovan. >> thank you. >> i have been on this committee for a while and when i think about since 2009, you guys inherited a very big hole. and been stepping forward out of that hole for the last six years. and i want to congratulate you. i remember when we were on this committee talking about simpson-bowles commission, the bipartisan commission that said we needed to cut $4 trillion in order to be able to get a handle on and stabilize the debt as a share of the economy, and we're step by step by step we're now at $3.3 trillion of the $4. i would suggest that's pretty good. and the fact that we are now looking at less than two-thirds of the annual deficit of what you inherited in 2009, less than two-thirds, less than two-thirds, i would suggest that's pretty good, too. 11.2 million jobs. i'd like very much to have more. nearly 3 million last year, but i couldn't agree with you more that the only way that works is to stop talking about trickle-down economics, and talk about and actually do somet

donovan.l be i suspect a major debate coming forward on social security. and i happen to believe not only that we should not cut social security but we should expand benefits. i suspect my republican colleaguesÁdisagree. but, the first order of business done by the house republicans was to pass a rule which could result in a 20% reduction in benefits for people who receive disability benefits laying the groundwork for either cuts into disability benefits or in fact social security for older people. your budget did not do that. you did what has been done 11 times in the past, what we call re-adjust. social security has enough money to pay all benefits for the next 18 years. you simply took money from one account and into the n why did you do that? >> well as you said, senator, this small reallocation of social5ç0@q security taxes is the simplest, most direct way to ensure that on a combined basis both social security trust funds are -- have reserves available through 2033. and this is a step th

our witness this morning is shaun donovan, the 40th director of the office of management and budget. prior to taking the role as head of omb director donovan served as president obama's first secretary of housing and urban development. director donovan has a long public service career, both in federal, and local roles including commissioner of the new york city department of housing preservation and development, and as acting federal housing administration commissioner during the transition between president clinton and president bush. his private sector experience includes work at the community preservation corporation in new york city, and as a visiting scholar at new york university. director donovan holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in public administration and architecture from harvard. director donovan, as the architect of the administration's budget, we look forward to what you have to say. for the information of colleagues, director donovan will take about seven minutes for his opening testimony. director, please begin. >> chairman enzi, ranking member sanders, membe

donovan. thank you for your service to the country. and i'm pleased we're here to address the president's fiscal year 2016 budget. unfortunately here in congress we haven't completed action on the fiscal year 2015 budget process. in fact just a few weeks from now, the short-term funding for the department of homeland security will run out and as we gather here, republicans in congress have threatened to end the funding for the department of homeland security because of disagreements with the president's immigration reform policy. so i would urge our republican colleagues to pass your own immigration reform bill here in congress and not threaten the funding of the department of homeland security, especially when we've seen increased terrorist threats in europe and elsewhere around the globe. the chairman also mentioned the issue of budget balance. i would just remind my colleagues who were returning and the new colleagues who joined us that last year's republican budget only came into balance b

donovan. thank you for your service to the country. and i'm pleased we're here to address the president's fiscal year 2016 budget. unfortunately here in congress, we haven't completed action on the fiscal year 2015 budget process. in fact just a few weeks from now, the short-term funding for the department of homeland security will run out and as we gather here, republicans in congress have threatened to end the funding for the department of homeland security because of disagreements with the president's immigration reform policy. so i would urge our republican colleagues to pass your own immigration reform bill here in congress and not threaten the funding of the department of homeland security, especially when we've seen increased terrorist threats in europe and elsewhere around the globe. the chairman also mentioned the issue of budget balance. i would just remind my colleagues who were returning and the new colleagues who joined us that last year's republican budget only came into balance

donovan. >> thank you. >> i have been on this committee for awhile and when i think about since 2009, you guys inherited a very big hole. and been stepping forward out of that hole for the last six years. and i want to congratulate you. i remember when we were on this committee talking about simpson-bowles commission the bipartisan commission that said we needed to cut $4 trillion in order to be able to get a handle on and stabilize the debt as a share of the economy, and we're step by step by step we're now at $3.3 trillion of the $4. i would suggest that's pretty good. and the fact that we are now looking at less than two-thirds of the annual deficit of what you inherited in 2009, less than two-thirds, less than two-thirds, i would suggest that's pretty good, too. $1 $11.2 million jobs. i'd like very much to have more. nearly 3 million last year, but i couldn't agree with you more that the only way that works is to stop talking about trickle-down economics and talk about and actually do some

donovan. >> thank you. >> i have been on this committee for a while and when i think about since 2009, you guys inherited a very big hole. and been stepping forward out of that hole for the last six years. and i want to congratulate you. i remember when we were on this committee talking about simpson-bowles commission, the bipartisan commission that said we needed to cut $4 trillion in order to be able to get a handle on and stabilize the debt as a share of the economy, and we're step by step by step we're now at $3.3 trillion of the $4. i would suggest that's pretty good. and the fact that we are now looking at less than two-thirds of the annual deficit of what you inherited in 2009, less than two-thirds, less than two-thirds, i would suggest that's pretty good, too. 11.2 million jobs. i'd like very much to have more. nearly 3 million last year, but i couldn't agree with you more that the only way that works is to stop talking about trickle-down economics, and talk about and actually do somet

donovan. you're projecting a less than average economy. >> i think -- not to get too technical about the way budget forecasting is done, but we are not unlike dynamic scoring or aunli range of other things, ing projecting substantial impacts on these figures because that ises bec not what is traditionally done n in budgetary forecasts. >> i c come from the private sector, mr. donovan. just to draw an analogy here. this would be like the president like of a company standing up to his ng employees and wsaying, we're below average.r the revenues for the next ten years are going to be below average. the expenses for the next ten years are going to be above average. our profits are going to be below average. your pay is going to be below average. that in essence is what this budget is telling the american people. i know what i would say as a. shareholder. i would say, mr. president, you're fired. what would you say?de >> i would say we should come together on a bipartisan basis and invest in the th

the so-called person of interest in the donovan hotel murder case. it appears it was taken by a hotel security camera in the lobby. police are looking to talk to this person. the victim 30-year-old david messerschmitt messerschmitt, lives with his wife in a condo on capitol hill. he worked for a powerhouse law firm with washington offices in chinatown. he was found stabbed to death tuesday morning in a room at the donovan hotel on thomas circle. so why was he here? who was he with? police want to know. they've been working this case nonstop. police chief kathy lanier says the day before messerschmitt's body was found he was reported missing. >> we know that the victim in that case had been reported missing by family. i believe it was about 24 hours before. >> reporter: today a spokesman for the messerschmitt family delivered this message. >> we are deeply saddened and shocked by the loss of david, our beloved husband, son and brother. we ask that everyone respect our privacy. we have no further comment at this time. >> reporter: now let's take anothe

the donovan is a very popular boutique hotel. as we talked to a number of guest they had no idea what was happening here. >> thank you for that report, roz. investigations seem to be winding down. a crime alert in the rosslyn neighborhood after a series of reagan's. five cars were broken into. more than a dozen were broken into at north colored in all of our. if you have information, police want to talk with you immediately. two families tied together forever by tragedy. a mother and son died. this happened in brooklyn park in anne arundel county this morning. lettitia sinnah and her son were trapped inside of an upstairs room. neighbor christopher rickman rus hed to help, but for all three of them, it was too late. >> i find it difficult to look in the eyes of the woman. she died to save my wife and kid. >> she was 17 years old. classmates held a vigil in his memory. psychologists will be available at north county high school for students that it someone to talk to. for anchor brine williams will be suspended for six months with

. >> reporter: then, donovan's turn. he asked the foundation for a more prominent chin, but mom thinks he should keep his head up instead. >> how are you? >> pretty good, pretty good. >> i know that you were bullied because of your chin. but i want to tell you something. when i look at this application i see this handsome, 16-year-old guy. and from the pictures that you sent me it really just looks like you just need a very minor cosmetic procedure and it really doesn't fall under our mission statement for the baby face foundation. >> it's a pretty big disappointment. i guess i can live with it. >> reporter: what was it about him that made you not select him? >> i really felt that his case was cosmetic. and that other children with more severe cases than his. >> reporter: donovan's mom hopes her son will bounce back. >> you have to do a lot of inner soul searching to find that part of you that gives you strength. >> reporter: and finally, cheyenne. >> cheyenne? >> reporter: she's tried to correct her eyes through surgeri

that's what's extraordinary about donovan. he was a man of action. he had participated in most of the amphibious assaults of world war ii, including d-day. and smith goes back and they find the nurses and they bring them back. that's sort of those are some of the missions that are quite extraordinary. but as this is going on the oss, maritime unit, is mushrooming from these handful of men that are chosen from the navy, the marine corps coast guard, the merchant marine, and they're formed into teams of underwater combat operatives. these are combat swimmers, and they're using the alloy you that is develop their at the shoreham hotel and goes through a series of phases. the oss picks the best swimmers in america. and many of them come from california. many of these guys are surfers, believe it or not, national champion swimmers. samore olympic caliber swimmers, but they form into several teams. and the teams are unique. for instance for decades before seal team six conducts red cell exercise these guys infiltrate gitmo football the events complete acti

. >> new developments of the homicide at the donovan hotel in northwest. items found in the room where the lawyer was stabbed to death. tom roussey has a look at the new revelations. tom, what are you learning? >> leon, since david messerschmitt lived on capitol hill, there remains a question why he went to the hotel, but we are learning new details. according to a search warrant obtained by wtop, it was room for hundred of the donovan hotel where he was found early last week. according to the search warrant a number of items were found in the hotel room including condoms and lubricant an enema a wallet, credit cards, and a cell phone. mr. smit was an attorney in town living on capitol hill. according to "the washington post,"'s wife last saw him sunday, but he worked monday. monday night, he texted his wife saying he would be home in about an hour, but the police believe he went to the hotel where he was killed. d.c. police released video from inside the hotel stairwell calling this a person of interest in the case. at this point, there have been no arres

she joins us live now from the donovan hotel in northwest d.c., the last place he was steen alive. >> reporter: why was he here? do police have any new leads? these are questions we're not getting new answers to tonight, d.c. police not making anyone available to us, but there's one thing for sure. they could use your help. this is surveillance video of who d.c. police are calling a person of interest. they won't say if you're looking at a man or woman, but they are hoping that you are the key. it was late tuesday morning when police found 30-year-old capital attorney david mess are schmidt dead stabbed to death on the fourth -- messerschmitt dead stabbed to death on the fourth floor of the donovan hotel. his wife kim reported him missing to police about 24 hours before. she apparently said, "everything seemed fine." and her husband apparently texted her he'd be home in an hour around 7:30 monday night. the hip hotel known for its rooftop and happy hour is not commenting on this murder mystery. it's hard to say if this person of interest seemed familiar with the hotel's layout. police

donovan, i want to thank you again for your time today. the committee has received your written statement and it will be made part of the formal hearing record. you have five minutes to deliver your oral remarks and you may begin when ready. >> thank you, chairman price, ranking member van hollen, members of the committee. thank you all for welcoming me here today to present the president's 2016 budget. in my first few months i've heard from so many of you on both sides of the aisle the need to get back to regular order on our budget process and i hope that this on-time budget that i'm presenting today is the first step in helping us do that. the budget comes on the heels of a break-through year for america and builds on our economic and fiscal progress, including the fastest job growth since the 1990s and the fastest sustained period of deficit reduction in 60 years. the budget is a blueprint for the president's vision for middle class economics in the 21st century. this means helping working families by making their paychecks go further,

donovan. at the end of the sequestration as we have it today under the budget control act, what percent of gdp will be spent on defense? >> i don't have that number in front of me. if you do, please tell me. >> between 2.3% and 2.7%. in terms of historical averages since world war ii what have we been spending on defense? >> significantly higher than that. >> do you agree that the threats in the world don't justify going to 2.7 2.3%? >> we fully agree and this budget makes clear that sequestration is a threat to our military readiness and we ought to reverse it. >> back to senator sessions' questions, you do spend more than the budget control cap. you say you account for it by off setting in mandatory senator portman may challenge that a bit, but there's a desire by some of us on the committee to replace sequestration, at least most of it, with a revenue component and a mandatory reform component. i just want to be in the camp of saying i'm not going to support a budget that continues to gut t

nikki burdine is live outside the donovan hotel which is on 14th street in northwest d.c. do we know if this person is a man or a woman, nikki? >> reporter: no, we don't. that's one of the biggest problems police are facing right now. they have video of this person but they can't tell us if it's a man or a woman. i took a look at it myself. it's hard to tell. take a look and see for yourself. this is the surveillance video taken from inside the donovan hotel where a man was found stabbed to death. this is a man police say they want to talk to. they have identified this person, a man or a woman. it's hard to tell who they say is a person of interest in this case. you can clearly see this person walking into the hotel just pacing back and forth. and then deciding to take the stairs. at one point this person looks directly at the camera, their face uncovered. then the next shot you see this person covering up their face. now, the man police say was found stabbed to death inside the hotel is david messerschmitt. [ no audio ] police ask that you give them a call. if you'd like

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tonight, police released new surveillance video of the person inside the donovan where a local attorney was found stabbed to death. shomari stone is live. >> reporter: police hope this surveillance video can help with a lead or a tip in this case. they don't know if the man or woman you're about to see on camera is a man or woman. they are calling this person a person of interest and they are hoping they can help solve this murder mystery. take taking a look at the surveillance video, police want to talk to him about the murder of a d.c. lawyer found stabbed to death inside his fourth floor hotel room. tonight, a neighbor reads a statement. >> we are deeply saddened and shocked by the loss of our beloved son and brother. we have no further comments at this time. >> reporter: police don't know if the person is a man or woman. he's appearing to cover his or her face. the elevator button is pushed twice and then the person decides to take the stairs. the face is no longer covered. seconds later, the face is covered. police collected evidence from the scene. police chief says his family rep

donovan. you're counting a short-term window in which they would pay in, creating a short-term surplus of money or additional flow of money, but you're not counting when they draw out. it's going make the social security hold deeper. it's going make it harder for us to save social security and medicare and you know it. and you're suggesting to the american people directly directly different than that. it's wrong. >> senator, you don't need to take my word for it. the actuary -- >> senator's time has expired. >> along with cbo suggests the action by the president will reduce. >> senator whitehouse. >> thank you very much chairman. >> good to have you here. could you please tell us a little bit about the part of your budget document that is called federal budget exposure to climate risk? and what you see and anticipate in terms of costs of taxpayers will bear from our failure to address a climate change problem? >> what we've done for the very first time is to very specifically quantify as much

we'll have to get back to you. >> john donovan, "abc news," washington. >> there's much more ahead on "action news" tonight including sports. >> jeff has the story of four young boys that have big sdits fill when "action news" comes right winter is hard on your face. the start of sneeze season. and the wind-blown watery eyes. that's why puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin. so you can always put your best face forward. a face in need deserves puffs indeed. and try puffs softpack today. >> hoyb the flyers they're not going down without a fight. just six games go in the regular season after a win tonight in buffalo. facing worst team in nfl. giroux vorachek. reed 1-0 flyers. they tie at one in second. late in the third welcome back michael back from pneumonia. wraps it around and in. flyers win 2-1 picking up two crucial points again they're now five points behind boston for final wildcard spot in the eastern conference. and speaking of the flyers, two of their former players who were known for playoff heroics have kids making names of own and headlining south jersey high schoo

officers made that discovery today at the donovan hotel along 14th street. that's where jackie bensen is with details. >> reporter: take a look behind me. these are the police department evidence vehicles a mobile crime scene investigation van. they have been here all day in front of this luxury hotel. d.c. police were called to the donovan hotel in the 1100 block of 14th street northwest off thomas circle just after 11:00 this morning. sources tell news 4 a man's body was found in a guest room on the fourth floor. police are calling this a death investigation, but sources say the man appears to have been stabbed. rooms run an average of $300 a night. >> no i didn't know that at all. when did that happen last night? >> yes. >> >> reporter:?did you hear that? >> i've stayed here a few times. >> reporter: at this time police have not released the name of the man who was found dead inside this hotel. live in northwest washington jackie bensen news 4. >>> developing tonight, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is ordering the department to list the encryption on radios. th

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. >> reporter: i'm debra alfarone near the donovan hotel where ever since police found a man stabbed to death inside the motel essentially a killer has been on the loose and now police want you to see this video. police won't say if you're looking at a man or a woman, but they put out this surveillance video in the hopes you know who this is. this video shows they are a person of interest first waiting for the elevator, then taking the stairs, even looking at the camera before heading up the next flight. late tuesday morning police found 30-year-old capitol hill attorney david messerschmitt dead stabbed to death in a hotel room on the fourth floor of the donovan hotel on 14th vote in northwest. police -- 14th street in northwest. messerschmitt's wife kim reported him missing to police about 24 hours before. she apparently said everything seemed fine and her husband apparently texted her he'd be home in an hour around 7:30 monday night. the hip hotel known for its rooftop and happy hour is not commenting on this murder mystery. police won't make anyone available to talk to us today or

the body was found late this morning inside the room at the donovan hotel.that's in the 1100 block of 14th street near thomas circle. no word on a motive, identity or even possible suspects. more on brian williams the nbc news anchor now suspended for six months without pay following his admission he misremembered his experiences during the iraq war. nbc call it

i'm jim donovan.hree on your side reveals how lenders, utilities and other businesses monitor your financial life. >> it's a little before the scary it makes me think big brother has arrived. >> we'll give you a glimpse into who is watching you and why you should be concerned. coming up. >> also has lance armstrong been caught in another lie? up next, who police say he let take the blame for a recent car crash. plus -- ♪ >>> from montgomery county to la this local teen gets a grammy week gig. we'll show you who she'll be opening for when "eyewitness news" continues in just asking seconds. >>> well tonight in berks county authorities are looking for this man. they say that he attempted to lure children in that area. authorities believe the man is linked to three attempted lurings in reading, burn township and wyomissing. if you recognize the man in that sketch, you're encouraged to call the police. >>> well a jury orders toyota to pay nearly $11 million to the victims of a deadly crash in minnesota. th

i'm jim donovan. >>> 5:52. a dog in iowa, such a great story, missed her owner so much she decided to take matters in her own paws. >> nancy frank's dog sissy walked 20 blocks to the hospital and then walk right in. here's the surveillance camera footage, sissy just goes right to the hospital right to her owner's room. needless to say frank was surprised to see her. >> i was surprised to see her, she was wiggling excited, i said sir, did you smug they will dog in. she said in, she brought herself in. so, it was surprising to see that she could getaway from home and walk all the way down. >> that is absolutely amazing. >> follow her right the to her room. >> sissy was only in the hospital a few minutes before being taken back home. frank had been hospitalized for complication from his a previous surgery. >> it just shows that bond. >> sissy knew. >> poor dog walks all that way gets a fall minutes before being shipped back home. >> put a cot the in the room. >> visiting hours are over puppy, get out of here. that

three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan joins us with the details now, jim. >> reporter: that is right chris this move comes after inn to it, maker of turbo tax in several states saw an increase in suspicious filings and attempts by criminals to use stolen information to file fraudulent state returns and claim tax returns. the company ace there has been no security breach of the system but instead it believes personal information was stolen elsewhere and that information was then used to file returns on turbo tax. new there have have in the been any issues with federal returns possibly, because the the internal revenue service has stronger fraud detection policies in place. the most victims found out that the fraudulent return was submitted in their name, when they received a rejection notice after filing their returns. now all of this started to unfold yesterday. while you can still use turbo tax the the company will file the state returns when it is temporary suspension is lifted, chris and jessica. >> good head up there, thank you. >>> many people have been going red today

roaring for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. >>> a high fashion heist in hollywood. cad mow award winner lupita's dress has been stolen. police in los angeles say someone swiped the calvin line stunner. it is adorned with 6,000 pearls. it's valued at $150,000. that dress was allegedly taken from her hotel room on wednesday when sean there. and now detectives are reviewing security footage. >>> a philadelphia university student has taken a page out of the comic books and made hits own batman suit. it isn't just a costume though. this thing actually works like a batman suit. with the help of personal donations an kick starter campaign freshman jackson gordon from wayne built a functioning bat money suit for just under $2,000. this is made out of kevlar and has armor plating. >> this idea was to create sort of a suit in batman's image that was not actually just a costume but actually actually functioned. >> this suit is um pervs have to 95 and skid proof it's also waterproof. it's not bullet proof. jackson says he's already gotten a lot of people interested in their own

. >> i'm jim donovan.hree on your side shows you how to name your own price on everything from clothing to electronics fun which are and more. find out how coming up. >> don't go anywhere. "eyewitness news" is >> all that snow in the boston area is now causing roofs to collapse. 7-foot drifts piled on top of this piano store and the roof gave wait under all that weight. this happened when the store was closed. thankfully no one was injured but a piano that belonged to lib berra chi was among those that may have been destroyed. more than two dozen roofs have collapsed all across that state and we have two more chances for snow in our forecast. kathy is coming up with the latest on what we can expect g accused serial stowaway is back at it. >> what about this woman marl lip jean hartman she was arrest arrested checking into someone else's villa at a luxury resort in florida. she told police she flown from minneapolis to jacksonville without ticket. that has not now however been confirm. back in august the sa

tuesday he was found stabbed to death here now the donovan hotel murder mystery. the donovan hotel murder victim identified by a family spokesman as 30-year-old david messerschmidt found stabbed to death tuesday in a fourth floor room of the donovan hotel on thomas circle. police at the scene today, they were here last night. they're collecting evidence in this troubling case of murder. david messerschmidt lived on capitol hill. his office was in chinatown. so what brought him to this hotel on thomas circle? and who was with him in that fourth floor hotel room? investigators are trying to answer all those questions. david messerschmidt was an attorney. he worked for dla piper a global law firm with 4200 lawyers in 30 countries. their offices here in washington at 8th and "e" streets northwest. the statement from the firm today, this is an extremely tragic situation, and we send our sincere condolences to david's family. david messerschmidt and his wife live in a condo on capitol hill where a family spokesman today delivered this message. >> we are deeply saddened

news4's pat collins is outside the donovan in thomas circle with more. pat? >> reporter: doreen police say they're giving a number of tips and leads but so far no arrests in this bizarre hotel murder case. a case that sources say may have begun as a robbery. the fire is out. the reward has been posted. the person of interest security video is out there. the hunt for the killer of david messersmith is getting into high gear. according to a missing persons report filed with police david messersmith's wife said she last saw her husband at their capitol hill condo on sunday february 8th at 9:30 a.m. according to that report his wife called police and reported him missing at 1:50 a.m. tuesday morning, about 10 hours before he was found stabbed to death in a fourth-floor room at the donovan hotel. so far the biggest clue in the case video of this so-called person of interest. it shows the individual entering the hotel about 7:45 monday night. it's unclear as to whether or not this subject is a man or a woman. the person hits the elevator button then decides to clim

lawyer was found stabbed yesterday inside a fourth floor room at donovan.investigators have not released a motive. however, recognize this photo of the still shot of that video? police would love to get a call from you. >>> anne arundel fire official released their response times to that mansion fire last month in annapolis that killed six family members and say the first crew got there roughly 10 minutes after the first alarm went off inside the home. the fire killed don and sandra pyle and four young grandchildren. investigators say an electrical fire engulfed their 15-foot christmas tree inside the mansion. >>> long time 60 minutes correspondent and cbs news foreign correspondent bob simon has died. simon was killed in a car accident tonight in new york city. he was a passenger in a town car hit by another car. simon's career spanned five decade from covering the war in vietnam to a piece last weekend on 60 minutes on the film selma. bob simon was 73. >>> tonight the use of military force against isis is in the hands of the u.s. congress. today president

i'm jim donovan. >>> i can't imagine finding a squirrel on your sofa. >> look out. >>> we are dealingow but we're thinking spring. the philadelphia flower show opens up to the public saturday morning. tomorrow morning on "eyewitness news" our nicole brewer will take you behind the scenes at the convention center for an inside look at the country's largest, longest running indoor flower show starting 59:00 tomorrow morning right here on cbs-3. i believe the the theme this year is from celebrating the movies with disney and disney pixar. you can expect some fun tomorrow morning. >>> we need some fun after this snow we are getting to day, katie 5:53 good morning. >> we are trying to think spring but in the on days like this when we're stuck in the 20's and more snow but thankfully we are not dealing with anything of the crippling nature here when it comes to the storm system's impact. it will slow you down through the the south and southern half of our area. true half and half forecast. even though snow showers will extend into portions of say north and western most suburbs, lehigh valle

roaring for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. >>> in weather tonight, we are watching strong areaf high pressure keep the skies clear. so we will be cold. it's also keeping the clouds to the south and right now places that don't usually get snow like memphis and atlanta are seeing some snow and atlanta little bit of a wintry mix and north carolina experience something snow. we stay dry because of that high bringing down the cold northerly breezes. so at least we can be thankful for that as far as the cold is concerned. our "eyewitness weather" watchers are talking about pretty cold temperatures out there right now. not much wind and that's allowing our temperatures to plunge. right now the temperature only 9 degrees in shall ton. warren is reporting in. low humidity. it feels like 4 degrees there. let's go to one of our colder temperatures near quakertown. it is only 2 degrees. and that is being reported by bob. he says not much wind just out of the north right now and you can see moonlit sky the wind chill is two below zero. across the region it's not taking much wind to see bitt

i'm jim donovan.oming up three on your side introduces you to the coupon mom when she goes shopping she often ends up with a profit. i'll show how coming up. >> also, ahead tonight the pope and parenting. the holy father weighs in on spanking. see if you agree with what he has to say. "eyewitness news" continues in just 60 seconds. >> court rule that could derail the property that once housed the revel casino in atlantic city. federal appeals court has cited with the owners of a former nightclub at the revel. the court says the owner of that nightclub can't be stripped of their rights and the nightclub owner stand to lose $16 million. lawyers for developer glenn straub whose buying the revel say the issue over this nightclub could force him to back out of the deal. >>> pope francis said today that depending on certain conditions it is okay for parents to spank their children. during his weekly address from the vatican the pope said that spanking is an acceptable form of punish many as long as dignity

i'm jim donovan. >> i'm calling the pros. >> i have in desire to hang drywally got the no skills. >> sometimes when a pet wants to play, there is not much you can do about it. >> ask meteorologist in springfield, missouri. here's the weather dog deciding in the middle of his owner's weather forecast he kept playing fetch. little griffin. back again and again. he probably wants to say let's go play, come on. >> that is great. >> i with love that. >> take your pet to workday. >> katie could bring pumpkin in. >> wow love it. >> kitty cat. >> he would love it. we were talking about the schmidty the weather dog from the west minister dog show and how my cat should be forecasting. i missed the change to say forecasting, alliteration, makes the world go round. the let's be honest. it is the little things. our coffee order just came through. we're so much more chipper too. lets take you outside, storm scan three we could see flurries and straight up snow showers in the poconos especially later today. nothing hughes out of that. it is all about the cold. we have been talking about that possib

spokesperson says the family is requesting privacy, so we don't know why messerschmitt was at the donovan. we do know he was originally from cincinnati, lived in capitol hill with his wife and worked in. district at d -- in the district at dla piper, a global law firm, where he specializes in technology and sourcing, a seemingly bright future cut short with not very many answers. you could be key to this because friends and family members of this gentleman are putting this person's picture on their facebook pages. you could be the key to solving this. mpd is offering $25,000 for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever did this. it's 202-727-9099. debra alfarone, wusa9. >> let's hope they get a call soon. >>> and we are just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00, some positive new developments for homeowners in montgomery county who had their property rights stolen with a stroke of a opinion, the update at 5:30. >> plus topper is back with your fri i'm not sick. i'm not sick. i'm not sick. she's perfectly healthy. cigna covers preventive care. that's having your bac

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three on your side jim donovan has important information for preparing your digital after life leslie. >> reporter: it is first official work out for phillies pitchers and catchers clear in clearwater and in a shocking move the sixers have traded michael carter williams, we will tell you all about the huge deal, that came down to the trade deadline. >>> well okay, we have had no shortage of cold wet they are winter but this is dangerous cold that we're talking about kathy over the next 24 to 48 hours. >> it will be dangerous to be outside tomorrow morning. i think about the students walking to school or waiting for the the bus and it is a are dangerous situation. you have to bundle up. the wind chill will be brutal. let take a look outside where we will have a wind chill warning overnight for the poconos for wind chills as low as 35 below zero. >> wow. >> have you ever felt 35 below zero. >> i don't want to. >> it is looking good at jack frost big boulder. the lets go down the shore where it will be still brutally cold tomorrow morning. we are looking at a very pretty even to the take

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consumer reporter jim donovan is on your side with a new wave of on demand delivery, that's availableht here in our area. and, snow and rain making for slippery conditions out there this morning. carol is back to tell us what you can expect for the rest of your sunday, and also the week ahead. we'll be right back. you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! >> let's check in with carol for more on the slop risker slippery mess. >> it is every weekends, too. it is enough already. but, we're sort of closing out this one, this morning with just the remnants of the storm system that dumped between three and as much as almost 7 inches of snow in our area. we pick up 4.8 inches of snow in philadelphia, the most that we've seen anyone day in the philadelphia area, this winter. now, center city, it is even gloomier looking, i didn't even think it was possible, but it is. look how much lower the fog is right now. it is way down on those buildings. and the r