been through something like this before. >> reporter: easton's worship pastor shot this footage. he lives in the parsonage next door and says he noticed a smell of smoke around 3am. before the fire could be extinguish the meeting house and several pastor's offices were gutted. adjoining building sustained smoke and water damage. church members both current and former seemed to look past the charred exteriors to remember what had happened inside these buildings. >> i have three little girls and we -- nursery used to be down underneath this building and my little girl down in the nursery. >> a lot of my family members are here. as long as our spiritual journey journey. we're all believers and we love the lord and i credit easton with developing this root to our familiarly. >> no wasn't was hur. the damage led church leaders to cancel midweek activities here but senior pastor joe says god willing sunday service will be held as usual. >> our people are going to rally around god. they're going to rally around each other. we're going to grow through this because that's -- that's the wa

so, look at the areas of blue nearly a town and quakertown, easton pottsville.re driving around -- even near doylestown now a little touch it right there. just be careful as you're heading out because in those areas in particular with that temperature around the freezing mark it's still quite slick in that area. let's go on outside right now and see what it looks like and sky 6 looking live in hd, you kind of get the sense from this shot that there is a little bit of fog here. we've got about 5-mile visibility at philadelphia international airport. it's more of an issue in some of our other areas like atlantic city, a half mile visibility so be careful there. the temperature in the city itself is 35 degrees. the dewpoint 33. moisture obviously way up there. in the it's a fire. winds out of the west-southwest at 10 and the barometric pressure is falling. satellite6 and actiony action radar showing the first part of the system moved out when we got that freezing rain and ice yesterday. now we've got the rain through most of the region. you just have that freezing

getting freezing rain up to the northwest on route 100 you're getting freezing rain in allentown, in easton and mount pocono, in milford, in new hope and doylestown now and i just checked with the national weather service freezing rain reported in trenton so along i-95 in trenton. you're dealing with some freezing rain as well. the rest of us just have some rain currently but let's walk through the temperatures right now. 32 martin's creek. 34 pottstown, 33 kennett square. in some of these suburbs just barely above freezing and even though it may be falling as rain in kennett square and chester at 36 degrees the trouble is you still have some leftover ice on the road and that's why it's slippery so be careful. you're already at 36 degrees in center city so temperatures are certainly going up from here and we'll get that melting. 35 in browns mills. it's just rain in new jersey. 34 in glassboro and 41 degrees already in dover so we already have those temperatures for the most part above freezing. the other issue is it's hard to see some slick spots because we have reduced visibility. a warm

time ever. >> this is scene tonight as villanova find out their opening round game will be against eastonylvania, lafayette on thursday in pittsburgh at 6:50 at night in 1: 6:50 at night in 1:16 match up. > when you saw that one seed you had to feel relief and pride. >> a lot of pride. i was not worried to be the one seed but getting second one seed and getting stay in the east we're honored and proud. >> let me see the match-up. lafayette. whose coach went to. >> villanova. >> and was one of the all-time great at villanova and probably one of the most be loved players of villanova. villanova fans may be slit on some ev f of them. i don't like playing against friends frany is more than a friend i have great respect for him and he does a lot for the program to this day and they're really g not a good match-up. not a good match-up. >> it will be a good game. bittersweet. down the north broad street temple owls left out. temple is final team left down to the field of 68. temple senior guard will cumming s calls it a slap in the face. it's hard to argue the temple had higher rpi of the tourna

he is a music minister here at easton bible church. we spoke to him a short time ago.towed say. >> first i thought maybe it was an electrical, something going on, with a outlet, so i got to up check that out. as i got closer to the door, i definitely could smell it little more, then look out and saw across the way, you know our house is here, and across the way could definitely see that door was completely on fire. >> just very, very thankful that they got out in their pajamas, but everyone is safe. and we praise god for that. and god will take care of the building. not worried about that. >> now, that was pastor steve johanson, you heard from just short time ago that was his mother-in-law, she came right here, after she heard about what happened. and she found her family safe. unfortunately, though, she has taken spill being cared for right over there, at the home, there, where steve and his family live. it is very slick and icy in this area, and that's one of the challenges that firefighters were up against this morning battling all of the huge fire here with the fre

the easton church building was not seriously damaged. see right now a heavy ice event on the ground there, fire fighters battled that this morning as they are knocking down this fire but it appears at this time there are no injuries to report of any fire fighters and all that were living here on the campus of the church have made it out safely. mid week activities the at easton are canceled but church plans to welcome hundreds of worshipers as normal on sunday. in hainesport township justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> chopper three over aftermath of the big fire in montgomery county. this is all that is left of the trico metal products plant in upper more land this was the scene last night from chopper 3a five alarm fire tore through the building. the cause of that fire is now under investigation. no one was injured. >>> justice department investigation has found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the police department in ferguson, in missouri. the report says that officers routinely discriminate against blacks by using e

easton was expected to be released from the hospital last night. he collapsed saturday night before a game between immediate. >>> came a bill will be considered t would ban most lawn pesticides. o public hearings earlier this year the attracted a lot of attention on both sides of this issue. the ct theity meets at 9:30 this morni in rockville. >>> also today, leaders will remind you don't drink and drive. you can get a free ride home at st. patrics day which is tomorrow. the sober ride program will begin at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow and runnen till 4:00 a.m. wednesday morning. you can call 800-200-8294. 55% of all traffic deaths are caused by drunk drivers on st. patricday. >>> frightening moment after scaffoldin suddenly gives way on a high rise out w > plus maryland is in the big dance. but not everyone is happy about where they were seeded. we'll have new location this morning. >> should i mention vcu is also to the dance. just put it out there. and really nice weather on tap later today. which you can tells a look at >>> this is because of the wind in

for many church members present and former easton holds cherished family memories. everyone it seemed had a story about what this place had meant to them. >> my husband and i met each other here. we married here. the youth group was very important to us. our wedding was in the current sanctuary. >> going through just me our family ourselves going through a lot of, upping, help, financial anything but our church is always there to back us up and support everybody and we just truly feel the love here. >> the fire was quickly extinguished. no one was hurt. just temporary set back for a community of faith. senior pastor joe scro was on hand throughout the day to send that message to his flock. >> i tell my congregation our faith is not about brick and mortar wood and metal. it's about flesh and blood and even more important than that spirit and soul. >> reporter: the good news in all of this, well, the main church sanctuary back here was largely untouched by the fire and the smoke and the water. reverend says the plan going willing for this sunday's services to be held

that's where the easton bible church caught fire overnight. as you can see, at this point it appears to be mostly under control, some smoking at that roof area there several fire fighting units here on the scene, from all over the burlington county area. we have seen some flare ups in the past few minutes here, just pictures of flames on the roof thomas. but firefighters are standing their grounds here, they are ready to douse that flame that pops up with water here, on the scene. no reports of injuries here at this time. two alarm fire here, awaiting word from the chief here, on just the difficulty they face, in knocking this fire down t appears to be mostly contained at this time with the exception of flames flickering here and there, we have seen what appear to be members showing up here re ac to go news of the fire, taking place at the church. from what we can see on the ground, there is center building where this fire appears to have broken out at some point. and that roof of that building is completely gutted. windows here perhaps you ca

. >>> and a fire is at easton bible church in hainesport. matt, we just saw your live picture pop up a moment ago. what is going on there now? >> reporter: well, good morning, chris. at this point i can tell you that the flames appear to be going down pretty rapidly. they have a lot of crews out here on the scene, including crews from neighboring towns. let me get out of the way, we are on the road here in burlington county as firefighters try to put out this two-alarm fire. there's a large presence here from the fire department trying to put this out. we can tell you there are no reported injuries. this happened in the middle of the night just before 3:30 this morning. right now we're trying to gather more information out here from the scene, but at this point, again, you can see that this fire is still active. we are still seeing the smoke out here in the distance. you can smell the smoke out here right now, but fortunately no injuries to report here at this easton bible church. >>> and pennsylvania governor tom wolf will deliver the first

for many church members present and former easton holds cherish family memories.ryone it seemed had a story about what this place had meant to them. >> my husband and i met each other here. we married here. the youth group was very important to us. our wedding was in the current sanctuary. >> going through just me our family ourselves going through a lot of, you know, health, financial anything but our church is always there to back us up and, you know, support everybody and we just truly feel the love here. >> reporter: fire was quickly extinguish. no one was hurt. just temporary set back for a community of faith. senior pastor joe was on hand throughout the day to send that message to his flock. >> i tell my congregation that our faith is not about brick and mortar. wood and metal. it's about flesh and blood and even more important than that spirit and soul. >> reporter: the main church sanctuary was largely unscathed by the fire and smoke and water. reverend joe says the plan god willing for this sunday services to be held as usual. no stopping these folks. n h

skyforce 10 just arrived over the easton bible church in hainesport. matt delucia has been getting updates from the scene. in the last 30 minutes you spoke to the pastor of the church? >> reporter: that's right, vai. he was the person to discover this fire at 3:30 this morning. he said he couldn't sleep, smelled smoke and went out to find out what was going on. let me show you, he lives right in that building on the right side of this structure. there's a large police and fire presence out here. take a look another live view from skyforce 10 over the scene. you can see just how much damage there is to this building. we are told this is a historic building dating back to the 1800s. so there are people who come to church here every sunday. of course this is devastating to them. but we'll take a look at some video when the fire was burning. this hit two alarms at one point, so a large response from the crews here in hainesport and neighboring towns. the pastor says it was scary, but he thanks god he was awake. he got his wife and son out unharmed. eight p

the bulk of the damage to easton bible church has occurred in this fire.ake a look at this viewer video that we got. you can see how thick that smoke is. we're told that the fire broke out just after 3:00 a.m. this morning. it's not clear if anyone was inside the building at the time. but one firefighter i spoke to said that they believe that no one was inside at the time. now, it's not clear again how this all started. this is very early in the investigation. but the two alarm blaze did bring outer multiple agencies from all around burlington county. this happened on fostertown road in hainesport, easton bible church has been here for oolong time. this is a large brick structure and again, at this point it looks like the extensive damage is to the center of the church. back out here live you can still see there that there's a ladder truck over there. you can see them putting the hoses on the roof. it is not ah official -- we haven't got official word yet from firefighters if this is under control. it doesn't appear to be because there's still so much acti

11:00 tonight and could get 3 inches of wet snow there closer to home a few flurries reported from easton and a few flakes here and there mixing in the northwest suburbs periods of generally light rain, snowflakes mixing in the northwest suburbs it will be out of here by 10:00 and clearing after midnight and i am tracking a tradeoff for the first day of april we'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. as you plan for this weekend's holiday stick with 6abc.com can you fine live storm tracker warm and the seven-day forecast and the latest from our team of meteorologists. >>> a man escaped his burning home in philadelphia by jumping out a second door window chopper 6 hd was over the scene at the 64th and girard avenue at 8:00 a.m., firefighters got the flames under control in 8 minutes but the man that jumped to safety was not hurt. >> scary stuff. >>> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report on a tuesday. >> lets go live to matt pellman. >> welcome back monica good evening to both of you. >> we are not welcoming the showers rolling into the regi

the villanova wildcats facing lafayette college from easton. it's tomorrow night in pittsburgh and the ncaa tournament. nova is the top seed in the east. as we know from past years, anything's possible. comcast sportsnet's neil hartman is in pittsburgh following both teams today. >> reporter: a number one seed has never lost to a 16 seed in the ncaa tournament in 120 meetings. it's nice to be a top seed but it also comes with lofty expectations. villanova says they'll be ready to play laugh yet on thursday evening. >> their style of play isn't too different from what we've been seeing. they're kind of like us. they share the ball well and they're always on the attack. >> our coach has done a great job of getting us prepared and giving us their tendencies and stuff like that. i think keep them off the glass. i know they're good in the 15-footer, so be in our stance and be aware of that, they can step out and pop out and hit a three or 15-footer. >> reporter: president obama likes jay wright's team. he has picked villanova to reach the championsh

a slightly more subdued sendoff for the 16th seeded team today in easton northampton county.he school held a big pregame pep rally for the team tonight. the players told us today they're excited to head to the tournament for the first time in 15 years. nbc10 is teaming up with comcast sportsnet for all the excitement of tournament time. our live reports from pittsburgh begin in just a half hour at 5:30 right here on nbc10. >>> the new director of the secret service whugs from our area, spent the day on the hot seat today. it's all over the latest security gaffe at the white house. >>> coming up next why joseph clancy says he was out of the loop about agents involved in a drunk driving incident and what he thinks the embattled agency needs to do to get agents properly trained. >>> also too much information. we all know people who overshare when it comes to their kids but how many of our online friends go too far and why? >>> seeing green. today we celebrate st. patrick's while the irish tradition runs deep in our area. where does philadelphia rank as the most irish city? >>> i

and nina easton with "fortune," and juan williams fox news analyst and columnist for "the hill." kathleen parker cruz is controversial in question. on balance, on the media how do you picture? >> there is a way of presenting facts the he forced the shutdown of the government which is not good for republicans. the republicans in congress resent him for that and when he saw, though that ted cruz is not just controversial but he is a wacko bird as his colleague senator john mccain said, there is a way to plenty the facts and it is clear on the left he is out of his mind, crazy but he is crazy like a fox if i may say that. to the extent that he is expecting to the republican base, he is saying exactly what they went to hear and they are proud to have someone would said it so well. >> does cruz overstate when he said the media characterizing him as stupid or evil and here it is as a lunatic. >> i wrote a book on post reagan conservatives in the 1990s because my colleagues in the media underestimated the strength of the right, evangelicals and the anti-tax movement and they underestima

you're looking at video from the scene at 13th and spring guarden in easton in october.ice started chasing the man in palmer township after an officer tried to pull him over for driving on the wrong side of the road. police say the officer shot richard sherman iii after he rammed a police cruiser twice. state authorities said no charges will be filed again the officer. >>> from our delaware bureau happening today, police and civic leaders. it's scheduled for the hanover presbyterian church this morning at 9:00. forum will focus on policies to promote peace in the community and better relationships between law enforcement and citizens. wilmington police chief bobby cummings will be one of the featured speakers. >>> today thousands of people will gather in selma, alabama, to remember the peaceful civil rights march that turned violent 50 years ago on what is known as bloody sunday in 1965 police beat demonstrators who were marching from selma to montgomery in support of racial equality. it's considered a flash point in civil rights movement. president lyndon b. johnson sig

they will get their first test from lafayette college from easton. the cats erupted that's when they heard the announcement. nova and lafayette play thursday night in pittsburgh. nova went 32-2 during the seasonal. >> i've been waiting for villanova is to be an awesome basketball team. it's it's so exciting. >> it's a crazy ride. >> we'll hear from coach jay wright in the next half-hour. the top seeds are 116-0 since the field was expanded in 1985. villanova won the national title that year. temple university, david's team did not make the tournament there. number one seeded in the nit. >> reporter: that's nice, storm tracker 6 live double scan not ripping us off with any precipitation. there's no rain out there that's good, as we take a look outside, we have some sunshine coming up over the horizon later on, it's going to be a day that features clouds and sun overall. we're beginning the day kind of cool we're at 36 degrees right now in philadelphia. but don't be too worried about that, because once we get past sunrise, the temperatures are not goin

he was arrested in allentown in 20001 and spent time in north hampton county prison in easton. as you heard he was acquitted in the case of murdering his neighbor in texas. >>> the revel casino, a bankruptcy judge was scheduled to hear several motions after she rejected the sale of the form he were gambling hall. all sides agreed to delay the hearing over the weekend. it has not been rescheduled. >> time for a check. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we're enjoying milder conditions at the start of the workweek. sky6 live hd looking live at penns landing clouds and sun and comfortable temperatures. for more on that, david murphy is at the big board spring is approaching, david. >> reporter: it is, it arrives officially on friday, we're getting a preview today with temperatures improving through the afternoon. there are holes in the clouds and we're getting sunshine through. some of the thicker cloud cover is on the way that will come in later on during the afternoon hours. temperatures are beginning to bounce back from morning lows in the 30s. 45 in philadelphia. 50

"action news" reporter nora muchanic is live on lafayette's campus in easton with the excitement. hey, nora. >> reporter: hi there sharrie. lots of sub plots to this game which makes it all the more fun. it's spring break right now so campus is pretty quiet. but the leopards are getting ready, working hard to get ready for the wildcats in a game that will challenge the coach's loyalties. fresh from winning their patriot league title the 16th seed lafayette leopards are practicing with about as much motivation as they'll ever have. winning a slot in the ncaa tournament is a dream for these players made richer by the fact they'll be battling number one seed villanova. >> it's just a dream come true really. everybody says that but it's really a dream come true. everybody works so hard just to get in the tournament. >> ever since i was young wanted to play watching this, watching it on tv, national television, big stage, you know. fun. >> reporter: lafayette head coach fran o'hanlon says thursday's game will be emotional for him. he played for villanova in college and is friendly with

lafayette out of easton p.a. keith jones joins us live from pittsburgh. keith, tell us what's going on there. >> reporter: as you can see, we're dealing with the snowflakes falling here in the steel city. it is causing people villanova fans lafayette fans who have the day off today to change their plans, or alter them. before we do anything else i want to show you the scene here behind us. the parking lot here completely empty. and beyond that, the consol energy center that place was mobbed out front. today, not a soul in sight. those interested in the game. look at this video. we caught many lafayette fans packing up and leaving their hotel for the morning, also driving the five hours back to easton northampton county. the villanova fans are getting out to explore pittsburgh. the duquesne incline south of the city and preimanti brothers. regardless of the outcome, the fans are proud of their teams. >> it was a great drive over. bunch of guys got in the car, headed over. we knew that these guys need our support. we're here to support them no matter what h

right now you can see gym thorp mount pocono moving into sections of allentown as well as easton watching for that rain changing over to when the snow as temperatures continue to drop. but along i95, philadelphia it's rain also moving into parts of south jersey. so forth next couple of hours scattered showers even some when the snow mixing in north and west but most of the energy with this system will be moving toward the coast as we move beyond 9 10:00 and those temperatures will be dropping. take a look, north and west already dropping into the upper 30s in pottstown, 50 in philadelphia. so some of that when the snow will try and make a run toward the i95 corridor later on this evening. much more on other temperature changes coming up back to you. > thanks. you can follow the weather throughout the night by checking our website, myfoxphilly.com just click the weather top at top the homepage. a developing story right now out of mount. police and swath teams swarm a shelton ham station. he was holding people hostage in the basement. a former firefighter is now in jail. davis outside the l

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this is easton bible church and in that historic building in the center of the church.t clear at this point if there was damage to the sanctuary and it doesn't appear that there is damage to that either of the pastors' homes. this was a two alarm response. this is a rural part of burlington county and so that means that usually at this hour they call in as many people as they can since many of the firefighters are volunteers in this area. some of those trucks are now leaving but a large portion of them continue to stay out here to fight this fire. we talked to the pastor of worship. he is in charge of all of the music for this church and he tells us how they're going to move forward. >> god's sovereignty has plan for it but it just seems like a shame it's an old building, it's an historic building. it was a really neat building and so it's -- it's, you know, it will be hard to replace it. >> reporter: again back out here live you still see this heavy presence out here. that pastor telling us that he not only got his family out with his children, also the dog and the gui

custody following a police standoff in the lehigh valley he is accused of killing andrew white at easton's quality inn earlier this week. a vigil for the victim was held last night. >>> it was a happy ending for a dog that had to be rescued from a waterway in burlington county chopper 6 hd over the scene here at the 100 block of cinnaminson it's not clear how the dog got out there but crews used a craft to reach it. there is no word yet on who the dog's owner is. >>> checking accuweather now, a live look from atlantic city as we head outside a nice picture from the jersey shore rain is on the way for the weekend. meteorologist, melissa magee is in for david murphy and at the big board. >> yes, temperatures today slowly start to climb in the upper 40s and lower 50s in much of the delaware and lehigh valleys, we are coming in at 44 in philadelphia north and west of town and allentown 37 and 39 in reading and 44 along the coast in wildwood and 40 degrees in beach haven it's a friday and people want to get away, we have the travel forecast up and down the eastern seaboard it's mostly sunny and

easton 41 along with leesburg. could be this evening. we may get our high temperature of the day after dark tonight. right now michael & son weather camera, not stopping the planes. cloudy skies. reagan national 43 but the winds are calm. what would help if the winds return to the south more that would help scour out the cold air. no, that's not going to happen until tonight, tomorrow. there's the rain from this morning. we had a warm front or have a warm front pushing through producing the rain showers out ahead of it. behind it the clouds are breaking some. this is where temperatures are really warming up. we're going to get into that tomorrow. in fact, we're going to shoot into the 70s tomorrow. 70 to 75. if it works out, we'll get more sunshine. we may have to add 5 degrees to that. could be well into the 70s. futurecast has the threat of showers mainly north of us. could be a stray shower late afternoon into tonight. so not a lot of rain coming our way. tomorrow morning, it's not going to be nearly as cold as it was this morning. we

. >> lafayette sends off in easton a bit more subdued and spring break likely the cause. the head coach continues to field questions about his emotions playing against his alma mater. he says thursday night will be about basketball. >> we up into -- we knew we would be playing a difficult opponent in the first round. that it happened to be my alma mater and villanova, it is an interesting story but still a difficult game. >>> and penn's new basketball coach says he is ready to roll up his sleeves to get the program where it needs to be. steve donahue is interviewed as the replacement. he has been head coach at cornell and boston college. spending a decade as a penn assistant in the 90's surreal to be back in the building. >> i would never have dreamed i could be a big five head coach. there are only five of us and to i am major -- that i am one of them sin -- is incredible. >>> our apology it is you are still holding out hope for the playoffs, the flyers are playing out the spring. and an excellent chance but it hits the post. and then the second period and they are getti

the next morning her roommate, keary renner, and a friend drove all around easton, pennsylvania, looking for her. eventually, the girls found devon's brand-new car in a deserted lot. >> when i saw her -- devon's, you know, lips and eyebrows were purple. and i don't know why i didn't think she was not dead. because nobody really expects that. and i shook her and she didn't answer. i was screaming. i was hysterical. >> devon guzman was pronounced dead at the scene. >> she had sustained a severe laceration in the throat area. >> an empty syringe was found in devon's waistband, although toxicology tests showed no drugs in devon's system. and in devon's hand was a knife. there was no blood on it, and experts concluded from its size that it was not the murder weapon. >> it was an unsophisticated attempt to lead police in the wrong direction or to perhaps somehow we would conclude that it wasn't a murder. >> the lack of blood at the scene, along with grass and dirt stains on the victim's pants, confirmed what police already knew. >> it's a secondary crime scene for sure. what was apparent to us

colder in culpeper and orange. 25 colder in frederick. 25 colder here in the district and 20 colder in eastonal temps at this this noon hour barely above 40. a few spots like gaithersburg and hagerstown and cumberland still in the 30s. it's only 40 in waldorf. that doesn't even factor in the windchill. we still have winds gusting to 30 miles an hour. right now 45. cloudy. these are high thin clowtdz really. -- clouds. really there's a lot of sun out there. feeling like 37 in town with the winds gusting to 26 miles an hour. what we're watching for that thursday night, friday period is this guy down in texas. you see some much needed rain showers scattered across the west and the southwest but if this storm in texas, you see the heavier rains that have come through east texas here coming up past houston on their way to shreveport into oklahoma and louisiana. that system will be bringing us the moisture. and there's just enough cold air in place that it does look like we'll see a little bit of snow at the onset. could be an inch or two north and west. chilly air. no problems today or tonight. to

that fire broke out at easton bible church on gloucester town road in hainesport.ot this video moments after he and his family escaped the flames. it destroy the the office wing of the church but sanctuary was spare no one was injury. >>> chopper three over the aftermath of the big fire, this one in montgomery county. thinks all that is left of the trico metal products plant in upper more land. take a lot at scene, last night from chopper three. a five alarm fire tore through the building, the causes now under investigation but we do know no would be was injury. >>> well, former phillies pitcher curt schilling takes on some cyber bull hoist targeted his 17 year-old daughter. the it all began when schilling publicly congratulated his doubt are on twitter forget nothing to college. several people wound up responding with some really disgusting tweet about his daughter. in response, schilling publicly outed those people and then tweeted there are repercussions to your actionness real world. and there were. once those young men were identified one of the bullies was, i

you will get a freeze tomorrow which will start the cooling and spread easton saturday but looking into the long raping, breezy and warm and drive through next week. by "warm," i mean above average temperatures. you can see the lights from sfo so that means not much cloud cover. >> tree pollen and high again. we have high pressure over the oakland. we have high pressure over land. that will bring an offshore breeze. that is why the temperatures are peeking -- peaking today and tomorrow. we have potential for record high. san jose 84. gilroy 87. 80 in santa cruz. and milpitas. 80 in redwood city and mountain view and mid-to-upper 70s on the peninsula. the coast is in the mid-to-upper 60 but low-to-mid 70s for south san francisco downtown and sausalito and 5 in petaluma the cool spot to 80 in santa rosa and calistoga and along the east bay shore we go from 75 in berkeley to 80 in castro valley and fremont and warmer weather inland low-to-mid 80's with the cool spot at fairly concord and san ramon and pittsburg at 82. tonight is nice with clouds along the coast and that will spill inland k

washington also right at or a little below freezing as well as right near the bay, eastern shore, easton now up to 33. a little bo above freezing in fredericksburg warrington and manassas. at or a little below freezing farther north and west including much of the shenandoah valley and in the mountains. post your pictures like sue did in arlington with this shrub with icicles on it and this street lamp was transformed into a chandelier by the icing we had yesterday afternoon. still in place like that this morning. here is the timing on yet another icing event coming in tomorrow. 9:30 10:00 in the morning, increasing clouds. but by around noontime that's when we'll begin to see sleet moving in here. it's after that not until around 2:00 or 3:00 that we'll have sleet moving into the metro area, northern virginia, much of maryland and then after that the sleet should give way to icing and the icing will be in place during the evening hours. just north and west of washington, this green zone may be a little bit of light rain by the evening hours, as well. so for the drive time commute, most m

as you look at the rest of the area 40 in easton now, on the eastern shore. also 40 toward annapolis. cooler to the north and west. that's where the air is coming from. 37 in hagerstown and cumberland. everybody will drop to the 30s. most of you will drop to the 20s. a fairly cold start tomorrow. no rain or snow the next couple of days. if you're thinking about washing the car, it's a good time to do it. we will stay dry. we've got systems moving in. i want to show you this. you can see what's happening. to the west, snow toward minneapolis. rape to the south. this will stay to the south. and this storm back to the west really is not going to give us that much except snow into mountains of west virginia maybe western maryland. for us, it's going to help reinforce the cold air. tomorrow chilly. 48 in d.c. 50 in manassas. 45 in martinsburg. average high is 58. we will be close to ten degrees below average as we move you through the next few days. tomorrow morning, 30 also close to ten degrees below average. between :and 8:00, a chilly start. tomorrow afternoon

and right now crews are fighting a fire at the easton bible church in hainesport. this fire was two alarms a half hour ago. no word on that changing. matt delucia is on his way there and we'll have a live report from matt as soon as he gets established there. >>> new from overnight, a philadelphia man was found shot to death inside a home in potsville, schuylkill county. someone shot the 32-year-old man several times. we don't know his name yet and the motive is not clear and no arrests at this point. state police are investigating. >>> also new from overnight, a man who was passed out in a car in philadelphia appears to be a victim of a shooting. the police took the man to the hospital and didn't realize he was shot until doctors notified them he was shot in the police. not sure how police missed that initially, but they found no evidence of the shooting at the scene. the man's car had been blocking the street since 8:00 p.m. and no one called to report it. that man is on life support this morning. >>> also new from overnight, two philadelphia police cruisers cras

in fact, this is a life look at 22 right at 4th street in easton. you can see 22 is clear right here. as i mentioned, 78 is also clear. no accidents to report on the majors in delaware. chris? >>> new jersey has some of the nicest beaches on the east coast. but that sand between your toes doesn't come cheap. new jersey has spent about $800 million on beach replenishment over the past three decades. more than any other state including florida which has 1800 miles of coastline compared to new jersey's 127 miles. meantime, new jersey lawmakers are considering legislation that would double shore protection to $50 million a year. >>> and several new jersey shore communities are actually fighting the state's plan to widen beaches and build protective sand dunes following superstorm sandy. among the proponents is mar bequay. >>> and peco is offering 2,000 free trees to customers to help save energy and money. peco says the trees can help reduce energy through the summer by shading your home and slowing cold winter winds in the wintertime. if you would like

. >>> well, much quieter send off in easton pa for the the team villanova will be opening up againstn this years first round, lafayette college mens basketball team boarded their buses bound for pitberg. the 16th seed leopards have a mighty mountain to climb. sixteen seed has never beaten a number one seed in the history of the ncaa tournament. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" an "eyewitness news" exclusive. >> we need your help. >> "eyewitness news" is combing through records at city a hall trying to figure out who owns this ring. good samaritan found it in the parking lot and want to return to it its rightful owner ahead of what she believes will be his 60th wedding anniversary. we will have that story coming up. >>> we are looking at colder temperatures moving our way and thousands of miles away we are looking at a storm brewing in the southwest that will bring us the threat of snow and some rain, for friday, as spring begins, we will take a look what to expect coming up with the seven day forecast hi beasley. >>> we will talk more villanova in sports and introduce you to the

it is snow across the bay in easton and still sleet down to the south. now, temperature wise, they're going to be tanking here. 30 in frederick. 32 downtown. 30 in manassas. 30 in baltimore, but 23 already in hagerstown. you think it's colder than it was this time yesterday? yup. we lost 13 degrees in 24 hours. mr. bernstein? >> cumberland down to 31. some of the snow totals are impressive. we started with the sleet. the rain to sleet and then a wet snow. with temperatures dropping to the low 20s, the snow is getting a little more powder. we'll still be able to pile up few more inches before it starts to pull away. more impressive snow totals that we've been watching for you. we had 6, 8-inch snow totals up there in areas to our north and west. topper, i think i'll need you to hit the computer for me. there we go. we've got 4 from germantown. that's about an hour half ago. cascade a fresh report at 7. del ray in the alexandria area 2 inches. williamsport, maryland, 6 inches. clearbrook, 90 minutes ago about four and a half. what we're thinking when the s

this was the scene in easton, pennsylvania, tonight, lafayette is on spring break. some students in the area watched the game at local bars. they deposit have much to cheer about tonight. but they're still proud of their part at lafayette tonight. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, jeff skversky with reaction from pittsburgh after the villanova victory. >> autopsies as many why as 45 minutes. villanova cruises to a big win in opening rounds game of the big dance reaction from bits puring coming up in >> plus the rough arrest of college student causing outrage. we know why they were into him into custody. >> sure virz found out the day after the terror attack to a museum. researchers inhaven't a mandatory gadget to keep people from getting drunk behind the wheel. >> cold air coming in and what to expect where you live and what's on tap for the first weekend in spring in the accuweather forecast. >> that and more when "action news" continues tonight ♪♪ it's not about hugging trees. it's not about being wasteful either. you just gotta find that balance. where t

. >> villanova will play the lafayette leopards out of easton northampton county.l pun. ticket for the first time in 15 years lafayette's head coach, fran o'hanlon, was 1970 graduate of villanova. >> i followed them so closely all year, i know how good they are, or maybe i should say how scary they are. they are a scary basketball team. maybe it would be better playing somebody i hadn't seen as much. >> the temple owls were snubbed for the second season, in a row and they juan 23 games. the owls will now be a number one seed in the nit which tips off tomorrow. the owls won't play until wednesday when they take on the bucknell bisons, erika? >> the six kearse only play spoilers at this point in the season. they are in boston tonight taking on the celtics who are making a playoff push after winning six of their last seven. to the ice now flyers playoff hopes are getting slimmer after a shoot-out lost in ottawa last night. claude giroux got stumped in the shoot-out. the flyers lost two-one they're nine points out of the playoffs now with only 11 games left. >> coming

. >>> well easton man got a get well card that ended up making him feel a whole lot better. >> you can say that. 46-year-old joseph, was in the hospital recovering from hernia surgery. his dad gave him a get well card and in it a scratch off new york lottery ticket. well that ticket turned out to be worth $7 million. >> scratched off this ticket and it came in a get well card and it was a complete shock. >> how about that? >> after tacks it's worth about $4.6 million. >> not bad. >> that will make you feel all right. >>> guys, this video just in from moore okay he can showing the damage from to tonight's tornado outbreak a gas station destroyed arc truck flipped over. homes and businesses damaged. so far eight confirmed tornadoes over oklahoma and extending into arkansas. devastating there tonight. on storm scan3 you can see dry over the delaware valley but this is the severe weather the line of severe weather that's moving through st. louis and heading towards cincinnati. the good news is, this is weakening as it moves eastward. so by the time it makes it into the delaware valley, it

that's right committee pairs them against lafayette out of easton pennsylvania, whose coach happened to go to villanova. and i'm joined right now by the man of the hour. villanova head coach jay wright. well, when you saw that one seed pop up had you to feel relief and pride. >> a lot of pride. i was not worried we would be a one seed. but being second, one seed and getting stay in east is honor. and it shows committee thinks highly of us we're humbled and proud. >> then you see the match-up. lafayette, whose coach went to. >> villanova. >> and was one of the all-time great at villanova and probably one of the most be loved players at villanova. villanova fans will be split on this one some of them. i do not like playing against friends and frany is more than a friend he's someone i have great respect for. he does a lot for our program to this day and they're really good. so, not a good match-up. not a good match-up. >> talk about the confidence your group. 15 straight wins, 32-2 best record in school history is the team flying high at the right time. >> we're playing well. sometimes

. >>> an easton police officer was justified in killing a man after a chase and crash in october. police say the officer shot richard sherman iii after he rammed a police cruiser twice. state authorities said no charges will be filed against the officer. >>> a man who pleaded guilty to the murder of a teenager who was caught in the cross fire at a philadelphia playground will spend 8 to 16 years in prison. this is the victim, 17-year-old bernard scott. police say he was an innocent bystander when several men opened fire near overbrook high school. that happened in april of 2013 at a play ground. rahim pleasant was sentenced in the crime yesterday. a judge also sentenced two others in the case. one received 10 to 12 years, one received life in prison. >>> winslow is charged in the death of a 20-year-old british dancer in 2011. winslow is accused of killing the woman with illegal silicone injections during a body enhancement procedure at a philadelphia airport hotel. winslow is charged with third degree murder, manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license. her trial was po

reading berks county and northern and western suburbs but up 476 northeast extension in allentown, easton and part of the northampton county like bethlehem we are seeing light snow and in the poconos light snow that is where we expect the the high accumulationment that is why we have a winter weather advisory until ten for poconos for one to 3 inches of snow in the hill terrain. high temperatures were comfortable with that morning sun. right now with the rain philadelphia only 50. trenton 40. thirty-six in allentown. cold air is definitely moving in. state college at freezing. look at the south some warmth is waiting in the wings to move in. for this evening though, wet, slick road through the poconos, of course, wet snow falling in philadelphia just some light rain and then down the shore mild with rain showers through the 10:00 o'clock hour. coming up we will say good bye to march and april looks better. we will look at that easter holiday weekend coming up, chris. >>> tonight family of the cop killer mumia abu-jamal is speaking out concerned about his treatment about following his hosp

this is the easton bible church as we mentioned. and right there on the roof you can still see the smoke rising from the building here. we also have video that we shot not long ago where you could see the presence out here with the fire. that was still burning. we are told that this is a two-alarm fire that started just before 3:30 this morning. fortunately, we are told at this point, no injuries have been reported. and we'll come back out here live real quick, i want to show you again that we have towns from all over here. we have tabernacle hainesport out here responding to this fire. right there you might be able to see the windows. they are all broken out. clearly, a lot of damage to this building here. this is a very large church out here on foster town road. but again, at this point we're told no injuries were reported. we are still trying to get more information from the chief out here on the scene. and for now, that is the latest here live in hainsport, burlington county. matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> 5:03 new from overni

. >>> and nova plays the patriots league championship, laugh yell leopards from easton northampton county, first time in 15 years the leopards are headed to the big dance, by the way laffayette coach, fran oh, hanlon, is a villanova graduate. temple owls were hoping to make it, however they were ignored for the second straight year. the owls finish with 23 wins, but wyoming, who won the mountain west tournament, made it instead. the owls are now number one seed in the nit. they host bucknell wednesday. >>> still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news" seinfeld addict could have a way to watch every episode on line but it will not be cheap. more of that coming g up in your money watch report. first though here's what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. >> a fire sweeps through home in northeast philadelphia's morrell park. one firefighter and civilian were treated for smoke inhalation in that fire along the 3400 block of brookview road t took firefighters almost an hour to control that fire. the cause remains under investigation. >> jeffrey williams faces two charges in last week's shooting of t

they will take on the the the lafayette leopard who left from easton last night as well. should be a fun game, tomorrow night on cbs. >>> one of our cities, six teams is introducing a new mens basketball coach penn's new boss is steve donahue a delaware county native. he was a penn assistants for ten years spent time at cornell and boston college. good luck with the quakers. >>> we will prepare you for march madness tonight at 7:30 with march to indianapolis special right here on cbs, sports director beasley reese host a panel of experts and leslie van arsdal is in pitberg with nova. >>> the flyers are on the road playing late on the west coast, but unable to have solve the the canucks. vancouver paid tribute to the late pat quinn before the the game. he coached the flyers before leading vancouver to their only stanley cup finals appearance. in the game canucks alexander baros scored two goals, 17 seconds apart and the canucks win four-one. flyers in calgary tomorrow night. >>> erika. >> thanks, diana. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" a major health insurance company

the leopards of lafayette college on thursday in the round one matchup and today on the campus in eastonthe team wasted no time practicing for the game in pittsburgh. players say being called up to the big dance is a dream. >> oh, it's just a dream come true really. everybody says that but it's really a dream come true t everybody worked so hard just to get in the tournament and it just means so much to everybody on the team. >> yeah, it means everything. this is why we play. this is why we work hard so for all the hard work it means everything. >> lafayette won the patriot league championship to earn the 16th seed. >>> and the march madness continues ahead on "action news." ducis rodgers and jaime apody will have more on how the teams are getting ready for the big dance and five new and improved parks in philadelphia are moving forward thanks to an $11 million investment announced today. cecily. >> yesterday we were stuck in the 40's today 55 degrees. tomorrow we'll hit the low 60's. but it won't last long. i'm tracking the winds of change in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those sto

out in upper more london 611 easton road approaching pennsylvania turnpike there is an accident overthe shoulder on 422. another crash, on the shoulder on the westbound on ramp to route 29. and on i-95 northbound right at bridge street there is a disable vehicle blocking left-hand lane and mass transit doing great. september, new jersey transit patco speed line running on time with in delays. currently in delays at philadelphia international airport. rest of our majors just a little bit slow but it is nice day so role roar your windows down. schuylkill expressway eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway that will take but 27 minutes and 17 minutes and a heavy trip on 422 westbound from 202 into oaks. stay there cbs-3 "eyewitness >>> the philadelphia eagles busy again today at the novacare complex make ago digses to the 2015 bird. they have reportedly signed running back ryan matthews, of san diego, and cornerback walter thurmond formally of the giant. thurmond will be reunited with his former seahawks teammate byron maxwell in the secondary. maxwell was highest rat