. >>> happening today, philadelphia city council -- go ahead. >> philadelphia city counccil will announce the programs at the high school in rocks boar ro later this morning. expected to boost the energy and modernize the schools meant to offset the billion dollar backlog for capital improvements. >>> buzz feed news is reporting that the personal information of tens of thousands of saks fifth avenue customers was available to the public on its website until recently. the customers signed up for a wait list to buy products. the information was taken off line after being contacted. the company is moving to resolve the breech. buzzfeed has a relationship with comcast. >>> now to news oversea. investigators in paris are trying to figure out if the paris airport attacker was on drugs. police found cocaine when they were searching his apartment. the french officials completed an autopsy yesterday on the man. the results are not out just yet. but they know he was at a bar an hour and a half before he attacked a soldier on saturday. >>> it's three minutes after 5:00 and 36 degrees. and if you're

here's a look at temperatures currently in philadelphia neighborhood. 45 center city. andorra 41.ly. making our way to upper 50s and low 60s. same deal in new jersey. 43 for turner'sville. mount laurel at 41 degrees. forecast highs for today. 62, somerton. see mid 50s in areas. everywhere is going to at least see some rain from this morning to overnight. 52 in trenton. 56 atlantic city. low to mid 60s across the area for delaware. wind picking up as well later today into tonight. we'll track those out coming up in the next half hour. >>> all right. thank you. this morning. following several moves by the trump administration, including revised travel ban and health care overhaul. house republicans released a long awaited bill that dismantles much of obamacare. tell you what the american health care act means for people looking for coverage. we'll hear what critics are saying about the plan. also, we are following president trump's new travel ban. we'll break down what has changed from last month's controversial plan and tell you how groups are already getting ready to fight the ord

helen gym is a longtime community activist was recently elected to the philadelphia city council. gregorio casar is an austin city council member. when he first won election in 2014, he was the youngest councilmember in the city's history.y. he is the son of mexican immigrants. also with us, from new haven is , michael wishnie, a clinical professor of law at yale law school. he is co-director of the school's worker and immigrant rights advocacy clinic. we welcome you all to democracy now! helen, philadelphia city council member, you are -- your response to, well, we heard this yesterday at the session that you were involved with where people came from around the country to talk about sanctuaries that attorney general jeff sessions had just announced he would be going after cities that do what your city does, philadelphia. talks what i would say is, there is no surprise that 48 hours or 72 hours after the president suffers one of the most humiliating defeats in c congres ever that they go back to their tried and true distracactions, which is to scapegoat immigrants. it is a tried-an

this is a big deal, okay. >> yesterday afternoon philadelphia city council members gave the actor a certificatenouncing the date. he is, of course, a philadelphia native and july 6th is his birthday. >>> we'll explain why this team mascot went out of his league to show off his skills and it was nothing but net. . >>> the african-american museum in philadelphia is marking a milestone. it celebrated 40 years with a special gala event last night. george spencer and jacqueline london had the honor of emceeing the event highlighting four decades of african-american art, history and culture right here in philadelphia. >>> to a live look at lincoln financial field. folks will be climbing the stairs of the stadium today. it's a training event for this year's big climb philly taking place in may. participants will climb to the top of 1 commerce square to raise money for the leukemia and lymphoma society. >>> okay. move over, march madness. it is time for mascot madness. a local mascot making his case for the title. melvin, the mascot for the lehigh valley phantoms hockey team. he makes the shot from hal

college basketball tradition. >> that is right, just in time for march madness philadelphia has been named the fifth best citycountry, for college basketball fans accord together wallet hub.com. from the palestra to the defending national champion villanova wildcats, there is a lot to like around here. philadelphia gets high marks for city six teams along with the number of conference and national titles, that they have won. >>> we will see which local teams make to it march madness in just a few days catch ncaa tournament selection show at 5:30 on sunday, right here on cbs-3. >>> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on our sister station cw philly and back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. >>> up next "cbs evening news" , tonight growing fall out after president trump accused president obama of wiretapping his phones. and the impact philadelphia soda taxis having on the beverage industry, here now is scott pelley. captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: no evidence from the white house. the president offers no proof to back up his claim that he was wiretapped by president obama. also tonight,

. >> the city of philadelphia could see a foot of snow and that is prompting the city school districtclose all public schools tomorrow. the same goes for archdiocesan and parochial schools in the city of philadelphia. of course we have school closures for you running at the bottom of your screen continuously. those are also available on our web site 6abc.com. >> live to philadelphia city hall where officials are expected to give an update on snow preparations. we're streaming this for you on our web site 6abc.com as soon as it gets under way. >>> in the meantime we have live team coverage tonight from the suburbs to the shore and the impact this nor'easter will have on our region but first let's get the latest from accuweather. meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board tonight. cecily. >> hi, rick and double scan live showing a major snowstorm that is beginning to gel, to come together. we've got a few pieces that will work together to create this storm. we've got low pressure surface low over the gulf of mexico. what in will do is head over to the carolinas. at the same time this p

live look at center city philadelphia or trying to, through, a few drip drops there on the camera lens. we are seeing a sprinkle work going through center city philadelphia that will be the trend over next couple of hours but sunshine will return as we head in the second half of the morning. so sunny afternoon, in store, we're watching, the possibility of a little bit of snow, two chances across the delaware valley as we head in the next several days. tomorrow we will kick off a cooling trend, arctic air is moving in this weekend, it will be that secondary set up for chance of snow on sunday but our first snow chance arrives on friday with rain transitioning possibly over to snow, maybe light accumulation possible, as well, models different on. that secondary system to watch this weekend much more potent system but could potentially stay off to our south, best chance of snowfall on sunday, at this point looks to be across portions of delaware but impending is that snow chance as we head into late thursday night and early friday morning for first half of the friday. this is just one of

behind me in old city philadelphia looking good. seeing some wind 45 degrees the high today 62. of course, that was shore aft midnight and temperatures continue to crash. west northwesterly winds now at 14 miles an hour. so seeing some improvement on ultimate doppler we have clear skies a few clouds to the west and a few snow showers moving in with a clipper. a fast-moving area of low pressure that will go to the south near d.c. and spread some snow showers across our area especially in the afternoon. when we look at the temperatures, pretty cool in the northeast. but colder through the midwest. cleveland 33. chicago 32. minneapolis 28 so we will continue to see the influence come out of the northwest for us and that means turning colder. progress civil over the next couple of days. still seeing winds gusting to 22 in pottstown. no gusts reported in philadelphia that's good news. lancaster 28 the poconos gusting to 22. as we look ahead hour by hour we'll see some clouds and a few spotty snow showers moving in to the region. but it's

we want get to philadelphia city hall where philadelphia officials are discussing the city's plans as the storm rolls in let's listen in. >> first, as you may have heard, both the school district of philadelphia and the arch diocesan schools of philadelphia will be closed tomorrow. that is they are both the schools and the administrative offices will be closed. secondly, as we announced earlier, snow emergency will declared for the city of philadelphia beginning at 9:00 p.m. tonight. with ticketing and towing to begin after midnight. a snow emergency means all parked cars must be moved off of snow emergency routes for plowing. when moving your car, park as far away from the corner of the street as possible. vehicles parked too close to the corner make it difficult for plows to make the turn. pretty basic. so we you were people to move your car away from corners. cars left on snow emergency routes will be moved to another parking spots to assist in the snowplowinsnowplowing operation. if your car is moved, you can call 215-686-snow. s-n-o-w. to find it and please do not call 911. the c

police say the district attorney bill determine charges. >>> city of philadelphia is welcoming dozens of refugees from syria fleeing violence of that war torn nation. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is at city hall right now where there was an emotional welcome reception earlier today, joe, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. tears were short here and syrian refugees were also joined by refugees from iraq, afghanistan. city leaders say building behind me here and government were not as always welcoming as we saw today. >> ♪ >> reporter: three-year old light is budd which his video game his mom, focused listening to traditional syrian music at a welcome ceremony inside city hall. light's family fled war ravage syria after mortar shells forced them from their homes. >> she's so happy that she's living between nice and welcoming people. >> reporter: little light and his family call philadelphia home they are refugee status gives them a year before they will eligible for apply for green card in an emotional ceremony david oh welcomed two dozen refugees who recently settled here

for city of philadelphia getting toward the shore by 9:00 o'clock. could mix with some rain down that way and then starting to taper off after 11:00 o'clock. men to the afternoon note business cold air coming in behind this low, scattered snow showers, and those blinding snow squals will pop up through afternoon tomorrow so that could slow down the second part of your commute tomorrow. morning commute will be the war but afternoon commute likely no picnic either. how much snow are we talking here? philadelphia we have got you basically right on the 1 inch line, it is likely a coat to go a slushy inch or two on the grass, coat to go possibly an inch on the grass across south jersey and delaware. up in the lehigh valley we are looking at 3 inches, put that as over under around allentown bethlehem area five or six in the highest elevations of the poconos. after this storm it will feel brutally cold, wake up saturday morning feeling like single digits. saturday afternoon does not feel better than teens. next week another snow threat as this system races

o'connell joins us live in south philadelphia tonight where he learned about one fed up group of residents. chris? >> reporter: yeah, if you park illegal iain in the city of philadelphia you know the philadelphia par parking authory was your biggest concern. well, now social media account could be the newest parking vigilante. if you thought the philadelphia parking authority was tough, check out the latest weapon against illegal parking. >> i've gotten sideswiped parking just from people double parking. >> reporter: two social media sites called not a spot philadelphia are outing illegal parkers all over the city. >> i would be very upset if somebody reported me outed me i get enough tickets any way. >> the accounts are run by a south philly photographer they fed up with lack of access to those in real chairs and strollers. the users submissions target those who park in front of curb cuts and sidewalks from an suv blocking the sidewalk in north philly to this run in fairmount or another corner blocked in south philly. park like this, you've been warn. >> i'm from south philly. i don't know anybody that would do that. >> reporter: south philly native m

city hall to explain, good evening, greg. >> reporter: beginning. mayor's total budget totals more than $4.3 billion, some 92 million-dollar of that is coming from the philadelphia beverage tax and that is proving to be very controversial. as mayor jim kenney presented city council with his budget for fiscal year 2018, a few dozen protested outside against the cities beverage tax. >> we're just here putting a face on the jobs being lost as a result of this terrible tax. >> reporter: although beverage tax income of 92 million-dollar represents a fraction on of the total $4.4 billion budget, the mayor says that money has already made a difference in the lives of many philadelphians. >> today philly beverage tax has funded 2,000 free quality prek seats and nine community schools, serving 4500 students >> reporter: mayor says that tax will continue to fund other programs, for years to come. >> all said philadelphia beverage tax will allow city to dedicate half billion dollars over the next five years to programs, specifically proven to reduce poverty. >> reporter: but not everyone is pleased with how the tax seems to target one industry. >> it is a question of, atta

we do have some returns overhead on radar and center city philadelphia. rinkle level wintery mix in center city philadelphia. if you're headed outside any time in the near future, we will check in with weather watcher reports see what's going on with them right now. 36 degrees as we head to the north and west of the city. snow coming down, 36 degrees in pennsylvania, eileen says large flakes falling about 6:30, bundle up, getting colder, plus 4 degrees in a half hour. that's why we're seeing the transition over to all snow, very quickly because temperatures are plummeting. that's going to be the trends through the day today. we head up into chesterfield, 42 degrees, at ed's house, remember, that will be your most mild temperature of the day. cloudy conditions for now, temperature down few degrees in the last three hours, humidity rises, making it feel raw outside. than is the trend, damp conditions, snow over spreading the area on storm scan3 right now, have indications every kind of wintery mix along the i59 corridor. will soon start hitting the surface,

i have spent my adult working life here. >> reporter: philadelphia city councilman curtis jones junior who oversees this district says he is working with the community to explore options including remoth lot, by van services, engets parking and expansion of the mass transit. >> that community center is a historic community center, and it saved a lot of lives of people in that community. any negotiation that does not include north light, it is dead on arrival. >> reporter: still bright orange signs posted in windows make it clear some manayunk residents do not want the project to move forward. >> every nook and cranny is being filled upright now. >> community members are scheduled to meet with the developer at north flight community center at 7:00 on wednesday night. i reached out to that develop shore had previously declined all comments and did he not respond to further requests today. live from manayunk, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" >>> when we come back tonight, celebrating a milestone, the ground breaking museum in philadelphia that is closing in on 40 years. we will lo

. >> philadelphia city leaders gathered at city hall today to denounce the white house's recent actions regarding transgender students. mayor jim kenney philadelphias schools superintendent william hite and members of the mayor's commission on lgbt affairs were all on hand. today mayor kenney vowed to make sure transgender students in philadelphia are safe. >> transgender students deserve what every kid deserves a fair shot at succeeding in school and to allow themselves just to be left alone and live like everyone else. >> recently the white house reversed transgender bathroom protections established under president obama. now it's up to states and local school districts to determine if students may use bathrooms in line with their gender den t philadelphia officials have said the white house's reversal will have no effect on city schools. >> new jersey lawmakers are lashing out at the state's department of transportation after a revolutionary war era building was destroyed for a highway project. this is all that's left of the hud harrison glover house in bell pennsylvania. the camden

philadelphia's old city also took a stand against hate. hundreds of people of all ages and race and faith flooded independence mall. the toppling of more than 100 headstones at the mount caramel cemetery along the with bomb threats against jewish community centers brought them together. >> as they debt in that building behind us, we stand up to intolerance. we continue the work that was done on this mall and in that hall. >> the reward for information leading to whoever desecrated the mt. carmel cemetery stands at $69,000. >>> skyfox over a fire at a senior living center in south jersey you can see a lot of activity right outside of ivy stone senior living that's right off of route 130 in pennsauken township. authorities say the fire broke out right around 6:00 tonight. the flames never did make it out of the boiler room. thank goodness. because nobody is hurt. >>> on your radar is it winter, is it finally winter is it winter finally moving in? live look at -- is that trenton there? gusty winds blue through our area today and now some no i

part of the money from the tax goes to fund philadelphia's new pre-k program. city says that program has already led to more than 250 new jobs. about 2,000 children started the first phase of philadelphia's pre-k program when it launched in january. >>> new video tonight to show you from sky force 10. see those flames right there in the middle of your screen? they're coming from beneath the ground in reading, berks county. the power company tells nbc 10 underground cables caught fire around 9:00 tonight. some neighbors reported hearing small explosions in the area. fortunately, no one hurt here. >>> a delaware man is wanted by police for allegedly exposing himself to women in public. police say donald maxwell is wanted for two separate incidents. both of them happened just after midnight near the university of delaware. police say maxwell stripped naked and performed a lewd act each time. maxwell last seen driving a 2011 silver dodge charger. >>> the reward has climbed to $69,000 for information leading to the arrest of vandals who targeted this jewish cemetery in p

cities today. those that like philadelphia refuse to enforce federal immigration laws. now, adding urgency to and a already pointed threat, sessions now says that cities that fail to comply will not only lose out on future federal funds but will also be forced to pay back money they've already gotten. that sets off a potential standoff between the justice department and philadelphia mayor jim kenney who has said the city has no plans to change course. vernon odom is getting reaction to this as we speak today. he'll have a live report coming up this evening on "actio"action news" at 5:00. >> police say it appears a corner store owner in north philadelphia was justified in shooting a would be robber and an innocent bystander. police say the man pulled his own gun when a armed suspect tried to rob his laundromat on the 2800 block of north fifth street. the suspect who was armed with a knife ran off with $2,000 in cash but dropped the money as the owner chased after him. investigators say the suspect then turned around to face the owner while apparently still holding the kni

big story on "action news" is the potential standoff between the justice department and the city of philadelphia with both sides at odds over immigration. "action news" reporter vernon odom spoke to mayor jim kenney and joins us live from city hall with more. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, rick and to you alicia. from the trump white house tonight, this ultimatum. drop the sanctuary city policy or see many millions of law enforcement dollars from washington dry up. attorney general jeff sessions made the announcement at the white house briefing this afternoon that the justice department under president trump will now require cities and states seeking law enforcement grants to certify they are not undocumented immigrant sanctuaries. >> cities and states less safe. public safety as well as national security are at stake and put them at risk at losing federal dollars. >> reporter: mayor kenney is taking a defiant stand. he's presiding over immigrant week aimed at celebrating the thousands of immigrant owned businesses in philadelphia. the mayor says it looks to him like the sessions move today

we have snow coming down in parts of the area but has tapered off in center city philadelphia but still a very gray, not uplifting scene right now as we look live from center city philadelphia temperature 30 degrees. that is warmest we have been at all day long. west wind at 17 miles an hour, wind chill temperature down at 18 degrees, storm scan three showing us even over the last hour or so some snow shower activity is starting to taper off, returns disappearing and excuse me as we push close to sunset and after sunset this snow shower activity will start to wind down but we have some heavy snow showers coming down in and around atlantic city back in absecon port republic reducing visibility and any snow showers and squals meant business today forks township in northampton county half inch of snowfall in five minutes, five minutes, yeah, that will screw up your commute. as we head into tonight snow showers coming to an end, mostly clear, blustery and frigid down to 18 degrees for the day tomorrow mix of sun and cloud, that is still good. still windy, 36. still cold but we will get abov

city. bruce, philadelphia's top cop is admitting the police response did not go the way it should have. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right. look with so many teens causing so much trouble at multiple locations around center city for a several hour period yesterday evening, philly police simply had no answers. >> by mid afternoon tuesday the philly police presence in center city was hard to miss. plenty of cop on the look out for teenaged troublemakers. commissioner richard ross admits his response may be a day late. >> i think somewhere along the line we may have missed the boat a little bit. >> i've never seen anything of this violent nature first hasn't. >> reporter: attorney joe was leaving commerce square at 20th and market around 5:30 monday afternoon. when he saw throng of teenagers pile into the fed ex office next door. >> there was a kid i felt really bad for him about 20 to 25 years old they were picking up computer hard drives throwing them at him. picking up stools, anything unfixed object they could get their hands on essentially. running rough shot all over the place. >> r

city. this isn't a septa problem, this is a philadelphia problem with our youth. >> reporter: in center city, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> new at 6:00, a philadelphia police officer is facing animal cruelty charges tonight. this is the pennsylvania spca, she was found starving in a garbage bag in valley park in november. officer michael long was arrested today in connection with that case. you don't have to worry about cranberry she made a full recovery and now has a new home. >>> a bus fire made for a traffic mess on the schuylkill expressway tonight. a burned out shell there is all that's left of the bus. it caught fire in the westbound lanes near montgomery drive. viewer video shows the flames at the height of the fire. we can tell you no one here was hurt, fortunately but it did make for added delays during that all important and busy evening rush. the scene cleared about 30 minutes ago. >>> philadelphia police are investigating the suspicious death of a toddler tonight. officers responded on north 15th street before 8:00 last night. medics pronounced the young boy dead minutes later. w

♪ >>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. >>> 11:00 o'clock and it's a nicelear night out there across the delaware valley. enjoy it while it lasts though. taking a look at live radar, all that stuff to our west, yes, it's heading our way and it's promising to make for a real mess of the weekend. >>> good evening, i'm dawn timmeney. we're a few days away from the start of spring but old man winter is hanging on with a vengeance. let's get straight over to mike masco. mike, rain, ice, snow looks like they're a chance for it all this weekend. >> throw the whole kitchen sing at this point. it will be a real nasty day tomorrow not expecting torrential downpours all day but we will be seeing the scattering snow and rain and ice as dawn said. if you go to ultimate doppler down south we go. this is where the leading edge of the storm lies and it is going to be pushing on southwest to northeast kick as we get into tomorrow morning. 24 in the poconos. 37 philadelphia. these temperatures are pretty easy to take and certainly above average. but we are advertising a wint

no day off for philadelphia city workers but they did get to sleep in an hour later. you can see workers here braving the conditions as they head to do city hall around 10:00 this morning. some guys shoveling around the building they had been at it since 11:30 last night. the weather made for rough driving conditions and impacted public transportation. see what's going on here. a septa bus was stuck at 13th and spruce. >>> a live look at center city. a number of septa bus routes remain suspended most regional rail lines are operating on a saturday schedule and all trolley lines are running but you can expect delays. >>> lehigh valley also hit hard by this storm. a lot of folks are still digging out near bethlehem right now where we find fox 29's dave kinchen. dave. >> reporter: we can tell you the good news the roads have been improving really by the hour here in the bethlehem allentown area. you see some cars driving by but of course if you can't get your car out just yet, well, you like a lot of people in town. alex pina is the man of the hour with the shovel in hand

the wind chill currently 23 in philadelphia, 22 in allentown, eight in the poconos. atlantic city5 degrees and wind chills will really be dropping as we head through the overnight hours. satellite6 and action radar showing skies are beginning to clear behind those snow squalls. so, tonight clear skies. it will be a little bit on the breezy side and temperatures really tumbling. the average high for this time of the year -- or lows for this time of the 82er is 32. average high is 48. we're not going to be anywhere near that. overnight low philadelphia 23, allentown 19, trenton 21. winds will be gusting up to about 35 miles per hour tomorrow so wind chills pretty brutal. at 6 o'clock it will feel like 15 in philadelphia and despite all the sunshine wind chills will only be rising into the mid-20's tomorrow so you really do want to bundle up. we have high pressure building in but there's quite a bit of a gradient from the departing low pressure so that means winds gusting up to about 35 miles per hour, so 36 degrees will feel more like the 20's. lots of sunshine, though. that's the g

pepsi said that led to a 40% drop in sales in philadelphia. cityeaders questioned the need for layoffs pointsing to the company's profits and the hundreds of thousands of dollars pepsi spent to try to kill the soda tax. money from the tax paid for philadelphia's universal pre-k program. the city says that program has created more than 250 new jobs. about 2,000 children started the first stage of the philadelphia pre-k program when it launched in january. >>> just about a quarter to 6:00 a.m. this morning. starting county by county coverage. in lehigh valley, police and prosecutors have formed a task force in order to track down armed robbers who target cell phone stores. >> robbers robbed and tied up employees around the area. >>> camden county police need your help finding a man caught on video throwing a cat into the air. the video turned up on social media is now being investigated as an incident of animal krushlkrushl cruelty. >>> family friends and police officers will come together to remember two delaware officers killed in a crash last week

northern and western suburbs, even close in to philadelphia and even maybe parts of philadelphia, 12 to 18. and most of the cityphiladelphia in the 8 to 12 going all the way into new jersey and then lower amounts toward the shore. we'll break this down neighborhood by neighborhood, coming up in just a few minutes. >> we'll see you soon, glenn, thank you. >>> neighbors all across the area hit the grocery stores and gas stations to make sure they're getting ready for whatever happens during the storm. drew smith is live. drew, it was all about getting the essentials. >> reporter: yeah, denise, stop number one for a lot of people has been the gas station. making sure those cars are topped off. they also to want make sure they have gas for the snow blowers. in fact it's been so busy here today, you can see they have the traffic cones out here to make sure people stay in line. you only have to walk a couple of feet to grab your grocery cart and head on into the 24 hour grocery store still busy tonight. patience needed not line at the gas pumps. and at the supermarket checkout. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. i can't

philadelphia. and atlantic city gusting to 37 if you're flying out at philadelphia international airport or even atlanticrrow morning. 65 still in philadelphia. but look at the west cold is not that far away. and the warm air is being squeezed offshore. chicago they are and snow. international falls nine. this is cold that is coming and a clipper will be moving through early friday morning. that will bring us a chance of some snow showers. the mold models still in disagreement of what the form will be. a line of snow showers or will it be a little bit farther to the north or the south that's still in question but there will be some snow showers out there friday morning it shouldn't slow you down. not at this point then the cold air comes in behind that and we're talking about wind chills saturday morning in the teens and single numbers through the day saturday, wind chills mainly staying in the teens and sunday morning it's going to be very cold as well. with wind chills in the single numbers and the poconos it will feel like two. in philadelphia it will feel like eight. so about 48 hours of winter retur

today fox 29 partnered with the city of philadelphia to get help for parents and students who need helpenn fred says they took at least 500 calls. ♪ i walk a parent through the pennsylvania state grant. >> reporter: today's city hall college financial aid phone a thon was quite the success. >> verify what information, what form. >> reporter: fox 29 partnering with the city and some of its council members to help students and parents fill out the all important faves at a form. councilwoman blondel reynolds brown worked in penn state's admission office for five years. even with that background the process for her was frustrating. >> for first generation college students it's overwhelming. it's overwhelming for well informed parents especially here in philadelphia where one of the poorest largest cities in the country, but even more seriously we're in a state which has one of the highest debt loads in the country of graduating students from college. and so we need to bridge that gap, and the way that we have to start doing that with these fafsa applications which is free application for fe

philadelphia. it's more likely north of the city. if we do it's not going to be sticking not with temperatures above freezing. saturday, that's when it will feel colder. 23 in the morning. 37 in the afternoon. back into the 20s on sunday morning. but over the weekend, we've got another warmup that starts 40s on sunday, not terribly warm. look at monday. 60 degrees. up to 62 with a chance of showers on tuesday. now, the cold front comes through, we'll get back to cooler weather for wednesday, thursday and friday. next saturday turns a bit warmer. back to the middle 50s. >> wow. >> thank you bill. >>> our county-by-county coverage begins in bucks county where a man accused of raping a teenage girl allegedly gifted to him by her parents. >> police found 11 girls living in the home last year. yesterday, a judge approved a plan for that house to be given to the state and sold after trial. but the money set aside from the sale can pay caplan's legal fees. >>> 2 1/2 years after his arrest, a jury has found a burlington county firefighter no

nbc 10 matt delucia joins us live from philadelphia water department in center city. saw what good neighbors and good samaritans do in situations like this. do you know what happened and caused the sinkhole to open up. >> that is the gig mystery this morning. still under investigation by the philadelphia water department. you see these sinkholes. you see the potholes all over the place and sometimes you think you can drive your car through it it's shallow enough. one guy last night thought the same thing and didn't work out quite as well as he thought. take a look. nbc 10 cameras as a group of neighbors worked to help him lift and push car out of sinkhole. one neighbor called us about the hole. said id noon. concern was for drivers and children in the neighborhood. after we spoke with her, we called the philadelphia water department and a crew came to check it out. not before a big example o brotherly love. >> thank you all so much. >> thank you. >> this is what we do in this hood. >> it looked like a normal pothole i could get over and when i drove it just dropped in

this winter weather advisory in effect, it has been extended and expanded, now includes center city philadelphia, and it runs until 2:00 today. so in effect for large portion of the delaware valley including parts of south jersey, berks county, lehigh valley up into the poconos as winter weather advisory, storm scan3 showing us that snow is moving on in. it has been snowing in the poconos for the last several hours, starting to push now into the lehigh valley. you can see, even some heavier pockets of snow in and around lehigh up into chestnut hill. jim thorpe seeing flakes coming down, berks county, reading, might be dealing with light rent which mix, will quickly transition over to all snow for you. northwest suburbs, that leading edge of snowfall is fast approaching, you're going start to see the flakes flying in one to two hours, this very uniform area of snowfall will continue to move its way eastbound, looking very organized in nature, and plan for snow today in your day planner, snow coming down heavy at times, in the 9:00 hour. i think we start to see some precipitation in and around the

events run through april 1st. >>> a new mural design was unveiled at philadelphia's city hall. s the concepts of justice and comes from the city's mural arts program. the mural set to be installed at the fjd civil jury room. >>> michigan and flint agreed to place thousands of home water lanes to settle a lawsuit over lead contaminated water. they'll place 18,000 water lines by 2020 and michigan will pick up the bill with state and federal funds. more than 700 water lines replaced at this point. flint's water was tainted with lead for at least 18 months. water quality has improved but residents are still advised to use filters. >>> let's check in with your fox 29 weather authority. check this out. parts of north texas hit by major storms on sunday. so they got golf ball sized ha hail. >> wow. >> one young guy made the best of the situation and used the giant hail balls to work on his short game. that's my kind of game. >> exactly right. live look at reading as we start this final week of march. you know what they say. if march comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb. we shal

. >>> official who's worked in the nutter administration are under fire tonight philadelphia city controller is calling for a $240,000 reimbursement to the mayor's fund. that fund is supposed to be used tourism, youth programs and people in need, but city controller alan butkovitz says former mayor michael nutter along with former chairwoman desiree peterkin bell and other employees used the money as slush fund of sorts. and he says ten of thousands of dollars paid for trip of rome ahead of the pope's visit to philadelphia. hotel rooms in philly, uber rides and a number of other expenses. >> there were 458 uber rides totaled $8,738 charged to the former chairwoman's american express card that contained no supporting documentation. several other charges associated with the former chairwoman appeared highly questionable. >> we have not reached mayor nutter or peterkin bell for comment in the past both have defended the spending saying they did nothing wrong. >>> the department of military and veterans affairs needs your help. they want to pay tribute to all the men and women from pennsylvania

abusing 10 boys. >>> breaking news right now mayor jim kenney is holding a press conference at philadelphia city hall to declare a snow emergency. >> blizzard warning goes into effect for chester, bucks, montgomery and berks counties and lehigh valley. what is the plan for philadelphia? let's find out. >> emergency operations director will have the latest, forecast, and relative to the snow in just a few minutes. first as you may have heard, both the school district of philadelphia and archdiocese schools in philadelphia will be closed tomorrow. that is they are both, schools and administrative offices will be closed. secondly, as we announced, earlier a snow emergency will be declared for the city of philadelphia, beginning at 9:00 p.m., tonight. with ticketing and towing to begin after mid night. a snow emergency means all parked cars must be, moved off of the snow emergency routes for plowing. when moving your car, parkas far away from the corner of the street as possible. vehicles parked too close to the corner make it difficult for plow toss make the turn, pretty basic, so we urge people to

live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at ten. >>> breaking news. swat team investigation that shut down busy i-95 for a time tonight. shots fired but who did it? i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. the bullets ended up just missing a woman. let's get right out to our shawnette wilson. she's live at the scene tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: so police tell us the woman who owns the car that was shot at also owns did he lie's nightclub this started to unfold around 6:00 o'clock this evening. police don't know if she was the intended target but they say it's a possibility. a weigh vacant apartment building under construction on the 100 block of spring garden turned into a crime scene this evening when philadelphia police got a call from three men doing renovations. >> they were inside the building when they heard three gunshots and they believed that the gunshots came from inside of the building. >> reporter: swat showed up to go floor by floor in the five-story building but didn't find anyone. but police say they did notice an open window with two bul

once again, if you work for the city of philadelphia office is open at 10:00 a.m.ough, are still closed. >> okay, the weather of course a huge story this morning. let's get to the latest in your weather and traffic with karen rogers and matt pelman. good morning. >> good morning. and we've been tracking a big change with this storm as this area of low pressure draws closer to the coast and we're getting the warmer air mixing in. i want to show you what's happening on storm tracker6 live double scan kind of region and by region. as you look at this you can see that rain that's heavy right there in south jersey. katherine scott has been reporting saying it's pouring rain and it is through sea isle city fortescue millville and up towards hammonton and glassboro so farther north than we had looked at before and you see that area of icing along the new jersey turnpike t be careful traveling through gloucester and camden county. the i-95 corridor, the area of blue route that's the sleet that's mixing in with this so that's reducing the numbers now as the totals but it is

in order to join the department. >>> preventing homelessness will be the focus of hearing at philadelphia city counsel today. family impacted by housing problems will testify and groups that help the homeless will offer solutions such as short-term financial assistance, rent and utility help. >>> another cold one out there this morning. quickly go over monday before we get back to storm and first alert. these are going to be highs for today. today looks okay. 37 in center city. we'll see a mix of clouds and sun out there. might notice the wind will be up. westchester 38 degrees. lehigh valley we feel see temperatures ranging from mid 30s to upper 30s for high temperatures. new jersey, same deal. 39 in trenton. 38 for atlantic city. smyrna close to 40 for the high today. as we go to tonight. things start to deteruate. 6:00 p.m. on hour by hour. closer look at what we were just checking out 15 minutes ago. 11:00 p.m. start to see rain edge in from south. snow from the westchester berks county. start briefly as flurries or light snow. look how quickly the heavy snow takes over and rain know line

philadelphia's winfield heights neighborhood. the police say the man hit a traffic light pole near city avenue around 2:30 this morning. >>> philadelphia police investigating a deadly shooting. a mann was shot in the back of his head at close range in logan. police don't know the man's identity and they plan to look at surveillance cameras in the >>> happening today in harrisburg, jury selection begins in the child of graham s. he's accused of mishandling complaints of child abuse in the sandusky trial. two former officials who plead guilty last week could testify against span jer. the school commission led by the fbi director concluded that spannier, the two officials and jo paterno concealed facts about sandusky's child abuse. >>> now to a traffic alert for anyone who uses the mid county tolls in montgomery county. the easy pass express lanes are closed right now and will be for three weeks. here's a live look at the scene. work is under way at the interchange to upgrade the overhead electronic tol equipment. you can use the regular pass lanes but not the express lanes. >>> happening today, president donald trump will hold a rally lo

philadelphia, this is cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> what began as a pro-trump rally in center city philadelphia quickly took on a life of its own whennti-trump protesters joined in this afternoon turning the streets into gridlock. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us. many turned out for the make america great again march and crowds gathered to support not only president trump but veterans law enforcement and first responder as well. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live on independence mall are the marchers were met by counter protesters as well. alycia. >> reporter: natasha, temperatures flared on independent mall when the pro trump ralliers were met by anti-trump protesters. philadelphia police had to shut down the. >> usa. >> reporter: the started as a scheduled pro trump make america great rally on independence mall. >> three months in the making now been trying to do this. >> reporter: one of many around the country today but in philadelphia, not too long after the planned rally started, it was taken over. by hundreds of anti-trump protesters. the clash turning chaotic at one po

a sanctuary city is onemmigtnts stay in order to avoid deportati deportation. philadelphia of those cities. he warned about financial consequences in the form of no federal grant money in the future and possible claw-backs of money already handed out. mayor jim kenney says federal agents better get a warrant. >> i took an oath to uphold the constitution of the united states of america which includes the fourth amendment. and as i said from day one, when presented with a criminal warrant, we will turn anybody over. but we're not going to hold people against their will without charge. >> reporter: the trump administration says enforcement will make cities safer. senator cory booker of new jersey, by the way, a democrat mind you, said the idea of using local police to enforce federal laws "defies logic." coming up at 5:30, we'll look at what the city is planning to do next in response. live in center city, "nbc10 news today." >> thank you. >>> 15 mes on this tuesday. our county-by-county coverage begins in new jersey. >> chris christi theilrump admi at the end of his term. a w

behind me old city philadelphia. the high was 68. it's still 65 degrees. rrow morning a wet slushy snow. like we saw about a month ago. didn't materialize to a lot in the city but more to the normal and west. 41 in the poconos. 59 in allentown. 58 in pottstown and 62 degrees in wilmington. as you look at ultimate doppler here's our arctic front with moisture and what's going to be happening is the cold is going to be moving in and area of low pressure develops along the front and will intensify off the coast. that's how we'll be seeing the snow. tonight we will see the rain, changing over to snow very quickly in the region. skies mostly cloudy and getting down into the mid 30s. as we go hour by hour, the snow moves in during the early morning hours two, 3:00 a.m. through the lehigh valley make it down to philadelphia by about six, 7am in the morning. slower now see temperatures pretty much borderline along the i-95 corridor but allentown 31. the poconos 27. that's sticking. then we see some slushy snow through south jersey not accumulating to much maybe on

philadelphia is marking a milestone. the museum celebrated 40 years with a special gala event in center city last night. spencer and jacqueline london had the honor of emceeing the event which highlighted four decades of african-american art, history and culture right here in philadelphia. >>> live look now at lincoln financial field. empty this morning, but a little bit later on today folks will be up and down the stadium stairs, climbing them, it's a training event for this year's big climb philly, which takes place in may. participants will climb to the top of 1 commerce square in center city to raise money for the leukemia and lymphoma society. >>> it is mascot madness, not march madness, making headlines this morning. take a look. melvin is the mascot for the lehigh valley phantoms hockey team, but melvin showing that he has some skills off the ice, making the shot from half-court. right now melvin is in the semifinals of the american hockey league's mascot madness. >>> 6:27 right now on this saturday. and this morning, no repeal and replace. obamacare is still the law of the land. that's because e

. ♪ >> this has been a fox news ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10:>>> recent threats target, jewish community centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last week's shooting in kansas city remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil -- >> out of the gate his first address to joint session of congress president trump took on the wave of threats against jewish institutions and desecration of jewish cemeteries. >> his words hitting home in our area. the president's calling this time in our nation a quote new chapter of american greatness. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. the moment of the night bipartisan moment a standing ovation for the widow of navy seal ryan owens who died in a controversial raid last month in yemen. the president assured his widow his death will not be in vain. >> ryan's legacy is etched in to eternity. thank you. [ applause ] >> president trump talking points and campaign promises during the speech not too m