. >>> well swarthmore college has a brand new leader.erie smith has been named the 15th president of swarthmore college. currently she is the dean of the college at princeton university. she's also a distinguished scholar of african-american literature and culture. she begins her new role at swarthmore on july 1st. >>> well quite amazing find at the barnes museum. barnes foundation discovered two unfinished cezanne sketches on the reverse side of two water colors by the famed artist. officials say even collector albert barnes probably had no idea they even existed. they were found during conservation work on two french landscape water colors. they will be on display in april and may and then they will be returned to their original location. >> writ keyly. >>> yeah. >> still ahead on fox 29, a massive manhunt after police -- after a police officer is shot. >>> and the frightening motive investigators say was driving that gunman to open fire. that's next. >> and fox 29 viewers sending us pictures of what they're faceing on local roads toda

i want to bring you back here with the cbs-3 mobil weather lab in swarthmore. we have a little bit of light snow falling mixed with freezing drizzle but through go 30-point 7 degrees this hour. the window is fairly light under 5 miles an hour but it is cold. again, just take it slow tonight, while either driving or walking tonight across the delaware valley. for more on the forecast and even colder temperatures coming up in the seven day we will send it back to the studio with kathy, good evening. >> good evening, justin no fun, that is for sure. we will take snow over ice any day. our eyewitness weather watchers are showing us temperatures that are cold and we will get cold's cross the region in our northern and western suburbs temperatures in the 20's. david is reporting a temperature of 26 degrees with a icy mix there south jersey same scenario we have some freezing drizzle kathy is reporting a 28 degrees. if you look at numbers across the region you can see why this icy mix is sticking so fast. allie in merchantville says 29. wynonna 28. jamison reporting i

valerie smith has been named the 15th president of swarthmore college.an of the college at princeton university. she's also a very distinguished scholar of african-american literature and culture. she will begin her new role at swarthmore on july 1st. >> ♪ >> the case of 72-year-old gordon van guilder has exploded across the country. he's the new jersey man arrested for having a 300 year old flinted lock pistol in his car. he says it was part of his antique collection. the overwhelming response to his arrest was outrage but now cumberland county sheriff's responded issuing a statement that the public is being misled. they say that another man in the car had drugs on him and that mr. van guilder admitted he was looking to buy drugs that day and they suggest that heroin may have been involved in the situation as well. mr. van girl's attorney the joins us by skype and discuss the latest allegations. good morning, man, how are you? >> hey, good morning. thank you. >> you've heard all of this now. they say there may have been heroin in the car. they say mr. v

. >>> swarthmore college will have new leader at the helm val row smith name the 15th president of swarthmorege currently she is the dean of the college at princeton university. she is also a distinguished scholar of african-american literature and culture. she begins her new role at swarthmore on july 1st. >>> the barnes museum making quite a find it discovered two unfinished see san sketches on the reverse side of two water colors by the named artist. the barnes foundation says even collector albert barnes probably had no idea they even existed. they were found during conservation work on two french landscape water colors. they'll be on display in april and may and then they will be returned to their original location. >>> and still ahead on fox 29, vets drive yellow. what taxi garage owners are doing to get veterans on the road and on the job. >> sewage system problems, multi car pileups and nuns left in the cold. the trouble this brutal winter blast is causing up and down the east coast. >> our coverage of the saturday snowstorm continues. plow trucks out in lower merion earlier today. ro

springfield, swarthmore, darby, upper darby and lansdowne.ly janice davis was on the job at the darby borough municipal building when a resident called with a concern about the taste of the tap water. davis tasted the water herself and agreed it had a salty taste. according to aqua the bitter after taste is a result of the warmer weather sunday melting some of the salty snow and that runoff from area roads and highways treated during the recent winter storms has made it into the treatment facility. >> we've been putting salt on the street for a long time. why all of a sudden the salt ran into the reservoir? i don't understand that. have we been drinking it all along and maybe never noticed it? >> maybe not. aqua says the water is safe because it is still being treated and there is no public health threat. it does expect that salty taste to disappear in the next few days. we'll keep you updated matt. >> thank you erin. >>> use our storm tracker app to track these bitterly cold temperatures by the hour. you can have access to live radar, send u

. >> and swarthmore college has new president. valerie smith will begin leading the small liberal arts school on july 1st. smith has served as dean at princeton university since 2011. she first came to the school in 1980 as an instructor of english and african-american studies. >>> >>> mix of everything tonight, guys. >> seen it all. starting to see that rain push in from the south check it out on storm scan3. the storm actually set up a little farther south that locked in the colder air longer and shivved heavy snow southward towards philadelphia. >> all right. here's a look the your seven day forecast. improving tomorrow, great day to be outdoors but then it's back in the freezer by monday. so take advantage of the sunshine tomorrow. >> break out the shorts. >> appreciate that. that's "eyewitness news". i'm natasha brown for rob, justin kathy all of us here, thank you so much for joining us. we're back with you at 6am. be sure to tune n blue bloods is up next v a great night >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation, br

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springfield, swarthmore, ridley park and norwood. >> a little salty. >> reporter: we took a water sample and gave it to john tyson of sanetoga water conditioning for testing. he confirmed what others were tasting. elevated levels of sodium. >> total dissolved solids number is 701 that's a high number. over 500 is reason for concern. >> definitely not a health issue. it's more of a taste issue definitely. i would be concerned about it personally and he is special physical you're on low sodium diet. >> reporter: now aqua america tells us that it was out retesting the field today. they said the levels of sodium were back to normal. it's just a matter of that water making its way threw the water system. that should take another 12 hours. but even all of that could change with another snowstorm and another round of road salt on area roadways. iain. >> interesting stuff thank you chris. >>> flames engulf this kensington building for hours early this morning. setting off a rough day for commuters. the fire broke out around 5:00 this morning near the york dauphin train station it started in a bu

this is swarthmore road. but still, these are the roads that men and women and kids have to use to get to work if they are going to work. that is what we're hearing on facebook and twitter people asking their neighbors are you taking a vacation day because of the roads are not plowed. do you have a four-wheel drive to get me somewhere if i'm not allowed to take a vacation day. men and women, working moms and dads are trying to figure out who will work half day, who will take conference calls on this. i can tell you this the roads in and around a south jersey are certainly difficult to pass if you don't that have four-wheel drive vehicle. i mean look at this guys does it look like a snowplow was here at all. >> not at all. >> i don't know if you can tell. >> i have been seeing cars going back and forth. this is not like an area people are not driving but snowplows we have not seen a ton of them either on the majors or these side roads this morning. >> i gotcha. >> we know they handle major road first. >> if yo

meteorologist justin drabick is live with the cbs-3 mobil weather lab in swarthmore, delaware county. >> good evening, guess contact all is quiet here right now. we are by the septa station on myers and park avenue but we're with the cbs-3 mobil weather lab tracking temperatures that are below freezing. we had icy conditions on the the sidewalks and cars earlier but here's the sidewalks right now. for the the most part we are looking good just some salt, across the region but what was a different story in radnor township as well as some cars were completely covered with ice, drivers had to chip away at the ice to clear their windshield ape car doors. some side roads were affect by the mix of ice especially road that weren't already treated. another icy hazard is the sidewalks and steps but nothing a little salt just can't fix. so again this evening still a concern for some freezing rain, cross the region when are driving or walking around so spotty freezing and watch out for untreated surfaces and sidewalks. you have to use extra caution heading out tonight and certainly throughout th

. >>> swarthmore college has new president, valerie smith will begin leading the small liberal arts schoolth has served as dean at princeton university. she first came to the school in 1908 as instructor of english and african-american studies. >> 7:34 right now. a six year old boy with autism, is left heart broken, when nobody shows up for his birthday party. this one just gets you. right where it hurt. his anguished mother polls bad it on social media and what happened next is really heartwarming. eric report from saint cloud florida. >> the day of glenn's sixth birthday party no one showed up. >> just to see the look on his face killed me inside. >> ashley says her son glenn who has autism, was so devastated when he found out no one was coming to his birthday party he refused to smile. thinking she failed him she said she turned to facebook where she wrote one post about how badly she felt for him. see said almost immediately complete strangers started responding. and soon, kids and their parents started arriving with gifts. her post also caught the eye of the osceola county sheriff dep

the the northbound side of the blue route is picking up between 95 and media swarthmore.ve a water main break in pottstown at spruce street and master. your best alternate toys take north charlotte street as far as mass transit you are in the the clear. now back to you at the desk, ukee. >>> no criminal charges are expect after a alleged robber is shot to death by his victim. it happened yesterday afternoon at cobbs creek in upper darby. police say the one attacker confronted a 67 year-old man and the victim pulled out his own licensed handgun and shot the robber in the head. >>> lower merion police say it was appropriate the to detain these men looking for snow shoveling jobs last week. lower merion is now looking to clarify an ordinance requiring permits. >>> ntsb investigators are examining data records from the train involved in tuesday's deadly crash. they also want to know if the mercedes suv involved, also had a recorder. >>> we have a consumer alert for you this morning personal data of 80 million people, had may have been compromised. it happened when hackers sto

college magazine ranks swarthmore third, on its top ten list. >> wow. >> writers say combination of academic coupled with the sports program are among the criteria to help the school grab the number three slot. topping the list. >> pamona college in southern california has the best looking men on campus. >> you know what i like about this it is not just about looks. they are very smart there too. >> yes, great school. >> yes. >> okay, the guys who made headlines last summer a as the hot mug shot guy, do you remember him with the piercing blue eyes good yes, jeremy there we go. now he will just be behind bars. >> he got sentenced. >> jeremy meets got sentenced to 27 months in prison. he was a convicted felon caught carrying a loaded pistol in california. everybody was talking about this mug shot and at one point they thought wow get the a modeling contract. >> he was offered a modeling contract. >> he got arrested back in june despite being in and out of jail for more than ten years. he had fans, modeling agencies lined up to sign him up. even if they have you'll have to wait almost 27 months