and another accident, here, wynnewood. lancaster avenue at wynnewood road.idents out there. i would say in the past 30 minute, that means it is starting to build out there, as congestion levels, plus it could be some slick areas out there with some black ice, especially the bridges, side streets, even off to the shoulder. jim, rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, time 6:49. a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> nora o'donnell joins us from new york with a preview. good morning, nora. >> hey, i always lover saying good morning to you, jim, rahel. ahead on capitol hill where the confirmation hearings are set to begin this morning for donald trump, cabinet nominees. let the fireworks begin, because in a unprecedented move, one senator plans to testify against another. plus, outgoing white house speaker staff mcdonnough talks to charlie rose, ahead of final speech in office, that happens tonight. and the maker of popular memory supplement accused of just scamming vulnerable consumers. the company's response to charges that science doesn't support his claims abo

charles chaput announced the appeal in wynnewood. the goal is to raise $1.5 million this year and going to feeding the hungry and housing the homeless and local catholic schools. >>> a little gloomy today. >> gloomy still. i miss the sunshine we'll get some of it back tomorrow. lets take a look now at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the area. and you see we have showers, a short wave kind of rolling through an area of low pressure bringing showers here or there. lets go if tighter with double scan and you see exactly where they are. moving into middletown delaware along route 13 and salem and wet in millville and 322 near coatedville a sprinkle or two. but wherever you are you feel damp and dreary with the clouds. lets go outside the action cam was looking at penned landing, not a pretty shot but flags blowing in the breeze. looking good out there. lets check the numbers. here is what to expect with the forecast. gloomy and damp and dreary but sun returns tomorrow. you'll get the sunshine coming back at you and more rain on fr

. >> you're looking live at saint charles borromeo is her mayer in wynnewood, where folks are loading for the annual, thousands will be at the march this year, anti-abortionist also welcome vice president mike pence, the first vice president to speak at the march in the 44 year history. well, happening today, tens of thousands will be in washington, as anti-abortionists hold their annual march for life. vice president mike pence will speak at the rally. again, he is the 45th, the first time in 44th history, he'll be speaking. in a statement the march for life folks commend the vice president. time is now 5:37. in business news this morning, big raise for workers at ford. >> that's right. money watch's hena daniels joins us live from the new york stock exchange. hena, how are those numbers yesterday? >> reporter: pretty wild. well, mostly pretty well. wall street the dow extended its gain the day above closing above the 20,000 mark for the first time. dow edged up 32 points, but the nasdaq did lose a point yesterday. >>> the confirmation hearings for president trump's pick to be labor

wynnewood, just over 2 inches, warwick pick up just shy of two.oms river, even inch, ended you will falling here, in philadelphia, just shy of an inch of snowfall. storm scan ending up at this point again pretty much as we had predicted now that it is hitting the 6:00 a.m. we had expected for the most part this would be gone. it basically is. say for lingering flurries, up near say route

and temple bet hillel in wynnewood has canceled morning day care. be sure to check cbsphilly.com and the cbs local app for school closings and delays. >>> so let's get a check on what it is doing right now in south jersey. >> meteorologist, casey -- lauren casey, how is it looking? >> looking snowy, wet, very slick. traffic starting to pick up. maybe that's good news, people giving themselves plenty of time on this morning commute. as we have about an inch on the sidewalk here in collingswood, haddon avenue. but thank you to the owner of the dodge avenger, i used as a snow measuring tool t looks like there is actually about 3 inches of snow accumulation on the top of the roof there on the cars. so there are some fairly sizeable amounts as far as snowfall, inches on top of the cars, make sure you brush that off for your fellow drivers this morning. it is though nice snowman snow, in fact, i made a mini snowman, our most significant snowfall, but this is the only snowman i could produce because of the low snowfall totals. it is a news and snowfall, bu

with seminarians preparing for this with us trip this morning as saint charles bar mayo shown i in wynnewood. philadelphia arch die ease says it section several thousand, local catholics to attend the march, car respondent michelle, is in washington with the look at today's event. >>> a crowd gathered on the national mall hours before the march for life, begins, its path to the supreme court. >> i'm here to honor unborn, pray for unborn. >> le pray to mark anniversary of 1973 roe v. wade ruling which legalized abortion. the crowd here may be more fired up then usual with the new republican president, and republican majorities in congress, ant a borings opponents are feeling the political moment up. >> we feel like there is someone listening now. i have been coming here for a number of years for the march and we have not had a whole lot of support from the administration, in the past. >> reporter: president trump has promised to appoint an ant a borings judge to fill the vacancy on the supreme court. in white house counselor kelly ann conway ace she's proud to be joining the how much. >> this

"eyewitness news" caught up with seminarians at saint charles seminary in wynnewood. >> there is a marked difference this year with the increased amount of optimism about the new administration's response, to the pro life movement, and an opportunity to have us share why we think this is such an important issue today. >> archdiocese of philadelphia says it expect several thousand of catholics from our area would attend today's march. >>> hear more from the rally including what vice-president pence said in his historic speech coming up at 6:30 on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley, that is right here after "eyewitness news". >>> republican lawmakers headed back to washington today, after wrapping up their congressional retreat, but before they left, demonstrators took to the streets once again, several hundred people gathered at 30th street station, however, protesters did not meet any lawmakers at the train station instead, their plans changed, and the republicans left the city by bus. authorities say that even though thousands of people took to the streets over the last few taste,

fellow producing partners mike jackson and ty hail from wynnewood.ow to the other contenders for best motion picture. it is diverse field, arrival, fences, hacksaw ridge which also scored a director nominations for mel gibson. hell or high water, hidden figures, lion, manchester by the sea and moon light. >> okay. >> nominees for best actress are isabel hub earth, loose negga, natalie portman, emma stone and meryl streep. >>> and amy adams was left off the list for arrival, and although film got eight nominations, overall. best actor nods went todays i affleck, andrew garfield, ryan gosling, viggo mortensen and ukee's denzel denzel washington. >> but why do you think that is. >> why do you think that is, because he is good. >> he is so good you are family. >> come on now. >> can you call him. >> wait, do your thing i'll get him. >> come on, guys. >> you might want to know is what so cool though most diverse field of nomination ness over a decade. so really amazing list of nominees there. should be exciting to watch oscars and the award will be held f

in wynnewood he launched this year's catholic charities appeal.iative to help tens of thousands of people in the five areas ministry. this year's theme is giving hope to all. chaput says they're supporting and providing support to 180 beneficiaries. >>> 11-year-old boy becomes the youngest person ever to receive an artificial heart. why doctors say they had to operate. >>> not exactly a pair of smooth criminals here. what happened to these guys as they tried to grab some phones from a south street store. >>> and check your tickets. someone in our area could have won a record jackpot from the pennsylvania lottery. where the winning ticket was sold and the winning numbers coming up. >> i want to know how much, too. >>> you'll find out. >> south philadelphia elementary students got the chance to mingle with the philly phanatic this morning at the george scharr wood school. the assembly was all about promoting literacy as part of the team's phanatic about reading program. good job, guys. ♪ crest complete presents sugar shield sugar is everywhere and c

philadelphia archbishop chaput announced the fund raising initiative at saint catherine 's day school in wynnewood. this years theme is giving hope to all and the goal, it is 12.5 million-dollar. but fund raised will go toward homeless outreach, family support services, community food coverts and academic enrichment for youth. >>> it has been almost a month since singer george michael died and now a childhood friend is speaking out. >> he talks about why the funeral is on hold and why he believes drugs played a part in michael's death. the insider's louie agear is joining us live from los angeles with more, louie. >> ukee and jessica as we await the official cause of death, the man george calls his cousin is placing blame in a new interview. >> i believe the he had suicidal thoughts in the last few years because his mental health was not in the best place. >> ♪ >> what i do know is how drugs of been back in his life but it wasn't heroin, it was crack was one of his favorite drugs and i just believe he was dragged back in, you know, to the dark side. >> allegations of hard drug use after years of s

including, two buses that just left caring 107 seminarians here at saint charles borromeo cemetery in wynnewoodgton has been held every year, since the supreme court 1973 roe v. wade decision legalizing abortions, but participant say this year there is a sense of imminent change, with president trump in the white house here seminarian john howard. >> it is very important to be, very important to awful us at the church, all of us as human beings, because it is a great witness, one, to show the world that we do care about women, we care about every life, and the rest will go down there, the biggest demonstration in d.c. just it is a beautiful site to seement and if you watch today, looks how peaceful it is. there is no division, there is no harsh words, you know, gusanos but love down there. and it is a beautiful thing to see. >> and jim, president trump has already bands us funding for foreign group that pace for abortions, signals he plans to nominate pro justice to u.s. supreme court. today's marchers believe they have political momentum on their side. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. >> well

for life, "eyewitness news" caught up with seminarians before they left saint charles seminar any wynnewood earlier this morning. supporters say that march is an important cause for hugh map rights. >> it is a great way to one, show world that we to care about women. we care about every life, and for us to go town there it is the biggest demonstration in d.c. it the is a beautiful sight to see. >> the philadelphia archdiocese said that it expected thousands of local catholics to attend this years how much. >>> this morning president donald trump took to twit tore share his thoughts, he tweeted march for life is so important to all of you marching, you have high full sort. >>> the president has just wrapped up an event at the defense tenth where he signed two executive order, one is aimed at rebuilding the military, other teams with limiting the flow of refugees, into the u.s., and the vetting process. the it was also a ceremonial swearing in of defense secretary math the mathis. all that followed a meeting earlier with the british prime minister and a tone call with mexico's president. here

wynnewood, just over 2 inches, warwick pick up just shy of two. in toms river, even inch, ended you will falling here, in philadelphia, just shy of an inch of snowfall. storm scan ending up at this point again pretty much as we had predicted now that it is hitting the 6:00 a.m. we had expected for the most part this would be gone. it basically is. say for lingering flurries, up near say route 78, route two it, up that way. but, for the most part, certainly seen the winter weather advisory go out of effect, things starting to at least clear out. left with the aftermath at this point. twenty-nine the temperature at philadelphia international airport. just shy of the freezing mark in both millville, atlantic sit, these temperatures haven't actually veered all that much. been pretty consistent since we went on extra early at 4:00 a.m. here on "eyewitness news", as is the day progresses do see skies start to clear, high hits 37 at the shore. probably don't even hit 30 up in the mountains with the lingering snow shower up that way that we just have seen

. >> reporter: at friends central school in wynnewood where pass sick was 2003 graduate, musical directorim davis remembers a young man with big talent and lots of energy. >> he loved the whole world of the stage. he loved the world of the plays. he was not just in musicals. >> reporter: pass sick was in just about everything. contemporary pieces, shakespeare, comedies, drama, davis says he brought to the stage a passion that made him stand out. even among a particularly skilled group of classmates. davis says pass sick's professional success comes as no big surprise. >> talent is a word that's thrown i was wasn't, you know, very talented but it means nothing in the end if you're not going to work at your craft. >> reporter: ben pass second's yearbook friends at friends central includes a quote from compose surveillance jason robert brown. you don't know me but you will. >> i'm so happy. not just for ben but for kids everywhere that spend like a lifetime doing the school play, learning how to sing and having a dream. >> reporter: sometimes those dreams come true. mother and son are very c